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Nipah Virus
Nipah virus (NiV) is a virus that can cause illness in animals and people. It does not spread easily through casual contact. It was first identified in 1999 during an outbreak in pigs and pig farmers in Malaysia. NiV belongs to a family of viruses called Henipaviruses. Its natural hosts are fruit bats (also called flying foxes), which carry the virus without getting sick. When Nipah virus infects humans, it often causes a high fever and can affect the nervous system and breathing.
By Talha khanabout 4 hours ago in Chapters
Sparrow on a Plank Chapter 14: Bribes and Paper Prisons
The inspectors had already come and gone, their pockets considerably heavier than when they had come aboard. The inspection was a farce, but luckily a quick one; there were goods that even a large bribe wouldn't protect, and a sizable number of those were on board the Hell's Wrath, waiting for pick up. It was fun to watch Rick go into his act as a first mate on a “poor cargo ship”, bargaining for the lowest bribe he would pay. The inspectors got into the spirit of things, and so there was the quick conflict of supply and demand, as the inspectors demanded what they could from the supply of funds that they had been given for bribes. In the end, thanks to a mix of Rick's bargaining skill and the inspectors' lack of recent entertainment, the bribes were half what they had estimated. Captain Taylor breathed a sigh of relief when the last so-called inspector left, with all goods still on board, and the remainder of the bribe money going into a party fund.
By Jamais Jochimabout 4 hours ago in Chapters
Sparrow on a Plank Chapter 16: On Not Becoming a Shrimp's Dinner
Sal and Hajime were walking down the pier as a group of merchants were running the other way. Some of them were covered in stew. They looked at each other and shrugged. As they came closer to the Hell's Wrath they saw Rick putting away the catapult and a couple of boys from the mess rubbing the big pot down. Rick saw them, and bellowed, “Heave to!” They rushed up the gangplank, past splotches on the pier, and it was taken in just as they hit the deck. Hajime kept moving to his quarters, where he quickly secured the book and shucked off the more confining of his clothes. He was down to tunic and breeches and then up to the crow's nest to help guide the ship out.
By Jamais Jochimabout 7 hours ago in Chapters
Blips
Dark Memoirs - Index Wait. The mushroom tattoo. Was that not an earlier victim? I am not sure. I have had blips in the early days of my vocational work. Blips when sanity checks afterwards forced me to close systems that should never have been open circuits in the first place.
By Paul Stewartabout 12 hours ago in Chapters
Hobby Hobby Living Oh My
When we live our lives we do so in a way that works for us and gives us happiness or that is what we strive for, isn’t it? That is what I strive for happiness through my hobbies. When we live our lives through the hobbies that we do in life we get so much more out of life and the hobbies that we have in it. As we live the lives that we want to live, how do we go about doing this? What is that we do? We find the hobbies we enjoy and put them into our weekends or days off from work. Now if we have kids sometimes these hobbies change but hobbies change anyway because our interests change and I have a whole other post on that so that is all I am going to say on the matter. Hobbies have always been a part of our lives no matter how we look at it. They are the things that we do in life that help our minds and bodies relax. So the more we put our hobbies and lives together the better we feel at least that is what I think, what do you think?
By Louise Barracoabout 19 hours ago in Chapters
Kia Ford: The Hammer Girl's English Premiere Production
Sunshine could not be seen anywhere, since Saturday night darkness proclaimed only one thing, “Party,” Kia Ford exclaimed inside the bathroom, as the Peacock examined United States department escape relegation form, MLS 2027.
By Marc OBrienabout 21 hours ago in Chapters
