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- 5361: Mononucleosis 2
- ... family. The herpes family also includes viruses that cause cold sores, chicken pox, genital herpes, and birth defects (7). Mono, short for mononucleosis (3) gets its name from the fact that it causes a person s white blood cells to become distorted, so that they have only one nucleus (becoming mononuclear) instead of the usual divided nucleus. (3) The first accounts of mono are credited to Filatov and Pfeiffer who around ... most common in teens and young adults, mostly high school and college students. Children who are infected with EBV when they are really young are able to manufacture antibodies against the virus. If a person s body does not have EBV already they will most likely contract the virus later in their life and be able to build these antibodies. Only a small amount of teens and young adults actually get ... tissues where disease-fighting white blood cells called lymphocytes spring into action. (7) However EBV only infects the B cells that produce antibodies. During mono one out of every ten B cells becomes atypical. The T cells in the body then go find the B cells infected and that is what makes the body feel fatigued and sick is when it is fighting its own cells. The lymph nodes where ...
- 5362: Law Essay
- ... the years the Supreme Court has gone through some changes of its’ own. While Chief Justice Earl Warren was there the first African-American Justice was named to the court: Thurgood Marshall. Chief Justice Warren’s leadership marked a force in social issues. Along the lines of desegregation, election reform and the rights of defendants. Then in 1969 Warren Burger was named Chief Justice. That is when the Court started to ... conservatives. By 1989 during William Rehnquists leadership, which runs from 1986 to the present, the conservatives held a majority on most issues. One other Major thing that happened to the Supreme Court in the 1980’s was the appointment of the first lady Justice: Sandra Day O’Connor. The present members of the Supreme Court are as follows: William Hubbs Rhenquist, Chief Justice: born 1924 in Wisconsin, graduated Stanford Law School ... General from 1969 till 1971 when President Nixon appointed him to the Court. 1986 President Reagan appointed him Chief Justice. Stephen Gerald Breyer, born 1938 in San Francisco, graduated Harvard Law School. Served on U.S. court of Appeals, First Circuit from 1981, in 1990 he became chief judge, then in 1994 President Clinton appointed him to the Supreme Court. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, born 1933 in New York, graduated Columbia ...
- 5363: Jackie Robinson
- ... that pressure made possible the careers of Jordan, Woods, Ali and many more. The greatest athlete of the 20th century is Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson was the first baseball player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier that segregated major league baseball for more than 50 years. On October 23, 1945, Jackie Robinson signed a contract with the Montreal Royals that would eventually bring him to the Brooklyn Dodgers in ... considered going on strike instead of playing against a black person. However, they were told that anyone who did not play would be banned from baseball. Even though the players were told this, it didn't stop them and the fans from threatening Jackie Robinson. "But as I write these words now I cannot stand and sing the National Anthem. I have learned that I remain a black in a white ... person he was, it was very hard for Jackie to just sit there and not retaliate. He had promised Branch Ricky he would never fight back, because if he did Ricky would have terminated Jackie's contract. "But if Mr. Rickey hadn't signed me, I wouldn't have played another year in the black league. It was too difficult. The travel was brutal. Financially, there was no reward. It ...
- 5364: Everyday Use By Alice Walker
- People identify themselves by their colour, culture, language or religion. The identity goes back to generations and it doesn t start or change within the individual. It is an evolutionary process where each person brings upon some changes. This is best described in Alice Walker s short story, Everyday Use , where three characters, a mother and two daughters, are portrayed differently, each with its different qualities and philosophies on life that are often seen in generations. Heritage is an important part of a person s life. It tells the person where it came from and helps the person reach its destiny, almost like a road map. In this story, Dee has trouble understanding the meaning of heritage. Instead of ...
- 5365: Computer Crime
- Computer Crime It's the weekend, you have nothing to do so you decide to ³ lay around on your computer. You turn it on and then start up, you start calling people with your modem, connecting to another world ... called scanners which randomly dials numbers any generating tones or carriers are recorded. These numbers are looked at by hackers and then used again, when the hacker calls up the number and gets on he's presented with a logon prompt, this is where the hacking really begins, the hacker tries to bypass this anyway he knows how to and tries to gain access to the system. Why do they do ... what a "hacker" has to say about what he does "Just as they were enthraled with their pursuit of information, so are we. The thrill of the hack is not in breaking the law, it's in the pursuit and capture of knowledge." , as you can see the "hacker" doesn't go out to do destroy things although some do. It's in the pursuit of knowledge. Of course this ...
- 5366: A Critical Analysis of Tension's In Memorial A. H. H.
- A Critical Analysis of Tension's In Memorial A. H. H. During the Victorian Period, long held and comfortable religious beliefs fell under great scrutiny. An early blow to these beliefs came from the Utilitarian, followers of Jeremy Bantam, in the ... soon passed to the scientists. Geologists were publishing the results of their studies which concluded that the Earth was far older than the biblical accounts would have it (Ford & Christ 897). Astronomers were extending humanity's knowledge of stellar distances, and Natural Historians such as Charles Darwin were swiftly building theories of evolution that defied the Old Testament version of creation (Ford & Christ 897). God seemed to be dissolving before a panicked England's very eyes, replaced by the vision of a cold, mechanistic universe that cared little for our existence. Alfred, Lord Tennyson was painfully aware of the implications of such a universe, and he struggled with ...
- 5367: Epic Of Gilgamesh
- ... not content with what he has, good looks, money, and power, and desires more in life. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story that we, as people, can relate to. There are similarities between Gilgamesh’s journey and our own journey through life. Some of the texts that will be compared with The Epic of Gilgamesh, are the Bible, and Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The characters of these stories are all have that burning desire to be successful in life, which we can relate to. These texts span across different time periods and societies ... deserve. In the Bible, one of many themes is the quest for something greater than what the seeker currently has, in terms of stature or wealth. One of many examples is the theft of Esau's birthright by Jacob. In Genesis 25: 27-34, Esau Sells His Rights as the First-Born Son, Jacob wanted more than his proper inheritance, he wanted the rights as the first born son. His ...
- 5368: Silverchair: Neon Ballroom (epic)
- Silverchair: Neon Ballroom (epic) The three members of Australia's Silverchair aren't high school boys anymore. Really, it doesn't brother me that these little Aussie fellas made a friggin' mint doing a cute little Nirvanable grunge act back when they were 14 years old. Hey, good, just like winning the lottery, boys, you ...
- 5369: She Works Hard for Her Money
- ... for the future. I interviewed my good friend Maureen Walsh who has been a server at various local restaurants for seven years. She is also a full-time college student, and will earn her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education this December. Delores Dante has been waiting tables in the same restaurant for twenty-three years (Terkel 279). After her marriage broke up, she started waiting tables because she needed fast money and didn't want to work an office job (Terkel 294). She feels that she learns a lot about people in her line of work, and enjoys talking to her customers. She invents ways to keep her job ... experience more enjoyable, like emptying ashtrays, so that her station looks nice, not in order to increase her tips (Terkel 297). She also never looks at her tips as she is getting them, and doesn't even count her earnings until the morning following her shift (Terkel 295). Delores Dante talks about how nerve-racking waiting tables can be and that that is why a lot of restaurant workers tend ...
- 5370: The Search For Inner Peace
- ... mean that inner peace can be found in Wyoming but it does suggest that inner peace can be found in different places for everyone. “The Solace of Open Spaces” tells of what brought on Ehrlich’s inner peace. It was the openness, the love of the seclusion that allowed Ehrlich to obtain peace within. “Sagebrush covers fifty-eight thousand square miles of Wyoming. The biggest city has a population of fifty ... Wyoming is. Ehrlich believed it was this openness that would help her loss herself but in actuality it was this openness that allowed her to find herself. She even goes to say that she hadn’t planned to stay once she arrived, “I came here four years ago. I had not planned to stay, but I couldn’t make myself leave.” (Ehrlich 156). Ehrlich was drawn to the vastness of nothing. Later in the essay she says, “Its absolute indifference steadied me.” (Ehrlich 157) Without the presence of fellow people, one must ...
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