...1. The use of SWOT Analysis could have helped Electronic Arts (EA) to identify its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Particular, if EA used the SWOT analysis they would identify the weaknesses in their management style. The EA managers are profit and productivity driven while the developers are driven by creativity and freedom. EA managers often demand unrealistic deadlines, set up unfair bonus distribution system and deprive the original developers of freedom and creativity. All of these conditions make many of their developers quit. However EA managers didn’t care so much about this because they could always move on. That is because one of their managerial strategies was to acquire as many studios as they could. Even though, EA managers’ strategies used to work for EA in the past, with rising power of Activision, these strategies had to be revised. That is because Activision’s raising power and preferred management style gain over many of EA developers depriving EA of its best people. The STOW analysis would help EA to identify their weakness in managerial tactics when facing the rising power of rivals. The SWOT analysis would also help the EA to anticipate the threats of Activision rising marketing power. For example, in the past EA was the largest supplier of entertainment software, while Activision was far behind. Activision had an impressive history; however their sales figures were not so impressive. That clouded EA’s judgment about Activision. However...
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...Army, his father becomes furious, but Sam steals the family rifle, brown bess, and leaves to go to war. This novel is filled with many twists and turns, While Collier develops the theme of freedom and glory. Tim Meeker lives in a tavern with his family, who are Loyalists, but his brother, Sam, is a Patriot. When Sam wants to enlist in the war and fight for the Continental...
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...proportions such as a hurricane, blizzard, flood; and forest fire. One must first seek to understand the difference between the economic systems. One must also have a complete understanding of each systems strengths and weakness that may be prevalent in the circumstance that would surround such a crisis. It is my understanding that a free market system promotes the production and sales of goods and services with little to no help from any government agency. It allows for the supply and demand of its services to dictate its prices. So with lack of government control and government enforced pricing it allows for a vast range of freedoms, but as with anything it also has its drawbacks. In a market system they have the freedom to create products and services they feel consumers want. They are not relying on the government agency telling them when the public needs a new product. It is then in the hands of the consumer to decide if the product or service will survive. Now we add in market failures, failures such as the great depression in the 1930’s and the real estate crash in 2008 these all stemmed from highly leveraged assets and little government intervention and those seeking short term, quick profits over slow gains over time aided by loose credit. In a free market they are also largely motivated by profit. It is my opinion that the economic system that would be best suited to handle a crisis of epic proportions such as a hurricane, flood, blizzard or forest fire would be a planned...
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...Which economic system is best suited for handling a crisis of epic proportions (hurricane, flood, blizzard, forest fire, etc.)? Why? When dealing with a crisis as serious as a hurricane, flood, blizzard etc. I believe that a free market is best suited for handling these issues. Free market is an economic system in which decisions about what to produce and the amount are decided by the markets buyers and sellers (Courtland, 2005). When something this devastating occurs, many businesses and resources are taken and destroyed. Private sectors are those who own and operate businesses which would eliminate some of the government’s role on repairing communities. The government could focus on aiding and assisting the economy for the better, for example, lending private sectors money to help regain their establishment. The planned system, which the government has large control over resources and limited freedom of choice may not be best suited in this situation because I believe the public would be in fear of what might happen. Planned systems are solely based on what the government recommends, which might not be the best solution during a disaster because people have no choice but to wait on the government to take action. With a free market system we are able to have non-profit organization such as Red Cross or churches help aid and rebuild the communities. Free market system is more open to help where they can manage disasters with help from others rather than a planned market where...
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...takes him outside for his walk. If we assume that human actions are those actions that result from the rational capacities of humans, we then see that the possibility of free action depends on the possibility of free will: to say that an agent acted freely is minimally to say that the agent was successful in carrying out a free volition or choice. Various philosophers have offered just such an account of freedom. Thomas Hobbes suggested that freedom consists in there being no external impediments to an agent doing what he wants to do: “A free agent is he that can do as he will, and forbear as he will, and that liberty is the absence of external impediments.” In An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, David Hume thought that free will (or "liberty," to use his term) is simply the “power of acting or of not acting, according to the determination of the will: that is, if we choose to remain at rest, we may; if we choose to move, we also may.… This hypothetical liberty is universally allowed to belong to everyone who is not a prisoner and in chains.” This suggests that freedom is simply the ability to select a course of action, and an agent is free if he is not being prevented by some external obstacle from completing that course of...
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...Euthanasia – dying peacefully and with dignity KEVORKIAN (to Wantz): ''Have you gotten any better?'' WANTZ: ''It's gotten much worse. I wish I could have done it a year ago or two years ago. ... I tried loading a gun, but I didn't know how to load one. If you do it yourself, you don't know what you're doing.'' KEVORKIAN: ''Were you tired or apprehensive when you tried it yourself?'' WANTZ: ''No. People say, 'Hang in there. ... ' (But) when you're in my shoes, then you tell me what to do. Until you are, don't tell me what to do.'' (Castaneda) The foregoing conversation took place and was recorded on October 22, 1991, between Doctor Jack Kevorkian, 63, (later nicknamed as “Dr. Death” due to his notorious physician-assisted suicide practice) and Marjorie Wantz, 58, who had sought his help in ending her life and continuous pain from the incurable disease she had. Wantz fulfilled her wish on the next day when she died while being linked to one of Kevorkian’s ''suicide machines''. This incident once again raised a heated debate whether euthanasia should be legalized, and whether doctors assisting in patient’s voluntary death should be freed of charges. In 1995 Special Senate Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide defined euthanasia as “the deliberate act undertaken by one person with the intention of ending the life of another person in order to relieve that person’s suffering” (Law and Government Division). Despite the undeniable advantages of modern medicine in terms...
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...Known as “the Blizzard of ‘78,” this storm dropped roughly 30 inches of snow across the state, crippling highways and making virtually all roads impassable. In a bold move, she “closed the state” by proclamation, and forbade all use of public roads by businesses and citizens, effectively keeping all citizens in their homes. This allowed the rescue and cleanup authorities to remove most of the snow and the hundreds of cars that were stuck on the roads. The crisis ended on the third day, and Grasso received accolades from all state sectors for her leadership and...
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...Which economic system is best suited for handling a crisis of epic proportions (hurricane, flood, blizzard, forest fire, etc.)? Why? (9 points) Describe and explain why a socialist system might be the best in responding to the needs of people struck by an emergency situation like the earthquake that occurred in Haiti in January 2010. (9 points) Use the laws of supply and demand to explain why the cost to heat our homes and businesses goes up in the winter time. Be sure to explain your answer fully (9 points) Include APA style in-text citations, as well as a reference section. (3 points) Economic system is the policies that define a society’s particular economic structure. The rules by which a society allocates economic resources. Communism * State ownership of all major productive resources * Absence of economic classes * Few opportunities for entrepreneurship Socialism * State ownership of certain productive resources * Managed efforts to minimize dramatic differences between economic classes * Opportunities for entrepreneurship, with varying degrees of restrictions Capitalism * Private ownership of most productive resources * Few efforts to minimize differences between economic classes * Government policies actively support entrepreneurship All economic systems are based on certain fundamental principles about how a country should allocate its resources to satisfy the needs of its citizens. Most modern economies exhibit a combination...
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...- Week 1 Intro to Business & Technology Which economic system is best suited for handling a crisis of epic proportions (hurricane, flood, blizzard, forest fire, etc.)? Why? Natural disasters cannot be predicted. Americans, as well as people in communities worldwide, are not prepared for these types of situations. The economic system is best able to cope and recover in the event of these types of natural disasters. The free market system is the most able because it involves a sector owning most resources. This leaves the government’s main function as facilitating and aiding economic activity. The government is focused on rebuilding investment in the private sectors. For example, the government would introduce ways of lending money, such as grants and low interest loans, which would help low sector get on with their main concerns. Their main motivation would be profit, which would be greatly aid regeneration. In 2011, a tornado tore through Joplin, MO. Economics Professor Dan Smith researched the effects of economic freedom on disaster relief surrounding the aftermath. He wrote in the News Tribune: “In contrast to other recoveries in which federal and state governments orchestrate recovery, policymakers allowed the free market, voluntary sector to guide recovery in Joplin, demonstrating how effectively economic freedom can help communities rebuild after a natural disaster.” (Smith, 2012). As one of our discussion topics this week was based on Wal-mart influencing...
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...writers and artists were given a considerable amount of freedom to express themselves which did well to pave the way to set a high standard for literature (Gregory, 1915). During the time following the French Revolution, two very different styles of Art were formed; Romanticism emerged in 1820 and lasted until 1865. Realism then took over in 1865 and lasted until 1914. Although the two have very different characteristics, they both share the same beliefs in liberalism and the dignity of the common man. Romanticism evolved at the end of the 18th century as a reaction to the classical, formal compositions of Neoclassicism. Neoclassicism was based on reason, tradition, rules and order. Romantics believed the individual was more important than society, and with the Age of Industrialism upon them, they began to revolt against the conventional beliefs. Romantics viewed industrialization as an attack on humankind as well as Mother Nature. They believed that the industrial revolution was changing the natural order of man, who belonged in the country (Brown, n.d.). Romanticism had no “laws or rules” to follow. Romantic artist preferred emotion over reason, and the natural and mysterious aspects of life appealed to them. Romantics believed in Art as an expression of emotions, and felt that nature should be untamed. Paintings often involved some kind of natural disaster, such as a flood, blizzard, thunderstorm or fire. Poetry gave way to less formal styles...
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...your Windows desktop. Click the Install Burning Crusade button and follow the onscreen instructions to install The Burning Crusade to your hard drive. If the installation window does not appear, open the My Computer icon on your desktop and double-click on the drive letter corresponding to your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive to open it. Double-click on the Install.exe icon in the CD-ROM contents and follow the onscreen instructions to install The Burning Crusade. Installing DirectX You will need to install DirectX 9.0c in order to properly run The Burning Crusade. During installation you will be prompted to install DirectX if you do not already have the most up-to-date version installed on your computer. Installing the Game (Mac) Blizzard...
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...Vincent Widiaman Professor Daniel Weller English 101 7 October 201 300 A viciously- intense movie “It’s a gore - blood drunken movie.” That is what people say about the movie. True indeed, this movie shows an abundant amount of blood splattered throughout the film. 300 is a movie that most of the part contains blood- filled scene. But it doesn’t necessarily diminish its core value, as the movie says, “Freedom is not free, it comes with the highest cost, the blood of our men.” Even though the movie is critiqued to be too barbarous, 300 is still able to catches readers’ attention with its refined graphic along with the intense actions. 300 is a 2006 American action- war film directed by Zack Snyder. It is based on a 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. The movie takes place in ancient Greece, recounting the battle of Thermopylae, between Spartan and Persian. The story revolves around King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and Queen Gorgo (Lena Heady). The movie lasts for 117 minutes and spends 65 million dollars for the budget. The movie begins one year after the main story, the famed battle of Thermopylae, as Dilios (David Wenham) starts talking to his fellow warriors. As the character and also the storyteller, Dillios is able to frame the story with his interesting narrative technique. Dillios starts depicting the journey of a child (Leonidas) who is born under Sparta’s doctrine, from childhood until he reaches kingship. As a child, Leonidas is portrayed...
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...MMO Addiction; Fact of Fiction? Scott M. Girouard Charter Oak State College A relatively new phenomenon in the entertainment industry is the creation of multiplayer online role playing games or MMOs. Massive multiplayer online role playing games are designed to allow a large number of people to interact within a virtual world and work together to accomplish goals and tasks within the game. This format draws in an audience by catering to the many different desires of people. A question has arisen because of the popularity of these games – should people be concerned with the addictive nature of these designs? In an MMO, a person plays a character or avatar of their own design, within the limits of the game, and logs into a server where hundreds or thousands of other people are logged in at the same time. Sometimes people work together and sometimes they work against each other, but it’s always a social environment. MMOs have moved gaming from a pastime to a lifestyle. Many players dedicate their lives and all of their spare time to playing. Unfortunately there have been many negative repercussions because of how much time people dedicate to these games. There’s a history of problems commonly associated with other addictions, from families falling apart all the way to the deaths of players of MMOs. There is a real concern of how playing MMOs can impact people’s lives. To understand this problem, you have to look at what allures gamers to this style of video...
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...Unit 9 Assignment 1: Geology of the Area Maryland’s Geology From the Atlantic coast on the east to the Appalachian Plateau on the west, Maryland has a great variety of geology and landforms. Maryland is part of six physiographic provinces (shown in the figure below). A physiographic province is a geographic area in which the geology (including lithology and structure) and climate history have resulted in landforms that are distinctly different from adjacent areas. An overview of the geology by physiographic province is provided below. Atlantic Coastal Plain The Atlantic Coastal Plain Province is underlain by a wedge of unconsolidated sediments including gravel, sand, silt, and clay, which overlaps the rocks of the eastern Piedmont along an irregular line of contact known as the Fall Zone. Eastward, this wedge of sediments thickens to more than 8,000 feet at the Atlantic coast line. Beyond this line is the Atlantic Continental Shelf Province, the submerged continuation of the Coastal Plain, which extends eastward for at least another 75 miles where the sediments attain a maximum thickness of about 40,000 feet. The sediments of the Coastal Plain dip eastward at a low angle, generally less than one degree, and range in age from Triassic to Quaternary. The younger formations crop out successively to the southeast across Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore. A thin layer of Quaternary gravel and sand covers the older formations throughout much of the area. Mineral...
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...Unit 9 Assignment 1: Geology of the Area Maryland’s Geology From the Atlantic coast on the east to the Appalachian Plateau on the west, Maryland has a great variety of geology and landforms. Maryland is part of six physiographic provinces (shown in the figure below). A physiographic province is a geographic area in which the geology (including lithology and structure) and climate history have resulted in landforms that are distinctly different from adjacent areas. An overview of the geology by physiographic province is provided below. Atlantic Coastal Plain The Atlantic Coastal Plain Province is underlain by a wedge of unconsolidated sediments including gravel, sand, silt, and clay, which overlaps the rocks of the eastern Piedmont along an irregular line of contact known as the Fall Zone. Eastward, this wedge of sediments thickens to more than 8,000 feet at the Atlantic coast line. Beyond this line is the Atlantic Continental Shelf Province, the submerged continuation of the Coastal Plain, which extends eastward for at least another 75 miles where the sediments attain a maximum thickness of about 40,000 feet. The sediments of the Coastal Plain dip eastward at a low angle, generally less than one degree, and range in age from Triassic to Quaternary. The younger formations crop out successively to the southeast across Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore. A thin layer of Quaternary gravel and sand covers the older formations throughout much of the area. Mineral...
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