The future of the world lies with the children‚ the helpless‚ and the forgotten. These are the people who need the most help and guidance. The Oeuvres des Secours aux Enfants‚ or Children’s Aid Society (OSE)‚ is one organization that is known especially across Europe for its role in saving children from the horrors of the Holocaust. Founded by intellectuals and doctors‚ it is a Jewish organization that put forth an effort that was mostly unseen to save children from the Holocaust. The OSE has a rich
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In high school‚ the only sport-like activity I participated in was color guard in the marching band‚ mostly because it consumed all of my time. We have tryouts and we start preparing in March and throughout the summer for competitions starting in September. It’s an immense commitment and I believe that you really have to love it‚ and I did. I first started doing color guard my freshman year and I was awful. At the time my cousin‚ who was a senior was the captain of our team. She was amazing
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Artificial Breathing Aids - Iron Lung The Iron lung was invented in 1929 by Professor Phillip Drinker (1893-1977). The device performs the function of the muscles that control breathing. It was one of the first of several inventions designed to keep people alive who are unable to breathe unassisted. Pulmonators During the 1920s people who could not breathe on their own were aided by a pulmotor. This was a machine similar to fireplace bellows. It inflated and deflated the lungs by forcing air
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Introduction:- The Preamble to an act is the lodestar and guides those who find themselves in a grey dealing with its provision. According to the canons of statutory interpretation‚ the proper function of a Preamble is to explain certain facts which are necessary to be explained before the enactments contained in the Act can be understood. In short it contains a recital of the facts or state of the law for which it is proposed to legislate by the statute‚ the object and policy of the legislation
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TREATMENT FOR THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND I. Now we go back even further in time‚ says Watson‚ to a case that Sherlock Holmes investigated while he and Watson were still together at the 221B Baker Street apartment. It’s early April 1883‚ and Holmes wakes Watson at 7:15am to tell him that a young lady has come to Holmes with a case. Sitting in the room is a lady around thirty‚ dressed in black‚ with a black veil‚ who’s shaking with fear. She is pale and her hair has strands of premature
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According to an article written by Kirstine Rice on the American Safety and Health Institute website‚ about 1/3 of all injuries in the United States occur at home. Knowing basic first aid is an extremely important skill to know when accidents do arise. All throughout life we go through experiences that lead us to these injuries. Whether it is cooking in the kitchen‚ riding a bike‚ or even just walking down the street accidents can happen. And being the kind of kid who did everything my parents said
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Visual Aid Speech (Selfie) Introduction: Attention-Getting Device: I. These days everyone knows what selfie is. II. Snapchats and Selfies III. selfies are now in all around the world. Body: I. A selfie is a self-portrait photograph‚ typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone. Selfies are often shared on social networking services such as Facebook‚ Instagram‚ or Twitter. They are usually flattering and made to appear casual. A. Most selfies are taken with a camera held at arm
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State and Federal Aid There are many past and rising issues involving public school finance. The public schools system is funded through federal‚ state and local taxes. Each state has different formulas to distribute funding from state and local taxes. Federal funding does contribute to the rising cost of education for each state. State and local taxes is allocated to cover the majority of educational costs. Student achievement depends upon the available funding allotted to each district. This
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1 The book title‚ “Band of Brothers‚” by Stephen E. Ambrose is a book that shares the risky undertaking and hazardous experience that the United States Army had to go through in World War 2. Bravery is an understatement when describing the men of East Company’s personalities. The book really helps the reader describe the relationships and friendships that were either directly or indirectly developed as a result of going to war. From the extremely brutal training‚ to the depths of enemy territory
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occurrence of lightning provided an ignition source which can generate fire‚ especially in large wooded areas under dry conditions. Approximately 15 wildfires were generated last year due to lightning strikes. Drought or severe dry conditions only aid in wildfires in becoming widespread‚ destroying hundreds
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