[Debatewise RRT] Re: late debates (again)
- From: Nisha Thanki <nishathanki@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 09:46:15 +0000
Ineka - I'll take for if that's ok?
Nisha
From: ineka.hall@xxxxxxxxx
To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 09:38:14 +0000
Subject: [Debatewise RRT] Re: late debates (again)
Nisha - what side of the single sex class debate are you thinking of doing?
Whichever side you want to take I'll do the other one if that's cool?
Thanks,
Ineka
From: debatewiserrt-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [debatewiserrt-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Nisha Thanki [nishathanki@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 December 2009 21:30
To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Debatewise RRT] Re: late debates (again)
Hi
Can I take Schools should have single sex classes to improve academic standards?
Thanks
Nisha
From: alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Debatewise RRT] late debates (again)
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:18:02 +0000
Hi everyone,
Sorry about sending out so few debates, I spent too
long adding up the scores for debater of the month. We just get too many
debates these days to do it quickly, which is of course a good thing! Even if
it does
mean more work for me. It will come as no surprise that Nadia and Sarah are
the top two again, I make it that Nadia had 90 points to 88, so a close run
thing, as I almost certainly missed some will Sarah call in the observers and
demand a recount? I hope not
as I don’t have the time! Also congratulations to Helen Doherty for coming in
third.
And to everyone else thanks for all your contributions as always,
I promise to send out more debates on Friday/Saturday.
Alex
Dubai debt crisis signals a further recession.
Dubai has been the fastest growing financial centre over the past decade, it
has been a showcase to show oil rich countries how to deal with running out of
oil. Dubai did this by moving into finance, making itself the centre of the
Middle
East. However Dubai world, the emirate’s biggest company is in crisis and its
larger neighbour Abu Dhabi is having to bail Dubai out. As a financial centre,
with a ruling family with investments all over the world the crisis may reach
worldwide, hitting confidence
that is still not good. This in turn could mean that the recovery stalls. So
are we heading to a new financial crisis?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/27/dubai-debt-crisis-will-it_n_372055.html
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/KL01Dj04.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5AP1L120091127
Javier Solana has been a successful representative of Europe
Javier Solana has served Europe as the High Representative for Common Foreign
and Security Policy for ten years. He represented Europe in areas of foreign
policy where Europe had managed to agree to a common policy. He has been
involved
in negotiating numerous treaties for Europe but he has mostly been involved in
the Middle East as Europe negotiates together as part of the Quartet on the
issue of Israel/Palestine and has been working together with Germany, France
and Great Britain to try
to solve the nuclear crisis, and has so far not succeeded. So as he is about
to be replaced by Cathy Ashton is his legacy good for Europe?
http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/what-the-eu-can-learn-from-solana%27s-legacy/66524.aspx
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/08/javier-solana-eu-foreign-policy
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/6695817/Catherine-Ashton-prepares-to-replace-Javier-Solana-as-EU-foreign-chief.html
Russia’s strong arm tactics have failed to quell militants
Russia’s tactics in its separatist regions are very brutal, its opponents are
in turn brutal themselves. The Russians long ago declared that the war in
Chechnya was over yet the separatists have still been involved in bombings
since.
On 28th October an express train between Moscow and St. Petersburg was
derailed, investigators have blamed a bomb. Although no one has claimed
responsibility the authorities are blaming Chechen and Ingushetian terrorists
for the bombing. This shows
that the Russian tactics may prevent open resistance but is breeding
resentment that surfaces in continuing terrorist attack
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8383960.stm
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125938999092967765.html
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SNAA-7WF562?OpenDocument
Should Serena Williams have been suspended
Serena Williams’ outburst at a line judge in her semi final of the US open
handed kim Clijsters the match as the decision was made to hand kim a point due
to it being a second penalty. Now it has gone further and Williams has received
a record fine for the offence. She did how ever get away without being
suspended from playing tennis, should she have received this further penalty?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/09/serena-williams-outburst-video-/comments/page/2/
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article6832729.ece
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/addiction-in-society/200909/mcenroe-serenas-outburst-was-fine
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2009-11-30-serena-williams-open-fine_N.htm
Iran needs the economic reforms proposed by Ahmadinejad
Despite having some of the largest Oil and gas reserves in the world Iran’s
economy is in dire straits. For example despite being a member of OPEC Iran
imports refined fuels at a high price. This bill would phase out or reduce
subsidies
on food and fuel, immense costs to the state, which is clearly unsustainable.
However there are worries that such a change could cause stagflation, the worst
possible problem for an economy. So are these reforms helpful or not?
http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_President_Proposes_Economic_Reform_Bill_To_MPs/1365014.html
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091112/FOREIGN/711119854/1002
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/03/iran_on_the_edge
http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_MPs_Hand_President_Setback_On_Economic_Reform/1507619.html
Are Britons becoming lazy?
Britain is suffering an epidemic of laziness. The government is unable to
tackle obesity and we spend longer and longer in front of the TV. However is
this not how things were supposed to be, as we get richer there is less reason
for
us to work continuously, indeed in the 1930’s the economist John Maynard
Keynes predicted we would be working a 15 hour week by 2030, so what’s wrong
with a little laziness?
http://www.politics.co.uk/news/health/britain-s-laziness-epidemic-$1317327.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/aug/10/nuffield-health-study-laziness
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/sep/01/economics
Is the ‘war on terrorism’ winnable?
The war on terrorism that started after 9/11 is still ongoing, it goes through
name changes but the core of the conflict remains the same, we are involved in
a conflict against a nebulous group of terrorists. This is not a war in the
conventional sense, nor is it winnable in the conventional sense. We win when
there are no more terrorist attacks, even capturing Osama bin Laden no longer
makes more than a symbolic difference. Previous conflicts have shown that
terrorism can be won, for
example the IRA gave up its guns and stopped bombing, but such examples are
localised, a deal cant be reached with al Qaeda globally to make peace, so can
it be won, or even end?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/19/alqaida.terrorism
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=2602
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4820
Schools should have single sex classes to improve academic standards.
Even in co-educational schools more and more pupils are being taught in single
sex classes. Both male and female students concentrate better in single sex
classes so they should help push up academic standards. Parents are worried that
girls in particular get distracted by the boys so wish to have single sex
classes to prevent this, however the benefits are mainly for the boys. However
are academic standards everything, surely it is a more rounded experience to be
taught together, presumably
not everyone benefits by being separated and schools may well not have the
necessary resources to teach things separately – especially if this requires
different styles of teaching.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article6938112.ece
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/jun/25/schools.gender
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080303120346.htm
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