By 1993, an estimated 92 percent of all American homes, single and multi-family apartments, houses, and dormitories were equipped with detectors. ... Second Floor - The smoke detector must be placed on the ceiling in the hallway common to ALL bedrooms, normally at the head of stairs. ... Basement - Smoke detectors should be placed on the cellar ceiling at the base of the cellar stairs. ... Never place the detector at the top of the basement stairs by the cellar door. ... Establish a meeting place outside the house for all members of t...

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• Grade Level: High School

With the luxury of having everything just a click away on the Internet, television, or telephone, people can virtually live in their house without ever needing to leave-or even move from the couch. ... This is where creativity and motivational strategies come into play-how are you going to get on overweight person to the gym, when you can't even get them to take the stairs? ...

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Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog, had written in reference to immigrants in America, "Dat's what they say of this cauntry back home, Kath: 'America, the land of milk and honey.' ... When Rose first arrived in America with her family, all she had were a few belongings and an address to her Uncle Patrick's house, which he lived in with his family that included two step daughters, his son, and his wife. ... I finally reached our building and ran up the stairs. ...

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• Grade Level: High School