Jared Loughner. On January 8‚ 2011 U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot along with eighteen other people at a public meeting in a grocery store parking lot near Tucson Arizona. Six of the eighteen people shot that day died. This included Arizona District Court Chief Judge John Roll and nine-year-old Christina-Taylor Green. Gifford was Holding a meeting called "Congress on Your Corner" in a Safeway store when she was shot through the head at point blank range. 22-year old Jared Loughner
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Guns Germs and Steel During the past few history lessons we watched a YouTube documentary on Dr. Jared Diamonds theories. Dr. Jared Diamond is an American author. He works as a professor of geography and physiology‚ and he is most recognized for his book “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel”‚ which he wrote in 1998. The book analyses his own theory on the evolution of society and what he thinks influenced the world to become what it is now in terms of wealth‚ development and culture. Yali‚ who was
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Jared Diamond Jared Diamond was a professor at UCLA in Los Angeles. He was a biologist by training‚ and a specialist in human physiology. But his real passion has always been the study of birds. He began watching the birds when he was about seven years old in the United States. He arrived in New Guinea at the age of 26 and he felt that it was love at first sight. Diamond started to make regular trips to New Guinea and ever since‚ he decides to be the leading expert on the bird life of the island
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to Subway executive. This is every bad stereotype about corporate America cone true‚” railed Tom DeLay‚ majority leader of the U.S House of Representatives. “I guess for some companies‚ corporate patriotism is as flexible as Jared’s waistline.” (Jared Fogle‚ well know from Subway television commercial‚ lost 250 pounds on a diet of Subway sandwiches.) Not all U.S observers trashed Subway. “This is a gross example of American overreaction‚” said Alan Hilburg‚ president of Porter Novelli Consulting
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this is the easiest way for Subway to target their products. They announce their promotions using TV ads‚ radio ads‚ newspapers‚ and online ads. Subway also uses publicity as a form of advertising. Jared Fogle‚ Billy Blanks‚ and Michael Phelps are all great examples of this. We all know Jared as the overweight college graduate who lost 245 pounds by eating Subway sandwiches three times daily‚ Billy as the fitness guru known for the Tae Bo videos and Michael‚ superstar Olympian who loves the
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sandwich shops provide fresh‚ great-tasting ’made to order’ subs‚ salads and wraps‚ with extraordinary customer service and value. Millions of customers think of Subway shops sandwich options (including ’8 under 6’ grams of fat) along with spokesman Jared Fogle -- as their preferred fast food choice for intelligent eating habits. The Subway chain has maintained a international name for offering fresh‚ tasty‚ healthier alternatives to conventional greasy foods." Subway surpassed McDonalds which is
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August 28th‚ 2013 YooSeob Jung Jared Diamond Essay 730 words In the modern time period lifestyle in which we live in now‚ it is a very common belief that agriculture was one of the greatest turning points in history. It had made our life much more convenient. Producing food wasn’t such a big issue anymore. To some‚ the change from hunter-gatherers to farmers is referred to as the most enlightening gift ever given to the human race. As though all these people consider it as a positive‚ some
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his discovery of a lost plane. The author portrays Jared as a young boy whose treatment for escapism is illusion. The author hints what Jared is avoiding to give an idea of the reason why the boy is in the woods on a cold winter day. “… Better to be outside on a cold day than in the house where everything‚ the rickety chair and sagging couch‚ the gaps where the TV and microwave had been‚ felt sad.” He detests the shabbiness of his home. As Jared made his way through the woods‚ he imagines he is explaining
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http://hbr.org/2004/07/marketing-myopia/ Marketing Myopia by Theodore Levitt Subway Restaurant: http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/default.aspx/ The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/business/ Article “Fearing a Mile-High Punk’d Prank” by Jared Fogle
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Book Review The book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel features the work of the author Jared Diamond. In his book‚ he mentions his answer to how different human societies became so diverse. Diamond doesn’t use racist answers‚ he gives an answer based on the geographical location of these diverse societies. He explains many concepts on how the location of a society can make them more diverse and more powerful than other societies. He shares many examples in history to support his thesis
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