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DSM IV Diagnosis Using the DSM IV diagnostic tool, Elizabeth’s substance use would be diagnosed as Alcohol dependence (AD). She has more than the minimum three required criteria to meet the DSM IV diagnosis of alcohol dependence. A study by Pabst, Kraus, Piontek & Baumeister (2012) shows that to be classified as alcohol-dependent, a person has to meet at least three of the seven DSM IV criteria of AD in the previous 12 months. She has tolerance, as she has markedly increased amounts of…

A basketball team in Texas was down by two points with seconds left. After two steals and a half-court buzzer beater, they win the game. However there is more to high school sports than the intense playoff games. High school sports do more for students’ than give them a varsity letter. High school sports are beneficial to a students’ education in that they teach time management, develop social skills, and improve a students’ grades. High school sports teach time management in many ways.…

The lack of action and the incompetence of the HEW was the main reason Title IX was stalled in its start. Inspired by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title IX declared that women were not allowed to be denied on the basis of gender of educational programs by government funded institutions but took years for the same women who actively fought to pass the Title to see it in action. With disgraceful lack of enforcement of both the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the narrow definition…

façade of Memorial Antechapel is a cornerstone that functions as a memorial plaque to commemorate the passing of Ezra Cornell, John McGraw, and Jennie McGraw Fiske. The plaque bears significant importance as it was laid by New York State Governor Grover Cleveland who became the President of the United States of…

Throughout both Will Eno’s, Middletown, and Thornton Wilder’s, Our Town, many parallels are formed due to Harold Bloom’s idea of strongly misreading text. Bloom argues that authors distort and alter prewritten texts to make a creative space for their own. Eno strongly misreads the Stage Manager in order to develop interesting yet intriguing characters of his own. First, Eno strongly misreads the Stage Manager’s desire to cover up the faults in Grover’s Corners in order to create the Cop in…

Lauren Miller Dr. Maggie Elmore History 124AC 31 October 2017 Primary Source Analysis 2 In what ways did African Americans advocate for greater inclusion and equality in US society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries? If African American leaders in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries agreed on any one point, it would be thus: the problem of the times was the problem of race relations. W.E.B. DuBois called it the “problem of the color-line,” and Fredrick Douglass the “race…

Helvetica is an internationally known, widely used sans serif typeface developed by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger (1910-1980) and co-developed by Eduard Hoffman at the Haas type foundry in Munchenstein, Switzerland owned by Linotype. The steadily popular typeface was officially released in 1957 under the name ‘Die Neue Haas Grotesk’. The original name was kept until 1960, and was changed to Helvetica (Latin for Swiss) by a marketing manager within the company due to expressing their…

The Wizard of Oz children’s author L. Frank Baum helps reflect the populist agenda throughout the actions and personalities of the characters. Baum gives images during the turn of the United States dealing with political and economical issues during a specific time in history. Baum work helps give imagery of the populist agenda by providing the characters, symbols, and themes. Dorothy is the center of the whole image or issue. Dorothy is an orphan living with her Aunt and Uncle on a farm in…

Helen Keller was one of the most inspirational women in American history. She changed the way the world perceived the handicapped and strived to help others. During her lifetime, Keller accomplished what people thought was impossible and stood as a powerful example of how determination can allow an individual to triumph over adversity. Keller was born on June 27th, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She was the first daughter born to Arthur H. Keller and Katherine Adams Keller. Keller's father had…

The moment I stepped out of the subway of 42nd Street in Manhattan, I was overwhelmed with a sense of wonder. The kind that let you know everything that there is to see on Broadway, at the same time, reminding you that you have neither the time nor the resources for such adventure. I stood still for a moment, admiring the extraordinary, bright neon signs. I took a deep breath and pulled out my phone in search of the famous Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in New York. As the location appeared on my…