Penny for your thoughts?...

Kate hopes to raise £1million from the book.

She said: "Every penny will go on the search for Madeleine."

Fund Objectives

The full objects of the Fund are:

a. To secure the safe return to her family of Madeleine McCann who was abducted in Praia da Luz, Portugal on Thursday 3rd May 2007;

b. To procure that Madeleine's abduction is thoroughly investigated and that her abductors, as well as those who played or play any part in assisting them, are identified and brought to justice; and

c. To provide support, including financial assistance, to Madeleine's family.

 

On one hand there is the promise that every penny from book sales will go on the search for Madeleine (a).  On the other, royalties will be given a much wider berth and donated to the McCanns company, aka the Fund (abc).  Perhaps some clarification is needed on just which objective/s will benefit overall - a, b and/or c?  

Problems arise when pennies = abc instead of pennies = a.

In hindsight, I'd hate to think of my pennies being thrown at lawyers, legal fights, mortgage payments and travel for extended family this time around.

With foresight... to buy or not to buy, that is the question.

Hindsight versus Foresight...

They say hindsight is a wonderful thing... they really do!  And funnily enough, there is an awful lot of it going on in this case.

"Of course, with hindsight... it's put in a very different light to us."

Gerry McCann

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"...it's only in hindsight that... you know, which is a wonderful thing, you think, 'I wonder was that relevant?"

Kate McCann

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"...they'd said they'd been crying and... this is sort of with hindsight but I was trying to think whether I'd heard anything but..."

Rachael Oldfield

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"Yeah, I was carrying sort of... across the body like that... I suppose in ret...in hindsight you'd probably think that somebody would carry them more across the shoulder."

Jane Tanner

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"With hindsight,... And again with hindsight,... with hindsight we should have taken action earlier, against the newspapers in the UK for publishing these stories."

Gerry McCann

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"We were given legal advice that what we did was well within the bounds of reasonable parenting and of course at the time we thought what we did was perfectly reasonable.  However hindsight has proven that we made a mistake..."

Gerry McCann

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"In hindsight, yes, Gerry and Kate wish they hadn't left the children alone."

Trish Cameron

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"Kate always felt, in awful hindsight, their movements were watched..."

A friend of the McCanns

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"In hindsight, he recognises he perhaps got a little too close to the couple and it may have clouded his judgement..."

A friend of Father Pacheco

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"I want to tell her, for a start, that many of us have left our children in situations which (with hindsight) could have been disastrous..."

Bel Looney

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"With hindsight, Kate and Gerry think someone could have disturbed Madeleine that night..."

Clarence Mitchell

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"I think there's a tremendous amount of hindsight going on..."

Jon Corner

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Yes, the buzzword was hindsight... not as bad as ludicrous but almost... Anyway, what about that incredible act of foresight?  After the child's mysterious disappearance, these people had enough foresight to...

Call the right people

Delete data from their phones

Create their own private company

Trademark the company name
Employ a crack team of lawyers

Give up work

Record a daily diary

Plan events months in advance

Create a wider agenda

Hold back photos and videos

Flee from Portugal

and many more...

...but not enough to realise the blatant dangers of leaving children alone?  They did have the foresight to use the stairgate provided as protection against those steep, concrete steps, yet none when treading that cold, tiled floor?  No foresight to all the dangers within a normal dwelling - sockets, door hinges, climbable furniture, sharp objects and corners, cutlery drawer, hot water?  Not to mention what was stored under the sink?... We all know that list is endless.  And with full responsibility being put on this 'little mother', anything could have happened to her younger siblings.  No foresight of a baby waking up, being lifted from their travel cot or fed something unsavoury?  They say their checks were all about listening for indications that the children had woken up or were crying, so did they really care about them simply waking up alone and in the dark?  And being frightened.

The mind boggles as to what Madeleine McCann and her little holidaying companions could have got up to if they'd woken up in an empty apartment.  It's a horrifying thought and one which should never be 'gotten over'.  In fact, it would be helpful to publicise to other, ahemm naive parents, instead of brushing under the carpet.

We are led to believe that all of the above was simply overlooked by eight professional adults, all parents of small children and babies.  They all left their children alone, in apartments further away than the McCanns?  Did they really?  Could any caring, sensible parent really be that selfish for the sake of a meal with friends?

Hindsight may be a wonderful thing, however it really is the donkey's ass when a little foresight or common sense is all that need be applied.

**Thanks to the McCannFiles for reference, please click to visit.

Fact or Fiction - you decide...

Worthy of it's own page... you have to ask yourself if there is any investigative journalism and integrity being practiced in this country. And what blatant lies are being told on our front pages... just where do they get their stories I wonder, and will we ever be told the truth?

Rowling helps Kate write 'story'... 11 April 2011

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J.K. Rowling's Denial

The Independent, 12 April 2011

"Yesterday it emerged that the author had given a helping hand to Kate McCann, the mother of the missing eight-year-old, Madeleine, with her account of the disappearance in Portugal four years ago. But Rowling denied reports that she had written the book which is due to be published next month.

In a statement a spokesman for the author said: "While JK Rowling has been a long-term family supporter, her only part in bringing the book to publication has been in supporting the fact that her literary agent was also representing Kate. Beyond this, she has not been involved in any aspect of the writing, editing or publication of the book."

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We will eagerly await proper comment from Team McCann or Transworld and not just a rehash of the above... their silence and the fact that Ms Rowling herself felt the need to make the statement says it all really.


I suppose it's too much to ask the media to get their sources and stories right...?




* With thanks to the McCannFiles for the Mirror article - please click to visit.

Oh My! Oh My! - Really Mme. Anusol?

I've read so much about this case over the last 4 years... sometimes you miss a little detail and sometimes a little gem crops up that leaves you completely astounded.

Way back on the Mirror forum, there was much rumour and speculation about the complexity of Google translations or what later became known as Googlesque.

Obrigada Bela Sardinha - a very good catch!

REMEMBER TO LOOK AT THE PARTS IN CAPITAL LETTERS!

Portuguese translation by Google.

Denims = PANTS OF GANGA

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Portuguese translation by Bling.

Denims = HAEMORROIDICUS

Now, what are the implications of that?!  The attention is in the detail but does it confuse matters that those pants of ganga now appear to be haemorroidicus?  It makes my eyes itchy, just thinking about it...

Users of machine translation programs should be aware of limitations when they judge the translation.  It may be good fun, but it won't tell you much about the translation quality. In as much as translation between two distinct, living languages is never an exact science, the current state of computer translation tools makes this more evident.  Small glitches in the translation can easily be exploited in repetition, becoming more pronounced as errors pass from one language to another.

Google has and always will confuse, but is it really such a good idea to be comparing it alongside another online translator?  Especially one such as Bing? Well maybe, if it's just for fun... I suppose.

The Hot Potatoes

Interesting... who will get the part of Vol... Voldemo... sshhhhhh!!  Who will get the part of 'he we do not speak of' - swarthy abductor or Dr Amaral?


We all know who the real villain is in this tale, does the author?...

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J.K. Rowling's Denial

The Independent, 12 April 2011

"Yesterday it emerged that the author had given a helping hand to Kate McCann, the mother of the missing eight-year-old, Madeleine, with her account of the disappearance in Portugal four years ago. But Rowling denied reports that she had written the book which is due to be published next month.

In a statement a spokesman for the author said: "While JK Rowling has been a long-term family supporter, her only part in bringing the book to publication has been in supporting the fact that her literary agent was also representing Kate. Beyond this, she has not been involved in any aspect of the writing, editing or publication of the book."

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Kate fears 'attack'...

The cancellation of the book signings comes as no surprise.

The fear of attack does.

A mere week after happily taking part in a very public charity run around Regents Park, an event which was well publicised and well attended, Mrs McCann now fears 'attack' in the comfort and security of a Waterstone's bookstore...

Another failure on the part of the parents who proclaim to be doing everything for their child... but also a huge kick in the teeth for their supporters, followers and well wishers who eagerly await the launch of the book.

"Madeleine book tour abandoned..." like daughter, like book.

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