Yamaguchi-gumi is the biggest yakuza family‚ accounting for 50% of all yakuza in Japan‚ with more than 55‚000 members divided into 850 clans. Despite more than one decade of police repression‚ the Yamaguchi-gumi has continued to grow. From its headquarters in Kobe‚ it directs criminal activities throughout Japan. It is also involved in operations in Asia and the United States. Shinobu Tsukasa‚ also known as Kenichi Shinoda‚ is the Yamaguchi-gumi’s current oyabun. He follows an expansionist policy‚ and has increased
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Do professional athletes get paid enough? Yes‚ they do‚ and for many different reasons. Athletes have to deal with large commitments‚ the danger of playing sports‚ and common life expenses. Often‚ professional athletes are offered contracts by a certain team or sponsor. Some of these contracts can be for a long period of time too. Next‚ playing sports has a very large risk for injury. These athletes never know when they will have a career ending injury. Lastly‚ athletes still have to pay for common
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harmony for every living thing or object (in this case his architectures) inside or outside the structure to live together in peace and for the humanity to enjoy the spaces given to them. One of my favorite works in this book is the Miyashita House in Kobe‚ Hyogo. This house has three stories all of them organized with different purposes‚ a studio and master room are in the lower ground‚ middle section has the dining room where it has a beautiful well-made spiral staircase leading up to a bedroom and
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point when the local team was the Pirates) and the NBA‚ since Pittsburgh didn’t have one. This changed in the 3rd grade when I won a school contest via Hoops for Heart to go see a Cavs game. My friends said I was really lucky‚ since I got to see LeBron James and Shaq play in-person. I wasn’t expecting much‚ since I had never really been a basketball guy
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style of play. I take many of my moves from professional basketball players and make them my own because they expand my arsenal of tricks. My favorite player to watch is Kobe Bryant. He is an all around athlete is still going strong at 30 years old. He knows how to play both sides of the game offense and defense. I look at Kobe Bryant as the ultimate weapon. I want to play like him as I continue to get better and better every time I play basketball. There are just endless possibilities
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Although some individuals and fans believe that professional athletes are paid far too much‚ it is not a fair accusation made against these highly thought of individuals. Some complaints are about how much athletes are paid‚ yet they are still willing to pay outrageous prices to attend these major sporting events. Why is that? “And while so many are under the impression that this paycheck has one too many zeros in it‚ I believe that these individuals are dedicating themselves so fully to their occupation
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Labeling the end of a Haruki Murakami story as “closure” is a misuse of not only the word but a misunderstanding of the ambiguity that his short stories contain. Ambiguity isn’t a contemporary concept‚ but the way Murakami uses it in combination with his own subjectivity creates a unique challenge for the reader. This is particularly true in his short story “All God’s Children Can Dance”. Murakami uses the philosophy of existentialism to send the reader into a deeper plane of thought‚ or the sublime
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It is the Other Way Around Many athletes get paid millions of dollars just to run around the field or court while doctors get paid thousands of dollars. It’s the other way around. The doctors‚ lawyers and other job you need a good education in should get paid millions of dollars. It would be nice if athletes would get paid less than those people. The Sports Industry‚ specifically in the United States‚ is composed of multiple sports with multiple franchises that cumulatively bring in billions
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We need to do this to get to the Finals next postseason. We need to show that we are better than Lebron‚” Tim Duncan said like a true leader. “We don’t even know if Heat will make it to the Finals next year‚” Manu Ginobili added with sass in his voice. “Come on of course they will the Eastern Conference is weaker than ever before‚” Tim Duncan said
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High School Athletes becoming Professionals Lebron James‚ who is the so-called next Michael Jordan‚ and Freddy Adu‚ the American soccer phenomenon‚ both have something in common. They are professional athletes and with millions in their pockets with a countless number of endorsement contracts. Whether it is high school athletes skipping college and discontinuing the development of their education for millions of dollars‚ or teenagers signing contracts with businesses for massive amounts of money
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