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    WitchCraft Definition: The art or practices of being a witch; sorcery; magic. Penalty: 1645 - Hanged‚ 1765 - Burnt to stake Voodoo - Magic of the slaves can be done though charm‚ fetish‚ spell or curse. Sorcery - Use of supernatural power through the assistance of spirits. Black Art/ Enchantment - Practice used for evil purposes. Sortilege - Foretelling the future by drawing. Necromancy - Communicating with spirits of the dead in order to predict the future. Black Magic - Magical spells

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    Reading 1 “Missing People and Others: Joining Together to Expand‚” Arturo Madrid Who are the “missing people” to whom Madrid refers? The people to whom Madrid refers to in his story are Hispanos like himself. Especially in the small mountain village where he grew up in New Mexico where they are plentiful. As he branches off from home and begins teaching at Dartmouth College he quickly realizes that there are other people just like him. So the missing becomes re-defined as minorities and women

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    Social factors are more important than biological factors in determining one’s health conditions. “Do you agree with the statement and why? Explain and illustrate your answer with relevant examples. Content 1. Introduction 2. Health and disease 3. Different models of health considering health a. Bio-medical model b. Social model c. Example of two models of health 4. Discuss how social factor impacts on one health condition a. Gender a.i. Gender role i.i.1. Masculinity i.i.2. Femininity

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    The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia.[4][5] From equal status with men in ancient times[6] through the low points of the medieval period‚[7] to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. Women were considered inferior to men in practical life. But in scriptures they were given high position. Thus in past‚ the status of women in India was not clear. It was theoretically high but practically

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    1‚Jane Goodall 1. Jane Goodall is a noted humanitarian‚ environmentalist‚ and has spent many years observing the behaviour of Chimpanzees in their native habitat. Born: April 3‚ 1934 (age 79)‚ London‚ United Kingdom Children: Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick Awards: Hubbard Medal‚ Nierenberg Prize‚ Community of Christ International Peace Award‚ Benjamin Franklin Medal‚ Edinburgh Medal‚ William Procter Prize for Scientific AchievementMore Education: University of Cambridge (1962–1964)‚ Newnham

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    Human Development 13 CHAPTER conomic growth though important cannot be an end in itself. Higher standards of living as well as of development opportunities for all‚ stemming from the greater resources generated by economic growth‚ are the ultimate aim of development policy. This implies the need to bridge regional‚ social and economic disparities‚ as well as the empowerment of the poor and marginalized‚ especially women‚ to make the entire development process more inclusive. The draft Twelfth

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    Critically discuss the article in relation to the conceptual tools studied in the Deviance module. Introduction Amanda du Toit was labelled as a deviant by society because of her previous murder conviction. Even though she had severed her sentence‚ she was still a victim of the public’s labelling and stigmatisation. Outside the rule of law she was now a free individual but inside the sphere of society she still remained a deviant. This essay aims to give the various definitions of deviance putting

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    Rachel Byekwaso 207748 Q1. Outline and explain ways in which data about crime is collected Data about crime is collected through official statistics that are mainly based on police records where crime is reported to the police‚ and then the police records it and keep the records to provide measure of trends in different types of crime. Official statistics on crime are published by the Home Office.

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    1. Name the asteroid‚ big enough to wipe out whole human civilization that passed relatively close to Earth on 31 May 2013. a) Asteroid 1998 QE2 b) Asteroid 2013 QE2 c) Asteroid 1998 EQ2 d) Asteroid 2013 EQ2 Answer: (a) Asteroid 1998 QE2 2. Which Islands in India were declared as the world biosphere reserve by the United Nations Educational‚ Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in the Month of May 2013? a) Lakshadweep Islands b) Andaman Islands c) Daman and Diu d) Nicobar Islands

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    All societies have norms and values; they can be formal or informal‚ mores or folkways. Society also does its best to encourage or enforce what it views as appropriate behavior while discouraging or punishing those that shows negative behavior. At the same time however‚ where there is a "right" way to behave‚ there is also a wrong way. In this case of societal norms‚ the wrong way is considered deviant. Deviance is behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a society. Although

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