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The RSVP came quickly. The next day, former Defense secretary Michael Heseltine ended the game of seek-and-hide he has been playing since quitting Thatcher’s government in a pique four years ago. A vote this week among the 372 Tory M.P.s will test his claim to be better equipped to carry the party to victory in a general election to be held by mid-1992. Should Heseltine or another candidate best Thatcher in what could turn into three complex rounds of voting, he would become Britain’s first new prime minister since 1979....

The housing market is serving as the canary in the coal mine. Per CNBC, “total mortgage application volume fell 14.2%” in the last week of September, compared with the previous week. Refinancing volume dropped 18 percent for the week and “was 86% lower than the same week one year ago.” Mortgage applications to purchase a home fell 13 percent and are down 37 percent from last year. In addition, housing prices are declining, showing the “most significant monthly declines since the 2009 housing crash,” per Black Knight Data & Analytics....

Microtransaction systems in video games are extremely common in recent years, as the popularity of pay-to-win games like Diablo Immortal and Clash of Clans have shown how lucrative the formula might become. Of course, the gaming community at large has mixed feelings about microtransactions, especially if a game is virtually unplayable without consistent real-world purchases. While open-world MMORPGs like The Elder Scrolls Online allow players to experience a massive world while offering paid DLC expansions for a profit, Bethesda might want to stay away from the formula that made The Elder Scrolls: Blades so controversial....

But things weren’t all sunshine and rainbows from the start. Shoddy hit detection and a few severely unbalanced maps made for an occasionally frustrating experience. While the bones of the original Rainbow Six Siege experience are still there, there have been a lot of changes and additions, creating a pretty stark difference between what Siege was at release and what Siege is now. RELATED: Rainbow Six Siege: Seasonal Events Keep Getting Better...

This article is not about No. 35 and his mind boggling statistics. Instead, this article is about the influence this man has had on the team and three of his team mates. When the 2013-14 season started, OKC was touted to be a team overly reliant on Kevin Durant. With Russell Westbrook making a comeback after a serious injury, Durant was expected to carry the entire team on his shoulders....

As an urban sociologist with over 10 years of experience studying housing issues, the protections of the Fair Housing Act must be expanded to address current housing insecurity. Housing is inextricably linked to health, employment, education and other outcomes. Ensuring equitable access to safe, quality housing is essential. The U.S. Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the sale and rental of housing on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, or disability....

Brighton: Position-15, Points- 36 The Seagulls are in a healthy position going into the final 5 games and only a complete collapse would see them fall now. Their wings have been clipped on occasion this season but overall they have had enough quality to stay in the top flight. Crucial wins over Arsenal and Norwich since the Premier League restart have put them 9 points clear of the bottom three. One more victory should be enough to guarantee safety for Graham Potter’s men, however, their run-in isn’t particularly easy, they face the top two next, before difficult trips to Southampton and Burnley, either side of a home match with Newcastle....

Palfrey, 50, is charged with racketeering and running a prostitution ring. While she admits to operating an escort service, she denies engaging in any illegal behavior, and she has given four years worth of phone bills to ABC in hopes that the threat of the names coming out will help shore up her case. A lawyer working with her on civil suits says she hopes to have clients called as defense witnesses....

To make one thing clear, Deadpool and Logan can only be watched by viewers who have set up their streaming service settings so that they can watch rated-R movies on Disney Plus. Nonetheless, it is exciting that practically all movies with Marvel properties (sans a few individual Spider-Man movies) are available to stream on one platform. RELATED: Chris Hemsworth Wants To Show Up In Deadpool 3 On its official Twitter account, Disney Plus announced each movie individually will be on the streaming service while making clear it is NOT a drill....

Adrian Peterson or Matt Forte? Peterson stays out of the “No. 1” fantasy conversation because he doesn’t offer much in the passing game. Forte, the No. 3 fantasy back in ’13, was better in rushing yards, total yards (by far) and even had the TD edge, 12-11. In fact, Forte was much closer to No. 1 than Peterson’s No. 8 finish. Peterson should benefit from new Vikings OC Norv Turner’s presence, but he also remains hurt by being the focus of defenses, regardless if it’s rookie Teddy Bridgewater or someone else starting at QB....

In the House crime-bill vote, Clinton was forsaken by Democrats of all stripes. They either couldn’t stomach an assault-weapons ban or objected to the bill’s death-penalty provisions. Even if Clinton reverses this left-right sucker punch on crime, he’s in trouble in his own party on health care. Democratic Sens. Sam Nunn, David Boren and Richard Shelby are apparently about to embrace a watered-down, nonuniversal plan. That may prompt a veto, meaning that Democrats will have essentially forced their president to strangle his own baby....

The Division 2 is hoping to set the bar even higher with its multiplayer contents and planning on emphasizing even more on its end game content than the last time. As of now, all the multiplayer modes that are confirmed to be available in the base game on launch are- Dark Zone, Domination and Skirmish Dark Zone Now Dark Zone in The Division 2 has changed and is divided into 3 parts which are-...

The Division 2’s availability on the Epic Games Store marks the young storefront’s most significant acquisition yet, but will also prove a test of Epic’s unproven services. This is a challenge that Ubisoft recognizes, as Ubisoft VP of Partnerships Chris Early admits: Early’s mention of Epic’s third-party distribution model is likely in reference to the storefront’s revenue share of 88%. Steam, in comparison, has historically offered a 70% revenue share, though that’s since been improved to up to 80% for games with high sales....

Ubisoft has brought down The Division servers across all platforms earlier this morning for a scheduled maintenance along with applying an update intended to fix a couple of issues. These are the big changes coming with the update: Fixed instances of players being teleported automatically to the Safehouse/Checkpoint in some areas of the DZ06 and an electronic store in the Open World Moved the no-respawn zone at the entrance of Clear Sky to reduce the risk of players mistakenly entering the Instance before the group was formed...

Starting with the Season Pass, which is currently only available in the $99 “Gold Edition” or $159 “Collectors Edition” of The Division, Ubisoft has now provided the first details on its three expansions, providing their official titles and a short description: Underground - “The first expansion, called “Underground”, lets a squad of four players explore new territory in a post-epidemic New York City underworld. " Survival - “In the second expansion, called “Survival”, players will have to try to survive in a hostile environment that will challenge even the most hardcore Division players....

The Division has now been unleashed upon the masses, and there are hordes of players eager to start exploring New York City and building up a potent operator. However, its hotly anticipated launch didn’t manage to avoid the increasingly common obstacle of widespread server errors. As The Division was unlocked at midnight worldwide, more and more players were attempting to get online as various different countries reached March 8. Things started off rather smoothly, but the situation took a turn for a worse once the game was available in the United States and its online population began to rise....

Thankfully, Basebally McBaseballyface isn’t one of the finalists. There are, however, some creative suggestions (via MiLB.com): Bullheads: A local inhabitant of the Susquehanna River, a Bullhead is a bullhead catfish. The bullhead displays a tough and resilient character such as the Binghamton community. MORE: Every MLB team’s greatest draft regrets Gobblers: A symbol of the rich hunting culture of the area, the Gobblers honors the outdoorsman lifestyle and turkeys who call Binghamton home....

Everyday Americans will conclude (rightly) that this brand of capitalism is rigged in favor of the privileged few. It will be said in their defense that these packages reflected years of service, often highly successful. So? It’s not as if these CEOs weren’t compensated in all those years. If you leave your company a shambles—with losses to be absorbed by lower-level employees, some of whom will be fired, and shareholders—do you deserve a gold-plated sendoff?...

All of this can be very challenging for a person with RA, limiting them from doing the things they want or need to do. Because of its effect on a person’s quality of life, it is linked to higher rates of mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression. This article discusses the link between RA and mental health, and why it’s important to prioritize mental health treatment to improve RA outcomes....