...Human Barbie “I’m a Barbie girl, in a barbie world” The Barbie Girl song by the group Aqua became a catchy pop song during its released in May 1997. It was every woman’s song as they dream to experience Barbie’s life. And who would have thought that some women was so much dedicated to look like Barbie and some are just born with Barbie’s appearance. Here are some of the girls in different countries who really resemble the looks of Barbie 1. Valeria Lukyanova The most controversial and the creepiest human barbie comes from Ukraine. She’s Valeria Lukyanova, 21, a good looking blonde woman that turns herself to look like Barbie by putting piles of make up and blue eye contact lenses. She also underwent a series of plastic surgeries that include enhancing her breast, tucking and nipping her waist and carving her face to achieve a physique and facial features of Barbie. She spent almost $80000 for her Barbie looks. Other people said that she’s too creepy and lifeless. Maybe because of her big, glassy blue eyes and her tiny waist! KotaKoti Meet KotaKoti, also known as Dakota Rose! Her blogs and videos captured the attention of everybody especially in Japan and China. She’s one of the inspired living dolls in Japan. Her fans considered her as a cosplayer. She dresses the way she likes and doesn’t mind those people who make fun the way she dresses. Lots of people call her fake, arguing that her pictures are photoshopped. Dakota however just continues her girly life by blogging...
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...possible and her look only relates to less than half of the human population. Barbie has the perfect, dream world where she has her dream car, house, an impeccable wardrobe, and of course the man of her dreams. Many girls grow up and admire Barbie for her looks and all the materialistic things she has and will probably grow up wanting to be just like her. This can lead to them wanting to dress in mini skirts and short-shorts at a young age and can lead to prostitution in the future. One simple doll can change the lives of young girls and parents may not even realize it. Keywords: Barbie, unrealistic features, young girls “I’m a blond bimbo girl, in a fantasy world, dress me up, make it tight.” Those are some of the lyrics of Barbie Girl by Aqua who sung a song about a Barbie doll and how she lives this perfect, materialistic world with her true love Ken. Looking back into my child hood. I was never the little girl who played with Barbie’s or had an obsession with having every addition. In other cases though, many girls are influenced by the doll and can have negative effects in their lives. Parents do not realize the effects that a Barbie doll can have on a little girl. Parents may think they are buying the perfect toy for their child, not knowing the bad effects that come along with Barbie. This plastic doll affects each little girl differently. It is strange how a toy can have such an impact on a girl’s life. Barbie influences what a little girl wants her parents to buy for her...
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...Barbie Assignment I remember having trunks full of Barbies and playing with them when I was a little girl. My Barbies had all different careers and were of different races. My mom even convinced my older cousin to give me her MC Hammer doll. Being of mixed race, my mother wanted me to understand diversity through my dolls. The different skin tones that Barbie had, reflected the diversity I saw in my friends growing up. So for that I think Barbie had a pretty good influence on me. When I five years old, I was rewarded for being good at the doctor’s with a new Barbie. I was so excited because all of my friends had one already. I loved playing with my new found friend, but soon wanted more. After two more successful visits to the doctor’s, Ken and several others helped me to start quite a collection. These dolls were not only toys to me, but an extended family. I spent countless hours with them every day for years. They had a permanent home against my bedroom wall that stretched 5ft long. The monstrous house consisted of four beds, complete with linens and pillows that my mother had made. The kitchen was furnished of dishes, pots, pans, and an array of “food”. The living room had a TV that I made from an old cardboard jewelry box that I drew on and mini magazines. When I was seven, for Christmas my grandma bought me a baby blue Barbie Corvette and it still sits up on a shelf in my parent’s garage. One reason why I want them to keep it is because I think it...
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...BARBIE GIRL DROP BOX -4 RESEARCH ON INDIA (QUESTION NUMBER 1a) SUBMITTED BY :DHARMADEV SUNDURU 10/10/2013 INTERNET RESEARCH ON CHINA MARKET FOR TOYS: We, all know that Chinese market is very huge and complex. when it comes to toys market, the world renowned toy makers like Mattel and Hasbro have started their market share in china. Europeans and North Americans have a keen interest to enter into china market but in between they have to face some barriers. REASONS TO ENTER INTO CHINA MARKET: Good skilled labour. Low labour cost. High population. Less barriers to enter into market. BARRIERS FOR ENTERING INTO CHINA: Government policy: china has one of the largest and advanced economic policies. investors found that China had attain a level of sincerity so as to unparalleled in the middle of huge and packed out nations", with antagonism from foreign goods in more or less every subdivision of the financial system. overseas investment help to very much boost in quality, information and principles, especially industries. China's skill wires the declaration that globalisation greatly increase capital to countries. Main category of policies: Allowed limited banned Opportunities: Huge population. good economy growth stable investments. skilled labour. china has a good global market for further growth of company When About to choose a entry :Before entering into the market company should know the market scope...
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...AFRB 343 Advanced Financial Accounting 1 Semester 11 2011 / 2012 TUTORIAL: AQUACULTURE QUESTION 1 The data below is related to Aqua Tiger Bhd that cultures and sells tiger prawns as at 1 January 2006: Batch 1 Batch 2 (RM) (RM) Direct labour costs 40,000 10,000 Production overhead 20,000 30,000 Seed stock, fertilizer and chemical 15,000 25,000 Costs to complete the cycle 90,000 100,000 Estimated harvest 10,000 kg 15,000 kg Required: a) Determine the estimated total costs upon completion and estimated profit for each batch if the selling price for the tiger prawns is RM12/kg. b) If provision for batch 1 and batch 2 is RM16,000 and RM8,000 respectively, calculate the value of the closing stock at NRV and at cost 1 QUESTION 2 Marakisa Bhd involves in the aquaculture activities. The company has built 10 ponds and each pond takes 3 months to generate revenues. Therefore allowing Marakisa to operate 4 phases annually. Detail information on the costs and revenues for the year 2006 is as follows: Types of cost Land acquisition Facilities (road and sewage) Ponds, equipment, water pump and generator Direct labour wages Supervisor’s salary Material costs Transportation costs Revenue: Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Amount (RM) 520,000 15,000 2,540,100 600/month 1,200/month 5,000/month 5% from revenue 575,800 620,300 490,000 680,400 sales i. ii. Additional information: Ponds and other equipment is depreciated at 10% per annum on a straight line basis. A worker is assigned to...
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...Aqua Fish Canada Inc. (AFC) To: Guy Mills, President & CEO From: Adam Rice, Controller Date: May 16th, 2014 Re:Report on business strategies to follow to meet strategic goals set by Board of Directors. Executive Summary: Aqua Fish Canada (AFC) is a Canadian owned company involved in aquaculture in the Maritimes, whose mission is to provide sustainable source of fresh, diesase-free fish to domestic and export markets through aquaculture farming. AFC's goal is to be able to diversify into other markets, mainly the shellfish farming market, while also increasing profitability in the salmon operations. All potential investments must also yield at 10% rate of return in order for AFC to approve the project. Three alternatives were evaluated to hep AFC achieve its goals. The first alternative is to build a blue mussel farm in PEI. The second alternative is to build an American oyster farm in New Brunswick and the last alternative is to sponsor project Blue Wave to genetically modify salmon. It's recommended that AFC accept all three alternatives, as all three meet the 10% required rate of return. Minor issues, include a potential lawsuit against AFC for fish which escaped from Site 3, unethical behaviour by Mrs. Maise in advising employees to write down inventory shipment value to please customers, legislation which requires AFC to cover costs of dismantling any owned aquaculture sites, bonus calculation...
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...To: Guy Mills From: Adam Rice Date: Februrary 22,2014 Subject: Reports for Aqua Fish Canada Inc. Executive Summary Aqua Fish Canada Inc.(AFC) is facing with several challenges that the board ofdirector decided to adopt new business strategies to meet its corporate strategic goals. Currently, Site 3 employees' neglect of duties and increasing competitive aquaculture industry has made AFC's position at a disadvantage. Therefore, they determined to implement proper strategies (diversifyinto shellfish farming or Project Blue Wave) to enhance its profitability in a better way. The detail of analysis will be shown in the following report. Based on the analysis, the proper recommendation for AFC is to diversifyits shellfish farming by leasing theblue mussel farm site in PEI, which could provide an upward progitability in the future. To achieve its strategic goals, AFC should provide anappropriate inplementation plan: • Training new employees for mussel farm site • Improving oversea shipment system • Maintaining high quality to create reputation in oversea market Introduction Currently, all the internal and external factors (such as the growing intense competition of aquaculture industry, AFC's Site 4 quality issue, Site 3 employees issue, and seasonal gap of this industry) put AFC in negative position. This report will explain the curent situation for AFC, analyze alternatives quantitatively and qualitatively...
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...To: Guy Mills From: Adam Rice Date: Februrary 22,2014 Subject: Reports for Aqua Fish Canada Inc. Executive Summary Aqua Fish Canada Inc.(AFC) is facing with several challenges that the board ofdirector decided to adopt new business strategies to meet its corporate strategic goals. Currently, Site 3 employees' neglect of duties and increasing competitive aquaculture industry has made AFC's position at a disadvantage. Therefore, they determined to implement proper strategies (diversifyinto shellfish farming or Project Blue Wave) to enhance its profitability in a better way. The detail of analysis will be shown in the following report. Based on the analysis, the proper recommendation for AFC is to diversifyits shellfish farming by leasing theblue mussel farm site in PEI, which could provide an upward progitability in the future. To achieve its strategic goals, AFC should provide anappropriate inplementation plan: • Training new employees for mussel farm site • Improving oversea shipment system • Maintaining high quality to create reputation in oversea market Introduction Currently, all the internal and external factors (such as the growing intense competition of aquaculture industry, AFC's Site 4 quality issue, Site 3 employees issue, and seasonal gap of this industry) put AFC in negative position. This report will explain the curent situation for AFC, analyze alternatives quantitatively and qualitatively...
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...Job Evaluation Technique at The Aura The job evaluation of the employees is done on the basis of Job-grading/Job-Classification method, under which the number of grades is decided, and then the factors associated are added on. The Aura’s Job Evaluation Policy Grade | Work Defined | 1 | Tasks of a simple nature and more physically demanding; the work is closely supervised by higher level employees. | 2 | Tasks are simple & are carried out in accordance with a definite number of clearly defined rules, and which can be clearly executed after a period of 2 weeks. The work is checked and closely supervised. | 3 | The tasks are straight forward, but they involve complicated routines & requiring some advanced knowledge & speciality. It requires complete alertness on the part of the worker, as the job is subjected to occasional checks from higher authorities. | 4 | The tasks for this grade call for independent arrangement of work, the exercise of some initiative, authority over the lower grades and which require little supervision. The perfect grade for communicating between the upper grades & lower grades, and is essentially the link of the organisations’ lower & upper grades. The person needs to have detailed familiarity with one or more branches of established SOP’s. | 5 | The tasks for this grade are routine, but the tasks involve a greater degree of risk & responsibility, including the readiness to answer non-routine queries & exercising...
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...Aqualisa Quartz Simply a Better Shower 1) In 2001 the Company came up with Quartz Standard Shower and Quartz Pumped Shower. The production and innovation used to create these two products provided the following value proposition to the two groups: a) Consumers : The consumers were unhappy with the existing showers in the market , they faced the following issues that were addressed by Quartz * Poor Pressure and varying temperatures of water * The life of the showers was limited , they would break after some time * Due to scaling, it becomes hard to turn knob of the shower * Getting a plumber to fix a standard shower Typically took 2 days and the waiting line for getting a plumber was 6 months due to shortage of master plumbers * Bulky set up for the shower The Quartz dealt with all these issues and more for the consumer, the developed a shower that addressed all the needs * It provided efficient and reliable water pressure at the press of a button * At the desired temperature of 41 degrees * The easy push button to control light on valve that flashed red every time the water was ready for use * It was safe to use for kids and the elderly didn’t need to struggle with the turning the tap * It didn’t require much time for installation, was easy and not bulky * It was perceived as efficient and incredibly convenient b) Plumbers : The main concerns faced by the plumbers were * They were skeptical towards technology and...
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...Aqua Bay Marketing Plan for Softubs Jamie O'Shaughnessy Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 PURPOSE 5 SCOPE 5 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS 6 COMPANY 6 About 6 Mission Statement 6 Corporate Social Responsibility 6 COMPETITORS 7 St. Lawrence Pools 7 Beachcomber 8 Comparison Chart of Competitors 9 CUSTOMERS 10 Market Segments 10 Target Market – “KEY FINDINGS” 10 Market Share 11 Customer Needs 11 Retail Channel 11 Consumer Information Sources 11 Frequency and Quantity of Purchase 12 COLLABOTATORS 13 CLIMATE 14 STEP Analysis 14 Social 14 Technological 14 Economic 14 Political 14 SWOT Analysis 15 Strengths 15 Weaknesses 15 Opportunities 15 Threats 15 OBJECTIVES AND ISSUES 16 MARKETING STRATEGY 17 Unique Selling Proposition 17 Competitive Advantage 17 Customer Promises 17 USP 17 MARKETING MIX 18 Product 18 Price 18 Promotion 19 Place 20 Promotional Objective 20 Promotional Strategy 20 Strategic Summary – “KEY FINDINGS” 20 TACTICS 21 Personal Selling 21 Frequently Asked Questions 22 Print 23 Signage 23 Emails 25 BUDGET 26 Monthly Budget (DIRECT COSTS) 26 CONTROLS 27 Customer Feedback 27 Annual Sales 27 Profitability 27 Journal 27 Sales: Prospects 27 * attached documents *Positioning Graph for Softub *Customized Print Advertisement for Softub *Letter to Softub Sales Representative EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Aqua Bay Ltd is a local pool store looking to increase...
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...Management Of Aqua-Fun ----Case 1 in Chapter 6 Team 4: Yudan Ding Wenqian Xu Xianjing Zhu Yukun Chen SCHM2301 Prof. Omar Elwakil 10/08/2013 Quality Management of Aqua-Fun 1. Cost of Quality Analysis A focus on quality management demands that the total cost and benefits of quality performance be first understood by everyone in the company. In order to successfully launch a companywide Six Sigma, the first step is to dig out all relative cost categories that associated with managing quality and quality failures. The marketing research and other similar costs categories should all be included in the Cost of Quality (CoQ) analysis. 1.1 Identification of Cost Categories Based on Roberta’s current CoQ analysis, there are 18 cost categories with question marks that she either did not have data for or wasn’t sure about including. For the prevention costs, Roberta is having problem with the costs of marketing research, customer/user perception surveys/clinics, supplier quality planning, supplier quality planning, quality program planning and reporting, and other prevention costs. As mentioned earlier in the case, Roberta wasn’t sure how the marketing manager would feel about including marketing research as a category in the CoQ because it seems that marketing research as well as the customer perception surveys have no direct relation with preventing product defects. In fact, the fast development and introduction of new product is a key factor that differentiates Aqua Fun from...
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...cost categories with question marks that she either did not have data for or wasn’t sure about including. For the prevention costs, Roberta is having problem with the costs of marketing research, customer/user perception surveys/clinics, supplier quality planning, supplier quality planning, quality program planning and reporting, and other prevention costs. As mentioned earlier in the case, Roberta wasn’t sure how the marketing manager would feel about including marketing research as a category in the CoQ because it seems that marketing research as well as the customer perception surveys have no direct relation with preventing product defects. In fact, the fast development and introduction of new product is a key factor that differentiates Aqua Fun from their competitors in the same market. To ensure the quality of the new products before they are launched into the market, it is essential for the company to develop effective and well-designed production plan through market research and customer perception surveys. After developing the new product, the next stage would be picking the qualified supplier. Therefore the supplier quality planning should also be included in the CoQ analysis. For the quality management purpose, the... 2. 1. Cost of Quality Analysis A focus on quality management demands that the total cost...
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...The author’s purpose in writing the passage is to inform readers about a valuable invention, of which is called the Aqua-Lung and the impacts it had on diving. The Aqua-Lung was considered a valuable invention because it allowed humans to be able to stay in the water for a longer period of time. As portrayed in Paragraph 6, “Before the invention of the Aqua-Lung, divers could only remain in the water for a matter of minutes before the air ran out. With the Aqua-Lung, that time could be extended to an hour or even.” This demonstrates that the Aqua-Lung greatly increased the time that humans could spend in the water. This is significant because in order to be able to dive more deeply into the ocean and study its inhabitants, explorers and scientist...
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...What makes a great song? Well, depending on the genre, audiences usually listen to the beat of the song and the voice of the singer, however the meaning behind the song is the most important. Barbie Girl is a song by a band called Aqua and it meritoriously demonstrates human foolishness within society through the use of textual elements such as tone, diction, repetition, as well as visual features. This song is a feminist satire cunningly disguised in a childish, friendly pop hit targeted to young adults and teenagers as it mocks the way a majority of them may think and act as she ridicules how they are desperately trying to resemble Barbie. Aqua uses a sarcastic tone to help send across the purpose of the text. Moreover, the tone throughout the song is understood through Aqua’s use of diction, repetition and visual features. The purpose of the song is to reveal messages of sex and the roles that men and women play in a sexual relationship. Since most listeners of this song do not cautiously pay attention to the lyrics, the sarcastic tone, mixed with the childish, high pitched voice of the lead singer would give the impression that this is fun and cheerful record, exposing the mood. The fake cheeriness and high-pitched voice is used to support audiences understand the mockery that links to the message which is human recklessness within society. The strong use of wording throughout the text demonstrates the superiority of men over women and develops the tone of the song...
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