In Peter A. Metcalf’s article titled “Death be not Strange”‚ he brings into question our own feelings of cultural superiority and what is considered normal when comparing and discussing the burial practices of both America and the Berawan people of Borneo. At first glance it is easy to assume that the cultural practice of the latter is just as ridiculous and incoherent as any other tribes which are not “accepted” or “approved” by Western standards. However after a closer look it is made clear by the
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West Philippine Sea/South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Claims Over the Spratly Group of Islands or “Kalayaan Group of Islands ALFONSO G. PARUNGAO IV “We owned the West Philippines Sea”. – Philippines. Even China is a signatory in these and they even agree with this together with the United Nations. South China Sea or West Philippine Sea as the Filipinos named it is composed of several contested archipelagos or groups of islands. One of the groups of islands currently disputed is the Spratly Group
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gas that contributes to a rising global temperature. (4) The rainforest act as natural cleaners of the environment and help the atmosphere and ourselves by transforming carbon dioxide into Oxygen with the help of the Sun. Nowadays about twenty percent of the greenhouse gases are the effect of tropical rainforest deforestation alone. The way that deforestation impacts our world also affects the water cycle of earth as trees from rainforest whom used to extract groundwater from the earth and release
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and cons of allowing a foreign pharmaceutical company‚ Colney & Pitts located in California‚ to be able to harvest the rainforests tree’s bark‚ and build a manufacturing plant in the Kenyan highlands‚ to help in finding medication or herbal remedies for patients‚ by using the harvested bark to create synthetic medication. This particular simulation was going to affect the rainforest in the Kenya highlands where Kikuyu tribe inhabits the land. The Kikuyu tribe is one of the largest tribes in Kenya;
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environment. 5 The preventive measures against deforestation. (III) Body: A The effects of deforestation on wildlife: - The rainforest is one of the most biologically diverse regions of the world. 2 more than a million species live in the rain forest and from that number‚ millions of those species are not classified. 3 Deforestation affects the rainforest because many trees are lost in the process. These trees play a very important role of housing many forest animals. In other words the
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St Ivo School Geography Department - GCSE REVISION Solar Output – variations in amount of energy given off by sun – sunspots can affect solar output – e.g. reduction in sunspot activity between 1645-1715 likely cause of Little Ice Age Orbital Geometry – earth’s orbit of the sun varies in shape – when circular glacial periods have occurred‚ when elliptical warmer periods result (Milankovitch Cylces) www.geobytesgcse.wordpress.com Name and describe 2 external factors which affect climate change
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Rizal: Return to the Philippines (MANILA) The stunning beauty of the European lands did not stop Rizal from continuously adoring his native land. After the Noli Me Tangere was published‚ he decided to return to Calamba despite the many warnings he received from friends and relatives alike. He had four reasons for returning to the Philippines: 1. to perform an operation on Doña Teodora’s eyes; 2. to defend his oppressed countrymen more effectively than doing so in a foreign land;
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Jacquelyn Aguirre Group 2 Mallory Deboer Claudia Castro Katelyn Van Chau Arthur Rinderknech Invasive species have negative effects on our environment‚ economy and health all over the world. Apis mellifera‚ better known as the Africanized Honey Bee‚ has caused many environmental and health problems in all the nations that it has invaded. They are “commonly found in hollow trees‚ rotting logs and wood and rock piles” (A). Africanized honeybees are very aggressive and have been known to sting
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elements that made this book so interesting are the setting‚ characters‚ and the conflict. The setting takes place in two areas: the volcanic island and the rainforest. Both places are on a landmass similar to Pangaea called Pyrrhia. The island is near the northern tip‚ near the Ice Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Sky‚ while the Rainforest Kingdom is in the south‚ near the Kingdom of the
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IBAN When mention the word ‘Borneo’‚ instantaneously these metaphors comes into our mind; beautiful elaborated designs of traditional costumes‚ graceful dance moves accompanied by tribal music‚ tattoos‚ headhunting‚ and the untouched beauty of floras and faunas. Borneo refers to the two states in East Malaysia‚ Sabah and Sarawak. These states are well known for miscellaneous culture portrayed by their distinctive and multicoloured populace. One of the most well known tribe in Sarawak is the
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