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Does this sound okay? 10 pts?

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:47:31 +0000

We had to come up with a product for class and I came up with walk wear which is basically a hoodie with speakers in it so you can listen to music Does my body paragraphs and conclusion sound alright and if can you please let me know if I should make any changes. Thanks

The average cost for a television commercial is about $200,000 for one 30-second commercial during prime time. The magazine ads are $1,200 to $5,000 per month or per issue depending on the ad size and demographics. Online ads are $0.60 pay-per-click or $1,200 – $1,800 a month for aggressive campaigns, although it does not include search engine optimization. Banner ads on websites can cost $200 to $1,200 per year and per banner. Websites cost $150 annually for domain and hosting, plus what you determine your budget to be for design and maintenance. A reasonable bottom line budget for an author without a large body of work for a basic site is about $500.

Each of these advertising approaches will make a great impact on the consumer while convincing them to buy our product. Television commercials, magazines ads, online ads, and celebrity endorsement, are most favorable and popular today by society and will also help promote the merchandise. The target audience is anyone who enjoys listening to music. The cost effectiveness of the product is reasonably priced and well worth every penny. Also, the redundancy capabilities can be modernize and altered for future representation.

Consequently, in order to sell the product Walk- Wear we will use a variety of different and alluring forms of media to capture the consumer. Television commercials, magazines ads, online ads, along with celebrity endorsements will help promote our product while making a new fashion trend.

Yea is sounds wayyyyy smartical lol

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sex sell girls short? -what do you think?

admin — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:03:04 +0000

WASHINGTON (National Catholic Register) – Products such as Bratz dolls clad in leather mini-skirts abound on the market for girls under age 10. Teen magazines and television shows promote underdressed celebrities such as Paris Hilton and Brittney Spears as role models. A porn actress writes a best-selling autobiography, and pre-teen girls show up at her book signings.

Parents have long expressed concern that their daughters are being “sexualized” by merchandise and mass media.

Sex sells, and it is increasingly being used to market clothing, toys and entertainment to young girls.

But is society selling these girls short? What are the long-term implications of teaching a child that she must look and behave like a sexual object to be fashionable or popular?

The American Psychological Association addressed the issue in a recent study. It formed a task force to define sexualization, examine its prevalence and provide examples in society and in cultural institutions. The task force also set out to evaluate the evidence suggesting that sexualization has negative consequences for girls and for society. It described positive alternatives to help counteract it.

The report, published Feb. 19, defined sexualization as something “occurring when a person’s value comes only from his or her sexual appeal or behavior, to the exclusion of other characteristics, and when a person is sexually objectified.” Results showed that every media form contributed to the sexualization of girls and young women by portraying them in a sexual manner more often than boys and men.

Task force member Sharon Lamb, co-author of “Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters From Marketers’ Schemes,” said marketers play a significant role in sexualizing girls. “They are reaching down to younger and younger girls, selling a version of what it means to be a teenager,” she said. “According to them it is all about being hot and sexy.”

The task force also found that parents, teachers and peers may also contribute to the sexualization by conveying the message that physical appearance is the most important goal for a girl. The study went on to suggest that girls may also play a part in sexualizing themselves by wearing clothing to make them look “sexy,” thus viewing themselves as sexual objects.

Damaging

The American Psychological Association’s report concluded that sexualization was damaging to all women, but particularly to younger girls who are still forming a sense of self. Negative effects include increased risks of depression, eating disorders and low self-esteem. It also discussed the negative impact the sexualization of girls can have on society as a whole as it affects other groups, including men and boys.

Catholic psychiatrist Richard Fitzgibbons sees narcissism in our culture with the worship of the body. He points to media outlets such as MySpace and YouTube.

“These Internet programs contribute to a person believing their identity is determined by their body,” he said. “A girl typically puts pictures of herself online to get attention and comments from others. Some girls get so caught up in the Internet culture, their own self-worth is measured by how their Internet ‘friends’ view their physical appearance.”

Citing John Paul II’s 1994 “Letter to Families,” Fitzgibbons explained that permissive parenting can cause a girl to succumb to sexualization. “Girls are at risk when parents fail to correct selfishness, form modesty and monitor friendships,” he said.

The task force recommends educating parents on the dangers of sexualizing girls and urges them to become more involved in viewing media with their children. The task force also encouraged organized groups to step up and confront the issue by offering girls “practical and psychological alternatives to the values conveyed by popular culture.”

“If marketers and the media assume more of a social conscience, this sexualization of girls can be prevented,” said Lamb. “Parent protests and support of watchdog groups are also important.”

Joseph D’Agostino of the Population Research Institute, a non-profit research and educational organization, asserts that the American Psychological Association’s report stops short by failing to mention the sexualization of girls as a result of the feminist movement. In a weekly briefing, he wrote, “The politically correct view is that the sexualization of girls and feminism are opposing forces, but in fact they have gone hand-in-hand.”

D’Agostino attested that feminism teaches girls that chastity oppresses them and a girl must liberate herself sexually to be equal with men.

“They have taught that there are no natural limits to sexuality,” he wrote. “Based on feminist principles, why shouldn’t little girls sexualize themselves? And why shouldn’t adult men and women view them as sexual if there is no such thing as unnatural sexuality?”

Fitzgibbons said parents must “grow in wisdom as authoritative parents.” He also encouraged priests and Catholic educators to “communicate the truth about sexual morality and warn of the dangers of the sexual utilitarian philosophy and the contraceptive mentality.”

Reaching Out

Fitzgibbons recommends reading John Paul II’s 1994 Letter to Families and his 1981 Apostolic Exhortation, “Familiaris Consortio” (“The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World”), as well as teaching children the truth about human sexuality.

“An excellent resource is Theology of the Body for Teens by Jason Evert, Brian Butler, Mark Hart and Crystalina Evert from Ascension Press,” he said.

Catholic groups have recognized this crisis and are reaching out to young women. Pure Fashion, an organization that helps women ages 14-18 “embrace their authentic beauty and innate dignity as children of God, focuses on guiding young women to live the virtues of modesty and purity in their schools and communities.”

According to Rhonda Boyle, Pure Fashion’s national assistant, the program is designed to combat the sexualization of girls through fashion.

“We are working hard,” she said, “to change our culture by creating role models who will live a life of purity and modesty in fashion in their schools, churches and communities.”

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Bethany Noble, based in Phoenix, Ariz., is a correspondent for National Catholic Register.

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Copyright © 2007 Circle Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Republished with permission by Catholic Online from the Aug. 26 – Sept. 1, 2007, National Catholic Register (www.ncregister.com), a Catholic Online Preferred Publishing Partner.

the religious leaders controlled us in the past, all that sexual oppression was to keep us from having orgies and impregnating each others wives.

want to know what i think? Western civ. has peaked and just like the islamic, roman, and greek empires we are experimenting with gender roles and sexuality before we fall.

its a "players" world now.

last days of rome, make hay!

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Stressed out and confused college student needs to figure out life?

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:53:58 +0000

I've been changing my mind about what I want to major in since the day I went to college. My parents are going nuts because they feel like there just wasting money. I am now going onto my spring semester sophomore year, wasting more than 40 thousand dollars at some small state college in New Hampshire, and I just have no idea. I've taken classes on just about every subject matter there is but nothing is doing it for me. I've been looking around online at schools like the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising, School of Visual Arts (both in NYC) and the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in LA. I really want to be in a city, and the idea of working with fashion excites me, however, I really have no artistic abilities. I can come up with great visuals in my head, but I cannot put it onto paper what-so-ever. I'M STUCK! I need some advice..

go to 1 of your councilers and explain your situation..or if you have some sorta psychiatrist on campus then let them know what your problem is. dont just ignore it you gotta speak with a college official cuz if you dont, youll end up becomin depressed & you might even hurt yourself, i got a long distance cousin who blasted himself over college, he failed & his fam was real education-oriented. so speak to somebody like an advisor or someone in your college & tell em ya problems before this escalates & turns to a bigger problem.

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I have a question for all you?

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:10:46 +0000

Ok, i want to go to FIDM. Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising to take Digital Media or Graphic Design, i already talked to the adviser, she said i had so much passion for what i want to do, but i didn’t tell her everything it’s just Digital Media i never really did before but i want to go and learn it also Graphic Design i did in high school loved it. The problem is they say i need a “entrance project” i wouldn’t know where to start to do that. My computer has no kind of software of that kind and plus people say it doesn’t have to be the best art work ever, the school is more based on your passion, someone please help i really really want to do this and i’ll do anything to do so.

I already want to a near by college to take some courses for Graphic Design but they said the classes or full.

Can you tell me what has to do with Digital Media Or Graphic Design on the list?
ARTS103 – Art Appreciation
ARTS105 – Film History Appreciation
ARTS110 – Fundamental Drawing
ARTS111 – Crafts
ARTS115 – Introduction to the Visual Arts
ARTS116 – Graphic Design – ALREADY FULL
ARTS128 – Introduction to Photographic Methods
ARTS135 – Arts with Computers – Online Class
ARTS165/CISM165 – Web Graphic and Animation – FULL
Those are the credit courses
These are the side ones below:

Digital Imaging & Video – Adobe Photoshop Elements – Layers and Advanced Tools.

Thats it. i will really really appreciate if someone helps me with the best detail and most helpful answer.

Please thanks!

I have 1 year to do this i want to go to FIDM next year!

ARTS103 – Art Appreciation
More to do with fashion for the elite and talking rubbish than anything actually practical

ARTS105 – Film History Appreciation
Same again

ARTS110 – Fundamental Drawing
A useful starting point . The best graphic designers and digital artists generally have good drawing skills.

ARTS111 – Crafts
Not really useful for graphics and digital media

ARTS115 – Introduction to the Visual Arts
This may help your understanding of Graphic design which is all about communication through Visual media. Its probably worth looking into.

ARTS116 – Graphic Design – ALREADY FULL
Ideal but unavailable.

ARTS128 – Introduction to Photographic Methods
This could help your understanding of using images to present graphic messages, but is probably more concerned with to many other elements such as processing images, lenses, film speeds and digital cameras.

ARTS135 – Arts with Computers – On line Class
This will be useful for digital media but is probably overly concerned with elitist fashion and talking garbage about Art.

ARTS165/CISM165 – Web Graphic and Animation – FULL
Perfect but unavailable.

Digital Imaging & Video – Adobe Photoshop Elements – Layers and Advanced Tools.
Very useful but wont really teach you anything about using graphics for communication.

I think you would be better looking at more educational institutes, even if it means you have to move away.

As for the project you are talking about. Good designers generally work on paper first.

Set your self a project /brief to communicate a message to a wide audience through visual media and graphic design.

For example: create a publicity campaign for a product or service. write down your campaign ideas, such as headlines ideas, image ideas and communication media ideas.
Are you going to design a Television advertisement? If so you would need a story board.
Are you thinking of a Web campaign?If so, then you will need a web site and web advertising ideas such as banner ads and search engine optimization
Or perhaps a poster campaign, or perhaps something more off the wall like a hot air balloon campaign.

Whatever ideas you have you can write them down, and accompany them with sketches and perhaps visuals produced with colored pencils or magic markers. Then gather them together in a nice folder, laid out in a neat and logical order. This could be your presentation. You certainly wont need to do this on a computer. And this will give the interviewer a much better idea of your raw creative talent and stop you from becoming bogged down with technique and the need to learn software applications.

Hope this helps.

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I want to start my own eBay business. What should I sell? Where can I buy wholesale?

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:02:24 +0000

I have been using eBay regularly now for at least a few years. I buy almost everything online these days, and about 80% of it comes from either eBay or half.com. I have used eBay to sell old textbooks and other things I had lying around.

…But I think I'm ready to start my own business!!

Any ideas as to what I should sell?

Here are some of my own ideas:
-Victoria's Secret merchandise
-skincare/beauty products
-high-end fashion/shoes

These are all things I know a little about. But how do I get started?

Hello, the site above I've tried before but it is a total scam, you should try out genuine skincare wholesalers, beauty products suppliers and shoes for your ebay business like these ones I found listed here:
USA Wholesalers / Dropshippers: http://usatrade.url40.net
Canada Wholesalers / Dropshippers: http://cndatrade.url40.net
UK Wholesalers / Dropshippers: http://uktrade.url40.net
For all other countries: http://worldwide.url40.net

Hope this helps
Good luck with your ebay business plans, hope these suppliers are useful to you. Cheers

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Does a GED/HS Diploma really matter?

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:20:35 +0000

I have been studying to get my GED, but I still don't have it. This online program can get me a diploma for fashion merchandising and I don't need a GED or HS Diploma to enroll. I'd still kind of like to say I have my GED, but does it really matter? Is it worth the $60?

Depends on what you do, but in many cases it does. If you ever want to go to a 4-year university, you need your HS Diploma or GED; you want to join the military, you need your HS Diploma or GED, you want to go into any kinda of public service, you generally need your HS Diploma or GED… see where I'm going with this?

At the very least, it is definately worth the $60. Would you rather wait now and sometime far down the road have someone ask you for that and have that $60 be all that stands between you and a terrific job that you want?

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Where can I buy Red Bull merchandise?

admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:25:42 +0000

I want to buy some Red Bull merchandise for my own fashion tastes, but I can't order online since I'm not 18. Also, I mean things like shirts and caps, not the drink. I've gotten plenty of those already.

totally try www.ebay.com

but if you like a certain sport, like airplane racing for instance, go on redbull.com, and look for the red bull air race website and there will be things on that website for you to buy with air race stuff and red bull all over it (as long as you have a credit card or ask your parents)…red bull have their hand in alot of things, so you can look for car racing and F1, motoX, soccer, etc….

red bull does not sell anything with just the bulls and sun logo and the words red bull energy drink. those are exclusively for red bull athletes and people that work for red bull.

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I am going to be a college freshman. What should I expect?

admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:53:38 +0000

I will be going to Nassau Community College. And I will be majoring in Fashion Buying and Merchandising. I'm not too sure what to expect.
I am planning on scheduling early classes-because I am a morning person. And I will have to drive 50 miles (roundtrip). So I plan to take as much online as possible.

Any tips? Any expieriances you wish to share?
Any help would be AWESOME!
Is there anything I should steer clear of?

The difference between college and HS is not so much the difficulty of courses – they get grade 10's to do AP classes these days and they are at college level – its got to do with self motivation. You must motivate yourself. That is the key. You find people who did crazy well at HS bomb out at college and visa versa. The reason is the self motivation – not the difficulty of subject matter.

Thanks
Bill

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i'm considering a online art business. what is the percentage of success for this type of business?

admin — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:33:32 +0000

i create whatever i can get my imagination around, so there's a huge variety of merchandise. fine art, jewelry, fashion, and funiture.

If you run it correctly, 80%; otherwise 5%.

If you have another job, keep it. But keep producing your art. Sell it on the internet. Keep you business expenses low. Make sure you work is billed by this following guidline:

[Materials + X(percentage of you advertizing budget) + any other expenses + (you're hourly desired pay x the amount of hours you put into everthing involved to sell your product)] * a minimum of 2 (to stay in business) or 4 (to expand your business)

Be nice to your customer's, it sounds simple, but you'd be suprised how many businesses fail because they don't do this simple little thing.

P.S. This is how I am starting my photography business, and how I was able to go from red to grey in 12 months, to black in just under 2 years.

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How can you get rejected for online classes?

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:57:45 +0000

I’m going to be going to school for cosmeteology, but I want to get a back up degree so I was looking into either fashion merchandising or interior design that I can work on getting online. Well I tried at the Art Institute of Pitsburgh and Westwood College online and both said I didn’t meet the requirements! I’m 18 and graduated in 2008 and had above a 2.0 like they ask, so what is the problem here?
No that's the thing they never asked what my GPA was they just had a question "My highschool GPA was over 2.0" and yes or no and I put yes so how do I not match the requirements?
Okay let me say this one more time- I DID NOT HAVE A LOW GPA! In fact in highschool I finished with all A's and one high B that was about 1 percentage off from being another A- it's NOT THE GPA!

You should be contacting them and asking this question. It might just be a computer glitch, or there might be something else you need to do first, but all we can do is guess.

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