comfortable in social settings‚ and to feel good about whom they are. Adolescents are no different. They too use drugs to gain these temporary feelings and sensations. “Drug abuse among young people is one of the greatest challenges of our time” (Shedler and Black‚ 1990). The prevalence of drug use among adolescents is a disturbing phenomenon that has been investigated for decades. When adolescents abuse drugs‚ their lives can be adversely affected (Jenkins
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society. MISSION: The RMTU shall primarily provide instruction‚ undertake research‚ extension and provide advanced studies and progressive leadership in agriculture‚ forestry‚ engineering‚ education‚ arts‚ sciences‚ humanities and other fields may be relevant to the development of the province. I. COURSE CODE: SOC SCI3 II. COURSE TITLE: Politics and Governance with NPC III. COURSE CREDIT: 3 Units IV. COURSE DURATION: Second Semester S.Y. 2013 – 2014 V. COURSE PRE-REQUISITE:
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local leaders/officials especially on Governance. LGUs failed to deliver effective governance that resulted to numerous issues and grievances from the people. The LGUs’ shortcomings towards its citizenry have betrayed the true essence of their slogan “Public office is a Public Trust.” Sulu Local Government Units have always been ‘poor’ and ‘weak’ in governance when evaluated by its people and they are always inadequate to reach their topmost echelon. Poor Governance aggravates the Poverty in the province
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Issues December 16‚ 2008: Satyam board approved a 51% stake acquisition of Maytas Infra‚ a listed company in the Bombay Stock Exchange for US$1.3 billion and 100% stake in unlisted firm Maytas Properties for US$300 million. Both of these firms were in the construction and real estate business and Satyam’s chairman‚ Ramalinga Raju family held a 36% stake in Mayta’s Infra and 35% stake in Maytas Properties. Implication: The deal was seen as a way of diverting cash from Satyam’s shareholder to Satyam’s
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National e-Governance Plan Funded under the Integrated Action Plan (IAP)3 ‚ the National e-Governance Plan aims to provide support to the district administration to facilitate development of G2C (Government to Citizen) services. The three pillars of the infrastructure used to implement the plan are the state data centres‚ state-wide area networks and common service centres (CSC). Jharkhand has been selected as the pilot state for the implementation of this Plan‚ and Ranchi is the pilot district
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competitiveness in many areas to satisfy the demands required by the IMF‚ of which corporate governance was of utmost importance. Many studies has scrutinized poor management practice of corporate governance‚ specifically in the chaebol firms as one of the main drives behind the collapse of Korean economy (Chang‚ 2006‚ Lee‚ 2002‚ Nam‚ 2001‚ Kim‚ 2004)‚ some even set it as case study of how corporate governance could relate to firm values and company performance (Black‚ Jang and Kim‚ 2005‚ Baek‚ Kang
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Tool Use Among Chimpanzees Jane Goodall was the first person to ever document seeing a non-human animal create and use tools. (Atkinson) We now see that tool use among chimpanzees is not uncommon. Upon this discovery we have figured out they have many ways to use and craft tools. There is a bit of a difference between tool uses and acquisition among wild and captive Pan troglodytes. The wild chimpanzees have all types of materials to choose and work from in the wild and rely more on tool use for
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1 A study on the Social activeness and Death anxiety among the elderly *S. Thenndral *Hannah Paul Abstract: The world health organisation recognises anyone above the age of 60 as elderly‚ the phase after which is termed as ‘late adulthood’. This period is marked by characteristic physical‚ cognitive and psychosocial changes‚ social activeness being one such area in which the change is clearly visible.(Papalia‚ D.E.‚ 2008) The indulgence of oneself in social activities like attending
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Preventing Alcoholism among the Youth The debate over whether the legal drinking age should be lowered or remain the same is an ongoing battle. At the age of twenty-one‚ it is studied that the mind is finished with its natural process of development. It is less likely that alcohol can damage the development of the brain as compared to the brain of an eighteen year old who has yet to finish maturing. The legal drinking age should not be lowered due to the fact at a younger age; people are less tolerant
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UGANDA MANGEMENT INSTITUTE Public Policy and Governance Module: Public Budgeting and Good Governance QUESTION: Budgeting process is a waste of time and valuable resources. Evaluate this statement. A budget is a plan for financing an enterprise or government during a definite period‚ which is prepared and submitted by a responsible executive to a representative body (or other duly constituted agent) whose approval and authorization are necessary before the plan may be executed. In the
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