Theme Paper Katana: The Spirit of Japan [Author ’s Name Removed] [Course Ccode Rremoved]: Introduction to the Humanities Course Facilitator: [Facilitator ’s Name Removed]February 14‚ 2004 Katana: The Spirit of Japan The Japanese sword has evolved alongside with the people of Japan for over a thousand years and has been a striking symbol of the spirit and history of old Japan. History has shown that the nature of the Japanese sword is a reflection of Japan ’s people‚ culture‚ attitudes and
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Western countries. Japan also became more militaristic in hopes of not being a victim of imperialism. Although Japan experienced some changes‚ Japan continued the ideology of kokutai as a method for imperial advancement. Japan’s cultural and political structure changed from being a weak isolated nation to a modern imperialist country. Before Japan westernized‚ it was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. This was an agricultural economy with a population of 13 billion. Japan did not associate
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There are many Asian cities that I find fascinating‚ but Japan and Korea have really close relationship ever since their ancient histories to this day; their economic growth and development have similarities in them but their characteristics are different‚ for example Korea is divided into north Korea and south Korea‚ Japan on the other hand has four main islands – Honshu‚ Hokkaido‚ Shikoku‚ and Kyushu - that is located to the east of Korea. The two counties may seem alike‚ but they share many differences
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The planet earth for millennia have offered mankind natural resources for its use. However‚ with the growth of the human population‚ resources have been used at a speed that is faster than it would take for it to be replaced. Such consumption has lead to many dangerous environmental effects. Problems like oil spills‚ loss of rain forests and acid rain are just some of the effects of such misuse of the earths natural resources. But‚ to bring about significant change to clean up oil spills‚ or to avoid
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Spreading like a virus A recent media workshop on the issue of sex selection and female foeticide brought home the extent of the problem. Held in Agra in February‚ the workshop was organised by UNICEF‚ Business Community Foundation‚ and the Centre for Advocacy and Research. Doctors‚ social scientists‚ researchers‚ activists‚ bureaucrats‚ journalists told their stories of what they were doing to fight the problem. If the 1991 Census showed that two districts had a child sex ratio (number
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Outcome of Revolt By Mahatma Gandhi :-Mahatma Gandhi had played the most important role in the freedom struggle ofIndia through his basic principle of truth‚ non violence and Satyagraha. He entered in the political scenario in 1916 after returning from a successful struggle against discrimination faced by black people in South Africa. In India through chain of movement for peasants and labourers in Champaren‚ Ahemdabad and Kheda he entered the Indian scene. Then he reached the zenith of political
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Nowadays‚ one of the important challenge of humanity is many threats that involved our environment. Green house gases‚ fumes or many harmful chemical productions have destroyed our natural of the world.from my point of you‚ many operations could be done to prevent these destruction. Some of these advises are discussed. To begin with‚ one of the important issues in our world is increase of green house gasses. Green house gases have harmed our environment specially the ozone layer. Many operations
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Nuclear[edit] Main articles: Nuclear explosion and Effects of nuclear explosions In addition to stellar nuclear explosions‚ a man-made nuclear weapon is a type of explosive weapon that derives its destructive force from nuclear fission or from a combination of fission and fusion. As a result‚ even a nuclear weapon with a small yield is significantly more powerful than the largest conventional explosives available‚ with a single weapon capable of completely destroying an entire city. Properties
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DEPB Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scheme in short DEPB is an export incentive scheme. Notified on 1/4/1997‚ the DEPB Scheme consisted of (a) Post-export DEPB and (b) Pre-export DEPB. The pre-export DEPB scheme was abolished w.e.f. 1/4/2000. Under the post-export DEPB‚ which is issued after exports‚ the exporter is given a duty entitlement Pass Book Scheme at a pre-determined credit on the FOB value. The DEPB rates is allows import of any items except the items which are otherwise restricted for
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Flood-Fill Flood-fill • Used in interactive paint systems. • The user specify a seed by pointing to the interior of the region to initiate a flood operation Recursive Flood-Fill • Fill a image-space region with some intensity (color) value • How to define the region? • Fill Until vs. Fill While • 4-connectivity vs. 8-connectivity Flood-Fill from Seed • Start from the seed and floods the region until a boundary is met. A simple recursive algorithm can be used: void floodFill(int x‚ int
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