EMILY ZOLA (1840-1902) French novelist and critic‚ the founder of the Naturalist movement in literature. Zola redefined Naturalism as "Nature seen through a temperament." Among Zola ’s most important works is his famous Rougon-Macquart cycle (1871-1893)‚ which included such novels as L ’ASSOMMOIR (1877)‚ about the suffering of the Parisian working-class‚ NANA (1880)‚ dealing with prostitution‚ and GERMINAL (1885)‚ depicting the mining industry. Zola ’s open letter J ’ACCUSE on January 13‚ 1898‚
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National Youth Day is celebrated in India on 12 January on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda. In 1984‚ the Government of India declared and decided to observe the birthday of Swami Vivekananda (12 January‚ according to the English calendar) as a National Youth Day every year from 1985 onwards. To quote from the Government of India ’s communication‚ ’it was felt that the philosophy of Swamiji and the ideals for which he lived and worked could be a great source of inspiration for the Indian Youth
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THE WAR OF CURRENTS Tesla vs Edison: THE WAR OF CURRENTS In the "War of Currents" era (sometimes "War of the Currents" or "Battle of Currents") in the late 1880s‚ George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison became adversaries due to Edison’s promotion of direct current (DC) for electric power distribution over alternating current (AC) advocated by Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. Thomas Edison American inventor andbusinessman was known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park" and pushed
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the clever and whimsical disregard for tradition fostered by Dadaism a decade earlier. The visual artists who first worked with Surrealist techniques and imagery were the German Max Ernst (1891–1976)‚ the Frenchman André Masson (1896–1987)‚ the Spaniard Joan Miró (1893–1983)‚ and the American Man Ray (1890–1976). There are many famous surrealists. The major Surrealist painters were Jean Arp‚ Max Ernst‚ André Masson‚ René Magritte‚ Yves Tanguy‚ Salvador Dalí‚ Pierre Roy‚ Paul Delvaux‚ and Joan
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transmissions were sent to a single receiver. • LEE DE FOREST (AMERICAN – 1873-1961) - 1906 – Patented the Audion Tube. 1920-1930 – Developed a means to record sound onto film‚ making the first movies with synch sound. • DAVID SARNOFF (BELARUSIAN – 1891-1971) - 1906 – worked for the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company. 1912 – Rose to fame after he claimed to be the only telegraph operator working to relay news about the survivors of the Titanic. 1919-1970 – Led (RADIO CORPORATION AMERICA) RCA. •
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LEARNING MODULE RATIONALE This module is about the biography of Jose Rizal. The discussion focuses on the family background of Jose Rizal and his life and experiences as a young boy and as a student. The personal background of Jose Rizal reflects the social‚ educational and cultural milieu of his time. In order to humanize him‚ it is significant to have a glimpse of his life and experiences at home and at school which had shaped his development as person as well as his ideals and principles in life
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Oscar Wilde as Dorian Gray ‘I have put too much of myself in it’ (Wilde 12)‚ commented Basil Hallward‚ a fictional artist‚ about his newly completed masterpiece. Just like Oscar Wilde‚ the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890‚ revised 1891)‚ who put so much of his life into his novel; his experience‚ surroundings‚ and the global happenings of his time‚ strongly influenced the production of the speculative‚ philosophical‚ gothic novel. The author’s homosexuality‚ the ridiculous social standards
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............................... 811 The Transplanting of the Companies Act 1862‚ 25 & 26 Vict‚ c 89 ....................... 814 The No Liability Legislation for Mining Companies ............................................. 818 The Reforms of the 1890s....................................................................................... 822 The ‘Transplant Effect’........................................................................................... 828 Legal Autonomy Versus Functionalism..
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River‚ and this is the start of one of his greatest novels (“Joseph Conrad”1). His sails ready for the sea in 1890‚ Conrad searching for command of a ship. Landed him as mate on a river steamer the “Societe Anonyme pour le Commerce du Hast- Congo” (“A Chronology” 1). This would lead him into the Congo and gave him the details and materials to write the Heart of Darkness (“Joseph Conrad” 3). 1891 Conrad returned to England after being in the Congo. His last time sailing the open seas was in 1894 (“Heart”
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According to dictionary.com‚ soccer is a form of football played between two teams of 11 players‚ in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the hands‚ except in the case of the goalkeepers‚ who can use their hands to catch‚ carry‚ throw‚ or stop the ball (soccer). In every society‚ there are many different things and many differences in common but there is one thing that links us all. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Soccer is a sport
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