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• Checking BBC-propagated untruths about checkpoints

  
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  We recently discussed the May 9 th 2013 edition of BBC Radio 4′s ‘Today’ programme in which veteran anti-Israel campaigner Ghada Karmi was given more or less free rein to propagate a collection of untruths and defamation. Among Karmi’s many deliberately misleading statements was the following: “The ...
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• “‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley

  
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  I’m going to tell you a story about llamas. It will be like every other story you’ve ever heard about llamas: how they are covered in fine scales; how they eat their young if not raised properly; and how, at the end of their lives, they hurl themselves – lemming-like- over cliffs to drown in the surging sea. ...
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• Post-mortem MRI: a viable alternative to an autopsy

  
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  Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and blood tests to establish the cause of death in fetuses and newborn babies is virtually as accurate as a standard autopsy, according to a paper published in The Lancet. The study, led by Dr Sudhin Thayyil and Professor Andrew Taylor of UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital, ...
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• BBC’s Knell inaccurate on naval blockade of Gaza Strip

  
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  An article entitled “ Gas finds in east Mediterranean may change strategic balance ” by Yolande Knell which appeared in the ‘Features & Analysis’ section of the Middle East page of the BBC News website on May 13 th 2013 is on the whole fairly balanced and accurate.  However, towards the end of ...
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• Front Sight Mail Bag: Over 40 Years Ago…

  
  Ignatius Piazza | Front Sight Blog — Authority: 129
  Dear Dr. Piazza, Over 40 years ago, I learned to shoot the 1911 in the US Marine Corps. I learned to shot for accuracy, (expert). I never learned the techniques to present, aim in, and effectively neutralize the threat. Your course provided that to me. I initially had great difficulty in unlearning the techniques I ...
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• Beyond the BBC mantra on ‘international law’

  
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  BBC Watch readers will not need to be reminded of the mantra repeatedly and incessantly promoted by the BBC according to which:  ”Under international law all of the settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are illegal.” Of course that simplistic, politicised statement glosses over a multitude of ...
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• Aiming for Accuracy Quilt-Along: The Final Design

  
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  If you follow me on Facebook , earlier this week I shared the proposed design for our upcoming Quilt-Along, Aiming for Accuracy . I am really pleased with the wonderful comments. I thought I’d share the various design drafts, so you could see how it progressed. I used Electric Quilt 7 in a custom quilt setting ...
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• Salafist quoted in BBC rejection of complaint supports Jihad in Syria

  
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  Readers will no doubt remember our recent publication of the reply from the BBC News website’s Middle East desk received by a reader in response to a complaint concerning Ahmed Maher’s article of May 1 st 2013 in which he claimed that he could not find video evidence of Tunisian Islamists threatening ...
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• Memoir: Process or Product?

  
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  With any form of expressive writing, from spontaneous journaling to polished, published memoir, the writing process produces 90% of the benefit , at least as far as the writer is concerned. To be clear, this 90% figure is an intuitive assessment, but not a wild guess. I extensively studied the healing value of ...
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• Greenhouse Labourers

  
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  Job DescriptionGreenhouse environmentHandling vegetable seedling throughout production to do: seeding, transplanting, staking, shipping and material handling The post Greenhouse Labourers appeared first on the St. Thomas blog .
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• Collection Assistant – Student

  
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  Promotion of Friends activities;Creation and distribution of the Friends annual newsletter;Promotion and sale of Friends books and products, including assisting at the Friends Shop;Assist in routine tasks of weeding the collection, stamping discards;Assist in the set up of storage and sorting area in the Friends ...
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• Neverwinter: Underdark Explorer Pack

  
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  WARNING: THIS IS A LIMITED QUANTITY OFFER – At time of posting, there were only 2400 keys left – THEY WILL GO FAST! Use this Underdark Explorer Pack to unlock the following in-game items: Underdark Explorer character title Potion of Accuracy x10 Minor Potion of Force x10 Potion of Lesser Healing x10 Portable Altar ...
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• Jersey – Dame Heather Steel Begins Investigation

  
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  Winchester Diocese have released the news that Dame Heather Steel OBE has been commissioned to lead an investigation into the events described in the Korris Report as part of the wide visitation of Bishop John Gladwin. However, the Diocese have refused to release the Terms of Reference under which Dame Heather is ...
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• How do I get to be a weatherman?

  
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  No, not the Weathermen terrorist group of Barack Obamas buddy Bill Ayers! This is much more simplistic having to do with the fact that I woke up this morning expecting blue skies and instead there is a torrential downpour! Other than being an economist (or a politician), what other job allows you to be wrong the ...
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• BBC reports UN kidnapping, ignores mortar fire into Israel

  
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  Position 86 On May 7 th 2013 an article entitled “ Syria crisis: UN peacekeepers seized on Golan Heights ” appeared in the Middle East section of the BBC News website, relating to the latest case of kidnapping of members of the UNDOF force from the area of Position 86 – located in the buffer zone ...
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• Diatribe against anti-terrorist fence on BBC Radio 4

  
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  As may have been anticipated, episode four of John McCarthy’s radio series “In a Prince’s Footsteps” – broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on May 9 th 2013 and available  here for a limited period of time – consisted of fifteen minutes of undiluted propaganda.  Beginning in the village of al Jib – ...
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• BBC skirts issue of incitement

  
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  The headline of an article appearing on May 8th in the Middle East section of the BBC News website informs readers: “ Senior Jerusalem Islamic cleric questioned over clashes “.  The report opens: “Israeli police briefly detained Jerusalem’s most senior Islamic cleric, following clashes between ...
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• BBC Radio 4 programme on Jerusalem erases Jewish presence

  
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  In 1862 the population of Jerusalem numbered some 17,800 people, with the majority (eight thousand) being Jews. Two years prior to that date the first Jewish neighbourhood outside the Old City walls – Mishkenot Sha’ananim – had been built by Sir Moses Montefiore. Inside the Old City itself, ...
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• Texas Bill Seeks to Prevent Private Criminal History Database Companies from Reporting Expunged Records

  
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  Legislation pending in in the state of Texas – Senate Bill 990 (SB 990) – would prevent private companies that compile criminal history information in a database that is available in a searchable format from maintaining or sharing information about expunged records once they have received notice that the ...
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• BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ promotes more Syrian regime propaganda

  
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  h/t JK The May 6 th edition of BBC Radio 4′s ‘Today’ programme did not only feature a potentially BAFTA-winning performance by Jeremy Bowen pretending that “nobody really knows” whether or why Iranian long-range missiles might be transferred to the terrorist organisation Hizballah via Syria. ...
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