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Rhetoric and self-interest in Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth

Former Vice President Al Gore, who, in his documentary film on global warming, by director Davis Guggenheim, an Inconvenient Truth (2006), introduces himself, "I am Al Gore, I used to be the next president of the United States," won an Academy Award for the documentary.

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Financial incentives and physician care quality in managed care organizations

In order to understand the current problem faced by physicians regarding Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), it is important to take a look into the background of the concern.

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The adoption shortage: commercialization and market solutions

The need to procreate has been on several occasions debated upon and it is best described by the desire to leave a legacy in this world, to have a part of you go on living when we are gone and to have a person to love and love us back unconditionally.

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Collaborative learning approaches and their impact on student achievement

The primary purpose of this study is to highlight how encompassing curriculum setups that utilize the phenomenon of collaborative learning (CL) can allow the students to attain a more astute, intelligent, appropriate and evocative educational standard.

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Common vocational stereotypes and their social consequences

Stereotyping is the foundation of behavioral expectations about people and occurs most typically in relation to perceived categories of individuals, such as race, gender, nationality, religion, and any other group (Macionis 2003) wherein a particular person is expected to behave in a specific way…

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Al Qaeda: organizational structure, financing, and future threat trends

Many people were heard to observe that "things would never be the same" following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and some even suggested the Osama bin Laden could consider himself a "dead man walking." Almost seven years have passed, though, and while it is reasonable to assert that…

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Training needs assessment for the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department

Area Police Force? What Training Modules Can be Used to Enhance Relations between Surrounding Communities and the District of Columbia Metropolitan Area Police

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Embryo and ovum donation: expanding reproductive options through technology

Over the past 30 or more years the science and technology associated with reproductive medicine has increased exponentially. This change has come at a time when the age of first conception or the first significant attempt to have a child has increased by several years, in some cases as much as 15.

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School shooting incidents and security responses in American education

High School/College Shootings in U.S. In response to the shocking series of highly publicized multiple victim shootings at high schools and colleges across the country in recent years the nation's schools have begun to resemble armed fortresses trying to keep the bad guys out.

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Florence Nightingale's contributions to infection control in nursing

Describe how the issues that Florence Nightingale encountered in the 1800s were a major source and/or vehicle for the spread of infection and how her contributions continue to be important today.

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