...shows and movies directly on their TVs, computers and mobile devices. The company has three reportable segments: domestic streaming, international streaming and domestic DVD. The domestic and international streaming segments derive revenues from monthly membership fees for services consisting solely of streaming content. In the United States, members can receive DVDs delivered quickly to their homes, which is an additional 5.7 million users and 32% of net income even though it is on rapid decline. The domestic streaming content membership is 39 million members versus the international which is 18 million. In today’s market, there are several risk factors that Netflix faces and needs to handle to be competitive in the future. Some of these risks are the high licensing costs for the content they host, high reliability on other sources for streaming to customers devices and the need to constantly improve and innovate their corporate strategies (Netflix, 2013). Netflix expansion activity has been aggressive; in 2010, Netflix launched in Canada and a year later expanded to Latin American and Caribbean markets. In 2012, Netflix launched into the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Nordics markets. In 2014 Netflix continues with strategic alliances with cable companies Atlantic Broadband, Comcast, Grande Communications, RCN and similar deals in Britain,...
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...The Colonial Brazil is called historical period ranging from the arrival of the first Europeans in 1500, until independence in 1822. In this period, Brazil was under the political domination of Portugal. The Portuguese colonization of America began motivated by economic and strategic reasons. On the one hand because of the economic decline of profits in the trade with the East and the commercial possibilities Brazil tree, the bark of which produced a red dye used for dyeing textiles. And among the strategic reasons, the main one was fighting Spanish or French ambitions in this area. Eventually, France and Holland won some strategic regions such as the island of Sao Luis, the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Recife, and part of the states of Pernambuco , Paraíba and Alagoas. In 1530, the Portuguese crown expelled the French who surrounded the coast of Brazil , as were lands belonging to Portugal since 1500. In 1533, King of Portugal, Joao III divided the territory of Brazil in 13 stripes or captaincies , 150 miles wide each, what influenced the privacy of Portuguese colonization . These captaincies were distributed or granted to Portuguese nobles hereditary for life... The nobles who received them committed to evangelize the natives, settlers recruit and develop economically the captaincy. The territory to be established in Brazil was deeply marked by slavery in the era of European colonization. The boundaries between Spain and Portugal were established in 1492 shortly after Spain...
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...ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: ARE MORE STUDENTS CHEATING? Dorothy L. R. Jones Norfolk State University ACADEMIC DISHONESTY, with Internet plagiarism as one of the most common forms, is a concern on college and university campuses more than ever before. A review of the literature validates these concerns. According to a 2003 nationwide research study of 23 public and private colleges and universities, conducted by Donald L. McCabe, Internet plagiarism is on the rise. Thirty-eight percent of the undergraduate students surveyed indicated that they had engaged in Internet plagiarism (as cited in Rimer, 2003). Brown, Weible, and Olmosk (2010) found that 49% of students in undergraduate marketing classes admitted cheating in 1988 versus 100% of the students in an undergraduate management class in 2008; a national survey published in Education Week found that 54% of the students surveyed admitted to Internet plagiarism and 76% admitted to cheating; and the Center for Academic Integrity found almost 80% of the college students surveyed admitted to cheating at least once (“Facts About Plagiarism,” 2011). In May 2006, Ohio University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering plagiarism scandal garnered national attention when a review panel found “rampant and flagrant” forms of plagiarism in 34 master’s theses (Grose, 2006); and in November 2010, more than 200 of the 600 students in a University of Central Florida business class confessed that they benefited from accessing online test questions...
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...University of Phoenix Material Week 4 Worksheet As you read this week’s required materials, complete this worksheet. This is a multipage assignment; double-check that you completed each page before submitting. Part I: Fill in the Blanks Fill in the blanks to complete the following sentences. Ming-Dynasty China a. The population of China approximately doubled between the start of the Ming dynasty in 1368 and its collapse and replacement by the Manchus in 1644 . This population increase, along with a reduction in government regulation, led to China’s 3rd Commercial Revolution, which lasted from 1500 and 1800. Economic advances during this time, which extended into the Qing era, included the tribute system for textile manufacture, trade with the tondo empire through the port of Manila, expansion of private banks from Shaanxi into other provinces, flourishing intermediate market towns, and trade in staples like grain and cotton. b. The late imperial system of political control relied on a large, well-funded, and powerful meritocracy staffed by dedicated officials who competed for positions by passing civil examinations ; the central authority of the emperor ; and the support of the new wealthy, literate merchant class. c. Early Ming-dynasty foreign policy was aggressively expansionist, as emperors extended their control into historical Chinese territories and...
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...Beginning and Evolution of film industry in sub-continent Introduction:- Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. The origin of the name comes from the fact that photographic film has historically been the primary medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion picture, including picture, picture show, and most commonly, movie. Additional terms for the field in general include the big screen, the silver screen, the cinema and the movies. Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. They comprise a series of individual frames, but when these images are shown rapidly in succession, the illusion of motion is given to the viewer. Flickering between frames is not seen due to an effect known as persistence of vision, whereby the eye retains a visual image for a fraction of a second after the source has been removed. Film-A true art-form:- Film is considered by many to be an important art form; films entertain, educate, enlighten and inspire audiences. The visual elements of cinema need no translation, giving the motion picture a universal power of communication. Any film can become a worldwide attraction, especially with the addition of dubbing or subtitles that translate the dialogue. Films are also artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect...
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...University of Phoenix Material Week 4 Worksheet As you read this week’s required materials, complete this worksheet. This is a multipage assignment; double-check that you completed each page before submitting. Part I: Fill in the Blanks Fill in the blanks to complete the following sentences. Ming-Dynasty China a. The population of China approximately doubled between the start of the Ming dynasty in 1368 and its collapse and replacement by the Manchus in 1415 in North China . This population increase, along with a reduction in government regulation, led to China’s Commercial Revolution, which lasted from 1500 and 1800. Economic advances during this time, which extended into the Qing era, included the so-called putting out system for textile manufacture, trade with the Qing empire through the port of Manila, expansion of private banks from Shaanxi into other provinces, flourishing intermediate market towns, and trade in staples like grain and cotton. b. The late imperial system of political control relied on a large, well-funded, and powerful central government staffed by dedicated officials who competed for positions by passing examinations ; the central authority of the government ; and the support of the new wealthy, literate working class. c. Early Ming-dynasty foreign policy...
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...Video Games: Friends or Foes Individual Research Paper JRSB 311: Ethics Fundamentals Online Class Chaitanya Patel March 22, 2013 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Introduction to modern games 1 The history of gaming 2 1976 2 1985 3 Early 1990’s 3 1997 3 Modern gaming 4 Influence of violent games 5 Other Factors 6 Ethics Point of View 9 Government Policy 10 Conclusion 10 References 11 Introduction Introduction to modern games Everyone loves playing games, whether it is a two year old or a 20 year old; it is the kind of game they play is different. The younger generation has turned towards playing video games; with every generation of new graphics card comes out a new level of realism is achieved, and the developer tries to make more games that look like and has feel of a real life. We already spend hours out of our daily routine either killing zombies in walking dead, or killing other people and dealing drugs to become a crime lord in Grand Theft Auto, or sometimes just living a completely different life style in a role playing game like second life and World of Warcraft. We prefer to sit home and play video games rather than go out and play hide and seek. Most of us who are not good at physical sports like soccer or baseball, tries to play and be good at those sports in video games like NBA and Tiger Woods. We try to be a person that we are not or in some cases we cannot be, in video games. Someone tries to live their fantasy of...
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...Legal and Ethical Considerations in Marketing, Product Safety, and Intellectual Property Leonard Allan Gulley II Strayer University Professor Muhammad 12-16-2013 Treat others the way you would like to be treated is the main principle of ethics. Ethics is also the moral value of what is right and what is wrong which we are taught when we are at the preadolescence age and continue to develop that trait as we mature through life (Resnik, 2011). It is also up to the individual or group of individuals on how they carry out their judgments on what is ethical or unethical behavior. This is also a problem because what one person may believe is ethical another person may disagree because every individual sees and handles each situation differently based on their knowledge and their core set of values. Even though there are laws set in place to dictate what is legal and what is illegal, laws and ethical values are not the same but ethics does play a significant role to determine the factors of a law (Resnik, 2011). Ethics is also important in the business world to ensure companies are morally doing the right thing. This is significant especially for consumers so that companies do not take advantage of them and if this is the case a company may face serious consequences for doing so (Sandilands,n.d.). In marketing and advertising it is a common occurrence for ethical values to be brought up as a lot of companies straddle the fence on this sensitive subject. It is up to both...
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...Kenneth R. Stow, Alienated Minority: The Jews of Medieval Latin Europe; Mark R. Cohen, Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages; Solomon Grayzel, The Church and the Jews in the Thirteenth Century 3. What was the position of prostitutes in medieval society? Ruth Mazo Karras, Common Women; Leah Otis, Prostitution in Medieval Society; Margaret Wade Labarge, A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in Medieval Life 4. Why did the French choose to follow Joan of Arc during the the Hundred Years War? Kelly DeVries, Joan of Arc: A Military Leader; Bonnie Wheeler, ed., Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc; Margaret Wade Labarge, A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in Medieval Life 5. Discuss the significance of siege warfare during the crusades. You may narrow this question down to a single crusade if you wish. Jim Bradbury, The Medieval Siege; Randall Rogers, Latin Siege Warfare in the Twelfth Century; John France, Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade 6. Why did the persecution of heretics increase during the high and later Middle Ages? You may focus on the persecution of one heretical group if you wish. R.I. Moore, The Formation of a Persecuting Society; Malcolm Lambert, Medieval Heresy; Gordon Leff, Heresy in the Later Middle Ages 7. To what extent did the ideals of medieval knighthood match its realities? Maurice...
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...Suleiman the Magnificent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Suleiman I" redirects here. For the shah of Persia, see Suleiman I of Persia. "Kanuni" redirects here. For the historical set of Albanian laws, see Kanun. Suleiman I Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman the Lawgiver سلطان سليمان اول Caliph of Islam Amir al-Mu'minin Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Suleiman in a portrait attributed to Titian c.1530 Period Growth of the Ottoman Empire Coronation 30 September 1520 Full Name Suleiman bin Selim Khan Born 6 November 1494 Birthplace Trabzon Died c. 5 September 1566 (aged 71) Place of death Szigetvár, Hungary Buried Süleymaniye Mosque, Constantinople[1][2] (present day Istanbul) Predecessor Selim I Successor Selim II Consort Hürrem Sultan (wife) Mahidevran Sultan Gulia Sultan Fulane Sultan Offspring Şehzade Mahmud (1512–1521) Şehzade Mustafa (1515–1553) Şehzade Murad (1519–1521) Şehzade Mehmed (1521–1543) Mihrimah Sultan (1522–1578) Şehzade Abdullah (1522–1524) Selim II (1524–1574) Raziye Sultan (1525-?) Şehzade Beyazıt (1525–1561) Şehzade Cihangir (1531–1553) Şehzade Orhan (1543-1562) Şehzade Ahmed Royal House House of Osman Dynasty Ottoman Dynasty Father Selim I Valide Sultan Ayşe Hafsa Sultan This article contains Ottoman Turkish text, written from right to left with some letters joined. Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined letters written left-to-right, instead of right-to-left...
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...if (locally known as “gamat”) for their medicinal properties and traditional medicines processed from gamat are used in wound healing, treatment of stomach ulcers and as a painkiller (FAO 2004). As such, the product selected for the assignment is the Healin Gamogen, essentially gamat oil, and the country chosen for the product to be marketed to is the United States of America. Firstly, the company was founded by Prof. Dato' Dr. Hassan Yaacob who started his intensive scientific research and studies in Gamat at the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine,University Malaya in1990 and after more than 10 years of R&D, Prof. Dato' Dr. Hassan Yaacob was able to commercialise the Gamat into Gamat based products under the brand name HEALIN and founded the company Hexagon Pharmaceuticals Sdn Bhd which would later be known as Healwell Pharmaceuticals Sdn Bhd (HEALIN 2007). It should be clarified that though the company offers numerous product derived from the aforementioned sea cucumbers, it is the food supplements namely the Gamogen that are chosen as a product to be marketed in the American market. Concerning the United States of America, the reasoning behind it would be discussed in more detail in the later parts but in summary it is due to the degree of opportunity that can be seen in marketing such a product in America such as change in lifestyle trends and even eases of legislations concerning the product. PEST Analysis A PEST analysis is required in order to better...
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...INTRODUCTION The success of Apple’s strategy actually began when there were crises internally and financially arose that worried Mac users around the world Apple’s shareholders and customers were losing faith, and competitors were closing in fast. These crises began when John Scully joined Apple in 1983 and also the ouster of Steve Jobs from Apple Computers (Apple) in September 1985 because he cannot work closely with John Scully. Both Jobs and Scully have difference opinion in running the business. In the 1990s, Apple changed three CEOs in the four years between 1993 and 1997, and the company went through several reorganizations and also the returned of Steve Jobs to the company as Apple’s CEO in April 1997 till to date. Due to the many significant events that had happened during the year from 1984 to 2004 and the frequently changed in top management position actually had brought and contributed towards the growth and success of Apple. 1984 – 1985 Apple launched Macintosh As we can see in 1984-85, Apple next launched is the Macintosh. The Macintosh initially sold well, but follow-up sales were not strong. This was because of the again high price tag, as well as limited software titles. The machine's fortunes changed with the introduction of Apple’s new product - LaserWriter, the first PostScript laser printer to be offered at a reasonable price point, and PageMaker, an early desktop publishing package. The Mac was particularly powerful in this market due to its advanced...
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...are raised by information systems. 2. Identify the main moral dimensions of an information society and specific principles for conduct that can be used to guide ethical decisions. 3. Evaluate the impact of contemporary information systems and the Internet on the protection of individual privacy and intellectual property. 4. Assess how information systems have affected everyday life. CHAPTER OUTLINE 4.1 UNDERSTANDING ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES RELATED TO SYSTEMS A Model for Thinking About Ethical, Social, and Political Issues Five Moral Dimensions of the Information Age Key Technology Trends that Raise Ethical Issues ETHICS IN AN INFORMATION SOCIETY Basic Concepts: Responsibility, Accountability, and Liability Ethical Analysis Candidate Ethical Principles Professional Codes of Conduct Some Real-World Ethical Dilemmas THE MORAL DIMENSIONS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS Information Rights: Privacy and Freedom in the Internet Age Property Rights: Intellectual Property Accountability, Liability, and Control System Quality: Data Quality and System Errors Quality of Life: Equity, Access, and Boundaries HANDS-ON MIS Developing a Web Site Privacy Policy: Dirt Bikes USA Achieving Operational Excellence: Creating a Simple Web Site Using Web Page Development Tools Improving Decision Making: Using Internet Newsgroups for Online Market Research 4.2 4.3 4.4 Interactive Sessions: Data for Sale The Internet: Friend or Foe to Children? LEARNING TRACK MODULE Developing a Corporate Code of Ethics for...
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... Child is the wealth of a state. Child is the hope and future of a nation. Child is the precursor of human civilization. When the child is so important in the life of a nation; he can neither be ignored nor neglected in the onward march of a world civilization. Children should therefore be properly reared up for the sake of human civilization, for the sake of a nation and its government. Environment should be so created that a child may properly grow physically; mentally as well as intellectually to play its role in tomorrow’s society. Child is the continuation of human civilization and bears the testimony of parenthood and generation. He is the foundation of a family, a society, a nation and the world as a whole. He requires careful and effective measures for his proper nourishment by the concerned person and authority. He is to be provided with the basics he requires. But unfortunately this does not prevail all over the world equally specially in the developing countries. A few fortunate children of these countries are provided with the basics while the rest are denied of their basic needs, physical and mental growth. They are compelled to offer labour for their livelihood before they attain majority. They work with the hammer and the spade instead of working with the book and the pencil. Sometimes, circumstantially they go into the clutches of anti-social elements, creating law and order problems and finally they become the liability of the state instead of becoming an asset...
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...spaghetti to remind people of their culinary heritage. The richness of its past and the 'live-life-to-the-fullest' attitude combine to make Italy a must-see travel destination. II. RELEVANT HISTORY Evidence of civilization has been found on the Italian peninsula dating far into pre-history. Thousands of rock drawings discovered in the Alpine regions of Lombardy date from around 8,000 BC. There were sizable settlements throughout the Copper Age (37th to 15th century BC), the Bronze Age (15th to 8th century BC) and the Iron Age (8th to 5th century BC). In the north of Italy, the Etruscan culture took hold around 800BC, while Greeks settled in southern Italy from 700 to 600BC, namely in Apulia, Calabria and Sicily (then known as Magna Graecia). The Roman Empire (5th Century BC to 5th Century AD) The Roman Empire was one of the largest and most enduring in world history. The saying "All Roads Lead to Rome" alludes to this central hub of technology, literature, culture and architecture in the ancient world. The engineers of the Roman age created an unparalleled network of roads in ancient history. Approximately 50,000 miles of roads spread Roman civilization, influence and the mighty...
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