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    Yoko Ono, born in Tokyo in 1933, was very artistic from a young age. She had always shown interests in art and music yet was never supported by her parents. Her father believed that since he failed at becoming a musician, instead becoming a very successful banker, that Yoko herself would also fail, while her mother deemed her “handsome, yet not pretty” to the point where Yoko felt she could not live up to either of her parents’ expectations. Her father's job in banking led to Yoko being…

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    Japan Japan first became a unified country by the year 300 A.D., however Japan had many different forms of government before it became unified. For most of its history, Japan was feudal country, with a strong central government and multiple rural towns spread around the country. The exact form of the Japanese government has changed over the years. During the Heian period, which was between 794 and 1185 A.D., there were four major groups that held government power. These groups were the emperor…

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    Japan however didn’t get negatively effected through western influence due to shogun Tokugawa deciding peace over war. Japan may have lost culture in surrender but they gained immense military and industrial power. 1853 General Matthew Perry entered tokyo bay with 4 ships never seen before, and technology japan had not even come close to. With massive ships that japan thought as dragons Japan was faced with a tough enemy. A seemingly unbeatable foe left japan with a tough decision open trade…

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    Transport or transportation is a very important field of activity in public life Indonesia. The importance of transport for the people of Indonesia are caused by several factors, among others, the geographic circumstances of Indonesia which consists of thousands of small and large islands, the waters of which consists of most of the sea, rivers and lakes that allow transportation is done through land, water and air to reach all regions of Indonesia. Other things that are also not as important to…

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    Lieutenant General Walter C. Short Commander-In-Chief of the Army in Hawaii observes from airport tower U.S. airplanes parked near to the edge of the field that was set considering an enemy air attack. Short said the primary concern will be sabotage knowing are 130,000 Japanese on the island. Also, Short told the Fielder that changes have to be made (Tora! Tora! Tora!, 1970). When Army General Short takes over the Hawaiian command on February 7, 1941. The Chief Of Staff warned him about the risk…

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    Angeles. We see this exposed in the setting of the film where giant pagoda like skyscrapers, shelled in media screens broadcasting simulacra of oriental Geishas, tower over rickshaw alleys and street vendors to present Los Angeles as an effigy of future Tokyo. Ridley Scott’s use of settings in Blade Runner (1982) and the associated context that precedes them aligns the film with significant historical context regarding the beliefs that Asian superpowers would soon penetrate and control Western…

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    possessions is the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, and Disneyland Resort in California. Including other resorts and parks Outside the United States that are A part of Disney worldwide that includes Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Tokyo Disney. Disney World is North America's most frequented tourist spot and encompasses four theme parks Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom, hotels and resorts, water parks, and golf courses as well as Disney cruise lines.…

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    The third Japanese water issue is that the price for tap water has risen up in recent years. The main cause is the decline of population in Japan. The infrastructures in Japan that delivers drinking water to homes and processes the drinking water are superannuated in many places. However, local water supply agents do not have enough money to maintain and repair these water facilities and water treatment facilities because revenues have been dropping in recent years due to loss of water users.…

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    Both sources of power have a cost. The largest nuclear power plant in the world is Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) or also know as the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant. The largest solar power farm in the world is the Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park, Spain. Nuclear power and solar power are both a power source. They have many similarities and differences, but solar power is is still a better source. Both Nuclear and Solar are power sources for humans, but solar power is more convenient that…

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    Most people will talk about their family history and go back to their grandparents or even great-grandparents to see where they came from, but most people don’t think about America and how that became the great country it is today! Columbus came over to America, thinking it was India, looking for undiscovered land. Even though he made a big mistake, it led him to discover America and now millions of people live here. One main connection I have to America is that I was born here in Abington…

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