References: Cummins‚ P & Leonard‚ M‚ 2005. THE BOXING DAY 2004 TSUNAMI —A REPEAT OF 1833? Geoscience Australia‚ 77 p 1-3. Hirano‚ S.‚ Kelman‚ I.‚ and Christensen Rand‚ E.‚ 2011. Post-tsunami housing resident satisfaction in Aceh‚ International Development Planning Review‚ p 187. Joyce‚ C.‚ 2006. Tsunami
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Children Pageants Should Be Banned “This can lead to eating disorders and poor self-esteem” (Overington‚ 13). Children in beauty pageants get judged on their outward appearance and get received or rejected. Children shouldn’t be allowed to compete in beauty pageants. Not only are pageants expensive‚ they make the children grow up too fast and the participants have poor self-esteem at the end of the day. Children beauty pageants are expensive. Participation in a single competition can top $3‚000 (Laura
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smoking around you in public places? According to the pro-smoking group Air Initiative 7 in 10 of you do. Do you think it is fair to discriminate against smokers‚ forcing them to stand outside and smoke? On the other hand is it fair that non-smokers should have to inhale second hand smoke which can dame their health? (Do you support this ban or do you oppose it?) Personally I oppose it as I believe that non-smokers shouldn’t be subjected to a smoky environment on a night out. I am a non-smoker which
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firearm related deaths in America soared to over 30‚000‚ but in Australia in the same year‚ we have only had 236 deaths resulted from firearms. This is a huge difference and the major reason why is because of the introduction of the gun laws which banned certain guns in Australia in 1996 where the deaths every year where cut in half in the years that followed. Putting forth a gun law will not make any criminals follow the rules. For example‚ the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting occurred because
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Cell Phones Should Be Banned in the School Ninety-two percent of students use cell phones in the classroom and only ten percent admit about it. It is a sensational number that these many students use cell phone during class to text‚ browse internet‚ exchange emails‚ send pictures or check social networking sites (Tindell & Bohlander‚ 2012). The use of mobile cause copious concerns including disruption in the classrooms‚ providing opportunity to cheat and is an instrument for crimes. The very common
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they live in. Although this seems to be the case‚ more than 11‚300 books have been challenged for controversial material since 1982; 311 books were challenged recently in 2014 (American Library Association). The fact that books are constantly being banned illustrates how in many schools‚ knowledge is being withheld from students. Although some students may be sensitive to controversial material‚ banning books from their school libraries is damaging because it takes away their rights‚ limits their academic
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A young basketball player sees one of his star professional role models all buff and big. When asked how he got in such shape the professional athlete only had one word to say “STEROIDS”. Should steroids be banned from sports? My answer to this question without doubt is yes. Why? I have three good reasons why. 1) Athletes are encouraging teenagers to use them; 2) it is unfair to the players of the past who have records and statistics to be overshadowed by players who have cheated their way by
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placement tests can potentially be a standardized test. These tests have grown in popularity in recent decades‚ and thus are becoming a greater debate. Standardized tests‚ common tests administered within a school district‚ state‚ or country‚ should be banned in the United States. Standardized tests consist of either a single examination or multiple examinations grouped together to be taken at a single time. These tests are used to measure how well a school district or region is performing. There
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curious person. Something that many people seem to notice generally about modern music is that much of it is either explicit‚ vulgar‚ or touchy topics. Parents and kids alike are concerned with their friends and family. Vulgar and explicit music should be banned because it promotes substance‚ physical‚ and sexual abuse‚ can cause a person to develop depression or suicidal thoughts‚ and influences children to repeat and hold on to vulgar and explicit actions. Firstly‚ vulgar lyrics in songs can promote
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What religion is named after “surrender” and it’s based on morality‚ pure monotheism‚ modesty‚ education and serving family? Islam! People who practice it are Muslim. Unfortunately‚ this religion has had bad reputation and is being forced to disappear on the soil that we stand on. Muslim have the same right as any other religion to be practice in the United States. We have had one of the greatest boxer‚ an American icon speak on the behalf of the religion. Although even with his help certain states
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