...Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon are the married couple who make up the artistic duo known world-wide as Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Both born on June 13, 1935, he in Bulgaria and she in France, the couple met in Paris in 1958 when Jeanne-Claude's mother hired Christo to paint a portrait. Although Jeanne-Claude was engaged to another man, whom she eventually married, Jeanne-Claude still fell in love with Christo. She left her husband after 3 weeks of marriage to be with Christo. In 1960, the couple had a son, Cyril Christo. From then on, the couple were virtually inseparable. The only time they left one another's side was when flying so that, should there be a crash, at least one of them would survive to continue their work. Christo and Jeanne-Claude were permanently separated on November 18, 2009, after 51 years, when Jeanne-Claude passed away after suffering a brain aneurysm. She is survived not only by her husband and son, but by their works, one of which has yet to be completed. The couple first came up with the idea of the "Over The River" project in 1992. Over a period of years, the couple scrutinized 15,000 miles of river through five different states. The pair was looking for a location that would meet certain requirements. They wanted the river to have steep walls with no trees to obscure the view. They also required a railroad track to run alongside one of the river shores. It was important that the location have homes...
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...of steel. Sixty miles of vinyl tubing. Lots of nuts and bolts, and a $21 million price tag. How did the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude manage to spend that much money on their tangerine dream? | | "To pose the question out loud smacks of ingratitude, particularly given what is widely viewed as the project's benefit to the city: drawing thousands of foreign tourists and pumping an estimated $254 million into New York's economy. And the artists have paid for the project entirely on their own, using no public or corporate money, and therefore do not need to justify their expenses." (McIntire, 2005) The Gates was an idea conceived by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and construction on the project began in January 2005. 23 miles of New York's Central Park walkway's were covered in this art project. The couple are known for their large environmental art. Some of their pieces include, Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris, and the 24 mile long artwork called Running Fence in Sonoma and Marin counties in California. On January 3, 2005, work began on the installation of The Gates project. The installation required the use of forklifts, marker signs, and large steel plates for mounting the pillars. There was some controversy with the project. A lot of people enjoyed the art, but there were also a lot of people who did not like it. Christo and Jeanne-Claude did not have a vote, nor did they pass around a petition to the frequent visitors of the park to see if the work...
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...also use their artwork to create a visual record of their specific time and place. Another role of an artist is to make functional objects and structures more pleasurable by imbuing them with beauty and meaning. Finally the fourth role of an artist is to give form to the immaterial ideas and feelings. The first piece of artwork I chose is a piece created by Christo and Jeanne-Claude called “The Gates”. This artwork is beautiful and amazingly done. It is a great example of how an artist can use their artwork to help us see the world in new and innovative ways. Christo and Jeanne-Claude used their artwork to bring two different cultures together in one place for all to see. The artwork made Central Park even more beautiful and for those who were lucky enough to see this artwork, it is something they will never forget. I like the idea of using real objects to create art. Most people think art is simply drawn or painted and they don't realize that art can be so much more than just something on paper or on a wall. Using objects to create art is so interesting and creative. The second piece of artwork I chose is Claude Monet's “Gare Saint Lazare. Monet takes the role of an artist who is creating a visual record of their time and place. The particular place in this artwork is Paris. In this painting, Monet shows a more modern Paris with both the good and bad that modern changes can cause. Monet adds more railroads to show a bigger and better more up to date ...
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...Reading Response 6 Calvin Tomkins, “Christo’s Public Art: How to Win Friends, Outlast Enemies, and Make the Social Structure Work for You in Northern California,” is about the artist Christo and his Running Fence project. The project took place in Marin County, California and consisted of a shimmering white cloth that acted like a fence but rippled in the wind. The fence route ran through Marin County and down the coast into the ocean. When the nylon had been pulled as far as it would go into the ocean, Christo talked to Don Dickenson, of the Marin County Planning Department because Christo had been working in the forbidden coastal zone, which was a violation to the Coastal Commission. Christo has gone outside the normal art world to put all his time in projects that have no market for. It is projects only made for viewers to observe and not to buy. His projects only alter the environment only briefly before they are taken down. Christo creates public art and the involvement and the whole process is the crucial and most important part of the project. When Christo tried explaining the project to the Ranchers in which the fence would cross their land, he stated that it was a fence without function and a celebration of the landscape. I have seen a documentary on this project in one of my other classes and didn’t understand the project as much as I do now after reading Calvin Tomkins writing on the project. I didn’t understand the point of the fence on the coast at all and...
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...Innovation ——Underground Auto-parking Building Every day, there are many students who go to UMAC by riding their motorbikes. They may face a very big problem that there is lack of space for them to park their motorbikes. Since they always arrive to UMAC and it is almost time when classes are going to start, they might have to park their motorbikes in some places that are illegal for parking, or they just park their motorbikes behind the other motorbikes in a hurry that will block them when the others want to leave, that is the reason why you always see people have to move the other‘s motorbikes before they ride their own motorbikes to leave, and it is quite a hard task for some girls to move the others' heavy motorbikes. In order to prevent the situation that the messy parking habits bother the others and lead to penalties for parking illegally, we suggest building a new underground motorbikes park which is with high-technology in order to solve the problem and also make the most use of space. It will help our students to park their motorbikes in a suitable space automatically. The new motorbike park is time-saving, space-saving and convenient to the students. Having this new motorbike park, students can feel relieved as they do not need to worry about finding available parking places, do not need to remember the places they have once parked their motorbikes and their motorbikes can be stored safely. You may think the new motorbike park is just the same traditional one...
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...Jennifer Flake Mrs. Kathy Marks English 10 9 February 2010 Narrow is the Gate “If I could only make it through middle school…” I thought to myself as I tossed my book bag onto the couch. The overload of school, boys, and drama made me wonder how I made it from day to day. My sixth grade year had been a catastrophe so far. At lease once a day, I thought about where my parents were. My grandmother showed love for me in place of them. Although there were many people in my life who loved me, the thought of my parents still nagged at the back of my mind. “What could I have done wrong to be left by the people who brought me into this world? Was it my looks or my personality?” These thoughts were always sitting in the back of my conscience. Sometimes, I would lie in bed at night, unable to sleep, and I would feel this overwhelming sense of rejection. On most days, I felt as if the gates of my life were closing rapidly in my face. Growing up, my grandmother was always my role model, but I never imagined I would be living with her. My parents decided to live in sin rather than work towards the gates of Heaven. They were driven by rebellion and deceit every day, and the responsibility of taking care of their only child just wasn’t a priority to either one of them. As I tossed and turned in bed, I wondered what the talk of the lunch table would be the next day. I always seemed to be the center of attention in a negative way. I was often referred to as the “new girl” or the “loner...
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...Risk assessment P3 Assignment: carry out a risk assessment in a health and social care setting. M2: Assess the hazards identified in the health and social care settings. D1: Make a re-commendation in relation to the identified hazards to minimize the risk to the service user group. For this assignment I am going to carry out risk assessment that can occur in child nursery playground these includes: * Slide- cars, trike * water table * open gate * slippery floor, trips and fall * smaller toys laying around * banned swing IDENTIFIED HAZARD | RISK M2 | CONTROL D1 | Slide- cars, trike (broken slide, broken toys cars and broken wheels on the trike) the children can come in to contact with this toys and they get injured. | Likelihood 1 | Severity 2 | Risk 1X2 =2 | This hazard would affect the both staffs and children but mainly the children. So for this hazard to be controlled or prevented, all staffs are to looking after and supervising the children and also they should always ensure that all toys used for playing is be inspected and maintained regularly by the person in charged. Another way this hazard can be prevented or controlled is if playing toys were to be made with rubber to prevent serious injuries if the kids were to by any chance come in contact with any broken toys. Children playing outside nursery should be supervised at all times by a member of staff to ensure that the kids don’t hurt them while playing with other toys available...
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...Software Requirements Specification FOR AUTOMATIC RAILWAY GATE CONTROL SYSTEM PREPARED BY: SHIKHAR MALIK (13BCE0494) EMAIL: shikhar.malik2013@vit.ac.in SUBMITTED TO: PROF. AKILA VICTOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LAB (L5+L6) SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Table of contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3 1.2 Purpose……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4 1.3 Scope………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………..5 1.4 Overview ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….... 7 2. Overall Description 2.1 Process Model……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 2.2 Work Break-down Structure……………………………………………………………………………………………….9 2.3 Data flow Diagram……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10 2.4 Tentative Schedule…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….11 2.5 Use-Case Model ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..12 3. Specific Requirement 3.1 Functional Requirements……………………………………………………………………………………………….....14 3.2 Non-Functional Requirements……………………………………………………………………………………………14 ...
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...SPECIFIC SITE DUTIES Morning Guard: Commencing around 0250hrs. Rostered hours – 0300hrs to 1130hrs ½ Hour meal at approximately 0830hrs. Off duty 1130hrs after change over and briefing oncoming guard. Unlock and re-lock main gates on entry, unlock gatehouse, sign on in log book and time sheet. Ring mobile night guard let him know you are on site, ring SMC, and let them know you are on site, getting the name of the operator and logging it, disarm alarms in both Warehouse and Administration, (either set of two panels is all that is necessary). Turn all lights on as instructed, commence internal and patrol, unlock side gates and open, unlock manual lock on front sliding doors to reception. (Await Duty Manager to arrive.) When above is completed re-open main gates, (one needs to be secured open with small chain) meet and greet staff (from approximately 0400hrs on) and commence logging trucks, Toll Fast vehicles and couriers etc. Log all casual, contractor and staff, who need access cards in register, remember to issue correct card, ie: warehouse/casual card – admin/staff card/Contractors. All staff, visitor and contractor vehicles are to be searched on leaving the site ie. Boot and wheel well, glove box, consol and behind front seats. Note: This applies to all staff. Random ID checks at least once a week if possible. Bag searches when possible of outgoing staff. NOTE: DEFINATELY NO DELIVERY TRUCKS BEFORE 0700hrs ARE PERMITTED PAST SIDE GATES...
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...The wall crumbles under the might of the shiny, glamorous metal head. Built with expert craftsmanship with only the best material. Incredibly strong, durable metals and exotic and stylish woods make up the powerhouse: the sledgehammer. Railroad spikes, driven down into rails, rendering them immovable. It can pound walls into a powder. It withholds unbeatable power. The sledgehammer is a symbol of power and devastation, while also a symbol of hard work and labor. The tool can potentially be a destructive force, but can also be used for constructive purposes. On the devastation side of the line, the sledgehammer used, for example, if a wall or two must fall. It will tear through anything with ease. Its iron skull always primed and ready. The...
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...meeting, Jeanne-Claude and Christo had a very different relationship to the arts to one another. The pair, known as Jeanne-Claude and Christo, are renowned for their ‘wrapping works’: gigantic outdoor installations which consists in temporarily wrapping entire monuments in cloth around the world (. Christo had been drawn to spacial design ever since he started aged twelve putting on plays to amuse his parents and their friends. During those plays, he created the set: imagining a new environment in a chosen space. This interest was stimulated once again when moving to Sofia to study Fine Art. Christo managed to feed his love for installations when he was given a project to redesign tracks used by the Orient Express. Not only the project developed his “visceral sense of...
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...The Gates, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, swept through New York City much like a phoenix. These rich golden structures rejuvenated the tragedy-stricken city at a crucial time in a number of ways. The pleasant warmth radiating from The Gates uplifted the spirit of the people, while the attraction itself brought in an estimated quarter billion dollars to the city. Both, of which, the city was so sorely lacking in the desperate times post-9/11. The Gates are a testament to their people, rising from the ashes amidst tragedy. In time this will be seen as a deeply important part of New York culture, a bright spot in history. It gave the people something to enjoy, both newcomers and veterans alike. People native to New York may have had a new reason...
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...carry on the avant-garde call to make art a more vital part of life. The explosion of new technologies and the breakdown of medium-specific art in the 1960s provided myriad opportunities for physically engaging the viewer in a work of art. Less familiar is the history of those artistic practices since the 1960s that appropriate social forms as a way to bring art closer to everyday life: intangible experiences such as dancing samba (Hélio Oiticica) or funk (Adrian Piper); drinking beer (Tom Marioni); discussing philosophy (Ian Wilson) or politics (Joseph Beuys); organizing a garage sale (Martha Rosler); running a café (Allen Ruppersberg; Daniel Spoerri; Gordon Matta-Clark), a hotel (Alighiero Boetti; Ruppersberg) or a travel agency (Christo and Jeanne-Claude). As Paolo Virno has noted, if the historic avant-garde were inspired by, and connected to, centralized political parties, then ‘today’s collective practices are connected to the decentred and heterogeneous net that composes post- Fordist social cooperation’. Futurist activities were performance-based, held in theatres but also in the streets, assertively itinerant (touring cities throughout Italy), and supported by a comprehensive assault on public consciousness via a printed matter. Events were preceded by manifestos and flysheet actions in the city to stir up attention; after performances, press releases were written up and sent to national and foreign newspapers. To describe Futurist experimentation as performance art, however...
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...Alguno de nosotros podría contestar a la pregunta porque está acá, porque están en el mejor o unos de los mejores centros de estudios del país estudiando una maestría. Unos me dirán porque así lo quise, otros porque me esforcé, otros porque mis padres me lo dieron, o mi empresa me lo dio y alguno de repente me contestaría porque me lo merezco. Se han dado cuenta de las oportunidades que nos da la vida, del privilegio que esto significa, y sin embargo que hacemos con ese regalo, porque esss un regalo, no sé si lo merecemos o no, pero lo que sí sé es que somos afortunados dentro de una masa de infortunados. Sigue siendo una minoría muy pequeña la que estudia una maestría, y más pequeña aún una maestría buena. Cuando les pedí que vean el video de Diébédo Francis Kéré, es porque vi en él a cada uno de nosotros, vi una persona con oportunidades, con liderazgo y con capacidad de amar. Eso es todo lo que se necesita para hacer lo que él hizo. Y todos ustedes cumplen esos tres requisitos, oportunidades, liderazgo y capacidad de amar. A veces pensamos que no tenemos tiempo para ayudar a los demás y que sacrificaríamos mucho si nos embarcamos en algún proyecto de ayuda. Recuerdan la campaña de navidad. No use más de 5 horas (de mis horas de almuerzo en el transcurso de dos semanas) entre coordinaciones, mails, llamadas telefónicas y un par de idas al centro de Lima para embarcar en un camión los juguetes que hicieron felices a cerca de 500 niños de Huancavelica. Que con la ayuda...
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...Jean-Paul Roig Citations historiques expliquées Des origines à nos jours E YROLLES PRATIQUE Citations historiques expliquées Des origines à nos jours Dans la même collection : π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π Petite histoire de l’Inde, Alexandre Astier Comprendre l’hindouisme, Alexandre Astier Communiquer en arabe maghrébin, Yasmina Bassaïne et Dimitri Kijek QCM de culture générale, Pierre Biélande Le christianisme, Claude-Henry du Bord La philosophie tout simplement, Claude-Henry du Bord Comprendre la physique, Frédéric Borel Marx et le marxisme, Jean-Yves Calvez L’histoire de France tout simplement, Michelle Fayet QCM Histoire de France, Nathan Grigorieff Citations latines expliquées, Nathan Grigorieff Philo de base, Vladimir Grigorieff Religions du monde entier, Vladimir Grigorieff Les philosophies orientales, Vladimir Grigorieff Les mythologies tout simplement, Sabine Jourdain Découvrir la psychanalyse, Edith Lecourt Comprendre l’islam, Quentin Ludwig Comprendre le judaïsme, Quentin Ludwig Comprendre la kabbale, Quentin Ludwig Le bouddhisme, Quentin Ludwig Les religions, Quentin Ludwig La littérature française tout simplement, Nicole Masson Dictionnaire des symboles, Miguel Mennig Les mots-clés de la géographie, Madeleine Michaux Histoire du Moyen Âge, Madeleine Michaux Histoire de la Renaissance, Marie-Anne Michaux Citations philosophiques expliquées, Florence...
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