Critical Review of the Andromeda Strain
Imagine walking into a town that normally populates 48 vivacious residents, and discovering 46 non-moving non-living bodies. There are no guns, no bombs, and no visible pre-manufactured weapons of any sort. A few minutes later death strikes, observations can no longer be made, and a black curtain falls.
This is what happened to two Army recovery personnel in the town of Piedmont, Arizona (population 48). They set off to retrieve SCOOP VII, a military satellite sent to bring back alien microorganisms. The satellite did its’ job, it brought back a microorganism; something its six predecessors were not able to do. The microorganism SCOOP VII brought back was lethal, killing almost
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The five-floored facility was built entirely underground, with each floor more sterile than the one above. Here the four scientists work with the microorganism, now code named “Andromeda strain.” They try to discover how the agent kills, what it is composed of, where it came from, and why those two civilians survived. The scientists conclude their work on the fifth floor, when disaster strikes. A seal is broken which sets off an automatic nuclear explosion, designed to destroy any microscopic threat to society. The scientists have only a few minutes to disable the bomb, and finally attempt to answer all those …show more content…
Could this happen? Is our country prepared? What if the Russians had discovered this microbe during the Cold War? One possible answer is yes. This is happening right now in Africa with the Ebola virus. Our country is not prepared, we have neither a vaccine nor a cure. Fortunately, the Russians did not use biological weapons during the Cold War, but the threat is not over. Iraq has been accused of producing biological weapons, and terrorists recently used Anthrax, a deadly microbe, in a Japanese subway. The threat is out there, and quite frankly, Michael Crichton produced paranoia in one reader. The second group of questions are a little more abstract. What if a higher life form sent this microorganism in order to communicate their existence? What does this mean for civilization as it is known today? These are just a few examples of the ability of this novel to generate reader
In recent times Oprah has become shorthand for self-help: a spiritual guide, a confessor and a warm shoulder for her adoring American public. Throughout her revolutionary daytime talk show, Oprah’s pronouncements have become the Word to live by for a staggeringly diverse audience. In fact, one could argue she is a religious leader for an America increasingly skeptical about organized religion. According to Lofton, when Oprah ...
The experiment accidents killed thousands of people and damaged the town they were living in. Some people doesn’t was to move from that place because they stated that their parents raised them here and it is a priority to live here. The explosions were really big and they destroyed the whole area. The people who were involved in this test didn’t know what they were doing until, it slowly killed them. Many scientists have died because of cancer and other diseases of the cause of radioactive surroundings that they are involved in during experiments.
On February 25, 2016, the FASB issued a new accounting standard with respect to the financial reporting of leases. Under the new standard, lessees will need to report all leases with a long-term on the balance sheets. The new standard purports to increase the comparability and transparency among different companies and provide investors of a more faithful representation with more accurate information on company liabilities.
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Harmful noises are everywhere. “The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reports that approximately 30 million Americans are exposed to daily noise levels that will likely lead to hearing loss” (Daniel, 2007, p. 226). Excessive noise exposure can lead to permanent hearing loss, tinnitus, poor communication abilities, and reduced self-esteem; however, it can be prevented in many situations. This paper will discuss how much noise exposure can occur before it becomes hazardous, the long-term effects of noise exposure at an early age, and the primary reasons why preventable socioacousis occurs.
“While permissive parenting or indulgent parenting is a style of parenting in which parents are very involved with their children but place few demands or controls on them” (Santrock, 2007). These parenting styles are utilized to determine how they raise their children. There are consequences on how the children behave with these different parenting styles. Like the children of authoritative parents tend to be more lively and have a happy disposition, has self-confidence in the ability to master tasks and has well-developed emotion regulation. The children of the authoritarian parents has an unhappy disposition and are rather anxious and withdrawn, do well in school but has poor reactions to frustrations and are not likely to engage in antisocial activities while the children of the permissive parents have poor emotion regulation, low persistence to challenging tasks, antisocial behaviours and become rebellious when desires are not met (Baumrind, 1966,pg. 887-907). “Mothers and fathers tend to pick up different behaviours of parenting based on the sex of their child”(Putnam & Myers, 2014). “According to Stephen (2014) Studies have shown that “fathers can affect their daughters' emotional adjustment more through the style of parenting they demonstrate rather than through
G in 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G stands for the “Generation” of the mobile network. Today, mobile operators have started offering 4G services a higher number before the ‘G’ means more power to send out and receive more information and therefore the ability to achieve a higher efficiency through the wireless network. During the time of 1G, radio signals were transmitted in ‘Analogue’ form. 2G networks on the other hand, were based on narrow band digital networks. The 3rd generation of mobile networks has become popular and users access the Internet over devices like mobiles and tablets. This means a 3G network actually allows for more data transmission and therefore the network enables voice and video calling, file transmission, internet surfing, online TV, view high definition videos, play games and much more. 4th Generation mobile networks are believed to provide many value added features.
The different methods that parents use to raise their children are categorized by experts into four distinct styles – each style determined by a parent’s level of responsiveness and demandingness. Experts define responsiveness as “parental warmth, acceptance, reflectiveness and involvement,” and demandingness as a parent’s “control, monitoring, or strictness” (Piko 150). One parenting style is neglectful parenting, sometimes referred to as rejecting or indifferent parenting. Neglectful parenting consists of low demandingness of a child, along with low responsiveness to the child. These parents are “unlikely to take part in their children’s activities,” and often provide nothing more for their children than food and shelter (Hibbard 271). Permissive-indulgent parenting is another method; parents of this type exhibit high responsiveness but low demandingness. This means that they give their child abundant freedoms and do not apply rules or demands, but display love and acceptance (Hibbard 271). A third...
Parents throughout the world nurture and raise their children using three, but not limited to, different parenting styles: authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative. Authoritarian parenting style, also labeled as dictatorial or harsh, categorizes the “because I said so” parents (Vivo 1). These extremely strict parents set firm rules, instruct, discourage conversation, and expect orders to be obeyed with no questions asked. An authoritarian parent controls their children as they are strict on discipline and are highly controlling, demanding, and directive. Their high expectations are enforced and they stress obedience. These parents express a low amount of warmth, nurture, and sensitivity. Parents, usually only showing little affection, only express love and acceptance only when their child behaves properly.
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They allow children to express their opinions, even if it is different from theirs. They listen to children's arguments, although they may not amend their minds. Kendra Cherry states that authoritative parents might set a high expectation for their kids, yet they also give those resources and supports to achieve these. They emphasize the reasons for rules. The child with authoritative parents has an understanding of their punishment and expectations. Parents with an authoritative styles encourage their children to be independent and they provide a sense of freedom, they still set limits or rules. Children with authoritative parents tend to be very social, independent, and respectful. With authoritative techniques, children do well in school, they know how to behave or act anywhere (Cherry, 2016). Since the authoritative style mostly refers as a “give and take” approach, there are chances for parents to bend the rules and let the child has his/her way. In some situations, child with authoritative parents might turn into a rebel and go against his/her parents’ wishes. Parents approach this method because they raised in the same manner and they realize the positive effects that styles have children, or they were raised in a dictatorially style, with resentment of harsh punishment,
Authoritarian-parents who are punitive and focus on gaining a child's obedience to parental demands rather than responding to the demands of the child.Authoritarian parenting styles give little to no options to a child. What the parent says goes. It is a rigid approach to raising children that may have been most effective in times of great famine or toil. It was used most commonly in large, traditional families in which the father was the patriarch, and everyone else was called to follow his command. Times have changed greatly since. Doctors see a problem with this approach in modern times,it creates a distance between parent and child in which the child doubts the parent's love for him. It is based on punishment, which can easily create anger.
In the 1980s, first generation (1G) cell phones consisted of voice-only analog devices with limited range and features that were sold mainly in North America. In the 1990s, second generation (2G) devices consisted of voice/data digital cell phones with higher data transfer rates, expanded range, and more features. Sales of these devices expanded to Europe and Asia. In the twenty-first century, Nokia and other companies are combining several digital technologies into third generation (3G) communication devices that reach globally and feature the convergence of the cell phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), Internet services, and multimedia applications.
Authoritarian parents often expect their children to follow their rules without explanation, and the children are punished when they choose not to comply. Democratic or Authoritative parents also usually have