Abstract
The paper describes how in the journal article entitled "Building Fire Safety in the Far East" (2005), researchers provide a brief review of fire safety activities in the Far East with respect to fire safety concerns in buildings with new architectural features. The paper provides a statement about the article's topic as well as an assessment of how the information in the article will impact the future of fire prevention. The current study concludes with a statement concerning how the information presented can be used today.

From the Paper
"In the journal article entitled "Building Fire Safety in the Far East" (2005), researchers provide a brief review of fire safety activities in the Far East with respect to fire safety concerns in buildings with new architectural features. It follows that, in the process of providing a summary of the article, the current discussion provides a statement about the article's topic as well as an assessment of how the information in the article will impact the future of fire prevention. The current study concludes with a statement concerning how the information presented can be used today."

Tags:fire prevention, fire investigation, building fire codes

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The paper analyzes the conflict of interests in this problem of outsourcing production to the Far East that may use sweatshop or exploitative forms of labour. The paper applies Kantian and Rawlsian ethics to the dilemma and compares these two ethical frameworks. The paper shows how neither model offers a final, definitive, way of reaching a decision on what may be considered a highly subjective issue.

Outline:
The Moral Problem
Kantian Ethics
Rawlsian Ethics
Critical Analysis

From the Paper
"In taking the specific problem in equation there is a basic conflict of interests in that businesses are expected to meet the needs of a diverse range of stakeholders into account (Freeman 1984) including shareholders, consumers, suppliers and employees. However, the scare nature of resources means that organisations must at some point priorities the needs of one set of stakeholders over another (Begg et al 2008). In this case, such a conflict of interests exists in that those who have to choose between off and onshore production must make a moral decision whether to benefit the consumer and the shareholder first by offering increased profitability and reduced prices respectively at the expense of overseas labour. On the other hand, the company could choose to use labour regulated in a better environment thus benefiting those producing the goods but at an increased cost in both that of the product and at the expense of profitability for the shareholder.
"One framework for analysing the problem is to make use of Kantian ethics, this may be considered as on of the most simple forms of ethical frameworks for analysing a problem. In Kantian ethics, the problem is simplified to what is referred to as the categorical imperative, in essence an action is either morally right or wrong and regardless of the result a decision maker must carry out the action which is considered morally right in order to be ethics (Fisher and Lovell 2009)."

Tags:Rawls, Kant, morals, stakeholders, categorical, imperative

Abstract
The paper examines Hong Kong, China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea. The paper includes country studies on these areas, including descriptions of native festivals and cultural differences. The writer discusses western fascination with the cultures of the Orient. The paper further includes a discussion on native foods and public holidays.

Outline:
Introduction
China and Hong Kong
Taiwan
Japan
Korea
References

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"For centuries festivals in Japan have been more a way of life than a mere reason for celebration. While many of the popular festivals in Japan are based on long standing legends others celebrate the coming and passing of the seasons. Festivals in Japan are a time to relax with family members, a time to eat and drink and a time to celebrate Japan's rich spiritual culture.
They range from the bizarre - at Kanamara Matsuri the locals parade a large pink penis up and down the main street - to the spectacular - during the Cherry Blossom festival parks across Japan become awash in a sea of pink blossoms."

Tags:Tanabata, Obon, cuisine, Mid-Autumn, Festival, Dragon, Boat

Abstract
In Asia, the U.S. military goal is to provide for a defense against the massive militaries of North Korea and China in the event of military escalation / conflict in that region. The future of the presence of the military in the Middle East, however, is a very different animal.

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The paper discusses that it is not easy to identify the important issues when countries are far away and located in areas with long histories of turbulence and conflicting needs such as the Middle East. The paper presents the history, treaties and international political pressures of the area. The author believes that foreign policy is not a matter of laws passed by Congress but is fluid and changes according to current needs.

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"All these conflicts and intertwining issues, impossible to completely separate after centuries of conflict going back to the Crusades, require a delicate hand. In addition, the Department of State and government leaders have to consider the effects of finances given to Israel, especially military support, given that the U.S.S.R. can no longer make significant contributions to Israel's potential enemies. Public sentiment in the United States must be considered also. Most Americans recognize Israel's right to exist, but many are often appalled when Israel responds to terrorist acts with what Americans tend to view as excessive force."

Tags:israel, palestine, syria, iran, iraq

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Though the situation is still unfolding and surely will continue to for many years to come it can confidently be said that this is the worst economic crisis the world has experienced since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Until very recently, most analysts had confined the crisis to Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand. Some obdurate analysts even continue to suggest that the Asian 'miracle' is still far from over! These, and many other predictions that the crisis would result in only a short, sharp downturn with almost no impact on the major capitalist countries, have all proved to be wrong. Severe economic crisis in Japan along with economic slowdown in China, currency lows in Canada, South Africa, Mexico and many other countries, and the finale of the stumbling American economy, do clearly suggest that the crisis is endemic to the entire global system. This is an ugly and painful realization, but it is indeed reality. Not only does it seem that the Asian miracle is surely over, but that the burgeoning global economy is headed for a drastic slowdown.

From the Paper
"Introduction.


Prior to the twentieth century, the Silk Road served as one of the most important connections between Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East. It was a primary route for the trading of goods, as well as for the exchange of ideas between these three regions of the world. The Silk Road, which was thousands of miles long, ran from the heart of China to the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Travelers along this route faced a long, difficult trip, with many dangers and hardships along the way. The route began in the Chinese city of Ch'ang.an. From there, it followed the Great Wall of China until it reached the Taklamakan Desert. After circling this desert, travelers had to make their way across the Pamir mountains before descending to the Iranian Plateau. The route then crossed the Iraqi and Syrian deserts..."

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This paper stresses that, even though Western artists are looking for new ideas when they seek Oriental input, they can only interrupt the Orient through their own Western culture. The author explains that French painter Eugene Delacroix' "Death of Sardanapalus" and Austrian artist Leopold Carl Muller's "The Market in Cairo" are examples of orientalism in Western art. The author states that the Beatles, seeking the teachings of India's gurus, brought orientalism into modern pop culture.

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"The Western World that Delacroix knew lay on the brink of the Victorian age. Painted in 1827, the Death of Sardanapalus speaks to a people already grown accustomed to the strictures of middle-class morality. As older and wilder days ended, North Americans and Europeans were already entering into a new era of strong religious devotion, clean living, and sexual repression. The wanton abandoning of oneself to pleasure like Sardanapalus seemed to be something that was still possible only within the hidden corridors of the seraglio, a place where leering, bearded despots sought freely to satisfy their carnal lusts. The fact that Sardanapalus's world is about to be consumed in fire is but a fitting moral judgment. Though he can gape at the writhing, sensuous forms of the King's doomed attendants, the European or North American man can only dream of what he cannot have the pleasures of the flesh are condemned hellfire."

Tags:ideas, delacroix, muller, beatles, mysticism

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Before proceeding too far, it is worth asking why the European societies could never conquer the Asian societies that existed east of them - and why they could also never overcome the African and Islamic civilizations to the south. Briefly stated, it seems as though Africa had an enormous head start, civilizationally-speaking, and was the home of the first genuine Homo sapiens - modern man, in other words (Diamond 398). As for the Asian societies that refused to succumb to European encroachment, it appears as though they shared the same initial advantages as the Caucasians: a plentiful supply of easily-domesticated animals; the military potentialities these animals afforded; and the resistance to microbes - the Asian civilizations ostensibly were at no inherent disadvantage in any of these areas (Diamond 92).

From the Paper
Guns, Germs and Steel: Why Civilizations Rise and Fall Before proceeding too far, it is worth asking why the European societies could never conquer the Asian societies that existed east of them - and why they could also never overcome the African and Islamic civilizations to the south. Briefly stated, it seems as though Africa had an enormous head start, civilizationally-speaking, and was the home of the first genuine Homo sapiens - modern man, in other words (Diamond, 398). As for the Asian societies that refused to succumb to European encroachment, it appears as though they shared the same initial advantages as the Caucasians: a plentiful supply of easily-domesticated animals; the

Tags:guns, germs, steel

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This writer provides a letter on behalf of his British company in response to the recent claims published in a newspaper that their plans to build a Middle East steel plant in a rural area far from population centres will have a very disruptive effect on the values and customs of the people of the entire Middle East. The writer asserts that based upon this questionable assumption by a journalist who has never conducted business there, we were accused of "cultural imperialism" and advised to forego our plans to build this important steel plant, despite the fact that this project has the full support of the government and would provide thousands of jobs in a country suffering from very high unemployment.

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"I am writing this letter to the editor on behalf of my British company in response to the recent claims published in this newspaper that our plans to build a Middle East steel plant in a rural area far from population centres will have a very disruptive effect on the values and customs of the people of the entire Middle East. Based upon this questionable assumption by a journalist who has never conducted business there, we were accused of "cultural imperialism" and advised to forego our plans to build..."

Tags:british, steel, plant