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Kimo bent over and stretched her nude body, exposing her cunt to the mirror. She knew that behind that two-way mirror, Barry Kosmos sat on a love seat awaiting the fuck fight he had worked for two weeks to orchestrate. Judy Buck and Allison were with him, for his fucking pleasure, as he watched the fight.
Allison’s necklace, her collar of domination, still hung from Kimo’s neck. She had been too scared to try and remove it, for Allison had promised that doing so would kill her. Allison was vicious enough that it might not be a bluff. Her Mistress had not been hesitant to use it.
Kimo’s legs trembled as she felt a pleasurable pain lurch through her muscles. She was already moist with anticipation of fighting Rose again. She already had four catfights during her first week with the Company: Roxanne, the woman they called the Shimizu Pet, Bunny, and Nanette. She won all of them easily. Every fight she imagined it was Rose’s cunt she was punching, Rose’s ass she was dominating in bed afterwards.
Bunny had been the most exciting opponent so far. She had released Bunny from her chains in Allison’s dungeon. She stood start naked before Rose’s slave and pointed back behind her, towards the door. There’s one way out of here, honey. Through me. Take me down now and I won’t kill Rose in the Friday night fuck fight. Bunny had charged Kimo and caught her tiny frame in a bear hug. The bitch had actually piledrivered Kimo’s head into the hard ground and dazed her for a few minutes. But Bunny’s strength had been sapped from two days of torture, and Kimo had been able to make a comeback. It had been a close call.
Bunny had been the best fuck so far since she got here, besides Rose.
When had she ever felt so hot for a woman before? Beyond the sheer sex, there was something else that attracted Kimo to Rose. Beyond catlust…an admiration for her guts in this corporate arena. A will that would let no one block her way to success. A bitch so cold she could let her husband and child go in order to achieve her dream.
A woman who was just as vicious as Kimo.
Could what she felt for Rose be love?
Kimo couldn’t afford love. Not with the stock options that Barry had promised her, worth over $100,000. Allison said the way that the Company was growing, that stock could be worth over $1 Million in a couple of years. That was the purse of ten Catsport tournaments!
If the prize meant that Rose had to die, so be it! It wouldn’t be the first time that Kimo had killed a bitch that had stroked more out of her heart than simple catlust.
A door slammed shut.
Rose entered the arena, naked. Her breasts jiggled as she walked towards Kimo. The mirrored walls revealed the cute little dimples on her butt cheeks. A look of utter hatred was on Rose’s face as she stared at Kimo.
Kimo forced the memories of her recent catfights out of her mind to focus on the here and now.
“DELAY NO MORE, MY CATS. FIGHT!” Barry’s masked Darth Vader-like voice boomed.
Rose ran towards Kimo and leapt suddenly. Kimo hugged the Chinese’s fighter’s chest as she came crashing down on top of Kimo. Their breasts smacked together as they both went crashing down on the floor. Kimo managed to push Rose off to the side of her body. Rose had already grabbed Kimo’s cunt and was squeezing hard.
Pain shot up from Kimo’s cunt. The sensation was so familiar, it was pleasurable. Kimo grunted and grabbed hold of both Rose’s tit and her cunt with each claw. She squeezed both hard.
“Aiieee-yahhhh!” Rose screamed, and bit into Kimo’s neck.
Kimo retaliated and bit Rose’s ear.
They fought on the floor, squirming, fighting to get on top of each other, clawing, biting, kicking, grunting.
Suddenly, Rose kissed Kimo, tonguing her mouth.
Kimo kissed her back, losing control for a moment.
Then Rose broke it off and quickly head butted Kimo in the teeth.
That pain was not pleasurable. She lost control and let go of Rose, tasting blood immediately.
You stupid fucking cunt! Kimo cursed herself. Fell for the oldest fucking trick in the book!
Rose squeezed even harder on Kimo’s breast and cunt. Her claws were razor sharp and this time caused quite a bit of pain. Kimo’s body buckled, trying to throw Rose off.
The Chinese catfighter quickly got on her knees and caught hold of Kimo’s ankles. She flipped Kimo on her stomach and executed a perfect Boston Crab maneuver.
“Jesus Fucking Christ!” Kimo yelled, as the pain started to ripple up her spine. “Where the fuck did ya learn to wrestle, Rose? S.O.W.?”
She saw Rose smile back at her reflection in the mirror. She said nothing, but merely crouched down lower, bending Kimo’s spine even more.
“Arrrgghhhhh!” Kimo screamed, slapping the mirrored floors in agony. She kicked her legs, trying to break Rose’s grip.
“I am gonna snap YOUR back!” Rose yelled. Her breasts were heaving exertion as she held onto Kimo’s calves.
Tiny drops of blood were leaking from her breasts where Kimo had clawed her. Kimo felt Rose’s wet pussy brush against her buns.
The excitement sent a surge of energy through her body.
Kimo arched her torso backward and managed to rake Rose’s stomach. Her claws sunk into Rose’s ribcage. Rose screamed and lost her grip. Kimo somersaulted forward. Rose rolled off of Kimo’s body, towards a corner of the arena.
Kimo landed on her back. She flipped herself back up on her feet, using the Bruce Lee maneuver she had perfected.
By the time Rose had gotten to her feet, Kimo’s spin kick had collided with Rose’s mouth. Spit flew across the air from Rose’s mouth and splattered into the mirror.
“BITCH!” Kimo roared, and spin kicked again, knocking Rose’s head in the other direction. This time, blood and spit spewed out from Rose’s mouth. Kimo’s body was on catfire. She launched another spin kick, but this time Rose blocked it with her arm.
Rose quickly shifted her body weight and kicked upward, hitting Kimo in the jaw with the heel of her foot. Kimo felt her teeth bite into her tongue involuntarily. She tasted even more blood. Rose shot a punch at her head. Kimo dodged it and rabbit punched Rose’s tits, connecting three times before Rose’s whizzing claw sliced across her forehead.
Kimo backed away, dancing on the balls of her feet. She wiped away the blood that was already dripping from her forehead. She needed time to think.
“Nice,” Kimo muttered. “Killing you is gonna be real sweet.” She sucked up the blood that was welling in her mouth.
Rose was dancing too, circling Kimo warily, the look of serious mayhem and catlust on her face. The bitch was out to get her, no doubt about that.
“I’d rather die than be a slave like you!” Rose screamed, and feinted a punch at Kimo’s ribcage.
Rose’s face was close. Kimo spit out the blood and saliva into Rose’s eyes. The bitch was blinded now!
Kimo grabbed Rose’s hair, yanked down hard on the bitch’s head, and rammed her knee into Rose’s chin. Rose
groaned as she landed on her back on the hard mirrored floor. Kimo picked up Rose’s left leg.
“YOU’RE–” Kimo yelled, kicking Rose’s cunt.
“-GONNA DIE–” kicking Rose’s cunt again.
“-SUBMIT!” kicking her cunt twice more.
“GO TO HELL!” Rose screamed. Her hands wiped away the blood-spit from her eyes.
“FUCKING STUPID CUNT!” Kimo screamed, hooking her leg around Rose’s. “I’m gonna break you’re fucking leg!” She bent Rose’s leg around her own knee.
Rose’s body writhed in agony on the floor.
“SUBMIT!” Kimo commanded. She was ready to break the leg, but the cut on her forehead was leaking blood and sweat into her eyes. She wiped away part of it with her hand.
The distraction was enough to allow Rose’s wrist to grab a fistful of Kimo’s hair. The Chinese fighter yanked hard and brought Kimo crashing down to the floor.
Rose rolled over on top of Kimo and straddled her waist. The Chinese fighter’s cunt rested on top of Kimo’s; they smacked together with moistness. Both women were covered with sweat and blood.
Rose punched Kimo’s breasts and her face repeatedly. Kimo tried to push Rose off with her legs, but it was no use. Rose weighed more than Kimo. Kimo started to feel dizzy and about to lose consciousness.
Her hands darted upward and gripped Rose’s throat firmly. She squeezed with all the strength she had left.
The Chinese catfighter stopped punching immediately as her air supply was cut off. Spittle popped out of mouth. Her body immediately panicked and she tried to get off of Kimo. Kimo’s legs clamped around Rose’s waist, holding her opponent down. Kimo felt a surge of strength with the sudden turn of events, and funneled the energy into her arms.
A muffled scream emerged from Rose’s throat as she realized Kimo had her. She tried to look down to find Kimo’s throat with her hands. Kimo jabbed Rose’s head upwards by jabbing her thumbnails into Rose’s jaw. She saw Rose look for Kimo’s head in the mirror above. Her hands flailed around in vain.
Rose may have been taller than Kimo…but Kimo had longer arms. Rose could only manage to pinch Kimo’s throat.
Kimo smiled and continued her cobra-like squeeze on Rose’s torso. Kimo’s cunt was smacking against Rose’s stomach. She watched Rose’s tanned sweaty belly button tickle the lips of her vagina, and grew more and more excited. She watched Rose’s back and ass strain against her in the mirror.
Uh-Oh! I’m gonna come soon! Kimo thought. Her body was trembling with excitement and strain. Her hands were sweaty and almost lost their grip on Rose’s neck, but she kept up the pressure, and was rewarded with seeing Rose’s face turn first pink, then blue, then into a dark purple.
Rose’s stomach kept tickling Kimo’s cunt. She WAS going to have an orgasm. That had never happened to her in a fight before.
Rose’s face and body were trembling. She had stopped fighting Kimo.
Kimo released the choke hold, almost faint herself from the pleasure of victory.
Rose slumped on top of Kimo’s body, helpless, sucking in air.
Part of Kimo felt like wrapping her legs around Rose’s waist and finishing her orgasm.
The other part of Kimo wanted the stock options.
The profuse sweat helped her slide Rose off her body. Kimo stood over Rose’s back and grabbed a fistful of Rose’s shiny black hair. She pulled Rose’s torso up off the floor, cupping Rose’s neck in-between Kimo’s thighs.
The nape of Rose’s neck rubbed against Kimo’s vagina. She felt excited again, about to lose control.
I cannot lose this match! Kimo thought to herself.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!” Kimo screamed, psyching herself up for the death blow. She brought her focus back by karate chopping Rose’s ears hard, once, twice, three times. Her nails raked Rose’s cheek and drew blood.
Rose groaned in-between gasps of breath.
“ENOUGH!” Barry’s masked voice boomed over the speaker system. “YOU HAVE DOMINATED HER.”
“Whaddya want?” Kimo shouted. “Slavery or Death?”
There was a pause that lasted a minute, though it seemed like eternity. Kimo clamped her legs tight against Rose’s neck while she waited for Barry’s decision.
His voice thundered like Zeus: “KILL THE BITCH.”
Kimo immediately gripped Rose’s jaw and head.
“Now!” Barry screamed. “Now, Allison! Do it, now, before it’s too late!”
He was naked, sweaty, from the sex he was having with the cowgirl.
Judy was bent over, resting on her hands and knees. Her firm and toned ass was jutting up towards Barry.
Barry’s penis, hard and erect and about to explode, was pumping into her anus. Before him was a wall of the two-way mirror that adjoined his private fuck fight palace. Monitors adorned the ceiling, by which he could view alternate angles of the battle. The fight was short, lasting only about ten minutes, but it was damn good. It got him hard real fast. Even the old cowgirl was hot and horny as he alternatively fucked her pussy and ass.
“I’ve got her,” Allison replied. She stood before the mirrored window, nude, except for black stiletto heels. Silver spurs dangled from the sides, an innovation created by Judy. In one hand, Allison gripped a black coiled whip. On the other hand was the ring-that controlled Kimo’s collar. She switched it on.
Barry saw Kimo’s body spasm.
Kimo released Rose’s head before she could snap it. He breathed a sigh of relief.
The Japanese American catfighter clinched her fists and screamed: “TURN IT OFF!”
Allison grinned coolly and silently counted to ten before flipping her ring switch off.
Kimo stopped mid-sentence.
Rose had recovered.
The Chinese catfighter was biting into Kimo’s cunt savagely. She was sitting up on the floor, gripping Kimo’s ankles with her hands. She yanked forcefully, and Kimo fell down hard on the floor.
On the monitor, Barry could see Kimo’s breasts bob up and down, recoiling from the impact.
“Fucking great!” He roared, pumping Judy harder. “Seize the Day, Rose!”
Even Judy snorted her approval.
Rose kept biting into Kimo’s cunt. Kimo was screaming like mad. Rose pushed Kimo’s lower body up off the floor and grabbed hold of Kimo’s waist.
Legs trembling, her entire body fighting exhaustion and defeat, Rose stood and hauled Kimo’s body up in the air. The Japanababe now dangled upside down. Rose almost lost her grip due to all the profuse sweat on Kimo’s stomach, but yanked the bitch up, and regained her tight grip against Kimo’s diaphragm.
Rose performed this move three times, violently jamming the air out of Kimo’s diaphragm. Soon, the little bitch was unable to scream.
It was at that point that Rose piledrivered Kimo’s head into the floor. She didn’t let go after the first time. Rose just picked Kimo up and rammed her head again, the second time harder than the last. She let Kimo’s legs crash to the ground.
Barry saw Kimo clutch her head in agony. Her face was bloody, due to the cuts that Rose had inflicted.
“SUBMIT!” Rose yelled. She picked up Kimo’s legs in the air and stabbed at her cunt.
Kimo screamed. Her body writhed on the floor as Rose kicked her again and again.
Rose steadied her foot against Kimo’s vagina, and pulled hard on the Japanababe’s legs. The Chinese catfighter fell backward, rolling her leg almost straight up in the air. The force of the motion swung Kimo’s body into the air, sending her flying against the wall that Barry was watching from.
He almost came then, watching Kimo’s body roll back on the ground. She rested on her stomach.
Rose ran over to her, pressing Kimo’s ankles back towards her butt. She sat on the bitch’s ankles and pulled Kimo’s arms backward. The Japanababe was completely immobilized.
“Give up or I will break your back,” Rose said.
Kimo grimaced and shook her head. “You won’t! You don’t have the…killer…ugghh!…instinct!”
Barry could see Rose’s pussy rub against Kimo’s ass. He finally came, exploding into Judy’s anus.
“Jeezus God!” Judy roared. The cowgirl slumped down on the floor as Barry removed his dick. “Don’t back down, Rose…”
Rose grabbed Kimo’s throat with her left hand. She kept Kimo’s right arm bent behind her back. Trembling, Rose bent Kimo’s spine till it was almost a “C” shape. Only Kimo’s extreme flexibility was keeping her alive.
Kimo grabbed Rose’s hair and tried to pull the Chinese catfighter off. It was useless, as Kimo had little strength left.
“Oh really?” Rose whispered into Kimo’s ear “Say hello to the great Cat Mistress.” She bit Kimo’s earlobe and tightened her grip.
“NO!” Kimo yelled. “I submit! You are my Mistress!”
Rose didn’t let her go.
Barry could see something new in Rose. The catlust had driven her to new savagery. She wanted to kill the bitch now. The sweat beads on both of the catfighters athletic bodies glittered in the light of the fuck fight palace.
“Why should I want a cunt like you?” Rose asked. “You’ll ambush me the minute you get a chance.”}
“I won’t,” Kimo gasped. “I love you, Mistress.”
Rose’s nails bit into the flesh on Kimo’s throat, ready to rip open her jugular. “I bet you’ve loved a lot of dead cats.”
Kimo’s body convulsed. Barry could tell that she was closer to dying than ever before.
“I…I…love…you…because…only you…can beat…Allison…uhhhh!”
Rose released Kimo.
The Japanababe fell to the floor, unconscious.
Rose collapsed on top of her, suddenly exhausted. Her face looked at the mirror, almost right into Judy’s eyes.
“That’s it,” Barry said, standing up naked. He put a robe on and took a swig of his cognac. It burned with pleasure down his throat, just as the whole night had. He took a look at Rose’s nude body resting on Kimo’s back and felt his passion return.
“OK, Allison,” Barry said. “It’s your turn now. Show both of these cunts who really is in charge around here.”
“My pleasure,” Allison replied. She uncoiled her whip and walked to the entrance of the arena.
This should be great, Barry thought. They are so exhausted from fighting each other, Allison can easily dominate both of them now.
He was impressed with Allison’s ingenuity of making Kimo her slave with the electro-shock collar. His gambit of pitting corporate cats against each other had paid off, just as it always paid off to have his vice-presidents fight each other intellectually in the boardroom. Now all Allison had to do was to dominate Rose, collar her, and then he would have two top catfighters under his control.
With the two of them rested and in top condition, he would have twice as many chances to see Trang Ho get what she deserved!
“I’ve got to go,” Judy replied, suddenly standing up.
“You’re not going anywhere,” Barry replied. We had better collar this one, too. “Get down and spread your legs again. I need another fuc–“
He couldn’t finish the sentence, because Judy had suddenly reared up, hissed, and spin kicked his head into the wall,
Rose rested on top of Kimo’s buns. She was battered, cut, bruised, sore, but the endorphins were still popping off in her brain. She did it-she won the most savage catfight of her career. Most importantly, she had Kimo as her slave. Allison had no hold on her now. Bunny would be released.
Rose didn’t hear the door close quietly. She was thinking about fucking Kimo right there in the arena.
It was the clacking of the stiletto heels and familiar whizzing sound of the spurs that got her attention.
“You owe me your life, Rose.”
She turned over on her back.
Allison was standing six feet away from her, completely nude except for the heels, with a long, black studded whip in her hands.
“I caused Kimo to stop before she delivered the killing blow,” Allison said, grinning. “A little demonstration of my power. Kimo’s not your slave, Rose. She’s mine. Just as Judy and now Bunny are.”
Allison cracked the whip. It arced across Rose’s stomach, leaving a red whelt.
“Just as you will be!” Allison roared. “Submit to your true Mistress!”
Rose leapt to her feet, hoping to dodge under the whip and grab Allison’s leg. She moved too slowly. Allison’s whip struck her chest. The lady had supreme control over her weapon.
Rose spun around, and the whip lanced out again, wrapping itself around her throat. She grabbed a hold of it with her hands to pry it loose.
Allison’s laughter echoed throughout the arena.
She yanked hard, sliding Rose around on the mirrored floor, already slick with blood and sweat. The little bitch spun around and around, dragging Rose by the throat, whipping her ass around the floor in circles. With an expert flick of the wrist, Allison uncoiled the whip and Rose’s body went careening against a wall.
“I am so glad you agreed to fight,” Allison said, quickly walking over towards Rose. “I always wanted to see who was better: you, naked, or me with the whip.”
“I despise you!” Rose replied, standing up slowly. She fingered her throat, red and raw from the whip. “You’re too weak to fight me without a weapon. Kimo’s worth a hundred of you!”
“You dare compare me to that trash!” Allison roared. She lashed out again.
This time, Rose caught the whip with her left hand, and got ready to jerk it out of Allison’s grasp.
Allison clicked a switch on the handle of the whip and sent a jolt of electricity down the spine, into Rose’s body. Rose jerked and pain exploded within her, but she was unable to let go of the whip until Allison had counted to ten and turned off the switch.
“I was hoping you’d do that,” Allison replied. “You’re so predictable.”
Rose fell onto her hands and knees, shaking all over. She felt very close to passing out.
Allison climbed on top of nude back, coiling the whip around her throat. “How can you be a Director, Rose, if you won’t fight dirty?”
The spurs on her heels bit into Rose’s calves as she pulled the whip tightly, choking Rose once again.
“Now submit to me,” Allison said coldly. “Or I will kill you and find another sexy bitch who wants the job more than you do.” Her eyes bore holes into Rose’s face in the mirror. The expression she wore was extremely ugly and monstrously sexy. Allison’s thumb was ready with the switch to electrocute her to death.
Rose sputtered and gasped for air. She commanded her body to flip Allison off, but it didn’t respond. Rose was finally broken down and ready to submit to Allison. The irony was that she had no air left in her lungs to get the words out!
She felt a rush of cool air against her hot skin.
Rose looked up in the mirrored walls. Judy had entered the room. She was naked, running barefoot towards them. The expression on her face was weird.
“Let me help you, Mistress!” Judy shouted.
“I don’t need your help, bit–” Allison sputtered.
Before she could finish, Judy had executed a flying leap kick. The ball of her foot smashed into Allison’s chest and knocked her off Rose’s back.
Both Allison and Judy fell to Rose’s side. Allison quickly reached for the whip handle. But Judy kicked Rose hard in the rib cage. It hurt like hell, but the force of the blow caused Rose to roll away from Allison.
Allison stabbed Judy’s thigh with her razor sharp stiletto heel. The heel sunk into Judy’s flesh and the cowgirl howled in agony. Allison’s feet flailed and the heel sliced upward through Judy’s cheek.
Rose unwrapped the whip from her neck as fast as she could, but her muscles were so paralyzed that everything felt like slow motion. The whip finally fell away just as Allison’s knee slammed into her chin.
Rose groaned and rolled away. Allison bent down to pick up the whip. Rose caught hold of Allison’s ankles and yanked hard. Allison came crashing down on the floor, but her hand still grabbed hold of the whip handle.
“YES!” Allison exclaimed.
“NOOOOOO!” Rose roared. She still had Allison’s ankles. She stood up and started dragging Allison on her stomach.
Allison tried popping the whip backward to catch Rose’s feet, but kept missing.
Rose spun around, dragging Allison in circles. A surge of adrenaline went through her body and she dragged Allison’s body in the air, spinning the Queen Bitch of the Company in the air. Her head hit the floor a couple of times, hard. She lost the whip on one of the rotations.
“STOP! I subbbmmmmitttttt!” Allison screamed.
Before she got too dizzy, Rose released Allison. Her boss went careening into the corner wall of the fuck fight palace. The petite Chinese woman’s body collapsed on the floor after several recoils. One of Allison’s stiletto heels flew up in the air and landed in her butt cheek. The petite woman’s body shivered and she cursed in Mandarin as her ass started leaking blood.
The victory sent shivers went up Rose’s spine. It was a close call, coming near death twice in one day. Her body felt like she had been in a car accident.
Judy clutched her leg against the opposite wall and gasped. “Do it, Rose. Finish it, now! We’ve suffered enough.”
The savage, vengeful catfire came back into her body. She would fight it no more.
Rose walked over to Allison and grabbed a fistful of her short hair. She cupped Allison’s neck the clutch of her arm and choked her. Blood was running down the side of Allison’s forehead.
“Please…” Allison sputtered. “You won, Mistress. I’ll be good…loyal slave…to you.” Tears came out of her eyes as Rose dragged her to the center of the arena. She pleaded in Mandarin: “Wo ai ni!” I love you.
“You’re lying,” Rose replied, and fell down hard on the floor. “I know you’ll never stop trying to enslave me. How can I be my own boss if I am not willing to fight dirty?”
Rose dropped down to one knee quickly, yanking Allison’s fragile neck across her kneecap. The sound of the break was soft and crisp, echoing throughout the suddenly still arena.
Barry awoke slowly. He heard their voices first, then saw their bare feet walking around on the carpet. He had spots in his eyes, which evaporated over time. His arms were behind his back. He tried to move his limbs, but they were restrained.
He brought his head up, to see Rose, Judy, and Kimo mulling around the video control room of his grand fuck-fight palace. They were all naked, looking at video monitors. His butler was at the far end of the room, tied to a table with handcuffs.
The blond cowgirl looked over at him.
“Now he’s awake,” Judy purred, cupping his chin with her palm. A bandage covered her cheek. Torns strips of his shirt were wrapped around her thigh. Light blood stains spotted it. “You’re lucky I didn’t break your neck.”
Barry remembered what had happened, and suddenly felt afraid. His biggest nightmare had occurred.
“How does it feel to be under someone else’s control?” Kimo snarled. A bandana was wrapped around her forehead, to protect the cut that Rose had inflicted. She sat down on a chair, backwards, and rolled over to Barry. Her razor sharp nail ran down his cheek and drew a painful trail of blood. “Now you ain’t got that little bitch to pimp and protect for you.”
Barry shook his head away from her finger. “Where the HELL is Allison?”
“Her ashes are in the bottom of your incinerator,” Rose replied. “Nice fucking setup you’ve got here.”
“Rose killed the bitch,” Kimo said, and pointed to her bare neck. “Called her bluff and broke the necklace. Fucking lying cunt!”
Barry said nothing. He had severely underestimated Rose. He started to shake with fear.
“We know everything now,” Rose said. “Your ownership of Paradise Island. The secret video cameras in the health club and the locker room. We’ve scanned a number of tapes in your collection. The ladies at the Company will be quite disgusted to learn that their lifestyle has been turned into your private fantasy. I’ve taken a few tapes to show them.”
He was hoping they hadn’t pulled out the tape that had been in the recorder for tonight’s match.
“I’ve already burned the tapes you made for tonight, cowboy!” Judy said. She laughed and crossed her arms under her breasts. “No one will see Allison’s death.”
“You’re alive for one reason, Barry,” Rose said, tilting Barry’s chin up so that he could look in her deadly serious eyes. “So that you can make me a Vice-President. Fuck this up, and your whole empire will come crashing down.”


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We saw a brief bit of footage back in April thanks to an in-production featurette. Now we’ve got the real, if all-too-brief teaser trailer for the series. As you’d hope for a show created by Mann and Milch and featuring that cast, Luck looks pretty fantastic. Check it out below. Read More »
Entertainment Weekly has out first (or last?) glimpse of the 12-minute Lost epilogue “The New Man in Charge” that will be included on the Series Finale DVD/Blu-ray set. Actor Michael Emerson reveals that “Ben is going around to Dharma installations and closing some down. There are some good surprises.” And yes, ”it does answer questions.'”
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FUN FRIDAY: Destination Beach Wedding Save-the-Date Cards
With a modern, clean look, these custom destination wedding save the date cards feature a light blue background, map of Hawaii in blush pink, red heart accents and dark gray and white text.
Perfect for any destination beach wedding, these custom save the date postcards feature navy blue oceans waves, coral pink & navy starfish, and a coral seahorse. The back of the postcard includes a map Mexico with the destination marked with a coral starfish and the couple’s wedding website.
February 8, 2013
FUN FRIDAY: Dark Turquoise & Red Hawaiian Boarding Pass Wedding Invitations
Using deeper colors than our typical airline ticket wedding invitations, these boarding pass invitations feature red swirls and hibiscus flowers and dark turquoise palm trees and text. The matching RSVP luggage tag features the same red and dark turquoise graphics with cute wording playing off the airline ticket theme for the guests’ responses. The boarding pass invitation and luggage tag RSVP are enclosed in a dark turquoise pocket folder, which lists additional information about the destination wedding and how to reserve accommodations.
January 25, 2013
FUN FRIDAY: Vintage World Map Boarding Pass Wedding Invitations
We created an entire stationery suite based on this bride’s “Love makes the world go round” theme. This couple met and fell in love traveling around the world, so vintage world map airline ticket invitations are only fitting for their romantic wedding. The ticket wedding invitations and luggage tag RSVP cards feature a gray lined illustration of a world map as a watermark behind the text with red and blue accents printed on cream linen card stock. The pocket folder features a full world map illustration with hearts on Spain and Florida, where the couple’s wedding and reception were being held. These invitations invite the guests to their wedding reception in the United States, after their wedding in Spain. The inside of the folder lists accommodations, and a brief explanation of the couple’s adventure.
To first set the tone, we designed Air Mail save-the-date postcards with the same world map. We included a star and stamp on Spain to illustrate where the wedding took place, and then red and blue text to invite the guests to save-the-date for their reception in the United States. We also used the Air Mail theme for matching escort cards and table numbers at the reception. The tables were named after places the couple traveled together to complete the love around the world theme.
January 11, 2013
Playing off the look of our airline ticket wedding invitations, these horizontal tea-length invitations feature a tiffany blue border with red coral around the edges and teal accents. This bride loved the size, shape and format of our boarding pass wedding invitations, but didn’t want to use an actual ticket for the invitation. Instead, we created formal wedding invitations in the same size and shape to fit in our custom pocket folders with small RSVP postcards to match. The turquoise pocket folder included a compass and quote on the front and a US map with Delray Beach, Florida marked with a starfish inside. We also designed matching thank you cards to complete this beach wedding stationery suite.
January 3, 2013
FUN FRIDAY: Vintage Hula Girl Hawaiian Airline Ticket Wedding Invitations
Perfect for any Hawaiian wedding, these boarding pass wedding invitations feature an antique background, red hibiscus flowers and swirls, turquoise palm trees and a vintage hula girl. The airline ticket wedding invitation and luggage tag RSVP card are enclosed in a custom pocket folder, which includes additional travel information for the guests and a Hawaiian map.
December 14, 2012
FUN FRIDAY: Boarding Pass Wedding Save-the-Date Cards
Switching up our popular airline ticket wedding invitations, we created save-the-date cards with the same boarding pass format for this destination wedding on Sanibel Island, Florida. The ticket features green swirls with turquoise starfish and a light blue lined watermark. Instead of the standard “save the date” text, this couple asked their guests to Save the Weekend for their island wedding. The airline ticket save-the-date was enclosed in a turquoise pocket folder with starfish on the front, additional information about the wedding weekend and travel details on the inside with two Adirondack chairs, and a map of Sanibel Island on the pocket.
November 30, 2012

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GUWAHATI, Dec 17 - The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Frontier Headquarters Guwahati, celebrated the 57th anniversary of the force at its 1st Bn at Sonapur today, stated a press release.
Sanjeev Sharma, Inspector General, Frontier Headquarters SSB, Guwahati, graced the programme as the chief guest.
To boost the morale and motivate the personnel, Force Headquarters SSB, New Delhi, has announced DG�s commendation discs and certificates for six officers and 39 officials from various units under the Frontier Headquarters Guwahati for their meritorious and outstanding service. The IG presented the awards and praised the awardees for their outstanding contributions to the force and the country.
The IG also laid a wreath on the Martyrs� Memorial.
During his address, he recalled the rich history of SSB, including how it came into being in the form of Special Service Bureau under the Cabinet Secretariat in 1963 after the Indo-China war and subsequently transformed into Sashastra Seema Bal in 2001 when it was given the task of manning the border with Nepal. It was also given the responsibility of guarding the border with Bhutan in 2004.
As part of the anniversary celebration, cultural programmes were also held showcasing the country�s diversity.
The DIG Frontier Headquarters SSB, Guwahati, the Commandant of the 1st Bn, other officers, jawans and their family members also attended the event.


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A ROYAL Celebration
The littlest royal sails through his christening as the Cambridges debut as a family of five
Arriving at the doors of the Chapel Royal inside St James’s Palace under bright summer skies, the Duchess of Cambridge beamed with happiness as she looked down at Prince Louis swaddled in her arms. To her left, Prince William led Prince George and Princess Charlotte by the hand, while slightly behind Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex—dazzling in an olive-green Ralph Lauren dress and matching hat by Stephen Jones—also joined fingers in an open display of newlywed bliss (the couple reportedly gave Prince Louis a rare first-edition copy of A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-pooh, dating to 1926 and valued at $14,000). With Prince Charles and Camilla having led the procession into the chapel, the family joined the guests and godparents in a 40-minute service led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, which was heavy with royal traditions. Like his brother, sister and father, the 11-week-old, fifth-in-line to the throne, was baptised with water from
the River Jordan in the Lily Font—a silver baptismal commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840 after the birth of their first child, Victoria, Princess Royal. Louis also wore the same cream lace and white satin robe worn by his siblings—which is itself an exact replica of the robe made for Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter in 1841.
In fact, just about the only break from protocol was that the Queen, 92, and Prince Philip, 97, didn’t attend the service. The official word from Buckingham Palace is that the decision was taken “some time ago” because the Queen has a full week celebrating the centenary of the RAF and preparing for the arrival of US President Donald Trump on July 13. “She needs some downtime—because I think she has been overdoing it,” a family friend said. “A christening is a christening,” former royal press secretary Dickie Arbiter tells WHO. “There’s a certain amount of people tweeting ‘ Why isn’t the Queen or Prince Philip there?’ Well, the Queen is 92 and she’s out at Windsor and Philip is 97, so I think they’re probably right in staying put. They have not been snubbed, it’s just a couple of very elderly people who have decided to not travel into London.” Drawing on his inside knowledge of royal events, Arbiter describes the christening as “A happy family affair. Everybody who should be there is there.”
Sadly, for a crowd of up to 2,000 people waiting patiently in the London sun for a glimpse of the royal family, this didn’t include them. Like all royal christenings this was a private event, so other than a glimpse of Carole Middleton in a Range
Rover, the onlookers were firmly locked out of proceedings—not that anyone minded too much.
“It’s nice for them to do something private. It keeps people interested doesn’t it?” Australian ex-pat Marie Murphy—whose mum lives in Emerald, Queensland—told WHO outside the Tudor walls of the Palace. “I mean, we just had the Trooping the Colour, and a huge royal wedding, so I think they’re entitled to a little bit of privacy now.” Holidaymakers Stephen and Caroline Lock, from Melbourne, agreed. “We came down to try and see the family,” they said. “That obviously hasn’t worked out, but it’s still been a great day out with a lovely atmosphere.”
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brother remained private, an earnest Princess Charlotte—in a scene-stealing moment—was caught on camera telling photographers, “You can’t come in” as she walked into the chapel holding onto Prince William’s hand.
Kate, William and their guests worked their way through a carefully crafted service that included hymns “O Jesus, I Have Promised” and “Lord of All Hopefulness”, while godparents Lucy Middleton and Guy Pelly read the lessons. And in a romantic twist, a song composed for William and Kate’s 2011 wedding by John Rutter was on the order of service. A glowing Kate appeared delighted
“Kate has blossomed” — royal biographer Ingrid Seward
with her third child’s big day. “She has blossomed and looked more content, beaming with happiness,” notes royal biographer Ingrid Seward of Majesty magazine. “Kate is hugely dutiful, but she is quite strong and leading the way behind the scenes.” In another nod to the couple’s wedding day, family and guests returned to Clarence House for christening cake— actually a tier taken from William and Kate’s wedding cake. “I hope they had it stored in the refrigerator,” joked Murphy on hearing the news. “Could you imagine!”
Taking it in his stride: 11-week-old Louis Arthur Charles on his July 9 christening day.
The Duchess of Sussex, with Prince Harry, revisited the chapel where she was baptised earlier this year.
A relaxed Catherine with Prince Louis chatted to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, before entering the chapel.
With the order of service under her arm, Princess Charlotte eyed photographers, telling them “You can’t come in.”
A happy Catherine couldn’t keep her eyes off her newly christened baby, Louis, while Prince William held tight to George and Charlotte as they left the chapel.
Grandparents Charles and Camilla entered the chapel ahead of William and Kate. Crowds gathered outside the chapel were denied a glimpse of the royal family.
The decision for The Queen, 92, and Prince Philip, 97, to not attend the christening was “mutually agreed” upon between the monarch and William and Kate “some time ago,” a palace source says.

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Growth and potassium uptake by Maize (Zea mays L.) in three soils differing in clay contentsAbdul Wakeel, Tahir Aziz,Tariq Aziz,Anwar ul-Hassan.
Soil texture affects nutrient availability in soil hence affects plant growth. Soils high in clay contents retain more K+, and generally plants grown on these soils do not respond to appliedK+. A pot experiment was conducted to evaluate growth response and K+uptake by maize plants grown on three different textured soils. There were four K+ levels 0, 50, 100 and 150 mg K+/kg soil. Ten seeds of hybrid maize (cv. Magic) were sown in each pot which was replicated four times. Crop was harvested after seven weeks. Root and shoot dry matter was recorded and samples were analysed for K+ concentration. Soil texture significantly (p< 0.05) affected biomass production by maize plants. Shoot dry matter produced was maximum in plants grown in sandy soil. Root growth was minimum in soil high in clay contents compared to plant grown in sandysoil. Root to shoot dry matter ratio correlated negatively with clay contents (r = 0.91) showing limited root growth in soils high in clay contents. It also influenced total dry matter (TDM) as indicated by its positive correlation (r = 0.83). Potassium application did not affected plant growth in soil high in clay content, however, K+ uptake was increased with an increase in K+level in soils low in clay contents. Total dry matter was significantly correlated (r = 0.83) with root K+uptake, but correlation with shoot K+uptake was not significant.

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Sydney Sweeney channeled classic Hollywood glamour in this custom Miu Miu column gown.
The dazzling red dress was embellished with sequins and featured simple yet elegant spaghetti straps.
As for her makeup, Sweeney's makeup artist Melissa Hernandez relied on Armani Beauty to bring the soft glam look to life.
Anne Hathaway shone in a Valentino gown and Bulgari pear shaped diamonds at the 73rd Berlinale opening ceremony for the premiere of She Came to Me.
The stunning Bulgari earrings consisted of two five-karat pear diamonds, two taper-cut diamonds and pavé-set diamonds.
Dame Helen Mirren arrived on the red carpet for the screening of her new film Golda.
The actress looked elegant in a rouched satin gown and soft wavy hair.
Barbara Palvin donned a classic black tulle dress on the red carpet.
Toni Garrn was a vision in a sequinned, mesh Giorgi Armani gown.
Greta Lee attended the Past Lives premiere in a stunning gold and red frock.
Barbara Palvin was all business in an emerald Giorgio Armani pantsuit at the ARMANI Beauty X Harper's Bazaar Dinner.
Kristen Stewart wowed in head-to-toe Chanel.
Stranger Things actress Sadie Sink wore a sleek Giorgio Armani pantsuit to the ARMANI Beauty X Harper's Bazaar Dinner.
Golshifteh Farahani looked stunning in an understated black evening gown.
Kea Ho wore a beautiful yellow and white tulle gown.
German actress Fritzi Haberlandt attended the She Came to Me premiere in a stunning kaviar gauche gown boasting a ginormous bow.
Greta Lee posed at the Past Lives photocall wearing a grey co-ord set with a gravity defying silhouette.


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As a televisión show, Ugly Betty has been a worldwide success. From its original columbian telenovela: 'Betty Le Fea', the mostrar has spanned various international versions of this comedy. The most well known incarnation that is televised in the Western world is the US's Ugly Betty.
But what attracts viewers and fans especially to Ugly Betty per se isn't just the humour and the drama aspects of this series but the characters, storylines and situations.
These characters, storylines, situations all deal with and explore themes and concepts relating to culture and identity.
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Wilhelmina [to Bradford]: "I thought I smelled jewelry."
Fabia: "You must come to the ceremony. I won't be able to get married without my something old." Wilhelmina: "Oh, with the veins in your legs, tu already have your something blue."
Marc: Little glitch. Teeny, tiny, Cindy Crawford mole-sized problem. It looks like St. Patrick's Cathedral is already booked for June 16. Wilhelmina: What?! Marc: What do tu get from St. Patrick's? Bad incense, and a bunch of guilty men in dresses. Wilhelmina: Fabia?!...
I ventured out on this fanfiction, which is still in progress...its Betty/Connor :)
A/N: Okay so this fan fiction is a little misceláneo and I know it would never happen, but I always wanted to read a Connor/Betty fanfic and since nobody else would write it I decided to…hope tu enjoy!
Funny Seeing tu Here
“Mija, I just don’t feel like it is seguro for tu to go off to Paris por yourself, even if it is for work.” Ignacio stated still worried that she would be alone.
“Papi, tu worry too much. I will be fine, and I will only be alone for the first two weeks, because that is my vacation time,...


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Dolores Barbini is a management-side labour, employment and human rights lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. She advises employers in both the public and private sectors with respect to their union and non-union workforces. Dolores appreciates how important it is to know each client’s business and understand the uniqueness of each workplace. She understands that proactive advice, training and education can provide the most cost-effective results for clients.
Dolores has appeared in hundreds of hearings in various forums including grievance and interest arbitrations, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (Social Justice Tribunal), the Ontario Labour Relations Board, Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal and the Child and Family Services Review Board. Her practice focuses on labour arbitrations in all areas including collective agreement interpretation, discipline and dismissal, management rights, absenteeism management, accommodation, workplace violence and job evaluation. Dolores regularly provides advice and assistance to employers in the areas of human rights, notice terminations and dismissals for cause, policy development, restructuring and employment standards.
Dolores is the chair of the firm’s School Board Practice Group and is counsel to many school boards across the province. She is a regular presenter at school board conferences held by OPSBA, OCSTA, OCSOA and OCSBOA, and has presented at Ontario Bar Association/Canadian Corporate Counsel Association co-sponsored events.
Dolores is particularly alive to the unique dynamics that come into play for publicly funded organizations that have statutory duties and obligations in the fulfillment of their mandates, and that must be accountable to stakeholders, community members and the public at large. She understands that principles of transparency, fairness, integrity and trust are cornerstones of public-sector employers.
When she’s not working, Dolores enjoys spending time with her family and watching her kids grow into amazing people.
Education Government Ministries & Agencies (Federal and Provincial) Healthcare Membership Associations Mining & Natural Resources Municipalities & Municipal Agencies Professional & Technical Services Retail & Wholesale Trade School Boards Technology
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Having come from the tourism/bed and breakfast business myself, I understand something about this property very well – tourists know about the Blue Hill Peninsula and of the artists who flourish there. Deer Isle has become a destination, not a stop over. When I took reservations for people coming to visit the Acadia area, often we’d talk about their itinerary. Countless times I heard that they were spending a third of their trip in the Kennebunkport area, a third on the Blue Hill peninsula and the rest in the Acadia area. This gave them a nicely balanced Maine vacation. Each area offers a unique experience. And Stonington is my favorite of the working fishing villages in Maine. Tourism helps to support the area but the local economy keeps it real. If I was able to do lodging brokerage AND innkeeping, Inn on the Harbor is one I’d seriously consider buying.
Inn on the Harbor offers guests an opportunity to be surrounded by quintessential Maine while enjoying a bit of casual luxury. It’s a beautifully appointed property with 13 very spacious rooms, overstuffed lounge furniture situated in front of the picture windows to enjoy the spectacular view (and I use the word “spectacular” sparingly), some rooms have private decks to enjoy the outdoor space. But there’s a huge outdoor deck where at high tide the water comes up under the deck (part of the inn is built on a pier foundation) for all guests to enjoy. You can’t get any closer to the water than this!

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The government has asked the Steve Cohen-led hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors to pay $1.8 billion to settle criminal charges, sources familiar with the matter told Kara Scannell of the Financial Times. The deadline to accept the deal is the beginning of November. Otherwise, the government has threatened to demand a larger sum to settle the charges.
SAC Capital tries to clear its mess
SAC Capital has also expressed interest in paying the financial penalty to resolve the criminal charges. SAC Capital lawyers reportedly met representatives of the U.S. Attorney’s office last month. Lawyers representing the hedge fund argued that the penalty was too high. However, the hedge fund is expected to make a counter-offer in coming weeks, sources said.
SAC Capital has already paid a record $600 million to settle civil charges. So, Steven Cohen will still have to pay at least $1.2 billion to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan. Both parties have taken steps forward to resolve the issue. The government prosecutors don’t want to drag the process on for longer, because the longer it goes, the more time prosecutors will have to spend preparing for the trial, which costs plenty of money. SAC Capital is desperate to avoid such a trial because as regulators have stated, if the hedge fund is found guilty, they will pursue “any and all” assets of SAC Capital.
SAC Capital: Leaving the history behind
In July, a grand jury charged SAC Capital with securities and wire fraud. The hedge fund was accused of widespread lawbreaking activities. Six of its former employees have pleaded guilty of insider trading. Two others are scheduled to go on trial next month. Steven Cohen has also been charged with failure to supervise his portfolio managers that indulged in insider trading.
SAC Capital has about $14 billion of assets under management. But almost all of its outside investors have sought to withdraw their money from the hedge fund. Steven Cohen has put in about $9 billion of his own money in SAC Capital. The hedge fund rose to fame by delivering excellent returns year after year. SAC Capital has returned an average of about 29 percent annually over the past two decades.


Design Professionals Day at the State House
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 8:45 AM - 12:00 Noon
Resources for May 8; background for the May 2, 3, 4 Briefing Sessions
Updated Briefing Sheets (updated on May 4, 2012)
Register by May 4 at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DesignProfessionalsDay2012
On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, engineers, land surveyors and related professionals gathered at the Massachusetts State House for our Annual Design Professionals Day at the State House along with leaders from other engineering and design-related associations.
Schedule for the day:
Co-sponsors of Design Professionals Day at the State House:
We arrange for meetings with our members’ Massachusetts State Representatives and State Senators based on where our members live and vote. Since the new legislative session just started in January 2011, we are currently identifying the priority bills for this year, but our advocacy will focus generally on these issues:
We set up meetings for you with your legislators. Or, if you are new to the event and want to partner with others who have done this before, we’ll pair you up with engineers and land surveyors and you’ll join them for their legislative appointments.
We hold advance issue briefing sessions to help you prepare to discuss the issues. You can participate in an issue briefing session at The Engineering Center or by conference call.
Briefing Sessions for Design Professionals Day at the State House
Discuss the issues & plan how to get the most from your meetings before Design Professionals Day at the State House being held on May 8, 2012. Join us for one of three, free, optional Issues Briefing Sessions at TEC, One Walnut Street, Boston on:
Questions? Contact Bailey Boykan at 617/227-5551 or firstname.lastname@example.org or
An important part of our Advocacy efforts is Design Professionals Day; the one day each year when we as a profession gather in force at the State House and present our industry's viewpoints in person to our local legislators. It is a chance for each of us to meet with your State Representative and State Senator to discuss issues pertinent to our industry, to you as an individual professional, and to you as a citizen. We coordinate this event annually to promote communications with our state legislators, arranging appointments, providing briefing sheets on key issues for ACEC/MA, BSCES and MALSCE members to utilize, and establishing teams of local residents to meet with their actual legislators.


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Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East, suffered through the worst cholera outbreak in recorded history, with more than 1 million cases reported in 2017 alone.
What is cholera? It is an infection better known as “diarrhea until you die.”
Why does it matter?
A military coalition formally led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with allies the United States and Britain, bombed a newly constructed cholera treatment center in Yemen on Monday, June 11.
To Americans, the carnage and destruction the US and its Gulf Monarchy allies are leveling against the poorest country in the Arab world is simply a non-issue.
On July 2, a year had passed since the MSNBC’s last segment mentioning US participation in the war on Yemen, which has killed in excess of 15,000 people and resulted in over a million cases of cholera. The US is backing a Saudi-led bombing campaign with intelligence, refueling, political cover, military hardware and, as of March, ground troops.
For a bit more context, in the time period of July 3, 2017, to July 3, 2018, MSNBC dedicated zero segments to the US’s war in Yemen, but 455 segments to Stormy Daniels. This isn’t to suggest the Stormy Daniels matter isn’t newsworthy; presidential corruption is per se important.
But one has to wonder if this particular thread of venality is 455 stories more important than Trump aggressively supporting a war that’s killing hundreds of people a month, injuring thousands, and subjecting millions to famine and cholera.
Did MSNBC editors, poring over the latest academic foreign policy literature, really come to the conclusion Trump’s war in Yemen isn’t important? Or is MSNBC simply fueled by partisan Russia dot-connecting and stories that allow them to say “porn star” as much as possible?
MSNBC found attacking Russia from the right on matters of foreign policy is the most elegant way to preserve its “progressive” image, while still serving traditional centers of power: namely, the Democratic Party establishment, corporate sponsors, and their own revolving door of ex-spook and military contractor-funded talking heads.
After all, Obama backed the war on Yemen—though not nearly as aggressively as Trump has—and it’s difficult to make a coherent left-wing, anti-war criticism when the current Republican in office is simply carrying out your guy’s policy, but on steroids.
In any event, it’s not like any Yemenis are going to pull ads, turn down appearances, or phone Comcast higher-ups complaining.
So, who cares? To be poor and brown—to say nothing of not serving the immediate partisan interests of the Democratic party—is evidently to not matter much in the eyes of MSNBC producers and on-air talent.
With the United Nations warning millions of civilians could die from violence or starvation from the ongoing military siege of the Yemeni port city of Hodeida, there is no other way to describe what is happening except as “genocide.”
The more than three-year war on Yemen waged by a Western-backed Saudi coalition has been genocidal from the outset, with up to eight million people facing imminent starvation due to the years-long blockade on the Arabian country, as well as from indiscriminate air strikes.
The latest offensive on the Red Sea city of Hodeida threatens to turn the world’s already worst humanitarian disaster into a mass extermination.
Hodeida is the entry point for 90 percent of all food and medical aid into Yemen. If the city’s port stops functioning from the military offensive – as UN aid agencies are warning – then an entire country population of more than 20 million will, as a result, be on the brink of death.
Want to know why we do not hear about the genocide in Yemen and how the United States and Saudi Arabia are responsible for this?
So we don’t talk about it.
Instead, we help them murder and pretend it doesn’t happen.
Osama bin Laden? Saudi.
The 9/11 hijackers? Saudi.
Wahabbi الوهابية ISIS Al Qaeda terrorists by any other name woulds still be Saudi.
And yet we sell guns and bombs to them. We dance a jig with them. The murderers.
“The missiles that kill us, American-made. The planes that kill us, American-made. The tanks … American-made. You are saying to me, where is America? America is the whole thing.”
Is anyone paying attention?
How can you explain this?
How can American citizens tolerate this?
Nevermind. Hey, did you see how high our ratings are?

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In a magical underwater kingdom, the beautiful mermaid Ariel dreams of living in the world above and falls in love with a human, Prince Eric.
To make her dreams come true, she makes a deal with the wicked sea witch, Ursula. But the bargain is not what it seems… Ariel’s friends: Flounder, Scuttle, and Sebastian come to her rescue.
This enchanting musical tale features unforgettable songs like “Under the Sea,” “Kiss the Girl,” and “Part of Your World.”
Join us for singing, dancing, and adventure as York Light Opera Company bring this timeless Disney classic to life!
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Glenn Slater
Book by Doug Wright
Based on Hans Christian Andersen story and the Disney film produced by Howard Ashman & John Musker and written & directed by John Musker and Ron Clements.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI www.MTIShows.co.uk
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Fri 09 Feb 7:30pm
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Tue 13 Feb 7:30pm (British Sign Language Interpreted)
Wed 14 Feb 2:30pm
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Solid walnut drop leaf table. This table would be made to order for you. This table is solid walnut with maple accents and the wood grain will obviously vary from this example. This table is custom made, and an original design you won't find this in the Pottery Barn catalog. The fixed table top is 24"x48" with two 12"x48" leaves. This piece is finished with tung oil and Danish oil. 12/30/12 UPDATE I added some photos of a recently finished drop leaf in this same style, the walnut is darker and more uniform.
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I live in South Carolina. Derek is in Idaho. I saw the piece i wanted on the Custom Made Web site. The finished product was more beautiful in person then on the web. Dealing with Derek was a breeze. We comunicated via email. He was happy to make the changes to the design I wanted and my table was shiped to me on time and beautifuly packed. What a pleasure.


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Pong p chu phd is associate professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at cleveland state university in ohiohe has taught undergraduate and graduate level digital systems and computer architecture courses for more than a decade and has received instructional grants from the national science foundation and cleveland state university. Fpga prototyping by verilog examples is an indispensable companion text for digital design courses and also serves as a valuable self teaching guide for practicing engineers who wish to learn more about this emerging area of interest. Fpga prototyping by verilog examples xilinx spartan 3 version pong p chu isbn 978 0 470 18532 2 518 pages june 2008 read an excerpt description fpga prototyping using verilog examples will provide you with a hands on introduction to verilog synthesis and fpga programming through a learn by doing approach by following the clear . Fpga prototyping by verilog examples xilinx spartan 3 version by pong p chu and a great selection of similar used new and collectible books available now at abebookscom. Fpga prototyping by verilog examples xilinx spartan 3 version hardcover published july 1st 2008 by wiley interscience hardcover 488 pages
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What is an Accessory Dwelling Unit?
An accessory dwelling unit (ADU) is defined by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development as, “…additional living quarters on single-family lots that are independent of the primary dwelling unit. The separate living spaces are equipped with kitchen and bathroom facilities, and can be either attached or detached from the main residence.” The ADU concept has been around for a long time and over the years the units have been referred to as: accessory apartments, second units, granny flats, mother-in-law units, etc. Some cities, such as Seattle, specify whether or not the ADU is attached or detached from the primary residence, referring to a detached accessory dwelling unit as a “DADU”.
The ADU dates back to the early 1900’s because it was simply often a necessity to have a physical addition to one’s single family home. If we think about the fact that families used to live inter-generationally out of the need for family support, not much has changed.
Young parents still need parental help, and sometimes parents need to live with their grown children, for many reasons. Whether it is a young college graduate coming home while job hunting (& beyond), or the elder family member(s) in need of care, we all have examples within our families and friendship groups where we know that an ADU would come in handy.
All of that need predates the issues of affordability and density that are bringing the ADU issue to the fore in 2015. These issues, now reaching crisis points in a number of major American cities, are pushing the development of ADUs into almost daily news. Whether addressing the need to keep our cities diverse from both a racial and a socioeconomic perspective, or addressing the issue of urban sprawl, the ADU movement could be one solution to a number of different problems.
The Power of the ADU
As shown in the infographic above, the ADU concept allows for much family flexibility on one single lot. The average homeowner sells their home and buys a new one every seven years. But as the cost of acquisition becomes more and more challenging, and as people invest more of their nest eggs, equity, and souls into properties, the idea of staying longer in one home begins to appeal. The ADU allows for: rental income, space for friends and family of any generation (families have different needs at different stages of life), plus the flexibility of moving back and forth between a smaller and larger home when necessary.
As the population in general ages, we must begin to plan for “aging in place” – how, when we build or remodel, can we plan for our own use of a property in our later years? How can we provide “intergenerational equity” – building/remodeling with the confidence that a friend or family member in a wheelchair could access our home for a visit? These are just some of the issues that we can help you think about and plan for in your work with Close to Home.

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Western Shore, Nova Scotia – The residents of a home hid under a bed this morning when at 7 a.m., a masked man tried unsuccessfully to force his way into their home on Lawrence Hatt Rd.
Lunenburg District RCMP responded quickly and arrested a man and a woman. No one was hurt during the incident, although the residents of the home were understandably shaken.
The RCMP seized a balaclava, bear spray, cocaine, and marihuana products during the arrest of the suspects. A 22-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman, both from Halifax, are facing charges of:
- Attempted Break and Enter
- Wearing a Disguise (Mask) during the Commission of an Offence
- Possession of a Weapon Dangerous to the Public
- Possession of Marihuana, Hashish and Cocaine
- They are being held in custody and will appear later today in Bridgewater Provincial Court.
The investigation is ongoing.
Nova Scotia RCMP
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Arsenal - Ukrainian design Bureau, which is among the largest companies in its niche and develops the most advanced products. Design Bureau Arsenal offers products from the following categories: • Equipment for space. • Optical elements. • Equipment used in aviation. • Head of the optical type for homing missiles. • Equipment gyro type used for orientation and navigation. The office was founded in 1954 and forty years, received the status of state-owned enterprises. Today Arsenal executes orders for the military-industrial complex of our country and other countries. The firm also manufactures products for the aerospace industry. The company is advanced due to many factors. First and foremost the important role played by talented engineers with vast experience and talent capable of creating the most unique designs needed for different tasks, but also the important role played by modern equipment, which opens wide opportunities for engineers and designers Arsenal.
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From Taverna to Table
Inspired by the Greek royi—an hourglass-shaped oil server found in every Grecian home—this stoneware oil and vinegar dispenser brings timeless design to your table. It was also inspired by one of potter Daniel Bellow's friends who imports olive oil from her family's ancestral trees. Daniel's rendition features a narrow neck that's easy to hold, and a subtle glaze that will complement any decor. Handmade in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Pair your Olive or Vinegar Stoneware Pourer with our Pure Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Due to the handmade nature of this item, each is unique and will vary.


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EAFRD funding enabled the Monemvasia Winery to relocate to meet growing demand for Monemvasia-Malvasia wine.
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project focusing on the protection and promotion of a breed of cattle specific to Western Macedonia, the Greek Red Kastoria-Kristalopigi cow.
Developing a herd management tool to optimise efficiency and animal welfare on dairy farms.
An innovative concept to revitalise the city centre of an Austrian town by offering flexible rental options to pop up shops.
An Austrian family converted their dairy farm to produce organic eggs from laying hens in a barn after they saw an opportunity in the market.
A biofuel production and packaging line was established in an olive growing region of Greece. The waste residues are used to produce biofuel (PELLET) offering considerable economic and environmental benefits.
Thanks to a LEADER supported investment, a shoe repair and manufacturing enterprise constructed its own production facility benefiting from savings on rent and easier access to the market.
EAFRD funding enabled setting up a sawn timber production company in northeast Greece that employs modern equipment and contributes to the local economy by using local resources.
A cooperative in Greece set up a fully-automated production line for 100% natural pomegranate juice and fostered a spirit of cooperation among its members.
A producer of extra virgin olive oil in Laconia region received support to build a new olive oil production unit in response to the increasing demand.


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Impacts of Low Flows on Heavy Metal concentrations in Turag River Bangladesh
Water flow is a vital requirement of a river to secure ecological health status. We investigated the low flow of Turag River and its effect on the heavy metals concentration. Generally, the water of the river flowed very less from January to May. The reverse result was found from June to October. Keeping in mind this fact, eight different heavy metals were statistically analyzed. We observed that during low flow season five heavy metals surpass the standard limit for irrigation. Considering irrigation standard, the order of contamination level was: Mn > Cd > Pb > Fe > Cr > Ni > Zn > Cu in low flow season. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain moderate flow in the river system.
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Govt mulling SPV for linking Ken, Betwa rivers
Touted as the first project to be taken up under the NDA government's ambitious plan to interlink rivers of the country, the project envisages diversion of surplus water from the Ken basin to the water-deficit Betwa basin.Updated: Oct 26, 2014 13:11 IST
Taking a cue from Polavaram Project Authority, the Centre is mulling creating a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for implementing the Ken-Betwa River Linking Project.
Touted as the first project to be taken up under the NDA government's ambitious plan to interlink rivers of the country, the project envisages diversion of surplus water from the Ken basin to the water-deficit Betwa basin.
The works for it would involve the two neighbouring states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
"Both the state governments have in principle given their consent for creating an SPV for the project," a source in the Water Resources Ministry said.
Besides, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has given its nod for the holding of the Environmental Impact Assessment Study for the project, the source said.
"As part of it, a public hearing would be conducted. However, the dates for the same have not yet been finalised," the source said.
The project would have a dam on Ken river along with a 221-km link canal.
It is estimated that the project would provide annual irrigation for 6.35 lakh hectares and supply drinking water to 13.42 lakh people. It would also facilitate generation of 78MW hydropower in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Conceived in two phases, the first phase of the project would benefit the two states, while Phase II would be confined to Madhya Pradesh.
Water Ministry sources said there are plans for implementing both phases at the same time.
The Ken-Betwa link is one of the 16 river linking proposals under the Peninsular Component of the National Perspective Plan (NPP) for water resources development for which the feasibility report was prepared by National Water Development Agency.
The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the project was prepared in two phases, which is 2011 and early 2014, respectively.
It may be recalled that the government has created a special purpose vehicle for the Polavaram Multi-Purpose project in Andhra Pradesh.
First Published: Oct 26, 2014 13:10 IST


Safe Families for Children, a charity working with local authorities across England, has received a glowing endorsement for its work with vulnerable children and struggling families.
A recently published DfE-commissioned evaluation conducted by Dartington Social Research Unit has called Safe Families “one of the most adventurous start-ups in children’s services for some time” with “the potential to support several thousand of England’s neediest children; to greatly reduce the numbers of children in care, and to demonstrably forge a new relationship between public systems and civil society.”
The evaluation report highlights the scale of Safe Families’ rollout and its engagement with more than 3,000 volunteers nationwide who, with Safe Families, the report says, improve wellbeing, stabilise families, and reduce stress levels.
The evaluation estimates that Safe Families’ support could be an alternative to care for around 15% of children who would otherwise be placed in foster or residential care, which would see over 1000 children diverted from the care system.
In just four years since it was founded in the UK by philanthropist Sir Peter Vardy, Safe Families has already benefitted more than 3,800 children using its network of over 3,200 nationwide volunteers.
Keith Danby, Chief Executive of Safe Families for Children, said: “The results of the recent report are an indication of the work we at Safe Families are passionate about – creating better outcomes for children and families across the UK. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the thousands of volunteers who have come forward and who provide so much hope and opportunity to struggling families.”
Helen, a North East mum of two, was going through a difficult separation and struggling moving house with her two girls. Safe Families for Children stepped in to provide befriending for the youngest girl with extra needs to allow Helen to spend time with her oldest daughter. “I felt like I didn’t know where support was going to come from, we don’t have any family in the area at all. The time where I had the support was absolutely needed. I see our future much brighter. I know that’s a bit of cliché but we’re now in our new home and we have a true friend that we’ll have for life. I think that support is just key. We couldn’t move on without it really.”


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Sedalia Police Crime Reports for November 7, 2016
A 31-year-old woman was arrested by Sedalia Police on Sunday night after they responded to a report of an unconscious person in a vehicle. According to a Sedalia Police Report, officers were called just before 11 p.m. to Taco Bell where an unconscious person was reported in a vehicle in the drive-thru lane. Police say Tracy Bartel was found to be in possession of controlled substances. Bartel was arrested for Possession of Synthetic Narcotics, Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Sedalia Police arrested a 27-year-old man with a First Degree Burglary warrant from Pettis County on Sunday. Police say Christopher Clough was observed walking in the area of Broadway and Engineer. Clough reportedly ran after being contacted by police, and was arrested after a short foot pursuit. In addition to the original warrant, police are also seeking charges of resisting arrest. Clough was placed on a 24-hour hold at the Pettis County Jail.
Sedalia Police received a call from Children's Mercy Hospital just before 2 a.m. on Sunday, reporting a sex crime. Police say an investigation is ongoing.
A 45-year-old woman was arrested Sunday around 1 pm after police responded to a call of a woman urinating in an alley. Police say they stopped 45-year-old Glyness Williams, who matched the description of the suspect, and found her to be in possession of an open bottle of vodka. Williams was arrested for Open Container and taken to Bothwell Regional Health Center to be checked because her intoxication level was so high, according to police.


The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area encompasses 292,500 acres, the entire length of the Columbia River Gorge. It spans two states, extreme southern Washington and northern Oregon,and runs from the mouths of Sandy River to the Deschutes River. The Columbia River Gorge is unique in both its natural and cultural history, as well as its designation as a National Scenic Area.
The party is hosted by Friends of the Columbia River Gorge, whose mission is to vigorously protect the scenic, natural, cultural, and recreational resources of the Columbia River Gorge. The OPB film The Fight for Paradise will be shown, live music will be provided by Boy & Bean, and Friends’ staff will give presentations of inspiration, education, and recognition.
Doors open at 5pm, film starts at 5:30. A donation of $5-10 is suggested.


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As I write this blog I haven’t seen the show yet on TV. It starts in a few hours. I’ve seen the promo. I still can’t believe that I was given the title of Master Soap Hacker and made soap on the truTV show Hack My Life. It started like this..
My name is Laurie, and I am a segment producer on TruTV’s hit show Hack My Life, a show that celebrates hacking in all its wonderful ways.
For our upcoming season, we’re inviting some of the country’s biggest “Hack Masters” into the studio to demonstrate their best hacks with our hosts Brooke and Kevin. We are very interested in having an expert do a DIY soap making demonstration on Saturday, May 30th at our studio in Hoboken, NJ. I wanted to know if you would be interested in possibly appearing on the show to teach our hosts and audience how to make their own soap at home.
If you are interested, I’d love to speak with you. Please email me at …….. or call me during business hours at ………
Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you!
Unfortunately, I had scheduled a soap class and had students already signed up, so I responded and gave Laurie the names of some other soap makers I thought might be interested. A day later my friend Vivian (who owns The Little Soap Shop in Astoria) texted me.
Angela!!! Hack my life just called me to do a bit on their show this Saturday. I’m running a race so I’m not available and let’s be honest I’m nervous as hell in front of a camera! So I referred them to u and she told me they called you but u r teaching and won’t have enough time to go to jersey!!!! Angela you are the perfect candidate for this show! No joke!!! Rethink it! I think you would be great!!
Laurie sent me another email and asked me if I would reconsider doing the show. At this point I knew the show was something I should do. I was able to reschedule the class (Thank you Nancy, Susan, Rosemary and Candy!) and on May 30th I went to Hoboken, New Jersey to tape my soap making debut. I had my makeup done professionally and never looked better. There was a girl there who fixed my apron after each take and fussed over me so I looked good. Kevin was so entertaining to make soap with. There were times I laughed so hard they had to stop the cameras. It was quite an experience.
I am so grateful to Laurie for finding me, Vivian for encouraging me, and for my students for allowing me to reschedule. In a few hours I’ll sit with a cup of tea, watch the show and remember my 15 minutes of fame.
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The Latest: White House receives House document request
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a House panel’s expanding investigations of President Donald Trump (all times local):
The White House is calling House Democrats’ sweeping new probe of President Donald Trump “a disgraceful and abusive investigation into tired, false allegations.”
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said Monday his panel is beginning the investigation into possible obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power and was sending document requests to 81 people linked to the president and his associates.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders says, “Chairman Nadler and his fellow Democrats have embarked on this fishing expedition because they are terrified that their two-year false narrative of ‘Russia collusion’ is crumbling.”
She adds, “Their intimidation and abuse of American citizens is shameful.”
Trump on Monday dismissed the House Democrats’ probe and others as futile efforts “in search of a crime,” tweeting that they were “Ridiculous!”
Three House committees are asking the White House and the State Department for any information on private conversations between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, including an interview with an interpreter who sat in on their one-on-one meeting in Helsinki last summer.
The broad requests from the House intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Reform committees ask for the substance of Trump and Putin’s conversations in person and by phone and for information on whether those conversations had any impact on U.S. foreign policy. They are also asking whether Trump tried to conceal any conversations.
The committees ask for interviews with “linguists, translators or interpreters” who in any way listened to those conversations. Trump and Putin met privately in Helsinki in July for more than two hours with only interpreters present.
President Donald Trump says he’ll cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee’s sweeping investigation into his White House, campaign and businesses.
When a reporter asked him Monday if he was going to cooperate with the investigation led by Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Trump replied: “I cooperate all the time with everybody. You know, the beautiful thing, no collusion. It’s all a hoax.”
The committee is sending requests to 81 people linked to the president and his associates.
Nadler said Monday the investigation will be focused on possible obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power.
Trump answered the question while he hosted the Division 1-winning North Dakota State University football team at the White House.
The House Judiciary Committee is launching a sweeping new probe of President Donald Trump, his White House, his campaign and his businesses. The panel is sending document requests to 81 people linked to the president and his associates.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler says the investigation will be focused on obstruction of justice, corruption and abuses of power. The aggressive, broad investigation could set the stage for impeachment, although Democratic leaders have pledged to investigate all avenues and review special counsel Robert Mueller’s report before taking drastic action.
Nadler said Monday’s document requests are a way to “begin building the public record” and the committee has the responsibility to investigate.
The White House says it has received the House Judiciary Committee’s letter requesting documents related to the Trump administration, family and business as part of an expanding Russia investigation.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday that the White House counsel’s office and relevant officials will review the letter and respond at the appropriate time.
The committee is requesting documents from more than 60 people.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., who says he believes the president obstructed justice, says the panel wants to review documents from the Justice Department, the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. and Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg. He says former White House chief of staff John Kelly and former White House counsel Don McGahn also are likely targets.
A top House Democrat says it’s “very clear” President Donald Trump obstructed justice. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the chairman of the House committee that would be in charge of impeachment says the panel is requesting documents Monday from more than 60 people from Trump’s administration, family and business as part of a rapidly expanding Russia investigation.
Nadler said the House Judiciary Committee wants to review documents from the Justice Department, the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. and Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg. Former White House chief of staff John Kelly and former White House counsel Don McGahn also are likely targets, he said.
Asked if he believed Trump obstructed justice, Nadler said, “Yes, I do.”
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Majestic Artist Series 3.0 Octave Vibraphone with Silver Bars and Motor - Product Information
This Majestic Artist Series vibraphone produces a warm and full-bodied tone. Majestic incorporated a wide pedal with dual pull rods and a trapezoidal damper to allow for maximum reliability and performer expression. Silver bars with black resonators blend sleek classic elements with contemporary elegance.
- 3.0 Octave Aluminum Alloy Bars with Silver Anodized Finish
- Notched Rubber Belt with Steel Reinforcement
- Concert Leg Assembly with Crank-up Height Adjustment
- Black Finish Resonators
- Range: F3 – F6
- Bar Width: 2.25" - 1.5" (57 – 38mm)
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Wraith32 Plus is a BLHeli_32 50A ESC that comes with a 6S powerhouse that supports voltage limiting and current limiting as well as a bright RGB LED. Wraith32 comes with a smaller 6S version that also supports voltage limiting and current limiting as well as a bright RGB LED. The Plus has double mosfet (12pcs. instead of 6pcs.), so it works better on a high current.
FPV Model has started taking the pre-orders on these two BLHeli_32 ESCs. You are having a chance to be the first one in the world receiving the ESCs. From May 10th, the pre-orders of Wraith32 have already been started shipping out.


text: Sex-based differences in the rates of primary brain tumor exist regardless of age or geographical location. Reports from around the world describing the incidence of common brain tumors as a function of sex are identified and linked to their countries of origin. Numbers shown in the parentheses are the sex ratio (male/female) of major primary brain tumor types extracted from 16 independent publications from 15 countries, including all major continents and regions of the world (North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Oceania) except for Antarctica. Overall, these studies covered the period of 1974 to 2008, and the sex ratio (male/female) in almost all major brain tumors including both malignant and benign tumors is greater than 1 with a range of 1 to approximately 3.5. See also [2, 10–24]. Abbreviations: AST = astrocytoma; EPD = ependymoma; GBM = glioblastoma (multiforme); Glioma, (NOS) = glioma, not otherwise specified; MB = medulloblastoma; OLG = oligodendroglioma; PA = pilocytic astrocytoma.


Shivshankar Menon served as national security adviser to the prime minister of India from 2010–14 and as India’s foreign secretary from 2006–09. A career diplomat, he has served as India’s envoy to Israel (1995–97), Sri Lanka (1997–2000), China (2000–03) and Pakistan (2003 06). In 2010, Menon was chosen by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the world’s top 100 global thinkers. Menon in his book, Choices, gives an insider’s account of the negotiations, discussions and assessments that went into the making of India’s foreign policy.
Let’s read an excerpt from the book- Choices.
I am often asked why India committed itself to not using its nuclear weapons first. The center-right National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government adopted the no-first-use doctrine when India first publicly tested nuclear weapons at Pokhran in 1998, and all subsequent governments of India have reiterated this pledge.1 The doctrine states that:
The fundamental purpose of Indian nuclear weapons is to
deter the use and threat of use of nuclear weapons by any
State or entity against India and its forces. India will not be
the first to initiate a nuclear strike, but will respond with
punitive retaliation should deterrence fail.
India will not resort to the use or threat of use of nuclear
weapons against States which do not possess nuclear
weapons, or are not aligned with nuclear weapon powers.
There is still some residual anxiety in India about the wisdom of this commitment, particularly in military minds. Why have a weapon and forswear its use? India could have followed the United States and Pakistan in retaining the option of using its most powerful weapon first should the nation’s defense require it.
The answer to that question lies in India’s nuclear doctrine, which is itself a product of the unique circumstances in which India finds itself. Those circumstances also explain why India chose to test nuclear weapons and become a declared nuclear weapon state (NWS) in 1998.
By the late 1990s, India was in a situation where two of its neighbors with whom India had fought wars after independence, Pakistan and China, were already armed with nuclear weapons and were working together to build their capabilities and proliferate them in Asia. The international nonproliferation regime was not in any position to address this problem. India therefore chose to become a declared NWS in 1998. The Indian government made that decision in the face of opposition by all the major powers, despite misgivings within Indian society, and after twenty-four years of international nuclear sanctions resulting from India’s first nuclear test, Pokhran-I, in 1974. (India described the 1974 test as a “peaceful nuclear explosion,” adopting a term from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, whereas the 1988 test was described by the government of India as a nuclear weapon test.) Those sanctions had been designed to “cap, cease and roll back” India’s civil nuclear program and potential to make atomic weapons. They had failed to do so. Since 1974, India had also been threatened with nuclear weapons at least three times: twice by Pakistan and once, implicitly, by the entry of the nuclear-armed U.S. aircraft carrier USS Enterprise into the Bay of Bengal during the 1971 war with Pakistan. (The Enterprise had also entered the Indian Ocean in 1962 when India and China fought their brief border war, but that move was intended to support, not threaten, India.)
When India decided to test nuclear weapons publicly, in 1998, it was evident that nuclear weapons, because of the scale and duration of the destruction they cause, are primarily political weapons, the currency of power in the nuclear age, rather than effective warfighting weapons. The government of India therefore declared after the 1998 tests that these weapons were to prevent nuclear threat and blackmail, and that India would not be the first to use nuclear weapons against other states. If, however, anyone dared use nuclear weapons against us, we would assuredly retaliate and inflict unacceptable damage on the adversary.


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Branch addresses, phone numbers, and hours of operation for Banks in 62666.
Middletown State Bank Middletown IL 6th And Madison Streets 62666
Illini Bank Elkhart IL 120 Governor Oglesby Street 62634 6.17mi from 62666
Town And Country Bank Lincoln IL 809 Woodlawn Road 62656 9.97mi from 62666
1st State Bank Of Mason City Mason IL 123 West Elm Street 62664 11.39mi from 62666
Hartsburg State Bank Hartsburg IL 101 North Second 62643 12.59mi from 62666

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