As a result, they have struggled to reclaim their heritage and reestablish their roots in America because they were unprepared for this evacuation and its aftermath. ... Little Saigon brings Vietnamese elderly and Vietnamese immigrants closer to their roots and their beloved ones back with its numerous cultural services and goods. ... It creates a sense of identity and culture and brings them closer to their ancestors' roots. ...

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The Roots of Reformasi in Indonesia Indonesia, from Acheh to Irian Jaya, is equivalent in distance from London to Moscow. It has a population of more than 200 million, which is nearly twice the population of Japan. Its archipelago layout, rather than making communications more difficult, ma...

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Transpiration is the process in which plants lose water from the leaves through the process of evaporation. 3The main organs of the plant that are involved in transpiration include the: roots, vascular tissue, stomata and the cuticle. The roots are important for transpiration because the root hairs absorb water and dissolved nutrients in the water from the soil. ... This is important because in hot conditions the guard cells close up and becomes turgid to prevent water loss because they cannot afford to lose too much water to the environment and in cold conditions the guard cells open up and l...

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INTRODUCTION Junkanoo, The Cultural Festival of the Bahamas The roots of Junkanoo can be traced back to Africa. ... The Roots Roots Junkanoo group is the realism of an ideal dreamt up by four young men who were stagnated within the old-time despotic machinations of one of the powerhouses in the Junkanoo World. ... At its inception meeting held in a backyard, Dribbs, a costume builder, gave the new entity its name and identity, ROOTS. ... ROOTS also secured several best costume awards heralding the fact that the group is one of the few that can d...

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The soil is where the roots of the plant are mounted. ... Seeds that are randomly positioned when planted in a pot of soil placed on a window sill produce seedling with downward growing roots and upward growing shoots. ... Describe the physiological mechanisms that occur to produce: a. the downward growth of the roots. ... It pushes roots through the soil. ...

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Roots was written by Alex Haley in search of his origin. ... Although Alex Haley wrote Roots in search of his origin and Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin for a political purpose, both authors lead readers to sympathize with the predicaments of African-Americans by putting a human face, as well as a racial one on the tragedy of slavery, thus involving all readers in the inhumanity of the institution. ...

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Both points are understandable and it just depends on the person on whether or not they want to retrace their roots or if they recognize that those very roots are not their own but they are their older relatives. ...

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It is imperative that a sufficient understanding of the organization and its roots be achieved in order to fully comprehend the significance of its presence to the Palestinian people. ... History Hamas traces its roots to the very core of Palestinian Nationalism. ... The organization traced its roots to the so-called "Muslim Brothers", a traditional Islamic movement that began in Egypt and boasts of members across West Asia. ...

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"Dylan Thomas's poems are exuberant, often florid and occasionally obscure". a) How far do you agree with the above assessment of the collection in "Selected Poems"? Dylan Thomas's "Selected Poems" offers a wide magnitude of poetry, ranging from poems that are filled with exuberant, elaborate,...

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The roots of R&B music go back to the times of slavery. ... It was because of these deep cultural roots that R&B music was first termed "Race Music." ... Soul music's roots lie deep in gospel music. ...

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Betye Saar inspects her roots by looking at popular representations of the black female in America and incorporates her own ideas by turning the woman (Aunt Jamaima) into a warrior with modern western weapons in her hands. ... Both artists use found objects and a distinctively "primitive" style to represent their roots and thus their ethnicity. ...

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Important Facts the smallest unit of life is the cell instructions for development are contained in DNA collectively, all of the chemical processes in a cell are called metabolism producers often obtain energy from the sun homeostasis refers to the ability to maintain a constant internal environment cells in domains archaea and eubacteria lack nucleii plants are multicellular producers an educated guess might be called a hypothesis science is based on evidence philosophy is not a step in the scientific method an atom is the smallest unit of substance that retains the properties of the subst...

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Toomer makes his position clear by contrasting the two locales, asserting that the black American roots are founded in the agrarian south since the story starts and finishes there. ... So scant of grass'16 is where the roots of the Negro spirit lie. ... The text of Cane reminds the reader that African-American roots reach back to slavery, as slavery was so prolific in the southern states of America. ...

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Driven by the charismatic zeal of Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican who had migrated to New York, captured the grass-roots sensibility of the New Negro in much the same way the civil rights movement under the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr., or the presidential bid of Jesse Jackson inspired hundreds of thousands of African Americans. ... The major theme of the Harlem Renaissance was the roots of the African American experience in Africa and the American South mixed with a strong sense of racial pride and desire for social and political equality (Collier, 1985). ...

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Roots: Roots serve a variety of functions, among them storage, collection of water and nutrients, and support. Steams: The stem of a plant supply pathways for distributing water and nutrients between the roots, leaves, and other parts of the plant. ...

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When Niccolo Machiavelli examines justice, he makes a clear and conscientious choice to disregard many of the teachings passed down from ancient times. The models of justice, as they existed in Ancient Greece in the days of Socrates, evade Machiavelli's writings in a very methodical way. While Machiavelli does acknowledge justice as a phrase, he hardly finds it to be a practical asset of a society worth striving for. Readers of Machiavelli's work have found that unlike other writers of republican concepts, he is very careful to only mention justice in a sparingly manner. These delibe...

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The reality of human existence is the reality of loss. Russell Banks wrote in the voice of a character, "Certainly, terrible things happen in every family, death and disease, divorce and blood feuds..." (Banks pg. 223). Is it possible for anyone to live a full life without the realization of loss, and not become a stronger person because of it? Be it the loss of a person, the loss of dreams, or the loss of one's identity, it is essential for humankind to deal with loss. ...

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In order to properly understand Rastafarianism you must examine its roots and the time period in which it arose. ... Marcus Garvey and Haile Selassie: the roots of Rastafarianism Marcus Garvey was a supporter of the "back to Africa" consciousness, and of awakening black pride while denouncing British rule that made blacks feel ashamed of who they were. ... The main goal of the Rastas was to get back to their African peasant traditions/roots while Garvey wanted to incorporate the black community into modern economic development. ...

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BIOMES OF THE WORLD RATIONALE FOR HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE WORLD'S ENVIRONMENTS Life on Earth is extremely interesting, as most of us already know from television, if not from our own travels, and it becomes more so when each piece of the complex pattern fits understandably into the whole. One important goal of a biology curriculum should be to educate students about nature, in order to promote empathy and support for the natural world around us, and the interrelationship of all aspects of nature must be an integral part of the message delivered. Biomes (bioclimatic zones) ...

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The historical roots of this practice, and how it is affected by faith and reinforced through science is the focus of this paper. ... Usui then investigated the roots of Christ's healing power through the philosophy of Buddhism. ... Esoteric Roots of Reiki The term 'esoteric' implies hidden knowledge that may only be comprehended by the initiate. ... Reiki has its roots in Buddhism, but most likely goes back much further into the archaic healing of Ayurveda (the oldest school of medicine born from Hindu mystics). ... From the roots of compassion spring the fruits of nonag...

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Islam is planting deep roots in more countries, extending it's reach into Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom and the United States. ...

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Early Life through Chancellorship Thomas á Becket was born circa 1118 (some sources claim 1120) in London to a wealthy merchant, Gilbert Becket and Roesa or Matilda of Caen, of Norman roots. ... There was a feeling of fidelity and homage to the Roman and Papal roots abroad, but the distance was too far and the Channel provide a physical barrier to influence either way. ...

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Although some NASCAR historians believe that moonshine runners were not the true roots to the multi billion-dollar industry, NASCAR came from the skilled bootleg driver's tearing around a homemade racetrack competing against other moonshine runners. ...

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The celebration of Chinese New Year has served various roles in America it helped to preserve Chinese heritage, it introduced Americans to their culture all while being morphed by new ideas and gave women the opportunity to be the ambassadors to their culture. The Chinese New Year is the result of i...

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Capitalism is an economic system where such items that can generate monetary value are owned by private businesses and corporations which trade in a 'free market' of competition. This system uses the investment of money or 'capital' to produce hefty profit for its owners and shareholders to reinvest in the system to generate a seemingly endless cycle of wealth1. It has been commentated by many that the system leads to the main body of available wealth and power in the world to be held by an elite minority. There is no query as to whether such a system exists today as that...

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