For the four essays, I intend to focus on the automotive industry in the United States. I would like to research the current problems General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler are faced with, why theses companies are in a bad situation, and possible actions to help the future of American auto manufacturers.
A few topics I could focus on:
1. How the economy has effected the industry. With the "credit crunch" not as many people are able to finance new cars. The billions of dollars Ford, GM, and Chrysler asked congress for, and why they needed it.
2. If the manufacturers should move away from the auto workers union. Are they being overpayed? Some workers in plants make more than 50 dollars an hour with full benefits for doing basic assembly line work. Are the companies spending their money reasonably or do they waste money on things like private jets for CEO's.
3. Competition with foriegn manufatcturers like Honda and Toyota. What do domestic manufacturers need to do to keep up? Go Green? More fuel efficient or alternative fueled cars?
This topic interests me because I am an Automotive major. I have also taken two years of automotive classes in highschool, two years at a community college, and I have worked full time in automotive service for two years. Actually this topic could effect my career later on in life.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
"Web of Love"
The way Helen Fisher writes this excerpt makes a good structure for a logical argument. She makes a claim in a paragraph. For example in the section "On Attachment", she makes claims about how love changes over time and becomes deeper and calmer. Then, in the next paragraph, "The Chemistry of attachment" she backs up her claim with medical research about chemicals in the brain that she believes are responsible for this.
"Web of Love" is written very well and uses a variety of logical arguments. The author uses personal accounts of her friend in the section Does Lust Trigger Romance?. In many sections she uses results from animal testing to prove her claims. She also uses medical research, and refers to the work of many psycholigists and psychiatrists. All of these facts and resources are documented in almost ten pages of footnotes, which all appear to be credible sources. This makes Helen Fisher's arguments about lust, romance and attachment also seem credible.
"Web of Love" is written very well and uses a variety of logical arguments. The author uses personal accounts of her friend in the section Does Lust Trigger Romance?. In many sections she uses results from animal testing to prove her claims. She also uses medical research, and refers to the work of many psycholigists and psychiatrists. All of these facts and resources are documented in almost ten pages of footnotes, which all appear to be credible sources. This makes Helen Fisher's arguments about lust, romance and attachment also seem credible.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Twix Commercial - Get the Girl
Twix Commercial - Get the Girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQJ2SegGWyc
The commercial i found on YouTube is a commercial made by Twix. The commercial sets up a scenario of a man and a women discussing politics. The man later on in the conversation tries to ask the woman to go back to his apartment. The Woman is offended by this. The man then quickly shoves a Twix in his mouth to buy himself time for an excuse. He cleverly comes up with the idea of just wanting the opportunity to blog about their common ideals.
This commercial is suppose to be funny. It sets up the situation that a lot of men or women can relate to, a man trying to take home a woman. The situation is funny, and awkward, because the man says the wrong thing and needs a minute to think of something to say. (Funny because it's not you) I think the commercial is successful in getting into peoples heads, maybe next time the viewer is in a awkward situation the might jokingly say "I need a twix right now."
Twix is not actually advertising that you should shove a twix in your mouth if you need a minute to think, that actually could be a choking hazard. Instead, they are just trying to trying to make a memorable advertisement that people will talk about, or that you will remember in the check out line at the grocery store, the gas station, or anywhere else you might find a twix.
The commercial i found on YouTube is a commercial made by Twix. The commercial sets up a scenario of a man and a women discussing politics. The man later on in the conversation tries to ask the woman to go back to his apartment. The Woman is offended by this. The man then quickly shoves a Twix in his mouth to buy himself time for an excuse. He cleverly comes up with the idea of just wanting the opportunity to blog about their common ideals.
This commercial is suppose to be funny. It sets up the situation that a lot of men or women can relate to, a man trying to take home a woman. The situation is funny, and awkward, because the man says the wrong thing and needs a minute to think of something to say. (Funny because it's not you) I think the commercial is successful in getting into peoples heads, maybe next time the viewer is in a awkward situation the might jokingly say "I need a twix right now."
Twix is not actually advertising that you should shove a twix in your mouth if you need a minute to think, that actually could be a choking hazard. Instead, they are just trying to trying to make a memorable advertisement that people will talk about, or that you will remember in the check out line at the grocery store, the gas station, or anywhere else you might find a twix.
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