iNTI UC : a journey to remember

Original article here.

A powerful earthquake struck Christchurch this morning, New Zealand's second largest city. This forced the government to declare a state of emergency in the city. There was structural damage to the buildings besides ruptured water and sewerage, collapsed buildings and cuts to electricity supplies. Despite this, only two men in their 50s were seriously injured. One was hit by a falling chimney and the other was cut by a falling glass. Besides that, there are possibilities of looting especially from damaged shops. No tsunami warnings were issued and roads are being packed by cars moving inland from the seaside. Christchurch International Airport and rail movement in the South Island has been closed and stopped respectively. 

so I just realized that my blog doesn't display the posting date.

is that a good thing?

(I can easily say that I have posted this this that on this this that day)

or a bad one

(I have no proof that I have done my work :[ )

hehh. 

p/s : don't give up, will you? don't lose hope either. we all know that it is possible. we're in this together. everyone is willing to help if you help yourself too.

on a totally different note, november is coming soon. we'll be having our public exam and also it is finally time to say goodbye.

a lot of things happened in Inti, I met people from different walks of life that make me see things clearly. & I've learnt that you need to appreciate what you have before those things are no longer yours, before they are gone.

fell in love with a guy, fell out of love again, made new friends, had great time and see them left to different parts of the world.

love those great moments in inti.

things may change, people may fall apart, but the memories remain.

and dearest classmates and lecturers,

I'm glad to have known all of you and thank you for being part of my life.

Original article here

Summary : An Aboriginal girl was sent home and was refused the treatment from a hospital in Queensland. Although she has been tested with swine flu, the doctor just sent her home and she was given Panadols. However, on the third day after the first visit, she was allowed to be admitted to the hospital after several "moaning gasping". The doctor in charged diagnosed her of having respiratory tract infection and prescribed antibiotics. On the next day, her condition stabilised but towards the evening, her health deteriorated. The hospital then arranged for the child to be sent to Mount Isa, where a pediatrician was waiting to administer specialist treatment. Even then, it was already too late. She went into cardiac arrest and vomited. The staffs tried to safe her but nothing could be done. 

Trials concerning this matter is still  going on where investigations are taking place to obtain more evidence from the staffs.

IT specialist Grant Millgate was subpoenaed to appear at a Sydney inquest yesterday into the death of Katrina Ploy, but after again failing to appear this morning the coroner issued a warrant for his arrest.

Mr Millgate was Ploy's boyfriend at the time her body was found near The Gap at Watsons Bay in Sydney's east on Christmas Day 2006.

There were minimal injuries to Ploy's body, indicating she did not jump to her death and leading police to suspect the Parramatta woman may have met with foul play.

In the month before her death the 25-year-old made 50 phone calls to former Bandidos bikie member Adam O'Brien and on numerous occasions travelled by taxi from Parramatta to Watsons Bay.

The inquest into her death, being held at Glebe Coroners Court, today heard that Mr Millgate had declined in May to be re-interviewed by police.

Detective Sergeant Martin Kiernan told the inquest that Mr Millgate said he lived in Tasmania.

But when Sergeant Kiernan called Mr Millgate's work phone in Tasmania he was told by an office manager that the IT consultant was currently living in Sydney.

Counsel assisting the coroner, Warwick Hunt, said Mr Millgate had provided no excuse for his failure to appear at the inquest and requested a warrant for Mr Millgate's arrest.

Deputy State Coroner Paul MacMahon said he was satisfied that Mr Millgate had received a subpoena to appear and approved the warrant.

“Grant Millgate is a person who can provide relevant information for me to undertake the function that I have,” Mr MacMahon said.

“He is aware that the inquest is occurring . . . therefore I am satisfied that he has been properly served with a subpoena.”

If Mr Millgate is arrested today he will remain in custody overnight and be brought to the inquest tomorrow.

It is estimated that more than ninety per cent of households in developed countries have at least a set of television (Sharif 2009). From the survey conducted in 2003, watching television takes the highest hours as compared to other activities (American Time Use Survey 2003). The ease with which children are able to watch television causes anxiety to many psychologists and parents (Sharif 2009). Although watching television gives information on what is happening in the real world, excessive watching may lead to detrimental effects especially on children. Therefore I strongly believe that television viewing brings consequences to human kind.

Watching unsuitable television shows for long periods have harmful effects towards the development of the thinking processes besides the health of the children. As stated by Sharif (1999), children are in the growing process where their attitudes, beliefs and point of views towards the world are taking shape. It is distinctly possible for them to form an idea of life and behaviour as characterized by the programs they watch. Child development experts criticise the violence portrayed on television (Sharif 1999). Furthermore, even the news broadcasted at prime time shows graphic scenes of violence. This causes children to think that violence is a normal part of life and a common way of solving problems (Sharif 1999).

Additionally, children are not being physically active when they watch television for a long period (Sharif 1999). According to Dr Geraldine Jones (2001), these children failed to develop the imaginative skills which are important in expanding problem-solving and organisational capability (Leigh 2001). There are others who would go to the extend of planning their activities around programs they ‘must’ see and almost suffer withdrawal symptoms when something prevents them from viewing the programs. Besides that, if television is watched excessively with indulgence in snacks, can lead to obesity and related diseases (Rutherford 2002).

Finally, current children’s programs and music video clips enhance the development of short attention span in children. Nevertheless, programs like ‘Friends’, in which problems are solved within the thirty minutes’ time slot give children the idea that all problems can be solved as easily. Hence, when they experience complicated situations in real life, they become frustrated and easily give up (Sharif 1999). As stated by Dr Thomas Alexander, television programs are designed to demand complete attention. Thus, it is very difficult to focus on things like homework when the television is on (Leigh 2001). This time-wasting activity consumes the time allocated for homework or exercise (Rutherford 2002). It has detrimental effects on the children’s performance in school. The children who are heavy viewers are among the lowest achievers in school (Leigh 2001).

In conclusion, television watching has damaging effects especially if watched excessively. The negative effects include harmful effects towards the development process as well as the health of children, children not being physically active and develop short attention span in children. Thus if we do not watch television in moderation it will lead to further consequences in the future.

It is estimated that more than ninety per cent of households in developed countries have at least a set of television (Sharif 2009). From the survey conducted in 2003, watching television takes the highest hours as compared to other activities (American Time Use Survey 2003). The ease with which children are able to watch television causes anxiety to many psychologists and parents (Sharif 2009). Although watching television gives information on what is happening in the real world, excessive watching may lead to detrimental effects especially on children. Therefore I strongly believe that television viewing bring consequences to human kind.

Watching unsuitable television shows for long periods have harmful effects towards the development of the thinking processes besides the health of the children. As stated by Sharif (1999), children are in the growing process where their attitudes, beliefs and point of views towards the world are taking shape. It is distinctly possible for them to form an idea of life and behaviour as characterized by the programs they watch. Child development experts criticise the violence portrayed on television (Sharif 1999). Furthermore, even the news broadcasted at prime time shows graphic scenes of violence. This causes children to think that violence is a normal part of life and a common way of solving problems (Sharif 1999).

Additionally, children are not being physically active when they watch television for a long period (Sharif 1999). According to Dr Geraldine Jones (2001), these children failed to develop the imaginative skills which are important in expanding problem-solving and organisational capability (Leigh 2001). There are others who would go to the extend of planning their activities around programs they ‘must’ see and almost suffer withdrawal symptoms when something prevents them from viewing the programs. Besides that, if television is watched excessively with indulgence in snacks, can lead to obesity and related diseases (Rutherford 2002).

Finally, current children’s programs and music video clips enhance the development of short attention span in children. Nevertheless, programs like ‘Friends’, in which problems are solved within the thirty minutes’ time slot give children the idea that all problems can be solved as easily. Hence, when they experience complicated situations in real life, they become frustrated and easily give up (Sharif 1999). As stated by Dr Thomas Alexander, television programs are designed to demand complete attention. Thus, it is very difficult to focus on things like homework when the television is on (Leigh 2001). This time-wasting activity consume the time allocated for homework or exercise (Rutherford 2002). It has a detrimental effects on the children’s performance in school where children who are heavy viewers are among the lowest achievers in school (Leigh 2001).

In conclusion, television watching has damaging effects especially if watched excessively. The negative effects include harmful effects towards the development process as well as the health of children, children not being physically active and develop short attention span in children. Thus we should watch television in moderation for it is extremely beneficial (Rutherford 2002).