It's monday night and time is passing quickly, you would think that i'd be happy going to heat from cold and seeing my family .
I am in a way but it means i have to leave my family here and that make's me sad .

Well Well look he we play in the 5th round of the F.A cup time for us to get revenge and im sure Robbie will be playing by then he might get his first game this wed against the brumbys .LETS HOPE SO

This is it my final week in Canada.
only 4 more days and then me and Saoirse are out of here,how do i feel strange i should be happy i'm going to see my family but Melbourne holds bad memorys for me and i hope taking Saoirse will make them better.
I'll see tre start of the footy season and the commonwealth game's as well as the grand prix so it will be busy in Melbourne .
hopefully we will get to see some kangeroo's and kaola's there is a park not far it had a fire so hopefully it was nt totally destroyed.

Portsmouth 1-2 Liverpool

Gerrard scored his 16th goal of the season with a first-half penaltyLiverpool edged past Portsmouth to reach the FA Cup fifth round

A MORNING IN WEST EDMONTON.

This is the west edmonton mall in the distance .

Emma went to see her M.P yesterday.
It was good news once i come back all i have to do is put in for permanent residence status and i can stay while it is being considered and will most likely get it because of family.
So i'll be in melbourne for 3 months to get everything sorted then i'll be back.
Now i will enjoy my hoilday with Saoirse i get to show her my place (not the great place wich is northern Ireland) Melbourne and the commonwealth games will be on .

Rank and file soldiers have been talking about their unease at the prospect of being deployed to Afghanistan later this year.
Members of the unofficial but popular Army Rumour Service website have been responding to the announcement an extra 3,300 British soldiers are being sent to help with Nato's International Security Assistance Force [Isaf] peace-keeping duties.
One soldier has a specific message for Defence Secretary John Reid.
"If I have to bull [polish] my boots and carry any mates off the back of a[n RAF] herc[ules] Mr Reid needs to know that I will hold him personally responsible," he writes.
"If it's me being carried then I will have left explicit instructions and half of my life insurance to someone who will avenge me."
The thing that interest's me is my newphew is going my sister is worried but he say's that's what he's trained for at least he did nt go to iraq and bush,blair's illigel war but good luck to him hope he keep's his head down.

portsmouth v Liverpool 4th round F.A cup
will Robbie get his first game?
My newphew is going to this game and i hope it's a great one one day if i move back to U.K i'll go and watch them but till then go reds

GREAT NEWS

HE'S BACK Robbie Flower is back at Liverpool, i have always said it was a mistake .

His career has nt been the same since he left now he has the chance to finish his career where he should have been all along welcome back.

And on a sadder note cisse has been charged with assulting his pregnant wife now i know he's under pressure even more now robbie's back.

but it does'nt excuse hitting a woman .

Peter Hain a man who appease's sinn fein./i.r.a.
S/F TO GET ALLOWENCE'S BACK
Sinn Fein MPs were specially granted allowances, even though they refused to swear the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen or sit in Parliament.
Their members were receiving an average of just under £110,000 each per year before the payments were stopped, as a sanction in the wake of the £26.5 million Northern Bank robbery.
Conservative Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary David Lidington agreed.
He said: "This is entirely the wrong move by the Government. It is asking the Commons to give up to £500,000 in allowances to Sinn Fein MPs who refuse to take their seats.

"At the same time, the Government of Wales Bill, currently going through the Commons, disqualifies members of the Welsh Assembly from claiming allowances and salaries until they take their seats and forces them to vacate their seats if they don't take them up within two months.
"And who is the Secretary of State for both Wales and Northern Ireland? Peter Hain," he said.
So does this show the path that Blair and his cronney Hain are taking ,A fair and equal country?

AUSTRALIA DAY TO DIFFERENT STYLE'S

This time next week will be my last day in Canada for 3and a half months.
I really don't want to go back to Aus now dont get me wrong it's a great country.
But to me it is scarred after all it was my second chance ,after going through all that shit growing up abuse,parents leaving,beating by teachers but one thing i loved Northern IRELAND.
Now i know many dont consider it a country but it is to most of us who grew up there it's home and call it what you want it is still home.
Going to Australia was my second chance at life free to do what ever i wanted people would look after me .And what happens im delivered into the hands of a pedophile,the next 15 years where drugs drink and fights and travelling .A couple of long term relionships thrown in but the where just as bad drinking drugs and fighting(verbal)i never knew why i hated myself but once i had the revelation of being abused it all made sence.
After that Australia was never the same especially Melbourne it made sence why i was always happier when i was alone travelling .
Now i'll have to do thing's when i get there to look after Saoirse and that will keep me busy .
I cant wait to get back here then it will be time for the baby to be born and hopefully thats me here for good .

I read a peice in the paper yesterday saying "that the 23rd of jan will be the most depressing day of the year" some English guy had calculated it .
Boy was he right ,i never relished how much i really love it over here untill i got that letter.
Dont get me wrong i still suffered from depression but only because uncertainty ,of staying here i knew one day i'd be told to leave and boy did it hit hard .
But i have now come to terms and we will get everything sorted out before i come back in 3 months and extra bonus i get a long summer because when i return it starts to warm up over here .
And if thats not good enough it will only be about 2 months to the arrivel of our new born.and bonus i dont have to listen to complaints about im bloated or i cant do this or can you do that after all im carring your baby, only joking emma's not like that but it lightens my mood up i love to have something to talk about.
I don't know if i'll be able to post as i'll be staying at my mums house because i sold my house to my sister she has made it a home where as when i was there it was a house.
I have said before that it was the place where i spent the longest time i was there 5 years before that the longest was a year.
Canada will be my final stop except for hoildays to northern Ireland,Scotland and Australia.
but ill try and write more so i get things off my chest and Emma can see how things are going (even though we talk everyday.

The bush fire's are comming under control in Anikie ,Brisbane ranges.
That is about 30 min's drive from Werribee i go to the range's alot as i get to see the wildlife there and there is a fairy park its in the shape of a castle and has puppets that move and sing .Hopefully it was spared it should have been as its on top of rock .It will be one of the place's that i take Saoirse to see when we get there if the bushfire's are over?

First Liverpool get beat then next day i get letter saying i've got to leave Canada stright away and im torn .
Emma is letting me take saorse for 3 month's and that will be great except i feel guilty that she will be leaving her family behind as i will but im used to leaving i do it all the time.
But when i got the letter my heart sunk and just the thought of not seeing Saoirse every day just broke my heart see with Emma' Taylor and Liam they are old enough to understand but Saoirse does nt and after having me every day it would have been hard .
So if i cant stay here ill move to Scotland and then at least its cheaper to fly to here from there and not as far .so if you dont hear from me much it's because i wont have much time but i'll drop in once in awhile .

The whale in LONDON died .
it is a sad event but the coverage that it recived was unreal .where was this coverage as japan killed hundreds of whales in the southern hemisphere.How can so many people get this upset about alone whale while ignoring the plight of hundreds.
I'll never understand humans.

There has been another snake bite in weribee .A great grandmother was bitten by a 1.5 metre brownsnake.
Valerie Makin saw the snake out of the corner of her eye as it was about to bite her. some vemon got in a scratch but did nt enter her blood stream .
Thats the second one this season usually its rare around werribee but as we impoach on there terrority there will probably be more.

IS GOOFY A DOG?
Taylor and myself had a discussion today about goofy i said "he's a dog" she said "he's not".
She even tried to look it up and there was divided thoughts on it one even said that he was half human half dog, now if thats true what was walt into?
to me he is a dog he has same ears as pluto same nose same eye's only differance is he got to speak and pluto became "a mouse's pet" now that in it self is weird a mouse having a pet .

Man utd 1 Liverpool 0
What can i say we out played them in the midfield ,but our scorers let us down Cisse had the worst game i had saw him play he was out of touch with the other players.
utd scored in the 90th min and it was a defender who had nt scored in over 100 games that headed it past reina.Liverpools mistake they tried for the point towards the end and let utd in the game .But it will either boost us or break us we still have 2 game's in hand .

Lesson's of yesterday have nt been learnt?
Friday 20th January 2006Twice as many Catholics as Protestants are employed working for cross-border bodies in Northern Ireland, it has emerged.
The statistic has been described as proof of the "blatantly pro-nationalist, antiunionist agenda of the whole North-South apparatus" by Lord Laird of Artigarvan.
The Ulster Unionist peer was provided with the employment figures by the Government, in answer to a parliamentary question.
The Northern Ireland population is roughly 57 per cent Protestant and 43 per cent Catholic.
However, of the 209 people employed by North-South Implementation Bodies in the Province, 131 are Catholics, 69 Protestant and nine non-determined.
Lord Laird said: "I, and many other unionists, did not sign up to the Belfast Agreement for full-scale discrimination against my community.
This is all part of a grand republican agenda - a pro-Irish agenda.
"As unionists, we have for years been demonised as a community, accused of being anti-Catholic and taken to task on equality.
"We have been the victims of a nationalist propaganda campaign which has said unionists are persecutors and nationalists are victims.
"Republicans and nationalists would have the world believe they are non-sectarian guardians of equality.
"Well, here is the evidence in black and white of the real, cloak-and-dagger nationalist agenda."
Lord Laird said he would be pursuing the issue with the Government and said the north-south bodies should be the subject of an Equality Commission review.
He also claimed that the figures told unionists what they always knew: "Our community will never be welcome or fairly treated in Ireland".
Now this come's as no suprise as i have seen how unionist's are precived all over the world. Wrongly might i add ,yes our forefather's did some bad thing but so did the republic's to protestants. So again are we doomed to repeat history ? It seems so

Agreat day for the real people of Northern Ireland.
We hear alot about we should get on and forgive but to many families how can they forgive when there crie's for justice have fallen on deaf ears.We hear alot these days about a united Ireland but first we have to unite the north there is to much divide to even think about a united Ireland .

Unsolved NI deaths probe begins
Dave Cox and Phillip James of the HETA specialist team has begun to review unsolved murders committed during the Northern Ireland Troubles.
The Historical Enquiries Team, which has a budget of more than £30m, will re-examine 3,268 killings between 1969 and the 1998 peace accord.
The squad of about 100 detectives and support staff will need between five and seven years to complete its work.
Northern Ireland's Chief Constable, Sir Hugh Orde, said he hoped it would bring closure to many families.
"The families have a right to know as much as we can tell them," he said.
"If there are lines of inquiry to follow which gives us an opportunity to go to court, that team will deliver against that.
Jail terms
The review team, led by retired Metropolitan Police Commander David Cox, will use the latest forensic science and intelligence analysing technology.
Mr Cox said the team's two main aims would be to "offer answers and a greater level of resolution to bereaved families".
"I do not for a moment underestimate the complexity of this challenge or the potential emotional stress for relatives associated with re-visiting these tragic events," he said.
"That is why families will sit at the very heart of our investigations, and that is why our primary objective will be to work with them to achieve some measure of resolution for them."
There will be two distinct investigative units - one will be made up exclusively from officers from outside Northern Ireland, who would work on cases, where, for example, there had been allegations of security force collusion.
The team said they would be operationally independent from the PSNI, but would report to the chief constable.
The Northern Ireland Secretary, Peter Hain, said it was quite possible that people would serve jail terms as a result of the new murder investigations.
He told the BBC some of the murders involved members of the security forces and all would be investigated thoroughly.
"We're dealing with some of the most horrific circumstances ever in Northern Ireland's troubled history, the worst.
"Twenty, 30 years ago, things were done which should not have been done, either by terrorists or in some cases - a limited number of cases - by members of the security forces. All of them will be investigated and there will be closure on them."
'Past issues'
The BBC's Ireland correspondent Kevin Connolly said the relationship between republicans and unionists is not good enough for a Truth and Justice Commission.
Inquiries focusing on the 30 years of the Troubles are long and expensive, he added - Lord Saville's inquiry into Bloody Sunday has taken seven years and cost more than £150m.
Mr Connolly said: "Some way has to be found to deal with the many issues from the past that dominate the day-to-day political agenda.
"The cold case team is the government's latest answer."
Work on the first 100 cases is due to begin on Monday.

Man Utd v Liverpool
This is a big test for the reds.
if we win this we go to second place with still 2 games in hand and we play chelsea in the next couple of weeks and that will be our chance to close the gap.So it is all up to the team now to show the faith they have in each other and it is there you can see by the way they play .
On a great note Riise has signed to 2009 he has been with the club since 2001 and hopefully he will see out his career there and we get back to the loyalty not from player's its time for the clubs to start showing faith in the players.After all Cisse is still there Liverpool picked up defenders during the transfer so they have shown that they want to keep the players they have and that can only be good for the club.

Today i heard some intersting news ?
Seems that saoirse is going to have a brother or sister, Emma is pregnant so it has thrown everything up in the air .Now i'm going back to Aus in may because the baby is due around july or aug.My neice is comming back with me so she will be here 2 months the only down side is that Liam will miss out on his trip to nelson which was in doubt anyway .
I have nt driven over here and was going to rent a car but i would have to driven through the mountins and it will be dangerous because of the snow.was going to do it when weather was warmer it would be safer .Now many might say thats wimpy but id rather side on caution that risk my kids for a drive.and anyway would nt it be more fun in the summer with heat .T he temp here is back to normal it was minus 13 today and bits of snow.

Global warming?
Seems that Edmonton is having a warm winter so far.They were saying on the weather if it stays like this records will be broken.
overnight it is 18 degree's below normal and daytime its going above 0 alot ill get figures at end of month .
There is also the story of the inuits who are going to sue the yanks because of greenhouse gass,es they are having trouble going hunting because the ice is frozen as much as it usually is at this time of year.
Maybe you have nt noticed it but it is happening ,it was like living in aus there was always reports about the hole in the ozone layer and how it gets bigger .
so rem that we are leaving this world for others including our children and its time to take action .
After all we just our borrowing this time from the earth and in the last hundred years we have done more damage that the last couple of million years.
Oil will run out yet we have only been depentant on it for the last hundred or so years .
earthquakes, hurricianes,tsunami's weird weather just look at the world we live in and see what we are doing to it

TWO brothers with muscular dystrophy had to crawl to their car after security guards at a Melbourne shopping centre refused to let them take wheelchairs inside, their sister said today.
'sandra Costa said her brothers, in their 40s, were in tears after security at Westfield's Fountain Gate shopping centre forced them to discard the borrowed wheelchairs at the entrance.
She said she was told it was policy not to allow the centre's wheelchairs out of the complex but bollards prevented vehicles getting up to the entrance.
"It was only probably about three metres to get the chairs out but the security guard wouldn't allow us to bring them out," she told Southern Cross radio.
"So one of my brothers had to get down and crawl to the car ... the other one half-crawled; I picked him up but it's really hard to get them in the car because they're big guys.
"One of my brothers was crying and swearing in the car (on the way home) to be honest and he said he's never going back there again.
"It was really humiliating to see them just crawl to the car."
Ms Costa said her brothers just wanted to be treated as human beings.
"I just think they (Fountain Gate management) should have a bit of dignity and compassion and change the rule," she said.
Westfield issued a statement apologising for the incident, saying the guidelines for use of wheelchairs at its centres would be reviewed immediately.
"The company is investigating the incident, which appears to have arisen over the interpretation by staff of guidelines governing the safe use of wheelchairs and other equipment provided to shoppers outside the centre," the statement said.
"The company deeply regrets the embarrassment and indignity suffered by the two shoppers and their family and will seek to meet with them privately to apologise and explain the steps taken to avoid this or similar incidents occurring again."
The Muscular Dystrophy Association of Australia (MDA) said similar incidents were reasonably common about 15 years ago.
"(But) as an organisation we haven't received notification of this kind of complaint for a long time," executive director Boris Struk said.
He shared Ms Costa's disappointment and said commonsense should have prevailed.
"Whether it's a strict policy or someone overstepped the mark, people should be a bit more compassionate and caring about two individuals who needed assistance to traverse three metres with a wheelchair," he said.
"What are they going to do - run away with it?"

The flamingo's are back they returned yesterday and Saoirse was happy to see them.She is going through a lazy stage at the moment weeks ago she wanted to walk everywhere. this week as soon as i put her down to walk she lets herself loose and drops to the ground the the arms go in the air to say pick me up .
As we where walking home today i let her walk on the path there had been a small bit of snow and she walked on it she kept saying "whats that" and just standing there then i grabbed her hand and she walked.
She was having a blast till she fell and got snow on her hand then the hands went up and the tears started ,she cried all the way home.
Another thing that happened on the way home was she was eating and had a glove off ,a woman got off a bus that was passing and saw her hand and said her hand looks cold .
Why do people think you don't know whats going on with your kids i have had a couple people give me advice while it might be well meaning its annoying of course her hand was cold but she wanted that rusk and after she finished it the fuss getting her glove on she hates them.I am at the belief that most parents know their children and know when to act .

A new slant on Northern Ireland
Wake Up To Reality, Republicans Are Urged
Monday 16th January 2006

East Belfast Ulster Unionist MLA Michael Copeland has called on republicans to wake up to reality and work at creating a united Northern Ireland.

Speaking at a conference in Cork University, he said that it was interesting to see how little successive Dublin regimes had done to reach out the hand of friendship and understanding to their Northern neighbours. "Continued demands for re-unification of the island of Ireland, outside the context of the United Kingdom, fly in the face of public opinion North and South and represent a wish that has more to do with creative imagination than impassionate reality," he said. "Our first duty must be to work at creating a united and pluralist Northern Ireland, thereby allowing our citizens to accept both the responsibilities and benefits of citizenship and allow our children to become the inheritors of the future instead of the prisoners of the past."

Dreams what do they mean?
i've had about 4 dreams with the same theme over the past week .Its always me leaving somewhere but the dreams them self are totally weird, like one i had my mode of transport was the titanic and all it's ghostly occupants but the thing with that one was i called it when i needed to get somewhere and i was nt afraid i knew i was safe. The theme is always the same im leaving people behind .

here are some pictures of Melbourne, THE BEACH BOXS COME IN HANDY I SLEPT IN ON A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.

CADAVARS ON SHOW.
i see that melbourne is to get the 'art exhibition' where the bodie's have been plastined the show even has fetuses .

The exhibition has sparked controversy across the world, but that has not stopped more than 18 million viewing the exhibition across the US, UK, Europe and Asia.
N ow maybe im getting old and a fuddyduddy but come on how morbid are we becoming look at the picture the two in it looked facinasited by it.I would nt go out of respect for myself and others who are supposed to be 'human beings' it is taking one of gods wonders ands making it a side show .

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from a 76-year-old convicted killer who argued that he was too old and feeble to be executed.
The ruling cleared the way for Clarence Ray Allen -- legally blind, nearly deaf and in a wheelchair -- to be executed by injection early Tuesday for a triple murder he ordered from behind bars to silence witnesses to another killing.
Allen's heart stopped in September, but doctors revived him and returned him to San Quentin Prison's death row.
The only thing that upsets me over this is the fact he died last year only to be revived why was nt he just allowed to die and save time

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. politicians have expressed regret over the weekend killings of 18 civilians along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, but said the airstrike was justified by the erroneous belief that a top al Qaeda leader was among the group, which included women and children.
"Now, it's a regrettable situation, but what else are we supposed to do?" Sen. Evan Bayh, asked rhetorically. "It's like the wild, wild west out there. The Pakistani border's a real problem."
Now there is the responce to what happened from the americians the only one's who actually seem upset are the pakistani's newspapers in australia and uk reported it but there seems to be a shortage of condemation.May be it s the wrong kind of people who were killed .

SF angry at Irish fugitives move
It seems that sinnfein are nt happy with the government of the republic putting on hold plan's to pardon six IRA men wanted south of the border for crime's .A lot of people say that s/f finally saw sence and did what the people wanted .I on the other hand said and stick by it "s/f only gave up on the on the run bill because the british goverment wanted to include secuirty forces."
sinn fiens Gerry kelly said.
The fact was that in the south there is a much smaller number that would be involved," he said.
"But it was still an anomaly which came from the Good Friday Agreement and could have been sorted out."
"The fact that the British have acted in bad faith should be no reason for the Irish government to join them in terms of them refusing to go ahead with this process."
'Restoring devolution'
So this pose's an intersting question "would s/f care about the rights of the people or is it a case of they care about their people"
Now to me a fair sided political party would put rights of people first ,again s/f show us that it has self interst ahead of 'victims rights'
The sooner this party is seen for what they really are the better Northern Ireland will be and mybe then can start healing the wounds that are currently festering.
Unionist's get the blame for not wanting to go ahead but really who can blame them would you want to share power with people who wanted to kill you and your kind.

Seems that the U.S is taking lessons from Isreal
missile strike apparently targeting al-Qaeda's deputy leader in a village in Pakistan has prompted Islamabad to protest to its American allies.
Ayman al-Zawahiri was not in the village on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan officials said. But the attack left at least 18 local people dead.
The US military has denied knowledge of the attack, which US media reported had been carried out by the CIA.
But Islamabad condemned the strike and called the US ambassador to complain.
Pakistan's Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told a news conference the Pakistani government wanted "to assure the people we will not allow such incidents to reoccur".
He said he did not know whether Zawahiri had been in the area at the time.

According to preliminary investigations there was foreign presence in the area and that, in all probability, was targeted from across the border in Afghanistan
Pakistan foreign ministry
Zawahiri has eluded capture since the US overthrew the Taleban in Afghanistan in 2001 despite a $25m bounty on his head.
Osama Bin Laden's second-in-command is regarded as the ideological brains behind the al-Qaeda network, says BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera.
The Egyptian has also become its most visible spokesperson, issuing a number of video and audio tapes, whilst Osama Bin Laden has not been seen or heard from for more than a year.
Foreign presence
The raid took place in the village of Damadola in the Bajaur tribal area, about 7km (4.5 miles) from the Afghan border.
Jets - or in some accounts a Predator drone - reportedly fired missiles at a particular housing compound in the village.
Tribesmen there are convinced the strike was the work of the Americans and are very angry at the attack.

Zawahiri has been in hiding since 2001
Reporters who reached Damadola spoke of three houses hundreds of metres apart that had been destroyed.
Shah Zaman said he lost two of his sons and a daughter. "I ran out and saw planes. I ran toward a nearby mountain with my wife. When we were running we heard three more explosions. I saw my home being hit.
"According to preliminary investigations there was foreign presence in the area and that, in all probability, was targeted from across the border in Afghanistan," Pakistan's foreign ministry said in a statement, adding it had complained to the US envoy in Islamabad.
A Pakistani intelligence official told Reuters news agency that Damadola was the stronghold of a banned pro-Taleban group, the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi.
The US has about 20,000 troops in Afghanistan, but Pakistan does not allow them to operate across the border.
Pakistan has about 70,000 troops in the border region.

So this is the price the world has to pay for freedom the us has the right to kill anyone so they can try and assinate a top leader ,why not send troops in capture him and send him to trial instead of hoping he is there who is going to speak up for the innocents ,no one as they are nt u.s citizens it seems this outrage will die down .
the price of freedom is it worth your soul?

Here's a story that was on the bbc and hopefully it gets results.It seems that the culture of Northern Ireland is going the way of everything else and protestant culture does nt matter .
Call to return Titanic link ship
The Nomadic took passengers out to the TitanicThe government has been urged to fund the return to Belfast of a ship described as an "important building block" in a Titanic tourist project.
North Belfast MP Nigel Dodds says cash is needed to bring back SS Nomadic, the last of the White Star ships.
The ship, built at Harland and Wolff the year before the Titanic, was used as a tender to take first-class passengers to and from the great liner.
It is currently in Le Harve, France, and will be auctioned on 26 January.
Mr Dodds said SS Nomadic was an "important historical artefact" and "vital" that it was returned home.
"Nomadic is an important building block for the Titanic Signature Project," he said.
"If government is serious about building a strong and vibrant tourism industry in the city, which will undoubtedly have spin-off effects for the whole of Northern Ireland, then it is absolutely imperative that Nomadic comes back to Belfast and serious funding is provided for its return."

The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage to New York
Mr Dodds said the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure had offered a loan to Belfast City Council but that "does not go far enough".
He said money had been found to buy a 19th century Galway fishing vessel for an Irish language organisation.
"They must not be allowed to abdicate their responsibility for the return of such an important ship as the SS Nomadic," he said.
The 221st ship ferried passengers to the White Star liner Olympic, and in April 1912, it did the same job for Titanic.
Nomadic saw service in both world wars and was later used as a restaurant on the Seine in Paris.
More recently, it has been languishing semi-derelict in the port of Le Havre.
A feasibility study by Belfast City Council estimated the cost of buying the ship and bringing it back to the city would be around £750,000.
It would then need about £7m to restore the ship to its former glory.
Campaigners, including Belfast Industrial Heritage, have been behind efforts to bring Nomadic back to the city where it was made.
It is hoped that the ship will become the centrepiece of a new tourist quarter dedicated to the world's most famous ship.
Other attractions include the slipway where Titanic was built, the drawing offices where the blueprints for the ship were drawn and the Thompson Dock and pump house where she was fitted out.
Titanic entered into legend in 1912 when more than 1,500 people died during its maiden voyage from the UK to America.

Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
Harry Kewell's 59th-minute volley was enough for Liverpool to claim a deserved victory against Tottenham.

I watched the game this morning while liverpool where a bit slow to start i feel they had the better of the game. After halftime tottenham nearly scored but it was the aussie who got his first goal since 2003.So this sets up a great match next week-end against Man utd who got beat by city today which means we are 1 point behind them with 2 games in hand and playing for second place .

California gov.Arnold Scharzenegger has denied clemacy to Clarence Ray Allen .
Mr Allen who is 75 legally blind nearly deaf has now asked the supreme court to do something it has never done before :block an exection because of the condemned mans advanced age and infirmity.Mr Alllen is scheduled to die on tuesday ,mind you he ordered 3 slayings while behind bars for another murder.
I know he has killed and i dont know when it happened but if he has been on death row for awhile it seems stupid to kill him now how much longer would he live anyway, i suppose they have to get "their justice" before nature does.
His lawyer says "excuting a feeble old man amounts to cruel and unusual punishment,mind you after tookie william's i dont like his chances seems the u.s justice system does nt belive in compassion .

Liverpool vTottenham
Liverpool's Fernando Morientes should return, leaving Bolo Zenden as the only player in the treatment room.
Jose Reina should return in goal in place of Scott Carson, while new boys Jan Kromkamp and Daniel Agger may play.
it should be a good game and a warm up for the big one next sunday Man utd that will show how much we have improved .

Benitez picks up managerial award

Benitez wins November award Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has won his second consecutive Barclays Premiership Manager of the Month award. It is good to see this i was wary of him when he first joined by he has grown on me and is doing Liverpool proud so cant argue with that way to go

Here is a peice that was written about another member of s/f the people that want to have a united Ireland at any cost.
FROM the moment Martin McGuinness took command of the Derry Brigade in 1971, it quickly developed into one of the Provisional IRA's most effective units, according to a former IRA commander who worked closely with him at the time.
The former terrorist, who is under an IRA death threat after becoming a key informer on the IRA's activities, said that the brigade was driven by McGuinness's own determination and sheer force of personality.
The informer told The Telegraph: "He demanded total commitment and support from subordinates, and he got it. He wouldn't say a lot at meetings, but he was very quick to grasp the key points. And believe me, once he'd made up his mind, that was it - he might be all smiles but nobody ever crossed Martin twice."
Like the intelligence services, this former terrorist is certain that Mr McGuinness took part personally in the Derry Brigade's operations. "It is unlikely he could have got such respect from his volunteers and risen to the top of the tree without getting some blood on his hands."
Soon after the Derry Brigade had turned large areas of the city into "no go" zones, Mr McGuinness was to be found chairing press conferences and guiding journalists around "Free Derry". On one occasion, he introduced a sniper who claimed to have killed a soldier at an observation post on the city's ancient walls.
The anti-British atmosphere in Londonderry was so intense that when Rifleman Joseph Hill of the Royal Green Jackets was shot and killed during rioting in the Bogside area in October 1971, IRA supporters clapped and cheered as his body was taken away. A month later, three young Catholic women were tarred and feathered before jeering crowds in the space of a few days. Their "crime" was going out with British soldiers.
Even though the Derry Brigade controlled the Catholic areas of Londonderry, it made no attempt to prevent the mob's actions. It was only after fierce media criticism that the leadership issued a statement denying any involvement in the attacks, while reiterating its warning against Catholic women fraternising with British soldiers.
On January 27, 1972, three days before Bloody Sunday, a routine police patrol on the fringes of "Free Derry" was ambushed by Provisional gunmen with automatic weapons. Sgt Peter Gilgunn, a 28-year-old Catholic, and a Protestant colleague, Constable David Montgomery, 20, died as 17 bullets ripped through their car.
These were the first local officers to be killed after Mr McGuinness took over the Derry Brigade; today, he pointedly refuses to say whether he sanctioned what one prominent nationalist MP at the time had denounced as "a dastardly act". Last week, Gregory Campbell, a member of the hardline Democratic Unionist Party and Northern Ireland's regional development officer, called on the Saville inquiry to question Mr McGuinness over his involvement in the murders.
In another atrocity carried out by Provisionals two weeks later, armed men dragged Thomas Callaghan, a 45-year-old Catholic who served part-time in the Ulster Defence Regiment, from the bus he was driving. His corpse was found three hours later, hooded and gagged, with his arms tied behind his back and a bullet in his head.
At his funeral, attended by mourners of all faiths, Catholic clergymen condemned the "irresponsible protectors bringing ruin to our city and distress to families". Mr Callaghan's widow observed sadly that she could have accepted his death on UDR duty but not "while he was simply doing his job".
Following two spells in jail in the Irish Republic in the mid-1970s for belonging to the IRA, Mr McGuinness became a power in the Provisionals' "Northern Command". Security sources are convinced that he served as chief of staff from 1978 to 1982 and was involved in the decision to bomb the British mainland.
Apart from running the Derry Brigade during the early 1970s, Mr McGuinness also forged a close relationship with Gerry Adams, then head of the Ballymurphy Brigade in Belfast.
The former IRA commander told The Telegraph that Mr McGuinness and Mr Adams made a formidable terrorist double act. "Don't believe the rubbish about Martin being the hawk and Gerry the dove. They played off each other and God help anybody who got in their way once too often."
While both men could be extremely arrogant and uncaring about the consequences of their actions, the former Provisional said, Mr McGuinness usually tried to avoid civilian casualties in the Derry Brigade's operations.
Sometimes, however, things went badly wrong: on one occasion early in 1972, bombers arrived to blow up a hotel where a Catholic wedding reception was being held. When 17-year-old Alphonsus Patten, best man to his brother, tried to intervene, he was shot in the face at point-blank range and badly wounded.
That incident drew a furious response from the Official IRA, which accused Mr McGuinness's Provisionals of "callous cowardice". The Derry Brigade also came in for scathing criticism in April 1981, after Joanna Mathers, a 27-year-old Protestant, was murdered while collecting completed census forms in a Loyalist area. The Provisionals denied responsibility, but IRA detainees in an H Block of the Maze prison publicly expressed their disgust at the killing.
In August 1988, when Mr McGuinness was no longer in direct operational control in Londonderry but still exercised a powerful influence, a bomb in a house in the Creggan area killed two civilians instantly, one a woman of 60, and fatally wounded another. The Provisionals had planted the bomb in the hope of luring police into a trap, stationing three men nearby to keep local people away.
When Mr McGuinness insisted on attending one of the highly emotional funerals, he was jostled, insulted and sworn at by mourners. The son of one of the victims said that Sinn Fein had offered to pay for the service but were told to get lost. As for Mr McGuinness, "he may have been head of the IRA but he was lucky not to get kicked to death".
Philip Jacobson is the co-author, with Peter Pringle, of Those Are Real Bullets, Aren't They? Bloody Sunday, Derry, 30 January 1972.
So in my opinon what is neeeded in Northern Ireland is new people to lead ,after all Isreal refused to deal with Arafet even thought he was the leader they could nt forget what he had masterminded, yet Blair and his goverment, Ahearn(who does nt want to ever share power with s/f) insist's that unoinist's who never killed have to share power with these men it's no wonder unionist's are wary would nt you be?

It's nearly six months since i returned to Canada the 18th marks that .It has gone by so quick i seem to just slip in and fit over here but i fit everywhere(modest) .
There are things i miss about Australia like Wags(my dog) Sam my stepdaughter and her kids, And knowing that my other daughter micheala is there somewhere but ill never meet her,after this time with Saoirse i relish what i have missed out on if only i was wiser when i was 17 but life deals us a hand and we take it sometimes we win with it and sometimes we just fold.
So this is to Micheala know this that you are in my thoughts every day and it was nt because i did nt want you it was because well ill tell you that in person.
One day i might get to see you thats one reason im going so hard with this case of mine hoping that the papers pick up on it then your mum see's it then finally tell's you the truth.
I know things wont be the same as you already have a dad but there are some thing's i would like to tell you.
But back to the things i miss vegimite, heat and footy starts soon .But i will gladly give everything up to stay here with my family ,Life is so uncertin at the moment waiting for this and waiting for that .
I have become so close to Saoirse and closer to taylor liam and i have always been close except when i disipline him i dont use violence i do raise my voice sometimes which i should nt as you get more flie's with honey. I ll work on that i know there are some things i need to work on but i know what they are and thats the first step to fixing them.

It's nearly six months since i returned to Canada the 18th marks that .It has gone by so quick i seem to just slip in and fit over here but i fit everywhere(modest) .
There are things i miss about Australia like Wags(my dog) Sam my stepdaughter and her kids, And knowing that my other daughter micheala is there somewhere but ill never meet her,after this time with Saoirse i relish what i have missed out on if only i was wiser when i was 17 but life deals us a hand and we take it sometimes we win with it and sometimes we just fold.
So this is to Micheala know this that you are in my thoughts every day and it was nt because i did nt want you it was because well ill tell you that in person.
One day i might get to see you thats one reason im going so hard with this case of mine hoping that the papers pick up on it then your mum see's it then finally tell's you the truth.
I know things wont be the same as you already have a dad but there are some thing's i would like to tell you.
But back to the things i miss vegimite, heat and footy starts soon .But i will gladly give everything up to stay here with my family ,Life is so uncertin at the moment waiting for this and waiting for that .
I have become so close to Saoirse and closer to taylor liam and i have always been close except when i disipline him i dont use violence i do raise my voice sometimes which i should nt as you get more flie's with honey. I ll work on that i know there are some things i need to work on but i know what they are and thats the first step to fixing them.

Do as i say not as i do?
Seems that gov Arnie Schwarzengger's fat lip caused by a motorcycle crash was nt the only thing he got seems he got a political black eye?
You see arnie does nt have or ever held a motorcycle licence , has nt for years .
His son who was in the side car escaped unhurt.The d.a's office say he wont be charged with a driving violation.Seems there is a different law if you are the gov, only thing i dont understand dont you swear to uphold the laws when you become a governer, the reason they say "is because we did not witness the driving" now it's great to see u.s justice is alive and well .

Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry has criticised the omission of the club from the sporting New Year Honours.
Parry labelled the decision "little short of staggering" after Liverpool beat AC Milan to win the Champions League after trailing 3-0 at one point.
"The decision to overlook key Liverpool players despite our magnificent achievement was frustrating," Parry told Liverpool's official magazine.
"What do you have to do to be recognised by the powers-that-be?"
England's success in beating Australia to win the Ashes saw captain Michael Vaughan become an OBE while the rest of the side were appointed MBEs, including Paul Collinghwood, who appeared in only the final Test.
Parry added: "I don't want to take anything away from the England cricketers and their wonderful Ashes success against Australia.
"But the fact that the inspirational efforts of Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher in helping us win the Champions League were effectively dismissed is little short of staggering."
The Liverpool chief executive pointed out this was the second time the club had been snubbed after winning a European trophy.
"Of course, we have been here before.
"The achievements of the legendary Bob Paisley, the most successful English club manager of all time and three-times European Cup winner, were never truly recognised.
"My own bemusement now comes full circle to encompass the failure to recognise the achievements of the Anfield boys of 2005."

MELBOURNE'S train temptress has struck again.
'However police and rail officials have met to plan an end to her saucy crime spree.
The woman broke into a cabin on a peak-hour Frankston train on Tuesday night and broadcast X-rated praise of the driver to stunned commuters.
The husky-voiced intruder is believed to be the serial seductress behind a similar break-in and announcement on the Sandringham line last week.
The trespasser evaded capture by authorities on both occasions.
As her break-in broadcasts become more frequent, longer and more detailed, pressure is building for Connex to catch the profane prankster before more commuters are subject to her sexy speeches.
"There was a woman on the address system. It was very graphic about how she was going to have sex with a driver for about three minutes," said Angela, a passenger on the Frankston-bound train.
"I thought she was in cahoots with the driver."
Angela said there were families on board unhappy their children were exposed to the content.
Passengers on the trains during both incidents believed the woman was in the cabin with the driver or was a voice on a 1900 sex call.
The broadcasts are now thought to be the work of a lone female hijacking the PA system in vacant train cabins.
Police are scanning CCTV footage from stations to identify her.
Ticket inspectors have been briefed to be on the lookout for the woman.
"When the train comes to a stop at a station it is easy for them to slip out of the cab and merge with other passengers," said Connex spokesman Andrew Cassidy said.
Connex yesterday discussed the incidents with Transit Safety Division officers.
Connex has said some people are aware of a weakness that allows them to force their way into vacant cabins and hijack the PA.
They said the flaw would be fixed this year.

ROMAN Catholic bishop from Detroit said this morning he was sexually abused by a priest as a teenager, becoming the highest-ranking clergyman and the first prelate to declare himself a victim in the scandal tainting the church."I speak out of my own experience of being exploited as a teenager through inappropriate touching by a priest," Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton said in testimony for the Ohio state legislature.
Bishop Gumbleton said he supports efforts in Ohio and several other states to follow California's lead in suspending the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits that allege abuse by clergy and subsequent cover-ups by the church hierarchy.
The scandal first erupted in 2003 in Boston and has since involved virtually every US diocese.
Bishop Gumbleton, 75, said in published interviews that he was in a religious high school in Detroit when the unnamed priest took him to a cottage where they wrestled and he was fondled.
'The priest has been dead 10 years and Bishop Gumbleton said he had suffered no lasting effects from the encounter.
A bishop in Detroit since 1968, Bishop Gumbleton is known for his liberal views and his prayer vigils and fasts especially in support of peace movements and disarmament. He was ordained in 1956 and has been the pastor at St Leo's church in Detroit since 1983.
In his remarks, Bishop Gumbleton said he was speaking out as an individual to apologise to victims and their families and because the only way to assure perpetrators were exposed was by providing victims their day in court.
Detroit Cardinal Adam Maida said he was saddened by the report of the bishop being an abuse victim, saying it was the first the diocese had heard of his claims.
"Bishop Gumbleton's experience is indeed regrettable and, no doubt, it frames his personal opinion on this matter," said archdiocese spokesman Monsignor Ricardo Bass.
He added the archdiocese supported a statute of limitations as "protecting the rights of everyone, especially after a long passage of time."
California is the lone state to have approved a one-year window suspending its statute of limitations on abuse lawsuits, and hundreds of civil cases were filed in 2003, many of which are pending but dozens of which were settled, said David Clohessy of the advocacy group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.
Several other states including Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania were considering suspending the 2- to 5-year statute of limitations so as to allow lawsuits about events from long ago.
"It is just incredibly inspiring to see someone of (Bishop Gumbleton's) stature and position showing such courage. We know dozens of priests were abused by priests as kids, and we suspect there were bishops as well," Mr Clohessy said.
"We're grateful that he recognises that reforming laws, while bitter-tasting medicine, is ultimately very effective medicine for cleansing the church and protecting kids."

January is going quick ,i should be getting word back from the immigration soon .
Can i stay an extra 6 months or will i get 72 hours to get out hope its the first one .My neice was on phone last night and was saying that she might come over in may and fly back in july with me that would be the first time i have ever flown with someone i know.
Now that would be a weird feeling im so used to going it alone i know ill have saoirse but thats different she will just follow me any way.I hope she fly's well and just wonder how she will like wags . the dog gets excited every time im near hope it does nt scare saoirse.Talking about saoirse i took her to dr's today because she's not eating and having night terror's . he said she looks healthy and that with the night terrors keep her away from t.v before she goes to bed even if its around they pick up on the picture's and retain them .So no more sci fi channel when she's awake .maybe its seasme street after all there are lots of monsters on that show .

Those English?
A British police officer who saved the life of a man high on drugs by stopping him from jumping from a window was repimanded.
Const Amerjit singh, who had been called to a house in Cambridgeshire, was found to have used "undue force" in holding the man back from killing himself.The mans ungreatful dad had complained.
And Another
Staff at a school in Norwich ,England, had to fill in risk assessment forms before they could take children out to play in the snow last winter.Children throwing snowballs could do so only if they were 65 feet apart. "Risk assessments can keep children safe in snowy weather," intoned a council spokesman.
what a weird world we are giving to our kids.

Here are some reasons that the unionists despise Gerry Adams and the i.r.a.

In conversation with a fellow republican internee Gerry Adams (leader of Sinn Fein) made his views known that he would:

"…wade up to my knees in Protestant blood to get a United Ireland"

Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Fein .
Tracey Munn (a two year old child) and Colin Nicholl (a 17 month year old baby) were both killed when the IRA left a no warning bomb on the busy Shankill Road on the 11th December 1971. The mother of one of the children, who was looking after Colin Nicholl for a friend, had left the pram with the two children in it outside a shop. The bomb, which had been left outside a furniture shop, exploded causing the front wall of the shop, and the floors above, to collapse onto the street below. The two young children were buried under the tons of rubble that collapsed down upon them. Such was the scale of the devastation that a digger had to be used to remove the rubble.
On the 21st July 1972 a series of bombs exploded across Belfast in what was to be one of the most bloody episodes in the troubles, the day became known as Bloody Friday. There were in total some 21 bomb explosions; in many cases people were literally blown to pieces. Such was the force of the explosions and their vicinity to people it was hard to ascertain from the mass of burnt body parts just how many people had lost their lives. The newspapers initially reported eleven people had died but it turned out to be nine. A police officer who had been on the scene describes the scene that was unfolding all around him:-"One victim had his arms and legs blown off and some of his body had been blown through the railings. One of the most horrendous memories for me was seeing a head stuck to a wall. A couple of days later we found vertebrae and a ribcage on the roof of a nearby building. The reason we found it was because the seagulls were diving on to it…" A 14-year-old boy was amongst those who were killed. In 1983 it emerged in a television documentary that Gerry Adams had been involved in the carnage that took place on that day. A former republican pointed the finger of blame at him, so did other former IRA volunteers, who had been sickened by the depths that their organization would stoop to.
On the 17 February 1978 the IRA committed what has since been described as one of the most horrific crimes in the troubles. The killings took place at a hotel called La Mon House, during a meeting of the Irish Collie Club (a pet club). The IRA had planted a firebomb in the Hotel, and when it exploded the building was engulfed in a massive fireball. Those who were killed were burnt alive, their bodies burnt beyond all recognition. One local newspaper, the Newtownards Chronicle described the scene as follows:- "For those who were to see this holocaust it was sickening. Sickening to see pieces of human body, limbs and other parts of the body being lifted. Many of them were just pure red flesh so indistinguishable that even forensic science experts found difficulty in sifting out their identification. It was only by getting down to some of the most minute details – teeth, hair, steel items belonging to the victims – that is was possible to arrive at identification." In all twelve people were murdered that day, three married couples were amongst those killed, eight of the victims were women. All those killed were Protestants again demonstrating that for a united Ireland the IRA would wade in Protestant blood. Its hard to understand how killing innocent Protestants attending a social dinner as part of a dog club could further any cause other than that of sectarian hatred.


Perhaps the most shocking, because it was perpetrated in the realm of the sacred, was the massacre that occurred at Darkley Pentecostal Church. On the evening of the 20th November 1983 the congregation of Darkley church were attending evening service, unaware of what lay in store for them. The first to be killed were two elders of the church whose job it was to welcome latecomers into the church. As they stood at the front door three gunmen emerged and shot them dead. One other man who was standing in the inner hall was also shot but managed to stagger bleeding, and barely able to stand, into the church to raise the alarm. The gunmen were not, however, finished their killing and began to open fire on the building. The small church was only of wooden construction and the bullets passed through the walls like they were made of paper. In all some 40 shots were fired into the small church in which some twenty sex children were present. Three people were shot dead, and many more were seriously injured. It is unclear which republican organization carried out the attack with some people pointing the finger of blame at the INLA although to make any clear distinction between the INLA and the Provisional IRA would be merely theoretical. The only thing that is clear is that this was another sectarian attack carried out by republican murder gangs.
The "Poppy Day Massacre" is perhaps the single worst incident in the history of the troubles if indeed we can single out one single atrocity amongst the catalogue of those perpetrated by the IRA. The attack was so vicious and so nakedly sectarian that many within the catholic community who had sympathized with the IRA came out in open criticism of the organization. On that day, the 8th November 1987, the people of Eniskillen were remembering those that had died in World War I and II in an open-air remembrance service at the war memorial. As they stood waiting for the service to begin, the crowd the usual mixture of people from all walks of life, a massive bomb exploded in a community hall just yards behind them. The explosion was devastating, bringing down tons of masonry that crushed people against steel railings. In all some 11 people were murdered that day, most of them were elderly couples. After the explosion relatives who knew that loved ones were trapped beneath the tons of rubble, made frantic attempts to try and dig them out. Perhaps one of the most moving stories is that of Gordon Wilson who was trapped, with his daughter under the tons of rubble. He was able to hold her hand as rescuers frantically tried to free them both from under 6 foot of rubble. Gordon Wilson recalls shouting to Marie to ask her if she was all right. She replied that she was, he did this five times and on the last occasion she replied:- "Daddy, I love you very much" and died. It later transpired in 1995 from a republican source, despite initial denials from the IRA, that the attack was not an accident but had been planned. The device had not been set off by accident but had been on a timer set to explode. The IRA unit knew of the bomb, which they claim was meant for security force personnel, but when it failed to explode on time they simply did not bother to phone in a warning. Those that died were simply Protestants and were thus either expendable or legitimate targets.
On the 17th July 1992 the IRA committed yet another atrocity against those they regarded as legitimate targets, these legitimate targets were also not by chance Protestants. On that day eight workmen lost their lives, they had committed the "crime" of working for a construction company that was carrying out minor repairs to a military installation. Again, it must be stressed, these men were workmen and were not members of the security forces. The men had been traveling home after a days work when the mini bus they were traveling in was blown quite literally off the road. The bomb had been concealed at the side of the road at the Teebane crossroads and was detonated as the minibus drove past. A short time earlier a school bus carrying school children had passed by, indeed, such was the proximity that they saw the events that transpired. The bus was blown onto its roof and the bodies scattered along the roadside.

The last atrocity is that of the Shankill bombing on the 23rd October 1993. On that day the IRA placed a bomb in a busy fish and chip shop on the Shankill Road knowing full well the carnage that would result. That day nine people lost their lives, all of them were Protestants, apart from one IRA man who did not get out of the building in time. Like other no warning IRA bomb attacks against the Protestant community the results were devastating. The building itself was very old and when the bomb went off the floors above just simply collapsed down upon all those who had been inside. The stories told by rescue workers make harrowing reading:- "…The scene was horrific. There was one lady lying in the road with head injuries and half her arm was blown off. She later died. But the worst part for me was when we unearthed the body of a young girl. I will never forget seeing that face staring up at me out of the rubble." In all two young girls died that day, one of them was 7 years old and the other was 13, one of the young girls died alongside her parents. As a final act of insult to the Protestant community Gerry Adams carried the coffin of the IRA bomber who had failed to make good his escape in time. The IRA tried to claim that loyalists had been using the room above for meetings but it turned out that they had not used the room in months. It was also a rather weak excuse considering that civilians would have been killed regardless.
I remember going to the funeral of one of the victims of the La mon house attack i was 12 and at the age where you start going to funerals as a mark of respect, you go when your younger but dont really understand why you are there.
But this one i knew and remember looking at the crowds of people who turned up .Now some people say there are reasons that people join paramilitary groups and this would have been one .
And the sight of gerry Adams carrying the coffin .I was back home then and knew then that no protestant could have him as a rival in a poltical group . Could you see yourself talking to a man who gave the orders to kill your countrymen and women and children.

went to watch the oilers skill day and it was good i can hardly stand on skates and some of the stuff these guys did was awsome .Makes me want to go and see a game.

Iron Age 'bog bodies' unveiled

Bog bodies have been found throughout north-west Europe
Archaeologists have unveiled two Iron Age "bog bodies" which were found in the Republic of Ireland.
The bodies, which are both male and have been dated to more than 2,000 years ago, probably belong to the victims of a ritual sacrifice.

SEEMS THINGS DONT CHANGE FOR SOME BACK HOME?
Republicans won't be happy until the last Protestant has left the west bank of the River Foyle, a prominent loyalist in the city said yesterday.
William Jackson was speaking after the latest in a series of post-Christmas attacks on his home just inside the Fountain estate.
He claimed that they were being attacked because they are Protestants living on the west bank. "That's all it boils down to," he said. "We are getting it every night here and there is only so much that the Protestant people can take." "Until such times as there are no Protestants left in this estate here at all then we will never get peace," he said.
In the latest attack, late on Wednesday night, a petrol bomb scorched the newly-decorated porch of Mr Jackson's house, after bouncing off a perspex-screened window. He, his wife and three children were at home but they escaped injury.
But he has no doubt that the republican gangs will return, as they have shouted threats of 'Jacksons, we are going to burn you out' while regularly bombarding with petrol bombs, stones and bottles their home, which is situated just inside a 'peace fence' off Bishop Street.
Jackson said: "As long as they are only talking it, and not trying it. "But this is them saying they are going to do it sooner or later. Until then, I am prepared to stick my ground."
He said that the Community Restorative Justice group had tried to disperse the mobs that came from the Bogside- Bishop Street-Brandywell area, but that the young people weren't listening to them.
He said that the almost-nightly attacks had been carried out by about half a dozen youths at first, but now a mob of around 50 was laying siege to their house during the hours of darkness.
Mr Jackson said that they had asked the Housing Executive to give them fire extinguishers.
"They have declined and said that we would need to be trained in them and all the rest of it. But it's not their lives that are it risk, it is ours."
The DUP, who have condemned the harassment of the Jacksons, have called for improved CCTV in the Fountain.
It goes to show that the community restorative group does nt work with out the threat of the i.r.a behind them so s/f should abondon it and put their support behind the p.s.n.i

'Slopping out' a breach of rights

Slopping out breached prisoner's rightsA former inmate's claim that "slopping out" breached the European Human Rights Convention has been upheld in the High Court in Belfast.
Justin John Martin, 33, from east Belfast, won a declaration that the Prison Service failed to adequately respect his right to private life.
Mr Martin said the lack of in-cell facilities was "degrading".
A claim for damages was dismissed, but the Service was ordered to pay his costs, estimated at more than £100,000.
now i wonder if the person who was his victim has had their private life respected when he did his crime.I dont know what his crime was but there is no such thing as a victimless crime someone is usually on the other end of it.I wonder sometimes if the priortys are right in this world is nt prison a punishment so if you have to slop out so what don't do the crime if you cant do the time.

Ards 0-1 Glentoran
Gary Browne scored the vital goal as champions Glentoran got their first win in six games. dont know what happened to the glens but Linfield now have a 15 point lead . there are scoring many goals along the way .

Luton 3-5 Liverpool
Liverpool broke Luton's hearts in an FA Cup classic at Kenilworth Road.
Seems i missed a great game there, it was nt put on t.v over here seems Liverpool came from 3-1 down to end up winning 5-3 .The fans who got to watch this match got a scorefest and thats always good for the game,so bad luck to luton but great win reds .

TALKING ABOUT BASTARDS?
It seems Gary Glitter is being charged with committing obscene acts with two girls aged 10 and 11,the charges carry prison terms of three to seven years.There was a report a couple weeks ago about a payment of $1000 to the girls family's to drop the rape charges otherwise he would be looking at a much longer sentence.
Now is it me or do people who are or were in the public eye get it better than the rest of us. Was nt this man charged with childporn in the U.K then he is allowed to travel to a place where it is easier to get away with this sort of thing.Surly the british goverment are responsible for the trauma these girls have had to endure from this sick bastard .

This is the end result of my compliant againt my treatment by Mornington c.i.d
Police investigations of complaints such as yours,particulary after a lenghty period of time since the police contact occured,are often difficullt to resolve.The complaint is often alone with the police officer and may rely soley on his or her memory,which can become distorted over time.A police officer will usually have some form of corroboration of there version of events,either by another member and/or notes which were made either at the time of an interview or immediately after,in the form of the case narrative.The fact that your complaint has not been substantiated does not mean that this office disbelieves your account of your experience ,it means that the weight of the evidence is in favour of the police officers' version of events
there was other stuff which i have left out but you get the gist of it .It is hard to prove anything especially when the police investigate themselfs,that might sound like im bitter and i am after my experiance the to get the courage to go ahead and speak to the police then be treated the way i was.It makes me wonder what happens when i go before the medical board will they belive the dr because he is a dr ? justice eh only if your rich.

AUSTRALIA TOPS THE WORLD AGAIN.
Australia: 129 ptsIndia: 115England: 113Pakistan: 103New Zealand: 100South Africa: 99Sri Lanka: 96West Indies: 73Zimbabwe: 27Bangladesh: 5As at 6 Jan 2006
AFTER BEING BEATEN BY THE ENGLISH IN THE ASHES .AUSTRALIA RETURNED TO FORM BY BEATING THE WINDIE'S THEN THE SOUTH AFRICIANS TO TAKE TOP PLACE IN THE WORLD ORDER,GREAT JOB AGAIN TO RICKY AND THE BOYS.

What a rip off?
Went to airport to change my ticket ,and it is going to cost me over a $1000 that includes adding Saoirse.
I cant even say cash it in because tickets are non refundable its not that it was a cheap ticket in the first place over 3 grand with taxes.These people sure know how to rip you off its a wonder that they go broke how can they lose .
i have to upgrade my ticket which will cost $600+tax then Saoirse is 10% of my fare $300 plus taxes .then to top it off i have to get another return ticket to bring saoirse back here .Cant wait till the day when we can teleport .

JAN 5TH MARKS THE ANNIVERSY OF THE KINGSMILL MASSACRE
Joseph Lemmon 46yrs old married, 3 children
Reginald Chapman 25yrs married 2 children
Walter Chapman 23yrs single
Kenneth Worton 24yrs married 2 children
James McWhirter 58yrs married 3 children
Robert Chambers 19yrs single
John McConville 20yrs single
John Bryans 46yrs widower 2 children were left orphans
Robert Freeburn 50yrs married 2 children
Robert Walker 46 yrs
One man was hit 18 times but miraculously survived . Ten years late r he give an account to the Belfast News Letter in which he said:-
"The talk on the minibus that night was no different than normal. There had been talk earlier in the factory that day about the killing of the young Reavey brothers from Whitecross. It horrified us all. We passed through Whitecross village shortly after 5-30pm and when our minibus was stopped, a short distance up the road past Kingsmills crossroads, we thought it was the army.
"A group of about 12 armed men, who were unmasked but with their faces blackened and wearing combat jackets, surrounded the vehicle and ordered us all out onto the road. Even then few of us thought there was something amiss. One man, with a English accent, did all the talking and proceeded to ask each of us our religion. Our Roman Catholic works colleague was ordered to clear off and the shooting started
"It was all over within a minute and after the initial screams there was silence. I was semi-conscious and passed out several times with the deadly pain and the cold. A man appeared on the scene. He was in a terrible state and was praying loudly as he passed along the rows of bodies. He must have heard my groans nad came across to comfort me. I must have been lying at the roadside waiting on the ambulance for up to 30 minutes. It was like an eternity and I can remember someone moving my body from one side to the other to help ease the pain."
He added " I remained in the Bessbrook area for a time, but as I left my young daughter to school every morning I was confronted by the orphans of men murdered in the massacre. It brought it all back on a daily basis and I decided to move to Scotland. Two years in Scotland helped me to adjust but I knew I had to return home to Bessbrook.
Even now when I hear of a innocent person being killed the horror of the massacre all comes back and I can feel every bullet hitting me. Bessbrook lost its heart through that massacre. It was once a vibrant happy community full of life and enjoyment. What was done that night was a sheer waste, a futile exercise that advanced no cause."
When the funerals were held they took place in "Constant drizzle and a dank grey mist added to the almost tangible atmosphere of grief which envoloped the heart broken village. All shops closed today and the streets were almost deserted as the 2,000 villagers prepared to pay their final tribute to the men they had grown up with. Despair and sorrow were etched on the faces of the few villagers who ventured out of doors and many were red eyed from tears.
"Last nightthe nine coffins ofthe murdered men were carried from their homes through the village in an impressive public show of sorrow. They were taken at intervals along the village's broad main street. The coffins of the six Presbyterian victims lay beside each other in the Presbyterian church. The other three coffins lay in Christ Church Parish Church."
The British Government publicly declare after this tragic event that they were sending the SAS into South Armagh. Later a Armagh IRA man Peter Cleary was shot dead by the SAS, a tabloid paper linked him with the Kingsmill shooting.

Seems there could be a new law soon in the U.S for people who visit from Europe ,it seems they will have to provide there fingerprints ahead of comming to the states with out a visa. Remember the old days when only crims had to have their fingerprints taken .
How long before the barcodes are tattooed on our necks i.d cards have been long talked about in Australia and myself i am against it. People say that only the guilty would object but that's not true it takes away your anonymity .
To me orwells 1984 was tame compared to the world we are heading into, as long as it does'nt turn into solvent green.

Bush declare's war on the English language.Here are some of his clangers.
"see,in my line of work you gotto keep repeating things over and over again for the truth to sink in-to kind of catapult the propaganda."(on plans for passaga of legislation.)
"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is ridiculous.And having said that ,all options are on the table."
"Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job."(10 days later ,emergency management director Micheal Brown resigned over his handling of the New Orleans diaster.)
And this dosey
"Those who enter the country illegally violate the law"

Bolton 2-2 Liverpool
Garcia's reaction says it all after scoring to save Liverpool's unbeaten run, but we only managed a draw in a game that benitaz said "they did a lot od diving" it means we dropped 2 points and if we win our game in hand we will be even with utd Chelsea won so they are going along nicly if your a blues fan.

In 3 days i go to the airport to change my ticket, i was a bit worried that the immigration would get me. Even if im not to stay in the country i still have till the 18th so nothing to worry about.I just hope i can change my ticket, i rang a couple of weeks ago and was told that it should nt have 'been changed' because "it was only allowed for 8 weeks" but it cost me 3 grand so i think it should have and he did change it so techinally it was nt my fault i dont know what happens now ill find out thursday .
I have sent a e mail to the medical board saying "can i have the case after the 18th of july ".
The reason for that is because i have to live with Emma for a year to be classsed as 'common law partners ' then it should be easier for me to stay here as a resident.

In the world of far out, the animal kingdom was the big winner in 2005.
A love motel for dogs in sao paulo proved a big hit with amorous Brazilian pooches, offering a heart shaped mirror on the ceiling and headboards resembling doggy bones.
In Australia, Shane Willmott trained his three mice-Harry,Chopsticks and Bunsen-to enjoy the countrys favourite sport with special mouse-size surfboards.
And two giant toads were married in a traditional Hindu cermony in eastern India by villagers hoping to please the rain gods and end a dry spell.
To top it all off ,a British woman has married a dolphin in Isreal.
Sharon Tendler from Redbridge,east London, wore a white silk dress and a pink tiara for the ceremony in Eliat,Isreal Sharon kissed cindy and whispered "i love you" in his blow hole.And after the ceremony ,she dived into the water in her dress to give cindy a hug .
What can anyone say who would call a male dolphin cindy .