Paul Cezanne‚ Pines and Rocks‚ 1896-99 Oil on Canvas Museum of Modern Art This simple painting of a small‚ intimate landscape is a good example of Paul Cezanne’s mastery of the impressionist style. The scene is of a rocky path‚ possibly a hiking trail on the side of a mountain‚ and a few trees that veil the sky in patches of leaves. Cezanne’s method of painting is rather interesting‚ in that he paints each stroke like a plate of color‚ creating an overlapping mosaic. The palette he chose is also
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Famed author Amy Tan was born on February 19‚ 1952 in Oakland California. Her father was an electrical engineer and a Baptist minister. Her mother believed in Chinese spirits and left behind three daughters when she immigrated to America. Tan was raised in Northern California‚ but when her older brother and father both died from brain tumors‚ her mother took her and her younger brother to Europe. By the time she graduated high school‚ she had been attended eleven schools. She also got arrested for
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The first trigonometric table was apparently compiled by Hipparchus‚ who is now consequently known as "the father of trigonometry."[3] Sumerian astronomers introduced angle measure‚ using a division of circles into 360 degrees.[4]They and their successors the Babylonians studied the ratios of the sides of similar triangles and discovered some properties of these ratios‚ but did not turn that into a systematic method for finding sides and angles of triangles. The ancient Nubians used a similar methodology
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Paul Allen co-founded the Microsoft Corporation with Bill Gates (1955- ) ‚ adapting existing programming languages such as BASIC‚ which was originally written for mainframe computers‚ into software suitable for personal computers. Such innovations enabled the software industry to become established and expand as a viable business‚ strengthening the American economy and creating new groups of computer entrepreneurs and users. As personal computers became more affordable and accessible during the 1980s
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The early 20th century in France was a cultural moment which artists and aesthetic sensibilities influenced each other‚ especially in costume. The French couturier‚ Paul Poiret (1879-1944)‚ born in Paris to a cloth merchant had the good fortune of being immersed in the traditions of the French couture. As a young boy‚ Poiret was fascinated with color‚ design‚ and fabric. He experimented with scraps of fabric on a wooden mannequin during the first job for an umbrella maker. His first break came when
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inspiring new “rags-to-riches” billionaires of Southeast Asia is Andrew Tan of Alliance Global Group‚ Inc.‚ the new multi-billion peso holding company for his three major businesses – condominium-developer Megaworld‚ the world’s biggest brandy producer Emperador Distillers‚ Inc. and a HUGE percentage on shareholdings in the nationwide Philippine franchise of McDonald’s fastfood chain. The latest 2007 issue of Forbes magazine lists Tan as the country’s fourth wealthiest billionaire after the Zobel-Ayala
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Paul McCartney was born June 18‚ 1942‚ in Liverpool‚ England. His work with the Beatles in the 1960s helped lift popular music from its origins in the entertainment business and transform it into a creative‚ highly commercial art form. He is also one of the most popular solo performers of all time in terms of both sales of his recordings and attendance at his concerts. Paul McCartney began his lifelong love affair with music at an early age. Although he took formal music lessons as a boy‚ the future
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When I was in Form 2‚ we had a temporary science teacher. His name was Mr. Tan. He taught us for a couple of months before he obtained a place in university to further his studies. We found out that he was leaving us just one day before the day he was supposed to leave. He did not tell us. Another teacher did. As we liked very much‚ we got together and planned a farewell party for him. The girls agreed to make some tidbits and the boys agreed to prepare some drinks. It was to be a small party‚ as
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Nickesha Larmond Paul and Peter Background information about Paul Paul whose name was Saul was an early Christian missionary and theologian‚ known as the Apostle to the Gentiles was born a Jew in Tarsus‚ Rome. As a minor‚ he was trained as a rabbi but earned his living as a tentmaker. A zealous Pharisee‚ he persecuted the first Christians until a vision of Jesus‚ experienced while on the road to Damascus‚ converted him to Christianity. Three years later he met St. Peter and Jesus ’ brother
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