The Red fox is found in more places than any other wild canine living all over the Northern Hemisphere. From the Arctic Circle and all of Asia, to Central America and even the northern Africa. Kitsune in Japan are connected to the god Inari Ōkami, the god of rice, rice harvest, and prosperity for farmers. Inari’s messenger and friend is the fox, or foxes depending on the image. Thus there are fox statues at Shinto shrines dedicated to the god Inari. Besides fox statues the shrines are also…
an international enrollment of 350 students. The courses ranged from teaching dance to cultural studies. Schools inspired by it opened in Stockholm, Paris and Rome by dancers trained by Dunham. Overwhelmed by personal issues she decided to live in Kyoto, Japan where she spent most of her time writing her autobiography, about her youth and a fictional work based on her African experiences. Occasionally publishing articles about different anthropological topics at universities and scholarly…
understand the severe economic consequences of climate change. For example, “The Atlantic is a news organization that covers news and analysis on politics, and environmental issues”. The Atlantic indicate, “When Hurricane Sandy pummeled the east coast of the U.S. and the Caribbean in October 2012 it exposed millions of people and billions of dollars worth of economic assets to the sorts of hazards that might be expected to increase as a result of climate change. An estimated 1.8 million…
Adaptive capacity and vulnerability. Another prominent concept relative to policy focuses on a system’s adaptive capacity to respond and the vulnerability of functions that cannot adapt to changing climate. More specifically, adaptive capacity, Burton et al. (2002) argue, is “the ability of a system to adjust to climate change, including climate vulnerability and extremes, to moderate potential damages, to take advantages of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences” (p. 149). That is,…
-Cultural Distance Social Structure- Mexican social stratification shows clear advantages and disadvantages. There is evidence of great disparity of social and economic class based on different factors such as location, education and even past level of foreign influences. The country has been heavy influenced by the Spanish conquest and in recent years by settlements of people from regions in the Middle East like Lebanon and Israel. The class system is particularly rigid and moving up or down…
which still continue to the thinning of the ozone layer. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has received more than 150 states participant in 1992, with focusing on reducing the emissions of carbon dioxide. Other than that, the Kyoto Protocol…
On 18 November 2016, Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama made an emotional appeal to the next US President: "President-elect Trump, I formally invite you to Fiji…we will show you how we are already having to move entire communities out of the way of the rising seas…the world looks to America for leadership as we work together to confront this challenge to our survival and the well-being of our planet.” This desperate appeal of a statesman demonstrates the dilemma of climate change: It has…
Buddhism was constructed in the late 6th century.Siddhartha Gautama (the "Buddha") is the founder of buddhism. This religion is important in most of asha. It has been formed into many different forms. Siddhartha Gautama ,or the butta was born in 563 B.C.E.in a plase called Lumbini . After Siddhartha Gautamad died. the community he created slowly became a comlax religion like movement and the teachings of Siddharthais the basics of buddhism. In this last few decades the buddhists have been…
Twenty Korean barley cultivars (Geongang, Gwangan, Nackyoung, Dahyang, Daejin, Saegang, Boanchal, Keunal, Saessal, Saechalssal, Sujung, and Boanchalssal) were selected in this research. All the cultivars were developed by the National Institute of Crop Science (NICS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Korea and were grown during 2013 in the experimental fields of the NICS, Milyang, Gyeongnam. After harvesting, barley leaves were immediately washed with clean sterile water and then…
Artistotle/Plato (384BC-347BC): Artistotle was a Greek philosopher, born in 384BC died in 347BC. Through his work, the “Scala naturae” also called “the great chain of being”, Artistotle tried to analyze the relationship between all living things. “Scala naturae” is the earliest work of taxonomy in biology, which categorized species on Earth from the simplest to most complex. He also declared that species could not ever change over time. Nicholas Steno (1638-1686): Steno was a Danish scientist.…