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Designing a sustainable long-term weight loss and maintenance diet plan

The objective of this project is to outline a dietary plan that will enable the subject to reduce excess body weight, lower body fat percentage, and maintain that diet for the long-term.

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Family violence and the failure to break cycles of abuse

Thanksgiving in 2008, what many people would deem a tragedy occurred in my family. My step-grandmother shot and killed my grandfather. She used two guns and a total of seven bullets.

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Human resources disciplinary meeting legal compliance and procedures

The disciplinary meeting must address all three issues in their relative order of importance. Specifically, the disciplinary meeting will address poor work performance, tardiness, and conduct issues.

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Interviewing techniques for researching online versus classroom teaching

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The nervous system's role in coordinating human organ systems

Organ systems are "composed of two or more different organs that work together to provide a common function," (Carpi 1999). Among the most important organ systems in the body are the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, senses and endocrine systems.

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Sonic characteristics and cultural contexts of world music traditions

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Pojman's principle of desert and the challenges of justice

Louis Pojman basically sends a strong moral signal, and it would be hard to disagree that virtue should be rewarded, and vicious behaviors should be punished in some way. If a rational person disagreed with that idea, it would be news.

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Mortality, uncertainty, and the value of living in the present

"Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows." - Pope Paul VI, Italian pope, 1897-1978 ("Quotes")

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British colonization and Australia's path to political independence

Despite being tens of thousands of miles apart, Australia and the United Kingdom are intrinsically linked by history and culture.

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William Bratton's vision for reforming policing and reducing crime

William Bratton's biographical account of his experience in America's criminal justice system is both riveting and highly significant to the progress our justice system has made throughout the years.

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