Category: yukik

Summary

Britain’s athletics federation would like to reset all world records. Because the issues of doping worsen the image of sports. UK athletics said that serious drug cheats should face a lifetime ban. UK athletics federation thinks that the trust to the sports of people is the lowest recently. So it would like to clean the sports circles. UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner said “Greater transparency, tougher sanctions, longer bans – and even resetting the clock on world records for a new era”. It was a big problem the government cooperated with a plyer and did wrong. it submitted the manifesto to WADA. UK Athletics said that sponsors should not support athletes found guilty of serious doping offences.

My opinion

I think that UK athletics federation’s manifesto is too severe. If all world records are reset, people who have world records now are pitiful. The greater part of people who have world records made an effort. I also think that the criterion of the dopimg is very difficult. It is doping not to mention using the drugs. I heard that there are people who inject a large quantity of blood into the body for good blood circulation. There are a great variety of doping methods in this way. So I think that it is necessary to decide the criteria of doping at first.

summary

There are many Chinese medicine shops in London. These shops sell medicines that made from endangered animals. Tiger bone, rhino horn and bear bile are typical example of endangered animals. The massacres of the endangered animals continue still increasing. Operation Charm started then. It encourages people not to buy illegal medicines made from endangered animals. The posters of it was made. Almost traditional Chinese medicines are legal in London. But, some of them are still made from endangered animals. Andy Fisher who is head of the Metropolitan Police’s wildlife crim unit said that it is quite unacceptable that illegal acts in London are contributing to the decline of creatures like the tiger. Many illegal items made from endangered animals continue being still confiscated in London.

opinion

The photograph of the website of Operation Charm which is on this article gave a shock to me. The people remain clam around a dead tiger. I think that this photograph describes people’s indifference toward endangered animals. It was revealed that the endangered species are not well-known by the last discussion. I think that we should apply interest to this problem more. I also think that the U.K. should remake a law about the Chinese medicine better. In that way, they should check illegal Chinese medicines. Although I think that poaching endangered animals doesn’t run out, I hope that it will have dwindled.

Summary

China’s economy falls into a crisis now. Chinese goverment aims for 7% of economic growth rate. However, China’s economic growth rate of this year did not reach 7% of aims. It was 6.9%. Actually, it is thought that it is lower. Chinese goverment has been switching over from export-centered economy to service industry-centered economy. Chinese goverment predicts that the economic slowdown is correctable. It is optimistic. Analysts say the steep fall in imports suggests domestic demand is not as strong as the goverment would have hoped. The goverment’s measures were not enough to prevent this problem. Economists are continuing to call for more action.

Reaction

I think that the drop of the economic growth rate in China is caused by the drop of oil prices. As a result of price competition with Russian natural gas, the oil prices decreased. Then it became easy to make iron and it has become the oversupply. I think that there may be these in the background of this problem. I think that this problem’s influence which gives to Japan is big : for example, slump of the travel industry. Now, many Chinese tourists visit Japan every year. If Chinese tourists decrease because of the bad economy, japanese tourism industry will be heavily damaged. In this way, I think that it is not a thing irrelevant to Japan. Japan should make an effort for this problem, too.

We talked  about financial crisis of Puerto Rico in last class. The summary and my opinion are as follow.

1. Summary

Puerto Rico is called “America’s Greece”. Because  it is a crisis of the defaults. Puerto Rico paid back  💲645 million of general obligation bonds as well as 💲415 million for bonds associated with its troubled electric utility – known as PREPA. It also managed to pay back a short-term bank loan of about  💲245 million. Puerto Rico was able to pay the debt, but borrowed new money immediately. Alejandro Garcia called it “death spiral”. Puerto Rico is petting Congress for the ability todeclare bankruptcy.Many residents are moving to the mainland U.S. in serch for better job opportunities, which futher diminishes the tax base and makes it harder for Puerto Rico.

2. My oppinion

I can’t understand that a country goes bankrupt. For example, it is like Greece. Besides, Puerto Rico is an American autonomous district. The United States is not in a crisis of the bankruptcy. I can’t also understand that autonomous district goes bankruptcy, however the country the autonomous district is belong does not go bankruptcy. Why does not the United States support Puerto Rico? I think that Puerto Rico should go bankrupt to leave a death spiral. If it goes the same, economic disparty of the mainland and it of the island continue opening. I hope that this problem is solved early.

We talked about the scuffles in Ukraine and “LGBT” in the last class. The summary and my opinion is as follow.

Summary

There was a gay pride march in Ukraine’s capital Kiev. People who against this event attacked this event. Five policemen have been injured in scuffles. Unidentified people attacked the rally alongside the Dnipro river with smoke bombs and stones. Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko had called on the organisers of the Equality March because of “avoiding confrontation” in the capital. HUndreds of police officers were deployed to prevent clashes during Saturday’s event. According to Twitter, 25-30 “radicals” were arrested. The rally finished shortly after the scuffles. The rights of sexual minorities are guranteed and protected in Ukraine. Critics say homophobia is widespread and generally accept in the predominantly Orthodox Christian nation.

My opinion

I think that the purpose of this march is the normal people and the sexual minorities are equal. I imagine that the predominatly Orthodox Christians were angry at that and attacked the march. I do not criticize “LGBT”. Tere is Gender identify disorders. It is sad to criticize “LGBT” though there is this disease. I don’t have religion. So I don’t understand the sense that an action is limited by religion. I don’t also understand the feeling to criticize a person by a religion idea. So I don’t understand the feeling of the people who attacked this march well. I think that because many Japanese don’t have religion, they can accept a great variety of people and thoughts. In fact, many gays and lesbians appear to Japanese TV.

We talked about canceled flights because of chile volcano’s eruption in last class. The summary and my opinion is as follow.

1. Summary

Airlines canceled flights in Argentina because Chilean volcano Calbuco had erupted on Wednesday. It is still puffing out ash and smoke. According to the radio, the weight of gray ash damaged some buildings. The atomospheric particles are too dangerous to airplanes. Deita Air Lines, Air France and American Airlines suspended flights at Ezeiza, near capital city Buenos Aires. In the Bariloche, flights were canceled for secound day. In Chile,  it remused domestic flights to the south. Most of the mines in top copper exporter Chile are far from the volcano. But salmon farms are in the south. So they hit the shares of local producers because of contamination on Friday.

2. My opinion

I was surprised that volcanic ashes threatened the life of people. I know that Japan also has a lot of volcanoes. In this article, national geology service director Rodrigo Alvarez said that” It’ not a major situation, but we can’t rule out a new eruption in the coming hours”. Can people responde measure quickly if a volcano erupts in Japan? I worry about it. Such a situation can happen anytime in Japan. I think that  jugments of Delta Air Lines, Air France and American Airlines were right. Because security is the most important. I am anxious about whether an imported salmon from Chile is safe. I think Japan must prepare to the volcano’s erupting well.