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    Blood Diamond analyse

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    Blood Diamond – Film analysis Plot: Main events  Chronological‚ flashbacks‚ parallel story‚ reverse Suspense‚ foreshadow The most important sequences in the movie is when Solomon finds the huge pink diamond and buries it‚ and when Dia points a gun at Danny and his father Solomon. Chronological‚ the son is taken by the RUF. Parallel story‚ Solomons son on one side Climax: What is to come (Foreshadowing): When Solomon meets his family at the camp‚ we know that he is going to get them out

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    Porter Diamond Model

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    Diamond Model The approach looks at clusters of industries‚ where the competitiveness of one company is related to the performance of other companies and other factors tied together in the value-added chain‚ in customer-client relation‚ or in local or regional contexts Key Factors in a diamond model for analyzing competitiveness * Factor conditions are human resources‚ physical resources‚ knowledge resources‚ capital resources and infrastructure. Specialized resources are often specific for

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    Diamond in the Data Mine

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    Diamond in the Data Mine by Gary Loveman The approach that Loveman used was highly effective outlining the importance of providing an exceptional customer service in today’s service industry through deep data mining. This article discussed 2 main points: * How Harrah’s Entertainment used information technologies to gather data about its customers and market effectively to them‚ in turn increasing their revenues in a competitive market.

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    tensions‚ and perseverance through adversities. Although Detroit has a long and prosperous history‚ primarily due to its automobile industry‚ a bankruptcy was filed on July 18‚ 2013. By this time‚ the city had reached 18-20 billion dollars in debt. This collapse not only affected the city’s industries‚ but the citizens of Detroit as well. Detroit is known to be one of the most difficult cities to live in as it breeds economic hardships. As Detroit rebuilds itself from economic and political failure‚ many

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    Alabama. They (Henry‚ Emanuel and Mayer Lehman) founded the Lehman Brothers which prospered and grew over the years‚ and grew strong over difficulties bankruptcy‚ wars‚ capital shortage‚ capital management collapse‚ and debt default. They survived it all. However‚ the U.S. housing market collapse brought them down. Their involvement in subprime mortgage market was their mistake for the taking. During 2003 and 2004‚ the U.S. housing boomed‚ and Lehman acquired five mortgage lenders two subprime lenders

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    Protostar This is the stage in which the star begins to form after the collapse of the interstellar cloud. It happens in small molecular clouds that can be referred to as dense cores. In the beginning the dense core has a level of balance between its own gravitational forces (self-gravity)‚ and both the magnetic pressure‚ and gas pressure. The self-gravity acts to compress the dense core‚ while the gas‚ and magnetic pressures act to inflate it. The core’s self-gravity will eventually overwhelm it

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    Cited: Fitzgerald‚ F. Scott. "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz." The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Short Stories.Mineola‚ NY: Dover‚ 1998. Palahniuk‚ Chuck. Fight Club. New York: Henry Holt‚ 1997.

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    A Film Unfinished‚ The Last Stage‚ and Diamonds of the Night are all films that deal in some way with the Holocaust. However‚ the perspective and director’s intentions are so unique for each. A Film Unfinished was able to pick apart the lies of a Nazi propaganda film by including Holocaust survivors’ reaction to the film‚ as well as journals and interviews of people directly involved with the propaganda footage. The Last Stage is authentic because real Holocaust survivors were recruited to act in

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    Collapse of Rome and Han

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    There are many major similarities of the collapse are Rome and the Han empire such as they were both invaded by foreign enemies‚ the corruption of the governments‚ and the weak leaders. There are also many differences between the collapse of the Roman and Han empires such as‚ the Roman empire fell because of Germanic invasions‚ and the Civil Wars. The Han empire fell because‚ power was not held by the central government‚ and uprisings of desperate peasants. There were many similarities between

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    Weimar Democracy Collapse

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    The collapse of the Weimar democracy in 1933 could not be attributed to one event‚ but more referred to in a monocausal manner. A multiplicity of factors were involved to upset the republics equilibrium and made it vulnerable to sudden shock. The complexity of contributing factors to the democratic collapse can be partially blamed on the shaky foundations and inherent flaws within the constitution‚ making the republic susceptible to future problems and the Nazi take over. The economic situation which

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