For example a certain player wants to score a basket in a particular game. ... Hierarchy of needs theory was developed by Abraham Maslow in 1940's in which he categorized needs into levels, mainly: physiological, security, social, esteem and self actualization. ... He is averaging 14.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists in each game on 39% of his shooting. ... It motivates the player and pushes him to work harder with motivation in his every next game. ... (Korean, E., 2012) To summarize the whole motivation process consists of the motivational theories where it starts from the primary...

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(Synder, 11) To avoid any connection as a trust or monopoly, the baseball owners dissociated themselves from other corporate trusts by announcing their sporting business as the Anational game@ or Anational pastime.@ (Synder, 11) The successes of the owner=s in their propaganda establishing baseball as a sport run by sportsman, not a business run by businessman was accepted by the majority of the public. ... The roots of professional baseball are traced to the 1860's and the actions of Harry Wright, the father of the professional game. ... (Synder, 12) This commenced the Aimprint of pr...

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The Ho Chi Minh Trail, a network of roads armed with Soviet weapons, ended the neutrality of Laos guaranteed by the 1954 Geneva Accords. ... The Cold War was essentially a game of "chicken-. ... - [39].The humiliation of boarding a ship full of baby food would be miniscule compared to blowing up thousands of people in an air attack and subsequent invasion. ... If the Cold War was a game of "chicken- then JFK was correct to think that the Russians would blockade Berlin in response to the naval blockade. ... Discussions during the U.S-Russian-Cuban Research Project in the late 1980's and ea...

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New York City alone had about 30,00 people earning a living from gambling in the 1890's. ... Any protest from a loser and he would end up with a black eye. ... By the mid 1920's, state after state abolished its anti-gambling laws. ... In casino's, each game has a certain percentage of winning. ... Lotteries also end up hurting the people who need help most. ...

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It was completely disinterested, and, besides, it had a quality which could only exist between women- (page 39 ). ... This effect is connected with the manner in which she as an author has created the narration and language and tone that she has given to the narrator(s). ... Unreliable narrator(s) gender differences. ...

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In the late 1970's, an alternative form of music was arising. ... In the lower ends of the New York ghettos the rituals took place for the first time. ... Being a child of the 1960's, Chuck D. has seen the entire reign of the rap culture, and his book Fight the Power explains in detail the changes that have been made in Hip Hop. ... He has simply changed the game, just like Public Enemy or Run DMC did back in the day" (Romanus 3/03). ...

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"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." T.S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), was an early twentieth century poet, dramatist, publisher, playwright and literary and social critic", one of the twentieth century...

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Survivor In March of 2000, for 39 days, 16 castaways was marooned on a tropical island in the South China Sea. ... Week by week, one by one, the tribe shrinks until at the end of the final episode, only two survivors remain. ...

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Abstract This paper looks at the constructivist approach to the study of international relations. The constructivist approach is defined in terms of the philosophical underpinnings of the approach and the scientific/social scientific premises that highlight this social theory of international relations. The approach is critiqued based upon the postmodern approach to understanding and knowing. Also important to the critique of the approach is the understanding of scientific/social scientific criticisms of the constructivist approach. Social constructivism is analyzed for its offerings in th...

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It sells in 39 international markets. ... This outperformed the Dow Jones Industrial, NASDAQ and the S&P 500 returns of negative 20%, 60% and 35%, respectively. ... PepsiCo ended the quarter with $1.8 billion in cash. ... Total equities were $9.5 million whereas total liabilities at the end of the quarter were $14.3 billion. ... This is relatively in-line with the consumer non-cyclical industry, non-alcoholic beverage sector and S&P 500's (which PepsiCo is a member of) P/E of 26, 23, and 25. ...

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The importance of securing natural energy resources is taking center stage in the European Union's (EU) future plans. Turkey, a candidate for a full membership to EU, is located close to 70% of the world's oil and gas reserves. Due to it's proximity to these important resources, Turkey is in a perfect position to host a large pipeline (Nabucco Gas Pipeline) that will carry gas from the Caspian Sea to the Middle East. This would give all the countries involved a necessary alternative to the Russian supply routes - and it would become the fourth most dynamic energy corridor for Eu...

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King Tut was also entertained by playing senet, an ancient Egyptian game 17. ... His rule began when he was approximately nine years old and ended when he had an unexpected death at the age of eighteen 27. ... Although, a modern autopsy was performed in the 1920's when king Tut's mummy was found. ...

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In the early 1900's the advent of credit cards as a payment system revolutionized the process of automated commerce functions. In the mid 1980's the introduction of the ATM card was the latest improvement to electronic commerce. The Internet, as a means for commerce, did not become a reality until the 1990's. ... In February of 2000, many major players in the e-commerce game were attacked by computer hackers.   ...

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 Draft Strategy for Elimination of Falciparum Malaria from the Greater Mekong Subregion prepared for a workshop on falciparum malaria elimination arranged by WHO in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 20-21 November 2014 by a team of consultants (Sean Hewitt, Kamini Mendis, Kevin Palmer & Allan Scha...

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However, with the advent of the "globalization culture" which started in the 1980's there has been a slight but obvious drift by countries towards global poverty alleviation policies; since the importance of international relationships and systematic self- preservation were realized. ... However, as Grinols and Bhagwati show in their studies on Foreign Aid and its Utilization (1987), most of the recent aid packages received by the poor countries under the World Bank poverty alleviation plans etc. not only have very high interest rates of return, but that most of this money ends up in t...

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In trying to aid these struggling nations, institutions such as the World Bank tend to end up perturbing these negative situations. ... Studies by UNICEF have shown that these sorts of macroeconomic adjustments have provided for a near doubling in the rates of destitution, including deterioration in health, education, and living standards (Durning, 39). ...

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Brewing Your First Extract and Specialty Grain Beer In this section of the book, I will teach you how to produce some of the wort from the malted grain itself. We will use an intermediate step on the path to all-grain brewing, known as "steeping," along with extract brewing to produce a fresher, more complex tasting wort than can usually be produced from extract alone. The process is not difficult but it takes some additional time and you need to have an understanding of the flavors and characters of the different malts- those that can be steeped versus those needing to be mashed. This method...

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As political analysis"s argued through the situation, Americans wondered what was happening in their beloved system of democracy. ... As the Presidential election then turned into a legal ping-pong game many American people were left asking themselves "Does my vote count?... The debate surrounding the Electoral College and its purpose in America"s system of government has been around since the Constitution was written in 1787. ... (Pierce 39). ... The tie was resolved by the House of Representatives in Jefferson"s favor. ...

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Introduction The idea of `wicked problems' (Rittel and Webber, 1973) is by no means new in terms of social issues in the UK, indeed it has long been recognised that there are a series of problems/issues which, like the poor, and despite the `best efforts' of government, always seem to be with us and appear to be almost impossible to resolve. The problems of Britain's cities fall into this category; if we look back over the Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries we find problems of poverty, unemployment, crime, etc, constantly reoccurring (see Steadman-Jones, 1976). However, at...

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