Friday, May 14, 2010

Visitors to Canada 1996 to 2006


This line graph illustrates the number of visitors over 10 years from two countries Japan and Spain to Canada.
Starting in 1996, there was difference in the number of visitors from Spain to Canada. There were almost 300,000 Spanish visitors, while Japan got almost 850,000 visitors. Then, the number of visitors from Spain sharply increased between 1996 and 1999, but the number of visitors from Japan remains steady from 1996 to 2001. The number of visitors from Japan decreased sharply between 2001 and 2003 from 800,000 to 500,000. On the other hand, the number of visitors from Spain was 500,000 in 2000 and dramatically increased until it reached 600,000 in 2004. This was the highest number of visitors from Spain in these 10 years. The number of visitors from Japan in 2003 was 500,000 and slightly increased until it reached 690,000 in 2006.
In conclusion, the number of visitors from Japan outnumbered the Spanish visitors over the 10 year period.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Etisalat & websites blocking



The internet is everywhere in the World and there are a lot useful things for every one educated people especially they can gain a lot of information. On the other hand, there are some web sites which are not good like hacker and things against country rules and religions. In this essay I will discuss the pros and cons of Etisalat blocking access to websites deemed counter to the country’s morality standards.
First of all, internet is very useful technology and there are a millions of websites we can access. Although, there are useful websites, there are bad websites. For example, websites for news and a lot of products around the World with their prices. Moreover, many websites for educating student which will help them in many subject like doing some experiment and you can see it recorded by video also some websites show discussion between engineers sharing knowledge all around the world.
Secondly, as I said there are a lot of bad websites and political websites which is blocked from Etisalat. One reason, that some websites show naked pics which is against the respect of others privacy. Another reason, some websites talking and discuss political things which will encourage some people to fight with their government because of what they saw in these websites. Last reason, hacker websites with hacking programs for anyone to use them which can access any computer that not protected with the latest anti various program.
In conclusion, I think it’s good to control and block some websites and there are arguments for both sides, but I believe the case for blocking sites is stronger.