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Who else is ready to say goodbye to 2016 and welcome the new year with open arms, open eyes, and open hearts? I am! It has been the best of years and the worst of years for many of us. The Write Assistant LLC has expanded in amazing ways, including the development of our VIP community COPYWRITING FOR CREATIVES and the expansion of Twitter and Pinterest. We've met a ton of new people and I presented at the annual Flourish convention in Atlanta, Georgia as one of the keynote speakers.
It's been a whirlwind.
Thank you.
These next few days are meant for celebration, reflection, and renewal. To that end, I'll be online a little less than usual preparing myself for the new year. I have so many goals. I want to (finally) publish my book.
That's right.
I'm putting it out there.
One of my goals for 2017 is the publication of an e-book that creates a library of cut/paste responses for YOU to use on your most difficult customers and trying times as a seller.
Will it be successful?
Well, really only you can decide that, but I am going to make it happen.
What are your goals?
I also asked members in my group to come up with a word they think will summarize what their year will be. I wanted everyone to reflect on a word that resonated with them. I figured out my word after reading through the comments:
This year, I will balance work and life in a way that is sustainable, empowering, and energizing instead of working myself to the bone.
What's your word?
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Congratulations on the milestones you have achieved, and best wishes on the projects ahead of you! As a freelance editor, I know well what a major endeavor it is to prepare a book manuscript for publication.
My word for 2017 is "HOPE." I have faced many challenges the last couple of years, but I am slowly feeling better and want to get some things back on track, including making progress in my business.
I wish you well in achieving the "balance" you are looking for in the coming year.


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Thousands of tennis fans have been pouring through the gates of Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne to watch champions of the hard court battle it out for top seed in this year's Australian Open but it isn't just the locals spurring this trend.
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However, the advantage of buying from a neighborhood retail location through an official dealer is that you can touch and feel the camera before you buy and it's anything but difficult to return if there is ever an issue with it. These are a few reasons why a few people like to buy from a real store.
Retail Outlets Capital Urban areas
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Brisbane, Queensland
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Seven Days of Prints-Day 1 ARMY
Over the next 7 days we will be releasing a new print from some of your favorite Detroit writers. Each run of prints will be limited to 15 numbered and signed copies. These photos were chosen by the writers as a collab with me; attng3tr. They are 11 x 14 in size. Some will be matte finish others with a semi gloss (each one is different by writer preference). They will be dropping at 5pm ET. Don't miss your chance to grab one of these! And check back daily or follow @ciylimits_313 on Instagram for clues.
Thank you all for your continued support!!
Print #1 features an RV that ARMY painted in front of an abandoned house. These are printed on semi gloss finish paper and overall size is 11 x 14. The actual photo is 6 1/2" x 12". Each print will come with a handmade sticker which will vary in style.
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A student from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, wanted to fix his teeth, but he had no money, so he decided to put his brain to use, and with the help of a 3D printer, and with the amazing material costs of 60$, and a lot of hours, he actually made it, and quite well!
While Amos Dudley used braces at middle school, he didn't use them well enough, and his teeth didn't achieve the desired look, and as he didn't want to spend thousand's in the common treatments, and since he had free access to high-quality 3D printers at his university, he decided to take matters into his own hands.
Although the process wasn't very easy, and he basically had to research about the orthodontic procedures and plot how his successive braces should work, he was able to create a perfect treatment out of a cheap plastic, and at the end, he achieved great results.
He read about a teeth alignment procedure known as clear-alignment treatment, and the molds had the look of something that was produced with a 3D printer, so he thought, if they can, why can't I?
He started by making a mold with alginate powder, and was able to capture an amazing detail level, the mold had some bubbles, but that was irrelevant to the aligner.
He then put the mold inside of a yogurt container, and filed it with liquid Permastone, and after that, he broke off the top, and smooth out the surrounding area with a razor blade.
Bellow you can see the mold, with the teeth identified, and you can clearly see that LI-r (right lateral incisor), is quite out to the front.
He then laser scanned the mold with the NextEngine software, with which he was not very happy, but nonetheless he stated that the measures were very close the real ones.
Bellow you can see all the molds to the complete treatment, he said that is very important to label all the pieces, since they look all very identical.
Here is his smile before, and four months after.
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Manufacturing process is energy extensive at each and every stage during the process energy is used. Energy can be classified into electrical energy or energy from fossil fuels. In this study we present a method to comparing the energy consumption in the turning process as calculating the science based formulae. In this work method would be developed to determine energy consumption from the science based formulae calculations and compared with two different diameters conditions.
Machining, turning process, CNC
Shailesh Kumar; Prince Pal Singh; Viranshu Kumar; Sukhbaj Singh, Comparison of Energy Consumption in the Turning Process of the CNC Lathe Machine, HCTL Open International Journal of Technology Innovations and Research (IJTIR), Volume 14, April 2015, eISSN: 2321-1814, ISBN (Print): 978-1-62951-946-3.


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Coming home from a Missionary meeting tonight this song was playing on the radio, it's one of those songs that I'd heard before and loved, but then forgot about. I tried to find it on playlist to share with you all but couldn't find it there, so, here it is from Youtube. (Shut Off The Music On The Sidebar First).
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Holy is the Lord
Posted by Pam Mattick Art and Stuff at 8:40 PM
Labels: Holy is the Lord, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, The Living God
3 comments:
- ~Red Tin Heart~ said...
He had true faith didn't he?
xoxo nita
- Tue Nov 25, 11:29:00 PM CST
- kslaughter said...
Wow, I'm just speechless....Thanks for sharing, Pam.
- Wed Nov 26, 02:43:00 AM CST
- cindy said...
I don't know how I found your sight..new to the blogging world.
My heart aches for you and the journey you are on. I lost my son, Joshua, who was 16, in November 15, 2003. I appreciate your transpariency.
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WFML Formal Girl: Luca
Read how Luca found her formal dress that made her feel like a princess at When Freddie met Lilly.
So please tell us – with months of planning, did the formal run smoothly!?
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Students from Millennial Tech Middle School at EarthLab Beautification Day this spring. The California Department of Fish and Game donated plants, seeds and native plant propagation supplies to support the event.
Elementary and middle school teachers are putting the finishing touches on a series of exciting interdisciplinary lessons for students attending the Summer Academy at Groundwork San Diego Chollas-Creek EarthLab, an outdoor environmental learning space in Southeast San Diego. The summer academy will help to bridge the elementary to middle school gap in science, engaging 60 incoming sixth graders from San Diego Unified School District's Lincoln Cluster schools. The San Diego Science Project's Director Kathryn Schulz is leading the Summer Academy curriculum development efforts.
"We've written an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on water quality and water conservation in San Diego County that incorporates dynamic, hands-on science activities at Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek EarthLab," Schulz said. "Students from area schools will experience a rich learning environment that strengthens their literacy and critical thinking skills across science, math and language arts disciplines. It's an exciting alternative curriculum, with outside learning taking place at the EarthLab and inside instruction at nearby Millennial Tech Middle School," she added. The EarthLab Summer Academy will be held July 31 to Aug. 11, 2017.
Teachers, too, will benefit from the EarthLab Summer Academy experience. In a series of pre-academy professional development training days, Summer Academy teachers will work to integrate new California State Standards — English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) — into their instruction, and discover how to design and implement inquiry-based, interactive activities for a variety of educational settings. Sixteen teachers from Millennial Tech and Knox middle schools, Gompers Preparatory Academy, and Balboa, Chollas-Mead, Horton and Johnson elementary schools have been recruited to teach this summer.
"We'd like teachers to experience a multidisciplinary approach to teaching and learning science at the Summer Academy, then take this experience into classrooms in the fall," Schulz said, adding, "Learning science this way, by incorporating literature, mathematics and hands-on activities, leads to a much deeper conceptual understanding of science."
Funding for the Groundwork San Diego Chollas-Creek EarthLab Summer Academy is provided by a $90,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. Groundwork Executive Director Leslie Reynolds and Dr. Bud Mehan, UC San Diego Emeritus Professor of Education and founding director of the campus' Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence (CREATE), are PIs on the grant. JoAnna Proctor, director of EarthLab Education, serves as director for the EarthLab Summer Academy.
Collaborating with Schulz on Summer Academy curriculum development are educators Marci Sponsler, environmental engineer and educator at San Diego Unified School District, Dr. Ovie Soto, interim co-director of Math for America San Diego, Jessica Nascimento, chemistry teacher at Hilltop High School and curriculum specialist at Sweetwater Union High School District, and Dr. Megan Strom, lecturer in the Dimensions of Culture Writing Program at UC San Diego's Thurgood Marshall College.
Groundwork San Diego Chollas-Creek EarthLab is a four-acre open space Climate Action Center at the corner of Euclid South and SR 94 in southeast San Diego. On field trips or visiting with their families, students and community members visit EarthLab to learn about California native plants, ecosystems, composting and other environmental subjects through hands-on, garden experiences.
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Kenyon Hall Farm
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Tod & Barbara
Where are they from?
Warrington, Cheshire
What's their story?
Kenyon Hall has been farmed by the Bulmer family for over 500 years! Famous locally for their 'pick your own' strawberries, they grow our wonderful asparagus, super spuds and our delicious summer fruit. They also produce a range of homemade jams and chutneys using Barbara's secret recipes.
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Did you know?
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The Met Places Over 375,000 Artworks into the Public Domain for Unrestricted Use
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Releases 400,000 Images Online for Non-Commercial Use
Open Culture: meta-list of free resources in art & education (art, literature, film, lectures)
Open Source by the Met in New York here
Free pictures by NASA:
NASA makes their entire media library publicly accessible and copyright free
link to download the software:
tons of free art books by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Here a selection of free stock footage archives.
Recommendations by No Film School:
Public archives (by goverment institutions and others)
More free archives
Freesound.org offers a huge archive of free sounds (registration for free)
opsound.org is dedicated to open source culture offering free sound & music
mp3.com free music
Bargus.org Music, sound, film, with a selection of free classic music also
archive.org huge open source page (films, music, sound, books & more)
freemusicarchive.org free music
More links on the website below (german wesbite, but listing many international sites in English)
There are HUGE archivs of free music on Youtube:
fall in love with sound design for film
Introduction to sound design (might be fun for kids 10 to 14):
sound design on TED:
Learn about film music from the best: Hans Zimmer
The New York Public Library published thousands of open source images.
Did you know that more than 180,000 of the items in our Digital Collections are in the public domain? That means everyone has the freedom to enjoy and reuse these materials in almost limitless ways.
Source: www.nypl.org/research/collections/digital-collections/public-domain


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December 16 – 18, 2017 | Novotel Varun Beach, Visakhapatnam, INDIA
The three-day Transforming Education Conference for Humanity (TECH) 2017 organised by UNESCO MGIEP was held at Novotel Varun Beach, Visakhapatnam from December 16 – 18, 2017, focused on digital pedagogies for building peaceful and sustainable societies – through 21st century skills, schools and policies. The conference was attended by over 1,700 registered participants (including teachers, educators, learners, technology and gaming experts, amongst others) from more than 75 countries and witnessed highly engaging deliberations on the future of education, particularly on the innovative methods of teaching using technology. Over the 3 days, TECH comprised of 2 Headline Sessions, including that of award-winning Prof. Sugata Mitra, over 50 catalytic speakers, 100+ presenter sessions and a dedicated Learning and Startup Zone. TECH 2017 was supported by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
The first day of the Conference witnessed an exciting opening ceremony, graced by the Honourable Chief Minister of the State of Andhra Pradesh, Sri Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Dr. Satya Pal Singh, Honourable Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India and Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, UNESCO (on video). Addressing a full house at the TECH 2017, Sri Naidu expressed that "education is a key factor for any development" and added that "nothing can be achieved without education". He further articulated the importance of technology in education and voiced his commitment to the future of education through digital pedagogies. Post his talk, Sri Naidu officially inaugurated the Learning & Startup Zone of TECH, which comprised immersive technologies by startups and other leading organisations in the field of education and technology such as Microsoft India, Samsung and Veative.
The Opening Ceremony also witnessed the signing of two key Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs); the first MOU was signed between UNESCO MGIEP and the Economic Development Board of Andhra Pradesh to establish a "Games and Digital Learning Hub" while the second MOU was for the establishment of a strategic partnership between Samsung India and UNESCO MGIEP to launch Virtual Reality (VR) content and 360 films on two Indian Heritage Sites, the Sun Temple in Konark and the Taj Mahal in India. Additionally in a long term strategic partnership with the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, UNESCO MGIEP will work towards setting up a school for Difference Learning in Andhra Pradesh by 2018.
The Ceremony was followed by a highly engaging 15 minute TECH talk by Dr. Anantha Duraiappah, Director, UNESCO MGIEP who spoke of the concept of flipping education and of embracing technology as a pedagogy. Dr. Duraiappah expressed that "technology should not be seen just as a delivery platform but as a pedagogical tool."
Following the TECH talk was a highly disruptive panel titled 'We don't need no Education', with a diverse set of panellists including Prof. Sugata Mitra, Ms. Vera El Khoury Lacoeuilhe, Diplomat and Jordan Shapiro, world-renowned thought leader on global education – all of who debated their thought-provoking views on the goal of education. In addition, various breakout sessions were held by presenters during the day on varying themes from "The use of Artificial Intelligence in Distributed Co-Learning" to "Teaching History through Digital Fabrication".
Day 2 of TECH commenced with an exciting debate through UNESCO MGIEP's flagship event, Talking Across Generations of Education (TAGe) that provided a platform to youth and policy-makers to exchange views on whether "technology increase or decrease the inequality gap in education". TAGe was followed by a captivating talk by Prof. Sugata Mitra on "The Future of Learning" during which Prof. Mitra expressed the requirement of "learner-centric education". Further, day 2 of TECH witnessed various engaging catalytic sessions as well as breakout sessions, debates and keynote sessions on digital pedagogies and neural learning as well as design thinking as a strategy for innovation. Eminent speakers included Kaushik Bellani, Managing Director – McGraw Hill Education India Pvt. Ltd., Vinnie Jauhari, Director – Education Advocacy, Microsoft and Sylvia Martinez, Co-author of Invent to Learn, Making, Tinkering and Engineering the Classroom.
The last day of the Conference witnessed a talk by Heather Knight, Assistant Professor of Robotics at Oregon State University on 'Developing Charismatic Robots for the Real World'. During her presentation, Prof. Knight presented by her Robot, Ginger, who kept the audience highly engaged.
The Valedictory Ceremony, held on Day 3 to close the Conference, was graced by the Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development, State of Andhra Pradesh, Sri Ganta Srinivasa Rao as well as Y.S. Chowdary, Honourable Minister of State for Ministry of Science & Technology & Earth Sciences. Sri Ganta Rao expressed his commitment to the future of education through digital pedagogies and declared the state Government's support to institutionalise the TECH as an annual event. He expressed that he would be "keen to see the various methods that UNESCO MGIEP will bring up in the future to advance its efforts".
TECH was sponsored by Microsoft India (Education Technology Partner), Samsung India, Dassault Systems, Veative (Immersive Learning Partner) and McGraw Hill (Learning Science Partner). The Knowledge Partners of the Conference included NMIMS, Ubisoft, Quebec Government, ISTE, Social Alpha, EDB and IYC.


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Censorship in the Republic of Ireland
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In Ireland, the state retains wide-ranging laws which allow for censorship, including specific laws covering films, advertisements, newspapers and magazines, as well as terrorism and pornography. In the early years of the state, censorship was more commonly enforced, particularly in areas which were opposed by Catholic dogma; including abortion, sexuality and homosexuality.
- 1 Current censorship
- 2 Censorship of books
- 3 Formerly censored topics
- 4 RTÉ and Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act
- 5 Unusual oversights
- 6 Censorship landmarks
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Current censorship
Film censorship
Ireland's Film Censors Office, renamed in 2008 as the Irish Film Classification Office, heavily cut films and videos for rental release, or placed high age ratings on them. Since the release of Michael Collins in 1996, which was rated PG for its theatrical release, despite its depictions of extreme violence (it was upgraded to a 12 for video/DVD releases). Since then, the censors office has reduced age ratings in general and rarely cuts films.[citation needed] In 2000 The Cider House Rules received an 18s certificate in Ireland due to its themes of abortion and incest, although in other countries, such as the UK, the film received a 12s certificate.
Advertisements are regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland, and must be truthful and factually accurate. In addition, adverts for illegal services are not allowed. The ASAI is a voluntary industry body which has no statutory powers and has no power to remove a publication from circulation. This power is vested in the Censorship of Publications Board. Given the status of the ASAI some advertisers choose to continually ignore its rulings by running controversial advertisements purely to draw attention to their products and services.
Newspapers and magazines
Whilst still theoretically censorable, newspapers and magazines are free to publish anything which does not break Ireland's tough libel laws. The Censorship of Publications Board reviews newspapers and magazines referred to it by the Customs and Excise and by members of the public. Until the late 1980s a large number of (mainly foreign) newspaper and magazines were banned in Ireland including Playboy[1] and the News of the World,[2] the British edition of which was still, theoretically, banned when it ceased publication.
The listing of periodicals under permanent banning orders as of 2007 includes many publications which have ceased to be published, as well as ones which are now sold freely without any realistic chance of prosecution, such as Health and Efficiency and The Weekly News. A large proportion of the banning orders date from the 1950s or before; and a similar proportion cover true crime publications, a type which were once illegal due to a perceived risk of glorifying or encouraging criminal behaviour.
In 2011, Paul Raymond Publications made an appeal against the ban on 5 of their publications, one of which has been banned for nearly 80 years. The appeal was upheld, meaning that these publications can be freely sold.[3]
Hardcore pornography, while legal in Ireland, is not allowed to depict any acts which are illegal in the state. This also covers any participants being beneath the Irish age of consent. If any of these are in a video, DVD, film, photograph or website, use and possession of them is illegal.[citation needed]
In the 1960s, the Roman Catholic Church via Archbishop John Charles McQuaid lobbied the Irish government to have pornography banned outright.[4]
The government-controlled IE Domain Registry currently has a ban on all domain names it considers "offensive or contrary to public policy or generally accepted principles of morality".[5] In particular, the domains Pornography.ie and Porn.ie are known to be banned.[6][7]
Central Bank of Ireland
In July 2009, the Central Bank of Ireland blocked insurers and banks from making any critical statements containing "any references" to them by means either of "public press statements" or un-approved public references, whether "written or oral."[8]
The Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010
This Act was passed by 78–71 in December 2010 in partial response to the 2008–2010 Irish banking crisis. Section 60 provides that the Irish government may apply to the courts for an order made under the Act to be heard in private. Section 59 prohibits anyone from publishing the fact that the minister has made an order or direction under the Act; even publication that such a prohibition order has been made is also an offence under the Act. Days after the Act was passed, an order was sought by minister Brian Lenihan, Jnr and approved allowing a transfer of over €3,700,000,000 into Allied Irish Bank, then an insolvent bank.[9] Two Irish Times reporters were expelled from the court by judge Maureen Clark just before the hearing.[10][11]
The Irish Constitution states that "The publication or utterance of blasphemous, seditious, or indecent matter is an offence which shall be punishable in accordance with law".[12] This is currently enforced through the Defamation Act 2009, section 36.[13] The law includes the offence of blasphemous libel.[13] It has yet to be enforced.
The new blasphemy law was enacted in 2009, allowing for fines of up to €25,000, simply because blasphemy was forbidden under the 1937 constitution. The 2009 law repealed the earlier 1961 Defamation Act which had defined a harder sentence for publishing blasphemous libel. Scientist Richard Dawkins described the new law as "wretched, backward and uncivilised".[14][15]
The text defines the crime where: he or she publishes or utters matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion, and (b) he or she intends, by the publication or utterance of the matter concerned, to cause such outrage.
- The judge would need to be satisfied the matter is "abusive and insulting" as distinct from opinion.
- Judicial interpretation of "held sacred" and "any religion" could render the Act unenforceable.
- A defendant's lawyer would argue the definition of "grossly", "thereby causing", "outrage" and "substantial number".
- Article s.36 (3) provides that – "it shall be a defence to proceedings for an offence under this section for the defendant to prove that a reasonable person would find genuine literary, artistic, political, scientific, or academic value in the matter to which the offence relates.
- Further, a "religion" is further defined in s.36 (4); it – does not include an organisation or cult— (a) the principal object of which is the making of profit, or (b) that employs oppressive psychological manipulation— (i) of its followers, or (ii) for the purpose of gaining new followers.
- s.36 could be held to be in breach of 44.2.1º of the Constitution The State shall not impose any disabilities or make any discrimination on the ground of religious profession, belief or status."[16]
Censorship of books
Formerly censored topics
The Troubles
RTÉ and Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act
During the Troubles in Northern Ireland, 1968-1994, censorship was used principally to prevent Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) interviews with spokespersons for Sinn Féin and for the IRA. Under Section 31 of the Broadcasting Authority Act (1960), the Minister for Posts & Telegraphs could issue a Ministerial Order to the government appointed RTÉ Authority not to broadcast material specified in the written order. In 1971 the first ever Order under the section was issued by Fianna Fáil Minister for Posts and Telegraphs Gerry Collins. It instructed RTÉ not to broadcast,
- any matter that could be calculated to promote the aims or activities of any organisation which engages in, promotes, encourages or advocates the attaining of any particular objectives by violent means.
Collins refused clarification when RTÉ asked for advice on what this legal instruction meant in practice. RTÉ interpreted the Order politically to mean that spokespersons for the Provisional and Official IRA could no longer appear on air. In 1972 the government sacked the RTÉ Authority for not sufficiently disciplining broadcasters the government accused of breaching the Order. RTÉ's Kevin O'Kelly had reported on an interview he conducted with the (Provisional) IRA Chief of Staff, Sean MacStiofáin, on the Radio Éireann This Week programme. The recorded interview was not itself broadcast. MacStiofáin's voice was not heard. However, he was arrested after the O'Kelly interview and charged with membership of the IRA, an illegal organisation. Soon afterwards at the non-jury Special Criminal Court O'Kelly was jailed briefly for contempt because he refused to identify a voice on a tape seized by the Gardaí as that of Mac Stiofáin. Mac Stiofáin was convicted in any case. On appeal by O'Kelly to the Supreme Court a fine was substituted as a means purging O'Kelly's contempt. The fine was paid anonymously and O'Kelly was released.
In 1976 Labour Minister for Posts & Telegraphs Conor Cruise O'Brien amended Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act. He also issued a new Section 31 Order. O'Brien censored spokespersons for specific organisations, including the Sinn Féin political party, rather than specified content. This prevented RTÉ from interviewing Sinn Féin spokespersons under any circumstances, even where the subject was not related to the IRA campaign in Northern Ireland conflict. The changes eroded liberal interpretations by RTÉ of its censorship responsibilities, afforded by the original 1971 Order, and encouraged a process of illiberal interpretation.[17][18]
In 1976 also, O'Brien attempted to extend censorship to newspaper coverage of the 'Troubles', targeting in particular The Irish Press;[19] In an interview with Washington Post reporter Bernard Nossiter, O'Brien identified Press Editor, Tim Pat Coogan, as someone who might be prosecuted under a proposed amendment to the Offences Against the State Act. O'Brien cited pro-republican Letters to the Editor as coming under the terms of the legislation, for which the editor could be made legally liable. Coogan, who was immediately warned of O'Brien's intentions by Nossiter, then published the Nossiter-O'Brien interview (as also did the Irish Times). Due to public opposition the proposed provisions were amended to remove the perceived threat to newspapers. The 1973-77 Fine Gael/Labour Coalition Government also tried to prosecute the Irish Press for its coverage of the maltreatment of republican prisoners by the Garda Heavy Gang, with the paper winning the case.[20]
The United Kingdom operated similar rules between 1988 and 1994, that were not as severe as the Section 31 Order. For instance, British broadcasters could dub Sinn Féin speeches and interviews with an actor's voice. This was not possible in Ireland where O'Brien's Section 31 Order (that remained in place until 1994) specifically banned 'reports of interviews' with spokespersons for censored organisations. However, British broadcasters were more liberal than RTÉ in defining when a person was a spokesperson for a censored organisation. They held that an MP like Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams or a Sinn Féin councillor could be interviewed about constituency business or in their private capacity. RTÉ would not allow this under any circumstances, a stance that caused a crisis in RTÉ in the early 1990s. In addition, the British censorship rules did not apply at election time, whereas they operated at all times in the Republic of Ireland.[21]
Under severe pressure from successive governments, from approximately 1977 RTÉ extended Section 31 to censor all Sinn Féin members, not merely the Sinn Féin spokespersons specified in the Section 31 Order. This extension of the Order came to a head In the early 1990s. Sinn Féin member Larry O'Toole was not permitted to talk on RTÉ about a strike in Gateaux, a cake factory in Finglas north Dublin, where O'Toole worked. He was informed in writing by RTÉ that his Sinn Féin membership was the reason for the censorship. O'Toole successfully challenged what he contended was RTÉ self-censorship in the High Court. After the court found in O'Toole's favour in August 1992 RTÉ appealed the ruling that liberalised its Section 31 regime. Consequently, RTÉ were accused of appealing to be censored. RTÉ then lost in the Supreme Court in March 1993.[21]
In 1991, European Commission of Human Rights upheld the ban in case Purcell v. Ireland, though not unanimously.[22] The Section 31 broadcasting ban lapsed on 19 January 1994 because it was not renewed by Minister for Arts, Culture & the Gaeltacht Michael D. Higgins,[23] eight months prior to the August 1994 IRA ceasefire. The last person censored under the lapsing Order in January 1994 was Larry O'Toole, who was banned from appearing in a joint RTÉ/Channel Four programme on the Northern Ireland conflict, chaired by Channel Four's John Snow. The Channel Four production team wished to speak to O'Toole about his court victory. RTÉ would not allow this as O'Toole had been chosen as a candidate in European elections to be held five months later. RTÉ said O'Toole was therefore a Sinn Féin spokesperson, irrespective of the capacity in which he was to be interviewed or the proposed interview's distant relationship with a future election.[21]
Abortion and birth control
Until the early 1990s, promotion of abortion in any way, including providing impartial information, was disallowed, and any publications providing information on it would be confiscated. In the 1980s, the Irish Family Planning Association and the Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin students' unions were successfully sued by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children for publishing telephone numbers for abortion clinics in the United Kingdom. On one occasion British newspaper The Guardian was withdrawn by its Irish distributors for a day to preempt a threatened ban due to the inclusion of an advertisement for a UK abortion clinic in that day's issue (despite the advert having appeared on a number of prior occasions without incident).
In May 1992, the Democratic Left T.D. Proinsias De Rossa subverted this ban by reading the offending telephone numbers into the Dáil record, using his absolute privilege as a member of the Oireachtas to avoid a lawsuit.[24]
In the wake of the X Case, the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of Ireland removed this prohibition in November 1992.
Censorship of mail in Ireland goes back to, at least, the 1660s and possibly earlier.[25] Both overt and covert censorship of Irish mail took place, mainly in England and sometimes using warrants, from then through the 19th century.[26][27] The Irish Civil War saw mail raided by the IRA marked as censored and sometimes opened. This is the first recorded such action within the new state. The National Army also opened mail and censorship of irregulars' mail in prisons took place.[28]
During the 1939–1945 Emergency extensive postal censorship took place under the control of the Department of Defence whose powers were conferred by the Emergency Powers Act 1939.[29] Civilian mail was controlled by the approximately 200 censors who worked in Dublin's Exchequer Street and who had all been vetted by the G2 Directorate of Intelligence and the Gardaí. Using the Black List and White List to target certain mail, the small staff were unable to effect 100% censorship; however, continental European mail was all reviewed, as was all incoming and outbound airmail. Following the overthrow of France and the Low Countries in May 1940, the British instigated full terminal mail censorship but the Irish were unable to look at more than about 10% due to the enormous staff this would have required. Covert censorship of mail between Northern Ireland and the south was effected by warrants obtained by G2, who also obtained warrants from the Minister for Justice for internal mail oversight.[30]
The military internees, British, German and a few of other nationalities, held in the Curragh Camp had their mail censored,[31] even local mail, though they are known to have posted their letters outside the camp to try to evade the camp oversight.[32] IRA internees' mail was also censored under the Offences against the State Act that had been in place since June 1939.[33]
The Border Campaign led to the internment of IRA members, again under the Offences against the State Act, and their mail was overtly censored between 1957 and 1960 most often with an Irish language censor mark reading Ceadaithe ag an gCinsire Mileata applied to the outside of the letter and also to the sheets contained within.[34] In the 1980s mail from IRA members imprisoned in Limerick and likely also Portlaoise prisons has been recorded as censored but there is no record of civilian mail censorship since 1945.[35]
Unusual oversights
Music videos are exempt from film classification, whereas in the UK, they must be classified.[citation needed] Broadcasters usually use their discretion and obey the UK classifications and showing time restrictions. Ireland receives all of the UK music channels, which are subject to UK music video laws; with the only Irish regulated broadcaster regularly showing music videos being Channel 6 or City Channel. However for several years TV3 ran a late-night music programme, which quite often showed uncensored music videos containing large amounts of nudity.
References to records or songs being "banned" in Ireland refer to one or more radio stations refusing to play the songs rather than any legislative ban, although before 1989 it may have been a moot point given that the only legal broadcasting stations in Ireland were those operated by state broadcaster RTÉ. In the 1930s there was even a short-lived airplay ban on an entire genre of music known as the "ban on Jazz" (with an exceptionally wide definition of what constituted "jazz"). Such bans only served to further increase listenership to foreign radio stations (such as Radio Luxembourg and the BBC) in Ireland, and led to the growth of Irish pirate radio.
The ban by the Irish courts of the song "They never came home" by Christy Moore along with the original version of the album "Ordinary Man" on which it appeared has apparently never been overturned.
Computer games
Unlike most other countries, the Film Censors Office have little involvement in video game censorship. This led to an unusual situation where in the 1990s the UK-owned GAME sold the sanitised versions of Carmageddon which was a victim of censorship in the UK, whilst Irish owned stores sold the uncut versions imported from the United States. Games may only be banned if the Film Censor judges that it is unfit for viewing,[36] which has happened once to date, with the banning of Manhunt 2 on 18 June 2007, over two weeks before its launch date of 6 July.[37]
Ireland is a member of PEGI, but places no legal powers on its age recommendations. Retailers may attempt to enforce them at their discretion.
Censorship landmarks
Development of Irish statutes
- The Censorship of Films Act, 1923 was an act "to provide for the official censoring of cinematographic pictures and for other matters connected therewith". It established the office of the Official Censor of Films and a Censorship of Films Appeal Board (and see William Magennis). It was amended by the Censorship of Films (Amendment) Act, 1925, in connection with advertisements for films. It was amended by the Censorship of Films (Amendment) Act, 1930 to extend the legislation to "vocal or other sounds" accompanying pictures.
- The Committee on Evil Literature was appointed in 1926 to report on the effectiveness of the censorship laws. It concluded that the then-current censorship laws were inadequate, and that the government had a duty to ban "morally corrupting" literature.
- The Censorship of Publications Act, 1929 was an act "to make provision for the prohibition of the sale and distribution of unwholesome literature and for that purpose to provide for the establishment of a censorship of books and periodical publications, and to restrict the publication of reports of certain classes of judicial proceedings and for other purposes incidental to the matters aforesaid". It established the Censorship of Publications Board. A book caught by the act was one that "in its general tendency indecent or obscene ... or ... advocates the unnatural prevention of conception or the procurement of abortion or miscarriage or the use of any method, treatment or appliance for the purpose of such prevention or such miscarriage".
- The Emergency Powers Act 1939 dealt with the preservation of the State in time of war and contained provisions relating to the censorship of communications, including mail,[38] newspapers and periodicals.
- On 18 November 1942 Senator Sir John Keane moved in the Irish Senate (Seanad Éireann): "That, in the opinion of Seanad Éireann, the Censorship of Publications Board appointed by the Minister for Justice under the Censorship of Publications Act, 1929, has ceased to retain public confidence, and that steps should be taken by the Minister to reconstitute the board.". After four days of debate, the motion was roundly defeated: Tá (for) 2 votes – Sir John Keane and Joseph Johnston – Níl (against) 34 votes.
- The Censorship of Publications Act, 1946 repealed a large part of the 1929 act and was "to make further and better provision for the censorship of books and periodical publications". Periodicals caught by the act included issues that "have devoted an unduly large proportion of space to the publication of matter relating to crime".
- The Censorship of Publications Act, 1967 provided for prohibition orders made on the grounds of indecency or obscenity to expire after a period of twelve years. A further prohibition order could then be made by the Censorship of Publications Board in respect of the same book.
- The Health (Family Planning) Act, 1979 deleted references to "the unnatural prevention of conception" in the Censorship of Publications Act, 1929 and the Censorship of Publications Act, 1946.
- The Regulation of Information (Services Outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act, 1995 modified the effect of the Censorship of Publications Acts, 1929 to 1967 in respect of certain information likely to be required by a woman to avail herself of "services provided outside the State for the termination of pregnancies". However, the information in question must not advocate or promote the termination of pregnancy.
- The Defamation Act, 2009 which forbids blasphemy (with intent) at s.36.[39]
- ↑ Associated Press (27 September 1995). "Censors lift ban on Playboy". Sun Journal. Retrieved 15 January 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Censorship of Publications Acts, 1929 TO 1967: Register of Prohibited Publications". Dublin: Irish Censorship Board. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2010.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Censorship of Publications Act 1946" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil (Irish State gazette). Dublin: Government of Ireland. 94: 1623. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- ↑ "Naming Policy - IEDR". IE Domain Registry. Retrieved 28 April 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Backwards Ireland: .IE Domain Names". sex.ie. Retrieved 28 April 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- ↑ http://newswhip.ie/national-2/extent-of-lenihans-new-powers-on-show-as-reporters-excluded-from-aib-court-hearing
- ↑ CIS Act vote
- ↑ The Sunday Times Irish edition, business section, 2 January 2011, page 4.
- ↑ Constitution of Ireland article 40.6
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "McAleese signs Bills into law". Irish Times. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2010.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Healy, Alison (13 July 2009). "Blasphemy law a return to middle ages – Dawkins". Irish Times. Retrieved 15 March 2010.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Jacoby, Susan (5 January 2010). "Irish blasphemy law: Monty O'Python with a darker side". On Faith. Washington Post. Retrieved 15 March 2010.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Youth_Zone/About_the_Constitution,_Flag,_Anthem_Harp/Constitution_of_Ireland_Eng_Nov2004.htm
- ↑ Historian, Politician, Censor : Conor Cruise O'Brien, 1917–2008 By Niall Meehan, Counter Punch, 22 December 2008
- ↑ Conor Cruise O'Brien – Obituary by Brian Fallon, guardian.co.uk, Friday 19 December 2008.
- ↑ Page 380, The troubles: Ireland's ordeal, 1966–1996, and the search for peace By Tim Pat Coogan, Palgrave MacMillan, 2002
- ↑ Page 118, Irish Media: A Critical History Since 1922 By John Horgan, Routledge, 2001
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Meehan, Niall (20 April 2003). "How RTÉ censored its censorship". Sunday Business Post. Retrieved 5 December 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- ↑ Murdoch, Alan (12 January 1994). "Dublin lifts broadcast ban on Sinn Féin: Whitehall says decision on British law will have to wait". The Independent. Retrieved 29 January 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ The reading of the telephone numbers took place during an adjournment debate on 21 May 1992 on the "Non-Distribution of Newspaper". For the Official Report of the debate, see Dáil Éireann – Volume 420 – 21 May, 1992. At column 159 of the report, Deputy De Rossa read the text of an advertisement in The Guardian.
- ↑ Reynolds, Mairead (1983). A History of The Irish Post Office. Dublin: MacDonnell Whyte Ltd. pp. 5, 11. ISBN 0-9502619-7-1.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Kumpf, Heinz-Jürgen (2008). The Military Postal History of Ireland. Munich: Forschungs- und Arbeitsgemeinschaft Irland e.V. im Bund Deutsche Philatelisten e.V. p. 125.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- ↑ Dulin, Cyril I. (1992). Ireland's Transition: The Postal History of the Transitional Period 1922–1925. Dublin: MacDonnell Whyte Ltd. pp. 94–97. ISBN 0-9517095-1-8.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- ↑ Ó Drisceoil (1996), p. 235
- ↑ Moxter (2003), pps.99–100
- ↑ Moxter (2003), p. 117–118
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External links
- Irish statutes referring to 'censorship'
- Censorship in Ireland – from the International Freedom of Expression Exchange
- Censorship of publications in Ireland — from the official Irish government information website
- List of prohibited publications in Ireland between 1993 and 2003 — PDF document from the Department of Justice
- Tales out of school — Irish author John McGahern's experience with the Irish censorship system
- Sunday Times article on Irish Censor's office
- Survey on attitudes of Dublin Population to Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act, Niall Meehan, Jean Horgan, Dublin City University monograph, January 1987
- Pages containing links to subscription-only content
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Lawmakers urge another look at nuclear plant
Posted on January 17, 2014
LAWMAKERS yesterday revived calls to look into the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) to address the rise of power rates in the country.
In a phone interview with BusinessWorld yesterday, House Committee on Energy Chairman and Oriental Mindoro (second district) Rep. Reynaldo V. Umali said it was time for Congress to revisit the BNPP.
"It's about time that we discuss the Bataan [Nuclear] power plant and see if we could use it to address current and potential power crises," he said, adding that with the coming regional economic integration, the government needs to tap other power sources to supply the power industries require.
Mr. Umali added that the Energy committee has vowed to resolve the issues surrounding the BNPP "once and for all".
"We're spending millions of pesos every year on the maintenance of this power plant, and we're not benefitting from it. It's time that we put an end on issues hounding the BNPP and ascertain if, in fact, the government has plans to use it or not," he said.
In a text message to BusinessWorld yesterday, House Committee on Energy Vice-Chairman and Marikina City (second district) Rep. Romero "Miro" S. Quimbo said: "I have committed to study this matter. We see the enormity of the problem [in the power sector], and we need to look at all possible solutions," he said.
House Committee on Labor and Employment Chairman and member of the Energy Committee and Davao City (first district) Rep. Karlo Alexei B. Nograles said in a separate text message that, given the power situation in the country, all alternatives must be considered to address the power crisis.
"There have been attempts in previous Congresses to study this proposal. Certainly, given the power situation in the country right now, we must explore all possible alternatives," he said.
The lawmakers' comments followed a press conference yesterday, when House Committee on Appropriations Vice-Chairman and Northern Samar (second district) Rep. Emil L. Ong said: "The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant should be revisited as it might help solve the current problem on the unabated power rate hikes."
Construction of the BNPP began in 1976 under the martial rule of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos in response to the 1973 oil crisis, as the Middle East oil embargo had put a heavy strain on the Philippine economy.
Mr. Marcos then believed nuclear power to be the solution to meeting the country's energy demands and decreasing dependence on imported oil.
The BNPP never went into operation because it sits near fault lines and the Mount Pinatubo volcano.
The House Committee on Energy is set to tackle proposals related to the review of the BNPP "late on March or early April", after it finishes its on-going investigation on the alleged power collusion leading to the rise in Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) power rates, as well as the allegations surrounding the oil spill in Estancia, Iloilo.
For his part, Kabataan Partylist Rep. Terry L. Ridon yesterday assailed proposals to restore the BNPP.
"The revival of the BNPP is irrelevant to the present problem of collusion among power utilities in the determination of prices, "he said.
"For as long as the rate system under the EPIRA (Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001) remains flawed, a nuclear plant won't ensure a lower rate for the public," Mr. Ridon added.
Several lawmakers also reiterated the need to pass an Anti-Trust law and amend the EPIRA to promote competition in the power industry and prevent cross-ownership in the generation and distribution of electricity.
At the same press conference yesterday, Deputy Majority Leader and CIBAC Partylist Rep. Sherwin N. Tugna said: "For me, we have to revisit and amend the EPIRA, particularly the automatic pass-on rates on consumers. We also have to revisit the role of the ERC [Energy Regulatory Commission] in particular -- their authority, responsibility."
AKO Bicol Partylist Rep. Rodel M. Batocabe, also at the press conference, said that part of the EPIRA amendment should contain provision to prevent cross-ownership in the generation and distribution of electricity, to avoid conflict of interest. He also urged Congress to pass an anti-trust law to prevent monopoly in the power industry and promote competition.
"[Congress] should revise the EPIRA law and pass an anti-trust law to prevent cross ownership and conflict of interest in the power sector," he said.
For his part, Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Neri J. Colmenares, at the same press conference, called for scrapping the EPIRA and "to craft a new legislation" that would prevent such cross-ownership and remove the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM).
Mr. Colmenares also proposed that the value-added tax on systems loss be removed to lessen the power cost passed on to consumers.
He alleged that Meralco practically dictated WESM prices through Aboitiz-owned Therma Mobile's "suspicious" biddings during the Malampaya natural gas field shutdown.
Citing documents from WESM, he said that Therma Mobile sold 100 megawatts (MW) of power, which was supposed to be under contract with Meralco, to WESM for P62 per kilowatt-hour 71 times in November and December.
"We don't need to prove price collusion in essence. When Meralco confirmed that it asked Therma Mobile to bid power rates at P62, for us, the case is done," Mr. Colmenares said.
He also claimed that Therma Mobile Chief Executive Officer Erramon Aboitiz admitted that the company made very high bids but passed the responsibility to Meralco because the latter has "full control of the use of the 100 MW power from Therma Mobile, including pricing and volume offers to the WESM."
"[Therma Mobile] is a mere implementor of Meralco's price and volume offers to ... WESM," Mr. Colmenares said.
He also said that the collusion jacked up not just prices in WESM but in the whole power market, effectively affecting prices of power outside Metro Manila.
Meanwhile, to fast-track proposals to amend the EPIRA, House Committee on Metro Manila Development Chairman and Quezon City (second district) Rep. Winston "Winnie" Castelo, in a press statement yesterday, urged Malacañang to certify these measures as urgent.
Mr. Castelo noted that Section 73 of the EPIRA provides for a "Lifeline Rate", setting a socialized pricing mechanism for low-income power consumers, but only for a period not exceeding ten years. Thus, as the EPIRA took effect in 2001, the provision expired in 2011 and is said to have spurred the skyrocketing of power rates in the country.
"This 2014, when the general direction of the government is to uplift the economic welfare of the poor who were recently blighted by natural calamities and man-made strife, legislative agenda should be crafted so as to favor them," Mr. Castelo said.
Earlier, Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) secured regulatory approval to implement a P4.15-per-kilowatt-hour rate hike to be implemented in three tranches: P2.41 per kWh last December, P1.21 per kWh in February, and P0.54 per kWh in March.
Power plants reportedly went on simultaneous outage during the maintenance shutdown of Malampaya natural gas plant, scheduled for Nov. 11 to Dec. 10. This resulted in higher prices in WESM, leading in turn to Meralco's price increase.
Following allegations of collusion among power industry players, the Supreme Court issued a 60-day TRO -- in effect since last month -- on the implementation of the P4.15/kWh rate hike. A portion of the planned rate increase was supposed to have been collected by Meralco from all of its subscribers starting last month.
The High Court is set to conduct its oral arguments on the matter on Jan. 21.
Meralco's controlling stakeholder, Beacon Electric Asset Holdings, Inc., is partly owned by Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT). Hastings Holdings, Inc., a unit of PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund subsidiary MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., has a majority stake in BusinessWorld. -- Imee Charlee C. Delavin


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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Most Football fans were outraged when Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand was left bleeding after being hit in the face with a two pence coin as he celebrated his team's derby victory at the weekend.
However, it seems as if relatives of Chelsea star Ashley Cole were not sympathetic to his plight as they allegedly took to Facebook to gloat about the attack on Ferdinand during Sunday's Manchester derby.
Cole's brother Matthew is reported to have said in a post that seeing the defender hit in the eye had 'made his day'.
When Ferdinand was hit in the face with the coin as he celebrated his team beating Manchester City 3-2 on Sunday, the Chelsea star's brother Matthew is said to have posted on Facebook: 'So happy Rio got hit in the face today when he tried to give it kissing his badge!! Straight in the eye!! Made my day.'
According to a report in the Daily Mirror, Cole's mother Sue later added her own comment: 'Give the fan that threw it a medal!!'
The well-documented tension between Cole and Ferdinand surfaced during the John Terry race trial, in which Cole acted as a character witness for Chelsea captain John Terry after he was accused of racially abusing Rio's brother Anton during a heated game against QPR at Loftus Road.
The former England skipper was cleared at Westminster magistrates, but the bad blood between the two camps remains.
Rio Ferdinand himself was in trouble after agreeing with a Twitter follower who referred to Cole as a 'choc ice'. In response to the tweet: 'looks like Ashley Cole's going to be their choc ice. Then again he's always been a sellout. Shame on him', Ferdinand himself tweeted: 'I hear you fella! choc ice is classice hahahahahahaha!!'
The Facebook thread was later removed and Sue Cole denied writing anything online about Ferdinand's injury while Matthew Cole was not available for comment.
Ferdinand was left bleeding from his left eye following the incident which took place in the aftermath of United's injury-time winning goal in their 3-2 victory at the Etihad Stadium.
In extraordinary scenes, a City fan then ran on to the pitch to confront Ferdinand but was restrained by Manchester City's goalkeeper Joe Hart. A smoke flare was also thrown onto the pitch.
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