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climate of a place, causing the perfect conditions for outbreaks of different viruses and diseases. The video by PBS (2005) talked about one specific example: Greely Colorado in 2003. Droughts and climate changes there caused an outbreak of West Nile Virus. One doctor that they interviewed for the video explained that they had a very wet spring and a really hot beginning of summer, which set up perfect conditions to cause their West Nile Virus outbreak. On their website the Natural Resources…

Now that we are at the end of the Spring 2016 semester, it is time to reflect on the History Department’s exciting year. I don’t normally like to turn my back on people, but I wanted to model the History Student Association’s new t-shirt. Not only do I like the shirt, I believe that our students came up with a wonderful way of describing what it is that we as historians do and are. We are scholars who are “in-betweeners.” “Our minds are in the past, our bodies in the present, and our…

August 7, 2009 from http://www.hipaa.org/ Holy Quran. (2000). Elmhurst, NY/USA: Translated by Abdullah Ysuf Ali. Transliteration in Roman script by M.A.H. Eliyasee. Published by Tahrike Tarsile Quran, Inc. Life Application Bible. (1978). Colorado Springs, Colorado/ USA: Zondervan publications. NMC to update guidance on reporting poor care. (2009). Nursing Standard,…

the bilateral agreement between the United States and Canada that supports the early warning, defense, and protection of the North American continent from all aerospace threats. NORAD was created in September, 1957, and is headquartered in Colorado Springs Colorado. NORAD has an ongoing air defense mission. Operation Noble Eagle is the ongoing air defense mission. This operation is continually refined to meet the challenges of a changing world. Operation Noble Eagle closely follows the NORAD…

Since ancient times abortion has been legal and practiced in many cultures and countries. In the United States abortion was legal under common law until it was first restricted in Connecticut in 1821 (Wilson, 2013). It restricted the use of toxic substances to cause miscarriage after “quickening” when a woman feels her child move (Wilson, 2013). In 1873 the Comstock Law banning the distribution of materials related to contraception and abortion is passed. During the Great Depression abortions…

In the ever changing society in which we live one thing has remained constant over the years, sports. The Super Bowl, World Series, Olympics, and many other sporting events are considered equal to holidays in the eyes of most Americans. Sports provide a safe haven for fans, a shot in the dark that the underdog will win, in the simplest terms a sense of hope. What about the athletes? As fans it is easy to be the one yelling at the television when your favorite wide receiver does not make the…

These rivers are the Missouri, Mississippi, Yukon, Rio Grande, St. Lawrence, Arkansas, Colorado, Atchafalaya, Ohio, Red, Brazos, and Columbia are the only rivers in the US that are longer than the Snake river. People believed that the Snake was longer than the Columbia but when people measured it they found that the Columbia was about 20-60…

are all traditions presented by the Icelanders (Culture of Iceland 2016). Iceland is located between Canada and northern Europe. It is an island (completely surrounded by water) and has many lakes and reservoirs. Iceland is also known for its hot springs, geysers, and waterfalls that drape across this green infested country. Iceland is 11 percent covered by old lava fields and 12 percent covered in glaciers. Iceland also has extensive volcanic and geothermic activity due to the…

Fast Food Nation 1. "Kroc and Disney both dropped out of high school and later added the trappings of formal education to their companies. The training school for Disney's theme-park employees was named Disneyland University. More importantly, the two men shared the same vision of America, the same optimistic faith in technology, the same conservative political views. They were charismatic figures who provided an overall corporate vision and grasped the public mood, relying on others to handle…

Pennsylvania. My father was born in 1963 in Germany while my grandfather was on deployment in the United States Air Force. Traveling the world my father found a place where he has not left. The city of Colorado Springs is where my mother and father first met. My mother was born in 1968 and is a Colorado native. They were married in 1987 and began their lives together. It was a year later when I was born at Penrose St. Francis Hospital. I was definitely not the cutest thing anyone had ever…