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    Reformation In the first half of the sixteenth century Western Europe experienced a wide range of social, artistic, political changes as the result of a conflict within the Catholic church. This conflict is called the Protestant Reformation, and the Catholic response to it is called the Counter-Reformation. The Reformation began when Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five theses against the indulgences of the Church. These indulgences included if you did a good dead, this reduced the amount

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    Sons of Philipp Wilhelm Grimm and Dorothea Grimm, née Zimmer had nine children and three died in infancy. Jacob and Wilhelm were the second and the third eldest in the family. In the early 1800’s, the boys began to study law at the University of Marburg. While there at the university they began to collect folktales. After Jacob and Wilhelm’s mother died, Jacob took the liberty to look after his younger siblings and went to work at a library in Kassel, and then Wilhelm did

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    education that they not only wanted but needed. Their mother would not have been able to pay the cost of both of their educations. It took them four years after living with their aunt to get into a college. They attended the same college, University of Marburg, and that is when their ideas and love for literature grew. The Brothers Grimm did not write the stories in their book, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, but collected and modified them. Both brothers became close friends with Achim von Arnim which made them create

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    Otto Hahn

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    Intro Otto Hahn was the man of the times. He was associated with the greatest minds of the Twentieth-century and founded many scientific principles of the Twenty-first. His work in mid-war Germany shaped the path of not only his own, but many nations. This is the investigation pertaining to the life and works of Otto Hahn. Childhood and Education Otto grew up as the son of a middle class Glazier (Glass fitter) and attended the Goethe Gymnasium where he took an interest in classics. He grew up

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    The average fatality rate of patients infected with Ebola is around 50% according to the World Health Organization. The nonfiction book titled The Hot Zone by Richard Preston takes readers through true events pertaining to an outbreak of Ebola in the late 1980’s at a monkey testing facility in Reston, Virginia. The author heavily emphasizes the danger surrounding ignorance and uncertainty in regard to the viral and morbid Ebola at the conclusion of the book. While Preston makes this point evident

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    answer. Before any of these issues can be undertaken, a brief biography on Arendt’s life would certainly be practical. Hanna Arendt was born October 14, 1906 in Hanover, Germany in 1906 to Jewish parents. She studied Philosophy at the University of Marburg where she met Martin Heidegger, her professor and mentor with whom she began an affair (Berkowitz, Roger.). Heidegger later began a heavy affiliation with the Nazi. He not only supported Hitler’s

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    The Hot Zone Ebola Virus

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    detail telling the progression of which it goes through. It starts with a headache and backache and ends with all of your internal organs failing “bleeding out” like Charles Monet. There are four filoviruses: Ebola virus (EBOV), Sudan virus (SUDV), Marburg virus (MARV), and Ravn virus (RAVV). They are all Level 4 biohazard, which means they are extremely dangerous to humans especially because they are so infectious, have a high death rate, and there are no medicines, treatments, or cures. Charles Monet

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    Dorothea Grimm and four other siblings, then moved in with their aunt. Thanks to their aunt, Jakob and Wilhelm were able to join a high school called, “Luceum Fridericianum”, In Kassel, Germany (Rita Amend 1). They then attended The University of Marburg for legal studies, academically following their father who was a jurist (B. Myint 1). The death of their father reduced the boys to poverty, because of their low status in society they required special passes to study law (P. Malone 6). Along with

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    essay appeals to the emotions in the beginning with the narrative of Joosten’s death. Quammen made the opening appeal on a personal level as he described the vacation as if the reader were there, then subtly informs the reader Joosten has died from Marburg. Ethos and logos are not near as present as in Specters’ essay, but this is likely due to the target audience and purpose. For this essay, the purpose seems to be more informative than attention grabbing as audience of Popular Science Magazine is

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    that they have raised 13 million dollars in a compilation of stocks led by Newspring Capital and Camden Partners (Paragon Bioservices Inc, 2016). In December 2014, Paragon received funding from the DoD for producing virus particles for Ebola and Marburg virus vaccines (Paragon Bioservices, 2010). 7. Future plans: any indications of future plans for the

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