HISTORY OF CORSETS/ BUSTIERS: Renaissance and Baroque: The origins of the corset are unknown. From the early 16th century‚ corset-shaped cages of iron are preserved*‚ but it’s almost certain that they had nothing to do with normal clothing. Theories run from early fetish accessories to brute attempts at orthopedics. Judging from contemporary depictions‚ stiffened bodices must have been worn around 1530 because the straight‚ conical line of the torso seen e.g. in portraits of Venetian ladies
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The Ancient Olympics Today‚ the Olympic games are known world wide‚ but it did not always used to be this way. Early Olympic games were much different than they are today. The games played and those who attended them were some of the biggest differences. Today’s Olympics have competitors from around the world. There are now hundreds of events in the modern athletic competition. This is a significant difference compared to the amount of events in the ancient Olympic games. The modern Olympics
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Ball Turret Gunner” Rebeca Espirito Santo The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner “From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze Six miles from the earth‚ loosed from its dream of life I woke to black flack and the nightmare fighters When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.”
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GRESA BERISHA +377 (0) 44 249 647 gresa.berisha1@gmail.com DESCRIPTIVE WRITING Whenever I have a stressful day and my head is full of thoughts and problems‚ I tend to think of my happiest place and most peaceful moment to remain calm and get the bad things out of my mind. They are not imaginary because I have actually been at that place and lived that one moment. It was the summer of 2011 and
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Songs of Silence Theme: Silence Topic: How is silence depicted in the following chapters: Effita‚ A story with no name‚ Nathan and Miss Minnie? In the novel Songs of Silence the theme silence is portrayed in the various chapters and shows us the different reasons and reactions to silence. Silence is a major theme in the novel but in these particular chapters it gives us a clearer understanding to what is happening. The novel suggests to us that silence is not just the absence of sound‚ but is
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In August of 2014 I traveled to Alajuela‚ Costa Rica‚ with a missions team from my church. Our team’s purpose was to aid the Rice and Beans Ministry. The director of RABMin‚ Fred Curry‚ warned us that not everyone that we would encounter would accept us with open arms. Fred knew that some locals would embrace us and dote on their American visitors‚ on the other hand‚ he knew people that would not. He conveniently failed to mention that some days we might return to base camp with our tail tucked
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What pieces of the film‚ Stress‚ “The portrait of a Killer‚” stood out most to you? The pieces of the film “Stress‚ The Portrait of a Killer‚” that stood out most to me is how Robert Sapolsky for almost 30 years‚ 80 hours a week been working on advancing our comprehension of stress. How he used baboon troops from east Africa to spell out how dominant baboons in our country especially the psychopaths in power‚ stresses us out mentally and physically with their bullying tactics‚ by ( testing their
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Perhaps the greatest challenge faced by teenagers as they experience the social challenge of school is the pressure to conform or submit and the associated threat of separation and alienation from ‘the group.’ While some who suffer such alienation get lost in a dark world of low self-esteem‚ anti-social behaviour and intergroup conflict - others choose a path of reconciliation. They choose to see the positive possibilities of an us-oriented life and refuse to play the them-dominated role of the
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knew that having a child would change my life but did not know how much. It was in December of 1996‚ and was a cold‚ dreary winter day. I was in my eighth month of pregnancy and I was crabby about having to lug around extra weight that was in my belly. I awoke early that morning and decided to run some errands. I drove a Jeep Wrangler at that time‚ a red one with a white hard top that consistently bounced around the road with every bump and crack that you hit. I can still feel the bitter draft that
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hero‚ in order to make him realize that he has to embark on the journey. The crossing of the first threshold is when the hero metaphorically dies and is reborn as a new person or individual. The hero is then transported to his her destination‚ the belly of the whale. The hero takes parts in tests that are
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