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Open Question: What's the difficulty level on putting an internal HD in a case?

I've read about it enough that the option keeps coming to me while researching the best external HD to buy. This would be cheaper -- probably not drastically so, but I'd still want it to be a considered option. I also think of it, because I know a lot of external HDs advertise auto-backup software -- which is not something I need. I'm not backing up, I just have a HD of ~110gb on my laptop but have a lot of movies and other big files that aren't updated (like word or excel files), that would be better suited on another HD (where I could watch them off it, or temporarily copy them to my laptop when I wanted to watch them). I'm experiencing some doubt of my technological abilities**, so I wanted some advice on this process (to help choose, or not choose, to do it). **also composed of being a full-time student, and so money I'll be spending on w/e HD would be more to me than someone who's got a regular income. I don't want to try this, then find out something doesn't work and have wasted the money. ALSO --this may be stupid, but I know portable HDs are smaller b/c they use a laptop HD, but it's compatible to either type of computer, right? (ie: I could use a non-portable HD that uses a "desktop" HD with my laptop or a portable one on a desktop)Wow, thanks for all the answers so far. regarding one of them: yea, I looked up prices on some cases and see that an external one might be cheaper than casing an internal one (I was just working of the older notion when externals used to be considerably more expensive than internals) more

Open Question: Mom spent money on an infomercial. What do I do?

I am a 17 year old boy who found out my mother paid for something called "Anthony Morrison – Advertising Profits from Home" and she didn't ask for my input. She just bought it and told ME to look at everything. I searched on Google for reviews about this and not many people were pleased. Some people even thought it was a scam. What do I do? P.S: My mother is stubborn. more

Open Question: Putting my house on the market not sure to to list with? Which agent would benefit me most?

I have set up a few appointments to interview some agents. I met with Coldwell Banker this afternoon. And the lady told me that she doesn't have any listings at this time so if i used her she would be able to spend a lot of time and energy on advertising / etc. She also said that she would most likely NOT be the agent to sell it?. I thought that was weird.. She says that she will do it for 4.5%. Which again is not bad. I'm meeting with some tomorrow as well however she is not located in my area.. Would it be odd to have an agent that has her office 45 minutes away? I ws thinking of listing with the office that sold me the house but every time I call the man he never returns my calls till days later and i don't think that is professional/ Not to mention it makes me angry with him. How will I know when I have found the right agent to list my home? more

Resolved Question: Why does the government buy airtime on commercial channels for public service campaigns when we have a......?

....public service broadcaster. I know the BBC is not allowed to advertise, but it advertises itself between programmes so why not show the public service ad's instead. ie They show the anti-smoking campaign in between Coronation Street it costs the tax payer £45,000 they show it before Eastenders it costs us nothing. Does anyone know the reason behind this? The last goverment spent £560 million a year on such ad's.Joe - It must be different here, becuase in the breakdown of costs its shows a percentage of the advertising budget going to buy commercial space. more

Open Question: Where can I find the names of companies spending on online advertising?

Is there any way I can get the names of companies spending on Google online advertising in California? Is there a search service that can give me this information?I'm not looking for how much they are spending or anything like that, all I'm looking for is the names of the companies that are advertising. more

Open Question: I want to advertise my group to get more members on my facebook group. I want to do paid advertising. I cannot?

I want to advertise my group to get more members on my facebook group. I want to do paid advertising. I cannot afford to pay hundreds of dollars per month. My budget is only 50-60 per month. Is this doable? I am afraid to put in my checking account info and then end up spending way over my budget. They are giving suggested pay per click amounts that I feel are too high. My budget is really only 2 per day. more

Open Question: Is there something wrong with ads and the media showing mothers and sons?

Almost every single ad or some form of advertising in the media I've ever seen, including magazine articles and internet articles, whenever it shows moms with their kids, it only moms and their daughters, but never moms and their sons or if it does, it's rare. So if there something wrong with it? If you truly support gender equality, then shouldn't you be complaining to the media and the places that advertise their points across about how they mostly just show moms and daughters? I imagine some of you women here have sons, so this should offend you. What if you have both sons and daughters but they wanted to only have you shown with your daughter, without you son as well in some ad? Would this not offend you? I know it's probably easy for you to overlook the modern media discrimations toward males because you probably spend most of your times focusing on only empowering other females at the expense of helping males reach the same rights and privildeges you yourselves already have, but it's still wrong and it's still flatout sexist. Also, one more thing. If men care more about the well-being of women than they do other men, then it's only fair and logical that women care more about mens' well-being than other womens' well-being to equalize this out. If you are happy women get light sentences for certain crimes, then you should want all men to get eually light sentences because that's gender equality and you should care at least as much about men than other women, for the reason I gave in my last sentence. more

Voting Question: what happens if a dog swallows part of a leash?

My 3yr old golden retriever was recently boarded at a ranch-type facility that advertises a "cage free" environment. A week ago, I had boarded her and my 8yr old golden just for the day and when I picked them up, they said the 3 yr old had chewed through her leash. I asked why she was even on one, and they couldn't give me an answer. This past Friday, I had to board them again, and they took them without their leashes this time. When I went to pick them up, I instead received a phone call from an unknown vet that my 3yr old was comatose and had suffered a heat stroke. She spent two nights in the emergency clinic because they couldn't get her temp stabilized and her blood vessels were bursting. By a miracle of God, she's home and recovering, but her platelets are completely depleted - her body is basically starting from scratch to reproduce them. Well, today, 3 days later, I am picking up her poop and there is a ~3in piece of leash in it! Now, I ask you, is this from a week ago or is it from this past weekend? Because the ER vet said that something lodged in her airways would have triggered the stroke as well. more

Resolved Question: Daughter's Job Question?

Hi. My 17 year old daughter has a first job at the children's dance studio. She was hired to help with birthday parties only (which all the employees say they started at). But she has the dance experience from high school and has excelled in this area along with working great with kids. Her boss(es) say they really like her, that she's a hard worker and that they want to keep her; but she's not getting much work at all. Birthday parties there are very expensive and in this economy parents just aren't spending the money. She has decided to bide her time, hope they keep her and hope she gradually moves up. Now the question. I noticed that an ad appeared on Craigslist for 'dance instructors'. The wording describing the place, location, etc looks to be her employer. I know on Craigslist there is no way to find out the place advertising. If it's not her employer, it would be fine - she would just be applying to a different place and hopefully get employed with more hours. But if it is her employer, she's afraid she'll look like an idiot applying for a place where she already works but wants to move up. She's not aggressive and is the 'if they wanted me, they'd ask me'' type. Do you believe that if she does send in her resume, appearing as though she doesn't know where it's from, and it does turn out to be her employer, that it would make her look bad? I say 'no' - but she doesn't want to (again) 'look stupid' continuing the attitude 'if they wanted me for that job - they know I'm available - they'd ask me' I say - be more aggressive and go for it... What say you? more

Resolved Question: in business, what is 'making your books'? (new business on self employment credit check)?

i've been told to provide evidence that i am working self employed to the job centre so that i may continue getting self employment credit. my mum said she would help me (no other help has been out there) but all she said was 'you need to give them your in goings and outgoings, you need to make your books.' what exactly does she mean by this? i have written down all the dates i have been paid for my work (dog groomer) all the dates i have ordered equipment, spent on fuel and advertising and the dates i have recieved my SE credit, along with the amount. is this my 'books'? will i be able to use this as sufficient evidence of my work? as backup i have my appointments diary, but the problem is that it has all my customers personal addresses and phone numbers in it, will i be breaking confidentiality somehow by providing the job centre with personal information? more

Resolved Question: Anyone wanna join my Yahoo Answers Community Projects Committee?

I'm looking for sign ups to join the offical Answers Community Projects Committee. We all know people here on Yahoo could be more involved with making a better, more fun virtual community, and if you join, you will have alot of fun putting together the projects.Here is how it works.... I, the head of the committee, will email everyone in the group about what project we are putting together for the week. We have a long list of projects, everything from fun polls and surveys to Yahoo Avatar fashion shows. After I announce the project, we will work simply via email and sometimes SMS chat to put the projects together, for example, if the project is an Avatar fashion show, we will each design our own avatar's oufits, post the update, and then we are done. Then, on Fridays, we hold the event, and its completly open to the Yahoo public. We get weekends off, and then I will email everyone again on Monday. Sounds like fun, huh! Something we do thats even more fun, an open SMS chat after the event! People who attend the event will be invited to join in our SMS chat to comment on the project. We don't do this all the time, usually once a month. Ethier email me saying you want to join or leave a comment below. By the way, everyone has a job, the list is below. -Assistant[as my assistant, you help me pick what events we do] -Chat Supervisor[perfect job for someone who doesn't want to spend too much time on the committee.as chat supervisor, you watch over the once-a-month chats we have after our events to make sure no one breaks Yahoo communittee guidelines. you don't help with projects at all] -Organization Manager[you keep the group on task and make sure we stay organized during the project planning process] -Advertising Manager[you make announcments throughout the week making sure everyone knows about the event we are putting on, you decide if we take RSVP's or if we have an open guest list] As you can see, we are only taking 4 sign ups, but don't worry. in the comments section, please say what job you want!!!No no I was just using the "Avatar fashion show" as an example. We don't really have any tech projects.....this is kinda a chick thingNo it doesn't pay, its more like a volunteer thing. more

Resolved Question: Quadratic Problem Help?

The profit, P, of a video company, in thousands of dollars, is given by P=-5x^2+550x-5000, where x is the amount spent on advertising, in thousands of dollars. Question: Determine the amount spent on advertising that will result in a profit of $0. in other words, determine the amount that must be spent on advertising in order for the company to break even. more

Resolved Question: What are the regulations for buying GOLD?

This is a question for England, UK answerers please :-) So, we have to buy the EC M Class II jazzy mega bucks scales... Then what? Do we have to register with someone, inform the queen? Get them serviced by superman every 5 minutes? I know I seem a little... trite... But honestly, this seems to be a bit of a kerfuffle.. We are a small Jewellers shop in Cambridgeshire and want to offer a gold buying service to our customers on our advertising. We play by all the rules (e.g. we don't offer the service atm because we don't have the scales) so I WANT to do this right, but it seems like there is no way to satisfy all the regulations AND run the shop as we only have 24 hours in a day. Maybe that's the way they want it. But it has to be possible right? I don't want to spend £400 on scales to realize I have to have a certificate too, and a monthly registration or some rubbish. I would rather not bother. Someone please put me out of my misery..ummm i AM in the UK... so earth?For Simon C, thanks for answering, but there are indeed strict guidelines for purchasing gold from a member of the public (as I am a retail jeweller). You must have EC, M stamped, class II scales and the department of 'Weights and Measures' WILL come and check them and make sure they are properly calibrated because obviously you could be conning the seller out of a gram's worth of cash. There ar trading standards issues and you must have a log of all the purchases you make (name address and brief description) because also obviously the item could have been stolen, so yes there are big issues about buying gold. Also there is no VAT payable on gold purchases/sales. The item has already been duty paid originally so it cant happen twice as that would be double duty... So please if anyone knows what happens next after we buy the scales (at around £400 a pop) do we have to have them regularly calibrated by law, or register them somewhere or what happens next pls help more

Resolved Question: HOW DO WEB SITES AND SHARE SITES BECOME POPULAR?

i have wat i think could be a good idea for a web/share site i was wondering how to go about it, i know i have to get a domain name and build a website. i have figured how to get the domain name but am not sure where to start on web hosting and site building. also once i have built the site how do i go about spreading the word, is there free methods of advertising? i have very little money to spend on a project like this but am wondering if it can be done for free or relatively cheap more

Resolved Question: find the product of 987.2365 and 1.000?

1) Find the product of 987.2365 and 1,000. A)9,872,365 B)987,236.5 C) .9872365 D) .09872365 2) 47% personal salary 25%Helper's salary 8%parts supplies 5%Miscellaneous 4%Taxes 4%Investments 3%Insurance 2%Advertising 2%Gas In the circle graph above, you can see that 47% of the company's monthly income is used to pay the owner's personal salary. If the amount of the owner's personal salary was $2,176.10 this month, what was the company's total monthly income this month? A.$4,630 B.$8,704 C.$10,227 D.$21,590 3)What percent of the contractor's income is spent on salaries? A.25% B.47% C.72% D.76% 4)Over a four -week period, Gail earned the following commissions: week1....$250.00 week2....310.00 week3....275.00 week4....195.00 What was her average weekly commission for the period? A.$205.00 B.$207.50 C.$240.00 D.$257.20 my answers: 1.c 2.d 3c. 4.c more

Resolved Question: how to advertise a college system.?

I work as internee in an institute , Am young for this but my seniors always appreciate my ideas. the institute was established in 2003 and our students are always happy with comfort and services we have been providing, this year we have started college system, and we are not getting good response, dont know why , we have spending a lot on advertisement, but I think our advertisement is not effective, we have billboards and we give adds on newspaper daily, my seniors asked me to share some ideas to attract a bunch of students,we provide quality education and have hired highly qualified and experienced teachers for the college system, how to advertise ,some ideas, I have to give a presentation on it, what shud be a solid idea that student shud come to our institute... kindly help me, thank u! more

Voting Question: How to Raise Money for a Bass Guitar?

No, I'm not asking you guys for money for it. It's actually the very contrary. When I was 8 years old, my mother bought me an acoustic guitar. I thought that was really nice of her, spending her own money for something I really wanted for my birthday. But I'm older now, 15. I want to buy my own Electric Bass and learn how to play it myself. My mom, however, won't help me raise money in my neighborhood or anything. Like, she won't tell me how EXACTLY to ask people if they need help, say, babysitting. I don't want to put her in anymore trouble trying to get me a musical instrument; I care about her and the money she works for a lot and want to show her that I want to play the bass so badly that I am willing to raise my own money. How can I persuade her that I can raise the money so that she can tell me how and maybe help me advertise my "cause" throughout the neighborhood? I want to raise nearly all of the money ALL BY MYSELF in order to let my mom use the money she has on stuff that we really need (as in, necessities such as food) and I have a bad start: $10.28. Any help is strongly appreciated, so thanks to anyone who answers!!!Charizard, I really appreciate your answer... But I forgot to mention, I live in an extremely strict neighborhood where you can barely get a paint job on your house without having to fill out a bunch of papers explaining the color, your intentions, etc. I think they'd kick us out if we put up fliers!! But I REALLY appreciate you taking your time to answer!! more

Resolved Question: How would studying abroad affect my relationship?

I'm 25, will be finishing my bachelor and master combo in Indonesia in 2 years time. Dating a 28-year-old lawyer and are about to get engaged when I finish my current studies. We've been together for a year, been good friends for 7 years, and are set to marry each other. I'm currently unemployed, haven't really "started my career". Unfortunately the midtwenties is considered rather late to start in Jakarta. In the past I've worked as a translator, radio talk show host, multilevel marketer, and even tried starting my own business. Before this, I studied advertising and philosophy in Europe (didn't finish). In the future I'm considering to work either in advertising or journalism. I've been trying to get a job in Jakarta for 3 years now and it hasn't been working out; the opportunities I find are either corrupt, require connections, are very low paying, or could not satisfy my appetite for intellectual challenge. A fresh graduate here is paid about $200 USD a month, and although a postgraduate can earn up to about $1000 USD a month, it is very difficult to get those jobs if you have little work experience (which is how most of my prospective employers have viewed me). And yet one of my and my fiancé's most urgent needs before getting married is to buy an apartment or house to live in. The pay here is so bad, many people are forced to live with their in-laws well into their thirties or even for life, but that's not an option for us. That's why I'm considering going to Israel to take my second masters' program while working either on campus as a research assistant, or off campus as a journalist. (My dad supported our family by assisting his professor when he studied his doctorate in the US.) I visited the campus already and am in correspondence with them. There it is normal to be just starting one's career in the late twenties, intellectual capabilities are more appreciated, the pace of life is more sane, and the pay is much better. It may also help me gain access to better job opportunities and salaries when I come back to Indonesia. Although my fiance is a globetrotter and open to moving abroad again sometime, he is currently focusing on his legal career in Indonesia, so I may not be able to take him with me. This may mean postponing our wedding by another 2 years. We'd then marry in 2014 at ages 29 and 32. He once told me that he's open if I want to study abroad again, and would look forward to spend his holidays with me while I'm away. But when I asked him today, "When I finish my current studies, can I go take my master's in Israel?" he seemed a little shocked. How will studying abroad affect our relationship? Will it help or hurt? I'm thinking it's an investment: it's my last chance of embarking on a study that's actually satisfying, and to achieve a lot of things that will be good for my future family. I'd become more mature, win more respect from others, and hopefully use the things I learn to make good things happen in my country. My fiance would have more time to save up to buy us a decent home, and I'd be able to contribute because I'd be earning more. Moreover, the life skills I learn while I'm away will make me a better wife for him, and help me to appreciate him even more than I do now. On the other hand I'm also wondering if this might create a rift between us. After a long distance period, you don't expect to go "back to normal" because it forever changes the shape of the relationship. My fiance is really the only person who values me not for what I achieve but for who I am, and still cherishes me although he knows my failures very well. Despite his busy career, he's also surprisingly the only person who shows me that it's OK to slow down, smell the roses, and enjoy the moment without worrying at all about the future. He's not half as ambitious as I am, but he's achieved a lot more than I have, and I've learnt that I can be a lot happier when I'm less ambitious. Finally, my priority is to first set an excellent foundation to share the rest of my life with him; then second to start a fulfilling career which provides personal growth, satisfaction, and a good income; then thirdly to travel the world and learn both life lessons as well as academic ones... but ultimately it must only enrich my future marriage, and the communities I become a part of throughout life. Otherwise, I'd be more than willing to give up this plan and move on to other opportunities. So help me out here. Yay or nay? Mention some pros, cons, possible consequences, and what my fiance and I can do about it. Helpful advice and consideration would be greatly appreciated. more

Resolved Question: There's a canned catfood ad on TV that brags they have seafood in it we can actually recognize! Important to U?

It just makes me wonder why they spend all that money on advertising to TELL US THAT! Do they think we are going to PICK IT OUT AND EAT IT? I can see it now, old cat ladies divvying up the shrimp: "One for you, Whiskers, one for me...." more

Voting Question: Math help please!!!!!!?

ok i need to figure out a break down of my budget in a percentage. my total money to spend it 131,000 $ I am spending 105,000 on heavy equipment 5,000 on Computers 5,000 on advertising 10,000 on employees and 6,000 is going into working capital i need all those numbers in a percentage of the 131,000. i cant figure it out neither can ne of my family lol. more

Resolved Question: What would you do if this was your mom? Would you be annoyed?

(of course I am not going to listen to her, I just think its funny). Could you please do me a favor and postpone your garage sale until another time? I have a lot to do this week and I really, really don't want to spend a whole morning in the heat at a garage sale before I go to work. I couldn't stay past 11:00, because I'd need to go home and clean up and get ready for work, and I STRONGLY think that Mark should be there if you're gonna have strangers come to your house. I know you didn't ask, but ... on the subject of garage sales, there's no bigger waste of time than a poorly planned garage sale. I've had one before and I've been to a bunch, so I know what they're like. People are mainly looking for big stuff like furniture and appliances that they can resell, and baby items are always popular. If u don't have those, very few people will come. The people who do come will come in carloads, and a lot will be people that you definitely wouldn't want at your house. They'll be trying to get something for nothing, and they'll ask you to lower your prices or try to get you to go inside and look for something else. (Someone did this at my garage sale.) DON'T go in and don't let anyone go in. People look for really big sales. Smaller ones are a waste of time. They can always go to Goodwill where the selection is bigger. Most people will look and not buy anything. A few will be scoping out the place to see if there's anything they can come back and steal later (like a purebred dog), or how easy it might be to break into your house. If you advertise the sale from 8 to 12, people will come at 7 and they'll keep coming long after you want them to. Unless you name big stuff in your ad that these people want, you may sit there in the heat all day and make $20 or $30. Or you may get swarms of people, and one will try to distract you while their kid or their friend wanders around to your back yard or steals something. Overall, a garage sale is a colossal waste of time, and you'll be mad at yourself later for selling something that you bought for $20 and once valued, for 50 cents. It's really better to just offer your unwanted stuff to family and friends, or give it to Goodwill (where you can take it off your income tax next year). If you really must have a garage sale, you should spend a weekend or two going to a few, so you can see what goes on and at least know how to price things. (You've got to be cheaper than Goodwill.) And you can expect to see Anna! That's what she does every weekend -- go to garage sales and try to find stuff she can take to her house and resell. In fact, you may see her (or someone like her) twice -- once early to get your "good" stuff, and later, to offer to haul off the rest for free, so she can resell it, too. Well, that's my 2 cents. The most important thing I wanted to convey is that Mark should be there if you're determined to have a sale. Couldn't you do it on Saturday and Sunday? I don't know much about getting a permit. Can you cancel it or change the date? If not, I will give you back whatever you paid for the permit. BTW, I did make $400 at my garage sale, but that was ONLY because I had a bunch of large furniture items. Most of the small stuff didn't sell. You can ask Trisha, but I think she only made between $100 and $200 at hers. Sorry to offer unsolicited advice, but I just hate to see you go to a lot of trouble for nothing. -- Love, MomϟLILIPOWϟ_{I want the money} " I like my mom Source(s): Sorry, I only read and write essays for a grade " That means you must be really smart. more

Resolved Question: I have to get rid of my dog. where can i advertise this?

well first off i love my dog so much i love her more then anything in the world but my mom wants me to get rid of her cause it Just costs to much money and she tares everything up. and she sheds and my mom dosent like that. but i dont Just want to give her to the humane society cause i dont want her to be locked up in a kennel i want her to go to a new family that can love her as much as i do. she has all her shots and she just got spayed and she had 2 litters of puppies so her milk sacks still hang down a bit but she is still playful and she loves going for walks and you cant get her to stop playing fetch. she will be 2 years old on july 11 and i just want her to go to a good family and i dont even care if i get money. like i just spent 600 dollers on her to get spayed and all her shots and i could care less if i got any money for her i just want her to go to a good family. and i know i keep saying that but i dont want her to hate me and make her feel like i dident love her. but when could i advertise this?shes a purebreed yelllow lab. more

Resolved Question: Budget 2010: Welfare and benefits - if its so bad why don t the government give out Rationing books?

The Second World War saw the disappearance from the shops of all but the necessities. Rationing of food and clothing Bacon - 4 oz. (113 gm) to 8 oz. (227 gm) a week Tea - 2 oz. (57 gm) to 4 oz. (113 gm) a week Cheese — 1 oz. (28 gm) to 8 oz. (227 gm) this can worke in to days markit family's can be given Sugar - 8 oz. (227 gm) a week. In July 1940 a complete ban was put on the making or selling of iced cakes, and in September the manufacture of 'candied peel' or 'crystallised cherries' meant the death knell for the traditional wedding cake. On 1st December 1941 the Ministry of Food introduced the points rationing scheme for items such as canned meat, fish and vegetables at first. Later items such as rice, canned fruit, condensed milk, breakfast cereals, biscuits and cornflakes were added. Everyone was given 16 points a month, later raised to twenty, to spend as wished at any shop that had the items wanted. There was an advertising song in a commercial film in 1943 which went: Somebody’s going to be sorry, Somebody’s going to pay, Somebody’s going to be sorry They wasted my life away. with a picture of a tablet of soap dissolving away down the sink because it had been left in water. A 12-oz. (340 gm) packet of soap powder was half a month’s ration; you could get one egg every two months and powdered egg could be bought on points. Fruit like bananas vanished altogether. Clothes rationing on points began in June 1941 and a new kind of clothing— utility clothing—was introduced, using cheap materials and the minimum amount of cloth. There were even points for furniture, although you were given these only if you were newly married, or had been bombed out, or were having a baby. Petrol was rationed so people stopped buying cars. The things still rationed in 1948, three years after the war, were: Bacon and Ham 2 oz. (57 gm) per person a fortnight Cheese 1½ oz. (43 gm) a week Butter/margarine 7 oz. (198 gm) a week Cooking fats 2 oz. (57 gm) a week Meat 1s. (5p) worth a week Sugar 8 oz. (227 gm) a week Tea 2 oz. (57 gm) a week Chocolates and sweets 4 oz. (113 gm) a week Eggs No fixed ration: 1 egg for each ration book when available Liquid milk 3 pints a week Preserves 4 oz. (113 gm) a week Points-rationed Foods 4 points per week Bread, soap, bananas, and potatoes were also rationed during this period. In 1951 people could still buy only 10d. (4p) worth of meat each week.this can worke in the way of vouchers vouchers to pay rent to bury food in ASDA or Tesco s Rationing of food and to help you pay your bills as well .Download the Windows Media Video file (WMV, 71080K)Text version George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer: This emergency Budget deals decisively with our country’s record debts. It pays for the past. And it plans for the future. Public sector pay A further way we can ease the pressure on public services is to agree that we need to restrain public sector pay in these difficult times. And we need to do something about the spiralling costs of public sector pensions. Many millions of people in the private sector have in the last couple of years seen their pay frozen, their hours reduced, and their pension benefits more

Resolved Question: I depend on you guys way too much!?

Which sounds better please? (a) I am writing in support of my application for the advertised Year 5/6 teaching position at your school, which includes an additional two sessions spent teaching Year 3 Maths. (b) I am writing in support of my application for the advertised Year 5/6 teaching position at your school, including an additional two sessions spent teaching Year 3 Maths.Not sure if I need 'spent'? :-) more

Voting Question: Help Finding all the Nouns?

I need to find all the nouns in the following paragraph: When a family joins the country club they pay a onetime processing fee to join. In addition to this onetime fee, club members need to pay an annual membership fee. Though out the year, the country club offers a variety of discounts on the annual membership fee it charges their members. It is common for members to pay different amounts for their annual membership fee depending on how many years in advance they decide to prepay. The country club wants to mail out annual renewal membership notices one month before a families membership expires. Some members have become angry when asked to renew at a much higher rate than their original annual membership contract, so the club wants to tract the price paid in the past, so that the manager can override the regular annual renewal price with special prices. The system must track these new prices so that the various annual renewals can be processed accurately. One of the problems in the country club industry is the high turnover rate of its members. While some members remain active for many years, about half of the members do not renew their memberships. This is a major problem, because the country club spends a lot in advertising to attract each new member. The manager wants the system to track each time a member comes into the country club as well as their guests. The system will then identify the heavy users, and generate a report so the manager can ask them to renew their membership early; perhaps offering them a reduced rate for an early renewal. Likewise, the system should identify members who have not visited the club in more than then three months so the manager can call them and attempt to re-interest them in the country club. In addition, the manager would like to mail out a membership packet to anyone who has visited the club as a visitor more than three times. And finally, the club membership system must interface with the pre-existing pro shops retail management system, in order for the pro shop personnel can look up current membership information. more

Resolved Question: Why do some people think that the first thing immigrants do when they come to the US is get on govt. support?

Like Medicaid and unemployment checks. The ignorant people who think this are usually Americans who've never been in an immigrant's shoes. Have you ever followed an immigrant who left his country and walked past the US terminal in the airport?? First of all, most of them don't speak English, so they don't even know where to go to ask for government support. My daddy came to the US from the Caribbean in the 1980s and the first thing he got was a job. My uncles, aunts, and cousins came to the US, too, and the first thing they got was a job. They didn't turn to the govt. for food stamps, unemployment checks, and health insurance. They didn't even have these things in their own country. How were they supposed to know that these items were offered here? The US doesn't advertise those things to immigrants. My dad worked from the early morning until late at night at 2 or even 3 jobs. He worked for little pay, and the money that he did earn didn't go to beer, gambling, or cigarettes, like some people joke about. he spent his money on rent, utilities, and the day-care center/Pre-K school for his children. Some ignorant people think that Latino immigrants and other immigrants (from the Caribbean) are lazy and just come here for governmental benefits. Why are these immigrants considered lazy, but the white European immgrants in the 1600s are considered industrious and hard-working?I don't get out much??? I've lived this. I know what most immigrants do when they come to the US. You've just heard about it from some weirdo in California (California, of all places. How honest could those people be?) Don't just throw away first-hand experiences. more

Voting Question: Why should I have to waste my time with advertising scams?

I signed up for Supermedia.com's free listing for my business. I had no desire to spend any money on this company since I've heard so little about them, but I decided to take advantage of the free listing. A couple of days ago I received a bill for $46.00. Apparently they think I signed up for a paid listing, but I would never think of it. I decided to dig and this is what I found about the company from the Better Business Bureau, and WOW! Check out the number of complaints. I've never in my entire life seen so many for a company. They average about 480 complaints a year and 1441 in the last 3 years! http://www.bbb.org/dallas/business-reviews/advertising-directory-and-guide/supermedia-in-irving-tx-90044496#bbbrating more

Voting Question: Where do I advertise a puppy for re-homing?

So, I have a puppy...He's 8 weeks old, Jack Russell. I've had him since he was 2 weeks...There were complications at birth, and so I fostered him. He was the only surviving puppy (mother died too) and the owner found it hard to look after a puppy who'd survived when her dog had died (let it be known a vet was with the mother as she delivered the pups) and so I offered to foster, raise, and re-home... Bad idea! I've bonded so much with the pup, though I've always known I couldn't keep him...I've asked his breeder if she'd like him, but she's still upset over the loss of her dog, and says he'd be better off with somebody who'd be more willing to spend time with him, etc. My landlord says no pets, and has always said this, though he's allowed my 15 year old cat, so I'm not complaining at all. Anyway, I love this puppy to bits. I'd hate for him to go to a bad home... Wondering where to advertise. Because he's not with the kennel club, though he's pure bred, I can't advertise him there (?), and I don't want to put him on petfinder or craigslist. I've heard these are most likely to be bought for the wrong reasons as they're cheaper, but I really have no idea as I've never advertised a pet before. So far I've put a notice up in my veterinary office, but no-where else as I'm afraid he'll be bought by the 'wrong sort of owner', which is pretty stupid considering he's got to be re homed. I'll probably end up scaring away people who are interested in him, but I want to advertise somewhere there are less likely to be people who want him for the wrong reasons. He's a puppy with a big personality, and will soon be a dog with Just as much personality. I wouldn't want him to be re-homed in the future because he couldn't care cared for... I know this is an incredibly silly question, but, where SHOULD I advertise him? more

Resolved Question: Should I concentrate on writing sites, blog, or website?

Which of the three is more lucrative? Writing sites are so slow in generating income, it seems, and I only get a low percentage of the ad profit that is generated. A website, on the otherhand, seems like I wouldn't get very much traffic unless I really promoted the thing, and I don't have any capital to spend on advertising. Blogs, I don't even know, but I can learn anything. I just don't want to waste a bunch of time. You know? I don't want to get 200 articles deep into a writing cite, only to find out that if I'd just kept the articles for my own use on my personal website, I'd have been better off. Oh please tell me. Please please. more

Open Question: Is liquid keratin worth my money?

I don't want to spend so much money on a straightening product if it ends up not working. DO NOT ADVERTISE. Because i can see through you. more

Resolved Question: How much does the British Government spend to advertise healthy eating?

i need to know how much the birtish government spend to advertise healthy eating schemes and so on PER YEAR. thanks more

Resolved Question: why do well known companies spend money on advertising?

everyone who drinks beer already knows about bud light, miller high life, coors light, etc...everyone knows about pepsi and coke. unless they have a new product out why do they spend so much money on expensive advertising? couldn't that money be put to better use? more

Resolved Question: 18 year-old Babysitter - would you hire me?

I'm 18. I have never babysat kids on a regular basis but I have babysat loads of time before- mostly for free and I am really good with kids. I know basic first aid and I am looking into CPR classes. I would also like to take a babysitting course for adults seeing that most courses are designed for younger people. I am planning on making a website to advertise myself through microsoft. It is safe- it's purpose is to make me look very professional. I also am going to make business cards and I was thinking of designing a portfolio to show parents. I also plan on making a big list of important questions like bed times, allergies, rules, emergency numbers, etc. I don't plan to have anyone uninvited over while babysitting and won't spend my time on the phone/computer/T.V. I wouldn't mind preparing simple meals if asked and I wouldn't care if parents preferred me to sit at my home or theirs. Prices would be negotiable depending on various factors. I also wouldn't mind starting as a mother's helper or meeting with eventual clients first. I have no criminal history and I love kids.Hi Summer thanks for replying. The reason I didn't have regular babysitting experience is because I never was hired for a regular sitting position. Like If someone's sitter canceled or they couldn't find one I would volunteer. For example, in high school a friend from school babysat after school but couldn't every now and then so I would fill in for her. She was the regular sitter. Around me most regular sitters babyit after school but I would babysit kids if their parents were busy one night if they didn't have sitters in the day or they sitter wasn't free. Sorry for the confusionHi Paige I don't smoke ( or drink) and I'm pretty pacient though I don't have much experince with babies so I couldn't say about that And I am honest and can be creativeI have thought about the day care option. There are a few around me. I would go for an assitant if I worked there seeing they have so many kids.I would also feel more comfortably working with a small number of kids and I feel most comfortable with school-aged kids. more

Resolved Question: What if Obama were to nationalize pharmaceutical companies?

Along with his endeavors to nationalize the finance, health, and auto industries, I think he would do well to work on drug companies.The industry claims prices are so high because of research costs. But any of you who have ever worked in a hospital or doctor's office or clinic know what waste the drug companies expend on freebies, including lunches and dinners out for whole departments.It all comes under advertising. If the pharmaceutical companies did not spend so much on advertising-- tv, magazines, radio, billboards, promo items, etc.-- drug costs would come down significantly.Do they even need to advertise? The only people who need to be kept up to date on new meds are doctors. Anyone can search online for interactions and applications and counterindications.TV and magazine ads just create more hypochondriacs daily. Exactly what the drug companies want.Look around your doctor's office next time and see all the free gizmos you pay for. more

Resolved Question: whats your opinion on the possible choice, senate Alvin Green?

apparently, he came out of nowhere, living in his dads house, unemployed, although he until recently served in the air force, and army before that, receiving four medals on the way. he also apparently is waiting on a court decision where someone alleges that he showed pornography to a student at the University of South Carolina, which has not reached a verdict yet. he won the primary against the incumbent, who served four terms, after Alvin Green spent very little money campaigning, won with a 59% majority. people have apparently claimed that some reasons for his win (and candidacy) could be that (1), for voters unfamilar with either candidate, voted for greene because his name was on top. i sincerely hope this is not the reason, because it just proves how little effort voters put intp choosing a candidate, in most cases just looking at the political party; or (2), the surname "Greene" is popular among african americans, and voters wanting a black senator would've chosen this candidate. do I need to explain just why i hope this isnt the reason?; or (3), that some voters may have confused the name "Alvin Greene" with the soul singer "Al Green". i hope this isnt the case because choosing a candidate because they are a celebrity is just ridiculous. for one, they are usually dumb. two, its already shown just how much legal leeway they receive in court trials, with cases like michael jackson, the 1995 oj simpson trial, martha stewart, paris hilton, and probably at LEAST to some degree in politics with Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger; and my own reasoning, yet to be hypothesized by the media, (4) because of the recent anti-incumbent sentiment held, and because there hasn't been a black U.S. senator in the south since Reconstruction. however, i think that he would make an ok candidate. anyone who served as long as he did in the military should be a pretty good one, at least compared to the liars and cheaters we have in now. South carlina has recently been a hotbed of political scandals, and it was suggested that this could be another one, with some people saying that he is a republican plant, which personally doesnt make ANY sense to me, as he has had VERY little advertising, no website, and even no yard signs or bumper stickers. if he was a republican plant to beat out the incumbent, then it certainly was a bad execution of one at that. and there has been criticism to his form of speech, when he replies to yes or no questions, al he gives is a yes or a no, while politicians usually give a short, vague speech, using words that nearly every american is in favor of, e.g. "pro life", and "pro choice", every likes life, and everyone likes being able to choose, right? phrasing started by politicians. when you serve in the military, thats how you are trained to respond. you arent supposed to ask questions, or give lengthy elaborations, you are supposed to simply say "sir yes sir" or "sir no sir", without any questions. and after the probably ten years or so he served, you would expect that that would be how he speaks in nearly all situations.i dont want 2 be a cons- im saying i hope thats not the reason because i DONT want a politician elected by race. and this is not my reason, it was given by Senator Robert Ford in an interview on the topic, the only one of those reasons which was mine was reason number 4. the other 3 were taken entirely from another person, i just put them into my additional details, and i am not saying those are my views.and what makes you think that this has any RACIST motivation??? i am FOR his election!! (while i do agree that there are probably more blacks with the surname greene, its not racist. racist is against, attacking or degrading to blacks, this is just a fact, like how whites for some reason make up a lower percentage of prisoners. NOT racist. you idiot.) more

Resolved Question: Resume/Cover Letter questions (I am applying for a Teacher Associate Position at Head Start)?

1. When you email a cover letter should it be attached or sent as a message? 2. Also, I spent a year at a college(I did not work at all when I was there). Should I put that college on my resume or should I leave it off or put the college that I am transferring to? 3. Is this a good first sentence: I wish to apply for the Teacher Associate position at Head Start as advertised on the Drake University website. 4. I am also struggling with the middle paragraph of my cover letter. I have experience working with kids. (I worked a couple of summers ago at a daycare and in High School I worked with kids on Mission Trips through my church) What it is the best way to explain that? Thanks (in advance) for helping me! more

Resolved Question: Did anyone catch the article on Yahoo front page on the theory of evolution?

My mom mentioned that she saw an article on the Yahoo front page this morning about a change in the theory of evolution. I've spent about fifteen minutes searching through the front page and running Yahoo web searches trying to find said article, but to no avail. The closest thing that I have found was in fact on the Yahoo front page, and it was an article called New Theory for Life's First Energy Source ( http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100612/sc_livescience/newtheoryforlifesfirstenergysource ). However, my mom insists that the article she saw was written on a change in the theory of evolution. I ran a 'control-f' find search on the page of that article, and the only time the word "evolution" was mentioned was at the bottom, advertising LiveScience.com. So, back to the question: Did anyone see an article on the Yahoo front page regarding a change in the theory of evolution? Thank you in advance!Scott Evil: I know that evolution doesn't deal with those things c[: Me and my mom just got into a debate of sorts about the whole "the Bible hasn't changed" versus "science is always updating" thing. I wanted to see where she was coming from, because the article apparently sparked this thought. more

Voting Question: Blackberry purchased in US for use in UK?

I am wanting to buy a Blackberry Bold 2 for a friend who lives in London, I live in the US. Will a phone purchased in the US be usable/transferable in the UK(I don't know how the cellular carriers work over there)? He travels all over the world for work and the phone needs to be able to go with him. If this is possible, what do I need to look for specifically when purchasing the phone. I would hate to spend that kind of money on a phone that would not be of any use to him at home or in his travels. I've seen phones advertised as 'unlocked'...is this what I need to buy? Any advise would be greatly appreciated!!! more

Resolved Question: Do you wish Verizon would just send you the money they spent on advertising?

In fact, I would be happy with half the money they have spent on advertising FIOS. Hardly a day goes by that I don't get a mailing at home as well as at the office. I figure they must have spent at least $200-300 on trying to get me to switch in the past couple of years. Multipy that times a few million... more

Voting Question: Can someone please fill out my Music survey for my Final Project?

Hi. I just created this Music Listening Preferences survey for my Final Project in my Music Appreciation class, and need at least 5 people to take it. :) Thank you so much! 1. What genre(s) of music do you most prefer to listen to? 2. What genre(s) of music do you not prefer to listen to? 3. List three of your favorite bands or musical solo artists: 4. How much time would you estimate that you spend listening to music each day? 5. How have your own musical preferences changed or developed during your lifetime? 6. Do you have any memories of when music impacted or changed your mood? If so, what happened? 7. What do your listening preferences tend to include when you’re happy? Fast upbeat songs, ballads, or something entirely different? 8. What do your listening preferences tend to include when you’re sad? Slow tear jerking songs, an upbeat tune to lift your spirits, or something entirely different? 9. How does a song catch your attention on the radio? Is it the lyrics, melody, tempo, mood, or combination of a few aspects? 10. What is one song that you associate with a major life experience or memory? Perhaps it was playing in the background at the time or the lyrics reflect the situation almost perfectly. 11. What must a CD album cover hold to catch your attention? Is it a unique design? An abundance of bright colors? Or something else? 12. What are you willing to pay for a new CD from your favorite artist(s)? 13. Have you ever been turned away from possibly good music, due to the content of the album cover? If so, why was this? Was it offensive or dull designs? 14. Do you do most of your album shopping online or at regular walk-in stores? 15. What do you feel is the single most important factor in choosing a CD to purchase? Is it the band or artist name, genre, avid media endorsement, recommendation from friends, or something entirely different? 16. Do you tend to download most of your music from the internet or buy regular CDs? Why is this? 17. If your favorite band or artist released special songs only for the album, would you be more willing to buy the CD? 18. When was the last time you bought a CD? For what reasons did you buy it? 19. Do you own a CD player? How about a MP3 player? 20. Can you name one time in which advertising influenced your purchase of a CD? Was it online ads, TV commercials, magazines/articles, band websites, or some other media format? more

Resolved Question: Should I ask for a promotion?

I work with three small local newspapers that are owned by a large corporation (who could really care less about anything except for money). I started my job here in August 2009, working as a "Front Desk Clerk" which included answering phones, greeting clients and taking care of their needs, wedding announcements, classifieds, etc, and basically did whatever my boss, the Circulation Manager/Publisher, asked me to do. Slowly he kept adding on more responsibilities, I was soon in charge of Legal Advertising (the department that consistently brings in the most profit for the papers) and my boss (Alex) was training me to help with Circulation, as well as building the pages for the newspaper and helping the editor out. Everything was great! I was hired on under the impression of "Front Desk Clerk, with opportunity for advancement" and my boss told me before he hired me that I would be making $8.50 an hour and should not expect/ask for a raise for a full year. I was okay with the expectations, until my boss resigned from his job at the beginning of April. No replacement has been hired to fill his position...so guess who the responsibility has fallen on? Yep, me. Instead of doing the menial and easy tasks that I had been doing before, I am now in charge of all payments for papers, route carriers, and everything else that Alex spent 60+ hours a week working on...ON TOP of everything I was doing before: answering phones, classifieds, legal advertising, running to the post office, etc. I'm not being paid anything more, I haven't been promoted, and it seems like the "General Manager" (she never managed anything before, just wrote stories for the papers) just has more tasks to pile on everyday. I keep hinting that they either need to promote me to Circulation Manager, give me a raise, and hire someone else as a Front Desk Clerk, or just plain hire a Circulation Manager. Sandy, our GM insists that everything has to go through her bosses and that she has no control over anything, and I'm just becoming more stressed and frustrated day by day. So...should I ask for a promotion (or a raise) now, and risk being refused, or continue to do whatever the GM says (including clean the bathroom and office) for the next two months in the hope that at my yearly review they'll give me a meager $.50 raise only to be shut down again? more

Voting Question: Best Way to Promote/Advertise My New Website?

What would be the best and cost-effective way to get the word out there on the internet and drive traffic to my new website? I don't want to work with a marketing department since I've spent enough with my website marketing group. However, I know promoting my website will cost some money but what do you think the best route(s) would be at this point. Thanks a million for your response! more

Resolved Question: International Theme Park for Cultural Understanding?

International Theme Park for Cultural Understanding Project Plan and Design The Committee wants the theme park to include leading edge attractions, shops, restaurants and exhibits arranged in six distinct sections of the park. Each section, or land, should represent a different world region and each should have its own unique theme. Open a word processing document on your computer. Copy and paste this entire page into this new document. Save as a Word Document (.doc) or as a Rich Text Format (.rtf) with the title 9_1_projectplan. Type your answers into the appropriate spaces to the right as you respond to each item. Use resources found in your course library to find the facts needed to address each item. (You can delete this paragraph before submitting your answers). General What will be the name of the theme park? Why was this name selected? Provide a general description of the theme park. Who will be in charge of running the theme park? Location Where will the theme park be built? Be sure to include the name of the major population center or centers it will be near. Describe the geography of the area (coastal, hilly, flat, etc.) Include actual names of landforms or bodies of water. Provide a brief explanation why this location was selected. What are the advantages of this location over other locations? How easy will it be to get to the theme park? What will need to be done to improve travel to and from the theme park? What infrastructure other than transportation will be needed to support the theme park at this location? What climate or environmental challenges exist at this location? What will be done to make sure theme park is environmentally-friendly? Economic The building of the theme park will create thousands of new jobs. What evidence can you find that shows there will be enough new workers at this location? Literacy rate can affect the quality of new workers. What is the host country’s literacy rate? What will need to be done to prepare workers for jobs at theme park? How will highly skilled technical workers be attracted to work at theme park? What will be the primary currency used and accepted at theme park? Explain why. What will be the cost, if any, to enter theme park? How will this amount be determined? Who will be the primary visitors to theme park? How will advertising money be spent to attract additional visitors? Design List the name and theme of each of the six sections, or lands, to be included in theme park. Creativity is needed to make sure that each section tells the “story” of the different world region and culture it represents. Describe at least one thing a visitor should learn about the world region in each of the six sections of the theme park. What will need to be done to prepare the site before construction can begin? Various attractions, such as rides, theaters or exhibits, make a theme park entertaining. Describe at least one interesting attraction and the section of theme park it will be found. What will be the name of this attraction? A logo provides an easy-to-recognize symbol, such as golden arches or mouse ears. Describe the logo for the theme park. Give a brief explanation why this logo was selected. Other Add a question or issue of your own in this space. Provide the answer. more

Resolved Question: How are so many low class people becoming so rich?

FYI: I live in India. Please Note: I am neither Racist nor Casteist. But I am person with several genuine problems and absolute bewilderment. I am website designer, and I have extremely good communication skills. I rate myself as a very good at civic sense and social manner awareness. I am trying to run my small family (4, including myself) with the earnings out of my shoestring business. I am always polite to my clients, I make sure they are comfortable with every technical aspect of their website, I make sure the site is Standards Compliant for the client's sake, despite them not even knowing what W3C Standards are. I try to keep my prices as comfortable as possible, and relatively low. Yes, I am somewhat more expensive than the general market, but the cost of having an unruly, brutal joke of a messy website "design" is more than the price of owning a good website. Also, I never spit on the road, refuse to relieve myself on the pavements like so many other people do despite desperate urgency, always say "excuse me" before I do anything remotely assertive. I respect women, pay my taxes on time. Despite all this, I barely manage to scrape by, financially speaking. I am usually at the mercy of my landlord, and begging all the people I owe money to, to wait "just a few more days". Then, I get a small respite in the form of a new client or two, and I am forced to spend all the money on my commitments. This basically leaves no chance for me to improve upon my life, or the conditions therein. I am always stuck in this vicious cycle of debt and repayment. Add to my woes is the fact that we as a family have no source of support from our relatives, and hence zero investment capability; I can't even afford to advertise my services in the local newspaper classifieds. I am forced to rely on the poorly maintained and extremely unreliable public transport system, since I don't have a vehicle. Yet, I do try to work hard, against all odds. CONTRAST THIS WITH THE FOLLOWING: All I have to do is to take a short walk onto the main road, and I see multiple swanky cars on the road. In a majority of these expensive vehicles, there are people who are unruly, wear arrogant looks on their faces, and drive like shit. A lot of them don't look educated (you can tell the difference, though it sounds preposterous). They don't hesitate to pull down the window and spit copious paan onto the roads. They don't hesitate to open up their fly and start spewing on to the footpath, even in the presence of women on the road. They wear large chunky jewellery on their sweaty unhygienic bodies (trying to demonstrate their wealth), but display the social sense of a bacterium. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON! How is this happening? Will I ever succeed in life? Will I ever overtake these creatures? And pray tell me HOW _SO MANY_ of them are ending up so RICH! This is not a rare phenomenon anymore... so my curiosity... more

Resolved Question: Why is Obama criticizing BP for running advertisements? He runs advertisements too instead of helping people?

Obama makes a good point that every dollar BP spends on advertising could be better spent helping out victims of the Gulf Oil Spill.... but doesn't the same thing apply to him and this country? Every dollar he wastes on some stupid "Health Care Reform" ad could be better spent directly helping some poor person without insurance. Or am I missing something? Is $1 spent by BP worth more somehow than $1 spent by Obama's re-election fund? more

Resolved Question: are you good at writing?? plz help with this short essay!!!?

Hello, thank you for allowing me to analyze one of your ads. What exactly is advertising? According to http://www.rubak.com, advertisement is “the attempt to send information to people to convince them to spend their money with a certain company I came across one of your ads regarding a new sandwich you invented: the BK Super Seven Incher. The ad has a young woman with her mouth wide open, looking surprised and nervous. There is a sandwich across from her mouth suggesting that the sandwich is too big to fit in her mouth. Written in bold letters “It’ll blow your mind away“. The target audience seems to be men. As a young woman and Burger King Consumer, I find the ad offensive and insulting. In your mission statement you state “We will conduct all our business affairs ethically, and with the best employees in the mid-south”. You seem to doing the exact opposite in this ad. In your ad, you appear to make the Super Seven Incher so big and juicy that women would not be able to handle it, especially with our small mouths. The ad seems to make everything seem larger. The words are printed in big bold letters, the sandwich is made to appear rather large, and the woman seems to be blown away by the size of the sandwich. On the bottom right hand corner, it is written “fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-broiled with the NEW BK SUPER SEVEN INCHER. Yearn for more after you taste the mind blowing burger……” Since when has something as innocent as eating a burger become so sexual? I understand that you are simply trying to get your new sandwich out there, and spending a good amount of money to advertise it. Advertisers currently spend about $360 million a year on product placements in films and TV programming, according to the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF). sexual innuendos of this sort is inappropriate - especially when it comes to advertising fast food (which most likely will be viewed by innocent, impressionable children).Burger King is a popular fast food restaurant and everyone eats there, women, men, teens, and especially young children. When innocent kids see your ad, what are they suppose to think? It’s just not ethical to portray a sandwich as humor or sexual. In today’s society, women are especially used for advertisement. As jean kilbourne states in her movie “Killing Us Softly” (1999), women’s bodies are used as tools. From clothing, to perfumes, to sports, even foods, as in this ad. Women’s bodies are used to sell. Women are portrayed as having a hot body, but no brain. Just put a half naked girl next to anything and it’s sold. Why didn’t you use a surprised-looking man trying to fit the big sandwich in his mouth? Why only portray a woman with this type of facial expression in this particular situation? In all, if you want to have better results in sales, try not to offend women or any gender or race. If you make an ad that appeal to all genders, you will have better sales. Using women in an offensive manor is an ugly trend that needs to stop. Burger King is a well known restaurant, and well respected, in order to keep it this way, you shouldn’t use such offensive ads, similar to the Super Seven Incher. more

Resolved Question: are you good at writing? plz take a look at my short essay (very short)?

plz read it and let me know what i can do to make it better and stronger!! thanks in advance Hello, thank you for allowing me to analysis one of your ads. What exactly is advertising? According to http://www.rubak.com, advertisement is “the attempt to send information to people to convince them to spend their money with a certain company I came across one of your ads regarding a new sandwich you invented: the BK Super Seven Incher. The ad has young woman with her mouth open, looking surprised, yet scared at the same time. There is a sandwich across from her mouth suggesting that the sandwich is too big to fit in her mouth. Written in bold letters “It’ll blow your mind away“. The target audience seems to be men. As a young woman and Burger King Consumer, I find the ad offensive and insulting. In your mission statement you state “We will conduct all our business affairs ethically, and with the best employees in the mid-south”. In your ad, you appear to make the Super Seven Incher so big and juicy that women would not be able to handle it, especially with our small mouths. Add Analysis The ad seems to make everything seem larger. The words are printed in big bold letters, the sandwich is made to appear rather large, and the woman seems to be blown away by the size of the sandwich. On the bottom right hand corner, it is written “fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-broiled with the NEW BK SUPER SEVEN INCHER. Yearn for more after you taste the mind blowing burger……” Since when has something as innocent as eating a burger become so sexual? I understand that you are simply trying to get your new sandwich out there, but degrading women is just not ethical. Burger King is a popular fast food restaurant and everyone eats there, women, men, teens, and especially young children. When innocent kids see your ad, what are they suppose to think? It’s just not ethical to portray a sandwich as humor or sexual. In today’s society, women are especially used for advertisement. As jean kilbourne states in her movie “Killing Us Softly” (1999), women’s bodies are used as tools. From clothing, to perfumes, to sports, even foods, as in this ad. Women’s bodies are used to sell. Women are portrayed as having a hot body, but no brain. Just put a half naked girl next to anything and it’s sold. This is a trend that is getting bigger and bigger. Conclusion In all, if you want to have better results in sales, try not to offend women or any gender or race. If you make an ad that appeals to all genders, you will have better sales. Using women in a offensive manor is an ugly trend that needs to stop. Burger King is a well known restaurant, and well respected, in order to keep it this way, you shouldn’t use such offensive ads, similar to the super seven incher.this is a college paper, just in case..... what can i do to make it it college level?*vanizorc* i love your ideas, thank you so much!!! any more advise??I asked the question again,, plz go on it, cuz i changed it up a lil plz help http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100608004456AAlp4pR more

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