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    For a while afterwards, it is as if part of Ada has died but she fights against it. Ada becomes the victim of savage violence at the hands of Stewart. Flora, a witness to the price of her action of betrayal, screams in horror, while Ada experiences her pain in muteness. Silently, she takes a few steps into a puddle and with her skirt swallowing her to collapses in the mud. Stewart sends her finger to Baines with a violent threat and warning that there will be more cut off another finger for each time Baines sees her. As Ada begins to recover, Stewart listens to Ada’s “voice” through her facial expressions and actions. He now understands that there can never be a marriage because there is no understanding between them. Stewart is also trapped like Ada with no voice and is frustrated by his inability to awaken Ada 's affection. He tells Baines to leave and to take Ada and Flora with him. Ada decides to let it be thrown overboard because the piano has become a burden that Ada wants to get rid of. After finding the true and equal love in Baines, Ada does not need the piano; she yearns to enter into the real life, that is why she first breaks the coffin, and then sinks it into the sea. She has no contact with the real world and other people. She sacrifices her isolation for an attachment to other people and to life. However, as the piano drops into the sea she curiously and purposely places her foot in the rope to go overboard with the piano. We see her being pulled down under…

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    The role of the phenomenon of postmortem redistribution in forensic cases Abstract It has been established in several studies that a postmortem blood sample examination is not always a reliable reflect of blood sample examination during life. There are a large number of variables affecting the blood concentration of foreign substances in a living individual, in the other hand, there are also a number of factors that can change their levels after death. Although the underlying mechanisms involved…

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    Film: The New Hollywood

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    ‘The New Hollywood’ was the period of cinema after World War Two which marked the end of the Classical Era in film. (Schatz, 1993. pp 8) It was facilitated as cultural developments altered cinema attendance prompting a renaissance in film techniques and the themes that were explored. Families were migrating to the suburbs in response to housing and ‘baby boom’ and the introduction of the television meant ‘watching TV replaced going to the movies.’ (Schatz, 1993. pp 8-9) These ‘fragmented…

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    2. INTRODUCTION The artist Harvey Littleton was a prolific glassblower and vitreographer. Originally he went to school to be a physicist like his father, but instead switched to industrial design (Artful Home). He finished his bachelors and went on to get a Masters of Fine Arts in ceramics and taught at the University of Wisconsin, After a couple years of experimenting with various mediums, he tried out glassblowing (Artful Home). He went on to teach multiple courses on the subject and…

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    When Harvey Milk was a child homosexuality was considered a mental illness. People were very afraid and harsh about homosexuality. Because of this Harvey Milk had a very rough childhood, and he had to hide his sexuality for a big part of his life. But in 1977 Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Which made him the first openly gay political figure in US history. The story of Harvey Milk teaches us that you can persevere and make a difference when you are facing…

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    In the early 1970s, Harvey Milk decided to campaign for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. In 1977, Milk was finally elected, and became the first openly gay man to hold office in U.S. history. During his campaign he wanted his supporters to know that he supports, and would not undermine the less privileged. In doing so, he became an advocate for racial minorities, differently abled, and elderly Americans. The famous speech “You Can Not Live on Hope Alone” was presented to his audience…

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    The question is do you think that it is important Robert Crumb and Harvey Pekar were part of the underground comic scene and for years no one knew of the two of them. For me personally I think they were very important because now they're getting a lot of attention for their works. If that doesn't make someone believe that there important then I don't know what can . For their styles are similar they oddly complement one another and honestly they make a good team depending on how you think about…

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    Harvey Milk was “the first openly gay man to run for office in California, elected supervisor in San Francisco” (Carnes and Garraty 698). A year after running for office he participated in trying to stop a California law from going into effect that would give gay teachers the right to be fired, because of who they were (Carnes and Garraty 669). His involvement in the process was a success and the law was denied. He is important, because throughout his life up until his assassination he did…

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    “The important thing to know about an assassination is not who fired the shot, but who bought the bullet.” The famed author Eric Ambler once said. Harvey milk, once a man who was the first american politician and openly gay supervisor in florida in 1977. Harvey and Dan White fought for the spot as supervisor, which Harvey got. Dan White said he didn’t want the job because it wasn’t enough money to support his family. Dan White wanting this spot ends up killing Harvey Milk and Mayor George…

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    Conversation Analysis (CA) is a concept that emerged between 1964 and 1975 due to research undertaken, and lectures produced, by Harvey Sacks. Despite Sacks’ early death, before he managed to publish his works professionally, we are still aware of his discovery of CA through other sociologists and linguists. An example of this can be seen where Hutchby and Wooffitt (2008) discuss how ‘Sacks originated a radical research programme which was designed to investigate the levels of social order which…

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