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    New Guinea Pig Monologue

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    I was very excited‚ I was going to get a new guinea pig. My old one had died of old age‚ and the new one I was getting was just a few months old. I had bought him a few days ago at the York Fair‚ but had to wait until the fair was over. My dad drove me to the fair‚ and we went in to get him. We soon found the building where the guinea pigs and rabbits were being kept. The guinea pig I chose was a multicolored one. He was mostly black‚ but had brown on his head‚ mostly on the left side of his

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    New Guinea highlanders can go to war with each other to avenge ghosts or to exct revenge for the killing of one of their one. As we have to seen from other reports‚ or lessens we have discussed‚ people don’t seen to comprehend the complex interrelationship among the various parts of their own social system. The leaders of Papua New Guinea see intertribal fighting as a major social problem with severe economic consequences. Although fighting is not new to them‚ warfare seems to re-emerge in 1970s

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    higher power through various forms of art such as sculptures or drawings. Each artifact has a very specific use and helps connect them to the spiritual world. Through the work of the Tot Isu and Korwar I will explore how the people of Northwest New Guinea and the Solomon Islands use images to connect to the spiritual world. Toto Isu is an example of an image to facilitate the spiritual connections. Also called as Musu Musu and Nguzu Nguzu‚ is the traditional figurehead sculpture which was placed

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    creatures I now am raising. They are now a part of my life and they mean everything to me. I get to live my life with a curious hamster and now two wild guinea pigs who scream like banshees when a bag crinkles. Just the thought of having them run around my room for a long time makes me smile in delight. Were in the car driving to go pick up my new guinea pigs. But we have seemed to stop. are we here I shoot straight up and look around‚ cars fill the space and are close together. Traffic. We sat there

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    Annette Smith

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    AC505 week 8 final exam tutorial numbers 2-17 2. Which costs will change with a decrease in activity within the relevant range? A) Total fixed costs and total variable cost. B) Unit fixed costs and total variable cost. Answer C) Unit variable cost and unit fixed cost. D) Unit fixed cost and total fixed cost. 3. An increase in the activity level within the relevant range results in: A) an increase in fixed cost per unit. B) a proportionate increase in total fixed costs. C)

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    Trobrianders Fathers Role

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    The Trobrianders’ way of life seems to revolve around the mother significantly more than almost every other culture. For example‚ children are claimed as part of the matrilineage meaning that they are claimed on their mother’s side of the family. To someone who is not familiar with their culture‚ it may seem as though the fathers of the children have no rights or obligations to care for and raise their children. Even some people who have studied the Trobrianders have failed to see the importance

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    Guinea Pigs

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    Guinea Pigs are not in fact as the name suggests‚ pigs‚ they are members of the rodent family more specifically hystricomorphic rodents‚ related to porcupines and chinchillas. Guinea Pigs or Cavia Porcellus originated in the South American Andes and it is suggested that they are the domesticated descendants of closely related Cavy‚ Cavia apera‚ Cavia fulgidia and Cavia Tschudii. Wild guinea pigs tend to be smaller in statue than their domesticated cousin‚ generally though they have short round legs

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    Guinea Pigs

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    Guinea pigs have been used in many experiments. Female guinea pigs start showing sexual behavior when they are forty-five days old. They become restless and show greater activity. Over a period of eight hours the female mounts herself on other female guinea pigs to show the male that she is ready to have intercourse. The male is then excited and approaches the female. After they have intercourse she runs away and stays far away from all the males (Hauser 82). A male guinea pig always gets

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    civilizations with semi-arid climates like those in the Fertile Crescent were growing wheat with ease‚ civilizations like Papua New Guinea were stuck with the dreadful sago trees.

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    Balls and Weiners

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    Kathleen McDonnell Professor Christopher Janus English II 3 December 2012 Communication Difficulties When I was younger‚ my mother signed me up for girl scouts at a very young age. Having my future in mind‚ she had me experience being a Daisy‚ a Brownie‚ and a Junior. Although I had to endure the pain of walking door to door to sell cookies and calendars to strangers when I could have been on the couch watching Power Rangers‚ being a girl scout certainly had interesting stories to remember

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