Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Porsche 911 Turbo VS Bugatti


LSEC N100Research skills 3 – Report and MLA referencing (10%)



These days several rich high classed people enjoy having sports cars such as Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, and Bugatti. There are a lot of differences between each car mentioned. Some differences are in quality, performance, shape and design and also the price itself. Similarities and differences between Bugatti and Porsche will be discussed in this essay.

Some couple similarities between the Bugatti and the Porsche 911 Turbo. The first similarity is that both of them are sport cars. Secondly, both of them are rich people firsts desire and choice for their high quality. Lastly, both cars have 2 seats and a back engine which was built by a European country.

On the other hand there are some differences. Firstly, the Bugatti can reach from 0 - 60 in 2.5 seconds while the Porsche 911 turbo can reach it in 3.6 seconds (http://Autoblog.com/category/porsche). Secondly, the Bugatti is way more expensive than the Porsche which costs around 1.6 million dollars while the Porsche costs 143,800 dollars (http://www.porsche.com/international/models/911/911-turbo/). The third difference is that the torque of the Bugatti is 952 pound feet (http://Bugatti-configurator.com) and the Porsche torque is 457 pound feet.

We Conclude that the Bugatti is more powerful than the Porsche 911 as well as in the design it is superior, but in my own opinion I see that the Bugatti is the dream car for all sports car fans but the problem is that its manufacture is limited and it's highly expensive while in the other hand the Porsche has excellent features and performance and its price could be affordable and could be bought easily which make it more widely spread than the Bugatti.

Reference:
1. http://bugatti-configurator.com/
2. http:// Porsche.com/international/models/911/911-turbo
3. http://Autoblog.com/category/porsche
4. http://Bugatti.com

Monday, March 15, 2010

Iraq

"The Wrangling Has Only Just Begun; Iraq's Election." The Economist (US) 13 Mar. 2010: 43. Print


Dickey, Christopher. "Rebirth of a Nation." Newsweek 8 Mar. 2010: 31. Print


Haass, Richard N. "The Weakest Link." Newsweek 8 Mar. 2010: 36. Print.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Referencing Questions

Part 1 – Referencing Questions watch the podcast that is linked under Referencing Links on the LCES N100 webpage. Answer the following questions from the presentation.


1. What is plagiarism?The unauthorized use of thoughts of another author and representing them as your own work.

2. What must you do avoid plagiarizing?List everything you have used during your research.

3. What style of referencing is accepted at HCT?a- Books b-Magazines c- Websites d-Database .

4. What are the five types of information that are often included when referencing from various sources?a- Author's name b- Title c- Publisher d- Place published e- Date published

5. When creating a reference for a book what comes first?Authors' name.

6. What is the second item of information in a magazine reference?Title of the article.

7. What is the last item of information in a magazine reference?Date published.

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

9. What is last item of information when referencing a website?The URL.

10. In the case of a database source, what is the third item of information?The magazine name.

11. What comes before the URL in a database reference?
The date you accessed.

12. Where is the bibliography?At the end of the project.

13. What is in the bibliography?List of all resources you used.

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

15. How do you order items in the bibliography?Alpabetically.

16. Besides quotations, where do you use an inline citation?Used in reported speech.

17. What information goes in an inline citation?Name, Date and page number.

18. Name one citation machine that can help you?www.easybib.com

19. Besides your teacher, who can help you with referencing?Librarians.

20. In Google type, ‘HCT plagiarism.’ Find the page which describes the consequences of plagiarism at HCT.
State what this consequence is.Immediate dismissal from HCT.

Possible topics:car accidentssmokingobesityaircraft safetydivorceadult literacyspecies extinction.

Reading Summary Assessment

Summary

China has the highest rate of women committing suicide where 1.5 million women attempt suicide and 150,000 succeed. In rural areas the suicide rate is 300% more than cities. Traditional attitudes in marriage is a huge problem which still prevails, where it is arranged in which the groom's parents buy the bride like a business deal. The wife will have emotional problems dealing with the family of the groom. If the wife finds respect from the family of the husband she'll be all right. Most women see that there is no way out of an unhappy marriage. Attempting suicide by women is a way of asking for better treatment from their husbands. In China traditional attirudes are hard to change. Social security is weak in rural areas where sons are preferred to daughters. Daughters must move to their husbands family home when married. Mixing this with strict birth control policies results in many female foetuses being aborted. Women will face a terrible future in 20 years where prostitution and sexual voilence will be increased. Providing women with Xu Rong's organisation of attempting to prevent suicide will support groups where they can discuss their feeling. Schools in rural areas teach young women the skills to build lives for themselves. Young women working far from their homes gain a lot of confidence.


Main Idea

The article is drawing the attention to suicide attempts by Chinease women. There are suicidal women in rural areas beacause of bad marriage arrangments.


Comment

In my opinion I think the goverment should provide jobs for the young women in order to prevent committing suicide. I want to know more about men committing suicide.