2010 Caribbean Secondary Catalogue www.pearsoncaribbean.com New for 2010 See Page 8 See Page 15 See Page 17 Some of the celebrated local authors you will find in this catalogue. Lorna Down Rosalyn Kelly Earl Lovelace From Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Ever since we began publishing in the Caribbean over 60 years ago‚ we have been committed to using the best local authors and to producing resources specifically for the region. We offer: ● Excellent programmes
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Television is an inevitable entertainment media of today. Initially we had only one or two channels promoted by the Government. Today there are hundreds of channels in all languages to entertain us like television shows‚ movies‚ serials‚ animated films‚ sports and social events‚ etc. At the outset‚ in order to give a break in the programmes they started showing advertisements. In our day the system is completely changed. Only the advertising sponsors decide the telecasting of particular programme either
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Drug Testing in Professional and High School Athletics Many people do not see the severity of drug use in professional and High School athletics. Drug use in professional athletics is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem‚ but also very discrete and low key. Every once in a while and individual might see a prominent figure in a certain sport being reprimanded for the use of an outlawed drug. However ‚ that athlete may just be one of the many who happened to get caught. Athletes today seem
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Legalize Steroids In Sports Ben Johnson was one of the first superstar athletes to be caught using steroids and was stripped of his 100m gold medal at the 1988 Olympics. He was eventually banned for life in 1993 for testing positive again (Richardson 2010). Performance enhancing drugs have become widely used since the 1970’s and have only increased in the numbers of athletes using the drugs to up their endurance and perform to their greatest potential. Professionals such as Barry Bonds‚ Jose
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What is a drug? A drug may be defined as any substance other than food that by its chemical nature affects the structure and function of the living organism. Why do people use drugs? It has been shown that there are two main reasons why people use drugs. 1. Using drugs because it feels good and/or their friends are doing it 2. Using drugs because they are suffering from emotional or physical abuse‚ or because they suffer from mental disorders. When is it considered abuse? Medical and governmental
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the Olympics ought to be allowed to use anabolic steroids. Nowadays‚ the world is being bombarded by the issue of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) utilisation especially at high level sports such as the Olympics level. Doping activities in sports have been a continuous plight towards athlete. Court actions are issued‚ title stripped off and worst is athletes’ involvements in sports are prevented forever. Dozens of athletes were tested positive for PEDs. Regardless the strict punishments that have
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Alcohol and drugs need to be monitored because of all the harm caused from use. Not only do these products provoke gang violence‚ crime‚ and abuse‚ alcohol and drug use are very dangerous to the user and our environment. Many people die from drug use each year‚ or are affected by them‚ legal or non-legal. Also the environment has to suffer because of our carelessness with these drugs. Alcohol and drugs use‚ legal and non-legal‚ need to be greatly monitored‚ because it is dangerous to the user‚ bad
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Although there are many different sports‚ football is the best sport I have ever played. First‚ football is a very fun sport to play for fun or in a real game. In football‚ if you are mad about all your school work or just something stressful you can let it out on people by hitting them. Playing with your friends without pads or anything is also fun too‚ you get to have a fun competition with your friends to see who has the better team. In a real game it is very fun to get the ball and get a good
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proposed approach to the criminalization of drugs would not be feasible. I believe this because federal drug laws are usually questionable‚ drug prohibition creates more opportunity for crime to occur‚ and the economical aspect of money (in the billions) being funneled towards criminal businesses and or organizations. The first reason I believe that the approach to criminalization of drugs would not be feasible is because most‚ if not all‚ federal drug laws are questionable in character in terms
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Sport to promote education‚ health‚ development and peace “Sport is a universal language. At its best it can bring people together‚ no matter what their origin‚ background‚ religious beliefs or economic status. ” United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Why a year of sport? The United Nations has been collaborating with non-governmental organizations‚ the private sector‚ universities‚ parliaments and a range of religious and spiritual communities for a long time. What was missing
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