How can we explain the sudden collapse of Communism in Europe? Communism was a very popular ideology which was in great favor during the inter-war period but in the 1980s‚ there was an unanticipated demise of Communism. So how can we explain the sudden collapse of communism in Europe? I would argue that there were several forces converging to the breakdown of communism in Eastern Europe. Factors such as the high expenses of engaging in nuclear arms‚ the lost of their satellite states‚ the growing
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THE FALL OF SINGAPORE SPEECH The Battle of Singapore was fought in South-East Asia during World War II‚ when the Japanese Army was severely underrated. Nobody could have predicted the outcome of the battle that commenced on the 31st of January 1941 and lasted til the 15th of February in 1942. Singapore was a great strategic naval base for the Allied Forces‚ and they anticipated an attack. The British had the numbers‚ but it seems as though the Japanese had the luck. Let me start by telling
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As China and its culture developed early on‚ different sets of ideas‚ such as Daoism‚ Confucianism‚ and Legalism‚ had different influences. While the Shang dynasty ruled in China‚ it was believed that the “foundation of the universe” was represented by the yin yang symbol. The yin yang symbol demonstrates a complete balance between a dark and bright symbol‚ which to the Shang rulers was the marriage of Qian‚ referred to as heaven‚ and Kun‚ known as the earth. This symbolism is like day and night
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In the Dynastic cycle‚ the Qin and Shang Dynasties of ancient China showed similar periods of decline. To begin‚ the Qin and the Shang Dynasties showed that they are similar in the period of decline because they both ignored the needs of the poor. When they did this the people got angry and they got mad because they couldn’t live. By not caring for the poor‚ led to another reason why they both declined. The last reason the both declined was people started to rebel. They started rebelling because
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Economy of the Ming Dynasty The economy of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) of China was the largest in the world during that period. It is regarded as one of China’s three golden ages (the other two being the Han and Song periods). The period was marked by the increasing political influence of the merch ants‚ the gradual weakening of imperial rule‚ and technological advances. Monetary system Despite issuing paper money in the early part of the dynasty‚ the Ming ended up using silver as a means of
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mercenary‚ Patrice‚ who has stolen a computer hard drive that contains details of all NATO agents operating undercover in terrorist organizations. During the pursuit‚ James Bond is shot by Eve‚ who misjudged her shot as it was meant to hit Patrice. Bond falls into a river and goes missing‚ assumed to be dead. The tax topics arise by this point of the movie‚ James Bond and Eve both are working as agents of MI6‚ and they should be paying their tax. Second tax topic we encounter is that after MI6 assumed Bond
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Try to make connections with some of the theories and concepts we discussed in class (i.e. Piaget‚ Nature vs Nurture‚ Freud‚ Prenatal Development‚ Brain Development‚ etc.) I chose to observe Sadie Robertson from the reality show‚ Duck Dynasty. Duck Dynasty is a show focused on one family‚ The Robertson’s‚ who became famous and wealthy from a
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The Tang and Song dynasties are often considered the golden age of China; science‚ art‚ and literature flourished during this period.² The diffusion of Chinese culture to Korea and Japan also happened during the golden age.² From 1200-1300‚ China was conquered by the Mongol Empire.² Native Chinese reclaimed their land during the Ming dynasty.² The Ming and Qing dynasties make up early modern China‚ which featured great prosperity‚ stability‚ and
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CASE 15: THE FALL OF IBM Justin Marc C. Tariman B.S.B.A. MKTG 4 March 14‚ 2013 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose The purpose of this case study analysis report to understand and formulate a set of actions for the case of a company that is experiencing rapid environment changes and difficulty in protecting its core business such as how IBM perceived its mainframes as king of computers. Problem IBM biggest problems include its huge size‚ highly bureaucratic decision making approach‚and
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Title: Case # 15 The Fall of IBM and Case #16 IBM in 2009 Objective To be the world’s leading mainframe and software Service Company that offers its customers professional innovative services that deliver value by providing them with state of the art solutions that leverage IBM’s industry and business process industries. Problems During the mainframe system era‚ IBM’s competitors began selling cheaper and high performing IBM compatible central processing units that posed a threat
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