...“I WANT YOU FOR THE U.S. ARMY!” Now, what would you do if someone were to ask you this? Or if you seen it out in town on a poster? Would you pay any attention to it or just walk on by? Most people would honestly just walk on by, unless, there was something in that particular poster that had caught their attention. Recruiting ads have changed over the years, but this one was popular. This particular recruiting advertisement was an effective argument because of their slogan, Uncle Sam, his stare, his point, and the use of America’s colors; red, white, and blue. I would say this particular recruiting image was for men or boys. Back then it were only the men or boys who could actually join the army. So, this poster excluded any women and girls because they were not allowed to join. The main targeted audience for this was for the younger men and boys, and for more than one reason. The younger they are, the more apt they are to be healthier. The army wants them to be younger because they can move more quickly and act upon things faster than someone who is older. They also want the men who don’t already have a family started because then they won’t have that worry while out in battle and can focus better on what they need to do. Where is the place where you see most advertisements for things? Out in town, right? This image was more than likely posted out in town on public buildings as well, that is where most of a town’s population goes for many different reasons. Having it out where...
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...anything but similar. What are the pros and cons of buying Microsoft Office (proprietary) versus downloading and using Open Office (open) for free? I believe the pros of buying propriety versus downloading and using Open office is that for one that by purchasing the product you have all of the features available to and it lasts. When you download a free trial off of the internet it normally only last for a certain amount of time which is usually somewhere between 30 to 90 days. Also often times with the trial version it doesn’t allow you to do everything that you would normally be able to do if you had the paid version. A pro for using open office, of course is that it is free. So if you don’t have hundreds of dollars to go out and spend on software which most people don’t then downloading the free version will allow you to get the job done while being able to keep your money in your pocket. Social networks allow people to connect for a variety of reasons in a digital environment. You might join LinkedIn to meet business contacts, MySpace to find a band member, or Facebook to see pictures of old friends and meet new ones. Whatever environment you decide to be a part of, posting information about you has become an issue of concern. What are those concerns? I mean what is the big deal about privacy? I guess the biggest concern most people have with privacy is worrying about who can see what they post on the internet. I myself have several social network sites and I have never had...
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...irritation, or an array of other emotions. When you think of a norm, you are probably thinking about simply being normal. But in psychology terms, norm means a standard or representative value for a group. A social norm is some sort of an expectation that our society has that is deemed normal by that society; they tell us which behaviors, thoughts, or feelings are appropriate within a given group within a given context. Over the past week I was required to conduct a social experiment where I had to perform social deviance, or break socially established norms, then observe my society to see how they reacted to my “misconduct.” The experiment that I conducted was an example of informal deviance, where no one punished me and there was no risk of any punishment. It involved me riding a walled elevator (not one of those elevators that have all-glass walls) at Towson Mall in Towson Maryland multiple times, but riding it backwards, or, backwards as our current society would have it deemed. I had a friend with me that helped me monitor the reactions of eight different experiment groups and got various reactions where people confronted me about my lack of normality. This contradicted my hypothesis and proved it wrong, which was, “Even if I stand the wrong way in the elevator and go against the social norm, people will go about their business and not react outwardly.” The experiment proved a lot about social norms and breaking them. It showed the significance of social norms, how much social...
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...bullying. About 70 people have been killed by hazing in the last 20 years (Facts.com 2). “’Hazing’ refers to any activity expected of someone joining a group … that humiliates, degrades or risks emotional and/or physical harm, regardless of the person's willingness to participate” (Hazing Defined 1). Most hazing deaths occur because the act goes too far; the hazers get carried away. Their intention is to have a team building activity or make sure members are up to snuff (Facts.com 2). However, this is not what really happens. The acts often cross the line, and the victims do not complain because they want to join the group (Facts.com 2). Teens often want to outdo one another; each year, teens do something more dangerous then what happened to them while they were the victims (Bowers 1; Bushweller 3). Not only can these acts be dangerous, but they are also an “abuse of power and [a] violation of human dignity” (High School Hazing). If teens can be educated that this hurtful and inhumane act of bullying is forbidden in high school, then they will know that it is not acceptable in college, where hazing becomes the most dangerous. Although high school hazing starts out and seems harmless, it can quickly escalate to being harmful, dangerous, and illegal. Hazing can very quickly turn from a harmless prank into a dangerous situation. In most cases, the victim will still take part because they want to join the group. Take for instance, Casey Culpepper. She wanted to join the...
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...This concept gets straight to the point they care about… saving money, and it makes them want to put their hand up too. Anything that is going to save us 1000s, I’m good. I’m checking it out. I’m looking toward retirement. We got to save money. MA, OH Who doesn’t want to save money? Interesting. I would put my hand up….I want to save thousands. N/A, Nashville This is the best. Gets right to it. Easy to digest. Tells me what I want to know. IFP, Nashville Who doesn't want to save thousands on health. It’s not cheap. IFP Phoenix Time is very consuming and most people want to get straight to the point. Everything is now straight to the point. Pretty good pitch. Save thousands on health insurance. IFP, Birmingham Though some were skeptical, explaining...
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...I was next in line to sign up for the Republican Army and my aunt and uncle were sad to see that I made the a decision to join the army. They raised me every since my parents died when I was eight. My uncle and aunt were very caring and supported my decision to join the Army I still wasn’t sure if I made the right decision because I only wanted to join the army so I could be like my older brother who was in the IRA. He fought in the War of Independence and I felt if I joined the Republic Army I would get to see him and fight beside him. I stepped up and stated my name “ Henry O'Brien” to the sergeant and the sergeant told me to go to the stand with the rest of the group. Memories of my brother, joining the military came back to me and I was...
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...Hazing is a very dangerous form of bullying. About 70 people have been killed by hazing in the last 20 years (Facts.com 2). "’Hazing’ refers to any activity expected of someone joining a group … that humiliates, degrades or risks emotional and/or physical harm, regardless of the person’s willingness to participate" (Hazing Defined 1). Most hazing deaths occur because the act goes too far; the hazers get carried away. Their intention is to have a team building activity or make sure members are up to snuff (Facts.com 2). However, this is not what really happens. The acts often cross the line, and the victims do not complain because they want to join the group (Facts.com 2). Teens often want to outdo one another; each year, teens do something more dangerous than what happened to them while they were the victims (Bowers 1; Bushweller 3). Not only can these acts be dangerous, but they are also an "abuse of power and [a] violation of human dignity" (High School Hazing). If teens can be educated that this hurtful and inhumane act of bullying is forbidden in high school, then they will know that it is not acceptable in college, where hazing becomes the most dangerous. Although high school hazing starts out and seems harmless, it can quickly escalate to being harmful, dangerous, and illegal. However, in most cases, the victim will still take part because they want to join the group. Take for instance, Casey Culpepper. She wanted to join the volleyball team her first year in high school...
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...right- to- work laws and in this paper I will be discussing what this means and whether or not it is a desirable public policy. I will also cover what it means to the employee, employer and the union. I’m going to start by defining what right- to- work means. Some people may misinterpret the meaning by thinking that it means that every person is ensured work or may be fired for any reason. This in fact is closer to the meaning of at will employment. This doesn’t ensure work but it does give the employer or employee the right to terminate at any time for any reason as long as it does not violate any laws. The purpose of right- to- work laws is to protect the employee by stating that you do not have to be part of a union to work for a certain company. So what exactly does right- to- work mean? According to the Mackinac Center, Right to Work facts authors Washburne and Kersey: “Right- to- Work is a state law that prohibits employers and unions from requiring an employee to pay dues or fees to a union in order to keep his or her job. While right- to- work laws do NOT allow individual workers to negotiate their own contracts, they do protect a worker from having to involuntarily support a union (Kersey& Washburne, 2007).” Now that we know what right- to- work means maybe we should look at how and why it came about in the first place. First, the Wagner Act of 1935, which was put into place to help protect the worker from the company. This is known as the National...
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...waiting in line you turn around to see that not just one but four other people behind you that have the same pair of jeans. I ask you this, what is wrong with this picture? Here is what wrong. Not one of them including you in this scenario is being individual. We have all been at fault to this. We have all conformed to what society wants us to be. We buy things so we can go out and look just like each other and fit in with the mold. But this wrong we need to break through this Jell-O we have around us and be come an individual. Everyone was I see it should be one. Should be what they want to be. To feel, and think and act as the way they want to. With TV, music, and movies this day and age is full of people acting the same, dressing the same and being the same. We look at them as that how we should be, how we will fit in. And so groups are then based on how you dress, look and act. People are never grouped by themselves, labeled as they are. Instead they are labeled as them and us. The labels that people use these days to define someone are Preps, Jocks, Goths, Freaks, the list continues. We as people judge others as well as ourselves. We believe that we are not good enough, strong enough, or smart enough to do anything. That we lack something and that makes us less than others. So with this we seek out acceptance from others so we feel like we belong. So we feel that we have a place that we can be who we are. But in reality this place, group, or crowd we call ours...
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...Who are, and what are your impressions of the following characters after those three chapters? The main characters are a couple of students and a teacher named Ben Ross. The students you get to know are, Laurie Saunders, Amy Smith, David Collins, Robert Billings, Brian Ammon, Carl Block and Alex Cooper I would say that Laurie Saunders is the main character, because it’s often in her perspective you see things. She’s also the one who doesn’t really believe that the wave is a good thing and that makes her different from the others. Amy Smith is Laurie's’ friend who is a little bit shy and kind of lives in Laurie’s shadow. She’s like the third wheel to Laurie and her boyfriend David, she seems to be interested in David’s friend but is to shy to do anything. Ben Ross is the teacher who introduced the Wave to the students. He seems to be a really good teacher that everyone likes and has a wife that loves him. When he wants to do something he dedicates his life to it. David Collins is a guy who plays football and is Laurie’s boyfriend. He seems to be a funny guy who wants to help his football team that sucks. So he introduces the Wave to the team and it seems to work pretty good. Robert Billings is a bullied guy that nobody likes. He is the one who gets most dedicated to the Wave because it makes him one of the gang because everyone is equal in the Wave. You haven’t heard so much about Brian Ammon, but he is David’s friend and plays in the football team together...
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...offenses. However, what about murder. Chicago has become the murder capital of the United States almost all of the murders occurred in African American communities according to (Chicago Tribune 2012). Chicago had 506 homicides in the past year and of that 243 of the victims were under the age of 25(Chicago Tribune 2012). This has become a very scary epidemic. With no good appraisals acted on to stop the problem. I propose some good strategic actions that could help slow the murder rate down in Chicago. To begin working on the problem. Understanding who is creating the violence is key. Most violence in Chicago is gang related. Being that Chicago has always been known for their notorious gangsters stated by (Williams 2). But what has allowed the numbers of deaths grow is how these teens think today. As if it’s every man for himself (Williams 2). Growing up on Chicago Southside I know and understand the violence. The majority of the deaths is returned and received by young black boys. Most of them come from single-mother homes. Like many cases their mom can’t provide much financial stability. This is the first factor that sends a young boy in the streets of the Chicago. If you see your mother struggling. You go out and find a way to get money. These young boys are not going out to find minimum wage jobs. Simply because it takes too long or they don’t look the part. Fast money is the motive. They learn the ways to selling drugs by observing friends or others. This the root of the...
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...Introduction to Structured Query Language This page is a introductory tutorial of the Structured Query Language (also known as SQL) and is a pioneering effort on the World Wide Web, as this is the first comprehensive SQL tutorial available on the Internet. SQL allows users to access data in relational database management systems, such as Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Access, and others, by allowing users to describe the data the user wishes to see. SQL also allows users to define the data in a database, and manipulate that data. This page will describe how to use SQL, and give examples. The SQL used in this document is "ANSI", or standard SQL, and no SQL features of specific database management systems will be discussed until the "Nonstandard SQL" section. It is recommended that you print this page, so that you can easily refer back to previous examples. Also, you may be interested in joining the new SQL Club on Yahoo!, where you can read or enter messages in a SQL forum. Table of Contents Basics of the SELECT Statement Conditional Selection Relational Operators Compound Conditions IN & BETWEEN Using LIKE Joins Keys Performing a Join Eliminating Duplicates Aliases & In/Subqueries Aggregate Functions Views Creating New Tables Altering Tables Adding Data Deleting Data Updating Data Indexes GROUP BY & HAVING More Subqueries EXISTS & ALL UNION & Outer Joins Embedded SQL Common SQL Questions Nonstandard SQL Syntax Summary Exercises Important Links Basics...
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...next person. People with disabilities do not want sympathy from the public; they just want a fair chance in life. They have not done anything for people to snatch away their dreams and rights to a respectful and fulfilling life. The media treats people with disabilities like they are contagious, chronically ill, and unworthy. To begin with, people with disabilities are treated like they are contagious. Many times people do not want to be around them. The media seems to have a fear that if they start letting one person with a disability on their show, more will want to share the spot light. Mairs stated, “Take it from me, physical disability looms pretty large in one’s life.”...
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...Question: What are the main factors that lead teenagers to join gangs? Hypothesis: The amount of violence, crime, and fear gangs create in society has only been increasing throughout the years. One of the major problems with these gangs in society is that teenagers are the main members of them. The topic I am going to do my research experiment on, and try to find more valid research on is the reasons why teenagers join gangs. When conducting my research I would want to find out the main reasons what is driving teenagers to participate and turn to gangs. There can be so many factors that pushes a teenager to rebel and go as far as relying on gangs to be there for them. This would be great research to expand on, because learning what motivates these teenagers to join gangs would increase peoples knowledge about it. Increasing peoples knowledge about it I think would decrease the number of teens joining them. Friends, family members, school teachers and many more would be able to point out the early signs, or factors in their life that might be affecting them to go down the wrong path. With more knowledge about the teenage gang situation people might be able to steer kids into getting some help, such as talking to a counselor about their struggles, or directing them into better extracurricular activities such as sports or clubs. Method of Investigation: Based on previous literature I have read up on and studied I would have a pretty good general idea on what the main causes...
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...2016 1.0 Introduction This case study will consider Michael Silverstein’s and Kate Sayre’s 2009 Harvard Business Review article, The Female Economy, (Silverstein, 2009), specifically as it discusses the shortfalls in marketing to women today. The key issue in Silverstein’s article is the lack of effective marketing to women. With women influencing the lion share of annual consumer spending and representing a growth market more than twice as big as China and India combined, the article illuminates how marketing has missed the mark (or market) for women. (Silverstein, 2009.) In his text, Principles of Marketing, Philip Kotler discusses market segmentation as “dividing the marketing into smaller segments of buyers with distinct needs, characteristics, or behaviors that might require separate marketing strategies or mixes”. (Kotler, 5th ed. 2014) Kotler further breaks down market segmentation into market targeting which “evaluates each market segment’s attractiveness and selects one or more segments to enter”. Gender is one of Kotler’s sub-categories of market targeting. (Kotler, 192) 2.0 Current Issues regarding Marketing to Women As I read through Silverstein’s article, I became increasingly frustrated with the discussion. Even with statistics evidencing the potential for even greater influence by women in the coming years, the discussion still encircled issues such as children and daycare, cosmetics and kitchen appliances. So I tried a different approach...
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