Chuck Close (born 1940) is an American photorealist specializing in close-up portraits and self-portraits. Close is one of the very few modern realists or photorealists who focus on the human face. In 1988‚ in mid-career‚ Close was paralyzed due to a blood clot in his spinal column. He regained partial use of his arms‚ and was able to return to painting after developing techniques which allowed him to work from a wheelchair.<br><br>All of Close’s works are based on photographs he takes himself. Close
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Service Marketing Service Encounter Report Assignment 2 Name: Sun Yi Due day: 19/09/2012 Letter of transmittal Dear CEO As an employee of the hotel‚ I hope this report can help the hotel’s long-term development‚ improve a lot shortcomings and defects of service‚ and improve staff quality‚ service attitude and service level‚ increase the competitiveness of the hotel. In recent years‚ there are more and more competition for hotel‚ peripheral consumption
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The story “Two Kinds‚” written by Amy Tan‚ has a plot that many people can relate to while growing up as a child. The theme of the story is that there are two kinds of people: the one the mother wants her to be and the one Jing-mei (the protagonist and narrator of the story) strives to be. Both mother and daughter in the story have a very complicated relationship. The mother believes that you could become anything you wanted in America. The author emphasizes that Jing-mei’s mother tries to dominate
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2017 Chuck Close Chuck Close‚ born Charles Thomas Close is an American photorealist painter photographer known for his massive-scale portrait. He is also known for abstract works of himself and others which often hang in international collections. Sadly‚ a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed‚ but his fame continues to grow and may even be supported by his dedication to his craft despite him having little control of the waist down. Close‚ as a child
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Service Encounter Report 1.0 Introduction The purpose of this report is to critically evaluate the services encounter using service marketing perspective. In order to do this report‚ I had experience few service industries around Kota Kinabalu area. I had took six encounters service as my journal entries and two of the journal entries will use to develop this report which is the most and least satisfactory service encounter. The encounters that I had chosen will reflect different type of satisfaction
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Close Reading There are those things in life that hardly take any time to become an expert at. Close Reading is not one of those things. Close reading can most simply be defined as the technique of taking a piece of writing piece by piece and hyper-analyzing every little bit of it. The concept may not seem too difficult and complex‚ however‚ most of the thinking behind it is metacognition. Metacognition is the word for thinking about the way you think. Both of these concepts are incredibly important
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clowns‚ pantomimes and cartoons tend to appeal to children‚ though many adults may also find them enjoyable. 1. Animation is a form of entertainment which appeals especially to younger audiences. Animation involves the display of rapid movement in any kind of artwork. 2. Live entertainmentMost entertainment expects or requires an audience to be passive. Such entertainment may include watching a film or theatrical production and other live performance such as circus‚ plays‚ musicals‚ farces‚ monologues
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Close Reading Close reading is an essential task that demonstrates key skills; it is used throughout the Language and Literature course. Specifically‚ it is used mostly in Part 4 (Detailed Study of Literature) where students complete an IOC (Individual Oral Commentary) on a text studied. Process Skills 1. Read the passage/extract 2. Reread it 3. Annotate for key areas 4. Plan a response 5. Write your response 6. Edit your response Understanding – show the teacher/examiners that you understand
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T1 Diams a counseling context…………………………………………. 9 Proof of proper research……………………………………………… 10 Introduction I have chosen to look at T1 Diams because of my encounters with them since now nearly two years. I will use my knowledge from my studies of transformative counseling encounters to critically reflect on my observation of the setting of the organization. Organisational History and Profile What they are about T1 Diams is a non profit organization with over
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Juan Diego Ribadeneira Enrique Wong ENG 0100 14 April 2014 Close to the Edge The unscrupulous American writer Anais Nin once wrote that‚ “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one ’s courage.” (125). When it comes to difficult situations she’s right. If you find yourself in a complicated‚ nerve-wrecking scenario you’ll find out that your life can‚ literally‚ expand if you have the guts to overcome the circumstances. Having courage in life can sometimes be rewarded with unique sights‚ heart-filling
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