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    weeding and harvesting the crops. The compass was created in 4th century BC and was made of lodestone. The compass was first used by fortune-tellers before it was applied to the cardinal direction. Then the Chinese’s started using the compass to point to the south because they considered south not north their cardinal direction. Gunpowder has been credited to certain Chinese alchemists around 9th century but the legend has it as gunpowder being accidently discovered by alchemists looking for a concoction

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    Physical Environment

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    requires an understanding of the concepts of days‚ hours‚ second‚ years‚ months‚ weeks and even centuries. Similarly locating yourself in space requires an understanding of the concepts of distance‚ maps‚ and directions. Location in physical space is probably the first step in understanding your physical environment. This unit is going to focus on Map reading and other related concepts that help us to locate ourselves in physical space

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    Flight by John Steinbeck

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    Steinbeck uses many examples of symbolism to foreshadow the conclusion. Symbolism can be anything‚ a person‚ place or thing‚ used to portray something beyond itself. It is used to represent or foreshadow the ending of the story. Steinbeck uses colors‚ direction‚ and nature symbolism to help presage Pepé’s tragic death. Let us now more closely examine the ways that Steinbeck uses colors to foreshadow the ending of his short story. Perhaps the most repeatedly used symbol in "Flight‚" is the color black.

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    Vastu Shastra

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    face towards north direction. 2)furniture should be kept at southern or western walls or corners of your house.This ensures that whenever you sit you are faced towards east or north.facing towards east or north makes you positively charged. 3)the kitchen placed to the southern corner attracts good things .the kitchen should not be next to the toilet‚or in front of the toilet. 4)the room for meditation or worship [pooja room] should be faced to the north or northeast direction‚ this deed results

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    Badminton Report

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    June 8th 2013 Saturday As far as I know about badminton is only hit the ball to the opposite direction without letting the ball hit the net. Today‚ I invited 3 of my friends to my hostel to lecture me for 1 hour to learn more about badminton‚ they are willing to teach me all their experience in badminton tournament‚ the rule and regulations and the necessary stretching. Firstly‚ I learn how to warm up my body‚ stretching muscles of my neck‚ legs‚ arm‚ and body. After that‚ I learn the rules

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    Local Newspaper

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    (an idea‚ image‚ or motif repeated or developed throughout a work) or ideas which seem to be present in different periods of literature. Newspaper Creation 6. Please provide travel directions and a map from your home to your local newspaper office. Your directions should include the cardinal and ordinal directions‚ total distance from your home to your local newspaper office‚ travel time‚ street names‚ and at least two landmarks. 7. Please provide the following information regarding your communication

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    Eight Basic Efforts

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    EIGHT BASIC EFFORT ACTIONS: LABAN’S MOVEMENT THEORY Terms: 1. Kinesphere: space within our reach‚ or our personal space. It moves with you as you travel. 2. Dimensions: a. Up-down (high‚ middle‚ deep) b. Left-right c. Forward-backward d. Diagonal 3. Flow of Movement: a. Bound flow – can be stopped at any time (pause). b. Free Flow – difficult to stop suddenly. 4. Space: Movement can be linear (direct) or curved (flexible). 5. Time: Time can be very personal

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    6.02 Algebra 2

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    function f(x) = (x + 3)3 by hand and describe the end behavior. (1 point) The Function is cubic so it ends in opposite directions‚ the left side will go down and the right side up since the first coefficient is positive. 2. Graph the function f(x) = –x4 – 4 by hand and describe the end behavior. (1 point) The function is quartic so the left and right end will continue in the same direction‚ the lead coefficient is negative so both sides will go down. 3. Graph the function f(x) = –3x3 + 9x2 – 2x + 3 using

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    Nicmar

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    [pic] VAASTU SHASTRA FACTOR | FIVE ELEMENTS OF NATURE According to Vaastu Shastra every living and non-living element on Earth is composed of the five elements - Earth‚ Fire‚ Water‚ Air and Space. SPACE (Aakaasha) - the unending region beyond Earth in which not only our Solar System but the entire Galaxy exists. It provides shelter to the other four elements. AIR (Vaayu) - the atmosphere above the Earth consists of Oxygen‚ Carbon Dioxide

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    Childhood Memory

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    anything. It was just blurry water. Finally‚ I could faintly see a beach in the distance. I directed my dad and the Jet Ski to go in that direction. We past a boat and I asked if this was the resort beach that we came from. The people on the boat shook there head and mentioned the name of a different resort. So we turned around and went in a different direction.

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