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Arianna and her grandmother sit on opposite sides of the cramped counseling office with their arms crossed, looking away from each other. The tension in the room is palpable. You offer Arianna a glass of water, and after introducing yourself, you invite her to share what brought her into your office today. Her grandmother glances up at you, while Arianna continues to gaze downward, methodically twirling her scuffed phone in her hands. In this first session, you learn that Arianna, who is a 16-year-old African American adolescent, has recently been suspended from school following her third fight this school year.…
Image Source: NASA Landsat Image – Public Domain On the surface, things look very good. Trees are covering more and more areas. In an aerial photo, two-thirds of the Himalayan valley is covered with forests. However, 90 percent are coniferous. Underneath, there is little vegetation, biodiversity is lost, and the soil becomes increasingly poor, dry, unusable, and unable to store water. The Himalayas are rapidly becoming a so-called green desert. The snow is becoming less and less. This is accelerating the melting of glaciers. Two billion people depend on these glaciers for water to flow from the Indus and Ganges…
During the past three decades, counseling scholars and practitioners have argued that multicultural competence is a central concern to working effectively with diverse clients and to providing culturally responsive counseling environments. Counselors and clients both bring to the therapeutic relationship a constellation of identities, privileged and marginalized statuses, and cultural values, beliefs and biases to which counselors need to attend. Furthermore, clients increasingly bring to counseling issues of inequity that lead to unhealthy risk factors. The Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC), developed by a committee consisting of Manivong J. Ratts, Anneliese A. Singh, Sylvia Nassar-McMillan, S. Kent Butler…
There are over 200 million business accounts on Instagram—that’s a lot of competition if you’re looking for your brand to stand out. However, if you keep up with the latest Instagram trends, you can leverage these trends as part of your Instagram marketing strategy that grabs attention and fuels growth. In this article, we dive deep into the top nine Instagram trends for 2024. We’ll cover innovative tactics like AI-driven content creation and community building with examples to incorporate them into your own Instagram strategy. 1. Video takes priority over images Do me a favor: Open your Instagram app and…
The co-founders of Donald Trump’s media company have accused the former president of plotting to lock them out of a stake in the company that could be worth millions of dollars. Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns President Trump’s “Truth Social” platform, is going public by merging with a special acquisition vehicle called Digital World Acquisition. If the merger is successful, the company could be valued at more than $3 billion. As The Washington Post points out, Andy Liczynski and Wes Moss met as contestants on President Trump’s reality show, The Apprentice, and are now known as X after…
The PLSA Investment Council poll found that more than half (57%) of pensions professionals engage with asset managers on social factors, but do not take action themselves. The poll also found that while the majority of pension professionals (84%) have policies in place that cover social factors, many respondents are still in the early stages of social investment and there is still much to be done. It turns out that there are still many. In particular, the poll found that 57% engage with asset managers on social factors but do not take action themselves, and 7% specify the importance of…
In early February, Loyek posted a video on YouTube in which she said she received a message from someone saying her photos and videos had been stolen and used on Chinese Instagram, Xiaohongshu.With the help of an informant, Loyek discovered dozens of social media accounts using images of her that she was unaware of.Olga Loyek said a “deepfake” clone of her was being used for commercial purposes on mainland social media without her consent.Photo: DouinEach account accumulated between 1,000 and 150,000 fans.The content is similar, with Kroonroyek speaking fluent Mandarin, praising China and celebrating good relations with Russia.Loyek said he…
There are over 200 million business accounts on Instagram—that’s a lot of competition if you’re looking for your brand to stand out. However, if you keep up with the latest Instagram trends, you can leverage these trends as part of your Instagram marketing strategy that grabs attention and fuels growth. In this article, we dive deep into the top nine Instagram trends for 2024. We’ll cover innovative tactics like AI-driven content creation and community building with examples to incorporate them into your own Instagram strategy. 1. Video takes priority over images Do me a favor: Open your Instagram app and…
Residents of Coalpool Lane, Walsall, have called on police and the council to do more to stop a series of anti-social behavior attacks on the local number 29 bus service.The call to action follows another incident in which buses were once again forced to change their normal route and use Harden Road and Bloxwich Road instead.Jamie Richards, 35, from Walsall, said: “It’s shocking. These days you can’t even get on the bus without some kind of problem.”It calmed down for a week or two, but just the other day it happened again. People around here are tired of having to…
A Cornwall estate has been given an extended closure order by Bodmin Magistrates Court to deal with anti-social behavior. The extension to the closure order was granted by the court on Wednesday February 21, with the aim of reducing anti-social behavior. Local residents who have been negatively affected by anti-social behavior by tenants have welcomed the extension. There was a number of serious anti-social behaviors by residents of this address over an extended period of time. Anti-social behavior included various people coming and going throughout the day and night. The original closure notice was granted following criminal and intelligence activity…