Task 5: Two Newspaper Articles

1. DEAD END STREET
Source from Dailytelegraph, Thursday February 25, 2016

Notes: -Two cars raced side by side at hight speed in Western Sydney.
           -Two 20-year-old students got killed instantly.
           -Police have indicated that speed was definitely a factor in the accident.

Summary:
Two cars appeared to be in a street race which caused one car smashed into a power pole, killing two of its three occupants. Police ans emergency services rused to the scene, where 10 men worked to free the three me trapped inside the vehicle. The car was badly damaged, not even 40 percent of it left. Police have indicated that speed was definitely a factor in the accident.

Personal reflections on the article:
I personally think that, nowadays, young adults don't consider much about what's going to happen to them when doing something crazy such as car racing. It's a pity that they put their lives at risk and led their parents or friends a miserable life. I hope articles like this would have an impact on the young adults and call them to be responsible for everything they do.

 2. Suicide by girl, 10, triggers plea for action
Source from The Australian, Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Note: -A 10-year-old Aboriginal girl in Western Australia's far north Kimberley region has killed herself.
          -her death comes 17 months after the suicide of 11-year-old Aboriginal boy whose mother committed suicide less than a year later.
          -Aboriginal children  were more likely to die from suicide than non-Aboriginal children the same age.

Summary:
The suicide of a 10-year-old Aboriginal girl shocked the nation with high rates of indigenous youth suicide. Researcher and suicide prevention worker Gerry Georgatos said Aboriginal children younger than 14 were eight times more likely to die from suicide than non-Aboriginal children the same age. Western Australia's Child Protection Minister Helen Morton launched a suicide prevention strategy that encourages indigenous families to be vigilant about the mental health of their young people and to recognise risk factors.

Personal reflections on the article:
It's very sad to read articles like this. Children around this age should be happy and loved by their parents. It is devastating that a child of 10 would even consider taking their own life. I think our government should put more effort into helping indigenous youth and preventing them from suicide.

Global Warming Statistics

This bar graph shows the statistics of Global Warming and people's awareness about it. As can be seen from the graph, 70% of Amerians believed global warming is very real while 12% believed that it is not happening. 58% of Americans are "somewhat" or "very worried" about global warming and 76%  trust climate scientists as a source of information about global warming. 90% of climate scientists who believe global warming is being caused by humans and 54% of Americans also believed global warming is caused mostly by human activity. The lowest percentage is 1% of all carbon dioxide that is emitted by man made sources.

Annual Greenhouse Emissions by Sector

Source: Greenhouse Gasses Statistics)

This line graph illustrates the percentage of annual greenhouse emissions by sector. It is clear from the graph that power station contributed the highest emission which is 21.3% to the greenhouse while waste disposal and treatment have the least emission which is only 4.3%. The second highest sector is industrial processes which have 16.8% emission. There are only slightly difference in emissions between transportation fuels, agricultural byproducts and  fossil fuel retrieval, processing and distribution.