In 2006 Tesco‚ the UK’s most successful grocery retailer (with about 30 per cent market share)‚ again reported a record-breaking year. Over the previous four years it had almost doubled group sales (excluding VAT) and profits to £39bn (approx 57bn euro) and £2.28bn respectively. The “group statistics” painted a picture of what this growth meant on the ground: the number of stores had tripled to 2‚672 and employee numbers had grown by about 60 per cent to 273‚000. Significantly‚ sales to the rest
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More pr oductio n Mor Mo re gr ow th ee mo tion Less CO s 2 Les se mis sion s More diversity Les s co nge stio n Sustainability REPORT 2011 About this report. Contents This report contains information about the sustainability activities of the Volkswagen Group in 2011. The following pages outline the Group’s key strategic principles and present concrete examples of the activities of the various Group brands. The
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The Decision She Made Based on Where She Went By : Blanca Juarez Rodriguez February 16‚ 2016 Where She Went‚ is a book narrated by Adam Wilde‚ one of the main characters‚ and written by Gayle Forman. Gayle Forman has also written If I Stay‚ and I Was Here. Adam says‚ “Letting go. Everyone talks about it like it’s the easiest thing. Unfurl your fingers one by one until your hand is open.” which describes his situation of having trouble moving on from his past‚ Mia. Adam throughout this book talks
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proposition of the ‘male gaze’ has been applied to feminist studies of the media. “One thing I really envy about men‚ ’ a friend once said to me‚ ’is the right to look ’ (Dyer 1982) Johnathan Schroeder posited ‘...to gaze implies more than to look at- it signifies psychological relationship of power‚ in which the gazer is superior to the object of the gaze.(Schroeder‚ 1998)’ Keeping this in mind‚ in Laura Mulvey’s article ‘Visual pleasure and narrative cinema’‚ she proposes that the male gaze is paramount
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Analysis We see the theory of the male gaze prominently in this scene taken from transformers in which the appealing force is Megan Fox and the character she plays. This is done through the micro-elements in the film and especially the cinematography in this scene. One major area is her style of clothing. We see her in a typical light‚ short skirt and a crop top alongside the tan and curves. This draws the eye of audiences in order to portray her in the light that male audience’s desire. Throughout the
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the ideas of hierarchy‚ social class‚ and gender roles through the characters. Wharton’s depiction of these characters helps in making the book more entertaining to the reader‚ especially the male characters. The male characters have a broad range of personalities‚ but the character of Simon Rosedale is the most intriguing to me and hence‚ I decided to construct a Tableaux Vivant for him. Rosedale is one of the primary male characters in the novel‚ who appears to have a certain ‘soft spot’ for the protagonist
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She!! 1-at the dads home It is morning .Two people are in the room. One of them is the dad while the other girl is Linda‚ his daughter. [The dad opens the door and three people walk in with luggage] DAD Welcome home honey. This is my daughter Linda and Linda(turns to Linda ) this is your stepmother and your stepsisters. LINDA Wh..hh..at??oh er.. welcome home! (Linda feels uncomfortable) STEPMOTHER Heloo sweetie! Hi dear! Tiara-Siara say hi to your new dad and sister. TIARA-SIARA Hiii
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Question 1 “In a world ordered by sexual imbalance‚ pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its phantasy on to the female figure which is styled accordingly.” (Mulvey 750) Mulvey refers here to classic Hollywood cinema. Is her analysis still relevant? Discuss in relation to films from the classic era and contemporary cinema. Refer to films screened in this unit and films of your choice with attention to mise en scene and narrative
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Male Dominance We live in a man ’s world. Male dominated and controlled societies. It could be that it has been a cultural tradition‚ the man was given a more powerful and influential role in the community than women and it takes a long time for traditions to wear down. Or it could be the question of gender bias‚ the belief that man is stronger and wiser‚ thus the obvious choice for a leader. In “Girls at War” by Chinua Achebe and “The Collector of Treasures” by Bessie Head‚ the destructive nature
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Male-male Compensatory Relationship Theory I. Rationale Among many historical figures‚ some have been recorded as having homosexual relationships which may or may not be exclusive to same sex. It is through constant suppression and negative connotations that many of them have been left to perish. Earliest documented same-sex relationships dates back in Ancient Greece where it was indicated that it was normal for adult males (erastes) to have younger males (eromenos) to take as lovers but does
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