The damage to the liver can come from viruses, such as the hepatitis C virus, over-the-counter drugs, and prescription and street drugs. If your VA doctor starts you on a certain medication, he or she may need to monitor your blood chemistries to make sure the medication is not causing further harm to your liver. If you have hepatitis C, you should also be tested for hepatitis B. The test can tell if you have ever been exposed to hepatitis B. If you are not already immune to hepatitis B, you should get vaccinated for hepatitis B.
During the Renaissance, nobility sewed precious gems and gold sequins to their clothing in intricate patterns as a neon status symbol. Sequins were so popular that in the 1480s, Leonardo da Vinci sketched plans for a sequin machine that could punch sheets of metal into small, thin disks. According to Fashion: The Whole Story, it was after the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922 and the ensuing fad for the âexotic Eastâ that Art Deco designers popularized the sequin, especially in performance.
Known simply as Josquin, he was one of the most important composers of the mid-Renaissance period, around 1500. He was of Flemish descent, which is in the area now known as the Netherlands. You may recall that Dufay traveled and composed here, and his influence on Josquin is clear.he Renaissance: the artistic frontier. These are the voyages of the master composers of the Renaissance (1450-1600). Their 150-year mission: to explore strange new music; to seek out new styles and new rhythmic and harmonic applications; to boldly go where no composer had gone before. And they succeeded!