Trip to the Museum It’s the first Saturday of March‚ on a cold morning with a clear sky and a radiant sun‚ I decided to visit a museum in downtown Saint Louis‚ Missouri. I’m arriving at eleven o’clock‚ a little bit late to what I was expecting because the Metrolink train had a delay due to technical problems. The museum is located exactly below the famous Gateway Arch of Saint Louis. I have heard that it’s an excellent place to learn about American History and the way America expanded to the West
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A visit to Subir Raha Oil Museum at ONGC‚ Dehradun By Kevin P Joseph (MBA-ET : 500026236) As a part of the curriculum of the programs offered at UPES‚ the students of first semester MBA Energy Trading and MBA Oil & Gas were taken to Subir Raha Oil Museum‚ ONGC in Dehradun. Being the students of the petroleum industry‚ this visit gave us a rich and holistic picture about how oil it is created in the nature‚ how various methods are used to detected it‚ the various challenges which the industry
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In Outliers‚ Malcolm Gladwell argues that success is a culmination of many circumstances and opportunities in a person’s life‚ not a testament to personal talent or ability like our society views it. Gladwell supports his central argument using case studies. His book is divided into two sections‚“Opportunity” and “Legacy‚” where he further explains his claim using individual cases of either success or failure. In the first example‚ Gladwell points out that the best ice hockey players are fast
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Monica Vaughn Art History I 10 November 2010 Museum Project Ansel Adams‚ The Tetons and The Snake River‚ Grand Teton National Park. 1942. Gelatin Silver Print. Featured at Phoenix Art Museum. Phoenix‚ Arizona. Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was born in San Francisco‚ California. Being raised in the shadows of the great Golden Gate Bridge was the motivation for his deep appreciation for nature and his early childhood would become his primary inspiration to pursue photography. Strangely enough the 1906
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A simple glance at the front cover of Malcolm Gladwell’s “David and Goliath” reveals a few things about Gladwell himself; he’s authored numerous other works‚ he’s a national bestseller‚ and he has a fondness for routinely boring‚ stark white book covers. Just above the bolded title—a place most readers probably won’t pay much attention to—typed in the smallest font on the cover‚ is a seemingly unassertive New York Times quote that is meant to highlight the book’s excellence. “As always‚” it reads
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Over the Summer‚ I will read the book The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell . I am not a big reader but when I do read I would like to learn something. In the past i enjoyed reading God’s not Dead by Rice Broocks as well as You Are a Bada** by Jen Sincero. These types of books interest me because I enjoy being able to learn something new while still enjoying the story behind it. During the Selection Process I researched books i have read in the past to lead me to books i could read over this upcoming
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“Thresholds of Violence” is an article featured on The New Yorker written by Malcolm Gladwell. The article is written in regards to a young man‚ John LaDue‚ who has been arrested on several accounts which center around a planned attack on his high school. Gladwell utilizes LaDue as an example to portray the rising concern about gun violence in schools today. Gladwell is attempting to represent the minimal impact a person’s mental state and history has on his ability to commit heinous crimes such
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The Appleton Museum of Art Central Florida College April 6‚ 2012 The Appleton Museum is undeniably a treasured gem to the Central Florida area. Many residents to the region are unaware of the history located right in their backyards. I’ve lived in the area my entire life and never had any knowledge of this incredible gallery. When I caught wind of the assignment‚ my initial thought was that I was going to have to go visit an old‚ beat up building that displays some prints that great artists
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History of Kyrgyzstan Museum Essay The mummy The topic of my museum essay is a mummy lying in the museum. This artifact interested me a lot because of its uniqueness and originality. As far as I know‚ this is the only mummy keeping in our country. It is kept here from the 5th century. Its origin is the burial site of Kara-Bulak‚ Batken region‚ Osh province. The condition of a mummy is a natural state of mummification. The artifact itself is very interesting. There is a juniper coffin‚ the
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Museum Paper I went to the Cantor Center for Visual Arts on Stanford Campus on 2/28/13. I saw a lot of sculptures and vases there. They are very beautiful and interested. The most interested one I think was Kleophon Painter‚ “Volute Krater”‚ ca. 430 BCE‚ Greece‚ red-figure terra cotta vase‚ size 26’ ¾” * 19’ *19’. Hazel D. Hansen Fund‚ 12‚ 1972 Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. This vase is located in the Iris & B Gerald Cantor Center from the classical period between 479-323 BCE
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