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    especially skateboarding‚ surfing and snowboarding. The first idea came from Rick Alden‚ in 2001. He was riding up a ski lift while his phone rang‚ he found it difficult to answer the call with such thick clothes and gloves‚ then he thought that maybe he could produce a kind of headphones that connect to both a cell phone and an MP3 player. In January of 2002 he really did make it. And that was the first product of Skullcandy – “Link”. With a background in the snowboarding industry‚ Rick Alden aimed at

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    from building endurance to muscle mass‚ and improving flexibility‚ cold weather athletics can also improve your mental well-being. Snowboarding in particular‚ is an aerobic exercise that has the ability of burning up to 480 calories and hour offering an intense cardiovascular workout. It also offers a great way to increase your physical endurance. Snowboarding utilizes all the major muscle groups in your body to include minor muscles in your feet and ankles some

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    Skateboarding evolved in the early 1960’s as a way for Surfboarders to have a feel for the waves in the off-season. Many people do not know much about the sport besides the fact that it only seems like troublemakers are participating in it. There is a lot to learn including the origin‚ about the professionals‚ stereotypes amongst the skaters‚ lack of parks‚ injuries‚ and salaries given from sponsors. Skateboarding is a gateway to freedom to most people. It is not something we do because we want

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    There are many types of skiing‚ but the one I want to focus on in this first paragraph is alpine. The word alpine comes from a place in Europe called The Alps. This is where alpine skiing was created‚ at around the 1800’s. Alpine skiing sometimes consists of gates‚ or it can be just skiing around for fun. Other types of skiing are freestyle‚ nordic and cross-country. Even though alpine skiing is what I love to do‚ it isn’t the only thing important to skiing’s history. The first primitive ski dates

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    Culture in organisational change Culture of different countries: Hofstede (1980) and his power distance rating. Nestle – have offices in Switzerland and the Phillipines‚ and need to implement changes from top down in the Phillipines compared to Switzerland – as there is a high power distance (Hofstede 1980) so the staff would not take note of the changes if it was not communicated from Management NHS – trying to implement similar culture to Virginia Mason‚ which is based on the Toyota Production

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    In many of the readings we have explored in class about Chinese culture have many similarities and differences with my experience of American culture. For example‚ the way businesses are ran‚ are different. There is no such thing as suing in China. Also people’s jobs are set in stone so China doesn’t have as hard working citizens. In both cultures I think the mixing of age groups is similar. Something I think is really different‚ is how people in China seem to receive an equal pay as their associates

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    Culture shapes our character‚ personality‚ and behavior. The culture influence our concept of right and wrong‚ define what is appropriate and acceptable‚ and forge our moral‚ values‚ traditions‚ and beliefs. Imigration impacts the individual behavior based on the effect of culture in our behavior. When a person imigrate‚ the individual does not only expose itself to a different environment but to a different culture with its own set of rules and values. This change provoke an conflict caused by the

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    Culture is the way of life in a specific group of people. Culture is sort of a blueprint for an individual society. The socially transmitted behaviors‚ patterns of thought‚ beliefs‚ arts‚ institutions‚ behavior‚ customs‚ traditions‚ language‚ rituals‚ music‚ literature‚ dress‚ and all other products of human work and thought compose a unique culture and human survival tool. These patterns and traits were considered as the expression of a certain period: Edwardian and Japanese culture‚ the culture

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    Studies have shown that people feel good and highly satisfied after skiing or snowboarding. As you engage yourself entirely in the skiing‚ you forget everything else around you. The experience of skiing is so enjoyable that people do it at any cost‚ just for the sake of doing it. Skiing at a fast speed activates the brain to release

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    Avatar One of the most interesting aspects of the movie Avatar is the culture that makes it up. The Na’vi is an entirely made up and brand new culture with language‚ norms‚ relationships‚ religion‚ and beliefs. Western civilization tries to move in on their land and their ways‚ believing the Na’vi are savage and primordial who must be living in the past due to their lack of modern technology uses and spending their every day and night in nature. The Na’vi have very close ties to their ancestors

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