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    Thousands of years before the arrival of the Europeans‚ there was a man who was celebrated by numerous ancient Americans. In the chapter he was given the name Sun Falcon. Sun Flacon was said to be a great political and spiritual leader. He was buried at Cahokia‚ the biggest ritualistic site in ancient North America. Not much is known about this man‚ but the small amount of information there is came from archeological findings. Archaeologists were able to conclude many things from Sun Falcons grave that helped

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    consequence test was overruled in the Wagon Mound no 1 and replaced with a new test for deciding if damages are too remote:   The Wagon Mound no 1 [1961] AC 388   Following the Wagon Mound no 1 the test for remoteness of damage is that damage must be of a kind which was foreseeable. Once damage is of a kind that is foreseeable the defendant is liable for the full extent of the damage no matter whether the extent of the damage is foreseeable. The Wagon Mound test was considered and applied in:  

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    have flourished. No written records of the Marlik culture exist‚ nor are there any others concerning the area at this particular period. (MET) The use of the term‚ “Marlik culture”‚ is used to speak of the manmade archeological evidence found at the mound‚ the term “Marlik” is simply used because there is no clear connection to an established ethnic group thus the site must be assumed to be distinctive until clearly linked to one group or another. (iranica) Documentation from the ninth century B.C

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    BC the original structure is almost 1000 years older than Stonehenge.   The mound at Newgrange is constructed of alternating layers of earth and stone‚ with grass growing on top and a reconstructed façade of flattish white quartz stones dotted at intervals and large round cobbles covering part of the circumference of the mound. The mound itself is about 76m across‚ and 12m tall at its highest point. Within the mound a passage stretches for just less than 19m 5ft which is about a third of the way

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    exterior of Newgrange is a large mound of rocks and turf that is roughly 280 ft. in diameter. The mound is retained by 97 kerbstones that skirt its base. Most of them have very clear examples of prehistoric Irish artwork carved into them. Outside of Newgrange there are also 12 standing stones that were likely placed at the site roughly 100 years after the tomb was built. Some archaeologists believe that they were once part of a group of 38 stones that once encircled the mound. During the excavation of

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    into. In the 1960’s the mound height was set at 15 inches high‚ until 1968. That year‚ the baseball commissioner dropped the mound height to 10 inches. The height difference of a mound drastically changes how a pitcher throws. In the 1960’s more pitchers reached over 300 wins within their careers. In modern days it is rarely to see a pitcher throw over 300 wins. This effect is caused by the downward motion of the ball. For example‚ when the pitcher threw from a 15 inch mound it made it easier for the

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    Texas Hist Test Review Key Terms : Teotihuacan‚ 100-600 (Mayan) Cahokia‚ 800-1100 Chaco Canyon‚ 850-1150 Tenochtitlan‚ 1300-1521 (Aztec) Inca Empire‚ 1200-1533 Key Terms week 2 : Reconquista‚ 1492 First Contact Cortés in Mexico‚ 1521 Pizarro in Peru‚ 1532 New Spain‚ 1535  Cabeza de Vaca & Estevanico‚ 1536 Coronado‚ 1541 de Soto‚ 1542 Caddo Indians – "techas" St. Augustine‚ 1565 Santa Fe‚ 1609 La Salle‚ 1684 mission & presidio system Nacogdoches mission‚ 1716 San Antonio de Valero

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    Later Start Times for Smarter Students Students depend on schools as a basis for their education‚ a place to learn and grow‚ and to push them towards post secondary success. The Mounds View School district’s board members set up the district’s high schools to start at 7:25 a.m.‚ followed by the middle schools (8:05 a.m.)‚ and then the elementary schools (8:45 a.m.). Focussing primarily on our community’s high schoolers‚ as they are statistically proven to need more sleep‚ it is crucial that they

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    at the crest of this marvelous mound of merriment and launch our little bodies down and hope for the best.Now after a few of us had slid down and trudged our way up a dozen times or so‚ a mound would form at the bottom of the hill to the delight of every little maniac there. It served us well as a take off ramp.I remember one time when I was first to arrive the day after one of our outings‚ I was pretty pleased‚ the snow on the hill was hard packed as was the mound at the bottom and it was all mine

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    in which they plant in mulch mounds. The mounds are formed by piling large amounts of grass and covering the grass with dirt (Wohlt‚ 2004). The mound size depends upon the size of elevation. The functions of the mounds are to protect against frost‚ which frequently occurs in high altitudes. Sweet potatoes mature in about 9 months. When the harvest is complete‚ they pull apart the mound and mulch with the leaves and old crop. Once the mulch starts to decompose‚ the mound is then rebuilt for new planting

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