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Scottish Hotel Staff Convinced CCTV Captured Ghost
British Coalition May Serve Up McKinnon To U.S.
Suicides Plague Chinese Technology Manufacturer
New MUFON Controversy / 'Mysterious Universe' 323

Scottish Hotel Staff Convinced CCTV Captured Ghost

Posted: 27 May 2010 01:18 PM PDT

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stv - Staff at the New Lanark Mill Hotel are convinced the image of a ghost has been caught on CCTV.

A number of sightings have been reported over the years at the New Lanark World Heritage site in the Clyde Valley, but there has so far been no evidence to back up witnesses' claims.

But CCTV footage of the hotel's rear car park captures an image that staff are convinced is in fact a ghost.

General Manager John Stirrat said: "We were routinely reviewing CCTV footage taken in the early hours of May 12 in our rear car park, an area that was formerly stables. Between 0130 and 0300 in the morning, we were startled to see, quite clearly, a mysterious ghostly shape in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen which came and went.

"At one point it disappears through a door, without opening it, and reappears. No staff, guests or members of the public were outside at the time, so it is definitely not human nor a trick of the light."

The camera is looking downwards from the top right corner of the hotel and shows a small bright figure, about four feet high, possibly a child. Dressed in luminous white, it is seen bending and nodding before becoming motionless for a while. It then becomes more agitated and appears to change position by jumping onto a higher level. During the footage a number of bright surreal flashes can be seen.

Mr Stirrat added: "It is the strangest, eeriest thing I have ever seen,"

"It makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.

"We were very fortunate to capture it on screen and it has caused considerable debate here in the village. Originally I was sceptical about ghosts but now, after reviewing the footage again and again, I'm not so sure."

New Lanark is a restored cotton mill village on the River Clyde. It was founded in 1785 and is now a World Heritage site. Once Britain's largest cotton manufacturing centre, the village rose to fame as a model community under social reformer and philanthropist Robert Owen.

The mill operated until the late 1960s and was restored in subsequent years and is now a major tourist attraction and is one of only five UNESCO World Heritage sites in Scotland. As well as a visitor centre and hotel, the village is home to around 200 people.

NOTE: well, I just don't see a ghost. Maybe some moisture on the lens being moved by the wind...but not a spiritual apparition. Take a look and tell me what you think...Lon

Scottish Hotel Staff Convinced CCTV Captured Ghost

British Coalition May Serve Up McKinnon To U.S.

Posted: 27 May 2010 12:59 PM PDT

theinquirer - Lib-Dem Leader Nick Clegg has performed an about face on the Government's power to stop the US from extraditing accused UK hacker Gary McKinnon.

The Deputy Prime Minister has thrown the prospect of a Home Office tribunal for McKinnon into doubt after suggesting that neither he nor anyone else in the coalition can save the UFO hunter from a US show trial.

While out of the government Clegg was a long time supporter of McKinnon, believing extradition would be a contravention of human rights. He sharply criticised Alan Johnson, the previous Home Secretary, for claiming he was powerless to intervene.

"It's simply not good enough for Alan Johnson to shrug his shoulders and claim that nothing can be done," Clegg wrote in the Daily Mail back in 2009.

"It's completely within his power to enact amendments from the Police and Justice Act, which would allow Gary McKinnon to be tried over here," Clegg protested at the time.

Then, on a BBC radio interview yesterday, Clegg completely reversed his position. The powers he had claimed were possessed by Johnson apparently had somehow vanished once Clegg himself joined the Government.

"What I haven't got power to do, neither has the Home Secretary neither has even the Prime Minister, is to completely reverse and undo certain legal aspects of this," he whinnied.

Clegg continued, "That of course you wouldn't want politicians to do. That's what we are looking at at the moment. It's legally very complex. But on the sort of morality and principle of it, I haven't changed my view one bit."

What's going on? The new coalition government is already rolling over under US pressure to take McKinnon away for trial and likely a very long prison term overseas. Clegg's protestations that his moral view hasn't changed apparently will be worth nothing for McKinnon.

The US wants to get its claws on McKinnnon after it claimed he caused $800,000 in damages during his searches for UFO coverups on US military and NASA networks. The US is still reeling from "the biggest military hack of all time" after being badly embarrassed by the autistic McKinnon.

A self-confessed bumbling computer nerd who suffers from Asperger syndrome wrote a simple Perl script that tied together other people's programs and searched for blank passwords, circumventing what should have been some of the world's most secure computer systems. Now the US government wants to make a severe example of him out of a desire for revenge. And the lame UK Government won't prevent it.

NOTE: I'm still under the impression that McKinnon knew what he was doing and probably accessed information that is more sensitive then we're being lead to believe. It also seems to me that the new coalition government in Great Britain doesn't want to 'mix it up' with the U.S. when it comes to intelligence...Lon

British Coalition May Serve Up McKinnon To U.S.

Suicides Plague Chinese Technology Manufacturer

Posted: 27 May 2010 12:09 PM PDT

puggal - Foxconn opened the gates of their plant following by media pressure on Wednesday. Foxconn Technology Group's Chairman Terry Gou led the media tour at the Foxconn complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. But it was not an informative group or Foxconn had invited reporters for briefing them about their upcoming product. The main news is Foxconn has lost as many as 10 workers this year, and making the situation even worse. All of these deaths came through suicides. Recently, on Tuesday another employee Li Hai, 19, committed suicide and finished his life by his own hands. Li jumped from the building of his own company. The queer thing about this case is that he had just 42 days of working with this organization.

The media is paying a lot of attention in this case and they are asking questions about the company employees that why are all of these people killing themselves. The purpose of inviting media in the company was they wanted to make sure that there were no paranormal activities going in the company and committing suicides was the personal decision of the employees. Foxconn Technology has business relations with giants like Apple, Dell and Nokia phones.

More than 300,000 people work at Shenzhen plant and reportedly it was the 9th death in the list of suicides by comply employees. Two other workers also tried to kill them by jumping from the building but they survived. Only one suicide that occurred outside Shenzhen plant was in northern Hebei province in the month of January this year.

The chairman says media interest can make situation even worse because unintentionally they are provoking other employees for more suicides.
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Foxconn Suicide Report: Deaths Prompt Independent Investigations By Apple And HP

devicemag - After a growing number of suicidal deaths of Foxconn employees, the tech manufacturer has caught the attention of two of its biggest clients: Apple and Hewelett Packard. Nine suicides have occurred at Foxconn, so Apple and HP have decided to take action.

Foxconn is one of the largest manufacturers of high technology in the world- producing gadgets like the iPhone, among countless others. So it's no surprise that the recent slew of suicides has caught the attention of both Foxconn's clients and the mass media.

Foxconn is considered by many to be a borderline sweatshop- working conditions are harsh, but always voluntary. Most employees sign waivers so the company can schedule them for more overtime than would otherwise be legal. In addition, wages are low, and working conditions are cramped, so it comes as no surprise that the suicides have become contagious.

Apple is taking the lead in looking into the recent deaths:

"We're in direct contact with Foxconn senior management and we believe they are taking this matter very seriously," he said in an official statement. "A team from Apple is independently evaluating the steps they are taking to address these tragic events and we will continue our ongoing inspections of the facilities where our products are made."

While there are numerous cases of worker mistreatment, and suicides related to terrible work conditions in China, this one is certainly the farthest reaching- Foxconn is responsible for the majority of Apple and HP products- among a number of other companies, so any significant changes to their business will almost certainly have a significant impact on the world economy, and the tech industry.

Suicides Plague Chinese Technology Manufacturer

New MUFON Controversy / 'Mysterious Universe' 323

Posted: 27 May 2010 11:15 AM PDT

Check out Joe Capp's piece in reference to a new controversy at MUFON: MUFON's Bonfire of the Vanities

You can also find videos with transcripts of the Texas MUFON meeting at the following YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/lofatbranmufon

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THE DAVID ECKHART ENCOUNTERS

Ben and Aaron discuss David Eckhart's interview in the recent episode of Mysterious Universe: Mysterious Universe 323
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