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Male bodies in advertising and North Korean anti-American propaganda

Image and words play an important part in conveying the message. Susan Bordo focuses more on products for sale and how the male models are displayed in these advertisements and what that is saying about the male body in today's time.

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Understanding synesthesia: cross-sensory perception and neurological mechanisms

What is synesthesia? Synesthesia means "joined perception" (Phillips, 2010). In the simplest terms, synesthesia refers to a condition in which a person has cross-sensory experiences, such as seeing colors in sounds, tastes, smells, cutaneous experiences, or even numbers or letters of the alphabet…

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Organizational decline and "programitis" in a healthcare corporation

Employees are tardy, little motivated, and aggressive. To elaborate on the latter, all departments (lab, pharmacy, medical records, insurance, provides, nurses) are more competitive than collaborative, so a relaxed, under-motivated environment has swept through the entire corporation.

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Chicago's 2011 municipal budget: fiscal planning and service priorities

The objective of this work in writing is to assess the budget of the Municipality of Chicago, Illinois in terms of how well budget documents and auxiliary information address each of these functions. The assessment will be substantiated with examples and information from documents studied.

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Raphael's School of Athens: Islamic and secular knowledge in Renaissance art

Alkholy, Inas. "The Presence of Secular Books in Raphael's Fresco the School of Athens." Comparative Islamic Studies, 2.1 (2006) 51-65.

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Infant male circumcision and HIV infection risk reduction

Male infant circumcision has recently become an issue of increasing contention. In addition to religious grounds for the procedures, other promote it for assumed medial and hygienic benefits.

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Mandatory DNA profiling for convicted criminals and criminal justice

For the past few decades, science has evolved to the point that our human fingerprints can be identified from our cells that can conclusively confirm or deny the identity of the person whose body provided the cells.

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The Vedas: sacred texts and foundation of Hindu religious life

Specifically, it will contain a book report and discussion of the text. The texts are available online from a variety of sources. This Hindu work is not the traditional type of all-inclusive books or writings of the leader of their religion.

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Critique of Green's study on distance education experiences in Queensland families

Green, N. (2006). "Everyday life in distance education: Case studies with three families in Queensland, Australia." Retrieved via Proquet's Dissertations & Theses database (AAT NR13979).

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Edward Kennedy's True Compass: biography, politics, and American history

The main focus of True Compass is Edward Kennedy's biography. It starts with his early upbringing in a house full of wealth, influence, and politics and details all the way through Kennedy's early military training and years as an attorney to his esteemed career in the Senate through the Reagan and…

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