Drugs Parts 1,2,3

Drugs these days have played numerous roles, Regardless of the drug use and problems drugs can affect a person's life, people and all the loved ones around him or her, as well as society. They can affect health,sexual, finanacial, or even relationship problems, Nowadays there are many types of drugs and they can be classified into two types, legal and ilegal depending on how serious the effects are on the central nervous system. Drugs when taken produce abnormal disorders like fear, anger, anxiety. Addiction to drugs like nicotine, cocaine, caffeine causes loss of apetite hence the rapid weight loss,constipation and much more. When a person starts taking drugs he or she becomes addicted to it forever and eventually starts increasing its dose and goes through the different phases; at first his brain cells become irritated and his attention, judgement, awareness all start to get blunt. In phase two it starts to get worse and now the addict psychologically feels that he is unaware of his or her ownself. coming on to phase three where things start to get really serious and dangerous. The addict starts to lose control over his body where he can no longer have balance or control over his muscle coordination as he starts to increase the dosage more and more. One of the major problems with drugs these days are how drugs have been abused. Drug addiction is a psychological problem affecting the youth of this world.

History, development and Modern times of kiting- Part 1,2,3

1)HISTORY OF KITING.

Kiting is a universal activity. Kites have played different roles all over the globe for thousands of years. The first kite was probably flown in China around a 1,000 BC but no one is exactly sure where the true origin of kiting came from. Kites now are actually well known and over the years they have spread throughout the Far East. Kites have been used for many reasons and by the end of the first millennium kites played dramatic roles like cultural symbols; they have been known to be used as instruments of war, science and technology. There are rumors that say a Chinese man tied a string to his hat in order to prevent it from not flying away but who knows for sure? Kites were said to be invented by the famous Chinese philosophers Mozi and Lu Ban. Paper kites at that time were used as a message for a rescue mission. One of the famous discoverers who used kiting in his experiment to prove that lightning was actually electricity was Benjamin Franklin. As you can see kiting was used everywhere and for many different reasons. These days kites are used mainly for enjoyment.

2)THE DEVELOPMENT OF KITING.

Over the past few decades kiting has managed to develop in many forms, especially the last years of the 19th centuries and the begging of the 20th century were 'the golden age of kite flying'.there have been many uses of kiting during the last quarter of the 19th century, Now kites come in different shapes and sizes and some are even shaped as animals and different type of objects. People have transformed and developed kiting to a whole new level, hang gliding to me seems like a good example of the development in a different way; hang gliding is a very famous sport which is like a delta wing design; to me if you think about it, it seems some what similar to a kite in terms of concept.

 

3) KITING IN MODERN TIMES.

 

Kiting today has undergone very few changes through the ages and is mainly used for enjoyment whether its for young kids or adults; kiting nowadays is mostly used by civilians although through out the history of kiting it has been used for many purposes in many fields but the usage was quite limited. people celebrate kiting all over the world today. There are at least one kite festival every week in some part of the world. It is said that each year on the 13th and 14th of October kite fliers in every part of the world would go out and fly a kite to represent ''One sky, one world day'' There are different types of shapes and sizes of kites that are being used today. Over 50 million kites are being sold every year in the U.S alone. I remember flying kites growing up in England where every now and then my next door neighbor Dominic and I used to go out to the park once a week where we would take our kites and fly them the whole day. Recently in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai announced the Dubai International Kite Festival which was held recently on the 18th of January 2013; it was an annual gathering for the kite lovers here in the United Arab Emirates which is continuing to bring cultures together in this country and the rest of the world.

link: http://forums.bizhat.com/your-kid/50066-history-kites-kite-pictures.html

link: http://www.kiteman.co.uk/DidYouKnow.html

 

First Reflection

The first summary we ever did was about desert police patrols; basically it talked about how desert horsemen work to keep a safe environment. Mr. Hedley was kind enough to guide us and give us tips on how to summarize each paragraph. The most important thing was to try to get the main ideas and omit the names and the quotations and to look at the openings and closings of the paragraphs.

The second summary was about road crashes, it talked mainly about children's safety and how parents play a big role when it comes to their children's safety. Mr. Hedley here showed us how to use different words and statistics in the sentences and how to again focus on the main ideas; some mistakes were corrected by Mr. Hedley and were sent back to us for review and correction; this summary was graded 10 percent from our overall grade.

coming on to our third summary which was about pearl diving; in this summary it talked about how pearl diving in the U.A.E may be gone but certainly wouldn't be forgotten and the different attempts to recreate the authentic diving experiences. In this summary Mr. Hedley explained how we should be focusing on names and dates which was pretty much straightforward. 

Tour provides insight into pearl diving.

 The Arabian Gulf was one of the largest natural diving economies in the world; early last century there were more than 1000 pearling boats along the trucial coast. Pearl diving was still in play in the U.A.E until the 1950s but faded away as less expensive pearls became commonplace. However in the past centuries old emirates hunt for the black pearl has not disappeared completely. EMEG (Emirates Marine Environment Group) has jointly formed a new pearl diving eco tour in the waters off Palm Jebel Ali.  The proud tradition of pearl diving in the U.A.E may be gone but is certainly not forgotten. The new daily pearl diving tour will attempt to recreate the authentic diving experience through the offering of traditional diving clothes; fish and rice dishes will be cooked aboard for lunch and pearl stories from yesteryear can be enjoyed. guests would have the pleasure of keeping as souvenirs any pearls they find. 

Traffic accidents.

Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among infants and are responsible for 63 percent of deaths among children aged 14 and younger in the uae.  Although this is a major issue, the law here only says children ten years and older who are sitting in the passenger seat must wear there seat belts. But the ministry of interior prohibits children younger than ten years from sitting in the front seat. The child safety-car seat campaign is held annually to raise awareness of the importance of child car seats.   Officials believe this has a very large impact on the traffic injury and death rate in Dubai. However, child car seats restraints can reduce risks by 50-75 percent; all children should sit in the back of the car in an age-appropriate seat. Child safety seats aren't only designed for infants and toddlers booster seats are available for children over the age of four. Today there are car seats made to accommodate children through out their various stages of growth. Both weight and age are factors to consider when choosing the appropriate child-car seat. Simple unawareness is the reason parents don't have their children in car seats.

Desert horsemen summary

Desert horsemen who are part of the RAK police patrol division make their way quietly through the dunes and up along narrow paths settlements in search of troublemakers. They mostly wear kanduras and traditional headgear and each emirate has a horse patrol division to monitor area outside cities that are hard to reach outside cities that are hard to reach by car. They are armed with nothing more than walkie-talkies. desert horsemen are mostly the eyes in the desert and villages. Sometimes people want to distract the horsemen and their horses, because they are annoyed by them. The horsemen patrol regularly  through out the year with breaks during the hotter months when there are rarely any people in the desert. but they increase there patrols especially in winter time when there's mostly school breaks and holidays. When more people camp out in the desert and mostly young people cause the most disturbances. The horsemen have assisted the police many times with fugitive-related incidents and drug busts. The horsemen have the advantage for they can go where cars cant.