age of 18 enter adult jails and prisons while still children or as the youngest of adults. The US supreme court has recognized that a youth offender serves a higher percentage of his life in prison than an adult offender. About 200‚000 people ages 24 and younger leave juvenile facilities or prisons every year. Characteristics & challenges Research has found that youth offenders are among the inmates most open to physical and sexual assault during incarceration. Many are placed in isolated segregation
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MASS COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY‚ 2000‚ 3(1)‚ 3–37 Uses and Gratifications Theory in the 21st Century Thomas E. Ruggiero Communications Department University of Texas at El Paso Some mass communications scholars have contended that uses and gratifications is not a rigorous social science theory. In this article‚ I argue just the opposite‚ and any attempt to speculate on the future direction of mass communication theory must seriously include the uses and gratifications approach. In this article
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Century is a local insurance company that basically snatches the vast majority of CIS majors graduating from UWSP. They provide exactly what newly graduated college students crave‚ a paycheck and freedom. You’re allowed to change between the different departments at Century. You can join up as a web developer and if you lose the love you once had for developing you can easily swap to customer service or backend coding. Initially I knew nothing about Century so the 4 speakers‚ one from each branch
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Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship Emerald Article: Entrepreneurial marketing: a strategy for the twenty-first century? Sussie C. Morrish Article information: To cite this document: Sussie C. Morrish‚ (2011)‚"Entrepreneurial marketing: a strategy for the twenty-first century?"‚ Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship‚ Vol. 13 Iss: 2 pp. 110 - 119 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14715201111176390 Downloaded on: 17-12-2012 References:
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Challenges Facing Teens Now It is always hard to be a teenager‚ and it is even harder in this era. Instead of worrying about acne‚ there exist more serious teen problems which have been brought into focus. Health which teens are facing is basic and not new‚ but this issue seems to be increasing‚ and obesity is a big part of it. According to the 2008 data‚ 18 percent of teens from 12 to 19 years old are obese‚ and 30% of children and teens‚ from 6-19 years old‚ are overweight. This is the
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had everlasting affects as even far into the twenty-first century people still look back onto those of that time in an attempt to mimic the freedom from conformity that that all had. As time progresses the trend to defy the wants and desires of the parents of the past continues to be one of the main focusses of those who grow up. This is also the case in modern times as parents look upon the new trends that current generation have taken in and explored with the same look their parents gave them
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Role of education in 21st century Long‚ long ago‚ Newton had said that he was ‘like a child‚ who is picking pebbles at sea-shore while the great ocean of knowledge lies before me’. Since then‚ knowledge has grown enormously at a much faster speed than human ability to cope with it. Technological advancements of twentieth century‚ especially during post 1970′s due to revolution in the field of information technology‚ have changed the whole scenario. Entering into world of knowledge is like going
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company’s policy to provide opportunities for career development to retain talents. However‚ even with good promotion prospects‚ Jane does not hold much authority in decision-making. With meeting tight deadlines and superiors’ expectation the only challenges‚ job task were mundane and this resulted in a lack of motivation for her. Although this job provided her the work-life balance she wanted‚ she did not enjoyed the nature of
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information with the tendency to lack professionalism and integrity due to the level of ease at which stories of rumors and fallacies can be created and distributed. Through the last ten years‚ journalism has been forced to adapt into the twenty-first century via the Internet and television. Keith Windschuttle talks about how media and journalism have become products of bias and propaganda through this evolution it has taken. In the article The Future of the Press Windschuttle talks about how the British
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New Straits Times pg. 19 5/1/2011 Challenges facing the 1Malaysia concept CHANDRA MUZAFFAR IT was 20 months ago that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak formally announced his 1Malaysia concept. We are now in a position to examine the challenges facing the idea‚ to reflect upon its achievements and to look ahead. The first of the challenges comes from vested interests with a stake in perpetuating ethnic dichotomies that are inimical to national unity. Among the Malays and Bumiputeras‚ there
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