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    Prison Gangs

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    Most prison gangs do more than offer simple protection for their members. Most often‚ prisons gangs are responsible for any drug‚ tobacco or alcohol handling inside correctional facilities (Garbarino 50). Furthermore‚ many prison gangs involve themselves in prostitution‚ assaults‚ kidnappings and murders. Prison gangs often seek to intimidate the other inmates‚ pressuring them to relinquish their food and other resources (Garbarino 59). Also‚ prison gangs often exercise a large degree

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    Do People Use Stereotypes?

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    Shawn N Professor N Research 11/25/2013 Discussion – Stereotypes Although some people believe that they do not use stereotypes to describe people or even think of others differently‚ that is false. In this generation‚ stereotypes are everywhere and are almost impossible to not be affected by them. The true definition of the word ‘stereotype‚’ is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. Stereotypes can be applied to just about anything;

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    Did you know there have been over 230 deaths on Mt. Everest? Now knowing this should people have the right to rescue services if they put themselves at risk? There are months of training before you can attempt the climb of Mt. Everest. It takes much strength‚ and agility to get to the top‚ and then they still need to get down. If the climber does not make it to the top or back down there will almost always a helicopter ready to rescue the climber. Once they reach the top there is little oxygen and

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    move forward in life. Many people to this day lie. They always expect to be able to say sorry after they lie and don’t think it affects the other person. When you lie to a person‚ even after you say sorry‚ it will always affect them. Even if you are a good person and you lie you can say sorry but people will always remember you from what you did. Hannah Baker committed suicide. “I hope you’re ready because i’m about to tell the story of my life. More specifically‚ why my life ended. And if you’re

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    free market system. This system has been touted as “the world’s greatest economic success story”1 because no other system “has been as effective…in turning scarcity into abundance.”2 Many people have claimed capitalism to be one of the world’s most moral systems because it “has improved the lives of so many people.”3 Economists‚ generally speaking‚ have come to agree that capitalism is the best economic system.

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    Why do so many people like The Walking Dead? Audiences these days are fascinated with the idea of how life would be if something on an apocalyptic scale would occur. Some believe that there will be some kind of doomsday occurrence that will radically change the world as we know it. A few television producers have successfully taken the ideas of these people and made them into entertaining series that keep audiences glued to their TVs wanting more. One of these would be “The Walking Dead”‚ a TV

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    Gangs in Toronto

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    Gangs Essay What is a good thing that pops into your head when you think of gangs? Bet you can’t think of any. Most of the time gangs are related to violence and other crime related activities. For example‚ there was one time where my mother and I were out for a walk with our dog around 11 at night. We were just standing there waiting for our dog to go to the washroom when a car pulled up to the side of the road and a few guys jumped out. It seemed as if they were searching

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    Olivia Louis Marjorie Downie English 119 4th February 2013 Different types of body modification and why people do them. It is so obvious that we as humans crave to stand out in any instance we can‚ no way are we going to let anyone out shine us. So we modify things about ourselves daily‚ drastic or not to show others that we are different and worth being noticed. Body modification has become a norm of today’s world; reasons for body modification vary from a rite of passage‚ to religious beliefs

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    Gangs In The Outsiders

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    want to see.” (S.E Hilton‚ The Outsiders). In the Outsiders‚ Hilton demonstrates the rough life of gang living. In the story there many negative examples and consequences from the gang life‚ such as‚ “rumbles”‚ violent acts‚ and even tragic deaths. The gangs were small groups‚ within the community in which members were often loyal to each other‚ and to the gang as a whole. All member of the gangs seemed to have unconditional love for one another‚ and would sacrifice for each other‚ but shared in

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    Why Do Coupons

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    There are many rumours in people’s minds about why coupons or bad or useless‚ leading them to avoid using coupons. It is time to debunk these wrong assumptions and put them to rest. Here are six of the most common myths regarding coupons and why they are false: Coupons are Not Worth the Savings Some people feel that coupons only save a fractional amount of money which won’t matter anyway in the long run. Another thing people feel is that stores know you’ll use the coupons‚ so they increase prices

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