LSEC N100

Reflection

Academic Composition is a course about how to write research skills , develop essay writing with professional citations and references ( bibliography) , and learn some new words in vocabulary quizzes.
Research skills are about how to get the information and the ideas from the articles, websites and books, and then summarize them.

After getting the information, we learn how to write the inline citations  and the references (bibliography) professionally in two ways, that is APA and MLA; also how to write essays with citations and references.
And the vocabulary quizzes are important for us, because we had some new words that we didn't know  before.

Finally, academic composition is a very important course for us before we take the IELTS test, improve our writing and reading skills , and the other thing that helps us and makes this course simple is our teacher, because he gives to each student the simple methods to overcome the errors.

 

LSEC N100 ( Essay )

LSEC N100 -Essay

Climate Changing 

There are many problems facing the environment and one of those problems is called global warming or climate change. In the following, I will discuss the causes of the climate changing, the consequences of the changing in the climate and the solutions for this issue.

Let us first turn our attention to the causes of this issue. For starters, one very important cause to take note of is the greenhouse gases. To illustrate, those gases are continuously increasing day by day. As a result of increased concentration of these gases more and more heat is reflected back to the earth, thus increasing its temperature. There are both natural and human made causes of climate change. Let us describe some of the natural causes. For instance, the volcanic eruptions are one of many. Another natural cause is the glaciers. To clarify, the permafrost and glaciers in the southern and the north poles are melting because of the increasing in the temperature of the world. According to the report of the Panel on Climate Change the temperature of earth increased about .75 °C during the 20th century and is further expected to rise by 1.1 to 6.4 °C by the end of the 21st century (Global climate model). Additional causes are manmade. For example, the carbon dioxide is one of the manmade causes which comes from the automobiles and power plants.

Let us turn to the consequences of climate change. For starters, there are many results and effects which happened like a rise in water levels. For example, the level of water in seas and oceans is continuously increasing due to the melting of ice caps. And that is also one of the effects that happen by the climate changing. To clarify, the ice caps melt when the temperature increases and that increase will be canceled by the greenhouse gases. Let us move to another consequence which is oxygen depletion. The level of oxygen in the atmosphere and water is continuously decreasing due to an increase in the concentration of other gases . Although factors other than climate may have intensified the severity of some of the events on the map, scientists predict such problems will increase if emissions of heat-trapping gases are not brought under control (Global Warming ,ClimateHotMap) .

As we know for sure, every problem should have its solution except getting old. We can be cured only when collective steps will be taken by the people all over the world. For starters, the most important factor for dealing with global warming is to create the awareness among the people. For example, many of the factory owners don’t know about this huge problem and some of them don’t care. The website says that the factory owner only thinks about the income of his factory and he doesn’t look at the greenhouse gases that are produced from his factory which may make people suffer in the future (Global Warming , Thinkquest ). Another solution that we can take into consideration is planting trees. That’s because the trees could use the carbon dioxide to provide their food and by that operation the tree produces the oxygen.

All in all, we have considered the reasons that led to this problem, the effects on the environment that are caused by the climate changing and finally we mentioned some solutions that may help in solving our issue. I think that if we don’t look at this problem, try to think about it and do something to stop it, we will be in a really worrying situation.

Bibliography

•        Wikipedia .Global- climate-model. Retrieved July,8, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_climate_model

•        ClimateHotMap. Global Warming. Retrieved January, 31, 2011, from http://www.climatehotmap.org/

•        Thinkquest.  Global Warming. Retrieved January, 31, 2011, from http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/global_warming.htm

LSEC N100

LSEC N100 - Subject Related Research (Technology) Report 

World Wide Web

Introduction:

There are many inventions in the world. One of the most important inventions is the World Wide Web. In the following, I will discuss the history and uses of the World Wide Web and how it has an effect on my area of study which is Network Engineering .

History: 

Let us first turn our attention to the history of this invention. For starters, one very important date to take note of is 1980. To illustrate, in that year, Tim Berners-Lee built ENQUIRE which is a personal database of people and software. An additional significant year was 1977. For example, that year marked the time when Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf introduced Transfer Control Protocol (TCP) for cross-network connections. Yet another relevant date in the history of this innovation was 1978. To clarify, at this point in time, they added to the Transfer Control Protocol something called the Internet Protocol (IP) and it was responsible to make the routes for the messages while the TCP is used for cross-network connections. In 1989 Berners-Lee wrote a huge text with many typed links to build a new system. He did this by encouraging Mike Sendall (his boss) in CERN. Moving along to 1990, we see the first web page was built by CERN. After that year, other companies started building websites. By that time World Wide Web technology had a huge popularity. The last date worth looking at was 1993. During that year, CERN allowed people to have their own websites known as personal websites. (History of the Web. 2011) .

The World Wide Web is used for several purposes. First of all, it helps the human race to use the time better in business. For instance, the stock market was well known after the internet boom was known and that market had a huge popularity when it was used on the internet. Another thing to show that the World Wide Web is helpful in doing business is the online shops. Let us move to the uses in education. To illustrate, “the internet should not be disregarded when conducting academic research. It is a major source for scholarly journals, current news, books, credible magazines, general information and other relevant content”. (Top Ten Reviews Contributor) .

This invention has affected my area of study in several ways. For starters, one interesting point to take note of is with regard to virtual facilities.  (Overstreet, J. W., & Tzes, A, 2002). The virtual laboratory allows continuous access to experimental setups and is fast becoming possible due to the progress in internet-based networking technology . (Overstreet, J. W., & Tzes, A, 2002).

Yet another relevant point is regarding hardware.  To clarify, an example of hardware is monitoring cameras that broadcast what is happening around the website which are used by police for monitoring the cities. For example, the officer or the monitor could see what is happening and he also could control the cameras from his computer using the internet.   

To sum up, taking into account all I have mentioned regarding the World Wide Web, we can see that it is a very useful invention that helped the humans to improve their lives .

Bibliography

·         History of the Web – World Wide Web Foundation. (n.d.). World Wide Web Foundation. Retrieved January 31, 2011, from http://www.webfoundation.org/vision/history-of-the-web/  .

·         Overstreet, J. W., & Tzes, A. (2002). An Internet-based real-time control engineering laboratory. Control Systems Magazine, IEEE, 19(5), 19 - 34.

·         Contributor. (n.d.). How to Effectively Use the Internet for Research – Top Ten REVIEWS. Internet Browser Software Review 2011 – Top Ten REVIEWS. Retrieved January 31, 2011, from http://internet-browser-review.toptenreviews.com/how-to-effectively-use-the-internet-for-research.html  .

LSEC N100

LSEC N100 – Research Skills 2

Bugatti Veyron VS Porsche 911 Turbo

When you talk about 2 of the strongest cars in the world , you will be surprised about the information of them both ,the Porsche and the Bugatti Veyron  . So in this essay I will talk about two different sport cars , that is the Porsche 911 Turbo and the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 , which is the difference in price , speed, horse power and the weight .

First let’s talk about the Porsche 911 Turbo which is the fastest of all Porsche cars . It has a very strong engine with 6 cylinders which produce 500 horsepower , and it takes 3.2 seconds from 0-60 mph ; also the top speed is 194 mph with a light weight that is 1596 kg ;  that information placed the Porsche 911 at the forefront of sports cars in terms of speed ; actually it will break your heart when you go so fast. (Renolds,K.Oct 2010 ) .

The second car is the Bugatti Veyron which is the fastest car in the world . I will discuss the information on why it is the faster .The first thing is there is no car with 16 cylinders except the Bugatti . and it has 1001 horsepower , and  it takes 2.5 seconds to drive from 0-60 MPH , although the weight is greater than the  Porsche which is 2034.8 Kg . (France,Jason.Dec.2010) .

On the other hand there are some similarities between the Bugatti Veryon and the Porsche 911 Turbo . One of them is both of those cars are sport cars and for the race , and the  other similarity is the country of  manufacture of both is Germany . 

Also  there are differences between these two cars through the speed and weight but the big difference is the price of the Bugatti is 9 times more than Porcshe 911 turbo, (Carlos.Mar 2011) .

Thus we can see that the Bugatti Veyron is the faster compared to the Porsche 911 Turbo , also there is no comparison between those two cars , in terms of price, engine , and speed .

Bibliography 

 

•      Renolds, K. (15 Oct. 2010). "Topless Turbo: the 192-mph Tanning Booth.". Motor Trend .page 158. 

•    Lago,Carlos. (Mar.2011) ." Bugatti 16C galibier." Motor Trend . page 52.

•   France, Jason. (Dec. 2010)."Heat-seeking missiles." Motor Trend . page 25. 

•   Kacher, Georg . (2009, July ). 2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, from http://www.automobilemag.com/features/great_drives/0909_2010_bugatti_veyron_16_4_grand_sport/index.html  
• Rana, Omar . (2009, Augest ). 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo revealed , from http://www.egmcartech.com/2009/08/07/2010-porsche-911-turbo-revealed-prices-start-at-132800/

Phoenix Rising

     Phoenix Rising

In the article “Phoenix Island” in the National Geographic magazine published in January 2011 writer Gregory S. Stone informs us about the changes that happened around the Phoenix Island after the El Niño’s disaster. He goes on to discuss solutions for this issue. 

Climate change had a harmful effect on the coral reef around Phoenix Island in the country of Kiribati. For starters, the region’s corals were bleached. When the corals are bleached the seaweeds grow out of control which stifles the recovery of the reef. 

Yet another point to take into consideration is the coral has been flourishing, with dense clouds of colorful fish .

A remarkable solution was mentioned by the writer to help restore this unfortunate situation. To begin with, stop fishing nearby that area because the fish eat the algae and keep the reefs in a recovery state. Another solution was to sell the rights to a Conservation Trust with the New England Aquarium to protect that natural phenomenon.

Stone, Gregory S. "Phoenix Rising." Rev. of National Geographic. 76-77. Jan. 2011.

Bibliography & Citation

Kharma and Hajjaj (1989) describe characteristics of conditional usage in writing by learners whose first language is Arabic. The Type 1 conditional (If + present + future) was the next most common form they encountered. They state that it generally does not pose a problem for Arab learners (Kharma and Hajjaj, p.138). This correlates with my experience in the UAE where I have found upper elementary and lower intermediate learners quickly demonstrate an ability to conceptualize and use the Type 1 conditional.

Bibliography

Who did the original research? Kharma,N.,& Hajjajj, A.
What was the name of the book?  Errors in English Among Arabic Speakers :Analysis and Remedy.
Who was the publisher? Longman
Where was the book published? Essex
When was the book published? 1989
What format has been used? MLK