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Hey guys, Princely54,
I wanted to throw both of you some kudos on the site in general, and the interviews specifically. I really enjoy the open spirit of the conversations and I really like/think that you are getting some information and ideas out there that could actually be useful to people in our 'community'. I bet there are still many guys who feel the same way that Matt felt about himself before he really began to gain, and it will be a revelation to hear that others feel/felt the same way.
Keep up the great work and I look forward to more. I am fat guy, so I am often looking forward to 'more',
We're glad you're enjoying. Please keep listening and sending positive and constructive criticism our way. Its the only way we "grow." (Har, har)
Thanks for listening,
Gain Tirade
Hi Matt and Pete,
I'm bellywolf from Grommr. You metion how sites like gainerweb were the first way to the community in your podcast. Yes, that's how most guys find their way, however, I didn't go that route. I had never heard or been on those sites. I started with fat furries when I was 16. I don't know if you know what are furries or about the furry fetish. I was and still into anthro animals getting fat and bloating. Later, like 2 years a ago, I found beefyfrat then… you can figure out the rest. I know I'm not the only one. You should have a topic about different ways people got into gaining and/or the furry route to gaining.
Happy Eating,
Hello Bellywolf,
That is an excellent idea. I (we) have some acquaintances and friends who, while may not have found gaining through the furry world, are a part of it. And, you are correct, there is a large presence of the furry community within the gaining community and it is worth exploring. We'll add this to the line up of topics and you will be hearing from us at some point in the near future.
Thanks for listening,
Gain Tirade
Written by: Arachnophobe
"You do not think I have gotten too large?" Piotr asked as he stood in front of a full length mirror in Oni's antic bedroom. The skylights had been opened to let the unseasonably warm autumn air in. Wolverine was out in the backyard burning leaves, which was just her way of covering up the cigar smoke. Oni stood, fully erect in his pajama shorts, watching his now boyfriend pulling in his severely rounded out belly, holding it, flexing, and then relaxing it.
"Pete," Oni said looking at his lover in the mirror and then down at his throbbing hard on. "What part of this scenario makes me look like I'm not enjoying this?"
"Oh!" Piotr said with a rueful smile, his own sizeable girth beginning to fill out his briefs. "Again? So soon?"
"That was good morning sex," Oni smirked.
"It generally happens when one man shares his bed with someone he loves and he wakes to find that person still there."
"Loves?" Piotr backed up a bit, sizing Oni up.
Oni felt his stomach churn. He had just said the "L" word, and no, he wasn't talking about lesbians or leather. "Well, I meant that—you know, with us being—and then there was the—the umm… you probably—"
Piotr put his rough large index finger to Oni's lips. "Shut up, lover." Piotr first kissed Oni softly, and then his intensity increased. The Russian's tongue darted into Oni's mouth and they each found another in a passionate form of oral hockey. Oni felt his heart rate increase as he Piotr pulled him closer to him. Oni felt that not only had Piotr's belly grown and softened, but this lats, side and back had all been encased in extremely masculine beef. The scent of Pete's breath of still on Oni's mouth when Peter picked Oni up quickly and sauntered over to the palate of their bed. The low lying bed sat on very little, but the frame was just firm enough to support Piotr's growing size. As they approached the confines of their love nest, Piotr let Oni tumble out of his arms, while he literally rips his underwear off.
His bobbing manhood stood out in front of him, like an arrow pointing directly at his desired connection. Oni licked his lips, ready to do whatever was asked of him, but instead he found Piotr dropping to his knees.
Piotr began to jerk and pull the pajama bottoms off Oni, and once they were around his ankles, Piotr began to suck and lick Oni's burgeoning cock. Oni wanted to touch Piotr's head, feel his hair in his fingers, but Piotr's hand shot up and pushed firmly on Oni's chest, pinning him to the mattress.
The warmth and wetness of Peter's eager mouth sent shivers down Oni's spine. Shivers that continued down his sides, briefly entering his thighs, until they met their end at the base of his shaft. The pleasure he was receiving was unimaginable. Piotr was just quick enough to keep things hot, but slow enough to tease and draw out the tensions and slight pain that only true orgasms can bring.
Piotr raised his head from his lover's crotch, smiling ruefully, stroking his own throbbing penis. "You like me fat, yes?"
"Oh God YES!" Oni moaned loudly, biting his lower lip, and showing his bright white teeth.
"You wish me to be big and fat and manly?"
"Bigger and better…" Oni slightly yelled.
Piotr stopped stroking his cock and Oni's.
Oni looked down at Piotr, whose bright smile slightly disarmed Oni. "What? Did I—did I say—"
"Bigger?" Piotr said with a deep growl.
"Pete, I—"
"You want more of… of this?" Piotr took both hands and shook his round belly.
"I do, Piotr," Oni said as his cock leaked a copious amount of pre-cum.
"Good," Piotr sound in a husky tone, as he crawled into the bed. "I do, too." Piotr began kissing and licking Oni's neck like a ravenous beast.
"You—oh, you do?"
"Da," Piotr whispered, and he lifted Oni's legs on top of his shoulders. "Make me your fat Colossus."
Oni felt both emotional elation and physical pain as Piotr confirmed what he had been wanting him to say for the last month as Colossus thrust his massive eight inch cock into Oni's unsuspecting hole.
The "Late Night Rendezvous" as Oni had started to call them were beginning to show up dramatically on Piotr's waistline. Not one to be rushed into anything Oni plotted out their course of action for the next few weeks. While Piotr snored not-so-quietly next to him, Oni would jot down dinner ideas, snacks, and desserts for his growing Russian. He and Piotr would go to bed early at night, wait for the others to return to their rooms, and then sneak down to the kitchen where Piotr would gorge night after night on sinfully delicious treats that Oni had planned, baked, and prepared all day for.
True, Piotr was getting fat. It wasn't so bad at first. He was still able to conceal his weight gain with the fact that even before he gained weight, he was a solid three hundred pound man. By the time of their afternoon-love making fest, his three hundred and fifty pound frame was barely different, especially in his armored form.
Oni and Piotr were both cleared for active duty, and returned to missions with the rest of the team. Piotr was met with a few challenges considering that when he first started packing on the pounds, they were both benched. Now, that he was out moving around again, Piotr's metabolism shot back up. He initially lost some weight, which disappointed the Russian but only incensed the African weather god. He redoubled his efforts, so that by three months into their relationship, Piotr was back to his road of massiveness.
First, he would huff and joke about his clothes not fitting as well. So Oni pulled Rogue aside and asked him for his help. Rogue didn't like to be addressed in such a casual way about clothing, considering that's what was keeping his teammates safe from his death touch. But he was touched by Oni's desire to keep the ballooning Russian happy. Rogue complied with the request, and set out to try to first expand Piotr's existing clothing. Soon, he realized that would no longer suit them, and began making all new clothes for Colossus.
When Piotr would complain about a shirt not covering his stomach, Oni would redirect his attention to his pulsating crotch, and all doubts would be erased from their minds. Oni thought that at times, it was a bit of a game to Piotr. Complain about his size, and Oni would show him how happy he was.
True, their relationship started with lust, but soon, they found themselves loving one another. Piotr even whispered it in Oni's ear one night, when the lithe young weather wizard feigned sleep. Sure, Colossus was jabbed a few times by Wolverine's snide remarks, but in the end, Oni knew Piotr loved it. He would even comment that if Wolverine acted more like a man, Colossus would show her how to shave her face. They laughed, drank beers, and shot the shit, as Wolverine put it.
Kit had taken to speaking to Cypher, a young blonde girl with an obsession with computers. The two of them hit it off, and eventually Kit went to stay at a small college annex for actual gifted students.
By the time Piotr hit the 375 mark, Cyclops had begun to comment on her concern for his ability to work in the field. Colossus proceeded to outperform himself in the Danger Room by hitting a new feat of his own strength. He actually broke the record he had previously set. Henrietta commented that she believed Piotr's weight increase to have actually increased his strength, albeit in his metal form. Henrietta called Morris McTaggert on Muir Island to ask her to come and perform further testing with her machinery.
And Oni couldn't stop touching him.
The nights where Oni would wrap his sinewy thighs around Piotr's growing waist and Piotr slid his hot rod deep, DEEP inside Oni, his hands would find his gut and his massive moobs and fondle unto they both came. Occasionally, Piotr would accidentally begin to shift into metal form, but he would always manage to shift back to soft, pliable skin phase.
Oni had never tried so many sexual positions in his life. True, his sexual conquests weren't numerous, but Piotr seemed to know everything there was about sex. He would plow Oni one night while he was bent over the bed. The next night Oni was being carried around the room by Piotr while he rode his boyfriend like a horse. And each and every time, Piotr would ask, "You want me bigger, yes?"
Oni would sometimes scream out "YES!" which would result in them both shooting massive loads. Other times he would just nod as the pleasure erupted inside of him, and he felt his body shudder from ecstasy.
And true to his word, Piotr gained…
Another of Oni's favorite past times with Pete was watching him turn into the steel-skinned Colossus (albeit not during sex). When Pete became Colossus, the shape was still there, but his soft round belly became this hard, massive round ball of sensuality.
He would even sneak up behind Oni while Oni was showering and rub his hard, mountainous gut on his lover's back. Often times, in the locker room after missions, they were forced to retreat to the showers where the steam and the hot pounding water masked their grinding and thrusting.
But it wasn't until Colossus put on his costume made of unstable molecules that they hit their first real snag. True his costume had been tailored by Rogue, who was a secret tailor in his spare time, but when he put on his costume that clung to him like a condom and shifted his skin into his mutant form, the seam burst.
Soon Colossus and his metallic body stood naked for all to see. Oni felt his hands twitching with his vest and his pants stretching to contain his erection. Piotr saw the tightening of the pants, and soon the metal member of his began to grow and thicken and harden before Oni's very eyes. He had never touched Colossus' cock when it was metal. And even though he knew that Colossus managed to radiate a minute amount of heat while in this form, he still expected the cock to be cold when he slid his mouth over the head.
He had felt this head in his mouth and in his body many times, but somehow it felt bigger. Oni knew that Colossus got a little taller and a lot bigger when in this form, but he didn't know that it applied to his penis as well.
He wondered if Piotr could feel the soft inside of his mouth and the slithering of his tongue, but soon the moans emanating from the depths of Piotr's chest and stomach, told him that he felt it. And so he continued his sucking and rubbing and gently teasing with his teeth, until Colossus began muttering in Russian. Then with a slight shift, Colossus returned to his skin form and shot his load in Oni's mouth.
And then right around the time Piotr hit the four hundred and fifty pound mark (which was marked by nearly a full day of love making), something startling happened.
Gene returned.
Cyclops and Wolverine were blindsided more than the rest of the team. Gene seemed to have no memory of his life as Phoenix or even Dark Phoenix, which Oni was grateful for to a degree. Gene apparently only vaguely remembered them, as they had all grown and changed so much in the time since he was gone. Gene asked to take some time away from the team, which nearly broke Cyclops' heart.
The former straight-laced, do it by the numbers man was rocked to his core. The Professor tried her hardest to keep the team together, but it seemed that this newest development, instead of bringing everyone together and pushed them further apart.
Oni lie awake in bed one night, and when Piotr rolled over, his belly nearly pushing Oni out of the bed, he awoke.
Mumbling in Russian, the bleary-eyed titan looked at his dark-skinned lover, "What is wrong?"
"I can't sleep."
"Da," Piotr said matter-of-factly, "that of which I can see."
"It's Gene."
"He was your friend, yes?"
"He was everyone's friend. Now, it's like, he's not even sure who we are."
"Vell, if the Phoenix was not him, then he barely spent one month with us before he disappeared and was replaced."
"I know, Pete, it's just—"
"You miss your friend still."
"Yes," Oni rolled over on his side, with his back to his lover, who immediately cuddled up to him, belly smooshing to mold to Oni's lower back, "I miss him."
"He will come back to you," Piotr said as he kissed the back of Oni's neck and then rubbed his forehead through the small white Mohawk on Oni's head, "And when he does, I vill be there with you." Piotr yawned widely and then said in a smaller quieter voice, "Because I love you, and I vill not leave you."
"Gene's been kidnapped," Henrietta told the team as they sat in the War Room a few weeks later. The Beastling sat there with her blue fur looking forlorn and slightly lost. She was not leadership material, and Oni knew that naturally he would have to step up to the plate if he wanted this team of X-Men to survive. Alexander Braddock had been recruited from England his punk rock purple hair was slightly off-putting, but not nearly as much as the leering eyes he made at Cyclops, who mostly sat around the mansion. She still trained and went on missions, but she was clearly just going through the motions.
"Who did it?" Oni asked, while Colossus sought his hand on the table.
"We believe it was Mastermind," Beastling rubbed the bridge of her nose, "Gene was last seen trying to attend college, and doing fairly well—"
"You know where he is?" Cyclops perked up at this.
"Yeah," Wolverine said in a snide tone, "some of us check up on the ones we love."
"You didn't love him," Cyclops sneered. "You just wanted a quick little bed fu—"
"ENOUGH!" Oni yelled. Even Piotr looked slightly shocked. "Look, we don't have time for this. Cyke, I'd really appreciate it if you came with us on this mission. Wolverine—"
"Who put Rambo's bitch in charge?" Wolverine said in a less than kind tone.
"You will watch you tone, comrade," Piotr said in a deep-bellied command.
"And you gonna stop me Pillsbury?" Wolverine was standing up, her claws unsheathed. "We've never tested to see if my adamantium can cut through that gut of yours. Metal skin or not."
Piotr was now standing, shifting into his metal form.
"Ugh!" Oni groaned. "Look! I'm taking whoever wants to go with me to save Gene. But I'm leaving now. Mastermind has a grudge against Gene for what he did to him when Gene was Dark Phoenix."
"Well, technically that was never Gene, but an impost—"
"Hannie," Oni looked at Beastling, "let's not split hairs. Besides, Mastermind probably doesn't know that Gene wasn't Dark Phoenix. He's out looking for revenge. Who knows what he'll do to Gene. So whoever wants to go with me—"
"I'll find Gene on my own," Cyclops said and out of the room she walked.
"Not if I get there first, bitch," Wolverine said stalking out right behind their former leader.
"Alex? Rogue?" Oni looked at the two remaining members, "You in?"
"Honestly, sonny," Rogue said quietly, "I'm not so big on people who can mess with mah head. Even the Professor and Ah, well, we don't get along so well."
Oni looked at the punk rock British Alex.
"Don't look at me. I'm here just for looks, darling. In fact, we British rarely enter into the fray unless absolutely…"
"Whatever," Oni looked at Henrietta, "I know you're working with the Avengers now, Hannie, but I appreciate you coming to me with this information."
"Honestly, if it wasn't for the Scarlet Witch, we wouldn't have known. She was recently used by Wyngarde in that sex ring out in California. That's where I'd start looking for Mastermind."
"On it," Oni headed to the locker room to suit up, and then looked back at Piotr, who was following close hind. Oni's dark solemn face broke into a broad smile. "I'm so glad I don't even have to ask you to come with me."
"I am yours," Piotr smiled back. "Where ever you need me, I vill come."
"We'll have to save that for when we get back with Gene."
After they changed into their uniforms, Piotr having to wear a new costume made by Rogue, they made their way to the west coast. After a few short hours, they arrived at the last known residence of Mastermind, which happened to be an abandoned warehouse on the waterfront, making it a prime place for sex slave trading in and out of the city. Once the air craft had landed and the cloak device armed, Colossus tore through the rolling door…
…making it the first mistake of the entire day.
Piotr was hurled backward with such a force that he nearly took out Storm. Having become a little more surefooted in the passing months, Storm watched as his lover went soaring backwards. Turning his gaze into the darkened building, Oni's heart sunk as he saw Gene standing with his hands outstretched and a glossy look in his eyes.
Slinking out of the shadows like a snake from its den, Mastermind cackled like a mad hen. "I guess Dark Phoenix isn't so impenetrable to my powers now, is he?"
"First, do people really talk like that?" Storm said flying into the air, "And two, that wasn't Gene, Asshole!" He raised his hands emphatically as the windows of the warehouse crashed inward and blustery winds and lightning cascaded into the metal enclosure.
Mastermind cackled even more ruefully as Gene protected them in a telekinetic bubble. "You see, now I'll become the ring leader of the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club. I have finally mastered the powers of the Phoenix. None shall stop me! Especially after I kill you!" Placing his hand on Gene's shoulder, Mastermind began to send telepathic illusions into Gene's mind.
Seeing Storm as a swirling demon monstrosity, Gene lashed out with the fury of his psychic powers.
Oni crashed to the ground as his head felt like it would be split open from the backlash of the telepathic assault. Blood even began to trickle from his nostril as the worst pain Oni ever felt crashed over him. His body began to twitch and writhe as the anguish assailed him.
"Kill him," Mastermind said, "Slowly."
From the depths of the nearby shore, Gene pulled a large, seaweed covered anchor. The trail of dripping briny water splashed and dripped on top of Oni, who felt nothing but the agony inside his head. Just as the anchor plummeted from nearly twenty feet overhead, Colossus came tearing out of the wreckage of the building he had been sent into. Grabbing the anchor and wrapping the chain around his arms, he began to swing with the weight in the air. He swung the anchor and sent it toward Gene and Mastermind. The anchor froze in midair, suspended softly, and then was sent flying back into Colossus' direction. Due to his increased weight, he easily snagged the rusted object from its trajectory and let it slide slightly. Holding onto the grit covered chain attached to the anchor, Colossus began to twirl it through the air. Soon the extended anchor caught with a few of the metal I-beams and with a flex of his metallic muscles, Colossus brought the section of the building down upon Gene and Mastermind. Gene, protecting himself and Wyngarde, caught the material telekinetically. The weight began to strain on his mind and body.
Storm, who was still reeling from the psychic assault, sat up slowly. His double vision confirmed what he knew to be occurring. Colossus had come to his defense. Wyngarde was distracted for the moment, as was Gene. He would only have one chance at this, and with his vision blurred as it was, it would be a one in a million chance shot. Pulling the electrical energy from the sky above, Oni directed a single bolt of lightning through the open windows behind Mastermind.
Direct hit!
Mastermind crumpled to the floor, completely unconscious.
Colossus seeing the lightning, reacted instantaneously. Hurtling himself forward against the telekinetic shield, he reached for Gene. As soon as Mastermind lost consciousness, his illusion would be destroyed leaving Gene unaware of the immediate death that was about to befall him.
All Storm saw was the collapse of an entire building. Rocketing to his feet faster than what was mentally safe, Oni began screaming out names: first, Piotr's and then Gene's.
The seconds stretched on for eons, and then the rubble began to shift.
Slowly but surely a battered and beaten looking Colossus emerged with Gene safely under his chest and belly. When the coast began to clear more, Gene used his telekinesis to shift debris and make a decent path for their departure. Piotr, much to his dismay, had also inadvertently saved Mastermind.
Gene and Oni collided in an embrace, which was interrupted quickly when Oni detached from his best friend and latched onto his one true love.
The plane ride back was not nearly as long as it felt for the three of the X-Men and their captive. Upon arriving, they found the X-Men waiting for them and the Professor was delighted in Oni's motivations as a leader, although he was reprimanded for his brash methods.
Gene and the Professor decided to have a long discussion about what exactly had happened while he had been away. Rogue commented that he was surprised to have seen Piotr's costume to hold up against so much wear and tear. Oni couldn't decide whether it was a comment on his weight or the fact that the radio report on the way home sounded much more harrowing than what Oni, himself, had experienced.
Stepping out of their costumes and putting them to be cleaned, Oni and Piotr decided to shower upstairs instead of the locker room. Oni was still nursing a major headache and Piotr seemed to be concerned about him. He was being unusually tender and attentive. It wasn't until they were showering together in the attic apartment, which was becoming an impressive feat the larger Piotr continued to get, that Pete's true distress was unearthed.
"I was concerned for your well-being," Piotr said finally.
"Well, I'd hope so," Oni said casually, "we usually are in life or death situtions."
"It is not that," Colossus continued, "I have never cared for one as I have cared for you. You are simply my world. And… when I saw you in pain, I could not bear it."
Thunderstruck by these words, Oni simply stood there with his hands on his lover's monumental belly. "Piotr, I—"
"Say nothing," Piotr shook his head, sending a cascade of water droplets onto Oni, "just say how you feel about me."
"I love you, Piotr," Oni said firmly yet quietly.
"With what?"
"All my heart and soul. My life is in this. Is in us."
"Good." And Piotr simply lifted his lover's chin with his knuckle and kissed him gently.
The kiss prolonged itself into an enamored and passionate make-out session. Their growing cocks began to rub against one another, but both of them jabbing into Piotr's underbelly.
Oni felt his body quiver in a way that was new to him. Maybe it was because he knew what was to come. "Fuck me, Piotr."
"Nyet," Piotr said equally forceful. "I vill make love to you." Piotr picked his lover up, and Oni wrapped his legs around Piotr's waist as Colossus leaned the thinner smaller man against the shower wall. "I vill make love to you for as long as you want."
As with the shower water acting as lubricant, Oni guided Piotr's enormous shaft deep into his waiting hole. He contracted his stomach and back muscles and began to ride his lover's penis. But for some reason it didn't feel right. He was still shivering as if a sense of anticipation began to vibrate inside his very core.
He locked eyes with Piotr and uttered the words, "Lover, I want you to shift… shift—"
Piotr kissed his lover's lips and stopped his words, and slowly but surely Colossus turned his skin into organic steel. The soft, malleable belly hardened into a spherical ball gut. The moobs and erect nipples hardened even further. And the rock hard cock, hardened and lengthened and grew even larger deep inside Oni. Oni could feel his being stretched wider and wider and Colossus continued to grow bigger and harder. Before Oni knew what he was doing he was shooting his load, but he continued to ride on Colossus' cock. He bucked and banged and ground that cock deeper and deeper inside of him.
Colossus began muttering in Russian the passionate words that Oni had come to love hearing just before his lover blew his load. And deep within Oni's belly he felt the hot cum erupting from the massively swollen head of his lover's cock. The big fat Colossus shuddered in sexual ecstasy while his weather god Storm continued to slide up and down his steel shaft. The first time was hot, the next time felt like heaven.


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The 2002 Mississippi Valley Blues Festival will be just another blue memory, by the time this one hits the newsstands in print. Even so, Lonnie Brooks dishing up the blues live from LeClaire Park bandshell, as part of ABC's "In Search of America: A July 4th Musical Celebration" broadcast, will no doubt go down as a shining moment in the history of our blues festival. For a recap of this year's festival, and for more information on upcoming blues society-sponsored events and performances, check in from time to time at www.mvbs.org on the web.
Special Sneak Previews:
"In the Pocket: A Taste of Blues Harmonica" Various Artists (Telarc) - This one isn't due for official release until July 23, but it's a tasty compilation featuring tracks by James Cotton, Kim Wilson, Matthew Skoller, Annie Raines, Billy Branch, Carey Bell, Charlie Musselwhite, Kenny Neal, Jerry Portnoy, Junior Wells, Lazy Lester, Snooky Pryor and others. This one's essential for the blues harp fan's collection, and the only thing I'm worried about is how I'm ever gonna keep ol' Detroit Larry from snatchin' it from me! For more blues from Telarc, visit their web site at: www.telarc.com
"In the Morning" Joe Louis Walker (Telarc) - This bluesman covers the entire spectrum of blues flavors and passions, including acoustic blues, smoldering electric blues, gospel, soul - you name it. Joe Louis Walker always comes back to the blues, but continues to invent, explore and create new expression within the genre. Also due for release on July 23. Get yo'self some, soon as it hits the stands! For more blues from Telarc, visit their web site at: www.telarc.com
"Storms of Life" Bernard Allison (Tone-Cool Records) - In his second release for the Tone-Cool label, Bernard Allison mixes it up real good, with funk, reggae, rock and blues numbers, and leaves his own indelible mark on each cut he plays. The tracks just plain become Bernard Allison songs, no matter who originally authored them. As Bernard himself says, "I tell everyone I'm not a bluesman. I'm a musician." That, in itself, says more about his passion for (and philosophy of) the music than anything. He is his own man, and this CD showcases his versatility and range of talent. Stay back from the flames! For more blues from Tone-Cool, visit their web site at: www.tonecool.com
"Blue Magic" Magic Slim (Blind Pig Records) A brand new collection from the legendary Chicago bluesman is due out July 9th, and was recorded in Blind Pig's vintage Chicago warehouse. This promises to be the real thing, folks - no nonsense blues from a man whose name is synonymous with the Chicago Blues. Be patient, child - good things come to those who wait! For more blues from Blind Pig Records, visit their web site at: www.blindpigrecords.com
"Back In Love Again" Liz Mandville Greeson (Earwig Music Co.) Love is the lesson, and Liz Mandville Greeson is back to teach you something real about love lost and found, through her passionate and burning delivery of each and every potent track on this disk. Nobody does it better than Ms Liz, and you best listen to what this woman has got to say - 'cause she aint just messin' round!
If I gave you any more than that to chew on all at one time, you just might hurt yourself. It's sad but true, Blues Fest is over for another year, but that ol' Blues Highway just rolls on forever. Get out and support the clubs and bands on the local music scene, 'cause it's just plain good for your soul. Until we meet again at this crossroads, peace and blessings to all, and.
Blues to 'ya!

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DRAFT TALK: Jets look at San Jose State's Gilbert
By Jets Insider.com Staff
March 20th, 2009
Pauline reports:
Twenty six teams were on hand at San Jose State as they started the workout bright and early on a cold and breezy morning.
The star of the day, Jarron Gilbert, delivered as expected.
Gilbert measured 6'5"/284-pounds, four less than his combine weight. His jumps were fantastic as Gilbert posted a 37-inch vertical jump and 10-foot 7-inch broad. His forty's averaged 4.76 seconds, significantly faster than his performance at the combine. Gilbert's 10yd split was 1.67-seconds and his 20yd-split was 2.75 seconds. He ran into a slight breeze. Later Gilbert ran in the low 4.4's in the short shuttle and posted a 3-cone time of 7.57 seconds.
The almost three dozen scouts on hand watched as New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan put Gilbert through a series if defensive line drills. Even as the defensive backs started their workout the scouts paid little attention, watching every detail of Gilbert's session work. By all accounts it was a terrific performance and Gilbert is very much knocking on the door of round one.
Pauline told JetsInsider.com that Gilbert has been soaring up draft boards the past six months. He would be a terrific defensive end in Ryan's 3-4 system. Pauline thinks the 17th pick is a bit early for Gilbert's services but points out historically defensive linemen are always selected much earlier than originally projected.
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I like to give monsters potions, then have them drink the potions at the start of the encounter. The potions count as the encounter's treasure.
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NOTE: My humor is very much an accquired taste. If you have a very 'british' sense of comedy and enjoy things like Monty Python's flying circus then you'll love this. Otherwise, no slapstick stuff here, so if you like that sorta stuff then you just won't find it funny. So go somewhere else.
You probably think I have an attitude problem after hearing the rant above, but I just wanted to keep people in check :)
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Temporary Staffing is Entering the "Bermuda Triangle" of Margin Pressures (pt. 1 of 2)
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Temporary staffing is about to get squeezed. This employment segment, actually employment altogether, is largely misunderstood by the market. With that said, it's not "disappointing" jobs numbers that will cause this pain.
Actually, most investors would be surprised to learn that temporary staffing does very well during periods of sustained, high unemployment like this one.
This unemployment percentage chart, provided by our friends at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, makes me chuckle.
With all the week-to-week consternation over jobs numbers, you'd think we'd had more than a 0.5% variance in unemployment over the past year!
But this trend is past due to change, and coupled with two other factors it could create a "Bermuda Triangle" of margin concerns for temporary staffing firms.
The triangle:
1). The unemployment rate will break its current tight volatility range. The last two weeks of unemployment claims have been at 362,000 and 344,000. The market thought one number was "good" and one was "bad," but they're both really an indicator of shocking consistency. At some point this will break, and claims will either drop below 350,000 consistently, dropping unemployment significantly, or they'll rise. Unfortunately, either outcome will cause short-term pain in temporary staffing.
2). Workers compensation costs are rising quickly
3). Gas prices are already high and headed higher
It's time to lock in your gains
If you own shares of TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI), selling is probably the last thing on your mind. But with the stock trading near a 52 week high, you should probably consider locking in your gains despite the stellar performance.
And the performance has been great. TrueBlue's Labor Ready brand has benefited from employers uncertainty, and wish for "non-committal" temp labor. EPS is up 16% year over year, and the company torched its most recent quarter (36% beat.) But beneath the surface, the "Bermuda Triangle" is ready to strangle TBI's near-term margins.
1). TrueBlue has had to drastically expand its business to keep up with the demand for temporary labor, recently acquiring MDT Personnel. This expansion puts the company in a tough spot should any change (good or bad) occur in the unemployment rate. If the rate decreases and employers get less "jittery," permanent placement will benefit, not temporary; TrueBlue, unlike most staffing companies, is 100% temp. If unemployment rises, TBI's expansion and the costs associated with it could be catastrophic. It's also worth noting that the companies CEO is said to be considering another acquisition "aggressively."
2). Labor Ready, TrueBlue's flagship brand, specializes in light industrial staffing and day labor. This business surges during times of manufacturing expansion and employer uncertainty-we've had both recently. The good times have a catch: an inherit risk to this business is its exposure to workers injury risk. With workers compensation rates set to rise sharply, TrueBlue will feel the impact more than most staffing providers because of the markets it serves.
3). Finally, gas prices will affect TrueBlue negatively, and I promise I'm not just picking on the company. This is actually an oft-missed margin killer to temporary staffing and light industrial type businesses. TrueBlue specializes in unskilled labor, at low wages. Increased gas prices will affect their employees more than most, and at some point wages will need to increase, if even slightly; their clients will not want to pick up the tab.
That is precisely why un-skilled labor is so hard to make a buck on. You're starting with tight margins to begin with, so any corner of this "triangle" slices your pie significantly. TrueBlue has mastered the climate wonderfully; don't stick around for the aftershock. To be honest, it could be worse for TrueBlue. In fact, if we were to cherry pick a staffing stock prime for a good ole' fashioned tumble, it would have:
1). Decelerating earnings over the past year. Better yet, let's give it declining EPS of 15% over the past 5 years
2). It would be trading near a 52 week high
3). It'd have-oh, say-over 70% of its exposure in the troubled European market
Yep, I'm talking about Manpower (NYSE: MAN), and it's definitely time to think about locking in your gains.
Manpower is a stock that attracts many investors because it's a very large, well-known staffing provider. The company is giving an admirable effort to transition its business offerings to the kind of "all-in-one" Professional Employer Organization (PEO) and Vendor Management Service (VMS) services that are needed to compete. But if the markets reaction to the recent Italian elections reminded us of anything, it's that you shouldn't be in a stock with too much European exposure, especially when it has multiple other red flags (as Manpower does.)
The potential landmines are all over the place. Manpower isn't transitioning out of Europe, it's doubling down. The company just completed a large acquisition of Workshop Holding AS, a Norway based contingency staffing provider. Further, Manpower's PEO services can't be compared to "neutral" services like Insperity's (NYSE: NSP) Workforce Optimization solution. Insperity-which I continue to love at these levels-offers its clients organizational planning, recruiting services, and employment screening, but their services aren't mutually exclusive.
A client can pick and choose which services they want from Insperity which makes it a much more compelling service than Manpower. Outside of its VMS tool, "TapFin," all of Manpowers services must come with Manpower employees; so if "temp business" isn't winning, nothing is.
The purpose of this post isn't to offend; it's to (hopefully) save you some money. Manpower is displaying some of the red flags that TBI has (like aggressive acquisitions) while embarking on new ones of its own. And with projected earnings of just $3.11 next year, Manpower would need to maintain a p/e of 18 just to keep up its current price; with no growth in site, this is less than likely.
On a Brighter Note
To be clear, while I feel that the temporary staffing market is due for a hiccup; it shouldn't be avoided altogether. But the easy money is largely made and from here on out, it's a stock pickers game. These stocks just can't all continue their torrid pace. Now that you know the potential risks, part two of this series will focus on stocks that will help you we navigate through the Bermuda Triangle.
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- NRF's very impressive revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 10.8%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues leaped by 59.6%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — It's green-on-green combat as environmentalists debate whether Minnesota should have a 10-cent deposit on bottles and cans to encourage recycling.
It's an idea that's been kicking around for a while, but was revived this year when the state issued a report at the request of the Legislature, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported (http://bit.ly/1faGHfF).
Supporters of the idea say recycling rates and jobs would grow. But opponents say it would hurt recycling businesses by diverting high-value materials like aluminum.
It's not clear if any proposal will come up this session.
Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com


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|The Obama family
U.S. First Family (2011; from L-R): Michelle Obama, Malia Obama, Barack Obama, and Sasha Obama.
|African American, English American
|Current region
|Washington, D.C., U.S.
|Place of origin
|Notable members
|Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Ann Dunham, Barack Obama, Sr..
|Connected families
|Robinson, Dunham, Soetoro, Ng
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|The Obama family
U.S. First Family (2011; from L-R): Michelle Obama, Malia Obama, Barack Obama, and Sasha Obama.
|African American, English American
|Current region
|Washington, D.C., U.S.
|Place of origin
|Notable members
|Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Ann Dunham, Barack Obama, Sr..
|Connected families
|Robinson, Dunham, Soetoro, Ng
|This article is part of a series on
Barack Obama
First term
Second term
The family of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America, is made up of people of African American, English, Kenyan (Luo), and Irish heritage,[1][2] who are known through Obama's writings and other reports.[3][4][5][6] His immediate family is the First Family of the United States. The Obamas are the first First Family of African descent.
Malia Obama and Sasha Obama
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Barack Obama was raised by his mother Stanley Ann Dunham, called Ann, and grandparents Madelyn and Stanley Dunham.[22][23] He often referred to his family during his candidacy and term as President.[24][25][26]
Payne appeared in the visitor's gallery at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, when his great-nephew was nominated for President.[39] He was the assistant director of the University of Chicago's Library.[36]
"Ohrdruf was in that string of towns going across, south of Gotha and Erfurt. Our division was the first one in there. When we arrived there were no German soldiers anywhere around that I knew about. There was no fighting against the Germans, no camp guards. The whole area was overrun by people from the camp dressed in the most pitiful rags, and most of them were in a bad state of starvation."[38]
Ralph Dunham
Konrad Ng
Robert Wolfley
The Obamas are members of the Luo, Kenya's third-largest ethnic group, which is part of a larger family of ethnic groups, collectively also known as Luo. Linguistically, the Luo language belongs to the Eastern Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan phylum. The Obama family is largely concentrated in the western province of Nyanza.
Hussein Onyango Obama
"When he returned to Alego he was very thin and dirty. He had difficulty walking, and his head was full of lice." For some time, he was too traumatized to speak about his experiences. His wife told his grandson Obama: "From that day on, I saw that he was now an old man."[64]
Habiba Akumu Obama
Sarah Obama (aunt of Barack Obama)
Hawa Auma Hussein (aunt of Barack Obama)
Sarah Onyango Obama
Kezia Obama
Malik Obama
Auma Obama
Abo Obama
Bernard Obama
Ruth (Baker) Ndesandjo
Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo
David Ndesandjo (c. 1967 – c. 1987)
George Hussein Onyango Obama
Omar Okech Obama
Yusuf Obama
Sayid Obama
Barack Obama has called his wife Michelle "the most quintessentially American woman I know."[4] Her family is of African-American heritage, descendants of Africans and Europeans of the colonial era.[4] Michelle Obama's family history traces from slavery to Reconstruction to the Great Migration to northern cities, in her family's case, Chicago. Some of Michelle's relatives still reside in South Carolina.
Jim Robinson
Fraser C. Robinson III
Fraser Robinson, Jr.
LaVaughn Dolores Johnson
According to genealogists, Barack Obama's distant cousins include the multitude of descendants of his maternal ancestors from all along the early-American Atlantic seaboard as well as paternal, Kenyan relations belonging to the Luo tribe, many descending from a 17th century ancestor named Owiny.[162][163] For example, George W. Bush, the 43rd U.S. president, is the eleventh cousin of Barack Obama.[164] The New York Times science writer Nicholas Wade has stated that with eleven generations leading back to their common progenitor, Samuel Hinckley, the relationship between the 43rd President and the 44th President is "genetically meaningless".[165]
Selected genealogical relationships
John McCain
|According to William Reitwiesner, he is Obama's 22nd cousin two times removed.[166]
Bill Hickok
|According to Barack Obama's family lore (and confirmed by the New England Historic Genealogical Society), the President and Hickok are sixth cousins, six-times removed.[167]
Robert Duvall
|Goodnight helped inspire Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry to create a protagonist for his novel series Lonesome Dove: Woodrow Call. In Dove's television novela, Woodrow Call's partner is Gus McCrae, portrayed by Obama's eighth cousin, twice removed, actor Robert Duvall.[163]
James Madison
|It is claimed that Obama may also be distantly related to U.S. Presidents James Madison, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford, and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, U.S. Civil War General Robert E. Lee, and actor Brad Pitt.[168][dead link][169][170]
Charles Goodnight
|According to Chicago Sun-Times reporter Scott Fornek, another Obama progenitor, Catherine Goodnight, was the grandniece of George Goodnight, who was in turn great-grandfather of famed cattleman Charles Goodnight.[163]
Harry S. Truman
|Actor Duvall is distant cousins with United States President Harry Truman, who is likewise a fourth cousin, four times removed, of Obama's.[163]
Five volumes of family genealogy (as compiled at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah), were presented by Mormon leaders to Obama in July 2009. In a statement, Obama said he was "looking forward to reading through the materials with my daughters. It's something our family will treasure for years to come."[171]
Moneygall, Ireland, resident Henry Healy, Barack Obama's eighth cousin, became known for having initiated a visit by the U.S. president in May 2011 to Healy's hometown.[172]
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|Key: Underscored: Now or once a member of Barack Obama's household. Personal name bolded: Living.
|Abo Obama · Ann Dunham · Auma Obama
|Barack Obama · Barack Obama, Sr. · Bernard Obama
|Capers Funnye · Charles Payne · Craig Robinson
|Ann · Jonathan · Madelyn · Ralph · Stanley
|David Ndsandjo
|George Obama
|Fraser Robinson III · Fraser Robinson, Jr.
|Habiba Akumu Obama · Hawa Auma Obama · Hussein Onyango Obama
| Jim Robinson · Jonathan Dunham
Konrad Ng
Lolo Soetoro
|Madelyn Dunham · Malia Obama · Malik Obama · Marian Robinson · Maya Soetoro‑Ng) · Michelle Obama
|David · Mark · Ruth
|Konrad · Maya
|Abo · Auma · Barack · Barack Sr. · Bernard · George · Habiba Akumu · Hawa Auma · Hussein Onyango · Kezia · Malia · Malik · Michell · Omar Onyango · Sarah (aunt) · Sarah Onyango · Sasha · Sayid · Yusuf
|Onyango Obama (grandfather) · Omar Obama / Onyango Obama (uncle)
|Charles · Madelyn
|Craig · Fraser III · Fraser Jr. · Marian · Jim · Michelle
|Ralph Dunham · Ruth Ndesandjo
|Soetoro /
|Sarah Obama (aunt) · Sarah Onyango · Sasha Obama · Sayid Obama · Stanley Dunham
| Yusuf Obama
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Three speakers known in the fields of education, commerce and health care will address people attending the Aug. 28-30 business summit and annual meeting of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
Elliot Washor, Ed.D., is the co-founder and co-director of Big Picture Learning. He is also the co-founder of The Met Center in Providence, RI.
Big Picture Learning describes itself as a nonprofit organization dedicated to a fundamental redesign of education. Its vision is "to catalyze vital changes in K-adult education by generating and sustaining innovative, personalized learning environments that work in tandem with the real world of their greater community," according to its website.
His website's biography states that Elliot has been involved in school reform for more than 30 years as a teacher, principal, administrator, video producer and writer. He has taught and is interested in all levels of school from kindergarten through college, in urban and rural settings, across all disciplines.
"Elliot is deeply committed to imagining Big Picture Learning as a 'do-think-do' organization, and persistently pushes the boundaries of its design in order to continually innovate practice and influence in the world of education," the website states.
Jon Huntsman Jr. is a former ambassador to China and Singapore and a former governor of Utah. He has run for president in Republican primaries. Currently he is chairman of the Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Huntsman's political career began in 1987 when he was a White House staff assistant in the Ronald Reagan administration. President George H.W. Bush appointed him deputy assistant secretary for trade development and commerce in East Asian and Pacific affairs. He was appointed U.S. ambassador to Singapore in 1992.
Huntsman was elected governor of Utah in 2004. In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed him ambassador to China.
Late last year, Huntsman became co-chairman of No Labels, a nonprofit that works across party lines to reduce gridlock and create policy solutions.
Huntsman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
William Winkenwerder Jr., M.D., is chief executive officer and president of Highmark, a national diversified health and wellness company based in Pittsburgh, serving 34 million Americans.
According to the Highmark website, Winkenwerder is a prominent expert on national health policy and the economics of health care.
From 2001 to 2007, he was the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs with responsibility for a $40 billion annual budget, 132,000 personnel and 9.2 million beneficiaries worldwide. Before that he served in senior leadership positions at Blue Cross of Massachusetts, Prudential Healthcare and Emory University. He also practiced primary care internal medicine.
Before joining Highmark, Winkenwerder served as chairman and chief executive officer of The Winkenwerder Company, a national health care consulting firm based in Alexandria, Va.
Winkenwerder has been an advocate for preventive health care, evidenced-based medicine and electronic health records, and he has worked with many major employers on their health cost issues. He also brought innovations and improved business practices to government during his tenure at the Department of Defense. Winkenwerder advocates for engaging individuals and consumers in their health care and for improving public health. He has been an adviser to two presidential candidates and he has been a regular contributor to various news and media outlets.
Winkenwerder is a graduate of Davidson College and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He is board certified in internal medicine. He received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.


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Home > Current Students > Alan Hutchcroft Alternative Spring BreakSpend Spring Break in Starkville (Mississippi, that is.)The Alan Hutchcroft Alternative Spring Break (AHASB) provides students the opportunity to participate in Habitat for Humanity's Collegiate Challenge. This alternative to more traditional spring break activities has become an important part of the Rockford University experience. In 2005 the trip was named in honor of the late Dr. Alan Hutchcroft, Rockford University Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. The Collegiate Challenge is an alternative spring break program that provides opportunities for university students to spend their school break building a house in partnership with the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate. It is a tradition of Rockford University to partner with Habitat for Humanity in Starkville, Miss. AHASB lives out the mission and vision of Rockford University by providing a life-changing experience as students serve the community of Starkville.A Collegiate Challenge trip may be the best spring break trip you will ever have. Not only do you help people in need — it's also fun! You'll have the chance to improve your carpentry skills, connect with new people while making a real difference in Habitat for Humanity's work of eliminating substandard housing.Alan Hutchcroft Alternative Spring Break (AHASB) Facebook page
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Lake Cumberland Head Start is now taking applications for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year.
Head Start is open to eligible 3- and 4-year-olds.
Several documents are needed for applications, including birth certificate, medical card/insurance number, income verification and Social Security numbers.
Head Start welcomes children with disabilities and special needs.
Sarah Ford, a Campbellsville Independent School student, recently completed level one in the Edmark Reading Program.
The program is a comprehensive reading program that addresses multiple modalities and is effective in building vocabulary and comprehension skills.
Ford will soon begin level two. To celebrate, Ford's class had a pizza party and she received a certificate of completion.
Campbellsville Independent Schools recently announced its academic achievers for March. A boy and a girl from each school are named.
Those recognized include:
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Jimmy Russell is a third grade student at CES. He is the son of Angela and Jimmy Russell. He enjoys baseball, being a member of the SPY team and the Titans football team. His favorite teacher is Melanie Adams and math is his favorite subject. His future plans are to attend Campbellsville University and be a football player.
Taylor County High School recently named its Students of the Week for March 7-11. From left are senior Ben Hollingsworth, junior Wade Cave, sophomore Jordon Cundiff and freshman Wyatt Osbourn.
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As part of National Social Work Month, Campbellsville University social work students and professors traveled to Frankfort for a day to speak with members of the Senate and House of Representatives about issues concerning today's social workers.
Taylor County Elementary School recently announced its Good Deed winners for the week of March 23. They are Shaunna Brazee, K.J. Richerson, T.J. Sebastion, Madison Harmon and Morgan Melton.
Taylor County Elementary School recently announced its Writers of the Week for March 18. They are kindergartner Gracie Petrey, first grader Jakeb Kelsay, second grader Kaylee Reynolds, third grader Blake Nelson, fourth grader Jane Tucker and fifth grader Marissa Garrett.
Campbellsville High School seniors or parents who need help completing college applications can receive assistance on Monday, March 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the CHS Media Center.
A representative from the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority will be on hand, as will a representative from the KRA Youth Services Program.
CHS counselors, family resource personnel and administrators will also attend.
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Nathan Neil Gower, of Charlestown, Ind., has been hired as assistant professor of English/online at Campbellsville University, according to an announcement from Dr. Michael V. Carter, president of Campbellsville University.
Gower is a CU alumnus, earning his bachelor's degree in English and psychology in 2006. He received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Spalding University in 2008. He is a 2002 graduate of Henderson County High School.
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Dr. Lisa Scites Allen of Bardstown has been hired as an assistant professor of special education at Campbellsville University, according to an announcement from Dr. Michael V. Carter, president of Campbellsville University.
Since 1998, Allen worked at Nelson County High School in Bardstown, seven years as an English teacher and 15 years as a guidance counselor.
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The news that Boston bombing suspects Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev had allegedly spontaneously decided to come to Times Square and detonate their remaining bombs apparently caught Gov. Andrew Cuomo off guard when reporters asked him about it Thursday.
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hmmmm, what do you wanna know? oh maaaan, idk i guess i ship klaroline for the same reason i started to ship delena. truth is, klaus doesnt deserve caroline because, well you know klaus. but at the same time we all know there's a little something inside him that is good. and if there's anyone that could bring this out i think is caroline. and as much as i ship forwood with almost all my heart, ever since this season got started i just couldnt find myself attached to it as i used to. and my klaroline shipper side just gets stronger sagdfsahdfhgsad.. so yeah, i'd like to watch more of this side of klaus that only shows up when he's with caroline. but in case klaus isnt the best choice for her in the end i'd gladly want her to be with tyler or stefan.


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Among the most striking examples of Mughal heritage are the many beautiful buildings that were constructed in the Mughal style, where the merging of Persian and Indian created some of the world's best-known monuments. This combination of influences can also be seen in the arts, cuisine, fashion and language, as well in thought, politics, warfare, religious attitudes and lifestyle. Join an esteemed panel of speakers to discuss the large and prominent mark left by the Mughals on the subcontinent including journalists and authors John Keay and Timeri Murari, curator and author Susan Stronge and broadcaster Fergus Nicoll.
Presented in association with the South Asian Literature Festival