* Greg Maloomian, ' 07, " The Great Moomsi ", Competitive Eater, guest-starred on the Travel Channel's Man vs Food season 2 finale.

Competitive basketball is primarily an indoor sport played on a carefully marked and maintained basketball court, but less regulated variations are often played outdoors in both inner city and remote areas.

Competitive artistic gymnastics is the best known of the gymnastic sports.

The compilation of these crucial elements is sometimes termed CIS or CRS, a Competitive Intelligence Solution or Competitive Response Solution.

In contrast, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which is funded by businesses, accuses the media of being biased in favor of science and against business interests, and of credulously reporting science that purports to show that greenhouse gasses cause global warming.

Serendipity is a key concept in Competitive Intelligence because it is one of the tools for avoiding Blind Spots ( see Blindspots analysis )

Competitive show bands perform only one show that is continually refined throughout a season, while bands that focus on entertainment rather than competition usually perform a unique show for each game.

In 2008, a series of studies conducted by the Center for Competitive Politics, an organization whose mission is to " oppose so-called reformers ’ efforts to limit campaign contributions taxpayer funded political campaigns " found that the programs in Maine, Arizona, and New Jersey had failed to accomplish their stated goals, including electing more women, reducing government spending, reducing special interest influence on elections, bringing more diverse backgrounds into the legislature, or meeting most other stated objectives, including increasing competition or voter participation.

Competitive karuta is played with uta-garuta cards with competitions on various levels.

Rose – Hulman Institute is listed among the nation ’ s top 80 colleges and universities in Barron ’ s 2009 Guide to the Most Competitive Colleges.

* Competitive selection is the process that determines which information gains access to working memory.

Juniata College is mentioned in the following publications: 2006 Princeton Review's Best 361 Colleges ; Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives ; Kaplan, Inc .' s Insider's Guide to the 328 Most Interesting Colleges ; Peterson's Competitive Colleges ; Miriam Weinstein's Making A Difference College Guide: Outstanding Colleges to Help You Make a Better World ; Barron's Best Buys in College Education ; Leland Miles ' Provoking Thought: What Colleges Should Do for Students ; Elle Girl Magazine: Top 50 colleges that Dare to be Different ; Rugg's Recommendations on the Colleges ; and Don Asher's Cool Colleges.

According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the cost to the economy of government regulation in the United States is approximately $ 1. 75 trillion per year, which exceeds all corporate pretax profits put together.

TCNJ currently is ranked as one of the “ Most Competitive ” institutions in the nation by Barron ’ s Profiles of American Colleges.

Competitive free markets unrestrained by excessive government regulation are seen as being able to naturally ensure that the allocation of resources occurs with the greatest efficiency possible and the economic growth is raised and stabilized.

One seminal book is Boxwell's Benchmarking for Competitive Advantage ( 1994 ).

The diamond model is an economical model developed by Michael Porter in his book The Competitive Advantage of Nations, where he published his theory of why particular industries become competitive in particular locations.

Competitive advantage is defined as the strategic advantage one business entity has over its rival entities within its competitive industry.

Competitive advantage rests on the notion that cheap labor is ubiquitous and natural resources are not necessary for a good economy.

Freediving is often strongly associated with competitive breath-hold diving or Competitive Apnea.

Competitive freediving is currently governed by two world associations: AIDA International ( International Association for Development of Apnea ) and CMAS ( World Underwater Federation ).

Competitive intangibles are the source from which competitive advantage flows, or is destroyed.

The dancers in this image are members of a tap dance class. Competitive dance is a popular, widespread activity in which competitors perform dances in any of several permitted dance styles — such as acro, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, modern, and tap — before a common group of judges.

Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using breaststroke and in 1873 John Arthur Trudgen introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native Americans, but substituting a scissor kick for the traditional flutter kick in order to reduce splashing.

* Competitive football resumes after the end of World War I in the 1919 – 20 season

Other studies conducted by the nonpartisan Center for Competitive Politics, found that the programs in Maine, Arizona, and New Jersey had failed to accomplish other stated goals, including electing more women (), reducing government spending ( in fact in both states government spending grew more rapidly after the enactment of clean elections ) (), or meeting most other stated objectives, including increasing competition or voter participation.

Competitive Spirit ( October 11, 1997 ) – A boy tricks his rival into thinking a ghost exists in the mountains, but a real mountain spirit comes after Victor for his deceptive ways.

Michael Porter has founded three major non-profit organizations: Initiative for a Competitive Inner City-ICIC in 1994, which addresses economic development in distressed urban communities ; the Center for Effective Philanthropy, which creates rigorous tools for measuring foundation effectiveness ; and FSG-Social Impact Advisors, a leading non-profit strategy firm serving NGOs, corporations, and foundations in the area of creating social value.

The majority of civil service appointments in the U. S. are made under the Competitive Service, but certain categories in the Diplomatic Service, the FBI, and other National Security positions are made under the Excepted Service.

#" Toward Competitive Provision of Public Record Message Services ", Experimental Technology Incentives Program, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC.

#" Toward Competitive Provision of Public Record Message Services ", ETIP ( Experimental Technology Incentives Program ), National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C., October, 1981 ; " domestic Public Message Services ", FCC publication 71FCC 2d 471 ; " Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1981 " ( FCC Computer Inquiry II ), Docket 20828, December 30, 1980 ; " Denial of AT & T Petition for Waiver of Section 64. 702 of the Commission Rules and Regulations ", October 7, 1981, Federal Communications Reports 88FCC 2d.

The drill team won the National Competitive Drills in 1892, changed its name to the " Varsity Rifles " when it became a recognized fraternal organization in 1893, and finally changed its name again to the " Pershing Rifles " in 1894.

The National Assessment was attacked upon publication by the Competitive Enterprise Institute ( CEI ), an industry-funded think tank with an anti-regulatory free-market philosophy and a longstanding history of opposing efforts to address global warming.

* AIM Pinoy Cities on the Rise ( 2nd Most Competitive City National Level )

This successful collaboration was sponsored by the National Forum on Information Literacy, Committee for Economic Development, Educational Testing Service, the Institute for a Competitive Workforce, and National Education Association ( NEA ).

Taicang has been consistently ranked in top 10 of the National Bureau of Statistics ' 100 Most Competitive County Level Cities in China.

* National Inner City Leadership Award, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, April 2002

Elmira College has a National Championships in Women's Ice Hockey and Competitive Cheerleading.

The following year, Company A won the Maiden Competition at the National Competitive Drills held at Omaha, Nebraska, earning the " Omaha Cup " and $ 1, 500 for the group.

* Manufacturing Miracles: How Internationally Competitive National Firms And Industries Developed In East Asia.

* The National Collegiate Competitive Eating Association

But Harder also supported oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and bringing back jobs in the timber industry by increasing the amount of logging, and had often featured guests from groups such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Heartland Institute who are skeptical of global warming.

Co-CEO of Springfield Armory Dennis Reese announced on July 13, 2008, that Springfield Armory will provide $ 1, 000, 000 to kick-off the National Rifle Association ’ s new Competitive Shooting & National Championships Endowment.

STAR Events are no longer considered National Programs, now it is a " Competitive Events ".

Its funding programs come under the umbrella of the National Competitive Grants Program: