the Bold‚ Duke of Burgundy‚ and King Charles V‚ Jean Duke of Berry (1340-1416)‚ developed and reinforced this strategy. Regardless of the Duke’s fame as an adherent of material culture‚ politics had always been a crucial aspect of his agenda as collector and patron. In fact‚ he transformed the imagery of his objects into a manifestation of his political program and‚ as Jennifer Courts points out‚ his collection became the counterpoint to the military superiority of his rival‚ the Duke of Burgundy
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Rayne Raven Charles McGranaghan English 100 30 October 2011 The King’s Speech The King’s Speech‚ is a film about the Duke of York‚ who is suddenly crowned as King George VI of England. The only problem that the Duke of York possessed is that he suffers from a horrible speech impediment that causes him to “freeze up” or stammer in front of people while talking. His wife‚ Elizabeth‚ arranges her husband to attend and be in the presence of a speech therapist. Although King George VI is hesitant
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Using the publicly available data‚ we estimated the weighted average cost of capital of the AMD and Duke Energy. For the AMD‚ the WACC is 10.83%. For Duck Energy‚ the WACC is 2.76% When we calculate those number‚ we need to know the equity and debt of the company which can easily find on yahoo finance. The cost of debt and the corporate tax rate that we calculated are also based on the data from yahoo finance. We made Beta for the companies with 10 year ranges and use it to calculate return of
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pikes‚ swords‚ and armour. For supplies the Spanish had many food and drinks. Unfortunately for the Spanish the commander in charge of the armada‚ Santa Cruz‚ just died. Philip did not look hard for Santa’s replacement because he was replaced with The Duke of Medina Sidonia‚ who had no naval experience. The English had much fewer ships‚ but they were much faster. The English had guns with longer ranges and they were fighting close to home (Fitzsimmons n.pag.). England had the upper hand in this attack
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Charles Mingus‚ an icon in the Jazz world “only second to Duke Ellington (CHARLES MINGUS BIO). Mingus played a very important role in the development of jazz music‚ he left his mark on the world that got him a lot of recognition. Along with a plethora of grants that were donated to him and the different organizations that were centered on him. He was also honored in New York City by having a “Charles Mingus Day” dedicated to him and many other dedications and assortments of honoring’s (CHARLES MINGUS
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are two very diverse genres that have different musical elements‚ such as melody‚ rhythm‚ etc. The Opera piece is Purcell: Dido and Aeneas‚ Act III‚ Opening and Lament by Henry Purcell and the Big-band Jazz piece is Strayhorn: Take the A Train‚ by Duke Ellington Orchestra. Opera was very popular during the Baroque Era from the 1600’s to the early 1700’s. First gaining popularity in Italy‚ early opera was widely used for royal weddings or other important ceremonies. However‚ later in the sixteenth
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This film tells the story of Prince Albert‚ the Duke of York‚ and how he overcame a life-long speech impediment with the help of Lionel Logue‚ a speech therapist from Australia. The movie begins with Prince Albert (Colin Firth) attempting to deliver a speech written by his father at the closing ceremony of the Empire Exhibition. We find out that the king has already spoken‚ as well as Prince Albert’s older brother‚ the Prince of Wales‚ and now the Duke of York must speak. As he begins the speech‚ it
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listen to was hip hop and now I am listening to jazz ‚ classical‚ and am overall more open minded. Hopefully I will put this information to good use in the future as I am trying to be a DJ and I will definitely sample famous legends like Bethoven and Duke Ellington because their works laid the groundwork for much of todays modern music like hip hop‚ R&B‚ and Electronic Dance Music(EDM) believe it or not. Despite that fact music has been an important factor in my life that has kept me going through
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Griggs v. Duke Power FACTS: The case originated in a lawsuit filed by Willie Griggs and twelve other African-American employees of Duke Power’s Dan River hydroelectric plant in Draper‚ North Carolina. Before the passage of the Civil Rights Act‚ Duke Power discriminated against African-Americans in hiring and promotion‚ restricting them to the company’s Labor department. In 1955‚ Duke Power instituted a high school diploma requirement for initial hiring in any department except Labor. (The other
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Jose 1 Janelle Jose Professor Pappas AAS 254 16 April 2008 “Our Theater: The Hey Dey of the Apollo Theatre” Apollo was the Greek God of music‚ Poetry and the arts. His temple was at Delphi and was known to be a place of purification. There is a temple of a different that bears the name of the Greek god and its at 253 West 125th Street Harlem in New York City. The Apollo Theater would become as famous as the temple at Delphi. The Apollo Theaters home was in Harlem. Harlem is known worldwide as a
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