Elvis Presley was the first
real rock and roll star.
Born January 8, 1935, in East Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley was the son of Gladys and Vernon Presley, a sewing machine operator and a truck driver.
Gladys, Elvis and Vernon Presley
1937
A white southerner who singing blues laced with country and country tinged with gospel, Presley brought [...]
Teens who have struggled with drug addictions
shared their experiences: Real Stories:
Anabolic Steroids; Behind the Bulk: Craig’s Story
Craig took steroids because he wanted to look like an action figure. Craig did get bigger, but so did his problems.
Adapted from Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body, Scholastic, Inc., 2003.
Every time he passed a [...]
Passing the Purple Hat to You
“When you have nothing left but God, you have more than enough to start over!!”
“The FUTURE belongs to those who plan for it”
IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER
by Erma Bombeck
(written after she found out she was dying from cancer)
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IF I HAD MY [...]
Q: What is marijuana? Are there different kinds?
A: Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. You may hear marijuana called by street names such as pot, herb, weed, grass, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, or chronic. There are more than 200 slang terms [...]
In a guidance approach to discipline, parents use methods that
reduce conflicts respectfully for parents and children.
Discipline is not punishment – It is a means of helping the child learn
acceptable ways to deal with personal feelings and desires.
Punishment, on the other hand, is a reaction to misbehavior that is usually hurtful and may even [...]
The rules of attraction
What really draws couples together?
The mysteries of hormones are only now being unravelled
- and giving us fascinating new insights into why we behave the way we do-
“A woman’s smile may not be all it seems”,
When her zygomaticus major cheek muscle moves the upper lip upward and outward to produce that warm smile, [...]
On November 21 2008, Abraham Biggs,
a 19-year-old student, took his own life,
watched by hundreds on a webcam.
-This was not the first webcam suicide – apparently a man in Shropshire hung himself in a similar situation last year. (see further down)
Biggs posted a suicide note saying that he hated himself for the mistakes [...]
Introduction
Bipolar disorder,
also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person’s mood, energy, and ability to function.
Different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through, the symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe.
They can result in damaged relationships, poor job or school performance, and even suicide. But there [...]
George Carlin’s Views:
on Aging!
(Absolutely Brilliant)
Do you realize that the only time in our lives,
when we like to get old is when we’re kids?
If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging,
that you think in fractions.
“How old are you?” “I’m four and a half!”
You’re never thirty-six and a half.
You’re [...]
Broadly speaking questions of sexual ethics can be organized into issues related to consent, issues related to the institution of marriage such as marital fidelity and premarital and non-marital sex.
Issues related to sexuality,
questions about how gender and power are expressed through sexual behavior,
questions about how individuals relate to society,
questions about how individual [...]
