On June 29, 2001: Boston doctor found guilty of killing wife

On June 29, 2001, Boston doctor Dirk Greineder, 60, is found guilty of first-degreemurder in the death of Mabel Greineder, 58, his wife of more than 30 years. Dirk Greineder was a distinguished allergist. His wife, known as May, worked for him as a nurse and was pursuing an advanced degree in healthcare. The couple had raised three children, and lived in Wellesley, a tony–and usually crime-free–Boston suburb. Neighbors and friends saw the couple as especially close and devoted to each other. Nearly every day, they walked their German shepherds together in a nearby park.

On October 31, 1999, Dirk called 911 from his cell phone to report that his wife had been attacked near a pond at their local park while the two were out for a walk. According to his testimony, he had left his wife to exercise their dog because she had been experiencing back pain, and when he returned to her, he found her beaten body prostrate on the path. She had been nearly decapitated and stabbed in the chest. Police found gloves, a hammer and a pocketknife believed to be used in the murder in a nearby storm drain. In the course of their investigation, it was discovered that the well-respected and accomplished Dirk Greineder had been living a secret life. Using the alias “Thomas Young,” he had frequently downloaded internet pornography; rang up substantial phone sex bills; and regularly arranged meetings with prostitutes in hotels and at his home office. In fact, police found that he had contacted a prostitute the day after his wife’s murder. Believing that the doctor had killed his wife in order to more freely pursue his extramarital sexual activities, he was arrested in mid-November 1999.

Over the course of the trial, prosecutors described how Dirk had set up a phony company and used it to apply for a corporate credit card in the name “Thomas Young”; that he had frequently solicited group sex and escorts; and that this behavior seemed to become almost obsessive in the week before his wife’s murder. In those seven days, the doctor contacted several prostitutes, had sex with at least one, and sometimes spent more than four hours per day on internet porn sites, in addition to keeping up with a demanding career. Several witnesses testified that May had become increasingly insecure about the marriage, and had become focused on buying new clothes, exercising more often and had even thought about getting a face lift. Prosecutors pointed to the conclusion that May either had discovered her husband’s secret life, or was getting very close, and that Dirk wanted her out of the way. Prosecutors also stressed that witnesses placed Greineder in the moments after the murder emerging from the area where the murder weapons were found hidden instead of heading in the most likely place to find help, the main road. The prosecution also introduced evidence that the doctor had delayed making the 911 call, that the gloves and hammer likely belonged to Dirk and that the blood found at the scene, including on Dirk’s body, was not consistent with his story.

Despite some seemingly damning evidence, Dirk Greineder enjoyed strong support from friends and family, including the couple’s three children. The doctor testified about how much he loved his wife and that they were looking forward to their daughter’s upcoming wedding. Although he said he was unsure if his wife knew of his sexual affairs, he intimated that the outside sex may have contributed to the strength of their relationship. The defense contended that the doctor had no reason at all to kill his wife.

Despite a mostly circumstantial case against him, Dirk Greineder was found guilty of first-degree murder on June 29, 2001, after a six-week trial and four days of deliberations. Later in the day, Greineder was given the mandatory sentence, life in prison without the possibility of parole.

On June 28, 1997: Mike Tyson bites ear

 

On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield’s ear in the third round of their heavyweight rematch. The attack led to his disqualification from the match and suspension from boxing, and was the strangest chapter yet in the champion’s roller-coaster career. Mike Tyson enjoyed a rapid rise to stardom. In 1986 he became the youngest heavyweight champion in history by beating Trevor Berbick at just 19 years old. By 1989, however, Tyson had begun a long downward spiral into sports infamy. His erratic behavior included marrying and divorcing actress Robin Givens (after being accused by her of domestic violence), firing and suing his manager, breaking his hand in an early morning street brawl and two car accidents, one of which was reportedly a suicide attempt. Tyson also fired trainer Kevin Rooney and replaced him with notorious promoter Don King.

Unable to keep his focus on boxing, Tyson, once thought unbeatable, lost the heavyweight title after being knocked out by 42-to-1 underdog James “Buster” Douglas in a stunning upset on February 11, 1990. In 1991, Tyson was accused of rape by Desiree Washington, a contestant in a beauty pageant he was judging in Indianapolis,Indiana. He was convicted on February 10, 1992, and served three years and one month in a federal penitentiary. Once released, Tyson regained his heavyweight belts and then planned a bout with Evander Holyfield, a clean-living, religious former heavyweight champion from Georgiawho was considered the best heavyweight challenger for Tyson after number-one contender Lennox Lewis, who Tyson refused to schedule. Holyfield had retired in 1994, but the prospect of a huge payday proved tempting, and on November 9, 1996, the underdog Holyfield shocked the boxing world by beating Tyson in an 11th round TKO to win Tyson’s WBA title.

Holyfield came into the widely anticipated rematch on this day in 1997 even stronger than he had been for the first fight. In the first round, he hit Tyson hard with body shots while Tyson flailed away, ignoring the science of boxing his trainer had promised he would employ. By the end of the round, the crowd chanted Holyfield’s name, turning on the usual fan favorite Tyson. In the second round, Holyfield head-butted Tyson, opening a cut over Tyson’s right eye.In the third round, Tyson lost what composure he had left. He spit out his mouthpiece, bit off a chunk out of Holyfield’s right ear and then spit it onto the canvas. Though Holyfield was in obvious pain the fight resumed after a brief stoppage, and then Tyson bit Holyfield’s other ear. With 10 seconds left in the third round, he was disqualified. His $30 million purse was withheld while Nevada boxing officials reviewed the fight.

 

Events in Tyson’s life took repeated turns for the worse in the aftermath of the fight, and culminated in his declaring bankruptcy–in part due to $400,000 a year spent on maintaining a flock of pet pigeons–and an arrest for cocaine possession. In 2006, Tyson agreed to join Heidi Fleiss’ legal brothel in Nevada as a prostitute.

On June 27, 1940: Germans get Enigma

On this day in 1940, the Germans set up two-way radio communication in their newly occupied French territory, employing their most sophisticated coding machine, Enigma, to transmit information.

The Germans set up radio stations in Brest and the port town of Cherbourg. Signals would be transmitted to German bombers so as to direct them to targets in Britain. The Enigma coding machine, invented in 1919 by Hugo Koch, a Dutchman, looked like a typewriter and was originally employed for business purposes. The German army adapted the machine for wartime use and considered its encoding system unbreakable. They were wrong. The Brits had broken the code as early as the German invasion of Poland and had intercepted virtually every message sent through the system. Britain nicknamed the intercepted messages Ultra.

வழிகள் பத்து

 

Thomas Jefferson

 

 

 

 

 

 

வாழ்க்கையை நல்ல முறையில் வாழ்வதற்கு தாமஸ் ஜெஃபர்ஸனின்(Thomas Jefferson) 10 வழிமுறைகள்.

அவை :

1. இன்றே செய்து முடிக்கக் கூடியதை ‘நாளை’ என்று ஒத்திப் போடாதீர்கள்.

2. நீங்களே செய்துக் கொள்ளக்கூடிய விஷயத்திற்காக இன்னொருவரைத் தொந்தரவு செய்யாதீர்கள்.

3. பணம் கைக்கு வரும்முன்னே அதற்கான செலவுகளைச் செய்யாதீர்கள்.

4. விலை மலிவாய்க் கிடைக்கிறது என்பதற்காக, வேண்டாத ஒன்றை வாங்காதீர்கள்.

5. பசி, தாகத்தை விட சுயமரியாதை பெரிது என்பதை மறவாதீர்கள்.

6. எவ்வளவு முடியுமோ அவ்வளவு குறைவாய்ச் சாப்பிடுங்கள்.

7. விரும்பிச் செய்யும் எதற்காகவும் பின்னால் வருத்தப்படாதீர்கள்.

8. கற்பனையில் உருவாகும் கவலைகளை எண்ணி நிஜத்தில் வருந்தாதீர்கள்.

9. மென்மையாக அணுகுங்கள், மேன்மையாக முடிவெடுங்கள்.

10. கோபமாயிருக்கும் போது, பேசுவதற்கு முன்னால் பத்து வரை எண்ணுங்கள். இன்னும் கோபமாயிருந்தால் நூறுவரை எண்ணுங்கள்.

On this day in June 26, 1993: Clinton punishes Iraq for plot to kill Bush

 

 

 

 

In retaliation for an Iraqi plot to assassinate former U.S. President George Bush during his April visit to Kuwait, President Bill Clinton orders U.S. warships to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles at Iraqi intelligence headquarters in downtown Baghdad. On April 13, 1993, the day before George Bush was scheduled to visit Kuwait and be honored for his victory in the Persian Gulf War, Kuwaiti authorities foiled a car-bomb plot to assassinate him. Fourteen suspects, most of them Iraqi nationals, were arrested, and the next day their massive car bomb was discovered in Kuwait City. Citing “compelling evidence” of the direct involvement of Iraqi intelligence in the assassination attempt, President Clinton ordered a retaliatory attack against their alleged headquarters in the Iraqi capital on June 26. Twenty-three Tomahawk missiles, each costing more than a million dollars, were fired off the USS Peterson in the Red Sea and the cruiser USS Chancellorsville in the Persian Gulf, destroying the building and, according to Iraqi accounts, killing several civilians.

Source – http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/clinton-punishes-iraq-for-plot-to-kill-bush

அடர்ந்த காடுகளுக்குள் குடியேறிய மக்கள் அடிப்படை வசதிகளின்றி நிர்க்கதியான நிலையில் முள்ளிக்குளம் மக்களின் இன்றைய நிலைமை

தலைமன்னார் நிருபர்:

தமது மீள் குடியமர்வு தொடர்பில் அரச திணைக்கள அதிகாரிகளும் முசலி  பிரதேச செயலக அதிகாரிகளும் எவ்வித அக்கறையுமின்றி செயற்பட்டு வருவதாகக் கடந்த 10 தினங்களுக்கு முன் மீள்குடியமர்ந்த முள்ளிக்குளம் மக்கள் தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பின் வன்னி மாவட்ட பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் செல்வம் அடைக்கலநாதனிடம் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.
மீள்குடியேறிய மக்களை பார்வையிடுவதற்காக பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் செல்வம் அடைக்கலநாதன் நேற்று முன்தினம் ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை முள்ளிக்குளம் சென்ற போது அம்மக்கள் இவ்வாறு தெரிவித்தனர்.

இது தொடர்பாக அம்மக்கள் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினரிடம் மேலும் தெரிவிக்கையில்…
மன்னார் மாவட்டம் முசலி பிரதேசச் செயலாளர் பிரிவுக்குட்பட்ட முள்ளிக்குளம் கிராம மக்களாகிய நாங்கள் இடம்பெயர்ந்த நிலையில் 5 வருடங்களின் பின் மீண்டும் எமது கிராமத்தை அண்டிய பகுதிகளில் தற்காலிகமாக 15/06/2012 அன்று மீள்குடியேறினோம்.

கடந்த யுத்தத்தின் போது 07/09/2007 அன்று முள்ளிக்குளம் கிராமத்தைச் சேர்ந்த 400 குடும்பங்கள் உட்பட முசலியிலுள்ள அனைத்து கிராம மக்களும் இடம்பெயர்ந்து சென்றனர். பின் யுத்தம் முடிவடைந்த நிலையில் 2009 ஆம் , 2010 ஆம் ஆண்டுகளில் முசலி பிரதேசச் செயலாளர் பிரிவில் அனைத்து மக்களும் மீள குடியேற்றப்பட்டனர். ஆனால் முள்ளிக்குளம் கிராம மக்கள் மீள குடியேற்றப்படவில்லை.
இந்த நிலையில் இந்த மக்கள் மன்னார், பேசாலை, தலைமன்னார், தாழ்வுப்பாடு, கீரி, மடுக்கரை, நானாட்டான், சிலாவத்துறை ஆகிய இடங்களில் உறவினர்களுடைய வீடுகளிலும்வாடகை வீடுகளிலும் கடந்த 5 வருடங்களாக வாழ்ந்து வந்தனர்.

இதன் போது நாங்கள் பல்வேறு பட்ட  பிரச்சினைகளக்கும் அழுத்தங்களுக்கும் முகம் கொடுத்து வந்தோம்.
எமது மீள் குடியேற்றம் தொடர்பில் நாங்கள் பல்வேறு வேலைத்திட்டங்களை மேற்கொண்டதோடு, ஆர்ப்பாட்டங்கள், கண்டனப் பேரணிகள் போன்றவற்றையும் மேற்கொண்ட போதும் எது வித பலனும் கிடைக்கவில்லை.

இந்த நிலையில் மன்னார் மறைமாவட்ட ஆயர் வண.இராயப்பு யோசப் இம்மக்களின் மீள் குடியேற்றம் தொடர்பில் உயர் மட்டங்களின் கவனத்திற்கு கொண்டு சென்றார். எமது முயற்சியின் பலனாக கடந்த 15 ஆம் திகதி முதல் முள்ளிக்குளம் கிராமத்தை அண்டிய பகுதிகளில் மீள் குடியேறினோம். கடற்படையினர் சில உதவிகளை வழங்கினர்.   பின் அரச சார்பற்ற அமைப்புகளும் எமக்கு உதவிகளை வழங்கியது.  தற்போது நாங்கள் அடர்ந்த காடுகளுக்குள் மரத்தடியில் தற்காலிக கூடாரங்களை அமைத்து வாழ்ந்து  வருகின்றோம்.
எங்களை முசலி பிரதேச செயலாளர் உள்ளிட்ட எந்த அதிகாரிகளும் இது வரை வந்து பார்க்கவில்லை.
எமது பிரச்சினைகளைக் கேட்கவில்லை.

ஆனால், அருகில் உள்ள பல கிராம மக்கள் மீள குடியேற்றம் செய்யப்பட்ட போது  முசலி பிரதேசச் செயலாளர் மக்கள் மீள் குடியேற்றம் செய்யப்பட்ட போது முசலி பிரதேசச் செயலாளர் உள்ளிட்ட அதிகாரிகள் நேரில் சென்று மக்களின் பிரச்சினைகளை கேட்டறிந்து உதவிகளை செய்தனர்.

ஆனால், எமது மீள்குடியேற்றம் முசலி பிரதேச செயலாளர் உள்ளிட்ட அரச திணைக்களங்களில் கடமையாற்றுகின்ற உயர்மட்ட அதிகாரிகளுக்கு கண்ணுக்குத் தெரியவில்லையா? என அம்மக்கள் கேள்வி எழுப்பியுள்ளனர்.

எனவே, எவ்வித அடிப்படை வசதிகளும் அற்ற நிலையில் 200 இற்கும்  மேற்பட்ட குடும்பங்கள் காடுகளுக்குள் வாழ்ந்து வருகின்றன.
தமது  நிலைமையை கருத்தில் கொண்டு தமக்கு அத்தியாவசியத் தேவைகளை  பெற்றுத்தருமாறு அந்த மக்கள் வன்னி மாவட்ட பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் செல்வம் அடைக்கலநாதனிடம் கோரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளனர்.

Thanks to Voice of Mannar

 

On this day in June 25, 2009: “King of Pop” Michael Jackson dies at age 50

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On this day in 2009, Michael Jackson, one of the most commercially successful entertainers in history, dies at the age of 50 at his home in Los Angeles, California, after suffering from cardiac arrest caused by a fatal combination of drugs given to him by his personal doctor.

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, the seventh of Katherine and Joe Jackson’s nine children. At the age of 5, Jackson began performing with his older brothers in a music group coached by their steelworker father. In 1968, Motown Records signed the group, which became known as the Jackson 5, and Michael Jackson, a natural showman, emerged as the lead singer and star. The Jackson 5’s first album, released in 1969, featured the hit “I Want You Back,” and the group’s brand of pop-soul-R&B music made them an immediate success. Their musical popularity even led to their starring in their own TV cartoon series in the early1970s.

Jackson released his first solo album, “Got to Be There,” in 1972, while continuing to sing with his brothers. Six years later, in 1978, he made his big-screen debut as the Scarecrow in “The Wiz,” an adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name. Directed by Quincy Jones, the film starred an all-black cast that included singer Diana Ross as Dorothy. Jones collaborated with Jackson on his 1979 album “Off the Wall,” which sold some 7 million copies worldwide. The pair teamed up again for Jackson’s now-iconic 1982 album, “Thriller,” which went on to sell 50 million copies around the globe, making it the best-selling studio album of all time. “Thriller” is credited with jump-starting the era of music videos and playing a key role in the rise of then-fledging cable TV network MTV, which launched in 1981.

In 1983, Jackson created a massive sensation on a live Motown anniversary TV special when he performed his now-signature Moonwalk dance step while wearing a black fedora and a single white glove covered with rhinestones. According to The Los Angeles Times critic Robert Hillburn, the performance served as Jackson’s “unofficial coronation as the King of Pop. Within months, he changed the way people would hear and see pop music, unleashing an influence that rivaled that of Elvis Presley and the Beatles.”

Jackson’s next solo effort, “Bad,” debuted in 1987. It sold 8 million copies and featured a music video from acclaimed movie director Martin Scorsese. By this time, however, Jackson had paid a high price for his massive success. According to The Los Angeles Times: “He became so accustomed to bodyguards and assistants that he once admitted that he trembled if he had to open his own front door.”

By the 1990s, Jackson’s life was near-constant tabloid fodder. In 1993, he was accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy who had been a sleepover guest at his home. Jackson denied the allegations and the criminal investigation was dropped; however, the singer later settled a civil lawsuit with the boy’s family for a reported $20 million. In 2003, Jackson was accused of molesting another boy. Following a highly publicized trial in 2005, he was acquitted of all charges.  During these years, Jackson also faced intense media scrutiny over his radically altered physical appearance, which included an ever-lighter complexion (which he attributed to a skin condition) and multiple plastic surgeries. Although Jackson himself was mostly close-mouthed on the topic, media sources alleged that Jackson developed an obsession withcosmetic surgery, in part, following an accident he suffered in January 1984 while shooting a Pepsi commercial. During filming, a pyrotechnics mishap set the singer’s hair on fire, and he suffered burns on his head and face that required reconstructive surgery. In the aftermath of the surgery, Jackson reportedly suffered from an addiction to prescription painkillers.

Jackson also made headlines with his brief marriage (1994-1994) to Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of singer Elvis Presley. From 1996 to 1999, he was wed to Debbie Rowe, the former assistant of his dermatologist and the mother of two of his three children. (Jackson’s youngest child, a boy, was reportedly born via a surrogate.)

On June 25, 2009, Jackson, who after a lengthy time away from the public spotlight was preparing for a series of summer concerts in London, was discovered unconscious in his Los Angeles mansion. The Los Angeles coroner’s officer later ruled the pop star’s death a homicide after lethal levels of the powerful sedative propofol, as well other drugs, were found in his system. Jackson’s personal physician, who was at the singer’s home when he died, had been giving him propofol as a sleep aid for a period of weeks.

Displaced Community In Mullikulam Forced To Settle In Jungle

 

 

 

 

By Maryam Azwer

Around 175 displaced families, originally from Mullikulam, in Musali, Mannar, have been residing in the jungle close to their original homes for over a week after being told that they could not return to their previous places of residence.
According to rights activist, Herman Kumara, of local NGO NAFSO, these people had been asked by the military to leave their homes in 2007. Since then, they had resided as IDPs in surrounding areas, but had recently attempted to return to their original homes.
Meanwhile, Mannar Bishop, Rev. Rayappu Joseph, said that he had been writing to the president regarding this matter since 2010. He also said that a representative of the Ministry of Defence had visited the area shortly afterwards, and a request had been made to resettle these people, if not in their village, at least as close as possible to the village.
However, the Bishop said, the issue had never been followed up on, and the village has been taken over by the navy.
When contacted, Navy Spokesperson, Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya, said that these people were allowed to visit their church although it was in a navy controlled area, and that they had been given land by the government.
Another activist, Sunesh Croos, also from NAFSO, however, said that the resettlement of these people had not been looked into properly by the government, and that they had just settled down in the jungle with the barest of facilities.
He said that up until now, these people have had to depend on dry ration donations in order to get by.
Bishop Rayappu Joseph also said that the displaced people of Mullikulam, who had been engaged in fishing and farming, had long since lost their livelihoods, and were continuing to face hardships, particularly after having to settle in the jungle. “They are staying there in the hopes that something may happen,” he said.

Source – http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/06/24/displaced-community-in-mullikulam-forced-to-settle-in-jungle/

Timex & Fergasam Group in to Green Enterprise Investment on Mannar Industrial Zone

The Timex & Fergasam Group a manufacture and exporter of high quality garments are ready to commence their construction of appeal factory in Mannar Industrial Zone. This is the 1st BOI Project have been commence in Mannar Industrial Zone with the Investment of USD 5 Million.

The Timex & Fergasam Group factory is looking forward Eco-friendly manufacturing system with 1200employment opportunity in the area. The group is mainly focus on green concepts and increasing the corporate responsibility to maintain Green environment.

On this day in June 23, 1940: Hitler takes a tour of Paris

 

 

 

 

On this day in 1940, Adolf Hitler surveys notable sites in the French capital, now German-occupied territory.

In his first and only visit to Paris, Hitler made Napoleon’s tomb among the sites to see. “That was the greatest and finest moment of my life,” he said upon leaving. Comparisons between the Fuhrer and Napoleon have been made many times: They were both foreigners to the countries they ruled (Napoleon was Italian, Hitler was Austrian); both planned invasions of Russia while preparing invasions of England; both captured the Russian city of Vilna on June 24; both had photographic memories; both were under 5 feet 9 inches tall, among other coincidences.

As a tribute to the French emperor, Hitler ordered that the remains of Napoleon’s son be moved from Vienna to lie beside his father.

But Hitler being Hitler, he came to do more than gawk at the tourist attractions. He ordered the destruction of two World War I monuments: one to General Charles Mangin, a French war hero, and one to Edith Cavell, a British nurse who was executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape German-occupied Brussels. The last thing Hitler wanted were such visible reminders of past German defeat.

Hitler would gush about Paris for months afterward. He was so impressed, he ordered architect and friend Albert Speer to revive plans for a massive construction program of new public buildings in Berlin, an attempt to destroy Paris, not with bombs, but with superior architecture. “Wasn’t Paris beautiful?” Hitler asked Speer. “But Berlin must be far more beautiful. [W]hen we are finished in Berlin, Paris will only be a shadow.”