Citizenfour is a documentary‚ directed by Laura Poitras‚ that revolves around Edward Snowden‚ a computer professional that revealed classified information from the NSA (US National Security Agency) and the GCHQ (UK Government Communications Headquarters) concerning illegal surveillance programs run by this organizations along with the help of telecommunication companies and other governments. These programs consisted on illegally listening to phone conversations‚ reading e-mails and basically having
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In this narrative “Grace is a Gift‚” the author‚ “Laura Durham” talked about grace. It is about Laura saying grace is a gift not a reward. The author said giving grace can teach a lots things and from the teacher‚ the author learned how much grace can lift someone’s spirit. The author is literally saying grace is how grace is a gift not a reward. You do not deserve it because you did something good. There is nothing that you can do to earn grace. In other words‚ you don’t have to worry about you
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HKU701 JIANGYONG LU ZHIGANG TAO EBAY’S STRATEGY IN CHINA: ALLIANCE OR ACQUISITION In December 2006‚ eBay Inc.‚ a US company that offered e-commerce‚ e-payments and internet communication services globally‚ announced its plan to form a joint venture with China-based online portal and wireless operator‚ TOM Online‚ in which eBay would have 49% ownership.1 The move reflected the increasing difficulties foreign internet companies were facing in their attempts to snatch a share of the Chinese
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are only three basic needs of life‚ food‚ water and shelter. What most people might not realize is that humans have a very important psychological basic need - dignity. When you have nothing your dignity keeps you going. The author of “Unbroken”‚ Laura Hillenbrand explores the concept of dignity as a basic need. In “Unbroken” Louis Zamperini’s dignity fueled his battle to survive. When his dignity was compromised his will to live started to diminish. During his imprisonment‚ Louis begins to realized
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GROUP 11 - AMERICAN EXPRESS! http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/financials/secfilings.asp?ticker=AXP:US PART I: INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: CREATE AN INDUSTRY ANALYSIS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS CP1-7 | | Team Project: Examining an Annual Report | | | As a team‚ select an industry to analyze. Reuters provides lists of industries under Sectors and Industries at www.reuters.com. (Click on an industry and then select Company Rankings for a list of members of that industry
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Spirit Airlines Strategic Choice and Evaluation-Week 4 University of Phoenix-STR 581 April 16‚ 2011 Strategic Choice and Evaluation The next phase associated with strategy formulation is the strategic analysis and choice phase of the process. According to Pearce & Robinson (2013)‚ “Business managers examine and choose a business strategy that allows their business to maintain or create a sustainable competitive advantage” (p. 238). Therefore‚ a business such as Spirit
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Level: Pre-intermediate Aim:Present perfect to express an experience some time before now. E.g. I have been to Mexico. I have eaten Octopus etc. Target language: I have been/eaten etc.‚ Have you ever...? Time: 50 minutes Assumptions: Students will have encountered the present perfect before so should be familiar with the form. Possible problems: Students might use the present perfect with past phrases‚ e.g. I have been to Mexico in 2003. I have eaten Octopus last year. Lead-In: - 10 mins I would
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The Federal Reserve System Why do a research paper on the Federal Reserve System? This is a question we went over in our heads while making a decision on the type of research paper to do‚ what we wanted to learn more about and why. Over the past few years we have realized the impact that the Federal Government has on our economy‚ yet we never knew enough about the subject to understand why. While taking this Economics course it has brought so many things to our attention‚ especially since we see
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Doing business internationally and globally‚ Seminar 2. 1. What is the strategic position of Baosteel and what are its motives for negotiating a three-way cross border‚ cross-shareholding alliance? Strategic position of Baosteel: Leadership and competitive position. Baosteel is the largest and most profitable steel-maker in China. Baosteel emerged as a catch up strategy based on those pillars: integration‚ internationalisation and diversification ( haarde laiendamine) Baosteel had to integrate
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Countries believe that forming alliance can protect their sovereignty and security of their nation. The alliance can be beneficial but it can also be harmful‚ where there is no benefit out of it. Alliances each have their own purpose and meaning. Throughout history countries have made alliances to protect social and economic interests among themselves. When countries have others besides them it is easy to say that they are benefiting from the alliance. Countries can carry out plans with other countries
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