...The Commanding Heights After World War I broke through, people in the world feared globalization. Ignorance was taking over people, fearing of what they didn’t know. They were skeptical, specially when terrorist attacks and depressions begin to happen. What people needed, and some still do, is to understand that globalization doesn’t make is dependent but interdependent. After War World II, the world economy was down as well as the trust people had in their governments. Governments and the marketplace both wanted to take over and reinvent the world’s economic order. The main question everyone wanted, and needed to know was “Which one is the best option? Which is the best style of economy for our economy and the rest the world? Which one is the best for every country, understanding that globalization was something that was meant to happen? John Maynard Kaynes was an educated, unconventional English man. He thought the government was there to defend people’s freedom. After going to school in Cambridge, he became friends with artists and economists. He made a fortune in the stock market, lost it all but made it all back again. He was a with the business man, people in congress and helping the government out by analyzing and giving solutions on how to organize and manage their economy. Later on in his life, Friedman, who had strong critiques on Keynes’ ideas of the government being a protector of the people and their freedom, made him step back, re-thinking his theories...
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...In that part, it was more focused on the battle of ideas between John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich von Hayek, two of the most well-known economists of their time. Keynes could see the faults of free market in the time after the war and that all of those errors could be fixed if the government regulated the economy. However, Hayek thought that the free market would fix itself, with no government control. World War I laid a whole continent to waste and drew attention to the problems of political organization. People were looking for something better during this time and that something came in the form of socialism and communism. Western civilization was fascinated by this idea and started owning or regulating the so-called ‘commanding heights’ of the economy. During the period between two World Wars, the world experienced the collapse of capitalism and each part of the world tried to manage through by adopting either socialism or communism. Socialism promised a more just society, Hayek was more concerned for the poor and equity. He believed that people needed to be free from government interference and that markets work and governments don’t. His ideas were based on a fully functioning function free market system without regulations, which were also the ideas of Ludwig Von Mises. Mises was a libertarian who believed that markets always needed to be free from government meddling and he argued that socialist states cannot be successful because they lack a functioning price...
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...Commanding Heights Episode 1 The Battle of Ideas The film, Commanding Heights, explains the history of the world’s economy that lead up to globalization and the trends that we may anticipate into 21th century. The film offers insights into how economic theories can help explain how the market and other economic factors come into play for control of a country’s economy. The two important economists of the age shared air-warden duty on the roof of King’s College, an English gentleman and an Austrian exile. Personal friends, but intellectual rivals. Fredrick Von Hayek is adherent to the free market concept while John Maynard Keynes advocate for government intervention in the market. Keynes felt that the market economy would go to excesses,...
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...this movement towards globalization really was irreversible. And since then there's a recognition of that you can't turn back the clock; we're not going to abolish e-mail, or computers aren't going to get slower, but things can go in another direction. Markets do best and work best and deliver what they can do during times of peace. And if you're not in a time of peace, but you're in some other kind of time, then things won't work as well, and priorities will be elsewhere as well (Commanding Heights)”. The United States was about to go into a recession and President Bush wanted to rebuild an economy that will put the United States back to economic freedom. Bush had a plan and want to seek out new ventures to make his plan come to life. “Out of the sorrow of September 11, I see opportunity, a chance for nations to strengthen and rethink and reinvigorate their relationships. When nations open their markets to the world, they find in America a trading partner, an investor, and a friend (Commanding Heights)”, Bush explained. He wanted to make sure that the world would have confidence in America, but technology was a barrier that couldn’t be suppressed. Richard Cheney explained it as, “ I don't think there is any one overnight solution. I don't know anyone who's smart enough to sit down and write a brand-new set of rules that we should all then adhere to. I think it is a process for negotiation among solvent and independent nations, and that's probably as it should be. And it will evolve...
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...Commanding Heights: The New Rules to the Game Reaction The Economic Environment ECO 5003 Master’s Science in Management Southern Nazarene University Professor Jeff Seyfert LaToya Anderson December 16, 2013 Summary The video Commanding Heights Episode Three, The New Rules to the Game focuses on the United States economy during the early 1990’s. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was a significant part of the introduction into The New Rules to the Game. The NAFTA was signed on January 1, 1994 between the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico. The NAFTA was entered as an agreement to reduce barrier trade between the three countries. The United States Economy was declining significantly while other economies such as Japan were booming. NAFTA became a subject during the 1992 elections further separating Democrats from Republicans. President Bill Clinton supported NAFTA but like many policies believed that it need provisions by forcing Mexico to increase standards in the labor force and pollution. Labor unions were for Clinton’s proposal and provided support for him to win the election. Once NAFTA was enacted trade among the three countries increased significantly. The Gross Domestic Product of each country also increased, however Mexico had the largest growth. The development of Mexico had a negative impact on some parts of North America by opportunities shifting to workers south of the border. After NAFTA, Clinton began to focus...
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...Commanding Heights - Part 1 - 2 Hours The Battle of Ideas Isiah Bullock Note: The City of London is the place in London where the stock market functions. The phrase “the City of London” or just “the City” very often means the stock market. 1. The question is: which would control the commanding heights of the world’s economies: governments or markets. 2. In the 1940's, the two most important economists of the age are: John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich von Hayek. 3. WWI ended the first global conflict and it would be 21 years before it returned. 4. Friedrich Von Hayek served in the Austrian artillery during WWI, and he sensed the problems of political organization. 5. In 1917, the Russian revolution was based on the economic theories of Karl and Lenin sought to smash capitalism. 6. Keynes was a delegate to the Versailles peace negotiations and when he saw the level of crippling social, political, and economic reparations demanded by the victors he resigned and predicted the final war would destroy the civilization and progress of their generation. 7. After the study of economics, Hayek described himself as a socialist but as a ____________________________. 8. Much of Vienna’s intellectual life took place outside the university, in the coffee houses across the Ringstrasse. 9. Hayek joined the circle of a passionate libertarian Ludwig von Mises,who thought that markets should be free from government meddling. And the distinguishing hallmark...
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...Week 4 started off with watching the video The Commanding Heights. A very boring film if you asked me but as I spoke up in class I said the video was filled with Propaganda. Propaganda is never good. It was basically speakers who owned big corporations and third-world sweatshops with horrible working conditions. If you enjoy globalization and economics well then this is the video for them. Personally, I feel like people who watch this film can learn a lot more from walking out of their own house and reading up on new things. This documentary left out on a lot of issues. The people speaking who owned the corporations only worried about themselves and that’s how the documentary started. It was basically a paid documentary by those corporations to promote propaganda. Week 5 and 6 we defined and gave examples of our midterm terms and we began to talk about Introduction to Globalization and Business. They both go hand in hand. The impact of the business depends on the effects of the economy. There will always be pros and cons. The conversation in class confused me a little bit. There is so much to Globalization that I didn’t know about. We had a short week 7 but in class we discussed two articles: "More or Less" and "Black Gold,". Black Gold talked about one of the most disturbing things people could sell on the black market …hair. Nonetheless hair that is rat infested, had lice, even sweat and blood. Sad to say, women in India were touching this hair in the worst working conditions...
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...Leadership in the 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army: An Evaluation & Critique by RAB April 2015 Table of Contents Foreword …………………………………………………………………………….………….. 1 Introduction ………………………………………………………………….…….……………. 2 Organization & Objectives ………………………………….……………...…….………………3 Figure 1: 2/29th IN Organizational Structure …………………………………………….4 Theory of Leadership & Leadership Practices..………………………………….……….…….. 7 Figure 2: James Collins Level Five Leadership Model…………………………………..8 Effects of Leadership Practices on Organizational Culture ……………………….………….... 10 SWOT Analysis ………………………………………………………………………..…….… 11 Application of the Level Five Leadership Theory …………………………….…………….… 13 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………………...…… 16 Figure 3: James Collins Level Five Leadership Model, applied………………………..17 NOTES …………………………………………………………………………………….. 18 Foreword This leadership critique is an analysis of my own personal thoughts and impressions of a unit in the U.S. Army. While I was in the Army, I was a young company grade officer. I want to stress that this is one young officer’s opinion. When I cite a fact or research, I will source it. Otherwise, please take this as a young officer’s critique and analysis. In other words, this critique is intended as a spring board for a discussion; it is not a multi-page paper designed to be entered as evidence in a court. This evaluation is my attempt to reconcile how my...
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...Ability to present clear and concise information consistent with the targeted audience As the acting J1 and Staff officer for the Defense Intelligence Support Office-Afghanistan (DISO-A), I was required to present technical information in a variety of settings: through briefings, slide presentations, video teleconferences, Tandberg’s, meetings and/or emails for the Defense Forward Element (DFE), DISO-A Chief, Directorate Deployment Mission Managers (DDMM), Global Force Management Office, Deployment Readiness Center and J1 Rear. I also provided information via VTC and Tandberg on a weekly basis to the Staff Components at the Defense Intelligence Agency reference all personnel actions and status. Experience in reviewing and editing complex material As the Security Specialist, in my current organization, I am responsible for researching and analyzing Industrial and Special Security policies, thus advising management on compliance issues. In my capacity as A Cryptologic Technician Administrative Assistant, I had the opportunity to research and review classified documents and reports to make final determinations from protected disclosure. As the Staff Officer for DISO-A, I was responsible for reviewing and editing all award submissions, appraisals, extension request and any/all personal action request. Experience in managing projects As the Staff Officer for (DISO-A), I was responsible for developing and managing the implementation of submitting the NATO Medal...
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...Command And Control In Public Services Command and control is used within all public services in order to carry out tasks/operations in an effective, efficient and proper manner. Without command and control, the public services would not function properly and the employees within those public services would not be able to carry out their roles and responsibilities properly. It is important that all public services employees are over trained in their job just in case they need to work in a situation on their own without anyone else telling them what to do. For example, if a member of the ambulance service is by himself/herself and comes across an individual who has been run over, they must know exactly what to do and how to cope alone, and this is an example of why it is important for the public services to be over trained in their job. Every public service carry out different roles and responsibilities and it is through command and control that the individual is able to carry out their daily tasks in an effective and efficient way. Command and control ensures that the individual knows EXACTLY what their job entails and it ensures that the individual is fully trained and over trained in the job they specify in. Command and control in the Army is highly important for military exercises such as drill practise/competitions. The individual in charge of the military exercise e.g. Sergeant Major, must have good command and control over the soldiers in order for the soldiers...
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...9 6 3 4 10 5 DESCRIPTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Length of half-pipe Slope angle Width (crown to crown) Width of decks Height (floor to crown) Height of vertical Drop-in ramp length Drop-in ramp width Drop-in ramp height RECOMMENDED (18 FT PIPE) RECOMMENDED (22 FT PIPE) 100 - 150 m 16° - 17° 17.5 - 18 m 6 - 7.5 m 18 ft (5.4 m) 0.2 m 15 m 10 m at least 5.5 m 120 - 165 m 17.5° - 18.5° 19.5 m 6 - 7.5 m 22 ft (6.5 m) 0.2 m 15 m 10 m at least 5.5 m at least 9 m 10 Distance from ramp to pipe at least 9 m 2 IN GROUND BASE DIMENSIONS 4 1 1 3 3 2 2 4 6 6 5 5 7 7 8 8 4 5 6 2 7 8 1 3 9 11 9 11 2 12 10 1 10 1 2 Important Note! Building in-ground walls is optional, and it will save 12 9 10 a considerable amount of snow-making. Be aware that the ground will cause the snow to melt faster, and if the base isn’t deep enough 11 the dirt walls will appear prematurely. DESCRIPTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Length of half-pipe Height 100 - 150 m 2 5m 16° - 17° at least 9 m 25° 8° 10 m at least 5.5 m 24 m at least 5 m 14 m at least 45° 1 RECOMMENDED (18 FT PIPE) RECOMMENDED (22 FT PIPE) 120 - 165 m 6m 17.5° - 18.5° at least 9 m 25° 8° 10 m at least 5.5 m 26 m at least 5 m 16 m at least 45° 12 Slope angle Distance from ramp to pipe Drop-in ramp angle Angle from ramp to pipe Drop-in ramp width Drop-in ramp height Width (crown to crown) 10 Width of decks 11 Width of floor 12 Dirt wall angle 3 SNOW DEPTH 5 4 3 2 1 DESCRIPTION ...
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...Experiment 7: Deflection of beams (Effect of beam length and width) 1. OBJECTIVE The objective of this laboratory experiment is to find the relationship between the deflection (y) at the centre of a simply supported beam and the span, width. 2. MATERIALS - APPARATUS Steel Beams, Deflection measuring device, 500g weight 3. INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION The deflection of a beam, y, will depend on many factors such as: - • The applied load F (F=m•g). • The span L. • The width of the beam b, and its thickness h. Other factors such as position, method of loading, the material of which the beam is made will also influence the deflection. If we wish to find the relationship between y and one of the possible variables it is necessary to keep all the other possible variables constant throughout the experiment. 1. Length calculation In this experiment the same beam is used throughout and the centrally applied point load is kept constant. Thus keeping all possible variables other than the deflection y and the span L constant we may investigate the relationship between y and L. Let y[pic]Ln where n is to be found Then y = k•Ln where k is a constant Taking logarithms: log y = n log L + log k which is in the straight line form (y = mx + C). Thus plotting logy against log L will give a straight-line graph of slope “n” and “k” may be determined. 2. Width calculation In this experiment beams of the same material but of different width are...
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...Program that will calculate the number of square feet (living space) in a 4-room house. Problem Analysis In this Program , the aim is to calculate the square feet of a 4 –room house So we need to know each rooms length and breadth , then calculate each rom’s area and the find the sum of those Area of Room1=length1*breadth1 Area of Room2=length2*breadth2 Area of Room3=length3*breadth3 Area of Room4=length4*breadth4 Total Number of Square Foots = Area of Room1+ Area of Room2+ Area of Room3+ Area of Room4 Program Design Pseudocode Start Declare the variables i,j as interger length[4], breadth[4],area[4] as double array sum as double Display “Enter the Rooms length and Breadth” For i= 1 to 4 do Accept length[i], breadth[i] Next i Display “Finding Area and total number of square foots” Set sum=0 For i= 1 to 4 do Area[i]= length[i]* breadth[i] Sum=sum+Area[i] Next i Display “Total number of square foots”, sum Stop Program Comments and Test Data C++ code #include<iostream> #include<string> using namespace std; int main() { int i,j; double length[4], breadth[4] ,area[4], sum; cout<<"\nEnter the length and breadth of each room"; for (i=0;i<4;i++) { cout<<"\nRoom "<<i+1<<" Length :"; cin >>length[i]; cout<<"\nRoom "<<i+1<<" Breadth :"; cin >>breadth[i]; } sum=0; for (i=0;i<4;i++) { area[i]=length[i]* breadth[i]; ...
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...HELPIDO.COM http://helpido.com/comp-274-week-5/ COMP274 COMP/274 COMP 274 WEEK 5 PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENT ________________________________________ Timer and Mouse Events and Java Graphics Introduction The purpose of this week’s programming assignment is to learn how to deal with events from multiple sources. In addition, we will learn how to use some of Java’s graphics capabilities for drawing shapes in a display area. The programming assignment for this week is to implement a simple paddle ball game. Paddle Ball Game Overview The paddle ball game is a simplification of the Pong game. In the Pong game, a ball is moving around the display, bouncing off walls. The player moves a paddle in one dimension, trying to hit the ball whenever possible. If the ball hits the paddle, it bounces off and continues on its way. If the paddle misses the ball, the ball goes off the end of the display area and the player loses a point. In our paddle ball game, the ball moves around the display, bouncing off walls just as in the Pong game. The player controls a paddle trying to hit the ball just like in the Pong game. If the ball hits the paddle, it bounces off and continues on its way. The main difference in our game is that if the player misses the ball, the ball simply bounces off the wall behind the paddle and continues to travel. There is no scoring in this game. Object Oriented Design If we analyze the game description we can see there are several different objects...
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...When starting this program I had to look at how people would insert the information. Typically, you would assume that a person would input the length and width for a rectangle asa positive whole number, but this isn’t always the case. To deal with these cases, I had to implement two different features. The first feature to deal with none whole numbers is to make all of the numbers as floats. These variables are therefore float length, float width, float area, float perimeter.After making the numbers floats, a user can input any number even if it has a decimal. The second was to input a while loop after each user input for length and width in order to deal with the possibility of a negative number. A rectangle cannot have a negative or zero side so the while loop deals with this by asking the user to another number for length or width. After this has been completed it is necessary to send both of the numbers to the functions. To find the area, you take the length and width and multiply them together which gives you the area or Area = Length * Width. An example of this is below: Area = Length * Width User Input: Length = 2 & Width = 4 Area = 2 * 4 Area = 8 To find the Perimeter of a rectangle however, it is a bit different. To find the Perimeter you have to use the following formula P = 2(Length) + 2(Width). You use this formula due to the fact that you have 2 sides which are measured for the length and 2 sides which are measured for the width. An example of this is...
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