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    Supervision Unit 511

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    Supervision 511 As deputy manager it is within my job role to conduct monthly supervisions which then lead into an annual appraisal. At this time I currently have three supervisees. Whilst holding one of these monthly supervisions with my supervisee I conducted a file audit of their case file as part of my monthly monitoring‚ this helps me to evaluate. I noticed that work which I had previously asked to be completed had not been produced and some of the work which had fell below expected

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    Hi‚ I’m ............ and my topic is Anzac Day and whether or not sport should be played on Anzac Day. I believe that sport should be played on Anzac Day‚ as it rejuvenates our attention and interest in the day. Many different sports play special matches every year on the 25th of April to commemorate Anzac Day. The AFL holds an Anzac Day clash‚ which Essendon and Collingwood have played in every year since 1995. The NRL holds two Anzac Day clashes‚ one game between St George Illawarra and the Sydney

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    Clint Eastwood‚ with his movie Invictus‚ notches another success which uses a rugby championship as a means for examining South Africa ’s transition from apartheid. Two characters are highlighted: Nelson Mandela (played by Morgan Freeman) the new president of South Africa (1994-1999) and the captain of the Springboks‚ François Pienaar (played by Matt Damon). After being locked up for 27 years‚ Nelson Mandela returns to politics. He symbolizes the new South Africa in which Black and White have the

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    Invictus - Path Goal Theory

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    “Invictus” – Individual paper “Invictus”‚ is a powerful movie representing what Nelson Mandela taking the office as the first black president of South Africa and set to accomplish great things. Nelson Mandela was the founder and lead of the African National Congress and spent 27 years in prison on charges for sabotage against the white military and government to end apartheid. The movie starts with his release from prison on February 11‚ 1990 greeted by the black

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    Sports and Nationalism

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    Australia the “beloved” sports differ. People do not religiously follow ice hockey‚ basketball‚ baseball‚ or football. Rugby and cricket seem to be the most watched and talked about sports in Australia. Just as people in the United States gather together on the weekends to watch or participate in ice hockey‚ baseball‚ basketball‚ or football‚ people in Australia do the same with rugby and cricket. Regardless of the country‚ the one common ground the people have with their fellow citizens is sports.

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    Invictus

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    surrounded by‚ black and white body guards working together‚ it sets an example and shows as a metaphor how the whole country should be; united. Over time‚ these body guards work together‚ and enjoy each-others company‚ this is shown strongly during the rugby match between South Africa and the All blacks. The camera keeps flicking through the action of the match and the two bodyguards‚ one black‚ one

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    16th Man

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    a score of 15-12. Questions that came to mind while watching the documentary varied as I learned more about the whole thing. My first question was: Did Nelson Mandela know before the games that he would unite the country through rugby? Or was this the opportunity he needed to start the turnaround in the country? Another question that came to my mind was: Did other teams know what they were apart of as they faced South Africa? Or where they clueless to the fact that they were playing

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    man’s decisions and actions‚ no matter how unpopular or disfavored they might be‚ truly define his character. No other person embodies Dr. King’s profound message more than former South African President Nelson Mandela‚ who used South Africa’s rugby team as an instrument to unite his economically and racially divided country after many years of inequality brought forth by Apartheid‚ a near 50 year long period of racial segregation and white supremacy. Mandela’s work of bringing South

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    Football players (at a high professional level) receive the highest salaries in the sport world. Rugby is also a noble and old collective sport. Rugby is above all a dangerous one. However rugby men don’t earn so much money. I don’t think that football players’ salary should be reduced but‚ I rather think that their salaries should be equivalent. Firstly‚ injuries are more serious in rugby than in football. You are going to tell me that football players are sometimes wounded. Though‚ lots

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    Invictus Review

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    features scenes so transparent‚ the director may as well step on the screen and proclaim "Why can’t we all just get along?" As for the rugby‚ which makes up the other half‚ it’s a very classic story about an underdog team rising from the top‚ and the movie thrums along nicely on the usual sports movie tropes. If only anyone had bothered to tell us exactly how rugby is played. The important thing‚ though‚ is that the remarkable true story behind Invictus is properly told‚ and with a gravity that

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