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The implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is sure to change the way EMS operate in the coming years.

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Today, university teaching is initiating a process of change as consequence of European convergence, new curricula and the influence a new educational paradigm in which the unit of analysis are not the actions of teacher but the student's actions.

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The FBI's failed Carnivore surveillance software and shift to commercial alternatives

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The evolution of rhetoric from Aristotle's ethical persuasion to modern deception

The major emphasis is laid on comparing the two forms of rhetoric and seeing how it has changed over time. There is discussion on the use of rhetoric in daily life, politics and the media.

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Is the international order becoming increasingly liberal?

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Endangered species and habitat protection in California's San Gabriel Mountains

Southern California is not for everybody. "Some people view the climate and laid-back lifestyle with longing. Others perceive the area, and its inhabitants, as a little too far over the edge" (Hutchings 2001:4D-Z).

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