Monday, 3 March 2008

(nr 115 ) Jersey Paedophiles - links from Prisonplanet and RMN forum:

http://prisonplanet.com/articles/march2008/020308paedophiles.htm

www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=119831

Which Prescott ?... John Prescott and his son David have been in the UK news this weekend, the news they could do without.

Perhaps it's James W. Prescott, Ph.D. who deserves more attention, considering his controversial research -
http://violence.de/prescott/cv.html

Three years ago Satanic themes directed at children were discussed on a Russian forum (NVZ), where I made some contributions ( incl. post 27.02.2005 12:18:32). I hope this link works:
http://vif2ne.ru/nvz/forum/3/print/142177.htm
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Wrong parking yesterday: S-897-JTP
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Next post Wednesday, 5 March 2008.

Friday, 29 February 2008

(nr 114 ) Brainy History - the events of today:

www.brainyhistory.com/days/february_29.html

Controversial or questionable architecture in the Gosport Library includes toilets, the fence around child care area, bookshelves, etc.

The article in The News of yesterday "Warning to check locks after spree of burglaries" highlights locking of doors, but not windows.
In 2003 (?) I accidentally locked myself out of the Woolston Court apartment (Jenny and her husband of Churcher Close became good samaritans that evening) and made a guess, which turned out to be surprisingly, true.
THE WINDOWS! From a half-open position, by turning the window handle an extra 90 degrees, one can open the window fully (!), that is, without first shutting it and then opening it differently.
Doing it from outside shoudn't be difficult.

Three articles on the CRISIS in EDUCATION today in The Independent:
http://www.independent.co.uk/
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My next post Monday, 3 March, 2008.

Thursday, 28 February 2008

( nr 113 ) They are playing Games ! - I have heard soon after moving from Holland to UK. The part of the UK, which seemed to have nothing in common with the Albion I knew, or rather, I thought I knew. My last free-lance "job" in Holland: a telephone call from Britain brought the offer (accepted by me) to translate/interprete at the DE BURGHT CONFERENTIE 2002 (Eng-Ru part of it). As was often the case, participants or 'clients' would ask for the business cards of interpreters involved, and the British delegation did ask for mine. Under the watchful eyes of the Dutch organisers I could not do that, as interpreters had to represent the ( subcontracted) Dutch Agency.
So, having moved to UK and having had my naive intention of 'playing Mother Theresa' for money, which would pay the bills, rudely annihilated, I decided to send CHANGE of ADDRESS letters to recent UK clients. Here came a surprise....
I thought the "UK Gen. G. Johnson - voorzitter" could be easily found via MOD, but no address on its website was meant for outsiders. So, I sent my letter to Gen. G. Johnson via Room 222 Whitehall, which seemed to be a postal distribution point. The letter came back with a note: Returned to you as Gen Johnson cannot be traced by this office.
Another surprise was Return to Sender sticker on my letter to Adam and Katrina Noble, FCO, King Charles Street, London SW1 2AH. I was a Russian language teacher recommended to Adam by the British Embassy and via the Dutch-British Chamber of Commerce in the Hague.
Mr Hennesy was not in the office. And soon after that there was a non-verbal message from a Bosnian "prostitute" and a pure verbal suggestion from Mr. Robinson of InBiz, that it might be very useful to know somebody from MI6.
And, back to my post yesterday, an advice came from/via Gosport JobCentre to register with the Police as a free-lance interpreter, which I was never tempted to do in Holland. The reply informed me, that they had just changed their rules and they only use people from 'The List', and I need to be a member of the Institute of Linguistics. I phoned them and asked for the membership application forms to be sent to me. The young lady (with an accent) began persuading me ... not to apply (!), because.... I won't be accepted, she said.
This sort of rubbish is an effective turn-off, of course. What a world of difference with the Dutch NGV (transl. assoc.), of which I was a member for a number of years.
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On my first visit to Holland in 2002 I commented on
1.Something about women 2. local anthropology 3. deprived and depraved children 4. traumatised men and what I referred to later as S-Theater.
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Wrong parking yesterday - S-897-JTP.
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Next post tomorrow, 29th February - the last winter day.

Wednesday, 27 February 2008

(nr 112 ) Very busy today. Tomorrow more on "Job" searching going wrong.

Tuesday, 26 February 2008

(nr 111 ) Dutch numbering .... I have only recently realised my numbering of posts may seem strange to some readers. Well, that is how the Dutch abbreviate 'number' and I have used without thinking.
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Yesterday The Guardian has published news about the crisis at IPCC - The Independent Police Complaints Commission: more than 100 lawyers quit.
The article by Nick Davies - www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/feb/25/police.law1
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This morning HOTMAIL.COM does not load - Service Unavailable without further details.
Entry has been blocked in recent weeks to some articles on Prisonplanet.com - notably Kevin Booth on American Drug Wars, also
Daniel Obachike's website the4thbomb.com, etc.
I haven't got any explanation yet about THES (The Times Higher Education Supplement)newspaper missing at the library and at the newsagent for several weeks.
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Last week I was allowed to stop the SAFE.org.uk training course 2 weeks earlier. See Hadrianus Woller's question about it and my answer in nr 105.
I have an appt. at the Gosport Job Centre Plus tomorrow afternoon. Of 2 selected for me vacancies (on the 15 Feb.) one had a deadline that day (appl.forms) and the second was for a PNC BUREAU ANALYST/ADMIN at Hampshire Constabulary. I requested the appl.forms, sent an e-mail when I did not receive them in time (asking if there was an admin. error or it was the 'Royal' Mail) got no answer. The JobCentre regurlarly checks if JobSeekers do apply for recommended vacancies. More tomorrow.
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Next post tomorrow 27 Feb.2008.

Monday, 25 February 2008

(nr 110 ) Paul Kernaghan - Chief Constable of Hampshire:
www.hampshire.police.uk/Internet/about/chiefconstable
So many if not a majority of top government officials and polititians start with a Law degree, and not only in UK.
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Some news/headlines from the local paper Daily Echo in Southampton ( http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/ ) :
"Hampshire - the opium poppy capital of the UK" by Andy Tate today, and two stories from the 21 st Feb issue - another super-giant architecture project on the British South coast called Solar Piramid (after laser blue beam in Southampton, etc.) and "MP outraged over Mann's extradition" - Dr Julian Lewis, New Forest East MP fights for human rights of the Old Etonian Mr Mann, arrested in 2004 in Harare with 66 other alleged mercenaries.
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While following links from Masonic history, I came across local (almost) withcraft characters, linking to Aleister Crowley - Old George, who established a total of nine hereditary covens - in Norfolk, Essex,Hertfordshire, Sussex and Hampshire.
Link: www.controverscial.com/Old%20George%20Pickingill.htm
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Wrong parking: S-44-YLV wed.20 Feb. and HN-51-GHG Sat. 23 Feb.
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Next post tomorrow - 26 Feb.

Tuesday, 19 February 2008

(nr 109 ) Northern Rock is another big news item in UK: the giant bank (budget twice that of Defence) has been in serious trouble since September 2007 and this week an emergency legislation is to be passed in Parlament for the Bank to be "temporarily nationalized" (the announcement came last Sunday).

Some very interesting facts in 22 pages long article "History of the Jews in Russia and the Soviet Union" on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Russia_and_the_Soviet_Union

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