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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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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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Testing What is the Human Papillomavirus? Commonly known as HPV‚ it is an infection that spreads through sexual contact. There are over one hundred different types of HPV; several types cause genital warts‚ while other high risk strands can lead to cancer of the cervix‚ anus‚ vagina‚ and penis. Because HPV is often asymptomatic‚ many people are unaware of their infection status‚ and thus‚ their potential for transmitting the virus to a sexual partner. The significance
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Le Dao Professor Lang ENGL 908 April 20‚ 2017 DIABETES Being infected with a disease called diabetes‚ my grandmother‚ the one that I love the most‚ had been paralyzed for more than 8 years and finally passed away on October 15‚ 2016. Seeing her suffering with this kind of sickness for such a long time but I couldn’t do anything to help is what I regret the most. When my grandmother was paralyzed‚ I was only 9 years old. At such a young age‚ there’s nothing I can do to help her except watching her
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