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Bally's Total Fitness mission statement lacks meaningful service guarantees

Bally Total Fitness is a high-visibility and respected fitness business but when a researcher digs into the company there is no service promise of substance and the narrative Bally uses to lure potential franchise owners is more hype than reality.

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The two-party system in American politics and democracy

A two-party system is one in which two political parties have a clear electoral advantage. Other political parties may exist, but in two-party systems the vast majority of elected office positions are held by members of only those two parties.

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Kolb's learning styles inventory and personal accommodating learning preference

According to Kolb's Learning Styles Inventory, my learning style consists of doing and feeling or CE/AE. When these are placed on the two-by-two matrix, my learning style is accommodating.

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Benchmarking and best value in UK public-sector organizations

Benchmarking: Achieving Best Value in Public-Sector Organizations" by Hesham Magd & Adrienne Curry explores benchmarking in public-sector organizations in the UK.

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The meathead hypothesis: brain size, complexity, and human intelligence

It is shocking how simple the human brain is. As Sapolsky points out, the relative difference between the human and chimp brains is one of the number of neurons (Sapolsky 3-4). While Sapolsky is probably partially right, the truth is more complicated however.

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Kierkegaard and Camus on dread, absurdity, and individual will

In the historical spectrum of what is known as existential philosophy, Kierkegaard and Camus occupy relatively distant ends. Their thinking, however, tends to more alignment.

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Systems thinking as an approach to organizational problem-solving and learning

Systems thinking makes it possible to achieve critical results when problems are chronic and resist traditional approaches. Systems thinking is, at its core, a system for collective inquiry -- it cannot be effectively accomplished with just individual.

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Sustainable library design and community environmental stewardship

The library is the center of campus life and offers its community a valuable resource. As the center of campus and community life, the example that the library sets can have an impact on the actions taken by the rest of the community as well. For instance, the library is currently being remodeled.

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Hemophilia: genetic causes, inheritance patterns, and diagnostic methods

Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder in which a person's blood will not clot normally. This may cause a person with the disease to bleed longer than normal following an injury, or can also result in internal bleeding. Prolonged bleeding can be life threatening.

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Adult learning theory and technology-based instructional design

Initiating technology into the curriculum means more than just "making it work." The ideals of adult learning theory can be used in designing technology-based instruction to make it more helpful.

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