In watching the film‚ Merchants of Cool‚ which was aired in 2001‚ it is quite concerning how our society is turning to consuming as a means of achieving a satisfying standard of living. The film brought to light how large media companies‚ especially conglomerates that own all production and distribution of media from start to finish‚ study and sell to teen youths because of their large quantity of “guilt money”‚ disposable income giving to youth by parents to keep them happy. They have become the
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Nicole Angelic R. Simpao BSMT-1B Cool Runnings There really was a Jamaican bobsled team. ‚ the Jamaicans practiced on a bobsled with wheels‚ in the absence of any snow in their native land. Then they went to the winter Olympics‚ where the crowds cheered their pluck‚ if not their speed. The Jamaican national bobsleigh team represents Jamaica in international bobsledding competitions. Not only was there the novelty of having a tropical country compete in a cold-weather sport‚ but they had
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Being Cool Sources: 1. https://www.google.co.uk/#q=which+electromagnetic+waves+emitted+from+the+sun+produce+a+heating+effect http://www.universetoday.com/60065/radiation-from-the-sun/ 2. http://www.raytek.com/Raytek/en-r0/IREducation/Emissivity.htm?trck=emissivity http://www.keller-msr.com/temperature-pyrometers/emissivity-definition-and-influence-in-non-contact-temperature-measurement.php 3. http://www.gcsescience.com/pen10-matt-black.htm http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey
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THE MERCHANTS OF COOL 1) Is the "mook" (the stereotypically crude‚ adolescent male) real‚ or just a media construction? How about the "midriff" (the girl as sex symbol)? Do you know any "mooks" or "midriffs"? Do you think you or your friends are influenced by the MTV standard of "cool"? If so‚ how? Are there ways to be "cool" without copying media? How do the "mook" and "midriff" stereotypes relate to the corporate interests of the media outlets that perpetuate them (in other words‚ why these
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In the movie “ Cool Runnings”‚ the director mixes all different emotions with a storyline proving you can do anything that you put your mind to. The movie begins with Olympic hopeful Derice‚ running across Jamaica. He is doing this because he is training for the 1988 Olympic Games‚ and hopes to be a gold-medal winner just like his father was.. Then later on in the day‚ it’s race time. He’s confident he can represent Jamaica because he has been training for a long time for it. The whole country comes
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The Marketing of Cool In theory or by definition‚ to be cool means to remain calm and collected even under times of stress. But this doesn’t explain the ever so changing global culture of cool. What does it really mean to be cool nowadays‚ and why is it cool to be cool? Does it define an individual by the music he or she listens to? The lifestyles one chooses to live‚ or the culture they surround themselves in? If in fact it can be pinned down to these‚ why is it constantly changing and evolving
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Summary for Video Hunting for Good as seen on Frontline This video was about how to market to the teenagers in today’s society. Market Researchers focused on how to market “cool” to teenagers. A Market Researcher is someone who studies market conditions to find the best way to reach the local/regional/group they are marketing to. They found that the teen population is now the largest teen population ever (around 32 million). Because of this large population they are spending more money in
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ministries and is a great leap forward in terms of quality of the budget process. Yet‚ the coexistence of MTBF and traditional budgeting dilutes the achievement of reform objectives; much remains to be done to ensure ownership from line ministries and real institutional changes in budget preparation as well as a more coordinated budget and planning process. The shortcomings budgeting of traditional What can be achieved with an MTEF? Many developing countries have experienced the shortcomings
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A Cool Million is a political novel‚ in the sense that it targets a political establishment which is corrupt and racist‚ bullying and philistine‚ but its strangeness left the political movement largely nonplussed. It is a novel of the end of the American dream. It is Candide recast for twentieth-century America‚ the destruction of an innocent by a system he simply cannot comprehend. Lem Pitkin is a simple‚ if not simple-minded‚ boy who is torn apart – literally so‚ he is systematically divested of
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2012 How to Be Cool (For Guys) Alright so do you want to be cool? Have you always been looking for some guide or tutorial on how to get others to look at you and say‚ “Man‚ he’s cool?” Well here it is. If you nearly wet your pants and called your mother that you finally found a way to stop being called ‘nerd’ or ‘loser’ after coming upon this article‚ this just might not be for you. If you still have a little speck of hope left that you may have a breakthrough and come out as ‘cool‚’ then listen
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