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Team GB Break Records in the Rio
2016 Olympics and Paralympics!
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
Your Chance to
Become an
Editor!
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Read about the
Olympics and
Paralympics!
4 -
5
Jeremy Corbyn
re-elected
Labour Party
leader.
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E D I T O R - I N - C H I E F : E L Y E
C U T H B E R T S O N ( A G E D 1 2 )
P R O O F - R E A D E R : A A R O N
C U T H B E R T S O N
R E P O R T E R S /
C O N T R I B U T E R S : R A C H E L
G A R D N E R , D O U G P E R R Y ,
A A R O N C U T H B E R T S O N .
HOME ED GAZETTE
O C T O B E R
E D I T I O N I S S U E 1 6
J O K E J U N C T I O N
Answer to last issue’s
joke (Why are scooters
never working?) Be-
cause they’re always on
a brake!
“The home-ed community needs this” - A reader
(By Editor-In-Chief Elye Cuthbertson)
C I R C U L A T I O N
O F O V E R 3 0 0 !
The 2016 Olympics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from
5th—21st August, and the Paralympics from 7th—18th
September, and what exciting times those were! They were
incredibly successful for Team GB, who won a total of 67
medals in the Olympics (27 gold, 23 silver, and 17 bronze)
and 147 medals in the Paralympics (64 gold, 39 silver, and
44 bronze). We came second in the medal table in both the
Olympics and the Paralympics. Team GB is the first team to
do better at an non-home games then at their own games.
See lots more on the Rio Games on page 4.
Dame Sarah Storey, Brit-
ain’s most decorated fe-
male Paralympian ever,
added three gold medals to
her collection. She now has
12 golds, eight silver and
three bronze Paralympic
medals.
Kadeena Cox competed in two
separate events in the Paralym-
pics. She won a gold and a
bronze medal in athletics, and
another gold medal in cycling.
She also carried the flag in the
closing ceremony.
Max Whitlock (right)
won Britain’s first
ever gold medal in
gymnastics in the
men’s floor, and than
beat Team GB’s Louis
Smith to gold in the
men’s Pommel Horse
around an hour later.
Mo Farah won
two gold medals
in Rio, in the
5,000m and
10,000m, which
were the two
events he also
won gold in back
in London 2012!
P A G E 2
POLITICS
H O M E E D G A Z E T T E
(By Elye Cuthbertson)
From the 22nd August—21st September Labour MPs
and other qualified supporters voted for who they
thought should be the Labour Party’s leader. They
voted between the two possible candidates, Jeremy
Corbyn (previous leader of Labour), and Owen Smith.
Owen Smith was in the Shadow Cabinet (the name of
Labour’s cabinet of MPs) as the Welsh Secretary
between 2012 and 2015, when Ed Miliband resigned
after he lost the General Election, and Jeremy Corbyn
took over the Labour Party. Under Jeremy Corbyn’s
lead, Owen Smith was the Shadow Work and Pen-
sions Secretary until he resigned in June 2016. On
13th July he announced that he would be standing
for leadership, and six days later on the 19th he be-
came Corbyn’s sole opposition after Angela Eagle
dropped out.
After around two month’s worth of hard campaign-
ing, the end result was disappointing for Smith. Jere-
my Corbyn won by a margin of 68.1% (313,209
votes), while Owen Smith had 31.9% (193,229
votes).
The Labour Leadership race started back in June,
after the EU referendum. The Brexit side won, and
many people thought Jeremy Corbyn, who was cam-
paigning for the Remain side, campaigned only half-
heartedly, and did not give his side enough support.
Some of these people also thought that, partly be-
cause of this, he was not a satisfactory leader, and a
leadership election was called for. And in the end,
despite lots of people thinking he was not up to
leading the Labour Party, the majority of voters
voted for him.
Jeremy Corbyn re-elected as
Labour Party’s leader
Jeremy Corbyn, who won the Labour leadership election, said, “Elections are passionate and partisan affairs.
Things are often said in the heat of the debate on all sides that we later regret. But always remember in our
party, we have much more in common than that which divides us.”
P A G E 3 I S S U E 1 6
UKIP Disaster (By Editor-In-Chief Elye Cuthbertson)
On 26th of September (or the early hours of 27th in Britain),
the two remaining candidates for the US Presidential Election
(Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton) went head-to-head in a
somewhat vicious political debate. Aggressive comments
were shot back and forth between the two political rivals.
Hilary Clinton started off by saying that the election was
about what the American public wanted their country to be
like, while Donald Trump said that he thought America was
losing “so many” of its jobs to other countries. Going into the
middle of the debate, Clinton started to question why Trump
wouldn’t release his tax returns, saying, “he didn’t pay any
federal income tax,” and Trump interjected saying, “that
makes me smart.” Trump later said, “I will release my tax
returns when she [Clinton] releases her 33,000 E-mails that
have been deleted.”
This was the first time Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton had
had a debate live on stage before, and it lasted for 90
minutes. The next debate will be on Sunday, 9th October.
Trump vs Clinton
Diane James, the former leader of the UK Independence
Party (UKIP) has recently resigned. She had only been in the
office for 18 days, since 16th September. She took over from
Nigel Farage, who resigned after Brexit won the referen-
dum, saying, “my political ambition has been achieved,”
and, “I want my life back.” Diane James said that she did not
have enough authority in the party, and would not be for-
malising her leadership. Mrs James had not yet appointed a
deputy leader, so the party is now in turmoil, with no official
leader. Some people are saying that Diane James had not
yet submitted the form legally required to become leader,
so Nigel Farage may still in fact be in charge, and he does
claim that he is technically back in charge. He has also said
that he will not be contesting in any more leadership con-
tests however.
The UKIP chairman Paul Oakden said, when asked who the
current UKIP leader is now, “in my mind it is Diane James,”
and he said that she may still be the leader until a new one
is elected. Oakden said that he would hold an emergency
meeting with UKIP’s national executive committee to dis-
cuss the process of electing a new party leader.
“She doesn’t have the stamina.”
“A man who can be provoked by a Tweet should not have his
fingers anywhere near the nuclear codes.”
(By Editor-In-Chief Elye Cuthbertson)
P A G E 4
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Rio Olympics: A Missed Opportunity?
SPORTS
This year's Olympics have been great. Britain have won a record collection of gold medals - even beating
China (!!) and Brazil has had its best medal scoop since the games began. We lowly spectators, on the
other hand, have finished our TV marathons feeling inspired and slightly guilty at all the TV and popcorn
we've devoured. The Rio closing ceremony (broadcasted last week at the time of writing) was spectacu-
lar, but I felt it was missing one thing: nature—or, more specifically, conservation of Brazil's great rain
forests.
During the whole ceremony, the only nod to the rain forests was the erection of a large tree made of
netting. The idea was to make it seem glowing in the light of the fireworks and parades, but to me, it just
seemed like it was a ghost of the forests, reminding the spectators what they could have saved but did-
n't. It was quickly eclipsed by women in bikinis, feather dances and massive carnival floats, giving the
poor tree a lost and forgotten air.
For me, the Olympics was a missed opportunity for Brazil. They could have used the publicity to show off
the majesty of their (almost) untouched wild, and gain support for the important conservation work that
needs to take place to save it. Considering this was such an costly experience for Brazil, I was hoping they
would use it to boost support for their breath-taking wildlife, but alas, no such luck. Instead, they dressed
up like broccoli, displayed some parkour skills and sung songs whilst dancing on top of parade floats.
H O M E E D G A Z E T T E
(By Elye Cuthbertson)
(By Rachel Gardner)
This was an incredible Olympic Games for Team GB this
year. Britain is the first country to do better in a foreign
Olympics than their own home games, and beat China in
the medal table, coming in second place.
British competitors also broke many records. Early on in
the games Adam Peaty broke two records in swimming,
and Team GB broke a total of six records in cycling. One
of the best moments for Britain was when Max Whitlock
became the first British gold medallist in gymnastics. He
won gold in the men’s floor, not even two hours later,
gold again in the men’s pommel horse!
Team GB also did extremely well in the Paralympic
Games. They got 64 gold medals, and 147 in total,
coming in second place.
One of the greatest highlights of these Paralympic
games was Dame Sarah Storey winning her 12th
Paralympic gold medal in the C5 3,000m Individual
Pursuit. That is her 23rd Paralympic medal.
Another fantastic British athlete was Kadeena Cox.
She competed in two sports in the Rio Games, and
won a gold in each, plus a world record!
Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
Games Highlights
The tree in the Olympics
Closing Ceremony.
Team GB did fantastically well at the 2016 Rio Games. They were the first team to do better at a foreign games
than at their own home games. They came second in the Olympics and Paralympics. See below, left for Olym-
pics and right for Paralympics, for the highlights of the very successful games for Team GB.
Wawrinka beats No. 1 to US Open Victory
Stan Wawrinka, from Switzerland, beat world number one
Novak Djokovic, from Russia, in the US Open finals on
Sunday 11th September. Stan Wawrinka has a winning
streak now. Last year he won the French Open, and the
year before he won the Australian Open. Djokovic scraped
the first set to his name, but Wawrinka won the next
three.
In the last set, Djokovic called for treatment for his big
toe, which had a blister. Wawrinka complained about the
delay, and Djokovic shouted at him, “Stan, sorry! I can’t
stand.” But they were all friends again at the end of the
match. (see right-hand picture).
Back in July, Novak Djokovic also failed to deliver in Wimbledon.
The world number one lost to America’s Sam Querrey, number 28
in the third round. Djokovic is still number one on the leaderboard
however. This is probably due to the fact that he has 12 Grand
Slam titles.
There are four Grand Slams. The Australian Open, the French
Open, the US Open and Wimbledon. If you when all four of those
in one year, then you have completed the Grand Slam. Only 19
people (or groups of people, because of doubles), have ever done
that. The last people to do it are Yui Kamiji (Japanese) and Jor-
danne Whiley (British) in the Women’s Wheelchair Doubles in
2014.
(By Elye Cuthbertson)
Barclays Premier League (By Editor-In-Chief Elye Cuthbertson)
There is an English and Welsh football competition happening at
the moment called the Barclays Premier League. The Premier
League lasts around three-quarters of the year. The 2016-17
Premier League started on 13th August, and will continue until
21st May 2017. The reason the competition takes so long is be-
cause there are 20 teams competing (19 English, one Welsh),
and all of the teams play each other twice. This means each
there are a total of 380 matches in one Premier League, each
individual team playing 38 matches.
Last year, in the 2015-16 Premier League, the winning team was
Leicester City, which came as a huge shock to everyone, as the
team only just qualified for the previous season. In this current
season (at the time of publication), Leicester are in 12th place,
with eight points, in the leader board, so they are doing much
better than they could be, and there is still plenty of time to get
into the top five!
Anyway, best of luck from the Home-Ed Gazette to all of the
teams!
Rio Olympics: A Missed Opportunity?
Novak Djokovic (left) with his had on Stan Wawrinka’s shoulder
after the UP Open finals. Stan Wawrinka (right) holding his US Open trophy, and
Novak Djokovic with his second-place award.
P A G E 6
Your Chance to Become an Editor (By Editor-In-Chief Elye Cuthbertson)
(By Elye Cuthbertson)
American Tragedies
At roughly the same time, in an area in New York called Manhattan, around 30 people were injured in
an explosion that shattered windows. Again, no injuries were fatal, and no one was killed. A policeman
told the New York Times, “We don't understand the target or the significance of it. It's by a pile of
dumpsters on a random sidewalk.” Another bomb was found nearby, but was removed safely.
The last attack was back in New Jersey again, and it happened in the late hours of Sunday to early
hours of Monday. It was not exactly an attack. Two men found a backpack inside of a bin, thinking it
might contain something of value. They then found that it contained around five bombs, and immedi-
ately reported it to the police.
It is not yet known if there is a link between these tragic attacks, but it is currently being investigated
with the deepest earnest.
I am looking for willing pairs of hands to help out with the Home-Ed Gazette for future issues! As I’m sure you’ve noticed, the Home-Ed Gazette has now been split into sections. Politics, Sports, and the next issue will have a Reviews section. I am looking for an individual Editor for each sec-tion. If you would like to apply to become an Editor for a specific section of the Home-Ed Ga-zette, send an E-mail to [email protected] with the following:
If you wish to become the Politics Editor, write a roughly 300 word long article on either the Labour Leadership Contest or the US Presidential Election, plus a picture relating to the subject of the arti-cle and a title.
If you wish to become the Sports Editor, write a roughly 300 word long article on either the Paralympics or the Premier League, plus a picture relating to the subject of the article and a title.
If you wish to become the Reviews Editor, write a roughly 300 word long review on any book or movie you wish, plus a picture relating to the subject of the review and a title.
Deadline is 25th October.
Being Editor of any of the above sections means the following: you will be required to write at least one article/review to do with your section every issue, and you will need to edit articles written by other people for your section if necessary. The Editor-In-Chief will review every article written.
If you would like further information on anything, please contact [email protected].
On the weekend of the 17th - 18th, there were no less than four attacks in America. Two in New Jer-
sey, one in Minnesota and one in New York. Let’s take a closer look at each of them.
On Saturday (17th) morning, in New Jersey, a bomb exploded before a charity race. The race was can-
celled, but there were no injuries. The race was to help raise money for sailors.
Later that day, in a town to the north-west of New Jersey called Minnesota, a man dressed in a securi-
ty uniform stabbed eight people. Thankfully none of the victims were fatally injured. The so-called
Islamic State claimed it was behind the attacks, but the FBI, who are investigating the case, have
found no links.
Compelling Occupations
Google recently announced multiple new products it would be launching in the
coming months. The most prominent of these was Pixel, Google latest
smartphone. Previously Google had their line of Nexus phones, which launched
to moderate success, and also provides its own operating system, Android, for
other manufacturers to use with their phones. Pixel is being launched as a direct
competitor to Apple’s iPhone, complete with a trailer taking various not-so-
subtle jabs at the iPhone 7.
Pixel launches with the Google Assistant, Google’s new AI companion designed to
understand natural language and perform various tasks, like finding nearby res-
taurants or flights. A version of this was also used in Google’s new messaging
app, Allo. Pixel will also launch with the best smartphone camera to date
(according to the DxOMark), a battery that will charge to 7 hours worth of power
in 15 minutes, the latest version of Android and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Google also announced Google Home, a smart speaker similar to the Amazon
Echo. Google Home will perform various tasks when asked to, such as to play
music or tell the user the weather, and uses a similar AI to the Google Assistant.
Google’s other announcements included their own VR Headset for mobile
phones (specifically Pixel) called Daydream View, a new version of their stream-
ing product Chromecast and Google’s own WiFi router, Google WiFi.
I have always enjoyed writing, and so I began working at my uni-versity’s student paper. This led to an internship at a newspaper, and then some freelance writing assignments, and a few years later I realized I had a career.
Is there any other job that you would like to do more than what you are doing now?
People tend to go into journalism because they want to make the world a better place. So when I think about other jobs I would enjoy, my mind drifts to ones with a strong social mission, such as grassroots political activism, non-profit aid work or social work.
Do you think more people should be doing your job too?
In a word, yes. The internet has decimated the news industry’s business model. In the past decade, half of the U.S.’ journalism jobs have disappeared. And many of the ones that have survived focus on “soft” news – celebrities, trends, cat videos – rather than the kind of journalism that matters. Perhaps the next generation will figure out how to revive the industry and restore its rightful role as the “Fourth Estate.”
(By Doug Perry)
Google Unleashes New ‘Pixel’ Phone (By Aaron Cuthbertson)
What do you do in your job?
My job, in a nutshell, is to provide news analysis. The amount of information that bombards us every day is overwhelming. I try to provide the context that will help people make sense of the news, to push them past the headlines to what the issues and events really mean.
What do you like about it?
The press’ objective is to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” That is, it is supposed to rein in the power of our leaders and provide a voice for those in society who have no power. It rarely achieves those lofty goals, at least in any meaningful way. There are a lot of different reasons for its regular failure. But I believe in the importance of that objec-tive and try to live up to it.
How did you get into your job?
I studied political science and history at university, thinking that I would go into politics. But after working on a few politi-cal campaigns, I became disillusioned.