Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Mosquito populations explode across Australia raising fears of Disease!
Mosquito populations is exploding across Australia, with warm weather being the key factor they are breeding and getting multiplied at a very greater rate. More than 200 mm rain has hit the central parts of Australia since Wednesday, standing pools of water are expected to lead to a boom in mosquito numbers, raising fears of getting infected by these insects.
Medical authorities are concerned that murray virus can lead to Coma and brain damage, and the Ross River virus more common could be spread. People across the country are advised to use Mosquito repellants and to cover up their exposed limbs in order to minimize the risk of getting affected.
Meanwhile, the weather conditions King numbers to escalate to the east coast. precautions are being taken to control the spread of this deadly insect.
Last year in December, the council sprayed 4,4,00 hectares of land in order to control the outbreak of salt marsh mosquitoes, which may carry deadliest viruses. This is a major concern for the government and they are trying their best to create awareness among the people and taking precautions to control the growing population of such insects.
(Ray)
Monday, 12 January 2015
Charlie Hebdo staff shot dead in Paris terrorist attack!
In a targeted attack latest in Paris, two gunmen broke into the conference room and killed 12 people working at the newspapers office. This Charlie Hebdo attack is thought to have been the work of killers who believe that cartoons can be so offensive that they justify these killings of 12 people.
In the previous years, Charlie Hebdo had been creating disgusting cartoons against the holy Prophet Muhammad. Muslims around the world were disappointed on this shameful act where there Prophet was targeted. This all started from here where those gunmen developed hatred and finally took the step in murdering the people.
It was than when all of the Paris was on streets and they have never been so united.
This event led to two more attacks the same week where 5 more people died. There were almost 1.5 million people gathered in the grief with the most leading personalities accompanying them.
(Ray)
McDonald’s debuts ‘Signs’ ad campaign
(http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/mcdonalds-debuts-signs-ad-campaign/story-fnki1jcy-1227182157577)
Many McDonal's in US have signs just below the famed golden arches.
They’re the kind of signs that you change messages on ,the signs change based on the whim of franchisees, rather than from a corporate spinner — which might explain why the secular organisation would post something along the lines of ‘God gave us a miracle’.What’s posted on the signs can be “Keep jobs in Toledo” and “Happy 95 birthday Woody, we love you” to wider ones such as “Hug those dads” and “We remember 911 [sic]”.
The idea behind the campaign is to convince people of McDonald’s’ roles within individual communities with an ambitious task of over 35,000 outlets around the world.
McDonald’s has been suffering a hard time because of series of reccent food scandals in China,which lead to its sales dropped 4.6 per cent in the US, while in Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa, it was down 4 per cent in November.
Post by Tu Nguyen
Post by Tu Nguyen
Home lending posts surprise fall: ABS data
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-12/home-lending-posts-surprise-fall/601227)
There was a surprise decline of home lending in November, with the number of new loans approved down 0.7 per cent while the number had typically been expected 1.7 per cent increase.However, 2.2 per cent seasonally adjusted slump in the value of loans going to investors,the ABS estimates that $11.7 billion worth of new lending was made to investors in November.
A worrying figures was a 2.6 per cent fall in the number of home loans used for construction of a new dwelling,representing a slowdown in the residential construction segment,although the number of people borrowing money to buy a newly built dwelling rose 1.3 per cent.
The proportion of first home buyers in the market increased slightly to 11.6 per cent of owner-occupier purchases, but the ABS said information of 11.6 percents of owner-occupier purchases were potential problems with underreporting where the buyer is not eligible for a first home owner grant.
The ABS said it will start correcting for this underreporting when December's housing finance data is released next month.
Post by Tu Nguyen
Australia's internet lags behind despite NBN
Australian internet speeds lagging behind the rest of the world ,ranked 44th in the world based on its average connection speed.
This places Australia behind a number of other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. Only 14 per cent of the country being connected to high-speed internet.The report also showed that about one-third of Australia may not be ready for television and film streaming services such as Netflix,only 66 per cent of Australia had between the 10 to 20 Mbps required for 4K (or "ultra HD") video used by streaming services.
Post by Tu Nguyen
Post by Tu Nguyen
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