The Epic of Manas: An Epic Still Alive The epic Manas is one of the most precious expression the Kyrgyz national heritage. Composed in oral form and rhyme‚ Manas has preserved its significance as the magnum opus of the Kyrgyz epic tradition for centuries past. Despite being relatively unknown‚ Manas is an epic that constitutes a role as large as those of the Homeric epics. Moreover‚ Manas is still not entirely recorded and Turkologists from all over the world continue an ambitious project to get
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Each year the postal service delivers 212 billion pieces of mail to over 144 million homes‚ businesses and Post Office boxes in virtually every state‚ city and town in the country‚ including Puerto Rico‚ Guam‚ the American Virgin Islands and American Samoa. Delivering this much mail‚ requires managing almost 800‚000 employees and contractors‚ 38‚000 facilities and 214‚000 vehicles. Managing 214‚000 vehicles to deliver an abundance of mail‚ it is no wonder that accidents happen but many can be avoided
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Dengue Virus Notes. Wikipedia: The dengue virus (DENV) in one of four serotypes and the cause of dengue fever. All four serotypes can cause the full spectrum of disease. It is a mosquito-borne‚ single positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. Its genome is about 11000 bases that codes for three structural proteins‚ capsid protein C‚ membrane protein M‚ envelope protein E; seven nonstructural proteins‚ NS1‚ NS2a‚ NS2b‚ NS3‚ NS4a‚ NS4b‚ NS5; and short non-coding
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A picture of a painting of Christ with his head surrounded by a halo. Timeline: 1000B.C. 1000 Polynesians reach Fiji‚ Samoa 1000 independent kingdom of Kush 800–400 spread of Olmec civilization;
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territories with no current death penalty statute are Alaska‚ Hawaii‚ Iowa‚ Maine‚ Massachusetts‚ Michigan‚ Minnesota‚ New Jersey‚ New Mexico‚ New York‚ North Dakota‚ Rhode Island‚ Vermont‚ West Virginia‚ Wisconsin‚ District of Columbia‚ American Samoa‚ Guam‚ Northern Mariana Islands‚ Puerto Rico‚ and U.S. Virgin Islands. New Jersey repealed the death penalty in 2007‚ and New Mexico in 2009. Background The case of Stanley "Tookie" Williams illustrates the moral complexities of the death penalty
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Chapter 11 Study Guide Answer Key 1. Why was the location of Arabia important? Scattered oases‚ the highlands of Yemen‚ and interior mountains supported sedentary villagebased agriculture‚ and in the northern and southern regions of Arabia‚ small kingdoms had flourished in earlier times. Arabia also sat astride increasingly important trade routes‚ which connected the Indian Ocean world with that of the Mediterranean Sea and gave rise to cosmopolitan commercial cities‚ whose values and practices were often
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Court System Shukeyla Jones CJA/204 November 01‚ 2010 Maxine Craig Court System The modern dual system of courts incorporates both federal and state or local courts. This system is the product of many years of gradual development. Outside this formally established structure‚ however‚ personal relationships between key court participants can guide court proceedings and procedures. This paper will examine the history of the criminal courts‚ the dual system of the United States and modify the
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there are a few ceremonies to mark the passage to adulthood. Adolescence in Western society is often regarded as a time of mood swings‚ emotional turmoil and restless search for identity. However‚ Margaret Mead’s study (1928)‚ of growing up in Samoa suggests that this is not inevitable. She argued that Samoan society allows for a peaceful and relaxing transformation to adulthood which is contrasting Western societies where young people are faced with choices between conflicting sets of values
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HAWAIIAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE - answer all of the questions on homework worksheets - describe the Pacific ring of fire The Pacific Ring of Fire is an arc of intense seismic (earthquake) and volcanic activity stretching from New Zealand‚ along the eastern edge of Asia‚ north across the Aleutian Islands of Alaska‚ and south along the coast of North and South America. It is composed over 75% of the world’s active and dormant volcanoes. - describe the Hawaiian hot spot‚ plate tectonics‚ and how Hawaiian
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Main Religions in the Philippines [1] History + distrbution Roman Catholic 80.9%‚ Muslim 5%‚ Evangelical 2.8%‚ Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%‚ Aglipayan 2%‚ other Christian 4.5%‚ other 1.8%‚ unspecified 0.6%‚ none 0.1% (2000 census) The Philippines is a predominantly Christian nation on account of 300 years of Spanish rule. It is estimated that 81% of the population is Roman Catholic. In the south on the large island of Mindanao‚ many are adherents of Islam. Filipino Muslims make up about five
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