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Divided Into Three 14 Th Century
596 words
Since the reign of Emperor Justinian in 542 A. D.
, man has one unwelcome organism along for the
ride, Yersinia pestis. This is the bacterium more
commonly know as the Black Death, the plague.
Plague is divided into three biotypes, each
associated with one of three major pandemics
occurring in history. Each of these biotypes are
then divided into three distinct types, classified
by method of infection. The most widely know is
bubonic, an infection of plague that resides in
the lymph nodes, causi...
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Made Me Feel Didn T
777 words
Experiences with A. A. I drove up to the little
store that was oddly located behind a beer barn in
a hard to find shopping center. It really amazed
me that they would put an alcoholics anonymous
group behind a place where alcohol was served at
all hours of the night. The place was dark and it
was located in a scary looking alley between two
buildings. Since I went to a candle meeting at 12:
00 at night all I could see was a yellow sign of a
triangle with a circle around it lighting the
corner of...
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U S Food Food And Drug
672 words
The plant rhododendron Rhododendron Rhododendron
The plant rhododendron belongs to the family
Ericaceae which also includes the Heath, and there
are about eight-hundred fifty species which grow
worldwide (Turner and Szczawinski, 171 - 2). The
Heath family is a large one with so many species,
all of the poisonous species fall into two of its
subfamilies, one of which is the rhododendron.
These cultivated plants occur naturally in
temperate regions of the northern hemisphere and
in the mountains o...
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Shield Volcanoes Volcanic Activity
435 words
Kilauea Hawaii consists of a string of islands, or
an archipelago. Kilauea is located on one of these
islands, the central Hawaii island. Kilauea is one
of the world? s most active volcanic craters.
Craters are formed either by the massive collapse
of material during volcanic activity, by unusually
violent explosions, or later by erosion during
dormancy (Compton's). It is situated on the
southeastern slope of the great volcanic mountain
Mauna Loa. Its elevation is 1111 m (3646 ft. )
above sea le...
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Source Of Water Hunter Gatherers
867 words
The! Kung San tribe is located in isolated areas
of Botswana, Angola, and Namibia in Southern
Africa located near the Kalahari Desert. The! Kung
people refer to themselves as the Zum / task ,
which means the real people. When research was
first done on the! Kung, it was done by
anthropologists from Harvard during the 1960 s.
These anthropologists did a long-term study on
their daily life. When research was done, the
anthropologists described the! Kung as relatively
isolated, peaceful, and sharin...
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Mary Chicago Il
851 words
As American support for the public education
system dwindles, many parents find the only place
for their children to receive a quality education
is in a private school. The areas that are most
important to a private school are also the ones
that seem to be lacking in public schools. These
include safety, order, teaching the basics and
challenging young minds. Across the nation, public
education systems continue to fail students,
therefore many have chosen, like myself, to attend
private Catholic...
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Time It Takes Surface Of Mars
1,058 words
Mars is the fourth planet from the sun at about
228 million-km (141 million miles) and the last
terrestrial planet from the sun. The next five
planets in order from the sun are gaseous. Mars
follows closely behind Earth but is comparatively
smaller, with about half the diameter of Earth and
about one-tenth of Earth s mass. Thus the force of
gravity on Mars is about one-third of that on
Earth. Though it is much smaller, Mars does have
the same surface land area as Earth. Other than
Earth, Mars po...
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World War Ii Millions Of People
1,264 words
In this paper I will explain Meals on Wheels and
how it got started, where it is located, what they
do, who they serve, how they re funded, areas of
volunteer service (volunteers and training), how
Meal on Wheel benefits the community, and the
history of the program. This program got started
as an experimental meal program after the war that
only served seven seniors. A lot of homes were
lost during the war due to German planes that
bombed homes and for those that were fortunate
enough to keep t...
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Real Problem Mp 3
851 words
NAPSTER: PRESERVING THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL OPENNESS
Introduction The Real Problem What Can be Done?
Responsible Use Usage Guide How to Vastly Improve
Your Download Times News Articles and University
Policies regarding Napster and Gnutella To improve
your download speed, we strongly recommend you
install Newsletter and Double your Internet Speed
Introduction As you probably already know by now,
Napster is software that allows users to share the
MP 3 libraries with each other no matter where
they a...
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Mesoamericas First Civilization Light On The Olmec Basalt
565 words
New Light on the Olmec The Olmec were Mesoamericas
first civilization. They were located in Laguna de
los Cerros, tres Zapotes, San Lorenzo, La Venta,
and the Tuxtla Mountains, in Mexico. The purpose
of this report is to show howe Olmec lived, their
beliefs, and their spectacular art. The Olmec were
a mother culture to later civilizations. The
culture the Olmec started in Mexico's Gulf Coast
between 1200 and 1400 B. C, approximately between
the Trojan war, and the golden age of Athens,
amended a...
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Fresh Kills Landfill Municipal Solid Waste
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Waste is a problem, a problem that is on the
increase. Europe produces one hundred and thirty
million tons of household garbage, 324 million
tons of solid industrial waste and 30 million tons
of hazardous waste every year. Disposing of this
waste is becoming increasingly difficult and
expensive, and many countries are considering
burning municipal solid waste to produce energy as
an alternative to traditional methods of disposal
such as landfill. The most important reason for
which landfills are...
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Form Of Entertainment Roman Society
983 words
History shows competition in the form of war,
games and political ventures as early as recorded
history. The Roman Gladiators were a unique
example of this competition during the Roman
Empire. Through studying the gladiators one can
see how the competition influenced politics,
games, human lives and the culture. The term
Gladiator comes from the term gladius after the
Roman sword. They were mostly condemned criminals,
prisoners of war and slaves. These individuals
would be forced to fight, somet...
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Mao Tse Tung China
1,578 words
Whoever controls the river, controls China, or so
said Hu the great. Hu was referring to the Huang
He (Yellow River) located in central China, which
was the start and support of Chinese civilization
eight hundred and fifty thousand years ago, and
still maintains that standard of support for many
Chinese people today. The Huang He has made
contributions primarily to the areas of
democratization, industrialization, geography,
imperialism, and traditionalism, thereby making
the Chinese people the l...
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Ultraviolet Rays Uv Rays
633 words
The ozone layer shields the earth from most of the
harmful radiation and light comming from the sun.
The ozone reflects and absorbs the ultraviolet
rays that try to come in. Without this kind of
protection, all living things will be effected by
these UV rays. Skin cancer develops in most living
mammals as a cause of an overabundance of the suns
ultraviolet rays. The ozone layer is located in
the earths stratosphere. The ozone layer is
located from about fifteen-to-thirty kilometers
above the ear...
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Company That Shakespeare Globe
396 words
The Lord Chamberlains Men, the acting company that
Shakespeare Belonged to, originally performed at a
place named The Theatre on the outskirts of
London. As their lease on this building came to a
close, Richard Burbage bought the Blackfriars
theatre, located in Upper Frater Hall. In 1598,
however, after enduring complaints of their
neighbors and a successful petition to the city
fathers to keep the troupe out of Blackfriars, the
company returned to The Theatre, moved the
materials across Thames ...
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Ransbottom Brothers Pottery Making Potteries
294 words
The Robinson Ransbottom Pottery has been in
operation since 1900. Its founders had close ties
with the world famous art potteries of this early
era, the Weller and Roseville Potteries. During
the late 1890 s, Frank Ransbottom was one of the
area s best known and most successful jobbers of
the stoneware and earthenware products made in
Roseville, Crooksville and Saltillo. The young Mr.
Ransbottom was born in 1872, started selling at an
early age and succeeded so quickly that he formed
his own com...
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Prison Gangs Gang Members
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Colon has been in prison since 1971. He was
convicted of murdering a rival gang member and for
trafficking in heroin while inside of Stateville,
located in Joliet. Colon said, The gangs have an
understanding with each other. We talk to each
other to ensure that we dont have a confrontation.
We try to keep the static down. In the state
prison located in downstate Menard, Illinois, an
inmate by the name of Gino Colon Gang leaders run
major drug operations from their cells. In order
to understand h...
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Fourth Dynasty High Priest
947 words
The Statues of Rahotep and Nefert The first thing
that strikes an observer of these two statues is
the excellent condition they are in. The paint on
the two figures, Rahotep and Nefert, is extremely
well preserved and there is only a miniscule
amount of perceptible damage. Rahotep, who is
seated on the left, retains the air of nobility
and grandeur that a king s son and high priest
would have undoubtedly enjoyed during his
lifetime. His wife, Nefert, sits adorned with an
intricate wig and headba...
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World War Ii Martian Chronicles
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Ray Bradbury is an accomplished American novelist,
short-story writer, essayist, playwright,
screenwriter, and poet. His writing style is like
none other. Some say he is a science fiction
writer; however, others argue that he merely uses
the far-out setting to criticize racism,
censorship, technology, nuclear war, and
humanistic values (Johnston). All of his work
closely relates to his life and the personal
experiences he has gone through. First, his early
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Peripheral Nervous System Central Nervous System
431 words
The Nerves System Nervous System The two types of
the nervous system are the Central nervous system
and the peripheral nervous system. They are
responsible for integrating, processing, and
coordinating Sensory data and motor commands the
central nervous system, which interprets sensory
input and carry information to maintain
homeostasis. CNS can t be regenerate because a CNS
consists of the spinal cord that mean if it s
break the spinal cord is break also. The
peripheral nervous system consists ...
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