Peeking out of closets around the world, MONSTERS INC. hit theaters in 2001 to rave reviews and massive audience attendance. Co-produced by Pixar and Disney, the film went on to earn well over $524 million — ranking it second only to “The Lion King” in terms of overall earnings. Furthermore, it went on to win an Oscar for Best Original Song. Not too shabby for a couple of monsters.

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The dream wedding is something on every woman’s mind — and has been since she was a child. You want your day to be perfect, and picking a beautiful wedding invitation is an important step in your wedding planning. The wedding invitation sets the tone for that special day. It is essential you send the right message to your guests.

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An irascible car, Herbie was unleashed on American audiences in 1969’s “The Love Bug.” Enjoying a mind of his own, Herbie can drive himself. Most of the time, Herbie is shown as a grayish-white Beetle with red, white and blue stripes running from the front bumper to the back, and has a large number “53″ on his engine lid, hood and doors. The exception to this is when he first shows up in The Love Bug. Then, Herbie is a non-descript grayish-white Beetle with a gray sunroof. The sunroof suggests that Herbie is a 1963 model. In the movie, Herbie is named after the uncle of a mechanic.

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Some of the most influential movies ever made have been made by Disney Studios. Anyone can single out at least one Disney movies he or she remembers fondly. While Disney was a pioneer in the industry, their commercial success with new movies lagged a little bit in the 1980’s. In the late 1980’s and the 1990’s Disney shook up their company and revived its animation success. This period was known as the Disney Renaissance. Disney released several movies during this time period that were critically and commercially successful. All but one of the movies was nominated for an Academy Award and arguably, the most successful all of them was The Lion King.

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One of Winnie the Pooh’s best friends and companions is Piglet. He is often portrayed as a timid, hesitant creature, constantly startled and quick to hide. In Milne’s original “Winnie the Pooh,” in Chapter Three, Piglet says, “WHAT?”, with a jump, to show that he hadn’t been frightened, he jumped up and down once or twice more in an exercising sort of way. In Chapter Seven, “It is hard to be brave,” said Piglet, sniffling slightly, “when you’re only a very small animal.” In Chapter Nine, Piglet says, “It’s a little anxious,” he said to himself, “to be a very small animal entirely surrounded by water.” Piglet’s catchphrase was, “Oh, dear! Oh, d-d-d-dear-dear!

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Released in 1977, “Pete’s Dragon” is a live action, animated feature film. Using a radical new mixture of live-action and animation, the story centers on a young orphan boy named Pete and his dragon, Elliott. The movie was the first Disney feature film to be released on home video in 1980. Animators chose to make Elliott an oriental dragon as oriental dragons are associated with good fortune. In “Pete’s Dragon,” Elliott is a do-gooder, constantly trying to dragon do-gooder for the protection of a little orphan boy, and those in need.

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You might want to sit for this. The evolution of the office chair, from its bare, four-legs-and-a-back origins, had its origins in the rise of the Second Industrial Revolution. The incorporation of steam-driven machines prompted business owners to consider a phrase that has become ubiquitous to our modern ears: productivity. As the objective of business is the generation of capital, and the generation of said capital is dependent upon labor, the question was “How best can we drain the last drops of toil from our employees?” The answer: build a better chair. The logic centered on the notion that employees who sat at their stations longer, could be more productive, therefore earning the company more capital.

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Once the lights are out and you’ve nestled down for a night’s sleep, there is a good chance you don’t think about the mattress you’re sleep on. Unless, of course, it’s too uncomfortable - or you have bed bugs. The mattress, that simplest of inventions, has been with us for thousands of years and while the concept is simple enough, like with any Thanksgiving turkey: it’s all in the stuffing.

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Dell Computers has been in the ‘custom built’ PC market since the early 1980s; Michael Dell famously started the business out of his University of Texas dorm room before laptop computers even existed. Dell has managed to establish a reputation for hitting the sweet spot of price and performance for most users, and regularly updates their brand lines to match the latest specifications.

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Chicago, referred to as the Windy City, is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 3 million people in it, Chicago is a center for economic growth and industry. Chicago is located in Illinois along the Great Lakes. It was founded in 1833 by settlers who liked it’s location near the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. The first settler arrived in Chicago in the 1770s and married a Native American woman of the Potawatomi tribe. Now, Chicago is the economic hub of the Midwest.

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