...Amanda Durham English 191-36 Final Draft Professor Glynn 1 May 2006 American Icon? Those of you who think Elvis is a cultural icon because of his ways of persuading his audience, are correct. In fact, I want to argue that he’s a champion cultural icon, the King of Rock and Roll, the Eternal Great. There are many reasons why this is true and I will lay these out in this paper. Elvis Presley is in fact, the ultimate cultural icon. He will never be replaced by anyone for many reasons. Thus, in this paper, I will argue that Elvis Presley is the ultimate cultural icon. For example, Elvis Presley and The Beatles represent the two poles of pop music superstardom. “On one side is the patriotic American truck driver with a voice that conquered the world over a two-decade career, and on the other hand, there are the four sharp-tongued Liverpudlians who came and went with the 60’s” (Webb). Former Beatle, John Lennon, once said, “Before Elvis, there was nothing” (Elvis Presley Quotes). “The question is, why Elvis? Why is Elvis—more so than Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and J.F.K.—consistently held up as an ‘icon of the twentieth century’” (Doss 2)? The reason Elvis is an icon is because he made an everlasting impression during his time. He was revolutionary. He influenced the teenage culture of the fifties and his music has shaped the styles of many recent artists. Musician Rod Stewart said, “Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick...
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...Acc 315 American Icon The first thing that I noticed paralleled with class, when reading this book, was Hoffman’s description of Ford’s business model. Essentially, Hoffman explains that Ford was designed to fail from the start. Hoffman says that Ford has always struggled to keep its products up-to-date and cutting-edge. For example, Ford had cut his prices claiming that the price cuts were beneficial due to increasing demand for his cars. However, this caused him to reduce his profits from previous years, and his lack of innovation led to a large decrease in market share for Ford. From the time GM began manufacturing multiple “cutting-edge” models, Ford had started fighting an uphill battle against international and national competitors. This is something we have talked about in almost every class. For example, Google is a company with a grand multitude of excess capacity, but instead of wasting these costs and doing nothing, Google has found ways to put its excess capacity to work and improve bottom-line profits. Additionally, Hoffman tells us that the management culture is sub-par, which has led to inefficiencies in hiring new employees and promoting managers. Even though Ford’s Business model was flawed from the start, I think that that tactics described at the beginning of Chapter 2 align well with what we’ve discussed in class and are crucial to Ford’s survival. For example, after posting a 5.4 billion dollar loss, Bill Ford took necessary actions in order to save the...
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...Research Essay Assignment 1 Icons of American Comics For the first research essay assignment in ACS 3000, students are asked to write a research and analysis paper discussing an iconic comics character who has permeated our culture. The character should be one that originated in either in a comic strip, comic book, or graphic novel. Characters who debuted in animation are also acceptable. However, these animated characters must have had a sustained or significant presence within the comics pages too. Iconic characters make us reflect upon who we are, what we aspire to be, and what we value. Your essay should explore how your character/topic reflects the American experience out of which he/she sprang and how they achieved relevance by adapting to, and perhaps influencing, the evolving American character. An iconic character is one that has had a great impact upon the broader American culture. One aspect of iconicity that facilitates this impact is that the icon is symbolic; it represents something more than itself. For example, Spider-Man’s adventures repeatedly reaffirm a belief in the inherent goodness of humanity. For icons developed in underground or alternative comics, the impact might come from challenging the status quo and forcing us to examine the values of our culture. Essays should be more than simple character biographies, but should provide an in-depth exploration of the icon as a product of and an influence on American culture. Your iconic character...
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...the public. However, it's as opposed to an “icon”. Celebrities' fashion, appearance, and their private lives have affected the general audiences constantly. The cult of the celebrity has been unprecedentedly grown from the past decade, and it has affected the fashion industry, which means a huge shifts within them. Regardless of a fi lm star's success of the star's film, The star still can gain some reputations, and get a potential to earn by function as a fashion icon. However, Celebrities contain fashion designer, fashion journalists, athletes and numerous of them are functioning as fashion icons. The best word to describe this could be personification. Personification refers to assign the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or, in some cases, to something that isn't even alive. In other case, personification can be an imaginary person or creature conceived or fi gured to represent a thing or abstraction in dictionary meaning. The image of a celebrity is uncertain, and audiences only judge them by the roles that they have taken in a tv show or films, or the photographs that they were taken or they have taken, or any articles, and rumors about celebrities. The celebrities, or fashion icon's screen personal was carefully developed by studio. It is unclear which can be “abstract”. Therefore, medias can always craft their identities by their appearance, behavior, lifestyle, and fashion style as well as the title as fashion icon whom evokes the image of fashionable woman...
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...concepts are the icon, closure, and panel-to-panel transitions. These concepts, introduced by McCloud are illustrated in the Japanese anime Yotsuba, created by Kiyohiko Azuma. Yotsuba follows the precocious adventures of a seriously strange kid named Yotsuba, who moves to the city with her father and manages to get herself into familiarly hilarious situations. The frames I chose deals with Yotsuba being introduced to a playground swing by a fellow student. Anime presents, through a progression of panels, how this comic illustrates the communication of information, ideas and experiences through various mediums (words, symbols, illustrations, etc). Upon analyzing this comic strip, it illustrates ways in which the medium’s message will change due to styling, point of view, framing, and closure. The artist’s use of medium reinforced the idea that the message of any piece of art, specifically comics, is not communicated solely through words, but through illustrations. One element of Azuma’s comics that illustrate how the mediums message is communicated through illustrations is the use of the Icon. Azuma’s drawing style is simple and therefore moves itself from any possible complexity within the characters, because a style that possesses realistic images can become more objective and can remove the image from the viewer. Within the medium of comics viewer identification is an important aspect to the success of comics. Generally, the more broadly or widely recognized the icons becomes, the...
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...ড্রাইভের আইকন পালটানো এতো সহজ ! দেখেই নিন তাহলে :) টিপস এন্ড টিক্স লিখেছেন: ঝরা পাতা সালাম সবাইকে , আজকে আপনাদের দেখাবো কিভাবে আপনার পিসির হার্ড ড্রাইভের আইকন পাল্টাবো ! এজন্য আপনাকে ব এশি কিছু করতে হবে না [pic] শুধু একটা .inf ফাইল বানাতে হবে যা একেবারেই সহজ [pic] এজন্য আপনার লাগবে একটা Icon গুগলে সার্স দিলেই অনেক Icon পাওয়া যাবে , আমি একটা সুন্দর সাইট পেলাম যেখানে আপনি সুন্দর সুন্দর আইকন পাবেন [pic] ►ICON ARCHIVE◄ তাছাড়া আপনি আপনার যেকোনো পিকচার কে আইকনে কনবার্ট করে নিতে পারবেন [pic] ►ICONVET ICONS◄ এ এবার আপনার পিসিতে নোটপ্যাড ওপেন করে এটা লিখুন ……… [autorun] ICON=Facebook.ico এখানে Facebook.ico হচ্ছে আপনার আইকন টির নাম , এখানে আপনি যে আইকন ব্যাবহার করবেন তার নাম দিতে হবে । [pic] এবার এটাকে সেভ করার সময় save as type থেকে all Files করে দিন , এবং নাম দিন autorun .inf এখন আইকন টি এবং .inf ফাইল টি হার্ড ড্রাইভে এর যেকোনো ড্রাইভে রেখে পিসি রিস্টার্ট দিন । এবং দেখুন ……………:) [pic] লেখাটি পড়েছেন 1016 জন [pic] পোষ্টটি লিখেছেন: ঝরা পাতা [pic]প্রিয় পোষ্টের ঝুড়িতে রাখুন ঝরা পাতা এই ব্লগে 40 টি পোষ্ট লিখেছেন . ۩░▒▓█╬═╣ ╠╬█▓▒░۩ ΨΨ ĴЊθЯЛ ΡĄŤǻ ΨΨ ۩░▒▓█╬═╣ ╠╬█▓▒░۩ • ঝরা পাতা এর সকল পোষ্ট দেখুন → • ওয়েবসাইট • ফেসবুক একাউন্ট ট্যাগ: hard drive, Icon, jhora_pata এই রকম আরও পোষ্ট দেখুন • ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস এ নিজের ব্লগ ।। হোস্টিং রেজিস্ট্রেশন ::২:: • ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস এ নিজের ব্লগ ।। পরিচিতি ও ডোমেইন রেজিস্ট্রেশন ::১:: • ডাউনলোড করুন উবুন্টুর Skin Pack এক্সপি এবং সেভেনের জন্য , আর বদলে দিন পিসির লুক :D • পিসি টু পিসি নেটওয়ার্কিং...
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...For BCS 8. 1. The visual language includes ___________ for representing visual sentences a. Visual language b. Icons c. Both a & b d. None of these 2. GUI stands for a. b. c. d. Graphics user interaction Graphical user interface Graphics usual interface None of these 4. 3. The icons are the_______ image of an object a. Physical b. Logical c. Both a & b d. None of these Operation icons are also known as a. b. c. d. a. b. c. d. a. b. c. d. a. b. c. d. a. b. c. d. Program icons Process icons Visual icons None of these Visual programming Visual language Multidimensional language None of these Visual programming Visual language Multidimensional language None of these Visual programming Visual language Multidimensional language None of these Visual programming Visual language Multidimensional language None of these 5. It refers to computing with visual objects such as images which are inherently visual because of their key representation are called 6. It refers to an idea that communication occurs through visual symbols, as opposed to verbal symbols or words are called 7. It refers to programming by visual methods 8. It refers to an language that consists of generalized icons and operators 9. It refers to an symbols that are used to denote operations and are usually context-dependent a. b. c. d. Visual programming Operation icons Multidimensional language None of these 9. ___________are operators that involve spatial relations among image...
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...the Carniriv. The band of our concern here is the Centenary Band which has as its icon, a PEACOCK. BAND NAME The name given to this newly created band is CENTENARY BAND, a name well timed and well chosen to suit the theme of the carnival: Contemplating the Past, Reminiscing the Future. Centenary is an idea that has to do with hundred (100) years of the calendar. It gives the band ample space to reflect back back hundred years and model the bands activities in the procession to suit this period of time and transformation to the present. Activities during the parade is meant to reflect the cutting across in history, hundred (100) years interval to the present which will be depicted by costume, movement and segment formation. ICON The icon of Centenary Band is a PEACOCK, a rear lovely bird that represents beauty, pride, colour , royalty and dignity. The first thing you notice of the Peacock when it expands its wings wide open in an arc formation is its multi-colourful array of beauty which the bird prides itself with. The expansion portrays occupation, attraction and power. Rivers State is made up of twenty-three (23) LGA’s, each diverse in culture and tradition, each with their variety of colours during traditional displays, each displaying, their pride, power and uniqueness… that is exactly what the Peacock represents and intends to represent with this icon through centenary Band. The icon was well chosen. SEGMENTATION AND FORMATIOM The total membership STRENGTH of the...
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...  Iconography can help further our understanding of a culture’s worldview as these images may provide information regarding ritual practices and worship that might have been conducted.Though Moche iconography does not bear any indication of daily life, it provides clues regarding Moche political history as mentioned by Benson (2001). The article by Benson explores Moche iconography and use archaeological evidence to explain certain images depicted on Moche ceramics. She argues that, “the archaeology is beginning to explain the ceramic iconography” (147). This is being done by archaeological findings providing factual evidence of the images which appear on ceramics and art. For example, Benson mentions that “...information on the subject of human sacrifice in the Moche culture came from the study of its iconography” (157). Archaeology is beginning to explain this depiction of human sacrifice as Bourget has discovered the first Moche sacrifice in Plaza 3a, Huaca de la Luna, “the skeletons show traces of torture, throat cutting, and dismembering of arms, legs and feet. The use of rocks and metal knives is indicated. Ceramic picture supernaturals using crescent-shaped knives; a few scenes show human rock-throwers” (157). Though, archeology does not always explain ceramic iconography as there are many difficulties with linking archaeological material with iconography.  Some difficulties involve ceramics not depicting all ritual activities that are performed. There can be archaeological...
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...Oprah, Our American Icon Tawanda Rocafort Academic and Professional Success Assignment number 08/27/2014 Oprah, Our American Icon Let me tell you why I choose Oprah Winfrey, for my project. Oprah Gail Winfrey, originally born as Orpah Gail Winfrey is a well-known, self-made billionaire. Oprah has accomplished goals that were very challenging in that error of time for women, especially women of color. There weren’t a lot of positive role models on T.V. back then. It was an inspiration to see someone who can relate to so many people, on so many different levels. Throughout her journey in life, she has worn many faces. Oprah’s life story has encouraged so many. She was the child who felt abandoned, and unloved. She was the child who was sexually molested, the teen mother, the mother who lost her child, and the child who was raised in poverty. At some points in the home, they had no electrical power or water. Oprah was also the person who weathered those storms and made something out of herself. Oprah is known as one of the world’s “100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century”. She experienced a lot of the same issues that millions have experienced in life and yet she still succeeds. She managed to stay humble throughout her accomplishments as well. Oprah gives back in the form of grants, gifts, schooling, scholarship’s, organizations, networks and more. She set the platform for popular TV Doctor’s like Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz. Here are some...
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...CIS110 Midterm 1. In Word Document, explain how to merge cells. To merge the cells together you first need to make a table with columns and rows. To do this you need to click on the insert tab and then click on the table’s icon. Next you select the number of rows and columns that you need to have. Once you have inserted the table you can take your white pointer to the left side of the row that you are trying to merge together and highlight that row. Then you can go to the top of the page and click on the layout tab and then click on the merge icons tab located directly below the layout tab. 2. In Word document, explain how to create and modify a “Heading” by using Distinctive Style. To modify a heading using distinctive styling you need to go to the top of the screen and click on the little arrow icon in the bottom right hand corner of the styles box. The scroll over to heading 1 and right click and select modify. There you will make your changes to the specifications that you are given and once you have done all of your changes you can save them. Next you’re going to want to go back to the top of the screen and click on the Change Styles icon located at the top right corner of the windows screen. Click on the icon then scroll down to the style select and click on distinctive. Extra Credit Question #4. In Excel, Explain how to select a number of cells, and explain how to copy the content of a cell to other cells. First of all to select a number of cells what...
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...can press on a hyper link stating register new account and fill in your details. Once on you can also assign into a class which is your teaching group and school. Now that you are a member of maps you can now upload your work by adding posts which the icon on the left. Before uploading the work it is essential that you give it a title and if you want you can write a message along too including how you found the task. When you click upload another webpage will open up which needs to be closed after you have done all your uploading. Once uploaded you are recommended to use Red Pen to mark you work, when you have marked your work using the red pen tool you can go back and make any changes to your work before getting it marked by your teacher. 1 1 The red pen tool is found under the icon tasks and then clicking on the task that relates to the work you have done. Move your curser over the uploaded work and a there should be an option list that will appear and on that option list there will be an option stating “RED PEN TOOL!” 3 3 2 2 After clicking on the red pen tool another web page should open which will allow you to mark your work and assess it yourself. The webpage should look something like this: The icons note, comment and audio allow you to leave a message for your teacher relating to the work in the form you want, whether it is writing a message or recording it and sending it! This is the part which tells you what you have done and what was supposed...
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...Iconography is the study of art, signs and symbols of a particular group in order to understand the underlying meaning. Iconography was used to recover and express the meaning of the symbolic representation portrayed in an art piece rather than just grasping the literal meaning. It is important to Medieval art because most of the time, the actual meaning of the art pieces is not obvious to the naked eye. As a result one must use iconography to do a detailed analysis of the subjects, emotions, scenes and even colors used in order to understand the art better. Additionally, iconography is important because it can be used to analyze art that is grouped together even when some of the pieces in the group are complex, if they belong to the same era and/or artists. For example Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper fresco painting in Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. To the naked eye, the painting is just of a gathering over the table, but the iconographic analysis brings to light a lot more. The setting in this painting is a scene from the gospels when Jesus is having the last supper with his disciples. Jesus has just told them of Judah betraying him and everyone is in shock. By looking at their facial expressions, the emotions displayed by the disciples range from despair, anger and even disbelief. Some even appear to be questioning the validity of what Jesus just shared. However, despite the Chaos around him, Jesus has an almost peaceful yet stoic expression. His hands apart set on the...
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...Message decision for Close up Close Up began as a revolutionary brand. It’s very first formula was the bright red, spicy cinnamon-flavoured gel. At a time when white toothpaste was indicative of good toothpaste, Close Up introduced the gel quality which slowly and steadily gained popularity and prominence worldwide. Close-Up toothpaste was different in other ways from its inception. It was also the first U.S. toothpaste to combine mouthwash and toothpaste into one product. Close-Up toothpaste debuted in 1967. From the beginning, Close-Up has been marketed with a sexual undertone. Advertisements for Close-Up gel toothpaste always included cuddling couples with bright white smiles. Today's Close-Up toothpaste advertisements promise to give you "the confidence to be playful during close encounters". In the earlier times, Close Up also focused on competing with the white toothpastes and therefore focused more on telling their consumers that their product has more of fluoride content, telling which makes the consumers think that the toothpaste has that essential component which is required for healthy teeth. As an extra, Close Up focused on making it a one for all toothpaste, so the commercials focused on telling them that the toothpaste can also function as a mouth wash which was something unique that they were offering over the other products. From the very onset, Close Up had focused on being a brand of toothpaste which has been responsible for the increased confidence...
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...Contents Seven Keys to Creating a Professional Manual 1 How to Customize This Manual 1 About the “Picture” Icons 1 Section Breaks Are Key 1 About Pictures and Captions 1 How to Generate a Table of Contents 1 How to Create an Index 1 How to Change the Headers and Footers 1 How to Create a Numbered Paragraph 1 How to Save Time in the Future 1 How to Create a Document 1 More Template Tips 1 Index 1 Chapter 1 Seven Keys to Creating a Professional Manual Like the Chapter Title Style above and the Chapter Subtitle you’re reading, preset styles in Microsoft Word are just a few clicks away. t o save time in the future, print a copy of this document. Click Print on the File menu, and press ENTER to receive all eight pages of examples and instructions. With the printed document in hand, position yourself in normal view to see the style names next to each paragraph. Scroll through the document, and write the style names next to the paragraphs (press CTRL+HOME to reposition yourself at the beginning of the document). icon key 0 Valuable information 0 Test your knowledge 0 Keyboard exercise 0 Workbook review To create a drop cap for the lead paragraph, like the example above, select the letter T, and then type a new letter. How to Customize This Manual The “icon key” at left was produced by using the Heading 8 style for the words “icon key” and the List Bullet 5 style for the text below—which uses a Wingdings symbol for the bullet character....
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