17/06/12 UFO Object Found In The Baltic Sea

An x-ray image of the "UFO" from a satellite.

The thought of Aliens has always amazed the minds of the human race, however Swedish divers were sent to the bottom of the Baltic sea to investigate an unidentified object that was lying on the seabed.

The divers have linked the object to the shape of the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, it was also curved at the side giving it a mushroom like appearance.

At the centre of the of the 60 metre diameter object there is an egg shaped hole that leads down into the object, also around this strange hole their are mysterious rock formations. Adding to the speculations, there appears to be something resembling soot, covering the rocks.

Diver Peter Lindberg explained that "At first we though it was only a stone, however this is something different entirely" he also added that "It is even more mysterious because there has never been any volcanic activity in the Baltic Sea."

A 300 metre runway trails behind the object implying that it skidded along the seabed before coming to a halt. The object was found in June of last year, however due to lack of funding and bad weather nothing was able to be conjured up until this year.

Lindberg also mentioned that they were looking for a World War 1 wreck, however their sonar on their ship picked up the strange object, in the past sonar technology has often got unearthly like objects confused with rock patterns. The Baltic sea is a treasure trove for wreck-hunters, because as much as 100,000 objects are thought to line the cold sea's seabed.

Overall I believe that this is a fascinating find because it shows they maybe there is more life out there than us, it also shows how we can band together in the name of science.

17/06/12 Stage Collapse In Toronto

The collapsed stage which cause fatalities. 

The massive stage that will hold the band Radiohead while they are doing a concert in Toronto has collapsed, killing one man and critically injuring another, it is reported another two people were also injured it is claimed by paramedics.

The incident happened at around 4pm at the Downsview park in the Canadian city of Toronto, and it happened while the sound crew were doing their checks. An employee at the park told local media that the band were due to arrive just after the stage collapsed, it is believed that the deceased man is in his 30's and that the other man is in hospital with head injuries.

Fire crews have declared the stage a no go area, as it is not known how much more of the stage may come down, also officials from the Ministry Of Labour have been called to investigate the accident.

Fire Captain Mike Strapko told local media that the piping which makes up the roof and supports the lights collapsed down on top of the workers setting up the stage.

Radiohead were quick to announce on their twitter that due to unforeseen circumstances that they would not be able to perform and Downsview park tonight, the 572 acre park has been used by bands such as the rolling stones and AC/DC, Radiohead were also marking the 15th anniversary since their classic album OK computer.

Our thoughts are with the friends and families of the deceased and the injured people that came about from this incident.

Forced Abortion In China 15/06/12

The Chinese have never been known for their amazing human rights but latest stories coming out of the country claim that a woman was forcibly given an injection for breaching the countries one child policy.

Dead mother and the also dead baby.

The mother Feng Jianmei, told local media that she was given an injection that induced an abortion and her child was stillborn 36 hours later. pictures showing the woman and her blood covered baby have shocked anti-abortion groups in China and the fury is quickly spreading throughout the world, with one writer commenting on a social media site saying "this is what they say the Japanese devils and the Nazis did."

The One Child policy was introduced in 1978 and initially applied to only first born children in 1979, it was created to tackle China's economic social and environmental problems. It has claimed to have stopped around 400 million births by 2011.

Because Feng Jianmei already had one child, local birth authorities ordered her to pay a £4,400 fine, and because she did not have the money to pay this then a team from the local planning authority came to her house to collect her for the forced abortion, Feng told the planning department time and again that the reason she could not pay the money is because she was saving it for her mother-in-law's cancer treatment. Feng told local media that around 20 staff from the local planning department came to her house, she also claimed that when they were en route to the hospital she began to resist which meant she was beaten.When her father-in-law heard about the apparent forced abortion he tried to go see her however he was not allowed in to the obstetrics ward.

Overall I believe that this is a massive misuse of human rights and that a baby is something special to a family, and that maybe it should have been put up for adoption that way the child would have lived instead of being killed in such a horrible manner.

14/06/12 - Rude Airlines?

Does the future of cheap air travel come at the cost of common courtesy?

In recent years airplane safety has grown a lot and it is now considered for of the most safest ways to travel, however that does not seem to be the problem anymore.In the last month or so the Japaneese airline Skymark announced that it will no longer help the passengers on board the plane, these services include stowing luggage, being polite and they will not have to deal with customer complaints.The budget airline Skymark anounced an eight point plan in mid may, declaring what kind of services they are responsible for.The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Consumer Affairs Agency have requested that the company remove these notices.Skymark remarked their staff as being there to be safety personnel rather then being there to serve the passengers, the company also told their passngers not to complain to staff before take off as they wanted to make sure they were on time to take off.Passengers were instead told to take their complaints to the Consumer Affairs Agency.Hirohiko Fukushima, the head of the Consumer Affairs Agency commented "We cannot condone an attitude of directing complaints about a company's services to public orginisations."However on Wednesday the Airline gave into pressure and announced that it would revise the notice that it had made.