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Prejudice NB: Across the Barricades was purchased in book format; not certain about play vs book differences Prejudice (literally, pre-judgment) is a judgment formed of a person, based on a feature which that person has. One example of this was prejudice against African Americans during the nineteenth and twentieth century. White Americans considered African Americans to be inferior to white people. Some considered that the Bible said that African Americans were condemned to be slaves forever.…

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…

and the community, people are more concerned than they have ever been about safety in schools. According to an article from Tampa Bay Times, “at least 74 school shootings had occurred since December 2012.” With that number still growing; written by Bangor Daily News, who reported that since January 2013 there has been, “143 school shootings…which is an average of one a week since Sandy Hook.” This has put many people on the hot seat for coming up with a good solution for how to protect students.…

It was a rainy Saturday night. I left my dorm, my stomach empty because I’d been trying to wait out the rain before going to find something to eat. But the rain didn’t end, and although it was quite late, I decided to make a quick trip to the store nearby rather than wait any longer. My umbrella was broken, so I put on my hoodie and tried to run as fast as possible. About halfway to the store, I saw an old woman with a folding walker, trying to get past the intersection while holding her…

Maine has a variety of resources and tools to use at its disposal, However, the state was not always reliant on industries such as commerce, tourism, and other recreational facilities which have become a facet in everyday life for Maines. For example, in the 19th century, over two-hundred years ago, Maine’s industry for the most part revolved around natural resource products such as wood, fish, and even ice. If Maine is to continue to progress forward on into the rest of the 21st century, then…

Dorothea Dixx Psychiatric Center 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…

1. IMPACT OF CONTINUING RESOLUTION (CR) ACT ON PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION (PCS) ORDERS. The Navy announced mid-December that Sailors should expect to receive their PCS orders with an approximate two months lead-time prior to execution of their move. This change follows the passage of a second CR that will fund the government through April 2017. While the Navy makes every effort to ensure that PCS orders are released in a timely manner, fiscal challenges result in compressed PCS timelines…

An addict just injected himself with the potent drug of heroin. Dopamine, a neurotransmitter is then released. This is the "feel good feeling" receptor in your brain. Addictive drugs can release two to ten times the amount of dopamine that natural rewards do. In a person who becomes addicted, brain receptors become overwhelmed. The brain responds by producing less dopamine causing less impact on the brain's reward center. In time, the desired substance no longer gives them as much pleasure.…

Life in rural 20th century Vermont was a frontier. A place filled with dense wilderness, and packed with wildlife. There was no cities, and barely even towns holding more than a couple hundred people. You had to work for everything you wanted and how hard life really was in Vermont. Howard Frank Mosher did an incredible job depicting this time in his collection of short stories including Where the Rivers Flow North. This theme is found throughout the novella, and it is the underlying message.…

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 a campground for a week during the tournament we…