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We live in a country that rallies together when faced with domestic and international crises. Other domestic problems tend to be chronic in nature and often slip under the radar. The battle lines hav...
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Published: Sep 01, 2008
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In the distance, I see two police officers. I run to them believing they will help me find a way out of the madness. Believing they will bring me to safety.. Shelter from the storm. Free from the mad...
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Published: Aug 27, 2008
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The high rate of student mobility in Metro (approximately 40% per year) is further complicated by the constant shifting of school personnel.
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Published: Jul 12, 2008
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If MNPS truly wants a better-qualified staff, then Metro needs to take a closer look at the methods used to recruit, retain, and reward qualified teachers.
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Published: Jul 10, 2008
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Discusses the advantages of pre natal diagnosis and the value of being aware of potential complications before birth. Examines "quality of l;ifew" issues and definitions.
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Published: Jul 10, 2008
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Multiple fetal reduction is a medical procedure performed on women carrying multiple live fetuses after in vitro fertilization (IVF).
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Published: Jul 10, 2008
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Obtaining a graduate degree from the Ivy League was the worst investment I ever made. Not many people are willing to work for free, but I am one of them. Mostly because I cannot find a real job. All...
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Published: Jul 08, 2008
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Who'd a thunk it? That loneliness can become a family in it's own right? It is always there and it is always familiar. Who would have thought that solitude could become our greatest companion and that...
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Published: Jun 12, 2008
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Given the official release of performance data by MNPS officials, will less curious readers place too much attention to such bogus data and misconstrue this information making voluntary, de-facto dese...
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Published: Jun 09, 2008
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Testimony Given to the Governor's Roundtable on TennCare 1999 regarding sudden changes to Grier. Footnotes and signature file added on June 8, 2008 for Historical Reference.
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Published: Jun 08, 2008
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The Nashville City Paper previously reported that African-American students were out-performed by their white counterparts on the ACT (Metro ACT scores drop; Tennessee reaches new high, 2007).
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Published: Jun 08, 2008
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The Bell Curve Wars
Savage Inequalities
There Are No Children Here
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Published: Jun 08, 2008
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Behavioral disruptions prompted school administrators to pull the most effective teachers out of the classroom to enforce school policy while their classrooms remained empty or were covered by floatin...
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Published: Jun 07, 2008
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This document was created in response to an online forum concerning the TennCare Budget Crisis
by Elyssa Durant, Welfare Recipient. Yes, ANOTHER healthcare crisis in Tennesseee- 2008.
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Published: Jun 06, 2008
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Hoarding and Collecting is a most prevalent in people with a primary diagnosis of Obsessive Compulasive Disorder. Some collect cats; others collect newspapers-- as for me? I collect information!
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Published: May 21, 2008
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What arguments can be presented for against the use of school vouchers for parochial schools? How is the issue of school vouchers for sectarian institutions different or similar from issues surroundi...
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Published: May 12, 2008
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What is "real?" Something we can touch? Something we can feel? Someone we can love?
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Published: Apr 22, 2008
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Do you really want to know what happens to children in state custody once they turn 18? This article addresses the problems associated with transitioning youth out of Child Services and into adulthoo...
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Published: Jan 23, 2008
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What happens to my written works that I have so carefully created? Do they just float around in cyberspace forever? Are my words now immortal? Does that make me grandiose or paranoid?
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Published: Jan 16, 2008
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Modern technology has given us the capability to correct genetic abnormalities and imperfections, yet on the other, we must ask ourselves if this capability gives us the right to manipulate the evolut...
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Published: Jan 16, 2008
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You Know You Have OCD When...
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Published: Jan 16, 2008
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Anyone forced to make a decision about the quality of one's life is faced with an awesome responsibility that inherently demands some sort of value judgment in when considering life's options.
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Published: Jan 15, 2008
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An interview with Stand for Children in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Published: Jan 10, 2008
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Added security measures in urban classrooms changes the school environment. For some students, school is a mere extension of the violent communities in which they live.
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Published: Jan 10, 2008
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Individuals diagnosed with the AIDS virus are frequently isolated and alienated by friends and loved ones. By implementing mandatory AIDS testing to health care workers and/or patients, we would only ...
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Published: Jan 07, 2008
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OCD, PTSD, Good Fences, Good Neighbors, Good Friends, Psychology, Sociology
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Published: Jan 07, 2008
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Do the long term outcomes of school choice and voucher programs exacerbate the inequality between the rich and the poor?
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Published: Jan 07, 2008
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How will the theft of ALL personal information from the Davidson County Election Commission affect voter regsitration, voter turn-out, and voter "apathy" in the upcoming election? Will people still r...
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Published: Jan 06, 2008
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Twenty questions that keep me up at night....
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Published: Jan 05, 2008
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Financial incentives to deny health care to beneficiaries in managed care organizations. Why this does NOT work for persons with chronic illness and diseases. HIV, AIDS, and mental illness discussed.
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Published: Jan 02, 2008
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This paper discusses the major historical efforts to legislate organ transplantation in the United States. In addition to discussing the problems found within the current system of voluntary donation...
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Published: Jan 02, 2008
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Why have so many people encountered so many random barriers to health care in addition to those obstacles strategically placed in the system? Medicaid is in fact an entitlement program.
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Published: Jan 02, 2008