like the X-games are part of the extreme sports market. Extreme sports received a huge popularity boost in the mid-nineties‚ when American sports channel ESPN launched the “X-Games”. The annual events bring together the best of the world’s extreme athletes to complete for gold‚ silver and bronze medals. There are quite a few sports that are considered extreme‚ with skateboarding‚ rollerblading‚ and BMX biking being perhaps the most well-known. In addition‚ extreme sports encompass some cold weather
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Introduction Extreme sports (also called action sport and adventure sport) are a media term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent danger. These activities often involve speed‚ height‚ high level of physical exertion‚ highly specialized gear or spectacular stunts. At present date‚ there are no careful studies or statistics of deaths to separate activities with low or normal level of danger from those with high level of danger. While use of the term "extreme sport" has spread
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Lady: Nowadays ‚ “Extreme sports” or “X-Games” such as climbing‚ bungee jumping ‚ and downhill skateboarding are being practiced by Peruvians more often . But I’m wondering the reason why Peruvians now prefer to do this kind of stunts instead of practicing safer sports‚ I mean ‚ sports which don’t involve putting in risk their lives . karol: Well‚ it seems likely they’re looking for non-common activities and want to feel the experience of trying something new which may motivate them to do crazy
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Wilfred Laurier‚ at the beginning of the twentieth century‚ predicted that “The next hundred years would belong to Canada.” I believe Wilfred was correct; the twentieth century did indeed belong to Canada. The Canadians and the Canadian/British allied forces had many victories‚ Canadian born people who grew up to change the world and many other events prove that Canada owned the twentieth century. Many consider the victory at Vimy Ridge in 1917 a defining moment for Canada. Although it
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Extreme Sports About 6‚000 people die from extreme sports every year. Dying from extreme sports isn’t as uncommon nowadays‚ but people who love nature and have passion about the sport are willing to do it even if it means risking their own death. Rabindranath Tagore quoted‚ “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water”. What he meant here is that we can’t achieve our goals in life if we don’t commit to something and just hide ourselves in our own
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Extreme Parenting There is a child who is never allowed to attend a sleep over or have a playdate. A child that must constantly practice the violin‚ do homework‚ and is never allowed any free time to do as she pleases. This is the child of an extreme parent. Parenting methods have long been a subject of controversy‚ but a new trend in parenting called “Tiger” parenting may be the most controversial of today. The method of extreme parenting or parents that go to extreme lengths to give their children
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Discussion Questions: 1. Look at the examples of extreme behaviors described in the article‚ then go online and find one more example of extreme consumers. Describe it in detail and discuss how you would deal with these consumers if you were a marketer for the company whose product(s) these extreme consumers are infatuated with. 2. Why do you think so many managers actively avoid or are wary of extreme consumers? Another example of an extreme consumer is the shopper who radically values savings
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The two poems‚ “To Lucasta‚ going to the Wars” by Richard Lovelace and “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen are both devoted to the subject of war. Lovelace’s poem was written in the 17th century and as well as almost all the poetry of the period has romantic diction. The war is shown as something truly worthwhile‚ glossed and honorable for a man. The protagonist is leaving his beloved for the battlefield and his tone is pathetic and solemn. He calls the war his new mistress and asks his beloved
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took more of a physical and offensive position in the tricky game of slavery against the South. At the time‚ violent acts of abolition probably seemed to be doing more harm than good‚ but having a hindsight view today allows us to see that these extreme abolitionists did more good than harm by taking one
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Running Head: Extreme Jobs Case Study -- Extreme Jobs Sharelle Walker B6125-Leadership and Organizational Behavior Argosy University Professor Glaspie-Ellis February 18‚ 2013 Problem Identification In today’s workplace‚ extreme jobs are now the norm. The article Harvard Business Review‚ “Extreme Jobs”‚ defined extreme jobs as any job that requires more than 60/70 hours per week and also adds different factors such as work flow
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