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a) life expectancy/ the number of years that an average person at any age, including newborns, can expect to live. Libby Montana and any other place that deals with asbestos should be in a separate category because, this video shows that most of the people in the town died a lot younger. The average life expectance in the united states is around the age of eighty. Since it takes forty years from exposure for effects of asbestos to fully develop, only people who are not exposed until they are forty can live this long and that is only an average, some people live to be one hundred years old. In this video it showed how the minors would bring the dust from asbestos home on their cloths and they would use the products in everyday life. For example,…

the asbestos disaster in Libby, Montana. The owner of the W. R. Grace display a huge case of selective perception in the court files showing him being questioned on the stand about the asbestos topic and his asbestos based business in Libby. Throughout the questioning on the stand we see the prosecutor asking many questions about asbestos and about what asbestos does to people. We can see the owner…

small western town, Libby Montana is known as the land of shiny mountains, originating from loggers and fur traders. Amongst the mountains is a 25-26 million year old volcano that was discovered to be a source of ore. Strip mines soon developed around 1923, providing well paying jobs for the citizens of the sleepy town. Zonolite merged with W.R. Grace and Company, becoming the the biggest employer of the towns men who pride themselves on being hard working and family oriented. These men worked…

recycling, saving animals, and more? There are many courageous teenagers who stand up for what they believe in and teach people what is right, and we can be like them. Three of these fearless people’s names are Alex Libby, Alex Lin, and Jeromy Rodriguez. ALEX LIBBY Alex Libby is a very brave teenage activist because he fought for people being bullied. Alex did what it took to be a teen activist. He wanted to tell people to stand up for themselves and speak up when they are getting bullied,…

legislation and vote (knowing women have had this right for less than 90 years and currently hold only 16 percent of congressional seats); and I give to organizations that support women in the United States and abroad,” (Sweas). Here, we can comprehend that he majority of people in congressional seats, for example, are mainly male. This doesn’t just apply to congress, it is seen in all sorts of different jobs. Along with the lack of high powered jobs, women are also facing the issue of job…

physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual states. In Libby Montana, majority, if not all, the population’s health had begun to fall from the norm or average of most This sudden decrease in the general health of this little town was swift and continuous. This was due to the spread of the Asbestos being used for insulation and many other things. The workers in the factory in Libby, were constantly inhaling this deadly substance, and they were also carrying it home on their clothes and shoes…

Libby Faffler, LNHA, got interested in healthcare administration during her undergraduate education at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Originally, when she began her college education she had wanted to be a nurse. After transferring to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire during her sophomore year, she realized that nursing was not the path she wanted to take. However, Libby was still interested in the healthcare field and wanted to pursue a career in that direction. When she looked at…

Libby 's Last Stand “Why did you leave early today?” Libby asked her mother across the round oak table. It had taken all day to work up the courage to confront her at dinner, when her father would be there and could say something to make her mother see she was wrong. The headaches that had plagued Libby for months had stopped suddenly a week ago, when she realized their source. It had been her mother 's turn to carpool, and Libby felt fine all day until she climbed into the Caprice and…

Princess X The book that I chose was Princess X. In this book the main character May, is completely distraught when one day she hears that her best and only friend Libby got in a car crash on her way back from Gymnastics class. Libby and her mom went flying into the lake when they were in the crash. One day May finds a princess X sticker on a old store window. She doesn’t know how it could have been there because Libby and May were the only ones that knew about the character. In the…

This child study was completed in conjunction with EDUC 808: The Study of Normal and Exceptional Children Through Observation and Recording at Bank Street College of Education. The course began with the selection of a study child. I decided to work with Libby, a student in the second grade class in which I am an assistant teacher. I selected Libby as my study child because I have found that it was harder to get to know her on a personal level, as compared with other children in the class. I…