INTRODUCTION Alfred Sauvy, a demographer from France, invented the concepts of the world being divided into a “First World,” “Second World,” and “Third World” in 1952. The First World was the world of individual freedom, democratic elections, private property, capitalism, and Christianity. It was therefore modern and prosperous. The Second World was the world of […]
Leaving Home For 14 weeks you ’ve managed to hide safely within the confines of your own home, but there will come a time when you will have to leave. Don ’t overburden yourself with material valuables, simply pack food and water. You ’ll need food that ’s easy to prepare and contain a high […]
The Media and The Pet Few would believe that a cartoon could play a role in the deaths of countless animals, but Disney’s 101 Dalmatians movie is credited with doing just that. Animated films Finding Nemo and G-Force have similarly negatively affected the clown fish and the guinea pig. The show Rin-Tin-Tin had disastrous impacts […]
Ah, those sweet chocolate gifts Gift chocolates for nearly any special occasion are a no-brainer, right? I mean, over 90% of all women and almost as many men love chocolate, be it sweet, creamy milk chocolate or the more robust and exotic dark chocolate. Americans spent some $700 million on chocolates solely for Valentine’s Day […]
January 27 2013 This article is a response to an interview by Joyce Riley of Mike Powers regarding the shooting at Sandy Hook. I am going by the transcript put out by insanemedia. It isn’t word for word, but is for the most part pretty close. It was getting long so I am going to […]
The End of the World Some believe doomsday will come in the form of a natural disaster, a previously predicted event, or in the form of unexpected, unimaginable destruction. According to the Mayan calender, the world will come to an end on December 21st, 2012. This marks the end of the 5,125 year long cycle […]
Those well-versed in history as well as global current events have surely heard of the ongoing struggle between the people of Israel and Palestine. The Israel-Palestine conflict began in the middle of the 20th century and is used to refer to the earlier sectarian conflict between the Arabs who were then under the British rule, […]
The Shoplifter Has No Rules Think of shoplifting as a game between two sets of people. The shoplifter(s), (of course) and the store security personnel, sometimes referred to as loss prevention or simply LP. The shoplifters have the advantage in the game for 3 reasons. a.) They are unidentified players in the game until they […]
India, my wise friend wrote the other day, is a land of contrasts and contradictions. It is a land of peace and war, of love and hate and many other emotions. You can spend a lifetime and be none the wiser in trying to understand India ’s vast complexities. This subject can therefore easily make […]
It is always interesting to study other cultures and it is extremely important to do just that if you are going to have interactions with them. You don ’t want to insult someone or embarrass yourself and your own culture. China is one of those interesting cultures mainly because what we usually know about the […]
War is Declared and Everything Changes Working Class life in the 1940 ’s was a time of great change mostly brought about by the fact that war had been declared on September 3rd 1939. The way most people got this news in September 1939 was via the radio more usually called the wireless. This is […]
The United Nations Organization Establishment: 24 October 1945 Membership: 192 member states Headquarters: International territory in Manhattan, New York City, U. S. A Official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish United Nations Organisation The United Nations Organisation (UNO) was founded in 1945 after World War II. The main aims of UNO are to maintain […]