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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Running Head: Telemedicine Telemedicine Ismael Garza South Texas College What is telemedicine? Telemedicine is any medical act performed without direct physical contact between the practitioner and patient‚ or between professionals together‚ through a telematic system. In other words‚ telemedicine uses information technology and telecommunications to provide medical assistance or support‚ regardless of the distance that separates those who offer the service
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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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Diana Beituni Bnbnb Roeback Com 101 068 12-8-10 Social Networking Argumentative Essay Are social networking sites good for our society? Social networking sites can be harmful because they can affect the lives of many for the worse by allowing cyber bullying and leading to short attention spans. Some people believe that social networking sites expose children to predators‚ increase vulnerability to computer viruses‚ lower worker productivity‚ and promote narcissism and short attention
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Environmental Problems And Its Effects Physical Science 101 ( Earth Science ) BEED/BSE-3 Submitted by: Nor-aliya D. Balt Sheila Mae Rosete Submitted to: Mr. Tristan Babaylan The Earth’s environment is in a sorry state‚ with no hope of getting it better any time soon. Wherever one looks‚ one encounters pollution in all its forms. Forests are disappearing. Green areas around cities are being replaced by concrete buildings. Waste products are being dumped indiscriminately. Water
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es into a coherent‚ wellwritten essay. Synthesis refers to combining the sources and your positions to form a cohesive‚ supported argument and accurately citing sources. Your argument should be central; the sources should support this argument. Avoid merely summarizing sources. Introduction : Whether students are the target‚ perpetrator‚ or observer‚ bullying appears to be a rite of passage in schoolyards throughout the world. Although bullying is discouraged by parents and school
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and ruthless‚ is she the school’s responsibility? Schools should be held responsible for cyber bullying because the crime extends from the computer to the school setting. Studies indicate that cyber-bullying incidents have quadrupled in past five years (Ross). Cyber-bullying has become a huge issue recently. Every time you turn on the news there is another bullying‚ or a suicide related to bullying‚ incident being reported. “Love is louder” has been a common phrase among celebrities and influential
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