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    SUMMARY: There is a superstition in China known as Ke Xing which says that the baby that causes the death of her mother during child birth is considered to have something stronger than the mother’s spirit‚ which is considered bad luck. Adeline’s mother died in giving birth to her. Falling leaves is the true story of Adeline Yen Mah. It told of a person that was discriminated and emotionally abused by her family for all her life since her birth‚ all her life she suffered and was punished

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    Iberians in Britain

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    3000BC- Iberians in Britain‚ Tools were made of stone 2000BC- Beaker People ) lud garncarzy‚ Stonehenge‚ Tools made of iron: engineers skara brae – name of the best Neolithic village; that wasn’t a shelter‚ that was an ornament. 100-800BC – celtic supremacy‚ the filids (rituals and sacrifices)‚ druids‚ bards‚ special alphabet named OGHAN. It was a very developing and mysterious culture. 55BC – Julius Caesar invades Britain 54BC – next invasion by Julius Caesar 43AD – Claudius invades Britain

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    Representations of the "Australian Persona" ‘Mateship’ A key element of what is presented to be the Australian character is that of camaraderie‚ base friendliness towards everybody‚ and egalitarianism‚ the belief that everybody is equal and should have the same opportunities‚ treatment‚ etc. as everybody else. As such‚ Australians are very supportive of democracy‚ compulsory voting‚ and are generally‚ in most cases‚ unprejudiced towards each other based on such trivialities as‚ for example‚ social

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    use of taglish. The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved from http://www.Inquirer.net 7) Hizon‚ Rico (2011‚ May 12). Being proud of our own Filipino-English diction. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retreived from http://www.Inquirer.net 8) Willows‚ Matilda (2011‚ January 7) How role models affect children. Retreived from http://www.helium.com/items/2059988-how-role-models-affect-children 9) (Foundations of Education‚ Language and Writing‚ Jose F. Calderon‚ Ed. D. ‚1998 Edition‚ P.176) 10) (Filipino

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    New Movements in the Visual Arts Something of the feverish activity in the visual arts during this period can be gauged by the sheer number of movements and styles that followed one another in rapid succession: Impressionism‚ post-Impressionism‚ Fauvism‚ and Expressionism‚ culminating in the birth of Cubism around the time of World War I. all of the movements form important stages in the transition from traditional artistic styles to present-day art‚ much of which rejects any attempt at Realism

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    KEY EVENTS PRIOR TO 1066 In 1016‚ Cnut of Denmark invaded England. He eradicated all opposition in a pogrom in Winter 1017‚ and ruled thereafter with a combination of Danes and newly promoted English Earls who profited from the Danish Conquest. Edward (the Confessor) fled to his father-in-law in Normandy. He finally regained the throne in 1042. William ’s later chroniclers claim (after the fact) that Edward the Confessor offered William the crown and sent Harold to pledge it to him in the Winter

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    Anencephaly

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    F.‚ Balat‚ O.‚ Dikensoy‚ E.‚ Celik‚ H.‚ & Erel‚ O. (2010). The relationship of ceruloplasmin and neural tube defects. The Turkish-Germann Gynecology Association. 11‚ 86-88. doi: 10.5152/jgga.2010.05. Charon‚ P. (2011). Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844) and anencephaly: Contribution of one naturalist to medical knowledge. Historical Science.38‚ 365-83. Chatkupt‚ S.‚ Skurnick‚ J.H.‚ Jaggi‚ M.‚ Mitruka‚ K.‚ Koenigsberger‚ M.R. & Johnson‚ W.G. (2003). Study of genetics‚ epidemiology

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    A Persian Proverb: “He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool—shun him.  He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a child—teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep—wake him. He who knows and knows that he knows is wise—follow him.” He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool. Shun him. He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a child. Teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep. Wake him. He who knows and knows

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    matter hardly comes within our purview‚ and we have therefore recommended Mr. Ferguson to call upon you and lay the matter before you. We have not forgotten your successful action in the case of Matilda Briggs. We are‚ sir‚ Faithfully yours‚ Morrison‚ Morrison‚ and Dodd. per E. J. C. “Matilda Briggs was not the name of a young woman‚ Watson‚” said Holmes in a reminiscent voice. “It was a ship which is associated with the giant rat of Sumatra‚ a story for which the world is not yet prepared

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    Ballad Illustration by Arthur Rackham of the ballad The Twa Corbies A ballad is a form of verse‚ often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas‚ Australia and North Africa. Many ballads were written and sold as single sheet broadsides. The form was often used by poets and composers from the 18th century onwards

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