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James Locker: The Duality of Fate
Martin Lundqvist
James Locker: The Duality of Fate Martin Lundqvist
Struggling with his mental health, James must catch a killer connected to his past!
When James Locker's boss the legendary Michael Fuller is sacked from the central Sydney Murder Investigation Unit his dream to be a crime detective finally comes true. His Dream soon turns into a nightmare however as his mental state is deteriorating and Sydney is plagued by a psychopathic serial killer who seems to have a special interest in James personally. Will James Locker manage to stop this villain before it is too late?
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Planet Emergency
Christian Bæk Hedegaard
Planet Emergency Christian Bæk Hedegaard
Thе соmbinеd bоmbаrdmеnt causes аll сrеаturеѕ on the Earth to ѕwар mindѕ, leaving реорlе in аnimаlѕ, animals in реорlе, men in women аnd сhildrеn in adults. Thе nightmаrе which follows bесоmеѕ a ѕосiаl аnd есоnоmiс саtаѕtrорhе.
Ghost Hunters Part One by S. H. Marpel
Living Sensical
Ghost Hunters Part One by S. H. Marpel Living Sensical
It started with a dream.
In it, John Earl Stark solved the problem of a ghost he met. Or did he? It was a dream, after all.
The next day he meets two women who visit his cabin, arriving out of the blue, literally. (Well, one arrived with pitched black darkness which filled his cabin and made her cough.)
These two have an offer for Stark. All he really wanted was to enjoy the small cabin and solitude so he could write his detective stories.
These ladies had another offer - to help them solve the reasons ghosts don't move on. Plenty of new inspiration for stories, decent pay, won't interrupt his writing schedule.
Of course, he could die doing it...
I've read alot of postive reviews for this book. Adding now to my TBR.
A great alien world to explore. Imaginative and fun to read.
From the opening pages, the reader gets drawn into a world of intrigue and suspense. The writer continues to hold your attention without fail, don't miss this one, it reads like a binge-worthy show on Netflix!
Charles Harvey
This has to be a good book. The title alone makes me want to open the book.
J.W. Garrett
Wow! Can't wait to read this!
The Case of a Cruising Phantom by S. H. Marpe...
The Case of a Cruising Phantom by S. H. Marpel Living Sensical
I knew exactly why I was still here. To haunt whoever had pushed me overboard.
My only problem was finding them. And if they weren't still alive, they had relatives.
Meanwhile, I kept amused by haunting the ship's passengers and crew. And the cruise line didn't have a problem with it. Their "haunted cruises" were a big hit. Full capacity for this old boat and its evening dinner cruises out beyond the harbor.
"Misstep Mary" they called me. Even had a faded photo of me blown up and cut out so passengers could take photos with me "haunting" them. Because they ruled my death accidental. But would I still be here if it was?
So I arranged for the Ghost Hunters to show up and solve this. Otherwise, there was no peaceful 'going into the light'. Getting revenge might be all I get...
Escape by J. R. Kruze
Escape by J. R. Kruze Living Sensical
Hunted by evil, her only escape was to find the light, but her broken wings couldn't carry her to safety.
Why this tiny, suffering pixie was hunted by a monster troll seemed to be a simple urge - he needed to feed off her energy to keep living.
Only a few hours to daylight, when the troll had to sleep to avoid the burning rays of sunlight, or being found by Truth-Seekers and forever imprisoned in stone. After the sun rose, she could heal herself by bathing in sunlight and escape forever.
But why was this troll out of his territory and why was he hunting her? Not just his hunger, that much was certain.
The troll needed food, but she had a secret message to deliver.
And that one message could prevent humans and fairies from losing a coming troll war...
Witch Mystery: Beth by S. H. Marpel
Witch Mystery: Beth by S. H. Marpel Living Sensical
Fighting off a rampaging troll in the woods just to rescue her milk cow wasn't the first thing on her list today.
Neither was finding a male wood nymph who needed her help.
What didn't help was his attitude of being "Nature's gift to women", but his broken leg meant he was going to perish out there when the next troll came along.
Come to think of it, maybe that troll was after him, and not her Bessie-cow?
Regardless, she just couldn't leave him out there. And in spite of his attitude, he was kind of cute, pointy ears and all.
If only she didn't have to now fend off her farm from other very real fairy-tale creatures, like goblins and witches, and of course, more trolls...
(Warning: contains cliffhanger...)
Heart of Malice (Alice Worth Series Book 1)
Lisa Edmonds
Heart of Malice (Alice Worth Series Book 1) Lisa Edmonds
The first time Moses Murphy's granddaughter killed on his orders, she was six years old.
For 20 years, she was a prisoner of an organized crime syndicate, forced to use her magic to make Moses the most powerful and feared man on the East Coast. To escape, she faked her own death and started a new life as Alice Worth, a PI specializing in cases involving the supernatural.
Hired to investigate the disappearance of a mysterious object of power, Alice enlists the help of Malcolm, a ghost running from a past as nightmarish as her own. When her client is kidnapped, Alice must find her and the object of power before a vengeful killer destroys the city and slaughters thousands—starting with Alice.
Crime Chowder Preview
Hillary Avis
Crime Chowder Preview Hillary Avis
Chef Bethany Bradstreet serves up soup with a side of gunpowder in this suspenseful series starter. When murder is on the menu at her first catering gig—and the weapon is found in her pot of clam chowder—Bethany's in more than a little hot water. She'll have to slice her way through the swirling secrets and lies to save her reputation—and her life.
This is a PREVIEW sample of Crime Chowder. Enjoy this taste of a new culinary mystery series!
S.A.K. Stewart
Michael Cox S.A.K. Stewart
Michael Cox has been framed for the murder of his wife and six-year-old son. They were blown to pieces in front of his very eyes. Ever since that day, the only thing that fuels him is his need for vengeance. That, and rage. He embarks on a bloody mission to find the real killer and exact his revenge for the crime against his family. In the process, Michael enlists the help of the reporter, Addilyn Clarke, dragging her into a world of violence to chase a murderer that has no face and has no name.
Jade Alters
Can't wait.
The Kimberley Secret: A Historical Mystery No...
Gabriel Farago
The Kimberley Secret: A Historical Mystery Novella Gabriel Farago
When celebrated war correspondent Jack Rogan receives a phone call during a
bloody battle in Afghanistan, he knows something is wrong; his father is dying. With
his last breath, Rogan's father makes a disturbing revelation that rocks his son to the
core and leaves him pondering who he really is, and where he came from. With his
world turned upside down, Rogan soon finds himself irresistibly drawn into a
desperate search to find his true identity, and turns to an old friend for help. On a
dangerous journey of discovery that takes him around the globe and the remote
wilderness of outback Australia, Rogan follows clues hidden in unexpected places to
uncover the truth. Will Rogan succeed?
Skerryvore
Skerryvore Lee Williams
Could you live without a phone?
How about the internet?
TV?
This is just what teenage twins Daniel and Rose are forced to do because of their conspiracy obsessed dad.
But then something happens…
The people he always thought were after him actually turn up.
With their dad missing and house burned to the ground, Rose and Daniel are whisked into the centre of a worldwide conspiracy that stretches back through the ages, involving some of the most powerful and mysterious organisations on the planet, and an ancient network that has the power – literally – to change the world.
Why them?
Why their dad?
The answers to these questions and darker mysteries lie on a remote Scottish island, beyond the doors of an ancient house called Skerryvore…
Sounds compelling and I love the eerie cover!
William C. Tracy
Great name and cover for this one!
Death by Advertising by J. R. Kruze
Death by Advertising by J. R. Kruze Living Sensical
I was her closest friend. But didn't know she was dead.
Until I saw the full page ad in the paper advertising her funeral. And my company ran that ad - without my knowing it.
Another mystery was in how she died. No corpse, just an urn filled with ashes that was distributed over the harbor without any witnesses. Shown by a slick video played at her funeral.
No motive. Just a disappearance. The coroner's report from an upstate, rural county stated natural causes. For a young 20-something advertising executive.
But there were no details left unaccounted for. Funeral arrangements paid for in advance. Even the police chief said it was a closed case. That didn't stop Detective Johnson from being curious...
2 Bonus Stories: "A Goddess Visits" and "Long Overdue Santa."
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Carolyn Wells' Mystery Story Technique for Wr...
Carolyn Wells' Mystery Story Technique for Writers Living Sensical
Do you love mystery stories, such as the Sherlock Holmes stories and those of Edgar Allan Poe and Agatha Christie?
Do you ever yearn to be a good writer of mysteries?
Carolyn Wells was a prolific author of mystery novels. In this detailed book, she teaches the history, types, principles, devices, plots, and structures of mystery writings. This is virtually a miniature course in creative writing of the mystery story.
Originally published in 1913, this was the first full-length book in English about mystery and detective fiction. Still valuable as an instruction manual after over a century, Well's wisdom and critical acumen brought to this volume has enabled millions of mystery writers world-wide to discover and dissect what makes a successful mystery story.
Scraps of Paper
Kathryn Meyer Griffith
Scraps of Paper Kathryn Meyer Griffith
A widow starts a new life in a small quaint town full of quirky characters and in renovating her new home finds "scraps of paper" that make her suspect two children and a woman went missing from the house...30 years ago. Are they just missing or were they murdered? In trying to solve the mystery she and her ex-homicide detective friend put themselves in grave danger. 1 st in Spookie Town Murder Mysteries. 468 Reviews 4.5 star average. #5: What Lies Beneath the Graves is now also out.*** Kathryn Meyer Griffith has been a writer for over 48 yrs and has had 28 novels and 12 short stories published since 1984. NOTE: SINCE 2016 THIS WHOLE FIRST SPOOKIE TOWN MURDER MYSTERY, SCRAPS OF PAPER, HAS BEEN AND IS STILL *FREE* EVERYWHERE. http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001KHIXNS http://tinyurl.com/ocs9y7l
You can trust this author to give you a clean, cozy mystery that pulls you down and rivets you in to the last paragraph. A veteran writer and it shows.
Sally L Roberts
A suspenseful story with strong Characters. Worth the read.
Grim Martin
Sounds fabulous! Very exciting premise.
Who Murdered Uncle Ebenezer? Bene Girls Chris...
Who Murdered Uncle Ebenezer? Bene Girls Christian Cozy Mystery Series Book 1 Faith Nightingale
When You Thought Being a Christian was Safe...
Enter a world of trust, betrayal, and grappling mystery with this Groundbreaking New Christian cozy mystery by Faith Nightingale already adorned by thousands of fans!
If you like clean, wholesome cozy mysteries that keeps you guessing until the very end, you MUST read this book!
When a menacing storm is upon Kingsvale, New Hampshire, little does Reverend Devin Grant suspect that there's anything more menacing than the ruthless winds and blinding snowflakes when he arrives at Ebenezer Spencer's estate for final preparations for his friend, Ken's wedding.
But as evening turns into sinful night, a dead body is found... and the murderer is likely to be in the house. A house no one can leave because of the storm...
No Good From A Corpse by Leigh Brackett
Midwest Classics Press
No Good From A Corpse by Leigh Brackett Midwest Classics Press
**A hardboiled crime novel in the vein of Raymond Chandler**
Laurel Dane was no angel. She'd changed men as often as she'd changed her hair color, and there was plenty in her past she'd like to forget. But no one deserved to be beaten to death, and private eye Ed Clive didn't believe that her boyfriend had killed her. Pursuing her own lonely trail, he found out just how easily jealousy and twisted rage could turn a human being into a monster of violence.
Originally published in 1944, this is Leigh Brackett's unputdownable pulp fiction debut novel.
Loveday Brooks is a classic worth discovering. Lady detectives at the time of Sherlock Holmes!?! The author puts a very feminine deduction skills to work in a male-dominated period. The prose is refreshingly clear and not stilted - an engaging read. 7 rare short stories out of print far too long. Claim Your Copy Now.
Gina A. Jones
The great women who fought harder, yet their story less heard.
Midwest Free Press
Stories you can trust to take you into new worlds and give you hours of fascinating entertainment. You wonder why you haven't found these before...
Tupelo Gypsy (Voodoo Lucy Series 1)
Tupelo Gypsy (Voodoo Lucy Series 1) Vito Zuppardo
In New Orleans where jazz bands play until the first light of dawn, murder doesn't sleep either.
The legend of Voodoo Lucy begins when twenty-eight-year-old Lucinda (Lucy) Jones leaves Tupelo, Mississippi and her alcoholic, abusive, father behind to start a new life in New Orleans. Having long gotten through life by running small-time cons, Lucy dreams up a profitable voodoo-laced scam that soon finds her running afoul of a criminal gang boss and his crew. When she dares to testify against a killer, Lucy's life starts to spiral out of control. With friends on both sides of the law and a drug gang who wants her dead, can Lucy scheme her way out of danger and into the life she's always dreamed of?
Vito Zuppardo author of 15 books
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Baroness Orczy
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Baroness Orczy Midwest Classics Press
When her fiancee is falsely accused and the police are unable to find evidence to support his innocence, Lady Molly does the unheard of - she joins the police to improve their methods.
Lady Molly, like her fictional contemporaries, most often succeeded because she recognised domestic clues foreign to male experience. Her entry into the police is motivated by a desire to save her fiancé from a false accusation. Once her superior intuition has triumphed, Lady Molly marries and leaves the force.
This collection of short stories about Molly Robertson-Kirk was written by Baroness Orczy, who is best known as the creator of The Scarlet Pimpernel.
First published in 1910, Orczy's female detective was the precursor of the lay sleuth who relies on brains rather than brawn.
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Midwest Classics Press
The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung, also sometimes translated as The Transformation) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been called one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world.
The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. The cause of Gregor's transformation is never revealed, and Kafka himself never gave an explanation. The rest of Kafka's novella deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome to his parents and sister, who are repelled by the horrible, verminous creature Gregor has become...
The Hooman Probe by C. C. Brower
The Hooman Probe by C. C. Brower Living Sensical
When Sue crash-lands back on Earth, she didn't know what to expect. What she found was a telepathic wolf pack, capable of reasoning and the dominant life form on the planet. They were in a fight for survival with the feral species of wolves, as well as the remnants of humankind.
In the first part of this, Sue learns to communicate and to travel with the pack as they fight and escape from the hunting ferals. In doing so, she fights alongside Tig, the hunting pack leader, to save both their lives.
What she wanted was to get back to the moon base to rescue her family. She didn't know how bad the collapse was.
But before she can get anywhere, she has to prove to the sentient wolf pack that she can be trusted. This means a "probe." Something no human has survived.
Addicted to Love - An Olympia Investigations...
Sherry D. Ramsey
Addicted to Love - An Olympia Investigations Short Story Sherry D. Ramsey
Acacia Sheridan is a private detective with a special gift for communicating with the supernatural. This time around it's a ghost client who's looking for Acacia's help…to find his missing widow and stop her from making a terrible mistake. And he's not sure how much time he has left…
A Timeless Celebration preview
Dianne Ascroft
A Timeless Celebration preview Dianne Ascroft
A small town, a big party, a stolen gift. When an artefact from the Titanic is stolen before her town's 150th anniversary celebration, it's up to Lois Stone to catch the thief.
Middle-aged widow Lois has moved from bustling Toronto to tranquil Fenwater and is settling into her new life away from the dangers of the city. Then two events happen that shatter her serenity: her house is burgled and an antique watch belonging to a Titanic survivor is stolen from the local museum. Her best friend, Marge, was responsible for the watch's safekeeping until its official presentation to the museum at the town's 150th anniversary party, and its disappearance will jeopardise her job and the museum's future. Lois won't let her friend take the blame and the consequences for the theft.
Jacqueline Terrill
A story that's filled with suspense, engaging with questionable doubt, and a motive behind the scenes. What happened to Lois's husband, and even her friend Beth? Curiosity got the Cat!
Savannah Sweetwater
This is a book right up my alley! Love the description of the main character! This read is perfect for a chilly autumn night.
Emma Kathryn
This is a short and sweet historical romance. It's a realistic story with a good sense of time and place. And yes, it leaves you wanting to know more about the characters!
A story featuring a mature woman sounds intriguing!
The Lazurai by J. R. Kruze
The Lazurai by J. R. Kruze Living Sensical
An unintended result of a terrorist bombing a children's hospital, the Lazurai could kill a person without touching them.
The government made it worse by their experiments. All the children wanted was to feel love like any child. When they grew older, their powers increased. And they found they couldn't be stopped.
Chuck hears a rumor of one coming his way, to his remote way station on the highway. But he can't leave his wife, who's dying. So he waits. And sees the hooded Lazurai walking the long miles on a hot desert day toward him.
All he can do is wait.
What he doesn't know is that this one is different from all the rumors. And his life is going to change forever.
The Lazurai is named Rochelle. And she may be the solution to Chuck and his dying wife's problems...
Pisces - Silver Blood Collection
D. N. Leo
Pisces - Silver Blood Collection D. N. Leo
Computer hacker, Lorcan, is finishing the last spy job so that he could come home and propose to his childhood sweet heart. Unfortunately, the job goes wrong and he is trapped in a magical world underneath the deep sea where mer-creatures hunt for a secret key they think he has stolen.
Pisces - Silver Blood Collection - is the prequel of Merworld Trilogy. For more information, please visit http://dnleo.com
A Mystery Reader by New Voices
A Mystery Reader by New Voices Living Sensical
Cozy, Detective, or Amateur Sleuth - contemporary or fantasy - these six short stories will keep you guessing right up to their quick end.
Mysteries come in many forms, and in many locations. Here we have contemporary, dystopian, and paranormal venues so you can immerse yourself from the first sentence in each of these short stories.
- A ghost who has to arrange her own scene-reenactment just to find out how she died.
- How a writer helps a woman find out why she is so sad all the time - from a diner bar stool.
- A private investigator assigned to find out the secret of nurses who can cure the incurable - but then becomes a patient when he breaks quarantine to save another's life.
- A detective who is ordered not to solve a perfect death...
Murder in the Morning Edition
Peter Bartram
Murder in the Morning Edition Peter Bartram
Welcome to Brighton, England - where they do like to murder beside the seaside…
Don't you just hate it when you get the afternoon off - and then find yourself chasing a train robber with his loot?
Join ace crime reporter Colin Crampton and his feisty Australian girlfriend Shirley Goldsmith as they embark on a new adventure.
It all starts when Colin spends a lazy afternoon by the beach with Shirley. But when a daring robbery takes place before their very eyes, Colin reckons he's on the trail of a big story.
But nothing about the robbery is what it seems. And before long Colin and Shirley are drawn deeper into danger.
Colin encounters a motorcycle rocker with bad teeth, a dyslexic tattooist, and a seller of novelty toilet roll holders as he chases down his story.
Come and join the fun.
C.J. Childs
The perfect summer read especially if you love all things British.
Lisa Haneberg
Love the inventive humor and pace of these fun capers!
The Tunnel People by R. L. Saunders
The Tunnel People by R. L. Saunders Living Sensical
While Marj is helping urban archaeologists, she discovers a secret map that she has to hide from the authorities.
It tells of an underground system of tunnels that cross through mazes of paths under North America, using old limestone caves and aquifers, even connecting to the old ICBM missle bases.
It had been a long and brutal war. At the end, one side was banished underground, long decades ago. If this was true, the war may not be as over as they thought.
She enlisted Rob to help her decipher this map and explore this underground world. They have to work in secret as many of their "finds" have been known to disappear, along with the discoverers.
These two lone researchers find in each other more than they expected...
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Cutthroat County
Adam Nicholls
Cutthroat County Adam Nicholls
The last thing he wanted was blood on his hands.
Sherriff Moody is just a lazy old redneck. Well, that's what's spray-painted on the wall of his office. He's nobody's favorite lawman and nobody trusts him. At least, not until the Rambo brothers rob the local casino.
Everything changes for Moody that day. When survivors of the ordeal arrive at his office and beg him to rescue a hostage, Moody is forced into a high-speed pursuit across the county. His one goal: to prove everyone wrong.
The people hate him, his deputy doubts him, and the life of a hostage hangs in the balance. Sheriff Moody only has one chance to redeem himself in this action-packed, high-octane short story exclusive to subscribers.
A Mind Reader's Christmas: An Eric Beckman My...
Al Macy
A Mind Reader's Christmas: An Eric Beckman Mystery Al Macy
Eric Beckman, a mind-reading private investigator, is spending Christmas in snowy Vermont with his wife and daughter. He needs a break from solving cases, but the townspeople convince him to look into the village mystery: Every holiday season, someone switches the baby Jesus with one of the other figures in the town's nativity scene.
With the help of his ten-year-old daughter, also a mind reader, he soon learns that some of the residents of the small town are not who—or even what—they seem to be. There's something supernatural going on in Newburn, Vermont.
Curious Goods - Pandora's Box (Book 1)
Bones Monroe
Curious Goods - Pandora's Box (Book 1) Bones Monroe
Paul received the worst news that a father can receive, his beautiful, precious daughter has a terminal disease. In the depths of despair, he hears about Curious Goods, a quaint antique shop that might be able to help. Much to his surprise, his daughter recovers with the help of a mysterious box. Things turn out to be too good to be true, this was just the beginning of a downward spiral...
This is a short story. Book 1 of the Curious Goods series.
R.F. Kristi
Thrilling!
Aaron Dawbot
Can't wait to read, awesome hooking blurb.
Vincent Zandri
Be thrilled!
Omg! That's a scary front cover.
G M Sherwin
Just what a horror fan needs
Blood Bath in Rio
Gus Heyerdahl
Blood Bath in Rio Gus Heyerdahl
Tor Medina's first thriller! After watching his family being massacred, young Tor Medina kills a man and flees. Why was his family killed and what will he do now? Get this new detective thriller that one reader described as "hard to put down". Discover what happened in Tor Medina's past that will forever haunt him and the reason why he became one of the world's top detectives.
True Blue Detective
True Blue Detective Vito Zuppardo
Ride along with the New Orleans Police Department as the officers work together to solve unusual happenings in this unique, historic city.
You'll meet Zack Nelson, a former police officer, now living in a retirement center because of his daughter-in-law's illness. While he's not keen to move, he does so temporarily to help his son, Tom, and Patty cope with the medical issues.
Zack still got a lot of detective in him and senses that something is wrong with all the supposedly natural deaths that are happening, not only to his family but with the older folks who are seemingly in good health. He works with the police officers to help untangle and solve several ongoing crimes that seem to surround and affect him.
Along with his new roommate Dave, and two engaging sisters, Pearl Ann and Em
Yesterday's Thief: An Eric Beckman Paranormal...
Yesterday's Thief: An Eric Beckman Paranormal Sci-Fi Thriller Al Macy
Private detective Eric Beckman can read minds.
Although he reads only the conscious thoughts of the people he interviews, it usually gives him enough of an edge to overcome his inexperience as a PI.
The case of his life lands in his lap when a comatose woman materializes during a televised baseball game.
Beckman is at her bedside when she wakes up. From the moment she opens her eyes, she has him under her spell. He vows to figure out where—or when—she came from, even if it kills him.
In the Company of Wolves
Cory Barclay
In the Company of Wolves Cory Barclay
It's 1592. Europe is in chaos. Religious factions have torn the region apart and witch-hunts have become a part of everyday life.
Join three groups of travelers – a fearless female pirate roaming the North Sea, a priest and his wife escaping to England to avoid tyranny, and a young thief from Germany looking for a better life. Each has a different reason for venturing out in such tumultuous times: fear, greed, family secrets.
As each traveler searches for individual answers, these three seemingly separate stories converge in a place which may hold the key for them all. Based on true events involving one of the deadliest witch trials in European history, this tale of adventure, mystery, and the search for truth reminds us that no one is safe...in the company of wolves.
Isis Sousa
I love horror and mysteries with historical settings and find it specially interesting for a werewolf story. I loved the cover, which conveys a great mood and invites the reader to embark on this dark tale.
Amy Braun
Great concept!
Devil in the Countryside
Devil in the Countryside Cory Barclay
It's 1588, the height of the Reformation, and a killer is terrorizing the German countryside. There are reports that the legendary Werewolf of Bedburg has returned to a once-peaceful land. Heinrich Franz, a cold and calculating investigator, is tasked with finding whomever -- or whatever -- the killer might be. He'll need all the help he can get, including that of a strange hunter who's recently stumbled into town. Though they're after the same thing, their reasons are worlds apart. And through it all, a priest tries to keep the peace among his frightened townsfolk, while a young woman threatens his most basic beliefs.
In a time when life is cheap and secrets run rampant, these four divergent souls find themselves entwined in a treacherous mystery, navigating the volatile political and re
Dead Hungry
Dead Hungry Sherry D. Ramsey
Acacia Sheridan is a private detective with a special gift for communicating with the supernatural. When patrons of a local homeless shelter start turning up dead, with suspicious-looking bite marks on their necks, a local vampire is an obvious suspect. But as Acacia digs deeper into the case she starts to wonder…could even more sinister forces be at work?
Broomsticks and Burials
Lily Webb
Broomsticks and Burials Lily Webb
Nothing stays buried forever...
Unemployed reporter Zoe Clarke has spent her life chasing her big break, so when she receives a job offer in Moon Grove, she jumps at the chance to make a name for herself.
But Moon Grove is teeming with magic and paranormal beings—and those aren't its only secrets. Zoe's predecessor was buried alive—and accusations are flying faster than broomsticks. Despite orders to leave the story alone, Zoe can't resist.
From the front-running witch to the mysterious vampires pulling strings in the shadows, Zoe knows the truth is just under the surface.
Will Zoe's latent magic lead her to the killer and the story of a lifetime? Or will it send her to an early grave?
The Case of the Sunken Spirit by S. H. Marpel
The Case of the Sunken Spirit by S. H. Marpel Living Sensical
To rescue a 12,000 year old ghost, you have to learn to breathe water.
Our next mystery to solve was the toughest yet. We thought ourselves prepared to deal with being submerged several hundred feet below the surface.
My question was how to communicate with something who was older than all civilization as we knew it. What did it have in common with our modern culture? How to talk through an energy shield built to withstand the pressures of that depth?
I didn't have long to wait after we arrived.
Because something pulled me out of that shield and wanted to talk with me right now - deep underwater, ready or not...
(Contains cliffhanger ending...)
Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective by C. L. Pirki...
Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective by C. L. Pirkis Living Sensical
One of the first woman detectives - in the times of Sherlock Holmes.
In the days of Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" there were also feminine characters who solved crime in their own fashion. Such were the cases of Loveday Brooke.
This collection of seven short stories are along the line of Doyle's, where most of Holmes adventures were rarely in novel-length stories.
Loveday Brooke was a private detective who operated in London. She had been an upper class lady until hard times left her penniless and without many friends. She found employment with Ebenezer Dyer, the chief of a well-known detective agency in Lynch Court, Fleet Street. Although her new profession of investigating crimes further distanced her from high society...
The Case of Jennie Brice by Mary Roberts Rine...
The Case of Jennie Brice by Mary Roberts Rinehart Living Sensical
The Case of Jennie Brice is a crime novel that tells the story of a blood-stained rope and towel, and a missing tenant, Jenny Brice—all of which convince Mrs. Pittman that a murder has been committed in her boarding house. But without a body, the police say there is no case. Pittman tries to ferret out the killer by using the key to Jennie's apartment to investigate.
In this classic mystery from "American Agatha Christie" Mary Roberts Rinehart, a terrible crime unfolds amidst the worst possible circumstances-devastating flooding that has incapacitated the city of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
In a flooded house, Mrs. Pittman has to solve a classic case using only her wits - and a key to missing tenant's apartment. This classic whodunit will leave you guessing.
Her Eyes by J. R. Kruze
Her Eyes by J. R. Kruze Living Sensical
What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You.
What You Don't Remember Can Get You Killed.
He looked into her eyes - and forgot everything about himself.
He'd done something that night, but couldn't remember.
And she had left him like that. Until she returned as a Homeland Security agent to save him from two cops who wanted him for questioning.
Now on the run, in disguise, his memory wasn't returning very fast. Josh depended on this mysterious Rosa to get and keep him out of harm's way as they travelled out of L.A. and into remote backroads of Southern California.
There's something about her Josh doesn't understand, or just doesn't remember. Yet.
To solve their situation, Josh will have to recover his lost memories.
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Tara Warr has had enough, time to turn the tables on her stalker and make him suffer. A skilled mix of fueled tension, dark humor and pulsating passion, we continue the roller coaster ride of psychotic David Howard's obsession with his childhood sweetheart. (Protagonists David & Tara are also in 'The Deal', which is in film production.)
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"Unfinished Business is every bit as good as Penance List. You did not disappoint."
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'The Penance List'
'Unfinished Business'
'For My Sins' (tbc)
Leading to THE FALLEN ANGEL SERIES.
SF/Fantasy Reader by New Voices
SF/Fantasy Reader by New Voices Living Sensical
New voices bring new ideas and new worlds to you in these six short stories of Science Fiction/Fantasy.
That's what they are good at. Figuring out things that are completely different from the same old repeating plots and characters. Finding new "what if's" that have never been asked before.
Whether you like dystopian stories of what happens after the world ends, or the sudden appearance of fairy tale creatures in our current worlds, you'll find a lot to keep you fascinated by these new authors.
As well, you may find a bit of fine satire and hidden social commentary, something both genres have always been good at.
Regardless, these short reads will fit into your busy schedule - about a week of good entertainment for the odd hours and minutes.
It Began With a Lie
Michele PW (Pariza Wacek)
It Began With a Lie Michele PW (Pariza Wacek)
A fresh start. That was what Becca hoped the move from New York to Redemption, Wisconsin would be for her troubled family. A way to get her crumbling marriage back on track, and to bond with her difficult 16-year-old stepdaughter.
But instead of a new beginning, Becca is thrust into a mysterious past she barely remembers. A past that includes the complications of seeing her old teenage crush Daniel as well as living in her aunt's old house (what the locals call "The Witch House.")
But is the house really haunted? Or is there something far more sinister out to destroy them?
Romilly West
A gripping and chilling tale of family secrets -- highly recommended!
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I love your Book title....
Great read. You feel like you're walking in Steve Anderson's shoes in search of the truth.
Michele PW is a brilliant author! I always feel deeply involved in her books.
Sounds intriguing! What's more spooky than a twin who's been somehow changed?
Savannah Sleuth
Alan Chaput
Savannah Sleuth Alan Chaput
Mama's dead. Her money is gone. And her accountant is missing.
Though born to heirloom pearls, designer dresses and lush garden parties, Savannah social icon Patricia Falcon and three of her closest friends spend their days in Savannah's dark side rescuing abused women. Patricia's darling mother, a prominent philanthropist, drops dead, and the police are baffled by her untimely death. Patricia recruits her three friends to help her investigate what she believes is murder. "Savannah Sleuth" is a page-turning journey from Savannah's Southern wealth and grace into the hidden corners of Savannah and across two continents in a deadly pursuit of justice.
4.4 stars on Amazon (106 reviews)
2019 Chanticleer Book Award semi-finalist
A great read with surprise twists! - Highly recommended!
Ghosts Beneath Us
Ghosts Beneath Us Kathryn Meyer Griffith
Someone is terrorizing elderly in Spookie&vandalizing their homes.Abigail Sutton,freelance artist&her boyfriend Frank Lester,retired detective,are called in to help find out who's doing these crimes.They have an uncanny knack for unraveling mysteries&getting to the bottom of such happenings.Some of the old people think it's ghosts doing these destructive deeds but Frank doesn't believe in ghosts;Abigail isn't so sure.Then the old folks begin to disappear or die suspiciously&Frank thinks there's a sinister plan behind the crimes and is determined to uncover who or what is responsible.In the end,with help from their friend eccentric old Myrtle,they must solve the mystery or more of the old ones might end up dead.Want more of the book?Go to: http://tinyurl.com/pwf92c2 *KMG has 27 novels out.


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Airport information and maps for Amami Airport:
ASJ Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: ASJ / RJKA
Airport Names:
Amami Airport
Amami Kūkō
Location: Amami Island, Japan
GPS Coordinates: 28°25'50"N by 129°42'45"E
Area Served: Amami Ōshima (Amami Island), Japan
Operator/Owner: Government
Elevation: 14 feet (4 meters)
# of Runways: 1
View all routes: Routes from ASJ
Facts about ASJ
Map of Nearest Airports to ASJ
List of Nearest Airports to ASJ
Map of Furthest Airports from ASJ
List of Furthest Airports from ASJ
Facts about Amami Airport (ASJ):
The furthest airport from Amami Airport (ASJ) is Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ), which is nearly antipodal to Amami Airport (meaning Amami Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport), and is located 12,392 miles (19,943 kilometers) away in Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
The closest airport to Amami Airport (ASJ) is Kikai Airport (KKX), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ESE of ASJ.
Because of Amami Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Amami Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
In addition to being known as "Amami Airport", other names for ASJ include "奄美空港" and "Amami Kūkō".
Amami Airport (ASJ) currently has only 1 runway.
Map of Nearest Airports from Amami Airport:
List of Nearest Airports from Amami Airport:
1 15.13 miles (24.35 km) ESE Kikai Airport (KKX) Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan
2 146.58 miles (235.90 km) NNE Yakushima Airport (KUM) Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
3 166.84 miles (268.51 km) SW Iejima Airport (IEJ) Iejima, Japan
4 186.66 miles (300.40 km) SW Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
5 197.67 miles (318.13 km) SW Aguni Airport (AGJ) Aguni, Japan
6 198.36 miles (319.24 km) SSE Kitadaito Airport (KTD) Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
7 199.85 miles (321.62 km) SW Naha Airport (OKA) Okinawa, Japan
8 202.42 miles (325.76 km) SSE Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan
9 215.62 miles (347.01 km) SW Kerama Airport (KJP) Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan
10 240.62 miles (387.24 km) NNE Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) Kagoshima, Japan
11 259.72 miles (417.98 km) NNE Miyazaki Airport (KMI) Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
12 297.29 miles (478.44 km) N Fukue Airport (FUJ) Gotō, Nagasaki, Japan
13 310.19 miles (499.20 km) N Nagasaki Airport (NGS) Nagasaki, Japan
14 311.93 miles (502.01 km) NNE Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
15 327.92 miles (527.73 km) N Saga Airport (HSG) Saga, Kyūshū, Japan
Map of Furthest Airports from Amami Airport:
List of Furthest Airports from Amami Airport:
1 12,391.98 miles (19,942.91 km) S Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
2 12,380.47 miles (19,924.38 km) WSW Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
3 12,324.53 miles (19,834.35 km) SSE Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA) Videira, Santa Catarina, Brazil
4 12,320.50 miles (19,827.88 km) SE Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB) Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
5 12,318.67 miles (19,824.93 km) WSW Florianópolis-Hercílio Luz International Airport (FLN) Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
6 12,316.59 miles (19,821.58 km) SSE Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport (CFC) Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
7 12,316.37 miles (19,821.23 km) SSE Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
8 12,312.01 miles (19,814.21 km) E Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB) Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
9 12,304.36 miles (19,801.89 km) ESE Erechim Airport (ERM) Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
10 12,298.67 miles (19,792.75 km) SE Olavo Cecco Rigon Airport (CCI) Concórdia, Amazonas, Brazil
11 12,290.05 miles (19,778.88 km) SW Navegantes Airport (NVT) Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil
12 12,277.46 miles (19,758.61 km) SSE José Cleto Airport (QVB) União da Vitória, Paraná, Brazil
13 12,266.23 miles (19,740.53 km) ESE Serafin Enoss Bertaso Airport (XAP) Chapecó, Brazil
14 12,258.94 miles (19,728.81 km) SSW Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI) Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
15 12,225.08 miles (19,674.30 km) SSW Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB) Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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text: R. Frank Weidner has been selected to be the next president/CEO of Wings Financial Credit Union. In November, Weidner will succeed Paul Parish, who will retire from the $3.2 billion credit union in Apple Valley, Minn. at the end of October. Weidner currently serves as senior vice president for member services at the $7.9 billion Alliant Credit Union in Chicago where he is responsible for the development and leadership of all member service areas including retail sales and service, consumer and mortgage lending, branch and telecenter operations, business development, sponsor relations and marketing. Weidner joined Alliant in 1994 as the chief financial officer and director of finance and administration and previously held positions with US FCU in Minnesota and with the national accounting firm of McGladrey & Pullen. Parish, who has been at Wings Financial for 20 years, announced his retirement in May. He was at the helm when the credit union initiated what many considered to be the first hostile takeover attempt of a credit union, Continental Federal Credit Union. "Frank is a great choice for our next leader," said Parish. "The board looked at an extremely talented applicant pool from across the country and within the organization and made an excellent decision. I'm pleased to add my voice to those welcoming Frank and I look forward to watching the credit union reach new heights in the years to come." Today's announcement caps a succession planning process that has been under way since mid-year 2010, according to Wings Financial. The process began with an initial review of more than 100 candidates and narrowed to the final consideration of several applicants. "The board is excited to welcome Frank aboard," said Michael Cooper, chairman of Wings Financial's board of directors. "He is steeped in the credit union culture and its focus on members. He understands the importance of customer service and shares our belief that it is the key to our continued success. He knows the airline industry and Minnesota and he knows what it takes to grow Wings to the next level." Weidner said he is looking forward to his new role. "The credit union is in a great place in terms of its stability and financial strength and it is well-positioned for its next stage of growth and success. It's a pleasure to join the team at Wings and to contribute my efforts to achieving that success," Weidner said. Weidner is the second senior Alliant executive to be promoted to a top job in recent days. Rudy Pereira, senior vice president of operations and information technology, will become CEO at the $1.2 billion Royal CU in Eau Claire, Wis., on Dec. 5. Founded in 1938 to serve Northwest Airlines employees, Wings Financial has more than 200,000 members and had expanded its field of membership to the 13-county Twin Cities metropolitan area as well as air transportation employees nationwide.


Your GRAHAM watch is a masterpiece of exquisite nature, artful in its function and its aesthetics. At Manhattan Time Service in NYC, we believe that finding a reliable, trustworthy watch repair expert shouldn't be a challenge; that's why we service thousands upon thousands of high-end timepieces to manufacturer specifications, ensuring your GRAHAM watch's beauty and longevity for decades to come.
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His patients ask cardiologist Christopher Labos about the 10,000-steps-a-day doctrine all the time, that seemingly magical number built into fitness trackers adorning millions of torsos, wrists and ankles worldwide.
Labos recently wondered, where does the trendy target come from and is it backed by real science?
The slogan can be traced to Japanese walking clubs and a marketing campaign circa the 1960s. In 1965, a Japanese company released a commercial pedometer, which they called Manpo-Kei — kei, meaning meter, and manpo, 10,000 steps.
It was based on the work of academic Dr. Yoshiro Hatano, who, concerned with rising rates of obesity, found that the average Japanese citizen took between 3,500 and 5,000 steps a day. Hatano calculated that increasing the number to 10,000 would be associated with a reduction in blood pressure and glucose levels, lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Then, in the mid-1990s, what's believed to be the first English language scientific article was published, involving 24 obese Japanese people with type 2 diabetes. It found that people who walked at least 10,000 steps daily on a flat field saw more weight loss and improved insulin sensitivity than people on diet alone.
Fitbit starts everyone off with a default goal of 10,000 steps daily, which the company says is a rough equivalent to the U.S. Surgeon General's (and Canadian physical activity) recommendations to accumulate 30 minutes of physical activity most days of the week, or at least 150 minutes per week. That amount should be sufficient "to reduce your risk for disease and help you lead a longer, healthier life," the company said in a post on the "magic" of 10,000 steps.
In a recent article for McGill University's Office for Science and Society, Labos broke it down this way: An otherwise healthy person who doesn't exercise regularly might take 6,000 to 7,000 steps a day. A 30-minute walk would add 3,000 to 4,000 steps, depending on their stride.
However, a study published earlier this year by University of British Columbia researchers found Fitbit devices tend to overestimate steps in "free-living" — meaning outside a lab, out and about in the real world — settings. It tends to capture things like arm motion, and count it as a step when it's not really an actual step.
Feehan said 10,000 steps is a popular metric because it tends to correspond with people who are, on average, meeting physical activity guidelines.
However, some studies suggest it might be lowballing the ideal target by as much as 50 per cent. Others say 7,500 steps will get you the money.
A 2017 study involving 111 Glasgow postal workers (male and female) suggests 15,000 steps a day may be more ideal. Researchers found that those who walked, on average, 15,000 steps a day or more — or spent more than seven hours a day upright — had less abdominal fat, lower BMI's and better blood sugar and cholesterol levels compared to postal workers who spent more time sitting.
Still, a literature review commissioned by the Public Health Agency of Canada in 2010 concluded that 7,000 to 8,000 steps a day is enough to meet public health guidelines for the minimal amount of recommended MVPA — moderate to vigorous physical activity.
But step counting can be too narrow, said Leigh Vanderloo, an exercise scientist at ParticipACTION. It doesn't account for swimming, rowing or other "non-step" activity. It's also recommended adults get at least two days of strength training activities per week.
According to Fitbit, 10,000 steps each day typically burns about 2,000 to 3,500 extra calories each week. One pound of body fat equals 3,500 calories, "so depending on your weight and workout intensity, you could lose about one pound per week simply by completing an extra 10,000 steps each day," the company said on its website.


Originally published in 1997, The Angels of Russia was the first e-book to be submitted for the Booker Prize. Reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement, it was described as "a sweeping contemporary historical romance, set against the great drama of perestroika."
"My cousin Stephanie arrived in Leningrad in February 1986. Russia had possessed her since she was a child, not the grey utilitarian empire of Lenin and Stalin, but a romantic fairytale Russia of golden domes and white nights. When she met Sergei, standing in front of the Philharmonia Theatre, she was waiting to hear a concert by that most romantic of all composers, Tchaikovsky."
Stephanie is a French student, and Sergei is a dissident. When Stephanie falls in love with him and agrees to a marriage of convenience to help him leave the USSR, she believes that she is helping to outwit the KGB. But in Leningrad in 1986, no one is quite what they seem, and Sergei has another mission to fulfil when he gets to Paris. The apparently "chance" encounter outside the Philharmonia is the opening move in a sinister attempt to entrap a woman who defected to France twenty years earlier. No one will escape unscathed from the tragedy that follows.
If you stand at the entrance to the Russian cemetery in Sainte Geneviève des Bois, you see rows upon rows of crosses stretching away before you, rather like those military graveyards that mark the sites of former battlefields. Fallen for their country, rest in peace. But these are Orthodox crosses, with their three horizontal struts: one short, one long, and one diagonal, and the dead who sleep in this foreign field are not warriors, but exiles and emigrés.
It's very peaceful here. When you walk into the cemetery, it's like walking into a forest. Birches and firs, the trees of Russia, sway in the wind between the tombs. Some of the graves are decorated with blue or gold domes, some carry etchings of the deceased, some bear inscriptions in old Cyrillic characters. One, uncharacteristically, has an inscription in French: Toutes les séparations du temps ne sont qu'un rendezvous pour l'éternité. The French graves on the far side of the cemetery are sealed with slabs of marble, but the Russian graves are planted with bushes and flowers.
Russians have been buried in this graveyard for over a century. After about 1920, this was probably not by choice. Some of them had fled to Paris, and some of them were sent. If they ended up here, the old soldiers, the princes, and the refugees, it's mainly thanks to one man -- one god, I should say, the god of Soviet Power, who promised his people a new kind of society and a new kind of man, a kingdom of Socialism on earth, and a kingdom of Communism in the radiant future.
What amazes me is that Lenin's myth endured so long. Even sustained by the logic of the axe. All right, I know, people need their illusions. The longer they've had them, the more they need them. When you've spent your whole life expecting to build socialism, bury the West, hang the capitalists with their own rope, and so on, you can't just quietly drop the whole project and take up consumerism instead. And that's just the practical side of it. How do you come to terms with what's going on in your head when they tell you that the last seventy years were all a mistake? How do you take in the idea that you've lost your grandparents to collectivization, your father to the camps, and your sons to the war in Afghanistan, all for nothing?
Sometimes I feel even worse about those ordinary Soviet people, who worked hard all their lives and believed that they were doing the right thing, than I do about those people who were part of my own life, and who simply happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. If it is hard to go to a cemetery and visit a loved one's grave, it's even harder to look around you and know that your whole country is a cemetery, and that the graves contain the whole of your past and everything you had ever hoped for.


The HIGHTS project is approaching a climax after the first 18 months, with two deliverables under the responsibility of .objective (D5.2 and D6.1) recently completed and published.
D5.2 contains the first conclusive and self-contained selection of localization algorithms and technologies to be implemented and integrated later during the second half of HIGHTS. D6.1 reports on the realization of the HIGHTS demonstrator for validation and evaluation of the HIGHTS solution in a real environment.


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"It was in a children's hospital near Cape Town during the South Africa leg of the History Tour in 1997. On that same day, Michael had also visited an orphanage where many of the kids had lost their parents to HIV/AIDS. South Africa clearly touched his heart, as it did mine. During the weeks there, he was even more open and affectionate than usual, had a lot of fun and received a warm welcome everywhere he went. I saw him both before and after the hospital visit but I didn't want to intrude by going into the wards with him. What happened inside, however, summed up why Michael was a soul of the dearest kind.
He was accompanied by his cinematographer, a wonderful, warm and gentle man named Joe Wilcots, who later recounted the following to me. Michael was being shown through the hospital by doctors and nurses. They were doing the usual things - greeting children on the wards, giving them presents, spending some time with them. Then, they walked along a corridor between wards and there was a separate room with one child in it. Michael asked why the child was alone and what the room was. The doctors told him it was a quarantine room - that they had to restrict who could go in there because the child was seriously ill and they didn't know what was wrong with him or whether the boy's illness was contagious.
The doctors carried on walking. Michael hung back, and when they had gone ahead a little, he ducked into the room. All hell broke loose. The doctors and nurses panicked but none of them wanted to follow Michael into the room unprotected. Joe told me that they watched through the window as Michael sat on the bed with the child, spoke to him and kissed him on the forehead. Then Michael just calmly came out of the room and of course the doctors didn't want to scold him - he was Michael Jackson, after all. But they were clearly anxious.
Afterwards Michael's cinematographer Joe Wilcots asked Michael why he had done it - what on Earth had he been thinking to take what could have been such a serious risk with his own health. Michael replied very simply: "I wanted to do what the child's mother would have done, if she was here." He knew no danger would keep a parent from their child. No risk would stop a mother reaching her child and making sure he knew he was loved.
This has always epitomised, to me, Michael's relationship with children. He seemed to feel a parent's love and a parent's responsibility for every child in the world."
Maria Crawford describing Michael's visit to a children's hospital in South Africa, 1997
Photo: Michael Jackson in a hospital in Africa 1997


Brilliant pale straw colour with a watery hue. The nose exhibits passionfruit and zesty citrus top notes over green apple and some subtle herbaceous end notes. Refreshing tropical fruit and citrus flavours overlay some light herbaceous characters and mineral. Clean crisp finish with an aftertaste of tropical fruits, a light herbaceousness and citrusy mineral.


Premium Avocado Rich Cream by Korean beauty brand Skin Food: A 30% extract formula with avocado extract, avocado oil, and essential oils for maximum nutrition. This moisture rich cream instantly hydrates and locks in moisture for brighter, healthier skin.
This cream has a nice light scent. The cream comes in a 78ml screw top jar and is very concentrated. This is a large size and will last me a long time. I use this as a night cream and it works well on my sensitive combination skin. The cream absorbs quickly into my skin. This cream is very moisturizing and works best for me in the winter months when my skin is more dry. I would recommend this for someone who has dry skin. The jar is very large and I will have this a long time. Great product!


Trout, arctic charr, perch, pike, rainbow trout, grayling, whitefish.
The state controls waters beyond "odlingsgränsen" (administrative border). Contains many lakes, tarns and rivers.
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Northern Ireland Agricultural Producers Association and Farmers For Action, coming together under Northern Ireland Farm Groups on the issue of legislation on farm gate prices for Northern Ireland, have met with Caoimhe Archibald, currently caretaker chair of the Agricultural Committee, and Sinn Fein policy officer Sean Oliver.
Following the meeting William Taylor, NI Farm Groups co-ordinator, commented: "Sinn Fein have been sympathetic to the idea of legislation on farm gate prices since the beginning over two years ago, however, they seem to have renewed vigour on the issue which was discussed in more detail, including details of the bill which has now got to draft stage and almost complete and will soon be ready for Stormont.
Northern Ireland Farm Groups will continue their round of meetings with the political parties and independents ahead of the election.


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An Alien Certificate of Registration Identity Card or ACR I-Card is an official identification card issued by the Bureau of Immigration in the Philippines to the foreign nationals (aliens) in the country. Application for ACR I-Card is required to all foreign nationals who have stayed for more than 59 days in the Philippines.
This card displays the important information of the foreigner such as his/her picture, full name, home country, place and date of birth among others. In addition, the biometric security data of the foreigner are also stored in the card through an embedded microchip. Its has a size similar to a credit card or a driver's license that can comfortably fit into one's wallet.
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If you are a foreign national who are living in the Philippines for over 59 days, you are required by the Bureau of Immigration to get an ACR I-Card. It includes foreigners who are holders of immigrant and non-immigrant visas as well as holders of temporary visitor's visa.
An ACR I-Card is usually applied along with the visa extension or application. For example, you are a holder of tourist visa and you have been traveling inside the Philippines for over 59 days but you wish to extend your stay here. Upon your application for visa extension, you are required to apply also for an ACR I-Card.
Another case when this card is required is during the time of your application for an Emigration Clearance Certificate (ECC). An ECC is required when you are leaving the Philippines given that you have stayed in country for over 6 months. A valid ACR I-Card is required before you can apply for ECC.
Some people say that an ACR I-Card puts you under the radar of the government. You can't do much on your own without it. It is needed when you open a bank account, acquire properties and perform necessary transactions in government and non-government offices in the Philippines.
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If you want to voluntarily apply for your ACR I-Card, the general requirements above are a good to start. However, there are specific requirements the Bureau of Immigration are asking. Here's the checklist of complete documentary requirements .
ACR I-Card Application Form
Before going to the Bureau of Immigration Office, it's better to contact them first so that you'll know what you really need to comply.
ACR-I Card Fees
I-Card Fee – $50
Express Fee – ₱500
How to get ACR-I Card
Go to the Bureau of Immigration Main Office or BI Other Offices near you, bring your documentary requirements and cash for the fees. Please be advised to wear proper attire since you are doing a transaction in a government office. Don't wear a sando or slippers.
Proceed to the designated window for ACR I-Card Application. You may ask someone in the office to give you an application form in case you want to fill it up in the office. However, it's recommended to download the form online, print and fill-it up before hand. This can save you time.
Submit your requirements to the person-in-charge. Your name shall be checked in the BI Database for any derogatory record.
If no issues found, you shall be given an Order of Payment Slip (OPS).
Proceed to the cashier window for the required payments. See fees above.
Get the Official Receipt and submit it to the person-in-charge.
Since it is now a digitized card with added electronic security features, it takes a couple of weeks to process. The Bureau of Immigration shall send a notification via Text Message if your ACR I-Card is ready to be claimed.
That was the general guide on how to get your ACR I-Card in the Philippines. Should you have questions, you may contact the Bureau of Immigration. Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
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by Julian Pecquet on May 18, 2021
Turkey's Gulenist movement has picked up a bipartisan lobbying firm to take full advantage of Washington's exasperation with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.
The National Council on Civil Advocacy, which is close to exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, has hired Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas effective April 1 to lobby on "democracy, human rights and rule law for Turkey" as well as proposals to address human and civil rights violations, especially against Gulenists. Turkish authorities blame Gulen for a failed 2016 coup and have jailed tens of thousands of his alleged followers while seeking his extradition from his complex in Pennsylvania.
As is its practice, Mehlman Castagnetti has registered its entire team of 15 people as lobbyists on the account, starting with co-founders Bruce Mehlman and David Castagnetti. Mehlman served as an Assistant Secretary of Commerce under President George W. Bush, while Castagnetti was chief of staff to former Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.).
Bilal Eksili, the council's executive director, told Foreign Lobby Report that the contract was for less than $20,000 per month but declined to be more specific. He said the lobbying boost should help put more international pressure on Erdogan at a time when the Joe Biden administration has shown little interest in placating Turkey, including recognizing the Ottoman-era of Armenians as a genocide last month.
"The atmosphere is very positive" for his group, Eksili said. "Right now in Washington everybody is talking about human rights abuses in Turkey."
He said Mehlman Castagnetti would offer advice and counsel and help open doors on Capitol Hill and with the Biden administration while lobbying on a few specific bills.
These include the Turkey Human Rights Promotion Act from Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Oregon Democrats Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, which urges human rights sanctions against officials found responsible for the "detention of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners, politically motivated detention of journalists, restricting freedom of expression through social media, and other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights." The bill would also direct the State Department to fund civil society organizations that work to secure the release of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners in Turkey.
Another priority bill is an effort by Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), co-leaders of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission), that seeks to make it harder for autocratic states to use Interpol red notices to go after dissidents. The lawmakers specifically mentioned Turkey's red notice against NBA basketball player and avowed Gulenist Enes Kanter in a press release last week touting the re-introduction of their Transnational Repression Accountability and Prevention (TRAP) Act.
Finally, Eksili said the firm would encourage Biden to press the issue of human rights during his first expected face-to-face meeting with Erdogan since becoming president at the NATO summit in Brussels next month. The meeting is expected to be tense, with Ankara bristling over its expulsion from the F-35 fighter jet program and continued US support for Syrian Kurdish fighters that Turkey considers to be terrorists.
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Eksili himself has been a registered lobbyist for the council since 2019 and disclosed spending $160,000 on lobbying since then, most of it in the first half of 2020. The council previously retained Sextons Creek Consulting, a firm founded by Bill Smith, a former chief of staff to Mike Pence when he was a governor and member of Congress, along with Fidelis Government Relations to lobby the Trump administration.
The Alliance for Shared Values, another Gulenist group, for its part has retained the services of the Cogent Group since February 2018 for $30,000 per quarter. Managing Director David Adams, an Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Andrew Kauders, formerly a senior adviser to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), lobbied on "issues related to human rights, freedom of expression and rule of law" in the first quarter of 2021.
Meanwhile Ankara's once-massive lobbying operation meanwhile has largely collapsed in recent months, in part because of pressure from the Armenian diaspora over Turkey's support for Azerbaijan in last year's conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. Only three firms now remain registered as foreign agents for the Turkish Embassy in Washington: its longtime Washington law firm Saltzman & Evinch; Amsterdam & Partners, which has led the fight to shut down Gulen-linked charter schools in the US; and longtime Turkey lobbyist Lydia Borland and her firm, LB International Solutions.


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I "Got" your Meaning right away, and agree that the Grendal/Ainsty Almost Desreves it's own Topic for Clarity, since the Discussion was about how these Kewl Pieces would/Could be used with DF.
Have you added some details to some of these Grendal Computers?
I am sick currently so I must have taken your directness wrong. Sorry.
No prob. I guess I was kinda direct. I should have explained the point of the thread better, I'm sorry too.
I hope that this thread will be a blast by time we are done.
Go down a little ways and you will see the listings without pics. Do not go past the craters which do have pics.
The reason I first asked was because SimTac has never posted a pic of them and they have done some Grendel items in the past.
I'm not sure about those Sim Tac pieces, with no pic and the description doesn't seem to match up.
I am looking for some good grav tanks in the same scale as Vor for my North American Union army: Heavy Tank, MBT, APC, MLRS(8 tubes - 2 4s) and Attack VTOL.
Some of the tanks that Geo-Hex used to do for Ground Zero Games here in the U.S.A. would be great, but they now have to be acquired from the UK.
I am hoping you might now of a company on this side of the pond that has vehicles that will fit the bill.
These guys are in the UK, but I've never seen such and array of amazing 25-28mm future type vehicles, I don't know of one here with this variety. Take a look anyway.
I dont know why the link isn't working? But do a search for Old Crow Models, it shouldn't be that hard to find.
Thanks for the complements. I like what you've done as well, and I really like that set up in the third pic. It reminds me of the control room of a Star Destroyer.
I agree white does look the best on the Med-Bay stuff, it gives that clean medical look. Here's a few pics of the Cryogenics stuff I finished last night.
Still, you have two of the sets I've been drooling over since the DF stuff showed -- the med bay and the cyber bar! The cyber bar looks like a great place for a SW game, not quite an accurate Mos Eisley but still a great setting for all the funky Fringe aliens.
And your paint job is fantastic! I've been taking the easy way out, just black primer and drybrushed silver, but that white on the med bay stuff looks great. If/When I do buy that stuff, I'll probably copy your approach here rather than go with more silver. Some variety is always nice!
I did post a TON of pics before, lots of Grendel stuff featured. I took some down to make room for more, around the time we got hacked. I'll scroll through my photo libary for some new pics and post them some time soon. Part of me thinks I'll be on a pretty heavy SF kick in May, the new SW film will put me in the mood, even though it will almost certainly be a terrible excuse for a movie (sorry, prequel fans).
When did all of this become a challenge course?
No challenge here, I was just feeling inspired after we discussed these pieces, and was just hoping to start a thread discussing and showing pics of both the Grendel and Ainsty Sci-Fi terrain items for the rest of the gang who may be interested in these little gems.
I am sick currrently so I must have taken your directness wrong. Sorry.
Rabidfox wrote:You are a lucky devil IO. They barely have game stores here in Idaho, let alone discount bins at them.
But let me say something, I feel your lucky too. Idaho is beautiful, all those mountains, rivers, and forests you have to explore. And like you stated your "low population� avoids the Rat Race mentality. Florida is changing especially down south. I envy you guys in more spread out areas.
*little real culture (if it was not for the LDS people in the Eastern Idaho area there would be no symphony, live theatre, etc.) The rest of the folks always push the outdoors you were talking about 24/7 - after several trips the outdoors here gets a bit boring after my experiences around the world.
*"rugged individualists" who feel Washington should only be there to hand them money and could not be convinced that paying taxes is actually a good thing (I think some of these people think there is a roadwork fairy, a water supply fairy, a fire department fairy, etc.). A guy, who gunned down two federal officers in cold blood, is still considered a folk hero by too many people here in this state. Federal agents all go armed since then and operate usually in at least twos, if not threes. Talk about the waste to the taxpayers pocketbook all because some folks think it is always open season on federal officers.
*woe be to any man here that does not think that the two greatest sports in the world are hunting and fishing! You are not a man's man then to many of these people! You are just a namby-pamby city-slicker. In the past I have "hunted" the most challenging "prey" on on this planet and who gives a care about the deer, etc. that cannot shoot back at you while you are hunting it! I do not! Additionally, I am so tired of hearing every last native Idahoan's hunting and fishing stories. After a while they all sound the same. Moreover, after a short while, who cares about the dead animal's head that is on their wall along with other assorted animal body parts.
Rabidfox wrote:Being posted here has been a drastic difference from either coast I have lived on.
Military?, and where are you from originally?
Son of a Sergeant-Major. A little bit of every where. I claim California (where I was born and later graduated from high school at) and Maryland (where life is just cool and every where is really close - a three hour radius has access to everything worthwhile on the East Coast just about other than the highlights of Florida).
One thing this state definitely does not have that truly is beautiful is the ocean.
There is no landlubbing sunset that compares with the sun sinking into the sea!
Furthermore, there is no sunrise like the sun rising out of the ocean either!
I miss the ocean with its own unique noises and smells.
I have had my fill of desert and pine and all that comes with it.
Rabidfox wrote:Your pics seem to indicate that you have acquired Grendel stuff before. It looks like you have at least two of every set. Is this correct?
Funny, I didn't notice that. I wasn't even thinking about it in that way. Most of the pieces have been loose in a box for over a year. I guess you're right.
Life just happens that way sometimes. This time it is a positive.
Rabidfox wrote:Curiosity query, are these items the exact same terrain items that SimTac sells through their Kryomek U.S.A. WEB page? I ask because some of the descriptions just do not match up with those pics shown here.
Not sure about this question. I searched the site, but couldn't find what you were talking about. Could you post a link?
Rabidfox wrote:It appears that the 1.5" doors are near to useless other than as an empty prop. Are the larger doors single or double sided?
No they look good in a room, plus you could put one on each side of a wall making a pass-through. All of the doors are double sided except for the "Cargo Bay� doors.
The pass-through idea is manageable, but I would rather have doors in actual holes.
That wonderful-looking large cargo door is only single-sided - oh boo!
That makes the A51 door from Ainsty look even better!
Rabidfox wrote:Cargo doors are 3", 4", what?
Not sure, I'll measure them later.
If that large Cargo Bay door is only single-sided, do not bother measuring it.
Rabidfox wrote:You actually own an A.T.A.C. There have times I have wondered about getting some, but then either reality hit or the resources had to be used elsewhere. The A.T.A.C. is like the APC from Aliens, yes? Somewhat?
I'd say so, definitely inspired.
It does not have the side door though.
Have you picked up any of the other vehicles from the same series?
Here's what I've gotten done so far. Not quite as much as I wanted to last night, but I was tired. Anyway, the hardest part of the paint is almost finished, and the rest will flow alot faster. I'll continue to post along the way.
If anyone else has any of these or the Ainsty pieces, or just has a comment, please feel free to post them. I'd like to see what you guys have done. L, I think MLV said you painted and posted some pics of these pieces? Could you re-post them here on this thread?
You are a lucky devil IO. They barely have game stores here in Idaho, let alone discount bins at them.
Being posted here has been a drastic difference from either coast I have lived on.
Your pics seem to indicate that you have acquired Grendel stuff before. It looks like you have at least two of every set. Is this correct?
Curiosity query, are these items the exact same terrain items that SimTac sells through their Kryomek U.S.A. WEB page? I ask because some of the descriptions just do not match up with those pics shown here.
It appears that the 1.5" doors are near to useless other than as an empty prop. Are the larger doors single or double sided?
Cargo doors are 3", 4", what?
You actually own an A.T.A.C. There have times I have wondered about getting some, but then either reality hit or the resources had to be used elsewhere. The A.T.A.C. is like the APC from Aliens, yes? Somewhat?
When did all of this become a challenge course? Oh well. Please remember that I will not have the Ainsty stuff for probably another two months. I am not the only one in our group waiting on a tax refund to make their part of the order; I think that about 70% of the group is.
You are a lucky devil IO. They barely have game stores here in Idaho, let alone discount bins at them. In all of Eastern Idaho (about 35-40% of the state) I can think of only four game stores with only two fairly small ones here in Idaho Falls. The largest store in the region is 60 miles away in Pocatello - university town - more call more gaming items there. There is a modified Hobbytown in Twin Falls, 100+ miles west of Pocatello. That is it until you get to Boise.
This state only has 1.36 million people in it while it is the sixth largest in geographic size. The largest city in the state has ~182,000 people in it and that is the state capital Boise over in the SW part of the state. There are only four or five actual cities in the state! City meaning an incorporated area with >50,000 population. This state has ~83,000 mi2 with 15.6 people/mi2. In contrast Florida has 17 million people with only ~54,000 mi2 with 296.4 people/mi2. Being posted here has been a drastic difference from either coast I have lived on.
Your pics seem to indicate that you have acquired Grendel stuff before. It looks like you have at least two of every set. Is this correct? Curiosity query, are these items the exact same terrain items that SimTac sells through their Kryomek U.S.A. WEB page? I ask because some of the descriptions just do not match up with those pics shown here.
It appears that the 1.5" doors are near to useless other than as an empty prop. Are the larger doors single or double sided? It just would be so much easier for everyone if the Sci-Fi hatches from DF would be sold singly!
Need to go. I have the season's creeping crud. I just want some rest. Good day all.
Rabidfox has plans of picking up a nice slice of the Ainsty Sci-Fi pieces, and I have most of the Grendel ones. So this thread will be an ongoing process. I went by the game store on Thursday night and was able to acquire three more sets at $5 a pop, not to bad……Thank the gods for the discount bin.
Initial thoughts; I wish I had four more of each of these pieces. Their going to be nice for multi-level builds.
First I flash, then square everything up real nice on the disk-sander.
One of the first decisions that hand to be made was that one of the doors fit nicely being 2� wide.
While the other was 1.5� wide; no good for either a 2� passage or even a 1� if they come out with a narrow passage set for Sci-Fi.
The solution; sand down the back side of the door so it sits flatly against the wall, plus now it stands out in a room.
The three colors used for color-matching to the Sci-Fi pieces in this order.
I actually had one of the vehicles from the set painted sometime back, and it was used in a post-nuke game.
Since taking these pics I've almost finished the doors and the Med-lab, I'll post some photos in a DF setting as soon as their done.


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