Executive Summary: Circus Circus Enterprises is a leader and will continue to be in the gaming industry. In recent years‚ they have seen a decline in profit and revenue; management tends to blame the decrease on continuing disruptions from remodeling‚ expansion‚ and increased competition. Consequently‚ Circus has reported decreases in its net income for 1997 and 1998 and management believes this trend will continue as competition heightens. Currently the company is involved in several joint ventures
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for decades‚ but the hype surrounding these spectacles disguise a serious problem. Whilst the circus performers travel in comfortable automobiles and sleep in warm beds‚ the animals they employ in their acts stay in cramped cages that constantly jostle around in some dark dingy trailer. Even when they actually perform‚ these animals suffer stress and abuse. The use of animals as entertainment in the circus should be forbidden. To begin with‚ performing animals suffer unnecessary and often dangerous
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Similarities Between Ghost Boy and Water for Elephants The circus is a setting common to both the Iain Lawrence novel Ghost Boy and the 2011 film directed by Francis Lawrence Water for Elephants. The film and novel are similar in many ways. The circus during the Depression and the war provides and immediate similarity in the setting for both stories. Characters in both the film and the novel share similar traits and characteristics creating strong protagonists and antagonists. These characters
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father’s practice. When Jacob realizes that he is all alone with no home he jumps a train‚ not knowing were its going. As it turns out that it was a circus train. And his new life begins. The chapters in the book switch through the ninety year old and 20 year old perspective. On the circus train he meets the love of his life Marlena‚ a performer in the circus. The two of them share a love for animals and bond over their friendship that evolves into a relationship. The main problem is that Marlena is
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is demeaning to the animal‚ even if it can be proved that it is enjoying the process. It degrades because it makes it into something it is not. It reduces it to a caricature of humanity." - William Johnson‚ The Rose Tinted Menagerie. Why the circus is no place for animals. People are learning to appreciate animals for themselves. There is no need to laugh at imitation human behaviour. Since the advent of film and television‚ people can see animals "performing" naturally in the wild‚ which is
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Cirque du Soleil Background: Cirque du Soleil was the first ever circus group that evolved its self to the commercial world by introducing the simple but innovative and unique concept of combining the traditional circus acts with opera‚ dance‚ theatre and live music. Cirque du Soleil ensured success by executing the concept to the point of perfection. Excellent choreography and amazing pyrotechnics were the backbone of their success. The experience of a Cirque du Soleil show is considered to be as
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Adel Erolsky University of Phoenix MKT/421 Ron Rosalik August 25‚ 2014 Blue Ocean Strategy Paper In today’s business world‚ competition is a big concern for nearly every corporation. The competition on the market is getting stronger and more difficult to overcome‚ in many situations corporations terminate their products‚ production‚ or their services‚ just because it is impossible to continue; the cost is too high to focus on gathering development projects in marketing
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experienced his first clown when he went to the circus. He went to the Ringling Bros Circus and met a Whiteface clown. Joe later found out that the Whiteface clown was not the only type. In addition to the Whiteface clown‚ Joe soon discovered that there are more kinds of clowns: the “Auguste” clown as well as “character” clowns‚ which are all very different in appearance and character (All About Clowns‚ “Types”). The Whiteface clown‚ also known as the “circus clown‚” is the most common clown. Its face
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managers achieve a self fulfilment because they have career prospects due to the variety of jobs e.g. in environment issues. (Cirque du Soleil‚ 2012) Hence‚ the managers are able to learn different stages of work and also have job possibilities in non-circus work. 1.1.2.
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industry or innovation (Investopedia‚ 2014). Take the circus industry‚ for example‚ its appeal is in rapid decline as technology becomes more interesting than seeing chained animals perform. When the circus first came out‚ it was the 1700 where no one had ever seen performances of its kind. Now the traditional circus’s audiences are in decline‚ but the increase of unwanted attention‚ such as animal rights activists‚ remains. In 1984‚ former circus performer Guy Laliberte and a group of other street
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