CDC reports 11 cases of human plague since April The average number of cases between 2001 and 2012 was seven, with less than one death each year. "We don't want people to panic but we do want people to be aware of the heightened risk," said Dr. Natalie Kwit, a veterinarian with the division of vector borne diseases at the CDC. How do we still have the plague, centuries after the Black Death? The cases, which are required to be reported to the CDC, have been reported in six states. Experts raise alarm as plague kills dozens in Madagascar The youngest of the patients is 14 and the oldest is 79. Plague occurs in rural and semi-rural areas of the Western United States, most commonly in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. The bacteria that causes the plague, Yersinia pestis, is naturally occurring in the environment and is found in areas where there are wild rodents. People are usually infected after a flea becomes infected from a rodent such as a rat, squirrel or chipmunk, and then transmits it to a person by biting them.
Early Modern Resources Tales Of The Texas Rangers <div style="padding:5px; font-size:80%; width:300px; background-color:white; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; border:1px dashed gray;"> Internet Archive's<!--'--> in-browser audio player requires JavaScript to be enabled. It appears your browser does not have it turned on. Please see your browser settings for this feature. </div> 1. Just a Number (audition) Tales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old-time radio drama, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the US NBC radio network and remained on the air through September 14, 1952. This audio is part of the collection: Old Time RadioIt also belongs to collection: Radio Programs Creative Commons license: Public Domain Notes Provided by Times Past Individual Files Write a review Downloaded 238,070 times Reviews Average Rating: Reviewer: peruse - - May 7, 2013 Subject: Old Radio Shows When I lived in Japan 30 years ago, I used to listen to old radio shows on the Far East Network - I looked forward to them every Sunday night.
The Knight in The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue & Frame Story Character Analysis Look up in the sky! It's a bird…it's a plane…it's SUPER KNIGHT! Seriously, this guy is one perfect knight. If there's been a battle in the past twenty years, chances are good he was there. In all of Christendom and Heathendom, there's no man who's ridden farther. But not only is the Knight a stellar battlefield athlete, he's also a genuinely nice guy. Unlike with some of the other characters, we can be sure that this knight is exactly what Chaucer says he is. In The Canterbury Tales, the Knight is a representative of those who belong to the very high social class of the nobility. The Knight Timeline
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Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll By: Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) The sequel to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” finds Alice back in Wonderland and a pawn in a surreal chess game. This weird and wonderful book includes the poems “Jabberwocky” and “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” a talking pudding, and that immortal line “Jam yesterday, jam tomorrow, but never jam today.” Lewis Carroll was the nom de plume of Charles Dodgson (1832-1890) an Anglican clergyman, photographer, and mathematician. First Page: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS By Lewis Carroll The Millennium Fulcrum Edition 1.7 CHAPTER I. THE 50'S FAMILY AND TODAY'S BALTIMORE— Are we returning to the 1950's-style family? When people discuss recent changes in family life in the United States, they often take the 50's as their point of reference. Many of us were either growing up or rearing children then, so that decade is a natural standard to use. Scholarly and popular commentators on the family frequently note that since the 50's, the divorce rate has more than doubled, the birth rate has dropped sharply, and the average age at marriage his risen. These comparisons often leave the mistaken impression that patterns of marriage and childbearing in the 50's were typical of the patterns in the United States in the 20th century. By recognizing the distinctiveness of the 50's, we can avoid exaggerating the significance of the changes in the family that have occurred since then, and we can better predict the likely direction of change in the near future. Consider the purported ''postponement of marriage'' by young adults today.
Oscar Wilde online | The Works and Life of Oscar Wilde Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll By: Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) This classic tale by Lewis Carroll has delighted children for generations. Alice falls down a rabbit hole and encounters a wide variety of strange and wonderful creatures in all manner of bizarre situations. Join Alice as she journeys through Wonderland, trying to make sense of what she finds there. This book is read dramatically, with different readers voicing the different characters. First Page: [Illustration: Alice in the Room of the Duchess.] Copyright, 1916, by SAM'L GABRIEL SONS & COMPANY [Illustration] Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do. So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her...