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Delaware voters approved a medical marijuana bill in 2011, allowing patients with debilitating conditions to purchase and consume therapeutic cannabis products. Recreational use remains illegal, but possession of small amounts is no longer punishable by steep fines and jail time.
For dispensary owners, Delaware can be a challenging but highly rewarding state to expand to. As of 2019, the state only operates three dispensaries, which are called compassion centers in Delaware's legal language.
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Every applicant must pay a non-refundable $5,000 application fee. Upon application approval, Delaware compassion centers must pay an additional $40,000 certification fee.
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Delaware offers a single license type for the cultivation, transport, packaging, and sale of medical marijuana products. Medical marijuana dispensaries are forbidden from servicing recreational users under any circumstances.
The Delaware Division of Public Health states it will issue cannabis dispensary licenses within 30 days of receiving complete applications along with all necessary fees. In practice, the state's first rollout of medical marijuana licensing suffered numerous delays.
Probably. Delaware citizens and lawmakers have criticized the state's dispensary application and approval process for lack of transparency. It is likely that any new enrollment period will enjoy a more transparent process, particularly for current and out-of-state dispensary owners.
Delaware marijuana dispensaries must be located more than 1,000 feet away from any pre-existing public or private school. The term "pre-existing" protects cannabis dispensaries from the possibility of a new school opening nearby and forcing them to move.
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Delaware medical marijuana cardholders must be 18 years or older. Qualifying minors may only purchase marijuana through the participation of a certified caregiver with explicit permission from the minor's pediatrician.
Delaware requires dispensaries to track every cannabis product they sell using batch numbers that apply to individual plants. These batch numbers follow the plants through the supply chain and must be prominently displayed on cannabis product packaging. Delaware compassion centers must implement solutions for tracing cannabis products securely at any point in logistics or processing.
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Description: "Oasis" is a young environmental association whose aim is to develop an eco-citizen educational center for trainings, learning and research in applied ecology. It aims to be a place of encounter, exchange, exhibitions and lectures. The purpose of the center is to show that ecological alternatives do exist in every area of our daily lives and to promote knowledge and skills to have a simple and healthy way of life, neither harmful for us nor for the environment. The main topics addressed are nutrition, permaculture, food, organic gardening, culture of organic local and old fruit-trees, urban agriculture, recycling, ecological renovation of the building, water management, energy, water management, participatory workshops and culture… To achieve this, they organize different workshops.
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United States District Court, E.D. Kentucky, Northern Division
June 13, 2019
JOHN LEE COCKERHAM, Jr., Petitioner,v.THOMAS B. SMITH, Respondent.
John Lee Cockerham, Jr. is an inmate currently incarcerated
at the United States Penitentiary ("USP")-Big Sandy
in Inez, Kentucky. Cockerham has filed a petition for writ of
habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, asserting
that he is entitled to sentencing credit pursuant to Articles
12 and 13 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice
("USMJ") for being housed with immigrants under
austere conditions. [D.E. No. 4] Respondent has filed a
response in opposition to the petition [D.E. No. 35] and
Cockerham has filed a reply. [D.E. No. 39] Thus, this matter
is ripe for review.
2008, in the United States District Court for the Western
District of Texas, Cockerham, a major in the United States
Army, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud and commit an
offense against the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 371, bribery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201, and
conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of 18
U.S.C. § 1956(h). On December 2, 2009, Cockerham was
sentenced to a term of 210 months imprisonment followed by
three years of supervised release. United States v.
Cockerham, No. 5:07-cr-511-OLG-l (W.D. Tex. 2007).
to documentation submitted by the Respondent, the Bureau of
Prisons ("BOP") has computed Cockerham's
sentence to commence on December 2, 2009, the date that it
was imposed. [D.E. No. 35-1, Declaration of Jeff Johnson at
¶ 5, Att. A] As Cockerham was given prior custody credit
of 863 days (representing the time spent in custody from the
date of his July 23, 2007 arrest) and is projected to earn a
total of 823 days of good conduct time, he is currently
projected to be released from BOP custody on October 19,
2022. [Id.]
In his
§ 2241 petition, Cockerham claims that, as a military
officer, he is subject to the UCMJ. [D.E. No. 4 at p. 5]
According to Cockerham, because he has been held with
"high custody level immigrants," his incarceration
violates Article 12 of the UCMJ, which prohibits
incarcerating military officials with foreign nationals.
[Id. at p. 5-6] Cockerham also claims that he is
being held in "austere jail conditions" in
violation of Article 13 of the UCMJ. [Id. at p. 6]
Based on these alleged violations of the UCMJ, Cockerham
claims that he is entitled to "3 for 1 days compensation
in reduction of credit" towards his time served.
[Id. at p. 5-6]
as argued by Respondent, Cockerham was not convicted by
court-martial in a military court for violations of the UCMJ
(United States Code, Title 10). Rather, he was convicted in a
United States District Court for violations of United States
Code, Title 18, thus Title 18 controls the execution of his
sentence. Because Cockerham is not a military prisoner, the
provisions of the UCMJ simply do not apply to him. See
United States v. Escobar, 73 M.J. 871, 874 (A.F. Ct.
Crim. App. 2014) ("[T]he protections of Articles 12 and
13, UCMJ, apply only (1) to persons subject to the Code, (2)
who are placed into confinement by or on behalf of persons
subject to the Code, (3) for pending court-martial
charges or as a result of a court-martial
conviction") (emphasis added).
In his
reply, Cockerham argues that Respondent ignores that both the
military and civilian courts possessed concurrent
jurisdiction to prosecute him for his crimes. [D.E. No. 39]
However, it appears that Cockerham misunderstands the meaning
of "concurrent jurisdiction." As explained in
United States v. Talbot, 825 F.2d 991, 997 (6th Cir.
1987), "it is well established that, under proper
circumstances, as here, military and civilian courts enjoy
concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute armed forces personnel
for criminal wrongdoing, inasmuch as the military justice
system was designed to supplement rather than displace the
civilian penal system, and such concurrent jurisdiction
affords the pertinent authorities a choice of forum in which
to prosecute the offender, an election generally resolved by
considerations of comity and relevant military and civilian
interests." Thus, while Cockerham could have
been tried by either a military or civilian court, in his
case, the pertinent authorities chose to prosecute him in a
United States District Court for violations of Title 18.
Thus, he is not being held as a result of a court-martial
conviction, but rather as a result of his conviction in a
civilian criminal court. Accordingly, the BOP has properly
computed Cockerham's sentence pursuant to the provisions
of 18 U.S.C. § 3585.
further points to a prior § 2241 petition filed by
Cockerham in 2015, in which he previously argued that, under
the UCMJ, his incarceration violates his constitutional
rights because he is not subject to the civilian criminal
code. [D.E. No. 35 at p. 6, citing Cockerham v.
Willis, Civil No. 15-cv-382-EPM (W.D. Tex.)] In that
case, the court dismissed the petition on the grounds that
the military courts and civil courts share concurrent
jurisdiction over all offenses against the laws of the United
States committed by military personnel, thus "simply
because a member of the armed forces may be punished by
military court martial for an offense provides no
justification for concluding that a District Court lacks
jurisdiction to punish him for the same offense, if such
offense is violative of a federal law." Cockerham v.
Willis, Civil No. 15-cv-382-EPM, 2016 WL 345590, at *4
(W.D. Tex. Jan. 27, 2016), affd, 671 Fed.Appx. 348
(5th Cir. 2016).
argues that Cockerham's petition filed in this Court
raises the very argument raised and decided by the Western
District of Texas and should, therefore, be dismissed as an
abuse of writ. Because the Court finds that Cockerham's
petition filed in this Court is without merit because the
UCMJ does not apply to him, it declines to consider whether
this petition is an abuse of the writ at this time. However,
Cockerham is advised that further petitions arguing that he
is entitled to relief under the USMJ would likely be denied
as abusive.
as a matter of clarification, Cockerham originally filed two
habeas petitions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in the
United States District Court for the Western District of
Texas, one in the El Paso Division [D.E. No. 4] and one in
the San Antonio Division [D.E. No. 6], both of which seek
relief under the UCMJ. Indeed, Cockerham notes that both
petitions are nearly identical, as they both seek relief for
the same violations of Articles 12 and 13 of the UCMJ that he
claims occurred at different times in different BOP
facilities located in Texas. [D.E. No. 40 at ¶ 8]
petition filed in the El Paso division was transferred to
this Court [D.E. No. 2, 3] because a § 2241 petition
must be filed in the judicial district in which the prisoner
is held. Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 434
(2004). Shortly after the El Paso petition was transferred,
Cockerham filed a copy of the petition that he had previously
filed in the San Antonio Division into the record in this
case, labeling it "Part 2" of his petition. [D.E.
No. 6] However, Cockerham never filed a motion seeking leave
to formally amend his petition, nor was the San Antonio
petition ever transferred to this Court by the San Antonio
thereafter, the Clerk of the Court received and filed a
"Notice of § 2241 Petition Withdrawal from this
Court" seeking to withdraw the San Antonio petition.
[D.E. No. 8] Apparently, this notice had been filed by
Cockerham in the San Antonio Division and it was then
forwarded to this Court. The Court construed this notice as a
motion to voluntarily withdraw Cockerham's petition and
dismissed Cockerham's petition (which it identified as
being filed at D.E. No. 4 and 6) without prejudice. [D.E. No.
9] On appeal, the United States Court of Appeals for the
Sixth Circuit recognized the clerical error, vacated this
Court's dismissal Order, and remanded the case back to
this Court, specifically noting in its March 16, 2018 Order
that "Cockerham directed his notice of withdrawal to the
San Antonio Division. The district court therefore erred in
dismissing the habeas petition transferred by the El Paso
Division." [D.E. No. 24 at p. 2]
the mandate was issued [D.E. No. 25], this Court entered an
Order directing that a copy of the El Paso petition [D.E. No.
4] be served on the Respondent for a response. [D.E. No. 26]
This Order further specifically states that "[a]s noted
by the Sixth Circuit, Cockerham has voluntarily withdrawn the
San Antonio Division petition. [D.E. No. 8, 24 at p. 1-2].
Thus, the habeas petition transferred by the El Paso Division
[D.E. No. 4] remains pending and is the operative pleading in
this action." [D.E. No. 26 at p. 2]
After a
response to the El Paso petition was filed by the Respondent
[D.E. No. 35] and a reply filed by Cockerham [D.E. No. 39],
Cockerham then filed a pleading captioned "Amendment of
2241 Reply Brief," seeking for the case to be
"amended" to "add" the San Antonio
petition. [D.E. No. 40] Cockerham states that "[t]he
Appellate Court restored the El Paso Filing without
mentioning the [San Antonio] portion, because the Eastern
District of Kentucky court NEVER addressed the [San Antonio]
portion as having been filed in their court because there was
NO Case Number assigned from [San Antonio] prior to
Transferring, NOR was there a different Case number assigned
upon receipt of the filing in Kentucky from Petitioner."
[Id. at p. 1] However, this statement is plainly
inaccurate, as this Court specifically dismissed both of
Cockerham's petitions as filed at D.E. No. 4 (the El Paso
petition) and D.E. No. 6 (the San Antonio petition). [D.E.
No. 9] In addition, after noting that Cockerham's
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HARARE – Registered tobacco growers have doubled to 50 418 so far for the forthcoming 2013 season despite threats to Zimbabwe's tobacco production as a result of global smoke reduction strategies and recent anti-tobacco marketing bans.
According to statistics released by Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) this week, the number of registered tobacco growers grew by 49,4 percent from 25 466 registered same period last year with Mashonaland Central topping the list with 17 110 tobacco growers.
It is followed by Mashonaland West with slightly more than 14 000 growers. TIMB said Mashonaland East had so far contributed 9 719 growers, Manicaland 8 727 growers, Midlands 333 and Masvingo 200.
The whole of Matabeleland registered a single tobacco grower.
A1 farmers constitute 43 percent of the total registered tobacco growers whilst communal farmers make up 39 percent with small-scale farmers contributing 10 percent.
A2 and large commercial farmers are six percent and two percent respectively.
The increase in registered tobacco growers strongly indicates that tobacco farming is on the rebound and is now considered a reliable source of income for most farming households owing to its base as a cash crop.
TIMB said the country earned $525 million from 144 million kilograms of tobacco in this year's season from last year's $360 million.
Although a nine percent increase in total production was achieved in the just-ended season, overall output missed the 150 million kgs production target.
This season's 144 million kgs is the highest production achieved since the redistribution of land to indigenous Zimbabweans over a decade ago, but it remains way below the year 2000's peak of 236 million kgs. Of the total, 52 million kgs were sold through auction and the remainder via a contract system.
TIMB said the average price per kg this year was $3,65, reflecting a 34 percent increase in average prices compared to last year.
Tobacco is one of Zimbabwe's major agricultural exports, accounting for 10,7 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product.
Major export destinations include China, United Kingdom, South Africa, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Mauritius and Russia.
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Savanna Tobacco — a major cigarette manufacturer in the country — acknowledged that tobacco farming is one of the sectors in which small-scale farmers have been successful and in the event that such legislation is introduced in Zimbabwe, it will have negative effects on the value chain.
"Revenue to the farmer will be decreased and his livelihood will be threatened. Tobacco merchants and processors will not be spared thus there will be an increase in unemployment and a general negative impact on the Zimbabwe economy," said Savanna Tobacco's executive chairperson Adam Molai.
Molai added that retailers were likely to record lower sales and less profit.
"Manufacturers in turn will also face decreased revenue if the retailers struggle to sell the cigarettes in this plain packaging which will have graphic warning signs. Industry as a whole is suffering from low capacity utilization and this will be worsened if cigarette manufacturers are forced to produce less," said Molai.
Molai noted that excise duty from cigarettes is one of the government's highest revenue earners and this revenue will now be decreased as a result.
"As manufacturers we believe that removing brand names and company colours from packets will lead to a drastic cut in profits and may result in fake products entering the market which affects the fiscus," added Molai.
He said that the legislation will make the counterfeiters' job both cheaper and easier by mandating exactly how a pack must look.
"It's still a bad law that will only benefit organised crime groups which sell illegal tobacco on our streets," said Molai. – Kudzai Chawafambira


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We sat in The Mansion of Turtle Creek, a 5 star restaurant in Dallas, I in my tuxedo and her in a tiny black dress which left her delicate shoulders exposed and plunged deeply into her perfect cleavage. I can't remember seeing it before, but it had clearly succumbed to her own personal aura and turned, as her clothes so often seem to do, into the Sexiest Thing Ever. It is Ellen's birthday dinner, and I'm not hoping to get lucky. I'm already lucky. I handed her a small box with a bow on it. Ellen opened the box and gasped seeing the keys to a 2016 Porsche 918. " has ever given me a car." " Enjoy it." I said. She pulls my eyes from the sweep of her collarbone with a raised glass. " To us," she said, and we clinked and drank. She said " Live long and prosper." I chuckled.
She giggled, then turned her hand sideways. " I love how dirty this will be later," she said, giving the air a few lewd thrusts. " You're " I'm not nearly drunk enough for that kind of language," she said, and leaned back in her chair, tilting her head to finish the last of her wine. The movement of her throat muscles mesmerized me as I watch her swallow, and I almost jumped when her foot brushed against my shin under the table. She'd slipped her high heel off, and I feel the soft warmth of her flesh through the thin fabric of my pants as she toed her way up my leg. She caught my eye over the top of her empty glass and held it, mouth turned up into an unutterable smirk. My pulse surging into my throat and my cock, already rock hard gave a joyful leap in my pants.
Her foot kept going. I raised my own wine to my lips, trying to play it cool. I took a sip. She attacked, her foot surging up to my groin like some kind of fleshy sand worm. I hardened even more as I inhaled a mouthful of Merlot. She continues to smirk as she watched me collapse into a fit of choked coughing, then she stood up and made her way around the table. A waitress stopped, looking concerned. " Is he alright?" " He'll be fine. Can we use your bathroom real quick?" Ellen asked. The other diners were starting to stare. I couldn't catch my breath. " Of course, it's right down the hall. Do you need any help, or…" " No, thanks. We'll just be a minute." Ellen helped me down the hall and into the bathroom, where I spent the next few minutes hacking over a marble sink. Finally, I caught my breath and looked up. I caught my own face, beet red, in the mirror, then saw her standing behind me, still smirking.
" All better?" She asked, voice soft and sultry. " Yes," I croaked. " You're terrible." She reaches over to the door with measured intent and clicked the lock closed with an air of finality. When she spoke, it was in a sultry tone.
" But now I have you right where I want you." She paused and stepped closer, hips swaying, then swooned into my arms, forearm draped theatrically over her brow. " Teach me of your love." " Right here?" I glanced around. It is clean and fancy, but still a bathroom. She caught my eye in the mirror. " Right here. Right now." " You are a dirty girl."
" Then fuck me like one."
I pull her upright and kiss her, and she responded forcefully, pushing my lips apart and sliding her tongue deep into my mouth. Her hand circling around to grasp at my hair and she mashed her lips into mine. I slide my hand down her back and over her ass, all the way to the back of her bare thighs. The feel of her skin against mine electrified me. I realized my cock is painfully hard and throbbing against the tight fabric of my pants, and she must have realized it too, because she broke away and ran her hand quickly down my chest to free it. There is a little delicacy and much urgency. We both needed a fucking, and we didn't have much time. She yanks down my pants and pulls my cock out of my boxers with a grin. My hands slide up from her thighs to her breasts, and I squeeze them through her dress. I feel her erect nipples through the fabric. I wanted desperately to kiss them, run my tongue over them and suck them roughly into my mouth, letting her feel my teeth on her sensitive skin, but there is no way to get at them without ruining the careful arrangement of her strapless dress. I growled in frustration and bit her earlobe. A little too hard, perhaps. She gasps and her hands convulsed around my cock. It is too much. I needed to be inside her, to fuck her like the perfect, horny little bitch she is. I pull away, too quickly for her to follow, and spun her around by the shoulders. I force her a step forward, pushing her hips into the counter and bending her over until her face almost touches the mirror. One hand went to the back of her neck, gathering up a fistful of her long hair, and pulling her head back. I lock her gaze in the mirror and held it while I ran my other hand down…down and down, then up the skin of her thigh, up under the fabric of her dress. Her thin silk panties are already soaked. I brush my hand lightly over her swollen mound, and she moans.
Loudly. That wouldn't do. I release her hair and pull her panties down over the smooth curve of her thighs, calves. She obligingly lifted one foot, then the other, and I crumpled the cloth in on hand while the other ran back up the inside of one leg and straight to her slit, burning hot and sopping wet and already slightly parted. She arches her back, eyes closed as I slid my finger through her wet folds, but as she opens her mouth for another moan, I force the balled-up panties in her mouth. Her eyes flew open and I smirk at her in the mirror. A little bit of payback goes a long way. Her eyes twinkling at me knowingly, but when my finger found her engorged clit they crinkled shut again and she bit down hard on the soggy cloth. I keep up the pressure, running my finger in circles around her hard button while my other hand slips from her mouth to her throat. I held her head up and leaned forward until my lips brushed against her ear. " Like that, do you?" My voice is the barest whisper, but she nodded, as vigorously as one can while being held by the throat. " Goddamn, you are a horny bitch, aren't you." The head of my cock has worked its way through her wet folds and now rests at the cusp of her steaming cunt. " You want that cock in your pussy?" She nodded again, her head fluttering up and down in my grasp. She bares her teeth at me in the mirror, sharp and white around her macerated panties, and I thrust forward carefully, pushing just the tip of my cock through her tight opening. She groans, a desperate, almost subsonic mating call that I feel in my fingers through her soft skin. It is all I could take.
I force myself into her, one long thrust that slaps my balls up against the hood of her clit. She gasps, loud even through the cloth in her mouth. Her hips bucking back, forcing me even deeper into her. Her eyes shot open. We lock our gaze in the mirror and held it as I fuck her, with accellerando of hard, deep thrusts and her soft muffled gasps. I feel myself building towards a climax, but I held on. I can tell from the increasingly ragged rhythm of her breath, the racing of her pulse under my fingers, that she was building, too. I squeezed her throat ever so slightly and slid my other hand up on her thigh, across the firm flesh of her ass, and then down into the cleft between her cheeks. My thumb came to rest against her puckered asshole, and I begin to press against it rhythmically. She moans and thrusts back towards me, wriggling encouragingly against my probing thumb. Her asshole softens quickly with the pressure, and I feel her giving in, in anticipation as I switch my thumb out for a long middle finger. I knew she is on the edge, and I didn't keep her waiting. I thrust my finger into her, down and down into her tight asshole, relishing the feel of my own knuckle pressing into my cock through the thin walls of her pussy. She froze, locked in a breathless muscular rigor as her release rushes through her. Her cunt tightening on my cock like a giant vise, and I groan as she pulses around me. I thrust again, again, driving the entire length of my cock into her spasm cunt with animal determination, and her whole body shuddering with each hard blow. Then I buried myself in her one last time and my orgasm hit me. I came violently, semen raging through my cock like molten metal, pumping and pumping as she milks me for every last drop of hot cum. Finally, the flood subsided, and we both collapsed forward onto the counter top, panting as her pussy and my cock went through their final twitching throes. She turns her head to rest her cheek on the cool stone, and I kiss her earlobe gently. " I love you," I whisper. " I know." She whispers.
We left the bathroom flushed and unmistakably glowing. The waitress stood in the hall, looking vaguely concerned and vaguely amused. " Is everything alright?" asked the waitress; a formality, since the answer was obvious. " Yes, we're fine now," said Ellen. " Just got a little bit down the wrong pipe is all." She smirks that little smirk of hers.
Somehow, my face flushed even redder. The waitress, thankfully, had the grace to say nothing at all. We left going to the new penthouse, Ellen stood at the bar gazing out at the city lights, she feels a rough whisper in her ear.
" Don't turn around. And don't fight me. You'll have the best night of your life." My sandpaper growl and my next words raised goosebumps on her flesh. " I'm gonna fuck you so hard again, you're gonna scream and beg me for more."
With that, she feels my body press up against her back, my breath in her ear, and my hand slowly traveling up the back of her thigh. Two of my callused fingers quickly dip inside her sopping wet bare pussy. She feels, more than hears, a low, mean chuckle. " Such a little slut, aren't you? Can't wait for my monster cock to fuck you at again."
I roughly grab her arm – even that sent shivers of anticipation rippling through her body – I start to steer her out of the bar area. Ellen has yet to see my face, but the sound of my voice has her nipples tight into hard little buds poking against her dress. She just wanted to turn around and rub her pussy on me again as soon as we got out the door of the room, but she didn't get the chance. As soon as she feels the hot humid night air hit her, she feels my rough hands quickly grab her from behind and blindfold her. After the scarf is securely tied, my hands trailing down her neck and sharply grabbing and twisting her nipples through her dress.
I arches backward, trying to get my mouth onto her neck or mouth for some sensory satisfaction. " Not yet, you hot little bitch. You want it so bad again, don't you?" my voice sent more chills of longing down her body. they seem to center and end at her pussy, and she feels her wetness running down the inside of her thighs. I then shove her roughly onto the lounge chair on the balcony. I jam roughly into her pussy with two fingers and give a hard rub. She moans, her body arching into a taut bow. " Please," She whispers. She isn't sure if she is whispering for me to stop or to continue touching her. I knew, though. " You just want me to rub that wet little slit of yours, don't you? You slut. All you can think about is cumming right now." I muttered those lines to her. I tied her wrists behind her back and spend a few minutes roughly caressing every inch her bare flesh. Every time I run my hands near her nipples or her pussy, she tries to press herself toward me. Even though she is scared of this new situation, her body knew that she had always fantasized about being taken forcefully by me. Her body is reacting accordingly. She hope the door to a night of sexual fulfillment had opened.
She is pushed roughly toward a bed and pressed down face-first into the mattress. She feels her dress lifted and her bare pussy exposed. With a muttered, " Let's get one outta the way," she feels her slick pussy lips parting and the rock-hard head of my monster cock start to enter her. She feels each inch pushing deeper and deeper into her. She is so turned on by now her pussy is gushing. I'm savoring the feeling of entering her again, too, as I enter her almost gently. She feels the head of my cock finally hitting bottom, and she moans. Her pussy contracting around me. I feel so good. Just as she is about to start moving, she feels me pull my cock almost completely out and then slam it back into her. There is no more " gently " now as I slam her pussy from behind, entering her fully and deeply with each thrust. She starts to cum almost immediately from the feel of me slamming into her. She is writhing on the bed, moaning, and open her mouth to scream. The feeling is indescribable. She keeps cumming around my monster cock in her pussy. After a few minutes of this, she hears me groan, and she starts to feel the pulsing of my cock in her pussy.
She just keeps squeezing me with her pussy, feeling jets of cum being shot deep into her pussy. " Oh, God, baby, you're she hears me groan as she feels a warm kiss on her neck and me collapse on top of her in release. She just wanted to take a warm bath, lay down and get some sleep now. Probably when she woke up she would feel much better. Climbing out of the bathtub an hour later, skin glistening wet with droplets of water, Ellen wrapped a towel around her body. Turning away from the tub she almost jumped out of her skin. I lean casually against the doorway watching her. Ellen's breath caught as she found my dark gaze silently studying her, exhilaration pumping through her veins. " W-what are you doing? You startled me." Ellen is unaware of how tightly she is clutching the towel around her. I smile and blatantly look her up and down. My green eyes spoke volumes of what I was thinking and what I wanted. Ellen's body having a mind of its own came alive by just the way my eyes devoured her. Her pussy quivering and she feels the telltale signs of her need for me again trickling down her thighs. She wanted me. " I can ask; why are you not asleep but I'm staring at my reason." I answered advancing on her, taking slow deliberate steps. I stalked her until she is backed against the bathroom counter.
Thoughts of the restaurant flitting through her mind but everything is quickly forgotten when I reach under her towel and slid my hands up her thighs. Her body shuddering from my calloused touch. I drag my hands up, deliberately brushing her mound with my fingertips before gripping the curve of her waist and lifting her onto the cool surface of the counter. I waste no time in pulling away her towel and spreading her legs wide so I can fit between them. The clean scented smell of her pussy wafted up through my nostrils and it is like a sweet aphrodisiac. My cock straining against my shorts. I push her shoulders back gently, prompting her to lean back on the palm of her hands for support, and then pull her buttocks forward just a little to the edge of the counter. Ellen's eyes following my every movement, her swollen breasts heaving with anticipation. She didn't protest or open her mouth to say anything. Every last thought is instantly diminished when I lift her legs over my forearm, spread her pussy lips and buried my tongue into her pussy. An inaudible moan escapes from Ellen and her hips jerk at the sensational fire that starts burning where my mouth touched.
My tongue rubbing her clit back and forth, twirling my tongue around it then sucking it into my mouth and inserting two thick fingers into her at the same time, slipping them skillfully in and out. My onslaught on her vulva has disintegrated into warm bolts of delicious lightning that has her whimpering louder. When Ellen's first orgasm hit, a scream tore from her lips and her hands gave out underneath as her world again came shattering down around her. My hands instinctively wrap around her waist, stopping her from hitting her head. I lick her sore clit tenderly because of how sensitive she became after two previous fucking. After I rose up, I push my shorts down and step out of them. I position myself between her thighs again, pushing her down until she is laying on her back. I lean over Ellen, propping one of her legs onto my shoulder. Then stroke my throbbing cock, I start teasing her wet opening causing copious amounts of her milky white cream to coat me. I finally breach her tight opening, groaning through gritted teeth when the wonderful tight feeling surrounding my cock is enough to make me lose myself within her warm depth. Ellen feels so tight, hot and so wet, it took every ounce of my self-control not to ram my cock all the way into her. But to Ellen it is pure torture. She grabs my ass, trying to force me all the way inside of her.
" Oh baby Ellen, you are going to kill me," I rasp giving in, pushing all the way into her greedy pussy. Ellen's back arches at the 'full' effect of my cock and she is thankful that my thickness and length didn't make her sore pussy uncomfortable, but extremely pleasurable. I start working into her steadily and slowly, biting down on her bottom lip at the erotic sight of my cock sliding in and out of her. The sweet friction of having him inside her created a thick creamy white line every time he pulled out and entered her again. I feel the first rush of my climax when her pussy starts making repeated rhythmic contractions around my cock. I knew her orgasm is imminent. Determined to hold out a little longer I use both hands to cup her ass, lifting her off the granite counter. I start thrusting vigorously into her with every inch of my nine inches. The unmistakable squelching sound resulting from my skillful ministrations to her sopping cunt echoing in the bathroom, along with my grunts and her moans. Ellen's body stiffens for a mere second and then there is silence just before she screams, " Oh God! The rocketed sensation that blasted through her is a pulsating burst of intensity as her vaginal wall start contracting faster.
I knew my mission is accomplished again, when my woman starts jerking and trembling in my arms. Letting go of my final restraint, sweet ecstasy starts at the base of my drowning manhood and spread throughout the nerve endings in my body like a wild fire. " Fuuukkkk," I gasp as my body seized up and my orgasm sent me sailing on waves of passion that caused my vision to darken momentarily. Through pounding heartbeats and heavily labored breathing, I gathered Ellen into my arms and planted kisses all over her face. Pulling away, I gazed deeply into her honey colored eyes and whisper, " I love you." She whisper back, " I love you too." Followed by a sigh.


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Given that, under U.S. law, anyone who "counsels, commands, or encourages another
to commit a crime" is himself guilty of the resultant crime as an "accessory before the
fact," it makes one wonder why it isn't illegal for leaders of nations to command soldiers
to kill innocent men, women, and children in war. To illustrate this point with an
admittedly unbelievable scenario, let us assume that a great Western nation has been
attacked by individuals not under the control of any government, and that the attackers
were themselves all killed in the attack. Let us further assume that the leader of the
attacked nation seizes upon the attack as an opportunity to improve his popularity, and to
push forward his own personal agendas now that none will dare oppose him, out of fear
of being called "unpatriotic." Frustrated by the lack of anyone to punish for the attack,
(remember, the attackers are already dead) and afraid of appearing effete and un-macho,
the Western leader (not noted for his brilliance) declares war on not a nation (for no
nation has attacked his), but on a concept: "Terror" (not Terrorism, mind you, but
"terror," meaning extreme fear). Of course, it is difficult to destroy such an intangible
enemy (fear) using guns and bombs, so this modern-day Caesar spends many billions of
dollars his nation no longer has (thanks to retro-active tax breaks he has given to the
wealthiest corporations since his assumption of office) and sends his Nation's military to
attack many scapegoat nations around the world, even threatening to use thermonuclear
weapons on the most demonized of these former allies if any freelance attack on the
Western nation should recur. Yes, I know that this scenario sounds extremely far-
fetched, and could only be expected to occur if a pious simpleton raised on cowboy
movies were to somehow get into power against the wishes of sagacious voters, but my
point is this: If a man — even if he be the leader of a great nation — orders his soldiers to
commit a crime against humanity (namely dropping many tons of bombs upon inhabited
areas, thus killing thousands of innocent men, women, and children), is he not, by law,
himself guilty of mass murder as an "accessory before the fact?" And in what way is this
leader any better than those who attacked his nation (for they, too, felt that the point they
were making was more important than the thousands of lives which making that point
would cost)? It would seem that the law is merely a tool by which the rich and powerful
control the poor and weak. The powerful are apparently above the law, at least until
someone more powerful comes along. I'm hoping that someone better versed than I, in
the philosophy of law, will be able resolve this apparent inconsistency. Is killing those
who do not yet wish to die wrong, or is it not? If it is not wrong, then, when our people
have been attacked and killed, we have no cause to become violent, for under this
assumption we have not been wronged. On the other hand, if killing those who wish to
live is wrong, then it is wrong for us to do this, too. If we blithely kill innocent people in
retribution for wrongs that we have suffered, then we only prove that we are deserving of
what we got when we were attacked, and deserving of what we will continue to get in the
endless retaliations of the international feud which we have embarked upon. If we
believe that violence and killing are justifiable so long as they serve our interests, then
how do we differ from those who attacked us? We are then just as bad as our attackers,
and deserve no better.
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September 12th – University of Kentucky, AG ROUNDUP
LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 12, at University of Kentucky's E. S. Good Barn. The program was the Annual AG DAY ROUNDUP. Rotary District Governor John Hutchings addressed the members and community prior to hearing from Dean Nancy Cox and student Paige Geer, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky.
As part of Rotary's Ag Day celebration, District Governor (2019-2020) John R. Hutchings, IV, brought greetings to fellow Rotarians and guests. Besides being district governor for District 6740, he lives on and farms the land that has been in his family since 1893. He is primarily involved in raising Angus beef cattle.
A Rotarian since 1986, John is a member of the Rotary Club of Maysville, Kentucky. Born in North Carolina, he grew up in Maysville and received his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Kentucky. He then earned his law degree from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1983. Upon graduation from law school, John served as an officer in the United States Navy Judge Advocate General Corp. He is very proud to be the eighth generation of his family to serve in the military of their country.
John currently serves as vice president and trust officer of the Bank of Maysville. As a Rotarian, he has been president of his club and was its Rotarian of the Year in 2016. He is a graduate of the Rotary Leadership Institute and Emerging Rotary Leaders. John is an active supporter of The Rotary Foundation, member of the Paul Harris Society, and member of the Bequest Society. He has also served on the boards of various organizations in the Maysville/Mason County area. John is most proud of his involvement as the founding chairman of the board of directors of Hospice for Hope—a regional, interstate non-profit provider of hospice care services.
We are pleased to meet on campus with Dean Nancy Cox and the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. This represents the thirtieth year that the Rotary Club of Lexington has joined the College as part of their AG ROUNDUP WEEK activities. In addition to observing the exhibits and displays relating to educational and service activities in the College, our program today, as has become custom, includes an update of teaching, research, and service programs in agriculture, food, and environment by Dean Nancy Cox and observations and projections from one of the College's outstanding students. A special welcome is extended to the many guests from the community, the agriculture industry, and from all sectors of the University.
Dr. Cox has served in the position of dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment since January 1, 2014. She brought to this position a distinguished career in research and teaching and a tremendous record of leadership in the positions of associate dean for research and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Kentucky. She continues this excellent leadership in advancing the missions of Kentucky's oldest land grant university (one of two). Dean Cox is also widely regarded as a visionary among farm, industry, and civic leaders serving on several state and national commodity, educational, and agricultural policy boards and councils.
Representing the student body as our guest speaker is Paige Geer. Paige is the daughter of Jacob and Tracy Geer and is a senior majoring in animal science. Growing up on a small farm in Hardin County, she became the owner of her first beef animal at the age of nine. Today this ownership has developed into a small cow/calf operation. Paige credits her personal experience on the farm as a significant influence on pursuing a career in animal agriculture. As a high school student, she served in many leadership roles, including terms as president of the Hardin County 4-H and president of the school- based FFA chapter. She also was an active participant in the Kentucky Junior Cattlemen's Association and the Farm Bureau's Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders. With a strong academic record she has been the recipient of several scholarships in support of her studies at the University and is active in numerous campus and community organizations. Paige's dream is to serve Kentucky agriculture with a veterinary clinic in her hometown of Rineyville and she is currently in the interview process for admission to veterinary school.
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Join University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Soprano Jamie Reimer and friends for a cure to your midwinter blues on Thursday, January 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall for "Vacation with Friends."
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Re-homing Contribution Scheme
GRNSW launched the GRNSW Re-homing Contribution Scheme, which aims to assist independent greyhound re-homing organisations. Under the scheme, GRNSW will contribute $350 to the veterinary costs of every re-homed greyhound that acquires Greenhounds status at any point in its life.
The scheme will apply to greyhounds re-homed since 1 July 2015 and the payment will be made to the re-homing provider's nominated veterinary account.
GRNSW recognises the tireless work independent re-homing organisations undertake to secure a successful retirement for large numbers of racing greyhounds and bear significant costs in doing so.
The intent of the GRNSW Re-homing Contribution Scheme is to assist these re-homing organisations and help them continue to undertake the tremendous work they currently do.
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The scheme provides financial assistance for the following procedures and are capped at:
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- Dental care procedures (including all fees and expenses) - $100
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Evidence that the greyhound has been desexed and dental treatment carried out by a registered NSW veterinarian is required.
Organisations and individuals seeking contributions under this scheme should contact the GRNSW Chief Veterinary Officer at email@example.com providing your contact details and indicating you wish to apply to receive funding under this scheme. You will then be provided with an application form and instructions regarding making claims for each greyhound rehomed.
It should be noted that this scheme does not apply to industry participants registered with the Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission. Industry participants should refer to the Owner Incentive Scheme for support for desexing and dental costs.
Re-homing Grant Scheme
The Greyhound Re-homing Desexing & Dental Care Contribution Scheme replaces the Re-homing Grant Scheme and provides increased financial assistance for rehoming organisations or individuals.
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Under the Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission (GWIC) Rehoming Policy, registered owners are required to desex greyhounds before rehoming. GRNSW encourages registered owners to take advantage of a new financial rebate scheme GAP Owners Incentive Scheme to assist with the cost of desexing and related veterinary costs for the purpose of rehoming retired greyhounds.
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- the greyhound will no longer be required to have a behavioural assessment at a GAP facility or by a GAP staff member,
- the veterinary examination, desexing procedure and a dental care procedure (if required) can now be undertaken at your choice of veterinary surgery or hospital anywhere in NSW.
The GAP OIS contributions are capped as follows:
- Vet check and desexing (including all fees and expenses) - $450
- Dental care procedures (including all fees and expenses) - $200
- Booster vaccinations (C5 or equivalent) - $50
If there are surgical complications (eg a cryptorchid male) or the dental work required is more serious and requires extractions payment beyond the cap may be possible with the prior approval of the GRNSW Chief Veterinarian.
There are two options for payment to be made under the scheme.
- Payment to Owner: the registered owner or trainer pay the veterinarian and seek reimbursement from GAP by submitting the completed form and invoice receipt.
- Payment to Vet: the registered owner or trainer submits their invoice for the veterinary procedures with their completed form to GAP for payment to the veterinarian.
The scheme application form provides for both options.
Owners that enter the scheme are reminded that all greyhounds should not be rehomed unless their vaccination status is current (GAP recommends C5 vaccination or equivalent) and the owner details are entered into the NSW Pet Registry. Any cost associated with vaccination or registration on NSW Pet Registry is a matter for the owner or new owner.
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Since signing the Alma-Ata Declaration for primary health care (PHC) in 1978, Ghana has remained committed to achieving health for all. The government adopted the Ghana Primary Health Care Strategy, instituted the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) approach to improve access to promotive and preventive health care at the community level, and established the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2003 to improve financial access to health services. More recently, the Ministry of Health drafted a roadmap to guide major reforms needed to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030 — focused on strengthening the PHC system from the district to the community level and includes key strategies for reforming service delivery and improving health financing.
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( Source of the document: ICC Digital Library )
No. 96 Civ. 3201; 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2444 (S.D.N.Y. 6 Mar. 2000) [U.S.A.]
Misspelling; Internal Inconsistency; Duty to Inspect LC Terms; Good Faith
Type of Lawsuit:
Negotiating bank sued issuer for wrongful dishonor.
Plaintiff/Negotiating Bank - Hanil Bank (Counsel: Elliot Silverman of McDermott,
Will & Emery)
Defendant/Issuer - PT. Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) (Counsel: Christopher
Brady, Mary C. Mone of Hollyer Brady Smith Troxell Barrett Rockett Hines
& Mone LLP)
Beneficiary/Seller - Sung Jun Electronics Co., Ltd.
Applicant/Buyer - PT. Kodeco Electronics Indonesia
Sale of electronics.
Commercial LC for US$ 170,955. Subject to UCP500.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Keenan, J., granted
issuer's Motion for Summary Judgment.
A difference in the spelling of the beneficiary's name between the documents
presented and the LC was a material discrepancy justifying dishonor. The
beneficiary has the duty to inspect the terms of the LC to determine if it can comply.
An issuer does not breach the duty of good faith and fair dealing by going to the
applicant to seek waiver of discrepancy.
Factual Summary:
Although the application
correctly spelled the name of the beneficiary as "Sung
Jun Electronics Co., Ltd.", the bank issued the LC for
the benefit of "Sung Jin Electronics Co. Ltd."
Beneficiary presented documents containing the
correct name to a negotiating bank which purchased
and forwarded them to the issuer. The issuer, having
identified alleged discrepancies, unsuccessfully sought the applicant's waiver. The issuer dishonored,
naming four discrepancies, only one of which figured
in the opinion:
1. The Name of the Beneficiary: The L/C
identifies the beneficiary as Sung Jin
Electronics Co. Ltd. instead of Sung Jun
Electronics Co. Ltd.
Although the issuer continued to seek
applicant waiver, it returned the documents
approximately two weeks later. The negotiating bank
then sued the issuer for wrongful dishonor, alleging
breach of contract, "breach of the UCP", unjust
enrichment, and breach of the implied covenant of
good faith and fair dealing. On cross motions for
summary judgment, the trial court awarded summary
judgment to the issuer and denied it to the negotiating
Legal Analysis:
1. Summary Judgment: The court stated
"[a]lthough summary judgment is never lightly
granted, letter of credit disputes generally present
legal issues, rather than questions of fact, and are thus
often appropriate for final adjudication upon
submission of papers and affidavits", citing E & H
Partners v. Broadway National Bank, 39 F. Supp.
2d 275, 280 (S.D.N.Y. 1998).
2. UCP: Noting that "[t]he UCP is a compilation of
internationally accepted commercial practices,"
quoting from Alaska Textile Co., Inc. v. Chase
Manhattan Bank, N.A., 982 F. 2d 813, 816 (2d Cir.
1992), the court stated "[a]lthough it is not law, the
UCP commonly governs letters of credit by virtue of
its incorporation into most letters of credit". Since the
letter of credit was subject to the UCP, the court did
not apply prior UCC Article 5 under New York nonconforming
Section 5-102(4).
3. Discrepancy: Beneficiary's Name Misspelled:
In requesting the letter of credit, the applicant
stipulated that it be issued to "Sung Jun". The issuer
however issued the letter of credit for the benefit of "Sung Jin". The negotiating bank argued that the
difference in spelling between "Sung Jun" and "Sung
Jin" could not have misled or prejudiced the issuer,
and was therefore not a discrepancy which justified
dishonor. The court disagreed, citing Beyene v.
Irving Trust Co., 762 F.2d 420 (2d Cir. 1985) which
found that a misspelled name on a bill of lading
("Soran" for "Sofan") was a material discrepancy
which made dishonor proper. The court stated that
the misspelling of the beneficiary's name was similar
to that in Beyene ("Soran" for "Sofan"), and noted
that the negotiating bank did not even "claim that Sung
'Jin' would be obviously recognized as a misspelling
of Sung 'Jun'".
4. Discrepancy: Beneficiary's Duty to Inspect
LC Terms:
The negotiating bank asserted that the
discrepancy in question (name on LC which differed
from the correct name on the application) was the
fault of the issuer, and therefore should not be used as
a basis for dishonor. The court disagreed, stating "the
beneficiary must inspect the letter of credit and is
responsible for any negligent failure to discover that
the credit does not achieve the desired commercial
ends", quoting from Mutual Export Corp. v.
Westpac Banking Corp., 983 F.2d 420 (2d Cir.
1993). The court reasoned that the beneficiary is in
the best position to determine whether an LC meets
the needs of the transaction, a determination which it
should make prior to performance.
Mutual Export Corp. v.
Westpac Banking Corp.,
5. Misspelling of Beneficiary's Name: Internal
Inconsistency: The court distinguished the instant
case in which the LC contained only one (albeit
inconsistent in light of the underlying transaction)
spelling of the name of the beneficiary from a situation
in which there were two different spellings in the
letter of credit itself. Citing Bank of Montreal v.
Federal Nat'l Bank & Trust Co., 622 F. Supp. 6
(W.D. Okla. 1984), the court stated that an LC which
is internally inconsistent is ambiguous and should be
resolved against the issuer. In this case however,
there was no internal inconsistency nor ambiguity
within the LC, but rather discrepancies between the
LC and the presented documents.
Bank of Montreal v.
Federal Nat'l Bank & Trust Co.
6. Duty of Good Faith: The negotiating bank
argued that the issuer dishonored the LC at the
instruction of the applicant/buyer, violating its duty of
good faith and fair dealing. The court disagreed.
Noting that while the issuer had an obligation to
independently review the beneficiary's submission to
determine if there were any discrepancies, an issuer
is free to seek waiver from the applicant for any
discrepancy without approval of the beneficiary
under UCP500 Article 14(c). The court concluded
"there is no evidence that [the issuer] communicated
with [applicant] other than to ask whether [applicant]
would accept the discrepancies and approve the
requested payment".
1. This decision reveals that the courts have not
overcome the silliness first witnessed in the now
infamous Beyene case. In Beyene, the court held that
the misspelling of the notifying party in a bill of lading
("Soran" for "Sofan") was sufficient grounds to
justify dishonor but also stated that an obvious
typographical error ("Smithh" for "Smith") would not
be a discrepancy. Part of the silliness is the court's
reliance on the Mutual Export decision. In that case,
the beneficiary failed to object to the expiry date
which was far earlier than what had been needed or
requested by the applicant. In such a situation, the
beneficiary had no basis to object to the issuer's
failure to honor a post expiry presentation. It should
have objected to the LC expiration term before
performing if it wished to keep the protection of the
LC. On the contrary, commercial parties would not
think it necessary to change "Jin" to "Jun" where all the other data relating to the transaction and the
beneficiary such as address, order number, etc. was
correct. There is a significant difference between an
incorrect LC term (e.g. an expiry date) and an
obvious or harmless typo. The court fails to grasp it,
2. That is not to say that there is not a name issue.
Presumably, the typo affected all documents,
including the commercial invoice. If so, then the more
rigorous standard of UCP500 Article 37 would apply,
especially since Article 37(a)(ii) requires that
invoices "must appear on their face to be issued by the
beneficiary named in the credit ... ." The question,
then, is did the invoice appear to have been issued by
the beneficiary named in the LC. This determination
requires careful consideration of the documents and
their data as a whole and not the glib response
apparently given by the trial court.
3. One would have hoped that the LC community and
the courts had matured past this level of pettiness in
their analysis. There is still hope for some relief
however given that this case is on appeal on a
jurisdictional issue. Courts, lawyers, and LC bankers
could all benefit from a clarification of the distinction
between typos in the description of goods and other
typo "discrepancies". The issue is one of
identification and linkage. If the documents all related
to the LC and one another, bore the same address,
related to the same order, and were otherwise linked
to the transaction as revealed in the LC, for example
by order number, etc., the difference is an apparent
typographical error and not a discrepancy.
The views expressed in this Case Summary are those of the Institute of International Banking Law and Practice and not necessarily those of ICC or the other partners in DC-PRO.
The views expressed in this Case Summary are those of the Institute of International Banking Law and Practice and not necessarily those of ICC or the other partners in DC-PRO.


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