Resolved Question: Should I be applying to other companies while I'm interviewing with one?

I'm in my internship semester at college, which means that I don't have any daytime classes but will have to spend most my time on work placement. I decided to go a step ahead and just look for a paid full time job that's relevant with my field of study. I listed a lot of companies to apply to, but didn't get around to send my resume to many. Anyway, one of the first companies I applied to just interviewed me today, and a follow-up is scheduled. It is a prestigious media group, where I would be hired to report and write for their newest lifestyle magazine; but the chief editor told me that there would be opportunities for me to transfer to the other magazines, newspapers, and TV stations in the group. I've a feeling that I will end up working here, but I can't know that for sure because it's still the very early stages of our negotiations. My campus sent me an internship form to fill out; I'll have to name at least 3 companies with their contact persons. If I am already working, I could submit a letter from my employer and count that as my internship as long as I can justify how it will apply the things I've learnt from my college classes. I have applied to several "companies", but really my major is performing arts and most of the organizations I applied to are theatre communities from which I am expecting no pay. I sent resumes, but most didn't reply, and the one that did wasn't currently recruiting, so I wouldn't have contact persons for those organizations either. The other companies I considered included advertising companies, embassies, UN bodies, and international schools, but I didn't get around to write to any of them. Should I be applying to other companies and comparing their offers? Or should I just blindly stick to the good offer I currently have my hands on? This offer is rare enough and I don't take it for granted, but do smart job seekers always have a back up plan? Or is it better to not apply to others at all than to risk turning down a good offer I might not be able to follow up on? more

Resolved Question: Earth’s largest economy…American Women. Women how do you feel about being treated as a consumer object?

"Women’s marketplace dominance is clear in every area. Statistics overwhelm and convince us that women are the market and the economy as demonstrated not only by the Business Women’s Network but Marty Barletta in her new book on marketing to women. Marty Barletta notes, “Women are responsible for 83% of all consumer purchases. * Home furnishings (94%) * Vacations (92%) * Houses (91%) * Consumer electronics (51%) * Cars (60% of purchases and influence 90%)" http://www.roadandtravel.com/newsworthy/newsandviews04/womeninmarketplace.htm ------------------------------------------------------ Women are the dominant spending force in almost every retail/business category and are the most affluent and influential consumers of today. * Of all consumer purchases, women are responsible for 83% * Homes: Directly purchase or influence the purchase of 91% of all new homes * Home fix-up purchases: More than 55% * Retail: Account for 88% of customers in the US & Canada * Auto: Make more than 50% of all auto purchases and influence 85%. * Home furnishings: 94% * Vacation choices: 92% * House purchases: 91% * Consumer electronics purchases: 51% (women are involved in 89% of all consumer electronic purchase decisions) * Home Computers: Account for 66% of all purchases * Bank Accounts: Hold 89% of all accounts * Credit Cards: Women carry 76 million credit cards, 8 million more then men—(Fast Company, 2004) * Healthcare: Make 80% of Healthcare decisions and account for 67% of spending * Health: Purchase 65% of herbal remedies, vitamins and minerals and purchase 80% of all healthcare * Beauty and hygiene: Purchase more than 90% * Clothes, accessories: Wear more than 90% of items such as jewelry and perfume * Meetings: Plan the meetings and comprise the majority of certified meeting planners * Office Supplies: Purchase $44.5 billion * Lawn movers: Purchase approximately 81% of riding lawn mowers All facts noted above are from the 2005 Wow! Quick Facts book and the U.S. Census Bureau, 2004 http://www.ewomennetwork.com/specialoffers/advertise.php ------------------------------------------------------ If we follow the money trail, the system makes it easy for male resources to be transfered into female hands, AA, quotas, family law. The media which is mostly aimed at women (80% of all advertising is aimed at women), tells you that men are always wrong so when he says dont buy you are less likely to listen and it tells you what to buy so the resources transfer up to the corporations that make the products and your media with relative ease. The question is, while we hear so much about women being sexually objectified and how evil it is, why is there no good or accurate discussion and analysis on the objectification of women as consumer units whos behaviour patterns are inputted via the mass media? In fact, this hype monetising and controlling of gathering behaviour is often depicted as being sucess, by certain groups.***In fact, this hyper monetising and controlling of gathering behaviour is often depicted as being sucess, by certain groupsYes dark eyes, family necessities and office supplies are covered in the categories above. more

Resolved Question: Will more people turn out to wave Ca$hley goodbye for his (hopefully) one way trip to Madrid...?

than turn up for Chelsea's CL home group stage games? Still lmao at Chelsea failing to fill their ticket allocation for their home tie v Anderlecht a few years back despite using every advertising medium possible...Bloos - yes, but can Ashley? As good as he is, and I freely admit he's every bit as good as our own Evra, wouldn't it be detrimental to hold onto a player who clearly doesn't want to be there? It's nothing against Chelsea, this 'man' has managed to find himself in a bitter conflict with the entire nation, him leaving for Real would certainly be no reflection on the wages that Chelsea pay to secure the loyalty of their top players. more

Resolved Question: How come Fox "fair & balanced" News not reported on the White Nationalist openly running on the GOP ticket?

A New Hampshire man who has sparked controversy for spewing racist, white supremacist views has decided to use his divisive platform to campaign for a New Hampshire State House seat. Ryan J. Murdough, a 30 year-old who works with special needs children at a local youth center, is the "state chairman" of an organization called American Third Position, or A3P, a group that defines its mission as "represent[ing] the political interests of White Americans, because no one else will." (The site currently advertises a "moneybomb" for Murdough, with a fundraising goal of $2,500.) In a caustic letter titled "We must preserve our racial identity" published by the Concord Monitor at the beginning of the month, Murdough offers his beliefs on white supremacy and racial segregation: For far too long white Americans have been told that diversity is something beneficial to their existence. Statistics prove that the opposite is true. New Hampshire residents must seek to preserve their racial identity if we want future generations to have to possibility to live in such a great state. Affirmative action, illegal and legal non-white immigration, anti-white public school systems, and an anti-white media have done much damage to the United States of America and especially New Hampshire. It is time for white people in New Hampshire and across the country to take a stand. We are only 8 percent of the world's population and we need our own homeland, just like any other non-white group of people deserve their own homeland. It gets worse: "In celebration of Black History month, I am going to recognize what they do best,commit crime,get AIDS/STD's,blame whitey,cry racism." (sic), Murdough once wrote on his Twitter page, which has since been deleted (don't worry though, because according to Murdough: "I am a moderator at www.whitenews.com where I can write more lengthy posts if I choose). Murdough filed as a Republican candidate earlier this month, but the Ashland, New Hampshire man's extreme views have since led to a few state GOP members to publicly condemn him, but Murdough doesn't seem to care. "I don't really need any Republican help. I wasn't looking for it in the first place," Murdough said. "As a whole, I think they've sold white people out." more

Resolved Question: Goal for High School Smoking Is Unmet?

The nation has failed to reach its 2010 health goal of reducing high school smoking to 16 percent, federal officials said Thursday in a report calling for a resurgence of antismoking advertising to counter the tobacco industry’s $12 billion marketing campaign. “People are getting the image that it’s cool to use nicotine as a drug,” Terry F. Pechacek of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an interview. “We need to bring back our voice, our antismoking mass media campaign.” The popularity of hookah bars and smokeless nicotine products, Mr. Pechacek said, are the modern equivalent of the banned Joe Camel cartoon in their appeal to youths. And some experts worry that the new health campaign against obesity — spearheaded by Michelle Obama from the White House — may be hampering donations to antitobacco campaigns as public health issues shift in emphasis and compete for funds. “Over all, the antismoking countermessage has been lost,” Mr. Pechacek said as the C.D.C. released its biannual survey of more than 10,000 high school students, showing 19.5 percent of them are smokers. High school smoking rates dipped significantly to 21.9 percent in 2003, from 34.8 percent in 1995, then progress stalled, he said. One-third of high school smokers are expected to die prematurely of tobacco-related disease, said Mr. Pechacek, the associate director for science in the agency’s Office on Smoking and Health. With about four million students graduating from high school each year, the difference between the current rate and the “Healthy People 2010” goal set by the government 10 years ago amounts to an additional 140,000 student smokers and 46,000 premature deaths for each high school class nationally. Separately, a New England Journal of Medicine commentary on Wednesday was titled “Don’t Forget Tobacco.” “By assuming that the tobacco war has been won, we risk consigning millions of Americans to premature death,” Dr. Steven A. Schroeder, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and Kenneth E. Warner, dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, wrote in the article. “At a time when all eyes are focused on health care reform, escalating medical costs and childhood obesity, cigarette smoking remains by far the most common cause of preventable death and disability in the United States,” they added. “The prevalence of smoking in the United States hovers at 20 percent, more than eight million people are sick or disabled as a result of tobacco use, and smoking kills 450,000 Americans annually.” Because of a lagging antismoking campaign, they said the total smoking rate in the nation was expected to decline only to 16 percent by 2020, and to stabilize at 13.5 percent after midcentury unless more was done to stop it. Mr. Warner said financing for antismoking promotions had been lost from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which has turned more toward childhood obesity, and the American Legacy Foundation, an antitobacco group created in the 1998 master settlement agreement between states and the tobacco industry. Some public health experts say they are concerned that obesity campaigns have attracted more money and attention recently than programs against tobacco. And Mrs. Obama’s national campaign against childhood obesity is occurring at a time when President Obama has said he has found it difficult to quit smoking. “I find it ironic, but I think it also points out the challenge, the addiction that smokers are faced with,” Mr. Warner said. “Those are the two pre-eminent public health issues of the day. What I regret is when we start posing obesity versus tobacco, rather than saying those issues are so important to public health, both of them, that they need to be elevated above the fray.” ( how you think thos problem should be solved or should be met?) more

Resolved Question: How do you think advertising (and other media) "quotas" should be handled when it comes to race?

I recently saw photos taken in a shoot with a local clothing store. The resulting images will be used primarily in local store advertisements, most likely within a twenty mile radius. The store markets toward females, and twelve local young women were used as models. I noticed something interesting, though...three are white, three are black, three are Hispanic/Latino, and three are Asian. While this does give equal precedence to each major race sector, it doesn't represent the local race distribution at all. We don't come anywhere close to having equal numbers of those four groups. I've seen three primary methods of handling this sort of thing: 1. Based on equal numbers. 2. Based on proportional distribution of the overall area the advertisement/etc. will serve. 3. No set quota at all. What do you think of each type? Do you think that "quotas" should be determined? If so, how?Arrogant bastard -- but bad ethics can raise eyebrows and harm the business side of things. I do agree that number two is the most appropriate method, however. more

Voting Question: Is my speech good enough?

The Media and our Body Images of female bodies that have the 'perfect' figure are all over the world. Women-and their body parts- sell all from foods to cars. Young women are being brainwashed into thinking that the ideal shape means to be skinny,tall, furthermore, being flawless, also known as perfect. ** thesis goes here** It's not just development that affects self-esteem. Many other factors (like media images of skinny girls) can affect a person's body image too. Seeing these images over and over may lead women to think that their own bodies are not acceptable, leading them to develop unhealthy body images. And unfortunately, such negative feelings can sap self-esteem and set the stage for eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia. Many women will strive for that 'perfect' frame no matter what they have to do. All the negative influence that the media is portraying as the 'perfect' body are causing more problems then solving them. People are beginning to go to great length just to stay thin, and flawless. An American research group of eating disorder, says, that one out of every four college-aged women uses unhealthy methods of weight control—including fasting, skipping meals, extreme exercise, abuse, and self-induced vomiting. Young girls, too, are being affected to stay thin. But we can stop this! One of the ways we can protect our self-esteem and body image from the media's definitions of beauty and acceptability is to become a critical viewer of the media that we are bombarded with each day. The media's news about body shape and size will affect the way we feel about our bodies and ourselves only if we let them. So, be aware of the 'flawless' images, the stereotypes based more on looks than on talents. The put-downs of people who don't fit the narrow definition of ideal. When we effectively recognize and analyze the media's messages that influence us, remember that the media's definitions of beauty and success does not define our self-image or potential. Overall, though its sad to say, media has completely took over our lifestyle. Although, it can be changed, it all depends how we feel about ourself. No one should want to change who they are because the media makes women feel like we have to 'look a certain way' or 'be a certain way'. The media is just words and pictures designed to advertise products and endorse. The harmful messages they send shouldn't be listened too! __________________________ If my speech needs correction or fixing, please fill free to do it. For my intro. im having problem on my thesis. Can you guys help me think of a thesis statement? more

Resolved Question: 1. This American monument was inspired by Ramses’ Abu Simbel.?

* Washington Monument * Mount Rushmore * Statue of Liberty * Lincoln Monument 2. Ramses’ first temple at Abu Simbel intended to send this message. (1 point) * a message of celebration and joy * a message of welcome * a message of fear and power * a message to guide visitors to the capital 3. James Montgomery Flagg used this kind of advertising technique in his WWI recruitment poster featuring Uncle Sam, a respected and admired symbol. (1 point) * the rich-and-famous technique * a testimonial * use of an icon * repetition 4. This is the name of the cloth woven in Ghana that is often used as an indicator of a person’s status. (1 point) * Arabic * Kente * Ghanese * Congan 5. This North African garment is loose-fitting and related to the toga. (1 point) * Kente * Simbel * turban * haik 6. This is formed when a group of artists with similar styles band together. (1 point) * art movement * art style * art history * art expression 7. This happens as symbolic, traditional dress in Africa is replaced with Western styles of clothing. (1 point) * The dress becomes more popular. * The dress loses its meaning. * The meaning of the dress changes. * both b and c 8. The American landscape painters of the late 19th century painted the western landscape of the United States. Their paintings could best be described as this. (1 point) * very realistic * frightening * parodies * romantic 9. If you wanted to transfer the image of a postcard to a larger sheet of paper, you would use this process. (1 point) * rich-and-famous technique * gesture drawing * mural drawing * scale drawing 10. This is the illusion of distance in a two-dimensional artwork acheived by altering the value and intensity of color and the detail. (1 point) * linear perspective * atmospheric perspective * haze perspective * aeronautic perspective 11. This is a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious type of artwork. (1 point) * prestige * slogan * parody * testimonial 12. This type of ad implies the product will make you beautiful. (1 point) * slogan * testimonial * icon * rich-and-famous 13. This type of ad uses a celebrity to endorse the product. (1 point) * slogan * testimonial * icon * parody 14. This is an object or item that represents a rank or standing in a group. (1 point) * icon * slogan * status symbol * power symbol 15. The format of a two-dimensional artwork refers to this. (1 point) * the artist's style * if it is held in a horizontal or vertical direction * the medium of the artwork * the subject {1} OK {1} ##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]## {1} Yes No more

Resolved Question: Here is my resume, how come nobody wants to hire me?

LEADERSHIP IN UNIQUELY CHALLENGING SITUATIONS Dynamic, result oriented leader with a strong track record of performance in turnaround and high paced organizations. Utilize keen analysis, insights and team approach to drive organizational improvement and implementation of good practices. Superior interpersonal skills, capable of resolving multiple and complex (sales, human resources, legal, financial, operational) issues motivating staff to peak performance. Additional areas of expertise include: •Strategy, Vision and mission planning. •Sales & Marketing leadership •Profitability and cost analysis •Programs, services and products •Billing, collection and cash management •Contract negotiations & strategic Alliances •Finance, Budgeting & Cost management •Public relations & media affairs •Policy and procedure development •Licensing and trade mark •Team building and Performance improvement PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PRESIDENT 2007 MANUFACTURING CORPORATION… ERASED MA President of a Food and Beverage manufacturing company that specializes in vitamin fortified teas and juices. It is an emerging leader in the food and beverage industry. Notable Accomplishments: •Oversaw that manufacturing and production are completely in compliant with government regulations •Conducted new business development activities as a way to promote the company’s products and services and build a relationship within the community and consumers •Developed New product ideas for future trends and healthy consumptions to satisfy customer wants and needs •Generally responsible for all aspects of marketing, Advertising and sales of company products •Enhanced business infrastructure resulting in improved performance and cost reduction ACCOUNT MANAGER/CONTROLLER 2005-2007 BANK CORPORATION… Account controller of the leading provider of financial services to institutional investors. Their investment services include and not limited to research, investment management, trading services and investment servicing. Notable Accomplishments: •Responsible for ensuring full compliance of divisional daily core operation standards, operational and client-specific procedures •Monitored amount of income and post daily expense accruals based on client direction •Calculated cash availability accurately to meet performance standards for limited complexity portfolios •Work with fixed income and hedge funds •Participated on a team responsible for merging multi-million dollar, complex companies. Project was transparent to customers with un-interrupted service •Maintain daily/monthly supporting documentation for all outstanding items and records required for fund audits •Calculate Net Asset Value per share •Maintained heavy load of accounts; kept each account balanced and ready for daily investments PERSONAL BANKER 2002-2005 FINANCIAL GROUP…. Banker for a $167 Billion commercial bank holding company. One of the 10 largest Commercial banking companies in the United States. Owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland. Notable Accomplishments: •Opened new business and personal account •Prospected for new business and personal clients with high net worth’s • Responsible for closing loans approved by the loan officer •Involved in setting up the new banking branches in the city EDUCATION erased College … Business Administration Management conc, Minor in Marketing MEDIA RELATIONS, APPERANACE AND RECOGNITIONS THE LYNN ITEM: (HEADLINE) ....erased...... Launches Manufacturing Company BEVNET.COM: (HEADLINE) ...........................................erased........ super-premium line for today’s health-conscious consumer... YEARS ERASED Letter of recognition From Massachusetts State Senator,: more

Resolved Question: I want to translate English into Gujarati?

Citizen Group of companies is a young and dynamic media company, with a youthful and enthusiastic team determined to accomplish the vision of becoming a World-class Indian Publishing & Online Media. Citizensindia.com is a leading structured local search, directory and media company that connects consumers and merchants through trusted content, local expertise and user-friendly tools. By delivering trusted content citizensindia.com empowers users to make easy decisions about where to spend their time and money. Our business philosophy is based on four core values: Customer Focus Operational Excellence, Product Leadership and People. We believe that the ultimate identity and success of our company will reside in the exceptional quality of our people and their extraordinary efforts. For this reason, we are committed to hiring, developing, motivating and retaining the best people in the industry. Our mission is to be World-class Indian Publishing & Online Media benchmarking ourselves against international standards and best practices in terms of product offerings, technology, service levels, risk management and audit & compliance. The objective is to build sound customer base across distinct businesses so as to be a preferred Yellow Pages & Call Centre Services for target retail and wholesale customer segments, Professionals, Industries & Other Small & Medium enterprises so as to achieve a healthy growth in profitability, consistently & business in crores. We are committed to do this while ensuring the highest levels of ethical standards, professional integrity, corporate governance and regulatory compliance. Our business strategy emphasizes the following :- 1. Increase our market share in India's expanding Yellow Pages & Call Centre Services industry by following a disciplined growth strategy focusing on quality and not on quantity and delivering high quality customer service. 2. Leverage our technology platform and open scaleable systems to deliver more products to more customers and to control operating costs. 3. Develop innovative products and services that attract our targeted customers and address inefficiencies in the Indian advertising sector. 4. Focus on high earnings growth with low volatility. COMPANY PROFILE Citizen Group of Companies •Citizen Infoline Ltd. •Inception: 1994 & 1996. PROMOTER DIRECTORS Mr. O. P. Jain & Mr. T. S. Jain. The Promoters of Citizen Group Mr. O. P. Jain & Mr. T. S. Jain were initially involved in Textile business and later diverted their business to Finance and Investment sector. The Promoters have formed a company called "Citizen Securities Limited" in year 1994 for the finance and investment business and came out with a Public issue aggregating Rs. 322 Lacs in year 1995 which was oversubscribed by 108 times. Further in year 1996 they constituted another company named "Citizen Amusement & Organizers Ltd" for real estate business. Later in year 1997 the Group has diversified its business in to "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY" in association with A & M Communication Pvt. Ltd. and has launched Tele Information Service on Telephone no. 211 2222 in Ahmedabad city. The revolutionary concept that has changed the way people buy Products & Services. After detail research & exploration in the field of advertising and communication, The group has launched first of it's kind Yellow Pages with two additional features for the first time in India with the brand name of "Citizen's Yellow Pages" having assistance of Call Centre and inbuilt Telephone Diary in year 2001. These two new !! features in the field of Yellow Pages added by Citizen group has made the Yellow Pages more frequently used and covered lots of negative points and limitation the print media. It's the one and only Yellow Pages in India with online help. The Yellow Pages is having backup of Call Centre which helps it's users to find any Products or Services from The Yellow Pages and the inbuilt Telephone diary in the Yellow Pages make the Yellow Pages frequently used, that is how the advertisers of Yellow Pages gets more business compare to other Yellow Pages. Subsequent to this features company started first of its kind Yellow Pages website with the help of which user started getting information of products and services online. Addition to this was the customers display advertisement available online which helped them to generate more business. The company has started its first branch from Ahmedabad city and after getting great success of the unique Yellow Pages and iNFOLINE Services in Ahmedabad, The company has started branches in others cities i.e. Mumbai, Chennai , Pune, Vadodara, Surat & Rajkot . FUTURE EXPANSION PLANS: The company is highly optimistic about its future expansion of business and planning to start branches of Yellow Pages and iNFOLINE Services in all Metro and other big cities of more

Voting Question: i need to choose a class, which one sounds better?

This is the information we were given for these two subjects: Digital Media This exciting course will develop your creative ICT skills using the latest computer technology. You will learn new software applications and use them to create mini projects of your choice. We will be exploring web site design, computer animations, digital imaging and movie making. You will also be able to use object based programming language skills in designing and creating a computer game. The emphasis is on the practical use of software rather than documentation. If you are interested in expressing your imagination in new, dynamic ways then this is the course for you. OR Students say… You may have noticed all the awareness information for the charity KIVA around school. This is coming from the year 11 business and enterprise group. We have been doing lots of cool stuff like dancing to thriller in our lessons. However we do actually do things that are sort of important. Thrillerthon is one of the many ideas for the future that you could carry on. We have also taken cake sales to a new level with our pre-ordering and intensive advertising campaign raising a record amount of money for cake sales. As well as this we are running the Wii club every week. This work is going to the charity KIVA. You’ve probably got the message about it by now but just incase; KIVA is a charity that works in supporting social entrepreneurship in developing countries. In English that means it raises money to be invested in people’s small scale businesses for them to bring themselves out of poverty, then pay back the money which can be re invested. Emma says ‘At the time it didn’t feel like we were doing any serious work but looking back on it I’m proud at the amount we’ve achieved.’ what would you choose also im in year nine and these are once a week lessons for when im in year 10Another one i might choose is PE with a difference This course will incur some costs and sometimes we will not be coming back straight after school. BUT we may not do the activities you normally associate with curriculum PE. In the past we have been able to offer, depending on numbers and availability, a little dance and trampolining but we also propose to try cycling, rock-climbing, (indoor and out), squash, badminton, Pilates, yoga, golf, skiing, Taekwon-do, horse riding, curling and even ten pin bowling. more

Resolved Question: Presentation idea for school!?

I am in the 8th grade and i'm GT and we have to do something called TPSP. We have to choose a research topic. Mines is Teenage Obesity. My main focus question is how advertising affects teenage obesity. I already turned in my writing product which is a letter to APHA (American Public Health Association) to try and put restraints on the amounts of advertising done for unhealthy food on tv. I need a presentation idea to show my findings to my classmates and teachers. A powerpoint can only be used as a visual aid and it had to be creative and not boring. I got a suggestion for a speech to give to a group with the power to affect change in advertising and media (like members of Congress, or the FCC, or a group of advertising executives). But i don't know how to make this not boring. PLEASE HELP! Any ideas are great! more

Resolved Question: Please give constructive criticism for my research paper (not very long at all). I'd appreciate it! Thanks!?

Hi, I'm an 11 year old in 6th grade who is writing a research paper on eating disorders. I was wondering if you guys can give me any constructive criticism, especially on my transition statements, conclusion, and intro. It is kind of long so if you don't want to read all of it, skip to the intro and conclusion, but best answers will give me constructive criticism on my paper. Tell me if you've read all of it, only intro and conclusion, or skimmed. Thanks! I really truly appreciate your help! BTW, I never ask questions on here, I'm on my friend's account-- she's older than 13. Eating Disorders What types of eating disorders are there and what are the characteristics of each? About one-fiftieth (1/50) of the population has an eating disorder. That is about two out of every hundred people. People in their teens (especially ages 14-17) get eating disorders more frequently than other age groups. They are dangerous and take a heavy toll on one’s body. They also can cause severe problems in the body and sometimes even death. All of these facts make it extremely important to know more about Anorexia, Bulimia, other eating disorders known as EDNOS, what they are, and types of treatment. Eating disorders are extreme eating behaviors, unlike dieting and exercising. They form when a person has negative feelings and thought towards their body image, and are now starting to develop at disturbingly young ages. “Research shows that 42% of first- to third-grade girls want to be thinner and 81% of 10 year-olds are afraid of being fat. In fact, most kids with eating disorders began their disordered eating between the ages of 11 and 13.” (Eating Disorders 1). Two more widely known eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. People with Anorexia Nervosa have “an extreme fear of weight gain and a distorted view of their body size and shape.” (Eating Disorders 1). The effect of this is that they would do almost anything to have a low body weight including exercising, dieting, limiting their calorie intake, and more. People who have anorexia tend to eat little food and a lot of them usually have a low body weight, whereas people with bulimia eat a large amount of food at once and then they vomit. Some people describe this as “… self-induced vomiting or laxative use” (Eating Disorders 1). Other disorders include chewing and spitting out food, uncontrollably eating a large amount of food, and vomiting after eating a normal amount of food. These disorders do not have a specific name, so they are called EDNOS- eating disorders not otherwise specified. EDNOS have the characteristics of an eating disorder but don’t qualify as one that has its own specific name. All of these eating disorders have something in common, even though they may seem very diverse: a cause. Most of the eating disorders are caused by a great number of things including, “…cultural and family pressures and emotional and personality disorders. Genetics and biologic factors may also play a role.” (Eating Disorders- Causes 1)People who have a family history of obesity, a history of abuse, a family history of emotion disorders and/or addictions, and poor parental behavior and parental attitudes all play roles in why a person gets an eating disorder. Most models, actors, actresses, and even a large number of normal people are slender, and this causes the people who aren’t so lean to make themselves think that they need to be. Clothing is usually meant for slender bodies, yet the media advertises “junk foods” so that they look appealing. However, they still require for you to be thin to fit into certain clothing properly. There can be a number of abnormalities in our bodies that can make us develop an eating disorder; these abnormalities take place in a small part of the brain called the limbic system, specifically, the abnormalities take place in the hypothalamic-pituitary-axis (HPA) .The best way to prevent an eating disorder is for a person’s friends and family to be supportive and positive about the food a person is eating, and making sure that they don’t eat too much or eat too little, like patients with anorexia. Anorexia nervosa is one of the most common disorders; anorexia; it also has a lot of symptoms that can be deadly. Anorexia is Latin for “nervous loss of appetite”. It is “…characterized by a severe revulsion towards eating that results in extreme thinness and sometimes even death from self-inflicted starvation.” (Anorexia Nervosa 1). People with Anorexia are usually very underweight and often look emaciated. They will usually only eat certain foods and eat very little of it, which is why anorexics desperately want to be thin, but when they are thin, they imagine that they are fat and the cycle starts all over again. This is a very serious condition, and about 1 in 20 people who have anorexia die from it, usually of suicide. When people starve themselves over a long period of time, the conditions of their bodies and minds chan more

Voting Question: Please give constructive criticism for my research paper (not very long at all). I'd appreciate it a lot!?

Hi, I'm an 11 year old in 6th grade who is writing a research paper on eating disorders. I was wondering if you guys can give me any constructive criticism, especially on my transition statements, conclusion, and intro. It is kind of long so if you don't want to read all of it, skip to the intro and conclusion, but best answers will give me constructive criticism on my paper. Tell me if you've read all of it, only intro and conclusion, or skimmed. Thanks! I really truly appreciate your help! BTW, I never ask questions on here, I'm on my friend's account-- she's older than 13. Eating Disorders What types of eating disorders are there and what are the characteristics of each? About one-fiftieth (1/50) of the population has an eating disorder. That is about two out of every hundred people. People in their teens (especially ages 14-17) get eating disorders more frequently than other age groups. They are dangerous and take a heavy toll on one’s body. They also can cause severe problems in the body and sometimes even death. All of these facts make it extremely important to know more about Anorexia, Bulimia, other eating disorders known as EDNOS, what they are, and types of treatment. Eating disorders are extreme eating behaviors, unlike dieting and exercising. They form when a person has negative feelings and thought towards their body image, and are now starting to develop at disturbingly young ages. “Research shows that 42% of first- to third-grade girls want to be thinner and 81% of 10 year-olds are afraid of being fat. In fact, most kids with eating disorders began their disordered eating between the ages of 11 and 13.” (Eating Disorders 1). Two more widely known eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. People with Anorexia Nervosa have “an extreme fear of weight gain and a distorted view of their body size and shape.” (Eating Disorders 1). The effect of this is that they would do almost anything to have a low body weight including exercising, dieting, limiting their calorie intake, and more. People who have anorexia tend to eat little food and a lot of them usually have a low body weight, whereas people with bulimia eat a large amount of food at once and then they vomit. Some people describe this as “… self-induced vomiting or laxative use” (Eating Disorders 1). Other disorders include chewing and spitting out food, uncontrollably eating a large amount of food, and vomiting after eating a normal amount of food. These disorders do not have a specific name, so they are called EDNOS- eating disorders not otherwise specified. EDNOS have the characteristics of an eating disorder but don’t qualify as one that has its own specific name. All of these eating disorders have something in common, even though they may seem very diverse: a cause. Most of the eating disorders are caused by a great number of things including, “…cultural and family pressures and emotional and personality disorders. Genetics and biologic factors may also play a role.” (Eating Disorders- Causes 1)People who have a family history of obesity, a history of abuse, a family history of emotion disorders and/or addictions, and poor parental behavior and parental attitudes all play roles in why a person gets an eating disorder. Most models, actors, actresses, and even a large number of normal people are slender, and this causes the people who aren’t so lean to make themselves think that they need to be. Clothing is usually meant for slender bodies, yet the media advertises “junk foods” so that they look appealing. However, they still require for you to be thin to fit into certain clothing properly. There can be a number of abnormalities in our bodies that can make us develop an eating disorder; these abnormalities take place in a small part of the brain called the limbic system, specifically, the abnormalities take place in the hypothalamic-pituitary-axis (HPA) .The best way to prevent an eating disorder is for a person’s friends and family to be supportive and positive about the food a person is eating, and making sure that they don’t eat too much or eat too little, like patients with anorexia. Anorexia nervosa is one of the most common disorders; anorexia; it also has a lot of symptoms that can be deadly. Anorexia is Latin for “nervous loss of appetite”. It is “…characterized by a severe revulsion towards eating that results in extreme thinness and sometimes even death from self-inflicted starvation.” (Anorexia Nervosa 1). People with Anorexia are usually very underweight and often look emaciated. They will usually only eat certain foods and eat very little of it, which is why anorexics desperately want to be thin, but when they are thin, they imagine that they are fat and the cycle starts all over again. This is a very serious condition, and about 1 in 20 people who have anorexia die from it, usually of suicide. When people starve themselves over a long period of time, the conditions of their bodies and minds chan more

Voting Question: Could someone give me constructive critisicm on a research paper?

This is a research paper. If there is anything wrong with it, tell me what is. Tell me how to fix it. Is the first sentence captivating? Does the last sentence FEEL like it's the end? Is it good? If you were a teacher, what is the grade that you'd give me? Keep in mind that this was made by an 11 year old (I'm on one of my friends' accounts.) the 1st question is the topic question. It's kind of long, but the one with the most constuctive criticism will get 10 points. Please read this. Eating Disorders What types of eating disorders are there and what are the characteristics of each? About one-fiftieth (1/50) of the population has an eating disorder. That is about two out of every hundred people. People in their teens (especially ages 14-17) get eating disorders more frequently than other age groups. They are dangerous and take a heavy toll on one’s body. They also can cause severe problems in the body and sometimes even death. All of these facts make it extremely important to know more about Anorexia, Bulimia, other eating disorders known as EDNOS, what they are, and types of treatment. Eating disorders are extreme eating behaviors, unlike dieting and exercising. They form when a person has negative feelings and thought towards their body image, and are now starting to develop at disturbingly young ages. “Research shows that 42% of first- to third-grade girls want to be thinner and 81% of 10 year-olds are afraid of being fat. In fact, most kids with eating disorders began their disordered eating between the ages of 11 and 13.” (Eating Disorders 1). Two more widely known eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. People with Anorexia Nervosa have “an extreme fear of weight gain and a distorted view of their body size and shape.” (Eating Disorders 1). The effect of this is that they would do almost anything to have a low body weight including exercising, dieting, limiting their calorie intake, and more. People who have anorexia tend to eat little food and a lot of them usually have a low body weight, whereas people with bulimia eat a large amount of food at once and then they vomit. Some people describe this as “… self-induced vomiting or laxative use” (Eating Disorders 1). Other disorders include chewing and spitting out food, uncontrollably eating a large amount of food, and vomiting after eating a normal amount of food. These disorders do not have a specific name, so they are called EDNOS- eating disorders not otherwise specified. EDNOS have the characteristics of an eating disorder but don’t qualify as one that has its own specific name. All of these eating disorders have something in common, even though they may seem very diverse: a cause. Most of the eating disorders are caused by a great number of things including, “…cultural and family pressures and emotional and personality disorders. Genetics and biologic factors may also play a role.” (Eating Disorders- Causes 1)People who have a family history of obesity, a history of abuse, a family history of emotion disorders and/or addictions, and poor parental behavior and parental attitudes all play roles in why a person gets an eating disorder. Most models, actors, actresses, and even a large number of normal people are slender, and this causes the people who aren’t so lean to make themselves think that they need to be. Clothing is usually meant for slender bodies, yet the media advertises “junk foods” so that they look appealing. However, they still require for you to be thin to fit into certain clothing properly. There can be a number of abnormalities in our bodies that can make us develop an eating disorder; these abnormalities take place in a small part of the brain called the limbic system, specifically, the abnormalities take place in the hypothalamic-pituitary-axis (HPA) .The best way to prevent an eating disorder is for a person’s friends and family to be supportive and positive about the food a person is eating, and making sure that they don’t eat too much or eat too little, like patients with anorexia. Anorexia nervosa is one of the most common disorders; anorexia; it also has a lot of symptoms that can be deadly. Anorexia is Latin for “nervous loss of appetite”. It is “…characterized by a severe revulsion towards eating that results in extreme thinness and sometimes even death from self-inflicted starvation.” (Anorexia Nervosa 1). People with Anorexia are usually very underweight and often look emaciated. They will usually only eat certain foods and eat very little of it, which is why anorexics desperately want to be thin, but when they are thin, they imagine that they are fat and the cycle starts all over again. This is a very serious condition, and about 1 in 20 people who have anorexia die from it, usually of suicide. When people starve themselves over a long period of time, the conditions of their bodies and minds change; their emotions are affected too. TheyThey are life-threatening disorders, many teens have them, and they are deadly. Thankfully, now you know about eating disorders. Specifically, you know facts about Anorexia, Bulimia, EDNOS, what they are, types of treatment, and how they effects the body, so now you can protect yourself from these awful disorders! That was the last sentence. It cut it off for some reason. I typed this on word, were everything was nice and neat and lined up, etc. Do not comment on anything but the actual context please! more

Resolved Question: Are there jobs Americans won’t do?

Please read and comment: Are there jobs Americans won't do? By INGER EBERHART March 14, 2010 http://www.macon.com/2010/03/14/1057490/are-there-jobs-americans-wont.html?pageNum=2&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container Like most Americans, as an African American, I would find it quite refreshing to hear “leaders” in the minority community and editorial writers acknowledge the damage done by illegal immigration. The Americans most and first affected by the crime of illegal immigration are native-born Hispanics and African Americans. “I don’t believe there are any jobs that Americans won’t take, and that includes agricultural jobs,” says Carol Swain, professor of law at Vanderbilt University and author of “Debating Immigration.’” “Illegal immigration hurts low-skilled, low-wage workers of all races, but blacks are harmed the most because they’re disproportionately low-skilled.” Not the concept promoted by the uniformly constructed columns from the media elite who are now in panic mode because President Obama has not pushed for another amnesty for illegal aliens as promised during the campaign. As if with one voice, editorial writers and guest columnists nationwide are hopefully promoting the notion that our economy, job market and national morality would somehow be boosted if we legalized 12-20 million illegals who were able to make it past our Border Patrol agents. Nonsense. A new Zogby survey finds that minority voters’ views are somewhat different than advertised by the “amnesty now” editorial writers. The poll of Hispanic, Asian-American and African-American likely voters finds that overall, each of these groups prefers enforcement and for illegal immigrants to return home. As Dr. Steven Camarota of the Washington, D.C. based Center for Immigration Studies notes, “These views are in sharp contrast to the leaders of most ethnic advocacy organizations, who argue for increased immigration and legalization of illegal immigrants. The Zogby poll also exploded many of the myths of monolithic Hispanic views on illegal immigration and enforcement. Most members of minority groups do not feel illegal immigration is caused by limits on legal immigration, instead, members feel it’s due to a lack of enforcement. - Hispanics: Just 20 percent said illegal immigration was caused by not letting in enough legal immigrants; 61 percent said inadequate enforcement. When asked to choose between enforcement that would cause illegal immigrants in the country to go home or offering them a pathway to citizenship with conditions, most members of minority groups choose enforcement: - Hispanics: 52 percent support enforcement to encourage illegals to go home; 34 percent support conditional legalization, - Asian-Americans: 57 percent support enforcement; 29 percent support conditional legalization, - African-Americans: 50 percent support enforcement; 30 percent support conditional legalization. We are endlessly bombarded with the worn out and absurd concept that the majority of Americans who demand border security and equal protection under the law — even immigration law — are somehow “anti-immigration.” We already take in more immigration than any nation on the planet. No one can envy the job of the propagandists who are charged with convincing us that we need amnesty for 12-20 million more workers or welfare recipients while Americans and real immigrants struggle. Officially, national unemployment sits at 10 percent and the numbers are even worse for black males. That group suffers an unemployment rate of more than 17 percent. Each time the federal government conducts raids on employers who employ illegals — formerly shut out poor Americans fill the job slots. Many times, wages then go up. It’s just not true that undocumented workers are doing the jobs that we won’t do. Honesty on immigration is at a premium these days. Americans should make a decision on whom to believe: The writers and ethnic-based groups with an agenda or the voice of the people who demand a fair chance at jobs. Comments? more

Resolved Question: Did you know the Church of the Euthanasia is the only True church?

I invite you to join, it's an officially registered not-for-profit religious group. It gained media attention when members of the church appeared on the Jerry Springer segment "I want to join a sucide cult". Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Church of Euthanasia posted to its website a four-minute music video titled I Like to Watch, combining hardcore pornographic video with footage of the World Trade Center collapse. The montage featured an electronic soundtrack recorded by Korda and the lyrics, "People dive into the street/ While I play with my meat." Korda described the project as reflecting his "contempt for and frustration with the profound ugliness of the modern industrial world." The church's website previously had instructions on "how to kill yourself" by asphyxiation using helium. These pages were removed in 2003 after a 52-year-old woman used them to commit suicide in St. Louis County, Missouri, resulting in legal threats against the church. The one commandment is "Thou shalt not procreate". The CoE further asserts four principal pillars: suicide, abortion, cannibalism ("strictly limited to consumption of the already dead"), and sodomy ("any sexual act not intended for procreation"). The church stresses population reduction by voluntary means only. Therefore murder and involuntary sterilization are strictly forbidden by church doctrine. For more information and pictures of public protests and advertising please visit: www.churchofeuthanasia.org For other information you can visit the Church's website directly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_euthanasia Our Reverend is a transsexual named Chris Korda. May Jesus be with you. more

Resolved Question: If deportation of all illegals crushes the Hispanic Market, do anti-immigration folks care?

And do they have a plan to cover those billions, maybe even trillions lost to the US economy? I ask about Hispanics/Hispanic Market because they seem to only focus on them. ================================== The Growing Hispanic Market in the United States Virtually every type of company and organization in the United States is being impacted by the growth of the Hispanic population. You see it in government, healthcare, manufacturing, food service, construction, education, finance, legal, and these are just a few examples. Marketing and selling to the U.S. Hispanics has become so important that universities are offering programs on the subject. Florida State University has recently created a center for Hispanic marketing communications offering graduate certificates and undergraduate minor programs. Following are some facts for consideration: U.S. Hispanic purchasing power has surged to nearly $700 billion and is projected to reach as much as $1 trillion by 2007, nearly three times the overall national rate over the past decade. (Source: HispanTelligence®.) The top areas where Hispanics spend more than non-Hispanics are: groceries, telephone services, furniture, men’s and boys apparel, children’s clothing and footwear. (Source: Selig Center.) The U.S. Hispanic market ranks as the third largest “Latin American economy” behind Brazil and Mexico. There are more Hispanics living in the United States, than the entire population of Canada, which is 32.5 million. (Source: U.S. Census.) We are like a country within a country. Hispanic advertising by U.S. companies grew 24 percent in 2003, compared with 8.6 percent for the general market. (Source: Media Economics Group, research firm that tracks Spanish-language marketing.) By mid-century, 25 percent or one out of every four people in the United States will be Hispanic. The African American population by mid-century will remain at the current rate of 13 percent of the total United States population. (Source: U.S. Census Bureau.) An IRS report predicts that 1 out of every 10 small businesses will be Hispanic by the year 2007. Today the proportion stands at 1 in 13 and rising. (Source: Hispanic Trends.) http://www.strictlyspanish.com/white_paper4.htm more

Resolved Question: What is a good idea for a school political party commercial for government project?

Using one true media for platform listed out but what is a good song to use in the background? We were assigned to do a "conservative" party platform w/ a running president and vice-president (that are students in our group) and the commercial is just advertising them. more

Resolved Question: Could I get some comments/criticism on the beginning of my story?

This is the final time I'm posting this, I promise! The first chapter of my story- thoughts? Joseph Danske, who preferred to be called "Jojo", studied the crowd that stood across the street as he waited for the crossing signal to turn to "walk". He didn't exactly like what he saw. For one thing, there wasn't a lot of variety in color, most people he could see were dressed in green and black, the school colors. That was a bad sign. He thought of the cherry red jeans he was wearing, and sighed. Jojo was a skinny, blonde, medium-tall boy of sixteen. He had a very sharp face, and his eyes were sea-green, fringed with dark, thick lashes. He eyes, he thought, were his best feature, so he played them up with makeup. Maybe I should've been a little more conservative for the first day, he thought. He hadn't wanted to move to this little town; he'd loved St. Paul. Now, he was, face-to-face with the dilapidated brick building that was Sanderson High School. He already missed his old school. Why had his dad had to transfer? And to here, Paxton, South Dakota, of all places? The crossing signal turned to "walk" and he crossed the street, painfully aware of his hip-swinging gait. He pulled his thighs together and tried to walk "normal", like other boys did, but to no avail. He gave it up in a matter of seconds. They'll just have to take me for what I am, he thought determinedly. As he walked across the water-deprived lawn toward the school, he felt people staring at him. The loud, ostentatious conversations turned quickly to hushed whispers, some giggles, as he passed. Keeping his head up, he pushed his long, blonde bangs out of his eyes. As he looked around for a friendly face, Jojo accidentally made eye contact with a large, burly fellow in a letter jacket who looked like he wanted to sock Jojo in the face. The boy was standing with a few others who looked practically identical to him. All of them looked at him with narrowed eyes. All that muscle, thought Jojo, but with fright rather than appreciation. He quickly went to stand as far away from that group as possible. As he stood there, in that little out of the way corner, he listened, zeroing in on conversations, trying to find one he could jump into. "Dude, are you kidding me? Bethany Morgan? Like, how did she make cheerleader? She's never even…" "Transformers, man. Best movie ever. That chick is hot." "Our varsity is gonna be so good this year; Johannes is quarterback." "So, I was thinking this year, like, for homecoming, we could, like…" "Yea, well, Coach Jones is gonna really crack down about that this semester…" "Oh my god, you can't have Rhodes! All her test days mess up our volleyball schedule!" "Well, personally, Rogers and Hammerstein isn't my favorite. I mean, it isn't bad, but I kind of tend to prefer people like Schwartz or Sondheim. Or Sir Andrew." Jojo whirled around. Somebody was discussing Broadway composers- who? Where? Were there cultured people to be found in this hick-town? Then, he saw them; two girls, standing a little apart from everybody else. One of them was blonde, her thick hair in a waist-length plait. She was medium height, and in terrific shape. She wore a fitted, bright pink top advertising "International Music Camp", dark-wash skinny jeans, and knee-length, light pink, suede, flat boots. The other girl, the one who'd spoken, was taller. No, wait, she wasn't. It was just her shoes. She was wearing black peep-toe heels with buckles, black tights, and a purple knit mini-dress, along with perfectly matched jewelry. She had long, wavy dark brown hair, and was extremely pretty. Jojo wondered if there was a way he could start talking to them. Just as the blonde girl started to reply that she actually loved Rogers and Hammerstein musicals, her friend noticed Jojo. "Hi!" she said, looking at him with a winning smile, "I've never seen you before- are you new?" "What? Oh. Yeah- I just got here yesterday, actually. I'm from St. Paul." "Nice place", said the blonde girl, "I was there last summer with my aunt." "I miss it." The brunette smiled sympathetically. "What's your name, hon?" she asked. "Jojo- that's really Joseph. Jojo Danske." "That's a nice name. Snazzy- I like it. I'm Johanna Di Marcie", she replied, energetically shaking Jojo's hand. "Madison Schumann", said the blonde, with a smile and a conservative wave. "Wow, you're cute", said Johanna, studying Jojo up and down, "What do you do?" "What- what do I do?" asked Jojo, confused. "She means", explained Madison, "What are you in to? Do you like to write, run, dance, draw, swim, act, sing…?" "Oh! Well, I sing, for one- tenor, or countertenor, somewhat. I love acting, yes… and I do dance. Ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop and ballroom, since I was eight." Johanna and Madison looked at each other. Suddenly, Jojo was met with a stifling hug from Johanna as Madison clapped with glee. "Where have been all out lives? asked Johanna.Eventually, it does have some romance, but I don't want that to be the main point of the story, just part of the overall outcome. Yes, the story's mainly about him... but there are other characters who come in in more detail later, who also develope and change a lot. more

Resolved Question: I'm trying to write a story... could someone give me some constructive criticism on this bit?

I know I've already posted this once, and I got two wonderful answers, but I'd really like to get a couple more if I could! I really want to improve my writing, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Joseph Danske, who preferred to be called "Jojo", studied the crowd that stood across the street as he waited for the crossing signal to turn to "walk". He didn't exactly like what he saw. For one thing, there wasn't a lot of variety in color, most people he could see were dressed in green and black, the school colors. That was a bad sign. He thought of the cherry red jeans he was wearing, and sighed. Jojo was a skinny, blonde, medium-tall boy of sixteen. He had a very sharp face, and his eyes were sea-green, fringed with dark, thick lashes. He eyes, he thought, were his best feature, so he played them up with makeup. Maybe I should've been a little more conservative for the first day, he thought. He hadn't wanted to move to this little town; he'd loved St. Paul. Now, he was, face-to-face with the dilapidated brick building that was Sanderson High School. He already missed his old school. Why had his dad had to transfer? And to here, Paxton, South Dakota, of all places? The crossing signal turned to "walk" and he crossed the street, painfully aware of his hip-swinging gait. He pulled his thighs together and tried to walk "normal", like other boys did, but to no avail. He gave it up in a matter of seconds. They'll just have to take me for what I am, he thought determinedly. As he walked across the water-deprived lawn toward the school, he felt people staring at him. The loud, ostentatious conversations turned quickly to hushed whispers, some giggles, as he passed. Keeping his head up, he pushed his long, blonde bangs out of his eyes. As he looked around for a friendly face, Jojo accidentally made eye contact with a large, burly fellow in a letter jacket who looked like he wanted to sock Jojo in the face. The boy was standing with a few others who looked practically identical to him. All of them looked at him with narrowed eyes. All that muscle, thought Jojo, but with fright rather than appreciation. He quickly went to stand as far away from that group as possible. As he stood there, in that little out of the way corner, he listened, zeroing in on conversations, trying to find one he could jump into. "Dude, are you kidding me? Bethany Morgan? Like, how did she make cheerleader? She's never even…" "Transformers, man. Best movie ever. That chick is hot." "Our varsity is gonna be so good this year; Johannes is quarterback." "So, I was thinking this year, like, for homecoming, we could, like…" "Yea, well, Coach Jones is gonna really crack down about that this semester…" "Oh my god, you can't have Rhodes! All her test days mess up our volleyball schedule!" "Well, personally, Rogers and Hammerstein isn't my favorite. I mean, it isn't bad, but I kind of tend to prefer people like Schwartz or Sondheim. Or Sir Andrew." Jojo whirled around. Somebody was discussing Broadway composers- who? Where? Were there cultured people to be found in this hick-town? Then, he saw them; two girls, standing a little apart from everybody else. One of them was blonde, her thick hair in a waist-length plait. She was medium height, and in terrific shape. She wore a fitted, bright pink top advertising "International Music Camp", dark-wash skinny jeans, and knee-length, light pink, suede, flat boots. The other girl, the one who'd spoken, was taller. No, wait, she wasn't. It was just her shoes. She was wearing black peep-toe heels with buckles, black tights, and a purple knit mini-dress, along with perfectly matched jewelry. She had long, wavy dark brown hair, and was extremely pretty. Jojo wondered if there was a way he could start talking to them. Just as the blonde girl started to reply that she actually loved Rogers and Hammerstein musicals, her friend noticed Jojo. "Hi!" she said, looking at him with a winning smile, "I've never seen you before- are you new?" "What? Oh. Yeah- I just got here yesterday, actually. I'm from St. Paul." "Nice place", said the blonde girl, "I was there last summer with my aunt." "I miss it." The brunette smiled sympathetically. "What's your name, hon?" she asked. "Jojo- that's really Joseph. Jojo Danske." "That's a nice name. Snazzy- I like it. I'm Johanna Di Marcie", she replied, energetically shaking Jojo's hand. "Madison Schumann", said the blonde, with a smile and a conservative wave. "Wow, you're cute", said Johanna, studying Jojo up and down, "What do you do?" "What- what do I do?" asked Jojo, confused. "She means", explained Madison, "What are you in to? Do you like to write, run, dance, draw, swim, act, sing…?" "Oh! Well, I sing, for one- tenor, or countertenor, somewhat. I love acting, yes… and I do dance. Ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop and ballroom, since I was eight." Johanna and Madison looked at each other. Suddenly, Jojowas met with a stifling hug from Johanna as Madison clapped with glee. Johanna looked into Jojo's eyes meaningfully. "Where have you been all our lives?!" she asked. (Apparently it's too long to all fit in the first box) more

Resolved Question: I'm trying to write a story- could anyone give me some comments/critiques?

I'm not much of a writer, but I would really like to be! This is the first chapter of a story I'm trying to get written. Any constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated, as I want very much to improve! Here it is: Joseph Danske, who preferred to be called "Jojo", studied the crowd that stood across the street as he waited for the crossing signal to turn to "walk". He didn't exactly like what he saw. For one thing, there wasn't a lot of variety in color in the great, most people he could see were dressed in green and black, the school colors. That was a bad sign. He thought of the cherry red jeans he was wearing, and sighed. Jojo was a skinny, blonde, medium-tall boy of sixteen. He had a very sharp face, and his eyes were sea-green, fringed with dark, thick lashes. He eyes, he thought, were his best feature, so he played them up with makeup. "Maybe I should've been a little more conservative for the first day", he thought. He hadn't wanted to move to this little town; he'd loved St. Paul. Now, he was, face-to-face with the dilapidated brick building that was Sanderson High School. He already missed his old school. Why had his dad had to transfer? And to here, Paxton, South Dakota, of all places? The crossing signal finally changed and he crossed the street, painfully aware of his hip-swinging gait. "It's like I can't even walk across the street without putting on a show", he told himself. He pulled his thighs together and tried to walk "normal", like other boys did, but to no avail. He gave it up in a matter of seconds. They'll just have to take me for what I am, he thought determinedly. As he walked across the water-deprived lawn toward the school, he felt people staring at him. The loud, ostentatious conversations turned quickly to hushed whispers, some giggles, as he passed. Keeping his head up, he pushed his long, blonde bangs out of his eyes. As he looked around for a friendly face, Jojo accidentally made eye contact with a large, burly fellow in a letter jacket. The bloke was standing with a few others who looked practically identical to him. All of them looked at him with narrowed eyes. All that muscle, thought Jojo, but with fright rather than appreciation. He quickly went to stand as far away from that group as possible. As he stood there alone, feeling awkward and absurdly out of place, he listened, zeroing in on conversations, trying to decide if there was someone, anyone who would possibly take him in. "Dude, are you kidding me? Bethany Morgan? Like, how did she make cheerleader? She's never even…" "Transformers, man. Best movie ever. That chick is hot." "Our varsity is gonna be so good this year; Johannes is quarterback." "So, I was thinking, like, this year, like, for homecoming, we could, like…" "Yea, well, Coach Jones is gonna really crack down about that this semester…" "Oh my god, you can't have Rhodes! All her test days mess up our volleyball schedule!" "Well, personally, Rogers and Hammerstein isn't my favorite. I mean, it isn't bad by any meams, but I kind of tend to prefer people like Schwartz or Sondheim. Or Sir Andrew." Jojo whirled around. Somebody was discussing Broadway composers- who? Where? Were there cultured people to be found in this hick-town? Then, he saw them; two girls, standing a little apart from everybody else. One of them was blonde, her thick hair in a waist-length plait. She was medium height, and in terrific shape. She wore a fitted, bright pink top advertising "International Music Camp", dark-wash skinny jeans, and knee-length, light pink, suede, flat boots. The other girl, the one who'd spoken, was taller. No, wait, she wasn't. It was just her shoes. She was wearing black peep-toe heels with buckles, black tights, and a purple knit mini-dress, along with perfectly matched jewelry. She had long, wavy dark brown hair, and was extremely pretty. Jojo wondered if there was a way he could start talking to them. Just as the blonde girl started to reply that she actually loved Rogers and Hammerstein musicals, her friend noticed Jojo. "Hi!" she said, looking at him with a winning smile, "I've never seen you before- are you new?" "What? Oh. Yeah- I just got here yesterday, actually. I'm from St. Paul." "Nice place", said the blonde girl, "I was there last summer with my aunt." "I miss it." The brunette smiled sympathetically. "What's your name, hon?" she asked. "Jojo- that's really Joseph. Jojo Danske." "That's a nice name. Snazzy- I like it. I'm Johanna Di Marcie", she replied, energetically shaking Jojo's hand. "Madison Schumann", said the blonde, with a smile and a conservative wave. "Wow, you're cute", said Johanna, studying Jojo up and down, "What do you do?" "What- what do I do?" asked Jojo, confused. "She means", explained Madison, "What are you in to? Do you like to write, run, dance, draw, swim, act, sing…?" "Oh! Well, I sing, for one- tenor, or countertenor, somewhat. I love acting, yes… and I do dance. Ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop and ballroom, since I was eight." Johanna and Madison looked at each other. Suddenly, Jojo was met with a stifling hug from Johanna as Madison clapped with glee. Johanna looked into Jojo's eyes meaningfully. "Where have you been all our lives?!" she asked. (For some reason, it cut off the end, maybe I had too much)Oh, yes, he is gay. Flamboyantly. I'm trying very hard to make him that way without over-stereotyping him... more

Resolved Question: please read the below article and tell me the quality of english 1. very bad 2. ok 3. good?

How to use Internet Marketing. In todays competitve world where there is no time even to read a newspaper completely, all at one stop seems to be the solution. People just want to pose the problem and ‘kablam’- the answer. This can be achieved only through a media where solutions meet at one place - Internet. Since Internet seems to be the most preferred search answer domain, it is inevitable for industries to reach their hands in there too. So how to use Internet Marketing? Simple, people type in their queries in Google and the search engine brings in all results containing the keywords. Hence the basic practical point is to create a website for the central product. Secondly, social networking sites are the new-ins. So...? Create groups connect with people and post the advertisement. Not only will Google match the keywords, people will explore all horizons to the posted material. Also SMTP can be used to send e-mail to multiple recipients. Hence send e-mail with attractive subject lines which catch eyes. Professional link building tool can also be used so that the product get displayed in searches related to publics query Also video is something which people are interested in seeing. Hence start with something spicy and then start advertising the product. The start should be like comedy for example so that people dont lose interest and may also rate the video which in turn would attract other people to watch them. Social sites like Facebook, Orkut etc have video library facility. Hence post them in your account. This would help other people related to you (friends) see the updates. Also you can go to sites which have blogs and questions answered. E.g., yahooanswers, wiki snwers etc are where people pose question. Post suitable interesting answers and give hyperlink to the catchy words to the product to be marketed. Hence when the individual clicks the link he is directed to product advertisement. Get yourselves registered to sms sites which provide free sms services. Write short and sweet advertisement for the product and send them as sms’s to the recepients. Dont forget to give contact id. All these takes a little bit of hard work and research but the work does pay off. Dont loose hope, carefully seleect your audience and impress them with the promises the product has. more

Resolved Question: Which among the following is the best project?

S.No Topic 1 A Study of Color Histogram Based Image Retrieval 2 A Free-Form Database Query Language for Mobile Phones 3 Development and Applications of Wireless Group Support Systems in Mobile Business 4 Design of mobile electronic commerce system based on J2ME 5 Locating Friends and Family Using Mobile Phones with GPS 6 Mobile eLearning Platform for Interactive Patient Education 7 Mobile Forensics in Healthcare 8 On GPS Tracking of Mobile Devices 9 Web 2.0–In Your Hand 10 Wireless-LAN Based Distributed Digital Lighting System for Digital Home 11 A Dynamic E-commerce System Based on Middleware Technology 12 A Model-Integrated Guideline-Driven Clinical Decision-Support System 13 Building up Problem-Based Learning platform based on J2EE 14 Business Processes Solution with Apache Struts Framework 15 Design and Implementation of Web-Based Network Teaching Platform 16 Design of Teacher E-portfolio System for Teacher Professional Development 17 Development and Design of a New Logistics Information Management System 18 e-Care – IHE-Compliant Exchange of Patient Data to Enable Home & Mobile Nursing Care of Elderly People within an e-Care Affinity Domain 19 Mobile Business Application based on J2ME and Web Services 20 A New Data-Mining Based Approach for Network Intrusion Detection 21 E-health Services with Secure Mobile Agent 22 Fighting Phishing with Discriminative Key point Features 23 Improved Bayesian Anti-Spam Filter – Implementation and Analysis on Independent Spam Corpuses 24 Two Factor Authentication Using Mobile Phones 25 Open Source Software in Information Technology Education 26 Research of Structure Integration based on Struts and Hibernate 27 Task Based Automatic Examination System for Sequenced Test 28 The Construction of E-Business Portal Based on Struts, Spring and Hibernate 29 The Design and Implement of Web MIS of Students Based on Servlet+JDBC 30 Uniform & Efficient Data Provisioning for SOA-based Information Systems 31 Using web technologies based on college – graduate Web contact management system Form system 32 Utilizing RSS feeds for crawling the Web 33 Web site management system 34 Design for Security Operating System 35 A Chinese-Learning Game Based on J2EE 36 Bluetooth Mobile Advertising System Using Pull-Based Approach 37 Mobile Blogging System 38 A J2ME-Based Wireless Intelligent Video Surveillance System Using Moving Object Recognition Technology 39 Color Histogram Features Based Image Classification in Content-Based Image Retrieval Systems 40 Automatic Generation of Web User Interfaces Using Database Metadata 41 Employing Bayes Classifier for Improving Learner’s Proficiency 42 Intelligent Heart Disease Prediction System Using Data Mining Techniques 43 A Mobile Phone Based Intelligent Scoring Approach for Assessment of Critical Illness 44 A Fuzzy Similarity Approach for Automated Spam Filtering 45 Personal Authentication Based on Iris Texture Analysis 46 Public Key-embedded Graphic CAPTCHAs 47 A Dynamic Web Page Adaptation for Mobile Device Based on Web2.0 48 Bluetooth Enabled Mobile Phone Remote Control for PC 49 Design and Implementation of E-learning Performance Evaluation System 50 Design of Laboratory Management System Based on JSF Framework 51 Designing and Implementing the E-learning system 52 EPR Management System Development Based on B-S Architecture 53 Establishment of Containers Management System Based on RFID Technology 54 Extracting Content from Web Pages Based on RSS 55 Research on Improved MVC Design Pattern Based on Struts and XSL 56 The Research and Design Of Log Management System Based On Struts Frame 57 Research on the Intelligent Online Trading Platform Based on J2EE 58 Media Searching on Mobile Devices 59 Improving Mobile Banking Security Using Steganography 60 Steganography in MMS 61 Wireless Content Management (WiCoM) for Mobile Device Image Processing | Mobile Computing | Web Framework | Networking 62 Enterprise Healthcare for mobile device and interoperation of patient Information 63 Smart Phones to the Rescue 64 A Mobile Phone-Enhanced Remote Surveillance System with Electric Power Appliance Control and Network Camera Homing 65 Robot Tele operation System Based on GPRS 66 Design of a New Security Protocol 67 Internet Library Basing on J2EE Technologies 68 Thesis Management Supporting System based on J2EE Platform 69 Universal Customer Relationship Management Support System 70 Application for Management of Hospital 71 Universal E-commerce Platform 72 The Architecture Design of Examination System in Digital Campus Based on J2EE Technology 73 Object Oriented Application Cooperation Methods with Relational Database (ORM) based on J2EE Technology 74 Security of web forms 75 Intrusion Detection and Internet Services Failure Reporting System 76 An Algorithm to Improve the Effectiveness of Apriori 77 Mobile B more

Resolved Question: Why can't the US Government advertise for small businesses?

If you want small businesses to grow from scratch, they need a whole lot of marketing and advertising. There is one area where the US Government may be able to do something more effectively than the average consumer, and THAT is connect people with people free of charge....INSTEAD of granting money directly. The Government has mediums that individuals don't have. They know people from lobby groups, they have tons of attorneys, they have the ability to contact people in high positions who may have their phones blocked. So if the Government instead of granting money to small businesses, instead helped with the advertising using the high position of the government to establish repoire.... this is invisible money right there. Most small businessmen have great ideas but may not be the best "advertisers". To advertise on Television you need tons of money. Why can't this be done? Wouldn't it be economical? It would taxpayer money AND it would be of BIGGER value to small business entreprenuers.EDIT: For businesses that are in their start-up phase, (0-2 years in existence). more

Resolved Question: What are some stereotypes in media, movies, etc?? PLEASE HELP!!?

Hi, everyone! Im doing a project for my history and I need to know five examples of stereotypes in the media? This includes shows, movies, song lyrics, or a product being advertised. I have only found one example of a stereotype, and that was in Family Guy (of course) =P ; So I need to know four more. If you know of any, please tell me the group that is being stereotyped; and please give me an explanation of the stereotype being portrayed!!! THANKS in advance!! :D) more

Resolved Question: Just what's so wrong with "militant" atheism, anyway?

I seen stories and posts in the conservative media and on websites like this accusing atheist individuals or group that dare to publicly proclaim their atheism as being "militant"--with the unspoken (sometimes spoken) suggestion that such a position is bad, dangerous, unpatriotic or even downright evil. But why is this? Xtians have been putting up billboards and taking out media advertising for decades--why is it "militant" for an atheist group to do the same? Granted some of the billboards are a little blunt, but most of them appear to go to great lengths to avoid being confrontational. Xtians have been meeting to discuss topics of mutual interest and benefit (both religious and secular) for centuries--why are atheists who try to do the same labeled "militant". Especially since 9/11 the term has become irrevocably tied to terrorists and violent extremist groups. Xtians often (and rightfully) take advantage of the court system when they feel their constitutional rights have been violated--why are atheists "militant" or "aggressive" on the relatively few times they've done the same. Someone please tell me what's so militant about participating in public displays or events as an atheist that wide ranging groups have involved themselves in anyone giving it a second thought? Did the atheist sign in the Washington State Capitol REALLY ruin anyone's Xmas? Would a humanists groups sponsoring a section of highway REALLY damn all those who drive on it to the depths of Hell? Why shouldn't atheists groups have the same right to expand their membership and raise awareness of their existence without interference that most other religious, political or cultural groups have? Why aren't campus "young conservatives" groups called "militant"? Why wasn't the group that rented billboards urging people to say "Merry Xmas" instead of "Happy Holidays" referred to as "Militant Xtians" in the press?" Why doesn't the media call Little League a "militant youth sports group"? I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on this issue--most particularly our American cousins, who from what I seen in the media seem to wrestling the most with this. Thanks in advance. more

Resolved Question: Is the only way to get a paid ad on the lib biased media like ABC is to support the Marxist Obama's Obamacare?

Do you need a job fast? Last June, as Newsbusters readers will remember, ABC allowed President Obama to pitch his health care proposal in a special edition of ABC's Primetime hosted by retiring World News anchor Charlie Gibson and (now incoming anchor) Diane Sawyer. Obama was given additional airtime to pitch his health care agenda that evening on Nightline. Conservatives didn't get equal time. Worse, ABC News even refused to allow the conservative group Conservatives for Patients Rights to purchase paid advertising to put out an alternative perspective. In the 98 broadcast days of ABC World News advertising logged by National Center Executive Director David Almasi and analyzed by Policy Analyst Matt Patterson, ABC's World News broadcast featured 1,102 commercials, 597 of which were placed by member companies of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) trade association, representing 54.17 percent of total commercials aired. PhRMA very aggressively supports President Obama's health care agenda. http://newsbusters.org/ more

Resolved Question: stats math help needed?

1. For the given data set, find the a. mean b. median c. mode (or state that there is no mode) d. midrange. A company advertised that, on the average, 96% of their customers reported "very high satisfaction" with their services. The actual percentages reported in 15 samples were the following: 96, 96, 92, 54, 77, 96, 92, 77, 96, 96, 54, 92, 92, 96, 54 a. Find the mean, median, mode and midrange. b. Which measure of central tendency was given in the advertisement? c. Which measure of central tendency is the best indicator of the "average" in this situation? 2.Use a table of z-scores and percentiles to find the percentage of data items in a normal distribution that lie between: z = -0.2 and z = 0.2 3. Find the midrange for the group of data items. 1.2, 2.1, 1.7, 2.7, 1.2, 2.1, 1.2, 8.1, 8.1, 1.8 4.Find the midrange for the group of data items. 10, 9, 4, 9, 1, 4, 1 5.Solve the problem. A media research company increased the size of their random samples from 3600 to 5000. By how much, to the nearest tenth of a percent, did this improve their margin of error? Can you help find the answers. Your help is appreciated! thanks more

Voting Question: Why do marxists want to force race mixing and destroy the caucasian race?

"Race is a meaningless social construct that leads to the most pernicious of evils: racism. The way that you wipe racism off the face of the map is that you get rid of the construct of race by having people of different racial backgrounds intermarry all over the world. Some of the most amazing, dymamic individuals are of mixed background like Tiger Woods and Obama. What I would propose is that the media take an active role in promoting and forcing racial intermarriage. Say if you have a news team, have one anchor be an African American man and his cohost be a blonde woman - or have an Asian American woman with the white guy as the cohost. This can be done in advertising too - "normalized" people of different races being together so they are more likely to marry and reproduce. We live in an increasingly small world and instead of every group going their own separate way, perhaps we can help make this "one world." WRosencratz As you can see, this "person" thinks White people must intermarry(and must be forced to do it) and that white extinction is the only way to wipe out "racism", Notice his comments about race mixing, all White and non-white. I mean isn't it curious? these people(aka Iiberals who run the media) know exactly what they are doing by saying that the USA and Europe will be a white minority because of interracial marriage, massive non-white immigration and so forth, Isn't that anti-white racism bigotry?. It's only white countries that are expected to accept unlimited immigration and allow alien races and cultures into their homelands without complaint. It's only whites who are seriously expected not to care about race or preserving their own societies and civilizations. Whites will simply be gone, the other races will still be around. If you truly enjoy diversity, you would obviously oppose the extinction of white people. You have to realize that other races aren't living in multicultural societies like ALL western societies. Almost all asian countries are homogenous, and they keep it that way. Africa isn't bombarded by massive non-black immigration. To say that we will all be one race is ignorant. If you have any common sense and common decency, you know there's something horribly wrong about that. BTW, I don't want answers saying that race is just a skin color because It's not( See Non Caucasian albinos and you will see what I mean), I find it extremely offensive that these people compare white race to a disease. more

Resolved Question: what do you think of my essay?

Right, so i'm 13 and i'm doing my english GCSE a year early. this is my first EVER essay on media and its about two advertisements for two different perfumes found in Bliss Magazine. I know its rubbish, you dont need to tell me that. haha. if you could give me any suggestions on how to improve/constructive critizism/corrections on punctuation etc. pleaaase help me. thank you. SORRY ITS SO LENGTHY.. YOU DONT NEED TO READ IT ALL. THANKS. Following your close study on Bliss, comment on and compare advertisement features within the magazine that you feel are successful The publishers of Bliss magazine obviously have a clear idea of their target audience. Not only do the bright, girly colours and photographs of current and popular celebrities suggest that it is aimed at teenage girls but also the name 'bliss'- meaning extreme happiness, suggests femininity and youth. The magazine is most likely aimed at females in there early adolescent years and possibly even preteens; perhaps with ages varied between twelve and fifteen. They also know that it is important to appeal to the target audience and so have used a wide range of presentational features to ensure this is achievable; some of these include the colour scheme, lay-out, fonts and images. All of the devices used are not only suitable for the Bliss readers, but also for the purpose of the magazine which is to entertain, give advice, advertise and ultimately sell. The content usually includes pages based on celebrity gossip, news, fashion tips, interviews and “problem pages” all of which have been designed for the purpose and target audience. Obviously, their main priority is to sell and so they approach the potential buyer bribing them with a “free gift”. They also design the front cover making sure the expensive price tag is the least eyecatching part and is over-powered by other feautures. Some would say that magazines such as Bliss can be quite misleading because they lure the shopper into buying it and are only interested in the money that they will be receiving. Another way that the company attempts to increase their profits is by advertising. In the December issue of Bliss Magazine that we have previously studied, two similar advertisements are displayed, both of which are trying to appeal to the same target audience as Bliss Magazine itself which is why they have chosen to advertise in this particular area of the media. The first advertisement is for Avril Lavigne’s perfume “Black star”. Already, the name suggests a lot about the product. For example; you would imagine it to be gothic and dark because those are the connotations of the colour black. Despite the gothic style, pink is used in the colour scheme to make sure that it can appeal to more than just one group of people and produce more sales. Pink is also a typical feminine colour and so is suitable for the target audience. The name “black star” contradicts itself because stars are never usually described as black, therefore creating a sense of uniqueness and individuality which is something many teenagers aspire to be. The wording “be your own star”, tells the reader that buying the perfume can help you to become everything you want to be, therefore making it very persuasive. They also do this by styling Avril Lavigne to look like her perfume bottle. She models a short pink dress with finishing touches including a studded belt, fish net tights and a shinny, silver bangle and is posed to look powerful which breaks the weak and innocent stereotype of a typical girl. Similarly, the bottle is pink and shaped like the dress with a black, star shaped lid which reflects the belt that she is wearing. By mirroring the perfume bottle in her clothes and accessories, it suggests to the target audience that by wearing the perfume, they too can be like Avril Lavigne. The second of the two advertisements is about Coleen Rooney’s perfume. It has been styled carefully to look sophisticated and elegant. By using shades of purple rather than pink, it is still able to attract girls but looks more mature and grown up. The advertisement displays a photograph of Coleen, showing her slim, attractive outline and is airbrushed to make her look “perfect”. The contrast of Coleen against outlines of dancers in the background gives the impression of her “standing out”. Like Avril Lavignes perfume, the bottle is very similarly designed to mirror Coleen’s dress. Both Coleen and the bottle are plain black and very graceful. The positioning of the perfume on the advertisement feature stands slightly behind the photograph of Coleen and is larger than her. By doing this, it familiarises the audience with the product so they know what to look for when buying it. Written on the bottle is “Coleen x” in a handwriting style font and a “kiss” symbol to add a personal touch and a sense of trust and sharing. The products that are being advertised are both quite similar, however; although the target audiences a more

Resolved Question: English essay... again?

Right, so i've already posted a question about my media essay about two advertisments in Bliss Magazine - Avril Lavigne and Colleen Rooney's perfumes. However, i didn't seem to ask it very well. So here i go again: This is my INTRODUCTION and the start of the body of my essay. I can't use P.E.E because there is very little writing on the advertisements and so i can't quote it very well. If you could give me any help/corrections/ideas it would be very much appreciated. If not, just leave me your thoughts. Thank you. Following your close study on Bliss Magazine, comment on and compare advertisement features which you feel are significant in making it successful. The publishers of Bliss magazine obviously have a clear idea of their target audience. Not only do the bright, girly colours and photographs of current and popular celebrities suggest that it is aimed at teenage girls but also the name 'bliss'- meaning extreme happiness, suggests femininity and youth. The magazine is most likely aimed at females in there early adolescent years and possibly even preteens; perhaps with ages varied between twelve and fifteen. They also obviously know that it is important to appeal to the target audience and so have used a wide range of presentational features to ensure this is achievable; some of these include colour scheme, lay-out, fonts and images. All of the devices used are not only suitable for the Bliss readers but also for the purpose of the magazine which is to entertain, give advice, advertise and ultimately sell. The content usually includes pages based on celebrity gossip, news, fashion tips, interviews and “problem pages” all of which have been designed for the purpose and target audience. Obviously, their main priority is to sell and so they approach the potential buyer bribing them with a “free gift”. They also design the front cover making sure the expensive price tag is the least eyecatching part and is over-powered by other feautures. Some would say that magazines such as Bliss can be quite deceiving because they lure the shopper into buying it and are only interested in the money that they will be receiving. Another way that the company attempts to increase their profits is by advertising. In the December issue of Bliss Magazine, two similar advertisements are displayed that are trying to appeal to the same target audience as Bliss Magazine itself which is why they have chosen to advertise in this particular area of the media. The first advertisement is for Avril Lavigne’s perfume “Black star”. Already, the name suggests a lot about the product. For example; you would imagine it to be gothic and dark because those are the connotations of the colour black. Despite the gothic style, pink is used in the colour scheme so that it can appeal to more than just one group of people. Pink is also a typical feminine colour and so is suitable for the target audience. The name “black star” contradicts itself because stars are never usually described as black, therefore creating a sense of uniqueness and individuality which is something many teenagers aspire to be. The wording “be your own star” tells the reader that buying the perfume can help you to become everything you want to be, making it very persuasive. They also do this by styling Avril Lavigne to look like her perfume bottle. She models a short pink dress with finishing touches including a studded belt, fish net tights and a shinny, silver bangle and is posed to look powerful which breaks the weak and innocent stereotype of a typical girl. Similarly, the bottle is pink and shaped like the dress with a black, star shaped lid which reflects the belt that she is wearing. By mirroring the perfume bottle in the clothes and accessories, it suggests to the target audience that by wearing the perfume, they can be like Avril Lavigne. The second of the two advertisements is about Coleen Rooney’s perfume. It has been styled carefully to look sophisticated and elegant. By using shades of purple rather than pink, it is still able to attract girls but looks more mature and grown up. The advertisement displays a photograph of Coleen, showing her slim, attractive outline and is airbrushed to make her look “perfect”. The contrast of Coleen against outlines of dancers in the background gives the impression of her “standing out”. Like Avril Lavignes perfume, the bottle is very similarly designed to mirror Coleen’s dress. Both are plain black and very graceful. more

Resolved Question: all of our imeem accounts are gone for good?

imeem was a social media service where users interacted with each other by streaming, uploading and sharing music and music videos. However, it has since been shut down now that MySpace has acquired the service. The company was founded in 2003 by Dalton Caldwell (ex-VA Linux) and Jan Jannink (formerly of Napster), and many of its core engineering team came from the original Napster file-sharing service[1]. The company takes its name from “meme,” a term coined by author Richard Dawkins to describe the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. imeem helped pioneer the free, advertising-supported music model for online music, permitting consumers to legally upload, stream and share music and music playlists for free with the costs supported by advertising. In 2007, imeem became the first-ever online music site to secure licenses from all 4 U.S. major music labels to offer their music catalogues for free streaming and sharing on the web.[2] The company also created the web’s first embeddable music and video playlists. People could use imeem’s widgets to embed songs and playlists from imeem virtually anywhere on the web, including on their MySpace and Facebook profiles or on their personal blogs. imeem was based in San Francisco’s South of Market district, with additional offices in New York and Los Angeles. The company’s investors included Morgenthaler Ventures and Warner Music Group. On December 8, 2009, it was bought out by MySpace Music, and all its content was removed. more

Resolved Question: Anybody know what polaris media group is? I see on the net that it's a scam. Any ideas?

They advertise a lot but most people think it's a front for scientology. What do you think?---should I get involved? more

Resolved Question: Advertising? Any ideas?

For my media studies I have to make a soft drinks advert for a magazine and a billboard that appeals to girls aged 11-14? Anyone have any ideas how to attract this age group and what sort of drink should I do? Any other ideas very welcome! more

Resolved Question: Groups that the media ignores in advertisements?

For one of my English papers, I have to talk about a group that the media completely ignores in advertising. Some of the examples given were homosexuals and overweight people. Does anyone else have ideas about other groups? more

Resolved Question: Why do some people play the race card all the time?

Okay, one thing happened a little while ago in class. I am taking a mass media class, by the way, and the class was talking about advertising. I made reference to a commercial I saw years ago that was on BET. It was for a local rapper in my area (I am from Sacramento, CA by the way), and some guy sitting behind me, who happened to have been black was all "Why does it have to be on BET?" and I got a little defensive in the process. In some ways, my defensiveness was justified and later apologized to him saying that it WAS that channel I saw that ad on and that it was years ago that I saw it, so it wasn't really recent. All I want to know is why did he have to make it seem like I was being racial? Nothing racist about it because it was the exact channel that I saw it on. But why do people do this? If something bad were to happen to me or anything of that nature, I wouldn't say it was because The Man is holding hispanics back by any means. I look at any ethnic group the same way as anybody else: Tend to look past the background and into personality.If you ever even saw what I looked like, you'd probably think I was white, which is looked at more than latinos, but either way, I can never understand why some people do that. It would be the same way if I got that reaction from a gay person if I saw a particular ad on the LOGO channel. more

Resolved Question: The most successful tactic that civil rights and environmental groups have used to influence policy is....?

a. litigation (no) b. electioneering (no) c. lobbying (Maybe?) d. media advertising (Maybe?) e. protest demonstrations (maybe?) more

Resolved Question: Do you have an argument supporting the health insurance corporations?

Health care industries on spending spree By Greg in cheeseland Excerpt: According to The Washington Post, the health care and insurance industries spent money “at a rate of $2 million per day” on lobbying against health care reform through the first half of the year. The Wall Street Journal reports that the biggest spender is the pharmaceutical industry, which spent $47.4 million on lobbying in the first three months of 2009, up 36% from the first quarter of 2008. Lobbying disclosure forms, which are filed with both the House and Senate, do not measure advertising, grass-roots organizing and other efforts by special interest groups, such as Conservatives for Patients’ Rights, to influence the debate outside Congress or the White House. Total spending on health-care reform ads, for example, surpassed $100 million nearly a month ago, already making it the costliest advocacy issue in U.S. history, according to media industry estimates. When a clear majority of Americans still support a public option, it does not take a rocket scientist, or perhaps in this case, a brain surgeon to realize that the companies that are fighting health care reform in this country do not have your best health interests in mind, nor are they spending millions to defend or defeat obscure political ideologies. They are spending millions on lobbying to protect their profit margin, which is made at the expense of their clients, and ironically, the money they are using to do that was also made at their clients expense. While the various health care industries may be able to buy out members of Congress, hopefully they will not be able to buy public opinion. Read more here: http://www.examiner.com/x-23316-Madison-Independent-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Health-care-industries-on-a-spending-spree more

Resolved Question: Best way to advertise my football forum?

Hi basically im a digital media production student, and after looking around at alot of football forums I noticed they didnt really give much thought to the design of the site. So I thought I would try making one, however at the moment I only have a small group of members yet we are getting over 200unique hits a day. But I think people arent signing up because there are so few members, so I was wondering what would be the best way to get people interested? Also a little feedback of how the site looks. ontheheadforum.com Thanks in advance more

Voting Question: On a scale of 1 to 10: How upset are you about Obama breaking his promise about transparency?

1 - not upset 10 - extremely upset http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/rulings/promise-broken/ No. 240: Tougher rules against revolving door for lobbyists and former officials "No political appointees in an Obama-Biden administration will be permitted to work on regulations or contracts directly and substantially related to their prior employer for two years. And no political appointee will be able to lobby the executive branch after leaving government service during the remainder of the administration." No. 517: Negotiate health care reform in public sessions televised on C-SPAN To achieve health care reform, "I'm going to have all the negotiations around a big table. We'll have doctors and nurses and hospital administrators. Insurance companies, drug companies -- they'll get a seat at the table, they just won't be able to buy every chair. But what we will do is, we'll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN, so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies. And so, that approach, I think is what is going to allow people to stay involved in this process." http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28362.html At a meeting last April with corporate lobbyists, aides to President Barack Obama and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) helped set in motion a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign, primarily financed by industry groups, that has played a key role in bolstering public support for health care reform. The role Baucus’s chief of staff, Jon Selib, and deputy White House chief of staff Jim Messina played in launching the groups was part of a successful effort by Democrats to enlist traditional enemies of health care reform to their side. No quid pro quo was involved, they insist, as do the lobbyists themselves. ....................“What you’ve had was the Senate and the White House sitting down and cutting deals with special interests,” he said. “I don’t think that’s quite what the American people signed up for when the Obama campaign said that they were going to limit the influence of special interests in this White House.” Criticism — from the left and the right — of the PhRMA deal and the coalitions became more pointed after it was revealed in August that the coalitions were paying two firms with close ties to the White House to cut ads: AKPD Message and Media, which was founded by White House senior adviser David Axelrod, still owes him $2 million and employs one of his sons — and GMMB. Liberals contended drug companies were being let off the hook. And congressional Republicans distributed talking points asserting the PhRMA deal raised “serious questions as to whether the drug lobby is helping to bankroll a multimillion-dollar severance package for one of the president’s senior advisers.”rick............so you think an Obama press conference is equivalent to being able to see the discussions?? lolbob..........."The way to tell is that you have lots of information on all these "secret meetings." At first the WH denied the meetings took place, until a memo from the meeting got out. Then they changed their story. more

Resolved Question: Isn't it funny when the King Of Smoke and Mirrors criticizes others for using "smoke and mirror" tactics?

So after coordinating one of the biggest and most costly corporate advertising campaigns in recent memory in support of his healthcare "reform" bill, Obama has the balls to not only say others are using "smoke and mirror" tactics, but his chief advisor is out criticizing Fox News claiming they're illegitimate because they only express their point of view. WTF is wrong with this guy?? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/17/obama-weekly-radio-addres_n_324648.html "The history is clear: For decades rising health care costs have unleashed havoc on families, businesses and the economy," the president said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address. "And for decades, whenever we have tried to reform the system, the insurance companies have done everything in their considerable power to stop us." "It's smoke and mirrors," the president added. "It's bogus. And it's all too familiar. Every time we get close to passing reform, the insurance companies produce these phony studies as a prescription and say, 'Take one of these, and call us in a decade.' Well, not this time." http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28397.html At a meeting last April with corporate lobbyists, aides to President Barack Obama and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) helped set in motion a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign, primarily financed by industry groups, that has played a key role in bolstering public support for health care reform. The role Baucus’s chief of staff, Jon Selib, and deputy White House chief of staff Jim Messina played in launching the groups was part of a successful effort by Democrats to enlist traditional enemies of health care reform to their side. No quid pro quo was involved, they insist, as do the lobbyists themselves. ....................“What you’ve had was the Senate and the White House sitting down and cutting deals with special interests,” he said. “I don’t think that’s quite what the American people signed up for when the Obama campaign said that they were going to limit the influence of special interests in this White House.” Criticism — from the left and the right — of the PhRMA deal and the coalitions became more pointed after it was revealed in August that the coalitions were paying two firms with close ties to the White House to cut ads: AKPD Message and Media, which was founded by White House senior adviser David Axelrod, still owes him $2 million and employs one of his sons — and GMMB. Liberals contended drug companies were being let off the hook. And congressional Republicans distributed talking points asserting the PhRMA deal raised “serious questions as to whether the drug lobby is helping to bankroll a multimillion-dollar severance package for one of the president’s senior advisers.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/18/axelrod-emanuel-criticize_n_325097.html White House senior adviser David Axelrod and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel continued the Obama administration's criticism of Fox News during their interviews this morning on ABC and CNN, respectively. Both Axelrod and Emanuel cautioned that one of their main concerns is that other news organizations not follow Fox's lead in coverage, which the White House does not see as 'fair and balanced.'bleached..........If you think Fox News is propaganda for the right (some of it is), then surely you feel the same way about MSNBC with regards to the left's propaganda, RIGHT??dbc........Who is "he"?? more

Resolved Question: Isn't it funny when a politician accuses someone of using "smoke and mirror" tactics?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/17/obama-weekly-radio-addres_n_324648.html "The history is clear: For decades rising health care costs have unleashed havoc on families, businesses and the economy," the president said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address. "And for decades, whenever we have tried to reform the system, the insurance companies have done everything in their considerable power to stop us." "It's smoke and mirrors," the president added. "It's bogus. And it's all too familiar. Every time we get close to passing reform, the insurance companies produce these phony studies as a prescription and say, 'Take one of these, and call us in a decade.' Well, not this time." http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28397.html At a meeting last April with corporate lobbyists, aides to President Barack Obama and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) helped set in motion a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign, primarily financed by industry groups, that has played a key role in bolstering public support for health care reform. The role Baucus’s chief of staff, Jon Selib, and deputy White House chief of staff Jim Messina played in launching the groups was part of a successful effort by Democrats to enlist traditional enemies of health care reform to their side. No quid pro quo was involved, they insist, as do the lobbyists themselves. ....................“What you’ve had was the Senate and the White House sitting down and cutting deals with special interests,” he said. “I don’t think that’s quite what the American people signed up for when the Obama campaign said that they were going to limit the influence of special interests in this White House.” Criticism — from the left and the right — of the PhRMA deal and the coalitions became more pointed after it was revealed in August that the coalitions were paying two firms with close ties to the White House to cut ads: AKPD Message and Media, which was founded by White House senior adviser David Axelrod, still owes him $2 million and employs one of his sons — and GMMB. Liberals contended drug companies were being let off the hook. And congressional Republicans distributed talking points asserting the PhRMA deal raised “serious questions as to whether the drug lobby is helping to bankroll a multimillion-dollar severance package for one of the president’s senior advisers.” more

Resolved Question: Do you think Obama/Baucus healthcare "reform" is for special interest groups...not people?

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28362.html At a meeting last April with corporate lobbyists, aides to President Barack Obama and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) helped set in motion a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign, primarily financed by industry groups, that has played a key role in bolstering public support for health care reform. The role Baucus’s chief of staff, Jon Selib, and deputy White House chief of staff Jim Messina played in launching the groups was part of a successful effort by Democrats to enlist traditional enemies of health care reform to their side. No quid pro quo was involved, they insist, as do the lobbyists themselves. ....................“What you’ve had was the Senate and the White House sitting down and cutting deals with special interests,” he said. “I don’t think that’s quite what the American people signed up for when the Obama campaign said that they were going to limit the influence of special interests in this White House.” Criticism — from the left and the right — of the PhRMA deal and the coalitions became more pointed after it was revealed in August that the coalitions were paying two firms with close ties to the White House to cut ads: AKPD Message and Media, which was founded by White House senior adviser David Axelrod, still owes him $2 million and employs one of his sons — and GMMB. Liberals contended drug companies were being let off the hook. And congressional Republicans distributed talking points asserting the PhRMA deal raised “serious questions as to whether the drug lobby is helping to bankroll a multimillion-dollar severance package for one of the president’s senior advisers.” Baucus Bill Sticks To Pharma Deal That Supposedly Wasn't Struck http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/18/baucus-bill-sticks-to-pha_n_290639.html The bill unveiled by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has been blasted as a major giveaway to insurance companies. But the even bigger winners are the drug makers. That's because the Baucus bill matches up, nearly to the letter, with the secret deal that he, the White House and Big Pharma struck over the summer -- a deal the various parties roundly denied had been struck when it went public. In August, the Huffington Post published a memo that outlined exactly what each side was going to do for the other. And Big Pharma was getting a lot more than they were giving up. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America senior vice president Ken Johnson said that the outline "is simply not accurate." White House spokesman Reid Cherlin concurred: "This memo isn't accurate and does not reflect the agreement with the drug companies." But now that the bill is out, let's fact check those denials. more

Resolved Question: With moslems trying to screw us, might this be another 0bama scam to distract us from the Sodomized Medicine?

CAIR Spent $160,000 to Silence Savage New book Reveals Memos Behind Campaign to Run Radio Star Off the Air Posted: October 14, 2009 9:00 am Eastern By Art Moore © 2009 WorldNetDaily (San Francisco Chronicle) Michael Savage An explosive new book based on a daring six-month undercover operation exposing the subversive agenda of the Council on American-Islamic Relations reveals the Muslim group spent $160,000 in an unsuccessful effort to run top-rated nationally syndicated radio host Michael Savage off the air. Internal CAIR documents uncovered in "Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America" show that despite its high cost and the continued success of Savage's show, CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad believed the campaign was "worth every penny," because, he says, the radio star lost at least $1 million in advertising . Authors P. David Gaubatz and Paul Sperry recount how CAIR ran out of money before it could crack Savage's most loyal sponsors. As WND reported, Savage sued CAIR in December 2007, two months after the Muslim lobby group began urging "people of all faiths" to contact Savage's advertisers to protest "anti-Muslim bigotry" on the air. CAIR cited Savage calling the Quran "a throwback document" and "a book of hate" and demanding CAIR be thrown out of the country for promulgating it. Savage's copyright infringement and RICO lawsuit alleged CAIR illegally published singled-out quotes and audio excerpts from the show regarding Islam, misappropriated his words and used the clips for its own fundraising purposes, damaging the value of his copyrighted material. Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the case, determining CAIR had a legal right to use excerpts of a public broadcast for purposes of comment and criticism. But Illston ruled in Savage's favor when CAIR attempted to extract attorneys fees. Savage declared Illston's November 2008 decision a "huge victory for me, personally, but also for the rest of America who is afraid of this lawsuit-happy group of intimidators." In their new book, Gaubatz, a counter-terrorism investigator and former federal agent with vast experience in the Middle East, and Sperry, a veteran reporter on the war on terror and author of "Infiltration," document CAIR's role as a U.S. front for the Muslim Brotherhood's plan to transform America into an Islamic nation under the authority of the Quran. In a chapter titled "Blackmailing Corporate America," the authors show how CAIR tries to intimidate major corporations and media figures, such as Savage. An internal memo – one of thousands of pages extracted by Gaubatz's son Chris, who posed as a Muslim convert and became a CAIR intern for six months – showed CAIR considered broadening its campaign against Savage. The effort against the talk-radio star included formation of a nonprofit called Hate Hurts America, which published on its website lists of advertisers along with contact information. A CAIR staffer wrote in an internal memo that the "idea behind Hate Hurts America is great and has the potential to go far. However, I feel that if you want to continue with HHA and not lose momentum, the campaign needs to expand beyond Michael Savage to other bigoted talk show hosts." The report noted that it's much easier to get the attention of large corporations rather than small firms or franchises, because large corporations like AT&T have a reputation at stake and "don't want to be associated with anything that might seem controversial." The CAIR memo said, however, companies that are endorsed or directly promoted by Savage on the air, such as Life Lock or Swiss America, are "an absolute no" for targeting. "They are loyal to Savage and there is a chance they might sue," the memo said. False figure As WND reported, the British government apparently seized on campaigns against Savage by CAIR and others when it used his name to provide "balance" to a "least wanted list" dominated by Muslim extremists. Savage's ban from entry to the U.K. prompted an invitation from the Cambridge Union to debate political correctness via a video link, but the society canceled his appearance, scheduled for tomorrow, citing "legal issues" among other problems. The chapter in "Muslim Mafia" covering Savage's ordeal with CAIR also shows how the Islamic group has tried to intimidate Hollywood and companies such as Nike, Bank of America and US Airways by citing a false figure of 7 million American Muslims who are ready and willing to boycott their services. Despite widespread use of the figure in media, propagated by CAIR and others, the Pew Research Center recently estimated the American-Muslim population to be only about 2.35 million. The book also reveals CAIR recently has teamed up with the American Civil Liberties Union to consolidate resources onmc93433 is another coward that will not allow a direct response so here it is in the clear: mc93433 I'm SO grateful that you have such keen wit and great analytical skills to help straighten me out. I am thankful. Thank you. more

Resolved Question: Why is it when you suspect government officials are advertising for vaccine companies they call you paranoid?

There is nothing stopping the companies who make the H1N1 vaccine from paying government officials, such as those that run the federal Center for Disease Control, to tell journalists about some apparent "need" to get a flu vaccine. Just days ago, Anne Schuchat, who is head of one branch of the CDC, told the Washington Post, "Vaccine against flu is the best way to protect yourself . . . and those around you." (source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100903216.html?hpid=moreheadlines ). This is being presented as a fact when indeed it's only the opinion of an "expert" working for the government, and her opinion may be severly biased in support of the pharmaceutical industy. The article then goes on to explain that since only about 40% of Americans say they'll get the flu vaccine, something is seriously wrong--as if the important word hasn't gotten out yet to the public why it's so important you get vaccinated for influenza, especially H1N1. If you could just think critically when you read this you'd realize there is a never before seen campaign to get the public to buy something most people do not "need" (because even this article admits very briefly how most people with the flu recover just fine). When you say that there has been a mass campaign to sell 195 million vials of flu vaccine TWICE to the public (first the seasonal flu shot and then the H1N1 form) so that BILLIONS of dollars can be made in profits for the companies that manufacture the vaccines, they call you paranoid. Only one high risk group (with seriously weakened inmmune systems) "needs" to get a vaccine for protection. Nobody else "needs" a vaccine, including children. Your immune system does not "need" to have a flu vaccine the way that you need to have a polio vaccine. Your immune system can fight H1N1 just like all the other new flu strains detected in other seasons. Yet, the news media is encouraging panic with reports focused on "rising numbers" of those dead from H1N1 and with no basis for the kind of meaningful comparisons that would show the situation is any different than any other flu season. The head of the CDC talks about expecting more hospitalizations and deaths this year as if that doesn't happen every single year from the flu. Like other officials, she is playing up the need for a vaccine you don't necessarily need. Why then, do they call you "paranoid" when you suspect that government officials are advertising for the companies that make the flu vaccine? more

Resolved Question: Times Private Treaties providing small brands the ‘X’ Factor?

Times Private Treaties investments seem to have provided the small brands X Factor in terms of brand building, mainstream advertising and reputation management. One of the recent successes has been a small lesser known e-waste recycling company Eco Reco which claims that they have seen a substainatial growth in the number of new clients since April 2008, when their first ad on Planet Earth Day appeared. Currently, the company has more than 200 corporate clients across India, such as Siemens, Reliance, Infosys, HCL and HDFC and many more including several companies of Tata Group, Mahindra & Mahindra and Castrol. The company feels that this is due to the buzz and brand equity generated by their informational and brand campaign in partnership with Times Private Treaties. Similarly a B2B compnay Unitek Power, which fundamentally provides industrial power solutions, belives that the brand reputation earned through advertising via a Times Private Treaties client has enabled them to win large orders. Last year this Kerala-based electronics company had signed an exclusive tie-up with the Italian pioneer, Borri Industrial Power Solutions The Unitek-Borri Power Solutions got Rs 32 crore order from L & T for Cairns Energy. Another example is Royal Hygiene, a new entrant in the feminine hygiene products range which has attained a number three position in the market by registering a growth of 225% in sales last year. The company attributes this success largely to their brand building efforts undertaken since May 2008 post their alliance with Times Private Treaties. Says, Rakesh Kaul, CEO of Royal Hygiene, “Ever since the alliance with the Times Group, there has been a substantial increase in the top of the mind recall over the past one year.” Times Private Treaties model is based on providing brand building and advertising opportunities to smaller less known companies to help them create their brand and unlock value. This model enables companies to advertise in BCCL vehicles in return for equity in those companies. This also helps the company to bring in many first time otherwise media shy advertisers and increase BCCL’s advertiser base. more

Resolved Question: Why does N.O.W. website have a "misogyny meter" rating system for particular products?

Ok, the link to one of the best examples is here, so read this first before answering: http://www.now.org/issues/media/hall-of-shame/index.php/advertising/teen-vitamins Bayer is clearly trying to be more specific in their demographic of nutrition. Feminists are crying foul because of the color-coded boxes and pills along with the boys' boxes focusing more on muscles and the womens' boxes focusing more on skin. Then if you scroll further down, there is a "Misogyny Meter" at the bottom. In other words you can rank the product in terms of the hatred it has for women. Another insult is if you go up to where it says "Take Action: Write to One-A-Day Vitamins and Bayer and tell them what you think." Tell them what "YOU" think? This is Group Thinking(the polar opposite to independent thinking) at it's best. They indoctrinate you with their ideas of the product, then they have the audacity tell you to write to them and tell them what "YOU" think.and please do "star" this question if you find it interesting. (lower left of here).Will the person that just gave every single answerer a thumbs down, care to respond to the question? I'd love an opposing view. more

Resolved Question: Do YOU think sex sells? (please fill in survey)?

Hello! I am in grade 12, doing an assignment for media.. and i need opinions due to needing primary sources! please fill in this survey! :] What do you think sexual innuendo in advertising means? What company’s have you seen use sexual innuendo in their advertisements? How do you think advertisers use sexual innuendo to endorse their products? What age groups do you think these advertisements are aimed at? What is your personal opinion? Do you believe it is ethical? etc Where are these advertisements shown? eg tv, radio etc Thankyou so much! more

Resolved Question: ABC, NBC Won't Air Ad Critical of Obama's Health Care Plan?

Q: What is your opinion of this? The refusal by ABC and NBC to run a national ad critical of President Obama's health care reform plan is raising questions from the group behind the spot -- particularly in light of ABC's health care special aired in prime time last June hosted at the White House The refusal by ABC and NBC to run a national ad critical of President Obama's health care reform plan is raising questions from the group behind the spot -- particularly in light of ABC's health care special aired in prime time last June and hosted at the White House. The 33-second ad by the League of American Voters, which features a neurosurgeon who warns that a government-run health care system will lead to the rationing of procedures and medicine, began airing two weeks ago on local affiliates of ABC, NBC, FOX and CBS. On a national level, however, ABC and NBC have refused to run the spot in its present form. "It's a powerful ad," said Bob Adams, executive director of the League of American Voters, a national nonprofit group with 15,000 members who advocate individual liberty and government accountability. "It tells the truth and it really highlights one of the biggest vulnerabilities and problems with this proposed legislation, which is it rations health care and disproportionately will decimate the quality of health care for seniors." Adams said the advertisement is running on local network affiliates in states like Louisiana, Arkansas, Maine and Pennsylvania. But although CBS has approved the ad for national distribution and talks are ongoing with FOX, NBC has questioned some of the ad's facts while ABC has labeled it "partisan." "The ABC Television Network has a long-standing policy that we do not sell time for advertising that presents a partisan position on a controversial public issue," spokeswoman Susan Sewell said in a written statement. "Just to be clear, this is a policy for the entire network, not just ABC News." NBC, meanwhile, said it has not turned down the ad and will reconsider it with some revisions. "We have not rejected the ad," spokeswoman Liz Fischer told FOXNews.com. "We have communicated with the media agency about some factual claims that require additional substantiation. As always, we are happy to reconsider the ad once these issues are addressed." Adams objects to ABC's assertion that his group's position is partisan. "It's a position that we would argue a vast majority of Americans stand behind," he said. "Obviously, it's a message that ABC and the Obama administration haven't received yet." Dick Morris, a FOX News political analyst and the League of American Voters' chief strategist, conceptualized the advertisement and said its purpose was to "refocus" the debate on health care reform. "I feel the whole debate on health care reform needed to be refocused on the issue of Medicare," he told FOXNews.com. "Most of the debate had been on issues of socialized medicine and cost. I felt that the impact of the legislation in cutting the Medicare program and enforcing rationing needed to be addressed." Morris, a onetime advisor to former President Bill Clinton, said he was particularly troubled by ABC's decision not to air the spot. "It's the ultimate act of chutzpah because ABC is the network that turned itself over completely to Obama for a daylong propaganda fest about health care reform," he said. "For them to be pious and say they will not accept advertising on health care shuts their viewers out from any possible understanding of both sides of this issue."By Joshua Rhett MillerI have seen ads supporting Obama on FOX NEWS. more