Book Review: Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan The novel Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan is a story about two Jesuit priests‚ who are also detectives‚ in pursuit of a serial killer who targets undersized and undernourished boys from the Payatas area. More than that‚ it’s an attempt to create an environment that is lacking in this country. There is not a killer as smart as Alex Carlos‚ police detectives as talented as Father Gus Saenz and Father Jerome Lucero‚ nor a police
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uncontested control over its people and government and backed by a strong leader and disciplined military‚ totalitarian government would fare far better than a republic. The capability to take immediate and authoritative action unlike the sluggishness of a republic is invaluable during this time when every second means more zombies and deaths. Dominating the people by channeling their fear and anger into uniting the people under a totalitarian government will lead to a determined and organized citizenship
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Circle three is where the thieves are located. Sinners were walking around in agony and crying out for help to relieve their pain. Nervously‚ we asked Alice why they were growing abnormally and she informed us that anything the sinners stole on Earth is
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September 2013 Machiavelli versus Lao Tzu There are many kinds of leaders in this world that believe that their style of leadership is the best. Machiavelli and Lao Tzu were two people that believed that their style of ruling was the best way to rule. They were both extremely outspoken and they stood by their ways. Both Machiavelli and Lao Tzu were very clear about how they thought a government should be run. Even though they both held strong opinions on how a government should be ran‚ they
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Dante’s Inferno: The Ninth Circle The book Inferno‚ by Dante Alighien‚ was written in the 14th century. Dante Alighien was born in Florence‚ Italy around 1265. He is considered to be “the Supreme Poet” of the Italian language and his works the Commedia are the single greatest literary works composed. The Commedia is split up into three different sections: Inferno‚ Purgatorio‚ and Paradiso. The Inferno is Dante’s account of traveling through hell. He separates hell into nine different levels‚ each
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How significant are circle-of-fifths progressions and minor chords and minor keys‚ in the two movements that you have studied? Throughout the 1st and 3rd movement of the Symphony‚ Mozart implements a circle-of-fifths chord progression on several occasions. The first instance of this in the first movement is from Bar 31 to Bar 34‚ where on the first two beats of every bar there is a descending pattern of diminished chord‚ and on the second two beats there is the circle-of-fifths pattern: A7 / D7
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5/3/2011 Lecture 1 LECTURE 1 TOPICS I. Product of Inertia for An Area Definition Parallel Axis Theorem on Product of Inertia Moments of Inertia About an Inclined Axes Principal Moments of Inertia Mohr’s Circle for Second Moment of Areas II. Unsymmetrical Bending II Unsymmetrical Bending Unsymmetrical Bending about the Horizontal and Vertical Axes of the Cross Section Unsymmetrical Bending about the Principal Axes 1 5/3/2011 Lecture 1‚ Part 1 Product of Inertia for an Area
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Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) The development of COSA can be traced back to the work carried out by the Canadian Mennonite Church in 1994 in response to sex offenders being released from prison into their communities. The COSA is centered on the pillars of safety and support and often offers public protection and reintegration. The aim of COSAs is to “reduce the risk of re-offense by sex offenders; to ease the offender’s transition into the community; and to address the fears of victims
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Securing power and order of a state has been the focus of ancient political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli’s writings. His most famous writing “The Prince” fortified his untraditional views on how to successfully rule a state. He recognizes through his realist views‚ that human nature causes a need for any degree of violence required to maintain power‚ and order in a state. This paper will expose how Machiavelli viewed violence as a necessary‚ yet moderated tool in order to rule a successful state
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The Stages of Systemic Change by Beverly L. Anderson By analyzing where they are an the continuum of educational change‚ stakeholders can see where they still may need to go. At first I didn’t see the magnitude of the change. I thought if we just did better what we had always done‚ we would be OK. Then I realized we had to do something totally different‚ but I didn’t know what. Gradually we began trying some new approaches. One change led to another and another and another like dominos. I started
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