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What is Bridgewater’s history? When in Bridgewater history did Bridgewater fail, and how did they recover? In Bridgewater history, Ray Dalio’s company saw both successes and failures. When the company faced a downturn in the 1970,s Dalio had to build the company back up using new tools and strategies. Read more about Bridgewater history and how Ray Dalio build Bridgewater back up after its fall.
What are the best Native American YA books? Is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian one of them? Native American YA books exist in all genres. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a YA book that tells the story of a teenage boy, Junior, who leaves his reservation to attend a school that can give him better opportunities. Keep reading to find out more about on of the top award-winning Native American YA books, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
Who is Thomas Geisbert? What was his role in researching Ebola? Thomas Geisbert was an intern at USAMRIID when the Reston monkey house outbreak first emerged. Geisbert recognized the virus as a filovirus. Keep reading to find out how Thomas Geisbert helped identify this strain of Ebola.
What are good YA novels about death? How can reading about death help readers? While The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian doesn’t fall exclusively into the category of YA novels about death, the book does explore death and grief, as main character Junior experience the loss of several people close to him over the course of a year. Read more about death in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, and why YA novels about death are a helpful tool for dealing with grief.
What is Zaire Ebolavirus? How is Zaire Ebolavirus different from other Ebola viruses? Zaire Ebolavirus is one strain of Ebola virus in the filovirus family. Ebola Zaire is extremely deadly and contagious. Read more about Zaire Ebolavirus below.
What is the Dot Collector app? How does it work, and how is it successfully implemented? The Dot Collector app is a tool used during meetings to provide feedback to employees. All members of the meeting can assign positive or negative dots to others in real time. Read to find out more about the Dot Collector tool.
What are the Bridgewater tools that the company used? How did these Bridgewater tools help the company succeed? Bridgewater tools are technological tools that the company uses to track success. The tools are meant to be employee friendly and encourage transparency. Read more about Bridgewater tools and how they help the company.
How does Junior use the Goliath and David story in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian? Does the story actually apply to him? Junior’s school school, Reardan, has a basketball rivalry with his old school on the reservation. Junior compares the rivalry to the Goliath and David story. But by the end of the game, he realizes he has it backward. He’s not David, he’s Goliath, and it makes him sick. Read more about how Junior uses the Goliath and David story as a way to think about his basketball rivalry, and how he discovers he’s wrong.
Who is Mayinga in The Hot Zone? Was Mayinga responsible for furthering the spread of Ebola? Mayinga in The Hot Zone was a nurse at a hospital in Nairobi, who cared for patients sick with the Ebola Zaire virus, the most deadly strain of Ebola. Read about how Mayinga in The Hot Zone contracted Mayinga, and what happened next.
Who is Eugene in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian? How does Junior know Eugene, and what is his role in the story? Eugene in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was a friend of Junior’s father. Eugene dies tragically after a drunken altercation with a friend, and Junior is devastated for the loss of a trusted adult in his life, and wonders what this means for his future. Read more about Eugene in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, and how his life and death affected Junior.