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    The Dave Brubeck Quartet, comprised of Brubeck on the piano, Paul Desmond on the alto saxophone, Eugene Wright on the bass, and Joe Morello on the drums, released the album Time Out in 1959 (Time Out). Even on the first listen, one can see how revolutionary this work would soon become. Opening with “Blue Rondo A La Turk,” Brubeck’s Quartet immediately presents a rhythmic, swingin’ tune featuring 9/8 time. “Kathy’s Waltz” explores polyrhythm and “Take Five,” arguably the band’s “titular” work…

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    The book I chose to read was “A Child called it” by Dave Pelzer. It is the real- life story of the author Dave Pelzer from age 4 to 12. He was brutally beaten, starved and emotionally destroyed by his alcoholic mother. She played tortuous games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother’s game in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son or a boy, but an “it”. Even though Dave had two older brothers, his mother’s rage was solely directed towards him. I…

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    In this scene the lighting in the house is dim to show the audience the time and how everybody but Coraline, and the mouse she is chasing, are asleep and possibly how mundane (hence the washed out colours throughout the setting) this new house is to her. The lighting in the entrance to the ‘other world’ is brighter and there are far more vivid colours. It’s not as dull or monotonous as the lighting in the real world, again emphasising how uninteresting the ‘real world’ is to her. When Coraline…

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    A Child Called It is a 184 page book by David Pelzer. A Child Called It told about David's life as an abused and neglected child, and his the pain and suffering he experienced. At the beginning of David's childhood his Family was great. His mother was a very caring mother. She would take David and his brothers to places around San Francisco. On those trips they would get food that other countries would eat, and have a feast from that countries. David loved when she cooked, because when she cook…

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    A Child Called It A child called it is about one child’s courage to survive and this book is a biography written by the same boy who was beaten in his own house and not even treated like a human being or a member of his own family this book was about 189 pages. The main character of this story is a boy named David Pelzer and he is a sweet, young and caring boy and his mother started to beat him and torture him in many ways for no reason at all. His mother is an alcoholic who fought with his dad…

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    The content of literature comes in many forms. Various individuals believe that literature must portray reality in order to have an impact, however, others disagree. For instance, as once stated by English writer E.M. Forster, "A work of literature must provide more than factual accuracy or vivid physical reality... it must tell us more than we already know." The theory behind this quote is that works of literature do not necessarily have to completely exhibit only realistic and truthful subject…

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    Hrm 531 Week 1 Reflection

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    Reflections Contents Reflections 1 1 Introduction 3 2 Problem Definition 3 3 Research and Data Collection 4 4 Data Analysis and Further Research 4 5 Client and Supervisor Relationship 5 6 Results 6 7 Conclusion 6 References 6 1 Introduction After a very enjoyable and fulfilling year working towards an MSc in Business Analysis and Consulting, the last part – this dissertation – was extremely daunting. It would be the last piece of work I would complete for this course and the most substantial…

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    A Child Called “It” is an inspirational story that is written by Dave Pelzer. He gives the insight of his child hood and the struggle that he had to go through in order to live day by day. He talks about his family in an appropriate way that makes anyone understand the harassment that he was faced with as a very young child. Pelzer goes through many types of abuse that would have made any human break but he had the will power to stay strong and do what he needed to do to stay alive. Pelzer is a…

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    Competitor VRIO Analyses 1. KFC Product: KFC is the world’s most popular chicken restaurant chain that specializes in the same Original Recipe. Their product is rare because they offer products which is pressure fried bone chicken seasoned with “Original Recipe” of 11 herbs and spices. The product is not easily to imitate because of its “Original Recipe” which is the famous trade secrets of KFC. Their product itself is their sustainable competitive advantage. Place: They are located in shopping…

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    Chimamanda Adichie in her TED presentation talks about the dangers of a “single-story”, she warns us to against using a “single-story” to understand questions of identity. To understand what “single-story” is Chimamanda Adichie narrated a story when she was nineteen years old, she was leaving Nigeria to go to a university in the United States her American roommate was surprised by her because she spoken English very well. Her roommate wondered how she spoke English so well; she told her Nigeria…

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