Nakita Tress Speech 1301 Tues. Thurs. November 30‚ 2009 The SPEEDO LZR RACER is made from a unique lightweight‚ water repellent‚ and fast-drying fabric that has been developed to reduce drag and help hold the swimmer’s body in a more streamlined shape. Following three years of research that included input from NASA‚ tests on more than 100 different fabrics and suit designs and body scans of more than 400 elite swimmers‚ Speedo has launched its most hydro-dynamically advanced - and fastest -
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Panasonic Corporation of North America Panasonic Corporation of North America‚ based in Secaucus‚ NJ‚ is the principal North American subsidiary of Osaka‚ Japan-based Panasonic Corporation (NYSE: PC) and the hub of its branding‚ marketing‚ sales‚ service‚ product development and R&D operations in the U.S. and Canada. For more than 50 years‚ Panasonic has delighted American consumers with innovations for the home and business. Panasonic’s consumer electronics and technology products range from award-winning
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treated with six stitches for his head injury. Lee received RM300‚000 on 21 August 2008‚ as a reward for his silver medal effort in the 2008 Olympic Games. Also‚ he received RM3‚000 a month as a lifetime pension beginning in August 2008. For the same achievement‚ he was conferred with a Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN)‚ which carried the title Datuk by Governor of Penang‚ Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas on 30 August 2008. He was appointed as UNICEF Malaysia’s National Ambassador in February 2009.On 6
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encouragement. “Avoid bent knees‚ split legs‚ bent feet‚ land firmly and you can win gold‚” reads one message. “Starting from nothing‚ we can forge gold‚ and the gold will shine‚” reads another. The Chinese men’s gymnastic team did just that last week at the Olympics‚ ahead of Japan‚ Great Britain and the US. Those slogans could probably be seen as old-style Maoist indoctrination‚ especially when taken with the subtext‚ implicit in much Western sports commentary before and during London 2012‚ that all Chinese
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issue. Countries that take part in the Olympic games have been known to boycott one another. In some cases‚ countries will not attend the Olympic games based on where they are held. Other sporting events like soccer that involve international competition have experienced boycotts as well. Sports and politics intersected when the Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan towards the end of 1979. Political figures such as President Carter called upon the U.S. Olympic Committee to boycott the Games. More than
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suggested that Usain should take up track and field. Being the fastest runner at William Knibb Memorial High School (running a 200 meter race in 22.04 seconds) it didn’t take long for Bolt to become his school’s track star. One of his coaches was an Olympic sprinter‚ Pablo McNeil‚ who had worked with Usain until moving to Kingston at sixteen because former Jamaican prime minister P.J. Patterson‚ had Bolt move to Kingston to train with the Jamaican Ameteur Athletics Assocation (JAAA). Usain didn’t take
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by Vicky Rabinowicz‚ she found that “Olympic athletes‚ in general‚ believed that most successful athletes were using banned substances” (Savulescu‚ Foddy‚ & Clayton‚ 2008). Arguing that athletes themselves believe other athletes are successful because of drug use‚ with only a small number having been interviewed out of the possible 9‚356 athletes in attendance at the Barcelona Summer Olympics‚ is a fallacy of composition (International Olympic Committee‚ 2008). It is false to believe that what is
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A Society without Sports is No Society at all It was 1968. The Summer Olympic Games were in full swing in Mexico City’s Olympic Stadium. USA’s Tommie Smith and John Carlos finished in 1st and 3rd‚ respectively‚ in the 200 meter race. The Star-Spangled Banner blared from the speakers as the United States flag swayed in the wind. Instead of the classic hand-on-the-heart pose‚ Smith and Carlos bowed their heads and raised one fist. The symbol for black power shocked the world. The event is considered
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because I want to understand how this process of McDonaldization is affecting the Olympic games in his traditions and who’s deciding what happens on the competitions in considerations of scheduling times and events broadcasting. Why is it so important for NBC to put the events in prime time for the United States ? And how can the will of “one big company” decide over many others entities that are involved in the Olympics ? But first a brief description of what McDonaldization is: “Process of rationalization
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(6 ft 3 in)[1] Weight 69 kg (150 lb; 10.9 st) Team information Current team Team Sky Discipline Road & Track Role Rider Rider type Rouleur/GC Contender (Road) and Pursuitist (Track) Professional team(s) 2001 2002–2003 2004–2005 2006–2007 2008 2009 2010– Linda McCartney Racing Team Française des Jeux Crédit Agricole Cofidis Team High Road Garmin-Slipstream Team Sky Major wins Grand Tours Tour de France General Classification (2012) 2 stages‚ ITT (2012) Giro d ’Italia 1 stage
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