The artwork by James Gleeson is stunning. A piece of his that stood out the most to me was “Spain”. Painted in 1951 with oil on a w470 x h670 canvas. The painting has ten figures in the scene‚ with colors ranging from different spectrums of reds‚ oranges‚ blues‚ and blacks. I chose this painting‚ because as soon as I saw it‚ I felt eerie‚ and some type of heaviness. The very first thing I saw was a woman floating above the blood red ground‚ and she looks to be made of stones. I look further into
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Araby: Dream and Reality Ahsan Habib James Joyce’s “Araby” deals mainly with a young boy’s psychic journey from first love to despair and disappointment and also with his discovery of the discrepancy between dream and reality. In the story‚ an unnamed boy who lives with his uncle and aunt in the midst of an unfavourable situation for love and affection falls in love with a girl. Finally‚ he realizes that love and life differ from dream. Throughout the story the boy
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In “Everything Stuck to Him " write by Raymond Carver‚ these are a theme of‚ commitment‚ identity‚ responsibility‚ maturity‚ decisions‚ and unity. Taken from What We Speak When We Speak about Love collection the story was a narrative in the third person by an unnamed storyteller and is a frame narrative (a story inside a story). It is also apparent that quite briefly on in the story Carver delves into the theme of identification. From the opening‚ the reader is not informed of any of the actors names
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Manhunt By: James L. Swanson a) In Manhunt‚ by James L. Swanson‚ John Wilkes Booth assassinates Abraham Lincoln because he has very strong beliefs that African Americans should have rights. In the success of Lincoln’s attempt to preserve the Union and free the slaves‚ Booth took matters into his own hands by killing Lincoln. Although this was a very extreme way to deal with things‚ I can connect Booth’s passion to myself. His cause was not good‚ but he set out to do what is right in his eyes
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Poetry – The Sea The poem “The Sea‚” by James Reeves‚ presents to the reader a whole new different and imaginative view of the sea. You would expect that the sea and a dog are two completely unrelated things in this world‚ but whilst reading this intelligently thought out poem‚ you come to realise that they are in fact very alike and share many similarities. The effective use of onomatopoeia‚ metaphors‚ personification and assonance woven together by the poet shows you that the world is a peculiar
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Financial Analysis of GlaxoSmithKline Liquidity Ratio 1. Current ratio Year | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Current Ratio: | 4.64 times | 2.96 times | 3.11 times | 2.59 times | 2.05 times | Interpretation: In 2011‚ the company’s current assets were 2.05 times the current liabilities. The current ratio has been decreasing significantly over the years and this clearly indicates that the current ratio is not in a good shape. In 2011‚ although the current assets have increased
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underrecorded income earned‚ we could consider this as a financial reporting fraud. The auditor would have identified the risk primarily through analysis of financial results and review of operational procedures. b) The auditor should pay close attention to the changes of company’s financial result and analyze those changes in time to see if they are reasonable. Most auditors should have detected this kind of material misstatement in company’s financial results‚ because this defalcation is caused by a personal
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Financial Analysis of Dell Inc. ABOUT DELL Dell Inc. is a multinational information technology corporation‚ which is based in Round Rock‚ Texas. It manufactures‚ sells‚ and supports computers and other technological products and services‚ such as servers‚ data storage devices‚ software‚ televisions‚ cameras‚ printers‚ and MP3 players. The most known mergers and acquisitions include Alienware of 2006‚ Perot Systems in 2009 and Force 10 Networks‚ earlier this year. Dell is one of the largest technological
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CHAPTER 7 INVESTING ACTIVITIES Solutions to Questions‚ Exercises‚ and Problems‚ and Teaching Notes to Cases 7.1 Capitalization versus Expensing Decision. a. The effect in the first year would be an equal decrease in both the numerator (adjusted net income) and the denominator (average total assets) of ROA. Because net income is substantially smaller than average total assets‚ the percentage decrease in the numerator would be greater‚ and ROA would be understated. However‚ in the next two
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Date: February 8‚ 2013 To: Dr. Harland Hodges From: Kacie Burton Subject: Evaluation of HCA’s financials The following is an analysis of HCA’s financial statements and an explanation of changes in revenue; cost of goods sold to sales; selling‚ general‚ and administrative to sales; accounts receivable turnover; inventory turnover; plant property‚ and equipment; and accounts payable turnover. Income Statement During the past year‚ total revenue increased by 5.9%‚ a near $1.6 billion
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