Headline: Keep the Germ Monsters Away This Winter Body Copy: Flu germs are like monsters. They get into our body‚ and try to scare us by attacking. When germ monsters attack we get sick. There are some things we can do to help keep the germ monsters away. • Wash your hands with soap and warm water • Have an adult help you wash your toys and games • Give sick friends time to rest‚ play with them after they feel better • Sneeze and cough into your sleeve or a tissue to keep germ monsters from spreading
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The person to read Galen’s book On Anatomical Procedures‚ a book about his surgical findings‚ was Andreas Vesalius. Upon reading this book‚ Vesalius decided to do his own dissections to see just how true Galen’s observations had been. He had been granted a job as a surgeon in 1573 right after medical school at just 23 years old. As Galen had only used animals as his source of dissection‚ Vesalius found that Galen was wrong about anatomy in many occasions. One of these incidences occurred because
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[pic] Guns Germs and Steel Humans have lived on this planet for thousands of years. Over the time‚ they learned‚ developed‚ acquired knowledge‚ and civilized in the process. Yet‚ this learning can’t be construed to be complete‚ leaving a lot to be learned. Along the way‚ human race has evolved by generating vast amounts of food‚ domestication of plant and animals‚ along with battles and illnesses. The primitive human who survived on hunting has reformed into modern human as we
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Reflection on Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Jared Diamond: A Genius or a Nut Case? My Review of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel It was the prehistory of the world that drew attention to Diamond’s brain that gave him the wonderful thought of writing this book about how our world is today‚ with the differences of culture‚ cargo‚ religions‚ skin color‚ etc. One simple question his friend Yali asked‚ “Why is it that you white people develop so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little
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gain control and dominate the world is because of geographical determinism. Many people argue that it was by geographical luck that allowed Europe to become dominate and gain control of the world. Jared Diamond argues this thesis in his book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel. Mr. Diamond argues that Europe was able to dominate because of where it was located. He says Europe gained control because of two causes. First‚ there was a surplus of agriculture available where Europeans had settled. It was also home
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Instructor: Judith L. Tucker‚ M.S Class: Crim 174 In this video‚ Guns‚ germs‚ and steel are a fascinating perspective taken by Professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA‚ Jared Diamond. His purpose was to explain why Eurasian civilizations have had such immense success conquering people and land other than their own. Why Europeans were the ones to conquer the world? As Diamond states that questions asked based on guns‚ germs‚ and steel are the biggest‚ most fascinating
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is a short documentary in which Jared Diamond tries to answer a question asked by a man named Yali. The question Yali asked is; “Why you white man have so much cargo‚ and we New Guineans have so little?” Yali was asking why the people of New Guinea have so few technologies and goods in general. Diamond goes on to answer the question‚ stating that the reason the people of New Guinea have so little is because of New Guinea’s geography. I completely agree with Diamond’s answer
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because the areas were populated with hunters and gathers. Around 11‚000 B.C. Africa had been populated for the longest time‚ which allowed people to develop the knowledge of land and development overall. Chapter 2 Jared Diamond tries to defend his theory of the environmental factors. Diamond discusses Polynesia and how it is made up of many islands and provides the best examples of societies that develop into isolation. Soon after Maori warriors sailed to the
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Some call it “horror” and some call it “the super germ”‚ but now‚ our always known “regular” bacteria‚ those one-celled creatures once considered under control with antibiotics‚ have invaded our hospitals and headlines with a vengeance. The vengeance used against us is caused by an existing organism called necrotizing fasciitis‚ the so-called flesh-eating bacteria‚ caused by Group A streptococcus. What this organism does is progressively destroy the human body
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond Prologue 1. What was Yali’s question? 2. What did Yali mean by “cargo”? 3. Summarize Yali’s question. This requires mentioning race‚ intelligence‚ and development of technology. 4. What does the term “inequality” mean? 5. How does the use of the word “inequality” prejudice the question? 6. How does the author inject terms that prejudice the reader into the premise that Europeans (and Asians to some extent) acted unfairly towards Native
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