1 PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE RESEARCH SERIES VOL. 5 NOVEMBER 2013 NO. 2 RESOLVED: THE BENEFITS OF DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE BY THE NSA OUTWEIGH THE HARMS. The choice of this topic was undoubtedly influenced by the international controversy surrounding the disclosures by former NSA contractor‚ Edward Snowden. Snowden‚ a 29-year-old high school dropout‚ was a contract worker at Booz Allen Hamilton – a company hired to provide security for the databases used by the federal government’s National
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1 School Uniform Debate Proposition 25% of students in public elementary schools have a mandatory school uniform policy. This is a 500% increase since mid-1990. There wouldn’t be that much of an increase without some good reason behind it. Uniforms take the envy away from peers. So there would be less conflict and jealousy going on in your school. There would no longer be that poor person who has Wal-Mart clothes being compared to that rich kid who is wearing Hollister clothes. The
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In Japan nobody dares to talk about the causes of suicide or how to fight them‚ but manuals teaching you how to kill yourself sell over a million copies. What if 10‚000 lives could be saved in Japan? Not by miracles but by ideas‚ by honesty. Would anybody dare to listen? If death is darkness this is about life‚ this is about trying to take back life from the jaws of death; this is about choosing hope over despair‚ even when you’re desperately hanging on by your fingernails. 300‚000 Japanese people
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Teenage Suicide Each year thousands of teenagers commit suicide. The individual‚ in seemingly hopeless conflict with the world‚ decides to end his/hers existence in what he/she considers the only way out. These are usually teens that are experiencing intense psychological pain from unmet needs. The teenage years are turmoil for just about everyone. They’re learning new social roles‚ developing new relationships‚ getting use to the changes in their bodies and making decisions about their future
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substantial part of the southern peninsula of India for almost three centuries under the various dynasties-sangam‚saluva.tuluva and aravidu. The nature of the Vijayanagar state or polity is a matter of intense debate with different scholars propounding different views. The debate primarily revolves around the characterization of the Vijayanagar state – 1) whether it was a centralised state or segmentary one 2) the role played by the nayakas in rendering the identity to the Vijayanagar state
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Subtle Suicide According an American doctor; Dr Michael Church‚ he describe subtle suicide as a pattern of self-destructive feelings‚ thoughts and behaviors that take place over a substantial period of time and over a substantial period of time and significantly reduce the quality and possibly length of one’s life. There is a reasons why people subtle suicide such as obesity‚ drugs and depression problems. Obesity is one of the main reasons why people commit subtle suicide. Obesity can be relate
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America Today and Teen Suicide Teen suicide has been a hot topic in America for several decades. Sadly‚ suicide is the third leading cause of death among teenagers. According to the National Institute of Mental Health‚ one in every eight teens have had thoughts about suicide and experts estimate for every teen suicide death there are ten attempts. There are many factors that increase the risk to take one’s life today in the United States. Depression‚ alcoholism‚ drug addiction‚ family history of
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Teen Suicide Gabbi Giffin Introduction • Suicide is the act of taking one’s own life (Peacock 1). • Suicide attempts are associated with thoughts of death (Kim 2). • More teens nowadays are killing themselves more than ever before (Peacock 1). • Some other reasons for teen suicides are violence‚ drugs‚ alcohol‚ and another type of mental illness. (Peacock 1) Introduction (continued) • In 2004‚ 88% of the teens who self-harm do it to attempt suicide (Kim 2). • Those who self-harm should be hospitalized
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Teen Suicide Taking Action: The words we need to discuss on this topic of teen suicide. What is it? Teens. Killing themselves for many‚ many reasons. When you think of a loved one dying‚ you always think it will happen because of old age or‚ God forbid‚ cancer. You never think of them actually doing it themselves. But this nightmare seems to only be the beginning. Millions of teens out there are risking their lives for some of the things in this world that shouldn’t even exist. For things that
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Fingerprint Debate The value of fingerprinting and background checks is to make sure that the students are being protected. It is extremely important that for the safety of the students as well as the other teachers the school must do thorough background and fingerprinting checks. In doing background and fingerprinting checks you can tell the employer with pieces of information about the teachers background’s that can share credit reports‚ social Security number‚ criminal records
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