...United Flight 93, was one of four planes hijacked on September 11, 2001. United Flight 93 was the only hijacked plane that did not reach it's targeted destination—assumed to be the Capitol Building or the White House. Crew and passengers of the flight attempted to gain control of the aircraft after the hijacking. Two informative movies, released in 2006, portrayed the chaos of September 11, 2001 from the prospective of the passengers on United Flight 93 and from FAA workers and the military. Flight 93, the movie portrayed in the perspective of the passengers of the hijacked flight, is an emotional movie. After the plane is hijacked, movie viewers are able to hear real audio recordings of passengers calling their loved ones. Many also call...
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...United 93 In 2006 a movie called United 93 was released in theatres all over the world. It was directed by Paul Greengrass, who is from England. The theme is terror and is about what happened to the fourth and final hijacked plane on 9/11. This movie tells the story of both what went on inside the plane with the passengers and the terrorists, and what happened “behind the scenes” in the FAA and in the flight control towers all over USA. Already when the film was produced, some people thought it was too early for a movie on this subject and disrespectful to the families of the victims. But was it really too early after 5 years? I don’t think so. How can it be disrespectful, when he asked for permission to make this film from all the victim’s families? Maybe it was too early if you would have made this movie in a different way, but Greengrass has made this movie with excellent care. The camera is handheld, which gives you an objective view and feeling of realism. This movie approaches an incredibly sensitive subject in an entirely appropriate manner: with subtlety and understatement. The actors look like real people and talk like real people talk. There are no dramatic exclamations. Even the signature "Let's roll" line is stated almost in passing without any special significance being brought to it. The movie was utterly convincing in portraying how real people would have responded. There were no Bruce Willis or Wesley Snipe types amongst the passengers; they were ordinary...
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...Problem Statement Virgin Mobil is venturing into the US market and their launch date is July 2002. The company’s goal is to have one million total subscribers by the end of the first year and three million by year four. In order to achieve their goals, the company has to come up with a competitive pricing strategy to attract and retain customers in an already mature market. Recommended course of action Despite a mature US market, the cellular service industry has a market penetration of only about 15% in the segment comprising of users aged between 15 and 19 years. This segment is characterized by inconsistent cell phone usage, low credit ratings and usage pattern different from the typical businessperson. Hence, Virgin Mobile USA is looking to penetrate this segment and create brand loyalty through attractive pricing and additional feature in mobile entertainment. Based on our analysis, we recommend the following: 1. Aim for the non-contractual prepaid segment with a new pricing structure: Virgin Mobile USA should look to price at 20-30 cents per minute. 2. Increase the off peak hours: The company could extend the off-peak hours by 2 hours, starting at 7pm instead of 9pm. 3. Lowering of Acquisition Cost (AC): Virgin Mobile USA should keep its AC around $130 by passing on a part of the handset cost to the customers. Rationale for Recommendation We can see from Exhibits 1 & 2 that if Virgin Mobile opted for a contractual service plan with rates at par with industry...
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...The article I chose to review was How Problems, Opportunities & Directives Can Drive the Project Selection Process by Lisa McQuerrey, Demand Media. This article talks about the fact that project selection is very common and it takes place in every type of business or organization. Project managers have to decide which propositioned projects to take on and develop and which ones to set aside or disregard based on many factors. The article also breaks down potential problems, opportunities and directives that may have a significant influence on the overall project selection process. Project selection begins with the needs or problems within an organization. There are many different forms and examples of need and problem depending on the organization and its status (McQuerrey). A company experiencing decline in revenue is facing a problem and will need to implement a plan to reduce their setbacks. On the other hand, some companies who are doing well and not experiencing problems, may be presented with opportunities. When opportunities are presented like problems, a plan must be put in place to take advantage of any and all beneficial opportunities. Directives are strong requests or orders t issued by a decision-maker in a business or organization in most cases (McQuerrey). These individuals should be knowledgeable and will be in a position of authority. When a decision-maker issues an order for a specific project to be selected, the project generally rises to the top of...
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...The Big Dig. 4000 Words. Introduction This aim of this report to give an overview of Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel or 'Big-Dig' Infrastructure Project, identify the rationale behind the project, the owner, the stakeholders, project life cycle and timeline. It will also identify the critical management issues and problems that arose through the project, the solutions the project managers and those involved in the project found. It will also give an assessment of the project performance and its benefits and assess and reflect the critical failure and success factors involved in the implementation of the project. Information for this investigation into the 'Big Dig' project has been from sought various Journals, publications specific to the project, the World Wide Web, independent reports into the project and other reports delivered by the Project Managers Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff (B/PB) and the project owners Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA) . Before the merger of the previously mentioned companies the MTA was known as the Massachusetts Highway Department The big dig or CA/T as it became more infamously known as was a magnanimous infrastructural project that took place in the greater Boston area from inception in 1982 to completion in 2007. This was to be the solution to the escalating traffic problem that plagued motorists in the greater Boston area for the past 50 years. The Central Artchry was originally built in 1959 and was a significant infrastructural...
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...Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project Jack O’Brien looked at the clock in his car; it was 7:38 a.m. and he knew he would need some luck to get to his 8:00 a.m. meeting at Teradyne’s Harrison Avenue headquarters on time. Traffic on Boston’s Central artery choked amidst the lingering construction from the interminable “Big Dig.” O’Brien was looking forward to today’s meeting with Teradyne senior executives to reflect on the lessons learned from the Jaguar project, which O’Brien had led for more than three years. The project had been one of the most important efforts in Teradyne’s 45-year-history. It had set out to create an entirely new semiconductor test-system platform. The resulting Ultra Flex system, designed to be flexible enough to allow customers to test a full range of semiconductor devices, was critical to the success of Teradyne’s new competitive strategy. The Jaguar project had marked a culmination of sorts in Teradyne’s eight-year effort to improve its product development process. The Jaguar team had used a number of project management practices, including intensive up-front project planning, formalized tools for tracking project progress, and a more structured development process. Most aspects of the Jaguar project went exceedingly well. All of the major hardware, for instance, had been developed in record time, and with minimal deviation from the plan. The product had met the vast majority of its target...
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...1. I remembered my favorite story about my best customer service experience ever. Sometime in 2001, I was traveling from Chicago to Boston on the Airlines shuttle to my scheduled hotel. But that day was unlucky for the bad weather result in the flight delay. Anyway... my shuttle gets delayed several hours at Boston (insert sarcastic look of shock) and I end up getting into Boston around 1:00am. Then the fun really started, because "the Big Dig" was still in full shovel and even at that time of night/morning, it took nearly 2 hours to get from the airport to the hotel. Brutal. So, I get to the hotel at 3:00am, needing to be ready to deliver my preso at 8:00am. Ideal set up for a great presentation? Not likely. So, I drag myself into the Hotel and the gentleman at the counter looks at me and says, "Welcome to the Boston. You look exhausted!" So I explain the cause of my pain as he continues the check in process, not thinking about much of anything except, get me to a bed asap! Finally, he looks up, hands me a key and says, "I'm sorry you had a rough night, enjoy your room." I grab the key, head to my room and open the door to the biggest hotel suite I've ever seen in my life. I was so tired; I didn't even realize I was headed to the top floor of the hotel and into the Presidential Suite! Brilliantly lit, beautifully furnished, fresh flowers, the whole shabang. 2. I was only in the room for maybe 4-5 hours, but more importantly, I'll never forget the treatment I received from...
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...Kristina Osborne A# 00145476 English Thursdays - 5:30 2,976: The Effects of 9/11 Eleven years ago, the United States of America had a hugely different attitude towards terrorism than it does now. There was no thought of any act of violence being done on "our soil" only those "other" countries. Ten years later, the effects of 9/11 and its aftermath are still being seen in America. Even more than Pearl Harbor or the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the 9/11 attacks stand alone as a seminal moment in the modern history of the United States, one that exerted the most profound effects on the politics, policies and psychology of America and its citizens. A few of the effects of the Twin Towers being brought down on September 11th, 2001 are; permanent vulnerability, the creation of the TSA (Transportation Security Administration), Ordinary Heroes, and a United People. For Michael Nacht, professor of public policy at UC Berkley, the most fundamental impact of 9/11 is the "sense of permanent vulnerability that haunts citizens of Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue alike." Where there was no fear, there is now a loss of naivety regarding the unknown. In place of a naive society, there is now a sense of paranoia that never existed before. No longer do you ignore the sound of a crash, a boom, or the earth shaking. Such things are no longer attributed to an innocent source but immediate thought goes to terrorism. We hear a sonic boom and rush to the door to make...
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...Flight 93 and Utilitarianism in Times of Crisis Flight 93 and Utilitarianism in Times of Crisis On September 11, 2001, United Airlines flight 93 was hijacked by terrorists with the suspected intention of crashing the aircraft into the United States Capitol. The hijackers never reached their destination because they were overtaken by the 40 passengers on board the flight and forced to crash the aircraft into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all 44 people on board. Consider the possibility that this version of Flight 93's journey were inaccurate. Imagine that the United States military had shot down Flight 93 rather than the passengers ultimately forcing the aircraft off of its intended path. Would the intentional sacrifice of American lives be acceptable considering a higher number of American lives may have been saved? The possibility of our own military intentionally taking the lives of innocent Americans is a horrific notion but, so is the thought of our military standing idly by while a large number of American lives are taken by terrorists. I feel that most moral dilemmas should be solved consequentially and also that this theory is exemplified in the case of Flight 93. It goes without saying killing innocent people is wrong. It is also wrong to do nothing when there is a possibility lives can be saved. In the case of Flight 93, the preceding events provided insight into the intentions of the hijackers. The earlier attacks and the flight path...
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...construction of the airport, implementation of an automated integrated baggage system to minimize the turnaround time was a critical component . But it turned to be one of the woeful incidents in the history of technology project implementation. The airport scheduled to open in October 1993 finally came to live on March 2005 with a delay of 16 months due to under estimation of the baggage handling system. This delay almost cost them $1.1M per day for the maintenance and loans. In March 1994, the BAE systems ran a test run in front of several media groups. The result of the test was a complete failure. The baggage were partially or completely damaged or misplaced to the wrong gate. The system was not able to cater the needs properly and thus United Airlines abandoned the system. The system was used in a small scale with an efficiency of 90% during the opening of DIA . This incident made clear that improper project management methodology and poor design approach can lead a project into a total failure. 1. Basic Problem in the DIA baggage Handling System During the initial stage, DIA intended to give the responsibility of building the baggage systems...
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...Flight 93 and Utilitarianism in Times of Crisis Consider Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. Thinking as a utilitarian, in 350-500 words explain what your position would have been if the plane had been shot down by United States armed forces rather than having crashed as a result of the passengers' actions. Are we more likely to accept the idea of utilitarianism in a time of crisis? If so, does that make the theory acceptable? Explain. I remember this time clear in my mind and the first thought in my head when the first plane hit the first tower in New York City that it was a hoax or a prank. After the second plane hit the other tower I did not know what to think and the feeling of fear started to grow inside of me. I have never felt such a feeling before in my life. I feared our country was under attack. The word terrorism was foreign to me at this point in time I could only fathom the thought of another country attacking the United States not terrorism. I did not fully understand what was going on and what to expect. I was a junior in high school in Savannah, Georgia and I had already enrolled in the Navy’s Delayed Enlistment Program. I thought for sure I was going to be taking out of high school early to go fight a war. That did not happen and I never went in the Navy I ended up going into the Air Force. So 9/11 was never a driving factor on why I joined the military it was due to the fact that every male family member of mine has served in the military...
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...tragic dates in the history of the United States are arguably December 7th, 1941 and September 11th, 2001. These dates hold two of most unforgettable moments the US has suffered in the category of being attacked. December 7th, 1941 is known to the world as the attack on Pearl Harbor and September 11th, 2001 is known as 9/11. These two dates are significant, as many lives of innocent people were taken. These events are very similar but different in their own ways. December 7th, 1941 started off as a regular sunday morning in Hawaii on the island of Oahu until not long before 8a.m. it happened. Japan had sent about 200 planes to Pearl Harbor for the first wave of “Operation Hawaii” which is known better as the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The kamikaze’s absolutely shocked americans as they only saw a threat from Europe and Hitler at the time. Pearl Harbor suffered great damage and destruction on 18 ships including the battleships of Arizona, Oklahoma, California, Nevada and West Virginia. ‘More than 2,400 United States personnel were killed’....
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...called al-Qaeda. It consisted of 19 al-Qaeda terrorists getting on four different planes: American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, which were hijacked and sent flying into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, American Airlines Flight 77 which crashed into the western side of the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and United Airlines Flight 93 which was intended to be flown into Washington D.C. but was taken over by a few passengers after the hijack. During the struggle Flight 93 unfortunately crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. All together these attacks claimed the lives of 2,996 people....
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...In William Domhoff’s article, Wealth, Income, and Power, he examines wealth distribution in the United States, specifically financial inequality. He concludes that the wealthiest 10% of the United States effectively owns America, and that this is due in large part to an increase in unequal distribution of wealth between 1983 and 2004. Domhoff also states that the unequal wealth distribution is due in large part to tax cuts for the wealthy and the defeat of labor unions. Most of Domhoff’s information is accurate and includes strong, valid arguments and statements. However, there is room for improvement when identifying the subject of what is causing the inequality. The most important points made in Domhoff’s article are his statistics, the reason behind the unequal wealth distribution, and his closing statement concerning the top 10%. In his article, Domhoff cites many statistics regarding the distribution of wealth between America’s top and bottom percentiles. There is quite a bit of research to back up his claims, and his data is generally very accurate. However, when it comes to the cause of such gaps in wealth distribution, there is more to consider than simply tax cuts and labor unions. Domhoff begins with a broad overview of wealth distribution in the United States. He states that the top 1% held 34.6% of all privately held wealth, with 85% in the hands of the top 20%, leaving the bottom 80% in control of only 15% of privately held wealth. In terms of financial wealth...
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...to being finished and the first parts of the plans were being implemented. In 2000, the Al Qaeda chosen suicide pilots began their official flight training in Venice, Florida (Inside 9/11: War on America). Also in that same year, radical Islamists planned and implemented another attack on the United States. In October, they attacked the U.S.S. Cole, a warship, located of the coast of Yemen. Using suicide bombers, they successfully attacked the ship and killed many Americans. Following the attack, current President Clinton took no action and after his inauguration, President Bush did the same. This concerned many Americans about the threat building over seas and their overall safety. Little did they know the eventual hijackers of the planes used during the attack had been living among them for almost over a year. Also before September 11, 2001, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) received a total of fifty-two warnings about possible Al Qaeda...
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