Crouching Tiger‚ Hidden Dragon is a multi award winning martial arts film. The film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors. This movie was made on a $17 million budget and was a huge international success‚ grossing $213.5 million and is a very worthy candidate for inclusion in the film festival. Characterisation: The movie opens with the return of Li Mu Bai from the Green Mountain where he reunites with his friend‚ Yu Shu Lien‚ a female warrior. Both
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Historiku How it Began What began as a small family-run candle and soap business‚ grew through innovation‚ creative marketing and partnerships to become the largest consumer goods company in the world. P&G WAS FOUNDED IN 1837 BY TWO MEN WHO MET BY CHANCE. William Procter‚ emigrating from England‚ established himself as a candle maker in Cincinnati‚ which was a busy center of commerce and industry in the early nineteenth century. And James Gamble
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*monitor History of Monitor A long time has passed since the first computer monitors were introduced. Way back when these units were first introduced‚ they were available in monochrome only and most of the computer monitors used to have a bright green display on a jet black background. These were known as monochrome monitors and they did not use to have high quality displays. The displays that we see on the monitors are caused by the electrons directed on a phosphor coating on the screen by the
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K’ang Hsi was the was the third son of the Shunzhi emperor. Upon Shunzhi’s sudden death from smallpox K’ang Hsi was instantly put to power over his five brothers. His chosen reign name was Kangxi which means “Peaceful harmony.” Because K’ang Hsi was not quite seven years old‚ his government was run by four conservative Manchu courtiers from the preceding reign. One of the first political acts of the for imperial advisors was to replace the so-called Thirteen Offices with a Neiwufu‚ or Office of Household
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1. INTRODUCTION Animals that live under human care are in captivity. Captivity can be used as a generalizing term to describe the keeping of either wild animals or domesticated animals such as livestock and pets. This may include for example farms‚ private and zoos. Keeping animals in human captivity and under human care can thus be distinguished between three primary categories according to the particular motives‚ objectives and conditions. The domestication of animals is the oldest documented
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katrina barcelo "The characteristic of sound by which a shrill sound can be distinguished from a grave sound is known as PITCH." Pitch of sound depends upon the frequency of sound. The greater the frequency‚ the higher is the pitch and vice versa. It is the pitch of sounds that enable us to distinguished b/w a sound of man and woman or man and dog. Etc. sound of a woman is shrill due to high pitch. Sound of a dog is grave due to low pitch and low frequency. QUALITY OR TIMBER "The property
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The Babylonians: Unifiers of Mesopotamia Article The Babylonians began their rise to power in the region of Mesopotamia around 1900 B.C. This was at a time when Mesopotamia was largely unstable‚ prone to conflict and invasion‚ and not at all unified. This early period‚ known as the Old Babylonian Period‚ is characterized by over 300 years of rule of theAmorites‚ who had come from west of the Euphrates River‚ and formed an empire based in the city-state of Babylon. This empire was a monarchy that
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Dharmasthala and K.S.Na at Mysore in 1991)‚ Honorary Doctorates (Adiga from The World Academy of Art and Culture in 1979 and K.S.Na from Mysore University in 1991). A closer analysis of the thematic concerns of Adiga and K.S.Na shows them crisscrossing with their preoccupations on love‚ social concerns‚ vagaries of life‚ uncertainty of death‚ God and spiritual quests.K.S.Na’s very popular NinnaHesaru (Your Name) begins with how a name haunts the poet in blushing lotus petals‚ tolling bells of the
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Kidney plays an important function in regulation the concentration of sodium and potassium in blood. A steroid hormone called aldosterone is secreted by the adrenal cortex in respond to rennin secreted by the kidney cells to stimulate potassium excretion by active reabsorption of sodium in distal and collecting ducts. Aldosterone increase active secretion of potassium in distal convoluted tubules and also stimulates the reabsorption of sodium on collecting ducts. Antidiuretic hormone also helps to
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