...Fast Food Marketing Starting from Disney’s success, the marketing targeting to children has exploded in recent decades. As another pioneer, McDonald, one of the biggest fast food manufacturers and advertiser, invests a huge block of fund on various advertisements every year. Children now live in these advertisements and become the members of their customer group. The fast food then brings high calories, causing them fat. Is the story simple enough to say that the fast food marketing should be banned? My view is, the responsibility is not only on the marketing, but mainly on the communication and education from the parents, and the response of the government to the endless marketing. In <Your trusted friends>, the author Eric Schlosser reports that “Many studies had found that young children often could not tell the difference between television programming and television advertising. They also could not comprehend the real purpose of commercials and trusted that advertising claims were true.” This is one of the most important reasons, according to him, that fast food industry should be banned to market at children. I don’t deny that children can’t protect them from ads, but they can be influenced not only from the fast food, but also a video game, a nice snack, or even the sex and violence( if nobody controls that). Why don’t parents tell them “this is an advertisement. It is not true!” just like that they tell kids the fire is dangerous? Why doesn’t the government...
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...In his novel, Eric Schlosser discusses the fast food industry, including the process of making the food, from farm to the consumer. In one on the middle stages, specifically of producing the beef food items, workers in/from the slaughterhouse (previously mentioned as butchery) develop routines from continuously repeating tasks needed to become efficient. Killing cow After walking through the factory himself, Schlosser describes it: “Workers - about half of them women, almost all of them young and Latino - slice meat with long slender knives. They stand at a table that's chest high, and grab meat off of a conveyor belt, trim away fat, throw meat back on the belt, toss the scraps onto a conveyor belt above them, and then grab more meat, all...
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...Eric Schlosser is a well respected journalist and author, who is well known for his investigative journalism. He often writes about social issues surrounding government and big industries. Eric Schlosser’s primary argument in “Kid Kustomers” is that big industries take advantage of children's naiveté to turn a profit. After reading his essay, and considering the hard facts and statistics that he employs, it becomes easy to agree with the message Schlosser puts forth in “Kid Kustomers”. Because of children’s lack of worldly experience and analytical skills, they are easily taken advantage of, without their knowledge. “Many studies have found that young children often could not tell the difference between television programming and television...
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...Chariots of Fire Kenwood Huh Chariots of fire portrays the life of two runners, desiring to win in the Olympic games. The runners, Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, both have different ambitions which drive them to win the race. Eric Liddell is a devout Christian who opposes to run on Sunday to keep it holy while Harold Abraham would run on any day for the sake of winning. When Harold and Eric ends up racing before the Olympic games, Eric wins which causes Harold to lose confidence in running. However through this trial, Harold regains his spirit with the help of coach Sam. From here on, the film continues to focus on both of these characters back and forth as they struggle to win in the end while at the same time hold to their standards and beliefs. The love story revolves mostly around the underdog, Harold Abraham with Sybil Gordan. In the end, Harold wins his race and Eric who chooses not to run on Sunday, ends up running on a different day for the 400 metres and wins his race also. In the end, both runners show respect for one another which portrays a theme of both friendship and rivalry. There are many themes that run along the movie such as the struggles that come along with perfection, competition, and a longing to be recognized and accepted. Aesthetically, the film is a well realized in its combination of inspiring score, natural lighting, and a soft natural color palette that gives the film a classic authentic look. The untouched aesthetics of the film helps accentuate...
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...The University of Redlands Wind Ensemble, directed by Eddie R. Smith, put on a show at the Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, November 16th. Walking into the monumental Chapel I was unsure of what to expect. As I walked in I saw the amazing artwork around, the high ceilings, and a wide variety of instruments scattered on different levels of the stage. On the first level there were many small hand held instruments such as flutes and clarinets, on the second there were a wide variety of brass instruments, and finally in the last row were the percussion instruments. Knowing that it was a wind ensemble and not a traditional orchestra like the ones we have been made familiar with during this course, I was unsure of what to expect. I thought that it would be long and drawn out but I thought that I would not hate it and be able to at least respect the quality of music even if its not exactly my favorite genre. Much to my surprise, it was relatively short (only about 45 minutes) and was relatively interesting. I found myself tapping my foot to the music and enjoying the sounds very much. I was very impressed by the talent that these young men and women had, especially after hearing that they had prepared for this show in only three weeks. The first song that was played was Henry Fillmore’s “The Crosley March”. Right when I had walked in the show started and I could immediately tell the song being played was the first of the night. The song had a very festive feel to it and was short...
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...first market for Groupon was Chicago, followed soon thereafter by Boston, New York City, and Toronto. By October 2010 Groupon served more than 150 market in North America and 100 markets in Europe, Asia and South America and had 35 million registered users. The idea for Groupon was created by now-CEO and Pittsburgh native Andrew Mason. The idea subsequently gained the attention of his former employer, Eric Lefk of sky, who provided $1 million in "seed money" to develop the idea. In April 2010, the company was valued at $1.35 billion. According to a December 2010 report conducted by Groupon's marketing association and reported in Forbes Magazine and the Wall Street Journal, Groupon was "projecting that the company is on pace to make $1 billion in sales faster than any other business, ever". However, a report from Forrester Research in October 2011 suggested that the Groupon business model was a "disaster", and that the firm had become an example of "how fast an Internet darling can fall Type Public Headquarters Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Key people Andrew Mason, Eric Lefkofsky, Brad Keywell Industry Electronic commerce Revenue US$...
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...Human Relations http://hum.sagepub.com/ The Influence of Cognitive and Affective Based Job Satisfaction Measures on the Relationship Between Satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Robert H. Moorman Human Relations 1993 46: 759 DOI: 10.1177/001872679304600604 The online version of this article can be found at: http://hum.sagepub.com/content/46/6/759 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: The Tavistock Institute Additional services and information for Human Relations can be found at: Email Alerts: http://hum.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://hum.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Citations: http://hum.sagepub.com/content/46/6/759.refs.html >> Version of Record - Jun 1, 1993 Downloaded from hum.sagepub.com at KoBSON on January 26, 2013 What is This? Downloaded from hum.sagepub.com at KoBSON on January 26, 2013 from the SAGE Social Science Collections. All Rights Reserved. Downloaded from hum.sagepub.com at KoBSON on January 26, 2013 Downloaded from hum.sagepub.com at KoBSON on January 26, 2013 Downloaded from hum.sagepub.com at KoBSON on January 26, 2013 Downloaded from hum.sagepub.com at KoBSON on January 26, 2013 Downloaded from hum.sagepub.com at KoBSON on January 26, 2013 Downloaded from hum.sagepub.com at KoBSON on January 26, 2013 Downloaded from hum.sagepub.com at KoBSON...
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...Book Collection Theme: Animals Title Author ISBN # Age Appropriate Level Justification Baby Animals-Garth Williams 9781843327905 0-3 months This board book introduces several different kinds of baby animals for baby to look at. Babies are introduced to the animals’ activities through large, engaging illustrations. These are great for babies’ developing eyes. Five Little Monkeys- Eileen Christelow 9780545030151 4-6 months Although this book only deals with monkeys, it is a favorite among many children. This board book’s silly faces and antics of the monkeys before bedtime are a treat. The “chunky” style of this book is great for this age as most things go into their mouths. The repeating pattern of Mama’s words to the monkeys is an essential part of beginning to love books for young listeners. Ten Dirty Pigs- Carol Roth 0439411653 7-9 months This book makes it clear that pigs are dirty and muddy and need to take baths! Babies will be delighted by the splashing of mud and the cleaning of all pigs concerned. The getting dirty and then washing up clean will be familiar to baby. In each illustration, there are many different things going on with each pig. These activities are great for parents to point out and extend the story by talking about it with their baby. Sheldon’s Lunch Bruce Lemerise 0819310255 10-12 months Sheldon is a slithering snake whose mom makes him lunch and has no idea he will be inviting all of his animal...
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...[pic] ISL 223E FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY 1[1] Due Date: 3. 11. 2011 – until at 17.00 to Room B408[2] HARD ROCK CAFE: OPERATIONS MANEGEMENT IN SERVICE In its 39 years of existence, Hard Rock has grown from a modest London pub to a global power managing 129 cafes, 12 hotels/casinos, live music venues, a rock museum, and a huge annual Rockfest concert. This puts Hard Rock firmly in the service industry —a sector that employs over 75% of the people in the U.S. Hard Rock moved its world headquarters to Orlando, Florida, in 1988 and has expanded to more than 40 locations throughout the U.S., serving over 100,000 meals each day. Hard Rock chefs are modifying the menu from classic American—burgers and chicken wings—to include higher-end items such as stuffed veal chops and lobster tails. Just as taste in music changes over time, so does the Hard Rock Cafe, with new menus, layouts memorabilia, services, and strategies. At Orlando’s Universal Studios, a traditional tourist destination, Hard Rock Cafe serves over 3,500 meals each day. The cafe employs about 400 people. Most are employed in the restaurant, but some work in the retail shop. Retail is now a standard and increasingly prominent feature in Hard Rock Cafes (since close to 48% of revenue comes from this source). Cafe employees include kitchen and wait staff, hostesses, and bartenders. Hard Rock employees are not only competent in their job skills; they are also passionate about music and have engaging...
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...Answering the questions on the text: "Hard Rock Cafe - Forecasting" 1. Describe three different forecasting applications at Hard Rock. Name three other areas in which you think Hard Rock could use forecasting models. Hard rock café divide the forecast in long term methods where the expectations are to establish a better capacity plan and short term methods where they look for good contracts with suppliers for leather goods (clothes etc.) and definately to be more negotiable with the suppliers of food products. Also hard rock café pays attention to potencial revenues using pricing and costing information of every café. Short term of sales forecasts are calculated each month by every established site. Forecasting models could be useful in other areas like: 1. New food product and its impact. Will they be accepted by the consumers? (Long term,Strategic) 2. Human Resource forecasting. Are they good enough on what they are doing or could it be more efficient in another way? (Medium term,Operating) 3. Forecasting economic information like economic crisis or growth. 4. Opening new establishments. Is the market big enough? (Long term, Strategic) 2. What is the role of the POS system in forecasting at Hard Rock? The Point Of Sale system collects diary data of almost every consumer in every single café. That means huge information if we check out the number of visitors in almost every Hard rock Café. Furthermore this huge information means even...
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...Many won't ever know the struggle we have been through to be together and up to today. I honestly won't ever know why I decided to hold on this relationship due to the tremendously dark periods we went through. Few would say some part of me knew we were meant to be and others that I was plain stupid from taking so much nonsense from people. What many don't know is that behind all those rumors and everything bad, we been living the most pure and sincere love that in my opinion could ever exist. Every once in while we get asked questions about the past. I really don't mind answering because why deny it, if eventually the truth comes out. However, there's been many occasions where people "misinterpreted" my explanation and tell others and unwanted drama starts again. Whenever my parents hear false statements being said yeah, they give me the "the talk", "why the heck are you holding on? What are gaining out of it? Is this really worth it?" Yes it gets to me but when he tells me what he has heard, it tears me down miserably. Doubts and insecurities drain on me harshly. What if one day he can't take it anymore nonsense and decides it has no future? What if it's me? After so much why now? Although I don't say it to him personally, he gives me and our relationship more strength to keep moving on even though he's hurt by the comments. Despite all that, Ivan I just want you to know and the whole world how proud I am to be with such an amazing man. Thanks for being my light in the darkness...
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...Tatyana Dotson Part II: Report on the Condition of the South (1865) 5. According to Schurz, the overall goal of Reconstruction is to reconstruct southern society and bring it back into American Society as a whole. He also mentions that it is also about the relationship between the constitution and the general public. 6. Schurz says the transition between the freedman and the south is so difficult to achieve because the south feels that the Union was so harsh and vengeful to them, and now they are changing their way of life so drastically. He touches on this by saying “in the midst of this critical period of transition, the power which originated the revolution is expected to turn over its whole future development to another power which from the beginning was hostile to it and has never yet entered into its spirit”. This just shows how it was already problematic. Added to this, the now freedman have to fend and protect themselves in an already angry and racist environment. Schurz explains this by saying “…leaving the class in whose favor it was made completely without power to protect itself and to take an influential part in that development.” 7. Southern soldiers also faced many problems when they came back home. Schurz states that “They found, many of them, their homesteads destroyed, their farms devastated, their families in distress”. The soldiers came back to an entire new world that was unfamiliar and stressful, which cause the embarrassment....
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...[pic] ISL 223E FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY 1[1] Due Date: 3. 11. 2011 – until at 17.00 to Room B408[2] HARD ROCK CAFE: OPERATIONS MANEGEMENT IN SERVICE In its 39 years of existence, Hard Rock has grown from a modest London pub to a global power managing 129 cafes, 12 hotels/casinos, live music venues, a rock museum, and a huge annual Rockfest concert. This puts Hard Rock firmly in the service industry —a sector that employs over 75% of the people in the U.S. Hard Rock moved its world headquarters to Orlando, Florida, in 1988 and has expanded to more than 40 locations throughout the U.S., serving over 100,000 meals each day. Hard Rock chefs are modifying the menu from classic American—burgers and chicken wings—to include higher-end items such as stuffed veal chops and lobster tails. Just as taste in music changes over time, so does the Hard Rock Cafe, with new menus, layouts memorabilia, services, and strategies. At Orlando’s Universal Studios, a traditional tourist destination, Hard Rock Cafe serves over 3,500 meals each day. The cafe employs about 400 people. Most are employed in the restaurant, but some work in the retail shop. Retail is now a standard and increasingly prominent feature in Hard Rock Cafes (since close to 48% of revenue comes from this source). Cafe employees include kitchen and wait staff, hostesses, and bartenders. Hard Rock employees are not only competent in their job skills; they are also passionate about music and have...
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...Yazan Arafeh November 23, 2011 L.A/Block 4 Animal Farm Chapters 1-2 “Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle Wight boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals…Old Major (so he was always called, though the name under which he had been exhibited was Willingdon Beauty) was so highly regarded on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour’s sleep in order to hear what he had to say.”(pg 15) This is an exposition. It explains who old Major is. It explains that old Major is not his actual name. He is the boar. He is also a very important animal in the story because it says he was so highly regarded. The animals respected him like a high person. He was probably the king of the animals. Chapter 2 “And so, before they knew what was happening, the Rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was expelled, and the Manor Farm was theirs.”(pg 29) It was so unexpected that it would happen so fast. I thought the Rebellion of the animals against Man would take a very long time such as a year or ten years. It happened so fast that I was shocked. Chapter 1 Question Old Major tries to persuade the animals into a Rebellion against Man. He tells the animals what their life is right then and now, and also tells them what their life will be when they succeed in the Rebellion against Man. He persuades them by describing to all the animals how miserable, and short their...
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...I’m sure many people are qualified for this scholarship. They probably all say how they’ve loved animals ever sense they were young and how this has been there dream ever sense they were little, now I’m going to tell you why I feel like I deserve this scholarship. Yes, ever sense I was a little girl I’ve wanted to be an animal cop and yes this is my dream, but I’ve worked hard for this dream. I love to help animals in need. Some people say that some animals don’t deserve a home but I feel like some people don’t deserve an animal. I have over 300 hours at my local animal shelter and it is just sad on why some animals come into the shelter neglect, abuse, and just the fact they don’t want them anymore. What I’ve learned is people want babies so we are stuck with a lot of older animals at the shelter. Every animal deserves a second chance its just takes one person to save a life and I want to be the one who help them find each other. I am also an animal foster parent. I take home animals that are either to young to go up for adoption or hurt. Sadly not all the animals make it, I’ve actually brought home two foster kittens a week later one pasted away then a week after that the second one pasted. It’s a risk every time you take home a foster animal because trust me loose one hurts more then anything. I also take animals off the street or from people that just shouldn’t have an animal. Actually this past week I took a kitten that this girl little sister found. They kept him...
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