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Early Buddhist studied in stupas similar to those in India. But as Buddhism became more Chinese the stupa would evolve into the iconic Chinese pagoda. Pagodas and temples for Buddhism was met with new Taoist temples in adding to Chinese cities and allowed the wealthy and working class people a place to intermix. As mountains were special and holy to the Chinese it was natural that temples and monasteries would expand to these secluded places. These hill complexes would experiment with water…

Singaporean Government Policy Brief: Restoring Peat Lands with Community Development Approach to Minimize Transboundary Haze Pollution (THP) Introduction After sixteen years from 1997 followed by 2005 crises, now Transboundary Haze Pollution (THP) crisis turns to annual. The latest haze in June 2013 named as the most terrible trans-boundary haze pollution blanked Singapore air in history (Onn 2013). Haze turns into hazardous status as Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) reached 400 (BBC 2013). PSI…

The three stories I chose for this final paper are all written by people who have traveled to or lived in foreign countries. These stories focus on different topics that happened in different countries, but a common thread runs through all of them: the desire to experience a culture different from one’s own and the results of doing so. Each author enthusiastically recounts the excitement of traveling to a different place, but also reflects on hardships encountered and lessons learned. Those…

Primate Research John Richard Tecuautzin Primate Research The purpose of this project is to do research and to take note of the behavioral habits between two primate species. This project will major on the orangutan species and the gorilla species. In addition to the research, I will allocate each primate time to enable me monitor their behavior and habits. Gorillas and the orangutans live in the forests where they spend most of their time in the trees and eat wild fruits and plants as…

Amar Ontiveros 5 leopards left. In the early 1905’s there was about 4,000 South China Tigers and in 1996 there was about thirty to eighty left. Now they are believed to be extinct because they have not been seen for more than twenty-five years. In Sumatra there is a total of 400 Sumatran Tigers, if anyone is caught hunting a tiger they can be faced with jail time. It is sad the amount of animals left. As mentioned before Buffalos, Elephants, White Rhinoceros, Lions, and Leopards are the most…

However, in ways both great and small, humanity itself has been incrementally dying for a long time in our stultifying, parochial, myopic society on Earth. Therefore, today, humanity is in critical condition on life support in the intensive care unit. In fact, there is a distinct possibility we may not survive on Earth. If we understood every life matters, then would we have launched the Stinguard viral vector trial in Africa or anywhere else without further scrutiny? If we believed every…

In my opinion, humans have already interfered too much with nature and the consequences have rarely been positive. As a species we should try and minimise the impact we have on the limited remaining wildlife there is and encourage it to thrive in its originally habitat. Although Zoos do have a role to play in the preserving of animal welfare and the education of the general public, in order for their role to remain valuable they must thoroughly consider the rights and satisfaction of the animals…

Gerhard Lenski and the Role of Technology in Society Changes Gerhard Lenski use Terawangan socio-cultural evolution in order to see the development of society. [2] Lenski explained how changes in society occur segere after they produce (or adapting) new technology. For Lenski, community rural areas does not necessarily mean more backward than urban. Rural communities to use technology just to reach the number of their members who are small, while the urban society technologies (eg,…

A review of Methanoculleus: a hydrogenotrophic methanogens frequently observed in anaerobic habitats Summary: Keywords: Methanoculleus, hydrogenotrophic pathway, methane production Introduction: Methane is an important greenhouse gas due to its capability of retaining heat and its release from many nature sources, including wetlands, fresh water or sea water sediments, and animal manure, etc. There are two main means of atmospheric methane production, biogenic and abiogenic. Since 70%-80% of…

How does El Dorado and the Flor de la Mar deepen the understanding of the cultural, political, and historical time it was created? During the fifteenth and sixteenth century, exploration and conquest was the main goal of many countries. The world had not yet been explored and some countries hadn’t even been discovered yet. People always seem to want more, more land, more power and more gold. This was the case with both the Flor de la Mar and the lost city of El Dorado. “To possess any amount of…