Evacuation was as common as eating crawfish in New Orleans. Yet‚ Hurricane Katrina was like a whale stuffed into a stockpot. August 2005 Katrina blew through Louisiana. I was thousands of miles away from my home with a feeling as empty as a Stockpot. I didn’t understand why it was happening to us. The new broadcaster that morning‚ spoke of Katrina as a tropical storm‚ but my mother had an unsettling feeling about this one. She insisted we pack with hast so we could evacuate early. See‚ we always
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I have a strong urge to explain the events over the years which I feel greatly contributed to the start of my still undiagnosed but now obvious journey into both types of Borderline Personality Disorder described in this video. I don’t know what I expect to gain from this but welcome any comments on my story that anyone has. I literally began the spiral into the 1st type of outward acting BPD probably I would say at 13 after my dad got a job in another town and we moved there two months into grade
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Making use of reflective examples from your own experience of being a protégé‚ identify the contrasting ethos and approaches used in developing and delivering mentoring in a sporting and business context. I am going to be writing about my experience as being a protégé in my first year at university and to reflect on how my mentor has helped me in my academic year and theories I have used to be able to do this. Also how it can benefit me in the future in sport and business. Also I will be talking
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I have always had problems sleeping due to trauma and have struggled for years to help myself control my insomnia and not let it control me. Sometimes it would come in handy and I could use it to my advantage but most of the time it just ruined me‚ my attitude‚ my focus‚ and my ability to cope. Naps were out of the question‚ I would literally have to stay awake until my body and mind gave out‚ something had to give eventually. No matter what I did‚ how much I exercised‚ what I ate‚ how much caffeine
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Eating and drinking is assumed to be a simple activity of living and the skills involved in this everyday occurrence are often taken for granted. This essay will explore how eating and drinking is an important yet problematic health issue that requires medical attention. The purpose of this essay is to identify and demonstrate nursing skills and the nursing actions undertaken for eating and drinking. Fictional case studies will be used to display how the nurse can implement skills and actions according
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Token economy programmes (TEP’s) are mostly used in prisons and community-based projects to encourage pro-social behaviour‚ but in some cases they are used in treating eating disorders. Based on the principles of operant conditioning‚ they involve imposing a system of rewards that can be gained if a desired behaviour is performed. The programme enables staff to shape and modify a patients behaviour to what society redeems as appropriate and safe. The management draws up a list of appropriate behaviours
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During times of our lives we deal with stress. For instance‚ we stress about things from home‚ financial situations‚ and jobs as well. I know in dealt with stress in the past and also dealing with it right now. I try to find many ways with coping with my stress by exercising or doing other things to reduce the excessive tension. The term stress is the response of individuals to stressors. Stressors are events that threaten individuals and tax their coping abilities. I was in situations where my
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The papers I have chosen demonstrate my best work from English 101. The papers are an example of how I have grown as a writer throughout the semester. The portfolio contains the required “response to an argument” paper and the “analysis of a person’s SNS” paper. These papers show my improvement in structure and in clarity. I learned how to correctly make a paper flow in such a way that makes sense and makes a strong argument. I also learned how to make my sentences and paragraphs easier to understand
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Eating Meat and The Treatment of Animals Eating animals is part of the daily life of billions of people all over the world. Every day‚ thousands of animals are killed for the production of food for people. We have been brought up eating meat and never questioned it. It is culturally accepted even though modern livestock and poultry production (factory farming) is cruel and gives animals no other purpose for existence except for human consumption. There are particular religions which prohibit eating
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I work for the American Red Cross in the Volunteer Services department. I have been with this organization for over 11 years. I previously worked in our military and international services department as a caseworker until about 2 years ago when I moved to volunteer services. This department is comprised of an Officer‚ Manager (me)‚ and 5 Specialists that are responsible for overseeing the recruitment‚ retention and recognition of volunteers in 80 counties along South Texas. Needless to say‚ I travel
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