swimming from an early age‚ and has had a very successful swimming career‚ because she trains in unusual ways‚ for a female swimmer. Did you know that Katie Ledecky started swimming at the age of 6? She wanted to follow in the footsteps of her brother Michael. She attended Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart. She trains with Nation’s Capital Swim Club(NCAP). Her teammates are Allison Schmidt‚ Leah Smith‚ and Maya DiRado. (“Katie Ledecky” Swim Swam) She was accepted to Stanford University for a swimming
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For the Love of the Game: Global Sporting Habits and Implications for Marketers Euromonitor International : Strategy Briefing August 2008 Strategy Briefings World List of Contents and Tables Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Drivers ..........................................................................................................................
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which connect actions across multiple locations within an overall action frame that is focused on a central broadcast event (Couldry 2003‚ p. 60). These events can be planned‚ such as the Beijing Olympics‚ or unplanned such as 9/11 and the death of Michael Jackson. However‚ they are both “shared experiences‚ uniting viewers with one another and with their societies” (Dayan and Katz 1992‚ p.13). Katz and Liebes state that the characteristics for a media event is the live broadcast‚ the interruption of
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Situation Analysis Company * Manufacturing “Breathing Shoes” under brand name GEOX since 1995. * In 2002‚ company extended its breathability technology to enter apparel market. * 90% of its revenue is generated by sales of shoes and remaining 10% from apparel sales. * By 2009‚ Geox has become a global brand and is ranked the world’s 2nd largest casual lifestyle footwear sector operator. * It is doing business in 68 countries over 10‚000 multi-brand points of sale and about 997
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I belive girls should do sports. Some people think girls should not participate in sports‚ even though it is changing. Something they didn’t realise is that sports help girls in many different ways. For example it helps them stay fit‚ benefits them in their studdies and it ends up to provide happiness. Some people say that sport is a waste of time and does not help with anything that is not true. Sport is actually good for girls and not time consuming at all. Research (marry 2010) shows that:
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Abstract This report aims to analyse the external business environment using the PESTEL tool to identify four key trends that are most likely to affect possible ventures that the business might undertake. The four key trends are based on the economic benefit of cycling in a financial recession; how sales will be increased due to role models emerging from the 2008 Beijing Olympics; how the Government are encouraging cycling to increase the health and fitness of the nation; and finally how cycling
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Dear diary‚ I was reading one of the latest teenage magazines today. I find them rather interesting and informative because they are full of very compelling articles about role models in sport and culture. in this generation. There was a very amusing article on a singer called Miley Cyrus. She is an interesting character. It is amazing to watch what happens to young celebrities‚ as they get older. Often‚ after many years in the spotlight‚ some celebrities appear to develop a very undesirable image
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Case Study Q1. Could the 2004 Athens Olympics have been a success without all of the networks and backup technologies? A. No‚ all the hardwork done by the IT team was one of the main reason behind Athens Olympics success. The information availability provided by the network and redundant hardware (and people and processes too) were critical in the success of the event‚ and are likely to be so also in the future. Without the networks and all the other technologies we would not have been able to
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Analyze the reasons why the Chinese government hired a Western public relations firm to work on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The major reason as to why Chinese government hired a Western public relations firm to work on the 2008 Beijing Olympics was to repair their image before the Olympics. Several agencies around the world were invited to discuss a contract with Chinese officials about the pre-games PR strategies‚ media training‚ and market research on Western perceptions of China. This was done
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Overview A blind swimmer with a vision… many people do not understand this. Trischa Zorn‚ born without both irises (a disease called Aniridia)‚ has always been a persistent and persevering person. From her childhood she dreamed of being famous. This inspired her to accomplish every-day tasks which other blind people could only dream of. She is now well-known as the most decorated Olympian and Paralympian. Blinded by the light On the June 1‚ 1964 in Orange‚ California a beautiful baby was born to
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