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- 781: Trapped Inside the TV
- ... controls what is accepted and rejected within any society? Who decides what is right, and what is wrong, and what is an illusion? In Amusing Ourselves to death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show business, Neil Postman makes many arguments that the dominant medium of culture conversation, does not simply reflect a culture that is already in effect, but rather this medium reshapes culture into it’s own image and ... a world of sitcoms, cartoons, and gossip news stories? This basic belief about the dominant mediums can be observed in what Postman calls the transition from the “age of exposition” to the “age of show business.” How much has our culture changed because of the shift in the medium? Postman argues that our culture is reshaped by its dominant medium of cultural conversation, and that the difference between the culture of ... and not recognize him? This is almost an impossible task in the TV world of today. The culture of today is significantly different than the culture of those who came before the “age of show business.” The printed page revealed the world line by line forcing people to think deductively and sequentially. This age has since then been replaced with a new era of convenience. The invention of the telegraph ...
- 782: P. T. Barnum
- ... Charity Hollet. Charity and Barnum soon got married in 1829 when Barnum was 19. Charity was a devout Congregationalist. With his new bride beside him Barnum set out to make a name for him in business. Like his father he juggled several jobs. He bought his own store in Bethel, he started a newspaper, and he ran a lottery. Much to Charity's dismay Barnum adopted a new religion, Universalism, which ... also struck up a friendship with Nancy Fish, who was 40 years younger then him, when he was still living with his wife. In 1871 he ended his retirement. He got back into the circus business with vengeance. He spent all his time promoting his circus. He wrote children books and sold them. Barnum ordered tents with three rings instead of the traditional one ring circus. He could fit thousands of ... created. In 1890 in the fall he suffered a stroke wich confined him to bed. Sadly in 1891 April 7th Barnum died in his sleep at his 17 acre estate. He was a genius in business and promotion. He will always be immortal and he will be known for creating the "Greatest Show On Earth."
- 783: Assassination Of JFK
- ... shooting. Brading had an FBI rap sheet with about three dozen arrests. He had met with one of the sons of avowed Kennedy-hater H. L. Hunt the day before, ostensibly to discuss some oil business. After he was arrested, Brading gave the Dallas police an alias, and told them he had merely gone into the building to use the phone. The police released him a short time later. Without question ... in the Kennedy assassination. Harrelson later retracted his statement about having taken part in the assassination, claiming he had fabricated it under the influence of cocaine. When arrested, Harrelson was found to be carrying the business card of R. D. Matthews, who, was acquainted with Jack Ruby and with other Dallas crime figures. At Harrelson's trial, Joe Chagra, the brother of the man who was believed to have hired Harrelson ... paramour, Judith Exner, starting in March 1960. Further infuriating Giancana, Robert Kennedy ordered the FBI to shadow his every move so closely that other mob figures kept their distance from him, effectively isolating him from business and social associates. Later, out of desperation, Giancana went to court and obtained an injunction against the FBI. Anti-Castro Cubans could have also been involved in the Assassination of JFK. The anti-Castro ...
- 784: Morleys Callaghans Our Lady Of
- ... novel it carries a truth that relates to three prominent everyday themes of power, money and compassion. The drive to be the ultimate force in town creates hard-core criminals that involve themselves in any business possible. At the local lounge, 'the Bradely Bar', many of these thugs can be found trying to look important and powerful. One corner of the bar is a haven for thieves and petty criminals.(pg ... hoping to collect the big pay check.(pg.11) Those men who already have an abundance of money accumulate even more through paid protection.(pg.10) Others such as Mr. Dubuque also run their own business, doing favors for others such as loaning money at high interest and helping people pay back debts through paid services.(pg.21) Despite the harsh and at times crude reality of this novel, compassion plays ... are in need, they are not the best looking and have an unconfident air about them.(pg.135) Ilona Tomory is not only about making money for she has had many offers to develop her business to high-class men who will pay more. But she chooses to stays at 'the Bradley' accepting her clients carefully. The novel "Our Lady Of The Snows" portrays real life situations that involve such ...
- 785: McDonald’s Americanizing Europe
- ... swept throughout most of Europe by the 1960s, McDonald’s was the most successful restaurant in conforming to its clientele and bolstering its product. This success was mostly due to how McDonald’s marketed its business by pioneering everyday food service to the middle classes and attempting to export something that was endemic to American life but totally foreign to Europe (Love, 418). For most Europeans, McDonald’s had become a fascinating aspect of American business because it was from the United States, and it appealed to the middle class that was able to afford eating out. Due to its popularity, by the 1990s, McDonald’s was receiving more than 50 ... the fact that it only hired German managers and German employees, and depended exclusively on German suppliers for its German-produced ingredients (Fells 305). This was an important step for McDonald’s in localizing the business by conforming to its marketplace. By publicizing that their McDonald’s was totally managed by Germany, it took off the negative edge off McDonald’s in the public eye. I believe one of the ...
- 786: Integrated Software Application
- ... a' would retaliate by making better software (Del Guercio 22-24). For example, Lotus software. They used to make data organization software. Up until I did this report, I thought they had gone out of business, because I hadn't heard about anything new being done by them. Well, while I was researching, I found the appalling truth. When patenting of software became acceptable in the early 90's, they closed ... of lawyers to get them patents on all their programming techniques (Del Guercio 22-24). Ever since then, they've been selling out the rights as their primarily (and I'm willing to bet, only) business. This could even be taken to the extremes of actually patenting simple methods of handling data, such as say, mouse support. Now, it can't happen to mouse support as it is today, but in ... And last but not least, 10 of them believed that there was no laws regarding the copying of software (there are, but they're virtually ineffective). Now that you know all about the legal and business aspects of software protection, lets take a look at how it can affect you. Say you've got a web page, and you've got a link on your web page to your friend ...
- 787: Henry David Thoreau was a Rebel
- ... tinkering upon our lives to improve them, who will want railroads? And if railroads are not built, how shall we get to heaven in season? But if we stay at home and mind our own business, who will want railroads? We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us. ... Why should we live with such hurry and waste of time? We are determined to be starved for we are ... life or death, we crave only reality. If we are really dying, let us hear the rattle in our throats and feel cold in the extremities; if we are alive, let us go about our business (178). True independence is achieved by finding the time to trust the instincts people are born with, in conducting their business, which is to throw off their sleepy condition and awaken themselves to the possibility of elevating their own existence to a higher level. We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by ...
- 788: China Joining The World Trade Organization
- ... and deeper foreign investments, will become the acid test for coddled industries. Those that can meet the challenge will ultimately survive and prosper. Many others will fail to navigate in the new climate. The expected business expansion will in time help create new jobs to absorb displaced workers, including many in the farming sector, as well as providing new opportunities for the countless younger workers who will be coming of age ... and deeper foreign investments, will become the acid test for coddled industries. Those that can meet the challenge will ultimately survive and prosper. Many others will fail to navigate in the new climate. The expected business expansion will in time help create new jobs to absorb displaced workers, including many in the farming sector, as well as providing new opportunities for the countless younger workers who will be coming of age ... human rights. For years, China's leaders turned a deaf ear, insisting that such issues as freedom of expression, due process, the imprisonment of dissidents, prison labor, and religious tolerance were none of Washington's business. "We were talking to a wall," says a senior official. "Now we can, and we will, talk seriously about these matters." (~{!0~}How bad is China?~{!1~} Asiaweek.)
- 789: Tourism In Canadian Provincial
- ... we mean that the nature of the park itself has changed from one that was once for conservation and recreation to that of financial stability. For example, from excerpts from the Ontario Parks Objectives, the business objectives include the objective of "operating more like a business and improving customer service and market our products and services..." as goals. Their business plan includes, among others, objectives to create "a special purpose account for retaining and managing park revenues (fees, licences, permits, rentals) to be developed. It will improve customer service, maximize revenues and make park ...
- 790: Labor Issues
- ... Robinson, 1985, p. 60). The 1920’s and post war was a time of continuous improvement. History from 1929 to 1940. In 1929, the Great Depression began leaving millions jobless (World, 1998). Prior to 1929, business executives were seen as leaders and union members were referred to as “dangerous radicals” (World, 1998, p.12). However, this changed when Americans saw that these businesses could not beat out the depression and they ... are losing their jobs. In the case of Mexico, the problem is only growing as Mexican companies gain experience, knowledge and revenue and, as a result, increasingly offer more specialized, higher-tech auto parts. A Business Week article states, “Mexico now exports $19.2 billion in autos and parts—up from only $7.2 billion five years ago, and it already exports close to one million vehicles, almost all to the ... be more apprehensive to scuff their “new bonds” with employers by associating with unions. Furthermore, results of American surveys suggested in 1985 that union leaders were ranked last among different types of leaders (i.e. business, religious, government, etc.) in having positive impacts on the U.S. (Robinson, 1985). The author of this resource stated, “…a large percentage of the general public regard union leaders and their goals with, at ...
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