...Smack. Smack. Smack. Trevor Bauer, the American Leagues starting pitcher fires in 95 MPH fastballs towards his catcher Russell Martin. He calls balls in, but his catcher, Russell yelled, “Try and strike a guy out.” Bauer gave him the thumbs up, and he fired three straight strikes. Bauer and Martin walk out of the bullpen back to the clubhouse. Hours pass, with a full schedule for the players: American and National League. They had a ping pong tournament, and all was well with Madden 17, foosball, and air hockey, but little did they know, there would be sabotage later. “The Homerun Derby starts at 8, so I need Lindor, Napoli, Bryant, Harper, Bautista, Donaldson, Rizzo, and Ramirez,” Francona smiled. They went down into the conference room,...
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...Background summary: Kellogg Company is a manufacturer of cereal and convenience foods, such as cereal bars, fruit-flavored snacks, frozen waffles, cookies, and crackers. Kellogg manufactures its products in 17 countries and sells its products in over a hundred countries. The sales of core products, like cereal, has declined over time in major markets like the United States and Europe. Cereal was a convenient food for breakfast, but now consumers do not have time to “sit down with a bowl, milk, and spoon.” Snacks have become a core product for the company. Kellogg acquired Pringles to expand its market share in international snacks. Kellogg’s investors were pleased with the acquisition. Mr. Bryant paid for Pringles acquisition at a high price of $2.7 billion versus $950 million of Diamond’s deal, because he speculated Pringles would help Kellogg increase profits. Kellogg has faced intense competition from GM & Ralston, Quaker, Post & Nabisco, etc.. Knowledgeable consumers and nutritionists criticized the high caloric content and use too much of salt in Kellogg’s cereals. Mr. Robert Dickerson, Kellogg’s consumer research analyst, believed that the company should refresh its entire portfolio to attract consumers by changing its image on packaging and rebranding the products. Problem statement: Kraft is refocusing their production toward snacks, and Kellogg can face intense competition. Kellogg’s core market sales, profit, and share price have declined. Kellogg must find...
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...This case is all about the Nutria – Grain. It made by Kellogg Company which is a brand of breakfast cereal and breakfast. Kellogg company is one of world leading producer of breakfast cereals and convenience food. Its aim is to maintain its position which it earn. In 2007, it was Britain’s biggest selling grocery brand, with sales figure more than $550 million. It’s brand are basically Rice krispies, special K and Nutri – Grain which are recognized by household names around the world. Its brand has its own characteristic which is snap, crack and pop. Kellogg also involve in Corporate Social Responsibility. It divide its overall market in SIX segment which are ‘Taste Start’, ‘Simple Wholesome’, ‘Shape management’, ’Inner health’, ‘Kid preferred’ and ‘’ Mum Approved’. Each brand of this product hold its own competitive market. When Kellogg recognized that there was a problem with Nutri – Grain brand and it immediately used business tools to find out the problem and solution. Its overall ain was to re-launch the brand and return its growth in its market which it acquired in previous. Product life cycle this product life cycle show how sales of the product change over time. The above picture show the five stage of product life cycle of Nutri – Grain that are LAUNCH, GROWTH, MATURITY, SATURATION and DECLINE. 1) LAUNCH: - Nutri – Grain was lunch in 1997 which become successful and gain 50% of market share of cereal bar in 2 years. 2) GROWTH: - Nutri – Grain was promoted...
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...[pic] I. Table of Contents I. Table of Contents……………………………………………………....02 II. Executive Summary…………………………………………………....03 III. Management Resume...........……………………………………….05 IV. Company Fact Sheet………………………………………………......06 V. Smack Energy Bar Ingredient list.............………………........07 VI. Smack Energy Bar Nutrition information...........................08 VII. Marketing Plan.......................…………………………….………..09 VIII. Retail Outlet Commitments………………………….............…….12 IX. Promissory Note ………………………………………………….……...14 Executive summary 3WAY Enterprises is a marketing and branding firm registered in the state of Maryland with operations in the state of Virginia and Washington DC. 3WAY Enterprises was founded by three friends who saw a window of opportunity, in bringing together two All-American phenomena: sports figures and energy bars. 3WAY Enterprises will produce, market, and distribute uniquely- branded products in partnership with sports and entertainment personalities. Each of our well-known partners will work with 3WAY Enterprises to develop a product that complements the personality’s style and appeals to their audience and fan base. Tailored originally as a performance food used in conjunction with athletic activity, the energy bar market has grown from its meek market entrance as an energy supplement...
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...parentin a child and “I was smacked as smack my promised never to ver stopped kids. Smacking ne being me or my brothers resent my naughty, but I did mum afterwards.” of Natalie, 3, Christine, mum onths and Louise, 3 m “I don’t believe in smacking as a method of pu nishment for a child who ha s done something wrong . I don’t think it works.” Lorraine Kelly, T V presenter and m um of one Most parents say their children are the most important part of their lives. They bring joy and laughter and give you a stake in the future. But sometimes being a parent isn’t easy. It can be challenging and exhausting. At such times, parents who are normally loving and caring can find themselves “losing it” and hitting their children. Most parents don’t think hitting children is right, yet in times of stress, anger or frustration find themselves lashing out. But many feel guilty afterwards and want to find better ways of handling difficult behaviour. We’ve collected the best advice from professionals, as well as some top tips from parents, to help you understand positive parenting and positive discipline, and that using physical punishment is never a good idea for children of any age. Which type of parent are you? Read the following three descriptions and decide which one you think is closest to you: “Raising children is a constant battle.” You often: • have lots of strict rules • use demands and threats to keep your child under control • punish harshly and smack often. “I just want a quiet life...
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...Stephanie Alexander Professor Brendan Praniewicz English 205 17 Aug. 2013 Everybody Say, “Yeah” Imagine the typical day of a young person in the 21st Century. She gets in her car and immediately turns on her favorite pop radio station on the way to work. Her friends from college invite her to a party after her shift ends, and she invites a few friends as well. In the car on the way to the party, while chit chatting over upbeat background music, one of them exclaims, “Oh! I love this song!” One of them turns the volume up and they all sing together to the catchy tune and the easy words of “Young, Wild, and Free” by Wiz Khalifah, “Roll one. Smoke one. When you live like this you’re supposed to party…” This line in the song is extremely easy to learn because it has been repeated several times in less than three minutes, and is set to the sound of a catchy tune. Perhaps pop music has been designed to fit into this modern lifestyle, where one is always on the go, and wants to stay active and energetic. Who has time to really listen to what the song is saying if it has rhythm and is easy to sing along to? Without listening, we tune out the important form of expression that is musical lyrics, and this drop in emphasis encourages a lack of investment in song composition. American Pop music’s language is digressing to the point where it is more offensive, repetitive, and shallower than ever. Offensive language in modern pop music is becoming more normal. The modern American...
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...Ethics, health In this essay I will be discussing the ethics of Child Discipline and Psychical abuse. The issue of parental rights is an existing part of the ethical dimensions of a parent-child relationship. It is parent’s duty to decline their child as part of their many responsibilities, however the way in which they approach this issue differs between individuals. Some people may consider smacking as a form of instilling obedience in their child from a young age. The essay will be segmented into 3 parts, firstly the supporting evidence behind why a parent my feel the need to smack a child is a necessary form of discipline, secondly why smacking a child is not the best form of controlling a adolescent and lastly ones opinion on the topic after analyzing the contrasting literature. Many people agree on the fact that smacking a child should be allowed in order to encourage appropriate behaviour. Corporal Punishments may cause a child to think twice before doing the wrong thing again due to the consequences, which consequently develops decision making skills at a young age. There are many arguments stating that smacking is different to physical abuse. Smacking is a gentle but firm slap on the child, typically with the palm of the hand as a disciplinary measure. In contrast physical abuse is punching or kicking the child with unnecessary excessive force which is not considered as a acceptable form of conduct under any circumstances. Smacking should not leave marks, no child...
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...Entertainment has always thought to have been a topic of great controversy. It has been argued that music was one type of entertainment that has the most impact. One half of the population in today’s society feels that music has a positive impact on society, by either convincing people of what is right or by improving one’s focus. The other half feels that music could not have a worse effect on society. With the increasing cursing, violence, and sex in lyrics and music videos, it is not a surprise that the majority of people feel that music has a negative impact on society. Popular music has an immensely negative impact on human behavior that causes people to become as violent, promiscuous, and drug addicted as the music to which they listen. The most popular songs nowadays usually have messages about sexual relationships. James C. McKinley Jr. talks about a recent study of popular song lyrics at the State University of New York in Albany that shows that not only do the messages about sexual relationships dominate the songs at the top of the charts, but also that songs about sex sell much better than other songs. Not surprisingly, the study found that there were gaps in between music genres. Successful country songs tended to have messages about long-term commitment to marriage, parenting children, breaks-ups, and then oaths of fidelity. But, on the other hand, the top three themes in POP songs were, in order, the singer’s sex appeal, a person’s promiscuity, and one-night stands...
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...Legal rights are those bestowed onto a person by a given legal system. The law of obligations is one branch of private law under the civil law legal system. It is the body of rules that organises and regulates the rights and duties arising between individuals. Both parents and children have rights and obligations regarding the idea of discipline, and in Australia it is effective, however, only to a certain extent. Notions of justice regarding fairness, equality, access, timeliness, enforceability and resource efficiency need to be addressed when considering these rights and obligations of parents and children regarding discipline. Discipline in the form of smacking in more recent years has become a fairly controversial topic. It is debatable in the sense that new concepts have been raised in that smacking may have long and short-term psychological effects on the child. However, it is also known that there is a clear difference between smacking and child abuse, and in terms of child abuse Australia has many forms legislation in protecting the rights of child in its current state. It is ineffective in terms whereby parents in Australia have the right to implement discipline in their own terms, on the grounds they are not not overseeing boundaries in physical punishment constituting child abuse, therefore resulting in psychological trauma. Using physical pain or even just a threat of physical pain to teach/educate/better a persons decision may be considered to many wrong. The...
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...outlaw all forms of corporal punishment and in turn, start a world-wide trend. In the years since, 32 other nations have joined the Swedes in the prohibition of corporal punishment at both school and home. Despite this, several first world countries that are generally regarded as progressive, such as the United States, Australia and Great Britain, have yet to outlaw corporal punishment. It may be argued that smacking children is proven to make them more disciplined. Pro-smacking parents argue that they only smack their children gently, but not so hard that it causes ‘visible bruising, grazes, scratches, swellings and cuts’[2]. Likewise, they only discipline their children with smacking if the child is doing something that could cause self harm and/or harm to others. In these instances, by smacking a child, parents claim that the child realises and understands what they are doing wrong and will learn to not do it again. Moreover, other parents say that they only smack their children if a set rule has been broken, for example, swearing. Additionally, studies conducted by Marjorie Gunnoe, a Psychologist at Calvin College in Michigan, US, have revealed that children who are smacked between the ages of two and six...
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...apex predator. They are hunted during the dry seasons when a handful of land creatures migrate to the sea. Like every other creature, the turlleys control the population of animals. For example, the armfish produces many young during the season of growth, so the turlleys mainly eat the fish’s young. This creature produces sexually and mate for life. The female lays a clutch of eggs that range from five to seven eggs, then the male fertilizes the eggs to create zygotes. Both male and female watch over the eggs for a human year and after they hatch, the parents watch over them for seven more years. They are fully grown when they reach seven, so they either stay in their parents’ smack or join a different one, a smack is a group of turlleys that live, hunt and eat together. Most offspring stay with the smack they are born into, but it is not uncommon for them to join a different...
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...Brand Communities: For the love of Brands Smack took a long look at some of the world’s top brands and found the most successful businesses all have one thing in common: a loyal following of everyday consumers. Consumers that form vibrant and loyal communities around a brand, what Smack calls Brand Communities. This white paper is designed to give you a general introduction to the Brand Community, and the benefits and philosophies of Brand Communities to your business. The Changing Consumer If you think that the introduction of the Internet into popular culture was a world changing event, you really haven’t seen anything yet. Right now, as you read this, the very fabric of the Internet is changing. Never mind the billions of web sites currently in existence. Never mind the boundless libraries of both old and cutting edge information all readily available. The Internet has become more than that, it has become a tool that facilitates the most basic of human needs: a tool for conversation. Through blogs, message boards, and sites like MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and Flicker, people are now engaging in conversation with countless others. Engaging others with similar interests. Sharing opinions, photos, news, videos, and taking note of new ideas. People now have networks of friends they have never physically met, networks that surpass international boundaries, all with many shared interests like childhood buddies, music, and more. Brand Communities When looking at brands...
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...closed this era. The Automatic Music Company made the world’s first automatic music selecting phonograph, the jukebox, jazzed up the clubs in 1927. The name of the jukebox came from the word jook, an old African-American term that means to dance. Costing only a nickel, the jukebox could play whatever song someone desired and made “juke joints” very popular. (Sandhyarani, 2013)("The History of the Jukebox"). For a tasty drink, Edwin Perkins and Kitty Perkins added to their inventions in 1927, with Kool Aid. Kool Aid originally started as fruit smack, in Hastings, Nebraska. Edwin and Kitty had moved to Hastings for the railroad to better transport their product, Nix-O-Tine. Edwin, working for many years in his mother’s kitchen, almost had Fruit smack perfected at the time of the move. Fruit Smack, shipped in a small bottle of liquid for families to enjoy, made shipping very difficult. Finally, Perkins realized how to remove the liquid from fruit smack and leave only the powder. His new invention, Kool Aid, with powder, made shipping his product around the country much easier. (Sandhyarani, 2013)(McGrath, 1999, pp. 75-76). As a refreshing treat, Eduard Haas the Third invented the PEZ Candy in 1927. The German word, pfefferminz, means peppermint. PEZ candy earned it’s name from this German word. Ironically, Eduard Haas III, did not originate in Germany, but in Austria, Germany’s neighbor. ("Pez | History of Pez", 2010). Making children happy all around the world, bubble gum, invented by...
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...complete recovery. Use alpha=5%. :___p=0.3______:___p>0.3_______ Given a=0.05, the critical value is |Z(0.05)|=1.645 (check standard normal table) phat=140/300=0.47. The test statistic is: Z=(phat-p)/√[p*(1-p)/n]=(0.47-0.3)/sqrt(0.3*0.7/300)=6.43. The p-value is P(Z>6.43)=0 (check standard normal table). Since the p-value is less than 0.05, we reject Ho. Can the biochemist conclude that his new drug is more effective than the existing drug in the treatment of this skin disorder? So the biochemist can conclude that his new drug is more effective than the existing drug in the treatment of this skin disorder. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________Of 180 adults who tried Smack Smack, a new candy, 99 rated it excellent. Of 220 children sampled, 163 rated it excellent. Using a significance level of 5%, can we conclude that there is a significant difference in the proportion of adults versus children who rate the candy excellent? Given n1=180, p1=99/180= 0.55////n2=220, p2=163/220=0.74.:__p1=p2_:p1 not equal to p2. Test Statistic: Z=(p1-p2)/√[p1*(1-p1)/n1+p2*(1-p2)/n2] =(0.55-0.74)/sqrt(0.55*(1-0.55)/180+0.74*(1-0.74)/220)=-4.01. P Value: The p-value is 2*P(Z 3.0646] = 0.21604 Conclusion: The quality control engineer can conclude that the part quality and manufacturer are independent (p > 0.05). 2. A consumer research agency was asked to determine if the consumer preference in packaging...
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...is terrible at welding so he never gets payed enough to keep his family going. - [ ] You see James really does try for his family and he just really doesn't want to quit his job he to him he is doing amazing because he still manages to keep food on the table. But to his family they were suffering because of his happiness. They are not all happy with where they live in that small apartment in New York City - [ ] They all went to bed that night and when James woke up he couldn't move as easily as he could before. Then his beautiful wife Candice woke up screaming wondering why in the world there is a beetle laying next to her instead of her husband! - [ ] As Candice goes to smack away at James he tries to scream "Candice it's me" but no words could come out of James mouth Candice smacks James and he went flying across the room and he hit the edge of his nightstand knocking the wind from his lungs. He lays there under the bed for at least and hour before he finally regains his thoughts and breath. While James lays there under the bed thinking to himself not only did he mentally feel like a vermin to his family he know physically became a beetle and if that doesn't make it bad James can't go to work today! James sits there thinking how is he family going to survive when he is the only one that makes the money. His grandmother Janice is too old to work in her health conditions. And his daughter Stacie is to young to even...
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