... and anti-authority defiance among youths in these areas and thus the gang problem continues (CNN, 1997). Brief History It is important to look at a brief history of gangs in order to gain an understanding of how they evolved in what they are today. The presence of gangs in societies dates back to the early fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in Europe ... have been absent at home. BBSSA has over 500 programs reaching thousands of youth. For more information check out the website at http://www.bbbsa.org/. Lastly the city of Phoenix, AZ uses a Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT)...

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... any vindictive reason for killing another man regardless of the army's efforts to spark animosity. In fact, victories were rarely celebrated. Some soldiers even felt sympathy for the injured Germans. Harry L. Jackson said, "I try not to have sympathy for them – but I can't see anyone suffer without having some feeling of compassion." Oddly enough, if Americans and Germans bumped ... be hit. He remembers turning away with "revulsion, horror, and remorse" when seeing dead men, women, and children in their regular weekday clothes scattered across the streets. Soldier Harry L. Jackson wit...

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... and brother of Anthony. Nitschmann supported the pair for four months with his carpentry skills. Dober was unable to find the clay of the necessary quality to employ himself as a potter. When Nitschmann, as planned, returned to Europe, Dober was employed as steward of Governor Gardelin's household and tutor of his children. Although the income was steady and sufficient for his ... , and resident missionaries were appointed to live on these newly purchased estates. Converts were secured as workers for these settlements in an attempt to mitigate the supposed evils of a religious order part...

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... composers began to look outside of their own musical sphere's for inspiration. These composers traveled in the wake of such legends as Henry Cowell and his student John Cage, or Harry Parch, all three of whom were familiar with gamelan music. One such composer was Lou Harrison. Harrison was born right here in Portland, Oregon in 1917, and also studied under ... and household products and could certainly be viewed as precursors to his later east-meets-west compositions. This sort of instrumentation can be directly linked to the earlier works of Harry Partch and his homemade instrument en...

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... one who gives considerable attention to the utilitarian. This should by no means be taken as a rigid scheme, however. Even within one form of art, motives may vary widely. Thus a potter or a weaver may create a highly functional work such as a salad bowl, or a blanket. However, the work may be for everyday use at the same time beautiful, or he may create ... ...

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... one who gives considerable attention to the utilitarian. This should by no means be taken as a rigid scheme, however. Even within one form of art, motives may vary widely. Thus a potter or a weaver may create a highly functional work such as a salad bowl, or a blanket. However, the work may be for everyday use at the same time beautiful, or he may create ... ...

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... was simply incapable. With the British preventing any reinforcement from the metropole, the supply of fuel stopped by Japanese pressure, and Admiral Decoux making successive concessions to the Japanese in order to grasp onto some form of remaining sovereignty, albeit weak, the hold onto Indochina was almost impossible. By 1945, French authority was broken, and appointment of a nationalist government ... equipped with Japanese weaponry. The British, because of this, decided to exclude themselves in any further conflict in Asia and instead demanded a political consultation between the Ne...

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... in capital adequacy requirements that favour long term rather than short term investment; special exchange rates to 'lock in' portfolio investment; eliminating the protection of portfolio investors in order to remove moral hazard considerations in investment strategies; or even finding ways to use IMF resources to break the 'mass psychology' of the herd mentality in financial markets--have ... state. The institution of state sovereignty brought with it a spatial resolution which distinguished between the domesticated interior and the anarchical exterior.31 Inside came to embody the possi...

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... France become less important than causing tension in relationships between himself and inhabitants of states under French control. Napoleon also used Poland in order to gain troops for the French Army. Within Poland, Napoleon was seen as the leader who could bring independence to Poland which was decreasing in ... power. In order to gain troops, Napoleon made vague promises of potential independence for Poland away from Austria, Prussia and Russia. Independence was something the Polish ... in the amount of time it took for Polish independence due to his failure to fulfill the needs of t...

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... Franconian emperor and the Papacy was of major significance for the whole world. This was particularly true of France and Germany." In order to describe the significance as well as importance of the Franconian Empire, Meyer's Encyclopedic Lexicon in his review mentioned that the Empire of ... developed a coalition. During that phase of coalition, the values of separation were sanctioned and 120 commissioners were chosen and assembled in Metz in order to think through an egalitarian division. After three years of hostile fight, struggling and discussions, all the involving parties were set...

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... public transport instead, which caused more cars put into use. Lastly, individuals are also responsible for this problem. People are lacking in consciousness and awareness for traffic situation in order. Sometimes, people drive after drinking, which causes more traffic accidents. The solution, we think, is for government to inject more funds into the construction of infrastructure, increase more ... selfish attitudes. A 1995 study by the Automobile Association in Great Britain found that 88% of the respondents reported at least one of the behaviors listed below directed at them (in order...

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... There are social and political pressures put on officials and society in its entirety becomes "emotionally charged." The public should take a step back and consider more thoughtful considerations in order to deduce sensible options (Sluder & Roberts, 1993). Although surgical and chemical castration may seem to be cruel and unusual, drug treatment can be seen as a more acceptable ... reduced through the antiandrogen treatment and this essentially means that when the androgen receptors are reduced or desensitized, male sexual behavior patterns should become limited or perhaps even change....

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... immediately. The only solution is the education of the masses. It is imperative that modern society fully appreciate the terrors of the Holocaust in order to prevent it's reoccurrence. First and foremost, we must address the fallacies concerning the world's knowledge of what was happening. It is often ... immediately. The only solution is the education of the masses. It is imperative that modern society fully appreciate the terrors of the Holocaust in order to prevent it's reoccurrence. First and foremost, we must address the fallacies concerning the world's knowledge of what was happenin...

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... links voyages of discovery to medieval Europe by suggesting that his voyages were drawn on the same apocalyptic drive to Christianize the globe into a golden age that the millennial Franciscan order had been supporting. This new expansion of Europe, therefore, was both driven by the extensions of the same goals and processes that drove Crusaders during the medieval period and ... Copernicus did not offer answers, his theory led to development by other scientists and philosophers such as Galileo, who continued the practice of retuning to simplicity in mathematical models in order to make...

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... and because 1944 was an election year20. The report consequently spurred a chain of events in favor of cooperation toward rescue, no matter how limited. On January 22nd 1944, Executive Order 9417 established the War Refugee Board. Morgenthau, Hull and Henry Stimson were to head the WRB, and John Pehle, a member of Morgenthau's Treasury staff, was named Director. Agents ... before, confounding the reality of the situation making it more difficult to comprehend. Another factor supporting this view is that the casualty numbers reported in the newspapers were in the order of hundreds of thous...

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... some of Keynes ideas or tools such as the accelerator or the multiplier. France In France they also felt that in order to ensure economic stability, full employment and efficient production was required. It was also felt that the government must intervene in the economy in ... order to help it along. In France this can be seen in the "Plan's" which they implemented between 1945 to 1970. The ... were getting so heavily involved with the economy and intervening shows how Keynes influenced the government. At the time the German's also realised how increased export order's stimulated not ...

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... coalition government where concessions are made by all parties involved. What is apparent is that green parties, who wish to pursue this path, in order to gain support and momentum for their policies, have to engage in relation building with other coalition members. This can be a complex process if ... of France's nuclear industry. Support for green policies is likely to be in the minority this underlines the significance of legislative coalition building in order to obtain quid pro quos. Structural power is concentrated in industry and the economy and this makes it extremely difficult f...

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... Congress of Vienna. The defeat of Napoleon and the French brought about the beginning of the Congress of Vienne. The Congress was called in order to restore the balance of power in Europe, and also to ensure that France could never again expand outside it's original pre-war borders. ... decline of older empires like Austria and Turkey had skewered the former balance of power in Europe. Austria had tried to dominate the Balkans in order to check the anti-Habsburg propaganda coming from Serbia, with German support - for Germany herself planned to explot the rich resources of Asia Minor .....

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... significant differences.Again,we accept that others will want to examine different moments of immigration in the postwar period and in the period of colonization to the colonials countries in order to provide a complete understanding of issue, but our concern is to stimulate thinking and give conceptual clarity. But examine the condition of exit, the characteristics of the entrants and the ... the issues that followed. Give examples of successful strategies of entry in Britain. Suggest the policy areas that need to be re-examined in the light of our findings in order to ground the resea...

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... both US and USSR may had viewed the Third World as a kind of "safety valve " against direct conflict, 2 their "act of concern " on those states seriously complicated the international political order and made ways harder for domestic revolutions in Southern States. The case in Asia, Vietnam for example, the US and USSR proxy role devoted little to accelerate the country's transition ... , "seeking initially the nonaligned nations being lured or frightened into the Soviet Camp, the United Stated undertook such massive material aid programs as Point Four and Mutual Security plan in order t...

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... often found to be "leaving their children once they are four or five years old; more importantly, women also refuse to have children, practicing abortion and using alleged contraceptives, in order to be free to choose this occupation. Again, the men are helpless; they can only brand this voluntary sterility as the gravest possible form of immorality- (Nadel, 1952 p. 21). It ... and torture Ursula and even though nothing of significance was found and Ursula still denied the accusations of witchcraft, the judge still decided to make an example of her in order to dissuade people. It turns ...

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... to Employee 1. Guilt that being more productive than non-teleworkers may show them up. This might lead to resentment and/or unemployment. 2. May have to spend money (unexpected expenses) in order to: a. Decorate / finish an area for Home Office use. b. Add or improve electrical outlets and/or lighting. c. Have extra phone line(s) installed. d. Buy communication / computer equipment and/or software. e. ... work is often expected or too little time is allowed for its completion. Supervisors who cannot check up on their disabled employees in the office often demand too much in order to pre...

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... to Employee 1. Guilt that being more productive than non-teleworkers may show them up. This might lead to resentment and/or unemployment. 2. May have to spend money (unexpected expenses) in order to: a. Decorate / finish an area for Home Office use. b. Add or improve electrical outlets and/or lighting. c. Have extra phone line(s) installed. d. Buy communication / computer equipment and/or software. e. ... work is often expected or too little time is allowed for its completion. Supervisors who cannot check up on their disabled employees in the office often demand too much in order to pre...

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... of the Rhine, not in Italy or elsewhere." And on August 1st of the same year "we must use everything we can, especially the differences between France and Italy, in order to win Italy over to our side." This shows many things to the historian wishing to understand Hitler's foreign policy. First, Hitler still considered France Germany's primary opponent, realizing that ... destroy France completely in accordance with the program developed in Mein Kampf. But this step was merely to serve the purpose of subsequently turning to the east, be it in order to attack the Soviet Union with the ai...

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One main theme I have learned in studying history is that there have been many "panics" in communities large and small regarding certain events concerning social order. One of the first of these panics involving alcohol and its social vices began around 1700 and ended approximately 4 decades later. Whenever a new type of beverage entered Europe and became ... few years, did the drink start to become popular again. Within the last ten years, Absinthe has seen more and more liberality in the eyes of certain governments. But in order to understand where it is now, we must explore its history, T...

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