David Henry Hwang’s M. Bufferfly: From Puccini to East/Western Androgyny by Sheng-mei Ma 598202156 Lia 598202170 Cathy 598202259 Dora 598202376 Tina Outline I. Introduction to Puccini’s Madama Butterfly II. The arguments of the author A. Reinterpretation B. The Western fantasy and racism C. Androgyny and homosexual in M. Butterfly III. Conclusion Puccini’s Madama Butterfly Cho-Cho-San—a Japanese geisha Pinkerton—an American naval officer The Author Argues: M. Butterfly is the
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of Finance in Successful Serial M&A What distinguishes companies that gain maximum competitive advantage from mergers and acquisitions—deal after deal— from those that do not? An Accenture survey of finance and strategy executives from serial acquirers around the world suggests that successful M&A is based on five key practices. Why do companies decide to intensify their merger and acquisition efforts‚ and what separates those that generate value from their M&A deals from those that do not?
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Management in Mergers & Acquisitions Organizations of all sizes and across all industry sectors are increasingly looking to M&A to support their global growth strategies. The primary objectives for M&A’s are to cut costs‚ broaden market shares or take advantage of each other’s synergies and most typically to accelerate growth. Yet several studies indicate that more than half of all M&A deals fail to meet management’s strategic‚ operational and financial objectives. The crux of the matter lies in
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The Economics of M‐PESA1 WILLIAM JACK 2 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY AND TAVNEET SURI 3 MIT SLOAN First version: October‚ 2009 This version: August‚ 2010 We gratefully acknowledge the support and collaboration of Pauline Vaughan and Susie Lonie‚ and other staff of Safaricom and Vodafone. The survey whose results are reported here was commissioned by the Central Bank of Kenya‚ managed by Financial Sector Deepening
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Feminism in M. Butterfly In the 1989 drama M. Butterfly‚ the masterwork of contemporary American playwright David Henry Hwang‚ the topic of sexual politics underlies all other themes‚ and creates a tension between the genders that pervades throughout the text; moreover‚ Hwang subverts traditional thematic aspects of sexual politics by questioning the most fundamental unit of sex by considering the very nature of gender and what defines a male or a female. These elements unite and develop a penetrating
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caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis (Tortora‚ Funke‚ and Case 690). M. bovis is the etiologic agent of TB in cows and rarely in humans. Both cows and humans can serve as reservoirs. Humans can also be infected with M. bovis by the consumption of unpasteurized milk. This route of transmission can lead to the development of extrapulmonary TB‚ exemplified in history by bone infections that led to hunched backs (Todar). M. bovis accounts for only 1% of TB cases in humans in the United States.
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M. Butterfly: Summary Act I Scenes 1-3 M. Butterfly opens in present-day Paris. Rene Gallimard is in a small prison cell. He describes his monotonous daily routine‚ and then confides that he is no ordinary prisoner‚ but a celebrity. People talk about him at parties from Amsterdam to New York. Scene 2 shows three people at a party joking about Gallimard‚ and the joke obviously has something to do with sex. Scene 3 returns to Gallimard’s cell‚ and he confides that he has been loved by the "Perfect
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Soxhlet extractor From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search A schematic representation of a Soxhlet extractor 1: Stirrer bar 2: Still pot (the still pot should not be overfilled and the volume of solvent in the still pot should be 3 to 4 times the volume of the soxhlet chamber) 3: Distillation path 4: Thimble 5: Solid 6: Siphon top 7: Siphon exit 8: Expansion adapter 9: Condensor 10: Cooling water in 11: Cooling water out Animation describing mechanism of Soxhlet
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different from traditional ecommerce. Mobile phones impose very different constraints than desktop computers. Analysis Customers Point of View The analysis which we infer from the information collected from the people and the m-commerce
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The core value of M&M Ltd. states that they follow professionalism where they seek the best people and give them freedom and opportunity to grow. They will continue to do so. They will support innovation and well-reasoned risk taking‚ but will demand performance. This value gives them competitive advantage. M&M Ltd. held Mahindra Group Senior Executive Conference at regular interval to be in Sync with the norms of the company and make amendments to suit the current scenario. “An Organization culture
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