Self Description

Her where I’m going to introduce myself, and it will include some specific details about my childhood, teenage years, my trips, my interests, and things that have influenced me and my future.

Starting with my childhood, well I’m Mohammad Khalfan Al-yaaqoubi, I was born in 1980 in Dubai’s “Maktoom hospital” since my mother family was living there. We used to live in Dubai before we moved to Abu-Dhabi because of my father job. My father worked in the sea police where they have to stay three days in the sea working to protect our country’s borders. On the other hand my mother was a school principal in a primary school. I have only one older brother named Faisal and four sisters younger than me. Before going to school I used to be quite a good boy and I joined the school when I was six years old. I was one of the bright boys in the very early years but with time I turned to be a very naughty boy and hyper active. My mum faced lots of difficulties because my dad used to go three days away so she had to ever thing by herself. As I grow up my problems increased and I used to fight with my classmates and our neighbors. At the same time I started gaining weight till I became over weight.

My teenage years were tough years on my parents, I started to do things that made them go out of their minds, I started smoking, coming home late, fighting as usual, stealing my parents cars at night and my level in school decreased, so I had to stop and continue my studies in the Petroleum Center for three years till I graduated. As a result I had to work for the petrol company because of the deal that I had signed it. I had to start working at a very early age where I was 17-18 years old. I worked in a very far place named “Bu-Hassa” where we worked for the whole day outside in the hard climate whether it’s too hot and dry or too cold. I had to work for five days over there and come back to Abu-Dhabi for 2 days.

Since I have worked and I had my own salary I have traveled to many places. I have traveled to Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Thailand, India, Iran, D-Jeboty, Yaman, Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. My favorite trip was to Morocco, where I traveled with my friends for three weeks, we stayed there with one of our friends. We visited lots of tourist places such as the Jemma el Fna which is a large central market where you can enjoy the food and there are henna artists calling you to come over and ‘just look’ but they will like you to actually do one. If you go to Marrakech and do not go to the Jemaa El Fna then I’m telling you, you have so missed out. The Koutoubia Mosque and the Hassan II Mosque are very historic buildings, The two mosques are beautiful, partly surrounded with its garden and just looked so peaceful. The Majorelle Garden which is a very pleasant gardens with some very impressive plants and architecture, it’s a great way to escape the city, it’s very peaceful inside and all the water and greenery makes you feel cooler & calmer. Agadir Kesbah the kasbah in the ancient ruined walls of the old city, the view from up there is breath taking, you can see the whole of the Agadir beach, and the curved coast.

Well I have lots of friends so in my free time I love to spend my time with them, going to the mall, swimming, going to the cinema, car racing, and spend the weekend in the desert. Also I have things to do by myself like watching T.V, chatting with my friend whether in phone or messenger. I love going to the cinema and my favorite film is “Wanted”. Well if I had the chance I would love to travel all around the world, so I can discover numbers of countries, cultures, customs and religions.

Since I worked in very early years of my life, I learnt to be more independent and more confidant, and the place I worked in was so far away than my home, also my supervisors were not local but “Indian”, and they were making our job harder so that experience gave me the desire to carry on with my education in order to get a better job, And now I’m studying in ADMC so I can get the higher diploma degree that would help me to had better job in Abu-Dhabi.

In the future I want to be a successful worker, who has a good job, who can help his family, and a person who is loyal to his country. And If I could change anything in the UAE I would decrease the working time.





Creating a blog was something new for us. It was the first time I do it and I like trying new things I found the idea of creating a blog is an enjoyable thing. This blog can includes different things relevant to my study, such as home works, pieces of writing, exams, self description and so on. It also give me the chance in develop my skills in using enternet. I really would like to learn more about creating blogs so I can improve my own blog and publish it.

Diamond

There are number of expensive and valuable materials all over the world such as gold, diamond, gas, and coal. Those expensive materials are really hard to get, where people should search to get to know those places. In this essay I’m going to talk about diamond history including the famous locations to get it, and the diamond trade.

Firstly, diamond was first discovered since 4000 years ago in a small town named “Golconda”. Since that time lots of companies started working on that sector for their countries since it gain lots of money such as the De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd in South Africa. Moreover, some companies were trying to control the diamond price all over the world, such as the De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd which controls 2 out of 3 world's diamond trade, it was noticeable in the early 20th century where it turned to be globally so it kept the diamond price the same. A Further point is that some companies were working on the same thing such as one company in Antwerp which was associated by Jewish society that has around 80% of the world's diamonds go through that city.

Since India is the main producer of diamond it has the cheapest diamond because 90% of the world's diamond are cut and polished over there, also producers pay their labors b only 40 Cents for 1 gem. Although India is the first producer of the diamond but they don’t get any from their own country, however they bring in diamond from other countries such as Belgium and South Africa. In addition, Dubai has a very important company that produces diamond regarding to the Indian diamond. UAE is giving that company lots of support and ideas in order to improve the diamond trade. This business worth around £1 Billion nowadays.

In conclusion, Although India is known by wars and violent behaviors, however it produces diamond which represent the meaning of Love for years ago. Lots of famous people nowadays are buying diamond to keep their good appearance so their fans would defiantly imitate them as a result the trading of diamonds is getting much popular.





Works Cited
"Focus on Diamonds." Global eye. Ed. Royal Geographic Society. 28 May 2009
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Lebanon

Lots of countries all over the world have different histories, in order to get to know any place you need to know the past of that place. Also we need to look at the present as well and notice the changes happened during the years. In this essay I will summarize some of the history and the present about Lebanon.

Starting with the history of Lebanon. Lebanon is located between four countries which Turkey, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine. Lots of arguments happened in the past between Muslims and Christians, where Christians had the most power of their country than Muslims had. Additionally, since 1975 the relationship between Christians and Muslims get worse because the Phalange attacked a bus full of Palestinians and killed them in the capital Beirut. Moreover, there was a deal between the Muslims and Christians in 1989 called the “the peace deal” which says that both of Muslims and Christians should have an equal balance of the country. Finally, Lebanon economy wasn’t really performing any better in many years which was the main reason for immigrating, where all most quarter of Lebanon populations left the country.

On the other hand, the present of Lebanon. Lebanon since that time started working hard on her social and economical situations. Since Lebanon is counted as oil industrial country, so Lebanon government used the country location beneficially, where Lebanon has a very good geographical location within the Middle East, as a result the country economy situation has developed dramatically. Furthermore, Lebanon worked on the tourism sector, since Lebanon has very interesting and historical places, which helped the economic to develop also.

Lebanon has developed the country socially and economically rapidly. But although the situation has improved but Lebanon is suffering nowadays lots of problems such as the violet spreading between citizens all over Lebanon.




Works Cited
"Eye on Lebanon." Global eye primary, secondary. Ed. Royal Geographical Society. 25 May 2009 .

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Task 7 Problem solution of the global warming

There are a lot of problems in the world like wars, diseases and economical disasters. The biggest crisis of them all is global warming. In the following, I am going to view some of the causes why the climate is changing and then I will point out some solutions as to what can be done to reduce this problem. Finally, I will provide my point of view on how to make a green world.
Let’s first look at some problems of global warming. One of the leading problem of global warming is regarding human daily activities. To clarify, people are consume a lot of energy in their life such as using many home appliances that are not useful for the environment. Another point to take into consideration is regarding greenhouse gases. To illustrate, some gases in the air play a big role that cause a rise in average temperature, In this vein mrs.Rosenthal has highlighted that “In 2006, 8.4 gigatons of carbon were put into the atmosphere from fossil fuels (Rosenthal 1).Last point to take note of is with respect to deforestation. For instance, elimination of trees and green areas is one of the problems that has led to the rise in temperature.
Having looked at some problems, let’s now turn our attention to some solutions. First solution to consider is green house gases emissions. For example, the government’s role is to raise awareness to reduce these gases by implementing rules for the factories to reduce their carbon output. Furthermore, industrial plants start using efficient filters on their output vents so that the carbon output is reduced to help stop global warming” (Guptha.A).Another point is to promote the use of public transportations .For example, use buses and trains to reduce using our cars to decrease the amount of carbons emitted by cars. Last point is in terms of consumption of energy. To clarify, people should look for renewable energy sources to reduce the need of their consumption.
In conclusion, in this essay I have summarized a number of main aspects that have caused global warming, Also I have pointed out some results and finally some possible solutions. However in my opinion I believe that people in the future should work as one hand in decreasing the amount of carbon released in the air in order to live a healthy life.



Works Cited
Ajith Guptha. "Going 'Green' to Stop Global Warming." Global warming articles. 22 Dec. 2008. 22 May 2009 .
Freedman, Bill. "Global warming." Ed. Gale Group. Gale Encyclopedia of Science 4th (2008). 22 May 2009
Elisabeth ,Rosenthal C. "U.N. Report Describes Risks of Inaction on Climate Change." Environment. 17 Nov. 2007. 22 May 2009 .

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Task 6: One Planet Living & Cool Cities

Modern cities are developing in range ways as its obvious her with respect to the UAE’s cities. Those improvements have expressed both positive and negative growth. Nowadays, the number of population is increasing day to day, where citizen tend to use more energy that produces more CO2 and heat. Thus, the developers have searched out basic strategy that can deal with heat and CO2 throughout building Cool Cities. People now are more aware of this issue where they are trying to reduce or minimize the amount of heat and CO2 to the minimal level. In this essay I will summarize some points including the expected role from people who lives in those modern cities. Also I will point out the ways that modern cities can minimize their usage of energy that results an increasing in carbon release.

First of all, I will come across the link between modern cities and global warming. Starting with, “one notable concern is with regard to the buildings. For example, buildings in the UAE don’t have spaces so they don’t provide any shade as well as poor materials used in construction” (Younes 2). Additionally, a main factor to be taken in consider is transportation. In another words, as we all know there is a quick growth in the UAE population that directed to a sharp increase in the usage of cars. Those increases amounts of energy spending and carbon were affecting our atmosphere around us.

Well after having a look at some handouts, I found out very interesting and recommended solutions that attracted my attention on how to reduce the level of energy and carbon usage. Starting with climate control. To illustrate, Mr. Hope stated that “sorouh plans to circulate seawater underground to cool the pavement and benches and the exterior of buildings” (Hope 2). Mr. Younes stated that “using creative architecture will cut the energy consumption by 50-70 %” (Younes 3). Moreover, “they will create abundance of trees and water to prevent the heat island effects, filtered light rooftops which can reduce the impact of sun heat and utilizes natural energy such as wind energy” (Cool cities). Furthermore reducing the carbon caused by transportation.

To clarify more, cities now are encouraging citizen to use public transportations as they become more knowledge of the danger of this issue. In addition they are trying to increase the awareness of using new ways of transportations that saves energy with less carbon. “Cool city will use Monorail, Hybridcar, Light rail transit and solar ship for water transportation” (Cool cities).

In conclusion, cool cities are the best idea that works on reducing carbon emission all over the world. On the other side, there are many challenges that could face this project. “Masdar” is making a bigger plan in order to make people live in less polluted cities that result from global warming. In my opinion, I believe that those solutions are very useful to reduce the carbon emission, however UAE people and other people from the middle east might have some difficulties in changing their life style especially those countries that known as oil producing countries.


Works Cited
Cool cities. Prod. SDCJ. 4 May 2009 .
Hope, Bradley. "Cool ideas to beat the heat." The National NewsPaper [Abu Dhabi] 5 May 2008:
Salama, Vivian. "Building a green dream." The National NewsPaper [Abu Dhabi] 6 May 2008:
Stanton. "Masdar?s green dream is not for all." The National NewsPaper [Abu Dhabi] 25 Apr. 2008:

Carbon Footprint Task 5

There are various ways to measure our impact on the earth from an environmental standpoint. One of these ways is by way of our carbon footprint. In the following report, I will define what a carbon footprint is, show how a carbon footprint measured, and show how I rank in comparison to others, my country and the worlds as whole and finally I’ll make some suggestions as to how we can reduce our carbon footprints.
In this part I will define what carbon footprint is. A carbon footprint is the amount of human effeteness activities that appears on the environment. In other words, “A carbon footprint is often expressed as tons of carbon dioxide or tons of carbon emitted, usually on an annual basis” (Renewable Energy Sources 1).

There are two main ways in order to measure a carbon footprint. Firstly, is by scheming the quantity of the production released .secondly, is by creating a life cycle. The carbon footprints vary from person to another, because each human has his/her own standards and they have certain aspects that could affects their footprint on the environment around. As a result to that it is very hard to calculate and give an accurate amount about the number of the world carbon footprint according to each person energy used in their daily activities such as traveling, transportation, etc… but on the other hand it raises human awareness about how much their simple activities can affect the planet so they can think critically in order to save their planet.


I was wandering the amount of carbon footprint that I affect the planet by so I measured my carbon footprint through a website http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/ and http://www.myfootprint.org/. in includes questions on food, Travel, home and stuff in different grouping. I scored 3.07, where my classmate Abdull Alfazari scored the highest with a total of 7.145 .Then my classmate Zabir recorded a reading of 2.585 making him the second, Sultan Saoud coming in third place with a reading of 2.235, Salah came fourth with a score of 1.7and finally Jassim scored 1.475. UAE has poor reputation as far as energy use is concerned.
It is important to save our planet because even simple daily activities can affect the environment around us; I highly recommend reducing the amount of carbon footprint. This will happened if humans worked together as a one hand in saving energy, by switching off all lights and electrical machine when it’s not needed. Choose energy-efficient appliances and light bulbs. Another major point is recycling, where humans can use recycled products such as stationery, and so on. Finally, in the website http://extinct.wwf.org.uk they stated that saving water is a curial factor to decrease carbon footprint, in daily activities like cooking, washing dishes, etc… (Re-think your lifestyle 1)
In brief, this report helped me to primarily become more aware of my impact on the environment and take into consideration ways that I can also benefit the environment by becoming a responsible.

An Inconvenient truth argument

Researchers have been arguing about the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” which represents the global warming issue. Some critics’ admired this movie. This essay will outline the two sides of the argument about An Inconvenient truth film.
Number of people agreed about this movie. First of all, the main point was that Al Gore’s presenting constructs the film in a very interesting way which showed that he had a huge background on this issue. For example, he dealt with the audience as adults; moreover he added some entertainments like jokes. Furthermore he stayed away from political principles in his documentary. In the empire reviews stated that Statistic and scientists proved that the global warming is not new observable fact (O’Hara 2). They support their opinion by several excellent environmental researchers who says that Al Gore have the correct facts.
However, there are some discussions against. The first point to consider is that the reviewers believe that he is trying to be against the Republicans, where they admitted that this documentary was making fun of Bush administration and other Republicans. Another point is that Al Gore waist a very long period only for proving that the global warming is taking place. According to Scott, the film doesn’t provide the impression to be about the global warming but it is about Al Gore’s life (Scott 1)
In conclusion, the movie converse a crucial issue “global warming” even with the arguments for and against it. I recommend that we all should work as a one hand in order to protect the planet from the calamite changes.

Works Cited
O'Hara, Helen. "An Inconvenient Truth." Http://www.empireonline.com. 26 Feb. 2009 .
Scott, and Eric. "Movie Review Inconvenient Truth, An." Three Movie Buffs Review. 25 Nov. 2006. Paramount Classice. 26 Feb. 2009 .

An Inconvenient Truth: A Summary

Al Gore, the host, was the vice-president of the United State in the Clinton Administration. He first took an interest in climate change in grade school and has continued to take an interest in this subject as a politician. In this documentary, he highlights the relationship between the emission of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the corresponding temperatures over a 650,000 year period. Let’s now take a look at some of the major results of global warming according to Gores presentation.
The film prevail the causes/effects and dangerous about global warming and it suggest some actions to prevent it. It does focus on Al Gore and his travels in support of his efforts to educate people about the severity of the climate crisis and intersperses Gore's exploration of data and predictions about climate change and its potential for disaster with Gore's life story. The film reviews the scientific opinion on climate change, discusses the politics and economics of global warming. In addition, the film examines the annual temperature and CO2 levels for the past 650,000 years in Antarctic ice core samples. It's also discusses the possibility of the collapse of a major ice sheet in Greenland or in West Antarctica, either of which could raise global sea levels by approximately 20 feet. The film contains some short animated projections of what could happen to different animals more vulnerable to climate change.
To sum up, Al Gore says that although the situation regarding global warming appears dire, he does speak passionately looking forward to the future with hope. His presentation concludes with parting nuggets of practical advice as to how man can play a role in curbing climate change.

An Introduction to the issue of Global Warming

Global warming is one of the main issues that have been highlighted and discussed during the last 5 years. The term global warming refers to the increasing in the average of Earth’s temperature. Some researchers believe that it has appeared since the mid twentieth century. This essay summarizes the causes and the effects of global warming.
Starting with the causes, the majority of scientists believe that there are three main causes for the global warming. Firstly, the green house gases; where the intergovernmental panels on climate change highlighted that green house gases are the major responsible of the increasing in Earth’s temperature. Secondly, natural phenomena; such as solver variation and volcanoes, those natural phenomena can play a small role in warming effects. Finally, human activities could also play a huge role in developing this issue and increase it.
Of course this issue has several effects on the Earth itself and on human. First effect is climate changing; which lead to several things such as changes in rain fall amounts, rises in sea level, plants, human, wild life and so on. Secondly, increasing in the intensity of extreme wealth events, so people would expect any evens at any time. Moreover, agriculture would fall down because of the climate changes and the trading between countries would definitely loss. Finally, increasing in diseases numbers where climate changes and the heating could affect human negatively.
In conclusion, the global warming is an important phenomenon that affects the live of the people, the planet and even the animals. Governments should set strict rules to protect their countries from the global warming affects