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    first international sports section I got something out of the Japan Times. At first glance I saw that soccer looked to be what they covered most because it was the main picture and had the first tab. I looked to see what soccer teams were being covered and I saw that it was all team‚ from local professional Japanese teams to the English Premiere League. This tells me that soccer is a big time sport in Japan because they seem to care about all leagues of soccer. The next sport that was on the Japanese

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    essay provides extensive information about the sport culture in two interesting countries. The two countries are India and Australia. I will compare both countries with each other and try to ultimately achieve a brief conclusion. For this purpose I will mainly use primary and secondary sources. Personally‚ I believe that sport is very connected with culture‚ norms‚ and values in each country itself. Also‚ it shows you who you are as a person. Moreover‚ sport basically affects the development of children

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    Adaptations of Living Organisms to the Antarctic’s Extreme Conditions. The Antarctic‚ also called the south pole‚ is one of the world’s seven continents and lies at around 60° south of the equator (Singh et al..‚ 2010). The Antarctic is an example of an extreme environment. An extreme environment is a habitat that most life-forms find intolerable‚ or even‚ sometimes‚ lethal (Rampelotto‚ 2013). It is the Antarctic’s average temperature of minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit‚ average ice depth of 6‚500

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    Extreme Programming (Xp)

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    therefore‚ the Agile project manager must adapt his approach. One agile software engineering method is Extreme Programming or XP. XP is a collection of values‚ principles and practices designed to rapidly create highquality software that provides the maximum value for the customer as quickly as possible. It is called extreme or XP because it takes commonsense principles and practices to extreme levels‚ changing the way programmers work. It is a lightweight methodology suitable for small-tomedium-sized

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    Ethnocentrism happens when one culture or community holds their value system and integrity far superior to those of other cultures. Ethnocentrism can have many positive effects in society. It can unite communities and even countries. The belief system acts as a moral code for how we act and relate to others. It’s ingrained in every one of us‚ to an extent. Pride in one’s country‚ nationality‚ or ethnic background can be good for the society to flourish. When that pride becomes too strong or too vane

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    provides great insight on hypermasculinity and modern sport in her book‚ The Rites of Men: Manhood‚ Politics and the Culture of Sports. In this book‚ Burstyn asserts that performance enhancing drugs have become institutionalized as part of the “hypermasculinization” in sports and society. Athletes use performance-enhancing drugs to receive an energy boost as a means of playing through the pain endured during a sporting event. Especially in modern sports‚ competition has increased dramatically and athletes

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    employing more than five people will have a safety policy and this states the emergency procedures in case of a fire and what to do in the event of some major incidents such as a child who has gone missing‚ an unwelcomed intruder in the setting or very extreme weather conditions. Now I am going to identify eight non emergency incidents and then for LO 3.2 I will outline the actions to take when there is a Fire‚ A Missing Child and Unauthorised Entry. Missing Child A child should never go missing from

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    Othello is a character of extremes. He has no middle range. Right a response to this statement supporting your answer with suitable reference to the text. I agree with the statement that Othello has no middle range and his emotions and actions are extreme. At the beginning of the play he is competently in love and passionate with his ‘Sweet Desdemona’. In the first two acts‚ Othello shows his exaggerated love for Desdemona‚ by putting his life at risk and eloping with her. Act I Scene III “I

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    Youth in Extreme Poverty

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    Youth in Extreme Poverty: dimensions and policy implications with particular focus on South East Asia Richard Curtain Professional Associate National Institute for Governance Curtain Consulting‚ Melbourne www.curtain-consulting.net.au 2 November 2004 1. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to present estimates of young people in poverty in the world‚ with particular reference to South East Asia. The paper also describes the efforts by countries in the latter region to overcome poverty

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    Extreme Ice Documentary

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    "Extreme Ice" In this documentary film‚ “Extreme Ice‚” produced by PBS TV‚ 2009‚ James and scientists shows how glacier ice is melting. James Balog‚ a photographer‚ wanted to document and help scientists to understand mountain monumental changes. So he surveyed the ice and went to the places such as Alaska‚ Green land‚ etc. The project team which called “Extreme ice” discovered that there were very serious problems. The sun was the most reason of ice melting. But now‚ such as Industrial

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