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DynCorp International's mentorship of CenterScope Technologies

Gregory Reyes, Corporate Director Mentor-Protege Programs at DynCorp International. Reason selected. With my background in logistics, and particularly LOGCAPIII, I was familiar with the work of ANHAM Prime Vendor LLC.

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Roger Williams' argument for separation of church and state in The Bloody Tenet of Persecution

Roger Williams was a Puritan Separatist and Baptist, who founded the new colony of Rhode Island after his expulsion from Massachusetts.

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Christ's redemption as revelation of human dignity and divine love

Redemption is a fundamental feature of Christ, a sign that God is dedicated to a continual expression of love for humanity and the world. Thus, redemption is a necessary counterpart and component of Creation.

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Due process rights in Board of Regents v. Roth and Pickering v. Board of Education

The legal foundation for due process in the U.S. is the 5th Amendment which stipulates that the infringement of certain rights of citizens with respect to life, liberty, and property will not be permitted without due process of law. The two fundamental aspects of due process are notice and hearing.

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Photography, memory, and identity in Christopher Nolan's Memento

"In teaching us a new visual code, photography alters and enlarges our notions of what is worth looking at and what we have a right to observe. They are a grammar and, even more importantly, an ethics of seeing."

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Feminist advocacy and media representation in contemporary American culture

Although there is not absolute consensus, popular writings about feminism suggest that there have been three waves of feminism: (1) The first wave of feminism is said to have occurred in the 18th through the 20th centuries and was characterized by a focus on suffrage; (2) The decades spanning 1960…

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The power of optimism: improving life through positive perspective

What is optimism? Why should we want to make our lives better? What is the power of optimism? How can people become more optimistic? How can people harness the power of optimism to improve their lives? The problem with life is -- it's hard.

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Racial divisions and divisions in Los Angeles after the 1992 riots

Los Angeles, a city of cars, stars, and ethnic neighborhoods, rests on the edge of a continent and shimmers with the promise of dreams fulfilled. But, as the late L.A.

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Media coverage of unemployment forecasting before the 2008 recession

The existence of a pro-business, pro-government bias led to ineffectual journalistic coverage of U.S. unemployment during the period leading up to the 2008-2009 recession. In what has come to be known as the Great Recession because of its comparability to the Great Depression, the U.S.

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Transparency and securities regulation in nonprofit organizations

The ensuring of the fact that an organization is working as per regulations and is following the code of conduct, while keeping the interest of the public first, are matters which are becoming more and more complicated with the passage of time.

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