Karate (空手?) (/kəˈrɑːtiː/; Japanese pronunciation: [kaɽate] ( listen)) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed partially from the indigenous 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
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BUS 475 – Business and Society Nov 2, 2014 Corporate social responsibility in professional sports first emerged from the idea that charitable endeavors and community outreach programs could help boost fan support and increase revenues. Today, many professional leagues and franchises use their social responsibility efforts as a way to improve their public relations and marketing strategies ( “Sports Philanthropy”, 2009). Increasingly, teams see social responsibility as critical in bridging the
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Research Paper #2 COM101-002 Professor: Bush Walker November 8, 2013 Media Conglomerate Ownership in the U.S. The United States is being greatly affected by conglomerate ownership of media properties in today's industry. A conglomerate is formed when a large company merges with separate and diverse small firms. By definition a media conglomerate is a large company or corporation that has merged with a number of different media outlets such as TV, radio, newspapers and Internet. Big companies have
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present) Mass Media (e.g. newspapers, advertising etc.) Music (e.g. famous singer/ group Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Beatles, Classical Music, jazz, ) Movies (e.g. a film, actor, director you like – types of movies – love, comedy, horror etc) Literature (e.g. a writer or book that you like) Art (e.g. an artist you like– Van Gough, Picasso, or you could do modern or any other type of art) Fashion (e.g. famous brands Gucci, Adidas, Nike etc. or clothes, Paris fashion) Sport (e.g. football
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specificities of media representations for Afro-Peruvian populations, there are very few scholarly pieces that focus on that issue. However, they provide important arguments to understand the issues of the media in its relation with the development of race and ethnicity in Peru. One of this text is Mira como ves: racismo y estereotipos en los medios de comunicación (2010), a compilation of essays that give a complete overview of the representations of Afro-descendants in the mass media, discussing the
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Erica Frank Kingsford Charcoal Problem Statement Kingsford Charcoal as a brand needs to reevaluate its marketing strategy in order to rekindle consumer interest in charcoal grilling to combat increase in gas grilling trends because charcoal is in the mature stage of the product life cycle and there is little growth within the industry. Performance Objectives Kingsford’s objectives are to maintain a 1-3% growth in sales and maintain market share. Kingsford is a cash cow in Clorox’s portfolio;
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many youngsters look to the media for guiding on the "ideal" way to look and act. Teenagers have more access to images from the media that sponsor a growing acceptance of makeup, fragrances and unnatural beauty, their self-esteems becomes dependent on an unnatural and constructed thought of beauty. The images promoted and portrayed in the media, can be harmful and have dangerous impacts on the lives' of many individuals. The images revealed and published by the media harmful effects begin the minute
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Children Should Play Outdoors A cardinal flies in and perches on a fence post. The little girl spots is and calls out “a bird!” She runs as fast as she can towards the bird, but the bird flies away. The little girl quickly turns her attention to an inchworm crawling up a picket. There are many reasons why parents should promote and support outdoor play for their children. Children benefit from being outdoors in many ways, such as environmental education, health benefits and self-confidence
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Within the last century there have been a number of breakthroughs when talking about how the media is passed from one individual to another. Not so long ago people were largely dependent on the wired device; being tethered to their homes for the flow of news, entertainment, and communication. In the late 1800’s and very early 1900’s roughly 80 percent of the population in America lived in rural areas; by the 1920’s and 30’s there was a majority of the population that moved inward to the urban development’s
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Department of Mass Communication, Fu-jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan Cross-cultural communication scholars have looked at effects of interpersonal communication and both ethnic and host mass media uses on the acculturation behavior of immigrants for a long time. The present study employs an important network analysis concept, the social influence of alters on ego, in the field of cross-cultural communication. Using measures of alters' acculturation, English- and ethnic-language media uses, and
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