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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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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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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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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Does Your Diet Speak Marshallese? An essay about nutrition in the Marshall Islands English 12 May 3‚ 2013 Asia Chong-Gum Introduction Far into the waters of the Pacific Ocean‚ lies a strip of land which holds within it a unique and fascinating culture. Sadly‚ that island’s culture is slowly being undermined by Western culture. The Marshall Islands has been suffering several epidemics such as diabetes and other non-communicable diseases due to unhealthy diet and lack of proper nutrition
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CedKenya Crockett October 13‚ 2016 Informative Essay Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of the history of Halloween. Thesis Statement: The most superstitious holiday‚ Halloween‚ can be divided into its history‚ tradition‚ and its evolution. Introduction Halloween is a time where you dress up‚ decorate‚ watch scary movies‚ scare others and eat as much candy until you get sick. Do you believe that’s what it’s really about? If you said no you are correct. Don’t be discourage‚ because I
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Ashlee Guillory Informative Essay Sugar and Spice… No Longer Everything Nice I. INTRODUCTION 1. ATTENTION GETTER: Can girls be mean? Has everyone experienced betrayal by the hands of a female? Do we even need to answer these rhetorical questions? a. Girls are mean. I really hate saying that‚ but everyone knows it is true and the more we pretend that girls are not mean‚ the more trouble we bring on ourselves. 2. Again‚ girls
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Teen use of tobacco products in America is at an all-time high. Most teenagers think it is exciting and cool to smoke cigarettes and chew tobacco‚ and they do it to fit in and to be included. But‚ in fact‚ it’s not ‘exciting’ or ‘cool’ at all. I am going to list all of the reasons why it is such a huge problem. The reasons are all going to be facts and statistics‚ to explain all of the dangers that come along with using tobacco products. I am also going to suggest possible reason as to why this has
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Acupuncture is a well-endowed and central technique of Traditional-Chinese Medicine. But why does it work? Through stimulating acupuncture points with needles‚ acupuncturists can boost body functions and give a sense of well-being. Many people may doubt the legitimacy of acupuncture but consider this. If acupuncture did not work it would have been forgotten ages ago considering that it was used hundreds of years before the common era. But it is still widely practiced today improving people’s health
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Ebola? Where is it from and where is it now? Think‚ if I said that there is a virus that can kill every 9 out of 10 people‚ has been around for exactly 40 years‚ and has had two major outbreaks.Would it be true? This disease does exist‚ and it is very lethal. This epidemic is known by many names but mostly known as Ebola. What is Ebola? Ebola is a rare and deadly disease caused by an infection with one of the Ebola virus species. Discovered in 1976 named after the river from where the disease was
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