attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on 7/11 in Elizabeth NJ at the immaculate Conception School on Prince Street. It was an open-discussion meeting. It reminded me of any therapeutic group; although it did seam more structured and ritualistic‚ almost like a religious group. Before the meeting‚ everyone was socializing gathered around coffee and cookies. Most people seemed to be very close to each other. There was a stand with many pamphlets containing information about alcoholism‚ the program‚ their
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NA Meeting paper Prin. Chem. Dep. 5300 B Before I attended the NA meeting‚ I had felt more than a little apprehensive; I really wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the meeting and that made me very nervous. I have talked to and listened to addicts and recovering addicts many times before‚ my brother is a recovering addict and a few friends are also‚ but that did not prepare me for the sadness‚ grief‚ and happiness I saw in this meeting. The meeting started out with the person
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12 Step Meeting How did the meeting start? It all started with an opening speech from the guest speaker who was once an alcoholic and has been sober for over 22yrs. Was one of the 12 Steps discussed‚ or many? Yes‚ all 12 steps were discussed in brief during the meeting since it was the first 12 steps meeting for this new group. Was there a personal testimonial? Yes‚ the floor was opened to all members who are willing to share their personal testimonies. Eleven people shared their
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6th‚ I went to an AA meeting in the Heights Vietnam Veterans Memorial Building between Manhattan and Summit Avenues in NJ‚ Jersey City. The meeting started around 10:30 AM and ended around 11:30 AM. Before the meeting‚ lots of coffee‚ tea and donuts were served to the people. There were about 50 people that showed up to the meeting‚ 35 of them were males and the other 15 were females. Most of them were either old or middle aged. The meeting consisted of a podium which had about five rows of metal folding
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Meeting Scheduler Software Requirements Specification 1 Introduction This document specifies all the requirements for the Meeting Scheduler software system that aimed to help people scheduler their meetings. 1. Purpose The purpose of this document is to provide a software requirement specification for the Meeting Scheduler software system by listing the system functional and non-functional requirements. This document also presents non-functional requirements system dependency‚ non-functional
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The type of meeting I decided to attend was an Alcoholics Anonymous held on campus by a fellow University of Cincinnati student. She said that she decided to begin to hold the meetings on the UC main campus because she has had a long history of being an alcoholic and she knew that out of a university of 30‚000+ students‚ she could not be the only person suffering from this condition. There were two additional people who attended the meeting (a male and a female)‚ as well as six classmates who were
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Organizational meetings can be just as detrimental to a company as they can be beneficial. Which category the meeting falls into will determine the overall success of the organization. Let’s first take a look at what it takes to run a successful meeting‚ then analyze whether Defense Finance‚ and Accounting Service uses meetings effectively based on current experiences. What does it take to run an effective meeting? The author of Managerial Communication Strategies and Application‚ Geraldine E. Hynes
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Letter to the Editor Jeremy Rifkin ’s article‚ “A Change of Heart About Animals” argues that animals are more like humans than we imagine and as a result should be treated with the care that they deserve. Rifkin develops and supports his argument using facts about the animals and these facts end up touching hearts. In order for Rifkin to get his point across he uses a smart technique by using pathos and plays with the emotions of his audience. Rifkin loves animals and his passion and love evokes
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painful experiments. Animals should be able to play with each other because they have emotions. In Jeremy Rifkin’s article‚ “A Change of Heart about Animals”‚ he states that “studies on pigs show that they crave attention and are easily depressed if isolated”. This fact shows us that people don’t really care what animals go through. Some may argue that it
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n n n n n n 2nd Edition Manage meetings 0 BSBADM502B ~ • 1 StudentVVorkbook CJ 0 CJ 0 IBSA lnnovotion 8. Business Skills Australio INDUSTRY SKILLS COUNCILS Creati ng Australia ’s Future 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 gl 0 gl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 u u 0 0 0 n ( n n n n n n n n n n n 0 0 0 Student Workbook BSBADM502B Manage meetings 2nd Edition 2010 u u u u u (__‚ L; 8 u Part of a suite of support materials for the BSB07 Business Services Training
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