...India’s Bid for Olympics 2020 Hospitality: The Expected attendance to the Olympic event is expect to be around 10 million people worldwide. The major issues concern for delhi hosting the games will be the Chronic power cuts. In order to meet the high energy demands during the games, large scale power production initiatives have to be taken to increase the existing capacity from 7000 Mw to 12000 Mw. In addition to physical preparation, free accommodation for all athletes at the Games Village, as well as free transport and other benefits, such as a free trip to the famed Taj Mahal and a reserved lane for participants on selected highways was provided Resorts & Hotel: There are also many luxary resorts in Delhi which can provide you many extra facilities and comfort and have special packages which one can enjoy. The five star hotel, Hotel Ashok, in New Delhi, has a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Indian Olympic Association and India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) & was Officially the Games Family Hotel for CWG games ,2010. The Hotel Ashok has more than 500 rooms with 60 executive suites. Even though there many hotels in delhi,there is still a need for more hotels & resorts to accomadate the large no. of people Security: Transport: Indira Gandhi International Airport is modernised, expanded, and upgraded. Costing nearly $1.95 billion ,Terminal 3 has increased airport passenger capacity to more than 37 million passengers a year by 2010. A new runway has...
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...between injuries, and which game you’re most likely to get injured C.) Lastly, I’ll break down the game by giving you some statistics on how much actual game time action you observe on average during a single game Benefits: 1.) Rugby is a year round sport 2.) The only equipment needed to play rugby are cleats and a mouth guard 3.) Rugby is played on every continent, and in almost every country Solutions: 1.) Use the internet to watch videos and learn more about the rules 2.) Search for nearby teams and look on the schedule for a nearby game 3.) Rent a movie that contains rugby ( ie., Invictus, Forever Strong) Conclusion Action: Rugby will be part of the 2016 Summer Olympics. There is still enough time to learn enough about the game to be able to follow the newest sport in the Olympics (which the US will be a contender in) Zinger: Don’t keep contributing to the ignorance of American sports fans, by not noticing one of the worlds’ largest sports and soon to be a dominating US...
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...Factfile on Tokyo Factfile on Tokyo Over 126 million people live in Japan, and the population is largely homogenous: 99.4 percent of the population is of Japanese descent. The Japanese economy is one of the strongest in the world. Only the USA has a higher GNP. Tokyo is Japan's capital and the country's largest city. Tokyo is also one of Japan's 47 prefectures, albeit that it is referred to as a metropolis, and consists of 23 city wards, 26 cities, 5 towns and 8 villages, including the Izu and Ogasawara Islands, and several small Pacific Islands in the south of Japan's main island Honshu. The 23 city wards comprise the centre of Tokyo and make up about one third of the metropolis' area, while housing roughly eight of Tokyo's approximately twelve million residents. Status: capital and Japan's biggest city Population: 13,282,271 (estimate as of August 1, 2013). Greater Tokyo, a megalopolis that includes the city of Yokohama, as well as other urban areas, is home to around 35 million people. Size: 2,188.67 square kilometers (845 square miles) Geographical situation: Tokyo is located on the Pacific coast of Japan's main island, Honshu, in the Kanto region. The weather in summer is generally humid and hot. History: Tokyo, a former fishing village, was the seat of the Tokugawa clan's military "Shogunate", which ruled over Japan for more than 270 years from a city then called "Edo". The military government was replaced in 1868 when the emperor's authority was restored. It became...
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...Chapter 1 will introduce the book by explaining the relevance of its overall topics and presenting the rationale that guides the book’s structure. The book will begin by explaining how the Olympic movement can shape society and how it can reflect societal beliefs about athletes in general as well as male and female athletes specifically. From there this chapter will explain why these five new sports matter, specifically what they represent to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and their place within the Olympic movement. Each chapter will then explore the sports themselves, starting with a look at the historical evolution of the inclusion of sports at the Olympic Games, particularly the use of demonstration sports at previous Games...
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...More Globalization To Solve Japan's Prolonged Economic Stagnation: 2020 Tokyo Olympic, Establishment of Foreign Companies and Cultural Reform/Cultural Ramification Before Japan was globalized it was secluded from the rest of the world for nearly two centuries from1603 to 1868. This time period was called the Tokugawa Period. Even though Japan closed its ports to foreign trade, it was self sustainable and independent. This self sustainable society was maintained through its unique producer-consumer relationship and the "reuse recycle" practice in commerce due to the island's limited resources. Repair merchants such as tinker, ceramics repairers and truss hoop repairers supported a society where nothing was thrown away but instead carefully repaired and reused until the products were truly un-amendable. For example, tinkers used special techniques and charcoal heat to weld holes in pots and kettles with other metals; ceramic repairers glue broken ceramic pieces together with sticky rice and applied heat; paper makers buy used papers and blend them to make a variety of paper from writing paper to toilet paper (Staff). The Tokugawa Period served as a model of a flourishing sustainable society to the Japanese. After Japan was introduced to globalization during the Second World War, the nation benefited from becoming a export driven economy, business policies such as the lifetime employment policy promoted the efficiency of the company, and the cultural influences on business management...
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...WHAT ARE THE ISSUES OF WORLDWIDE EVENTS ON A COUNTRY ? The exemple of Brazil with the World Cup and the Olympic Games Globalization Seminar – September 2014 GROUPE 36 - PARIS Maxime BEURRIER, Lauriane CORBIN, Aurore GUILLON, Yuan GUO, Benjamin FERRE It is used to say that "the surfer is wonderful when he is standing up on his board". Brazil is one of these surfers since the early 90s. Expected to become a major world power, the country has moreover the opportunity to shine in front of the world by organizing successively world wild events in less than five years. It had never been given to a country the opportunity to receive such big events, especially in such a short period: the World Youth Day (WYD), the Confederations Cup, the Football World Cup in 2014 and finally the Olympic Games in 2016. After China, who organizes Beijing Olympics games in 2008, Brazil is now pursuing his prodigious road on the top of the wave. The organisation of these worldwide events is a great opportunity to consolidate its influence in the world but also the risk of eventually falling off from his surfing-board, into the water. After the competition among several countries in order to obtain the right to host these events, each slightest actions of the winner are scrutinized by the whole world. Today, the occurrence of events involving all the nations of the world highlights the globalization characteristics. Indeed, for one summer, many countries meet around a single place, a single goal,...
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...Top Careers & You™ Economy/Business Wipro Tied up with Kana Software to Service Global Insurers General Knowledge GK Notes - September 1 Wipro Ltd. signed agreement with the US-based Kana Software to provide customer service solutions to its global insurers through a joint development centre. The agreement provides Kana with systems integration scalability, as Wipro has presence across 57 countries worldwide. Kana Software has its headquarters in California. It provides customer service solutions using cloud computing network to about 900 enterprises and mid-market organisations, which includes 250 government agencies all over the world. RBI Issued Norms for Currency Swap Window The Reserve Bank of India issued norms for currency swap window from Mumbai. The Reserve Bank also cleared that the facility of currency swap would be made available to scheduled commercial banks (excluding regional rural banks) for fresh Foreign Currency Non-Resident Bank (FCNRB) deposits, which would be mobilised for a minimum tenure of three years. The Reserve Bank also mentioned that the deposits can be made in any permitted currency, but the swaps would be made available only in dollars. The Swap Window would remain functional and under operations on all working days at Mumbai on daily basis but a particular bank can access the facility of currency swap only once in a week. The Swap Window would remain operation from 10 September to 30 November 2013. th th Currency Swap A foreign...
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...martial arts of Ryukyu Islands (called te (手?), literally "hand"; tii in Okinawan) and from Chinese kenpo.[1][2] Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes and open hand techniques such as knife-hands, spear-hands, and palm-heel strikes. In some styles, grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints, and vital point strikes are also taught.[3] A karate practitioner is called a karateka (空手家?). Karate was developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It was brought to the Japanese mainland in the early 20th century during a time of cultural exchanges between the Japanese and the Ryukyuans. It was systematically taught in Japan after the Taisho era.[4] In 1922 the Japanese Ministry of Education invited Gichin Funakoshi to Tokyo to give a karate demonstration. In 1924 Keio University established the first university karate club in Japan and by 1932, major Japanese universities had karate clubs.[5] In this era of escalating Japanese militarism,[6] the name was changed from 唐手 ("Chinese hand" or "Tang hand")[7] to 空手 ("empty hand") – both of which are pronounced karate – to indicate that the Japanese wished to develop the combat form in Japanese style.[8] After the Second World War, Okinawa became an important United States military site and karate became popular among servicemen stationed there.[9] The martial arts movies of the 1960s and 1970s served to greatly increase the popularity of martial arts around the world, and in English the word karate began to be...
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...Introduction and Motivation Japan is a country that has always fascinated me. I love to travel. I have been to Europe, South America, Canada, and most states in the U.S. However, what draws me to Japan is the distinct difference in culture from anything I have seen before. Japan is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. There is an era of mystique behind the culture. One of the main reasons why I would like to see Japan is because I am curious about what the culture is like. My grandparents are very well-traveled. It is easier to ask them where they have not been compared to where they have been. I remember them telling me about how much they loved Japan, and out of all the countries they have seen, Japan was one of their favorites. They put their trip to Japan up there along with going on an African safari, seeing the Pyramids of Egypt, and bashing around the streets of London. My grandmother has brought back souvenirs and beautiful artwork from the places she has visited, and her most prized possessions are the paintings she has brought back from Japan. I would like to see the country for myself and get a glimpse of why my grandparents have put it so high on their list of favorite places visited. Area History and Customs The Japanese culture seen today dates back many centuries, starting from 710 and continuing to the year 1333. It is greatly influenced by the Nara, Hein, and Kamakura periods (Grayson, 2016). One of the main attractions to Japanese...
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...Harumi Apartments, between tradition and modern living Maekawa was invited by the Japan Housing Corporation 1 to design the apartment block in 1956. The apartments were constructed in Harumi 2, a reclaimed area in Tokyo Bay which was developed by the Japanese Housing Corporation as a part of a systematic effort to solve Tokyo’s housing crisis. Along the time, Tokyo Bay has been the scenario of most of the revolutionary ideas, since the megastructures of the Metabolist group, until the new projects for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. The Harumi project was one of the corporation’s first experiment with such a large-scale housing block. Harumi was at the time, part industrial and part residential and contains a major shipping pier, The Tokyo International...
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...Case #3 1. What factors contributed to EuroDisney’s poor performance during its first year of operation? What factors contributed to Hong Kong Disney’s poor performance during its first year? The biggest factors that contributed to EuroDisney’s poor performance during its first year of operation were: a poor understanding of the marketplace, the cultural differences between the two countries, and the different approaches to business and life. One major factor was the ethnocentrism, or the viewing of a foreign culture through the lens of your own culture, displayed by American leaders offset by French national insecurities. But, the problems spanned beyond arrogant leadership. Disney assumed people would travel from all over the Europe to visit the park, but really did not cater to the diversity of the guests. Even though the countries are united as the European Union, they are distinct and sovereign culturally. Put simply, EuroDisney was marketed poorly. Disney built, promoted, and communicated EuroDisney as a piece of America in Europe. Cultural differences were neglected. In the case, we see that Fresh culture also has its own cartoon characters such as Asterix, who has a theme park not far from EuroDisney. Furthermore, Disney banned alcohol in a culture that has a deep appreciation for wine. Disney failed to understand French national character, their insecurities over cultural invasion, and their deep commitment to maintaining their identity. Hong Kong Disney faces...
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...Melbourne Business Practicum Report Benchmarking Melbourne as a Sports and Arts Capital Research conducted by: Carthur Wan Daniel Chen Eliza Tong & Karleen Wu Disclaimer: The MBP team has used reasonable care and skill in compiling the content of this material. However, neither the MBP nor the students provide a warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information in these materials. No part of these materials are intended to be advice, whether legal or professional. Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... 2 Background and Objectives ............................................................................................................ 3 General Benchmarking Methodology ............................................................................................. 4 Benchmarking Melbourne's Arts Status ......................................................................................... 5 4.1 4.2 Arts Comparison Cities Overview............................................................................................ 5 Arts Capacity Index ................................................................................................................. 6 Physical Infrastructure - Venue Number......................................................................... 6 Physical Infrastructure - Size ...................................
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...the air, with a trail of dark gray smoke following it. Ricky could feel the tension in the air and the smell of sweat hung heavily in the fall breeze. “On your mark,” said the starter. Ricky lifted up a silent prayer. The nerves completely took over him at this point. All the endless possibilities and ways he could screw up this race rushed through his mind. “BOOM!” Ricky was off, and his training did the rest. He finished in first, and with a record time on that course that still hasn't been broken to this day. That race was the most special race for Ricky, because he discovered his lifelong passion. Running. Ricky went on to win many national races, including the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2020. He ran the third fastest time in Olympic history. He had his entire life put together. But he was hiding a secret the whole time. Ricky is gay. Ricky's dad was a minister in a very conservative church. Ricky grew up hearing that it's not ok to be gay. He also heard that gay people should not have equal rights. So he grew up believing the same and confused about his feelings. He never felt like he could truly be himself. Ricky had never told anyone about how he truly felt or who he truly was. Except for his best friend Nate Turner. Nate and Ricky met when they were in diapers. Their moms were best friends in high school. Ricky grew up sharing everything with Nate. When he discovered his true feelings he knew that he could share them...
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...So, ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, a very good evening on behalf of me too and a very warm welcome to this section of presentations tonight. My name is Thanasis Christou and I’m studying Business Administration at the Athens University of Economics and Business. Tonight I will show you a presentation about Innovation in Japan after the earthquake and the tsunami of 2011. 1 More specifically the purpose of this presentation is to illustrate how some companies in Japan used innovation as both an effective marketing tool and a growth engine after the 11.03 disaster. 2 . Tonight we will first take a quick look at what happened in Japan that time, how this nation is looking to the future and then how 4 big Japanese companies responded innovatively as well as what this can mean for us as future business people. 3 Well, most of us were about to enter the university when we‘ve been looking at the images of the disaster coming from Japan. A nine magnitude earthquake followed by a devastating tsunami had as a result tons of debris, thousands of hectares of farmland devastated, a huge cost in direct material damage, a much more serious environmental disaster caused by the meltdown at Fukushima nuclear plant BUT the most shocking figures are the thousands of people that have been evacuated and most of all the nineteen thousands of people being killed by the tsunami. 4 Well, most of us were about to enter the university when we‘ve been looking at the images...
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...------------------------------------------------- hydro-powered vehicles in Japan Felix Young November 9, 2015 November 9, 2015 At the beginning of 2015, the Japanese government announced it would invest 40 billion yen to promote the use of hydrogen energy and hydro-powered vehicles ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (Mami Maruko, The Japan Times). Additionally, starting from 2016, consumers who purchase hydro-powered vehicle are going to receive subsidies worth 1 million yen in total (8300 USD). Using concepts such as law of demand, externality and market failures from an economic perspective, we are able to better interpret the reasoning behind these government policies as well as potential benefit and risk in the future. Japan is the third largest automobile market in the world with 4.7 million new cars registered annually (Statista Inc.). Among all the newly registered vehicles, only 30% of them use renewable energy such as hybrid fuels and electricity cells. Hydro-powered vehicle is still a relatively new concept to Japanese car market. However, replacing gasoline cars with hydrogen ones offer great benefit to the society. Thanks to the zero emission nature of hydrogen fuel, the greenhouse gas emission from the road will significantly go down. Environmental damage such as air pollution, acid rain and global warming can be reduced. Considering Japan’s high population density and urbanization state...
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