.... my divorce after we moved to Reno. Gambling is rapidly becoming America's favorite past time. It is now more popular than all sporting events combined. "In 1995, Americans spent more on gambling than the U.S. government budgeted for defense: around $500 billion in all, or $2,000 for every man, woman, and child" (Vogel 1). Gambling, or "gaming" as the industry calls it, is fast becoming a part of many people's everyday lives. For years, Nevada was the only place you could go for gambling, but now legalized gaming has spread throughout the country. Whether it is lotteries, horse racing, .....

.... all reality is good, evil is merely the faulty reflection of reality found in a world of particulars."(Funk & Wagnalls) There can be many different types of evil. Two of such types are moral evil and natural evil. Natural evil consists of things like pain and suffering, while moral evil consists of making ‘bad' decisions. "Moral evil depends on the exercise of human will; natural evil is independent of this." (MacGregor) The main difference between these two evils is that people are unable to control natural evil, while moral evil depends on their will. Some people even say physical .....

.... and it is very difficult to get a natural response in an unnatural environment. If a person is used to viewing TV in their own home, on their own beaten up couch, their response level will be very different than it would be in an empty room with a two way mirror. Not only will their awareness level be raised, they may be more concerned in the changed viewing environment and less on the television programs. In a person's home they may watch TV with a high or low awareness level for the program. Some people choose to watch TV just as a background noise while others may be quite into the progr .....

.... It is quite obvious that this is not always so. Knowing this, does that mean that stereotyping is “wrong”? When is it considered “correct”, if ever? We are provided with prerogative to think however we like, but is it correct in assuming that stereotyping is immoral and unfair? This topic will be more discriptive through the proceeding. Stereotyping As it was mentioned in the Introduction, stereotyping is relative to making generalizations towards a whole culture, class, or nation, etc. based on the actions of one or a select few. It is quite obvious that the accuracy rat .....

.... sponging on their parents and friends. When choosing friends it is very important that you surround yourself with people of similar religious beliefs. By doing this your friends will share your conscious and you will have good, clean, fun when you are together. And a friend in Christ seems to always stay with you. Its also nice to have a kid your age that you can talk to about things and they understand. Another important factor in choosing friends is ask yourself will they pass the parent test? This means will my parents approve of them and their family. I don’t mean this in a snob way. .....

.... out by the media and frantic fans, soon to be finding themselves committing suicide do to overdose of drugs and liquor. To that end we the fans must understand that celebrities are just like us, normal everyday citizens. We should all realize that celebrities are actually normal people, trying to earn an honest day’s living, and therefore deserve their privacy rights. Privacy means a lot to them due to the publicity they tend to get, celebrities private lives are being exploited each and every day being that every wrong doing by them will soon get them on the front cover of a dail .....

.... 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 Threat*), started the ideology of straight-edge, but the term was not used until MacKaye wrote and published the song.  Minor Threat have since disbanded, but hardcore fans everywhere still follow the words of the song. (MacKaye later joined up with the punk band Fuga .....

.... appear to never exhibit shyness. Once you begin to understand “The spider is more afraid of you than you are of it,” then you will begin to excel in your relationships with other people around you. First step: begin by saying ‘hi’ to 5 new people everyday. Not too long ago, I noticed that I even did not know how to perform the simple of saying ‘hi’ to people. Then, what happened? As I started to analyze myself, I could not come to any logical conclusion as to why that it scared me to acknowledge people I did not know. I remembered the times when I said ‘hi’ to people and the .....

.... be violent and the effects can be life-long. The information can't be ignored. Violent television viewing does affect children. The effects have been seen in a number of cases. In New York, a 16-year-old boy broke into a cellar. When the police caught him and asked him why he was wearing gloves he replied that he had learned to do so to not leave fingerprints and that he discovered this on television. In Alabama, a nine-year-old boy received a bad report card from his teacher. He suggested sending the teacher poisoned candy as revenge as he had seen on television the night before. In Califo .....

.... them. In dealing with a teen who has taken illegal drugs, you as a parent need to try to understand why you teen has committed the crime. Only when you understand the child, then you can give the appropriate punishment. Another important factor in discipline is to make sure that the teen understands why what they have done is wrong, and show them scripture to explain it. If a child does not know why what they have done is bad, they will likely do it again. A parent needs to make sure that their rules do not contradict each other. It is easy to restrict one bad influence, and not anot .....