1961‚ Sierra Leone has been a nation plagued with poverty and corruption; part of the vicious cycle that it is snared in as an LDC (Least Developed Country). Multiple factors fuel the vicious cycle into this downward spiral; most are caused by the abuse of power and are intricately linked to each other as obstructions in the path of the Sierra Leone’s road to development. The primary cause behind Sierra Leone’s poverty is the corrupt government. Siaka Stevens‚ the first president of Sierra Leone
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6. Couples Go Online: Relational Maintenance Behaviours and Relational Characteristics Use in Dating Relationships The rapid advancement of technology has changed the way the world operates. Technology now allows people the opportunity to communicate from opposite ends of the globe. According to Wolak and Mitchell (2002)‚ the Internet is now another means people can expand their social networks and form close interpersonal relationships. E-mail‚ one of the earlier forms of computer-mediated communication
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FINAL PROJECT in ITC 15 – ONLINE QUIZ SYSTEM PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS. (This will cover 30% of your final term grade.) 1. The proponents must design‚ develop a web-based quiz created in PHP. Features of the website include: All quiz takers must register or create a profile first using a database in MySQL. Fields include: user id‚ last name‚ first name‚ middle name‚ course‚ year level‚ subject‚ section‚ address‚ contact number‚ username‚ and password. Other tables (like questions data) may
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To start out‚ Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa whose history for a long time has not been good. The West African country was established by the Temne and Mende local tribes in the area but soon after it flourished the Scramble of Africa took place and Britain took control in 1787. From then on the European imposed a hut tax and would utilize most of Sierra Leone’s natural resources to make themselves wealthy. This caused the government today to even be weak and Africans to be anti-european
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S C H U B E RT C E N T E R Issue Brief | September 2010 for CHILD STUDIES A Series of Research and Policy Publications of The Schubert Center for Child Studies College of Arts and Sciences Case Western Reserve University Teen Dating Violence and Girls In the United States‚ as many as 1 in 5 teens reported experiencing physical or sexual abuse in a dating relationship1 and the prevalence of emotional or verbal abuse may be even higher. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ young
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Child Soldiers in Sierra Leon: An Annotated Bibliography Masland‚ Tom (2002) We Beat and Killed People. Newsweek‚ 139 (Issue 19) 24-29. This article was about four former child soldiers in the Sierra Leon civil war that were interviewed by Newsweek. They each relive the horrors of their prior lives during the war and give us a walkthrough of just how savage these young boys were living at the time. The interview topics range from before the war‚ being forced into service‚ drug factors‚ atrocities
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INTRODUCTION The act of the National Revenue Authority came into being on 13 September 2002. The National Revenue Authority has a mandate to administer and collect all taxes‚ revenues and all penalties as stated in the NRA act. The purpose of the National Revenue Authority is to serve as a central body for the collection and assessment of national revenue. The implementation procedures and policies by the National Revenue Authority will ensure that revenues are collected efficiently by enforcing
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Online Vigilantism- Good or Bad? Introduction Today internet has become an indispensable part of our lives and access to it has increased tremendously over the last decade. The advancement in technology and use of social media has thus given rise to increased occurrences of online vigilantism or cyber vigilantism. Vigilantes use blogging and social media to express their thoughts. Amateur sleuths come together through these social media and other websites. Their motive may be purely to help and
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well as trade with one another‚ however‚ Sierra Leone whose main import was agriculture‚ and in local chiefdoms. However‚ in the era of conquest Sierra Leone’s history changed one again‚ from one where the local chiefdoms fought back to the British claiming control again. Also‚ during the colonial era‚ the Sierra Leoneans Britain built infrastructure in the form of roads‚ government‚ and education. However‚ in the nationalism and decolonization period Sierra Leone’s independence was achieved from
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Case Study Report Online Dating in the Gay and Lesbian Community: A Snapshot of Matchmaker.com users in Southern California Overview Online Dating‚ or OL Dating‚ which for the purpose of this paper includes meeting people and forming relationships online with the intention of meeting face to face‚ is beginning to receive substantial attention because of its recent surge in popularity in the U.S.‚ and its potential social implications. In August 2003‚ 40 million people visited online
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