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September (dates of interest)
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END OF U.S. IMPERIALIST COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAQ
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| GENETIC CODE OF APPLE SEQUENCED "A team of 86 global scientists have sequenced the genetic code of the Golden Delicious apple for the first time. The DNA breakthrough could result in new and improved apple varieties which are more resistant to disease. Scientists from 20 institutions took two years to unravel the code - the largest plant genome uncovered to date." (Source; BBC, 30th August 2010)
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Forget zits, try STIs. They may appear to be no more than a boring little acronym but they are becoming increasingly popular, especially among young people. |
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library visitors continue to drop
The number of adults visiting libraries in England has fallen steadily over the last five years, a government report has revealed. In 2005, 16.4% of adults people attended their local library once a month. New research indicates that the figure had dropped to 12.8% last year." (Source: BBC 24 Aug 2010) |
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Strange weather recently: floods in Pakistan; heatwave, drought & wildfires in Russia; heavy rain & mudslides in China.... |
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William Blake died 12th August (1827) His work lives!
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GRIM ANNIVERSARY - NO HAPPY RETURNS "The Japanese city of Hiroshima is marking the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack… About 140,000 people were killed or died within months of the bomb being dropped by a US aircraft in 1945 in the final days of World War II. Japan surrendered after a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later on 9 August."(Source: BBC, 6th August 2010) |
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Man jailed over stolen Shakespeare folio
"An antiques dealer has been jailed for eight years for handling a stolen copy of Shakespeare's First Folio. Raymond Scott, 53, from County Durham was cleared of stealing the treasure, but found guilty of handling stolen goods at a trial in June. The 1623 work was taken from a display cabinet at Durham University in 1998." (Source: BBC, 2nd August 2010) See, also... |
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Quite a plateful.... Going on the Stone Age Diet. |
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'buried life'
"Researchers have identified rocks that
they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.
The team made their discovery in the ancient rocks of Nili Fossae. Their work has revealed that this trench on Mars is a "dead ringer" for a region in Australia where some of the earliest evidence of life on Earth has been buried and preserved in mineral form. They report the findings in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters." (Source: BBC, 30th July 2010) |
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TOUR DE FRANCE 2010 3rd July - 25th July
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rat in a maze
600, 000 public sector jobs to go "Some 600,000 jobs are expected to be lost in the public sector over the next five years, the Office for Budget Responsibility has said. Leaked Treasury documents had suggested last week's Budget could increase unemployment by up to 1.3 million."  (Source: BBC, 30th June 2010)
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| ISRAELIS SLAUGHTER THE INNOCENT AGAIN
"More than 10
people have been killed after Israeli commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to
the Gaza….
It happened about 40 miles (64 km) out to sea, in international waters." (Source: BBC, 31st May 2010) When will these murderers be brought to international justice? |
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UN International Day for Biological Diversity (22nd May 2010) "We need a sea-change in human thinking and attitudes towards nature: not as something to be vanquished, conquered, but rather something to be cherished and lived within," Pavan Sukhdev (Economist & author of UN Biodiversity report) CAPITALISM & OVERPOPULATION IS DESTROYING HABITATS FOR OTHER SPECIES…. |
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Oil spill hits coast of USA Yet another environmental disaster looms as a leaking offshore oil well contaminates the Gulf of Mexico, potentially damaging fisheries & coastline habitats….(30th April 2010) |
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Bard's Birthday Present Shakespeare was supposedly born & died on 23rd April (in different years obviously), but the dates are disputed. To celebrate, here is a recently discovered fragment of a previously unknown play believed to have been written by the Bard himself. |
The Hubble Telescope was launched into Space on 23rd April 1990. "This new Hubble photo is but a small portion of one of the largest seen star-birth regions in the galaxy, the Carina Nebula. Towers of cool hydrogen laced with dust rise from the wall of the nebula." (courtesy of NASA site) |
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EARTH DAY 2010 April 22nd As if every day isn't! - A note for future Astronauts... - Earth matters (eco-mix)
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Queen's Birthday 21st April NOT her 'official' one, which, to confuse her abject subjects, is in June! Queen's Bedroom Scene (not amused) |
EUROPE-WIDE FLIGHTS GROUNDED BY VOLCANIC ASH After a volcano erupted in Iceland (14th April 2010), spewing a vast cloud of ash & dust into the air, many European countries have banned all flights for safety reasons. |
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"He depends on the charity of the State. Therefore he must bow to unbending Bureaucracy. Obstinate idiocy enshrined. Or maybe there’s method in their madness. A devious design to drive him to despair..." |
FREE 25 page story (pdf) in printable format "His own garb’s garbage. He’s a jumble sale mannequin in faded motley. Caparisoned in cast-offs. Unwilling exemplar of the démodé. Reduced by indigence to shoddy duds. Vestments of the order of bald hair-shirts and shabbiest fustian. Verdict sartorial suicide. A sorry sight. His down-at-heel shoes are on their last legs. Old inexpressible off-the-peg from Oxfam. Ragged trousered philanthropist. He’d make a good scarecrow." |
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AMERICA & RUSSIA IN NUCLEAR DEAL (BIG DEAL) The two countries agree to reduce their respective stockpiles of mutually assured destruction to 'only' 1,550 warheads each. This is much more cost effective as there are still more than enough to wipe everyone out. You know this makes sense. (8th April 2010) |
Israeli warplanes bomb Gaza againAmerican-made F16 fighters fire American-made missiles destroying a dairy factory & injuring children. Good Friday (sic), 2nd April 2010
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Happy Anniversary: Three Mile Island Partial core meltdown at American pressurised water reactor (28th March 1979). |
50th Anniversary of Sharpeville Massacre On 21st March 1960, at the township of Sharpeville in South Africa, a crowd of about 5000 unarmed people were protesting against apartheid laws when police opened fire on them, killing 69 & injuring 180. Another atrocity brought to you by an over-mighty fascist State! |
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| DOG AWARDED MEDAL FOR BRAVERY
"A black Labrador which sniffed out bombs in southern Afghanistan has been awarded the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross - called the Dickin medal. The eight-year-old 'Treo' twice found hidden bombs while on tour in Afghanistan with the 104 Military Working Dog Support Unit. He is now retired and living with his handler..." (Source BBC, 25th February) Feel-good propaganda for a public saddened by the sight of union-jack-draped coffins coming home. We can comfort ourselves with the idea of a cuddly canine hero. Don't even think of questioning the morality of sending innocent animals to serve in war zones….
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Treo, hero? Lapping it up... |
OIL THIEVES!
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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR of the METAL TIGER 14th February 2010 |
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for Love, Romance, Passion... |
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GOD DIES IN HAITI EARTHQUAKE
On 12th January 2010, a devastating earthquake hit Haiti. Among its many unfortunate victims was the erstwhile Deity (aka God, the Creator, the Almighty etc).... (cont.)
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' Police powers to use terror laws to stop and search people without grounds for suspicion are illegal, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The Strasbourg court has been hearing a case involving two people stopped near an arms fair in London in 2003.….The court said the stop and search powers were "not sufficiently circumscribed" and there were not "adequate legal safeguards against abuse".' (Source: BBC, 12th January 2010) |
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EXAMS IN THE SNOW "Hundreds of schools are to re-open after last week's heavy snow as pupils sit GCSE, AS and A-level exams. The exams will be taken in Wales, England, and Northern Ireland from Monday....Ofqual, the exam regulator for England, has faced criticism from some teachers, pupils and parents for refusing to postpone the tests." (Source: BBC , 11th Jan 2010) The country is covered in snow & ice but EXAMS must go on! Or must they? Isn't it time we questioned the examination system? |
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 "When icicles hang by the wall & Dick the shepherd blows his nail..." (Shakespeare)
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NEW WIND FARMS PLANNED "Successful bids for nine new offshore wind farm zone licences within UK waters have been announced….Turbines in the nine zones could generate up to 32 gigawatts of power, a quarter of the UK's electricity needs…It will create one of the biggest infrastructure projects for wind energy in the world, with construction beginning in 2014 at the earliest." (Source: BBC, 8th Jan 2010) |
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75th Anniversary of Elvis Presley's birth. The so-called 'King of Rock & Roll' was born 8th January 1935.
Pelvis (the day he gyrated his hips) |
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Anniversaries & Headlines: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
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ICARUS escapes the maze... |
Toy Robot Ballet (video)
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PHOTOSHave camera, will shoot... |
Grudging concession to festivity. |
THE HEAT IS ON!
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WAR & PISS! Dishonorable discharge? Much indignation when a drunken student (hardly an oxymoron) urinated on a War Memorial recently... Isn't making water better than making war? |
150th AnniversaryOn the Origin of Species, published 24 November 1859
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SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER Ignorant British government sacks chief drugs adviser, Prof David Nutt, because they didn't like the scientific information he gave them....ie that Cannabis, LSD & Ecstasy are less harmful than Tobacco & Alcohol. Two other members of the advisory panel resign in protest. Prof Nutt said: "It seems unlikely that any "true" scientist - one who can only speak the truth - will be able to work for this, or future, Home Secretaries." (2nd November 09) Tough nut to crack? |
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HAPPY HALLOWE'EN(or Celtic Samhain & Mexican Day of the Dead) Get spooked here! |
Imelda's shoes survive Philippine floods - many people
don't! "The famous shoe collection of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos has survived the recent floods in Manila. Staff at the Marikina Shoe Museum moved hundreds of pairs just before water swamped the building's ground floor. Marikina was one of the areas worst hit by Typhoon Ketsana, which killed more than 300 people in the Philippines. The huge shoe collection is often seen as a symbol of the lavish tastes of Imelda and her husband, former President Ferdinand Marcos." (Source: BBC 8th
Oct.09)
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8th Anniversary of U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan(7th October 09) USA, UK & NATO are not 'winning' in Afghanistan. They are illegal invaders, guilty of War Crimes. Soldiers should desert. END WAR NOW! |
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| For the USA, UK & France to condemn Iran for allegedly developing
nuclear weapons is gross hypocrisy. (25th September 2009) The USA, Russia, UK, France, China, India, Israel & Pakistan, all possess nuclear missiles.....Why scapegoat Iran? |
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Across the Universe.... "Astronomers are
celebrating the release of remarkable new images from the Hubble Space Telescope.... (Source: BBC, 9th Sept 09) |
09.09.09 Remastered
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| "UK jobless total climbs to 2.4m The number of people out of work in the UK has risen to its highest level since 1995, official figures have shown. Unemployment increased by 220,000 to 2,435,000 in the three months to June, taking the jobless rate to 7.8%."
(includes video) There's fuck-all to do when you're unemployed...
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FOOD SHORTAGES - Coming
Soon! (Source BBC, 10th August 09) And, don't forget, current agriculture depends on cheap oil, which is running out.... |
Harry Patch, oldest British survivor of First World War, dies aged 111(25th July 09) "politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organising nothing better than legalised mass murder". (The Last Fighting Tommy) |
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40 years onFirst manned Moon landing, 20th July 1969. Neil Armstrong fluffed his lines.... |
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MICHAEL JACKSON DIES25th June 09
death put a stop to the king of pop
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Obama & the Fly
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| So the 'most powerful man in the world' (sic) swats a defenseless fly. Try picking on someone your own size, Barack. (17th June 09)
"Consider Man as like a little fly...." Other dead insects: War against
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So-called Queen's 'Official' Birthday, 13th June 2009....Her Majesty, unlike us mere mortals, has 2 Birthdays. Isn't that a bit greedy, Liz? The perfect present? How about declaring Britain a republic & letting the nice old lady retire? In the pink, she may be, for her age, but anachronistic monarchy makes many of us see red. |
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Try calling it H1N1 flu virus. Not quite as snappy as 'swine flu' but more accurate. Don't blame it on the swine...... it's the way humans factory-farm
pigs that causes the problem. or, if you'd prefer, bird flu |
Approximately one in four people smoke. Confessions of an ex-smoker |
| "More than 1,000 ex-servicemen who took part in
nuclear tests in the 1950s have won the right to sue the government for compensation. (Source: BBC, 5th June 2009) see NUCLEAR- MIX |
Anyone for mushrooms? |
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They're only in it for the money!ParLIARmentMoneyCapitalistFree Country? |
30th AnniversaryTHATCHER electedPrime Minister4th May 1979 sad day for the UK * Rejoice! |
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British Army Retreats from Iraq After 6 years as an occupying force, they've finally had enough. (30 April 09) |
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500 Years On
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Proposed sites for new nuclear power
stations
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G20, London (1st & 2nd April 09) G8, rich man's club, needs help from 12 other countries....
360th Anniversary of the Diggers (1649) |
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| Visitors to this site, who don't live in Britain, may be surprised to learn that anyone who owns a TV in this benighted country must hand over an annual licence fee (currently £139.50) to the BBC (Bloated Bourgeois Corporation) - whether they watch BBC channels or not! Those who refuse/ fail to pay are fined or imprisoned. Fair or what? It's a quaintly eccentric British idiosyncrasy like the parasitic Royal Family (who should be abolished too).
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