...English 102 17 October 2013 Analysis Essay Fancy Feast The Ad targets pet owners and cat lovers everywhere and appeals to their feelings of love, happiness, and warmth at the sight of an adorable cat; the picture shows an elegant Persian cat with a dish (not a bowl) of the food. The cat is perfectly groomed. When a viewer first sees this Ad, with the elegant cat and yacht it makes them feel good that they can afford to feed their feline with such elegance. It does not appear as a cat food Ad. This is a very clever idea. The marketers at Purina know that cats do not read Ad. Cat owners make the decisions about the food they buy. Fancy Feast is targeted to the market segments that are true cat lovers and want the best for their cat. The name alone “Fancy Feast” is a term that cat lovers would understand. One of the other nice things about fancy feast is the can size. The can is smaller than some competitors cans. It is just enough for one meal for one cat. Fancy Feast consistently communicates the message of an upscale product. They do this in several ways. First, they name the product “Fancy Feast”. Then, they market it with fancy names like “Grilled Tuna Fish and Grilled Salmon Feast”. They use a Persian cat to market the product. This breed has an upscale association due to its cost and its appearance. This is a common advertising formula as describe by Roland Marchand in “The Appeal of the Democracy of Good”, it asserts that although the rich enjoy a great variety of...
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...PROFESSIONS FOR WOMEN by Virginia Woolf “Professions for Women” is an abbreviated version of the speech Virginia Woolf delivered before a branch of the National Society for Women’s Service on January 21, 1931; it was published posthumously in The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. On the day before the speech, she wrote in her diary: “I have this moment, while having my bath, conceived an entire new book—a sequel to a Room of One’s Own—about the sexual life of women: to be called Professions for Women perhaps—Lord how exciting!” More than a year and a half later, on October 11, 1932, Virginia Woolf began to write her new book: “THE PARGITERS: An Essay based upon a paper read to the London/National Society for women’s service.” “The Pargiters” evolved into The Years and was published in 1937. The book that eventually did become the sequel to A Room of One’s Own was Three Guineas (1938), and its first working title was “Professions for Women.” The essay printed here concentrates on that Victorian phantom known as the Angel in the House (borrowed from Coventry Patmore’s poem celebrating domestic bliss)—that selfless, sacrificial woman in the nineteenth century whose sole purpose in life was to soothe, to flatter, and to comfort the male half of the world’s population. “Killing the Angel in the House,” wrote Virginia Woolf, “was part of the occupation of a woman writer.” That has proved to be a prophetic statement, for today, not only in the domain of letters, but in the entire...
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...Themistocles was a naval strategist and politician who lived in ancient Greece. His expertise in strategy and politics as well as his preparation for combat were very important in helping the Greeks defeat the mighty Persians. Themistocles political power was key in getting ready to defend against the Persian invasion. Persia invaded Greece in 490 B.C.E. The Greeks won. Between these attacks, Themistocles gained complete political control of Athens. He was made an archon in 493 B.C.E(although the title in the case is disputed by historians and may not refer to the typically understood highest administrative position). The archon is the chief judicial position in the Greek government. As an archon, he sponsored the first public works destined to make the defensible rocky bays of Piraeus into harbours. He also helped build the port’s fortifications and made it the largest naval base in the world.(Cartwright 4,5) Ten years later,...
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...English essay 2 - This was preordained In life as we know it today, people are born with different opportunities. And today the meaning of the word “luck” is close to being undefinable. However, it is up to one self to decide what luck is. This problem is exactly what Joanne Fedlers - A Simple Exchange of Niceties is all about. In this case, we are dealing with two people with a problem just like that. Because they are both lucky in each other’s eyes. The story takes place in mostly two different places, the one place is a hospital and the second place is by the bench, by the little lake. We follow our main characters way to “her bench” every day. Her bench is located “just to the left of the big duck pond” (page 1 line 7.). At this particular bench, we follow our main character through her everyday life, and through her processes of thinking when she is reflecting on her issues, in this case it is her baby that’s on its way. The other part of the story takes place in the hospital. We hear about her sitting in the waiting room while reading some “stupid” magazines about having a baby. Afterwards we are with our main character and her mother at the maternity home. At this point they are praising the new born baby. In the beginning of the story the narrator only manages to notice all the bad things in life. She is actually being a bit selfish, and could never dream of doing something good for other people, why should she? No one has ever done anything for her. This feeling...
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...A Simple Exchange of Niceties Joanne Fedler’s essay begins with the narrator making it obvious that she is pregnant, as well as that she does not care about too much. The narrator shares with the reader her intimate relationship with her favourite bench at the park, conversations she has had with strangers on the bench, as well as personal memories and opinions. The essay revolves around the narrator, her pregnancy, and her intimacy with the specific bench at the park. Fedler created the narrator as an extreme pessimist, not viewing things very positively or in a nice manner. The narrator grew up with a rough childhood – often believing her mother would exchange her for opulent desires, and not knowing whom her own father is. Another hint that the narrator grew up without luxuries, is that she was once a shoplifter. Children and adolescents that are normally caught stealing, are taking it because they can not afford to pay for it – and when the narrator’s bail turned out to be only $500, her mother would not pay for it. From this, the narrator views herself as an underachiever, taking more out of the world than what she contributes. She does not feel worthy of many things in life, bringing many issues upon herself. A fine example of this would be the areas she goes to; one place being where she met Damien (her baby’s father). Damien approached her in a pool pub, which is normally not a nicer area to be (in America), quickly flirting with her via body language; inquiring if...
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...prizes awarded for the best essays and such awards could help to support your University Application as evidence of outstanding academic work and independent effort. How long and of what nature should my essay be? Your essay should be between 2,000 and 2,500 words (excluding notes and bibliography) and represent original and independent work. There may be a case for writing a slightly shorter essay if one of your universities requires a shorter sample essay. Supplying an accurate word count is in any case crucial. Your essay should aim to be quite a focused piece and be a work of analysis and interpretation rather than just description. You may need to seek advice on the planning, structuring and the title of your essay. Some modifications may be necessary for scientific submissions. Where will inspiration for my essay come from? Your essay may, or may not be, a further development of normal subject work (e.g. Physics Research and Analysis, English Phillimore, History Gibbon Prize etc); it may be on subjects which have no existing prizes; it may be on a subject which is not on the curriculum (e.g. Anthropology) or which is cross-curricular (e.g. English and History of Art); or it may have emerged from Cultural perspectives lessons, the Cultural Perspectives timed essay which you take at the end of this term, be inspired by Critical Thinking work or be a ‘further developed’ praebendum essay. You should state in a covering note how and why the essay came about. Of course,...
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...Putting Cruelty First Author(s): Judith N. Shklar Reviewed work(s): Source: Daedalus, Vol. 111, No. 3, Representations and Realities (Summer, 1982), pp. 17-27 Published by: The MIT Press on behalf of American Academy of Arts & Sciences Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20024800 . Accessed: 20/08/2012 16:09 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. . The MIT Press and American Academy of Arts & Sciences are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Daedalus. http://www.jstor.org JUDITH N. SHKLAR Putting Cruelty First friend said to me, with deeply religious Roman Catholic must you liberals bring everything down to cruelty?" irritation, "Why What could he have meant? He was, and is, the most gentle and kindly of men, and a principled defender of political freedom and social reform. As a Christian, as a dreadful vice. He was not he obviously defending cruelty regarded cruelty or abandoning liberal politics; rather, he was explicitly rejecting the mentality abhor brutality...
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...Nov 12, 2012 CHAPTER 8 As the rise of Islam shifted the nexus of international trade from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf, I see that the Axumite kingdom of Ethiopia withdrew into the central highlands, why is that? Is it because of their distinctive culture and Christianity was consolidated in isolation from the outside world? I also notice that Ethiopia extended its control southwards, over the Shoan plateau and the central region of Amhara. My question is why did they expanded, I guess they wanted a more vast trade between different places, but will these places give them a hard time? As the Ethiopians did their thing the Muslim merchants had penetrated the Awash valley and by the 12th and 13th centuries had established a series of trading and raiding states. What benifit do the muslims gain from the peneration of the awash valley? Would it no cause conflict with other reglions? yes it brought conflict with Christian Ethiopians. I feel with the Muslim group they try convert non-Muslims to Muslims and that poses a problem. It is said that the Christian Ethiopians reached its peak when Muslim Adal almost destroyed its Christian rival, the latter only recovering when the Muslim leader was killed in battle. I find it so sad when history almost and always have to find wages of war to make a statement. For the east African interior, south of Ethiopia, was one of transition from early Iron Age to Later Iron Age technology and cultures. I notice evidence for these developments...
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...Fagin`s Character in Charles Dickens` “Oliver Twist” Characters are one of the most significant features that writers use to express their thoughts and illustrate their messages. These characters may be good or bad depending on the characterization given to them by the writers. In other words, the goodness or evilness of a character is determined by the way the writers depict the character`s physical appearance, speech, behavior or reaction. In “Oliver Twist”, Dickens successfully chooses his characters to suit the message of his work. This novel deals with many topics, one of which is the world of crime and criminals. One major character in this field of criminality is Fagin, the Jew. Fagin is ugly and has a terrifying appearance which gives the readers a hit that this person is not a good character. And he is, indeed, a bad character. He is the master criminal; he is the leader of a group of children whom he uses for his own sake. Fagin teaches those children how to do pickpocketing. Simply, he asks them to steal and bring what they stole to him so that he can trade with some of those stolen things and keep the precious species for himself. However, Dickens doesn’t present Fagin as evil only, but he instead shows the readers many dimensions of Fagin`s character. For example, Fagin is called “merry old gentleman” since he is seen many times in sarcastic situations and humorous scenes. Besides, no one can ignore the kindness that Fagin shows towards Oliver so many times,...
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...The transition from British to American hegemony in the Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf is a region of many conflicting interest. The name itself already offers a good example of this, since it is the center of a politicized debate between those preferring Persian Gulf and those preferring Arabian Gulf. Although this debate will not be further explored in this paper – it was decided to use the term “Persian Gulf” as it is most commonly used – this paper will delve deeper into the transition from British to American hegemony in the Persian Gulf and review how various aspects of this are described and interpreted in the literature. This paper will deal with this transition between the years of 1945, the end of the Second World War, and 1971, the year that the British completed their military withdrawal from the Persian Gulf. Even though the Americans were interested in the area before the WWII, the year 1945 was chosen as a starting point because the war had severely altered the power equilibrium between the great powers the United States of America and Britain were considered as at that time. During the Cold War, which started in 1946 the importance of the region was on the rise, both because of the oil and because of the containment policy against the Russians. The relevance of the region was on the rise for America in particular because the power of Britain was waning in the post-war era. Britain, faced with economic hardship, imperial fatigue, and events of humiliation such...
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...Government Bahrain is a constitutional monarchy, governed by the Al Khalifa family. The present Head of State is His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The Al Khalifas have ruled Bahrain since 1783, overseeing its development to its present status as a major commercial and banking centre. Geography Bahrain is an archipelago of 33 islands in the Arabian Gulf, situated between Saudi Arabia's east coast and the Qatar peninsula. Bahrain island is the largest of the islands; at about 48 kms long and 16 kms wide it covers some 586 sq kms. By contrast, Muharraq, the second largest island, is only 21 kms square. Manama, the capital, is where much of the business is concentrated. It is easily accessible from all parts of the country. At the centre of Bahrain is its highest point, Jebel Dukhan. The majority of Bahrain's oil wells are to be found in this area. The main island has the valuable asset of an adequate supply of fresh water, unique in the region. There are extensive date gardens to the north with irrigated vegetable and fruit gardens. Entry rules Valid passport for at least six months required by all. Visas are required by all except nationals of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The visa fees vary depending on length of stay. Nationals of EU countries, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and USA may obtain visas on arrival for touristic or business stays of up to two weeks. The fee for nationals of these...
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...Name: Nick Han Date: 3/28/12 Night Reading Chapter#: 5 Pages: 62-80 Significant Title: Survival of the Fittest Setting (who, when, where): The setting is in the camp in Buna where most of the Jewish prisoners are located. In this chapter, the main characters are Elie and his dad because throughout the story they have had to face many obstacles to try and stay together. Summary of Plot (events): The beginning of the chapter starts of as the end of the summer, which marked the start of a New Year for all the Jews. But even though it was supposed to be a joyous moment for all of them, they were all secretly mad at God because he had done nothing to help them throughout all the torture. But later on it gets harder for all of the to survive because winter starts to come and they are all extremely cold because of the strong winds and many people are hospitalized like Elie. Later on, they find out that the border has been moved closer and they will have to evacuate from Buna to Gleiwitz. Quotation (re: Capacity for Evil) that surprised you: “…I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused” (Wiesel 65) Reaction (why that specific quote?): At this point the author, Elie, had completely lost faith in God because to him God is supposed to be helping all the Jews in their time of need, but nothing is happening. Because of this lack of faith many people start to get some what frustrated because they don’t know what else they have to live for because...
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...a very difficult challenge. I would like to be part of your team to have straight forward interaction with different types of people. Perhaps I should say I do have faith in myself to be successful, because of my passion toward giving hope, love, happiness and attention to others. I understand completely, the importance and value of guest satisfaction in any situation. I also would like to inform you that I am a Healthcare Professional student, who would like to take steps forward in these responsibilities by offering: • New but motivated in Healthcare field. • At least 6 years experience in team leader and cash handling. • 6 years experience in customer service. • Excellent ability in verbal and written communication in Farsi (Persian) beside English. • Able to operate computer including Microsoft Office. • Highly interested in learning and moving forward. • Flexible in any upcoming events and changes. • Passionate and fair in the work place. • Excellent understanding about different cultures and personalities. • Able to work without supervision. I would like to speak with you in person more about my background, passion and your organization. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Sincerely Dear Hiring manager: I can be described as a dependable, reliable, and motivated person, who always loves to experience new opportunities in life. It is hard for me to give up on anything, even though I may be facing a very difficult challenge. I would like to...
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...Value Chain Challenges Toyota has one of the most streamlined global value chains of any organization. Even so, the organization sees challenges when investing in different countries around the globe. Iran and Turkey will be evaluated as Toyota looks to expand into countries where they currently do not operate. The evaluation will include an analysis of the legal and ethical issues, political stability, financial considerations, infrastructure, geography, suppliers, manufacturers, socioeconomic and cultural factors. Legal and Ethical Issues Doing business in Iran is taken personal on every level; from government officials to working employees. Networking is usually done through friends and family. Asking for favors is never an issue as long as they can be repaid. Iran always has been seen as a security concern to the United States and other countries. Iran has been targeted by the Financial Action Task Force for money laundering and ties with Latin American countries. Speculation of Iran’s association with the Venezuelan government has Iran paying them to mine uranium for the Iranian government (Ethics World, 2010). Turkey is out to fix the corruption within its country by establishing harsher legal policies and regulation that allow the country’s businesses to meet EU standards of governance. Turkey’s new outlook on life can be summed up in a quote found on an international blog site, created by Aleksander Shkolnikov. “When governments are corrupt, there is less incentive...
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...n 1982, Saab opened his first atelier in Beirut and began designing luxurious evening gowns and exquisite wedding dresses. His talent for design fuelled his career throughout the 1980s. In the 1990s, Saab continued to expand his business by moving to a larger atelier in Beirut and organizing exclusive fashion shows in Europe. In 2000, he opened a salon and showroom in Paris to increase his cosmopolitan and international clientele. A flagship store in Paris opened in March 2007. In June 2010, Elie Saab (ES) opened its first flagship store in the Gulf region in Dubai's prestigious Dubai Mall. This new flagship store reinforced the brand's presence in the United Arab Emirates, making its products more accessible to the region's local and international shoppers. The store showcased day and evening wear dresses, shoes, bags and accessories from the latest ready-to-wear (RTW) collections. In July 2008, ES opened its first U.K. boutique at Harrods. The company planned to increase its worldwide retail presence through opening additional stores in major cities around the world, including the United States and Asia. While the company was witnessing impressive growth, management was dealing with the challenge of selecting the right partners, identifying new markets with the greatest growth potential and, most importantly, protecting the brand from dilution. From the start, its goal was to "attract, select and maintain customers who place significance on high-end, one-of-a-kind designs made...
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