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Suburban sprawl, the built environment associated with this development pattern, and the subsequent negative effects is a topic that has been examined in a multitude of ways by many different researchers, organizations and interested individuals. Responses to suburban sprawl seek to mitigate or correct a number of problems such as the negative environmental, social, fiscal and health effects of suburban sprawl on individuals and the community. The wide range of these effects, and the multitude…

In the article titled “5 Habits of Effective Communicators”, author Susan Tardanico presents five key communications habits that should be the focus of mastery for anyone in a leadership position. Of the five habits presented, I will discuss the following two: Making the complex simple; and listening with your eyes as well as your ears. To start off, I’ll discuss the habit of making the complex simple or, in other words, ensuring your audience understands and absorbs the meaning one’s…

Why is it that Martin Luther King is regarded as one of the most respected leaders of all time? After all, he wasn’t the only man who suffered in pre-civil rights America, so why him? How has Steve Jobs created a multimillion dollar company when his competitors are equally qualified to make all of the same products? As it turns out, all the great inspiring leaders, whether it's Steve Jobs or Martin Luther King, all think, act, and broadcast their feelings in the exact same way. It’s no mystery…

2.1: Compare ways to establish the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of an individual. People communicate to show fear, pain, love, joy, anger. Communicating with the people that you may support can be difficult at times. People have different ways to communicate, needs is one of them which include the thought of many different issues such as, • Cultural background • Self-confidence • Language • Level of learning ability • Physical ability • Sensory ability As a care…

Many things have a way of catching my eye, art is a crucial section; particularly, Sculpting. Sculpting, is a way to bring ideas to life; created three dimensional images and having them stand out is a way to decorate the world. In my opinion, sculpting is a way for artists to express themselves and show the world the talent they have to offer. This also gives them a chance to work with the elements Sculpting uses four techniques to confirm marvelous art, these include, methods of execution,…

Persuasive Method Oh, la la advertisement. “Protect yourself from the holiday self,” says the Nexium advertisement. Who does not fall for the catchy advertisement, well here is one. An advertisement Nexium from the Sports Illustrated magazine is one of the convincing advertisement in the magazine. Nexium is a very effective advertisement that uses weasel words to attract individuals rather than asking readers to think deeply about the product, as well as question themselves. In addition to the…

“Typography is everywhere. Signs are everywhere. It’s like painting with words, and everybody has to look at it. Graphic design is everywhere!”. A good majority of what she does at Pentagram, the design firm she is employed at, is typography. She has done books, album covers including that for Boston’s “More Than a Feeling” (which she hates, admittedly), and the logo…

The Renwick Gallery’s exhibition titled “Wonder” brings nine contemporary artists to create installations in each room of the building. The room I entered had to work of the artist, Tara Donovan. Her installation was large mountains of index cards that towered up to the ceiling of the large room they were in. As I walked in, I could not tell what the mountains were made of, but as I got closer I could see the individual components of the piece. The amount of index cards used for these…

3 Strategies For Enhancing Commercial Photography Commercial photography shots should generally go looking a lot more styled and polished than amateur or casual shots. If you're attempting to enter the field of commercial photography, you will find numerous things that can be done to enhance your abilities and precision. Making the effort to understand new methods to shoot commercial photographs is definitely an purchase of your future like a commercial digital photographer. Tip 1 - Turn to…

There seems to be a lot of direct and indirect messages at play in the ad, the messages have a way of catching the attention of the customers with the ad’s face value and subliminal messages. At times you may have made a purchase, whether it be small or big, and wondered why you bought it. In the advertising industry, it would make sense to go to some extremes to be the company that is remembered over the rest of the competition the creators of this ad seemed to have these extremes in spades.…