Archive for December, 2009

Comic book treatment for RAF air traffic controller

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

The actions of the RAF officer who had saved the life of a civilian pilot in a cartoon in a campaign to recruit Air Force now.
Supervisor Air Traffic Anne Geisow helped the country Russian pilot safely at Kinloss in Moray in a storm despite low fuel and language problems.
The pilot attempted to fly from Iceland to Wick.
Flt Lt Geisow awarded in recognition of bravery, as they deal with the emergency in September 2006.
The officer gave a number of RAF personnel Boy’s Own Adventure style comic for stopping treatment ads in magazines and on the website of the Air Force.
Flt Lt Geisow controller was a new special flight if the pilot had come into trouble, while in service at RAF Lossiemouth in Moray.
The airport was closed, was the location and did not know the military airfields and Kinloss Lossiemouth. It would be very low on fuel, unable to reach either Aberdeen or the Faroe Islands.
Flt Lt Geisow heard his cries for help, but it is difficult to understand, was limited as English.
His message was: We lost, we need your help. He did the aircraft land in e-beam Kinloss when the situation will help a lot worse now locked.
Heavy rain and wind blew the aircraft from the jet and the pilot could not recover.
Circling around 800 feet, came close to radio towers below 200 feet below.
A radar Flt Lt Geisow, but then failed and the pilot started, the instruments will not work correctly.
An aircraft of the Royal Mail has also been approached, and he knew to be diverting.
He stood quietly directed mail plane, a Russian pilot was given the instructions he needed to find the package again avoiding the radio masts.
He knew the fuel was almost exhausted, and there can be no second opportunity for landing.
The Russian plane landed with only fumes in the fuel tanks.
In 2007, Flt Lt Geisow with a bravery award from the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in the annual Vodafone Life Savers Awards have been awarded.

Body found in Swiss Alps confirmed as missing Briton

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Finding a spot near a ski resort in Switzerland was that of a Briton who disappeared after leaving a bar confirmed.
Myles Robinson, 23, disappeared after leaving the Blue Monkey Bar in Wengen bring a friend to the house shortly after 0200 GMT, 22 December.
He stayed in a hotel nearby with his family, from Wandsworth, south-west London.
Swiss police said he fell on a road near a point of view, in a deep gorge between Lauterbrunnen and Wengen.
A group of individuals found his body near a view called Monschsblick, police said.
She added that the investigation was not yet, but there was no evidence that there is someone else.
Posters were trying to find in the city, Mr. Robinson and the Swiss army was placed participated in the search for him.
University of Newcastle and a former pupil of Charterhouse School and his family visited site for 15 years, and his girlfriend had plans to travel to spend the new year with them.

Two bodies found after avalanche

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

The bodies of two climbers have been found following three separate avalanches in the Highlands and Argyll.
Rescuers found the bodies in Number Three Gully on the north face of Ben Nevis following a large snow slide.
Police also said a man swept away on Liathach in Torridon has been found and airlifted to hospital for treatment.
Two climbers were found in a third search after an avalanche on Beinn an Dothaidh near Bridge of Orchy in Argyll and airlifted to safety.
The incidents came just hours after a warning from Sportscotland Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) about hazardous conditions on the hills.
RAF mountain rescuers – including a team from RAF Leuchars in Fife that had been camping out in a bothy near Newtonmore – were involved in the Ben Nevis search.
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team leader John Stevenson said conditions on the mountain were difficult.
“Our lads were being buffeted by the strong winds which was making things very unstable and there was a lot of snow slab about,” he said.
“It was extremely dangerous for the rescuers and we had spotters out to watch for any of the team getting into trouble.”
Northern Constabulary said its officers were alerted following a report from another climber of a large avalanche several hundred metres in length in Coire Na Ciste.
A police spokesman said: “At this time we do not have information regarding the age or sex of the individuals and formal identification will take place once next of kin have been informed.”
Torridon Mountain Rescue Team and dogs and handlers from the Search and Rescue Dog Association (Sarda) assisted in the search for the avalanched man on Liathach.
The injured climber was flown by a coastguard helicopter to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.

UK hostage Peter Moore released alive in Iraq

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

The British hostage Peter Moore was released from captivity in Iraq alive, said Foreign Secretary David Miliband.
Mr Moore, IT consultant from Lincoln, who was in Baghdad in May 2007 has been looking healthy and strongly for his release.
Miliband said the Moore family felt a deep sigh of relief after two years and six months of misery, fear and insecurity.
Four bodyguards were seized with Mr. Moore. Three killed, the fourth is also considered to have been killed.
The body of Jason Swindlehurst Skelmersdale, Lancashire, and Jason Creswell was back in Glasgow in the United States, June 2009, followed by Alec MacLachlan, from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, followed in September.
David Miliband has distanced the release of the body of the fourth day – Alan McMenemy Glasgow.
Miliband said Moore, who was fired Wednesday morning at the British embassy in Baghdad will be reunited with his family as soon as possible.
The Foreign Minister said he had a very emotional meeting with Mr Moore, was to put it mildly, absolutely delighted.
Who underwent medical examinations.
David Miliband said: The joy and relief, as the family of Pierre will reflect the persistent fear of the family of Alan McMenemy felt the last five men taken hostage.
We killed him some time and believed his family was told that our view of the likely fate. The foreign minister also told the BBC there were no concessions or agreements arising from the release of Alan Moore is safe .
It was an Iraqi-led process of political reconciliation, which is an armed group vows to come in the political system and to renounce violence, and the Foundation of the release is Peter Moore, said.
Mr. Moore had worked for management consultancy BearingPoint U.S. in Iraq. The other men were security contractors to keep.
British hostage freed in the group arrested in disguise IraqThe the Iraqi Finance Ministry, some 40 men and Iraqi police.
Was that includes an obscure Shiite militia of the Islamic resistance instead of calling for the release of up to nine of its employees in U.S. military custody since early 2007, respectively.

Malawi gay couple to face court after engagement

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Two gay men in Malawi, after he accused were arrested committed gross Public indecency, police said.
We stopped because he had committed a crime, said homosexuality is illegal in Malawi, the spokesman Davie Chingwalu Police told the BBC.
Make Monjeza Steven Tiwonge Chimbalanga and instead of a traditional commitment ceremony this weekend – probably the first gay couple to Malawi.
Homosexuality a maximum sentence of 14 years in Malawi.
The couple held in separate cells in Blantyre, to negotiate his case, said Chingwalu public broadcaster the BBC’s Africa Program.
Raphael Tenthani of the BBC in Blantyre, said the couple had been seen relaxing at the police station with Mr. Tiwonge even with the dress I wore to celebrate the engagement.
He said he might spend a few nights in jail as the judiciary is on vacation for Christmas and not only on Monday to appear in court.
Our correspondent says that Malawi is a deeply conservative society, but recently a group of activists together to form an organization of gay rights, Center for Development of People (CEDEP).
CEDEP Executive Director, Gifts Trapence, says the laws of arrest, the couple are not valid, because they are against the Bill of Rights enshrined in the Constitution of 1995.
Even if we arrest them, or may not change the fees for 20 years, their sexual orientation. They are what they are, he told the BBC.
The question is therefore, in an era of democracy – the detention of persons who satisfy their sexual orientation is not the basic human rights of these people? He said.
Correspondents say that some voices in the government have also begun to demand greater openness to homosexuality as the authorities try to cope with high HIV / AIDS.

Publicans to vote on industrial action to cut overheads

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Thousands of pub landlords are to vote in the New Year on whether to take industrial action in protest at the amount they must pay in overheads.
Over half of Britain’s pubs are owned by large pub firms – pubcos – and the GMB union says they require landlords to buy beer at a premium rate.
It also says pubcos charge an up-front fee to publicans and monthly rent.
Publicans say fees are too high. Those defending pubcos say there is no sense in making their pubs uncompetitive.
They argue that they need to have some hold over the running of their pubs, so that they can make a profit.
There are an estimated 25,000 landlords in the UK who run tied pubs, which are rented from one of seven large property companies who also sell them beer.
The GMB union claims the pubs are being charged up to double the wholesale price of beer available on the open market, and is demanding a £12,000 annual cut in wholesale payments for each pub.
The form the industrial action would take has not yet been specified.
GMB national officer Paul Maloney said: “If members vote for action, pubs will lower prices to customers during the dispute.
“The aim of the action by the tied tenants is to secure negotiation with pubcos to achieve very substantial cuts in wholesale prices and a resolution to a wide range of grievances experienced by the tied tenants at the hands of the pubcos’ middle managers and their agents.”
In May, MPs from the Business and Enterprise Select Committee called for the Competition Commission to investigate arrangements that oblige pub tenants to take beer supplies only from their landlords.
The threatened industrial action comes at a time of widespread concern about the number of UK pubs closing down.
In the first half of 2009 UK outlets closed at a rate of 52 per week – a third more than the same period in 2008, the British Beer & Pub Association has said.

Charlie Sheen ‘threatened to kill wife’

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Actor Charlie Sheen has put a knife to the throat of his wife and threatened to kill her in a fight that began at Christmas, police said.
The star has spent most of Christmas day in a cell after apparently Brooke Mueller Sheen attacked when he filed for divorce.
Keep posting documents that Ms Sheen said the two men and half of riding on a bed and held it tightly.
The 44-year-old, denied threatening his wife with a knife or drowned.
According to the police document, during the attack, Sheen said: It is better to live in fear. If you say to someone, I’ll kill you.
I ex-cop, I can set that know how to do the work and leaves no traces. However, said the star, the officers that he struck his arm and had two broken glasses before him.
He told police he was very angry against this threat [of divorce] because of past experience. He went through a bitter divorce and custody battle with his ex-wife, actress Denise Richards.
An ambulance drove to the house, but nobody was hospitalized.
Police said on Saturday that the star of assault, threats and criminal damage was suspected. He was released on $ 8,500 (5,300) bail.
Mr. Sheen is the son of actor Martin Sheen and brother of actor and director Emilio Estevez.
It was Sheen married Brooke Mueller, a real estate investor in 2008.
She gave birth to the couple’s first children, two boys in March.

O Fortuna is ‘most listened to classical piece’

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

O Fortuna, Carl Orff’s composition from his 1937 oratorio Carmina Burana, has been named the UK’s most widely heard classical track.
The piece, which recently featured on ITV talent show The X Factor, topped a list of the most played classical music of the past 75 years.
The top 30 most played recordings were revealed in BBC Radio 2 programme, The People’s Classical Chart, on Monday.
Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia On A Theme was in second place.
Third place went to a 1990 recording of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade by the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sir Charles Mackerras.
He said he was “delighted” the work had received so much play.
The list was compiled for BBC Radio 2 by royalties collection body PPL from songs played on TV, radio, online streaming and in public places such as shops.
German composer Orff’s chart-topper was inspired by a medieval Latin poem. The stirring piece has been featured in anything from Michael Jackson tours to pre-match warm-ups for clubs such as Fulham and Doncaster Rovers.
In recent years it has been used on ITV1 talent show The X Factor to introduce the judges on stage.
The Munich Radio Orchestra’s recording of O Fortuna from 1973, featuring the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Tolzer Children’s Choir, is the one which has been most played, according to PPL.
Comic and musician Bill Bailey, who introduced the list on Radio 2, said: “Of course, we all knew the number one would be a 13th century Latin goliardic poem.”
Classical music buff Stephen Fry, one of the show’s contributors, added: “For some reason, it almost sounds satanic, although it’s actually a religious piece.”
Vaughan Williams’ famous Fantasia was notably featured in the Russell Crowe seafaring epic Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World, as well as during TV coverage of the Oxford-Cambridge boat race.
The 1986 recording by the London Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Bernard Haitink, claimed second spot.
The most featured work in the top 30 is Gustav Holst’s The Planets, with four different recordings, including one by Manchester’s Halle Orchestra – who recently recorded with rock band Elbow – at number eight.
Radio 2 head of programming Lewis Carnie said: “O Fortuna is a timeless piece of music that continues to be played, performed and loved over 70 years after its composition and this is a wonderful recording of the work.”
PPL chairman Fran Nevrkla said: “This PPL People’s Chart shows classical music’s enduring popularity, from the great old recordings to new versions of the classics.
“We hear these recordings so often on the radio, on TV and out and about that it’s good to remind ourselves of the artists and the record companies that put their time, talent and investment into making them.”

‘Tough love’ advice for parents of university graduates

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Tips for using tough love to provide incentives for children to find work and return home after graduation, parents are to be adopted by the government.
The instructions of the Ministry of Economy, innovation and skills are graduates of things will be difficult to find in the current economic climate.
Warns painful, but also against the support .
Conservatives have rejected the measure, said Mr Mandelson is to improve the economy is the focus.
Rachel Bulkeley BBC journalist said that the completion rate of unemployment at the highest level in over a decade, the idea of staying at home may seem more attractive than ever.
Official figures released this month showed that more people in the 20s and 30s and were placed after graduation.
The government’s new manual contains a list of commands and prohibitions, suggesting that drilling is the worst approach.
This, says the guide, young people more stressed, and students can have time to unwind.
But he warns against parental support, said newly qualified teacher should encourage young people to be realistic and not waste time to continue the job of your dreams.
The guide also advises that, as a couple of weeks at home, in a few months to make. The solution is to do something Tough Love Show , not the washing and ironing.

Tyra Banks to leave her chat show

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Former model Tyra Banks has announced she will no longer present her chat show after its fifth season finishes.
The 36-year-old said she will continue with the reality show America’s Next Top Model, but will no longer host The Tyra Show.
In a statement on her website, Banks said: “Thank you so much for your support and love. Without you, there never would have been a Tyra Show.”
The star revealed she is currently working on other future projects.
“This year, I’ll be unveiling some huge surprises from me and my company Bankable – new out-of-the-box projects,” she said.
“I’m incredibly excited to announce that I’ll be launching Bankable Studios soon, which means my company will be making movies.
“I’m so excited and I wish I could tell you about all of the new stuff, but there are people here with me now telling me to stop typing and keep my lips shut about our new projects.”
She also denied that the decision to stop recording had been made because of poor viewing figures.
“Most times, a show leaves the air because not many people are watching. Well, you all are watching, in record numbers.
“As many of you know, several years ago I made the decision to leave modelling – at the height of my modelling career – and although it was the most terrifying move, it was the best decision and led to me fulfilling some big lifelong dreams,” she said.
The star also paid tribute to Oprah Winfrey, who is also bringing her chat show to an end.
“I have to pay homage to the ultimate Queen of Talk, Oprah, who made a huge impact on my life by giving me my first shot in daytime TV,” she said.