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Asian Tribune is published by E-LANKA MEDIA(PVT)Ltd. Vol. 20 No. 79
Divide and Conquer
[b]Divide and Conquer[/b]
By Tisaranee Gunasekara
[i][b]"For that they are unnatural, strange and monstrous,
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Where would the Tigers be if the Black July did not happen? Probably still around, but not much more than that. Vellupillai Pirapaharan would certainly not be Surya Thevan and the LTTE would be lots less successful, lots less powerful and barely known outside the shores of Sri Lanka. Therefore it is only natural that in this uncertain period in their fortunes the Tigers would try to replicate the one condition which brought them such rich dividends – a clash between the Sinhalese and the Tamils, or at the least a state of permanent unrest with the Sri Lankan Armed Forces battling irate Tamil people.
In other words, the Tigers' goal would be a new conjuncture which will enable them to don the mantle of 'the protectors of the Tamil people' from the marauding Sinhala Army, the oppressive Sinhala state and chauvinist Sinhala people. Less than a month ago the Armed Forces warned of a LTTE plan to create civil disturbances in the East, either by provoking the Tamils or the Sinhalese.
The killing of a leading Sinhala-Buddhist activist in Trinco is probably part of the same plan. The dead man was one of those responsible for setting up the controversial Buddha statue outside the market; he probably has connections (formal or informal) to one or more Buddhist supremacist organisations in the South (in and around Colombo too the sudden mushrooming of Buddha statues at junctions is discernible; there is an organised network which cares for them – places flowers and so on – though they are more or less ignored by the general – and generally Buddhist – public).


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A century or two ago, country doctors were likely to take a good portion of their pay in things like chickens and vegetables.
Today, the idea of bartering for healthcare is alive and well in our own backyard -- and attracting a lot of attention, thanks to the artists, musicians, healthcare providers and other folks behind Kingston's O+ festival, now in its second year. The festival starts Friday, October 7, and continues through Sunday, October 9.
The concept of O+ is simple: Get a bunch of local healthcare providers to agree to barter their services for art and music, find artists who want to participate, and throw a massive citywide party. Last year, the idea proved to be a smashing success, and the festival attracted plenty of attention from local and national press.
This year's festival is "better, not bigger," said co-organizer Alexandra Marvar, who said the festival organizers had more applicants than one weekend could cram in, both performers and local healthcare providers.
"There are more doctors than we can even put to use in our weekend clinic," she said.
Marvar said that 90 musicians applied for about 25 performance slots. Also participating in the festival are over 40 local healthcare providers, ranging from the New Age to the strictly medical-establishment, who have agreed to treat the performers at a weekend clinic. There will also be a public health seminar on Saturday afternoon, with free yoga and meditation offered to festivalgoers.
This year's musical lineup includes a few imported delicacies as well as favorites of the local music scene. Among the highlights: Nationally acclaimed singer-songwriters Willy Mason and Nicole Atkins will take the stage at Keegan Ales on Friday night. Local folksters Mike + Ruthy will be curating an acoustic showcase at the Old Dutch Church on Saturday evening, featuring Ida, the Lonesome Sisters and Spirit Family Reunion. And late Saturday night, Philadelphia rockers TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb will shake the Stockade Tavern with their fiery brand of scrappy, foot-stomping alt-country.
Throughout the festival (and beyond), the city of Kingston will become the canvas for public art installations. Private building owners across the city have agreed to host O+ wheatpaste art -- some of which, Marvar said, required a rented cherrypicker truck to paste up. There will also be sculptural art installations, including a 50-foot red jute structure erected by artist Lisa Lozano in the Old Dutch Church cemetery.
The local film Marwencol, winner of "Best Documentary Feature" at last year's Woodstock Film Festival, will be screening on Sunday afternoon, at the LGBTQ Community Center. (See trailer below).
The whole weekend starts with a bang at 6pm on Friday: A samba parade will wend its way from the Kirkland Hotel through uptown Kingston, featuring Lady Esther Gin (possibly on a horse), the Bard College Sambistas and the Gypsy Sky Brassband.
If this all sounds like a rollicking good time -- well, that's the idea. But beyond the festivity, there's a very serious purpose to O+: Finding creative ways to get healthcare to artists, many of whom are uninsured and have little access to healthcare.
Marvar said that the festival is an effort to get beyond the political posturing of the American healthcare debate and do something concrete to address the problem, even if only for a few days.
"It's really practical activism. We're just taking a pretty small sliver of the massive American problem and saying, 'Let's actually address this to the best of our ability,'" she said. "This is an apolitical thing we're doing. While the government sorts out its problems, here's this community that's going to be over here in the corner, taking care of ourselves."
2011 O+ Festival. Various locations around Kingston. Friday, October 7 through Sunday, October 9. $25 suggested donation gets you a wristband good for access to all O+ events throughout the weekend. For a full schedule and locations of all art works and performances, see the schedule below, or check the O+ festival website.

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I've unpacked the car and am now sitting by a screened window overlooking Lake Ontario. As I vacation on my native side of the border, I am going to try to keep the Canadian content to a minimum. But I do recommend that you take a look at the Internet editions of some of the Canadian papers (you'll find the Financial Post, which I write for, here) before bursting into rhapsodies over the health-care system here. It's plunging into collapse. The NewYorker's Malcolm Gladwell, another of the incognito Canadians in America, wrote a piece a few years ago noting that there were more CAT scanners in the Washington metropolitan area than in all of Canada. Nor is it just advanced technology that is lacking: anesthetic in childbirth, nursing care in non-emergency wards, and our best specialists are all quietly disappearing from the country.
The common joke up here is that in the States some people lack insurance but everybody gets care; here the insurance is universal, but the care is not. Defenders of the system argue that the blame for the tumbling standards should be pinned on the cutbacks in spending of the past decade; but of course, the reason for the cutbacks in spending is that the system as originally conceived was completely unaffordable. Canadians pay a combined federal-provincial marginal tax rate of between 47% and 54% (depending on the province in which they live) on incomes as low as US$50,000. They pay federal-provincial sales taxes that rise in some provinces as high as 15% on almost everything they buy. And they still have to wait six months for hip surgery.
As for gossip: the rabbis do indeed frown up spreading hurtful rumors. Perhaps Clinton should consider inviting his friend Susan McDougal's rabbi to the White House for a chat, as a kind of Ozark Baruch Korff. Alas for the president, however, the rabbis take an even harsher view of bearing false witness, adultery, and the corruption of justice than they do of gossip. And come to think of it, the people who back James Carville and who leaked Linda Tripp's FBI file are not exactly strangers to the practice of defaming perceived enemies.
Time to go gather the driftwood for tonight's bonfire: the Canadian regulatory authorities do not permit us to receive MS-NBC, and without Keith Olberman to watch, we're cast upon our own resources in the evenings.
David F.
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SSN is a digest of the day's soccer/football/futbol articles with a focus on the top European leagues and the United States National Team. Below, you'll find links to articles and video, as well as additional features and commentary. We locate the top news of the day so you can stay updated with ease.
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England vs. San Marino! Slovakia vs. Spain! Moldova vs. Austria!
Oh, dear. It truly is an international break and the reality of it all is beginning to sink in. Ugh. Well, let's see what we can make out of it all. OK, it looks like Jonathan Wilson has found something attractive. It's Romania vs. Hungary and something about Satan. That match isn't until Saturday, though. What else? You want a preview for the England match? No. You want 10 Things To Look Out For? Done. The Best of the Crap? Fine. A schedule? Really? OK. Geez. Enough of that, already.
Roy Keane. He's been keeping us in stitches with his new book. John Brewin has read it and calls it, "fascinating." We do say...
Jozy Altidore. Suffice to say, things have not gone well for the Yank Abroad at the Stadium of Light. And he wants out. January is coming...
Landon Donovan. His last USA match is tomorrow night against Ecuador up in Hartford. Grant Wahl goes RAPID FIRE! with the retiring SoCal bruh. Speaking of Lando, his assGalaxy are heading toward an epic battle with Seattle. At least, according to this article.
International minnows' professions at San Marino, Andorra and Faroe Islands. "Unemployed" for the win. Good stuff.
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Kirkwood JV beat Fox High School 10-0 at KHS on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The Pioneers maintained their win from their previous game Thursday, Oct. 12 against MICDS. "I wasn't expecting the hardest game, but I was definitely ready for it. We played [Fox] last year and beat them 9-0," Danny Giesler, sophomore,...
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KHS boys varsity soccer beat Saint Louis University high school in the semifinals by a score of 1-0 on Friday, Sept. 22, but lost to Vianney in the final round of the CYC tournament Saturday Sept. 23. After ending both halves of the game with the score tied at zero, KHS held their own throughout two...


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Kashmir: The Most Dangerous Game
The Sorrow of War in Kashmir
|An Indian soldier at Dal Lake, Kashmir, June 12, 2002 (Photo: AFP).
With mediation from Russia and the United States in June, India and Pakistan managed to back away from the brink of nuclear war. But no progress was made on the root of the conflict—the disputed state of Kashmir, which remains the subcontinent's ticking bomb.
The boulevard beside the fabled Dal Lake is deserted, apart from some grazing cattle and a few forlorn souvenir stalls. Grand old houseboats are mostly empty and in disrepair. The lake itself is slowly dying, choked by an advancing tide of stinking weed and algae, the legacy of years of pollution and neglect.
This was once the peak tourist season in Srinagar, the time when thousands of travelers, from billionaires to budget trekkers, flocked to the Kashmir Valley to unwind amid the serenity of the lush green foothills of the Himalayas. Now the tourists have disappeared along with the jobs and prosperity they brought. Srinagar is now a city under siege in a brutal war zone. There are military checkpoints everywhere and fortified guard posts on most intersections. The streets are patrolled around the clock by trucks mounted with heavy machine guns and armored personnel carriers.
For half a century Kashmir has been the center of a bitter territorial feud between India and Pakistan; for 13 years it has been gripped by a separatist uprising that has claimed more than 34,000 lives, and for the past two weeks, it has been the focus of global trepidation at the prospect of the world's first full-blown nuclear war. But as the military build-up continues on both sides of the Line of Control (LOC)—the U.N.-mandated boundary that separates the Indian and Pakistani halves of Kashmir—attention has scarcely focused on the history that has brought the two bitter rivals to the threshold of a fourth war since their partition at independence from Britain in 1947, this time under the menacing shadow of their newly acquired nuclear weapons.
India, which has threatened to attack Pakistan in response to a raid on a military base in Kashmir two weeks ago in which 34 were killed, and the assault on the Indian Parliament last December that left 14 dead, has won widespread international sympathy as a victim of terrorism. There has also been almost universal acceptance of New Delhi's assertion that the root cause of the problem is Pakistan's active support for militants infiltrating across the LOC.
This simplistic line—readily digested in the black-and-white world of post-Sept. 11 politics—largely ignores the extent to which India has been the architect of its own predicament. Equally, it ignores the fact that, while Pakistan has for years used Kashmir to fight a proxy war against India, at its heart the militancy in Kashmir is part of a broad nationalist movement that wants a future free of both meddling powers.
While acknowledging the provocation of Pakistan's longstanding support for terrorist groups and their tactics, George Perkovich, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says: "India's failure to offer decent governance and constructive engagement with Kashmiri dissidents created the current mess...."
The present crisis can be traced back to independence in 1947 when India seized the Kashmir Valley and its hinterland, promising the Muslim-majority population a plebiscite on their future, a promise that was never honored. The conflict turned violent in 1989 after years of corrupt and patronizing misrule from New Delhi, the rigging of elections to exclude nationalist candidates from power, and growing repression and human-rights abuses.
"For 40 years our people waged a peaceful and democratic struggle," says professor Abdul Ghani Bhat, chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, an alliance of more than 20 separatist parties and groups. "It only turned violent after the Indians chose not to hear the heartbeat of the people and came down heavily on people waging a just...struggle."
The cycle of violence has grown steadily worse over the past decade, with the Indian government responding to attacks on its forces by sending in more troops—estimated to total more than 500,000 before the latest border buildup—and cracking down harder on real and imagined threats.
In a report released last week, Amnesty International said an average of 100 people a month were killed by security forces and in indiscriminate attacks on civilian and military targets. "Hundreds of cases of torture, deaths in custody, extrajudicial executions, and 'disappearances' are reported every year," the report said. "In most cases, no one is held to account for such human-rights violations."
While its forces behave like an army of occupation, the government in New Delhi and its notoriously corrupt surrogate state administration treats the local population with contempt. Kashmir remains one of the most under-resourced states in India. There are no mobile telephone facilities in the state, and after the attack on Parliament last December all STD telephone and Internet links were cut.
"Everything is now gone: security, order, honor," says Bhat. "All structure of civilized life has come tumbling down amid the roar of guns....It is only the law of the jungle that prevails." He argues that the separatist alliance does not condone terrorism but understands the motivation of "freedom fighters" opposing Indian rule.
Moderate Kashmiri politician Mehbooba Mufti, whose father was the Congress Party national home affairs minister in the early 1990s, says India is largely responsible for the present crisis: "They treat us like a colony....Every-thing is decided by Delhi. People cannot elect their own representatives. Every election has been rigged from the first one in 1951." She says the international community is putting too much emphasis on calls for Pakistan to halt cross-border infiltration. "The question is not how sincere President Musharraf is, but how much power he has to control the situation. Pakistan must seek to stop the infiltration to ease tensions, but the Indian government must also take concrete steps to bring about a dialogue."
The assassination of Abdul Ghani Lone—a separatist leader prepared to negotiate a compromise settlement with India—is seen as evidence that the terrorism in Kashmir has moved beyond the capacity of either India or Pakistan to quickly bring it under control. "The pan-Islamic jihadis (holy warriors) are pushing India and Pakistan toward conflict as part of their plan to polarize the region between Muslim and non-Muslim," says political commentator Husain Haqqani, a former adviser to the Bhutto and Sharif governments in Pakistan. The killing is also seen as evidence that the militants, estimated to number as many as 3,000, and some of whom are Arabs and Chechens linked to Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network, will not only ignore directions from Pakistan but will also fight any attempts by moderate Kashmiris to reach a peace deal.
Bhat says the Hurriyat parties are willing to be flexible and consider a wide range of possible outcomes if India is prepared to sit down and negotiate a solution to the crisis. One possibility, he says, is that both Indian and Pakistani troops withdraw from their parts of Kashmir under U.N. supervision and allow the establishment of an interim administration pending a referendum on the future of the territory after five years.
The problem is that India has shown no willingness to compromise over Kashmir in the past 50 years, and so far, there is little evidence that the United States and its allies are ready to acknowledge that New Delhi's conduct in Kashmir is fundamental to the present crisis, let alone pressure India to honor the right to self-determination. And there is equal skepticism that Pakistan is about to surrender its political leverage in Kashmir.
"We are being held hostage by these two nations," says Sajad Ghani Lone, the son of the assassinated politician. "Kashmir's interests do not converge with the interests of India and Pakistan. They only look at us in terms of miles of territory...." The pessimists' view is that peace is as distant as ever for Kashmir because both Pakistan and India have powerful reasons for maintaining the conflict—provided it can be kept at a level short of outright war. Some analysts in Pakistan believe the uprising in Kashmir during the past decade has given Islamabad defense on the cheap with a relative handful of militants tying up more than half a million Indian troops. For India, others argue, Kashmir is justification for maintaining the power elite that has grown up around one of the world's biggest armies.
"A lot of people have a vested interest in ensuring the problem of Kashmir is never solved," says Sajad Ghani Lone. "It is a huge moneymaking machine. It's big business with guaranteed profits: The more killing there is, the more money you make. Kashmir is about power and money. That is Kashmir's sorrow."


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The study involved 34 participants, 16 men and 18 women, all around 19 years old. Everyone was completely healthy, physically active and did not have any specialized diet. All initially received 3.2 g (4 × 800 mg doses) of beta-alanine per day for 46 days to increase the level of carnosine. The participants were then divided into three groups. The first one took 0.4 g of beta-alanine, the other 0.8 g, and the third 1.2 g per day.
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[FPMD: This article was initially slated for publication last Thursday. I opted to delay it given the tragic news last week. Regardless, I still think it's a worthy read as the Secretary of HHS will have a powerful voice in our nation's health policies.]
By now you've heard that president-elect Trump is nominating conservative Republican representative Tom Price, MD of Georgia's 6th congressional district as the 23rd Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Read on to see why you should care.
What's the HHS got to do with me?The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), also known as the "Health Dept", is a cabinet-level department in the executive branch of the US government. Its goals are summed up by its motto – "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". Prior to 1979, it was known as the The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. HHS came to be when its educational functions were transferred to the newly created US Department of Education in 1979. That all sounds great, but why should you care? Let's look at a few selected agencies under the umbrella of HHS:
- The Public Health Service which oversees familiar acronyms such as the CDC, FDA, and the NIH.
- Not impressed? How about this one? HHS also oversees the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) which is responsible for health coverage of ~100 million people or roughly 1 in 3 Americans.
Who is Tom Price, MD?Dr. Price is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Emory University in Atlanta and worked in the private sector for 20 years before joining Emory's faculty in 2002. He also served as the director of the Orthopedic clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital. Dr. Price got his start in politics through the Medical Association of Georgia and was elected to the Georgia state senate in 1996. He functioned as the state senator of Georgia's 56th senate district until 2004 when he was elected to the US House of Representatives, succeeding Johnny Isakson as representative of Georgia's 6th congressional district. He has retained that seat since then, most recently winning re-election in 2016 winning 61.6% of the votes.
Since his nomination, there has been many editorials written about Dr. Price's anticipated impact as HHS secretary. Below is a summary of his political stances and why there has been so much controversy surrounding his nomination.
- Dr. Price is a fierce opponent of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). He is the sponsor of and has introduced the house bill Empowering Patients First Act (EPFA) in every congressional session since 2009-2010. The EPFA is positioned as a replacement for the ACA. Among its many provisions, the EPFA would roll back the federally funded Medicaid expansion in 31 states and Washington, DC.
- Dr. Price is considered a social conservative. He is an opponent of abortion rights and gay rights. For example, he received a 2016 rating of 0% by Planned Parenthood and 100% by National Right to Life. He also scored 0 on the Congressional Scorecard by the Human Rights Campaign.
- Dr. Price is a member of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) which is considered a right-wing organization. The association's Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons has been criticized for advocating non-scientific views including the now-discredited claim that vaccines cause autism.
- The American Medical Association (AMA) was quick to endorse Dr. Price's nomination. However, the endorsement has rapidly generated backlash, including this very public one from Dr. Carolyn Sax. As of this writing, an online protest titled The AMA Does Not Speak for Us received 4,255 physician signatures.
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William E. Gifford, 88, of San Marcos, Calif., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018.
He was born in 1929, in Columbus, Pa. In 1976, he retired from TRW and moved to California. Here he started a new adventure with his wife, Mary. An avid fisherman and hunter, he would return to New York each year for the opening of hunting season. Surviving are his wife of 65 years, Mary Gifford of San Marcos, Calif.; four daughters: Kathy Jenkins of San Diego, Calif., Mary Beth Meyers of Phoenix, Ariz., Teresa Hayden of Nuevo, Calif., and Debra Isaacs of San Marcos, Calif. He was preceded in death by his son, William Gifford Jr. He was also blessed with 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren.
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This week's Jim Sterling show is about "Why We Need Middle Shelf Games".
It's like he READ MY MIND.
Earlier today, before I'd even read the title of his video, I was browsing through my old PS2 games, sad that my most cherished PS2 memories are the kind of "B Game" that we're not allowed to have anymore.
@electrotamitha A bit, yeah.
But I feel like there's still a big gap.
A title like "Raw Danger" is small potatoes to a big publisher, but it would be beyond the budget of most smaller studios.
And that gap is exactly where my fondest gaming memories come from. :(
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A quick update on what seemed like a very inconsequential off-year election. First a staffer at one of the core institutions in the U.S. 1 community has been elected to a position in state government. Andrew Zwicker, director of science education at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, was running as a Democrat for New Jersey Assembly in the 16th District, a longtime Republican district. Early on election night he and his running mate appeared to be the also-rans in the razor-thin race.
But at the end of the night Zwicker moved ahead by 29 votes over the Republican incumbent. After counting provisional ballots the lead has grown to almost 80. Barring a recount that might overturn the result, Zwicker has succeeded in his second foray into elected politics. In 2014 he campaigned for the Democratic nomination to run for the U.S. Congressional seat being vacated by Rush Holt, who before his election occupied the same position Zwicker does now at the Plasma Physics Lab.
In an October 28 column, U.S. 1 editor Richard K. Rein wondered if a school board election in West Windsor would offer insight into the relative appeal of political outsiders. The incumbent was being challenged by an 18-year-old high school senior. Voters, many of whom were upset by recent curriculum changes imposed by the district, sent a message. Incumbent Michele Kaish won but not by the landslide one would expect. Challenger Jordon DeGroote amassed 1,696 votes, 40 percent of the total, and sent a Trump-like message to the school establishment.


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NASA's next Mars rover is rolling off the drawing board and into its final design and fabrication phase, the agency announced today, during a televised event at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that highlighted some of the mission's technology.
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Just when you thought all the affordable Mustangs were gone, his 1970 coupe shows up with potent V8 power and a great high-performance look. With the fastbacks getting all the coverage, his coupe will stand out at any show and still offers the same great driving experience that all vintage Mustangs deliver.Dark colors always look good on a Mustang, nd with a repaint just a few years ago, his one has a lot of style. The coupe neatly blends the aggressiveness of the fastback with a more conservative look, reating a car that looks fast but fits in anywhere. Paint and bodywork are good, nd this has never been a rusty car, o the sheetmetal is straight and it has a nice shine. Gaps are good, anel alignment is straight, nd it's clear someone took their time putting it together. They didn't bother with fake scoops and wings, ot even a set of stripes, nd a lot of Mustang enthusiasts will argue that the front-end of the 1970 models was the best ever fitted to Ford's pony car. It's got a clean, mooth look that's very appealing. Chrome trim is a combination of excellent original stuff and restored items, dding just enough flash to retain the 1960s look. The interior is mostly stock with a few upgrades that make it a lot of fun to drive. The high-back buckets wear what might very well be the original blue vinyl seat covers, nd it looks quite upscale inside. The door panels are also probably original, s is the center console. The factory gauges in their deeply inset panel are all fully functional and are visible through the spokes of a custom steering wheel with a matching blue rim. The original radio is gone, eplaced by an AM/FM/CD stereo head unit fits in the original radio's slot without modifications, nd new Mustang-logo floor mats have been installed to protect the carpets. You'll note that this car came equipped with factory A/C, hich is all new and uses R-134a refrigerant. The engine is a 351 cubic inch Cleveland V8. Originally fitted with a 2-barrel carburetor and rated at 250 horsepower, t's significantly more muscular today thanks to an Edelbrock intake manifold, 4-barrel carburetor, nd a Comp Cam. A big Edelbrock air cleaner announces the upgrades pretty clearly, ut things like the valve covers are traditional Ford Blue so it should look familiar enough. It's linked to a FMX 3-speed automatic and a rock-solid 9-inch rear with easy-cruising 3.00 gears inside. Looking around underneath, ou'll see newly-installed floor pans that shore up the foundation of the car and new shocks out at the corners. Long-tube headers and Thrust mufflers give it a snarling, ackling exhaust note that's definitely going to generate attention, nd those aluminum wheels wearing white-letter radials look great. Significantly more muscular than stock yet very reasonably priced, his over-achieving small-block coupe delivers big thrills when you're behind the wheel. Call today!


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I worked as Director of Photography on this project, a final year graduation film produced at Arts University Bournemouth. For a film that explores the concept of memories I wanted my work to reflect the way we recall memories, as montages of vivid and often surreal images.
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Pager Expands Its On-Demand Physician Service By Letting Customers Chat With Nurses
Pager isn't simply a physician-on-demand service anymore.
We've talked about the New York Metropolis-based mostly firm as a part of a broader group of startups aiming to deliver docs to sufferers' houses, and to be clear, you'll nonetheless give you the chance use the app to arrange medical home calls. Now, nevertheless, that's only one a part of a broader expertise.
Within the new model of Pager, every thing will get managed via an interface the place you chat with Pager's on-employees nurses. As soon as they've a way of what you want, they will determine the medical supplier and degree of service that makes the sense for you, whether or not it's a distant "telemedicine" session with a physician, a home name or a go to to the hospital.
As a part of the shift, Pager is shutting down in San Francisco, no less than briefly, in order that it may possibly give attention to refining the mannequin in New York.
Walter Jin, founding associate at healthcare agency Three Fields Capital, just lately joined Pager as chairman. He stated the corporate has the potential to deal with "the price inefficiency that exists within the healthcare system as we speak" by doing a greater job of matching sufferers with the suitable degree of healthcare.
Jim famous that within the present system, many individuals go to the emergency room no matter what's improper with them, which is "the costliest type of care out there." With Pager, nurses might help you determine the precise degree of care you want — you shouldn't find yourself visiting an costly specialist until it's actually essential.
Co-founder and Chief Product Officer Oscar Salazar added that Pager determined to give attention to chat, as a result of that was already one of many primary methods customers needed to attach with medical suppliers within the earlier model of the app.
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"What we discover is for pressing care, individuals don't essentially cease their lives to get care," Salazar stated. "They do it once they discover time in the midst of their busy day" — and chat, in fact, is a superb format for that.
That is in all probability a very good time to say that Pager is concentrated on pressing care. It sounds, um, pressing to me, however it's utilized in a medical context to distinguish from actual emergencies. Put one other method: In the event you assume you're having a coronary heart assault, don't use Pager, dial 911.
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Autumn is prime time for mouse encounters. It's getting cold outside, so in they come where it's not only much warmer, but there's also a plentiful supply of food and shelter.
Essex and Suffolk Pest Solutions specialise in mice control in Witham, Harwich, Felixstowe, Ipswich, and towns and villages across both counties.
Here we look at some of the places Mus Musculus, to give it its proper name, likes to hide out – and what you, and we, can to do get rid of them.
Where Do They Hide?
Lofts, attics and eaves are common places the house mouse likes to hide in. They use any insulating material like paper and cardboard, plus any fabrics you have stored away, to line their nests. They are equally happy with life at low level, too, as they can get through air bricks and vents to basements and cellars.
As the house mouse has such a small body (usually just 2-4 inches long) it can hide in quite narrow gaps, so check out the back of kitchen appliances such as cookers, freezers and dishwashers. Mice are attracted to all parts of the house which don't see much human traffic, which includes cavity walls, suspended ceilings, and under stairs and airing cupboards.
It's not just indoors, either, as mice are often found in sheds, garages and compost heaps. If you have a composter, check it for bite and gnaw marks. In these situations, it may be a field mouse, rather than a house mouse, which is causing the problem.
Tell-Tale Signs
Mice lack bladder control, and so one of the easiest ways to spot them is through a build-up of their urine or droppings. House mice urinate frequently, leaving behind a strong, ammonia-type smell. The stronger the odour, the closer you are to the nest. They also leave copious amounts of droppings – 50-80 a night, and all between 3-8mm in length. Check inside cupboard tops, along skirting boards and even in your cutlery drawer.
There are other ways you can detect the presence of mice in your home. Dusty areas of lofts, attics and basements will often show up their footprints and tail marks, while their bodies often brush up against walls, floors and skirting, leaving grease marks. And if you can hear scratching under the floorboards, it could well be a house mouse.
What You Can Do
There are a few simple steps you can take which will reduce the risk of a mouse or rat problem in your home. Make sure all holes which accommodate pipework and electrical cables are well sealed to stop them squeezing through. Air bricks and vents should be kept in good condition and sealed with wire mesh. This will allow air to circulate but stop your rodent problem.
All doors need to be properly fitted, so install bristle or brush strips if there are any gaps at ground level. And cut back any overgrown vegetation, particularly hanging branches, which are close to the house, as these offer mice potential nesting sites – and a route inside your property, usually via the roof or eaves.
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We put down anti-coagulant baits in tamper-proof bait stations, and we make several visits to ensure your rodent problems have been fully eradicated. We always aim to use environmentally-friendly products, and all our work is carried out by friendly, experienced staff who are all trained to at least BPCA RSPH Level 2. They use unmarked vans to provide a discreet service.
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"Energy Zoids" is a minicomic from the Masters of the Universe toy line. It was included with the Rotar and Twistoid action figures.
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- Skeletor, Twistoid
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- King Hiss, Snake Face, Sssqueeze, Rattlor, Tung Lashor
Man-At-Arms tells He-Man that he saved a wounded soldier using his new Gyro Machine, and introduces him as Rotar. Skeletor, who is spying them from Snake Mountain, decides that he needs the Gyro Machine to create an army of robots to oppose Hordak's Horde Troopers.
Rotar's first job as a Heroic Warrior is to guard the Gyro Machine, but he expects to prove someday the great warrior he is. Suddenly, Skeletor attacks in the Fright Fighter, accompanied by Sssqueeze and Snake Face. Rotar cannot decide if calling the Heroic Warriors or try to handle it himself, until it's too late to call the others. Rotar spins too fast to be petrified by Snake Face and takes the Havoc Staff from Skeletor's hand, but then he's stopped by Sssqueeze, and Snake Face manages to petrify him at last.
Later, in Skeletor's arena of doom, somewhere inside Snake Mountain, Skeletor uses his magic to restore Rotar, just to make him face Twistoid, the first robot created with the Gyro Machine. Twistoid almost defeats Rotar, until Rotar takes Sssqueeze from his long arm and uses him as a living mace against Twistoid. Skeletor and King Hiss get angry and send the Snake Men against Rotar.
Suddenly, He-Man and Man-At-Arms come to the rescue with Man-At-Arms newest invention: the Gyrattacker, a vehicle that allows He-Man to attack by spinning just like Rotar and Twistoid. Rotar takes the chance to use Sssqueeze again as a mace, while He-Man recovers the Gyro Machine.
Back at home, Rotar explains that he was trying to show what a great warrior he was, but He-Man tells him that he tried to take more than he could handle alone. Rotar has lñearned he must call backup the next time the odds are too heavy.
- The Evil Horde is mentioned, but none of them appears.
- When Skeletor and King Hiss are watching the Rotar vs Twistoid fight, they are accompanied by Rattlor and an unidentified non-serpentine warrior, which could be an off-model Beast Man
- When the Snake Men attack Rotar, there's a yellow Snake Man similar to Rattlor, but Rattlor also appears in the same scene. Since there's no mention to a new Snake Man having been recently summoned, he could be a mispainted Kobra Khan.


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Ebola is a viral hemorrhagic fever with purported origins in Africa. But could it be that scientists created the virus plague as a bio-weapon for mass genocide?
1. Ebola Was Created in a "Special Virus Cancer Program" by the U.S. Government
The above YouTube video runs a little over 2-hours, but the Ebola origin hypothesis presented is a great Ebola conspiracy introduction for both the everyday conspiracist and the level-minded government inquisitor. But for those that don't have the time to designate to the video, here's a TL;DR breakdown.
Titled The Exploding Autoimmune Epidemic and presented by Dr. R.E Tent, D.C., N.D, Ph. D of Diverse Health Services (ww.diversehealthservices.com) in 2012, the hypothesis presented in the video can be summarized that Ebola, and other plagues like AIDS and sarcoma, were developed by the Department of Defense in the 1960s and 70s after failed attempts to find a "cancer vaccine." A cancer epidemic was unintentionally begun in the United States with the creation and implementation of the polio vaccine among children in 1952.
The polio vaccine was developed from monkey kidney tissue, and in the process of being inoculated against polio, children were unknowingly also injected with various "monkey viruses", many of which cause cancer.
Dr. Tent's theory draws from earlier versions of Ebola origin theories, the most renowned of which is by Leonard G. Horowitz, D.M.D., M.A., M.P.H., who wrote Emerging Viruses: AIDS & Ebola: Nature, Accident or Intentional? in 1996. You can read the book in entirety in PDF format here.
Dr. Horowitz believes that in the government's quest to find a cancer vaccine, it stumbled upon "cancer weapons."
He explains his theory in a 1995 interview:
A secret cancer virus program was conducted between 1962 and 1974 by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in co-operation with biological weapons developers for the Dept. of Defense, and in those documents it shows very clearly that what those researchers did was that they took things like the Simian monkey virus (SV40), and they essentially extracted the DNA out of it and they infused it with other types of nucleic acids like RNA from cat leukemia, from chicken sarcoma, and that created a mutant, a new kind of germ, which still had a difficult time infecting humans.
They were not emerging from the wild, so today the Blacks have been blamed for AIDS. The gays have been blamed for AIDS. The monkeys have been blamed for AIDS & Ebola, and you know what? That is a bunk, complete bull.
The truth of the matter is that the NCI researchers in co-operation with a narrow network of virologists who are being paid by the Dept. of Defense to investigate these types of viruses, and the viral vaccines made from them.
Their biohazard and containment in their facilities were abysmal, and just like the recent Texas outbreak of Ebola*, the other outbreaks—we have had monkey AIDS outbreaks over half a dozen times in the major vaccine production labs, as well as the research labs—the reason for this is because once you create these viruses they are very easily transmitted from one animal to the other in these facilities, and that as I see it is where viruses are emerging from.
Note: Dr. Horowitz is referring to the early 1990s Ebola outbreak in Texas, not the 2014 Ebola case of Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas.
2. Nazis, the CIA, & MKNAOMI
If the above conjecture is true, the following Ebola origin hypothesis further supplied by Dr. Horowitz is even more alarming.
During the advent of cancer weapons, the United States and Russia were in the midst of a Cold War. The CIA alerted the government that Russia was far ahead of the United States in developing biochemical weapons.
The United States responded by appropriating funds to a new biochemical development team, peopled with ex-Nazi scientists from Project Paperclip. This was known as MK-NAOMI.
At the same time, German-born US statesman Henry Kissinger ordered the CIA to go into Central Africa, allegedly under the pretense to stop the spread of communism.
However, Dr. Horowitz further states that this was not really the case, and in fact the CIA was in Central Africa to do further research for MK-NAOMI:
[It] is very close to the centre of the AIDS epidemic, and interestingly enough there was an organization that the Russians as late as 1987 were saying was affiliated with the Pentagon and the CIA which we traced top CIA researchers that were initially Hitler's group that came over in Project Paperclip and they were in Eastern Zaire very close to the Ugandan border and also right close to the AIDS highway and the alleged centre of the outbreaks of Ebola & AIDS, NW Uganda.
The reason the CIA chose Central Africa as its biochemical-testing playground was for two reasons. One, the tropical area hosted a plethora of undiscovered exotic diseases that could be exploited for research. Secondly, African people were seen as disposable for biochemical testing.
This is where the genocidal theory of Ebola comes from, particularly for Africans and subsequently Black Americans. Since the Africans were the first to get Ebola and AIDS, they were the first to pass it on.
Other minorities like homosexuals were also later blamed for American outbreaks of the diseases.
3. Tekmira Pharmaceuticals & the Stock Market
Tekmira is a pharmaceutical company trying to push its Ebola vaccine through FDA approval. But could it be that the vaccine developer had prior knowledge of an upcoming Ebola epidemic implemented by an unknown world order?
Stock market activity prior to the first Ebola outbreak announcement seems to suggest this.
As of 2014, an epidemic of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is ongoing in West Africa. The epidemic was discovered in March 2014, but was later determined to have started in Guinea in December 2013.
On 19 March, the Guinean Ministry of Health acknowledged a local outbreak of an undetermined viral hemorrhagic fever that had sickened at least 35 people and killed 23.
In July, global agricultural powerhouse Monsanto invested $1.5 million in Tekmira, according to Yahoo! News. Some have likened it to 9/11 pre-trading.
Is the Ebola virus controlled disaster capitalism?
According to the above chart, Tekmira shares peaked on March 7, twelve days before Guinean authorities acknowledged the Ebola outbreak.
4. Formaldehyde False Flags
Certain West African villages are up in arms proclaiming that the Ebola outbreak is a lie perpetrated by the government, and that so-called outbreaks are merely formaldehyde poisonings carried out by government agents.
Residents of Guinea's second-biggest city have rioted after the market was sprayed with disinfectant in a bid to halt the spread of the Ebola virus.
Health workers and the hospital in Nzerekore were attacked by people reportedly shouting: "Ebola is a lie."
The exact cause of the riot is not clear—some also reportedly feared the spray would spread Ebola.
The spray typically used to disinfect Ebola is formaldehyde.
Formaldehyde poisoning has the same symptoms as Ebola, such as bleeding from mucuosa, vomiting, diarrhea, coughing, and renal failure.
These town sprayings coincide with reports that agents have been deployed to poison remote town wells with Formaldehyde.
The Liberian Observer reports:
A man in Schieffelin, a community located in Margibi County on the Robertsfield Highway, has been arrested for attempting to put formaldehyde into a well used by the community.
Reports say around 10 a.m., he approached the well with powder in a bottle. Mobbed by the community, he confessed that he had been paid to put formaldehyde into the well, and that he was not the only one. He reportedly told community dwellers, "We are many." There are agents in Harbel, Dolostown, Cotton Tree and other communities around the country, he said.
The reason, if any, behind these reports remains illusive, but some suspect African land grabs for resources as the pandemonium spreads.
5. Protester Control
The timing of this current Ebola outbreak couldn't have been better for a New World Order, if one does exist.
With unrest in Hong Kong (Umbrella Revolution), Ukraine, the Middle East, Gaza, governments could implement strict anti-contagion policies to revoke rights to public assembly in the interest of public safety.
In fact, this summer the European Union raised its Ebola alert level to "high" after Germany admitted Ebola patients into its borders. This coincided with domestic German protests over Israel's handling of Palestinian aggression in Gaza that left civilians dead on both sides. Anti-Semitic protesters in Germany gathered to protest Israel, much to the chagrin of the German government.


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Tips For Choosing The Right Professional Photography
A lot of professional photographers today are able to take and set up portrait photographs that are both beautiful and artistic. Portraits can be taken either in an indoor setting or outdoors so as to capture the beauty of nature. An outdoor portrait is more difficult to handle because the professional photographer has to work with a lot of light and whatever weather conditions are being experienced.
You do not have to worry however because professional photographers know how to work with any weather condition and make your portrait look stunning at the end of the day. Your choice in photographers is what will make or break your portrait. Choosing a professional photography can be a challenging task because there are very many photography studios around that all claim to offer quality services. This article seeks to look at a number of factors to be considered before one settles on a professional portrait photography.
Firstly, consider the style as well as the image quality of the portraits in the photographer's portfolio. Before you make a decision, be sure to ask for a number of photographer's portfolios so as to compare which one best suits your needs. The ideal professional photographer has a wide variety of styles from which customers can choose from. Do not be willing to change your style if a specific photographer does not offer what you have in mind. There are a lot of professional portrait photographers and so you are bound to find one who offers whatever you are looking for if you look had enough.
The second factor to be considered when looking for a portrait photography is the experience of the photographers in the workshop. An experienced photographer knows how to work in a lot of conditions and so you are guaranteed of a better outcome with an experienced one as opposed to one who has just joined the industry. An experienced photographer will know which amount of lighting is just right for your portrait.
Budget is also very important and should therefore be considered. Different photographers offer different services at different prices and so you can find a photographer whose fee is within your budget. Be careful not to think about the price too much that you forget the to look at the portrait quality because more often than not, the obnoxiously cheap photographers fail to deliver what their clients are looking for. It is better to work with a photographer who listens to his or her client's ideas as opposed to those that try to push their own ideas on their clients.
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A few weeks ago I said that I was claiming October for my own. A few days to rest, an adventure, and time to relax. Quality time with Sandy. The adventure started when Norwegian Air landed in Barcelona. With minimal Spanish and maximum smiles we explored Barcelona for 3 full days before cruising to Malaga, Cartagena, and on to Florida.
Arrival was an experience unto itself. After a few days of rest at home, we boarded a Boeing 787 bound for London's Gatwick Airport. We arrived early both in terms of schedule and time of day. 4:30 in the morning, to be exact. Departing flights were backed up all day, and I'd be hard put to say the airport seats got softer. Finally it was out turn. The 737 departed and bounced through turbulence that made us long for the smooth ride of an angry bull. Barcelona had the same problem with excess planes, and they had the passengers deplane down steps onto the tarmac. Steps? This is not gonna be fun in my wheelchair, though I wondered if it would be any rougher than the flight. But here is where the magic begins.
Instead of using the front cabin door, after the other passengers were safely off, they took Sandy and me to the rear door. If you have ever had the displeasure of being taken
down the center aisle in one of those refrigerator dollies with a seat, you will appreciate Barcelona's aisle chair. The door was approached by a machine that reminded me of something from the first Star Wars movie, only friendly. We were taken into a large, white box truck by two men. They then moved from the plane, lowered the
compartment, assembled a platform behind it, and lowered us all the way to the tarmac. Clean, safe, and fun.
One of the men is a designated guide for people using wheelchairs. He spoke fluent, American English. He was also quite familiar with American basketball and agreed with me about the foolish trades made by the Orlando Magic. He escorted us into the terminal and to Spanish Customs and Immigration. Passports checked, we were welcomed to Spain. Our guide then showed us to the restrooms, waited, and then took us to baggage claim. He helped us claim our two, small bags. Then it was on to the taxi stand where he got us a cab and told the driver our hotel and confirmed that the driver knew where it was.
We left home at noon on Saturday and arrived at the Hotel 1898 on La Rambla at 5 PM on Sunday. We had made it to Spain!
Thank you for stopping by and for your patience with the long interval between blogs. I promise that in a couple of days we can share our days in Barcelona.
Photos: Top photo is the window display of a bakery and deli. Long, thin sub sandwiches are stacked neatly in a crisscross pattern. Below the window the sign reads Entrepans Iberics. The second photo, on the right, is George sitting in a blue and black aisle chair. He is wearing all black and has on rimless glasses with a tint. In his lap is a red backpack. The white interior and large window of the truck are visible. The third photo is looking downward as two men assemble a railing around a huge chair lift.


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Mystery & True Crime • News, Features & Interviews
Harold Schechter:
A True Crime Master with a Knack for Finding Forgotten Killers
Reprinted from the Spring 2015 issue of Prose 'n Cons™ Mystery Magazine
In a 2014 New York Times interview, linguist and author Steven Pinker described true crime author Harold Schechter as "one of the great stylists of our time" - a fact in keeping with Pinker's believe that violence "attracts gifted writers." Perhaps that's true. But, for Schechter, it's not the savagery that attracts him to serial killers and madmen; it's simply the compelling nature of their story.
Schechter says he's written one book per year since age 30. His body of work includes novels, textbooks and - as of this year - even a middle-grade young adult book. He is also credited with writing one episode of Law & Order but found the work ill-suited to his temperament. "Too high-pressured," he explains.
Schechter's true crime career began with Deviant, a book about Ed Gein - the real killer behind Psycho's Norman Bates and a multitude of other cinematic iterations. During Schechter's research, he interviewed Psycho author Robert Bloch. Schechter asked Bloch's opinion about why audiences were so fascinated by Gein. "Because they've forgotten about Albert Fish," Bloch replied. Fish was a serial killer known as the Brooklyn Vampire, among other sensational monikers. He was also the subject of Schechter's second book, Deranged.
"I believed I was pioneering a new genre," Schechter says. "Not true crime, but true horror. Books about real life killers whose crimes were so appalling that they resembled those of mythic monsters."
Indeed, each of his books lead him to discover even more grisly cases. Fiend tells the story of Jesse Harding Pomeroy who murdered four children in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Fatal chronicles female serial poisoner Jane Toppan. It lead to Schechter's writing of The Devil's Gentleman about another sensational poison-murder trial.
In 1994, ten years before Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City, Schechter released Depraved about notorious serial killer H. H. Holmes. Unlike Larson who used the Chicago World's Fair as the umbrella theme, "My book is strictly about Holmes and it covers his life and criminal career more thoroughly than Larson's."
While Schechter's true crime subjects are typically historical, his knowledge of the serial killer phenomenon is encyclopedic. He holds the well-considered opinion that the 1980s and '90s will be viewed as the "golden age" of the serial killer, not in the sense of glorification but rather their hold on the public's psyche. "That period witnessed the emergence of some of the most infamous serial killers in American history: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Edmund Kemper, the Hillside Stranglers, Richard Ramirez, et al. It was also the era when the serial killer became the mythic monster that haunted the public imagination."
Today, Schechter says, the serial killer has been supplanted by a new nightmare: the mass murderer. It is this "suicidal terrorist," he believes, who incarnates our current widespread fear.
Yet we still read - and Schechter still writes - about the madmen who take lives in more personal, yet startling, numbers.
In The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder That Shook the Nation, Schechter details a triple murder perpetrated on Easter Sunday, 1937. Robert Irwin strangled a young model named Veronica Gedeon, strangled and stabbed her mother, and repeatedly stabbed and killed a boarder in the apartment. Irwin's occupation as a sculptor seemed a godsend to the tabloid reporters of the day, as did Veronica's (unrelated) modeling work for pulp detective magazines. Schechter turned the lurid case into an Edgar Award-nominated critical and commercial success.
While also a college professor teaching American Literature, Schechter says his writing routine is consistent. "Right after breakfast, each and every day, I sit down and write one finished page of prose. At the end of the year, I have a book of roughly 350 to 400 pages." This isn't as much discipline as it is habit. "If, for whatever reason, I'm prevented from writing for more than a day, I become very anxious."
In searching for topics, Schechter says he seeks the same qualities present in every other successful narrative: a gripping story, a compelling villain, an interesting supporting cast, and a suspenseful investigation and trial. Unlike many who believe that Truman Capote was the first to incorporate these literary fiction techniques into true crime, Schechter says this honor actually goes to Celia Thaxter's A Memorable Murder. Published in Atlantic Monthly in 1875, the article told of an ax murder on Smuttynose Island off the coast of New England. Thaxter lived on a neighboring island and knew the victims well. Extreme movie buffs might remember its somewhat unsuccessful re-telling in the Sean Penn film The Weight of Water, but otherwise, Thaxter's work is now largely forgotten.
So what of Schechter and fellow contemporary writers of true crime? Is their work a simple, temporary diversion, or does it serve a higher purpose? "Yes, it's entertainment," concedes Schechter, "but it fulfills, I believe, a specific psychological and societal need. [It is] a safe, socially acceptable way for us moral, law-abiding citizens to ventilate our dark, lawless impulses by indulging in dangerous, forbidden fantasies. It's a release valve."
In August 2015, Amazon Publishing will release Schechter's latest book, Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal. Also, Schechter will be teaching a week-long writing course called "Researching and Writing Narrative Non-Fiction." For more information, visit http://haroldschechter.com/news. PnC
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"After moving from Pittsburgh to the DMV area, ATS helped me to establish a new sense of community. Starting a new chapter of my life became infinitely easier with the support, guidance, and unyielding encouragement from my team members! Employee growth is just as important to this company as client growth and that attitude has been refreshing. It's nice to know that, as I continue my journey to become a BCBA, the ATS team is in my corner. The work we do is gratifying and important, and ATS makes sure that I know and recognize my value too!"
~ Elizabeth Marquette, RBT
"When I think of Achieving True Self, I think of a home away from home, even if there isn't an actual home base. Since the beginning, I have felt myself growing, yearning to learn more and more about ABA. It's an insatiable thirst for knowledge and being able to impact as many families as possible.
As I've grown into the RBT I am today, I can't help but think how this wouldn't of been possible without the continuous encouragement, praise, and help of ATS as a whole. I've had wonderful support systems throughout my career here thus far and it hasn't just been my BCBAs. We're an entire family here and we even have our own social outlet online for us to continuously stay connected! ATS has a beautiful mission statement: People Matter. It's become my new life motto as well.
Joining this team of wonderful people who genuinely care about others has shown me that this is where I want to grow within the field of Behavior Analysis and is where I see myself achieving my TRUEST self."
~ Jared Robinson, RBT
"As a Behavior Analyst, I really struggled to find my 'tribe.' I cherish people who think outside of the box, who truly individualize treatment for clients and who don't obsess over just 'checking a box' on assessments. After coming to ATS, I knew immediately that I was home. I love working with a team who values people (both clients and staff) over anything else, who put 110% of their hearts into what they do and who live and breath a mission that serves to better our community through and through. As a BCBA, I love the support from the leadership team when navigating cases, the flexibility of my schedule, the resources provided that allow me to focus on my clients (and not too many administrative tasks/billing) and the unwavering support to always do what I believe is best for my clients. I can't imagine calling anywhere else home!"
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The second volume of the Eternals marks the abrupt end of the series, and the end of Jack Kirby's second stint at Marvel (and pretty much his career as well). The book itself, is not very good. Volume 1 was typical (albeit recycled from the Fourth World) Kirby, epic in scope and gorgeous to look out.
But everything falls apart in volume 2. Nothing of any significance happens in this book, unless you count a pointless 3 issue fight with a Hulk robot. And then the book just stops. I can't even complain about it not having a satisfactory ending, as it didn't actually feel like there was much of a story to be concluded.


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A new documentary about Anton Yelchin's life proves he's not forgotten.
The film, which features interviews with many of the actors friends and co-stars, including fellow "Star Trek" star Chris Pine, remembers Yelchin, who died nearly three years ago at age 27 after a freak car accident.
The trailer for "Love, Antosha" was released Monday, and also features interviews with Yelchin himself.
Best known for playing Pavel Chekhov in all three of the recent "Star Trek" films, he talks about his love of acting.
"It was like the first thing I consciously said to my folks: I want to do this, I want to make movies," Yelchin says in a clip. "My mom, I owe her everything for believing in me."
Kristen Stewart makes an appearance in the film, admitting that when she made "Fierce People" with Yelchin in 2005, they were dating.
"He kind of broke my heart," she says in the documentary.
"I was so kind of baffled by how good he was," Stewart says. "I wanted to be better, smarter, cooler, but couldn't even hang with him."
The actor's parents, Viktor and Irina Yelchin, former figure skaters from Russia, helped with the documentary, directed by Garrett Price.
At the end of the trailer, Yelchin's mom explains that the title of the documentary is how he would sign the cards he often sent her.
"There's no gifts better than those," she says.
The documentary also examines Yelchin's death, which happened on June 19, 2016. He was pinned between his Jeep and a brick wall outside his Los Angeles home after the Jeep had rolled backwards down a steep incline.
"Love, Antosha" will be released in theaters Aug. 2.


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A host of new rules and requirements are set to have an impact on landlords and their property – here are the key changes
Three-year tenancy
New legislation published in plans set in July 2018 could mean that you now have to give your tenants a minimum of a three-year term, including a break clause of six months. This has been designed to help renters feel more at ease with financial security and put down roots in their community.
Tenants would be able to leave early. But if they did want to stay, they would have more protection against eviction. This legislation is one of a few options being considered to give tenants and renters more security.
No tenancy fees
The Tenants Fees Bill was passed into law in February 2019, receiving Royal Assent to become the Tenants Fees Act 2019. As a result, letting fees will be banned in England from 1 June 2019, after already having banned in Scotland.
Effectively this ends all payments 'in connection with the tenancy of housing in England', unless they come under the list of permitted payments, which includes:
- Rent
- Tenancy deposit
- Holding deposit
- Default payments
- Fees for changes to the tenancy agreement
- Fees for ending a tenancy
- Payment for council tax
- Payment for utilities
- Payment for a TV licence
- Payment for communication services
This means fees for the following will now be prohibited:
- Inventories
- References
- Phone calls
- Postage
- Anything else that takes up their time
These fees are typically around £200, though they can be as high as £700 depending on the agency. As a landlord, you may want to consider whether a letting agent will expect you to pick up the cost of these fees.
The bill also includes plans to introduce a cap to the holding deposit amount, set at one week's rent, with more requirements on returning this deposit. You won't be able to charge your tenant more than £50 for a tenancy change – such as the name(s) on the contract – unless you can prove that the resulting expenditure amounted to more.
From April 1 2018, new private properties for rent are generally required to have a minimum of an E on the Energy Performance Certificate rating scale. This will come into effect for existing tenancies from April 1 2020, and it will make breaches of this rule – renting properties with F or G ratings – unlawful.
If you breach this rule you'll be given a warning so you can get your property up to scratch. But if you don't do this, you may face fines and legal action.
At the moment, you're able to get tax-free profits of £7,500, but this is going to change as a way of stopping landlords from receiving tax-free profits intended to incentivise people to let out spare rooms.
After potential new rules are in place, you'll have to be present and resident in the property for at least some time during the letting period to get this money tax-free – this is known as the shared occupancy clause.
Mortgage interest tax relief
Until 2017, landlords could deduct their mortgage interest payments from their rental income, reducing the amount of income that would be taxed.
The government has decided to change this rule and is phasing in a reduction in the amount of interest that can be used to offset income tax.
In the current (2018/19) tax year you can set 50% of your interest against your rental income. This reduces to 25% in 2019/20 and will disappear completely from April 2020. From this point, landlords will receive a tax credit calculated at 20% of your mortgage interest.
This credit will reduce the final tax liability by 20% of your mortgage interest. The overall impact will be to increase the amount of tax paid by most landlords with mortgages.
Comparing landlords insurance
Buying property to let can be a good way to secure a regular income, however you should remember that being a landlord is a considerable responsibility. You're in charge of maintaining the property, which means making sure it's in a liveable condition as well as keeping it safe and green. You're also required to provide a number of services for your tenants, and together all of this can add up.
Therefore it's worthwhile taking out a landlord insurance policy that covers you for all the possible costs you might face, ranging from property maintenance and repairs to rent cover and possible legal fees. If you shop around for different policies, you'll be able to compare them by the level of coverage they provide, the premium costs, and any other fees included.
However you should remember that a cheaper price isn't always ideal – it's better to look for a policy that offers adequate cover for everything you need, otherwise you might end up over-insured and paying too much, or under-insured and unable to claim.


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Fist Full of Giveaways #7
July 29th, 2014 - Jason
Well well, it's been a while since we've done one of these. Sorry about that! I got a bit distracted. In any case, I'm back with some games to give to you, our lovely followers.
Ether Vapor Master
99 Spirits
Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition
Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians
The Book of Unwritten Tales Digital Deluxe Edition
Really Big Sky
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