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Expanding public mental health services in economically disadvantaged communities

Yet here I am, applying for a Masters Degree in Public Administration. Why? I realize I am not the typical applicant, but it's not like I haven't thought this through, either. My goals have shifted, my values are changing, and now I need to channel my energies to public service.

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Evidence-based sustainable design in healthcare and institutional buildings

Until relatively recently in human history, most buildings would have qualified as "sustainable," in the sense that they did not use fossil fuels for electricity or heating; and buildings were made with local material.

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King Uzziah's worldview and the sin of pride in 2 Chronicles

King Uzziah (Azariah) reigned for more than fifty years. He ascended to the throne at age sixteen. His life is described in 2 Kings 15:1-7. Uzziah was the son of Jecoliah of Jerusalem and Amaziah, who was the King of Judah. It was the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam.

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Hospital policy intervention to reduce catheter-related urinary tract infections

Although it is an administrative intervention, the outcomes are related to patient data.

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Labor relations and performance evaluation in construction companies

It is reported that there is a great fluctuation in the market demand in construction and that this includes the fluctuations "within short period and with uneven distribution among geographical regions." (Hendrickson and Au, nd) Employers in the construction industry value flexibility in their…

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Teacher evaluation practices in California fourth grade classrooms

I interviewed a fourth grade teacher with five years of experience in education, all at the same school. This teacher has been evaluated formally on three separate occasions. On all occasions, the monitor was in the classroom.

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Ritual as political control in Song and Yuan China

It is difficult for a student of today's world to not look back in awe at the rigid and ritualistic behavior of the Chinese during the periods of the Song and Yuan dynasties.

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Cleopatra's flaws and destructive influence in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra

Is Cleopatra's death tragic or triumphant? As a character, Shakespeare's Cleopatra is both sublimely sensual and sublimely ridiculous.

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Community policing, problem-oriented policing, and zero-tolerance policing

Community policing primarily consists of law enforcement through police patrol and presence. Problem oriented policing is very similar to community policing, except that instead of merely patrols actions are directed to address a specific problem.

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John Stuart Mill's harm principle and liberty distinctions

To whom does Mill's principle of liberty apply? To whom does it NOT apply? Mill justifies the liberty principle according to "the permanent interests of man as a progressive being" (On Liberty, p. 4). What are the strengths and weaknesses of this argument?

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