...This photograph is of Ed Mirvish in front of his store, Honest Ed's, on the corner of Bathurst and Bloor St. West in Toronto and was taken in 1983. The photograph was taken by Tibor Kolley for the Globe and Mail and was sourced on their website from the news article on the history of Honest Ed's. This image interested me because of Honest Ed's recent closure, as well as because I find it visually interesting as there is something going on in the fore, middle, and background of the image. Reading Reflection #1: Barthes’ concepts of Connotation & Dennotation This image relates to Barthes concept of the photographic message, specifically in relation to the “denotation” and “connotation” of the messages that can be read from press images. To summarize, Barthes describes that a press photograph has both a denoted message and a connoted message. Essentially, the denoted message is whatever is in the image (Barthes 17). In the case of my own chosen photograph, it is an older male in a suit standing in front of a street corner with a gathering of people around a building behind him. Secondly, press photographs also have a connoted message, which the public decides based on what they see and what they can interpret from the denoted image (17). For example, assuming that the man owns (what might be) a store behind him is a connoted message. Or that the people behind him are lined up for a big sale is also a connoted message; it is making inferences about the image based on already...
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...Baseball Magic - In the article "Baseball Magic" by George Gmelch, it talks about how players and their rituals they perform before a game. The whole idea is to show how two different cultures, American Baseball and the Trobriand Islanders both have the same idea same idea. That idea being that if you change,your way of doing something it ultimately ruin you. Keeping things the same will keep your luck the same. The article talks about rituals, how Dennis Grossini, a Detroit Tiger pitcher, would do everything the same on game day. Dennis would wake up at the same time, eat lunch at the same time, in fact he would eat the same lunch. All this was to win the game, he think that if he lives every day the same way he did the day he won. That the outcome will always be the same. Some may think that this is just stupid, but in reality it may work. By touching your hat or shirt, it relines your hand to where it was when you threw the strike. A ritual for me that in high school before we went on stage to do a play we would all have to jump up and hit the sign above the backstage door. The article also talks about taboo, to where players cannot say a certain word or it will break the luck of another player. The one mentioned in the book is when people say "no-hitter" around the pitcher, it there for makes him throw horrible from then on. In theater people say "break a leg" instead of good luck. Taboo for me is every time I slam on breaks or almost get in a wreck. I say the words...
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...Daniel Ochefu Baseball, Justice and the American Dream Final Paper Due: 5/1/2015 I ‘Like’ Baseball Before taking this course baseball was one of my least favorite things to do in any way simply because I did not know about the sport and the impact it has on many people’s lives to respect the time that the players spend preparing to perform. I was always critical of the amount of work that was put in physically for baseball compared to other sports like basketball, football, hockey and others. I always thought it was not that much because there are almost no physical collisions in games and that was all I really needed to know after I was told that on average games are three plus hours. From everything I have learnt about baseball in this course, there is a respect that I now have for it that I definitely did not have for it before. Being America’s pastime, baseball has been the one constant in America because of its deep history that it promotes and the pride that the fans exhibit. Even during unfortunate events that shake the whole country, baseball finds a way to bring the country together. The most recent one that stood out to me being how the Boston Red Sox brought together a whole city after the terrible Boston Marathon Bombings of 2013 by winning the World Series and using that to help strengthen a city that had been hurt badly by a terrible event. The World Series celebration is normally extravagant and well televised but this one brought all Americans together...
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...Mildred Ella was her real name. People called her babe, such as babe ruth because one fine baseball game, she hit five home runs, She had a bunch of nicknames. When Mildred Ella got older people started call her Ty Cobb who was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. Mildred Ella ; Babe Didrikson Zaharias, was born in 1911 and died of Colon Cancer in 1956. She was married to George Zaharias who was a professional wrestler. They got married on December 23, 1938. Mildred played 15 sports; basketball, track, golf, baseball, tennis, swimming, diving, boxing, volleyball, handball, bowling, billiards, skating ,football and cycling. Her goal was to be the greatest athlete who ever lived. The reason I picked Mildred Ella (Babe Didrikson Zaharias) is because I admire her athleticism and have a goal just like her. Babe died when she was forty-five years old. Since she had died of Colon Cancer, she knew that wasn’t going to stop her from playing golf. She was a great, young, strong athlete who finished from a great season of being a famous golfer. According to a magazine article in the book Vocabulary Workshop Sadlier, she had written an autobiography. She wrote a book according to what happened in her life. Her title was called...
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...history, games were considered a religious ritual. In early Roman days, there were chariot races and gladiator games including athletes that represented different states. The need for competition between competitors was enthused all over the world. Adults as well as children idealized the monumental courage and determination of great athletes. Although history tells that role models were considered not only heroes in their own right, but also major contributors. People who emulate and adore sports personalities question whether or not if it is worth the debate. Over the past 25 years, Olympians have been accused of and were later found guilty of using performance enhancing drugs. There is a considerable amount of prominent sports figures in baseball, football, and other sports who will continue to get backlash as a result of their misbehavior. In addition, athletes have made many contributions are hard-working, motivating, people who understand that...
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...What will the sports and fitness industry look like in five years? The sports and fitness industry has come a long way and will continue to grow in the next five years. We will see the gap between the manufacturer and the customer shrink to the benefit of both parties. Also, manufacturers will continue to capitalize on breakthroughs in data collection technologies in order to fulfill the demands of their data hungry customers. With these new analytical tools, we will continue to see more and more innovative solutions to problems that were previously unknown or undefinable. Another opportunity for the industry to grow is by the acceptance that our bodies, our actions, our sports, and our lives are not perfectly symmetrical. Increasingly, companies are braving the extra effort and manufacturing challenges to make their products asymmetrical to more accurately fit the real world needs of the user. I suppose the first ever example would have occurred a few thousand years ago when cobblers began making left and right-footed shoes. It was not until just a few years ago that the same concept was successfully applied to socks! Nike Elite socks exploded on the scene with great success despite a high price point. This is one example of many across the world of sports and fitness. While Nike was fortunate to grab this low hanging fruit, it is safe to say that future innovations will require a more technical approach. In closing, if a company wants to thrive in this competitive...
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...sidelines of a park baseball field. It was July; the prime time for family reunions. As teams were made up for a game of ball, a shy, introvert girl in her mid-teens slowly backed away from the action, pretending to be involved in a nearby conversation. Minutes later, two team captains were chosen, and those who desired to play the upcoming game lined up before them. The girl by the bleachers breathed a sigh of relief. Good. She thought to herself. Now I don’t have to embarrass myself by my terrible playing. Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she saw an older man stroll up behind her. After asking why she wasn’t playing and listening to her complain about her fear of mortification,...
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...Barriers are things that affect people's lives and stop them from doing what they want to do. These barriers can be a physical or emotional obstacle or challenge that keep people from progressing in life and keeps people from completing their goals and dreams. Some examples of barriers are physical, like missing a leg or arm or maybe even something like being short. There are also some examples of emotional barriers like depression,anger,loneliness and not being able to trust people My barrier is anger and the people involved with my barrier are my mom, my dad and also myself. That may not sound like a lot of people but those are the people I need. My dad is a big help because he had and sometimes still has the same barrier so...
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...Hayden Liljenquist ENG 102 Dr. Pegram July 31, 2012 Team Effort: The Communities Created Through Sports Introduction Within today’s society, a number of small, unique communities exist. Communities can range from social, to religious, to occupational. In order to be considered a separate and distinct “community,” the group needs to share common characteristics or interests and be perceived as distinct from the larger society as a whole. Sports teams provide a particularly good example of a community. They separate themselves by the games they play, even by the name they call themselves. The entire world of sports itself can seem confusing to someone who doesn’t understand the rules. Behind each game is a complex realm of jargon, hierarchy, and guidelines. In order to play, you need to learn. And hopeful members work to earn their spot on the team. Through personal participation, as well as observation, one can witness for themselves just how the community created by a team functions. The team experience resonates with a lot of people, and has attracted film makers with stories of motivation, hope, and overcoming the odds. Many of the most well-known sports movies are often even inspired by true stories. In all of these films, similar themes can be found, demonstrating just how much the feeling of community within teams is shared throughout all areas of sports. Teams have a goal, face a challenger, and overcome obstacles, all in the hope of...
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...warm loving environment for my siblings and myself. Yes we experienced the normal trials and tribulations as any other kid, but we really had no negative or significant emotional events growing up that directly effected our development. Rather it was the lack of these incidents that gave us a naive outlook on life and all the responsibilities it entails. This Cognitive development prior to my experiences in the military left me with a positive outlook on life and its possibilities yet, wholly unprepared for life in its reality. As I stated earlier, when I graduated from High school, I didn’t have a care in the world. My biggest worry was where I wanted to play baseball, and where I was going out that weekend. I was given a car for graduation as well as a credit card for gas. After graduation I received a baseball scholarship and didn’t have to worry about how to pay for school. This along with other things that I had taken for granted led me to believe that the whole world was peachy with nothing negative that would affect me. The only trauma in my life was if a certain girl didn’t want to go out with me. This to me was a significant emotional event. Not only was I naive, I was somewhat jaded as well. I believe this was a result of the environment that I grew up in as a child. I moved to a different part of the country every two years from the time I started first grade until I started high school. I was exposed to a large variety of...
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...Malamud Roy Hobbs is on his way to be one of the greatest baseball players to ever live but he is shot in an incident with a woman. After 16 years, Roy comes back to the game as a 34-year-old rookie and tries to make another run at it on the New York Knights. He becomes a star in the league but personal issues get the best of him. In the film Baseball by Ken Burns, he interviews many people asking them how the greatest baseball players were adored or despised and how they dealt with many of their personal issues. These two great pieces come together to really strengthen the point that Roy Hobbs was unable to overcome many of the challenges that he encountered. At the end of The Natural, Roy Hobbs is unable to overcome...
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...The journey baseball players take on from the beginning of their careers to the end are full of success and strife. Baseball is a game of failure, but the failure is what fuels our desire for success. I’ve been playing baseball since I was eight years old and has pretty much been the main focus of my life. As I grew up, the game has taught me many life lessons that go beyond the baseball diamond. After high school, I received a scholarship to play for Kankakee Community College near my home of town of Chicago, Illinois. The picture was takin last year by one of my teammates shows me preparing to play in a Regional Championship with the winner advancing to the College World Series. The photo represents various different aspects of my playing career and how the journey has helped me become a better man. Throughout my baseball career I have faced a lot of adversity. I started my career at age eight playing for Jackie Robinson West Little League in inner city Chicago. My father also played in the league when it first was established. He also played college baseball, so he mentored and taught me the foundations of the game. After my little league career I began playing for a travel team. Traveling around the country, I was able to meet players from around the country and learn their stories. I enjoyed hearing them because it was cool to talk to someone with the same goals as you. As I entered my high school years, I entered a very intense part of my career which was finding a college...
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...your players for the rest of their lives through the game of baseball. The game of baseball is truly the greatest game for instilling trust, teamwork, cooperation, discipline, work ethic and many different character traits that will provide a solid foundation for the rest of their lives. These coaches talk about the love of the game, making baseball fun, competing with class, hustling, and integrity. The life lessons of failure, fear, frustration, loneliness, slumping, making adjustments and controlling emotions are lessons that are learned in this great game of baseball. This is a game of failure and young men must learn the ability to fail and bounce back, and I talk about this with my team all the time. The many different highs and lows of life are more easily handled if you have experienced this before and know how to handle it. You must not be afraid to fail, but you must learn from your failure and rebound. How you respond to failure, frustration and slumps is what is really important. Being a part of a team also instills many positive characteristic traits in young men, none more important than trust. Players must learn to trust each other and coaches must learn to trust players. Teams that have players and coaches that truly trust in each other are winners. Along with those mentioned above, there are also many other principles we learn in the game of baseball such as: Class, character, teamwork, and discipline. Baseball not only teaches us lessons about life...
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...Baseball is another skill sport played with two teams but with a bat and ball. It not sure where baseball come from a carbonation of other sport mix such as stool ball, cricket. By time the game travel around played by many people in different ways, with a ball with a stick or a stick and bottle caps. How well the team work together. One team tries to score while the other tries to stop them from scoring. Whichever team got the most point wins. Through on it developed becoming more modern by a guy name Alexander Cartwright who use to play a similar sport like baseball. The rules of the game followed in foul lines, homeruns etc, and how it would look. The first official baseball game to be play was in New Jersey, which the sport became officially known as baseball and made the sport gain attention and popularity. Soon becoming professional and called the NLB. It was played and seen all over the world, with different team reparation there state. The people who played the sport with their heart and soul, such as Babe Ruth, Roberto Clemente and Jackie Robinson. Who had passion and live for the game. Made it happen and made it how it is. Continuing with the people who following their footsteps and making new history like Derek Jeter and keeping such a sport like that alive, becoming United states the number one best sports and the National Pastime. It has been and still is played and seen all over the...
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...Baseball is America’s pastime for the last one hundred years. Baseball has brought joy and happiness to many people’s lives throughout the years. Baseball is theater to many people. It shows the struggle between two different teams playing their hearts out to win a championship; just like two countries going to war. Baseball has many star players and many great players that people have grown up with and idolized. Children play games in the local park pretending that they are Mark McGuire or Barry Bonds, hitting the game winning home run in the ninth inning with two outs to win the World Series. In my essay, I will be describing the ritual that I gravitate to. I will convey the six elements of theater while describing the ritual that I gravitate to: baseball. First, there are the baseball players. They are the actors in this particular genre of theater. They play nine different positions on the field on defense, while the opposing team only has one person on the field batting. If he reaches one of the bases, another person will also bat. The players play the biggest part at a baseball game. They produce all of the excitement that can drive the fans crazy. They do this by hitting homeruns, making spectacular catches, and striking out opposing batters. Second, we have the managers and umpires. They play the part of the director. The manager determines who gets to be on the field, what position they play, and what they should do while batting. The manager can take a player out...
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