implementation of sustainable cities and communities. Poverty is the state of not having the financial power to meet basic needs such as food, shelter or clothing. It is a situation that people want to escape. Nearly half of the world’s population, 3 billion people, lives on less than $2.50 a day. According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty (“11 Facts About Global Poverty”). This issue is very serious and needs to be addressed at top priority. Sustainable cities and communities
Haiti is a small mountainous country that shares the borders of the island Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. Haiti a beautiful country and it’s known for the humid tropical climate and extensive mountains. On January 12, 2010 at 4:53pm a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the country of Haiti followed by two more 5.9 and 5.5 aftershocks. It is estimated that more than 3.5 million people in Haiti were affected by the Earthquake and more than 200,000 people were estimated to be dead. In 2012 the
Industry has produced some remarkable films, starting from the earliest date of 1906. Some of these films are considered to be the best films of all time within the filming industry of the world. They are also known to be produced during the time of the Australian New Wave, my chosen film movement. Throughout this essay, I will discuss in detail how the Australian New Wave was formed and what made Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and Crocodile Dundee, to an extent, a representative of Australian New Wave by
that give a chance to people to mix fact and fiction imaginatively. After coming of the digital, science fiction films are most benefitted since earlier visualization of destroying the entire city only exist in imagination but now with the developments in the film making techniques have made it possible for the spectacles accompanying the massive destruction of buildings, cities and then finally leading it to the entire planet. 2012, was exactly the dramatic version of the apocalypse where the opportunist
contemporary political structure and the formation in Modern India and Pakistan. This period as a whole is very sensitive as huge changes and restructuring were taking place all over the world after the drastic world war. Since the world I war was mostly fought between colonies and as the World War I came to end, many or simply most of the colonies which due to their service to the Great Britain or due to the fact that they were in German control suddenly found themselves as free nations. So it is eminent
of unearned assets” (McIntosh, 1988, page 33) for white people. There are many layers explaining the manifestation of white privilege and even more explanations pertaining to its dominant presence in today’s world. This essay will address key aspects of white privilege and pick the two most important aspects with explanations signifying the reasons for their choosing. An explicit aspect of white privilege is the fact that it is an automatic add-on to anybody satisfying the definition of “whiteness”
Throughout this essay I am going to be looking at the term ‘queer’ in relation to film. I will also be looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the term in relation to the films Free Fall (2013), directed by Stephan Lacant and Boys Don’t Cry (1999), directed by Kimberly Peirce. I will be drawing on academic debates, I will also look into the term ‘queer’ in detail and draw in other films throughout the years. To first understand Queer Theory, it is crucial that the definition is known. There are
one of the best-documented Afro-Asiatic languages. Somali is classified to be a part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages, which consists of approximately 40 different languages. Somali is part of the East Cushitic branch, and is the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages. Somali is very closely related with the Afar and Oromo languages. Did you know that there is a word in the Somali language, titaanig which means a person that has come to Finland from Somalia after successfully
Over the years Nigeria has witnessed several empty, jabberwocky inordinate promises from our political gladiators who has used the magic of language to cajole many. However, language serves as a strong tool that our political leaders used for easy communication of thought that enhance winning of political mandate. This paper shows how language is used in politics as a tool to communicate thought and how language is used as a train to which political leaders convey meaning to the heart of Nigerians