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    Hamlet Act 4 Scene 7

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    him/her. L.169-171 Daisy ≡ dissembling (disintegrating) Nettles sting‚ “long purples” which have a “grosser name” ≡ almost certainly sexual. Seems like a woman who has been driven mad by lost love‚ rather than by the death of her father. Ophelia drowning amid her garlands of flowers is one of the most enduring images in the play. It has been represented countless times by artists and poets. Ophelia is associated with flower imagery: Act 1 Scene 3 L.7: “A violet in the youth of primy nature” (Laertes)

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    a few naughty young boys turned to be noisy and started splashing water on one another. Sometimes they dropped one of the friends and threw him in deep water. Unfortunately the boy did not know swimming and within seconds he started drowning. All cried out "A drowning accident"! The boy’s life was in danger and the gravity of the situation demanded immediate action. I know how to swim. Therefore without thinking much‚ I at once jumped into the river water. I swam as fast as I could and soon I reached

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    Lifeguarding

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    come home from my summer job smelling like grease from the local café or fresh cut mowed lawns‚ but I came home smelling like chlorine and tanning oil. I spent my days in a high lifeguard stand‚ towering over bathers enforcing rules and watching for drowning victims. I slathered on the tanning oil to get the perfect deep brown tan‚ and occasionally lifted my polarized sunglasses to double-check the patrons. It’s a hard job‚ but someone’s got to do it. This summer job was located at the local swimming

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    Pool Safety

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    Nationally drowning is the second leading cause of accidental death in children‚ however it’s the number one cause of death in children under five in Florida‚ Arizona‚ and California (Hockenberry & Wilson‚ 2007). Steve Levitt‚ author of Freakonomics‚ states that a home with an accessible pool is more dangerous for a child than a home with a gun (Levitt & Dubne‚ 2005). The largest proportion of drowning occurs in private swimming pools with the preschooler population rating the highest (CDC‚ 2008)

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    Your Guide to Beach Safety The Royal National Lifeboat Institution(RNLI) is a charity that save lives at sea around the British Isles. They provide leaflets with instructions and advises on beach safety. This text appeals to: Beach Swimmers : It hows how they should be safe and how to act in a emergency. “it only took minutes for the rescue boat to arrive” Surfers: It also shows how to be safe and ways to prevent an accident. “surfboarders . . . surf between the black and white flags” Genera

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    com/statecode-alabama.htm 4. • in 2007 Children under five and adolescents between the Ages of 15-24 have the highest drowning rates. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Retrieved October 31 2013 http://infantswim.com/assets/docs/NationalDrowningStatistics2011.pdf 5. •Of all preschoolers who drown‚ 70 percent are in the care of one or both parents at the time of the drowning and 75 percent are missing from sight for five minutes or less. (Orange County‚ CA‚ Fire Authority) retrieved October

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    CBE Paper (Martin)

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    as laryngospasm‚ which protects victims against rapid inhalation of water. Studies of drowning and near drowning of children and adults suggest that victim survival depends on the presence of both hypothermia and the MDR‚ as neither alone can provide adequate cerebral protection during long periods of hypoxia. Future research is suggested to improve patient care. INTRODUCTION Drowning and near-drowning incidents are leading causes of mortality and morbidity in both children1 and adults2

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    Saints at the River

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    There are many tragic events that occur everyday throughout the world. One such tragedy was the accidental drowning of a young who was vacationing with her family in South Carolina. In both stories‚ a plan to use portable dams to retrieve the body is implemented. These dams fail because of the rapid flow rate at which the water moves. Even though rescuers drill holes in the bedrock to support the dams‚ the force of the water destroys these supports. Divers were sent into the river to see if

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    My Major

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    Davis 1 Antonio Davis Dr. Day Composition I 20 February 2013 Why My Major is Useful I have always wanted to be an athletic trainer. I knew that making it pro in a sport would be a long shot‚ but I wanted to stay around sports my whole life. So I choose athletic training as my major. Majoring in athletic training will give me the opportunity to be around sports and be around something I really love. My major is very useful. I want just learn things to help athletes. I will learn things that

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    How to Perform C.P.R. Imagine you are at a park on a beautiful summer day. You are lying on a blanket watching your kids play‚ enjoying the sun’s warmth‚ when you hear a commotion from a lady. You approach the circle of people that has now formed around a young man who is lying motionless and unresponsive. You do not see a person that could be of any help or authority figure close by‚ and no one else seems to be doing anything to help‚ so what do you do? The answer is a procedure called Cardiopulmonary

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