FOUNDED: 1982 OWNERSHIP: Public (Nasdaq: ERTS) HEADQUARTERS: Redwood City‚ California REVENUES: $2.95 billion for fiscal 2006 EMPLOYEES: 7‚200 worldwide BACKGROUND: Electronic Arts (EA) is the world’s leading independent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for advanced entertainment systems such as the PlayStation® 3‚ PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system‚ the PSP (PlayStation® Portable) system‚ Xbox 360‚ Xbox® video game system from Microsoft‚ Nintendo
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Hans von Dohnányi was born to the Hungarian composer Ernő Dohnányi and his wife‚ the pianist Elisabeth Kunwald. He grew up mostly in berlin. He went to the Grunewald Gymnasium there‚ becoming friends with Dietrich and Klaus Bonhoeffer. From 1920 to 1924‚ he studied law. In 1925‚ he received a doctorate in law .After taking the first state exam in 1924‚ he married Christel Bonhoeffer sister of his school friends‚ in 1925. He and his wife had three children: Klaus‚ (mayor of Hamburg from 1981 to 1988)
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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was born on June 17th‚ 1882 in Oranienbaum‚ Russia. He was one of four to his polish parents‚ Anna née Kholodovsky and Fyodor Stravinsky. Igor Stravinsky’s first exposer to music was from his father‚ who was a bass singer at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. His father helped him learn the love of music. His first musical education began at the age of nine with piano lessons‚ studying music theory‚ and attempting composition. By fifteen‚ he had mastered Mendelssohn’s
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As a college student bad writing is no stranger to me. On my journey to become a great writer I have made many mistakes and you should as well. No Author writes a perfect story the first time‚ It takes a great deal of revision and hours of word choice to make sure the reader comprehends what is intended to be narrated. This can be very difficult and has been for me as a young writer. George Orwell talks about many different examples of bad writing and what makes this writing so bad such as complex
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Overview[edit] The trilogy consists of Fifth Business (1970)‚ The Manticore (1972)‚ and World of Wonders (1975). The series revolves around a simple act—a young boy throws a snowball at another‚ but it misses its intended target—and the effect this act has on a number of characters. The Deptford Trilogy has won praise for its narrative voice and its use of character. Fifth Business‚ in particular‚ is considered one of Davies’ best novels. The trilogy takes its name from the fictional small village
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Chapter 8 International Law in a Global Economy N.B.: TYPE indicates that a question is new‚ modified‚ or unchanged‚ as follows. N A question new to this edition of the Test Bank. + A question modified from the previous edition of the Test Bank. = A question included in the previous edition of the Test Bank. TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. The major difference between international law and national law is that government authorities can enforce national law. ANSWER: T PAGES: Section 1 TYPE:
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Is crime cointegrated with income and unemployment?: A panel data analysis on selected European countries by A.H. Baharom1 and Muzafar Shah Habibullah ABSTRACT This paper examines the causality between income‚ unemployment and crime in 11 European countries employing the panel data analysis for the period 1993-2001 for both aggregated (total crime) and disaggregated (subcategories) crime data. Fixed and random effect models are estimated to analyze the impact of income and unemployment on total
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brought before the Court by Switzerland on October 2nd‚ 1957 to declare that the United States was under an obligation to restore its assets which had been vested in the United States from 1942. In 1946‚ US and Switzerland entered an agreement called the Washington Accord that the US will unblock Swiss assets in the US. Interhandel is a Swiss company entered in the Commercial Register of Basle‚ but US government thought the company had a connection with Germany. Switzerland claimed there is no German
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twenty countries. 5. Travel from the UK‚ to Spain‚ to Greece‚ and every country in between on only $100 dollars. 6. Never hesitate. 7. To not forget to stop and appreciate life every once and a while. 8. Eat dark chocolate from Switzerland…while I’m in Switzerland. 9. Learn how to make pizza in Italy—from scratch‚ sauce and all. 10. Learn Spanish or Italian (or at least enough to hold a conversation). 11. Hit the lottery and spend it all in one week‚ but none of it on myself. 12. Never lose
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Culture in organisational change Culture of different countries: Hofstede (1980) and his power distance rating. Nestle – have offices in Switzerland and the Phillipines‚ and need to implement changes from top down in the Phillipines compared to Switzerland – as there is a high power distance (Hofstede 1980) so the staff would not take note of the changes if it was not communicated from Management NHS – trying to implement similar culture to Virginia Mason‚ which is based on the Toyota Production
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