...cons of launching the game in such a market. 2. Experience- Bob Reiss had been successful with his last two ventures providing him the necessary experience and strategic vision to start a new business. He was an operations guy with a clear understanding of how products are manufactured for a niche but steady market. He leveraged his experience and successful track record to connect with individuals who could play an influential role for his venture. 3. Realistic Execution- Bob was aware about his strengths and weaknesses from the beginning whether it was funding, resources, etc. When he decided to enter this market, it was very critical for him to execute the strategy for him to make this venture successful and profitable. He defied all the Porter’s five forces when it came to launching the game in a saturated market like toys by developing a game with minimal investment of $30,000, outsourcing manufacturing, shipping and billing with lowest possible operating costs, and then selling, promoting and marketing with a creative platform like TV Guide. This was by far the most important reason for him to be successful...
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...disagreements battling of theory and experience among Psychologist and Sociologist for centuries. The Nature theory focuses on the genetic development of an individual; what color eyes will you have? Are you musically inclined because your parents are musicians? Will you be good at sports because your father may have been a star athlete? While the Nurture theory main focus is the environmental influence on an individual. How you are raised, way type of family do you come from? Was it Nuclear or Binuclear? Can your environment determine your behavior? I could determine that both may have an impact on an individual, however I cannot agree with either side. How can anyone truly articulate an unbiased decision, and not mention the Creator of all? I believe there are some issues that will remain unexplained, for the purpose that God wants it to remain that way. Genetics at times can be unexplainable, for example the African American couple giving birth to a Caucasian child with blonde hair (Essence, 2010). Many would say that’s impossible, however as we can see it is very possible. Then it’s the story of Liz Murray, who graduated from Harvard although both her parents were addicted to drugs (Abraham, 2010). In 1963 there is an article entitled “A medical accident”; twin boys taken to the hospital for a routine circumcision, unfortunately one of the boys was seriously injured which resulted in losing his penile genital. With the damage irreversible the parents decided to raise their...
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...has only experienced one year with UNM, she has found her rhythm with her academic and athletic career and is excited for her remaining three years. Martin is pursuing a degree in graphic design but doesn't plan on giving up on the idea of continuing her volleyball career after she walks across UNM's stage. She said she "won't give up until [she is] 25 to make the Pro Circuit." Joining the Lobo family has been extremely rewarding so far for Martin. The community aspect of the university and athletic program is something that Martin appreciates immensely. "It's very cool to be a part of a larger community rather than just being in it." She knows that she is a rarity and that she has defied all odds by making it to the collegiate level standing at on 5'7". She plans to continue to defy all of the odds that she faces in her future. In volleyball, in school, and in life. ...
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...only gave me more goosebumps with each game. Better seasons will come, but nothing will beat next year's team when we win the chip. If I could go back and restart the season, I would. But we [can] only look forward and get better from here,” quoted Adela Qalliaj. The team’s work ethic and determination made the team not only an environment ready for improvement, but also of fun. “Every day I looked forward to lacrosse practice and to be able to enjoy an invigorating sport with amazing people. I've created some memories that I'll carry with me forever and I've learned things throughout the whole season, this year and last year, that allowed me to appreciate the sport more. The season was such a great one, and together, as a team, we defied the odds and were able to prove ourselves. I wish [the season] didn't end, but it only makes me more excited for the future!” Serena Schwartz added hopefully to the interview with the three...
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...men were thought to be superior, while women as inferior beings (Barksdale, 2012). Nora Helmer The plays main character, Nora Helmer depicts women behavior during the nineteenth century. In the beginning of the play Nora seems to portray to the image of most women during her time. She is very submissive and obedient to her husband, Torvald. Nora leads a double life in the play as a sheltered wife of an attorney and an independent risk taker, At first, Nora seems happy and affectionately responds to Torvalds’s teasing. However, this is just an act of Nora Helmer that we all later discovered. During the nineteenth century, women could not conduct business affairs and had no control over family finances (Hartman, 1999). Permission to do so was sought from the husband before doing such acts. Nora, “the little featherbrain”, a nickname given by her Torvald was just the opposite of that (Isben, 1879). She defied most of the rules. She ate macaroons and lied about it to her husband. She secretly forged her father’s signature, borrowed money without her husband’s permission, and boasted about it to her friend, Mrs. Linde (Isben, 1879). She was secretly proud of the sacrifice that she had made for her husband. However, Nora perception of her husband was totally out of place. When...
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...The topic of my research report will be the life and works of Dr. David Harold Blackwell. He is a renowned mathematician, statistician, educator, and author. During a time of racism and discrimination, Blackwell went against all odds and excelled in the field of mathematics and statistics. He worked hard and soon became recognized both nationally and internationally from his works and studies, while also mentoring and teaching students to excel in the field of mathematics as well. Dr. David Harold Blackwell was the oldest of four children, born on April 24, 1919 in Centralia, Illinois. As a child, he quickly became interested by mathematics, especially topics that included theorems and equations. His parents discovered their son’s passion and wanted to foster it as well, so they decided to enroll him into integrated schools, rather than racially segregated schools. With being born during the era of racial discrimination and segregation, they wanted to make sure that their son would not be affected by the trials and tribulations of racism. With the support of his family and being taught within a school system that cultivated his learning, Blackwell’s fascination carried on and led to him being recognized in high school within the School Science and Mathematics...
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...Hidden Figures displays three African American women who defied the odds by aiding in the launch of John Glenn into orbit. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are all women who worked for NACA and NASA and played a vital role in his launch by providing the calculations necessary for both his launch and landing. The film takes place Hampton, Virginia during the 1960s, a prominent time of segregation amongst the community despite Brown v. Board of Education. The women face various challenges regarding their race and gender throughout the movie, however, they manage to achieve “the impossible” of the time. Katherine continued to work for NASA as a key person for space launch, Dorothy Vaughan became a supervisor at NACA and a manager at NASA which makes her the first African American to do so, and Mary Jackson became the first African American female engineer of NASA. Throughout the movie, it is made apparent that without these women, America would have had an even harder time trying to reach for the stars....
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...common, we want to be different. People expect me to be someone, but there is no joy in following someone else's footsteps. Medea was a barbarian, which means foreigner, and a woman, so the odds were certainly stacked against her. The entire plot is her going against the rules set upon women in that time. She followed her heart, rather than agreeing to the practice of men being allowed to have multiple wives. Killing her children was an act of rebellion, something she subconsciously wanted to do for herself. It is clear that she loved Jason more than she loved her children, even though that should’ve been her first priority. he children represented everything that she was supposed to be. I can say with certainty that Medea was a unique woman in that time. While writing this question, I realized that these are the most inspiring books I have ever read. Medea and The Mysterious Benedict Society defied society in ways I didn’t even know were possible. Here is what I would imagine what would happen if we switched the time that the books took place in. If Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance went to ancient greece, the story would not change much.They are very adaptable and the story itself does not rely on any modern inventions and ideas. The Mysterious Benedict Society is set in a strange world, all of its’ concept are imagination. However, if Medea was set in modern times, the story would be vastly different. The main reason being the existence of feminism. Now, if Jason had left Medea...
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...use of eccentric syntax and melancholic tone, Thomas Hardy creates a sense of nostalgia, which is influenced by his personal life and especially the death of his wife, Emma. Thomas Hardy was born in Stinsford, United Kingdom in 1840. He was born in a country where poetry dominated literature and where arguably some of the greatest poets lived including William Shakespeare. Most of his poetry got published in the later part of his life. He also wrote many famous novels to support himself financially. Some of his poetry was inspired by his first wife Emma, to whom he paid little attention to while she was alive. His works include regretful elegies inspired by his late wife. His poems have the effect of longing and nostalgia, solidified by odd syntax and diction. His other works are mostly about uncertainty of fate, time and change, and the relationship between man and nature. Hardy was a Victorian realist and he was also inspired by William Wordsworth poetry style of Romanticism. Hardy was a hardcore idealist and realist as he represented things in life as they really are and not making them out to be paradises as some poets do. He remarried to Florence Dugdale, but could never get over Emma partly because Florence was never able to give him affection that he desired. In his late age Hardy became ill and died, but most importantly, he composed his final poem for his wife Emma on his deathbed. Hardy was always “a time torn man”....
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...herself, to some higher end not to mention also the hero undergoes trials and tests to see if he or she has the courage, the knowledge and the capacity to survive. To explain what this means I will use the protagonist Erin Gruwell (starring Hilary Swank), in the 2007 drama film, Freedom Writers, directed and written by Richard LaGravenese, It is based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell (teacher by profession) who wrote the story based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California. She started her teaching career as would any teacher; by doing a lesson plan. However her mistake was not taking the time to fully understand the type of students in her class room. Most of her students think the new teacher is “odd” because she does not believe what everyone else seems to know about these classes; they can read and they can write, and Ms. Gruwell expects them to do both. Everyone else seems to think they are stupid and beyond hope. They think this new teacher is “too young and too white to be working here,” and most of the kids in class predict she will leave after a day; one student gives her a month. The class is out of control, and there are more students than desks. The entire school is divided into groups ranging from “Beverly Hills” and “Da Ghetto” to “China Town” and "Run to the Border.” The Distinguished Scholars are in class across the hall, and the only white student in this class believes he should be across the hall. Ms. Gruwell quickly learned...
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...part in the miners struggle. Billy does not identify with the masculine world-view of his father and brother, and instead of boxing he secretly joins the ballet class. The notion of belonging to a group that shares the same values is repeated throughout the film, which portrayed class, gender and sexual orientation issues. Billy’s gender role shift journey starts as he is first exposed of a ballet class while he participated in boxing class at the gym. A new world opens up for Billy, it marks a world of self-identity. When Bill’s father find out that he’s dancing and not boxing, his father makes it clear he’s not happy and wants Billy to quit ballet dancing. But Billy defied his father and started taking private lessons with Miss Wilkinson. Billy’s gender issues are being questioned but over comes the odds and the stereotype of what society thinks. Billy finds Michael dressing in woman’s clothing and this point, Michael embraces who he is and admits to Billy that he’s a poof and tells Billy not to tell anyone. One things that I have noticed is that fact that the village seems to be a very conservative village, gender roles are pretty much set, boys box and the girls do ballet. Billy’s fathers perception changes he finds Billy dancing with Michael...
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...considered both rude and a snob, which was pretty much the worst thing you could be in that part of rural Minnesota. When Siri moved to New York City in 1978 and she was met by a world vastly different from what she knew, and quickly learned that the social code of conduct was quite different as well. Greeting everyone you meet simply isn’t practical in downtown New York, as you are confronted with hordes of people every time you leave the apartment. On the subway, you are forced into such close contact with strangers that you can smell their hair oil, perfume and sweat, a level of intimacy reserved for lovers and family in rural Minnesota. Another phenomenon of big city life, or coping technique as she calls it, is that whenever something odd happens in the public space, you simply pretend it isn’t happening. She presents several examples of strange people doing strange things, and every single spectator simply minding their own business. To give any kind of response is viewed as “courageous or merely stupid, depending on the circumstances and your point of view” (p2 l53), and Siri is of the conviction that “it is usually better to treat the unpredictable among us as ghosts, wandering phantoms who play out their lonely narratives for an au-dience that appears to be deaf, dumb and blind.” (p2 l50) This attitude might have negative consequences, she argues, and brings...
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...personification of people as mythical beings, no glorifications, and romanticizing takes no place. The focus of this art period was on the common man. Surrealism is a type of art and literature that developed in the 20th century, officially in 1924. Surrealism grew through Europe between World War I and World War II. It was founded by a small group of artists attempting to unlock the power of imagination and heavily influenced by Sigmund Freud. Surrealism evolved from the Dada movement, which created paintings of anti-art that purposely defied normal reasoning to the viewer. However, Surrealism focused on positive expression of the unconscious mind not blocked by rational thinking (Voorhies). Surrealism focused on the exposing of dream-like atmospheres by using desire, sexuality, and violence. Many paintings provided a type of therapeutic medicine during the art creation by visually expressing their unconscious thoughts for all to see. Franklin Rosemont...
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...There are three phenomenal horses in racehorse history that defied all odds and became known as heroes in the racing world. These horses, Man o’ War, Secretariat, and Seabiscuit, have interesting stories that when looked at, different conclusions can be drawn on how they became successful. Where most people conclude that their success was due to their genetics and training, I argue that along with those factors, luck and timing played a part as well. The factors of success outlined by Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers can be applied to horses in horse racing to determine their success on the track, such as luck and timing. Man o’ War is regarded as one of the greatest Thoroughbred racehorses of all time, yet what made him successful could...
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...Zora Neale Hurston, was born on January 7, 1891. She was born into the family of John and Lucy Ann Hurston; she was one of their eight children. Hurston and her family were originally from Notasulga, Alabama. However, they moved to Florida, when she was just a toddler and Hurston, had little, if no memory, of Notasulga. Many of her writings, reflect the culture and happenings of Eatonville, Florida. Hurston, was anything but a usual African-American woman. She defied numerous odds against her, to complete college, travel past the borders of her home town, and become something more than a poor housewife. Despite all difficulties, Hurston received her associate degree from Howard University, in the year of 1920. A few years later, she would begin working on her bachelors, at Barnard College, were she studied anthropology....
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