IS TECHNOLOGY GOOD?
Well, good in some extend......
This is a shocking news technology has created:
A Chinese woman has been killed by her iPhone, the 23 year old died
after she was electrocuted when she answered her iPhone. The phone was
plugged into the wall charging at the time, when the lady named as Ma
Ailun answered the call. This was reported on the 16th of July.
According to Ma Ailun brothers, the handset had been bought from an
official iPhone store and was not a fake device. He said that the device
had been to Chinese authorities for examination.
There are many fake
handsets and chargers on sale in China, with many faults which could be
dangerous.
Many people were alerted to the former flight attendants death who
was due to be married later on in the year when her sister posted a
warning on the internet:
‘Ma collapsed and died, while using her charging iPhone I want to
warn everyone else not to make phone calls when your mobile phone is
recharging,’
The news spread like wildfire across the internet, which is thought
to be another blow to Apples reputation in China and the world after
numerous bad press articles.
There are a number of theories on why poor Ma Ailun was electrocuted
through her iPhone, including a faulty charger, poor wiring in her home
and excessive temperatures damaging wires, although death by
electrocution from a charging phone is extremely rare.
Apple said in a statement: “We are deeply saddened to learn of this
tragic incident and offer our condolences to the Ma family. We will
fully investigate and co-operate with authorities in this matter.”
So, is technology always good anymore, not these days when there are fake items being sold outside the world. Still think technology is good? Well, think again.......
Done sincerely by Justin Liew ,7 Kappa
Friday, 13 September 2013
Colorado flooding leaves three dead
Residents flee to higher ground as record monthly rainfall prompts flash floods and inundates towns and cities
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| Three vehicles rest in floodwater after a crash near a washed away road at Dillon, Colorado. No one was seriously injured. Photograph: Andy Cross/AP
Flooding that left at least three people dead in Colorado worsened overnight as record rains pounded the state, forcing thousands more residents to flee to higher ground, officials said.
The unusual late-summer downpours drenched Colorado's biggest urban areas, stretching 130 miles along the eastern slopes of the Rockies from Fort Collins near the Wyoming border south through Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs.
In Boulder, the rainfall record for September set in 1940 was shattered, officials said, unleashing floodwaters in Boulder Canyon above the city that triggered the evacuation of 4,000 residents on Thursday.
"There's so much water coming out of the canyon, it has to go somewhere, and unfortunately it's coming into the city," said the Boulder office of emergency management.
Boulder Creek, which runs through the city, burst its banks and flooded adjacent car parks and streets. Other towns nestled along the Front Range of the Rockies north of Denver were also hit.
Barack Obama approved a federal disaster assistance request. National Guard troops were dispatched to the remote town of Lyons, north of Boulder, which was virtually cut off from surrounding areas.
A dozen major roads in north-eastern Colorado remained shut with significant damage from flooding, mudslides, rockfalls and other debris, the Colorado department of transportation said.
Heavy summer rains are not unusual for Colorado, but the intensity and duration of the downpour that began on Monday night was unprecedented.
The National Weather Service said at least 12.3 inches (31 cms) of rain had fallen on Boulder since 1 September, more than double the 63-year-old monthly record.
One body was found in a collapsed building near Jamestown, an evacuated enclave north of Boulder. A couple were swept away in floodwaters after stopping their car north-west of the city. The man's body was recovered but the woman was missing and feared dead.
The body of a third confirmed fatality, a man, was found by police on flood-watch patrols in Colorado Springs, about 100 miles south, officials said.
Nearly 150 people were killed near Boulder in 1976 by a flash flood along the Big Thompson Canyon.
Where is Colorado?
It is located in USA.
Facts of Colorado.
DONE BY: Brayden Ng Zheng Lin 7 Kappa
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Accident in Genting Highlands
At least 37 confirmed dead after a bus plunged into a deep ravine in Malaysia on Wednesday in the country's worst-ever road accident, an official said.
At 2:45 p.m, A bus carrying 53 people plunged into a 60m ravine. 37 people were killed , 16 injured.Fire and Rescue Department principal assistant director (Operations) Datuk Soiman Jahid said some 450 personnel from his department, the police and Civil Defence Department were involved in the search and rescue operation, which was finally called off at 10pm.It is believed that the driver lost control of the bus, which then rammed a divider before plunging down the gorge.Some of the passengers were flung from the bus during the incident.
According to the police, more than half the passengers on the bus were foreigners, from China, Bangladesh and Thailand.The bus was also overloaded as its capacity was 44 passengers, authorities said.There were 18 ambulances sent to crash site, and the first arrived at the scene at 5pm. All 37 casualties died at the scene.The 16 survivors comprised seven Malaysians, three Indonesians, four Bangladeshis, one Thai national, and one Korean.Six are in critical condition, and one has been declared safe.
Done by : Tan Wey Shern
Class: 7 Kappa
Thursday, 12 September 2013
Important Cities or Towns in UK
This is the map of UK:
Top 10 largest and most important cities in UK
Cities, towns & districts Population
- London 7,074,265
- Birmingham 1,020,589
- Leeds 726,939
- Glasgow 616,430
- Sheffield 530,375
- Bradford 483,422
- Liverpool 467,995
- Edinburgh 448,850
- Manchester 430,818
- Bristol 399,633
Top 3
1)LONDON
London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. With an estimated 8,308,369 residents in 2012, London is the most populous region, urban zone and metropolitan area in the United Kingdom.Standing on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium.London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1.12-square-mile (2.9 km) mediaeval boundaries. With its population of 7,375 in 2011, it is the smallest city in England. Since at least the 19th century, the term London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is one of the world's leading financial centres and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world depending on measurement.London is a world cultural capital. It is the world's most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the world's largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.
2)Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London with 1,074,300 residents (2011 census), an increase of 96,000 over the previous decade. The city lies within the West Midlands conurbation, the third most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a population of 2,440,986 (2011 census) of which the Birmingham built-up area was 1,085,810. Its metropolitan area is the United Kingdom's second most populous with 3,683,000 residents.
A medium-sized market town during the medieval period, Birmingham grew to international prominence in the 18th century at the heart of the Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw the town at the forefront of worldwide developments in science, technology and economic organisation, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as "the first manufacturing town in the world". Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly-skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided a diverse and resilient economic base for industrial prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. Its resulting high level of social mobility also fostered a culture of broad-based political radicalism, that under leaders from Thomas Attwood to Joseph Chamberlain was to give it a political influence unparalleled in Britain outside London and a pivotal role in the development of British democracy.
3)Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England, the principal settlement in the City of Leeds metropolitan district. In 2011 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 474,632, while in 2011 the City of Leeds had an estimated population of 757,700 making it the third largest city in the United Kingdom.
Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial heart of the West Yorkshire Urban Area, which at the 2011 census had a population of 1.8 million, and the Leeds-Bradford Metropolitan Area, of which Leeds is the integral part, had a population of around 2.3 million, making it the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the UK. In addition, the Leeds City Region, an economic area with Leeds at its core, had a population of 3 million. Leeds is the UK's largest centre for business, legal, and financial services outside London, and its office market is considered the best in Europe for value. Leeds is considered a Gamma World City, alongside cities such as Phoenix, St. Petersburg and Valencia under the 2010 GaWC study.
Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the history of Leeds can be traced to the 5th century when the Kingdom of Elmet was covered by the forest of "Loidis", the origin of the name Leeds. The name has been applied to many administrative entities over the centuries. It changed from being the appellation of a small manorial borough, in the 13th century, through several incarnations, to being the name attached to the present metropolitan borough. In the 17th and 18th centuries Leeds became a major centre for the production and trading of wool. Then, during the Industrial Revolution, Leeds developed into a major industrial centre; wool was the dominant industry but flax, engineering, iron foundries, printing, and other industries were important. From being a compact market town in the valley of the River Aire in the 16th century Leeds expanded and absorbed the surrounding villages to become a populous urban centre by the mid-20th century.
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By Bee Qi Pin
12.09.13
20:23
Monday, 9 September 2013
Function of 3 towns in England, UK
Different places have different functions and there are many towns in England that serve different purposes, some of them might be :-
Brighton
Brighton
- Brighton has anything you could want from a trip to Britain - a royal palace, elegant architecture, museums, laid-back beach life and shopping –
- On the south coast of England
- Just 49 minutes from central London
- Mostly towards tourism purposes
Canterbury
- Historical English cathedral city (city status in the United Kingdom is granted by the British monarch to a select group of communities)
- Many historical structures remain, including a city wall founded in Roman times and rebuilt in the 14th century, the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey and a Norman castle.
- 1 hour and 22 minutes from Central London
- Mainly towards tourism, education and historical purposes
Springfield, Birmingham
- A ward ( subdivision of a local authority area) in south east Birmingham, England, created in 2004 from much of the old Sparkhill ward.
- The area is served by the grand Sparkhill Library that has a distinctive clock tower, developed into a local landmark.St John's Church, Sparkhill is the Anglican Parish church for the northern part of Springfield Ward. It is also home of the charity, Narthex Sparkhill.
- 2 hours and 3 mins from Central London
- Mainly towards to charitable, religious and historical purposes
References: Wikipedia, Google Images, Google distance calculator, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_London
Done by: Chow Jo Yi, 7 Kappa
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