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    Creating a Flyer

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    Microsoft Publisher Creating a flyer exercise Table of Contents 0.CREATING A FLYER — PRACTICE EXERCISE.................................................................3 Creating the Title............................................................................................................................ 5 Adding the WordArt....................................................................................................................... 6 Adding the Small Text Boxes..............

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    The Puritans .VS. The Transcendentalists In a perfect world‚ some people dream of structure‚ of simplicity‚ of love‚ of life‚ of hope‚ and of determination. Unfortunately‚ some people don’t hold these dreams or views of life. The Puritans and Transcendentalists held different life views and many different beliefs that still have a strong impact on our modern society. Puritans were reserved‚ and seemed to be uptight and believed man to be evil. They worshiped a god‚ a god who ruled over

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    Puritans: A Brief Summary

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    published in 1588 „A Brief and true report of Virginia”. On board there were many other specialists‚ including an apothecary‚ a surgeon‚ and skilled craftsmen built houses‚ and a fort and searched for gold. Soon however‚ they ran out of food‚ and frightened by the natives they left the small settlement and returned to England. A further

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    Hypocrisy of the Puritans “When you fast‚ do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearance‚ so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen I say to you‚ they have received their reward (New American Bible Matthew 6:16).” The Puritans that settled into Massachusetts in the seventeenth century were some of the most religious people to be seen throughout History. Prior to landing in America they had already abandoned two countries in order to “purify‚” their Puritan religion

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    The Hollow of the three hills Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story begins on a paradox. He writes ‘’in those strange old times…’’ yet the time period hasn’t been specified at all. This can be seen as a deliberate attempt at vagueness. Hawthorne is trying to distort the reader’s sense of time as most successful gothic stories take place in haunted settings outside specific time periods. The rest of the paragraph has been devoted to the description of the setting. The Hollow is a place of dark magic

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    successful

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    serious injury and stop future injuries from happening. The necessary skills that are involved in sport medicine are very simple everyday skills. One is compassion‚ good communication and problem solving skills. You need those skills to become a successful doctor in this career field. Before becoming a doctor you have to look into the education side first. There are courses you need to complete while attending college to receive you degree. The main courses are physiology of exercise‚ sports law and

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    order for surgeons and anesthesiologists to know of any lung dysfunction before the surgery. Additionally‚ some insurance companies were requiring spirometry screening creating a new source of revenue for many physicians‚ GP’s‚ and hospitals. Before the flow spirometer was introduced in 1974‚ volume spirometers were used. These tended to be very accurate but were also very bulky and costly and required regular cleaning due to possible contamination with the patient’s exhaled air. With the flow

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    Parish and the Hill

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    and the Hill Mary O’Connor’s view of the Parish and how to assimilate came from her relationship with her grandfather and her mother. When she views the new Polish immigrants as animals and will not interact or share with them her grandfather‚ John O ’Sullivan‚ shuns her and makes her understand that they are just like her and she should share and play with them. John didn’t assimilate well and accepted the new immigrants and was angered by others that thought that the new immigrants were just a

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    Life In Puritan Times

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    during the Puritan colonies were based upon God’s law. They believed the bible was the key to salvation. They also believed that people were either born sinful‚ and bound to a life in Hell‚ or they were destined to to be saved. The only thing that could save their life was purity and pray. Puritans believed in hard work and discipline in life with religious jobs. People who were engaging in sinful activities were humiliated in public and punished for their sinful acts. Puritan times were similar

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    House on the Hill

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    The Old House on the Hill Crimson rays of sunlight speckled through and glittered the autumn leaves‚ making their colorful silhouette seem to dance on the mountain horizon. These fluttering hills rise up from the back of a vast plateau like pasture as if they were titans‚ peacefully awaiting the turn from day to dusk. A calm breeze feathers the tall sun spotted grasses with an inconsistent motion making the ground appear alive. In the back corner of this field lies a large and seemingly mystifying

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