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Race, class, and immigration in John Debrizzi's America

John Debrizzi's book, America, tells the story of America Huerta, the daughter of Mexican immigrants and her influence upon Moses Shabalala, the first African-American President of the United States.

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Moral and ethical dilemmas in Minority Report's precrime system

Technological sophistication without the foundations of character and integrity are bound to backfire. Bridging futuristic science with the psychic realm, Spielberg successfully portrays the moral and ethical dilemmas of technology.

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Breakeven analysis of Hallstead Jewelers' expanding cost structure

To determine the breakeven points, the company must analyze its variable and fixed costs in relation to its average ticket. The variable costs are the COGS, the selling expense and the commissions.

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Safe water access and disease prevention during natural disasters

We discuss the need for water to be safe for human consumption and the need for water in times of disasters such as floods and hurricanes such as hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

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Henrietta Lacks's cells and the ethics of medical research

Most of us dream about immortality at some point. Depending on our beliefs about human nature and the existence of a human soul, we think with more or less certainty about what it would be like for our essence to go on forever.

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Facebook's business model and competition with Google and MySpace

Arguably, Facebook is one of the most promising business ventures in the world today and represents the new generation of business models, where the advertising source of revenues is based on social networking and, as such, even more targeted than precedents such as Google.

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Improving nursing staff satisfaction and recognition at Memorial Hermann Hospital

Description/Background of Project -- Memorial Herman Hospital is the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in the State of Texas and serves the greater Houston metropolitan area through eleven hospitals, a network of affiliated physicians, and a number of specialty programs and services.

~11 min read

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Animal-human hybrids in Native American and ancient mythology

Native American myths, the question of whether or not animals possess a spark of humanity or can bridge the gap between animals and humans relies upon Native American or Western perspectives.

~9 min read

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Psychoanalytical reading of Henry James' Turn of the Screw

Sigmund Freud's theories of psychoanalysis - in particular, the concept of repression -- have been liberally applied to interpretations of Henry James' novella, the Turn of the Screw.

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Ann Taylor's changing insurance needs and risk exposure

Over the last several years, Ann Taylor would face a number of different challenges. Where, the company would go from having a consistent amount of improving earnings, to having their bottom line face a number of different challenges going forward.

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