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I don't really wear gloves but if I did - this is how I'd wear them (: This image is borrowed from a Greek cleaners union which managed to win back jobs and better conditions for 595 women cleaners at the Ministry of Finance this year. Solidarity can win.
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ReplyDeleteDe Valera appointed Collins as Minister for Finance in the Ministry of Dáil Éireann in 1919.[31] At this time, most of the Dáil Éireann's ministries existed only on paper or as one or two individuals working in a room of a private house, as large gatherings of Irish republican politicians would be vulnerable to raid attempts by British Crown forces.[citation needed]
ReplyDeleteDespite that, Collins managed to produce a Finance Ministry that was able to organise a large bond issue in the form of a "National Loan" to fund the new Irish Republic.[32] According to Batt O'Connor, the Dáil Loan raised almost £400,000, of which £25,000 was in gold. The loan, which was declared illegal by the British, was lodged in the individual bank accounts of the trustees. The gold was kept under the floor of O'Connor's house until 1922.[33] The Russian Republic, in the midst of its own civil war, ordered Ludwig Martens the head of the Soviet Bureau in New York City to acquire a "national loan" from the Irish Republic through Harry Boland, offering some jewels as collateral. The jewels remained in a Dublin house until 1938, when they were handed over to de Valera.[34]
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DeleteIn the 1918 general election Sinn Féin swept the polls throughout much of Ireland, with many seats uncontested, and formed an overwhelming parliamentary majority in Ireland. Like many senior Sinn Féin representatives Collins was elected as an MP (for Cork South) with the right to sit in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in London. Unlike their rivals in the Irish Parliamentary Party, Sinn Féin MPs had announced that they would not take their seats in Westminster but instead would set up an Irish Parliament in Dublin.[29]
ReplyDeleteDe Valera resigned the presidency and sought re-election but Arthur Griffith replaced him after a close vote on 9 January 1922. Griffith chose as his title President of Dáil Éireann, rather than President of the Republic as de Valera had favoured.[97] The Dáil Éireann government did not hold legal status in British constitutional law. The provisions of the Treaty required the formation of a new government established under British law with royal assent, which would be recognised by Westminster as pertaining to the Free State dominion that had been agreed under the Treaty. Despite the abdication of a large part of the Dáil, the Provisional Government (Rialtas Sealadach na hÉireann) was formed with Michael Collins as Chairman of the Cabinet (effectively Prime Minister). The Provisional Government operated concurrently with the Dáil Éireann government under Griffith. Collins retained his position as Minister for Finance in both governments.[78]
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DeleteMao killed significantly more then the others but that was partly just for being incompetent!
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DeleteDon't end up like Carmilla Laura!
DeleteIn the direct-to-video movie The Batman vs. Dracula (2005), Carmilla Karnstein is mentioned as Count Dracula's bride, who had been incinerated by sunlight years ago. Dracula hoped to revive her by sacrificing Vicki Vale's soul, but the ritual was stopped by the Batman.[55]
DeleteThe novella was one of the first works of Gothic fiction to portray female empowerment, as Carmilla is the opposite of male vampires, since she is actually involved with her victims both emotionally and physically. In the novella, Le Fanu challenges the Victorian view of women as merely being useful possessions of men, depending on them and needing their guardianship. The character is also one of the first fictional figures to represent the concept of dualism, which is presented in the story through the repeated contrasting natures of both vampires and humans, as well as lesbian and heterosexual traits. Critics have stated that Carmilla exhibits many of the early traits of Gothic fiction, including a supernatural figure, an old castle, a strange atmosphere, and ominous elements.
Laura, the woman protagonist, narrates, beginning with her childhood in a "picturesque and solitary" castle amid an extensive forest in Styria, where she lives with her father, a wealthy English widower retired from service to the Austrian Empire. When she was six, Laura had a vision of a very beautiful visitor in her bedchamber. She later claims to have been punctured in her breast, although no wound was found. All the household assure Laura that it was just a dream, but they step up security as well and there is no subsequent vision or visitation.
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DeleteCollins and the IRA were a major source of inspiration for the leader of the Zionist insurgent Lehi group and future Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Shamir. During the 1948 Palestine War Shamir adopted "Michael" as his nom de guerre.[143][144] Chinese leader Mao Zedong also studied Collins' practices of guerrilla warfare.[145]
ReplyDeleteClausewitz directly influenced Mao Zedong, who read On War in 1938 and organised a seminar on Clausewitz for the Party leadership in Yan'an. Thus the "Clausewitzian" content in many of Mao's writings is not merely a regurgitation of Lenin but reflects Mao's own study.[42] The idea that war involves inherent "friction" that distorts, to a greater or lesser degree, all prior arrangements, has become common currency in fields such as business strategy and sport. The phrase fog of war derives from Clausewitz's stress on how confused warfare can seem while one is immersed within it.[43] The term center of gravity, used in a military context derives from Clausewitz's usage, which he took from Newtonian mechanics. In U.S. military doctrine, "center of gravity" refers to the basis of an opponent's power at the operational, strategic, or political level, though this is only one aspect of Clausewitz's use of the term.[44]
Delete...Philanthropists may easily imagine there is a skillful method of disarming and overcoming an enemy without causing great bloodshed, and that this is the proper tendency of the art of War. However plausible this may appear, still it is an error which must be extirpated; for in such dangerous things as war, the errors which proceed from a spirit of benevolence are just the worst. As the use of physical power to the utmost extent by no means excludes the co-operation of the intelligence, it follows that he who uses force unsparingly, without reference to the quantity of bloodshed, must obtain a superiority if his adversary does not act likewise. By such means the former dictates the law to the latter, and both proceed to extremities, to which the only limitations are those imposed by the amount of counteracting force on each side.
Delete— Clausewitz, On War, Book I, Chapter 1[18]: Vol. I, pp. 1–2
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Meister (pronounced [ˈmaɪstɐ] ⓘ) means 'master' in German (as in master craftsman, or as an honorific title such as Meister Eckhart). The word is akin to master and maestro. In sports, Meister is used for the current national, European or world champion (e.g. Deutscher Meister, Europameister, Weltmeister).
DeleteMeister, in compositions such as Polizeimeister or Wachtmeister, has a tradition in the ranks of various German police forces, partially also in Switzerland. During the Second World War, Meister was the highest enlisted rank of the German Ordnungspolizei. In professional life, Meister usually refers to a higher degree in vocational education.
In Germany and Austria, the word Meister also assigns a title and public degree in the field of vocational education. The German Meister title qualifies the holder to study at a University or Fachhochschule, whether the Meister holds the regular entry qualification (Abitur or Fachhochschulreife) or not.[1] In 2012, the commissions of the states and the federal government, as well as the associated partners, concluded that the Meisterbrief is equivalent to a bachelor's degree (Deutscher Qualifikationsrahmen für lebenslanges Lernen and European qualification framework EQF, Level 6, Niveau 6). In the year 2020 plans were finalised to rename the meister title to "professional bachelor"
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DeleteThe Irish Free State, set up in 1922 after the Anglo-Irish War, was the third Dominion to appoint a non-UK born, non-aristocratic Governor-General when Timothy Michael Healy, following the tenures of Sir Gordon Drummond in Canada and of Sir Walter Edward Davidson and Sir William Allardyce in Newfoundland, took the position in 1922. Dominion status was never popular in the Irish Free State where people saw it as a face-saving measure for a British government unable to countenance a republic in what had previously been the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Successive Irish governments undermined the constitutional links with the United Kingdom. In 1937, Ireland, as it renamed itself, adopted a new republican constitution that included powers for a president of Ireland. At the same time, a law delegating functions to the King, not as King in Ireland but as the symbol of the co-operation amongst Commonwealth countries with which Ireland associated itself, continued to apply in external relations. The last statutory functions of the King with respect to Ireland were abolished in 1949.
DeleteWhile the term may be found in older official documents, and the Dominion Carillonneur still tolls at Parliament Hill, it is now hardly used to distinguish the federal government from the provinces or (historically) Canada before and after 1867. Nonetheless, the federal government continues to produce publications and educational materials that specify the currency of these official titles.[38][54][55] The Constitution Act, 1982 does not mention and does not remove the title, and therefore a constitutional amendment may be required to change it.[37]
DeleteDominion Day (1867–1982): holiday marking Canada's national day; now called Canada Day
Dominion Police (1867–1920): merged to form the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Dominion Lands Act (1872): federal lands act; repealed in 1930
Dominion Observatory (1905–1970): weather observatory in Ottawa; now used as Office of Energy Efficiency, Energy Branch, Natural Resources Canada
Dominion Carillonneur: official responsible for playing the carillons at the Peace Tower since 1916
Dominion Bureau of Statistics (1918–1971): superseded by Statistics Canada
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (1918–present); now part of the National Research Council Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (1960–present); now part of the National Research Council Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association founded in 1868 and incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1890
The Dominion Bank, opened 1871
The Toronto-Dominion Bank, its successor since a 1955 merger with the Bank of Toronto; as of 2016 one of the country's major banks
The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, founded in 1887; bought out by Travelers in 2013
The Dominion Atlantic Railway, in Nova Scotia, formed by the 1894 merger of two railways; controlled by the Canadian Pacific Railway after 1911, shut down in 1994
Dominion Stores, a supermarket chain founded in 1927; following a series of acquisitions the last Dominion stores were renamed as Metro stores in 2008
The Dominion Institute, created in 1997 to promote awareness of Canadian history and national identity
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DeleteIn ancient sources, the Goths are always described as tall and athletic, with light skin, blonde hair and blue eyes.[235][236] The 4th-century Greek historian Eunapius described their characteristic powerful musculature in a pejorative way: "Their bodies provoked contempt in all who saw them, for they were far too big and far too heavy for their feet to carry them, and they were pinched in at the waist – just like those insects Aristotle writes of."[237] Procopius notes that the Vandals and Gepids looked similar to the Goths, and on this basis, he suggested that they were all of common origin. Of the Goths, he wrote that "they all have white bodies and fair hair, and are tall and handsome to look upon."[238]
DeleteThe similarity of these Scandinavian names has long been noted by scholars in connection with the 6th-century book Getica (c. 551), by the historian Jordanes who wrote that the Goths originated on Scandza many centuries earlier, and moved to the Vistula delta. However, the accuracy of Jordanes' account for such early Gothic history has been questioned by scholars.[1] A people called the Gutones – possibly early Goths – are documented living near the lower Vistula River in current Poland in the 1st century, where they are associated with the archaeological Wielbark culture.[1][2]
The Lombard invasion of Italy was opposed by the Byzantine Empire, which had control of the peninsula at the time of the invasion. For most of the kingdom's history, the Byzantine-ruled Exarchate of Ravenna and Duchy of Rome separated the northern Lombard duchies, collectively known as Langobardia Maior, from the two large southern duchies of Spoleto and Benevento, which constituted Langobardia Minor. Because of this division, the southern duchies were considerably more autonomous than the smaller northern duchies.
Over time, the Lombards gradually adopted Roman titles, names, and traditions. By the time Paul the Deacon was writing in the late 8th century, the Lombardic language, dress and hairstyles had all disappeared.[2] Initially the Lombards were Arian Christians or pagans, which put them at odds with the Roman population as well as the Byzantine Empire and the Pope. However, by the end of the 7th century, their conversion to Catholicism removed a major barrier to the integration of the two populations.[3][4] Nevertheless, their conflict with the Pope continued and was responsible for their gradual loss of power to the Franks, who conquered the kingdom in 774. Charlemagne, the king of the Franks, adopted the title "King of the Lombards", although he never managed to gain control of Benevento, the southernmost Lombard duchy. The Kingdom of the Lombards at the time of its demise was the last minor Germanic kingdom in Europe.
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When Sherman had prepared his forces for the Atlanta Campaign, which immediately preceded the March to the Sea, he took rigorous steps to ensure that only the most physically fit men were accepted, that every man in the army could march for long distances and would fight without reservations. Sherman wanted only the "best fighting material." Doctors performed in-depth examinations to weed out the weak and those suffering from disease, and because of this 1% of the men were left behind. Eighty percent of the remaining soldiers were long-time veterans of campaigns in both the Western theatre, primarily, and the Eastern, a minority.[14]
In 1929, British military historian B. H. Liddell Hart described the men of Sherman's army as "probably the finest army of military 'workmen' the modern world has seen. An army of individuals trained in the school of experience to look after their own food and health, to march far and fast with the least fatigue, to fight with the least exposure, above all, to act swiftly and to work thoroughly."[16] After his surrender to Sherman, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston said of Sherman's men that "there has been no such army since the days of Julius Caesar."[17]
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T. S. Eliot's (1888–1965) poem "Lune de Miel" (written in French) describes a honeymooning couple from Indiana sleeping not far from the ancient Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe (just outside Ravenna), famous for the carved capitals of its columns, which depict acanthus leaves buffeted by the wind, unlike the leaves in repose on similar columns elsewhere.
DeleteJ.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973) may have based his city of Minas Tirith at least in part on Ravenna.[34]
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Depictions of Neptune in Roman mosaics, especially those in North Africa, were influenced by Hellenistic conventions.[4] He was likely associated with freshwater springs before the sea;[5] his festival, Neptunalia, took place on July 23, during the peak of summer when water was scarcest. Like Poseidon, he was also worshipped by the Romans as a god of horses, Neptunus equestris, who was also a patron of horse-racing.[6][7]
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A common criticism of the book relates to the "exponential growth fallacy". As an example, in 1969, humans landed on the moon. Extrapolating exponential growth from there one would expect huge lunar bases and crewed missions to distant planets. Instead, exploration stalled or even regressed after that. Paul Davies writes "the key point about exponential growth is that it never lasts"[42] often due to resource constraints. On the other hand, it has been shown that the global acceleration until recently followed a hyperbolic rather than exponential pattern.[43]
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"J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973) may have based his city of Minas Tirith at least in part on Ravenna.[34]"
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DeleteThe Crown responded with an escalation of the war, with the importation of special forces such as the "Auxiliaries", the "Black and Tans", the "Cairo Gang", and others. Officially or unofficially, many of these groups were given a free hand to institute a reign of terror, shooting Irish people indiscriminately, invading homes, looting and burning.[27][39]
ReplyDeleteBefore the new body's first meeting, Collins, tipped off by his network of spies, warned his colleagues of plans to arrest all its members in overnight raids. De Valera and others ignored the warnings on the argument that, if the arrests happened, they would constitute a propaganda coup. The intelligence proved accurate and de Valera, along with Sinn Féin MPs who followed his advice, were arrested; Collins and others evaded incarceration. Collins reportedly spent time hiding among Dublin's Jewish community, even posing as an Orthodox Jew and once cursing at the Black and Tans in his best imitation of Yiddish.[30]
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ReplyDeleteThe 1936 film Beloved Enemy is a fictionalised account of Collins' life. Unlike the real Michael Collins, the fictionalised "Dennis Riordan" (played by Brian Aherne) is shot but recovers. Hang Up Your Brightest Colours, a British documentary by Kenneth Griffith, was made for ITV in 1973, but refused transmission. It was eventually screened by the BBC in Wales in 1993 and across the United Kingdom the following year.
ReplyDeleteIn 1969, Dominic Behan wrote an episode of the UK television series Play for Today entitled "Michael Collins". The play dealt with Collins' attempt to take the gun out of Irish politics and took the perspective of the republican argument. At the time of writing the script, the Troubles had just begun in Northern Ireland and the BBC was reluctant to broadcast the production. An appeal by the author to David Attenborough (Director of Programming for the BBC at that time) resulted in the play eventually being broadcast; Attenborough took the view that the imperatives of free speech could not be compromised in the cause of political expediency.[citation needed]
A 1987 film production based on Collins' life, directed by Michael Cimino, was halted due to objections from Irish locals.
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Irish-American folk rock band Black 47 recorded a song entitled "The Big Fellah" which was the first track on their 1994 album Home of the Brave. It details Collins' career, from the Easter Rising to his death at Béal na Bláth. Irish folk band the Wolfe Tones recorded a song titled "Michael Collins" on A Sense of Freedom (1983) about Collins' life and death, although it begins when he was about 16 and took a job in London. Celtic metal band Cruachan recorded a song also titled "Michael Collins" on their 2004 album Pagan which dealt with his role in the Civil War, the treaty and his eventual death. Also a song by Johnny McEvoy, simply named "Michael", depicts Collins' death and the sadness surrounding his funeral.
ReplyDeleteWolfe was born in New York City, the son of Mary Olivia (née Ayers) and Emerson Leroy Wolfe.[9] He had polio as a small child.[10] He and his family moved to Houston when he was 6, and he went to high school and college in Texas, attending Lamar High School in Houston. While attending Texas A&M University, he published his first speculative fiction in The Commentator, a student literary journal.[b] Early in his writing career, Wolfe exchanged correspondence with J. R. R. Tolkien.[12]
DeleteWolfe dropped out during his junior year and subsequently was drafted to fight in the Korean War.[13] After returning to the United States, he earned a degree from the University of Houston and became an industrial engineer. He was a senior editor on the staff of the journal Plant Engineering for many years[14] before retiring to write full-time, but his most famous professional engineering achievement is a contribution to the machine used to make Pringles potato chips.[15]
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DeleteThe poem "The laughing boy" by Brendan Behan lamenting the death of Collins was translated into Greek in 1961 by Vasilis Rotas. In October of the same year, Mikis Theodorakis composed the song "Tο γελαστό παιδί" ("The laughing boy") using Rotas' translation. The song was recorded by Maria Farantouri in 1966 on the album "Ένας όμηρος" ("A hostage") and became an instant success. It was the soundtrack of the movie Z (1969). "The laughing boy" became the song of protest against the dictatorship in Greece (1967–1974) and remains to date one of the most popular songs in Greek popular culture.
ReplyDeleteAfter Gonçalo was rejected by Warner Bros., Paramount and Disney,[182][185] Cimino began to work on writing his first novel, titled Big Jane. Set in 1951, and 173 pages in length, the story follows a "dynamite-looking, six-foot blonde who wears blue jeans, a Miss Universe of muscle," who travels by motorcycle across America and ends up fighting in the Korean War alongside a brigade of women.[9][8] Initially conceived as a screenplay, Big Jane was meticulously translated from English to French and published on September 5, 2001, by publishing house Éditions Gallimard.[20][185] Cimino later tried seeking interest from U.S. publishers, to no avail.[9] He first appeared with the screenplay treatment (written in prose at novel length), at that year's Venice Film Festival, where he conducted a staged reading from the piece and proclaimed that the next time he would return with a film made from the story.[186] Cimino was then honored at Deauville, where he received the Prix littéraire Lucien-Barrière, an award that previously went to Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal. "Oh, I'm the happiest, I think, I've ever been!" he said in response.[9]
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DeleteIn May 2024, a BBC World Service documentary titled "Perfume's Dark Secret" uncovered widespread child labor in Egypt's jasmine fields, an essential source for fragrances used by major beauty brands, including L'Oréal. The investigation exposed that children, some as young as five years old, were engaged in the physically demanding task of picking jasmine flowers. These children worked under grueling conditions, often beginning their shifts at 3 a.m. and working in high temperatures. The documentary highlighted the poverty these children faced, with some earning as little as $1 per day, far below a living wage.
DeleteThe BBC's findings sparked global concern over labor practices in the perfume industry, particularly regarding the exploitation of children in rural areas of Egypt. The country’s jasmine flowers are a key ingredient in high-end perfumes produced by companies like L'Oréal, leading to questions about the ethical sourcing of raw materials in the beauty and fragrance sector. Despite claims by L'Oréal and other luxury brands of strict monitoring systems, the documentary suggested that these children had been overlooked by current auditing processes and that insufficient measures were in place to protect workers from exploitation.[165]
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DeleteL'Oréal continues to sell skin whitening products, which have been criticised as "capitalising on women's insecurities due to colourism." They advertise these controversial products, which have been criticised for promoting a colonial attitude as well as having safety concerns,[145] on their website by claiming; "Achieve clear, translucent and radiant skin. Our skin whitening products work to fade dark spots and brighten skin to give you the fair, flawless complexion you desire."[146]
DeleteLol, aren't a fair few wearing fake tan these days?
L'Oréal has conceded that its founder, Eugène Schueller, was a Nazi sympathizer and antisemitic fascist.[125][126] He was also a member of La Cagoule, which supported the Vichy regime, and was a violent, pro-fascist and anti-communist organisation. Eugène bankrolled La Cagoule and some meetings of La Cagoule were held at L'Oréal headquarters. Some of the criminal activities perpetrated by La Cagoule include firearms transportation, assassinating a former minister, and firebombing six synagogues.[127][128]
DeleteSchueller provided financial support and held meetings for La Cagoule at L'Oréal headquarters. La Cagoule was a violent French fascist-leaning and anti-communist group whose leader formed a political party Mouvement Social Révolutionnaire (MSR, Social Revolutionary Movement), which in Occupied France supported the Vichy collaboration with the Germans.[129] L'Oréal hired several members of the group as executives after World War II, such as Jacques Corrèze, who served as CEO of the United States operation.[130][131]
DeleteThe company also supplies hygiene products to hospitals, maternity homes, centers with forcibly displaced persons, homes for the elderly, the military, etc.[116] L’Oréal Paris financially supports employees in Ukraine, guaranteeing the payment of wages and providing additional financial assistance, and provide accommodation for employees who are abroad and assist with temporary employment in other L'Oréal branches.[117]
DeleteAfter the suspension, L'Oreal increased cooperation with other sites, including sanctioned ones. The company officially works in Crimea. Advertising expenses were not stopped - all investments were suspended for only 2–3 months. Now everything has been restored and even increased. The delivery of goods through Turkey and Kazakhstan was arranged.[115]
DeleteIn 2021, L'Oréal announced the acquisition of the vegan skincare brand Youth to the People.[23][24]
DeleteL'Oréal has many products which are tested on animals.
DeleteSince the 1980s, L'Oréal has invested €900 million in researching alternatives to animal testing for product safety, using methods such as reconstructed skin models, such as the Episkin model[107] at their research centres in Gerland, France, and Pudong, China.[108]
Nevertheless, this is complicated by markets such as China,[109] where it is difficult to sell a beauty product without animal testing.[110] Cosmetics by brands such as The Body Shop, which refuse to do animal testing, are thus not sold in China.
In 2013, L'Oréal was part of a consortium calling on the EU to invest more in research on alternatives to animal testing.[111]
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DeleteIn 1980, Armani entered a licensing agreement with L'Oreal for the production and distribution of fragrances, cosmetics, and beauty products.[123] The brand launched its first women's fragrance in 1982 and its first men's fragrance in 1984.[8] Giorgio Armani cosmetics campaigns have included Beyoncé (2008),[124] Kasia Smutniak (2009),[125] Megan Fox (2010),[126] Cate Blanchett (2013),[127] Valentina Sampaio (2021),[128] Tessa Thompson (2022),[129] Regé-Jean Page (2022),[130] Sydney Sweeney (2023)[131] and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (2024).[132]
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DeleteThe Prevention Measures Section of the Court of Milan has ordered a receivership for Giorgio Armani Operations Spa, a company involved in the design and production of clothing and accessories for the fashion giant’s group, following an investigation by prosecutors Paolo Storari and Luisa Baima Bollone and the Labor Inspection Unit. The investigation alleges the company engaged in labor exploitation through the use of abusive factories and illegal and undeclared Chinese labor.
The flowers used for Armani/Fiori arrangements are primarily sourced from the Netherlands. The label uses a range of orchids, exotic and tropical flowers, and traditional varieties such as hydrangeas, roses and peonys. Collections were designed by Giorgio Armani.[107]
DeleteIn addition to floral arrangements, Armani/Fiori produces decorative items including vases, flowerpots, candles and lanterns.[108] Materials used in collections include alabaster, black marble, and lacquered wood, formed into cylinders, cubes, and rhomboids.[109] Giorgio Armani has created floral arrangements for seasonal occasions such as Valentine's Day[110] and spring collections.[111] The floral arrangements are also supplied to Armani hotels.[112]
Giorgio Armani worked with Albert Wolsky for Duplicity (2009),[41] with Lindy Hemming on the costumes for the cast of both The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012),[42] with April Ferry for Elysium (2013)[41] and with Sandy Powell for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).[43] Other costume design projects have included American Gigolo (1980), The Untouchables (1987), A Star for Two (1991), The Bodyguard (1992), Nirvana (1997), Hurlyburly (1998), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Inglourious Basterds (2009), The String (2009),[41] Hanna (2011),[44] Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), A Most Violent Year (2014)[45] and The Young Pope (2016).[46]
DeleteOn July 17, 2024, the Italian competition authority, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), announced the launch of an investigation into Armani and Dior. The probe aims to determine whether these companies potentially misled consumers regarding their labor practices and supply chain management.[37] Prosecutors claim to have discovered workshops on the outskirts of Milan where mostly illegal immigrant workers sold products to Armani as well as Dior for a fraction of their retail price.[38] By August 2025, AGCM fined Giorgio Armani group and one of its units 3.5 million euros ($4 million) for alleged unfair commercial practices in its bag and leather accessory production.[39]
DeleteNow that is cheeky!!
Bar-Zohar, Michael (1996). Bitter Scent: The Case of L'Oréal, Nazis, and the Arab Boycott. Dutton. ISBN 978-0-525-94068-5.
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DeleteL'Oréal Paris has a group of ambassadors, artists, actresses, and activists referred to as the L'Oréal Paris "Dream Team".[70]
Laetitia Casta (1998–present)[71]
Aishwarya Rai (2004–present)
Eva Longoria (2005–present)[72]
Blake Lively (2013–present)[73][74]
Helen Mirren (2014–present)[75][76]
Luma Grothe (2015–present)[77]
Soo Joo (2015–present)[78]
Aja Naomi King (2017–present)[79]
Camila Cabello (2017–present)[80]
Elle Fanning (2017–present)[81]
Amber Heard (2018–2023)[82]
Andie MacDowell (2018–present)[83]
Duckie Thot (2018–present)[84]
Jaha Dukureh (2018–present)[2][10]
Céline Dion (2019–present)[85]
Cindy Bruna (2020–present)[86]
Aditi Rao Hydari (2020–present)
Viola Davis (2021–present)[87]
Kate Winslet (2021–present)[88][89]
Yseult (2021–present)[90][91]
H.E.R. (2022–present)[92]
Anushka Sharma (2022–present)[93][94][95]
Thuso Mbedu (2023–present)[96][97]
Kendall Jenner (2023–present)[98][99][100]
Cody Simpson (2023–present)[101][102]
Mary Fowler (2024–present)[103][104]
Simone Ashley (2024–present)[105]
Temi Otedola (2024–present)[106][107]
Alia Bhatt (2024–present)[108][109]
In 2023, Anjali Belgaumkar of The Indian Express noted despite appearing in around 10 films in a decade, Rai Bachchan still appealed to the younger generation because her impact was not limited to her on-screen roles or fashion choices but there was also an element of "divaness" that made her popular.[222] Hrithik Roshan, who co-starred with Rai Bachchan in three movies, commended her for her work ethic, saying: "Her level of patience is inspiring. If she has to sit like Jodhaa all day, she will. If she has to stand all day dressed like Sophiya, so that the dress doesn't crease, she will."[223] Filmmaker Omung Kumar believed her to be a "director's actor" who could mould herself into any character under the right guidance.[224] Despite constant media speculation, Rai Bachchan keeps her personal life well-guarded and limits her activities on social media.[223] Off-screen and in the press, she is known for her sensitive, caring nature and she is reportedly driven by her instincts.[223][221][225] In an interview, Rai Bachchan stated she is "like water, I just naturally, easily fit and adjust to any situation. That's always been my mind space and my temperament."[223]
Delete"Arab Boycott. Dutton. ISBN 978-0-525-94068-5."
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Dahl-Wolfe dedicated to promoting patriotism in fashion in the World War II era. Her photography highlights the implications of World War II in the American fashion industry.[24] The Harper's Bazaar cover, March 1943, was one of the iconic photographs from Louise Dahl-Wolfe. The cover shows a young lady in front of the reception of American Red Cross Blood Donation clinic. She is styling chicly in an elegant navy suit, white blouse, black gloves, a cloche hat with long waves in her hair and holding a red bag with matching lipstick. The young woman looks either waiting to go inside to donate or about to leave the Red Cross blood donor room. The expression on her face is nonchalant with a suggestion that she does not attend the blood donation clinic regularly. Her eyes are empty. She may be disappointed or sad or helpless just as any other American woman knowing the reality is no one can escape. The audience can sense the uncertainty in the air of the time from her expression.
DeleteAt the height of World War II, women had been left at home after their male counterparts were sent abroad to fight. The woman in the cover represented all American women who determined to do their part to contribute to the war. American women in World War II were no longer the delicate creature surrounded by flowers as seen in previous covers, but responsible individuals with the ability to do their bit of help. Harper's Bazaar cover from March 1943, on the other hand, shows the power that women have gained in society. The cover is a mirror up to its audience, a reflection of the women, who had entered the workforce for the first time, who became wartime brides when they married their soldier, who take care family and just an occasional letter from a loved one to lament over. The model in the cover was 18-year-old Lauren Bacall, who was a successful actress in Hollywood. According to David Thomson, it was Diana Vreeland, who worked for both Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, who discovered Lauren Bacall and placed her on the cover of Harper's Bazaar.[25]
Through Hyde, Monroe landed small roles in several films,[f] including two critically acclaimed works. The first was Joseph Mankiewicz's drama All About Eve (1950), which received 14 Academy Award nominations.[80] The film's star Bette Davis later praised Monroe's performance, saying, "Definitely, no question, I knew she was going to make it. She was a very ambitious girl, [and] knew what she wanted [and was] very serious about it...I thought she had talent."[81] The second film was John Huston's noir The Asphalt Jungle (1950).[80] Despite her screen time being only a few minutes, Monroe gained a mention in Photoplay and according to biographer Donald Spoto "moved effectively from movie model to serious actress".[82]
DeleteAfter filming for The Seven Year Itch wrapped up in November 1954, Monroe left Hollywood for the East Coast, where she and photographer Milton Greene founded their own production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions (MMP)—an action that has later been called "instrumental" in the collapse of the studio system.[155][g]
DeleteGreene was born Milton H. Greengold into a Jewish family in New York City on March 14, 1922.[1] He became interested in photography as a teenager and began taking photos at the age of 14. Greene was awarded a scholarship to Pratt Institute, but decided to pursue a career in photography instead. He apprenticed with photojournalist Elliot Elisofen and later worked as an assistant to Louise Dahl-Wolfe. Greene eventually began his own career and, at the age of twenty-three, became known as the "Color Photography's Wonder Boy".[2]
#Green and Gold!
DeleteWhen the studio was still reluctant to change Monroe's contract, she founded her own film production company in 1954 with her friend Milton Greene. She dedicated 1955 to building the company and began studying method acting under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. Later that year, Fox awarded her a new contract, which gave her more control and a larger salary. Her subsequent roles included a critically acclaimed performance in Bus Stop (1956) and her first independent production in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), for which she received a BAFTA nomination, and won the David di Donatello Award for Best Actress. She won a Golden Globe for her role in Some Like It Hot (1959), a critical and commercial success. Her last completed film was the drama The Misfits (1961).
DeleteThe oldest European avant-garde cinema movement, Italian futurism, took place in the late 1910s.[10] After a period of decline in the 1920s, the Italian film industry was revitalized in the 1930s with the arrival of sound film. A popular Italian genre during this period, the Telefoni Bianchi, consisted of comedies with glamorous backgrounds. Calligrafismo was instead in sharp contrast to Telefoni Bianchi-American style comedies and is rather artistic, highly formalistic, expressive in complexity and deals mainly with contemporary literary material. While Italy's Fascist government provided financial support for the nation's film industry, notably the construction of the Cinecittà studios (the largest film studio in Europe), it also engaged in censorship, and thus many Italian films produced in the late 1930s were propaganda films. A new era took place at the end of World War II with the birth of the influential Italian neorealist movement, reaching a vast consensus of audiences and critics throughout the post-war period,[11] and which launched the directorial careers of Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rossellini, and Vittorio De Sica. Neorealism declined in the late 1950s in favour of lighter films, such as those of the Commedia all'italiana genre and important directors like Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni. Actresses such as Sophia Loren, Giulietta Masina and Gina Lollobrigida achieved international stardom during this period.[12]
The David di Donatello Awards are one of the most prestigious awards at national level.[20] Presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano in the Cinecittà studios, during the awards ceremony, the winners are given a miniature reproduction of the famous statue. The finalist candidates for the award, as per tradition, are first received at the Quirinal Palace by the President of Italy. The event is the Italian equivalent of the American Academy Awards.
After founding MMP, Monroe moved to Manhattan and spent 1955 studying acting. She took classes with Constance Collier and attended workshops on method acting at the Actors Studio, run by Lee Strasberg.[160] She grew close to Strasberg and his wife Paula, receiving private lessons at their home due to her shyness, and soon became a family member.[161] She replaced her old acting coach, Natasha Lytess, with Paula; the Strasbergs remained an important influence for the rest of her career.[162] Monroe also started undergoing psychoanalysis, as Strasberg believed that an actor must confront their emotional traumas and use them in their performances.[163][h]
DeleteIn April 1944, Dougherty was shipped out to the Pacific, where he remained for most of the next two years.[50] After Dougherty left, Monroe moved in with Dougherty's parents and began a job at the Radioplane Company, a munitions factory in Van Nuys, to help the war effort.[50] In late 1944, she met photographer David Conover, then working in the U.S. Army Air Forces' First Motion Picture Unit, who had been sent to the factory to shoot morale-boosting pictures of female workers.[51] Although none of her pictures were used, she quit working at the factory in January 1945 and began modeling for Conover and his friends.[52][53] Defying her deployed husband and his disapproving mother, she moved on her own and signed a contract with the Blue Book Model Agency in August 1945.[54]
Great, as long as you don't consider the Freud Era stuff!
DeleteI find psychoanalysis to be a bit pointless though since a lot of the time people are just illogical and weird!
DeleteMichael Antonio Cimino (/tʃɪˈmiːnoʊ/ chim-EE-noh,[5] Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo tʃiˈmiːno]; February 3, 1939 – July 2, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer and author. Notorious for his obsessive attention to detail and determination for perfection.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fucking curse to me!
The solution is to do as Marshall did: operate through a kind of remote
Deletecontrol. Hire deputies who share your vision but can think on their own,
acting as you would in their place. Instead of wasting time negotiating with
every difficult person, work on spreading a spirit of camaraderie and
efficiency that becomes self-policing. Streamline the organization, cutting
out waste--in staff, in the irrelevant reports on your desk, in pointless
meetings. The less attention you spend on petty details, the more time you
will have for the larger picture, for asserting your authority generally and
indirectly. People will follow your lead without feeling bullied. That is the
ultimate in control.
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DeleteWho needs that kinda drama anyway!
https://publishingperspectives.com/2010/06/whatever-happened-to-us-spanish-language-publishing-2/
DeleteSomeone's Bilingual!
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DeleteAnother anecdote explaining iwao-no-mi concerns an accomplished
ReplyDeletewarrior who had reached the highest stage of the art of sword fighting.
Having been enlightened as to the true meaning of the art of sword
fighting, which should be based on the promotion of well-being of
people rather than the destruction or killing of others, this great master
was not interested in fighting any longer. His ability in the art of sword
fighting was absolutely unquestionable; he was respected and feared by
everyone. He walked the streets with a cane like a bored old man and
yet wherever he went people looked at him with intense fear and
respect. People were careful not to anger him and the old man was
nonchalant. This is akin to having a huge rock hanging above a
mountain path. People are afraid of the rock, which they believe may
come down at any moment, and so they walk quietly and carefully under
the rock. But the rock is actually very stable, being planted in the
ground so deeply that it will never fall down. But people do not know it,
and they continue to fear that it will fall down if they make any kind of
loud noise as they walk under it. The rock just sits there completely
indifferent to its surroundings and people's fear and awe.
A WAY TO VICTORY: THE ANNOTATED BOOK OF FIVE RINGS,
TRANSLATED AND COMMENTARY BY HIDY OCHIAI, 2001
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DeleteIt is easy to be overwhelmed by everything that faces you in battle,
ReplyDeletewhere so many people are asking or telling you what to do. So many vital
matters press in on you that you can lose sight of your goals and plans;
suddenly you can't see the forest for the trees. Understand: presence of
mind is the ability to detach yourself from all that, to see the whole
battlefield, the whole picture, with clarity. All great generals have this
quality. And what gives you that mental distance is preparation, mastering
the details beforehand. Let people think your Buddha-like detachment
comes from some mysterious source. The less they understand you the
better.
“Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.”
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