1. The Law of the Few An epidemic begins when a few highly infectious individuals become viral vectors for a product or idea by adopting it themselves and spreading the word. The attainment of the tipping point that transforms a phenomenon into an influential trend usually requires the intervention of a number of influential types of people. In the disease epidemic model Gladwell introduced in Chapter 1‚ he demonstrated that many outbreaks could be traced back to a small group of infectors. Likewise
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I first meet Alan Venters through the ’HIV and Positive’ self–help group‚ although he wasn’t part of that group for long. Venters didn’t look after himself very well‚ and soon developed one of the many opportunistic infections we’re prone to. I always find the term ’opportunistic infection’ amusing. In our culture‚ it seems to invoke some admirable quality. I think of the ’opportunism’ of the entrepreneur who spots a gap in the market‚ or that of the striker in the penalty box. Tricky buggers‚ those
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Happiness can be Found in Unlikely Circumstances About a year ago‚ myself and a couple friends took a semester off school‚ went to South Africa for a vacation and for a chance to see a different part of the world. We set out for four months; three of those months we spent traveling up and down the garden route and the east coast and midway through our trip‚ we stopped at a hostel called‚ “Coffee Shack.” It was very laid back and relaxing hostel; there were many people there every night and the
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Knuckle Cracking is not harmful Over many generations‚ many people have been warned by someone‚ that knuckle cracking is bad and it will cause disorder in long run if repeatedly performed. Why many people are in habit of cracking their knuckle is unknown‚ it maybe because it brings sense of relief or they enjoying doing it for some other reasons. Moreover‚ there has been studies where participants were habitually cracking their knuckles and they were compared to people who were non-knuckle crackers
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The Chase My wrists started to ache terribly as I trudged along the hard concrete road. Usually‚ when I took this route home‚ I passed all sorts of strange looking people. Where we lived‚ was an odd place‚ the people there were very friendly‚ but sometimes too friendly‚ getting in the way of your private life‚ asking personal questions that you didn’t really know how to answer. But on this particular night‚ a humid night at that‚ there was absolutely no sound to be heard. Not even the squeal of
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drive the whip down on her lover’s back. She felt it; every blow echoed throughout her body. She watched as his arms‚ now wrenched with sweat‚ brought down the forty-fifth lash‚ and then everything went black. She awoke to the dreadful sound of the crack of a whip and a woman howling‚ closing her eyes she envisioned the child growing in her womb‚ she listened to the steady rhythm of its heart and the deep breathing. “It is almost time‚” it said. “Yes it is……….” Again the horrific scene of her lover
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The drinking age has been something that has changed a lot throughout the United States history. There’s been a debate for years whether the drinking age should stay at age 21 or be lowered to 18 or even lower. Medical research shows that when your 21 your brain is fully matured‚ thus that being the reason the legal drinking age is 21. With that fact‚ though‚ there does seem some injustice to it‚ some rights that we as Americans feel we should have at age 18. The legal drinking age should be lowered
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replace it with the rs.dll provided in the folder "Fairlightrs" on the disc you mounted from the "Company_of_Heroes_Opposing_Fronts-FLT" release. Now here comes the tricky part. Find a crack that matches the latest patch you downloaded (if the latest patch is new‚ you might have to wait a few days for a crack to be released). The only hint I can provide‚ is "GCW". Now when you‘ve found one (using my hint or not)‚ you should have
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loud strong voice yells “SILENCE.” Miss.Trunchbull marches out and Matilda hides in a crack in the building. Another girl the same age as Matilda says “Hey this is my spot‚ Matilda apologizes and the girl accepts and introduces herself. They walk out of the crack and Miss.Trunchbull storms by them and look at a girl in their class picks her by the pigtails
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sufficient. A man falling ill‚ may be cured by ordinary medicines‚ if given in time. But a few days lapse may make him unfit‚ for any cure‚ even with costly drugs. A definite and timely action at that moment is very important. A ship may sink‚ if the crack‚ once noted by the crew is not immediately plugged. So we say‚ a stitch in time saves us from having none stitches later
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