...B As an actor, writer, and comedian, Russel Brand has a background that makes it easy for him to comment on various things in a very characteristic, and in some occasion’s humorous way. This is the case, when he comments on the riot conflicts in England, though with a serious twist to it. Throughout the text, Brand has a tendency to use a strong degree of irony and sarcasm to make his statements very clear: “Saying the behavior (of the people attending riots) is unjustifiable and unacceptable- Wow! Thanks guys! What a wonderful use of the planets oxygen resources. ” As the quote proves, Brand also uses these clear statements to show what his view on these riots is. As the style of the commentary goes, irony and sarcasm are not the only two supplements Brand uses. Another addition is his use of swear words and slang that makes the text, and Brands view, more clear: “no wonder they have their fucking hoods up” and “dopey ol’ Boris.” Brand has maybe also chosen to use this kind of language to make it easier for the lower social classes to understand, since his commentary is mainly directed towards them. Although, the receivers of this text is the general population of the UK as well. In addition, to make the commentary more personal, Brand uses personal pronouns like “I” and “we” to make it seem like he is talking personally to his receivers. Due to this personal aspect of the commentary, Brand wants the readers of the commentary to think about what could be done about the problem...
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...Russel Brand writes an article published on the Guardian’s website in 2011 and it is about the riot in London, 2011. I London there was a violent crowd of young people, who looted stores destroyed cars, had huge fights with the police, and vandalized buildings. Brand starts in the text with the fact he doesn’t live in Great Britain anymore, but he still has the national feeling of an Englishman. “I feel proud to be English, proud to be a Londoner (all right, an Essex boy), never more so than since being in exile, and I naturally began wonder what would make young people destroy their communities” by that he feels that it is okay to talk about the riots in his home country even though he doesn’t live there anymore. He also thinks it is okay to talk about it, because he had lived in the areas which have been offers to the riots. When he was young and lived in London, he was one of those youth who demonstrated and had the feeling of being ignored by the government. The politicians are criticized by Brand, because they do not give enough attention to the youth, but instead they are “sleeping” with the big companies. “A lack of direction, a sense that I was not invested in the dominant culture, that government existed not to look after the interests of the people it was elected to represent but the big businesses that they were in bed with.” Russel Brand views the media as a part of the blame, because they covered the riots with an attitude like when Brand was in “Big Brother”...
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...Introduction Charles Darwin born 12 February, 1809 was an English geologist and naturalist. Alfred Wallace born 8 January 1823 was a British explorer, naturalist, geographer, biologist and anthropologist. Darwin and Wallace are highly regarded for their significant contributions to the theories of evolution. It is very important to compare the individual lifestyles, contributions, and beliefs of Darwin and Wallace in order to develop a clear and comprehensive understanding of their concepts of natural selection in evolution. According to Janet Browne (2010) in her biography of Darwin, she describes the similarities in the life experiences of Darwin and Wallace that led them to independently arrive at the theory of natural selection. Both Wallace and Darwin were inspired by the readings such as Charles Lyell and Thomas Malthus. Browne notes that, “Even so, the parallels between Darwin’s and Wallace’s ideas are no less remarkable for their cultural symmetry. Their similarities are further demonstrated by them sharing similar geographical exploration and travel experiences and their mutual appreciations of their marvels of nature and overwhelming desire to comprehend them…” (Browne 2010: 357). The two theorists examined the concepts of natural selection independently until its publication. By the 1958, Darwin had already developed his idea on natural selection but had not published it as he was still collecting more evidence. After his previous research had been destroyed in...
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...A History of Modern Psychology Why is the understanding the history of psychology important? A psychologist and historian (E.G. Boring, 1963) once said, “The seats on the train of progress all face backwards: You can see the past but only guess about the future. Yet a knowledge of history, although it can never be complete and fails miserably to foretell the future, has a huge capacity for adding significance to the understanding of the present” (see chapter 1). Every course that you have taken on history has shown that we never learn anything from our past mistakes, and that looking back cannot guarantee our future in setting stone. But psychology is important to learn because it teaches us a few things: one, it would help psychologist become more critical thinker and be able to help people better, and can help measure those “evolutionary breakthroughs” because of the initial excitement that usually comes with the beginning of anything. Two, it could bring every psychologist closer together because of so many diverse field, we share a common ground. Psychology history does not date back far; in fact many would claim to say that it is in childhood stage for it is no older than 125 years (see Chapter 1). Robert I. Watson was a clinical psychologist with a passion for history, created an organization by calling psychologist from an article he wrote,” History of Psychology: A Neglected Area” (Watson, 1960). Watson found people with similar goal from the American Psychological...
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...Farewell to Manzanar Paper 1. Abate pg. 22 “It was a bitter cold when we arrived, and the wind did not abate.” Definition: to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc. The word abate used in this sentence meant that the wind did not calm or die down. 2. Alleviate pg. 22 “But when the call came through camp for workers to alleviate the wartime labor shortage, it sounded better than life at manzanar. Definition: to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate What the author wrote by alleviate in the sentence was that it shortened the labor hours making it easier for the workers. 3. Knotholes pg.23 “We woke early, shivering and coated with dust that had blown up through the knotholes and in through the slits around the doorway.” Definition: a hole in a board or blank formed by the falling out of a knot or a portion of a knot. Obviously dirt was coming inside through the doorway where there were little holes for it to seep through. 4. Whimsical pg. 24 “Offstage it was whimsical, as if some joke were bursting to be told.” Definition: quaint, unusual, of fantastic Whimsical meaning some odd or remarkable thing was bound to happen in that moment as the author describes woody’s smile is. 5. Barracks pg. 26 “Outside the sky was clear, but icy gusts of wind were buffeting our barracks every few minutes, sending fresh dust puffs up through the floorboards.” Definition: a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison It is like a small...
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...Devi Henn Life science Assigned reading Part I March 3, 2015 INTO THE JUNGLE: Questions from the book CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS: 1. What experiences of his youth helped to prepare Darwin for the voyage on the Beagle? 2. What geological phenomena and formations did Darwin witness? How did these shape his thinking about the age of the earth or how life changed? 3. What zoological evidence led Darwin to think that species evolved? 4. What were Thomas Malthus’ ideas, and how did Darwin react to them? 5. Why did Darwin delay publishing his species theory? CHAPTER 2 QUESTIONS: 1. Why did Wallace choose to go to the Malay Archipelago? 2. Compare and contrast the animals on Bali, Borneo, and the western islands of the archipelago with those on Lombok, New Guinea, and the eastern islands. What are the differences and why are they important? 3. What observations led Wallace to the idea of a “struggle for existence”? How were Wallace’s observations similar or different from those driving Darwin’s ideas about natural selection? CHAPTHER 3 QUESTIONS: 1. What was the “glimpse” that Bates had “of how nature manufactures her species?” 2. What evidence did Bates assemble to argue that mimicry was due to natural selection and not mere coincidence? 3. Why was Darwin so delighted by Bates’ discovery of mimicry? CHAPTER 4 QUESTIONS: 1. What influence did Thomas Huxley have on Eugene Dubios? 2. Why did Dubios choose to search in...
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...Unit 2 Critical Thinking Chapter One 1. When Darwin was young, his family wanted him to assume their role and become a doctor but he never wanted to. Darwin was always interested in exploring new horizons and trying to figure out the world. One of the most important things that persuaded Darwin to travel was when Henslow persuaded Darwin to read the seven volume book about someone’s traveling experiences and viewing the new world. The training that Darwin did with Sedgwick prepared him for his voyage and geological experience. 2. Darwin witnessed the corals and the band of shells above sea level and started to wonder if the water has always been at that level. When he finally arrived on the islands, he noticed how the same animals adapted to different environments. 3. When Darwin arrived in the Galapagos Islands, he noticed that there were various types of animals and species. He observed that although some of the animals looked similar they had distinctive traits. After comparing his findings in the Galapagos to other islands he visited, he concluded that the animals adapted to their environments. 4. Thomas Malthus had the idea that there were different checks in the world such as famine, and disease to control the population. Malthus called it the Principles of Population and Darwin agreed with his principles but wanted to expand and go deeper into his principles, thus creating the “species theory.” 5. Darwin delayed publishing his theory because he thought...
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...Evolution Lab BIO/101 Pooja Thakur 7-23-12 Evolution Resulting From Natural Selection INTRODUCTION The Evolution Lab simulates environmental situations to determine effects on evolution over periods of time. This lab experiments with the evolution of finches on two different islands over 100, 200, and 300 years. By manipulating parameters that influence natural selection, the effects that natural selection have on the evolution process can be studied. HYPOTHESES • The size of the island will influence the population. • The amount of precipitation will influence beak size. • Variances in beak size will influence beak size. MATERIALS The materials needed for this experiment consist of a computer and access to the Evolution Lab on the University of Phoenix student website. In the Evolution Lab there are two islands, Darwin Island and Wallace Island. There are seven variables that can be changed to run many different experiments on both islands. The variables are beak size, variance of beak size, heritability, clutch size, island size, population, and precipitation. METHODS In all of the experiments Darwin Island was used as the control group and Wallace Island was the experimental group. So, in each test, the variables for Wallace Island were altered and the variables for Darwin Island were left alone. The first experiment was to determine whether or not the size of the island affected the population. To do this, the only variable that...
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...Title: Author: Grant Allen [More Titles by Allen] "He was a mere amateur; but still, he did some good work in science." Increasingly of late years I have heard these condescending words uttered, in the fatherland of Bacon, of Newton, of Darwin, when some Bates or Spottiswoode has been gathered to his fathers. It was not so once. Time was when all English science was the work of amateurs--and very well indeed the amateurs did it. I don't think anybody who does me the honour to cognise my humble individuality at all will ever be likely to mistake me for a _laudator temporis acti_. On the contrary, so far as I can see, the past seems generally to have been such a distinct failure all along the line that the one lesson we have to learn from it is, to go and do otherwise. I am one on that point with Shelley and Rousseau. But it does not follow, because most old things are bad, that all new things and rising things are necessarily and indisputably in their own nature excellent. Novelties, too, may be retrograde. And even our great-grandfathers occasionally blundered upon something good in which we should do well to imitate them. The amateurishness of old English science was one of these good things now in course of abolition by the fashionable process of Germanisation. Don't imagine it was only for France that 1870 was fatal. The sad successes of that deadly year sent a wave of triumphant Teutonism over the face of Europe. I suppose it is natural to man to worship success;...
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...years or so)? Don't just quote the video here. Explain what he means! Nature must be able to produce and create. What are the basic “steps” in natural selection as Sagan describes them? What questions does he raise for you? Natural Selection happens when human’s changes have created other changes without humans directly deciding to do so. Sagan describes the basic steps as there are more creatures then can survive. Less adapted have a less chance of surviving and producing off spring. Sudden changes in heredity can be pushed on to the off springs. Environmental changes can have an impact on what mutations will help survival. Thus, slow changes produce new species. Natural Selection was discovered by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Explain the Watchmaker Hypothesis as an argument against natural selection. How does Sagan address it? “Our ancestors looked at the intricacy and the beauty of life and saw evidence for a great designer. The simplest organism is a far more complex machine than the finest pocket watch. And yet, pocket watches don’t spontaneously self-assemble or evolve in slow stages on their own from say, grandfather clocks”. (Sagan, C) It’s impossible to just look at something and understand as a whole. Sagan comments that all life on this planet shares a number of characteristics, including one three-letter answer to the question of what is the master molecule? DNA What IS the master molecule? Do you think it is significant that...
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...STRONG BRANDS How Brand Strategy and Brand Communication Contribute to Build Brand Equity THE CASE OF NAVIGATOR Student: Daniela Yasenova Baeva Supervisor: Professor Doctor Arnaldo Fernandes Matos Coelho May, 2011 Master Thesis in Marketing STRONG BRANDS – How Brand Strategy and Brand Communication Contribute to Build Brand Equity: THE CASE OF NAVIGATOR 1 ABSTRACT In a world of global competition that we are living nowadays, brands are each time more used by companies as a strategy to create value and differentiation and this way to be one step ahead of their rivals. A "brand" is the result of the recognition and the personal attachment that forms in the hearts and minds of the customers through their accumulated experience with that “brand”. These experiences contribute to increased consumer trust and loyalty and allow building strong relationships with the “brand”. By this way, “brands” promote the increase of shareholder value and establish a long-term advantage in the marketplace for organisations. Companies recognise that strong brands are and have been historically associated with accelerated revenue growth and improved returns to shareholders. That is why, each time more organisations focus their strategies on building powerful brands as they represent competitive advantage and they are a key success factor in creating value to the customer and at the same time value to the company. In this regard, this study intends to show how effective brand strategy...
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...problems related to the brand Nespresso and more specifically concerning its store management. We will focus on issues associated on store layout, design and visual merchandising. Nowadays, Nespresso highlights its boutiques while they were not integrated in the initial business model of Nespresso. Indeed, they have only been created in 2002 in order to address customers’ needs. The brand decided to develop its boutique due to the growing demand of its customers for a face-to-face contact, which means a lack of direct relationship with them. However, this touchpoint is indispensable in the strategy of the brand nowadays. In France for example, the rate of opening of shops is about two or three a year. First we will present briefly the brand Nespresso and its products. Thus we will approach its positioning and channels of distribution in order to introduce the store concept and design of Nespresso. Finally we will deal with theories related to our problem statement: the store design and atmosphere in Nespresso boutiques and the SOR model. CASE PRESENTATION Nespresso is the leader on the premium portioned coffee market. The brand was created in 1986 by Nestlé Group which is located in Switzerland and has a turnover of almost two billion euros. Nespresso changed the idea of coffee as a simple basic product and elevated it to a luxury product affordable for the public. The aim of Nespresso is to become the “Icon of the perfect coffee worldwide” and the brand is based on excellence...
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...Best Global Brands 2013 Table of Contents JEZ Leadership is evolving. It must now be shared. CEOs, CMOs, and consumers all have the power to drive brand value. Brands are where business strategy meets reality. GINNI The New Rules of Brand Leadership 2 From Information to Intelligence 82 Sector Leadership Best Global Brands 2013 10 86 BISH Methodology Creative Leadership 70 120 Contributors China’s New Brand Leaders 74 126 Corporate Citizenship 2.0 78 MARK CHIEKO The New Rules of Brand Leadership By Jez Frampton In our globalized, hyperconnected age, one question persists in boardrooms, corner offices, business schools, and conferences all over the world: What is leadership and how has it changed in the 21st century? Driven by rapid technological advancement, the digitization of nearly everything, and the ever more intricate interdependencies of the global market, the business landscape has transformed over the past two decades. Operating in a bewildering new environment in which little is certain, the pace is quicker and the dynamics more complex. Those who lead today’s brands can no longer rely on once immutable truths or principles of leadership honored in times past. It is a new world. And as purchasing increasingly shifts from a physical experience to a virtual one and transaction-based interactions between brands and consumers shift to relationship-based interactions, new skills and sensibilities are needed. Leadership roles...
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...Best Global Brands 2013 Table of Contents JEZ Leadership is evolving. It must now be shared. CEOs, CMOs, and consumers all have the power to drive brand value. Brands are where business strategy meets reality. GINNI The New Rules of Brand Leadership 2 From Information to Intelligence 82 Best Global Brands 2013 Sector Leadership 86 BISH 10 Creative Leadership 70 Methodology 120 China’s New Brand Leaders 74 Contributors 126 Corporate Citizenship 2.0 78 MARK CHIEKO The New Rules of Brand Leadership By Jez Frampton In our globalized, hyperconnected age, one question persists in boardrooms, corner offices, business schools, and conferences all over the world: What is leadership and how has it changed in the 21st century? Driven by rapid technological advancement, the digitization of nearly everything, and the ever more intricate interdependencies of the global market, the business landscape has transformed over the past two decades. Operating in a bewildering new environment in which little is certain, the pace is quicker and the dynamics more complex. Those who lead today’s brands can no longer rely on once immutable truths or principles of leadership honored in times past. It is a new world. And as purchasing increasingly shifts from a physical experience to a virtual one and transaction-based interactions between brands and consumers shift to relationship-based interactions, new skills and sensibilities are needed. Leadership...
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...that may last for a very long time. Your company is well poised, after emerging relatively well from the recessionary period, to ride the rising curve of Indian growth story. While we intend to retain the ‘old is gold’, we are fully conscious to grab the new business opportunities that synthesize well with the growth pattern of the Indian economy. Year 2009-10 was indeed a fruitful year as we achieved an overall 23% net revenue growth. Our total volume stood at 14.6 mn c/s. Our brands like Magic Moments Vodka, 8 PM Whisky and Old Admiral Brandy were top earners and our new brand last year, Morpheus, struck a chord with our esteemed consumers. I assure you that your company will continue to gain significant market share in the Brown Spirits and the fastest growing White Spirits segments in the premium and super premium categories. Research backed innovative product launches along with meeting the growing aspirations of the young will remain our main focus for the times to come. We have launched two brands in whisky segment i.e. “After Dark and Eagles Dare”. Though the new initiatives may take time to come into...
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