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F1 fan receives bionic hand from Mercedes team - Telegraph - 0 views

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F1 fan receives bionic hand form Mercedes team

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  • Matthew James, 14, who was born without his left hand, sent a cheeky letter to Ross Brawn, boss of F1 team Mercedes GP Petronas, asking for £35,000 to pay for a top-of-the range artificial limb.
  • But Mercedes where so touched by Matthew's ''intelligent and moving letter'' they agreed to help him and teamed up with firm Touch Bionics, who create and fit hi-tech artificial limbs.
  • prosthetic
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  • versatile
  • Touch Bionics also agreed to fit the hand and train Matthew at their state of the art facilities for free, which would have otherwise cost £25,000.
  • Matthew said: ''It is just amazing.
  • even fitted with Bluetooth technology to allow Matthew to hook up to a computer wirelessly to track the strength and speed of his movements.
  • chassis-style
  • congenital
  • prestigious
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Hye Rin Bae

UK riots 2011: London police should learn from those in Manchester | Mail Online - 0 views

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Manchester UK riots london police

shared by Hye Rin Bae on 11 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • In London the police have been adopting the modern, sophisticated approach of observing while criminals loot and riot.
  • In Manchester they have generally chosen the more old fashioned approach of arresting those involved.
  • In Birmingham the probability of a rioter ending up in a police cell would seem to be quite a bit higher than in the capital. In Nottingham and Wolverhampton the message is credible that the police will come and arrest anyone involved in rioting.
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  • Waiting until after the event and relying on CCTV is not enough. Yet that was the policy of the Metropolitan Police until last night.
  • surveillance
  • perpetrators
  • subsequently
  • Everything possible should be done to stop the damage taking place - not just wait until it as been done before acting.
  • funking
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