What is CAGE Code?

CAGE Code or Commercial and Government Entity Code is a five-character ID number to identify the government contractors. Apart from the Department of Defense, these CAGE codes are used in DoT (Department of Transportation), NASA, and several other federal government agencies.

Those who want to apply for a CAGE code for their items needs to obtain a DUNS (Data Universal Numbering System) number before applying for DoD’s Central Contractor Registration. The Federal government adds all contractors who achieve CAGE Codes in its distinguished panel.

Benefits of CAGE Codes:

* Chance to be added on the distinguished panel contractors of the Federal government list

* Help contractors submit for government bids and proposals

* Sign up for buyer-vendor matching services and spot potential buyers for itemized Products

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10. Casablanca: “Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.”

9. Psycho: “We’re always quickest to doubt people who have a reputation for being honest.”

8. City of God: “It was like a message from God: ‘Honesty doesn’t pay, sucker.’”

7. Trainspotting: “That lassie got glassed, and no cunt leaves here till we find out what cunt did it.”

6. Fight Club: “This is your life, and it’s ending one minute at a time.”

5. Snatch.: “Listen, you fucking fringe, if I throw a dog a bone, I don’t want to know if it tastes good or not. You stop me again whilst I’m walking, and I’ll cut your fucking Jacobs off.”

4. Taxi Driver: “I think someone should just take this city and just… just flush it down the fuckin’ toilet.”

3. Casino: “Back home, they put me in jail for what I’m doing. Here, they give me awards.”

2. The Godfather Saga: “There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”

1. Pulp Fiction: “I don’t wanna hear about no motherfuckin’ ifs. All I wanna hear from your ass is, ‘You ain’t got no problem, Jules. I’m on the motherfucker. Go back in there, chill them niggers out and wait for the cavalry which should be coming directly.’”

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Everybody’s favourite pirate is back for the forth instalment of “Pirates of the Caribbean” and it’s costing the producers $56 million just to pay the star. This is to be the highest amount of money paid to an actor in all-time. Prior to Depp, Tom Hanks held the record for receiving $51 million for starring in “The Da Vinci Code.”

It is reported that Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley will not be appearing in the new Pirates film, which is very interesting to see how this will unravel. I understand that they’re paying Depp such a high sallary, but does that mean they have to cut out other actors just to make this movie. What’s next, are they going to start cutting out cinematographers and other crew members out because of the budget dilemma? Depp is a great actor and Pirates wouldn’t be the same without him, but Jesus, do they really have to pay the man such an insane amount to stand in front of a camera for a few months? Also, it is interesting to see how well this movie will do in the box office now that U.S is in a recession and many people are choosing to stay home rather than go out and spend any spare cash on entertainment.

Johnny Depp has another five or so movies in pre-production and is rumored to be in at least another three films. I’m sure his good buddy Tim Burton isn’t laying out anything close to $50 million for Depp to star in the remake of “Alice in Wonderland.” Frankly, the only movie I really want Depp to star in at this point, before he gets too old, is in “The Rum Diary,” an auto-biographical portrayal of Depp’s good late friend Hunter S. Thompson. The film is about Hunter’s life as a journalist in San Juan, and even though there were rumors about this film for about a year now, it keeps being postponed for Depp to complete other roles.

Recession VS Hollywood  

We all saw how recession-proof Vegas was, now it’s time to see how Hollywood will fight the recession. I really want to see how well the movie and music industry will do against the recession. Well, if we see actors like Depp receiving record salaries at a time America is in turmoil, we should not see Hollywood suffering too much. What do you think?

This post was submitted by Allen Mayer.