http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article7129129.ece
Summary:
What is the difference between Clegg and Cameron, who is more upper crust ? Clegg and Cameron are both very posh but in a different way. Cameron would seem posher by the first look of it. He is a relative of William IV so is distantly related to the Queen. Clegg on the other hand has some blue blood to, his grandmother was a White Russian baronessand and his aunt worked for MI6.Clegg’s relatives on the other side were Dutch colonial entrepreneurs. The conclusion is that both man are very posh but in very different ways.
My opinion:
I think this article really shows the way English people still think. In England it still is very important were you from and who you know. In Holland know body cares where the prime minister is from and what his parents did. I think this way of thinking makes it harder for “regular” people to enter politics and make a name for them self’s.
Monday, 31 May 2010
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Chained China tot at school
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2876280/Chained-China-tot-at-school.html
Summary
The little child that was chained to a lamp post had his first day of school. Lao Lu who became famous when his dad chained him to a lamp post so he would not get stolen went to school for the first time today. A generous local headmaster paid for his school after he saw a picture of the kid in the newspaper. He said the kid was fine he only needed a good scrub and some new clothes, the father of Lao Lu is so proud that his son can finally go to school.
Opinion
I think this is a beautiful story. It is good to see that there are still people in this world that care about less fortunate people. But I think it is really wrong that these kind of things are still happening in this world. This is probably not the only kid in China whose parents are too poor to pay for school. I think the government has to find a solution for this so these things do not happen any more.
Summary
The little child that was chained to a lamp post had his first day of school. Lao Lu who became famous when his dad chained him to a lamp post so he would not get stolen went to school for the first time today. A generous local headmaster paid for his school after he saw a picture of the kid in the newspaper. He said the kid was fine he only needed a good scrub and some new clothes, the father of Lao Lu is so proud that his son can finally go to school.
Opinion
I think this is a beautiful story. It is good to see that there are still people in this world that care about less fortunate people. But I think it is really wrong that these kind of things are still happening in this world. This is probably not the only kid in China whose parents are too poor to pay for school. I think the government has to find a solution for this so these things do not happen any more.
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Unemployment: what the experts say
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/may/12/unemployment-what-the-experts-say
Summary
The unemployment in Britain has never been this high. Over 2.5 million people do not have a job at this time. This rate is the highest in 15 years in England. The huge unemployment makes a lot of people claim their benefits this year. This rate is the highest in two years, with 27,100 only in the first three months of this year. The experts say that the numbers are very strange because there is a lot of different data. A lot of people are losing their jobs but the rate that people make is increased from 2.5 to 4%.
My opinion
I think it is really strange that a lot of people in England do not have jobs any more but the people that do have a job starting to make more money. This is going to cost the government a lot of money because now they have to pay benefits to the people that lost their jobs. What they should do is lower the rate of what people make and higher more people.
Summary
The unemployment in Britain has never been this high. Over 2.5 million people do not have a job at this time. This rate is the highest in 15 years in England. The huge unemployment makes a lot of people claim their benefits this year. This rate is the highest in two years, with 27,100 only in the first three months of this year. The experts say that the numbers are very strange because there is a lot of different data. A lot of people are losing their jobs but the rate that people make is increased from 2.5 to 4%.
My opinion
I think it is really strange that a lot of people in England do not have jobs any more but the people that do have a job starting to make more money. This is going to cost the government a lot of money because now they have to pay benefits to the people that lost their jobs. What they should do is lower the rate of what people make and higher more people.
Thursday, 6 May 2010
Osama bin Laden: is he alive and well in Washington DC?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2010/may/05/osama-bin-laden-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-washington
Summary
As everyone knows the USA has spend the last 7 years trying to find Osama bin Laden, so far without success. But the USA recently got new information about where Osama could be hiding. None other then Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran shared this information in an interview. He said this in a interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. Ahmandinejad believes that Osama is hiding in Washington DC, he thinks this because Osama and Mr Bush were colleagues back in the old days. Stephanopulos think that this is nuts but on the other hand it would make for a good hideout.
My opinion
I think this article is really weird to be honest. I think it is ignorant to say that Osame is hiding out in the USA because he worked to gather with Bush. The president of Iran is just yelling some random stuff to get attention from people. If Osame was hiding out in the USA the government should know about this and stop spending all this money to find him in the middle east. I think it is unacceptable to say these kind of things without the prove or any evidence to back it up.
Summary
As everyone knows the USA has spend the last 7 years trying to find Osama bin Laden, so far without success. But the USA recently got new information about where Osama could be hiding. None other then Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran shared this information in an interview. He said this in a interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. Ahmandinejad believes that Osama is hiding in Washington DC, he thinks this because Osama and Mr Bush were colleagues back in the old days. Stephanopulos think that this is nuts but on the other hand it would make for a good hideout.
My opinion
I think this article is really weird to be honest. I think it is ignorant to say that Osame is hiding out in the USA because he worked to gather with Bush. The president of Iran is just yelling some random stuff to get attention from people. If Osame was hiding out in the USA the government should know about this and stop spending all this money to find him in the middle east. I think it is unacceptable to say these kind of things without the prove or any evidence to back it up.
Steve McLaren: English coaches can find redemption abroad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/7674731/Steve-McLaren-struggling-English-coaches-can-find-redemption-abroad.html
summary
Steve Mc Laren’s party continued on Monday with the celebration of his 49th birthday. A day before he won the title with Twente where Steve is the coach for his second year. It is said that Steve will be the first English coach in the Bundesliga next year as both Wolfsburg and Hamburg are interested in signing the coach. Twente’s owner Joop Munsterman remains confident that Steve will stay because of the change of playing Champions League next year. Steve thinks that taking the change to work in the Netherlands is one best dissensions in his life. It gave him the change to clear his name and let him show what he can do.
My opinion
I think Steve Mc Laren is a very good trainer that did well at Twente. But on the other hand I do not like him because I am a fan of Ajax who came in second because of twente. I think Steve made a good choice coming to Holland because the Eredivisie is a good platform to prove our self as a coach.
summary
Steve Mc Laren’s party continued on Monday with the celebration of his 49th birthday. A day before he won the title with Twente where Steve is the coach for his second year. It is said that Steve will be the first English coach in the Bundesliga next year as both Wolfsburg and Hamburg are interested in signing the coach. Twente’s owner Joop Munsterman remains confident that Steve will stay because of the change of playing Champions League next year. Steve thinks that taking the change to work in the Netherlands is one best dissensions in his life. It gave him the change to clear his name and let him show what he can do.
My opinion
I think Steve Mc Laren is a very good trainer that did well at Twente. But on the other hand I do not like him because I am a fan of Ajax who came in second because of twente. I think Steve made a good choice coming to Holland because the Eredivisie is a good platform to prove our self as a coach.
Facebook security flaw
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/7682571/Facebook-takes-down-chat-after-security-flaw-is-exposed.html.
Summary
A very big security flaw on Facebook has been discovered by TechCrunch. TechCrunch’s Steve O’Hear said about the problem on Facebook “There is a major security flaw in the social networking site that, with just a mouse click, enables any user to view the live chats of their friends”. TechCrunch has passed this information to Facebook who took immediate actions. Facebook has closed down their chat function until they fixed the problem. Regarding to this safety topic on Facebook the senator for Colorado Mark Begich wrote a letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
My opinion
I think it is a very good thing that TechCrunch reported the very big security flaw to Facebook. If this information would have leaked some people could have been taken advantages of. Facebook also responded in a very good way by immediately shutting down the chat function to fix this problem. Because of this I will keep on using Facebook because I know security is one of their main concerns.
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