BURBERRY COMPANY BACKGROUND 1856‚ Burberry was founded‚ when 21-years old Thomas Burberry opened a draper’s shop in Basingstoke‚ England. Shortly thereafter he invented gabardine‚ a waterproof and breathable fabric that quickly become the fabric of choice for anyone venturing out into extreme conditions. Burberry’s trench coat was chosen to be the official coat of the British army in World War I. 1920‚ The Burberry check pattern-a camel‚ black‚ red‚ and white plaid design-was introduced
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Italian ID Card Capital: Rome Official Language: Italian Government: Unitary Parliamentary Republic * President: Giorgio Napolitano * Prime Minister: Mario Monti Legislature: Parliament * Upper House: Senate of the Republic * Lower House: Chamber Of Deputies
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The Three High Renaissance Masters A look at Leonardo da Vinci‚ Michelangelo‚ and Raphael ➢ Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian artist and scientist who lived between 1452-1519. ➢ Leonardo was the original Renaissance man‚ whose roles included inventor‚ engineer‚ architect‚ mathematician‚ geologist‚ and astronomer. ➢ While he is best known as a painter‚ Leonardo primarily worked for the military producing designs of tanks‚ airplanes‚ and submarines‚ hundreds of years before such
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Austrian chef‚ Wolfgang Puck’s contributions on the establishment of the Californian cuisine during the mid- 1970s helped influence a creative and modern approach towards healthy eating in America. Puck achieved this by incorporating the use of fresh Californian produce and meats on his traditional French dishes and was able to create entrees that modernized traditional French nouvelle entrees into pieces of exhaustive gastronomic delights thought to be contemporary in society during the time. This
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The biggest-budgeted movie ever produced at Germany’s UFA‚ Fritz Lang’s gargantuan Metropolis consumed resources that would have yielded upwards of 20 conventional features‚ more than half the studio’s entire annual production budget. And if it didn’t make a profit at the time -- indeed‚ it nearly bankrupted the studio -- the film added an indelible array of images and ideas to cinema‚ and has endured across the many decades since its release. Metropolis had many sources of inspiration‚ including
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Supply Chain Management Assignment 3: Supply Chain Coordination Describe Barilla’s manufacturing and distribution operations. Manufacturing: Barilla has 25 plants‚ including large flour mills‚ pasta plants‚ and fresh bread‚ as well as plants producing specialty products. Raw materials‚ in the manufacturing process‚ were transformed to packaged pasta on fully-automated 120 meter long production lines. The plants were specialized by the type of pasta they would produce‚ with the primary distinction
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The Burj Khalifa‚ in Dubai—the new holder of the title of World’s Tallest Building—is no less extravagant a media gesture. Unlike Wright’s design‚ to which it bears a startling resemblance‚ this building is very real—all one hundred and sixty stories (or two thousand seven hundred and seventeen feet) of it. For decades‚ skyscrapers have been topping each other in only small increments: Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers (one thousand four hundred and eighty-two feet) are thirty-two feet taller than Chicago’s
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1. Describe Barilla’s manufacturing and distribution operations. Barilla’s has 25 manufacturing plants located all throughout Italy where each plant has a dedicated product that they manufacture ranging from pasta‚ flour mills‚ fresh bread and specialty products such as croissants and Christmas cakes. Raw materials‚ in the manufacturing process‚ were transformed to packaged pasta on fully-automated 120 meter long production lines. Each plant specialized in manufacturing a type of pasta with the
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Elvis is still? For many years there has been many doubts‚ and controversy about the death of probably the biggest figure of the 20th century‚ “The King of Rock N’ Roll”‚ Elvis Aaron Presley. Many people believe that he still alive and for a lot of reasons in which cannot be blamed for believing so. Elvis Presley is alive and the facts will prove it. After Elvis Presley “died” on August 16‚ 1977‚ there have been numerous alleged sightings of him. Fans have noted alleged discrepancies in the death
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artist best known for his experimental photography and as creator of the Ray-O-Graph. Joan Miro (1893-1983): Catalan Spanish painter‚ sculptor‚ and ceramicist known for his childlike‚ colourful paintings and as the inventor of automatic drawing. Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978): A Greek-born Italian artist who founded the Metaphysical art movement‚ characterized by his dreamlike works with sharp contrasts of light and shadow which often had a vaguely threatening‚ mysterious quality. Yves Tanguy (1900-1955):
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