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    Homelessness describes the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are most often unable to acquire and maintain regular‚ safe‚ secure‚ and adequate housing‚ or lack "fixed‚ regular‚ and adequate night-time residence." Causes:  Unavailability of employment opportunities.  Poverty‚ caused by many factors including unemployment and underemployment.  Lack of accessible healthcare. People who have some kind of chronic and weakening disease but cannot get healthcare

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    being children‚ which makes them three times more likely to have severe health problems (cite). In talking about homelessness and children‚ I decided to talk about the Kimberly family. Kimberly‚ who lived on the streets from age seven to multiple trailers/homes and back to the streets has terminal cancer with only four months to live (cite). I choose the Kimberly family because her homelessness began since childhood due to parental situations and even though owning a home before she still ends up back

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    How does one become Homeless? The research topic I chose to write about is homeless individuals in Denver. Homelessness has become a problem in Denver‚ Colorado. Many families and youth are becoming homeless because of job layoffs‚ housing costs‚ and financial troubles. Additionally‚ the change of the housing market in Denver has escalated more than any other time; so many people have become homeless. These homeless individuals are forced to stay on the sidewalks of Denver and carry their belongings

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    in their position? Today I will be talking about the stereotypes that are put on the homeless and how wrong those stereotypes actually are. My argument will include the average age and gender of the homeless in Australia‚ the countless causes of homelessness‚ and the responsibility we have as a community and a country to ensure that in our future anyone who is hit with bad times isn’t cast straight onto the streets. I’m sure that if asked to describe the average homeless person you would all agree

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    the discussions and different points of view I realized sometimes there is more to it than what I thought. For example‚ psychological egoism‚ ethical egoism‚ and altruism. When I wrote my discussion altruism was my obvious choice‚ but after Dr. Mack responded to my post and reading other people’s posts‚ I still had my same view of altruism but I also started to have a better point of view about the other two egoisms. So‚ my worldview has changed and opened up for the better. As I previously stated

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    Youth homelessness in australia A homeless person is without a conventional home and lacks most of the economic and social supports that a home normally affords. She/he is often cut off from the support of relatives and friends‚ she/he has few independent resources and often has no immediate means and in some cases little prospect of self support. She/he is in danger of falling below the poverty line‚ at least from time to time. There are many causes for youth homelessness. Some youths become

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    The Battle Between Egoism and Altruism in The Iliad Being that I am a recovering addict‚ I have been looking at my actions more in depth and have come to the realization that all of my actions had a motive to them I believe. I was acting on egoism rather than altruism. Altruism is defined as the unselfish concern of the welfare of others while egoism is defined as the belief that self-interest is the motive for all human conduct. Upon doing my fourth step inventory‚ I was able to see how

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    Homeless students are one of the fastest-growing subgroups of students in the U.S. And while they are much more likely to fall off track and eventually drop out of school‚ they are also notoriously difficult to identify and subsequently help. More than 1.3 million students were homeless during the 2013-14 school year‚ according to a new report released by America’s Promise Alliance. That represents a 7 percent increase from the previous year and more than double the number of homeless students estimated

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    Otis sat at his tattered corner booth‚ the pale pink and teal upholstery ripped and worn by all those who had rested there before him. His charcoal-grey hair was oily and unkept as if he hadn’t known the pleasure of a shower or a comb since his early days in the war. His once green army jacket‚ faded to a light grey‚ covered the untucked‚ torn‚ and sweat-stained Goodwill T-shirt under it. He wore an old pair of denim blue jeans that were shredded in the knees and rested three inches above his boney

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    GWRTC 103 I am a current student at James Madison University and I am from the City of Richmond. Even though I am attending college in Harrisonburg‚ Virginia‚ I am still concerned about the things that go on in Richmond. While riding in a car or sometimes walking through the City of Richmond‚ I couldn’t help but notice the increase of homeless people. They are considered the lowest of the lows because their home is the streets and their clothes are unclean. They are treated as if they aren’t human

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