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BRICK, NJ -- (Updated, 1:45 p.m.) Authorities are seeking the public's help and information in connection with the skull found Tuesday in the Lake Riviera section of Brick Township.Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor's office, said the skull was discovered about 3 p.m. on Tuesday, confirming information that was given to the Brick Patch by a resident who lives in the part of Lake Riviera where the skull was found. Della Fave supplied photos of the skull. The skull was lying just off the road at the edge of a wooded area in the area of Arizona Drive and Old Toms River Road, according to a photo supplied by the resident.Old Toms River Road/Arizona Drive was closed Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday between Beaverson Boulevard and Emerald Drive while authorities searched the woods for anything related to the skull, Brick police said.An initial statement referred to it as a head, but was later clarified as a skull.For years, kids who lived in Lake Riviera rode bicycles in those wooded areas that border Old Toms River Road and behind homes that sit on Arizona Drive, cutting through those woods on their way to Lake Riviera Middle School, which is across Beaverson Boulevard. More from Brick Patch•Former Brick Councilman Says Church Settlement Ignores Real Issues•Too Much Lead Found In These Brick Area Drinking Water Sites•Brick Council Approves $237,500 Lawsuit Settlement With ChurchOld Toms River Road intersects with Beaverson Boulevard at the bend where Beaverson becomes Shorrock Street; once an almost 90-degree turn, the road was reconfigured and the angle widened and a traffic signal was installed at the Old Toms River Road-Beaverson intersection.As of this school year, however, students are no longer permitted to ride bicycles to the middle school because of the volume of traffic along Beaverson, which becomes Shorrock as it turns the corner right near where the search is being conducted. That increased traffic is due in part to the fact that Shorrock now connects directly to the Garden State Parkway at the western end of the road, where it crosses Route 70 by Home Depot.Another resident said there were rumors that a homeless man had been living in one of the wooded spots. Anyone with information regarding this investigation should call the Brick Township Police Department at 732-262-1143 or the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office at 732-929-2027.
Uno could probably make you deader...
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2016/03/24/atlanta--emory-univ.-students-traumatized-after-seeing-T rump-2016-chalk-signs.htmlQuoteA flurry of chalk scrawls supporting Donald T rump on the Emory University campus sparked a demonstration by students who demanded and were granted a meeting with the president, saying the messages made them feel concerned and frightened. At least one of them said he got death threats after the protest.The students viewed the messages as intimidation, and they voiced "genuine concern and pain" as a result, Emory President Jim Wagner wrote Tuesday, one day after meeting with 40 to 50 student demonstrators.The Atlanta university on Wednesday provided The Associated Press with a copy of Wagner's letter, in which he said students confronted by T rump's name in chalk "heard a message about values regarding diversity and respect that clash with Emory's own."Students at Monday's protest chanted, "You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!" shortly before Wagner agreed to meet with them, Emory's student newspaper, The Wheel, reported.Slogans such as "T rump 2016" were written in chalk on campus sidewalks and some buildings sometime during the weekend. At least one of the chalk messages stated "Build a wall," said one of the students at the protest, Jonathan Peraza, 19, who said he is of Latino heritage and went to high school in suburban Atlanta."That is a direct reference to brown people on campus," Peraza told The Associated Press Wednesday, adding that "we feel unsafe on our campus.""It was an intentional way to rile students up and intimidate those of us who feel we are in danger with this presidential candidate," Peraza said. "We do feel that our lives are in danger with his campaign and the violence that he's been inciting."Peraza said that since the demonstration, he's received death threats on social media, including a picture of a gravestone with his name on it. He's forwarded the threats to Emory administrators, he said.Peraza said he was not the leader the protest, but was one of many demonstrators."We're getting targets put on our backs because we're speaking out for the things that we need," he said. "I'm literally watching my back all over campus."Another student protester, Lolade Oshin, 20, said no one is trying to take away anyone's First Amendment right to free speech."Nobody ever told anybody that they can't vote for Donald T rump," Oshin said.She and other students are frustrated, she said, at what they perceive as rhetoric from university officials and not enough concrete actions to promote tolerance."If there were pro-Hitler things around the campus or swastikas, Emory would have taken a stance on it," she said. In October 2014, Emory University officials said the FBI had joined an investigation into swastikas that were painted on the exterior of a historically Jewish fraternity house.Oshin said she's meeting Friday with Emory administrators, who have been working for months on several policy changes, which Wagner outlined in his letter to students.The changes include refinements to the school's "bias incident reporting and response procedure," Wagner wrote. Emory is also taking steps to have regular opportunities for "difficult dialogues," he wrote. . . . .
A flurry of chalk scrawls supporting Donald T rump on the Emory University campus sparked a demonstration by students who demanded and were granted a meeting with the president, saying the messages made them feel concerned and frightened. At least one of them said he got death threats after the protest.The students viewed the messages as intimidation, and they voiced "genuine concern and pain" as a result, Emory President Jim Wagner wrote Tuesday, one day after meeting with 40 to 50 student demonstrators.The Atlanta university on Wednesday provided The Associated Press with a copy of Wagner's letter, in which he said students confronted by T rump's name in chalk "heard a message about values regarding diversity and respect that clash with Emory's own."Students at Monday's protest chanted, "You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!" shortly before Wagner agreed to meet with them, Emory's student newspaper, The Wheel, reported.Slogans such as "T rump 2016" were written in chalk on campus sidewalks and some buildings sometime during the weekend. At least one of the chalk messages stated "Build a wall," said one of the students at the protest, Jonathan Peraza, 19, who said he is of Latino heritage and went to high school in suburban Atlanta."That is a direct reference to brown people on campus," Peraza told The Associated Press Wednesday, adding that "we feel unsafe on our campus.""It was an intentional way to rile students up and intimidate those of us who feel we are in danger with this presidential candidate," Peraza said. "We do feel that our lives are in danger with his campaign and the violence that he's been inciting."Peraza said that since the demonstration, he's received death threats on social media, including a picture of a gravestone with his name on it. He's forwarded the threats to Emory administrators, he said.Peraza said he was not the leader the protest, but was one of many demonstrators."We're getting targets put on our backs because we're speaking out for the things that we need," he said. "I'm literally watching my back all over campus."Another student protester, Lolade Oshin, 20, said no one is trying to take away anyone's First Amendment right to free speech."Nobody ever told anybody that they can't vote for Donald T rump," Oshin said.She and other students are frustrated, she said, at what they perceive as rhetoric from university officials and not enough concrete actions to promote tolerance."If there were pro-Hitler things around the campus or swastikas, Emory would have taken a stance on it," she said. In October 2014, Emory University officials said the FBI had joined an investigation into swastikas that were painted on the exterior of a historically Jewish fraternity house.Oshin said she's meeting Friday with Emory administrators, who have been working for months on several policy changes, which Wagner outlined in his letter to students.The changes include refinements to the school's "bias incident reporting and response procedure," Wagner wrote. Emory is also taking steps to have regular opportunities for "difficult dialogues," he wrote.
A woman in Utah is allowed to have an abortion at 20 weeks. But does she have to give her fetus painkillers in the process?Yes, the state said Monday, when it became the only state in the nation to require doctors to give anesthesia to women undergoing abortions at 20 weeks or later.Advocates of the law say that the regulation prevents fetuses from suffering during abortions. But doctors in Utah and elsewhere say there’s no proof that fetuses are able to feel anything at that point in pregnancy, and that sedating women during the procedure puts them at risk of complications.“You’re now mandating [women] take that risk, based on inconclusive and biased evidence. You don’t understand what you’re legislating,” Dr. Sean Esplin, a doctor with Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, testified at committee hearing on the bill earlier this month.The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Curt Bramble (R-Provo), said he initially hoped to ban abortions after 20 weeks, but he was told that such a law would probably challenged on constitutional grounds. This measure was next best option, he told the Salt Lake Tribune; it requires doctors to take steps to “eliminate or alleviate organic pain to the unborn child” except for in cases when the abortion is necessary to prevent the health of the mother, when the fetus suffers from a deadly congenital defect, or when the administration of anesthetic might put the mother at risk.“In this quote ‘medical procedure,’ let’s call it what it is. It’s killing babies. And if we’re going to kill that baby, we ought to protect it from pain,” Bramble said.This is a new twist on an old argument: For years, antiabortion advocates have used the fetal pain argument to justify bans on abortion 20 weeks after conception. According to the National Right to Life Committee, “pain-capable unborn protection” laws are currently on the books in 12 states (though they’re being challenged in two).But the idea that 20-week-old fetuses can feel anything is disputed; a 2005 review of more than 300 studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that fetal perception of pain is unlikely before the third trimester (28 weeks).Utah generally does not allow abortions after the point of viability, around 22 to 24 weeks.Esplin told the Associated Press that the new law means that any anesthetic or analgesic will have to be administered to the mother; women having abortions will either be placed under general anesthesia — meaning they’re unconscious and hooked up to a breathing tube — or sedated with a heavy dose of narcotics. Previously, women were given a choice to be anesthetized.General anesthesia carries its own side effects and risks, and doctors say they try to avoid it except in cases where it’s absolutely necessary.“You never give those medicines if you don’t have to,” David Turok of the University of Utah’s obstetrics and gynecology department told the AP.Turok and some lawmakers have expressed concern that the rule could be interpreted as mandating that pregnant women be anesthetized for all procedures that happen after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Utah law defines abortions as “the intentional termination or attempted termination of human pregnancy” through a medical procedure carried out by or ordered by a physician — loosely interpreted, that could include instances of induced labor, such as when a woman is past her due date.State Sen. Brian Shiozawa (R-Cottonwood Heights), who is also an emergency room doctor, told the Deseret News earlier this month that if the law was passed, “you can forget natural birth and labor” because there’s probably pain to a fetus coming down the birth canal as well.In an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune, Shiozawa said he is “all for” changing the statutes on abortion. But this bill, he added, was “cumbersome” for women and their doctors.The new law makes Utah the only state in the country where women must undergo anesthesia to have an abortion. The Montana legislature passed a similar law last year, but it was vetoed by the state’s democratic governor Steve Bullock.Utah’s governor, Gary Herbert (R), who signed the bill into law Monday, said last month that rather than get into a debate about abortion, he just wanted to address the question: “If we’re going to have abortion, what is the most humane way to do it?”“Fetuses have a heartbeat after about five weeks. And the idea of just being callous about that should cause all of humanity concern” regardless of their stance on abortion, he continued.Though the new law is controversial, its impact will likely be limited, Karrie Galloway, executive director of Planned Parenthood of Utah, told the Salt Lake Tribune. In 2014, the last year for which data is available, only 17 Utah women had abortions after 20 weeks. Planned Parenthood is the only provider in the state that provides abortions during the window covered by the law.But Galloway said the idea that lawmakers with no medical knowledge are dictating what women and their doctors can do “is what’s infuriating.”“I mean, we have fetal medical specialists speaking and they were discounted by a citizen who said, ‘I read it on the Internet and therefore it must be true,'” she said. “That’s how we do policy here in Utah.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/29/utah-plays-doctor-legislates-anesthesia-for-abortions-at-20-weeks-and-beyond/QuoteA woman in Utah is allowed to have an abortion at 20 weeks. But does she have to give her fetus painkillers in the process?Yes, the state said Monday, when it became the only state in the nation to require doctors to give anesthesia to women undergoing abortions at 20 weeks or later.Advocates of the law say that the regulation prevents fetuses from suffering during abortions. But doctors in Utah and elsewhere say there’s no proof that fetuses are able to feel anything at that point in pregnancy, and that sedating women during the procedure puts them at risk of complications.“You’re now mandating [women] take that risk, based on inconclusive and biased evidence. You don’t understand what you’re legislating,” Dr. Sean Esplin, a doctor with Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, testified at committee hearing on the bill earlier this month.The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Curt Bramble (R-Provo), said he initially hoped to ban abortions after 20 weeks, but he was told that such a law would probably challenged on constitutional grounds. This measure was next best option, he told the Salt Lake Tribune; it requires doctors to take steps to “eliminate or alleviate organic pain to the unborn child” except for in cases when the abortion is necessary to prevent the health of the mother, when the fetus suffers from a deadly congenital defect, or when the administration of anesthetic might put the mother at risk.“In this quote ‘medical procedure,’ let’s call it what it is. It’s killing babies. And if we’re going to kill that baby, we ought to protect it from pain,” Bramble said.This is a new twist on an old argument: For years, antiabortion advocates have used the fetal pain argument to justify bans on abortion 20 weeks after conception. According to the National Right to Life Committee, “pain-capable unborn protection” laws are currently on the books in 12 states (though they’re being challenged in two).But the idea that 20-week-old fetuses can feel anything is disputed; a 2005 review of more than 300 studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that fetal perception of pain is unlikely before the third trimester (28 weeks).Utah generally does not allow abortions after the point of viability, around 22 to 24 weeks.Esplin told the Associated Press that the new law means that any anesthetic or analgesic will have to be administered to the mother; women having abortions will either be placed under general anesthesia — meaning they’re unconscious and hooked up to a breathing tube — or sedated with a heavy dose of narcotics. Previously, women were given a choice to be anesthetized.General anesthesia carries its own side effects and risks, and doctors say they try to avoid it except in cases where it’s absolutely necessary.“You never give those medicines if you don’t have to,” David Turok of the University of Utah’s obstetrics and gynecology department told the AP.Turok and some lawmakers have expressed concern that the rule could be interpreted as mandating that pregnant women be anesthetized for all procedures that happen after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Utah law defines abortions as “the intentional termination or attempted termination of human pregnancy” through a medical procedure carried out by or ordered by a physician — loosely interpreted, that could include instances of induced labor, such as when a woman is past her due date.State Sen. Brian Shiozawa (R-Cottonwood Heights), who is also an emergency room doctor, told the Deseret News earlier this month that if the law was passed, “you can forget natural birth and labor” because there’s probably pain to a fetus coming down the birth canal as well.In an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune, Shiozawa said he is “all for” changing the statutes on abortion. But this bill, he added, was “cumbersome” for women and their doctors.The new law makes Utah the only state in the country where women must undergo anesthesia to have an abortion. The Montana legislature passed a similar law last year, but it was vetoed by the state’s democratic governor Steve Bullock.Utah’s governor, Gary Herbert (R), who signed the bill into law Monday, said last month that rather than get into a debate about abortion, he just wanted to address the question: “If we’re going to have abortion, what is the most humane way to do it?”“Fetuses have a heartbeat after about five weeks. And the idea of just being callous about that should cause all of humanity concern” regardless of their stance on abortion, he continued.Though the new law is controversial, its impact will likely be limited, Karrie Galloway, executive director of Planned Parenthood of Utah, told the Salt Lake Tribune. In 2014, the last year for which data is available, only 17 Utah women had abortions after 20 weeks. Planned Parenthood is the only provider in the state that provides abortions during the window covered by the law.But Galloway said the idea that lawmakers with no medical knowledge are dictating what women and their doctors can do “is what’s infuriating.”“I mean, we have fetal medical specialists speaking and they were discounted by a citizen who said, ‘I read it on the Internet and therefore it must be true,'” she said. “That’s how we do policy here in Utah.”
Director Tom Six made a name for himself with 2011's bizarre cult classic The Human Centipede, which he followed up with 2012's The Human Centipede 2 and last year's The Human Centipede 3. The films weren't exactly box office hits, with all three grossing less than $350,000 combined at the domestic box office. But they certainly garnered their fair share of controversy, with a story following a bizarre doctor (Dieter Laser) and his disgusting, yet, supposedly "100% medically accurate" experiments. The second movie, The Human Centipede 2, is making headlines once again, four years after its release, as students in a Tennessee high school were forced to watch the movie in class.While no details were given as to why the unnamed teacher made students watch this grotesque movie, superintendent Verna Ruffin confirmed to The Jackson Sun, via USA Today, that the film was shown to students at Jackson Central-Merry High School. An unnamed parent reported the incident to the local newspaper, but Verna Ruffin wouldn't say why the movie was shown to students, or if the teacher who showed the movie was disciplined. The superintendent would only say that the matter has been "addressed," calling the incident "inappropriate." Here's an excerpt from a letter sent by the school's principal to the student's parents after the incident occurred."I understand that on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, your student may have inadvertently viewed inappropriate content in a JCM classroom. This occurrence is inconsistent with our Mission and Vision at Jackson Central Merry. I have investigated the situation and talked to those involved. Immediate action has been taken to assure that there will be no further occurrences."2011's The Human Centipede (First Sequence) follows Dieter Laser's Dr. Heiter, who abducts two young women (Ashley C. Williams and Ashlynn Yennie) and a Japanese man (Akihiro Kitamura), surgically joining them together, connecting them through their gastric systems to see if they can survive. The sequel The Human Centipede 2 took a meta approach, following a distraught man (Laurence R. Harvey) who becomes obsessed with the first movie, attempting to create his own version of The Human Centipede. The final installment, The Human Centipede 3, takes the concept to another depraved level, with over 500 prison inmates being turned into one massive "centipede."Verna Ruffin added that she didn't know how many students were present for this strange screening, or how much of the movie they actually saw. The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) was released theatrically in the U.S., but it only played in 24 theaters, grossing $122,880 through its five-week run. The movie was originally banned in the U.K., Australia and New Zealanda. The movie eventually received a release in the U.K. after the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) demanded extensive cuts to the movie, after which it received an 18 certificate, which is the equivalent of an NC-17 rating in the U.S.
"Update one' is free, but I'm not signing up to watch the others. If it's a fake, they either include fake cat scans and xrays, or it's a skilled gaff by a taxidermist. My guess would be sloth based for that possibility. But it's not terribly far away from my former work on mummies of the area. My first thoughts on it were of McGinty, though. But then, he's never far from my mind working on these types of things. http://www.sideshowworld.com/110-Mummy/2014/McGinty-Smith/Soapy-2.htmlMcGinty was at least partially mummified by the addition of concrete. Makes me wonder if the plaster couldn't produce similar effects.
