Smoking becomes one of the important things for somebody in the world. However, in my opinion, I feel smoking is harmful and beneficial in a number of ways.
Let me begin with the positive side of smoking. The mean point I would like to make is that smoking helps to relax people and to improve the concentration. For example, many people like to smoke before an exam or when they are relaxing with friends in the evening. A further point is that governments throughout the world make huge profits from levying taxes on cigarettes. This provides funds for building schools, hospitals and other public amenities. The tobacco industry also employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. Without cigarettes these people would be without jobs.
I think there are also a number of arguments that support the statement. I think the most important point is that smoking is extremely dangerous to health. Heart disease, bronchitis and lung cancer have all been linked to smoking. A further issue is that smoking costs governments millions of pounds because of the large number of people who need treatment in hospitals for smoking related problems. There is also concern today about passive smoking. Recent research has shown that non –smokers can suffer health problems if they spend long periods of time among people who do smoke.
In general, I think the world would be a better place without cigarettes. However, the decision whether to smoke or not should be for each individual to make.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
US Farms & Farm Workers
The graph compares the number of farms and all farms workers in the 20th century in U.S. overall, all farms workers are near to the number of farms now than at the start of the period.
The biggest change was the sharp drop in all farm workers. It fell from about 12 million in 1950 to only around 5 million two decades later. The second major change was in number of farms in the first 20 years, the number of the farms plateau around 6 million farms. By the end of the period, number of farms and all farms workers both fell. The number of farms fell by more than half and the number of workers from over 13 million to 3 million.
To sum up, the workers and farms decreased year by year. But the decrease of farm workers was more dramatic over the years.
The biggest change was the sharp drop in all farm workers. It fell from about 12 million in 1950 to only around 5 million two decades later. The second major change was in number of farms in the first 20 years, the number of the farms plateau around 6 million farms. By the end of the period, number of farms and all farms workers both fell. The number of farms fell by more than half and the number of workers from over 13 million to 3 million.
To sum up, the workers and farms decreased year by year. But the decrease of farm workers was more dramatic over the years.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Mobile Phones
20 years ago, education was very simple and there were no electric devices in the classrooms. These days, however, every student has at least one if not two or more of these disruptive devices.
Mobiles are one of the most important things in our life and banning them from the classrooms is not necessary. The students have to be in touch with their friends and family because some of them may be in problem or sick or even have something important they want to tell you about. In addition the mobiles these days have a nice programes that will help the student in the class like the calculator and the dictionary.
On the other hand, the mobiles can be not useful and a bad device sometimes in the class rooms. Firstly, students can’t focus on their studies. If students’ mobiles are turned on, they will receive calls and text messages and their sound will disturb the other students. What’s more, if your teacher was explaining some point for the class and you are playing in your mobile, the teacher will feel disrespected and become annoyed and that will deteriorate the relationship between teacher and student.
In summary, I see that it is not necessary to stop students bringing their mobiles in their classes. What the staff can do is to make a rule that the students have to put their mobiles to silent at the beginning of the lesson. That will help the teacher and the students and lastly I suggest letting students answer the important calls to let them feel comfortable in their classes.
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Mobiles are one of the most important things in our life and banning them from the classrooms is not necessary. The students have to be in touch with their friends and family because some of them may be in problem or sick or even have something important they want to tell you about. In addition the mobiles these days have a nice programes that will help the student in the class like the calculator and the dictionary.
On the other hand, the mobiles can be not useful and a bad device sometimes in the class rooms. Firstly, students can’t focus on their studies. If students’ mobiles are turned on, they will receive calls and text messages and their sound will disturb the other students. What’s more, if your teacher was explaining some point for the class and you are playing in your mobile, the teacher will feel disrespected and become annoyed and that will deteriorate the relationship between teacher and student.
In summary, I see that it is not necessary to stop students bringing their mobiles in their classes. What the staff can do is to make a rule that the students have to put their mobiles to silent at the beginning of the lesson. That will help the teacher and the students and lastly I suggest letting students answer the important calls to let them feel comfortable in their classes.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Water shortages in the UAE
The UAE is a desert country, with very little annual rainfall, and so there is a constant problem of water shortage.
The most obvious reason for the shortage of water is the rapid population growth. More people mean more food and this has led to a growing demand for an increase in agriculture production, which in turn means more irrigation and therefore more water. In addition, the economy of the country has expanded enormously over the past 50 years. Industrialization has greatly increased the demand for water. The climate of the UAE makes it difficult to meet the increase demand of water. There in very little rainfall and no surface water. Wastage of water and leaking water pipes make the situation worse.
Desalination is perhaps the most obvious solution. It’s expensive but the UAE is a rich country. Similarly, making better use of underground water is not cheap but it would help to answer to the problem. Dams to store water when it does rain have already been built in Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah. Charging people more for water, educational programmes in schools and colleges, and national advertising campaigns could also raise public awareness of the problem.
In practice, the UAE gets most of its fresh water from desalination plants. This is most obvious short-term solution. In the long run, however, raising public awareness of the problem and encouraging people to use water more responsibly is the most important factor in solving the problem of water shortage.
The most obvious reason for the shortage of water is the rapid population growth. More people mean more food and this has led to a growing demand for an increase in agriculture production, which in turn means more irrigation and therefore more water. In addition, the economy of the country has expanded enormously over the past 50 years. Industrialization has greatly increased the demand for water. The climate of the UAE makes it difficult to meet the increase demand of water. There in very little rainfall and no surface water. Wastage of water and leaking water pipes make the situation worse.
Desalination is perhaps the most obvious solution. It’s expensive but the UAE is a rich country. Similarly, making better use of underground water is not cheap but it would help to answer to the problem. Dams to store water when it does rain have already been built in Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah. Charging people more for water, educational programmes in schools and colleges, and national advertising campaigns could also raise public awareness of the problem.
In practice, the UAE gets most of its fresh water from desalination plants. This is most obvious short-term solution. In the long run, however, raising public awareness of the problem and encouraging people to use water more responsibly is the most important factor in solving the problem of water shortage.
Car Congestion & Parking problems
Abu Dhabi is the capital of the UAE with a highly increased population. It’s one of the most crowded cities in the world and has traffic congestion and parking problems.
The most obvious reason for the traffic congestion and parking problems in Abu Dhabi is the increased population. That means that there will be a lot of cars on the road and that will cause traffic jams in the middle of the city. In addition, the weather in summer is too hot and people can’t go where they want by walking, so they have to go with their own car. Lack of adequate public transport is one of the real problems in Abu Dhabi, because Abu Dhabi is an island and we can’t build for example a railway system.
One of the best solutions to solve these problems is to raise the age of licence holders to over 21 years old for the government, because that will decrease the number of the cars in the city. In addition, if any new building will be built in the middle of the city it has to make sure it has adequate parking to solve the problems and that will save the time for many people. Finally, if they improve the existing road system by building bridges, overpasses and underpasses that will decrease the traffic congestion.
All in all, Abu Dhabi suffers from traffic congestion and parking problems. Raising the age of the license holders is the most obvious short-term solution. In the long run, however, improving the existing road system is one of the most important solutions too.
The most obvious reason for the traffic congestion and parking problems in Abu Dhabi is the increased population. That means that there will be a lot of cars on the road and that will cause traffic jams in the middle of the city. In addition, the weather in summer is too hot and people can’t go where they want by walking, so they have to go with their own car. Lack of adequate public transport is one of the real problems in Abu Dhabi, because Abu Dhabi is an island and we can’t build for example a railway system.
One of the best solutions to solve these problems is to raise the age of licence holders to over 21 years old for the government, because that will decrease the number of the cars in the city. In addition, if any new building will be built in the middle of the city it has to make sure it has adequate parking to solve the problems and that will save the time for many people. Finally, if they improve the existing road system by building bridges, overpasses and underpasses that will decrease the traffic congestion.
All in all, Abu Dhabi suffers from traffic congestion and parking problems. Raising the age of the license holders is the most obvious short-term solution. In the long run, however, improving the existing road system is one of the most important solutions too.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
UK budget 1996
The total budget of the UK government in 1996 was £315 billion. This pie chart shows what the government spent the money on. There are ten separate categories shown on the chart.
The biggest item by far was social security. At £100 billion, this was almost twice as much as the next category, health and personal services. Next came education with £38 billion and defence with £22 billion. There was less than £20 billion spent on the next three categories, which were: first, law and order; next, industry, agriculture and employment; then, housing, heritage and environment. Transport had the smallest budget, with £9 billion. Debt interest was £25 billion and other expenditure was £23 billion.
The outstanding feature of the pie chart is that expenditure on social security, £100 billion, was almost as much as the total for the next three categories: health, education and defence, £113 billion.
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The biggest item by far was social security. At £100 billion, this was almost twice as much as the next category, health and personal services. Next came education with £38 billion and defence with £22 billion. There was less than £20 billion spent on the next three categories, which were: first, law and order; next, industry, agriculture and employment; then, housing, heritage and environment. Transport had the smallest budget, with £9 billion. Debt interest was £25 billion and other expenditure was £23 billion.
The outstanding feature of the pie chart is that expenditure on social security, £100 billion, was almost as much as the total for the next three categories: health, education and defence, £113 billion.
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The top 10 date-producing countries in 2001
The top 10 date-producing countries
The bar graph shows date production in tonnes for the world's top producers in 2001. Ten countries in the Gulf region and North Africa are featured.
First, Egypt was responsible for the lion's share of production, with over a million tonnes, but Iran was a close second, with almost 0.9 million. Following them came the UAE and Saudi Arabia, rivalling each other with about 740,000 tonnes each. Pakistan and Iraq, with outputs of approximately 630,000, were not far behind. The rest of the nations, however, were far less productive. Algeria supplied the world with nearly 400,000 tonnes and Oman around quarter of a million. In contrast, the harvests in Libya and Sudan were far less plentiful, yielding under 0.2 million each.
In summary, date production was most abundant in Egypt and Iran. In contrast, the countries with the smallest output were Libya and Sudan.
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The bar graph shows date production in tonnes for the world's top producers in 2001. Ten countries in the Gulf region and North Africa are featured.
First, Egypt was responsible for the lion's share of production, with over a million tonnes, but Iran was a close second, with almost 0.9 million. Following them came the UAE and Saudi Arabia, rivalling each other with about 740,000 tonnes each. Pakistan and Iraq, with outputs of approximately 630,000, were not far behind. The rest of the nations, however, were far less productive. Algeria supplied the world with nearly 400,000 tonnes and Oman around quarter of a million. In contrast, the harvests in Libya and Sudan were far less plentiful, yielding under 0.2 million each.
In summary, date production was most abundant in Egypt and Iran. In contrast, the countries with the smallest output were Libya and Sudan.
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