...Shonda Gadberry October 9, 2011 American Art History Dr. Joshua Fisher Political Popularity In 1829, Andrew Jackson took office as the President of the United States of America. During his term as president, Andrew Jackson introduced the spoils system. The spoils system is where the victorious party would replace most of the upper class with people that were loyal to it. This was a way of rewarding political supporters with patronage. Although Jackson had never liked holding public office, he had served in several different positions during his career. He served in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, he was the governor of Florida for a short time and then in the Senate later. He left each position shortly after he took office. Even before he was elected president, he showed signs of being a ‘people person.’ He possessed qualities of firmness, passion, and shrewdness. These were all qualities that the people wanted in the leader of their country. The painting by Francis William Edmunds, The City and the Country Beaux, is an exaggerated genre scene. In the painting, we can see the woman that is being courted by two very different men. The man on the left is from the country, while the man on the right is from the city. In this painting, the country man is shown to be seated in a vulgar manner with his legs spread open wide. His clothes look like they are made by hand and he seems to be quite relaxed without a care in the world. The man from...
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...UNICEF EGYPT “CHILD PROTECTION” Child labor has recently become an unfortunate phenomenon in Egypt. It is worldwide phenomenon that denies the children from their childhood. The children are subjected to hard work and labor which is considered unsuitable for their age. The only stakeholders for this problem are the children themselves . Child labor is a complex problem in Egypt. The Egyptian Government statistics showed that around 1.6 million of the workers are underage workers aging between 5 and 17 years old. This is due to that some employees preferred to recruit these underaged children, because they are easily controled and take fewer wages. Sometimes they even receive no payment, only shelter. One could ask himself why these children accepted doing such work. The answer for this question is in three words : “not enough income” .The decresed income made families are not able to afford schools, so the parents decide the children must work in order to pay family debts, suplement family income, and help in household enterprise. Moreover, the parents think that schooling is not considered useful for their children’s future and that learning handcrafts would be much more benefitial. This problem has a huge effect on our world because the child labor does not only affect the child physically and psychologically, but also it affects the entire society directly and indirectlty. There are no various non governmental organization that aim to decrease the child labor in...
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...Lily Nguyen 1st 3/5/18 President Donald Trump won the 2016 elections with many factors. This includes the use of media and how it is important during times of elections and voting. Also the use of campaign techniques. There are also minor factors that helped contribute, like how he is a celebrity. All of these important factors has helped him win the election. One of the main reasons why Trump won was because of his popularity and the fact that he is a celebrity. Also, in 2003, he hosted his own show called The Apprentice. According to How Trump won the election : volatility and a common touch, it said, “For a decade millions of viewers were fed the idea of Trump as a successful businessman, a boss with the power to say: “You’re fired!” The Media had made him the way he is today. His opponent also contributes to why he won the election. Hillary’s unpopularity ratings has surpassed his own because she is the wife of a former candidate. According to How Trump won the election : volatility and a common touch, it said, “In Clinton he faced a candidate whose unpopularity rating was...
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...it even though he knew I didn’t really care. The summer came and went and school was about to start and I hadn’t even touched the book; anticipating that wasn’t reading my book my dad forced me to read it when we were dropping my older sister at college. I planned on “reading” until my dad went to sleep like he usually would do, but the audio book help transport me to a different world, which brought back the nostalgic feeling of why I fell in love with reading so long ago. I ended up reading the book the whole day and was able to finish it before the days end. The book talk about the exact situation I was in the main protagonist, Jericho, was as asked to join a group that would grant him certain popularity, but as the book progressed he realized that there may be a cost to “popularity” he not ready to pay. After finishing this book it taught me that being popular isn’t something you need to have in order to have an exciting life, Jericho was happier before he started to join the group than he was afterward. The book made me look back on my attempts to be popular and made me question the time I had wasted and the books and knowledge I had missed out on. Soon after I began to rekindle my love for reading, finishing a variety of different books including the next two books in the “Battle of Jericho” series. This story, however, does not have a happy ending, the damage to my school life was already done, and my bad tendencies from middle school had become my study habits. I had...
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...GROWTH AND POPULARITY OF INDIAN WINES NIGYASHA SHRIVASTAVA 103454 LIST OF TABLES Page no. Table 4.1: Knowledge about wine producers Table 4.2: Known wine producers Table 4.3: Pay and drink wine. Table 4.4: New world wines to the old world wines in inventory. Table 4.5: Consumer’s preference Table 4.6: Favorable or unfavorable government policies for growth of Indian wines LIST OF FIGURES Page no. Figure 1.1: Geographical classification of wine producing areas in India Figure 1.2: Wine industry segmentation Figure 1.3: Consumption of alcohol in India Figure 1.4: Company Reports for imported and domestic wines Figure 4.1: Knowledge about Indian wine producers Figure 4.2: Choice between old world wine & new world wine. Figure 4.3: Value for money Figure 4.4: Ratio of inventory Figure 4.4 (a): Stand-alone restaurants Figure 4.4 (b): Bars Figure 4.4 (c): Hotel outlets Figure 4.5: Growth position Figure 4.6: Awareness of Indian brands CONTENTS ...
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...The Increasing popularity of organic food Have you ever heard about the genes of spider is added into corn for the purpose of pests resistance? As the development of biotechnology grown rapidly recently, people aware about the quality of food. What are we eating? We have no certainty about the consequences of our activities. To avoid the end of mankind, we are trying to revert to the old days, which the earth is still healthy. Organic food is one important element in our planning. Thus, the popularity of organic food grows by leaps and bounds. Healthy is one of the reason why people want organic food. The genetically modified food (GM food) has aroused much tension over the world. Started at the beginning, we changed the genes of food to acquire more output and solve the food crisis. Out of the expected, health problems emerged. Although there is no research to prove the relationship between cancer and GM food, most people believed GM food is one of the main cause of diseases now we are suffering. Seeking for healthy life without cancer, people abandon GM food and choose organic food in return. Besides, through the process of farming, a lot of pesticides has been used. Unfortunately, beneficial insects are being killed, too. Also, using too many chemicals will lead to pesticide residue. Those vegetables are equal to toxin. The overuse of pesticides, antibiotics and other chemical fertilizers in food leads to more sickness. As people concern more about organic...
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...South Korea is emerging in the 21st century as a major exporter of popular culture.[89] K-pop has been embraced by the South Korean government as a tool for soft power abroad, particularly towards youth.[90] K-pop has come from humble beginnings to gain a huge fan base not just in Asia but also other parts of the world,[91] and is considered by some to be South Korea’s greatest export because of its popularity and growing influence.[73] As South Korea continues to develop its IT infrastructure, K-pop music is being shared over the internet and through mobile devices more rapidly than ever.[92] One of the biggest examples of the globalization of KPOP is the emergence of PSY's "Gangnam Style" on the market. In October 2012, Psy became the first South Korean artist to hit the number 1 spot on top UK charts. Best worldwide selling K-Pop artist is Super Junior, they came noticeable by their songs; Sorry Sorry, Bonamana and Mr.Simple.[93] US President Barack Obama has noted the rapid surge and spread of Korean pop culture. During an official visit to South Korea in March 2012, he praised South Korea’s youth for their tech-savviness and optimism, and remarked[94]: “ It’s no wonder so many people around the world have caught the Korean Wave -- hallyu ” Prior to the rise of social media networks, K-pop concerts and related events outside East and Southeast Asia were mostly unheard of. However, with the growing acceptance of Youtube during the late-2000s as a popular music sharing...
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...Cohabitation versus Quality The Reasons of its Popularity Word Count Cohabitation versus Quality Sociology is an attempt to understand and explain the way that individuals and groups interact within a society. Considering the new age perspective, the purpose of my paper is to explain the newest trend in marriage and family, known as, cohabitation. I will define cohabitation, explain its sociological acceptance as a new norm, and the sociological effects on a quality relationship; these ideas will help to explain some of the reasons for its new found popularity as the new form of un-marriage. Cohabitation versus Quality Cohabitation is a very complex family structure. For about half of cohabiters, it is a relationship that lasts about 2 years and then ends, either through marriage or just termination. For others, it is a predecessor to marriage. Except for one tenth of these cohabiters, it is just a long-term relationship. Even though the majority of these relationships share many of the qualities of marriage, like sharing a residence and personal resources, monogamy, and, in a substantial number of cases, procreation; we know very little about the quality of cohabiting relationships compared with what we know about the quality of marital relations (Brown and Booth 1996). One of the most fascinating perspectives of relationships today is the new standard by which people relate. Traditionally, there was dating or courtship and then marriage. No exceptions. Marriage is...
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...Did you know that the Theatre of Marcellus was the biggest theatre in ancient Rome? The theatre was completed in the late 1st BCE under the power of the emperor, Augustus. The theatre was built by Augustus and Julius Caesar. The theatre was prevailing for awhile by holding events such as the Secular Games, but later lost its popularity. There were other things that the Roman citizens found more entertaining. The theatre held the Secular Games which were very important to the Roman citizens. According to Ancient History Encyclopedia, the Secular Games were “...celebrations held in ancient Rome to mark the commencement of a new saeculum or generation.” and “The festival lasted three days and three nights during which sacrifices were made to...
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...The Myth behind the Overwhelmed Popularity of Social Networking Sites Social networking sites (abbreviated as SNSs) have drawn a huge attention from the public, with their rapid growth in the past decade; browsing these sites have subconsciously become part of our daily routine and their equal powers to the mainstream media in feeding information and defining values is also well observed and fearsome. Perhaps the advanced technology in telecommunication such as prevailing of smart phones and broadband internet do serve as a primary element for their prosperity; however, if they were the only reasons for this phenomenon, the influences of the social networking sites wouldn’t have been so penetrating and attracting to all age groups that even created addictions to some users. Hence the underlying causes are more convoluted and worthy to analyze, and this paper is going to exam all the possible aspects behind the triumph of SNSs and explore the possible psychological linkages to mankind that are account for such frenzy. The fundamental reason for their massive attractiveness is that these websites provide their services at zero cost to the users and user friendly. Obviously cost has always been a big barrier that shuns away the interests and especially in the capitalism dominant countries like United States. When people are so obligated to pay for everything out of their own pockets, the term “free to use” does draw lots of attention and topple the traditional there-is-no-free-lunch...
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...maintaining this popularity throughout their regime. Source 4, from Robert Gellately argues that the vast majority of ordinary German citizens had ‘no direct confrontation’ with agents of the terror, such as the Gestapo, and rumours of the terror were merely gossip spread by word of mouth and therefore this contributed to the Nazi regime maintaining a high level of popularity on which it could depend. On the other hand, source 5 by Richard Evans, completely contradicts this claim, and argues that the terror was experienced by everyone and was the means on which the Nazis depended to retain absolute control. To Evans, the Nazi regime was a ‘pervasive atmosphere of fear and terror’ by which control was maintained over the German population. However, due to the terrifying extent of cooperation with agents of the terror- post office workers, social services and even doctors and nurses all informed on those who did not fit in- it is arguable that perhaps there was a large amount of popularity for the regime as ordinary German citizens wanted to contribute. It is possible that the people were informing on each other for self-preservation from the terror, but it is equally possible that they took part, simply because they wanted to and supported the Nazi ideology in the removal of asocials from public life. Source 6-from historian Johnson- on the other hand, argues that the terror was selectively enforced, and only targeted select groups, in order to keep their popularity high. Although...
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...The main factor in determining popularity abroad would be how familiar the people are with the sport. In America we know football as the sport that is played on Sunday, but to the rest of the world it is known as soccer. To gain popularity in this example the NFL would need to get other countries aware of the sport so the people could understand the rules and learn by playing with hopes of one day playing in the NFL. You see the NFL already trying to expand their reach to the global marketplace by playing games each year in Europe. I believe basketball has already reached popularity in most countries due to the amount of talent that comes from overseas that play in the NBA . The countries that have players in the league have more of an interest in the sport because of those players and it gives them a reason to watch. A sports franchise wanting to gain popularity would need to take into account the difference in religion, manners, customs and language. Nicholas Pardini of Bleacher Report makes an excellent point on why the NFL is having trouble reaching more of the global market, “Football abroad has often been perceived as a sign of American nationalism and a barbaric culture. Critics of football often portray the game as a modern-day gladiator fight with a ball, and that it only appeals to the lowest common denominator of people and aggressive Americans”....
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...The changing of the Hong Kong idols popularity in 80’s to 90’s and now From the 80’s to 90’s, it was the great moment of Hong Kong entertainment industry. Hong Kong’s idols were very popular, because of their competent, for example, Leslie Cheung Kowk Wing. He was not only popular in Hong Kong, but also in Asia and the world. Leslie Cheung was the first foreign artist to hold 16 concerts and got the best artist in Japan. Also, he was the record holder as the best-selling C-pop artist in Korea. His record had not broken by others. However, it changes, the idols in Hong Kong are not popular as than the Japanese and Korean idol nowadays. In can be seen from the charts 2.1that the about half of our interviewees like to listen the Korean music. 36% of them like the Japanese music. But only 16% of them like Canton pop. In addition, there are only 11 of interviewees, their idols is from Hong Kong. However, compare to Japan and Korea, there are around 39 of interviewees’ idols from Japan and Korea (Figure 2.2). The most interviewees said the reason why they like Japanese idols and Korean idols more Hong Kong idols is that they were multifaceted development (Figure 2.3). Most of idols from Japan or Korea, they are not just only well in singing, but also well in dancing, drama, films and host. For instance, Arashi and Super Junior are the popular idol group from Japan and Korea. However, look back to Hong Kong idols nowadays, the idols seldom doing the music, film, drama and host...
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...When researching our question of “What cultural factors must U.S. sports franchises overcome to increase popularity abroad? “And “Why?” you need to see things through the eyes of people from overseas. First how do our sports fit into their lives? , remember some of our sports differ in names. Soccer in the US is generally called football is most of Europe and Asia where as in America Football is a totally different game. This is the problem the NFL has overseas people have traditions set when it comes to soccer and rivalries already exist and these are two cultural factors a U.S. franchise must overcome, not to mention must people overseas don’t like the fact that we decided to call our sport football as the foot isn’t nearly the biggest aspect of the game. Some of the biggest obstacles are cultural difference. Just because it’s popular here in America doesn’t mean it will be a hit in other countries. There are many cultures abroad, and it’s nearly impossible to predict what all those cultures will enjoy. Market research comes into play heavily when deciding to take our sports overseas. Years ago US teams were mainly comprised of US athletes. But now as the U.S. sport franchises try and go global they are scouting and recruiting foreign athletes, which makes not only that team but also it might make that sport popular with that country of which these foreign players come from. Just like with any business wanting to go global they have to be willing to adapt to that countries...
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...Despite flattening demand for carbonated beverages such as Coke and Pepsi, the increased popularity of noncarbonated beverages, greater demand from emerging markets, and Coke and Pepsi's absolute and comparative advantages over competition, each continues to produce profits that meet and exceed industry expectations. In 2012, Coke and Pepsi posted profits margins of 18.78% and 9.42% (Cho, 2013), respectively, clearly utilizing their advantages over other players in the sector . Coca-Cola and Pepsi have developed a wide range of products that can be used to penetrate emerging markets. They each sell the classic brands as well as geographically specific beverages. Populations from around the world continue to have more disposable income and are spending that income on luxury items such as Coke and Pepsi products. “Emerging markets are extremely important for Coke and Pepsi. Overseas sales account for roughly half of Pepsi's revenue, and more than 60% of Coke's.” (DuBois, 2013). In attached Exhibits 1 and 2, it is clear that the push into these markets is ensuring continued profitability for Coke and Pepsi. Contributing to continued profitability is the emergence of the product lines for Coke and Pepsi of noncarbonated and healthier alternatives to sugary drinks, and acquisition of complementary products; e.g., Quaker and Lays. This has translated into continued growth in market share and revenues. In the fourth quarter of 2012, Coca Cola’s “profit rose 13 percent as sales...
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