THE STORY OF GENIE Genie is the name used for a feral child discovered by a social worker in Los Angeles‚ California. From the age of twenty months Genie’s father chained her to a potty-chair and isolated her in a room. When she was found‚ she was severely malnourished and almost mute. When her case brought some interest to scientists‚ she became the focus of an investigation to discover if there was a critical age for the development of language in children. Since then Genie has been staying
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Created in 1915‚ the Yamaguchi-gumi is the biggest yakuza family‚ accounting for 50% of all yakuza in Japan‚ with more than 55‚000 members divided into 850 clans. Despite more than one decade of police repression‚ the Yamaguchi-gumi has continued to grow. From its headquarters in Kobe‚ it directs criminal activities throughout Japan. It is also involved in operations in Asia and the United States. Shinobu Tsukasa‚ also known as Kenichi Shinoda‚ is the Yamaguchi-gumi’s current oyabun. He follows an
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What is Kuru? In the early twentieth century health scientist shifted their attention to a new disease called Kuru. Kuru was a disease spreading within the Fore people of Papa New Guinea. Kuru is also known as the laughing sickness‚ or the trembling sickness because the disease caused its victims to tremor‚ laugh uncontrollably‚ loose their balance and lose control of their motor movements. Victims eventually lose the ability to talk‚ chew and swallow and Kuru inevitably leads to death. The tribes
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November 4‚ 2013 Ebola‚ The Lethal Virus Ebola has made its mark on the world over the past three decades. Since the first Ebola outbreak in 1976‚ numerous countries have come together in order to solve the mystery of the history of Ebola. Within a matter of days of symptoms presenting‚ the victims die an unimaginable death. Ebola is one of the most lethal viruses known to man with only one in every ten infected surviving (1). Key factors in understanding Ebola
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of unifying Japan under one government. Prior to Tokugawa being appointed as shogun Japan was a fragmented nation with many clan leaders. By completing his power grab‚ Tokugawa effectively joined the three main islands of Japan. Japan entered a period of prolonged peace in which many changes could occur. Tokugawa established a government centered in Edo (modern day Tokyo) called a bakufu in which daimyo (lords or barons in the European system) controlled regional lands and in turned served the
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or Marburg‚ with more than 50% of the patients dying within days on the onset of acute symptoms. It is considered dangerous‚ as there has been no known vaccine. 2. How would I tell if I contracted the Ebola virus? The incubation period is 2 to 21 days. Humans are not infectious until they develop symptoms. First symptoms are the sudden onset of fever fatigue‚ muscle pain‚ headache and sore throat. This is followed by vomiting‚ diarrhea‚ rash‚ symptoms of impaired kidney and liver
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oboes‚ two clarinets‚ two bassoons‚ contrabassoon‚ four horns‚ two trumpets‚ timpani‚ and strings. The second piece I am going to discuss is the Symphony No.2 in D Minor‚ Op. 36 composed by Ludwig van Beethoven(1770-1827). It was in the Classical period‚ and the genre of it is Symphony because of it had four movements. The first movement is in the Adagio molto form‚ the second movement is in the Larghetto form‚ the third movement is in the Scherzo: Allegro form which breaks the rule of most of symphonies
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form preserving one ’s honor from the indignity of capture by the enemy. (Toyomasa‚ 1980) 3. Throughout the next two hundred years‚ seppuku remained central to Japanese society in its various forms until Japan began to modernize during the Meiji period in the late 1800s and early 1900s (Toyomasa‚ 1980) 4. The Japanese government attempted to adopt a more Western view on suicide and banned seppuku as a form of death penalty (Toyomasa‚ 1980) 5. Despite the ban on seppuku in official and political
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Among those thrown out of his job as an appren■ To what extent was Russia’s expanding empire tice ironworker was one Li Zicheng (lee ZUH-cheng). influenced by relations with western Europe in By 1630 Li Zicheng had found work as a soldier‚ but he this period? and his fellow soldiers mutinied when the government failed to provide needed supplies. A natural leader‚ Li soon headed several thousand Chinese rebels. In 1635 he and other rebel leaders gained control over much of Manchu Federation of Northeast
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culture and traditions. Modernisation in religion‚ education‚ the military‚ economics‚ and politics had a significant effect on society in Japan and its position in the Asian region. To begin with‚ education in Japan was modernised during the Meiji period to help adopt Western technology and philosophies‚ but at the same time preserve Japanese culture and traditions. To ensure the success of the modernisation process‚ it was realised that a universal system of education was necessary. Compulsory primary
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