Alec Usseglio ENC 1101 Monica Vera 4 December 2011 Cigarettes Should be Made Illegal Tobacco has been in America for nearly 8000 years. It started being cultivated and used for pleasure around 2000 years ago. (Cancer Council) People have been using it for a very long time. That means that the past 2000 years‚ it has been causing hundreds-of-thousands of deaths. Tobacco is widely known for its cancer-causing ways. The assumption could be made that people would
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of bubonic (60% fatal)‚ pneumonic (100% fatal) and septicaemic (100% fatal); bacterial infections caused by Yersinia Pestis . The first records of Black Death in Europe‚ was October 1347 when a Genoese fleet of ships landed in a Sicilian port in Messina. Within six months the Black Death was rampant in all of Italy which was the most economically sophisticated and urbanized hub of all Europe at this time. From Italy‚ the disease had struck France‚ Spain‚ Portugal‚ England‚ Germany‚ Scandinavia‚
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legacy of the epidemic changed their lives forever. The Black Death began in 1334 in China‚ but quickly spread to Europe. The disease rapidly spread to the coast of the Black Sea in 1346. In October of 1347‚ the plague hit Europe at the Port of Messina‚ Sicily. Three months later‚ the deadly disease reached southern Italy‚ southern Europe‚ Constantinople‚ and Alexandria‚ Egypt. In the January of 1348‚ the epidemic swept through Marseilles‚ France and in the spring‚ of the same year‚ arrived in Cairo
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Chapter 11 Mongol armies besieged the Genoese trading on Black Sea in 1346 Damaged trading links between East Asia and Mediterranean bubonic plague Geneose merchants and soldiers withdrew‚ taking germs with them reached Messina‚ Sicily‚ half were dead and rest dying went port to port‚ spreading the germs killed one third of European population land and sea trailes of human voyagers became accidental conduits for deadly microbes devastated societies more than Mongol warfare “murderous
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Solyndra Abstract When reading this essay you will get an understanding of a brief history of Solyndra. This essay will also contain some of the many laws that have been broken by Solyndra. Solyndra was found in 2005 by Dr. Christian Gronet. In 2006 Dr. Gronet opened the Solyndra office‚ which is its headquarters in Fremont‚ California. It wasn’t until 2007 before they were able to begin production on Fab 1. (Solyndra.com) During 2008 Solyndra was able to open a new office in Germany along with
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a hero. One of the most basic examples of heroism in epic poetry is the exhortation of the leader to his followers. In The Odyssey‚ Homer lets Odysseus give a speech that would convince anyone they could survive the journey to the Strait of Messina‚ "Then we die with our eyes open ‚ if we are going to die‚ or know what death we baffle if we can.(ln.1243-1245)" After passing the Sirens‚ the ship approaches the Strait‚ and the crew sees the twin terrors of Scylla and Charybdis‚ they are mortified
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Short Essay on the European Economic Community SIMRANJOT EEC is more than a customs union. It is some thing between the common market and an economic union‚ the latter being its ultimate goal. There is now trade‚ capital and monetary union. There is a common agricultural‚ energy‚ environment‚ industry‚ science‚ capital movement‚ and monetary policy. There is also a European Court of Justice and anti-trust policy‚ and cooperation in many other fields. To achieve the objective of economic integration
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Mary Marrone Professor Miller Levy SOWK 544 18 September 2015 #1 Joseph In Joseph’s vignette‚ one has to ask: “What is the social worker trying to accomplish?” According to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics‚ the task of the social worker is to augment human well-being and focus on meeting the client’s basic needs‚ while empowering him/her (p.2). It is ironic though because in the vignette this is breached. Since the supervisor already suspects abuse‚ I as the social
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The Thyroid Diet It is estimated that 20 million Americans have some type of thyroid disease with up to 60 percent of those people completely unaware of their condition. This means millions are living with the symptoms of a thyroid disorder and either have no idea what’s wrong with them‚ or they have learned to live with the fatigue‚ aches‚ pains‚ and digestive issues as if they are “normal”. The most common types of thyroid disease are Grave’s disease‚ Hashimoto’s thyroiditis‚ goiter‚ and thyroid
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"Patton is not remembered because he was a coward‚ or passive‚ he is remembered because he was an exceptional general with strong character and an aggressive nature." Patton the Legend By: Christopher Klein. Though now his name is synonymous with fighting on the European front. Patton’s aggressive tendencies made headlines when he was caught slapping his soldiers for being cowards‚ this created enemies among American generals. On December 6‚ 1945‚ a truck ran into Patton‚ leaving him paralyzed. He
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