...Mosaic of Alexander The Alexander Mosaic, dating from circa 100 BC, is a Roman floor mosaic originally from the House of the Faun inPompeii.[1] It depicts a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia and measures 2.72 x 5.13m (8 ft 11in x 16 ft 9in).[2] The original is preserved in the Naples National Archaeological Museum. The mosaic is believed to be a copy of an early 3rd century BC Hellenistic painting,[3] possibly by Philoxenos of Eretria.[4] The mosaic is made of about one and a half million tiny colored tiles called tesserae, arranged in gradual curves called opus vermiculatum, (also known as "worm work," because they seem to replicate the slow motion of a crawling worm). The mosaic is an unusually detailed work for a private residence and was likely commissioned by a wealthy person or family. Battle[edit] The mosaic illustrates a battle in which Alexander faced and attempted to capture or kill Darius. Alexander defeated him at the Battle of Issus and two years later at the Battle of Gaugamela. The work is traditionally believed to show the Battle of Issus.[5] The mosaic is held to be a copy of either a painting by Aristides of Thebes, or of a lost late 4th century BC fresco by the painter Philoxenos of Eretria. The latter is mentioned byPliny the Elder (XXXV, 110) as a commission for the Macedonian king Cassander.[6] Alexander and Darius[edit] Detail showing Alexander 1893 Reconstruction of the mosaic depiction. Despite being damaged...
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...1 In memory of Skip and Mary Dickinson For Quintin and Griffin And for Louise Dennys, with thanks ‘Most of you, I am sure, remember the tragic circumstances of the death of Geoffrey Clifton at Gilf Kebir, followed later by the disappearance of his wife, Katharine Clifton, which took place during the 1939 desert expedition in search of Zerzura. “I cannot begin this meeting tonight without referring very sympathetically to those tragic occurrences. “The lecture this evening ...” From the minutes of the Geographical Society meeting of November 194-, London I The Villa SHE STANDS UP in the garden where she has been working and looks into the distance. She has sensed a shift in the weather. There is another gust of wind, a buckle of noise in the air, and the tall cypresses sway. She turns and moves uphill towards the house, climbing over a low wall, feeling the first drops of rain on her bare arms. She crosses the loggia and quickly enters the house. In the kitchen she doesn’t pause but goes through it and climbs the stairs which are in darkness and then continues along the long hall, at the end of which is a wedge of light from an open door. She turns into the room which is another garden—this one made up of trees and bowers painted over its walls and ceiling. The man lies on the bed, his body exposed to the breeze, and he turns his head slowly towards her as she enters. Every four days she washes his black body, beginning at the destroyed feet. She wets a washcloth...
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...and Francisco “Pancho” Villa shared many things in their short lives, but more than anything they were men who saw and experienced the injustices in their homeland and gave their lives to change their country. Both men were revolutionaries, not politicians; in fact they both felt better leading men and women in battle than in fighting political battles. Both were born into small farming communities, whose inhabitants were mostly landless serfs working the lands of large haciendas where they worked as farm hands, functioned as slaves, and were officially treated as serfs. Zapata was from the southern part of Mexico while Villa´s home territory was the northern state of Chihuahua. Mexico is nearly as long as the US is wide and as diverse in topography, climate, natural resources and people. Both had some education and as teenagers, became the support for their families when their fathers died. Both men were drafted into military service but managed to complete only a portion of their terms. Zapata was a respected horse trainer and his commanding officer got him transferred to help train horses. Villa was arrested for stealing horses and forced to join the federal army. After several months he deserted because he murdered an officer and stole the man´s horse. For as many similarities the two were also very different, Pancho Villa was a brash showman, while Emiliano Zapata was quieter and spoke in a high voice. He was known as a man of few words while Villa, who did not drink, could...
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...people he did not like fired. Jeff Lander made me lose money on a daily basis. To being with, I was a cleaner for Shawnee Villas resort in the Poconos, Jeff was my inspector. Because Jeff would not arrive on time, I was forced to wait for him. Jeff was responsible for telling me what houses I had to clean. I waited 10 minutes, 20 minutes and hour, still no Jeff. This was extremely frustrating since I got paid by the amount of villas I completed in eight hours. When Jeff finally arrived, he did not have the proper paper work. I asked what happened to it and he proceeded to tell me some long story about how his girl friend threw it out the window while they were arguing. I did not care, I just wanted to start working already. But I was forced to wait even longer while he went to the main office to get new paper work. Once we were finally ready to go, Jeff drove all of the cleaners to the villa’s, at least I thought he was. He wanted to making a quick stop to the deli and get coffee, the stop was not quick. As I walked in the store I heard Jeff demanding a fresh pot of coffee. I just walked out, enraged and ready to curse Jeff out, but kept calm. Finally I arrived to the villas and Jeff assigned what I had to do. I got it done in record time and called Jeff to inspect it, no answer. I called again and still no answer. I then proceeded to walk over to the villa Jeff was in. I found him sleeping on the couch with the television on blast, no...
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...Malaysian Makes, Perodua / By Danny Tan / 26 November 2010 3:20 pm / 147 comments [pic] Perodua launched the Viva Elite Exclusive Edition in Sabah yesterday following the Peninsular launch two weeks ago, adding sales momentum to its best seller in East Malaysia. The small car maker aims to sell 600 units of the RM42,000 leather equipped Exclusive Edition per month. According to Perodua MD Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh, a total of 240,000 Vivas have been sold since it was launched in 2007 and the high spec Viva Elite is the best selling variant of the range from January to October this year, accounting for 41.4% or 24,000 units from a total of 58,000 units. In East Malaysia, Aminar said that the Viva is the company’s best selling model at nearly 50% of total sales. “Of the 21,300 vehicles sold in East Malaysia, Sabah contributes 46% to our sales in this region and I believe this market still has a lot of room to grow,” Aminar told Bernama. The firm has high hopes on East Malaysia. “Sabah and Sarawak are our fastest growing regions with nearly 14% contribution or 21,300 vehicles to our overall sales so far this year. We aim to increase sales contribution from this region from its current to 20% within five years,” he added. Perodua is the market leader in East Malaysia with nearly 35% of total industry volume. Click here to view details and images of the Viva Elite Exclusive Edition from our previous...
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...Yvette Escobar December 12, 2012 Period 2 Pancho Villa One of the most notorious rebels in Mexico was Pancho villa Doroteo Aranga.. Pancho Villa was important because he was part of the group of rebels who supported Francisco Madero in the Mexican Revolution when he rose up against the regime of Porfirio Diaz. Madero came to power but was then overthrown and killed. Victoriano Huerta then took power. Villa was the leader of one of the armies that fought against Huerta's regime. Villa and the other leaders were able to overthrow Huerta and to set up the semi-democratic system that is still in place in Mexico today, it has become much more democratic in the last 12 years. Pancho Villa then was famous because he was one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution. Villa's Robin Hood story began after he established himself and his bandit followers in the sierras in 1900. Officially, the years 1900-09 are "unaccounted for," but it was during this period that he became a legendary hero to the poor for skillfully evading the Porfiriato's oppressive rurales. In 1910 Villa and his men came down from the hills to join Fransisco l Madero’s revolutionary forces, therefore making an historical transition from ‘bandidos’ to ‘revolucionarios’. The compelling figure was able to recruit an army of thousands, including a substantial number of Americans, some of whom were made captains in the División...
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...ALSO BY MALCOLM GLADWELL The Tipping Point To my parents, Joyce and Graham Gladwell Introduction The Statue That Didn’t Look Right In September of 1983, an art dealer by the name of Gianfranco Becchina approached the J. Paul Getty Museum in California. He had in his possession, he said, a marble statue dating from the sixth century BC. It was what is known as a kouros—a sculpture of a nude male youth standing with his left leg forward and his arms at his sides. There are only about two hundred kouroi in existence, and most have been recovered badly damaged or in fragments from grave sites or archeological digs. But this one was almost perfectly preserved. It stood close to seven feet tall. It had a kind of light-colored glow that set it apart from other ancient works. It was an extraordinary find. Becchina’s asking price was just under $10 million. The Getty moved cautiously. It took the kouros on loan and began a thorough investigation. Was the statue consistent with other known kouroi? The answer appeared to be yes. The style of the sculpture seemed reminiscent of the Anavyssos kouros in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, meaning that it seemed to fit with a particular time and place. Where and when had the statue been found? No one knew precisely, but Becchina gave the Getty’s legal department a sheaf of documents relating to its more recent history. The kouros, the records stated, had been in the private collection of a Swiss physician named Lauffenberger...
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...Autobiography My name is LaQuinta Walker and I was born in the Spring of April 4, 1987 in Atlanta, Georgia. I was born to, high school sweethearts, Sharon and John Walker from a small town called Aliquippa, PA. My parents are currently still alive and has been married over 35 years. I am the youngest of five children, and whose name means "The Fifth" in Spanish. Some cool facts about my birthday are that I share it with the late poet, Maya Angelou. April 4th occasionally falls on Easter and is the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. These cool facts help reminds me that Greatness was born and ended on my great birthday and I have been passed a torch that will burn on. Soon after I was born, my family uprooted to Phoenix, Arizona, where my mother's family migrated too. My early childhood was pleasant growing up in the late 1980's. We were an average middle class family. My father enlisted in the Air Force Reserve, while working at Crystal Bottle Water Company. My mother was a Register Nurse most my life. Arizona was a good time! The climate there was great or could be extreme heat. Every house appeared to have a pool, which was really cool to own. We owned a golden retriever, who we adopted into our family and named Sassy Frassy Goldy Walker. She was my dog! Sassy had two set of litters prior to coming to live with us, she had a very protective, motherly instinct and I loved her. Sassy was a very good dog, until we made pound cake. As...
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...NAME: Madam C.J. Walker (birth name Sarah Breedlove) DATE OF BIRTH: December 23, 1867 PLACE OF BIRTH: Delta, Louisiana DATE OF DEATH: May 25, 1919 PLACE OF DEATH: Irvington-on-Hudson, New York FAMILY BACKGROUND: Sarah Breedlove, who later became known as Madam C. J. Walker, was born into a former-slave family to parents Owen and Minerva Breedlove. She had one older sister, Louvenia and brothers Alexander, James, Solomon and Owen, Jr. Her parents had been slaves on Robert W. Burney's Madison Parish farm which was a battle-staging area during the Civil War for General Ulysses S. Grant and his Union troops. She became an orphan at age 7 when her parents died. To escape a yellow fever epidemic and failing cotton crops, the ten year old Sarah and her sister moved across the river to Vicksburg in 1878 to obtain work. At the age of fourteen, Sarah married Moses McWilliams to escape her sister's abusive husband. They had a daughter, Lelia (later known as A'Lelia Walker, a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance). When Lelia was only two years old, McWilliams died. Sarah's second marriage to John Davis August 11, 1894 failed and ended sometime in 1903. She married for the third time in January, 1906 to newspaper sales agent, Charles Joseph Walker; they divorced in 1912. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Madam Walker was an entrepreneur who built her empire developing hair products for black women. She claims to have built her company on an actual dream where a large black...
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...ART 2 • MUSEUM – BASED ESSAY • DUE: MAY 4/5 Suggested Locations* L.A. Country Museum of Art (LACMA) • lacma.org for info. The Getty Center (Santa Monica) or Getty Villa (Malibu) • getty.edu for info. The assignment is to write an expository essay that focuses on an interpretation of one artwork using a specific symbol or theme (see examples below). Your interpretation must include an analysis of the subject & style of artwork in relation to the function of the object, as we do in class. (Remember the 4 Steps of Interpretation). Also, you should identify the style characteristics of the period-culture to which it belongs. In the paper you will provide “proof” for identifying style and/or meaning by comparing it to objects in your textbook. This assignment is NOT a “report.” That is, you will not find much information about the artwork at the museum. The point of this paper is to interpret the object based on similarities to other objects that are more “known.” Your interpretation should be made primarily of your own observations in relation to the information provided by the textbook and research you conduct about the artworks’ style, symbolism, cultural context, etc. You must support your observations with facts. Also you must properly cite your sources of information in a works cited list. Consult the articles on writing available on our MyECC teamsite in the Writing Resources folder. Examples of Symbols: sun, moon, star, flower, halo, cross, tree, horn, offering...
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...biggest competitor was Francisco I. Madero. In fear of losing, Díaz made sure he would maintain his presidentship in a most immature way. He arrested Madero for no reason, and won the election as a result. Later in that same year, the revolution would officially begin. Insurrections started to occur in multiple northern Mexican states. Over the next decade, thousands would flee from the area to avoid the civil war that was occurring (UTEP). During the time of the revolution, a plethora of events occurred to show the divide between the people and the government. The issues were shown mainly by multiple civil battles. The first of which happened in 1911 in the Ciudad Juárez between Madero’s troops, who were under the direction of Francisco Villa and Pascual Orozco, against federal troops. The battle would go on for three days, and it was the first loss that Díaz encountered. After that battle Díaz resigned his position as president and fled to France to get away from the revolution. Madero would be elected as the new president of Mexico because of Díaz’s resignation. Right after his election, the U.S. sent troops to the border worried that the revolution would cross over into America. The next year, Orozco would break his alliance with Madero and start a rebellion against him. It had turned into former allies turning against each other. Another group compiled of Victoriano Huerta, Felix Díaz (nephew of Porfirio), and Bernardo Reyes would rebel against Madero. The three battled Madero...
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...Pancho Villa, also known by his real name, as Doroteo Arango; was a famous Mexican Revolutionary leader who was not only loved by the poor, but hated by the wealthy. This lead for people to begin questioning themselves whether he was a true hero or a villain for his bandit of murders. Villa had positive outcomes such as helping the poor Mexican community and helping to overthrow the corrupt government; despite the reasons for hatred such as murdering U.S citizens and capturing land. One of Pancho Villa’s greatest acknowledgments to Mexican people was the help he provided during many of their struggles. He was born into a poor family, which made it more difficult to cope with when his father died at the age of 12 and had to become the man of...
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...en el norte de México. Gracias a esto gradualmente su popularidad se incremento, pues narraban de forma grandiosa las historias de los héroes de cierta comunidad. El Doctor y profesor Roberto De la Torre de la Universidad de Texas en Brownsville nos explica del corrido cambio de como música folclórica a genero musical que exagera la extravagante vida de los narcotraficantes. Este ensayo tratara de mencionar y desarrollar los puntos expuestos por el Doctor De la Torre. El Doctor de la Torre inicia su ponencia dando los orígenes del corrido que comienzan durante la revolución mexicana alrededor de 1920 y que tratan de temas revolucionarios. Este tipo de temas era popular entre la gente campesina que se sentía identificada con Francisco Villa y Emiliano Zapata; corridos que les daban la identidad y el deseo por luchar por la causa agraria. Con el pasar de los annos, este tipo de genero musical se fue aislando en el olvido pero que persistieron en el norte del país en regiones como las de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León. Al llegar a los 70's gracias al crecimiento de la industria musical en Monterrey, NL, el corrido volvió a popularizarse. Entre los corridistas maas famosos se encuentran Ramón Ayala y Lamberto Quintero. Tras popularizarse los corridos tomaron una dirección muy diferente a los corridos de la revolución mexicana; pues se enfocaban a las transacciones y historia de los Narcotraficantes al tratar de pasar la droga a los Estados Unidos. Debido a las narrativas cantadas por...
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...Fernando José Torres Sanz (Spanish pronunciation: [ferˈnando ˈtores]; born 20 March 1984), nicknamed El Niño (The Kid in Spanish),[4] is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker for Chelsea and the Spain national team. Torres started his career with Atlético Madrid, progressing through their youth system to the first team squad. He made his first team debut in 2001 and finished his time at the club having scored 75 goals in 174 La Liga appearances. Prior to his La Liga debut, Torres played two seasons in the Segunda División for Atlético Madrid, making 40 appearances and scoring seven goals. He joined Premier League club Liverpool in 2007, after signing for a club record transfer fee. He marked his first season at Anfield by being Liverpool's first player since Robbie Fowler in the 1995–96 season to score more than 20 league goals in a season. Torres became the fastest player in Liverpool history to score 50 league goals. He left the club in January 2011 to join Chelsea for a record British transfer fee of £50 million, which made him the most expensive Spanish player in history. In his first full season at Chelsea, he helped the club win the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. Torres is a Spanish international and made his debut against Portugal in 2003. He has since participated in five major tournaments; UEFA Euro 2004, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. Torres did not score at Euro 2004, but netted three at the 2006...
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...Constitution of 1857. The constitution established individual rights such as freedom of speech; freedom of conscience; freedom of the press; freedom of assembly; and the right to bear arms. It also reaffirmed the abolition of slavery, eliminated debtor prison, and eliminated all forms of cruel and unusual punishment, including the death penalty. As a result of El Porfiriato there is economic crises, anti re-election campaigns, inter-elite alliances crumbled, mobilization of subaltern sectors (peasants, workers, small landholders, etc.). Since so much corruption was taking place a revolution emerged. It was a revolution that was led by different factions, representatives of the poor peasant sector (Emiliano Zapata), poor northern ranchers (Pancho Villa), marginalized provincial middle class people (Alvaro Obregon) and the propertied provincial ranchers (Venustiano Carranza). All these factions formed an unstable unity to overthrow the dictatorial regime, then collaborated in writing Mexico’s modern constitution. The conflict lasted for about a decade and had several distinct phases. The period from 1920-1940 is often considered to be the Revolution phase, during which power was consolidated and...
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