This is a location of Love Canal. ... Over 900 families lost their homes while many others lost their life's from diseases that they had gotten from the exposure. ... But, like everything at Love Canal, what has actually happened defies common sense: the government has re-sold some of the houses on the site, and 70 families have moved back into the same homes that were evacuated in 1980 (more than a hundred more, all interested in the cut-rate real estate, were turned away). ... Subsequent development of the area would see hundreds of families take up residence in the suburban, blue...

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With OCD patients "family accommodation" is something that is seen very frequently. Family accommodation refers to the family of the OCD stricken person's attempts to help them and accommodate their disorder in any means necessary. ... Currently only one measure, the Family Accommodation Scale, addresses family accommodation in OCD. ... Pauls, 2011) In a family you will do anything and everything humanly possible to help a family member that is sick or has a disease or disorder. ... She said that she did love Scott and still does, but that he needs help and that she does not kno...

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The only ones that truly loved him were his family members, but even they had to face the consequences of his regime. ... This was very hard on the young revolutionist since he had loved Kato very much. ... Alliluev Family After Kato's death it was hard for Stalin to believe that he would ever love anyone again, especially as passionately as he did his first wife. His attitude towards love soon changed once he had met Nadezhda Alliluyeva. ... Instantly, she fell in love with him. ...

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What is the American family? ... There are many kinds of family systems in the world; the English family is but one of them. ... "2 Whether the American family resembles other families in the wide world or not is a matter of the American‟s concept of the family. ... "9 In fact, the chief effects of the family change are reflected in family relationships. ... In general terms, the world of American family drama shows a concern for family failure and destruction. ...

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It was expected of women to follow through with their assumed roles and position in society as well as in their family. ... Nature, in these respects, may safely be left to herself; let women only acquire knowledge and humanity, and love will teach them modesty." ... It gives women a chance to grow as a person and then, as a result, potentially share the good works with the family. ... Once women have reason and can handle certain feelings of love and the emotions that carry along with that, they will be able to truly love someone and be the wife that the husband needs. ... The two that rea...

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Part I The social problem I am drawn to explore and discuss is one parent families. ... One parent families are becoming more common than the nuclear family that consists of a father, mother and children. ... Money is a common concern for many one parent families as well. ... Some single parents would love nothing more than to have the other parent involved but for whatever circumstances, they are unable to. ... I was sure that he did not love or care about me and my very nature was unlovable. ...

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His illegitimacy, small physical size and lack of parental love caused him to constantly strive for status with the other boys. ... In Manson's family, he used three of the seven methods used to influence and recruit a new member of his family. The first one being, love bombing. ... In Manson's family, if a new person wanted to join the "family- they pretty much had to agree with what everyone else was saying because if they did not do this, they would feel as if they were not part of the family. ... There was no family at all with any of those girls so family or outside friends had...

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The power of love in Toni Morrison's Sula was manifested in relationships involving family, friendship and sex. ... Meanwhile, the families of the children Nel and Sula are contrasted. ... Within the family, the power of love is evident. The Morrison characters are so strong that they risk creating dysfunctional families because they are seldom able to transfer their strength to the generations that follow them. ... These actions, set the background of Eva's unconditional love and having allowed a train to cut off one of her legs to get the money to support her family, compounds her...

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Genetics, how your raised, your social environment, family history, and if you hang out with heavy drinkers, you are more likely to develop a drinking problem. ... The fourth stage of alcohol use is that they have become preoccupied with getting intoxicated and have social, educational, or family life problems. ... A way to prevent alcoholism is to change family or community dynamics. ... Some of the tools used are interventions, which is talking to family and friends to listen to their concerns of the alcohol user. This can be a good start or can make the problem worse, because the alcohol u...

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As Ruth Klüger felt when her mother was given one last chance to leave: My heart pounded, for I would have loved to leave, even if it had been a betrayal of her. ... Hopefully they understood that their parents loved them so much that it became so unbearable to let them go. ... This made it very difficult to communicate with his foster family. ... There were cases where the family was extremely excited to have a new member of the family. ... Whereas this foster mother says the words "You shall be loved" this is exactly what these children need. ...

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My entire family consists of Democrats. ... I believe in the golden rule, and i feel like love should be universal, not pointed towards close family and friends. ... I will literally bring up certain ideas and topics just to get him started because he is so easily irritated and loves to pull the race card on everybody and their grandma. He considers himself as a Democrat because the rest of our family is Democrat as I stated before. ... I love him but he just shouldn't speak on political matters sometimes. ...

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He interweaves his ideas of love, enchantment, and Christian theology into almost all of his fictional books, especially the Narnia children's novels. ... However, Lewis describes love unlike many other authors, screenwriters, and actors. ... To show that love and hate intercedes in every aspect of life, author C. ... There are many symbols that show Christ's love, including that of Aslan as a great lion. ... Another theme that is shown throughout the novel is that of enchantment, ultimately (and only achieved) though and by the love of Christ. ...

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"Love can sometimes be magic. ... In Slumdog Millionaire, love certainly conquers all. ... The results of a US study published in the Journal of Family Psychology states, "It is rather remarkable that so many people would think that there is no possibility that their marriage will end in divorce when half or more of all marriages are terminated in divorce...positive illusions about marriage appear to be more powerful than illusions about other aspects of life."1 When the reality does not live up to our 'fairytale-Slumdog' visions, love can transition from being indestructi...

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Dad never worked or did anything for his wife and family. ... First he was absconding for many years leaving family struggling with life alone behind. ... This family now sucks! ... I told myself that if the head of the family (her father) was so generous and kind every one else in the family would be the best. ... I was slowly learning about Robinson family and was adapting to the family atmosphere and maintained myself accordingly. ...

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With that said, showing love, attention, and affection to children during difficult times, especially times with financial imbalance within the family, can help prevent potential emotional development problems. ... This includes the amount of love they receive from their parents, the noise levels that are in the household, whether or not they are being challenged intellectually, and if the financial state that the family is in is healthy, or the opposite. ...

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The dynamics of "being in love" are complex and multifaceted. ... The term is generally used to describe an eventual love that is strong. ... The findings raise the question: "Does the heart fall in love, or the brain?" ... "These results confirm love has a scientific basis," says Ortigue. ... By identifying the parts of the brain stimulated by love, doctors and therapists can better understand the pains of love-sick patients. ...

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It was just another typical Friday night; school was the usual amount of boring and stress all thrown together. I was with my closest friends on our way to Disneyland, our usual Friday night adventure when there wasn't a very important football game to attend. We jammed out to our favorite music as ...

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Psychology Final Chapter 13 - Stress, Coping, and Health * The biopsychosocial model holds that physical illness is caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors * Health psychology is concerned with how psychosocial factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of health and with the causation, prevention, and treatment of illness * Stress is any circumstance that threaten or are perceived to threaten one's well being and that thereby tax one's coping abilities * Frustration occurs in situations where the pursuit of some goal is t...

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Julia Kristeva's description of the abject is a good frame for, "Women in Love," because nausea--the most evident reaction to the abject--permeates the novel. ... "Women in Love," contains all of these signifiers of the abject-outcasts, corpses, artists, women, and effluvia--but the greatest one of all is the unspoken backdrop of the war. ... Although Lawrence's novels, stories and essays are rife with abjection, Women in Love contains the most instances. ... England casts out Women in Love, refusing to publish it. ...

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Romeo and Juliet's love makes the transition from infatuation to a deep and sincere love.   ... In being faithful to her family, she is very compliant to the elders in her family. ... Juliet is also compliant to her family when she is at the feast that her family throws. ... Once this compliant young girl who is faithful to her family meets Romeo, the love she experiences begins to transform her. ... Juliet is now more excepting of love. ...

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Their love is said to be "overthrowed", the whole conflict between the families and their love for each other gets way out of hand. ... Although her family does not know it, she is disobeying the wishes of her family. ... Juliet starts to say things against her family, for instance. ... Deny thy father and refuse thy name" " Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn by my love and I"LL NO LONGER BE A CAPULET" De-grading her family name totally. She is rebelling against her family while it is not her fault, she fell in love and by no fault of her own is torn between Romeo and Capulet. ...

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I was led to this topic primarily through my family's personal experiences, when my youngest sister was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. ... I wanted to discover more about how one can provide help and comfort to sick and dying children and their families. It is immediately apparent that the social woker's role is a crucial one - providing information and comfort to families and children as they attempt to make sense of a new and frightening world. ... Stevenson (1995) argues that art therapy allows children to informally express their emotions, without having to talk about them ...

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The Chinese attach great importance to the confirmation of the relationship of love. ... Ancient scholars prefer to use "read beans" to pledge love, so it's also called the "love seed". Nowadays, the popular way of love pledging include the exchange of rings, taking a photo together and some romantic way such as planting tree as the eyewitness of love. ... Meeting of the Parents When the young people in love start to talk about the wedding, it is a custom that the parents from both sides will hold a formal meeting around the love pledging day, which means that both fa...

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Romeo and Juliet come from feuding families, but they defy the feud and fall in love. ... In the end, Romeo and Juliet's love finds a tragic way to overcome the hate between their families. ... She is practical, honest, and loyal to herself and her family. ... Because of the fact that Romeo is from a family which is feuding with Juliet's family that the love is tainted from the very beginning. Juliet's family wishes for her to marry Paris a Kinsman to the Prince. ...

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I love my family dearly and wouldn't trade them for anything! ... I love every part of our fun-filled Sunday! ... I love seeing what my stocking holds for me. ... Diego loved people as much as he loved to run and jump and chase anything that moved; squirrels, leaves, bubbles, you name it. I love seeing him so playful and happy with our family that he has been blessed with. ...

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