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		<title><![CDATA[Jihad vs. McWorld: The new world disorder]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/jihad-vs-mcworld-the-new-world-disorder-61647.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jihad vs. McWorld was written by Rutgers University Political Science professor Benjamin R. Barber. The author is widely regarded one of the nation’s foremost scholars on democracy. He has written Strong Democracy, in which he explains that economic liberalism is the basis for and cause of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Racial stereotypes and their role in the concept of Manifest Destiny by Justin Herndon]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/racial-stereotypes-and-their-role-in-the-concept-of-manifest-61643.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The modern connotations of the concept of “Manifest Destiny” are generally of two diverging camps; One is a romanticized image of devout pilgrims, such as the Mormons, who left the crowded and sinful cities of the East for the freedom of the West, hoping to find a new promised land, or of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Economic activity, investments and technological policy]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/economic-activity-investments-and-technological-policy-61642.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The concept of competitiveness of the national economies and the viability of the national productive systems in the context of globalization focuses on the role of innovative competitive advantages, which are related to the technological know-how. The competitive advantages of low production cost...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Out of the garden: Examining the true origins of Genesis]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/out-of-the-garden-examining-the-true-origins-of-genesis-61641.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Genesis 2:7 (Holy Bible, King James Version).  Ever since that first breathe, man has been questioning the ways of the Lord. Laws, teachings, and even the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Psychological meaning of the UFO phenomena: Building on the work of C. G. Jung]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/the-psychological-meaning-of-the-ufo-phenomena-building-on-the-61614.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In this essay we will build upon the foundations laid down by the famous psychologist, Carl Gustav Jung concerning the value and relevance of the UFO phenomena. In part 1 we will outline Jung’s basic view. Then in part 2 we will build on the theory arguing that the psychological meaning of the UFO...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nintendo Corporation Limited]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/nintendo-corporation-limited-61583.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As one of the leading game console industries, Nintendo Corporation has remained in the technological market for over fifty years.  Established officially in 1963 by former President, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Nintendo Corporation yet remains to be a well known and a well-established industry for having...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Artistic merit of rap music]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/artistic-merit-of-rap-music-61582.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Webster's Dictionary, music is defined as "sounds produced in harmonious, rhythmic combinations". There are many forms of music, some may not even be "harmonious" to others, but they are still considered music. This is perhaps due to the real reason for music: the expression of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Soil erosion control]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/soil-erosion-control-61545.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Soil erosion control in managed forests is undertaken, and best achieved, for two main reasons. The &#64257;rst relates to soil protection for the sustainable productivity of the forest resource. The second relates to the protection of valuable water resources located in forested catchments. The...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Relations between biological and social psychology]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/relations-between-biological-and-social-psychology-61541.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Psychology is both a social and a biological science. The relevance of the biological approach for many fields of psychology is demonstrated by the fact that biological bases of behavior are mentioned in most of the following chapters. The field that studies biological aspects of psychology and...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Human behavior in the social context]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/human-behavior-in-the-social-context-61539.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Humans are a social species. First, we explore the reasons why humans are social beings and briefly consider the broad implications of this characterization. Next, we go somewhat more deeply into the question what it means to be social. In other words, how does an individual function whose primary...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Methodology in biological psychology]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/methodology-in-biological-psychology-61532.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Biological psychology manipulates and observes psychological variables just as do all other fields of psychology. However, to delineate the somatic contribution to behavior and mental functions, biological psychology needs to draw evidence from studies combining methods of psychology with those of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beyond words and content based systems: Towards a psychologically creative social culture]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/beyond-words-and-content-based-systems-towards-a-psychologically-creative-61525.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This essay is concerned with phenomena that comes within the domain of psychology. We will emphasize areas of psychology that are healthy. Hence it will be argued that for many people words (and content orientated systems) are inadequate for expressing life – yet unfortunately – they have been the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Impact of forest management on the quality of water]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/impact-of-forest-management-on-the-quality-of-water-61524.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In forested catchments the hydrologic cycle, involving precipitation, interception, evapo-transpiration, overland &#64258;ow, subsurface &#64258;ow, groundwater &#64258;ow, and stream &#64258;ow  is closely linked to water quality in that water movement through the forest ecosystem also transports...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Forest fires (prediction, prevention and suppression)]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/forest-fires-prediction-prevention-and-suppression-61523.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The problems and negative impacts associated with large-scale uncontrolled forest &#64257;res have increased worldwide over the past two decades. Globally an estimated 300–400 million hectares of forests and woodlands burn annually, emitting an estimated 9.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases;...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sociology of the family: global advances and challenges]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/sociology-of-the-family-global-advances-and-challenges-61522.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sociology of the family as a field of research, education and action faces many challenges and critics, both within academic institutions and in the larger society. This paper focuses on recent developments in international family sociology in the context of the discipline of sociology, and its...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[More than what meets the eye: Frida Kahlo and surrealism]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/more-than-what-meets-the-eye-frida-kahlo-and-surrealism-61466.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Frida Kahlo never thought of herself as a surrealist as many people did. In fact, given the context of the historical background of her works, she was regarded as more of a feminist cult figure than anything else. Not even Kahlo herself recognized the surrealist dimensions of her paintings until...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Just vengeance or righteous follies; which Hamlet did you see?]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/just-vengeance-or-righteous-follies-which-hamlet-did-you-see-61465.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[William Richardson describes Hamlet’s character as one “moved by finer principles, by an exquisite sense of virtue, of moral beauty and turpitude.” (Hoy 147) Richardson goes on to say that a man like Hamlet “will find [his sense of moral excellence] a source of pleasure and of pain in his commerce...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bush-speak and PC teaching: A discourse on the relevance of grammar]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/bush-speak-and-pc-teaching-a-discourse-on-the-relevance-61461.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The first question we need to ask when thinking about the legitimacy of Bush’s poor speaking habits is how errors like these can be possible when the man has a team of professionals writing out his speeches for him. Surely, as professional writers for the most powerful and visible man in America,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[William Blake’s “Wall of words” on circular reasoning]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/william-blake-s-wall-of-words-on-circular-reasoning-61460.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[“And the salt ocean rolled englob’d.” (Blake Pl. 28.23) The previous line comes from one of Blake’s prophetic works, “The First Book of Urizen,” and is very typical of a Blake ending.  More than a century before Stanley Kunitz was born, Blake had mastered the technique typified by Kunitz’s...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Political violence in flux: Changes in today’s world]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/political-violence-in-flux-changes-in-today-s-world-61459.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Terrorism has fundamentally changed the nature of international relations as a whole.  With the emergence of small, non government organizations (or NGOs) that have the capability to inflict massive amounts of damage to life and property, states as a whole now face a strong challenge to their...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dust-wiping and non-duality: The Buddhist teachings of Hui-Neng]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/dust-wiping-and-non-duality-the-buddhist-teachings-of-hui-61458.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Buddhism, for all its accolades and requirements, its notions of the sutras and of karma, for all the equanimity it offers to people of any social caste, is a relentlessly frustrating philosophy.  For those who adhere to its principles as writ by human hand (versus the ‘divine hands’ that decreed...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The relationship of Science and Religion as seen through the Galileo affair]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/the-relationship-of-science-and-religion-as-seen-through-the-61457.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It is true that often the church and science have clashed bitterly, leaving both sides--and the rest of the world--with the sense that there will never be a way to compromise. One of the best examples of this clash was in the 17th century, when Galileo crossed the Catholic Church. Although history...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Menotti: An American Legend]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/menotti-an-american-legend-61456.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Gian Carlo Menotti is often named the premiere American opera composer of the 20th century. Born and raised in Italy, his view is the Italian one, that the theater should entertain, and he has dedicated his life to writing and composing operas in genres from comedy to sentiment, from passionate...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’: An oratorio for the generations]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/mendelssohn-s-elijah-an-oratorio-for-the-generations-61455.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, August 26, 1846, Felix Mendelssohn’s revered oratorio, Elijah, was premiered at the Birmingham Music Festival. The work met instant lauds, hailed by the London Times, “Never was there a more complete triumph- never a more thorough and speedy recognition of a great art (Anderson). A...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Propagation technology for forest trees]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/propagation-technology-for-forest-trees-61454.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[There are six major kinds of propagules now available for the reproduction of forest trees: seeds, sprouts, grafts, cuttings, tissue-culture plantlets, and somatic embryos. Each has two or more subclasses, and each has increasingly understood advantages, disadvantages, and uses. For several of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wood delivery in forests]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/wood-delivery-in-forests-61453.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The efforts outlined above are aimed at the optimization of forest production on a sustainable basis. The rationalization of forest harvesting techniques and improvement of wood supply logistics can be implemented relatively quickly (i.e., over a short time span), hence wood delivery is a crucial...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The city of Acre, Israel]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/the-city-of-acre-israel-61452.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Since ancient times, the gateway to Palestine has been considered the magni&#64257;cent harbor at Acre. Now a small Israeli city with a mixed population of Palestinians and Jews, Acre has for more than 4,000 years served the hinterland of southern Syria with access to the long-distance trade routes...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discovering Barbarian Europe]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/discovering-barbarian-europe-61451.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost everyone has seen a picture of Stonehenge, the famous circle of large upright stones in southern England. Yet very few people know that it was built in several stages over a period of more than a thousand years, starting nearly five thousand years ago. Most are unaware that it is surrounded...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Psychological science: Content, methodology, history and profession]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/psychological-science-content-methodology-history-and-profession-61450.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[People have always had to study each other’s behavior closely, but it was only in the nineteenth century that psychology emerged as an academic and scientific discipline, and only in the twentieth century that it also became a major field of professional activity. References to the human mind and...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Diagnosis, monitoring and evaluation of forest health and protection]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/diagnosis-monitoring-and-evaluation-of-forest-health-and-protection-61405.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last 30 years forest health became a popular issue together with the concern about acid rain, air pollution, and climate change. Terms like forest decline, and the German ‘Waldsterben’ (forest death) and ‘Neuartigen Waldscha ¨den’ (new type of forest damage) became frequent in...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The global and forest environment carbon cycle]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/the-global-and-forest-environment-carbon-cycle-61404.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The forest environment carbon cycle can be viewed at a number of scales. Measurements can be made at the scale of an individual leaf or tree, stand-scale measurements can be made, and models can be developed that examine forest-level, regional, and global carbon cycles. The role of the forest in...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sap-sucking  insects in forests]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/sap-sucking-insects-in-forests-61403.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Insects of the order Hemiptera have mouthparts specialized for piercing and sucking, and within the suborder Homoptera of this order two groups, the Auchenorhyncha and Sternorhyncha, speci&#64257;cally feed on plants. As their general name implies these insects feed on the sap of plants. This can...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[On Grace: A study of Aquinas and Luther's philosophies of grace]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/on-grace-a-study-of-aquinas-and-luther-s-philosophies-61402.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The theology of grace is one of the most widely argued topics in all of Christian doctrine. So heavily debated is it that nearly all of the great theologians and philosophers of Christianity have at some point argued their case regarding grace. Two of the leading thinkers of the Christian Faith,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[A look at Lockheed Martin]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/a-look-at-lockheed-martin-61401.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Allan Loughead (later changed to Lockheed) began his career in aviation in 1910 when he began working as an aircraft mechanic. In 1913, he teamed with his brother Malcolm to build their first aircraft, a floatplane. With the advent of jet propulsion and advances in aircraft design,Lockheed Martin...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The cultural effects of Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2006 film Borat]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/the-cultural-effects-of-sacha-baron-cohen-s-2006-film-61400.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2006 film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has garnered much critical attention for its humor, both positive and negative.  Cohen plays an extremely bigoted Kazakh journalist named Borat trying to understand American...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The logic of justifying utilitarianism actions in Koestler’s “Darkness at Last”]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/the-logic-of-justifying-utilitarianism-actions-in-koestler-s-darkness-61399.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Arthur Koestler in Darkness At Noon, explores the utility of totalitarianism through the fictional life of Nicholas Rubashov, a lifelong, loyal member of The Party who has recently been hauled into jail under dubious charges. Rubashov has spent his entire life promoting the Utilitarian and...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Kate Chopin’s ‘The Awakening’ contributed to the evolution of feminism]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/how-kate-chopin-s-the-awakening-contributed-to-the-evolution-61398.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Kate Chopin was an integral part of the evolution of feminism, providing early 20th century readers with feminist literature that is still highly respected and studied today. Although it is easy to approach her work, and all such work, work with textual evidence supporting a claim of the author’s...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Designing and elements of a cost management system]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/designing-and-elements-of-a-cost-management-system-61397.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[An entity’s legal nature reflects its organizational form. Selecting the organizational form is one of the most important decisions business owners make.  This choice affects the costs of raising capital, operating the business (including taxation issues), and, possibly, litigating. The available...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Genetic aspects of air pollution and climate change]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/genetic-aspects-of-air-pollution-and-climate-change-61396.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#64257;rst incidences of air pollution impacts on the genetic constitution of forest tree populations were those documented near point sources of sulfur dioxide (SO2), particulates, and heavy metals. Localized extinction of forests around these point sources was documented by ecologists in the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Overview of manufacturing beer: Ingredients, processes and quality criteria]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/overview-of-manufacturing-beer-ingredients-processes-and-quality-criteria-61395.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Beer is one of the oldest cultural achievements of mankind and one of the most popular beverages all over the world.  From the technological point of view, beer has four main properties based on its contents and manufacturing processes. It is (i) pure, (ii) wholesome, (iii) valuable, and (iv) it...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Biometric research as experimental method in science]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/biometric-research-as-experimental-method-in-science-61361.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Any discussion of research in a scienti&#64257;c &#64257;eld is subject to caveats because research must of necessity be less de&#64257;nitive than a discussion of the &#64257;eld’s established operational practices. First, enumerations of current research topics will be dated and subject to the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Genetic systems of forest trees]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/genetic-systems-of-forest-trees-61359.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The term ‘genetic system’ was coined in 1932 by C.D. Darlington, one of the renowned pioneers of cytogenetics. His original de&#64257;nition was limited: Properties of heredity and variation, methods of reproduction and the control of breeding, we now realize, are in various ways bound up together...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cytogenetics of forest tree species]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/cytogenetics-of-forest-tree-species-61356.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The discipline of cytogenetics was &#64257;rst de&#64257;ned by Sutton in 1903, as a &#64257;eld of investigation which developed from the separate sciences of genetics and cytology. It is concerned with studies on the correlation of genetic and cytological (especially chromosomal) features...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Delusions of Soviet power and the American military-industrial complex]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/delusions-of-soviet-power-and-the-american-military-industrial-complex-61345.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Cold War period for the United States and indeed, the world was one of turbulence and uncertainty. The conclusion of World War II saw the clash of two major world powers, each replete with the awesome capability of nuclear weapons. For the first time in history the human race intentionally...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Molecular biology of forest trees]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/molecular-biology-of-forest-trees-61344.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to genetically engineer a plant, one must be able to insert a gene into the genome of an individual plant cell and then cause that cell to differentiate into a whole plant. The former process is referred to as transformation; the latter, regeneration. The most common way of transforming...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Genecology and the adaptations of forest trees]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/genecology-and-the-adaptations-of-forest-trees-61343.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Genecology is the study of intraspeci&#64257;c genetic variation in relation to environmental conditions. It reveals patterns of adaptation of populations to their environments that result from differences in natural selection among locations. Genecological studies are conducted for the practical...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Legal issues in child health]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/legal-issues-in-child-health-61342.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Lawyers are uniquely suited to help improve the health of today's children. Many would argue that health insurance and ethics are the dominant concern in the health of America's youth. The best legal support for children is to help allow the child to participate in their own health care. Helping...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Heaven and hell: Aldous Huxley opens the doors of perception]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/heaven-and-hell-aldous-huxley-opens-the-doors-of-perception-61341.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Unlike any other mammal on earth, man possesses the unique ability to traverse various levels of the mind in order to alter and create his own perceptions of reality.  Unlike any author in modern literature, Aldous Huxley charts man’s explorations into the realms of the mind in his books The Doors...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Speaking of the people: Authenticating representations of Native American culture]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/speaking-of-the-people-authenticating-representations-of-native-american-culture-61340.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Archaeologists and Native Americans have an interesting relationship in this present day.  They are both contesting for the same properties (except for the “property” of the Native American oral tradition).  In this nation of immigrants, Native American culture and peoples have long been an...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Where is My Voice? : An exploration of questions that minority women ask about their identity]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/where-is-my-voice-an-exploration-of-questions-that-minority-61339.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Universal questioning of the roles of sex and gender began centuries ago. Every culture has their expectations and customs. Even in the present-day united states, where freethinking is a familiar attitude, women find themselves in traditional or likely roles.   Within the field of women’s...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The struggle for democracy: An analysis of false flag terrorism in post-war Italy and its contemporary relevance]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/the-struggle-for-democracy-an-analysis-of-false-flag-terrorism-61338.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[To analyze politics is to attempt to understand the evolution and application of ideas in circumstances that are seldom clearly defined. These ideas are formulated into ideological structures that become the governing principles of specific political philosophies. Words such as morals, culture,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s ‘Notes from Underground’: The complex that forced the underground man to withdraw]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky-s-notes-from-underground-the-complex-that-forced-61337.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, Notes from Underground, centers on an anonymous narrator who shows signs of an inferiority complex and as a result becomes preoccupied with his own purpose and self worth.  He becomes so obsessed with adding meaning to his life that fantasies often take over in order to...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The historical conditions for the emergence of youth in Italian society]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/the-historical-conditions-for-the-emergence-of-youth-in-italian-61336.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[To analyze history is to delve into a world of a complex mixture of social, political, economic, and technological interaction. Indeed, it is these elements that define and furthermore provide some form of a substantive characterization of the civilizations and societal structures that have evolved...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Starbucks management]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Seattle-based coffee company called Starbucks has been dominating the coffee industry all over the world. With its business running for more than a decade now, Starbucks has become a household name through its popularity in its stores worldwide. Starbucks has elevated the standard of coffee by...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The declining incidence of strikes in the United States and its possible explanation]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/the-declining-incidence-of-strikes-in-the-united-states-and-61334.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The declining incidence of strikes in the United States has plummeted dramatically over the last fifty years. Workers perceive one arsenal that they reserve for the fiercest labour battles: strike. Yet, this arsenal may forever be unutilized or at least be kept to a minimum at the expense of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[AGOA: Origins, purpose and achievements]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/agoa-origins-purpose-and-achievements-61333.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[President George Bush shared his empathy in the incidents of violence and economic crisis that beset African countries. The humanitarian and human rights crises in different parts of Africa are severely sabotaging its economy. It is to the United States’ view that a way to spread peace is to...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Disparity between the Dollar and the Euro]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/disparity-between-the-dollar-and-the-euro-61332.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Since 2002, the value of the dollar has been decreasing. The value of the dollar has been paling in comparison to the nearly consistent euro. This has spurred caution and alarm in the foreign market because the dollar is perceived to be the safest currency to trade (The New York Times)....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Importance of Critical Thinking, Active Reading and Effective Writing for Social Workers]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/importance-of-critical-thinking-active-reading-and-effective-writing-for-61306.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[There are important skills that every student should learn, whether they are in high school, community college, or at an affluent university. These skills include the ability to gain knowledge through critical thinking, and then applying that skill and knowledge to the processes of active reading...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can Psychology become a Science?]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/can-psychology-become-a-science-61305.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The project being undertaken here is one of an investigation into the possibility of a psychological science from a Jungian perspective. The project will consist of a series of 3,000 – 4,000 word essays (of which this is the first). The primary source used will be Sonu Shamdasani’s Jung and the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The possibility of psychology as a science]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/the-possibility-of-psychology-as-a-science-61218.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In this essay we will continue to discuss the possibility of a science of psychology. In part 1 we will discuss William James (1842-1910) ideas on this subject. A key theme in part 1 will be the subjective factor in psychology and will ask the question of how can psychology be a science if the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Velvet Underground and Nico: Anti-modern rock and roll]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/the-velvet-underground-and-nico-anti-modern-rock-and-roll-61216.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[That banana,  it’s the single image appearing on the cover of The Velvet Underground and Nico, one of the most influential albums of all time, accompanied only by the teasing phrase “peel slowly and see” at the top and artist Andy Warhol’s name at the bottom.  On the original album sleeve for...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[On the road to China's urbanization]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/on-the-road-to-china-s-urbanization-61215.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Unexpected urbanization is taking place in China today and will continue to occur in the coming years. The rapid rise of Chinese settling in cities is drastic. Statistics showed that urbanization heightened from “18 percent in 1978 to 30 percent in 1995 and 39 percent in 2002 (New Lincoln...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Environmental impacts on forests]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is considerable debate over de&#64257;nitions for the word ‘forest’ and even for ‘tree.’ Most vegetation types fall clearly into the categories of forest or nonforest, but there is dispute at the margins. A similar debate rages over the classi&#64257;cation of forests into natural and...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Toll-like receptors as part of the innate immune response]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two major arms of the immune system: innate immune response, and acquired, or adaptive, immune response. Phagocytic cells recognize pathogens that bind to specific receptor recognition molecules or through complement fixation, and then activate pathways to contain infection. Essential...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Re-Africanization and the popularity of the Brazilian Samba]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/re-africanization-and-the-popularity-of-the-brazilian-samba-61212.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[To the rest of the world, Brazil looks like a kaleidoscope of races, foreign in its demographics to virtually every other culture on the planet. From the density of the Amazon rainforest to the all-inclusive street parties of Carnival in Rio, the Federative Republic of Brazil, ostensibly the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Media portrayal of Midwesterner's]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/media-portrayal-of-midwesterner-s-61211.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Media influences the way people think and behave. What media says about anyone/thing becomes the norm. It influences simple things such as what people talk about on their lunch breaks to more complex belief systems. Media frames depict people from geographic areas in stereotypical ways; this...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kurosawa’s samurai films and the Westerns that were inspired by them]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The films of Akira Kurosawa, from his adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays to his samurai films, have influenced filmmakers from the 1950’s to the present. This influence is most obvious in the Westerns that were adapted from his samurai films. In 1960 “Seven Samurai” (Kurosawa, 1954) was adapted...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Increased market awareness to promote a new business plan – Steelroads Inc]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/increased-market-awareness-to-promote-a-new-business-plan-steelroads-61209.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The overall marketing plan of Steelroads is to create market awareness and show that we are the “one stop shop” for various freight-shipping needs.  We intend to do this by direct marketing, promotional events, telemarketing and word of mouth advertising.  Steelroads has been on line for a few...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Modern mass media consolidation and the erosion of information]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/modern-mass-media-consolidation-and-the-erosion-of-information-61208.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since there has been a way to convey information—spoken language, perhaps even body language?—there has been the immediate by-product of misinformation.  It is a reasonable assumption to say that nothing presented as information of any sort can ever be fully “true,” particularly if that...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The credible reality of fake news]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/the-credible-reality-of-fake-news-61207.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Everybody remembers the moment they first saw footage of the burning Twin Towers toppling down on September 11th, 2001.  Everybody remembers the panic that ensued, the news tickers running constantly on all the major television stations giving updates on nothing in particular, the finger-pointing...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Impacts of air pollution on forest ecosystems]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/impacts-of-air-pollution-on-forest-ecosystems-61206.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Air pollution problems are international in scale. All forests worldwide experience some degree of air pollution exposure above preindustrial levels. Atmospheric transport processes do not recognize geographic borders, but sources of pollutants, the pollutants of concern, and the speci&#64257;c...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foliage feeders in temperate and boreal forests]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/foliage-feeders-in-temperate-and-boreal-forests-61205.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Insect consumers of tree foliage comprise one of the most abundant and diverse feeding guilds in forest ecosystems. Known as folivores, this guild is integral to the structure and functioning of forests. Folivores in&#64258;uence vital ecosystem processes in forests, including nutrient turnover,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Natural disturbances in forest environments]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/natural-disturbances-in-forest-environments-61204.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Disturbance in plant communities has been de&#64257;ned as consisting of ‘the mechanisms which limit the plant biomass by causing its partial or total destruction.’ In forests, disturbance arises from the agencies of tree damage or death. At small spatial scales, individual trees die standing or...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Plant-animal interactions in forest ecosystems]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/plant-animal-interactions-in-forest-ecosystems-61203.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Flowering plants, being sedentary, have co-opted animal partners for purposes of gene exchange and propagule dispersal, through pollination and seed dispersal. To secure these services plants provide a variety of flower or fruit rewards creating some of the most common and obvious mutualistic...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Neuroimmunology]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human skin consists of a sophisticated network of nerve fibers and specialized sensory structures to transduce sensations of touch, vibration, temperature, and pain. Nerve fibers have dual functions: to transmit afferent sensory impulses to the central nervous system and to secrete mediators into...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Human influences on the tropical forest wildlife]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/human-influences-on-the-tropical-forest-wildlife-61147.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Different patterns of anthropogenic forest disturbance can affect forest wildlife in both tropical and temperate regions in many ways. The overall impact of different sources of structural and nonstructural disturbance may depend on: (1) the groups of organisms considered; (2) the evolutionary...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Biological impacts of deforestation and fragmentation]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/biological-impacts-of-deforestation-and-fragmentation-61146.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In addition to housing the majority of the planet’s biodiversity, forest ecosystems are the basis for trillions of dollars in global revenue. They are homes to indigenous groups, sources of food, medicines, and raw materials for industry, and they provide opportunities for recreation and tourism....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cinema of the absurd:  The baby boom generation in The Big Lebowski]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/cinema-of-the-absurd-the-baby-boom-generation-in-the-61145.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[After World War II, America experienced what would eventually be termed the “baby boom,” in which about 75 million births occurred between the years of 1946 and 1964.  The “baby boomer” generation has been constantly examined since its inception, and the world during its time has seen tremendous...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Innate and adaptive immunity]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/innate-and-adaptive-immunity-61142.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Immunology has roughly been split into two major subdivisions: cellular immunity, which comprises all different immunocompetent cells, and humoral immunity, a collection of all molecules involved in immune processes, such as cytokines, immunoglobulins, complement factors, and many others. Serum...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bark beetles]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/bark-beetles-61141.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bark beetles are small, dark, cylindrical beetles, usually less than 7mm long. As their name implies, they are usually associated with woody plants. Despite their small size and modest appearance, they have an intriguing assemblage of feeding and breeding habits, some of which result in...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aquatic habitats in forest ecosystems]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/aquatic-habitats-in-forest-ecosystems-61140.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a wide variety of aquatic habitats found in forested areas ranging from water-&#64257;lled tree holes through to large rivers, lakes, and inundated forests. This article initially reviews the classi&#64257;cation of aquatic habitats and some of their important geomorphological,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sexuality in modern melodrama]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/sexuality-in-modern-melodrama-61099.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The depiction of sex and sexuality in American cinema was slow in maturing, but in the last two decades there have been a growing number of popular melodramas that depict sex as a meaningful part of a relationship. This practice distinguishes modern melodramas from the classical Hollywood type....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Robert Oppenheimer and the FBI security clearance hearings]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/robert-oppenheimer-and-the-fbi-security-clearance-hearings-61098.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nobody can definitively say whether Oppenheimer truly deserved to lose his security clearance. He made several mistakes of great import. However, he loyally served the United States throughout his life and was instrumental in creating the weapon that ultimately ended the war (whether that weapon...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[American Jews and politics in the selected works of Philip Roth and Joseph Heller]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The works of Joseph Heller and Philip Roth are frequently inhabited by American-born Jews. In The Counterlife Roth discusses the association between the American born “Diaspora Jew” to the State of Israel. In Plot Against America it is the reaction of a Jewish family to governmental anti-Semitism...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Population dynamics of forest insects]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/population-dynamics-of-forest-insects-61040.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Population dynamics is the study of changes in the number of organisms in populations and the factors in&#64258;uencing these changes. It thus, by necessity, includes the study of the rates of loss and replacement of individuals and of those regulatory processes that can prevent excessive changes...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Meiji restoration and the dawning of Japanese modernity]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Meiji Ishin, or Meiji Restoration culminated in 1868 in the abolition of the feudal Tokugawa bakufu and made way for the modern, Westernized Japan.   The mid nineteenth century was a time of vast development around the world, and Japan was falling behind the industrialized nation states of the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reproductive ecology of forest trees]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/reproductive-ecology-of-forest-trees-61037.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Plant reproductive processes encompass biotic interactions, such as pollination and seed predation and dispersal, and abiotic elements, notably disturbance that creates differential reproductive opportunities for plant groups and thereby maintains diverse forest formations.     There are several...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Forest canopies]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/forest-canopies-61035.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The word canopy is derived from the Latin conopeum, describing a mosquito net over a bed. For canopy researchers in many tropical and temperate forests, this derivation is all too &#64257;tting. Forest canopies are home to perhaps 50% of all living organisms, many of which are uniquely specialized...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Analyzing Oswald’s relationship with the FBI]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States intelligence community is comprised of people who live their lives according to a code of conduct and the orders they receive from superior members of their hierarchical “family”.  Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation work closely with the United States government in...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cytokines and chemokines]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/cytokines-and-chemokines-61032.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cytokines are soluble low-molecular weight glycoproteins or small polypeptides that act in an autocrine or paracrine manner between leukocytes and other cells. Cytokines have many biologic functions and are important for leukocyte growth and differentiation as well as activation and migration....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regulation of pigment biosynthesis in flowers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flower color, along with fragrance, floral shape and nectar reward, is important to the interaction between plants and pollinators; and preferences towards specific colors are exhibited by pollinators, whether they are birds, bees, butterflies or other insects. Commonly contributing to floral...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Endangered species of trees]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately the topic of endangered species of trees is a vast one because of the extensive loss of their habitat in most parts of the world and in many cases because of overexploitation. The World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Plants, published in 1997, lists almost 34000...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Consumer motivations regarding non-ownership decisions in the automotive industry]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the analysis of non-ownership decisions in the automotive industry “non-ownership” must first be defined.  Non- ownership is simply referring to a leasing type of contract, this type of a contract allows for consumption without ownership.  Traditional purchase, cash or financing, the consumer...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ground preparation in afforestation]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/ground-preparation-in-afforestation-61027.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ground preparation is de&#64257;ned as the set of preliminary operations on soil that are required for effective establishment of tree seedlings. The main objective of ground preparation is to assure access to nutrients, air, and water for the seedlings to be planted. Ground preparation is more...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Biodiversity in forests]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interest in biodiversity began in the mid-1980s with the Biodiversity Symposium, held in Washington, DC, sponsored by the National Academy of Science. Within increasing human populations and rising demands for resources and living space, the need to conserve biological diversity rose to the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Agroforestry]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/agroforestry-61025.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Agroforestry is a term for practices where trees are combined with farming, as well as for the interdisciplinary subject area embracing land use systems, at a range of scales from that of the &#64257;eld to the planet, that involve interactions amongst trees, people, and agriculture. Put simply,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Books that shaped our history of the Vietnam War]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As long as there is war, and as long as the printing press continues to exist, there will be books about war. Yet as media proliferates, the content of these books changes dramatically. With the dearth of eyewitness accounts of earlier wars, save the journals and varying forms of correspondence of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Even this simple paper is beautiful: American beauty as a philosophical primer]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An American Beauty, in the most literal of senses, refers to a breed of roses. The breed of roses first seen in the movie of the same name are most likely that breed. The appropriateness of that name is without question. The American Beauty is an aesthetically pleasing rose. It is, as the name...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aboriginal Australians - Black response to white dominance 1788 – 1980]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that a sad hallmark of indigenous peoples is their oppression and systematic elimination at the hands of foreigners. The Native American marginally survives today after centuries of conflict with Europeans. The Ainu of Japan were nearly entirely wiped out by half a millennium of oppression...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ainu: Spirit of a northern people]]></title>
		<link>http://en.oboulo.com/ainu-spirit-of-a-northern-people-61021.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Modern history: that is pretty simple. It is the origins that really trip people up. Perhaps it is the lack of an ancient system of record keeping; perhaps records that existed were destroyed in natural disasters. For all historians know, natural disasters could have wiped out ancient historians...]]></description>
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