...Resource Links Wounded Warrior Resource Center The Wounded Warrior Resource Center Web site (WWRC) is a Department of Defense Web site which provides wounded Service Members, their families, and caregivers with information they need on military facilities, health care services, and benefits. It supports access to the Wounded Warrior Resource Call Center and trained specialists who are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone at 1-800-342-9647 or by e-mail at wwrc@militaryonesource.com. Advocacy/Support - Disabled American Veterans* www.dav.org The DAV’s 1.2 million members provide grassroots advocacy and services in communities nationwide. From educating lawmakers and the public about important issues to supporting services and legislation to help disabled veterans — the DAV is there to promote its message of hope to all who have served and sacrificed. Advocacy/Support - National Veterans Foundation* www.nvf.org Our Mission: to serve the crisis management, information and referral needs of all U.S. Veterans and their families through: * Management and operation of the nation’s only toll-free helpline for all veterans and their families. * Public awareness programs that shine a consistent spotlight on the needs of America’s veterans. * Outreach services that provide veterans and families in need with food, clothing, transportation, employment, and other essential resources. Advocacy/Support - Salute Inc.* www.saluteinc.org SALUTE, Inc. is a...
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...and registration for Service Dogs Dessie Marek UMUC Abstract In today’s evolving society, there is more mobility that ever for people with disabilities. One of the things that allows this to happen is the use of service animals. Problems however arise when people try to cheat the system. Attempts to pass off pets as service animals, improperly trained animals, and businesses with lack of knowledge on laws all contribute to ongoing frustrations. The need for a centralized training standard as well as government registration and regulation of service animals is clear and immediate. If standards can be established within breeding clubs for “Good Citizen” training, then it can be done for service dogs. Then, once they are trained to standard, there is no reason an official registration system cannot be implemented. The simple act of giving an official ID to actual service dogs would alleviate the stress from business owners as well as handlers. It really is just common sense. Centralized training and registration for Service Dogs Disabilities can be life changing and world altering circumstances. For many people becoming disabled meant living a lesser life, that is until they discovered service dogs. In the united states more and more uses are being found for service dogs every day. This of course leads to frauds and problems. How do they deal with it all? Easy! There needs to be a centralized standard of training and registration system for all service animals in the united...
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...Ehlena Fry has a severe type of cerebral palsy, which affects her legs, arms, and body. She has a service dog, Wonder, who is prescribed to her by a pediatrician. Ehlana’s family and pediatrician intended to have Wonder accompany her at all times, including when she went to school. Napoleon Community Schools and Jackson County Intermediate School District wouldn’t allow Wonder to accompany Ehlena to school. Ehlena’s IEP already provided a human aide. It was decided that a service dog wouldn’t provide any other support that a human aide couldn’t, so Ehlana was forced to attend school without Wonder. After several months of mediation, Wonder was allowed to accompany Ehlana, but only for a trial period. During that time, Wonder had to remain in the room during...
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...“SERVICE ANIMAL” Name Institutional Affiliation Service animals are animals that have been specially trained to carry out activities for people with various disabilities. Dogs have been known to be main service animals even though monkeys, birds and horses have been documented. Laws about service dogs are provided by various state laws such as housing act, air carrier act ADA etc. .With proper training, Such animals can assist mitigate various disabilities by performing tasks such as directing a wheelchair, guiding the blind, guiding the deaf, alerting people with seizures, reminding mentally sick people to take their drugs, pick objects that are out of their person’s reach, opening and closing doors, turning light switches off and on, barking to indicate that help is needed and the tasks are endless. Allen, K., & Blascovich. J. (1996).Service animals are dogs on duty and not pets. Service dogs get trained on specific tasks relating to the person with disability. Dogs playing other roles such giving comfort and company are not service dogs according to IDA definition. Where Service Animals Are Allowed According to ADA, any institution that serves the public must give access to service animals to give assistance to disabled people. For example, in a school, it’s wrong to deny access...
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...Gandhi once said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Growing up my father would always remind me to be grateful and recite this quote to my family. To show I am thankful for my good health, I have decided that for my CBSL I would like to train a service dog. My family has struggled with poor eyesight so I would like to help by adopting a Golden Retriever and train him or her to assist someone either within my family or outside of my family. The target group for my project will be the disabled and handicap. More specifically, these people will be struggling with eyesight issues. Many people have poor eyesight or another form of a disability, making my target group many people. My hope is that this service dog will be able to work well as a seeing eye dog. There are a large amount of people that I personally know that are in need of a seeing eye dog. This dog will go to someone that has poor eyesight and help them perform their day to day actions. Fortunately, I have the support of my family to adopt and train a dog to change someone's life for the...
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...disabilities are given medication and regular therapy to help them improve their daily lives. For some, however, this is not enough. Service dogs are animals specifically trained to aid their disabled owners in their everyday lives. Service dogs are a common type of professional working dog and have several branches/classifications. Each classification is trained to preform specific tasks and are given different privileges/rights when it comes to public access. A service animal preforms specific tasks or provides aid in another form to their disabled owner while other professional working dogs are focused on aiding non-disabled persons (Watson par 7). It is extremely important for the...
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...MARKETING EXCELLENCE Pedigree Making the brand a dog’s best friend Marketing Excellence 2 | About The Marketing Society About The Marketing Society INSPIRING BOLDER MARKETING LEADERSHIP The Marketing Society is a not-for-profit organisation owned by its members, with over 2500 senior marketers. Over the past 50 years it has emerged as one of the most influential drivers of marketing in the UK business community. The Society challenges its members to think differently and to be bolder marketing leaders by supporting the development of leading-edge thinking, and promoting the evidence of effective marketing. The Society does this through the Marketing Society Awards for Excellence; its publications Market Leader, Our Week and rich online Knowledge Zone; a national programme of world-class events; innovative professional development, such as the annual Marketing Leaders Programme; and extensive on-and-offline networking opportunities. www.marketing-society.org.uk Foreword | Marketing Excellence 2 | Foreword By Roisin Donnelly, President of The Marketing Society What is marketing excellence? Marketing excellence can drive breakthrough business results for the short and long term. Marketing excellence requires great strategic thinking, great creative thinking and perfect execution. But how do we assess marketing excellence? First we choose brilliant industry judges who are all experienced and successful practitioners of excellence and we ask them to pick...
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...them. The houses in the neighborhoods are very similar in their layout, the only difference each house has is the color of the paint on outside of the house. Some residents have also added on additions to their homes such as extra rooms or in ground pools, which have raised the equity in these homes. There is one abandoned building that stands out in Victorville and that is because it is in a shopping center that has flourishing businesses within that same parking lot that use to be an Albertsons. This building has been empty for a couple years and is located on Bear Valley and Amargosa. There is a large number of stray dogs in Victorville due to the faulty wooden fences that surround most of the houses in Victorville. There are many open spaces in Victorville and easements behind most of the houses. The easements and open fields are where most of the stray dogs are found when animal control is called. There is one agricultural department located in the 92392 zip code, called “US department of Agriculture” (92392 Zip Code Population and Races, n.d.)....
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...them as malevolent and manipulating. Someone who believes in a conspiracy theory will explain away any inconvenient facts as deliberately constructed by the powers behind the conspiracy. Most organizations have dominant ideas that polarize their view of the world. It is easy for us to criticize the makers of horse-drawn carriages who thought automobiles were silly contraptions that would never catch on. People now, however, are also the captives of established ideas. A Technique for Lateral Thinking A lateral thinking technique is to write down all the dominant ideas that apply to a particular situation and then deliberately challenge them. For example, the major airlines worked with these beliefs: Customers want high standards of service Issue tickets for all flights Allocate seating in advance Sell through travel agents Fly to major airports because that is what business travelers want...
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...level of benignancy is compassion. One of my daily routine is to embrace the vivacious welcome from some of the thirty plus homeless dogs that Susan took under her wings. Susan demonstrated for me that benignancy is unconditional, regardless how dirty looking, disabled, or sick the homeless dogs are, and Susan displayed the same level of affection. Whenever any of them get sick or injured, Susan takes them to the veterinary immediately no matter how late it is. When I first arrived, I asked Susan to why not let the community to take in some of the stray dogs. She refused and claimed “They need family”. It is true, we all need family. Now as I cleaned the yard and washed the dogs habitually with my host brothers and roommates, I find joy in offering my helping hands to this compassionate lady. Benignancy is about selflessly helping others without asking for any payback. I’m a lucky recipient of this lesson through volunteering work. I had been a volunteer in my community center in China before I went to the U.S.A. Every Sunday morning we knocked the doors of the elderly in the community to hand them free bread and offered to help them in house works, we were always met with wrinkled faces enveloping tremendous smile. It is then I learned the lesson; giving is receiving. In Sioux Falls, I attended the “Community Furniture Mission”, a volunteer service that picks up furniture from the...
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...Homeless Banishment Ordinances Frank Garcia University of Phoenix Com 215 –Essentials of College Writing Homeless Banishment Ordinances The homeless have been affected by local ordinances restricting them in certain public places. Restrictions that the homeless people have to contend with are from banishment from local parks, street, and alleys. They have even been fined and jailed under these various types of banishments ordinances. Have their constitutional rights been violated? City ordinances are being created to run the homeless individuals out of the city limits, and to move the problem to other cities or jurisdictions. The complaints are being forged by citizens, merchants, and law enforcement agencies that deal directly with the homeless. Cities like Palo Alto, and Seattle have passed sit-and-lie ordinances. In addition, they have also passed statutes prohibiting soliciting, panhandling, consumption of alcohol in public places. These statutes are directly intended for the homeless, and city officials continue to target the homeless. The homeless do not have the funds to pay for fines imposed by local courts; this type of practice only reconfirms those cities continually trying to make it difficult for the homeless. The ordinance opponents are from the civil rights groups, church groups, and the homeless that have continuingly oppose new ordnances for the sake of bettering city images and business sales. Since the sit-and-lie ordinances...
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...German Shepherd Dog puppies for sale German Shepherd Dog Puppies for Sale Location search Matching records: 21 - 30 of 1021 Order by: Birth date Female Homeless Male New / Updated Photo Top Dog Underdog Upgraded German Shepherd Dog Puppy for Sale... Folly German Shepherd Dog Puppy for Sale...More info Breed: German Shepherd Dog Sex: Female Age: 12 Weeks Price: $400 USD German Shepherd Dog Puppy for Sale... Gsd Adopt German Shepherd Dog Puppy for Sale...More info Breed: German Shepherd Dog Sex: Female Age: 7 Years Price: $0 USD German Shepherd Dog Puppy for Sale... Female#4 German Shepherd Dog Puppy for Sale...More info Breed: German Shepherd Dog Sex: Female Age: 8 Weeks Price: $800 USD German Shepherd Dog Puppy for Sale... Green Girl German Shepherd Dog Puppy for Sale...More info Breed: German Shepherd Dog Sex: Female Age: 4 Weeks Price: $1000 USD German Shepherd Dog Puppy for Sale... Destiny German Shepherd Dog Puppy for Sale...More info Breed: German Shepherd Dog Sex: Female Age: 14 Weeks Price: $800 USD German Shepherd Dog Puppy for Sale... Shiloh German Shepherd Dog Puppy for Sale...More info Breed: German Shepherd Dog Sex: Female Age: 5 Weeks Price: $1200 USD German Shepherd Dog Puppy for Sale... Chloe German Shepherd...
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...RESILIENCE. Personal Strength of Homeless Adolescents, Living in High – Risk Environment. Lynn Rew, RNC, EdD, FAAN; Sharon D. Horner, Rn, PhD, CS Health Risk, for homeless individuals are well documented, ranging from acute and chronic respiratory diseases to various psychiatric disorders.1,2 The well-being for homeless youths are attributed by the engagement in high risk behaviors such as the use of alcohol, exchange of sex for money, gifts, the use of drugs. This makes them vulnerable to STD, HIV/AIDS. The preponderance of research on adolescents who are homeless has focused on their deficits and problems behaviours.10-19 However, a few nurse researchers has started to identify strengths in homeless individuals. Various studies was carried out from 3 different study group: STUDY 1: Focus on group interview with 32 homeless adolescents and individual with 10 of these youth were done as part of a triangulated study of the relationship among sexual abuse, loneliness, connectedness and perceived well- being. 23 Participants mean age was 19.1 years. SYUDY 2: Focus group interview were conducted with a random sample of 22 homeless adolescents who participated in a large study. The mean age of participants was 16.2 years. The study yields 3 themes: (a) Need for Knowledge, (b) Overcoming barriers, (c) Respectful interventions.24 The findings from the study were used to plan a sexual health intervention appropriate foe homeless adolescents. STUDY 3: A ground...
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...PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) As the largest specialty pet retailer of services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets, we employ approximately 52,000 associates and operate 1,289 stores and more than 196 in-store PetSmart PetsHotels® dog and cat boarding facilities in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. We provide a broad range of competitively priced pet products and in-store services including pet adoption, boarding, grooming and training. Our stores are stocked with more than 10,000 products and we’re also a leading online provider of pet supplies and pet care information (http://www.petsmart.com/). Through our in-store pet adoption partnership with PetSmart Charities®, PetSmart has helped save the lives of more than 5 million pets since 1994. PetSmart Charities, Inc. and PetSmart Charities of Canada, Inc. (“PetSmart Charities”) are independent, nonprofit organizations that save the lives of homeless pets and reduce shelter intake through spay/neuter efforts. In 2012, nearly 450,000 dogs and cats found homes through the organization's adoption centers in all PetSmart stores and by sponsoring community adoption events. PetSmart Charities is the leader in granting money to help pets in need, with more than $28 million given in 2012 throughout North America. We operate 196 in-store PetSmart PetsHotels dog and cat boarding facilities. These overnight boarding facilities feature associates who are hand-picked for their love of pets and at least one caregiver...
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...to me that there are so many of us that are concerned about our own social status and don’t take the time to help those around us that truly need it. It is a sad reality, but I know that it can all change. Many of us that live in Laredo have encountered countless of homeless individuals that ask for change when we are at a stoplight. Not only that, but we have also seen stray animals walking around neighborhoods that are in desperate need of clean water. Ever since I was a child, my mother had always encouraged me to help my community in any way that I can. I know that I am not the only one out there that wants to contribute to my community in a positive way. There are many ways we can help Laredo become a much more warm hearted community. I would like to try and encourage students in my school to join clubs that help others. There are many clubs and organizations that are offered in my school that many have not yet familiarized themselves with yet and I feel it would benefit in a positive manner if everyone would join. Even better, I feel it would be efficient if many...
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