Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gherig’s Disease) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a deadly disease of the nervous system. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease‚ ALS at this time affects 25‚000 people in the U.S. today. One in 50‚000 people will be affected in any one year. The average age for diagnosis of ALS is between 30 and 70‚ although there have been cases of teenagers contracting it.The average life span after diagnosis are three to 10 years‚ although 20 percent of those affected will outlive
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below reading level. They were all excited to meet with me and eager to get started. The assignment began with the directions to read the passage three times. I decided that to do this well I could use the I do/we do/ you do strategy we had learned in Susan Finley’s class during the summer. So I told the students that we were going to read the reading passage together‚ then they were going to read it to me‚ and finally they would read it to a partner. While reading it as a group‚ I had to stop a
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people look to astrology as a means of predicting what will happen in their future. Such predicting is made through a person’s horoscope. This is a person’s zodiac sign determined by the month that the person is born in. For the month of December Susan Miller makes her predictions of how the planets affect the zodiac sign Virgo. Family interactions‚ romance‚ and changes in the home‚ are three areas in which she makes her predictions. Changes in the home are the first areas were S. Miller made
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all the cleaning‚ cooking‚ and the ones who took care of the children. Women didn ’t really start having jobs that paid till the 1920 ’s - 1930 ’s. But until then‚ the men did the majority of the work out in society. In a play called‚ Trifles‚ by Susan Glaspell‚ which was written and took place in 1916‚ two women by the names of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters lived in a small town where a murder had just occurred. While the county attorney and the sheriff try and look for clues around the house and try
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A Loss for Words is narrated by Lou Ann Walker. From the time she was a toddler‚ Lou Ann Walker was the ears and voice for her deaf parents. Through the narration of this book‚ she recounts the stories about her growing up with two deaf parents. "To the hearing world the deaf community must seem like a secret society. Indeed‚ deafness is a culture every bit as distinctive as any an anthropologist might study." (pg.22). The journey of this secret society for her and her parents begins as her parents
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‘Trifles’- An interesting play written by Susan Glaspell in 1916‚ is a play dealing with mystery and murder‚ revenge and deceit‚ and is full of irony from beginning to end. Seven characters form the cast‚ although 2 are non-active and will not be viewed; only spoken of. The County Attorney is a young man who seems for the most part to have a solid interest in his work. Although the County Attorney has a professional demeanor‚ he still joins in and laughs at the comments that the Sheriff direct towards
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Have you ever felt like you weren’t alone in a room? That there was a spirit next to you? Well‚ trust me I have too. A spirit is a common thing that you could sense and that’s why I’m here telling you about it. Poltergeist is a spirit who is annoyed and messes with people.They would throw toys or chairs around the room if they are annoyed. “. Thousands of cases of objects being thrown around or smashed and heavy objects being lifted by unseen hands have been reported from many countries.” (unknown
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of defence at the pentagon. When I was little and visiting from Arizona‚ he would always buy a large box of baklava that he knew that I loved. Although soft spoken‚ he could hold his own in a conversation. When we heard he was diagnosed with A.L.S ( Lou Gehrig’s disease)‚ we were absolutely devastated. If you don’t know‚ A.L.S rapidly breaks down muscle tissue until it renders the patient basically paralyzed. At first my uncle only felt a slight weakness in moving his right arm. Months afterwards he
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The Book‚ The Bean Trees was written by Barbara Kingsolver. Lou Ann is one of the characters in this novel. She is an innocent‚ insecure women and a fighter all in one. A cautious‚ patient‚ worrisome and caring single mother who will go to the ends of the earth to make her newborn baby‚ Dwayne Ray safe and sound in her little town of Tucson‚ Arizona. she longs for her husband and expresses her conviction that marriages and love should last forever but then she is introduced to Taylor Greer‚ who
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In the play Trifles‚ written by Susan Glaspell‚ there is an investigation going on for the murder of John Wright. In Karen Alkalay-Gut’s critique of the play‚ she explains how woman only have power when they stick together with other women. Trifles supports her idea by showing many instances where the women in the play bind together to keep the secrets of Mrs. Wright safe. In the beginning of the play‚ the county attorney starts to criticize how messy Mrs. Wright’s kitchen is. Mrs. Hale quickly defends
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