The Man on the Moon: Andy Kaufman by Marcos Gonzalez You sit down in Carnegie Hall. The theatre is packed‚ not a single seat is open. Your excitement begins to build as you reach the edge of your seat waiting for the performer to show his face. The curtains open and out comes a skinny‚ sweaty‚ hairy man in a brown suit and light-blue‚ collared shirt. He looks disheveled‚ pulls up a stool and begins to read The Great Gatsby. About an hour in‚ the crowd begins to filter out‚ but he continues
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Case 2– Research in Motion- RIM 1. What were some of the challenges RIM faced to protect its Intellectual Property and how did RIM handle those challenges? There was a legal action between NTP and RIM over the intellectual property. RIM resolved the action. To protect its intellectual property‚ RIM agreed to pay $612.5 million to NTP Inc. to settle the fight. The dispute had threatened to end RIM’s BlackBerry e-mail service to millions of users in the U.S. and has been the subject of a four-year
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Andy Warhol-Underground Movie Andy Warhol directed many underground movies with titles that were sexually explicit or off the wall terms like “Blow Job” (1964) and “The Nude Restaurant” (1967). His filmography spanned through out America’s 60’s in a time where sexuality was constantly being questioned and Andy Warhol responded with a series of subjects that pushed the limits of what is considered normal behavior. The New American Cinema Group/ The Film Makers Co-op a group of artist producers
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Case 1 Paper products‚ Inc. Introduction Paper Products Inc.‚ a manufacturer of file folders‚ file markers and labels‚ and a variety of indexing systems‚ the products of PPI are of great quality and have no match with the competitors. The case basically revolves around a decision that is to be taken on a proposition offered by Office Center Inc. – a distributor of office supplies i.e. offering PPI to get into Dealer Branding‚ creating a product under dealers brand name similar to that of its
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Andy Weir‚ a well known sci-fi author‚ once said‚ “A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow” (“Andy Weir Quotes” Brainy). Andy Weir is the author of The Martian‚ a hugely successful book about an astronaut called Mark Watney. In the book‚ Watney is left on Mars by his fellow crewmates who believe he is dead. The Martian describes what it would be like to survive on a desolate planet‚ but still somehow makes it interesting. The interest in The Martian is sometimes found in the author
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INTRODUCTION Being situated in the Coral Triangle and having an archipelagic geography‚ Philippines has one of the most diverse marine ecosystems. Water resources play a vital role in the survival of all living organisms. The country is rich in freshwater resources having about 80 lakes and 400 rivers. In addition‚ the country has about 330 freshwater fish‚ including nine endemic genera and more than 65 endemic species. Laguna de Bay is the largest lake in the country‚ situated at the heart of
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Andy Warhol: Pop Politics Andy Warhol -- one of the most influential American artists of the twentieth century -- captured the likeness of some of the most visionary and powerful political leaders of the 20th century. Images of John F. Kennedy‚ Jimmy Carter‚ Ronald Reagan‚ Queen Elizabeth II‚ and Mao Zedong‚ among others will hang side-by-side when the Currier Museum of Art presents Andy Warhol: Pop Politics from September 27‚ 2008 through January 4‚ 2009. Pop Politics displays together for
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protect delicate little Andy—and to bake me‚ I thought. I could feel it in the middle row of the van‚ where Mom‚ Andy‚ and I were sitting. Andy was facing backward in his pastel blue infant seat with pastel yellow flowers spangled all over it. (I’m telling you this‚ by the way‚ so you’ll be amazed at what a fantastic memory I have.) He was covered with a red and blue plaid wool blanket that clashed dreadfully with the seat. The plastic of the infant seat squeaked‚ but Andy himself was as quiet
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Case 07-2: Western Aluminum Introduction Western Aluminum‚ INC expanded its operations through the acquisition of Smelter. By the end of 2007‚ Smelter is projected to produce 30% of Western Aluminum’s inventory. Western Aluminum evaluated its current practices in comparison to Smelters current FIFO Inventory management system and issued a proposal to change their inventory valuation method from LIFO to FIFO. Factors to Consider Western Aluminum addressed multiple topics to validate their
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John Lennon by Andy Warhol John Lennon by Andy Warhol was created in 1985 (Christies.com)‚ shortly after the Vietnam War ended in 1975 (Kennedy Hickman). John Lennon‚ who was an antiwar activist‚ was assassinated in 1981 (Wikipedia). Due to his pivotal role in the music industry‚ he was extremely influential. Andy Warhol executed his portrait of John as a tribute four years after Lennon’s death. As a medium‚ Warhol used synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen inks on canvas (Christies.com). His
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