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    The cosmological arguments are inductive arguments based on an ‘a posteriori’ premise‚ which‚ despite having been introduced many years ago‚ continue to be prevalent today. An early example of the argument is within ‘Timaeus’‚ in which Plato proposed the idea that anything that has been created must be created by a cause. These arguments are intended to prove the existence of the God of Classical Theism by explaining that God must be the first cause of the universe; the being setting the world into

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    Define social death and describe some specific ways in which it is manifested. Social death is described as a concept that “is defined situationally by observing how a person is treated by others.” (Kastenbaum‚ 56) Even if an individual is trying to be part of a group‚ they may be disregarded or rejected. Any person can experience social death because we are all at the mercy of our peers. All people are looking to be accepted and feel like they are part of something greater than themselves

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    can be used to draw up scenarios and conclusions. 2. When using questioning techniques to investigate incidents‚ why do you think it is necessary to be aware of culturally appropriate techniques when communicating with people from diverse backgrounds and with diverse abilities? Culturally appropriate techniques are necessary so as not to offend the interviewee through misinterpretation of questioning. Assessment activity 2 Scenario

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    People

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     by  a  variety  of  different  people  including  politicians‚   academics‚  and  activists.  These  critics  come  at  current  policy  from  a  variety  of  different  angles  but   agree  that  current  policy  is  harming  our  society  and  societies  close  to  ours.  A  large  part  of  the  pro-­‐ legalization  argument  is  based  on  the  United

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    People are people Autumn Heather Lundy Concorde Career College Friday‚ July 12‚ 2013 Prepared for MS Hill Multicultural competence is the ability to appreciate‚ value‚ interact with and benefit from difference cultures. Cultures are group with a common outlook. They may be racial or ethnic; male or female; of a certain sexual orientation belief or age (job readiness‚ 2013‚ page 104). You will always see in this world multicultural competence because every judges everybody. Before I was born

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    Task 1 Drawing on appropriate evidence from Chapter 5‚ describe how groups can influence people in positive and negative ways. Chapter five‚ it describes a range of social influences on people’s behaviour. In this essay I will look at how groups influence people both in the positive and negative sense. I will describe how group pressure and the ‘in groups’ and ‘out groups’‚ and conformity influence people in their daily lives. Group pressure is the demand by group members

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    over each argument one at a time to explain why I do not find them persuasive‚ starting with Anselm’s ontological argument‚ then Aquinas’ cosmological argument‚ and finally Paley’s teleological argument. First‚ Anselm’s ontological argument is not persuasive because the argument can be used to prove things that do not exist. The faulty logic is shown in Gaunilo’s Lost Island Objection because instead of putting God as the thing to prove‚ Guanilo puts an island‚ and the logic still holds up. However

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    temporary/specific explanatory style which mostly optimistic and mastery-oriented. People with this mindset view failure as temporary and as a challenge instead of an uncontrollable concept. Also form the Making hope happen article I would include strategies such as encouraging and demonstrating hope to all student‚ finding out what each child is passionate or likes and helping them work towards that‚ and just stressing the value of perseverance and effort. To get towards a more temporary/specific explanatory

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    A. Identify internal control principles 1.The first internal control principal is an applied establishment of responsibility. Only one designated person is authorized to handle the tickets. One roll is designated per shift and the manager locks the roll in the cash register. Also designating only one person like a cashier to handle cash and different individuals should be assigned the duties of receiving cash‚ recording cash‚ and custody of cash. 2.The next principal is the segregation of duties

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    Describe A Mentor

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    My definition of a mentor is a trusted and experienced advisor. A mentor is someone who trains a younger person so they can succeed. The mentor I have selected is Ray Broomhall. He was the Head Coach for the Nordic Ski Team at Mountain Valley High School. Ray was not only my coach but my father’s coach when he was in high school on the Nordic ski team. He was my Nordic Ski coach in 4th and 5th grade and then he was my coach all four years of high school. Even when I was racing on the middle school

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