Vaisakhi Vaisakhi (Punjabi: ਵਿਸਾਖੀ) visākhī)‚ also known as Baisakhi‚ Vaishakhi‚ or Vasakhi) is a festival celebrated across the northern Indian subcontinent‚ especially in the Punjab region by the Sikh community. For the Sikh community this festival commemorates the establishment of the Khalsa. It is also celebrated by Hindus and Buddhists for different reasons. Importance for Sikhs The festival bears a great significance for the Sikhs due of the fact that on the Vaisakhi Day in the year 1699
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Canadian Youth Unemployment Introduction Youth unemployment‚ which encompasses individuals in the age range of 15 to 24‚ is the demographic that is the most likely to be unemployed. This can often be attributed to the difficult time youth may have transitioning from school to work‚ especially for those who have neither experience nor education to secure a job in the current labor market. The purpose of this report is to discuss the current youth unemployment
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Adolescent Development I am going to discuss the factors affecting young people during adolescent development. I will be exploring the physical and physiological‚ psychological‚ and social impact of change in adolescent‚ and the theories relating to the stages of development and identity formation. Adolescence is the period of transition to adulthood. The first thing I am going to consider is the physical and physiological changes associated with adolescence. During this time a young person
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Youth in today’s society feel a need to be rebellious because of individualism and peer pressure from role models. Youth in the 90’s want to be like their favorite actor or actress‚ they want to be well liked and popular with others‚ and they want to be an individual doing their own thing; but what are the factors that contribute to youth’s rebelliousness? One of the big contributors to youth’s rebelliousness starts with individualism. Young people feel as if they do
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YOUTH AND TERRORISM: A SELECTION OF ARTICLES EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DATIN PADUKA RASHIDAH RAMLI MANAGING EDITOR DATO’ HIDAYAT ABDUL HAMID EDITORIAL COMMITTEE THOMAS KORUTH SAMUEL AHMAD TAJUDDIN MOHD. SAID MELVIN CHEAH CHEE AUN SHARMINI ANN NATHAN KENNIMROD SARIBURAJA THANGAM K RAMNATH PUBLISHER Southeast Asia Regional Centre for CounterTerrorism (SEARCCT) MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS‚ MALAYSIA No. 516‚ Persiaran Mahameru 50480 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA Tel Fax Email Website : (603)
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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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Today’s Youth I deeply desire that this article would impact your thinking towards the Youth of Today‚ their potential and capabilities and what they mean to India. I believe that the youth of today are the symbol of strength and power of our nation. Someone has rightly remarked and I quote‚ “Youth is the joy‚ the little bird that has broken out of the eggs and is eagerly waiting to spread out its wings in the open sky of freedom and hope. Youth is the spring of Life. It is the age of discovery
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prepared to do that deed in his youth. After all it is the foundations which determine the rigidity and strength of the edifice to be built on them. Likewise‚ if youth of a nation is not prepared and groomed well in time ‚ the nation is destined to doom .It is the youth that holds the reigns of any country and steers it either to stellar heights or an abysmal failure. "The duty of youth is to challenge corruption".(Kurt Cobain) The countries where the youth are agile and pay their proper
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Youth Sports According to the Center for Kids First‚ there are more than 40 million youth athletes that play sports in America today. These youth athletes have a plethora of organizations they can pursue. From super competitive programs like the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) which includes sports like baseball/softball‚ basketball‚ soccer and volleyball to the supposedly fun programs like PAL‚ POP Warner‚ and Little League Baseball/Softball there is a league for anyone regardless of their skill
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and the Organizations Craig Schroeder is Senior Associate with the RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship‚ focused on community-based business succession planning‚ youth entrepreneurship and Home Town Competitiveness. Lisa Heinert is the coordinator of the HomeTown Competitiveness program and serves as co-leader for the HTC Youth Pillar. Lisa Bauer is the Editor of the RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship’s E of the Month series. Deborah Markley is Managing Director and Director of Research
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