Mattel is recognized as the global leader of toys design, manufacturing and marketing. Company’s product lines includes the brands such as Barbie®, Hot Wheels®, Matchbox®, American Girl®, Radica® and Tyco R/C®, as well as Fisher-Price® brands family. Mattel has been putting significant focus on corporate responsibility resulted in the recognition in the various rankings, including FORTUNE Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" and Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s "100 Best Corporate Citizens"
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Intellectual property rights violations threaten American prosperity. These continued infringements must be regulated through the avenues of Congressional power, and judicial enforcement. Proponents of strong laws that help protect owners of intellectual property rights, rely on the holding in Eldred v, Ashcroft. While naysayers of stronger laws rely on the decision in Feist v. Rural Telephone, where the Court decided that works, which lack originality and creativity, do not rise to the same level
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Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die is a good entry-level book into the realm of analysis based on gathered data. The terminology used is not technical. The writing is humorous, optimistic, and engaging. The content is eye-opening, insightful, terrifying, and thought-provoking – simultaneously. Being both informative and enjoyable, the writing style reminded me of Freakonomics in many ways. Graphic devices such as flow charts, cartoons
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Sociopolitical Factors and Diversity Angie Kauffman Psych 535 September 7, 2013 Sociopolitical Factors and Diversity As society continues to diversify, both psychologists and therapists need to develop awareness for each client’s perspective, beliefs, and values. An individual’s perspective may differ from the perspective of his or her therapist. Thus, psychologists and therapists alike must develop an understanding of cultural diversity. Pederson and Locke (1999) stress the need for
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of these heroes received differential treatment based on their gender, race or social status. Jessica Lynch seemed to be the perfect candidate to depict as an American Hero. Lynch is 5’6, 130 lbs. with blonde hair and blue eyes (Fluharty). With Barbie doll like qualities, Jessica not only served as an American Soldier, but possessed the beauty necessary to attract attention of viewers and develop a great story. The War on Terrorism has allowed news anchors to televise and participate in more combat
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it and score before you touch the ground then you get the points and they go back to 0 if they don't have at least 11 points. So we were playing and the game was going for a while pretty much all of us had points it was me mason, lyle, darren, and barbie playing and i think darren was winning because he just scored and was shooting free throws and he made the first one so he got to shoot another one and he missed so this is when the dunk happened he shot it so i started to run towards the the rim
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We are living in a world that is surrounded by the mass media. There are all kinds of mass media around us whether we like it or not, it is part of the modern living lifestyle. The mass media including television, radio, newspaper, internet and advertisements provide us useful information and latest news, have a great influence in shaping people’s ideas. The following are the discussion on how the mass media directly and indirectly affect our thinking and idea. First, we rely on mass media to
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Superhero Essay: Stephen Curry Rachel Jahner Wardell “Stephen” Curry’s love for the feel of the hardwood under his feet, the ball swishing in his hand and into the hoop, started one day when his grandpa created a basketball hoop for his dad. He would soon become one of the greatest basketball players, join the Golden State basketball team, become number 30 and the point guard. While still showing love to his mother, father, wife, and two children [Riley and Ryan]. “The love and lessons of
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More the 24 million people of all ages stuffer. Not just woman but men too in terms of eating disorders. 95% of those suffering from an eating disorder are between the ages of 12-24. There are images all telling us to "loss weight" or "gain weight". Barbie, for example blond, skinny, what society "thinks" woman should look like. What is this saying to the younger girls, that you have to look a certain way to be beautiful? However, Barbies are not all bad, they have recently come out with body positive
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24 Hour Media Blackout I remember getting my first computer game for Christmas one year, a Barbie horse jumping game I think, and being completely enthralled even though, looking back, it was poorly designed and the graphics were atrocious. A lot has changed by way of technology since those days. I believe I can speak for many born in the late nineties when I say that so much rapid technological development makes it seem like it was a lot longer ago, sparking a nostalgia for seemingly ‘simpler’
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