NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS IN THE CARIBBEAN Definitions A hazard can be defined as‚ “A potentially damaging physical event‚ phenomenon or human activity that may cause the loss of life or injury‚ property damage‚ social and economic disruption or environmental degradation”. Hazards can include latent conditions that may represent future threats and can have different origins: natural (geological‚ hydrometeorological and biological); or induced by human processes (environmental degradation
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Cosmetic surgery on teenagers Both texts‚ Valerie Ulene‚ “Plastic surgery for teens”‚ an article from Los Angeles Times website‚ January 12‚ 2009 and Camille Sweeney‚ “Seeking Self-Esteem Through Surgery”‚ an article from New York Times website‚ January 15‚ 2009‚ agree on the view on cosmetic surgery and query the idea of increased self-esteem to a certain point. Text 1‚ “Plastic surgery for teens”‚ focuses more on the surgery itself whereas text 2‚ Seeking Self-Esteem Through Surgery”‚ focuses
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THE INFLUENCE OF MEDIA ON TEENAGERS Author: Nenad Jevtic Mentor: Biljana Pipovic‚ English teacher Abstract The media exerts an enormous‚ almost a normative influence‚ over the lives of men‚ women‚ adolescents and children. It influences‚ particularly among teenagers‚ the ways in which individuals and groups dress‚ talk‚ behave‚ and think. The media‚ in the forms of movies‚ television‚ radio‚ and print as well as the new electronic communications media of the Internet‚ helps to connect individuals
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Drinking and driving has become the leading cause of deaths in today’s society. Each year the amount of people engaging in drunk driving increases greatly. Young teens to adults as well partake in the consumption of alcohol. Alcohol takes a toll on the human brain to cause people to make immoral decisions. Not only is this affecting yourself but the innocent people around you. Driving drunk can lead to serious penalties. Every day we see and hear terrible tragedies about the loss of loved ones
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Vandalism…… Teenagers are the generation that will colour the future. They are exposed to many things that can affect their behaviour either to be the good person or not. Nowadays‚ we can see there are many problems among the teenagers‚ especially the social problem. Gangsters and vandalism are the example of some of these problems. Nevertheless‚ the heavier problem among teenagers nowadays is vandalism. According to “Vandalism‚” (2008) “vandalism is the intentional abuse‚ damage or destruction
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The article “Teenagers‚ Friends‚ and bad decisions” by Tara Parker-Pope informs and explains why teens make bad decisions. Also in the novel “Tears of a Tiger” Sharon B. Draper gives examples of how teenagers have positive and negative behaviors. Emotions and feelings could sometimes be the reason why they behave either bad or good. Teenagers have many reasons why they behave the way they do. Teenagers should stop trying to impress their friends by doing unnecessary Teenagers make bad decisions
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associated to the hazards. In the forthcoming paragraphs we will discuss in detail hazards‚ risks associated to hazards and how preventive measures can be taken to minimise the risks of any accident with reference to the Restaurants (McDonalds Restaurants Ltd). Before to go further one should know what hazard means and how it can be defined. The most common definition of the word Hazard is‚ “A potential source of harm or adverse health effect on a person or persons”. The word hazard has many definitions
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behaviors themselves. Aggressive‚ illegal or self-injurious behaviors also have a tendency to cluster among friend groups‚ as do concerns about body image and eating”(4). In this quote‚ the author point out that behavior is almost contagious among teenagers. Good behavior by peers can spread through the group‚ but bad behavior can also be modeled. Friends influence is so powerful and subtle in influence teenagers.
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Preventing Alcoholism among the Youth The debate over whether the legal drinking age should be lowered or remain the same is an ongoing battle. At the age of twenty-one‚ it is studied that the mind is finished with its natural process of development. It is less likely that alcohol can damage the development of the brain as compared to the brain of an eighteen year old who has yet to finish maturing. The legal drinking age should not be lowered due to the fact at a younger age; people are less tolerant
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The Internet has been force into the attention because of its ability to allow information transmission to anywhere where there’s a computer and a phone line. The Internet‚ now households tag for a network of computers providing theoretically worldwide access to information. The Internet has changed ways of living in many aspects in the past few years. It has made the world available at your fingertips. You have the freedom to shop for just about anything without leaving the comfort of your home
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