water‚ many creatures lurk among the depths of seas‚ oceans‚ lakes‚ and rivers without gaining the attention of human beings. With this‚ a plethora of sea creatures that tend to remain hidden can harm human beings. People believe that sharks are the deadliest sea creature on the planet‚ however‚ this is a false statement. Sharks are most known for their terrifying attacks on humans‚ but they lack the qualities of a deadly creature. Brute force and sharp teeth can only take this animal so far and many
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Edgar Venegas Phil 310 Professor Charles Van Patten March 21‚ 2015 Moral theory Paper Many philosophers maintain looking for what are right‚ Meanwhile Aristotle searches for what is virtue. In “Virtue Ethics” Aristotle argues‚ “Virtue is a mean state between the extremes‚ both of which are vices either excess or deviancy”(73). All human activities aim at some end that we consider good. Most activities are a means to a higher end. The highest human good‚ then‚ is that activity that is an end
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we are when it comes to love‚ but also love is an emotion with two separate sides‚ we can experience both happiness‚ and grief. Duffy introduces her famous love poem with a short sentence as her first stanza to create more of an impact‚ and to catch our attention. The use of the onion‚ a dull household object as an extended metaphour for love makes the reader more attentive to the poem‚ which forces us to read. Duffy starts with the adverb “Not‚” portrays the sense of confidence in rejecting the
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Food Borne Illness Stacey Oliver SCI/163 May 20‚ 2013 Roxann Ieraci‚ RN MSN CNRN CIN Food Borne Illness Salmonellosis is a type of food poisoning borne from the salmonella bacterium. There are many types of this bacterium; however‚ the most common in the United States is Typhimurium and Enteritidis. This illness is contracted by eating contaminated foods with salmonella. Many times the food items become contaminated through the process and handling‚ or the handler may be infected. Most often
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Hester Prynne Quote: "On the breast of her gown‚ in fine red cloth‚ surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold-thread‚ appeared the letter A. It was so artistically done‚ and with so much fertility and gorgeous luxuriance of fancy‚ that it had all the effect of a last and fitting decoration to the apparel which she wore; and which was of a splendor in accordance with the taste of the age‚ but greatly beyond what was allowed by the sumptuary regulations of the colony
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Plenty of people including myself have wonder what is it that makes the crime rate in the U.S so much higher than in other countries. Well for starters “the U.S is has the highest gun ownership rate in the world.”The U.S has a statistic violent crime rate of 386.3 per year. 236 More than 31‚000 people a year in the United States die from gunshot wounds .Because victims are disproportionately young‚ gun violence is one of the leading causes of premature mortality in the U.S.Gun violence in the United
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hear?” This is a significant lesson from Calpurnia to Scout‚ as it says not to fix a wrong perspective based on a person’s action. Instead‚ Scout should let them be and it was her job to change her view on people’s unique actions. “Don’t you let me catch you remarking on their ways like you was so high and mighty! You forks might be better than the Cunningham but it don’t count for nothing the way you are disgracing them.” This
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event [incident]‚ at the same general time and location‚ not including the shooter” (Mass Shootings). In 2008‚ Seung-Hui Cho‚ a Virginia Tech student at the time‚ killed 33 people on his school’s campus making the Virginia Tech Massacre the second deadliest
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Spanish Flu The Spanish Flu‚ also known as the 1918 Flu Pandemic‚ continued for almost a year starting in March of 1918 and lasted until January 1919. This flu had a major impact on millions of people worldwide. About one third of the world population‚ 500 million people‚ were infected. It is until this day that historians still do not know the exact number of victims that died‚ but is estimated to be about 20-50 million people. The 1918 Flu Pandemic was a deadly disease that attacked many people
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be. In the first section‚ I will review the history of Crichton’s and Preston’s works and the subsequent films and “panic” that followed as well as a peaked interest in the subject of viruses. The next section will describe the history of the deadliest viruses in human history and the precautions developed by the Centers for Disease Control to prevent the epidemic spread. Following this will be the startling revelation of the strong existence of Filoviruses in the world today and their tragic
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