cherish all the blessings in your life? Lou Gehrig preferred to count his blessings and continued to fight. He went day after day knowing his time was coming to an end‚ yet still managed to focus on the beautiful life he lived. In his speech “Farewell to Baseball Address”‚ Lou Gehrig uses rhetorical questions‚ repetition‚ and positive diction to effectively convey the idea that even though he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis he is still blessed. Lou Gehrig used rhetorical questions to
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ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gherig’s is a neuromuscular disease‚ being that it affects the nerves and the muscles. It damages motor neurons in the spine and some in the brain. ALS is considered hereditary but is not in all cases. 90% of patients suffer from SALS‚ or sporadic ALS and is not hereditary directly. Approximately 10% of patients are diagnosed with familial ALS (FALS) which is passed down from parents. Family history is used to distinguish between the two‚ if one or
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Term Paper The debate of outsourcing or offshoring American jobs rather than utilizing our unemployed citizens has been a highly controversial topic in the past decade. Outsourcing has many advantages to business firms such as lower production costs‚ lower labor costs‚ improved quality of work‚ more time to focus on domestic operations‚ and increased profits which help stimulate our economy. The opposing view argues that by outsourcing jobs to other countries it is causing higher unemployment
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marketing company Crakmedia has accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The challenge‚ which calls for the dumping of water on one’s head to raise awareness and raise money for the fight against ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)‚ often referred to as "Lou Gehrig’s Disease‚" has been all the buzz around the Internet in the last few weeks. This progressive neurodegenerative disease attacks the nervous system‚ affecting the nerve cells in the brain. Crakmedia will donate $20 for every Crakmedia employee
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Many sports fans are aware of the common injuries athletes sustain in their time of play such as concussions‚ but what many people do not know of are what happens to an athlete after sustaining the head trauma. Diseases like Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE) can affect athletes many years after sustaining concussions and can lead to death. Many sports corporations such as the NFL are taking steps to help prevent further head trauma to their athletes‚ but
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inspiring book about how people should value the precious time everyone has to live.Tuesdays with Morrie is the a story of a professor Morrie‚ his former student Mitch‚ and their final “class” with each other as Morrie is in the final stages of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Mitch taped their discussions together and transferred them into the book while also throwing in college memories of Morrie and himself. While transferring this‚ he lastly put in other important moments and quotes that add to the
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What is ALS? Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ other name is Lou Gehrig’s Disease‚ is a neurodegenerative disease. It affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Nerves are involved in the process of thinking‚ memory‚ and of detecting sensations (such as hot/cold‚ sharp/dull)‚ and others for vision‚ hearing‚ and other bodily functions. Basically‚ motor neurons provide voluntary movements and muscle power. As motor neurons degenerate‚ they can no longer send impulses to the muscle fibers that
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Tuesdays with Morrie. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a form of motor neuron diseases. It is a rare disorder in which the nerves that control muscular activity degenerate within the brain and spinal cord. What results is weakness and wasting away of the muscles. The cause is unknown. About one to two cases of ALS are diagnosed annually per 100‚000 people in the US. (Lou) Sufferers will notice weakness in the hands and arms accompanied by wasting of
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that could help her‚ in a few months‚ she traveled to Kaiser Hospital in Hawaii. Where she underwent more test. It lasted a few weeks‚ and the news they gave her wasn’t good at all. They told her that the test they ran found out that she had ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease and it’s also known as. This name was given to the disease after a famous baseball player of the same name. They only gave her only 7 years to live. These doctors didn’t know my Auntie Pele – she was strong willed‚ stubborn‚ and full
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A Rhetorical Analysis of Will Moller’s “Those Who Live in Glass Houses” Cheating‚ in all forms‚ is considered deceitful and wrong. However‚ people still do it hoping the end result is an A on an exam or a better performance‚ in an athlete’s case. Cheating in itself is like an addiction and follows a domino effect. Once one athlete decides to use steroids‚ others follow in their footsteps hoping to perform at a higher level. There have always been several athletes who choose to cheat for their own
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