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Anti-Gang Message from Actual Bangers (bangers=gang members) - 0 views

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    Bangers telling the youth to not join gangs
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LADA gang crimes - 0 views

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    More than 1,400 criminal street gangs exist in Los Angeles County. Gang crimes - from graffiti and quality of life problems to murder and extortion - devastate a community's well-being and sense of security.
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Bright shiny morning by James Frey - 0 views

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    novel about the darkside of L.A. Contains facts about gangs.
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L.A. Gang Wars - 1 views

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    video by national geographics
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The War on Gangs. - 2 views

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    info and a life story...
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Impact of a Comprehensive Whole Child Intervention and Prevention Program among Youths ... - 2 views

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    Youths in gang-ridden neighborhoods are at risk for trauma-related mental health disorders, which are early indicators of likely school failure and delinquency
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Corrections Must Lead the Fight Against Youth Gangs - 2 views

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    The juvenile justice system is continually prompted to "fix" the problem of youth gangs and violence.
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WHEN DOES THE 'GANG' LABEL FIT TEENS? - 2 views

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    Discusses the problem of violent youth gangs in the United States as of July, 1997
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TERROR ON THE STREETS - 2 views

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    The FBI prepares to help beleaguered police chiefs fight a new brand of gang violence that's spreading like wildfire
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Anorexia Statistics - 0 views

  • 50% of girls between the ages of 13 and 15 believe they are overweight.
  • 80% of 13 year old girls have dieted
  • 40% of 9 year old girls dieted
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  • 40 – 60% of high school girls diet
  • Anorexia is the third most common chronic illness among adolescents.
  • Only about 10% of all anorexics are male.
  • Some believe this has to do with the media in western society, which portrays thin women as beautiful and desirable. 
  • other eating disorders seem to be on the rise in non-western countries, possibly due to more exposure to western media and culture
  • Anorexia statistics show that with treatment, only 60% make a full recovery.
  • he final 20% stay dangerously underweight.
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Is the Fashion Industry Taking Action to Fight Eating Disorders? | Women's Rights | Cha... - 0 views

  • he conference offered some hope that the fashion industry's disastrous obsession with the uber-thin and its cavalier disregard for the consequences of eating disorders may be coming to an end.
  • Anna Wintour admitted that models' attitudes towards food have long been hush-hush subjects for modeling agencies and designers, who prefer to shove the topic under the rug and continue subtly reminding the models to keep off the pounds.
  • 5'10 model who's a size 4 is told she's too fat,
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  • and said designers need to embrace "real women."
  • Some fashion shoots and shows are failures because she is not as skinny as the other models (at 5'10 and 125 lbs!).
  • epresent the norm in the life of many models.
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The pros and cons of fast food - Fast Food - Helium - 0 views

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    "fast "
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Fast food - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Outlets may be stands or kiosks, which may provide no shelter or seating,
  • Many petrol/gas stations have convenience stores which sell pre-packaged sandwiches
  • Street vendors and concessions
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The Convenience of Fast Food - 0 views

  • As illustrated by the success of fast food, being more convenient than the alternative will almost always give you a significant advantage in the marketplace.
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What Are Advantages Of Fast Food? - 0 views

  • If you are traveling and don't have much time to eat in an established restaurant, picking up "fast food" to eat; if you work out of the house and have a short lunch break, "fast food" is an advantage.
  • it's a smaller portion than normal meals.
  • it's cheap
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Overview of Drug Use in the United States - Infoplease.com - 0 views

  • About 22.5 million Americans aged 12 or older in 2004 were classified with past year substance dependence or abuse (9.4% of the population), about the same number as in 2002 and 2003. Of these, 3.4 million were classified with dependence on or abuse of both alcohol and illicit drugs, 3.9 million were dependent on or abused illicit drugs but not alcohol, and 15.2 million were dependent on or abused alcohol but not illicit drugs.
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The influence of fashion magazines on the body image satisfaction of college women: an ... - 0 views

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    "Sherry L. Turner"
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