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    Las Meninas Despite this ‘trickery’ on the part of the artist‚ it cannot be denied that this painting has belonging at its heart. The delightful little girl is adored by all around her and her innocence and self- assurance that she is loved and cared for as she stands in the centre of the frame‚ bathed in light‚ is a display of connectedness to family and place. The enigmatic painting “Las Meninas” by Diego Valesquez was painted in 1656 and many questions were raised about reality and illusion

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    Review Questions 1) What are the basic elements of music? The basic elements of music are pitch‚ rhythm‚ dynamics‚ melody and form. 2) What is pitch? Pitch is what relates to how high or low a tone is that we hear. It is the frequency of a sound. 3) What is syncopation? What types of music use syncopation? Syncopation is placing emphasis on notes or beats that are usually un-emphasized or putting a rest on a note or beat that is usually emphasized. The types of music that use syncopation

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    1.Physical evidence is any evidence that can establish a crime has happened and anything that links the crime and the criminal‚ and three examples of physical evidence is: weapon‚ fibers‚ and hair. 2.Three ways a crime scene can be recorded is through: photography‚ drawings‚ and notes. The benefit of each are exclusive to the practice‚ and it is‚ photography with the ability to capture the crime scene as it was before the removal of evidence or changes to the crime scene. Drawings with the more

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    Chapter 12 Legal Value * Promise to do something that one has no PRIOR legal duty to do. * A performance of an action that one is not obligated to do * Refraining from an action that one has a legal right to do (forbearance) Rescission- the opposite of forming a contract‚ and bring the parties to the positions they occupied before the contract was made Past consideration- no consideration or a promise to give another something of value in return for goods or services rendered and

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    Review Questions 1. What is liver mortis? How might this reveal information about the time of death? Liver mortis is the setting of blood in the lower part of the body. This process starts right after death and reaches its max at about 8 – 12 hours after death. This isn’t the best way to determine the time of death‚ it tells investigators in some cases whether the body has been moved after the person has died. 2. What three aspects does a forensic autopsy seek information about? Describe each of

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    Problem 8-3. For each of the following situations‚ the present value concept should be applied: 1. Your wealthy aunt just established a trust fund for you that will accumulate to a total of $100‚000 in 12 years. Interest on the trust fund is compounded annually at an 8% rate. How much is in your trust fund today? 2. On January 1‚ you will purchase a new car. The automobile dealer will allow you to make increasing annual December 31 payments over the following four years. The amounts

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    2 Challenges for the Planet The causes‚ effects and responses to climate change Learning objective – to study the causes and effects of climate change and how people have responded to the changes. Learning outcomes • To know how and why climate has changed since the last ice age. • To be able to discuss the causes of current climate change on a local and global scale. • To know the negative effects that climate change is having on the environment and people. • To be able to

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    What Does It Mean To Be Pro-Life or Pro-Choice? A Review of Some Sources Abortion is no longer a new subject; it has been a controversial subject since its landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court in 1973‚ yet it is still one of the top subjects in debates today. On one side there is pro-choice activists. Their main argument is that a woman should have the right to do what she wants with her body. Their opposition‚ pro-life activists. They believe that killing an unborn child

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    The term modernism refers to the radical shift in aesthetic and cultural sensibilities evident in the art and literature of the post-World War One period. The ordered‚ stable and inherently meaningful world view of the nineteenth century could not‚ wrote T.S. Eliot‚ accord with "the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history." Modernism thus marks a distinctive break with Victorian bourgeois morality; rejecting nineteenth-century optimism‚ they presented a profoundly pessimistic

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    Perhaps the greatest challenge faced by teenagers as they experience the social challenge of school is the pressure to conform or submit and the associated threat of separation and alienation from ‘the group.’ While some who suffer such alienation get lost in a dark world of low self-esteem‚ anti-social behaviour and intergroup conflict - others choose a path of reconciliation. They choose to see the positive possibilities of an us-oriented life and refuse to play the them-dominated role of the

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