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    Synopsis for Chapter 11 * Azreen delves on the bomoh’s words that Madhuri was not her real sister. She encounters a shadow of a woman from behind the wooden fence again that directs her to a woodpile a few feet away behind her house. * Azreen and her father walk towards the woodpile and see a "parang" that Saleh used to chop wood. There is white and sticky stain at the edge of the parang. Azreen immediately recalls Normala’s words "She had white blood" and she stares at her father in disbelief

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    A chance finding on Thursday the 19th of September 1991 discovered a glacier body known as “Ice Man” or “Ötzi”. Erika and Helmut Simon found him when they were on a mountaineering trip in the Otzal Alps between Austria and Italy. There are many theories surrounding his life and death. Initially he was taken for examination to a forensic medical unit in Innsbruck. Professor Konrad Spindler was called in after it was determined his body was at least several hundred years old. Now Ice Man’s body

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    had a system of writing and calendars. The calendar tracked lots of things for the Maya. It’s possible that their calendars could have been a product of religion since the rituals and ceremonies they held had to do with the celestial cycles. The shaman of the tribe thought he could tell when bad things were going to happen through these cycles and they would hold

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    The stereotypes that women are forced to endure are degrading and disrespectful‚ but when did they all start? The colonial era shows records of men taking advantage of women and giving them no rights or power‚ however‚ when the pre-colonial era began documents show that the women were not treated like they were in later years. The Native American men knew that without the women they would most likely struggle to live. Some people today say‚ their strength was essential to the survival of the tribe

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    Many people in our culture misunderstand the function of myth. We usually assume that there are two kinds of narrative‚ completely different from one another: a journalistic compilation of facts‚ all literally true and verifiable‚ or stories spun by a fiction writer for the purpose of entertainment only. Myth‚ we assume‚ falls resoundingly into the latter group. While primitive and superstitious people may have once believed that the sun was pulled across the sky by a chariot‚ we in our infinite

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    Reading successmaker Why? Find the reason something happened How? Figure out the way something happened What if? Think about a different outcome Questions What is a geyser? What is figurative language? Answer? A spring that sprays water and steam To make an inference: * Think about the facts. * Use what you know. Base word * Word without a prefix * Or suffix End of the page Prefix + base word Build the word inactive Incorrect Invisible When my dog is sick

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    protect‚ help‚ and serve. Maintain balance and right relationship between all beings‚ people > ancestors > power. Relationship with power. Cultivate relationships Sacred trust‚ not to be used for selfish reasons. Spiritual Specialists i.e. Shaman Spiritual powers Heal physical‚ psychological‚ and social

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    Nasca Social Structure

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    The Nasca is an ancient civilization of people located in the Nasca region on the southern coast of Peru‚ living between approximately 1 and 750 AD. Many scholars believe the Nasca originated out of the Paracas culture and were most likely a group of small rural villages that were situated near each other. The Nasca appeared to be self-sufficient and based much of their life on agriculture‚ especially the cultivating of corn. The villages had distinctive art‚ especially multicolored pottery and

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    Sharika Etheart ANTH 3550 Japan Tuesday‚ February 12‚ 2013 Japanese Cultural Nationalism Altering Immigrant Perception Change by Force Status minorities in Japan are those who are not educated‚ do not come from educated families‚ or have unfavorable occupations. The value and worth of a status minority in Japanese culture is rated amongst their familial/ancestral connections to rates of production and which then determines individual godliness and worth amongst a society. Ethnic minorities in Japan

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    Biological Psychology

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    Abstract Biology psychology is the study of how the structure‚ evolution‚ growth‚ and chemsitry of living things control‚ define and affect human behavoir. Biopsychology includes neuropsychology (your actual brain functioning and structure); and also the effects of hormones‚ drugs‚ diet etc on human behavoir and cognition. It is reductionist‚ very scientific and objective‚ and assumes all people are very similar (share universal mechanisms). Yes it uses animals sometimes - but usually in brain

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