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		<title>Shock, Horror</title>
		<link>http://www.dummies-for-destruction.co.uk/random/2011/04/shock-horror-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least two different media sites are today carrying the story about the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) telling clothing company Jack Wills (ever heard of them? I hadn&#8217;t) to not continue publishing their current catalogue until certain images are changed. The story&#8217;s on the BBC here &#8211; and on the scumrag Daily Mail here. Only [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At least two different media sites are today carrying the story about the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) telling clothing company Jack Wills (ever heard of them? I hadn&#8217;t) to not continue publishing their current catalogue until certain images are changed.</p>
<p><a title="Link to BBC version of the story | Opens in new window" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12982496" target="_blank">The story&#8217;s on the BBC here</a> &#8211; and <a title="Link to Daily Mail version of the story | Opens in new window" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1373842/Jack-Wills-catalogue-Top-British-fashion-brand-uses-naked-models-sell-clothes.html" target="_blank">on the scumrag Daily Mail here</a>.</p>
<p>Only one of the two stories manages to also show the image in it&#8217;s full &#8220;offensive&#8221; version.  Guess which one?</p>
<p>Yep, you got it &#8211; good old Daily Fail, making sure its readers know <em>precisely </em>what they should be offended by.</p>
<p>[Oh, and if you do want to know what the image is, look below the 'More' link]</p>
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<div id="attachment_8207" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 228px"><a href="http://www.dummies-for-destruction.co.uk/random/wp-content/jack_wills_image.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-8207" title="The offending image" src="http://www.dummies-for-destruction.co.uk/random/wp-content/jack_wills_image-218x300.jpg" alt="The offending image" width="218" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Offensive, isn&#39;t it? Not.</p></div>
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		<title>Daily Fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Always nice to see when the Daily Fail gets to screw things up. (again) In this case, they&#8217;ve managed to forget to put two photo captions in on one story. (This may have changed on the page by the time you look at it) First example Second example Way to go, Daily Fail!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Always nice to see when <a title="Link to the Daily Fails website | Opens in new window" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk" target="_blank">the Daily Fail</a> gets to screw things up. (again)</p>
<p>In this case, they&#8217;ve managed to forget to put two photo captions in <a title="Link to Daily Fails story with missing captions | Opens in new window" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1300790/Two-faces-Rihanna-Star-cuddles-kids-taking-stage-X-rated-live-show.html" target="_blank">on one story</a>. (This may have changed on the page by the time you look at it)</p>
<p>First example</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dummies-for-destruction.co.uk/random/wp-content/caption_here1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7702" title="Caption Here" src="http://www.dummies-for-destruction.co.uk/random/wp-content/caption_here1-300x70.jpg" alt="Text with &quot;Caption here&quot; instead of a phone caption" width="300" height="70" /></a>Second example</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dummies-for-destruction.co.uk/random/wp-content/caption_here2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7703" title="Caption Here #2" src="http://www.dummies-for-destruction.co.uk/random/wp-content/caption_here2-300x120.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="120" /></a>Way to go, Daily Fail!</p>
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		<title>Apostrophe Question</title>
		<link>http://www.dummies-for-destruction.co.uk/random/2010/02/apostrophe-question/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lyle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One for the pedants out there (you know who you are) because for once I&#8217;m just not sure&#8230; In Homebase over the weekend, I ended up looking at seed potato sets. I know, what a classy life. Anyway, reading the back (Hey, I was bored) I saw this&#8230; I know that an apostrophe is used [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One for the pedants out there (you know who you are) because for once I&#8217;m just not sure&#8230;</p>
<p>In Homebase over the weekend, I ended up looking at seed potato sets. I know, what a classy life. Anyway, reading the back (Hey, I was bored) I saw this&#8230;</p>
<div id="attachment_6992" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://www.dummies-for-destruction.co.uk/random/wp-content/apostrophe.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-6992" title="Is this apostrophe errant or not?" src="http://www.dummies-for-destruction.co.uk/random/wp-content/apostrophe.jpg" alt="Apostrophe in the text of the seed potato set" width="400" height="180" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Is this apostrophe errant or not?</p></div>
<p>I know that an apostrophe is used in the case of compressions (i.e. &#8220;there is&#8221; becoming &#8220;there&#8217;s&#8221;) but I&#8217;m fairly sure it doesn&#8217;t apply in the case of an abbreviation.</p>
<p>So to my knowledge this apostrophe is incorrect, but equally I&#8217;ve been known to be wrong on these finer points&#8230;</p>
<p>So &#8211; am I right? Or is this OK?</p>
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