Audrey Rankin EN101 Professor Fausti 10/6/14 ALS Helpful or Hurtful The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went viral on social networks‚ but is it too successful for its own good? ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) often referred to as “Lou Gehrigs Disease‚” is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord (ALS Association). It’s like Parkinson’s on super-steroids. Now‚ the challenge aspect was a simple dare. You had 24 hours to drench yourself
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preparation with a wave of creative call to actions. The infamous phrase‚ “I was nominated to do the Ice Bucket Challenge‚” is something that citizens of not only America‚ but worldwide came to know‚ love‚ anticipate‚ and also coincidentally hate. The ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Association’s Ice Bucket Challenge became an overnight sensation and conversation topic throughout the nation and very rapidly spread to other countries as well. But why is it that some ideas take flight and spread like wildfire‚ while
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the book is Mitch Albom. The book was written in 1997. Tuesdays with Morrie is written about a man named Morrie Schwartz‚ who was struggling for his life‚ and slowly dying. Morrie was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)‚ also known as “Lou Gehrig’s disease.” Although Morrie’s life was slowly deteriorating and Morrie knew that death was near‚ he continued to try to live life to the fullest instead of giving up. He taught all of his loved ones his lessons on living life. Morrie Schwartz
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Bucket Challenge The ALS ice bucket challenge is a fund raiser for ALS research that involves having ice water poured over you. Comes with the risk of a heart attack though‚ and may not happen right away. ALS is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ called Lou Gehrig’s disease after the baseball player who died of it. Similar to multiple sclerosis. ALS is a chronic progressive degenerative and fatal disease where the brain stops sending messages to the nerves and muscles. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge affects
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ALS/CTE Essay Many people in our generation play sports and yeah it may be fun but they might not know the consequences. For example‚ there may be students in high school who believe the worst thing that can happen is a broken bone‚ but no‚ there is many other different injuries that may happen. These injuries can completely affect your daily life and will possibly turn your whole life around. In recent studies it is shown that concussions are very common now especially in athletes‚ no matter what
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Sarah 8/9/13 English Summer Reading Part 2: “Ok‚ then‚” he whispered. These were thought to be Morrie’s last words as he lay there lifelessly waiting to end his course in life. There was a developed cure for Lou Gehrig’s disease in September. It was now a cold December. As Connie and Charlotte mourned his supposedly death‚ I‚ however‚ did not. I found the piece of paper in my left pocket that contained scrawled numbers. The numbers were legible and by dialing I knew this number would connect
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Sitting at his desk‚ in his well-worn‚ clay covered shoes‚ faded jeans‚ red flannel shirt and t-shirt‚ is Mr. Lou Fererri. He looks as if he fits perfectly in the clay dust covered classroom‚ art covering the walls and ceiling‚ natural lighting spilling through the large windows that line floor to ceiling‚ along a whole wall of the room. There he sits at his desk‚ spending most of his days there at his job as an art teacher‚ a job he never expected to have‚ nor expected that he would even want. “It’s
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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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Link: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0‚9171‚2010191‚00.html Everybody wants to be the best. Whether that’s in sports‚ academics‚ or otherwise‚ mostly everyone wants to be part of the elite. One may debate that someone with a prowess for football who becomes a star NFL quarterback may be considered elite‚ while another may say that a person with stellar grades who goes on to be a world-renowned doctor is considered so‚ but that ultimately depends on that person’s definition of the
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no longer used‚ they too begin to degenerate and weaken causing a wide range of disabilities. II. ALS is a neurological disease that attacks ones muscles‚ approximately 5‚600 people are diagnosed with ALS each year. III. ALS‚ also known as Lou Gehrig’s‚ has claimed an estimated 790‚000 lives since the disease was discovered. IV. The symptoms of the disease are obvious and painful as the disease progresses quickly throughout its victim’s body. BODY I. Early stages of disease
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