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The benefits and ethical challenges of targeted online advertising

Calls from telemarketers, mailboxes stuffed with coupons for products don't use, and dreary advertisements for things you don't need, from diapers to dentures: that was the bad old age of advertising.

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How technology has changed written communication and human connection

One of my older relatives has a very strange contraption in her attic: a typewriter. I say this is strange, because once upon a time it was a necessity for every college student.

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Cooperative learning methods and their effects on elementary students

Cooperative learning is a teaching methodology that has been widely studied and evaluated in connection with student motivation, learning, cooperation, social, and emotional benefits.

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Schoolyard conformity and cultural identity in Bless Me, Ultima

"Ultima came to stay with us the summer I was almost seven. When she came the beauty of the llano unfolded before my eyes...The magical time of childhood stood still, and the pulse of the living earth pressed its mystery into my living blood," (1).

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Gender representation and stereotyping in pop music videos

One glance at the MTV Website reveals a stunning revelation about gender in popular music. Of the 66 music videos featured on MTV.com, 46 (about 70%) are of male artists. Of the 20 female artists that are featured, more than half have long blonde hair.

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Meaning over aesthetics in Brueghel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

In conceptual art, the aesthetic value of the artistic work is subordinate to the meaning of the work. "Exponents of Conceptual Art said that artistic production should serve artistic knowledge and that the art object is not an end in itself" (Delahunt 2010).

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Sky High Airlines comprehensive aviation safety program policy

Sky high Airlines is dedicated to providing an extraordinary experience for its passengers, employees, and vendors. We realize that our very success is tied to the safety and contentment of our employees and we wish to protect that relationship and provide a working environment free of all hazards.

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The Miracle Worker as an inspiring play for students

Miracle Worker is an inspiring play for both students and teachers. Teachers can thrill to the story of a young woman, Annie Sullivan, who truly makes a difference in the life of a child.

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How unciphered Russian messages led to German victory at Tannenberg

Battle of Tannenberg in 1914 was lost to the Russians due to the sending of unciphered messages between the three Russian generals. The interception of the messages by the Germans completely undermined the Russian General's plans, and encouraged the German Generals to make bolder moves.

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Aristotle's theory of form and matter in human nature

According to Aristotle, the nature of the human form is often a reciprocal cause and effect of human behavior: for example, hard work causes physical fitness; the physical fitness of the human form is motivation for the individual to work.

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