Oil on Canvas 1772 Claude Joseph Vernet French 1714-1779 Patron’s Permanent Fund and Chester Dale Fund 2000.221 Claude Joseph Vernet was one of the most artistic French landscape and marine painters in Europe during the seventeenth century. Throughout his successful career‚ Vernet made sketching trips within Rome and along the Mediterranean coast capturing scenes that reflect his most famous works of art (National Gallery of Art‚ 2005). During the age of Enlightenment‚ he received many
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Raven’s Gate The moral or message the author was trying to make was‚ to believe in yourself‚ and to believe in others and to never give up‚ even through loss or despair. Raven’s Gate by Anthony Horowitz‚ is a story that takes place in Ipswich‚ and then moves on to lesser Malling. The main characters in the story are Matthew Freeman‚ Jayne Deverill‚ and Richard Cole. Matthew Freeman‚ is trying to break into a warehouse with his friend Kelvin late at night to steal electrical equipment‚ but are
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lthough the idea of a bridge spanning the Golden Gate was not new‚ the proposal that eventually took hold was made in a 1916 San Francisco Bulletin article by former engineering student James Wilkins.[15] San Francisco’s City Engineer estimated the cost at $100 million‚ impractical for the time‚ and fielded the question to bridge engineers of whether it could be built for less.[9] One who responded‚ Joseph Strauss‚ was an ambitious but dreamy engineer and poet who had‚ for his graduate thesis‚ designed
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RAILWAY GATE CONTROL Submitted by [pic] M.V.PRAVEEN KUMAR M.SATISH ¾ EEE‚ ¾ EEE‚ Praveenwish007@yahoo.co.in satishwin46@gmail.com Contact: 9989823951 Contact: 9966633406 S.R.K.R.COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING BHIMAVARAM ABSTRACT: The objective of this paper is to provide an automatic railway gate at a levelcrossing replacing the gates operated
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Bill Gates is a hero that has a great impact on the world‚ he is a hero because he created useful technology. He started his own company‚ Microsoft‚ from scratch. Heroes have specific characteristics to fulfill their requirements. Heroes are often clever‚ promptitude‚ brave‚ and not afraid of taking risks. Promptitude is to be mentally quick and act in tough situations. Cleaver is how to know to act in very tough situation quickly as possible. Bravery is to take risks and not to be afraid of
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failure. Bill Gates INTRODUCTION: The entrepreneur I have chosen is legendary business figure Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III as known as Bill Gates is an American businessman‚ investor‚ author‚ philanthropist and last but not least an entrepreneur. Bill Gates is a CEO and a chairman of the software company "Microsoft". He is best known as an entrepreneur in personal computer area and he is one of the wealthiest people in the world. The main reason that Bill Gates has a big influence
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Speaker’s Relationship with the Audience: The Brandenburg Gate Speech Ronald Reagan‚ the former president of the United States from 1981 to 1989‚ spoke in the Brandenburg Gate. Ronald Reagan gave his famous “Tear Down this Wall” speech in Berlin. Many people in Germany were ready for freedom and others wanted it as well. Many people felt there should be peace within the city. Ronald Reagan wanted to persuade the Soviets and Communists that change and openness was a great thing. Ronald Reagan’s speech
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"Bill Gates is a modern business phenomenon: the greatest of the cyber-tycoons. His is not simply a story of technical brilliance and enormous wealth; it is one of remarkable business vision and an obsessive desire to win. It is also about a leadership style that is radically different to anything the business world has seen before." Dearlove‚ D. (1998) William Gates III was born in Seattle‚ Washington‚ US‚ on October 28‚ 1955. His father‚ William Henry Gates (II) Jr.‚ was a lawyer while his
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the construction of The Ishtar Gate‚ one of eight gateways into Babylon‚ a city in what we now call Iraq. The gate’s name comes from Ishtar‚ the goddess of love and war. Years later‚ during 1899 to 1917‚ Robert Koldewey and his team‚ excavated the Ishtar Gate. The Ishtar gate was reconstructed in the 1930s‚ and currently resides at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The Ishtar Gate stood 46ft high‚ and 100ft wide; built mainly of blue varnished bricks. The Ishtar gate features intimidating patterns of
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heroic qualities and is able to be called a hero is Bill Gates. Bill Gates is able to be depicted as a hero because of his generous donations to charity‚ creation of Microsoft‚ and promotions of scientific research. To begin with‚ Bill Gates has made numerous donations to various charities throughout his career. Bill Gates’ generous donations demonstrate his willingness to help others and make sacrifices. It has been estimated that Bill Gates has donated over 36 billion dollars‚ half of his net worth
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