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    Explain how Lucy could be viewed as “the missing link” Australopithecus Afarensis‚ commonly known as Lucy‚ can be seen by many scientific and historic facts as ‘the missing link’. Anthropologists show that Lucy is a transitional fossil which helps prove the way hominids changed throughout the ages. Bipedalism is the biggest and most important evidence that Lucy has shown to tell one how she lived in the chain of evolution. The morphology of Lucy’s skeleton has so many different characteristics

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    イスラーム世界研究(2007)2 号 イスラーム世界研究 第1巻 2 号(2007 年)38-53 頁 Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies‚ 1-2 (2007)‚ pp. 38-53 Islamic Microfinance: A Missing Component in Islamic Banking Abdul Rahim ABDUL RAHMAN* 1. Introduction Microfinance means “programme that extend small loans to very poor people for self employment projects that generate income in allowing them to take care of themselves and their families” (Microcredit Summit‚ 1997). The World Bank has recognized microfinance programme as an

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    Ever wanted to ride a 1200 pound animal at 40 mph dodging poles with only a piece of metal and a couple straps of leather to control it? I have been running poles for more than three years and all my lessons and clinics had something in common. There was constantly the same advice being given. The best part of running a pole pattern is that you can constantly improve. The pattern always stays the same‚ 6 poles set down the middle of the arena‚ all 21 feet apart‚ you must run all the way down‚ turn

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    of Unity In the song “Peace Train” by Cat Stevens (Yousaf Islam)‚ Stevens reaches out to the masses in an attempt to display the simplicity of supporting peace‚ while stressing the importance of a united world and its people by comparing peace to a train. The theme of this song is vague‚ but powerful‚ an informal declaration of resistance to war and hatred in general. Stevens expresses his feelings that peace someday will prevail by explaining how the peace train runs along the edge of darkness

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    Traveling When traveling over land there are three main ways of doing so‚ a flight‚ a train ride‚ or driving yourself. I guess you could walk or run but‚ I’m talking about cross country travel. There are expensive and inexpensive ways of travel‚ some fast‚ some slow‚ most fun‚ others boring. Out of these three ways you must decide how you want to go baste on your budget‚ time‚ and the quality of travel you prefer. The fastest way of travel would be by plane. If time is a major issue‚ a flight would

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    Traveling on a train is always a wonderful experience. A fascinating journey alongside the strangers from different walks of life is something to look forward to. Unless you are traveling in a Mumbai local. During a rush hour! My 20 minutes ride from Borivali to Andheri wasn’t particularly a happy journey‚ with all the peak-hour rush‚ bodies cramped against each other and what not‚ but being a Mumbaikar myself‚ I had come to terms with it. Although‚ the journey wasn’t always a gloomy one. Every

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    Soul Train and its Cultural Impacts Via ‘Making’ The television program Soul Train was undoubtedly a watershed moment in entertainment media (specifically televised ‘bandstand’ formats). What started as an attempt to re-brand‚ or re-cast‚ blacks in mainstream American media quickly became a cultural‚ social‚ and economic phenomenon of its own. Although the show is seminole for a whole host of reasons in terms of achievement for black entrepreneurs‚ musicians‚ and the like‚ what I find more compelling

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    ” “Stop This Train‚” also a song from John Mayer’s Continuum‚ speaks of the unpredictable ground between adolescence and adulthood. It was written during a time

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    Shel Silverstien’s short story‚ The Missing Piece Meets the Big O‚ is a tale about a lost piece trying to find where it belongs; with encountering familiar symbolic relationships‚ while living in the world of an allegory for the struggles of growing up‚ and fitting in‚ and a life altering epiphany. “The missing piece sat alone… waiting for someone to come along and take it somewhere.” In the first‚ few pages the piece sits alone‚ waiting for someone to come and pick it up. Some come to rescue

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    The Chase‚ Maryland‚ train wreck occurred at 1:04 p.m. on January 4‚ 1987‚ on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor main line in Chase‚ Maryland‚ at Gunpow Interlocking‚ about 18 miles northeast of Baltimore. Amtrak Train 94‚ the Colonial‚ from Washington‚ D.C.‚ to Boston‚ crashed into a set of Conrail locomotives running light which had fouled the mainline. Train 94’s speed at the time of the collision was estimated at about 108 mph. Fourteen passengers on the Amtrak train were killed‚ as well as the Amtrak

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