Hiroyuki Asano
Writing EAP2
5,000bags of salad mix sought in recall, Dole says most packages were sold in U.S.

I fund this article from chicagotribun.com. This article mentions Dole Hearts Delight salad mix are recalled because 5,000bugs were in salad mix. Also the products were soled in the U.S. This company also had recalled the same products that had E. coli which caused stomachache, kidney damage and run. The bacteria are bad for kids. In addition, this company had recalled many times.

I interested in this article because this company is too loose. This is not first time this company recalled a lot. However, this company do same mistake. I think they have to make the product more carefully. However, I do not want to eat this salad mix. I want to ask one question to this company “can you eat this salad mix??”

Brazil’s Population

There is a high population in Brazil. According to google.com (2007), “Brazil is the most populous country in Latin America, as well as one of the most populous in the world”. One reason the population is growing in Brazil is their Brazil does not accept abortions. Brazil has religious beliefs that are Catholic, which is part of Christianity. In the 19th, European immigrants brought Catholicism, and then as now, there are many Catholic people in Brazil. They are strongly bereaving in their religion. In addition, Catholicism has a taboo, which is Sex is for making baby, so they do not allow abortions. “The Roman Catholic Church says that deliberately causing an abortion is a grave moral wrong.” (BBC. News, 2007, paragraph, 1) “From that moment a unique life begins independent of the mother and father”. Therefore, Brazil’s government made laws that included their religion, so people could not get abortions in Brazil, except in unusual situations like rapes. Also, they do not accept abortion, whitch causes illegal abortion. According to J. Ross (2005 paragraph, 24) in Women’s e News, “Xavier says women often use primitive methods for inducing abortions, such as inserting objects in their uterus or taking poison”. Therefore, a lot of women take the high risk of illegal abortions. However, people can buy contraception goods in Brazil, so al most all people can use contraception. However, sometimes the contraception goods do not work, so people have a baby accidentally, but they also cannot get an abortion. J. Ross (2005) also mentions a true story in which a husband raped his wife. The wife did not want to have children, but the government did not accept her abortion. In addition, street children are a big problem in Brazil. Street children came from deserted children or runaway children. They are surviving themselves. Some street children search for food from garbage cans. However, some street children are makes street crimes, because they do not have enough food. Their targets are rich people. C. Brandao (1995) in “The Killings Escalate in Brazil,” mentions that rich people employ killers to kill children for private security. Also, the killing of children is a business. In addition, this business helps killers’ lives to by make money. This author also mentions that killers do not get guilt or punishment, because they are protected by employers and judgments are loose. Therefore, killing of children has escalated. However, the government does not protect street children, because there are too many street children in Brazil. Also, Brazil is debiting money from the country’s people. According to Britannica Online’s “Brazil, the Economy” (2007, p, 29), an “Almost continuously high rate of inflation in the last 20th century affected every aspect of Brazil’s economic life”. Therefore, they do not have enough money, so they cannot take care of these children.

Brazil has a lot of problems, which are Illegal abortion, street children, and population. If Brazil wants to reduce these problems they should accept abortion because there are three reasons, helping women, decreasing street children, and controlling population.

First of all, governments should protect women, because many women try to take illegal abortions. These abortions have high risks and sometimes cause dath. Abortion is always a wound, just of women’s bodies and hearts. According to J. Ross (2005, paragraph, 12) in Women’s e News, “an estimated 5,000 women die, and 800,000 are hospitalized every year as result of clandestine abortions across the region, according to the international planned parenthood federation”. Although getting abortions is not permited according to their religion, so some people do not accept religion, so government should change the law to protect these women. Therefore if they can make laws without their religion, they can help a number of women who are dying.

Second, there are a lot of street children in Brazil. Street children are trying to survive on their own, so government should protect and support them, because there are more children who are killed in Brazil. According to C. Brandao (1995, paragraph, 4), “In 1994, 1221 minors were killed in the State of Rio de Janeiro, an average of more of more than three kids every day; 570 died from gunshot wounds, and a total of 344 were under the age of 11”, so a lot of children are killed every day. Their religion does not accept abortion, but it accepts killing children. In addition, intrinsically adults must protect children. If government does not have enough money to protect street children, people should not make street children, so they should accept abortion, because the parents of street children are too irresponsible; they already have discarded their religion. There fore, Government should make a choice for people. It is better and more moral than allowing unwanted children to be killed.

Finally, government should control population, because they cannot support poor families. Brazil has too much difference in fortunes in society between rich and poor. Children are costly. If they cannot accept abortion without exceptional instance, poor people cannot continue their lives. Also, there is a large population in Brazil, but government does not control population, because of their religion. According to BBC. News (2007), their religion thinks having children is good, so killing children is taboo, like abortion. Therefore, government making laws allowing abortion is forbidden. However, the law already makes street children. It will make more street children. They just grow their population in vain.

Opponents of regal abortion say that accepting abortion is a blasphemy against god. However, they think abortion is blasphemy against god, but killing children is not. Killing unborn babies and killing children is different. Unborn babies do not understand that they are being killed, but children can understand they are being killed and what caused them to die. They can feel fear. Religion does not give solution for people for this problem. People have to think themselves.
In conclusion, Brazil’s government should accept abortion, because it makes illegal abortion, which has killed a lot of women, there are a lot of children who are killed, and increasing number of street children in Brazil, and governments should control population. If Brazil changes law without their religion, people can have more choice in making children. Also, women can take abortion fairly, so they do not risk their dear life to get one. In addition, that will make no more street children. If they accept abortion, they can make a more peaceful life.

Reference

BBC News. (2007, July 07). Roman Catholic. Retrieved July 23, 2007, from
BBC News

Brandao,C. (1995, April, 24). The Killings Escalate In Brazil. ICRI Brazil Project Coordinater. Retrieved July 16, 2007, from
here

Britannica Online. (n,d.). Brazil the economy. Retrieved July23, 2007, from
here

Google.com (2007). Brazil Population. Retrieved July 23, 2007, from
google.com

Ross, J. (2005). Brazil Beings Talking openly about abortion. Women’s e News. Retrieved July 12, 2007, from
here

Computers

It is more common for people to have computers. However, computers have disadvantages, which are the computer viruses. Viruses break data or programs. Computer virus is named so because its behavior looks like a virus. We should prepare for the virus when we use the computer, so we should get antivirus software. However, viruses are evolving so we should take care of own computers like a real body. We should protect personal information from viruses because some viruses take personal information. It causes internet crimes. When we start to use computers, we have to use antivirus software.

by Hiro

Seasons

Japan has four seasons that have many interesting events. However, the Japanese summer is the most uncomfortable season. First, before summer, typhoons hit Japan so it is dangerous. In addition, there is too much moisture in the summer. When people must stand, the body sticks to seat. Also, there are many mosquitoes in the summer. Therefore, we should prepare counteract mosquitoes because we want to get a good sleep. In conclusion, a Japanese summer is the most uncomfortable season, due to typhoons, moisture, and mosquitoes. Japanese summers have some problems.

by Hiroyuki Asano

Frog Son

Japanese people sometimes use “a frog’s son is a frog.” This proverb is similar to, “like father, like son.” Japanese people usually use the proverb for a son has the same job as his father. If a father is a skillful carpenter, and also his son is a skillful carpenter, we say, “A Frog’s son is a frog.” However, Japanese people sometimes use this proverb for irony, for example when a governor’s son becomes a governor, a wrongdoer’s son is a wrongdoer. Japan has another proverb that has a similar meaning; “like father, like son,” which is “Blood is thicker than water.” This message is same as the frog’s son, but we use this proverb for a positive meaning. Japan has some proverbs that relate to blood relations.
by Hiroyuki Asano

Summary response #2

Street Children

In this article “The Killings Escalate In Brazil,” Caius Brandao mentions that Brazil has a high a quality of children’s rights legislation, but why are many Brazilian children still dying? In addition, she mentions that killing children is a business in Brazil. The powerful elite pay killers to kill children for private security. The killers do not get guilt or punishment. This author also mentions why this business is profitable. Killing children is to help the killer’s life and to decrease street crimes. However this author suggests that these killings are escalating. Finally this author mentions how many children are killed a year. In my opinion, Governments should control number of street children to change the law to accept abortion.

First, Brazil should make laws without considering religion. Their religion does not accept abortions but accepting killing children is strange. Their religion helps prenatal children but it dose not help born children. The parents of street children are too irresponsible, so they already have discarded their religion.

Second, street children are trying to survive themselves; government should support them. Brazil has too much population to protect them, so if they do not have enough money to protect street children people should not make children. Government should make a choice for people. That is better than killing children in live moral life.
Finally, governments should make sex education programs to teach that contraception is important. If they cannot bring up children they should use contraception. However, sometimes despite people use of contraception, it does not work and sometimes they make children accidentally. Therefore, people need abortion.
In conclusion, Brazil should accept abortion because their religion does not help children, governments could not support street children and contraception sometimes does not work. If Brazil accepts abortion, they can decrease the number of street children.

Finally, governments should make sex education programs to teach that contraception is important. If they cannot bring up children they should use contraception. However, sometimes despite people use of contraception, it does not work and sometimes they make children accidentally. Therefore, people need abortion.

In conclusion, Brazil should accept abortion because their religion does not help children, governments could not support street children and contraception sometimes does not work. If Brazil accepts abortion, they can decrease the number of street children.


Reference
Brandao, C. (1995, April 24). The Killings Escalate In Brazil. ICRI Brazil Project
Coordinator. Retrieved July 16, 2007, from
http://www.pangaea.org/street_children/latin/brazil.htm

by Hiroyuki Asano

EAP2#3 writing
2007/ 07/13
Urashima Tarou

Once upon a time, Urashima Tarou was on a beach. He found a turtle, which was bullied by children. He has conscience so we helped the turtle. The turtle appreciated him, and the turtle acknowledged the kindness by take Tarou to Ryuugu castle, which is in the sea. The castle is inhabited by sea creatures and Otohime, who is the princess of sea. Taro enjoyed the castle life for many years. Then, when he did not know how many years the hehas been in the under the sea, he decided to go back to his house. When he prepared to leave the castle, Otohime gave him a box but she said, “Do not open the box.” When he was back to his hometown, everything had changed. His house was not there. There was no one Tarou knew in the towns. Tarou felt strange so he went back to the beach and was at a loss what to do next. Suddenly, he wanted to open the box. However, he had promised Otohime he wouldn’t open it, but he really wanted to open the box. Finally, he opened the box. Inside was empty, only a lot of smoke. Then, when Tarou was tucked in the smoke, he became an old man. Actually, he spent many years in Ryugu so he got old enough. However, he enjoyed an old man’s life.

by Hiroyuki Asano