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1. Geishas
Described as a "century old professional entertainer" the geisha is an important part of traditional Japanese social life. Usually circulating their services in the higher classes exclusively, these woman are extensively trained in many of the traditional Japanese arts. Her grace is exceptional, her charm, exquisite. These woman are professional ho
2. Forests Cannot Absorb CO2 Emissions
The world's dwindling forests cannot be relied upon to absorb the industrialized world's carbon dioxide emissions. Environment ministers and experts from around the world will be meeting in Buenos Aries. There they will try to map a course for industrialized countries as they try to rein in emissions of greenhouse gases in line with the Kyoto treat
3. Analyze The Triumph And Tragedy Of The Manhattan Project
The making of American's first atomic bomb was a long and triumphant journey. The United States set out on the development because of fear-fear that the Nazi Germany would develop the bomb first which would then use it against the U.S. In fact, the Germans had a head start because the underlying scientific fact, the fission of uranium, was discover
4. Oda Nobunaga
played a major role in the unification of Japan after the Warring States period (Sengoku jidai). He was actually the first of the three great "unifiers" of Japan. The other two were Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu who followed in Nobunaga's footsteps. At the time of his advent to power, Japan was in a state of disarray. The Sengoku period be
5. Kabuki
is a traditional form of Japanese theater. Created around the year 1600, around the same time the English began to form colonies on the American continent, the history of is as long as that of the United States and just as multi-faceted. Okuni, a shrine maiden from Izumo Shrine, created . Her performances in the dry riverbeds of the ancient capital