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    he was poor and his parents could not financially support him. Eventually, he will leave Congo and then Ukraine because of poverty but also because he had a dream of a better life. Maximo Mais [ ] Sandrine Dapsens. Les causes des migrations : pistes d’analyses et d’action. Centre avec. (n.d.) This source analyses the causes for immigrations. Often people leave their native country due to poverty, issues of security or simply because they are seeking a better life. Maximo explains that

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    The serene blue skies, the fresh alpine air, the panoramic view. From the summit, she could see every crack and crevice in the mountains around her. She could name all of the chairlifts, gondolas, t-bars. She could recite all the statistics of each piste, the steepness, the difficulty, the length. A single ray of sunlight peeked from behind the gray clouds. It was truly a place to think, a place of isolation, and a place away from everyone else. The sudden turn of events in the past couple of days

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    Eassy On Snowboarding

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    Enjoy Yourself (Make more depressing,get number and jersey and go to chair lift, notice a child like you, have flashback of yourself and what snowboarding was about, Do competition win, promise to never do one again be you do what you love in life) Mosing inside the old chalet the dim illumination forces me to remove my blackout oakley airbrake goggles, and exposes the golden brown goggle tan contrasting my pale white skin around my eyes. I lazaly approche the dirty blonde haired lady with coffee

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    Globalization in Medellin has been distributed unevenly throughout the years. Medellin has benefitted from the effects of globalization in the security and energy efficiency sector, especially with the emergence of the Metrocables (Brand, 2013). However, globalization has yet to have a significant impact on the political and economic development of the city, and even throughout Colombia itself. Despite the lack of impact caused by globalization in these areas, they have still improved in comparison

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    Skate Skis

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    The skate ski has a single camber. Compared to the classic ski the skate ski does not have a grip zone beneath the middle of the ski, but has a stiff camber. The entire base of the skate ski is a glide zone for the ski to move smoothly and continuously in snow. Because of the stiffness of the camber the skate ski has less flexibility than the classic ski. To determine the ski fit for skate skis it requires a different test than classic skis. If the skate skis does not have enough camber, then the

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    Features:: Kids’ skis may seem little, but these winter sporting gadgets have massive features to look out for. When you see professional skiers seamlessly navigating their way down steep hills, it looks like fun, but there’s so much that goes into maneuverability, balance, and speed. The terrain also plays a critical role on the kind of ski you’re going to pick. Let’s look into some of the critical features in kid skis in more details: Height As a general rule of thumb, when a ski tail is on the

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    There was a quiet buzz in the college's premier coffee spot, the rather pretentious faux-boutique StellarGrounds Coffee. The college grounds themselves were alive with activity as always, and it was simmering under the surface with young activists on both sides of the political debate engaged and energized by the process taking place around them. You couldn't walk around a single corner on campus without coming face to face with a blue or red poster emblazoned with the faces of the political leviathans

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    My decision to apply for the MSc Finance at London School of Economics arose after a judicious process where I questioned my career aspirations. The strong interest in financial markets and its dynamics has matured during my undergraduate studies and my internship at MOMentum Alternative Investments SA, a Swiss Investment Manager. I would love to start my career as a sell-side analyst, a first step I see in the natural evolution to reach my aspiration to eventually be a portfolio manager. A deep

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    Kano Model

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    in: Preprints Volume I of the IX. International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck/Igls/Austria, February 19-23 1996, pp. 313 -327 1 THE KANO MODEL: HOW TO DELIGHT YOUR CUSTOMERS Elmar Sauerwein , Franz Bailom, Kurt Matzler, Hans H. Hinterhuber* Department of Management, University of Innsbruck Which products and services can be used to obtain a high level of customer satisfaction? Which product features have a more than proportional influence on satisfaction, and which attributes

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    Does high power-distance culture in organizations increases the fear of reporting for workplace bullying? Introduction The objective of this study is to understand the direct relation between one of Hofstede’s (2003) four dimensions and the risk of reporting for workplace bullying in employees among various organisational culture. Culture effects on reporting of bullying incidents to management due to authoritative distance between employees and managers, and create dissatisfaction at job

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