a killer flu and a stomach-bug norovirus on the loose. The eight-day event‚ when fashionistas from around the world pack into small spaces to attend runway shows and parties — only to cram onto the same flights and repeat the process in London‚ Milan and Paris — is always an occasion for sickness paranoia. In past years‚ sniffles in the front row could prompt icy stares and social ostracism. But with this season’s flu panic‚ the fear is approaching hysteria. Stressed-out designers recoil in horror
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Defense is often the least appreciated position in many sports. In soccer‚ it is antagonized as the ones who either lose the game or prevent a win from the opposing team. It is a position where one becomes a hero to some and a villain to others. In soccer‚ the importance of defense is the same as other positions. It is important for coaches to know positions‚ the formation‚ and successful teams that have utilize defense. The most common positions in defense include center-back‚ wing-back‚ sweeper
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1495 Leonardo begins painting The Last Supper in the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.3 years later Leonardo finishes The Last Supper. This extremely difficult to visit painting remains on the walls at the refectory of the Santa Maria delle Grazie‚ and is one of the most widely sold Da Vinci Posters of all time. Around the year 1500‚ Leonardo decided to leave Milan and head back to Florence where his good reputation had him readily received by the city. By 1502 Leonardo
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there were many different topics and ways that the writers wrote things. Most of the novels were about the war that was going on which was known as “The Great War” or WW1. In the story “In Another Country” Hemingway was an injured soldier in Milan‚ he was one of the very first to try out a new machine that was supposed to help injuries. The doctor that was helping him with his leg injury was hopeful that the machines were going to work and Hemingway would be playing football just like he had
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In today’s world people will do anything to be above everyone else. In "The Tempest" William Shakespear expressed the idea of "struggle for power". During "The Tempest" the characters have a shipwreck on a island during a horrible storm. While on the island there was no one in charge. Everyone was wanting to be in control but there could only be one king. Men were prepared to kill there own brother or family to gain more power over everyone else. On this island everyone was struggling for power and
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Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter‚ architect‚ writer and historian‚ most famous today for his Lives of the Most Eminent Painters‚ Sculptors‚ and Architects‚ considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing. As the first Italian art historian‚ he initiated the genre of an encyclopedia of artistic biographies that continues today. Vasari was the first to use the term "Renaissance" in print‚ though an awareness of the ongoing "rebirth" in the arts had
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HISTORY Paper V Episode 1 (5.1.1) RENAISSANCE the Rebirth Learning objectives: Meaning of Renaissance Debate among historians over Renaissance Factors that led to Renaissance Characteristics of this period Why Renaissance took place in Italy Scholars and historians mark the era spanning two centuries from the 1330s to the 1530s as the period of rebirth of European civilization. It was a rebirth from the disorder and conflict of the semi barbaric middle ages marked by oppressive feudalism
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In Antigone‚ one of the purposes of the chorus is to provide history to the audience. Although‚ Sophocles did change the structure a little. The first to enter the play are Antigone and Ismene‚ who are engaging in conversation over defying the edict forbidding their brothers burial‚ which brings the audience to the present time. Shortly after‚ the chorus enters and recounts the reasons for the battle and death of Polyneices and Eteocles‚ brothers to Antigone and Ismene. The chorus appears every
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An absolute monarch is a ruler by divine right who has control over every portion of his kingdom. The most famous absolute monarch‚ Louis XIV‚ had the longest reign of any of the French kings. Louis achieved this as a result of his reformed laws‚ foreign policy‚ a smart economic advisor‚ and his decision to deny power to the nobility. Although some of these ideas could be viewed as having a negative impacting on France‚ overall Louis XIV’s absolute government was beneficial to the development of
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Law codes serve two major functions‚ to promote order and enforce stability. Not all law codes are the same. They differ depending on the influences acting upon the ruler‚ and the region the laws are created to work for. Even so‚ the laws all serve the same purpose. Like Ashoka’s Pillars and Hammurabi’s code. Asoka’s laws and Hammurabi’s laws differ on the grounds of social systems‚ yet relate on the idea of technology. The social aspects of the law codes of Hammurabi and Ashoka differ greatly
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