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¶ … discipleship counseling,' a philosophy of counseling articulated by Neil T. Anderson in his 2003 book of the same name. Discipleship counseling does not purport to replace traditional counseling relationships with…

The contemporary learning and experiential environment is highly visual. Students are exposed to Web sites, television and a plethora of other sources of image and visual data. This increase in the pervasiveness of the…

Child abuse is a pressing problem that knows no race, color, ethnicity or religion. It transcends geographic lines and cuts across socio-economic brackets.

In 2005, Sears and Kmart consummated their merger, bringing together two former retailing powers. The move had been forced by changes in the technological and competitive environment that had resulted in substantial…

The convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 is one of the most prominent international humanitarian treaties in world history. It entered into force quicker than any other treaty and currently only two countries…

In his classic text on political economy, an Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher-economist Adam Smith deftly lays the foundation for contemporary…

In the contemporary political world, the decision making policy of countries like the United States and Israel is complex, multidimmensional, situational, and certainly dynamic. Israel, for instance, fears agression from all sides, and has worked within that paradigm for decades. In recent history, the United States has never been invaded, but after the events of September 11, 2001 now has a more realpolitik viewpoint on internal vulnerability to terrorist, similar to what Israel continues to face. Geography, domestic factors, economic stability, political acumen and stability, and the complexities of relations in the global world all work together to drive decision making.

Student attrition is the reduction in the student population in a school because of dropouts or transfers. This concept has developed to become an important concern for colleges and universities because of the increase of student attrition rates in the recent past. There are various reasons attributed to the recent increase in these rates as well as strategies that are geared towards reducing them. This article basically examines this concept with specific attention to the impact on attrition rates of gender and of being an international student.

Studies exist which show that lighting in the office and workspace greatly affects workers whether in a positive or negative manner. This work examines the utility of a design of full spectrum lighting in the office and…

Hamas is a radical Islamic fundamentalist organization which became active in the early stages of the intifada. It operates primarily in the Gaza District but also has some presence in Judea and Samaria.