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Casino gambling as a tool for local economic development in the United States

Casinos have become increasingly popular in the past few years as a tool to boost the growth of local economies. This is quite different from the traditional economic development tools.

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Transnational organized crime and government complicity as a modern threat

Introduction and overview common definition of organized crime is, "Widespread criminal activities, such as prostitution, interstate theft, or illegal gambling, that occur within a centrally controlled formal structure" (Dictionary: organized crime).

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Human capital theory and gender disparities in science and engineering careers

SOCIALIZATION of GIRLS in the U.S. AWAY FROM SCIENCE and ENGINEERING PROFESSIONS (1950-2000) Historically and traditionally women have not entered into educational pursuits or the professions of science and engineering at the same rate as have men and in fact women who do enter these programs of…

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Standardized testing and the No Child Left Behind Act debate

TESTING DEBATE: SHOULD WE TEACH to the TEST? The debate surrounding standardized testing is one in which nearly all stakeholders have a definite and emphatic opinion.

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Compliance gaining strategies and manager-employee motivation

The objective of this work is to examine how managers gain compliance from their employees and how they get their employees to perform. The compliance gaming theory states that leaders can effectively make use of informal communication strategies to motivate their employees.

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Adult education as a tool for strengthening democracy

It has been often said that education should be a lifelong process. The Chinese culture provides the history of the civilization with numerous words of wisdom which point out the significance of investing in people rather than in material things.

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United Nations prevention failures during the Rwanda genocide

The Rwanda genocide, unprecedented in magnitude since the Second World War, happened in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The deliberate killings of the minority ethnic group Tutsis was unleashed with such viciousness that even its perpetrators could not gauge its gigantic dimension.

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Inner conflict and mortality in three short stories by Chopin and Godwin

Story of an Hour," "A Secret Sorrow," and "A Sorrowful Woman" are three short stories that focus on the inner life of their main characters. The other characters in these stories are merely means of depicting the conflicts occurring inside of the central characters.

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Implementing CPTED principles at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) refers to a multi-disciplinary approach to crime deterrence. CPTED relies on the ability to influence the decisions that occur just prior to commission of a criminal act.

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Development of a personal therapeutic theory based on client responsibility

As a therapist, my basic approach is to view the person in therapy as taking responsibility for his or her own life and problems. I believe that all human beings have a basis of good, and that it is my job as a therapist to help my patients find this seed of good inside themselves, however small.

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