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The future of Black America A reflection of Liberation and Spirituality In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. I remember saying this in elementary school, the only black girl in class. We then would wait until February, Black history Month, to deal with any of the implications that came with colonization. The trans Atlantic slaves voyagers would last from approximately 1526 to 1867, kidnapping over 12 million slaves from the coasts of Africa. Almost 11 million of the surviving chained…

Journal Entry #1: The views presented on the differences in equality between men and women in the Western Society by Virginia Woolf in A Room of One’s Own were extremely modernist for their time. Although women have made a substantial amount of revolutionary steps for the modern woman, it can be successfully argued that there is still need for a woman to have a room of hey own in order to be successful. While many hold the idea that men and women are equals in the modern day, it can be…

25 Amazing Uses for Orange Essential Oil Orange Oil Sure, you love your orange juice in the morning, but did you know that the essential oils from the fruit have much greater potential than merely a breakfast beverage? I thought it would be a great idea to look at both the health benefits as well as the in home applications of orange essential oil. The rind of the orange is just going to waste and sitting in landfills. Let's help the environment by using all parts of the fruit! This website…

Also, Nike as well successfully impacted the marketplace by finding representative spokesmen by making agreements with them with the supply of sponsorship to these sports stars. In this way, the company has been able to reach a wide number of consumers in different places. As for the different economic, cultural and demographic conditions in different local places of the world, Nike is also successful in studying the conditional influence upon the users of its major products. 5. SWOT…

would just keep getting better. In 1978, Bill Bowerman patented his waffle-sole concept. These soles were put on running shoes to give better grip. (Kratochwill) By the end of the 1970s, nearly every jogger and runner nationwide wore sneakers with a swoosh on the side. You could say the shoe became very popular, and this took Nike to another level, but while they have had success by this point in time, they weren't done yet. In the early and mid-1980s, Nike brought on the two most influential…

BOOK REVIEW “HOW BRANDS BECOME ICONS” AUTHOR: DOUGLAS B. HOLT COURSE TITLE: BRAND MANAGEMENT SUBMITTED TO: SIR KAMRAN SIDDIQUI SUBMITTED BY: SHIZA JAVED STUDENT ID: 2011-1-92-12783 SECTION: B 1. Are you proud of this assignment? Why? Why not? Yes, I am very proud of this assignment. I personally really like some popular and successful brands like Coca Cola (tops my list of favorites) and have heard a lot about Volkswagen, Nike, Mountain Dew, Budweiser, ESPN. I know these brands and I…

Oracle considered sending out her power into the doctor, but the idea of seeing a blown out knee cap made Oracle’s stomach churn. “There, now give it five minutes to run its course, and you’ll be right as rain.” “Thank you,” Reyes gasped. “Are you hurt?” A gentle hand lifted Oracle’s elbow then released it. Fingers felt around her neck and scalp. Oracle got an image flash of reddish-brown marks forming on her chin and right cheek. Above these bruises appeared a few scrapes, scabbing over. “I…

Between 1916 and 1949 a few other companies offered colored shellac discs, including a blue-shellacked series from Columbia during the 1930s and chocolate colored pressings from a budget label “Perfect Records” prior to the 1930s. In 1949 when RCA Victor launched their 45-RPM format they began color-coding their records based on genre calcification. They classifications are as follows: Black Vinyl – Pop Pressings (Prefix 47) Green Vinyl – Country Music (Prefix 48) Red Vinyl - “Red Seal”…

have experimented with pressing liquid inside a record. For Record Store Day 2012 Jack White (White Stripes) label Third Man Records released blue liquid filled record version of Sixteen Saltines. When you play the vinyl you can see the blue water swoosh around inside the record. For a 2014 Record Store Day exclusive the band Liars released a single LP which was clear vinyl with colored string pressed into the record. In 2012 The Flaming Lips released a human blood filled record for their…

After years of steering clear of sexually explicit material in favor of the frisky but softer content favored by Hugh Hefner, Playboy has embraced hardcore pay-per-view programming and has launched the hard porn channels, Spice and Vivid. In the beginning the shift proved beneficial to Playboy as in 2001 the TV production had higher margins (26%) than the magazine ones (2%) and the television business made up 45% of the revenues (Business Week, 2002). Thus, Playboy decided to expand even further…