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    Stand Your Ground Law

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    the defendant of the crime. In this body of work, the key points involved in the court determining the lawfulness of the use of force, the fundamental difference between the castle doctrine and the stand your ground law, the overall role in the double jeopardy clause, the basic features of the adversarial system and lastly the authors’ opinion in the speedy trial section of the sixth amendment, if it is necessary or not and the reasons why will be…

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    Beethoven Musical Style

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    “Before the time of Beethoven the double bass was… invaluable to the ensemble but possessing little individuality. Beethoven… used it for special effects, making it humorous in the scherzo of the Fifth Symphony and notably eloquent in the recitatives of the Ninth Symphony.” During the classical…

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    Cain’s Double Indemnity, both the authors use hard-boiled fictions to highlight the effect of corruption within Los Angeles to the characters’ actions and attitudes. Chandler and Cain use their protagonist’s detailed narration to show us their viewpoint of their…

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    most loving man I have had the pleasure of having in my life.Six foot, Dark, and dread locks past his waist, he looked like a big scary gorilla but on the contrary he was a big soft teddy bear. Well he was a great father we all knew he was living a double life. My mom , his wife so in love with him and meant her vowels “through thick and then” just turned head and looked the other way. She never could really leave him for good . He owned a motorcycle shop. Which resulted in normal weekend trips…

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    The double bass had a traditional look to it, yet it had an audio jack. Willem played the double bass by plucking with his fingers rather than playing with a bow, which is to be expected of a jazz double bassist. The double bass was very quiet, soft, and in the audible background compared to the other instruments. Willem Paynter appears to be an all-around musician…

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    James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity, published in 1935, was adapted into a film in the year 1944. This film brought in over $5.7 million in gross net, changed how Hollywood censored films and shaped the path for numerous controversial films to soon be produced. Although Double Indemnity left its impact, the strict Production Code prevented the film adaptation from reaching the full potential sent forth by the book. In her book, Blackout, film noir critic Sheri Chinen Biesen explains how the Motion…

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    Double Indemnity Essay

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    This essay will provide an overview of a clip from the beginning of the movie Double Indemnity. The clip has a runtime of two minutes and thirty-three seconds and contains five shots in total. This paper will provide an in-depth analysis of each shot in the clip. It will examine the types of camera angles used, the lighting direction and the composition of objects and figures on the screen. The elevator encounter between Walter Neff and the Watchman in the first scene is a two-shot captured at…

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    Violins are the most popular and the most well known instrument in the strings orchestra. This often leads to some people thinking of every strings instrument in terms of the violin. For example, a cello is a “big violin.” Lots of strings players who don't play the violin are often enraged by comments like these, but how close are cellos to violins? Cellos are actually very similar to violins, as their alias suggests, but violins and cellos are also very different. Violins, for starters, are…

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    Throughout the timeline of Music, There has been many different genres and styles created by Musicians, throughout this timeline we received the 20th Century genre of Impressionism. The genre focuses on conveying emotions and moods behind a pacific event or a reflection on how the composer is feeling, an example of Impressionism genre that gives the audience the feel of emotion is Krzytof Penderecki’s Impressionism piece Thernody for the Victims of Hiroshima, which he has transformed the…

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    confusion crossed her face. “Why does Michael need another hearing? I thought the he wasn’t guilty.” “That’s true. However, a not guilty verdict only establishes acquittal. He will never have to face another trial for the same crime. That’s what they call double jeopardy. That is completely different from finding someone innocent. Unless his arrest gets expunged, it will stay as a permanent mark on his record.” “So, in essence, he has to undergo another trial?” “Pretty much. This time it will…

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