Where the Streets Had a Name‚ a realistic friction novel by Randa Abdel-Fattah‚ is a compassionate story of the sights‚ sounds‚ and smells of a Palestinian Family whose daily lives are governed by curfews and security check points. Hayaat‚ a Muslim‚ and Sam‚ a Christian‚ skip school together to take a journey through the war-ridden territory of West Bank‚ then gets caught up in a deadly protest where they become injured‚ and they end up back with their families where they witness Jihan‚ sister of
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In his short story Araby‚ James Joyce ties together symbolism like light and dark‚ sight and blind‚ to characterize his protagonist’s rough journey to maturity. Joyce uses the theme of light versus dark to show how one must go through the dark‚ or tough times‚ in order to mature. He lets his character to be metaphorically blinded for a brief period of time‚ in order to learn a painful lesson. Joyce’s unnamed protagonist is starstruck by a beautiful girl‚ and he considers her to be his light. He
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You can’t die from lucid dreaming‚ but you can have a wrecked sleep pattern. For example‚ sleep paralysis may occur when you wake up during a lucid dream. Sleep paralysis is when you’re in a state where you have the inability to move when you’re asleep. This doesn’t harm you‚ but you might build up high levels of anxiety that could lead to a panic attack. To overcome sleep paralysis‚ you need to relax your body and go back to sleep. Another negative impact is being stuck in a lucid nightmare
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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a rare‚ autosomal dominant channelopathy characterized by muscle weakness or paralysis with a matching fall in potassium levels in the blood (primarily due to defect in a voltage-gated calcium channel). In individuals with this mutation‚ attacks often begin in adolescence and are triggered by strenuous exercise followed by rest‚ high carbohydrate meals‚ meals with high sodium content‚ sudden changes in temperature‚ and even excitement‚ noise or flashing lights. Weakness
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Background Throughout many years there have been sightings‚ invasions‚ abductions and more about aliens. There is a big controversy whether or not aliens actually exist. Many see big things in the sky that look cool and they keep coming closer to them and they think it’s a UFO so they automatically think that there are aliens. The term alien has acquired many different meanings such as extraterrestrial or someone from “outer space”. Another meaning is someone coming to the
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Night terrors are episodes of fear‚ flailing‚ and screaming while asleep. This disorder is more common in children and can last between a few seconds and several minutes. According to an article‚ “The person cannot be awakened or comforted‚ and they may believe people or objects in the room are dangerous. The person does not usually remember what happened in the morning.” (Helping Hand‚ “Sleep Terrors and Sleepwalking”‚ 2004-2012) Night terrors are relatively rare‚ affecting only a small percentage
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hyperkalemic periodic paralysis. Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis is a disorder that causes sudden onsets of extreme muscle weakness or paralysis (Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis). Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis is so rare that only around 1 in 200‚000 people (Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis). Also since hyperkalemic periodic paralysis is an inherited condition; it was common for more than one person being diagnosed with it within the same family (Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis FAQ). 1. ECG questions:
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you start to see strange and nightmare things that feel so real‚ this scary experience is called sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is a phenomenon in which a person will find they are temporarily unable to move or speak when they wake up‚ paralysis can last from seconds to minutes but to most it can feel a lot longer. During this experience many people are frighten and scared and even
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Gabriel Conroy‚ the main character in James Joyce’s The Dead‚ showcases symptoms of paralysis throughout the entire story. He is another example of the paralysis that afflicts the denizens of the late 19th and early 20th century Dublin. At the start of the story and throughout the story leading up through the middle‚ nearing the end of the story‚ we see the case that Gabriel Conroy is‚ in fact‚ showcases symptoms of paralysis. At a first glance we see Gabriel Conroy as a self-absorbed individual‚ who only
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and walked Beatrice and I into the school. The ambulance arrived and my Mom woke up‚ and my family was launched into four years of searching for a diagnosis. After years of testing she eventually received a diagnosis of Hypokalemic periodic paralysis‚ an extremely rare
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