parental guidance‚ and peer pressure. One major contributing cause of drug abuse in the teen population is low self-esteem. In this moment of their life‚ the adolescents are more sensitive to the impact of drugs‚ so they take more risks and don’t think about the consequences. The drugs make them feel powerful‚ teens who starting to use drugs sometimes believes that will make them better them other‚ and they will get everything. Besides these points‚ the combination of drugs and low self-esteem‚ in a negative
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2011 Copyright © IIUM Press ISSN 0128-4878 Book Reviews Malaysia’s foreign policy‚ the first fifty years: Alignment‚ neutralism‚ Islamism. By Johan Saravanamuttu. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies‚ ISEAS‚ 2010‚ pp. 388. ISBN: 978-9814279-78-9 Reviewer: Abdul Rashid Moten‚ Department of Political Science‚ International Islamic University Malaysia. E-mail: rashidm@iium.edu.my Malaysia’s foreign policy is very much under-studied. Nevertheless‚ there exist several scholarly
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which was developed by the National Science Foundation. Over time other smaller regional and local networks from all over the world joined this backbone. The Department of Energy and NASA also added networks and backbones. This led to a growth of about 10 percent per month for this network and the term internet was introduced (Kahn‚ 1994). Over the years the internet has gained popularity as a means of connecting people together. The introduction of internet based alternatives to everyday
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Explain‚ with the help of a diagram‚ how a government can maintain a stable foreign exchange rate. [8] For a knowledge and understanding of the influence of supply and demand in setting the foreign exchange rate. Up to 4 marks For application showing how a government can maintain a foreign exchange rate through intervention in the foreign exchange market. Up to 4 marks (6 marks maximum if no diagram provided A fixed exchange rate‚ sometimes called a pegged exchange rate‚ is also referred to
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When All is Lost‚ Faith Remains Many people find themselves in a constant struggle of faith. These individuals are often questioning if there is a God‚ and if there is how does one know. In Hwee Hwee Tan’s novel‚ Foreign Bodies‚ there is a struggle of faith in each of the four main characters. Mei and Andy are two of these characters that are able to come to faith in the Christian God after life altering experiences. These experiences have caused each of them to analyze and attack life in different
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The two main points that are dealt with in the foreign assistance program are economic and development assistance as well as security assistance. Foreign economic and development assistance provides an impoverished nation with funds and teams devoted to stabilize the economy of the specific country. This is important because if an economy is stabilized
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION The Internet has become an essential part of our daily life‚ and companies realize that the Internet can be a shopping channel to reach existing and potential consumers. With popular trends and demands the concept of the Internet as the way forward to increase profit margins‚ companies new and old are creating websites here and there. The significance for retailers to having a web site is that a web site is informational and transactional in nature.
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DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS STUDIES Consumer Behaviour in Online Shopping 2007-11-29 Authors: Tutors: Anders Hasslinger Selma Hodzic Claudio Opazo Lisa Källström Christer Ekelund Abstract The Internet has developed into a new distribution channel and online transactions are rapidly increasing. This has created a need to understand how the consumer perceives online purchases. The purpose of this dissertation was to examine if there are any particular factors that influence
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moral degradation among a significant number of students in the West. Look at the list of school related criminal attacks worldwide and you’d observe the US perched handsomely at the top. We read almost every week about teen shootouts‚ teen pregnancies and yet do not wish to speak about them in the open. ‘It’s taboo’. We‚ Indian students here‚ atleast under the fear of failure‚ the fear of humiliation‚ the fear of corporal punishment are compelled on to the right track as far as our pursuit of educational
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET Foreign Exchange – Any currency‚ other than the local currency‚ which is used in settling international transactions. Foreign Exchange Rate - the price for which one currency is exchanged for another Foreign Exchange Market - are the institutions or systems involved with changing one currency into another. * Exchange rates are determined on the basis of supply and demand in the foreign exchange market * Foreign currency dealers provide two quotes: Bid Price:
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