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    Andrew Davis Othello

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    Explain how Andrew Davies’ 2001 film version of Othello appeals to a contemporary audience‚ shedding light on 1604 play and expanding your knowledge of it. Davies 2001 film version of Othello appeals to a contemporary audience‚ shedding light on the 1604 play through the use of new filming techniques‚ the implementation of a new storyline (the Death of Billy Coates) and the use of modern language which appeals more too today’s audience. Filming techniques appeal to a contemporary audience as they

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    Their relationship is not a typical loving bond‚ but instead filled with jealousy and animosity. In the play Fences‚ the father‚ Troy‚ grew up in a time when racial inequality was still prevalent. Troy was not able to follow his dream of playing professional baseball due to the fact that he was African American. Troy’s wife‚ Rose‚ informs him that “times have changed since you was playing baseball” (Wilson 969).

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    Jazz and Classical Music

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    Jazz and Classical Music Upon entering a modern record store‚ one is confronted with a wide variety of choices in recorded music. These choices not only include a multitude of artists‚ but also a wide diversity of music categories. These categories run the gamut from easy listening dance music to more complex art music. On the complex side of the scale are the categories known as Jazz and Classical music. Some of the most accomplished musicians of our time have devoted themselves to a life-long

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    1. In the late 2000‚ Lucent announced that revenues would be adjusted downwards by $679 million as a result of revenue recognition problems. Yet the firm’s market capitalization plummeted by $24.7 billion. Why do you think the market reacted so negatively to Lucent’s announcements of the problem/ 2. What financial statement adjustments will Lucent have to make to correct the revenue recognition problems announced in late 2000? 3. How would you judge whether a firm is likely to face revenue

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    ”Salvatore” by William Somerset Maugham The story “Salvatore” was written by William Somerset Maugham. He was one of the most popular storytellers. Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. His parents died when he was still a boy. While a student in St. Thomas´s Hospital in London‚ he got to know the life of the poor people of London. His longest novel was “Of Human Bondage”. The book tells the story of the first 30 years of Maugham´s life. William Somerset Maugham died in the South of France where

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    A driver starts a journey with 25 gallons in the tank of his car. The car burns 5 gallons for every 100 miles. Assuming that the amount of gasoline in the tank decreases linearly‚  a) write a linear function that relates the number of gallons G left in the tank after a journey of x miles.  b) What is the value and meaning of the slope of the graph of G?  c) What is the value and meaning of the x intercept? Solution to Problem 8: a) If 5 gallons are burnt for 100 miles then (5 / 100) gallons

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    Concert Report The Wayne Shorter Quarter concert was unlike any concert I have ever been to. The variety of instruments and style of the performers contributed to a unique experience. Not only was the music I heard versatile on several levels‚ but the behavior of the performers‚ appearance of the audience‚ and atmosphere of the venue contributed to my take away from the show. These factors allowed me to obtain a better understanding of jazz as not only an art form‚ but as a culture. The audience

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    History of the Trumpet

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    Trumpets are one of the oldest instruments. In ancient times‚ people used animal horns or shells like a trumpet. It was first used for signaling in ancient China (2000 BC)‚ Egypt (1500 BC)‚ and Scandinavia (1000 BC). It was long and had no valves. In Roman times‚ the trumpet was played at military and civilian ceremonies. The first musical use of the trumpet was in the late 1300’s where it had acquired the folded shape similar to today’s. In the 1500’s‚ Nuremberg‚ Germany became the center

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    Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie- or commonly known as Bird and Diz- were two famous composers that came together to release an album after being introduced. The album they composed and released in the 1950’s (which just happens to be named after themselves‚ “Bird and Diz”) was a bebop jazz genre that made a big impact on the music industry. Clearly‚ Charlie Parker’s name has no correlation to the word ‘Bird.’ But early on in his musical career‚ “Yard Bird” was a nickname Parker received that

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    ! 1 Percy Grainger was a prolific composer and pianist in the 20th century. He is especially well known for his masterful compositions and pioneering for the literature of the wind band. Grainger’s works have taken on a variety of compositional approaches across a wide range of genres. His scorings‚ particularly for wind band‚ have been described as having “a rich sonority and color which compares favorably with any celebrated example of brilliant orchestration.”1 A majority of his works‚ specifically

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