if they are male‚ and confidantes if they are female. Along his journey‚ Pip constantly meets people that he finds he can find in‚ and Charles Dickens uses them to advance the plot‚ as well as give Pip and the audience someone to connect with. The first confidant‚ Joe‚ is in the book for an interesting function‚ as he is present throughout the novel. In the beginning‚ he is present to provide Pip a friend and listening ear to talk to in a hostile family setting. Then‚ at the end of the novel‚ he becomes
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Garcia 1 Pandemics All Around the World: Emergence and Devastation Many people today wonder when‚ where‚ why‚ and how pandemics occur. Some people do not have any knowledge about pandemics. “According to the World Health Organization (WHO‚ several factors must be present to be considered a pandemic. First‚ the disease must have never appeared before within a population; second‚ the agent that carries the disease—like a fly‚ bacteria‚ air‚ or water—infects one person‚ causing serious illness;
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Haiti Jessica Ganzalez LHHS MUN 2011 WHO Cholera Outbreak Position Paper Background: Cholera is a disease that starts in the intestines‚ caused by the consumption of impure food or water with the bacteria Vibrio Cholera. The two most common indication of Cholera are diarrhea and excessive vomiting. Cholera is an extremely virulent disease and affects both children and adults and can kill within hours‚ if left untreated. During the 19th century‚ cholera spread across the world from its original
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John Snow | Name of Model: Control of Cholera Pandemic Area of Use: Population and Migration Person who developed model/theory: John Snow- 1813-1858. He was an English physician‚ and the father of epidemiology. Premise: Dr. John Snow mapped out the Soho District and used symbols to mark people with cholera. He saw that people around the water pump were more infected with the disease‚ and so he made it impossible to get water from the pump which decreased the amount of cases of cholera. People
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communities hold a flood insurance plan. In the year 2005 the National Flood Insurance Plan (NFIP) had paid out close to 16 billion. The premiums paid by the 5 million have only surmounted to 2 billion‚ therefore the NFIP has the ability to reach out to the US Treasury. With the US Treasury enabling the NFIP to meet its financial obligations‚ the financial obligations are becoming the obligation of the taxpayers (GAO‚ 2005) (Wells‚ 2005). The goals of the NFIP are “to provide property flood insurance
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When a country develops its technology‚ the traditional skills and way of life dies out. Is it pointless to keep them alive? Agree or disagree. Looking at our history‚ it is not difficult to discover that when a country develops its technology‚ the traditional skills and ways of life are actually dying out in today’s society. However‚ not all countries are developed and therefore still using their traditional knowledge to survive. There is a possibility that it is pointless to keep them alive‚ this
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What determines whether or not a resource is scarce? Why is the concept of scarcity important to the definition of economics? The determination of whether a resource is scarce is its supply in relation to demand such as land‚ labor capital and human capital. If there is not sufficient amount of resource to satisfy the demands‚ then resources are set to be scarce. On the other hand if supply exceeds it demand‚ then the resource is not scare not only that if the supply of a goods or service is low
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Hepatitis: A Pandemic Predicament NUR/426 April 26‚ 2011 Hepatitis: A Pandemic Predicament Viral hepatitis could be considered a disease of “antiquity” when Hippocrates described his infectious icterus findings 2400 years ago (Schmid‚ 2001). It is unclear what type of liver disease infiltrated the population at the time. However‚ by many historical accounts‚ the Middle Ages were inflicted by outbreaks commonly referred to as “campaign or epidemic jaundice” and were related to wars‚ famines
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Hurricane Katrina On August 29‚ 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and Morgan City‚ Louisiana‚ Biloxi‚ Mississippi‚ and Mobile‚ Alabama. At landfall it was a category 3‚ and it increased to a category 5. This was one of the strongest and most destructive storms to ever hit the US. It left thousands dead‚ homes and buildings destroyed‚ and the cities underwater leaving a negative impact on America socially‚ economically and politically. Socially‚ America was impacted because of how much damage
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Germany‚ China -which country is best choice of U.S automobile company investment? Executive Summary This report will deeply analyze the benefits‚ costs and risks associated with doing business in China‚ Russia and Germany. Through comprehensive evaluation the three countries’ macro environment‚ it deems China is the most attractive target for foreign direct investment. It is sure that China is an emerging market which has great
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