Humans are no doubt territorial. This territoriality manifests itself in our athletic endeavors also‚ as a well-known phenomenon called the home advantage. Simply put‚ home advantage means the persistence of home teams winning a majority of games. This phenomenon has been around as long as team competition has been in existence but did not receive scientific study until 1977. Schwartz and Barsky (1977) did the first psychological study of home advantage. Given that this phenomenon indeed
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Nowadays‚many people resort to plastic surgery and there are several reasons why they decide to do so.Some of the‚‚are valid and legitimate while others originate from their vanity. A few people opt for cosmetic surgery out of a desire to look like a certain person they admire‚especially young people who are more likely to be obsessed with celebrities and other famous people.Some others feel dissatisfied with the way they look either because they cannot come to terms with the fact that they are
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Independent Evaluation report: Mid term Evaluation: ILO Combating Forced Labour and Trafficking of Indonesian Migrant Workers (INS/06/M10/NOR) NORAD COLLECTED REVIEWS 10/2008 Donna Leigh Holden‚ Independent Evaluator Commissioned by the Royal Norwegian Embassy‚ Jakarta Norad collected reviews The report is presented in a series‚ compiled by Norad to disseminate and share analyses of development cooperation. The views and interpretations are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent
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sisters. And I am sure that this same thought must have occurred to you at one time or another. How many of you have lost your toys‚ clothes or something that you loved very much to your brother or sister? How many of you wish that you were the only child of the family? Welcome to the world of siblings. From the moment our parents announce that there is to be a new baby in the family‚ we are expected to go through a lot of adjustments. The first and foremost is sharing. Sharing of our dear parents
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celebrity can lead to widespread personality problems such as an obsession with the self” (Gale‚ 2010‚ 1). In my opinion‚ as much as “being famous” can seem like a blessing‚ something that promotes happiness‚ well-being and prosperity‚ it is actually a curse that pushes us away from what really matters in life and makes us obsessive about attention and appearances. First of all‚ it is safe to say that fame is a world in which people seek to be in the spotlight. In fact‚ famous people are constantly
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Reflection Paper On: Alienated Labour by Karl Marx The 19th century German‚ Karl Marx presents the alienation of labour in one of his many works. He explains aspects such as the man from the product of man’s labor‚ in the process of production‚ of man as species-being and of man and man. When I think of alienation‚ I think of when First Nations people first were alienated by the residential school system and the affects its caused to the labor abilities of Aboriginal peoples of Canada. All these
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Workshop on Multimedia and Internet Technologies 26th to 28th February‚ 2001 DRTC‚ Bangalore Paper: BC Multimedia Database: Content and Structure Samir Kumar Jalal Documentation Research and Training Center‚ Bangalore-59 Abstract Multimedia is a combination of text‚ graphics‚ animations‚ audio and video converted from different formats into digital media. The extension of database application to handle multimedia objects requires synchronization of multiple media data streams. Time-related
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useful is the concept of a ‘people’s war’ for explaining the Labour Party’s election victory? The Labour Party’s election victory in 1945 is often regarded as a watershed moment in terms of British political history. The establishment of a welfare state‚ as a result of socialist reforms that were introduced by the newly elected Labour government‚ saw‚ what can arguably be described as a radical overhaul of British politics and society. Labour’s unprecedented landslide victory is commonly attributed
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BANGLADESH LABOUR LAW 2006-(RMG SECTOR) Table of Contents Page No. PART 1: WORKING CONDITIONS ..........................................................................................1 1.1 WAGES...............................................................................................................................4 1.1.1 Definition ................................................................................................................. 4 1.1.2 Persons responsible for the payment of
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A person with any intelligence at all will realize after a few minutes of thought that eternal life of any kind is a curse. So for religious people eternal life takes on two flavors‚ hell‚ and heaven; and for them these two choices are very black and white‚ or good‚ and bad. Their description of hell paints the picture of a mentally ill god that revels in the death and suffering others. Hell is an infinite punishment earned not through any particular sins or wrong doings‚ but for hurting the ego
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