With the NFL playoffs starting this weekend and the college football national championship game set for Monday night, many players and coaches are preparing for the biggest games of the season. These are the games players and coaches dream of and look forward to their entire careers — probably since childhood. For a team to get to this point, barring injury, most are physically ready for the challenge. Therefore, in many cases, the difference between winning and losing these games lies within the six inches >>>

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I study the psychology behind religious faith. I am not interested in praising religion nor in criticizing it. I am trying to understand people, and to do that, I need to study them in both secular life and in spiritual life. My expertise is the psychology of motivation and values, or what makes people tick. The results of my scientific research may suggest new ideas about the fundamental forces that drive us and how those forces are expressed in spirituality and religion. My analysis suggests a close correspondence between the attributes >>>

A youngster from Feltham needs your generosity to embark on a charitable journey to help trauma sufferers in Sri Lanka in the summer. Emma Worley of Elizabeth Way in Feltham, former student at Feltham Community College who achieved two A*s and an A at A-level, is now a first year student studying Psychology at University of York. The 18-year-old has secured a placement with SLV, a charitable scheme which offers students and graduates work experience in Sri Lanka but needs your help to raise £2,400 to fund the volunteering trip. During her five week trip she will be living with a local family, >>>