Human VS LPG (human problem)

A 50-kilogram liquid petroleum gas (LPG) canister at a Pizza Hut Delivery (PHD) outlet in Jatimurni, Bekasi, West Java, exploded early Sunday morning, injuring two people and damaging four buildings.
The canister exploded inside the three-story PHD outlet, Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr Awi Setiyono said as reported by kompas.com. The explosion completely destroyed the PHD building and caused severe damage to three other buildings near it, including an Alfa Midi minimarket.According to Alfa Midi employees, the explosion took place at 7:20 a.m., Awi said, adding that there were no fatalities.

Meanwhile, Pondok Cabe Police chief Comr. Sukadi said the police were investigating the cause of the explosion and had secured the scene. A fritter seller and a child in the vicinity were injured in the blast, he said. The fast food employees had returned home at 11 PM so the restaurant had been emptied.

I think there are two situations where this will usually happen, the first is that something physically punctures the tank, the second is the tank becomes so hot that the pressure of the gas inside it ruptures it from within.
The general safety procedures to prevent at propane tank from exploding are not to puncture it, and to keep it cool, as in below 120F. Still, propane cylinders are not easy to explode. In a situation where flames are impinging on the vapor space of the cylinder and the metal gets near melting, the cylinder will rupture violently.
 
Reflection based on http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/10/23/lpg-explosion-in-pizza-hut-outlet-destroys-four-buildings.html

Elephants released in Tesso Nilo National Park, Indonesia

WWF has pushed for the protection of Tesso Nilo Forest as a national park since 2004 so that Riau’s elephants would have a safe haven. But the park is still being illegally cleared for commercial activity and may be at its carrying capacity for elephants. The current 38,000ha park is too small to provide sufficient habitat for any additional elephants. The park was originally proposed to be 100,000ha.

Eight endangered Sumatran elephants were released into Indonesia's Tesso Nilo forest, months after they were found chained to trees without food or water. WWF, which provided daily care and medical treatment for the elephants after their discovery, worked with local government officials to ensure their safe release. The elephant herd initially numbered ten when they were captured by Riau Forestry Officials after raiding crops in Balai Raja of northern Riau on the Indonesia island of Sumatra — one died of tetanus and one escaped.

This article is so deep. These elephants need room to live, which means ending problematic pulp and oil palm development. Unsustainable logging throughout the province has eliminated much of the elephants, include their original habitat and as a result have been moving into more populated areas in search of food. Even these elephants are the latest casualties in the escalating human-elephant conflict in central Sumatra, the direct result of uncontrolled destruction of their forest habitat, i wish government can stop all forest conversion, illegal logging and encroachment


Reflection based on http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?70060/Elephants-released-in-Indonesias-Tesso-Nilo-National-Park

Use your own #EndangeredEmoji helps social campaign

WWF has launched its first ever emoji-based fundraising campaign to help support the organisation’s work to protect precious species and their habitats.  The launch of the campaign, which has been run on Twitter, come just ahead of Endangered Species Day on Friday 15 May.
Adrian Cockle, Digital Innovation Manager at WWF International said: “When it comes to fundraising, giving people a simple way to donate is key. By using one of the world’s biggest social platforms to highlight endangered species, we’re hoping to raise vital funds for their conservation as well as raising awareness globally.”

The idea for the #EndangeredEmoji campaign was sparked by the discovery that 17 characters in the emoji alphabet represent endangered species. WWF is seeking to translate the popularity of these characters into donations. Emoji have been used over 202 million times on Twitter since they were integrated into the platform in April 2014. The number is increasing daily.

Spider monkey Giant panda Asian elephant Galapagos penguin Antiguan Racer snake Bactrian camel Tiger Sumatran tiger Green turtle

Amur leopard Siamese crocodile Bluefin tuna Blue whale Western gray whale African wild dog Lemur leaf frog Maui’s dolphin

In my opinion, this emoji alphabet is the best idea ever. The standardized set of digital pictograph characters will be used in communication globally, contain the following characters which represent endangered species. Young people will not be in difficulty if they want to send emoji to show when they are travelling to somewhere where endangered animal live. Emoji is the first global language and with this people all over the world can get involved in protecting our earth and the animals we share it with.


Reflection based on http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?246650/WWF-turns-tweets-to-donations--with-EndangeredEmoji-social-campaign

Amoeba is everywhere !

Kerry Stoutenburgh, a Brooklyn College student of Kingston, NY, is believed to have contracted the deadly infection after jumping off a bridge into a warm body of water in Cecil County in Maryland last month. Kelly, who is just in her twenties, has died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a creek during a family vacation. The disease she became infected with, primary amebic meningoencephalitis, is caused by the brain parasite known as Naegleria fowleri, which is commonly found in warm freshwater rivers and hot springs or burrowed in soil.

The young girl, who would have celebrated her 20th birthday on October 20th, once was treated and released, but her condition worsened and ultimately killed her.
Ulster County Health Commissioner, Dr. Carol Smith said that was a catastrophic type of infection and it progressed to fatality quite quickly. According to the CDC, between 1962 and 2015, only three of 138 known infected people in the United States have survived the generally fatal infection.

The amoeba usually infects people when contaminated water enters the body through the nose and travels to the brain. This statement is according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A "brain-eating amoeba" is just as horrific as it sounds. It's a parasite that can enter the brain and lead to deadly inflammation of the brain. There have been several reports of brain-eating amoeba infections. In my reflection to avoid amoeba based on this story, we better :

1. Hold your nose shut or use nose clips when taking part in water-related activities
2. Avoid stirring sediment surrounding warm, fresh water.
3. Avoid water-related activities in warm, untreated, or poorly treated water

Reflected based on http://nypost.com/2016/09/12/student-dies-after-contracting-brain-eating-amoeba-on-vacation/