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Giant Pandas Giant Panda Cub
517 wordsGiant pandas are bear like in shape with striking black and white markings. The giant pandas are hardly giants. It would take about 40 giant pandas to weigh the same as one elephant. Adult giant pandas have a length between 160 to 180 cm or 51 / 4 to 5 feet. The weight of the giant panda is between 176 and 276 pounds. Giant pandas have a massive head, heavy body, short black tail, rounded ear, and feet that the heel and toe meet the ground at the same time as they step. The head of the giant pan...
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Giant Panda Human Action
1,142 wordsBiodiversity is the measure of variety of the Earth's animal, plant and microbial species; of genetic differences within species and of the ecosystems that support those species. The term first came to public attention in 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit at which a convention for the preservation for the maintenance of biodiversity was signed by over 100 world leaders [excluding the USA as they feared it would undermine the patents and licences of US biotechnology companies] The maintenance of biodi...
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Trial And Error Greatest Achievements
2,482 wordsThomas A. Edison earned his reputation as one of America's greatest inventors and heroes. Full of innovation, ingenuity, and enterprise, Edison "embodied[d] much of what Americans have felt was positive about the national experience. " Edison can put claim to 1093 US patents in addition to thousands more international patents. His works include such major contributions as advancements in telegraphy, the phonograph, a perfected nickel-iron-alkaline battery, and the first commercially successful i...
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Paipai And The Kumeyaay Baja California Indians
358 wordsThe Mexican Indian population is near extinction in Baja California. Of the original tribes in Baja California, only the Paipai and the Kumeyaay still exist. The population of the Paipai and the Kumeyaay number about 700. They struggle to survive in communities such as San Jose de la Zorra, Santa Catarina, and San Isidoro. These tribes speak Yuan of Hokan origin. These Indian tribes look to the supernatural to solve their problems and tend to see their own lives as requiring continuous service t...
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Black And White Giant Panda
550 wordsWhat animal is black and white and loved all over the world? If you guessed the giant panda, you " re right! The giant panda is also known as the panda bear, bamboo bear, or in Chinese as Daxiongmao, the "large bear cat. " Actually, its scientific name means "black and white cat-footed animal. " Giant pandas are found only in the mountains of central China. They live in dense bamboo and coniferous forests at altitudes of 5, 000 to 10, 000 feet. The mountains are covered in heavy clouds with torr...
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Han Zheng Music Music Of China Chinese
1,123 wordsMusic of China The music of China enriches the listeners life both immediately and over the long time. It gives the basis for creativity and the opportunity of self-expression. The music of Chiba transmits cultural values and contributes to intellectual and moral development of the people who listen to this music. Its gentle sounds extracts the deep feelings, at the same time, making a listener relax and enjoy its calm and peaceful atmosphere. More than that, listening to music of China has shor...
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Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chief Of Staff
1,179 wordsMy Written Report is a Short Biography of Colin Luther Powell. He was born on May 5, 1937 in Presbyterian Hospital. He was born, and grew up, in the South Bronx, New York. There was a big influence of drugs and gangs where Powell lived but, he seemed to steer away from all of that (source 1, page 23). Powells parents were immigrants from Jamaica. His mothers name is Muad Ariel Mckoy. In Jamaica the Mckoy family watched over sugar plantations. She came to America with her mother (Colin's grandmot...
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Due To The Fact Creation Myths
2,315 wordsThe motifs found in the creation myths are undoubtedly different from those found in any other type of myth. Contrary to popular belief, the purpose of the creation myths is much greater than a primitive attempt to explain the mysteries of creation. Behind each creation myth is a vast variety of symbolism along with a number of motives which are often shared between cultures, despite vast geographical differences. My intention here is not only to discuss the purpose of the creation myths, but al...
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Middle Section Is Dark Gray Section Is Dark Gray Black
662 wordsRobert Rauschenburg is an American artist famous for experimenting with a variety of materials, techniques, media, and styles. His search for new forms of expression throughout his career inspired many artists in the United States and Europe. Rauschenburg was born in Port Arthur, Texas. He first attracted attention in the early 1960 s with all-white and all-black paintings. He then turned to combines, or assemblages, which combined painting with everyday objects. One combine called Bed consisted...
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Tea Ceremony Visual Arts
822 wordsJapanese Tea Ceremony Tea was first introduced to Japan along with Buddhism from China in the 6 th century, but the Emperor Some introduced tea drinking to the country. During the Heian period (794 - 1185), tea was made from steamed and dried tea leaves ground into a powder called macha. In the 15 th century, Just Murata introduced many of the concepts of spirituality into tea ceremony, including the special room only used for the chaney. Tea ceremonies were required to follow a certain order. Z...
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Men And Women Wedding Ceremony
2,270 wordsThe Konyak Nagas The Konyak Nagas, Indian tribes living in the northeast frontier of India are an interesting culture to research. They were considered in the 1930 s as a culture still daily living as they did in ancient days yet by 1947 the government of India took effective steps to bring them under its administrative control. The tribes are separated into several villages such as the Santa, Chang, Karl Kenya, Angami, Konyak and the Wakching Nagas. The villages differed in language, political ...
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Thousand Times Long Journey
2,493 wordsOther Translations Of " A River Merchants Wife" Other Translations Of " A River Merchants Wife" Transcription of Ernest Fenollosas Notebook (Pounds Source) Chokan regular 5 Chokan = name of town / place ko = uta = narrative song long-Mt. side Sho has sho full game mistress hair first cover brow Chinese lays I or my beginning My hair was at first covering my brows (Chinese method of wearing hair) Set kwa mon zen get break flowers gate front play Breaking flower branches I was ...
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20 Years Panda Pandas
519 wordsGiant Pandas Panda Ecology The giant panda (Ailuropoda melaleuca) was once widespread in southern and eastern China and in neighbouring Myanmar and north Vietnam. Today, however, there are only around 1, 000 left, and all of these are found in one geographic region the bamboo forests of southwestern China. The panda has the digestive system of a carnivore. Long ago, however, it adapted to a vegetarian diet and now feeds almost exclusively on the stems and leaves of bamboo. Hidden in the dense fo...
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Giant Panda Black Bear
1,634 wordsPandas For centuries, the giant panda has been considered to be very special and was kept in captivity as the pet of ancient Chinese emperors. Since its introduction to the western world in 1869 by a French missionary who shipped back a pelt to the Museum of Natural History in Paris, it has become one of the most revered animals in the world. The giant panda is a large mammal, which has the same general size and shape of the American black bear and the Asiatic black bear. In general, adult giant...
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Iron And Steel Electrical Machinery
1,604 wordsGeography: China is the third largest country in the world, which is slightly larger in area than the Uni Chain is located in Central and East Asia. China is bounded by Mongolia, Russia and Kazakhstan to the north, North Korea, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea to the east, the South China Sea, the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Bhutan and Nepal to the south as well as India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to the west. Over 66 % of China is upland hill, moun...
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