Disarmingly Funny: The Perils of Television's Political Comedy

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Sample On September 13, 2008 the season premier of Saturday Night Live opened with comediennes Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and New York Senator Hillary Clinton. The sketch aired in the final months of election coverage, and introduced what would become Fey’s most noted...

Health-Related Self-Disclosure Online: Emotion Expression by One Online Community Member Across 460 Posts

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Sample Developing a serious or chronic health condition can be a life-changing event (Bury, 1982). Along with physical and psychological symptoms, illness often creates a range of challenges involving one’s relationships, occupation, finances, and several other domains. Sharing one’s experiences ...

OpenStax: College Physics

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"College Physics introduces topics conceptually and progresses through clear explanations in the context of career-oriented, practical applications, and meets the scope and sequence of an algebra-based physics course. The narrative of physics and scientific discovery unifies conceptual, analytical, ...

Look, Not Everybody Can Get Pregnant!: When Private Infertility Issues Are Made Public

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Sample Anna sat down at her desk, opened her Internet browser, and clicked on her favorite news website. She liked to start her days at the office slowly—sipping coffee and scanning the latest headlines. On this particular morning, a headline addressing a very personal issue caught her eye: “Are ...

A History of Warfare in the Greater Middle East

Author(s): Robert F Ritchie, Herbert S. Pieper, Sean Turchin

A History of Warfare in the Greater Middle East provides a truly unique initial attempt to create a series of military history texts with the aim of providing a historical synopsis to the online student. It is the belief that a study of the Greater Middle East portends future, end-times events. It i...

Differential Equations

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"This textbook, in its second edition, is a concise introduction to differential equations for students in science and engineering. Emphasis is placed on the methods of solution, on the constructive use of qualitative analysis, and on the interconnections between differential equations and mathemati...

Communication, Culture, and Conflict

Author(s): GODFREY A. STEELE

Communication, Culture and Conflict (CCC) is a collection of research essays that explore the intersection of communication, culture and conflict outside traditional settings. This exploration occurs in a range of pedagogical, educational, labour and social contexts involving various media ranging f...

Hope

Author(s): Isik Abla Ministries

A Case of Discrimination: Fostering an Inclusive Work Environment

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Abstract When a corporate executive’s mother is given a job in public relations, the new vice president of marketing is forced into dealing with someone who cannot write. This case explores what occurs when unqualified people end up in occupations that directly interact with the public.  , basic...

Western Humanities and Christian Thought

Author(s): Joshua Kira, Sandra S. Yang

Western Humanities and Christian Thought is an introduction to the philosophy, visual arts, music, and theatre of Western civilization from Ancient Greece to our own times. This book is unique among surveys of humanities in several ways.First and foremost, it has a level of Christian thought permeat...