Panda Survival

Panda Survival

In Graham Simmons’ article “In black and white; China,” he states that it is very important environment should be improved for Chinese giant panda’s living space. First of all, he explains that what does the Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding look like recently. The base reach the mark, which is good for panda’s lives recently, giant panda is already in UNESCO world heritage list. (Graham Simmons, 2007) And also, the base is so successful to breed panda baby. Second, he discusses that there are still something have to be done in this Sichuan panda-protecting base. For example, the research is not enough to show how should scientists to do for protecting panda. And also there are some problems that we should solve first. Finally, he says that food supplies is also a very important problem that we have to resolve. According to Graham, a baby panda become an adult should growing 2000 times. (Graham Simmons, 2007) And also panda only eats bamboo, so that food supply is very important. Enough food all of pandas can survive in the base or in the wild.

Panda was the 2008 Beijing Olympic Game mascot because it represents happiness and peaceful and also it tells us that panda is important to China, even to the whole world. Recently, giant panda are in UNESCO world heritage list, it will be a signal to show us that we need pay more attention about protecting panda. As Simmons’ article says, although there is still some problem in the research base of giant panda breeding, people, who in the base, are almost try them best to solve them. Moreover, it already has some successful step, such as successful breeding. As we know, protecting panda is more necessary right now because there is only a few amount giant panda in the world. And there is something that we can do for helping panda. In fact, people should improve the quality of Chengdu’s environment; newspaper and magazine should publicize the information of protecting panda; and government should give enough funds to support the scientist’s study about pandas.

First, people should improve the quality of Chengdu’s environment. As people knew, all kind of species needs water, oxygen and good environment to survive. The environment is so important thing that people should pay attention to change it. According to Simmons, most of panda live in Sichuan province, China (2009. Para.3). Therefore, Sichuan’s environment is very important to panda. Wolong City is the exactly place that panda protection area is and also people should focus on this city more. There is a directly way to protect Wolong panda base that making this area to be no human activity area because China has the No.1 population in the world. Too many people can increase the damage speed of the Wolong city’s environment. Therefore, keeping the protection base to be wild is the necessary case that we should be done first.

Second, newspaper and magazine should publicize the information of protecting panda. Publicizing is the powerful method to tell people how dangerous situation that panda faces on right now. Publicizing also can tell or teach people what should they do for protecting and helping panda. And using this way can bring a lot of donation from the whole world because there is so many people love to help endanger animals in the world. Therefore, newspaper and magazine have to go into overdrive to focus those protecting panda publicizing because panda represents China which looks like Hawks represent America, protecting panda is the same way to protect Chinese status in the world.

Finally, government should give enough funds to support the scientist’s study about pandas. Protecting panda is not one person’s thing, no matter scientists study harder or not, the Chinese government should help give enough funds to allow them study about panda and panda’s abilities. Those are Chinese government’s responsibilities because Panda only survives in China and it is called living fossil that means there are lots of treasure date about the whole history in the earth science several millions years ago. And also the research base of panda breeding in Sichuan has same responsibilities to work hard and tell people what they already found about panda that they do not know before. This is a good cycle that helps panda to survive in China successful.

In conclusion, thousands of species are endanger, some of them are really treasure and some of them are not. Panda is really uncommon specie in the world right now. They have lots of historical dates and they are old enough to be calls living fossil. They eat only bamboo and they move less. They are going to lose their living abilities and they become lazy enough. Those problems that we need to solve. However, there are only a few amount panda living in the world. It is an alert shows us that we must start to protect panda, which are uncommon and old species. Furthermore, protection is not enough. People should take care of panda as much as possible in love.

Reference:

Simmons Graham. (2007. August 19). In black and white; China. The sun herald (Sydney, Australia). Retrieved on June 1st, 2009 from Lexis-nexis date base. Http://www.lexisnexis.com/

Do not Use Wikipedia in Academic Paper

Recently, the Internet has developed very fast, we can chat online, we can play online, and we can search for all the information on the Internet. As a result, the Wikipedia appeared very suddenly. It is easier and faster to find some information that you want. After the Wikipedia became famous at all, people have begun to argue about whether we should quote some article or information on the Wikipedia website and use it in our academic paper? Some people think it is really convenient to get information and that we should use it because we do not have enough time to do enough research, so we can use it. However, other experts think that our paper is academic; we need do research and prove our statement, and the evidence must be powerful so that people can trust you. If using Wikipedia is fine, everybody can become a professor or scientist. Furthermore, in this case, you should write your paper; you should find your own improvement, not using other people’s result, such as Wikipedia. We do not have to use Wikipedia in our academic paper because it is an irresponsible position to put Wikipedia quote in our academic paper; it will make us lose our critical-thinking skills.

First, it is an irresponsibility position to put Wikipedia in our academic paper. According to Lengel, Wikipedia is a database where can any one edit some article, so that the article or information may not have some evidence to prove. (2006. Para. 6) and some collage already said, “do not use Wikipedia at all.” “Middlebury College, a prestigious liberal arts school in Vermont, recently announced that its history department had banned the citation of Wikipedia for history papers and exams” (Byers, 2007, para. 1) This shows that already there are some university think that using Wikipedia is not an academic movement.

Second, it will make us lose our critical thinking skills. Recently people always use Wikipedia to write their paper, because it is much easier and faster to find what they want. However, those ideas may make students or some researchers lose their thinking abilities, because they will 100% trust what Wikipedia said, so that they will stop thinking or studying some new things and they will become lazy. Moreover, it may cause the major development to stop.

Some expert said that, Wikipedia and some other related websites are very popular right now; it must be a tool to help people finish their academic paper. (Wolverton, 2007. Para. 9) However, it is not a powerful evidence shows that we are right to use Wikipedia article to right our paper because it is very irresponsibility position, nobody can prove the article is right or truth, because we do not know the author either. So it is necessary to stop using Wikipedia.

In conclusion, the whole world has developed very fast. All of areas are already have their own academic levels. If we want to improve them, if we want to develop more, we should stop using Wikipedia articles. A successful paper must be created by someone’s self; it should not be copied from Wikipedia. In fact, Wikipedia is a tool to help people understand some information that they want to know generally. It may true or not; however, we have to stop it and use our minds to write an academic paper.

Reference:
Byers Meredit (2007, March 8th.) Controversy over use of Wikipedia in academic papers arrives at Smith. Sophian, Smith College. Retrived on June 5, 2009 from http://tinyurl.com/
Wolverton Jason (2007, Jan. 22nd.) Wikipedia Wisdom. Valley Vanguard. Retrieved on June 5, 2009 from http://www.svsu.edu/
Lengel Jim (2006, Feb. 7th.) Authority. Teaching with Technology. Retrieved on June 5, 2009 from http://tinyurl.com/

Living Fossil – Panda

Panda was the mascot of Beijing Olympic Games in 2008; and it is also the national treasure of China. A species that only lives in China is endangered. There are “only 1,590 pandas in the wild” (Graham, 2007, para.9), and the Chinese people call panda is the living fossil, because “the giant panda is believed to have made its first appearance during the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene, perhaps no more than two to three million years ago.” (Panda’s History, n. d.) Therefore, the giant panda is an old specie that is going to lose its life ability, such as breeding ability and moving ability; and it is one reason that causes panda endangered. It is really a dangerous sign for panda’s survival; and it also alerts Chinese government that it has to try to do something to protect Panda necessary. It is really a good time to save panda because UNESCO has put panda on the World Heritage list and also everyone in the world knows panda exactly because the Beijing Olympic Games. In fact, there is something we can do to save panda. Government should build pandas’ protection areas and formulate some policies and laws to save panda; government has to improve the environment of the protection area and also they should use some public commercial to tell people how important that panda is; and government should give enough funds to scientists who are study in panda.

According to above, “there are only 1590 pandas in the wild” (Graham, 2007, para. 9), and according to Wildlife at animal corner, the first panda found in Sichuan, that why Sichuan has some protection areas (Panda’s history, n. d.). And after that, Chinese people start to study it and found it is an old specie that only can live in China, the reason is China has lots of bamboo, that is only food that pandas can eat. And also pandas are already staying in the earth 2 or 3 million years; this is why we call it: a living fossil. It is amazing because no species can stay on the earth such a long time. And recently, Chinese government sent small amount of panda to other countries, such as Thailand, Taiwan and England. And then, panda became famous and favorite around the world, because it was so cute and happy.

First, the Chinese government should build pandas’ protection area and formulate some policies and laws to save panda. Government should build more pandas’ protection areas. Moreover, there are some protection areas in China already, such as Wolong Base and Sichuan pandas’ protection; we have to rebuild them because they cannot face on some big earthquake or something else. (Macartney, 2007.) It is really important, because they are losing some of their abilities. We have to build it to study them, to know them, and to analyze them because it is the only way that we can easily do some research. For example, in Sichuan, China, there is a big protection area for pandas, scientists can easily study them, and we can see clearly that it has some really important impacts, such as they know how to make test-tube panda babies; scientists study this process because they are really in trouble for how to help panda gets a baby. Therefore, a protection area is really good for panda and good for us to know them. The government can create a new law to protect the panda in the wild. That illegal hunter will get a heavy fine if they kill pandas, or will be put them into the jail. And also, the government should formulate some policies and laws to control the hunter or forester and protect panda. We know that panda’s body can make very useful medicine to treat some illness problems. Therefore, some illegal hunter will kill panda to sell and earn a lot of money. And also as we know, bamboo is the only food for panda. For that reason, we have to protect bamboo; we can rebuild the farmland for bamboo, and also we can use publicizing to tell people that bamboo is important, even though it is really popular to sell in China. Those ways can be helpful to save panda.

Second, government has to improve the environment of the protection area, and also they should use some public commercial to tell people how important the panda is. Recently the Sichuan research base of panda breeding has became a famous place that all the people want to visit. As a result, Sichuan’s environment has become worse and worse. Lots of people want to go there to see panda; they will drive car or other transportations, so that the air pollution will become more. Therefore, the government should improve the quality of the environment, which can help panda to survive. And also government should broadcast some public commercials about panda that tell people how important the panda is to us. They can use newspaper and magazine to publicize the information of protecting panda. Publicizing is the powerful method to tell people how dangerous the situation is that panda faces on right now. Publicizing also can tell or teach people what they should do to protect and helping panda. And using this way can bring a lot of donation from the whole world because there are so many people who love to help endanger animals in the world. Therefore, newspapers and magazines have to go into overdrive to focus those protecting panda publicizing because panda represents China, which looks like Engels representing America; protecting panda is the same way to protect Chinese status in the world.

Third, government should give enough funds to scientists who are study in panda and protect bamboo as much as possible as they can. Scientists can study about what people can do to help panda to resume their abilities, especially breeding ability, because if panda cannot breed babies, they will become extinct. According to the above, building protection areas can help scientists to study about pandas, and they already know how to help panda to have a baby. However, it is not enough, because this solution (test-tube baby) costs too much money and also it takes a lots of labor power to do. People need to know pandas’ habits, such as eating habits, moving habits and so on, which can help pandas to resume their abilities, which they almost have lost already. As a matter of fact, people cannot protect pandas or other animals, which are endangered, because people have other things to do, especially during this global business crisis. Thus, scientists should show how to protect panda as early as possible, so that we can do some powerful things to protect pandas as soon as possible. And those things require a lot of money; therefore, government should give them enough funds to support them to study and do some researches. And also there are still some websites give people a chance to donate online, such as Smithsonian zoo park (Giant Panda Conservation Fund, n. d.). According to it, “Tai Shan is one of the Zoo’s newest conservation success stories. With as few as 1,600 giant pandas living in the wild, each birth is critical. By learning more about them and helping them to breed, scientists are working to prevent giant panda extinction” (n.d. para. 2). Through that website, we can see all the successful examples that show us that we can do something for panda; we can do something for endangered animals.

Some economists says that panda is too old; it has already lived on the earth for about 2 or 3 million years. And those appearances are unusual: no one can stay in the earth for 2 or 3 million years. We do not have to waste billons of dollars to protect dying specie because it is natural extinction. However, it is really necessary to save panda and other endangered species because it is human’s responsibility and also we can get a lot information from panda. According to Best Chance to protect giant pandas, there are only more than 1,000 wild pandas in the world. And it is really endangered. “The Giant pandas need both high- and low-elevation forests as well as dispersal corridors.” (n. d. para. 7) And they eat particular food – bamboo (n.d.). Moreover, following the human’s industry development, all the pollutions has become more serious, and it is really harmful for animals’ lives. So that, no matter, it is Beijing Olympic Games mascot or not; we still have to protect them and save them. Moreover, saving panda has more benefits. First, it can be a good story to teach children that protect endangered animals. Second, it can improve the human’s quality of life in some ways, such as donations or something else, we can show to other people that we are force on endangered animals. It is really good and necessary to save panda.

In conclusion, thousands of species are endangered, some of them are really treasure and some of them are not. Why? According to Stott, saving endangered animals are not a easy thing to do, because we have to consider a lot of part, such as environment, funds, labor powers and location or something. If those objectives are no problems, what do people think is the most important and complex problem that we should the replace. (2007) so that, saving endangered animal is not only a sentence; it is really a hard work that we should to force on. Panda is really uncommon specie in the world right now. They have lots of historical dates and they are old enough to be called a living fossil. They eat only bamboo and they move less. They are going to lose their living abilities and they have become too lazy. Those problems that we need to solve. However, the whole world is beginning to develop; the world population is rising very quickly; and pollution is becoming the biggest problem around the earth, even though our friends, animals, are dying very quickly. We say to them “goodbye” every day, every second. During a long time, suddenly, people realize that we should protect our friends. Pandas’ extinction is only an example of many endangered animals. Therefore, protecting pandas is also protecting our ecosystem.




Reference:
Best Chance to protect giant pandas (2003. March, 26) Innovations report. Retrieved on May 1, 2009 from http://www.innovations-report.de/

Giant Panda Conservation Fund. (n. d). Smithsonian National Zoological Park Retrieved on June 1, 2009 from: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/

Macartney, Jane. (2007, December 15). Panda pioneers teach babies how to survive call of the wild. The Times (London). Retrieved on May 26, 2009 form Lexis-Nexis database http://www.lexisnexis.com/

Simmons Graham. (2007, August 19). In black and white; China. The sun herald (Sydney, Australia). Retrieved on June 1st, 2009 from Lexis-Nexis database. http://www.lexisnexis.com/

Panda history (n.d.). Wildlife on animal corner. Retrieved on June 17, 2009 from http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/

Stott, P. (2008, August, 23) Problem pandas: Why it’s so hard to save this endangered species. The Advertiser (Australia) Retrieved on June 1st, 2009 from LexisNexis datebase, http://www.lexisnexis.com/

Living Fossil Protection – Panda

Living Fossil Protection – Panda

According to Jane Macartney’s article “Panda pioneers teach babies how to survive call of the wild,” he states that protecting wild pandas and training the panda’s baby, which are born in zoos to be wild are more necessary recently. First, he explains a plan that some scientists help pandas, which are in zoos, to be wild. The pandas may be survived well. However, especially Xiang-Xiang is not able to survive in wild world. The final reason is it will be waiting to die. Second, he discusses that those scientists will be doing the same research again. They will keep going to do the same way to show up how important it is. Third, he shows that giant pandas are losing their breeding ability. They do not know how to breed a baby. Scientists are helping them to breed and also this is going to be a problem because the panda baby will not be wild and it takes too much time. In the end, the author states that people have to prepare enough to protect and help panda’s life.

Panda, a species that only lives in China, is endangered. There are “only 1,590 pandas in the wild.”(Macatney, 2007, para.9) In China, pandas are called living fossils; they have lived in the earth for so much time. However, they are going to lose some of their abilities, such as breed ability and moving ability, even though they are too lazy to find food. As result of this, they are not on borrowing terms with other pandas if they find a place, which has a large amount of bamboos. (Pandas only eat bamboo for their whole life.). Those signals give as a warning, which is telling us that we should protect and help pandas to pull through the living crisis. In fact, government should build pandas’ protection area, scientists need to study about what people can do to help panda to resume their ability, and people who are working in lumberyard; should not cutting bamboo to earn money; they should protect them.

First, government should build pandas’ protection area. Moreover, there are some protection areas in China already, such as Wolong Base and Sichuan pandas’ protection; we have to rebuild them because they cannot face on some big earthquake or something else. It is really important, because they are losing some of their abilities. We have to build it to study them, to know them, and to analyze them because it is the only way that we can easily do some research. For example, in Sichuan, China, there is a big protection area for pandas, scientists can easily study them, and we can see clearly that it has some really important impacts, such as they know how to make test-tube panda babies; scientists study this process because they are really in trouble for pandas have a baby. Therefore, a protection area is really good for panda and good for us to know them.

Second, scientists need to study about what people can do to help panda to resume their abilities, especially breeding ability, because if panda cannot breed babies, they will become extinct. According to the above, building protection areas can help scientists to study about pandas, and they already know how to help panda to have a baby. However, it is not enough, because this solution (test-tube baby) costs too much money and also it takes a lots of labor power to do. People need to know pandas’ habits, such as eating habits, moving habits and so on, which can help pandas to resume their abilities, which they almost have lost already. As a matter of fact, people cannot protect pandas or other animals, which are endangered, because people have other things to do, especially during this global business crisis. Thus, scientists should show how to protect panda as early as possible, that we can do some powerful things to protect pandas as soon as possible.

Finally, people who are working in lumberyards should not cut bamboo to earn money; they should protect it. As people know, bamboo can be a great adornment, which is very expensive in China. Therefore, lots of people have started to cut bamboo, and then make some beautiful adornment which it to sell. This is really harmful to pandas, because they only eat bamboo; it is pandas’ lives exactly. Local government should formulate some policy to save bamboo, and open some classes to teach people how important bamboo is to pandas. As a result, we have to protect bamboo because it is a way to save pandas’ lives.

In conclusion, the whole world is beginning to develop; the world population is rising very quickly; and pollution is becoming the biggest problem around the earth, even though our friends, animals, are dying very quickly. We say to them “goodbye” every day, every second. During a long time, suddenly, people realize that we should protect our friends. Pandas’ extinction is only an example of many endangered animals. Therefore, protecting pandas is also protecting our ecosystem.


Reference:

Macartney, Jane. (2007, December 15.) Panda pioneers teach babies how to survive call of the wild. The Times (London). Retrieved on May 26, 2009 form Lexis-Nexis date base http://www.lexisnexis.com/

Big Issue – Climate Change

According to Stephen Leahy’s article “Climate Change: Chemical lobby weakening ozone treaty,” chemicals cause the ozone hole, which is a serious problem, which is harmful for human being’s life. At first, he shows the status about how many people have gotten skin cancer because of too much UV (Ultraviolet radiation) from the ozone hole. There is a large amount of scientific evidence that show how dangerous it is and there is a protocol to improve the ozone layer. Second, he explains what causes such a serious problem of ozone loss. The author states that CFC is the most harmful chemical that causes ozone loss. Finally, he discusses the fact that we have to focus on the environment during this economic crisis. Many countries have decided to make some solutions because of the Montreal Protocol, even though we are in a global economy crisis. It is good for human’s future. At the end, the author states we already have Montreal Protocol to protect ozone. Moreover, “it is an example of ‘decisive multilateral action on environmental threats and challenges can bring wide-ranging health, social and economic benefits.’ “ (Leahy, 2008 para.21)

People have started to pay attention to the ozone problems because of the Australia ozone hole. Millions of people got skin cancer because of the ozone hole. Scientists explain that too much UV will cause skin cancer and the ray is caused by ozone loss. After that, people flowed on the reason for the ozone hole and finally they found the reason- CFC: a “dream” chemical for industry and human life, because it is cheap and useful. However, it is really harmful to ozone. We cannot see the effect of CFC very soon because CFC will take about 15 years to rise to the ozone layer. Therefore, the UN makes a decision: stop-using CFC. Unfortunately, we do not know how many CFCs are still in the ozone layer and it is still a problem for human health. Although it is a hard and long work to do, we still need to find some solutions to solve the problems. In fact, government should draw up particular laws to protect the ozone layer; government should invest more funds to research the ozone layer every year; and people should have responsibility to help government to solve the Ozone layer problem.

First, government should draw up particular laws or policies to protect the ozone layer, such as the Montreal Protocol. However, a global proposal cannot be done very well in some case. Moreover, the UN cannot have enough labor power to commit every country to do well. So that, local government should sign some laws or policies to protect the ozone layer and give people a little bit of pressure that allows them to do right things, such as stop using CFC or other chemical. Basically, the new policy has to focus on education for the importance of the ozone for us; and also government should give people a blueprint that shows what benefits they will get if they follow the new policy. Furthermore, government should do it best at first, because people will look at them first. If officers do well, they will follow the rules. If a new law or policy distributed, it will be easily to protect the ozone layer and human’s health.

Second, government should invest more funds to research the Ozone layer every year. During this economic crisis in 2009, people often think that they should put business in the first place because they think that if there is no money, there is no better life. However, as we know, oxygen and soil are the most important resources in our lives. If we do not care about the ozone layer, both oxygen and soil will disappear, and also, it will be too late to solve the ozone loss problem. So government has to solve the ozone layer problem more quickly than the others and give environmentalist enough funds to create a new way to protect the ozone layer, or create a new chemical to replace CFC. One more thing, it is really important to make sure that the funds is going to a right place, because we have to solve the problem as soon as we can during the business crisis; that is really important.

Third, people should have responsibility to help government to solve the ozone layer problem. All the policies and laws are focus on citizens, so that people should support their own government and follow the rules. That is people’s responsibility for their countries. Furthermore, the earth is not only one person’s earth; it is for all of us. Therefore, we must pay attention for our planet and be in charge of the ozone layer, because it is out life-giver. According to the above, citizens should comply with two things. One is giving the government some recommendations if citizens have any questions. The other is agreeing to government’s new policy or law of ozone layer if you think they are right. There is a serious relationship between government and citizens; government wants to find the best way to earn benefits for citizens. And citizens must support their own countries. If they do well, there are no problems with the ozone.

In conclusion, it seems better about the ozone layer after the UN releases the proposal to stop using CFCs. However, it still has many problem and many things that people cannot solve, such as skin cancer; we cannot cure the people who have already got cancer but we can fix the problem basically. That can solve the problem of the ozone hole. If scientists can reduce the ozone hole, people can live better. Therefore, government and citizens have to work together to figure out what should be done with those serious environmental problems. If government made the right policy and citizens are glad to follow them, the earth, out homeland, should be fine.


Reference:
Leahy, Stephen. (2009. September, 16). Climate Change: Chemical Lobby Weakening Ozone Treaty. Inter Press Service. Retrieved on May 19,2009, from:http://www.ipsnews.net/print.asp?idnews+43888

Eating Ant

Eating Ant

In China, there are lots of stranger food or kinds of Chinese medicines made by insects. When I was young, my body is so weakness. An old Chinese medicines doctor told my family that I need ear ant to improve my body immune system. So after the doctor notice, I start to eat ant. At first, my grandmother put ant in the rice and mixes them. It taste really delicious. And then, she tries to use ant put in dishes. The taste changed. I cannot forget the smell and the taste. It is really strange. I was scare about eating it. However, I have no choice to stop eating it. Luckily, my body gets better and I can stop eating it. Ant is the strangest food that I ever eaten.

Psychology

Psychology

Psychology, my major, are already interested me several years since I was a teen. At first, I start to interest about psychology because the drama CSI. I really want to study on criminal psychology. However, I am not good at math and chemical. That is why I give up of criminal psychology. And when I go to high school, I met a girl, who is my first girlfriend. She did not speak a lot. At first, I seem that she was just quite; however, I found that she has some metal illness. She did not want to talk too much. After that, I try to search some book to get the reason. So I began to interest psychology again. And when I come here, I choose psychology to be my major. I love me major and also I want to continue it.

Five-Starred Red Flag

My country is China. The national flag of the People's Republic of China is called the Five-Starred Red Flag. We know China had a long struggle for the independent and peaceful. and then, Communist party win the war. In Oct. 1st, 1949, New China was foundation. And in July. 1949, Mr. Zeng, who worked in a newspaper company, created and designed the national flag of the People's Republic of China. the national flag raise for first time in Oct. 1st, 1949. One big yellow star and four small one components the national flag. the four small stars mean all the chinese citizen and the big one means the communist party. Chair Mao, the first chair man of China, want all Chinese citizens follow the Chinese Communist party, and also this is a right way. moreover, the national flag's color is red. Chinese people's congress said that the national flag's color is red because they want chinese citizen know the people who dead for the nation's peaceful.

Everyday, the national flag of People's Republic of China raises in Tian'anMen in the morning. that shows us that Chinese people is very unity and peaceful.