On August 11‚ 2006‚ MT Solar I sank in the waters off Guimaras Island and dumped into the sea an estimated half of the 2.19 million liters of industrial fuel oil it was carrying. Since then‚ the Philippine Coast Guard has sprayed 115‚600 liters of chemical dispersants to contain the damage. But‚ the big question is this. What is the best way to clean up the oil slick? According to the PCG‚ the best way to do it is through the use of chemical dispersants. However‚ my opinion is different. I believe
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PARENTAL DISCIPLINE AND ABUSE Parental discipline and child abuse are among the most controversial topics currently‚ and they cause serious problems for children in the United States. Child abuse essentially focuses on the child’s bad behaviors and gives the child emotional and physical harms. Forms of abuse include spanking‚ hitting‚ saying negative things and corporal punishment. In fact‚ parental discipline is a much more appropriate way of dealing with negative behavior than using abusive
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Merits of interracial relationship vs. relationship within race Relationship has an important role to play in each and everyone’s life. Be it a relationship of parents‚ spouse‚ or peers and friends‚ each has its own characteristics to help you run your life. While primarily these relationships are there to support you in all your endeavors‚ at times‚ you may feel that they are letting you down. It all depends on what platform you see them and what kind of support you are looking to have from them
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fighting like little children. We only recently legalized gay marriage‚ unlike Canada who has had gay marriage legal since 2005. Aren’t we all supposed to be equal in America? Even if you don’t agree with gay marriage‚ it doesn’t matter. That’s none of your business and does not affect you in any way‚ so what right do you have to insult them and to suppress their livelihood? Like a democrat from Irvine‚ California stated‚ “Marriage was created to safeguard the human race... In the U.S. and other
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First Names: Harry Charles Title: Mr Tutor group: 10-10 Personal Statement You should consider me to be a prefect‚ as I am a very hardworking‚ enthusiastic‚ organised and punctual student who is honest and mature and would love the position of representing the school. I think that all of my achievements which I have received throughout my time at King John‚ outlines what sort of student I am. I believe that my academic achievements and extra-curricular awards will give me great success
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Topic: The position of women in society has changed markedly in the last twenty years. Many of the problems young people now experience‚ such as juvenile delinquency‚ arise from the fact that many married women now work and are not at home to care for their children. To what extent do you agree or disagree? It is certainly true that the status of women has undergone a dramatic change over the past twenty years. This is obvious from the great increase in the number of women especially married
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five per cent of single women lived with a man before getting married. By the 1990s‚ about 70 per cent did so. Some people think that living together will lead automatically to marriage‚ but that often is not the case. Much cohabitation breaks up. For many other couples‚ cohabitation is viewed as an alternative to marriage rather than a preparation for it. However‚ this
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Equal Marriage Rights for All Sociology Equal Marriage Rights for All Imagine finally meeting the person you can spend the rest of your life with. They are perfect in every way‚ even in their faults. You love that person more than yourself and they feel the same. You are not‚ however‚ legally allowed to marry that person-- and for no reason beyond people who are different from you not accepting your identity‚ because you have the "misfortune" of being born gay. Our country has taken
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Position Paper Country: Italy Name of delegates: Chen Siyu &Shao Cuiyan (University of Macau) Date: 2013/12/8 Topic: EU and U.S. Trade Relations 1. Introduction The EU and the United States economies account together for about half the entire world GDP and for nearly a third of world trade flows. In 2012‚ the United States is the most important trade partner of the EU. EU imported from United States 205‚170 million euros‚ ranking the third EU trade partner‚ and exported to United States 292‚193
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Preamble Whereas President TM Mbeki in his State of the Nation Address on the occasion of the official opening of parliament on 4 February 2000‚ called for a National Conference on Racism and requested the South African Human Rights Commission to convene such an event; Whereas the South African Human Rights Commission convened a National Steering Committee which included the Commission on Gender Equality‚ South African Non-Governmental Organisational Coalition (SANGOCO) and government representatives
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