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    I was able to leave work early on the weekend. I had only worked with pastel oil colors a few times before, and wanted to draw something that was somewhat intricate, but also set in a very smooth and free flowing background. I began by drawing the circle, a Mandala, I just didn’t know it at the time, and the trunk of the tree. As I began filling in the outline of the tree limbs, I found myself thinking about my own family tree, and concluded the limbs in the tree with a strong sense of the connectedness

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    justice program, we are continuously engaged in circles with the deans to address disputes between two or more persons who are on the path to crime and violence. These discussions are private and should only be discussed in our circle. Once, two females had a problem with one male student. One of the girls got her friends involved in the situation, and it escalated into a bigger situation which almost got physical. I was asked to sit in on this circle to resolve the conflict and I did. I was successful

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    The Determined Will of Man Freedom and power are luxuries all humans desire. Since the dawn of humanity, man struggled and persevered through nature’s unforgiving vicissitudes, but emerged fervently from them with the stern intent of actuating his ever-evolving desires. The debate between determinism and free will has raged since antiquity, and the main difference between them lies in an element of control; the one outer and the other inner, respectively. Determinism is the "philosophical idea that

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    to be no scuffle in the playground, this was much more, this was life or death. The circle parted to make way for their leader as Jack marched through them with a military style. The circle reformed, trapping the boys within, like a pack of wolves closing on it's prey. Jack thrust his spear into the ground then approached Ralph screaming, "Come on you cowardly bastard", while the circle lay silent in anticipation of what was to come. As if enough blood had not already

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    giving the general rule for drawing tangents and normals to a roulette. The method that Rene used to find the tangent or normal at any point of a given curve was he determined the center and radius of a circle, which should cut the curve in two consecutive points. The tangent to the circle at that point will be the required tangent to the curve. In modern text books it is

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    Evidence and Assessment of Student Learning How will you know whether students are making progress toward your learning goals for each of the following types of performance: exceeds expectations, meets expectations, and below expectations. (Be sure to include both content and language, assessed either separately or together.) Students will be meeting expectations throughout the lesson if they are correctly using the vocabulary with the aid of the word bank or the use of the textbook while explaining

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    Sharing circle and focus group discussions are similar in that they are commonly used in qualitative research to explore and construct knowledge about a phenomenon with research participants in small groups (Redman-MacLaren, Mills, and Tommbe 2014). Also, both methods can be used to explore experiences surrounding a particular topic within a group of various cultures (Tobias and Richmond 2016). The choice between focus group and sharing circles largely depends on the epistemological position of the

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    The field of business administration is not as straightforward as one may perceive. While there is a specific process that business owners must undergo in order to start up their own company, there is no exact right or wrong method to create and sustain a successful business. It is ultimately up to us, as potential leaders of any organization or project, to utilize our own personal values in order to help shape a realistic vision that all of us can achieve together. Because business administration

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    3.1 DESIGN ENGINEERING CANVAS Fig:4.AEIOU SHEET   Fig: 5..EMPATHY CANVAS Fig:6.IDEATION CANVAS   Fig:7.PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CANVAS   3.2.1 Traffic volume study • Traffic Volume is the quantity of vehicles intersection an area of street for each unit time at any select period. • Traffic volume is utilized as an amount measure of stream; the normally utilized unit is vehicle every day and vehicles every hour. An entire activity volume study may incorporate the grouped volume

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    In Dante’s Inferno, there are nine circles of Hell. Dante goes through all nine circles, with his guide, Virgil, in hopes that he will make it to Heaven. In this Hell there are only four circles. This Hell is also called High School and the ultimate goal here is to go to Heaven, also called College. The four circles of High School include: the Regular students, the Honor students, the Artistic students, and the Athletic students. None of the groups are worse than the others, or lower down in High

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