...Movie Review – Downfall It took place inside the bunker beneath adolf hitler and his men spent their final days with the other civilians. It shows the tear up of the nazi defenses of berlin. Our entry to this sealed world is Traudl Junge hired by Hitler as a secretary. and eyewitness to Hitler's decay in body and mind. She wrote a memoir about her experiences, which is one of the sources of this film, was a documentary about her memories. In a clip at the end of "Downfall," filmed shortly before her death, she says she now feels she should have known more than she did about the crimes of the Nazis. But like many secretaries the world over, she was awed by the power of her employer and not included in the information loop. Yet she could see, as anyone could see, that Hitler was a lunatic. Sometimes kind, sometimes considerate, sometimes screaming in fits of rage, but certainly cut loose from reality. Against the overarching facts of his personal magnetism and the blind loyalty of his lieutenants, the movie observes the workings of the world within the bunker. All power flowed from Hitler. He was evil, mad, ill, but long after Hitler's war was lost he continued to wage it in fantasy. Pounding on maps, screaming ultimatums, he moved troops that no longer existed, issued orders to commanders who were dead, counted on rescue from imaginary armies. That he was unhinged did not much affect the decisions of acolytes like Joseph and Magda Goebbels, who decided to stay with him, and...
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...All these can be causes for a person behaving or acting the way he does. Same is the case with me. I did not realize the actions I did were good or bad until I saw the side effects of them. The side effects were evident through the different events that occurred in my life later on. The realization came to me only after experiencing those events. The realization was a gradual process.(transition) Few months back I got admission in IBA, in the field of BBA. It is considered to be one of the top universities for bachelors in business administration in Pakistan. In the first couple of weeks everything sailed smoothly, and I thought I was on top of the world. But as the saying goes, everything that goes up must come down, and so I to had a downfall. As time passed on I noticed and felt something strange. Every day I used to have that same feeling. It was as if I was lacking in something, maybe it was that I could not fit with my mates, or not enjoying the university life. For about a weak I could not figure out what had went wrong, and what I should do. But the day finally arrived, the day on which I came to know the real reason behind it. It was a Friday like any other normal Friday, 8:30 in the morning, and I was sitting in my philosophy class half asleep as usual. The teacher was giving her typical philosophical views about the world, as if I had fewer problems in my life already. She finished her lecture, and told the class that she will be awarding the class...
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...Enron’s Downfall In 1985 Enron was created from a merger between Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, both companies dealing of natural gas pipelines. During the process of the merger, Enron incurred massive debt – the only hope of survival was initiating a new business plan and strategy to generate profits. Over the next decade, Enron’s reputation grew within the country. CEO Kenneth Lay hired Jeffrey Skilling to lead the company’s efforts, again to success. The business began to flourish while employees were expected to perform at top rankings and produce earnings after Skilling’s roll out of RICE went into effect. In 1999, Richard Causey, a previous Arthur Andersen accountant who left his former position to join Enron as assistant controller, is named Chief Accounting Officer and assists Andrew Fastow, one of Skilling’s first hires, in creating two partnerships maintained to buy poorly performing Enron assets and risky investments to hide company debt. Transferring these assets meant the losses would remain off of Enron’s financial statements. “Reducing hard assets while earning increasing paper profits served to increase Enron’s return on assets and reduce its debt-to-total-assets ratio, making the company more attractive to credit rating agencies and investors.” In 2000, Enron’s stock hit an all-time high of $90.56 and they were feature in Fortune magazine for Most Admired and Innovated Companies. On August 22, 2001, Sherron Watkins, a finance executive shares...
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...The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg,[3] was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II.[4][5] The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi (550 km) away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland (coded Operation Downfall). Four divisions of the U.S. 10th Army (the 7th, 27th, 77th, and 96th) and two Marine Divisions (the 1st and 6th) fought on the island while the 2nd Marine Division remained as an amphibious reserve and was never brought ashore. The invasion was supported by naval, amphibious, and tactical air forces. The battle has been referred to as the "typhoon of steel" in English, and tetsu no ame ("rain of steel") or tetsu no bōfū ("violent wind of steel") in Japanese.[6][7][8] The nicknames refer to the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of kamikaze attacks from the Japanese defenders, and to the sheer numbers of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island. The battle resulted in the highest number of casualties in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Japan lost over 100,000 soldiers, who were either killed, captured or committed suicide, and the Allies suffered more than 65,000 casualties of all kinds. Simultaneously, tens of thousands of local civilians...
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...should have been turned in sooner and I was unable to receive credit. I currently hold a 1.85 GPA. It is very important to me that I receive a degree. I have two children to support and hopefully one day I will be able to provide for my mother seeing how I am in the position I will be “sandwiched” by raising children and caring for my mother. Psychology has always been my passion since I was very young. I always read books growing up covering mentally ill patients and what kind of therapy was given. I want to help my community with my degree I plan to work with veterans. In this current term I have 90’s in both classes I have almost attended every live seminar< I’ve missed two and I did complete option 2. Since the seminars were my downfall from the last term I made it a goal and strategy not to miss one from this term and I have done pretty well. I am thinking my GPA will come up dramatically in this term but just in case I wanted to turn in this letter, Thank you for your...
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...ALL OF ME [Verse 1] (Fm, C#, Ab, Eb) Fm C# Ab What would I do without your smart mouth Eb Fm Drawing me in, and kicking me out C# Ab Eb Fm Got my head spinning, no kidding, I cant pin you down C# Ab Whats going on in that beautiful mind Eb Fm Im on your magical mystery ride C# Ab Eb Bbm And Im so dizzy, dont know what hit me, but Ill be alright [Bridge] (Bbm, Fm, Eb) Bbm Fm My heads under water Eb Bbm But Im breathing fine Fm Eb Youre crazy and Im out of my mind [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/john-legend/372723.html ] [Chorus] (Ab, Fm, Bbm, Eb) Ab Cause all of me Fm Loves all of you Bbm Love your curves and all your edges Eb All your perfect...
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...The downfall of Macbeth is most often attributed to either his own ambitions run amok or the influence of his wife's Machiavellian manipulations. The husband and wife work in tandem to bring about the prophecies of the Weird Sisters, and it is Macbeth's hand that does the greater evil deed against Duncan and the only evil against Banqo and MacDuff's family members; in essence the rise of the Macbeths to power is one of shared responsibility. Their downfall is played out on the same road as they travel in opposite directions to and from being responsible for their own fate. The belief in the occult is an element of the play that drives its tragedy; an element that may be lost on modern audiences looking to find motivation for Macbeth's murderous deeds. The belief in prophecy is particularly important in gaining a foothold on understanding the downfall of Macbeth and his Lady. When Macbeth first comes upon the Weird Sister and they roll out the prophecies for both Macbeth and Banquo, and by extension Duncan and his family, more is going on than just a foretelling of the future. The prophecies instill in Macbeth the realization of his dreams, of course, but they also portend that the darkest fears of Macbeth will be realized alongside his dreams. Without Macbeth's unquestioned belief in the occult and acceptance that the Weird Sisters have the power of prophecy, there would be neither a rise nor a fall. If the rise of Macbeth to king can be said to be a combination of belief in...
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...The Economy’s downfall – “Our” Responsibility April 1, 2010 ENGL – 1304 The Economy’s downfall – “Our” Responsibility There are those individuals that ignore and enjoy hurting the economy than trying to fix it, while there are those who won’t quit in trying to find any possible solutions to help the rest of Americans and their government. To fix an economy in a recession is a step by step resolution. To cure in wound in your flesh is like trying to fix an economy in a recession. There are different ways to fix the economy with different legislations, low and high budgets, and leadership. To fix a wound you have to identify its past conditions, and then examine the event that occurred. Following that you create options to choose from to try and decide/fore see which will have a better solution. To first explain economy in American history we know that the economy was continuously up and down in the United States. In the growing years of 1990’s much effort was made to put the economy in the most efficient state possible (staying away from a recession and inflation). In the years of 1993, “President Clinton and Vice President Gore launched their economic strategy: 1) Establishing fiscal discipline, eliminating the budget deficit, keeping interest rates low, and spurring private-sector investment; 2) Investing in people through education, training, science, and research; and 3) Opening foreign markets so American workers can compete abroad. After eight years, the results of...
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...The Roman Empire was an extremely powerful civilization that had thrived and prospered for many centuries. Through its time as one of the greatest empires to have ever existed, Rome was able to conquer many lands and construct one of the most successful systems of government of all time. However, like many other great civilizations, Rome did not last forever. It eventually fell into a period of decline because of political assassinations, military problems, legal injustice, economic and civil decay, foreign invasions, and natural disasters. While all of these factors contributed to the fall of Rome, it was the military mistakes, legal injustice, and political assassinations that were the key issues that really brought this great empire down. First of all, one reason why the Roman Empire entered the state of decline was because of their military mistakes. For example, “Before the year 400 CE, foot soldiers wore breastplates and helmets…because of negligence and laziness, parade ground drills were abandoned, the customary armor began to seem heavy since the soldiers rarely ever wore it” (Document B). Because of this, troops were greatly exposed to wounds in battle, making them a much weaker force than they once were. Also, without armor, troops thought about running, not fighting, which led to losses in battles where Rome was trying to defend itself or conquer new lands. The second major reason why Rome collapsed was because of legal injustice. In the text, it states, “The...
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...Kapil Balkaran Professor Matthew Mecs MDM 615 SEL March 31, 2013 Television's Downfall? Television has been an important source of media in our culture, before television there was radio, and before that there was print. Today, as technology continues to advance, so does the way that we obtain our media. Computers are now another window that viewers add to their media consumption habits. Access to the internet allows a virtually limitless source of entertainment. Movies, which once could only be seen in theaters eventually became available in the home through VHS and ultimately through BluRay. Brick and mortar stores like Blockbuster had immense success offering consumers the ability to rent movies upon release; but today these retail stores are close to extinct. Newsprint and radio are becoming dying forms of media, and the successful brands will prove to be the ones that are able to adapt through an online market. A study done by the Pew Research Center found that “more people continue to cite the internet than newspapers as their main source of news, reflecting both the growth of the internet, and the gradual decline in newspaper readership (from 34% in 2007 to 31% now)” (Pew, 2011). While television still seems to remain a powerful medium, there is no doubt however that it's viewership is at risk of more and more decline as companies like Netflix and Hulu become more dominant (Goodman, 2013). Websites like Netflix and Hulu are changing the way people watch their...
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...The Downfall or Making Mankind The stem cell controversy has ignited great debate around the world. The mere subject makes people stand in arms or profess its place in science. Scientists proclaim that the stem cell is the most powerful cell in the human body. The stem cell has the ability to morph into any other type of human cell. In most religions, stem cell research has been viewed as playing God. The belief that unwanted embryos are being used and the dreaded words “legalizing abortions” in order to obtain stem cells has reviled people worldwide. While politicians in the United States have based their platform for stem cell research for a cure, or attempting to legalize abortions countrywide, is very broad and a very narrow path because of the promises of science to cure all. The religious downfall that we may be playing God, and the constant bantering from our politicians about it is the right thing, and the wrong thing. Scientists have long argued over the leaps and bounds that were made from stem cell research. The history of stem cell research had a compassionate, embryonic beginning in the mid-eighteen hundreds with the discovery that some blood cells could generate other cells within the human body. In the early nineteen hundreds European researchers realized that the various types of blood cells came from a certain “stem cell.” In 1963, the first true study of stem cell renewal took hold when Canadian researchers discovered self-renewing cells in transplanted...
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...Economic Downfall The Economic downfall in Georgia has affected me and my family in many ways. First, it affected us with the work going down hill, like in the construction market. Second, the housing market was shot and is still really bad. Finally, the market for automobiles seemed like it went up even though no one could afford them. First, the building market went completely under, my father has been a general contractor for 30 years and built over 450 homes half of them well over a million dollars. We moved to Georgia when I was in High School and I took drafting classes all through school to learn more in the field, upon graduating I went and took the general contractors license test and past. Things were great for a few years building allot of homes here in Georgia and then it was almost like one day it all folded. We went from doing great to doing horrible and having money tied up in spec homes and no market to sell them in. I was totally confused at the time being very young and actually the youngest general contractor in my county. We weren't able at the time to make a full recovery so I joined the military so I could support my family. Things are now a bit better, I am now out if the military and renewed my license and we are pretty busy its just still not quite what it used to be. Secondly, the housing market this affected me in two ways. One way was all of the spec homes that we had built, some of them had sold before they were completely finished...
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...Implication of Downsizing to the Employees, Communities, and families of the Employees OMM 640 Keanon Alderson June 13, 2011 In an organization there will be times where certain decisions have to be made whether bad or good. The decisions will affect the company, stakeholders, and the employees in one way or another. Changes can come from many different factors. It can be changes to improve the company, compete with the competition, or the economy. Now and days the changes that many companies are making is changes due to the economy. Companies are looking to save money. Companies are cutting back the matching of the 401K, cutting back on employees hours, and some companies are even shutting down all together. We will be taking a look at how a wealthy popular car company, Chrysler, has filed for bankruptcy in this economic downturn which in turn has an effect on employees, the community, and the families of the employees. In the past two years America has been hit pretty hard economically. Gas prices have risen to almost 5.00 a gallon in some states. Peoples light bills have been as high as 500.00 or more. People have lost many jobs and can’t find a job because so many employers are cutting back to try and save what’s left of their company. Many homes are being foreclosed because people can’t afford to pay their house note because they don’t have a job or because there were cutbacks on their commission. Its many factors that have played a part in why the economy...
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...ENRON The Downfall of Enron Introduction In recent months, the well publicised collapse of Enron has dominated the international financial news. The impact that Enron has had on both the accounting and business world will be long lasting and there is a need for an accounting shake-up. German newspapers have been casting doubts on the long-term prospects of the so-called “Big 5”. Some articles have been sceptical over the remaining “Big 4” accounting firms’ future and see Andersen as the start of a long-term downturn in the accounting world. (“Das Ende der Big 5”, ICN 2002) Andersens were auditors of Enron until the company’s collapse. They were not only auditors but provided consultancy. This was one of the major factors behind Enron’s collapse, as there were conflicts in their duties. Andersen could have found their fees cut substantially if they did not comply with Enron’s auditing demands. Acconting firms want their consultancy practices to be efficient. Therefore, they want their clients to look as profitable as possible. However, auditors need to provide a true and fair view of the accounts. They must not be tempted to manipulate financial reports. In Enron’s case, thıs duty was neglected. There is a lot of literature on creative accounting and Andersens used some of oldest tricks of manipulation. Enron’s financial reports had hidden liabilities and capatalised many expenses which should have been written off in the year they occured. As a result, profits were...
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...For a story to be considered a tragedy, the protagonist has to experience a big loss, or in other words a downfall. William Shakespeare, who masters in writing tragedies, portrays the tragedy of a hero in the play Macbeth written in 1606. It is set in Scotland during its medieval times, where the main protagonist Macbeth is a person of nobility being known to be: Scotland’s greatest warrior, the Thane of Glamis, as well as the first cousin to King Duncan. His impending tragedy starts from the moment he is given prophecies by the three witches. Lady Macbeth who is Macbeth’s wife gives the push that drives him into killing King Duncan for the throne. Unknowingly lady Macbeth guides Macbeth towards his downfall, as the action of murdering Duncan...
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