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    Smallpox was annihilated it is an irresistible infection caused by the variola infection. Variola infection was an infectious disease that was spreading that started with one person, then the next, people who contracted smallpox demonstrated side- effects of a fever and a skin rash. 3 out of each 10 people with smallpox kicked the bucket, most survivors have perpetual scars over their bodies. Smallpox was destroyed in light of immunization, the main instances of smallpox occurred since 1977, the…

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    My chosen exemplar is Edward Jenner (1749-1823). Edward Jenner is the discoverer of the smallpox vaccine during the eighteenth century which saved many lives at that time and still till this day. Jenner has been widely known as the ‘father of immunology’. Jenner’s publication of his findings that cowpox could protect against the fatal disease, smallpox, gotten him support by the scientific community. Jenner was also promoting vaccination among the poor. Jenner went on to form many scientific…

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    In order to discover a cure and treatment for diseases, experiments had to be conducted. But, not all experiments were successful, and not all patrons were in favor of the medicinal remedies. A major technique that was practiced during the time of the smallpox epidemic was inoculation. Inoculation was a perilous procedure as it involved extracting the pus out of one of the smallpox pustules and then injecting it into a healthy person. The goal of the procedure was to grant a person with immunity…

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    Kim Kardashian's Fame

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    In this collage, as you can see there are many moments that led to Kim Kardashian's fame. In the year 2014, Kim Kardashian was nominated for one of the one hundred most influential woman. Beforehand, Kim K. worked with several different celebrities as their assistant. Which is pictured above as a example where Paris Hilton says “Have you cleaned out my closet yet?” and Kim responds “Not yet, I will in five minutes.” Pictured above are a few of Kim’s marriages that she has been through,…

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    Dr. Edward Jenner lived between the years 1749 and 1823. During that time period, Smallpox was a disease that killed approximately between 10% and 20% of the population. It was a horrible disease that left multiple deep scars all over people’s bodies if it did not kill them first. During the time period of Chapter 19, many advances were made in medicine. Dr. Jenner’s discovery, experimentation, and invention of the vaccine for smallpox is one of those many advances. Dr. Jenner is considered…

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    The “father of immunization” Edward Jenner was well-known for his creativity and wisdom. As a large contributor of revolutionizing the face of medicine, Jenner’s experiment with a dangerous and deadly infection transformed into prevention at its finest. The health care industry between the seventeen to eighteen hundreds lacked prevention methods which could have saved thousands of lives. It was during this time infections were considered a death sentence since the use of antibiotics were…

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    “I can’t read War and Peace anymore,” Bruce Friedman confessed during a phone conversation with Nicholas Carr. “I’ve lost the ability to do that. Even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it” (Carr 93). Individuals in this generation, do not want to…

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    Anthhrax Synthesis Essay

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    The FBI’s investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks revealed several failures of sensemaking, both at the level of specific FBI investigatory procedures, and at the broader level of organizational sensemaking and identity threats. The sensemaking model is helpful for understanding the FBI’s actions because the former failures in sensemaking likely caused broader identity threats that could have, and should have triggered sensemaking at the organizational level. The FBI, in its investigation of…

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    Amerithrax Case Study

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    Applying Sensemaking to the Amerithrax Case In September 2001, America experienced a biological attack on US soil that resulted with the death of 5 americans and 17 being infected from letters laced with anthrax. As a result of this national crisis, the FBI was given the task of investigating the anthrax attack. This was the very first time that the FBI handled a case like this. In order to solve the anthrax case, the FBI used sensemaking. Sensemaking is the process of how an organization…

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    The short extract from ‘Smoke, lilies and Jade’ by Richard Bruce Nugent is from a Bildungsroman play foretelling the plight of Alex - a 19-year-old, black, male facing internal conflicts and confusion in regards to his sexuality. Therefore, taking this context into consideration, the extract naturally issues an underlying, thematic patterning of fragmentation, uncertainty, and tension. From a close reading, these themes spill out through the content, the form, as well as the diction. In more…

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