Chuck Close (born 1940) is an American photorealist specializing in close-up portraits and self-portraits. Close is one of the very few modern realists or photorealists who focus on the human face. In 1988‚ in mid-career‚ Close was paralyzed due to a blood clot in his spinal column. He regained partial use of his arms‚ and was able to return to painting after developing techniques which allowed him to work from a wheelchair.<br><br>All of Close’s works are based on photographs he takes himself. Close
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Crown Awards‚ Inc. v. Discount Trophy & Co.‚ Inc. U.S. Court of Appeals‚ Second Circuit 2009 U.S. App. Lexis 8540 (2009) Material Facts of the Case: Crown Awards is a retailer of awards and trophies sold through mail order catalogs and via the Internet. Crown designed and sold a diamond-shaped spinning trophy for which it owned two copyright registrations. Discount Trophy is one of Crown’s competitors‚ and it sold a trophy that was substantially similar to Crown’s Spin Trophy. Crown
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Chuck Wright: A New Sheriff in Town Chuck Wright: A New Sheriff in Town All public positions no matter the jurisdiction come with a great deal of scrutiny that their appointees have to endure and this is no different for the Sheriff of Spartanburg County. Chuck Wright was elected to be the 40th Sheriff of Spartanburg County in 2005 and he put himself in position to managing a large and complex government bureaucracy. The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Department is a goal directed organization
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On Feb 14th‚ 2011‚ which was also Valentine’s day‚ NAB launched a campaign named “It’s over between us” or “The Break Up”. The campaign purpose was to persuade‚ and change customers’ mind‚ so that they will not categorize NAB in group of the Big four banks in Australia anymore; instead‚ customers would see NAB as a modern‚ active and customer-toward bank. It provided forceful evidences such as NAB did not charge fee for a number of packages and if it did‚ the fee would be lower than Westpac‚ Commonwealth
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their formation of these ethics‚ most businesses create their own. Some businesses follow other business guidelines as a start and then streamline the guidelines to specifically relate to their business. My company is Budweiser-Busch Distributing Co.‚ Inc. My CEO‚ Chris Fuchs‚ has appointed myself to develop and implement an ethics program for the company. Here is the requested summary of my planned actions: Conflict of Interests: Employees should generally remove themselves from the situation‚ depending
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I got a chance to hear Chuck Hawthorne play last Tuesday night at the Liberty Tree in Elgin. I had heard about Chuck for some time‚ and even found myself in a song circle with him at Jimbro Lutz’s Quicksand Farm Annual Square Dance last year. He was soft-spoken and cordial. Chuck beautifully played and sang several original songs from his remarkable debut CD Silver Line. Chuck has taken up a kind of residency at the Liberty Tree sharing the stage with many other well-knows Texas musicians like Buffalo
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Diamond Pribble Mr. Jesse Cosper English 102 Feb 5 2014 “I’m Chuck Bass.” By simply reading these words they would mean nothing to anyone‚ just letters on a page to create a sentence or words spoken on the television with dramatic music playing in the background but‚ to the viewers of Gossip Girl they mean so much more. Who knew that three words could hold so much power? Those three words could make women swoon and tremble in fear? That three one syllable words tied together could
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Inc.‚ a large pharmaceutical product and service company. The dilemma arose in the 1970s when a potential breakthrough was discovered for river blindness. They had developed and produced a drug for animals named Invermectin. It was discovered that this
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On October 18th‚ 1926‚ a person was born who would change the face of the music industry for decades to come. Chuck Berry‚ born Charles Anderson Edward Berry‚ was considered to be one of the most popular and influential performers of the 1950’s‚ 60’s‚ and 70’s. Even more so‚ he would go on to be known by many as the father of Rock n’ Roll. He had a new distinct sound that people really enjoyed as well as his clever lyrics that made people connect to the songs on a deeper more personable level. Throughout
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During the speech "Charles Foster Kane Campaigns for Governor‚" I detected bias‚ fallacies‚ and a variety of rhetorical devices. From the beginning the speaker reveals a particular bias against the current Governor‚ Jim Gettys‚ by deliberately labeling his rule as ’evil domination’. This phrase indicates apparent bias by the Campaigner‚ who is in the same way biased about‚ but in favor of Kane‚ portraying him as a supporter of the common man. The campaigner bases his argument on his or her own personal
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