ASM 1: Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer to specialists 1.1 – Substance abuse covers misuse of a range of mind altering substances. It can have a severe impact on your functioning as well as your physical health. Substance abuse or misuse is defined as the continued misuse of any mind-altering substance that severely affects person’s physical and mental health‚ social situation and responsibilities. Alcohol dependence is the most common form of substance misuse‚ but any drug
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Gatsby was not always a wealthy and successful man. He grew up with the name James Gatz on a farm in North Dakota. He was born into a middle class family and later on started working for a millionaire‚ Meyer Wolfsheim. Although‚ Wolfsheim’s job was bootlegging illegal liquor‚ Gatsby got inspired by the success and realized he wanted to turn his own life around and become a millionaire as well. He started dedicating his life to the achievement of becoming wealthy and also started making his fortune
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Green computing or green IT‚ is the study and practice of efficient and eco-friendly computing resources (Gingichashvili‚ 2007). Green computing is basically learning to use computer resources more efficiently to help the environment as well as energy savings. Green computing helps to promote the usage of biodegradable products and recycle computer components whenever possible. In my opinion‚ green computing is an energy saving system that helps to save the environment and save electricity bills
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To what extent have Prime Ministers become more powerful in recent years? (40 marks) The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the head of government and so exercises many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign‚ who is head of state. According to custom‚ the Prime Minister and the Cabinet‚ which he or she heads‚ are accountable for their actions to Parliament‚ of which they are members by modern convention. Within the current government
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Why Emotional Intelligence Is Important To Have In The Workplace MGMT 201 11/21/2013 Introduction There are many different characteristics a person needs to possess in order to be an effective leader and to be an asset to a company. Besides having a high IQ a leader must be able to evaluate a business environment‚ manage tasks efficiently‚ promote strategic thinking and innovation‚ and manage change. All the traits just mentioned are extremely important‚ although‚ recent
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The Green Dream (Great Gatsby Essay) What is the “American Dream”? Is it tangible or metaphysical? Is it attainable or forever out of our reach? Is it a capitalist plot to keep the proletariat in their place? I am sure I do not know exactly‚ but noteworthy novelist‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ has an interesting take on the idea. In his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ he satirizes the American Dream so well through the usage of imagery and symbolism that the reader often finds themselves drifting indolently towards
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usually just see the negative impacts. Social media has much more good‚ than bad in it. According to Sarah Lee Katz from CNN "On the whole‚ teens said that they feel that social media has a more positive than negative impact on their social and emotional lives." (Katz) Social network sites spread information faster than any other media. (procon.org) 1.4 billion people use facebook world wide. (statisticbrain) According to socialnetworkingprocon.org‚ over 50% of people learn breaking news through
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are stories to tell‚ friends and enemies to be made‚ and money to be had. But these things are all greatly affected by where and when a person is from. The setting of a person’s life will change who they will meet‚ what opportunities they will have‚ how much money they will make‚ what they will believe‚ and eventually who they become. Changing the setting of a person’s life‚ could entirely change who they are. This is especially evident when one looks at the cultural changes that the world has gone
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dream as‚ "That pursuit of a better existence [and] a higher quality of life through hard work‚ determination‚ and devotion." While this may be what many of the characters in The Great Gatsby believe (Jay Gatsby in particular)‚ one critical ideal is discarded in Fitzgerald’s twisted refinement of Franklin’s definition: morality. It is apparent that Jay Gatsby achieves his wealth and social status through illegal and immoral means‚ such as bootlegging alcohol. The irony becomes remarkably stunning when
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Throughout crime statistics‚ crimes of the powerful‚ for example white collar‚ corporate and state crimes seem to be almost non-existent. Over the last few decades crimes of the powerful are beginning to gain some sort of emphasis with regards its recognition. Crimes of the powerful have been gaining awareness since approximately the mid 1980’s. For example legislations towards corporations have been changed‚ gradually establishing criminal categories. Relatively recently it has been recognised that
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