Kyoto

want to be part of the Kyoto Protocol as they had to purchase a costly and significant amount of international credits but once they quit, Canada had to pay a whopping estimated amount of $14 billion in penalties (Pennie, 2011.). Moreover, although Canada is performing bad at its climate change game, Canada spent a total of $1.2 billion to developing countries to help them combat climate change, certainly Canada is way too nice in this aspect (Pennie, 2011). However, the Kyoto Protocol is a tad…

While both Ihara Saikaku’s Life of a Sensuous Woman and Feng Menglong’s Du Tenth Sinks the Jewel Box in Anger both feature female protagonist as courtesans throughout the stories, the portrayal of these women and the societal structures surrounding them differ. You can draw a connection between both storylines that they both emphasize the idea of the objectification of women, love, power, wealth and had significant effects on men. But how they objectify these each throughout vastly differ. In…

The average duration of stay until obtaining the citizenship is around 9 years in Thailand, the period is longer if we compare to the case of Singapore and Kyoto but it will take shorter time compare to Milan. In the case of citizenship category, around 65 people from 100 people do not want to become the citizen of Thailand. 10 percent of the respondent want to become citizen, 10 people are waiting for the…

Carbon Dioxide in Water Examine the role of carbon dioxide to Earth’s chemical equilibrium by researching the following: Atmospheric CO2 Composition • Present a graph showing global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over the last 150 years • Describe the overall trend that this data shows. The graph shows a positive relationship between the number of years and the concentration in part per million, which suggests that as years go by, the concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere is increasing…

There is an invisible enemy exists nowadays who becomes much stronger in the recent years and ruins people’s health and lives gradually. This powerful invisible killer is called “Air Pollution”. Let’s close our eyes and take a deep breathe. How is the feeling of the air? Is it still fresh and feeling relaxed nowadays, or it turns into something uncomfortable with awful smelling? Most of the people think the quality of the air become stale. As an increase of countries processing industrialization…

of Staff on August 6, 1945, “the gun type bomb was ready at Tinian on 31 July awaiting for first favorable weather.” However, it wasn’t until August 6th that the first atomic bomb would be dropped. There were several target cities listed such as Kyoto, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Kokura and Niigata. The recommendations for where the bombs should be dropped came from discussions with the Scientific Panel on June 1, 1945, where the Intern Committee…

This produced a series of controls, regarding the construction and condition of buildings. At the same time a list of British Standards were introduced to indicate that the various aspects complied. Unfortunately these were not made mandatory and many Local Authorities stuck to their own standards. This was the first step towards the Building Regulations we have today. In 1961 the government removed the power of the Local Authorities to make building bye-laws. This meant that the Ministry were…

While the POGG clause has been successful in enacting a handful of effective national policy, it is not a clause to be relied on for innovative, forward thinking federal environmental legislation. It has, however, allowed for the federal government to pass a handful of environmental policies. For example, the Clean Air Act 1979 was passed through the use of the POGG clause by the federal government. Ultimately though, the Supreme Court through rulings has set precedents in both provincial and…

top of one tree to the next like monkeys (Kawabata 68),” thereby removing some of their humanity in favor of comparing them to animals. All of these descriptions show an attempt to make Kitayama feel like relative wilderness (especially compared to Kyoto), however, the existence of Naeko’s town means that by definition, Kitayama is not…

“The Tale of Genji” and “The Account of my Ten Foot Square Hut” are classical sources of Japanese art. Both of these pieces date a long way back and contain valuable information about olden days Japanese history and religion. “The Tale of Genji” and “The Account of my Ten Foot Square Hut” are written in completely different styles, tell completely contrasting stories, and were written at different times. However, the two texts shed light on one historical period, namely the Heian period. The…