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Claudia Winkleman's Arts Show
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Latest Episode: Mon, 16 Feb 2009
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What can the government do?

More and more people are starting to drink alcohol nowadays, even though the teenagers who are under 18. Some may think that alcohol will help you to relax, but another side, it’s harmful.

I think the government should do something that helps to reduce people who drink too much. Because once you get drunk, you will do many things that will harm yourself, the one besides you and also the things around you.

I think the government should do something because after some people were drunk, they will destroy the things on the street, for example they will throw the rubbish bin, kick the door of the shop, throw stones into some shops and also they will make a lot of noise and also rubbish, it really affect. If the government just let it happening again and again, the number of things and people who affect will just keep on increase, and they also need to pay more and more money to replace those things.

Drinking too much alcohol is really harmful to our health; for example, lung cancer. So I think people really need to stop drinking too much alcohol.

Government may do something to help,

1) advertisement

Government can have some advertisement to let people know how alcohol would affect, and the dangerous things may happen when you get drunk .

2) Legislation

It may have some strict rules that control people for drinking or buying alcohol, for example, only after 21, that may stop teenagers start drinking.

3)Increase tax

Probably, if the government increase tax on alcohol, people will still buy it, but if the government increase tax on alcohol but at the same time decrease tax on some other substitutes, it may work.
4) Have some substitutes

for example some juice but add a bit alcohol inside it, or maybe some soft drink that taste like it.

I think these are the ways that can let people to drink less, but the main point I think is that people behave themselves, don’t drink too much or even start drinking when they are young.

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Stravinsky famously described him as “a six-and-a-half-foot scowl”. After seeing him in his coffin, the conductor John Barbirolli remarked that he looked “a bloody sight more cheerful than he ever did in life”. The butt of this harsh humour was the composer Sergei Rachmaninov, whose music exudes not just the melancholy which was his own personal hallmark, but extraordinary warmth and optimism too. In this week’s edition of Composer of the Week, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of this remarkable man.

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A WIND turbine stood wrecked yesterday with one of its giant 65ft blades torn off — after it was hit by a UFO.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/ufos/article2108149.ece

UFO hits wind turbine!

Gloucester Green Wednesday Market and Covered Market

Today we went to city centre in the morning, we went to the covered market and also the wednesday market.

About Convered Market, I think that it's really better than wednesday market because it have cover on top so that it's not really so cold inside. But because we were in the morning, not many shops were open, just the shops that sells breakfast, flowers and meat that open...Many different items were selling in covered market, for example shoes, meat, cake, drinks, clothes, accessories and flowers etc...many different kinds.

The five products sold at the Gloucester Green market:

1. gloves (1.2 pounds)
2. sweets (80 p)
3. shoes (7 pounds)
4. cake (2.5 pounds)
5. the eye glass box (1 pound)

Overall of these two market, I think they are really a bit cheaper than the other shops in city centre, because maybe the rent of them are lower or even in the wednesday market they don't need to pay for their rent, if they really sell cheaper products, people will definently choose to buy from them, but one thing is that their quality maybe not so good or maybe their are second hand. So it will sell in a cheaper price. So before you buy anything, you must know more about the product, because i think they will not return money to you if you regret at last.

10 ways of using bricks

1. BUILD BUILDINGS
2.PLAY WITH IT AS A TOY
3.HIT SOMEONE
4.PROTECT YOURSELF
5.THROW TO A SNAKE WHEN YOUR HIKING
6.TO FIX A HOLE
7.DOING EXERCISE OF HANGING UP THE BRICKS
8.KEEP ALL THE PAPER ON THE TABLE WITHOUT FLYING EVERYWHERE
9.WHEN ONE LEG OF YOUR TABLE OR CHAIR HAVE BEEN BROKEN CAN STUCK IT
10. MAKE FIRE

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BizDaily: Davos growing economies
Business Daily is in Davos in Switzerland, looking at how the great and good hob-nob at the world economic forum. They may exchange valuable views on what's caused the economic crisis - but what can they do about it? We look at how it may affect economies which had been growing fast, and had got all too used to the boom times.

An online pawnbroker for consumers in a pinch

Given the current state of the economy, it’s timely to see a makeover of an age-old form of personal loans. Borro claims to be the world’s first online pawnbroker. The company, which was launched in August 2008, offers short term loans to customers who cannot borrow from banks or have maxed out their other options, giving them cash for jewellery, gold and memorabilia. After filling out an application form describing the valuables they wish to pawn, a borrower is offered a loan of up to 40% of an item’s value.
Should they take the plunge, the borrower couriers their item to Borro, receiving their loan via bank transfer or postal order. Interest on loans accrues at 6% per month (lowered to 4% for loans over GBP 1,000), and loans must be repaid within 6 months for the pawned item to be returned, unless an extension is agreed in writing. Loans of GBP 100–GBP 100,000 are available, with Borro stating that over 85% of borrowers repay their loans on time and in full.
The site brings an ancient system into the 21st century, providing a convenient form of short-term credit that could be cheaper than unauthorised bank overdrafts or payday loans. It also creates a certain degree of transparency for customers, since everyone is offered the same rate. And sending items in by courier eliminates the potential awkwardness of dealing with an offline pawnshop. Based in Oxford, Borro currently only serves the UK, though European and US expansion plans are in the cards.

The reasons are varied and include paying bills and mortgages, money for holidays, school fees, plugging the gap while waiting for a bonus or a lump-sum payment, a small business loan, a cash loan to repay debts, waiting for the time to be right to sell property, stock and shares and other assets, or waiting to start a new job. Whatever your reason, Borro.com can meet provide you with a short-term pawn cash loan instantly.