...B. The Indian Mutyni The Indian Mutyni was a rebellion among native Indian soldiers who were against the British rule in India. The short story has therefore a historical meaning. The title of the whole story is symbolic cause of the army that Mr. Vello creates. Within the army there is a revolt and which is between Mr. Vellon and the boys. The text”The Indian Mutyni”, is a short story written by Will Self. The short story is about how a former student at Creighton Comprehensive School, Fein a talk show host, who action as a child led to his supply teacher committing suicide. It’s about how he feels great guilt. Guilt about how he treated Mr. Vello haunts him. The impression we as readers get of Fein, is that he was that kind of boy who was feared by all teachers. He knew that and he took advantage of it. In the first lesson with the class they were told to shut up by Mr. Vello, but class 4b didn’t follow that order. In class 4b, there were 3 minorities: There were “The Jews”, “The Gentiles” and “The Asians”. The ones who controlled the class, who had the power was the Gentiles and the Jews, who also called themselves “The Yids” and “The Yocks”, they fought about the power in the class. The Asians were different from the others. They were all first-generation immigrants. All the students except the Asians, was seen as the doomed dregs of the society. “Mr Vello saw the rest of us, immediately, for what we were: time-servers; time-wankers; boys full of nasty decadences. The...
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...using is efficient and that studying and offering what people want leads to loyalty. 3. Yes. Meredith’s marketing information expertise transfer into other media and products for examples websites, television stations and cable programming BHG.com, Parents.com, DivineCaroline.com and FitnessMagazine.com. The magazine publisher transformed to the creator of content delivered to women whenever, wherever and however they want social networking. 4. Since the company is still heavily rooted in print, I believe that Meredith’s company future is going to lead to flat revenue, and having to have extensive marketing information systems. 5. My recommendations to Meredith’s executives would be to continue innovating, creating radio talk shows, and consumer blogs. I think it would be beneficial if their were contests with women creating videos discussing which Meredith Corporation brand they love and utilize most...
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...Ronald Tiffany GE217 WED6pm 10/7/2010 Choice Essay 1 Media Overload The media is involved in every aspect of life. Whether it is personal or just about the weather the media is there. What about these talk show filled with drama like they usually are but they always seem to catch people attention while flipping through channels on the T.V. I sit and wonder what would make these people put themselves out in the limelight and air out there dirty laundry. Then it comes to me that our society loves drama and sad to say most of the drama is other peoples suffering. Not only is it on these talk shows that we see this, it is also in our everyday local news coverage. The more and more we see this on T.V. the more we will see it in our own backyard. The media and the entertainment world have a big role in the way our society’s moral is changing for the worst. These games our children are playing have far too much violence and foul language. Take the game Grand Theft Auto, you shoot people, steal cars, and even pimp out women to earn more points so you can move up to be the biggest maddest thug on the planet. Yes they are rated for certain ages and they do warn you about the language and the violence but parents still buy them for their children because society as a whole doesn’t see a problem with it. That’s where the media and the entertainment world play a part in this whole cycle. So now when our future generation becomes parents themselves they will allow their kids...
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...Oprah Winfrey Rubina J. Hammond Business 302 Management November 25, 2012 For this assignment of leadership assessment I chose Oprah Winfrey to write about, she personifies a strong woman who is a natural born leader. She represents an error of women that despite life struggles and obstacles in her life, she is an advocate in empowering everyone in educating themselves, deterring what their goal was and pursue it, but least of all leadership. Born Oprah Gail Winfrey in Kosciusko Mississippi in 1954, she was introduced to her leadership potential at a young age living with her grandmother. She went from living with her grandmother who taught her to read and write, to living with her mother who never had time for her and she encounter abuse, her mother sent her to live with her father there she was introduce to a more structured and strict routine. Her father encourage her Oprah’s father was very strict and made education the number-one priority for Oprah. Although by high school she wasn’t precisely certain toward what she wanted to do, however she knew it was something with speaking or drama. Oprah was also elected school president and met with President Richard Nixon being a part of public speaking classes in her high-school. (Cinderella Stores Of Women Leaders: Connecting Leadership COntext and...
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...2012). Despite growing up poor, enduring racism and sexual abuse, Oprah Winfrey achieved success through sheer force of her personality. An article entitled, “Oprah Winfrey: America’s Ultimate Brand”, discusses how she forged her $1 billion dollar fortune, which today has increased to $2.9 billion. She started her entertainment career at a radio station in Nashville while still in high school. She became the youngest person to anchor the Nashville news at age 19, as well as the first African American woman. Oprah hosted a morning talk show in Chicago that was so successful, within a year it expanded to an hour and was renamed “The Oprah Winfrey Show”. She negotiated a lucrative deal with the show’s distributor that gave her production and hosting rights (Sykes, 2005). By 2005, Oprah amassed an entertainment empire consisting of television, film production and publishing, which landed her on the Forbes list of world’s richest people. Her talk show was an extreme success, garnering number one ratings for 18 seasons, reaching an audience of...
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...Channel Analysis Radios have been around for more than 100 years now and it has played a big role in our modern society. Through radio, news, music and advertisements have thrived. However, as technology advanced time after time, the radio stations had many other stations to compete with. For this assignment, I chose KPWR 106 which is hip-hop station to examine and learn why this station is a successful one. I think there are two types of radio personalities: those that plan an actual show, and those that have no idea what they want to talk until the station starts. A planned show keeps the listeners tuned in and makes the listeners want to come back to it often. PWR 106 is seems unplanned but maintains the good hit playlist and engaging talks. There are several things to keep in mind, which I have learned from this assignment. The time frame was 10:30 to 11:30 in the morning on March 19th,2014. The station was called KPWR106 and it mainly played rap, hip-hop and R&B. The Format of the show kind of unique. The first 15 minutes, it played 2 music back to back and then one 30 second commercial and repeated once more. However after 15 minute mark, it had about 9 commercials non-stop 15 to 30 second playing time each. Following the unending commercials, 9 songs were played non-stop again, each one playing for about 3 minutes. So in total there were total of 18 commercials for about 11 minutes. They advertised auto insurance, school degree programs, loans, cars, sandwiches, chocolate...
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...Oprah Winfrey Life of Struggle This article explores Oprah Winfrey’s which was not all roses like people think it was in this article “Oprah Winfrey the Name of Success” is her life story and how she overcame adversity and how her home life help her to become the star that she is today. It all started when she was born out of wedlock to a teen-age mother. At this time, her mother left her in Mississippi with her grandmother who was very poor and very religious, this influenced Oprah to go to church and become the best that she could be. Oprah’s mom came back and wanted her to live with her, so she moved to Milwaukee but life was not that glorious, her mom like her half sister and brother better than her. Then Oprah moved to TN and was...
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...Jamont Waters Macroeconomics November 5, 2012 Oprah Winfrey Most Successful Talk Show Host to Live Oprah Winfrey is the most successful talk show host that has ever graced this earth. Oprah was born in a poor rural town of Kosciusko, Mississippi on January 25, 1954. After a troubled childhood filled with sexual abuse by a number of male relatives and friends of her mother, Vernita, Oprah moved to Nashville to live with her father, Vernon, a barber and businessman. She went to Tennessee State University in 1971 and began working in radio and television broadcasting in Nashville. In 1976, Oprah moved to Baltimore where she hosted the TV chat show, People Are Talking. The show became a hit and Oprah stayed with it for eight years. She then hosted her own morning show A.M. Chicago after she was recruited by a Chicago TV station. At this time Donahue was competition for her, but within several months of her A.M. show, she had won her 100,000 more viewers than Donahue and had taken her show from last place to first in the ratings. Her success led to nationwide fame and a role in the film, The Color Purple, in 1985. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Oprah launched the Oprah Winfrey Show in 1986 as a nationally syndicated program. Her show grossed over $125 million by the end of its first year, which Oprah received $30 million. She was on 120 channels and had an audience of 10 million people. She soon gained ownership of the program from ABC, drawing...
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...unrelenting focus and determination. Oprah's tryst with the world of entertainment began when at the age of three she began speaking in church. By the time she was a teenager Oprah was touring the churches of Nashville, reciting the sermons of James Weldon Johnson. Crowned Miss Fire Prevention in Nashville at 17, Winfrey visited a local radio station, where she was invited to read copy. She was so good that she was hired to read news on the air. While still in school, Oprah became the first African-American and the first woman to anchor a newscast in Nashville at WTVF-TV. After graduating from college, she moved to Baltimore to work as a reporter and co-anchor for WJZ-TV. Oprah Winfrey then moved on to a show called People Are Talking after which she moved to Chicago to be on a show called A.M....
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...sexual intercourse with a teenager under the age of 18" as rape"(Sapiro 402). Just to think that any teenage under the age of 18 can be raped by a relative is hard to imagine. Children that get raped at such a young do not always make a life out of themselves. They keep it all in and that damages them. Oprah never told anyone she kept it a secret and it all turned into anger. She would get into trouble at school. At age 14 she left her house and she was all on her own. Later in her life she won a scholarship to Tennessee State University. She majored in Speech Communications and Performing Arts. She began her broadcasting career in Nashville at WVOL a local radio station at the age of 17. In 1976, Winfrey left to Baltimore to co-host a talk show, "People Are...
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...Amanda Lopez Stock1 Queen of Talk Under Bad Lighting As a leader and icon Oprah Winfrey has redefined the meaning of success and has become one of the most praised women. Oprah has had numerous articles, books, and magazines, dedicated to highlighting her success. Another article in the New York Times summing up Ms. Winfrey’s accomplishments is nothing less than typical. However, what is uncommon is to come across a writer such as gossip columnist Kitty Kelley, doing what no one dares to do and confronting the negative and practically silent aspects of Oprahs’s stardom. In Kitty Kelley’s Oprah biography, she provides her readers with a raw and insightful view contradicting The New York Times view on Oprah as an ultimate multimedia icon. Oprah Winfrey has set a silent standard to the way her fans and outside viewers perceive her, this standard being that you, do not question the queen of talk. The New York Times along with other newspapers and magazines would not dare contradict Oprah because in the eyes of the media she has the very two qualities we love as a nation, power, and money. The article in the New York Times states her accomplishments as her show “Oprah” is now soon to end, and what else is in her future. It is all apart of the typical praise that follows the headline “Oprah Winfrey”. As mentioned our nation loves money and power so it is by no surprise the opening sentence into the article states “Oprah Winfrey, the first black woman to appear on Forbes billionaire...
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...Managing talents such as celebrities, singers, models, or endorsers is a very challenging and demanding job. It needs a lot of courage, effort, creativity, time, passion, and love for the work and for the talents. If I were given a chance and opportunity to manage talents, I think I would make it to a point that I will be really hands-on while they are having their training, workshops, and preparation for their auditions or projects. I would assist them in putting together and setting up their portfolios to be presented to different people who may provide them their big breaks in the industry. I would be happy to help my talents to achieve their dreams and make significant marks and difference in the industry while they themselves are happy in their jobs and are developing and growing up as good persons with great talents. However, managing different talents needs different approach. Before deciding or planning on the best ways or approach to manage them, I think it would be better if I have already assessed them – what they want or need, their career goals and dreams, who they are and what they can offer to the audience, as well as what their unique “selling points” are or what is something special about them. For the kid, I think she is really amazing. I cannot believe that such a great quality voice, extraordinary talent in music, clear pronunciations and good dictions and a charming face can be encapsulated in a body (or vocal chords) of a young girl. When I heard her...
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...Oprah, Our American Icon Tawanda Rocafort Academic and Professional Success Assignment number 08/27/2014 Oprah, Our American Icon Let me tell you why I choose Oprah Winfrey, for my project. Oprah Gail Winfrey, originally born as Orpah Gail Winfrey is a well-known, self-made billionaire. Oprah has accomplished goals that were very challenging in that error of time for women, especially women of color. There weren’t a lot of positive role models on T.V. back then. It was an inspiration to see someone who can relate to so many people, on so many different levels. Throughout her journey in life, she has worn many faces. Oprah’s life story has encouraged so many. She was the child who felt abandoned, and unloved. She was the child who was sexually molested, the teen mother, the mother who lost her child, and the child who was raised in poverty. At some points in the home, they had no electrical power or water. Oprah was also the person who weathered those storms and made something out of herself. Oprah is known as one of the world’s “100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century”. She experienced a lot of the same issues that millions have experienced in life and yet she still succeeds. She managed to stay humble throughout her accomplishments as well. Oprah gives back in the form of grants, gifts, schooling, scholarship’s, organizations, networks and more. She set the platform for popular TV Doctor’s like Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz. Here are some...
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...FULFILLING OUR TAX EDUCATION MANDATE Tax Education Package Public & Corporate Affairs, Uganda Revenue Authority 1 URA VISION To be a model for Best Practice and Innovation in Revenue Services. URA MISSION To Provide Excellent Revenue Services with Purpose and Passion. URA CORE VALUES Excellence, Integrity, Team Work and Respect 2 Tax Education Package Public & Corporate Affairs, Uganda Revenue Authority Acronyms and Defined Terms CD Customs Department DT Domestic Taxes Department ESA Education Standards Agency FAQs Frequently Asked Questions GOU Government of Uganda MOES Ministry of Education and Sports MOFPED Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development NCDC National Curriculum Development Centre NCHE National Council for Higher Education NSC National Speech Championships PSFU Private Sector foundation of Uganda PCA Public and Corporate Affairs Division TPD Taxpayers’ Day UIA Uganda Investment Authority UMA Uganda Manufacturers Association UNCCI Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry UNEB Uganda National Examinations Board URA Uganda Revenue Authority USSIA Uganda Small Scale Industrialists Association Tax Education Package Public & Corporate Affairs, Uganda Revenue Authority 3 Content Page Acronyms and Defines Tems……………………………………… 3 Word from the Commissioner...
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...college her senior year to move to Baltimore to co-anchor the nightly news in Baltimore. Although reading the news did not play to Oprah’s strengths, the opportunity soon arose for her to host her own talk show. Her connection with the audience, her viewers, and her guests on this show is what led to her success in this medium and paved the way for her future successes as she hosted one of the most popular talk shows of all time “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Oprah success as an entrepreneur has been as a business owner, talk show host, philanthropist, actor, producer, director, and author. The greatest economic decision Oprah has made in her career was when she formed Harpo Productions, purchased a production studio in Chicago, and began producing her own talk show (Entrepreneur 2008). This decision gave her complete control over the resources she would need to build a successful business and an even more successful show. It also allowed her to employ hundreds of staff members from all over the world which gave a much needed boost to the Chicago economy. Harpo studios was also the home to other shows in which Oprah was the producer which gave her an opportunity to see an even greater return on her investment of the production company. Oprah not only gave jobs to people to work on her talk show but she also employed staff members to work various other projects which were focused in places such as Hollywood and Africa. According to 2006 PBS story, Oprah reportedly gave $350 million of...
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