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    Madison Pender Hour 2 Senior Listening Loua Vang Violin Sonata No. 9‚ “Kreutzer” By: Beethoven Loua chose this piece since he found it on Youtube late at night and it caught his attention. He likes the sudden bursts of joy‚ anger‚ and the passion of this piece. Which these attitudes explain his passion for the piece. The beginning starts with a violin. There are many sforzandos with the eighth notes and whole notes. The tempo is moderato as the piano plays a couple measures of staccato quarter

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    History of the Violin

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    History of the Violin The most beautiful sounding violins in existence today were made in Italy in the early 1700s‚ a period called the golden age of violin making. These instruments‚ especially those made by Antonio Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù‚ are the most desired instruments by both collectors and performers‚ selling for millions of dollars. Modern day violin-makers have not been able to successfully copy the techniques they used to produce the same quality sound of violins that was

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    Violin Makers Essay

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    The World’s Most Expensive Violin The violin is one of the most delicately constructed musical instruments‚ with lots of tender loving care put into making them. With so many intricate components‚ violins are handcrafted with love all around the world and‚ due to the labour intensive work‚ violins often have steep price tags. For beginners and amateurs‚ there are great quality violins on the market at a reasonable price but once you fall in love with the violin you will not be able to help yourself

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    Online Auction

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    I. INTRODUCITON Auctions are as modern as today ’s technology‚ yet as old as mankind. The Internet‚ however‚ has expanded the scope and reach of this market mechanism beyond the wildest dreams of its traditional purveyors. Unlike traditional auctions that were limited in scope‚ online auctions have brought this mechanism to the masses‚ providing them with an all-encompassing selection of goods they can buy or sell. In recent years we have seen the emergence of electronic marketplace that leverages

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    The Slave Auction

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    The Slave Auction Analysis Imagine being ripped from your mother’s chest at a young age knowing you’ll never see her again. Listen to the screams of the little children around you as you hold on to your lover’s hand for dear life praying to every god imaginable that you two won’t be ripped apart.-- “I got a nice wench starting at 800”.-- Your grasp gets tighter as they examine you from head to toe. The bids are getting higher and higher‚ tears stroll down your face. You look at the stone cold

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    Charity

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    Andy Mendoza 10/10/13 RS 411: Introduction to Catholic Spirituality Father Theodore Lange Theological Virtue of Charity Virtue as defined in A Concise Dictionary of Theology is “A habit of good behavior that enables one to do what is right with ease‚ pleasure and consistency.” (286). To better explain this‚ and as recently stated by Father Jacob Stronach in his recent conference on “Love in the life of virtue and spirituality”‚ a virtue is nothing more than habitually doing what is good. This

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    Study Internet auctions appeared on the scene in the mid 1990s‚ and quickly became one of the most successful applications of electronic commerce. EBay‚ the premier consumer-to-consumer (C2C) Internet auction site‚ is generally held up as an exemplar for the industry. However‚ it is widely predicted that the potential transaction volume in business-to-business (B2B) auctions will be much greater than in the C2C channel (Keenan‚ 2000; Rosenthal‚ 2002). In the B2B marketplace‚ auctions were initially

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    Charities

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    UK charities are nonprofit organizations that carry out activities that help society such as charity events and fund raising. These charities cover a huge range of important good causes including animal charities‚ cancer charities‚ children’s charities‚ disability charities‚ environment charities‚ health charities‚ housing charities and people charities. Funding for vital research into medical conditions such as cancer or heart disease‚ helping children‚ diminishing poverty and help in raising awareness

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    My First Hand Experience In this essay “Charity means you don’t Pick and Choose” written by Patricia O’Hara‚ is about a mother and her family in San Francisco giving to a homeless person to show her son that it is a good thing to give to the less fortunate. Her son that was only five had never seen a homeless person before‚ so first impressions meant a lot in this situation. If the homeless guys was rude to them her son would probably never help a homeless person again. Even though she has

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    Auction Outline

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    Going twice‚ SOLD! Specific Purpose: To inform my audience how to buy things at an auction. Thematic Statement: To inform my audience how auctions work‚ how to find them‚ and how to make good buys. Intro I. Story of pricing wheels at antiques stores‚ being shocked‚ and deciding to find another way to make the purchase. II. Auctions are another way to make purchases. III. (Ethos) Today‚ let’s look at how auctions work‚ where to find them‚ and tips on making purchases at auctions. Body I. Auctions

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