Prince Harry made a big mistake by making a racism comment to a Pakistani member of his army platoon. He called his colleague a “our little Paki friend”on a video. John Denham, a cabinet minister said that he used the word Paki as a nickname to his friend without any negative meaning. He also used the word raghead to another cadet. The world is shocked by these expressions of the Prince. This is not the first time Prince Harry got criticism about having racist utterances. In 2005 he won a a swastika armband to a party, which offended many Jewish people. The video has broadcasted all over the world. A royal correspondent of the BBC said it was an embarrassing moment for the Prince and the rest of the Royal Family. Prince Harry just made himself a better reputation by joining the Afghanistan army last year, by showing this video his reputation got another damage.
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I think it is difficult to say if he is right or wrong. It was not the smartest thing to do though. As a famous person you are always in the spotlight, he knows that everything he says or does would be out lighted. He did not choose to be in this spotlight, I is because of his family. At the other hand he knows that he should take attention on the things he says and does. I think it is a hard life by always thinking about what you do. I mean, we as “average” people are also using assaulting names sometimes so he is not that much different than a normal person. The difference is that our statements will not be in the news all the time, and his will.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7822883.stm
zondag 11 januari 2009
zaterdag 10 januari 2009
Bride reports paedophile fiance before wedding
A 35 year old woman who was about to get married in five days, reported her fiance for paedophilia. The woman had a relationship with this man for four year. Richard Manley who is 38 years old, has admitted 19 of the charges against him on the police station. Yesterday, the Cardiff Crown Court gave him a prison punishment for the next six years. In September 2008 the court heard about this case for the first time. Richard Manley’s wife confronted him with a text message alleging he was a paedophile. She called the police after Manley admitted to her that he had been taking pictures of a child in her underwear. On September 12th he was arrested he told the police that the picture was taken years ago. After committing all his paedophile actions to the police, he wrote his former partner a letter where he told her about everything he had committed. Manley was a aircraft technician, he became interested in child pornography in 2000 and shared photographs with others on the internet. He claims that he has regrets of all of the things he has done. When he is coming out of prison, Manley will be banned from working with children and he will be registrated on the sex offenders register.
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I become very angry and sad when it is about paedophilia. I think it is sick and wasted what those men do. I think that a prison punishment of six years is way to less. They should be locked up forever, without being released. As most of us know, paedophilia is a sickness which you can not be healed from. A prison punishment does not work. Treatment will be the best option. Nevertheless, those men can not be healed from being paedophile. By treatment they will learn how to deduct their feelings about children and how to control their lusts. Though, they will always be a danger for children. That is why they need to stay away from children, forever. Most people deserve second chances, but I think paedophiles do not deserve this second chance to get back in society. They ruined many lifes, and will always be a danger for children.
Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bride-reports-paedophile-fiance-before-wedding-1264461.html
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I become very angry and sad when it is about paedophilia. I think it is sick and wasted what those men do. I think that a prison punishment of six years is way to less. They should be locked up forever, without being released. As most of us know, paedophilia is a sickness which you can not be healed from. A prison punishment does not work. Treatment will be the best option. Nevertheless, those men can not be healed from being paedophile. By treatment they will learn how to deduct their feelings about children and how to control their lusts. Though, they will always be a danger for children. That is why they need to stay away from children, forever. Most people deserve second chances, but I think paedophiles do not deserve this second chance to get back in society. They ruined many lifes, and will always be a danger for children.
Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bride-reports-paedophile-fiance-before-wedding-1264461.html
Abandoned baby girl found in bushes
In Belford a young baby girl has been found abandoned in the playing ground of Daubeney Middle School. This baby was barely three hours old. A 16 year old boy and girl found the baby wrapped in a pink blanket during lunchtime on the playground of the school. The baby was brought to the hospital were they gave her the name Chloe. The police is trying to find the baby’s mother, who has probably in mental problems. A policeman mentioned that Chloe was found in the bushes because she was covered by leaves and twigs. Probably the birth mother did not want someone to find her, so she covered the baby with leaves. The baby did not worn any clothes, so because of the quick response of the two who found her and brought her to the hospital Chloe survived. At the moment the police is trying to find the mother of Chloe, they are looking for witnesses who have seen the mother leave the playground. They are very concerned for her welfare, so they hope she will identify herself so they can offer her medical help.
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I think it is awful for a mother to just dump your child somewhere in the bushes. I can imagine if the mother is a teenager who is unwanted pregnant and scared to tell her parents or the father of the child, that she does not know what to do. Maybe she does not have the money or strength to take care of a baby. Though I do not think abandoning your baby is the solution. I mean, it is your own flesh and blood, so find a way to solve the problem. There are always people willing to help you, and if you are scared to tell your parents you can always find professional help somewhere, for example your family doctor or someone else who you feel comfortable and save with.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/7822176.stm
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I think it is awful for a mother to just dump your child somewhere in the bushes. I can imagine if the mother is a teenager who is unwanted pregnant and scared to tell her parents or the father of the child, that she does not know what to do. Maybe she does not have the money or strength to take care of a baby. Though I do not think abandoning your baby is the solution. I mean, it is your own flesh and blood, so find a way to solve the problem. There are always people willing to help you, and if you are scared to tell your parents you can always find professional help somewhere, for example your family doctor or someone else who you feel comfortable and save with.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/7822176.stm
UK protesters call for Gaza peace
The Gaza conflict is becoming a more painful issue as the days passing by. This is the third week of the Gaza conflict. Israel is having overnight air strikes, while Hamas militants fired rockets at Israeli towns.
In London about 12.000 thousand demonstrators have marched through the streets to make their point of view that the conflict in Gaza should quit right away. The march has been organised by groups as Stop the War Coalition, the British Muslim Initiative and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Besides London, there were also demonstrations in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Belfast, Newcastle and Southampton. In London the protest started peacefully, but after a while there were a lot of confrontations with the police. This began when the darkness fell. A several hundred people have been confronted the police. A Starbucks window was knocked to pieces and three policemen were injured during the protest. Some London dressed up in white shrouds and lied down outside the embassy in a symbolic protest.
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I think it is so sad that there are conflicts in the world like these nowadays. The demonstration about the ceasefire in Gaza is a good idea. Besides the United Kingdom other countries are also calling for a ceasefire. Though, I think it is a bit weird that those people who are demonstrating for peace are violent themselves by attacking the police and the embassy of Israel during the demonstration. I think it does not make any sense. It is not a good example of how it should be and I think that is not the spirit how a idea of a demonstration that calls for peace should be.
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7821928.stm
In London about 12.000 thousand demonstrators have marched through the streets to make their point of view that the conflict in Gaza should quit right away. The march has been organised by groups as Stop the War Coalition, the British Muslim Initiative and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Besides London, there were also demonstrations in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Belfast, Newcastle and Southampton. In London the protest started peacefully, but after a while there were a lot of confrontations with the police. This began when the darkness fell. A several hundred people have been confronted the police. A Starbucks window was knocked to pieces and three policemen were injured during the protest. Some London dressed up in white shrouds and lied down outside the embassy in a symbolic protest.
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I think it is so sad that there are conflicts in the world like these nowadays. The demonstration about the ceasefire in Gaza is a good idea. Besides the United Kingdom other countries are also calling for a ceasefire. Though, I think it is a bit weird that those people who are demonstrating for peace are violent themselves by attacking the police and the embassy of Israel during the demonstration. I think it does not make any sense. It is not a good example of how it should be and I think that is not the spirit how a idea of a demonstration that calls for peace should be.
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7821928.stm
zaterdag 3 januari 2009
Football player Steven Gerrard arrested
Steven Gerrard, the football player of England and Liverpool is in jail for attacking some one in a nightclub. About 2.30 AM the police were called to the Lounge Inn in Soutport. The incident toke place in a bar on Bold Street. Six men where arrested not long after the incident, nearby Lord Street. The men, four are from Huyton one from Formby and one from Litherland, are still in police custody. One of the victims, a 34-year old man from Southpark, has pretty bad injuries. Fortunate, this 34-year- old man from Southpark is not suffering so much that his situation is life threatened. Because of this incident, The Lounge Inn will be closed next Monday.
Steven Gerrard is a 28-year old football player and is captain of Liverpool’s football team. He scored the game against Newcastle last Sunday. Steven Gerrard was born and grew up on Huyton's Bluebell Estate. In this incident no other Liverpool football player were involved.
Liverpool FC does not give any comments about the incident.
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It is a bit hard to have a clear reaction on this one. This man, although he is a famous and loved football player, is accused of assaulting two men in a bar. I think it is an honest way to handle him the same as other people. This news article does not really have a statement, it is more about facts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/7802932.stm
Steven Gerrard is a 28-year old football player and is captain of Liverpool’s football team. He scored the game against Newcastle last Sunday. Steven Gerrard was born and grew up on Huyton's Bluebell Estate. In this incident no other Liverpool football player were involved.
Liverpool FC does not give any comments about the incident.
Reaction.
It is a bit hard to have a clear reaction on this one. This man, although he is a famous and loved football player, is accused of assaulting two men in a bar. I think it is an honest way to handle him the same as other people. This news article does not really have a statement, it is more about facts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/7802932.stm
donderdag 1 januari 2009
Dire warning over 2009 job cuts
About 600,000 jobs will get lost in the UK in 2009, that is according to official statistics by The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Between New Year and Easter there will be around three million people who may loose their jobs. This is the worst job decrease since 1991. says that while total unemployment will not hit three million, the time between New Year and Easter will be the worst for job losses since 1991.
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7802461.stm
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I think this is not quite surprising. The economic depression costs a lot a people their jobs.
Between New Year and Easter there will be around three million people who may loose their jobs. This is the worst job decrease since 1991. says that while total unemployment will not hit three million, the time between New Year and Easter will be the worst for job losses since 1991.
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7802461.stm
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I think this is not quite surprising. The economic depression costs a lot a people their jobs.
Soaps 'miss out health messages'
Soap characters have a job to be roll model for the society. Their unhealthy lifestyles have negative consequences for their audience. This is what doctors concluded.
Bupa, a private healthcare firm has published a top ten about the ten most unhealthy television characters. People who heavily drink, smoke or eat are in it. For example, Dot Cotton, an actor from Eastenders, who is a heavy smoker is in the top 10. Dr Peter Mace, a medical director says that the characters who are smoking, drinking and eating unhealthy, have a perfect health, so there is nothing to worry about. Though they have to watch out which effect this has on their audience.
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I think that television characters have a job as role model so they have to watch out how they act in public. Their unhealthy habits have a big influence on their audience, especially their young audience. They think that smoking and drinking a lot is ‘cool’ because their role models on television do it as well. And I think that is wrong. I think, as a television character it is impossible to life completely healthy because their audience is watching them, in public as well, because they deserve to have a normal life as everyone else. Though, they can take into account that they have to watch out all the stuff they are doing. They choose to be in the middle of attention, by having jobs on the television. So they have t think about how their appearance and behaviour will effect thei audience.
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7802985.stm
Bupa, a private healthcare firm has published a top ten about the ten most unhealthy television characters. People who heavily drink, smoke or eat are in it. For example, Dot Cotton, an actor from Eastenders, who is a heavy smoker is in the top 10. Dr Peter Mace, a medical director says that the characters who are smoking, drinking and eating unhealthy, have a perfect health, so there is nothing to worry about. Though they have to watch out which effect this has on their audience.
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I think that television characters have a job as role model so they have to watch out how they act in public. Their unhealthy habits have a big influence on their audience, especially their young audience. They think that smoking and drinking a lot is ‘cool’ because their role models on television do it as well. And I think that is wrong. I think, as a television character it is impossible to life completely healthy because their audience is watching them, in public as well, because they deserve to have a normal life as everyone else. Though, they can take into account that they have to watch out all the stuff they are doing. They choose to be in the middle of attention, by having jobs on the television. So they have t think about how their appearance and behaviour will effect thei audience.
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7802985.stm
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