Blog Heap of Links for the day 19 August 2015

Islamic State militants beheaded a renowned antiquities scholar in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and hung his mutilated body on a column in a main square of the historic site because he apparently refused to reveal where valuable artefacts had been moved for safekeeping.

The brutal murder of Khaled al-Asaad, 82… highlighted Isis’s habit of looting and selling antiquities to fund its activities – as well as destroying them.…

1966: Stock market collapse, Vietnam War, protests
1973: Oil embargo (Oct), Yom Kippur war, Stocks collapse, recession
1980: Inflation, Iran-Iraq war, Silver panic, Stocks crash, recession
1987: Black Monday (Oct.), largest single-day crash ever
1994: Bond collapse, DJIA bear market, war
2001: Stock market crash, 911 (Sept.), recession
2008: Stock market collapse 9/29 (Sept.), recession
2015: …

…they spotted a 10cm mass growing in her left ovary. …could rupture and kill the 45-year-old… discovered it was her undeveloped unborn twin which had grown inside her from birth. …complete with face, an eye, tooth, and long black hair like Jenny's. … "I feel very lucky that they found it and removed it before it killed me. I try not to think of it too much because I don't want to feel sad about it. If I'm honest, I did feel sad when I first saw it, because of the size and weight of it, it had already been likened to a baby. But I try not to feel sad about it. I try to remember that it had no heart and no brain. …

From coaching little league to handing out gift cards to strangers in need, these officers made us freeze, put our hands above our heads, and applaud their acts of kindness.. …