Or at least it's supposed to be...
Since I broke up from University for the summer I haven't had a weekday to rest. A placement at my local commercial radio station on the news team was excellent and I learned a huge amount from both the production and technical sides.
I have recently completed a one week work ex placement with a newspaper just outside my hometown and did I lot of work for them. I re-wrote a few press releases but was busy ringing schools in the area mostly re: school leaving parties. Today, I got a phone call from a relative telling me I had a byline in the paper, top news so now I can prove more substantially that therest of the articles I did actually were written by me.
Other good news saw me pass NCTJ Law Paper one which I am delighted about because I thought there was no chance in me passing but was brought down to earth after failing paper 2.
As a member of Facebook, the social networking site, this article by reporter Tom Rawstorne got me on their this afternoon removing a few of my details. Although the old addage "It won't happen to me" especially with all the other members gets you a tad complacent. As risky as it may be though, I am going to keep mine, while in all honesty I don't really need it.
This is a link written by an unknown journalist to the latest news on the flooding with several other stories with links on the page. Where I live has not been flooded despite some heavy rain but I can't imagine what it must feel like for the relatives of people killed by the floods. Materialistic things are hard enough to take when you find your house flooded and possesions lost but too loose loved ones must be very hard.
I am going to leave now as I have shared enough thoughts on this blog.
I am off to get rid of my blocked nose, sore throat, headache and varying temperature - stupid cold.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Online footy management game
Back to the light-hearted stuff then ;) After all I am on holiday from Uni for the summer - I can't be focussed all of the time!
This is the last season of results from the online football management game I play. As you can tell, they were mid-table form which is why I finished in 6th place!
Senior League
BSC without honours 0 - 5 Bob Paisley's Legends (BPL)
BPL 0 - 3 Baby F.C.
我愛黑澀會 0 - 10 BPL
rathmedia fc 4 - 1 BPL
BPL 0 - 0 C. Moston Mampuya's
Foxes FC 0 - 8 BPL
BPL 2 - 2 London Fields
BPL 3 - 8 Villa Park Rampage
FC Vauxhall London 2 - 2 BPL
BPL 1 - 3 Tortola Superstars
punjabi rejects 2 - 3 BPL
BPL 6 - 0 PsP@omy
BPL 3 - 1 Williams
This is the last season of results from the online football management game I play. As you can tell, they were mid-table form which is why I finished in 6th place!
Senior League
BSC without honours 0 - 5 Bob Paisley's Legends (BPL)
BPL 0 - 3 Baby F.C.
我愛黑澀會 0 - 10 BPL
rathmedia fc 4 - 1 BPL
BPL 0 - 0 C. Moston Mampuya's
Foxes FC 0 - 8 BPL
BPL 2 - 2 London Fields
BPL 3 - 8 Villa Park Rampage
FC Vauxhall London 2 - 2 BPL
BPL 1 - 3 Tortola Superstars
punjabi rejects 2 - 3 BPL
BPL 6 - 0 PsP@omy
BPL 3 - 1 Williams
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
114 days
Finally Alan Johnston, the BBC journalist who had been kidnapped in Gaza for 114 days has been released. The main story is here on the BBC website.
For him it has been sorted but not every kidnapped person or journalist is so lucky and so many are killed everyday in violence that doesn't seem to be warranted.
I'll hold my hands up because I am not a religious person and know very little about religion but how this violence and kidnappings are supposed to help anybody escapes me.
For example, the recent car bombs found in London and the car driven into the terminal at Glasgow airport with the clear intent of causing harm to innocent people strikes me with fear. Anywhere, anyone at anytime could be plotting some sort of attack that devastates average people. The terror threat may have been decreased to "severe" but how people could contemplate such horror is scary to me and I cannot comprehend reasons behind such things.
I am way out of my depth to explain the terror situation or the Alan Johnston cicrumstances but blogs like these provide a more detailed look at things. Robin Hamman http://www.cybersoc.com/2007/07/alan-johnston-i.html and someone who calls themself "gateway pundit" http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/07/bbc-journalist-alan-johnston-released.html .
While they are a whole host of other example this one deals with what I briefly outlined earlier: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2007/07/after_alan_johnston_is_there_m.html written by Jemima Kiss for the Guardian on the continued fight for other people to be released as it says 29 journalists kidnapped this year - it is supposed to be a job not a threat to life.
This is the latest on the Terror situation by someone called Cernig over at http://cernigsnewshog.blogspot.com/2007/07/briatin-reduces-terror-threat-level.html
How wonderful the interent has become for this type of thing. So many views, opinions, perceptions and outcomes from all over the world on every topic imaginable.
I am will leave you now to feast into the troth of blogs available I have listed and on the web sphere and next time I post lets hope Madeline McCann has been found safe and well....
For him it has been sorted but not every kidnapped person or journalist is so lucky and so many are killed everyday in violence that doesn't seem to be warranted.
I'll hold my hands up because I am not a religious person and know very little about religion but how this violence and kidnappings are supposed to help anybody escapes me.
For example, the recent car bombs found in London and the car driven into the terminal at Glasgow airport with the clear intent of causing harm to innocent people strikes me with fear. Anywhere, anyone at anytime could be plotting some sort of attack that devastates average people. The terror threat may have been decreased to "severe" but how people could contemplate such horror is scary to me and I cannot comprehend reasons behind such things.
I am way out of my depth to explain the terror situation or the Alan Johnston cicrumstances but blogs like these provide a more detailed look at things. Robin Hamman http://www.cybersoc.com/2007/07/alan-johnston-i.html and someone who calls themself "gateway pundit" http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/07/bbc-journalist-alan-johnston-released.html .
While they are a whole host of other example this one deals with what I briefly outlined earlier: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2007/07/after_alan_johnston_is_there_m.html written by Jemima Kiss for the Guardian on the continued fight for other people to be released as it says 29 journalists kidnapped this year - it is supposed to be a job not a threat to life.
This is the latest on the Terror situation by someone called Cernig over at http://cernigsnewshog.blogspot.com/2007/07/briatin-reduces-terror-threat-level.html
How wonderful the interent has become for this type of thing. So many views, opinions, perceptions and outcomes from all over the world on every topic imaginable.
I am will leave you now to feast into the troth of blogs available I have listed and on the web sphere and next time I post lets hope Madeline McCann has been found safe and well....
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