the medical field to create antibiotics. The author‚ Dorothy H. Crawford is Professor of Medical Microbiology and Assistant Principal for the Public Understanding of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. She is also the author of The Invisible Enemy: A Natural History of Viruses‚ and she was awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to medicine and higher education. Microbes existed on earth far before humans‚ and since
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Technology is our enemy. Technology is also our closest ally. It is the darkness to humanity’s light‚ the chaos to its order‚ and the yin to its yang. Humanity and technology cannot exist without one another; they are forever entwined. Humanity’s actions shape technology‚ yet it is technology that shapes humanity’s actions. People believe that every advancement will revolutionize and benefit all aspects of society. However‚ people often ignore the darker‚ more dominant characteristic of progress
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Mary Matsuda Gruenewald‚ Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps 1. Why are interned Japanese Americans referred to as the “silent generation” (p.x)? They were referred to as the silent generation because many of them did not speak about their experiences to anyone‚ not even their children after their times in imprisonment. They were a silent generation. 2. What were the specific challenges Gruenewald and other interned Japanese Americans
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F108 Managing Army Change Summary Review Welcome to the review of the lessons that compose the F100 block. This review is organized by lessons F101 through F107. F101‚ Strategic Change F102‚ Developing Army Organizational Capability F103‚ Total Army Analysis (TAA) and Planning‚ Programming‚ Budgeting‚ and Execution (PPBE) F104‚ Developing Materiel Capabilities (Acquisition) F105‚ Manning the Army F106‚ Army Force Generation F107‚ Operational Contract Support There are no specific reading requirements
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Karl Popper launched a scathing attack towards Plato’s Republic in his 1945 book The Open Society and Its Enemies‚ suggesting that the Ancient Greek philosopher was the root cause of totalitarianism in the west. It can’t be denied that there are similarities between Plato’s ideas in Republic and the Communist‚ Fascist and Nazi regimes we saw for much of the early 20th century. But what we see in Republic is Plato describing a very theoretical ideal state with very little interest in the physical
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Effects of combat on both American and Vietnamese Combatants and Noncombatants in Vietnam The Vietnam War brought to both Americans and the Vietnamese a realization that not all wars are worth fighting. The experiences had by each person‚ both American and Vietnamese‚ varied significantly from individual to individual but overall there was more suffering then prosperity involved with this war on either side of the conflict. What originally may have seemed to be a good political battle for America
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Kudzu was first introduced to the United States in 1876. It was discovered that animals would use the plant for forage and was later used as cattle fodder. Additionally‚ kudzu was found to be a great tool for erosion control due to its strong root system. The plant also helps fix the nitrogen content in the soil. Kudzu also contains several medical chemicals‚ daidzen and genistein‚ which fight inflammation‚ infections‚ cancer‚ and promote estrous cycles. Although kudzu seemed like a wonder plant
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What would you do if your child developed diabetes from being obese? Obesity is a widely known problem that most Americans are enduring in this world today. According to the medical dictionary‚ by Farlex‚ obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat. With more and more Americans becoming obese at a shocking rate due to numerous factors‚ obesity may be developing into one of the most dangerous health problems in the United States. The obesity crisis in America is attributed to many causes; some
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On Tuesday‚ January 12 at 16:53‚ Haiti‚ the poorest country in the western hemisphere‚ suffered the worst earth-quake in two centuries. It first hit just south of the capital‚ Port-au-Prince‚ with two additional strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude quickly following and more than thirty significant aftershocks of a 4.5 magnitude or higher throughout the night and into the early morning (Smith 1). The resulting death toll was estimated at over 230‚000; decapitating the country’s government
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polluting the water with a toxic agent‚ Spielberg polluted it with a gigantic shark. Similar to An Enemy of the People‚ in Jaws‚ the residents of Amity Island on the Atlantic coast‚ who are dependent on the tourist trade for their livelihood‚ keep their beaches open in spite of warnings from Police Chief Martin Brody and scientist Matt Hooper that a gigantic great white shark roams the waters. In An Enemy of the People and Jaws‚ Jaws conveys a stronger message of truth to the audience through the visible
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