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In addition to a new building, Southwest plans to renovate its main 1-million-square-foot headquarters building on Love Field Drive.
“We’re going to be able to upgrade our existing workspace and create new workspace to position us for the future,” Hawkins said.
Southwest also is considering construction of a new 24-hour operations facility, potentially across Denton Drive from the main headquarters, he said.
Southwest’s local real estate plans include the construction of 113,000 square feet of new space at the airline’s Love Field maintenance facility near Bachman Lake, Hawkins said. The general contractor — Richardson-based Hill & Wilkinson — already has begun the project.
Southwest also plans to eventually vacate the 180,000 square feet of office space it leases at 8600 Harry Hines Blvd., Hawkins said. The airline leased the space when it lost space at Love Field Airport due to the ongoing airport renovation project.
“Our long-term plan is to minimize the amount of leased space and mitigate the cost of that,” Hawkins said. “Obviously new construction is more efficient in terms of space usage and people usage, and also new technology.”
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Malik Faizullah is one of the most trusted community member of the Wadhnoor. He’s one of the elders who unites the community in case of disputes.
“We have only one primary school for girls in our village of 500 houses. Most of our girls leave school after finishing their primary school as there is no middle or high school in in our community,” says Malik Faizullah
“You are seeing what is happening to girls aged 5/6 years in our country. How can we send our girls aged 12-15 to get education to the schools which are more than 20km away from our village? They leave school and sit at home. If we had any school, all our girls would have attended.”
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Current law prohibits political campaign activity by non-profit organizations, charities and churches by defining a 501(c)(3) organization as one “which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office,” the The Internal Revenue Service website states.
The Globe reported in October that Sacramento Attorney Michael Vinding filed a complaint with the IRS about a non-profit news website violating non-profit laws. According to Vinding, his client’s opinion is that multiple postings on The People’s Vanguard of Davis, Inc. website relating to the 2018 and anticipated 2022 Yolo District Attorney campaigns “actively advocate for a certain candidate and against another candidate in violation of the law.”
“A complaint filed with the Internal Revenue Service by Attorney Vinding on behalf of a group of clients, accuses The People’s Vanguard of Davis, Inc., and David Greenwald, founder, editor and executive director of the non-profit the Davis Vanguard, of running afoul of IRS regulations barring non-profits from taking partisan positions.”
Specifically, “It is unfair and illegal for the Vanguard to receive tax-free status and revenue to develop a website and then use that website to campaign for/against certain candidates,” attorney Vinding said.
In an April 19, 2022 follow-up letter (below) to the original IRS complaint, attorney Vinding explains that the issues in the original complaint continue:
“As detailed in the material already submitted, the Davis Vanguard (the “Vanguard”)… continues to violate the prohibition of 26 C.F.R. § 1.501 by publishing statements on its website supporting the campaign of prospective Yolo County District Attorney candidate Cynthia Rodriguez. The Vanguard continues to publish partisan, campaign-related statements of its own staff and publishes the statements of others supporting Ms. Rodriguez’s campaign. It is worthy to note that Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald, who is both the Secretary and member of the Vanguard’s editorial board and wife of the Vanguard Executive Director, David Greenwald, has not only endorsed the candidate publicly but has hosted a fundraiser, both are listed on the candidate’s Facebook page:”
“We are aware that executives of nonprofits are permitted to endorse and campaign for candidates in their personal capacities,” Vinding says in his letter. “The import of the above is that Ms. Greenwald’s husband, and the non-profit in which they are both officers, is publishing non-stop partisan advocacy for the candidate and the campaigning done by Ms. Greenwald demonstrates the partisan intent of the Vanguard publications—not ‘news’ or ‘education.’ We have not previously focused on the candidate’s Facebook page. However, a review of that page shows a virtual symbiotic relationship between the candidate and the Vanguard: The Vanguard issues non-stop advocacy for the candidate, then the candidate quotes the positive ‘press’ in the Vanguard as part of her campaign, all at taxpayer expense. See some of the examples from the candidate’s campaign Facebook page below spanning months, including multiple regarding the same podcast (also repeatedly published by the Vanguard as discussed in previous submissions)”:
Vinding says “We previously identified thirty six (36) partisan campaign intervention publications related to the 2022 prospective campaign for Yolo County District Attorney, all containing partisan comments, this list resumes below.”
The Globe reported on April 11, 2022, “Yolo County District Attorney Exposes Challenger’s Convicted Child Molester Donors.” Reisig, a twenty-five year prosecutor with 16 years as Yolo County DA, discovered that his challenger Cynthia Rodriguez, a former public defender and Department of Mental Health general counsel, accepted campaign contributions from “convicted sex offenders and child rapists seeking a soft on crime district attorney.” Reisig also discovered that some of the contributions exceeded the legal campaign limits allowed in Yolo County.
Vinding listed five more lengthy campaign-related articles on The People’s Vanguard of Davis, Inc. in his April 19th letter (#37-#42), including this one:
39. April 5, 2022; https://www.davisvanguard.org/2022/04/commentary-garrett-hamilton-the-latestyolo-da-to-throw-mud-in-the-das-race/; David Greenwald. Mr. Greenwald uses this post to respond to a letter written by a district attorney employee in a local paper that criticized Cynthia Rodriguez, as well as to further defend Ms. Rodriguez regarding the contributions from the child molester. The thrust and the content of the post was advocacy in the context of the election, defending Ms. Rodriguez against criticism. It includes the following:
I too think voters should ask a critical question—but it would be a little different. My question would go like this: If Jeff Reisig really is the “most innovative DA in the country” and has such a strong record, why do you need to attack your opponent over a $500 contribution from Ajay Dev’s brother?
And what has the “most innovative” DA done about these revelations [regarding an alleged wrongful conviction]? Delay, block and obfuscate.
Later, in the comments:
“I think my position would be that Reisig might claim to be changing, but there’s little evidence of that in practice. And I would argue that this line of attack demonstrates that fact. I would also argue that when Garrett Hamilton, one of the top brass in the DA’s office levels accusations such as these in the local paper, that it makes it impossible to have the kind of discussion we both believe would be best.”
Additionally, the Globe has been informed that there have been other IRS Tax-Exempt Organization Complaints filed stating that The People’s Vanguard of Davis, Inc. has been involved in political campaigns promoting certain candidates over the elected District Attorney.
“The Vanguard continues to publish a steady stream of material supporting candidate Rodriguez and criticizing incumbent DA Reisig, all at taxpayer expense,” Vinding says in closing. “We continue to be unable to reconcile the clear prohibitions listed in the regulations with these activities by the Vanguard; if these are not violations then it begs the question: What is? We ask the Service to investigate and take action because the rules are clearly written and Vanguard’s activities are plainly illegal. We urge the Service to continue its investigation of this abuse and we are available to answer any questions or provide additional information as needed.”
Read the October article, New IRS Complaint Against Non-Profit Davis Vanguard News Service.
Attorney Vinding’s April 19, 2022 follow up letter to the IRS:2022.04.19 Tax Cover Letter Supplemental 3
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Title: Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches #1)
Author: Cherie Priest
Genre: Horror / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
Publication Date: September 2nd, 2014
Kindle Edition: 448 Pages
Source: Personal Purchase
“Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks; and when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one….”
The people of Fall River, Massachusetts, fear me. Perhaps rightfully so. I remain a suspect in the brutal deaths of my father and his second wife despite the verdict of innocence at my trial. With our inheritance, my sister, Emma, and I have taken up residence in Maplecroft, a mansion near the sea and far from gossip and scrutiny.
But it is not far enough from the affliction that possessed my parents. Their characters, their very souls, were consumed from within by something that left malevolent entities in their place. It originates from the ocean’s depths, plaguing the populace with tides of nightmares and madness.
This evil cannot hide from me. No matter what guise it assumes, I will be waiting for it. With an axe.
“It sounded like music played by a madman on an instrument found in hell.”
I couldn’t wait to read Maplecroft from the moment I found it. The combination of Lovecraftian horror with a historical figure like Lizzie Borden was just too much to resist. I dove into it mere minutes after finishing my previous book. I would have devoured it in one sitting if it had not been three o’clock in the morning.
Maplecroft is immediately engaging. The plot progression started out a bit slow, but the beauty of Priest’s prose and the flawless shift of voice between characters is entrancing. I found myself drawn in. Each chapter featured letters and journal entries from the main characters as well as a cast of supporting characters who offered their own unique perspectives and opinions on the events occurring in Fall River, Massachusetts.
The main characters are all well-developed though not always likable. Lizzie often comes off as stubborn and rash while her sister Emma is selfish and her lover Nance is naïve. These little flaws bring life to the characters and make the story feel honest.
There were some minor pacing issues, leaving the bulk of the action happening in the last half of the novel. This lead to the book feeling like it might have been too long. With that said, I am likely nitpicking with these complaints as I never found myself trudging through chapters in order reach the “good stuff”.
All in all this was a fantastic read. If you are looking for something to hold your attention for a few days I couldn’t recommend anything better. Don’t rush through it. Take your time and enjoy it. It is well worth the investment.
Even though Priest did a good job of tying up loose ends in Maplecroft a sequel will hit shelves this September. I am a little skeptical, but I enjoyed this book so much that I could not skip out on the sequel.

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SINGAPORE - Fewer people were laid off in the third quarter of this year, while overall unemployment crept up slightly, according to Ministry of Manpower (MOM) statistics released on Friday (Oct 26).
But as a whole, the labour market continued to improve, with total employment growth more than doubling in this period, said the ministry.
There were 2,500 retrenchments over the past three months, fewer than the 3,030 in the three months before that, preliminary figures show. Layoffs in services and manufacturing made up most of the retrenchments in the third quarter.
"With restructuring, retrenchments can be expected to fluctuate," said the MOM. "However, we note that overall, for the first three quarters of 2018, retrenchments were lower than the corresponding periods in the preceding two years."
Unemployment held relatively steady as well, with the seasonally adjusted rate among residents unchanged at 2.9 per cent, and that of citizens remaining the same too, at 3 per cent.
The overall unemployment figure, though, edged up from 2 per cent to 2.1 per cent. The MOM said these rates remained either similar or slightly lower than rates in the same period a year ago.
As of last month, an estimated 67,000 residents were unemployed, slightly higher than the 66,600 in June. Similarly, about 59,100 citizens were out of job, a slight rise from 59,000.
"Given the growth in employment, the slightly elevated unemployment rates reflected the continued inflow of jobseekers into the labour market," said the MOM.
OCBC Bank's head of treasury research and strategy Selena Ling said that with the tight domestic labour market, it is unlikely that overall unemployment will climb much further, barring a sharp downturn in 2019.
She noted that growth in the first three quarters of the year has been very resilient, adding: "Consumer and business sentiments have softened amid the growing headwinds, namely the US-China trade war and rising US interest rates, but have not deteriorated that significantly.
"The key question is whether a prolonged trade war will continue to weigh on trade and growth in 2019."
In such a scenario, she said, businesses may delay or cancel hiring plans, while consumers may tighten spending.
Meanwhile, total employment growth, excluding foreign domestic worker numbers, was 15,200, up from 6,500 previously.
This expansion was broad-based, with increases seen across various sectors including manufacturing, where the rise comes after 15 consecutive quarters of decline.
The services industry also logged gains such as in professional services, information and communications, and financial and insurance.
Although employment in construction continued to decline, this took place at a slower pace, said the MOM.
The construction gross domestic product contracted by 3.1 per cent compared with a year ago in the third quarter of 2018, extending the 4.2 per cent dip from the previous quarter. The industry was affected by weakness in public sector construction activities.
On Friday, the MOM said there was continued improvement in Singapore's labour market outlook, highlighting job opportunities available in sectors such as infocommunications and media, finance and insurance, healthcare and professional services.
But it also sounded a cautionary note, adding that "as the labour market begins to tighten, employers may face greater challenges filling vacancies".
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|The first head coach of the University of Tennessee at Martin women’s basketball team, Nadine Gearin, died Sunday afternoon at VanAyer Nursing Home in Martin after a long illness. |
Gearin was 73.
She coached the UT Martin Lady Pacers basketball team from 1969-78. One of Gearin’s former players was Pat Head Summitt (1971-74).
“Nadine has not been able to talk or recognize anyone since June 2,” said Bettye Giles, the former UT Martin women’s athletics director. “I guess it is true what they say about people rallying when they hear someone they know.”
Giles and friends have been putting Summitt on a speaker phone every day, but it wasn’t until Sunday that Gearin recognized the Lady Vols’ head coach.
“She laughed, and I mean belly laughed yesterday while they talked,” Giles said. “It was the first time she recognized us and Pat. She just had a good time.”
Just like any good coach, Summitt was able to get Gearin to rally. Gearin died just a few hours later.
“I heard her voice, and she sounded so good and upbeat,” Summitt said. “She was full of life, and she never lost her spirit. That’s the way I want to remember her.”
To Summitt, Gearin was more than a coach.
“She was a great friend, who cared about her players. Over the years she would watch some of the games and call me a few times, I supposed, with a coaching tip or two,” Summitt said. “The main thing is I don’t want her to suffer anymore.”
Gearin also coached the women’s volleyball team from 1969-73 and the UT Martin badminton club from 1968-70.
She served the university for 40 years, officially retiring June 30, 1997.
She was inducted into the UTM Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988.
Gearin’s basketball teams won the 1970-71 Tennessee College Women’s Sports Federation and won three Western Division titles.
Her 1971-72 team posted the most wins in Lady Pacer history and also became the only basketball team in school history to advance to the national championship tournament.
Gearin sported an overall basketball coaching record of 104-86.
When Kiwanis International allowed women to join its organization, Gearin was one of the first two women inducted into the local chapter in March of 1988.
She was the adviser for the local Kiwanis’ Aktion Club.
“Ms. Nadine was a very hard worker whether it was Kiwanis or athletics,” said Steve Lemond, the treasurer of the Martin Kiwanis Club. “She had a real interest in working with the adults in our Aktion Club. She would help with any project that we had if her schedule allowed her to do so. She will be greatly missed.”
Services for Gearin will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Williams Funeral Home in Greenfield. Visitation is scheduled from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday.
Burial will be in Mount Hermon Cemetery in Greenfield.
The family requests contributions be made to the Gearin Endowment Scholarship at the University of Tennessee at Martin and the Martin Kiwanis Aktion Club.
Gearin was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Viola Gearin.


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President Mnangagwa complimented breadwinners for working hard to provide for their families, which drives the nation’s economic growth.
Good health, a decent living, love, and companionship “matter most in our lives,” President Mnangagwa stated in his New Year’s speech to the nation.
Through concerted efforts, poverty-reduction and prosperity-increase targets were attained and surpassed.
I thank all the diligent breadwinners who ensured their families’ comfort. Our country is on a path to sustainable socioeconomic growth and development thanks to your hard work, said Mnangagwa.
Zimbabweans are “inspired and empowered” by the many “excellent” achievements of the past year, he said.
Reflecting on the milestones achieved in the agriculture and mining subsectors in 2022, when Zimbabwe recorded a self-sufficient crop of wheat and positioned itself for a US$12 billion mining haul by the end of the year, President Mnangagwa said considerable hope abounds for the nation this year.
The President’s expectation for a prosperous year rests on good rains that will power agriculture and the finding and extraction of more minerals.
Mutoko and Mberengwa have new lithium deposits, adding to Bikita and Goromonzi.
Bikita Minerals has been harvesting the mineral for a long time. In Buhera, President Mnangagwa commissioned Sabi Star Mine.
Zimbabwe would mine oil and gas in Muzarabani if exploration is successful. There are positive signs of the availability of natural gas and gas condensates, which can support a larger petroleum industry.
President Mnangagwa stated the focus should be on modernizing, industrializing, and developing the economy by harnessing the country’s natural and people advantages.
“The Second Republic will continue adopting steps to grow our economy, taking advantage of good rains and the engagement and re-engagement agenda,” he stated.
As he traveled the country, the President noted the people’s “hard, honest work” and harmonious interactions.
Through unity of purpose and hard labor, we’ll raise more people out of poverty and into wealth while leaving no one behind. I salute all Zimbabweans, especially villagers.
As he traveled the countryside, he saw that people are surviving through hard, honest work in peace.
President Mnangagwa appealed for peace before, during, and after this year’s elections.
“Fellow Zimbabweans, elections let us exercise our democratic right. We’ll hold harmonised elections next year (this year).
“Mindful that we are a diverse but one people, united by one flag, I urge each of us to remain peaceful and politically mature,” he said.
Defending the nation’s sovereignty, achieved through a protracted liberation struggle, should “serve as a lesson to us all,” as Zimbabweans “march forward together” mindful that “Chimurenga Chepfungwa is a process, not an event.”
“As masters of our own fate, we should also look beyond 2030,” he remarked.


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In which an accident leads to a new position
in a gentleman's household.
Ever wonder how a woman winds up getting banged by a
a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this story
are fictitious. Any resemblance to real people, animals, societies or
incidents is purely coincidental.
1800's. New York City in winter,
were on their way home from a jaunt in the park. Milli's thinly gloved
hands were numb with cold and her breath steamed out as she walked Bruce, her landlady's huge dog.
only looked away for a moment.
a low 'wuff', Bruce tugged the leather lead from her gloved fingers.
Nose to the ground, he galloped ahead then shoved himself through a pair of
double-doors left partly open and disappeared into a deserted four-story
brick office building.
Come back here!" Milli gasped following the dog. Timidly, she peered
through the opened doors. Her coal black curls straggled free of her bun in
the frigid sunlight, escaping the pins she used to tame the riotous waves.
With one hand she clutched her worn wool coat, buttoned at her slim corseted
waist. Gazing about, she discovered that the building appeared to be
completely abandoned. Whatever business had once occupied this establishment
had packed up and left.
she called softly as she crept deeper into the empty building. From
the bottom of a wide stair, she could hear his excited panting and his nails
clicking as he raced up the stairs.
Milli clutched her worn, gray wool skirts and climbed the steps
after her errant canine companion. At the turn of the stairs to the next
floor, Milli spied Bruce's honey-brown haunches and slender wagging tail.
Her low heels tapped lightly as she approached the upstairs hallway. It
looked as though Bruce had found something interesting on the floor of the
upper landing. He was licking the spot with great delight.
not to stare, Milli noticed his red, dog cock poking a few inches
from its furry sheath. Then she blushed hotly, unable to look away. It was
dripping and growing larger. 'He must have caught the scent of a female in
heat somewhere,' she mused. She found herself both intrigued and repelled.
She had never really seen a cock of any kind before. Were they all that
reached out to grab the fallen lead but Bruce lunged up the stairs to
the next floor, nose down and following a scent.
it Bruce!" Milli whispered harshly as she followed him up the next
flight. Somewhat exhausted from her climb, she stopped a moment. Had she
heard something? Was someone else there in the building? She froze in
breathless silence, her ears straining. Hearing nothing, she cautiously
climbed the last stair.
at the top of the stairs, Bruce turned to the left then trotted down
followed, passing empty room after empty room. Her strides were long,
with her ground-sweeping skirts swaying from the swinging of her full hips.
watched as Bruce stopped halfway down the long hall then nosed his way past a door left slightly ajar into one of the rooms.
going to talk to Mrs. Fogerty about getting you gelded!" she threatened>
and hurried into the darkened room Bruce had disappeared into.
In the small shadowy office, Milli could barely see. The dirty
window glass showed only the blank brick wall of the building alongside this
one. Winter sunlight was fading fast as full evening approached. The floor
was knee-deep in black shadows, making the room look empty, no desk or
a snuffling sound right in front of her, Milli crept forward. Her
slick-soled half boots slipped on the dusty floor and she tripped forward
with a muffled squeak. She landed with a woof of expelled air, her feet
flipping her skirt up, over her back. Milli found herself stomach down on a
cushioned stool she hadn't seen. The fall knocked the wind completely out of her.
gasped, stunned for a moment, listening to the click of Bruce's claws on
the floor. Then she felt a cold something on her revealed backside. Still
wheezing for air, she realized it was only Bruce investigating.
found the split in her pantaloons and she bucked in reaction. His cold
wet nose was in her naked privates. She struggled to right herself and get
off of the stool. Bruce took that moment to reach out and taste her exposed
flesh with a warm wet tongue. It was astonishingly pleasurable and Milli
froze in embarrassed delight.
a light yip of astonishment and mortification, she heaved back only to
be thrown forward as Bruce lunged atop her. Held down by Bruce's
considerable weight, she shoved back but he gripped her around the hips with
his front paws laying flat against her back with his full weight. His
panting filled her ears.
had jumped up on her to play before but she could normally push him off.
This time he had her pinned over a stool. Her old boots were slick. Try as
she might, she couldn't find purchase to throw him off.
Down!" she tried but he seemed to be intent on playing. His furry
haunches writhed then bucked against her exposed flanks as he clutched her
hips with his front paws. Then she felt something hard, hot and wet poking
her like a finger, probing her exposed backside. Damp was dribbling down her
thighs and into her pantaloons from somewhere as she struggled with the
heavy dog. A strange thrill and excitement was growing in her vitals.
Bruce lunged with purpose. His hips hammered rapidly against her rump
with determination. The hot finger speared under Milli's privates and she
could feel it sliding against a part of her that was enjoying it immensely.
There was a tiny bit at the top of her feminine slit that was being
stimulated as she had done with her own fingers late at night, in her virgin
bed. A warm delicious heat filled her belly.
suddenly decided that she liked the feeling and she arched up to get
closer to the source of the enjoyable rubbing. Wetness began to seep from
her slit and Milli began to find it hard to breath as lust swept over her in
a heavy wave. Bruce took that moment to reposition.
wet finger slid back along her damp slit then speared forward into her
tight virginal hole to an impossible depth. Milli yelped feeling the rip and
burn as her virginity was sundered. She was stretched wide as Bruce mounted
her fully and deeply. The hot finger pulled back then burrowed its way back
into her moist channel swiftly over and over with the force of a hammer blow. She was rocked forward on the stool as Bruce found what he had
apparently sought and plowed his large slick shaft with incredible speed in
and in and in and in.
writhed on the stool as Bruce plunged on. She could feel moisture
pouring from the shaft within her, soothing the hurt then she felt him rubbing against something deep within. With an abrupt jolt of hot pleasure,
Milli realized she was being hammered toward sudden ecstasy. Her thighs
parted to allow the ongoing intrusion as pleasure boiled in her lower parts
then washed over her in building electric tingles. She heard herself moan
felt her nipples harden and rub against her corset. She grunted rocking
on the stool as Bruce rode her. Suddenly she wanted the pleasure. She wanted
Bruce to hammer into her and take her to that pleasure. She wanted his shaft
buried in her flesh. Her body bucked back against the dog's haunches in
long thick shaft slammed into her and into her. His dog flesh growing,
expanding, filling her, taking her, possessing her, making her the bitch to
God," she moaned softly as she was suddenly overwhelmed with a hard
climax from within. She sighed and sagged on the stool in guilty pleasure.
grunted as he continued to thrust non-stop into her. Milli felt him
work to push something impossibly wide, like a ball, against her. It rode
directly on her pleasure button, hitting it again and again and again. With
a loud moan she felt a second bolt of pleasure burst over her. She cried out
and shuddered with the violent rapture, collapsing on the stool from her
body's greedy pleasure. Moisture oozed from Bruce's shaft and her excitement
seeped from her slit slithering down her thighs.
pulled with his paws and hunched, grunting with effort, redoubling his
determination. Milli felt the ball at the base of his shaft slide on their
combined wetness stretching her abused flesh. With a strange soundless pop,
it slid into her slit bringing several more inches of a very hard Bruce
along with it.
shuddered and moaned as her pleasure button was suddenly stimulated with
every pull and thrust of Bruce's determined haunches. She was filled by his
dog cock to bursting, the shaft impossibly deep and thick within her female
flesh. Milli was suddenly on the verge of another hard wave of boilin
began to whine softly, his shaft moving deeper and with greater speed.
Then suddenly he thrust hard, holding her tight as he burrowed his dog flesh
as far in as he could go. He shuddered over her. He whined, pulling hard and
thrusting deeply once more.
almost swooned as a powerful climax slammed through her. She felt
sudden pressure from his hot dog-cum gushing into her belly with the force
of a hose. Bruce had reached his climax and his dog seed was shooting into
her as if he had been riding a bitch in heat. It began to wash down her legs
as the sheer volume of it was shoved back out to slid down and soak her
had been violated by a dog and had enjoyed it immensely.
moved off of Mille. Then she discovered that his dog cock was still
lodged in her and his seed was continuing to spray into her belly. She was
literally stuck until he had completely finished with her.
evening," said the distinguished gentleman, tipping his glossy top
hat. "I must say, that you have a very fine dog there, Miss."
evening and thank you, Sir." Milli looked up in surprise, her violet
eyes blinking through her wire-rim spectacles. She held the worn leather
lead with both hands. Bruce was not behaving himself.
the gentleman stood a fairly large, solid black Alsatian, more
commonly called the German Shepherd. A magnificent collar studded with onyx
and ruby cabochons gleamed in the light cast by the gaslight post they stood
beneath. The dog stood at attention, his ears up with interest, yet
completely still, without pulling on the ornate leather lead in his master's
hand. His keen nose trembled as he drew in a most delicious scent. His tail
lifted slightly in challenge.
growled and strained to stand between her and the gentleman's unknown
dog. The hackles along the spine of his short honey brown coat were raised
in alarm. His large brown head, wide with intelligence, was lowered in
challenge and his floppy ears were laid back flat with intent to do harm.
Bruce's dog cock slid an inch or so out of its sheath, displaying to the
knowledgeable gentleman and his shepherd, that this was his female. His
sorry, Sir, Bruce is normally far more polite around strange dogs."
Milli was a little bewildered as well as somewhat mussed after her ordeal
less than twenty minutes ago in the abandoned office building. Her long
black mane had completely fallen from its tidy bun to cloak her shoulders in
a riot of shiny blue-black curls. Bruce had been a very bad dog.
I may ask," the gentleman's breath misted from his thin lips in the
chill air, "What breed is your obviously protective Bruce?" The sun
had set and the winter wind had picked up with the fallen night as it raced through
the tall buildings of New York. The gentleman was calm and smiling somewhat, but his eyes seemed cold to Milli. There was a feral glint in his gaze that
she'd learn to mistrust in the eyes of some men.
afraid he is merely a cross-breed, Sir. According to his mistress, his
mother was a pure-blooded Great Dane and his sire was a common, Pit-Bull
Bruce is not your pet?" The gentleman seemed pleased with this.
Sir, he belongs to my house-mistress. Lately she has been housebound
due to a winter ailment. I'm walking Bruce for her."
see." He thought a moment, tugging on his immaculate leather gloves. "And
does your house-mistress know just how affectionate you and Bruce have
Mistress knows that Bruce is very fond of me." Milli could not stop the
blushes from her cheeks. She lowered her eyes in shameful embarrassment.>
'Oh, God,' she thought in panic, 'he couldn't possibly know what Bruce did
to me in that abandoned office building!'
is my card. I should like you to call on me first thing in the
morning." He held out a small white card. "Should you decide not to
I shall be obliged to explain to your mistress exactly what you allowed to
happen this evening, while inside my office building."
stared up at the gentleman in shock. 'He knew, he had seen.' She
whimpered, feeling her knees wobble with fear. "It was an accident!"
Fogerty would kick her out on the streets if she had any idea that Milli was
less than virtuous. God help her if she ever found out about Bruce.
am aware that it was an accident that began it, but your own willingness
to continue was also apparent."
are being cruel sir," Milli could feel tears trying to start.
am offering you employment. I have need of a handsome girl such as
yourself in my household."
Sir, I don't. I mean, I never. I'm not. I'm a good girl, Sir," she
finished miserably then lifted watery eyes to the gentleman. 'Oh, God, how
had he trapped me so easily?'
sure you normally are a very good girl." He pulled out a monogrammed
handkerchief then continued in a gentler tone. "That is precisely why I
have need of you. Here, dry your tears. I can be very generous and I guarantee
that you will thoroughly enjoy your new position." His smile was pointed.
Sir," she said in defeat, dabbing her eyes with his linen
handkerchief. "Thank you, Sir."
I expect you at my address tomorrow morning at nine sharp." His tone
was brusque as he pushed the card into her gloved fingers.
have to work at the shop! I can't possibly."
you can and you will not need to work at whatever shop you currently
find employment. I will be paying your wages from now on."
looked on dumbfounded as he tipped his hat then walked across the
deserted cobblestone street. The black Alsatian turned back to gaze at her.
The distinguished pair faded into the deeper shadows.
had gotten very late and hurried down the cracked walk in the not so
fashionable side of town. Her low heels clicked alongside Bruce's nails on
the cracked pavement.
was in deep trouble.
leaned his heavy warmth against the worn skirts of her over-coat,
relieved that the other dog was gone. He pushed playfully at Milli, pawing
at her skirts. He looked forward to mounting her again, as soon as he could.
lifted the brass knocker on the door to the gentleman's Brownstone
with trepidation and rapped. Trying to gather her courage for the coming
interview, she tidied her best black wool skirt and adjusted her little
feathered Sunday hat perched atop her snugly pinned black curls.
had to talk the gentleman out of whatever nefarious plans he had in mind. She was a good and virtuous girl. She had never even kissed a boy,
never mind anything else. She had to prove to him that she was completely
unsuitable for the mysterious position he was trying to coerce her into.
massive double doors opened and a stern, formally attired manservant
Milli, I presume?" he said in grave tones.
Sir," she squeaked. 'How did he know her name? She didn't remember
ever telling the gentleman her name.'
me." With powerful disinterest, the manservant took her coat and hat
then led her through a hall to a large oaken door. "The Master is awaiting
you in the library. Wait here." He knocked once then left. Milli took a
moment to settle her skirts then tidy her best jacket and shirtwaist.
in," called a voice from within.
opened the door and stepped into a very masculine room crammed with books and knick-knacks. A small blue damask settee sat against one wall with
a petite matching footstool by one corner. An enormous desk commanded the
center of the room. The gentleman from last night was seated in his
shirtsleeves, cravat impeccably knotted at his throat. He was sorting
through papers behind the desk in a huge red leather wingback chair.
the door and please be seated," he said without looking up.
I." Milli began.
will be silent unless I ask you a direct question," he commanded in a
soft steel-bladed tone. "Is that understood?"
sir," she choked. Milli seated herself on the small uncomfortable chair
before the desk and folded her hands in her lap to wait. She had never been
so frightened in her life.
was a knock, then a door that Milli hadn't noticed opened. Nails
clicked on the hardwood floor and the black Alsatian from last night, walked
around the desk to stare inquisitively at Milli. Golden eyes watched her
from an intelligent face. His ears were tall and straight up with curiosity.
His rich collar blazed with blood-colored stones amongst onyx in the
sunlight streaming from the window behind the gentleman.
would like you to meet Adolphe. He is of a very old, very respected
bloodline of Alsatians," the gentle man announced quietly without looking up. Papers rustled on his desk.
put out her hand to the sleek animal. Adolphe stepped forward then a
damp nose touched her bare palm. A long pink tongue snaked out and swept her
hand fleetingly. Taking this as assent, Milli reached out and caressed the
large head then scratched behind his ear.
moved forward under her hand then shoved his nose in her lap. Milli
made a small noise of surprise.
no sudden moves," the gentle man said softly from behind his desk. "Pull up your skirts slowly, to your waist and let Adolphe do as he wishes."
stared up at the gentle man in surprise. She opened her mouth to
as I ask, or things will not go well for you," he growled, staring at
her coldly from across his desk. His eyes were flint.
fiercely, she pulled up her skirt and petticoats while Adolphe
tried to work his nose deeper into her lap. She bunched the fabric at her
waist and Adolph buried his nose in the crotch of her silk pantaloons
your thighs," the gentleman hissed, no longer pretending to ignore
events. "Have you had relations with a man Milli?" he asked very softly.
Slowly, so as not to disturb the curious dog, the gentleman rose from his
chair then walked around to the corner of his desk.
acute embarrassment, Milli opened her thighs to the questing dog. Adolphe's cold nose brushed her short curls as he discovered the opening in her
underwear. His tongue swept out and lapped at her exposed mons.
I asked you a question." The gentleman watched the dog's
investigations from where he leaned on the corner of his desk, arms crossed
Sir," her voice squeaked in mortification. "I have not." Adolphe
pulled his nose out of her privates and jumped up. His large forepaws landed on her
plump thighs as he stood on the floor. His head towered over hers. He
suddenly licked her face in eagerness. Milli felt a giggle bubble up from
within and barely restrained it. She patted Adolphe who licked her palm
again. Then she saw that Adolphe's dog cock had slid a few inches from its
furry sheath. The red flat head splayed in anticipation.
good, Milli. Now, I want you to slowly get up and come over here."
leaned forward to rise and Adolphe got down. She turned to see that
the gentleman had seated himself on the damask settee. Gathering her skirts,
she rose from the chair and took the few steps toward the settee. Adolphe
hovered at her side and put one paw up on her skirt.
me your spectacles then take off your clothes to your corset," she was
ordered. "Pull the pins from your hair."
froze in terror. 'Take off my clothes? Am I to be ravished?' Suddenly
it was too much. She wanted to go home, she wanted it to be yesterday
morning. She wanted.
you are thinking of leaving, it is already too late." The gentleman
smiled thinly and coldly. "My man of business has already gone to your
residence and settled your account with your landlady, Mrs. Fogerty and my
servants have collected your things. Even now your room is being prepared.
You are now in my employ and subject to my wishes."
Milli began, reeling in shock. "You can't possibly."
you attempt to leave without my permission," he continued in his
hard voice, "I will arrange to have you arrested for theft. I'm sure
something can be hidden amongst your personal belongings to ensure that you
are persecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
could you?" Milli whispered. She felt like dropping through the floor.
Do not make me ask you again."
was powerless to disobey and meekly did as she was told. Tears slid
down her cheeks as she unhooked her jacket then undid the tapes to her
skirt. Her fingers fumbled with the tiny buttons as she opened her blouse
and pulled it free. She dropped her petticoats, revealing the worn silk
finery of her ribboned chemise and ruffled pantaloons with all her delicate
repairs obvious in the light of his office.
and acutely embarrassed, she stood in her leather half boots and
black wool stockings. The fine worn silk of her chemise under her best
corset did nothing to hide the fullness of her up-thrust breasts or the pale
tint and hard buttons of her chilled nipples. Nor did the silk of her
pantaloons hide the darkness of her nether curls.
gentleman held out his hand and took her belongings, laying them across
the cushions of the settee. She pulled the pins from her hair and it fell in
dark shining waves about her shoulders and down her back in a riot of
a good girl, very pretty," the gentleman encouraged. "Now, lay
across this stool as you did last night for your Bruce, facing me."
she positioned herself on her belly across the footstool, her
palms on the floor. Once again, she felt the cold damp of a canine nose as
Adolphe explored the split in her pantaloons. A warm tongue snaked out and
tasted her exposed plump female flesh.
very good," the gentleman sighed as Adolphe lapped at her with a
shivered as warmth began to gather in her belly from the rough dog
tongue. The hot memory of Bruce's dog cock buried in her flesh, his
possession of her, pleasuring her, fucking her, slammed into her thoughts.
She could feel excitement building, making her damp and ready.
you known the carnal attentions of a man Milli?" the gentleman asked
Sir, never." Milli found it hard to think as her body warmed to Adolphe
's tongue and she let out an unconscious moan. Moisture gathered and pooled
in her nether mouth. Her body wanted this attention, the rising pleasure and
the coming invasion. Without thought, she opened herself wider to Adolphe's
sudden eagerness, as though tasting something sweet, the tongue lapped
vigorously and roughly at her sensitive flesh. Adolphe lapped and lapped
with his long coarse tongue, slurping and digging in deep to find more.
see," continued the gentleman. "I have discovered that all of my prize
dogs breed well when they are allowed to, shall we say -- fuck? Regularly,"
the gentleman said softly. "They also seem to be far more manageable."
curled in Milli's belly then in a sudden and unexpected rush,
shameful pleasure screamed up from her vitals. "Oh my God!" was startled
out of her in a soft exclamation. She collapsed on the stool in shuddering
never been touched by a man. Excellent," said the gentleman. "Now,
Adolphe is a fine and sensitive animal. He needs constant care and attention
to keep him in top breeding form. Constant and regular --sex."
felt the dog pull away then woofed as his heavy body came down on top of
her. Milli whimpered in mortification, knowing what was going to happen
next. Dreading it. Craving it. Dripping with sudden carnal excitement.
bitches do not go into heat often enough, nor do I want
un-pedigreed pups, so I have been forced to find another way to keep my dogs
in top breeding condition."
paws scrabbled for purchase then hooked around her corseted waist.
His panting filled her ears. The fur of his quivering haunches brushed the
backs of her thighs. She felt the long heated finger of his dog cock
pressing wetly against the seam of her buttocks. He pulled with his forepaws
and she felt his hot, pointed dog cock poking rapidly against her backside,
sliding under, questing for the entrance to her body. His heated flesh slid
in the wetness of her excitement and spent pleasure. The quivering finger
rubbed against her sensitive pleasure button and she tensed with
have been several candidates. Several women, carefully trained and
paid very well, to kneel before my prize animals and service them. To our
glanced up and watched as the gentleman unfastened his breeches. With
a sigh he freed himself and Milli saw a human cock for the first time. He
spread his legs wide, and she saw the hairy sack that held his seed. Gently
he wrapped his fist around his shaft then slowly stroked his length. He
smiled, his flint hard eyes narrowed in concentration. The shaft thickened
and swelled in his hand until it was rigid with eagerness. He pulled on it
wetting his palm with spit and sighed, sliding his fist over the swollen
my finest stud dog, however, cannot abide a woman who has been
previously mounted by a human male." The gentleman grunted in slight
annoyance. "Therefore I have been in need of a woman who is basically a
virgin, yet someone who is familiar and perhaps finds pleasure in coupling with a dog. Someone I can train myself," he paused. "Someone obedient.
Such as yourself." He smiled and licked his lips.
repositioned and shoved. Milli felt his dog cock spear into her wet and very willing body, she choked as he filled her then rapidly hammered her
mercilessly, fucking her body for all he was worth. She rocked on the stool
mewling in combined pleasure and humiliation as Adolphe thrust and thrust
and thrust. His paws pulled her back onto his dripping dog cock, filling
her with his heated flesh, possessing her as his bitch and riding her for
so we come to your position," the gentleman panted as he sought his own
settee. His hand moved quickly, making an obscene slapping sound as he>
stroked himself in time to Adolphe's thrusts.
moaned as she felt the heat of pleasure swell in her belly as Adolphe
fucked and fucked and fucked her. She writhed as ecstasy shivered then
cascaded in electric shocks at the base of her spine. Her back arched to
take more, to have more, to feel more of the dog cock. She was rewarded as
and pushing at her sensitive pleasure point. She almost screamed as she was>
shoved to the very edge of ecstatic release.
shall be Adolphe's mistress," the gentleman said breathlessly. "His
possess." His hand flew, pulling and stroking on his own blunt shaft. His
back arched with tension. "His to fuck."
shuddered as Adolphe's thrusts carried her over the edge and she
howled as her pleasure overcame her. Adolphe suddenly increased his tempo,
his knot sliding on the moisture of her greedy shameful pleasure. With a
groan he thrust hard and his knot slipped within Milli's wanton body, adding
inches to the dog cock buried in her flesh.
God yes," hissed the gentleman, lost in the sight of the young girl
impaled and shuddering on the hard cock of the large Alsatian. Her violet
eyes dilated with rapture, her mouth open and panting in time to the
thrusting animal that rode her, bitch to his dog. "Being fucked by my dog,"
he moaned, inflamed by the sight.
continued to thrust rapidly even as his buried flesh swelled,
pulling on Milli's sensitive woman flesh until she felt the sudden lightning
bolt rise of pleasure yet again and she trembled. The dog whined over her
then shuddered and froze. She felt the gush of his seed spraying into her.
She cried out, pushed over the edge to her own climax as Adolphe poured his
pleasure into her battered flesh.
hand gripped her hair and lifted her face. The gentleman dropped, moaning,
to his knees on the floor then pushed his cock against her tongue. Damp
spattered her lips as the gentleman spewed his seed in long ropes into her
open mouth. Roughly he thrust into her open mouth and poured spray after
spray down her throat. His salty essence dripped onto the floor as Milli>
choked on her first taste of human cum.
and spattered with cum from the dog and his master. Milli closed her
eyes and lay across the stool still intimately locked to the heavy Alsatian.
The dog moved and Milli winced. She grabbed the collar to keep him from
tearing himself from her delicate flesh.
now you know what your position and duties in my household will be,"
said the gentleman. He wiped his hands on a handkerchief and tidied himself
as he sat back on the settee. "You will service Adolphe and occasionally
myself at the same time. In return you shall want for nothing. You will be
well paid, well dressed and have a suite of your own. Adolphe will reside
with you in your suite to mount you whenever he pleases, oh and one more thing."
raised her head as the gentleman lifted something from the cushions of
the settee. He leaned forward. With great pride he showed her a collar that>
matched Adolphe's, encrusted with ruby and onyx cabochons.
collar?" she asked in dismay.
belong to Adolphe and are his property," he smiled, "but to both of
I am Master." Kneeling before her, he placed the leather collar around
throat then fastened it with a tiny padlock. He patted her damp curls then
rose. "For you, I have no other name but Master." He smiled with cruelty.
Master?" she whimpered in humiliation.
shall keep your cunt virgin from all other human intercourse, servicing
I am but a convenience for a dog," she whispered softly in despair.
Milli felt Adolphe's knot loose its hold within her flesh and slip out. His
copious dog cum seeped out of her, soaking her stockings, her undergarments
and the expensive rug beneath her. Adolphe turned around and pushed his way
under her arm, and she stroked his sleek head without thought. Gently he
licked her face.
shall take great delight in presenting the two of you on paired leashes
at the next Breeder's Society meeting. You will make a handsome couple."
us? Together?" she sputtered in shame.
course. Did you think you were the only Dog Mistress?"
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this story
portion thereof, in any form. No part may be reproduced in any form without
explicit written permission from the author. All wrongs revenged.
Copyright (C) 2002 Falchon
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It was not, as they say in the space-launch business, nominal. Four minutes into Thursday’s launch of the giant SpaceX Starship, the unmanned rocket blew up at an altitude of 18 miles. The 390-foot-tall launch vehicle, the largest and most powerful anyone has ever attempted to launch into space, has long been a lynchpin of Elon Musk’s ambitions to someday colonize Mars, and its failure interrupted what had been a remarkable string of successes for SpaceX. Yet as the fireball ballooned across the sky, the mood on the ground was anything but somber, as the crowd that had gathered to watch erupted in whoops and cheers. “Congrats @SpaceX team on an exciting test launch of Starship!” Musk tweeted in the aftermath. “Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months.”
The vehicle consists of two stages: The first, called the Super Heavy, is powered by a cluster of 33 Raptor engines and returns to Earth after each launch, and the Starship is a second stage powered by six Raptor engines and designed to soar into orbit and beyond. The whole stack together weighs some 11 million pounds — about twice as much as the Saturn V rocket that carried Apollo astronauts to the moon.
The launch had originally been scheduled for Monday but was scrubbed due to a stuck valve. The weather on Thursday looked promising, and SpaceX set a launch window beginning at 9:28 a.m. local time. At 9:33 a.m., the energetic crowd of onlookers chanted the countdown and a blossom of flame billowed from the base of the Super Heavy. At first, the rocket seemed to follow its planned trajectory, but not all was right: Five of the 33 Raptor engines were visibly dark, suggesting that they had failed to ignite and, hence, to provide thrust.
Worse was to come. Two minutes into the flight, the Starship was supposed to separate from the Super Heavy and continue to orbit while the first stage rotated and fired its rockets in the reverse direction. But that didn’t happen. As the seconds ticked by, a camera inside the rocket housing showed the Starship’s second-stage engines remaining unlit and the fairings linking the rocket’s two halves still uncleaved. The view from the ground showed the whole rocket yawing away from the direction of flight, doing a full 180, then continuing to rotate. “This does not appear to be a nominal situation,” one of the event’s announcers observed. Nine seconds later, the rocket exploded.
On the ground, the crowd of spectators oohed, then clapped, then burst into cheers — an elation that stands in marked contrast to the stony silence that has traditionally met NASA launch failures. Observers say the difference in emotional reaction reflects SpaceX’s Silicon Valley–inspired approach to the testing process. “It’s a failing-forward culture,” says space architect Phnam Bagley. “Early explosions of new rockets are actually a good thing. If everything goes well, you don’t know what’s going to go wrong next time.”
SpaceX has long taken an almost celebratory approach to its mishaps. Five years ago, it released a video titled “How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster” that showed a montage of its explosive failures set to jaunty Monty Python theme music.
The lighthearted framing is very much a product of SpaceX’s owner and public face. Musk styles himself as a cheeky bon vivant and frequently indulges his fondness for puns and numbers with racy connotations — notably, “420” and “69.” This enthusiasm has occasionally landed him in hot water — as in 2018, when he faced charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission for tweeting that he could take Tesla private for $420 per share. The statement’s hilarity was debatable, but the SEC interpreted it as straightforward securities fraud.
Did Musk’s love of naughty numbers get him in trouble with the Starship’s debut as well? It happened that the launch date was April 20 — known as “Doge Day” in honor of the joke cryptocurrency Musk has been sued for promoting. The timing may have been a coincidence, but it’s not impossible to imagine the boss pushing his engineers to meet a “hilarious” deadline they weren’t quite ready for.


by CAROLINE GAVURA Section Editor
Solange Knowles, Beyoncé Knowles’ sister who is best known for her role in “Bring it On: All or Nothing”, was caught on camera in a viral video attacking Beyoncé’s husband, Jay Z, in a hotel elevator following the Met Gala.
After seeing Jay Z and designer Rachel Roy get a little too close at the Met Gala after party at the Standard Hotel, the Knowles sisters were not happy. Solange even confronted Roy and told her to back off from her sister’s man while the group partied in the hotel’s Boom Boom Room.
Despite Knowles’ biting words, Roy did not back down, which called for even more fighting. Eventually, Jay and Beyoncé broke them up before things got too crazy, and left the party.
Jay claimed Solange was out of line calling out Roy, and wanted to continue partying at Rihanna’s after party across town. Beyoncé, on the other hand, wanted to go home to baby girl Blue Ivy.
What caused even more tension was Solange’s idea that Roy would be at Rihanna’s party. This caused Solange to violently attack Jay in the hotel elevator, which was caught on camera.
The three minute-long video includes Solange swinging and kicking at Jay Z, only to be held back by a bodyguard. Beyoncé seemed unaffected by what was going on as she stood idle while her sister screamed and threw punches at her husband.
“It wasn’t right for Solange to get physically violent, but she had a right to voice her concerns! Sounds like she was trying a little too hard to be a good sister. She was just trying to back up Beyoncé and make sure Jay Z was treating her right,” said junior Michelle Barclay.
The Standard Hotel has released a statement saying they have fired the person responsible for leaking the footage of the fight. They have also agreed to hand over whatever is necessary for a criminal investigation.
Solange, Jay Z, and Beyoncé have also broken their silence by releasing a statement shorty after the video was posted.
“As a result of the public release of the elevator security footage from Monday, May 5th, there has been a great deal of speculation about what triggered the unfortunate incident. But the most important thing is that our family has worked through it,” the trio said in a statement to the Associated Press.
Beyoncé also took to Instagram to post multiple pictures of her and Solange, all smiles and hugging. There are also rumors that Jay took Solange shopping for diamond jewelry soon after the fight.
“I’m glad they moved past what had happened that night. I felt so bad that such a private thing was leaked all over the internet. It is good they are staying positive in a situation like this,” said junior Liz Marchese.
What do you think about the Jay Z/Solange fight? Do you think Solange should have gotten physical?


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How much do the cast and crew behind A Wrinkle in Time love A Wrinkle in Time, the Madeleine L’Engle book that the movie’s based on? You may be unsurprised to hear that the answer is a lot, and they’re more than happy to tell you in this latest, delightful, look behind the scenes of the film.
Honestly, while you wouldn’t expect the cast and crew of an adaptation to tell you anything otherwise, it’s genuinely lovely to hear Reese Witherspoon, Storm Reid, Ava DuVernay, and premiere book club aficionado Oprah gush about why they loved L’Engle’s classic novel.
It’s an added benefit, then, that we also get to see a few more snippets of the film itself, which looks sumptuous. But honestly, I kind of just want to see the Oprah’s Book Club roundtable of this entire cast discussing A Wrinkle In Time as much as I want to see the movie now.
A Wrinkle In Time hits theaters March 9.


Rep. Charlie Collins’ bill to force Arkansas colleges and universities to allow staff members to carry concealed weapons on campus passed the House today 66-25. It was amended to allow colleges to add some additional training for pistol packers — a course for dealing with “active shooters.” But this is not required and the guns must be permitted in any case.
Collins tried to pass this in 2013 but was forced to amend the bill to allow colleges to choose if they wanted weapons or not. Not one did.
The bill goes first to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where opposition is expected.
Here’s today’s roll call. About what you’d expect.


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A retired judge of Karnataka High Court, M.F. Saldanha has recently said that Christians in Karnataka State are under an unprecedented wave of persecution. He has also termed Karnataka as “the Rogue State No.1”. Unfortunately for Saldanha, he himself admits that the State has not recorded any killing in this season of “persecution”.
Despite the horror stories trotted out by Saldanha and his friends about the unprecedented “persecution of Christians in Karnataka” it is interesting to not that there has not been a single instance of Christians fleeing the State and migrating to neighboring states!
The same retired judge had alleged last year that there were 1,000 attacks against Christians in Karnataka at that time. . Asked for the details of the attacks, Saldanha failed to provide me with the list of names of churches and even dates of attacks. Thus, his baseless charges against the State government now also reflect his shocking ignorance of the real religious situation in Karnataka.
I have been a freelance journalist writing regularly for several newspapers for the past thirty five years. Like most of those who have to regularly write for newspapers I need factual information. So, I diligently file press clippings so that I don’t slip up on accuracy.
I am the founder and coordinator of the Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue (BIRD), promoting pluralism, tolerance and understanding for a society, free of all prejudices. It provides a platform for addressing issues which are causes for religious/communal tension/resentment by inviting people of all faiths to share through it the richness of their various religious traditions and experiences.
In addition, I am at present a member of the Karnataka State Minorities Commission, representing the Christian community in the State. As a member of the Commission I have visited several places where alleged attacks against Christians took place and interacted with the victims of the alleged violence and also government officials to find out the facts behind attacks.
As far back as 2002, I was part of a fact finding team that enquired into the attack on the Holy Family Church at Hinkal in Mysore. Its report is available on the internet. In the same manner, I was a member of another fact-finding team that exposed the political conspiracy behind the Mangalore incidents of violence against Christians in 2008.
So, I have the first hand information about several of the alleged attacks against Christians in Karnataka. I can thus confidently say that the incidents of violence against Christians in Karnataka have been few and far between. However, all of them have been blown out of proportion and internationalised by a handful of leaders from the Christian community and by unscrupulous politicians. They are using ordinary Christians as pawns in their hands for their narrow selfish ends.
Reasons for Attacks
The reasons for the attacks against certain Christian groups are not difficult to ascertain. Simply put, they are a reaction to the “aggressive faith marketing,” propaganda, and mindless evangelism and conversions through foul and unethical means indulged in by Christian missionaries who denigrate and make fun of Hindu gods and abuse Hindu rituals as barbaric.
Father Adolf Washington of the Archdiocese of Bangalore wrote in a Bangalore daily:: “There are several groups of people doing the rounds in Bangalore adopting persuasive techniques not just to convert people but also to spread animosity against mainstream Christian denominations. They hurl invectives against the teachings of Christian denominations and even induce people to tender a written ‘resignation’ to the pastor or priest. Since some of these groups do not even accept the divinity of Christ, in effect, their conversion should not be understood as conversion to Christianity but to their organisation. Mainstream Christian denominations do not go on a conversion spree, only splinter groups and cultic groups do so probably for some self-gain.”
Karnataka has suddenly become the principal target for a wide range of western Christian missions, especially after the BJP government came to power in 2008. The leaders of these groups are determined to spread “the Good News” to Karnataka’s “unreached” people. The tragedy is that politically ambitious so-called Christians like Saldanha who claim to be the spokesmen and defenders of the Indian Christian community spread distress and divisions and fan the flames of hatred against peace-loving Hindu community. They spread the venom of communal hatred like butter on hot bread. To all appearances, these Christian leaders enjoy the grace and favour of the Congress Party-led Government of India. This encouragement helps the growth of powerful elements of separatism and disunity in the country. It is well-known to political observers in Karnataka that Saldanha has been currying favour with Congress leaders and waiting in the wings for a plum post in the Party.
Animosity against Christians
Saldanha is ignorant of the fact that Christians are a tiny minority in this country/state. Their attitudes often elicit counter-reaction from the lunatic fringe of Hindu community who sometimes incite violence against Christians. Many preachers of the Christian Gospel rattle off verses from the Bible to preach hellfire and damnation to those who do not agree with their interpretations of the contents of the Bible. They lay enticing traps for people whom they think must be “saved” at all costs. One hopes that the Christian merchants of hate including the retired judge will soon realize that theirs is a losing battle even if they derive their financial and other means of support from foreign funding agencies for their nefarious activities.
Simply put, the animosity against Christians is a reaction to the aggressive faith-marketing and mindless evangelism by thousands of foreign-funded, cultic, fundamentalist, fanatic and revivalist Christian groups and their half-baked preachers working among the wretched of the Indian earth. They denigrate Hindu gods and abuse Hindu rituals as barbaric. They are the root cause of tension between Christian and Hindu communities. Why should anybody be surprised if the so-called “extremists” among Hindus are offended and react violently? Invariably, incidents of violence against Christians are always bloated out of proportion and internationalized. It is, therefore, urgent that leaders of the established mainline churches, known for their erudition, equipoise, and empathy came out in the open and disowned such provocative acts of intolerance of the fundamentalist Christian groups masquerading as real Christians.
The real source of danger to the Indian Christian community is not the handful of Hindu extremists but the self-styled saviours of Christianity who assert that they alone are the holders of valid visas to heaven and paradise.
Yes, no civil society should condone violence. But mere condemnation is not a method to avert the repetition of violence. We have to find out if the violence is deliberate and unprovoked, or due to provocation. If it is the former, then there is one set of solutions, which mostly involves applying the law and severely punishing the perpetrators of the violence. However, if there is provocation, then we have to study the issue in greater detail. We have to understand why there has been a provocation for the violence, and who are the persons or organisations behind the provocation.
It is high time people like Saldanha made an earnest attempt to appreciate this basic fact. That would be true humility if that is indeed possible for them to manifest. The retired judge and his friends should apologize for their irresponsible and unsubstantiated comments that Karnataka is “the number one rogue state” in the Indian Union. They should also check and re-check their facts before deciding to disparage Hindu “extremists” in their utterances and reports.
The only way out
When greater inter-religious understanding and mutual respect is the need of the hour, leveling wild accusations that do not have any foundation is dangerous gamesmanship.
Hindu “fundamentalism” is a reaction to the provocations of Christian proselytizers. Under attack, Hindus have partly woken up to the need for self-protection and self-preservation. When they attack such Christian proselytizers they generate much criticism, especially from pseudo secularists and from the media world-wide.
People like me, who have some access to the media and are still in control of our betz cells know that all such propaganda is being peddled in the name of a bogey man called Sangh Parivar. If one is honest in one’s analysis, it is not the Sangh Parivar but certainly the actions of Christian proselytizers and jihadi Muslims who challenge the religious sensitivities of the Hindu majority in the State.
The Sangh Parivar bogey man will disappear if the mainline Churches in India come out openly and affirm that they are taking a solemn pledge in the name of Jesus Christ to abide by his admonition not to go miles to make a proselyte. If they can do that, the so-called Sangh Parivar will disappear.
India and its tolerance for the diversity of its religious communities were built up over thousands of years. But, it looks like if individuals like Saldanha and his like-minded friends are not checked and their false propaganda countered, your children and the children of India’s minorities will have no future anywhere near the equity and fairness that they have so far enjoyed despite India being a predominantly Hindu nation.
Be that as it may, can Saldanha, the self-styled leader of the Christian community, light a candle amidst the encircling gloom spread by the religious conversionists of both fundamental Christianity and Jehadi Islam?
With malice towards none, and charity towards all, Indian Christians like me remain true to our guide and spiritual leader, the Jesus of Nazareth. Peace, Shanti, Salam, and Shalom!
About the Author: P.N. Benjamin is the Coordinator of Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue(BIRD) , Member, Karnataka State Minorities Commission and Freelance journalist with 35 years experience
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What do we have? Is it a Department of Justice (DOJ), or is it a Department of Injustice? Does the DOJ uncover and reveal the truth, or does it bury lies under webs of deceit?
When the Democrats made their lunatic claims that President Donald Trump had colluded with the Russians to steal the election, they relentless pressured our new Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, to recuse himself from the matter. Then a subordinate, Rod Rosenstein, promptly appointed a special counsel, Robert Mueller, to investigate whether Trump had colluded with the Russians. Yet more and more it seems as if we need to investigate the investigators.
Why do heads seem to be rolling—or at least tilting—at the Department of Justice and FBI?
Eight high ranking Department of Justice and FBI officials have been removed, reassigned or are rumored to be leaving. They include the top FBI agents who worked on two of the agency’s most high-profile investigations in the past two years: the probe into Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information as secretary of state, and the Trump-Russia collusion investigation.
There’s been a great deal of news coverage about allegations of collusion between President Trump and Russia; much of the reporting apparently accurate and some of it not.
Less attention has been given to concurrent investigations that seem to be claiming scalps even if indirectly.
The investigations into the investigators include Congressional inquiries and a multi-faceted probe launched by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz surrounding the FBI decision not to prosecute Clinton. Specifically, Horowitz—who was appointed by President Obama—said he’s reviewing:
- Allegations that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik should have recused themselves.
- Allegations of improper political contacts by Kadzik.
- Allegations that Justice Department and FBI employees improperly disclosed non-public information and were influenced by improper considerations in releasing certain documents just before the 2016 election.
Below are some of the players. Their inclusion in this article does not imply any wrongdoing. None of those mentioned are formally accused of any improper activities. Their past or pending job status may not be related to the controversies discussed. To the extent that any have commented, they firmly deny any misconduct and are staunchly defended by supporters and colleagues. (continued here)
To stave off a law suit, Attkisson states the obvious. Most of the people she names in the article have yet to be charged with anything. They may be guilty of nothing other than refusing to step aside from an investigation where their behavior reeks of partisanship. Nevertheless, if their partisanship made them see evidence of guilt when none is there, even that would be a huge problem
Yet what is the typical response we get when we express concerns that the FBI’s investigations into Hillary Clinton and Trump may have been tainted? We get shrill screams damning us for suggesting that the personnel in the FBI may not be loyal Americans. Yet no one has suggested that the rank and file of FBI is corrupt. The primary concern is that the previous administration may have corrupted the leadership.
It is time Congress took over the investigation and asked Robert Mueller to show what he has. Consider.
- The Obama administration apparently used national intelligence sources to monitor Trump’s team during the transition.
- Muellar’s team has had months and still has no evidence Trump colluded with the Russians.
- The stinking evidence we do have strongly suggests Democrats colluded with the Russians and the DOJ to frame Trump.
- The stinking evidence we do have strongly suggests that for partisan reasons the FBI refused to prosecute Hillary Clinton when it had clear evidence of wrong doing.
If a special prosecutor was ever needed, then it appears Rosenstein appointed one to investigate the wrong people.
It is time for the Republicans in Congress to show some backbone. It is becoming more and more obvious the investigation into Trump’s collusion with the Russians was a frame-up, and the people who set up the frame-up are now ripe for exposure. Seize the moment. If need be, send some of these people jail.


Sadly, Week 2 of Viadoom doesn’t seem to be going nearly as smoothly as Week 1 went. Hang in there.
The Seattle Times and SeattleMet report on Mayor Durkan’s pick for the city’s CTO/IT director.
Crosscut and Erica Barnett cover Council member Sawant’s effort to place a moratorium on mobile-home park redevelopment.
The Urbanist has an update on the Sound Transit 3 alignment planning to West Seattle and Ballard.
Seattle Times has an op-ed arguing for the importance of reforming the eviction process.


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Many believe Steve Bannon’s indictment explains why Attorney General Bill Barr was in such a rush to fire and replace Geoffrey Berman as the head of the SDNY.
Steve Bannon Newsmax TV host of its nightly show “War Room,” which offers a psychotic heavy conspiracy far right-wing political analysis, was arrested this morning. Bannon has been indicted along with three others for allegedly defrauding donors to a $25 million fundraising campaign to build a wall along the southern border by Federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York (SDNY).
The Acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Audrey Strauss said Steve Bannon, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea were arrested Thursday morning. Bannon, 66, was taken into custody by agents from the U.S. Postal Service, a law enforcement source said and is set to appear before a federal judge in Manhattan.
Ironically, President Trump in a July tweet referenced this privately constructed section of “Wall” built by this “private group which raised money by ads.” Trump said, “it was only done to make me look bad, and perhaps [sic] it now doesn’t even work. Should have been built like rest of Wall, 500 plus miles.”
Trump, of course, has not built 500 miles of Wall. Monies authorized by the Obama Administration was used to refurbish 300 miles of the southern border fence and has built just three miles of new Wall.
Others involved in this “We Build the Wall” project that now appears to be an elaborate scam include former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Sheriff David Clarke, and Curt Schilling, none of whom were named in the Federal indictment.
The four men named in the indictment made public today are accused of defrauding hundreds of thousands of people who donated to the “We Build the Wall” fundraising campaign that more than $25 million to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the indictment.
Federal prosecutors in today’s released indictment say donors were repeatedly assured that 100% of the money raised would be used to build the Wall. Still, those claims say SDNY prosecutors were false. Kolfage, Badolato and Bannon allegedly signed off on those assertions knowing that donors would be encouraged to donate if they believed all funds were going toward wall construction.
According to the criminal indictment of Bannon and the three others alleges...
“Some of those donors wrote directly to Kolfage that they did not have a lot of money and were skeptical about online fundraising campaigns, but they were giving what they could because they trusted Kolfage would keep his word about how their donations would be spent,”
Instead, the Justice Department indictment claims all four of the men profited from the fundraising scheme.
Bannon, one of Newsmax TV far-right-wing hosts allegedly received more than $1 million from “We Build the Wall,” which was funneled through a nonprofit he controlled and some of which was used to cover his personal expenses and pay Kolfage.
According to SDNY indictment, Kolfage, who organized the campaign, received more than $350,000 from money donated to “We Build the Wall,” which he then used to pay for “home renovations, payments toward a boat, a luxury SUV, a golf cart, jewelry, cosmetic surgery, personal tax payments, and credit card debt.”
To hide the payments from the fundraising campaign, federal prosecutors said the four men routed money through the nonprofit and a shell company controlled by Shea. The men concealed the money using fake invoices and fraudulent vendor arrangements to ensure the scheme remained confidential, according to the indictment.
“Although “We Build the Wall” spent money on the construction of the border wall, hundreds of thousands of dollars were siphoned out of We Build the Wall for the personal use and benefit of Kolfage, Bannon, Badolato, and Timothy Shea,” federal prosecutors said.
Under an arrangement reached by Bannon, Kolfage and Badolato days after the fundraising campaign was launched, Kolfage was to be secretly paid $100,000 upfront and then $20,000 per month, according to the SDNY indictment.
To keep the deal out of public view, Bannon agreed to funnel payments from We Build the Wall to Kolfage through the nonprofit he controlled. This is known as “structuring” and could lead to RICO and income tax charges being added to the indictment, charges at a later date.
Kolfage received the $100,000, as stipulated by the agreement with Bannon and Badolato, in February 2019. For the next two months, Kolfage was paid $20,000 in what federal prosecutors described as a “monthly salary,” according to the indictment.
Beginning in April 2019, Kolfage received subsequent $20,000 payments through other third-party entities that purported to be vendors for We Build the Wall, federal prosecutors said.
According to the indictment, the men learned “We Build the Wall” was under federal criminal investigation in October 2019 and “after that took additional steps to conceal the fraudulent scheme.”
Each of the four is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, federal prosecutors said. Each carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
While President Trump could come to Steve Bannon’s rescue with a pardon for all four men, its more than likely that these same charges could be made by Cyrus Vance Jr., the Manhattan DA, or the New York State Attorney General Letitia James. The four could then be at risk of being incarcerated in NY state prison rather than a federal penitentiary because the prison conditions are so much worse. A pardon by Trump, even after the election, is not likely.
Another irony, Cyrus Vance Jr., appears to be on the verge of indicting President Donald J. Trump, his company Trump International and a handful of its executives. Steve Bannon and his three accused accomplices could very well wind up in the same New York State prison as President Trump.


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by Alessia Cerantola
The long-term Japanese plan of reprocessing radioactive waste is still waiting in Rokkasho. The village, located in northeastern Aomori Prefecture in the Tohoku region, has become from 1980s onwards a centre for various energy developments, especially nuclear power.
It is a pole of attractions for researchers from all over the world and it is the site of multiple facilities of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. One of the most ambitious project in Rokkasho is the Reprocessing Plant for uranium and plutonium. But after decades and billion of dollars spent, the trial operations are still undergoing and the plant is not in function yet and in the near future.
It is estimated that about 3,000 tons of highly radioactive used nuclear fuel stored in Rokkasho at current, that risk to fire if the cooling systems fail.
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Living with antiques does not mean living in your great grandmother’s home. Still, living with antiques AND making the environment modern and of refined taste is very, very difficult and rarely accomplished to perfection. The Gouda-based Dutch Interior Design firm of Decoration Empire is one of those few studios that strike the right balance between the old and the new in an infinitely sophisticated manner. Perhaps being at the crossroads of Europe gives them an edge over the rest of us?
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text: Once, basic elements of identity were seen as unchangeable. If your mother is or was a Jew, then you are a Jew. If your father is or was liberal, then you too are liberal. Any shift from these home identities was considered radical and thought of as a conversion. But this is no longer true. An increasing number of people simply don’t accept their parents’ markers of identity. They see identity as something they create themselves. Our identities are no longer essential; they are constructed.""Rabbi Michael Sternfeld, my colleague at Chicago Sinai Congregation, writes, “maybe we should simply stop trying to say who qualifies and who does not. Instead we should be asking: who can we count on and whether they identify with the aspirations and values of the Jewish people.” I would rather draw boundaries based upon whether someone is an Ohev Yisrael, a lover of the Jewish religion, than based upon the purity of their religious commitments or the purity of their DNA."


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Reeling from a painful betrayal in her marriage as the Covid pandemic takes hold in New York City, Alice packs up her family and flees to their vacation home in Maine. She hopes to find sanctuary--from the uncertainties of the exploding pandemic and her faltering marriage. But the locals are far from friendly.
Wise about humans' ambivalent feelings and often wryly funny ... Alice's relentless, un-comma-ed overthinking of everything is both relatable and entertaining, as is Shetterly's ability to zero in on how many of us were feeling in the summer of 2020 ... You could be annoyed by the family's wealth, with two luxurious homes and an endless stream of Amazon purchases. I was, initially. But I became involved in their lives and in hoping they'd use their time in Maine to find a way back to each other.
Tender ... Shetterly is attuned to quicksilver changes in the family dynamic ... Shetterly is particularly good at showing how caring for children can test a relationship ... Shetterly does not allow Pete the airtime she grants Alice. We get three third-person chapters from Pete’s point of view and nine first-person chapters narrated by his wife ... In certain moments, Shetterly’s debut achieves a subtle grace, a quality of light and shadow worthy of a Bergman film.
I loved reading this book, which I gulped down in two otherwise busy days. I resisted and also relished its bizarro details of the day the world ground to a halt ... Some obvious pandemic markers are strangely absent from the narrative. We don’t see a single episode of a cold or a cough ... While Alice is as “woke” as a hedge fund manager’s frustrated wife can realistically be... she seems to experience little or no empathy for the 99% who suffer so much more than she does ... While I appreciate the author’s rendering of the psychological trauma inflicted by the pandemic even on the wealthy, Pete and Alice in Maine left me longing to read the pandemic stories of the rest of the population.


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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: The Impacts of Jobs and Incomes by State
December 18, 2017
Congress is expected to vote this week on passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Americans are trying to understand how changes to the tax code will affect their families. Congress’s plan would grow the economy while simplifying the tax code for most filers and reducing marginal rates.
Using the Tax Foundation’s Taxes and Growth (TAG) macroeconomic model, our analysis found that “the plan would significantly lower marginal tax rates and the cost of capital, which would lead to a 1.7 percent increase in GDP over the long term [and] 1.5 percent higher wages.”
The TAG model estimates that the plan would result in the creation of roughly 339,000 new full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs, while increasing the after-tax incomes by 1.1 percent in the long run, meaning families would see an after-tax income boost of 1.1 percent by the end of the decade, even after temporary individual income tax cuts expire.
The increase in family incomes is due in part from individual income tax reductions and the broader rise in productivity and wages due to economic growth. These estimates take into account all aspects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including changes to the individual and corporate tax codes.
The table below illustrates the state-by-state impact of the plan for both new jobs and the boost to after-tax incomes for middle-income families.
|Total||Estimated FTE Jobs Added||Estimated Gain in After-Tax Income for Middle-Income Family|
|United States Total||339,000||$649.43|
|District of Columbia||1,834||$780.80|
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