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Technology deprivation during Hurricane Gustov revealed its necessity

Technology shapes every aspect of daily life so much that living without it for even a short time is difficult and can cause complications.

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The transformation of job security and the American workplace through downsizing

One of the harsh realities of working in the 21st century is a fundamental change in the social contract from years past wherein American workers were virtually assured of a job for their lifetimes providing they worked hard and demonstrated loyalty to their companies.

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Goodness in Aristotle's ethics and Dante's Inferno compared

In the perpetually ongoing discourse of philosophy, the most frequently referenced pursuits with regard to the human experience are knowledge, goodness and happiness.

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Robert Sherfield's approach to building healthy self-esteem and self-concept

Sherfield, Robert. The Everything Self-Esteem Book. New York: Adams Media, 2003. Author Robert Sherfield begins his self-help tome the Everything Self-Esteem Book admitting that self-esteem has been getting a 'bad rap' in the media (Sherfield 6).

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Information technology and nanotechnology: convergence and interaction

The future of modem society is often referred to in terms of technology and particularly new and innovative technological discoveries.

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Leadership and ethics in Michael Hoffman's the Emperor's Club

When viewing Michael Hoffman's the Emperor's Club, students of leadership and ethics are stunned with the implications of this film about high school students and their history teacher.

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Oregon's Death With Dignity Act and physician-assisted suicide

In 1994, the Oregon legislature passed Measure 16 of the state's pre-existent Death With Dignity Act.

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Music's psychological and healing effects on human society

The power and importance of music from a psychological and philosophical standpoint has been discussed and explored in many studies and theses.

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Facial recognition surveillance and panopticism in urban spaces

This work intends to examine how biometrics, or technologies of surveillance operates to produce and regulate certain kinds of subjects and to answer the question of 'what forms of social power are produced by gathering visual information?

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Hawthorne's critique of religious conservatism in the Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts and therefore knew New England culture first-hand. His novel the Scarlet Letter offers a poignant critique of religious conservatism in America but the themes expressed in the novel are universal.

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