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The rifle looked much like an AK47 variant without the AK’s trademark brown, wooden stock. Barrack and Michelle stood at the oval office in a happy demeanor. Barrack was portrayed with his usual serious, but smiling face while Michelle’s smile was more obvious that revealed her prominent cheekbones in a blush. Michelle stood by the left side while Barrack stood by the right side. At Barrack’s back is a golden framed half-faced portrait of Osama Bin Laden in pure white cap and robe and just below the portrait is a fireplace showing the American flag with flames but not yet burnt. The New Yorker’s cover page certainly had shock value yet after careful thought and research, the illustration was really a satire rather than a racist statement. According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, a satire is â€Å"a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn; and trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly† (â€Å"satire†). The Encyclopedia Britannica further elaborates that a satire is an â€Å"artistic form, chiefly literary and dramatic, in which human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, parody, caricature, or other methods, sometimes with an intent to inspire social reform† (â€Å"satire†). Racism, on the other hand, is â€Å"a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race; and racial prejudice or discrimination† according to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (â€Å"racism†). Racism is further elaborated as â€Å"any action, practice, or belief that [says]†¦that humans are divided into separate and exclusive biological entities†¦[and that]†¦a causal link between inherited physical traits,†¦personality, intellect, morality, and other cultural behavioral features†¦[make]†¦some races†¦innately superior† than others by the Encyclopedia Britannica (â€Å"racism†). As a satire, the illustration has a meaning behind it and should not be taken literally as what it is shown. However, some people will easily take the meaning of the illustration as a racist statement and think that the artist, Barry Blitt, thinks Barrack Obama and Michelle are not worthy to lead this country. The New Yorker Magazine has been published since February 21, 1925 and is sold nationwide. Its format deals with political commentary and cartoon covers that are somewhat ‘unreal’ yet funny. It is also quite proud of its Cartoon Bank and â€Å"sells prints of†¦cartoons and covers†¦Ã¢â‚¬  A quick view on the contents of its July 20, 2009 issue show some topics as follows: a) Hendrik Hertzberg on Sarah Palin; b) John Colapinto on Senator Al Franken; and c) Elizabeth Colbert on America’s obesity problem, to name a few. The Obama cartoon was published on July 21, 2008 right at the heat of the US Presidential Election campaigns. Various rumors during that time have circulated accusing Barrack Obama as a â€Å"‘radical Muslim’ who ‘will not recite the pledge of allegiance’† (Snopes. om, â€Å"Barrack Obama†) and have sworn in on the Quran as Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison did (The Acropolis) (Snopes. com, â€Å"Who is Barrack Obama†). Issues also included President Barrack Hussein Obama Junior’s middle name ‘Hussein’ which was associated with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (Snopes. com, â€Å"Who is Barrack Obama†). Moreover, Obama’s wife, Michelle, was not spared from close public scrutiny. Her undergraduate thesis at the Princeton University in 1985 with the statement â€Å"blacks must join in solidarity to combat a white oppressor† has been quoted out of context (Snopes. om, â€Å"Michelle Obama’s Thesis†) and detractors have associated such statement with Black Panther Party for Self Defense political activist, Angela Yvonne Davis (Davis). The State of California charged Davis as an accomplice to conspiracy, kidnapping, and homicide for the shotgun registered to her name that killed Judge Harold Haley in an escape attempt of the ‘Soledad Brothers’ that the Black Panthers supported (Davis). Davis has been acquitted then she temporarily re located to Cuba before going back to the United States and ran as a candidate for the Communist Party USA (Davis). With these rumors, the Blitt cartoon cover for the New Yorker can now be more easily understood. Obama has been dressed as an orthodox Muslim to depict rumors about him as an Islamic radical. In addition, since Obama has been educated in Indonesia as a kid, his Muslim attire closely resembled Indonesian Muslim dress codes rather than the Middle Eastern Muslims’. Accusations against Obama for his ‘unpatriotic behavior’ have also been symbolized by the American flag thrown into the flames of the Oval Office’s fireplace. Michelle has also been portrayed in an Afro hairstyle that was synonymous to Angela Davis. Moreover, since Davis had ties to Cuba, Michelle was dressed as a Revolutionary in camouflage pants with an assault rifle at her back that looked like an AK47—a popular symbol among Communist revolutionaries. It can now also be easily discerned why Osama Bin Laden’s portrait was in the backdrop. First, Obama sounded like Osama. Second, Obama’s middle name ‘Hussein’ is the same as former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s. These two world figures tied Obama to the rumors that Barrack was a Muslim extremist. As John Aravosis of Weblog described the cartoon: â€Å"†¦New Yorker thinks it’s funny to make Mrs. Obama some radical black panther, Barrack Obama basically a terrorist†¦and they’re even burning the American flag in the Oval Office†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Stirland). The New Yorker cover on Barrack and Michelle Obama is a satire for the following reasons: a) the magazine has a reputation for satirical cartoons portraying political issues and personalities; b) the artist, Barry Blitt, is a known satirist and has made statements on the issues and rumors surrounding Obama; and c) the cartoon or artwork itself is full of symbolisms that convey irony and sarcasm. Following the same track, Blitt’s illustration is really not a racist statement against Barrack Obama because the New Yorker is a liberal, cosmopolitan publication and the symbolisms of the cartoon show otherwise. A quick look into the New Yorker archives show that the magazine has been consistent since 1925 on its satire, focus on American politics, and political humor. It has developed its reputation along these lines. In a pro-Obama blog entry in The Acropolis, Dylan the blogger has this to say: â€Å"Obviously, the New Yorker cover was satirical. It also elaborates that: â€Å"Even faithful Fox News watchers will have to see the cover and hear anchors admit that it is a satire—that the images it depicts are making fun of rumors that are not true. † Likewise, in an anti-Obama blog entry in the ‘Old Atlantic Lighthouse’ notes: â€Å"The New Yorker Magazine†¦is now in full retreat mode to say it was simply mocking Christianity, Israel, America, the West, white people, the Constitution, self rule, and the resistance to Islam. Most of all, New Yorker editor, David Remnick, explained the controversial cover: â€Å"The idea is to attack the lies and misconceptions and distortions about the Obama’s and their background and their politics† (Stirland). Also, Barry Blitt is a known satirist. He has nine illustrations in the New Yorker with the title â€Å"The Politics of Satire. † He has also made statements about the cover like: â€Å"I think the idea that the Obamas are branded as unpatriotic in certain sectors is preposterous,† and â€Å"It seemed to me that depicting the concept would show it as the fear-mongering ridiculousness that it is. Most of all, his illustration is titled:  "The Politics of Fear. † The title alone that Blitt has coined on his work conveys a message that certain politicians are playing on people’s fear that Obama was black, a Muslim, a terrorist and unpatriotic. Most importantly, the illustration was a satire because the artwork itself is full of symbolisms that convey irony and sarcasm. One, the Obamas were smiling. Two, Barrack’s thawb is not pure white unlike Osama Bin Laden’s pure white cap and robe at the backdrop portrait. A pure white cloth has unique symbolisms in the Islamic faith. Three, Michelle crossed her legs while standing up as if crossing her fingers in wishful thinking. Four, the assault rifle’s color did not really feel like the real AK47 with a brown, wooden stock and wooden barrel encasement. Finally, although the American flag was in the fireplace with flames, the flag was not in flames and is not burning. The flag stayed whole and was not even partially consumed by fire. Nevertheless, some people disagree and contend that the cover was an insult and racist. Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake observed: â€Å"†¦Most people who see this cover are just going to see the image of Obama in a turban. It reinforces a critical piece of misinformation that right wing propagandists have advanced in order to poison the political climate in this country and make it that much more difficult for a person of color to be elected president†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Stirland). Roger Simon noted: †It probably doesn’t encourage people to vote for him in America today. (Stirland). Likewise, John Aravosis of Weblog said: â€Å"†¦Is the New Yorker so out of touch that they don’t realize that much of America, or at least too much of America, harbors these very concerns about Obama and his wife? † (Stirland). Finally, Matt of The Acropolis, sarcastically observed: â€Å"†¦I’ve heard so many students at MSU tell me, ‘Aw, come on, man. Ever yone knows that guy’s a freaking Muslim. ’ Ok, maybe it was only, like two students, but I’ve heard even more adults say the same thing. It’s truly insane. † In conclusion, Blitt’s cartoon cover of The New Yorker magazine is a satire. The magazine is widely known for its criticisms and satires and literary views on social and political issues. This cartoon is not the first satire that The New Yorker had published or Blitt created. The magazine had no bad intentions for Obama’s political career or his personal life. The New Yorker was just trying to make business and doing what they were known for. Perhaps people should look more closely before making a judgment when they see something out of the ordinary.

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The organisation provides services emphasis on mostly global suppliers in Pacific regions, Asian countries, Africa and Europe. In procurement, the organisation purchases milk products from local suppliers. It helps in maintaining profit margins that include the milk. The labours of the organisation work accordingly and the organisation is equipped with vast technologies and machines. In managing the human resources, Open Country Dairy employees are motivated to work as organisation gives rewards and incentives. The organisation takes skilled employees who have experiences in this sector. The organisation gives training to the employees (on-the-job) training as to teach the work culture in Open Country Dairy. In case of technology, Open Country Dairy mainly provides stress on the food safety. It works on accreditation in New Zealand and it has taken globally recognition as they work on technologically designed plants. Their latest technologies provide uniformity and consistency in the product category. Firm infrastructure is world class and it has experienced and strong management to work on. It has its locat ions in Auckland, Waharoa, Wanganui and Awarua. Value: The resources of the organisation add values as Open Country Dairy has a global presence in the market. Moreover, the global presence of the organisation helps them to increase sales, size and market share. The speciality of whole milk products can satisfy the buyers competitors cannot offer the same (Savino, Manzini Mazza, 2015). It offers milk fats, milk powders, milk proteins and cheese in global markets. Rareness: Open Country Dairy is one of the biggest organisations in this sector as it is in global milk chains. The products in New Zealand market are costly and no such other competitors are there that they could take the desired position. Valuable resources and capabilities of Open Country Road can lead them to desired position. Imitability: Resources of the Open Country Road are costly in case of machines, trucks, technologies and control maintaining products. These are hard to imitate and duplication of the products are not possible. The organisation has been exporting milk-based products since 2004 and it has been exporting the products to Europe, Pacific regions, Africa and even in America. Organisation: The resources of the organisation can provide the competitive advantage to the organisation as the value of the firm helps them to capture the market. Open Country Dairy organizes its management system; policies, process and organizational structure in order use fully its resources. Open Country Dairy has made such atmosphere that the suppliers and buyers can enjoy the services. Resources and capability Valuable Rare Inimitability Organised to exploit Strong global presence Yes Yes No Yes Specialty milk products Yes Yes Yes No Upscale atmosphere for buyers and suppliers Yes No Yes Yes Table: VRIO framework analysis of Open Country Dairy (Source: Self-developed) BCG matrix helps to understand in determining the competitive position. Dogs: In BCG matrix, dogs mean low market share and significant output cannot be generated. These businesses of Open Country Dairy tend to hold low market share. Open Country Dairy in this business segment has low potential. The cheese products of the brand do not have the significant amount of market share. This product is available in the market by other companies and it does not have enough chances to grow further. Cash Cows: Cash cow means the high market share and it denotes high growth rate in the market. The products like milk proteins and milk powers have high market growth. However, despite slowdown in the market, the cash cow can be lucrative for the business (Shanghag, Dutt Bagwe, 2016). Stars: This business unit can hold the large market share as the organisation is in faster growth rate. Milk protein has high demand in the market has large operating segment by Open Country Dairy. This market will be higher in next five years. Question Marks: This business does not have large market share, however, it has growth opportunities. Open Country Dairy sells milk fats and it has the significant opportunity in Europe and American market as it can be next to cash cow for Open Country Dairy. Stars Market penetration Horizontal integration Milk protein Question Marks Product development Milk fats Cash Cows Diversification Milk proteins Milk powders Dogs Retrenchment Liquidation Cheese products Table: BCG matrix of Open Country Dairy (Source: Self-developed) Dynamic SWOT to develop three strategic options Open Country Dairy (ODC) is the second largest milk processing companies in New Zealand. Not only this, it is also the second largest global supplier of milk powder. There are various strengths of this company. One of such strengths is to work closely with the farmers. They work closely with their farmers and educate them on the ongoing global situation. They educate their farmers on the current trend and instruct them to act accordingly. The New Zealand government relies heavily on its dairy products. This is because of such fact the ODC has shown its interest in expanding its presence in the country. The extension of its processing capability with the start of work in the new plant in Waikato is one of the examples that show that ODC is actively cashing on the created opportunity. There is a huge demand for the milk products exports in the international market and ODC is responding to the necessity by expanding its presence and production capability. The opening of the new plant at Waikato will open up employment opportunities as well. This means that ODC is benefitting the local economy of the country by becoming one of the largest exporters of milk powder and a significant provider of job opportunities. It is able to produce milk at low cost. The cost of feeding, housing and machinery are also low (Foote, Joy Death, 2015). It is dependent on the international market, which can be either full of opportunities at times or it can also be threatening on some occasions. On the same note, the low oil prices have challenged the profitability of the business. This has reduced its purchasing power. Labours are put into heavy works. This is problematic as this might affect their physical fitness, which is a threat to the business. It is at distant from the market, which enhances the cost or freight transport. Dairy lands are highly priced, which means that a reduced value of the dairy products in the international market will result in a reduced profitability too (Foote, Joy Death, 2015). Opportunities are there as well for the ODC. Being the second biggest milk processing company of the country, it is relatively easier for it to have a suitable land to open up a new plant. The local government of New Zealand will offer them suitable land in order to fulfil their goal, which is to enhance their exporting capability of the milk products. There is a huge demand for dairy products of the country in the international market. The demand will open up the business possibility for the company. This is why OCD has capitalised on the created opportunities by opening up its new plant in Waikato (Foote, Joy Death, 2015). An increased number of branches will result in increased number of productivity. Nevertheless, this will help the company at the global platform in cashing the created opportunity. The price of oil is one of the biggest threats as it affects the business profitability at the global platform (Nazlioglu Soytas, 2012). This is understandable from the fact that the New Zealand dairy industry is heavily reliant on the exports of dairy products. The currency behaviour is another threat to the Open Country Dairy (Kituku, 2014). This will eventually reduce the profit margin in the exports of dairy products. The threat to the environment is also evitable with an increased production of milk products. The company tends to avail the generated opportunities in the dairy industry; however, in doing so, it will also produce an excess of greenhouse gases. Moreover, greenhouse gases may put a substantial negative impact on the environment (Mc Geough et al., 2012). Three strategic options The Open Company Dairy needs to utilise the three strategic options in order to utilise the rising opportunity for the milk products in the international market. The local government of New Zealand has already confirmed that the country needs an enhanced exporting of milk products. This is because the demand for dairy products is set to touch a new height in the coming years. To utilise the available opportunity, the first strategic option for OCD will be to collaborate with some leading food nutrition companies in the world (Wilson, 2012). This will generate huge order demands and hence, this will enhance the profitability of the business. The second strategic option will be to develop the milk production facilities in some potential international market such as China and India (Fuller Beghin, 2015). However, this will require a thorough study on checking the feasibility of the concept in the target market. The third strategic option will be to invest hugely in the Research Devel opment (RD) process (Ernst, Hoyer Rbsaamen, 2013). This will be made possible by opening up few new plants specially dedicated to the RD process. The first strategic option is to collaborate with few of the worlds leading food nutrition companies. This will be challenging as such companies will already have their suppliers. In such circumstances, penetration into the market will be challenged (Sarasvathy et al., 2014). The second strategic option is to develop milk production facilities in the potential international markets. Identified potential markets are many such as China and India. Both are few of the most developing countries. However, the real challenge will be to get approval from the political parties especially in India (Akhter Equbal, 2012). The third strategic option is to invest in the RD process. This is challenging as well because of the high cost of lands in New Zealand (Liu, Wang Zha, 2013). The local government is supportive of the dairy industry but still, the problem is challenging as the government could only help in allotting the best land to the company. Recommendations To get the business from the leading food nutrition companies in the world, it is necessary to offer the products at the cheapest prices and with high in quality. This is the one way, which could help the brand like Open Country Dairy in winning the trust of target companies. The political dilemma, especially in India, is a threat to a new concept. To resolve the issue, it is necessary to collaborate with the local companies either through partnering or through joint venturing. This will help in getting the unexpected support of the political parties that exist there. Moreover, this will also help in understanding the diverse culture in the target country. The RD process can also be done by utilising the already existing research laboratories in the country. The OCD will require investing high in receiving the services of reputed Research Development institutions. This strategy will help them skip away from investing in buying the land for setting up its own RD centre. Conclusion The Open Country Dairy is the second largest milk product exporters in the world and it has been observed that Open Country Dairy has less competition in the market as its technological supervision is high. The external environment of the organisation proves that it provides economic significance to NZ economics and technology like Automatic Milk System provides benefits to the organisation. In internal factors, it has favourable supply chain and it supplies milk to Pacific, Africa and Asia and European countries. 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U.S forces; therefore, would have had to invade the home island of Japan. Imagine the number of casualties that could have occurred if this would have happened Also, our forces would not only have to fight off the Japanese military, but they would have to defend themselves against the civilians of Japan as well. It was also a fact that the Japanese government had been equipping the commoners with any kind of weapon they could get their hands on. It is true that this could mean a Japanese citizen could have anything from a gun to a spear, but many unsuspecting soldiers might have fallen victim to a surprise spear attack! The number of deaths that would have occurred would have been much greater, and an invasion would have taken a much longer period of time. The Japanese would have continued to fight the US with all of what they had; spears, guns, knives, whatever they could get their hands on, just as long as they continued to fight the enemy. As mentioned before, it is a fact that some civilians had been ready to fight our military with spears! What made it possible that the Japanese would resort to using spears? Why wouldnt they use guns or other weapons? Well, the truth was, the government just didnt have the resources to give out a gun to just any citizen. US naval blockades are one of the major reasons that Japan was so low on resources, and a main point opponents of the decision to drop the bomb constantly bring up. Japan obviously was very low on resources. Japanese civilians were ready to die with spears in their hands, surely the military would do the same. Besides, the Japanese military did still have some resources to go on. So again I must bring out the fact that Japan could have continued to fight, and they would have. And Im sure anyone can realize what would happen if the war continued; more deaths. Admiral William Leahy, Chief of Staff to President Roosevelt and President Truman, wrote, By the beginning of September 1944, Japan was almost completely defeated through a practically complete sea and air blockade. If that was true, how could they have continued to fight and rack up enemy kills? If the Chief of Staff to the President figured they would soon surrender around September 1944; why were they still fighting almost a year later? And how can we be so sure that any other estimates on when the war would end would be correct? Basically, we cant. For all anyone knows, Japan would have kept fighting. It was the atomic bomb that forced Japan to surrender and in turn saved thousands if not millions of lives. How can anyone be so sure that Japan would continue to fight? 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