“Rise and Fall of the Tokugawa Regime” The Tokugawa period (1603-1868)‚ also called the Edo period‚ was the final phase of traditional Japan. It was a time of internal peace‚ political stability‚ and economic growth under the shogunate founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu. As shogun‚ Ieyasu achieved dominance over the entire country by balancing the power of “potentially hostile domains with strategically placed allies and collateral houses” (McClain 1944 pg. 31). It was an era of oppressive rule where
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onion.[1][2] Takoyaki are brushed with takoyaki sauce‚ a sauce similar to Worcestershire sauce‚ and mayonnaise. The takoyaki is then sprinkled with green laver (aonori) and shavings of dried bonito(katsuobushi). Takoyaki was first popularized in Osaka‚[3] where a street vendor named Tomekichi Endo is credited with its invention in 1935. Takoyaki inspired byAkashiyaki‚ a small round dumpling from the city of Akashi in Hyōgo Prefecture made of an egg-rich batter and octopus. They are suitable for
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Dominoes was forced to make changes to their “cookie-cutter” business model by extending store hours. This was necessary to survive because Icelanders prefer to stay up late‚ and consequently‚ expect restaurants to be open late. (Gibson‚ 2006) Subway fast-food chain is another company that learned valuable lessons about cultural awareness. Their Director of International Operations was once quoted as saying “while we want (our partners) to be really aggressive and believe in the brand‚ we don’t
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was climbing the subway steps. A very beautiful girl approached and told him that there was no smoking in the subways. Ahmed pointed out that he was leaving the subway‚ not entering it and that he had not yet lit up. The girl repeated her injection. Ahmed repeated his observation. After a few such changes‚ each of them became angry. “If I let you do it‚ I would have to let everyone do it‚” the girl said. Ahmed asked himself why the girl was telling him not to smoke on the subway. “Are you the police
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man on his motorbike it was mikes dads friend. Finaly they got to the zoo and they saw some birds also mike spotide out the lion. His dad saw an elephant with huge ears however it had very long tusks. After they went to the zoo they went to subway for lunch. For a treat they went to asda meanwhile mike chose a football and his dad got it for him gbjsdbhdjfsohjdsodsffffffff gjkrgjkrog sdkbgddsfvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv THE ZOO DAY Once there was a boy called mike he lived with his dad
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ultimate collapse in Feb 1994. Throughout his tenure from 1992 to early 1995‚ the star-trader-turnedrogue‚ Nick Leeson‚ was consistently misleading the senior management to believe that his entire strategy was based on arbitrage between Simex and Osaka stock exchanges. It turned out he was taking leveraged bets on the Japanese Index‚ Nikkei 225. A single event‚ Kobe earthquake on January 1995‚ a black swan event of a kind‚ triggered the index to fall by 1‚000 points‚ the opposite direction to what
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IB Extended Essay 2013 “To what extent do the government policies in restricting consumption of automobiles affect the demand for automobiles in Beijing?” Word Count: 3869 Candidate: CHEN‚ Kexin Subject HL: Economics HL Supervisor: Christine Zhang School: Beijing Huijia Private school Abstract Research question: “To what extent do the government policies in restricting consumption
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Traffic is the biggest problem in Turkey‚ especially in İstanbul. People have a hard time because of the traffic problems in İstanbul. İstanbul has many traffic problems such as‚ not subway‚ uneducated drivers‚ unplanned roads and many cars. Moreover‚ government know that‚ These problems have patmanent solutions. However‚ government can’t maket them. To begin with İstanbul is unplanned place. Roads and traffic’s field are jumble. For example‚ every morning mecidiyekoy‚ taksim and fisrt river are
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A105 ASSIGNMENT 1 PART 1 Using no more than 250 words‚ write a description of the object depicted in the two photographs. This object is small at just 3.7 cm in length. There seems to be no information on circumference or height measurements. The shape takes that of a hare‚ with what appears to be a somewhat oval base. Three of the paws also take shape at the base of the object‚ with the forth paw raise in the front. The head is of circular shape with a prominent nose and mouth cleverly carved out
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Richardson. James Richardson was the accused in the case of the deceased NY Police Officer John Skagen. John Skagen was shot to death in a NY subway station on June 28‚ 1972. The Facts in this case are clear; Officer Skagen was coming home from court that day‚ he was in plain clothes at the time of the incident in question. He was off duty. As he went into the subway he had noticed a tall black male‚ with short hair‚ a dark complexion and a round face. Richardson was wearing dark pants and a waist-length
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