satisfied with my personality. I was too timid‚ expressed no unique thoughts‚ and had almost no independence. This all changed when I was almost ten years old and entered 4-H‚ the West Hawaii 4-H organization which was geared towards community service and volunteer work to address the four H’s: head‚ hands‚ heart‚ and health. 4-H is looked at in high regards within society‚ but I’ll honestly admit that I had no idea what it was when I entered. I begrudgingly went to the meetings at the urging of my
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Bruce Munro’s Light Installations Bruce Munro is a British installation artist. Installation art is three-dimensional and is mostly site-specific. They are intended to change space perception. Bruce Munro has taken installation art to new heights. He does large-scale installations that usually encompass entire parks to create entire exhibitions. His primary medium is light. He uses light to completely transform an area. His exhibitions are very unique. Typically in an exhibition‚ one
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Sometimes a person’s life is not as exciting as they want it to be. People often try to excite their lives through various methods. In the short stories‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “The Open Window”‚ both main characters try to stimulate their lives by changing the perception of reality. First‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”‚ by author James Thurber tells the reader about a story where a man tries to escape his extremely mundane life with numerous fantasies. For example‚ Walter Mitty’s
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of need. The knowledge I have when I wake up in the morning‚ that Christ lives within me and the comfort he gives through the Holy Spirit is what gets me through. That’s the one thing about atheism that I just do not understand. How can you bear to open your eyes in the morning if you do not have that hope and that comfort. In some ways it appears to me that he confuses Christianity with doctrines that do not believe in medical assistance when ill. His statements on pain being the punishment of sin
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William H Johnson was born march 18th of 1901 in Florence‚ South Carolina. To parents Henry Johnson and Alice Smoot‚ who were both laborers. Johnson realized his dreams of becoming an artist at a young age‚ copying cartoons from the paper as a child. However‚ as the oldest of the family’s five children‚ who lived in a poor‚ segregated town in the South‚ Johnson tucked away his aspirations of becoming an artist‚ deeming them unrealistic. But Johnson finally left South Carolina in 1918‚ at
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H.G. Wells wrote directly of Darwinism in the book The Time Traveler. A great exploration of separation of social classes and the prime example of " the strongest will prosper." The Time Traveler has realized that social standings in the future‚ 802‚701‚ is different from the past in only of an intellectual standing. " So in the end‚ you would have above ground the Havers;pursuing health‚ comfort and beauty‚ and below ground the Have nots; the workers‚ getting continually adapted to their labor."
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HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Patient Name: Putul Barua Patient ID: 135799 Room: CCU4 Age: 42 Sex: Male Admitting Physician: Dr. Simon Williams‚ MD Pulmonology Date of Admission: 01/07/2013 Admitting Diagnosis: 1) Rule out myocardial infarction 2) History of tuberculosis 3) hymoptesis 4) status: post embolectomy. Chief Complaint: tightness in chest‚ shortness of breath‚ fast heart rate. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: Mr. Barua is a 42-year-old gentleman from Bangladesh who
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Ch. 16 Outline XVI Revolution and Change in England A) The Tudors and the Stuarts 1) The Reign of Mary Tudor a) revolution: a radical attempt to change the very structure of a country’s government b) in the late 1400’s the Tudor family became the rulers of England. 2) The Reign of Elizabeth I a) Mary Queen of Scots i)When Mary I died her half-sister‚ Elizabeth‚ became queen. ii) Elizabeth had no children so the crown went to Mary Queen of Scots‚ a Catholic. b) The
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Even at an elementary level‚ short stories often mask a deeper meaning. During the Modernist period‚ D.H Lawrence emerged as a master of subtly weaving social commentary into unique short stories. Drawing upon themes from his childhood‚ Lawrence was heavily influenced by his relationship with his mother. Lawrence’s mother was highly educated and openly displayed regret about her marriage to her husband‚ a lowly miner. This led Lawrence to focus on themes like money‚ status‚ and lack of love. In D
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There is an old saying‚ “money can’t buy happiness.” However‚ in some cases one may believe this statement is correct. Throughout D.H. Lawrence’s‚ The Rocking-Horse Winner‚ the use of characterization‚ conflict‚ and symbolism shows a constant theme of wealth overpowering the importance of family. The beginning of this story starts by introducing one of the main characters‚ Hester‚ and her children; one in particular‚ her son‚ Paul. Hester constantly complains about not having any luck; she married
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