Summry for Persintion

The Arabian Oryx is one of the animals who endangered. It lives in the Empty Quarter and north of Oman. It can see the rain for many kilometers.

They are many reasons make the Arabian Oryx in dangers. The main reason is illegal hunting and don't know what the different between the illegal and an illegal hunting. Secondly, increase in agriculture because the number of people is increasing by time. Thirdly, dry water this reason related by preview reason. Finally, the last reason is insecticides and bad facts for it.

They are many consequences for this case. Firstly, decrease in the meat. After that, decrease in skin, agriculture and the medical.

The solutions for this problem are stopping hunting, natural reserve, strong law. And also control by making the control room and give the care healthy for this animal. The governments use a good role to keep this animal by put a strong law for example; fine, jail and confiscation for illegal hunter.

The opinion for this problem by make a special day for Arabian Oryx and keep look by using the control room.

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Report about the presentation

My report is about the Mohamed Adnan and Ahmed Al-Ali presentation. They chose a good subject for their presentation. The topic was about industrial revolution. Mohamed introduced the presentation &  it was a good introduction. I liked the organization of the presentation. After that he told us about their outline. Also, they were using pictures to explain their topic and the text was very clear. To focus on Ahmed's representation, he was relaxed when he was explaining. Also, Mohamed used body language to explain, but there was some confusion . The two partners stood to the right and left sides of smart board. They used the note cards to remember the ideas. Generally, they spoke clearly and simply and they spoke very good language which was easy to understand.

The power  points slides were good and they had a beautiful clear background. They didn't put any notes on the slides, only pictures. There were not too many words in the presentation. There wasn't any video, but there were animated images. The size for the text was easy to see.

Finally, I believe that the presentation was good and clear because I learnt new information about industry. And the good idea in this work was they worked as a  team. I think this was a very good way to explain and they could answer all the questions.

Reflection of the Meeting

We started the meeting with Chairman Mubarak and he introduced the names of the group; after that we discussed the points on our agenda, and then we talked about the causes step by step of this problem. Mr. Hedley was the secretary of this group and he wrote notes in this meeting and summarized in four pages of minutes. Hakim, as participant, gave some suggestions about this problem; he did research on the internet about the solutions to this problem. Hakim suggested a new solution, management of time, by sharing the time between the government jobs and company jobs. It is a good idea for this problem.

We worked in the team and shared the task of typing up Hedley's notes into a word document, and uploading to our blogs.

I feel it was useful and enjoyable work. In my opinion, I felt good when I worked with others for solving because each person had different ideas about this problem.

Meeting re.AD traffic congestion

Date of meeting: 21/06/2011
Time of meeting: 14:52
Venue: W104
Group members:
Chair: Mubarak H00205800
Minutes taker: Hedley
Participant: Hakim H00055410
Agenda:

1- Improving existing road system
2- Improving public transport
3- Relocating public buildings off the island of A.D.
4- Raising age of licence holders
5- Salik scheme for A.D.
6- Parking scheme

Chairman Mubarak called the meeting to order at 14:52.

We discussed the traffic problems here in A.D. The purpose of the meeting was to examine possible solutions to the problems, with particular reference as to which were the most viable. To begin with we briefly discussed the causes of the problem. Hedley said the 2 main general reasons were the increase in the size of the population, linked to the rapid economic development of the past 30-40 years. The fact that A.D. is a rich city, together with the availability of cheap petrol, means that every household can afford several vehicles. In addition the rapid development of the infrastructure involves numerous construction projects, meaning many slow moving vehicles which contribute to congestion. Hakim pointed out that the existing road system simply cannot cope with the volume of traffic today.


(A) Mubarak went on to the first item on the agenda, how to improve the existing road system. Mubarak said that road widening, building tunnels and flyovers would ease the problem. Salam Street is a good example; but this project is behind schedule and, while it is, it actually makes the situation worse in the short term. Hakim pointed out that it’s very difficult to work in a confined space and in such hot + humid conditions. It was agreed that road improvements have, overall, made a big contribution already to easing the problem. Another scheme which has already helped, Hakim said, was the Khalifa Bridge.

(B) Mubarak then turned to public transport. Hakim thought that more public buses + taxis would simply make the congestion worse. Mubarak + Hakim thought a rail system would help alleviate the problem. Mubarak thought it a good idea. Hakim suggested a localized system, perhaps covering the eastern part of the island, with access to AD international airport. Mubarak thought an underground system was feasible but Hakim pointed out technical difficulties and high costs.

(C) Relocating buildings off the island. Mubarak said there was plenty of space off-island, which so far has been used mainly for housing. Hakim agreed and pointed out that new buildings could be designed and constructed with improved car-parking space.

(D) Raising the age of licence holders. Both Mubarak and Hakim were strongly opposed to this. Mubarak thought that young people would simply drive illegally, without licences, something they already do; he felt the problem would simply get worse. Hakim pointed out that beyond 18 many young people went to college and university, and they needed a car to do so.

(E) Salik scheme for AD. Hakim thought it a good idea. He suggested different types of card. To qualify for a card covering a certain area, a motorist would have to prove that he lived or worked there. Mubarak disagreed, saying it would lead to many drivers being forced to take lengthy detours, thus wasting valuable time.

(F) Parking schemes. Hedley was strongly in favour of parking permits; he has one and now it’s easier to park where he lives. Mubarak wanted more underground parking. Hakim thought that all new buildings should be legally required to have at least 2 floor levels for parking, whether underground or not.

(G) Staggered hours. This was an additional item for the agenda brought up by Hakim, who’d done some research on the subject. Mubarak felt the idea was rather confusing: good in theory but unsure whether it would work in practice.

Mubarak summarized by saying there’d been most agreement on 3 of the solutions: improving the existing road system, relocation of buildings off-island and parking schemes. He said we all agreed that a public rail system would be a benefit but we could foresee several technical and expenditure problems. He said we couldn’t agree on how a Salik system would work. Finally he said we were completely against raising the age of licence holders.

Mubarak closed the meeting at 1555.

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