Saturday, October 24, 2009

Europe’s central disappointment

This article was written before one month of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. The writer indicates the speech of Vaclav Havel in 1989, when Europe overthrew the communism. Havel promised the world that his country which is Czechoslovakia will be a compassionate force in European Union. Furthermore it will bring something new to the continent which he called ‘the art of the impossible’ In fact, they were not that kind of force, because they weakened the European Union's progress. In addition, they represent the ideology of a chauvinistic populism.
The soviet-style dictatorship took a toll on the European societies which were qualified and ready to enter the European Union but they couldn’t. Many parties and movements spread through central Europe that effect the popular opinion and may cause some problems. Those movement had a huge negative impact in central Europe because they were not marginal as in western Europe. Also the impact spread through the whole of Europe because central Europe was the right wing factions in the European parliament.
Finally 20 years after central Europe's failure to be what it wanted or promised to be, because of the impact of the negative movements and parties. Disappointedly some of them are still alive.

Reference: Hockenos Paul. " Europe’s central disappointment. " Newsweek 12 Oct. 2009: 9. Print.

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Monday, October 19, 2009

MLA referencing podcast summary

* What is plagiarism ?
Using someone else's ideas.

*What must you do avoid plagiarizing ?
Take careful and accurate notes as you research.

*What style of referencing is accepted at HCT ?
MLA Modern Language Association.

*What are the five typesof information that are often included when refrencing from various sources ?
Dafe, Page, Publisher/Magazine/website adress.

*When creating a refrence for a book what comes first ?
The Author's name.

*What is the second item of information in a magazine refrence ?
The article title.

*What is the last item of information in a magazine refrence ?
Page number

*What is the third item of information when refercery a website ?
Title of the website.

*What is last item of information when referencing a website ?
Date visited.

*Whet comes before the URL in a database reference ?
http://

*When is the bibliography ?
At the end.

*What is in the bibliography ?
References.

*When giving the author's name which part of the name do you put first ?
Surname or family name.

*How do you order items in the bibliography ?
Alphabetical.

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

*What information goes in an inline citation ?
Name and Date.

*Name one citation machine that can help you ?
Easybib.com

*Beside your teacher, who can help you with referencing ?
Easybib.com

*In Google type, "HCT plagiarisim." Find the page which describes the consequences of plagiarisim at HCT. State what this consequence is ?
You get out of the collage.

References :
- Science Matters: Adaptations, Wind, Space and Energy Sources, a Weekly Reader publication. Weekly Reader Corp.. Jan 1993. p17(1).

- Experiment Central. Ed. M. Rae Nelson and Allison McNeill. Vol. 6. Detroit: UXL, 2004.

- UXL Biographies. Online ed. Detroit: UXL, 2003

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Hajar Mountains

The Hajar Mountains are home to the Wadi Wurayah. It's protected with more than 100 animals. A protected mountain was established in Fujairah and it's a long way to go to preserve the area. Wadi Wurayah is 169 sq km area, between Masafi and Khor Fakkan and Bidiyah. Also, it's large because it faces some serious threats. Wadi Wurayah is recommended as a must-see in UAE off-road and tourist guides. The Wadi is also home to a type of fresh water fish. In the UAE there are few protected areas which have management plans. The project would not have succeeded if it were not for money donated. The management board consists of local municipality officials. Staff from the ministry of the Enviroment and Water patrol daily and their main concern is to protect it from fishing.

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Main Idea :
It's not easy to protect the natural paradise.

Comment :
It's a good article because I am from The UAE and I don't know this place. I'm planning to visit it in future.