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The Surgeon General's evolving role in public health leadership

On January 28, 2010, First Lady Michelle Obama, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S.

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Fetal origins of adult disease and developmental health outcomes

Fetal origins of health and disease has developed into a new medical frontier for researchers.

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Household savings decline in the UK: economic and expenditure factors

According to the UK Office for National Statistics, household savings declined in the second quarter of 2010 from 5.5% to 3.2%. There are a number of reasons why this decline could have occurred.

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Financial counseling case study of Lee Software Solutions

Lee was born on June 23rd, 1950 in a small town called Holmen in Western Wisconsin. He studied at Holmen High School and went on to do his Bachelors in Management at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. From there, he went on to do his Masters at the Ohio State University in Columbus.

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Cyber-crime, cyber-bullying, and piracy in the digital age

As the world becomes more connected through the use of the Internet, mobile devices, and other emerging technologies, new threats are arising and cyber-violence and cyber-crime are becoming prevalent.

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Masculinity, violence, and tradition in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

Okonkwo, one of the most respected leaders of the village of Umuofia and Umuofia'a greatest warrior, is a man who believes in the value of masculinity -- in masculine violence and domination. His father, Unoka, was a weak, fearful and artistic man, who engaged in a profligate lifestyle.

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Best Buy's financial health and competitive strategy analysis

Best Buy is an American retailer focused on the consumer electronics segment of the market. The company has operations in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Turkey, Mexico and China (Best Buy.com, 2010).

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Deceptive marketing practices in toy advertising and their effects on children

Recent events have raised public awareness regarding children and the fact that they are extremely vulnerable to a series of environments in spite of the fact that authorities are doing their best to protect them.

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The role of gender in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

The work Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe has countless messages of a historical culture, that has been fundamentally altered by colonial intrusion and it is difficult to discuss gender in such a situation without discussing colonization, for several reasons.

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Russia's deprivatization policies and their effects on foreign investment

Since 1992, approximately 70,000 state-owned enterprises in Russia were privatized. Many of the private buyers were foreign companies and investors, for example from the United States and Western Europe. The idea was to move from a centrally planned economy to a market system.

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