126 (2001) MATHEMATICA BOHEMICA No. 1‚ 237–246 BLOCK DIAGONALIZATION J. J. Koliha‚ Melbourne (Received June 15‚ 1999) Abstract. We study block diagonalization of matrices induced by resolutions of the unit matrix into the sum of idempotent matrices. We show that the block diagonal matrices have disjoint spectra if and only if each idempotent matrix in the inducing resolution double commutes with the given matrix. Applications include a new characterization of an eigenprojection
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What form of cultural bias or prejudice are you most likely to hold without being aware of these biases? How might these biases affect your future work with clients? The area of cultural bias I may not be aware of is religious bias. I was raised in the church and growing up religious played a big role in my life. I do believe there is a higher power and I have faith that when we leave here we go to a better place. There are times when I find it hard to understand or communicate with someone who does
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Everyone has fears; fears are a natural part of life. My greatest fear is to fail to reach my goals‚ lose hope‚ and finally that everybody might think I am a loser. Sometimes I dream of success. Yet failing in life can’t be replaced with dreams. So if I put a lot of effort and work into something and I fail‚ I’d feel very bad about myself and my lack of ability. This is one of my greatest fears. Being a failure would cause me to lose hope. First of all‚ I would lose my self-confidence and self-respect
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52 percent of stay at home moms want to work but can’t afford to Many parents that have kids want to stay at ome during the early years of the children’s youth‚ but after those years they can’t afford to go back to work. Over 50% of moms that usally stay home and want to go to work but just can’t afford to acording to Ms. Truss. About 17% of moms that did work couldn’t earn enough to be able to have money that would last awhile. "While 12% cited a lack of job opportunities." Ms. Truss believes
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Scouting has had a tremendous effect on my life since I first started as a Cub Scout. Principles of honor‚ respect‚ and responsibility were introduced to me and then developed further through Boy Scouts. These themes have benefited me up to now and will continue to assist me in the future. The next five years of my life will include high school and the start of college. Throughout scouting‚ I have learned that it is up to me to do the merit badges and complete my part through self-discipline. Self-discipline
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Most people that hear the word prejudice automatically think of racism and people that have a black skin color. However‚ the skin color is just a little part of prejudice as there are many other prejudice against gender‚ age and religion. There have always been a group of people‚ blacks‚ jews or another minority group‚ that has to match with prejudice. Prejudice has become a big problem in todays society and is based on hatters that support racism and prejudice. That shows that there are two groups
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made an impact on my life‚ the first person that comes to mind is my older brother Jason. He inspires me to be the best person I can be. Graduating valedictorian from his class and attending Yale University‚ Jason has shown me that dreams do come true; he reminds me that I must never give up. Growing up‚ Jason was always the smartest kid in class. He was beating games at age five and had an eloquent vocabulary. At a young age my parents could see that he was a genius; my mom always joked how it was
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Fair Work Act (Cth) was introduced by the Labor government in 2009 to replace the previous unpopular Work Choices legislation. The following is an assessment of the impact of this legislation on Australian workplace employees in two categories: the rights of employees and the protections afforded employees. For the purposes of this evaluation the most up to date Oxford Dictionary definitions have been used to define these categories. Through this‚ an employees rights afforded by the Fair Work Act
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P1 & M1 – Describe processes for initiating‚ maintaining‚ developing and conducting a helping relationship and assess how integrating counselling skills should support clients. Many people will‚ at some point in their lives‚ find themselves in the role of a counsellor without having a true understanding of the concept of counselling or what the role of the professional counsellor entails. There is a big difference between a professional counsellor and a person who uses some counselling skills
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taken me seventeen years to realize how much of an impact my brother has truly had on my life. I never really realized that one person can have a lasting effect in your decisions and the way you perceive life. This person can be very inspirational and even more so if it is someone close to you or a relative. In my case‚ it is my brother who has prominently impacted my life. He has been there to support me in my many decisions‚ whether smart or foolish. Because of my older brother I am the ambitious
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