Never Take a Chance The CDC reports that from 2005-2009‚ there were an average of 3‚533 fatal unintentional drownings (non-boating related) annually in the United States — about ten deaths per day. Swimming is a summertime activity that many people enjoy. Swimming can be very relaxing‚ therapeutic‚ and entirely enjoyable. Sometimes though‚ there are terrible mishaps involved with swimming. Maybe someone slips and bursts open their head; maybe someone accidentally inhales water into their lungs
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I was about the age of 10 when I finally learned my heritage. My mother and I were standing in the bank vault‚ and she was getting some papers for a trip to Canada‚ to update all of our passports. I was there with her‚ and while she was going through the things in our lock box‚ one particular‚ colorful document caught my eye. I pulled it out and held it up to her‚ asking what it was. She told me it was my birth certificate. I looked at it once again and replied that this couldn’t be my birth certificate
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Bam! Crash! Boom! I remember hearing those sounds on September 11‚ 2001 when I was aboard United Flight 93. That day has impacted the rest of my life and the way I live now. I can recall those events like it was yesterday. I woke up tired on a beautiful‚ sunny‚ Tuesday morning. It was the day I had to fly to San Francisco for my job on a cruise ship. I had been in between cruises‚ so I had taken the chance to come see my parents in Newark‚ New Jersey. Later I realized that it could have cost me
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them‚ and he was barely shielded against the cold by his modest trench coat and newsboy cap. The strong ‚ sour scents of industry and the deafening hum an early city morning had grown dull to him as he had become accustomed to the hustle and bustle of life in a city. Jasper now sped up his gait as he joined the masses of early industry workers marching off into factories and mills. Jasper‚ however‚ would no longer slave away as just another dot in the assembly line‚ he was off to bigger and better
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everything away‚ they tear up the cherokee they threw refrigerators‚ ovens‚ tables‚ beds and everything that was damp‚ I have never experience seeing Houston like that. It was my first time seeing that Houston was dying of too much water. My house got about 2-3 inches of rain‚ I was really proud that my house didn’t got flooded or had any damages. At the same time I was unhappy of the people that lost everything they had. There are a lot of organizations that were helping people with food‚ clothes‚ cleaning
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around you. It was in my junior year statistics class where I was able to burst through that bubble. And that’s all because of Drew. Drew was a exceptionally odd boy who sat next to me who blatantly exhibited his unconventional interests and outlooks on life. He wore a squid hat on his head and carried a notebook filled with original zombie stories in it. His behavior was the perfect reason for other kids to ridicule and tease. It seemed like not a day would go by without a joke being cracked at his expense
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Fifteen years ago‚ on the 7th of september 2001‚a black haired baby was born to two proud parents‚ Krista Goldman and John Arnold. Serra was born at 8:34 am and was 7.2lbs and 18in 2cm. She was born at Jasper Hospital with eyes just like her Uncle Kevin’s. Serra was born just four days before 9/11. As a toddler Serra was a hand full. She took her first steps. When she learned to walk she was always getting into things she was not supposed to be getting into. Serra then said her first word ‚“Napkin”
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“ Rose clean this house and go to the market”‚ the crazed woman yelled. Only 14 rose is treated like a slave by her own mother‚ even worse she was terrified to go to the market. Although the market does not seem like a terrible place to visit‚ Rose would also have to visit her cousin on the way. Roy was much older and bigger than rose‚ he is almost 18. One week ago it started‚ Roy approached Rose on her way to the market. He confronted her of having a secret admirer‚ it was against her mother’s rules
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What is an essay ? An essay is a short piece of writing on a topic and presents the author’s point of view on the matter. It is an organized collection of ideas. It is pure non-fiction. The writer must use a proper essay format so that it is in a presentable form. Essay should be structured in different sections that make it easy for the readers to read and follow the author’s thoughts clearly. It is the presentation of your outlook on the topic that is the focus of the essay .The parts of an
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We all walk inside and sit at the table and wait for him to make us some food. My dad walks out of the kitchen hands us plates and we sit down and watch “Night of the living dead.” I get sucked into the show and push everything else out of my head. About when the show is half over my mom gets a call from my step dad Gary. “Where are you?” I hear Gary ask threw the phone. My mom chokes up and hangs up. My mom grabs me‚ and we leave after saying our
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