...Takae Iiyama Professor: Nitza Llaldo ESL53B-6700 November 13th, 2014 Amazing Days “Three Days to See” by Helen Keller is about what she would like to see if she were given her sight back for three days because she wishes to see as much she can. In her first day, she wants to see her companions whom have made her “life worth living”. Most people can recognize and distinguish their friends. She would see her friends’ face, her loyal dogs, and young child. Also, in the afternoon, she will stroll through the hidden paths of the forest and admire the color of the sunset. On the second and third days, she continues to narrate the events for her sightseeing. The second day, she will awake to be awake to be in the awe of the daybreak. If I were blind and had three days to see, I would visit important people, and spend in some countries. On the first day, I would visit every important people to me from early morning to evening. I would visit my family in the morning to afternoon. I’ll talk with them and I want to extend ‘Thank you for helping every times”. Also, I want to record on the tape by voice about their facial characteristics and communications in their house. Then, during the lunch, I want to take lots of pictures of us with smile to give these pictures to them because I want they will remember that I could see everything in three days whole my life. Also, I’ll give handwritten letters to them. In the afternoon, I would visit my dear friends in Japan. Frist of all, I’ll...
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...KYOTO Asians are always proud to have a long-standing culture and majestic natural scenery. Other than the light of Paris and Venice’s waterfront, Kyoto has its own way to become a romantic city with the wonder of nature and the beauty of indigenous people Kyoto was the capital of Japan for over a millennium, and carries a reputation as its most beautiful city. in 1868, Kyoto was known for a short time as Saikyō (西京, meaning "Western Capital"). Heiankyo (平安京, "tranquility and peace capital"), became the capital of Japan in 794. years later, the city was renamed Kyoto. Kyoto remained Japan's capital until the transfer of the imperial court to Tokyo in 1869(Some believe that it is still a legal capital) Kyoto Tower is an observation tower The steel tower is the tallest structure in Kyoto with its observation deck at 100 metres (328 ft) and its spire at 131 metres (430 ft) contains souvenir shops, restaurants and a hotel, as well as a public bath in the basement. Fushimi Inari Taisha The shrine sits at the base of a mountain also named Inari which is 233 metres above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometers and takes approximately 2 hours to walk up Since early Japan, Inari was seen as the patron of business, and merchants and manufacturers have traditionally worshipped Inari. Each of the torii at Fushimi Inari Taisha is donated by a Japanese business. First and foremost, though, Inari is the god of rice. The main...
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...The Original Poem from ‘Kagero Diary’ (P. 333) The one who should Cry joining voices with mine, The warbler, Can it be he knows not the new year is already here. This poem is written by Michitsuna’s Mother, the author of Kagero Diary who is a noble lady during Heian period of Japan. She suffers from a shattered marriage as her husband neither visits nor sends her any message for months. As an attempt to overcome the solitude and emptiness of her disappointing marital life, the author leaves for a pilgrimage to Kamo Shrine. However, the pilgrimage is meaningless - if not miserable - and the New Year comes without any change to the situation. Half of the first month of the New Year passes without any contact from the husband. On the fifteenth night, her son’s servants build a bonfire, and the author steps out to gaze the fire and the mist covered moon and mountain background. At first, she finds the scene beautiful, but eventually it reminds her of her solitude. This prompts her to compose this poem in order to express her present feelings in words. To paraphrase the poem: He, who is supposed to be, but is not weeping by me, the little bird, might he be oblivious that the date has passed long ago. The poem consists of two parts. The first three lines express the author’s deep desolation and sorrow. The first part mainly expresses her current emotions. The first line, “the one who should,” implies that she expects and wishes for someone to be with her, and the second...
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...interdependency in Kyoto One of the standing points of Kyoto business style is the uniqueness in relations among government, industries and educational institutions. This kind of partnership is well-used in Japan and it is called San-gaku-kan (産学官). San-gaku-kan defines a partnership among those three above-mentioned sectors. In each section of partnership, Kyoto’s San-gaku-kan is different from that of other cities in Japan. For example, academia part of San-gaku-kan is so strong, because there are good opportunities to study and execute a research in Kyoto. If you compare the number of colleges and universities in Kyoto as a percentage of population to the number of those in other parts of Japan, Kyoto will be at the top of the list. It boasts the largest concentration of higher education institutions in Japan. That shows how big Kyoto’s academia part of San-gaku-kan in terms of quantity. Moreover, in terms of quality, six of 12 Japan’s Nobel Prize laureates were from Kyoto University and this fact proves the originality of Kyoto. Another example for the uniqueness of Kyoto business practices in San-gaku-kan is the industry part of the partnership. An employee from Shimadzu Corporation, Koichi Takeda, won Nobel Prize in 2002, without being affiliated to any higher education or research center. This also shows the Kyoto business style is full of passionate people who pursuits whatever they do. One of the reasons for why San-gaku-kan relationship in Kyoto is developed...
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...(GOLDEN PAVILION) 1 Kinkakujicho, Kita Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 603-8361, Japan Tel: +81 75-461-0013 Website: shokoku-ji.jp Operating Hours: Mon-Sun, 9AM-5PM Admission: ¥400 (roughly USD 4) Suggested Length of Visit: 2 hours HOW TO GET THERE: Kinkaku-ji can be accessed from Kyoto Station by direct Kyoto City Bus number 101 or 205 (40 minutes, ¥230). Alternatively, you can take the Karasuma Subway Line to Kitaoji Station (15 minutes, ¥260) and from there take a taxi (10 minutes, ¥1000-1200) or bus (10 minutes, ¥230, bus numbers 101, 102, 204 or 205) to Kinkaku-ji. CLICK HERE for more information. 2. FUSHIMI INARI SHRINE 68 Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 612-0882, Japan Tel: +81 75-641-7331 Fax: +81 75-642-2153 Website: inari.jp Operating Hours: Always open Admission: FREE Suggested Length of Visit: 1-4 hours (depends on how many toriis you want to walk through) HOW TO GET THERE: Fushimi Inari Shrine is located just outside JR Inari Station, the second station from Kyoto Station along the JR Nara Line. The shrine can also be reached via a short walk from Fushimi Inari Station along the Keihan Main Line. CLICK HERE for more information. 3. ARASHIYAMA BAMBOO GROVES Togetsukyo, Saga, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 616-8383, Japan Operating Hours: Always open Admission: FREE Suggested Length of Visit: 30 mins – 1 hour HOW TO GET THERE: The fastest way to get to Arashiyama from Kyoto Station is by the JR Sagano Line (15 minutes...
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...When people think of Kobe and Yokohama, they would probably find many things in common. Although these two cities are located 700 km away, belong to different cultural sphere, both of two cities have big trading port which make similarities. Yokohama port opened in 1859, which is a bit older than Kobe port. Since then two cities have been following the same history. Kobe and Yokohama were the cities to open for trade with the Western countries following the end of policy of seclusion. These two cities had been contributing to the modernization of Japan. Yokohama port was opened in 1859, eight years older than Kobe port. Being trading port cities and foreign settlements, Kobe and Yokohama have been known as cosmopolitan cities. There are Western styles of buildings, China town, and foreign cemeteries in both of the cities. Now Kobe and Yokohama are popular among young people because they have fashionable atmosphere which enable people to feel as if they were in foreign countries. It can be said that these two cities are remarkably similar. However there are big cultural differences between two cities. Yokohama lies in east part of Japan, which is called “Kanto area”. In contrast, Kobe belongs to “Kansai area”. There are big differences between two worlds such as food, language, fashion, and personality. Kobe is a bit larger than Yokohama city. However, when it comes to population, Yokohama is much greater than Kobe, which means Yokohama is densely populated. Kobe...
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...violated the Global warming Pact called the “Kyoto Protocol”. “The view that human activities are likely responsible for most of the observed increase in global mean temperature ("global warming") since the mid-20th century is an accurate reflection of current scientific thinking. Human-induced warming of the climate is expected to continue throughout the 21st century and beyond.” The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty that places necessary responsibility on industrialized countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. The UNFCCC is an environmental treaty with the goal of preventing "dangerous" anthropogenic (i.e., human-induced) interference of the climate system. According to the UNFCC website, the Protocol "recognises that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, and places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of 'common but differentiated responsibilities'." There are 192 parties to the convention, including 191 states (all the UN members, except Andorra, Canada, South Sudan and the United States) and the European Union. The Protocol was adopted by Parties to the UNFCCC in 1997, and entered into force in 2005. Peter Kent, Canada’s Environment Minister announced that Canada will withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol. It was said that the decision...
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...TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS AND THE PROBLEM OF ANARCHY IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY By: Ma. Hazel Joy M. Faco BA Political Science – 2 "Freedom in a common brings ruin to all." As proposed by Garrett Hardin, the “Tragedy of the Commons” is an inevitable result of the exploitation of a shared resource by rational and egoistic individuals who solely seek to maximize their own consumption. It is predicted that there will come a time when the supply of that resource will no longer be able to keep up with the rapidly growing demand. This is where the tragedy comes into the picture. This apathetic and nonchalant consumption will eventually lead to the irreversible depletion and degradation of that particular common resource. To avoid this ultimate tragedy, there is no technical solution that we can possibly adopt. No amount of science or technology can reverse this damage. The only way that we can possibly preclude this destruction is by undergoing a dramatic re-examination and transformation of our conscience and fundamental conceptions of ethics and morality. But the real question is this: Is that even possible? Hardin’s pessimistic parable is widely and almost universally accepted as an all-encompassing, catchall framework in explaining the ecological crisis that currently confronts commonly-held goods such as the earth’s atmosphere, fisheries, grasslands, water, forests, roads and even population growth. However, in this essay, I am going to analyze this tragedy by...
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...I am currently reading the book, After the Quake, By Haruki Murakami. It is made up of about 6 stories. So far I have only read three. The 6 six stories revolve around the catastrophic earthquake that happen in Japan around 1995. Each story involves the concept of real characters, but connected to unreal happenings. The genre of the book can closely be named historical fiction, due to the historical background, but fictional occurrences. The first three stories give us main characters like: Komura an electronic salesman, who mysteriously loses someone, Junko a young girl lost in her feelings, and Yoshiya a boy who raised himself to believe he is the son of God. Every story had it’s own conflict. Even though I was unable to understand the...
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...ended up being a horrible one. I hope this doesn’t change anyone’s decisions about not visiting the amazing islands soon. Body I. I have always wanted to go to Hawaii as a little kid. A. I have family there so that is why we go every year, or try to at least. B. In the summer 2008, I was on my first trip to the islands. We landed in Oahu. II. The first activity we wanted to do was a no-brainer; we wanted to go to the beach. A. My cousin Malik and my Auntie Beth (my mom’s sister), took us to Bellows Beach. * Bellows Beach is “known” to be the best beach in Oahu B. We got fruit smoothies, got buried in the soft sand and played in the cool, amazing waters. C. I got stung by jellyfish. (story) III. The day after, I felt a quite sharp pain my left shoulder and noticed what looked like a pimple. A. My mom popped it but the pain was crucial compared to a regular pimple on my face. B. I ended up going to the hospital because I was in so much pain, even to put my clothes on. C. It was a cyst caused by being...
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...Carbon Credit How company’s Generating profit An Interactive Research Project Report Submitted to the Faculty of AMITY BUSINESS SCHOOL AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH by Aamir Malik(B 43) Anuj Dubey(B 55) MBA (G) 2013-2015 October 2013 __________________________________________________ INDEX S.No | Topic | Page No. | 1. | Acknowledgement | 4 | 2. | Abstract | 5 | 3. | Introduction | 5-6 | 4. | How carbon credit Trading works | 7 | 5. | Global Scenario | 8 | 6. | Analyzing Indian Scenario | 9 | 7. | Benefits for India | 10-11 | 8. | Financing Up port in India | 11-12 | 9. | Business Mechanism and Carbon exchange | 12-13 | 10. | CDM process and carbon Trading | 14 | 11. | Accounting and Tax treatment In different Countries | 15-17 | 12. | CASE 1: Buddhil Hydro Electric Power Ltd. | 18-20 | 13. | CASE 2: Greenply Industries Ltd. | 21-22 | 14. | CASE 3: Reliance Power | 23 | 15. | Future Of Carbon Trading | 24-25 | 16. | Conclusion | 26 | 17. | References | 27 | ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I have taken efforts in this project. However, it would not have been possible without the kind support and help of many individuals and organizations. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all of them. I am highly indebted to Ms. Lakhwinder Kaur Dhillon Mam for their guidance and constant supervision...
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...The weather is changing and the scientists discovered that the climate is changing too. The climate is the average weather over a period of time. Climate will not stop changing if the factors that impact on are happening. The climate change is defined as one of the environmental problem. The climate is change in the global level by the number of heat which enter to the system or the number of the heat which comes out of the system. The climate change will happen if the factors that change the amount of the heat or the energy that enter or comes out happened. There are many indicators which prove the climate change and which we know through that the climate change is happening. Noticed increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, snow and ice melt, and the rising of the sea level. Responses to climate change come from planet and animals throughout observing the warmth and the natural and managed environment. Climate change is made by human activities and the nature. The warming that happening know is caused by the human activity like; fossil fuels burning process and the transformation for forestry and agriculture land. The human influence on the climate system have increased significantly and started while the industrial revolution time. Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, is the command product of fossil fuel calcinations. Since the industrial revolution the overall effect of human activities was a warming effect. This effect was due to the release of carbon dioxide...
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...Research Paper EN 102 Climate Change – Global Warming Climate change has become really important for the whole world due to its drastic change, because of the release of carbon dioxide and other gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. The climate on Earth has always been a subject of change. From history we know that there was an ice age on the planet Earth that ended about 10,000 years ago. The time has passed; “people have developed advanced industry, and technology, discovered fossil fuels and the very effective way of using them by turning them into heat, transportation, and the basis for manufacturing and construction” (Global Climate Change.) That has changed the world forever for all of us. What are the fossil fuels? “In general, fossil fuels are a legacy bequeathed to us by the biosphere of the distant past.” Basically, on an ancient Earth existed a high concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. There also existed photosynthetic organisms that were able to absorb CO2 and produce plentiful organic material. When these organisms died, they were buried deep within the earth and slowly turned into coal and oil, and now they are presenting the fossil fuels (Global Climate Change). Since the 1800s the usage and burn of the fossil fuels has been increasing in order to power the developing technological and global civilizations. As a result of burning the fossil fuels there has been a huge release of the CO2 back into the atmosphere, increasing the atmospheric...
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...An inconvenient truth (Report 2):- Nirmal Kumar Chaturvedi 0A40F004 Global warming is caused by human activity. Gore shows pictures of factories pumping out smoking gases and talks about how the greenhouse gases humans are pumping into the environment as well as the fires burning from deforestation are causing the warming. China too is burning mountains of coal, using old technologies. According to him cause of our ecological troubles is population pressure. The more people we have, the more pollution, CO2, methane, cars, airplanes, refrigerators, forest destruction. We put pressure on food, water, natural resources. More burning of forests. Tractors, refrigerators, detergents are more environmentally destructive human activities. Impacts of global warming on climate of India:- The effect of global warming on the climate of India has led to many climate disasters . India is a disaster prone area, with the statistics of 27 out of 35 states being disaster prone, with floods being the most frequent disasters. The process of global warming has led to an increase in the frequency and intensity of these climatic disasters. According to surveys, in the year 2007-2008, India ranked the third highest in the world regarding the number of significant...
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...environmental warming and resulted in an increase of 0.74 degree for past 100 years. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level to rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies. It may also affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems. Deserts may expand and some of our countryside may be permanently altered. This concern has drawn World attention towards Carbon Management. The last 20 years have witnessed increasing momentum for international environmental policy efforts in order to avoid 'dangerous' anthropogenic climate change. Major achievements in the process so far have been the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992 and the Kyoto Protocol (KP) in 1997, which entered into force in 2005. Carbon Management Carbon management is the control of carbon emissions within the economic, social, and technical and policy constraints through the reductions of carbon sources and the enhancements of carbon sinks. When implemented effectively, CPM techniques can reduce operating costs, realizing gains in brand equity, competitive advantage and stakeholder value. It basically focuses on developing break-through technologies for the large scale reduction (e.g. alternative, low carbon, energy sources), removal (e.g. gas separation from flue emissions) and sequestration (e.g. long term storage in geological, terrestrial, and ocean systems) of CO2. By its nature, climate change...
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