Global Peace Index

Hurricane Matthew made landfall in the United States on Saturday, October 8, bringing up to Category 4 force winds, rain and storm surge to communities across the Southeast. U.S. officials reported damage of at least $10 billion, making Matthew the costliest hurricane since Sandy in 2012. In North Carolina and South Carolina, swollen rivers transformed thoroughfares into canals and homes into sodden islands, in some cases with only the roof or the windows peeking above the water. American Red…

Malala Yousafzai 's speech is a demonstration of everything that makes a speech persuasive; the usage of pathos, the usage of personal experiences, humor, and parrallel structure,,all of which contribute to the author’s main message that children and women worldwide should have access to education. She believes that the sympathetic audience should believe that children worldwide should be provided an education, and take action by asking the world leaders to unite and make education their top…

December 2014, Malala gave her Nobel Peace Prize Lecture in Oslo, Norway. According to Malala, the award is not only for her, but also for those “voiceless children” (Yousafzai), who don’t receive education. Malala is from Swat, Pakistan. Her name was inspired by “Malalai of Maiwand, who is the Pashtun Joan of Arc” (Yousafzai), and Malala means “grief stricken, sad.”(Yousafzai) She is the first Pashtun and the youngest Pakistani to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She and Kailash Satyarthi,…

Democracy is considered as a peaceful entity and the world without war. American president Woodrow Wilson, for example, believes that democracy is inherently peace desiring and consequently contributes to the world peace, replacing war-like political regime (Gat, 2006). It is largely supported by liberal thinkers such as John Locke and Immanuel Kant. Liberalism is considered as an alternative theoretical thinking to realism, which is regarded as the dominant theory in the international…

a textual analysis on is called Give peace a chance, by John Lennon. The song was released in 1969. During the 1970’s, this song became an anthem of the American anti-war movement. This was about war in general and the Vietnam war. One of the themes for this song is peace. “All we are saying is give peace a chance” (John Lennon Lyrics, 2017, p.1 Album, Live Peace in Toronto 1969). John Lennon’s song, give peace a chance, was telling people to strive for peace and not war. The lyrics for this…

incentives for government officials to build strong institutions” (Weinthal and Luong, 282-283.) This model works better for smaller countries with a smaller number of citizens to suppress. Because this model requires the country to participate in the global market the products must be produced at both a low cost and high quality. The world market also allows the country to acquire foreign capital which is beneficial to backing the countries own…

visible LEDs. In majority of these applications, potential use of organic polymers is in the form of anti-reflective coatings, optical adhesives, substrates, and micro lenses. The critical property necessary for such applications is the high refractive index (RI) of the material. However, typical carbon based polymers have low RI values which limits the use of these polymers in the aforementioned applications. Thus, organic polymers with higher RI values, typically greater than 1.8, have…

REIT Index, which is a composition of public traded equity real estate investment trusts (REITs) (Wallace…

In July 1994, I was involved in an accident, and in this accident I lost the end of my right middle finger. So the story I’m about to tell you is true. On this particular day I was working at the United States Postal Service at 7117 W. Harry I had just been assigned to work with Rick Sifford. Rick and I were to move some three-inch angle iron. I think there were about 20 feet long so that equates to a lot of weight, far more than was safe for two people to move. I forget how many pieces of iron…

As people with type 2 diabetes body’s develop resistance to insulin. Therefore, it is critical that diabetics know how to control their blood glucose levels with diet and exercise. One of the primary uses for the glycaemic index is to help diabetic individuals control their blood sugar. It is imperative that diabetics have a diet and exercise regime to ensure homeostasis. It is beneficial for diabetics to plan meals consisting primarily of foods from the low and medium GI…