CANING AS A SOLUTION By : Luqman Rohaizat (5 Omega 2009) At first thought‚ caning may seem like an inhumane punishment for students‚ who are not yet fully matured in their thinking‚ and are still learning along the way. “It just hurts them‚ physically and emotionally‚ without doing anything else” I hear concerned parents say. But then again‚ is there a more effective way to punish and control students? Moreover‚ nowadays there seems to be a noticeable rise in disciplinary problems involving students
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volcano A volcano is an opening‚ or rupture‚ in the surface or crust of the Earth or a planetary mass object‚ which allows hot lava‚ volcanic ash and gases to escape from the magma chamberbelow the surface. On Earth‚ volcanoes are generally found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging. Amid-oceanic ridge‚ for example the Mid-Atlantic Ridge‚ has examples of volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates pulling apart; the Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by convergent
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Causes of Recidivism: The fact that there are such high rates of Recidivism in Scotland suggests that there has been no sufficient action to address the causes. It would be too general to assume Recidivism occurs as a result of factors that influenced any initial crime‚ or due to a single factor alone‚ although this may be the case in some instances. Prisons: One such cause of Recidivism is prisons. It is a common-held public view that prisons do not do enough to eliminate Recidivism‚ as I
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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF WAR? DISCUSS War is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors. It is generally characterized by extreme violence‚ social disruption and economic destruction. War should be understood as an actual‚ intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities‚ and therefore is defined as a form of political violence or intervention. The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. Before
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Causes of migration The causes of migration may be numerous and these may range from natural calamities‚ climatic change‚ epidemics‚ and draught to social‚ economic‚ cultural and political. The over population and heavy pressure on resources may be the cause of permanent or temporary‚ and long distance or short distance migration. Many a time the differences between groups in level of technology and economic opportunities also cause large scale migration. (a) Technology People with more sophisticated
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Microsoft logo since August 23‚ 2012 Microsoft is a multinational computer technology corporation. The history of Microsoft began on April 4‚ 1975‚ when it was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque.[1] Its current best-selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. In 1980‚ Microsoft formed a partnership with IBM that allowed them to bundle Microsoft ’s operating system with IBM computers‚ paying Microsoft a royalty
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Tourist & Historical Places | | | | ------------------------------------------------- Qutub Minar About 15 km south of Delhi‚ in Mehrauli‚ this 238 feet and 1 inch high Minar has been referred to as "one of the wonders of world". This soaring tower of victory was built immediately after the defeat of the last Hindu Kingdom in Delhi. Qutb-ud-din Aibak laid its foundation in 1200 A.D. Iltutmish added three more storeys. After damaged by lightning in 1368 A.D. Firuz Shah Tughlaq rebuilt the
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Mainland students hit by rising rents in Hong Kong http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1154850/mainland-students-hit-rising-rents-hong-kong Given a choice‚ mainland undergraduate Judy Su Xiaolin would prefer to stay in a hall of residence to enjoy university life to the full. Instead‚ the second-year politics student at the University of Hong Kong‚ like many other mainland students‚ has to rent a private flat in Western District. Returning to the city after an exchange programme last semester
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punished with lengthy jail terms or should they be re-educated‚ using community service programs for instance‚ before being reintroduced to society? 6. Should developing countries concentrate on improving industrial skills or should they promote education first? 7. Should the same laws which prohibit the sale and consumption of heroin be applied to tobacco? 8. Telecommuting refers to workers doing their jobs from home for part of each week and communicating with their office using computer
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Causes and Consequences The Deepwater Horizon oil spill also referred to as the BP oil spill or the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been named largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The spill occurred on 20 April‚ 2010 which lasted for 87 days and end on 15 July‚ 2010. The oil spill was caused by an explosion which resulted from high-pressure methane gas from the well that expanded into the drilling riser and was released onto the drilling rig‚ where it ignited
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