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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their neighbor prosper as much as them and believed that there was enough good in the world for everyone to share. That small town outside of Guadalajara‚ Mexico taught me valuable lessons that I still hold on to today. It taught me to never forget about family and carry on their legacy and beliefs. I also learned that there is room enough in this world for people of all cultures to come together and prosper. My grandparents are predominately farmers and did not have much‚ but are loving people and
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When I was little my parents got divorced. As that happened they said I had to move schools. I would have never thought this would ever happen‚ but my parents just decided to move where it was halfway from work both ways‚ so they decided Royalton. Moving to Royalton was very scary‚ but also a great‚ fun change. It was scary being the new kid‚ but I worked my way around it. There was a bunch of different changes I went through. I also had a very fun time living at royalton since fourth grade and to
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During my last year of undergraduate studies‚ at the University of Puerto Rico‚ I stepped into a Spanish literature class. I was not acquiring the knowledge I was expecting; therefore I decided to switch to another section. As a planned‚ I learned more about literature‚ but for my surprise‚ I also met my future husband. He was an Air Force ROTC’s cadet‚ and when the time came‚ he graduated from college and commissioned as an Air Force officer. Ten months after his commission‚ we got married and I had to
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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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“Yeah‚ that old myth about the beautiful woman who lurks on the banks of the Nile waiting for unlucky men.” He explained. “Yeah‚ I know what Al Nadaha is‚ my grandmother used to tell a lot of stories about her. But it’s not a new topic‚ I believe it was the center of lots of famous writings.” I told him. “I know but that was long time ago. People are starting to forget about those old stories in the age of technology‚ they don’t care about the folklore or the culture or anything
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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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with the bike. What’s worse‚ there was not a single person in the crowd that stopped to help me. The worst part was that after the literally “flow” of people was over‚ the road and sidewalk were scattered with trash and spilled drink. It lasted for about two and a half minutes‚ estimated to be roughly 200 people. My brother quit the game immediately after he knew this‚ refusing to be one of
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My uncle announces that the display about to begin. There is about 25 artillery shells in a big crate with lots of wires that are connected to a remote that accesses them. As soon as he starts with the first artillery shell the wires all began to spark. Instead of each one going at a timed rate they
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