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Physics and astronomy concepts explored through Sixty Symbols videos

I viewed nine of the videos; infinity 7:29, mirages 6:29, earths radius 6:38, asteroids 6:36, vectors 6:46, dark matter 11:43, MRI 6:24, speed of light 5:01, and uncertainty 4:51 amounting to a total of 60:06.

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The Kansas City preventive patrol experiment and police effectiveness

Random preventive patrol has long been thought of as a fundamental and effective basis of policing -- dating way back to the 13th century when patrolling force was created in Hangchow (Caro 1976: 323).

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Benjamin R. Barber's critique of American educational priorities and investment

America's education system with support from Benjamin R. Barber's essay, America Skips School According to Benjamin R. Barber, "Americans pay lip service to the idea of quality education, but they continue to place a higher value on materialism than on knowledge and civility.

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The economic impact of the Iraq war on the U.S. economy

An analysis of the impact of the Iraq war on the U.S. economy can be done through a cost-benefits investigation that will likely show what the potential costs and economic benefits of the action were.

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Ethical frameworks for public policy analysis

Ethics has always been a rather complex word -- or concept, rather -- to understand as, in the past, I have thought that ethics were different depending on the individual; that is, if a person thought that ethics had to do with their feeling of right and wrong or whatever, then that was their…

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The six major processes of the human digestive system

Without the digestive system, the human body (or the body of any organism, for that matter) would not be able to access the nutrients that exists in the form of various food substances produced by nature and increasingly by man.

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Miami school district redistricting and stakeholder negotiations

Over the last several years, the issue of redistricting has been continually brought to the forefront. Part of the reason for this is because of shifts in demographics and changes in the number of people moving in and out of the area.

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Supply, demand, and excise tax on alcopops

The simple law of demand and supply states that the retail price of a specific commodity is a direct determinant of the customers' as well as company's responses. In the case of a low retail price, the consumers enjoy an increased access to the product and as such the levels of demand are higher.

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Trust between teachers and students mediating racial achievement gaps

The Power of Trust: Elementary School Evidence of Forces Influencing the Relationship between Academic Achievement and Race

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Peter Drucker's knowledge workers and the Martin-Hrivnak employee trainer model

Peter Drucker's definition of knowledge worker sets the pace for a revolution in careers, job responsibilities and the use of technologies to capture, transform and create knowledge in organizations (Drucker, et.al.). Dr.

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