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    Here: The Evergreen State Here in this small community‚ seemingly blocked off from the rest of the world‚ lies a small slate colored house with a large white tarp sheltering the driveway. Adjacent to it‚ is a fairly large camping trailer that‚ if it’s lucky‚ gets used for its intended purpose. The maroon deck in the foreground brings life and color to the dull‚ 1- story house. The front yard‚ in which I spent my childhood‚ seems everlastingly covered with the blades of the towering trees

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    Optical Illusions

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    Rachel Hahn Cheryl Blackwell Seminar November 2012 Optical Illusions An illusion is the distorted perception of a stimulus. They are not to be confused with hallucinations‚ which are false perceptions when there is no presence of a stimulus‚ in contrast‚ illusions are the misinterpretation of a true sensation (Illusion Wikipedia). Illusions are mundane phenomena‚ and are experienced by nearly everyone in similar ways where hallucinations are a personal experience and are typically limited

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    INTRODUCTION The promulgation of the Family Code of the Philippines1 heralded the grounds for marriages void ab initio‚ the most controversial of which is psychological incapacity. This ground is embodied in article 36 of the Family Code‚ which history may be traced to the Catholic Church‚ specifically Canon 1095 of the New Code of Canon Law. There are various interpretations and definitions assigned to psychological incapacity. In fact‚ currently‚ there is yet no exact definition to the term

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    Cruise Ship and Island Queen

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    MGB225 - Negotiation Simulation 3 (Assessed) – Island Cruise To be emailed to relevant team members in week 9 – strictly confidential MGB225 - NEGOTIATION SIMULATION 3 (ASSESSED) WEEK 10 CAPTAIN STUART BING – TEAMS A‚ C & D ISLAND CRUISE Introduction In this exercise you will participate in a negotiation about a cruise ship and its rights to visit a tropical island. You will role-play this negotiation as either the director of the cruise ship or the mayor of the island. The issues to

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    cultures around the world examined disability through this model. From the required reading by Lisa Egan‚ titled I’m not a “person with a disability”: I’m a disabled person‚ she provides us with her view on the medical model. Egan states that‚ “a person is prevented from functioning in our society by their body or brain and it’s just tough luck. If they can’t handle it‚ it’s not the world’s problem.” (Egan‚ 2012) This excerpt from this article really exemplifies the medical model‚ and the ways in which

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    Group Dynamics – RESISTANCE Group therapy is a recognised means of helping people to develop self-awareness and overcome their problems. Unfortunately‚ there are a number of factors that can hamper the individual and the group process. Resistance is a major issue that often emerges in group therapy. In this essay the nature of resistance and the reasons for its prevalence will be explored‚ together with strategies the facilitator can implement to manage this issue within the group process and

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    Counseling Skillss

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    will focus particularly on implications for future development. Throughout‚ this essay will aim to bring to the reader an understanding of the importance of basic counselling skills in the achieving of an effective therapeutic alliance (Dryden‚ 2006; Egan‚ 2007; Geldard & Geldard‚ 1997; Geldard & Geldard‚ 2004; Nelson-Jones‚ 2000; Young & Chromy‚ 2005). Alliances which are essential to the counsellor/client relationship as they “are predictors of positive outcomes in all treatment programs... (and are)

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    walked into his Algebra class and shot his teacher in the back and two students in the chest. Apparently Barry did have a target that day‚ a popular boy who had teased him. "Guns and violent videos were always around the boy’s house‚" reporter Timothy Egan wrote in an editorial in the New York Times.

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    References: Braye‚ S and (1995) Empowering Practice in Social Care Preston-Shoot‚ M Buckingham OU Press CCETSW (1995) Assuring Quality in the Diploma in Social Work Paper 30: Revised edition Rules and Regulations of the Diploma in Social Work London: CCETSW Egan‚ G (1990) The Skilled Helper California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. (4th edition) Mullender‚ A (1996) Rethinking Domestic Violence: The Social Work and Probation Response‚ in Thompson (2000) Social Care (1988) Code of Practice for Social Care Association

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    Growin Up in the Hood

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    Growing Up In the Hood Is it a coincidence that highly urbanized areas are full of crime and always statistically higher than small towns and rural areas? A child that is being brought up in a metropolitan area that is full of violent crimes is flooded in a sense and has nothing to do but to breath in some of the negative influences that go on around him. Therefore‚ I believe that the most influential scene in a child’s life is the neighborhood that he grows up in. Parents cannot constantly

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