Bangor, Maine

Maine Culture- Maine’s culture has many different characteristics. First, the have a very strong northeastern accent. 1. Also, one of the most popular foods is lobster. Maine produces 99% of the wild blueberries in the U.S., which is probably why their official dessert is blueberry pie. Michigan has the highest income of blueberries. Another cultural characteristic from Maine is all the festivals and celebrations they have to support different heritages, the Greek, Native American, and…

I always have liked music, even though I may not be the best at it. I grew up in a normal family, my mom played flute in her high school band and my dad played saxophone for about a week. They always have encouraged me to get involved with music. When I was 4 I decided I wanted to start taking piano lessons. I loved piano from the minute I started playing. I picked it up quickly, I soon learned how to read music. I have very fond memories of learning piano as a small kid, especially of my first…

Theresa L. Butler Husson University Community Mental Health Assessment Paper Dorothea Dixx Psychiatric Center Dorothea Dixx Psychiatric Center (DDPC), also previously known as Bangor Mental Health is located in Bangor Maine and is just one of the two State psychiatric hospitals under the Maine State Department of Health and Human Services. Dorothea Dixx is a 51-bed facility that serves almost two-thirds of the state 's geographic area with referral bases that are statewide…

I have heard of the encyclopedia, but I have never actually seen it and I was unaware that the encyclopedia had an online website. After my observation at Bangor High School, I decided to look more closely to Britannica and I was pleasantly surprised how well the encyclopedia was set up. Britannica has some similarities to Wikipedia, but it seems to be better set up and more reliable. I have always used Wikipedia…

White Women and the Abolitionist Movement “Women struggled to enter the all –male professional schools. Harriet Hunt, a women physician who began to practice in 1835, was twice refused admission to Harvard Medical School.” For the longest time, women struggled to find their place in society due to enduring gender discrimination. Women experienced being treated unfairly and were expected to hold numerous culture expectations such as pursuing low-grade job professions. White women felt they…

in the championship game multiple times, and now we had our chance. After a short time, we had to pack up and go to Hermon, Maine for the state tournament; where we would spend one week together in a campground. The Hermon team was hosting the state championship tournament, so all of the teams had to go and play up in Hermon. Hermon is a small town in Maine up near Bangor. Before it was time to go to Hermon we spent about a week or two practicing for the road ahead. Since we had to camp out in…

Opiate Addiction: Understanding Replacement Therapy An informal lecture by Scott Farnum, Administrator, Acadia Hospital in Bangor, Maine. Scott talked about how opioids have been around between three and five thousand years. The different opioids lift your mood, helps you feel motivated and pain relief. The natural opiates are more stimulating. It causes your brain to stop making the chemical that C Cells produce. When you stop using these opiates your brain doesn’t turn back on like a…

Erikson is a psychosocial theorist who believed individuals develop throughout the lifespan in eight stages (Feldman, 2011). In Erikson’s theory, he argued,” both society and culture challenge and shape us”society, and culture both challenge and shape us (Feldman, 2011). Erikson’s theory suggests that developmental change occurs all throughout our lives between eight different stages. The stages emerge in a fixed pattern and are similar for a majority of people. Each stage presents a “crisis or…

Vince Mcmahon is a staple in pop culture, who to me, doesn’t get enough credit on how he and his product have not only influenced others, but also achieved success in ways other have not. I know when it comes myself i grew up on this product and it has influenced me as well. Vince McMahon was born in Pinehurst, North Carolina. his father Vince senior had left the family while Vince was a baby he spent his early years being nurtured by his mother and a string of stepfathers Vince jr. Had…

begging, but thankfully I am here today” says Laura. The state of North Dakota has been a very positive influence on the state of Maine. Public colleges and universities in North Dakota has intentions to cut out-of-state tuition to spur economic growth. Joseph McDonnell, is the dean of College Management and Human Service at the University of Southern Maine. He describes what it’s like living in a state that has a declining number of students graduating from high schools and how many…