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    I attended the Farrell Violin Concerto on April 12 which included a wonderfully composed solo violin piece with added instrument ensemble and a customary orchestra. This concerto was played by the nashville symphonists at the famous Schermerhorn Symphony Center of Nashville Tennessee. The concerto was composed by Christopher farrell whose creative talents and composing abilities exceeded expectation. The main violin solo was done by the talented Jessica Blackwell and the conductor was Christopher

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    17th century St. Louise de Merillac Sisters of Charity • 1633 - The founding of the Sisters (or Daughters) of Charity‚ Servants of the Sick Poor by Sts. Vincent de Paul and Louise de Merillac. The community would not remain in a convent‚ but would nurse the poor in their homes‚ "having no monastery but the homes of the sick‚ their cell a hired room‚ their chapel the parish church‚ their enclosure the streets of the city or wards of the hospital." [1] • 1640 - The Sisters assume charge

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    The Violin explores the dark historical ties between masculinity and femininity in Mexico’s dirty war. By highlighting the necessity to have both men and women working together masculinity and femininity are able to take new powerful forms that are not only challenged by each other but also by the state. In the opening scene of the movie the man we assume to be Genaro is being tortured by counter insurgents. While Genero has his hands tied behind his back the Counter insurgent extends his pistol

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    of Cubism and mostly did paintings and sculptures. Cubism is a style of art characterized by abstract shapes and unnatural perspectives. Violin and Checker board The “Violin and Checker Board” by Juan Gris was painted in 1913. The painting has bright‚ bold colours‚ the warm colours are harmonising in the foreground‚

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    Charity begins at home” is an expression we have all heard and I’m sure used and today I learnt just how true that is!  Historically‚ the phrase is not linked to the giving of money at all but is in actual fact a word of Latin origin.  “Caritas” means dearness and the giving of love based on respect‚ as well as expensiveness (much in the way that we use dear for both senses in the English language).  Thus‚ Charity was the word used in the bible to mean the giving of love‚ which of course‚ should

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    Unethical Charity in Missouri On a Saturday morning while running errands usually one might notice a few men collecting money at the corner of any two busy intersections. People give the sticky change that has been laying in their car baking for three months‚ to the organization. Little do they know that the money they worked hard to scrape from the bottom of the ashtray in twenty seconds while at a stoplight is not going where they think. A recent investigation found that a firm run by Missouri

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    ENCS February 15‚ 2012 Analytical Essay Number 1 “Student Auctions off Virginity for Offers of More Than 2.5 Million” Price tags can be found on almost anything tangible and intangible‚ even if the goods for sale aren’t morally aligned with society or the laws of our country. In America supply and demand rules the roost‚ and for Natalie Dylan a 22 year old college graduate‚ even virtue has a price. For some she is nothing more than a high-priced prostitute but from an economic stand point

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    was started in 1944 by a minister named Ralph Harris to let students that didn’t feel like being missionaries help out the efforts to spread the gospel (Speed the Light). Since then speed the Light has grown to be one of the largest church founded charity groups in the world. Although Speed the Light has become so large‚ it was once an emergency program for war time missionaries. Soon after the organization was founded‚ World War II was coming to a close. Harris thought that that would be a hinge

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    RSPCA Since 1824 The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded. It has been up and running since. The men at the time‚ who were creating this aid organization‚ knew that it was the world’s first animal welfare charity. The organisation was actually established in a coffee shop in London. There first focus was ‘Pit Ponies’ who were ponies that worked in the coal mines. Workers were not keen on fashion especially when it was to do with animals. In 1898‚ Venezuela (South America)

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    that the narration of the spirit of Pontiac’s Letter was influenced or altered by European or European-American powers for their own political or cultural agenda is supported by two main texts‚ A Letter to French Authorities and A Model of Christian Charity. A Letter to French Authorities shows in lines one hundred sixty-five through one hundred sixty-nine that the French wanted to turn the natives‚ Christian. Some Christian beliefs are present in the story such as in lines. Some may argue that in

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