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    Part One “The Shadow of Mount Elgon” 1. The “agent” that killed Charles Monet could be considered one of the characters in The Hot Zone. Describe what sort of character it is, what it looks like, and the role that it plays. The “agent” that killed Charles Monet could be considered one of the characters in The Hot Zone. This character would be a considered a virus. It’s very small and it plays a huge role. It plays a huge role because it is the one that started this book. If Marburg didn’t exist then

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    The Hot Zone by Richard Preston The Hot Zone, a novel by Richard Preston explores a close encounter and near-outbreak of the Ebola virus in a military-controlled monkeyhouse. The story follows real-life examples of cases, as well as many fictional characters with new experiences with the virus. The book is considered a thriller, as many of the situations feel they could happen at any time, leaving some readers on the edge of their seats. The novel informed the nation on what likely could be a

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    1. Explain the importance of the reference to Monet’s “women friends”? Monet’s “women friends” are important because he could have contracted the virus from one of them through sexual contact. Not only that, but they could have contributed to the spread of the virus to many others. 4. Monet gets sick, as the disease strikes him, list the symptoms, feelings, and progression of the disease. As Monet became sick, he felt a headache, a throbbing behind his eyes. This happened on the seventh day after

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    In The Hot Zone by Richard Preston, the three major themes repeatedly emphasized are predator versus prey, sacrifice, and going against the odds. The book uses the struggle to contain and exterminate the filoviruses to convey these three ideas. It treats the filoviruses as a predator, and the humans as the prey. It enforces this idea over and over again by using animalistic qualities to describe the humans and the filoviruses, giving them both the same amount of consciousness and personality. “The

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    Hot Fuzz is a film that was made in 2007 in the United Kingdom. The film was heavily influenced by the culture in which it was made, and artistically influenced by the directing style. It is fitting, since two very British men wrote the movie for the United Kingdom specifically. It was written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, both natives. In an interview, Wright stated, “We wanted to make a cop film in the UK, because there isn't really any tradition of cop films in the UK. So, it was absolutely

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    Misty Mountain bottles natural water sourced from organic land for private entities. Our water is non-GMO verified. Our team provides co-packing, which allows private entities the ability to design their own label for branding and promotion. Our quality assurance team sticks to strict quality assurance standards to ensure a premium product with quality unmatched. Give your family, guests, or clients the healthy alternative to beverages! Give them nature 's best - Misty Mountain Naturally Pure Spring

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    As the stars lit up in the big apple and the sun set down towards the west creating a small fog of air around us, me and my sister decided to take a last look at the world famous time square, before we left for home. It was the middle of winter and snowing in the city of hopes of dreams. My sister and I were bundled up with a bright white polar jacket, scarves and Eskimo hats. I could feel the goose bumps racing up to my arms, making my teeth clatter against each other and giving me the chills.

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    Introduction Haigh’s Chocolate factory was one of the oldest chocolate factories in Australia which was started before a century on May 1st 1915 will be celebrating their 100th anniversary in few more days. There are various factors which make them stand as one of the top chocolate sellers in Australia. It was started with a small factory in 1915, emerged with 6 stores in 1933 and from then they have increased their business gradually and now they have 14 outlets and also employing more than 500

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    Introduction The following report will look at four core activities of an Office Administrator at Danlnia Furniture Ltd including; meetings management, information management, Reception duties and website management It will explain the role of organising, planning and co-ordinating in each one of the core activities. The developments in two working practices will be evaluated from the perspective of both an employer and an employee. The report will then also go on to identify and describe four

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    The novel “Paradise” it has various significances not just its literary preference but the title itself. Paradise is very symbolic to the story because of the meaning of the word paradise itself, when a person comes across a word as such they first think of a tropical or a hard to reach place but to a person whose environment is hell to them paradise will be any place better than their usual place, the word paradise means a place where lost souls go and/welcome. In this novel women who were lost

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