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    The integration of personal health and financial well-being is, perhaps, the perfect platform to speak to what’s on the hearts and minds of Americans and those who represent them on Capitol Hill. And, as the American Benefits Council approaches its 50th anniversary in 2017, it has appropriately considered how it can leverage this milestone to advance its policy objectives, membership goals and overall awareness of the value of the industry you represent. There may be no better time to open a discussion

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    Inside the Beltway”- Someone who is “Inside the Beltway is separate from the rest of the country because of the political climate inside Washington D.C. 2. “Above Politics”- To be “above politics” is to be detached from the political spectrum and to make decisions based on the laws and constitution of the United states. 3. Pundit- an expert in a particular subject who often comments on what is going in his/her field. 4. Soundbite- A snippet of a speech or presentation that is recorded and broadcasted

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    Mexican Student Massacre

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    In September, 2014, 43 Mexican students disappeared. The 43 students were undergraduates at Escuela Normal Rural Raúl Isidro Burgos, a teachers college, in Ayotzinapa, with a history of activism. They were among about 100 students who headed out on the evening of Sept. 26, 2014, with a plan to steal some buses. This was a tradition. The students would steal buses, use them to go to an event, and then return them. Bus drivers were instructed to stay with the buses to make sure they were returned.

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    Abstract This paper will try to explore two theories of the beltway sniper. The first is the conflict theory and the second is the psychological theory. There will be summarizing of the crime (dates, offenders, how they were caught if they were). The two theories will try to explore the crime. Each of the theory will shed light on the reasons for the crime. For this paper, I will provide evidence to which theory seems to be stronger. I will also show any evidence that will lead to the deviant path

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    Beltway Sniper The Beltway Sniper case included two men John Muhammad, and Lee Malvo whom carried out attacks killing 10 people and wounding several other people. All of these attacks were carried out by using a high powered .223 caliber rifle. The ballistics processing was especially important because the use of firearm was the weapon that killed 10 innocent people, and wounded several others. This case was cracked because one of the suspects called police and mentioned they were responsible for

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    The trial of Michael Jackson occurred in 2005 after a 13-year-old boy that Jackson had befriended named Gavin Arvizo accused him of sexual abuse. Jackson was indicted for “four counts of molesting a minor, four counts of intoxicating a minor in order to molest him, one count of attempted child molestation, and one count of conspiring to hold the boy and his family captive at his 2,700-acre Neverland Ranch, as well as conspiring to commit extortion and child abduction”. Jackson denied all counts.

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    opinion columnists in an off-the-record setting. His preference of having a “bull session” with his favored opinion journalists than having a bully pulpit with the public and reporters is easily seen as ways the President influence views with inside-the-Beltway opinion

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    The Beltway Sniper attacks disrupted an already unsettled community. The Terrorist attacks that took place on September 11th 2001 the area effected by the attacks more commonly by the locals as the DMV (District, Maryland and Virginia) area. Only a year after the events of 9/11 tragedy strikes in the form of two snipers the devastated the community. One cannot really understand the motive of these men without knowing a little about the two men and the crimes the committed. The older of the two men

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    Paid Media Strategy, Recommendation for Placement of Advertising The media landscape for legislators and their influencers is changing daily. Technological advancements, proliferation of media, and available channels for communication have forever altered the way Congressional members, and those that influence them, share and receive information. Gone are the days of positioning an ad in Roll Call to drive visibility. Today a brand must design compelling content, and then ensure that it reaches its

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    The Beltway Sniper Press Releases Beginning in October of 2002, the Nation is gripped in fear as people are randomly shot by a sniper or snipers in Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C. The shootings occurred in mall parking lots, near schools and gas stations, no one felt safe. People were staying indoors, walking in zig-zag patterns outdoors and filling their gas tanks from inside their vehicles. Two men, who are later identified as John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo , drove around in a 1990

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