“At ordinary schools they tease you. People are cruel. They forget to accommodate you. You are an inconvenience.” This is a quote from Lane Wahl - a South African student with a visual impairment. Children with disabilities are legally allowed to attend “normal” school. In...
We examine three characteristics of Seven Samurai, the magnum opus of Akira Kurosawa, one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Kurosawa’s works are foundational to a wide variety of film techniques and tropes. While Kurosawa himself considered Ran to be his best film, Seven...
Introduction The meaning of home may vary from person to person. Some may say that home is where we grow up, and some may say that home is the home of a family. However, in an unfamiliar country, our family is far away from us....
Hagakure Hagakure, also known as the samurai bible, is a book that represents the attitude that goes beyond the modern pragmatism or the love for materialism to the overall spiritual development of individuals. Despite the interpretations that people have had on this book, Hagakure applies...
As one of the few surviving autobiographical writings from early Japan, in Musui’s Story, Katsu Kokichi narrates his life as a late Tokugawa-period samurai. Amid the Tokugawa period, also known as the Edo period, grand wars and conflicts slowly dwindled in number and size. The...
Introduction Stress is an external factor affecting the growth of plants. There are types of stress. Biotic stress, abiotic stress. Bacteria, fungus, insects, weeds, Nematodes, and arachrids from biotic stress. Salinity, drought, cold, high temperature from Abiotic stress. We will talk about the drought in...
When people mentioned about Chinese food and culture, Chinatown is the place they will mention as well. There are so many kinds of stores and restaurants which they can explore and find some interesting things. Nowadays, there are three main areas which also called enclaves...
Peru is affected by archaeological discoveries of many civilizations, from the highlands to the coast. Two decades in the past, a national Geographic team located Juanita the Ice Maiden, an Inca princess sacrificed on Mount Ampato greater than 500 years ago. handiest inside the remaining...
There are a ton of different religions around the world. Some are mainstream and are well known by the rest of the world. However, some are more hidden and are waiting to be discovered. Regardless of what any personal belief is of the individual studying...
Abstract This paper aims to chart the adoption of the principles and practices of mixed-use within Canada, from its origins to its current implementation. Drawing on some examples where mixed-use has been established as an instrument in planning policies, the paper aims to bring to...
Introduction The years after the Second World War was full of unrest for Vietnam. The Vietnam war which simply started off as what seemed to be civilians trying to gain independence became more of a common ground for the superpowers to express their influences in...
Introduction Singapore provides an array of opportunities to people as the country has developed as an economic giant in recent years. It is a multi-cultural country with people from different ethnic groups and cultures living in this modern city. You can find Chinese, Malays, Indians,...
Introduction Food security is having access to nutrition and affordable food and water. Peru has struggled with issues of chronic hunger and malnutrition for years. High rates of poverty, gender inequality, and lack of access to education have contributed to hunger-related issues throughout the country....
There was a time when India had a perennial problem plaguing their side — the elusive No. 4 spot. India tried and tested so many batsmen at 2-down in limited-overs cricket that even fans lost track of who was playing at that position. It had...
Introduction A state’s preference for how it treats its own inhabitant’s results from balancing individual rights against national security. A state will therefore abuse the human rights of its own inhabitants when it believes doing so will promote national security. The most common justification by...
In China, the Red Panda is a large attraction for tourism. Tourism attracts over 5 billion tourists a year, and a lot of those tourists will visit the zoos during their travels and see the Red Pandas. Saving them will keep people visiting the zoos,...
Introduction: It lies just west of Florida. An abyss where all known reasoning is called into question. Over the centuries it has had many names: the Sea of Doom, the Graveyard of the Atlantic, the Devil’s Triangle, but amid the mystery there is one certainty:...
Many people today have a unique perception of Japan, blurring the line between Asian and Western culture. Much of this odd culture can be credited to a lesser-known editorial titled Datsu-A Ron, which found itself in a newspaper in 1885. The Datsu-A Ron was anonymously...
Did your grandparents ever tell you that they rode a kangaroo to school? It was all a load of BS. That’s right your oldies have been telling you lies this whole time. And you fell for it. We have all heard that Australians rode the...