...What does the creation of this picture tell me about the society that produced it? Well. ‘Going to the Match’ – LS Lowry The creation of this picture illustrates a society of partisan football enthusiasts who have all gathered together to share the buzz of excitement they can’t contain. Around them wonder a minority of passers-by dog-tired from a day’s hard work and noticing the atmosphere they don’t mind being in, but still going about their routine lives and missing out on such a joyous occasion. Many surrounding the stadium are equidistantly positioned to convey their mutual intention of attending the match and eventually forming a crowd of supporters as a whole. The picture signifies the essence of football in the particular society and how it contributes to their social spirit. Despite the overcast evening, the fanatics are in oblivion, not paying any attention to potential rainfall or its frost, but seeking solace in what the match promises. An evening of sheer exuberance, unity and heartfelt emotion. The neighbouring factory looks to blow out in frustration on behalf of the entrapped workers aching to get out and in the vibe of the ongoing match that’s within an agonisingly close range. So close, yet so far. The stadium has long been infested with swarms of aficionados, and still plenty hastily battling for an initial spot in the plethora of queues unconsciously formed on the way inside. The sense of urgency holds the significance of conveying the cornerstone...
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...Fanfiction No matter what fandom you’re in, chances are there is fanfiction. Did I hear you say you want to learn how to write fanfiction? Fantastic! Let’s start with the types of fanfiction. There are many different types; some people will choose to write an original story about original character. For instance, after people read a book or watch a movie they may want to be a character. And where most of us wouldn’t last five minutes in a fictional world, you can still write a character that is inspired by you to have action filled adventures. Another way to write fanfiction is by writing an original story with already created characters. Send your favorite character on an adventure, develop a minor character’s story more or even form...
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...NBA Case 1. Using Porter’s competitive forces model, analyze the NBA’s market situation. How does the use of Akamai help the NBA compete in the market? First by analyzing the NBA’s market by utilizing Porter’s competitive forces model, we need to look at potential entrants, suppliers, substitute products, and customers. Now potential entrants that could be competitors to the NBA could be less prestigious basketball leagues, national leagues, and other professional sports leagues that try to take away their customers like the NHL or MLB. As for substitute products other professional sports would also fall under this category as well along with amateur content uploaded onto other streaming sites that would lure consumers away from the NBA main website like Youtube for instance. As for customers, their bargaining power is very high in this business because they have several alternatives from television, to live games, and radio. One of the advantages that NBA.com has is its additional content when it comes to statistics and scores of other teams as well as insights and commentaries on matches. Akamai helps the NBA compete in the world market by allowing basketball fans throughout the world to access as fast as possible NBA’s virtual assets. It also allows the NBA to focus on specialized niche. 2. Using Porter’s generic strategies model, what do you think is the NBA’s overall strategy or strategies? The NBA’s overall strategy is differentiation. This is because...
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...Mylon Richard Mr. Joubert English 101G1 16 October 2012 Fans in the Stands Professional sports have become one of the most popular industries in the world today. The media spends billions of dollars on advertisements with billboards, commercial, and merchandise. Teams spend millions of dollars on professional athletes all for one reason, the fans because if the fans are happy then the owners are happy. The fans ticket sales and merchandise purchases are what keeps all the sport teams around and prevents professional athletes from losing their jobs. Fans are the most crucial part of any franchise. There are three types of fans in the sports world, average fans, fanatics, and fair-weather fans. A diehard’s favorite team is basically their second religion. The diehard fan would be the one who knows the team like the back of their hand. They are the persons that know the name, number, position, and maybe the height and weight of every play on the field for their team. They could win an argument against the world’s greatest lawyer, being that the argument is about their team. They will wear their team’s colors with great pride whether the team is winning or losing. They are so dedicated to their team to point of sitting through a hurricane, blizzard, or the blazing heat just because of their love for the team. Diehards are the one fan that bought their season ticket passes for the next season five years in advance to make sure they get seats with the best view. They make time...
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...Executive Summary The Nation Hockey League has seen increasing success as well as ample controversy, coming off of a great season in 93-94. The league hit a huge dilemma in the next season when a lockout happened and the season was cut in half, this brought about serious talk of where the industry was headed and the next steps necessary to get there. The issue lies in the overwhelmingly large fan bases of the other major American sports coupled with the lack of hockey exposure in America. Much of the population finds themselves cemented into a certain sport and even more specifically a certain franchise, unfortunately not many find this sport to be hockey. With hockey being the least televised sport, only very recently hitting the television channels people don’’t see it in the same league as football, basketball and baseball. It is looked at as more of a big brawl on ice than a competitive, respectful sport, something needs to be done. With the elder population being too well established in other sports the target demographic comes down to the youth of the country. Targeting young adults, teens as well as children seems to be the most viable option. The proposed way of doing this will be to bring hockey leagues to the hometowns of the kids, making it more appealing and accessible as well as establishing a fan base from early on in a person’s life. Other methods of increasing hockey exposure and revenues are looked at however setting up leagues is the proposed solution. To do...
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...There are three types of sports fans — which one are you? THE CASUAL FAN: Casual-Fans are fans who aren't particularly into their fandom. They enjoy it, know some trivia, see some movies, have some stuff. Casual-Fans are more laid back. This is probably most of my friends. They have their favorite sports teams but they don’t make the effort to watch every game. They know the name of the key players on the roster but that’s it. When the game is on, they’ll watch it but if something else is interesting on TV, they’ll go to that channel instead. These kinds of fans won’t know every single rule for the game but they understand how the sport is played. These fans aren’t bandwagoners because they actually know things about the team and go to games. Sports is great to them, but there are other things that occupy their free times most often. THE REAL FAN I would say this fits me perfectly. I am all of the above except I do make an effort to watch all the games and I do know what’s going on around the league. I have an extensive knowledge of the team roster and standings. The team and league history can be filed in my memory bank without any problem. I spend money on merchandise, tickets often and when friends want to talk sports, they usually come to me. There is a part of my life that is about the sport and when given the option to do something, sports usually is my first choice. THE CRAZY FAN This is the fan that I don’t think I can ever be. They go to almost every game...
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...Case Study Analysis Part A Team C August 14, 2012 MGT/445 Steve Knabe Case Study Analysis Part A Benefits Costs Risks Party Tangible Intangible Tangible Intangible Tangible Intangible Juwan Howard Heat: $95.2 mil contract including $6 mil in bonuses, hotel suites, limo services, $5000 toward charitable cause Bullets: 1st offer - $84 mil contract 2nd offer - $100.8 mil contract plus $4.2 mil to cover tax expenses Heat: Possibility of winning a $100+ mil contract, living in a lavish home with elevators, and receiving “special treatment” Possibility of expanding his fan base Possibility of expanding his brand Bullets: Ability to remain in Washington, which is his home If Howard accepts the initial offerings from Unseld, his salary would be significantly lower than if he were to accept the Heat’s proposal Howard would forfeit the special treatment privileges by accepting the Bullets’ offer Accepting the Heat’s proposal would result in Howard leaving the place he calls home Howard would leave his fan base in Washington $50 mil pay cut if he chose to remain with the Heat during arbitration Accepting the initial proposal from Unseld would have resulted in a below-average salary Leaving the Bullets could result in a smaller fan base, which would affect revenues and marketing Possibility of no contract with the Bullets or the Heat. No contract, no income Leaving Washington may negatively affect his fan base Howard...
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...Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Background This section discusses the background of the thesis research entitled. “--”. The general and specific problems, significance of the study, scope and limitation, the framework of the study, and definition of terms used are presented here I. Introduction Fan fiction also known as, fanfiction, fanfic, FF, or fic is a defined term for fan labor about stories of characters or simply fictional characters and settings written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creator. Works of fan fiction are rarely commissioned or approved by the original work's owner, creator, or publisher; also, they are almost never professionally published. Because of this, many fanfics written often contain a disclaimer stating that the creator of the fanfic owns none of the characters. Fan fiction, therefore, is defined by being both related to its subject's canonical fictional universe and simultaneously existing outside the canon of that universe. Most fan fiction writers assume that their work is read primarily by other fans, and therefore tend to presume that their readers have knowledge of the canon universe (created by a professional writer) in which their works are based. Fan fiction, as the name suggests are works of fiction created by fans. Ranging from books to movies, eager aficionados re-create scenes and plots to fit their own fancy. While seemingly trite to some critics, the fan fiction community is a large and supportive...
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...Jimmy Buffett fans around the world refer to themselves as "parrot heads". These fans are considered and/or represent one of the most dedicated fan bases anywhere. These parrot heads were coined this nickname by a member of the rock group Eagles. This nickname came about in 1985 and has been referenced with this group of fans ever since. Jimmy Buffett himself sings of his fan base that he and parrot heads are "the people our parents warned us about", and they are a self-proclaimed nerd group. But at the same time, these die-hard Buffett fans often fantasize of being in a make believe, almost mythical land where reality kind of fades away and they can be themselves. All of this has lead to the Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc., a small club that started in 1989 and has grown to clubs all over the world numbering in the thousands. It has literally become the name brand for the Jimmy Buffett fans and Jimmy Buffett himself. This "brand" has Buffett selling his fans the chance to temporarily escape into the land of fun and make believe. That being said, with Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc. people/fans are purchasing the opportunity to live a type of life with others just like themselves. They have opportunities for road trips to concerts, visit with other club members from around the » country and the world at a happy hour, or even volunteer to help with a non-profit organization. The clubs have been able to build many customer communities all over the world. Because of its...
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...Devron Edwards TV Analysis Ian Peters 12/8/14 Community Today there are many shows that reflect American culture and issues that occur because of it. One of the shows that does an excellent job doing this is Community. Community is an American TV comedy created in 2009 by Dan Harmon. The show not only addresses social issues with a comedic approach, it also delivers great story telling. The show uses race and ethnicity to deal with serious issues, but in a comical way that makes it less controversial. Its use of the sitcom framework allows it to make light of situations and build upon them in the future. It is because of this use of the sitcom formula, that the show has developed a deep fan base that keeps the show alive. Community reflects American culture through its use of stereotypes, sitcom structure, and its development of a cult following. Community’s main cast is very diverse in race, age, and culture. Though the 7 characters are all diverse, they fit into stereotypes sometimes. Troy the black male, was supposed to play sports for Greendale community college, this follows the stereotype of schools getting black athletes to come to their schools. Troy is also portrayed as unintelligent which touches on the stereotype that athletes are not smart. Though Troy follows these stereotypes, Dan Harmon challenges them by making Troy dorky. Troy becomes best friends with Abed, an Indian character that very weird and is only into movies and television. The two have a very...
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...Football fans The person who thinks, talks about and is oriented towards sports even when [the fan] is not actually observing, or reading, or listening to an account of a specific sports event.(Spinrad ,1981) A fan is a person who is passionately devoted to something such as a sports-team, band or entertainer. Fans of a sport or thing constitute a fan-base or fandom (Wiki-Answers). Most of us enjoys going to sporting events and no matter what the event is, there are excitements associated with these events and more so thinking that our team will win and if they win we go home happily and if it loses we get somehow upset or sad. Despite all this, we have different categories of sports fan in our societies and everyone who follows sports falls in one of these categories. The categories include: Diehard fans - no matter how the team that they are supporting does, they will always support it and won’t miss any game or news at all about their team. They knows every player on the roster, position they play, and uniform number. Casual fans – these are averaged or below average followers of their team. They stick and follow their teams, but not to the extent of following every game. Mostly they know a few star players. Fair-weather fans – these are the one that follow and cheer for their teams only when they become successful. They have no loyalty to their teams when they are in down period experience. The Pessimist - They talk only during commercial breaks. Pessimist might...
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...Blake Feldmann Orlet English 101-OL01D 16 June 2010 Types of Sports Fans Professional sports has become one of the most popular industries in the world today. The media spends billions of dollars on advertisements and teams spend millions of dollars on professional athletes all for one reason, the fans. The fans ticket sales and merchandise purchases are what keeps all the sport teams around and prevents professional athletes from losing their jobs. There are three types of fans in the sports world, average fans, fanatics, and fair-weather fans. Fans that are fanatics are the ones who are diehard and will put their favorite team before almost all other priorities. Their lives revolve around their favorite team and they will do anything for their team. Fans who are like this go to every sporting event possible that their favorite team is in and many are season ticket holders. Fanatics are usually not much fun to sit by at games because they get easily irritated or believe they know more about the game than everyone else. If they are not at the game, you can usually find them watching the game somewhere else on TV. People who are fanatics also spend much of their free time researching their team and will know almost every aspect of every player on their team as well as their opponents so they know how they match up with the other teams. No matter how bad the season is going for their favorite team, fanatics will always stick with them and will continue to go to the games...
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...WHY BEING FAMOUS IS NOT THAT GREAT Ah, fame! We love celebrities and wish that we were like them. So that we can get paid loads of money, have everyone know what our names, know our life stories, have everyone love us and of course the greatest gift of all, entertaining people. When I was a teenager, I dreamt about being a famous filmmaker. I was always writing stories since I was child and I was getting more and more into writing when I got older. And I thought filmmaking was the thing for me and that was what I wanted to do more than anything in the world.But when I told people this, they all made fun of me. Even my so-called "friends". No-one took me seriously. So my filmmaking ambition didn't get off the ground. I thought I should give up my creativity for good. What's the point of telling stories if no-one cares? Then I realized, you don't need fame as filmmaker or author to show people how creative you are. So that's why I turned to posting stories on this site. And I get a lot of views from all over the world and that makes me very happy.Now that I'm an adult, I'm actually glad I never became a big filmmaker or a celebrity. And here's why: No matter where you are, people just won't leave you alone. If you want your privacy, there is no chance. You want to have a nice quiet meal in a restaurant. Just you and your family, but fans keep interrupting you asking for your autographs. It is nice to make a fan happy, but when you have to do it over and over and over and...
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...specific theme. An example of such would be masquerade balls. It was not until 1984 when the word cosplay was coined by combining costumes and portrayal of fictional characters. Fast forward to present day cosplay has become such a popular and appreciated pastime that participants don’t have to worry about receiving odd looks and so forth, especially if it’s not Halloween season. Cosplay is presently no longer limited to sci-fi and anime, but branched out into other categories such as super heroes, cartoons and video games. Many people gain great confidence through cosplay and pretending to be someone else, much like film stars. With this subculture the fans find common ground among one another and bond through their fandoms. Whether it’s Comic Con, Fan Expo or Anime North you are bound to see some outstanding creations. It’s certainly inspiring to see how dedicated people are to this practice and the amount of time and energy that is put into crafting their costumes. Though some rather purchase premade outfits, especially if they are not as crafty with a needle and thread. Creating and viewing cosplay attire is a mutually rewarding experience for both the cosplayers and regular dressed attendees. People even go as far as wearing wigs, prosthetics and special effects makeup. Cosplayers especially like to add their own signature style to iconic characters. Such as dressing Harley Quinn up in a Victorian flare. Androgyny and gender swapping...
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...Introduction The article Big Fans Push Air Around, Energy Bills Down written by, Trever Hockensmith discusses how highly efficient large-width fans can reduce consumer energy bills. By using these fans you get better temperature stability throughout a large space, while saving money on energy bills. The different seasons cause energy rates to increase and decrease consumers are looking for more and more ways to stabilize their energy bill. How they save money The big fans will save consumers money by the fan size and the fans unique airfoils, however the speed of these fans are not fast. The fans require minimal electrical input to run. Some consumers reported saving 25% or more on their energy bills, with these fans steady mixing air throughout the space; this can maintain the same temperature control with less effort resulting in a reduction of operating cost. These large fans reduce the cost because temperature gauge do not have to be so low these fans can work at a steady temperature. How they work Big fans work in more than one way. One of the ways these fan work is by slowly mixing air throughout large spaces creating a consistent temperature control. Another way is desertification solution. Stratification occurs because hot air is lighter than cooler air and it cause the hot air to rise to the ceiling. By desertification these large fans mix the air and send the warm air down the rafters, resulting in the ability of these fans to normalize the temperature...
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