Prize novelist Alice Walker is best known for her stories about the life of African American women‚ their struggle with society for survival‚ racial‚ sexual and inexpensive equality and spiritual unity. She writes through her personal experiences. Most critics consider her works as feminist‚ but Walker describes herself as a “womanliest”‚ showing appreciation of women and their abilities no matter what the color of their skin is. On February 9‚ 1944‚ in the small farming community of
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Many of us don’t know how deadly it can be sometimes! ALS which is short of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is not the disease you want to catch. Well known as the Lou Gehrig it’s a fatal disease that on average people live two to five years. The Effects of ALS often times can not be the most pleasant and affects the body quickly. Lou Gehrig was a baseball legend and was one of first famous people back in the day to get the disease. It’s a deadly disease! When a person gets diagnosed with ALS on average
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Lou Holtz guided 6 programs to a bowl game‚ and 4 of those teams were in the final top twenty rankings. It’s easy to tell the impact he made on these teams and the great leader Lou Holtz actually was. There are many examples in his life and in the lives of many others on how to become the best leader you can be. Great leaders are people who show outstanding qualities in what they do‚ and would do anything and everything to help someone. Some of these outstanding qualities would be strong‚ trustworthy
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or ALS for short‚ is a progressive degeneration of the motor neurons of the central nervous system‚ leading to wasting of the muscles and paralysis. It is called Lou Gehrig’s disease because it wasn ’t really heard of until the famous baseball player of the New York Yankees made his speech about how he had been diagnosed with ALS. ALS can be deceiving when it comes to it’s symptoms.
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For example a customer could object‚ “This is a really nice jacket‚ I’ll come back later‚” an appropriate response from a salesperson from Lychee Lou would be‚ “This one has been one of our best sellers‚ we’ve sold out of it once already and I foresee it selling out again‚” this statement encourages the customer to buy the jacket because now he/she is convinced it may go out of stock. It is important to listen carefully to the customer’s complaints so the customer feels as though he/she is being
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Epilepsy Approximately 1.4 to 2.7 million people across the United States experience one of many seizure disorders. Epilepsy stems from the nervous system and is considered a disorder of the brain which is characterized by brief‚ intermittent disturbances in the normal electrical functions of the brain resulting in seizures. For the brain to function properly‚ a balance between excitation and inhibition must be present. Epilepsy can result from a birth defect‚ infection of the brain
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Lou Gehrig Baseball Legend Lou Gehrig‚ one of the greatest players of all time‚ struggled to make it in the big leagues. Although he did grow up in a normal family‚ the beginning of his career was rough. As he settled into the MLB‚ his career was one to remember. He really gave New York something to brag about. Towards the end of his career‚ an untimely sickness affected his life in the worst way possible. Lou Gehrig was born in Yorkville‚ Manhattan in 1903. His parents both emigrated from
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The Walker • In the book‚ there is a character who is mentioned by the name "The Walker’. The Walker is based on a real person who did walk between the twin towers whose name is Philippe Petit. • In the story‚ he strangely won’t confess to the death of Corrigan who is one of the main characters in the book. Throughout the book‚ his real name is not mentioned. • He grabs the attention of many people when he started to walk the tightrope Corrigan • Corrigan is one of the main characters in the
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This story is distinctive‚ however‚ in that Walker stresses not only the importance of language but also the destructive effects of its misuse. Clearly‚ Dee privileges language over silence‚ as she demonstrates in her determination to be educated and in the importance she places on her name. Rather than providing a medium for newfound awareness and for community‚ however‚ verbal skill equips Dee to oppress and manipulate others and to isolate herself; when she lived at home‚ she read to her sister
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ALICE WALKER Alice Walker was an activist and feminist because she protested for the right of blacks to vote in Georgia and Mississippi. She was against racism and also sexism. On March 8th 2003‚ 5‚000 protestors and Alice Walker marched from Malcolm X Park to the White House for women to have the same human rights as men. She also made an activist group with 60 other female activists in order to persuade Israel and Egypt to open their borders in Gaza. She wrote and supported various civil rights
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