Saint Laurent took over from Christian Dior as the chief designer of the House of Dior (now Christian Dior S.A.). Dior, who founded the company after the Second World War, died in 1957. Saint Laurent was promoted, and proved to be a brilliant choice. Saint Laurent completed six fashion collections before he was called up for military service in 1960.
Military service was a disaster for Saint Laurent, who was invalided out, suffering from mental illness. The House of Dior fired him, but he was able to set up his own fashion house with backing from an American millionaire. For the rest of his life the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house was at the top of Parisian couture.
Saint Laurent was openly gay. He and his partner Pierre Bergé had an impressive art collection, which was sold by auction at Christie's in Paris, 2009. The proceeds, about 300 million euros, was used to set up a foundation for AIDS research.
Saint Laurent died of brain cancer in Paris, France, aged 71.
Meeting
A meeting is a group of people who come together at one place to discuss something, make something, or play games together. Meetings can range from internet meetings (people who met on the internet who come together) to birthday parties for children. Meetings can be also on formal times, where businessmen come together to discuss. Furthermore, meetings can be political/religious. For instance, politicians meet from time to time to deliberate on issues, map up strategies and trash out issues. Likewise, religious leaders congregate to discuss developing issues, problems and successes chalked.Come to Jesus meetings are called in order to settle disputes between employers and employees as well as airing out personal matters.
African buffalo
The African buffalo ("Syncerus caffer"), is a bovine (cloven hoofed animal). It is also known as the Cape buffalo. They are not closely related to other bovines. Because of its aggressive behavior, it has not been domesticated like the domestic Asian water buffalo.
They can be up to 3.2 meters high, 6 meters long, and can weigh from 800-1200 kg. The males are bigger than the females. The African buffalo's power and size make it easy to defend itself. They have been known to kill hyenas, lions, and other wild predators, and sometimes even humans. The African buffalo is part of the African big five. The phrase "big five" was introduced by hunters. The big five are the hardest animals to hunt, and the African buffalo is considered the most dangerous.
Philosophy of language
Philosophy of language is the study of how languages were created and are used. It is part of Linguistics. In continental philosophy, it is not treated as a subject by itself, but Ludwig Wittgenstein and other analytic philosophers placed particular stress on it.
Like all philosophies, there are some central questions that are important in philosophy of language:
History
Ancient Greek
Plato was the first philosopher we know was interested in philosophy of language although his teacher Socrates probably was too He believed that the smallest parts of words phonemes had meaning even if they were outside the words they are in This is not a very good theory and Plato understood that there were things wrong with it The Stoics also made a complicated philosophy of The Middle Ages The medieval scholars, such as William Occam also were interested in philosophy of language Occam was the first philosopher to think about the possibility of a mental language He also discussed how a word can refer to both its meaning and the actual word itself Modernity
Philosophy of language only became more popular in the twentieth century, when Ferdinand de Saussure wrote his book Course in general linguistics Since then philosophy of language has played an important part in philosophy as a whole
John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) studied medicine in London, and became an English zoologist.
Gray was Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum from 1840 until Christmas 1874. That was before the natural history holdings were split off to be the Natural History Museum.
Gray published several catalogues of the museum collections which discussed animal groups and described new species. He improved the collections to make them amongst the best in the world.
During his life he wrote over 500 academic papers, mostly on new species.
Gray was also interested in postage stamps; on 1 May 1840, the day the Penny Black first went on sale, he bought some to keep, thus making him the world's first known stamp collector.
Brăila County
Brăila () is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Muntenia. The capital of Brăila County is Brăila.
Brăila County has an area of 4,766 km².
Brăila County has 1 municipality, 3 towns and 40 communes.
Buzău County
Buzău () is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in the area of Muntenia. The capital of Buzău County is Buzău.
Buzău County has an area of 6,103 km². The main river that flows through Buzău County is the Buzău River.
Buzău County has 2 municipalities, 3 towns and 82 communes.
The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia is a 1974 science fiction book that was written by Ursula K. Le Guin. It takes place in the same place as the book "The Left Hand of Darkness". The book won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award in 1975.
The Word for World Is Forest
The Word for World Is Forest is a science fiction book that was written by Ursula K. Le Guin in 1976. It is part of the "Hainish Cycle".
Rocannon's World
Rocannon's World was Ursula K. Le Guin's first book. It was written in 1966 as an Ace Double with Avram Davidson's "The Kar-Chee Reign." The book is part of the Hainish Cycle.
Procrastination
Procrastination is the behavior of putting off actions or tasks to a later time. It can be a very bad thing to do because you do not get enough things done.
NightRider
The Nightrider bus service is a late-night bus service that runs in Melbourne, Victoria. NightRider buses travel between the city (City Square, Swanston Street) and Melbourne's outer suburbs every 30 minutes between 1.30am – 4.30am on Saturdays and 1.30am – 5.30am on Sundays. NightRider also has services to the city on most routes after midnight until approximately 3.30am on Saturdays and 4.30am on Sundays, with additional services on some routes.
Government of Victoria
The Government of Victoria is the main government of Victoria. Its leader is the Premier of Victoria.
Planet of Exile
Planet of Exile is a 1966 science-fiction book that was written by Ursula K. Le Guin in her Hainish Cycle. It was first part of an Ace Double in 1966 with "Mankind Under the Leash" by Thomas M. Disch.
City of Illusions
City of Illusions is a 1967 science fiction book that was written by Ursula K. Le Guin in her Hainish Cycle. "City of Illusions" was republished in 1978 with "Rocannon's World" and "Planet of Exile" in a set called "Three Hainish Novels" and in 1994 with the same books in "Worlds of Exile and Illusion".
WALL-E
Wall-E is a 2008 American animated movie created by Pixar and Disney. It was released on June 27, 2008 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
In 2805, Earth has been polluted with waste and humanity has abandoned the planet, by boarding a giant cruise ship called "Axiom". They have built hundreds of domestic robots called WALL-E, who made a piled cubes of waste in an attempt to restore the planet for the company. Seven hundred years later, one robot spends most days, cleaning the city and collecting essential properties, before finding a surviving plant hidden in a refrigerator.
A rocket appears and assigns EVE to investigate the city. WALL-E meets and invites EVE into his home. He shows the "Hello Dolly" movie on a videocassette recorder. When WALL-E shows a plant for EVE, she takes it and becomes deactivated. The same rocket appears on Earth, takes EVE and returns to outer space, with WALL-E following it.