Pandemics are disease that spread over a country or the world. Typhus is an example of a pandemic. Typhus is a bacterial disease that is spread by lice and fleas. Brill Zinsser is the discoverer of the disease and typhus is also known as “Brill Zinsser Disease”. Two types of most common typhus are endemic and murine. Endemic typhus is usually seen in places with cold temperature‚ endemic typhus are sometimes called “jail fever” or “camp fever” because typhus killed hundreds of thousands of people
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A Recipe for Dangerous Behavior In the United States‚ college is a journey that can teach students some of the most important lessons that they will carry throughout their lives. Author William Zinsser write in his essay “ College Pressures ” that students can face a wide variety of pressures like parental‚ economical to even the most common type‚ self induced pressure. Although college is supposed to help students develop as individual people‚ they are placed into an environment that is extremely
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suggestions and ended up with my own plan to manage my time more wisely‚ add physical activity‚ and focus on one task‚ not anticipate the future. William Zinsser in the essay “College Pressures” (1979)‚ suggests that students from Yale University in 1979 faced: financial‚ family‚ friends‚ and self pressures‚ when trying to succeed in college. Zinsser supports his essay with his own observations by working as a master at Bradford University and also uses quotes and examples from deans and students that
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fall. It is rarely deadly. Risk factors for murine typhus include exposure to rat fleas or rat feces and exposure to other animals such as cats‚ opossums‚ raccoons‚ skunks‚ and rats Rickettsia prowazekii causes epidemic typhus and Brill-Zinsser disease. Brill-Zinsser disease is a mild form of epidemic typhus. It occurs when the disease re-activates in a person who was previously infected. It is more common in the elderly. Lice and fleas of flying squirrels spread the bacteria. Symptoms Symptoms
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college‚ thousands of young adults are getting their first real taste of freedom - a chance to sketch out dreams‚ manage their time‚ and test various Ramen Noodle creations unaware of the pressures they are about to commit themselves to. According to Zinsser all college pressures can be combined into four classifications. Peer Pressure‚ Economic and Parental Pressures‚ and Self-Induced Pressure. Without them a student of our generation would not be a student‚ but with them‚ students of our time are
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Solitude — the state of seclusion — in the modern world differs from solitude in the Romanticism era. Romanticism is a point in time within the 19th century‚ most known for its literature written about sadness‚ loss‚ and heartbreak. The article “The End of Solitude‚” written by William Deresiewicz‚ addresses how solitude no longer exists today due to the access of technology. He believes the newer generations do not have moments of solitude because of their constant need for visibility‚ or referred
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Parker Hargett 2nd Hour Memoir: Guts by Gary Paulsen. William Zinsser wrote “How to Write a Memoir”. Where he gives information on how to write a good memoir. He says you need to be yourself‚ speak freely‚ tell your own story and think small. These are very important things to know before you write a memoir. In Guts by Gary Paulsen he followed Zinsser’s advice. Zinsser’s first advice was to be yourself. He meant don’t try to be like other writers. Don’t worry about what others will say it’s your
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Human beings are gifted with one thing that no other creature in this universe is: the ability to think. Thinking is one of the best things we as humans get to experience and share. That being said‚ I never grokked the concept of thought; how it held so many layers beneath its surface. Through reading different articles about it and its similar concepts‚ my thought about thought—no pun intended of course— has become more complex‚ to say the least. Throughout our course of life‚ the way we think changes
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as her models. In researching an explanation for her graphic art style‚ I encountered a website louellamartin.wordpress.com‚ where in an interview with John Zinsser‚ she defends her work by saying‚" I would hope that these images would make people comfort their own feelings about sex‚ pornography‚ or erotic images and their own bodies" (Zinsser
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There are many opinions and ideas about the purpose of education. Some people believe the purpose is to learn new things‚ learn about what you like‚ some say education makes a person wise. Others say the purpose of education is to get you farther in today’s society. These views have changed and repeated themselves many times throughout history. The purpose of education is to get us ready for the next step of expectation. This stairway is never ending because of the new and higher technology being
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