Aussie News 29: Child abuse is everyone's business, says Linda Burney

According to the New South Wales Government, protecting child abuse is everyone's responsibility. Recently, the new figures showed that the child abuse has remained unchanged but the community is not willing to report violence against children. The survey showed that people wouldn't report suspected child abuse mainly because they scared that they may be wrong and 42% of them ststed that it wasn't their business.Besides that, according to the latest NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics, there were over 20458 cases of child abuse. The 70% of the assaults included murder, domestic violence, sexual assault and robbery.

Comment:
Children's well-being is everyone's responsibility. So that, if you suspect that child abuse happens around you, just report. With this, we can prevent many children from violence.

Aussie News 28:Hundreds race on sex dolls down Russian river

According to the St Petersburg Times, at the eighth annual instalment of a Russian race, there is a more than 500 people rode inflatable sex dolls down river. The competitors spent three minutes running down the Vuoksa River's Losevo Rapids in the Bubble Baba Challenge. The race was won by a St Petersburg man Vladislav Pavlenko who finished the race in 2 minutes 47 seconds. Actually, this race was first held in 2003. The participants of the race must be 16 years old and above who are tested for alcohol. Besides that, the participants are allow to replace the rubber doll with an inflatable animal or a rubber penis of an equivalent size.

Comment:
Different style of racing competition. Actually sport event can be organise in different way as long as it does not involve sensitive issue like religious.

Aussie News 27: Qantas jet makes emergency landing after engine explodes

In 31 August, a Qantas plane made an emergency landing after an engine exploded. The plane is a four-engine Boeing 747 which carried 212 passengers and departed from San Francisco International Airport for Sydney. One man said that there were a loud bang and flames coming out of the engine. According to Qantas spokesman, he said that none of the plane's passengers were injured. The cause of the explosion is still under investigation.

Comment:
Qantas should investigate the reason for the explosion and try to improve on the plane to prevent the accident to happen again. This is because they might not be so lucky for next time. So, as the saying goes "Prevention is better than cure".

Aussie News 26: Eighteen die while mushroom picking in Italy

In Italy, eighteen people were killed by falling into rocky crevasses and gorges while mushroom picking. The authorities claimed that an early and bountiful mushroom harvest in the Alphine valleys of northern Italy is attracting more people than usual, but most of them are not fully equipped. Seven of the deaths occurred in the Lombardy region, while the others happened in Piedmont and Trentino-Alto Adige. Recently, a 65-year-old woman were killed after falling down a steep rocky slope in a forest near the town of Sondrio.

Comment:
The related authorities should take this issue in serious consideration. They can provide complete equipment for the mushroom picking activity. Besides that, people who join the mushroom picking should well equipped to prevent this kind of accident.

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Aussie News 25: 'Inside job' stuffed up at casino

A glass panel n the display case at Perth's Burswood casino was smashed. Polices have found a suspect, but they failed to search any stolen items from him until some dislodged from inside him. Then he was sent to Royal Perth Hospital for X-rays. Six rings and a necklace worth a total of $329 000 were recovered. The man was in supervision and he will be sentence for stealing in a court at a date to be determined.

Comment:
How can a person keep the hard objects like jewellery in his body? Is he swallow or squeeze them in the body? No matter, how he put the objects in his body, stealing is a crime. So, think before you do anything. Otherwise, it will spoilt your future.

Aussie 24: Mourners to remember shark victim in Western Australia

On Tuesday morning, a 31-year-old man, Nicholas Edwards was killed by a shark. When he was enjoying his surfing, suddenly a shark attacked him. He was rushed to the hospital. The fellow surfers and ambulance officers tried their efforts to keep him alive. However, his injuries were too serious because of a severe bite on his right leg. A commemorative service will be held for him near Gracetown in Western Australia's south west.

Comment:
Surfing is a great activities. However, it poses dangerous to us too. So, we must make sure the location of surfing is safe. Additionally, we must have proper safety measures while surfing to ensure our safety.

Aussie News 23: Two Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan, two wounded

At 10.30 am Afghan time on Friday, two Australian soldiers, Private Grant Kirby and Private Thomas Dale was killed by an explosive device in Afghanistan. Also, another two soldiers injured during the explosion. That time, the two killed soldiers were standing near their Bushmaster vehicle when an explosive device was activated.
After the death of two soldiers, Julia Gillard, the prime minister has sent her condolences to the families of Thomas Dale and Grant Kirby. She also hopes that the other two the injured soldiers in well and safe condition.

Comment:
Terrorism and wars cause undesirable consequences like death, injury, damage of property and others. So, stop terrorism and wars. Let us have a safe, peace world.

Aussie 22: France shuts beaches after crocodile spotted in the English Channel

After a crocodile was spotted lurking in the English channel, beaches in northern France have been closed and swimming was banned in some places to ensure the safety of the ordinary people. According to The Daily Mail newspaper, they stated that on Thursday, the crocodile stayed near to the sailing boat in the north-eastern port of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Besides that, there were two people claimed they had seen the crocodile. Therefore, the local council decided to close down the crowded local swimming areas at the height vacation season to prevent any undesirable incidents. In addition, they investigated all local zoos and amphibian centres to check whether any of their crocodiles are missing. The police, fire fighters and French army also carried out an intensive search for the reptile.

Comment:
Predators like crocodile, tiger, lion, bear and others pose dangerous to human beings. So, when local council announces that there has some animals around our place, please stay in safety area and coordinate with them.

Aussie News 21: Death driver Anthony Smith banned for a decade

In June 2009, Anthony Smith, 20-year-old who stole a Silver Cab taxi and involved in road accident. After Smith stole the taxi, he drove through a red light in Sydney and crashed into another car. In this accident, the other car's driver, Wissam Ahmad. 20-year-old was killed, while the other two passengers was critically injured. In May 2010, Smith pleaded guilty for his dangerous driving which cause death and injuries. He was charged and sentenced to six years jail with a four year and seven months non-parole period. Additionally, his licence was suspended for five years. His lawyer Stephen Alexander claimed that Smith's behaviour and action was caused by youth recklessness.

Comment:
Safety comes first. All the road users should be careful and take full responsibility to ensure that the road is safe and free from accident. Besides that, they should obey the traffic rule and regulations. If everyone are caution and follow the law, road accidents can be minimised.

Aussie News 20:Drugs tragedy of 29kg anorexia sufferer

An anorexia sufferer, Melissa Tatchell, 28 year old weighted only 29kg. She had mistakenly taken the wrong dose of painkiller Oxycontin and in her blood, there are lethal levels of painkiller components.
In October 2007, Melissa Tatchell fall and injured her ankle and leg. She tried multiple painkiller prescriptions to relieve her pain. Firstly, she had been prescribed 40mg tablets of Oxycontin and then 80mg tablets.
But, the hospital staff found that she had been mistakenly consuming the 80mg tablets twice a day. She became drowsy, suffering abdominal pain and unable to speak or call people.
On 8 of October 2007, she was found unconsciousness and unresponsive.

Comment:
Drugs bring harm if we use them excessively. A control amount of drugs are helpful and useful to us, but if we overdose them, they can cause fatal. Therefore, we need to be careful when taking medicine or prescription drugs and follow the medicinal instruction closely.

Aussie News 19: Armless man Liu Wei plays piano with his toes

In "China's Got Talent" show, an armless Chinese young man, Liu Wei is able to present a wonderful performance of the classic "Mariage D'amour" by only using his toes. He able to proceed to the next round of competition.
Liu Wei, a 23 year old young man. When he was 10 year old, he accidentally touched a high-voltage wire during a hide-and-seek game. After the accident, he lost both his arms.
He said that there were only two options for him. First was give up and hopeless death, second was live in more interesting and outstanding life.
When he was 18, he decided to choose the second option. He started to play piano and his aim is to be a professional musician. However, his first piano teacher stop teaching him as the teacher said that it was impossible mission for a person to play piano with their toes.Besides that, the Beijing teen also supported the claim by saying that he was not able to press the keys across octaves.
But he did not give up and eventually developed his own style of playing piano with his toes.

Comment:
Nothing is impossible. Everyone has their own talents. So, when we meet difficulty, don't give and try own best. Our future is in our own hands.
So, let fly to Australia.

Aussie News 18: Deadly fires claim a girl, 5, and man, 97

Fires was happened in the NSW Hunter region. The bodies of a five-year-old girl and an a 97-year-old man have been found in the fires.
The police and fire crews were received a call that a house in Greenway Avenue, Woodberry, near Maitland was on fire. When the firemen arrived the scene, a woman who managed to escape from the flames told that her 5 year olds granddaughter still in the house.
After an hour, the firemen managed to bring the fire under control. They have found a child's body and an elderly man bodies.

Comment:
Prevention is better than cure. Ordinary people should learn how to prevent the happening of fires and how to put out the small fire.

Aussie News 17: 'Miraculous escape' for pilot and passenger as plane crashes in Melbourne backyard

A light plane crash happened in a Melbourne backyard just hundreds of metres from the Moorabbin Airport runway. The single-engine four-seater plane hit the roof of one house and then crashed in the backyard of a neighbouring home on Loweer Dandenong Road, Mordialloc, around 3.30pm.
A 28-year-old female pilot from Hawthorn and a 70-year-old male passenger who is on an aerial photography mission are unhurt from this crash. It was a miracle.
The failure of the plane's engine caused the crash. The plane was seriously damage and it will never able to function again. However, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau will investigate the accident.

Comment:
It was a miracle as both of them are unhurt in this crash. After this accident, every pilots should have proper training and experiences before they are able to flight by themselves. As the saying goes, safety comes first.

Aussie News 16: Iceberg as big as 40 Ulurus breaks free from Greenland glacier, heads for Nares Strait

An ice island has broken off from one of the Greenland's two main glaciers. According to the NASA images, the island is about 259 square kilometres and the thickness is more than 200m.
The island will first enter the remote area Nares Strait which is 998km south of the North Pole between Greenland and Canada. The professor of ocean science and engineering of the University of Delaware, Andreas Muenchow comments that the direction of the moving of the island still unpredictable. It might move toward the land or break up into smaller pieces, slowly move to south. If this happens, it could block the shipping. He also says that the impacts of global warming is difficult to predict because the records on the sea water around the glacier were kept since 2003.
The main causes of this incident happened is the flow of the sea water below the glaciers.

Comment:
Global warming is the concern issue recently. Global warming brings many undesirable consequences to us. is The breaking off of the ice island is one of the consequences. This causes many inconvenient to people. So, everyone should take responsibility to the global warming issue and try to overcome it in order to save our earth.

Aussie News 15: Two killed, at least 50 injured in Missouri school bus crash

An accident which involving two school buses, a tractor trailer and a pick-up truck occured at 10.15am on I-44 and Highway 100 near Gray Summit, Missouri. In this accident, two people were killed and at least 50 others were injured. The two people who were killed in the crush were one female student and the male pick-up truck driver. Besides that, some of the students were seriously injured and they were hospitalised.
The students were having their annual trip to the Six Flags amusement park amusement park in Eureka, Missouri. The students were from 8th grades of the St James Middle School and 9th-12th grades of the John F Hodge High School in St James.
The driver of the tractor trailer who involved in the accident said that first was the pick-up truck hit his tractor trailer. Then his tractor trailer struck the first school bus. The first school bus rode up onto the top of the truck, followed by the crash of the second school bus.
However, the actual cause of this accident still under investigation.

Comment:
Most of the accidents happen will grab people's life. So, all the road users should practice safety precaution and obey all the rules to make sure that the road are free from accidents.

Aussie News 14: Two couples suing doctors for failing to diagnose Down Syndrome

Two Victorian couples are suing the doctors for unable to diagnose Down Syndrome in their unborn babies. The couples said that they are having economic loss as they need to bare on the costs of care of the children. They also said that if they realise that the babies would be born with Down Syndrome, they will abort their pregnancies.
In 2003, there is a rule that set by the High Court which stated that parents can sue the doctors or related authorities of a wrongful birth. New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania have legalised the claim. While in Victoria, the parents can sue for the compensation for the living costs of the children until they have reach the age of 18.

Comment: Due to some careless make by the doctors or the hospitals, it make them unable to diagnose Down Syndrome in the unborn babies, so they should take full responsibility on these cases. However, parents also have the responsibility too. Women who pregnant after 35 years old should be more careful as their babies have the high risk of Down Syndrome. Besides that, pregnant women should practice healthy lifestyle in order to have a healthy baby.

Aussie News 13: Women who sit while relaxing for six hours more likely to die, study says

A new study from American Cancer Society researchers found out that sitting for more than six hours a day while relaxing can cause death to women. If a women sit for more than six hours a day durig their leisure time, doing activities like watching television, surfing internet, reading novel and other may have higher death rates. The study also showed that even thought daily exercise doesn't affect the risk. Long sitting times will cause undesirable consequences such as obesity, cholesterol, cardiovascular and other chronic diseases. So, public should reduce the sitting times and exercise more in order to have healthly livestyle.

Comment: Long sitting time brings harm to us too. After sitting for several hours, we should stand up, walk around or do other exercise. But, it is better for us not sitting for a longer period especially sitting in front of the laptop, computer or television.

Aussie News 12: Decline in Australian road fatalities continues

In Australia, the death figures in road accident have declined as compare to last year. According to the statistic released by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics, there is approximately seven per cent drop in the number of death in accidents over the previous year. This figures show that there are 1424 fatalities in car accidents between July 2009 and June 2010, which are 112 lesser than the previous year.

Comment: If all the road users are obey the road rules and laws, the death figures in road accident can decrease. Everyone has the responsibility on other people and their own safety. Don’t be a selfish people and try to respect other road users.

Aussie News 11: Argentina legalises gay marriage

Argentina was the first Latin America country that legalise the same-sex marriage. After this law has been implemented, the legal code of marriage in Argentina has changed from husband and wife to marrying parties. Besides that, the government says that the homesexuals will have the same right as the heterosexuals. Moreover, the same-sex couples can adopt children and get other benefits.

In my opinion, everyone has the right to choose on the life that they want and everyone should have the same right on everthing. So, we should respect homosexuals marriage. They are human too. They have the same right with other people. We should not discriminate them.

Aussie News 10: China court accepts Avatar plagiarism case

• Chinese man says his 1997 novel like Avatar
• Claims James Cameron stole his idea
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A BEIJING court will hear a case filed against film director James Cameron by a Chinese man who claims the idea for Cameron's latest blockbuster sci-fi movie came from a novel he published.

After throwing out the case in March due to insufficient evidence, the court agreed to the hearing after Zhou Shaomou dropped a demand for as much as $US147 million in compensation, the China Daily said, citing the author.

Avatar, the top-grossing movie of all time, has raked in some $US2.7 billion worldwide since its release.

"I was told to go to the court next Monday to provide more material," Mr Zhou said, without providing details of the new evidence.

Mr Zhou has reserved the right to seek compensation before the Beijing Number One Intermediate Court rules on the case, the state-run newspaper said.

A court official told the China Daily that it could take six months before the case is heard.

"Due to the fact that some accused parties are foreigners or foreign companies it takes time to send the indictment through diplomatic channels," the official Lu Yao said.

Besides Cameron, Mr Zhou is also suing 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, two Chinese movie distributors and Haidian Theatre where he watched the film.

Mr Zhou said the plot of Avatar - the story of a paraplegic former US Marine who is sent to live with a race of blue aliens on the Earth-like moon Pandora - closely resembled that of a novel he wrote in 1997.

The novel, The Legend of the Blue Crow, was published on two Chinese websites in segments in 1999, previous state media reports have said.

However, the official website for the film says Cameron first developed the idea 15 years ago - a few years before Mr Zhou's novel was completed.

Avatar has been wildly popular in China, quickly becoming the highest-grossing film in the country's history after its January 4 release in both 2D and 3D versions.

Comment: Plagiarism is a negative behaviour, so I hope that the related authorities will investigate this case and take prompt action.

Aussie News 9: Young women put Facebook before going to the toilet

• Women increasingly addicted to social media
• One in five wake up in night to reply to postings
• Bosses who ban Facebook do so at their peril

ONE third of young women check Facebook before brushing their teeth or going to the toilet in the mornings.

New research reveals women aged 18 to 34 are becoming increasingly addicted and dependent upon technology and social networking sites.

One in five even said they woke up in the middle of the night to respond to wall postings, tweets and texts, while 37 per cent have fallen asleep with their phones in their hands.

The study of more than 1600 American social media users by Oxygen Media was conducted to chart online behavioural trends.

It also showed that although 63 per cent of respondents used Facebook for networking, nearly half said they had no problem posting photos of their drunken selves on the site.

Other key findings of the study were:

- 79 per cent are fine with kissing in photos posted on Facebook;

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- 58 per cent use Facebook to keep tabs on “frenemies”; and

- 50 per cent are fine with being Facebook friends with complete strangers.

A seperate study out this week found that bosses who block Facebook actually hinder productivity in the workplace.

The book Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements, which draws upon Gallup Consulting research from more than 150 countries, identified five essential elements to overall wellbeing - career wellbeing, social wellbeing, financial wellbeing, physical wellbeing and community wellbeing.

The book's co-author, Tom Rath, said that a person thriving in all five elements will be a better employee.

Part of the reason blocking Facebook and Twitter at work may prove detrimental is the book's finding that people need about six hours of social interaction a day, whether they were introverts or extroverts.

Gallup Consulting engagement manager Allan Watkinson said a part of that time would have to come in the workplace, and the prospect of staff spending hours logged onto social media sites worried some bosses.

"It scares employers that people are going to be sociable and not productive," Mr Watkinson said.

"However, we found that if you can promote that tool and use it in an effective way, actually you are going to get higher productivity."

Comment: We can serve facebook or twitter, but we need to control the time used. So, moderation is very important. If we not exceed, it will bring benefit to us.

Aussie News 8:Couple found dead in Dunlop died of gunshot wounds, say police

-Couple found dead after tip-off
-Kids holidaying with relatives
-No third person involved - police

A COUPLE found dead in their Canberra home died from gunshot wounds inflicted by one or the other of the deceased, police said.
The pair were found in their Dunlop residence, in Canberra's north-west, yesterday afternoon by police officers.

It is believed a colleague raised the alarm when the man failed to show up for work.

"It appears both deceased persons died from apparent gunshot wounds," an ACT Policing spokeswoman said.

"Police do not believe that a third person is involved."

Senior Constable Kyle Williams told reporters outside the house the shooting deaths were "very tragic and a very sad incident".

"The male and female deceased where known to each other through a domestic relationship," he said, adding they had two children.

"Two young children have been located safely. They are currently in the care of family members. They were not involved in this incident."

It's believed the children were staying with relatives for the school holidays when the shootings occurred.

The fatal wounds were inflicted by one or the other of the deceased, Senior Constable Williams said.

"It is apparent from inquiries that the male and female have died from apparent gunshot wounds.

"At this stage police do not believe any other person was involved."

Senior Constable Williams wouldn't say if more than one gun had been found in the house. Nor would he comment when asked if police were investigating a murder-suicide.

It's thought the man and woman were both in their 30s.

Their names will be released after police have informed all family members of their deaths.

Polwarth Circuit remains closed but Senior Constable Williams said it would reopen "within 48 hours".

A neighbour told AAP last night the deceased were a "lovely couple" with two young children, a boy and a girl, who had lived at the house for about eight years.

ACT Policing said a number of witnesses had provided statements and their investigations were ongoing.

"However, anyone who has not yet spoken to police and can provide information which may be able to assist the investigation is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000," the spokeswoman said.

- If you are depressed or contemplating suicide, help is available at Lifeline on 131 114

Comment:Be careful and take proper care about people around us, to make sure that they are safe and happy.

Television Viewing Draft #3

Television has become a basic need of the individuals to the extent that more than ninety per cent of households in developed countries have a television set (Sharif 1999). Television has attracted audiences of all ages since the time it was invented (Leigh 2001). According to American Time Use Survey (2003), the public spend more hours per day in watching television than doing other activities such as reading, leisure and sports. In addition, the full-time workers also spend most of their free time in watching television and video or listening to radio (UK Time Use Survey 2000). This shows that the public spend most of their time in front of the television. The society has become more aware of the effects of television viewing, thus leading to arguments on whether television viewing benefits the viewers or not. I strongly believe that television viewing brings more good than harm to the viewers because television programs increase the knowledge, provide an additional dimension to learning and encourage critical thinking skills.

First of all, television viewing provides a wide variety of useful information and knowledge to the viewers. This is proven by Rutherford (2002), he says that television viewers are able to obtain information about the world, culture, animal kingdom and others from the television programs. Besides that, public can learn the ways of solving a complicated scientific equation in an interesting and enjoyable way (Rutherford 2002). Television news programs also provide the information of the current issues that happen in the world to the public (Sharif 1999). Furthermore, according to Sharif (1999), by watching television programs, public are inform about the global problems and disasters that happen in certain area, this can stimulate them to do charity like raising money for the victims of famine in Africa.

Secondly, television programs supply an additional dimension to learning which bring a lot of benefits to the viewers. Leigh (2001) comments that the different and interesting manners of presenting the television programs help the television viewers to understand more about the information provided. Television is also used as a teaching tool. According to Rutherford (2002), the programs, for instance ‘Sesame Street’ which use animation and puppets to teach the pre-schoolers to recognise the colours, numbers, and alphabet letters. Leigh (2001) also states that the children who watch the television programs tend to know more vocabulary. On the other hand, television is an audio-visual medium. With sound and visual effects, students can understand and handle well the information that they have learned from television as compared to the information from books (Leigh 2001).

Thirdly, television programs can encourage critical thinking among the viewers. Television is an interesting and attracting medium. By watching the television programs which related to the matters of human problems for examples, globalisation and homelessness will stimulates the viewers to think more and critically (Leigh 2001). In addition, according to Sharif (1999), he says that family members can gather and discuss on the better solutions to solve the conflict from the television programs. These discussions can “help develop critical thinking, a necessary skill in both social settings and at school” (Sharif 1999, p.34).

As a conclusion, I strongly agree that television viewing brings more advantages than disadvantages to the viewers. Public should know that watching television programs will benefit them in different ways like increase the information and knowledge, have an additional dimension to learning as well as develop in critical thinking.

Television Viewing Draft #2

Television has become a basic need of the individuals to the extent that more than ninety per cent of households in developed countries have a television set (Sharif 1999). Television has attracted audiences of all ages since the time it was invented (Leigh 2001). According to American Time Use Survey (2003), the public spend more hours per day in watching television than doing other activities such as reading, leisure and sports. In addition, the full-time workers also spend most of their free time in watching television and video or listening to radio (UK Time Use Survey 2000). This shows that the public spend most of their time in front of the television. The society becomes more aware of the effects of television viewing, leading to arguments on whether television viewing benefits the viewers or not. I strongly believe that television viewing brings more good than harm to the viewers because television programs increase the knowledge, provide an additional dimension to learning and encourage critical thinking.

First of all, television viewing provides a wealth of information and knowledge which are useful to the viewers. A wide variety of information about the world, culture and animal kingdom are provided by the television (Rutherford 2002). Besides that, public can learn the ways of solving a complicated scientific equation in an interesting and enjoyable ways (Rutherford 2002). Television news programs also increase the knowledge of the current things that happen in the world and inform the global issues to the public (Sharif 1999). Furthermore, according to Sharif (1999), television programs can stimulate the public to do charity like raising money for the victims of famine in Africa.

Secondly, television programs supply an additional dimension to learning which bring a lot of benefits to the viewers. Television is an audio-visual medium. Leigh (2001) comments that the different and interesting manners of presenting the science, geography and other subjects help the television viewers to understand more about the information provided. Television is also used as a teaching tool. According to Rutherford (2002), the programs, for instance ‘Sesame Street’ which use animation and puppets to teach the pre-schoolers to recognise the colours, numbers, and alphabet letters. Leigh (2001) also states that the children who watch the television programs tend to know more vocabulary. On the other hand, by learning from the television, students can understand well and remember the information that they have heard and seen as compared to the information from books (Leigh 2001).

Thirdly, television programs can encourage critical thinking among the viewers. Television is an exciting and attracting medium that it stimulates critical reasoning about the matters of human problems, for examples, globalisation and homelessness (Leigh 2001). In addition, according to Sharif (1999), he says that family members can gather and discuss on the better solutions to solve the conflict from the television programs. These discussions can “help develop critical thinking, a necessary skill in both social settings and at school” (Sharif 1999, p.34).

As a conclusion, I strongly agree that television viewing brings more advantages than disadvantages to the viewers. Public should know that watching television programs will benefit them in different ways like increase the information and knowledge, have an additional dimension to learning as well as develop in critical thinking.

Aussie News 7:Missing Facebook teen found dead

• Teenager met 'two men' on Facebook
• Police reveal her body has been found
• Man has been arrested and charged

A TEENAGER missing from home after arranging a camping trip with two men she met on Facebook was found dead last night.

Homicide detectives, who are leading the investigation, arrested a 20-year-old Leumeah man about 8pm.

Police this morning charged him with murder after the discovery of the body which is believed to be Nona Belomesoff. The man has been refused bail and will appear at Parramatta Bail Court later today.

Police will allege that the second man she believed she was meeting did not exist.

Offficers revealed at 1am that they had found a woman's body about 9.40pm after scouring bushland near Waminda Oval at Waminda Ave, East Campbelltown in Sydney's west.

The teenager's family notified police when she failed to return home on Thursday and was unable to be reached on her mobile phone.

A family member told The Daily Telegraph they believed she was camping with work friends on Wednesday and expected her back home the following day.

Miss Belomesoff, 18, was last seen leaving her Cecil Hills family home about 9am on Wednesday.

Police said she had arranged to meet two men about 10am at Leumeah railway station, with the trio planning to camp out in an area of bushland near Campbelltown.

Nona was last seen wearing a white shirt and carrying a small bag.

Officers spent yesterday scouring bushland in the area while detectives interviewed one of the men the teenager had arranged to meet through the social networking site.

Earlier yesterday, Nona's brother Gary Belomesoff, 20, described his sister as "a good girl''.

"She doesn't go out often. She's more a home girl," he said.

Mr Belomesoff said his sister, a TAFE student who graduated from Canley Vale High School last year, had a deep love of animals, which was the reason she had planned the trip.

US-based Facebook authorities were last night helping with the investigation, providing access to her profile and tracking her final communications.

Police issued a warning to social network users: "You don't know who is on the other end of the computer.''

Comment: Don't believe person that you don't know because we don't know how the person is. Don't too believe on social network. Don'r put yourself in risk.