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    Lake Mary: A top business community Located roughly 18 miles north of Orlando, just off Interstate 4, Lake Mary is considered one of the fastest growing cities in Central Florida. It serves as home to a number of high tech businesses, beautiful residential communities, superb schools, excellent eateries and shopping galore. While the community of Lake Mary dates back to the 1800s, it did not incorporate until August 7, 1973. It was named after Mary Sundell, the wife of a minister, Reverend J.F.…

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    Geographic EZ Clean is located in Tampa, Florida, half-way down the west coast of Florida and 25 miles east of the Gulf of Mexico. We service Hillsborough County, which is bordered by Pasco County to the north, Manatee County to the South, Polk County to the east and by Pinellas County on the west. Hillsborough County’s geographic area boasts 1,266.4 square miles, comprised of 1,051 miles of land and 215.4 miles of water. Hillsborough County consists of four jurisdictions, three are incorporated…

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    When you first pull an oyster out of the Chesapeake Bay it looks like nothing at all, but as you turn it over in your hand, the dusty green slime falls away and you are left with a misty grey shell. It is rough to the touch, with ripply layers that reflect the water it came from, and it sits in your hand in such a way that makes it feel ancient. If you were to stick a shucking knife in that oyster and pry it open, you would find a thick salty slime surrounding a tan leathery lump. The contents…

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    Samantha Dorushkin Mrs. Scherer AP US History- Period 6 September 11th, 2014 Unit #1/A.S #4 Chapter 4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century The Unhealthy Chesapeake Life in the American wilderness was brutal for the earliest Chesapeake settlers. Diseases such as Malaria, dysentery, and typhoid took 10 years of the life expectancy of the newcomers from England. Half the people born in early Virginia and Maryland did not survive twenty years. Due to disease, women were so scarce in numbers…

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    Western Port Bay is a coastal region located in the south of Victoria which opens up into the Bass Strait. It is one of the most biologically diverse areas in the state, being home to x amount of species of flora and fauna. Westernport Bay has a coastal climate, with high rainfall and mild temperatures when compared with the rest of Victoria. The purpose of this fieldwork investigation was to explore the social, economic and environmental impacts of climate change on Westernport Bay. This…

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    The book, In the Time of the Butterflies, opens in the Dominican Republic with Dede Mirabal preparing for an interview. The four Mirabal sisters each write from their perspective about living in a time with the dictator Trujillo. The story follows the start of a rebellion that the sisters become the leaders of. Three of the sisters, Maria Teresa, Minerva, and Patria, join the rebellion along with their husbands. Dede is the only one who does not join the rebellion, partly because her husband…

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    Transformation of Patria and Maria Teresa – Literary Analysis In The Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez takes the reader through the lives of the Mirabal sisters as they are living in the Dominican Republic under the rule of Trujillo and leads up to the death of the three sisters, which, was ordered by Trujillo on November 25, 1960 (“In the Time of the Butterflies”). Trujillo was a dictator who controlled his country in every aspect and exterminated those who opposed him including three of…

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    recognition in Australia, as well as in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. The scan will first identify high-level policies towards foreign credential recognition, and then specifically policies for the profession of engineering. The findings will inform strategic directions for the province of Ontario, Canada. The paper has selected Australia, and the provinces of British Columbia (B.C.) and Alberta due its similarities to Canada and the province of Ontario. Both Australia…

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    “Hear my cry, Jefe. Release my sisters and their husbands and mine. But most especially, I beg you, oh Jefe, give me back my son. Take me instead.” In this novel, family and sacrifice play a major role. The Mirabal family comes together, with much of the Dominican Republic, to overthrow the dictatorship of Trujillo. As a result, three of the four sisters are assassinated by the tyrant’s agents. This book tells their story. Dedé was the only sister to survive. She is the second oldest of the…

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    Before We Were Free, written by Julia Alvarez is a historical fiction book based on a young girl who goes by the name Anita. Anita and her family live in the Dominican Republic on a compound along with her distant relatives. As the months go by, Anita starts to notice that her relatives are leaving the compound one by one except for her family. Papi, Anita's dad, starts attending secret meetings and readers later discover that he was planning to assassinate Rafael Trujillo, the dictator of the…

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