Pastoralist livelihood Generally, pastoralism is defined as a form of subsistence farming involving the keeping of domestic animals. It is a form of nomadic livelihood, primarily practised in the arid and semi-arid rangelands in the tropics. With the advances in agricultural systems, social stigma inflicted amongst nomadic people and climate change, the number of pastoralists is significantly declining. However, the economic contribution of pastoralism is recognized not only because of its contribution to livestock supply to both domestic and international markets; however, as a nutritional source to the nomadic communities.  There are various types of pastoralists, depending on the animals they keep. For example, the Zulu and Maasai from Africa keep cattle, Bedouin Arabs from the Middle East keep sheep and goats, those from Central Asia keep horses and Yaks, and reindeer by the pastoralists of Norway. With the increased complications in their form of lifestyle due to the various mentioned both social and environmental changes, this paper aims to explore the effects these changes cause on their lifestyle. Despite explaining the extent to which people’s lifestyle has become unstable…

European Interaction and Its Effect on American Indians In 1500, over five hundred societies dominated Indian North America, where the ancestors had inhabited the region for approximately 25,000 years. Initially, the dominant community indulged in hunting and gathering and shifted cultivation to sustain themselves. In the contemporary era, there is much debate concerning the size of the population at the time despite inadequate measures to quantify the same. The region was stipulated to have around 18 million people, although they were societies that seldom had over 30 000 individuals (“An Introduction to Native North America — Pearson eText – Mark Q. Sutton – Google Books,” n.d.). However, during the European invasion era, alien diseases started to affect the community, and it spread rapidly, leading to a lot of mortality. The rising European did not only raise a lot with the devastating calamity, but also the total population of the region reduced significantly in the 1700s. It is pertinent to note that natural immunity takes time to be inhabited in the human body, thus making the diseases deadly (Jones et al.,…

My Thrilling Trip to the Alluring Desert   We love to travel whenever we can plan our leaves together. This time we expected to explore the luxurious Middle East and what better place to go than Dubai. The schedules were jam-packed due to the constraint of leaves from offices, so we searched the tour hosts and were lucky to have stumbled upon skylandtourism.com. The last-minute online searches and comparisons suggested that they were the best, and I am one satisfied customer won over by their unmatched hospitality. The itinerary planned by them was a careful selection of visits to places of interest sprinkled with exciting adventures for the thrill-seekers. We still cherish the splendor and the serenity of the Dubai desert.   The City Trip:   The tour started in the early morning with the timely pick up of our whole group in the AC tour buses. We were driven across the cities of Dubai, Al-Ain, and Abu Dhabi. We got to stare in amazement at the wonders of the modern world at the Burj Khalifa and the Ferrari world.…

Life in the Iron Mills Introduction The industrial revolution (1700-1900) is the period in which there was a rapid economic and technological developments with political formations that altogether altered fundamentally western civilization (Wyatt III 2). The period was characterized by agriculture supporting a growing population, emergence of social classes, specialization of economic endeavors, technical innovation, and their applications to commercial applications (Wyatt III 2). Born on June 21st, 1831, Rebecca Harding Davis was a pioneer in social history, and most of her work portrayed women’s rights, racial conditions, and working-class (Lasseter). She is best remembered for her novella Life in the Iron Mills. Rebecca Davis got married in 1863, to Clarke Davis and regularly published in Atlantic Monthly.  She died in 1910. She had published more than 500 works in her lifetime. Summary of the story Life in the Mills, by Rebecca H. Davies, is a short story about the working class during the industrial revolution. The main characters Hugh and Deborah, live in an iron mining town, where Deborah works in the cotton fields while Hugh works in the…

Modern Kitchen Décor Items The kitchen is considered to be the most favorite part of the house. Here you can get the opportunity to expound the creative ideas to use the modern kitchenware for home and get the most enticing cooking area.   Decorating your kitchen is an art; you must turn that place where you will spend much of your day in a cozy and unique stay, which motivates you to participate. Some essential accessories can give a unique touch to your kitchen. Of course, lights and cabinets are fundamental elements to provide the kitchen with a particular bit. But with the help of the stylish kitchenware, you can easily uplift the quality of the entire area.   A kitchen is a place in the house where we must install both small and large appliances and multiple kitchen furniture to store the utensils and foodstuff most effectively and elegantly possible. Several attractive kitchenware accessories light-up the place without much effort. Therefore, one should find out the things that can make your kitchenette,   New Ideas for Kitchen Decoration   For…

Effects of Corona Virus to Tourism in China A coronavirus is a large group of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Adanchin). A novel coronavirus is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans (Ks lee). It’s transmitted from civet cats to humans .it has negatively affected the china economy, especially tourism departments in several ways and some of the techniques are listed below: The amount earned from tourism in china has now depreciated from $150m-50m since tourists are visiting china because of the fear of corona virus (Hancock). Most of tourists fear for their lives and also the fact that corona virus is airborne transmitted making it very dangerous and easily transmitted from one person to the other. since the corona virus outbreak started in wuhan,the absence of Chinese tour groups has left hotel, restaurants, publics, our operators and retailers counting the cost as one of their highest-spending customer groups has been forced to stay at home(Ks lee). so…

Sustainable Real Estate Research Questions What methods can architects employ to minimize environmental design footprint Construction designs highly determine the energy consumption rates of a building. As such, architects require to have outstanding knowledge regarding energy-consuming systems within a building such as heating and cooling capacity as well as the lighting requirements. Advancement in technologies and increased urbanization also contribute to increased construction rates whereby some of the designs of the building do not consider the aspect of environmental footprint. Architects are also faced with the challenge of providing efficient designs that fit within many financial models. As such, it becomes critical for architects to embrace the intelligent deployment of strategies and technologies in making designs. Currently, many design systems exist to help make the process easier and standardized. The use of systems such as ASHRAE, LEED among others, should help architects in creating designs that promote the use of cleaner energy while also considering low consumption of the same (Suehiro, Suehiro, Masuda, Ito & Ito, 2018). Beyond the designs, architects should consider having professional individuals such as commissioning agents,…

Hazards and Maps In the world crude and natural gas market, Canada has been ranked as the 5th largest producer of natural gas and the 6th largest producer of crude oil. Further, a study shows that Canada has more than 168 billion barrels, whereby, over 95 percent can be recovered using the improved technology (Giesy et al., 2010). Using today’s technology to extract crude oil from sand oils makes Canada have the third largest country with vast oil reserves that are yet to be obtained. The demand for crude oil, natural gas, and oil products is rising rapidly. Countries such as the United States and the Asia Pacific region have increased their demand for crude oil and natural gas from Canada. Therefore, Canada has to put in all efforts to ensure it satisfies the needs and rising desires of her customers. Export of crude oil and natural gas products er]ans the country foreign exchange, which is used to boost other sectors of the economy. The increase in export earnings over the last few years has promoted rapid economic and infrastructural…

satisfactory moral theory James Rachels expresses his opinion on what a satisfactory moral theory ought to be like on this chapter. By citing examples, he indicates that a satisfactory theory would be realistic where human beings fit in the grand scheme of things. He also looks at the concepts and theories that should guide how we live as human beings such as reason , desert, motives, modesty, community, justice and fairness. His theory emphasizes more on people’s right to make a choice and the moral importance of treating people as they deserve to be treated. Based on his research, he outlined that the Multiple- Strategies Utilitarianism as the most plausible possibility which means that we should maximize the interests of all beings by living according to our best plan with modesty. Human beings always carry themselves as the superior beings despite being last on the evolution line (Rachels,   ). Sunsewuently, they developed theories of right and wrong in protection of their own intersts which places the other species at a much lower value. Rachels argues that just because human beings…

Nurse and Target plants Introduction With plants competing for nutrients, water, and sunlight, different plants in the same physical environment affect the other negatively and sometimes positively. The effects of such an ecosystem often are harmful due to the competition. However, there are cases where the survival of some plants would otherwise be in jeopardy without other plants supporting them. This is the case for plants that takes advantage of the canopy of other mature plants for them to germinate and grow. Such plants thrive on the change in temperature, light, humidity that the other mature plants offer by providing a cover to such plants. In the desert and other regions with a harsh climate, such dependency can be used to restore the environment. Despite the advantages nurse plants offer, other factors such as human disturbance can affect the facilitation, which requires the nurse plants to be different depending on the specific region. This review studies plant facilitation in restoring the desert environment. Case examples of plan facilitation methods are discussed. Nurse and Target plants A nurse plant is a…