Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Wikipedia is it helpful or not?

Wikipedia is the website that has a lot of information; it is like a big library that owns many different articles and general information. This website is very helpful for the students and the college; many students around the world use this website to help them in their homework, and their research paper. In this website you can find any topic that you would like to know more about like articles, data, pictures, news and any resources. However, the problems are because anyone can put a lot of information and articles in this website, so that means people can find some of this information is not accrate. So there are many disadvantages of using this website; namely, Wikipedia gives us untrue information, this Wikipedia does not help students with academic work, and this website should not be trusted.

First, as we know Wikipedia has a lot of information, and many people just can go and use this information, whther the information is true or not. According to J, Wolverton, (2007, para 11), "it is not the number of articles available on Wikipedia that is up for debate, though. The argument amongst scholars is that the information available on Wikipedia is not necessarily accurate and that the articles themselves are particularly susceptible to Internet vandalism." Some students use there articles in their homework and in their research paper; that means this website makes the student confused to figure out what the right article is that should they use.

The next reason, as we know most of the people who use Wikipedia are students and teachers; those people have a perch in our community. Those people need a good website to help them in their jobs. On the other hand, when those people use this website they are going to find many articles that people made without using academic words. According to E, Bilodeau (2008, para.8), "Academics who ban students from using the web, Google, Wikipedia, or similar resources are doing those students a grave disservice. Students need to learn how to assess the relevance and authority of information sources independent of their media. They need to learn what constitutes an authorities source, in academia and especially in their field of study. They need to learn how to navigate the complexities and ambiguities of the information at their disposal". So after a while our education will be decreasing, because of this kind of website that gives us bad information. It is Because of this kind of website that makes the students confused, and makes them not really learn as much as the website should that has given them academic work.

Third, Wikipedia is one of the many websites that are trying to help people around the world. We should ask ourselves if Wikipedia is one other kind of Greenwash? As we see many people think that Wikipedia should not be trusted anymore because anyone can go to this website and change the information, some people are doing this for fun. According to N, Martin. (2008, para. 5), "under the current system, anyone can edit at any time, which means that people often post inaccurate and sometimes malicious information." that means this website is not helpful, and the people should not trust any of that information that was writen in this website, because soon they will find some mistakes in this website.

In conclusion, we would like to have a website that anybody can use, but if we want to have a website like this, people should make a good one that has good quality. Wikipedia is one example of those websites that do not have any quality to serve it to the people, because Wikipedia does not help students with academic work, and this website should not be trusted.

References
Bilodeau, E. (2008, January 14). Academic banning of Google and Wikipedia.cool weblog. Retrieved on April 23, 2008 from: http//www.coolweblog.com/bilodeau/archives/003743.html

Martin, N. (2008, January 21). Wikipedia clamps down on 'unreliable' editors, Telegraph.co.uk, Retrieved on April 23, 2008 from; http//www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/20wiki120.xml

Wolverton. J. (2007, January 22). Wikipedia Wisdom. Valley Vanguard. Retrieved on April 23, 2008 from: http//www.svsu.edu/clubs/vanguard/stories/1141

Facebook helps our life

Is Facebook addiction or not? In this article, "Facing up to the future: How cyber social networking site Facebook has taken the world by storm", the author discusses the fact that a Facebook member found it addictive, it almost messed up, and it was all about photos and chatting. On the other hand, about 62 million people use Facebook for the same reasons. According to the article, networking sites have radically changed the interaction between males and females. Also, Some people using Facebook to concurred about regulations, rich behavior and some possible cases like they want to be friends just for fun.

I agree when the author mentions that the social network website "Facebook" networking sites have radically changed the interaction between males and females. That means Facebook makes people more open, and makes people from many countries communicate easily without problems. This development makes people spend their time having many friends and watch friends’ news online. On the other hand, social network website is become more popular in the world, and this website is a very trendy habit among old and young people. However, there are many advantages of using the social network website that people should pay attention to when they want to have Facebook's accounts: Communication, culture and fun.

First, communication is the most important part in our life, and we should not be communicating by phone or messages. With other people the Communication is becoming easier, because some people have difficulties to communicate face to face because of their shyness. Some others fear being rejected because of their appearance, Facebook gives them the chance to show their personalities, the beauty of their spirit. According to Patterson, networking sites have readily changed the interaction between males and women for the worst; this is right but only for those who are using Facebook and other networking sites the wrong way. Facebook was created first to enhance the communication between Harvard students, it successfully did. Then, gradually, it spread to the whole community of America, and then the whole world.

Second, Facebook allows people to increase bonds and culture. Many people all over the world are using Facebook not only to communicate but also to know about their friend’s culture. Learning new culture is a gain to each individual person that registers on Facebook whether they want it or not. The process is such that when you have an account on Facebook and you have many friends, you can ask about their information and know with whom you are communicating with. It is better for us as human beings that we should know with whom we communicate. According to F. stutzman (2006, Q.2), “On the nature of friendship in Facebook, my research has shown that Facebook users average hundreds of friends. This means that the nature of friendship is different and culturally unique in the Facebook. Friendship in the Facebook is cultural currency - I link to you and you link to me. Implicit in this is a one-time exchange of social capital, nothing more. However, friendship is an absolutely core element of the service, and with this change, the nature of friendship in the service, and everything that goes along with it, changes. From now on, when you friend someone, you're agreeing to let them have a feed of everything you do - this is a huge difference from the previous notion of friendship, which users were quite comfortable with”. Facebook allows people to be able to learn about other people’s culture without being in their country. For example, I have an account on Facebook and I can not guarantee you that I know all my friends. However, I know each single person I communicate with and their culture to allow a strong friendship between them and I. Today’s world is based on technology and Facebook is a creation of technology that allows people to know about others’ countries’ culture.

Third, the author uses Facebook users as an example, saying that users are using Facebook only for "the cryptic messages, wacky photos and the salacious chatter", and this the reason why many People can after chatting and photos can use those porn sites to satisfy their lust. Those people who are using Facebook for the same reason Patterson's example, dose, are abusing the website, they are taking advantage of Fcebook's privacy and security, this is not Facebok’s fault. Facebook privacy and high security; was created to receive their users who are using the site in the right way. Now, If some people are saying that the level of privacy is not enough, then I say that they didn’t know a about the flexibility of the privacy and security options offered by Facebook. As a Facebook user one can choose who can view their full profile, and who can view their profile at all. In addition to that, one can manage notification messages received as well as sent, no one can view or receive any thing about a users without prior permission.

In conclusion, Facebook is a good website where we connect yourself with people around you Technology is the one responsible for this accomplishment and the scientists. On the other hand, we need to know that Facebook change the interaction between males and females, and that because many people use Facebook to have friends, to communicate, and to have fun.

References
Patterson, B. (2008, February 17). Facing up to the future how cyber social networking site. Sunday Herald Sun. Retrieved on April 23, 2008, from www.lexisnexis.com
Stutzman, F. (2006, Sept. 07). Thoughts about information, social networks, identity and technology. Unit Structures. Retrieved April 20, 2008, from http://chimprawk.blogspot.com/2006/09/how-facebook-broke-its-culture.html

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Technology should be allowed or restrained?

In this article “Controversy blights UN net summit “ the author discusses the controversy over censorship and who runs the Internet and this issue can affect the technologies around the countries. Moreover this issue can decrease the economic development of the technology in many countries, even in the rich countries. According to the article much countries still need to use the Internet technology to be secure from any crime and get many information to improve the development in the countries.

I agree when the author mentions that many countries should not stop the communication of using the technology because many countries are development and they need the technology to support the develop by using the internet to have more information, to widen business and to support students learning.

First, many countries today are using the information as the only resource that can improve the technology and the communication. On the other hand, it may be better for people to have enough information to learn about other countries by going to the websites and research on the Internet to find any information that people needs, and this communication can develop the education around the world.

Second, many countries today are developing by technology and business is one important factors that improves the economy. On the other hand, many factories and companies are using the Internet technology for business. For example, many people are shopping online, because many companies use the Internet to sell clothing, cars, food, homes and electronic machines. As a result, the Internet technology can be the easy solution to help servicing the people who can not go shopping; they can use the internet technology to get what they need.

Third, as we know the education is developing in many countries and day by day the technology is becoming a very important part of studies in the school and college, and the internet technology supports the student learning and improves their skills. For example, students use the Internet to research about topics and find articles to do their homework, to study the logic of the classes online and to catch the classes online if they were absent. On the other hand, studies online have become popular in many cases in colleges and in different levels of schools. This technology makes it much easier for education to help the students in their classes.

In conclusion, Internet technology is the most important part of developing our countries and making our lives easier, in that we can use the Internet to have more information, to wider business and to support students, learning. Today the Internet is the fastest technology that lets all countries communicate with other countries in the world without any problems. “As long as we have technology we will have a happy life”.

Reference

Twist, J. (2005, November 18). Controversy blights UN net summit. BBC News. Retrieved March 19, 2008, fromhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4450474.stm

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

The effect of cell phones on the people

Do you believe that there are many people have been killed by their cell phones? Have you ever imagined that cell phone can kill many people in the world? Today using the cell phone while driving is the most dangerous issue that effect people by menace human life, strong law can decrease the level of accident and makes people get stress. Is very important for people to respect the road's rule and be attention to the safety road direction to save our life and other people's life. Today using a cell phone during people drive is very dangers habit, this is important issue the drivers should be care about it.
First, driving with using a cell phone menace human life. Is very important to know that a cell phone is one of the biggest danger issues that effect human life. For example, "It is the telephone conversation that is the main problem. People are drawn into the conversation and ignore what is happening on the road around them" Clinton, (2003). He explains that cell phone makes people loss their attention on the road and get accident. Therefore, that can be menace human life. On the other hand, using the cell phone during people drives can be removing the bad behavior for our children. On the other word, when parents talk to the cell phone while they drive of course the children going to follow the same bad behavior. For example, when the father setting and watch TV all the time the child going to do the same behavior. So now people will drive with no bad behavior they should avoid any thing during they drive.
Second, strong law can decrease the level of accidents is increase because of using the cell phone while people driving. Many countries face problems with the high level of road accident. For example, Saudi Arabia is the highest level that has accident in the world and that because the government don’t put a serous punishment of people who drives and use a cell phone in the same time. "We are delighted to see a new law, but it will not have the impact we have been hoping for if people switch to hands-free devices instead" Clinton. (2003). He means good law with strong punishment can help to decrease the level of accident.
Finally, stress is the most of worse problems that happen while using a cell phone during people drive. Stress can drove people crazy spatially when people drive, how about when they use the cell phone during people drive that can cast worse result on the road. For example, "The study strongly suggests that mobile phone use is associated with specific changes in the areas of the brain responsible for activating and coordinating the stress system" Arnetzt (2008). He explains that stress can affect people when thy using cells phone during drive. On the other hand, stress has negative issue. For example, people get fight with each other, more stress specific in the rash hour times. To avoid the stress people should avoid any things that get their attrition away specially the cell phones.
The opponent’s argument says using a cell phone while drive is normal because they think is important to answer it could be emergency call. However, the problem with their argument is not safety for the drivers because using the cell phone while people drive is very dangers issue. However, if it’s important call there are many solutions to fix the problem. For example, they can use the cell phone but in the parking cars area; they can add an answer machine so any one can add the message and later when he arrive he can call back. " Missing a call won't kill you - an accident quite possibly could." David, (2003). The most important issue is to protect your life better than answer your phone.
In conclusion, people should not use their cells phones when they drive. The reasons are: that could drive people to get more stress, increase the level of accident and menace human life. People should get their attention and know how danger is to use a cell phone during the driving. If all people using the cell phone during driving, we are going to face many roads’ problems in the future.





References:

BBCNEWS, (21 Jan 2008). Mobiles linked to disturbed sleep. Retrieved, 1 Feb 2008, from www.bbc.com.
BBCNEWS, (25 June, 2003). Drivers face mobile phone ban. Retrieved: 31 Jan 2008, from www.bbc.com

Would you like Fries With Your Clone?

In this article "Would You Like Fries With Your Clone?" by Guterl, (2008). The author talks about the big developing of the food in Europe and the United State by cloning the meat and milk in the healthy way. Europeans develop a new way with their food by using the (GM) food. Also, they get the meat and milk from the animals by clone to produce more meat and milk. On the other hand, the clone of the cow does not result a perfect meat or milk, and that is because of the DNA. Clone will not give the same benefit for original food, and this is a danger issue of clone. According to the article, Europeans discovered there is no difference between the natural cow and the clone cow to get the quality meat or milk because clone does not affect the generation of the DNA. Finally, the author’s opinion is that cloned animals are safe and consumers do not have to be concerned about that issue.

It is important to recognize that the author’s opinion is correct because cloned animals provide same quality and taste. Cloned animals are good for farming advance, also can be big solution to produce more animals and gat more food because cloned animals will improve technology, provide more income from the clone and help poor countries.

First, cloned animals can improve technology. For example, in the past the farmers should wait until the caw grow up and then they give here good food to be fat, but now by clone the caw have a lot of fat by (GM) food, and get more food. This technology can improve our economy and if the clone used in many of poor countries they will get enough food and the world will not face problems with the food crises because clone will decrease the food problems and will be the best solution if they use clone.

Second, provide more meat by clone more cows. Many countries have low income from the animals because when population increasing the level of animal’s income is going down. As a result we can get more food and milk by use the DNA and this can help the economic issue.

Third, cloned animal can improve and help the food crises. As much we cloned animal as much we going to have enough food that cover people needs. For example, Macs can use the clone to send it to the poor countries. And this can product many courtiers to get food crises problems.

In conclusion, there are many advantage of use animals clone. Cloned animals can improve technology, provide more meat by clone more cows and cloned animal can improve and help the food crises. Today many countries use the clone as solution to avoid food crises problems. We need to look at clone as important issue because we need to improve our economic. Clone is the best way to produce more food and with out clone we will face big problems with the food crises.



Reference:

Guterl, F (2008, January 18). Would You Like Fries With Your Clone?
Newsweek. Retrieved Jan 5, 2008, from http://www.newsweek.com/id/95962

Food Crises killing people

In "Solution for Africa's Food Crises",(2006). The author says, "Millions of Africans are dying each year from extreme malnutrition and the disease that take advantage of their weakness". Many people in many countries face problems with the food crises. There are many families in many countries that do not have enough food to feed their children. While we enjoying Pizza hut, MacDonald and KFC, On the other side there are other people how can not find five pieces of rice. We should to find some ways to make those people to have enough food, and we need to effect of the food crises of the people. There are many solutions to help the hungry people: we should plan to improve soil enrichment; encourage the farmers, and we should activate the GM seeds.
Food crises are situation where the level of the food that does not cover the need of the people who are living in the same area. These problems it is happened for long time. There is no specific date for the beginning of the food crises: There are many events happen in the world about the food crises: spread disease between the plant and that because many people using the green land in different purpose. In "Gambia; Food Crises Monitoring and Prevention Training On the way",(2007). The author says "Medium Term Plan for development in the context of vision 2020' in 2005 indicates that 47 percent of the population lie below the poverty line" so, in this situation Gambia face problem with the high percent of food crises. In " Somalia Two Million Face Crises, Warn Agencies" (2008). "An estimated two million people in Somalia are facing a humanitarian crisis and need urgent aid". In this issue we can see the problems that effect Somalia because of the big decreasing in the food around the world, and how this problems effect humanitarian.
First, to solve the food crises we need to improve soil enrichment. Soil is the important part of growing plant. However, the farmer should make a good condition and they should make sure that soil dose not have any of chemical problems. In Environment: Problems and Solution the author sates "Losing topsoil makes a soil less fertile and less able to hold water. The resulting sediment, the largest source of water pollution, clogs irrigation ditches, boat channels, reservoirs, and lakes. The water becomes cloudy and tastes bad, fish die, and food risk increases" (p.34). That’s mean the government should protect the soil from any environmental problems.
Second, the government should encourage the farmer. As we know the farmer work every day to produce good food for us, and the government should encourage them by availability and good condition to make them work comfortable to produce good feed quality. First, the government should give farmers a high salary to make them have ability to work heartily. For example, when farmers have enough money they can bay equipment, and buy more place to improve the income from agriculture. Second, government should give insurance to farmers. As we know farmers has difficult job and they need insurance to protect them from any problems. For example, many farmers run down or get hurt by machine so they need guarantee that makes them go to the hospital and take medication. If we have many farmers that can make the food crises become decrease.
Third, the government should activate the GM seeds. In this days many countries use the GM seeds as the fast solution to grow their agriculture in the healthy way. However, there are many poor countries that have problems with food crises, and they do not have money to get GM seeds. As a solution first, send GM seeds to poor countries to avoid the food crises problems. For example, poor countries do not have good soil to grow the plants and their will get poorly agriculture. GM seeds can help the farmers to have good quality of food and vegetables. Second, the government should built factories for GM seeds. When the government built factories that can decrease the food crises problems and make the food crises go down in the poor countries. Roskam (2007), wrights "GM food can make up for the vitamin deficiency of the world's malnourished".
Opponents of the idea which is MDCs should give food to LDCs say that we should send food to LDCs because they should find solving for them problems. However, this is untrue because the MDCs should help LDCc because they have more food and the purpose of the help is to decrease the food crises in the world. People now are dying and we should to stop this problem because they are human like as and we should take care for them. For example, there are many people die in Somalia, many people die in tsunami and that because of food crises and they do not have enough food. More over, let help them now and then we should tech them how to live. And we need to give them all material by built college that help them to learn how to agriculture and to grow plant to let them have the benefits from their land. We need to move to help people and send them some food to decrease the effect of the food crises in the poor countries.
In conclusion, we should help or support the people who are face the food crises by following the next idea, improve soil enrichment, encourage the farmers and we should activate the GM seeds. How we can imagine that we can eat a lot of delicious food and many people around the world sleep without any food. We need to think about other people or even try to help them because there are human like us. We would like to live in this world with out any problems but before we enjoy this life we need to think about other people who dreaming every day to sleep without any problems.




Reference:

Solution for Africa's food crises (2007). Retrieved
June 21, 2006, from LexisNexis.
Tolmie, A (2007). Food crises about to leave shelves bare, say farmers. Retrieved August 27, 2007, from LexisNexies.
Vidal. J, (2007). Feeding the world: global food crises looms as climate change and fule shortages bite: Soaring crop prices and demand for biofuels raise fears of political instability. Retrieved November 3, 2007, from LexisNexis.

Monday, February 25, 2008