Here in Whitman Mission‚ it is nothing like I expected. Everyone was expecting a nice place to rest and to stock up on supplies‚ but it was not like that at all. It is a very deserted area‚ with many burned down buildings. We soon found out from one wagon with family of four that one month before we got here‚ the Cayuse Indians attacked this place‚ killing many people and burning down buildings. We decided that instead of going to Fort Vancouver‚ we will just continue on the trail with the problem
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HONG BANG UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL YEAR 2012-2013‚ TERM 7 Foreign Laguage Faculty Name: TRAN THI THUY Campus: 28-30 Ngo Quyen‚ District 5 Student Code: 09072836 Module: US CULTURE Class: NN09-AV MID-TERM TEST Date 11/29/2012 TOPIC: Research both sides of the issue: the environmental value of the rain forests and the need of the people who are cutting them down. Also looking for what experts are recommending should be done. TROPICAL RAINFORESTS Tropical rainforests are important
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Tropical rainforests can be located in areas near the equator where the climate is warm and days last around 12 hours a day. The weather consists mainly of 79-157 inches of rainfall per year. The temperature in the tropical rainforest ranges between 68°F-93°F‚ keeping it consistently warm year long. It can downpour about 2 inches in only an hour. With recurrent rainfall‚ the rainforest remains moist and humid. The tropical rainforest’s humidity can reach up to 88%. Bengal tigers are an endangered
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In the book “The Most Dangerous Job‚” Eric Schlosser writes about his most recent trip to a slaughter house where he sees the horrible work conditions that are present. He starts off by setting the scene where the slaughter house is located and describing the building. He recalls that the building had no windows and that there was no way to see what’s happening inside. He then goes on to describe the clothes that he has to put on. He talks about the chain-mail apron and how it’s supposed to protect
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Liz Harris is the minimalist‚ ambient artist better known as Grouper. Her tenth studio album‚ Ruins‚ is a bare‚ raw‚ and hushed work that was almost entirely made in 2011 on a trip she took to Aljezur‚ Portugal. It was recorded on a portable 4-track‚ and one of the only instruments used is an upright piano. While living there‚ Harris found inspiration in the physical state of her surroundings. On walks‚ she came across the ruins of old estates and a nearby village. She describes the album as “a document
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Antibiotics for people with sore throats Sore throats are infections caused by bacteria or viruses. People usually recover quickly (usually after three or four days)‚ although some develop complications. A serious but rare complication is rheumatic fever‚ which affects the heart and joints. Antibiotics reduce bacterial infections but they can cause diarrhoea‚ rash and other adverse effects and communities build resistance to them. A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia. Pharyngitis Pharyngitis - bacterial;
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old. A. Your friends call you up to go out and play on Sunday but you can’t because you have a fever of 105.9°. When you go to the pediatrician’s office and your fever will not go down using cold compresses‚ he sends you to the ER. B. Your admitted to the hospital and the doctors do a spinal tap which comes back negative and you now have quickly developed a rash‚ that turns out to be scarlet fever. C. No one knows what’s going on‚ you begin to have seizures and you’re going in and out of unconsciousness
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Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people 2.1 The signs and symptoms of common childhood illness For information and a list‚ the following is taken from http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions Illness | Symptoms | Causes | Incubation period | Chicken poxChickenpox is a mild and common childhood illness that most children catch at some point. | Rash of red‚ itchy spots that turn into fluid-filled blisters. They then crust over to form scabs‚ which eventually drop off.It takes seven to 21 days
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Then‚ my grandparents were warned that had my mom been a child or an older adult that this could potentially kill her. That night was my mom’s worst night at the hospital. She was up all night‚ vomiting‚ and her fever was still really high. A nurse sat in my mom’s room all night with her. They decided on day four‚ to reevaluate her medicine. That’s when they discovered that the medicine they were giving her was killing her white blood cells. Her body was unable
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Summary: It is a Friday in the ghetto‚ Craig lost his job because they caught him on camera stealing boxes out of the store. He has to pay to live in the house with his parents so this really makes thing tough on him. He also has a bestfriend named Smokey. Smokey is supposedly a drug dealer but he smokes up all of his product‚ So he owes this guy named Big Worm money. Smokey goes over to Craig’s house. Craig tells him how he got fired and everything and so then they sit on the porch to hang and
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