Movement of Human Population

The Europeans migrate between areas, but stay within Europe. Most of Sub-Saharan Africa moved around within itself, although there was some migration into Northern, Southern, Western Europe, and Western Asia. North America had the most immigrants, coming from nearly everywhere. Areas with the least amount of migrants headed to the North America included: Europe, Central Asia, and Northern Africa. Emigrants out of North America either headed to Europe or South America.
It appears to me that the majority of Europeans are content in Europe with no desire to leave. The US has one of the largest number of immigrants, but a lower emigration rate. I never realized that Europe's emigration rate was so low, but thinking about it now, it is more understandable. They have no real reason to leave because they have resources and their cultures available to them, so why leave? I think the US has a higher rate of emigration than Europe because of mission work and also the desire to travel and experience other cultures. So much of the world's population moves around, whether it is in search of a change or the need for resources, medical attention, or simply a search for a better life, human migration is constantly happening around the globe.

Philanthropy Research Overview

Philanthropy has a component of volunteering/involvement and donating. Many people who make millions and billions of dollars donate their time, ideas, and money in order to benefit an organization, group, or individual they want to support. Some of the top modern philanthropists, according to Forbes, differ in donation amounts. Although one person may donate $5 billion, someone else who donated $2 billion may be ranked higher because it is a higher percent of their net worth that they're donating. Philanthropy is to benefit a group, individual, or idea for the long term or the what-it-could-be, rather than charity which supplies the immediate benefit. Other than Rockefeller and Carnegie, there are many modern day philanthropists such as: Warren Buffet, Bill and Melinda Gates, George Soros, Michael Bloomberg, Chuck Feeney, and many more. Several of which have their own foundations of philanthropy which give out grants to fund beneficial ideas or people in need.

Bradley Martin Ball Research

1. The front page article in the New York Times implies that the Bradley Martin Ball is quite a big deal. The entire front page is just about the ball and costumes, so the publishers had to assume that the readers would find it interesting and exciting. The newspaper's perspective of the ball is that it is important and intriguing to the society--noteworthy enough to use the entire front page talking about it.

2. This article explains how grand and wonderful the ball was, even though less than half of the invitees showed up (some of which even left early). The author basically states that those who didn't come missed out on a magnificent evening. This view is different than the one on the New York Times' front page because unlike the NYT, it gave an insider view on the extravagance and beauty of the event rather than just facts of the appearance of the night.

3. The clergyman felt as if the ball was way over the top and unnecessary; almost unchristian. He felt as if it was obnoxiously showing the Martin's wealth in a negative way. I think the newspaper published this article showing his views so that several different views of the ball were shown and everyone reading was able to find an article they could agree with whether it was the previous articles view, the NYT front page description, or the clergyman's.

4. This article shows that during this time society liked to be extravagant and party. It says "Under the Gray Dawn of Day" showing that the party went long into the early hours of the morning.

Thinking About Success

In order of most to least important to be successful, I said that hard work was followed by skill, then opportunity and then luck. I chose this order because you can be very successful if you put your mind to something and care about it, regardless of if you were born with talent or not. Being naturally talented at something, but not putting in any effort will only get you so far. This is like the quote, "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard". I follow these two with opportunity and then luck because even if you have skill and work hard, if it isn't the right time, it won't happen. I finish the list with luck because not everyone believes in luck. Luck is lazy and is by chance. You cannot depend on luck to become successful. What comes around goes around and if you get somewhere merely by good luck, the bad luck will get to you eventually. In the end, it is a combination of the four ideas to become successful. Natural talent needs to be backed up by hard work and opportunity with the occasional help of good luck.

Business & Clothing Industries

According to Wikipedia, "fast fashion is a contemporary term used by fashion retailers to express that designs move from catwalk quickly in order to capture current fashion trends. Fast fashion clothing collections are based on the most recent fashion trends presented at Fashion Week in both the spring and the autumn of every year."

Most clothing stores are aimed towards a certain crowd whether it's old or young, professional or casual. Former A&F CEO said that, "his perspective that A&F was for “the beautiful people,”" which is very subjective. His idea of "beautiful people" may be different than someone else's view, but this idea seemed to dismiss the company's past issues. Several companies have been booted out by fast fashion in the teen clothing market such as, Delia's, Wet Seal, and Deb Shops. American Apparel is headed that way too. Several known fast fashion retailers are, H&M, Forever21, and Zara. Forbes says, "The clothes are low-priced but stylish, styles cycle in and out of stores (and web sites) as quickly as every three weeks. That means, the product is turning well over twelve times a year, when traditional fashion retailers get excited at turns of 6 or 7." This idea shows that because of fast changing trends, people don't want to spend tons of money on designer items that will go out of style within a few months, so these stores offer low-priced 'copies' of designer items and change often. This not only is appealing to customers, but the companies make lots of money due to the constant income of new items, even though their items are cheaper in price.

Today I learned that we, as young people, fall into the trap of fast fashion and ever changing trends because we are never content. Youth is targeted because we care about the trends more than making good buys. By being oblivious to this, we are fueling the fast fashion industry. I particularly am not a fan of these fast fashion brands mentioned because while they may be inexpensive, they are poor quality. I would much rather pay more for something that will last much longer. I have also learned that fashion industries target certain audiences. I find it odd that fast fashion is taking over though because, personally, I would rather have the real, high quality item rather than a cheap fake version.