Gain

Since I was very young my family has always encouraged a thin body size as the “healthy” body. I remember, we always had very traditional family dinners with a meat, carb, and many vegetables and we were not allowed to leave the table until our vegetables and salads were finished. After dinner, we typically took walks around the golf course, played soccer or basketball, or swam. Nothing about this appeared to me as anything out of the ordinary or even an encouragement to be fit and thin. I had…

“Studies show that on average, students gain 3 to 10 pounds during their first 2 years of college”(Hirsch). Although this may not be as significant as it seems, it is a cause for concern among first-year college students. Most have heard about the “Freshman 15”, which suggests that during your first-year of college, you will gain 15 pounds. This statement does not prove to be true for all students, however, slight weight gain has an impact on most. Why is this a problem? Doctors express their…

In William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar Mark Antony’s speech is more persuasive than the one Brutus gives because he uses better tactics and more powerful rhetoric. In his speech Brutus uses gravitas and ethos which in the end backfires because it makes his speech less relatable and portrays him as better than the plebeians. Mark Antony gives his speech after Brutus and he uses this to his advantage by using verbal irony and more specially sarcasm. Mark Antony uses pathos and exaggeration to…

Topic #1: Introduction to Capital Gains Question #1: What are the potential positive tax implications for transactions that qualify for capital gains treatment? Answer: If a taxpayer's transactions are deemed to be capital in nature, then a tax benefit may be present. Specifically, capital gains that are long-term in nature are subject to the preferential capital gains tax rate. In order for transactions gain to be listed as long term, typically the seller had to hold the asset for more than…

Brain-gain is when people with college degrees migrate towards desirable cities with the best opportunities for jobs and affordable living (Kotkin, 2011). The cities that are most affected are located in the south and mid-west, such as New Orleans, Nashville, and San Diego (Kotkin, 2011). According to Forbes, Jacksonville, Florida is a brain gain city, but lies low on the list of desirability (Kotkin, 2011). Other cities in Florida, including Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, and Orlando have a…

Designing a weight gain plan to create muscle is not hard in case you have all of the items into the problem. The thing is, most of the people have no idea of what those items are. Therefore today we will talk about the way to build a great weight gain plan that will have you increasing about two lbs in one week or even more. Whenever 2 lbs a week doesn 't sound like a whole lot to you, consider this: Your body can only naturally produce two pounds of muscle mass each week without the need for…

Squealer Speech Analysis The book Animal Farm is an allegory novel written by George Orwell on August 17th, 1945. The book depicts the events leading up to the Russian Revolution and the era of the Stalinist Soviet Union. The characters in this novel try to form a sustainable democracy/society in which animals can live a peaceful life without the threat of human beings. The main leaders who take action in this book are Napoleon and Snowball who are both pigs. Another character Squealer (who…

America is a breeding ground of obesity in the late turn of the century. There are contributing factors that lead to this weight gain though. First, being the doubling in sizes at restraint before the early 1980s where everyone wanted to go big portion sizes were significantly smaller than they are nowadays. Stress is also an important factor most people work two jobs in this day and age. Which makes it to where we have less time to plan meals and more time to get processed food from…

Menopause Weight Gain and Diet The steady decline of your estrogen levels at menopause also brings about a slow down in your metabolism. This is the culprit of weight gain during menopause. Estrogen levels influence the distribution of your body fat and when these levels decrease, your body tends to store fat, especially around the abdomen, the exact reason of which is yet unknown. Loss and weakening of muscle tissues may also be attributed to a reduction in physical activity for…

dishonest gain, but eager to serve”. 1 Peter 5:2, NIV. Even though Peter was one of the 12 disciples that witnessed Jesus die on the cross, be resurrected, and His Transfiguration, Peter still identified himself as a fellow elder. It was Peters way of managing through a covenantal relationship. Managing through a covenantal relationship is harder, it takes longer to see the results, but the results create long term value. Negative management my get results quicker, but long term gains are…