Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Oh here we go can't make a generalisation on a bb without someone picking you up about some point or other . This ain't a book club ffs . Coming from a grown man who daily bangs on and on about Cameron for years , when no one appears to support you . Check your posting history over the last god knows how many years .

Exams to be taken earlier in the day to fit around Ramadan, exam boards say
The announcement follows comments by the children's commissioner, who said the exams time table could be delayed to accommodate Muslim pupils

Telegraph or scroll back for full article cyners.

Obviously that last post was for Freda .

What is happening to this summer’s exams and why?
Exam boards have scheduled some GCSEs and A-level examinations taken by most pupils – like English and maths – before the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
This year, the festival falls between June 6 and July 5, which overlaps with a significant proportion of exams.
Muslims observe fasting during daylight hours and there are concerns it will have a detrimental impact on their results.
Officials will also aim to timetable exams with ‘consideration’ – meaning earlier in the day – so Muslim pupils can concentrate better after their pre-dawn meal.
What will it mean for pupils?
Hundreds of thousands of pupils will take some exams up to a week earlier than in previous years – meaning they have less time to revise.
However, many subjects will be unaffected because they are less popular, while others were already scheduled before the start of Ramadan.
There will also be an increase in the number of important exams being held in the morning.
Such measures are likely to be adopted by boards for at least the next five years, while the month of Ramadan continues to clash with exam season.
How have the different exam boards responded?
AQA appears to have shifted several key maths exams to earlier dates this year by comparison with last year’s timetable, and those remaining during Ramadan will be scheduled in the morning.
English examinations are unaffected as they were held early last year also.
OCR is holding all of its English and maths exams in the morning, and these exams appear to be clustered toward the beginning of the exam season.
Why is Ramadan an issue now?
Ramadan moves earlier by around 11 days in the calendar every year, and only comes full circle about every 33 years.
Last year there was a smaller overlap between Ramadan and the exam season.
The last time this situation arose was in the early 1980s when Muslims made up only an estimated 1 per cent of the population compared with almost 5 per cent now.
Why have I not heard about this change before?
Similar arrangements were announced for last year’s exams, but there was less of an overlap so it did not make much difference.
The issue was raised again in a Commons education committee session yesterday morning, when children’s commissioner Anne Longfield was questioned by MPs.
Tory MP Suella Fernandes asked how Muslim pupils could be accommodated over Ramadan.
The children’s commissioner said discussions were being held around revised arrangements. JCQ later said there would not be a ‘delay’ but confirmed that some exams would be reshuffled.
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So 5 or 6 % are Muslim then are they in Britain .

This is for a victim.

Similarity to the whipping up of racial emotions and hatred.

The leading of the blind!



Crystal Night' 1938: The great Anti-German spectacle

Ingrid Weckert

"Crystal Night" is the name that's been given to the night of 9-10 November 1938. In almost all large German cities and some smaller ones that night, store windows of Jewish shops were broken, Jewish houses and apartments were destroyed, and synagogues were demolished and set on fire. Many Jews were arrested, some were beaten, and some were even killed. The "Reich Crystal Night" (Reichskristallnacht) was one of the most shameful events of National Socialist Germany. Although the Jews suffered initially, the greatest harm was ultimately done to Germany and the German people.

Even people who are sympathetic to National Socialism cannot understand how this event could have happened. Julius Streicher, the so-called "number one Jew baiter" [note 1] for example, was shocked when he first learned about the demonstrations and destruction the next morning.

The all-important question is: Who was responsible for the incident? It is generally accepted, especially by contemporary historians, that the Nazi gang organized and carried out the pogrom, and that the chief instigator was Propaganda Minister Dr. Joseph Goebbels. The truth of the matter is that Adolf Hitler was so disgusted by the incident that he forbade anyone from discussing the matter in his presence. Dr. Goebbels complained that he would now have to explain this terrible affair to the German people and the world, and that he simply did not know what kind of credible explanation to give. If he had actually been responsible for the Crystal Night, he surely would have had a well-prepared explanation. The explanation he gave on the morning of the 10th was extremely unconvincing and was generally not believed by the German public. During my study of this subject, which resulted in my book on the Crystal Night, Feuerzeichen, I found many facts which do not agree with the generally accepted thesis. On the contrary, the evidence which I have found gives a completely different picture.

chris - what a totally loony idea! .... i'll check with my m8 in bahrain and ask what happens there

We are loony cynic didn't you know Britain's finished ..

so fred, why do you choose to believe this ingrid weckert?

A slightly different era I would suggest don't you . Never mind it suits you to use it so there we are . What only for me Freda .

i wonder if said ingrid also denies the holocaust and perhaps even states that hitler knew nothing of it if indeed it happened at all

I don't know why every one's banging on about the 2nd world war ,(i imagine Fred's started it)
The mass invasion of migrants and it is an invasion has nothing to do with Hitler or history ..

fred's latest obliquely refers back to cologne

I wonder how this will play out . Iran accuses Suadis of bombing Embassy . bbc .

for sure there's much public sabre rattling, but certainly the present situation is very volatile and pretty scary too ...... i'm sure all will be working very hard behind the scenes to prevent escalation

cynic - I'm guessing he will tell you children are exempt from fasting.

One comment I do agree with from The daily Mail:-


"No changes should be made to any school curriculum or exam timetable to suit any religious group."

yes chris - all of the above
certainly that is what i would have guessed

OK, you lot.....

The FTSE's crashed once again and is now just about sat on support.

What's on your immediate 'Buy List'

NOTHING!

Kippers.