Sarah Burns Evolution of Plague Bacteria The Bubonic Plague otherwise known as the Black Death‚ has gotten most of its attention from medieval paintings‚ poetry‚ and journals of revulsion. The real horror‚ was the disturbing biological evidence of the bacteria that caused all the pandemics‚ known as Yersinia pestis. The pathogen got its name from the two investigators Yersin and Kitasato. In 1894‚ Yersin was known as the main investigator (ergo. Named after him)‚ he claimed that the mice/rats were
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The Worst Day of My Life It was August 20th 2005 on a Friday morning. I woke up and I was feeling alright. I did what I usually do on Fridays. I cooked‚ cleaned‚ took a shower‚ brushed my hair‚ and then sat in the living room to watch T.V. Next‚ my favorite show came on and I was happy and excited to watch the new episode. Later‚ the phone rang while I was watching the T.V‚ then I got up and then answered the phone. It was my sister in law calling‚ to tell us that our father had passed away about an
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Bring Back Flogging Every civilized society makes laws that protect its values‚ and society expects from every single person to obey to these laws. Whenever a person from this society breaks one of those laws‚ the rulers of the society punish him or her either by putting the person behind bars‚ whipping him or her‚ or exiling the person. A great debate has been raging since human society started. Some say that depriving a wrongdoer from his or her freedom is the best way to deter him or her from
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Assignment 2 Erin Thrower POLS 1113 11/3/2007 Prof. Kelton The Worst President in History In the Rolling Stone article‚ "The Worst President in History"‚ Sean Wilentz evaluates the first five years of President Bush’s presidency. Wilentz is a well renowned historian and a professor at Princeton University. Wilentz begins his article by comparing Bush to the likes of worst presidents already in history. Those include Buchanan‚ Johnson‚ Harding‚ Hoover‚ and the only President forced to resign
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The Worst Mistake? According to Jared Diamond’s text‚ the Agriculture Revolution is thought of being the worst mistake made in human history where as when humans hunted and gathered was the high peak. He also states that domesticating crops brought great confusing creating social classes and inequality between men and women. I completely disagree with this opinion. First of all the Agricultural Revolution was a crucial element when forming earliest civilizations. Second‚ I don’t think that
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The Plague is a disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis. It is responsible for killing millions of people in the Middle Ages. However‚ today we have a cure for it. The author Giovanni Boccacio wrote The Decameron to report‚ warn‚ and record the disease. He wanted people to be aware of what happened. The disease spread from place to place‚ animal to human‚ human to human. The people around it were aware that it was spreading and understood that is was “contagious”. As a result‚ they got rid
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Every day of the human life is faced with one goal: surviving. After the Plague by T.C. Boyle is a story of just that. In the beginning of the story‚ the reader is presented with a man self-named “Jed”. Jed is a writer who escaped to the mountains of California for seclusion and free flowing creativity. He soon gets waves of radio and news broadcasts speaking of an outbreak of a wide spread disease‚ eventually wiping out the entire population‚ leaving behind Jed and the few human beings who fortunately
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Sorry for the Loss Every decision‚ choice‚ action and move we make in life has a consequence; it can be either positive or negative. Sometimes we make decisions with such serious consequences that it might change our life and future‚ for better or for worse. In Bridget Keehans short story “Sorry for the Loss” (2010). A young female prison chaplain confronts Victor‚ who is a young prisoner and condemned for murder. Evie‚ the female chaplain‚ is the one who has to tell Victor about his grandmothers
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Home remedies for hair loss that actually work! Every day‚ you probably lose anywhere between 50 to 100 strands of hair which is perfectly normal‚ say dermatologists. It is when the hair loss exceeds this figure that we begin to notice thinning of hair or bald patches – a condition known as alopecia. Most people are likely to experience hair loss in their 30s because at this time‚ hormonal change‚ stress and an unhealthy diet take their toll. Besides trying to correct these factors‚ adopting a
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The five stages of grief or loss is something that all humans will encounter. We as humans’ grieve when we lose someone close to us. It is a natural process of emotions controlled by the brain. The five stages of grief include: Denial and Isolation‚ Anger‚ Bargaining‚ Depression‚ and Acceptance. Not everyone who is grieving necessarily goes through these stages or all of them. While grieving is a natural process‚ it is important to understand what these stages are and how to successfully handle them
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