GIANT PANDA This peaceful creature with a distinctive black and white coat is adored by the world and considered a national treasure in China. The rarest member of the bear family‚ pandas live mainly in bamboo forests high in the mountains of western China‚ where they subsist almost entirely on bamboo. They must eat from 26 to 84 pounds of it every day. Newborn pandas are about the size of a stick of butter but can grow to up to 330 pounds as adults. These bears are excellent tree-climbers
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The Scent of Orange Peels The summer of 2015 had the scent of orange peels. Freshly peeled‚ it had stained my hands with its juice. Imagine it‚ a soft looking little thing that exhaled such a strong zesty aroma. Now‚ imagine it in your hand‚ in all of its beauty‚ as it permeates your nostrils‚ leaving an almost drug-like addiction. It smelled so fresh‚ so ripe‚ so alive‚ and it was my sole responsibility to make sure the lovely thing would last or so I thought. I was wrong. The longer time passed
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SPRAYKE: A MIST OF CAKE An Entrepreneurial Research Project Submitted to the Faculty of the University of Perpetual Help System – Jonelta City of Biñan‚ Laguna In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction “Fragrance has a power of persuasion stronger than that of words‚ appearances‚ emotions‚ or will
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To Infinity and Beyond? The Future of U.S.-Russia Cooperation in Space Arman Arkelyan‚ John McClure‚ Robert Schur‚ Elena Sidorova “More than by any other imaginative concept‚ the mind of man is aroused by the thought of exploring the mysteries of outer space. Through such exploration‚ man hopes to broaden his horizons‚ add to his knowledge‚ improve his way of living on earth.[1]” President Dwight Eisenhower‚ 20 June 1958
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Golf Course development in Southeast Asia: How the World ’s most prestigious game is swinging away at the Environment The sport of golf has come a long way since it was first played on the wind blown pasture lands of Scotland over 600 years ago. Today‚ golf courses around the world are in a way their own small ecosystem‚ where only pieces of the natural environment are a part of these artificial landscapes. Courses are meticulously groomed for both championship and tourist play. The game is
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Cattle (colloquially cows) are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae‚ are the most widespread species of the genus Bos‚ and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius. Cattle are raised as livestock for meat (beef and veal)‚ as dairy animals for milk and other dairy products‚ and as draft animals (oxen or bullocks) (pulling carts‚ plows and the like). Other products include leather and dung for manure or
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Since 1885‚ cloning has been a hot topic in the science communities throughout the world. The first demonstration of artificial embryo twinning was performed by Hans Adolf Edward Dreisch using a sea urchin (National Human Genome Research Institute). In this simple experiment‚ Dreisch proved that shaking two-celled sea urchin embryos separated them and allowed each cell to grow into full sea urchins. What was learned by this experiment was that embryos in early stages of development have their own
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Romanticism is a movement in literature that came as a result of a revolt against the previous period "Classicism". John Keats was an English poet who became one of the most important Romantic poets. William Wordsworth‚ another significant figure during Romanticism‚ described it as "liberalism in literature’‚ meaning the artist was free from restraints and rules‚ and was encouraged to write about his/her own experiences‚ rather than being a passive narrator praising an event or person. Romanticism
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Threats to Biodiversity: Habitat loss is mainly due to human population growth‚ industrialization and changes in the land use patterns‚ poaching of wild life and man wildlife conflicts. Man has begin to overuse or misuse most of these natural ecosystems. Due to unsustainable resource-use‚ once productive forests and grasslands have been turned into deserts and wastelands have increased all over world. Scientists have estimated that human activities are likely to eliminate approximately 10 million
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The Tesla Model S BA 317 Group 10 William Aksnes-Shanks Dana Nicholson JR Maffie Megan Petrusich Hannah Alley 1. Purpose/Introduction The environment has been in turmoil and the changing global climate has been a political topic in recent years. A major contributor to the changing environment is fuel emissions from personal vehicles. With millions of tons of car emissions being released into the atmosphere‚ it is obvious that the industry needs to make a change. Many car manufacturers have
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