essay global warming

Global Warming

There are many phenomena that impact negatively on planet earth. Global warming is one of worst phenomena that affect our planet. In this essay I will explain some of the causes and I will also discuss some solutions for this problem and at the end I will give my recommendation.

There are several causes of global warming. These causes are split up into two groups, natural causes and man –made causes. Let’s first look at the natural causes. One of the most significant natural causes is that the earth’s cycle has climate change, and this session has lasted about 40,000 years. Another obvious natural cause is methane gas, which is a greenhouse gas .Methane released from the Arctic tundra and polar areas it heats the atmosphere of the earth. An additional point is volcanoes. The eruptions of volcanoes produce a lot of gases that pollute the atmosphere, including carbon dioxide. (Global Warming. Britannica online--Academic Edication).

Man-made causes, however, are more dangerous than natural causes. One of the most important factors to consider is pollutions. "Pollution comes in many shapes and sizes. Burning fossil fuels is one thing that causes pollution."(thinkquest.org).

Another important point to consider is the growth of the population. More people means more food, and more transportation so, we will produce more methane because we will burn more fossil fuels, and also more land will be given over to agriculture. Yet another point to take note of is that trees are being extracted from many forests by loggers. When we extract trees, we increase CO2 in the atmosphere of our planet. This means increasing pollution which has an effect on global warming. A further relevant issue is war. Bombs and weapons used in war as well as military machinery such as aircraft and aircraft carriers produce many toxic gases, which in turn cause environmental pollution leading to global warming.

There are many efforts made by the local and national governments, corporations, organizations and private individuals to solve this problem. These efforts are made to reduce global warming. One of the strangest solutions that have been undertaken by a government was the Maldivian president and his 11 ministers. They held a meeting underwater which was the first underwater meeting in the world. This meeting was about saving and protecting the world and his country which is a group of islands and most of these islands are less than a meter above sea level, from the danger of global warming. (Lang).

Another point to consider was the action of Nepal’s government in planning to hold a meeting at the top of Everest to raise awareness among people around the world about the dangers of global warming. Another significant point to consider is that there are many industrial corporations which have started to introduce new technologies that reduce gas emissions into the atmosphere. There are many individuals around the world who care about global warming problems. In 1925 Louis C. Kiser invented the first solar-powered car in the world. He toured the world with his car carrying a message to the countries about saving the world from environment problems like global warming. There is also John McConnell the U.S. peace activist. This man played an important role in environmented problems. He established World Earth Day in 1969. This day helps people to know about the problems that surround the environment of planet earth like global warming problems, water depletion, deforestation and many others. Now we can see many people around the world celebrating this day every year during the spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern half.

All in all, from what has been mentioned above, we find that the problem of global warming is a serious problem that affects our plant. In my opinion, all the world, including companies, organizations, businesses and individuals must work together to reduce this global warming problem which is moving from bad to worst. I also think that countries should raise awareness among people, because the fundamental solution to this problem is with individuals because of their poor daily practice.

Word count: 683 words.

Bibliography:

"Thinkquest.org" Http://library.thinkquest.org/J003411/causes.htm. 13 July 2007. Web. 24 Dec. 2009. http://library.thinkquest.org/J003411/causes.htm

"Global Warming." Britannica Online--Academic Edition. Higher college of technology, 2009. Web. 24 Dec. 2009. http://http//0-search.eb.com.library.hct.ac.ae/eb/article-9037044

"Global Warming." Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming. 23 Dec. 2009. Web. 24 Dec. 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

Olivia, Lang. "Maldives leader in climate change stunt." Http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8312320.stm. 17 Oct. 2009. Web. 24 Dec. 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8312320.stm

vocab.

1) Breach

n., v.

a lapse, gap or break, as in a fortress wall. To break or break through. ex: Unfortunately, the club members never forgot his breach of etiquette.

2) Dearth

n

lack, scarcity: "The prosecutor complained about the dearth of concrete evidence against the suspect."

3) depredation

n.

the act of preying upon or plundering: "The depredations of the invaders demoralized the population."

4) engender

v.

to give rise to, to propagate, to cause: "His slip of the toungue engendered much laughter."

5) incorrigible

adj

not capable of being corrected: "The school board finally decided the James was incorrigible and expelled him from school."

6) Indelible

adj.

permanent; unerasable; strong: "The Queen made an indelible impression on her subjects."

7) Infer

v.

to deduce: "New genetic evidence led some zoologists to infer that the red wolf is actually a hybrid of the coyote and the gray wolf."

8) ingenious

adj

clever: "She developed an ingenious method for testing her hypothesis."(n: ingenuity)

9) intransigent

adj.

stubborn; immovable; unwilling to change: "She was so intransigent we finally gave up trying to convince her." (n: intransigence)

10) lugubrious

adj

weighty, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an excessive degree: "Jake's lugubrious monologues depressed his friends

11) misanthrope

n.

one who hates people: "He was a true misanthrope and hated even himself."

12) mitigate

v.

to make less forceful; to become more moderate; to make less harsh or undesirable: "He was trying to mitigate the damage he had done."

noisome

adj.

harmful, offensive, destructive: "The noisome odor of the dump carried for miles."

13) Placate

v.

to calm or reduce anger by making concessions: "The professor tried to placate his students by postponing the exam."

14) precipitate

v., n

to fall; to fall downward suddenly and dramatically; to bring about or hasten the occurrence of something: "Old World diseases precipitated a massive decline in the American Indian population."

15) prodigal

adj.

rashly wasteful: "Americans' prodigal devotion to the automobile is unique."

16) propitiate

v.

to conciliate; to appease: "They made sacrifices to propitiate angry gods."

17) specious

adj.

seemingly true but really false; deceptively convincing or attractive: "Her argument, though specious, was readily accepted by many."

18) superficial

adj.

only covering the surface: "A superficial treatment of the topic was all they wanted."

19) tractable

adj.

ability to be easily managed or controlled: "Her mother wished she were more tractable."

20) verbose

adj.

wordy: "The instructor asked her verbose student to make her paper more concise."

21) Vex

v.

to annoy; to bother; to perplex; to puzzle; to debate at length: "Franklin vexed his brother with his controversial writings."

22) pedantic

adj

showing a narrow concern for rules or formal book learning; making an excessive display of one's own learning: "We quickly tired of his pedantic conversation."

23) pragmatic

adj.

concerned with facts; practical, as opposed to highly principled or traditional: "His pragmatic approach often offended idealists."

24) precursor

n.

something (or someone) that precedes another: "The assassination of the Archduke was a precursor to the war."

25) prevaricate

v.

to stray away from or evade the truth: "When we asked him what his intentions were, he prevaricated."

report-final draft

A computer is any programmable electronic device that can store, recover, and process data. Moslems developed the basic idea of computing in the 1200's when they solved problems with a series of written procedures.
Mechanical calculators were manufactured for sale in the 1640's. There are some records for earlier machines, but Blaise Pascal invented the first commercial calculator. It was a hand powered adding machine. The first true multiplying calculator appeared in Germany shortly before the American Revolution. But, there were some tries to multiply mechanically made by Gottfried Liebnitz in the 1670s.
In 1935, Konrad Zuse, a German construction engineer, built a calculator that worked mechanically. He made it to handle the math involved in his profession. Shortly after completion, Zuse started on a programmable electronic device which he completed in 1938.
In Iowa State, in the basement of the physics building, John Vincent Atanasoff began work on a digital computer in 1936. A graduate student, Clifford John Berry assisted him. The ABC is designed to solve linear equations commonly used in physics. It displays some early features of later computers including electronic calculations. He showed it to the public in 1939 (History of Computers).
Nowadays, the uses of computers are limitless. If you look around you, I am sure that you will find a lot of computers nearby. Computers are used in medicine. For example, software is used for performing surgery and is used to store patient data. Also, it is used in mathematical calculations and solving complicated equations that need days to solve. In addition, it is used in the military extensively; pilots are trained in a simulator before going to a real flight. Moreover, some plans are piloted by a computer. One important use is the internet where you can access other documents, see your e-mail ….. etc(Dustin Wax). It is very hard to state all computer uses in one paper. Finally, this paper is done using a computer.
From the previous words, we can see that the computers have developed a lot. The first programmable computer was as big as a room, required a lot of energy to operate and was very slow. However, nowadays computers are small (laptops) very fast and require optimal energy to operate. It is hard to talk about the safety of the computers because they are always safe to use.
In terms of quality, anyone can see the rapid improvement in computer quality. For example, ten years ago, the processor of the commercial computer was about 800 MHz and the hard disk capacity was about 10 Gb. Nowadays. The processer can be up to 4000 MHz (mobile phone processor is 1200 Gb!) and hard disk capacity of 500 Gb ( Refurbished Fujitsu Laptops ). Today computers are much more efficient than previous ones. It is very hard to see a laptop ten years ago. But, we can see them everywhere nowadays. The desktop was used extensively which means it was limited to indoor use only. Now, most people use laptops since they are smaller and work with batteries. In addition, super computers are used in engineering to do hard iteration that is impossible to do with old computers. Even new commercial computers and laptops will take a very long time to do these jobs.
Computer technology will be improved because everyone needs it. One month ago, a new type of computer called the iPad was shown in the shops. It is very small compared to laptops. It has a touch screen and powerful processor and memory. That new computer technology will give us a sight on how the computers will be in the future. We can see the main parts of the computers (processor, RAM and capacity) will be improved at the same trend(Shah.A). Sizes of computers will be smaller and smaller. I believe that computer technology has no boundary.

1- John Atanasoff. "I Needed a Computer." Student Resource Center. Wobbe Vegter, 2008. Web. 22 Apr. 2010. http://wvegter.hivemind.net/abacus/CyberHeroes/Atanasoff.htm

2- "Refurbished Fujitsu Laptops." Student Resource Center. RefurbishedLaptopsMarket, 19 Apr. 2010. Web. 22 Apr. 2010. http://refurbishedlaptopsmarket.com/refurbished-fujitsu-laptops/

3- Shah Newaz Alam. "Computer Parts List." Student Resource Center. 2010. Web. 22 Apr. 2010. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/computer-parts-list.html

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4- Dustin Wax. "5 MORE Ways to Make Your Computer Work For You (And Not The Other Way Around)." Student Resource Center. 26 Mar. 2008. Web. 26 Apr. 2010. http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/5-more-ways-to-make-your-computer-work-for-you-and-not-the-other-way-around.html

5- "History of Computers." Student Resource Center. 2009. Web. 26 Apr. 2010. http://goldenink.com/computersandnetworks.shtml

report draft

A computer is any programmable electronic device that can store, recover, and process data. Moslems developed the basic idea of computing in 1200's when they solved problems with a series of written procedures.

Mechanical calculators were manufactured for sale in the 1640's. There are some records for earlier machines, but Blaise Pascal invented the first commercial calculator. It is a hand powered adding machine. The first true multiplying calculator appeared in Germany shortly before the American Revolution. But, there were some tries to multiply mechanically made by Gottfried Liebnitz in the 1670s.

In 1935, Konrad Zuse, a German construction engineer, built a calculator that worked mechanically. He made it to handle the math involved in his profession. Shortly after completion, Zuse started on a programmable electronic device which he completed in 1938.

In Iowa State, in the basement of the Physics building, John Vincent Atanasoff began work on a digital computer in 1936. A graduate student, Clifford (John) Berry assisted him. The "ABC" was designed to solve linear equations commonly used in physics. It displayed some early features of later computers including electronic calculations. He showed it to the public in 1939(History of Computers).

Nowadays, the uses of computers are limitless. If you look around you, I am sure that you will find a lot of computers nearby. Computers are used in medicine. For example, software is used for performing surgery and is used to store patient data. Also, it is used in mathematical calculations and solving complicated equations that need days to solve. In addition, it is used in the military extensively; pilots are trained in a simulator before going to real flights. Moreover, some planes are piloted by a computer. One important use is the internet where you can access other documents, see your e-mail ….. etc (Dustin Wax). It is very hard to state all computer uses. Finally, this paper is done using a computer.

In conclusion, from what I have been mentioned above we can see there are a lot of people need to use computers because it make their life easeir. Also help and support thim in many feilds in their life.

1- John Atanasoff. "I Needed a Computer." Student Resource Center. Wobbe Vegter, 2008. Web. 22 Apr. 2010. http://wvegter.hivemind.net/abacus/CyberHeroes/Atanasoff.htm

2-Dustin Wax. "5 MORE Ways to Make Your Computer Work For You (And Not The Other Way Around)." Student Resource Center. 26 Mar. 2008. Web. 26 Apr. 2010. http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/5-more-ways-to-make-your-computer-work-for-you-and-not-the-other-way-around.html

3- "History of Computers" Student Resource Center. 2009. Web. 26 Apr. 2010. http://goldenink.com/computersandnetworks.shtml

Research Skills 3 – Report and MLA referencing (10%) Bugatti and Porsche 911

LSEC N100
Research Skills 3 – Report and MLA referencing (10%)

Bugatti and Porsche 911



Nowadays, no one can deny that cars are playing a vital role in our daily lives. Most people are not sure what type of car is better, the Bugatti or the Porsche 911 Turbo. So in this essay I will compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the Bugatti and the Porsche 911 Turbo.

There are some distinct similarities between the two. The first similarity is they both have a unique design and style. Each car has grand sport shape, screen TV and GPS. We can see they both have two seats and the seats are more comfortable and are made from the skin of animals and have a beautiful style. The second similarity is that they are both consistent in their twists and turns and also both have a brake system SIP. So they are both not for drifting.

Although there are a number of similarities there are several differences between the Bugatti and the Porsche 911 Turbo. The first and greatest difference is that the Bugatti is more expensive than the Porsche 911 Turbo. The Bugatti costs $ 1,400,000; on the other hand, the Porsche costs about $130,000. It is more expensive because it has more facilities, more comfort and has excellent safety. The second difference is the top speed. The Bugatti is the world's fastest production car, with a top speed of 407 km/h but for the Porsche the top speed is only 312 km/h (Dr. Ing. H, 2010) .Also we can see the acceleration from 0 to 60 mph. The Porsche takes 3.6 s and for the Bugatti it is 2.5 s. Also we can see the Bugatti accelerates from 0 to 186mph (300km/h) in less than 17sec (Chris Chilton , 22 July 2009) . The other difference is the weight. As we know the Porsche looks smaller than the Bugatti. Although the weight of the Porsche is 3481 the Bugatti is 4,100 lbs(Alex Nunez, 26 June 2006).

In conclusion, from what I have mentioned above we can see that the Bugatti and the Porsche 911 Turbo are similar in many ways but very different in others. In my opinion the Bugatti is better than the Porsche 911 Turbo because it is more beautiful and it is faster than the Porsche. Also the Bugatti has 1001 horsepower which makes it more powerful.





Bibliography



Chris Chilton. "Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport (2009) CAR Review." Student Resource Center. Photography of Blue Car by Mark Bramley, 22 July 2009. Web. 26 Mar. 2010. http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Bugatti-Veyron-Grand-Sport-2009-CAR-review/.

By Alex Nunez. "Bugatti Veyron: 0-100-0 in 9.9 Sec!" Student Resource Center. Auto car, 26 June 2006. Web. 26 Mar. 2010. http://www.autoblog.com/2006/06/29/bugatti-veyron-0-100-0-in-9-9-sec/2.

Dr. Ing. H. "2010 Porsche 911 Turbo News." Student Resource Center. Porsche AG, 2010. Web. 26 Mar. 2010. http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z17239/Porsche-911-Turbo.aspx.

The two pectures :

bugatti

Porsce turbo 911

Sports

Topic: Sports

(1)

A. and C. Black. "Dictionary of Sport and Exercise Science." Student Resource Center. A & C Black, 2006. Web. 15 Mar. 2010. http://0-site.ebrary.com.library.hct.ac.ae/lib/hct/docDetail.action?docID=10196632.

(2)

Caine, D. J. "Medicine and Sport Science, Volume 49 : Epidemiology of Pediatric Sports Injuries : Team Sports." Ed. N. Maffulli. Student Resource Center. S. Karger AG, 2005. Web. 15 Mar. 2010. http://0-site.ebrary.com.library.hct.ac.ae/lib/hct/docDetail.action?docID=10137713

(3)

Lowrance, G. Newman. "Digital Sports Photography (2nd Edition)." Student Resource Center. Course Technology, 2008. Web. 15 Mar. 2010. http://0-site.ebrary.com.library.hct.ac.ae/lib/hct/docDetail.action?docID=10255068

Use Easybib to create a bibliography from the sources above.

Referencing questions

Part 1 – Referencing Questions
Watch the podcast that is linked under Referencing Links on the LCES N100 webpage. Answer the following questions from the presentation.

1. What is plagiarism?

Pretending that his own work is original when really it is the work of someone else.

2. What must you do avoid plagiarizing?

You must cite all sources used in the project.

3. What style of referencing is accepted at HCT?

MLA style referencing.

4. What are the five types of information that are often included when referencing from various sources?

Author's name; title; place published; publisher; date.

5. When creating a reference for a book what comes first?

Author's name.


6. What is the second item of information in a magazine reference?

The title of the article.


7. What is the last item of information in a magazine reference?

Number of pages.


8. What is the third item of information when referencing a website?

The name of the website.


9. What is last item of information when referencing a website?

URL.


10. In the case of a database source, what is the third item of information?

The name of the magazine.


11. What comes before the URL in a database reference?

The date you accessed it.

12. Where is the bibliography?

At the end.


13. What is in the bibliography?

The list of the resources you have accessed.


14. When giving the author’s name which part of the name do you put first?

Family name.


15. How do you order items in the bibliography?

Alphabetically.

16. Besides quotations, where do you use an inline citation?

Reported speech.


17. What information goes in an inline citation?

Author's name, date and page numbers

18. Name one citation machine that can help you?

http://www.easybib.com/

19. Besides your teacher, who can help you with referencing?

College librarians and a lot of websites.

20. In Google type, ‘HCT plagiarism.’ Find the page which describes the consequences of plagiarism at HCT. State what this consequence is.

Expulsion and dismissal from the HCT.



Possible topics:

car accidents
smoking
obesity
aircraft safety
divorce
adult literacy
species extinction