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    How did Doegyal come into being? Shugden propitiators say that soon after the death‚ the cremation took place at the compound of a tantric house of Drepung monastery. However‚ his spirit rose from the funeral pyre for vengeance. Soon after‚ misfortunes such as earthquakes and famines occurred in Central Tibet‚ were considered the consequences of Doegyal´s furious and merciless act. Doegyal survived and left for Tashi Lhunpo Monastery to meet his teacher Penchen Lobsang choeky Gyaltsen in Tsang

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    May 14th‚ 2098 After the dreaded plague‚ we are what remains of civilisation. What remain of earth is made of ash‚ a graveyard for a lost cause. Empires sunk without a trace‚ gone down with all their men and all their machines into the unexplorable depths of the centuries; with their laws‚ acedemies and histories. And as I ponder in the abyss of history‚ captured by the gallows of death‚ I can make out the phantoms of great ships laden with wealth and intellect. The disaster that had sent them down

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    The Black Death Disease

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    people’s mindsets. There are many nicknames that have been given to this disastrous period in history. Other names for the Black Death are: The Bubonic Plague‚ Pestilence‚ The Great Mortality‚ and Yersinia Pestis. This disease began in China in 1320 CE. The Silk Roads were carrying more that goods at this time‚ because by 1340 Europe was hit with the plague that came to them through the Silk Roads. This disease spread through rats that had fleas on them that carried the disease. The Black Death disease

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    had met their demise. (Black Death) It was 1347 and a calamity was brought to the Italians. Not only was disease coming‚ but surrounding natives were attacking the Italians‚ whom they believed started the plague‚ by catapulting the bodies of the dead soldiers struck by the highly contagious plague into the Italian’s fortress in hopes to infect the Italians. (Cross Giblin‚ 12-13) Though

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    and Muslim responses to the plague were different. The Muslims thought it was a blessing from God while Christians thought it was a bad sign from God. The plague was caused by fleas on rats. So many believed that the plague was the end of the world. Civilizations in the East and West were affected by the plague. To explain that the plague was caused fleas on rats is that the fleas carried the disease that infected rats‚ and then the rats infected the humans. The plague spread through trade routes

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    The Black Death

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    used in biological warfare. The best known symptom of bubonic plague infected‚ enlarged‚ and painful lymph nodes‚ known as buboes. After being transmitted via the bite of infected fleas‚ the Y. pestis bacteria localize in an inflamed lymph node where they start to colonize and reproduce. Buboes associated with the bubonic plague are found in the armpits‚ upper femoral‚ groin and neck region. Acral gangrene (“Bubonic Plague”). The best known cause is when rats and fleas

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    Advantages of Technology

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    "The advantages Technology has given us outweigh the disadvantages." Many argue that as we venture further into the frontier of technology we proceed with a slow death of society‚ by losing culture and ultimately a sense of self. To a certain extent this may be true‚ but realistically if we cease to progress we wont be able to survive. (Robert) There are many examples of advantages and disadvantages some mentioned were " Technology has the ability to create shortcuts in working and can

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    In the article‚ The Plagiarism Plague‚ by Raymond A. Schroth‚ he brings up a much needed to be discussed topic about plagiarism. Even though plagiarism is wrong‚ today’s society helps spread plagiarism‚ because high-ranking or famous people participate in it‚ making it appear acceptable to young people. Today’s young people need to know that is not acceptable and if they choose to participate in it there will be consequences to suffer. Early in the article Schroth describes‚ “academic dishonesty

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    The Plague Of North Korea

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    Scared. Humiliated. Desperate. Impulsive. Dangerous. All of these describe the situation that plagues North Korea today as it continues to suffer from a decades old Communist regime. Their leader‚ Kim Jong-un‚ stands alone against a host of condemning accusations from Western nations and the United Nations. His government consists entirely of backwards people-pleasers who keep North Korea in the dark from ever developing into any sort of modern nation. The people are starving to death‚ arrested for

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    The Black Death The middle ages were a dark and scary time. They had everything broken down into groups of people. This system was called feudalism. The stages were broken into peasants next squire‚ knights‚ then onto kings. During this time something horrible happened‚ the black death occurred. The black death happened in the 1300s. The Black Death killed an extraordinary 25 million people in 2 years!!! This happened in Europe. According to the article Black Death‚ in ten years‚ it killed

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