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TOWIE’s return offered moments of comedy gold – even if it didn’t mean to

So The Only Way Is Essex is back. Let's stop and think about this for a minute, has it actually been away? Well yes it did briefly vanish from our screens but you'd be forgiven for failing to realise this since the cast have managed to do their usual job of turning up to the opening of an envelope wherever possible (complete with perma-tans and dazzling teeth), falling out of nightclubs, squeezing themselves into tight frocks, crying noisily about their other halves on the front pages of tabloids...you get our drift.

And thus, this increasingly critic-proof show returned to screens for its seventh outing, the first without Lauren Goodger, but with all our other Essex favourites present and correct.

And it came as no surprise to anyone that the first episode had a heavy focus on Gemma and Arg and their barely-out-of-the-papers romance, one which apparently ended abruptly when he took off for Ibiza without her

This of course led to lots of scenes in which she stumbled around the neighbourhood trying to persuade anyone and everyone to spill the beans about his holiday shenanigans, while he confessed that a One Direction song had inspired him to end the relationship.

Yes, you heard correctly, while some of us take our wisdom and guidance from the world's great poets, philosophers and intellectuals, Arg is gleaning his from One Direction's Live While We're Young. Honestly, you couldn't make it up. And we're not sure we'd want to.

Still, not all of the episode was about wondering whether any of the Essex boys had a brain cell between them and whether or not they'd be dangerous if they did. Lucy's mind was firmly on weddings, which in TOWIE terms was an excuse for everyone to take off in a limo for a hastily organised 'hen night' before floating around in wedding dresses for the sole purpose of - well, floating around in wedding dresses really.

The likes of Mick, Diags and Bobby also turned up but none of their activities could really hold a candle to Arg's hilarious dim-wittedness so we'll just gloss over them for now.

In other words it was business as usual down Essex way then. But be honest, did you really expect any different?

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Columbus’ handwriting sparks debate over Ibizan descent

London, September 29 (ANI): The great explorer Christopher Columbus was from Ibiza, politicians on the Spanish party isle have claimed.

The bizarre theory, which the politicians admit they cannot categorically prove, is based largely on the fact that the fabled 15th century explorer had the same handwriting as Ibizans of the time.

Despite acknowledging the fact that they cannot prove the theory, espoused by self-styled investigative journalist Nito Verdera, they have vowed to re-brand the island as the home of the late discoverer of America.

They also admit they truly cannot verify whether Columbus was born on the island, or even if he lived there for any period of time whatsoever.

However, councillors have voted unanimously to formally advertise the hypothesis that Columbus was the son of merchants who had a house in Dalt Vila, the medieval area of Ibiza Town.

It came with one condition - that it did not cost taxpayers' on the White Isle a single Euro.

The claim has been met with widespread scepticism, with many taking to Twitter to say it is simply a publicity stunt to attract tourists to Ibiza's cash-strapped holiday resorts.

But Verdera, who claims to have worked as a merchant sailor and pilot, insisted that the seafarer had a 'geocultural origin' from the island.

The self-styled journalist also alleged that 50 years of work had apparently disproved the widespread belief that Columbus was either Italian, Portuguese, or from Galicia in the north-west of Spain.

Born between August and October 1451, Columbus was the son of a weaver and small-time merchant.

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Columbus' handwriting sparks debate over Ibizan descent

Was Columbus really from Ibiza? Politicians claim explorer grew up on the party isle… mostly because he had ‘Ibizan …

Local politicians have vowed to re-brand the island as Columbus' home But they acknowledge they cannot prove the theory is 100 per cent accurate It is based on 50-years of work by a self-styled investigative journalist Critics brand it a publicity stunt to attract tourists to Ibiza's cash-strapped holiday resorts

By Lee Moran

PUBLISHED: 11:44 EST, 28 September 2012 | UPDATED: 12:03 EST, 28 September 2012

Christopher Columbus was from Ibiza, politicians on the Spanish party isle have claimed.

The bizarre theory, which they admit they cannot categorically prove, is based largely on the fact that the fabled 15th century explorer had the same handwriting as Ibizans of the time.

And now, politicians have vowed to re-brand the island - better known for booze-cruise Brits, all-night clubbing and hard-core house music - as the home of America's discoverer.

Ibiza calling: The bizarre theory apparently disproves the widespread belief that Christopher Columbus was either Italian, Portuguese, or from Galicia in the north-west of Spain

That is despite them acknowledging that they cannot prove the theory, espoused by self-styled investigative journalist Nito Verdera, is 100 per cent accurate.

They also admit they truly cannot verify whether Columbus was born on the island, or even if he lived there for any period of time whatsoever.

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IncomeV Review – Internet Marketing for Full Time Income?

(PRWEB) September 30, 2012

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Editorial: Self-regulating the Net

Sunday, September 30, 2012

THE Internet can be such a wild place, our lexicon created a word for such violations: cybercrime.

Yet a barrage of protests has met the passage last September of Republic Act (RA) 101751, or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.

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Bloggers, Netizens, civil rights activists and journalists are calling for the repeal of the law, which, aside from penalizing cybercrimes like online pornography and trafficking, includes more severe penalties for cyber libel.

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Five groups representing lawyers, journalists and bloggers have questioned the law before the Supreme Court, reported Elias O. Baquero in Sun.Star Cebus Sept. 30 issue.

The same report quoted the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC), which, in a resolution, asked that the law be reviewed for provisions that (violate) the constitutional guarantee of free speech and free press, due process of law, and equal protection of the law.

The ambiguity of the laws definition of cyberlibel opens the implementation to abuses. According to the CCPC, this is a serious omission.

The CCPC cited the power of the Department of Justice to shut down websites without a court order. To prove suspicions, the authorities can tap and record a persons calls, e-mails and other private communication coursed through computers and mobile phones.

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