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Bill McKibben's vision of community-based sustainable economy

Economy by Bill McKibben mainly contains suggestions on creating a more sustainable global community. Chapter 4 is entitled "The Wealth of Communities." It describes various elements within the concept of community property.

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Consumerism's harmful effects on American happiness and the environment

The happy consumer is a familiar advertising image, according to Alan Thien Durning's essay "Are we happy yet?" Television advertising is seductive because it promises the viewer that with the right clothing, car, or toothpaste, he or she can be happy.

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Medea's trial for the murder of her children and Jason's new wife

After months of pleading in front of the Greek Chorus, the inability to seat an impartial jury, and the Defense Attorney's please for change of venue, the "Medea" infanticide trial begins today.

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Glia cells and neuronal communication in the synaptic gap

Glia cells remain a little-understood quantity that exists in the nervous systems of virtually all living beings. Almost all creatures with a brain have these cells.

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The Haredim's growing influence on Israeli politics and culture

Hostile Takeover of Zionism" by Patrick Martin, discusses the ultra-conservative factor of the Haredim Jews, who are becoming increasingly dominant in Israel's politics and culture, which many people fear.

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Criteria for armed intervention in modern international relations

Modern day international relations are constructed on a political focus towards open communication and collaboration in promoting the values which safeguard the well-being of all global citizens. Despite this however, diplomacy still encounters numerous challenges and even fails in certain regions.

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Evaluating surveillance systems: sensitivity, specificity, and qualitative measures

surveillance systems: Two quantitative methods for evaluation of a surveillance system and two qualitative methods for evaluation of a surveillance system.

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Rip Van Winkle awakens to modern American political and social changes

One of the first things RIP did after awakening was get the newspaper. There were a lot fewer available and some that used to be very well-known are no longer in existence, according to the vendor1.

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Wikipedia's reliability in educational and journalistic contexts

Carvin, A. (2008) Wikipedia in the Classroom: Consensus Among Educators? Retrieved October 4, 2009. www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2006/07/wikipedia_in_the_classroom_con.html

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Social class factors in contemporary American marriage patterns

What is marriage and why do people get married? Technically speaking, marriage is any social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. Throughout most Western civilization, marriage has been mostly a matter of money, power and economic survival.

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