Saturday, October 31, 2009

Bgatti vs Porsche 911 Turbo



Introductory.

Nowadays there are many new cars in the world that work with gas or petrol. There are also cars that work with electricity. Many people like to have a sport car that has a nice view and full option. There are many sport cars. Some of them are good and others are bad. In this essay I am going to write about the similarities and differences between the Bugatti and the Porsche 911 Turbo.

The similarities

There are only a few similarities between the Bugatti and the Porsche 911 Turbo. The first similarity is they are both sport cars. Second both of them are popular. Many people like to have these two cars because they are so beautiful and have a nice look.

The Differences.

There are many differences between the Bugatti and the Porsche 911 Turbo. First the price. The Bugatti is more expensive than the Porsche 911 Turbo. It costs $1.6 M but the Porsche 991 Turbo costs between $137,360- 140,780 ( http://www.bugatti.com/). Second the top speed. The Bugatti is faster than the Porsche 911 Turbo by 61 mph only (http://www.porsche-design.com/). After that the speed from 0-60 mph. Then the horse power. The Bugatti is 1001 HP horse power but Porsche is 480 Hp only that’s mean the Bugatti is better. There is also the torque. The Bugatti is 952 IB-FT, but the Porsche 911 Turbo is 457 pound feet only. Finally the weight. The Bugatti is 5000 Ib but the Porsche 911 Turbo is from 3650-3750 lb (http://paultan.org/2006/07/05/2009-porsche-gt1.)

My Opinion

My opinion is if I have money to buy a sport car I will choose to buy the Porsche 911 Turbo because the Porsche is not expensive and you can drive it in the city very easily but the Bugatti is expensive and it’s hard to drive it in the city.

The References

http://www.bugatti.com/en/veyron-16.4/history-of-development.html

http://www.porsche-design.com/live/Awards_PDS_en.PorscheDesign?ActiveID=41831

http://paultan.org/2006/07/05/2009-porsche-gt1-a-bugatti-veyron-killer/

Monday, October 19, 2009

MLA REFERENCING PODCAST SUMMARY

MLA Referencing Podcast Summary


1. What is plagiarism?
Copying or using someone else ideas

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

3. What style of referencing is accepted at HCT?
MLA and APA

4. What are the five types of information that are often included when referencing from various sources?
Author’s name. Title of book article. Date. Pages. publisher, website address, magazine.

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 article title

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

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

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

10. What comes before the URL in a database reference?
http://

11. Where is the bibliography?
At the end

12. What is in the bibliography?
References

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

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

15. Besides, quotations, where do you use an online citation?
Paraphrasing

16. What information goes in an online citation?
Name and Date

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

18. Besides your teacher, who can help you with referencing?
Easybib.com

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

Hurricanes

1-UXL Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. Rob Nagel. 2nd ed. Detroit: U*X*L, 2007.


2-Historic World Events. Detroit: Gale, 2004.

3-Science Matters: Adaptations, Wind, Space and Energy Sources, a Weekly Reader publication. Weekly Reader Corp.. Jan 1993. p16(2).

THE HISTORY OF CARS

~ The history of cars ~

Along time ago, the cars were not important, because people used to use animals to travel from one place to another. However there was no pollution like now. Nowadays people use cars to go from one place to another. The first car was small could only one person use it and it was slow although it was safe because no one can drive it fast. When the car was just made they were so expensive, so not a lot of people could buy them. After many years humans tried to introduce a car that everyone could use it. Nowadays we can see many types of cars small, big, sport and a lot more. Because of that some cars are cheap and some others are expensive. I’ll talk about the sport cars. The sport cars have a long history. When the first sports cars were made they were made for rally races or other kinds of races. These days, people use the sport cars for everything, for traveling, in the city, races. Most of the sport cars haven’t got a comfortable back seat, because they are small. Every year they try to solve the problems in the sport cars, and introduce new sport cars. And you can see all that in Geneva.
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Cumberford,Robert. "Rinspeed ichange." Automobile July 2009: 22-23. Print.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

THE NATURAL WATER
The whole article is about how to protect the natural spring of Hajar Mountains, Wadi Wurayah has a natural spring. The water is falling from the mountain and it’s a nice view of the UAE and especially of Fujairah. Wadi Wurayah and its waterfall from the mountain is something rare here in the UAE. This place is one of the most beautiful places in the UAE. Wadi Wurayah is home for some birds and some other animals too. It’s also famous now because many people are talking about it every time. It’s a nice place where you can camp with your friends and family. Many of the tourists when they visit the UAE go and visit this natural view. This area needs to be protected by the Ministry of the Environment. The water in this place is fresh and the company of Masafi is taking bottled water from there. The government is drawing up a plan right now to protect this place from the pollution.

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MAIN IDEA

The main idea is we have to protect this place by many ways. My way is if we go to camp in this place we have to throw the garbage in plastic wastebins.

COMMENT

Its a nice article. When I read this article I learnt new information that I didn't know before like the fresh water fish and its home for 100 species of mammals. I love it really. I have learnt that we should help each other to protect the important places here in the UAE or anywhere in the world. Because if we don't do that they will disappear.