munu102 writing Ngugi Wa Thiong’o: A Profile of a Literary and Social Activist. Ngugi wa Thiong’o‚ currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California‚ Irvine‚ was born in Kenya‚ in 1938 into a large peasant family. He was educated at Kamandura‚ Manguu and Kinyogori primary schools; Alliance High School‚ all in Kenya; Makerere University College (then a campus of London University)‚ Kampala‚ Uganda; and the University of Leeds‚ Britain. He is recipient
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Andy Goldsworthy Practice: His work is ephemeral- not going to last forever. Because is artwork doesn’t last‚ the videos/ photos become the artwork. Through the making of his artwork‚ he learns about nature It is always straight to work- no time for research on the area he is in. He has been taking photographs since school- it is the way that he documents his artwork It is his way of reflecting on what he has make He doesn’t have a clear picture of what it is he is going to make- he goes
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Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He often changed his date of birth to « add mystery » but most people believe that he was born on August 6‚ 1928 in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. {Andy Warhol Pop art painter‚ Susan Goldman Rubin} His art reflected the rapidly changing American culture. When he was young‚ he was obsessed with fame‚ glamour‚ Hollywood stars‚ movies and painting. As he grew older‚ he transformed his obsessions into art and started his
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In this day and age‚ the artist Andy Warhol is best known for his iconic pop art prints. Examples of his printed artwork include the Marilyn Diptych‚ a silkscreen painting containing fifty identical images of Marilyn Monroe’s face‚ and the famous Campbell’s Soup Can series‚ paintings of the titular can. Warhol’s printed artworks remain the most famous of his creations; however‚ he was much more than just an ordinary pop artist. Andy Warhol‚ working with many media types such as film‚ sculpture‚ and
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60-Second Macbeth The length of Shakespeare’s plays is enough to strike terror into the hearts of most students‚ especially ones who expect "the two-hours’ traffic of our stage" promised by the Prologue in Romeo and Juliet. YOUR MISSION: In groups‚ create a 60-second version of Macbeth. Your film must be exactly 60 SECONDS! Along with selecting short and punchy lines to highlight the plot‚ pick the characters that you want to include in your scripts. When the script indicates that a character
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It’s an unusual way to boast‚ but Rubin is allowed some bombast. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this spring‚ the most important trade show worldwide for tablets and smartphones‚ 90 per cent of the devices unveiled ran Android. In August this year‚ tech analysis firm Canalys reported that 48 per cent of all smartphones sold in the second quarter of 2011 were Android devices. The nearest competitor was Apple‚ on 19 per cent. Android overtook Apple’s iOS in 2010 -- according to Google‚ 500
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Final Paper May 1‚ 2012 Andy Goldsworthy Andy Goldsworthy was born in 1956 in Cheshire England. He was raised in Yorkshire England and attended both Bradford and Lancaster art college from 1974-1978("Andy Goldsworthy - Biography"). I was first introduced to this artist in class the other day when we watched his video “Rivers and Tides”. During the opening scene of the video Goldsworthy discussed a very unique obsession with the shape of winding rivers. The way that he talked about these rivers
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the bacteria culture served as the control. There were ten trials for the control and each level of IV. The experiment began by cleaning the work area and sterilizing it with 70% ethanol. Then trypticase soy agar (TSA) was poured into six groups of 60 Petri dishes (See Appendix 1). The dishes were labeled based on the antibiotic used and were left to dry and solidify at room temperature. After an hour‚ the dishes were placed in a refrigerator at three degrees Celsius. If there was visible condensation
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In Andy Warhol’s famously predicted quotation he states‚ "In the future‚ everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes."‚ many people would get the idea that he was crazy or absurd‚ but others would have argued that it was a creative prediction & chose his side. The idea seems to be very creative & beautiful because so many people would do anything to become famous. When Warhol shared his prediction with the world‚ the majority of the society dismissed him but not quite everyone. Some people
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Julia Ankhimova 1960-s The decade starts with the election of a new President‚ John. F. Kennedy‚ the youngest President of all the country had ever had. The main thing that Kennedy brought with his victory in elections was Hope for better future. He introduced a slogan “New Frontier”‚ that promised a great break-through in everything. However he had to face crises. So‚ in 1962 the Cuban missile crisis took place. It was a dangerous situation when the Soviet Union began to build bases for nuclear
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