Book Report: Ludwig van Beethoven German composer and pianist‚ Ludwig van Beethoven‚ was born December 1770 and spent most of his life in Vienna‚ Austria. His first teacher was his alcoholic father‚ who worked as a musician at the Court of Bonn. Teaching him day and night‚ Ludwig suffered from his father’s harsh and erratic behavior. For a time‚ he and his father played at the Church. As his father’s alcoholism increased‚ Ludwig became the main musician. Beethoven’s talents were discovered
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The Starry Night is a post impressionist painting by Vincent Van Gogh that was created not long after he arrived at asylum in Saint Remy France in 1889. This is oil on canvas that measures 73.70” X 92.10”. This work is currently owned and housed by the Museum of Modern Art‚ which is located in New York City‚ New York. The work depicts the pre-dawn view from his room at the Saint Remy Lunatic Asylum. It features a bright‚ turbulent night sky‚ which is framed in the foreground by a small village
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The New Craftsmanship Iris van Herpen and her Inspiration “With my work I intend to show that fashion can certainly have an added value to the world” In the Centraal Museum of Utrecht‚ Netherlands‚ renowned fashion designer/artist Iris van Herpen (1984) exhibits a highly personal side of her work for the public from 29 June until 9 October 2011. By contrasting her designs with what worked as the inspiration behind them‚ van Herpen’s futuristic approach to fashion is displayed with art dating
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Martin Luther: The Accidental Revolutionary Martin Luther was a Germanic monk‚ who was born in 1483 ‚ in a country on the eve of reformation. When Luther was born the Catholic Church was the only church in Western Europe. At the time of Luther’s birth Europe is recovering from the Middle Ages a time of deescalation and disease. In this world the Catholic Church was the one great consolation‚ with its promise of heaven. In the sixteenth century of Western Europe the Catholic Church was involved
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Rip Van Winkle written by Washington Irving‚ Is a story about a man who does good things in his village. The children adore Rip. It takes place starting before the revolutionary war‚ but after a series of events Rip falls asleep for 20 years. When he awakes the revolutionary war is done and America Is Its whole new nation. Rip Van Winkle is a mysterious type of book. The story of “Rip Van Winkle” is set in a remote place during the reign of George the Third. It is set in a small village underlying
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Multiples versus DCF analysis Multiples analysis is simple to understand and apply. The inputs for the multiple arepublicly available‚ though are vulnerable to accounting manipulation. Also‚ it isdifficult to obtain a truly comparable large sample of firms. Multiples analysis isbackward-looking‚ reliant on historical/current data to obtain multiples. It reflectsrelative value rather than the intrinsic value which DCF valuation produces.DCF analysis generates an intrinsic value as it relies on data
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Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen is a great novel with a thrilling plot‚ many unique characters‚ and quite a few realistic conflicts. Popular is a memoir and biography where Maya Van Wagenen tells her story of being a teenager and her experience of experimenting on how to be popular. Although there are many novels discussing Popularity‚ Popular by Maya Van Wagenen is different from all the rest. Popular is different from all of the other "popularity" books because in
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Lockheed Martin Corporation Term Paper 5/5/2012 Lockheed Martin is an American aerospace multinational that also specializes in defense‚ security and advanced technology industries. The corporation was instituted in 1995 following the merger between Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta (Yenne‚ 2000). The corporation is based in Bethesda in Maryland with global centers that specialize in different aspects of the corporation’s many operations. Currently‚ the corporation
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Jan Van Eyck (before c. 1390 – 9 July 1441) was a Flemish/Netherlandish painter active in Bruges‚ who was born in Maaseik‚ Holland. He took employment in the Hague as painter and Valet de chambre with John III the Pitiless‚ ruler of Holland and Hainaut in the Hague around 1422‚ when he was already a master painter with workshop assistants.Van Eyck painted both secular and religious subject matter‚ including altarpieces‚ single panel religious figures and commissioned portraits. And he was highly
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Great Expectations‚ Dorothy Van Ghent maintains that there are two kinds of crime that drive the moral plot of the novel: the crime of parent against child and the calculated social crime "of turning the individual into a machine". Thus‚ in the same way that the parent or the parent figure abuses the child‚ social authority also participates in creating parents who participate in the dehumanization of the children. (sons heir of fathers sin‚ repeat in society over n over) Van Ghent puts forward many
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