ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
According to the January 2012 USDA Cattle Inventory report, retained heifer numbers were up 1.4 percent. This increase indicates an attempt at cattle herd expansion. However, the cost of replacement females for a cow-calf operation is significant. Selecting replacement females is challenging, especially when you consider that decisions made now will impact your operation for …
As you approach a log blocking the trail, you notice something strange at the base of it. It looks almost like a snake…but not quite. What could it be? As you inch closer, you realize that it’s a long piece of snake skin! Read more
Snakes are unique among wildlife for many reasons, and one of those reasons is their ability to shed their skin in its entirety. We don’t see this from other animals, so why do snakes shed their skin whole? Put simply, snakes shed their skin because it doesn’t fit anymore or because it’s old or worn out. When …
The Estephanos Monastery is on an island in Lake Haik, part of the Tehuledere district in South Wollo where LIVES has one of its project sites. The first church was built in 862 AD; in 1262 AD a monastery was established. Since then, it delivers spiritual, social, and development activities for the inhabitants of the surrounding area. …
sociology, social science that studies human societies, their interactions, and the processes that preserve and change them. It does this by examining the dynamics of constituent parts of societies such as institutions, communities, populations, and gender, racial, or age groups. Sociology also studies social status or stratification, social movements, and social change, as well as a societal disorder in the form of crime, deviance, and revolution. Read …
Anthropology is the study of people, past and present, with a focus on understanding the human condition both culturally and biologically. This joint emphasis sets anthropology apart from other humanities and natural sciences. In a general sense, anthropology is concerned with determining what humans are, how they evolved, and how they differ from one another. …
The period of counter-revolution in Russia brought not only “thunder and lightning” in its train, but also disillusionment in the movement and lack of faith in common forces. As long as people believed in “a bright future,” they fought side by side irrespective of nationality – common questions first and foremost! But when doubt crept …
Stages of Prehistoric Culture: Morgan is the first man who, with expert knowledge, has attempted to introduce a definite order into the history of primitive man; so long as no important additional material makes changes necessary, his classification will undoubtedly remain in force. Of the three main epochs – savagery, barbarism, civilization – he is …
Three Stages of Social Evolution: It is possible for us today to identify three main stages of the general evolution of human society. These are the primitive pre-class society, class society, and the classless society taking shape before us over a large area of the world. Such a broad division of social evolution is not …
Politics is one of the greatest innovations in mankind’s history. It deals with coordinating human activities being undertaken to support their lives using scarce resources. It was put to action for the first time when clans in pre-civilization society agreed to co-manage overlapping gathering (fruits and roots) and fishing areas to avoid unnecessary skirmishes among …