(XH541) Group 1 Reflective journal 2: The Quiet American April 4‚ 2014 The Quiet American: A wartime love triangle One of the famous novels written by Graham Green‚ The Quiet American was adapted into the film with the same name directed by Phillip Noyce in 2002. The themes of the film mention not only war‚ but also love setting in Saigon‚ Viet Nam‚ in 1952‚ during the First Indochina War where much of focuses on three main characters that are in a love triangle between Fowler‚ Phuong‚ and Pyle
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take care of his creation‚ the Crakers. Jimmy was left in all the chaos and is ultimately suffering alone in misery and despair replaying his old reality over and over throughout his thoughts. Similarly in the movie The Quiet American directed by Phillip Noyce‚ the character Aldon Pyle kills many civilians on an attack placing dialacton‚ an explosive material used in creating bombs into cars blowing up a whole Vietnamese town. This was a direct order by Pyle for his own selfish desires as well. Pyle
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justice is paved by true sacrifice. In consequence‚ it is very true that achieving justice often comes at a price. Illustrated in real life tales from these three masterpieces ; ‘The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Hosseini‚ ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’ directed by Phillip Noyce and ‘Half the Sky’ by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn‚ the evidences and confirmations of justice achieved at a price is manifold. In the novel The Kite Runner‚ the concept of achieving justice at a price is further epitomized when faced
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their previous night. The movie is filled with numerous of funny moments and promises an unforgettable movie experience that guaranties you one hundred minutes of pure laughter. The Hangover is a movie that has been released in June 2009. Todd Phillips‚ who is also known as the director of movies such as „Due Date“‚ „Starsky and Hutch“‚ and the controversial movie „Project X“‚ which has been released this summer 2012 worked on the Hangover not only as director but also as producer. With a budget
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So Nokia has already been through one (successful) change programme‚ turning itself from an unfocused conglomerate into a focused mobile phone producer. Can it change again? - Global market leader in mobile phones - but not smart phones - Still profitable‚ but revenues under pressure - September 2010: Appointed new CEO - Stephen Elop - to drive strategic change - February 2011 - Elop issued the famous “burning platform” memo bluntly explaining the serious strategic challenges facing Nokia -
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become more effective and efficient Head office in Finland; R&D‚ production‚ sales‚ marketing activities around the world 3 553 emplo ees Strong R&D presence in 6 countries‚37 0 0 emplo ees in R&D (approximatel 30% of workforce‚ including Nokia Siemens Networks) Sales in over 60 countries Mobile Solutions Responsible for developing and managing our portfolio of smart phones and mobile computers. The team is also busy developing a world-class suite of internet services under the
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a closure view on an international well-known organization-Nokia Corporation on highlighting the basic purpose of management including ensuring the organization’s goals are achieved in an efficient and effective manner and perform the following tasks:- A.) PEST Framework. B.) Departmentalized by geographic location. C.) Social Responsibility. 2.0 NOKIA CORPORATION 2.1 Company Background The roots of Nokia go back to the year 1865 with the establishment of a forestry
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LAST YEAR’S BREAKOUT HIT FINALLY RETURNS! By the award-winning team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. One of the biggest Hollywood options of the year‚ nominated for THREE Eisner Awards‚ INCOGNITO is finally back for more! It’s apocalyptic pulp noir at its finest! It’s been over a year since Zack Overkill came out of Witness Protection to build a new life. But working for the government isn’t that different from being controlled by them‚ and his new secret identity is becoming more trouble than it’s
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on the smartphone market in North America. It is based on an experiential image branding approach intended to generate awareness‚ long-lasting customer relationship‚ and brand loyalty comparable to that of competitors in North America. Currently‚ Nokia is the market leader in the global mobile industry‚ with great success excluding North America. The reason for that includes increased competition with Apple and Samsung‚ out-of-date Symbian OS‚ low brand exposure and internal problems. This marketing
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University of Hong Kong Introductory Econometrics (ECON0701)‚ Fall 2013 22 November 2013 Further Issues in Using OLS with Time Series Data • Last time‚ we discussed the assumptions necessary for OLS parameter estimates to be consistent in a time series context. • We also compared these assumptions with the assumptions necessary for OLS to be unbiased. • In general‚ the conditions are more restrictive for OLS to be unbiased than for OLS to be consistent‚ so in a time series context‚ it
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