...I'm so relieved to hear you were able to escape from your violent relationship. When I read about this volatile group, I was amazed to learn that in the 1800s and early 1900s wife beating was legal. Even after laws were drafted to no longer legally sanction wife beating, the courts still took the stand that what happened "behind closed doors" was no concern of the law (Burger, 2014). What is so sad about that mindset is that under situations of child custody, the courts still take a similar stance. They would rather not know how a child feels about a current living situation or custodian. They look at continuity as in the best interest of the child, and will not listen to what's happening "behind closed doors" unless you have admissible...
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...Behind Closed Doors It has been said that love is unconditional especially when concerning one’s children. What’s more precious than our children? So innocent and carefree, what is there not to love about children? A part of me may have believed that as a child, but as time went on, the unconditional love that my mother was supposed to have for me soon escaped me and led me to believe that my life was hopeless. I very seldom allow myself to look back to where I came from or spend time wondering how I got to the point that I am today. However, looking back now, into the dark corner of my mind, I can plainly see a great multitude of dysfunctional behaviors that leaves me wondering how I got as far as I have. Although the statistics are astounding, regarding the outcome of victimized children, I for one, realized the misconduct of the abuser, and focused on me and how I could make my life better. However, the road to my victory of overcoming the victim of circumstance was not without failure. My earliest memory draws me back to when I was a mere five years of age. The incident occurred on a Sunday morning when I was unable to find my “going-to-church shoes.” My father was big on church and was never late for the morning sermon. I was ready, as was my mom but I could not find my shoes. I sought out my shoes as if they were an important mission sent out by God himself, but to no avail. My father took notice of my unfortunate distress and chased me from behind as if to somehow...
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...Essential Conflict in Behind Closed Doors In the gripping thriller Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris, Grace navigates through the problems of trying to escape the hold of her psychotic husband, Jack. Paris utilizes the character versus character form of external conflict in this novel. At the beginning of the story, Grace, the protagonist, reveals that the man she just married is a psychopath who intends to harm Grace’s sister, Millie, to feed off her fear. Jack, the antagonist, works against Grace’s motives to escape, as he claims he will always be one step ahead of her. This conflict destroys Grace’s mental state as she cannot bear her new way of life, a maniac controlling her every move. Grace describes, “I cry even harder, thinking...
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...The American Court System Behind Closed Doors America first established its judiciary system around the same time the 13 British Colonies became established as individual territories. When it came down to it, Federalist battled Anti-federalist over the writing of the Constitution of the United States. The Anti- Federalist were opposed to the idea of a one centralized government while the Federalists on the other hand were all for a centralized government. What came next was the establishing of the Judicial Branch known as Article III. The start of the first court system came along with Congress passing, The Judiciary Act of 1789. The act established the United States circuit courts which were also known to be United States federal courts and were located in each of the federal judicial districts. The act also established the United States Supreme Court and its justices. It wasn’t until 1912, that the district courts became exercised and became the new federal trial courts replacing the circuit courts as original jurisdiction. Circuit courts became known as federal court of appeals. They no longer have the right to try a case first, which is now the district courts role in the judicial system. With 13 circuit courts and 93 federal judicial districts the two courts make up most of the judicial system in our country. That’s why it is imperative that we know the differences and the similarities between each court. After observing both courts for about 5 or so hours, I really...
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...One halloween, I was going camping with my dad. There were many attractions, as in, hey rides, fake graveyards, shows, ect. and the main attraction , the house of terror. I did almost every ride that day except for the house of terror at about 10:30pm. I walked up to the house of terror and It said ¨CLOSED OPENS AT 12:00 PM!¨and there was still a huge line, So, I got in the line. Finally, at 12:00pm they started letting people in through different doors, one at a time.Once it was my turn ,they let my dad in the door on the far left, and me in the door on the far right ; It was a huge maze with flashing lights,every corner I took either had, a person with a syringe or chainsaw, a wall, or another lost person. It wasn't very scary until I saw one of the people dressed as a zombie pick up the curtain wall and go under it and...
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...open began to slowly close. Lilly looked toward the approaching doors with a sunken pit in her chest. “No, no, no, no…” Lilly repeated as the door began to close. “Guys, pull!” “We are!” Paul shouted back. Paul and Silvia both strained their grips, taking hold of Lilly’s other arm and pulling with their legs. Lilly tried to inch back with her body, but felt herself continuing to be sucked in. Erica’s eyes widened as she saw the closing doors. “No, no, no!” Erica shouted. “Don’t worry!” Lilly shouted back. “We’re getting you out! I promise!” The door caught Lilly in a spiral, moving her with the other side of the slate. Erica, still in Lilly’s grasp, was pulled off of the wall. The fairy dangled above the center of the glowing green pit, endless screaming and torment awaiting her within. Closer and closer the door came to closing. Erica stared down into the immortalizing, bottomless torture chamber. Paula and Silvia screamed as they pulled back with all of their might. Lilly continued to pull on her arm, making little distance if any. Tears fell down her cheeks and into the green cyclone. Erica looked back up to Lilly as the doors grew closer to one another. “Lilly…” Erica said calmly. “I’m getting you out, I’m getting you out,” Lilly repeated to herself. “Lilly…” “Don’t worry,” Lilly said through a spill of sobs behind closed eyes. “I got you. I’m not letting go.” “Lilly, look at me,” Erica said. The doors drew nearer. Lilly opened her water soaked eyes to see Erica’s...
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...However its methods have been brought out of the shadows more in the recent years, and what has been uncovered does not sit well with many people. Some of the main contributors to the leak of information on the subject has been from documentaries, ones like Cowspiracy, Food Inc., or Earthlings. Each showcase the brutal mass murderings that occur behind the closed doors of the industry. From Slaughterhouse, a book written by Gail Eisnitz about the meat industry describes the punishment of the cow in a snip-it from her book, “ ‘All animals fear when they’re going to die,’ he said. ‘If he don’t want to go, if he falls down, they beat him with pipes, kick them, hit them with pieces of wood, stick them with knives, if he still won’t move, you wrap the cable around his neck and drag them in with the hoist. You drag them while they’re still alive. Choke them to death.’ ’ (138). This quote, which is graphic, tells what happens behind the closed doors of some plants. This, sadly enough, is not the worst that happens behind the doors, some instances have been caught on tape and shared with the media, for example, a small farmer who beat the cattle with a metal rod for...
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...exactly what you saw and experienced when you took the picture. I don’t think you should have any adjustments in terms of photoshop […] and I want to just capture life as it is without really interfering and I want it to reflect reality.” (1) In this statement McCurry is literally condemning the very act that he has been caught doing. For an individual to claim that they are against something in public and then perform that act behind closed doors is undoubtedly unethical. In addition, McCurry is also specifically targeting photoshop in this statement, which is in fact the same program he used to alter his photos. Moreover, Steve McCurry has also been accused of staging his pictures to capture a certain moment. Satish Sharma, an Indian photographer has recently claimed that he is, “not at all surprised at the digital manipulation (done by McCurry) to create the perfect frame. [He has] watched [Steve] rig (stage) his pictures.” (2) This is another example of Steve McCurry claiming to believe in one thing and then doing another thing behind closed doors. He preaches that a photograph should capture what an individual is seeing and experiencing at the moment. However, when it comes to taking his own professional photographs, McCurry will go out of his way to stage an event just to capture an idea in his head. Furthermore, Steve...
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...Workplace Surveillance Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace. Employees can be monitored through telephones, computers, the internet, voicemail, telephone conversations, instant message and surveillance. The employee will want to pay close attention to the company policy on privacy and electronic usage as much of these items are unregulated as stated on the privacyrights.org website. Your employer can listen, read and monitor most of your workplace communications. Even if the policy is paid attention to the employee will need to ensure they understand the implications of the privacy policy as it can be hard to say how a judge might decipher the policy which became clear to me during our reading of privacy in chapter four of our text (Halbert 2009). It is important for the employee to know when the communication crossed the line from being private to being property of the company. A big issue these days is how email and internet usage can be monitored and an employee can potentially lose their employment over misuse. It is said that some 28% of employers have fired their employees over misuse of internet as stated on the privacyrights.org website. Phone calls are also monitored when employees have conversations with customers. It stands to reason if an employee has communications with customers the business would have a right to monitor these calls. If an employee has a personal conversation the employer is required to stop...
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...REASONS BEHIND JAMMED GARAGE DOOR TRACKS There are times when the garage door track gets jammed .It could be due to a lot of factors, this reasons include, Cracked Garage Door Coils: Your garage door coil may be cracked. Check if the coil has been loosed and also if they have been broken. If your door coils are damaged then garage door track repair is recommended .It is not advisable to repair them yourself, you should take it to an expert for repair. Constrict Garage Door Bolt: If the bolt holding the garage door tracks is loose.it could cause the door track to get jammed. If you notice such problem, use a twist and constrict the bolt .If any nut is not complete, change them. Check for Rust: Rust is one of the major factor that can cause a door to jam .If the door track is very rusty ,then you should gently scrape of the rusty part .If you scrape roughly ,the door track might get damaged. You should always try to...
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...“Christian Gentry.” a lady in a white coat called my name. Mom patted my leg as she rose and whispered “Let’s go.”I trudged along behind her, shuffling my feet, through the hallway door and directly to the right into a room marked “Office.” “Please, sit down.” said the lady, and she smiled, settling herself into the black, leather chair behind the desk. “Hi, Christian. I’m Dr. Armstrong, but you can call me Dr. Ashton if you’d like,” she reached across the desk to shake my hand and smiled, “I’m just going to talk to your mom for a few minutes, and then we’ll go into another room and talk for awhile.” I absentmindedly shook her hand and met her gaze, expressionless. She turned to my mom; I half listened while staring at my feet. “So, Christian...
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...exit through the old wooden double doors. Old lady Lisa and her bubblegum popping granddaughter Holly, sheepishly approach the young pastor. Miss Lisa taps Jonathan on his broad shoulder to catch his attention; “Father Jonathan, that was a beautiful sermon-” “Beautiful” Holly interrupts, whilst clinging to the priest arm. Miss Lisa raps Holly over the head with her navy blue, gold trim paged, limited print, as seen on TV bible. Holly let out a mousy yelp and releases the Shepard's arm. Miss Lisa quickly gets between the two and continues her rudely interrupted conversation, “Yes, beautiful, but I actually came over to inform you about a shady figure going around town knocking on people’s doors. I- We are all aware that you stay here alone, with the lord of course, but if you would like; some of us...
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...to keep with the times. The judicial branch of the government is the branch that is elected by the President and confirmed by the Senate ("Judicial branch," 2013). Federal courts are in place to interpret the law ("Judicial branch," 2013). They cannot make, or enforce the law; they simply interpret it as the social trends dictate ("Judicial branch," 2013). For instance, in the early 80s, when society was afraid of same sex couples and what happened behind closed doors, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of upholding the original ruling in Bowers v. Hardwick. This ruling stated that it was constitutionally correct to uphold a charge of sodomy between two consenting homosexual adults behind closed doors ("Bowers v hardwick," 2013). Later, when it was more acceptable to be homosexual, the Supreme Court reversed its position in the case of Lawrence v. Texas. Like the state of Georgia, Texas had a law that stated there was to be no sodomy of any kind. It did not matter if it was between consenting adults behind closed doors. Since this case happened in 2003 when the Gay Rights Movement was gathering publicity and...
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...located at 3225 W. Gibson Lane, Phoenix, AZ 85009. I was working in the housing unit Control Tower. At approximately 1541 hours, Inmates Hogan, Reginald T329108 and Pereya, Steve T344308 of cell 12 were in the dayroom of A Pod for their one hour of dayroom access. At approximately 1542 I opened cell 6 via the control panel for Inmate Rudzinski, Joseph T356179, cell 6, bed 2 to come out for a legal visit. Inmate Rudzinski walked out of cell 6, Inmate Perez, Santiago T329108 pushed the cell door wide open and stood in the doorway. I ordered Inmate Perez over the PA system to close the door. I observed Inmate Rudzinski walk back towards cell 6 and push the door closed. Inmates Perez and Hogan then engaged in a mutual fight in cell 6. I immediately made a radio call to Security Control indicating there was an inmate fight in D-3, A Pod. I also made an announcement over the PA system for the entire housing unit to lockdown....
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...are critical to the counseling profession, uniting professionals in common beliefs, values, and actions and thus, promoting a collective professional identity while ensuring that individuals who belong to the profession engage in behaviors that place clients at the center of service delivery. The field of counseling has progressively expanded its efforts and focus on ethics, especially in the areas of scholarship related to ethics education (Corey et al., 2007). Calley explains that each professional counselor has an enormous responsibility to uphold the public trust and must seek high levels of training, education, and supervision in the ethical application of counseling practices, in particular because counselors often practice behind closed doors with little oversight. She displays this with the Ethics into Action Map which is a useful tool. She adds that human service organizations may find the tool particularly useful in addressing the complexities related to work within specific systems, attending to the multiple stakeholders directing services, and supporting professionals from varying backgrounds (i.e., counselors, social workers, psychologists) that have various ethical codes. Finally, the tool might prove helpful...
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