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/ Cory Doctorow / 6:42 am Tue Jul 25, 2017
The UK unemployment rate is at least three times the official rate
The UK -- like most countries -- excludes "inactive workers" (students, new parents, people who don't want a job) from its unemployment figures, but "inactive" is such a slippery concept that it can paper over huge cracks in the labor market.
The official UK unemployment rate is 4.5%, the lowest its been since the 1970s. The true rate is more like 14% or higher. The dark matter of UK unemployment is about what you'd expect: people in the "gig economy" who hate it, people on zero-hours contracts or in part-time work who want full-time work.
By excluding inactive workers from unemployment rate, statisticians supposedly capture a measure of unemployment that is more relevant to wages. When unemployment falls low enough, almost anyone can get a job, and so wages should start to rise.
But despite rock-bottom unemployment numbers, UK wages are stagnating, even as fundamentals like housing costs are spiraling out of control, leaving those in work much, much poorer.
On paper, Britain is supposed to be doing well — growing economy, low unemployment. So why did Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party get so many votes in the latest election? (Answer: People still feel poor, their wages are not rising, and one in seven workers is out of work.) Why did a majority of voters choose Brexit? (Answer: The economy for men is basically still in recession, and men don't like losing their economic power, so this was a good way of "taking back control.") And why are so many people trapped in the "gig economy," making minimum wage? (Answer: Because the true underlying rate of unemployment means companies can still find new workers even in a time of "full employment.")
So yes, it's great that we have low unemployment in Britain.
But it would be better if economists (and the business media) were a bit more up-front about how our definition of unemployment actually masks the real rate of worklessness, which today is quadruple the official rate.
Unemployment in the UK is now so low it's in danger of exposing the lie used to create the numbers
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Mason County Memories: Looking back on Independence Day
By Chris Rizer - Special to the Register
"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more." -John Adams, in a letter to Abigail Adams.
Now, you might notice that Adams refers to July 2nd instead of July 4th. He's talking about that day's vote by the Second Continental Congress to formally split from Great Britain. The next two days were spent editing Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence, and independence was formally declared on July 4th, 1776.
Even though we ended up going with a different date, we did at least take the rest of Adams' advice to heart. I can't tell you about a single town's July 4th celebration that doesn't include a parade, fireworks, music, and other festivities. But let me tell you, our celebrations aren't anything compared to the ones thrown in the 1800s! Everyone thinks of the Victorian era as sort of prim and proper, but they knew how to party.
Imagine Main Street in Point Pleasant, Front Street in Hartford, and Routes 2 and 62 the entire length of the county lined with American flags and nearly every building decorated with red, white, and blue bunting. Portraits of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and other patriots adorn public buildings. Celebrations begin at 5 a.m. with cannon fire and continue nearly to sunset, including everything from a parade that marches on for nearly 4 miles, multiple public speakers and dignitaries, and public gatherings hosted by fraternal organizations too numerous to count.
In the public speakers, it was more than just a day for celebration, food, and drink. July 4th was a day to remember our revolutionary history, a history in which Mason County played quite a large part for what was, at the time, such a remote area.
For the nation's 100th anniversary in 1876, future Congressman Charles E. Hogg spoke to our history. Of course, George Washington produced one of the first surveys of our county in 1770. Colonel Lewis (later General Lewis) led the Virginians to victory in 1774, securing the Valley just in time for the coming revolution. Matthew Arbuckle commanded Fort Randolph in the opening years of the war, and unfortunately could not prevent Cornstalk's murder, an act that finally drove the Native Americans to ally with the British. The first generation to settle our county was comprised almost entirely of Revolutionary War veterans. Thomas Lewis, Luman Gibbs, William Clendinen, the Roush brothers, Leonard Cooper, George Eastham, John Hereford, and so many more.
Today, that history is forgotten by so many. Soldiers of the Revolution lie in long lost cemeteries, some lost forever because of time and destruction. Of their homes, maybe one or two still stand. Of their contributions to our county after their service, almost nothing remains.
These were the people that built Point Pleasant (the Bend Area towns were all from the next generation). Between 1790 and 1860, they built a Main Street to rival most others in the Valley, complete with businesses to meet every need and one thing that very few towns in western Virginia had, a free school. Today, only one of those commercial buildings and the school still stand, and it's very likely that neither will stand for much longer.
Once those are gone, as most of their graves are lost or their headstones crumbling, Mason County will have lost every true connection to its revolutionary history except for a few pieces of paper.
As a closing thought, I often hear complaints that my generation (Millennial, Gen Z, and so on) has forgotten this country's history and forgotten the Founding Fathers. If we have, it is because generations older than ours have allowed that connection to be cut. We are a long ways from Mount Vernon and Monticello, and year after year we lose our local connections that era. If you want your children, your grandchildren, your great-grandchildren to remember the Founding Fathers and once again give some meaning to July 4th, then something needs to change.
Information from the National Park Service and Weekly Register.
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Special to the Register
Chris Rizer is president of the Mason County Historical and Preservation Society, reach him at masonchps@gmail.com.
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The Single Malt Serve
We are living in the age of whisky—and whiskey too, of course. Which is a good thing, for those of us who appreciate spirits that taste like something (that's right vodka, I'm looking at you). And good news for us whisky suppliers as well, don't let me feign objectivity here.
But you'd be surprised—or maybe you wouldn't—by the lingering confusion out there about how to drink whisky, under what circumstances, and with how much Dr. Pepper. (In order: how you like it, with people you love, and shut up right now). Seriously, questions around the best way, the proper way, to enjoy a glass of single malt abound. So, I thought it might be edifying to share, for the interested reader, some of the varied (and all equally respectable) ways to do just that. And so, my friends, in no particular order.
Open bottle, fill glass. You can never go wrong with a neat call. It's certainly the most conservative way to order your whisky, ensuring that it will be unaltered in any way on its journey to your lips. Soft, elegant malts—I'm thinking of Glenmorangie, or my own Dalmore 15-Year—are better suited to this strategy than more fearsome offerings. (Of course, like nearly everything on the topic of how to drink whisky, it usually comes down to personal preference.) I always try a new whisky neat first, to get a sense of what I'm dealing with, and then pivot to water, or a rock, or nothing at all, depending on that first impression.
A word of warning: drinking whisky neat doesn't make you tough. It doesn't mean you're doing it right. In fact, adding water to that dram is much more Scottish, if that's what you're after. Watching stubborn drinkers wrestle with cask strength bottlings, anesthetizing their palates as thoroughly as a shot from the dentist, doesn't impress.
Ah, the ice serve, most maligned and hotly contested of all orders in the Scotch whisky universe— unfairly so, in my opinion. And it's true, Europe doesn't really understand our fixation on ice in beverages. But then, they call soccer football. Things are different everywhere you go, kids! And Americans like ice. (So too, by the way, do the Japanese. Take it pretty serious, in fact.)
The purists are correct, ice will erase depth and nuance. You're going to lose some flavor. However, ice will also make your drink sweeter—leaving the vanilla and honey unencumbered—and more refreshing.
For me, it's a question of occasion. Are we evaluating a new bottle for a proper nosing and tasting? Leave the ice in the tray. Watching the soccer—I mean football— with some pals? Clink away. Especially in California, where we'll reach temperatures in summer that a Scot never imagined, even at his most aggravated. I'm glad for a cube in July.
WITH A SPLASH OF WATER
Most traditional pubs in Scotland will serve a small water pitcher alongside the whisky glass. A splash of water (as liberal or tightly controlled as you please) is a very traditional way to take your dram. I knew a master blender who would dilute his Scotch—his own Scotch, mind you—to about twenty percent alcohol by volume. That was how he enjoyed it (and likely reminiscent of the way he tasted samples in the lab). Too much water for my taste, but the point is: you're not going to ruin it.
Water to whisky is like oxygen to wine. It's how we open up what's in the glass. New aromas will awaken and emerge. Fruit notes might ripen, wood spice may birth baking spices. On the tongue, a bit of water will likely round the sip, shaving away edges as deftly as a sculptor with a chisel. It's never a bad idea to add water to whisky. Most people who make and evaluate them for a living do so. Just remember: you can always add more, but it's awful hard to take out.
Water to whisky is like oxygen to wine. It's how we open up what's in the glass. New aromas will awaken and emerge.
Fruit notes might ripen, wood spice may birth baking spices. On the tongue, a bit of water will likely round the sip, shaving away edges as deftly as a sculptor with a chisel. It's never a bad idea to add water to whisky. Most people who make and evaluate them for a living do so. Just remember: you can always add more, but it's awful hard to take out.
Single Malt Scotch is one of the most richly flavored, complex categories of distilled spirit in the world. And yes, there are centuries of history and proud tradition there too. But we're not honoring that history and tradition by treating these bottles like museum exhibits.
Single malts make refreshing and delightful highballs, and crackerjack old fashioneds, and other spirit-forward, stirred drinks. Serve briny Islay malts with oysters, and Sherry cask-finished drams with jamón. A tour of Speyside alongside a cheese plate sounds like heaven to me. Once, I paired a delicately smoky Jura 10-Year Old with a chef's house cured chipotle beef jerky. It was astounding.
So go on, Scotch can take it. But if you reach for the Dr. Pepper can, you're dead to me.
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Podcast Number 61 – Rugby League in Australia
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Australians love their sport, especially football. We have 4 types of professional football in Australia, all of which attract large crowds and big television audiences. Australian Rules Football has the Australian Football League (AFL) competition and it has the biggest following. Rugby league is the next most popular and it has the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Soccer is the next most popular and it has the A League competition. Finally, there is rugby union which has the Super Rugby competition. In Podcast number 2, I told you a little about Australian Rules Football, in particular the AFL competition. In this podcast, I would like to tell you a little about the main rugby league competition in Australia, the very popular NRL.
Every year, around 3 million people go to watch the NRL competition. There are 16 teams in the competition, with 15 teams coming from the four states and territories on the eastern side of Australia, and one team coming from New Zealand. There has been a strong rugby league competition in Sydney and in Brisbane since 1908, so this type of football has been popular for a very long time.
I should say up front that I grew up in Western Australia, where Australian Rules Football was the football game we played. I knew there was a different game played in Sydney and Brisbane and that it was a type of rugby, but I knew almost nothing about it. When I went to live in Canberra with my family in 1986, I realized just how popular rugby league was in Canberra and on the east coast of Australia. I started to learn more about it. I had to. When I went to work, everybody was talking about the rugby league game on the weekend. Their team was the Canberra Raiders. They had only joined the competition in 1982, but by 1987, they were winning lots of games. In 1989, they won the grand final and were the premiers. So you can imagine that the people of Canberra were passionate about their rugby league team. The same is true for rugby league followers in Brisbane and in Sydney. The NRL Grand Final in October every year has a huge crowd and is played at Stadium Australia in Sydney, the main arena built for the Sydney Olympics. In 1999, there was a crowd of around 108,000 people at the Grand Final.
Nine of the NRL teams are based in Sydney. Since 1988, other teams from outside Sydney have been added to the competition, making it more like a national competition. There are now three teams from Queensland, one team from country New South Wales, one from New Zealand, one from Canberra and one from Melbourne. I live in Melbourne so I follow the Melbourne team which is called the Melbourne Storm.
Melbourne Storm was established in 1997 and entered the Sydney based NRL competition in 1998. I can remember seeing the advertisements on television for the games in Melbourne. The people of Melbourne always take an interest in any competition where a Melbourne team is playing teams from Sydney. We just love it when a Melbourne team can beat a Sydney team. It's part of the long standing rivalry between the two cities. A few years ago, my oldest son went to work for a few months in Brisbane and then in Sydney. He became interested in rugby league and when he came back to Melbourne, he started following the Melbourne Storm. So that is how I adopted them as my favourite rugby league team. I enjoy occasionally going to the rugby with him. Melbourne Storm's colour is purple and their uniforms are quite striking. https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/
The NRL also has something which AFL does not have. In addition to the normal NRL competition of 26 rounds, it has a special three game series between two specially selected teams. The series is called State of Origin. In this series, players who come originally from Queensland are selected to play in a special Queensland State of Origin team. It has all the best players from the NRL who were born, or lived their childhood, in Queensland. By contrast, the other team, a special New South Wales State of Origin team, has the best players who were born, or lived their childhood, in New South Wales. These two teams have only the best players. It is a great privilege to play State of Origin rugby league. But what's more important is the great rivalry between the two teams. When they play against each other, it seems like they play with extra enthusiasm, energy and determination to win.
I recently went to see a rugby league state of origin game which was played at Melbourne's MCG (see podcast 43). It was the second game in the series of three and I went with my two grown up sons. Queensland had won the first game, so New South Wales had to win the second game in order to keep the series alive. What a game it was. There were 91,513 people there to see the game.
The noise was deafening and the players played the game hard and fast. The things I love about Rugby league are the speed of the running and the absolutely bone-crushing tackles that they make. These men are big and strong. They tackle one another as if their lives depend on it. When a team scores a try, the crowd goes totally wild. What an experience it was. New South Wales were the winners. If you want to see the best of what rugby league in Australia has to offer, I suggest you go to a State of Origin game. You won't be disappointed.
If you have a question or a comment to make, please leave it in the comments box at the bottom of this page. Or, you can send me an email at rob@slowenglish.info. I would love to hear from you. Tell me where you live, a little bit about yourself and what you think of my Slow English podcast. I will write back to you, in English of course. If you would like to take a short quiz to see if you have understood this podcast, you will also find it on my website. Goodbye until next time.
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True or False? – The third most popular type of professional football in Australia is rugby union.
True or False? – Rugby league's NRL competition is played on the eastern side of Australia.
True of False? – When Rob was young, people in Western Australia didn't know much about rugby league.
True or False? – When Rob moved to Canberra in 1986, he found the people at his work always talked about the Canberra Raiders rugby league team.
True of False? – Rob follows the Melbourne Storm because he saw a State of Origin game.
True of False? – Rob's oldest son started to follow the Melbourne Storm because he worked in Brisbane and Sydney.
True of False? – Rob likes to follow the same rugby league team as his son.
True of False? – Rob thinks that the rugby league Grand Final is the best rugby league has to offer.
True of False? – Queensland had to win the State of Origin game which Rob saw, in order to keep the series alive.
Question 10 of 10
True or False? – The things Rob loves about State of Origin rugby league are the fast running and the hard tackles they make.
absolutely bone-crushing = when something is done very strongly, almost strong enough to break your bones
adopted = to become part of your family or part of the things you like
advertisements = a message telling you that something is good and you should buy it
arena = stadium
attract = when people want to see something
audiences = people who watch a performance, usually a film, play or something on television
based = the place where you normally are
childhood = when you are a child
competition = when two or more people or teams play against each other in order to win
country New South Wales = those places in New South Wales which are outside of Sydney
crowd = the people who go to watch a game of sport
deafening = very, very loud
depend = when one things changes because of a change in something else
determination = when you really want to do something
disappointed = when something is not as good as you thought it would be
(with) energy = when you really try to win and you play hard
entered = to go into, to become part of
enthusiasm = when you feel very happy
especially = when something is special or stands out from other things
established = created. When something started
experience = when you have done something before
follow = to take an interest in something
following = when people like something and take an interest in it
Grand Final = the last game of the season, when the best team plays the next best team
grew = when you have become older
grown up = when you are no longer a child
huge = very large
in particular = when talking about one thing or a group of things
joined = to become part of another group
keep the series alive = when either team can still win the series. The winner is not yet known
main = the most important
occasionally = sometimes
originally = at the start, earlier in time
passionate = when you really like something a lot
privilege = when you are very, very happy and proud to be part of another group or team
professional = when you get paid
realized = when you have learned about something for the first time
recently = when something happened not very long ago. For example, last week or last month
rivalry = when two people or teams always want to win against each other
say up front = to say something important before you say something else
scores a try = when a rugby team takes the ball over the other end of the field. They score 4 points
selected = when you have been chosen to be part of a team
series = several games or matches
states and territories = areas or regions in Australia which have their own government
striking = easy to see, to stand out from others
tackles = when one player grabs another player to stop him
take an interest = when you try to find out more about something, because you like it
types = a group which is part of a bigger group
uniforms = the special clothes you wear when you are part of a team or group
wild = when people jump around, shout and wave their arms.
with energy = when you really try to win and you play hard
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I really enjoy your podcast.
I migrated to Australia this January and I always thought it would be nice if someone explains about Australia in the way they teach in school. Your podcast is very helpful to fill my gap.
Thanks for your hard work again.
Hi Angela. Many thanks for your comment and welcome to Australia. I am pleased you find my podcast useful.
Raymond Herd
Fabulous post Rob. While I an an AFL fan, one can not deny the attraction of the NFL. The speed and physical power of the big men and their bone crushing tackles has to be seen to be believed.
Many thanks for your comment. Yes, those big rugby league fellas know how to make a tackle. I'll stick to watching I think.
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Podcast 26 – Owning a Car in Australia
Podcast 25 – The Race That Stops a Nation – The Melbourne Cup
Podcast 24 – Public Holidays in Australia
Podcast 23 – Black Saturday February 7th, 2009
Podcast 22 – The Common Cold – The Same the World Over
Podcast 21 – Federal Government in Australia
Podcast 20 – The Royal Flying Doctor Service
Podcast 19 – Working Life in Australia
Podcast 18 – A Licence to Drive – Learning to Drive in Australia
Podcast 17 – Schools in Australia
Podcast 16 – Pets in Australia
Postcast 15 – Rubbish – It's Not All Rubbish
Podcast 14 – Turning on the Tap – Clean Water in Australia
Podcast 13 – Health Care in Australia
Podcast 12 – Grocery Shopping at Our House
Podcast 11 – Skin Cancer in Australia
Podcast 10 – A Hobby in Melbourne – Motorcycling
Podcast 9 – Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market
Podcast 8 – Melbourne's Federation Square
Podcast 7 – Melbourne's Tram System
Podcast 6 – Melbourne's Train System
Podcast 5 – A Morning Walk in Melbourne – the Yarra Trail
Podcast 4 – A Barbeque in Melbourne – Let's Do It
Podcast 3 – A Barbeque in Melbourne – The Preparation
Podcast 2 – Australian Rules Football
Podcast 1 – Introduction


CRESTA BLANCA MUSCATO DI CANELLI - N.V.
Perhaps the loveliest and most historic vineyard in Livermore Valley is Cresta Blanca. It was founded by journalist Charles Wetmore, who purchased a 480 acre parcel of pasture for $200 and planted it to vines. It was called Cresta Blanca after the white crested cliff above.	The winery saw several subsequent owners and its fame waxed and waned. Some of its wines however, were truly legendary. Ultimately it was purchased by Guild Wine Company who is striving to restore its former glory. The winery today actually has two locations, one in Mendocino, where the bulk of its wines are made.
The Muscato di Canelli is one of a multiplicity of subvarieties of the Muscat grape. Most of these varieties share an unmistakable Muscat odor and flavor.
This Cresta Blanca Muscato di Canelli is light in color and body. The Muscat character which is frequently quite bold, is subdued in this wine. It is pleasant and refreshing, but due to some sweetness it should be served with a chilled summer entree or dessert. A perfect warm weather wine.
The Cote-de-Nuits is the northernmost of the two main sections of the Cote d' Or of Burgundy. The area derives its name from Nuits-Saint-Georges, its principal town. The rich soils found in this area, coupled with good shelter and maximum sunshine, produce some truly remarkable wines, most of which are red.
The wines from the Cote-de-Nuits generally age well and are characterized by a particularly marked scent. These wines express with more intensity than almost any others the sappy richness which the Pinot Noir can attain. Even though there is considerable variation in the wines coming from this area, the whole group has a family likeness.
A wine labeled as Cote-de-Nuits-Villages is a regional Burgundy and is almost always a blend. Bouchard Freres aptly expresses the features which characterize the wines of this region. Sip and savor with almost any dish or enjoy by itself with cheese.
We continue our listing of all the wines we carry. Later vintages of some of the wines will automatically replace Published vintage years as stocks are depleted.	If you like a particular vintage, we suggest you stock up. We never know what vintage our next shipment will be. Larry Wardzala, assistant wine manager, Hank Leitz, store manager, and Paul Kalemkiarian, wine manager, are available for consultation at Your convenience.	Just call.
10% discount on case quantities, mix and match with any wine we stock except sale wines.
The sixth offering of a continuing course in "The Art of Enjoying Wine" starts on July 14, 1976 at the Palos Verdes Community Art Association.
The class is restricted to 28 participants and is held in the gallery of the Art Association where art and wine have blended well in the last 5 courses. Lectures on the various aspects of wine, like service, storage, meal matching, and wine lore are interspersed with evaluations of representative wines from each area of the wine spectrum.
If you have always wanted to learn more about wine, whether you are a newcomer, or already a student, this is a good chance to participate in a non competitive class that is offered locally for your enjoyment.
Particulars about the class may be obtained from the Palos Verdes Community Arts Association office at: 5504 W. Crestridge Rd., Rancho Palos Verdes, or by phoning 541-2479. A brochure of the course is also available at the shop.


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Selected, exclusive video from the meeting.
Line by line through the budget . Some of the videos are slightly edited to take out periods of time where everyone was looking at the budget but not saying anything.
Animal Control Administration-to be here after it finishes uploading to Youtube.
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Let's just declare this Valentine's Week. Valentine's Day is is for greeting card companies, florists, Al Capone, chocolatiers, and restaurants that would like to sell you a prix-fixe meal.
No songs of ill will at the flu this week. Below are a few testimonials of love. First off, The Falcons from 1962 Featuring Wilson Pickett on lead vocals. There's a lot of talent in this group, joining him are, among others, Eddie Floyd, Sir "Mack " Rice, and Robert Ward on guitar leading the excellent Ohio Untouchables. Then, we get "I Found A Love" Pts. 1 and 2, that Pickett recorded five years later for Atlantic, at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals. And last but not least, Al Green spells it out. Wilson Pickett started out singing in church. Al Green ended up there a few years after this record.


ROMANS 8:31 NKJ 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
We all face opposition. No one likes it. But opposition is a fact of life on earth.
But here's a more important fact: with God for us, opposition doesn't really matter.
PSALM 56:9 KJV 9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
PSALM 118:6-7 LB 6 He is for me! How can I be afraid? What can mere man do to me? 7 The Lord is on my side; he will help me. Let those who hate me beware.
SAY THIS: God is for me, so no one can successfully be against me.


If you have less than perfect credit fixing the problem as soon as possible is understand quite a priority. After all, there is simply so much you cannot do if you have a bad credit record. Getting a mortgage or a car loan is usually out of the question as is getting an unsecured credit card. You may even be limited in where you live as most landlords routinely check a potential renter's credit before leasing to them these days.
How long to repair credit is a concern people have, can it be done quickly? Can it be done in 30 days like that as the advert you just saw on the Internet said? Can you really 'instantly remove' negative entries legally, even for valid debts?
Credit repair is a gradual process. Put in the most basic of terms, once you have bad credit your goal is to "persuade" the credit bureaus that you have changed your ways – or that your financial situation has improved – and that you really are a person worthy of credit and a better credit rating.
The first thing that people trying to repair their credit need to do is sit down and make a plan. Not just a financial plan but a credit repair plan as well. This involves making sure that you have the most recent copy of your credit report from all the credit bureaus. Those sites that give you a free credit score? That's fine for general monitoring but you actually need to see, line by line, what the entries are that are dragging down your credit score.
The law mandates that you are given a credit report from all the credit agencies for no more than £2. These days you can usually access your credit report online provided you can pass the ID checks. If that is not the case then it can be mailed to you.
Once you receive your credit reports you should sit down and go through them carefully. It is not unusual to find mistakes on a credit report. Credit agencies are merely the reporters of information, they do not verify it. If you find a genuine mistake you should document it, find proof that it is a mistake (receipts, canceled cheques etc) and write to the credit bureau to ask that the matter is investigated and the offending entry removed.
That process takes about 30 days and if they decide in your favor the entry is removed immediately. Do make sure that the item you are disputing really does constitute a mistake though – disputing a valid debt can be considered fraud.
The next step is to make sure that you have a payment plan to pay off any outstanding debts as soon as possible. If you have been avoiding debt collection calls it is time to stop.
Talking to these people to work out a reasonable repayment plan really is the best course of action and once you start making the proper payments the creditor should stop reporting you as delinquent to the credit bureaus.
Just having a new line of credit available to you – secured or not – is a good thing in the credit reporting agencies' eyes. Start using it responsibly and it's even better.
There really is no (legal) quick fix for bad credit. It can take as little as six months to as many as several years to regain your good credit, depending upon how bad you let it get in the first place. The effort is worth it though. But it's an effort, because despite what some of those dodgy looking ads tell you, there is no 'magic fix' for a bad credit score, no matter how many times you pay them 'just £19.99'.


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Fashion trends of 2017 all about female empowerment
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From politically charged pink knit hats, to statement-making slogans, ruffled shapes and bold floral prints, it's been a powerful time for expression through fashion choices.
From pink politics to flouncy ruffles, style moments highlighted changing gender ideals
Jelena Adzic · CBC News · Posted: Dec 30, 2017 12:00 PM ET | Last Updated: December 31, 2017
The 2017 fashion year was all about bold colours, bright prints and flouncy ruffles, reflecting a swell of female empowerment that was part of the zeitgeist in North American culture. (Catwalking/Giuseppe Cacace/Pascal LeSegretain/Getty Images)
The year 2017 will go down in the fashion books as the moment women reclaimed their power. From the Women's March in January to the swell of the #metoo movement in the fall, the call of voices demanding gender equality has been emboldened.
Naturally, the expression extended to fashion choices and it showed up in both obvious and subtle ways.
A sea of people wearing pussy hats gathers for the Women's March in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2017. The hats, a protest against comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump, became a symbol of female empowerment. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
During the Women's March in Washington on Jan. 21, as far as the eye could see, heads were topped with handmade pink knitwear. In addition to the main march in Washington the day after President Donald Trump's inauguration, more than 600 "sister marches" happened worldwide.
What began as a viral response to Trump's infamous reference to the female body part turned into a global pro-woman movement. The must-have march accessory was dubbed the "pussy hat" and served as a metaphorical peace sign. Or was it more of a raised fist?
'Pussyhats' on! Nanaimo shows solidarity with Women's March
How to make a pink pussy hat if you don't knit
The pussy hat became such a significant fashion symbol that London's Victoria and Albert Museum made the hat part of its Rapid Response collection.
And more pink … of the millennial variety
Actor Terry Crews attends the 2017 GQ Men Of The Year Party at Chateau Marmont in December 2017 in Los Angeles. Crews, a former football player, was among the men who last year challenged the idea that pink is for girls and women. ( Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic via Getty)
With "millennial pink" becoming the colour-related catch phrase of the year, Instagrammers flocked to the streets to document the trend with the popular hashtag #millenialpink.
The term does not refer to a specific shade of pink, but rather a range of tones ranging from blush to bubble gum. After Pantone named Rose Quartz the co-colour of the year in 2016, along with a gentle shade of lavender, pink took on a life of its own and was seen this year in fashion, school supplies, interiors, flowers, and even tech products.
Reflecting changing ideas about gender fluidity, the shade once reserved for women earned widespread cred among men, who went way beyond the pink statement shirt by rocking rose-tinted shoes, pants, jackets, and workout wear.
Bold ruffles, colours and flowers
The red carpet at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival showcased the prevailing trends of the year: bright colours and floral patterns. Seen from left to right, Hollywood celebs Daniela Vega, Dee Rees and Bella Heathcote, all wearing floral-themed garb at various movie premieres. (Getty Images)
In this year of women speaking out loudly, designer clothing seemed to do the same. The catwalks and red carpets were bursting with bright hues, floral patterns and romantic ruffles.
One standout example: London Fashion Week, which looked like a festival of florabunda as designers from Christopher Kane to Alice Temperley of Temperley London let flowers bloom on an variety of silhouettes, from puffer jackets to delicate tulle dresses.
A sober moment
The Handmaid's Tale TV adaptation stars Elisabeth Moss in the role of Offred. The wide-brimmed hat and red cloak became a fashion image synonymous with female oppression. (Hulu)
At the other end of the spectrum, style on the screen reflected a sombre, serious look.
The television adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale, starring Elisabeth Moss, re-focused attention on women's reproductive rights at a time when those rights were being questioned in the U.S.
The wide-brimmed white bonnet and red cloak associated with the series became a hallmark fashion moment of 2017.
Curiously, the striking costumes inspired an actual fashion show, funded by the Hulu streaming service. Hulu chose the upstart New York label Vaquera to participate in a set of provocative art projects to promote the show and it sure got the fashion world talking.
First lady blues
Michelle Obama poses with Melania Trump, wife of then President-elect Donald Trump. at the White House before the inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Trump's fashion choices were a source of controversy throughout the year. (Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)
This welcome-to-the-Whitehouse appearance became one of many looks that would raise eyebrows and questions about Melania Trump's outfits.
In providing her with the powder blue ensemble, American designer Ralph Lauren came under fire for simply agreeing to dress the new first lady. Many started seeing the #BoycottRalphLauren hashtag in their Twitter feeds, followed closely by the #BoycottDolce&Gabbana hashtag for the same reason.
Only, in the case of the latter, the Italian fashion house created its own backlash. In an irreverent move aimed at critics, they launched a new campaign with apparel sloganeering a boycott of their own company.
The biggest reaction against Melania Trump's fashion choices arose when she wore stiletto heels before getting onboard a flight to visit Hurricane Harvey victims. Many questioned why people were focusing on her footwear instead of the plight of those suffering.
A royal flush
Meghan Markle poses with Britain's Prince Harry in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace in London on Nov. 27, 2017. She chose to wear a Canadian coat by Line the Label.
Meghan Markle was another newly minted dignitary who got the fashion set talking, and in her case, buying. When the Suits actress announced her engagement to Prince Harry, she chose a white coat from the Canadian fashion brand The Line. The savvy, Toronto-based designers renamed it "The Meghan" and within minutes, the $800 wool wrap was sold out.
Meghan Markle wears Canadian coat in engagement photos
Meghan Markle has connection to Toronto
Buzz about the coat was only outdone by purring over her three-stone engagement ring, designed by Harry himself to be flanked by two diamonds that once belonged to his late mother, Princess Diana. It all points to the possibility of the internet breaking when she reveals her wedding dress in May of 2018.
And speaking of putting a ring on it …
Beyoncé gives Instagram a bump
(Instagram)
Beyoncé's pregnancy photoshoot announcement on Instagram in February now has more than 11 million likes, making it the most-liked Instagram post ever, according to the social media company. On Twitter, the photo also attracted 500,000 tweets in just 45 minutes.
And to follow the oohs with some aahhs, the singer sent out another pic in July, introducing twins Sir Carter and Rumi.
Set against a backdrop of blooming flowers, the posts painted Beyoncé as an earth mother. After her adultery-themed visual album Lemonade in 2016, the posts were enough to create the impression that she's back on top, in all her feminine glory.
Cultural pride through fashion
Fashion model and former refugee Halima Aden, who is breaking boundaries as the first hijab-wearing model gracing magazine covers and walking in high-profile runway shows, poses in New York City on Aug. 28, 2017. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
This year saw the passing of a controversial law that requires people in Quebec who give or receive any public service to uncover their faces. But the law was partially struck down in December.
At the same time in the United States, fashion model and former refugee Halima Aden broke boundaries as the first hijab-wearing model featured on magazine covers and in high profile runway shows.
And Mattel introduced the first-ever hijab-wearing Barbie. It was inspired by the U.S. Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, who won a bronze medal in the 2016 games and was the first athlete to wear a hijab while representing the United States.
Authentic Indigenous style
Designer Helen Oro, who is from the Pelican Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan, showcases her collection at Startup Fashion Week 2017 in Toronto. (David Donnelly/CBC)
The year 2017 also saw a move toward the empowerment of Indigenous fashion designers, who have long faced incidents of cultural appropriation by prominent fashion labels.
Canadian retailer pulls 'stolen' sacred Inuit design from stores
For example, designer Helen Oro, of Pelican Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan, showed her collection at Startup Fashion Week 2017 in Toronto. Her line of intricately beaded fashion accessories speaks to her cultural heritage.
Another Indigenous designer, 26-year-old Tishynah Buffalo, who lives on the Alexander First Nation reserve, about 40 kilometres north of Edmonton, was invited to share her work during London Fashion Week in February.
Her clothing collection incorporates the brightly-coloured geometric patterns of the Chief Joseph Pendleton blanket and beadwork in traditional Cree floral arrangements.
It's easy to see which trends are building and will hit big time next year based on 2017.
Luxe conscious consumerism
Based on the ever-increasing number of organic products, juice joints and yoga studios, it seems popular culture is careening toward a sense of wellness. Coupled with the rise of handmade and sustainable goods, it's safe to say the trend of conscious consumerism will continue to flourish. Whether the movement is sincere or just another status symbol, celebrities affirm the coolness of caring in their social media posts.
Donatella Versace staged a reunion of '90s fashion models in 2017, drawing attention to the high-glamour style Versace is known for. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
In September, designer Donatella Versace staged a '90s supermodel catwalk reunion. And come January, the hit series American Crime Story is set to focus on the murder of her brother, the fashion legend Gianni Versace. He was shot and killed in 1997 on the steps of his home in Miami Beach, Fla., and police still don't know why.
Expect to see even more old-school, body-conscious, sparkly dresses in your world. The Versace name is known for bright colours, flashy prints, and fiercely feminine silhouettes.
Consider it a fitting cap to a year that heightened appreciation of the female body — and mind.
Jelena Adzic
Jelena Adzic is a reporter, writer and radio columnist with the CBC Arts Unit. Her eyes light up at the mention of design, visual art and architecture.
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Alberta Indigenous designer to showcase culture during London Fashion Week


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Donations and Thanks!
From 9 December 2019 all pupils were being taught in 9 classroom settings in Peebles and Galashiels. This resulted in teachers finding themselves without their normal teaching resources. We requested from the community, donations of materials urgently required by teachers in this emergency phase. Many of these items were rapidly purchased and donated by parents' employees as physical donations. In parallel, we launched a Crowdfunding site to raise funds to purchase items as requests were coming through that we could not fulfil.
Luckily, we had also received at that time, a number of direct donations to us from local companies and individuals. We gave the school a £5k 'Fire fund' to facilitate the purchasing of these items requested by teachers whilst the authority were dealing with other urgent needs. Since that emergency phase, Scottish Borders Council have now confirmed that they are responsible for replacement of all items lost in the fire and costs incurred in the provision of learning whilst away from the school. Hence our Crowdfunder-generated funds can be used for 'extras' and to run for example trips for S1, S2 & S3 in relevant subject areas in the period 20 Jan – 31 Jan prior to moving back to the school site.
We are hugely grateful for all the donations received to date from the community and local and national businesses.
Glenrath Farms and Holland & Sherry each donated £10,000!
We also received generous monetary donations from Baillie Gifford and anonymous donors.
Numerous physical items such as emergency blankets, stationery, art materials, Christmas trees & decorations, PE equipment, First Aid Kits, and services such as photocopying and use of their premises have also been donated by:
Kyowa Kirin, Office Specialities, Lloyds Banking Group, Standard Life Aberdeen, the RAF, Bank of Scotland, Forestry & Land Scotland, Impact Landscapes, Atticus Interiors, Tesco, Asda, The Rugby Store, PLS Medical, Lemon Digital, Tweedlove, Peeblesshire Youth Trust, Women in the Arts Scotland, Moray House School of Education, Arts Society Borders .
Thank you to the hotels of Peebles who have generously offered meeting space:
Tontine Hotel
Macdonald Cardrona Hotel
Peebles Hydro
And to Peebles Hydro Hotel for hosting pupil Christmas Dances for S1 – S6 !
Thank you also to:
The various Community Groups in Peebles who were displaced from 9 Dec to February 2020 whilst S1-S3 pupils were using these locations: Drill Hall, Peebles Parish Church MacFarlane Hall, St Andrew Leckie Church and Hall
Primary Schools of Peebles – Priorsford for providing a safe location, hot chocolate & food on the day of the fire; Halrude & Kingsland for hosting S1-S3 pupils from 9 Dec to 31 January
Alva Academy offered the use of their school for our hospitality students to do their prelim
And all the parent helpers at Kingsmeadows Car park every morning, ensuring pupils got on the correct buses!
Most of all, thank you to Gala Academy for hosting our S4 – S6 pupils from 9 December ensuring their continued learning at a crucial time in their educational calendar.
Our Crowdfunder page has so far raised £7,495 from over 170 donors
Examples of what has been purchased so far
For Art: sketching pencils, colour pencils, fineline pens, sharpeners
For Maths: protractors, rulers, scientific calculators
For Modern languages: French, Spanish & German textbooks for Nat 5, Higher and Advanced Higher. Spanish, French & Italian dictionaries
We are funding the cost of the following trips:
445 S1 – S3 pupils in Business Studies, Manufacturing & Design and Science to Museum of Flight, Edinburgh Zoo, Museum of Scotland, Money on the Mound Museum
This site is run by the PHS Parent Council to be a public space for parents of children at Peebles High School. Our views do not necessarily represent those of the school or council.


bmi british midland today reported a pre-tax profit of £8.2 million (1999 = £11.1 million), on a 16.5 per cent growth in revenues to £739.2 million (1999 = £634.7 million) for the year ended 31 December 2000.
Passengers carried increased by 8.4 per cent to 7.1 million. Capacity increase in the year was restrained to 4.5 per cent resulting in the load factor advancing from 61.6 per cent to 64 per cent.
The decline in pre-tax profits arose primarily for the costs incurred in migrating part of the airline's network and systems following entry into a European Co-operation Agreement with Lufthansa and SAS. A number of established routes were suspended and five new routes to Italy and Spain introduced. Additionally all pre-launch costs incurred in 2000 in preparation for the launch of transatlantic services in 2001 have been written off.
* during the year, the airline was named Best UK Domestic Airline (Travel Weekly) for the 10th consecutive year, air cargo carrier of the year (International Freighting Weekly Magazine), and Best Short Haul Airline (Business Traveller).


We're a week in to 2014 and I'm excited about the year ahead! Looking back over 2013 highlights I can't wait to see what lovely people and places 2014 has in store. Here are a few of my favourite moments and images from weddings and couple shoots in 2013.
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Dr. Aron Aji is a highly accomplished translator with a range of work under his belt, from Turkish writers that include Elif Shafak, Murathan Mungan, Bilge Karasu, and Latife Tekin. His translations of Karasu's works in particular have earned him the 2004 National Translation Award and an NEA Literature Fellowship. He was short-listed for the 2013 PEN Translation Prize, is the president of The American Literary Translators Association, and is the director of the University of Iowa MFA in Literary Translation.
We chatted about how Aji's background shapes his translation work, how Bilge Karasu subverts the stereotypical Turkish identity, and the internalization of exile. While most translators of Turkish literature have their own diverse background and interests, Aji's soulful yet highly theoretically sound approach to his work comes through in our interview as well as in his translations.
Maria Eliades: You've mentioned previously in other interviews that you grew up speaking four languages—Ladino, Turkish, Hebrew, and French. That's not a common profile for the translators I've spoken to, who are usually either native Turkish speakers, or more often than not, native English speakers who come into Turkish. A lot of them do relate to your experience of living through translation in their own way, like Dr. Erdağ Göknar, and you yourself have also translated a wide range of writers. Do you think your cultural background, particularly coming from a family that is minority in Turkey, has shaped your choices in translation, or do you feel that your translation choices have been more shaped by living away from Turkey?
Aron Aji: The answer to that question would have been very different if you had asked me twenty-five years ago when I started translating. At that time my choice was very much an existential one. I was feeling extremely separated from the language that shaped me. Now as I look back I feel that there is a certain mental state of translation, and I have inhabited that all my life, not only in terms of languages, but also in terms of how I live. I have always found myself in this liminal space, in this in between-ness. That's my default space. In translation, you live vicariously through the experiences or languages of others.
I didn't choose these authors because of their cosmopolitanism, though Elif Shafak and Bilge Karasu are very cosmopolitan. Murathan Mungan and Latife Tekin are more classically Turkish in their orientation. I chose these authors because I was quite frustrated that at the time Turkish literature was known overseas by Orhan Pamuk and little else. I admire Orhan Pamuk, but find his writing to be formulaic, especially the books that made him a world phenomenon. So I went looking for authors, like Karasu, to provide alternatives to Pamuk, and then I really fell head over heels with Karasu's writing. That's how it started.
ME: Karasu's novel, A Long Day's Evening, is so cerebral in a way that Pamuk's novels aren't. Pamuk's novels are cerebral conceptually, especially if we think of The Museum of Innocence, where he's trying to capture this certain era and these ideas, but it's much more grounded in that time period than about ideas.
AA: Karasu taught semiotics at Hacettepe University, so he approached these questions philosophically. I think conceptual is okay, but I find that there is something rather escapist when you don't inhabit the question. Karasu doesn't let you out. He lets you stay in the question for hundreds of pages. Considering that some of the sections in his books are written five years apart, ten to twelve years apart, you realize that he has a dweller's mind—tenacious, probing. He really wants language to finally reach a level of maturation and sharpness so that it can explain these questions, not necessarily even answer them, but to make them legible.
ME: It seems very appropriate then that Karasu chooses two Orthodox monks to be his main characters in the first two movements of A Long Day's Evening, he's concerned with exploring the question rather than explaining it. I grew up Greek Orthodox, and to me, to explore questions and to be stuck in the questioning fits with how the religion is. It struck me as curious, too, that as far as I know, most Turkish literature doesn't deal with the Byzantine Era at all.
AA: Byzantium is very much the "matter" of his narrative. You probably know that his father was Jewish and mother was Orthodox. So he very much grew up saturated in those cultures. One of the most moving sections in his first book, Death in Troy, is set during a midnight mass, and it's beautifully described, with keen familiarity. True, he draws from different cultures but is to synthesize them, to deploy their intrinsic perspectives in order to understand his central concerns more fully. When I read A Long Day's Evening, I sense a great deal of Jewish mysticism as well as Byzantine monasticism. Probably because, in the end, all faith questions are gateways to a deep mysticism where the questions beneath the questions may become visible.
If you look at the back cover of A Long Day's Evening, you'll see that the historical Byzantium is foregrounded. That's how Byzantium is typically perceived, whereas when you enter the book, you realize that Karasu is not writing a historical novel, although history is very much integral to the book's philosophical exploration of certain key dualities—faith/doubt, freedom/loyalty, emancipation/exile, and so on.
Turkish identity has been very selective in terms of history. We have carelessly abandoned parts of our past, and jealously guarded others that were not always the right ones. People don't come to Istanbul without noticing that it is very much a Byzantine city. It's still a Byzantine city in the way it's lived, the way it's made out. We often talk about the so-called Ottoman enlightened position with regards to ethnic or religious diversity—but Byzantium was also that—a golden moment of intellectual and multicultural existence. The episode of iconoclasm, claustrophobia, and oppression described in A Long Day's Evening is a dark chimera that gets unleashed when cities or cultures forget or deny their characteristic diversity and cosmopolitanism.
This must be very common, that other political dissidents or even political or intellectual exiles feel a sort of survivor's guilt once the war is over, but also they feel a sense of "Is it really over?" since it's been their reality for such a long time. We can see the parallels in Turkey right now, but I was wondering if we could talk about permanent exile instead for an audience such as in the United States who might not be so intimately familiar with having to deal with it. Perhaps the only case where there is the memory of it in recent US history is with the Vietnam War. We don't really talk about it at this point, but it's also a thing that a lot of young Americans aren't doing at the moment.
AA: In a way there is the added challenge that the US is a country of exiles, so we think of exile less as a state of perpetual uprootedness than as a choice that people have made to have a better life. In some ways is quite a simplistic and self-serving narrative. If anything, the more settled the immigrant gets in their new environment, the more acutely they experience their uprootedness—both in the new and the old country.
You internalize your exile. So in a way the process of internalization is at once a process of disappearance, and one of new articulation, a new becoming that you also inhabit, internalize, and accept, so you become an exile to yourself.
Maybe it'll sound simplistic, but this is why I love translating. I love when I'm inside someone else's voice. I love when I'm not myself. It's a controlled act of disappearance.
If I somehow decided not to live as an exile anymore, I honestly don't know what becomes of Aron. So I translate so that I can live this question fully and deeply, and hopefully produce something beautiful in the end.
The one thing I want to underscore is that accepting exile should not lead to a sense of futility and inaction. I think we each have our own responsibility, those who feel cheerfully at home and those perpetually unmoored. That's also key. Ioakim's old idealism is nearly overwhelmed by a sense of fatigue, and futility. That's also why Karasu doesn't leave us with Ioakim at the end. It's really critical to go to the last piece of the book, "Mulberries." It may seem to describe much of the same old same old—wars, bloody carnage, oppression—but spring arrives in the third section. It's the time of the mulberries, silkworms, which are all about renewal, labor, and beauty, and you can sense that the narrator's joy is palpable in finding that nature does not allow futility. It cannot afford it.


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Photos: Residents gather on Palmer Square during Kavanaugh hearing
As Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, some members of the Princeton community gathered to voice their support for sexual assault survivors. "Believe women", "Princeton supports sex assault survivors" and "I believe Dr. Ford" were just some of the posters carried by about three dozen people who joined together on Palmer Square.
On Monday, the YWCA Princeton joined YWCAs across the country and the #MeToo movement for a national walkout in solidarity with Ford and other survivors of sexual assault.
Robert Dana says:
The man has been on the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals for 12 years. His colleagues and those who have appeared before him have given him the highest marks for judicial temperament. I would be concerned if he did not show some displeasure at his latest appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Just days before he had been accused of serial gang rape. If he were passive, the opposition would use that passivity as proof of his guilt. The point is – the Left keeps moving the bar. Fair minded people know that Kavanaugh has been unfairly treated.
TaxPoorInPrinceton says:
Was there a rally in the middle of Princeton? Yes.
Did it involve Princeton residents? Yes.
Was the coverage accurate? Yes.
If you're getting this outraged about the article, perhaps you should be outraged by the misstatements Kavanaugh has made in his testimony. It's clear that he lied in his previous appointment hearing about what information he knew or didn't know.
The accusations appear to be true. Kavanaugh's calendar shows that he went to a party where three of the named people were present. Being an Alpha male is fine. Being a rapist is not.
TRUTH2020 says:
The man is defending himself from false accusations from a liberal left wing liar. A man defends himself and his family. Nothing wrong with being an Alpha male and not a wimpy person for everyone to walk over.
Just what we don't need, another far rightwing/libertarian activist liar on the SCOTUS. And Kavanaugh appears to have a vicious, venomous and vengeful personality.
my2cents says:
Gee, reading the heading "Residents gather…," you would think a sizable portion of the town's residents turned up. How many were there? I think 2 dozen would be too generous. What a joke! How is this even newsworthy? Perhaps not exactly fake news, but can one call this biased reporting (with an overt political agenda)?
Yet they ignore Keith Ellison who beat his girlfriend. Where were they for Bill Clinton's victims?


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Patrick Gerard Wilson (c. 1933 – 25/26 June 1973) was an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was murdered by the loyalist Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).

Wilson was born in Fleet Street in Sailortown, Belfast, the youngest of seven children in a Catholic nationalist family. He and his wife Bridget had one son, Paul. He was elected as a Republican Labour Party member of the Senate of Northern Ireland in 1969. The following year, he became a founder member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and its first General Secretary. He was also a Belfast City Councillor.

On 26 June 1973, Wilson (aged 39) and his companion, Irene Andrews (aged 29), a Protestant, were found dead. They had been stabbed to death. Wilson's throat was cut. He was interred in Belfast's Milltown Cemetery. Loyalist John White was later convicted for his part in the murders.

See also
Paddy Wilson and Irene Andrews killings

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1973 deaths
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Republican Labour Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland
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I want to send out the biggest thanks and appreciation for the ever awesome Jo Hart for making our blogiversary special by collaborating with us on the contest, designing the header, and just simply being an awesome writer friend. For this reason, Peevish Penman sends the first Peevbody award to Jo for all around writer awesomeness.
I just wanted to take the opportunity to say a big thank-you to Carrie for thinking of me for this award. I really enjoyed collaborating with Peevish Penman for the blogiversary contest.
I also want to say a big thank-you to everyone who helped make my first blogiversary special by dropping by, commenting and tweeting about it. I had an awesome first blogiversary!


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SPOILER ALERT: IT'S NOT A TREE
Here's everything you wanted to know about Joshua Tree National Park's namesake tree (and why it's probably not a tree).
1. Why is it a Joshua tree?
Botanists call it Yucca brevifolia, a member of the asparagus family, but it has collected many names over time. Mormon settlers in southern Utah nicknamed it "the Joshua," supposedly because the striking, human-like form was reminiscent of the biblical Joshua reaching up to the sky.
The Cahuilla tribe called it "hunuvat chiy'a" and used the leaves as a source of fibers for ropes and mats, and the roots for basketry. California settlers preferred "tree yucca" or "yucca palm" until the early 1900s, when the more evocative "Joshua tree" stuck.
2. Is it really a tree?
It's often pointed out to visitors that the name, Joshua tree, is a bit of a lie. Because it has no true wood, it's technically not a tree. Someone – it could be you – might reply that even the lie is a lie: There really is no settled botanical definition of the word "tree."
In fact, the same could be said of palm trees, and we don't spend much time arguing that point. Stand in the shadow of a Joshua tree and decide the truth for yourself.
3. When do they bloom?
Watch for clusters of creamy, greenish blooms to emerge following rains in late winter and spring (February to April). You won't be the only one on the lookout. Joshua trees have one pollinator: the yucca moth. Female yucca moths carry clumps of pollen from flower to flower, working hard to pollinate as many flowers as possible so that the plant will produce fruit.
4. Why the U2 connection?
A generation was introduced to Joshua trees through an unlikely source: U2's 1987 blockbuster album The Joshua Tree. Photographer Anton Corbijn brought up the idea of using Joshua trees in the photoshoot for the jacket art — the band not only agreed, they adopted the name for the album (good choice: the working titles had been "The Desert Songs" and "The Two Americas"). Don't say it aloud here, but the photos in the U2 album were actually taken just outside of Death Valley National Park.
5. Why so solitary?
They actually aren't. Joshua trees may look lonesome, but watch closely: They are also a shelter, food source and perch for many desert animals. Wood rats use the spiny leaves to make their ramshackle nests. The tiny desert night lizard lives under fallen and decaying Joshua tree limbs. And watch for loggerhead shrikes, a small, innocent-looking grey-and-black bird with the gory habit of impaling its prey on sharp things like Joshua tree leaves.
6. Wait, where's Joshua Jr?
Why don't you see many young Joshua trees, or "baby Joshuas"? Once they mature, they need only a small amount of rain to survive, but young trees are much more sensitive to drought. With climate change worsening, and ongoing droughts in Southern California deserts, fewer plants are able to reach maturity.
The current prognosis is dire: By the end of the century, around 90 percent of Joshua trees could be gone. What can we do? Help efforts to protect their habitat and minimize our impact on the land.
7. They look weird. How best to describe Joshua trees?
Some describe them as magical beasts, and spiritual beings. They're compared to Dr. Seuss' truffula trees, Muppets, or visitors from alien worlds. The size and peculiar form of Joshua trees defies a single description, but they seem to inspire art from even the least artsy visitor. For decades, Joshua trees and their boulder-strewn landscapes have captivated painters, poets, musicians, and would-be artists of all hues. Best-selling writer Jeanette Walls, for instance, says it's the tree's "struggle that gives it beauty." Part of the fun is trying to come up with your own words to describe them. Like this haiku:
He stands, arms outstretched
Asking all "Am I a tree,
Or merely tree-like?"
Andy Murdock is a travel writer, and botanist, based in Alameda, California.
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Four Exciting Nollywood Projects To Look Out For This January
Posted on January 10, 2023 by Opeyemi Rasak-Oyadiran
If you also fall victim to scrolling through your Netflix discovery page for hours before you decide on a movie or show, then turn off the TV or fall asleep in less than 30 minutes because it wasn't worth the long search, or you make your way down to the cinemas in anticipation of a great movie experience only to wish you had stayed in bed, we got you.
There are going to be some rather tasty Nollywood releases feast this January, and we have narrowed them down to five projects that we think would be worth your while.
Date of Release: January 20th
Production Company: Giant Creative Media, Champion One Entertainment, Minini Empire Production.
What's it about? A six part crime thriller series, Shanty Town follows the story of three Lagos State hustlers who unite to wage war against the biggest and most ruthless crime ring in the state. Featuring Ini Edo, Chidi Mokeme, Sola Sobowale, Peter of P Square, Nancy Isime, The show will premiere on Netflix on January 20th.
Production Company: Foresight Global Films
What's it about? The Trade follows the story of Dike Maduka, aka Eric, a notorious genius billionaire kidnapper, who ravaged the southern part of Nigeria for several years. After evading arrest for two decades, a fast rising police officer and head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Superintendant Khalid Abubakar leads a high-stakes investigation into the famous kidnapper's activities. Directed by Jade Osiberu and featuring Blossom Chukwujekwu, Rita Dominic, Emeka Nwagbaraocha and more.
Production Company: Eventful and Lordtanner Studios
What's it about? Inspired by Waiting Room a faith-based book by Nigerian lawyer, Yewande Zaccheaus, The Wait is an emotional and suspense-filled thriller that follows the lives of different individuals and families as they try to navigate the disappointments and obstacles on their fertility journey. The film stars Nse Ikpe Etim, Inidima Okojie, Deyemi Okanlawon and more. It drops on Netflix on January 13th.
All Na Vibes
Production Company: Sable Media, ContentDocks
What's it about? Taiwo Egunjobi's 2021 directed urban drama, All Na Vibes, is set in present day Ibadan against the backdrop of a crippling university strike and an undercurrent of political unrest. Three out of school teenagers- Abiola, Lamidi and Sade- grapple with varied existential crises on what's next with their lives. It stars Tope Tedela and Jide Kosoko and premieres on Netflix on January 27.
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