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    The world was just a ball of ocean. It was the beginning of a beginning. Phoebgous was the creator of the world as we know it. Our planet earth took one million years to evolve into what it is. Phoebegous wanted to create a world of living creatures‚ he was very determined to make it work! So he inaugurates the world. He drops seeds in the ocean which slowly forms into islands and continents and conveniently creates all of our naturals. Like plants‚ mountains‚ ponds‚ etc. Though‚ there is a problem

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    December 2014 Leatherback Turtle There are many animals on this earth that have survived for hundreds and thousands of years. Recently studies have shown that those animals are now on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They are claimed as critically endangered. They are as we say becoming extinct. The Leatherback Turtle is one of those endangered animal species. Leatherback Turtles also known as “Dermochelys coriacea” is named after its shell. It is not hard like other turtles but made up of leather-like

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    My name is Shado. I am a twelve-year-old girl of the tribe Paspahegh. Strange events have been happening recently and I feel it is important to my tribe that I record these events because we must preserve our heritage and home‚ no matter what happens. April 26th‚ 1607 A gathering of men has arrived in the bay. They arrived two nights ago‚ with strange contraptions they call “guns.” They don’t possess any arrows or spears‚ which is strange along with the fact that they are white‚ and fully draped

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    ERICA DIOKNO‚ BSE Member Member DENISE V. QUIBAEL Chairman Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Secondary Education. ______________ MARIA VERICA S. MANABAT‚ Ed. D. Date Dean‚ Institute of Education BIOGRAPHICAL DATA The researcher Sarah Mae C. Ervera was born in Sta. Ana Medical Center. She is the second child of Mr. Raymundo and Mrs. Dominga Ervera. She has two siblings named

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    changes taking place in his tribe. Okonkwo cannot bear the weakness of his son‚ like he saw his father was weak. By the ending of this novel‚ Okonkwo has tried to remain strong against the white man. He kills the colonial official in the end. For him‚ it is one last attempt to “save” his tribe from the weakness and the “negative” influence of the white man. Instead of being courageous against the threat‚ he chooses the coward way to avoid responsibility‚ unsuccessful tribe‚ opinions… Okonkwo’s Suicide

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    Greek myths are a collection of short stories that aim to explain the origins of the world‚ give a detailed explanation about the gods and goddesses’ lives of that era‚ and try to teach a lesson to the reader. Greek mythology also includes a connection to the modern world which is where the myth resembles a story or movie from the more recent times. Three Greek myths that have a strong connection to the modern world include the stories of Theseus‚ Orpheus‚ and Midas and each of the connections come

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    The Hawksbill sea turtles are considered one of the most beautiful turtles in the ocean today. Poaching and other threats have led to a decline of the turtle population. Theses beautiful creatures are close to extinction and if there is nothing done to protect them‚ then these turtles will be gone forever. They are considered to be smaller sea turtles compared to other sea turtles. Hawksbill turtles are named for their narrow head and sharp bird-like beak. A hawksbill sea turtle is easily recognizable

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    cord‚ notochord‚ post-anal tail. Chelydra serpentine have waterproof skin covered in scales‚ are ectothermic and have hard shelled eggs that are water proof. These features make them a part of the class Reptilia. They belong to the order Testudines (turtles) which means they have the following features: boney shell which is part of their skeleton‚ a shell on their underside‚ sharp beaks that replace teeth and allows them to tear their food. There are over 290 species of Testudines alive today

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    The Yanomami is a tribe located in Northern Brazil and Venezuela‚ South America. They live in the rainforests and mountains environments. They both live off the land and farm. The Yanomami tribe’s population is approximately 32 thousand. The Brazilian land of the Yanomami is about 9.6 million hectares whilst the Yanomami territory of Venezuela is around 8.2 million hectares. Together these two lands make up the largest indigenous territory in the world. Although our culture differs from the Yanomami

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    Jessica Banks Creation Civilization Order of Chaos During the early years of civilization “chaos” was known as a dark‚ silent‚ formless and infinite oddity with no trace of life. Within the history of chaos begins with mythological accounts that were constructed by diverse ancient civilizations such as Greek (Theogony)‚ Hebrew (Genesis) and the Egyptian creations. According to Hesiod’s Theogony (700 B.C) in the beginning there was chaos as a primeval state of its existence. Mother Earth

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