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    where Thad served as Founding Director of Jazz Studies. These original seven charts were commissioned by Count Basie for an entire album of Thad Jones’ music – but Thad’s voicings and ideas were “modern” enough to Basie’s ears that he never made the record‚ instead suggesting that Thad start his own band. The rest is history! Nevertheless‚ Big Dipper still maintains that swinging Basie mindset‚ and should be rehearsed that way. Its basic foundations are a relaxed but powerful rhythm section with

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    author to developed the plot of their story through the work of another author. Throughout the Count of Monte Cristo‚ Alexandre Dumas borrows literary references in his work from Ovid’s Pyramus and Thisbe‚ Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ and Edgar Allan Poe’s Cask of Amontillado. By including these scholarly references‚ Dumas can give the reader a strong understanding over the storyline of the novel. In the Count of Monte Cristo‚ Alexandre Dumas alludes to Ovid’s Pyramus and Thisbe when describing the relationship

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    Sung Woo Hwang Mr. Waugh ENG 4U1 06 22 13 Universal Lessons There are reasons behind The Great Gatsby’s grand success as one the best American novels of the twentieth century and The Count of Monte Cristo’s success as one of the greatest French novels of nineteenth century. Both novels dominated the literature of their respective centuries. The first suitable explanation for their domination is that the authors of both books are geniuses. They expressed their opinions about social and political

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    Steven Shin Mrs. Leimkuhler English10 2/6/2014 Why am I in the prison? In the book ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ the main character Edmond Dantes had to go to the jail without any reasons. He was wrongfully imprisoned for so many years and he couldn’t see any of hope of being free. While reading this book‚ I thought of many things that I could do if I was Edmond. First‚ I would make rejection to the person who is in charge of the prisoners. If I was wrongfully imprisoned‚ I have to prove

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    Bram Stoker’s Dracula has been one of the most popular Gothic novels since it was released in the 19th century. English professors all over the world are frequently trying to solve the question of the origin of Count Dracula. There are approximately four theories concerning the source of Dracula. The most elaborate and believable theory is that which states that Bram Stoker modeled his character‚ Dracula‚ after a 15th century warrior named Vlad "Tepes" Dracula. Despite common belief‚ Bram Stoker

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    depends on whom you ask‚ and it may vary according to the concepts and values that he/her was raised on - it differs among different peoples‚ cultures and traditions. In this essay I will try to answer this question from the point of the story The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. In order to discuss the revenge issue of this book let us begin by a brief summery of the story. Edmond Dantes‚ a young sailor‚ gets a reward to be a Captain of a ship‚ but unfortunately four men arranged that he

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    and was sent off to Chateau d’If‚ an infamous jail in which the worst criminals go. He miraculously escaped‚ became wealthy‚ and sought vengeance against these 3 men who had taken his youth and innocence and turned it into something horrible... the Count of Monte Cristo‚ the sly‚ vindictive‚ mysteriously wealthy character which everyone is humbled by because of his simple fashion and mystique. He speaks with his ex-fiance’s son’s friend‚ Franz‚ who warns Dantes ahead of time that everything that goes

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    99 000 RPM Contact-Less Digital Tachometer  Featuring LCD display and automatic DATA hold function By Ibrahim Kamal  Last update: 14/7/10 This article describes how to build a contact -less tachometer (device used to count the revolutions per minute of a rotating shaft) using a 8051 microcontroller and a proximity sensor.  As the name implies‚ what makes this device special‚ is that it can very accurately measure the rotational speed of a shaft without even touching it. This is very interesting

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    and say to the visitor that he had his wife killed‚ but hints at it‚ and makes you wonder if he really did or not. 5. Interpret: “The Count your master’s known munificence / Is ample warrant that no just pretense / Of mine for dowry will be disallowed” The duke is talking to a servant of the Count‚ whose daughter he is marrying. The duke says that the Count is very generous and wealthy and that the he should receive any goods‚ wealth‚ or estates that he asks for at the marriage of the Count’s

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    an Organization The company that I am going to speak about is the “xxxxxxxxxxx.” I worked in a managerial position for upward of 12 years for their chain store called “xxxxxx.” In the first five years of my employment‚ my company required me to count the number of cases received each week in our shipment. The delivery driver would scan the cases and hand me the paperwork to sign. The main warehouse would receive a copy of the paperwork from the delivery driver and then would proceed to enter the

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