Emergency telephone number

I stand outside of the airport, phone to my ear. My foot taps rapidly as the phone continues to ring. If this boy doesn’t answer his phone in the next minute, he's going to be missing a limb. Just as the thoughts of me using a butcher knife for the first time runs through my head, his voice projects from the speaker. "Lex," He breaths out. He sounds like he just ran a marathon. "You're lucky you answered. I was just thinking about separating your head from the rest of body." I begin…

Thomas Edison Thomas Edison struggled in his early life. Edison lost his hearing at a very young age, due to the scarlet fever. He was not in public school only for 3 months because of his hearing loss. He missed out on a lot of things because he got deadly sick. His later life was much better than his childhood, he became an inventor and a businessman. He was one of the greatest businessman of America. Thomas Edison was born on February 11th, 1847 in Milan Ohio. child of Nancy Matthews…

Do you have contacts or glasses? Do you cook food on a stove? Benjamin Franklin had created these ideas of the purpose of what they do. He had made a huge contribution to the world with his many inventions and writings. He was born on January 17, 1706 and died on April 17, 1790. Franklin contributed to tons of things in his lifetime. These things just are improved with today’s technology, but they ideas of what goes on is still here. Benjamin Franklin had made adjustments to the world that some…

a very young age the numbers 911 and to always call during a real emergency. That is not always the case in our society anymore though. The national 911 services have gradually become an abused luxury and not a source for help in an extreme emergency. The three main service’s provided EMS, Fire, and Police have become attacked and abused. The abuse of 911 has become a critical problem that needs to be addressed as soon as possible in order the secure the future of emergency services and the…

In Florida, a license can be revoked for a number of different reasons. Your license may be revoked or suspended for not paying traffic fines, driving under the influence, getting too many traffic violation points or not meeting the minimum vision standards. While you are working on getting your license back officially, it is possible to apply for a Florida hardship license. Once you have a hardship license, you are legally able to drive while you work on getting your license back. The Florida…

Inventing Solutions Thomas Edison was born in Millan Ohio on February 11th, 1847. He did not learn to talk until he was almost 4 years old. While in primary school, Thomas often day dreamed and was commonly characterized as being mentally slow by his teachers. Because of those comments, young Edison’s mother took him out of school, and home schooled him. In 1854 his family moved to Port Huron Michigan. Growing up, Edison sold candy and newspapers on trains. He later on became a telegraph…

Today, you can flip a switch to light a room, watch a video by pressing a few bottoms, and listen to music with a few clicks. Life wasn't always like this. Before Steve Jobs came along with the iPhone, iPad, iPod, Macintosh, or Pixar, there were other inventors who helped slowly build our world today. One of them was Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison didn't live the most perfect life, he was almost deaf, had little actual education and was poor in his childhood, but that didn't stop him from…

Madeline Danielson Ms. Prewitt H. Algebra II – E Block 8 May 2017 Egyptian Numbers The numbers of Ancient Egypt arose around 3000 BC. At this time the Egyptian society was already advanced, urbanized, and expanding rapidly long before the creation of the written numeral system. The new advances in mathematics became too detailed for the human brain to remember so the need arose for the written system. The Egyptians felt the need to move away from oral culture because of the importance of the…

.The Man Who Did It All Thomas Edison once said- “Not everything of value in life comes from books – experience the world.” As a child Thomas Edison learned that life is hard but, he didn’t let that stop him. He was always everywhere seeing and waiting to receive anything the world threw at him. He always put in the hard work and was there when someone needed help. Thomas Edison influenced the world of technology and transportation. Thomas Alva Edison was American inventor. He is also known to…

“Ok Google,” Brooke said, “How has technology changed over the years?” Over the past years, technology has evolved in multiple ways. A few altered electronic devices include phones, television, and computers. One of the many devices that have advanced are phones. Phones have changed a lot over the years. Nowadays, you can text on-screen, so you don’t have to flip open a keyboard. Today phones are not the same size as they were in the past. Phones aren’t as bulky and immobile now, as they…