UK Riots 2011

                                             Geographics (2011)

Between the 6^th and the 10^th of August 2011 the UK riots had come into an action in London. Several of people had rioted in cities, towns and London boroughs.  The riots started in the 6^th of august followed by the death of Mark Duggan. He is a 29 years old man who was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop. During the London riots illegal things happened that caused harm to other people, for example, breaking down shops and burning them. Meanwhile, what I saw in these two videos was very violence. People are breaking down shops and stealing some stuff from the shops. They are making violence and burning stuff that causes air pollution. I think that the government should take action to stop what is happening and punish the police officer of killing Mark. According to The Vigilant Citizen (2011) they reported that “Facebook and Twitter to oppose calls for social media blocks during riots.” So that means that the government must deal with the media so that they do not spread more information about the riots.  

Bibliography –

The Vigilant Citizen (2011) London Riots Aftermath: UK Government Calls for Social Media Bans and Shutdowns Available at: http://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/london-riots-aftermath-uk-government-calls-for-social-media-bans-and-shutdowns/ (Accessed: 30 June 2013).

Geographics (2011) London Riots - The Unemployment Link [Online] Available at: http://geographics.blogs.casa.ucl.ac.uk/2011/08/22/the-london-riots-the-unemployment-link/ (Accessed: 30 June 2013).

Pub Quiz About Homelessness

 

Skalstad (2009)

 

1.       What percentage of people is homeless in the UK?

37%

50%

26%

2.       What is the cause of homeless?

Employment

Unemployment

Don’t feel like sleeping at home

3.       Why doesn’t the British government support homeless?

They don’t know what to do

They don’t want to help

They don’t have enough money

4.       In what ways does the government help homelessness?

Free hospitals and education

Free cars

Free laptops

5.       Why do homeless people don’t stay in a shelter?

They don’t want to

They are lazy

They are frightened

6.       Why don’t homeless people just get a job?

They don’t want to work

Laziness

Jobs are unavailable and limited

7.       How can we help homelessness?

Give them money and food

Give them lollipops

Give them expensive luxuries and goods

8.       What kind of people that are homelessness?

Rich people

Drug users

Normal people

 

 

Bibliography –

Skalstad, L. (2009) Answers to Questions about Homelessness. [Online] Available at: http://www.squidoo.com/homelessness-answers (Accessed: 19 June 2013).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is the orgin of the word POSH?

Tangient LLC (2013)

 

Posh is a word that means the person that is being elegent or stylish. In other words a person in an upper class. the word orgin originaly came from this short story. According to Oxford Dictionaries (2013) they stated “The story goes that the more well-to-do passengers on ships travelling between England and India used to have POSH written against their bookings, standing for 'Port Out, Starboard Home'.”

Bibliography -

Oxford Dictionaries (2013) What is the origin of the word 'posh'? Available at: http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-posh (Accessed: 12 June 2013).

Tangient LLC (2013) ESTUDIO DE UN PAIS EUROPEO. [Online]. Available at: http://areas-5-primaria.wikispaces.com/ESTUDIO+DE+UN+PAIS+EUROPEO (Accessed: 2 June 2013).

 

Poster Presentation

 

 

 

 

Department of Veterans Affairs (2013)

 

Last lesson I did a poster presentation about my major which is logistics and supply chain management. Lots of things went well in this presentation. Firstly, my voice was very loud. Secondly, I had some examples when I was presenting and thirdly, I had lots of information that is presented. The only thing that I can do better next time is by not giving my back to the audience and not reading from the notes that I have written. Most of my information’s are from the University of South Wales website, because they had lots of information about this major and what types of topics and lectures I’m going to have. Well, it wasn’t so difficult to get this information about my major because in the university website the information was well organised and presented. My major is a business major. Back in my country people rarely study this major. So, it’s a good opportunity for me to study this major and work in a private company. The thing that I’m not looking forward in my major is to be a business woman because I hate dealing with money and this kind of stuff. The only question that I still need an answer for is, ‘is this Major a very difficult major?’

Bibliography -

Department of Veterans Affairs (2013) Office of Logistics and Supply Chain Management  [Online]. Available at: http://www.va.gov/oal/about/logistics.asp (Accessed: 5 June 2013).

Welfare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mjelwell (2008)

Ø  How many families are dependent on benefits?

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·         According to the Guardian (2013) they stated that there are 20.3 million of families that are dependent on receiving benefits in the UK.

 

Ø  What are the reasons for this?

·         Unemployment

·         Sickness

·         Take a long queue for a job

·         Job Seekers Allowance claims are very short

·         High tax income

Ø  What is the opinion of the government?

According to BBC (2013) they reported that “They include cuts to housing benefit for some social housing tenants with a spare room and changes to council tax.”

Ø  What changes/reforms have they made?

·         They have produced a council tax

·         They have introduced a working benefit claimant

·         They have cut welfare bills

·         Full housing benefits

Ø  How do they justify these?

As Smith (2013) stated in BBC  "What I'm trying to do... is to change the process so that we end up restructuring the culture so that people find that work always pays. It doesn't right now."

 

Bibliography –

Smith, D. (2013) Welfare system reforms are fair, says Iain Duncan Smith. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21991953 (Accessed: 29 May 2013).

The Guardian (2013) Benefits in Britain: separating the facts from the fiction Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/06/welfare-britain-facts-myths (Accessed: 29 May 2013).

Mjelwell (2008) The Welfare System in America [Online]. Available at: http://supplyversusdemand.pbworks.com/w/page/19203617/The%20Welfare%20System%20in%20America (Accessed: 29 May 2013).

 

Urdu Language

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NC state university (2013)

 

1.       How many people speak this language in the world today?

According to BBC (2007) they stated that more than 100 million people speak this language as their first or second language.

2.       Where are the main areas in the UK where this language is spoken?

As BBC (2007) reported “The main areas of settlement for Urdu speakers are the northern textile towns, the West Midlands and London. “

3.       What is the History of this language in the UK?

“'Urdu' comes from the Persian zaban-e-urdu-e-mu'alla (language of the imperial court), a gloss which gives important clues to its history. Originally it was one of the languages spoken in the Hindi region of India. During the sixteenth century, however, large areas of India fell under the rule of Muslims whose language and culture were predominantly Persian. While the structure of Urdu remained essentially Indian, the vocabulary was greatly influenced by Persian. Urdu spread all over India through administrative structures, army encampments and bazaars.” BBC
(2007)

4.       When was it first spoken?

According to UKessays (2013) “It was founded on July 10, 1800”

5.       Who by?

By the Pakistanis

6.       What is the story behind its arrival in the UK?

According to UKessays (2013) they stated “The relationship between Urdu and Britain is not new; it started around three and a half hundred years ago when the British entered into the sub-continent as a trader and established the East India Company. British studied in depth the culture, linguistic, social and economic background of the sub-continent and they realised that to obtain full political power they needed to learn the language of the land.”

7.       Any other information about this language that you think may be interesting for other members of the class?

“Urdu vocabulary comes from Persian and Arabic” Ager (2013).

8.       Using the internet as a resource find out what the speakers of this language have contributed to the culture of the UK?

According to oocities (2013) they reported "Urdu/Hindi was never the official language during Muslim rule (it was always Dari/Farsi/Persian), and was first promoted and further developed by the British colonialists (Hindustani/Khariboli language was "communalized" at Fort Williams College giving birth to Urdu and Hindi). The British rejected Persian language in the region to de-link any Muslim connections with its western neighbors, and promoted Urdu/Hindi to engineer their newly created "Indian" colonial identity with Ganges region as its center."

 

Bibliography –

Ager, S. (2013) Urdu (اردو)Available at: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/urdu.htm(Accessed: 22 May 2013).

BBC (2007) URDU Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/multilingual/urdu_writing_system.shtml#A (Accessed: 22 May 2013).

NC state university (2013) Urdu [Online] Available at: http://gold.chass.ncsu.edu/learning/urdu.php (Accessed: 22 May 2013).

oocities (2013) Views on the issue of national language in Pakistan Available at: http://www.oocities.org/paklanguage/opinion.html (Accessed: 22 May 2013).

UKessays (2013) Urdu As A Modern Language In The Uk Education Essay  Available at: http://www.ukessays.com/essays/education/urdu-as-a-modern-language-in-the-uk-education-essay.php (Accessed: 22 May 2013).

 

 

What is Culture?

My definition – In my opinion, I think that culture means the traditional beliefs and everything about my country that includes food, buildings, people and traditional things like clothes. All of that is combined together to form a culture about a specific country. It also identifies a person. For example, where is he/she from? What are their beliefs?  What is their traditional food and clothes? A culture is what makes me who I am right now.

Real Definition 1 – As Carla (2013) reported that culture is defined as a unified ways of behaviour that are repeated, communicated, producing emotional thinking and make differences between different groups.

My opinion of definition 1 – I don’t think that it is a good definition because it doesn’t explain the word culture well enough and it didn’t even give examples of what they are saying. They used a very formal academic language. Some people won’t understand these academic hard words and vocabulary, so it will be so difficult for them to understand the meaning well enough.

Real definition 2 – According to Zimmermann and Contributor (2012) they stated “Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.”

My opinion of definition 2 – I think that this definition is more likely for people to understand well enough because they didn’t use a formal language or any hard vocabulary. So even international students all around the world if they read it they will understand the meaning.  They also gave some examples of cultures characteristics.

 

Bibliography –

CARLA (2013) What is culture? Available at: http://www.carla.umn.edu/culture/definitions.html (Accessed: 15 April 2013).

Macrobusiness (2013) When ‘culture’ is the best explanation. [Online] Available at: http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2013/04/when-culture-is-the-best-explanation/  (Accessed: 15 April 2013).

Zimmermann, K.A. and LiveScience Contributor (2012) What is culture? Definition of culture. Available at: http://www.livescience.com/21478-what-is-culture-definition-of-culture.html (Accessed: 15 April 2013).

Critical Thinking

Version 1 -

I really don’t know what critical thinking means but I guess it means t think more critically in a more academic way that means to think In a higher level and a more educated thinking. For example, in university you need to think more critically so that you produce a high level of academic thinking and by this you may pass your module so easily.  Some of my class mates think that critical thinking is to use the best strategy or method to think about something and some of them think that critical thinking is to improve your ideas in a more formal and academic way but most of them thought that it involves a discussion giving the point of view of the two sides.

Version 2 –

According to Answers (2013) they stated “To think critically is to assess propositions on their merit, rather than taking them at face value. Thinking critically includes: Questioning whether there are any underlying assumptions. Checking whether arguments are consistent and that the conclusions follow from the premises. Comparing arguments with the relevant available evidence.” Now I have a clue of what critical thinking means. Our answers in class was kindly the same but not exactly the same but we had some good answers that matches this definition. In other words as Paul and Elder (2008)  stated that by thinking critically is to focus on a specific subject, content or a problem by which the quality of the work is more academically written.

 Bibliography -

Answers (2013) What does critical thinking mean? Available at: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_critical_thinking_mean (Accessed: 8 May 2013).

Paul,R. and Elder,L. (2008) Defining Critical Thinking Available at: http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/defining-critical-thinking/766 (Accessed: 8 May 2013).

Sport

sports.ppst.com (2013)

1.       Which is more important in sport – winning or taking part? Are you a good loser?

I think that taking part in sports is much important than winning because by taking part in a specific sport you must enjoy your time with other people. You might win and you might lose and that must not affect you. For example, being a good loser is that you are accepting the fact that you did not win the game. So that means that you are very happy for the other person of winning.

2.       Should we always try to keep politics out of sport?

Yes, we should always try to keep politics out of sports because there might be some fights and disagreement between the two teams. For example, in a football match if a team wins the other team might get angry and they might get into a big fight with the winning team, this can ruin the whole game and sometimes games are cancelled because of politics.

3.       What are the most important events in the sporting calendar in your country? Which of these events do you enjoy most? Why?

The most important event in the sporting calendar in Qatar is football. Everybody watches football back in my country. I enjoy watching and playing football because when I was young I used to play with my cousins and uncle. Most of my family were famous football players back in Qatar. So they used to teach us how to play it and what are the rules of playing.

4.       In Britain, the big events include the boat race, the Grand National & the derby (horse races). The five nations (rugby) the FA cup final (football), the test match (cricket) and Wimbledon (tennis). Which of these would you like to see? Why?

I would like to see the FA cup final (football) because I enjoy watching football and it is very interesting. As I said in question 3 I used to watch football and play it when I was young and that’s because of my uncle he was very obsessed with football so he wants us all to love it and cheer him when he is playing. Moreover, I enjoy watching Qatar football league mostly but I also get interested in watching any other football leagues all around the world.

5.       Is it easy to take part in sport in your country? Which sports do you do and how often do you take part?

It is very easy to take part in sports back in my country Qatar. There are lots of stadiums and places that you may go and register for playing sports, most of the places are free but private places may charge you a little. The sport that I enjoy doing is swimming; I go to swimming twice a week in a spa saloon where they have a huge swimming pool.

6.       Who are your sporting heroes and heroines? Why do you admire them?

My hero is Lionel Messi. According to Simply Barcelona Tickets (2007) “Lionel Messi joined Barcelona in 2000 at the age of 13. Initially playing for the Under 14s, Messi moved up the ranks through the club’s Youth, C and B teams before joining the first team squad in record time. At the time of his first team debut in a friendly match in the 2003-4 season he was just 16 years of age.”

My heroine is Martina Moravcova. As Foster stated in my Hero (2008) that Martina is 28 years old. She is a Slovakia famous swimmer she took the world champion league and she won multiple medals in the Olympic Games. People call her Slovak Fish and that was her nickname.

7.       Should the Olympic Games be held only in Greece or should they change between different countries? Where would you like to see them held next time?

They should change between different countries so that each country can take part on organising the Olympic Games. I would like the Olympic game to be held in Britain next time.

8.       Do you think that boxing is a true sport? Should it be included in the Olympic Games? Should it be made illegal?

For me Boxing is not a true sport. It is very violent. If kids watch it they might fight with their brothers and friends and they might end up in hospital or being killed. Boxing must stay illegal and must not be included in the Olympic Games because it is bad for our children to watch this violence.

9.       Which is your favourite sport to watch and what do you think are the qualities of a good team or a true champion in that sport?

My favourite sport to watch is football matches. There are many qualities that a good team or a true champion may have. For example, a good communication between each other, a daily participation, they must have trust and commitment, they must defend each other and have a social communication with people and players.

Bibliography-

Foster,W. (2008) ‘SPORTS HERO: MARTINA MORAVCOVA’ Available at: http://www.myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=Martina_Moravcova (Accessed: 1 May 2013).

Simply Barcelona Tickets (2007) ‘Player Profile – Lionel Messi’ Available at: http://www.simplybarcelonatickets.co.uk/news/player-profile/player-profile-lionel-messi.htm (Accessed: 1 May 2013).

sports.ppst.com (2013) Free presentation in powerpoint format [Online]. Available at: http://sports.pppst.com/banner_sports.gif. (Accessed: 1 May 2013)

Comparing Newspapers

Neurobonkers (2010)

                                                                                   


Granger (2010)
                           
                                                   

Aspect of Comparing	The independent	The Sun
Language	·      Formal Language ·      Acedemic words ·      Quotations ·      Interviews	·      Not Acedemic words ·      Quotations ·      Interviews ·      Not a lot of information
Content	·      A lot of information ·      Focused on many topics but the same situation ·      Very tidy and organised	·      Little information ·      Not specific enough ·      Information is not well organised
Reference	·      From well known newspapers ·      From journalist ·      From people who was in the bomb at that time	·      From google ·      From people who heard  about the bomb
Picture	·      Quality picture ·      Two pictures only ·      Pictures of the person who died and his brother	·      Three pictures ·      Unnecessary pictures for example, a picture of the mother ·      Not a very quality picture

Bibliography -
  
Granger, S. (2010) The sun newspaper [Online]. Available at: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKl9FY0X5qKFsM2pew5MdVGelXO4Ba-rBNUVk1tOm6lul0Y6gc_rLHmMON9q_B-DaSnfg69dqKKHiFohaDS6W9kHnhKg-5FzrQrOP0vQU2CFP5oRMyYppsp2q-EJeg-2RN9HTTympNHNG3/s1600/The+sun+logo.jpg (Accessed: 30 April 2013).

Hall,P. (2013) ‘Boston Marathon bombing: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev claims brother Tamerlan was ‘driving force’ behind attack, and says the pair worked alone’ the Independent, 23 April, [online] Available at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boston-marathon-bombing-latest-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-claims-brother-tamerlan-was-driving-force-behind-attack-and-says-the-pair-worked-alone-8584555.html?origin=internalSearch (Accessed: 30 April 2013).

Neurobonkers (2010) How the independent failed you [Online]. Available at: http://neurobonkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/independent1.jpg (Accessed: 30 April 2013).

White,R. and Parry.R, (2013) ‘My brother made me do it for Islam’ the Sun, 24 April, [online] Available at: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4900490/Boston-marathon-bomber-blames-his-brother-for-making-him-do-it-for-Islam.html (Accessed: 30 April 2013).