visiting the Mcnay Art Museum‚ one of the many intricate paintings that caught my attention was the melancholy gaze of the Greek symbol‚ Niobe. Niobe by Alexey von Jawlensky was in the 19th and 20th century exhibition where it stood out from the others with its color pallet‚ materials used‚ and its historical meaning behind the painting. Alexey von Jawlensky artistically portrayed the emotions of Niobe‚ previously described by Greek mythology‚ by emphasizing on the raw emotion of Niobe’s story using his
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The December 26‚ 2004 Sumatran Tsunami [pic] On the morning of December 26‚ 2004 a magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck off the Northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The earthquake resulted from complex slip on the fault where the oceanic portion of the Indian Plate slides under Sumatra‚ part of the Eurasian Plate. The earthquake deformed the ocean floor‚ pushing the overlying water up into a tsunami wave. The tsunami wave devastated nearby areas where the wave may have been as high as
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Research Methods Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing. Werner von Braun Research • Knowing things • How do you know? • Direct Experience – through observation (Methodology) • Agreement reality (those things we “know” as part of the culture we share with those around us) and experiential reality. Human Inquiry 1) All people exhibit a desire to predict their circumstances. a. Getting an education will affect how much money we earn later in life b. Swimming
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Historical Validity in 2004’s "The Alamo" In the 2004 release‚ by Touchstone Pictures‚ "The Alamo" takes a famous story told throughout time and recreates it on the screen once again. This time was it really any better than the other releases? Maybe the flashy effects and better film quality could interest you in this movie but the real question is how valid is it. To the average person this story looks as if they have recreated it perfectly‚ but to a historian it might not look so genuine. Although
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the period from 01 September 2004 up to 20 September 2005. CHANGES IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS Rules & Regulations Implementing Republic Act No. 9239 otherwise known as the Optical Media Act of 2003 In February 2005‚ the Optical Media Board (“OMB”)‚ under the Office of President‚ promulgated the Rules and Regulations Implementing Republic Act No. 9239 (Implementing Rules”)‚ otherwise known as the Optical Media Act of 2003 which took effect on 02 March 2004. The Implementing Rules enhance
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An important symbol in Heinrich von Kleist’s ‘The Earthquake in Chile’ is the earthquake which took place in Santiago‚ Chile. The story revolves around three main characters. Jerónimo Rugera was a tutor in Don Enrique Asterón’s house. While being employed there he had fallen in love with Don Enrique Asterón’s daughter‚ Dona Josefa. Dona’s brother told their father about this and he dismissed Jerónimo from his house and sent Dona to the convent of Our Lady of the Mountain. The most probable reason
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IDEA 2004 IDEA 2004 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) was created so that any student with any type of physical or mental disabilities would receive an equal opportunity for a better education. I feel that IDEA 2004 has satisfied its purpose. Idea 2004 has implemented special education teachers to teach the students with disabilities. Since the first time that the act was created‚ it has been modified several times. Each time implementing special elements that aid mentally challenged
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that were published in order to raise discussion on the matter‚ Every Child Matters. This then produced The Children Act 2004 which is an update to the main legislation of the Children Act 1989 that covers the child protection. The Every Child Matters covers include children and young adults up to the age of 19 years and 24 years for the ones with disabilities. The Children Act 2004 focuses on 5 main points:- 1. Be healthy 2. Stay safe 3.
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The movie “Crash” - from director and producer Paul Haggis - pictures one day in the lives of various characters in Los Angeles‚ all of them from different social and racial backgrounds but nevertheless connected and intertwined throughout the story. The movie’s story is being told in a mostly chronological way‚ except that it puts one scene to the very beginning of the film and then cuts back to the day prior‚ indicated by the visual text “yesterday”. In this first sequence‚ detectives Graham Waters
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2004 DBQ The French and Indian War altered the political‚ ideological‚ and economic relations between Britain and its American colonies in many ways. It changed things such as cultural groups inhabiting the American colonies and the way the colonies were taxed. Document one clearly shows the difference in the changes of cultural groups‚ before the war mostly French and English with Spanish in the far south inhabited the east of North America which was affected. After the war there were no longer
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