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...Macroeconomics Economic Growth & GDP “Gross domestic product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of neither public debate not the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our courage nor our wisdom, not the devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile and it can tell us everything except why we are proud to be Americans.” Quote by Robert F. Kennedy GDP GDP is not a measurement of overall prosperity of a nation and it fails to measure some aspects of a national economy. As you can gain from the quote by Robert F. Kennedy, we do not use this to measure those things which “make life worthwhile” but rather use it to judge one country from another. It helps to evaluate how societies function in different economic environments and how to use this measurement to improve conditions in a society or to keep things flowing for a healthy economy. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is defined as the total market value of final goods and services produced by factors of production. GDP also measures markets of what is being produced or whether problems are occurring. There is a relationship presented with a circular flow model that gives us a picture of the flow of production being produced in an economy. The circular flow model demonstrations product...
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...A Sunday La Grande Jatte The painting “A Sunday La Granda Jatte” is a canvas painted with oil in really small dots that makes up a whole picture and was produced in 1884. The image represents families in the late 1800s enjoying an afternoon in the park. The families are very wealthy because of the dresses and accessories they have on, for example the hats and cane. In addition the island these people are relaxing at is located in France and it is called La Grande Jatte. La Grande Jatte is painted by George Seurat who is a widely known painting in the era of impressionism with the technique known as pointillism. (technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are used to form an image) George Seurat was born in Paris, France and he was mostly raised by his mother. He first started to get art lessons from his uncle in his early years and then he went to a local art school. He attending various schools but ended up studying perception, color theory and the psychological power of line and form. (4) Which led him to start painting in the impressionism era with his bright light paintings. Impressionism is a 19th century art movement that originated with a group in Paris during 1870s to 1880s. Impressionism uses thin lines or dots to emphasize light, inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles. (3) “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” uses warm colors to represent the warmth family provides to each other and how...
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...Spilling every lie you've spilled before, still I'm not forgiving you. What's happened between us? What can I give to save us? Being righteous isn't quite enough! What's happened between us? What can I give to save me? ~A Single Moment Of Sincerity Album: Stand Up And Scream Asking Alexandria, a band that started in Dubai actually by lead guitarist Ben Bruce and his friends. They weren’t called Asking Alexandria at first, but they later changed their name to AA and then disbanded. Ben moved back to the U.K and was looking for bandmates where he saw Danny Worsnop’s cover of a song from the band Alesana. Ben contacted Danny and they started the band Asking Alexandria. They recruited other members such as Cameron Liddell (guitarist) and James Cassells (drummer) and finally Sam Bettley (bassist). The gang flew out to the U.S and started looking for a studio and record label – which they found shortly after their arrival. They recorded their first album Stand Up And Scream with producer Joey Sturgis and under the record label Sumerian Records. (Grand record label if I might add) Their debut album was released Sep. 15th 2009. They started touring and endured in countless interviews. *Interview time children* Interviewer: So guys, can I have you personally introduce yourself and your role in the band? Danny: Hi I’m Danny and I play the voice thing. Ben: I’m Ben and I play guitar and sometimes backing vocals. James: Hi I’m James and I play the drooms. (Drums) Cam: I’m Cam and...
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...be manipulated, soft statistics are numerical data that can be manipulated, official statistics are produced by formal institutions whilst unofficial are carried out by informal institutions. By definition, statistical data is quantative data which increases its reliability. Using Statistics in research has a variety of different advantages. This kind of research is cheap and easily accessible. Also, as not much time is spent on primary research, analysis will be fairly quick so the results are fairly up to date. The ready availability of official statistics mean the researcher does not have to spend time and money collecting his / her own information. Unlike in Qualitative research methods such as interviews that could possibly involve travelling costs. It may be the case that official statistics are the only available source for a piece of research. Durkheim, for example, in his study of in 1897 used official statistics drawn from coroners' reports from different societies to establish that suicide rates varied within societies. By doing this, he was able to argue that social factors, such as religious belief, were significant variables and influences in the explanation of why people committed suicide. For some topics, therefore, secondary research is the only way to find data that relates to your study. You cannot go back in time to collect data so you have to use what has already been collected. Despite the fact that Statistical data makes a piece of research highly...
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...Phuong Chu Dr. Yaquinto – Fall 2013 COMM 250 10 December 2013 Advertisement in Details Topic Description: In this essay, I want to go in depth with the perspective of advertising on society and economy and how it has influenced from generations to generations. Thousands of different stories advertising tells is that the only way to secure pleasure, popularity and happiness or fulfilment is through buying more; more consumption - regardless of how much we already have. I find this to be quite fascinating. Therefore, I want to take a close-up of what is happening in a specific advertising example of FedEx Ad. Thesis Statement: Advertising can be unbelievably effective and potent in promoting causes and beneficial products; while at the same time can be negative for forcing ideals upon its audience. Advertising, despite its causes, is beneficial and necessary towards creating a stable and free flowing society and economy. Author: Phuong Chu Most of us have come across ads everyday by any means but how many of them will remain in or minds after all; research has shown that “an average American is exposed to some 500 ads daily from television, newspapers, magazines, radio, billboards, direct mail, and so on… Of these, only twelve typically produced a reaction – nine positive and three negative, on the average” (Fowles 55). Fowles also mentioned the fifteen appeals that determine the taste and the appreciation of the viewers. Among these, the ad that I will be presenting...
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...Participant Media, River Road Entertainment and Magnolia Pictures Present A Magnolia Pictures Release FOOD, INC. A film by Robert Kenner 93 minutes, 35mm, 1.85 PRESS NOTES Distributor Contact: Matt Cowal Arianne Ayers Magnolia Pictures 49 W. 27th St., 7th Floor New York, NY 10001 (212) 924-6701 phone (212) 924-6742 fax publicity@magpictures.com Press Contact NY/Nat’l: Donna Daniels Public Relations Donna Daniels Lauren Schwartz Press Contact LA/Nat’l: mPRm Public Relations Alice Zou 5670 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 2500 Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.933.3399 ext. 4248 20 West 22nd Street, Suite 1410 New York, NY 10010 Ph: 347.254.7054 ddaniels@ddanielspr.net lschwartz@ddanielspr.net azou@mprm.com 49 west 27th street 7th floor new york, ny 10001 tel 212 924 6701 fax 212 924 6742 www.magpictures.com SYNOPSIS In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli--the harmful bacteria that causes illness for...
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...can do to help win the war on terrorism. In this book Maher criticizes our government for their failure to do so. Maher questions why we are not using methods that have been used in past wars to enlighten our citizenry. Things like posters to conserve our natural resources, providing the media with information for Americans to rally around, turning off lights that are not being used and the need for car-pooling or creating a more energy efficient form of public transportation. Some where I read that it takes eleven gallons of oil to burn a 75 watt light bulb for a year, now that is food for thought! Maher thinks the token support that Americans are engaged in is of little value; displaying flags, wearing support badges and hats, and the “shop until you drop” theme have little value. Maybe we should be doing more, but this is a totally new kind of war, not one where we are fighting another nation, but an ideology, that is supported by radical Islamists. What should our posters say “ Don’t Trust Muslims?”. Should our media televise pictures of Muslims in their Mosques preaching “kill all infidels”? I concur with Maher that we are not doing enough and that our government could do much more, but we must acknowledge the good with the bad or we are just arm chair quarterbacks that want to point fingers. Give our government credit that we haven’t had another 9/11 in almost 7 years. The Bush administration has almost fought this war alone as Democratic politicians have...
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...collectively as a country, and their art displays those things. The South Americans were made up of several different subcultural societies, who practiced their own religions and were very rhythmic with the natural and supernatural worlds. The forms of art used by these two cultures shed light...
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...MEDIA UND GSELLSCHAFT(media and society) 1) Imagined Community Benedict Andersen (politcal scientist) Without papers there is no such a scene. Nation is a community. Propaganda People who living big citi -monopolisierung -kanalisierung Most famaous propaganda poster comes from Russian Revoluation America kriegspropaganda Kalten Krieg 2)theory of propaganda a)selective perception and selection retention b)die meinungen der gruppe,zu der der empfanger gehört c)interpersnoal dissemination des kommunikationsinhaltes d)you have to convince important people opinio-formers kausalitat zwischen Konsum von Massenmedien und konkretem sozialem Verhalten ist kaum nachwiesbar. Bestenfalls können Korrelationen bewiesen werden, aber nicht Kausalitat. 3)culmination Theory George Gerbner (Media theoretiker) Mean world syndrome. People who watch a lot of tv have this syndrome. Law and Order Status Quo We can prove there is a mean world syndorme.people with this syndrome are convinced world is a bad place also they are convinced vice versa because police always wins. 8)Medieninhalt als ‘Text’ Marxisten, Strukturalisten und post-strukturalisten Roland Barthes Michel Foucault Jaques Derrida Slavoj Zizek Text is important 9) Der kulturelle Kode(key concept!) Symbols we learn and we use it culture. it helps us to communicate it can be anything. Sign, book... different culture -> different code. 10)Mytos Roland Barhes Cultural code are products of ideology...
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...than what she could get at auction. But the how this work defies our expectations in art. One of those are is representation. Art should represent something, it seems to reject and deny it. If the red and blue and been jumbled up it would look like fruit sitting on the table it would look closer to art sitting on the table. But Newman intention in painting thought, it was much more widely accessible, something that everybody can understand. His intention was to create an artistic vocabulary and have a universal appeal. He was hoping to achieve something cross-cultural, but it was naïve on the artist’s part. It’s not just its not representational. It also doesn’t tell a story, that’s what we count on, on art to tell us a story. Although, art can only show you a moment of the story. The newman said he was inspired by the old testament in the bible. How we look at it and bring our own expectations of art is much more literal. He does something symbol. He is representing a timeless essence in the story. I’m showing you the essence of the story. The difference between an art work and the expectations of art. It seems to not show any technical skills. Why this painting is controversial? Its controversial because its skill doesn’t appeal to art. Because public money bought for 1.7 billion, they believed that the dollar value did not match based on the type of skill that It is showing. Van Gogh, Vincent. Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers, 1888 The quality of genius, what defines...
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...persuade people about something Advertising has existed before the industrial revolution According to Singer advertising is… A key element in economic history as well as our social, technological, artistic and cultural histories… and perhaps one of the keys to the understanding of the evolution of our complex urban society For exams you don’t need to know date but you need centuries/periods etc. Preliterate period (3000-400 BC) Pre writing and reading period – advertising will be very different than is does now Literacy levels were low, people couldn’t read and write – so communicated with symbols 1200 BC: painted on carved messages on rocks and stones leading down paths to harbor (ship was coming in, stuff available to obtain) Fijians o Came up with the alphabet as a consistent form o Centered around biblical ideologies o When societies became literate – usually taught religious stuff only select people were taught literacy (high up people, nobility) (school comes from the word leisure, only rich people had leisure time – thought it was a foolish endeavor to teach poor because they were not smart enough) th 6 century BC: town criers most common form of advertising throughout history is oral advertising or the town crier (bellmen) o What they do is go around and be very loud voices, men always, ringing bell, delivering some kind of message, dressed in a certain way so attention was drawn to them – established their position in society, sometimes...
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...standard at all times and abortion should be no exception. The decision to have an abortion should not be a woman’s choice. Every human has the fundamental right to life. As human life, the fetus has a right to life, and so no one should deny them the opportunity to grow and develop. For those pro-abortion, if the issue lies in the uncertainty of when the fetus can be considered human life, then they should not abort since “if you aren’t sure when shooting in a bush if the target is your fellow hunter or a deer, don’t shoot.” Finally, it is to be said that a vast majority of all abortions occur for convenience, and not for reasons of rape or health. Rape and incest are only 1%, and health problems 7%, which compares to 76% being concerned about how having a baby could change the woman’s life, and 51% having problems with relationship or wants to avoid single parenthood (1987 survey by Alan Guttmacher Institute). According to an article,...
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...question is always with us. When sociologists undertake to study problems that have relevance to the world we live in, they h d themselves caught in a crossfire. Some urge them not to take sides, to be neutral and do research that is technically correct and value free. Others tell them their work is shallow and useless if it does not express a deep commitment to a value position. This dilemma, which seems so painful to so many, actually does not exist, for one of its horns is imaginary. For it to exist, one would have to assume, as some apparently do, that it is indeed possible to do research that is uncontaminated by personal and political sympathies. I propose to argue that it is not possible and, therefore, that the question is not whether we should take sides, since we inevitably will, but rather whose side we are on. I will begin by considering the problem of taking sides as it arises in the study of deviance. An inspection of this case will soon reveal to us features that appear in sociological research of all kinds. In the greatest variety of subject matter areas and in work done by all the different methods at our disposal, we cannot avoid taking sides, for reasons firmly based in social structure. W e may sometimes feel that studies of deviance exhibit too great a sympathy with the peo le studied, a sympathy reflected in t e research carried out. This feeling, I sus e d , is entertained off and on both I! y those of us who do such research...
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...focuses mainly on mechanics, and getting comfortable with a model that we can use to picture the effects of different kinds of import restrictions on particular markets. We will concentrate on the policies of tariffs and quotas. In this discussion, the question you should always be able to answer is “who benefits and who suffers from this policy?” You may notice that when we analyze tariffs and quotas we are applying microeconomic tools, looking only at markets in individual goods and not at the big picture of overall trading patterns. This is because in order to focus in on a few questions we have to make tons of simplifying assumptions. One of those assumptions is the economist’s favorite ceteris paribus (“other things being equal”), which is the convenient assumption that we can look at changes in one market while assuming that everything else in our economy is not changing. (Note for example that in Ricardian trade theory we do assume that one market affects another, when productive factors from one industry move into another industry.) We also bring over a lot of other simplifying assumptions from neoclassical micro, such as the assumption of perfect competition in domestic industry. So beware: these are starkly oversimplified models that are useful because they help us think about issues. But be careful about naively using the results from a model as a guide to policy. The core intuition of this theory, which is similar to that of the broader trade theory we examined earlier...
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...Week One Overview Why Study the Humanities? As students you are in various degree programs, what does the study of humanities hold for you? Are you really expected to care about any of this? What possible use could it be to you as you move through the various phases of your life and progress in your career? The textbook, The Creative Impulse. Sporre, D.J. 2002, defines the humanities as “those aspects of culture that look into the human spirit.” Study of the humanities traditionally includes the arts, literature, philosophy and history, and within history, the advent of technology and early scientific thought. These subjects contribute to our understanding of what it means to think, to feel, to be motivated to take action and to be human. That still sounds a little distant, doesn’t it? It’s not clear at all what any of this has to do with life as we experience it today. Consider this suggestion; that learning about these people with the strange names who lived in strange places so long ago, will open your eyes to the world around you in ways you never imagined. It will prompt you to think in new ways and to see connections between things you never knew were connected. If a genius is someone who sees connections between things that others do not, it will spark the genius within you. Some would argue that studying the Humanities in today’s cutthroat job market is a luxury we cannot afford to provide to students. The argument follows the lines of practicality...
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