Can you define plague

What is the treatment?

http://www.toronto.ca/health/epp/plague.htm#treatment

Antibiotics such as streptomycin, gentamicin and others are effective treatments for plague. People with pneumonic plague need to be placed in medical isolation so they do not pass it on to other people.

What is the definition of bubonic plague?

http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/definition-bubonic-plague-741919.html

n the commonest form of plague in humans characterized by fever delirium and the formation of buboes …

What is the definition of PLAGUE MEDAL?

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=35599

“A medal specially worn to obtain God’s protection during a plague or pestilence. Popular during the Middle Ages, plague medals have the image of St. Roch or St. Sebastian, but generally of the Blessed Virgin or of one of her shrines. …

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Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder or is there a standard?

Q: What people commonly term beauty is difficult, we live in a world which is influenced by the Media and TV to define what beauty is? When the Great Plague happened Fat people were in and in Africa as they lived longer. In our society were food is in abundance. Thin is in. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. Proverbs 31:30 Favour is another word for Charm, Someone who is charming is hiding something. Beauty is a thing that is temporary as it will last but a moment. Even personality if someone is nice or hot? How do you define Nice you do not know who they are? Jer 17:9 – Show Context The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?Do we have to have a plumbline on what beauty is?

A: Excellent question. It touches on many areas: art, philosophy, sociology, mass communications, psychology, and even the “hard” sciences like statistics, biology, genetics, etc.You have addressed one of the most ancient and universal questions. It can be directed or focussed on many subjects, such as male or female physical beauty, or the inner beauty we often see in physically unattractive people, or it can be generalized to the beauty we can find in nature, the universe, or even mathematics and the realm of ideas. The ancient Greek philosophers (eg: Plato) had much to say on the subject, some even went so far as to attempt an objective classification of the nature of beauty, or the ideal.Fast forward to the present day, to the hard sciences, and we can find research into male and female perceptions of beauty in the opposite sex, using a vast array of tools ranging from questionnaires to computer-assisted face-mapping and statistical analysis that attempts to reveal the “ideal” facial or body type (even the ideal walking style) according to the opposite sex.As for the more general, “fuzzy”, purely philosophical notion of beauty, I think the only valid answer to your question is the one you already know: beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder.Also, if you look into other religions, you may find that Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, etc. have other insights of interest to you.Spiritual “beauty” has nothing to do with physical beauty, of course, and it seems to be a constant and universal concern of all mankind. If you are looking for some “objective” never-changing truths about the nature of beauty (defined as “what is best in humans”), I think the best sources will be found in philosophy and religion. These two areas are mankind’s storehouses of universal truth. You won’t find much universal truth in popular media, that’s for sure.

Modesty is not a black and white issue?

Q: Modesty is not a black and white issueModest dress is a key component of Islam, but it’s important to retain personality and aesthetics in the way we dressThis week I tried out the most extreme black cloak to make it into my wardrobe. A piece of elastic attached it to the top of my head, and then the single piece of long fabric hung snugly over my hair, sweeping over my shoulders and down past my feet. The final flourish was for me to hold together the two edges under my chin. Two eyes, a nose and a squashed mouth peeked through the gap under the black sheet. My husband peered into the bedroom, and nearly dropped his mug of tea.”You look like a black blob,” he said, horrified. “Where have you gone?” He poked underneath the black cloth like a serious Sherlock Holmes. Despite feeling uncomfortable about the cloak, no man was going to tell me how to observe modest dress. “Don’t you want me to hide my figure so I’m not attracting attention?” I barked at him. He froze, rabbit in headlights, and then looked at me for a clue.”Of course I want you to be modest,” he said, certain that this was the right answer.”And isn’t this long cloak, the most modest thing I could wear?””Well yes. Erm, well no, well yes, no, yes, yeah… no? yes, yes… “I looked at him sternly, with the if-you-dare glint of a determined Muslim woman, who has pro-actively chosen to wear the headscarf and modest dress. He looked more terrified of me in my new guise of crazy-eyed Muslim harridan than he had of the black blob. But he was right to be distressed.The question about how we should define modesty is constantly plaguing the Muslim community. Neither men nor women can map out any consistency or meaning in the higgledy-piggledy implementation of the rules of modest behaviour. At work you can interact with the opposite gender but not at Islamic conferences. Muslim men can shake hands with non-Muslim women, but not vice-versa. Brides who normally wear hijab will uncover in front of men to be shown off. In some communities, men will push into the women’s section during weddings, but will enforce segregation at home. In others it is the opposite, with women not allowed to participate in mosque management due to the fitnah (division) this could cause, but happily socialising together.The spirit and implementation of modesty is confused at best. Women and their clothing have become hijacked into being the symbol of how religious we are as a community. If women are properly covered, then everyone seems to think they can rest easy.Her choice of dress is inextricably linked to a judgement about her spiritual status. At the sober end she is considered overly pious, not to mention excruciatingly dull. By contrast those women who choose not to wear a headscarf, are immediately judged to be irreligious, un-spiritual and not considered to be ‘properly’ practising. There has been a visible increase in the number of women wearing the hijab (head covering), the jilbab (loose fitting long dress) as well as the niqab (face covering).Colours are subtle: greys, browns, blues, blacks. These women cite their dress as a freedom, an escape from the body-obsessed post-modern world, as well as a greater commitment to the values of Islam. At the other extreme is the rise of the Muhajababe. Her head covered, she probably wears skinny fit jeans and lycra t-shirts. For her, the headscarf itself has shown her commitment to her Muslim identity and faith.We sighed simultaneously at the black cloak I was still wearing. “We all end up looking the same, I feel anonymous and unknown. I’m not me anymore,” I mourned to him. “Some people say that our voices should not be heard either. I’m part of a black silent mass at the back of the room. Surely individuality is important? Especially if Allah says that there are as many ways to know Him as there are human beings?”He responded enigmatically: “Each flower that God has created is specifically a different colour, and design. Even when they are closed, they make an effort to show their personality, and individuality.”I squinted dubiously at him. “Does this mean you think women don’t need to wear niqab, jilbab or even the hijab?””Defining what ‘modesty’ means isn’t easy, and we Muslims spend an awful lot of time on the outward signs like dress and physical separation. Where we need to focus more is on the complex relationships between modesty, personality and aesthetics.”I draped the abaya playfully over his shoulders. “Modesty isn’t just for Muslim women to worry about,” I reminded him. “To build a strong community we all have to be concerned with inner spirituality as well as outer codes of conduct like dress.” Grinning cheesily, I pointed at the cloak: “Modesty is definitely not a black and white issue.”This article was published in The Muslim News”Modesty and Faith are joined very closely together; if one goes, the other one goes too.” (Quran)

A: that was really long… 🙂 but i agree. I think modesty is tough to definitively define too. the main thing is you intention.

Distressing mental patterns plague my every thought?

Q: I’m starting to lose control of my thoughts. Personalities have started to divide amongst themselves in my mind. Although I appear to be quite normal in society, I suffer from constant thinking. I tremble when talking to certain people, involuntary reflexes that occur when people focus on me. I fear I might be driven to complete insanity if this continues. I request advice on how to counteract this abstraction by myself if possible, without seeking the professional help others have advised for me. Each day I lie awake, aware of all the events circulating our daily lives. I feel the world breathe and ache as our existence longs to determine itself as one of hope. I do not hate society, I feel a need to help. My emotions have dissolved into a dark figure that I try to keep contained and out of my life. Arguments do not stop in my head, and each time they do, they eventually emerge just to spite my well-being and to quench the solidity from which I have experienced.I beg you not to advise me to seek a professional’s help.I just need remedies to which I can cure this ailment.So far, meditation, deep thought, realization of my state, and physical beatings have not worked for me in this state.Far too long has this disturbed my productivity. As much as I would like to make this problem work for me, it has somewhat overpowered my stature. Emotionally distraught and psychologically bothered, I have tried my best to contain my thoughts. I do not let them escape to harm this world. So I ask you before I lay to accompany my tears in a shallow lonesome that seems to perturb me, what can I possibly do as a sole individual to overcome my state as a deviation from human kind. I feel as thought there are others like me, but I WILL NOT LET THIS DISEASE SPREAD ACROSS MY MIND AND ALLOW MYSELF TO ENTER THE DARK REALMS OF INSANITY!Praying to an imaginary deity to which no account has been to the proof of his/her/or it’s existence has only stalled the progression of my thoughts. Every possibility has been attempted to be imagined in my mind. Great ideas seem to slip and dark thoughts seem to consume my every being.I feel weak, staying completely sedentary I can feel my own heartbeat, water is the only thing I drink.Suicidal thoughts continue to emerge, but have often been shot down by my common sense. As extreme as my condition may be, I try to keep extreme thoughts contained. Perhaps an identity crisis has emerged as I am currently in my teen years. Roughly 16-17 years old. I do not see joy in the normal things in life. I have no wants other than defining who I truly am. I need nothing more than basic survival needs, such as food. I desire only one thing in the future. To help advance human understanding. A life I poorly lead has set an enigmatic journey through the true discovery of who I’ve become and who I am.

A: Listen, man. This sounds very serious. You need to see a professional, and it sounds like you spent a lot of time and thought on this question. Print this out and give it to your psychologist. No matter what answers you get on here, Yahoo! Answers can’t give you meds, and this sounds like a real condition that you need meds for. Go schedule an appointment… nobody deserves to live this way.