Rolling the R's by R. Zamora Linmark

Rolling in the Deep By Adele “Rolling in the Deep” is a song by an English singer-songwriter Adele from Tottenham, North London, England, UK. Paul Epworth who is a British Music Producer, also wrote the song. He describes Adele’s song “Rolling in the Deep”, as a dark blues-y gospel disco tune. The song “Rolling in the Deep,” features martial beats, pounding keys and chanting back-up singers. This particular piece of music is called revenge song, in which the speaker/singer rages into…

Rolling Disasters In 1886 Carl Benz applied for the patent of his “vehicle powered by a gasoline engine” leading to the birth of the automobile. His creation was a crude three wheeled vehicle powered by a 0.75 horsepower engine. (Daimler Corporation). Benz’s creation would slowly progress into what we know today as the modern automobile. The French and Germans perfected the blueprint for the early automobile, however the Americans would be the ones to dominate the industry in the early twentieth…

The United States is infamously branded as the “Great Melting Pot.” In R. Zamora Linmark’s Rolling the R’s, the reader recognizes that this legendary melting pot can also be a system that continually ensures some races and cultures remain inferior. Through a series of vignettes written with Pidgin English, the reader follows a group of Filipino-American fifth graders from Kalihi, Hawaii as they struggle with personal and sexual identities while they come of age. The characters in this novel are…

Silence. That was all that could be heard as the crowd gazed at the podium in front of them, waiting anxiously. BAM. Suddenly sticks hit drums and the crowd screamed in delight. The Rolling Stones have arrived. Landing their first gig in 1963, the Rolling Stones have traveled far in their career. They never realized that their first gig would be one of the many yet to come, making them “one of the most revered rock 'n' roll bands in the music history decades to come.” (“Charlie Watts Biography” 1)…

English: A rolling stone gathers no moss. -- A person who never settles in one place or who often changes his job will not succeed in life; one who is always changing his mind will never get anything done. A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish. People say this to mean that an ambitious person is more successful than a person not trying to achieve anything. Originally it meant the opposite and was critical of people trying to get ahead What is the meaning of 'A rolling stone gathers…

Harvard Business School 9-386-019 Rev. November 15, 1987 R&R During the summer of 1983, Bob Reiss observed with interest the success in the Canadian market of a new board game called “Trivial Pursuit.” His years of experience selling games in the U.S. had taught him a rough rule of thumb: the sales of a game in the U.S. tended to be approximately ten times those of sales in Canada. Since “Trivial Pursuit” had sold 100,000 copies north of the border, Reiss thought that trivia games might soon…

(financially) was Reiss? Why was he successful? Reiss achieved a net profit of $2.75M for its joint venture with Kaplan, departing from an initial expenditure of $50,000. In addition to that, he obtained about another million ($0.94M) by means of R&R’s negotiated commissions (See approximate calculations on annex). Reiss venture was an example of financial success. He managed to obtain a huge ROI, whilst provided benefits to other parties, without having to risk big amounts of own capital, by finding…

THE ROLLING STONES The Rolling Stones, self-acclaimed and fan-supported, is “The World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band.” The Rolling Stones is well into its fifth decade performing together as a group. They are the longest lived, continuous performing band in the history of music. From the band’s early British beginnings through the present, The Rolling Stones has continued to adapt its music to the sounds and styles of the past five decades, to remain ever visible and popular in the eyes of the…

A Different Kind of R&R One of the leading struggles for any type of brand, platform, or network in today’s technologically connected age is staying relevant. Arguably it is fairly easy to go viral on the Internet, but that does not necessarily mean long-term success after the excitement dies down. While individual people can benefit from and profit off of fifteen minutes of fame (I mean, have you seen all the things that Damn Daniel kid has been doing? He has gotten photoshoots, brand deals, and…

Rolling in the Street In May 2013, Major Bloomberg launched a new bicycle program to have an additional mode of transportation for the citizens and visitors of New York City. The Department of Transportation chose to have a Public Private Partnership with Alta Bicycle Share over a fully public operated system in order to have an effective and faster delivery of the project. In addition, Citibank paid $41 million and Master Card $6 million to be the title sponsors for the bike-share program…