Saving Fish from Drowning
is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and two children's books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat, which has been adapted as Sagwa, a PBS series for children. Tan was also the co-producer ... [... more]
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Canoeing and kayaking - preventing injury
Canoeing and kayaking injuries may include strains, sprains, impact injuries, sunburn, heat stress, dehydration, hypothermia or drowning. Preparation and the right equipment, including helmets and a life jacket, can minimise the risks. Canoeing ... [... more]
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Water safety for children
Around 8 Victorian children under the age of five years drown every year. Parents can reduce the risks by supervising their child around water, teaching them to swim and taking precautions to reduce the risk of drowning around the home. Drowning ... [... more]
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Fishing - preventing injury
Fishing is enjoyable and has a low risk of injury. However, drowning and accidents are a risk when rock and ledge fishing, boat fishing or surf fishing. Never fish alone, always wear a life jacket and learn about the importance of first aid and ... [... more]
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Child safety - reducing injuries
The risk of injuries to a child in the home can be reduced by simple safety measures. Never hesitate to call an ambulance if your child is injured. Throughout Australia, the emergency number to ring is triple zero ( Drowning is the leading cause ... [... more]
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What is Supervision?
The 2007 Australian National Drowning Report showed that 35 infants and toddlers lost their lives through drowning in the financial year ending 30 June 2007. More children die from drowning than from motor vehicle accidents. Many child drownings ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Regina Milbourne
Regina Milbourne first realized her psychic gift two weeks after almost drowning in an unattended swimming pool when she was twelve. With only a sixth-grade education, and half her life spent as a practicing psychic, she is coming clean to leave ... [... more]
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Richard Mason
Richard Mason began writing The Drowning People at the age of 18. He is currently twenty and a student at Oxford University, where he studies with Martin Amis's former tutor. In his first novel, The Drowning People ("An Oxonian literary ... [... more]
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Billy Collins
Billy Collins is the author of eight collections of poetry, including Ballistics, The Trouble with Poetry, Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the Room, Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning, and Picnic, Lightning. He is also the editor of ... [... more]
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Tamara Draut
Drowning in student loans? Can't afford to get married, buy a home, have children? Up to your ears in credit card debt? At last, a book for the under-35 generation that explains why it's not their fault, and what can be done about it. Strapped ... [... more]
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Ken Follett
The critical and popular success of that novel and its follow-ups, In 1866, tragedy strikes at the exclusive Windfield School. A young student drowns in a mysterious accident involving a small circle of boys. The drowning and its aftermath ... [... more]
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Christina Schwarz
At once darkly comedic and moving, this witty exploration of female friendship, envy, and misguided ambition by the author of the number-one bestseller Drowning Ruth, deliciously satirizes the desire to shine in the world. In All is Vanity, ... [... more]
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