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    the story “ The World On A Turtle’s Back” it talked about how when the girl fell through the hole in the ground in the Sky World she tried grabbing the edge to stop her from falling but she couldn’t hang on and Fell through the hole.. “ However‚ between her fingers there clung bits of things that were growing on the floor of the Sky World and bits of the root tips of the great tree” (26). This textual evidence talks about how the world was created and what helped create the world and all of the things

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    be an endangered species. Luckily‚ this isn’t the case for us‚ but for endangered sea turtles it is a reality. Some of the older turtles‚ which are 140 to 160 year old‚ can lay hundreds of eggs every time they go ashore. However‚ only one or two of these eggs survive. Some turtles have been known to live more than 250 years‚ but because of poachers few actually survive that long. The cycle of life for the turtle is hard‚ and the beginning is a very rare thing to witness. I had the amazing opportunity

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    Sea turtles have played critical roles in both ocean and beach/dune ecosystems for millennia. However‚ humans‚ both intentionally and unintentionally‚ have posed a major threat to the future sustainability of their species‚ especially in the last several decades. The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is the world’s most endangered sea turtle‚ classified by the ICNU as critical endangered since 1996. ("Lepidochelys Kempii (Atlantic Ridley‚ Gulf Ridley‚ Kemp’s Ridley‚ Mexican Ridley)”). The worldwide female

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    Turtle Creek Casino and Hotel Capstone Project Lisa Cragg Human Resource Seminar 5/6/2013 Dr. Brown Turtle Creek Casino and Hotel Background Turtle Creek Casino and Hotel is a nonprofit organization that has owned and operated by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Turtle Creek Casino is located 4 miles east of Traverse City on M-72 in Williamsburg‚ Michigan and is open 7 day a week‚ 24 hours a day. The casino has affiliation with the Grand Traverse

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    people‚ mostly from major urban centres‚ moved ‘back-to-the land’. United by a shared critique of consumer oriented society‚ capitalization and the homogenizing‚ often oppressive effects of mass media‚ the generation sought to live in ways that were more authentic‚ self-reliant and in better harmony to the natural world. There was an emphasis on nonconformity‚ self-sufficiency and on ‘doing’ itself. Leading thus to the formation of the 1970’s back-to-the land movement. Although originally coined

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    The history of Barbie’s trace back to the 1950’s. Dolls have generally changed in size and appearance over the years. Growing up every holiday‚ birthday or Christmas I would want a new doll. My mother was the same way‚ as soon as she found out she was having a daughter she found all her old dolls to pass on. My favorite doll she passed down to me was her Barbie. Barbie dolls were the coolest dolls because they had different hair and different eye colors. Still to this day Barbie’s have been produced

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    speculation of how the world came about. Every culture has their belief‚ but no idea is certain. Therefore wonderful stories are made by the pondering cultures of each region. The Mesoamerican culture has its own unique stories of creation. The Popol vuh is a story of creation‚ which depicts the Maya imagination of how they believe this world‚ came about. There for we are able to extend our knowledge about that culture by interpreting their beliefs and ideas‚ that lead to "their creation". The Maya were

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    The Mohawk Tribe The Mohawk tribe resided around the Great Lakes and parts of what is now Canada and the state of New York also knows as the Mohawk Valley. Their territory spread among the south of The Mohawk river‚ and the westward border from the Oneida Nation’s territory‚ and eastward to the Green Mountains of Vermont . They were one of the five tribes of the Iroquois Confederation‚ or League. The Mohawk tribe was the most easterly tribe of the Iroquois League.

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    think the world came into being? There are many different types of cultures in the world‚ and with this come many beliefs on how the world came into being. In many ways‚ these beliefs and stories are similar to each other. In other ways they are noticeably different and unique. These stories and beliefs can tell us about their cultures and customs that those said people have retained through the umpteen years. By comparing and contrasting Christianity‚ contemporary science‚ and “The World on the

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    Mesa Community College The Etruscans ASB222: Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: Old World Colleen Strawhacker‚ M.A. December 6‚ 2012 The inhabitants of the stone and bronze ages of Northern Italy‚ the region known as modern day Tuscany‚ eventually developed into the people that are known by others as the Etruscans (Nardo pg.8). The ancient Greeks had other names for them‚ including the Tyrsenoi or Tyrrhenoi and the Romans moniker for the Etruscans was the Tusci

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