Sandra Alexander The Hot Zone: A Scary Truth Richard Preston weaves a true tale about a chilling story of an Ebola virus (A disease-causing agent smaller than a bacterium‚ consisting of a shell made of proteins and membranes and a core containing DNA or RNA. A virus depends on living cells in order to replicate.) outbreak that occurs in a suburban Washington‚ D.C. laboratory in 1989. In this laboratory‚ monkeys being used in scientific experiments quickly sicken and die due to a filovirus
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It quickly moves from cell to cell‚ multiplying and destroying as it goes. Your cells become so destroyed and mangled that they eventually explode. Soon after this‚ you begin to show the symptoms of the virus. This includes headaches‚ backaches‚ fever‚ vomiting‚ hemorrhaging both internally and externally‚ your skin is jaundice‚ with pink lesions all over it and your face seems comatose. Internally‚ you bleed into yourself. The patient usually dies within ten days of the first symptoms. The final
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historical fiction book Fever 1793 takes place in Philadelphia‚ PA‚ a place taken over by the Yellow Fever. Matilda “Mattie” Cook goes through horrid experiences throughout the story‚ such as death‚sickness‚ and learning how to mature on her own. By using analogies and descriptive words‚ Laurie Halse Anderson creates the lesson that although Mattie faced many tough times in Fever 1793‚ she learned how to adapt and this made her an overall more independent and mature person. In the book Fever 1793 Mattie goes
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In the book Stayin’ Alive historian Jefferson Cowie writes a very engaging explanation of the political and cultural aspects that effected white workers’ economic individuality and what damaged a “vibrant‚ multi-cultural‚ and gender conscious conceptualization of class” (Stayin Alive‚ Cowie. 72). A single portion of the narrative touches on the rise of the New Right while another tracks the breakdown of working-class cultural idols. New Deal liberalism and the growth of a New Right founded upon a
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The Hot Zone The Hot Zone is a best-selling 1994 non-fiction bio-thriller by Richard Preston about the origins and incidents involving viral hemorrhagic fevers‚ particularly Ebola viruses and Marburg viruses. This book is based upon an outbreak of the Ebola virus in a monkey house located in the Washington‚ D.C. suburb of Reston‚ Virginia. The author weaves together the tales of several previous outbreaks in Africa to describe clearly the potential damage such an outbreak could cause. The first
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My Most Embarrassing Case Scenario By Ellen Degeneres The other day a man asked me‚ “What’s the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to you?” I thought for a minute about the right way to respond and finally settled on. “Would you please leave the ladies’ room?” He informed me that not only was I not in the ladies’ room‚ I was actually in his house. Eventually the whole mess was settled when I explained that I had a severe case of myopia or ‘near-sightedness‚” as the kids say‚ but I was
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Marketreportsonindia.com presents a report on “Cough‚ Cold and Allergy (Hay Fever) Remedies in India” In 2013‚ cough‚ cold and allergy remedies in India witnessed decent value growth of 10%‚ fuelled by the extended rains and erratic weather conditions. Summary In 2013‚ cough‚ cold and allergy remedies in India witnessed decent value growth of 10%‚ fuelled by the extended rains and erratic weather conditions. 2013 saw one of the longest monsoons in 10 years‚ which resulted in a huge rise in the
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Fever‚ 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson displays a strong yet subtle theme of Disease. The novel itself revolves around the Yellow Fever epidemic of the late 18th century in revolutionary America‚ which affected many‚ many people. So many people lost their lives‚ but this subject is just so poorly covered. Thankfully L.H.A had the idea to take this subject and let readers dig deeper into one’s life during the conflict. But how is the theme supported and thrown at the reader at a steady pace throughout
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I believe in the book‚ The Fever Code‚ that the author‚ James Dashner‚ was trying to portray two main themes. The first theme Dashner tries to get across to the reader is: friendship is key. The story starts with a sad boy who is kept away from the rest of the world and forced to do whatever the “grown-ups” say. We find that he is never happy and never gets to be happy until he is introduced to another child; Teresa. They grow a tight bond quickly and all he wants to do is go to see her again
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In the novel Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson the characters face many conflicts. Conflict is the struggle for a desired outcome or achievement. It is the adversity a person faces while going through with an action for or against something. Mattie‚ the main character‚ faces three challenges in the novel that help her mature from an unruly child to a mature young adult. Mattie’s perseverance while facing the challenges of the yellow fever in 1793‚ grows her maturity and understanding of life.
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