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Colman, Ronald

(Encyclopedia) Colman, Ronald, 1891–1958, British stage and film actor. Dignified in demeanor and voice, Colman created an image of kindness, humor, erudition, and romantic appeal. His films include…

Richards, Ellen Henrietta Swallow

(Encyclopedia) Richards, Ellen Henrietta Swallow, 1842–1911, American chemist, educator, and organizer of the home economics movement, b. Dunstable, Mass., grad. Vassar, 1870. In 1870 she began the…

Belo Horizonte

(Encyclopedia) Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte bəlˌ&oobreve;rēzôNˈtĭ [key] [Port.,=beautiful horizon], city, capital…

home rule, municipal

(Encyclopedia) home rule, municipal, system adopted in many states of the United States by which a city is given the right to draft and amend its own charter and to regulate purely local matters…

TV Moms Juggle Career and Home

  Today's TV Moms   June Cleaver, move over: modern TV moms juggle career, family, and a clean house by Beth Rowen   In Judging Amy, a divorced woman is both an attorney and a mother…

Christina Rossetti: From House to Home

From House to HomeThe first was like a dream through summer heat, The second like a tedious numbing swoon, While the half-frozen pulses lagged to beat Beneath a winter moon.'But,' says my…

Life-Saving Skills Summary

Life-Saving Skills SummarySkillAdult(9 years and older)Child(1 to 8 years)Infant(birth to 1 year)Rescue breathing(used when victim is not breathing)Give 1 slow breath about every 5 seconds;…

Rescue Breathing

Rescue Breathing1. With head tilted back, pinch nose shut.2. ADULT: Give 1 slow breath about every 5 seconds.CHILD/INFANT: Give 1 slow puff about every 3 seconds.

CPR (Adult)

CPR (Adult)1. Find hand position.2. Position shoulders over hands. Compress chest 15 times.3. Give 2 slow breaths. Recheck pulse and breathing. If no pulse, continue sets of 15 compressions…

Choking

If conscious but choking, give abdominal thrusts until object comes out.If a person becomes unconscious:Step 1. Clear any object from mouth.Step 2. Give 2 slow breaths.If air won't go in,…