...notable one is the Brazilian famous carnivals characterized by brightly colored costumes, beautiful decorations and jolly music. Dances - Dances are an essential part of the Brazilian culture that is s unique. The dances also reflect the multicultural origin of the Brazilian history as they contain the elements of African, Portuguese and European dance forms. Samba is what comes to mind at the mention of a Brazilian dance. The Samba hails from ancient African beats and customs. It is believed to be derived from an African word “semba”, symbolizing an invitation to dance from man to a woman. This dance is believed originally to have been a form of martial arts that was also accompanied by music. It too has its roots in the African cultures. The dance has a number of movements that are similar to the strikes and kicks of a martial art. Interesting Brazilian customs: The communication style of Brazilian locals is usually relaxed and fairly informal. Brazilians are quite direct in their manner of speaking as well as in what they say. When communicating, locals will often touch one another lightly and stand close together,...
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...when his head hit the mat. The stoppage has allowed him to avoid sustaining any more damage after having been knocked out and he will live to fight another day. Almost as long as there has been civilization there has been a dark and competitive side to mankind. This dark side is often what fuels our competitive nature, and causes the creation of almost gladiatorial like sports to test or strength and abilities against others. The roman’s had their gladiators, and in the modern age we have sports such as MMA. While there are a few sports whose all out brutality have caused them to be scrutinized by lawmakers and medical professionals none have had the uphill battle of mixed martial arts. Mixed martial arts, or MMA, are just as its name implies a mix of many styles of combat from the oriental martial arts to boxing, wrestling, and ju jit su, which is a form of submission grappling. And while MMA is a dangerous sport in its own right it is no more dangerous than the more widely accepted sports of boxing and professional...
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...Organic foods Topic sentences: Organic foods should be consume more as it is better for our healthy. Supporting sentences 1: Organic foods are non-chemically treat, fresh or minimally processed food. Specific sentences 1: They are better than conventional farms at sustaining diverse ecosystems, for example populations of plants and insects, as well as animals. Specific sentences 2: Organic farming produces nutrient-rich, fertile soil which nourishes the plants and it keeps chemicals off the land to protect water quality and wild life. Specific sentences 3: Organic farming also gives us food that is safer to eat and much more likely to keep us healthy. Supporting sentences 2: Organically grown food is the best way of reducing exposure to toxins used in conventional agricultural practices. Specific sentences 1: These toxins include not only pesticides, many of which have been federally classified as potential cancer-causing agents, but also heavy metals such as lead and mercury, and solvents like benzene and toluene Specific sentences 2: Minimizing exposure to these toxins is of major benefit to your health. Specific sentences 3: Heavy metals damage nerve function, contributing to diseases such as multiple sclerosis and lowering IQ, and also block hemoglobin production, causing anemia. Supporting sentences 3: Organic food production is much more labor intensive. Specific sentences 1: Moreover, conventionally grown foods are often produced under subsidies from the government...
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...Laura Cox 03/07/2012 MGT Strategy Case Analysis: The Ultimate Fighting Championship and Cultural Viability I. Introduction The UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship, belongs to the mixed martial arts industry. It is actually the largest MMA promotion company in the world. Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport. It allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques. There are numerous types of mixed martial arts including boxing, wrestling, kickboxing, karate, and taekwondo. II. General Environmental Analysis a. Technology Mixed martial arts have been around for a long time. It was first introduced in the original Olympic Games in Athens. In the beginning, fighters used a combination of Hellenic boxing a wrestling to fight. They could use any of their abilities until they had the other opponent knocked unconscious or surrender. There were no rules or guidelines to the fighting; it was all or nothing. Different combat sports evolved over the years into different areas of the world. This made the popularity of pakration decline. As time went on, rules and regulations were developed for the fighters and the technological advances helped this sport take off. b. Demographics This industry is mainly viewed by males, although some females are also interested in the industry. From personal experience, males enjoy watching a fight more than females do. The industry attracts an age group mainly between 18 and 36. No matter what race or ethnicity...
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...pioneer of Chinese language movie. Hong Kong was the third largest motion picture industry in the world (after Hollywood and India cinema) and the second largest exporter. Hong Kong film has retained much of its distinctive identity and continues to play a prominent part on the world cinema stage. In the West, Hong Kong's vigorous pop cinema (especially Hong Kong action cinema) has long had a strong cult following, which is now arguably a part of the cultural mainstream, widely available and imitated. Especially between the 1970's - 1990's, most of movie fans will be familiar with names like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan from Hong Kong cinema. The reason why these movie star become so popular because they produce a lot of martial art film during that time. And then these martial art film brought to the western audiences. In fact, A lot of english speaking country or european start to aware of Asian movie in that time. Back to Hong Kong cinema, The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the major movie industry in the Chinese language speaking cinema. Before 1997, Hong Kong was a colony of Britain and therefore Hong Kong had a greater freedom on economic and political than mainland China. Even in film industry, The censorship system in Mainland China have a very strict rule. " Hong Kong filmmakers either steered away from criticzing China or did so in oblique ways ". Therefore, the Hong Kong film maker can barely sell their film or have to re-produce another verison to adapt the market in China....
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...The future of football In our society today football is the most popular sport and is one that people can’t wait until it starts every year. Players and fans start to get ready once summer starts to come to an end. Players are practicing while their loyal fans are buying gear, getting the grill ready, taking days off of work in advance and buying tickets to their favorite college or pro teams or maybe even high school. Even though the fans show so much support for their sport they don’t know first hand how much of a toll this sport takes on the players bodies with injuries. Many injuries can be fixed and heal but others like concussions which could cause problems to theses players later on in life. Sports analysts and doctors have talked about the future of football because of the risks that result from years of head blows and concussions. To many concussions and head blows can result in serious medical problems for ex-players later on in life like not being able to walk or memory loss. Over the next decade it could be possible that football could be no more because of how serious players futures are affected by these injuries. In this ill give my opinion on the future of football, will it decline and should it be number one. Is football in jeopardy of not being a sport anymore or even so protected by fines and rules that it’s not fun to watch or even play anymore? No it’s not in any kind of trouble of loosing its fans, players or popularity anytime soon. Player’s love...
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...schools[citation needed] In Singapore, pupils from primary school through junior colleges are required to have 2 hours of PE every week, except during examination seasons. Pupils are able to play games like football, badminton, captain ball, and basketball during most sessions. Unorthodox sports such as touchball, fencing, and skateboarding are occasionally played. In more prestigious secondary schools and in junior colleges, sports such as golf, tennis, shooting, and squash are played. A compulsory fitness exam, NAPFA, is conducted in every school once every year to assess the physical fitness of the pupils.[citation needed] Pupils are given a series of fitness tests (Pull-ups/Inclined pull-ups for girls, standing broad jump, sit-ups, sit-and-reach and 1.6 km for primary [10- to 12-year-olds]/2.4 km for secondary and junior college levels [13- to 18-year-olds]). Students are graded by gold, silver, bronze or fail. NAPFA for pre-enlistees serves as an indicator for an additional 2 months in the country's compulsory national service if they attain bronze or fail. In Malaysia, pupils from primary schools to secondary schools are expected to do 2 periods or 1 hour of PE throughout the year except a week before examination. In most secondary schools, games like badminton, sepak takraw, football, netball, basketball and tennis are...
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...different approach to marketing an existing service—you may select a product or a service. You can target consumers or businesses. You may choose a product or service offered by your employer or your own business, or one from another organization. Ultimately, to maximize your learning experience, choose a product or service brand that you have an interest in. Make sure there is information available about the industry and target market of the brand that you have selected. Think about why this brand needs an IMC Campaign—or why the existing campaign needs to be changed—what problem are you solving? Your name: Identify and describe the selected brand. UFC (Ultimate Fighting /championship). The UFC is a company that promotes MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fights and events. Events take place in large public venues (mostly stadiums and arenas) and these events generally produce high viewership. While many events are televised on cable networks at no additional expense to fans, significant revenue is drawn from pay-per-view events. What brand problem are you attempting to solve with an IMC? I intend to discuss how the UFC can increase mainstream awareness and popularity to such an extent that it at least rivals the NFL (National...
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...basketball is so easy that it does not need broad playground and long running. It just needs a one over seventeen fields of football ground and basketry. Then you can have fun with it. But I think that different people have different understanding of basketball. A few days ago in the U.S. presidential election, people know that Obama does well in basketball, and that he is a left-hander. When a journalist asked him,” what will you take action in the sport such as basketball if you won the election campaign?” He said,” I think that sport is the same as politics.” That is Obama’s attitude towards sport. But for me, basketball is not just a sport for keeping healthy, and it is also a kind of spirit. In fact, the first time I learnt about it was an accident. I was eight years old when I was in primary school. And my school started to open up many “special teams” to enrich students’ campus life. There were basketball teams, Ping-Pong teams, martial art teams, music teams, athletics teams, and so on. When I heard this news, I was very happy because I was interested in martial art very much at that time. Although I was just a little boy, I knew that martial art is a part of Chinese culture, and it also can build our body. But it was unlucky when a teacher came to my class to register students, and I just wanted to join it and forgot asking whether he was in martial art teams or not. After three days when basketball team called me for training, I realized that I had made a big mistake...
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...There are two reasons for professional sports. The first is to make money and the second is it makes money. The Public Relations professional must be actively involved in marketing helping the clients cause or improving the clients’ profits. The PR professional must have known as much about the whole marketing process as the marketing manager. In the past few years, salaries in professional sports have escalated, with corresponding increases in ticket prices, beyond anything remotely resembling economic good sense. In most cases it is a wise move for players to use agents to negotiate contracts. Many agents are reputable lawyers or accountants who not only negotiate contracts, but also guard the players’ money and investments. Since sports teams are private businesses managed for their owner’s profit, the Public Relations expert is involved at a high level – justifying athletes’ high salaries, encouraging attendance for winning and losing teams, arranging appearances for player to personalize the teams’ public image and creating special events to keep the interest alive when the play on the field is dull. A new area of investing in a team is the selling of “official” team representation. Local and national companies are willing to pay handsomely to become an official sponsor or provider. The public relations team must take part in attempting to attract bidders and then letting the community know who the major sponsors and providers are for the team. In order to be considered...
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...The Effects of Children and Sports My research paper explains whether or not playing sports affects young children in their everyday life. The reason I chose this topic is because I am interested in finding out if sports helps children’s social development. The relevance of this topic is to see if there is an improvement in the overall development with children who participate in sports compared to children who do not and if there is a difference, than hopefully sports can be one solution to children who have low self-esteem and do not have many friends and may also help motivate kids to do better in school as well. Based on my research findings, I have found that there are many benefits of sports participation in children. Ultimately, the best reason for children to play sports is to have fun. One major problem our country faces today is childhood obesity. According to Becerra (2009), twenty percent of children in the U.S. are obese, which will increase their risk of many health problems when they reach adulthood. One way children can benefit from playing sports is that it is a fun way to exercise and stay healthy. Not only can sports help children to stay healthy and fit, but it also helps build their self-esteem by giving and receiving encouragement from their coaches and gaining respect from fellow teammates or peers. According to Metzl and Shookhoff (2002), when asked why they play sports, kids say it is to have fun, to improve their skills, to learn new skills, to be...
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...Sport (or sports) is all forms of usually competitive physical activity which,[1] through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing entertainment to participants, and in some cases, spectators.[2] Hundreds of sports exist, from those requiring only two participants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with the largest major competitions such as the Olympic Games admitting only sports meeting this definition,[3] and other organisations such as the Council of Europe using definitions precluding activities without a physical element from classification as sports.[2] However, a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as mind sports. The International Olympic Committee (through ARISF) recognises both chess and bridge as bona fide sports, and SportAccord, the international sports federation association, recognises five non-physical sports,[4][5] although limits the amount of mind games which can be admitted as sports.[1] Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner. Winning can be determined by physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first, or by the determination of judges who are scoring elements...
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...traditional aspects have influenced societies within Australia. The purpose of this research was to not only discover how exactly Japanese culture is recognised within Australian society today; but also to identify how Australians have gravitated towards the culture in general, allowing for major aspects to become part of their everyday life. The start of this research began to look at past views of Japan in Australia (which covered the White Australia Policy, and attitudes during and after World War II), and contrasted this with Australians present day perspectives of Japan. The research then continued to look at traditional cultural aspects of Japan such as; Japanese dining and mannerisms, sport, religion and spirituality, and visual arts, and then continued to discuss exactly how these aspects have impacted and influenced Australia and its members of society. The findings of this research reached a conclusion that although Japan was once perceived extremely negative by Australians, its influence within the Australian wider community is not only undeniable, but immensely beneficial and constructive to society. Introduction The culture of Japan is a multi-layered and intricate system that has been developed and sustained for over thousands of years. The Japanese culture combines both ancient and contemporary aspects, allowing it to become one of the most prestigious and influential civilisations. Due to this, the Japanese culture (and its traditions) has become increasingly...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix A Part I Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings: |Term |Definition | |Diversity |This is defined as having different elements, variety, and unlikeness. Being diverse or | | |different than another. | |Ethnocentrism |This is the belief of superiority of ones own ethnic group or culture. | |Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups, or both, forming a new cultural entity. | |Minority group |A subordinate group, whos members have significantly less control or power over their own | | |lives than do members of a dominate or majority group. | |Emigration |Describes leaving a country to enter another. | |Immigration |Coming into a new country as a permanent resident. | |Culture |Characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by language, religion, music, to | | ...
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...Mr. Owen Coyle Address 10 Kensington, Liverpool, Merseyside, L7 8XB Mobile 07564776607 Email ocoyle93@gmail.com Profile While working with past employers I have developed many new skills these would include adjusting to people’s mind-sets, remaining calm and organised under pressure and creating an atmosphere of support that customers, colleagues and employers feel comfortable in. Having worked for companies that were strict about time keeping and loyalty, I take pride in myself as I have become a much more mature individual who is passionate about working. I do not thrive on being rewarded for doing a good job; having a job itself is rewarding enough. I enjoy working with customers and can build a rapport with them quite easily by greeting them with a smile and adjusting to their mind sets. Employment History First Source Solutions LTD Building 1, Springtown Business Park Northland Road, Londonderry, BT48 OGY 7/11/10 – 21/9/11 Customer Service Agent Sainsburys, Londonderry 25/11/12 – 5/1/13 Fresh food assistant 4rS Recycling Resource Centre Derry, Unit 23, Pennyburn Industrial Estate, Londonderry, County Londonderry, BT48 0LU 16/6/14 – 8/8/14 Business Administrator Sports Direct, 37 Borough Road, Grange Precinct, Birkenhead CH41 2XX 10/06/15 – Present Casual Sales Assistant Education Second Level Education St Joseph’s Boys School, Westway Derry BT48 9NX (2004 – 2010) Eight GCSE’s at grade C or above...
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