Watching all the Asian films this semester has greatly changed my view of Asian directors‚ actors‚ and Asian films in general. It has opened my eyes and it let me see the creativity and the kind of quality that Asian Cinema has to offer. I used to think that Asian Film was corny and boring. Also‚ I used to think that it was just trying hard to follow its western counterparts. I was wrong. Asian film has its own identity and is unique in its own fascinating way. In Asian film‚ or just in Asian countries
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In the last 40 years or so‚ the business world has earned a bad reputation. Companies like Enron and individuals like Bernie Madoff‚ who perpetuated the stigma that profitable businesses must operate based on the shareholder strategy‚ have ruined public perception of an entire industry. What is often forgotten is that these companies and individuals are the minority. Every individual can stomp his feet and stand on his soap box and say how he would’ve acted differently if he was placed in the aforementioned
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About the Authors Titu Andreescu received his BA‚ MS‚ and PhD from the West University of Timisoara‚ Romania. The topic of his doctoral dissertation was “Research on Diophantine Analysis and Applications.” Professor Andreescu currently teaches at the University of Texas at Dallas. Titu is past chairman of the USA Mathematical Olympiad‚ served as director of the MAA American Mathematics Competitions (1998–2003)‚ coach of the USA International Mathematical Olympiad Team (IMO) for 10 years (1993–2002)
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The ends justify the means. We live in a world where it is ok to be uncaring towards others‚ where being Machiavellian is an ultimate goal for almost everyone. No forgiveness‚ no redemption. Machiavelli`s highly ranked book “The Prince” is being taught in every school and strongly recommended for being the key to success. It is a book I would personally ban from every institution‚ and instead I would teach about “Seven Pounds”‚ a movie where we can learn more about how a successful man can make an
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motto‚ YOLO.” The message here is clear that in our journey of life‚ there is only one end‚ so we should put ourselves in challenge to live our lives to the fullest potential. Having such a seemingly profound message‚ one might ask‚ “What’s wrong with saying YOLO?” My real concern is due to the inane interpretation of this commonly used catchphrase. I understand that it can be a ‘cool’ and alluring term where one can spit out to conform to the majority. Unfortunately‚ most people have a perverted
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hasn’t been long since our Prime Minister announced mobile number portability across the country. The main question still remains‚ why should someone change to a different operator? One (big) reason is that before MNP was actually announced‚ switching to another operator involved a procedure of submitting documents and in the end when you finally got your number‚ you had to inform family‚ friends and colleagues about the change. All that will now change with the introduction of MNP. Here is a
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Case Study 12.31 and 12.32 This paper addresses the solutions to Case Study 12.31 and 12.32 in the textbook authored by David Marshall‚ Wayne McManus‚ and Daniel Viele “Accounting; What the numbers mean.” Both case studies bring about a better understanding of operating and financial leverage. This discussion includes the return on investment‚ return on equity‚ contribution margin‚ and break-even point. All these terms associate with the two types of leverage. The exertion of a force that
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Cisneros Film Noir Assignment 1--How is the mood of Sunset Boulevard representative of the Film Noir style? The mood of the film is immediately established as decadent and decaying by the posthumous narrator - a dead man floating face-down in a swimming pool in Beverly Hills. As we fade backward into the story‚ we quickly come to understand that this film is about "behind the scenes" Hollywood‚ self-deceit‚ spiritual and spatial emptiness‚ and the price of fame‚ greed‚ narcissism‚ and ambition
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Parents have one main job when it comes to their children‚ and that is to raise them. They are the ones who teach their children right from wrong; the ones who scold their children when they do something bad; the ones who decide the punishment to give their children. Deciding the punishment may be very difficult for some people‚ however. Not punishing them is going to teach the children nothing
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{draw:g} {draw:g} {draw:g} Table of Contents Introduction Who was Charles Darwin? Charles Darwin was born in 1809 in Shrewsbury‚ England. Originally‚ Darwin did not believe in the idea of evolution and trained to be a priest before studying geology and biology. In 1831‚ when Darwin was 22‚ he set sail around the world on HMS Beagle‚ a naval survey ship. The trip lasted for 5 years during which time the ship stopped at many places including the Galápagos Islands‚ just off the west
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