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disease. The gene being targeted is one that is responsible for familial passing of ALS. Support. The ALS association has a website with information and support for anyone interested, or suffering from the disease. People like Stephen Hawking have become avid supporters for ALS research. Recently, the ice bucket challenge had been created to raise awareness for the condition. The idea was to experience what it feels like during the earlier stages of the disease. What I found most interesting.…

if this line is simply between the things we understand and the inventions we can't yet fathom, or if that line is the distinction between the pursuit of truth and deception. Either way the line contains a mystery worthy of investigation. Having an avid love for science and an epic affair with fiction, I've always been motivated to explore the intermingling of both. At the bookstore, I'm faced with a decision of whether to dive into the oceans of science fiction, or to explore the narrow…

Although both sides fought the war with all of their power in the end the nationalist were victorious. The leader of the nationalist whose name was Francisco Franco, a former army chief and an avid authoritarian rightist who also supported the monarchy and the military and Gothic Churches influence on everyday life in Spain was announced the Dictator of Spain. From that point on Franco ruled Spain under his dictatorship which was very dark time…

Long Range Shooting Tips Shooting at a long range is a lot more difficult than most people think it is. It isn’t as simple as point and shoot. You have to focus on your target and have a lot of different things happen at one time. Otherwise, you may end up way off your target. To help you become a master at shooting things further away, here are a few tips for long range shooting, take a trip through our long range shooting school. Focus On Your Bullet At the beginning of a shot, there is…

My top three choices right now is UCI, UCLA, or MIT. Now being in AVID for two years now, I know what I need to do to enter into a college. Right now I have high school classes for the next four years planned out already, so right now I am following the A-G requirements. I am getting A’s in all my classes right now and…

policy reinforced his belief in maintaining peace. Wilson was not all morality, at times he showed similar imperialistic traits as Roosevelt. For example, he used a form of imperialism to buy the Virgin Islands from Denmark. Both presidents were avid supporters of American democracy and felt the need to spread this ideal around the…

As a former Starbucks Barista, and an avid coffee lover – I have tasted, smelled, ground, prepared and often offered guidance to those looking for the perfect brew. I’ve heard every question, except: “Where do these beans come from?” Maybe if you asked me then, I would have touted that each bag has a specific region that they were farmed from, which is why they all have subtly different flavors – like wine. But that only answers the very basic question and does not answer how it got here, how…

The Life and Achievements of Maya Angelou Maya Angelou became and died a phenomenal author because of her esoteric depictions of life through the themes of race and her distaste for the social class system. Angelou was born on April 4th, 1928 in St. Louis as Marguerite Annie Johnson (Williamson). Following her parents’ divorce, Angelou and her brother Bailey were sent to live with their deeply religious grandmother Annie Johnson. Bailey gave Marguerite the nickname Maya at a young age. During…

magnet for artists of the 60s counterculture. Andy Warhol was the most successful and highly paid artist and photographer in New York. Although he’s best known for his iconic paintings of soup cans and celebrities, Pop artist Andy Warhol was also an avid photographer and filmmaker. The nature of photography lent itself perfectly to Warhol's Pop method. His work involved an ongoing preoccupation Because photography could be reproduced easily if…

fulfilling his legacy, symbolized as “earthly immortality” suggests that although The Young Man was a “high-souled youth” with keen ambitions and dreams, he would still pass with a his existence “equally a doubt”, quotations that state no matter how avid or content an individual’s ambitions may be, their desires cannot be achieved if the action or effort fulfill their ambitions were absent. Therefore, one can conclude that The Young Man’s lack of effort, harmful to his high desires, would lead…