Jack ‘Scooter’ McAlister gives the world the impression that he has it all, this Bostonian businessman exudes wealth and success. But is it real? His magazine business is not doing as well as it could, and the problems of jiggling a wife and a mistress, are wearing thin on him. His favorite exit would be […]

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This is James Ross’ first exploration into the literary world, and he should pat himself on the back for producing a very well designed and executed story. I like my heroes heroic and my villains villainous, and Ross delivers.
Being a book reviewer, I maybe treat reading a little different from most people. I pick up […]

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As a twelve year old kid my favorite TV show was The Invaders. This weekly one hour show had everything that a kid needed, special effects, and aliens. Who could ask for more? Here we are 40 years later, and season one of The Invaders is being released on DVD. Larry Cohen was the inventor, […]

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A recent report has shown that students had to sit examinations in Lismore City Hall earlier this week despite concerns that asbestos roofing in the building may have been damaged due to heavy hail storms during the month of October. This could have resulted in parts of the building being contaminated with the potentially […]

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For All the World to See
You may have heard Becky Schlegel’s brand of country/Americana/bluegrass music on the renown radio show A Prairie Home Companion, or come upon her singing at an International Bluegrass Association showcase or at one of her many gigs in the American midwest. A native of the Black Hills of South Dakota […]

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“Former teacher Brian Presken, 32, was accused of using a mirror to look under a woman’s skirt last summer at Barnes & Noble Booksellers on Airport Boulevard in Pensacola.
“Defense attorney Katheryne Snowden argued that the voyeurism charge should be dropped because Presken’s accuser didn’t have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place under […]

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Following on from the blog post on hybrid embryo’s another free vote is taking place in the British parliament but this time it is about whether to reduce the time limit on abortions in the UK. The current limit is 24 weeks into pregnancy.
MPs will be voting to either leave the limit as it is […]

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Earlier in the week, a man from Wyoming filed an asbestos related lawsuit in Madison County, claiming that he has been diagnosed with a deadly form of asbestos related cancer, and claiming that nearly one hundred companies are responsible for him contracting the disease, which is known to be a form of cancer that […]

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A firm that is representing a number of asbestos personal injury creditors in the United States has asked the courts to throw out around seven and a half thousand settlements from Dana Corp to asbestos creditors unless the corporation is prepared to provide additional details in the agreements, according to a recent report.
The settlements […]

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For 40 years now, George A. Romero has been treating the cinematic world to his various takes on what would happen if suddenly the dead decided they weren’t quite as dead as we may have imagined. His latest installation, the rather tepidly received Diary of the Dead is no different, though he does employ a […]

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A recent report has shown how the fallout from a fire in the UK is being monitored for fear of asbestos contamination after it was discovered that there was asbestos present at the scene, and that this could result in asbestos contamination. Reports allege that asbestos based materials were found at the scene of […]

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Women Have Gained, Minorities Still Struggle
[I had the good fortune to spend my first seven years teaching mainly women — at Vassar, Hunter, and Barnard. The span was from 1963 to 1970 when the women’s movement was beginning to support equal opportunities for women, but had not yet opened […]

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Well, my itsy bitsy teeny weenie seven inch Asus Eee PC finally arrived with the relatives visiting for fiesta season. I had bought it in the US six months ago, but it was back-ordered and not delivered on time. So my grandson Luke has been using it in the meanwhile.
I bought THIS ONE at Amazon…selling […]

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