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Mental discipline and cognitive development in law enforcement careers

The use and control of one's own mental faculties is of the utmost importance when involved in the serious and important business of government work. The word "government" itself literally translates to "controlling the mind" in Latin.

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Turgenev and Marx: contrasting visions of human suffering and society

Since humans have lived together there have been queries about how and why humans acts the way they do, not just individually, but how they form partnerships, groups and are able to cooperate enough for survival and the future possibilities for society. In particular.

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Martin Gansberg's "37 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police"

Everyone likes to think that they would do the right thing when the time demanded it. However, in the modern world that is full of uncertainties, we often do not perform as well as we wish we would in dire situations.

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Erika Bachiochi and Catholic arguments against abortion's harms

Abortion is not an acceptable procedure because it harms women, it goes against the will of God, and it takes the life of a human being.

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Integration of Six Sigma and project management for organizational improvement

Quality, cost-competitiveness, customer service and first-to-market are all essential determinants to global commercial success. All sectors of the economic market are obliged to reduce costs and production times while increasing profits and market share.

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Terry Castle on symbolic self-orphaning and independence

Hang Up," Terry Castle recommends that we need to engage in a kind of "symbolic self-orphaning" in order to live meaningfully today. What does she mean? What kind of goods does she think we get from this figurative self-orphaning? How is her view related to Kant's views about "enlightenment"?

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Misrepresentation of African-Americans from Birth of a Nation onward

Recently, the Academy of Motion Pictures awarded 12 Years a Slave the title of Best Picture of the year. However, it is important to remember that the development of American cinema, racism, and the perpetuation of African-American stereotypes in film has a long and ignoble history.

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How trial consultants shape modern legal proceedings and courtroom strategy

The American legal system has evolved and shape shifted much throughout the creation of the laws which govern this country and all of its very complicated and complex laws.

~7 min read

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Virtue ethics as a framework for nurses navigating abortion care

Nebraska's Attorney General, Jon Bruning, announced his efforts to revoke the license of the only nurse working at Dr. LeRoy Carhart's abortion clinic in a suburb of Omaha (Funk, 2013).

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Shale gas development and its impact on global energy markets

As the world, and the billions of people it supports, continues to evolve, new and important ways of delivering energy are needed to keep up with these changes and provide a safe and secure environment.

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