Le Corbusier (born October 6‚ 1887‚ La Chaux-de-Fonds‚ Switzerland—died August 27‚ 1965‚ Cap Martin‚ France) internationally influential Swiss architect and city planner‚ whose designs combine the functionalism of the modern movement with a bold‚ sculptural expressionism. He belonged to the first generation of the so-called International school of architecture and was their most able propagandist in his numerous writings. In his architecture he joined the functionalist aspirations of his generation
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The older and more comfortable with myself that I become‚ the more I realize that a lot of my favorite things about myself are the result of the books that I’ve read. For example‚ I feel like a good portion of me is made up of Violet and Klaus Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events” not even so much their personalities‚ but in how they handled they’re terribly unfortunate lives with such hope and cleverness.
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le Analysis of Les Miserable’s By Victor Hugo PLOT The story beautifully begins with the miserable life of Jean Valjean. He was imprisoned for nineteen years for the reason of‚ he stole loaf of bread in wanting to feed his sister’s starving children. After receiving the parole‚ Valjean searched for a job. The society doesn’t accept him for he was a convicted. Fortunately‚ Valjean met Bishop Myriel. This Bishop let him stay in his house and gave him something to eat. Behind of
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Overview Le Chateau is a leading Canadian specialty retailer that offers contemporary fashion apparel‚ accessories and footwear. Founded in 1959 by Hershel Segal‚ the retailer was originally named “Le Chateau Men’s Wear”. The name was changed in 1962 to “Le Chateau”‚ when the product offering grew to include women’s clothing as well. Hershel and Jane Segal own a majority stake in the company‚ where through voting they control 76.4% of the company (Company Fillings‚ 2011). At first‚ Le Chateau’s
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Les bugs les plus célèbres de l’histoire Causes techniques et humaines En 2009‚ probablement en raison d’une erreur présumée dans le fonctionnement des sondes Pitot fournies par la société Thalès‚ l’Airbus 453 Rio-Paris disparaît mystérieusement dans l’Atlantique. Le syndicat des pilotes demande à son personnel de ne plus naviguer sur les Airbus dont au moins deux Pitots n’ont pas été modifiées. A la suite de plusieurs incidents les mois précédents‚ la société Thalès avait déjà mis en garde
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universal. "Fleur"‚ specifically‚ speaks to two. Beyond clothing‚ shelter‚ and food‚ human beings have one basic desire - To look good‚ and the inverse‚ to avoid looking bad. Whether that takes the form of acceptance through physical appearance or the more constant acceptance by ’the other’‚ very nearly every word‚ action‚ and thought we have while in the company of others centers around what effect it will have on their approval. Every character in "Fleur"‚ with the exception of Fleur herself
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’Instead of an Interview’ by Fleur Adcock‚ is a poem essentially about the divided sense of identity she has inherited: from both family (or historical) emigrant experience and personal deportation. In the poem‚ the issue is complicated‚ as Adcock explores the loss and alienation that emerges from the choice of long-term separation from family. It begins with descriptive visual imagery‚ where Adcock attempts to familiarise herself with the childhood images of "The hills"‚ "water‚ the clean air"
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a) Background and Motivation The Cirque du Soleil‚ the arguably most famous circus in the world‚ has been founded in 1984‚ in Quebec‚ Canada. The two initiators of this company‚ Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier‚ have always seen circus with a modern eye. Effectively‚ their power of creativity and their visionary ideas have been the key ingredients to make this circus a global empire. The comparative advantage which makes the Cirque du Soleil so unassailable is its creative inspiration and the perfection
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Cirque du Soleil is the subject of this year’s selected case! Over the last 24 hours‚ the teams have been analyzing the entertainment company’s partnership with MGM casinos‚ while the Cirque looks to enter new markets at Tokyo Disney Resort‚ Macao and Dubai World. They will have to recommend a sustainable model that can be as profitable as its relationship with MGM Mirage. The following summary is officially made available to the public attending the presentations as of Saturday March 27 at 9:00am
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Cirque du Soleil (English: Circus of the Sun) is a Canadian entertainment company‚ self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada‚ and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel‚ it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers‚ Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix.[2] Initially named Les Échassiers‚ they toured Quebec in 1980 as a performing troupe. Their initial financial hardship was relieved in 1983 by
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