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- 151: The Ebola Virus
- ... are very similar except for small serological differences and gene sequence differences. The Reston Strain is the only one which does not affect humans. The Ebola virus was named after the Ebola river in Zaire, Africa after its first outbreak in 1976. STRUCTURE When magnified by an electron microscope, the ebola virus resembles long filaments and are threadlike in shape. It usually is found in the form of a "U- shape ... outbreak is officially over when two maximum incubation periods (42 days) have passed without any new cases. PAST OUTBREAKS In the past, there has been 4 major outbreaks. The first occurred in 1976 in Zaire, Africa where there were 280 fatalities out of 318 cases. The second also occurred in 1976, but in a nearby country, Sudan, Africa where 150 additional victims out of 250 cases died. In total, there were 340 deaths out of the 568 who were infected, a death rate of almost 60%. A smaller outbreak arose in 1979, ...
- 152: Quests Not Dreams - A Raisin I
- ... t the quest that she was intended to do though, her quest was to find her "African side" and to connect with it. Beneatha started to fulfill this by talking to Asagai (a man from Africa). She told him, "Mr. Asagai-I want every much to talk with you. About Africa. You see, Mr. Aasagai, I am looking for my identity." Asagai became a link to Africa for Beneatha, a guide to her ancestry/roots. In Act II, Beneatha shows how she has connected with her African roots by doing a ceremonial dance and by cutting her hair so that it ...
- 153: Creative Writing: The Murder Case
- ... on this latest victim?" "The victim fits the description of a courier reported missing two days ago. It seems that he was in the import-export field and he was on his way to South Africa for some kind of business deal, but he never arrived." said Wally Jack and Wally pulled into the parking lot of the Union Bank Building. They were both anxious to speak to Hugh Wallace, President ... can." Wallace replied. "Mr. Jennings was found in his apartment, he had been stabbed. Do you know any reason anyone would want to kill him?" asked Jack. "Mr. Jennings was on his way to South Africa to arrange for a shipment of diamonds, when he didn't arrive, I got a call from our contact," Wallace explained. "Mr. Jennings is usually very dependable and I became suspicious. When I tried to ... s office at strange hours." "Do you think these characters could be connected with Mr. Jennings' murder?" asked Jack. "Maybe," she answered. "Just before Reid was scheduled to go on this last trip to South Africa, he and Mr. Wallace were arguing about something. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but Reid left the office in quite a huff." "Did Mr. Jennings say anything before he left the ...
- 154: John Coltrane
- ... disease) despite bizarre stylistic metamorphoses in the next five and a half years. Coltrane signed with Impulse Records in April of 1961 and the next month began rehearsing and playing the long studio sessions for Africa/Brass, a large-band experiment with arrangements by his close friend Eric Dolphy. This was in part an extension of the modal experimentation in which he had been involved with Davis in the late fifties ... corresponding only vaguely to traditional major and minor scales. The modal approach proved to be the modulation from bop to free jazz, as is clear in Coltrane's revolutionary use of a single mode throughout "Africa," the piece that takes up all of side one of the album. Just as his prolonged modal solos were emulated by rock guitarists (the Grateful Dead, the Byrds of "Eight Miles High," the unlamented Iron ... rapid permutations and combinations of pitches on sopranino sax to simulate chords as sustained tones. From the start, and especially from the opening notes of Coltrane's solo, which bursts forth like a tribal summons, "Africa" is the aural equivalent of a journey upriver. The elemental force of this polyrhythmic modalism was unknown in the popular music that came before it. Coltrane experimented with two bassists a hint of wilder ...
- 155: Heart Of Darkness 4
- ... nature, the insensibility of reality, and the moral darkness. We have noticed that important motives in Heart of Darkness connect the white men with the Africans. Conrad knew that the white men who come to Africa professing to bring progress and light to "darkest Africa" have themselves been deprived of the sanctions of their European social orders; they also have been alienated from the old tribal ways. "Thrown upon their own inner spiritual resources they may be utterly damned by ... be so corrupt by their absolute power over the Africans that some Marlow will need to lay their memory among the 'dead Cats of Civilization.'" (Conrad 105.) The supposed purpose of the Europeans traveling into Africa was to civilize the natives. Instead they colonized on the native's land and corrupted the natives. "Africans bound with thongs that contracted in the rain and cut to the bone, had their swollen ...
- 156: The Ancient Mariners of the Mediterranean and Ming Dynasty China: A Comparison of Seafaring in the Ancient World
- ... sailors as well as the ports that were needed to support them. The Phonecians possessed the timber needed to build sturdy ships and they would eventually make it as far as the West Coast of Africa on their many trading explorations. Their two largest contributions to the later world would be the founding of Carthage and the use of writing. The installation of writing and its use by the Greeks in ... made the Persian Gulf very important in the link that kept the Mediterranean in the international trade theater. Also many of the seafarers of the Mediterranean would sail as far west as the coast of Africa and possibly the shores of England, while also journeying into the Western Indian Ocean and all through the many rivers and seas that constitute that territory. In China the situation was much more diverse. Though ... be more different. Under the guidance of Zheng He, the seven different treasure fleets that went forth between 1405 and 1433 sailed from as far east as Australia and Batavia to as far west as Africa. They also sailed to India and Arabia and numerous place in between. Because this was a journey to gather patronage for the new emperor, Zhu Di, the treasure fleets made as much landfall as ...
- 157: Mozambique
- Mozambique Mozambique is a country located on the southeast coast of Africa. It covers 308,642 square miles and has a population of about sixteen million. Maputo is the capitol, largest city, and chief port. Mozambique was governed by Portugal from the early 1500's until 1975 ... leading producer of cashews. Other important products include coconuts, cotton, sugar cane , and cassava (a starchy root). Some people catch fish and shrimp in the Indian Ocean. Mozambiques economy depends partly on payments from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Malawi for the use of railroads and port facilities. Many Mozambicans also work in South Africa. Industrial development has been slow and has occurred mainly in food processing and oil refining industries. Coal is mined in central Mozambique. The Cahora Bassa damn in the northwest produces electrical power, much of ...
- 158: Malaria
- ... and after seventy-two hours Plasmodium malariae begin causing fever and chills (Cann, 1996). Most malaria cases seem to cluster in the tropical climate areas extending into the subtropics, and malaria is especially endemic in Africa. In 1990 eighty percent of all reported cases were in Africa, while the remainder of most cases came from nine countries: India, Brazil, Afghanistan, Sri-Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China. Globally, the disease circulates in almost one hundred countries causing up to 1,500 ... this were the only factor, scientist would have no problem containing the disease. Humans migrate, however, and over time the disease has slowly spread throughout the tropics. Major problems also exist when ignorant tourists to Africa transfer the parasite to non malarious areas (Graham, 1996). Biologists are also using control measures, such as spraying DDT to kill mosquitoes, draining stagnant water, and using the widespread use of nets to contain ...
- 159: African Culture
- ... exercised upon them. Otherwise, their ignorance becomes a major resource for racists. In fact, subordinated individuals often employ individualism as a buttress to racial stigma. An example is Whoopi Goldberg, who denies her connection to Africa by saying, "Don't call me an African American, I am an American." Another example is Morgan Freeman, who returned from Africa to declare: "I ain't lost nothing in Africa. I'm an American." But then, the irony is that they are not regarded by the movie industry or its patrons as merely "American" actors; they are ultimately Black actors who are given - and ...
- 160: Heart of Darkness: Marlow and Kurtz
- ... however, Marlow is able to realize the darkness inside him and retain his soul before he reverts to a savage animal-like Kurtz has. Marlows disillusionment begins as he arrives on the shore of Africa. When he first arrives on the coast of Africa he sees a large warship bombarding the overgrown forest that has encroached on the beach. This firing is random and is only pointless destruction. He sees the natives, and the people view them as their ... native savages. Marlow shows he has the savage qualities as well when he follows Kurtz into the forest, but not to the extreme Kurtz has. Marlow also shows his savageness when he is first in Africa when he and his men are carrying a dead man. One of his men expects to see Marlow kill someone, this man sees that Marlow has the potential to kill a man. Marlow realizes ...
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