Expository Essay Final Project: Expository Essay Victoria Dupuy Com 150 May 18‚ 2010 Leslie Phillips Academic‚ social and athletic pressures can push teens to the brink of disaster and even lead them to commit suicide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “suicide is the third leading cause of death between 10 and 24 year olds” (Suicide Prevention‚ para. 1). Pressure and depression is the most common factor leading to teen suicide. The pressures teenagers
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Hurricane Katrina 800‚000 Houses‚ This is the sum of how many homes were destroyed and lost. I’m sure no person could imagine waking up with everything they needed and then the next day wake up with absolutely nothing. Hurricane season if from the beginning of June and until the end of November. In this time in 2005 one of the world’s worst natural disasters occurred on August 23 and ended August 31 and it destroyed everything in it’s path like office buildings‚ local restaurants‚ businesses‚ many
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States there have been approximately sixty-five-hundred deaths incurred from hurricanes when taking into consideration only the top twenty deadliest. The numbers are incredibly difficult to verify when trying to account for a cumulative total and become especially staggering if taking into consideration the more than sixteen-hundred lives lost just last year in Hurricane Katrina‚ which was the second deadliest hurricane known to the United States. (source 5) While death tolls are obviously the worst
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Hurricane Matthew has claimed at least 478 deaths in Haiti‚ and left over 300‚000 people in need of disaster relief. An estimated 61‚000 people have sought shelter in the impoverished country. Heavy winds sustaining speeds of up to 140 mph accompanied by torrential rain caused massive flooding in Haiti and left a trail of destruction wherever the storm passed. Rescue workers are trying to assess the extent of damage‚ which was not immediately known because the hurricane had hampered communication
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Rhyming with Big Fish Little Fish Objective: Students will be able to recognize rhyming words and will be able to produce them. TEKS: English Language Arts and Reading‚ Kindergarten (b) Knowledge and skills. (2) Reading/Beginning Reading Skills/Phonological Awareness. Students display phonological awareness. Students are expected to: (C) orally generate rhymes in response to spoken words (e.g.‚ "What rhymes with hat?"); (D) distinguish orally presented rhyming pairs of words from non-rhyming
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third-party proceedings that develop models of catastrophe loss probabilities. Based on the numbers form Exhibit 5 of the case we see that according to AIR Worldwide which provides information on the loss probability that Insured Loss if the listed Hurricanes Recurred in 2006 is 151.2% more than the case writer estimates of Actual Reported Damage in 2006. As you see from the table below differences in monetary terms and percentage change between these two different sources are huge except those figures
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In the movie Big Fish‚ there were many creative elements used to portray the story. Being relatable in a story makes it easier understand. Many of the events that took place‚ may have been slightly fabricated‚ but are events that have happened to us. Meeting your love of your life‚ for example. It is said that “time stands still when you see your future spouse”‚ and honestly it does. Technically the earth does not stop moving‚ it is just a moment where nothing else matters but the one you see. Another
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Hurricane Katrina started a tropical depression on August 23rd‚ 2005. On August 27th‚ President George W. Bush declared a state of emergency for the states of Louisiana‚ Alabama‚ and Mississippi. By August 28th‚ Katrina become a Category 5 hurricane. However‚ when Katrina made landfall in Louisiana on August 29th‚ 2005‚ it was a weakened Category 3 hurricane. As Katrina made landfall‚ the levees in the greater New Orleans area began to fail causing large amounts of water to begin flooding the city
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Old Big Red When I look out the window and say out loud with a boasting voice “there is Old Big Red”‚ most folks will not know what I am talking about. Hearing what I just said‚ my youngest granddaughter‚ Jenifer‚ asks grandpa‚ “Who is Old Big Red?” With a big smile quickly growing across my face‚ I tell her that Old Big Red is not a who‚ but Old Big Red is a what. I say to her‚ come on over here and sit on my knee “let me tell you about Old Big Red.” I want you to know that Old Big Red is a passion
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It is important to be prepared for storm. Have you ever been in a tornado or hurricanes? You know if you have you can be injure very easily ‚and they can even kill you in a split second. Hurricanes one-o-one graphics‚ stated if a hurricane hits‚ it can cost around 15 billion dollars. On the other hand‚ if a tornadoes decide to strike it can cost about 500 million dollars. To be prepared for a tornado or hurricane you must know three biggest effects they can have‚ enormous wind‚ gigantic size
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