Shocking, I know, but there it is. I read banned books. Scandalous!
Actually, I see nothing wrong with any of the books on the banned books list. To each their own, I guess. But when one person or organization starts to attack a book because it doesn't meet their requirement of what is proper for the masses in general, well that just starts to rub me the wrong way. If you don't agree with a book, then don't read it. Plain and simple. Don't make others suffer for your fear or ignorance over the subject.
I think in many cases, if a book is touching on a subject that someone may find objectionable because of the subject matter and what their children may get out of it, use it as a source of conversation between you and your child. Read the book first, then read it with your child and talk with them over any questions they may have. Don't deny them the opportunity to read the book because number one, that would make them want to read it all the more (nothing will pique a kid's interest more than something that they are not allowed) and number two, because it makes you uncomfortable. Maybe you'll learn something along with your kid.
Books are great! They open whole new worlds, every single day. It makes me mad that a small, select group of people want to deny others this joy simply because they don't agree with the subject matter. I often wonder if they've actually read the books that they want banned, or if they are simply suffering from a knee-jerk reaction to the subject matter. Again I say, if you don't like the book, don't read it. Simple as that. Or maybe, read it, and broaden your understanding.
I read banned books. And I'm proud of that fact!
For more information about Banned Books Week, visit www.ala.org/bbooks.
A nice, creepy little book that would probably be good to read on a dark and stormy night. Look for my review on November 7, 2010, just before publication.
Good morning, fellow Salon Members! Can it really have been so long since I last posted a Salon post? Almost a year? Unfortunately, it is all too possible and all too real. I've had a long year, so far. No excuses, that's just the way it is.
Several things have changed for from my bookshelf... this year; a new look and a new domain name (www.frommybookshelf.com) among the most notable. I'm just trying to streamline my blog and make it more user friendly. I had an interesting discussion with a friend about my blog the other night, and he was wondering how much money I made off of this, and I told him nothing. I use the Amazon links at the bottom of every post (and will begin using an independent bookstore's links as well), but in the 2+ years that I've run my blog, I've received one $10 payment from Amazon. I don't do this for any kind of money. I do it for me. It's a way for me to keep track of what I'm reading and to connect to other readers out there and to authors and to share my feelings about books, and that's always been the sole reasoning for this blog. And lately, I've been wanting to make it better.
So, to that end, I'm running a contest right now to gain followers, and you can read more about that here.
Another feature that I added just last week and one that I'm going to try to keep to every week is the Fragment Friday meme hosted by James at Book Chic Club. You can see my first contribution here and read more about Fragment Friday.
So, then that's about it for this Sunday Salon. I'd have far too many great books to talk about since my last Salon (which was almost a year ago, I'm ashamed to say). I'd love it if you checked out my reviews (there is a list of all books that I've reviewed so far this year in the column on the right) and share your thoughts with me if there are any books that we've both read this year. I'll also be posting up a recap of getting to meet Emma Donoghue from earlier this week later today.
Until next week, everyone, happy reading!
Rikki at The Bookkeeper is starting a Steampunk Challenge, and since this is easily becoming a favorite genre for me, I thought this was something that wouldn't really be a challenge for me, after all. Besides, the Challenge is running for an entire year (from October to October), so I think I'll be able to read plenty of Steampunk goodness!
There are quite a few great up and coming authors who are really making something of this genre: Cherie Priest, Gail Carriger and Scott Westerfeld, just to name a few. Rikki has left a great recommendation list in the original post, if you need some help deciding what to read next!
Welcome to my first edition of Fragment Friday, a weekly meme hosted by James from Book Chic Club, where we vlog a small snippet from a current read. My excerpt this week is from Room by Emma Donoghue. Room is available now from Little, Brown and Company, and comes highly recommended!
Please excuse the poor sound quality. After 6 tries (yes, 6 tries - this is the first time I've done this!), this is the best that I had. I promise that it will be better next week! You've got to start somewhere, right?
I hope you enjoyed this weeks fragment! Until next week, happy reading!
I admit it. I stole this right off the email that SubPress emailed me this morning, but my mom suffers from Lupus, and I think it's going to an excellent cause!
The chapbook is available in multiple DRM-free electronic formats at unicornpegasuskitten.com. It is free to download, but voluntary payment is strongly encouraged, via Paypal or by tax-deductible donation, with links to both provided at the unicornpegasuskitten.com Web site. All proceeds from this chapbook will go to the Michigan/Indiana affiliate of the Lupus Alliance of America.
For five year old Jack, there has never been anything other than Room and Ma. He was born in Room, he's lived his entire life in Room, he has never left Room. Ever. It is his home. However, for Ma, it has been a prison for the last seven years, a place where she has been held captive by Old Nick. It is also where she keeps Jack safe, but even she knows they'll have to escape eventually. It is going to have to be a daring plan, one that requires all of Jack's bravery to deal with the Outside, a place that he has never ventured into. But if they actually get to the Outside, how will Jack deal with discovering that there truly is another outside world that he has never known about.
Told entirely from Jack's point of view, Room is unlike anything that I have read. To look at life through the eyes of a child who has never experienced anything beyond the 11 x 11 foot dimension of his confines is amazing. Things that we would take utterly for granted are utterly new and strange to him. It is a sometimes refreshing and frightening perspective, and one that is entirely unique.
Sometimes I found Jack to be a little too intelligent for never having experienced anything outside of Room and Ma (we never discover her real name) seems to have a little bit too much insight on how to care for Jack and the things that he needs to stay healthy for someone who was kidnapped at 19 and no contact with the outside world or guidance on how to raise a child. For instance, knowing that they need time to sunbathe from the light coming through the skylight so that they have a tolerance for sunlight or having Jack focus on things close and then far away (the roof) to help strengthen his eyes seem, at least to me, a little too far fetched for someone in Ma's situation to inherently understand.
These technicalities aside, Room is still an astounding book and one that I couldn't put down. Ma's love for Jack, even when she is at her wit's end with him, and Jack's returned love for Ma, even when he is angry with her and doesn't always understand her reasons for what she does, is evident on every page. Emma Donoghue balances just the right amounts of hope, pathos, suspense and relief to make Room an engaging story without taking any of these elements too far.
So, I'm scrolling through my FB newsfeed this morning, and as I'm skimming through the posts, I stop and realize that I'm looking at a picture of me! The wonderful Meg Waite Clayton (author of The Wednesday Sisters, one of my top reads of 2008) has shared a short blog post on the importance of book bloggers to the success of The Wednesday Sisters. And while this may seem a little self-serving (Meg says I'm handsome! #blush - and I'm equally glad to be able to call her a friend, as well), I thought it was great insight from a published author on the importance of book bloggers in general. Happy reading, everyone!
There's a time and a place for saying what's really on your mind, and Insults & Comebacks for All Occasions provides verbatim lines for dishing it out with wit and verve. Armed with barbs targeting everything from looks to age to intelligence to character, you'll always be prepared with an appropriate or completely inappropriate put-down or comeback. With the help of this pocket-sized prompter, your reputation will soon precede you.
OK, I'm going to admit that this book was simply purchased on a whim with no other basis than the silliness of it. The book is put together very attractively (it looks like an older book, with no dust jacket and the name foil stamped directly onto the front board in a retro font) but, really, the matter is very subjective. It is exactly what the title says it is, a collection of insults to use in everyday conversation and some are funny and some are not, and the whole thing written entirely tongue in cheek. I can't really recommend this to anybody, except people who like some good sarcasm, and even then only thinly recommended.
Yet another find from the Subterranean Press grab bag. The Kragen is a novella written in 1964 which Jack Vance eventually expanded into The Blue World and published in 1966. The kragen are squid-like nautical beasts that roam the oceans and terrorize the populace of the Floats (a village built on large lily pad-like vegetation), humans who were brought to this new world after they escaped from their original world. Even though it is never explicitly stated, I'm fairly certain the ship that the original colonists used to get to the new world was a prison ship, and that the ancestors of the current populace were criminals; the reasoning behind this is the caste system that is used for the new population with names such as Bezzlers, Hoodwinks and Counterfeiters. After several generations on this new world which has no land and is nothing but one large ocean, the populace has created a rather strict system of governing themselves. They have also developed something of a religion based around King Kragen, the largest kragen, who protects the Floats from other smaller kragen.
After one kragen attack too many, Sklar Hast, a Hoodwink of some repute, has decided that they have lived under the tyranny of the kragen, and especially King Kragen, long enough, and decides to kill a smaller kragen, which has never been done before. After King Kragen exacts revenge on the Float and the governing body of the Floats wants to punish those responsible, Sklar Hast and his fellow sympathizers decide to set out to find new Floats and to set up a new life for themselves and to discover a way to kill King Kragen and take back their own lives.
This is a fairly quick read, a little slow to get into, but once the action starts it's fairly consistent. Fairly. It does seem to drag a little in parts, and the ending just seems so non-committal, I couldn't believe that was it. My first impression was that the story definitely needed to be longer, and upon discovering that it was, in fact, expanded into a longer novel makes me want to go pick that up to see how Vance grew the story, hopefully with a more fulfilling ending.
Theodora Baumgarten has just been selected as an IASA space cadet, and therein lies the problem. She didn't apply for the ultra-coveted posting, and doesn't relish spending years aboard the ship to which she's been assigned.
But the plucky young heroine, in true Heinlein fashion, has no plans to go along with the program. Aided by her hacker best friend Kimkim, in a screwball comedy that has become Connie Wills' hallmark, Theodora will stop at nothing to uncover the conspiracy that has her shanghaied.
This is another book that I received in my Subterranean Press grabbag from a couple weeks back, and while is something that I would never have picked up on my own, it was a fun, quick little read. Theodora Baumgarten is accepted to the IASA, the Academy that teaches new cadets to become astronauts. The only problem is, she never wanted to go to the IASA and never applied. So, how did she get in? Some clever hacking from her friend Kimkim finally reveals the answer and Theodora is left to make some big decisions about her life.
This is my first experience reading Connie Willis and it wasn't bad, but I certainly need to find something a little longer that I can really sink my teeth into. I really can't recommend or not recommend this book. It just is.
OK, so I'm not going to go into a bunch of detail about the actual story, because I don't think I could really talk about anything that wouldn't require huge spoiler tags throughout the entire post, so I'm just going to stick with talking about my general impressions of the book. Keep in mind, however, that there could still be what might be considered spoilers.
Like everybody who has been reading The Hunger Games, I'm sure I wasn't alone in the excitement of the release of the final installment in the story. I even waited until I had an entire day where I could sit down and devote all the time I needed to read the book in one sitting. I got myself all psyched to reenter the world of Katniss Everdeen. Would it be Peeta? Would it be Gale? Would the Capital fall?
So, I may or may not catch crap from the rest of the reading world over this, but I found the book to only be mildly engaging. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely couldn't wait to see how the story was going to end, but the book was not unputdownable. I was easily able to set the book aside and come back to it later. Some portions of the story seemed to be far too overplayed (3 pages to explain a song that Katniss's father used to sing to her?) and other portions far too underplayed (1 dismissive paragraph about Katniss's new bow, which seems to be alive, yet no further explanation is ever given). And ending every single chapter with a shocking last sentence got a little tedious by the end of the book.
Speaking of the ending of the book. A good indicator for me about the lack of investment in the story was when I got down to about 20-30 pages left of the book, and I was tired the night I was finishing it, and I didn't even really care to try to stay awake to see what happened. And what did happen? All the action seems to take place while Katniss is in a delirium (I don't think I'm actually giving an important plot point away here) and we, the audience, find out what happened in the background through piecemeal flashbacks. Honestly, it felt like the book could have ended earlier and a fourth novella been released as the ending (Suzanne Collins probably would have loved this idea - the ultimate cliffhanger ending that she seems all too eager to write) since I don't think a fourth full length book could have supported the ending, or Mockingjay could have been longer. I got the impression that she needed to end the book under so many pages, so basically just wrote off what happened in the end like she did just to make it fit in the space her editors gave her. Who knows, but the ending of the book was something of a letdown to me. Too easily dismissive (not only in the storytelling but also in how some characters were dealt with) and too anticlimactic for my liking.
Don't get me wrong. Mockingjay is good. It finishes the story and leaves no plot points dangling, but compared to the previous two books (especially Catching Fire), it doesn't quite live up to it's predecessors. If you're a fan of the the Hunger Games and Catching Fire, you'll definitely want to read Mockingjay. Just don't go in with too high expectations.
Penelope Przekop, author of Aberrations, one of my top reads of 2008, has updated her new "novel in posts", Boundaries, with the final update today. Read it sooner than later, because she's pulling it all down on October 1, 2010.
The Man Booker Prize 2010 Shortlist has been announced.
I'm excited that I'll be getting to meet Emma Donoghue at my local Schuler Books later this month for her Shorlisted book, Room.
Beth Kephart continues to impress me more and more with her young adult novels. Her ability to pull so much nuance into a story with such ease of language is beautiful. I'd love to spend a day in her head, just to see the world through her eyes; it must be an amazing place to behold. She can create such vivid images and emotions, with the simplest language possible, and every page is filled with more and more. If you haven't had the privilege of reading anything by Beth Kephart, might I recommend Dangerous Neighbors?
The year is 1876, and Philadelphia is celebrating the Centennial with an Exposition. Katherine has also just lost her twin sister, Anna, and is trying to determine how best to leave this world and be with her sister. It is a decision that doesn't seem to have come to her easily, but one that seems unavoidable. After spending her whole life being Anna's protector, she feels that she is responsible for Anna's death.
However, do to a series of circumstances that seem beyond her control as she is thrust into situations with people around her who seem to want to distract her from her goal, she begins to realize that maybe there is more still to look forward to in this life. These people, the "dangerous neighbors" who float on the sidelines of her life, some who she knows, some who are strangers to her, help to draw her back to her herself.
I believe that everyone who reads Beth Kephart's books will each walk away with something different. This can be said with any book, really, but there seems to be an ethereal element to her books that really lend themselves to individual interpretation and understanding. She doesn't challenge her readers directly but subtly, to think about each story and the implications of that story. Do yourself a favor. Read Dangerous Neighbors. You won't be sorry.
I'm going to admit to a small love affair with this story. It may be completely dated, but to me it remains one of the most defining X-Men stories. Ever.
Back in the day, the Chris Claremont and John Byrne run on X-Men was one of the most exciting eras in the comic's history. Quite a bit of what we see happening in the X-Men stories of today are direct results of what these two men did with the characters back then, and nothing seemed to be bigger during that time than the Dark Phoenix Saga. Jean Grey had been reborn as Phoenix after saving her teammates at the apparent cost of her own life. It quickly became clear that her powers had grown tremendously, and seemed to continue growing exponentially. Eventually, through the manipulations of Mastermind, the true overwhelming potential of her power became evident and Dark Phoenix was born, a being with powers of a cosmic proportion. To sate her hunger, she consumed a star, causing it to go supernova and destroying an inhabited world. Upon arriving back to Earth, the X-Men attacked Jean and tried to diffuse her power. When they were unable to accomplish this, Professor X took matters in his own hands and challenged Dark Phoenix on the psychic level, and won, supposedly locking Dark Phoenix back away in Jean's mind. However at that moment, in order to pay for her transgressions, Lilandra kidnapped the X-Men and sentenced Phoenix to death. Professor X challenged his X-Men against Lilandra's Imperial Guard for the life of Jean Grey, and both teams were sent to the Blue Area of the moon to battle. During the course of the battle, Jean began to feel Dark Phoenix taking control, and instead of allowing that to happen and to have more blood on her hands, she decides to take her own life, thus ending the battle.
There were so many other great moments in this storyline: the introduction of Emma Frost, the Hellfire Club, Kitty Pryde, Dazzler. All of this was paving the road for some great stories through the rest of the 80s. Like I said before, it it definitely dated. The need to re-introduce a characters name and their power and/or weakness, ever single issue, becomes even more tiring when you're reading a collected edition like this, but even so, I still love to pull this off the shelf every couple of years to give it a reread. This new 30th Anniversary Edition is gorgeous, and the coloring is nice and crisp.
Now, for the only complaint about the collection: charging $75 for this edition is ridiculous. The two Inferno collections cost $75 each, and they each collect roughly 600 pages of story each, where The Dark Phoenix Saga is only 350 pages. To me, this is something of a ripoff. This new edition does collect a short story from Classic X-Men and Bizarre Adventures, the Phoenix: The Untold Story one-shot (which is the original version of the story where Jean Grey lives) and a What If? story about what would have happened if Jean Grey lived, but still, $75 is a steep price for this collection. It is so nicely presented that I can almost forgive them the price, but just barely; obviously, it didn't stop me from buying the edition.
I would highly recommend this edition to any X-Men fans, but for somebody who is just looking for a quick read and is not as interested in all the extras with this edition, spend the lesser money and get the trade paperback edition. This edition is really only for the hard-core fans.
Happy publication day to Gail Carriger for her book, Blameless. Look for my review later this week.


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	"net/url"
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	"unicode/utf8"

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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton Perform Romantic New Song 'Nobody But You' at 2020 Grammys
By Emily Longeretta
Talk about a date night! Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani took the stage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 26, to perform their new love song, "Nobody But You" for the massive Grammys 2020 crowd.
See the Stars' Fashion at the 2020 Grammys
The eight-time Grammy nominee, 43, began the number before being joined by the former No Doubt lead singer, 50. The couple gazed into each other's eyes during the romantic number, which features some extremely passionate lyrics, including, "Lookin' in your eyes now, if I had to die now / I don't wanna love nobody but you."
At the end of the performance, they hugged and Shelton bowed down to his girlfriend.
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on January 26, 2020. Photo by Rob Latour/Shutterstock
The new single is included on Shelton's compilation album, Fully Loaded: God's Country. The country star is also nominated for a Grammy at the 2020 show for Best Country Solo Performance for the record's title track, "God's Country."
The Voice coaches previously collaborated on "Go Ahead and Break My Heart" from Shelton's 2016 album, If I'm Honest, and on the title track of Stefani's 2017 holiday album, You Make It Feel Like Christmas.
See Gwen and Blake's PDA on the Grammys Carpet
The pair began dating in 2015. The "Cool" songstress was previously married to Gavin Rossdale, with whom she shares sons Kingston, 13, Zuma, 11, and Apollo, 5. Shelton was married to Miranda Lambert from 2011 to 2015.
"Blake saved my life, everybody knows that," she told Entertainment Tonight in December. "Like, we're just having the time of our lives, and we never expected that this late in our lives, so we're just trying to savor every moment together, and just to be back on The Voice as well — not to change the subject — but working together again has been really fun, and I love being here and I love being with him."
During the interview, he added, "I don't want to remember what I was like before Gwen."
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton's Relationship Timeline
He also raved over the rock singer during an interview with Gayle King on Thursday, January 23.
"What matters to me is just the human being that she is on the inside," he said during the pre-Grammys special. "She has a way of looking at life in a way that I've never experienced. And she always says that she doesn't understand what I mean, but she has a way of looking at a person's situation from every angle. … She's the most understanding, kindhearted person I've ever met."

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The Times, Gainesville, Ga.
As Hanukkah approaches, this local Jewish center aims to share message of freedom and unity
Taniya Pierce, The Times, Gainesville, Ga.
Nov. 29—Members of the Jewish faith will once again gather to celebrate Hanukkah in Gainesville as Chabad Jewish Center of Hall County hosts its second annual public menorah lighting.
The Jewish holiday, known as the Festival of Lights, starts the evening of Sunday, Dec. 18, and ends the evening of Dec. 25.
Hanukkah Celebration and Menorah Lighting
When: 4:30 p.m. Dec. 18
Where: Gainesville square
How much: Free
More info: 770-906-4970 or jewishhall.com/chanukah
The 9-foot menorah, an eight-branched candelabrum, symbolizes the triumph of good over evil as second century Jews recovered their religious freedom and the Holy Temple in Jerusalem from the Seleucid Greek empire.
The menorah lighting is slated for 4:30 p.m. Dec. 18 on the Gainesville square.
"I feel it makes the menorah lighting part of Gainesville, and makes it connected to the city with it being downtown," said Rabbi Nechemia Gurevitz, director of the Chabad Jewish Center of Hall County. "It's going to bring joy and happiness to everybody on the square."
The Chabad Jewish Center of Hall County is part of an international movement of Jewish centers aimed to spread the joy of Judaism to members of the Jewish faith who live in areas where there isn't a major Jewish community, according to Gurevitz.
"In Hall County there isn't a large Jewish community, but there are Jewish people, and we're here to give them those services and those experiences which they may not experience otherwise," Gurevitz said.
Since last year's menorah lighting, the first of its kind in the area, Gurevitz said the Chabad has met many Hall County residents who are either actively practicing Judaism or reconnecting to the heritage and traditions passed down by their parents.
The upcoming ceremony will open with the lighting of the menorah, followed by refreshments of doughnuts and latkes, a traditional fried potato pancake.
"The idea is that both donuts and these latkes are fried in oil because one of the central themes of Hanukkah is the miracle of oil," Gurevitz said.
Gurevitz encourages members of the Jewish community and beyond to attend the event and "experience this message of freedom."
"The idea of sharing light, something which is universal to all humans, and how one city can have celebrations of so many different cultures and diversity — I think that's just a beautiful component to the makeup of the city," he said. "It's also being done in a way that we're inviting everyone, so I think it's really a message of unity of freedom, which is only possible when you have unity and tolerance."
For more information on the Chabad Jewish Center of Hall County or to RSVP to the menorah lighting, visit.jewishhall.com/chanukah.
Dreaming of peace, DR Congo faithful flock to see pope
One hope united many of the people streaming to see Pope Francis perform mass in DR Congo's capital on Wednesday -- that his presence could at last bring peace to the war-wracked east of the African country.The hope for peace was echoed by many worshippers in a country where conflict has raged in the mineral-rich east for nearly 30 years.
Three dead, nearly 2,000 flights canceled as ice storm sweeps the South
A strong ice storm that has swept across parts of the South has been blamed for three deaths on roads and has contributed to nearly 2,000 flight cancellations, officials said Tuesday.
Euro zone yields inch down as inflation data, Fed decision eyed
European government bond yields inched down from near the top of their recent ranges on Wednesday, the start of an agenda-setting few days for markets, with euro zone inflation data and the Federal Reserve's policy decision later in the day. Germany's 10-year government bond yield was at 2.26%, down 1 basis point (bp) on the day, but still near Monday's two-week high of 2.325%, hit after higher-than-expected Spanish inflation raised fears that euro zone inflation may not be slowing as much as some investors had hoped. European inflation data, due at 1000 GMT, is expected to show consumer prices rose at a rate of 9% in January.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes AI can help usher in "unbelievable abundance," but he says he wants to ensure that such abundance is shared. Toward that end, Altman has embraced a theory of 19th century political economist Henry George, who in his own lifetime worried about wealth amassing in the hands of the few following the industrial revolution. George posited that greater equality could be enjoyed if the economic value of land belonged equally to all members of society.
Ozzy Osbourne cancels all tour dates, saying he is 'too weak' to perform
The star cancels all his upcoming shows, as he struggles to recover from an accident four years ago.
Many of the Congolese faithful spent the night on the vast airfields of Kinshasa's Ndolo airport and passed the hours before Francis' arrival singing, dancing and getting jazzed up for the first papal visit to the overwhelmingly Christian country since St. John Paul II's last trip in 1985. Many of the women wore dresses and skirts made of pagne, a wax print fabric featuring images of Francis or other religious symbols. "Today I understand the enthusiasm of my grandmother when Pope John Paul II came," said Julie Mbuyi, a 45-year-old mother of two who was wearing a Francis-themed outfit.
Hard rock legend Ozzy Osbourne announced the cancellation of his 2023 tour dates in the U.K. and continental Europe. Osbourne issued a statement early Wednesday saying damage to his spine suffered in an accident four years ago will prevent him from touring. "I am honestly humbled by the way you've all patiently held onto your tickets for all this time, but in all good conscience, I have now come to the realization that I'm not physically capable of doing my upcoming European/UK tour dates, as I know I couldn't deal with the travel required," Osbourne said.
The MSNBC anchor suggested far-right Republican Greene revealed the real reason for the serial liar's stepping down.
Carrier Screening Market Size to Reach $6.5 Billion by 2031: Says AMR
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Network Probe Market is Expected to Reach $1.4 billion by 2031: Says AMR
Increase in demand for cloud services and development of new data center infrastructures across the globe is driving the growth of the global network probe market. By component, the solution segment held the major share in 2021. By region, LAMEA would cite the fastest CAGR by 2031.Portland, OR , Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to the report published by Allied Market Research, the global network probe market was estimated at $508.7 million in 2021 and is expected to hit $1.4 billion
Walkout Wednesday: What do the strikers want and will they get it?
It's one of the largest strikes the UK has seen in a decade. Today, Wednesday Feb 1, nearly 500,000 workers across the civil service, rail network and schools are poised to walk out.
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PERTH, Australia, February 01, 2023--Rio Tinto expresses its gratitude to the Western Australia's Department of Fire and Emergency Services for coordinating the successful search effort to locate a missing capsule lost while in transit from the company's Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
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Bitterly cold morning with sun today; Warming up by end of week
A cold morning with some breaks in the clouds.
Tyre Nichols' family praises loved one on funeral eve
STORY: The family of Tyre Nichols, a Black man fatally beaten by five Memphis officers, and whose death rekindled anguish at excessive police force against Black people praised their loved one on the eve of his funeral. At a news conference at the Memphis Mason Temple, Tyre's brother Jamal Dupree said the response from the Black community should be measured, out of respect for his brother. "My brother was the most peaceful person ever in my life. He never lifted his finger to nobody, never raised his voice to nobody. If my brother was here today and he had to say something, he would tell us to do this peacefully. {{ can cut out if too long: Trust me. Me personally, I would love to get busy. But I am stepping for my brother, not for myself."}} Tyre's stepfather Rodney Wells: "Keep fighting for justice for our son and my family." The death of Nichols became the latest high-profile instance of police violence blamed for deaths of Black people and other minorities. The 29-year-old was hospitalized. He died of his injuries three days after the confrontation on January 7, which was captured on camera. The officers involved – who all face murder charges – were dismissed from the Memphis police department last week. The incident revived calls for Congress to address police reform – and to pass stalled legislation that aims to ban aggressive policing tactics. NAACP's Memphis branch president, Van Turner. "We want action this time. We want them to pass the George Floyd Police Reform Act this time. They owe us that, they owe this family, they owe all the other families who have been hurt, harmed and brutalized as a result of interactions with law enforcement in this country. And then, when that happens, we got a call on the Tennessee General Assembly." Vice President Kamala Harris will attend Wednesday's funeral for Tyre Nichols. Nichols will be eulogized by the Reverend Al Sharpton at a service, which will also be attended by family members of Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd – two other fatalities of separate incidents of police violence in 2020.
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Britain is to face the biggest day of industrial action for over a decade today when seven unions are planning to go on strike.
Train strikes today: Rail services affected in the February walkouts
Train drivers will take part in a fresh round of strikes on Wednesday, heaping further misery onto weary rail commuters.


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Biały Klasztor (ar. الداير شرم الأبيض, Deir al-Abiad) – klasztor Koptyjskiego Kościoła Ortodoksyjnego położony w pobliżu miasta Sauhadż w Egipcie.

Ośrodek monastyczny zawdzięczał swój rozkwit przede wszystkim Szenutemu z Atripe, choć jego założycielem był najprawdopodobniej jego wuj, Pdżol. Najlepiej zachowanym elementem całego zespołu architektonicznego jest kościół klasztorny, wybudowany ok. 455 r. Został on wzniesiony na planie prostokąta, z główną osią przebiegającą na linii wschód-zachód. Wnętrze ma postać trójnawowej bazyliki. Wejście zachodnie prowadziło do narteksu, z którego następnie przechodziło się do naosu. Ta główna część kościoła podzielona była dwoma szeregami kolumn na trzy nawy, przy czym środkowa była szersza od dwóch bocznych. Sanktuarium usytuowane było po stronie wschodniej, na poziomie nieco wyższym w porównaniu z naosem i posiadało postać trójkonchy. Absydy tworzące sanktuarium dekorowane były rzędami nisz rozdzielonych kolumienkami i przykryte półkopułami. Znajdują się tu również malowidła datowane na XII w., przedstawiające Chrystusa Pantokratora i Ewangelistów (w centralnej absydzie), Zaśnięcie Maryi (absyda północna) oraz krzyż wraz z postaciami Maryi i św. Jana (absyda południowa). Na północ od sanktuarium położona była klatka schodowa oraz pomieszczenie prawdopodobnie pełniące funkcję biblioteki. Natomiast w południowo-wschodniej części budynku znajdowało się baptysterium oraz podziemne pomieszczenie. Wzdłuż wschodniego boku kościoła ciągnie się podłużna sala o niejasnym przeznaczeniu, komunikująca się za pomocą drzwi z naosem. Kościół posiada dwa wejścia także na boku północnym oraz dodatkowe drzwi na ścianie zachodniej, wiodące do małego kwadratowego pomieszczenia. Głównym budulcem użytym do wzniesienia świątyni był biały wapień, rzadziej spotykany jest granit oraz cegła. Przy budowie wykorzystano także bloki pochodzące z dawnych świątyń pogańskich znajdujących się w okolicy.

Oprócz kościoła w obrębie zespołu architektonicznego znajdowały się także inne budynki, odsłaniane stopniowo w trakcie badań archeologicznych. Na zachód od bazyliki znajdował się refektarz, który miał formę prostokątnego pomieszczenia z czterema kolumnami wewnątrz. Odnaleziono również pozostałości piętrowego budynku pełniącego prawdopodobnie funkcje mieszkalne i magazynowe, latryny oraz muru otaczającego cały klasztor. Budynki te były wzniesione głównie z cegły mułowej.

Pierwsi podróżnicy europejscy odwiedzali to miejsce już od XVII w. Od XIX stulecia było ono coraz częściej wzmiankowane przez autorów, a pierwsze wykopaliska zostały podjęte w 1908 r. przez Williama Petriego. Kolejne badania rozpoczęto dopiero w latach 80. XX w. Uczestniczyli w nich badacze z Niemieckiego Instytutu Archeologicznego, a także Minnesota University.

W pobliżu Sohag, ok. 5 km na północny zachód od Deir al-Abiad, znajdował się również inny ośrodek monastyczny określany jako Czerwony Klasztor.

Rękopisy pochodzące z Białego Klasztoru
 Kodeks Borgiański
 Kodeks 070

Bibliografia
 Bock Wladimir de, Les matériaux pour servir á l'archéologie de l'Égypte chrétienne, St. Pétersbourg 1901.
 Gabra Gawdat, Coptic Monasteries: Egypt's Monastic Art and Architecture, , Cairo 2002.
 Grossmann Peter, Christliche Architektur in Ägypten, , Leiden/Boston/Köln 2002.
 Monneret de Villard Ugo, Les couvents près de Sohag (Deyr el-Abiad et Deyr el-Ahmar), t. 1-2, Milan 1925-1926.

 Walters Colin C., Monastic Architecture in Egypt, , Warminster 1974.

Stanowiska archeologiczne w Egipcie
Kościoły i klasztory w Egipcie
Zabytki starożytności chrześcijańskiej w Afryce Północnej

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NEW to CHSI this September is the Community Events Series.
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The Coolest Event On Earth comes to Yonge-Dundas Square over Family Day weekend.
The Sears Great Canadian Chill is bringing the traditional polar bear dip to the heart of the city. Participants will be taking the plunge into a custom built pool filled with icy cold water in support of the Sears Canada Charitable Foundation supporting pediatric oncology initiatives. With two opportunities to Chill, entertainment and activities, there is sure to be something that sparks everyone's interests.
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February 14th, Valentine's Day. The famous "holiday of love". And for those who find themselves alone on this seemingly important day, things can be very annoying, and even painful... And what goes on the classical side of things? Of Valentine's Day itself, not much, but of free and forbidden love, heartbreak and passion, the story almost never ends.
Lovers frozen in their tracks, it's now or never! If you are alone tonight but your mind is haunted by the sweet image of one that has stolen your heart, why not take advantage of Valentine's Day to declare your love?
"There is nothing in you that does not drag me with the invisible power of love: I am nothing more than prey and prize of your beauty". Follow the example of Claudio Monteverdi as seen in this beautiful declaration of love.
You thought there was a chance, and yet here you are alone today on Valentine's Day, much like Après un rêve. "Alas! alas, sad awakening from dreams", writes the anonymous Italian poet whose poem was later put to music at the end of the 19th century by Gabriel Fauré.
The dizziness of love. The mirage of love. Take a deep breath and let yourself be carried away by one of the most beautiful melodies of French music, one that reminds us how love unrequited can be one of the most beautiful, although painful, sources of inspiration.
If Valentine's Day has no effect upon you, then this Spanish dance by Manuel de Falla is for you! It is taken from his opera La vida breve, and since life is indeed short, it is important to make the most of it! Alone or together, young or old, this dance can't help but make us feel light and gay. we raise our arms with joy and shout... ¡vale !
Reason is telling you one thing, your heart another. Yes, you should forget about him or her, turn the page... But how painful it is to give up and silence your feelings. Astor Piazzolla knows this all too well, and in this melancholic tango, he describes the state of sorrow and bitterness brought about by the will to forget.
"Path of love, I seek you still". Patience, patience, your turn will come. In the meantime enjoy the peacefulness, the moments of tranquility, and send waltzing your melancholic thoughts with the music of Francis Poulenc.


As the industry makes the switch to EMV, data breaches and automation are driving online fraud more than ever.
In fact, e-commerce fraud attack rates have spiked 33% over the last year, according to the "2016 E-commerce Fraud Attack Rates," from Experian. The report analyzed millions of e-commerce transactions and ranked the top states, cities and ZIP codes for shipping and billing fraud across the United States.
As EMV works to protect payment card information at store level, the process has prompted fraudsters to refocus their efforts online. By targeting card-not-present transactions, hackers are gaining access to consumer accounts, billing information and identity data, enabling more successful fraudulent attempts.
And fraud is happening everywhere across the country.
Broken down by region, billing fraud has increased 25% in the West, with shipping fraud jumping 32%. In north central U.S., billing fraud increased 16%, while shipping fraud spiked by 32%.


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I am looking for advice on gaining the removal of a default notice recently applied by HSBC. I'm new to this site and therefore have not previously followed any advice provided by this site. I'm requesting the default be removed from my credit reports as I believe I have been unfairly treated and this default has not been applied correctly. I believe HSBC has treated me unfairly as they refused to offer and agree a payment plan that their Final Demand letter offered, their communications, and application of process have contained many inaccuracies that have meant resolving the situation was confusing and difficult, and the detail of the registered default are inaccurate. I have already raised this with the financial ombudsman and they have upheld the decision by HSBC to refuse to remove the default (verbally stating I'd taken HSBC's correspondence 'too literally'). My next step is to challenge this decision by the Financial Ombudsman but I only have until the 13th August 2015. I'd be very grateful for any advice on how to approach this and what else, if anything, I should be doing. The background I opened an account with HSBC in 1992. I stopped using this account when I changed jobs a few years ago and opened a new account with a different bank which my salary is now paid into. As the HSBC account no longer received my salary and direct debits were still set on the account (these are time consuming to set up again), the account went over the agreed overdraft on a couple of occasions due to my oversight in managing the balance and the numerous direct debits that were set up on the account. As the account was effectively dormant, HSBC changed my account to a basic account and removed my formal overdraft in the months prior to issuing the Pre-Demand and Final Demand letters. I made a number of payments to keep the overdraft at its limit but , largely due to the fees charged by HSBC, the account did go over its limit again and (I subsequently discovered) entered HSBC's 'collection process'. Final Demand The Final Demand letter I received in September 2014 stated "We recently issued you with a Default Notice on the above account." I have never received one nor has HSBC been able to provide evidence of ever having issued one. Following receipt of the Final Demand notice I called to arrange repayment of approximately 50% of the outstanding sum with a suggestion of repaying the remaining balance but the agent I spoke to insisted that there was nothing I could do to arrange a repayment plan and I'd have to wait until I was contacted by HSBC Repayment Services (HRS). HSBC did not make it clear on the call that transferal to HRS would result in a default being registered and that the only way to prevent a default from being registered was to pay the full debt at that time. I consider that I was treated unfairly as the repeated offer in the letter to make suitable arrangements appears not to be genuine and as such, and for the purpose of clear communication, should not have been included in the letter. HSBC also declined my request to clarify this by email following the call. I requested this as the advice given in the letter and the conversation differed so greatly and I was confused by the unclear explanation of the process. The Final Demand letter stated "If you do not make full payment or make a suitable arrangement with us..." and under the "help is available" section specified that "if you are unable to pay the full amount at this time, please call the above number and we will try to work with you to come to a suitable arrangement" HSBC have subsequently responded to me to state that "As the Final Demand had already been set, only repayment of the full outstanding balance would have prevented the account from being passed to HRS and a Default registered with the CRA's." I consider that I was treated unfairly as the repeated offer in the letter to make suitable arrangements appears not to be genuine and as such, and for the purpose of clear communication, should not have been included in the letter. Inaccurate registration of Defaults HSBC have subsequently registered a default with only 2 of the three CRA's but did so approximately 4 months after they told me they'd closed the account and registered the default. I'm not sure why the default was registered so long after HSBC say the account was closed and why the default has not been registered with all CRA's. Inaccuracies in registered default Whilst I don't believe a default should have been registered due to lack of Default Notice, the default that has been registered appears to be inaccurate based on HSBC's stated aim of showing "a true reflection of how the account has been maintained"". The start balance has been registered as the default balance and the account was marked as satisfied about a week before the final repayment was made. In addition to this HSBC had never registered anything with any credit reference agency before April 2015 (presumably because my account was opened in 1992 before they were obliged to share information with Credit Reference Agencies) and as the date of closure of the account didn't match the date of closure stated by HSBC as my account closure date I don't consider this statement to be accurate. According to HSBC correspondence the closure date was in November 2014 but no default was registered until March 2015. I spoke with Experian in January 2015 and they confirmed a default had not been registered and indeed no information had been received from HSBC at all. This is after HSBC stated they had both closed my account and registered a default. This position only changed in my Experian credit file in April 2015. The implication here is that I could have applied for credit for 4 months after HSBC claimed they'd registered a default without a default having any impact on my chances to get a mortgage etc. In addition to this inaccuracy, the final sentence of the last paragraph of the first page of HSBC's letter of was incomplete and simply stated "This is reported for 6 years although". Response from HSBC to my initial appeal I've written a couple of letters to HSBC raising the issues around what I consider to be inaccuracies and they've not really acknowledged them. Instead they state that sending other letters (a Pre-demand letter and the Final Demand Letter that referred to a Default Notice that was not sent) fulfilled their obligations under the Consumer Credit Act 1974. Response from the Financial Ombudsman to my appeal After receiving the email confirmation from the Financial Ombudsman that they would uphold the decision I requested confirmation by email that defaults can be registered without a Default Notice having been applied. "I can confirm that you are correct, in line with industry guidance and relevant rules and legislation a default notice should be issued before a default is registered to provide sufficient time for the person receiving it, to take action to try and prevent the default. However, when we receive cases of this type, we look at the overall circumstances of what has happened. As explained, simply because you did not receive a default notice does not mean the default should be removed." The Financial Ombudsman did agree that HSBC's communication, including the call where they refused to agree a repayment plan, could have been clearer but don't seem to be concerned by the inaccuracies despite stating that there "is a legal obligation for information that is reported to the credit reference agencies to be a true and accurate reflection of the account". I'd greatly appreciate any advice on my chances of getting the default removed and the best approach to achieving this.
DWP claiming I owe them £11k in overpayment of income support from 16 years ago! They've applied for DEA! Help!
I have been rather stupid and rather than dealing with my CCJ, I ignored it. I received a letter from the Bailiffs office, was dated 26th July, but didn't actually open it until Thursday 29th. I tried to call the bailiffs number with out any success. After looking for some advice on line, I made an application using N245 on Friday 30th June and was advised at the Country Court that the bailiff would see the application on Monday morning, which is the 3rd Of July - date they said they would be visiting. I was told that this application should stop the visit. The notice for removal was dated 30th and I received this today, 1st July. Will this form N245 stop the visit on Monday? I have sent a text to the Bailiff asking to phone me asap. Thanks in advance This was for a credit card debt. aqua, who have passed it onto Arrow and is for approx 3500.
Dear all I would be very grateful for any help with my situation. I had a SPO following mortgage arrears (£3600) in 2008. Since then I have been making my contractual payments but had missed payments on three occasions from unexpected expenses resulting from direct debits being returned unpaid. I was in a particularly bad financial condition in the last 6 months following an elderly family member falling unwell while abroad. The mortgage arrears accrued to £3400 again and the mortgage company ( a subprime lender) has now applied to the court for a warrant for possession. I panicked and raised money from friends and family to clear off the arrears, but the lender is refusing to accept any payments and instead insists that I send them last three months of bank statements before they would decided whether to accept the payments or not. They insist that until I serve them the bank statements, they can't do anything about the eviction and says an eviction date will be issued in due course. They also made me complete an income and expenditure with them over the phone. I am very reluctant to send in bank statements, since with the financial difficulties over the last three months, I have resorted to payday loans (cleared) and I am very worried this will again jeopardize the situation. I am otherwise in a stable job and would be able to afford my contractual payments going forward. I have raised the money and want to clear the arrears but I am left in this dire situation. With family and young children, it looks as if my fate is sealed. May be someone else on this forum would have had a similar situation and I am sincerely hoping for some advice and help. Apologies for the long post.
DVSA refused to accept my ADi re-registration - even though I applied within 12 months of returning my ADI badge back!!
Hi, My husband suffered a serious brain injury some years back and after a few years it became clear that he was no longer able to manage any kind of finances. His solicitors suggested the Court of Protection which they set up and managed on his behalf, but it was very, very expensive and once all his savings where gone and they where only managing his benefits the cost was almost as much as they where. We recently switched to myself managing the CoP which means that I have a special bank account and his benefits go into that, his bills are paid and then an allowance is transferred to a bank account he can access. I've been trying to sort through all his stuff and I've found a number of credit cards that he's managed to apply for and use. The solicitors 'should' have blacklisted him with all credit agencies and as part of the CoP you: a) Can no longer have any credit. b) You are no longer able to sign any legal documents. c) Your financial decisions are legally made by someone else. I've returned the cards to the companies and made them aware of the situation. I'm assuming that since he should have been blacklisted, unable to apply for credit and unable to sign legal documents that the CCA's are at the very least unenforceable, illegal and that any debt built up is effectively written off? If anyone has experienced similar or has any advice on what sort of problems we might have because of this.
Hello All, some advice requested - please and thank you. long story short - Following SAR, I discovered that the bank had applied an incorrect rate of interest to a loan i took out way back in 2002 (i had thought the "extra" was due to PPI). After an amount of to-ing and fro-ing bank rejected PPI had been included. Bank argued re the "extra" monthly repayment amounts but paid £100 for distress and inconvenience directly into my account and advised me to contact FOS if not happy. Matter therefore promptly referred to FOS. The bank now agrees that the 16 monthly repayment amounts were incorrect and have offered to refund the overpayments ONLY with an additional £75 for distress and inconvenience. Question - is this offer fair and reasonable? i.e. no offer of interest % repayment- be it statutory 8% and/or other related and claimable interest...and on what substantiated basis could one put forward an argument for repayment? I have to respond to this offer within a matter a days and thus it would be marvellous to hear from you all in due course. Many thanks indeed.
Applied for several bank accounts over 2 months. What should I do?
I have applied to several UK banks for current accounts over a period of approximately two months and, for various reasons (such as mistakenly being classified as not being on the electoral roll), been rejected by all of them. The application searches are on my Experian credit file. I appreciate that having too many applications in a short period of time is not something the banks take too kindly to. Should I wait a period of time before applying to further banks? I appreciate it's a question one can generally only guestimate, but how many banks would be "too many" to apply to before further banks get suspicious and reject an application? If I should wait for a while, how long should I wait please? Thanks a lot.
How long after non payment on a credit card can a default be applied on credit files?
Garage has sent a letter to register my vehicle for unpaid bill. This company agreed to do work for cash in hand, some monies paid have not been credited and he has now upped the bill and now included VAT. As far as I am concerned they are in breach of contract. Are they able to take over my vehicle? It is parked in a private yard, not on their premises. They stated at the beginning that if I let them do work when needed in between jobs then they would do it cheaper. This has NOT been the case and now expecting me to pay an inflated bill. I have receipts for one large payment but nothing for the others as he would not give me one. Where do I stand on this legally? AS they have been trading without VAT and now issued a bill for work where some of it was already paid for without a receipt by cash in hand.
Hi everyone. I have received a letter today to say that someone has applied for a V5 for my car, the letter asks me to confirm if I have in fact sold the car or if it is still in my possession (which it is). I called their main customer service number as the number given on the letter is not open on Saturdays and they told me that it could just be someone has applied for a V5 for a similar registration plate and its been mistaken for mine or it could be that someone has cloned my car and sold on the clone. I did buy my car without a V5 as it had just been sold to the place I bought it from a few days before and it hadn't arrived there yet. I applied for and received the V5 with no problems. I have had the car since November and have checked the VIN etc and I definitely have the right car (I had a problem with buying a car with an outstanding VIC check before so I always check and double check everything now). I guess what I am asking is has this happened to anyone else? what are the chances that my car has been cloned and what will happen if it has been? Obviously I will fill in the form DVLA sent me to say that I haven't sold the car but what happens after that?
Hi CAG I took out a cashplus card last year and applied the creditbuilder option to my account with them. However over the past few months as it is not a card I ever really use I didn't have the 4.95 they request each month as part of the credit builder. Which left my account in arrears of a mere £39.00 I topped up my account on Sept 30th with £39 to cover the arrears and then sent them an email confirming that I had done so following the directions they had given me when chasing the £39. On oct 7th I checked my credit file and noticed that they had put a default on and had the £39 as outstanding. I logged in to my cashplus account and it clearly states that the debt had been cleared and shows the transactions where they debited my account on october 6th. I called cashplus to query this and they said that they can see that I have deposited £39 on the 30/09/2014 but a DD (Amazon Prime that was cancelled off that account literally the day after it was put on) attempted to take money out of my account (which isnt shown anywhere on my statement, nor was the account taken into a negative balance) which apparently meant that they could only debit my account on october 6th - This confuses me as the default was entered on Oct 5th - even though they knew the debt was cleared. To conclude the woman at the end of the phone said that she will put a request though to head office explaining the situation and for the default to be removed. I asked to have this in writing that and she said they cant do that all they can do is put a note on my file for this call. I have checked my experian today and it is still on there, can anybody give me some advice on how to handle this as I do not trust that they will be removing the default due to the sneaky way that it was applied! Any advice would be truly appreciated!
I lost an appeal in November last year and costs were applied £750 - I appealed and this hearing was heard within another hearing Civil Case on Jan 4th 2014 - The Judge awarded the claimant £7,123 - off which £5,000 of this was costs. He mentioned something about only allowing certain sum of costs. I could not pay - single parent on benefits and offered £5 a month - this was refused so I applied for a redetermination hearing which was heard in March 2014. I informed Judge I had a caravan old tower 1997 that I could sell worth about 2k. Advertised on 8 sites including Ebay and no interest. Went back to court on Monday 23rd June to update situation and offered £25 a month (payable by my BF) this was again rejected - again given another 3 months to sell caravan then other party intends to get a high court writ. The upshot is unbeknown to me this debt has gone up - I thought the £750 for previous hearing was already added to final judgement of £7, 123 - the other party have now added interest and further costs on both amounts. I managed to sell some furniture and jewellery and paid £1,000 in April - thinking the debt was now £6,123 but the debt has now increased to £7,300 thereabouts. Impossible situation. My question would be - how do I query this £750 additional ? no mention of this in the final judgement so assumed £5,000 in costs was total. Can I question the interest side of things? if I managed ( family member) to pay off some and get it under the £5,000 does interest cease? The Judge mentioned any debt over £5,000 interest becomes payable. So would it be worth my while loaning the funds from a family member. Thank you for your help in this matter it is all very confusing.
I am dealing with 3 PPI claims, Egg, Barclaycard and Capital One. The whole process is totally draining for me and involves months and years of phone calls, lies and misdirection. Whilst Barclaycard and Capital One are still ongoing it is the Egg that I want to talk about now. This was my first PPI claim and I just wanted to get a positive response. I did get this and banked the cheque. This is coming back to haunt me and I will tell you why. The SAR response listed all of the phone conversations that I had with Egg representatives. When they claimed I had accepted PPI there was no record of a phone call. It is clear that it was applied to my account by a representative who had simply applied it in order to get the commission. I was naive and did not push this further, just happy to get my money back. I am now really annoyed by the whole PPI repayment process and how the banks are trying to diddle the consumer out of their money. I have learnt that any PPI reward is not simply a free handout but a repayment of the money that they have taken from us. What should I do about Egg. It is well over 6 months on, should I take them to court regarding this?
I have just signed into Equifax having decided to apply for a mortgage having last been a member a year ago. I have found that a default has been added to my account January 1st 2012, Mail Order from MacKenzie Hall. I'm not sure who they are but guessing that they are debt collectors but have no idea why this has been added now. When I was out of work, I did have a number of accounts that defaulted but I have had no failed payments since returning to work 7 years ago. I have an idea that it may be Studio Catalogue, however, I know that this was also more than six years ago. Are they able to add the default in this way? I've struggled to get my credit back on track and now I'm ready to move forward, this has happened and it's really bringing me down. Any help would be muchly appreciated!!
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I have a Nationwide Flex account which I hardly use but it is set up to pay my PayPal payments. Last week I bought 4 items off ebay totalling £2.97 but didn't realise I had a 0 balance at Nationwide. The payments bounced and the wonderful people at Nationwide have informed me I will be charged £60. I've printed form off to close account but I am wondering what will happen about the £60 charges? Been into my local branch and they were has much use has a chocolate teapot. Any advice please ? Thanks in advance.


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Targeted killing of Soleimani a boost for Benjamin Netanyahu - analysis
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, by contrast, was a victim of the targeted strike.
By GIL HOFFMAN
Published: JANUARY 5, 2020 20:03
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in March
(photo credit: CARLOS BARRIA / REUTERS)
A cartoon in Sunday's Ha'aretz depicts US President Donald Trump calling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the assassination of IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, and telling him, "I hope it helps."
While helping Netanyahu to remain prime minister was unlikely a consideration for Trump in deciding to eliminate the terrorist mastermind, the impact of the killing in Israel is undoubtedly positive for Netanyahu – at least for now. Netanyahu has an interest in keeping security issues, which are his strong suit, at the top of the public agenda.
The hosts of the two Saturday night news shows on Channel 12, Rina Matzliah and Dana Weiss, joked on air about how, due to the assassination and a Tel Aviv flood tragedy, Netanyahu's request for immunity from prosecution in his criminal cases only two nights earlier had already been forgotten. A spokesman for a senior Likud figure joked privately on Saturday night about sending Trump flowers for changing the subject in Israel.
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Gantz had no choice but to issue a statement applauding the assassination. He tried to temper it by warning Likud politicians not to speak irresponsibly about the strike, in order to differentiate himself, but he got hurt on both sides.
The Right gives Netanyahu credit for moves made by his friend Trump, and the Left complains that Gantz's security policies are identical to Netanyahu's. The headline of a Gideon Levy column under the cartoon in Ha'aretz was, "Biden's against it, but Gantz applauds."
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There could also be retaliation against Israel for the American strike, which could result in Israeli casualties and the paralysis of large parts of the country. Such developments would undoubtedly harm Netanyahu's image as "Mr. Security."
Netanyahu could also be targeted himself, which could be one of the reasons he came home early from Greece. That is why the same cartoon depicted him receiving Trump's call, while sheltering under his desk.
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In molecular biology, trans-activating crispr RNA (tracrRNA) is a small trans-encoded RNA. It was first discovered by Emmanuelle Charpentier in her study of human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes, a type of bacteria that causes harm to humanity.  In bacteria and archaea; CRISPR-Cas (clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated proteins) constitute an RNA-mediated defense system which protects against viruses and plasmids. This defensive pathway has three steps. First a copy of the invading nucleic acid is integrated into the CRISPR locus. Next, CRISPR RNAs (crRNAs) are transcribed from this CRISPR locus. The crRNAs are then incorporated into effector complexes, where the crRNA guides the complex to the invading nucleic acid and the Cas proteins degrade this nucleic acid. There are several CRISPR system subtypes.

Type II CRISPR-Cas systems require a tracrRNA which plays a role in the maturation of crRNA.
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An American Adventure - Person Sheet
NameJohn MAGILL
Birth1759, Augusta County, Virginia836,1058, p. 190.
DeathJan 1842, Franklin County, Kentucky1058, p. 190.,1061, p. 17. Age: 83
OccupationAuthor1063, p. ix-x.
MilitaryRevolutionary War, Virginia Militia; Received Pension While Living In Kentucky.1061, p. 4-5.,1506, p. 494.
FatherJohn MAGILL (~1725-1816)
MotherMary PATTERSON (-<1813)
1Jane EDMONDSON
Marriage6 Oct 1785, Augusta County, Virginia559, v. 2, p. 283 (Augusta County Marriage Bonds),1061, p. 5.
Notes for John MAGILL
Related Web Site: John Magill (person 28), by Cheryl Rotton.
Family Remembrance:1058, p. 156-157. "William's grandson, John Magill of Franklin County, Kentucky, son of John Magill of Lincoln County, Kentucky, wrote the following letter to his nephew Caleb in 1838 which outlines the early history of the family in Virginia.
In the letter, John Magill states that "I have one son living in Clinton County, Indiana named Matthew E. Magill, one other in the same county named Cyrus Magill. One in Park County named Samuel P. Magill. One living with me named John Allen Magill who is practicing physic on the Thompsonian plan and is very successful. One daughter Margaret S. Magill and one named Tennyann. My grandfather, William Magill, migrated from Ireland in the year of 1727 with three sons named James, William and John, who was my father, and five daughters, to wit: Jane who married William Dickson, he died and she married a McKee; Sarah married William Berry; Betty married James Berry, later John Jones; Esther who married Hugh Campbell; Ann who married Robert Fowler. My uncle James had three sons: William, Alexander and James. My uncle William had seven sons, to wit: Samuel, William, James, Robert, John, Hugh, and Charles, three last named by a second wife. My father had six sons, James, Samuel, John, David, and Hugh. [Note: William apparently omitted or not transcribed.] . . . My sister, Elizabeth Frame, living in Ohio State, Preble County. She is 83 years old last March. The only sister I have living. All my brothers are dead "
The Magill property in Augusta County, later Rockingham county, was located on Magill Ford, between forks of the Dry and North Rivers on the Raleigh and Warm Springs Turnpikes where the bridge crosses the North River."
Biographical Sketch (1942):1063, p. ix-x. "The author, John Magill, was born in 1759 in Augusta County, Virginia. He saw active service in the Virginia Militia in which he served under the commands of General Gates and Morgan. When the Revolutionary War was ended young Magill followed in the footsteps of his neighbors and came out to Kentucky to lay claim to western lands. He arrived on the Kentucky frontier in 1782, just in time to go through the latter part of the struggle of the white man to claim the region from both nature and the Indians. His experiences in the West were typical of those of hundreds of Virginians who moved beyond the mountains to take up land claims. He first settled in Lincoln County near the town of Stanford. Magill, like all good frontiersmen, showed a definite interest in land, and throughout his long detailed personal record there is much mention of land grants in several of the central Kentucky counties. In 1794 Magill fell a victim to the dread frontier disease of smallpox and for many years the old soldier was in a poor state of health. His health, in fact, became so poor that his mind was affected and in 1810 the legislature passed an act absolving him from the responsibility of paying a headright tax because of his mental incapacity. Within three years from the date of this legislative act he had regained his normal mental state and was appearing in Franklin County court as a deponent in a lawsuit indicating that he was again being respected as a normal citizen capable of managing his own affairs with intelligence. For forty-seven years, 1795-1842, John Magill lived on his Benson Creek farm in Franklin County. He had lived in Lincoln, Fayette, and Bourbon counties in Kentucky, and at his death he left behind him property valued by his son-in-law at $2,940.00. At the time of his death there were seven children living, some of whom had gone west of Indiana and Iowa."
Biographical Sketch (1996):1058, p. 190. "Author of The Pioneer to the Kentucky Emigrant, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1832; subject of Willard Rouse Jillson's Chronology of John Magill, Standard Printing Company, Louisville, 1938. Although Kentucky emigration had been underway for some 50 years, John Magill's book is the first adequate guidebook to the state, giving details about topography, climate, crops, etc., for most areas and counties of the state. Professor Jillson traced John Magill back to his birth in Augusta County, Virginia and gives a year by year account of his legal education, marriage, siblings, and family, ending with his death in 1842 in Franklin County, Kentucky. His letter to his nephew Caleb Magill in 1838 gives the early history of our branch of the Magill family."
1777 Military Service:1061, p. 3. "John Magill enlisted as a volunteer September 23, 1777, in the Virginia militia at Staunton in Captain Moffitt's company of John Dechman's regiment and marched on a three month's campaign against the Wyandotte Indians to the mouth of the great Kanawha River."
1778/79 Education:1061, p. 3. "Completed his education in Augusta County, Virginia, probably at Augusta Seminary or Liberty Hall, the schools which were the foundation stones of the present Washington and Lee University at Winchester, Virginia. A study of John Magill's Pioneer to the Kentucky Emigrant indicates he was possessed of a good classical education. During the early part of his residence in Kentucky he was a school teacher."
1780 Military Service:1061, p. 4-5. "Drafted October 2, 1780, at Staunton into the Virginia militia and marched on a four months campaign in Captain James Tate's company, Major Triplett's battalion to the relief of General Gates at Hillsborough, North Carolina. Later he joined General Morgan's forces near Camden, South Carolina."
1782 Immigration to Lincoln County, Kentucky:1061, p. 4. "Emigrated from Augusta County over the Wilderness Trail to Lincoln County, Kentucky. Settled near Stanford, Kentucky."
1785 Marriage:1061, p. 5. "John Magill, the author, returned to Augusta County and married Jane Edmonson, October 6, 1785. Journeyed back again to Lincoln County, Kentucky with his bride."
1787 Relocation to Fayette County, Kentucky:1061, p. 5-6. "Removed with his family to Fayette County, locating near Lexington, Kentucky. Associated with John Bradford who was in the printing business. Bradford's first publication was The Kentucke Gazettte, the first number of which was issued on August 11, 1787. It was the first newspaper west of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny Mountains."
1789 Relocation to Bourbon County, Kentucky:1061, p. 6. "Removed from Fayette to Bourbon County, Kentucky. Became a tobacco planter and farmer."
1790 Tax List, Fayette County, Kentucky:1066, p. 63. John McGill listed in Fayette County, Kentucky tax list taken 11 January 1790.
1791 Tax List, Bourbon County, Kentucky:1066, p. 65. John Magill listed in Bourbon County, Kentucky tax list taken March 1791.
1794 Illness:1061, p. 8. "A time of sickness: John Magill had the smallpox. The devastating disease, then ravaging Kentucky in a particularly virulent form, left John Magill somewhat unbalanced mentally. His particular disorder manifested itself principally in forgetfulness."
1795 Relocation to Franklin County, Kentucky — Illness:1061, p. 9. "Suffered a nervous breakdown in 1795. Removed from Bourbon County to his 291-acre farm on South Benson Creek in Franklin County, about seven miles southwest of Frankfort, Kentucky. Here he continued to live to the day of his death in 1842."
1804 Tax List, Franklin County, Kentucky:1061, p. 11. "He offered for assessment for taxes this year 291 acres in Franklin County on South Benson Creek, and 100 acres in Garrard County on Paint Lick Creek. He had also three slaves and five horses. This tax list is signed by John Madison."
1808 Tax List, Franklin County, Kentucky:1061, p. 12. "Assessed on 521 acres of land in Franklin and 200 acres of land in Cumberland County. The tax list of 1808 shows further that he had three slaves, two horses, and other personal property."
1810 Notice in The Kentucky Gazette:1608, p. 136 (Kentucky Gazette, v. XXIII, no. 1267, 6 February 1810) 6 February 1810, "A list of laws passed by the Kentucky Legislature mentions . . . John M'Gill."
1819 Land Owner:1061, p. 13. "Owned 360 acres of land in Franklin County and 200 acres in Cumberland County. Also three 'blacks' (slaves) worth $1,000.00 and other personal property."
1832 Publication:1061, p. 14. "His history of Kentucky entitled The Pioneer to the Kentucky Emigrant, was published by James B. Marshall, grandson of Humphrey Marshall, in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1832. Proved by John McKetterick, Richard Holman, James Russell, William Hickman, Jr., and James Taylor, September 17 and 20, 1832, that John Magill was a Revolutionary Soldier and entitled to a pension under the Acts of Congress of 1832. Magill at this time was 73 years old. His pension was $23.33."
1832 Publication:1063, p. ix. "John Magill's book, The Pioneer to the Kentucky Emigrant, is one of the rarest pieces of Kentuckiana. So far as is known there are only three copies of this book in existence. There are copies in the Filson Club, New York Historical Society, and the University of Pittsburgh libraries. The book was published in 1832 at the newspaper office of James. B. Marshall of Frankfort, Kentucky. There were eighty-four pages in the original text, and the volume was bound in paper."
1842 Death:1061, p. 17. "Died in January, at the advanced age of 83 years, on his homestead of 220 acres on South Benson Creek on the old Mourning Road in Franklin County, Kentucky."
1842 Estate:1061, p. 17-18. "Matthew Davidson, executor, gave the value of John Magill's estate during the spring of 1842 at $2,940.00, this including two slaves at $300.00."
John Magill's preface to his book, The Pioneer to The Kentucky Emigrant:1063, p. vii-viii. "This volume will give a topographical and historical description of Kentucky, interspersed with interesting adventures of the heroic backwoodsmen – It will contain a condensed account of the campaigns against the Indians from Virginia and Kentucky, since the year 1774 — Also a short sketch of the principal incidents, in the lives of the distinguished individuals, for whom the different counties have been called; a brief outline of those counties; the water courses on which they lie; their courses and distances from Frankfort, the seat of government; compiled from actual observation, and collected from the most authentic sources."
In this book-making age, when man's invention is tortured to portray, under the east and delightful garb of Fiction, the feelings and emotions which dwell in the human breast, and which form the general composition of character, it may not seem entirely irrelevant in an old pioneer, to 'cast upon the water' his 'little book,' in which are marked down the observations of a long life, spent in continued action. In writing out the following notices of his recollections, but little regard has been paid to euphony, (as Sir Pierce Shafton hath it), which the light publications, that flood the country, and with which the press is now teeming, have indelibly stamped on modern literature. It has been his constant effort to adhere to truth, and never, in a single instance, has he deviated from the rule he prescribed to pursue. In the narrative with which he has interspersed his work, miraculous adventures may be cited; but let it be remembered that the times were by no means ordinary, and although, it is not the province of history to indulge in the wonderful; yet, it is not departing from its character, to throw light upon the singular prowess and deeds of daring accomplished by the extraordinary and heroic men who constituted 'the Pioneers of the West.' It may be, that he is mistaken in the general utility of his book. He hopes it will prove interesting and instructive. For the inaptitude of the diction or of his powers for the task, he throws himself on a generous public. — The Author."
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