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    Community Based Tourism

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    is important in preparing the community as a host as it will educate and prepare all community members to provide the best services. Through capacity building‚ skills are acquired. Training is given to increase the skill level and to strengthen the capacity of individuals and organizations to develop and support the program of CBT as a tourist activity. Capacity building for Kampung Sinaran Baru‚ Kempas homestay can be done based on study tour‚ where the community is learning to be better in Malaysia

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    Children grow up with all types of role models like actresses‚ rockstars and professional athletes (to name a few). Usually children look up to these talented adults in admiration or envy as they are able to live out the child’s wildest dreams in everyday adult life. However as children grow and mature‚ they begin to realize their dreams aren’t so practical anymore. The kids who wanted to grow up and become actresses or rockstars‚ switch to a more financially feasible dream job‚ such of that as a

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    A discourse community can be defined as a group of people who share knowledge of a certain topic‚ share similar backgrounds‚ and have a common goal. A lot of them also had unique ways of communicating with each other which outsiders could not understand. They give everyone something that makes them feel like they belong somewhere and are important too. Being in one of these communities is a good way to be a part of something with people who are easy to relate to and can help you grow fundamentally

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    Sanfranscisco 49er fans punched and kicked a lone MInnisota Vikings fan. This proves that sports fans can go crazy and be mean to other fans. They are too obsessed with their team and beat up people to show that they like their team. This fact proves that fans can go too far when it comes to their favorite team because they sometimes have riots after games. People also skip school‚ work‚ and even commit suicide over their favorite sports team. After a soccer game in Buenos Aires‚ Argentina‚ fans rioted the

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    October 2010 Mass Media and Sports: Riches to Rags‚ Rags to Riches What parent would want their kid to say‚ “I want to grow up to be just like Ray Lewis. I want to play as hard as him‚ win Super Bowls like him‚ and even be indicted on murder charges like him!” No parent would‚ but it’s not at all wrong for a juvenile to say they want to play like the 10 time NFL pro bowler and two time NFL defensive player of the year. At the same time‚ it’s not wrong for the mass media in sports to be reporting

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    Men Vs. Women in Professional Sports Ever since the ancient Greece‚ men have held athletic competitions or sports. It is only in modern times that women have had an opportunity to compete. Most sports still don’t have men and women directly competing against one another. In the past athletic instructors adapted the rules to make sports less physically taxing for women. For instance in basketball‚ to ensure that girls maintain proper decorum‚ they were forbidden from snatching the ball and dribbling

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    “If every sports team in Chicago were to suddenly disappear‚ the impact on the Chicago economy would be a fraction of 1 percent. A baseball team has about the same impact on a community as a mid sized department store‚” (Leed). Economist always talk about how sports have no positive impact on community‚ only negative‚ and when teams want to move‚ they only talk about the positives of bringing the teams. I found some articles and graphs to answer my question of how do professional sports teams affect

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    1. Sports have exploded across the globe in every aspect to the game. The author says that commercial sports have become global in scope for two reasons. First‚ those who control‚ sponsor‚ and promote them seek new ways to expand markets and maximize profits. Second‚ transnational corporations with production and distribution operations in multiple countries can use sports as vehicles for introducing their products and services around the world. Many professional organizations now have games

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    of high potential individuals. With this level of involvement‚ the talent that is attracted to the company is developed and trained so well that many of them go on to be top level executives at other major corporations. Discuss how PepsiCo uses its talent to sustain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The first thing that PepsiCo did was to ensure it had the “the right people‚ in the right place‚ at the right time‚ doing the right work‚ the right way.” (Silzer‚ 2010 p.618). With this

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    Steroids in Sports: Why steroids and other performance enhancing drugs should be banned from sports. I. Introduction A. Background:Over the past couple of decades steroids and other performance enhancing drugs have become more and more common in sports and have started to become more of a part of mainstream culture. Steroids have become a great problem very quickly and are just now being addressed among many major sports. Through looking at the effects of steroids‚ the way they affect a fans prospective

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