Suicide in China ( summary )

Summary:
In China the number of women from the population are decreasing because many of them commit suicide after a small fight with their husbands. Most of these cases happen out of the cities, because they can get the poison easily as Xu Rong, head of the Suicide Prevention Project at the Beijing Cultural Development Centre for Rural Women said. The wife becomes the weakest after these fights because in China the Bride has to leave her family and go to her husband’s house to show them that she is a good wife which puts her under a big pressure. she said that 70 – 80% of the cases happened after a fight between the wife and her husband. They kill themselves for many reasons like sending a message, dignity, or because they are afraid of asking for divorce. In China the marriage is like buying and this the main problem because the men think that they can do whatever they want, but this is their traditional thinking and it’s hard to change even with the government laws. Xu Rong formed an organization which works as groups in the rural areas to help the women by giving them advice and solutions for their problems instead of suicide. In the cities the girls can live in peace from their parents for a short time because they have to go back to the village to marry someone, but this shows us another problem because they face many problems from their bosses such as rape, or sexual abuses.

Main idea:
The article talks about the marriage problem in China and what it might lead to in the future. The wives commit suicide after a small fight with their husbands for many reasons such as sending a message for the husband, or asking for dignity.

Opinion:
I think it’s a nice article especially because it contains new information about the other countries. I found it very organized and easy to understand. By showing the statistics and the numbers it gives the reader a good background about the problem.

Carboon Footprint

After measuring my carbon footprint in http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/ it showed that it’s 2.22.

Carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouses gases which we make every day, or in our life. I have the lowest rate between my friends in the class, and they all have the same rate with the average of 4.0. Everybody in this world has his own carbon footprint which he is responsible for. Even though the population is very small and we are a very small country, the UAE has the highest number in the carbon footprint per person.

I don’t know how to decrease my rate but I think that I have a good life style. I will describe each point about my carbon foot print:

Travel : I don’t travel a lot especially in this period because I have to study even in the summer. I think that traveling one every 2 years is a good thing and I don’t have to do anything about it. On the other hand I don’t use the bus because I have my car and it’s faster. Speaking about my car, I use my car 6 minutes every day because my house is near the college, and I stay in my house at the week end.

Home : my eating habit is very healthy compared to the others. I eat fish, and meat once every week because I am not a big fan of them. Egg and pasta types are my main food system, so I think that its normal.

Reviews

A Favorable review:
Brandon Fibbs, http://brandonfibbs.com/2006/05/24/an-inconvenient-truth/ , says:

He liked the movie and he mentioned a lot of positive points. Firstly, all scientists agree about the global warming and about the disasters that we will face in the future because of the climate change for example. Secondly, a lot of evidence was shown which will give the right picture about his point. Many photos were shown as a proof, charts, facts, and statistics. Thirdly, he was treating his audience like adults which gives you the feeling that they are serious about it even though there were some jokes but his manner was very polite. Fourthly, the movie ends on a positive note.



An Unfavorable review:
Scott, http://www.threemoviebuffs.com/review.php?movieID=inconvenienttruth , criticizes:
Scott said that the movie was not good for many reasons. Firstly, he thinks that the movie was more about Al Gore than the global warming and in here he mean his son and sister stories. Secondly, Al Gore was telling jokes about political people such as Bush the ex- president of the USA. Thirdly, we don’t know if the pictures that he showed in the presentation are in the same season or not because it might be that some of them in the winter and the others in the summer. Fourthly, he thinks that Al Gore is biased because he is looking al the global warming in one way.

My opinion:
Actually I am with both of them because I agree with some points with Brandon, and Scott. I agree with Brandon when he said that the show was interesting because he was speaking about the global warming with facts and evidence. On the other hand I agree with Scott in the before and after pictures issue because we are not sure if they are in the same season or not. Overall I like the show and agree more with Brandon than Scott.

An Inconvient Truth

Riches await as earth’s icy north melts

Summary:

The global warming is the first enemy for the planet these days. The global warming happens because the gases keep the sun’s heat inside the atmosphere which increases the temperature in the planet. The North Pole will be affected from the heat because the scientists thought that the ice will melt in the North Pole after 100 years but with the global warming problem it will melt in 10 –15 years from now. An international race for oil, fish, and shipping routes is happening now because a lot of valuable resources are inside this place which makes it very important. The U.S Geological Survey estimates that it has as much as 25 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil and gas. Shipping routes are the most important thing in this subject because if this ice melts that mean nothing will be there except water so many problems will be solved because it will save a lot of time and money. Canada, Russia, Denmark, and Norway are seeking to claim waters all the way up to the North Pole because as I said a lot of valuable resources are in that place and everybody wants it of course.

Main idea:

The ice in the North Pole is melting because of the global warming, and the countries near the pole are trying to get something from it, especially to get the oil which is there.

Opinion:

I saw a lot of articles about the global warming effects but this one is the most important one to me because it is about money and how the countries in the north are fighting for it. I know it’s very dangerous and we will lose many important things but if we will get money from it so it’s worth it.

The Global Warming Movie

This movie showed everything about the global warming in a simple way and easy to understand, and I think that the way of the program was very interesting because it was like a funny show. All the statistics were given with facts specially the pictures which show the before and after for the different places. Many interesting points were shown such as:

1 - A lot of animals will disappeare if the temperature increases such as the polar bear.

2 - The water level in the seas will increase which will cover a lot of lands such as north India, and some states in the USA.

3 - Many disasters happened in the last 5 years and the hurricane Katrina was the most powerful one.


As I said the way of showing the points was very interesting because you don’t feel bored while watching because there were jokes which keep you want to keep watching.

An Intoduction to Global Warming

Global warming is the increasing in the earth temperature from the enormous number of gases which the humans release every day from the machines. These gases stay inside the earth’s atmosphere which increases the earth’s temperature, and affects everything on the earth. Solving this problem is not impossible but it will take a long time if we keep ignoring it. Everything we use in our life these days could contribute to the global warming such as cars, planes, and the factories’ smoke. We still have time to handle this problem, or we will lose the most important things in our life. Our food, including the animals and the vegetables, will die because the temperature is very high, and the most important thing for our body which is the water will evaporate from the oceans. Even the humans are affected by the heat and a lot of people died in Europe last year, for example in France, and Italy.