Halloween is the second most celebrated holiday in America‚ Christmas being the first. We as a country spend over 2.5 billion dollars annually on costumes‚ decorations and candy. Around the world‚ Halloween has evolved into a trick-or-treating tradition celebrated by many. Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival‚ Samhain. The Celtic people lived about 2‚000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland‚ Northern France‚ and the United Kingdom. According to the Irish English Dictionary
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Estelene Stoffel November 13‚ 2012 Audience: Visitors of Historical Alcatraz Island Purpose: To Inform The Rock Robert Stroud “Birdman of Alcatraz”‚ Alvin “Creepy Karpis” Karpowicz‚ and Al “Scarface” Capone were only some of the notorious criminals to pass through Alcatraz Island. Surrounded by harsh currents and cold waters‚ Alcatraz Island was thought to be the ultimate place to keep criminals too criminal for landlocked prisons. In the early 1930s‚ renovations made Alcatraz a better
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What is skateboarding? Skateboarding is a multicultural sport that can be seen in many different ways. The skateboard can be used in different ways for example: • Recreational activity • Method of transportation • A job/ form of art. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. Created by California surfers in the 1950s. Skateboarding was a way to surf the concrete streets. The original designer of the skateboard is unknown as it seems to be that a multitude
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Running Head: Telemedicine Telemedicine Ismael Garza South Texas College What is telemedicine? Telemedicine is any medical act performed without direct physical contact between the practitioner and patient‚ or between professionals together‚ through a telematic system. In other words‚ telemedicine uses information technology and telecommunications to provide medical assistance or support‚ regardless of the distance that separates those who offer the service
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Canines have been a part of law enforcement for over 100 years. Law enforcement officers train‚ care‚ and utilize service dogs to assist in criminal investigations. “They are the four-legged officers of the K-9 unit‚ and whether they are searching for missing children or sniffing out suspicious packages‚ they are part of a longstanding tradition that extends back thousands of years” (1). The first use of dogs started by the Greeks‚ Persians‚ Babylonians‚ and Assyrians. They began to use their dogs
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Do you know everything about tornadoes? Do you know all their facts‚ and all of their history? Well‚ if I was you‚ I would keep reading this article. Tornadoes have many interesting facts‚ so if you continue reading this amazing informal article‚ you will learn all you need to know about tornadoes from how to survive them and how they form. Have you ever heard of opening a window during a tornado? I bet you also didn’t know that the myth of opening it is very wrong‚ because the window will break
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Gymnastics has changed dramatically from how it all started. Gymnastics has changed a lot throughout history. Gymnastics would of never started without the founder. I will explain how and what gymnastics is‚ how gymnastics started as a male dominant sport‚ what do female and male gymnast use and wear‚ and who is The Fierce Five. Gymnastics all started with Johann Christoph Friedrich Gutsmuths‚ “The Grandfather of Gymnastics.” Muths was the German Founder of gymnastics. He came out with gymnastics
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How many get injured a year.about one point thirty five million people a year gets injured. “About fourteen percent get injured on the head‚seven percent in the face‚twelve percent in the fingers‚nine percent in the knees and fifteen percent in the ankles”.(USA today). This problem would go down if people wouldn’t=would not play hard against or with people. “About four hundred fifty one thousand is a strain/sprain‚two hundred fifty thousand is a fracture‚two hundred ten thousand is a bruise or scrape
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Canoeing is a tremendously wide-ranging sport with competitive as well as purely recreational component. To make your canoeing trip more enjoyable‚ here are canoeing guidelines worth remembering: Before your canoeing trip‚ be sure to pack the following: - Suntan lotion - Insect repellent - Sunglasses - 2 pairs of old sneakers‚ one for getting wet‚ and one for keeping dry. - Eye glasses straps - "Water-tight" plastic bags - Extra clothing - Your canoe "repair kit" - Life preserver - Extra
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Although a lot of people believe that vaccinations aren’t always the best thing to turn to and also believe that they make patients prone to the specific sickness‚ vaccine-preventable diseases haven’t gone away. In a time when people can travel across the world‚ it’s not hard to see how easy it is to contract diseases from all over the world. Vaccines are just as important to your health then just healthy foods such as a diet and exercise‚ but they can also mean the difference between life and death
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