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Allen Ginsberg's childhood and influences on his poetry

Allen Ginsberg was born to Louise and Naomi Ginsburg on June 3, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey. His father Louise was a poet, a high school teacher, and a restrained Jewish Socialite. His mother Naomi Levy was Communist and a nudist -- who went insane in early adulthood.

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Catholic Voices' influence on media coverage of Pope's 2010 UK visit

Catholicism and its surrounding faith were given a stern test in 2010 with a number of potentially scandalous accusations leveled against it.

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Otherness and fear of the unknown in American and anthropological texts

Otherness is a part of the human condition. The harm this fear-based perceptive lens causes can be catastrophic.

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FDA v. Brown and Williamson Tobacco: agency authority and congressional intent

The case above is more focused on administrative law, the scope of authority of a governmental agency, than the legal precedent regarding smoking. If the U.S.

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Developing and practicing empathy in social work relationships

From a worker's perspective, empathy consists of being able to "attend to the environment" of the work situation and the various features and actions of this environment (Deakin 2011).

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Mental degradation in Earle Birney's "Bushed"

Bushed" by Earle Birney performs double-duty as it sits atop the poem. It describes the physical state of a man who has become lost in the wilderness or the "bush." The word bushed also, however, acts as an adjective of emotion, describing the state of the protagonist as not only lost in the…

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Phenomenological approaches to understanding addiction and recovery experiences

The Wounded Healer: A phenomenological investigation of the recovering substance abuse counselor -- Ham This article sought to provide an understanding of the interconnections between self, identity and addiction through the use of qualitative methods.

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Counseling an eleven-year-old girl struggling with social isolation and low self-esteem

The case of Beth, an eleven-year-old attending the sixth grade at a local elementary school within her community, involves many of the symptoms common in cases where a child is simply within the wrong environment.

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HUD economic development programs and urban planning strategies

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD 2009) offers a series of programs intended to provide incentives to local government entities for promoting economic development.

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Impact of interruptions on clinical task completion

The title of the article, "The impact of interruptions on clinical task completion," is particularly apt to the study being described, as it summarizes precisely what the study will cover.

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