The Agenda

building the resilience of people, ecosystems, infrastructure, policies and planning processes, and taking into account climate-related risks and the need for adaptation, the Sendai Framework implementation also forms part of the contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. DRR and CCA are critical elements of the sustainable development. In this context, the IPCC Report suggest that transformation (changes of regulatory, legislative, financial, technological, or biological…

Similar But Different (Comparing and Contrasting Robert Browning’s Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess) Robert Browning was a wonderful and talented author during the Victorian era. He produced many popular and extraordinary pieces of work throughout his life. One form of literature he is known for today is his dramatic monologues. Two of Browning's famous dramatic monologues include Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess. Browning was not only able to catch the reader's interest with his…

understand the changes in London due to the increase of industrialization and the city’s life and economy. This documentation sparked Adolphe’s Smiths adaptation of London’s poor with the help of photographer John Thomson. The authors pushed their agenda in this documentation by presenting the subjects in such a way to represent the poor as the “deserving poor” in which the people were all hard working and generally good people just caught in difficult circumstances. One example of this would be…

The controversy over the photograph “falling man” is that it captures a man before he dies during the horrific terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York City in 2001. In the article, it states, “The decision to publish dramatic and tragic photographs that depict the horrors of war is never easy.” (Irby, K, 2011) The “falling man” photograph may be very upsetting on many spectrums; however, it captures the reality and truth of what transpired that day. I also think the controversy has to do…

Disparities in financially distressed school districts result from an inequity in taxable property wealth along with a myriad issues including organizational concerns. Agenda: Illinois Senate Bill 4560 would amend the Illinois Municipal Code. Providing that municipalities containing financially distressed school districts with a population of 1,000,000 or more people must calculate and distribute their surplus distressed…

The Pakistani Taliban also known as Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan(TTP) has been around since the 80s, and although they are not the same Taliban that the U.S. is fighting today they are closely related. The group started during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. During said time Pakistani fighters fought hand in hand with the Taliban against the Soviet. Upon their return home they adopted the name Pakistani Taliban which allows them to maintain ties with the Taliban. They often offer logistic…

public scene or push a political agenda. Haynes does call these kneel-ins spectacles of exclusion and spectacles of embrace , but the spectacle was intended to challenge “the last bastion of white power and control.” It was Southerner’s fear of losing their sacred, segregated spaces that caused such outcry against kneel-ins, causing them to physically block or forcibly remove black visitors. While detractors argue protestors were there with political, violent agendas, the truth Haynes shows is…

Manhattan, where Apollo is dropped from the sky and hits a garbage can where he meets Meg a demigod. What happens next is a series of events that helps the reader understand their own trials and tribulations. Everyone has two sides to them, or hidden agendas. In the book a Roman “god” named Nero has two sides “the beast” and Nero. The beast is the side that Meg knows as being the one who killed her father and would hurt her in a heartbeat. Nero on the other hand is a nice guy that is loving…

and consumerism play in consideration of the environmental agenda (173-174). Soron expresses the lack of development regarding sustainability and the need to address the situation. By contrasting the ideas represented by scholars, he intends to further the investigation into sustainable consumption. Soron expands on the ideas of Alan Durning and discusses the extent to which the role of self-identity plays into the sustainability agenda (173). He concludes that the theory of materialism opposes…

party leaders are becoming increasingly more polarized than the average party member. Party leaders are responsible for “allocating committee assignments, setting the legislative agenda, and structuring debate on the floor” all of which are very important for setting the agenda. When they become more polarized, the party’s agenda follows in becoming more polarized. She also notes that the Republican party has moved farther from the median than the Democratic Party. Two theories are in conflict…