The Spanish influenza plagued Alaska from 1918 through 1919. The origin of the illness is unknown‚ but thought to be caused by the overcrowding in many army boot-camps or in the crowded trenches on the battlefields. This deadly strain of influenza was known to cause death in as little as 48 hours‚ and left thousands in Alaska dead. The first cases were reported in October 1918 and by Halloween there were 200 cases in Ketchikan. Many smaller communities had few medically trained people like nurses
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Are social networking sites such as Facebook‚ MySpace‚ Twitter and LinkedIn good for society? Justify your position. Communication is what people do everyday; it is how people interact with each other‚ how they are able to form relationships‚ and how they are able to understand. However the way people communicate in the twenty first century as a result of social networking sites has changed rapidly. Social networking sites have revolutionised the way people communicate (Karklins & Dalton‚ 2012)
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The Daily Mail just ran a thought-provoking article about the effect that social websites have on childhood development. In short‚ eminent neuroscientist Susan Greenfield claims that social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter shorten attention spans and contribute to an instant gratification‚ self-centered mindset. From the article: We know how small babies need constant reassurance that they exist. My fear is that these technologies are infantilising the brain into the state of small children
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2013 Failure of Spanish Armada In May 1588‚ the Spanish Armada left the Portuguese port of Lisbon‚ headed for England with more than 130 ships. Since their discovery of the New World almost 100 years before‚ the Spanish had built one of the wealthiest and most powerful empires on earth. King Philip II of Spain wanted to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I of England for both political and religious reasons. Elizabeth had assisted the Protestant rebels in the Netherlands to overthrow Spanish rule in the region
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Han Nguyen Instructor Heidi Giffin English – 090 July 7‚ 2014 The negative effects of social media What do you truly know about social media? Nowadays‚ social media networks such as Facebook‚ Twitter and Instagram have grown rapidly‚ and the use of social media has become a part of teenager’s life. Besides some positive effects of social media networks‚ there are a lot of negative effects‚ which are really harmful to our lives such as cyber bullying‚ decreasing academic achievement
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Starting off the year with 3 different Spanish teachers has been an extreme task for the Freshman as well as the upperclassman this year. Freshman students have struggled with understanding as well as speaking the language because of the adjustment through each teacher. Students in first year Spanish classes excitedly walked into their Spanish classes eager to learn the new language. With only a couple of weeks into school there was already an issue with the first teacher. Freshman were frustrated
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The Negative Effect of Social Media By Javoris Brown Critical Thinking Strayer University 2013 Social media is define as a type of communication that takes place online between individuals through user profiles or blogs. It allows the transfer of various information and files including pictures‚ audio recordings‚ and videos. Users are capable of interactions that don’t require face to face communications. Some users even utilize this type of media as a tool to stay connected to family
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The Effects of Poverty on America All over the world‚ disparities between the rich and poor‚ even in the wealthiest of nations is rising sharply. Fewer people are becoming increasingly “successful” and wealthy while a disproportionately larger population is also becoming even poorer. There are many issues involved when looking at poverty. It is not simply enough (or correct) to say that the poor are poor due to their own (or their government’s) bad governance and management. In fact‚ you could
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Title: The effects of social networking on youth. Abstract Online social networking has become extremely popular with youth and young adults. These self-expressive sites describes the lives and excitement of today’s youth. Social networking refers to activities that are carried out by specific online services that provide space and tools that allow the creativity of others to shine and express themselves. How are the youth effected if at
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classes‚ but I didn’t realize how much work it would take. This was especially true with Spanish class. When it came to Spanish‚ I thought it should be easy. After getting a few disappointing grades though‚ I thought about dropping to an easier Spanish class. That felt like defeat‚ so I stuck with it but continued to receive mediocre grades. However‚ then I started to realize you couldn’t “figure Spanish out” the day of the test like you could sometimes do in other subjects. You really had to
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