August Task

Using Critical Past to see what happened on my birthday, I found several clips of military and war footage. In one of the clips, I watched the Civilian High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Germany, James Bryant Conant, sign papers that ended the Allied occupation of Germany. The papers were signed on May 5, 1955.

One thing that I really liked about Critical Past is that a user can refine his/her search by location. I also liked how the clip has a description and specs about how long it is, if it's in color, etc. Another helpful feature is the Related Clips links on the right-hand side. I think Critical Past will be really helpful for school projects. I'll have to remember that.

Since I'm a vegetarian, finding out that the minimum temperature to cook fresh pork is 160 degrees is not very useful to me, but I did browse the Reports and Research link. One article I found, written by the Keystone Forum, cited that Americans on average spend 46% of their budget on food prepared outside the home. I confess that I fall into this category. The concern of the Keystone forum is that, 32% of our calories come from restaurant food. This could have a significant impact on our health, if we don't pick healthy choices.