...British Invasion: Mods, Rockers, & Social Crosscurrents Though the Beatles and Elvis performed their music at different times, a comparison of the two musicians/music group shows that the Beatles had an advantage over Elvis. The Beatles were more aggressive in their marketing compared to Elvis and his Rolling Stones(Spitz 23). When it came to marketing, Elvis’ music appealed to the youth while the Beatles appealed to the older masses. It, therefore, meant each group had its clients in a separate age bracket. Through cumulatively, the marketing of the Beatles was more aggressive, and they were able to sell more than Elvis. When it came to mass culture, the two groups had a mass following. Elvis had more youths following him as compared to the Beatles whose majority of their audience were people of advanced age (Spitz 30). Elvis was, therefore, able to transform the way the youths carried on most of their daily activities. On the other hand, the Beatles could not change the image of the older generation that formed bug chunk of their following. The marketing of Rolling Stones was far below that of the Beatles. The Beatles were able to capture the audiences with their songs compared to the Rolling Stones ( Shellans & Slater 61). The Rolling Stones tried harder, but they could not match the Beatles. The Beatles were just too good for them when it came to marketing. The two groups got their bad boy image from the fact that they were simply menacing on stage. The way they glorified...
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...mood you are in, it can even affect how you dress or talk. If you like a certain band you may want to dress or talk like them. Well, I enjoy many types of music, from classical to modern day. I have been learning about the history of music and the history of rock-n-roll and about Elvis, who I am a big fan of. He is the King- but, at this point I am learning about what is called the “British Invasion” it is a time period that came in the 1960s and it changed Rock-N-Roll forever. I used to think that the British Invasion was in 1775 the Revolutionary war when Paul Revere exclaimed “ The British are Coming”, but I am learning that the British Invasion happened again in 1964, but this time it was not with guns or rifles, it was with guitars by a group called “The Beatles.” Known as the Fab Four....
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...Explain why the British government opposed the Italian invasion of Abyssinia? One reason for why the British government opposed the Italian invasion of Abyssinia was largely a result of British self interest. Britain had become increasingly worried over Mussolini’s ambitions to create an Italian empire, and feared that Abyssinia would become the epicentre for further expansion. Abyssinia shared borders with Uganda and Kenya both of which were British colonies, they felt that if Mussolini’s meet no resistance while attempting to take over Abyssinia, it would give Mussolini the confidence to further expand here and even into the Mare nostrum. More worrying for Britain was ensuring the protection of its strategic bases in Malta and Gibraltar which gave Britain access to the Suez Canal. Ensuring it protection was of the upmost importance to Britain as 2/3 of Britain oil came from the Suez Canal which also gave them direct access to India, the jewel of the British Empire. For these reasons the British government opposed the Italian invasion of Abyssinia as it acted in their self interest. Furthermore, perhaps the most important reason for why the British Government opposed the Italian invasion of Abyssinia was in response to the British Public opinion who at the time fully supported the League of Nations and with it the concept of collective Security. This was further proved through the results of the Peace ballot put forward by the League of Nations Union, of the 11,500,000 people...
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...The concert I attended was the “British Invasion” concert held at the Cal Poly Pomona Recital Hall. The concert itself was split into two part first played the Wind Ensemble which consisted of: two flutes, a piccolo, an oboe, six clarinets, one bass clarinet, a bassoon, two alto saxophones, a tenor saxophone, a baritone saxophone, six trumpets, four horns, three trombones, a euphorium, a tuba, and five percussion instruments. The first composition played by the ensemble was “Fanfare for the Lord Mayor of London” by Arthur Bliss. Like most fanfares it was played with mostly brass instruments and a cymbal. Throughout the composition the pitch is relatively the same not being very high or low. Generally speaking the melodies in this composition...
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...Patrick Schuyler February 22, 2015 Business Ethics Professor Christianson Unsolicited Emails Unsolicited emails do much more harm than good in this world. It is very unethical for online companies to send out any spam or unwanted emails to any person who makes a purchase online. Maybe a receipt email from the company you bought from is ok, but receiving emails without asking from companies with similar products is ridiculous. These unsolicited emails could always have the chance of opening up some type of virus onto the device you open it with. According to chapter four, they are considered to be an invasion of one’s privacy. Also, these unsolicited emails are wrong and unethical because society prospers through the struggle of market-places. An invasion of someone’s privacy is clearly thought of as unethical which is in essence what companies are doing when they send out unsolicited emails. What happens when you open a spam email and it crashes your computer? Would you say that the email has invaded your life in a bad way? The answer is yes. These businesses invade people’s lives by sending emails to people who never want them in the first place. Citizens have the right to their own lives and who enters them. No way should someone else force something into your life without approval. As John Locke states, “Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person; this nobody has any right to but himself.” No...
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...How far was pre conquest England a prosperous and well governed kingdom I believe that pre-conquest England was a rather well governed and somewhat prosperous kingdom. The countries system of writs; the division of land and the hierarchy as well as the coinage, trade, towns and frequent invasions all suggest that pre-conquest England was prosperous and well-governed. However, the possible threat to the king of the Earls and the countries comparatively undeveloped economy all suggest as less prosperous, more unstable England. My opinion is that they were given a good image due to how well they dealt with the invasion of the Scandinavians and their introduction of Danegeld it showed how wealthy and organised the kingdom was and how they could deal with all that tax. The land was divided into several parts. Primarily, the realm was divided into four earldoms (Mercia, Wessex, East Anglia and Northumbria) each of which was controlled by an Earl. These Earls were incredibly powerful. Each earldom was further divided into shires (like modern-day counties) hundreds and hides. Each level of this hierarchy had its own leader / representative, such as the sheriffs managing each shire under the Earls. This system demonstrates that there was a very clear hierarchy in pre-conquest England; which would have made the country far easier to manage and well governed because each division of land would have a local lord to manage it. I believe that it shows that Britain had a well devised...
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...Privacy in the 21st Century Sandra Bland ENG 122 Jason Romero March 25, 2013 How do you feel walking around knowing that you are being monitored at all times by cameras? Somebody is watching every step you take. Doesn’t that creep you out a little? You post something on Facebook and decide to delete it later on; did you know it will always be there no matter how many times you have deleted it. You may not see it, but others can. In today’s society, privacy rarely exists anymore. There are certain tools and gadgets people use when trying to invade somebody’s privacy including hidden cameras and satellites. Privacy no longer exists in my eyes because of all the new technologies and programs allowing the invasion. What is privacy? Do people today really understand what privacy is? Or have they really got to experience some privacy? The definition of privacy is allowing and individual or group to “seclude them or information about themselves and thereby reveal them selectively.” When something is private, it is usually something personal or valuable to someone. Everyone likes privacy, but it is no longer “available.” Everything people hope is private is no longer private. An example is, before data bases were even created a patient’s information was recorded and put into files in a filing cabinet. There were no security precautions preventing another doctor from exploring somebody’s files. A doctor could do anything with the files without anybody knowing because there is...
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...This week I have read the book The 5th wave. This has been a great book so far. I have read up to page 52. In these pages we learn that some sort of creature like aliens is taking over Earth. There are 5 different waves. The first wave was an electromagnetic pulse strike that disabled everything that uses electricity like phones, cars, planes, and lights. This wave took out half a million people and only lasted a couple of seconds. The second wave the aliens created a giant tsunami which took out a ton of people and only lasted for a day. The 3rd wave was a plague that basically took out the rest of the world population except for Cassie, who is the main character. The 4th wave are humans who are infected and look to kill the remaining humans....
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...Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower is arguably the most recognizable military commander of the 20th century. His success in WWII played a huge role in the United States victory in Europe. It is extremely remarkable that Eisenhower actually had no field command experience before WWII (Chen). He clearly possessed naturally leadership qualities that complimented his strategic knowledge. From the beaches of Normandy, to the western front of Germany, General Eisenhower commanded the Allies. If it a lesser man was in charge the outcome of the war and the world we live in today could have been very different. Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas on October 14th, 1890. He grew up in Kansas in a poor family. Eisenhower was known as a good athlete and a hard worker. In 1915 he graduated from West Point and was stationed in San Antonio as a second lieutenant. The First World War ended right before Eisenhower was scheduled to go, which greatly upset him. He then went on the graduate first in his class from the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Next, the future president served under General John J. Pershing as a military aid. He later served as an aid to General Douglas MacArthur for seven years in the Philippines. In 1939 he returned home just at the outbreak of the Second World War. In September 1941, Eisenhower was promoted to brigadier general. Just three months later Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Eisenhower was then called to Washington...
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...The allied invasion of Normandy, also known as D-Day happened on June 6th, 1944 in Normandy France. The British, Canadian, American, and small number of French forces were very successful against the Nazis because they outnumbered them. Before D-Day the Allies tried to mislead the Germans about where they would strike. The invasion was supposed to take place on the 5th but was delayed a day due to bad weather. This was decided by the supreme commander of the forces, General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Nearly 160,000 soldiers attacked the beaches in two phases. Phase one was the airborne attacks. In the airborne attacks there were numerous groups totaling 24,000 paratroopers.They were dropped on the beaches of Normandy in squads of 9 to 12 men. This...
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...The invasion of D-Day The invasion of D-Day was a very important battle during World War II. It was the battle in which the Allies landed on German-controlled beaches in an attempt to gain the upper hand on Hitler and the Axis powers. For me, I learned about the Axis and Allies through playing old WWII video games a s a kid, but not many people actually know what these two words mean or consist of. The Axis powers were the bad guys and consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Oddly enough, Italy switched over to the Allied powers later in the war. The Allies were the supporters of the U.S., the good guys. They consisted of Poland, Britain, and Russia, formerly known as the USSR. The United States was also a part of the Allies but they didn’t join into the fighting until later in the war. A big portion of the credit of the victory on D-Day has to go to the 101st airborne division. They parachuted in and fought from behind enemy lines to flank the Germans from the rear. They had a huge impact on this very crucial battle. D-Day was the beginning of many Allied victories that led to the end of Hitler’s reign. The 101st airborne were a very big asset to the Allies. They were an elite force of skilled paratroopers that were the best of their kind. These highly trained killers were dropped in during the invasion. They actually had a lot of miscommunications on the landing zones and drop sites for these men because of the poor weather conditions. They had planned the invasion to take...
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...General Eisenhower’s involvement in D-Day has been widely debated as Stephen E. Ambrose once said “the operation will forever be linked to one name, Dwight Eisenhower ”. Eisenhower will always be linked with the success of D-Day as a result of him being the Supreme Allied Commander; however he was not the only general or even individual who played a part in its success. The main factors for consideration are Eisenhower’s leadership and Eisenhower’s strategy and tactics. Many historians argue that Eisenhower’s personal leadership was the reason for the success of D-Day. Anthony Beevor says that “Eisenhower’s ability to keep such a disparate team together was an extraordinary achievement ” Stephen E. Ambrose wrote “Eisenhower tended to seek out words and phrases that would appease .” These historians agree that Eisenhower’s political awareness in regards to the handling of his generals was the reason for success; Eisenhower was plagued by generals who did not respect him due to his lack of experience. Eisenhower however was experienced, he was the Commanding General of the European Theatre of Operations and he was the SCAEF of the North African Theatre of Operations. For example Dr Andrew Gordon wrote “Eisenhower, and his chief of staff General Bedell Smith, had worked and won with these officers from as far back as TORCH ” Professor Samuel J Newland agrees “D-Day is the prime example of the power and synergy that can be created by a strong alliance. ” Eisenhower recognised this...
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...parts of it stand today. This enormous project began in 1942. “After the invasion and subsequent fall of France in 1940, the German army controlled the entire coast of Northern France” (Williams, Brian). Then followed by the evacuation of Dunkirk the Germans had control of the entire French coast line. This means that something had to be planned and built in order to protect the main land from the Allies. On March 23, 1942 the order was given to start building a wall starting with bunkers to be built in key location and a wall over less important areas of coast line. “In the In barely two years it consumed more than 17 million cubic meters of concrete, depriving Hitler’s armaments factories of more than a million metric tons of iron” (Ruthven, Malise). The key areas that required heavy fortification were areas near ports. This was to provide support for the German U-boats which were most vulnerable when entering and leaving their ports. Hitler was sure that the Allies would attack and try and take over a port as a strong hold first. This thought would ultimately prove the demise of the wall. The Allies however did not need to take over a port because a new technological advancement. The Allies created the Mulberry artificial harbor. “Mulberry, either of two artificial harbours designed and constructed by the British in World War II to facilitate the unloading of supply ships off the coast of Normandy...
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...he Battle of Normandy refers to the Invasion of Normandy by Allied Forces in Normandy, France during World War 2 from June 6th, 1944 until the Allied breakout in July, 1944. The invasion was part of Operation Overlord during World War 2 and was the largest amphibious operation in the history of modern warfare. The invasion began on “D-Day.” Operation Overlord was an Allied landing in France that was scheduled for June in 1944. The operation had many commanders but the overall commander was General Dwight Eisenhower. Operation Overlord is not only notable for the significance it would have in World War II but also use it was an operation that required the kind of logistics that were unprecedented before it.The element of surprise was essential for the operation to succeed, keeping it top secret was a challenge however because of the many parties that participated in the landings, beside the Americans there were also British troops and members of the French resistance present at operation Overlord. The beach the americans landed on is Utah and Omaha. The Canadians landed on Jono. The attitude that the men had about the war and the mission was strong, they felt that the needed to accomplish their mission in order to earn the right to go home. During the scene with the captured German soldier the German machine gunner was made to dig the graves for the dead American and German soldiers. The American sergeant wanted to kill him (which would have been a war crime -killing a...
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...On June 6, 1944, Allied Forces conducted an amphibious assault of Normandy, France. The invasion, known as D-Day, served as a major turning point for Allied Forces during World War II. The ability for Allied forces to land on Normandy’s beaches in the summer of 1944 catapulted their advanced through France, moving them closer to Germany. With the German Army in disarray from the success of D-Day, Allied Command became complacent, believing it was only a matter of time before the Third Reich collapsed. In mid-December 1944, Germany would attack Allied Forces as they were stretched out over 100 miles of the Ardennes Forest in Belgium and Luxemburg. The Germans called the offensive “Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein” or Watch on the Rhein. Media...
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