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Checks And Balances In Practice, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Dorothy Sayers On “The Lost Tools Of Learning”, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

The key to education is “learning how to learn.” We must first stand on the shoulders of the giants who preceded us before we can reach far enough to loose their embrace. A liberal arts education is to be liberating. But as Irving Babbitt noted, commenting on Edmund Burke, the basis of genuine liberty is an act of subordination or humility. We tend to mistake the part for the whole and exalt our partial discoveries into idols.

Management Perceptions & Attitudes Towards Privatization In Egypt, Dalia El-Demellawy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Public Policy & Economic Justifications For Renewable Energy, Dean Eyler

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

We lie at a unique place in history, one where humanity's drive to industrialize has created an environmental crisis that may threaten the very existence of the planet. The new challenges posed by environmental crises are becoming shockingly apparent. Scientists are discovering, and illustrating to policy-makers, new ways in which we are destroying the earth and its surrounding atmosphere. Although these kinds of revelations are by no means new, the scale of destruction in these scenarios is immensely greater. Warming of the atmosphere due to the greenhouse effect, depletion of the ozone layer, destruction of forests, acid rain, air pollution, …

The Effects Of The Presidency On The Epa, Patrick Cook

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

This paper is a study of how the Presidency affects, and has affected, the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA is a relatively new agency having only been created in 1970. Therefore, I have focused my research on the individual administrations from President Nixon to President Reagan. I shall present to you trends in presidential policy towards the Environmental Protection Agency, and how they have shaped the Agency, its direction, and its effectiveness.

To place this research in context, I will begin by presenting a history of the Environmental Protection Agency. This survey will focus on major events and important pieces …

The Relationship Between Self-Esteem And Achievement In An Rotc Leadership Development And Assessment Setting, Robert W. Dinnen

Masters Theses

This study was designed to determine whether there was a positive relationship between an individual's self-esteem and their achievement in a leadership development and assessment setting. While correlational studies have been conducted utilizing self-esteem and achievement as variables, no known study has been conducted with achievement at ROTC Advance Camp as a dependent variable. The hypothesis tested focused on determining if there is a positive relationship between self-esteem and achievement at ROTC Advance Camp. Sixty-six ROTC cadets from five select universities in the state of Illinois were administered the Barksdale Self-Esteem Evaluation Number 35. The results of their evaluation was …

"Easy Or Hard" The Mentality Of Survival: The Gi In Europe In World War Two, Brian R. Bowen

Masters Theses

An oral history compiled from recollections of fourteen combat veterans, documented by over forty hours of tape-recorded interviews, the paper recreates GIs' mentality upon entering combat. The formation of the collective mentality is examined by exploring the attitudes, motivations, and historical circumstances determining thought and actions of these reluctant, yet dedicated soldiers. The collective mentality, defined as the way of thinking allowing the majority to best cope with their predicament, answers why men fought and how they persevered once in combat. Explaining sustained combat performance the paper proves how the collective mentality gave Gls the will and ability to withstand …

Central City Transportation Management Plan, Portland (Or.) Lloyd District Task Force, Shiels & Obletz, Jhk & Associates, Meeting Points

Portland City Archives

No abstract provided.

Effective Communication In The Intranational Workplace: Models For Public Sector Managers And Theorists, John F. Kikoski

Political Science & Global Affairs Faculty Publications

This article discusses theoretical models for effective interpersonal communication in the intranational workplace for public sector managers in the U.S. Effective communication is complete when the message has been understood. A message has been understood when it has been both clearly sent and received. Effective communication is a requisite to every step in the organizational process--from the mutual recognition and understanding of a topic or problem that triggered the communication in the first place to its final resolution. The second classical model of interpersonal communication was published by David Berlo. Berlo elaborated upon the Shannon-Weaver model. He recognized that interpersonal …

The Evolution Of Federal Transit Policy, Sy Adler

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

Examines how the US federal government came to subsidize a greater share of transit industry costs than most other national governments. Since World War II, downtown activists sought to boost their transit systems in the face of increasingly intense competition from suburban business centers; the transit systems of Los Angeles and San Francisco in particular were shaped by this competition. Downtown activists tried, with varying success, to influence the newly formed regional transit agencies and the Federal Department of Transportation, created in 1964. The federal government's role in urban transit has been characterized by a tension between economic rationalization and …

0559: Benson J. Lubin Papers, 1904-1935, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Huntington, West Virginia, businessman, real estate agent. Papers relate primarily to his service in the first world war as a second lieutenant in the 58th Balloon Company, A.E.F., in France and include embarkation, payroll and other papers related to his duties as officer in charge of African American Brest Casual Company 1740 during its demobilization period; photographs and negatives.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Benson J. Lubin Papers, 1904-1935 here.

Graduate Bulletin, 1993-1995, Moorhead State University

Graduate Bulletins (Catalogs)

No abstract provided.

Kuwait Task Force: A Unique Solution To Kuwait's Reconstruction Problems, Patrick W. Carlton

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Research

Prepared in February 1993 on Civil-Military Operations during Operation Desert Shield/Storm 1991. This work documents the services of a unit of public officials, who I call 'public administrators in green.' These men and women, having entered on active duty with the U.S. Army, made a significant contribution to restoration of government services in Kuwait following the cessation of hostilities. Their work was recognized in December 2016 by the Reserve Forces Policy Board, which presented the Distinctive Service Award for 'exceptional, meritorious and distinctive service ...during the liberation and restoration of the government of Kuwait.'

Large Capacity Missile Carrier (Cmx), C. N. Calvano, J. M. Berner, J. M. Bradley, K. A. Tosiello, D. T. Hooker, C. F. Merrill

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

A systems engineering approach to the development of a radically different kind of surface combatant ship is presented, followed by a preliminary design of the ship shown by the analysis to be most effective. The requirement for the project was the development of a ship which would provide a major increase in the missile firepower of a battlegroup. The study conducts an analysis of four warfare scenarios and evaluates the effectiveness of replacing some Aegis ships with the missile carrier (CMX) and examines the relative utility of varying missile loads for the CMX. An alternative is chosen for further development …

Doing Justice By Doing Good: A Perspective For Australian Development Assistance, Laksiri Jayasuriya

Research outputs pre 2011

No abstract provided.

Journal Of The Community Development Society Vol. 24, No. 01, Robert F. Blair

Publications

The readers of the Journal of the Community Development Society have a wide variety of interests. This is not surprising since the members of the Community Development Society come from many disciplines and have different interests in community development. Some are practitioners, others are educators, and many are researchers. Often, they have all three functions in community development. The editors should attempt to meet the needs of all the members of the Society and the readers of the Journal.

Heaven On Earth: The Woman's Commonwealth, 1867-1983, Wendy E. Chmielewski

Library Staff Works

No abstract provided.

Drawing A Line Between Killing And Letting Die: The Law, And Law Reform, On Medically Assisted Dying, Lawrence O. Gostin

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Traditional medical ethics and law draw a sharp distinction between allowing a patient to die and helping her die. Withholding or withdrawing life sustaining treatment, such as by abating technological nutrition, hydration or respiration, will cause death as surely as a lethal injection. The former, however, is a constitutional right for a competent or once-competent patient, while the latter poses a risk of serious criminal or civil liability for the physician, even if the patient requests it.

Health Care Reform In The United States, Lawrence O. Gostin

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The author presents a brief description of the design features and objectives of the health care reform package, together with the reasons to support reform of the health care system in the United States.

Venezuela Y Su Encrucijada Ambiental, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

European Monetary Integration : Experiences And Future Prospects, Dieter Cassel, Thomas Apolte

CAPS Working Paper Series

In November 1991, some 12 years after the installation of the European Exchange-Rate Mechanism (ERM), a further step towards monetary integration in Europe was decided upon in Maastricht. This has led to an intensive debate among politicians and economists about the potential benefits and drawbacks of a European Monetary Union (EMU). In Germany, it is first and foremost the "scientific community", which doubts the benefits and emphasizes the risks concerning EMU (see BABELER; et. Al., 1992; BAREIS; et al., 1992), while most politicians and managers accentuate the benefits rather than the risks. In the other member countries, however, the situation …

International Migration In The Sudan, Kuot Mawien Kuot

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Job Satisfaction Of Nurses: A Comparative Study Between Public And Private Sector Hospitals, Alia Galal Shoeib

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Homosexuality And Public Policy, Gerard V. Bradley

Journal Articles

No need to lament the fate of Mr. Dysart, who does seem to have been a well-intentioned fellow.

The point of relating Dysart's travails is to bring to life, through one illustration, the American legal and constitutional tradition governing sexual immorality, from the founding until the 1960's.

Dysart's lawyers made no constitutional claim. The Supreme Court raised none of its own. The Justices did not even question their prior test for "obscenity." They simply declared that Dysart remained on its safe side, that as a matter of law the notices were not obscene.

I agree with the Supreme Court's conclusion. …

0560: Noah Lambert Papers, 1912-1926, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Civil War Confederate veteran. Papers consist of applications and affidavits for Lambert's pension as a Confederate veteran of the Virginia Co. Regiment, 16th from the state of Kentucky.

Lents: A Neighborhood Issues Analysis, Portland State University

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects

This document was prepared by graduate students at Portland State University in partial fulfillment of the Master of Urban and Regional Planning Degree. A comprehensive planning workshop was held during the Fall and Winter quarters of the 1992-1993 academic year. Workshop topics included an issues analysis during fall quarter and alternatives analysis during winter quarter. The alternatives analysis is still in progress and only this draft of the issues analysis is available at this time.

The purpose of this document is to assist in defining critical issues for the Lents neighborhood. In November of 1992, local citizens participated in a …

Colonial Resistance, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Reconstituting The American States, Steven A. Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

User Fees For Residential Waste Disposal: Issues, Feasibility And A Case Study Of Decision-Making (Ontario), Pietro Bertollo

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Canadian society generates huge quantities of solid waste, for which disposal is becoming more difficult. Landfill space is becoming scarcer and municipal jurisdictions are having to allocate greater and greater financial resources to this problem. The ultimate solution to the waste problem lies in reducing waste generation. Iii this area, there is considerable disagreement on how to achieve this goal. One school of thought advocates economic instruments such as user fees to induce people and societies to become more sustainable. This thesis examines the user-pay concept as a waste management tool. This thesis consists of a detailed examination of the …

Reflections On The Jeffersonian Ideal Of An Agrarian Democracy And The Emergence Of An Agricultural And Environmental Ethic In The 1990 Farm Bill, Linda A. Malone

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.