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It was a year ago this month that Broken Soldier (Shadow Unit Book 1) was published. With Book 3 (Hunted Soldier) well underway, I wanted to show some love on this Throwback Thursday to Sergeant Connor Finley and Sergeant Shawn Weller's first mission with a free read of Chapter One!
Sergeant Connor Finley and Sergeant Shawn Weller are dedicated soldiers working covert ops for Shadow Unit — a joint UK/US anti-terrorism task force.
Partners in the field and out, they had been through hell together for the last four years and made it through standing side by side. But when their latest undercover op to bring down an arms dealer plunges them into a world of drugs, sex and violence, Shawn must literally get in bed with the enemy in order to complete the mission. And Connor is forced to watch, helpless, as his partner is broken into pieces.
Will love be enough to put them both back together or will this be their final mission?
WARNING: Contains scenes of drug use, graphic sex and realistic situations
The first thing Sergeant Connor Finley noticed was the heat. He hadn't been on the tiny balcony for more than three minutes and his green t-shirt was already damp with sweat and sticking to his chest and back. What he wouldn't give to be at home in his native cool and wet London instead of Kuala Lumpur in the middle of summer. And at the Ritz instead of this crappy hotel in the middle of Chinatown.
Connor brushed a bead of sweat from his brow and leaned cautiously against the sagging railing to better overlook his surroundings. It was an assault to all five of his senses. Everywhere he looked was a riot of color – the bright clothing of the tourists and locals, the fabric awnings over the shops and the flags flying above the stalls that lined every inch of the crowded streets. He drew in a breath of air that was filled with the smells of a complex variety of cuisines from a wide cross-section of cultures being sold from the food vendors. Even up here on the fourth floor, it wasn't difficult for Connor to hear the sounds of dozens of conversations, the honking of car horns or the shouts of the vendors trying to entice both locals and tourists alike to purchase their wares.
Behind him, Connor heard his hotel room door open and close, but he didn't turn from his observations. He'd know the footfalls of his partner anywhere. A moment later Sergeant Shawn Weller stepped up beside him, a lit cigarette held between his fingers. Connor turned to look at his partner as Shawn leaned on the balcony railing.
Besides the fact that both he and Shawn were 36 years-old, they were a study in contrasts. Darkness and light.
Everything about Shawn was dark. His thick dark hair just brushed the base of his neck, with an ever present lock that fell over his forehead, compared with Connor's light sandy brown hair cut shorter and military-style. Shawn's skin was also darker, a golden brown as if he always had a tan, unlike Connor's much fairer skin tone. Shawn liked the manly rugged look with a shadow of dark stubble across his jaw where Connor was always clean shaven. His chest was also smooth, unlike the dusting of dark hair on Shawn's. Even Shawn's eyes were a dark cobalt blue in contrast to Connor's light hazel. Then there were Shawn's tattoos-one on each arm and a larger one across his right side, whereas Connor preferred his body to be ink-free. Shawn's favorite things were drinking, smoking, sex and seeing how many times he could use the word "fuck" in a day. Connor remembered when Shawn joined Shadow Unit – the bold, brash, loud American had walked in like he owned the place. Connor had disliked him on sight. Now, four years later, he would lay down his life for Shawn.
"You will never find a bigger concentration of degenerates and criminals," Shawn proclaimed, waving his hand out in front of him.
Connor huffed out a breath with a grin. "Well if anyone would know, it'd be you, mate. How long were you here on assignment with the Agency?"
A cloud passed over Shawn's eyes. "Too fucking long."
Connor tipped his head to the side. "Will it be a problem for you being back here? Any unfinished CIA business?"
Shawn shook his head and took a drag of his cigarette. "Nah," he replied, blowing out a stream of smoke. "Anyone who wasn't dead by the end of that mission is long gone. And besides, even if there are any stragglers still sticking around, I'll be running in wildly different circles this time anyway. That's why I'm here, actually." He hooked his thumb over his shoulder. "MacDonald wants us in the hub for briefing in ten."
Connor nodded and blew out a breath. Time to get to work.
The Shadow Unit hub, located on the second floor of an abandoned warehouse in Chinatown, four blocks from the hotel, was a hive of activity, more so than usual when Shawn and Connor entered the vast space. With the scope of this mission, more personnel than just the four core members were going to be needed. In one area there were several computer stations set up, manned by British Intelligence specialists. Across from them, a squad of fatigue-clad soldiers ran hand-to-hand combat drills, tossing one another down onto gray mats. Bunks for the squad huddled in the far corner, along with a makeshift mess. The armory loomed along the far wall with racks of rifles and handguns and boxes of grenades – both smoke and explosive – and an entire crate of ammunition. Shadow Unit, like a Boy Scout troop on steroids, always arrived prepared.
Connor and Shawn walked past several electric fans that were scattered around, their blades spinning furiously, but barely moving the humid air. Both of them snagged bottles of cold water from an ice-filled bucket as they approached the briefing table in the middle of the hub.
The other members of Shadow Unit were already assembled. What had begun as an off-shoot of British Military Intelligence to combat terrorism grew into a joint operation with various United States agencies as well, pooling their resources for an even stronger unit.
Connor was one of the first members recruited when Shadow Unit was formed eight years ago when he was currently serving as a sergeant in the SAS. He knew it was an honor he had been selected and jumped at the chance to do covert ops work.
Sergeant Mandy Cho was the next chosen. Born in Japan and raised in London, she was the most brilliant computer analyst/hacker that Connor had ever known. MI-6 had recruited her straight out of university and Shadow had snatched her up years later. Besides her computer skills, 31-year-old Mandy was also an expert marksman.
Shawn's background was just as diverse as the rest of the team. Originally from Detroit, Michigan, he spent nine years as a Navy SEAL where he was deployed in dozens of countries over the course of his career. He was recruited by the CIA after his time with the SEALs, where he spent the next three years before he was approached about joining Shadow Unit. His time with the Agency was a dark period in his life that he still refused to talk about.
The final member was 30-year-old Sergeant Chloe Davis, another American from Dallas, Texas. She was former US Army Counterintelligence and her vast contacts around the world had proved invaluable to Shadow Unit. A skilled soldier in the field, her petite build and delicate ebony features belied her deadly hand-to-hand combat capabilities.
Then there was their commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel David MacDonald, who had taken over Shadow Unit two years ago. What the 50-year-old grey-haired Scotsman lacked in stature he made up for in sheer presence. MacDonald was a legend in Military Intelligence, having served in every major theater the British had taken part in. It was an honor for Shadow Unit to count him among their ranks.
There had also been Sergeant Mark Whalen, pulled from the SAS at the same time Connor had been. There were days when Connor thought he could still hear Mark's voice in the hub, even six years later. Before his thoughts could turn dark, he pushed the memory into the back of his mind and concentrated on what MacDonald was saying.
"Gentlemen," MacDonald acknowledged them as Connor and Shawn took their seats. "Let's get started." He pointed a wireless remote at a wide video screen, and a photo of an Asian man in his early 60's appeared. "Zhiang Chan," MacDonald began. "Local Chinese Triad leader for the past twenty years, dealing in extortion, protection money, gambling, drugs and money laundering. Until nine months ago." The photo changed to one of an obviously dead Zhiang Chan. "The circumstances of his death were, shall we say…mysterious." The photo changed again, this time to a younger Asian man in his late 30's. His cold eyes and hard expression made Connor think of a viper and the hair on the back of his neck stood up. This man was dangerous.
"With Zhiang dead, control passed to his only son, YongJae Chan, who used to be his father's enforcer," MacDonald explained. "And he was ruthless at his job. There's more than one body in the morgue attributed to him."
Shawn snorted. "Sounds like junior there got tired of waiting for his turn and knocked off dear old dad."
"Thank you for that keen deduction, Weller," MacDonald replied dryly.
Connor tried to ineffectually hide a smirk behind his hand and Shawn gave him the finger.
"Jae, as he goes by," MacDonald continued, "is much more ambitious than his father, not content with drugs and gambling." The photo on the screen changed to crates full of weapons. "He's gotten himself into high-level arms dealing. He's the middle man, selling to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the southern Philippines." Another photo, this time of bodies lying in the street of a village. "His weapons have been linked to a number of terror attacks, killing countless innocent civilians, including British and American citizens. Rumor has it he's about ready to sell something much more dangerous than AK-47's." MacDonald put down the remote and addressed the team. "We need to find his supplier and shut them both down."
MacDonald turned his attention to Connor and Shawn. "That's where you two come in. There are two things that Jae Chan loves – drugs and men. Western men in particular. He owns the top gay club in Chinatown – Club Pelangi."
Connor nodded, familiar with the name. He and Shawn had walked past the club after leaving the hotel, on their way to the hub.
MacDonald's pause was heavy in the air, making Connor uncomfortable.
"You'll both be going undercover."
As MacDonald's words sunk in, Connor and his teammates gave each other uneasy sideways glances. Connor knew without a doubt what everyone was thinking, but they all remained silent. MacDonald was the one to give voice to their shared thought.
"I will not let what happened to Hughes happen to either of you," he said forcefully to Shawn and Connor.
"Yes, boss," they chorused and nodded, not doubting the words of their commanding officer.
Ethan Hughes had been their youngest member, recruited two years ago from MI-5 at only 24 years old. He was a brilliant analyst who specialized in code-breaking and ciphers. Unlike Shawn, Connor, Mandy and Chloe, he was not a field operative, but support personnel in the hub. So when their former, and unstable, commanding officer, chose Ethan for a dangerous undercover mission for which he had no training, it could only end in disaster. And it had – with Ethan's execution. Which was videotaped and sent to Shadow Unit. Their previous C.O. was relieved of duty for her reckless actions that caused the death of one of her men, and Colonel MacDonald had stepped in and taken over Shadow Unit.
"What's the play?" Shawn inquired.
"Finley, you'll need to get yourself hired as security at the club," MacDonald addressed Connor first. "We don't know where Jae is conducting his business deals – either at his house or at the club. So we need an inside man."
"Will do," Connor replied. He indicated the soldiers behind him. "Can I borrow a couple of them? I've got an idea."
"As many as you need," MacDonald answered then turned to Shawn.
"Jae likes to have a…companion with him. One that lives with him."
Shawn sat back and crossed his arms over his chest. "You mean a boy-toy."
"For lack of a better term, yes. We need you to replace his current one. We need a man in the house, in case he's doing his dealings there. We'll need you to get into his computer, pull off as much as you can. Gather as much intel on Jae as possible."
"Sir, my Chinese is a bit…lacking," Shawn interjected.
"Shouldn't be a problem," MacDonald answered. "Jae loves everything Western, which is why he shortened his name, speaks English fluently and requires everyone around him to as well."
MacDonald turned to regard them both. "You can't go in wired. No comms, no phones. Jae does regular security sweeps at his house and the club for listening devices. However, we will put GPS tracking devices in both of your watches. We're not letting either of you out of our sight."
MacDonald blew out a breath. "I'm not going to sugar coat this for you. This is dangerous work. Especially for you, Weller. But Chan needs to be stopped. And this is our best bet."
Shawn and Connor exchanged glances, years of unspoken communication passing between them. They answered as one.
"Roger that."
MacDonald's mouth tightened and he nodded. "Cho is in the process of setting up fake identities for you both. She'll drop the paperwork off at your hotel tonight. Study it carefully. Leave your watches with Davis." He slid a thick file folder across the table. "Everything we have on Jae Chan. Take the rest of the day. Read up. You both go in tomorrow night. Dismissed."
Later that evening Connor sat at the rickety table in his hotel room, pouring over the files on Jae Chan and his new fake identity when the door opened and Shawn walked in. He closed the door behind him and leaned back against it.
Connor looked over at him and indicated the files. "You ready for this?"
Shawn straightened up and pulled his dark blue t-shirt off, exposing his defined chest, dusted with dark hair, and his three tattoos. He took a step forward and dropped the shirt to the floor.
"What? You think I can't reel Jae in?" he said smugly.
Instantly angry with Shawn's flippant tone, Connor stood abruptly, the chair scraping back against the wood floor.
"This isn't about your sexual prowess," Connor growled. He stripped off his own shirt then and advanced on his partner like a cat stalking its prey. "Did you read the file? Jae likes his men pliant. He does the seducing. He's the one in charge."
Connor put his hand on Shawn's chest and pushed him back against the door. Connor was barely two inches taller than his partner, but he was broader and more muscular than Shawn's stockier build and at that moment he used all of that to his advantage. He drew himself up to his full six-foot two-inch height and loomed over Shawn, planting one hand hard against the door next to Shawn's head. He saw the uncertainty flare in Shawn's blue eyes at his actions. He leaned in close, his voice a deep rumble.
"Do you even know what the word 'submissive' means?"
Then his mouth was on Shawn's in a hard, bruising kiss.
Shawn froze for a split second before opening his mouth and slanting it across Connor's, their tongues doing furious battle. Shawn reached out to take hold of Connor's hips but Connor instead took both of Shawn's wrists in his hands and pinned Shawn's arms over his head. Shawn immediately tried to pull out of Connor's grip but Connor didn't relent, pressing his body fully against his partner, holding him still. Another failed attempt to move his arms and then Shawn sagged, submitting to Connor.
Connor broke the kiss with a satisfied expression. "That's better," he said smugly, then his words took on an edge. "Now take off your clothes."
He watched as Shawn's face flushed at his command, but his partner kept quiet and reached for his belt buckle as Connor stepped back. Shawn's jeans, briefs, socks, and shoes pooled at his feet until he was naked before Connor.
Connor nodded in approval at what he saw. "Now get on the bed. On your knees,"
He could see Shawn fighting with himself to say something but ultimately lowered his eyes and moved over to the bed without a word. He climbed onto the mattress on his hands and knees, fingers curled around the headboard, then looked over his shoulder at Connor.
Connor felt his cock throb suddenly within the confines of his pants and his mouth went dry at the picture Shawn presented – open, exposed, waiting. He thought about touching all of that naked skin, and his hands clenched into fists.
He removed his own clothes, taking his hardening cock in his hand and stroking it sharply, twice, watching as Shawn's eyes darkened. He moved then, disappearing quickly into the bathroom to grab the small bottle marked Lotion in between the shampoo and conditioner that even rundown hotels like this provided to the tourists.
He squirted the lotion onto his hand, coating his fingers as he walked over to the bed. He tossed the bottle onto the mattress and climbed up behind Shawn, on his knees. He wasted no time, as Jae Chan wouldn't either, left hand on Shawn's hip, the slick fingers of his right hand seeking out Shawn's entrance, then pushing past the puckered muscle.
Shawn grunted at the intrusion and dropped his head, fingers flexing on the headboard. Connor stretched him quickly, but carefully, more consideration than he knew Chan would give, but he would never hurt Shawn deliberately.
He withdrew his fingers and coated his hard cock with the lotion before guiding it to Shawn's slick entrance. He pushed firmly and steadily past the muscle, Shawn's body seeming to draw him in until his groin was flush with Shawn's ass. Shawn sucked in a sharp breath as Connor filled him so completely and Connor couldn't help the groan that escaped his lips as Shawn's body surrounded him with tight heat.
Connor gripped Shawn's waist, his fingers flexing on the smooth skin and shifted his hips backward, sliding nearly all the way out of Shawn before pushing back in in one smooth motion. He set up a quick rhythm, his hips snapping, pulling Shawn's body back to meet his thrusts over and over. The sound of flesh hitting flesh, the creaking of the bed and sharp, panting breaths filled the room.
Shawn released one of his hands from the headboard and dropped it down between his legs but Connor intercepted it before he could wrap it around his cock. He took Shawn's wrist and slapped his hand back down on the headboard. Jae Chan wasn't going to care about his partner's pleasure, only his own.
"Don't move," Connor ground out. "And don't come."
Shawn squeezed his eyes closed and dropped his head. "Shit…" he swore, voice strained, fingernails digging into the headboard.
Connor continued to fuck Shawn, his head spinning, dizzy with the feeling of power and control he had over his partner. He knew deep down it was wrong and this wasn't who he was, but Christ, tell that to his cock, which was ready to explode.
The harsh, fucked-out whisper of his name falling from Shawn's lips pushed Connor over the edge. With a sharp cry he let go, pushing into Shawn one more time, holding tight to his hips as his cock pulsed over and over, filling Shawn with slick, wet heat.
Shawn cried out, too, a mixture of pleasure and pain and Connor knew it was from denying himself his own release, still obeying Connor. Even though he knew Chan would ignore Shawn's own needs, he wasn't that cruel. He reached down between Shawn's legs and wrapped his hand around his partner's rock hard cock, the head wet with precome. Shawn tried to shift away from the stimulation but Connor bent over and put his mouth next to Shawn's ear.
"It's okay," he breathed, stroking firmly. "Let go…"
And with a noise akin to a sob, Shawn did, his cock pulsing in Connor's grip, his release painting the headboard. Connor stroked him through his climax until Shawn sagged, his knees giving out and he tumbled them both down onto the bed in a tangle of limbs, Connor's softening cock slipping from Shawn's body.
Connor rolled Shawn over to face him, realization setting in of what he'd done, how he'd treated his partner. And it shook him deeply.
Shawn's blue eyes were wide, but there was no recrimination in them, instead regarding Connor with something akin to awe and…gratitude?
Connor lay a hand on the side of Shawn's face, his voice shaky. "Shawn, I'm –"
"No." Shawn cut him off. "Don't apologize. You're only looking out for me. And I needed that. Needed to get in that mindset. And best it comes from you first and not Chan. Thanks," he said sincerely, then he gave Connor a cocky grin. "You're damn hot when you're in control like that. I'm impressed. Didn't know you had it in you."
Connor shook his head and laughed and shoved at Shawn's shoulder. "You fucking wanker."
"Tell me you didn't enjoy that," Shawn challenged him with a smile.
"Maybe just a little," Connor admitted and Shawn chuckled, pleased. "But not something I want to make a habit of," he continued. "It felt odd, all one-sided like that." He threaded his fingers through Shawn's. "I much prefer our usual…mutual pleasuring."
"Well give me a few minutes and we can get to that mutual pleasuring," Shawn smirked.
Connor rolled his eyes. "You're impossible." Then he turned serious. "Do you think MacDonald knows about us?"
Shawn blew out a breath. "We've been together, what? Five months? I know we've been careful, but this is MacDonald we're talking about. I'm sure he's figured it out."
"Think that's why we got this assignment?" Connor asked. "Because we have…expertise in this area?" His hand swept out to indicate their naked bodies.
"I almost hope he doesn't know," Shawn answered. "Because putting us through this, knowing our relationship…I can't believe he's that big of a bastard."
"This is MacDonald we're talking about," Connor reminded him. "The mission always comes first. Either way, this isn't going to be easy. On either of us."
It made Connor's skin crawl, just thinking of Jae Chan putting his hands on Shawn. But more than that, it was the undercover aspect in general. It was, hands down, the most dangerous work they could do. He would rather face down dozens of terrorists in a firefight, bullets flying or a hand-to-hand fight with a deadly blade than undertake an undercover assignment.
A gun battle lasted an hour and there was no deception involved. You just pulled the trigger. But an undercover job could last days, weeks, months. All the while pretending to be someone you're not, constantly on edge. And the smallest mistake, a slip-up from either you or any of your teammates could mean instant death.
Unbidden, an image of Ethan's videotaped execution flashed in Connor's mind and he closed his eyes as Ethan's face was replaced by Shawn's, a split second before being shot in the head.
Shawn's quiet voice had Connor opening his eyes and smiling inwardly at the familiar nickname that only Shawn was allowed to call him. And had since five minutes after they'd first been introduced. The American had stuck out his hand and instead of saying, "Hi, Connor, I'm Shawn." or "Good to be working with you, Finley.", it had been, "Nice to meet you, Finn!"
Connor had never had a nickname in his life and he had bristled at the implied familiarity between them when the man was a complete stranger to him. But Shawn had just winked and slapped him on his back and that was that. Like he said, he'd disliked him instantly. And now, four years later, what had started as an irritant had become something special between only the two of them.
Connor looked steadily at his partner and saw the same fears being reflected back at him in the depths of Shawn's own eyes.
Shawn hooked a hand around the back of Connor's neck. "C'mere," he whispered and Connor went willingly into Shawn's embrace.
The kiss was slow and languid. Connor let himself fall into it with a sigh as Shawn's hand caressed his back, trailing across his bare skin, up and down. On the next pass his hand slipped lower, to the swell of Connor's ass, fingers flexing. Connor hummed encouragingly into the kiss and Shawn pulled their lower bodies flush. Shawn rocked his hips, pushing his newly hardening cock against Connor's for long moments before his fingers searched out Connor's entrance. When they pressed against the small muscle Connor broke the kiss with an intake of breath and a nod.
"Turn over," Shawn whispered.
Connor did so, rolling so that his back was to his partner. He heard Shawn searching in the rumpled bed sheets and then the cap on the lotion unscrewing. A moment later Shawn bent Connor's top leg at the knee and pushing it slightly up on the mattress. Connor felt Shawn's slick fingers at his entrance then, rubbing the puckered muscle until Connor pushed back against his fingers, eager for more. Shawn obliged, slipping one finger inside and Connor closed his eyes with a sigh.
A second finger joined the first shortly afterward, pushing in and out, until Connor started shifting his hips, pressing back, trying to get them deeper, wanting more. Shawn withdrew at Connor's unspoken request and then Connor could feel the blunt head of Shawn's cock pushing ever so slowly inside him.
Connor groaned in pleasure as his partner filled him so completely, his hands bunching up the sheets, feeling his cock throb as his body stretched around Shawn's rock hard erection. He expected Shawn to start thrusting then, but instead he rolled Connor's hips back so that their bodies were completely spooned together, molded perfectly against one another, Shawn's cock slipping in that final inch.
Shawn's mouth was on the side of Connor's neck then, kissing behind his ear, and Connor shivered at the sensation. He felt Shawn's hand skim across his smooth chest, his thumb rubbing against a flat nipple until it hardened into a pebble then pinched it gently and Connor sucked in a sharp breath at the stimulation. Shawn's hand wandered lower then, across Connor's well-defined abs, past his navel, until his fingers curled around Connor's uncut cock. Connor couldn't help the groan that escaped when Shawn began stroking him, easing the foreskin up and down, and he arched back against his partner's body. Connor felt himself release a burst of precome as Shawn's thumb pressed against the underside of the head of his cock and he contracted his internal muscles around Shawn's erection. He felt it throb deep inside him and felt Shawn's groan rumble against his back and in his ear.
Shawn released Connor's cock then and rolled Connor's hips forward again as he stayed still, slipping nearly all the way out of Connor's body. Connor's fingers flexed again in the bed sheets, waiting for that first powerful thrust, but it never came. Instead, Shawn's hips started a slow roll, pushing in deep, then withdrawing inch by inch, again and again.
Their lovemaking was always enthusiastic, to say the least, and as a result never lasted very long. It never bothered Connor because it felt damn good. So this slow and unhurried pace was new. And Connor found he liked it. He could really feel Shawn inside him, and it was a heady experience. The desire to come was there, but further below the surface than normal and Connor found he liked the feeling of a slow build up instead of a fast explosion. He knew when he did come it would be all the more powerful for the slow ascension to the top of the cliff.
He had no idea how much time passed, losing himself to the new sensations Shawn was creating inside him, his heart beating quickly, his breaths long and deep. He wanted it to last as long as possible. So when Shawn then slipped completely out of his body, Connor reached back desperately for him.
"No…" he panted, trying to pull Shawn toward him again.
Shawn caught his hand and tugged. "It's okay…c'mere," he breathed.
Connor rolled over as Shawn pushed the pillows up against the headboard and sat up against them. His blue eyes were dark with desire and he was breathing as deep as Connor was. He was holding his cock in one hand, stroking slowly.
"Ride me," he ground out, voice rough.
"Fuck," Connor breathed, more aroused than he'd ever been. Because this was new, too. They never had time for more than one position normally.
Connor straddled Shawn's hips eagerly, and a moment later Shawn's thick cock slipped back inside him as he lowered himself down onto it. His head fell back in exquisite pleasure at the sensation of Shawn so deep inside him again. He lifted his head when he felt Shawn's hands settle on his hips and saw the same raw arousal written all over his partner's face.
He rested his hands on Shawn's shoulders and rose up on his knees, letting Shawn's cock slide nearly all the way out of his body before sinking back down in one smooth motion, pulling twin groans from them. Connor rose up again quickly, but Shawn's hands tightened on his hips.
"Slow, Finn…"
Connor nodded and took a breath before lowering himself back down, trying to match Shawn's earlier pace. He felt his orgasm build again as he rode Shawn's cock, a wave of pleasure steadily growing inside him. His slow movements were agonizing torture of the best kind. He pushed down a little harder, trying to get Shawn's cock deeper, feeling it press again and again against his prostate.
When Connor's thighs started to burn he stopped his up and down movement and settled on Shawn's lap. He ground his hips back and forth, still craving the pressure of Shawn's cock pushing on that spot deep inside him, his own trapped between their bodies, rubbing against Shawn's bare skin. Shawn's arms came around him and he tugged Connor's head down, kissing him with more passion than he'd ever felt from his partner.
After tonight it might be weeks before they were together again. And if the op went horribly wrong…this might be the last memory they had of one another. Connor felt his heart seize up in his chest at the thought and he kissed Shawn harder, pouring all of his emotions into it. And with the way Shawn responded, clutching Connor tighter, he knew the same thoughts and emotions coursed through his partner as well.
Connor was lightheaded when the kiss ended, his heart pounding in his chest. He could feel Shawn's beating the same staccato rhythm. It had never been this intense between them and it shook him. He could see it in Shawn's blue eyes, too, blown wide, and it took his breath away.
His partner moved then and Connor found himself on his back, his legs wrapped around Shawn's waist, Shawn's cock pushing into Connor hard and fast now. He gripped Shawn's upper arms, his head arching back against the bed as he felt the wave of his orgasm rush up his spine. There was no stopping it now and Connor didn't want to. He had never ached so badly for release.
"Look at me, Connor…look at me…"
And Connor did, catching the exact moment on Shawn's face when the ecstasy of climax flooded through his body. Shawn's shout of completion was deep and long, his hips still thrusting as he filled Connor with his release.
The sensation of Shawn coming inside him, his cock pulsing again and again, was Connor's undoing. His orgasm crashed over him like a tidal wave, more powerful than he'd ever felt. His cock surged, painting his stomach with his release and he cried out with the sheer intensity of it.
Shawn lowered himself down onto Connor and Connor held him tightly, both of them trembling as their orgasms subsided. Shawn's voice was a shaky whisper next to his ear.
"I love you."
Connor felt his heart skip a beat. It wasn't the first time Shawn had said those words to him. He squeezed his eyes shut and buried his face in Shawn's shoulder.
"Shawn, I…" But the last two words lodged in his throat and refused to be spoken.
Everyone he'd ever told he'd loved had died – been killed – and left him alone. His parents, his sister, his lover Mark. He never expected to get another chance at happiness and he was going to hold onto it desperately with both hands and not let go. He knew it was completely irrational, but he didn't care. As long as he didn't say it Shawn would stay safe.
Shawn lifted himself up slightly to look at Connor and he could see the understanding in Shawn's blue eyes.
"It's okay." Shawn kissed him softly. "I know."
Dawn was just breaking when Connor felt Shawn stir and he opened his eyes. He hadn't been sleeping, though. Neither of them had been, really, their minds too occupied with the upcoming mission to rest. They'd instead spent the last hours in each other's arms, making the most of the time they had left together.
Connor felt Shawn's hand lightly trail down the back of his neck and across his shoulder and he lifted his head from where it had been resting on his partner's chest.
"Hey," Shawn said quietly with a small smile.
"Hey," Connor echoed then sat up and kissed Shawn for a long moment.
When they moved apart Shawn looked down and unhooked his paracord bracelet from around his wrist, which he then fastened around Connor's.
"Hang onto this for me, will you?" Shawn asked, trying for a light tone, but failing.
Connor shook his head, refusing to acknowledge the implication of Shawn's action. He knew how much that bracelet meant to his partner. He'd received it the day he was accepted into the SEALs all those years ago and he had worn it every single day since. If he was giving it to Connor he was afraid there was a chance he wasn't coming back from this mission.
"Shawn. No." Connor reached for his wrist to unhook the bracelet but Shawn covered his hand.
"Finn. Please." Shawn's voice was rough. "Just…do this for me. Keep part of me with you." Then he swallowed and forced a smile. "Besides, it's just temporary, so don't get attached to it. I'll be asking for it back soon."
Connor turned his hand over and linked their fingers together. "I'm going to bloody well hold you to that."
The sun peeked over the horizon then, signaling the start to a new day.
Connor released a long breath and asked Shawn a familiar question. "Are you ready for this?"
Shawn squeezed Connor's hand. "I am now."
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And don't forget to read Connor and Shawn's next mission in ROGUE SOLDIER
Shadow Unit may have overturned the illegal arms cartel in Kuala Lumpur, but the harrowing undercover op left emotional scars on Sergeants Shawn Weller and Connor Finley. Slowly, patiently, they piece their partnership back together, closer now than ever before.
But the arrival of Julian Montgomery, Shawn's former CIA handler and lover, threatens to tear them apart. Julian knows all of Shawn's secrets as well as the past Shawn has kept hidden from Connor. Now the self-serving Julian wants Shawn back—with the CIA and with him. No one will get in his way. Including Connor.
When the joint Shadow Unit/CIA mission to stop the supplier of a deadly biological weapon goes sideways, Connor is captured, tortured, and used as a human test subject. It's a race against time to save his life. But who can Shawn trust?
And who has gone rogue?
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The committee who brings you Indie Films Fernie (IFF) and the Reel Canadian Film Festival invites you to attend Fernie's edition of National Canadian Film Day (NCFD 150) on April 19 at 7pm at the Vogue Theatre. NCFD 150 is a massive one-day, coast-to-coast-to-coast celebration of Canadian cinema in honour of our nation's sesquicentennial.
The Canadian film being presented in Fernie is award-winning Water, a 2005 Indo-Canadian film written and directed by Deepa Mehta. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2007 Academy Awards and received another 17 awards and 14 nominations. Set in 1938, it explores the lives of widows at an ashram in Varanasi, India.
Water wraps up IFF's Winter 2017 season and admission is free of charge. For all the details on this and other NCFD 150 events please visit reelfilmfest.ca and canadianfilmday.ca.

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- US aid for Yemen goes predominantly to military and hard security projects.
- To confront the key sources of instability the U.S. must look beyond military assistance.
- Tier two engagement will be a critical component of this strategy, especially in looking at challenges to natural resource and human security.
As Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen makes headlines yet again for attempted terrorist activities against the United States, the US government is preparing a $150 million package aimed at training and aiding Yemeni security and military forces. This unsurprising move represents business as usual for US-Yemeni relations; a continuation of security and terrorism-centric dialogue, policy, and funding that pervades all levels of the two countries' engagement. In fact, of the $63 million in aid money to Yemen in FY10, well over half goes toward military and security assistance.
In his October 29th speech on the attempted cargo plane bombings, President Obama announced that the US government intends to "strengthen a more stable, secure and prosperous Yemen so that terrorist groups to not have the time and space they need to plan attacks from within its borders." This statement is coupled with an announcement to increase the military aid to Yemen to $150 million. Considering that the President's FY11 budget called for just over $100 million in total aid for Yemen, 48% of which was for military and security assistance, this new announcement triples military aid and makes it approximately 75% of Yemen's aid money.
While security is the primary focus of the FY 11 budget, under its new Yemen strategy USAID is also working to address some of the soft security issues that fuel instability. Included in this FY11 budget are projects on:
- Military and security assistance;
- Responsive governance, a multi-sector project expected to be funded at $43 million for 5 years and aimed to strengthen public policies and institutions;
- The Community Livelihoods Project, a multi-sector program expected to be funded at $125 million for 5 years with the goal of economic stabilization through government services, job creation, civic participation, and responsive local governance.
- Urban refugee aid for those living in Sana'a;
- Public health; and
- Supporting an independent media.
This $200 million in aid compares to packages of over $1.5 billion for Egypt, $730 million for Iraq, $680 million for Jordan, $550 million for the West Bank and Gaza, and $250 million for Lebanon.
A recent article by Christopher Boucek of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace points out that Yemen suffers from more than just the hard security challenges associated with AQAP, the Houthi Rebellion in Sa'da, and the Southern Mobility separatist movement in the South and in Hadramawt[1]. Boucek notes that, "Beyond its security concerns, Yemen is on the brink of economic disaster, suffering from poor governance and quickly dwindling water supplies."
The article rightly calls for the U.S. government to expand its aid focus to help Yemen: improve its legal system and laws, fight corruption, increase policing capacity, improve the economy, alter the land distribution and ownership system, and enhance the education system. These policy prescriptions are standard practice in the Middle East—multilateral aid packages with the goals of addressing economic instability, furthering governance and rule of law, promoting civil society, and improving education and with debatable effectiveness. Boucek further calls on the U.S. government to partner with Saudi Arabia, Yemen's largest donor nation at $2 billion a year.
While these prescriptions will be important components in a comprehensive Yemen strategy, they fall short of addressing Yemen's immediate and long term stability challenges, especially those
related to: natural resources, population growth, and human health and capacity.
Robust track one and track two Yemeni-U.S. engagement will be necessary over the coming years. Track two approaches will be especially important for addressing these core resource, population, and human challenges as their solutions are highly technical in nature, the target populations often live in areas with limited central government involvement or legitimacy, and effective solutions will require individual buy-in and stakeholder engagement from diverse actors.
Note that an effective strategy must include cooperation and engagement with the tribal and religious networks and stakeholders that are central components of Yemen's social structure and civil society. Tribes especially will be important partners in Yemen's ongoing stability. As an example of this, the leader of Yemen's largest Bakil tribe, Sheikh Naji Abdul Aziz Al-Shayef, recently called for the creation of a coalition aligned with the government against Al Qaeda.
In the immediate future, the U.S. must support both track one and especially track two engagement in:
- Resource ownership. An immediate problem, Yemen's oil and natural gas are running out and its water is running out even faster. The U.S. must support scientists, technologists, and other experts in working with Yemeni government officials, scientists, and stakeholders to determine resource distribution, replenishment rate, and must begin dialogues with stakeholders on how resources are distributed, allocated, and managed.
- Land ownership. Before radically overhauling the land ownership system, the U.S. must work with the Yemeni government to institute legal safeguards that ensure that traditional land tenure systems are recognized. Current land reform efforts seek to secure land titling through registration and ownership legislation. However, much land is owned at the tribal level, is communally owned, or is owned by the local mosque for the benefit of the mosque and the area's poor (generally as a result of land donated through zakat or alms) and land reformation has the potential to further increase poverty as those without registration are displaced.
- Science and technology (S&T) cooperation. The U.S. government should take advantage of the Arab world's favorable opinion of U.S. S&T to develop exchange programs and build internal Yemeni S&T capacity, focusing on issues such as water, energy, and biosecurity, which are of mutual need and interest.
- Refugees. Located not just below Saudi Arabia, but just across the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden from Africa, Yemen is a country of 23 million people, with almost 200,000 refugees. The majority of these refugees are from Somalia, with small groups from Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Iraq. The U.S. must work with civil society in the U.S., Yemen, and internationally, as well as with the UNHRC, to develop a strategy for permanent resettlement and to aid refugees as well as the populations in the South of Yemen where the refugee camps are located.
- Internally displaced persons. Yemen has an estimated 150,000-250,000 internally displaced persons, mostly in Sa'da and the North. The U.S. must work with local tribes, international human rights and refugee organizations, and the government of Yemen and to develop a strategy for infrastructure and housing development, for public health initiatives, and for economic development.
Long term formal and informal engagement on the following issues is critical:
- Resource management. With dwindling resources, especially of water and fossil fuels, management is an increasingly critical challenge. Sustainable resource use and allocation mechanisms are critical. Their development can be best facilitated by the U.S. supporting tier two collaborations between experts, resource managers, and stakeholders, backed by tier one cooperation with politicians to develop supportive legislation, markets, and profit sharing mechanisms.
- Infrastructure development.
- Public health. Foci of these efforts should be infectious diseases, material and reproductive health, access to basic medical services, and population control issues.
No one policy or engagement strategy will be a panacea for Yemen's root destabilizing factors. Instead, the U.S. and other donor nations must focus on a variety of strategies at multiple levels of engagement that enhance human capacity and education, stabilize resource use and availability, improve governance, engage Yemen in the global S&T community, and approach Yemen as both a unique state and as a critical actor in a volatile region.
[1] For an overview of the Southern Mobility Movement (SMM) in Hadrawawt, see Michael Horton's article "The Growing Separatists Threat in Yemen's Hadramawt Governorate," TerrorismMonitor Volume VIII, Issue 40.


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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on Thursday that would improve background checks for gun buyers — a milestone, albeit a narrow one, in the divisive national debate over gun control.
The measure — inspired by a tragic lapse that allowed the gunman in Sutherland Springs, Texas, to purchase his weapons, despite a domestic violence conviction — would require federal agencies and states to do a better job of reporting criminal offenses and other information into the national instant background check system.
The group of eight senators, led by Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate and a staunch foe of gun control, includes four Republicans and four Democrats, among them Senator Dianne Feinstein, the Senate's longest-standing gun safety advocate.
Senator Richard Blumenthal, the Democrat of Connecticut, called the measure "a modest breakthrough" but said he hoped it could lead to other bipartisan work on gun safety.
"It may seem to many like a baby step," he said, "but a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and this one could well be important in breaking the ice of complicity that has paralyzed Congress."
Devin P. Kelley, who gunned down 26 people at a church in Sutherland Springs with an AR-15 military-style rifle, was convicted in 2012 of assaulting his wife and cracking his infant stepson's skull. But the Air Force failed to report the domestic violence conviction, which would have barred him from purchasing the weapon, to the national database.
"For years, agencies and states haven't complied with the law, failing to upload these critical records without consequence,'' Mr. Cornyn said in a statement announcing the measure. "Just one record that's not properly recorded can lead to tragedy, as the country saw last week in Sutherland Springs."
Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, the lead Democratic sponsor, said the bill marks "an important milestone that shows real compromise can be made on the issue of guns."
The measure is reminiscent of another law, passed in 2007 after a massacre at Virginia Tech, which provided incentives and grant money for states to update the background-check database with more criminal records and mental health information. That deal was a delicate compromise between gun control advocates and the National Rifle Association, but as the Sutherland Springs shooting showed, it fell short of its promise.
The new measure, called the Fix NICS Act — NICS is the acronym for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System — is modest when compared to the demands of gun safety advocates, who have for years been pushing to expand background checks for gun buyers and to limit the purchase of assault weapons.
Instead, the new measure would require federal agencies and states to produce plans showing how they intend to comply with existing laws governing reporting to the background check system. It would reward states that comply with financial incentives by making it easier for them to get federal grants. And it would penalize federal agencies that fail to report to the system by barring bonus pay for political appointees.
John Feinblatt, the president of Everytown for Gun Safety, an advocacy group here, praised the measure as "an important first step" to improve the background check system.
The massacre in Texas showed once again that the computerized background check program is only as good as the data that is put into it. The 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech brought attention to the system's flaws after it was revealed that the gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, had been ordered by a court into mental health treatment, but that court order had not been forwarded to the background check database, a failure that may have allowed him to purchase his arsenal.
Although the gun debate is contentious in Congress, surveys show the majority of Americans — even those in households with guns — want to see gun safety laws passed. A poll released Thursday by Quinnipiac University found that 60 percent of voters favor stricter gun laws, and 59 percent say it is too easy to buy a gun in the United States. The survey also found that 94 percent of those living in households with guns favor universal background checks for gun buyers.


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You can't avoid Bass and Barra when it comes to Lake Monduran. You can do Barramundi charters, fish yourself for barra on the lake, eat barra, picnic with barra, barbecue with Barra and even be in a competition to catch the biggest Barra. If fishing isn't really your game then you can kayak, canoe, swim and waterski too. The area has great cabins, camping and picnic spots, you can hire a houseboat to cruise the lake or hire a boat if you don't have one with you and makes a lovely short-break away or longer stay to lure yourself the big one.
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Tightly held and set behind a leafy frontage on 887sqm (approx.), this double brick and sandstone residence in the Federation Queen Anne style delivers a superior lifestyle canvas with a versatile floorplan, traditionally oversized rooms and classic original features throughout. From the welcoming entry with signature verandah and centre hallway to the soaring ornate ceilings and vintage fireplaces, the home combines timeless character with modern comforts and further potential. Ideally placed near Anglo Park and only a short walk to Chatswood CBD, it offers exciting scope to revitalise for enhanced family living in a blue ribbon location.
* Immediately comfortable and presented in the classic tradition
* High decorative ceilings, bay windows, fireplaces and timber floors
* Large gracious formal lounge room plus family living and dining
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* Up to five bedrooms plus a study and integrated sunroom/studio
* Studio features kitchenette, shower and separate entry if desired
* Two bathrooms, one with bath, external laundry, gardener's WC
* Established rear garden, pergola and generous off-street parking
* Buses at door and moments to Westfield and Chatswood station
* Proximity to parks, shopping, cafes and a selection of fine schools
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After booking a new trip, my initial feelings towards my next adventure are always excitement, joy and eagerness to get away. I waste no time entering the dates into the countdown app on my phone and regularly check how many days, hours and minutes I have to go until my flight. This usually lasts for a few months until I see the number of days slowly going down and I start to feel anxious and nervous instead of excited.
As my departure date gets closer and closer I start to think of worst case scenarios like what if I miss my flight or what if my luggage gets lost or god forbid, what if I get kidnapped!? Obviously very dramatic.
My feelings of anxiety and nervousness tend to disappear once I actually reach my destination, have checked into the hotel and can finally relax but the lead up is always the worst. It even gets to a point where I work myself up so much that I don't want to go at all.
Pre-travel anxiety can affect SO many people and it's completely normal to have feelings of uncertainty before going to an unfamiliar place. Below are a few tips that help me deal with my pre-travel jitters and can hopefully help some of you as well.
1. Determine what is making you anxious
One thing I always remind myself when I'm starting to feel anxious about travelling is that it's completely normal to feel nervous and afraid. A lot of the time I feel anxious about a long flight or that I'll get lost on my way from the airport to the hotel. I find that the best way to overcome my travel anxiety is to pinpoint exactly what is making me feel anxious and try to overcome it. For example, feeling anxious about a long flight means that I will make sure to have plenty of distractions for the journey. I usually take a book to read or I'll download a Netflix show that I can watch on the plane. Booking an airport transfer can also help to ease some of my pre-travel anxiety because I know I don't have to worry about finding my own way to the hotel or wherever it is I am staying when I reach my destination. If you feel anxious about money, set up a daily budget and determine how much you're going to spend each day. If you're concerned about your health, make an appointment with your doctor or stock up on any medication you may need before you go. Identifying the source of your travel anxiety can make it SO much easier to find a solution and face it head on. It also helps to talk to others, whether it is a parent, friend or even a psychologist who can help get you into the right mind frame to feel excited about your trip again.
2. Plan ahead
After booking your trip it's important to start thinking about some of the things you may need to organise before you go. Start putting together a list of all the things you need to do, which may include calling the bank and organising a travel money card, getting toiletries and other necessities, making sure your passport isn't about to expire and applying for a visa if you need one. Don't wait until you reach your destination to sort certain things out either. If you need a different kind of electrical output or you want some money exchanged, do it before you go. That way you're not stressing out about it on the plane ride over and you don't have to waste time worrying about it when you get there. Tick off the things on your list with enough time to avoid the stress of being unorganised and rushing around at the last minute. I'm super lazy so I like to start planning my to-do list with months in advance so that I can spread out what needs to be done over a longer period of time. I would recommend making sure all of the important stuff is organised at least one week before you go to avoid any complications.
3. Research your destination
Before you go anywhere, it's common sense to do a little bit of research. I always find that planning out some sort of my itinerary and knowing certain things in advance can help to alleviate some of my anxiety over travelling. I like to write a list of all the places that I want to see or things I'd like to do. I then map out a plan and decide what I'm going to do each day, how I'm going to get there and how much it's going to cost. I wouldn't go as far as to plan out my every step but having a rough idea and doing some research beforehand can be super helpful if you're feeling anxious.
If you're concerned about safety, research the area that you're staying in, try to avoid any dodgy spots and find out if there are any scams that are commonly used on tourists. If you're worried about how you're going to get around, determine what public transport is available or organise some sort of tour like a hop-on-hop-off bus. If you're nervous about potential language barriers, take the time to learn a few words or phrases to help you feel a little bit more confident. If you think you might get sick, find out if the tap water is drinkable, if there are certain types of food you should avoid and ask your doctor if they can recommend any vaccinations. Whenever I'm feeling really anxious, I scroll through Instagram using the 'tags' and 'places' filters. Looking at all the gorgeous photos of my future destination makes me feel excited and reminds me of why I am going there in the first place.
3. Get to the airport with enough time
There is sometimes nothing worse than the feeling of anxiety I get before catching a flight and the fear that I'm going to miss it. Of course I've never actually missed a flight before but that still doesn't stop me from stressing out about the thought of it. To help overcome this, I always make sure I leave for the airport with plenty of time to spare. I usually leave at least four and a half hours before my scheduled flight to ensure that I arrive on time. It takes about an hour and a half to drive to the airport from where I live and it is recommended that you be at the airport at least two hours before checking in for most international flights. Having that extra hour is always nice in case the traffic is bad or it takes a long time to check in. This doesn't mean that you have to arrive so far in advance that you're sitting at the airport for hours waiting for your flight but it does help to relive some of the stress you might be feeling to get there a little earlier. If you think you're going to be late, set multiple alarms, have your ride to the airport organised and make sure you have everything packed and ready to go the night before. Check the traffic and weather conditions and leave a little bit earlier than necessary if you think you need to.
4. Don't leave packing until the last minute
I absolutely hate packing but I always find that it stresses me out way to much to leave it until the last minute. I like to start packing at least a week before I leave, so then if I've forgotten anything I have enough time to get it beforehand. Another thing that stresses me out about packing is the thought of forgetting something, even when I know that I'm not. To help with this, I'll find a general packing list online and tick off items as I put them into my suitcase. I also like to plan out my outfits for when I'm away and try to avoid clothing items that don't have a dual purpose or multiple ways to wear. If you're worried about your suitcase being overweight, invest in a pair of luggage scales and only pack the necessities. For instance, don't pack your entire makeup bag or straighter if you think you won't need them. Buy travel sized items that take up less room or packing cubes to help keep things organised.
5. Accept that anxiety is normal
At the end of the day, if you accept that your pre-travel anxiety is completely normal and justified, you should be able to find a way to overcome those nagging feelings. It's not always easy to switch off anxiety but it can help to make a conscious effort to try and think more positively and to remind yourself that you're going to have the best time ever! If it gets to the point where you've tried everything but your anxiety is still too much, don't be afraid to reach out and talk to someone, especially when it's starting to prevent you from travelling in the first place. Make a list of all the amazing memories from previous trips to help you recall that travelling isn't dangerous and the situation you were in was safe. It can also help to remind you of the last time you stepped out of your comfort zone or took a risk. Doing this will make you feel better prepared for next time and can help you to learn from past mistakes associated with negative thinking.
Just remember that the world is a beautiful and mysterious place that everyone deserves to explore and we shouldn't let our fear of the unknown get in the way of that.


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What do Tolstoy, Alan Rickman, Cliff Richard, Gilbert & Sullivan and Douglas Adams all have in common? They've all visited the College of St Mark's or been taught by its tutors.
Indeed, if you've ever been part of an OFSTED inspection, watched a football referee, been to Wembley Stadium or watched the Isle of Man TT, used a Rawl Plug or had National Savings, you have been touched by the impact of Marjon's teaching and its graduates.
On 1 September 2016, a plaque was unveiled in Chelsea on the original site of the College of St Mark's. In 1923, the college merged with the College of St John in Battersea to form what is now known as the University of St Mark & St John, or 'Marjon' to its friends.
A group of alumni from year group 1956/59 attended a special celebratory ceremony ahead of their 60th reunion in September 2016. Vice-Chancellor Professor Cara Aitchison attended the ceremony to unveil the plaque, which is kindly permitted by the current owners of the land, KC Estate Management Ltd.
Looking through the University's archive and speaking to alumni, we reflect on the early days of the original college and take an amble through its fascinating heritage.
In 1840 St Mark's was originally in a rural setting and surrounded by open fields, meadows and cow pasture at the centre of the market garden district. Founder Coleridge made the most of his surroundings by adopting gardening metaphors in the College's advertising, such as 'Cultivating Minds', 'Grafting Knowledge' and 'Root and Branch Child Development'. In his rebuttal of the Government's insistence on too much testing of children, he said, "One does not pull up one's turnips to see if they are growing".
The first building to be adopted for the College was Stanley House, a building of great age and beauty. Coleridge was determined that children would develop best if taught in attractive surroundings and were exposed to the 'daily sight and sound of good'.
One room contained copies of the Elgin Marbles which in recent years have proven to be of finer detail than the originals in the British Museum. Students were often tasked with drawing them, and one recalls doing a rude caricature, for which he was given the usual college punishment. He was made to stand in the centre of a lecture room with his toes against a chalk barrier for hours on end - otherwise known as 'toeing the line'.
In between lessons, students looked after the livestock and the kitchen garden (the garden was eventually bought by the world famous Veitches Nursery). Animals killed for meat would have their skeletons preserved for still life art classes.
Famous worldwide for its choral singing, concerts at the College regularly sold out. One of the early choristers included Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert and Sullivan fame. Later in the 1960s St Mark's hosted a debate attended by a young singer who spoke about the difficulty of combining a pop career with being a practising Christian – that singer was Cliff Richard.
St Mark's was referred to as both the 'hottest spot in London' and also 'the coolest'. In the 1960s it was close to the ultra-fashionable King's Road and shops like 'Granny Takes a Trip', where some alumni have confessed to spending a substantial proportion of their grant.
The Chaplain David Worth, affectionately nicknamed 'Yahweh', was known for making a half pint last for a whole evening at the pub. The Principal had announced that the next student to be caught climbing over the wall to get in after 'lock up' would be given into police custody for the night – sadly it happened to be a member of staff who was caught first, a certain Chaplain!
Other alumni reminiscences: a Polish student who used to 'flik-flak' his way between lectures across the Quad instead of walking; the students who put the Principal's car on the dining table one breakfast time; smuggling girlfriends into the college end of year photo, and "laughing so hard with friends that my stomach hurt – I've never laughed like that before or since".
Marjon has been the 'power behind the throne' for several well-known figures – the actor Alan Rickman was talent spotted and encouraged in his acting career by his Marjon-trained tutor Colin Turner at Latymer school. Douglas Adams of Hitchhiker's Guide fame attributed his career success to his tutor Frank Halford who also trained at Marjon. They stayed in touch for many years, and Adams always credited his teacher with giving him the confidence to keep writing when others didn't see his potential. He wrote about Halford's positive influence many times, recalling the one time he was granted a 'perfect 10' for a piece of work, which Adams said saved him from a pit of depression more than once.
Tolstoy visited St Marks and conducted a letter-writing session with some of the boys. Thomas Hardy married a Marjon alumnus' daughter. Marjon produced the teacher who taught Gracie Fields too.
Those of a certain age might recall the children's programme 'Superstars' hosted by Marjon alumnus Ron Pickering who was nicknamed 'The Great Communicator' by fellow students. He went on to a distinguished sports career competing, commentating, broadcasting and enabling. There's still a memorial fund in his name encouraging young people to participate and compete in sport.
Chelsea produced the man who revolutionised refereeing - JR Schumacher, and the man who was responsible for the purchase of the original Wembley stadium - Sir Fred Wall.
If anyone has money in National Savings, that was a Marjon idea too – Sir Lawrence Marjerison started the war saving scheme which was the forerunner of National Savings, and we're rumoured to be responsible for the man who invented the Rawl plug. The Reverend Stenning was instrumental in developing part of the Isle of Man TT.
Today Marjon continues to lead the way in education and social sciences, culture and language sciences and sports and health science, all built on core values dating back to our original colleges.
- It is said that the Festival Hall in London owes its sound system to two Marjon alumni.
- It trained the first black teacher in the UK in 1846 and the first Black Inspector of Schools in the 1880's.
- The first female tutor to be appointed to a male teacher training college was Miss Pixell – another Marjon 'first'.
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Got back late last night from Morzine where I did a night slalom and two GS races over the weekend. When we left on Thursday, the fog in the UK was really bad and ours was one of the only flights to leave Bristol. In Morzine, however, the weather was absolutely fantastic - blue skies and blazing sunshine until Sunday afternoon when it started to snow. I was happy with the slalom, especially since I haven't been on snow for a couple of weeks and did no training for it. I enjoy night races because they are good fun, However, it was a very long day and we didn't get back to our hotel until after 10pm. The hotel we stayed in was higher up than the village of Morzine and we had a great view of the race piste. It was a lovely hotel; the owner is an ex-racer so was a great help with providing a place for me to prep my skis etc.


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Thursday, August 29th 2013
12:00 pm - 13:30 pm
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Chair: Teresa Castro Martin, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (csic)
- Capturing Household Transitory Wealth Through an Index on Expenditures and Nondurables: Insights from Six Peri-Urban African Settings • Julia Driessen, University of Pittsburgh; Peter Olasupo Ogunjuyigbe, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; Abimbola Phillips, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital; Qingfeng Li, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Adesegun Fatusi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife; Amy O. Tsui, Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Changes in parity profile of Brazilian women thirty years and older between 1970 and 2010 • Maria-Coleta Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP); Joice Vieira, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP); Glaucia Marcondes, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
- Couple Unmet Need for Family Planning and Application to Three West African Countries • Erin Pearson, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Stan Becker, Johns Hopkins University
- Differential fertility by level of Education in DHS Countries • Samir Kumar K.C., IIASA; Michaela Potancokova, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
- Does upward or downward mobility matter? An explanation of fertility among foreign wives in Korea • Jung-Kyun Ryu, Hanyang University; Doo-Sub Kim, Hanyang University
- Education and Sex preference for children in Ghana. • Grace Frempong, regional institute for population studies- Ghana; Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe,
- Education, Son Preference, and Fertility Transition in South Korea • Bongoh Kye, Kookmin University; Jang-Young Lee, Kookmin University; Byoung Mohk Choi, Far East University
- Employment Instability and Fertility Timing in France: An Application of Turbulence to Labor Market Trajectories} • Daniel Ciganda, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- Engaging Young Fathers in South Africa: The Role of Conjugal and Consanguineous Ties • Shelley Clark, McGill University; Cassandra Cotton, McGill University; Leticia Marteleto, University of Texas at Austin
- Explaining the current fertility differentials in three ASEAN countries • Siow Li Lai, University of Malaya; Nai Peng Tey, University of Malaya
- Fertility dynamics and contraceptive use in Malawi • Jesman Chintsanya, University of Southampton; Nyovani Madise, African Institute for Development Policy; Claire Bailey, University of Southampton
- Fertility transition in Nepal: role of women's autonomy • Trilochan Pokharel, Nepal Administrative Staff College; Shiva Hari Adhikari, Nepal Administrative Staff College; Kamala Lamichhane, Central Department of Population Studies
- Male fertility in the Czech Republic – new empirical evidence • Beatrice-Elena Chromkova Manea, Masaryk University; Ladislav Rabusic, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
- Socioeconomic inequalities in fertility in three rural districts of Tanzania. New evidence from a longitudinal study in rural Tanzania • Almamy Kante, Columbia University; Elizabeth Jackson, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Rose Nathan, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar Salaam; Sigilbert Mrema, Ifakara Health Institute - IHI; Francis Levira, Ifakara Health Institute - IHI
- The role of education in the partnership and family formation process in Europe and the United States • Julia Mikolai, University of Southampton
- The Role of Fathers: How Implicit and Explicit Messages about Parenting in Slovak Media and Legislation Relate to Lay Attitudes and Argumentation • Magda Petrjanosova, Slovak Academy of Sciences; Miroslav Popper, Slovak Academy of Sciences; Ivan Luksik, Slovak Academy of Sciences; Gabriel Bianchi, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Inst. Res. Soc. Communication
- The role of men in family childcare in Russia: socio-demographic profiles of egalitarian and traditional men • Irina Kalabikhina, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Vladimir Kozlov, National Research University – Higher School of Economics
- Fertility transition in Morocco: the role of men • Muriel Sajoux, Université de Tours UMR CITERES-Equipe Monde Arabe Méditerranée; Said Chahoua, Haut Commissariat au Plan
- When and how many? An account of women's reproductive intentions in the informal settlements of Nairobi • Catriona Towriss, University of Cape Town; Ian Timaeus, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine


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Copper foil is made by copper with a certain proportion of the other metals, is a kind of electrolysis material in cool type, and it is a kind of thin and continuous metallic coil subsided on the base of the circuit board.
High-end Copper Foil is a kind of copper oil which has performance of high quality, high density, and malleability as well as good oxidation resistance in the high temperature. Besides, thickness of high-end copper foil must be homogeneous.
Mitsui Mining & Smelting dominated the market, with accounted for 35.69% of the High-end Copper Foil sales market share in 2016. Furukawa Electric, JX Nippon Mining & Metal and Fukuda are the key players and accounted for 64.10% of the overall High-end Copper Foil market share in 2016.
Global giant manufactures mainly distributed in Asia-Pacific. It has unshakable status in this field. China takes the consumption market share of 42.70% in 2016, Japan followed by with 16.54% in 2016.
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Mitsui Mining & Smelting
Furukawa Electric
JX Nippon Mining & Metal
Jinbao Electronics
Circuit Foil
LS Mtron
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Southeast Asia
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High-end Copper Foil Manufacturers
High-end Copper Foil Distributors/Traders/Wholesalers
High-end Copper Foil Subcomponent Manufacturers
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Sire: Written Tycoon
Dam: Little Favours
Colour: Chestnut
Gender: Colt
Age: 2 year old
Foaled: Oct 23rd, 2017
Country: Australia
Trainer's Name: Jamie Edwards
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WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) (Chestnut 2002-Stud 2007). 2 wins at 2, STC Todman Slipper Trial S., Gr.2. Leading Aust. Sire of 2YOs 2015-16. Sire of 599 rnrs, 442 wnrs, 28 SW, inc. Capitalist (ATC Golden Slipper S., Gr.1), Written By, (La) Luna Rossa, Tycoon Tara, Music Magnate, Booker, Howmuchdoyouloveme, Super Cash, Winning Rupert, Rich Enuff, Sexy Eyes, Written Dash, Trump, Vibrant Rouge, Hot Dipped, Grande Rosso, It is Written, Despatch, etc.
1st dam
Little Favours, by Falvelon. 4 wins to 1050m, A$120,710, BRC Mount Franklin H., Eureka Stud H., 3d BRC Mick Dittman P., L. Half-sister to Capital Commander. This is her second living foal. Dam of one foal to race-
Stravain (f. by Stratum). Winner at 1100m in 2018-19 in Aust.
2nd dam
CHICKEN LITTLE, by Telesto. 5 wins to 1400m, QTC Desert Chill H., 2d Qld Tatt's RC Hardy Brothers Jewellers H., BTC Acis Race Day H., McCullough Robertson Lawyers H., 3d GCTC Yalumba H. Half-sister to
Capital Commander (Commands). 9 wins from 1100m to 1600m, A$450,625, GCTC Magic Millions Quality H., ATC Cruise Guru & P&O Cruises H., James Boag H., Snap Liverpool H., 2d ATC Nivison S., L, Buy Your Next Racehorse at Inglis H., Harvey Norman H., Parramatta Leagues Club H., 3d GCTC Magic Millions Quality H., ATC Sportsyear H., Busby Rising Stars Heat H., 4th ATC Angst S., Gr.3, Wyong RC Mona Lisa S., L.
Little Favours (Falvelon). 4 wins. See above.
Little Shocker. 4 wins-1 at 2-to 1250m in Aust.
Shockadoodledo - Sportsmanship (Mac.). Winner at 1800m in 2018-19 in Macau.
Sonic Jet. Winner at 1400m in NZ.
3rd dam
TWINING, by Twig Moss. 6 wins-3 at 2-from 1000m to 1600m, A$253,530, VRC Bloodhorse Breeders' P., Gr.2, AJC Emancipation S., L, Sledmere H., Dark Jewel H., MVRC Victoria Meat Supplies H., STC Ray Hadley H., 2d VRC Waltzing Lily H., L, STC Birthday Card H., L, SAJC Persian Carpet Gallery H., VATC Campbell Cash & Carry H., 3d STC Orlando Wines Classic, Gr.1, VATC Blue Diamond S., Gr.1, STC OTC Welter H., 4th VATC One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1, AJC Silver Shadow S., Gr.3. Half-sister to Another Call. Dam of 9 foals, 6 to race, all winners, inc:-
Horse Fortune. 6 wins from 1000m to 2000m in Macau, Macau Hupei H., 3d Macau Spring Trophy, Macau Derby.
Chicken Little. 5 wins. See above.
Intertwined. 3 wins-1 at 2-to 1400m in Aust. Dam of-
HOW FUNNY (Rory's Jester). 2 wins at 2, US$4,400, A$882,550, BTC Tommy Smith Slipper S., L, STC Join the STC Now 2YO H., 2d STC Golden Slipper S., Gr.1, Sweet Embrace S., Gr.3, GCTC Magic Millions 2YO Classic S., RL. Dam of-
JESTER'S GIRL (Commands). 2 wins at 900m, 1200m, A$111,350, Qld Tatt's RC Travel Associates Classic, L, 2d BRC Just Now H., L, ATC Liverpool Catholic Club H., SGE Credit Union H. Dam of-
ASSIMILATE (Sebring). 3 wins-2 at 2-at 1200m, 1400m, A$339,200, HK$68,250, to 2017-18, Canberra Guineas, L, ATC Member for a Day 2YO H., 2d ATC Ming Dynasty H., Gr.3, BRC Fred Best Classic, Gr.3, Scone RC Inglis 3YO Guineas, L, 4th ATC Eskimo Prince S., Gr.3.
The Comedian (Encosta de Lago). 10 wins to 1400m, A$64,475, S$551,627, 32,112Dhs, Singapore TC Tabcorp Holdings Limited Trophy, Open H., Punters' Way Anniversary Cup, Better Than Ever H., Panasonic Systems Professional S., Lim's Classic H., Progress H., 2d Singapore TC Committee's Prize, L, Open H., Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy, MRC Le Pine Funerals H., Barfleur H., MVRC Pulse Pharmacy H., Sportingbet H., Singapore TC Class 3 H., 3d Singapore TC EW Barker Trophy, L, Jolie's Shinju H., Open H.
Dreaming On (Marscay). Winner at 1400m, AJC Tellers H., 3d Gosford Classic, L, AJC Gallipoli H. Producer.
Tarcoola Sunshine. Placed in Aust. Dam of-
Nightwatchman - Smart Win (Mac.) (Hard Spun). 3 wins to 1400m, A$113,835, M$428,425, to 2018-19 in Aust. and Macau, WATC James Boag's Premium P., Carbine Club Congress-PNG H., 2d Macau Chairman's Challenge Cup, L, WATC James Boag's Premium P., Salinger H.
Priceless Diamond. Unraced. Dam of-
Magnarock (Magnus). 2 wins at 1200m to 2017-18, 2d VRC Poseidon S., L.
4th dam
HABITUDE, by Habitat. Unraced. Half-sister to RECTITUDE, Outlook,
TWINING (Twig Moss). 6 wins. See above.
Another Call (Zvornik). 2 wins at 2, WATC Maddington H., 2d WATC Crystal Slipper S., L. Producer.


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