Studies show between 25% and 50% of homeless youth are LGBT‚ and on the streets because of their sexual orientation. Half of the youth who come out to their parents experience a negative reaction and in 26% of these experiences the child is thrown out of their home. Gay teens are 8.4 times more likely to report trying to commit suicide‚ and 5.9 times more likely to report being depressed compared to teens from families that have no or low chance of family rejection. The average GPA for LGBT students
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teenagers spend two hours watching television and one and a half hours is spent surfing the internet each day. Many teens usually spend sleepless nights on social media without the knowledge of their parents. This disruption of sleep has had numerous effects on teenagers. It has led to cases of insomnia‚ mood swings and increase obesity. Studies have also shown that‚ certain groups of teenagers are prone to violence because of media influence. Watching too much television takes teenagers further away
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A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone‚ cell phone‚ and a hand phone) is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over aradio link while moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator‚ allowing access to the public telephone network. By contrast‚ a cordless telephone is used only within the short range of a single‚ private base station. In addition to telephony‚ modern mobile phones also support a wide variety
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Office of the Reserve Bank Of India 6‚Sansand Marg‚ (R.B.I) Building.PB NO 123. New Delhi: Financial Regulation and Financial Inclusion – Working Together or at Cross-purposes: Our ref: Cbn/Ohg/Oxd1/2011-12 Telex: 09331Credit/RBI. Payment file: RBI/Ben/2012. PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF YOUR FUNDS. Attn: Beneficiary‚ The transfer department of the Reserve bank of India has decided to bring to your attention‚ that you were listed as a beneficiary in the recent schedule for payment
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A youth subculture is a youth-based subculture with distinct styles‚ behaviors‚ and interests. Youth subcultures offer participants an identity outside of that ascribed by social institutions such as family‚ work‚ home and school. Youth subcultures that show a systematic hostility to the dominant culture are sometimes described as countercultures The punk subculture‚ which centres on punk rock music‚ includes a diverse array of ideologies‚ fashions and forms of expression‚ including visual art‚
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The effect of mobile phone radiation on human health is the subject of recent interest and study‚ as a result of the enormous increase in mobile phone usage throughout the world (as of June 2009‚ there were more than 4.3 billion users worldwide). Mobile phones use electromagnetic in the microwave range. Other digital wireless systems‚ such as data communication networks‚ produce similar radiation. The WHO has classified mobile phone radiation on the IARC scale into Group 2B - possibly carcinogenic
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The effect of mobile phone radiation on human health is the subject of recent interest and study‚ as a result of the enormous increase in mobile phone usage throughout the world. As of November 2011‚ there were more than 6 billion subscriptions worldwide.[1] Mobile phones use electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range. Other digital wireless systems‚ such as data communication networks‚ produce similar radiation. In 2011‚ International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified mobile
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proper spelling and grammar. Most of their words are in abbreviations of some social media sites‚ which they develop. This tends to reduce student’s ability to effectively write without relying on the computer’s auto correct. Social Media has effects among students in Nigeria through the above problems. Students communicate with their friends‚ family and strangers on this social media. There are many social networks available for students to communicate all over the world with people. Facebook
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Personally‚ I feel that video games can be the cause of aggressive behavior among people‚ because exposure to games containing violent images has been proven to impact individuals’ mindsets negatively. I agree with Dr. Michael Rich‚ in that he explains this influential power in regard to violent video games when he states: “Players might be quicker to throw a punch during a disagreement or even carry a weapon to school‚ simply because they see so much of that on the screen” (Television and Video
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Carver‚ C. F. (2002). The role of optimism in social network development‚ coping‚ and psychological adjustment during a life transition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology‚ 82‚ 102–111. Carver‚ C. S.‚ Kus‚ L. A.‚ & Scheier‚ M. F. (1994). Effects of good versus bad mood and optimistic versus pessimistic outlook on social acceptance versus rejection. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology‚ 13‚ 138–151. Chemers‚ M. M.‚ Hu‚ L.‚ & Garcia‚ B. F. (2001). Academic self-ef cacy and rst year college
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