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Stephen Colbert's satirical persona and television semiotics on the Colbert Report

Colbert Report has been on the air a little less than two years. The program was an immediate hit, following the Daily Show on Comedy Central and carrying the pretense of the Daily Show into a new realm.

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Dogs in animal-assisted therapy: benefits and implementation

When a patient is in a hospital room full of high tech equipment with tubes, wires, bleeping monitors, alarms, and life-support equipment, it can be very depressing. An animal can bring warmth to the atmosphere and relate to the patient as a human being.

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Evaluating the Tall Buddies peer mentoring program for struggling readers

Teachers are faced with several major challenges that place increasing stress on them. They are faced with a federal mandate to increase overall reading scores and to make certain that every child performs to at least minimal standards.

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Comparing psychoanalysis and Adlerian therapy in counseling practice

Counseling is defined as professional guidance in resolving personal conflicts and emotional problems (Lexicon Publishing LLC 2007). Two of the most common counseling therapies are psychoanalysis and the Adlerian therapy.

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Comparing gestalt and behavioral therapies in counseling practice

The purpose of this paper is a comparison of gestalt and behavioral therapies. The research paper provides an overview and assessment of each therapy, and the ways each are used in the field of counseling.

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Carol's spiritual journey from fundamentalist Baptist to community leader

I interviewed a good friend and neighbor of my grandmother who is 65-year-old. Since she often visits with my grandmother and the two of them talk about all kinds of topics, my grandmother said she would make a good subject for my research, and she did make a good one, since she was friendly,…

~10 min read

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Moral theology and economic justice in contemporary society

In today's economically driven world where the placement of focus and personal achievement is determined by the size of one's bank account or net worth, churches and theologians have had to come to issue with how one can balance a traditionally moral life in today's often immoral world.

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Tracing the roots of violence: brain development and early intervention

After reading Tracing the Roots of Violence, by Karr-Morse and Wiley the context of abandoning biological explanations as a focus source for youth crime seems contrary to the reality of modern brain research and modern medical understandings in general.

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Television violence and childhood aggression: a longitudinal study

Doctors Monroe M. Leftkowits, Leonard D. Eron, Leopold O. Wilder and L. Rowell Huesmann a few years ago surveyed a third graders in Colombia County in New York and compared their aggression response in class with their exposure to television (Fraracci, 2002).

~11 min read

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Diversity's effects on organizational behavior and performance

This research paper provides information regarding comprehending the issue of diversity and its effects on organizational behavior.

~23 min read

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