with the spread of coccidioidomycosis. As the disease has recently appeared in Washington State, a fresh look at these elements has to be undertaken. Cairns et al. (2000) linked the outbreak in Washington State to a group of travelers to Mexico who returned home; however, this has not been an isolated case and Litvintseva et al. (2014) have shown that though epidemiologic data “suggested that Coccidioides might have been acquired from the local environment, all 3 case-patients [in Washington State] had traveled to endemic regions several years prior to infection; therefore, the possibility of reactivation of latent infection could not be excluded” (p. e1).… Continue Reading...
Americans has the potential to improve the society in general (Washington State Library, 2008).
Assessment of circumstances
Despite the expectation for uniform performance, statistics show that 23.6 percent of African American students drop out from high school (Washington State Library, 2008). It is important that the education system is reoriented to addresses the needs of their diverse populations in American today.
Whites
African American
Score above grade level
67%
51%
Adequate yearly progress 2010
69%
49%
Adequate yearly progress 2011
62%
33%
Adequate yearly progress in 2012
56%
37%
Table 1. Achievement between White and African American high school students… Continue Reading...
Washington State and Florida. Once captured, Bundy escaped from jail on two occasions, which received national attention. His trial was a press spectacle, not only because of the charges Bundy faced, but also because he represented himself at trial. Even after he was convicted, Bundy continued to manipulate public perception of him, by offering to reveal the locations of bodies and identities of victims as a way to get a stay of execution. When combined together, all of these factors helped fashion Bundy as America’s first celebrity serial killer.
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