...Capstone Project: Personal & Cultural History Essay Essay: 100 points Length: 8-10 pages (2000-2500 words) Sources: 8-10 sources from a variety of places, each source must be represented in the paper by either a direct quotation or a paraphrase. There should be close to an equal number of direct quotations and paraphrases. Due Date: April 5th Description: This essay is more complex than the research project but it should also be more fun. For this assignment you need to choose the topic you will write about. But this topic must have both Personal and Cultural significance. That is, you need to find a topic that means something to you personally and a topic that you can do research about. You must write about something that has a history with you personally and something that has a history within our culture. When you write your essay, you will need to relate your history with this object. This will be the personal narrative portion. This should make up between 2 and 3 pages of your overall essay. Then you need to discuss the cultural history of the subject—how it was first discovered, who invented it, how it got to America, and then bring it all the way up to today. You can research things like cigarettes, pop, fast food, guitars, cars, or beer even—anything you want. You just have to be able to tell a story about the subject, research it, and connect your story to that research...
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...amazing dress they picked up or the sexy peep toe heels that they just couldn’t bare to pass by, however, very often does one think of the bra and its impact on fashion history. A necessary evil in most women’s lives the “over the shoulder boulder holder” has been around since ancient times in some form or another. Before the invention of the brassiere women were suffocating in corsets that resulted in crushed rib cages and damaged reproductive organs. But in 1914, Mary Phelps Jacob changed all that by stitching together the very first bra. The rest, they say, is history. History of the Bra Each and every day millions of women wake up and reach into their dresser drawer to choose the bra she will wear for the day. Sometimes careful thought is put into which one to choose based off color, texture, or function and sometimes no thought is put into it at all as she wears whatever she grabs first. “We put a bra on every morning without thinking about it,” Cherry Berry, author of Hoorah for the Bra, said. “It’s so much more than an undergarment. It’s so rich in history (Randle, 2009).” The bra has a long history that is intertwined with women’s social status, fashion evolution and the ever-changing views of the body. The bra is often looked at as an object of seduction, glamour or oppression, however, its development throughout history serves as a social and material artifact (Farrell-Beck, 2002). Garments used to separate and restrain breasts go back as far as the...
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...living organismNutrition and dietetics-Respiration Zoology-Blood and blood circulation-Reproductive system-Environment, ecology, health and hygiene-Human diseases including communicable and non – communicable diseases - prevention and remedies-Animals, plants and human life UNIT-II. CURRENT EVENTS History-Latest diary of events-national -National symbols-Profile of StatesEminent persons & places in news-Sports & games-Books & authors Awards & honors’-India and its neighbors Political Science-1. Problems in conduct of public elections-2. Political parties and political system in India-3. Public awareness & General administration-4. Welfare oriented govt. schemes, their utility Geography--Geographical landmarksEconomics-- Current socio-economic problems Science-Latest inventions on science & technology UNIT- III. GEOGRAPHY Earth and Universe-Solar system-Monsoon, rainfall, weather & climateWater resources --- rivers in India-Soil, minerals & natural resources-Forest & wildlife-Agricultural pattern-Transport including surface transport & communication-Social geography – population-density and distributionNatural calamities – Disaster Management. UNIT - IV. HISTORY AND CULTURE OF INDIA AND TAMIL NADU - Indus valley civilization-Guptas, Delhi Sultans, Mughals and Marathas-Age of Vijayanagaram and the...
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...Economic Conditions · Industry Analysis · Target Market · Competitive Analysis The Marketing Mix · "The five P's" Product, Price, Placement, Promotion, Positioning SWOT Analysis & Business Risks · SWOT analysis · Business Risks · Stategies Executive Summary Supporter, Inc. is a sports bra company supporting the breasts of active females ages 16- 30. Our plan is for our company to produce bras that can withstand breasts of all sizes at an affordable price. Company Description Location – Brooklyn, Manhattan History – Many different women from all around the world have used our sports bras in everyday life and even olympic events Origination Date – 2013 Mission Statemmt Supporter, Inc. plans on making award-winning bras at affordable prices. We want to make the needs of our customers our priority by bringing comfort/support to their lives. Marketing Mix "The five P's" Product: Supporter, Inc. sells sports bras for active women ranging from 16 years old to 30 years old. Pricing: A comfortable fit for a comfortable price. Our sports bras can go for as little as $10.00 USD to $30.00 USD Placement: Supporter, Inc. distributes their product to multiple franchsises that are...
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...ABSTRACT The research is based upon the study of “Victoria’s Secret” Brand, it describes the brand’s evolution and its product line. The research covers semiotic analysis of Victoria’s Secret in terms of the Brand Ambassador, Visual Promotion material like Print Media, Brand Logo and other Graphics used in its promotion. However, the research does not cover in depth study of: marketing strategies, history and its several Product lines. “Buy the product, get the girl; or buy the product to get to be like the girl so you can get your man” CONTENT TOPIC PAGE NUMBER OBJECTIVE………………………………………………………………………… SIGNIFICANCE………………………………………………………………….. LIMITATIONS…………………………………………………………………… 1. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………. 2. …………………………………………………………………………………. 2.1 The history of Victoria secret……………………………………. 2.2.1 The origin…………………………………………………………………………………. 2.2.2 A brief timeline…………………………………………………………………………. 2.2 VICTORIA SECRET PRODUCTS……………………………………. 2.3 SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS 2.3.1 Ad campaign 1 2.3.2 Ad campaign 2 2.3.3 Ad campaign 3 2.3.4 Ad campaign 4 3. CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY……………………………………. OBJECTIVES: * Introduction to Victoria’s Secret * Evolution Of the...
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...How successful is fledgling director Sunny Abberton in his creation of Anthony Hines as antagonist, villain and threat to the harmony of the Brotherhood of the Bra Boys? Abberton’s combined roles of filmmaker and participant, allow for personal bias to influence the controlling scenes, within the documentary Bra Boys, due to the director’s positive affiliation with the gang in two distinct ways. Through a heavily edited montage presented in the introduction of conflict in the narrative, Abberton reinforces the dangerous status of antagonist Hines as a harmful and destructive presence for the Brotherhood. The filmmaker achieves this through the use of composed newspaper scans, criminal photographs, and black and white images of Hines, which presents Hines as an enemy of the family and betrayer of the gang. Accompanying these images, Abberton employs eerie non-diegetic background music to anchor negative associations of this character for the audience. Combined within the montage these techniques assist in supporting the direct commentary by Steve Bligh, which reveals Hines’ dark criminal history and the fact his release jeopardised the lives of the Abberton family. Abberton’s controlled representation successfully engages the audience and influences their perception of Hines to align with the filmmaker’s. Through careful construction of mise-en-scène, the montage creates an authentic sense of vulnerability...
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...Legislations That Shaped Labor Unions For centuries, the divide between laborers and their controllers have come with a high price. From wealthy farmers to corporate presidents, their subordinates have had to work hard to achieve their personal goals and that of employers. At times, employees have been exploited by working outrageous hours under horrible conditions for a measly pay. Such abuse was absorbed by the needy and continued for years, until the government stepped in and demanded labors to be implemented. Such laws gave the rights and freedom that many were looking for in order to work stable hours and for reasonable pay. Like many laws, it took time and effort but such laws came to fruition by legislations such as The Wagner Act, The Taft-Hartley Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Wagner Act, also known as The National Labor Relations Act of 1935, is the foundation for all unions that are now in existence in the United States. Prior to The Wagner Act, employees had no say as to whether or not they wanted to come together and agree on proposals for better and healthier work environments by being represented by unions. The Wagner Act gave employees the ability to work together, unionize and designate employee representatives that would be the voice of the employees when it came to collective bargaining (Department of Labor (DOL), 2014). This act specifically required employers to bargain in good faith over mandatory bargaining issues such as wages, hours,...
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...603-646-0899. Rev. 11/04. Case #6-0014 Victoria’s Secret Amid some of the toughest retail conditions in years, Victoria’s Secret announced a 9% gain in first half-year 2002 sales and a 30% gain in operating income. With huge brand recognition, Victoria’s Secret had well established itself as the leading retailer in women’s lingerie. However, market growth was slowing down and profit margins for the company’s Direct division, which focused on catalogues and Internet sales, had been declining over the past several years. Catalogue production and other mailing costs jumped significantly, and while Internet sales had experienced tremendous growth since the company’s web site launch in 1998, the web also added costs to the business. Company History Leslie Wexner founded the Limited, Inc. in 1963 in Columbus, Ohio with two women’s apparel stores. The Limited grew organically and through acquisition to include 4,600 specialty stores by the end of 2001, with brands such as Bath & Body Works, Express, Lerner New York, Limited Stores, White Barn Candle Co., and Henri Bendel. In 1982, Wexner purchased a small San Francisco-based women’s lingerie chain, named Victoria’s...
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...Products stood apart from the traditional white cotton pieces, which department stores offered, with colors, patterns and style that gave them more allure and sexiness. They combined European elegance and luxury. Even the name Victoria’s Secret was meant to conjure up images of 19th-century England. The store went so far as to list a fake London address for the company headquarters. Like Starbucks, Victoria’s Secret markets self-indulgence at an affordable price. By 1982, Raymond had opened six stores and launched a modest catalog operation. He then sold Victoria’s Secret to Limited Brands, which took Victoria’s and sprinted away. Today, Victoria’s Secret enjoys nearly a monopoly position on the retail of intimate apparel in the US. The typical bra that once sold for $15 at Victoria’s Secret, when the company first opened and was worried about competition, now sells for just under $30. Bath and Body, another subsidiary of Limited Brands has seen the entrance of The Body Shop, which has essentially the same products but with an environmental slant that attracts...
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...The women’s rights movement was a huge turning point for women because they had succeeded in the altering of their status as a group and changing their lives of countless men and women. Gender, Ideology, and Historical Change: Explaining the Women’s Movement was a great chapter because it explained and analyzed the change and causes of the women’s movement. Elaine Tyler May’s essay, Cold War Ideology and the Rise of Feminism and Women’s Liberation and Sixties Radicalism by Alice Echols both gave important but different opinions and ideas about the women’s movement. Also, the primary sources reflect a number of economic, cultural, political, and demographic influences on the women’s movement. This chapter really explains how the Cold War ideologies, other protests and the free speech movements occurring during this time helped spark the rise or the women’s right’s movements. In Cold War Ideology and the Rise of Feminism by Elaine Tyler May, May examines the impact of political changes on American families, specifically the relationship of a Cold War ideology and the ideal of domesticity in the 1960s. May believed that with security as the common thread, the Cold War ideology and the domestic revival reinforced each other. Personal adaption, rather than political resistance, characterized the era. However, postwar domesticity never fully delivered on its promises because the baby-boom children who grew up in suburban homes abandoned the containment ethos when...
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...In cold weather, long underwear is sometimes worn to provide additional warmth. Some undergarments are intended for erotic effect. Special types of undergarments have religious significance. Some items of clothing are designed as undergarments, while others, such as T-shirts and certain types of shorts, are appropriate both as undergarments and as outer clothing. If made of suitable material, some undergarments can serve as nightwear or swimsuits. From ancient paintings, sculptures and mosaics we know, for example, that in 2000 BC in Minoan Crete both men and women had extremely small waists, presumably from wearing constricting belts or girdles from childhood. Even the corset may be a more ancient invention that we imagine. Although the bra as we know it was not invented until the 20th century, women in ancient Greece strapped or bound their breasts with lengths of cloth or leather and young female dancers and athletes are shown wearing what can best be described as a bikini.Of all the various forms of female underwear, the corset in its various guises has probably played the largest role in keeping women immobilised over the centuries. Corsets restrict movement and make breathing shallow and difficult (reducing lung capacity by almost 60 per cent) thus giving women the reputation of being ‘delicate flowers’ who could not exert themselves without fainting. Corsets were also used as a metaphor for virtue, despite the fact that courtesans were as tightly laced as any other woman...
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...apart from the traditional white cotton pieces, which department stores offered, with colors, patterns and style that gave them more allure and sexiness. They combined European elegance and luxury. Even the name Victoria’s Secret was meant to conjure up images of 19th-century England. The store went so far as to list a fake London address for the company headquarters. Like Starbucks, Victoria’s Secret markets self-indulgence at an affordable price. By 1982, Raymond had opened six stores and launched a modest catalog operation. He then sold Victoria’s Secret to Limited Brands, which took Victoria’s and sprinted away. Today, Victoria’s Secret enjoys nearly a monopoly position on the retail of intimate apparel in the US. The typical bra that once sold for $15 at Victoria’s Secret, when the company first opened and was worried about competition, now sells for just under $30. Bath and Body, another subsidiary of Limited Brands has seen the entrance of The Body Shop, which has essentially the same products but with an environmental slant that attracts consumers concerned about the environment, representing a significant fraction of Bath...
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...Market: Victoria’s Secret is a retail brand product of lingerie, clothes and beauty products, which is owned by the Limited Brands Company. It has thousands of retail stores opened in the United States and few in Canada. The Products are available through the retail stores, catalogue and online business. Such fast growing market was established by Roy Raymond in San Francisco during the 1970s. Raymond went beyond from just providing the traditional white cotton piece for underwear that sold in department stores, because he offered different colours, patterns and style that created sexiness. Such sexiness is created by combining European elegance and luxury. A market is defined as the set of actual and potential buyers of a product or service (reference). The current market of Victoria’s Secret consists of woman ranging from different ages, especially the younger women age early 20s to mid-30s will buy and prefer to wear luxuries lingerie in order to feel sexy and impress their partners. Other potential buyers are teenage girls going through puberty (age 13+), because they are becoming more aware of their changing body and feeling more mature. Also, some women would buy other type of products beside the lingerie, such as the Pink product line of clothing or the beauty products. In countries such as Canada and United States, the culture is so diverse that the market consists of different ethnic groups. Other buyers are men who would give gifts to their girlfriend or wife. Such...
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...Audit Doctoral School – Accounting and Management Information Systems Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania dan.vilsanoiu@gmail.com, mihaela.serban@gmail.com This paper tries to provide a better understanding of the relation between financial audit and information systems audit and to assess the influence the change in financial audit methodologies had on IS audit. We concluded that the COSO Internal Control – Integrated Framework was the starting point for fundamental changes in both financial and IS audit and that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act should be viewed as an enabler rather than an enforcer in establishing strong governance models. Finally, our research suggests that there is a direct causality effect between the employment of BRA (business risk audit) methodologies and the growing importance of IS audit. Keywords: Financial Audit Methodologies, Business Risk Audit, Information Systems Audit, Internal Controls Framework 1 Introduction The objective of this article is to provide a better understanding of the relation between financial audit and information systems audit and to assess the influence the change in financial audit methodologies had on IS audit. In order to achieve our objective, we reviewed existing research from both academics and professionals regarding financial and information systems audit methodologies. We also obtained and reviewed materials from leading professional organizations in financial and information systems auditing, such as the International...
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...It is currently considered a mainstream interpretation along with the other decoherence interpretations, the Copenhagen interpretation,[10] and deterministic interpretations such as the Bohmian mechanics. Before many-worlds, reality had always been viewed as a single unfolding history. Many-worlds, however, views reality as a many-branched tree, wherein every possible quantum outcome is realised.[11] Many-worlds claims to reconcile the observation of non-deterministic events, such as the random radioactive decay, with the fully deterministic equations of quantum physics. In many-worlds, the subjective appearance of wavefunction collapse is explained by the mechanism of quantum decoherence, which resolves all of the correlation paradoxes of quantum theory, such as the EPR paradox[12][13] and Schrödinger's cat,[1] since every possible outcome of every event defines or exists in its own "history" or "world". In lay terms, the hypothesis states there is a very large–perhaps infinite[14]–number of universes, and everything that could possibly have happened in our past, but did not, has occurred in the past of some other universe or universes. Quantum mechanics Introduction Glossary · History Background Bra–ket notation Classical mechanics Hamiltonian Interference Old quantum theory Fundamental concepts Complementarity Decoherence Nonlocality Quantum state Superposition Tunnelling Uncertainty Wave function Symmetry in quantum mechanics Experiments Afshar Bell's inequality Davisson–Germer...
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