The Saxophone is my favorite instrument. Despite being made entirely of brass‚ the saxophone is considered a woodwind because it utilizes a reed to create its sound. It looks smooth and sexy‚ yet the sound is rich and strong. Although it is more commonly found in jazz‚ military and marching bands than in orchestras‚ it is occasionally found in some classical music. 1. History and Manufacturers: A. http://library.thinkquest.org. This website was wonderfully rich in information. On
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attitude relative to the horizon. From this the pilot can tell whether the wings are level and if the aircraft nose is pointing above or below the horizon. This is a primary instrument for instrument flight and is also useful in conditions of poor visibility. Pilots are trained to use other instruments in combination should this instrument or its power fail. The airspeed indicator shows the aircraft’s speed (usually in knots ) relative to the surrounding air. It works by measuring the ram-air pressure
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1. (a)What are the derivative instruments that the company uses? Overall utilization of derivative instruments by AirAsia is for both purposes of hedging and held for trading. For instance using certain derivative instrument to hedge a particular or contingent risk associated with a recognized asset and liability and highly probable forecast transaction. Derivative instrument are recognized at fair value when parties are entered into contract and subsequently are measured at their fair value
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Financial Instruments Professor Lasse H. Pedersen Prof. Lasse H. Pedersen 1 Overview Real and financial assets Use of financial assets Important examples of financial assets Prof. Lasse H. Pedersen 2 Real Versus Financial Assets Real Assets – Assets used to produce goods and services – Examples: factories‚ land‚ human capital‚ etc. Financial Assets – Claims on real assets such as stocks bonds – Derivatives Prof. Lasse H. Pedersen Use of Financial Instruments Allocation
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devoid of any boundaries. Every single musical instrument‚ right from the African djembe to the Indonesian gamelan angklung‚ and the Arabic shababa to the Indian sitar‚ is a testament to the fact that music is a universal language having multiple dialects. The tongue twisters that some of these musical instrument names are‚ it took me a while just to get their names right! Anyway‚ the sheer magnitude of the different musical instruments that I was exposed to‚ from all over the world was mesmerizing
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Chapter 25 Having just learned about state constitutions and legislatures in the previous chapter‚ the following chapter is based on local government and finance. It is broken up into the following 4 sections: Counties‚ Towns‚ and Townships‚ Cities and Metropolitan Areas‚ Providing Vital Services‚ and Financing State and Local Government. First I will talk about Counties‚ Towns and Townships. Counties are a major unit of local government in most states‚ which is created by the State. There are
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The saxophone is my favorite instrument. The saxophone is in the woodwind family‚ even though it is made of brass. The saxophone is a normally used in jazz music‚ but can also be found in rock music and some classical music. 1. History and/or Manufacturers A. http://library.thinkquest.org It was invented by Adolphe Sax‚ a Belgian. He was born in 1814‚ and as a child he learned to make instruments in his father’s shop. There are a variety of saxophone‚ but the four most popular are the
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Choose 2 poems from 1 poet and describe how they show the distinctive characteristics of this poets’ work. Gwen Harwood skilfully employs language techniques to explore a variety of distinctive themes and ideas in her poems. This is seen in ’In The Park’ where Harwood explores the human condition through the simplistic and dull life of her female protagonist‚ while in ’Prize Giving’ she explores multiple universal themes through her male protagonist Professor Eisenbart. Harwood effectively establishes
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(IX) Executive summary FiestGroup PLC-period-2010-2014 FirstGroup is a bus and coach company‚ it’s a British transport group ‚registered and operated in U.K. The company also providers services in any other countries‚ like Canada‚ United states and so on. This 5 years of revenue was basically upward trend‚ expect year 2014‚ in June 2013 most of First London bus operations were sold to Go-Ahead London‚ Metrolion and Tower Transit. Operations ceased in September 2013 when the remaining contracts
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Assistant Attorney General (AAG) with whom I work has to take a case to the Circuit Court for an appeal‚ it will be with the judicial branch. According to Dana C. McWay‚ the judicial branch is a branch of the governemt who evaluate laws‚ clarifies laws‚ resolves disagreements and decides if a law goes against the Constitution. According to Dana C. McWay‚ there are four elemens a AAG must show to succesed in a negligence clain for medical malpractice. The first element to provide is the “a duty of
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