Central Asia and Europe in only a few years‚ around 75 million people fell victim to the plague Scientists discovered that the bacterium to blame was called Yersinia pestis. Yersinia originated from one of its founders – Swiss microbiologist Alexandre-Émile-John Yersin‚ and pestis being Latin for plague or pestilence. How it Spread At the time of the Black Death‚ it was unknown what the cause of the plague was. Then it was later discovered that rodents‚ or more so the flees are responsible. More
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caught‚ thrown in prison and safely locked away. Unfortunately some are not‚ remaining undetected all while scaring the pants off everybody else. Here are 8 serial killers that are still at large‚ don’t have nightmares! Number Eight: The February 9th Serial Killer‚ USA Only killing on February the 9th‚ (hence the name) this particular killer struck once in 2006 and then again in 2008‚ but has since remained quiet with the case going cold in 2011. With his victims being Hispanic and his method of killing
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Thesis: In the middle of the fourteenth century in Europe‚ an airborne‚ highly contagious disease or plague struck‚ which killed about third of Europe. Due to severe illnesses across the continent‚ many people began to flee from Europe‚ especially the nobles and the clergymen. Fear of the plague predominately grew from uncertainty of the origin of the plague and how to cure it. 6 Documents: • Document 1 – talks about how people are leaving to avoid disease‚ just like the nobles and church people
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The book‚ “The Killer Angels”‚ written by‚ Michael Shaara; is about a battle at Gettysburg concerning slavery. Not everyone who fought in this battle fought for or against slavery. Many had their own views of why they chose to fight in this war. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlian‚ thirty-four years of age‚ a college professor now regiment commander of the 20th Regiment of Infantry‚ and a Maine Volunteer. His younger brother Thomas became his aide. Chamberlian believed in the dignity of man. He grew up
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Stress: The Silent Killer Stress is an overlooked reason people have health problems. Reducing stress is guaranteed to give you a healthier life and can prevent future health problems! Stress!!! Most of us feel some kind of stress every day. The dictionary defines stress as physical‚ mental‚ or emotional strain or tension. Everyday 87 percent of the population lives under this type of stress. We worry about money‚ children‚ jobs‚ our spouse or significant other and hundreds of other things
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Taria Davis November 23‚ 2011 CM103 Fascination with Serial Killers In my opinion most of the world is fascinated by serial killers. I think that one of the main reasons of this is because of all the publicity. The media makes serial killers into celebrities because of all the attention they are given and that fascinates people. It’s almost like watching a real life soap opera. People keep watching all the reports to find out what’s going to happen next. Some of the media coverage is
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Analysis: Indian Killer Sherman Alexie paints the reader a picture in his book Indian Killer. He uses every possible element to his advantage. This includes his use of structure and form. Alexie uses these two elements in the shape of flashbacks‚ dreams and dream-like situations‚ the beginning compared to the end of the book‚ and the order in which events progress through the plot line. Within the story‚ Alexie utilizes flashbacks to bring the reader closer to the characters. The flashbacks
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Plague According to the CDC‚ “plague is a disease that affects humans and other mammals” (“Plague”). Scholars have suggested the collapse of the Roman Empire may be linked to the spread of plague. Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia Pestis. Humans usually get plague after being bitten by a rodent flea carrying Yersinia or handling an animal infected with the plague. Plague is known for killing millions of people in Europe during the middle ages. The most recent outbreak of plague “on November
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Introduction We are going to talk about serial killers‚ and how we can relate them with the main character of the short story The Landlady. We are going to focus mainly on woman killers‚ but also in serial killers in general. The information of our presentation is based mostly on online sources ...(page) and the text. We will describe some characteristics that have a meaningful influence in the total description of the killers like personality‚ personal experiences‚ psychology ‚method of killing
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committed by a random killer‚ a new serial killer‚ or a serial killer already in the system. With the popularity of crime shows on television‚ from the unrealistic solve the crime in an hour with little to no evidence‚ to true crime shows‚ criminals are able to easily see techniques that law enforcement use. While some serial killers are completely ritualistic and will not change techniques regardless of the fact that this can and has led to detection‚ I feel that there are many killers out there that
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