It is very important to get a copy of your credit report from each of the three major credit bureaus at least once a year to check for any errors. Errors on credit reports are common, but can usually be corrected fairly easily without seeking outside help. If you do find an error on your report, follow these simple steps to resolve the problem and to avoid some common consumer mistakes.
This gives you documented proof that a dispute was sent. Make sure you keep a copy for your records.
Send letters "certified mail" and "return receipt requested." This will prove the date the credit reporting agency receives the dispute and also marks the start of the 30 day investigation process. Agencies are required by law to respond to your inquiry within 30 days.
Name. The credit reporting agencies do not use social security numbers as the primary identifier. Usually they are going to check name and address first. And it is important to always give your full name when disputing because there are usually other consumers that share the same name or have similar names. This can cause problems with files becoming mixed. Follow this format: First, Middle, Last&Senior, Junior, I, II, III.
If you are having them mail to a PO Box address, then use the following format: 123 PO Box 123.
When initiating disputes online, they are looking for a house number. To get around this, put the PO Box number in the house number box, and then in the street address box put the full PO Box listing there.
Same thing with rural route addresses: 1 RR 1.
This is how creditors are instructed to enter in consumer addresses when ordering credit reports.
If you get used to using this format, then you won't have multiple alias addresses showing up on your credit report.
Social Security Number. Always add this because it helps ensure the credit reporting agency pulls the right credit report. In some cases, such as with a father and son living at the same address, someone else may have the exact same name and address.
Date of Birth. Like your social security number, this is just another way to make sure the correct credit report is pulled.
Driver's License. Get in the habit of including a copy of your driver's license every time. This will prevent delays in ordering a credit report and disputing errors. Always provide as clear a picture as possible so they can identify what you look like. This will help if you are ever a victim of ID Theft, or if someone is ever so bold to try and order your credit report without an ID - then the credit bureau will know something is up if they don't see it.
Make sure your Drivers License or State ID Card is up to date reflecting your correct name and address.
They don't need your driver's license number. If it makes you feel better, then just mark it out. However, if you apply for a loan, quite often regardless of your efforts these companies do collect and report the driver's license numbers to the credit reporting agencies. And YES the credit reporting agencies resell driver's license numbers.
- Give the name of the creditor or collection company. If you don't know the name, then just use the spelling as you see it listed on the credit report; or you can call the credit reporting agencies yourself to ask for the full name, address and telephone number of the creditor/company. Please note that you will only be able to call the credit reporting agency if you first obtained a copy of your credit report directly from one of the three major credit reporting agencies and not a reseller.
- If you are listing the name of the collection company, then also list the name of the original creditor below it.
- Give the account number. It is a good idea to use the number you find on the credit report. This way they can match it up easier than trying to figure out the real account numbers that you have with the company. It is in your best interest to avoid disclosing the full account number for protection against ID Theft. Also the credit reporting agencies are going to start truncating the social security numbers (on request) and the account numbers showing on the credit reports.
If the name of the creditor and the account number matches up exactly with another tradeline (account listing) on the credit report, then also add the following: open date, high credit, high balance, current balance, last activity date, type of account, terms, and status.
- Always be sure to include the reason for your dispute and what you want changed. This is required; otherwise, they will not process your dispute.
- If your dispute regards a major loan, then let the credit reporting agency know of your wishes for them to rush processing within a shorter period of time, and that you want the creditor to receive an updated copy of your credit report once updates are complete. In addition, you can request that all creditors dating 6 months back and employers dating 12 months back receive an updated copy of your credit report.
- You can also send a copy of the disputed credit report highlighting all errors. Number each item 1, 2, 3, etc. Then in your letter, for each listing write the number to match on the credit report the listing you are disputing. By doing this you help ensure your dispute is clearly understood.
- Type your dispute letters. You want to avoid the possibility of having your dispute delayed just because someone can not read your handwriting.
- Be sure to sign your letter.
The most efficient way to start your investigation is to go online. You will begin by entering your zip code to determine which Equifax office will handle the dispute.
Go online to request a customized form and get the correct mailing address for your state.
- Once you receive from the post office the green return receipt card, then the 30 day period the credit reporting agencies have for investigating, updating, and returning the results to you starts. Give 5 business days for mail time.
- If you do not receive your dispute within 30 days, it is your right to write back in and request that they complete updating the credit report as you requested. If the disputed creditor fails to respond to the credit reporting agency's query for update, then, unless they deem your dispute as frivolous, they have no other option but to abide by your request for the update. In that case, you should have received a letter informing you of the determination within the 30 day time frame.
- If your dispute results in the deletion of an item that is later reinserted (which is the creditors right to catch and update even after the 30 day period), the credit reporting agency is obligated to notify you within 5 business days. If you have not received such notice and know reinsertion happened more then 5 business days ago, then it is your legal right to request the item be permanently removed due to improper notice of reinsertion.
- If an item is verified as an error, but remains on your credit report unchanged, then you have a right to initiate another dispute. It is a good idea to wait 60 days between follow up disputes because a credit reporting agency has a right to deem a dispute frivolous and may do so if you dispute the same item within a short period of time. This will result in you being unable to make them investigate unless you forward documented proof of your dispute, showing cause for the change to be made.
- Other options include contacting creditors who are being incorrectly reported and make them aware of the error. Request that they make the corrections from their end. If this does not work, you can contact the Federal Trade Commission and file a complaint with them. You can also request use of their dispute referral system now available to consumers with problem disputes.
- Follow these tips to correct errors on your credit report. This will help ensure a smooth process next time you apply for credit and that you are not a victim of identity theft.
Pammila Phillis has been a staff writer for CardRatings.com since 2004. She has extensive knowledge about consumer credit issues due to work-related experience involving credit bureaus and a keen personal interest in the topic. She is also a moderator of the CardRatings.com credit forum, which boasts over 25,000 posts.


TV5's premier actress Jasmine Curtis was just a little shocked last week when Brian Poe Llamanzares suddenly appeared after the press conference of her latest show - the remake of Korea's My Fair Lady. Apparently, Brian had the hugest crush on Jasmine after seeing her on a billboard in Katipunan Avenue back when he was still studying in Ateneo De Manila University. Jasmine was actually also studying there but they didn't get the chance to meet as she was a few batches ahead of him. The cute son of Presidential hopeful Grace Poe said it was his chance to get to know the girl of his dreams and he didn't hesitate doing it uttering "It's now or never!" complete with a bouquet of about 2 dozen roses. He's an accomplished professional host, worked for several NGO's and his Mom's office. He's also ADMU's Mr. School of Management in 2010, putting a stamp on his good looks. He's hoping to get to know Jasmine's family first and of course, court her in the process. He hopes this starts something really good.
In this show, Jasmine will be having 2 leading men in the persona of GMA 7's Luis Allandy and TV5's hunky actor Vin Abrenica. Vin mentions his small sulking has completely disappeared and says he's very glad about this great break. He also dispels rumors of conflicts with TV5's current golden boy Mark Neumann as he's treated like a brother says Vin. Vin will be working hard so TV5 won't be sorry they gave him this project, it might be challenging but he's going to do his job and promises not to disappoint them. Luis was loaned from GMA and says he's here to do the project and as Madame Wilma Galvante mentioned, they won't hesitate getting other actors from different stations if they'll make the program better. They need artists to fit the role and Luis is an example of that.
This is also the comeback of Marjorie Barretto on TV and says she's both excited and nervous because it's been a while since she's been here. She had a short moment during the event where she vented her disappointment about what is being said with the media and what her ex husband is doing in real life (says it's completely different stories). In fact, she really took time explaining that without going into details because they've both been given a gag order already - of which she's a little heated why the other party is trying to make efforts, trying to look good publicly.
My Fair Lady also stars the lovely Chanel Morales, Yayo Aguila, Joross Gamboa, Jenny Miller, Katrina Legaspi, DJ Durano and the one and only Eddie Gutierrez. My Fair Lady will show on September 14, that's this Monday on the happiest network in the country, TV5!


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Deported to persecution: The Home Office's Eritrean programme
It was roughly twelve months after 31-year-old Gebre Berhane (not his real name) escaped Eritrea that the letter came through from the Home Office. He'd already lost 13 years of his life to forced military service and faced the threat of a regime which he says kidnapped his father turning on him. Berhane was sure his request for asylum would be accepted and his nightmare would come to an end.
"The Eritrean government were looking for me because they believed I was contacting foreigners," he says, explaining the case he put to the British authorities. "In my extra time I was supplying vegetables to a big company which made them suspicious. When we heard that they were looking for me, I fled. It's been 15 years since my father was taken by the government. My mum said: 'I don't want to lose you too, go away from this country'."
But Berhane's story wasn't good enough for the Home Office, at least not at the first time of asking. Last summer, after months waiting for an interview, his asylum claim was rejected. The days he'd spent trapped in a migrant jail in Libya, the hours rocking on a packed boat to Sicily, and the month hopping from truck to truck in Calais – all in the hope of reaching England – appeared to have come to nothing. "Something came into my mind," he says, recalling how he felt after reading the rejection. "If they are planning to take me back home I am planning to make suicide. Imagine you have come all the way and risked everything and they take you back to the Eritrean government – our enemy."
Left with no other options, Berhane appealed the decision. For six months he waited in G4S-run asylum accommodation in Leeds until good news finally came: a judge had overruled the Home Office and Berhane was being offered asylum. For the first time in months he says he "felt relaxed". But with many of his Eritrean friends now going through the same process with the Home Office, an important question remains: why was a vulnerable refugee from the country dubbed 'Africa's North Korea' rejected in the first place?
In the past the British government was more than happy to recognise Eritreans – the largest group to claim asylum in the UK in 2015 – as people in need of protection. And for good reason. Since its independence 23 years ago, Eritrea has been ruled by the same president, Isaias Afwerki, in a repressive, one party state accused by Human Rights Watch of "widespread and systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms".
But in March 2015 the UK's position on the country suddenly changed after the Home Office published updated country guidance suggesting a marked improvement in Eritrea's human rights situation. The acceptance rate for Eritrean refugees promptly plummeted from 84% in 2014 to 44% in 2015.
The source for this controversial change was a report published by the Danish Immigration Service back in November 2014 which claimed forced military service – the main reason people leave the country – was no longer indefinite, and that anybody fleeing without permission would be welcomed back so long as they signed a "letter of apology" and paid a "diaspora tax" on the money they had earned while abroad. Human rights groups disagreed, arguing that military service remains compulsory and indefinite, and that returned refugees are at serious risk of persecution. Even the report's own authors were horrified by what the final version – based largely on anonymous diplomats – said. Two resigned and it was eventually discarded by the Danish government. "The report was so simplified that it hurt," one of the authors, Weise Olesen, said.
It is a view that British judges appear to share. Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act shows that from March 2015 – after the changes were introduced – to September 2015, 1,006 out of 1,179 Eritreans rejected by the Home Office decided to appeal. Of the 118 cases in progress under the same time period, 106 were allowed. That's an appeal success rate of 92%, way above average. Not everyone was so lucky. One hundred and seventy three decided not to lodge appeals, nine were rejected on appeal and 17 were removed back to Eritrea by force – but by and large judges appear to be finding against the government.
"Judges haven't been able to understand why the Home Office has continued to use the Danish report because there are so many criticisms of it," says Nathan Stevens, an immigration consultant for Duncan Lewis Solicitors, which has worked on ten cases since the changes came in last year. "Clearly it doesn't meet standards that would be required of a report to be accepted as a change in country condition." Stevens explains that while judges are obliged to take the country guidance into account, existing case law from a 2011 tribunal ruling clearly states that Eritrea is not a safe country. That ruling, he adds, is "a decision of the court itself", meaning judges – by the law of precedent – are required to follow it. "It's an irrational situation really that judges are being asked to go against precedent."
On top of the harm caused to the small number who have been sent back to a dictatorship, those left waiting for appeal decisions in the UK are under huge strain. Even with the prospect of a successful appeal, confusion and fear is rife. "A lot of them attend churches and mosques and they speak to people in the Eritrean community that have been living here for a while," Stephens says. "They are completely confused about why, when in their view nothing at all has changed or improved in the country, they suddenly aren't being granted."
Eritreans appealing asylum decisions are still entitled to basic accommodation and financial support but without the ability to work or study, and with just £36.95 a week to eat, travel and socialise, they are being left in limbo for a prolonged period of time while they wait for a hearing. "It was very difficult," Berhane recalls. "You can't contact your family because you don't have money. The Home Office gives you only £5 per day. It's not enough. You can't work, you can't travel if you want to relax or visit something. You spend your time on your own, which makes you depressed."
Another consequence according to Stephens is the amount of time and public money wasted on unnecessary legal procedures. "It's really clogged up the tribunal and has delayed everyone else getting to court," he says. "You would usually wait a month from lodging an appeal to your hearing but now it's six. There's a massive amount of cost on the public purse too given [refugees] could be working if they were granted status.
"They have to have to have an interpreter, which costs money. Judges are obviously paid and the legal aid fee will probably come to £1,000 for each case. It's completely unnecessary given that everybody has been granted on appeal. It's just money from the public purse being wasted."
In January a review into the Home Office country guidance by the Independent Advisory Group on Country of Origin Information (IAGCOI), argued the new guidance was "completely divorced from relevant objective evidence" and "totally lacking credibility". That was after another IAGCOI review published last year which also heavily criticised the Home Office. So why is the department ignoring its critics and persisting with something which appears to be largely failing?
In a statement a Home Office spokesperson said: "The UK has a proud history of offering asylum to those who need it. All Country Information and Guidance is based on a careful and objective assessment using evidence from a range of sources including media outlets; local, national and international organisations; and information from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. While this guidance helps inform asylum decisions, every application is considered on its individual merits.
"The Home Office issued two responses to the IAGCI-commissioned review of our Eritrea country information and guidance: One questioning the impartiality and objectivity of the review and, as is standard, a more detailed response to the review itself in which we rejected large parts of his recommendations."
Many disagree. Stuart Crosthwaite, a migrant rights campaigner with South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group, cites two reasons: "It's an attempt to stigmatise Eritrean refugees as 'bogus'," he says. "A precursor to increased trade deals with the Eritrean government, especially in mining and oil exploration. The former Tory leader Michael Howard seems to be involved in this process". Stephens believes it acts as significant disincentive for Eritrean asylum seekers regardless of its actual efficacy. "I think with the Home Office it's almost a perception thing," he says. "They want it to seem like the UK isn't a good place for Eritreans to try and claim asylum and they are hopeful the numbers will be reduced as a result."
If this is the goal it is unlikely to succeed, Berhane believes. "The reason most people are choosing to come to England is the language," he says. "I was learning back home in English so it will not take me a long time to be connected to the people." Though many of his friends in Eritrea and the UK remain uncertain of their future, with his application finally granted Berhane hopes he can now join a college, use those language skills and put the past behind him.
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Hiddush files petition against Minister Aryeh Deri
An administrative petition was filed at the Jerusalem District Court this week against the Interior Minister, the Population Authority, and the Attorney General, who refuse to register some 150 Israeli couples who have been legally married via web conferencing in Utah County, Utah, USA. The petition was filed by Hiddush – For Religious Freedom & Equality, 9 of the couples married online via Utah County, and 2 Utah rabbis, Samuel Spector and Dr. David Levinsky.
Israel-Diaspora consultation by law?
In the last few days, several noble initiatives converged and have been shared widely both with world Jewry and the Knesset. They focus on formalizing a process of consultation between Israel and world Jewish leadership on issues that directly affect the diaspora.
Hiddush fighting for pluralism in Jerusalem
The Jerusalem Municipality deleted the list of synagogues in the city from the municipality's website in order to avoid publicizing non-Orthodox synagogues and non-Jewish houses of worship.
Excluding non-Orthodox and non-Jewish from municipality website is illegal!
Hiddush – For Religious Freedom and Equality submitted a petition to court, challenging the Jerusalem Municipality's illegal exclusion of those synagogues that represent Reform, Conservative, egalitarian Orthodox, and other independent Jewish communities, as well as non-Jewish religious institutions (primarily Muslim and Christian) from the "Religion and Tradition" section of the municipal website, which only includes information about Orthodox synagogues and institutions.
2019 Israel Democracy Index published by IDI
This week, the IDI published its annual Israel Democracy Index, with highlights available online. What follows is a selection of Hiddush's highlights from this Index, which focus on significant observations in the area of religion & state.
6 out of 7 Israeli immigrants not recognized as Jews
6 out of 7 immigrants to Israel in recent years - are not considered Jews according to Halacha (Jewish religious law). These data come from the Population and Immigration Authority's response to Hiddush's Freedom of Information Act request.
Hiddush in the service of world Jewry
Every so often, Hiddush receives requests for assistance from outside of Israel. One recent appeal is particularly interesting and important, and we will continue to report on it again as it develops.
The Nation-state Law: The religion-state angle
The Nation-state Law has captured the headlines for quite some time now, culminating in its adoption by the Knesset yesterday. There are a number of facets to this bill, which should be highlighted as far as matters of religion-state and Israel-Diaspora relations are concerned.
Religion & gender discrimination in Israel
An important reaffirmation of Hiddush's assertion that addressing the challenge of religious freedom & equality requires a more comprehensive, systemic, proactive, and bold overhauling was published this month by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in its sixth periodic report on Israel.
Religion & State was front and center at the 2017 General Assembly
The religion-state stew is clearly boiling. This week, the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America convened in Los Angeles, and these challenges were front and center.
Deputy Minister Hotovely: pluralistic Judaism "emptied Judaism of content"
At a conference of the American-Israeli community in Washington, the Deputy Foreign Minister said that non-Orthodox Judaism is not accepted in Israel. Director of the Reform movement: "Hotovely joins the wild campaign of incitement that has been going on in recent months against Reform Judaism."
The religion-state aspects of Israel's Nation-state bill
Next week the Knesset Special Committee on the Nation-State Bill (formally, 'Basic Law: Israel - The Nation-State of the Jewish People') will be deliberating on the revised draft bill, which was initiated by fourteen MKs from the Likud, Jewish Home, Yisrael Beiteinu, and Kulanu parties.
U.S. State Department releases International Religious Freedom Report
The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report for 2016, released last week, diplomatically pans the lack of progress by the Israeli government toward increased religious freedom.
Ritual Bath Law passes, Jewish Agency plays Haredi parties' game
The discriminatory Ritual Bath bill proposed by MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni and his colleagues, which will ban the non-Orthodox movements from using Israel's publicly funded mikva'ot for conversion ceremonies was formally passed into law on Monday night, July 25.
An open letter to Natan Sharansky
Mr. Sharansky, you praised the rabbinate for "connecting the Jewish state with Judaism." Sadly, you are wrong, for the monopolistic and coercive rabbinate is alienating Israeli Jews from Judaism.
Ultra-Orthodox newspaper portrays Reform Jews as donkeys
Yated Ne'eman is the newspaper of the Degel HaTorah party, which sits in PM Netanyahu's Coalition. They think of Reform Jews as donkeys, and of the Supreme Court as a dangerous political player, which equates "true" Judaism with donkeys posing as Jews.


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Petkeljärvi National Park () is a national park in Ilomantsi in the North Karelia region of Finland. It was established in 1956 and covers . Its specialities are e.g. fortification from the Continuation War, some of which have been renovated, and valuable eskers. The park's vegetation mostly consists of light Scots pine forests. The park, along with Patvinsuo National Park, belongs to the North-Karelian biosphere reserves of UNESCO.

See also
 List of national parks of Finland
 Protected areas of Finland

References

External links
 Outdoors.fi: Petkeljärvi National Park

National parks of Finland
Biosphere reserves of Finland
Geography of North Karelia
Ilomantsi
Protected areas established in 1956
Tourist attractions in North Karelia

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The Pencil Pledge is a short chant we do to get fired up before getting on with independent work.
Teacher: This is my pencil!
Class: This is my pencil!
Teacher: There are many like it!
Class: There are many like it!
Teacher: But this is MYYYY pencil!
Class: But this is MYYYY pencil!
Teacher: So today is our day!
Class: So today is our day!
Teacher: To. Do. More. And. Be. More.
Class: To. Do. More. And. Be. More.
Source – Thanks to Mr Kuumba for coming up with it originally.


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Zimmerman Acquittal Continues to Evoke Anger, Calls for Change
Posted byBy Nick Chiles	| July 27, 2013 CommentsComments (0)
In the aftermath of the George Zimmerman acquittal, activists try to coalesce the outrage into changes in laws or social policy, while commentators such as Bill O'Reilly, Bill Maher and Rev. Al Sharpton are battling over what it all means on one of America's ugliest battlefields: Race.
After O'Reilly's commentary earlier this week, during which he excoriated African-American leaders like President Obama and Sharpton for ignoring the "real problems" facing black people—including something he called "gangsta culture"— Sharpton fired back on his own MSNBC show. O'Reilly even accused Sharpton of hypocritically being "in business with people who put out entertainment harmful to children" because rapper Lil Wayne's company, Cash Money Content, is distributing Sharpton's upcoming political memoir, "The Rejected Stone: Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership."
Sharpton called it "ridiculous" that O'Reilly is somehow the "expert on what the vast majority of African-Americans want."
"In the time since George Zimmerman's acquittal," Sharpton said, "some right-wingers have gone into overdrive to push the most negative stereotypes of the African-American community for their own gain." He called O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity the "unholy triumvirate of right-wing reaction" that has "been desperate not to have a real conversation about the injustices of the justice system."
Sharpton mocked O'Reilly and others for their sudden concern about gang violence in Chicago— something he said "many of us in African-American community" have been talking about for months.
"Better late than never, I guess." he said sarcastically.
"Is Bill O'Reilly saying George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin because Trayvon was born out of wedlock, even though he wasn't? That's ridiculous, right?" Sharpton said. "All of this is an effort to avoid addressing the urgent topic that something is fundamentally flawed with our justice system if laws like Stand Your Ground allow a kid to be gunned down. But Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly don't want to talk about that."
"We need a real conversation about justice in this country, not the same old right-wing divide and conquer garbage," Sharpton said. "Bill O'Reilly, the Willie Horton stuff has got to go."
On Bill Maher's HBO show, Maher pointed out that O'Reilly bashed the president for not talking about crime in the black community—just after the president talked about the high crime rate in the black community in his now-famous race speech last Friday.
Maher said people like O'Reilly don't listen to Obama because they think they already know what he's thinking: "Kill whitey!"
In an interview with The Grio, preacher T.D. Jakes said he was troubled that Zimmerman invoked God during his tribulations.
"I understand that if he deems himself to be innocent by virtue of self-defense, that he feels that God was on his side if that is his truth," he said. "I'm a little bit troubled by a guy who is older and larger attacking an innocent person and perhaps not being able to handle the person you attacked and then killing them, and invoking God over it."
Jakes added that while he understands Zimmerman's relief at being vindicated by the court, "there should have been some sense of remorse regardless of the circumstances because you've taken a human life, a life that had every right to live, a right that would have lived, had you minded your business … and to not recognize the atrocity of it all, I'm shocked by that."
But after all the finger pointing and yelling back and forth, some observers are wondering whether real change will come out of the outrage.
Cornell Belcher, a Democratic strategist and pollster, told NPR that the Justice for Trayvon movement could follow the lead of the Tea Party.
"You know what the Tea Party would do?" he asks. "They would organize and put pressure on these state legislators who were not where they wanted them to be. And if they won't change this law, then we've got to raise money and we've got to primary them."
Former NAACP president Kweisi Mfume told NPR that if concrete steps are not taken, Martin's death will be but a footnote in a long series of tragedies.
"Was it Emmitt Till in '55, and something else in '79 and Rodney King in '93 and Trayvon Martin now?" he says. "We can't keep revisiting this. We cannot do it and we ought not."
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'His Black Dad Was Nowhere to be Found': Sage Steele Gets Dragged Over Comments About Barack Obama's Racial Identity
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'I Was So Inconsiderate': Erykah Badu Apologizes for Being a 'Terrible Guest' After Doing This at Barack Obama's Birthday Party
Former President Obama Significantly Downsizes Birthday Festivities Amid Criticisms But Some Still Aren't Happy: 'He Needs to Cancel It'
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In science fiction stories, antimatter pops up everywhere as a power source for spaceships or the active ingredient in diabolical bombs. In real life, though, this mysterious substance is elusive.
But that is to change: at the Cern particle collider in Geneva, physicists have created and trapped atoms of antihydrogen for more than a thousand seconds, it was announced last week.
It might not sound like long, but it is enough time for experiments that could help answer some of the most fundamental questions in physics.
The same scientists were the first to trap antihydrogen last year when they created and held on to 38 atoms of the stuff for 172 milliseconds in a strong magnetic field. In their latest work, published in this month's edition of Nature Physics, they trapped 309 antihydrogen atoms for varying amounts of time up to 1,000 seconds (just over 16 minutes).
Antimatter was first postulated by the British physicist Paul Dirac in 1930 while working on a way to reconcile the ideas of quantum mechanics with Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. The question scientists want to answer is why antimatter seems to be missing from the universe.


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'Is that real': LeBron James mocks NFL team's 'racist' name change
Sam Goodwin
·Sports Editor
LeBron James has mocked the Washington Football Team's new name. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
LeBron James has led the mockery of the NFL team formerly known as the Washington Redskins after they changed their name to the Washington Football Team.
On Thursday the team announced they will use Washington Football Team as an interim name for the 2020 NFL season, dropping the team's logo as well.
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The team made the announcement in the wake of growing US social movements against racist symbols and monuments, the name team owner Dan Snyder once vowed never to change before being retired before the start of the 2020 campaign.
Going with a temporary name will allow more time to make a choice about a longer-lasting nickname moving forward after dropping Redskins, which had been used since 1933.
"The decision to use 'Washington Football Team' for this season allows the franchise the ability to undertake an in-depth branding process to properly include player, alumni, fan, community, and sponsor input," the team said in a statement.
"To date, we have been pleased to see so many people putting forward their vision of what the new name and design should be on their social media channels and we look forward to including their feedback as this process progresses."
LeBron James leads mockery of new name
However the new name was instantly mocked on social media, with NBA superstar James getting in on the fun.
"Just waking back up from my pregame nap to see about The Washington Football team???" he tweeted.
"Is that real?? No way! Oh man they had a thorough intense long board meeting about that one huh."
Just waking back up from my pregame nap to see about The Washington Football team??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Is that real?? No way! Oh man they had a thorough intense long board meeting about that one huh. 🥴🤦🏾♂
Snyder first announced in early July, after financial pressure from sponsors and partners, that the team would undergo a "thorough review" of its name.
Others from around the sporting world also felt the new name fell a bit flat.
Dez Bryant, who is still a free agent in the NFL, isn't a fan of the name and even went so far as to say he's now worried a football season isn't to be this year.
Who you play for? The Washington football team.. naw that ain't it 😂
For some reason that alone makes me feel it won't be a football season.. I'm sad seriously
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) July 23, 2020
No disrespect to Washington football team but that's a soul crusher not to have a football name
They had all that time and came up with, "Washington Football Team"..
🤦🏾♂🤦🏾♂🤦🏾♂
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) July 23, 2020
The Washington football team damn that's the last thing I was expecting 😂🤣
— Oshane Ximines (@OshaneXimines) July 23, 2020
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— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) July 23, 2020
Washington embark on replacing Redskins name
The team website's new banner, set to be displayed in stadium end zones this season, was Washington football team, established 1932, with the normal burgundy and gold colours remaining.
The profile face of a Native American as the team logo was reduced in size and placement as a first step toward being removed.
"The Redskins name and logo will officially be retired by the start of the 2020 season," the team said.
"In addition, we are rolling out an aesthetic that reflects the direction of the franchise as we progress toward a new name and design scheme."
A Washington Redskins helmet is seen on the field before a game in 2019. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
The team plans a 50-day operation to remove all Redskins-branded imaging from all team facilities with plans to be done before the team's September 13 home opener against Philadelphia.
The Redskins logo used on player helmets will be replaced by the number of each particular player while "Washington" will replace "Redskins" on the stitching below the neck opening on the front of the jersey.
The club was founded as the Boston Braves in 1932, became the Redskins the following year and moved to Washington for the 1937 NFL season.
The team announced 10 days ago that it would drop the nickname and logo after 87 years, a move that came 10 days after vowing a thorough review of the team's name.
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The villa Mandessi Bell situated at Douala is a building constructed  between 1904 and 1909 by David Mandessi-Bell a rich farmer and commissioner of the king Rudolf Manga Bell. This building is and architecture from the colonial period. It is a representation  and legacy of the German occupation in Cameroon.

History
Its master-builder, David Mandessi Bell, was a wealthy planter and King Rudolf's intendant. He lived there until his death in 1936. He was among the first Cameroonians whose revenues were not exclusively related to fishing or doing business. In 1840, when the slave trade was officially prohibited, the Duala turned to other sources of income, as their commercial monopoly was also on the decline. For instance, they initiated plantations in the Nkam, the Abo, or the Mungo. Although of less importance than the huge German farms on the slopes of mount Fako, they nevertheless provided substantial income, enough to build houses such as this one.

This building was constructed in heritage of his son Sam (1911-1978). His son Sam, born in 1911 (died in 1978), continued the farming activity, and lived in this house half of his life. His adoptive brother, Jean Mandessi Bell, along with Léopold Moumé Etia, founded l'Union Camerounaise in Paris, in 1937-38. Consistent with their wish for independence, this organization aimed at obtaining the mandate status for Cameroon. Later, Jean Mandessi Bell became an activist of the Jeucafra (Jeunesse Camerounaise Française) led by Paul Soppo Priso. As the first political association that was acknowledged, if not favored by France, Jeucafra fought against a German come-back in Cameroon, at the eve of the 2nd World War. In their wish to make Cameroon a colony, rather than a territory under mandate, this political group was much criticized, accused of collaborating with the French. Yet it was to become, according to Um Nyobè, the melting pot of the country's first political activists.

In 2006 the building is highlighted by an urban sign produced by doual'art and designed by Sandrine Dole; the sign presents an historical image of the building and a description of its history.

Architecture

Built from 1904 to 1909-1910, at the end of the German pacification campaign (soon to be followed by the first town-planning groundwork), this house of patrician size is typical of the German and colonial architecture. The rectangular form, which is constructed with mud bricks facilitates the regulation of the temperature. Its vast roof top protects it from storms which are common in the littoral bounded by the equatorial climate. It is a testimony of the wish of Mandessi Bell, to confirm his success.

See also
 Kamerun

References

Further reading
 La Villa Mandessi-Bell in Douala Ville d'art et d'histoire, doual'art, Douala, 2006.

External links

Buildings and structures in Douala