Compare and Contrast 2 artworks ‘Music In the Tulieries’ And ‘Dance at le Moulin de la Galette’ Music in the Tuileries Garden depicts a fashionable Parisian crowd socialising in the the Tuileries garden as they enjoy the music played by a band‚ Manet has not included the musicians in the painting. The scene is crowded and the composition of people occupies more than half of the canvas. Manet has attempted to capture the hustle-bustle of the modern life of people living during the era. He has
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What is the difference between males and females? We notice the different dressing styles‚ different roles in the workplace and how we spend our leisure time‚ how we wear our emotions‚ and also how differently we think. But a question arises. Are males and females really different in every aspect? The first question we ask when a baby is born is: "Is it a boy or a girl?" Though most people accept most of the socially prescribed roles for the gender they were born with‚ some struggle against what
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In Kay Anderson and Colin Perrin’s paper‚ “How race became everything: Australia and polygenism” (Anderson 2008)‚ they document a shift in our idea of the term ‘race’‚ that happened somewhere during the mid-eighteenth century‚ and that moved our thinking from a general Christian‚ monogenetic paradigm to a more scientifically backed polygenetic paradigm‚ due largely to the complexities surrounding the Aborigines of Australia‚ being ‘apparently unimproved’‚ and hence‚ ‘extremely savage’‚ they precipitated
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Case Study on Mary Kay Cosmetics: Asian Market Entry Executive Summary Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc’s (MKC) was facing challenges of increasing number of competing direct selling organizations in the US cosmetics market and was not satisfied with their sales revenue generated from international sales. They believed MKC culture could be transferred internationally and that Mary Kay Ash’s charisma‚ motivation and philosophy were likely to appeal to women throughout the world. MKC management would
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decrease it. It is broken down by liver enzymes‚ meaning any other drugs broken down by the same enzymes may cause an interaction. Atorvastatin is one of those drugs. St Johns Wart is known to decrease the effects of atorvastatin. St Johns Wart also increases the serum level of LDL and increases total cholesterol. Taking St Johns Wart with antidepressants may cause an interaction‚ mainly serotonin syndrome. A few medications that would cause this dangerous condition are Celexa‚ Zoloft‚ Lexapro‚ Cymbalta
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1. Why has Mary Kay Cosmetics (MKC) not been as successful as Avon in penetrating international markets? In 1992‚ the percentage of international sales of Mary Kay Cosmetics was only of 11% of total sales while‚ for instance‚ the percentage of international sales of Avon (a main competitor) was 55%. The reasons why MKC failed when penetrating international markets were‚ among others‚ that they did a direct application of their US marketing strategy (products and communication) without taking
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mother discovered she was pregnant and decided to give up the child. Kay was then adopted by a white Glaswegian couple with a strong commitment to radical politics. As Kay grew up she also began to identify herself as lesbian. Kay’s writings reject easy platitudes and challenge readers to reject normative ideas of racial‚ sexual‚ and national identity. Although a poem like "The Adoption Papers" clearly stems from her autobiography‚ Kay uses biography as a starting ground from which to explore the broader
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Background A. Industry and Distribution Channel Mary Kay was a direct seller of cosmetics and toiletries. This direct sales force consisted mainly of women who sell full-time or part-time through home demonstrations. The company’s product line included items such as skin creams‚ cosmetics‚ fragrances and other personal care products. From 1963 through the 1990s‚ this direct sales force primarily made up the distribution channel. In the case of Mary Kay‚ the direct sales force was the distributors and
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MPO Strengths * Consultants are financially rewarded only if they increase sales and recruiting. The strong link between performance and outcomes (strong P-to-O instrumentality in Expectancy Theory) leads to high employee motivation. * Mary Kay ’s automobile reward program is highly valued by employees (high outcome valences in Expectancy Theory) and has spurred many consultants to perform at very high levels. Automobile reward is contingent on the meeting of minimum monthly sales targets. * Consultants
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MARY KAY’S EC SYSTEMS Founded in 1962‚ Mary Kay (marykay.com) has about 1.8 million consultants selling its cosmetics and fragrance in 34 countries. In 2008‚ the company had about $2.4 billion in wholesale sales. As a company that has based its reputation on personal contacts in door-to-door visits and home gatherings‚ one might think that Mary Kay would not benefit from EC. Actually‚ the opposite is true. Currently‚ more than 95 percent of Mary Kay’s independent salespeople place orders via the
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