7 Worst Killer Plagues in history Smallpox (430 BC? - 1979): Killed more than 300 million people worldwide in the 20th century alone‚ and most of the native inhabitants of the Americas Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a contagious disease unique to humans. Smallpox is caused by either of two virus variants named Variola major and Variola minor. The deadlier form‚ V. major‚ has a mortality rate of 30–35%‚ while V. minor causes a milder form of disease called
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loss of a parent or grandparent www.losingpapou.com Help for Crime Victims Marsy ’s Law provides resources and information for crime victims. www.marsyslawforall.org Nannie Doss One of the most prolific female serial killers in U.S. history. Nannie Doss was a serial killer who earned the monikers "The Giggling Nanny"‚ "The Giggling Granny" and "The Jolly Black Widow" after going on a killing spree between the 1920s to 1954. Nannie Doss - Her Childhood Years Nannie Doss was born Nancy Hazle
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The imprisonment of hardcore criminals is a waste of taxpayers’ money. You just woke up‚ turned on your radio and again you hear about a murder‚ a rape‚ homes being burglarized‚ young children being molested‚ and these are just a few. The constant fear you live in‚ the negative influence that are being portrayed to your children and the lack of security in your community even country‚ just to name a few. Finally they are caught and you feel relived. You no longer live in constant fear that the
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The Pelican Brief Research In John Grisham’s book‚ the Pelican Brief‚ he writes about oil drilling harming the brown pelican which the reader can connect with the oil spills that are affecting the pelican as well. In the book‚ two supreme court justices are murdered. Darby Shaw‚ a law school student‚ decides to try and crack the case. She writes a brief that plants the murders on a man who owns an oil drilling company. Before‚ he had been in a lawsuit with Green Fund‚ who was trying to prevent him
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The Killer Angels The Battle of Gettysburg brought the dueling North and South together to the small town of Gettysburg and on the threshold of splitting the Union. Gettysburg was as close as the United States got to Armageddon and The Killer Angels gives the full day-to-day account of the battle that shaped America’s future. Michael Shaara tells the story of the Battle of Gettysburg through the eyes of the generals and men involved in the action of the battle. The historical account of the Battle
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Intention The documentary‚ TB Silent Killer‚ takes place in a town name Swaziland in Africa. In Swaziland‚ many individuals are dying from tuberculosis‚ it has become an epidemic and has spread to many villages. The intent of the documentary to bring awareness‚ bring light on the severity of TB‚ inform the public‚ how an old disease has become resistant and is spreading. People in Africa are fighting for their lives‚ they are being isolated‚ kept away from their homes and family‚ to prevent the
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Arthur Shawcross: Portrait of a Killer and Pathological Liar Mark O ’Brien Serial Killers Professor Jim Reynolds Florida Institute of Technology June 16‚ 2012 Abstract Serial killer Arthur John Shawcross‚ also called the Rochester Strangler or the Genesee River Killer‚ was prolific in the short time that he was an active killer. From March 1988 to December 1989‚ Shawcross is believed to have killed 12 women‚ mostly prostitutes in the Rochester‚ New York‚ area
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r TURKEY: KILLER FACTS ABOUT TURKISH ECONOMY Macro Economy 1. Turkey is the world’s 18th and Europe’s 7th largest economy. According to HSBC’s “The World in 2050” report‚ Turkey will be the world’s 12th and Europe’s 4th biggest Economy by 2050[1]. Turkey aims to be among the world’s 10 largest economies by 2023‚ on the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic. In September 2010‚ the FTSE Group promoted Turkey from ‘secondary emerging’ status to ‘advanced emerging’ status[2].
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HOW GROUP-THINK MAKES KILLERS? SUMMARY The article starts by describing the setting in which an experiment‚ which was designed by psychologist Philip G. Zimbardo of the University of Stanford was conducted. The experiment involved college students who are to be divided into two groups -- one‚ the prison guards‚ and two‚ the inmates. However‚ six days after the experiment started‚ the experiment had to be stopped due to the abusive and sadistic behavior of the prison guards towards the inmates
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Smartphone Date 28 May 2014 Industry Update Birdy Lu‚ CFA Xiaomi‚ Xiaomi killers and impact on the supply chain Research Analyst (+886) 2 2192 2822 birdy.lu@db.com Xiaomi‚ Xiaomi killers and beneficiaries The huge success of Xiaomi smartphones (especially Hongmi Note) has led all tier-one Chinese smartphone vendors to launch similar “high-spec mid-price” devices that aim to be Xiaomi killers in the market. These devices have been selling strongly‚ and cannibalizing global OEMs’
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