Satsuma Domain

Saigō Takamori was born on on 1827/12/7 in the Castletown of Kagoshima, an isolated area within the Satsuma domain under the control of the Shimazu clan which had established themselves as the oldest living clan in Japan at the time of his birth. The Shimazu clan were of notable prestige in that they were the only clan that received foreign ambassadors in a time when, under the orders of the Tokugawa Shogunate (the shogunate was a council of military commanders led primarily by a single domain), Japan strictly prohibited international travel. Saigō was part of this renowned ancestry and throughout his life, whether by circumstance or fate, became an important part in Japanese politics both internally and internationally. More importantly, he…

The turnover from the Tokugawa period to the Meiji is historically seen as a Japan entering a new age of modernization and industrialization to reach western levels of civilization. Tokugawa as a traditional, old fashioned age while Meiji metaphorically as opening itself up to new ideas and western ways of thinking. The Meiji era was a time where Japan opened itself up to western influence. This romanticized way of viewing Meiji as a triumphant time of growing industry and capitalism is,…

strengthen Japan. One of the first problem they wanted to solve was financing the national government’s budget. When the samurais were overthrown, they accepted their displacement in return of a stipend. “ The aggregate magnitude of the samurai stipend was enormous and required one third of the revenue of the national government.” (Meiji Restoration/Revolution 6). This means the national government spends a good deal of their money for the samurais so they can be content with the new government.…

A major underlying issue within many cultures in the world is the struggle to either hold on to traditions and values or to move forward with modernization. In the novel Keeper N’ Me by Richard Wagamese, the cultural traditions of the Anishanabe become very important to Garnet Raven who is a disconnected member of the tribe. The major theme in the Movie, The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwich is this very issue: tradition versus modernization. The protagonist of this movie Nathan Algren…

will take money away from the farmer and our agricultural industry, a major part of our economy. The pipeline only runs through our state, and there isn’t a continuous income that will come from it. Transition: Our economy is very important in the progress of our state and communities, and the pipeline could help and hurt it. According to the New Oxford American Dictionary dictionary, eminent domain is the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with…

While many design fields aren’t as regulated as other fields like print and cinema, every designer should still develop their own CODE OF ETHICS to abide by when working with clients. According to the design institute of Australia, ethics is a rational study of the moral dilemmas in human action. A moral code can be either implicit or explicit and can be very subjective; there isn’t always a right or wrong solution. As a result, it is important for you to consider your own stance as a designer…

The efficacy provision in the Patents Act of 2005 for India was necessary because it prevented other medications that were a new form of an existing drug from being patented. Any company trying to introduce a new medication was required to show proof that the medication had more effectiveness than an existing drug. In regards to the patent provisions in India, the provisions were put in place for many different reasons. In 1970, India Parliament adopted a new Patent Law that prohibited foods…

creative abilities to create or produce works that can be deemed works or copyrightable materials at all. Currently, the laws and policies of the U.S. Copyright Office state that the copyright on a photograph goes to the person that took the photo, or actually hits the shutter. The U.S. Copyright Office policies are based on the idea that copyrights are given to the creator of the photo and that it does not recognize works created by non-humans to be subject to the U.S. copyright laws. The…

Copyrights serve an artist, inventor, or business/ corporation the exclusive rights to his or her material/ products. Commonly, copyrights are used in defense of others who may claim another person’s/ corporation’s product. Therefore I believe that it is integral to protect the products of an individual or corporation. According to Richard A. Epstein, in his book titled, “The Creators Own Ideas”, he suggests that since we have private rights in land for a community we therefore should have…

ii. Give the id the absolute minimum privileges necessary to host the site on the web server. For example, it’s more likely than not read access to the website itself, write access only to folders updated by the web site, etc. iii. Change IIS so that the domain account is utilized to run the application. In IIS6 and IIS7, you do this through the application pool. A web application's design is stored in the Web.config document and typically includes data about external resources, for example,…