Crouching Tiger‚ Hidden Dragon is a multi award winning martial arts film. The film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors. This movie was made on a $17 million budget and was a huge international success‚ grossing $213.5 million and is a very worthy candidate for inclusion in the film festival. Characterisation: The movie opens with the return of Li Mu Bai from the Green Mountain where he reunites with his friend‚ Yu Shu Lien‚ a female warrior. Both
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Historiku How it Began What began as a small family-run candle and soap business‚ grew through innovation‚ creative marketing and partnerships to become the largest consumer goods company in the world. P&G WAS FOUNDED IN 1837 BY TWO MEN WHO MET BY CHANCE. William Procter‚ emigrating from England‚ established himself as a candle maker in Cincinnati‚ which was a busy center of commerce and industry in the early nineteenth century. And James Gamble
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*monitor History of Monitor A long time has passed since the first computer monitors were introduced. Way back when these units were first introduced‚ they were available in monochrome only and most of the computer monitors used to have a bright green display on a jet black background. These were known as monochrome monitors and they did not use to have high quality displays. The displays that we see on the monitors are caused by the electrons directed on a phosphor coating on the screen by the
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K’ang Hsi was the was the third son of the Shunzhi emperor. Upon Shunzhi’s sudden death from smallpox K’ang Hsi was instantly put to power over his five brothers. His chosen reign name was Kangxi which means “Peaceful harmony.” Because K’ang Hsi was not quite seven years old‚ his government was run by four conservative Manchu courtiers from the preceding reign. One of the first political acts of the for imperial advisors was to replace the so-called Thirteen Offices with a Neiwufu‚ or Office of Household
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1. INTRODUCTION Animals that live under human care are in captivity. Captivity can be used as a generalizing term to describe the keeping of either wild animals or domesticated animals such as livestock and pets. This may include for example farms‚ private and zoos. Keeping animals in human captivity and under human care can thus be distinguished between three primary categories according to the particular motives‚ objectives and conditions. The domestication of animals is the oldest documented
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katrina barcelo "The characteristic of sound by which a shrill sound can be distinguished from a grave sound is known as PITCH." Pitch of sound depends upon the frequency of sound. The greater the frequency‚ the higher is the pitch and vice versa. It is the pitch of sounds that enable us to distinguished b/w a sound of man and woman or man and dog. Etc. sound of a woman is shrill due to high pitch. Sound of a dog is grave due to low pitch and low frequency. QUALITY OR TIMBER "The property
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The Babylonians: Unifiers of Mesopotamia Article The Babylonians began their rise to power in the region of Mesopotamia around 1900 B.C. This was at a time when Mesopotamia was largely unstable‚ prone to conflict and invasion‚ and not at all unified. This early period‚ known as the Old Babylonian Period‚ is characterized by over 300 years of rule of theAmorites‚ who had come from west of the Euphrates River‚ and formed an empire based in the city-state of Babylon. This empire was a monarchy that
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CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS ECONOMY Weather is one of the important elements in a certain county. Philippines is a tropical country and had two seasons: dry season and wet season. Being a tropical country‚ Philippines experience a hot weather which http://www.mapsofworld.com/referrals/weather/climate/tropical-climate.html stated that tropical climate has an average temperature above 18ºC. Climate change is one of the disasters that can barely affect the economy of a certain country. Baguio City‚
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Why are individuals so important to the NASA project teams? People are the most important thing NASA has got as asset‚ they are things that make a program so successful‚ these people are form the social capital of the organization. Indeed‚ the most important builders of these social capital networks in organizations are the experiences people have working together overtime. In an organization like NASA‚ where most work is project work‚ being part of a series of project teams with overlapping but
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Learning at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summary National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established by Congress on October 1‚ 1958‚ in order for the United States to keep up with the technological advancements achieved from former Soviet Union’s successful launch of the Sputnik (1957). The Apollo Era-Mission had risen from the support of John F. Kennedy’s goal‚ which was “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth.” Prioritization at NASA evolved
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