Archive for January 8th, 2007
Changes In Fashion
Monday, January 8th, 2007How is a fashion born? Today it comes from the need to make money, to offer and sell one thing and then to offer and sell something else. Fashion is invented and destroyed by the logic of consumer spending. In the past, on the other hand, fashions had deeper origins; the motivation was rooted in [...]
Gold & Silver
Monday, January 8th, 2007Gold is a yellow metal which does not oxidize in the air, but always stays shiny. Very few chemical agents attack it : only chlorine, bromine, aqua regia ( a mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid). Gold is also the most malleable and ductile of all metals: it can be made into very thin, [...]
Fashion
Monday, January 8th, 2007“It’s the fashion” we often hear. The fashion may be short skirts, a certain make of car, Swedish interior design, the colour blue, folk music or anything else which happens to affect our lives. The fashion may be a book which enjoys ephemeral fame, or a turn of phrase, or a person. Even ideas and [...]
Disney World
Monday, January 8th, 2007Walter Elias Disney was born 5 December 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. He was a film director, engineer, animator and entrepreneur. Walt Disney is famous for his many films, innovative theme parks and the animated character Mickey Mouse. The Disney brother’s studio, called Walt Disney Productions, was located on Hyperion Avenue in Hollywood. Today, the firm [...]
Parts Of A Flower
Monday, January 8th, 2007There are all sorts of flowers in this world. Some plants, such as the tulip, each have just a single flower. Others, like the dog rose, have a lot of flowers, but each one develops and blooms separately. Many other plants produce flowers grouped together in clusters known as flower heads. Flower heads have many [...]
