Dusseldorf - German police are hunting a housewife on murder charges after she allegedly told her children she had flushed their father down the toilet. The man, a taxi-driver, vanished three weeks ago. Police in the western city of Dusseldorf believe the wife, 52, chopped him up and disposed of 100 kilograms of body parts in garbage bins and down the toilet.
The Muslim couple hated one another.
No, reeeeeeaaaaally?
After her adult children asked where he was, she replied: 'You'll never find him. I've put him down the loo.'
Neighbours said the toilet had been flushed constantly on the night he disappeared.
The woman left Germany and was last seen in her native Macedonia, according to the police. German police will issue an international warrant for her arrest, but are aware that Macedonia does not extradite its own citizens.
Police scientists said the couple's apartment had been energetically cleaned and repainted, but using disclosing solutions they found bloodstains in the living room, hall and bathroom. Experts are to search the sewer next.
Police voiced amazement that the husband, 58, had never reported her previous attempts to poison him or the time she seriously injured him with a hammer.
I think it's something in the Zamzam water, myself.
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From what I've heard, Macedonians take their murdering very seriously. But then, I was also told the rest of Yugoslavia consider Macedonians to be the worst sort of ignorant, feuding peasants who never clean the dirt from between their toes, so I don't know how accurate that is. I don't recall that they're Muslim, but that's my ignorance showing.
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Compare wid ISRAEL NN > Seemingly loving/lovey dovey hand-holding couple were actually jihadi terrorists whom drew hidden weapons and fired at Israeli soldiers when close enuff. Both the male and female terrorists were killed by the Israeli troops in response.
THE GOOD NEWS FOR THE ISLAMISTS-TERR IS THAT THE ALLEGED "SIGNIF OTHER/BETTER HALF" WAS ACTUALLY A REEL FEMALE - THIS TIME!?
Nearly a dozen members of a police SWAT team in western Colorado punched a hole in the front door and invaded a family's home with guns drawn, demanding that an 11-year-old boy who had had an accidental fall accompany them to the hospital, on the order of Garfield County Magistrate Lain Leoniak.
The boy's parents and siblings were thrown to the floor at gunpoint and the parents were handcuffed in the weekend assault, and the boy's father told WND it was all because a paramedic was upset the family preferred to care for their son themselves.
Someone, apparently the unidentified paramedic, called police, the sheriff's office and social services, eventually providing Leoniak with a report that generated the magistrate's court order to the sheriff's office for the SWAT team assault on the family's home in a mobile home development outside of Glenwood Springs, the father, Tom Shiflett, told WND.
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This is bullshit. A perfect example of the state rendering all rights null and void. Back in the old days, this would have caused a rebellion instead of everyone running to the lawyers.
The time almost gone to keep this from happening more by peaceful means. You keep trampling our rights and doing everything you can to piss us off, don't be surprised when we rebel and inflict the pains we suffered on your dumb ass.
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It's also the elected county government's responsibility to cut the funding of the SWAT operation. If its used for this, you don't need it. Too many toys, too little adult supervision.
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Take notice that this was in a trailer park. Police definitely do treat rich and poor differently. This wouldn't have happened further up the road in Aspen. I'm waiting to see one of these no-knock SWAT assaults on the wrong address end up with three or four cops killed because they hit a guy who was loaded for and ready to deal with serious trouble.
The guy who authorized this assault should be looking at not only losing his job but doing serious jail time. Meanwhile, the family should be looking at having enough Garfield County money in their pockets after the lawsuit to be able to move to one of the pricier parts of Aspen.
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Agree that if he was rich it would not have happened, but I suspect this is about him being a thorn in a few sides over the fact that he is a constitutionalist. They don't consider themselves subject to many laws and often don't pay taxes. I think they are probably somewhat of a pain in the butt to authorities.
Not that it makes any difference. This was an outrageous abuse of authority and he deserves every penny of the taxpayer's money that he refused to contribute to.
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We should reverse this trend to make every thing a SWAT operation. Turning law enforcement into a military operation is a very bad idea. This trend needs to be rapidly reversed before more people both cops and citizens are killed. Less SWAT and more regular cops and a huge dose of respect for everyones rights.
A good friend who lives in Phoenix sent this AAR after attending a recent Arizona Cardinals football game:
As we were standing in the concession line for a dog and a beer, the Star Spangled Banner came on over the sound system. Believe it or not every concession worker, security staff, and nearly every spectator stopped what they were doing, took off their hat (if they had one), and placed their hand (or hat) over their heart during the singing of the national anthem. One lady working behind the counter pulled out a small flag and began waving it to us in line. It was a stunning moment. I couldn't believe it.
Afterward I saw a sign posted at the concession stands, "In honor of our troops, we will stop work during the playing of our national anthem".
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Truly lovely, Sherry. :-) On Sunday the head of our piano school told me she can't watch the news or read the New York Times anymore because they lie. It seems to me there must be lots of people who know that without necessarily talking about it -- the same people who are too polite to talk religion or politics, but who are the real reason the mainstream media market has been shrinking these last years.
Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may have a serious security vulnerability in its onboard computer networks that could allow passengers to access the plane's control systems, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
The computer network in the Dreamliner's passenger compartment, designed to give passengers in-flight internet access, is connected to the plane's control, navigation and communication systems, an FAA report reveals.
The revelation is causing concern in security circles because the physical connection of the networks makes the plane's control systems vulnerable to hackers. A more secure design would physically separate the two computer networks. Boeing said it's aware of the issue and has designed a solution it will test shortly.
"This is serious," said Mark Loveless, a network security analyst with Autonomic Networks, a company in stealth mode, who presented a conference talk last year on Hacking the Friendly Skies (PowerPoint). "This isnt a desktop computer. It's controlling the systems that are keeping people from plunging to their deaths. So I hope they are really thinking about how to get this right."
Currently in the final stages of production, the 787 Dreamliner is Boeing's new mid-sized jet, which will seat between 210 and 330 passengers, depending on configuration.
Boeing says it has taken more than 800 advance orders for the new plane, which is due to enter service in November 2008. But the FAA is requiring Boeing to demonstrate that it has addressed the computer-network issue before the planes begin service.
According to the FAA document published in the Federal Register (mirrored at Cryptome.org), the vulnerability exists because the plane's computer systems connect the passenger network with the flight-safety, control and navigation network. It also connects to the airline's business and administrative-support network, which communicates maintenance issues to ground crews.
The design "allows new kinds of passenger connectivity to previously isolated data networks connected to systems that perform functions required for the safe operation of the airplane," says the FAA document. "Because of this new passenger connectivity, the proposed data-network design and integration may result in security vulnerabilities from intentional or unintentional corruption of data and systems critical to the safety and maintenance of the airplane."
The information is published in a "special conditions" document that the FAA produces when it encounters new aircraft designs and technologies that aren't addressed by existing regulations and standards.
An FAA spokesman said he would not be able to comment on the issue until next week.
Boeing spokeswoman Lori Gunter said the wording of the FAA document is misleading, and that the plane's networks don't completely connect.
Gunter wouldn't go into detail about how Boeing is tackling the issue but says it is employing a combination of solutions that involves some physical separation of the networks, known as "air gaps," and software firewalls. Gunter also mentioned other technical solutions, which she said are proprietary and didn't want to discuss in public.
"There are places where the networks are not touching, and there are places where they are," she said.
Gunter added that although data can pass between the networks, "there are protections in place" to ensure that the passenger internet service doesn't access the maintenance data or the navigation system "under any circumstance."
She said the safeguards protect the critical networks from unauthorized access, but the company still needs to conduct lab and in-flight testing to ensure that they work. This will occur in March when the first Dreamliner is ready for a test flight.
Gunter said Boeing has been working on the issue with the FAA for a number of years already and was aware that the agency was planning to publish a "special conditions" document regarding the Dreamliner.
Gunter said the FAA and Boeing have already agreed on the tests that the plane manufacturer will have to do to demonstrate that it has addressed the FAA's security concerns.
"It will all be done before the first airplane is delivered," she said.
Loveless said he's glad the FAA and Boeing are addressing the issue, but without knowing specifically what Boeing is doing, it is impossible to say whether the proposed solution will work as intended. Loveless said software firewalls offer some protection, but are not bulletproof, and he noted that the FAA has previously overlooked serious onboard-security issues.
"The fact that they are not sharing information about it is a concern," he said. "I'd be happier if a credible auditing firm took a look at it."
Special conditions are not unusual. The FAA publishes them whenever it encounters unusual issues regarding a plane's design or performance in order to communicate on record that it expects the manufacturer to address the issue. It's then up to the manufacturer to demonstrate to the FAA that it has solved the problem. Gunter said the FAA has issued eight special conditions on the Boeing 787, but that not all of them pertain to the plane's computer systems.
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The computer network in the Dreamliner's passenger compartment, designed to give passengers in-flight internet access, is connected to the plane's control, navigation and communication systems, an FAA report reveals.
This is the most incredibly stupid thing I've ever heard.
Boeing says it has taken more than 800 advance orders for the new plane, which is due to enter service in November 2008. But the FAA is requiring Boeing to demonstrate that it has addressed the computer-network issue before the planes begin service.
RIO DE JANEIRO - A seven-year-old girl has been saved at the last moment from being dragged off into the Brazilian jungle by an anaconda, when a quick-witted young man hacked off the snakes head. The girl was only slightly harmed after being dragged off by the nine-metre, 200-kilo reptile which coiled itself round her legs and had effortlessly begun dragging her off, media reports said Sunday.
The young man - identified only as Miguel by taxi-driver witness Raimundo Carvalho - used a machete to lop off the snakes head. The reptile twitched for several minutes before finally dying. The reports said the girl had only slight injuries and shock after the incident last Wednesday in Alca Viaria district close to the provincial capital of Belem in northern Para state.
I just didnt know what to do, Carvalho told G1 news portal of the drama he found going on when he heard the girls desperate cries for help. Then, thank goodness, this young man called Miguel came on the scene and cut the animals head off. The snake - which would have killed by constriction - had already dragged the girl several metres.
Such attacks by anacondas are on the increase in the Brazils Amazon region. Experts put the blame on global warming deforestation which drives the snakes to human-inhabited areas in the search for food.
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PETA files lawsuit in two hours, "Cruelty to Animals" (I know it's a reptile, they're stupid)
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How about putting the blame on conservation efforts that have increased the number of these animals in the wild. Check out the Souther California newspapers on mountain lion attacks. Cause and effect. Nature gets it. Liberals don't.
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South Florida has Burmese Pythons. People with more money than brains import them as pets, find they can't manage them and dump them in the Everglades.
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I don't understand that beheaded several minute 'twitch' of the snake?? Did it take several minutes to loosen it's grip on her, or held the grip for several minutes then 'sprang' her loose? And I thought they squeezed you to death first then dragged you off to drown (the double whammy)?
There will be a 30-minute power shutdown after every four hours from today (Monday) amounting to a total of three hours a day caretaker Minister for Water and Power Tariq Hameed told reporters after a meeting on Sunday. Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro, who assured uninterrupted gas and oil supply to the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), chaired the meeting at Governors House here. The three-hour load shedding is considered a relief to the public already suffering from the continuous eight to 12 hours of load shedding in various parts of the country.
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File under "Mohammed didn't have power, why should you".
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Better use Linux . . . .
Cars that drive themselveseven parking at their destinationcould be ready for sale within a decade, General Motors Corp. executives say.
GM, parts suppliers, university engineers and other automakers all are working on vehicles that could revolutionize short- and long-distance travel. And Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner will devote part of his speech to the driverless vehicles. "This is not science fiction," Larry Burns, GM's vice president for research and development, said in a recent interview.
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We have those now - cars with people on cell phones behind the wheel. I see and dodge 'em every day...
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I don't think this is going to happen for several reasons. To start with, many road hazards are not created by a driver, but by other drivers. That is why they teach "defensive" driving. And as a rule of thumb, defense is harder than offense.
Second, the biggest technique such vehicles would have would be "standoffishness". But in regular driving, if you follow the optimal rules, you not only drive at a snail's pace, but you *create* a hazard to other drivers.
That is, if a road has a posted speed limit of 35, but the *typical* driver drives 55 on it, a vehicle driving 35 or less becomes a road hazard.
If the interval between cars is less than three car lengths, which is very normally the case, the automatic car would probably slow down. Then other cars would cut in front of it, and it would slow down further.
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You will see these cars in special lanes at first. Collision avoidance was mastered back in the 90s during the Intelligent Transportation Systems programs that Newt Gingrich's congress destroyed after the 94 election. The technology has only become smarter, cheaper and faster since then.
Accident liability will rest with the humans whose cars invade the dedicated lanes. Insurance companies will get on board quickly once their tests confirm that the automated systems are MORE likely to detect and correct for mechanical failures (including incipient ones) than are human drivers.
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You will see these cars in special lanes at first.
Precisely. If the automated vehicle lane (or whatever) has a greater carrying capacity than a typical lane of traffic then they can just reassign the carpool lanes to this purpose. Maybe even wall them off with Jersey barriers on high-traffic roads (Jersey turnpike, DC Beltway, etc.)
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The bigger liability issue, or rather regulatory one, isn't with autonomous ground vehicles but with UAVs. FAA is tied in knots about whether and under what circumstances to deal with law enforcement, border patrol etc. uses of UAVs for surveillance. The several studies I've seen suggest that for every 3 people involved there are 6 opinions about how to manage the airspace / control issues.
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That's a revenue source that will have to be replaced.
Eventually we might see various Quality of Service options - pay more to go faster, within the limits that the optimization models suggest are worth the marginal cost to implement.
#12
I'm sure the insurance companies will be glad to dump most of their costs onto the people who aren't buying a new car every couple of years. I still don't think it's good.
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My insurance rates would go down. Sadly, most of my driving is on local roads rather than the highway, so I probably wouldn't get much benefit from such a system.
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The thing about the Darpa grand challenges is that they are MORE difficult than GM's task, if one assumes dedicated lanes. The MIT car's inability to respond well this year to the Carnegie Mellon car's pause is an example ...
but then, GM was a partner in the CMU project. ;-)
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Never will be fielded.
Liability law here in the U.S. will insure (pun intended) that at some point, there will have to be some way to blame the driver for the inevitable accidents first before ANYONE trys to sell this.
Too much money to be made by suing the deep pockets.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
