Archive for January, 2009

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Fast food Advertising in China (part 5)

Advertising in China is more strongly correlated with sales than in the US but that does not mean that it is more effective. It is just that Chinese businesses are quicker to hand cash to their agencies when sales are rising and to take it away when they are falling. Most Chinese advertisers and the... ->

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Intel Core i7 (part 1)

Those of us who are familiar with technology are more or less conditioned to acknowledge and even anticipate change as a natural part of the course of things. Fresh gadgets and gizmos debut on a regular basis, each one presenting some set of advantages or refinements over the previous generation. (T... ->

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Fast food Advertising in China (part 4)

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchises focus on early childhood education. The original KFC started in 1930 when Harland Sanders began cooking and serving food at his service station in Corbin, Kentucky. Developing his Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe using a “secret blend” of 11 herbs and spices,... ->

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Frankenstein (part 2)

The 1818 edition was followed by a two-volume second edition in 1823 that had been highly corrected, almost certainly by Percy alone, who had made the creature slightly more menacing. For the third edition, published in 1831, Mary made extensive revisions and produced a longer introduction. Compared... ->

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Effect of air pollution on humman health (part 3)

Oxidized low-density lipoproteins can damage blood vessels and augment adherence and the migration of inflammatory cells to the injured area.  The formation of oxygen free radicals inside the tissues of heart is keenly associated with arrhythmias, and heart cell destruction. Heart and Lung Diseases... ->