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    that the violins played softly and there was a super high note coming from a flute in the orchestra which was beautiful. My most favorite performance of the night came from Betty Karamatova playing the piano. She played the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninoff. This is another performer who moves along with her instrument. Her movement reflects the music she is playing. She gave it her all. She really put emphasis on the keys when she needed to and just went for it and lost herself for us to feel what

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    appeal; many executions were carried out. There were over 2500 executions and the hangman’s noose was nicknamed "Stolypin’s necktie." These tactics were used to appease the Tsar and reduce terrorist activities that had threatened Tsarism. Unlike Sergei Witte before him‚ Stolypin understood the importance of the peasantry; they had made up 80% of the Russian population. Russia had undergone a “rural crisis” in the late nineteenth century and had deepened due to bad harvests in the 1890’s. Their ways

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    Though there are many differences between the two silent films Birth of a Nation‚ directed by D.W. Griffith‚ and The Battleship Potemkin‚ directed by Sergei Eisenstein‚ it takes a big tole in the similarities that are the most captivating. The directors in these films truly get the audience to participate in an active role while still paying attention to the films. The directors chose to include historical events while building cyphers incorporated in the plot. While Birth of a Nation reiterates

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    objectives to keep up with the changing technological landscape. Traditional business models use a top down approach may leave the company unable to change‚ as the business leader is unable to change. “It is noteworthy that neither Larry Page nor Sergei Brin‚ Google’s founders‚ has proclaimed himself "chief software architect‚" the badge Bill Gates wears at Microsoft” (Hamel‚ 2006) Instead the founders have designed a concept the makes every idea stand on its own merits. Internal and external factors

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    ‘He was the worst possible teacher for me.’ Do you agree? Teachers are an essential elements of any society‚ and although their actions and intention are often positive there are nevertheless scenarios in which they fail at their task. Within ‘Maestro’‚ Peter Goldsworthy portrays how a teacher can have both positive and negative effects on their pupil‚ how they can succeed in one element and wane in another. In some respects‚ Paul Crabbe’s teacher‚ Eduard Keller‚ has a devastating effect on his

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    This week’s political cartoon revolves around Trump’s revealing confidential information about nuclear issues and ISIS. I could see that message in the cartoon through the image of President Trump’s mouth as a water pipe‚ leaking drops of water carrying the words "nuclear subs" and "ISIS plot"‚ followed by the quote "We need to crack down on the leakers. " This underscores the contradiction in Mr. Trump’s manner of action. Recently‚ he has banned journalists from press briefing for allegedly leaking

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    The Cold War may have officially ended‚ but‚ as Visson shows‚ the battle lives on in the culturally dysfunctional marriages made by Russians and Americans. Throughout the 20th century‚ and often against serious odds‚ Russians and Americans have been falling in love and marrying. Visson‚ an interpreter and writer‚ herself married to a Russian‚ has interviewed some 100 of these cross-cultural couples and researched the lives of couples in the earlier part of this century in an effort to understand

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    Much like those in Germany‚ Russian Jews benefited from new freedoms granted in the mid-1800s. Over time they were supplied with the opportunity’s to hold middle-class occupations like business ownership‚ banking‚ teaching and manufacturing. This however was met with anger from some non-Jewish Russians‚ however violence was not used. Sadly‚ the situation for Russian Jews worsened considerably after the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881. Alexander had been of great assistance to the Jews

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    Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 in Freiberg‚ Czech Republic. He was a neurologist who began to study medicine at the University of Vienna in 1873. Freud got his medical degree in 1881 and after graduating‚ he immediately began to study the human knowledge. After schooling in Paris‚ he got married and had six children with his wife‚ Martha Bernays. Sigmund Freud was one of the most important scientist when it came in the fields of psychology. He worked hard searching for diagnoses and symptoms about

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    Bach (1685-1750) Prelude Allemande Courante Sarabande Bourrée I‚ Bourrée II Gigue Polonaise No. 1‚ S. 223/1 Mephisto Waltz No. 1‚ S. 514 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Romeo and Juliet: Ten Pieces for Piano‚ Op. 75 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) 1. Folk Dance 2. Scene: The Street Awakens 3. Minuet: Arrival of the Guests 4. Young Juliet 5. Masks 6. Montagues and Capulet 7. Father Laurence 8. Mercutio 9. Dance of the Girls with Lilies 10. Romeo and Juliet

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