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.
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
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.
Monday, 26 April 2010
Pope receives apology from UK Foreign Office for 'condom' memo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/25/pope-apology-condom-memo
Summary
An internal foreign office memo about the pope’s visit has leaked. The document contained a brainstorm session about what the pope could do on his visit planed in September. The memo written by staff planning events suggested that the pope could open a abortion ward or launch his own brand of condoms. In a statement made by the Foreign office was said “This is clearly a foolish document that does not in any way reflect UK government or Foreign Office policy or views” . In Italia the news of the leaked memo was not taken lightly. La Stampa said that this incident does not help to improve the anti-papal feeling that certain sectors are trying to feed in the UK.
I think a lot of people are over reacting to this leaked memo. It is clearly something that was written as a joke in a brainstorm session. I think it is really weird that the government is trying to make excuses why the memo was written. Excuses such as, it was written to look at the most extreme ends of what the pope could do in the UK. I feel the person who wrote this memo should not be punished for it because it is very clear to me that it was just a joke.
Summary
An internal foreign office memo about the pope’s visit has leaked. The document contained a brainstorm session about what the pope could do on his visit planed in September. The memo written by staff planning events suggested that the pope could open a abortion ward or launch his own brand of condoms. In a statement made by the Foreign office was said “This is clearly a foolish document that does not in any way reflect UK government or Foreign Office policy or views” . In Italia the news of the leaked memo was not taken lightly. La Stampa said that this incident does not help to improve the anti-papal feeling that certain sectors are trying to feed in the UK.
I think a lot of people are over reacting to this leaked memo. It is clearly something that was written as a joke in a brainstorm session. I think it is really weird that the government is trying to make excuses why the memo was written. Excuses such as, it was written to look at the most extreme ends of what the pope could do in the UK. I feel the person who wrote this memo should not be punished for it because it is very clear to me that it was just a joke.
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Ash landing
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2942884/UK-flight-is-aborted-after-pilot-smells-volcanic-ash.html
Summary
A flight from Manchester Airport had to make quick abort after flying into a ask cloud from the volcano in Island. The captain of the air plane was the first one to noticed something was wrong. When the plane was around 16,000 feet he could smell volcanic ash. Moments after he smelled the ash the plane lost one of her engines. The pilot abandoned the Thomas cook flight making a detour out over the North Sea before returning to Manchester Airport. Experts think the ash may have clogged the engine bleed valve. This flight was among the first to leave after the UK ban on air traffic.
My opinion
I think this pilot mate the right decision of returning back to England. I think it is ridicules that they take the risk of lathing air planes fly when they are not 100 per cent sure that it is safe. I think they should do more research about how the ask can infect the planes and how long it will take before it is safe to fly again.
Monday, 19 April 2010
Nick Clegg seizes his moment in historic TV debate
Summary
The first debate between Britain's party leaders transformed the election. In a poll by The Times there was only one clear winner. Sixty-one per cent of the voters said that Nick Clegg was the winner of the debate. Mr. Brown and Mr. Cameron both could not deliver in the debate they had trouble delivering killer blows. Mr. Clegg was the first to conquer his nerves and get his points across. Mr. Brown stroked common cause with Mr. Clegg in a try to isolate Mr. Cameron but Mr. Clegg was anxious to avoid this. Mr. Cameron tried to make a strong end by saying people should not be put off by a Conservative government.
My opinion
My opinion about this debate is that it is really hard to follow in the video. The video only shows a few quotes but not even the questions or the subject they talk about. I think it is a really good development in English politics that a third is getting bigger because the two other parties are sitting in their place to long. Nick Clegg really shakes things up. The article is pretty clear I think. They give a good time line about what happened and how every party leader did in the debate.
The first debate between Britain's party leaders transformed the election. In a poll by The Times there was only one clear winner. Sixty-one per cent of the voters said that Nick Clegg was the winner of the debate. Mr. Brown and Mr. Cameron both could not deliver in the debate they had trouble delivering killer blows. Mr. Clegg was the first to conquer his nerves and get his points across. Mr. Brown stroked common cause with Mr. Clegg in a try to isolate Mr. Cameron but Mr. Clegg was anxious to avoid this. Mr. Cameron tried to make a strong end by saying people should not be put off by a Conservative government.
My opinion
My opinion about this debate is that it is really hard to follow in the video. The video only shows a few quotes but not even the questions or the subject they talk about. I think it is a really good development in English politics that a third is getting bigger because the two other parties are sitting in their place to long. Nick Clegg really shakes things up. The article is pretty clear I think. They give a good time line about what happened and how every party leader did in the debate.
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