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- 4301: The Black Plague
- The Black Plague The Black Plague was one of the worst and deadliest diseases known to man in the history of the world. The Plague originated in Italy and quickly spread throughout Europe killing more than one hundred thirty seven million people. Early treatments for the Plague were often bizarre but eventually came in a vaccine and through isolation. The symptoms of the Black Plague were swellings called buboes and dried blood under the skin that appeared black. The Black Plague changed the world in several different ways. It resulted in medical advances and architectural setbacks. In the 1300's one of the most fearful and deadliest diseases known to humans erupted somewhere in Central Asia; the Black Plague ... leeches and the placing of dead animals in infested homes (Zeigler 35). Today he Bubonic Plague has a vaccine that lasts for about six months. It is not available in the United States yet. A new vaccine is being worked on and could be licensed later this year. Travelers to plague infested areas should take a special antibiotic. The most effective way to prevent plague is better sanitation. As plagues ...
- 4302: Suicide Is Not Choosen
- The intentional killing of oneself or an act that is destructive to oneself (Oxford, 919). That statement hits home with many people in this world. It is this whispered word that one parent may tell another parent how their child attempted suicide. Suicide seems to be a hushed subject that isn't spoken about as much as Aids or STD ... National Center for Health Statistics as the number 8 cause of death in the United States, it even ranks above AIDS that is number 14. With it having such a ranking you would think the world would been more aware of the outstanding numbers. Suicide claims over 31,000 lives annually even more then homicide. As you say to yourself, "Wow 31,000 lives" think of this "Suicide attempts, estimated to ... killing themselves because believe it or not that person partly still wants to live but can not cope with something. As a society we should embrace life and praise the individuality we have in our world. If there were no individuality we all would be the same and we would have such a boring unprogressive society. We should not berate people for being different because we ourselves are different then ...
- 4303: Infrastructure And Economic Pr
- ... 400, 401, etc.), the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW), the Gardiner Expressway, and the Don Valley Parkway, all of which were built and are owned by the government. Two years ago, a private company built a new electronic toll highway called the 407. Each of these highways is in good condition and is repaired on a regular basis. Toronto has an advanced telecommunications system, with some of the best access lines, digital ... a thriving economy, and attracts many tourists. Toronto’s large population and attraction of tourists is due to the quality of life in the city. Toronto was ranked the best place to live in the world by the Corporate Resources Group and was ranked fifth in North America as a place for arts and culture. Toronto was ranked the best global city for business and family life by Fortune Magazine and was ranked the world’s fifth best business location for international business headquarters. Toronto is also the fourth largest financial centre in North America. All of the above points are a direct result of Toronto’s excellent telecommunications ...
- 4304: Steroids
- Steroids Imagine this. The year is 1999 and the New York Jets are playing the Minnesota Vikings in the last Super Bowl of the twentieth century. It is late in the fourth quarter, the score is Jets 21, Vikings 20. The Vikings are faced with ... paper is on anabolic steroids. In this paper I hope to show you all of the effects of steroids, both positive and negative. Steroids are a serious matter and a very controversial issue in our world today. Many people take the side that they shouldn’t be an illegal drug because all they do is help people gain strength and size. They feel that even though they might cause a few ... athletes really started using steroids, the 1950’s. It was during the 1950’s that athletes in Europe and Russia started using steroids in order to build muscle size and strength. The rest of the world really didn’t notice the use until Russians and Europeans started shattering weight lifting records (The Steroid Facts). Dr. Ziegler was the first researcher to officially prove that if a person was given increased ...
- 4305: Huckleberry Finn
- ... adopted and tried to "civilise" Huck. But Huck couldn't stand it so he threw on his old rags and ran away. But he went back when Tom Sawyer told him he could join his new band of robbers if he would return to the Widow "and be respectable." The Widow lamented over her failure with Huck, tried to stuff him into cramped clothing, and before every meal had to "grumble ... only finds out about anything once Huck does (though this does not preclude the possibility of the reader understanding something that Huck does not). This way, the reader also gets Huck's impressions of the world, which, as explained above, are important to the theme. In the "Explanatory" note, Twain advises the reader that his characters will all speak in dialects-- that is, regional, ethnic, and class variants of English. As ... with it, the added detail will make the book more involving and believable. The added detail is also part of the book's realism--that is, its unromantic attempt at an accurate depiction of the world. In particular, there is one word all the characters use that contributes to the novel's accurate depiction of the world in which it is set. Yet this word is so hateful that over ...
- 4306: T.S. Eliot
- ... the poem, Eliot uses many words and expressions that reinforce an atmosphere of emptiness and decay: ‘cactus…..stone images…..fading star….broken stone….dying star….hollow valley….broken jaw…..lost kingdom’, etc. In Eliot’s world nothing seems whole, nothing seems to move or function, all is lost or being lost. I can sense his absolute despair when he writes: ‘There are no eyes here in this valley of dying stars ... against me; Many are saying of me, there is no help for him in God. Psalm 3 Eliot’s The Hollow Men finishes with some of his most quoted lines: ‘This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.’ Here Eliot seems to be at an all time low. He is sad and cynical about life and his ...
- 4307: Emily The Fallen Rose
- Emily Dickinson's Poetry Essay written by Anonymous Emily Dickinson was raised in a traditional New England home in the mid 1800's. Her father along with the rest of the family had become Christians and she alone decided to rebel against that and reject the Church. She like many of her contemporaries had rejected the traditional views in life and adopted the new transcendental outlook. Massachusetts, the state where Emily was born and raised in, before the transcendental period was the epicenter of religious practice. Founded by the puritans, the feeling of the avenging had never left the people. After all of the "Great Awakenings" and religious revivals the people of New England began to question the old ways. What used to be the focal point of all lives was now under speculation and often doubted. People began to search for new meanings in life. People ...
- 4308: Frankenstein Or The Modern Pro
- ... it now, I understood the concept differently. The story has a from of letters from Mr. R. Walton, the traveler, to his sister Margaret. Walton wanted to reach the North Pole and wanted to discover new parts of the World. In the land of ice his ship found a man, Victor Frankenstein. He told his story, why he was there and what happened to him, to Mr. Walton in order to warn him from doing something bad . Mr. Victor Frankenstein was a scientist who wanted to discover something new. His desire for it was so strong that he put all his efforts and life to it. He studied chemistry, anthropology and other nature science. He made researches with death body and he wanted ...
- 4309: Freedom In The Story Of An Hou
- ... have found a way to rectify what she thought wrong in her life. Mrs. Mallard then realizes in a rush of emotion and relief that she is Free! Body and soul free! She views the world with a fresh outlook: one where she will be her own person, answering only to herself. For a brief moment the reader is able to see through to how she is truly feeling, her emotional ... While this realization is occurring, a somewhat strange thing is happening outside. Usually when a character dies, the weather becomes dark, gloomy and foreboding. In this particular story this is not the case. The natural world actually mirrors Mrs. Mallard s feelings. The trees were all a quiver with the new spring life and there were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds. This shows how she is seeing her life as having a refreshed new appearance. Yes, Mrs. Mallard remembers ...
- 4310: Gatsbys Dream
- What is the American Dream? In the Webster's New World Dictionary, dream is defined as: "a fanciful vision of the conscious mind; a fond hope or aspiration; anything lovely, etc." In F. Scott Fitzerald's novel The Great Gatsby, the lead character Jay Gatsby defines ... Gatsby's idealistic dream. "No-Gatsby turned out all right in the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dream ."(6) Gatsby lives in a fantasy world that he has created base on his dream, and his dream has elicited several qualities in Gatsby. Such dream and qualities make Gatsby appear to be the "knight in the shining armor." However, such ...
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