Justin Bieber punches foreigner fan in a concert

[NEWSPAPER STORY]

Justin Bieber: 'I have no clue of what happened to me.'

The Canadian pop-R&B teen singer Justin Bieber hit a fan last Saturday (09) during a concert in Colombia. Jasminda Velásquez won a competition promoted by a TV channel which would give to the winner the opportunity of singing a song with Justin on the stage. According to sources, Justin was extremely irritated by the fact that the girl pronounced his name wrong.

‘It’s Justen! Jus-ten!’, repeated constantly Justin Bieber. As the girl was unable to say it correctly, the singer lost his mind and punched her in the face. Jasminda collapsed and was taken to the hospital, while the fans started rioting. Then Justin was taken away from the stage; naturally, the concert was ended immediately.

One day later, Justin apologized to Jasminda and to the rest of his Colombian fans. ‘I shouldn’t have done that. I have no clue of what happened to me. I just wanted people to know how to pronounce my name right. Is it that impossible to say Justen? I don’t think so.’

His manager Scooter Braun defended him. ‘Justin is tired and has been working hard. It’s his first world tour; he is not used to it yet, therefore he had a stress crisis. We have to be more understanding to him.’

Jasminda was shaken; her family didn’t want to comment what happened. But they indicted Justin Bieber for aggression and personal injury. The singer will have to indemnify them in $ 10000.

The mysterious hitchhiker

Carlo was intrigued by that mysterious girl. He was still trying to understand who she was, what took her there, why she was there, wearing such thin dress in such cold winter night. He was thinking so much about that, that he just couldn’t sleep at night for days – and, when he was able to sleep, she appeared in all his dreams: dead. That really worried Carlo, so one day he decided to find her to check if she was okay.

In the morning, he drove to that old narrowed street of Rome. There was an old woman passing by – then he decided to ask her about the mysterious hitchhiker. And when he did it, the lady opened her eyes wide and didn’t say anything. She was about to leave without saying a word, when Carlo stopped her; he needed to know what was going on. She gulped, then said: “Are you sure we are talking about the same green-eyed girl who used to live over there? She was abandoned by her jealous boyfriend in the road and froze until death a couple years ago. And what is strange is that she was found days later wearing exactly that dress.”

Carlo shivered; then he thought the old lady was raving and left. He decided to forget that girl.

Three months later, Carlo drove to the cemetery to put some red roses on his mother grave – the very same cemetery where he saw the mysterious hitchhiker nearby. As he was leaving the cemetery, he shivered when he noticed his jacket hanging on a gravestone. When Carlo picked it up, he noticed that something fell from it: the photograph of the green-eyed girl he had given a lift to. Same shy smile, same gaze, same dress.

Letter to the Editor by Caio Bonatti

Mr. or Mrs. Editor,

The so-called review published in your website about Christopher Nolan’s latest work, Inception, is wholly worthless. I see no more than a text entirely ideological, presenting political criticism in a poor and deliberately partial way. When one reads a movie review, certain patterns and characteristics are expected, mainly criticism about the movie, not about the ‘Glorification of Masculine Violence’ and ‘Cliché Hetero-Monogamous Love Story’. I do not know even how to start complaining but I can make an effort.

Violence is indeed a constant through the film, and thanks Nolan for that; a blockbuster without action would be unbearable. As you may think, violence is not on screen to pervert the audience; it is there because we want to see it. The rapture effected by fights and conflicts is in human nature; the thrill captivates us and Hollywood always knows how to please the major public. About the ‘Normalization of Violence against Black People’, seriously, stop nitpicking. In a cast in which we have actors and actresses from USA, England, Canada, Japan, France and one of Indian descent it is contradictory to talk about ‘Lack of Diversity’. Moreover, it is very prejudiced to call Dileep Rao a ‘vaguely middle-eastern type’.

I will skip over the ‘No Originality’ and ‘Cheerleading for Capitalism’ issues as they would demand so much talking; just a few words: originality does exist in the movie and Capitalism is the current economic system, get used to see it everywhere. To finish, the ‘Cliché Hetero-Monogamous Love Story’ as described by you is pointless and comes from a radical feminist point of view. Should we burn every copy of Romeo & Juliet?

The premises of the text are not based on qualities or flaws of the movie; instead, they are deliberately based on social-political issues that do not interest the audience of Inception. It is a heist film with psychological suspense, not a definitive portrait of modern society.

Caio Bonatti

Source: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/09/09/18658327.php 

Letter to the Editor

Mr(s). Editor,

I write you concerning the article titled “Atriz diz que assistente acusada de envenená-la é psicopata” published in the journalistic section of the website you manage.

After reading it very attentively, I could notice some mistakes and information that could be given in a better way in order to grant more serious status to your product. First of all, I want to call your attention to the name of the actress Gabriela Spanic. I think you don’t have a close relationship to call her by a nickname such as Gaby, and even if you did, I don’t think this kind of reference could bring your website a good image.

Moreover, I, as a Translation Course’s student whose one of the studying languages is Spanish, feel the obligation to advert you that the word “asistenta” is “maid” and not “assistant” as your virtual newspaper showed us. Of course you could keep the literacy translation, but it seems that this translation was made with no attention and no knowledge of Spanish language.

 Still considering the translation presented, some fragments sounded artificial, accusing that the one who translated it has done a bad work.

Besides what has been presented above, I verified misspelled words ­– “inteligante” – and unnecessary terms – “Sinto que que alguém…” -, which confirms what I complain here: lack of attention at writing the text.

Although many errors reported, I found your article impartial and I liked the way you presented the case, showing that the maid is only a suspect and not the guilty of the murder attempt. I hope you can receive the suggestions well in order to improve your website’s quality and require more attention at reviewing texts.

Yours truly,

 

Fábio.

 

Source article: http://noticias.terra.com.br/mundo/noticias/0,,OI4692169-EI8140,00-Atriz+diz+que+assistente+acusada+de+envenenala+e+psicopata.html

Letter to the editor - Shen

Mind control: Is the internet changing how we think?

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/09/16/internet.brain.carr/index.html?hpt=Sbin

The internet has become an indispensable instrument of communication and an entertaining media. Nowadays, almost everything depends on it, so, how can it be harmful for us? As far as I am concerned, internet, as well as everything in our life, must have control and limits. If we can make a good use of this resource, it can help us a lot; otherwise, it can really change our minds and control us.

We are surrounded more and more by the internet and we are amazed by its convenience (actually, it is a mixture of TV, radio, book and all the other medias). Therefore, people become so dependent on it and do not even think about the consequences of its overuse. Obviously, everything must have limits and control. When we overuse something, of course, it will be harm for us. However, we cannot let it control what we think, but we have to make a good use of it.

If we know how to make a good use of the internet, it is probably the best instrument of working, entertaining, communicating, etc. So, my conclusion is that, although the internet is very useful, we have to discern it from our reality, it means, we have to be aware of the resources around us, it does not matter which kind of instrument is (TV, radio, videogame, etc), by this, we can have the capacity to control them, and not the opposite.

Louise Mira - A letter to the editor of The Sun newspaper

Last July, during the World Cup, you wrote an article listing the worst players of the competition. And I must confess I was really surprised by the way you talked about the players, specially Kaka.
Just because they didn’t play the way everyone expected it doesn’t mean they didn’t try hard to. Sometimes you just seem to forget that human being make mistakes! And as a tabloid all you want is to exaggerate the news so that they look more interesting. But you lie and judge all the time! Is it what you call ‘job’? I use to call it ‘shame’.
The arguments used in the article don’t make any sense at all. You refered to Kaka as ‘the UN's youngest World Food Ambassador’, because ‘he gave his opponents everything on a plate’. Do you think it is funny? I don’t! Kaka did an amazing job – he was hurt, and even so he played and did his best for Brazil. And you didn’t even consider it.
Congratulations, The Sun. That’s why you are the worst newspaper in UK and that’s why I don’t believe a word you say.

Based on http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/worldcup2010/3052919/World-Cup-worst-XI.html

Letter to the editor - Beatriz Reis

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3210142/BBC-period-drama-The-Tudors-is-gratuitously-awful-says-Dr-David-Starkey.html

            Letter to the Editor:

            As an avid reader of the Daily Telegraph and fan of historical narratives, I must say that I was very much surprised and upset by the article on the BBC series The Tudors, for it was actually described with a single word: inaccurate.

            It is known that The Tudors’ episodes have historical errors and inaccuracies: an important pope substituted by his successor, a Henry VIII that never got fat, and others related to the wardrobe of the characters, which belonged to the Victorian era, as well as coaches. The scriptwriters may indeed have taken liberties with the historical facts, but it has to be said that the BBC series has also succeeded in re-creating the drama and atmosphere of Henry VIII's royal court, with its intrigues, scandals, accusations and betrayals. It is also undeniable that the show has stimulated interest in British history all over the world, due to its involving and highly entertaining plot, based, and that only, on the beginning of the dynasty's story.

            The Tudors is a historical drama, not a documentary, and, for that reason, its improbable storylines, dodgy costumes and inaccurate details are perfectly forgivable; the show has so many other qualities that it will remain worth watching.

Beatriz Costa Reis

biac.reis@gmail.com

São José do Rio Preto