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    Deduction in Geometry

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    is highly speculated that the death of Guthix has damaged the world and that damage has manifested itself as the craters. It is probable that Guthix’s death has rendered a great imbalance within Gielinor‚ and so the life force of the world (Anima Mundi) is now "bleeding" due to this imbalance. The wisps gather around these craters as they are attracted to this life force‚ because this is one of the powers that Guthix used to become so powerful. This same force‚ now saturates the wisps as his memories

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    Do community safety‚ crime prevention; crime reduction initiatives help all victims? Choose specific types of CS – police led‚ management of offenders‚ crime prevention as focus. The Home Office delineates community safety as‚ “An aspect of quality of life in which people‚ individually and collectively‚ are protected as far as possible from hazards or threats that result from the criminal or anti-social behaviour of others and are equipped or helped to cope with those they do experience” (Home Office:

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    The Economy of Brazil

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    Global Rate Investment U. (n.d.). Retrieved December 2‚ 2012 from Best Economy in the Americas - Brazil: http://www.investmentu.com/2009/June/brazils-economy.html Index mundi Index Mundi. (2012‚ November 15). Retrieved December 1‚ 2012 from Brazil Unemployment Rate: http://www.indexmundi.com/brazil/unemployment_rate.html Index Mundi Inflation.eu. (2012‚ November 19). Retrieved December 1‚ 2012 from Inflation Brazil – current Brazilian inflation: http://www.inflation.eu/inflation-rates/brazil/inflation-brazil

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    Carmina Burana

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    Carmina Burana was an instantaneous success at its first performance at Frankfurt am Main n 1937 and for the fifty years since it has never faltered in its standing as one of the most universally popular works produced by a 20th century contemporary composer. Carl Orff (1895-1982) was born into an old Bavarian military family and a devout active Roman Catholic. He found himself lionised overnight at the age of 42 after years as a teacher of music. Although he was to consolidate his reputation with

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    and more than 50 drawings. As an example‚ the order of this exhibition followed by theme in each room‚ Portrait of Young Musician‚ The Lady with an Ermine‚ Saint Jerome‚ two version of “Virgin of the Rocks”‚ The Last supper and Christ as Salvator Mundi. What is more‚ the interesting thing that audience can do is to compare with between Louvre’s Virgin of the Rocks and National Gallery’s one. This comparison should not include in one roof‚ and even these paintings in exhibition are also hard to be

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    Gothic Architecture

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    GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE Basilica churchearly Christian churchRomanesquegothic - Religion grew more population - complete opposite of classical architecture - called "barbaric"; gothic age is considered one of Europe’s outstanding artistic eras Features of gothic architecture: 1. Plans- arranged for convenience rather than for symmetry (utilitarian) 2. Walls- rubble masonry not laid in horizontal courses -materials were in small pieces -walls were no longer load-bearing which contributed

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    Social services roles and responsibilities are: • To provide support for vulnerable children and families. NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) roles and responsibilities are: • Provides support for children and families in situations such as domestic violence‚ abuse. • Work with different organisations e.g. social services‚ police‚ family protection‚ education and health services. • Provide support via telephone line to home-based childcare workers on whether

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    The poem "The Second Coming" was written by William Butler Yeats in 1919. Yeats was an accomplished Irish poet and was known for the socio-religious ideas he emphasized in his poetry. In "The Second Coming‚" his ideas unfold in three significant metaphors. The first metaphor relates a falcon and its falconer to the destruction of society. The metaphor has two possible interpretations. One view may be that the falcon represents society and the falconer represents God and morality. By saying "The

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    Rels 2001 Midterm

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    prepare for the test. No external material is required. You should be familiar with: Adam/Eve: Augustine: Influential church theologian Atman: A reference to essential self axis-mundi: A universal center ‚ connects and supports the heavens and the Earth‚ religious man seperates the world according to Axis Mundi baptism: The right of admission‚ use of water into the Christian church blueprint for society: how all creatures and physical things relate to each other and mandate the world view

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    Explain the appeal of a day at the Circus Maximus in ancient Rome The Circus Maximus was the biggest and most important stadium in Rome. It was 570 metres long and 140 metres wide. It was originally made of wood‚ laid out in the 6th century BC‚ but the emperors Titus and Trajan had the whole thing rebuilt out of concrete‚ brick and stone around the end of the first century AD. The emperors also increased the size of the Circus Maximus. It was able to seat 250‚000 spectators. Both women and poor

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