Hello, I am looking for someone to write an article on The Cult of Celebrity. It needs to be at least 1000 words. Whether it be a hero or a celebrity, each possesses the ability to draw intense loyalty from those who feel they are deserving of it. In most cases, celebrities garner far greater attention through media coverage but as is the case with heroes, each through action is taken, have the chance to make an impact on those around them.

The similarity between celebrities and heroes would be the faithfulness they would draw from the general populous. A stark contrast between the two would be the underlying presence of garnering fame and attention, that many of those people labeled celebrities, seek to bring to themselves. For those in more of a hero position, they often times tend to do that which they do, from a standpoint of doing whats right versus whats wrong, instead of doing what may be socially acceptable and something that would give them great fame and power. In regards to an example of heroes, one that would come to mind, would be the men and women of the military that day in and day out, place themselves in harm’s way for the greater good of all men. They seek to do so to assist others and not so that they’d be able to bring undue attention to themselves. With regards to the world of celebrity, those examples would include George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Individuals that place themselves in the public eye and are attention grabbers. The individuals who grace the covers of magazines and newspaper advertisements.

Especially in the era after September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, when millions were left scared and bewildered, the need for heroes became far greater than it had beforehand. The need to have those individuals that seek to fight and defeat any foe that may cross their path. Whether it be a physical opponent or an inanimate object, a hero is someone that many seek refuge with when it comes to regaining a sense of security and normalcy.

1.     Autopolyploidy is an example of

a.      genetic drift.

b.     sympatric speciation.

c.      allopatric speciation.

d.     hybrid inviability.

e.      hybrid breakdown.

2.     In traditional phylogeny, reptiles are considered as a class. In cladistics, reptiles are a paraphyletic taxon because

a.      they are closely related to birds.

b.     their ancestry is unclear.

c.      they include groups that have different ancestors than other reptiles.

d.     they have given rise to mammals.

e.      they do not include all groups derived from the common ancestor of reptiles.

3.     Reverse transcriptase

a.      synthesizes DNA from RNA.

b.     synthesizes RNA from DNA.

c.      synthesizes a protein from RNA.

d.     catalyzes DNA replication in viruses.

e.      is produced by the host cell when infected with HIV.

4.     Which of the following statements applies to prions?

a.      They infect hosts with unknown nucleic acids.

b.     Prion proteins affect proteins in the host.

c.      They have both a lysogenic and a lytic cycle.

d.     Vaccines can prevent the outbreak of prion diseases.

e.      Prions have capsids.