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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the adrenal gland‚ especially in times of stress or injury. Chapter 1: Something In The Forest 1. Who is Charles Monet? 2. What happens to Monet? 3. (pages 4-6) The author uses a sensory image of hot and cold in describing the case. Why? 4. The author makes a distinction between lethal and nonlethal contagion. What is the difference? 5. Why were workers burning the fields? What impact does this have on the migration of microbes
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infected as well and visits Nairobi Hospital for treatment‚ where she is infected by the disease. A CDC* team arrives to collect samples of the virus for study. A company called Hazelton Research‚ in Reston‚ Virginia was a quarantine center for monkeys. In October 1989‚ many monkeys started dying. Samples were sent to Fort Detrick (USAMRIID) for study. At the time‚ people thought the virus was Simian hemorrhagic fever virus‚ a fever harmless to humans but almost always fatal to other primates. When
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Character Analysis Hunters In The Snow – Tub Tub from the short story Hunters In The Snow is physically how his name makes him sound. He is short and fat. In the story‚ Kenny describes his appearance as looking like “A beach ball with a hat on”. That statement shows that he is short and round‚ and not just allover huge. The beginning of the story also tells how he is overweight by telling about multiple sandwiches and cookies that he kept hidden in his pockets for the hunting trip‚ showing that
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that a man is never quite man enough. “Hunters in the Snow”‚ by Tobias Wolff‚ three hunting buddies‚ Frank‚ Tub and Kenny‚ set out on a hunting trip together as they have done for years. Tub‚ who is over-weight‚ self-conscious and a good friend‚ shows some of his weaknesses‚ strengths and hardships that are sometimes placed on men in different situations. The protagonist‚ over-weight‚ Tub and his two hunting buddies‚ Frank and Kenny take off early one morning to the snowy mountains for a deer hunt
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1. There are a number of characters in this book‚ choose one and tell us why you would want to be that person. Throughout this book we are introduced to many interesting and riveting characters but in my opinion one of the best characters in this book would have to be Major Nancy Jaax. She was a veterinarian in the Army‚ and her work at Fort Detrick in Maryland often took her away from her children. Consequently‚ she often made up batches of meals in advance so they could easily be thawed and reheated
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Boneless Hot Wings Dusty Butler Topic: Boneless hot wings General Function: To inform Specific Purpose: To show my audience how to prepare and serve boneless hot wings. Organizational Design: Sequential Introduction Attention Arousing and Orienting Material: Buffalo wild wings!! Makes me hungry just thinking about their boneless hot wings. Not being lucky enough to live anywhere near my favorite place to eat‚ I still have had the chance to learn to make boneless hot wings in my current
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How flamin’ hot Cheetos affect the body The topic of my research project is “How Flamin’ Hot Cheetos affect the body”. There are many ways flamin’ hot Cheetos can affect your body. Basically my research explains ways that flamin’ hot Cheetos could possibly affect you‚ but not necessarily happen. Flamin’ hot Cheetos are categorized as any other junk food‚ but is said to be very addictive and can cause ulcers and inflammation in your body. Everyone loves flamin’ hot Cheetos right? But have
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The Hot Zone by Richard Preston was published in New York in 1994‚ consisting of 422 pages. I would rate this book a six because of its sporadic storyline. It provided some scenes that glued my eyes to the pages and made my stomach turn inside out‚ but overall it was not the type of book preference I would recommend for readers like me who enjoy a book that can keep you on edge and has lots of twist and turns to it. In the late 1900s there were these unknown diseases that were making people die
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How to Make Hot Chocolate Hot chocolate can be a delicious and comforting beverage‚ especially during cold winter months. If chilled‚ however‚ you’ll have a refreshing drink or possibly a dessert depending on how you dress it up. Hot chocolate should not to be confused with hot cocoa. The former is made with actual chocolate and is a richer‚ much more substantial beverage. The latter is produced from cocoa powder or from a manufactured product containing cocoa powder such as hot cocoa mixes
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