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    will continue to grow each year. Is obesity the fastest growing condition in the United States. After researching this topic and based on my health class last semester obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years. One of the keys to living a long and happy life is being physically, emotionally, and mentally healthy. Obesity in the United States is at an all time high and will continue to rise. Adults aren’t the only one’s getting fat. The outbreak

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    Why Euro Disney Failed

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    periods of negotiation and construction in the late 1980s and early '90s, when a number of prominent French figures voiced their opposition and protests were held by French labour unions and others. A further setback followed the opening of the resort as park attendance, hotel occupancy and revenues fell below projections. The complex was renamed from Euro Disney

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    The Mother of the Freedom Movement In 1955, an African-American seamstress helped cause the civil rights movement in the United States, and her name was Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was an African-American civil rights activist. Many know her by “the first lady of civil rights” or “the mother of the freedom movement.” Rosa Parks once said, “I’d see the bus pass everyday, but to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was the custom. The bus was among the first ways I realized there

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    of Ansel Adams as an influential figure in the conservation movement Intro America’s National Parks are deeply indebted to the American photographer Ansel Adams. Through his masterful photography, he turned Yosemite National Park into an American icon. Ansel spent the majority of his life fighting for the National Parks through intense political activism. He was a key figure in conservation in the United States, beginning in a time when environmental conservation was a rare concept. From a young

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    one of America’s most influential architects that has left a legacy of structures that are collaged with Nature (Mead, 2014, February). Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, has left a legacy of tranquil spaces hidden within parks that are known for their “picturesque” qualities (Mead, 2014, January). These two men are completely different with the designs that they’ve created simply because they are using different mediums, but ultimately there aren’t a lot of contrasting elements

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    education than low income students due to the fact that wealthy people tend to send their children to private institutions that have a different curriculum than public schools. This problem has limited American equity because “Only 28% of high school graduates from high-poverty schools enrolled in four-year universities, compared to 52% of graduates from low-poverty schools” (Chen, pg 3). This is a very important problem because the education system isn’t helping students “dig their way out of the poverty

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    within Kings County and it lies seven neighborhoods which are Flatbush, Borough Park, Ditmas Park, Midwood, Kensington, Manhattan Terrance, and Prospect Park South. According to the 2015 U.S census bureau, the population of Brooklyn stands at 2,504,700 out of which South-Central Brooklyn has approximately 804,982 residents and it is expected to have grown gradually through the one year-period that has elapsed (United States Census Bureau, n.d.) . This is more than double the amount of the total number

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    End of Segregation

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    first came to the United States, most of them were brought over to this land from their native homes as slaves, meant to do hard labor on farmlands owned by mostly wicked white plantation owners. They were not treated equally with white people in this country. In fact, African Americans were not even treated as people. Legislation in the United States after the American Revolution determined that a slave only counted as 2/3 of a person. The Dredd Scott Decision by the United States Supreme Court upheld

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    and most serious discouragement at any point experienced by the industrialized Western world, starting major changes in monetary organizations, macroeconomic approach, and financial hypothesis. Although it started in the United States, the Great Depression caused exceptional decreases in yield, serious joblessness, and intense collapse in practically every nation of the world. Its social and social impacts were no less stunning, particularly in the United States, where the Great Depression spoke to

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    leadership of Kim Jong-un live in absolute poverty. Although the state-run government experiences hardship by trying to provide an adequate supply of food for citizens; the government spends a huge sum of money to maintain a large military force. North Korea was not pleased with the accusations that they were constructing underground nuclear development facilities and demanded the U.S. to compensate a large sum of financial aid to the state-government for defamation. The nation demand for $300 million

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