Samurai Swords Over 1300 years ago‚ on one of the tiny islands of Japan‚ the first samurai sword appeared. Japanese myth suggests that after losing a long and hard fought battle‚ an emperor returned home with his warriors horrified to find most of their swords broken or badly damaged. After thorough inspection of the blades‚ the men realized that their failure in battle resulted from faulty sword forging and promised to craft the perfect weapon. The men prayed for inspiration‚ and on the seventh
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Fulfilled heart An experience which taught me how to value life at its fullest‚ the day when I was informed about this activity I was actually in doubt if I would go or not; however‚ there was that feeling that pushes me to join. Then‚ the day had come‚ it was Friday afternoon where I packed my things and counted myself in. As we walked along the road towards the village‚ I have thought of those things that I left especially school works‚ but I made up a decision to let go of it for a while because
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with him‚ also every secretary‚ and most especially every journalist. What is it? A ballpoint pen‚ or commonly known as ball pen. Pen‚ from the Latin word pinna which means feather‚ is a long‚ thin‚ rounded device used to apply ink to a surface usually paper for the purpose of writing or drawing. There are several different types of pen‚ including ballpoint‚ roller ball‚ fountain‚ and felt-tip. A ballpoint pen dispenses viscous oil-based ink by rolling a small hard sphere‚ usually 0.7–1.2 mm and made
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was this the life I had imagined! Let me take you a few months back… I was a pen‚ red and shiny but had always written in royal blue. I was the gift from her dad on her fifteenth birthday. She used to be fond of me and used to take me everywhere‚ through people‚ places and events … I had travelled so much‚ through pages and pages of the feelings that lay inside her‚ through her writing. She used to call me her “Lucky Pen” and i was proud of that status. But one day‚ I remember her writing … writing
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Title: The Sword in the Stone Author: Richard Reitherman Setting: This animated feature is set in England during the medieval times. Characters: Merlin (The Powerful Wizard) Arthur (Wart) Sir Ector Archimedes the Owl Little Girl Squirrel Kay Castle Scullery Maid Fat Granny Squirrel Madam Mim Sir Pelinore Summary: After the English king dies leaving no heir‚ in the churchyard of a cathedral in London‚ a sword appears imbedded in a stone inscribed‚
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‘The Silver Sword’ is about a Polish family separated during the Second World War and trying to find each other again when the war is over. a simple enough story‚. This is a fictionalised but apparently based on fact story suitable for upper primary students. The story opens with Joseph Balicki‚ the father‚ escaping from a prison camp in the Polish mountains. He was the headmaster of a primary school in Warsaw until the Nazis arrested him in 1940 for turning a picture of Hitler to the wall. He
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The Silver Sword- Ian Serraillier The Silver Sword is a story about the Balickis’‚ a Polish family‚ living in Warsaw. The story is about their separation due to the Nazi injustice in 1940 and how they reunite themselves in Switzerland after the war. It took them 5 years to reunite‚ the children have grown up‚ the adults have aged but at least they are all together again‚ along with a new member of the family. The first person that was separated from the family was the father‚ Joseph
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The sword Beowulf used to kill Grendel’s mother had to have such a powerful background story because an ordinary sword would not have gotten the job done. This became evident when the sword Beowulf borrowed from Ecgtheow did not even penetrate the monster. Despite the irony of the sword magically being within Beowulf’s grasp in his time of need‚ it is by certain the force used to kill off Grendel’s mother. The sword was not just any sword. “It was the best of weapons‚ expect that it was greater
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Classic Pen Case 1. Calculate the revised product costs for the four pens‚ using the spreadsheet template provided and the information collected by Dempsey. | | Blue | Black | Red | Purple | | Total | | | | | | | | | Sales | | $75‚000 | $60‚000 | $13‚950 | $1‚650 | | $150‚600 | | | | | | | | | Material costs | | $25‚000 | $20‚000 | $4‚680 | $550 | | $50‚230 | | | | | | | | | Direct Labor (DL) | | $10‚000 | $8‚000 | $1‚800 | $200
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Ballpoint pen Ballpoint pen is a pen that used nowadays‚ using a smooth rolling point of the tip in the pen. Unlike fountain pen‚ you don’t need to fill in ink for writing. The first patent on a ballpoint pen was issued on 30 October 1888‚ to John Loud‚ a leather tanner‚ who was attempting to make a writing instrument that would be able to write on his leather products‚ which then-common fountain pens could not do. In the period between 1904 and 1946‚ particularly alternatives or improvements
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