Best Thinking for May 21, 2013

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  Heart Disease in Women: An Underestimated Problem
  Topic by Harvey K Black

  The disease women fear most is not the one that is their biggest killer. The most recent poll, taken in 2005, shows that approximately two and half times more women fear breast cancer than heart disease.(Twenty-two percent fear breast cancer; 9 percent fear heart disease.). Yet,...

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  Goth Girl
  Article by Randy L Cima

  Goth Girl is about a 14 year old who was lost, self-abusive, and hearing voices. Medical doctors were forcing her to ...

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  Contingency Makes or Breaks the Thief: Introducing the Perception Contingency Process Hypothesis
  Article by Mike Sutton

  Crime Opportunity Theory is wrong in arguing that 'opportunity makes the thief", and that opportunity is " …the sing...

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  The Cost of Dementia in the United States
  Article by Michael Gordon

  The main component of the costs attributable to dementia is the cost for institutional and home-based long-term care ...

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  Are We Living in a Post-Racial America?
  Topic by Tracy Williams

  Does the fact that we elected a mixed-raced man to be the leader of the free world really mean that we now live in a “post-racial” America? The answers vary. Some argue, yes. But many more argue, no. Wikipedia defines post-racial America as “a theoretical environment where the United States...

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  Nutella, Sketchers, Rice Krispies and Advertising
  Topic by Marta Segal Block

  Chocolate spread as a breakfast food? Getting in shape by sitting on the couch in sneakers? These ideas seem ridiculous to most people but two U.S. companies recently lost big dollars when lawsuits against their false advertising claims were brought by consumers and the Federal Trade...

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  Summer Traveling
  Topic by Kirsten N Lemmons

  As the weather gets warmer day by day and schools let out after another year, summer vacation plans sore through the air. Whether traveling for business or pleasure, many Americans will experience the excitement of traveling for the summer. But where will you go? How will you get there?...

• So You Want to Be a Leader?
  Article by Mark Herbert

  Leadership is one of the most broadly debated and least understood concepts we face. I believe there is an over relia...

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  Auto-Tune Moving Back Stage, Slowly
  Topic by Nora G Hertel

  It’s been three years since Jay-Z declared the “Death of Auto-Tune” on his album The Blueprint 3, but the pitch-enhancing software still features prominently in popular songs and on YouTube. Will.i.am, member of the Black Eyed Peas and judge on NBC's "The Voice," recently admitted to a...

• Cockfighting Popular in America Despite Being Banned in All 50 States
  Topic by Ed Murrieta
• Changes in Bat Requirements Bring Focus Back to Fundamentals and Safety
  Topic by Nora G Hertel
• Raleigh, North Carolina Z-4-13 New Hope Road Zoning 101
  Article by Lillian L Thompson
• Feeding Poison: Fairy Tales and Disney
  Topic by Tracy Williams
• Voice Lesson
  Article by R Allen Shoaf
• Frank Marshall Davis: Barack Obama’s “Communist” Uncle Frank
  Article by Lawrence Hogan
• "Protecting" Women from the Front Lines Holds Them Back
  Topic by Nora G Hertel
• Foodies Eating at Sweatshop Restaurants
  Topic by Erin Luhmann
• Advancing Translational Research Requires Return to Contract Program at NIH
  Article by Robert E Baier