.... for stealing cars. G-Ball never wanted to be a gang member he wanted to act and dress like one. Another former gang member, Alonzo, age 17 wanted to join a gang because he had nothing to do after school. Both he and G-Ball joined a gang by choice. Keith, age 17 was forced into a gang. If he didn't join, he'd be hunted down and killed by the gang members. When older family member already in a gang, younger siblings are often forced in. Many gangs use graffiti to show their power and to mark their turf. "Everywhere you go you see graffiti." Professor Allen Walker Read of Columbia University said, "The pen is mightier than the sword." Gangs in Parma are very active ....

.... "Intended as an informational conduit for researchers, academicians, students and computer professionals, the Internet… now hosts a growing number of lay users, and a growing number of addicts", says Sarah Lehrman, a psychiatrist who, realizing the problem, has started an on-line support group for users hooked on cyberspace (58). This new addiction, developed by our technological nation, has become a "condition from which an estimated 5 million Americans suffer, or one out of every nine Internet users", estimates the author of Digital Drug Marilyn Elias (13). According to many experts, it is becoming clear that millions cannot control the habit of spending endless hours ....

.... swing club in the Chicago suburbs. "We own Couples Choice, and though it's listed as a swing club it's a lot more social than people imagine," Dave said. This socialness includes dances, special theme parties, dinners and vacations. The couples who attend are also interested in learning about relationships, meeting new friends and for exposure to something new. One of the most common misconceptions is that people come just to have sex. However, this is an option at Dave and Dawn's club. Their club is known as an ‘on-site' club. This means that Dave and Dawn provide bedrooms for their members' enjoyment. "Ours is an on-premise club. We have bedrooms where sex does tak ....

.... that emotional appeals may influence attitude change. The other side of looking at the spectrum is that rational appeals may do likewise (e.g., Rosselli; Francine; Skelly, John J.; Mackie, Diane M, 1995). In one study conducted at the University of California at Santa Barbara, 184 students received partial course credit in return for their participation. Subjects in the experiment were assigned to the cells of a 2(positive or neutral mood) x 2(emotional or rational message type) x 2(strong or weak argument quality). Subjects were in groups of two to six. After this step was established, eight messages in approximately equal length were developed. Each message containe ....

.... that instead of even practicing safe sex, they do away with sex altogether. Sex has a way of bringing people together. for people who do not want to get claose to anyone for any reason, is a good preventive technique. There are things that one can enjoy even though they are celibate. they can enjoy kissing closeness as well as comfort. To some sex is not all that important. So they can do with out the cofinds of a sexual relationship. It is also known that women seem to be more likely to be celibate than men. this is mostly because of the emotional factors that ae involved with sex. men tend to not have as much of an emotional bond as women and are less likely to become c ....

.... and that I never heard him laugh out loud in his life" (page.20). But he dose something to show his love to his son, such as " he would fix the small spot where I planted beans and other quick-sprouting seeds before he prepared the big garden, even if the spring was late" (page.20). Those things all mean Peter's father loves his son very much, he just never says it. He just does something silently. Peter knows all of the things his father does, so, after his father gives him a new, bright penny. He plays with that penny, and imagines that it is a real gold. He can use that penny to buy a moving machine to make his father finish the work early, and buy a car to make his fat ....

.... person who follows it; however, there are some basic "rules" that every straight-edge person follows, whether they are straight-edge or hard-line straight-edge.  Straight-edge is not something that has occurred just recently. It is commonly believed that it was started nearly two decades ago in the 1980-1983 era by the hardcore-punk band called Minor Threat.  The song "Straight-Edge" written by Ian MacKaye, the band's singer, not only coined the phrase, but it encompassed all of the philosophies that a straight-edge person believes in.  There have been theories that an earlier punk band, called the Teen Idols (which included Ian MacKaye and the drummer from Minor Thre ....

.... here is called incentive , which is necessary to keep society as a whole moving forward. The harmful , which may only benefit a few people, will hurt the majority. Incentive keeps the spirit of ambition alive in each and every one of us. We can keep improving our current status legally without hurting other people by using our current skills as best as we can and more efficiently. When a system gives an individual the opportunity to improve, then this system will remain moving forward. The free economic system in the United States is progressing and will continue to do so as long as incentive is performed by each individual legally and honestly without any exterior interf ....