West Nile virus is a disease transmitted by certain mosquitoes that carry a disease that can cause serious brain inflammation. West Nile Virus originated in Uganda‚ in 1937. The virus has now spread rapidly across Africa‚ Asia‚ the Middle East‚ and Europe. The virus is most commonly advanced through mosquitoes‚ particularly the Culex pipiens mosquito. Humans are most commonly affected‚ especially those over the age of 50‚ by this disease although some animals such as bats‚ horses‚ cats‚ dogs‚ skunks
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The Economy and the West After the Civil War After the Civil War‚ the government’s role in the economy and westward expansion changed. They became more focussed on helping big industrial businessmen and no longer need to worry about taming the West. The economy itself changed greatly in the post Civil War era. The Industrial Revolution led to a new kind of big business. Now men like Carnegie‚ Rockefeller‚ and Vanderbilt had huge monopolies and trusts‚ making it nearly impossible for the common
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West Bengal: The Genocidal State under CPI-M Rule Tt was reported in the print media that under the CPI-M rule of the last 34 years in this State (West Bengal) 34 events of mass murder were organised either directly by the police resorting to wanton firing on the crowds consisting of Opposition party members or by the armed “harmads” of the CPI-M to seek political revenge or to establish political control over the areas lost to the Opposition party through elections. In the latter incidents the
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improvement in scholarship in West Africa due to the thirst for education by conversion Islam‚ as well as an increase in opportunities for people living in the kingdoms. The kingdom of Mali brought Islam to West Africa‚ which was extremely crucial to development in scholarship as there was a social mindset of Muslims being well educated‚ as they had many revelations on topics such as astronomy‚ math and medicine. This meant that the powerful presence of Islam in West Africa encouraged people to convert
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TMGT As a manager in United States distributing soft drinks‚ asked to prepare risk analyses for distribution in country on west coast of Africa‚ there are many risks to be outline and discuss considered. Informal arrangements often lead to misinterpretations‚ so care should be taken with drafting Distribution agreements. The process of crafting and negotiating a contract safeguards agreement on terms of the transaction. Equally important‚ where something does go wrong‚ a written agreement will
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The West Memphis Three Trial is a Trial that involved three eight year old boys that were murder. These boys names were Christopher Byers‚ Stevie Branch‚ and Michael Moore. The murders of the three boys are suspected to be by three teenage boys. The suspected teens that supposedly committed the murders were Damien Echols‚ Jason Baldwin‚ and Jessie Misskelley. All three of these boys fit the description of who murdered the three boys.(1) Later the three teenaged boys were arrested by police for murdering
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Dorothy Roberts in her books speaks directly on issue affecting African American women whether social or moral such as: gender segregation‚ mistreatment‚ oversexed all of these all in a negative way. Yes‚ many persons are of the view that the topic of Africans in general is one of pity‚ desperations‚ poverty and worthlessness. So much so‚ that when it involves African women the thoughts even goes much deeper to a great extent. Enslaved African women were dealt with like animals rather than children
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Dorothy Draper Interior Design is a career that has always been an interest to me for many years. Since I was a little girl I helped my parent rearrange furniture and pictures to make our house look more beautiful and attractive. My parents realized that I seem to always posses a talent for design. So‚ whenever they change‚ or refurnished the house they would ask on my opinion that helped me grow and allowed me to pick Interior Design as my profession. Meanwhile‚ as I was growing up I spent my
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Dorothy Lee In the western culture of today’s society‚ we strongly stress the respect for other people’s decision and the freedom for individual thought and belief‚ yet we are so accustomed to constantly judge and attempt to control others if their opinions or manners are not in an accordance with ours. Dorothy Lee is an anthropologist who studies and compares the western culture and the culture of the Navaho Indians. Through many aspects of this society she provides insight and alternative approaches
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The American Old West: Myth versus Reality Western‚ a genre of short stories that are set in the American west‚ primarily in the late of the 19th century (“Western” 598)‚ and still being told until today by films‚ televisions‚ radio‚ and other art works. The major of moving to the west was because of the Homestead Act‚ 1862 (“U.S. Statues at Large” 392) which would give lands to people who stayed there for five years. This lead to a huge wave of immigrants moved to the West‚ and they had to
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