...Spectacular, Spectacular: a brief discussion of two engaging portrayals of the famous Parisian cabaret, the Moulin Rouge Yuxin Xue 10051309 IDIS290 Prof. Catherine Dhavernas 11 November 2014 Although the nature of their stories share some important qualities: romance, underlying motives, and the ever-elusive sensation of love, the two films Moulin Rouge and French Cancan are very different illustrations of the famous French caberet. While Jean Renoir uses facets of performance to emphasize the magnificence of the Moulin Rouge, Baz Luhrmann does the opposite, effectively employing the setting as an enhancer to his tragic love story. The Moulin Rouge is best known as the spiritual birthplace of the cancan, a high-spirited dance originally performed as seductive entertainment by courtesans. Renoir focuses on this in his 1954 French Cancan, and much of the film is devoted to plans for building the Moulin Rouge, the courtesans’ efforts in learning the dance, and their internal feuds and doubts spurred on by the need to be the best of performers. The film also shows clear dedication to the relationships between performer and audience, with the courtesans frequently engaging with their patrons through dance and conversation. The Moulin Rouge is in its early days, and thus portrayed freely and in a glorious spotlight, making for a lighthearted atmosphere unchanging throughout the film. When Nini locks herself in her dressing...
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...why, and how significant government policies are as a cause. Manufacturing plays a crucial role in the competitiveness of the UK economy. Despite this, for far too long government policy has neglected manufacturing. During this period of neglect British manufacturing firms have repositioned themselves away from price-based competition more towards forms of non-price based competitiveness. The recent re-shoring of manufacturing to the UK is the start of a much needed trend. The University of Birmingham is funding a two year research project entitled ‘Regeneration Economies: Transforming People, Places and Production’. This project is exploring new policy solutions that will support British manufacturing. There is a need to develop a much better understanding of regional and national economies. High value manufacturing firms no longer sell products, but many solutions combine manufactured products with embedded services. Thus, a manufacturing policy must be simultaneously a service policy. There is a need to encourage universities and colleges to provide courses that blend technical training with an understanding of services, this is where the government comes in, by making these changes to education The Regeneration Economies project is also exploring major developments in engineering that have the potential to transform the economics of regional economies. These new technologies have important implications for future skills and training needs. Government needs to support UK manufacturing...
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... I can never seem to keep a movie on until the end. That’s why I always make it a point to keep them interesting no matter what genre and last October 9’s movie didn’t disappoint. We watched an indie film by Joey De Guzman titled Tumbang Preso. The title seemed really familiar to me so because I was curious, I looked it up. Tumbang Preso was actually a child’s play, no wonder why it was so familiar. I used to play it at my grandma’s place back in Leyte when I was younger too. I actually thought it meant the fall of a prison cell since tumbang means fall and preso was jail. Lo and behold, it meant both. I was impressed with what Mr. De Guzman had going on. So tumbang preso has always been played in one way for kids. A player called an IT, is assigned to guard a can. The rest of the players with their “pamatos” or what they use to hit the can, line up behind a line drawn on the ground. Once settled, the game starts and each kid gets a chance to make the can fall with his or her pamatos. Once the can falls, the owner must retrieve the pamato that made the can fall immediately before he or she is caught. If he is caught, he becomes IT. If the can is hit and falls outside the circle but still stands, the IT has the right to tag the one responsible for the pamato once he or she leaves behind the line. The can may be kicked or knocked down under when it is outside the circle. If the player is not able to retrieve his pamato, the others can save him by hitting the can. ...
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...AMBA 600 1141 | “How Can New Cloud Technologies be Implemented in Government Contracting?” | | | Stephen Roane | 5/11/2015 | Executive Summary: Recently cloud computing has been a hot topic in the news. The reason is because cloud computing has a lot of potential. Cloud technology could revolutionize the way that businesses operate. Recently the Department of Defense (DOD) granted security approvals to a number of companies that provide cloud technology. This technology could have a significant impact on the way that procurement is done in the Federal Government. Utelizing this new technology could create cost savings, give remote access and create flexibility. Along with these advantages that cloud technology can potentially offer comes some issues. The main issue that cloud technology presents is security threats to the information that the cloud itself will store. On 4 May 2015 the Department of Defense granted new security approvals to 23 cloud providers. The reason why this is important in the Contract/Procurement field is because this will allow contract writing systems to operate via a cloud application. The use of cloud technologies will create cost savings and offer “flexibility and agility to respond to new challenges and opportunities.” (McKendrick, 2013) Cloud systems have their pros and cons. Some of the pros are the flexibility and access, which could be a plus to any federal agency. On the other hand the major con is security. ...
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...Using the data and your economic knowledge, evaluate different ways in which the government of a country which imports large quantities of wheat can try to stabilise wheat prices within the country. (25 marks) Price stability is when prices in the economy don’t change or don’t change much over time. This means that an economy would not experience inflation or deflation. One of the ways in which the government could stabilise wheat princes is through a buffer stock intervention. This is an intervention system that aims to limit the fluctuations of the price of a commodity. Another way in which they could stabilise the price of wheat could be through imposing a price ceiling. A price ceiling is the price level in which the price of a good or service is not allowed to increase past. Wheat is unstable predominantly due to the situation regarding it in Russia. This is because Russia, a major wheat explorer, banned exports of wheat in 2010. This was due to very dry weather and fires destroying a third of the Russian crop. Due to this wheat prices significantly increased in the summer of 2010. Furthermore the wheat market is unstable due to the emerging demand from developing countries such as India and China, thus having a domino effect on other countries. Due to this it has made the Russia situation more than it should have been. Although to combat this farmers have already planted more wheat, began to use less wheat to feed livestock and substituted cheaper grains in their place...
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...pounds of metal annually and employs over 145,000. Aluminum is one of the few products and industries left in America that truly impacts every community in the country, either through physical plants and facilities, recycling, heavy industry, or consumption of consumer goods. The aluminum industry's performance is noteworthy, particularly in light of the proliferation of alternative materials and global competition. Transportation represents the largest market for aluminum in the United States. In 2000, transportation accounted for 32.5 percent of all US shipments. In 2000, containers and packaging ranked second to transportation with 20.4 percent of the market, thanks to shipments of 4,992 millions of pounds in products such as beverage cans, food containers, and household and institutional foil. Nearly seven billion aluminum foil containers are produced every year for a variety of uses that make our lives easier. Recycling is...
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...research used for this paper is the most up to date and relevant to the subject. Mandatory recycling is taking place in some communities around the United States and has its benefits and negative effects on the community as well as the environment. The recycling process for Aluminum cans is complex and is beneficial to the environment, although others believe the opposite. There are certain things to look forward to concerning recycling as there are negative impacts. Recycling Pros & Cons Recycling is something some individuals have in mind while others do not worry about the topic too much, but it does have its benefits as well as its negative outcomes. When we recycle it benefits the environment, because there less demand for raw material, which is extracted from the earth. By recycling we can just melt and process the material we already have and use it again and again. We do not have to use it for the same thing we could use the material for other purposes. When aluminum is recycled as well as plastic you receive a CRV back, which is a tax that is charged to the consumer when he or she purchased the product. Not everybody likes to donate money to the government and by taking their aluminum cans and plastic bottles to a recycling center he or she receives in return their money. Recycling saves space in landfills, allowing them to have more room trash. There are a few negative outcomes from recycling. For example, it takes time to collect the materials and to take them...
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... First, please understand that by “young people” I am not referring to anyone under the age of 17. These teens live in a sub-culture that no one over that age understands. There is good reason why retail shopping malls have imposed a ban on these so called young shoppers unless they are accompanied by an adult. Many of the young people I see today can solve problems and the solution is almost always correct. They just go at it differently. While my generation, my parents generation and those before might work out several possibilities and try to devise the best solution, the young people of today use Google and instantly have the opinion of several experts. Ask yourself this question; if we had had computers in our day wouldn’t we be doing the same thing? In other words, why do long division when you can do new math? Our frustration with young people seems to be from their lack of concern or knowledge about routine day to day things. My nieces have never seen a dial phone, an ice cube tray and they certainly do not know how to work a manual can opener. They do not even know what an ironing board is. However, they can solve most...
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...pounds of metal annually and employs over 145,000. Aluminum is one of the few products and industries left in America that truly impacts every community in the country, either through physical plants and facilities, recycling, heavy industry, or consumption of consumer goods. The aluminum industrys performance is noteworthy, particularly in light of the proliferation of alternative materials and global competition. Transportation represents the largest market for aluminum in the United States. In 000, transportation accounted for .5 percent of all US shipments. In 000, containers and packaging ranked second to transportation with 0.4 percent of the market, thanks to shipments of 4, millions of pounds in products such as beverage cans, food containers, and household and institutional foil. Nearly seven billion aluminum foil containers are produced every year for a variety of uses that make our lives easier. Recycling is a critical component...
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...Polycarbonate plastics are used in the containers of what we eat and drink. Epoxy resins are used to coat the inside of metal products, such as food cans, bottle tops and water supply lines. Some dental sealants and composites also may contain BPA. Research shows that BPA can seep into food or beverages from containers that are made with BPA. Exposure to BPA is a concern because of possible health effects of BPA on the brain, behavior and prostate gland of fetuses, infants and children. BPA is part of our modern world because is everywhere, water bottles, veggies cans, milk gallons, baby bottles, even in medicine bottles. The funny part is that 90% of us has BPA in our bodies. However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that BPA is safe at the very low levels that occur in some foods. This assessment is based on review of hundreds of studies. But in 2010 the FDA changed their position because with the standardize test they can’t find evident conclusion, then again the problem is that other independent studies show the harms of BPA, and this is how they raise “some concern”. Instead of the government doing something, the companies are, the companies of baby bottles, formula, bottled water and canned goods offer BPA-free containers in an effort to regain the trust of the customers. From my research this is what the government is doing, they are doing some research and maybe the regulations will change in the next couple of years. And they have only been given...
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...Methods - Discussion What’s in the can? One afternoon, while finishing up your shift as the stock manager at Circus Supermarket, the store manager tells you that he desperately needs some help with an inventory problem. In the back of the store, he shows you an unmarked, unopened tin can and explains that the owners of the store are threatening to fire him and all his staff if they cannot keep track of the items that they sell. There are no inventory records to trace the origin of the can, so he asks you, the stock manager, to help him figure out what is inside. Unit 1: Unit 1: Scientific Questions: Inquiry and Methods - Discussion What’s in the can? My First question would be what type of warehouse was it, in what isle of the warehouse was the can found, what other cans surrounded the can if any. Were any of the cans in the isle similar looking to the one in question, if not what objects or labeling, or postings were found on the shelf surrounding the can in question. What is the shape of the can, is it in the shape of a cylinder, round, or square etc. etc. Even though there are no shipping documents of the origin of the can in question I would ask the manager for whatever shipping documents he has to see if something was missed and maybe trace what records there are and maybe see if this can came through with another shipment. I would ask my staff if they might remember anything though minute that might be key to the can in question. In conclusion the...
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...options does the firm have ? Campbell controls 80 percent of the canned soup market,.. it is a market leader and has great brand image. Campbell’s decision to develop a new package reflects an emphasis for providing customer satisfaction by knowing and meeting consumer preferences.Campbell is also interested in attracting a new market – people who have shunned canned soup, particularly convenience-minded singles. Many young consumers associate cans with preservatives and artificial ingredients. A new brand name may reach the young market more efficiently. Firm has the option , a plastic microwavable bowl capped by an easy-open top, with same look and feel as tin cans with Campbell trade name. it must be in consistency with its previous quality stds to retain the existing cutomers and develop plastic cans for convenience to acwuire new cutomer and expand its customer base. 3 What factors should Campbell have considered in the decision to change to a new package? The customer must be able to identify with the new brand name and the can must retain its Campbell trade name to keep the product authentic and trustworthy. The new package must not give any miscues to customrs that mite deteriorate their trust...
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...introduce the class by remarking that John Connelly ran Crown Cork & Seal for over 30 years and followed essentially the same strategy for the entire period. The total return to shareholders over the 32-year period was just under 20% compounded. Now that Connelly has stepped down as CEO and given control to William Avery, is it finally time for a change? I begin by asking what are the key strategic issues facing Avery in the summer of 1989. Question 1. What are the key strategic issues that Avery needs to consider? What strategic options are open to him? Here I just want to develop the list and save the analysis of the issues until the end of class. The list of issues should include some of the following: (1) The old Continental Can is apparently for sale either in whole or in part. Should Avery consider bidding on some or all of the business? (2) Metal containers are very slow-growth and plastics is forecast to make significant inroads. Should Avery consider entering plastics? If so, in what segments, and should they build their capability or acquire someone? Who? (3) Expand the product line to a full line of metal containers, not so focused on beverage and aerosol? (4) Diversify into other packaging materials and product categories? (5) Diversify into other less-related businesses? (6) Exit, or sell the business? How should we go about addressing these issues? Presumably we should analyze the appropriateness of Crown’s future competitive strategy. We...
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...World Robot Olympiad in 2010, the game "Tumbang Preso" was played. The equipment needed are an empty milk can, and a slipper or a piece of flat stone as a pamato for each player. To make the game enjoyable and exciting, there should be no more than 9 players. One player guards the milk can (the IT) while the others stay behind the toe-line with their pamatos. The object is for the players to hit and knock down the milk can with the pamato, and for the IT to put back the can inside a small circle a few meters away from the toe-line. When a player is tagged while recovering his pamato, he becomes the IT. HOW TO PLAY 1. An IT, the one to guard the milk can is chosen by throwing the pamato to the toe-line by all the players. Whoever's pamato is farthest from the toe-line is the IT. 2. The hitters will line up at the back of the toe-line and at a signal from the IT, game starts. 3. The pamato must be retrieved immediately once the can is knocked down; otherwise once the IT has placed the can inside the circle, the one tagged becomes the IT. 4. When the can is hit and falls outside the circle but remains standing, the IT has the right to tag the hitter once the hitter leaves the toe-line. 5. The can may be kicked or knocked down under when it is outside the circle. 6. If a hitter is not able to retrieve his pamato, the others can save him by hitting the can....
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...feelings of dependence and of inferiority that he awakes in Pilenz. The reader is not expected to share Pilenz admiration for Mahlke', due to the way Pilenz tells Mahlke's story. One may have a feeling that, when reading Pilenz's words, Mahlke's attitude is sometimes irritable, egocentric, and so on, despite often the fact that Pilenz wants to deny those feelings which we perceive that he shows. Many times the group of friend’s joke and laugh at Mahlke, including Pilenz: “We laughed as, bluish and shivering, he crossed himself with his waterlogged fingertips, attempted to move his lips in prayer and produced a bit of Latin between chattering teeth”. They do not help him, for example, but instead laugh. (3) Pilenz is obsessed with Mahlke; we can see this throughout the book. He criticizes and flatters Mahlke, he helps and betrays him, he admires and gets on his nerves when he is with him. These acts reflect the love-hate feelings Pilenz feels towards Mahlke. Sometimes Pilenz feels compassion towards Mahlke and sometimes...
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