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Personal reflections on mortality and fear of death

We are all, from the moment of our birth, proceeding to the same final endpoint -- death. But while we know how life is created, what occurs at the end of life remains a mystery.

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Lenn Goodman's moral minima framework and its relativistic limitations

Moral Minima" (the Good Society, 2010), Professor Lenn Goodman presents a framework for what he considers the most basic moral principles that underlie an objective approach to universal morality in human societies.

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Evaluation of Police Foundation and law enforcement crime analysis websites

Positive Components. This Web site provides a comprehensive overview of its history and mission, as well as presenting a wide range of law enforcement-related resources that are available online as well as in print.

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Evaluating teacher candidates' technology integration through portfolio assessment

Jason and Daphne initially wished to interview the host teachers as part of the evaluation. One can only surmise that during the interview the questions would have been qualitative in nature therefore ensuring that there was a mixed research design to the evaluation.

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Discourse shifts, mutual obligation, and personal values in social work

It is evident that the shift in discourse throughout the last few years has (for the most part) positively impacted almost the entire aspect of social work.

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Best alternative to a negotiated agreement concept and process

The Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA) concept was first introduced in Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving in (Fisher, Ury & Patton, 1991)

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Food stamp program usage rates and regional eligibility variations in 2008

The eligibility and the actual usage rate varied from state to state in 2008. A statistics provided by USDA (2010) shows that out of the 41,055,000 people eligible for the food stamp program, 67% of the population made use of it.

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Death rituals and religious beliefs in human grieving

The loss of loved ones to death is one of the most emotionally traumatic experiences in human life. Nevertheless, death is an inevitable aspect of life and almost everyone does, unfortunately, experience the loss of a loved one several times in life.

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Funeral rituals and psychological closure in grief recovery

Human societies represent myriad different cultures and social rituals but the degree to which they rely on those types of shared organized behaviors is much more consistent.

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A personal review of The King's Speech film

I saw the King's Speech because of the positive 'buzz' it had generated in the press. Like many film buffs I enjoy seeing the likely Oscar-winners in the theater. I was expecting a rather staid, well-acted British drama but many aspects of the film resonated with me on a much deeper level.

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