Namibia

be that conflict leads to greater natural resource dependency (Ibid). Taking a longer outlook, there are several examples in history of countries which flourished as a result of natural resource exploitation, without suffering violent conflict (Namibia and South Africa etc), thus, posing more fundamental questions about the appropriateness of this type of quantitative analysis of conflict by the works of Collier & Hoeffler.…

It is impossible to watch the nightly news on the television or to browse an online news website without encountering a depressing story about Africa. A pirate leader in Somalia is holding the crew of a Norwegian merchant ship hostage. A traveler has spread Ebola to a new country, opening up an additional thirty million people to infection. A coup attempt failed in an African nation that the majority of Americans can’t place on a map. A famine is sweeping through an east African nation, leaving…

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) consists of six standards that contribute to the early childhood environment. Specifically, NAEYC’s Standard 2: Building Family and Community Relationships is what our class is focused on. It is essential to understand this standard and be able to apply our knowledge to our everyday lives inside and outside the classroom. We can demonstrate our knowledge on this standard with reference to course materials such as films and…

Another aspect that remains open for criticism is if the author should have taken a cross-methodical approach and thus included a document review in his data acquisition. Millar describes that his original approach was to review video footage from the TRC hearings and then conduct interviews based on them. However he ultimately chose not to include these archival sources, as he found them to be insignificant to the local population (Millar 2010: 484-485). However the analysis of such material…

For the two rural babies Ponijao in Namibia and Bayar in Mongolia, they had a lot of free space and time in nature. More so for Ponijao whose mother was very attentive towards her. However, it was quite different for Bayar. Bayar was often separated from his parents. It seems that his parents followed more of an uninvolved parenting style seeing as Bayar was mostly alone in nature. It also seemed this way because they basically let the child do whatever he wanted to do, they rarely communicated,…

Entonox is an analgesic gas that contains nitrous oxide and oxygen. The nitrous oxide allows for pain relief, while the oxygen is an added additional gas. Entonox is a commonly used drug in the pre-hospital setting worldwide for short term pain relief as it is a potent analgesic with a very rapid onset of action. Entonox is very safe to use and it is a self-administered drug with minimal side effects. During the reflection the author will discuss the effects of Entonox as an analgesic, the…

For my Bodies project I decided to experience hearing impairment for two whole days. I would achieve this by wearing earplugs for the complete duration of those two days. During my time of disability, I realized how my life, socially, went evidently downhill. I saw myself becoming more reserved and generally just becoming silent. I talked lower, just nodded and said “yeah” to stop conversations, and generally stayed more in my room. I felt lonely and depressed, when classes were silent and I…

to stop the poachers. The rangers go through intense, military-like training and use highly advanced weapons. Other conservation groups are trying to stop people in Asia from buy ivory. If the demand goes down, so with the number of poachings. In Namibia the people are in charge of the wildlife. They protect the animals and get money from the tourism Though not all of these laws are organizations are working, poaching is still occurring at an alarming…

Every day tons of animals are poached all over the world, some animals left to rot in the sun. even though others might think poaching is good because it gives us resources, it is the opposite poaching damages ecosystems severely. Poaching has become a huge problem all over the world not just in the U.S. In order to stop poaching we need to be aware about the statistics, what animals are affected by poaching, and why they are being poached. There are becoming less and less of the animals that…

communist groups in Angola, Namibia, and Rhodesia, and at home in the oppressed black population it struggled to keep relegated…