...traces of Rock's style back into the 19th Century. It is also a very broad subject and I will have to compress a lot of information into as few pages as possible. Be that as it may, Rock is, in my opinion the best music genre on the charts. There is so much information on Rock that I will have to have questions I want to find the answers to about the music. My first question will be, "What instruments are commonly used in a rock band?" This will not be hard to answer as it is a very easy question that has a definite answer. The next question will be, "Who were the first artists to produce Rock music?" This is also an easy question were I will discuss the first Rockers. Continuing on, my next question will ask, "How was the term Rock and Roll' created, and by who?" This may turn out to be a hard question to answer because I am sure there a multiple answers. "Has Rock become more or less popular since its inception?" will be my next question. For this question I will have to look for a survey or poll of some type and present its data. My final question will be, "How has the Music been changed over the years and who changed it?" This will also be an easy question, albeit a long answer. For that question I will be referring to Alternative and Grunge Rock, my preferred form of the music. For my information I will mainly be using the internet. I also may get some of my answers from a dictionary or encyclopedia. My main sources on the internet will be the online encyclopedia at...
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...Rock n Roll In the 1950’s rock n roll became a dividing and unifying force, the impact of rock music was felt by the masses. Rock and Roll pitted the government, parents and the mass media against teenagers. At the same time rock and roll helped erode some of the social and political issues in America. The emergence and growth of rock n roll could be attributed to the events that took place in the 1950’s and 60’s in America (Azzam, 2007). Study of the role of rock n roll by historians evidently shows that its role was to unite the blacks and the whites by creating a common culture as well addressing the political issues during this period of warfare. This paper addresses Bob Dylan’s song of 1962 bringing out its role on addressing political and social injustices of the 1960’s. In a New York café was first heard was Bob Dylan’s song, “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall’ in 1962. At this time, there was a lot of anxiety in America following the events of the Cold War. A Cuba- Soviet Union alliance was getting cozy making the Pentagon and state department analysts nervous. At this summer period, there were reports that Russia had increased their military aide in Cuba. During the same time, Rob Dylan released a dozen of songs all which were politically influenced aiming at addressing the issues transpiring during this era. Historians and journalists have always treated Dylan as a quintessential protest singer. Historians and journalists have always treated Dylan’s songs as an emblematic...
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...Firstly, people who advocate of rock 'n' roll always admit that the most important in a band is its attitude and behaviour both on the stage and backstage, sometimes some music are not so pleasant but the posture of the band towards all aspects of life can strongly come into contact with the public. The Rolling Stones were the "bad guys" with subtle lavish apparel, it was not just the clothes but the provocative way to show themselves fomented a disruption in the music scene, more than that, inside the homes, which painted a disturbing picture for the 60's families. Mick Jagger, for instance, performed with sexualized movements in front of the audience and TV shows. Some sectors of society demonized those attitudes, nevertheless, The Stones...
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...Tootsie Roll Charles M Mobley University of Phoenix Tootsie Roll Tootsie Roll Industries is a world leading candy company. The company began during 1896 in New York City ("Company Information," 2011). Leo Hirshfield began crafting the confections at his local shop. The delicious candy sold for one penny. The Tootsie Roll launched Hirshfield’s modest shop into a multinational corporation. The company headquartered in Chicago produces 62 million Tootsie Roll candies daily ("Company Information," 2011). The company has grown to include some of the world’s favorite candies. Tootsie Brand candies include the Tootsie Pop, Charms Blow Pop, Sugar Daddy, Dubble Bubble, and Junior Mints. The company has 22 candy brands ("Company Information," 2011). Tootsie Roll has annual sales of nearly 500 million dollars ("Company Information," 2011). The company is one of the leading candy producers in the world. Tootsie Roll Industries believes a family culture and progressive management will produce a leading company within the candy industry. Forbes Magazine has recognized the company as one of “Americas 200 Best Small Companies.” Business Ethics Magazine calls Tootsie Roll Industries on of the “100 Best Corporate Citizens” ("Company Information," 2011). The company’s commitment to ethics and integrity carries over into communities and national interests. Tootsie Rolls’ are a part of the U.S. militaries rations. Tootsie Roll Industries product sales in 2007 were 493 million...
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...al., 2011) posts words of William Durant, founder of General Motors, that profit is the result of a ‘cost stream that spread throughout the supply chain’, showing that only analysis of the whole chain makes the difference. To analyze supply chain performance there are following drivers to consider: facilities, inventory, information, transportation, sourcing and pricing. Rolls-Royce’s business is on the products with long life cycle. Gas turbines are not a commodity product and it takes years to come up with a new system. This fact allows the company to achieve strategic fit, stay competitive and generate revenues over the long term. Obviously, each of the performance drivers is considered in order to get the results shown in the annual report. Facilities are the physical locations where product is fabricated, assembled or stored. Possible choices for a company are to have one facility, so that increase efficiency, but lower responsiveness or to have a few of them, so that increase responsiveness by sacrificing efficiency. Exact location, capacity, variety of products should be considered. Rolls-Royce, competing on a market with high-value products, initially goes for responsiveness and locates facilities closer to customers: UK, Germany, USA, Asia; all together service centers or manufacturing bases in 50 countries (Datamonitor, 2008). This decision also helps to lower business risks. However attention started being paid to efficiency as well; £400 million invested in...
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...Proceeds and Affects from the Loan The Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. has chosen to allocate the funds from the loan to critical departments that will contribute to the growth of the company. The loan will permit Tootsie Roll to acquire new updated equipment for better production such as robotics to increase productivity. The allocation of these funds will open up research, and development, to produce healthier and cheaper ingredients for products. However, acquiring new robotic production machines or equipment will require a decrease in manpower, wages, and salaries. Approval of the loan will positively affect Tootsie Roll by the way products are manufactured and distributed. The loan acquisition will increase the productivity of the company because of the acquisition of new assets to benefit production. Through the downturn in the economy, Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. has adjusted product prices or package weights to offset the higher costs (Kimmel, Weygandt, & Kieso, 2011). During the first quarter of 2009, the Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. adopted the authoritative guidance for disclosures about hedging activities derivative instruments. It requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of derivative instruments, and related gains and losses (Kimmel, Weygandt, & Kieso, 2011). It also required disclosures about related credit-risk features in derivative agreements (Kimmel...
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...the United States to get jobs. Because we lived so close we picked up their style of music and mashed ours with theirs. Rock and Roll was born in the 1950’s by the overlapping of blues and rhythm. During the 1950’s many parents did not allow their children to listen to Rock and Roll because they thought it was going to cause teen rebellion. But because their parents did not want their kids listening to it, it only made them want to listen to it more. Many parents in the 1950’s feared that their children would start acting and dressing as if they were rockstars such as Elvis Presley. So, parents actually tried to ban this genre of music because of the rational fear of their children rebelling against them. But the Rock and...
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...History of Rock and Roll Who invented rock and roll? Well, the answer is nobody. Rock music is the innovation and evolution of many different types of music from a wide variety of groups of people. No one planned rock and roll, and it took over a great deal of American culture and revolutionized popular music. Rock and roll was influenced by African American music as well as white American styles. Since the introduction of minstrel shows in America in 1840, people have created and developed many other kinds of music. Mostly originated from African Americans, swing, blues, and jazz music was an early beginning to rock music. Many musical qualities were brought with African slaves into America. Some of the qualities include improvisation, “call and response” singing, and a dynamic rhythm. They created spiritual music and blues, which later evolved into what we know today as gospel music and “rhythm and blues.” White American music is based on of folk-style songs, mostly ballads in small bands of musical instruments. At the start of the 20th century, these folk style songs became referred to as hillbilly music. The transition to country-western music began with singers like Jimmie Rodgers and Gene Autry. After World War II, soldiers returning home wanted to feel at home again. This started the era of playing music on the radio, with programs such as Grand Ole Opry, which still runs today. This genre of music used guitars, Hawaiian guitar and drums on occasion to create a new...
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...Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. Loan Request Patricia Duncan, Sean Duncan, Heidi Oppegard, and Michelle Rodriguez Accounting ACC/561 January 7, 2012 Jared Jones Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. Loan Request Tootsie Roll Industries is a confectionery products manufacturer that has been in business for 111 years. The company makes a variety of products including a) Tootsie Roll, b) Tootsie Roll Pops, c) Caramel Apple Pops, d) Charms, e) Blow Pops and a number of other sweet treats. The company believes in hiring and retaining quality personnel while maintaining a professional yet open family atmosphere. Tootsie Roll Industries is looking to expand the business; therefore, the business is requesting a loan to successfully implement the expansion. Discussed below is detailed information regarding Tootsie Roll Industries current financial position, how Tootsie Roll Industries plans to implement the funds from the loan, and how the funds will promote future company growth. Financial Statement Summary….Michelle (~375 words) (due Jan 7th) A General financial statement summary is important when requesting a loan for expansion or any other reason like inventory purchases or debt retirement. The Tootsie Roll Company has four important financial statements that reflect important information in order to obtain their loan. Ahead I will explain the details relevant to the Tootsie Roll Company in relation to their revenues, retained...
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...Unit 3.3 Assignment: ROLLS-ROYCE plc. Read the case-study on page 46-47 of the textbook, including Table 3.8 and Table 3.9. Then answer the following questions: Referring solely to Table 3.8, to what extent can it be concluded that the year ending 30-6-08 was a more successful than the year ending 30-6-07? A balance sheet is a document describing the financial position of a company at a particular point in time, by comparing the items owned by the organisation with the amounts that it owes. An income statement is an account showing the income and expenditure of a from over a period of time. Rolls-Royce is the second biggest engine-maker in the UK and this is why that the income statement and balance sheet is increasing in 2008. The profit in 2008 decreased from 680m to 589m and this is due to the fact RR replaced parts and upgraded there aircrafts which accounted for 53% of its total sales in 2008. The gross profit is there revenue minus the sales, this shows how efficiently the business had turn raw materials into the finished product. The gross profit increased from 1453m to 1662m. Total equity is the fund provided to expand the business and purchases fixed assets. The total equity increased in 2008 from 3288m to 3765m this shows that shareholders are willing to put more money into the business for the business to expand therefore the business is improving success. (15 marks) Looking at Table 3.9, explain the changes which have occurred...
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...market, Tootsie Roll Industries must have an understanding of their customer’s demographic traits and a defined market size included in the business plan. The company states that its brands resonate strongly among every age group, culture, and demographic; for every occasion and event (Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc., 2013). To further provide a visual for their targeted market, Tootsie has a picture on their website of a child who is excitedly holding an unopened bag of delicious candy ready to be eaten. As the company plans on continued expansion, the targeted market must include a broader demographic of people. The company must first understand the buying patterns of the targeted market. This includes if the product appeals to customers more at a certain time of the year, how affordable the product is, where the customer first heard of the product, and the customer’s motivation for continued purchases. According to Abrams, R. (2003), “When assessing the size of the market, you will find demographic and geographic information easiest to locate. Much of this data is available from U.S. Census Bureau reports, local governmental agencies, real estate brokerages, chambers of commerce, and business directories.” With a reachable and definable target market, Tootsie will continue to expand its customer base as well as the company itself. Competition Benchmarking, analysis of internal operations, and predicting future competition are all strategic steps that Tootsie Roll Industries must...
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...Tootsie Roll offers a combination of having a “family-run corporate culture with a progressive management style that embraces an entrepreneurial spirit, Tootsie sets the industry standard at delivering the highest quality product at the lowest possible price, a robust yet efficient operations model” (Tootsie.com) The Tootsie Roll has strong Business Conduct and Ethics to guide its employees and officers, and directors to obey the law and act ethically. The code principles of its Business Conducts and Ethics include: Compliance with the law, rules, and regulation, prohibition against insider trading, conflict of interest, corporate opportunities, confidentiality, fair dealing, safety and environment, protection and proper use of company assets,...
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...king of Rock and Roll? You are probably thinking its obviously Elvis Presley, well I think differently. Would we know Elvis as the king of Rock and Roll if he was black? probably not, which is why I think Chuck Berry should be known as the king of Rock and Roll. Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley were popular during the same era. Elvis Presley was still an important influence in Rock and Roll. He made it okay for white people to like music that was originally created by African Americans. He was also more popular to the mainstream listeners and was very well known for his popular songs such as “Hound Dog” and “Heartbreak Hotel”. Presley was also an actor, he starred in the movie “love me tender” which also gave him a lot of commercial success that Chuck Berry did not have, imagine Chuck Berry had that opportunity, we most likely would already know him as the king. Another person who could be thought as the king of Rock and Roll is Little Richard an African American musician, who is known as the self titled architect of Rock and Roll. Little Richard was popular during the early years of rock and roll in the 1950s just like Elvis and Berry. Little Richards crazy attire and stage antics made him a definite contender but he also wasn't as...
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...Rolls Royce – Power By the Hour Project Report Prepared by NUPUR MITTAL (WMP7106), PANKAJ GUPTA (WMP7107), PHANESH V. R. ATMURI (WMP7108), PIYUSH RAJESH GUPTA (WMP7109), POULASTYA DUTTA (WMP7110), PRAMUKH SINGH RAWAL (WMP7111)) and PRASHANT JOSHI (WMP7112) Section B, WMP 2011-14, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF LUCKNOW – NOIDA CAMPUS Rolls Royce – Power By the Hour 1 Executive Summary Today most Multi National Companies that are operating globally are realizing that they have to take complete control of After-Sales-Service, in order to compete effectively and synergize their operations with profitability. Earlier days, much of the service operations were handled by third parties. Companies have identified that after-salesservice is a significant source of revenue for the organization. With this paradigm shift and change in the culture, Rolls Royce pioneered and conceptualized ‘Power by the Hour’, an after-sales-service program that helps focus customer in their core business activities & offers peace of mind. In order to achieve this, Rolls Royce had to restructure and revamp its various operations including vertical integration of various divisions. The after-sales services provided by Roll-Royce helped its customers reduce maintenance costs and downtime. The service also enabled the company to improve its aero engine designs and build good relationships with customers. Moreover, the company gained a steady long-term revenue stream from the maintenance contracts. Analysts felt...
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...The rock and roll hall of fame is a place that honors the best bands in rock and roll. But in the past couple years it becoming known as a joke. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was established in 1983 by Atlantic Records. It is located off the shores of Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio. There are a total of 317 bands and performers that have been inducted, including: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Journey, Boston, and even N.W.A, to name a few. The problem that the Hall of Fame is facing today is that they are starting to induct artists that songs do not fall into the category of Rock and Roll or are not even artists at all. This Problem can be connected to a lot of smaller problems, like allowing being too strict on who gets into the hall of fame, and should...
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