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Margaret Tafoya and the Santa Clara Pueblo pottery tradition

The artist Margaret Tafoya was born on August 13, 1904, in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Tafoya was noted as a potter, and for her unique approach to pottery. Tafoya only made hand-coiled vessels, and she only used one medium: clay dug from deposits on the Santa Clara land.

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Marketing challenges of going green in the U.S. automobile industry

The automotive industry is one of the most competitive in the world and the U.S. automotive industry is leading the way in terms of sales.

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PTSD in Hispanic-American soldiers: cultural perspectives and treatment needs

Introduction el Movimiento," is the Spanish word that describes the movement of the 1970s.

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Evaluating school safety and security plan effectiveness in America

Scarcely a month goes by in the United States today without a headline reporting the latest school shootings.

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The Mozart effect and its healing benefits on the human brain

The work of Don Campbell (1989) entitled: "The Mozart Effect" relates the story of Campbell's healing as well as many other healings through sound and music. The music of Mozart is healing to human beings as well as other life forms.

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Teaching mathematics: moving beyond the skill-drill-kill approach

Science and its modes of studies are very much reliant on the mathematical techniques which have been heavily evaluated over the past few years. Numerous studies like the ones conducted by Mike Cass et al. (2003) and Lynn T.

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Social support's role in channeling frustrated need constructively

It is often claimed that certain negative outcomes of frustrated need can be countered by social and institutional support. According to much research the outcomes of abject poverty can be varied for the better with increased social and institutional support. (Ellwood, 1988, p.

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The Salem witch trials and colonial American witchcraft beliefs

While in New England laws and religion aimed at undermining the "Great Enemy of God and Mankind," in England there was considerable tension between King and Parliament, tension which would result in warfare.

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Self-disclosure in relationships: the social relations model

Self-disclosure refers to both the conscious and unconscious revelation of one's thoughts, feelings, experiences and other personal matters (Sprecher 1987). Self-disclosure begins from the time one person meets another. It continues as their relationship develops.

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Embryo and ovum donation: expanding reproductive options through technology

Over the past 30 or more years the science and technology associated with reproductive medicine has increased exponentially. This change has come at a time when the age of first conception or the first significant attempt to have a child has increased by several years, in some cases as much as 15.

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