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    travellers in britain

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    travellers 1968 Seebohm Report (White Paper) 1970 Social Services Act 1974 Colwell Inquiry (Inquiry Report) 1975 Better Services for The Mentally Ill (White Paper) 1982 Social Workers: Their Roles and Tasks (Report) 1983 Mental Health Act 1968 Disabled Persons Act 1988 Butler-Scoss Inquiry (Inquiry Report) 1989 Children Act 1990 NHS & Community Care Act 1995 Carers (Recognition & Services) Act 1997 New NHS: Modern‚ Dependable (White Paper)

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    Drag birthday surprise

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    Drag’s Birthday Surprise: A Tiberius Story by Keith Harvey Sometimes the postman came to Tiberius’ house‚ but not very often. Occasionally he had a letter from a friend who had moved away to another village and sometimes his aunt would send him a letter‚ or even a parcel! Tiberius was halfway through his breakfast of cheeseflakes when he first heard the postman’s cheery whistle. ‘Great!’ thought Tiberius. ‘It sounds like a letter or‚ even better‚ a parcel is coming my way.’ The whistling got

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    Montgomery 1  Braelyn Montgomery  Professor Jared  WRT 111  1 April 2015    Unnecessary Labeling of Genetically Modified Organisms    In Thomas A. Hemphill and Syagnik Banerjee’s article‚ ​ Mandatory Food Labeling for  GMOs‚ ​ they discuss why genetically modified organisms (GMOs)  in the United States are not  and should not be labeled. Throughout the article Hemphill and Syagnik explain that the FDA is  in charge of creating food product labels‚ but that the labeling of GMOs are not needed for 

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    Gladwell's Tipping Point

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    Malcolm Gladwell’s book The Tipping Point offers a fascinating and insightful way to think about the issue of epidemics. Those elements Gladwell believes are the basis for why epidemics start allows the reader to think about their world in a way they never thought they could. I would not have thought of Sesame Street or Blue’s clues as being defined as epidemics. When one thinks of an epidemic‚ one thinks of AIDS‚ or some form of disease so widespread that it must be contained and a cure provided

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    Analysis on “The Boeing Company: Moonshine Shop” Summary: In this report‚ I reflect upon the challenges that an established firm such as Boeing faces in doing innovative activities‚ and how it tackles them. As the world’s leading aerospace company‚ Boeing was one of the largest US exporters in terms of sales‚ with revenues in excess of $50billion. The rising success of competitor Airbus meant that Boeing was

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    Geology 101

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    First‚ we’ll make sure we know what these terms mean. Igneous and metamorphic rocks: igneous – rocks that have formed from the cooling of magma. Metamorphic rocks are rocks that have been altered. Amphibole etc. These are types of minerals that are part of the recipe of igneous rocks. Plutonic: cooled beneath the earth surface Felsic: more feldspar mineral and more silica Mafic – more magnesium and iron rich minerals. Peridotite – the rock that forms in the mantle – lots of minerals

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    Malcolm Gladwell

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    related to a person’s character‚ and this theory is well applied when studying the criminals. As Gladwell insists‚ “[Broken Windows Theory and the Power of Context] are both based on the premise that an epidemic can be reversed‚ can be tipped‚ by tinkering with the smallest details of the immediate environment” (Gladwell 157). The outcome can be a whole different story by a simple and trivial factor. Similar to Broken Windows Theory‚ if one is at the place‚ where is dirty and depressed and has relatively

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    Jena 6 Case Study

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    22) Why did the Jena 6 draw such attention? Why does Alexander think civil rights organizations have not devoted enough attention or resources to resisting mass incarceration and the drug war? The Jena 6 case follows the history of six black kids that beat a white classmate‚ they were charged with attempted murder. Nevertheless‚ people stood up for them‚ according to Alexander people only did this because the topic around their sentencing was controversial due to the practice of hanging nooses from

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    Senior Citizens

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    Senior Citizens’ Profiles from San Pedro Resettlement Area Cooperative Inc.‚ (SPRACI) City of San Pedro‚ Laguna The following questions were used to conduct the interview: * Name * Location * Age * Civil Status * Educational Attainment * Benefits received from the Government * Benefits wished to receive from the Government * What are the Physiological Changes you Experienced and What are your views about those * Unforgettable Experiences/ Lessons in Life

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    Techno Smart or Techno Not so Smart Society has become very dependent when it comes to technology resources. In the articles “Is Google making us Stupid?” by author Nicholas Carr and “Mind Over Mass Media” by author Steven Pinker‚ both authors express their views on technology and how it is affecting today’s society. In most cases the first thing most people do is grab a computer‚ smartphone or tablet to search up pretty much anything. It can be anything from researching an address‚ telephone

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