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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-42731112 Now, this is the kind of news we like to see, drones are useful for.

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Those working in security life or have many "enemies" you can now consider to switch your phone to HTC http://www.androidauthority.com/htc-evo-3d-bullet-312088/ Today’s smartphones are more than just a piece of electronic equipment, they often are an all-in-one tool for business, entertainment and so much more. In rare occasions, they can even prove to be lifesavers. Today a news report arrived by way of CNN about a gas station clerk in Orange County, Florida who survived an attempted robbery thanks to his HTC Evo 3D. According to the report, the suspect fired off one bullet while leaving the crime scene after the clerk unsuccessfully attempted to unlock the store’s safe at the command of the would-be thief. After the suspect took off, emergency services arrived and the clerk complained of chest pain – unaware that the stray bullet had actually hit him in the chest! Lucky, the only damage received by the clerk seems to be some bruising from the impact of the bullet hitting the phone in his shirt pocket. As you can see in the picture above, the phone wasn’t so lucky and was completely destroyed due to the bullet’s impact. This is far from the first time we’ve heard of a phone saving someone’s life, with reports of flip-phones doing a similar deed going back years. What’s most interesting though is that this is the second known report involving an HTC handset – with the first being an incident in 2011 where a Droid Incredible resting a shirt pocket saved a valet’s life.

Miraculous! Shark 'saves' Toakai Teitoi after 4 months at sea AFP September 16, 201210:03PM A DAY after watching a film about being lost at sea, Toakai Teitoi was trapped in his own nightmare, drifting in a wooden boat for 15 weeks - before a shark helped to rescue him. The 41-year-old Kiribati policeman and father-of-six relived his harrowing voyage in the central Pacific when he arrived in Majuro on Saturday on the Marshall Islands fishing boat which picked him up last week. He told of sleeping with the body of his brother-in-law who died during the ordeal, suffering severe dehydration and praying to be found alive. Mr Teitoi's drama began on May 27 after he had flown from his home island of Maiana to the Kiribati capital of Tarawa to be sworn in as a policeman. Following the ceremony, he watched a film about four men from Kiribati who were lost at sea. Only two survived by the time they were washed ashore in American Samoa six weeks later. It was then that he changed his mind about flying home and joined his brother-in-law Ielu Falaile, 52, on what was supposed to be a two-hour sea journey back to Maiana in a 15-foot wooden boat. But after stopping to fish along the way and sleeping overnight, they woke the following day to find they had drifted out of sight of Maiana and soon after ran out of fuel. "We had food, but the problem was we had nothing to drink," he said. As dehydration took hold, Mr Teitoi, a Catholic, said he turned to prayer as it gave him strength. But Falaile's health began failing and he died on July 4. "I left him there overnight and slept next to him like at a funeral," Mr Teitoi said. He buried his brother-in-law at sea the next morning. Only a day after Falaile passed away a storm blew into the area and rained for several days allowing Teitoi to fill two five-gallon containers with a life-saving supply of fresh water. "There were two choices in my mind at the time. Either someone would find me or I would follow my brother-in-law. It was out of my control." He continued to pray regularly and on the morning of September 11 caught sight of a fishing boat in the distance but the crew were unable to see him. Dejected, he did what he had done most days, curling up under a small covered area in the bow to stay out of the tropical sun. Mr Teitoi said he woke in the afternoon to the sound of scratching and looked overboard to see a six-foot shark circling the boat and bumping the hull. When the shark had his attention it swam off. "He was guiding me to a fishing boat. I looked up and there was the stern of a ship and I could see crew with binoculars looking at me." When the vessel Marshalls 203 pulled Mr Teitoi on board the first thing he asked for was a cigarette. "They told me to wait. They took me to meet the captain, and they gave me juice and some food." With Mr Teitoi in no physical danger, the Marshalls 203 continued fishing for several days before returning to Majuro. He was scheduled to fly from Majuro to Tarawa on Sunday and will then fly to Maiana. "I'll never go by boat again. I'm taking a plane," he said.

From STOMP: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg...he_got_hit.html Posted on 03 Jun 2012 'Heroic' Chinese bus driver saves his passengers after he got hit by flying debris A Chinese bus driver who died after protecting his passengers from any harm while on the expressway has been hailed as a hero by netizens, including STOMPer Ai Zhu Guo. 46-year-old Wu Bin was driving the bus on the expressway last Tuesday (May 28) when a piece of flying debris broke the windscreen and pierced through his body. Despite being in pain, the Hangzhou native was able to bring the bus to a halt on the side of the expressway before he attempted to tend to his injuries. Unfortunately, Wu succumbed to his injuries in the hospital four days later. STOMPer Ai Zhu Guo wrote in, hoping to showcase a side of Chinese citizens not commonly seen around here: "I hope to share with STOMPers a recent news of how a bus driver stopped the bus he was driving to save his passengers despite being seriously hurt by a flying piece of metal sheet/rod. "Sadly, the heroic bus driver passed away in the hospital. "I hope this will show that there are good people in China too."

Presidential hopeful Tony Tan and his wife Mary (beside him in green top) attending to a boy who had fell and injured his arm at a playground in Woodlands Waterfront Park. Dr and Mrs Tan were there with their grandchild for a walk when they chanced upon the injured boy. The Waterpark Front was initiated by Dr Tan during his term as a Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC.

What a hero. What would your reaction have been in his circumstances? -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.wfsb.com/automotive/23515766/detail.html SYDNEY -- Dramatic video footage has emerged of a father saving his infant son by clutching steadfastly to him as a car strikes the man. The traffic accident happened in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith in 2008 and was broadcast for the first time Monday on Australia's Nine Network. The security camera footage shows a car plowing into Andrew Leitch as he held his son Hayden on a sidewalk near a shop front. Leitch's parents, standing nearby, were hit, and the baby's empty stroller was knocked flying. Leach held the baby to his chest as he was pushed into the shop window and had his legs pinned by the car, which Nine said was driven by an elderly woman who had lost control of the vehicle. As the car bore down, Leitch said he thought "if they hit the back of me, break a leg or whatever, that's fixable. But if they hit my son, he's not fixable." Leitch told the program his son was unhurt. Leitch himself was shown climbing out from between the car and the shop front and was not badly hurt. Both his parents were hospitalized with injuries, but survived, Nine reported.

Man saves wife from fire - He covers her with wet towel? HE was washing his hands at the kitchen sink when he heard his wife screaming. CHARRED: The fire burned the walls and the gas stove. PICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS When retiree Pek Kim Hock, 74, turned around, he saw his wife of more than 50 years, Madam Koh Yeock Kee, 71, on fire. Flames had suddenly lashed out at Madam Koh from the gas cylinder in the kitchen. She was burnt on various parts of her body, including hair, neck and arms. Her clothes were also on fire. Though horrified, Mr Pek's reaction was swift and decisive. He said in Mandarin: 'I was standing near her when I saw she was on fire. So I grabbed a large towel lying on the floor, ran it under running water, and wrapped it around her head and upper body.' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've attended a Fire Hazard & Safety talk by my company recently. The speaker is an retired-Fireman of an 'Encik' rank. I can somewhat remember what was advised to react in situation as mentioned above. - DO NOT USE WET TOWEL .. why? 1) The moisture in the wet towel, when come in contact with heat, results in 'steaming' the skin and flesh. 2) Try not to WRAP the burnt victim, as the burnt skin of the vicitim will 'stick' to the fabric of whatever is used to cover them INSTEAD, when a person is on fire, 1) Use an ABC Dry powder extinguisher (which is chemically safe for use on human, apologies forgotten the word for it..) on the victim on fire. <- Hence a fire extinguisher is a good to have 2) Ask the victim on fire to cover his/ her face.. ROLL on the floor to put out the fire himself/ herself. Ok, this is my 2-bytes worth. It is just I'm too comfortable with the way the article is portraying the corrective actions for a victim on fire Hope any bro/ sis who has more knowledge on this can correct me and/or add on to the above.

First of all I must say whoever complains CNG price discount from petrol is only 10.5% obviously cannot see beyond pump prices. This is figure is based on Mandai's CNG price of $1.79/kg and RON95 at $2.00/L. CNG is measured in kg. CNG has higher MJ or BTU. Petrol is measured in L. It has lower MJ or BTU. You are buying fuel. Fuel is energy, you are buying energy. Energy is measured in MJ or BTU. You are buying MJ or BTU not L or kg. So with this in mind, the conversion factor is this: L of petrol x 0.669 = kg of CNG. So if CNG is as expensive as petrol it will be SGD2.00/0.669kg = SGD2.98/kg! If you work the other way, the conversion factor is this: kg of CNG x 1.469 = L of petrol So the real price of CNG in petrol terms is (using Mandai) SGD1.79/1.469L = SGD1.21/L. If you use Jln Buroh, it is SGD1.02/L This is a 50% discount if you get from Jln Buroh. A 40.5% discount from petrol prices if you get it from Mandai. If you take JB CNG if you mad enough and I'm including this to show you the great discount JB has on CNG. CNG in JB costs MYR0.68/kg. In petrol terms it will be MYR0.46/L convert to SGD, it is SGD0.19/L of petrol! Of course this is nothing if you don't count the fuel economy of your car. All the SGI kits installed will give slightly better economy than in petrol but not all. Here in this calculation, we assume a no win, no lose situation. Assume the car brings 12km/L. So that will be 8.3L/100km. With CNG, this is 5.51kg/100km. So with local RON95, economy is SGD16.6/100km With Mandai CNG, economy is SGD10.04/100km With Jln Buroh CNG, economy is SGD8.46/100km With JB CNG, economy is SGD1.57/100km Special Tax? This one cannot be determined by simple arithmetics. This one I leave to you to decide whether the risk is worth it. Next, don't anyhow become hero and champion CNG prices and all that on our local newspaper forums. You are effectively buying it at SGD1.21/L in petrol terms if you choose to get from Mandai. They will fark you in the face. Just that they have not fire back and humiliate you yet. Addendum: Actual conversion factor is 1.469 instead of 1.496.

This is one cosmetic add on that is really useful... I had just done my oil change this morning.. On the way back home, my oil press gauge was beeping all the way and the pressure dropped.. I stopped the car and popped the bonnet, didnt find anything wrong like; oil filler cap not tightened or dipstick not put properly.. I closed it back and continued to drive to the workshop.. On my way to open the door, I saw a trail of liquid behind my car and guess wat?? It was my newly changed oil.. No wonder the gauge was beeping.. I called the workshop again and told the mech what I encountered.. Drove it back to him and get it done.. Problem rectified.. The cause, drain plug was not properly tightened... Got a full refund for labor.. But I refused.. Human error.. Now, supposing I did not have my pressure gauge, I could not imagine the damage done.. Eg; piston seized, etc etc.. I was planning to drive up to KL today.. If not for the gauge, I don't know what would happen really.... Please, check the drain plug after every oil change... Lesson learnt..