iPhone app leads to arrest [By: Rong Hua]

A serial snatch thief has been arrest by the police after getting an important lead from an iphone application. The 'Find My iPhone' application allows the owner of the iPhone to trace its physical location and has helped the police to hunt down the thief.
The 36 year old victim was walking along Lim Liak Street when an unknown man approached her from behind and snatched away her iPhone which she was holding. After the victim lodged a report, the 'Find My iPhone' application was used to help the police track down the suspect.

The suspect that was arrested on Monday evening is believed to be also responsible for several other snatch theft cases in the Tiong Bahru and Kim Tian estates. The suspect, an 18 year old Malaysian man will be charge on Wednesday.

This article appeal to me because I was surprised at how technology has help not only in terms of communication and entertainment, but has also helped the police to arrest a serial snatch thief. As an iPhone user, I would like to know how is can be used and where can user download the application, and also to find out if the application is compatible on iPhone 3.

I would like to ask the writer since the ‘Find My iPhone’ application is so useful and has also helped the police to arrest the snatch thief, where can iPhone user download the application and how it is used to trace the location so that all the iPhone user can enjoy the application and prevent theft.

If I am in charge of the situation, I would have do what the police did by using the application to arrest the snatch thief as soon as possible to prevent further theft cases from happening.

German TV Show Ended In Horror ( By: Klaris Yang )

A German Tv Show ended in horror after one of the contestant suffered serious injury while performing during the show.

This variety show allow contestants from all over the world to perform dangerous stunts. It break the record of having the most viewers and was one of the most popular variety show in German.

23 year old Sameul Koch, was attempting to leap lengthways over a moving car by wearing a spring - loaded stilts. However, he did not mange to and instead, laid motionless face down on the floor as the audience looked on in horror.

He was rushed to the hospital immediately and the variety show was quickly put to a stop.

Why I Choose This Article?

This article appeal to me because of the title which was " German TV Show Ended In Horror " I was wondering why would some people willing to take risk to perform such a dangerous stunts just for money. Even though there were saying that money makes the world goes round, but by performing such a dangerous stunts, it highlight to me is money really that important than life. Money we could work to earn it, but, human only have one life.

If I Were In Charge Of The Situation

As this is a live variety show, i would do the same as the TV Producers -  Handling the choas of the audience and rushing the victim to the hospital immediately.

Question I Have To Ask

I wanted to ask the TV Producers why are they wiling to risk the life of the contestant to entertain the audience.There could be many ways of enetertaining the audience, perharps through performance or comedies etc, not by performing dangerous stunts.

Ex—MOE scholar taught at school despite child porn charge (By: Elsa Ng)

Former Ministry of Education (MOE) scholar Jonathan Wong had already been arrested for possession of child pornography when he returned to teach in a secondary school here in Singapore. 23—year—old Wong, who is a history major at the University of York, was arrested in March and did his month—long teaching attachment in July at the school in the western part of Singapore. Besides teaching history and literature, he interacted closely with pupils when working on a project with them. But, the MOE only knew of Wong’s involvement in child pornography last month. In reply to queries, a ministry spokesman said: "His offence only came to light after he was charged in court in November." Wong, who is on bail, will be sentenced during the week of Jan 17 after the initial court date of Dec 13 was postponed. He could face up to 10 years in jail, though a non—custodial sentence is also possible, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Why did the article appeal to me?
The article appeal to me as i read this news few months ago. I was surprised that the MOE only knew of Wong's involvement in child pornography last month. I was also shocked that an MOE scholar would do this to students that he was teaching. Teachers must be passionate in their work and they must also be responsible. Child pornography is a serious offence.

If I am in charge/ in control, would I have done the same or what actions would I have taken?
If I am in charge if this situation, I will not allow him to teach anymore to prevent similar incidents to happen again. Furthermore, I will also gather full and part-time MOE teachers and held a talk for them so that they know the consequences of certain offence.




   

S'poreans hit by 'mobile phone syndrome' (edmund)

Summary
A report shows that singaporeans are constantly thinking that their mobile phones are ringing, reported Sin Chew Daily.
It said that a random survey of 50 people found that some 80 per cent of them suffered from the mobile phone syndrome.
They would check their mobile phones incessantly to see if they were ringing or if there were any missed calls or messages.
A psychiatrist blamed this syndrome on stress.
'Such people should learn to relax to avoid stress taking over their daily life,' said the psychiatrist.
The psychiatrist advised sufferers to switch off their mobile phones or avoid answering their phones for a period of time.

Why I choose this article
I choose this article because i also want to check if i have the following syndrome too. To my shock, i think i have the same syndrome as what the report has written. I have check many times for my handphone when i thought someone had call me but in face there wasn`s anybody calling me.

If I Were To Control The Situation....
If i am the government, i will give the students less school hour so that they will be more relax and also make the school system less competitive. In this way, Singaporeans will be more happy and will have a better standard of living.

Quesion i have to ask..
I want to ask the psychiatrist why they want to blame this syndrome on stress and not other factors.

Europe Freeze Over (By: Elsa Ng)

Heavy snow blanketed Paris forcing the closure of the Eiffel Tower and briefly shutting its main airport as sub-zero temperatures turned Scottish roads into deadly ice sheets and Spain and Portugal cleared up after flooding and tornado-like winds. Road, rail and air travellers faced fresh disruption following last week's transport shutdown with Paris's Charles de Gaulle-Roissy airport closed for an hour-and-a-half and the mercury plummeting as low as minus 18.3 degrees Celsius (minus one degree Fahrenheit) at Tyndrum in the Scottish highlands. In Portugal the high winds carried off cars, uprooted trees, tore off roofs and blew over electricity poles Tuesday, leaving around 30 people injured. A second body was recovered in Spain Wednesday following flooding. France's meteorological service France Meteo said 11 centimetres (four inches) of snow fell in central Paris, the heaviest snowfall since 1987. Around 100 flights were prevented from taking off or landing at Roissy airport during the temporary closure while workers cleared the runways of the heavy snow that began falling around midday, airport officials said.

Why did the article appeal to me?

The article appeal to me because it is the headline of today's news. Furthermore, during december every year, monsoon changes and countries like Europe and China will have heavy snow. Around this time every year, newspapers headlines will be people injured because of the heavy snow and airport closes as thick snow prevents them from taking off.

If I am in charge/ in control, would I have done the same or what actions would I have taken?

If I am in charge of the situation, I will also close the airport and try to clear as much snow as pssoible so that planes can continue to take off as quickly as possible. Furthermore, I will warn people not to go out of their houses if possible so as to prevent anymore injuries or incidents from happening.