PLEA BARGAINING The former Chairman‚ Local Government Election Petition Tribunal in Oyo State‚ Justice Waheed Olaifa (rtd)‚ has described plea-bargaining as a bad compromise which is eroding the integrity of the judiciary and deepening the culture of corruption in the country. Olaifa who spoke with journalists shortly after he bowed out of the bench‚ noted that plea-bargaining was a strange element in the Nigerian legal system. He said: “Plea bargaining is not in our own law. Instead of allowing
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Will your children survive the Facebook-apocalypse? Baroness Susan Greenfield begins her feature by asking a‚ to her‚ relevant question;” Can you imagine a world without long-term relationships […]?” This might seem as an exaggeration of the possible outcome‚ considering the topic in hand; children’s use of Facebook. It is however the rhetoric used throughout the feature from 2009‚ but don’t let it scare you from reading a different view on the common household item. Susan Greenfield is a neuroscientist
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Just How Many Facebook Friends Do You Need? Twenty-somethings spend hours each day keeping their social networks going. But a thousand BFFs just may be a few hundred too many. The torture of modern friendship. Source: Robin Marantz Henig‚ Samantha Henig /Newsweek/ October 15‚ 2012 Ask a group of elderly people what it was about their lives that made them happiest overall‚ and they’ll probably mention some warm relationships with family and friends. If you’re satisfied with your social
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Social Networking Sites like Facebook Made the World a Better Place Appearing on the world stage in 2003‚ Facebook has revolutionized the average person’s social network into an unprecedented web of information available in the palm of a hand. With just a few clicks or taps on one’s mobile app‚ one can meet people‚ see friends from high school and even make contacts with potential business interests. Unfortunately‚ social networking sites like Facebook have not made the world a better place because
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prescription drug misuse has become a wide spread occurrence in the United States. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration states‚ “Prescription Drug Misuse is defined as intentional or unintentional use of medication without prescription in a way other than prescribed‚ or the experience or feeling it causes”. (The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration‚ 2015). Whether is intentional due to a medical condition or for other reasons prescription drug misuse can lead to
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Misuse in the Justice system. Many people are convicted of wrongful crimes that they never committed. This is due to bias‚ racism‚ and of course corruption. A total of 20‚000 people are wrongfully accused of a crime they never committed. This is a number that should not be ignored. We need to explore the effects of this justice system and what influences the outcome of the cases. One of the causes that influence the outcome of the case is bias. Bias is a prejudice in favor of an object or person
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I’ll “Facebook” You Later: The Effects of Facebook in Young People’s Lives Cynthia Vasquez Northwood University Abstract In the past ten years‚ the breakthroughs of the Internet have lead to the creation of online social networks. Founded in 2004‚ Facebook has become the most popular social network in the past few years. It has created a new way for people to communicate and socialize. Either by “posting” on their friends’ “walls” or by
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Facebook for Advertising Facebook for Advertising 2011 Marketing Research 8/16/2011 2011 Marketing Research 8/16/2011 Contents Management Issue | Page 3 | Market Research Topic | Page 4 | Secondary Data | Page 5 | Report | Page 7 | Mind Map 1 | Page 12 | Mind Map 2 | Page 13 | Bibliography | Page 14 | Management Issue As technology continues to evolve and adapt and social media becomes more and more popular many business (especially small ones) have taken to advertising
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New Research about Facebook Addiction Are you a social media enthusiast or simply a Facebook addict? Researchers from Norway have developed a new instrument to measure Facebook addiction‚ the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. ON THE RISE: More and more people get addicted to social media‚ such as Facebook. Researchers at University of Bergen have created a scale to measure Facebook addiction. PHOTO: Colourbox. BY SVERRE OLE DRØNEN – The use of Facebook has increased rapidly. We are dealing
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Why Is Facebook Addictive? Twenty Reasons For Facebook Addiction By Dr. Brent Conrad Clinical Psychologist for TechAddiction As explained in a previous article in this series‚ Facebook Addiction is not a recognized clinical disorder. Hundreds of millions of people use Facebook to keep in touch with friends and family‚ plan events‚ receive news‚ and play games. For most‚ Facebook is a useful and enjoyable way of interacting with others online. However‚ some users claim
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