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    My open group observation was of the Lake Area Club, Back to Basic meeting. This is an open meeting, meaning anyone can go. The meeting runs from 8pm to 9pm every Tuesday night. There were two facilitators to the group. In the beginning the leaders told us that we would be reading from the Big-Book and would be studying the steps, but not only studying the steps, we would be takin the steps. The population the group targeted was anyone that was dealing with a compulsive behavior, including…

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    Identical Twins

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    Nowadays, it has become evident that society and what is referred to as social determinants of health affect an individual quality of life and heath. When it comes to the case study Jose and Jorge-Identical Twins without Identical Lives, one would think that because they are twins, their outcomes in life would be the same. However, since both of them lived in different areas, they were affected differently by society. The case study Jose and Jorge-Identical Twins without Identical Lives…

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    The project I chose to do is a collage. The purpose of choosing the collage is because it is a great way to show emotion that an essay can’t really show. In addition, to choosing the collage is because I want to show that death (theme) is a very serious thing and I want to impact people’s lives that death isn’t something to be joking about.The whole novel of “Looking For Alaska” is set around the death of Alaska. Part one is called “before”, as in before the death of Alaska. The second part is…

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    Thermal Burns

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    Burns are one of the leading cause of medical emergencies in the United States. While young child typically under the age of five years old and adults over the age of sixty-five years old suffer with more burns than any other age group. Children and older adults have a harder time healing from serious burns due to the lack of hydration in the body and the skin is so fragile so burns tend to be deeper. Women usually only account for 31 percent of burn patients while men account for 69 percent.…

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    Gestational Diabetes

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    during and after pregnancy is crucial in maintaining a healthy baby throughout and after pregnancy. Nicotine passes through the bloodstream of the mother and into the developing fetus causing harm to the fetus (“Birth defects and brain development”). Smoking during pregnancy also causes mother’s blood oxygen content level to drop drastically(“Birth defects and brain development”). When the mother’s oxygen level drops it causes the fetus to receive less oxygen. This can cause damage to the fetus…

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    Substance Addiction

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    Substance addiction is a patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the substances in amounts that are harmful to themselves or possibly others. It’s important to learn about substance addiction due to the harmful health hazards it produces as well as the medical, criminal, and economical costs that comes along with it. For starters, the abuse of tobacco, and illicit drugs total up more than $740 billion dollars related to lost work, medical care, and crimes annually in our Nation.…

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    In the year 2125 all hope was lost. Hope was a faded memory left only in the minds of the senile and foolish. The conditions of Earth grew worse every day since, and it has been awhile since. The trouble in 2125 was the rebellions that spread like the plague, and the plague spread like the rebellions, so like the plague. The air was classified as a highly addictive inhalant drug, though it wasn’t addictive it was just unavoidable. The air conditions worsened and it became just a mist of death.…

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    “I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.” - Jack London. This statement describes London as the type of person who would rather live a short and enjoyable life, referencing a meteor’s shine, rather than a “permanent planet”, or someone who lives a long, boring life. For example, skydiving may shorten your life if something is to go wrong, but if you take that risk and enjoy it, it makes for a better life, one that Jack London…

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    Love it or hate it, racism is still around today. It's a never-ending battle between the forces of good and evil that just won't quit. If there is any evidence today, it's the prevalence of the KKK in America. Yes, it reached its popularity years ago but if you look around, signs of the organization are still around. Take these five youtube videos for example. 1. KKK KID CELEBRATES HALLOWEEN RACISM ON YOUTUBE Due to his ignorant mother, one kid in Craigsville, West Virginia decided to…

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    Pyromania is an impulse control disorder in which the individual cannot resist the urge to deliberately set fires, sometimes going as far as committing arson. Arson, the criminal act of intentionally setting fires, causes destruction worldwide. For instance, the Santiago Canyon fire of 2007 consumed over 28,000 acres of California and cost around 21.6 million dollars in damage. I remember these fires specifically because I have family in California who witnessed this, the fire being extremely…

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