Why Gambling Should be Illegal By amerten‚ Hopedale‚ MA More by this author Email me when amerten contributes work Image Credit: Andy G.‚ Phoenix‚ AZ Did you know that 40% of all problem gamblers started gambling before they were seventeen? Or that problem gambling causes the most suicides out of all the recognized addictions? Even with these facts‚ the most startling truth is that not one federal dollar‚ out of the billions collected in gambling taxes‚ has been spent to treat or help
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Little did they know that this case would spark the beginning of a multi-billion dollar industry built on slot machines and card games. Gambling thrives on many Native American reservations. The impact of gambling reaches beyond reservation borders‚ providing jobs to the general public as well as income to Native American tribes. The early history of gambling on Native American reservations starts with a mobile home in 1972. Helen and Russell Bryan‚ a Native American couple living on a Minnesota
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Therapeutic Recreation: The Basics If your like I was about a year ago‚ you really are not sure what exactly Therapeutic Recreation is. You have heard the name and maybe pretended like you knew‚ but really you just did not want to sound ignorant. Well no worries anymore after you read this paper. I am going to tell you everything and anything there is to know about Therapeutic Recreation. So just sit tight‚ keep reading‚ and soon you will be able to talk like you are a Therapeutic Specialist
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Campus Recreation Sheer volume of participants and diversity of facilities make this an exciting area Def – a program that provides facilities and activities to those that go to school or work at a high school‚ college or university Intended to promote wellness and develop life long skills Can serve the local community through special memberships or facility rentals Campus recreation gains thousands of new participants every year & loses thousands as well Participation can have a significant impact
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Therapeutic Recreation is the purposeful utilization or enhancement of leisure as a way to maximize a person’s overall health‚ well being‚ or quality of life. Therapeutic Recreation programs for mental illness may have seasonal classes in many areas that may include exercise‚ swim‚ adapted karate and crafts. Therapeutic recreation programs are specifically designed for individuals with disabilities. Groups are usually small and the participant to staff ratio is appropriate to the needs of
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 KEM BINA SEMANGAT AMPANG PECAH‚ KUALA KUBU BHARU‚ SELANGOR Kem Bina Semangat Ampang Pecah that state in Kuala Kubu Bharu‚ Selangor is the place where we can go for purposes. We can do a lot of activities recreation with the suitable surrounding. People who looking for extreme activities can go to Kem Bina Semangat Ampang Pecah and will get more experience in that place. The camp is situated away from city and surrounded by the pristine freshness of the morning air. An environment
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Final Project Documentation for Recreation and Wellness Intranet Project Prepared By: Project Manager‚ Tony Prince Date: 30/3/2004 Project Description: The Recreation and Wellness Intranet Project is assigning from Manage Your Health‚ Inc. (MYH). This intranet project provides an application on the current Intranet to help employees improve their health. Project Proposal: Manage Your Health‚ Inc. (MYH) is a fortune 500 company that provides a variety of health care services across
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the Psychological Disorder of Pathological Gambling The nature of gambling is not a new phenomenon in the twenty-first century. A historical context of the history of gambling begins before the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. The history of humankind notes that the birth of gambling began 4‚000 years ago. In Larry L. Ashley’s and Karmen K. Boehlke’s article titled‚ Pathological Gambling: A General Overview‚ illustrates the historical traces of gambling from the country of China to the United States
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meanings depending on the period in history or the civilization that it originated from. From as early as Ancient Greece‚ Rome or Babylonia‚ the term we now know as leisure has existed in some form or another. As has been widely noted in introductory recreation texts‚ schole was both the ancient Greek word for leisure meaning‚ “serious activity without the pressure of necessity” and is the root of the English word for school (Godbey‚ 2003). To the ancient Greeks‚ leisure‚ education‚ and culture were intertwined
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Gambling She took one last look out the window as they drove away‚ the tears streaming down her face. At the age of four‚ her world had fallen apart. Karina’s life started out as a perfect middle-class family‚ and soon turned into a broken mess. They had everything‚ a perfect house in a really nice part of the city‚ a nice car; everything was wonderful. As Karina got older‚ she began to notice things weren’t perfect. Her dad was never there. He was always out gambling in one way or another.
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