Homelessness in the USA

Introduction:
Homelessness is the situation of people who have lost their homes. That kind of person usually is forced to live in the streets. You can find them in the big cities which are capitals of states near shelters, traffic lights, and in the bus stations. They are persons, families, children and old people. I think most of the homeless people had learned in schools before they became a homeless. According to Miller, “their average age is thirty five years old. Forty to fifty percent of them have completed the high school diploma while a quarter has either full time or part time job. Studies indicate that homeless men are four times more than women. Single men account for 51% and women alone account for 12% of the homeless population” (3). This particularly shows that the rate of homeless people who are educated is very huge.
I think the history of homeless in the United States had begun many years ago. In addition, the beginning of detecting the homeless in the United States was in the big cities such as New York, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. I agree with “Homelessness in the United States” point that “Homelessness in the USA is back in 1879 when it discovered by oldest homeless shelter in New York City, the Rev. and Mrs. A.G. Ruliffson. In the late 1970’s the deinstitutionalization of patients from state psychiatric hospital was a precipitate factor which seeded the homeless population, particularly in urban areas such as New York City” (par. 5). This clarification tells that America discovers the homeless people long time ago so that now the rate of homeless people is being enormous as I noticed from the article.
The question is why are people homeless? How did they become homeless? There are many factors that make people homeless. Poverty, alcohol, drugs, family disintegration, and homeless veterans are the main causes of homelessness for which the U.S. government is trying to find a solution.
Causes:
The first main cause of this problem is poverty. In the USA, poverty and homelessness are inextricably linked. People who are poor often can’t pay for their living, housing, food, health care, child care, and education. Children who grow up in conditions of poverty usually will live and grow up in the streets. Stephen Shames, who wrote Child Poverty, describes proportion of children poverty’s case in America. It is true, as Stephen Shames states, that “the children age thirteen and under are considered a third of the homeless. Statistics show that seventeen percent of the homeless are under age of five and half of the homeless are families” (par. 1). This brief explanation describes the proportion of the poor children’s case in the United States. I think there are some homeless people have their own job, yet almost most of the homeless people do not have a real job. Consequently, a huge number of the homeless people are jobless. Additionally, because of the fact that there are some homeless people lost their jobs, they preferred to go back to their original countries. I think all of these things had happened to the homeless due to financial predicaments. Stephen Shames claims that “Although less than a quarter of the homeless have jobs, forty percent are without work and jobless. Furthermore, they always lose their jobs and studies represent that half of them lost their jobs in the last six months. Twenty two percent are on welfare and many of them aren’t drifters, so many of them turned to their countries for at least one year. More than three quarters of the homeless lost their home because of financial issues” (1).
Also, lack of affordable housing is an issue linked with poverty. Indeed, some of the homeless people who have their own house leave or escape from their dwelling because they do not have adequate money to pay their rent. Therefore, they just decide to go out in the streets and be a homeless people. My own experience has shown that “today, at least thirty percent of people who need housing are getting it. HUD's report in January 2001 shows that the number of units affordable to low-income households dropped by 1.14 million between 1997 and 1999” (“Homelessness and Poverty”: par. 2). What the article says applies with my idea that a number of homeless people who have their own home decide to become a homeless because of the diminution of their money.
Besides the poverty reason, addiction to alcohol and drugs can lead to homelessness. This type of people has great difficulty finding and keeping good jobs. Moreover, without the support of friends, family, or community groups they may find themselves destitute and on the streets. “Homelessness in the United States” says, “Statistics represent sixty two percent of homeless addicted alcohol and fifty eight percent of them addicted drugs” (par. 5).
Usually it is hard to find any solution for homeless people who are addicted to alcohol. According to David Bender and Leone Bruno, “two percent of homeless never drink alcohol and eighty percent reported that they are still drinking. By their own estimates twenty percent of the men reported that they are moderate, heavy, or spree drinkers, respectively; forty nine percent of the men drink every day and thirty three percent drink several days per week” (77-78). What the author mentioned here that just a few of the homeless people drink alcohol even though almost more than half of the homeless drink alcohol.
Family disintegration is another of the main causes which lead to homelessness. Generally, the broken family is one of the biggest problems that happen in the US. However, many of homeless are divorced. The victims of broken families usually are children, so many of them become homeless. According to “Advocates Declare War on Youth Homelessness at the Covenant House International Candlelight Vigil,” “In Denver twenty five percent of homeless are children without parents. As Paticia, the president of Covenant House, explained that thousands of the young are living and dying in the cities between the boulevards. Many of them are victims of community decay and broken families, caught up in a desperate struggle for survival. We have to work hard to save those kids before the violent street battle sweeps them away “(par. 3). This obvious description apprizes that a lot of children and young people dying after becoming homeless due to the broken families.
Additionally, the current status of homeless veterans is an issue in the US these days. Actually, the veterans are one of the most significant concerns that cause a lot of argumentation between the people and the government. I think because of the veterans’ handicap which happened in the latest wars like Vietnam, more of them couldn’t be accepted in a job, so most of them become homeless. The United States has many programs to help veterans who become homeless; nevertheless, most of them are still homeless. “The USA spends six million dollars on programs for them.” as Hombe wrote (68-69). This short clarification tells that some of the homeless people are considered as the veterans who hadn’t found a job because of the old war which they had gone in the past.
Every peaceful night that civilians enjoy, should remind everyone that some veteran has sacrificed to make this peace possible. According to Patrick Markee:
Some 250,000 veterans are homeless. As the Department of the Veterans states: There is a half million veterans facing homelessness. Ninety seven percent of veterans which are homeless are white, while fifty six percent are black or Latino. Forty five percent of them are stricken by mental illness, and above two-thirds are stricken by substance abuse disorders. Two-thirds of the homeless veterans worked in the armed forces for at least three years. Homeless veterans who served in Vietnam War are about forty seven percent. Based on a 1996 nationwide survey of homeless people, thirty three percent of all the homeless are male veterans; and twenty three percent of the whole homeless population is made up of veterans (par. 2).
This shows that most of the veterans who are homeless are white and the others are black or Latino and most of them have a mental illness.
Solution:
One of the solutions proposed for reducing homelessness is for the government to make policy to provide the homeless with housing, food, work and medical treatment, though there are policies dealing with homelessness at this present time. I believe that most of the government will put an end to the homeless problem. I agree with “Homelessness in the United States” point:
By the year 2012 the Bush Administration would like to see chronic homelessness ended. The idea started as a part of a 10 years plan to end homelessness by the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) in 2000. The following year, then-Secretary Martinez announced HUD’s commitment to ending chronic homelessness at the NAEH annual conference. In 2002, as a part of his budget, President Bush made ‘ending chronic homelessness in the next decade a top objective.’ The bi-partisan, congressionally-mandated, Millennial Housing Commission, in its Report to Congress in 2002, included ending chronic homelessness in 10 years among its principal recommendations (“Policies”: par. 12).
This brief, perfect elucidation notifies that the world is trying to resolve this problem, but I believe that the homelessness in the United States will not be solved in ten years because the homeless problem is a complicated phenomenon that cannot find any solution for it in a few years.
Community service groups one of the most important organizations that I believe that it will assist to end the homeless problem. Usually, these organizations try to put together some beneficence from the societies to assist the homeless with food, house, and the most important thing which is job. My own experience has shown that “Moreover, the result of this organization is practical as evidenced by 3.5 million homeless in the United State now living without the shelter or subsidized housing. In 2006, HUD (Housing and Urban Development) collected $28.5 billion for homeless programs. Section 8 housing takes $1 billion and $1.4 billion is allocated to Homeless Assistance Grants” (“Homelessness in the United States”: par. 11). This brief, logical description shows to us that the non-profit organizations can realize many useful things that the government sometimes can’t realize because of the government’s regulations.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, homelessness is a serious problem. There are many causes of homelessness. I've discussed four of them. I think homelessness results from a collection of situations which require people to choose between food, shelter, and other basic needs. Some people don’t care about them. They think the homeless are bad and addicted people. I would say if we leave the homeless alone, poverty, drugs, alcohol, and crime will spread in all states of the USA. In my opinion, the government along with community service groups have to work together to help these people. The government can offer solutions by providing housing, food, work, and medical treatment. On the other hand, the local community organizations and churches should also get involved.




















Works Cited




“Advocates Declare War on Youth Homelessness at the Covenant House International Candlelight Vigil.” Covenant House. 16 Nov. 2006. 27 Feb. 2007. <http://www.covenanthouse.org/about_pr_20061116-vigil.html>.

Bender, David, and Bruno Leone. The Homeless. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1990.
Hombs, Mary. American Homeless. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2001.
“Homelessness and Poverty in America.” NLCHP. 27 Feb. 2007.
<http://www.nlchp.org/%20FA_HAPIA/>.
“Homelessness in the United States.” Answers.com. 30 Jan. 2007. .
Markee, Patrick. “The Current Status of Homeless Veterans.” Coalition for the Homeless. 19 Mar. 2003. 27 Feb. 2007.
< http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/news/War_and_Homelessness.html>.
Miller, Juanita “Poverty Among the Homeless.” The Ohio State University. 27 Feb. 2007. .
Shames, Stephen. “Child Poverty in America: The Homeless Families.” The APF Reporter. 26 Feb. 2007.<http://www.aliciapatterson.org/%20APF0803/Shames/Shames.html>

Aramco

Saudi Aramco considers as the largest company in the world about not only the oil but also terms of proven crude oil reserves and production. The name of Aramco came from an Arabian American Oil Company when King Abdul Aziz signed a concessionary agreement with Standard Oil of California (Socal). Socal company couldn’t discover the oil and compelled to buy a 50% to the Texas Oil Company which succeeds after 4 years in discovery area has oil a few miles north of Dhahran in 1938, that area immediately produced over 1,500 barrels per day. King Abdul Aziz wanted to agree to share its profits on oil sales 50/50 as American oil companies in Venezuela a few years earlier. In 1973 the Saudi Arabian government had share of Aramco a 25%, and increased to 60% by 1974. In 1980 Aramco became Saudi Arabia Company 100% and changed its name from Arabian American Oil Company to Saudi Arabian Oil Company.

In my opinion, there are strong relationship between Saudi Arabia and the USA in many kinds of business. The USA considers as the first country which has many of excellence in Saudi Arabia. Many countries don’t like Saudi Arabia because of its oil and the strong relationship with the USA. In my country there is the largest company which has oil and it considers as the first country which has strong decisions in the Middle East and the world.

Afghanistan's WAR

After the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. and its allies attacked Al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan in October 2001 in return . Their goal was building a new, democratic Afghanistan and the elimination of the Taliban. Lashkar Gah is an important city called by Afghans ''little America". It’s the capital of Afghanistan's Helman province. They called it little American because it was built by the USA during the Cold War . Nowadays ,the Helman province has been taken over by the Taliban . They have checkpoints , interfere with reconstruction in the area, and sell drugs, making up 92 % of the world's production. In October 2004 , afghans elected Hamid Karzai to be the first president for Afghanistan . Also, last year, they elected a parliament. Their new Constitution incorporates Islamic and democratic ideals giving women equal rights ,yet still 80 % of the women are illiterate. Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries due to the corruption and inaction of Karzai's government .

On another hand, in 1979 the USA considered the Afghan guerrillas, the mujahdim, it's allies in their war against the Soviets . After the withdrawal of the Soviet Union , the U.S cut off all aid to them . This resulted in civil wars and ended with the Taliban terrorist government in control . The Taliban united with Al-Qaeda and its leader Osama Bin Laden to establish a government whose goal was to terrorize the people. Many people have different ideas about the situation in Afghanistan and if the USA can succeed. People who agree with USA policy, like Richard Boucher, say 1.6000,000 girls are attending school and 730 miles of roads ,and 1,ooo schools , clinics, and government buildings have been built. On the other hand , others say the USA has missed opportunities by focusing to much on Iraq.

Abortion

Perpetrators: person who commits a crime
vigilance: to be alert.

One day two criminals went to anther criminal to kill their victim. They agreed on the time of the murder. The killers were two men and a woman , the victim was a child. They were not afraid to commit their crime because the law was in agreement with them. The killers knew their victim . The first killer was the child's father and the second one was his mother. The executor of crime was a doctor. The law does not call this act murder, but it calls it " abortion ".
Now I am going to illustrate what abortion means and what the problems are that result from abortion.

Abortion means the act of destroying the unborn child. Abortion causes many health problems for women who obtain an abortion, like breast cancer. U.S. studies show that 13 out of 15 women who have had abortions
have increased risk of breast cancer.

Abortion leads to mental problems , depression and suicide. Many women who had abortions later suffer from mental problems ,depression, or even commit suicide. A study that was conducted in August of 2001 examined data on over 500,000 abortions from 1995 to 1998 . This study showed a relationship between abortions and female suicides because of mental disorders and depression.



In short ,There are some people who agree with abortion because of their deviant ideas , financial gains, or other reasons we do not know . Except when the life of the mother is in danger. In my opinion, abortion causes many troubles. I am strongly against it. This my opinion about abortion , what about you ? .





Reference :
Peter W. Miller, "Abortion is Hazardous to Your Health-Seattle Catholic " 1/25/2002 C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Abortion.htm

Drugs addiction

How many people die every year from using drugs? What are the effects of drug use? As is well known, many people know more about drugs than they would like. In fact, there are many uses of drugs in our world. Drugs can benefit people when they are used as medicine for sick people. A good example of this would be when sedation is used in order to operate on a person. More often than not, however, drugs are used by people in a negative way, which often leads to addiction, which causes them to spend much of their money.
A person who is addicted to drugs will face many problems. There are three essential effects of drugs addiction. First, there is a negative effect on the addicted person's life; second is the effect on the addicted person's family, while the third and final effect is the negative effect on society as a whole.
First, the main effect is on the addicted person. Drugs users feel that drugs are their only way to escape from their problems. Most adults or teenagers who use drug believe that drugs give them a powerful feeling, such as the feeling of being in control of their life. So, they think drugs will be a good choice to help them forget their pain. In fact, they don’t know that their problems will not go away by using drugs, but will only disappear for a short period of time because the brain will believe that everything is going well, when it is not (D’Angelo, 2004). This is not only common for people using illegal drugs, but also for people using drugs their doctor prescribes to them, like adderol (Kahn, 2003). For instance, while the addicted person is using the drug, he could feel very happy and laugh a lot, but when he wakes up he will have to face the problem again. For example, when the addict person woke up, absolutely he will find him self very tired. More recently, it has been shown that cocaine causes problems with a person’s ability to react in certain situations, as well as cause their temperature to rise (Medical Letter on the FDA & CDC, 2006). In addition, drugs have a terrible effect on the user’s reputation which means that drug users will face many problems in their community. For example, many people in the neighborhood will avoid being in contact with drug users. While addicts are not respected by other people, they don't respect themselves in the first place.
Secondly, the most common effect that hurts users almost as much is the effect on the user’s family. As President Bush stated on August 25, 2006 “Alcohol and drug abuse disrupts families, threatens the safety of our neighborhoods, and ruins the lives of countless men, women, and youth.” This is especially painful whenever the drug user is a parent. Raising children is the parent’s main responsibility. According to Nelson, P (1989), “The drug abuse prevention community is now recognizing what family life educators and researchers have long known: families play a key role in developing resilient youth who can withstand pressures to become involved in unhealthy lifestyles.” (p. 310). A father using heroin which is really expensive drug wastes most of his money buying drugs and forgets that his children need his love and care. Also, using drugs destroys the families when the children see the parent using drugs because this makes the child feel that it is okay to repeat these actions.
Lastly, using drugs have a negative effect on society. For example, if several employees who are working in a big company use drugs this negatively effects the company and the economy. So much in life is laid in the hands of workers and if these workers use drugs, the economy will begin to slide. In fact, the economies of any country depend on the people who work in it. Legal drugs, too, would hurt the society because of how it would affect the poor. A good example of this would be the Netherlands which legalized the use of drugs. The Netherlands, like any society, has many poor people. However, unlike other societies, it is legal for these poor people to spend their money on drugs. In addition, legal drug might raise the amount of crime in the society. For example, people who smoke hashish might lose their mind so that they may commit a crime. In fact, there are many kind of drug which makes users lose their mind such as, cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol. Also, there is relationship between mental disorder and criminal offenses that many societies face in this live.
Although drug users may feel powerful and free by using drugs, this does not negate the fact that raising children is essential for a healthy society, and legalizing drugs would be detrimental to the poor in society. As demonstrated, the three most important effects would be the effects on the addicted person, the effect on that person's family, and its negative effects on society as a whole. Drug use is a very important issue that must be discussed. Educating people on its negative effects will benefit all people.

Work cited
Bush, George W. (August 26, 2005). Proclamation that National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Month will have the theme: “Join the Voices for Recovery: Build a Stronger, Healthier Community.”
D’Angelo, Laura. (April 26, 2004). “Brain change: Two very different ways.” Science World, 60, 13.
Kahn, Mahvish. (July 7, 2003). “Drugs used by college students to enhance studying draw concern.” Knight Ridder Tribune, 1.
Medical Letter on the FDA & CDC. (October 29, 2006). 12.

The Minaret

Do you know anything about Saudi symbol? Actually, the most widespread symbol in Arabic countries, especially in Saudi Arabia, is the minaret. For instance, Mozammel Hague wrote about the minaret in "Al- Haramin in Makkah Al-Mukarmah." Also, Jonathan Bloom wrote about the same topic in "Saudi Aramco World." I think many people in Saudi Arabia don't know anything why the minaret is really important to Muslim people because they just know that the minaret is important, but they don't know the reason for that Therefore, there are many reasons that make the minaret is an important symbol of faith and power, according to Jonathan M. Bloom in "Al-Haram in Makkah Al-Mukarramah."

The first reason is that the minaret is very important because we believe in that in our religion. For example, in the past, there was a man who scaled the minaret who se name was bilal and called the Muslim people to pray for their God. Actually, we always pray 5 times, so the man on the minaret who is called muezzin calls us to remind us to come to a prayer. Also, it is important in my country because if any Muslim comes to a strange hometown and wants to pray, he will see the minaret because it's the highest part in the mosque so that anyone can find it. I think this one of the reason that makes the minaret very, very important.

The second reason that is the priority one is the minaret has a peculiar meaning for Muslims. Actually, it indicates the grandeur of Islam and that God's utterance always is regarded as above everything. For instance, when our prophet Mohammad told us about Islam, no one believed him especially people in my hometown; nevertheless, he was born in the same hometown which is Makkah in 570 AD. This was written by Dr. Mozammel Hague. After a while, many people became Muslims and our prophet Mohammad went up to the minaret and called the people to pray, but many Muslims were wondering about that. They really asked Mohammad why he went up, but he bravely said that we must admire our God so that he went up. Also, he did that because our God told him to do that to teach the new Muslims that they have to respect their God, his speech, and the prophet Mohammad. As a result, we still now call to pray from the highest part of the mosque.




Last of all, the minaret in Saudi Arabia is important because of our economy and tourism. To illustrate, in my hometown, there is the first mosque which is called Al-Haram. I think the reason for this name is that when we go to Al-Haram, we wear individualized cloth which is called Al-Ihram, so they derive the name from the cloth. Also, I think the one who established the first holy mosque is the first prophet Adam, but some people think that the one who did that is our prophet Abraham and his son. Therefore, many people come to Makkah to see the holy mosque and the biggest, highest minarets on it, so the government gains a lot of money because of these tourists.

In conclusion, the minaret becomes very important symbol of faith and power for several reasons such as that the minaret is an important thing in our religion, it has a particular meaning for Muslims, and the minaret attracts many tourists so that our economy becomes very good. I think you should visit Saudi Arabia, especially my hometown, Makkah, to see these minarets and know more information about them.

Work cited:
Bloom, Jonathan. "The Minaret." Saudi Aramco World, March 2002.

Haque, Mozammel. "The Masjed Al-Haram in Makkah Al-Mukarramah." The Islamic
Cultural Center & The London Central Mosque.

Picture reflection

When I saw this picture, my first thought was of a woman losing hope in her life. It reflected multiple of things, such as disappointment, fear, and the lost of hope in her life. This woman who’s laid down next to the tree showed to us that she came to an end in her life, and she is probably waiting for a rescuer to come and save her life. It’s compared to the tree, and trees will die if the don’t get rescued by the rain. I personally, thought this lady lost hope and she is like a tree if she doesn’t get help she will die. In my opinion, the artiest reminds us that we have a life now, but every once in awhile something happens in our life that might destroy us. That’s why we need to surf people and help them and give them hope in this life; in addition, it will hopefully reflect positively in our lives.

Picture Analysis

This piece of art was completed by Polixeni Papapetrou. In this picture, we can analyze the different colors Mr. Papapetrou used such as the different of tree colors, blue, green, dark brown. Also, the color’s of the young children in that picture, which is white, black, and green. In this photo, we can see how the focus is on the young girl, who’s holding the little boy, and that tells us how tough and challenging time this girl is facing.
This image convey multiple of persuasive statements. It can tell us that the little children in that picture are lost and facing a difficult and challenging time. They are probably looking for their family or help, and just wait for hope to come to them. We can also see the little girl face and know that she is about to give up and stop walking. The message to the reader is to know the feeling of a lost person, and also to make sure that you keep your eyes on your love ones, and also to know that this life is challenging and my lead to death. Personally, I believe Mr. Papapetrou did a well-job by taking this picture and make the reader to wonder what his piece of art means.

Car Accident

observation

Looking to this image makes you keep thinking about many things you don’t recognize it until you look at it carefully. First , a women standing by a fire in the forest and covering her head with an umbrella but surprise what?? It is not raining!! .Second, the fire is surrounded by some sticks that means some people brought the sticks to stand on it so the fire was burned by some people. Also, the women is giving a really strange looking and keep asking her self and thinking why they left the fire like this?? Don’t they care about the nature?? . a fire like that in a forest and in a grassy land might cause a conflagration in the forest.

Reflective Essay: Drifting Problem

Cars drifting have become so widespread in Saudi Arabia which every boy is talking about. In actual fact, cars drifting are a dangerous sport that causes death so easily; nevertheless, many teenager guys are being attracted to this very dangerous, disadvantageous kind of sport. I think the most guys who playing this sport are uneducated guys because they don't know that every family are menaced to be killed. Nowadays, the real, important reason of this hazardous sport is the spare time which most of the people have.
One day, when I was 16 years old, I was driving in a vast road with my friends. Even though the street was really enormous, it looked like a small street because there were a lot of guys whose ages are 14 to 23 were waiting the cars drifting to begin. I decided with my friends who like to watch this kind of sport to park my car and go watching them. While we were talking and waiting for the cars to show up, there was a black car that you can not see anything in it drove with a really high speed. Actually, the car which was BMW that considered as an expensive car with strange tires that looks like truck tires was drifting right and left in the middle of the street, and the unbelievable thing is that there were some young guys walking cross the street while the black car was driving toward them. Suddenly, the right, back tire of the BMW exploded and tore like pieces of glass. The car was tumbling in the air for 9 seconds in the air and finally toppled on the street on the conversing side.
After this phenomenon happened, the whole people who were watching this huge accident gathered around the car to help the driver, yet he had already died. I found that the driver who was the best person of this sport in our town was still younger. He was a tall, thin guy with black hair. In fact, the pink shirt which he was wearing was replete with his blood. The blood was everywhere that made me having a little bit headaches. Here I was asking myself some question about that died boy. How could his family or correctly his parents allow him to drive a car while he is a boy who was just 17 years old? Had they known that their child may be in danger or did they think that he will die while he is driving and drifting? The boy's head was everywhere and his legs were being cut. It was really a horrible landscape for me because if you saw this kid while he is outstretched on the street, you would have never known his face or identity, so how could for his parents to let him doing such a thing.
After a while his father came to the accident position and saw his child corpse on the street beside his car, but he didn't show any emotion about what happened to his child. The child's father was a big, old, serious man with wide sunglasses that seems he is an affluent man. Reality, when the father came, he was riding a car that was an expensive car the same as his child. He just said when he saw his child that he deserves to be died and then went ahead. Here I became more turbulent because the main reason of what happened to his child was him. He just gave him the can instead of admonish or teach his child about the advantages and disadvantages of using the car. He just let him drive and risk his life for nothing. After a couple of days, the government arrested the father because he was such a inadvertent, self-centered man that he couldn't even pick up his child to the hospital instead of leaving him like the trash on the street. I was really sorry to the child because he had has the wrong father who nobody can image his inconsiderableness character. Hence, I desire that everyone who was watching this regrettable accident to learn a lesson from this event, and every family had better leave his child with a car alone instead of teach him the right way to use the car.

Free Topic

After the industrial revolution, human civilization has been developing dramatically. However, while the civilization is being developed, the environment is being destroyed. The environment is very important for human beings. It provides us with a lot of beneficial things like crops and other things. Therefore, environmental destruction has to be solved quickly. In environmental destruction, deforestation is one of the most serious problems.
Forests function for the earth significantly, so deforestation leads to various, serious environmental problems like global warming, food crisis, and so on. Human beings have to solve deforestation quickly before it becomes widespread. Consequently, we have to clearly, explicitly, and comprehensively understand the causes of deforestation in order to not be unable to find any natural sights or nature itself. Therefore, deforestation is advancing in many developing countries these days due to various incentives. Nevertheless, there are some natural tribulations, which all of the governments should convene to solve this complicated problem.
The first cause of deforestation is lumbering. It is ordinary that a lot of paper is made from a number of trees every year. Actually, papers are very essential for the world. Actually, I noticed that the papers are consumed via a huge number of humans such as in dwellings, jobs, industrial units, and so on, so papers are really imperative in our life. It is not too much to say that the world can't function without paper even though they take vast, massive expanse of our life. In addition, trees are cut down as timber or pulp to build houses, make furniture, or use it as firewood. For instance, some of the industrial countries like Japan prefer using trees for houses or furniture, whereas some of the trees are replaced, like a crop. As a result, a number of trees are required these days by the urban countries. Also, some of the companies over the world cut a lot of trees to use them as papers in their job.
Pollution is a dangerous cause of deforestation as well. Water and soil, bringing grave problems to trees, are really indispensable for trees. Pollution sometimes kills a lot of trees, stays there for a long time, and makes land desolate. Also, in the northern atmosphere, acid rain, resulting from air pollution, threatens forests. In actual fact, strong acid rain can melt stone statues. For trees, acid rain is so injurious that it could exterminate the forests form the earth. This problem is so exacerbated in Europe. In fact, many people have never seen the pictures of withering forests in Eastern Europe.
The final cause of deforestation is agriculture, which is considered as one of the most significant reasons of deforestation. In the developing countries, slash-and-burn agriculture, which is a part of shifting cultivation, is being done. This method happens when a peasant burns the forests and uses the nutritious ash, which is made from the burning forests. The soil, containing the ash from the forests, is very fertile. However, this soil will have lost the nutrition after a few years. Then, as soon as the peasant can't harvest the crops sufficiently, he or she will burn another forest and repeat the procedure again. Due to this agricultural method, many enormous forests have become extinct. The Amazon rainforests as an example have almost disappeared because of the deforestation. Slash-and-burn agriculture is not the only activity that causes deforestation, but also over-grazing is advancing in many districts over the world. Over-grazing leads to desolation, and desolation causes desertification. Desert gradually extends, and it converts forests into deserts. The problem of desertification called "Yellow Sand" occurs and leads to serious problems. That fact supports my idea of the results of deforestation.

This website click is very well organized from many different angels compared to when it was established in just two years ago in May 9, 2005. First of all, in this blog you can find everything you need from A-Z starting from news, food, politics, and advertisement. Second, you can find many interesting articles and news sources that can be very helpful if you need them in a short time. Also, in this blog I think that it has many links that relates to other news, websites, and different articles from many countries. It is amazing how this blog has a solution section such as "Fearless Voices" that you can read in this section about problems that most people suffer from. You can even read what other people reflect about those problems and you can share and reflect what you think about these problems.
This blog has many differences from mine. It has many links that relates to many websites from many countries which I don’t have. This blog is composed by qualified people who try to show the audience the most important news and subjects. On the other hand, in my blog, most of the time, I have to write what I am asked to do according the interest of my instructors.

Looking at this image takes you many years when there were many children who lost their parents in war or something like that. In this pictures I think that it has a very sadness meaning. Looking at the girl on the left and how is she really sad and i think the reason for it is like she was looking to someone close to her and in the same time dying or you can say almost died. The girls are holding each other to try to be as strong as they can to pass this real problem. When I looked at this picture for the first time many old pictures came cross my mind probably most of them were about losing someone rally close to you. I think this picture took me to the past for the first time when i looked at it is because of the way that how the girls were dressing there clothes and how the were without shoes.

Observation Essay : SAN ANTONIO

Many people walking in the street watching the high buildings .There are many people from many countries taking pictures and relax while they are watching the river. This river is in the center of the downtown of San Antonio click here . There is walkway beside the river.

Also, the river is surrounded by many high buildings and at the same time very old. There are many bridges cross that river and they have really nice lights which makes the place really attractive for any visitor of this place. Furthermore, many people when they see trees you think that they are watching the sky but no they are watching how they are really tall. Most of the trees there named and there ages are written in each tree because most of them are very old and attractive at the same time and also it is the way that how people there respect their nature. Walking there is very enjoyable that you can see people riding dinghies and tourist guides drive them on the river and show them the important sceneries of buildings, trees, and the bridges that surround the river. Also, the guides tell the tourists about the history of san Antonio and about the river and it's trees click here .

Many coffee shops, restaurants, and bars always ready to for customers .Also, in each store workers dress colorful clothes to distinguish them from other stores .People there are very friendly most of them know that you are not from there so they always try to ask you many questions as where are you from? how do you like it here? Which make you happy that they are curious about the tourists. There is one more thing you cant miss there which is very huge mall has tow big glassy gates .Inside that mall many people walking most of them carrying many gifts for their families or friends to show them how this place is really amazing and to keep this place in their minds to visit it when they have chance. Stores inside the mall supply very fashionable clothes with good prices. Finally, I think this place is one of the most attraction places over the world so you should visit it.

Drinking problem

Most teenagers try to get older so they can have the freedom to drink. When these teenagers start drinking they don’t realize the danger of dinking.
This video shows that overdrinking can make fights between friends and others. In general drinking can get you into many problems besides losing friends. This video reminds me of a story that my friend had with his four other friends who split because of drinking.
There were five guys who went to a foreign country to study abroad, Franck, John, Cole, Mike, and Nick. Every one of them has his own place. Franck was the youngest between them who was underage and they always gather in his place, he was generous to everyone although, he was a moody guy especially when it comes to girls. He drinks too much and doesn’t take much of responsibility. John was a nice guy every one likes him he doesn’t talk much, doesn’t smoke, and doesn’t drink. All of them respect him and they never say no to him. The problem with him is that he never takes things seriously. Cole was nice and smart guy, however, he smokes and drinks too much and his doctor asked him many time to quit smoking and drinking, but he never listen. He has a girlfriend back home and he was trying to be loyal to her, but whenever he drinks he doesn’t mind cheating on her. Mike was a married man who left his wife back home and he was cool guy. The problem with Mike is that he loves to drink and to smoke at all time; he can’t survive without smoking and drinking. Nick was married too; he was the oldest and the best between the five. All thought he drinks and smoke rarely, every one respects him because he was the reason for our gathering. And because of that they gave him a nickname which is “The God Father.”
One day Franck, Cole, and John went to a nightclub. Franck got real drunk that night and started to talk to every girl in the club. While he was bothering the girl talking how beautiful she was, her boyfriend came from behind Franck and hit him in his head. Franck turned around, thinking that his friends were joking with him; the girls’ boyfriend hit Franck in his face, Franck fall down and started to call his friends. Cole who was drunk too came and kicked the guy’s ass. The bodyguard came and started to break up the fight. He kicked every one who involved in the fight out even the girl. After Franck, Cole, and John were kicked from the club they went to the bar where Mike and Nick were sitting. They notice that they were involved in a fight because of the marks in their face. Franck has a little pain around his eyes so he went home. Cole had his finger broken so Nick took him to the hospital. The next day, Nick who was the oldest person gathered all of them in Franck’s house and started to give them advices because of what happened the day before. He told them that they should’ve not got into the fight, they left home because they want to go to school not for fighting. Nick made them promise that they would never get into a fight again. However, after a month Cole and Franck got really drunk and they were driving and they had accident. The police came and drag them to the police station and they had to go to jail and then they had to leave the country.
Finally, drinking could be good if people know the limit for it. My friends had so many problems because they never drink responsibly. They don’t get together anymore, they lost there friendship, and some of them left the country without finishing. So I encourage myself and people who see this add to dinking responsibly because if you don’t you might harm yourself and other people and end up like my fiends.

The website which offers telecommunication products

www.5linx.com offers products and services that are related to telecommunications. This site provides many different products and services that help customers to choose the perfect telecommunication plan or product for them. Furthermore, this site was built for people to register and start their own market by selling and buying telecommunication products to serve others. Also, what made this website a great one is the way they organized their layouts. The website is completely organized to help customers choose whatever they need in the fast and right way. In addition, this website provides many different cultural contexts by showing to customers how others were satisfied to choose their products. Inside 5linx.com you can easily see everything you need, they provide to customers different phone plans from different companies, for instant, Cingular, T-Mobil, Sprint, and others. Also, they always show the latest products they have in a daily bases. The website gives the opportunity for its viewers to be one of the 5linx employees by giving them the right to register and have an account to sell their products to others and receive money for every customer buy their product. The website keeps updating the news about telecommunications in general to keep their customer up to date. They show for example a new cell-phone in the market, or a new telecommunication service for their needs.

The layout of 5linx site is really amazing. The website designed by a professional designer, and attracts customers to observe the entire web. A customer will be able to find their particular need of a product or service easily and fast. It is so essential for a visitor to understand the telecommunication market to be able to understand the cultural context the website provides. Also, if you are not familiar with telecommunication business it’s recommended that you talk to the website administration before purchasing any or their products. Therefore, the website truly made a strong impression to me by how they create their layouts and explained it to their customers.

The helpful website in telecommunication

One of the websites that I visit frequently is http://www.5linx.com/ this website helps me to search for any telecommunication product that I need. I purchased a lot of things from their, cell-phones, phone plans and other telecommunication stuff. The focal point of this website is to provide products and services for customers. If you are interested in buying products or services that relates to telecommunications, 5linx is the site for you. 5linx present to new visitors the news and the latest products/services they have, which helps customers easily understand the context of the site. In the upper side of the website, a visitor can see the main points of the site. What’s the company, what products they provide, and services, what opportunity for someone to join them and how they can be part of 5linx. The website designed by a professional Photoshop designer who organized the look of the site perfectly to attract visitors to it. The website color designed with different colors and pictures to help the site maintain its beauty. Also, the website provides information about anything someone wants to know, they have immediate contact and they answer your questions quickly.

5linx is a website to the people and for the people. Its design to help everyone to either buy/sells their products or services. The website is for the need of telecommunication products and services and also shows to their customers what are the best plans and phones they have. It compare prices between them and other markets, which make customers satisfied to buy from them. 5linx is ranked one of the best telecommunication market providers, and by the work of their administrators and workers they develop a better business for their market.