... Rough Draft How the differences between strong ties and weak ties influence how a meme is transferred? Every day different people and groups are transferring memes onto others and so forth. As a matter of fact, these memes are transferred in the world through many different ways and through different relationships such as strong-tie and weak-tie relationships. Even though memes are passed on and on again through these ties, it is done through a different process in these ties between people. This is shown by connecting Malcolm Gladwell’s, author of Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted, reading and Susan Blackmore’s, author of Strange Creatures, reading. Weak-ties influences how a meme is transferred by sending information to a more collective group rather than individually. “Our acquaintances-not our friends- are our greatest source of new ideas and information” (Gladwell 137). The word “acquaintances” in this quotation implies that it is better for someone to ask an acquaintance for help or information in order to get what they want. This quotation is an example of how information is easily passed on through people who barely know each other. A weak tie relationship such as acquaintances shows how memes are transferred. If looked even closer, if many people, online, give out information others would join in on the process and thus the cycle of ideas being passed onto others. Susan Blackmore the author of Strange Creatures wrote an essay describing these...
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...Danielle Hufmann 16158396 dah369@mail.missouri.edu English 1000 I have a confession to make, one that made me feel empty-headed for many years; I used to be horrible at essays! Throughout my education career I have had a difficult time writing papers, whether it was a creative writing story or a research paper. But as I struggled through every essay in English class I was able to learn a great deal of tips to help me through every mistake I made along the way, which helped me some but still, I felt lost. I have always dreaded having to write essays in English classes because I knew it would most likely only hurt my grade, but all of that changed once I found a teacher who I could open up to and who genuinely cared about me succeeding in her class. I then went from having no confidence in any of my essays, to having a smile on my face when I received them back with an A on the front. I may have struggled when it came to how to construct an essay and how to make it flow, but by the time I finished Mrs. Wiley’s class my junior year all of that changed for me. All right so now I guess the secrets out! Although I may be a good writer now, lets start back at the beginning. As I use to sit there at my desk while the teacher was handing out the rubric for the next writing assignment my hands would start to sweat and the nerves would start to kick in. All I could do was stare at my laptop not knowing where to even start. The only thing that had ever stuck with me is to use the...
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...Within the collection of unit 6, “Finding Ourselves in Nature”, Linda Hogan quoted “How often I’ve wanted to escape to a wilderness where a human hand has not been in everything”. That quote can relate to a few other stories that we have read throughout the trimester. This quote all together to me is basically saying that everyone should look at everything in their own perspective or even be their own person. One of the novels that we have read through this trimester was “To Kill a Mockingbird”. With Hogan’s quote and this story, they can relate to something in the end. Hogan’s quote ties into the story “To Kill a Mockingbird” by basically recapturing what it is told throughout the quote. In the story “To Kill a Mockingbird”, one of the main characters...
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...Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted," we are able to interpret as to how exactly memes inspire people and what consequences they bring about. The phenomena of Strong-Ties and Weak-Ties give an apt understanding of memes and their consequences. Blackmore seeming goes against the idea that us humans can generate our own ideas. As she implies "Instead of thinking of our ideas as our own creations, and as working for us, we have to think of them as autonomous selfish memes, working only to get themselves copied"(Blackmore,37). That obviously...
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...------------------------------------------------- How relevant is the setting to the characters and action of The Heart of the Matter? In your essay consider the climate and physical environment, the British colonial government and expatriates, the indigenous people and the war background. ‘The Heart of the Matter’ depends on two factors which are place and time. The setting has a true historical background but the plot is fiction. It is set in world war two, in collonial Africa,Sierra Leone. The novel is set in what Greene calls the ‘Greenland setting’. It portrays uglyness, decay, corruption and a tropical environment which effects the english collonials. The colony is brought to life, with descriptions of its climate such as rain season, sweltering sun, heavy dampness, it’s fauna are mosquitoes, cockroaches, lizards and ‘jiggers’. It is also brought to life with its mixtures of its races such as the Indians, Creoles, Syrians, a cross-section of British people, a Portuguese captain and the french officer. There are other descriptions that evoke the scene vividly like the port, with Portuguese liners and the its short lived sunset beauty, the laterite roads ans Nissen huts andthe swamps and the low hills. Unevitably it is the British presence that dominates this British colony, with its Law Courts and police stations, its gin and bitters and habit of dressing for dinner. The old school tie ans the public school generally are much in evidence, fellowes’fingering for confidence the Lancing tie’. There is also...
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...The 2009 Chrysler-Fiat Strategic Alliance Part-I What are your views of the 2009 Chrysler-Fiat strategic alliance and its future prospects in the auto industry? The strategic alliance between Chrysler and Fiat was a beneficial step for both the companies. Chrysler was facing problem of financial crisis of 2008-2009 and was not able to perform after de- merging with Daimler in the year 2007. In North-America Chrysler was facing challenges of its bankruptcy filing and global financial crisis, because of which the demand of its car decreased in the domestic market. In order to recover from this loss, Chrysler had no other option but to find a partner with whom it could serve the foreign market. Chrysler surveyed the possibilities of various big automakers like Nissan, TATA Motors, Ford, Volkswagen, GM and Fiat. Finally they decided to create a strategic alliance with Fiat. In this alliance Fiat agreed for 20% of Chrysler stake and increased to 35% within five years. With this Alliance, Fiat got the opportunity to enter the US Market and instead of paying for the 35% of Chrysler stake, they provided Chrysler access to their technology in automobiles. (Calabrese, 2012) Fiat announced publicly their intention to open a production center in North America for manufacturing of Alfa Romeo and Fiat brands. By doing so they gained 35% stake in Chrysler and gained access to the Chrysler production center in America. Similarly, Chrysler also benefitted by gaining...
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...Business, Management & Finance! College Essay Essay Editor College Application Form KLE Medical College Essay Writing Ads Uk colleges www.click-courses.com/uk_colleges Apply Online Today. 100s of courses in UK for International Students. Tips for the Personal Essay Options on the Common Application Avoid Pitfalls and Make the Most of Your Personal Essay By Allen Grove Important Note: The Common Application is changing on August 1st, 2013! The tips and sample essays below will still provide useful guidance for the new Common Application, but be sure also to check out these Tips for the 5 New Common Application Essay Prompts. The first step to writing a stellar personal essay on your college application is to understand your options. Below is a discussion of the six essay options from the Common Application. Also be sure to check out these 5 Application Essay Tips. Option #1. Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. Note the key word here: evaluate. You aren't just describing something; the best essays will explore the complexity of the issue. When you examine the "impact on you," you need to show the depth of your critical thinking abilities. Introspection, self-awareness and self-analysis are all important here. And be careful with essays about the winning touchdown or tie-breaking goal. These sometimes have an off-putting "look how great I am" tone and very little self-evaluation...
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... memory and learning. Some of the principles of Gestalt psychology are isomorphism, productive thinking as well as reproductive thinking which will be elaborated in this essay. One of the main contributions of Gestalt psychology is Gestalt therapy which focuses on helping an individual understand their internal self and the difference of what they experience and interpretation of events. Gestalt is a psychology term which means "unified whole". It refers to theories of visual perception developed by German psychologists in the 1920s. Instead of approaching psychology as atoms or elements according to Wundt's theory, Gestalt psychology, discovered by Wertheimer, a German, on the other hand, focuses on human experiencing psychological events as a whole. This essay will be focusing on some of the founders of Gestalt psychology and how it has been interpreted and developed over the years from 1880 to 1967, followed by the principles of Gestalt psychology leading to modern day contribution of Gestalt psychology. Historical Developments There were 3 main founders and contributors of Gestalt psychology. They were Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffa and Wolfgang Kohler. Max Wertheimer used to study law but his interest soon shifted to philosophy and psychology. He developed a keen interest on perception after observing how the flashing of lights at train station created an illusion of movement. He was at the University of Frankfurt where he worked with Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Kohler and the...
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...Are Children Raised by Biological Parents Better than Children Raised by Custodial Grandparents? Nowadays more women have jobs and parents are busier with work than ever before. More grandparents become weekend helpers and help to co-parent their grandchildren; however, grandparents as custodial parents are special cases. The young child’s parents may be unable or unfit to perform their roles as parent due to drug abuse, AIDS or mental disorders. Although parents and grandparents all have love for the children in their life, are children raised by biological parents better than those who are raised by custodial grandparents? This is my research question for the essay. Some sociologists argue that because of the lack of existence of parents, children grow up with grandparents cannot have a real understanding what a family is, and these children usually perform not as good as children who grow up in a normal nuclear family. I concluded some main perspectives support that there are disadvantages of children raised by custodial grandparents; these include emotional disturbance, physical weakness, incapability, social barriers and higher chance of getting substance abuse. Emotional Disturbance Fist of all, children who live with their custodial grandparents might often question where did their parents go. When they start to understand and make sense of the world, their first impression is that their parents abandoned them. From Brown-Standridge, “Custodial grandchildren...
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...“young black males are drastically overrepresented among the perpetrators of… violence.” Ultimately, the reader empathizes with Brent Staples and others in his position. The reader comes to consider a city sidewalk or a deserted street from a different perspective. In his essay, “Black Men and Public Space,” Brent Staples expresses his shock and dismay upon discovering that, as a black man of large stature, his mere physical presence inspires fear in strangers. Obviously a gentle, harmless person, Staples’ view of himself is inconsistent with stereotypes, and he convinces the reader that he is anything but stereotypical. Brent Staples acknowledges that stereotypes are often deserved, but he relates personal stories and shares his emotions, allowing readers to put themselves in his place. Additionally, Staples points out the fact that being feared by others is often dangerous. Staples’s purpose is to reduce the stereotype for the group of blacks which is that not all the black men are dangerous. Staples is conveying a message to the public to not to jump to conclusions about people’s skin colors, appearance, and by their behavior. I think the authors purpose of the story is to inform his readers about how he never felt that feeling of not being satisfactory in the eyes of the public. Even thou the author does not blame people for having this prejudice against him, because he understands that the actions of many black men have created this image, he feels hurt by peoples...
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...730 Strategic E-Business Assignment 18 Oct 2014 LIBEI 1406221 Question 1 Answer: There are four steps for developing a new strategy as following: Step 1: Strategic Analysis. City Flowers should analysis external and internal environment and first. By collecting and reviewing of information about firm’s internal processes and resources and external marketplace factors, firm can understand the situation and position well. By using PESTLE to analysis external environment and SWOT to analysis internal environment are efficient. City Flowers currently meet the 40% customer needs as the standing order from commercial clients for company reception and executive offices. 30% from individual purchasing, another 30% are orders to be delivered. Resources of City Flowers are telephone order to suppliers and visiting sales representatives to replenish supplies of soft toys and relevant gift products. Study the macro-environmental by PESTLE analysis. Such as Political factors i.e. the tax for small middleman like City Flowers will be influenced; Economic factor i.e. the GDP of country; Society factors i.e. education background and norms etc.; Technology factors i.e. the technology of keeping flowers fresh etc.; Legal and ethical factors i.e. laws for transporting flowers; Environmental factors i.e. regulations of environmental protection. Study the micro-environmental by using SWOT to analysis the flower shop’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threatens. By learning the...
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...Elijah Sharpe Dr. McGraw English 101 8 October 2014 Definition Essay: Golf the Game Played Many Ways Golf, a game played on a large open-air course, in which a small hard ball is struck with a club into a series of small holes in the ground, the object being to use the fewest possible strokes to complete the course. A game very similar to golf was recorded to be played the first time on the 26th of February, 1297 by the Dutch. Using a leather ball and a stick the objective was to get the ball to a target many of yards away in the least amount of strokes. It is said that real golf was founded in Scotland in the 17th century where actual golf clubs were used and the players putted a ball into a hole. Golf was named by the Scottish spelled gowf in Scotland. The definition of the world gowf means stick, club, or bat. Like every sport, golf has rules and instructions. The earliest documented instructions can be found in the diary of Thomas Kincaid. In his diary entry on the 20th of January, 1687 he explains the golf stroke and the instructions behind being able to hit the ball successfully. The rules of golf were first put into writing in 1744 and can now be found in the National Library of Scotland. Golf made its way to our country in 1787 when the South Carolina Golf Club was established. Many sports have only one way to be played but golf can be played in many different forms which makes golf a sport played in many different ways. The two most common ways golf is played...
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...ED 292 TEP Presentation TEP Essay Audience * 2 People / Interview team * PhDs / Ed Ds * You don’t know them (maybe) * Determining your future * Experienced Educators For your essay, this knowledge means that * your essay should sound educated, professional * your essay should be concise, to the point * you should know your content * 7 Dispositions * 6 Conceptual Framework commitments * Why you’d be a good teacher * life experiences that demonstrate CF and Ds * P-12 connection, * Your essay should have 3 or fewer grammatical errors Purpose * to prove we know what we want for our future – to be educators * to seek entry into TEP * to fully integrate CF & Ds into lived experience For your essay, this means * You are writing a persuasive essay * 1st Person is required (you can’t talk about yourself as if you are someone else) Thesis * Will emerge from the organization options below Organization * Content * 7 Dispositions * 6 Commitments of the Conceptual Framework * Personal Experience (activities including work, school, church, scouts, sports, family) * Possible Organizations * 5 paragraph theme (3 points) * 3 Content Categories * 3 Dispositions * 3 Conceptual Framework Commitments * 3 Combo (Disp/CF/Pers. Exper.) * 3 Experiences (Best Option) * 1 Experience w/3 Aspects (Best...
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...less likely to be hired and promoted. They also earn lower salaries, even in fields in which looks have nothing to do with the professional duties. Q4. Why do people object to banning discrimination based on appearance? How does Rhode address these objections. A4. Banning discrimination based on appearance because of people who are diseased, maimed, mutilated, or deformed where exposing themselves in public. Rhode address these objections if they expose themselves in public view, under the penalty of a fine of a dollar for each offense. Q5. According to Rhode, how effective are laws that prohibit appearance discrimination? What positive effects might they have? A5. The laws are unevenly enforced; they have had a positive effect by publicizing and remedying the worst abuses. Purpose and Audience Q1. Does Rhode assume that her readers are aware of the problem she discusses? How can you tell. A1. Yes, because she say, We all know that appearance matters but the pride of prejudice can rejected for a job. Q2. What preconceived attitude about appearance Does Rhode assume her readers have? A2. The attitude about appearance Rhode assume her readers have about the essay is negative because when researcher ask people to evaluate written essays the same material receive lower rating. Q3. Where does Rhodes state her thesis? Why does she state it where she does instead of earlier in her...
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...Whether you need to write a book review, a piece of literary criticism, or an essay about an author's life and works, you will find writing samples in our Novels section to use for reference and from which to gather ideas. You'll encounter writing that addresses beloved, classic literature as well as modern, controversial novels. Find expository writing that discusses the life of Nathaniel Hawthorne and his chilling novel, "The Scarlet Letter." How is "the scarlet letter" in the story more than just the letter itself? What statement was Hawthorne making about the puritan beliefs of his ancestors? Read about Hemingway's life and how it compares with the lives of his protagonists. What were Hemingway's attitudes towards war as discerned through novels like "All Quiet On the Western Front" and "A Farewell to Arms." Discover essays that examine the symbolism in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness." What did Conrad mean by the phrase "heart of darkness"? What does "The Great Gatsby" have to say about the American Dream? Is its picture of life in the 1920's a favorable one? How does F. Scott Fitzgerald's personal life tie into the plot and tone of this novel? Find essays that discuss Arthur Miller's intent for his "Death of a Salesman." How does the fact that "Death of a Salesman" is a play and not simple prose impact the effectiveness of the tale it tells? Find writing examples here that illuminate Edith Wharton's theme of failed marriages and confining social conventions as evidenced...
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