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    Lisa Ho

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    Lisa Ho was born in 1963 in Albury on the boarder of Victoria and New South Wales. From the young age of 4 she was already making patterns out of newspaper and sewing with the help of her grandmother who was a tailor. By the age of 10 she had her own sewing machine and was making things for herself and her four sisters nearly every day. She graduated from Sydney Technical College in 1981. After working for another company for a year she decided to start her own line. Along with many other fashion

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    Mona Lisa

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    The Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa is 16th century oil painting created by the renowned Leonardo da Vinci. The work of art depicts an enigmatic woman gazing at the viewer‚ and it is said that if you move across the room while looking into her eyes‚ they’ll follow you. It is definitely one of the most popular paintings worldwide and has been the center of many artistic‚ religious‚ and theoretical debates. The French government currently owns the Mona Lisa and it is featured at the Musee du Louvre in Paris

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    Power is considered to be the anthem of success-whoever holds power holds ascendancy over the society. However‚ whomever has ascendency over that society has to have means of communicating to the inferior. The way rulers communicate to their inferiors is a key part of society‚ and dictates the syntax of the language. Therefore power reflects on the flexibility and structure of the language. In Mrs. Brady’s class lectures describing “The History of the English language” she states that before Viking

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    Mona Lisa

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    3/17/2013 Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa is an extremely sought after and recognized painting. It was painted by the famous Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci between the years of 1503-1506 from what historians believe. The painting standing only 30 inches by 21 inches is a portrait of a woman‚ on poplar panels done with oil acrylic. This piece created a lot of ground breaking techniques for the period in which it was painted for the art world. It was said that there was a possibility this piece was

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    Culture In The 1960's

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    England in the 1960’s was a changing point for their culture. This time was known as the Swinging Sixties. The country transformed from a conservative environment into a place full of freedom with hope and promise. The nation had just moved past the second world war‚ and now the youth culture was beginning to freely express themselves. Adults in tis time fought during their youth and wanted the youth to enjoy their time. One of the biggest aspects of the sixties in England was the music. Music

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    The Mona Lisa

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    Mona Lisa stems from a description by Renaissance art historian Giorgio Vasari‚ who wrote "Leonardo undertook to paint‚ for Francesco del Giocondo‚ the portrait of Mona Lisa‚ his wife."[5][6] Mona in Italian is a polite form of address originating as ma donna —similar to Ma’am‚ Madam‚ or my lady in English. This became madonna‚ and its contraction mona. The title of the painting‚ though traditionally spelled "Mona" (as used by Vasari[5])‚ is also commonly spelled in modern Italian as Monna Lisa‚ but

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    most people would discard‚ it is quite an enigma as to why the world has been obsessed with the “Mona Lisa” for over 500 years. In “Ways of Seeing” John Berger‚ an art historian and novelist (only a tiny sample of the different ways I could title this Renaissance man)‚ offers his readers a way into understanding the moment captured in paintings‚ especially mysterious paintings like the “Mona Lisa.” He suggests that viewers ask questions about and to the painting as way into entering into a sort of

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    Mona Lisa‚ Finding the Key to the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa‚ a painting created by a legendary painter: Leonardo da Vinci‚ leaves various codes and secrets evident in the painting that adds to its mysteriousness. People today have an obsession to finding out the secrets to unlocking the vault of art history. There are many theories that possibly explain the secrets of the painting: Mona Lisa. These theories are formed by the art experts who are curious on why the Mona Lisa was painted

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    Toyota s Culture

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    DID TOYOTA’S CULTURE CAUSE ITS PROBLEM? by Student’s Name Code + Course Name Professor’s Name University Name City‚ State Date Table of Contents I. Issues that the managers in the case are confronting 3 II. Management concepts and theories 4 III. Critical review about the management strategies 6 IV. Reccomendations 7 Toyota Motor Corporation is an automotive manufacture stationed in Toyota‚ Aichi‚ Japan. It was established in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda as a spin-off from

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    Mona Lisa

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    Mona Lisa Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter‚ an architect and a man of many things. He was considered a genius with a lot of the things he put his mind to. As of today he is best known for his art‚ including two paintings Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Leonardo’s paintings were based on science and nature. It was said he spent many hours filling books full of his inventions and observations. Some people did not agree with his ideas and thought of them as outrageous‚ until later on where they realized

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