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...OVERVIEW: Aim for variety, and include as much fresh food as possible in your diet. Minimize your consumption of processed and fast food. Eat an abundance of fruits and vegetables, and try to include carbohydrates, fat and protein in every meal. Most adults need to consume between 2,000 and 3,000 calories a day. Women and smaller, less active people require fewer calories; men and larger, more active people need more calories. The distribution of calories you take in should be: 40% to 50% from carbohydrates, 30% from fat and 20% to 30% from protein...
...History 10a is probably designed for first-year students and to help those undecided in their concentration choice. To excited college freshmen, it proves a huge disappointment. Centering on a textbook instead of original sources, it is sadly reminiscent of high school classes. It might be argued that an overview is indeed helpful since students clearly need to begin the study of history somewhere. But this optimism is an illusion. The image of the past presented in the course is so superficial that it helps students only in the most basic way and does not succeed in introducing them...
...Ahmadinejad has said, "We did not have a revolution in order to have democracy." Perhaps he needs to be reminded that it was the democratic process that elevated him to the presidency. Fred Hayes Rauland, Norway Taking Jackson Seriously I was dismayed to read time's trivializing, quiz-format overview of the Michael Jackson trial [June 27]. Although Jackson was found not guilty of child molestation, the subject of molesting young boys is not humorous, and your attempt to derive light entertainment from the case was distasteful and irresponsible. Amid all the media hype, this trial was never going...
...fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it." And those readers who feel they are wasting their time with novels unless they are picking up facts will welcome Süskind's encyclopedic overview of the methods of making perfume. Like the best scents, there is something fundamentally formulaic about this novel, but its effects will linger long after it has been stoppered. --By Paul Gray Best Sellers...
...China's Religions An overview of the country's major religions including Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity and Islam are described on this site. Additional resources include digital archives, texts and guides to religious associations...