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    BIOLOGY 2401 “DEM BONES”: Forensic Resurrection of a Skeleton Objectives Work as a team of forensic anthropologists to… • Determine the sex of a skeleton from pelvic morphological distinctions. • Determine the sex of a skeleton from skull morphological distinctions. • Estimate the age of bones of individuals based on morphological changes • Analyze bones to determine height estimations. • Develop a regression calculation for estimating height. • Evaluate bones for pathological and physiological changes

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    Through her short story "The Garden Party‚" Katherine Mansfield portrays The Sheridan family as the classic stereotype of shallow and pretentious rich people‚ who thinks of themselves as better than common people. There is‚ however‚ one member of the family‚ Laura‚ who is quite unlike the others. Out of all her family she is the only one who seems to have a little bit of common sense; she presents herself as a more human character‚ and shows the reader that despite the selfishness and superficiality

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    Katherine Zoepf’s nonfiction work “Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World” published by Penguin Books tells different stories of women throughout the Arab world. Zoepf takes readers on a journey beginning in Syria and ending in Egypt. Zoepf compares and contrasts the cultures‚ challenges and changes in women’s lives across five Arab countries. Zoepf’s interest in the Arab world began soon after the terror attacks in New York City on September 11

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    ‘It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength’ (Patterson‚ 1995‚ p.141.) Bridge to Terabithia (1977)‚ by Katherine Paterson is a coming-of-age‚ heart-wrenching but exciting book about Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke who rule an imaginative land called Terabithia to escape the pressures of school‚ bullies and family. In the novel‚ Leslie’s friendship acts as a guide for Jesse as he faces these challenges and difficulties of adolescence

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    In the short story‚ The Fly by Katherine Mansfield‚ it tells of a man often referred to as the boss. A man who lost someone very close to him. The boss tries to find a way to cope over his loss whether it’s the bottom of the bottle‚ or just a simple hobby. After years of grieving it seems like the boss can no long cry over his loss‚ no matter how hard he tries. While keeping to himself in his own office‚ the boss encounters a struggling fly who just might teach him the value of life and death. Little

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    Miss Brill making up scenarios and ideas about the people around her. She is able to feel better about herself when speaking and assuming things for others. This is really a mask to cover the loneliness she is feeling inside. In “Miss Brill” by Katherine

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    The story is written by Katherine Mansfield a famous New Zealand writer. She is well known for her short stories. The analysis of the one of them called A Cup of Tea (1922) which is considered to be one of her latest works you can find below. From the first lines we get acquainted with the protagonist of the story Rosemary Fell. Her appearance is being presented. No you couldnt have called her beautiful Pretty? We have rather vague image here. The author writes she is amazingly well-read in the

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    The aftermath of a destructive obsession What happens when the burdens of addiction confront a household; what dilemmas arise inside of a family? The novel Tweaked by Katherine Holubitsky; explores the life of an ordinary teenager‚ Gordie; and his internal struggles with his Brother Chase’s tyrannical addiction to crystal meth. Furthermore‚ Chase’s self-harm tragically cripples his family‚ which composes of Gordie‚ his mother‚ and father. Although it impacts their personal lives it also damages

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    The Witch of Blackbird The story of The Witch of Blackbird Pond has many different parts to it. It takes place in the Connecticut Colony in the year 1687‚ is about a girl trying to fit into the new Connecticut lifestyle‚ and she goes through changes in her personality and characteristics as she learns to live in humility. The author of this book uses many details‚ creating a more vivid picture in the readers mind. It is also written in Katherine’s perspective‚ which allows the reader to get to know

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    Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson is an African-American mathematician and physicist who is known for calculating the trajectories for many NASA missions. She was born on the 26th of August‚ 1918 in the town of White Sulphur Springs‚ West Virginia. Katherine was a very brilliant child and by the age of 13 she was attending the black West Virginia State College’s high school. At 18‚ she enrolled in the actual college graduating in 1937 with the most advanced honors. In 1939‚ Katherine was handpicked

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