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(Langston Hughes)
(Harlem renaissance)

2 good things:

I organized the essay clearly. Two body paragraphs and conclusion is consistent with the thesis statement, which means I didn’t digress. Also, the ambition to try THAMO and FANBOYS, although the expression is not accurate enough.

2 things to improve:

Keep working on grammar expressing. And know the poems better before I started writing.

16 Personalities

My personality type is Turbulent Advocate, which is very rare. The person with this personality, like me, would like to help others as our purpose in life. The inherent traits of idealism and morality are born with this type of person. In addition, this type of person only making up less than one percent of the population, yet they nonetheless leave their mark on the world. The best three words that can describe me are passionate, insightful and helpful. My first strength is creative. A vivid imagination and a strong sense of compassion promote me to become a good listener or even a counsellor. Also, I am an altrusive person. I prefer to benefit others rather than action, which is selfish. My two glaring weaknesses are sensitive and perfectionistic. I am highly vulnerable to criticism and conflict, so I often question the validity of my actions to help others, and my self-esteem is often damaged. Trying to make everything perfect always leads to embarrassment. When I need to finish an experiment report, I always check the details so that I often miss the deadline. “In friendship, it’s as though Advocates are searching for a soulmate, someone who shares every facet of their passions and imagination.” I entirely agree with the sentence in the conclusion of Friendship,” Like Finding a Needle in a Haystack”. For myself, making friends is Like Finding a Needle. Because of the kind of Friendship I seek is one of enduring mutual understanding, which is different from most people. I think the test results have been of great help to me. After a deep understanding of myself, I will have a clear picture of my strengths and weaknesses. In the process of learning or future career planning, I can flexibly use my strengths or continuously make up for my shortcomings to constantly improve myself. After investigation, I created a strong personal awareness about myself, and this allows me to build a clear perception of my personality, strengths, weaknesses and relationships with others. Self Awareness also enables me to understand other people, how they perceive me, my attitude and my responses to them at the moment. In my opinion, these tests own some drawbacks. Firstly, people’s personality will change as the time pass. So the conclusion, which tests provide will be inaccurate. In Business Insider, research done by Roman Krznaric, researchers will have a 50% chance get different results opposed to their initial results if they do the same test after five weeks. Secondly, It is difficult to frame a person’s personality in terms of questions that only allow the tester to choose to agree and disagree.

Climate change

location: Capital Nairobi, Kenya

Date: February 20, 2019

Description: a man picks rubbish in the Dandora rubbish dump site. In the image, a mass of fog surrounds the man and hangs over the building behind him. Water vapour in the air is more than saturated and condenses into water droplets, which are mainly caused by lower temperature. During the day, the air absorbs a lot of solar radiation, which causes the temperature to rise. From the dim background of the picture, I infer that the photo was taken in the evening, so when the temperature of the air near the ground drops, the water vapour also condenses into fog.

The huge temperature difference during the day causes the fog in this image.

Reference:

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ke/dandora/224736/daily-weather-forecast/224736?page=2

https://www.worldweatheronline.com/dandora-weather-averages/nairobi-area/ke.aspx

12/17

temperature increase: 0.54

precipitation increase: 3.42

temperature increase: 1.02

precipitation increase: -0.65

temperature increase: 0.69

precipitation increase: 4.81

temperature increase: 1.26

precipitation increase: 5.6

temperature increase: 1.48

precipitation increase: 5.33

The climate zones slightly affect the temperature, especially in terms of Snow area and Polar area.

The change in precipitation is more dramatic in hot areas and freezing areas (Tropical, Snow and Polar) than in the other part (Dry and Mild Temperate)

 

 

 

 

 

16/12 Weather report

Description of today’s weather: Raining, wind from the northeast with 6.8knots, full cloud coverage, negative 2-degree dew point, 9-degree temperature, air pressure is higher than the first day.

Prediction of tomorrow’s weather: Rain,  more wind, full cloud coverage, higher air pressure

 

 

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Investigation of Drinkable Water

The topic I would like to do is water in terms of drinkable water. So I decide to find one special shop named Mongolian Sun BBQ to observe and investigate how much drinkable water will be wasted in this restaurant. The reason why I chose this restaurant is that I usually eat lunch here and I have enough time to do my research cause I have no c block.

procedure:

  1. record how much water left on their cups (200ml per cup) in 60 mins.
  2.  calculus the total amount of water will be wasted per day
  3. make a conclusion

How sustainable aquaculture is?

Aquaculture seems to me to be sustainable. There are two types of aquaculture: Marine and freshwater, but either is an integral part of seafood production and the economic system. Some experts predict that aquaculture will become the primary source of seafood by 2030. Even in Vancouver today, farmed fish account for 70 per cent of all fish exports. There are several benefits of aquaculture: solving food shortages, increasing employment and improving the environment. Large quantities of farmed fish could solve world hunger and provide many jobs for graduates and jobless. At the same time, farmed fish will also help humans clean up the environment, like scavenger fish. Fish can efficiently treat algae in the water. Many people believe that the disadvantages of aquaculture can not be ignored, such as invasive species, affecting wild fish. There are many real cases around the world that aquaculture can lead to the introduction of fish from other countries threatening local fish stocks. We cannot ignore the possibility of invasive species, but these disadvantages can be effectively solved with the liberal establishment of farms and protection measures. In general, I think aquaculture is sustainable

https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/environment/brief/sustainable-aquaculture
https://greengarageblog.org/9-pros-and-cons-of-aquaculture

How sustainable is BC’s Forestry Industry

In my opine, the forest resources in BC are sustainable in the future and now. There are two reasons to support my perspectives, Clearcutting/Silviculture and Selective Logging.

According to the report, “2018 Economic State of the B.C. Forest Sector”, in BC in 2018, total demand for forestry resources declined but export financing increased. In another word, this report illustrates that forest resources may seem to be a sustainable resource in the future because the requirement in BC’s citizen is decreasing. Simultaneously, the government implement clearcutting/silviculture and selective logging to use forest resources and to make sure it keeps sustainable. Clearcutting is one specific way of silviculture to create certain types of forest ecosystems and to replant the species people need. “Since 1987, the area of Crown forest harvested annually has ranged from 150,000 hectares to 250,000 hectares, with an average of approximately 209,000 hectares.” The amount of those forests not only exceeds the number of trees that have been cut down, but it can also generate some revenue for Vancouver by exporting.

The government also create a program named Forests for Tomorrow in 2005 to respond to catastrophic wildfires and the mountain pine beetle epidemic. Also, the government will give some companies and individuals licensed to cut down trees, which is another way to ensure the sustainability of forestry in the future. When loggers cut down trees, they widely use selective logging rather than clearcutting. It is easy to understand that different kinds of trees have various features, and these features are appropriate to use when we cut down trees, so loggers are selective in choosing different types of trees.

In a word, no matter which way to cut down trees, they are helpful to maintain the sustainability of forestry.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/soe/indicators/land/silviculture.html

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/forest-tenures/timber-harvesting-rights

http://www.mleziva.info/unit15/U15L07.htm