Billy Baldwin’s life and work remembered at museum Interior designer’s trademark rooms were comfortable‚ fresh and never overbearingly formal May 29‚ 2010|By Frederick N. Rasmussen‚ The Baltimore Sun Billy Baldwin‚ the noted Baltimore-born interior designer whose clients included Cole Porter‚ Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis‚ Mike Nichols‚ Harvey Ladew‚ William S. Paley and Diana Vreeland‚ among many others of the jeweled glitterati‚ is reported to have once said that "good taste is the dullest thing
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of the three hotels at Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa‚ Sultanate of Oman. Comprising 262 guestrooms‚ each room provides guests with either a 5 sqm balcony or patio‚ with sea view or sea-facing perspectives. The name Al Waha means "The Oasis"‚ and has been designed such that the hotel’s several swimming pools
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Mina Loy was born on December 27‚ 1882 in London‚ England. She attended a conservative art school‚ finding herself influenced by impressionism. She achieved some success as a painter‚ with her paintings included in the Salon d’Automne show in Paris in 1905. As an artist‚ she moved through various mediums‚ from oil to ink‚ then light fixtures‚ then finally sculptures. With her sculptures‚ she used everyday items she found on the streets of Manhattan. She moved to the United States of 1916. Loy felt
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World Literature BigUce44 1. The Alchemist‚ by Paulo Coelho‚ has a very good plot. Paulo Coelho is telling the readers that they can either discover their personal dreams or ruin it. The people that want to conquer their legend will always have many challenges to face‚ but that shouldn’t stop them from trying and finding ways to complete the challenge. The people that give up on their obstacle and chooses to quit striving for their legend will not
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Trade routes have always been more than just the means of transporting goods and services to neighboring regions. These routes serve as a way to spread culture‚ art‚ religion‚ and many other things amongst countries. One of the most outstanding trade routes in the past was the Silk Road found in China. It was a route used by many people to travel and transport goods such as silk‚ paper‚ livestock‚ jewels‚ and much more‚ from East to West China. It consisted of land and sea routes‚ which made transportation
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million visitors each year from world wide. New York City’s Central Park is the first and most visited urban landscaped park in the United States and one of the most famous in the world (thanks to television shows and movies). The 843-acre of green oasis covers about 6 percent of Manhattan Island which also has the distinction of being the nation’s first major metropolitan park built specifically for the enjoyment of the entire community. Designed in 1857 by Frederick Law Olmsted and his partner Calvert
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Music can be used to influence people’s mood and has been used to attempt to affect the brain of a child in its mother’s womb. Some people think that having an unborn child listen to different types of music will have different effects on how the child will grow. Some people believe that music has no influence while others believe that if they introduce their unborn child to classical music the baby will grow up to be smarter than the kid who either listened to other types of music or no music while
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The History of British pop/rock The Beatles and the British Invasion It would be suffice to say that the British experience of pop music was quite different from the American. Britpop also know as British alternative rock‚ was part of a British alternative rock movement that was in the 1990s‚ the term "Britpop" had been used as early as 1987 but it wouldn’t be until 1995 when the term exploded and was used extensively. It was characterized by the appearance of bands that borrowed influences from
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Partial Literature Review: Scope and Significance of the Problem Hygiene and cleanliness are important parts of nursing care provided to hospitalized patients. Patients who are unable to bathe themselves are dependent on nursing staff for their hygienic needs. This population includes patients who are unable to care for themselves due to physical limitations such as age‚ bowel or bladder incontinence‚ injury and illness. The traditional bathing technique of soap and water provides good hygiene
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James Marshall played a key role in the Gold Rush because he was the first person to discover gold. He was able to improve economic prospects that changed the history of California. According to the article “Racing’s California Oasis’” Elias Baldwin purchased land and territory to mine for gold for himself. Elias Baldwin was a businessman that invested a lot of money into the Gold Rush in order to become more wealthy. This simply shows how people wanted to explore more land in order to make more
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