ensure implementation of AFP modernization program — Angara * Written by Tribune * Tuesday‚ 25 June 2013 08:00 * font size * Print * 1 comment Sen. Edgardo Angara emphasized that government should ensure the successful implementation of the country’s revised Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization program‚ amid ongoing territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea. Angara was one of those who shepherded the original AFP Modernization Act of 1995 (Republic Act
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Checkpoint: Social Change and Modernization Chapter 16 of Society: The Basis‚ Eleven Edition‚ by John J. Macionis. Prepared by: Sociology 120 Professor Charlotte Fan University of Phoenix Due Date 04/24/2012 Abstract Social Change is the transformation of culture and social institutions over time (Merton‚ 1968). A key feature of social change is that it is constant and just about everything in life is subject to change. Social change is sometimes intentional but often
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Social Media: Changing Our Society Electricity was first introduced to society hundreds of years ago; the way people communicate began to change in many different ways since then. New inventions helped people build more sophisticate tools to build better places to live and work. This new inventions changed the way we live now days; they make our lives much easier. In the decade of the 1920’s when radio was first introduced to public‚ people begin buying it and using it more and more‚ as years passed
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download music and even play games. These sites have changed the way individuals communicate with the world‚ however‚ everyday designers are finding new and innovative ways in which they can use the sites to connect one person to the rest of society. To our generation Social Networking Sites are part of everyday life. Sites such as MySpace‚ Facebook‚ Xanga‚ and programs such as iChat‚ AIM‚ and Adium have revolutionized the ways in which people communicate. It used to be that e-mail had replaced
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The Effects of Video Games in our Society The effects video games have on young people. Good or bad? Effects of computerized gaming have a wide range on young people today and like anything else the effects you get out is in the way they are used. If we look at how computer games are made and what they are intended for we can get a better understand for the effects that come out of them. Video games today are created on a bases of entertainment but what are computer games? They are most
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Teenage Drug Abuse And Underage Smoking In Our Society In our current day and age‚ teenage drug abuse and underage smoking have reached an all time high. The percentage of teens who smoke‚ from years ago‚ have drastically increased over the last few years. In this essay‚ I will discuss this problem in our society. In a recent 2008-2009 study‚ 13% of Canadian students in grades 10-12 have confessed that they smoke cigarettes on a daily basis. A study conducted a few years earlier in 2005-2006
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Matías Barrera Professor Olga Mella Language VI 14th November 2012 Sexual Discrimination against Women in our Modern Society A long time ago‚ in 1791 Olympe de Gouges wrote the “Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen” nowadays in 2012 sexual discrimination has not yet ended. Even when applying for a job‚ women have to undertake the legacy of an old chauvinist society. For instance‚ when a woman decides to have a child they face another problem‚ who is the one that should foster
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Fargo 1 Karen Fargo Mrs. Smith English 101 25 Oct 2014 Is Censorship Helping or Hurting Our Society? The government has a firm grip on what we as a society can and can’t see. For example‚ early mg television shows cannot contain profanity because that time slot is when children are awake and watching television. But that’s just it; the government hides information and other topics to “protect” common people. However‚ this “protection” aka censorship is a huge part of American
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HOW ADVERTISING AFFECTS OUR SOCIETY Advertising is an important social phenomenon. It both stimulates consumption‚ economic activity models‚ life-styles and a certain value orientation. Consumers are confronted with substantial daily doses of advertising in multiple media. With the perpetual bombardment of marketing media‚ it is presumable that it will affect our individualism and society as a whole. This is an analytical approach to advertising’s effects on the society. Consumer minds’ can be
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Social Networking on Our Society The use of electronic and social media has become a staple in our society. No matter where one travels one can have access to this great resource. But has this accessibility and dependence upon electronic and social media gone too far? Is this passion for instant gratification affecting our ability to communicate with those around us on a personal level? Another question to ask is whether or not this constant access to technology will help our children develop the
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