Spring 2010 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMIC CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ON YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION‚ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA‚ RIVERSIDE Fact Sheet YOUTH SUICIDE by Michiko Otsuki‚ Tia Kim‚ and Paul Peterson Introduction Youth suicide is a major public health problem in the United States today. Each year in the U.S.‚ thousands of teenagers commit suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds‚ and the fifth leading cause of death for 5-14 year olds. (American Foundation
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Name : Litia Septiyanti Student Number : 20130810032 Class : A General Information about Public speaking I. Introduction Public speaking is when you speaking to a group of people in a structured‚ deliberate manner intended to inform‚ influence‚ or entertain the listeners. II. Interpretation Public speaking has been a vital means of personal empowerment and civic engagement throughout history. It is not foreign anymore in our ears. There are many similarities between public speaking
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of my qualities" and "Caring for our planet." The theme of the 2007 International Essay Contest for Young People was "The role of media and information and communication technologies in building a peaceful world." Acknowledging that TV‚ radio‚ Internet‚ and other forms of media have great influence in shaping our lives and society‚ young people were invited to express their ideas on what the role of the media and communication technologies should be in the future‚ and how they would make use
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Youth in Politics If I were asked to describe ‘Politics’ a few years back‚ this is what I would’ve said- Politics is a quagmire of dirt‚ corruption and power. For a government official to a top bureaucrat‚ money is the end and the means. Politics meant getting your hands soiled‚ without achieving much. However‚ the situation today is fast changing. The faceless anger with current proceedings and motivation to make a constructive change in the society has found manifestation in youth movements
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society. Of these‚ some are literate‚ the total youth population. This population of literate youth has grown between 2001 and 2009. Television has not made a dent on newspapers as a source of information; being seen as a source for entertainment and for news and current affairs; the youth read newspapers to gather news and information on currents events; only some are read for entertainment. The Internet-accessed by only youth – is more of Entertainment Central than an information
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Essay Map: Cause And Effect On Internet Addiction and the solution. Introductory paragraph Thesis statement: Basic introductory about the history of internet Discussing about the positive and negative of internet‚ the causes and factor of internet addiction‚ the various type of internet addiction effect‚ and the solution to prevent or overcome the addiction of internet. Background paragraph Topic sentence: Question to be answered in paragraph: Support: Internet is one of the important
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As with any new technology‚ everyone is always talking about the negative side effects of the internet and saying how it ruins real face to face relationship‚ fills our minds with filth and damages our eyes and melts our brains. As usual it’s the panic mongers whose voices are most heard in the media and it’s gotten to such a point that people begin to feel guilty when they boot up their computer. The same things were said about rock music when records were at their most popular‚ and about televisions
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HISTORICAL INTERVIEW INTERVIEW ON ANCIENT CLOTHING STYLE CONDUCTED IN NIGERIA In line with my background‚ I found it imperative to carry out this interview in Africa. This was made possible via Skype‚ as my granddad and mum had a 2 hours session with me on this topic‚ “How clothing was obtained in our family during their time and their sense of costume while they were still champions in the village. Other relative questions they attempted to answer in this interview are the nature of clothing production
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THE IDEA OF NATURAL RIGHTS; A NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE Being a Paper presented at PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR SERIES OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY‚ AGO-IWOYE‚ OGUN STATE ON THE 4TH SEPTEMBER‚ 2006 AT OGD LECTURE THEATER By OMOTOSO‚ SHARON ADETUTU ABSTRACT This paper attempts a philosophical appraisal of the idea of natural rights‚ issues and problems associated with human
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market based economic system needs political institutions supportive of the free market concept. Thus Nigeria‚ like any other nation‚ has been involved in political engineering partly to achieve this goal. Like many other African economies‚ the Nigerian economy has been mixed. However‚ the level of government participation has been reducing in line with globalisation trend and market base resource rationalisation concept. In this spirit‚ the Federal Government sold its shares in many firms and
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