Category: Advice

What is the difference between campaign and marketing? The term “campaign” can get thrown around in the marketing industry. A marketing plan provides the overall, high level strategy based on the brand’s objectives over a period of time. A marketing campaign is a focused, tactical initiative to achieve a specific marketing goal. What are communication…

Is Thrawn blue? Thrawn was a male Chiss, with striking blue skin, red eyes, and an angular face, known for his brilliant strategic mind and ruthlessness. He was determined to “pull the rebels apart piece by piece.” What race is Admiral Thrawn? Chiss male Mitth’raw’nuruodo, better known as Thrawn, was a Chiss male who hailed…

Is it disrespectful to be called buddy? “Bud”, “buddy”, “pal”, are all complicated. Most of the time, when they are used with strangers or acquaintances, they are condescending. At the same time, for good friends with a strong relationship, these same words are used as a term of endearment, and are not derogatory at all….

Where does the ship name Enterprise come from? When the original Star Trek debuted in 1966, the show’s creator Gene Roddenberry was inspired to name the starship USS Enterprise after the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier CVN 65, commissioned five years earlier in 1961. USS Enterprise (CVN 80) will continue that legacy of inspiring the…

Can you invest in Qatar? A new foreign investment law, which came into effect in January 2019, has made investing in Qatar easier than ever. The new law allows foreign investors to take 100\% ownership in a Qatari company. Previously, foreign investors could take only a 49\% share (with a local Qatari partner taking 51\%)….

Is Java becoming obsolete? Java is not obsolete. It’s actually become easier and cheaper to acquire, as Oracle has completed the open sourcing of not just the JDK, but powerful management and monitoring tools such as VisualVM. Why is Java considered bad? The Java programming language and Java software platform have been criticized for design…

Do elephants recognize each other? Other researchers, who studied three herds of elephants during a severe 1993 drought at Tanzania’s Tarangire National Park, found that they not only recognize one another but also recall routes to alternate food and water sources when their usual areas dry up. How do elephants recognize themselves? Elephants can recognize…

Is a 3.00 GPA good? Is a 3.0 GPA in high school considered good? A 3.0 GPA indicates a grade average of “B” and makes you eligible to apply to a wide range of schools, so yes! A 3.0 GPA is generally considered “good.” Is a 3.0 GPA good undergraduate? [Read: What Students Should Know…

Why does black suede turn green? The dye in many black leather items can contain very dark green dye and it is meant to be permanent. If the shoes got wet, the greenj dye bled onto the yellow part. Suede shoes (nor many other leather types) do not stand up well to water or wet…

Why are Rosalie and Jasper Hale and not Cullen? Jasper and Rosalie instead use Hale as their last name, and the two pose as biological siblings (and, sometimes, as twins). The Hales are not actually related at all, and Jasper’s real last name is Whitlock. It, therefore, makes sense that Rosalie held onto her original…