...Cortes, Alder John A. AB English III-4 FOLA 2023 (Nihongo Part 2) Reflection Paper “DEPARTURES (おくりびと)” Daigo Kobayashi was a devoted cellist from an orchestra in Tokyo that has been dissolved leaving him with no job. He then decided to move back to his old hometown together with his wife, Mika, to get a fresh start. After browsing through the daily newspaper, he landed on a job in an agency as“encoffineer” thinking that “departures” is a travel agency. He badly needed a job at the time and it is a high paying job so he did not refused the offer. At first he was unsure and very reluctant thinking that he entered a job that is indecent or in the Japanese context, unclean. Landing a decent job is very important among Japanese people and it is often the standards of where you are in the society which determines the respect you get from others. It is very peculiar not only in the Japanese context but also in our context to consider death related jobs such an undertaker as a profession. Given the common notion that dealing with the dead is unclean comes our stigma on those people who make a living out of it. Death is inevitable. It is the very cycle of life that we can’t control and something that we are sure of. What is so unnatural about that? Why death commonly is affiliated with bad? Death is something that connects us all, something that drive people together not only in physical but also emotional and spiritual sense. With death comes respect, not only to the deceased...
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...Budget Airlines, Book Cheapest Airline Tickets Online | Itinerary As per Government guidelines, check-in counters at all airports will now close 45 minutes before departure with immediate effect. Please plan your Airport arrival accordingly. Booking Reference SLCWBG Name Address : : Prasad C gv Iim indore Indore mp 453331 india Home: 09584703222 Booking Date : 10 Dec 2012 Prasad C gv Flight Information Hyderabad 17:10 hrs Indore 18:55 hrs Wednesday, 26 Dec 12 SG1053 1hr 45mins * Al l ti mes a re l oca l to the respecti v e a i rport [ 24hrs f orma t] Payment Information Fare 3,940.00 [Indian Rupee (INR)] (fare + airline fuel charge + transaction charge) PSF Airport Fee UDF/ADF/DF/TK Service Tax @4.95 % (Incl.2%EC ,1%SHEC ) 225.00 484.00 195.00 Amount Paid 4,844.00 4,844.00 Terms and Conditions General Information 1. Guests are requested to present valid photo identification for all guests, including children and infants. The only acceptable proof of identification for International flights would be a valid passport. 2. SpiceJet’s Schedules are subject to change and regulatory authority approvals. 3. All Foreign Nationals/Non-Indian Nationals/NRI need to carry their Passport with valid documents for their travel to Port Blair(Andaman and Nicobar Island).All NRI must have PIO or Passport with valid documents. 4. For all international flights, the only acceptable proof of identification would be a valid passport.A passport must have...
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...by the client for his domestic tour. F. Brochure means catalogue / leaflet / email or any other document containing the details about the itinerary / activities on the domestic tour. G. Infant means a person below the age of 2 years and a child means a person above the age of two and below the age of Twelve years. BROCHURE INFORMATION A. All information given in brochure is based on the information available at the time of publication. MMT reserves the right to change any information contained in the brochure before or after booking the domestic tour due to any event(s) beyond MMT control. B. In case MMT becomes aware of any change before the departure for the domestic tour, MMT will take all reasonable steps to notify the client before the departure for domestic tour. In the event of MMT becoming aware of the changes post the departure to the domestic tour, in such a situation MMT tour manager or local representative will inform the client about the change. C. Some specific terms and conditions are mentioned against the respective domestic tour itinerary in the brochure/website. Those terms and conditions also form part of the booking terms and conditions. MEALS AND SPECIAL REQUESTS The menus are...
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...and remoteness. He argues with Mother some more. Lieutenant Kotler is introduced, but not named. Chapter 3: The Hopeless Case Bruno's relationship with Gretel is described in this chapter via an argument in his room. Bruno first sees the Striped Pyjama People in this chapter, although they aren't described properly until later on. Chapter 4: What They Saw Through The Window: Bruno and Gretel try to work out where they are, and who the Striped Pyjama People are. Gretel is disgusted by their appearance, but Bruno is intrigued. 'I'm going back to my room to arrange my dolls. The view is decidedly nicer from there' -Gretel, page 38 Chapter 5: Out Of Bounds At All Times With No Exceptions This chapter starts with Bruno recounting the departure from Berlin. Bruno, who hasn't seen his Father since arriving at 'Out-With,' decides to ask him why he took the family to such a horrible place. Unsurprisingly, Father is angered by the questioning. Chapter 6: The Overpaid Maid In this chapter, Bruno complains about living at 'Out-With' to Maria, and is surprised to learn that she is a Real Person. He talks to her about her life before coming to work for his family. The chapter concludes with Bruno angrily tellingGretel to respect...
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...filtering. This occurs when you don’t like someone in the organization and we decide to leave out critical details or pointers that would help him or her be more successful in getting things done. Basil is afraid to how will the old man will respond to the bad news that is why he filtered the information and did not tell the whole truth about the new herd taking over their territory. He is afraid that the old man might shout on his face and rave. Even though things aren’t going well in their territory, Basil told the Old Man that things are well and there’s nothing to worry about. This has lead to the Old Man believing that everything is going so well. If Basil was only brave enough to tell Old Man the truth, Old man might have prevented the departure of other walruses to the new herd. In this story, there seemed to have a “mum effect” which occurs when people are reluctant to communicate bad news. Basil clearly was reluctant to deliver the real and bad news to Old Man. 2. What communication “lessons” does this fable offer to those who are serious about careers in the new workplace? In the new workplace, our channels of communication should be open may it be actively or passively. The real information should be told no matter how bad it may be. Failure to communicate the whole truth might affect the organization badly and it may lead to a bigger and chains of problems. In listening, we should be able to interpret correctly what we have heard especially if it is an instruction. ...
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...Growing up or living for a long time in a country other than home usually shrinks the feeling of belonging to the home country. It also increases the chances that make a person feel that he or she doesn’t have a specific home. For that Pico Iyer, who was born in England to Indian Parents and grew up away from his home country, said about himself and anyone whose idea about home is not tied to a specific home “We are the Transit Loungers, forever heading to the Departure Gate, forever orbiting the world. […] Nothing is strange to us, and nowhere is foreign. We are visitors even in our own countries.” When it comes to memories, there is no one who doesn’t have memories, regardless of their types. Memories that are stuck in minds often force their owners to remember. In general, everyone has his or her own memories about home, regardless of the home type. Also, these kinds of memories are usually unforgettable. Adaptation is an issue that should be taken into anyone consideration, mainly for a person who is forced to travel to another country, a new home, due to any reason, for example, studying, working, or even living. That person, at the new home, will be exposed to new habits and ways of life that are completely different to his or her ones. Therefore, he or she might need to adapt him or herself to the new life which he or she may don’t...
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...their travel destinations (Vrij, A., Granhag, P., Mann, S., & Leal, S., 2011). The purpose of the test is whether to see if the people interviewed, both asked to tell the truth and lie about their travel plans, was to see how well the researchers could effectively distinguish if the person was or was not telling the truth. Normally, to distinguish if people are telling the truth or not, a Polygraph machine is used but the machine requires a lot of set up and controlled conditions. However, for this new sort of research, the researchers would be on the lookout for the following dependent variables: length of the response, amount of detail, plausibility, contradictions, and spontaneous corrections. The initial testing was done at the departure gates of the airport in which people were asked where they were heading to and what their plans were. Then the people tested were asked to conduct further research by bringing in a second researcher answer some more questions about their trip. The second researcher however did not know any individuals plans before being brought in. Half the people were asked to tell the truth, 29 people, to the second person while the second half, 31 people, were asked to lie. Along with the variable to be tested, three different hypotheses would be tested for the latter half of the questioning: truth tellers’ stories sounded more plausible than liars’ stories, truth tellers made fewer contradictions and more, spontaneous corrections than liars (Vrij, A...
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...University of Wolverhampton Staff Exit Procedure Staff Exit Procedure Introduction This document is intended to provide guidance to line managers for the actions required and issues to consider when a member of staff leaves the University. These arrangements apply to all staff-type accounts, including affiliates, temporary staff and work placements. Activities can broadly be split into five categories: Admin Procedures & Forms Planning Complete paperwork to ensure correct administration on Payroll and HR systems To think about the impact that the member of staff’s departure will have on departmental operations and plan accordingly Important physical documents and files are identified and handed over to a nominated individual. Ensure data stored electronically is weeded and retained if appropriate. This includes arrangement for email and the member of staff’s IT account Ensure any University property assigned to the member of staff is recovered Documents IT Account – (Data Storage & Email) Property 1. Admin Procedures & Forms 1.1 If the member of staff is leaving the university, upon receipt of written notice, a PERS025 Termination form must be completed and passed to the Dean/Head of School/Service before being forwarded to the Personnel Department. 1.2 If available, the original PERS039 form created when the member of staff commenced employment should be obtained from the member of staff’s file or a new (revised 2009) form created. The PERS039 form should be...
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...ended June, from 26 percent in 2008, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Inditex’s sales increased 10 percent in the year ended January, topping H&M’s 1.4 percent gain for the year to November and Gap’s 0.8 percent drop in the year ended January. Zara, the main Inditex brand, was a pioneer of fast-fashion and has sought to reproduce designer looks at affordable price. “It is certainly a blow to Inditex to lose one of its top execs to a large competitor, but they have enough experience and expertise to continue growing,” said Magdalena Kondej, head of apparel research at Euromonitor International. Inditex shares jumped 1.8 percent to a record high of 90.60 euros in Madrid yesterday. The company declined to comment on Martinez’s departure. Management Succession Esprit’s succession plan had been unclear...
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...same day. Eric and Jane arrived at Luton Airport in good time and were greeted at the check in desk by saida who, after checking them in, informed them that, due to technical problems with one of the aircraft in the Eze air fleet, flight EZA074 would be late departing Luton and that they should proceed to departures and watch the information screens. Eric and Jane, who was in a wheelchair, complained and asked for a written copy of their rights but saida simply held up her hands and said “its no good complaining to me, I am just passing information from management.” Saida gave the couple 2 vouchers for refreshments and again told them to proceed to the departure lounge. The flight in fact delayed for over 24 hours. Both Eric and Jane were fuming as there had been no EzeAir flight information, no one in the departure lounge could give them any information about EZA074’s expected departure time and they were exhausted from a night in the departure lounge and no sleep. EzeAir apologised but said that they had allocated all available hotel accommodation on a first come first served basis. Passengers for flight EZA074 were eventually called to the gate for the flight’s departure at 16.55pm on 2nd may. However, Eric and Jane learned thet other passengers, including Mohammed and akila, had been told that they would not be permitted to boared the flight and would have to travel on a later EzeAir flight, EZA076, departing Luton later the same day at 21.00pm. Apparently, the...
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...Landing/Departure process The process every airplane goes through is very complicated and depends on many things. For the purposes of simplicity, this project demonstrates the simplified process that wide body aircrafts go through once they touch down in Airports until they leave again. The total time the plane stays on the ground from the point of arrival to departure is 2-2.5 hours. Once the aircraft lands, it takes 5-15 minutes to reach its bay. After that, we are splitting events relevant to arrival, then departure. Arrival: First of all, the chocks are put on. These are blocks that stop the plane from moving and/or rolling backwards. Once they are attached, the following events take place simultaneously. The boarding bridge is attached (1-3mins), and passengers (PAX) disembark the plane (10-15mins). Two types of hi-loaders are used: One is for catering (that stays there for two hours), and water & toilet carts hi-loader (30 mins). The ground power unit, air conditioning unit, conveyor belt (for luggage) and tractor are all used for the full duration (2-2.5 hours). Fuel takes around 30 minutes. Bags that are destinated to arrive at the airport are taken out of their pallets, put onto the conveyer belt then taken via tractor to the terminal to be put onto the other conveyer belt accessible to passengers in time for them to come after passing through passport control. Departure: Once all the above steps have been taken, we start the departure process....
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...In the “Departures,” there are several scenes that connect to the writing of Gary Ebersole: “Death is a fact of life […] death-in-life and life-in-death” (Ebersole, 2238, 2244), especially the scene of conversation between Daigo and “the gatekeeper” on the bridge when they are observing a dead salmon (floating downstream) and the living ones (swimming downstream). The gatekeeper ( Mr. Hirata) says that life is to die and they (salmons) want to come home where they were born. The picture of death perhaps appears everywhere in the movie: images of the octopus, the salmons, white clothing of the departed, handling over the stone, eating the Puffer Roe, and specifically the coffin man. However, there is also a powerful hope, respect, and love that...
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...AVIATION SAFETY PROGRAM EASTERN SKY AIRLINES DIEGO LUIS PALACIN ENDERS INDEX 1. SECTION ONE: SAFETY POLICY 2. SECTION TWO: SAFETY AND HEALTH RESPONSIBILITIES 3. SECTION THREE: EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION 4. SECTION FOUR: SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS 5. SECTION FIVE: DISCILINARY POLICY 6. SECTION SIX: HAZARD RECOGNITION, PREVENTION AND CONTROL 7. SECTION SEVEN: ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTING 8. SECTION EIGHT: EMERGENCY PLANING AND RESPONSE 9. SECTION NINE: SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING AND EDUCATION 10. SECTION TEN: SAFETY AND HEATH ASSISTANCE RESOURCES 11. SECTION ELEVEN: CONTACT INFORMATION SECTION ONE SAFETY POLICY Safety is a team effort – Let us all work together to keep this a safe and healthy workplace Eastern Sky Airlines places high value on the safety of its employees and passengers. Eastern Sky Airlines is committed to providing a safe workplace for all employees and has developed this Aviation Safety Program for injury and accident prevention to involve management, supervisors, and employees in identifying and eliminating or reducing hazards that may develop during ground or air operations. Eastern Sky Airlines Safety Program objective is to create a safety culture in which we stress to all employees that safety is as important as any other business function. Only thought the joint commitment on the part of management and employees can workplace accidents and injuries be reduced or eliminated. Employees should be encouraged to not only work safely...
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...I chose to look at what new advances have come about in the area of systems that would detect and warn drivers of excessive movement of their vehicles, and prevent a driver from head-on collisions or running off the road. When I looked at lane departure systems, I found an article that an S. Glaser of the French National Institute of Transportation Research; Laboratory of Interactive Vehicle Infrastructure Conduct, Versailles, France had determined that road-departure warning systems are possible. (co-authors, 2010) The systems would take into account the forward (longitudinal) motion and lateral (side-to-side) motion of the vehicle and compute or analyze whether or not the vehicle was within safe parameters or was showing signs of lane or road departure. (co-authors, 2010) Glaser and colleagues talked about Time to Lane Crossing (TLC) calculations. The only way I knew what these calculations were was to go to another source to find that the TLC is an algorithm that takes measurements of the longitudinal and lateral motion of the vehicle and calculates the TLC used to issue warnings to the driver or to enable steering intervention. (Ulsoy, 1996) Glaser and co-authors of new findings of advances in vehicle technology explained that the system has to take into account when the vehicle dynamics of forward and side-to-side motion are not excessive. When some of the necessary data for detection algorithms are not available from measurements, then an extended...
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... This might be the beginning of technological revolution when people start gaining confidence on the machines. We are currently using automotive technology and relying on it; For example airplanes are automated and they fly themselves but we are very comfortable with that so far (Langewiesche, 2014). Many car companies like Audi, Volvo and BMW has successfully demonstrated that we can completely rely on the automated vehicles. Automated driving is just the part of what has been invented. Honda, Nissan and most of the car now provides lane departure warning and blind spot monitoring. According to the web article by Chuck Tannert, Audi, Volvo, Mercedes is rated as A+ when it comes to the most comprehensive list of driving assistance. Some of the examples of the driving assistance software that car companies have introduced in recent years are: Blind spot monitoring, adaptive cruise control, pedestrians and cyclist warning, lane departure warning, emergency braking, parking assist, cross traffic...
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