UVA-C-2183 Eugene Decker hung up his office phone and frowned. As part owner of the Squeaky Horn‚ a musical-instrument repair shop‚ Decker was responsible for setting the charges for various types of repairs. A potential customer had just called to inquire about the cost to repair the bridge on her cello. After Decker quoted an estimated price for the job‚ the woman had remarked‚ “Thank you for the quote‚ but I’ll be going to Best Instrument Repair. I’ve heard they give good service‚ and
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speaks to the position one occupies in the social ladder of global citizenship. Is the Somali person the new “nigger” of the Horn of Africa as much as the narrator in Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” was the “nigger” of America (Harlem) prior to the 1960s civil rights struggle of that country? No doubt the daily grinding and experiences of contemporary Somali in the Horn of Africa and a Negro in Harlem in the 1960s are similar‚ if one can only conveniently ignore the time difference and historical
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Qat is famous for 2 things. One is that it is powerful in Scrabble (yo SOWPOD people!) and the other is that it is infamous in the Horn of Africa. So here is a short essay on Qat‚ since i have too much time while seated on long distance buses. Qat‚ or chat‚ or tchat (pronounced chart)‚ also known by its scientific name of catha edulis is a plant cultivated in the highland regions of eastern Africa and the Arabian peninsula. Grown at altitudes of 1500m to 2800m‚ the 2m shrubs are grown mainly in
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Natural Hazards Drought 2011 East Africa Drought The East Africa drought began in late 2010‚ when rains that usually fall between October and December did not arrive. The East Africa Drought affected most parts of Kenya‚ Ethiopia and Somalia. This lack of rain continued through 2011‚ driving food prices to unprecedented amounts. Due to two farming seasons being missed‚ many could not afford to buy food and fodder from more fertile areas. Approximately 12.4 million people were facing food
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of techniques such as body language‚ symbolism‚ lighting‚ music and photographic background slides create distinctively visual images same with themes that are being used within the texts such as truth which is evident in the dramatic text ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ by John Misto‚ the song ‘Lose Yourself’ sang by Eminem‚ and the film ‘The Eye’ directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud featuring Jessica Alba. These three texts demonstrate how the responders are impacted and what is interrupted within the
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The Shoe Horn Sonata By John Misto The scene from The Shoe Horn Sonata I chose was act 1‚ scene 1. The Play begins on a dark silent set‚ which evokes in the audience the darkness and pain of the characters memories as well as suggesting their stores have been hidden for too long. Out of the darkness with come truth. The play in scene 1 begins with an army nurse that is being interviewed for a documentary program about her experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese. Misto cleverly
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“[J]ihad united Somali clans against a common enemy‚ the foreign “infidels‚” Ethiopian and European‚” according to Fae Miller in a study on the influences of Islam on Somali society (p. 58). While Jihad is only one aspect of Islam; Somalia has been a predominately Muslim country for centuries. It is impossible to examine Somali culture without appreciating the power of clan dynamics and religion and how pervasive they are. Miller’s observation depicts how Islam has been a unifying force susceptible
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to pick up almost any instrument‚ and with only a few weeks of practice‚ I am able to play that instrument at a relatively superior level! This talent of mine allowed me to qualify for district band and county band‚ and rank 1st chair on the French horn‚ 2nd chair on mallets‚ and 3rd chair on the flute! Having a gift like this can contribute to my success as a Drum Major because my knowledge of different
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Ascending from Broken Glass The Wingfields have an amount of problems‚ so they have things that they use to escape from life with. Tom uses the fire escape as his escape from Amanda. Laura has her glass collection‚ her “Glass Menagerie”‚ which she has her own imaginative world in – a world away from everything else‚ fragile but colorful. This glass collection also represents a number of things about Laura’s personality. Like the glass figures‚ Laura is old-fashioned‚ whimsical‚ and gentle. Outside
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Images elicit certain emotions within individuals though it is skewered through their interpretation of distinctively visuals. This is a notion greatly emphasised within the play “The Shoe Horn Sonata” composed by John Misto in order to bring forth concepts of truth and the atrocities of war. Misto does this through his manipulation of techniques to put focus on the experiences suffered by women during the periods of war to give us a better understanding of the event. Comparably the composer Kenneth
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