Extreme weather

Australia has been affected by the growing change in climate. Due to the increase of temperature globally, Australia has suffered intenses heatwaves and droughts. Heatwaves are especially dangerous as intense heats can lead to dehydration, heat stroke, and other heat related illnesses. Also caused by pollution, some of the largest number of deaths are related to the change in the environment due to pollution. Lung cancer kills about 1.6 million Australians (WHO). Lung cancer can be caused by…

Bill Nye said, “Climate change is happening, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.” Bill Nye is a mechanical engineer, who is most known for being the face of the educational program, Bill Nye the Science Guy. He has become one of the most popular figures in the science community. In his quote, Nye is talking about climate change, which is a change in global or regional climate patterns such as a change in temperature of a region. Climate change is one of…

He liked the little plan he had, Isaac slowly walked away from his house, moving towards the beach. He wanted to be completely quiet, not alerting anyone in the area. He looked back at his small turquoise house, before continuing on. Isaac looked at the houses in the neighborhood seeing, differences in the structures and the colors. It felt like each house had their own personality. Isaac liked that it was easy to tell the houses apart, while the houses in Vircorden town had very little…

Snores disturbed the morning peace. A big yawn and a large gust of wind russled me enough to wake me. I stretched side to side in order to shake away the nights stiffness. The cave walls were glistening with condensed barbarian breath, and old cave slime, a beautiful sight to behold. I struggled to get up, ready to enjoy the days tasks. First was a morning shower in the cavern waterfall. The cold wilderness water cascading all around always had a restorative effect on what could seem a brittle…

Have you ever thought about ways to stop a huge flood capable of destroying a whole state? (Talk about Hurricane Sandy). Flooding is a main product of climate change, which is one reason why climate change is an important issue in our society today. Climate change is defined, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as an “...increase in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” The…

teach a man how to fish and he eats forever. Earth is home to 7.4 billion people -- of those 7.4 billion people more than 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day (UNDP). More than 1.3 billion people live on $1.25 a day; or in other words, extreme poverty (UNDP). Poverty is a worldwide hurdle that nobody has yet to knockdown. Poverty, Inc. is a film that shows the untold impacts of foreign aid; moreover, how America, NGO’s (non-governmental organization) and the United Nations are…

Agile Methodology: Agile Development is one of the most commonly discussed methods in IT industry now a days, it is an alternative to traditional software development methodologies, it is a different way to manage IT development team and their projects . Principal Underlying Agile Method 1. Satisfaction of customer through early and continuous delivery 2. Welcome changes in requirements even in middle of development 3. Deliver working software frequently with a preference of shorter timescale…

Reality television has evolved over the decades and many people see it going in a downward spiral, in greater quantities and lower quality of content. In the article The Case for Reality TV by Michael Hirschorn he defends reality television, claiming that people often take these shows for face value and do not look for the deeper meaning behind them. He uses shows a wide range of reality shows and express that these shows are not only for entertainment value but also good mediums for social…

India is the one of country that working towards Corporate Social responsibility under the mandatory Companies Act, 2013 of India. Universal Primary Education is the most important Millennium Development Goals goal set by United Nation and India is contributing towards these goals. The aim of this paper is to identify the current status and public perception of a situation of CSR within India by seeking answers of the following questions:- • Find out investment options to promote CSR. • Business…

There are several standard tools for project management such as: Gantt chart, PERT chart, logic network, product breakdown structure and work breakdown structure. (Duncan, no date) Besides these, the logical framework approach is also widely used by donors and governments in the planning, monitoring and evaluation of development projects. The function of logical framework is to help the project design, implementation and evaluation. (WEDC) The variations of the logical framework are known as…