...Across the world, many people are inspired by zombie productions. Every zombie film released depicts a new survival technique these audiences can use in the impending zombie apocalypse. Sadly, these survival skills will never be put to use. In contrast to many theories, a zombie apocalypse is impossible due to the environment, a zombie’s inability to heal, and insufficient spreading of the virus. A zombie apocalypse could not happen in our current world. One reason a zombie apocalypse could not happen is zombies are vulnerable to their surrounding temperature. Both the heat and the cold would cause damage to the zombies’ bodies. In The Walking Dead, the setting takes place in hot Georgia. Since a reincarnated corpse cannot regulate its body...
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...Michael Collins English Composition 1 1010.01 Professor J. Caviezel 16 October 2013 Zombies These Days “By any observable metric, zombies are totally hot right now” (Drezner para 1). “Look at movies like ‘Warm Bodies’ and the coming ‘World War Z,’ the ratings for AMC’s hit series ‘The Walking Dead’ and $2.5 billion in annual sales for zombie videogames” (Drezner para 1). As time progresses, zombies seem to become a more prominent aspect of the American culture. Many people, along with thousands of experts, actually think that there could be a zombie apocalypse at some point in their lifetime. The primary cause of the zombie apocalypse popularity is gained through the entertainment that the media presents to casual audiences. The zombie craze originally started with Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” This song set stage for zombie entertainment for the future. Over time, zombies have proven to “thrive in popular culture during times of recession, epidemic and general unhappiness” (Drenzer para 4). Since the United States is currently attempting to recover from a recession, zombies in entertainment are flourishing within American’s everyday lives. “The reason zombies are so powerful is that they capture an atheistic fear of the dead” (Marche para 4). Many experts say that this is one of the many reasons why the people like the shows so greatly and also why they prepare themselves for the worst (Gross para 25). As time has passed, zombies have highly impacted the entertainment...
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...ENGL 1301 Zombie Apocalypse: It takes a thief Are you prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse? Throughout the years, movies, television shows, and other miscellaneous things have heightened a large number of people’s suspicion about the possibility of disease-ridden humans taking over the world. In reality, that atrocity is not very far-fetched. First of all, what does the word zombie mean? There are several possible etymologies of the word zombie. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word entered English circa 1871; it's derived from the Louisiana Creole or Haitian Creole zonbi, which in turn is of Bantu origin. A zonbi is a person who is believed to have died and been brought back to life without speech or free will. One possible origin is nzambi, the Kongo word meaning "spirit of a dead person." Another is jumbie, the West Indian term for "ghost.” With so many vaccines and medicines being mass produced without the sufficient steps taken to test the results, the chance of humans contracting unimaginable side effects is a rational possibility. All it takes is a host. “A reservoir host, or simply a reservoir, refers to a living (human, animal, insect, or plant) or non-living (soil, water) entity where a disease-causing organism can normally live and multiply. A host in which a parasite resides to sexual maturity is called a primary host, and a host in which a parasite spends only part of its life cycle or does not reach sexual maturity is called an intermediate...
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...Do I believe in zombies? The answer is yes. There is no proof that an actual apocalypse can happen, but there is a certain disease that makes people suspiciously zombie-like. This disease is called mad cow disease. There have always been a number of diseases and disorders that can turn a person violent, but they were also never contagious, until humans discovered mad cow disease. When a person becomes infected there are several symptoms that sound suspiciously zombie-like. Some of the symptoms related to mad cow disease include, muscle twitches, delirium, changes in how the infected person walks. If mad cow disease were to get out of control and turned our delirium into rage, and could be transmitted by blood, then humans could be just a bite away from a zombie apocalypse. Mad cow disease is a prion that affects cows. When someone ingests the infected meat they have a chance of getting the disease. It affects the...
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...following situation Mr. Rawls, as it would be most interesting to hear from your perspective when the word “sacrifice” is brought to a level you may have never witnessed before. I am referring to the upcoming event of the zombie apocalypse. I first wish to discuss the origins of such an event. First, let me just clarify the term “zombie,” as it has variable meanings. In this case, a zombie is a person who is not undead, as that digresses from an unrealistic situation, but instead is infected with a disease that numbs the human brain to any type of central pain. It also brings the human to a primitive state, and as a result, finds any creature that does not resemble it or its kind as either a type of food or just hostile to its existence. This is a practice commonly used by most animals of today, but not in a state such as this. This infection causes the zombies to crave the flesh and meat of any creature, and as a result, the transfer of bodily fluids such as saliva will infect the victim, assuming the victim gets away from the attacker. At this point, there is no known cure for the disease, as those who were infected first created the infection accidently, and those who are trying to survive are simply trying to survive, and not create a cure. Now that a zombie has been...
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...One day I was in class. And a peas of paper flew throw the window. And I grabbed it and it said it was the end! And the next day everybody kept turning on each other. And in the cause some man. In a big suit grabbed me and took me. I tried to scream but nobody heard me but I just kept trying. The man would not let go of me. And when he finally did we were at an army base on a huge island. And there were people everywhere. But they all looked normal to me. But they were all screaming and crying. And they all looked freaked out.And I was wondering why he took me here. Out of all places why here? My friend bill was there. And we both turned around and recognized each other. And talked about what was happening. The zombie...
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...prevalent in our daily lives. Unlike other crazes such as Aliens or Vampires, Zombies and Zombie Apocalypse scenarios have captivated millions of individuals for over 50 years. Zombies originated in Haitian Folklore around the 19th century, however it was not until the late 1960s that the Zombie Craze took off. Now forty-seven years after the Zombie Craze began people are still fascinated with the dead rising and taking...
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...Zombie Virus or Rabies-Flu Hybrid? Could a highly improbable genetic tweak cause a mutant virus? Hollywood would sure like us to believe it, or else they would lose at the box office. Though humans once dead can’t rise from the grave, it is possible that certain viruses can cause violent aggressive behavior, one such virus is Rabies, which could cause some zombie-like traits. Rabies is a viral disease and it causes the central nervous system to become afflicted with horrible symptoms, causing a human to act like a stark raving mad lunatic. Once infected, humans do not immediately show signs of the disease. Actually, the first signs of rabies, such as confusion, hallucinations, anxiety, and paralysis- could lay dormant in the body and not typically appear for a week up to a year. Once symptoms do appear, if left untreated, could be fatal within a week. Now take the influenza virus’ ability to spread rapidly through the air, and combine it with rabies. Could this combination possibly cause a zombie apocalypse? I think if this were to happen, gun sales would sky rocket. Can you picture it? The caption would read, “Now open, Zombie Season, how many can you get?” Rabies though is no laughing matter. Viruses can exchange pieces of genetic code, but they have to be related. It’s scientifically unheard of when two different viruses like rabies and influenza merge, because they are too different. Viruses don’t mix and match, they interchange only with their own gene family. Nature...
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...Social Media in Emergency Management Matthew W. MacClellan Webster University SECR 5060 – Mr. Griffaw July 8, 2012 Contents Introduction 3 Technology 3 Four Phases of Emergency Management 4 How to Develop and Maintain a Social Media Site 4 Mitigation 6 Preparedness 8 Response 9 Recovery 12 Works Cited 15 Introduction Communications has evolved greatly since the days of using a rotary telephone connected to copper wires in order to communicate. Today nearly 50% of the population in the United States use smartphones daily. According to Frank N. Magid Associates that is a leading research-based consulting firm, Smartphone owners have increased from 31% in 2011 to 44% in 2012 with a projected increase to 57% this year (Godfrey, 2013). Take a look around next time you are out in public and pay special attention to how many people are using their smartphones and tablet computers, you will see the use of them everywhere you go. Users can make phone calls on their smartphones, but tend to use data services such as Short Message Service (SMS) commonly referred to as text messaging, internet services, Global Positioning Service (GPS), and the camera on the Smartphone. Technology There are many other devices today from computers to tablet computers, but in order to frame how instantaneous communications can occur today it is important to understand the power the Smartphone yields when it comes to instantly sharing information, locations, and photographs...
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...imagination and both are popular amongst adults and teenagers these days. Vampires suck human’s blood, unlike zombies that feed on human flesh. Sure both are incredible creatures that we like but, if a situation were to happen where you can become a vampire or a zombie, who would you be? Vampires and Zombies are creatures that harm humans and show many similar and differences within them. Vampires are known to drink blood by...
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...Zombies and Vampires have been part of many legends, but now they are very popular with people and have many stories of their own. Many have seen horror movies, and television shows which we became scared of. The younger generation sees them as ‘awesome ’monsters. They capture our imagination and both are popular amongst adults and teenagers these days. Vampires suck human’s blood, unlike zombies that feed on human flesh. Sure both are incredible creatures that we like, but if a situation were to happen where you can become a vampire or a zombie, who would you be? Vampires and Zombies are creatures that harm humans and show many similarities and differences within them. Vampires are known to drink blood by biting on human’s necks. They have...
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...Fear of an Apocalypse Shalene Walsh Professor Sanpierto ENG 151-07 04/27/2015 Table of Contents Abstract Page 3 Annotated Bibliography Page 4 Introduction Page 6 Fear of an Apocalypse Page 7 Conclusion Page 13 Abstract People have many fears in the world whether it be heights, bugs, death, etc. I fear an apocalypse, just knowing that one day all we have come to love and enjoy can be gone in an instant. I fear that happening and the many different things that can cause the end of the world. Some people fear the end of the world and others don’t really care about it. I know for me if there were zombies coming after me or any other scenario I wouldn’t know what to do. I have wrote about each individual scenario that could cause the end of the world. I talked about how each one affects us. Some people fear an apocalypse so much they have either killed themselves over it or even dwell on it so much their life becomes surrounded by it. I wouldn’t say my life is surrounded by it, but just knowing something, anything, could happen is scary. I feel all the different...
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...biological, and the psychological one. Considering these three blows, the fourth blow to the human narcissism is the universological one. The universological one was presented to mankind through the researches of science as well, it is the science of the universe. Using this, researchers have uncovered many answers about the earth and the universe. These answers being when and how the earth came into existence, the beings that existed and still exist on the earth, and many more. Mankind would like to believe that they have the answers to everything but they don’t. The part of the universe that mankind cannot figure out is “the end.” When will the end of mankind’s existence be? When will the end of the universe be? How will it occur? What will cause it? These are questions that cannot be answered. Lacking the knowledge of when the end of the universe will be and how it will all happen is a major blow to the human narcissism; considering the lack of knowledge, this means that mankind also has no control over this either, yet another reason why it is a blow to human narcissism. This is because mankind would like to believe that they know and have control over everything when they really do not. With the knowledge that we weren’t in existence from the beginning makes it obvious that we will see the end of our existence before the earth does. We are not as superior as we would like to believe, this is scary to man and cripples the self-idolization of our species. Knowing that we will witness...
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...To do this, we draw connections between things (“fractal patterns”), which may or may not be accurate. One result of this behavior is conspiracy theories. With the internet, these theories are able to proliferate in a way that they haven’t in the past. In Chapter 5, Rushkoff discusses the final result of or reaction to “present shock,” which he refers to as “Apocalypto.” This term refers to “a belief in the imminent shift of humanity into an unrecognizably different form.” Rushkoff suggests that people’s intolerance for “present shock” causes us to fantasize about some type of grand finale, such as a zombie apocalypse. “Preppers” plan for an uncertain future. Some suggest “technological evolution will outpace biological...
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...Some say that it’s not the video games that cause the aggression, but more of the individual. Our youth are more susceptible to influence, and violent video games are one of the many influences that promotes aggression. Parents/guardians are allowing the youth to purchase and play the games and the distributors are selling the games to minors when there are guidelines that need to be followed. Video Games and Youth Aggression Today in age, we are facing a rising epidemic. Youth aggression (violence) is constantly on the news and radio. What is the cause of this epidemic? Some say it is the music we listen to; others say it is what we watch on TV. And movies, but lately it is something that our youth is becoming more and more active in, video games. Video game over the years has become more violent and aggressive due to the advances in technology. It has come to the point where children can become more physical with the games that are out today. What does this say about how video gaming affecting our youth’s aggression? It is saying that our youth (mainly boys ages 10- 16) are easily influenced by violent acts that are displayed in video games and that what they see is what want to imitate (Punam¨aki, R., Rimpel¨a, A., Wallenius, M (2007). With the stress of social life and issues at home tends to heighten the aggression in violent acts towards others. Our youth are easily influenced by any game that destroys damages and causes pain to other characters in the games. A...
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