Jenjie

I got Soleros instead of popcorn!!

panacam is ace, although there aren't any playing out at the minute. the blog is pretty cool too.

We've got an hour and 35 mins to go until season 2 starts. And whilst i want to know, i want to find out from watching the programmes otherwise i'd have read the season 2 spoilers thread!

You have to admire the chutzpah of Piers Morgan. The dummy of his latest newspaper venture features a splash about men on Mars alongside a dubious-looking shot of a spaceman in an unidentified extraterrestrial environment. The story's even got Morgan's by-line on it. The dummy is for First News, an adventurous project which, if it succeeds, could help to regenerate the press industry by introducing the humble newspaper to a new generation of readers. First News, aimed at children aged from nine to 12, is intended to be an authentic primer for grown-up papers, combining fun and games with concise explanations of issues such as global warming and terrorism. Morgan, who bought a stake in the trade magazine Press Gazette after his dramatic departure from the editorship of the Daily Mirror two years ago as a result of the fake Iraqi prisoners picture scandal, is convinced that the venture cannot fail. "This has never been done before, and it's a really clever idea. It wasn't mine but I think it's a good idea," he says. His confidence has been buoyed by the response of the great and the good, all of whom seem to want a piece of First News. The paper will be launched at a party at Gordon Brown's official address, 11 Downing Street, on Thursday. Children's charities supported by the Chancellor's wife Sarah will be among those benefiting from 5 per cent of the proceeds of sales of the new title. Then there are the celebrity columnists. Jamie Oliver will write on food, suggesting easy recipes for children to try (meatballs with pasta is his first) and offering nutritional advice about pizzas and puddings. Sir Richard Branson has been lined up to encourage tomorrow's entrepreneurs. David Beckham will contribute to the sports pages (in return for a tie-in with his football academy) and his wife Victoria will provide fashion tips. As news of the project spreads, publicists and PRs are clamouring to get in touch. Madonna's "people", and representatives of the footballer Michael Owen, have been active in wanting to foster a relationship. "Almost every single person we've spoken to has said yes," Morgan says. "Everyone says immediately, 'What a great idea.' It's obviously also a massively safe and appealing environment for celebrities, public figures and advertisers to appear in." Morgan is convinced that the recent demise of the cartoon-led Funday Times section of The Sunday Times is "massively to our benefit", and claims the section had a readership of 370,000, which he hopes to pick up. "It shows there's an appetite there," he says. "There are 193 magazines directly targeted at nine- to 12-year-olds in this country and there has never been a proper newspaper. We think it's an untapped market." He notes that "in France, the biggest-selling paper is a kids' paper and it sells 200,000 a day. No one has tried to do it properly in this country." This isn't quite true. The Paris-based Mon Quotidien (My Daily) has a print run of 65,000. It has been an undoubted success in informing its 10 to 14-year-old readership for the past 11 years. Though Morgan is reluctant to set a circulation target, he says: "I'm pretty confident we will do pretty big numbers. We are much more voracious buyers of newspapers than the French, so there has to be a chance we can accelerate to 200,000 to 300,000 copies. We don't want to set targets we can't hit, but we think there's a completely open marketplace." First News will be most dependent on sales revenue, and Morgan says he expects to be turning advertisers away, deeming their content unsuitable for young children. "We are going to get to the rather freakish situation where we get offered more advertising than we can actually put in the paper. I don't think you can have a Jamie Oliver column about nutrition for kids and have a big advert for Walkers crisps for example." He is particularly pleased that Google has taken a full page ad in the first paper and says that First News will be accompanied by a highly interactive website. "The biggest challenge facing newspapers is how you properly integrate print and online versions. We believe the two have to work hand-in-hand and promote each other. But the actual fun for kids will be to have their own newspaper." Although he says he doesn't "want to sound like the Pied Piper", he thinks newspaper groups should welcome the venture for its potential to furnish them with a new generation of readers. "This is a very good thing for the industry. If we can persuade people of nine, 10, 11, 12 to get into the habit of buying a newspaper that has to be good for the health of the industry when we all know there's a massive problem in getting young people to buy newspapers. It's got to be good for further sales of newspapers, it has to be." Associated Newspapers has agreed to distribute First News, although it will have no editorial involvement. First News is being funded by London-based Thomson Intermedia, which is run by Sarah-Jane Thomson and her husband Steve. Sarah-Jane's cousin, Nicky Cox, a veteran of some 50 children's magazine launches, will edit the weekly paper, which will come out on Fridays and sell for £1. Morgan has known Cox since his days as Bizarre editor on The Sun and describes her as "probably the most experienced editor of children's publications in the country". Cox has wanted to produce a children's newspaper since she was a child herself, struggling to make sense of the Daily Telegraph. When Cox was 21 she launched a title called Early Times but it lacked the resources to survive. The paper will be a 24-page tabloid, less shouty than a red top. "We hope it will be something that parents want to buy for their kids and that kids will feel is not being foisted on them by their parents. It's a delicate balance." There will be regular Q&A pieces on major news issues. "If there's a terror attack on London a lot of kids would be quite confused as to what it's all about. It would be quite responsible of us to include quite regular Q&As on the war on terror, on Iraq, on global warming and on obesity." Morgan's Mirror coverage of the war in Iraq was considered brave by some and unduly partisan by others, including Government ministers. Ultimately, it proved to be his downfall. He says that First News will be careful not to be political in its journalism. Morgan, who describes himself as the "editorial overlord and frontman" for the project, will write a weekly interview on a high-profile figure in the news who is of interest to children. When he was marched out of the Mirror, two years ago this month, he couldn't have imagined that his next paper would be aimed at nine-year-olds but he is adamant that First News will uphold strong editorial values. "One of the things I've been keen to stress to the editorial team is 'Look, we've got to make this look like a proper newspaper'. It's no good producing a glorified comic in a tabloid form." http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article361165.ece

Wish they'd done this when I was still at Newsround age.

Since its launch in April 1974, Newsround has presented domestic and world events to children. Its first presenter, John Craven, pioneered the vogue for British newsreaders to sit on, rather than behind, a desk, although shirt and tie were still obligatory for many years. Three decades on, and the Newsround production team exceeds 40 and daily bulletins run on three channels and a website. And, next week, a hard-hitting investigative strand is launched. Newsround Investigates is a series of half-hour documentaries exploring a range of challenging subjects aimed at Newsround's core audience - children aged eight or nine upwards. In the first programme, Newsround presenter Lizo Mzimba and Professor David Wilson, a criminologist, investigate child arson. British children set fire to 20 schools each week, statistics show. It's a problem that affects 90,000 British schoolchildren each year, yet only 200 schools in England and Wales are fitted with sprinkler systems. Another Newsround Investigates to be broadcast later in the year delves into the statistic that one in three British children is officially classified as living in poverty. The investigative strand has been developed to provide insight and analysis that is impossible within the time constraints of the regular Newsround bulletin format, says the executive producer Roy Milani. "A few years back we introduced Newsround Extra, an occasional series of 10-minute films on a particular topic. Recent Extras have covered computer gaming, depression and Asbos. The time now seems right to do something more in-depth in a half-hour format." Children are exposed to more news from a wider array of sources than ever before, Milani believes. Yet nearly all of this news is packaged and presented from an adult perspective. Newsround's mission has always been to explain and provide context for national and international events in a straightforward, easy-to-understand way without sanitising the facts. However, recent world events, combined with children's need for information - and, where appropriate, reassurance - is making the Newsround service more important than ever before. "Once a topic is in the public domain - on the front pages of newspapers children might see, or in the news bulletins they might watch or hear - it's fair game for Newsround. And if it's pertinent, they will be seeking these stories out and discussing them with each other in the playground," Milani says. "Clearly, this means there are stories we have to do that will be quite scary. The approach we take is to present the facts in an easily digestible way, and to be reassuring. At its simplest, this means directing anxious viewers to the website where they can get advice on who to speak to if they are worried, or share their views with other children." It's an approach that has been honed over the years, with advice from child psychologists. And it's one adult news and current-affairs producers are increasingly trying to emulate - the Newsround team is regularly asked for advice by colleagues involved in producing bulletins for a grown-up audience. Covering stories as sensitive as international terrorism, paedophilia and the London bombings last year requires a delicate balancing act. "On the one hand, you don't want to play down the truth of what's happened, but on the other, you don't want to scare kids so much they'll not want to leave the house," Milani says. While the volume of the daily media children are exposed to might lead some to suggest that today's nine- and 10-year-olds are becoming desensitised, it is also extremely difficult to gauge just what's going on beneath the surface, Milani believes. "A child might seem blasé, but beneath the surface their feelings are likely to be very different. We cannot afford to lose sight of that." Newsround's remit goes beyond simply informing children about what's going on - it's also about encouraging their consumption and understanding of news. A daily bulletin on BBC1 is supplemented by five bulletins each weekday on the children's channel CBBC and a comprehensive, lively website. Current features include on online debate on whether Sven Goran Eriksson's successor as England football manager should have been English, and thread on beliefs from atheism to Zoroastrianism. There's also a club for budding journalists called Presspack. Although Newsround stories are usually presented by adult newsreaders, children's voices are an important part of the mix. Presspack members are encouraged to write their own stories and submit comment; children are often periodically invited to co-present and to help produce the TV bulletins. This mix of explanation, reassurance and participation makes Newsround a news service unlike any other, Milani believes. "It's difficult to liken Newsround's agenda to that of any other newspaper, news programme or media brand," he says. "But the philosophy behind it is a strong one." And it's a philosophy that's kept Newsround consistently among the top 10-rated children's programmes on British television for more than 30 years. http://news.independent.co.uk

There's a myspace page here http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24690 loads of coldplaying.com members on there :D

I've not got round to buying it yet.

Interesting editorial on financial aid from the Poverty World Times It links in with some of the things I was taught whilst studying human geogrpahy. That was that the best way to help people was to provide them with the knowledge of how to support themselves, the tools with which to do so, and the knowledge of how to repair the tools when they broke. Think this quote from that article sums it up:

hey children!!! :veryangry: no personal insults please. lets stick to throwing facts & evidence at each other. :)

they do allow alot of things on the site. They do is link to ongoing discussions and arguments which is why you frequently find this symbol at the top of articles with these headings next to it There are some articles with requests at the top for experts in the subject to comment, and others that are shown as requiring a "clean-up". Wikipedia has had to setup certain topics so that you have to be registered and have posted lots of articles before you can add to them. I can't find the example I was thinking of now. There are some good articles on Wikipedia but there are also some contentious ones too.

not at all. it just takes a hell of a lot of reading, the way its been written. I find it very difficult to follow things which are jumping all over the show. it would have been much more logical, and therefore easier to digest if the article had been written in chronological order. I'm also still trying to digest the fact that the guy who wrote the article has relied heavily on Wikipedia for his sources. He's a lawyer, who also writes for the global politician but doesn't seem to have that many sources for his info. I'm also intrigued that he's the only one of the writers for the global politican whose biog doesn't say where he was born. and I'm trying to phrase a reply, with sufficient details from other sites. I've done some extremely interesting reading across both sides of the argument today, and wouldn't want to waste it on a rushed answer.

not what our evening news was showing. there were a hell of a lot of people out marching on the streets of the US today

Could be. Wonder when they charge the payment? Technically, they're breaking the release dates because you received them on the saturday. If it was the Harry Potter book and that had happened, Bloomsbury would be suing all over the place.

Arrrrrrggghhh!! having watched destination lost I've got more questions. Did the people from the tail piece survive like the lady whose husband was in it thinks? If they did, where are they? When Sayed followed the rope and got captured by the french lady, the rope goes into the sea as well. What's in the sea end?

Singer Will Young has beaten a host of British acts to be voted the most popular UK artist of all time in a poll of radio listeners. The annual chart celebrates the best of UK music counting down the 40 most popular artists of all time, as voted for by listeners of commercial radio. Former Beatle Sir Paul claimed third position followed by the Spice Girls at number four and Coldplay at five. The 27-year-old, who was catapulted to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural Pop Idol contest, fought off competition from the likes of Robbie Williams and Sir Paul McCartney to top the Music Week May Day chart. Young, whose first single Evergreen shot straight to number one, becoming the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history, was closely followed by Robbie Williams. Young said he was "honoured" to have topped the poll adding: "What makes it so special is that it`s voted for by the public. "I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who took part and made the effort to vote. I`m over the moon." The UK Music Week May Day Chart in full is: 1. Will Young 2. Robbie Williams 3. Paul McCartney 4. Spice Girls 5. Coldplay 6. Sugababes 7. Take That 8. Gorillaz 9. Oasis 10. Beverley Knight 11. Pink Floyd 12. Arctic Monkeys 13. Simply Red 14. Jamiroquai 15. George Michael 16. Kaiser Chiefs 17. James Blunt 18. Girls Aloud 19. Keane 20. Sir Elton John 21. Queen 22. Lemar 23. McFly 24. Eurythmics 25. Basement Jaxx 26. David Gray 27. KT Tunstall 28. David Bowie 29. Franz Ferdinand 30. Craig David 31. Stereophonics 32. Duran Duran 33. Texas 34. Beatles 35. Snow Patrol 36. Richard Ashcroft 37. Charlotte Church 38. Sting 39. Blue 40. All Saints Source - utv

I love them. Penguins are the best creature in the whole zoo.

hippy hoppy birthday :D

I chose my favouritestest 10 songs, which was actually harder than I thought it was going to be. Top 4 was simple but after that it got more complicated.

blimey!! not one-sided then?

let's try leaving it in the one thread, please. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29650 and lets remember that admins can track ip addresses. ;)

Its not as much fun as shark cam but its still ace http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_splash/splash_cam.asp

in fact, looking at the team, there's only one of those three who'll have any impact, and as he's been captain all season I'm not changing him now.

nice one!!! I hadn't even thought about that. next weekend we shall have a new captain :D

because they need to lose again so we can carry on moaning for another 40 years