black singer Gertrude (Ma) Rainey‚ regarded by some artists as the mother of the blues. The action takes place in a recording studio and focuses mainly on four musicians who are waiting for Ma’s arrival. As the details of the musicians’ lives unfold‚ the audience becomes aware of the racism that these successful black performers have had to face throughout their careers. The attitudes of the group’s white manager and the owner of the studio reveal continuing exploitation of Ma and her band. The play
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A Critical Analysis of Employment Equity Measures in South Africa A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of: Masters in Law of Rhodes University by Ismail Laher 2007 Preliminary Matters Abstract ii Acknowledgements iv Short Table of Contents v Extended Table of Contents vi Abstract This thesis analyses the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and its application in labour law in South Africa. After an initial examination of the general concepts
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holds the most treasured place in my heart‚ for the pieces I have performed always spark the fondest musical memories. The most significant of these memories was my experience performing "Moldau‚" movement two of Ma Vlast by Bedrich Smetana‚ with the 2016 North Dakota All-State Orchestra. Ma Vlast is Czech for My Fatherland‚ but it stands for my musical fatherland because when I played it‚ my passion for playing truly unfurled. This piece began with a confident nod from my conductor‚ Dr. Chung Park
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Film Essay À ma soeur! (2001) À ma soeur! – in english For my Sister aka Fat Girl – it’s Catherine Breillat eight film. Her movies always were very controversial and À ma soeur! is not an exeption. The film is devoted an immortal theme‚ sexual awakening‚ and also a theme of first Breillat of the novel L ’Homme facile (1967) and her first film‚ Une Jeune Fille Vraie 1976. Sexual awakening always were a debate‚ but never more than in Catherine movies. For Breilla‚ sexual awakening
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by Mahatma Gandhi‚ a person who showed great strength. This quote explains that a person can achieve anything they want‚ no matter what physical strength they have‚ it matters how badly they want it. In the story “The Warrior’s Daughter” by Zitkala-Sa‚ Tusee has to go out and use her will to go out and achieve what has to be done. During the story Tusee’s tribe has to go out and fight‚ some members have been captured‚ including her lover. Meanwhile‚ she longs for her lover to return‚ she knows
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Currently‚ Meret Oppenheim’s 1967 version of Ma Gouvernante - My Nurse - Mein Kindermädchen is owned by the Moderna Museet in Stockholm‚ Switzerland. Described simply‚ Ma Gouvernante is an assemblage of several found objects. In the piece‚ a set of white leather heels face downward as they are tightly trussed together by thin piece of rope as they rest on a polished silver serving platter. However‚ Oppenheim also decided to place a pair of chop frills on the tip of the heels‚ and they appear to
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cording to Rene Descartes there is a dualism to an individual‚ the physical body and the mind‚ and while they may be connected they are separate to each other. The movie Ma vice la rose deals with the same issue of dualism between the mind and the body‚ only it is in one individual.The young French boy in the movie is confused about his identity‚ as he believes his mind does not match his body and believes himself to be a girl. While Descarte lived in a separate time when this situation of Transgender
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Groupe Ariel Sa Case Analysis Groupe Ariel S.A: Parity Conditions and Cross-Border Valuation Abstract This case discusses Cross-Border valuation of projects. This kind of analysis is common for companies that are operating in many countries. Groupe Ariel is one such company that is considering investing in a project in its own subsidiary in Mexico. The company manufactures and sells printers‚ copiers and other document production equipment in many countries. As far as‚ expansion into new markets
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dwellers. This connection of people began all the way in China to the Mediterranean Sea during various different times. The silk has been compared to internet as a way for people to communicate and globalize. An example is when American Cellist Yo-Yo Ma described the Silk Road as the “Internet of Antiquity”. In this essay I am going to compare the Internet and the Silk Road and see to what extent Yo-Yo Ma’s statement is agreeable. The Silk Road is now over a thousand years old‚ although it can still
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New-Rochelle‚ and buried on his estate‚ and this inscription‚ at his own request‚ placed on his tombstone. " Thomas Paine‚ author of Common Sense : died June 8th‚ 1809‚ aged 72 years and 5 months." Probably no man ever was more abused by writers than Tho mas Paine. Nothing like an impartial history of his life and writings has been published : he seems‚ according to his biogra- pners‚ a rara avis—a man without one good quality ; who lived more than seventy years without ever performing one good action with
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