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Uk UFO sightings (march 2008)
Posted by dandare on March 16, 2008
I am following the Uk ufo sightings every month….. however, as i have said before, i am not sure what value they are to any UFO research.
Many of the sightings are sensationalised, with usually alot of information missing. Please keep this in mind as you view these postings from the local press. I will try to add updates (mainly just links to articles) at the end of this article for this month, as and when they arrive.
I will be adding information about MOD links, near the end of this article as well.
Many local newspapers, are more interested in being 'the UK hot spot' of the year/moment,ect than anything else.
In halifaxcourier.co.uk, (posted 15th march,2008) "County is UFO hotspot"…. this was done by Virgin media with ufo data back to 1994 (study researched by Nick Pope- i would like to know where he pulled the data from; this is not added).
Therefore west yorkshire boasts, that it is the UK UFO hotspot, and i am assuming Nick Pope took data from the MOD ufo files that are readily available online; the telegraphandargus.co.uk (this is for bradford area) reaffirms this fact in "Keep your eyes to the skies" (posted 15th march,2008). However, this article claims that there were sightings in this area ….34 in the last 40 years (so 1994 as the last article suggested, is not right), and many above Bradford, apparently according to this article. From the virgin media site here , it mentions the data goes as far back as 1961.
In the dailyrecord.co.uk (scottish news) it boasts that "Lanarkshire is Scotlands UFO capital" (posted 15th march,2008). I think you can see the aims of all these articles…. again it is for the same virgin media study.
Lancashire, who probably feel a bit soar at coming third, with Yorkshire on the top of this list, still write in the lep.co.uk (lancashire news) "Lancashire is hot-spot for flying saucers" (posted 16th march,2008). At least it admits its motives, as it mentions that Nick Pope recommends Lancashire as a place to visit to possibly see ufos (or as they say"to spot a little green man").
So are we talking bragging rights, extra tourism, and so on…. possibly; maybe, its also to sell some more papers. Also, what i find frustrating is where the data comes from…does it just come from one source, the MOD, and if so, should it also include other data; also, should there be more than one researcher on this, collorating the results?
In the granthamjournal.co.uk "Gonerby UFO sighted over Saskatchewan" (posted 13th march,2008). There is a basic drawing of the UFO, and the Gonerby sightings draws (no pun intended) parallels with a Canadian sighting at Saskatchewan, which was seen in 2005. For interest, you can also see previos UFO sightings reported by this paper here.
The same paper also has "Reader tries to pass off fake UFO picture" (5th march,2008).
In the bedfordtoday.co.uk there are two articles in the month of march "Mysterious goings-on in luton skies leave onlookers baffled" (posted 6th march,2008) and "plenty more UFO sightings to report in Luton area" (posted 13th march,2008). The first one is standard faire (for the local papers), and the second is a extraterrestrial versus skeptical counter argument article. For previous ufo sightings that the paper has done, see here .
In the Islingtongazette.co.uk (posted 11th march,2008) "MOD inquiry into Archway UFO mystery" , covers the sighting from a year ago, and what has happened since… It says
"Now the Gazette can reveal that top level government agencies looked into the phenomenon – which many believe was nothing more than floating Chinese lanterns.
The Gazette sent a Freedom of Information request to the Ministry demanding to see every document relating to the Archway incident, as well as a total cost of the investigation" (extract from article).
For just a daft, alleged alien encounter see "The moment when aliens decided to land in enfield" Posted 4th march,2008 by enfieldindependant.co.uk).
For another just daft article, "Alien doctors treated my cystitis" (posted 7th march,2008), by hartlepoolmail.co.uk. I'm soo going to believe this…and the woman being interviewed is writing a book about it to boot. ………………………..next please.
I'm afraid many also fail to follow up on their initial leads, and many reports just remain forgotten.
The MOD will soon (similar to the french) release more UFO files for public viewing, from this spring onwards; please see my previous post for more details at https://dandare.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/mod-to-start-releasing-ufo-files-spring-2008/ (please bare in mind that some of the links to the MOD are not working, due to them moving and adding to them, and therefore moving the links).
I have added some below for you to see…. contrary to what you may have been led to believe by the media, there is already quite a bit out online. This is just a taster of what you can see for yourself from the MOD site.
Requests for information about UFOs recieved in january 2005
Also UFO search results on the site here
Please also take a look at http://www.uk-ufo.org/condign/index.htm which has an invaluable resource on the MOD, especially on what is coming out this spring……especially the link http://www.uk-ufo.org/condign/di55docs.html
MORE UPDATES WILL BE REPORTED BELOW HERE (just as links to the sites involved, unless really interesting).
(illustration of Jodrell bank, UK; not part of these articles)
UPDATE : 17th March,2008
Shropshirestar.com has "Shropshire hotspot for UFO sightings" (posted 17th march,2008) with an interactive map included. (for same virgin media poll).
thisisplymouth.co.uk "City is tops for UFO sightings" (posted 17th march,2008). slightly misleading there i feel; and yes for same poll.
Oops… almost missed this article from the bbc.co.uk (scotland/tayside and central) "MOD releases secret files on UFOs" (posted 4th march,2008).
Louthleader.co.uk has an interesting article on "More earthquake light sightings" (posted 11th march,2008).
A follow up article (from the same paper) "International interest for leader lightning story" (posted 17th march,2008). also has some good links to other articles on the same lines, including the timesonline ….. worth taking a note of this phenomena, as it is still relatively unknown (includes lightning reations and ball lightning). Could this account for some UFO sightings?
UPDATE: 18th march,2008
Buryfreepress.co.uk, has "Bury named UFO 'hot spot' " (posted 18th march,2008)… similar faire for virgin media poll.
Also (for same poll) eadt.co.uk- suffolk and essex online has "Suffolk ranks highly for UFO sightings" (posted 18th march,2008).
thisislincolnshire.co.uk has a further article on the earthquake lights "Did UFO lights herald lincolnshire earthquake?" (posted 18th march,2008). Is there something in this… i think there possibly could be.
UPDATE 19th march:
The granthamjournal.co.uk has "UFO could be top secret plane" (posted 19th march,2008); this is linked to, and a follow-on post to "Gonerby UFO sighted over Saskatchewan" (posted 13th march,2008)- which was added above.
In metro.co.uk it mentions "Proof that aliens are out there" (posted 17th march,2008-almost missed this article). Again it is proof that, not all you see on google earth, is actually what you see (if you know what i mean).
Birminghammail.net has "Birmingham named 'weirdest place' " (posted 14th march,2008-again almost missed).. this also includes UFOs.
UPDATE: 21st march,2008
At virginmedia.com, they pick up on the earthlights phenomena "Expert probes earthquake lights" (no date shown, but posted within the last 2 days).
The sunderlandecho.com mentions the virgin poll again (the same as those above) in "You're not alone in County Durham" (posted 20th march,2008).
Falkirkherald.co.uk mentions "Bonnybridge UFO claim" (posted 20th march,2008) ; the witness said "By the shape of it there was no way it was a plane. It looked oval shaped with flashing lights all around it, so we got out the van to have a look.
"After hovering for a while, it then just shot up into the sky and the speed it was going was phenomenal" (extract from article).
thisislancashire.co.uk (again on the virgin poll) has "Lancashire and the UFOs" (posted 21st march,2008).
UPDATE 25th:
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk has a very small mention of the UFO virgin poll (4 lines), in "A barmy way to save cash" (posted 22nd march,2008)…however the rest of the article is about something completely different.
** From theargus.co.uk… one of the worst ufo sightings video Ever in "UFO caught on camera in Sussex" (posted 23rd march, 2008). The video is well, at best hillarious!
bakewelltoday.co.uk has "UFO sighting in Peak District Village" (posted 21st march,2008…sorry only recently found). It mentions "Sightings of orange lights over Litton have left residents baffled.
Ray Frost, who reported his February 24 sighting on the internet, said: "I think it was a UFO" (extract from article).
kentonline.co.uk , in (i think) "welcome to kent" (posted 21st march,2008), there are a whole series of different short topics discussed…. what we are after is "STRANGE happenings from crabs falling from the sky to UFOs have earned the county a place in the top 10 of the UK's Twilight Zone Hotspots, according to Disneyland Resort Paris" (extract from article). Nothing more is added.
The eveningtimes.co.uk has that Virgin UFO poll in "Glasgows UFO Fan Club" (posted 24th march,2008)… It says "Believe it or not, Glasgow has been named the UFO capital of Scotland.
The city has stolen the title from Bonnybridge, which for decades has been abuzz with reported sightings of alien spacecraft.
Glasgow is the only location in Scotland to make the Virgin Media Files, a specially compiled list of Britain's top 10 places for spotting UFOs" (extract from article). and…."Glasgow's tourism and civic leaders welcomed the news that inter-galactic tourists are seemingly flocking to the city" (extract from article).
UPDATE: 27th march, 2008
From the northantset.co.uk, there are 2 short posts "UFO spotted over Corby" (26th march, 2008)….. mmmm.
And "Latest UFO news in from India" (27th march, 2008)…..i think this short post is summed up most aptly by the only person to comment….
"That's actually an IFO. It is a male Danaid_Eggfly. See photo here:
Come on folks. Stop wasting our time with reflections, bugs, and other fake ufos. If you have something truly extraordinary then show it. Please don't make it difficult for serious UFO researchers". Couldn't have said it better.
wigantoday.net has "UFO spotted in Wigan" (27th march, 2008) amd also has a video from cell phone… to be honest could be anything? (also earlier post i noticed…virgin poll again…"We're a UFO hotspot"-20th march, 2008 ).
From the granthamjournal.co.uk (27th march, 2008) it has "More UFO theories"; it states near the end "He said: "You dont want to see a space craft!. It's just not worth the many lonely nights of siliently weeping and wondering to myself BECAUSE the goverment won't confirm what I know to be true
"I CAN'T TAKE THE LIES ANYMORE"" (extract from article).
Rest assured, i am not lonely, crying, ect just more determined to find the truth (although some quite clearly think i'm nuts/a kook,ect……oh well things are looking up).
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7 Responses to "Uk UFO sightings (march 2008)"
David Coates said
Just a poll produced by Virgin Media to launch UFO Week (or something similar) on its cable channel.
David Coates
(author of the Lancashire Evening Post article)
dandare said
Thanks david for your comments! I hope i do not come across as rude (as this is unintended)but from my point of view, i just find it a little unhelpful….
I will be sending an e-mail to nick Pope, to try and clarify where the data came from, and i hope he will answer.
For instance, how many are more than likely IFOs (Identified Flying Objects), has anyone checked for other possible anomilies (ie sateillites,ect) and so on. Is the information just from the MOD data, or is it from other sources as well.
I realise it is just a poll, and probably just a bit of fun, but i am trying to dig a bit deeper into the UK sightings.
But i do appreciate you leaving a comment (and realise these things have to be covered)….. 🙂
dandare said
Having said that….why was Lancashire behind Yorkshire…. the data must be wrong….(lol) 😉
Joe McGonagle said
Hi Dan,
Excellent article – I had thought that the 'hot-spot' syndrome had passed unnoticed, but I'm glad to see that I was wrong!
A lot of emphasis has been placed on Bonnybridge, Scotland over the last few years. I have seen some examples of footage of 'UFOs' from the area, which looked to me like aircraft lights. Lo and behold, when you check the location of Bonnybridge, it is right between Glasgow and Edinburgh airports.
The human imagination is a wonderful thing….
dandare said
Thanks joe for your comments…. I am quite disappointed with the way the UK papers (both local+national) treat the ufo subject as a whole, instead of trying to address the subject thoughtfully….i am getting used to the routine.
At the moment "the sun" is my pet hate national newspaper (lol), as it seems to print anything that comes into their tiny minds (actually that goes for most of the subjects).
Then again it probably would not sell more papers/get bigger website hits any other way. Shame…
However, i feel i still need to follow these articles because you never know where the nect interesting lead may come from.
Mikey X said
Interesting. I saw a number of what I believe to be "earthlights", approximately a decade ago, and what I believe to be space aliens in the vehicles in the summer of 2001. You got anything down for Dorset around then?
dandare said
Mikey X i'll have a look around; can you remember; roughly when you saw the Earthlights, ie 1999?, and a possible month?).
I'll also trawl the year 2001.
I have noticed that http://www.uk-ufo.co.uk/2009/03/east-christchurch-dorset-23rd-march-2001/ has a sighting from 2001 (posted recently)… maybe worth having a look here.


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WASHINGTON - In the latest sign of a surge for Canadian tennis, Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil will meet for the Citi Open title Sunday, marking the first tour final between two men from the country.
"The vibe that I get is that tennis is really growing right now in Canada," said Pospisil, who's from Vancouver. "I feel like people are getting really excited about it, especially with the results of Canadian players this year."
The 13th-seeded Pospisil edged sixth-seeded Richard Gasquet of France 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5 Saturday night at the hard-court tuneup for the U.S. Open.
On a muggy evening, Pospisil fell behind 3-0 in the third set, before pulling even at 3-all. Then he was two points from losing while trailing 5-4. But Pospisil came back to hold serve there, then broke in the next game when Gasquet's signature backhand broke down and produced three errors.
Pospisil dropped his racket on the court behind the baseline and raised his arms after ending the match by serving it out at love, including a pair of aces at 124 mph (200 kph) and 128 mph (206 kph). He reached his first career final — and won for the second time Saturday.
About 7 1/2 hours earlier, Pospisil finished off a rain-interrupted 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4 quarter-final victory against 10th-seeded Santiago Giraldo of Colombia. That match was suspended Friday night, two points into the third set.
"Generally, I do a good job (of) fighting in matches and not letting go of any match," Pospisil said. "It was a little bit tougher today, because I was feeling pretty heavy legs in the third set (against Gasquet), and I wasn't feeling physically, like, sharp."
The second-seeded Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., advanced by beating Donald Young of the United States 6-4, 7-5.
The ATP said it'll be the first time in the Open era, which began in 1968, that two Canadian men will face each other in a tournament final.
In the women's final, two-time major champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia will face Kurumi Nara of Japan. Kuznetsova beat Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-2, while Nara came back after dropping the first eight games to defeat Marina Erakovic 0-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Raonic, 23, was born in Montenegro, moved to Canada at age 3, and now lives in Monte Carlo. Pospisil, 24, was born in British Columbia and now lives in the Bahamas.
At Wimbledon last month, Raonic was a semifinalist in singles — the first man from Canada to get that far at a major tournament — while Pospisil paired with Jack Sock of the U.S. to win the men's doubles title. Also at the All England Club, another Canadian, Eugenie Bouchard, got to the women's singles final.
Raonic and Pospisil have known each other for years.
"Very different people," said Pospisil, who smashed his racket early in the second set against Gasquet. "Maybe I'm more emotional. I guess people know what I'm thinking more on the court."
The two Canadians played each other once before on tour: Raonic won their semifinal at Montreal in August 2013.
So Pospisil already knows what Young learned Saturday about Raonic's dangerous serve.
"It's like Monopoly," Young said. "He has a bunch of 'Get out of jail free' cards."
Powered by serves that reached 143 mph (231 kph) and resulted in 15 aces, Raonic reached his first final of the season. He won 34 of 37 first-serve points and never faced a break point.
"Against a player like that, with a serve like that, it's only going to be small windows," said Young, a 25-year-old from Atlanta. "And you have to be there to take advantage and be 'Johnny on the spot' — and I wasn't able to do that today."

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The sun takes its time setting behind the mountains, taking the heat of the day with it. Just minutes ago, camp was set up. The donkeys drink from a watering hole. Finally, the nomads can pause and rest. They deserve it.
They are eager to take their shoes off, stretching their feet and wiggling their toes. The cool earth soothes the tired feet of these men. They gather, each sitting on his own towel. They have been waiting for this moment all day. While others prepare food at the campsite, they exchanges stories. Muhammad, everyones senior, stands before them, speaking.
Tonight, he reminisces to his youth, sharing a story. The younger men, listen intently. The older men, having heard the story, absorb the scenery.
"Today reminds me of a day in my childhood, when I was on a journey like this with my father. The sunset was beautiful, as it is tonight, but that day was not as relaxed as today. In the midday heat, as we trekked through the desert, the sun was baking our bodies. The donkeys were stubborn and quickly growing weak. We should have listened to the earth, and sought shelter for the day, but that is not what we did. Pushing on, the heat grew worse, and the winds picked up. A sandstorm was brewing."
All the young men are staring at Muhammad, forgetting to blink.
"We were caught in the middle of the storm, and helpless to escape it. We could not see where we were going. My instant reaction was to cover my face from the sand. The men were frantically searching for cover, eventually finding a lone tree. Digging into the barren earth, they created enough room to protect the group. The storm seemed to rage on for hours, but in reality, it was minutes. Afterwards, we gathered ourselves, only to realize that we had lost our donkeys. A search found the donkeys, but unfortunately, it was too late. They did not survive the storm. Each able bodied man grabbed supplies, and we had to complete that days journey carrying everything. Now I tell you this story for two reason, and I suggest you learn from our misfortune. Listen to the earth, my brothers. She will tell you all that you need to know during your journey. The earth is a mystery, but she leaves you hints. Find them, and read these hints. Lastly, recognize that you may only bring what is essential to your life, and nothing more. We seldom realize the excess that we bring, until we must carry our possessions ourselves."
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Prosecution makes its final case in Zimmerman trial
- Jury to decide between acquittal%2C second-degree murder and manslaughter
- Murder verdict could bring life in prison%3B maximum for manslaughter is 30 years
- Prosecutors have portrayed Zimmerman as a lying wanna-be cop
SANFORD, Fla. — In a murder case that has sharply divided national opinion, a Florida jury will soon decide whether George Zimmerman is a killer who "tracked" and murdered an innocent black teenager or a conscientious citizen who fired a fatal bullet while fighting for his life.
Those are the two sides of the question presented in two weeks of stirring testimony here. Prosecutors gave their closing arguments Thursday, and the defense will present its closing Friday.
The jury will then decide whether Zimmerman, 29, a neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Trayvon Martin, should be acquitted or convicted of second-degree murder or manslaughter.
The murder charge carries a potential life prison term, and the maximum penalty in Florida for manslaughter is 30 years.
State prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda told the jury that Trayvon was an innocent teenager who is now dead because Zimmerman wrongly assumed the teen was a criminal and murdered him. Prosecutors throughout the trial have portrayed Zimmerman as a lying wanna-be cop who followed Trayvon even after a police dispatcher told him via cellphone that pursuit was not necessary.
"A teenager is dead, and he's dead through no fault of his own," de la Rionda said to jurors. "He's dead because another man made an assumption."
In a dramatic, at times loud closing statement, de la Rionda outlined for jurors why they should find Zimmerman guilty. The prosecutor focused on several main theories of his case: Trayvon would be alive if Zimmerman hadn't profiled him, the unarmed teen was pursued by a man carrying a gun, and Zimmerman gave inconsistent statements to police and a reporter.
Zimmerman's defense team maintains that Trayvon, 17, was the aggressor and that Zimmerman shot him in self-defense during a struggle in which the teenager repeatedly bashed Zimmerman's head into a concrete sidewalk.
The case has gripped the nation since the shooting happened on Feb. 26, 2012. Police initially did not charge Zimmerman with a crime, citing Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which allows someone who believes he is in imminent danger to take whatever steps are necessary to protect himself.
Protests ensued in several cities, including New York, by supporters of Trayvon's family. Many protesters voiced the opinion that Trayvon was targeted and killed for racial reasons. Trayvon was black, and Zimmerman is Hispanic.
Florida's state prosecutor stepped in and charged Zimmerman with murder on April 11, 2012.
The trial, held in the same Florida city where Trayvon was killed, has brought the facts of the case under a nationally-televised spotlight, with every moment captured on camera.
Using a projector, de la Rionda on Thursday showed jurors a photo of Zimmerman taken at the police station the night of the shooting — alongside a close-up of Trayvon's dead body.
De la Rionda noted that Trayvon's hands had no blood on them. "His (Trayvon's) body speaks to you," de la Rionda said. "It proves to you that this defendant is lying."
De la Rionda told the jury the key word in the prosecution's case was "assumptions." Zimmerman "automatically assumed that Trayvon Martin was a criminal, and that is why we are here," de la Rionda said. Later, he said Trayvon wasn't trespassing in the gated community but was being a normal teen making a trip to the store.
De la Rionda also painted Zimmerman as someone who already knew he could ultimately win any confrontation with Trayvon.
"He's got a gun; he's got the equalizer," de la Rionda said. He asked the six-woman jury to use "your God-given common sense" and find Zimmerman guilty of second-degree murder.
The defense has called several witnesses who lived in the community where the struggle between Trayvon and Zimmerman happened. Zimmerman claims he was heading back to his truck when Trayvon assaulted him. People who live in the area said they heard screams and saw a struggle going on in the dark.
Screams can be heard in a 911 call dialed by one of the residents. The tape of that call was played for the jury. The fathers of both Trayvon and Zimmerman took the stand to testify that they were positive that the screams on the tape came from their own son.
Randy Reep, a Florida criminal defense attorney who has followed the case, said he'll be surprised if Zimmerman is convicted of murder.
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Zimmerman's attorneys get three hours for their closing Friday. The state will then get one hour to present rebuttal statements.
The jury could begin deliberations Friday.
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While assessing the meeting of Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh with President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan at Yekaterinburg in Russia in an article on June 19,2009, available at http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers33/paper3261.html
I wrote as follows:
"Manmohan Singh is not a man of confrontation. He took the decision to freeze the composite dialogue mainly because of the fears of a likely adverse impact on the voting in the recently-held elections to the Parliament if he did not take a seemingly hard line against Pakistan. Now that the Congress (I)-led coalition has come back to power----with the Congress (I) improving its own individual position in the Lok Sabha, the lower House of the Parliament--- he is unlikely to feel the need for maintaining the present hardline position on the composite dialogue........ At this time, when winds of some change for the better seem to be blowing towards India from Washington DC, Manmohan Singh would find it difficult to reject suggestions from the US for a political gesture to the Government in Islamabad by way of a resumption of the composite dialogue. The question is no longer whether it will be resumed, but when and how it will be projected to save the faces of both India and Pakistan."
2.In the context of this assessment made by me on June 19, today's development during his meeting with the Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan in the margins of the non-aligned summit at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt did not come to me as a surprise. I do feel upset not so much by the reported agreement of Manmohan Singh that "India was ready to discuss all issues with Pakistan, including all outstanding issues" as by the phraseology relating to terrorism in the joint statement, which would enable Pakistan once again to wriggle out of any negative consequences arising from its involvement in the Mumbai terrorist strike of November 26/, 2008
3. The relevant question is not whether Pakistan is against terrorism. All Pakistani leaders had said that they are against terrorism. But, not one of them had ever agreed that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET), which carried out the Mumbai outrage, is a terrorist organisation. Even the Pakistani judiciary has already pronounced that the Zardari Government has not been able to produce any evidence linking the LET or the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) with any terrorist movement. The Lahore High Court judgement of June 6,2009, explaining the decision to release
Prof.Hafiz Mohammad Sayeed, the JUD Amir, from house arrest,clearly said as reported by the "Daily Times" of Lahore: "About the Dawa leaders' involvement in the Mumbai attacks, the bench observed that not a single document had been brought on the record that Dawa or the petitioners were involved in the said incident. There was no evidence that the petitioners had any links with Al Qaeda or any terrorist movement."
4.The oral observations made earlier this week in the Pakistan Supreme Court by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhury during the preliminary arguments on the appeals sought to be filed by the Punjab and the federal Governments against the release of Sayeed made more or less similar observations and expressed considerable skepticism over the case against Sayeed and the JUD.
5. When senior judges of the Lahore High Court and the Supreme Court have already expressed their skepticism in open court over Indian allegations of the involvement of the JUD, the political wing of the LET, in the Mumbai attack, to expect that justice will be done to the memory of the 166 persons killed in Mumbai-----123 Indian civilians, 25 foreign civilians and 18 brave officers and other ranks of the security forces--- by the terrorists of the LET as promised by the Pakistani co-operation against terrorism will be naivete of a very high order comparable to the naivete of Neville Chamberlain, the predecessor of Winston Churchill as the British Prime Minister.
6. I would have been at least satisfied if the two Prime Ministers had specifically stated that the countries would co-operate against the LET instead of just saying that the two countries would co-operate against terrorism. If the Prime Minister's advisers had properly briefed him before his meeting with Gilani, they would have drawn his attention to the following facts:
· While even Musharraf banned the LET for some months after the December,2001, attack on the Indian Parliament, Zardari has till today not banned the JUD, the post-2001 name of the LET.
· He and his advisers have been saying that they had to act against Sayeed and his associates because of the declaration of the anti-terrorism committee of the UN Security Council that the JUD is a terrorist organization and not because they had any independent evidence against it. It was on this ground that Sayeed was ordered to be released.
7. Not a single reference to the LET. Not a single reference to its continuing terrorist infrastructure. And, we have provided dignity to Pakistan's baseless allegations against Baloch freedom-fighters by agreeing to make a reference to Balochistan in the joint statement in the context of terrorism by indirectly bringing on record in an official statement Pakistan's projection of the late Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and other Baloch leaders as terrorists. Hafiz Mohammed Sayeed is not a terrorist, but Bugti and other Baloch leaders were or are.That has been Pakistan's contention and we have let this figure in the joint statement.
8. This agreement, which seeks to white-wash years of Pakistani sponsorship of terrorism against Indian civilians and security forces, will make all those who died at the hands of the terrorists shed tears in heaven.
9.Annexed is a copy of my preface to my forthcoming book titled "Mumbai 26/11: A Day of Infamy." ( 16-7-09)
( The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai. E-mail: email@example.com )
Even while holding talks with the US on peace in the Pacific, the Japanese Empire secretly and treacherously planned and carried out massive surprise attacks from the air and the sea on Pearl Harbour in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, killing a large number of American military personnel and civilians and destroying the US naval base there.
In an address to the US Congress the next day, which came to be known as the "Day of Infamy" speech, the then US President Franklin D.Roosevelt said: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that Nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its Government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to the Secretary of State their reply to a recent American message. While this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack. It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese Government had deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace. .... The facts of yesterday speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our Nation. As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense. Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very
certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again. Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger. With confidence in our armed forces -- with the unbounded determination of our people – we will gain the inevitable triumph -- so help us God. I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December seventh, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire. "
Sixty-seven years later, the world saw another day of infamy on November 26,2008. Around 8-30 PM, a group of 10 Pakistani terrorists belonging to the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET), an ally of Al Qaeda and a strategic asset of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), secretly landed in the seafront area of Mumbai, the jewel of India and the business and financial capital of a newly-emerging economic power, divided themselves into four groups and went around spreading death and destruction over a wide area in the sea-front.
It was a commando-style raid by a group of specially trained jihadis, the like of which the world had not seen before.
One group killed the ordinary people of the city----innocent men, women and children. Many in a railway station. Some in a hospital. And some others on the roads and elsewhere.
Two others, after killing the diners and staff of a restaurant, entered and occupied two five-star hotels frequented by the business and social elite of India and the world. They remained in occupation of the hotels for nearly 60 hours and engaged in a confrontation with the security forces before they were killed.
The fourth group forced its way into a Jewish cultural-cum-religious centre, took its six inmates----four Israelis and two with dual US nationality--- hostages, tortured them and finally killed them before the security forces could intervene. Among those tortured and killed by them was an Israeli woman, who was expecting a baby.
It was one of the most treacherous attacks in the history of terrorism. And one of the most dastardly.
As treacherous and as dastardly as Al Qaeda's attacks in the US homeland on 9/11.
But Al Qaeda was not the tool of any State. No State was using it to attack the US.
The LET was. It was the tool of Pakistan's military-intelligence establishment.
It has been since its creation in the 1980s during the so-called jihad against the Soviet troops in Afghanistan.
The ISI used it in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
It has been using it against India since 1993.
Initially in Jammu & Kashmir. Subsequently, in other parts of India.
The LET helped the ISI in its strategic agenda against India.
This did not stop it from helping Al Qaeda in its operations against the West.
The fact that post-9/11, the LET had started acting as the strategic ally of Al Qaeda did not come in the way of its continued role as the strategic asset of the ISI.
This was not the first act of mass casualty terrorism carried out by the LET in Mumbai.
This was the second.
The first was in July 2006 when terrorists trained by it carried out a series of explosions in the suburban trains of Mumbai killing over 170 innocent civilians.
Instead of reacting with as much righteous indignation and force against Pakistan as Roosevelt did against the Japanese Empire for its act of treachery, we chose to give it the benefit of doubt.
Within two months of this act of treachery, we entered into an agreement with Pakistan for setting up a joint counter-terrorism mechanism as if Pakistan looked upon the LET as a terrorist organisation.
It never did.
We entered into peace talks with Pakistan. Through governmental and non-governmental channels. Composite dialogue, it was called.
Even as these talks were going on, the ISI was preparing two other groups of terrorists for use against India,
One group attacked the Indian Embassy in Kabul in the first week of July,2008.
What brave statements we made after the Kabul attack! We threatened to have the ISI destroyed!
The Pakistanis and the ISI must have chuckled within themselves.
Imagine the Government of India translating its brave words into action!
It has never done it.
The Pakistanis must have been certain that it will never do it in future.
So as the peace talks were going on and as the so-called joint counter-terrorism mechanism was holding one meeting after another, a new group of terrorists was being trained commando style.
Initially, they were trained in camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Subsequently, in Karachi.
Then, they sailed to Mumbai and attacked in the darkness of early night.
The Japanese Pearl Harbour attack lasted just a few hours.
The LET attack lasted 60 hours plus.
The Japanese attack targeted mainly military installations and personnel.
The LET attack targeted only civilians---Indians and foreigners.
The ISI-sponsored LET attack was as treacherous as the Japanese attack.
And as dastardly.
And how did we react?
As a nation?
As a people?
As a political class?
As we have always done.
Brave and indignant words in the beginning.
And a subsequent reluctance to translate the words into action.
The day of infamy on December 7,1941, changed the history of the world.
And our own day of infamy of November 26,2008?
Has it changed the history of the sub-continent?
Have we created the fear of God in the minds of Pakistan and its terrorist surrogates?
Have our reactions made it certain that there will not be another 26/11 in our history?
Far from it.
Far, far,far from it.
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He shouldn't be any kind of cop
And these contracts probably need to be modified to put people on "unpaid leave" when arrested for a serious crime like assault. Otherwise it looks like the state is rewarding outrageous conduct with a vacation.
Saves you money in the long run Dan.....
The guy will be fired, but civil service and contracts prevent cities and towns from just cutting people off from their paychecks. What if he turns up innocent and the guy loses his house? It's a long shot, but you better off paying him the 3k this month than have to pay him the 300k if he is found innocent.
But "if" he's guilty
And the trial drags out forever we never get that.money back.
Consider it a lost cause.
Consider it a lost cause. This state wastes more money on less. His salary is going to be less than the cost of the new carpets they plan on putting in the state house.
A contract change that puts an employee on unpaid leave before he's found guilty of a crime would go over like a fart in church. The union would fight for something pretty big in return for that language change.
Most important part is that, if convicted, you get a dangerous police officer off the street.
Contracts and civil service
Contracts and civil service laws can be changed.
What happens if someone in the private sector is fired and loses their house because they're arrested 3 times? Why should it be different for government employees?
That would depend, wouldn't it
If the private sector person does not have a morality clause as a condition of their employment, gets fired before their day in court, then get cleared of the charges, the employer would have an interesting wrongful termination lawsuit to answer to.
On the other hand, there's professional sports. I don't think I have to say more on that.
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So he is on paid leave while he sits in jail? If he cant go to work because hes in jail we shouldnt have to keep paying him.
Depends on what kind of time he is using....
First off, I'm not sure he is still in jail, but if he was, and wanted to take two weeks vacation or something, you have to pay him for those days.
And yes, you have to pay him because legally he is still innocent until proven guilty.
Poor Pete
Having to defend this a-hole.
Of course, you're absolutely right. Silly due process gets in the way all the time.
I did exactly what you did waquit.....
Explained how due process works.
I wouldn't lose any sleep if they hanged him tomorrow night. Does that make you change your mind?
Yeah, but
I won't get hit by the blue line crap. And hopefully my comment will keep that from happening.
Hanging might be a bit much, but he certainly is giving them the rope to do it with.
It's due process, people. Now, if you excuse me, I am going back into hiding until I have to explain that bail is not a form of punishment.
EDIT- I did not know what the guy looked like when I commented on punishment. Do not read into that.
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Sergeant at 29? Sharp guy or the soft bigotry of affirmative action? Innocent, etc.
How many employees have criminal backgrounds and if they beat their girlfriends senseless how many beatings do they give out to the poor souls they kick out of the subways on a daily basis.


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And yet, Ruth eventually decided to break all ties with her husband, in part to repair her relationship with her son. She has not divorced him.
The Madoff saga presents a dilemma that confronts many individuals: Should you be loyal to a family member who has done something wrong?
There are no hard and fast rules, says Stephen Scales, an associate professor of philosophy and religious studies at Towson University in Maryland, but there are some questions you can ask yourself to clarify your thinking. Among them:
Is your relative causing ongoing harm to innocent third parties?
Is the relative causing ongoing harm to you?
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"You can't allow (someone) to do that — even if it's your dad."
Ranking the relatives
Is there a pecking order of closeness? Details of a Pew Research Center survey show the percentage who said they felt "very obligated" to provide needed financial assistance or caregiving to their:
Parent: 83 percent
Grown child: 77 percent
Grandparent: 67 percent
Brother or sister: 64 percent
Spouse or partner's parent: 62 percent
Grown stepchild: 60 percent
Stepparent: 55 percent
Step- or half-sibling: 43 percent
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On the other hand, Mike's girlfriend is healthy, younger and seems to have given Mike a new lease on life in the bedroom. But wait… There's more. Mike has moved his wife into the guest room where she can hear her husband and his new girlfriend making love as she lies in bed alone, in pain, waiting to die. There is no delicate way of describing this demeaning end to a life and a marriage that at one time, had love and promise, but Mike and his girlfriend have given new meaning to the word "scum."
Over and over I've asked myself what kind of man does this; what kind of girlfriend gets involved with a man like Mike and how did Rhonda windup being so vulnerable that she feels she has no other option? I know what it's like to be without my husband and to literally have no family, except for my mother who has dementia, but I have dear friends who would be there if I needed help. I've tried to put myself in Rhonda's position. What must it feel like to be so lost and alone and without resources? What must if feel like to have your self worth thrown out like yesterday's trash?
Sadly, there are endless variations to Rhonda's story, women who are alone and in less than ideal settings as they go through breast cancer treatment and cope with end of life issues. My friend and fellow breast cancer blogger, Terri Wingham at A Fresh Chapter, recently wrote a blog about meeting women in Vietnam who've been abandoned by their husbands and left to fend for themselves with no money for food or treatment for their breast cancer. Another friend and breast cancer survivor, Philippa Kibugu-Decuir of Breast Cancer Initiative East Africa, has told me similar stories about women in her home country of Rwanda.
What must it be like to be treated as though you are to blame for your breast cancer, told that you are no longer wanted or valued? Some of this heartless behavior is a result of an uneducated populace in countries where survival of the fittest defines the basics of everyday life. Mike, however, lives in the wealthiest country in the world where he has a car, a job, a modern home and food in his refrigerator. So how do the "Mikes" of the world come to be that way? Where does their lack of respect for life and family come from?
I wonder if the actions of other men influence them, men like John who ran for President of the United States, whose girlfriend gave birth to his child while his wife, Elizabeth, was fighting Stage IV breast cancer? Yes, these men give new meaning to the word "scum" along with "shallow," "selfish" and "cruel."


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When Microsoft launched its Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets last year, it went down a path the company had not yet taken. Here was Microsoft – which historically made software that ran on other manufacturers' PCs – designing, building and selling its very own personal computer.
At the launch, CEO Steve Ballmer explained that Microsoft wanted to give its new Windows 8, touch-based operating system, a showcase. Of course, if its hardware partners had done a decent job, this move would be unnecessary. Microsoft wanted to show how Windows 8 should be done, even if it risked its relationship with manufacturers.
Indeed, at the opening keynote for Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, the announcement that sales of Surface tablets would begin soon in 28 more countries brought stony silence from the 14,000+ gathered in the Toyota Center.
Ballmer has made it clear that Microsoft would be building more hardware. He has repeatedly said Microsoft would become a "devices and services" company. On Thursday, Microsoft announced a sweeping reorganization of its structure aimed at doing just that. The company, which famously had been fractured into many business units, will consolidate into a much more horizontal structure aimed at ending the notorious infighting that has plagued it for years.
With its plans to build its own hardware, and this new organizational structure, it's becoming increasingly clear that Microsoft is morphing its business model to match that of its top rival.
Microsoft is becoming the new Apple.
By creating its own hardware, Microsoft is adopting the philosophy that the best way to create computing products is to have control over the product's hardware as well as software. And, as the New York Times points out, the corporate structure that Microsoft has adopted is the same one that Apple has had for years. And Microsoft is not alone in copying this approach:
The notion of organizing the company around the trinity of modern technology products — software, hardware and services — is most famously used by Apple. It is yet another sign of how deeply Apple's way of doing things has seeped into every pore of the technology industry.
And in the process, some of the biggest technology companies are starting to look much more alike organizationally. The goal is to get thousands of employees to collaborate more closely, to avoid some duplication and, as a result, to build their products to work more harmoniously together.
Of course, Microsoft still has challenges. It has to execute well on these changes. You can move an org chart around, but a culture of infighting and corporate fiefdoms can't be changed overnight with the issuance of a 2,700-word memo.
And despite this move toward gaining more control over its products, it still sells most of its wares through its partners. Ballmer told the Houston gathering on Monday that 90 percent of Microsoft's revenues come in some way through its partners. Even if Microsoft seeks a better Windows experience by selling its own hardware, it still must ensure its software runs on thousands of hardware configurations it cannot control.
There are positive signs that Microsoft is on the right track. Its ability to update Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 within a year shows some newfound agility, and the company has responded quickly to fix complaints about its Surface tablets. But the real test will be whether Microsoft can create hardware and software products on a pace with the rest of the industry, and make them attractive enough that consumers are excited about buying them, year after year.
Microsoft's strength has long been to copy what others have done and make it more affordable and accessible to the masses. However, that's contributed to what's called the "the race to the bottom," in which products get ever cheaper and less profitable to build. Apple has succeeded and thrived financially by creating products that people are willing to pay more for. That's the last piece of the puzzle that Microsoft needs to solve to make its transformation complete, and it's the trickiest of them all.


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Lu Xiaofeng Book 4 - Silver Hook Casino
(Translated by Foxs, Edited by Eliza Bennet)
Chapter 1 – The Night of Saving-a-Beauty Kindness
Autumn night. End of autumn.
The dark and long alley was quiet and lonesome; there was only one solitary lamp.
The old and worn out white lantern had turned almost grey, it hung slanting above a narrow door at the very end of the long alley. Dangling below the lantern was a shiny silver hook, an ordinary hook, just like the one used by an old fisherman.
The silver hook kept swaying in the autumn wind. The autumn wind seemed to sigh, sighing over why would there be so many people in this world who were willing to let themselves being caught by this silver hook?
From the damp, gloomy and cold fog Fang Yufei entered the brilliantly illuminated Silver Hook Casino. Taking off his dark colored cloak, he revealed an extremely well-fitting, specially tailored, exquisite silver-colored satin garment.
Every day, he was happiest around this time, especially today.
Because Lu Xiaofeng was standing right next to him. Lu Xiaofeng had always been a friend he was most fond of, a friend he respected the most.
Lu Xiaofeng was also in very high spirits, just because he was Lu Xiaofeng.
The luxuriously decorated hall was brimming with warmness and gaiety. The aroma of wine mixed with the fragrance of high-quality cosmetics; the intermittent jingling of silver coins was pleasant to the ears, no music in this world was more melodious than this kind of noise.
He liked to hear this kind of noise, just like the majority of people in the world, he also liked luxury and enjoyed life to the fullest.
But actually, the Silver Hook Casino was a very luxurious place. At any time you would find all kinds of extravagant people, prepared to enjoy all kinds of extravagant enjoyments.
And the most extravagant enjoyment naturally was the gambling.
Everybody was gambling, everybody's concentration was on their stakes on the gambling table, but when Lu Xiaofeng and Fang Yufei walked in, everybody could not help but raised their heads to look.
Some people were indeed like a magnet among a bunch of nails. Lu Xiaofeng and Fang Yufei were undoubtedly this kind of people.
"Who in the world are these two exceptional young men?"
"The one in silver satin garment is the brother-in-law of this gambling establishment's big boss." The one answering was a wiry thin man, a typical true gambler.
"Are you saying he is the younger brother of Blue Beard's new wife?"
"Her flesh and blood younger brother!"
"Isn't he the Silver Sparrowhawk Fang Yufei?"
"The one and only."
"They say he is a very famous playboy, proficient in eating, drinking, women and gambling; his qinggong was not bad."
"That's why a lot of people say that he is a 'flower picking bandit'!" the true gambler said with a laugh, "Actually, if he wants a girl, he only needs to do is just beckon with his finger, there is no need for him to go 'pick flower' in the middle of the night."
"I heard his sister, Fang Yuxiang is also a very well-known pretty woman."
"More beautiful than flower, more exquisite than jade," another man sighed with his eyes closed, "That woman simply cannot be described with these two words, 'pretty woman'; she is simply 'the-cause-of-downfall-of-a-nation' kind of rarity!"
"Who's that young fellow next to Fang Yufei? How come his eyebrows slant down just like his moustache?"
"If I am not mistaken, he must be that Four-eyebrow Lu Xiaofeng!"
Lu Xiaofeng.
Some people have become legendary characters when they are still alive. Without a doubt, Lu Xiaofeng was this kind of person.
At the mention of his name, everybody's gaze was immediately fixed on him, except for one person.
This person was, unexpectedly, a woman.
She was wearing light-as-a-feather, soft silk gown in apple green. So soft that it looked like a second layer of skin hugging her slender and mature body. Her skin was as delicate and smooth as a white jade; sometimes it almost looked translucent, just like an ice statue. Her beautiful face was completely devoid of any makeup. Her pair of clear and bright eyes was the best decoration any woman would dream of in vain. The corner of her eyes did not even look at Lu Xiaofeng, but with all his heart and soul, Lu Xiaofeng's stare was fixated on her.
Fang Yufei laughed and shook his head, "There are at least seven, eight good-looking women in this room, why do you have to look at her?"
Lu Xiaofeng: "Because she is ignoring me."
Fang Yufei laughed, "Do you think that all women will kneel down and kiss your foot as soon as they see you?"
Lu Xiaofeng sighed, "At the very least she should give me a glance. I am not the very least the most ugly man."
Fang Yufei: "If you want to look at her, it is best if you keep your distance."
Lu Xiaofeng: "Why?"
Lowering his voice, Fang Yufei said, "This woman is an iceberg, if you want to move her, be careful, your hand will catch frostbite!"
Lu Xiaofeng also smiled.
But as he smiled, he walked straight toward the iceberg. No matter how many high mountain ridges he had climbed, right now he only wanted to climb this iceberg.
This iceberg smelled good. It was definitely not the fragrance of the perfume, it was not even the aroma of the wine. Some women were just like fresh flowers; not only were they beautiful, they even radiate fresh fragrance. Undoubtedly, she was this kind of woman.
Right now Lu Xiaofeng was like a honeybee; as he smelled the flower fragrance, he wanted to fly and land on the stamen of this flower.
Fortunately he was not drunk yet; he stopped right behind her.
The iceberg did not turn her head. In her beautiful and delicate hands she was holding some chips. She was pondering whether she should place her bet on 'big'? Or should she place it on 'small'?
The dealer started to roll the dice, and then 'Bang!' he slapped the dice box on the table. "Place your bet, now!" he shouted.
The iceberg was still thinking. Lu Xiaofeng blinked and with an exaggerated movement he stepped closer and softly whispered on her ear, "This time you should bet on 'small'."
Immediately the delicate hand placed the chips down, but she placed her bet on 'big'.
As the dice box was opened, the number of dots on three dice amount to only 'seven'.
"Seven dots, small! Eat 'big', pay up 'small'."
The iceberg's countenance paled. She turned her head around and shot Lu Xiaofeng a malicious look then she turned and walked away.
Lu Xiaofeng could only force a bitter smile.
Some women were born with a rebellious character in their blood; particularly rebellious against men. Lu Xiaofeng should have thought that she might be this kind of woman.
The iceberg had already walked through the crowd toward the door. As she walked, she maintained a peculiarly graceful bearing.
"There won't be one woman of this temperament among a hundred thousand; it will be a pity to miss her. If you don't pursue her, you will regret it!" Lu Xiaofeng was admonishing himself in his heart.
He was always a man who listened to his own advice, therefore, he immediately walked after her.
Fang Yufei met him and slowly said, "Must you really climb this iceberg?"
Lu Xiaofeng: "I am not afraid of frostbite."
Fang Yufei patted his shoulder, "But you must be careful nonetheless; icebergs are very slippery, you might slip down and fall."
Lu Xiaofeng: "How many times have you slipped down and fall?"
Fang Yufei smiled. Of course it was a forced smile. It was not until Lu Xiaofeng had walked out the door did he mutter to himself, "Falling down from this iceberg, at the most, you can only fall down once, because this one time you will plunge yourself to your death."
The dark long alley was still dark. The night had been very deep. The carriages and horses were parked outside the alley. It did not matter what kind of people, whoever wanted to visit the Silver Hook Casino must walk through this dark alley. This had made the Silver Hook Casino several degrees more mysterious and wasn't it mystery which has always been most appealing to human beings since time immemorial?
The silver hook was still swaying in the wind. Perhaps the number of people hooked by this silver hook was a hundred times higher than the number of fish caught by the old fisherman.
The night was desolate, the lantern grew dim.
The iceberg walked in front, a dull green cloak was added to the number of clothes she was wearing.
Lu Xiaofeng followed behind her. The dull green cloak rose and fell gently under the dim lantern light. He was like a lovely little child who chases after floating clouds in his dream.
There was nobody else in that dark alley; the alley was very long.
Suddenly the iceberg turned around and stared at Lu Xiaofeng. Her pair of eyes seemed colder than the autumn star.
Lu Xiaofeng had no choice but halt his steps; he looked at her and smiled.
"Why are you following me?" the iceberg suddenly said.
Lu Xiaofeng laughed, "I have made you lose some money, I feel very bad in my heart; and so …"
"And so you want to compensate me?" the iceberg said.
Lu Xiaofeng nodded immediately.
Iceberg: "And how do think you will compensate me?"
Lu Xiaofeng: "I know a diner in the city for night-time snacks, they are open all night, the food and wine are not bad at all. The night is now very deep, you must be a little bit hungry!"
The iceberg rolled her eyes. "That's not a good idea. I have an even better one."
Lu Xiaofeng: "What is it?"
Unexpectedly, the iceberg smiled. "Come closer, I'll tell you."
Of course Lu Xiaofeng came closer.
He did not expect there would be time when this iceberg would melt, which made him not able to think. Suddenly a blow landed on the left side of his face, followed by another blow on the right side of his face.
The iceberg's hand was truly fast; not only it was fast, it was heavy too.


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Parabola GNU/Linux joins the FSF list of free distributions
Parabola strives to keep its packaging and management tools as simple as possible, so that users have plenty of flexibility to install and configure the system to their liking. It's based on Arch, and provides instructions for current Arch users to migrate to Parabola and remove any nonfree software they might have installed. A small team of hackers has come together to build and maintain the distribution.
There are now nine different distributions included on our list. If you haven't already made the switch, check it out—with plenty of choices available, there's sure to be one that suits your needs and tastes.
All of the distributions follow the Free System Distribution Guidelines, which spell out a commitment to ensure that the distribution only ever includes or recommends free software. There's a lot of free software out there, and sometimes mistakes slip through the cracks. If you find nonfree software in one of these distributions, you can report it as a bug. Once the report is confirmed, we'll send you a GNU Buck as a token of our appreciation.


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Fourth Amendment rights in action
Steve Watson
June 25, 2012
In a remarkable exchange that shows exactly why it pays to know your rights, a law student in Portland, Maine backed down a police officer who had stopped him for no reason other than he was carrying a gun.
After clearly stating that he did not consent to any searches or seizures, the student asked the officer what crime he had been suspected of committing.
The officer stated that he had received calls about a man carrying a gun.
"That is not illegal. Can I have my gun back and be on my way?" the student notes during the incident while filming it on his phone.
"In order to stop me you have to suspect me of a crime." the man notes.
As Maine is a traditional open carry state, it is perfectly legal and acceptable to carry a firearm openly.
The officer, J McDonald, asks for ID, which the man declines to provide on the grounds that he has not been told he is suspected of any wrongdoing.
The student then notes that being detained without suspicion of any criminal activity violates Delaware v Prouse, and that stopping someone over a legally carried firearm violates US v DeBerry.
Seizure of the weapon with no reasonable suspicion is a violation of Terry v Ohio, and demanding ID without reasonable suspicion is a violation of Brown v Texas, the student also notes.
In a hilarious moment, a female police officer, off camera, asks the man what he has under his shirt, to which he replies "suspenders to keep my pants up".
Eventually the officer concedes that the man is free to go and take his gun with him.
Although in this instance the stop was handled calmly by the officer, his assertion that it was "routine" highlights how the Fourth amendment to the Constitution is under constant attack every day. Thankfully some Americans are still choosing to learn and defend their rights.
Watch the exchange below:
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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