Regarding the Find Madeleine Fund…?

According to www.findmadeleine.com:
“Madeleine’s fund is a non charitable not-for-profit company, which has been established to help find Madeleine McCann and to support her family and bring her abductors to justice. Any surplus funds will be used to help families and missing children in the United Kingdom, Portugal and elsewhere in similar circumstances. If there are surplus funds Madeleine’s Funds can be converted into a charity.”

Based on these facts – can anyone explain to me how they think Gerry and kate McCann can possibly profit from this fund? They are not directors of the fund and cannot make decisions on how the money is spent.

Inevitably, some will say they are enjoying an extended holiday at the moment, wasting the money on trips, creches for the other kids… but does it strike you that they can possibly be enjoying this “new-found wealth” because they are always going to be questioned on how the fund is being spent.
Actually Heather, I think you’ll find that there ARE laws covering the distribution of funds from a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee when public money is involved.
With respect – the Find Madeleine Fund is always going to have to be a bit more accountable than the local grocers, don’t you think? There are regulatory bodies who are going to be on their backs permanently, given the level of public interest. Also the have declared an intention to seek charitable status, which will only come if their previous record is squeaky clean.
littleprofit – I suggest YOU read the question again. “Not-for-profit” is the clue. Declare that, and then make a profit, you will be held accountable.
It is not possible to become a charity as quickly as they set the fund up, hence why it isn’t a charity.
justmeagain – whether they are child neglecters or not, this question relates to the Fund. I do not support the McCanns actions as parents, and if there is a criminal case to answer then I hope justice is done. This is a question regarding the money, not everything else.
Ok Heather, can you explain to me how the company is going to get away with “squandering” 900k of public money, when the public are following every penny spent? Its a bit unlikely?
You are missing my point Heather – the whole theme of the question was abt how it would be possible for them to use the money for their own means when the public is following everything as closely as they are, whether the fund is a charity or not.
If that’s the case Heather, and you are certain that the company have and will continue to spend the money however they like – just answer yes or no – do you think the public are stupid enough to wear any exploitation?
nora, you say no-one should donate to such a fund – why have millions done so then? Do you not think these millions will want to know the minutae of what their money has gone on?

madeline! i know this sounds selfish?

i know this sounds really selfish and i dont want it to come across as being a bitch,but i come back from portugal the day madeline was supposed to return home and we booked the same resort as madelines family it was a nice appartment but without sounding rude my holiday was ruined when leaving my apartment we were met my the news presenters with sad faces and then people walking round all upset, Dont get me wrong i feel bad for madeline but no hr parents if you ask me they brought it on themselves, i have spoke to first choice about the holiday and they are considering refunding my money,

I hope that madeline returns soon instead of her being abused and sexually attacked i hope she is dead she doesnt deserve any of this if i was madelines pants i would want my two safe kids to return home to england with family instead of putting them through hell with them they are only young.
everyone is email me back sying im evil for saying i hope she is dead i amd not being heartful i amd stating that it is nt her fault so why should she be raped because of what he parents done wrng she shouldnt have to live with that.
cooltyger shut up you are pathetic grow up you know what i hope you were dead/
katrina you better be quiet i dont pay over £2,000 for a holiday to hand out leaflets to help parents who brought it on themselves and whoppy fucking do a for your sister
i say what i mean ROXY and what i have wrote i feel the parens should fel guilt thats why i hope shs dead

Will your prayers be with Madeleine Mccann?

Madeleine was abducted on 3rd May 2007 in Praia da Luz, Portugal, 9 days before her 4th birthday. She was taken from our holiday apartment where she was sleeping with her younger brother and sister whilst we were dining 50 yards away. Despite a massive investigation led by the Portuguese police and supported by the British police, we still do not know who has taken her, why she was taken or where she is. In addition, private investigators based in Spain are now following up any leads regarding Madeleine’s disappearance..

I live in Plymouth England, and i nearly cried my eyes out when Madeline Mccann has been missing for over 1 year now, We dont know how madeleines feeling, Lost, Lonely, Scared..
Will you pray for Poor maddie who needs her family, in who her family needs maddie.. Come Home Madeleine! We love you..
Pictures of poor little innocent Madeleine Mccann:

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Family Picture:
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Is my wife treating me badly?

I am married for 7 years and have 2 beautiful children. Lately I feel my wife is treating me badly. We were away in Portugal and I got very ill the last 2 days of the holiday so when we got home I had to see the doctor and was lucky to get an appointment. My wife said the appointment time did not suit her as she was hungry and needed dinner. I hadn’t eaten in a few days as I was so ill so I dropped her to a restaurant on the way to the doctor. When I came home my wife headed off to do some clothes shopping and and I stayed with the kids. I was so ill and so weak. When she arrived home she started arguing with me that I did not do any hoovering and told me to go sleep in the spare room.

I could not argue as I hadn’t the enery and she accused me of faking my illness. Now I am recovering and feel a bit better she wants me to spend a weekend with her family 400 miles away. I said no as I still feel weak and she is turning nasty telling me i have to go. After a lot of screaming and shouting (her, not me) she left for her planned weekend with her family. I have been sleeping in the spare room all week and she is demanding to know why I am not in our room. I told her she told me to go there and I am not coming back until she treats me with respect.

She said she treats me very well but I feel the dog is treated better.Is she treating me badly? And what can I do to make my life with her better as I am so fed up right now?

shall i move on from this relationship? i can’t do it even though i try and try?

My boyfriend and i have been together 5 years, we split up lat summer and for one year we have been on and off lately we tried to work things out and planned on a family etc

repeatedly i feel let down by him but he says im just jealous

On a friday i wanted to meet him he told me he was meeting a mate instead, i asked to join him and he was very blunt NO
Then one day he says he will come to my work, i change my shift to finish early and make it easy for him, then he says he booked a quiz night at his club and he can’t see me till 11pm , i ask to join him, he says it’s only member and that he will meet me at 11 end of story

then on a saturday when i want to meet he is off to a boxing match with mates

and last , he tells me i want to spend the weekend together, in my mind i feel so happy, then on tuesday he says he is off to portugal with a mate to check out a property, i went mad at him, i creid and cried to him as i felt like a doormat, he said he was not changing his plans

I played the victim , saying i loved him and wanted to be with him and the day he leaves he text em to say why don’t you come on saturday ?but you told me you were working and couldnt make it??

he says he loves me and wants a family but that im irrational just because he goes away for 5 days ? am i , am i jealosu, crazy ? or a total doormat?
He now plans to spend the bank holiday with me but i feel like i don’t even want to have my phone on from next week when he retruns as he feels he can have me as it suits me and im fed up. I love him and im so tired of plauying games but then again if i give up this time he will feel anything he does, i will just acept, even though in his eyes im just a little girl having a tamtrum. Im notim dissapointed and feel lonely and sad he doesn’t even text me from pORTUGAL knowing that he was the one who let me down

Mccann Daily Blog Day 26 – Thoughts please!?

Latest Update – Gerry’s Blog/Diary
30 May 2007
Day 26
We have been preoccupied with preparation for our audience with the Pope tomoorow morning. This morning was spent acquiring some appropriate dress for the meeting since we had only holiday clothes with us in Portugal. Clarence has been inundated with calls regarding the visit to Rome and done most of the organisation behind the scenes.
It has been very difficult to leave Sean and Amelie but it is only for one nght and we will be back to see them before bedtime tomorrow. Trish and Sandy (Madeleine’s Godparents) who have been with us in Portugal since Day 2 are looking after them and we were surprised to hear they were tucked up in bed by 7.30pm- they must like their new beds!

The flight to Rome passed extremely quickly and some footage was taken for TV. We did a couple of short interviews for the British and Portuguesae press about our feelings regarding the trip. Under normal circumstances we would be extremely excited about meeting the Pope, but as we are here as a result of Madeleine’s abduction the circumstances are very different. We expect to receive a great spiritual lift, especially if we get to speak to the Pontiff personally. After the audience we will be holding a short press conference in the British Embassy to the Vatican to talk about our campaign to publicise Madeleine’s disappearance and of course, our audience with the Pope.

Frncis Campbell, the British ambassador to the Holy See, and his staff picked us at the airport and brought us directly to the Embassy residences near the city centre. We have been made to feel completely at ease and almost as if we are part of a small family here, which has helped ease our tangible nerves, not unsurprising given the importance of tomorrow’s meeting. We are now retiring and will be saying our usual prayers for Madeleine’s safe return

Want to learn Portuguese…?

Well I am 15 years old and I really want to learn Portuguese. I myself am half Portuguese and my Mum and Dad speak Portuguese, My Dad is the full portuguese and my Mum is the full english but she learnt Portuguese whilst living in Portugal from just listening to other people around her speak.

I go to Portugal, Albufeira (hometown) every year for a 2 week break to see family and so on but I can never speak Portuguese to them, they usually understand my English (well my cousins do) or I have to get my Mum or Dad to translate.

My Mum and Dad say they should of taught me as a baby or young child but take the blame for that

If I was to hire someone to come teach me Portuguese for a few weeks/months would that work? (I know it would be costly) or would going over to Portugal for the 6 week holiday, to live with relatives there teach me to speak basic portuguese or maybe more?

I REALLY REALLY want to speak portuguese, I would put so much effort, time and dedication into learning it, so if anyone knows a great way if it be any of the options above or any techniques you know.

Thank you.
My parents are too busy most the time, we do have times where we mess around and learn a few things when I want too.

But put them out of the equasion, if I didn’t have them what would you do?

Holiday Homesickness please help!!?

ok..so…i went on holiday 2 years ago with my friend and her family and i got very homesick and cried.. my friend is portugese and she is the only one in her family that can speek english, so i had to speek to them through her, i realy felt alone when they were all speaking portugese because i didn’t understand what they were saying. i am going again with her to portugal on monday and scared that i will get homesick again. i was 14 the first time i went now im 16…. last time we went for 2 weeks and this time it will be 3 weeks.. her dad payed for my ticket but bought it before i said i wanted to go. so i had no choice but to go because i didn’t want to let them down. i’m not realy sure what to do. i don’t realy feel like going and im not sure what to do. if i do go as anyone got any tips on helping me stop feeling homesick??

“Dear Leicestershire Social Services . . . ?”?

We understand you will be speaking to the McCann family regarding leaving their children alone on holiday, we however do not think this is enough, we enclose 20,000 signatures from daily mail readers who believe that the McCanns have killed their daughter and would like the twins to be taken into care to save them from the same fate. We thought the PJ in portugal must not have shared their evidence with you or you would surely have acted by now to save these children?

In all seriousness – can you imagine this? Yes hell why not, we’ll take Sean and Amelie cos the Mail Readers told us we had to . . . ?
no dave
like the police and the courts social services have to act on evidence they then put before a family court, they will never act on the say so of the tabloid press or tabloid press readers.
Mark H I am not condoning the fact the neglected the kids, I am trying to explain why a petition won’t see the twins taken into care
Mr JT, I am not exactly an upper class social worker myself thanks very much! Social workers notoriously do not read the mail cos the paper portrays them as scum, they read the guardian cos they’re always on the look out for a better paid job!
17pdr have you heard of case law?

McCanns: Don’t you think this is an excellent idea? Do you think it will work?

Even if one missing child is found, it will be so worth it.

The parents of Madeleine McCann have added their support to a new scheme for locating missing children through social networking websites such as Facebook. The charity Missing Persons has created an application for Facebook users which allows the display of the details of missing young people on their own profile page. And the charity is also joining Be Cause, an internet site run by social networking site Bebo which provides information about campaign groups and other charities linked with children who have gone missing.

Kate and Gerry McCann, whose four-year-old daughter Madeleine disappeared from the Mark Warner holiday complex in Praia da Luz, Portugal more than a year ago, said they strongly supported the new social networking initiatives.

“We… encourage this new initiative to use Facebook to increase awareness of missing children,” a statement from the couple said. “Using the power of social media in this way will undoubtedly capture the attention – and hopefully the help – of a younger population who are a hugely valuable and resourceful group.”We would urge the millions of Facebook users around the world to keep looking and to do what they can to help bring these children home.”

Missing People is launching the scheme to coincide with today’s International Missing Children’s Day.

Paul Tuohy, chief executive of the charity, explained: “If every Facebook user downloaded our BT-powered application, millions of people internationally could see an appeal that could help us to reunite a family.”

Other missing children highlighted on Sunday include that of Andrew Gosden, 14, who was last seen at London’s King’s Cross railway station in September 2007, and 15-year-old Paige Gosden, who disappeared in Blackpool last year.
Edit: AndrewT2, i suggest you take a walk, a long walk, to cool your head. You accuse the McCanns of murdering their Madeleine without an ounce of evidence to back your accusation. IF the PJ have such evidence, then a fair trial will bring justice where it is due. Till such time, it would make a lot of sense to not indulge in slander & libel, for your own good. I don’t waste my time indulging in spin & perverting the course of justice. Give justice & a fair trial a chance & let the Truth prevail.

Emmigrating to Canada?

I’m portuguese,18, and I’ve always wanted to go to Canada, Windsor. (Windsor would be better for me seeing I have a friend there to support me and stuff…)
–> For me to get a job in Canada do I REALLY NEED TO have worked on Portugal for over 1 year, or a part-time for over 2 years?

–> So if I haven’t worked this long it means I can’t get a job in Canada if I immigrate?

I’ve been 12 years on school, did an informatics course, in which I received a diploma on last school year. But, to be honest, I don’t really care if the job is informatics related or not, I’d just want something until I’m adapted/steady.

–> Should I contact a travelling agency to help me, before I move?

–> 6 months is the maximum I can be out, if I’m on holidays, right? So what happens if I exceed the time and don’t return?

–> Let’s say I’m moving to a friends. That means I have a place to stay, food to eat….how much should I save before I move if I’m going for a 6 months holiday? (of course I don’t want to be a burden for my friend).

–> And what if I’m actually immigrating? How much should I save if I have a job, or how much if I haven’t gotten a job (I know I’m advised to get a job in Canada while I’m still in my country, but let’s just say I didn’t have)?

–> And what should I take with me? I mean, clothes, family pictures…

–> Would it be easier for me to move to Canada, and then get a job, if I went there and studied abroad?

Ok…that’s all for now. Anything else I should know?
Thank you

Is it normal that i dont feel attracted to black womans? (Full dark)?

im a mixed race guy of Portuguese and Angolan heritage and i lived 10 years in Portugal where i was born then i moved to Angola which i stayed for at least for 4 years then i moved to Scotland where i reside now
When i was 13 14 i had some crushes for black girls and i dated some like normal kids stuffs but then i moved to Scotland where i attend high and since in Scotland (Aberdeen) there’s not lot of black people i started hanging out with white asian and etc but i felt too attracted too white girls. Blonde ones and started only dating white girls.
2 months ago i went to holidays to see my parents in Angola and i was hanging out with my cousins and they introduced me some girls. But they realized i was acting too weird to them so they asked me if i don`t like black girls and i said yes.
They were like your a disgrace to the family… and black woman’s are the best and white woman’s are ugly. And all that annoyed me so much that now i cant stand black woman’s :s
I only date white or Asian ones not even mixed race girls i feel attracted…Im with my girlfriend for at least 1 year and half and shes from Scottish and Norwegian heritage and i love her but mostly my family the angolan one don’t approve my relationship with her so i isolated from them…
Is that normal or i have some kinda trauma or problem?… Sorry for the answer im not trying to offend anyone and im really pround of my roots and i consider myself more African than European.

I am about to type up our annual Christmas newsletter that we send out with our Christmas cards and need help!?

I am about to draft our annual family newsletter to all the people on our Christmas card contact list, and stuck with a worrying problem that is beginning to get me down. The problem is that I usally enjoy recording details of such things as my husband’s latest promotion or our eldest daughter’s exam success, and even include the details of some major recent buys. The holidays always get a mention – always very expensive, and always abroad, but this year things are very, very different. I am now faced with the problem of either reporting the grim news that my husband recentlky lost his job, that my daughter faces a police caution for a minor traffic offence, and that we only went to Portugal instead of South America or, as usual, the Far East.

Would anyone please advise me as to how I could dress this up to make it read as though we are totally unaffected by the current financial climate as the thought of losing face in such a way if I tell the truth is, quite frankly, making me ill, and it horrifies me to have to relate the truth of our recent problems.

I think i’m in love… What should I do know?

Hi, I’m a 14 years old boy from Portugal, and i’m in the 9th grade. My marks at shool are usually the max they could be (A’s and A+’s), but I get them naturally, without studying hard.
I’ve liked being friends with girls since I was ten, but never like now. There’s this girl at 8th grade (13 years old)… I first seen her 1/2 years ago and I listened a chat she was having with a friend, and now I met her in the theatre club recently. A month ago (before Easter) we did a play together and actually it was a Romance between me and her… I got to know her better every practising day and I got more and more friends with her. Then after the play ended, I saw her dancing Michael Jackson’s Thriller, We are the Champions and other songs with a perfect style.
By that time I was really depressed because I saw my little puppy getting run over by a car and it was so horrible that my marks fell to B’s and C’s. I was always crying. But that day I saw her dancing, everything changed. I got so happy suddently and I felt that everything in my spirit could change. I went home in Easter holidays and I tried myself some dances and I’m trying to learn how to play the guitar.
Every night, I think of her, and I have dreams that I am hugging her and where gazing at eachothers eyes just like in the romance play. I also dreamt about us getting married and raising a family… And it’s all so happy… Then I wake up, and I go happily to school thinking that i’ll find her at school and greet her… The problem is, when I see her, she´s always with her friends, and I can’t talk with her, just like I’m paralyzed.
I really think she also likes me, because when we meet eyes, she’s got this “in love” spark in her eyes. But, i’ always so shy and I feel that she doesnt want that to happen, and she feels bad about it, because she thinks I’m a serious guy. I AM a serious guy, but my personallity changes when I’m with her.
Resuming, I really want to tell her I admire her, but deeply I feel that it’s to early for both of us to have a serious relationship that would probably go to marriage when we grow up. Then, there’s this other problem… My marks have got up again to A’s, and I’m going to High School next year and they say that you fall in love in High Scholl. But I can’t see no better future for me than without her.
I’m so glad that I could express my feeling here on Yahoo Answers, because my parents and teachers say I’m crazy. I’m really afraid if my marks fall again if we stop loving eachother.
Me: I’m a serious boy, good friend, but not a good leader. I’ve played Pokemon since I has 4, so I’m a little childish. I’m also a little shy as you can see. I think it’s part of teenaging, but my spirit goes from happy to sad fast if I think too much about my life. I care a lot about my grandparents and i have a normal relationship with my brother and sister. My friends always say i’m really cool.
Her: I know she is a really great leader, and also a good friend. She’s very active. Even more active than me (she’s always dancing and stuff). She also has good marks (A’s and A+’s), and she’s cousin to a long time friend I have. She’s much like my cousin (girl), and i also admire her. That’s the point, I admire that girl soooo much, I can’t stop thinking about her. I see in her someone and can get through life together.
Oooh, I really want to give her a big hud and I tell her all this… But I need people to give me advice on what to do. Help me.
Well, i’ve been thinking alot sincethe day I posted this question and I seriously think if she’s not interested in me, then that’s it. If she is, i’m gonna date her out and try to satisfy her, being her boyfriend. I must really try to change my attitude when talking to her, because I’m way to seriour when i talk to her (my eyes get like… angry and i don’t know why) and i’m the cool&relaxed guy, moderately serious and pensative. I don’t her not to like just because of the attitude I have with her, because i really look forward to her, as she’s the girl, or should i say woman, i’ve ever dreamed about.
If things turn the opposite way i would like things to turn, then… well i’m 14 and she’s 13 and we both have a big exciting life for ourselves, just in front of us.

Thanks for everybody body who answered, but I think I got to the answer by my own, luckily. I’m gonna leave the answers to vote.

(Life is Beautiful, isn’t it…)

The Maddie Mc Cann Kidnapping-Are we being primed for the Chip?

The biggest media story this week has definitely got to be the mysterious kidnapping of Madeleine Mc Cann. Front page in every newspaper is the face that speaks of innocence, the face that pricks the heart of everyone seeing it… the face that reminds one of one’s own child… and yet just how many children are abducted each year worldwide?
Does it matter that the kidnapping maybe motivated by various reasons by various persons unknown… the kidnapping if anything has brought up the question for debate… is it time for children to be “ chipped” ?
It works with animals – especially dogs and cats who get lost… why not with children… certainly a GPS chip inserted under the skin would have helped to locate the lost child and apprehended the culprits in no time… as a parent of three children… I certainly would consider having my children chipped – even as a born again Christian – why because I don’t believe the mark of the beast has anything to do with a microchip. I believe it is a symbol of refusing God. And that can only come from ones own free will. This is grace.

Nevertheless, the question remains why kidnap an innocent child? Was it motivated out of sexual – psychological- money- occult – or perhaps political reasons? A small child is mysteriously abducted at night from a holiday resort – from her room – at night …in the middle of Portugal..

Does it make any sense? No. Portuguese people generally are very family orientated people who love children. The person who did this I believe was psychologically disturbed or probably not Portuguese. I believe the nationality of the kidnapper is of English origin associated with the family in some way. Of course there is also a possibility the kidnapper could be Brazilian or Angolan or Moroccan since many of those nationals live and work in Portugal. But why go into a small resort – at night and target a small child? Is it an act of terrorism by al- quaeda…? Is it an act of revenge on British or white people? Is it an act of occultism by a weird African cult?
No, I think the most likely reason is its either an act of terrorism by an Arab extremist or an act by a mentally disturbed person associated with the immediate family.

Whatever the reason? Whatever she is going through right now.. I believe its time to think about GPS chipping for children on holiday- persons in the middle east or in oil refineries… and its another reason to say: is it possible to live free in a free world that is so fragmented by culture- technology- nationality – religion and politics.

I don’t want to be cynical… but neither do I want to be a victim.

Yours sincerely,

Paul R. Denton

I didn’t want to get involved in this BUT……?

I am a Mum, 2 grown up children, I have had loads of holidays abroad when they were little, including Portugal. The one thing that I noticed was how child friendly everwhere was and how welcome my children were always made. I will never understand any parent leaving children, especially on holiday when you can, as working parents, spend quality time with your family away from the usual pressures. Why on earth did the McCanns leave their most precious gifts alone?

MCCan: Is this incompetence at its worst?

The news today sayst that
“Police teams investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have admitted: “We are no longer sure that she is dead.”

A spokesman in Portugal said: “We do not have proof the girl is dead. If we had that kind of evidence we would not be considering the theory she was abducted.”

Officers had been working on the line that Madeleine died in her family‘s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3, aged three. But they concede they have no proof.

A little child is missing and for months the police in charge of the investigation were on a wild goose chase????????????
Could they not have chased different contradicting leads at the same time???????
Were they influenced by the blood thirsty media and the lynch mob mentality of the public that started its witch hunt on the MCCans???????????
What responsibility will the media take in its role in this fiasco???????? Of course the public won’t.

I can’t believe I’m considering this but. . .?

basically, I’m going to portugal this June with about 8 friends of mine and I’m naturally thin, now I’ve gone on holidays loads of times with friends family etc and always when we go to the beach ‘oh you’re so thin’. . .but this time there is a friend of mine coming and she does NOT stop with saying how skinny I am and basically I nearly don’t want to go on the holiday because i know how pis*ed off I’ll get and it will ruin it, any ideas what I can do, or maybe say to her, it really is horrible.

how do i forgive and forget?

the day after me and my boyfriend got together he went on holiday with his friends. i knew the last holiday he went on he had slept with girls, but he said he really liked me and didn’t want to. he came home and said nothing had happened but i found out a few weeks later off his friend he slept with someone one night. i decided to get back with him but i didn’t trust him fully, but things got better and it was at the start before we were serious. then i went to portugal with my family and he went to a house party with his friends. i found out (again) off someone that he had kissed a girl. he denied it but she even told me herself, i do know straight after the kiss he told her how much he regretted it.
i’m still with him but we argue all the time, i don’t trust him even though he’s stopped going out more or less and has changed for the better. but how do i know he won’t do it again? and if he was truly sorry he would have told me surely? cos i know if i cheated on him i’d be so guilty i’d HAVE to tell him!
can someone tell me ways to forgive and forget please?!

Which of the following quotes of Jose Mourinho is the best?

a) “Pressure? What pressure? Pressure is poor people in the world trying to feed their families. There is no pressure in football”
b) “Everybody wants Chelsea to lose a game. When they do they should declare a public holiday.” – Speaking in a press conference about Chelsea’s leading Premiership start in the 2005/06 season
c) “I saw their players and manager go for a lap of honour after losing to us in their last home game. In Portugal if you do this, they throw bottles at you.” – on Manchester United
d) “We have top players and, sorry if I’m arrogant, we have a top manager.”

Can my ex stop me taking our children on holiday??

I am taking the kids to Australia for 5 weeks over Christmas, I have already paid for the tickets and my ex has now said he will getting an injuction to stop me taking the kids??? my dad who lived with us died last month and a holiday is just what me and the kids need, we went last after my divorce 3 years ago to be near my family. He didn’t mind that time because he thought he would be in prison at the time but ended up getting off with it. since we split he has been on over 20 holidays (in 3 and half years) including Portugal for the football, dubai, caymen islands and many others, me and the kids have been to Oz and Majorca once and to my dads caravan in yorkshire.

I think he is a selfish pig

what do you think?? and can he stop me taking the kids?????
‘#1 2pac fan’ I am not a pig, my ex was supposed to have them last year on Boxing day and he told my son who was 12 that he couldn’t come because his solicitor said it would be illegal for him to come on boxing day???? my son was 13 last week and my ex sent him a card?? not a call or visit??
deere535 I know i should have discussed it with him first but he doesn’t answer my calls, and thinks i will discuss at 4am when he calls drunk?
I booked the hol a coupld of days after my dads funeral and wasn’t thinking straight and it was my sons idea to go for xmas and i said what about your dad and he said well where is he now??
He had them for 2 weeks at the end of july didn’t take them over the doorstop my died while they were there, he brought them home and then took himself to portugal again on the day of the funeral and they have not heard from him now since 12 august??

How weird is this?

I have only been on holiday to 3 different places.
Spain, Corfu and Portugal.

The hotel complex that i stayed in was on the news recently because there was a gas leak and it sadly killed two children.

The hotel complex i stayed in Portugal was right next to the one that Madeliene Macain’s family stayed in.

I’m beginning to get worried.

Dog Lovers: Have you ever seen a stray dog but couldn’t do anything to help?

I went on holiday with my friend to Lisbon in Portugal with her family in 2007…She is portugese and we went to see her family that remained there…

When I got there we went to a open air party which was at the local market…When we got to the market I saw a lot and I mean a LOT of stray dogs..They were so thin! I have never seen so many strays in one place because I live in England…They kept on coming up to me, and the were begging for food…I stroked one of them, but my friend warned me that some of them could have diseases which could pass to me, so I stopped…

When we left I felt SO guilty!! I hate seeing stray dogs in shelters, and seeing them on the streets is worse…I wanted to take them home…I would have loved to see my parent’s faces if I went home with some stray dogs lol….

Everybody (including my friend who loves dogs) just ignored them, and I saw one person kick on of them…I felt so guilty that I couldn’t do anything to help them…

Have you ever had a similar experience??
The question should have said…

Have you ever seen a stray dog and felt guilty because you couldn’t do anything to help?
Yeh about 1 year after that happened I saved a dogs life….

It was a GSD and it was on a busy main road..All the cars drove past and beeped at it….My dad stopped and we took it to the animal shelter which was 10 minutes away from there…
The shelter has since contacted us and said that the dog was rehomed

Do anyone think waiters are too flirty when you’re on holiday?

whenever i’m on holiday and we go into a resturant, the waiters are really flirty and actually quite creepy to me. For example, last year this waiter in portugal started stroking the back of my head and saying “lovely jubbly” right in the middle of a family meal. Since i was 13 at the time, i jus gave him my “wat the hell do you think you’re doing” look and he backed off. Then in france this year one waiter started drawing hearts on his notebook thing and showing me then when we left he began singing “goodbye my lover, good bye my friend” which made me feel a tad ill. Has anyone eles had an experiance like this and do you think its creepy???

going on holiday in February, best time?

my family and i are closing our business and going on holiday for two weeks in February to Lanzarote.
Is this the best place to go as we all want to relax and get tans, or are there any places that you would recommend.
Also we have a family apartment in Lanzarote, Turkey and Portugal but would they have nice weather in Feb?

flight to Faro in January?

i am flying to Faro,Portugal in January with my family for a nice holiday.

How early can we book the flights as it is 10 months away :S

And how much will the flights cost approxamatly?

Cheers guys.

Blood sent to the Forensic Science Service in Birmingham carried three matches of Madeleine’s DNA.?

“The allegation is that the DNA shows a full match of 99%. According to police, it shows the presence of Madeleine’s body in the boot of the family‘s hire car five weeks after she disappeared.”
Two were partial matches that came from the car and the windowsill of the family‘s holiday apartment.

The third was the full match from the boot of the car.

Meanwhile, papers outlining any evidence against Gerry and Kate McCann will be passed to the Public Prosecutor in Portugal, probably on Tuesday.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91210-1283359,00.html

Sorry, another McCann question!?

Just read Gerry’s blog and it states “If madeleine is not found in the next couple of weks we need to move out of the appartment we have been staying in as the family is coming out for a holiday”!!!!!!!! WTF – a HOLIDAY!!!!! This has just made me feel sick to the stomach, instead of coming out to assist in the search for Maddie, the family want to come out to Portugal for a free holiday!!!!!! Now I wonder, does this answer where the money is going thats been donated to ‘Team McCann’?????
Well, when I read it it was my understanding that it was their family, so apologies for any misunderstanding on my part

Heard the latest? British tourist wanted (McCann question, just for a change)?

MYSTERY British holidaymaker is the latest suspect in the disappearance of missing child Madeleine McCann.

As the vanished child’s parents marked 100 days without their daughter at a quiet prayer service yesterday, Portugese police examined a hire car rented by the unidentified suspect.

The man is believed to have flown to Portugal the same day as the McCann family arrived on holiday on April 28.

He is understood to have helped in searches for Maddie after she disappeared on May 3, before returning the car and flying home on May 6.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22229709-2,00.html

Madeline Mc Cann?

Y don’t the Portugese police look for Madeline, they left the search so long – y blame the parents? Have they been sleeping all this time? How can they treat the Parents like this – did they seal off the area NO!! They should be focussing on looking for the child not traumatising the parents – the Portugese Police have alot to answer for – theyv’e lost focus – shows the world you’re not safe in Portugal! A 1 week holiday has left a family – the nation, globally in disbelief. PORTUGESE POLICE FIND MADELINE !!!

What is the weather like in Italy in at the end of August/ start of September?

I’m planning a family holiday at the moment and we were looking at going away at the end of the summer this time around. We were 100% certain about going to Portugal again this year (we went last year and absolutely loved it, one of the main factors being the weather) and this was because we were right on the coast so we get a great mixture of ocean breezes and warm sun. I’m not really that good with extremely hot weather (the sort where you get dehydrated after 2 minutes of leaving the hotel) but do love the sun so I’m looking at going somewhere on the coast of Italy.

I’d just like to know now because I don’t want to make the mistake of visiting the country and then spending a week in my hotel room with the fan on full blast wishing I was at home (this happened when I visited Greece a few years ago).

Poll: Who else is on the quest to get the perfect bikini body?

Summer’s getting near, and my dad’s re-building one of our holiday homes (Portugal), and since it’s got a pool in the house, and were opposite the beach
+ My family keep calling me fat..

But I do look like an elephant, and so i NEED to lose weight lol!

What about you?

How sad is this?

Madeleine McCann’s grandmother has revealed the final gift she received from her granddaughter before she disappeared in Portugal.

Susan Healy, 61, who spoke of the heart-shaped plate which Madeleine decorated with her palm prints – an unbearably poignant reminder of the affectionate little girl.

Given to the Healys shortly before she disappeared, the plate is the last present Madeleine gave to anyone in her family.
She made it at her nursery school, dipping her tiny hands into pink and purple paint to produce the palm prints before a teacher added the message in black ink: “I love you Grandma and Grandad, From Madeleine. 2007.”

Mrs Healy told how the plate is so precious to her that she dare not hang it on the wall in case it gets broken. Instead, it rests, wrapped up in tissue paper on the piano in the front room of her home in Liverpool.

“It was done in April about a month before they went on holiday to Portugal,” she said.

“It was literally days afterwards – I think it was four or five days afterwards – that Madeleine went missing.

“It was my last gift from Madeleine. It is very, very precious because of that fact.

“I feel like locking it up in a safe rather than displaying it because I couldn’t bear anything to happen to it.

“We’ve got Madeleine’s photographs all over the house, obviously, in every room, and they have always been there. But this is different. This is so special.

“The only thing that I can accept as a possibility is that we get Madeleine back. In the meantime the handprints on that plate are the nearest thing to a physical reminder.”

Do you think more of this will come to light?

American TV journalists grilled Gerry about why he and his wife Kate did not hire a babysitter to watch their three children as they dined with friends on the night she was taken.

It follows a campaign in Portugal where there have been calls for the couple to be prosecuted for leaving their children alone in their holiday apartment.

The McCanns have faced increased criticism after details were leaked to the Portuguese media of alleged inconsistencies in statements by the McCanns and their friends.

An article in Sol magazine accused Madeleine’s parents and other families in their holiday group of hiding behind a “pact of silence”.

The report said: “Madeleine’s parents and the friends with whom they spent their holidays are suspects in the inquiry. There are contradictory versions about the night of the kidnapping and an assumed pact of silence in the group.”
Its on the Express website thank god one paper is reporting the other side of the story not just the McCann friendly stuff

McCanns: ‘Kate McCann accidentally killed her daughter while Gerry played tennis’ ?

We read that ‘The McCanns’ friends spoke out Friday after new allegations from anonymous police detectives in Portugal that Kate McCann accidentally killed her daughter while her husband played tennis, and that friends helped her hide the body in a refrigerator’

1) Why was Gerry McCann playing tennis day after day while Kate looked after the children on a ‘family‘ holiday ?

2) Would it have been possible to hide Madeleines body in a freezer (not necesarrily in the McCanns appartment) and dispose of her later ?

Source: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/09/29/mccann_supporters_decry_smear_campaign/5055/

What is wrong with an English seaside holiday for Families with young children?

When I was a girl we always holidayed in England at the seaside and so did I with my boys and we had a great time.
Why is it that these days so many want to fly abroad (often to carbon copies of English seaside towns in Spain or whatever)?.Some say it is for the weather – but children should not have *too* much sun anyway and so that is just selfishness on the part of the *adults* who want to show off a suntan (even if they waste money on tanning machines back here anyway!).
What with the dangers of flying (especially with the terrorist threat) and the fact that they *may* let their guard down abroad (look at the poor McGann mite in Portugal) why not take children on holiday at home?There is plenty to do if the weather is bad – and children love playing around on the beach – and in the sea if they are taught to swim first ! -

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070702064011AA61oVs

Best wishes,
Joan
Well for those who’ve said that there is nothing to do for children at the seaside even in bad weather should look at this -

http://www.open2.net/coast/

I kept four young boys happy at the seaside for a week every year but that’s because I worked at it – that’s what you have to do when you have children.

Too young to shave pubic hair?

Hi i’m 14 going on 15 and since its coming up to the summer i was wondering about the issue pubic hair. In the summer holidays imgoing to portugal with friends and family and wearing a bikini is a bit of a worry for me cos of my pubic hair showing round the edge and when im sunbathing. I am too embaressed to get it waxed somewhereor ask my mum for home waxing stuff. I have tried shanving but i come out in red spots near te thigh area and it doesnt last long.

Please can i have some help.

Translation : English – Portuguese (from Portugal) ….please?

Translation : English – Portuguese ….please?
Thank you for your lovely letter…it was such a nice surprise.
It is very hot here today, like most days .
I hope London is not to cold.
Dave and Sarah better not be giving you too much work!
School is going very well.
Yes I am still waiting to marry Kien. Will you come to the wedding? Only joking.
I hope you understand…
I practice but I think it is not very good. Thank you for all your help with my Portuguese.

Stay well and I hope that you and your family have a great Christmas and holiday.
I miss you.

Thank you for translating!! xxxx Obrigada!

Why did the McCanns go to Praia de Luge?

I did think when this case first emerged months ago why would two well paid doctors go on holiday to Portugal?
Surely they could afford the Maldives, Seychelles, something much more exotic and educational than a nice but lets face it sterile culturless “costa”.?

It of course becomes clear now.
Portugal is renowned for its tolerance of sexual diversity.
BDSM, gay transvestites all flock to Portugal‘s resorts which are not only tolerant but openly encourage these lifestyles.

Good for Portugal I say. Good luck all you people. Diversity is what makes the world go round.

So. Anybody guess what Praia de luge is famous for??
Not as the McCanns would have you think a family resort, but,
a Swingers resort.

Please dont cry out in protest, just do a little research and you will find Praia de luge= Swingers paradise.

Ok then…McCanns are swingers, so is Clarence, so is Jane Tanner and the Tapas nine.

I posted earlier my theory in more detail.

They are all in it.
Under Pressure.
Why Cretin. Please explain.
Better still do a bit of research then explain.

In any event get better informed before throwing insults about.

Better still SHUTFUPC**T

missing kids?

the missing little girl case in portugal reminds me of a case probably 10 or more years ago.there was a little boy went missing in greece on a family holiday,i think his name was ben,does any one know the outcome of that case?

Help with my Host Family Letter?

Hello
next year I will make a year abroad in the USA and need to write a letter to a potential host family.
Maybe, someone could the letter correct ? Or say something about the content of the text?

Dear host family,

First of all I want to thank you for reading my letter in which I want to introduce myself and tell you something about my family, friends, hobbies and everyday life. Also I want to thank you for your hospitality and that you giving me a home in the USA for 10 months. It would be very great to spend one year of my live as a member of your family. I’m so excited to get to know a new culture and new people and I’m truly grateful that I get this chance by you. I hope this letter will help you getting a first impression and get to know the reasons why I want to go to America.

Now I will try to describe myself and my life with my family. My name is xx and I’m from Germany. I’m a 15-year-old-girl and my birthday is on eight March. Overall, I think I’m a pretty nice person. I love to have fun and be crazy, but also I’m gladly among people and I appreciate each person. I’m open-minded, social, a tolerant person and a big dreamer.
I attend a secondary school at the 10th grade which has 1200 pupils. The school starts at 7.45 am until 13.20 am. Each day I have different subjects; like English, German, Social Studies, Geography, Sciences and my favourite subjects; Math and Art. Presently I make a six months practicum in a 4th grade; it’s once a week and it makes me much fun, because the children are also very nice.

Because my parents are divorced for 7 Years, I live alone with my mother xxx and our two rabbits in a flat in Leipzig. In St. Petersburg, their birthplace in Russia, she has study librarianship. With 20 years she pulled to Germany and there she get to know my father xxx. At the moment she works as a public relations officer in a school. I’ve got a little sister. She is 4 years old and named xxx. She is the daughter of my father and his girl-friend xxx. I visit she nearly weekend and we do a lot of thinks together. Certainly I take also action with my mom, her boy-friend xxx and his two children xxx and xxx.
I’ve got a very good relationship to all members of my family. We go to the zoo or go for a swim on the lake, go for a walk in the park, shopping in the city or we make a Sunday-breakfast outside.
My tasks at home are not so large things; I have to clean up my room, to take out the garbage, to clean the cage of my pets, I have to do my homework and watch out for my siblings.

Now I would like to come to my interests. I like so many things, which are very different. In summer I like wind-surfing on the lake here in Leipzig, to chill out on the beach, to sleep in the open or go for a swim. But in winter I like to spend time with my friends at home by a DVD-evening. Also, in my free-time I like reading, to spend time with my family and friends, to bake, painting and photography; to go outside taking pictures with my camera.
Also I love travelling; it is my all-time favourite activity. When I was still a small child, I traveled with my parents across Europe. We visited so many cities; like Venice in Italy, Lisbon in Portugal, Prague in Czechia and so on. In the last years we were among the pyramids of Giza in Cairo and hike in the canyons of Spain. My favorite place to visit is Vienna. Last holidays I saw the “Vienna Prater”; it is a big theme park. One of my goals in life is to travel all over the world!
Also in my school I have done a lot of things. I was at the school choir and in the “wind-surfing project group”. Once a week after school I’m a mentor and look after kids, play with them and help them by the homework.

It was always my dream to go one year in the USA; because on the one side I would like to make new experiences, get to know new people , get better language skills and also it bring better chances for your professional path. Of the other side I like to will independent and confident, I want to learn more over your life, your country and your culture in America, quasi the “American way of life”. Another reason for my stay abroad is your school-system. It is very different from ours, and I like to choose between many different subjects. Also, I would like to get to know your everyday life and your celebrations, like Thanksgiving, Halloween or the St. Patrick’s Day.
Now I would like to tell you something about my vision of the future. After my year abroad I will finish my school. In other words at first I will make my A-Level and later I would like to study. If I’m older, I will travel around the world and I will visit as many countries as I can not even count. Maybe, I make also a year as au pair girl or so. Well wait and see what happens.

I would be so glad and grateful if you would let me be a part of your family! I’m look forward to meet you and I’m look forward of the common time.

I hope I’ll see you soon .
with kind Regards.

How long will the petrol strike in Portugal last and how will it effect holiday makers?

My brother is in Portugal now with his family and as all the petrol stations are on strike he has not got enough petrol to return to the airport tomorrow with his hire car.

I am flying out to Faro tomorrow, and I am worried about the fuel situation. Has anyone got any idea how long it will last?
In reply to Garrison – You didn’t answer my question! I am asking specifically about Portugal. Yes I am aware of the strikes, that was in the title of my question!!! doh!! Yes, I do understand what a strike entails!!! I just want to know what is going on in PORTUGAL. Not SPAIN. Two different countries!

Differences between U.S. and Portugal?

What are some of the differences between the United States and Portugal? More than the obvious (like the language) and more about the culture, family values, people, customs and traditions, greeting, holiday, etc. Information that would be useful to someone doing a report or looking to visit. Thanks for your help

How did the abductor know there was a 3 year old girl left unattended?

In portugal, british tourists left their 3 year old daughter with their twins baby sister and brother sleeping unattended, whilst the parents dined in a restuarant down the road. How on earth would the abductor know? Unless, he had been watching the family and knew that the parents did this regularly whilst on holiday.

Or could of the toddler simply, opened the door and wondered off herself.

I have children myself, and i know how difficult it is to have time alone, especially whilst on holiday. But, even with them now older, im still cautious of them being with me. I have thoughts and prayers that the little girl is found safe. But im unsympothetic of the mother, especially shes a hospital specialist. Surely she must be aware of child protection.

Madeleine -should we should boycot Portugal.?

After this country has treated the family, and tried to frame them I think we should boycott this country for our holidays, they might than appreciate what we give in tourism!!

A Story: The Law regarding the McCanns and child neglect…?

Now I would like for all of the pro-McCann supporters to gather around and make yourselves comfortable, because I would like to tell you a little story. It is a story which you may be unfamilar with, it might even be a story which you really do not want to hear. Nevertheless, I am going to tell it to you, and, I would urge that any words or concepts which you find difficult to understand you ask the person sitting next to you to explain to you.
Once upon a time, there was a respectable, well-to-do couple who went on holiday to Portugal and left their three under 4 year olds in a hotel room whilst they went off to a restuarant to eat… WITH ME SO FAR??? Ok.. good… One of the children was abducted from the hotel room, and then many of the people around Britain went online to express how the parents had made a little mistake which was not in breach of the law and so should be rewarded for their behaviour with a trust fund, yellow ribbons and a protracted family holiday.
ADDITIONAL
Now, this where we come to the complex part. I say complex, because according to a number of the pro-McCann supporters no law has actually been broken. So for the uninitiated, I would like to say that I spent a considerable amount of time last night the legal databases WestLaw and LexisNexis to demonstrate to you how other individuals have fallen foul of the Law in rather analogous circumstances. So, here we go:

In R v Jasmin, L (2004) 1CR, App.R (s) 3, the Appellants had left their child aged 16 months old alone in the home for periods of up to 3 hours, whilst they went off to work. This happened on approximately three separate occasions. The Appellants were both found guilty of offences relating to neglect contrary to S1(1) Childrens’ and Young Persons Act 1933 and were sentenced to concurrent terms of 2 years imprisonment.
Lord Justice Law in summing up stated that: “… there was no evidence of any physical harm resulting from this neglect [but] “that both parents had difficulty in accepting the idea that their child was in any danger”…. SOUND FAMILIAR??

NEXT CASE BELOW:
In M v Normand (1995) SLT 1284, HCt Judiciary [ a Scottish case which may have persuasive authority ],the Appellant had parked his car leaving his son aged 18 months old strapped in a child’s car seat in the rear of the car whilst he and his wife went to do some Xmas shopping. A traffic warden was on duty when he saw the Appellants’ car with the chid in the car seat. The child was sitting quietly, appeared to be awake, not distressed and adequately clothed. The police were called and remained next to the car until the parents returned some 55 minutes later. The Appellant was found guilty of a contravention of s12 Childrens & Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937in that he did “wilfully neglect and abandon him in a manner likely to cause him unnecessary suffering and injury to health”.
It was submitted that “where a child of this age was left on its own for a substantial period, VERY LITTLE MORE WAS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THAT THE OFFENCE HAD BEEN COMMITTED… and that “the child might have become distressed simply by reason of it being left alone in that period of time, and this was a circumstance which could cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health…”

So… are we now clear??? or would you like me to provide you with further precedents for neglect??

HERE ENDETH THE LESSON!
John R you are actually wrong… we are part of the EU and have reciprocal laws relating to these matters…
“Helen” Thank you for your very reasoned and inarticulate resposne. Firstly, I am a parent who single handedly raised my son whilst studying to be a lawyer. Secondly would you like a second lesson on the laws relating to libel, slander and defamation as you seem to be somewhat misinformed. I am prepared to offer you private tuition at no cost!
“dnbgrrly”: You are also wrong… and this is why in court they use previous case law to reach decisions. In the second case the man left his child for 55 minutes in a car.. The McCanns left their children for longer and DID NOT check on them half hourly. They also did this several times throughout their stay..The first case is the most similar.. that couple left the children for periods of between 1 to 3 hours in a warm house, wlll fed, with no obvious hazards around. The children were not harmed but the paretns were still prosectuted.
The McCanns left their kids for god knows how long and one was abducuted, HOW AN EARTH IS THAT NOT A WORST SCENARIO!!!
Well you can tell I am now getting p**** off with these supporters my typing is shot to hell!!
I was going to quote a further case.One also similar to the McCanns where two people with learning difficulties had left their child for an hour on one occasion! The child was removed and the parents were sentenced tor 12 months in jail. These people had learning difficulties but were still found to be culpable. The McCanns are educated people and have been absolved of any responsibility. It is as simple as that really.
There is no point in quoting further cases though as some people evidently feel that child neglect should be legalised.
“Lesroys” Are you telling me that you are a first year law student, or asking me if I am one? No I’m not I completed my Law Degree and am undertaking the Bar Vocational Course [BVC] in the UK.

should social services be in contact with the mccann family for neglect?

a three year old and twin two year olds left in an apartment on there own on holiday in Portugal for someone to come in and kidnap the three year old it makes my blood boil by the fact they were left alone there was plenty of them there to take turns at babysitting there was also a baby sitting service at the hotel so none of them had to look after them but they declined the service , i have a two year old and three year old and there is no way on this earth i would leave them alone , if it wasn’t for the parents leaving them unsupervised this wouldn’t have happened and they must have left them alone more than once for someone to work out that they get left alone so should social services be looking at them over there other children , don’t get me wrong i really feel for them its a terrible thing to happen but if there that neglectful abroad what are they like at home?

Do you belive Madeline McCann is Still alive.?

She has Been Missing for 145 day after she was found missing from her family‘s holiday home in Portugal.
Please only answer if you know the story.

should I feel bad???????????

most of my friends have invited people on there family holidays…

I went with a friend to portugal
and another to venice…

but I haven’t invited anyone on holiday with me?

should I feel bad about that?
my mum just likes family holidays?

what can I do??/

what do you wear out to dinner with family?? teen girls?

ok, so im going on holiday to Portugal this easter and im allowed to bring my friend becaus emy brothers not coming.

quite a few evenings, we go out to dinner. usually i don’t care if what i wear looks stupid if its what my mum wants me to wear, but if my friends coming, i dont know what to wear to keep my mum happy and make sure my friend doesnt think i look a compleate idiot :L

oh ,were both 14

any help would be GREAT!

thanxx