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Capital punishment from British common law to modern abolition movements

Capital punishment in the United States originated and was based primarily upon British common law. Both America's and Europe's systems utilized personal retribution as the main rationale for using capital punishment ("America's Tug of War over Sanctioned Death," 2009).

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Classroom behavior management through moral guidelines and logical consequences

According to Slavin (2009), the first days of school are critical for establishing order in the classroom. Teachers who spend extra time reviewing class rules and establishing procedures during the first week of school have fewer discipline problems throughout the year.

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Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and the farm labor movement of the 1930s

Like Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Ballads, Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath (1939) depicts a certain moment in American farm labor.

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Technical filmmaking and performance in Singin' in the Rain

Directed by two dancers, Singin' in the Rain is simultaneously a celebration of dance and cinema. It grounds its thematic interests in film as a hybrid medium somewhere between sound and image (figured as feeling and illusionism) squarely in a technical fixation on performance.

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George Mason's management of Paula Whisler's workplace tardiness problem

Tim Hicks (2010) notes that problems are an inherent element in the workplace situation. The problem is therefore not so much that there are problems, but rather the way in which managers handle -- or fail to handle -- these problems.

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CBRN weapons proliferation and the evolution of modern terrorism threats

Biological Weapons - a bioterrorism attack uses biological weapons (viruses, bacteria, or germs) that are released in a manner that will negatively impact either humans, flora or fauna in a given environment.

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Marijuana legalization in California: policy reform and economic benefits

After forty plus years of what Tim Dickenson refers to as "Mindless Prohibition," it seems that some justice for users of medically prescribed marijuana may be in sight.

~6 min read

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Business plan for Connecticut Solar Energy partnership

Connecticut Solar Energy (CSE) is located at 331 New London Turnpike in Glastonbury. The company is engaged in the business of solar panel installation. The operation will be a two-person partnership consisting of a certified solar panel installer and a business graduate.

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Jungian psychology and feminine divine figures in healing collective and individual splits

I believe that we are living in a new world, where new ideas and institutions abound. This is however not to say that many of the past and indeed outdated paradigms do not remain.

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Inherent risk analysis for Admiralty Resources NL audit

Hi, wasn't sure if you wanted/needed an abstract for this kind of report, so I left the page blank just in case you wanted to fill in a short one.

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