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Budget reductions and strategic responses in American fire departments

The economic and financial crisis that has affected the global economy has also affected the budgets of public institutions in the U.S. The country's fire departments make no exception.

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Edwards v. Aquillard and the teaching of evolution in schools

In 1987, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Edwards v. Aquillard. That case was seminal in its importance to the idea of the teaching of Evolutionary theory in the public schools. Since the 1920s, the U.S. Education System has wavered regarding the teaching of creationism vs.

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Group behavior and communication barriers in community organizations

Week 1 DQ1 -- One group that I joined was a group dedicated to preserving a local waterway. I joined this group primarily to fulfill a need to give back to my community. The members of this group had shared goals and most of us had similar motivations.

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The 1989 Peachtree 25th Building fire in Atlanta

The case of Atlanta High Rise Office Fire that broke on June 30, 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia because of an electric fault is significant because it was the first reported case of multiple deaths in U.S. due to a fire accident at a high-rise office building.

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Hunting versus gathering in foraging societies and nutritional importance

What is the most accurate description of the relative importance of hunting vs. gathering in foraging societies in terms of nutrition? In terms of place in society?

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Level 5, transactional, and transformational leadership styles

Northouse (2006) notes that there are many different ways to finish this sentence "Leadership is…" He posits that there are just as many definitions of leadership as there are people who have tried to define it (2006).

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Formal and personal power bases in Corporation A

Robbins & Judge (2007) define power as the influence of one party over another to make the person or person act according to the wishes of the party holding the power.

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Philosophical frameworks in teaching practice and student responsibility

A 2002 study of teachers found that "our respondents talked of the ways in which they had modified previous practice to 'bring it in line with' current policy, or had found ways of incorporating current policy into a largely unaltered continuing practice" (Moore, Edwards, Halpin, George, 2002, p.

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Liberalism and conservatism in contemporary education policy

As with all beliefs, there is not one single way to define liberalism and conservatism, and, while at seemingly polar opposites on some things, they are in complete agreement on others. In general, the two views can be traced by to John Locke and Thomas Hobbes.

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Grotowski, Chaikin, and Schechner: alternative theater's social function

Trends in globalism and technology have changed the existing structures and systems of power in the modern world.

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