article states 12 promises that Nike will work on. Including work environment for its employees. "Community Impact." NIKE‚ Inc. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2014. This article talks about community impact by the company of Nike. How it provides many jobs‚ provide to community activities‚ etc. Jensen‚ Holger. "Globalization Ala Nike." Stories. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014. This article talks about the employments of Nike overseas. It states that the people who work for Nike are happy and have no regrets
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Ryan Canham 12/16/14 English 11 research paper Mrs. Heveron-Smith What’s the price we’re paying? As a child‚ this young boy wanted for everything to go his way. He was very mature although he was just a kid‚ he would always be worrying. The things he worried about were family‚ if his friends liked him‚ if he was smart enough‚ if he wore the “right” clothes‚ if he would be on time‚ and many other problems. The real issues started when he was a sophomore in high school. After a summer camp‚ he had
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DGabe Kenworthy Mrs. Echols AP U.S History-3rd 6 December 2012 Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources: Tesla‚ Nikola‚ and David Hatcher Childress. The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla. New York: Adventures Unlimited P‚ 1993. This helpful book had descriptions and drawings of many of Tesla’s inventions and patents as well as providing modern descriptions and applications. It showed me how Tesla designed new devices to meet the challenges
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Introduction Drag racing‚ an acceleration contest from a standing start between two vehicles covering a measured distance‚ is probably as old as the automobile itself. As a legal and commercially organized sport‚ however‚ it began on Sunday‚ June 19‚ 1950. On that day at an airstrip near Santa Ana‚ California‚ C. J. Hart‚ originally of Findlay‚ Ohio‚ hosted with two partners the Santa Ana Drags. A year before that‚ in Goleta‚ California‚ a drag race was held on a closed-off section of road with approval of
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The word race comes from a Norse word.[1] This Norse word arrived in France during the invading of Normandy and gave the word raz which means "swift water" in Brittany‚ as in a mill race; it can be found in "Pointe du Raz" (the most western point of France‚ in Brittany)‚ and "raz-de-marée" (tsunami). The word race to mean a "contest of speed" was first recorded in the 1510s.[2] A race and its name are often associated with the place of origin‚ the means of transport and the distance of the race
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Formula racing is a term that refers to various forms of open wheeled single seater motorsport. Its origin lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by theFIA for all of its post-World War II single seater regulations‚ or formulae. The best known of these formulæ are Formula One‚ Formula Two‚ and Formula Three. Common usage of "formula racing" encompasses other single seater series‚ including the GP2 Series‚ which replaced Formula 3000 (which had itself been the effective replacement for Formula
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are many different kinds of racing‚ some of the most popular are‚ Stock Car‚ Drag racing‚ dirt track‚ and rally/road course. Sock Car Racing is a form of automobile racing which is popular in the U.S.‚ it features cars that are based on standard U.S. commercial models‚ but have been modified to $250‚000 race cars. They are usually raced on oval‚ paved tracks. The cars can sometimes reach speeds of close to 200mph. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR)‚ founded in 1947 in
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Racing Greyhound Greyhound racing is one of the popular action sports‚ the sport of racing greyhounds. It started in 1974 in Western Australia‚ controlled by the Canning Greyhound Racing Association. In 1981‚ the Western Australian Greyhound Racing Authority‚ a government appointed committee‚ took over the control of the sport (Racing and Wagering Western Australia‚ 2002). In the race‚ dogs chase after an artificial hare on the track which leads them to the finish line‚ the first to arrive is the
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Kirsten Wilkie Should horse racing be banned? Just an animal‚ only a horse‚ there are plenty more. I think not! Horses should not have to suffer beneath the glamorous façade‚ which is commercial horse racing. Motivated by financial gain and prestige company‚ most people regard it as a harmless and entertaining sport; but would the public still think that if they knew the truth? Behind the scenes‚ lies a story of immense suffering and complications. The standard whip
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Automobile Racing Automobile Racing‚ one of the most popular sports in the world‚ have races run with wide coverage on television - before millions of fans. It tests the skills of the drivers‚ the speed capabilities of the vehicles‚ and the endurance of both. The first racing cars were motorized versions of horse-drawn carriages and wagons. The first race was a reliability demonstration from Chicago to Waukegan‚ Illinois‚ in November 1895‚ while the first American oval-track race‚ held at the
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