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The Spanish Flu was infectious and deadly diseases during the 1918. Throughout history the human race has faced many diseases but one of the most devastating was the Spanish Flu. The flu pandemic of 1918 was one of the deadliest in modern history. It occurred during World War 1, when the United States of America joined the war. At the time there was no drugs or vaccines for this deadly virus. The Spanish Flu was infectious and deadly diseases during the World War 1. The influenza or flu of 1918 origins came from an army camp called Fort Riley in Kansas. Reportedly 25 percent of U.S. population became infected with the flu, and roughly 650,000 Americans died. U.S. citizens were told to wear mask to prevent the flu from spreading. Local schools, businesses, and movies theaters were forced to close early. The flu did not only occurredoccur in the U.S. it was also in areas of Europe and small parts of Asia.…

What you are about to read is a personal description of a place I called home during the summer of 2014 while to deployed to Panjwai District of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Combat Out Post (COP) Masum Ghar was once a Canadian Forward Operating Base (FOB) established during Operation Enduring Freedom. After the Canadian forces had pulled out of the country, the United States Army took their place. COP Masum Ghar, situated in a bowl at the top of a mountain range, called Masum. Ghar is Pashtun for…

Sometime in November last year, it was announced that Harvey Beaks – a Nicktoon centered around a mild-mannered young bird and his two mischievous friends – was being cancelled after just two seasons on the air, with the remaining episodes being moved from Nickelodeon to Nicktoons. The news came as a shock to most of us, including the show's creator, C.H. Greenblatt, who reportedly learned about the show's fate via an official Nickelodeon Twitter post. To make matters worse for the show's fans,…

Travis Greene is a Grammy-nominated, Stellar-Award winning gospel musician who's rise to the front lines of the Christian space has been a treat to witness. Known for his breakout songs, Intentional and You Made a Way, Greene's soulful and unique voice touches the heart and possesses the power to transform a bleak spirit into one filled with hope. He also serves as the co-pastor of the Forward City Church in Columbia, South Carolina. He co-leads alongside his wife, Dr. Jackie Greene. Travis…

Everyone has gotten sick with the flu at least once in their life: it comes often and acts like "an irritation rather than a killer" (). That is exactly why, during its first wave, no one was really worried about it. It was proven not... The pandemic would occur in three waves, affecting so many lives that ... Witucki 2! It is not shocking when the title 1918 influenza pandemic is not commonly heard or known, yet “it would kill more people than any other outbreak of disease in human history.…

Several terminologies have been used worldwide to describe wildfire or forest fire (e.g. Hardy, 2005; Bento-Gonçalves et al., 2012; Eriksen and Prior, 2013; Mhawej et al., 2015). Generally in the United States, these definitions included prescribed fire - which is a controlled burn ignited by human under a controlled environment and on a limited spatial scale. However, in this chapter, we only focus on uncontrolled fire that occurs in the countryside or wildland. Studies such as Kumagai et al.…

HealthSouth’s governance had many major flaws in their governance. The ones that stood out to me were, first, they lacked a strong ethical environment. Employees either lacked the courage to report financial manipulation or they lacked ethical awareness. This culture allowed HealthSouth’s CEO Richard Scrushy to do as he chose without any opposition. Second HealthSouth’s accountants did not fully understand their professional duty and could not convince the CEO that what they were doing was…

Linda F. Voigt, Thomas D. Koepsell, J. Lee Nelson, Carin E. Dugowson, and Janet R. Daling are the authors of “Smoking, Obesity, Alcohol Consumption, and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis.” Due to a substantial amount of study regarding sex hormones contributing to the effects of rheumatoid arthritis they “…conducted a population-based case-control study…in King County, WA, and Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound” (Voigt 525). According to the acknowledgements section the physicians, as…

A bat wing on a x-ray refers to a pattern that shows bilateral perihilar shadowing or consolidation. This happens when pulmonary pressures are high normally and these shadows can be caused by pulmonary edema, pneumonia, inhalation injury or leukemia (Bell,2017). Kerley B lines on an X-ray are a horizontal line that is less than two centimeters long, normally are seen in the lower periphery and are parallel to other ones at the right angles of the pleura. Most frequently they are seen from the PA…

Directed change happens when one gathering makes predominance over an alternate through military triumph or political control; along these lines, government is the most well-known forerunner to guided change. Like fuse, guided change includes the choice and alteration of social attributes. Be that as it may, these techniques are more differed and comes about more perplexing in light of the fact that they get from the obstruction in one social framework by parts of an alternate (Britannica,…