Podcasts about voiding

Bits of Bennu have building blocks of lifeNASA's OSIRIS-REx mission took six years to travel to the asteroid Bennu and return samples to Earth. Now, the first results from the analysis of these rocks are being released. Researchers found evidence of salty water, as well as the elements necessary for life, such as amino acids and the building blocks for RNA and DNA. We spoke with Kim Tait, senior curator of mineralogy at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, and co-author of one of the recent studies, published in the journal Nature.Unlocking the secret of Polar bear de-icingPolar bears spend so much time going in and out of the water that they are considered marine mammals. So when they do this in the frozen Arctic, why are they not covered in ice? A new study reveals the secret turns out to lie in the unique oils they produce that covers their white fur. Julian Carolan, a PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin, worked with scientists in Norway, Denmark and the U.K. on this paper published in the journal Science Advances.Truffle-hunting dog finds fabulous new fungusA chance discovery has turned out to reveal a new species of North American truffle. These fungi can be desirable and valuable delicacies. An American truffle hunter, Lois Martin, and her  trained dog Monza found a distinctive truffle in a city park that turned out to be a fungus new to science. Although native to North America, it was more similar to European truffles than any found in the Americas. Dr. Greg Bonito at Michigan State University named this new truffle Tuber canirevelatum,  meaning the ‘dog-found' truffle in honour of Monza and other dogs who look for truffles. The work was published in the journal Mycologia.  Voiding your bowels can improve cognitive performanceTo maximize your cognitive function, it might be a good idea to make sure you have a poo first. That's according to a recent study in the journal Sports Medicine and Health Science. In it, scientists found that 9 out of 13 individuals improved how well they did in a mentally taxing cognitive test if they defecated first, whereas all 13 of them improved in their performance when they took a mild laxative the night before. Chia-Hua Kuo, a professor of sports medicine and nutrition at the University of Taipei, said they also saw an increase in oxygen consumption in the test subjects' subnavel regions as they were doing the test, suggesting a previously unsuspected link between the rectum and the brain. Saving species on Earth, preserving them on the moonThe world is in a biodiversity crisis. We're losing species at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change, habitat loss, overexploitation and more. We look at some of the more out-of-the-box solutions that are currently in the works – from creating an internet of animals to monitor biodiversity, to saving samples of Earth's biological resources on the moon.We spoke with:Martin Wikelski, the director of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, honorary professor of ornithology at the University of Konstanz, and the scientific head of the ICARUS project.Mary Hagedorn, a senior research scientist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and senior author of a recent paper published in the journal Bioscience proposing a passive biorepository on the moon.

This episode is the first of a short series exploring How to Read Simone Weil. The author of Gravity and Grace, The Need for Roots, and Waiting for God—among many other essays, letters, and notes, Weil has been an inspiration to philosophers, poets, priests, and politicians for the last century—almost all of it after her untimely death. She understood, perhaps more than many other armchair philosophers from the same period, the risk of philosophy—the demands it made on a human life.In this series, we'll feature three guests who look at this magnificent and mysterious thinker in interesting and refreshing, and theologically and morally challenging ways.We'll look at Simone Weil the Mystic, Simone Weil the Activist, Simone Weil the Existentialist.First we'll be hearing from Eric Springsted, a co-founder of the American Weil Society and its long-time president—who wrote Simone Weil: Late Philosophical Writings and Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century.In this conversation, Eric O. Springsted and Evan Rosa discuss Simone Weil's personal biography, intellectual life, and the nature of her spiritual and religious and moral ideas; pursuing philosophy as a way of life; her encounter with Christ, affliction, and mystery; her views on attention and prayer; her concept of the void, and the call to self-emptying; and much more.About Simone WeilSimone Weil (1909–1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. She's the author of Gravity and Grace, The Need for Roots, and Waiting for God—among many other essays, letters, and notes.About Eric O. SpringstedEric O. Springsted is the co-founder of the American Weil Society and served as its president for thirty-three years. After a career as a teacher, scholar, and pastor, he is retired and lives in Santa Fe, NM. He is the author and editor of a dozen previous books, including Simone Weil: Late Philosophical Writings and Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century.Show NotesEric O. Springsted's Simone Weil for the Twenty-First CenturyHow to get hooked on Simone Weil“All poets are exiles.”Andre WeilEmile ChartierTaking ideas seriously enough to impact your lifeWeil's critique of Marxism: “Reflections on the Cause of Liberty and Social Oppression”:  ”an attempt to try and figure out how there can be freedom and dignity in human labor and action”“Unfortunately she found affliction.”Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Philosophy is a matter of working on yourself.”Philosophy “isn't simply objective. It's a matter of personal morality as well.””Not only is the unexamined life not worth living, but virtue and intellect go hand in hand. Yeah. You don't have one without the other.”An experiment in how work and labor is doneThe demeaning and inherently degrading nature of factory workChristianity as “the religion of slaves.”Christianity can't take away suffering; but it can take away the meaninglessness.George Herbert: “Love bade me welcome / But my soul drew back guilty of dust and sin”Weil's vision/visit of Christ during Holy Week in Solemn, France: “It was like the smile on a beloved face.”The role of mysteryWeil's definition of mystery:  ”What she felt mystery was, and she gets a definition of it, it's when two necessary lines of thought cross and are irreconcilable, yet if you suppress one of them, somehow light is lost.”Her point is that whatever good comes out of this personal contact with Christ, does not erase the evil of the suffering.What is “involvement in contradiction”“She thought contradiction was an inescapable mark of truth.”Contradictions that shed light on life.Why mysticism is important for Weil: “The universe cannot be put into a box with techniques or tricks or our own scientific methods or philosophical methods. … Mystery instills humility and it takes the question of the knowing ego out of the picture. … And it challenges modern society to resist the idea that faith could be reduced to a dogmatic system.”“Faith is not a matter of the intellect.”“Intellect is not the highest faculty. Love is.”“The Right Use of School Studies”“Muscular effort of attention”She wanted to convert her Dominican priest friend into the universality of grace—that Plato was a pre-Chrisitan.” (e.g., her essay, “ Intimations of Christianity Among the Ancient Greeks”)“Grace is universal.”How school studies contribute to the love of GodPrayer as attentionWeil on Attention: “Attention consists of suspending our thought, leaving it detached, empty, and ready to be penetrated by the object. It means holding in our minds within the reach of this thought, but on the lower level and not in contact with it. The diverse knowledge we have acquired. Which we are forced to make use of. Above all our thought should be empty waiting, not seeking anything but ready to receive in its naked truth. The object that is to penetrate it.”Not “detached,” but “available and ready for use”Making space for the afflicted other by “attending” to themLove that isn't compensatory“The void as a space where love can go”What is prayer for Simone Weil?Prayer as listening all night long“Voiding oneself of secondary desires and letting oneself be spoken to.”Is Simone Weil “ a self-abnegating, melancholy revolutionary” (Leon Trotsky)Humility in Simone Weil“The Terrible Prayer”Was Simone Weil anorexic?Refusing comfort on the grounds of solidaritySelf-emptying and graceAccepting the entire creation as God's willSimone Weil on patience and waiting“With time, attention blooms into waiting.”“She's resistant to the Church, but drawing from Christ's self-emptying.”God's withdrawal from the world (which is not deism)“A sacramental view of the world”“ The very creation of the world is by this withdrawal and simultaneous crucifixion of the sun in time and space.”(Obsessive) pursuit of purity in morals and thoughtIris Murdoch's The Nice and the Good“Nothing productive needs to come from this effort.”“ She put her finger on what's really the heart of Christian spirituality. … We live by the Word … by our being open to listening to the Word and having that transformed into God's word.”Production NotesThis podcast featured Eric O. 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Mixing assassins and child care; what could go wrong?In 25 parts, edited from the works of FinalStand.Listen and subscribe to the ► Podcast at Connected..“Lying is fine, but take care to not cause suffering because that makes it wrong.”Keys jingled and Timothy walked through the door."Mr. Denver," Nikita got off before I could make introductions."Oh, you must be the cop," Timothy snorted."Does Cáel have so many we are labelled by profession?" her suspicious nature flared up."Nah. Unlike Gomer here," was he calling me a hick?"I'm New York born and bred. I know a police issued Beretta in a hip holster even under a jacket. Also, the next time Cáel calls me Mr. Denver will be the first," Timothy chuckled. "If it's any consolation, I can see why he's risking grave bodily injury by going out with you.""Does he think I'll shoot him if I catch him screwing around behind my back?" she asked pleasantly."Pretty much," Timothy winked at me."Good boy," she patted my cheek."Ah, the prospect of imminent pain reminds me; Timothy, I need two more favors," I begged."This is going to be good," Timothy replied sarcastically."I've got four girls lined up for Saturday night; three high society children and Nikita here. Is this okay, or do I need to take this somewhere else?" I began."This the nine year old?" he questioned."Aya and her two sisters," I replied."Sure. Every Park Avenue babe should get to meet a gay tattoo artist from Queens once in their life before Prom," Timothy nodded sagely. "The other thing.""Yeah; could you double-date with me. There is this school teacher who rooms with her older sister. The sister came through a nasty breakup recently and the teacher asked me if I could help out," I tried to sound upbeat."Wow; I don't know what to say," Timothy's mouth gaped. "I don't know what's dumber; asking your gay roommate to distract his fuck-mates sister so he doesn't end up screwing them both, or requesting this in front of the cop you are almost dating?""Wah; huh; what he said; that last part," Nikita glared at me."Hey, now," I warded her off. "There's barely a week of school left. Then she'll get a summer job and I won't be taking the kids to school anymore and that will be that.""You are sleeping with a teacher at the school your girls attend?" she gasped. "Why?""She's hot," I declared. Nikita looked shocked. "I mean really hot. Not as gorgeous as you, but she's very attractive."Don't think I'd lost my damn mind. I had, in fact, learned something over four years of being far hornier than smart. See, when a girl thinks you are true blue and you cheat, you are a scumbag. If a girl thinks you've slept around and now you are hers and hers alone, you cheating still makes you dirt, but that is ameliorated by the deep-seated fear that she did something wrong.If you are openly a man-whore when you start dating, you can cheat. She thinks she's weaning you off your promiscuous ways. This toleration is not limitless, so be warned. Make every indiscretion count. Eventually she will give up and dump you. Refer to the break-up sex discussion earlier.My mentor once asked me if one woman would ever be enough. I told her that I always thought one woman would be enough and I was always wrong. One of these days I hoped to meet a woman who could satisfy my sexual urges and could keep my balls in a vice to stop me from straying. Then I'd be happy."You need to stop that," Nikita threatened me. "My fiancé cheated on me. I'm not going to put up with it from you.""I already promised them I'd go out at least once," I reasoned. "You wouldn't want me to treat you like that.""I'm not them," she bit her lower lip. "This roving eye of yours has got to stop and soon." See; a license to cheat. I really liked Nikita and I wanted to make an effort to keep her happy. Somehow I could keep my libido under some kind of restraint; for 80 days. Then my co-workers at Havenstone would own me like their prison bitch, providing I was still alive."I'll do my best," I promised. We hugged and kissed. She wasn't gone thirty seconds when my phone rang. It was Odette. I told her to come on over so Timothy shot me with his Nerf gun."Cáel, consider having sex with me," Timothy teased."What? I'm not gay," I pouted."Oh, I know but you'll be dead soon so the sexual ambiguity won't be something you have to deal with for long," Timothy laughed."I'll put it on my bucket list," I sighed. "Double-dating with me?""Sure. It isn't like life with you has been dull," Timothy taunted me. I groaned.(Friday)"I have today off," Odette murmured to me as I cut off the alarm. That had to have been the issue she'd been holding back on last night."I have to work; being the first week of my three month internship and all," I sighed."Are you sure I can't convince you to be late?" she gave me a sultry look.She compounded that offer by stretching out, her knees in place so that her ass rose and wiggled suggestively. Last night I had introduced Odette to a form of doggy-style that didn't involve the man trying to drive her skull through the headboard. We had a long, dual-participant, sensual melding of bodies, control passing back and forth until the need for sleep became something she despised even as it took her."Not fair," I groaned into my pillow. When I looked out, she was still giving me that sexually hungry look and wiggling that ass. Why do I even pretend that I can have a normal sex life? I found myself arriving late and changing in the elevator on the way to the Executive Services floor. The two women with me were a viewing gallery I could have done without.Since I put everything on display; remember; no underwear; one of my two fellow travelers felt permitted to rub her hands along my abs while I was pulling my pants on."Goddess, he's hard," she moaned to her companion. "Come, have a feel." I didn't protest. Technically, stripping naked in a public place could get me fired."His back is very nicely defined," the other side as she ran her hands over my back and shoulders. "What is it that you do?""I'm with Executive Services," I replied. "Right now I'm suborned to Product Testing. I teach monkeys to ride unicycles." Their confused looks humored me."Actually, I'm with ES and I'm a gopher; I pick up stuff," I grinned."Oh; you are that guy from the elevator; the kneeling man," the first woman exclaimed. "They said you were funny. Goddess, our man sure is hot, but he is so dull.""Let me guess; you are with the Financial Investigations Unit?" I said. Trent."Yes," she smiled. Orgy time. "He's just as good looking, but you are so much more fun. My sister can't wait for you to become available.""Sister?" I prodded."Daphne Pale," she smiled suggestively yet again. My face lit up."Daphne?" I caught the lady off-guard by hugging her. "I think Daphne is great," I stepped back. "She's really nice to me. She's smart, gives good advice and treats me like I'm something more than a walking, breathing annoyance. What's your name?""Brielle," she informed me."Beautiful name," I remarked, as I went back to dressing."Do they let you see other women; besides those of ES?" the second woman questioned."I don't see any Havenstone women for 79 more days," I stated. "Corporate policy. After that, all requests for hunting licenses are submitted to Desiree; non-lethal weaponry only until I develop more refined survival skills."Blink. Blink."You are joking, right?" Woman Two muttered."Nope. Katrina feels it will be a great third quarter kick-off. Let some women get out of the office for a weekend. Besides, I get to hunt those hunting me. I think it will be fun, don't you?" I hummed along."Desiree?" the second woman asked for clarification as she pulled out her phone. I nodded. The doors opened; my floor; so I stepped out and hustled to Katrina's office with only seconds to spare. The meeting was normal, right up until Dora adjusted my tie as we were exiting the office."Where did you dress? A closet with the lights out?" she teased."In the elevator on the way up," I confessed. "Daphne, I met your sister; Brielle," in case she had more than one. "She felt up my stomach and I made her laugh," I added."You let her touch you?" Tigger inquired."Cáel, did you come to work dressed like you normally do?" Daphne teased."Yep," sighed."So you were naked in the elevator," Violet snickered."Yep," I confirmed."You should be relocated for that," Fabiola sneered."Damn Fabiola, why do you; what would he be relocated for? Getting dressed?" Paula groaned."He was naked in front of an employee," Fabiola explained."Two actually," I clarified. "They both did touch my naked flesh. It was a bonding experience.""Did you do any actual 'bonding'?" Dora winked."I hugged Brielle, but that was only because she was Daphne's sister and I'm not allowed to hug Daphne at this time," I answered."You can hug me; in a purely platonic way," Daphne murmured.We were at Buffy's desk; I was working with her today."Okay," I nodded. I took a single stride to Daphne. She closed with me and I put my arms around her waist. Daphne put her hands on my shoulders. Our heads got closer and closer. I let my hands roam higher up her back and through her long locks.Nose touched nose, I ran my hands through her hair until I tickled the back of her ears. Daphne's lips parted and her tongue played along the edges. I let my breath play along her cheeks as I worked to her left ear. I felt a sharp pain in my right ass."Ow!" I squalled; after I pulled away from Daphne's ear.I tried to fully spin around, but Daphne wasn't letting go. I caught sight of a furious Buffy, small knife in hand, burning holes in me with her eyes.

This is the second week talking about common pediatric urology issues. Week two will center around voiding dysfunction. Listen into the discussion between host Paul Wirkus, MD, FAAP, and Glen Lau, MD. Have a question? Email questions@vcurb.com. Your questions will be answered in week four.For more information about available credit, visit vCurb.com.ACCME Accreditation StatementThis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Colorado Medical Society through the joint providership of Kansas Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics and Utah Chapter, AAP.  Kansas Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics is accredited by the Colorado Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. AMA Credit Designation StatementKansas Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

August 2, 2024Mark, Scott, and Dr. Ray Painter discuss FAQs that came into the PRS communities.  Can you bill a voiding trial after a patient had a procedure that has 0 day global (UROLIFT).Hi, a question on IPP coding pls. How do you we code for "2-piece Ambicore IPP placement"? With this new Ambicore IPP, the penile prosthesis consists of only One pair of Cylinders and a Pump and eliminates the need for a separate Reservoir. Are we coding with 54405-52? VS no modifier 52? Thank you!EmanoFlowHello all,I see there is a podcast on this topic from April 2022. I was hoping there may be some updates on coding and/or information.One of our doctors has started using EmanoFlow. There is no device for this app. We realize there can only be one billed per calendar date with 51741-26If the doctor reads the uroflows as they are done and creates encounters with documentation of his review, for each day the patient completes the uroflow, is it correct to assume that the doctor can bill for each one?Also does anyone have experience on what the financial responsibility is to patients? The rep was very vague on patient responsibility. I'm assuming (never the best idea) that it is just based on the clinics fee schedule for uroflows with a 26 on them.Hi, I have a question regarding coding for psoas-hitch with laparoscopic approach. Should these be coded with unlisted 50949 and bench marked to 50785 or does 50948 include the psoas-hitch?  PRS Billing and Other Services - Book a Call with Mark Painter or Marianne DescioseClick Here to Get More Information and Request a QuoteUrology Advanced Coding and Reimbursement Seminars - In-Person SeminarsRegister Now for the Urology Advanced Coding and Reimbursement SeminarSpecial Early Bird code: 25UACRS732 Click Here for Information and RegistrationEvent DetailsLocation:Las Vegas: December 6-7, 2024, at HorseshoeNew Orleans: January 31-February 1, 2025, at Harrah'sTime: Friday 8 am - 4 pm, Saturday 8 am - 3:30 pmIncludes: Breakfast and Lunch on both days, plus 14 AAPC CEUs   The Thriving Urology Practice Facebook group.The Thriving Urology Practice Facebook Group link to join:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ThrivingPractice/    Join the discussion:Urology Coding and Reimbursement Group - Join for free and ask your questions, and share your wisdom.Click Here to Start Your Free Trial of AUACodingToday.com

In this episode, we explore the concept of voiding diaries—a vital tool for tracking bladder symptoms and understanding urinary habits. I explain how to document liquid intake and output, identification of bladder irritants, and methods for monitoring symptoms to aid in diagnosis and improve bladder health. I'll discuss the importance of recognizing triggers through voiding and food trigger diaries and provide practical tips for creating and interpreting these journals. Learn how this method can help manage incontinence issues and enhance your journey to better bladder health.Get your FREE VOIDING & fOOD TRIGGER DIARY HERE Timeline:00:28 Introduction to Voiding Diaries01:11 Understanding Voiding Diaries02:34 Tracking Your Bladder Habits03:09 Measuring Progress with Voiding Diaries05:43 How to Keep a Voiding Diary09:45 Analyzing Your Voiding Diary12:46 Identifying Bladder Irritants16:17 Using a Food Trigger Diary18:17 Conclusion and Resources

Bladder symptoms are extremely common in individuals with MS. These symptoms include urinary frequency, urgency, incontinence or difficulty voiding or both. Voiding dysfunction (VD), a common neurogenic lower urinary tract symptom in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS), often leads to urinary retention. The current primary management for MS patients with VD involves catheterization. Our team has explored the safety and therapeutic effects of a multi focal transcranial magnetic stimulator, a noninvasive, portable neuromodulator capable of simultaneously stimulating or inhibiting multiple brian regions and modulating the strength of their functional connections called  Transcranial Rotating Permanent Magnet Stimulator (TRPMS).  In this study, MS women with VD underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging concurrently with a urodynamic study (fMRI/UDS) before and after ten 40-minute TRPMS sessions. Baseline fMRI/UDS scans identified regions of interest (ROIs) associated with voiding initiation, guiding microstimulator placement. Post-treatment, patients exhibited increased activation in these ROIs, a significant decrease in % post-void residual/bladder capacity (%PVR/BC), and reported improved bladder symptoms including more effective bladder emptying. Individuals seeking further information visit  khavariresearch.com, reach out via email at msbladder@houstonmethodist.org, or locate details on clinicaltrials.gov where it is registered.

In this episode of PodMD,  highly experienced and certified urogynaecologist Dr Rebecca Young will be discussing the topic of voiding dysfunction, including how a patient would typically present, the risks of the condition, the treatment options available, the warning signs to look out for, when to refer and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podmd/message

On this short installment of Conduct Detrimental: THE Sports Law Podcast, Dan Lust (⁠@SportsLawLust⁠) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠is joined by Zachary Bryson (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ZacharySBryson⁠⁠) to discuss recent developments in the world of Sports Law. The dynamic duo begin with a brief discussion of the questionably large betting line movements that have taken place in the days leading up to the 2024 NFL Draft, which appears to be a more common occurrence. Ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft, Reggie Bush made headlines again as he was formally recognized and had his Heisman Trophy and the honors that accompany it returned. Bush has also announced his intention to continue with a defamation lawsuit against the NCAA for statements made in July of 2021, which Zach and Dan share their opinions on. Finally, the two briefly touch on the FTC's new regulation that would effectively ban all non-compete clauses in contracts, which has the potential to cause cascading effects across all employment sectors, especially sports agents. *** Have a topic you want to write about? ANYONE and EVERYONE can publish for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ConductDetrimental.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Let us know if you want to join the team. As always, this episode is sponsored by Themis Bar Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.themisbarsocial.com/conductdetrimental⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  *** Host: Dan Lust (⁠⁠@SportsLawLust⁠⁠)⁠⁠⁠⁠  Guest/Producer: Zachary Bryson (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ZacharySBryson⁠) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/condetrimental/support

On this short installment of Conduct Detrimental: THE Sports Law Podcast, Dan Lust (⁠@SportsLawLust⁠) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠is joined by Zachary Bryson (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ZacharySBryson⁠⁠) to discuss recent developments in the world of Sports Law. The dynamic duo begin with a brief discussion of the questionably large betting line movements that have taken place in the days leading up to the 2024 NFL Draft, which appears to be a more common occurrence. Ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft, Reggie Bush made headlines again as he was formally recognized and had his Heisman Trophy and the honors that accompany it returned. Bush has also announced his intention to continue with a defamation lawsuit against the NCAA for statements made in July of 2021, which Zach and Dan share their opinions on. Finally, the two briefly touch on the FTC's new regulation that would effectively ban all non-compete clauses in contracts, which has the potential to cause cascading effects across all employment sectors, especially sports agents. *** Have a topic you want to write about? ANYONE and EVERYONE can publish for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ConductDetrimental.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Let us know if you want to join the team. As always, this episode is sponsored by Themis Bar Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.themisbarsocial.com/conductdetrimental⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  *** Host: Dan Lust (⁠⁠@SportsLawLust⁠⁠)⁠⁠⁠⁠  Guest/Producer: Zachary Bryson (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ZacharySBryson⁠) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/condetrimental/support

Google has agreed to destroy billions of browser data records to settle a class action suit alleging that the tech giant misled users about how Chrome tracked them in “Incognito mode.” Plus, “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart reveals that Apple discouraged him from interviewing Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan on his Apple TV+ podcast, “The Problem with Jon Stewart.” It’s a window into the “creative differences” that led to the abrupt end of the show last fall and the pressure creators face as Big Tech companies move deeper into “content.” But first, a federal internet subsidy for low-income households is about to expire. We’ll look at efforts to keep that program funded as the Federal Communications Commission moves to vote on restoring net neutrality rules. That policy, enacted during the Barack Obama administration and rescinded under former President Donald Trump, blocked internet service providers from favoring certain websites over others. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali and Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, discuss these stories for Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review.

Google has agreed to destroy billions of browser data records to settle a class action suit alleging that the tech giant misled users about how Chrome tracked them in “Incognito mode.” Plus, “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart reveals that Apple discouraged him from interviewing Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan on his Apple TV+ podcast, “The Problem with Jon Stewart.” It’s a window into the “creative differences” that led to the abrupt end of the show last fall and the pressure creators face as Big Tech companies move deeper into “content.” But first, a federal internet subsidy for low-income households is about to expire. We’ll look at efforts to keep that program funded as the Federal Communications Commission moves to vote on restoring net neutrality rules. That policy, enacted during the Barack Obama administration and rescinded under former President Donald Trump, blocked internet service providers from favoring certain websites over others. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali and Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, discuss these stories for Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review.

Message from Jon Varela on December 31, 2023

December 22, 2023Mark, Ray, and Scott answer questions from the PRS Urology Coding Community:I have multiple providers who want to bill 55867 & 51860 for the same procedure. While there's isn't an NCCI Edit for these codes, you can see that the procedure description includes both the making of an incision in the bladder wall and then later the suture repair. Coding guidelines dictate that since you could not perform the main surgical procedure without the minor one, then the minor is bundled into the major. As a coder I don't feel that there is support for separate reimbursement when the two codes are routinely billed together. Their contention is that there are 2 ways to do a simple prostatectomy. The first is through the capsule of the prostate gland without a bladder incision. The simple prostatectomy code has traditionally encompassed the first way of not making a bladder incision and if an incision was made then a cystorrhaphy was billed. With the addition of the new code specifically for the simple prostatectomy, I would like some direction on how these codes should be billed.Have you been able to lookup what the reimbursement will be for the new CPT code 99459 for female pelvic exam?Can 51741 and/or 51798 be billed twice on the same day?For example, if a patient does the first urofow and the volume is not adequate and then we have him drink and come back later for a second uroflow. When billing 51700 for voiding trial post-op after prostatectomy (90 day global), is a modifier needed ? Such as modifier 58 Urology Advanced Coding and Reimbursement Seminar(Click Here for More information and Registration) New Orleans, January 26 & 27, 20248 am - 4:30 pm Friday, 8 am - 3:30 pm SaturdayReserve your spot and save! Get signed up today and get peace of mind knowing you will be prepared for all the upcoming changes.The Thriving Urology Practice Facebook group.The Thriving Urology Practice Facebook Group link to join:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ThrivingPractice/ Join the discussion:Urology Coding and Reimbursement Group - Join for free and ask your questions, and share your wisdom.Click Here to Start Your Free Trial of AUACodingToday.com

This is on a blog I felt led to create called: Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks. You can find that at https://BibleInSmallerChunks.blogspot.com In addition to this podcast, you might check out some blogs I felt led to create: Daily Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] at: https://dailychaptersofbible.blogspot.com Types of Christians found at https://TypesOfChristians.blogspot.com , Biblical Proof! found at https://BiblicalProof.blogspot.com/ , Do Biblical Inconsistencies Really Matter? at https://Biblicalinconsistencies.blogspot.com/ End of World Bible Prophecy at https://EndOfWorldBibleProphecy.blogspot.com/ Please share this podcast and blog links with those who might benefit. Thanks! Debbie

ShaTonya "Rosie" Thomas is a seasoned entrepreneur in the Tax and Financial Industry. Originating from Dallas, Texas, in 2009 Rosie embarked on her journey as a Tax Preparation professional, which has since blossomed into the thriving enterprise known as "Thomas Financial LLC." Embracing the core value of "Wealth Empowerment, We Represent," Rosie's company specializes in assisting entrepreneurs with passive income strategies, optimizing their tax refunds, and enhancing their overall savings. Rosie's passion lies in empowering both aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs, aiding them in securing their financial freedom while imparting valuable insights into the challenges and triumphs of business ownership. With unwavering dedication, Rosie devotes her time to ensuring that individuals are equipped with the knowledge and guidance required to achieve success. Through outreach and a passion for women's empowerment, Rosie remains dedicated to sharing her personal journey of overcoming obstacles and cultivating resilience. Website: https://thomasfinancialllc.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thomasfinancialllc/?hl=en Listen on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/life-her-podcast/id1481123426 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0p2Aa10vWB6pIMQUn2Cgyu YouTube: / lifeherpodcast Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): https://anchor.fm/s/df9bebc/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifeherpodcast/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifeherpodcast/message

If you've been keeping up with the news you'll know that since March this year, Kranus Edera has been permanently listed as a digital health application by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices. But the journey did not stop there. Last week Kranus Health achieved another milestone: successful price negotiations with the GKV-Spitzenverband, which is in charge of negotiating the reimbursement amount for new medications from pharmaceutical manufacturers. Kranus Edera has now secured one of the highest permanent reimbursement prices ever recorded for a DiGA in Germany: €235 (incl. VAT). To provide some context for this exciting development we're revisiting our episode with Jens Noertershaeuser, Founder & Co-CEO of Kranus Health. In their own words, Kranus Health's mission is to revolutionize men's health by providing innovative and accessible healthcare solutions. As one of only 10 companies with a permanent approval, Kranus Edera is the only the first digital health app (DiGA) for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. In this episode, we cover: The background to Kranus Health The focus on men's health and erectile dysfunction as a flagship product Products in development and the future of Kranus Health The funding journey Patient experience using the product Evidence generation and the DiGA process Insurance company reimbursment Guest Links and Resources: Connect with Jens Noertershaeuser on LinkedIn Visit kranushealth.com Host Links: Connect with Eugene Borukhovich: Twitter | LinkedIn Connect with Chandana Fitzgerald, MD: Twitter | LinkedIn Connect with YourCoach.health: Website | Twitter Check out Shot of Digital Health with Eugene and Jim Joyce: Website | Podcast App HealthXL: Website | Twitter | Join an Event Digital Therapeutics Podcast would not be possible without the support of leading DTx organizations. Thank you to: > Presenting Partner: Amalgam Rx > Contributing Partners and Sponsors: Akili | Bayer G4A | Lindus Health Follow Digital Health Today: Browse Episodes | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram Follow Health Podcast Network: Browse Shows | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

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Once the Get is with a Shaliach can the Get be voided by the husband and how must the husband express that wish to void the Get? The daf also discusses if that same Get can be used again once the husband voided the Get.

On the final episode of this season's Filling the Void, Lesley talks to friend and artist Timothy Hull about his insatiable obsession with learning foreign languages. His true love language is Italian, but that hasn't stopped him from learning French, Ancient Greek, and Goidelic (that's Irish!). To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley talks to friend Jolie Franciscus about her life-changing pickleball hobby. The two chat about pickleball cruises, pickleball trophies, and the question on all of our minds: Why, oh why, is this popular racket sport even called "pickleball"? Listen now to find out! To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley talks to writer, magazine editor, and host of the podcast Apology about his love of books, zines, and all things ephemera. The two talk about their shared childhood obsession with Stephen King all the way through their adulthood obsession with Bret Easton Ellis. And stay tuned to hear Jesse's takes on organizing books by color and book clubs! To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley talks to filmmaker and actor Jay Duplass about running. The two chat about his 180 BPM running playlist, embarrassing his daughter with his iconic dolphin shorts, and the peak moments of joy when running in nature. To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy.Bonus! Take a peek at Jay's running music playlist:Tusk by Fleetwood MacBreaking the Girl by Red Hot Chili PeppersHere I Go Again by WhitesnakeFoxey Lady by Jimi HendrixStrange Magic by Electric Light OrchestraHey Ya by OutKastThe Boys Are Back In Town by Thin LizzyThe Boys of Summer by Don HenleyModern Love by David BowieMessage In a BottleEvery Little Thing She Does Is Magic by The Police Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley talks to actress, comedian, and musician Riki Lindhome about her love of Broadway musicals. From Annie to A Chorus Line, Riki and Lesley talk (and sing!) about them all. Plus, tune in to find out the musical number Riki always skips in Sound of Music. To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley talks to friend and writer Daniel Kahana about his tennis hobby. Though he didn't consider himself athletic in early childhood, picking up a tennis racket changed the game for him. Plus, the fashion! Yes, Daniel owns every color sweatband you can imagine. To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley talks to TV writer and author Danielle Henderson (Maniac, Divorce, and her memoir, The Ugly Cry) about her archery hobby. Since moving out of Los Angeles, Danielle has started building her ultimate oasis in Upstate New York, complete with an indoor archery range. Lesley and Danielle bond over the meditation that comes with a solitary sport, as well as their shared contempt for yoga. To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley talks to friend and creative director Chrissie Miller about delving into the world of mediums, psychic readings, and communicating with the dead. Born to astrologist Susan Miller, Chrissie developed a curiosity about divine practices and the people who exercise their sixth sense. To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley talks to comedian, writer, and actor Gil Ozeri (Big Mouth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Happy Endings) about his maybe-more-than-a-hobby, drawing. Gil takes us through his childhood years as a budding artist, his obsession with creating a pop-up book, and why he keeps his passion for art mostly a secret. Plus, tune in to hear a sample of Gil's college hip hop beats! To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley talks to actor, comedian, and writer Anders Holm about his sneaker hobby. From the Nike Air Lava Domes he's had since high school to the Rod Lavers that Adidas gifted him to wear on Workaholics, Anders and Lesley discuss collabs, reps, and his coveted closet full of kicks. To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley talks to writer and director Mike Luciano (HBO's Animals) about his hobby of researching local histories. What started as a 5th grade school project has turned into years of exploring old photo archives, from 1940s New York to LA's '80s rave scene to Depression-era life in his hometown, Sea Cliff. To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy.Map Pointz: https://www.instagram.com/map_pointz/?hl=enVeterans and Rucas: https://www.instagram.com/veteranas_and_rucas/?hl=en12 Sunsets: https://12sunsets.getty.edu/Boroughs of New York City: 1940s: https://1940s.nyc/1980s: http://80s.nyc/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley chats with director Michael Showalter on his word puzzle hobby. From the New York Times Spelling Bee to the Wordle/Quordle/Octordle universe, Showalter describes how one word game spiraled into a daily obsession featuring pen and paper, online community forums, and a photoshopped image of Mickey Rourke on a Billy Joel album cover. To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley sits down with childhood friend and University of New Hampshire professor Bobby Eckstein to talk about his hobby of reading and scrutinizing Agatha Christie novels. Bobby takes Lesley through the twists and turns of Dame Agatha Christie's best mystery novels while Lesley probes Bobby about his next hobby once he finishes all 66 of her books. To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley sits down with Fred Armisen to dig into the nuances of his record collection, from the must-have classics to the deliciously obscure. Lesley and Fred nerd out over the iconic record stores they've frequented throughout the years, the lost art of the mix tape, and the unexpected rewards of judging an album by its cover. To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Filling the Void, Lesley chats with costume designer Shirley Kurata about her Animal Crossing obsession. Shirley is nominated for an Academy Award for her costume design in the film Everything Everywhere All at Once, so it's no surprise her hobby is creating avant-garde home and clothing designs on her Animal Crossing island. Shirley and Lesley discuss how they bonded over the highly addictive video game and the whimsical Japanese aesthetic that makes Animal Crossing truly special. To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy.Shirley's Island: DA-4493-8267-6726Shirley's Happy Home Paradise Network ID: 0213-6946-6735Lesley's Island: DA-8356-0557-6691 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the debut of Season Three of Filling The Void, Lesley talks to actress Kristen Bell about all things clay and the soothing effect of a low stakes hobby. From puzzles to miniature sculptures, Kristen and Lesley share how they carve out time from work and their busy lives as moms to prioritize their craft corners. To talk to Lesley about your hobby, you can email the podcast at fillthevoidpod@gmail.com. Filling the Voiding is part of the Earios Network. This episode is produced, engineered, and edited by Alex Paul. Theme music by Michael Cassidy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dedicated by Mourad Shehebar for Refuah Shelemah of Chaya Sarah Bat Simcha

Sleep To Alan Watts - Voiding Pain and Suffering

Mixing assassins and child care; what could go wrong?By FinalStand. Listen and subscribe to the podcast at Steamy Stories.Lying is fine, but take care to not cause suffering because that makes it wrong.(Friday)“I have today off,” Odette murmured to me as I cut off the alarm. That had to have been the issue she’d been holding back on last night.“I have to work - being the first week of my three month internship and all,” I sighed.“Are you sure I can’t convince you to be late?” she gave me a sultry look.She compounded that offer by stretching out, her knees in place so that her butt rose and wiggled suggestively. Last night I had introduced Odette to a form of doggy-style that didn’t involve the man trying to drive her skull through the headboard. We had a long, dual-participant, sensual melding of bodies, control passing back and forth until the need for sleep became something she despised even as it took her.“Not fair,” I groaned into my pillow. When I looked out, she was still giving me that sexually hungry look and wiggling that ass. Why do I even pretend that I can have a normal sex life? I found myself arriving late and changing in the elevator on the way to the Executive Services floor. The two women with me were a viewing gallery I could have done without.Since I put everything on display - remember; no underwear - one of my two fellow travelers felt permitted to rub her hands along my abs while I was pulling my pants on.“Goddess, he’s hard,” she moaned to her companion. “Come, have a feel.” I didn’t protest. Technically, stripping naked in a public place could get me fired.“His back is very nicely defined,” the other side as she ran her hands over my back and shoulders. “What is it that you do?”“I’m with Executive Services,” I replied. “Right now I’m suborned to Product Testing. I teach monkeys to ride unicycles.” Their confused looks humored me.“Actually, I’m with ES and I’m a gopher - I pick up stuff,” I grinned.“Oh…you are that guy from the elevator - the kneeling man,” the first woman exclaimed. “They said you were funny. Goddess, our man sure is hot, but he is so dull.”“Let me guess; you are with the Financial Investigations Unit?” I said. Trent.“Yes,” she smiled. Orgy time. “He’s just as good looking, but you are so much more fun. My sister can’t wait for you to become available.”“Sister?” I prodded.“Daphne Pale,” she smiled suggestively yet again. My face lit up.“Daphne?” I caught the lady off-guard by hugging her. “I think Daphne is great,” I stepped back. “She’s really nice to me. She’s smart, gives good advice and treats me like I’m something more than a walking, breathing annoyance. What’s your name?”“Brielle,” she informed me.“Beautiful name,” I remarked, as I went back to dressing.“Do they let you see other women - besides those of ES?” the second woman questioned.“I don’t see any Havenstone women for 79 more days,” I stated. “Corporate policy. After that, all requests for hunting licenses are submitted to Desiree; non-lethal weaponry only until I develop more refined survival skills.”Blink. Blink.“You are joking, right?” Woman Two muttered.“Nope. Katrina feels it will be a great third quarter kick-off. Let some women get out of the office for a weekend. Besides, I get to hunt those hunting me. I think it will be fun, don’t you?” I hummed along.“Desiree?” the second woman asked for clarification as she pulled out her phone. I nodded. The doors opened - my floor - so I stepped out and hustled to Katrina’s office with only seconds to spare. The meeting was normal, right up until Dora adjusted my tie as we were exiting the office.“Where did you dress? A closet with the lights out?” she teased.“In the elevator on the way up,” I confessed. “Daphne, I met your sister - Brielle,” in case she had more than one. “She felt up my stomach and I made her laugh,” I added.“You let her touch you?” Tigger inquired.“Cáel, did you come to work dressed like you normally do?” Daphne teased.“Yep,” sighed.“So you were naked in the elevator,” Violet snickered.“Yep,” I confirmed.“You should be relocated for that,” Fabiola sneered.“Damn Fabiola, why do you…what would he be relocated for? Getting dressed?” Paula groaned.“He was naked in front of an employee,” Fabiola explained.“Two actually,” I clarified. “They both did touch my naked flesh. It was a bonding experience.”“Did you do any actual ‘bonding’?” Dora winked.“I hugged Brielle, but that was only because she was Daphne’s sister and I’m not allowed to hug Daphne at this time,” I answered.“You can hug me - in a purely platonic way,” Daphne murmured.We were at Buffy’s desk - I was working with her today.“Okay,” I nodded. I took a single stride to Daphne. She closed with me and I put my arms around her waist. Daphne put her hands on my shoulders. Our heads got closer and closer. I let my hands roam higher up her back and through her long locks.Nose touched nose, I ran my hands through her hair until I tickled the back of her ears. Daphne’s lips parted and her tongue played along the edges. I let my breath play along her cheeks as I worked to her left ear. I felt a sharp pain in my right buttocks.“Ow!” I squalled - after I pulled away from Daphne’s ear.I tried to fully spin around, but Daphne wasn’t letting go. I caught sight of a furious Buffy, small knife in hand, burning holes in me with her eyes.“You stabbed me,” I protested. Daphne had thought I was playing a cruel game with her. Now that the truth had come out, she’s was pissed - with Buffy.“Time you got to work, Intern,” Buffy snapped.“Did you have to stab him?” Daphne complained.“Intern, don’t you have some place you should be?” Buffy snarled at Daphne.“Take care,” Daphne tenderly stroked my cheek. It didn’t take an Aeronautical Engineer to realize I was about to get poked again.Daphne glared defiance at Buffy even as she retired. Buffy stabbed my left buttock this time. I could have stopped her. What would have been the point? I didn’t shout out. I manned up and shed a tear instead.“Keep him in line, Buffy,” Fabiola chortled. “He’s been flashing women on the elevator.”“Fabiola, please appreciate the fact that I requested Cáel today. If I had you one more hour, I swore to Katrina they’d find your corpse in a Newark landfill,” Buffy sneered. “Now scurry off to where you are assigned to be before my first order for Cáel this morning will be to carry your subdued and gagged body to the trunk of our car. I’ll be doing the subduing.”Fabiola repositioned herself and said something in Old Kingdom Hittite.“Your blood is the fecal matter of cats and dogs; unworthy of your station at arms.”Fabiola had this smug, superior look ruining her classically beautiful Italian features. Buffy was angry yet hampered by not being able to understand the insult. I scanned about.“Tigger,” I called out. She was the closest. She quickly gained visual permission by her trainer for the day and jogged to Buffy’s area. “Tigger what does (dead word) mean?” I relayed Fabiola’s insult, in Old Hittite, to Tigger. “Fabiola said it to Buffy and I think it is the same language she used on Tuesday.”“What did she say?” Buffy demanded.“I cannot tell you, Buffy,” Tigger bowed. “I promise I will convey these words to Katrina right now so that she may properly evaluate them.” She sprinted off. Fabiola was worried; not so much she apologized, but worried.Tigger came sprinting back a minute later. We were all supposed to get to work. Katrina would deal with this matter. Fabiola’s smirk told me she was completely naïve about the shit-storm she’d unleashed. Off Buffy and I went. It was the child protection detail once more. There was the added bonus of having the security guards at the armory giving Buffy shit over not speaking Hittite - morons.“We need to work on our pig Latin,” I suggested to Buffy as we loaded the car.“Huh?” Buffy’s funk subsided somewhat.“Do you speak any exotic languages, or do we invent one, because I’m sick of this secret language bullshit,” I declared.“I’m still furious with you,” Buffy finally spoke. I filtered through a variety of insufficient responses and ended up sighing as I looked out the passenger window. I was my usual boisterous self during the pick-up and drop-off. I deftly evaded my 'teacher time’ today so I was able to spend a few minutes with the Brazilian security hottie.She didn’t have a gym to work out in so I suggested we could meet at Havenstone and she could use their corporate facility with me. It was safe enough. Buffy kept up the silent treatment until lunchtime which left me pretty grim. At 12:15, Nikita gave me a call. She was on her lunch break and was making sure our two dates were still on.It felt good to hear a friendly voice. I confirmed our engagements and she left me with a smile as she hung up. I noticed Buffy glaring at me again. I looked away.“Which girlfriend was that?” she commented snidely.“How is that work-related?” I didn’t even look at her.“I am telling you it is,” she snapped back.“Put my refusal in yet another one of your stunning job performance reviews you are going to give me,” I stated calmly. I still wasn’t looking at her.“I will,” she grumbled. I didn’t respond. There was no point.As we finished our cue, Buffy pulled me aside.“What is wrong with you?” Buffy hissed quietly.“If I’ve messed up any part of my assigned work, please make it aware of it,” I stared back.“Don’t be a smart-ass,” she seethed. “It isn’t appealing.”“Since you haven’t addressed any specific grievances, I’ll do my best to randomly determine the source of your displeasure,” I said. Had I not spoken in a voice devoid of emotion, it might have been taken as a joke. “You resent being treated like a random employee in the same manner I resent being treated as your property.”“Since you are convinced you have done nothing wrong and that I’m a jerk, I feel this conversation is at an end. Have a good weekend,” I kept calm.“You are a jerk. In 78 more days,” she snarled.“78 days - nothing. I can sleep with far more important women, Buffy,” I let my countenance harden.“The only reason I would have sex with you would be because I liked you. That would imply that you liked me too. You clearly don’t like me, so I think we are done here,” I explained.“I say when we are done,” she grabbed my elbow.“Really?” I laughed in her face, “I’ll see what Fabiola, or any of the new girls feel about that.”“Do you think they’ll feel generous enough to give you the scraps off their table?” I mocked her. Buffy looked ready to stab me again. “You felt free in stabbing me this morning yet when Fabiola clearly insulted you, you did nothing. You aren’t even courageous enough to fight for me, or treat me with dignity. Lacking any virtues, what would attract me to you over any of the others?”“Who says you get to decide anything?” Buffy was breathing heavily now. Her problem was she was aroused, angry and being buried under the crushing weight of the truth. I wouldn’t have total freedom. I knew that. I also knew that I would have some choice and certainly enough to deny a woman with Buffy’s low status. The truth of that was in the anguish in Buffy’s gaze.Begging wasn’t in her creed, especially not to a man. She couldn’t apologize to me either. I hated myself at times.“Buffy, I need to go,” I tugged on my elbow. She let go. “Can I talk to you on the elevator ride down once I’m off the clock and can speak freely?”“Yes,” she looked down. I changed in Katrina’s bathroom then made my exit with my fellow 'new hires’, minus Fabiola whose absence was noted by all. The group mostly kept the conversation about work with some flavoring being applied in the form of weekend plans. When Buffy and Helena stepped in, I looped my right arm around Buffy and pulled her too me.Buffy jolted in surprise, refraining from attacking me long enough to realize we were back in the corner we shared yesterday. I was back to the corner and she had her back to me. Putting my valise down allowed me to place my other arm around Buffy as well. The kiss I placed on the top of Buffy’s head caught everyone off-guard.My right hand came to rest on her left hip. The left crossed her body, pressing on her bosom from beneath. Repeated kisses fell upon her hair until the elevator reached the main floor.“Apology accepted,” Buffy turned in my arms so that we were facing. She placed each hand upon my jaw and tilted my head down. “Be more appreciative on Monday, or I won’t let you off so easy next time.”As we parted company, the 'girls’ gave me similar looks as I biked away. Things got worse immediately. Sitting on her butt next to my door was Odette - with a tote bag. She pushed up the wall and smiled broadly.“I figured since we had the weekend free we could hang out,” she beamed.“Let’s go inside,” I offered. Keeping upbeat was key; a crying woman on my stoop would suck. As we entered the apartment and I was putting my bike aside, Odette made for the bedroom.“Odette, we need to get something straight,” I called out. She didn’t stop. “I have a date with another women tonight.” That did the trick.“Did I do something wrong?” she gulped as she turned around and stared at me.“What?” I feigned surprise. I’ve been here before. “No! Why would you think that? Odette, you are wonderful.” I walked to her and she came into my arms. Pig. Dog. Take your pick.“Why are you dumping me then?” Odette looked up, tears in her eyes.“I thought you would be dumping me,” I reversed things. “I’m the one not ready for commitment. I am afraid you have been far better for me than I’ve been for you.”“I don’t want to let you go,” she pleaded as her hug tightened.“Wait. Odette, think about this. You deserve a guy who wants you and only you. I’m not that guy. I’m a serial dater. I can’t help it,” I complained on her behalf.“That’s okay,” Odette mumbled. “Don’t be so hard on yourself, Cáel Nyilas. You are a wonderful man, too. I’ll wait around until you figure things out. I’ll take what I can get while you look for your happiness.” Odette wasn’t weak, or stupid. She was a young lady, romantically alone and living in her parent’s house.I was exciting and different, the sex was great and it was a new experience to wake up in a foreign place, safe and warm. I had turned her phantasm dreams of a better life into a tangible reality even if she now had to morph her expectations. Adaptation wasn’t failing. It was the reason human beings existed today. I feebly tried to break free.“Odette - Honey, I can’t,” I explained. “I’m getting so hot for you right now. I don’t want to…” Odette pressed a finger to my lips. She too was aroused. Yes, I had told a second girl that I was a slave to my cock and again, the woman had created a mental excuse that allowed her to stay with me despite my promised infidelity.And I was about to have sex with her before going out on a date with the first girl I had confessed everything to. Should I 'oink’, or is that 'bow-wow’?“How long do we have?” Odette’s voice turned molten with lust.“An hour,” I kissed her.“That should be just enough time,” she licked her kips then led me by the hand to the bedroom. Odette started out somewhat desperate. I cooled her down and instructed her in micromanaging intercourse. Doing the little things that targeted the erogenous zones of your partner instead of going straight for the sex.In the afterglow, we cuddled together, Odette kissing my nipples and me nibbling on her ear - one of her hot spots.“You are yummy,” she sighed. “Delicious.”“Are you trying to distract me with your alluring words and dynamite body?” I sounded worried.“Is it working?” she giggled.“It will if I don’t escape right now,” I pleaded. She reluctantly let me slip away. Her eyes followed me around the room and out the door. A warm shower was nice, dressing in front of Odette was innocently refreshing and we ordered her some takeout.Odette would stay the night - I gave Timothy a warning call - and I’d be back late. We’d have Saturday morning to spend together; my cobbled together plan would leave everyone happy, right? I headed out to my date with Nikita with high hopes. We met at an East Side theater, watched the movie with minimal conversation and exited hand in hand.Nikita was coming around to my romantic approach. All I had to do was let her know I was dying to have sex with her in the same way she was dying to have sex with me. I was holding off because of my desire to get to know her, so she held back in order to be the 'better woman’ and help me with my sexual issues - namely to have sex as much as possible.We walked, talked about our schools growing up, colleges and her time at the Police Academy. Nikita and I ended up at this nice bar that served tasty comfort food and a good selection of alcoholic beverages. An hour and a half later, we left, both feeling tipsy. Nikita snuggled up against me, taking in my scent and warmth.Our kisses were more intense that night, our desires more raw and evident and Nikita’s craving for our contact to evolve was stronger than ever. We parted. I took a few steps then turned around. Sure enough, Nikita looked over her shoulder, smiled then kept walking. A few steps later, she looked back again. This time she stopped. We looked, then met each other half way and kissed some more.The second separation was permanent. It was important that Nikita know I was fascinated with her. A more virtuous man might have been troubled with the fact that I was going to unload the sexual frustration I had hefted upon myself by dating Nikita onto Odette, but I’m not that guy. I did get a surprise when I came through the door.Odette was on the sofa watching Kick-Ass 2, her head resting on Timothy’s lap. Timothy was in the midst of impressing on her how delectable Morris Chestnut was when I came in.“Hey Cáel, Ulyssa called. We are on for Sunday dinner at their place. A Yasmin Palhavã called as well. She’s says you are on for Monday at 5:15 pm,” Timothy smirked.To add to the fun, Odette looked up at me and smiled.“Timothy and I bonded over ice cream,” she giggled. “He says you give such an unbelievably good dicking, women lose all common sense for days, even weeks afterwards. He says he’s never seen anything like it before and he’s jealous.”“You two are hilarious,” I griped. “I’m going to the bathroom and masturbate. Then I’m going to bed - alone.”“No, you are not!” Odette declared. She hopped up and charged me. “You are sleeping with me tonight. I need to exercise these extra calories off.” She was in her underwear, which I got a brief flash of as she left the sofa, and my old Mayhem Festival 2012 t-shirt.Beyond her looking far sexier in it than I ever had (in my opinion), she was definitely ready to give me some 'makes him forget about all those other women’ sex. I wrapped an arm around Odette and looked over my shoulder to tell Timothy goodnight. He was giving me the finger. Not only had he picked up a jealous lover after careful consideration, I apparently could carpet bomb the city and not hit a single woman willing to hold my philandering ways against me.(Saturday)Round nine - I thought it was round nine - was ended abruptly by Timothy dumping a pitcher full of ice down my back. Odette and I had meant to get some breakfast in the living room. We were eating some shredded wheat, some milk dripped down Odette’s chin and I licked it off. If anyone doesn’t think that’s an open invitation for sex, you’re nuts.Anyway, we were face to face, me sitting on the sofa, Odette in my lap with a combination of her thighs and my hands helping her bob up on down on my cock while we battled tongues and checked that we hadn’t sucked any of the other’s fillings out yet. Timothy stumbled past in his normal morning pre-coffee haze, busied himself in the kitchen then came back with the aforementioned pitcher of ice.I screamed and jump off the sofa. Odette squealed as I suddenly thrust deeper into her and stood up. Timothy was smirking, I was getting ready to scream at him and my phone went off in the bedroom. I gave Timothy a quick, angry flash because Odette needed my attention more. I took her to the bedroom, flopped us on the bed - me on top - and answered the phone while I fucked her.“Cáel, Katrina wants you at 1105 Pomwell Avenue, Doebridge, Long Island,” Buffy snapped. “What’s that sound?”“Its 8:20 in the freaking morning; what sound do you think it is?” I growled back. “What am I doing in Long Island?”“Going where you are told.” Buffy hung up before I could respond. I was righteously pissed. It was the freaking weekend and I had plans…which included three children, one hot cop and sex with Odette until noon. Now, at least one of those gems was being stolen away from me. Odette and I did finish round nine - I think it was nine - then I showered.Odette offered to stay. I strongly suggested that she go home because I had no idea how long this chore would take. I was coaxing her out the door when suddenly Odette volunteered to help clean up the place, change the sheets and set up the air mattress…for the date that wasn’t her. Timothy looked at me then shot himself with the Nerf gun in a futile display of utter disbelief in the power of my sexual charisma.It wasn’t like I even asked Odette for help. She volunteered. I made my way out the door with my bike. I went to Havenstone. I was checking out a car. There was no way I was paying for a taxi ride out to Long Island. Miracle of miracles, I was given a car without a séance and a full-body cavity search.I suspected Buffy might have pre-ordered one for me, but anyone at Havenstone giving me a helping hand was so…unlike them. My onboard navigation system took me for a fifty minute drive away from the city and up along Long Island Sound. It turned out Doebridge was the Stepford Wives, sans the husbands.I could now say I’ve been racial-profiled (my minority status being male). The first cops (both women) stopped me as I rolled into town. They suggested I might want to take an alternate route. I showed them my ID then said that I was here to investigate a case of poisoning involving Girl Scout cookies. They seemed worried. I then told them I was the food taster for the Queen.They got pissed so I reminded them they shouldn’t have stopped me in the first place. I wasn’t speeding, or in a stolen vehicle. They pulled me out and asked to search my car. I told them it wouldn’t be a problem but I had two attack midgets in the trunk, so they should be careful. Next thing I knew, I was handcuffed and they were on the phone to a ballistic Buffy.“What is your problem?” she seethed quietly. She was 'somewhere’.“I don’t know. Maybe I was pulled over for unlawful use of facial hair, or not having a back-up supply of tampons,” I groused. “Until Charlie’s Angels pulled me out of the car, I swear my cock was behaving itself. For once, it wasn’t at fault.”“If you were in front of me now, I’d kill you,” Buffy promised.“You do realize there is a cop standing in my personal space, right?” I brought up.“It’s okay, she’s a woman who has talked to you. She’ll understand,” Buffy snapped. The policewoman’s grin confirmed that supposition.“You are too lucky,” Buffy grumbled. “Hayden wants you here, so you escape once more, you cocksucker. Give the phone back to the policewoman.” Sure enough, two minutes later I was on the road again. Six minutes after that, I was cuffed and pressed against a brick wall in scenic downtown Doebridge.I didn’t understand it. I swore to Buffy I had been polite. I had complimented both women on how pretty and professional they were. I even suggested we take turns strip-searching one another. I especially wanted to see them do it to each other while I watched. Buffy promised me I’d be a long time dying when I finally showed up. I reminded her she was too passionate.Four minutes later I was in sight of my target…and pulled over again. This time I behaved well by anyone’s standards. Why was I pulled over, I asked? They heard I was cute and wanted to take a look. I was frisked - by the both of them…again. I swear to God, if they had pulled out elbow-length gloves they were going to have to pistol-whip me first. They patted my butt and let me go.The next hurdle was Havenstone Security itself. They scanned my ID. The second they called their supervisor, I started stripping down.“What are you doing?” the supervisor asked.“Lady, I’ve been searched three times since I entered this crazy town. Since you clearly won’t take their word for it that I’m not smuggling anything, I see someone ramming their wrist up my rectum in the near future.”“Oh, that’s not…” she got out then another guard pulled on her sleeve and winked. “Go ahead.” I stripped, they had me spin around a few times. Then they patted me down and made triple sure my raging hard-on wasn’t an artificial attachment packed with high explosives. On the second tour, Buffy called again wanting to know what was taking so long. I told her I was sightseeing but would be there soon. That’s when they let me dress.“What I meant to say was 'what are you doing dressed like that?” the supervisor stated.“What do you mean?” I wondered.“Why aren’t you in business attire?” she clarified.“Let me think about that,” I pondered.“Oh yeah, its freaking Saturday and no one told me what the hell was going on so I came dressed like it is freaking Saturday. I know most of you are home-schooled, but is reading a calendar really that hard?” I glared. “If this was a quiet cry for an early Christmas present, it worked. Can I go now?” I knew the look Security was giving me.“If you slap me, prepared to get punched back. I’m not one of your Ken dolls,” I warned them. “You’ll gang up on me and win. Then you will get to tell Hayden why I’m not where she wants me to be.”“We’ll get you on the way out,” the supervisor menaced.“That’s right. How dare I act like I have a vagina?” I mocked her. I took a few steps past them before realizing I was missing something crucial. “Where am I supposed to go?” They took malevolent glee at my confusion. “All I am asking is for you to do your jobs,” I groaned. They kept grinning.“Fine, I’ll wander about until some far less friendly, helpful and more heavily armed woman takes offense at my temerity to breathe the same air and kills me. Good job boys,” were my parting words. The supervisor dispatched a guard to escort me into the complex. “So, do you date much?” I asked the guard a few seconds later.“What? No,” she sounded confused.“Do you date girls?” I continued.“No,” she grumbled. “Not dating men does not make me a lesbian.”“You are right. Are you a transvestite?” I kept teasing her.“No! What gave you that idea?” she gawked.“I was thinking that if you are a tranny, that’s really good work,” I told her.“I’m not a transvestite!” she insisted.“Fine, will you go out with me then? You get even better looking when there is a fire in your eyes,” I grinned.“If I say 'yes’ will you shut up?” she studied me intently.“Of course. You can access my personnel records for my current work and home numbers. Give me a call sometime,” I winked. I was SO going to fuck this woman. See, she had to get back at me for taunting her. She was going to punish me with sex and she was going to think it was all her idea.Our path led to a massive indoor archery range. It had twenty lanes. Each lane was clearly marked out to 150 meters plus there was approximately 20 meters of back space where the observers and archers waiting their turn congregated. I recognized plenty of the women present. There were also three men - the other male new hires. The rest of us had made it through Week One.The guys were all dressed in suits. Ah, some of the previous conversation made more sense. I had on a tight white t-shirt, comfortable jeans and docker shoes (essentially canvas tennis shoes). The women dressed in a similar style though not identically. Tight vests, bound breasts, short skirts and short boots. I quickly made out Katrina’s clan. I had to slip past Fabiola’s pack to get there.Katrina was on the firing line. My attention was drawn to the archer next to her. It was Aya and she was having a rough time of it. Her Mom, Caitlyn, was calmly trying to instruct her yet each word out of her mouth seemed to make Aya more and more nervous. I was drawn to Aya emotionally. I felt compelled to do something even though reporting to Katrina and Hayden was the proper procedure to follow.I spotted a large bowl of fruit in Katrina’s backfield. A grapefruit was the proper tool for the moment. Target in hand, I approached Aya after her latest failure. She was about to cry.“Hey, Aya,” I called out. Multiple heads turned my way. The only person who didn’t seem to notice I was under-dressed was Aya. Her face blossomed and she ran right at me.“Cáel,” she squealed as she hugged my waist. I patted her back and kissed the top of her head. That drew a mixed reaction from our audience.“What seems to be the problem?” I smiled down at her.“I…I can’t - I’m not good…” she stammered.“Aya’s a winner,” I declared. “Aya does. The only 'not’ that is Aya is 'Aya is not a freak’. Did Aya get a Daddy this week?” Her face brightened noticeably. “Did Aya get a Daddy that wasn’t a spy this week? Who’s clever idea was all that?”“Aya?” she murmured.“Who? I didn’t quite hear that,” I teased.“Aya,” she exclaimed.“So Aya’s a winner. So what’s the problem?” I asked.“I can’t hit the target,” Aya explained.“Yes you can,” I nodded. “Let me show you.” I led Aya back to the line. The liberties I was being granted weren’t lost on me. “Okay, ready your bow and notch an arrow.” Aya nodded and did as instructed. I’d shot a few arrows at school. Not a lot and certainly not enough to ever be considered an archery instructor. Confidence training I did know.“Okay, can you hit this?” I held the grapefruit up to the tip of Aya’s arrow, standing beside it.“Of course,” she giggled. I took a half-step back still holding the grapefruit out.“Can you hit it now?” she nodded. We repeated the process again and again as I back up to her target. Occasionally I’d add, “Now track in your mind the movement of bow as you adjust for the range.”Aya nodded and before long, I was standing beside her - closer - target.“Shoot,” I commanded.“Cáel,” Aya whimpered, “I might hit you.”“Aya is a winner,” I repeated. “Besides, do I look afraid? I believe in you, Aya.”The shot fell way short and skipped to within a meter of my foot. I wasn’t worried. It was pointless. I tapped the grapefruit against the target. Aya looked to Caitlyn who nodded.“Track the grapefruit in your mind, Aya. Don’t think of anything else,” I counseled. “Aya is a winner.”She drew, aimed, muttered something, visibly relaxed then let loose. She didn’t hit me, or the grapefruit. She did hit the third ring of the target which, by the pristine look of the paper, was her first hit of the day. By the happy looks of her family, I was right. Aya squealed and started to run to me. Caitlyn held her back. I was still in the firing lane after all.The Fates, Fortuna, or the Norns - those meddling, magnificent, malignant and mischievous divine entities hadn’t finished fucking with me yet. As I reached down for Aya’s first spent arrow, something tugged at the back of my hair and the now unforgettable sound of an arrow whizzing past mere centimeters from my head registered in my mind.Someone, and by that I meant some-woman, had tried to murder me.“Kneel!” Desiree’s scream came a second too late. Bending over turned into a roll as I calculated the trajectory that arrow probably had taken. I righted myself, kneeling, on all fours, looking at my assassin. She was stepping out of the line-up and casually drawing her next barb.No one was going to save me. The rest of the guys were only now starting to figure out things were disastrously wrong - for all of us. Having witnessed my murder, they were all doomed which was my assassin’s true intent. Dodging arrows was marginally less impossible than dodging a bullet.I’d fired guns before and shot a bow enough to recall that you really needed a vambrace to avoid ripping the skin off your arm. It also taught me that it was called a bow, not an eye-bolt shooter. Watching her eyes was useless. The strength of the bow was in the pull - the string. The control of the pull was in the fingers. I was watching the twitch of her fingers.The second I saw those middle digits move, I launched myself to the left - the firing line. I saw her try to adjust, but a bow is not a gun. Once that arrow starts out, it has its own motivations. The arrow would have punched through my right shoulder and penetrated into my chest cavity. I wouldn’t be dead, only fatally wounded.Instead it passed under my chest and outstretched arm and leg as I was in mid-roll. Next time I knew I wouldn’t be so lucky.“No!” Aya screamed. That wasn’t so bad, or distracting. Her running at me was. The smart play was to duck behind Aya.If the blonde archer shot in her direction, Katrina’s entire clan would have filled her with feathered shafts. I, having more love than hate, ran the other way. I wasn’t going to make it. I knew I wasn’t going to make it. She had her arrow out with expert speed and was tracking my path. I dove and she flinched.The woman flinched because an arrow buzzed past her. It wasn’t 'aimed’ at her. It passed a meter in front of her field of vision. It gave me a step, maybe two. The arrow smacked into the very edge of the target. The majority passed through, but didn’t have the energy left to hurt me. Now I was behind a target and the Amazon murmurs began.“Hold on now,” Felix spoke up. A dozen women glared menace his way. It occurred to him he was unarmed in a room full of armed women - and they weren’t doing anything to help me. Suddenly we had brotherly solidarity cemented by our helplessness. The lack of noise was eerie. The ceiling fans chugged away and Aya was still crying my name. There was no other human noise.My rational mind didn’t desert me, despite the hopelessness of my situation. My eyes stayed over the curve of the target. I presented her with a shot. The trade-off was I knew what she was doing. She shot, burying a shaft a centimeter below the rim; nearly punching through and into my face. She was a really clever lady.Her next move was to stalk me. Someone shut Aya up. I couldn’t spare a glance to see if she’d been taken away. My unknown assassin was confident, not gloating. She didn’t have much respect for me. She undoubtedly had read my Havenstone file, even Elsa’s report. I had no tricks. I had Aya’s arrow and that wasn’t even a real arrow - it was for target practice.The other Amazons used diamond-shaped hunting arrows which they were clearly qualified to use. The brutal reality was I was going to die. A female warrior from a martial culture versus an adventurous college graduate - no matter how you worked the math, I wasn’t going to make it. The Blonde Death wove between the targets, forcing me back until I had one target left to hide behind.Fate was one fickle bitch, or maybe they don’t teach Amazons political science in Assassin School. She chose her final approach from down range. She circled around, waiting for my final doomed rush to an adjacent archery target. I’d never make it, but that no longer mattered. I took off my shirt.I let the shirt and arrow fall to the ground. I laced my fingers behind my head then stepped out to present her a clear shot. She drew back, a slight smile on her face. I went to my knees, closed my eyes and waited. In five seconds, I wasn’t dead so I opened my eyes. That is what she was waiting for, for me to see my death coming. She finished her pull. I grinned triumphantly.Amazons don’t train with compound bows. They go old school; composite bows only. While quiet, when a dozen are drawn at once, the sound is distinctive. By Blondie’s look, she realized she wasn’t going to be celebrating my demise for long. See, if by some galactic calamity she missed me at this range, she’d be shooting into Katrina’s crowd.That was why I had surrendered myself. I wasn’t tired of living. I had sworn my life to Katrina and when she was put at risk, I had put my life on the line to protect her, thus making myself an easy target. Why was Katrina aiming at her?“What are you doing?” one of the elders cried out - to Katrina.“Leona is threatening my people,” Katrina answered.“That man is not your people,” that woman insisted.“I am not talking about him. I have children among us and she’s hasn’t proven to be all that accurate,” Katrina explained.“She is…” the woman started.“She missed a man three times - twice in the open,” Katrina snapped. “My youngest has a better success rate!” Katrina must have been referring to Aya. It was a lie, but still.“I will not permit…” the unknown elder began. Suddenly every woman was aiming a bow at someone else.“He is a man!” Tia Pharos, Felix Melena’s boss decried.“If a man pulled your child from a burning house, would you kill him for touching your offspring?” Beyoncé countered. “Better yet, would you shoot him as he ran into your house to save your child - kill him for trespass? This kind of insanity is why we are where we are today.”“Beyoncé,” Tia shouted. “You are not one of them.”“I was opposed because I saw no hope in this scheme,” Beyoncé responded. She pointed to me, “Now I have hope.”“Refrain!” Hayden thundered as she strode into the room, trailed by a dozen women I didn’t know and one I did; Marilynn. I enjoyed that moment right up until the arrow entered my thigh.I started screaming. GI Joe, James Bond, and Mathew Bourne, I’m not. I couldn’t even fall backwards. I had to fall to the side because of the angle the arrow in my leg was in. I had been looking over my shoulder at Hayden when it happened so I had no warning.“Gentlemen, you will be escorted from this room and events explained to you. Now!” Hayden snapped.In the periphery of my pain, I saw members of the various departments detach from their Houses and lead my three remaining brethren away. I couldn’t read their faces yet I imagined their expressions ranged from fear to bereft of any logical explanation of events. They were waking up to the reality they lived and worked in a madhouse where their worth was measured on the whim and patience of others - welcome to my childhood.The moment the door closed,“Cáel Nyilas, to my side,” Hayden called out profoundly. As I clamped my teeth down to keep my howl of pain contained, Leona, the blonde assassin began to return to her group.“Viper,” Hayden snarled in Old Kingdom Hittite. Instantly three guardians had pistols pointed at Leona.“Leona,” Hayden beckoned over politely now that the girl knew that disobedience meant death. Without difficulty, Leona made it to Hayden first. They waited until I limped over. My pain amused Blondie. “Cáel, kneel,” Hayden directed. I’d thought this one out and neither choice was pain, or worry, free.I put the knee of my wounded leg to the ground and rapidly shifted as much of my weight as possible to my kneeling leg. The pain sucked but I didn’t topple over screaming so I racked this one up as a victory. A minute ago I had faced a quick death. Now I felt I was staring down a lingering one.I was not an EMT, paramedic, or physician’s assistant. I had no clue if I had major damage and was slowly bleeding to death. I’d have clubbed a baby seal in front of Aya for some codeine at the moment. The conversation turned to Hittite. I was not privileged to hear my fate.“What makes you think you can get away with this?” Hayden remained polite.“It was an accident resulting in no serious harm to a male,” Leona smiled. “I’ll write Katrina an apology letter.”“You defied me - personally,” Hayden coolly pointed out. Something filtered through my mind. Katrina wasn’t coming to my defense like she’d done Tuesday.There was one reason for that and Katrina had exhibited that to me time and time again.“There are three penalties for this crime,” Hayden droned on. “You are safe in the belief that I will not take your life. You are too valuable. I can still take your right arm, or both your eyes, as you are clearly too careless with your weapons.”“Never,” Leona spat angrily. “I have not threatened to reveal our secrets, plotted against you, or slain a sister. Those are the only crimes that require that.” Hayden contemplated her retort.“Bitch [technically I called her the mating of a dog and a pig], your defense is that you are ignorant, or an idiot being used by ignorant people?” I said in Old Kingdom Hittite. “That’s kind of lame.”A flea farted - at the other end of the field. We all heard it. Hayden grabbed the hair at the top of my head then tilted my face upwards.“You speak our language?” she asked. I did my best to nod. “Is this a new development?” I shook my head. “Who taught you?”“Oh,” I grunted. “You may want to start by twisting the arrow in my leg, not that I can give any of you much advice on torture. I give you my pledge that my instructor was not one you and I have told that person nothing about your group. I don’t expect you to take my word about it as you are all boxes of Cracker Jacks without the prize inside.”There was a snort from behind me. My bet was on Desiree.“Do not defy me, or insult my people again,” Hayden’s eyes narrowed.“I apologize, High Priestess. I elect to face my end as a human being,” I replied. Hayden drew one of those small blades all these crazy bitches seemed to carry and put it to my throat. I closed my eyes.“Open your eyes and meet my gaze as I end your life, Cáel,” Hayden ordered.“Do I have to?” I mumbled. “I’m sort of terrified.” That brought some chuckles.“It is my command,” she reiterated. My eyes looked into hers. “Tell me this much; is the person you are defending a woman?”I gave the only nod I could that didn’t have me slitting my own throat.“Did you lie to us about this relationship?” A tiny shake. “I am ashamed,” she said softly.“He’s lying,” Leona snarled.“Why?” Hayden regarded her fellow Amazon.“He’s about to die. Is he so loyal to an outsider cause that this is how he chooses to go? Wouldn’t pointing us at another be more profitable to him? By our ancestors, if he is this loyal to one of our sisters, he is the Golden Apple of our quest,” Hayden proclaimed.“Compel the name,” several voices called out.“Cáel, if you knew all of this, why have you kept coming back to work?” Beyoncé inquired of me. Hayden moved the knife two centimeters away so I could move my throat.“Two reason; I didn’t think I could get away and I owed Katrina. Leaving her in the lurch because I was afraid was unduly cruel to her,” I related.“Didn’t you know we would find out? Did you think we were that stupid?” a different woman addressed me.“Name please,” I said.“Answer my question,” she snapped.“Okay. Yes, Wicked Whore, I knew some of you would figure it out…” I began. She drew her blade and took several steps my way.“What did you expect?” Katrina laughed. “Lacking a formal name, he created one based on his perception of your personality.”“This insanity shows in your blood,” the stranger spat at Katrina. “You cloak your house in weakness, flaws and disgrace.” I surged up as best I could. Hayden forced me back down.“Cáel, what are you doing?” Hayden spoke loudly.“She’s insulting Katrina. I’m going to get her,” I replied.“You are a male, unarmed and wounded,” she pointed out.“Oh…not enough? Should I tie one arm behind my back, or are you admonishing me from spanking the mentally deficient?” I calmly inquired. Hayden smirked.“Let him stand, Hayden,” the woman growled. Hayden released me. She’d already made her point - men had value. My individual life no longer mattered. I had a different opinion. I will never recommend what I did next. As I finished standing, I reached back and in one savage motion, pulled the arrow through the back of my thigh.I was really bleeding now and God-damn, the pain - the pain. For the past five minutes, my life had stumbled from one certain death experience to the next. I was finally out of rope. The hand on my shoulder caught my mind in turmoil and I nearly stabbed the person behind the touch with my bloody arrow.“I’ve got this,” Desiree told me. “She insulted my house and my nieces. Now the Wicked Whore is going to get it.”“Stand aside, Half-Blood,” the unknown woman seethed. “I’ll deal with you next.”“Feel free to not defend yourself,” Desiree stated serenely. “I wasn’t planning on recording your death upon my list of accomplishments anyway.”By the reactions of the other Amazons, not recording an opponent’s death was the equivalent of calling them a 'mewling infant’, or worse, a man.“This is the problem with unrestrained men,” a new voice joined the conversation. A quick glance suggested she was Fabiola’s Mom. “They cause us to quarrel amongst ourselves.”“Messina, did anyone raise a feather to save Cáel?” Katrina countered.“Desiree shot at Leona,” Messina pointed out.“In the past ten years has Desiree missed ANYTHING she’s aimed at?” Katrina reposed. “Perhaps, if Leona had not been standing in the lanes, this might not have happened.”“The man was in the lanes as well,” Messina persisted.“That’s right. I agree - he was…holding a grapefruit for a child to aim at and showing far more courage and devotion than I’ve ever shown to my own flesh and blood,” Katrina smiled.“He is irreverent, knows our language and our secret,” Messina argued.“He’s been like this all week,” Katrina kept grinning. “He has been home multiple times yet he keeps coming back to work.”“You didn’t know,” the unknown woman said.“Who said I didn’t know?” Katrina smirked. “I knew. I’ve talked to the person who taught him and they are of no threat to us.”“How dare you? You should have told the Council and taken immediate steps to remove him,” Messina gasped. Things began making sense. Messina/Fabiola’s house was allied to Katrina’s. It was most likely a generational thing. Today though, Messina did not support this 'New Directive’ of Katrina and Tessa.Tradition dictated that Katrina mentor Fabiola yet politics meant that Katrina couldn’t trust the young woman.“I dare because this is my job - the security of our people,” Katrina lectured. “I determined that Cáel would not betray us. I trusted him with my own family.”“This is fascinating. It will also wait until our next meeting,” Hayden laid down the law. “Cáel, to my side,” and a-limping I went. “Kneel.” This time I nearly keeled over. “What bond can you give me to make any of us believe you will not flee if I let you leave?” I gave that some thought.“I swear on my daughter’s prestige,” I offered. Hayden’s eyes narrowed.“You don’t have a daughter,” she pressed.“Don’t tell her that,” I whispered. “She’s got her heart set on me being her Daddy.”“This is not the time for jests, Cáel,” Hayden cautioned me. I kept eye contact.“He is referring to Aya,” Desiree filled in the missing parts. “If Caitlyn unleashes her, Aya will be here inside of three seconds.”“Aya,” Hayden summoned the child. I could only imagine the tension the adult women of House Epona felt as Aya came running my way.Honestly, I didn’t think about it. My body pivoted despite the weakness in my left leg and the pain coursing through my body so that I caught Aya before she could come around me. My instinct was to not trust Wicked Whore and Leona.“Cáel,” Aya sobbed, “you are bleeding. I got you shot.”“What are you talking about? This scratch? It hardly hurts at all,” I lied to her. “Pain happens, Aya. Winners fight through the pain and get on with their lives and…”“Aya is a winner,” she sniffled. I pushed her far enough back so that we were nose to nose and forehead to forehead.“Weak,” Leona sneered. Aya’s face clouded in shame. I didn’t get angry, I laughed.“Aya, that was from a supposed Amazon who couldn’t kill me with four arrows. It only took you two arrows to get closer and you are only nine,” I chuckled. “If she couldn’t get the job done with four arrows, what does that make her?”“A loser?” Aya’s eyes grew large.“Precisely,” I kissed her nose. “You don’t need to listen to losers. You are a winner and since you are also kind, you should take some time out to give Leona some lessons so she won’t always be a loser. That’s what taking responsibility for your people means.”“Okay,” Aya nodded. “I don’t like her but I’ll do it for you.”“No,” I shook my head, “you will do it because in you is the blood of greatness. True greatness is measured in the lives you save, not the lives you take.”“Pathetic,” Wicked Whore commented in a disgusted tone.“You’ve picked a fight with Aunt Desiree,” Aya peeped, “so you must not be terribly bright. Cáel has taught me to pity stupid people like you, not hate them.”“Caitlyn, control your infant,” Wicked Whore snapped.“I apologize, Ursula (the Wicked Whore’s name). Aya, don’t talk to stupid people,” Caitlyn directed. “It is a waste of breath. Now come here and stand with Mommy.”The best part of that was that the 'stupid people’ could be referring to me. We all knew it wasn’t, but it was a plausible excuse their opponents had to swallow. Hayden wouldn’t allow further conflict.“Have your wound tended to and I will have you driven home,” Hayden instructed me as she rubbed my hair. Aya reluctantly headed to her Mom.“Can I ask a second favor?” I looked up to Hayden. My first was on Tuesday.“Your life hangs by a thread spun by the most slender spider ever imagined,” Hayden clearly found me amusing. I nodded. “Ask away.”

Mixing assassins and child care; what could go wrong?By FinalStand. Listen and subscribe to the podcast at Steamy Stories.Lying is fine, but take care to not cause suffering because that makes it wrong.(Friday)“I have today off,” Odette murmured to me as I cut off the alarm. That had to have been the issue she’d been holding back on last night.“I have to work - being the first week of my three month internship and all,” I sighed.“Are you sure I can’t convince you to be late?” she gave me a sultry look.She compounded that offer by stretching out, her knees in place so that her butt rose and wiggled suggestively. Last night I had introduced Odette to a form of doggy-style that didn’t involve the man trying to drive her skull through the headboard. We had a long, dual-participant, sensual melding of bodies, control passing back and forth until the need for sleep became something she despised even as it took her.“Not fair,” I groaned into my pillow. When I looked out, she was still giving me that sexually hungry look and wiggling that ass. Why do I even pretend that I can have a normal sex life? I found myself arriving late and changing in the elevator on the way to the Executive Services floor. The two women with me were a viewing gallery I could have done without.Since I put everything on display - remember; no underwear - one of my two fellow travelers felt permitted to rub her hands along my abs while I was pulling my pants on.“Goddess, he’s hard,” she moaned to her companion. “Come, have a feel.” I didn’t protest. Technically, stripping naked in a public place could get me fired.“His back is very nicely defined,” the other side as she ran her hands over my back and shoulders. “What is it that you do?”“I’m with Executive Services,” I replied. “Right now I’m suborned to Product Testing. I teach monkeys to ride unicycles.” Their confused looks humored me.“Actually, I’m with ES and I’m a gopher - I pick up stuff,” I grinned.“Oh…you are that guy from the elevator - the kneeling man,” the first woman exclaimed. “They said you were funny. Goddess, our man sure is hot, but he is so dull.”“Let me guess; you are with the Financial Investigations Unit?” I said. Trent.“Yes,” she smiled. Orgy time. “He’s just as good looking, but you are so much more fun. My sister can’t wait for you to become available.”“Sister?” I prodded.“Daphne Pale,” she smiled suggestively yet again. My face lit up.“Daphne?” I caught the lady off-guard by hugging her. “I think Daphne is great,” I stepped back. “She’s really nice to me. She’s smart, gives good advice and treats me like I’m something more than a walking, breathing annoyance. What’s your name?”“Brielle,” she informed me.“Beautiful name,” I remarked, as I went back to dressing.“Do they let you see other women - besides those of ES?” the second woman questioned.“I don’t see any Havenstone women for 79 more days,” I stated. “Corporate policy. After that, all requests for hunting licenses are submitted to Desiree; non-lethal weaponry only until I develop more refined survival skills.”Blink. Blink.“You are joking, right?” Woman Two muttered.“Nope. Katrina feels it will be a great third quarter kick-off. Let some women get out of the office for a weekend. Besides, I get to hunt those hunting me. I think it will be fun, don’t you?” I hummed along.“Desiree?” the second woman asked for clarification as she pulled out her phone. I nodded. The doors opened - my floor - so I stepped out and hustled to Katrina’s office with only seconds to spare. The meeting was normal, right up until Dora adjusted my tie as we were exiting the office.“Where did you dress? A closet with the lights out?” she teased.“In the elevator on the way up,” I confessed. “Daphne, I met your sister - Brielle,” in case she had more than one. “She felt up my stomach and I made her laugh,” I added.“You let her touch you?” Tigger inquired.“Cáel, did you come to work dressed like you normally do?” Daphne teased.“Yep,” sighed.“So you were naked in the elevator,” Violet snickered.“Yep,” I confirmed.“You should be relocated for that,” Fabiola sneered.“Damn Fabiola, why do you…what would he be relocated for? Getting dressed?” Paula groaned.“He was naked in front of an employee,” Fabiola explained.“Two actually,” I clarified. “They both did touch my naked flesh. It was a bonding experience.”“Did you do any actual ‘bonding’?” Dora winked.“I hugged Brielle, but that was only because she was Daphne’s sister and I’m not allowed to hug Daphne at this time,” I answered.“You can hug me - in a purely platonic way,” Daphne murmured.We were at Buffy’s desk - I was working with her today.“Okay,” I nodded. I took a single stride to Daphne. She closed with me and I put my arms around her waist. Daphne put her hands on my shoulders. Our heads got closer and closer. I let my hands roam higher up her back and through her long locks.Nose touched nose, I ran my hands through her hair until I tickled the back of her ears. Daphne’s lips parted and her tongue played along the edges. I let my breath play along her cheeks as I worked to her left ear. I felt a sharp pain in my right buttocks.“Ow!” I squalled - after I pulled away from Daphne’s ear.I tried to fully spin around, but Daphne wasn’t letting go. I caught sight of a furious Buffy, small knife in hand, burning holes in me with her eyes.“You stabbed me,” I protested. Daphne had thought I was playing a cruel game with her. Now that the truth had come out, she’s was pissed - with Buffy.“Time you got to work, Intern,” Buffy snapped.“Did you have to stab him?” Daphne complained.“Intern, don’t you have some place you should be?” Buffy snarled at Daphne.“Take care,” Daphne tenderly stroked my cheek. It didn’t take an Aeronautical Engineer to realize I was about to get poked again.Daphne glared defiance at Buffy even as she retired. Buffy stabbed my left buttock this time. I could have stopped her. What would have been the point? I didn’t shout out. I manned up and shed a tear instead.“Keep him in line, Buffy,” Fabiola chortled. “He’s been flashing women on the elevator.”“Fabiola, please appreciate the fact that I requested Cáel today. If I had you one more hour, I swore to Katrina they’d find your corpse in a Newark landfill,” Buffy sneered. “Now scurry off to where you are assigned to be before my first order for Cáel this morning will be to carry your subdued and gagged body to the trunk of our car. I’ll be doing the subduing.”Fabiola repositioned herself and said something in Old Kingdom Hittite.“Your blood is the fecal matter of cats and dogs; unworthy of your station at arms.”Fabiola had this smug, superior look ruining her classically beautiful Italian features. Buffy was angry yet hampered by not being able to understand the insult. I scanned about.“Tigger,” I called out. She was the closest. She quickly gained visual permission by her trainer for the day and jogged to Buffy’s area. “Tigger what does (dead word) mean?” I relayed Fabiola’s insult, in Old Hittite, to Tigger. “Fabiola said it to Buffy and I think it is the same language she used on Tuesday.”“What did she say?” Buffy demanded.“I cannot tell you, Buffy,” Tigger bowed. “I promise I will convey these words to Katrina right now so that she may properly evaluate them.” She sprinted off. Fabiola was worried; not so much she apologized, but worried.Tigger came sprinting back a minute later. We were all supposed to get to work. Katrina would deal with this matter. Fabiola’s smirk told me she was completely naïve about the shit-storm she’d unleashed. Off Buffy and I went. It was the child protection detail once more. There was the added bonus of having the security guards at the armory giving Buffy shit over not speaking Hittite - morons.“We need to work on our pig Latin,” I suggested to Buffy as we loaded the car.“Huh?” Buffy’s funk subsided somewhat.“Do you speak any exotic languages, or do we invent one, because I’m sick of this secret language bullshit,” I declared.“I’m still furious with you,” Buffy finally spoke. I filtered through a variety of insufficient responses and ended up sighing as I looked out the passenger window. I was my usual boisterous self during the pick-up and drop-off. I deftly evaded my 'teacher time’ today so I was able to spend a few minutes with the Brazilian security hottie.She didn’t have a gym to work out in so I suggested we could meet at Havenstone and she could use their corporate facility with me. It was safe enough. Buffy kept up the silent treatment until lunchtime which left me pretty grim. At 12:15, Nikita gave me a call. She was on her lunch break and was making sure our two dates were still on.It felt good to hear a friendly voice. I confirmed our engagements and she left me with a smile as she hung up. I noticed Buffy glaring at me again. I looked away.“Which girlfriend was that?” she commented snidely.“How is that work-related?” I didn’t even look at her.“I am telling you it is,” she snapped back.“Put my refusal in yet another one of your stunning job performance reviews you are going to give me,” I stated calmly. I still wasn’t looking at her.“I will,” she grumbled. I didn’t respond. There was no point.As we finished our cue, Buffy pulled me aside.“What is wrong with you?” Buffy hissed quietly.“If I’ve messed up any part of my assigned work, please make it aware of it,” I stared back.“Don’t be a smart-ass,” she seethed. “It isn’t appealing.”“Since you haven’t addressed any specific grievances, I’ll do my best to randomly determine the source of your displeasure,” I said. Had I not spoken in a voice devoid of emotion, it might have been taken as a joke. “You resent being treated like a random employee in the same manner I resent being treated as your property.”“Since you are convinced you have done nothing wrong and that I’m a jerk, I feel this conversation is at an end. Have a good weekend,” I kept calm.“You are a jerk. In 78 more days,” she snarled.“78 days - nothing. I can sleep with far more important women, Buffy,” I let my countenance harden.“The only reason I would have sex with you would be because I liked you. That would imply that you liked me too. You clearly don’t like me, so I think we are done here,” I explained.“I say when we are done,” she grabbed my elbow.“Really?” I laughed in her face, “I’ll see what Fabiola, or any of the new girls feel about that.”“Do you think they’ll feel generous enough to give you the scraps off their table?” I mocked her. Buffy looked ready to stab me again. “You felt free in stabbing me this morning yet when Fabiola clearly insulted you, you did nothing. You aren’t even courageous enough to fight for me, or treat me with dignity. Lacking any virtues, what would attract me to you over any of the others?”“Who says you get to decide anything?” Buffy was breathing heavily now. Her problem was she was aroused, angry and being buried under the crushing weight of the truth. I wouldn’t have total freedom. I knew that. I also knew that I would have some choice and certainly enough to deny a woman with Buffy’s low status. The truth of that was in the anguish in Buffy’s gaze.Begging wasn’t in her creed, especially not to a man. She couldn’t apologize to me either. I hated myself at times.“Buffy, I need to go,” I tugged on my elbow. She let go. “Can I talk to you on the elevator ride down once I’m off the clock and can speak freely?”“Yes,” she looked down. I changed in Katrina’s bathroom then made my exit with my fellow 'new hires’, minus Fabiola whose absence was noted by all. The group mostly kept the conversation about work with some flavoring being applied in the form of weekend plans. When Buffy and Helena stepped in, I looped my right arm around Buffy and pulled her too me.Buffy jolted in surprise, refraining from attacking me long enough to realize we were back in the corner we shared yesterday. I was back to the corner and she had her back to me. Putting my valise down allowed me to place my other arm around Buffy as well. The kiss I placed on the top of Buffy’s head caught everyone off-guard.My right hand came to rest on her left hip. The left crossed her body, pressing on her bosom from beneath. Repeated kisses fell upon her hair until the elevator reached the main floor.“Apology accepted,” Buffy turned in my arms so that we were facing. She placed each hand upon my jaw and tilted my head down. “Be more appreciative on Monday, or I won’t let you off so easy next time.”As we parted company, the 'girls’ gave me similar looks as I biked away. Things got worse immediately. Sitting on her butt next to my door was Odette - with a tote bag. She pushed up the wall and smiled broadly.“I figured since we had the weekend free we could hang out,” she beamed.“Let’s go inside,” I offered. Keeping upbeat was key; a crying woman on my stoop would suck. As we entered the apartment and I was putting my bike aside, Odette made for the bedroom.“Odette, we need to get something straight,” I called out. She didn’t stop. “I have a date with another women tonight.” That did the trick.“Did I do something wrong?” she gulped as she turned around and stared at me.“What?” I feigned surprise. I’ve been here before. “No! Why would you think that? Odette, you are wonderful.” I walked to her and she came into my arms. Pig. Dog. Take your pick.“Why are you dumping me then?” Odette looked up, tears in her eyes.“I thought you would be dumping me,” I reversed things. “I’m the one not ready for commitment. I am afraid you have been far better for me than I’ve been for you.”“I don’t want to let you go,” she pleaded as her hug tightened.“Wait. Odette, think about this. You deserve a guy who wants you and only you. I’m not that guy. I’m a serial dater. I can’t help it,” I complained on her behalf.“That’s okay,” Odette mumbled. “Don’t be so hard on yourself, Cáel Nyilas. You are a wonderful man, too. I’ll wait around until you figure things out. I’ll take what I can get while you look for your happiness.” Odette wasn’t weak, or stupid. She was a young lady, romantically alone and living in her parent’s house.I was exciting and different, the sex was great and it was a new experience to wake up in a foreign place, safe and warm. I had turned her phantasm dreams of a better life into a tangible reality even if she now had to morph her expectations. Adaptation wasn’t failing. It was the reason human beings existed today. I feebly tried to break free.“Odette - Honey, I can’t,” I explained. “I’m getting so hot for you right now. I don’t want to…” Odette pressed a finger to my lips. She too was aroused. Yes, I had told a second girl that I was a slave to my cock and again, the woman had created a mental excuse that allowed her to stay with me despite my promised infidelity.And I was about to have sex with her before going out on a date with the first girl I had confessed everything to. Should I 'oink’, or is that 'bow-wow’?“How long do we have?” Odette’s voice turned molten with lust.“An hour,” I kissed her.“That should be just enough time,” she licked her kips then led me by the hand to the bedroom. Odette started out somewhat desperate. I cooled her down and instructed her in micromanaging intercourse. Doing the little things that targeted the erogenous zones of your partner instead of going straight for the sex.In the afterglow, we cuddled together, Odette kissing my nipples and me nibbling on her ear - one of her hot spots.“You are yummy,” she sighed. “Delicious.”“Are you trying to distract me with your alluring words and dynamite body?” I sounded worried.“Is it working?” she giggled.“It will if I don’t escape right now,” I pleaded. She reluctantly let me slip away. Her eyes followed me around the room and out the door. A warm shower was nice, dressing in front of Odette was innocently refreshing and we ordered her some takeout.Odette would stay the night - I gave Timothy a warning call - and I’d be back late. We’d have Saturday morning to spend together; my cobbled together plan would leave everyone happy, right? I headed out to my date with Nikita with high hopes. We met at an East Side theater, watched the movie with minimal conversation and exited hand in hand.Nikita was coming around to my romantic approach. All I had to do was let her know I was dying to have sex with her in the same way she was dying to have sex with me. I was holding off because of my desire to get to know her, so she held back in order to be the 'better woman’ and help me with my sexual issues - namely to have sex as much as possible.We walked, talked about our schools growing up, colleges and her time at the Police Academy. Nikita and I ended up at this nice bar that served tasty comfort food and a good selection of alcoholic beverages. An hour and a half later, we left, both feeling tipsy. Nikita snuggled up against me, taking in my scent and warmth.Our kisses were more intense that night, our desires more raw and evident and Nikita’s craving for our contact to evolve was stronger than ever. We parted. I took a few steps then turned around. Sure enough, Nikita looked over her shoulder, smiled then kept walking. A few steps later, she looked back again. This time she stopped. We looked, then met each other half way and kissed some more.The second separation was permanent. It was important that Nikita know I was fascinated with her. A more virtuous man might have been troubled with the fact that I was going to unload the sexual frustration I had hefted upon myself by dating Nikita onto Odette, but I’m not that guy. I did get a surprise when I came through the door.Odette was on the sofa watching Kick-Ass 2, her head resting on Timothy’s lap. Timothy was in the midst of impressing on her how delectable Morris Chestnut was when I came in.“Hey Cáel, Ulyssa called. We are on for Sunday dinner at their place. A Yasmin Palhavã called as well. She’s says you are on for Monday at 5:15 pm,” Timothy smirked.To add to the fun, Odette looked up at me and smiled.“Timothy and I bonded over ice cream,” she giggled. “He says you give such an unbelievably good dicking, women lose all common sense for days, even weeks afterwards. He says he’s never seen anything like it before and he’s jealous.”“You two are hilarious,” I griped. “I’m going to the bathroom and masturbate. Then I’m going to bed - alone.”“No, you are not!” Odette declared. She hopped up and charged me. “You are sleeping with me tonight. I need to exercise these extra calories off.” She was in her underwear, which I got a brief flash of as she left the sofa, and my old Mayhem Festival 2012 t-shirt.Beyond her looking far sexier in it than I ever had (in my opinion), she was definitely ready to give me some 'makes him forget about all those other women’ sex. I wrapped an arm around Odette and looked over my shoulder to tell Timothy goodnight. He was giving me the finger. Not only had he picked up a jealous lover after careful consideration, I apparently could carpet bomb the city and not hit a single woman willing to hold my philandering ways against me.(Saturday)Round nine - I thought it was round nine - was ended abruptly by Timothy dumping a pitcher full of ice down my back. Odette and I had meant to get some breakfast in the living room. We were eating some shredded wheat, some milk dripped down Odette’s chin and I licked it off. If anyone doesn’t think that’s an open invitation for sex, you’re nuts.Anyway, we were face to face, me sitting on the sofa, Odette in my lap with a combination of her thighs and my hands helping her bob up on down on my cock while we battled tongues and checked that we hadn’t sucked any of the other’s fillings out yet. Timothy stumbled past in his normal morning pre-coffee haze, busied himself in the kitchen then came back with the aforementioned pitcher of ice.I screamed and jump off the sofa. Odette squealed as I suddenly thrust deeper into her and stood up. Timothy was smirking, I was getting ready to scream at him and my phone went off in the bedroom. I gave Timothy a quick, angry flash because Odette needed my attention more. I took her to the bedroom, flopped us on the bed - me on top - and answered the phone while I fucked her.“Cáel, Katrina wants you at 1105 Pomwell Avenue, Doebridge, Long Island,” Buffy snapped. “What’s that sound?”“Its 8:20 in the freaking morning; what sound do you think it is?” I growled back. “What am I doing in Long Island?”“Going where you are told.” Buffy hung up before I could respond. I was righteously pissed. It was the freaking weekend and I had plans…which included three children, one hot cop and sex with Odette until noon. Now, at least one of those gems was being stolen away from me. Odette and I did finish round nine - I think it was nine - then I showered.Odette offered to stay. I strongly suggested that she go home because I had no idea how long this chore would take. I was coaxing her out the door when suddenly Odette volunteered to help clean up the place, change the sheets and set up the air mattress…for the date that wasn’t her. Timothy looked at me then shot himself with the Nerf gun in a futile display of utter disbelief in the power of my sexual charisma.It wasn’t like I even asked Odette for help. She volunteered. I made my way out the door with my bike. I went to Havenstone. I was checking out a car. There was no way I was paying for a taxi ride out to Long Island. Miracle of miracles, I was given a car without a séance and a full-body cavity search.I suspected Buffy might have pre-ordered one for me, but anyone at Havenstone giving me a helping hand was so…unlike them. My onboard navigation system took me for a fifty minute drive away from the city and up along Long Island Sound. It turned out Doebridge was the Stepford Wives, sans the husbands.I could now say I’ve been racial-profiled (my minority status being male). The first cops (both women) stopped me as I rolled into town. They suggested I might want to take an alternate route. I showed them my ID then said that I was here to investigate a case of poisoning involving Girl Scout cookies. They seemed worried. I then told them I was the food taster for the Queen.They got pissed so I reminded them they shouldn’t have stopped me in the first place. I wasn’t speeding, or in a stolen vehicle. They pulled me out and asked to search my car. I told them it wouldn’t be a problem but I had two attack midgets in the trunk, so they should be careful. Next thing I knew, I was handcuffed and they were on the phone to a ballistic Buffy.“What is your problem?” she seethed quietly. She was 'somewhere’.“I don’t know. Maybe I was pulled over for unlawful use of facial hair, or not having a back-up supply of tampons,” I groused. “Until Charlie’s Angels pulled me out of the car, I swear my cock was behaving itself. For once, it wasn’t at fault.”“If you were in front of me now, I’d kill you,” Buffy promised.“You do realize there is a cop standing in my personal space, right?” I brought up.“It’s okay, she’s a woman who has talked to you. She’ll understand,” Buffy snapped. The policewoman’s grin confirmed that supposition.“You are too lucky,” Buffy grumbled. “Hayden wants you here, so you escape once more, you cocksucker. Give the phone back to the policewoman.” Sure enough, two minutes later I was on the road again. Six minutes after that, I was cuffed and pressed against a brick wall in scenic downtown Doebridge.I didn’t understand it. I swore to Buffy I had been polite. I had complimented both women on how pretty and professional they were. I even suggested we take turns strip-searching one another. I especially wanted to see them do it to each other while I watched. Buffy promised me I’d be a long time dying when I finally showed up. I reminded her she was too passionate.Four minutes later I was in sight of my target…and pulled over again. This time I behaved well by anyone’s standards. Why was I pulled over, I asked? They heard I was cute and wanted to take a look. I was frisked - by the both of them…again. I swear to God, if they had pulled out elbow-length gloves they were going to have to pistol-whip me first. They patted my butt and let me go.The next hurdle was Havenstone Security itself. They scanned my ID. The second they called their supervisor, I started stripping down.“What are you doing?” the supervisor asked.“Lady, I’ve been searched three times since I entered this crazy town. Since you clearly won’t take their word for it that I’m not smuggling anything, I see someone ramming their wrist up my rectum in the near future.”“Oh, that’s not…” she got out then another guard pulled on her sleeve and winked. “Go ahead.” I stripped, they had me spin around a few times. Then they patted me down and made triple sure my raging hard-on wasn’t an artificial attachment packed with high explosives. On the second tour, Buffy called again wanting to know what was taking so long. I told her I was sightseeing but would be there soon. That’s when they let me dress.“What I meant to say was 'what are you doing dressed like that?” the supervisor stated.“What do you mean?” I wondered.“Why aren’t you in business attire?” she clarified.“Let me think about that,” I pondered.“Oh yeah, its freaking Saturday and no one told me what the hell was going on so I came dressed like it is freaking Saturday. I know most of you are home-schooled, but is reading a calendar really that hard?” I glared. “If this was a quiet cry for an early Christmas present, it worked. Can I go now?” I knew the look Security was giving me.“If you slap me, prepared to get punched back. I’m not one of your Ken dolls,” I warned them. “You’ll gang up on me and win. Then you will get to tell Hayden why I’m not where she wants me to be.”“We’ll get you on the way out,” the supervisor menaced.“That’s right. How dare I act like I have a vagina?” I mocked her. I took a few steps past them before realizing I was missing something crucial. “Where am I supposed to go?” They took malevolent glee at my confusion. “All I am asking is for you to do your jobs,” I groaned. They kept grinning.“Fine, I’ll wander about until some far less friendly, helpful and more heavily armed woman takes offense at my temerity to breathe the same air and kills me. Good job boys,” were my parting words. The supervisor dispatched a guard to escort me into the complex. “So, do you date much?” I asked the guard a few seconds later.“What? No,” she sounded confused.“Do you date girls?” I continued.“No,” she grumbled. “Not dating men does not make me a lesbian.”“You are right. Are you a transvestite?” I kept teasing her.“No! What gave you that idea?” she gawked.“I was thinking that if you are a tranny, that’s really good work,” I told her.“I’m not a transvestite!” she insisted.“Fine, will you go out with me then? You get even better looking when there is a fire in your eyes,” I grinned.“If I say 'yes’ will you shut up?” she studied me intently.“Of course. You can access my personnel records for my current work and home numbers. Give me a call sometime,” I winked. I was SO going to fuck this woman. See, she had to get back at me for taunting her. She was going to punish me with sex and she was going to think it was all her idea.Our path led to a massive indoor archery range. It had twenty lanes. Each lane was clearly marked out to 150 meters plus there was approximately 20 meters of back space where the observers and archers waiting their turn congregated. I recognized plenty of the women present. There were also three men - the other male new hires. The rest of us had made it through Week One.The guys were all dressed in suits. Ah, some of the previous conversation made more sense. I had on a tight white t-shirt, comfortable jeans and docker shoes (essentially canvas tennis shoes). The women dressed in a similar style though not identically. Tight vests, bound breasts, short skirts and short boots. I quickly made out Katrina’s clan. I had to slip past Fabiola’s pack to get there.Katrina was on the firing line. My attention was drawn to the archer next to her. It was Aya and she was having a rough time of it. Her Mom, Caitlyn, was calmly trying to instruct her yet each word out of her mouth seemed to make Aya more and more nervous. I was drawn to Aya emotionally. I felt compelled to do something even though reporting to Katrina and Hayden was the proper procedure to follow.I spotted a large bowl of fruit in Katrina’s backfield. A grapefruit was the proper tool for the moment. Target in hand, I approached Aya after her latest failure. She was about to cry.“Hey, Aya,” I called out. Multiple heads turned my way. The only person who didn’t seem to notice I was under-dressed was Aya. Her face blossomed and she ran right at me.“Cáel,” she squealed as she hugged my waist. I patted her back and kissed the top of her head. That drew a mixed reaction from our audience.“What seems to be the problem?” I smiled down at her.“I…I can’t - I’m not good…” she stammered.“Aya’s a winner,” I declared. “Aya does. The only 'not’ that is Aya is 'Aya is not a freak’. Did Aya get a Daddy this week?” Her face brightened noticeably. “Did Aya get a Daddy that wasn’t a spy this week? Who’s clever idea was all that?”“Aya?” she murmured.“Who? I didn’t quite hear that,” I teased.“Aya,” she exclaimed.“So Aya’s a winner. So what’s the problem?” I asked.“I can’t hit the target,” Aya explained.“Yes you can,” I nodded. “Let me show you.” I led Aya back to the line. The liberties I was being granted weren’t lost on me. “Okay, ready your bow and notch an arrow.” Aya nodded and did as instructed. I’d shot a few arrows at school. Not a lot and certainly not enough to ever be considered an archery instructor. Confidence training I did know.“Okay, can you hit this?” I held the grapefruit up to the tip of Aya’s arrow, standing beside it.“Of course,” she giggled. I took a half-step back still holding the grapefruit out.“Can you hit it now?” she nodded. We repeated the process again and again as I back up to her target. Occasionally I’d add, “Now track in your mind the movement of bow as you adjust for the range.”Aya nodded and before long, I was standing beside her - closer - target.“Shoot,” I commanded.“Cáel,” Aya whimpered, “I might hit you.”“Aya is a winner,” I repeated. “Besides, do I look afraid? I believe in you, Aya.”The shot fell way short and skipped to within a meter of my foot. I wasn’t worried. It was pointless. I tapped the grapefruit against the target. Aya looked to Caitlyn who nodded.“Track the grapefruit in your mind, Aya. Don’t think of anything else,” I counseled. “Aya is a winner.”She drew, aimed, muttered something, visibly relaxed then let loose. She didn’t hit me, or the grapefruit. She did hit the third ring of the target which, by the pristine look of the paper, was her first hit of the day. By the happy looks of her family, I was right. Aya squealed and started to run to me. Caitlyn held her back. I was still in the firing lane after all.The Fates, Fortuna, or the Norns - those meddling, magnificent, malignant and mischievous divine entities hadn’t finished fucking with me yet. As I reached down for Aya’s first spent arrow, something tugged at the back of my hair and the now unforgettable sound of an arrow whizzing past mere centimeters from my head registered in my mind.Someone, and by that I meant some-woman, had tried to murder me.“Kneel!” Desiree’s scream came a second too late. Bending over turned into a roll as I calculated the trajectory that arrow probably had taken. I righted myself, kneeling, on all fours, looking at my assassin. She was stepping out of the line-up and casually drawing her next barb.No one was going to save me. The rest of the guys were only now starting to figure out things were disastrously wrong - for all of us. Having witnessed my murder, they were all doomed which was my assassin’s true intent. Dodging arrows was marginally less impossible than dodging a bullet.I’d fired guns before and shot a bow enough to recall that you really needed a vambrace to avoid ripping the skin off your arm. It also taught me that it was called a bow, not an eye-bolt shooter. Watching her eyes was useless. The strength of the bow was in the pull - the string. The control of the pull was in the fingers. I was watching the twitch of her fingers.The second I saw those middle digits move, I launched myself to the left - the firing line. I saw her try to adjust, but a bow is not a gun. Once that arrow starts out, it has its own motivations. The arrow would have punched through my right shoulder and penetrated into my chest cavity. I wouldn’t be dead, only fatally wounded.Instead it passed under my chest and outstretched arm and leg as I was in mid-roll. Next time I knew I wouldn’t be so lucky.“No!” Aya screamed. That wasn’t so bad, or distracting. Her running at me was. The smart play was to duck behind Aya.If the blonde archer shot in her direction, Katrina’s entire clan would have filled her with feathered shafts. I, having more love than hate, ran the other way. I wasn’t going to make it. I knew I wasn’t going to make it. She had her arrow out with expert speed and was tracking my path. I dove and she flinched.The woman flinched because an arrow buzzed past her. It wasn’t 'aimed’ at her. It passed a meter in front of her field of vision. It gave me a step, maybe two. The arrow smacked into the very edge of the target. The majority passed through, but didn’t have the energy left to hurt me. Now I was behind a target and the Amazon murmurs began.“Hold on now,” Felix spoke up. A dozen women glared menace his way. It occurred to him he was unarmed in a room full of armed women - and they weren’t doing anything to help me. Suddenly we had brotherly solidarity cemented by our helplessness. The lack of noise was eerie. The ceiling fans chugged away and Aya was still crying my name. There was no other human noise.My rational mind didn’t desert me, despite the hopelessness of my situation. My eyes stayed over the curve of the target. I presented her with a shot. The trade-off was I knew what she was doing. She shot, burying a shaft a centimeter below the rim; nearly punching through and into my face. She was a really clever lady.Her next move was to stalk me. Someone shut Aya up. I couldn’t spare a glance to see if she’d been taken away. My unknown assassin was confident, not gloating. She didn’t have much respect for me. She undoubtedly had read my Havenstone file, even Elsa’s report. I had no tricks. I had Aya’s arrow and that wasn’t even a real arrow - it was for target practice.The other Amazons used diamond-shaped hunting arrows which they were clearly qualified to use. The brutal reality was I was going to die. A female warrior from a martial culture versus an adventurous college graduate - no matter how you worked the math, I wasn’t going to make it. The Blonde Death wove between the targets, forcing me back until I had one target left to hide behind.Fate was one fickle bitch, or maybe they don’t teach Amazons political science in Assassin School. She chose her final approach from down range. She circled around, waiting for my final doomed rush to an adjacent archery target. I’d never make it, but that no longer mattered. I took off my shirt.I let the shirt and arrow fall to the ground. I laced my fingers behind my head then stepped out to present her a clear shot. She drew back, a slight smile on her face. I went to my knees, closed my eyes and waited. In five seconds, I wasn’t dead so I opened my eyes. That is what she was waiting for, for me to see my death coming. She finished her pull. I grinned triumphantly.Amazons don’t train with compound bows. They go old school; composite bows only. While quiet, when a dozen are drawn at once, the sound is distinctive. By Blondie’s look, she realized she wasn’t going to be celebrating my demise for long. See, if by some galactic calamity she missed me at this range, she’d be shooting into Katrina’s crowd.That was why I had surrendered myself. I wasn’t tired of living. I had sworn my life to Katrina and when she was put at risk, I had put my life on the line to protect her, thus making myself an easy target. Why was Katrina aiming at her?“What are you doing?” one of the elders cried out - to Katrina.“Leona is threatening my people,” Katrina answered.“That man is not your people,” that woman insisted.“I am not talking about him. I have children among us and she’s hasn’t proven to be all that accurate,” Katrina explained.“She is…” the woman started.“She missed a man three times - twice in the open,” Katrina snapped. “My youngest has a better success rate!” Katrina must have been referring to Aya. It was a lie, but still.“I will not permit…” the unknown elder began. Suddenly every woman was aiming a bow at someone else.“He is a man!” Tia Pharos, Felix Melena’s boss decried.“If a man pulled your child from a burning house, would you kill him for touching your offspring?” Beyoncé countered. “Better yet, would you shoot him as he ran into your house to save your child - kill him for trespass? This kind of insanity is why we are where we are today.”“Beyoncé,” Tia shouted. “You are not one of them.”“I was opposed because I saw no hope in this scheme,” Beyoncé responded. She pointed to me, “Now I have hope.”“Refrain!” Hayden thundered as she strode into the room, trailed by a dozen women I didn’t know and one I did; Marilynn. I enjoyed that moment right up until the arrow entered my thigh.I started screaming. GI Joe, James Bond, and Mathew Bourne, I’m not. I couldn’t even fall backwards. I had to fall to the side because of the angle the arrow in my leg was in. I had been looking over my shoulder at Hayden when it happened so I had no warning.“Gentlemen, you will be escorted from this room and events explained to you. Now!” Hayden snapped.In the periphery of my pain, I saw members of the various departments detach from their Houses and lead my three remaining brethren away. I couldn’t read their faces yet I imagined their expressions ranged from fear to bereft of any logical explanation of events. They were waking up to the reality they lived and worked in a madhouse where their worth was measured on the whim and patience of others - welcome to my childhood.The moment the door closed,“Cáel Nyilas, to my side,” Hayden called out profoundly. As I clamped my teeth down to keep my howl of pain contained, Leona, the blonde assassin began to return to her group.“Viper,” Hayden snarled in Old Kingdom Hittite. Instantly three guardians had pistols pointed at Leona.“Leona,” Hayden beckoned over politely now that the girl knew that disobedience meant death. Without difficulty, Leona made it to Hayden first. They waited until I limped over. My pain amused Blondie. “Cáel, kneel,” Hayden directed. I’d thought this one out and neither choice was pain, or worry, free.I put the knee of my wounded leg to the ground and rapidly shifted as much of my weight as possible to my kneeling leg. The pain sucked but I didn’t topple over screaming so I racked this one up as a victory. A minute ago I had faced a quick death. Now I felt I was staring down a lingering one.I was not an EMT, paramedic, or physician’s assistant. I had no clue if I had major damage and was slowly bleeding to death. I’d have clubbed a baby seal in front of Aya for some codeine at the moment. The conversation turned to Hittite. I was not privileged to hear my fate.“What makes you think you can get away with this?” Hayden remained polite.“It was an accident resulting in no serious harm to a male,” Leona smiled. “I’ll write Katrina an apology letter.”“You defied me - personally,” Hayden coolly pointed out. Something filtered through my mind. Katrina wasn’t coming to my defense like she’d done Tuesday.There was one reason for that and Katrina had exhibited that to me time and time again.“There are three penalties for this crime,” Hayden droned on. “You are safe in the belief that I will not take your life. You are too valuable. I can still take your right arm, or both your eyes, as you are clearly too careless with your weapons.”“Never,” Leona spat angrily. “I have not threatened to reveal our secrets, plotted against you, or slain a sister. Those are the only crimes that require that.” Hayden contemplated her retort.“Bitch [technically I called her the mating of a dog and a pig], your defense is that you are ignorant, or an idiot being used by ignorant people?” I said in Old Kingdom Hittite. “That’s kind of lame.”A flea farted - at the other end of the field. We all heard it. Hayden grabbed the hair at the top of my head then tilted my face upwards.“You speak our language?” she asked. I did my best to nod. “Is this a new development?” I shook my head. “Who taught you?”“Oh,” I grunted. “You may want to start by twisting the arrow in my leg, not that I can give any of you much advice on torture. I give you my pledge that my instructor was not one you and I have told that person nothing about your group. I don’t expect you to take my word about it as you are all boxes of Cracker Jacks without the prize inside.”There was a snort from behind me. My bet was on Desiree.“Do not defy me, or insult my people again,” Hayden’s eyes narrowed.“I apologize, High Priestess. I elect to face my end as a human being,” I replied. Hayden drew one of those small blades all these crazy bitches seemed to carry and put it to my throat. I closed my eyes.“Open your eyes and meet my gaze as I end your life, Cáel,” Hayden ordered.“Do I have to?” I mumbled. “I’m sort of terrified.” That brought some chuckles.“It is my command,” she reiterated. My eyes looked into hers. “Tell me this much; is the person you are defending a woman?”I gave the only nod I could that didn’t have me slitting my own throat.“Did you lie to us about this relationship?” A tiny shake. “I am ashamed,” she said softly.“He’s lying,” Leona snarled.“Why?” Hayden regarded her fellow Amazon.“He’s about to die. Is he so loyal to an outsider cause that this is how he chooses to go? Wouldn’t pointing us at another be more profitable to him? By our ancestors, if he is this loyal to one of our sisters, he is the Golden Apple of our quest,” Hayden proclaimed.“Compel the name,” several voices called out.“Cáel, if you knew all of this, why have you kept coming back to work?” Beyoncé inquired of me. Hayden moved the knife two centimeters away so I could move my throat.“Two reason; I didn’t think I could get away and I owed Katrina. Leaving her in the lurch because I was afraid was unduly cruel to her,” I related.“Didn’t you know we would find out? Did you think we were that stupid?” a different woman addressed me.“Name please,” I said.“Answer my question,” she snapped.“Okay. Yes, Wicked Whore, I knew some of you would figure it out…” I began. She drew her blade and took several steps my way.“What did you expect?” Katrina laughed. “Lacking a formal name, he created one based on his perception of your personality.”“This insanity shows in your blood,” the stranger spat at Katrina. “You cloak your house in weakness, flaws and disgrace.” I surged up as best I could. Hayden forced me back down.“Cáel, what are you doing?” Hayden spoke loudly.“She’s insulting Katrina. I’m going to get her,” I replied.“You are a male, unarmed and wounded,” she pointed out.“Oh…not enough? Should I tie one arm behind my back, or are you admonishing me from spanking the mentally deficient?” I calmly inquired. Hayden smirked.“Let him stand, Hayden,” the woman growled. Hayden released me. She’d already made her point - men had value. My individual life no longer mattered. I had a different opinion. I will never recommend what I did next. As I finished standing, I reached back and in one savage motion, pulled the arrow through the back of my thigh.I was really bleeding now and God-damn, the pain - the pain. For the past five minutes, my life had stumbled from one certain death experience to the next. I was finally out of rope. The hand on my shoulder caught my mind in turmoil and I nearly stabbed the person behind the touch with my bloody arrow.“I’ve got this,” Desiree told me. “She insulted my house and my nieces. Now the Wicked Whore is going to get it.”“Stand aside, Half-Blood,” the unknown woman seethed. “I’ll deal with you next.”“Feel free to not defend yourself,” Desiree stated serenely. “I wasn’t planning on recording your death upon my list of accomplishments anyway.”By the reactions of the other Amazons, not recording an opponent’s death was the equivalent of calling them a 'mewling infant’, or worse, a man.“This is the problem with unrestrained men,” a new voice joined the conversation. A quick glance suggested she was Fabiola’s Mom. “They cause us to quarrel amongst ourselves.”“Messina, did anyone raise a feather to save Cáel?” Katrina countered.“Desiree shot at Leona,” Messina pointed out.“In the past ten years has Desiree missed ANYTHING she’s aimed at?” Katrina reposed. “Perhaps, if Leona had not been standing in the lanes, this might not have happened.”“The man was in the lanes as well,” Messina persisted.“That’s right. I agree - he was…holding a grapefruit for a child to aim at and showing far more courage and devotion than I’ve ever shown to my own flesh and blood,” Katrina smiled.“He is irreverent, knows our language and our secret,” Messina argued.“He’s been like this all week,” Katrina kept grinning. “He has been home multiple times yet he keeps coming back to work.”“You didn’t know,” the unknown woman said.“Who said I didn’t know?” Katrina smirked. “I knew. I’ve talked to the person who taught him and they are of no threat to us.”“How dare you? You should have told the Council and taken immediate steps to remove him,” Messina gasped. Things began making sense. Messina/Fabiola’s house was allied to Katrina’s. It was most likely a generational thing. Today though, Messina did not support this 'New Directive’ of Katrina and Tessa.Tradition dictated that Katrina mentor Fabiola yet politics meant that Katrina couldn’t trust the young woman.“I dare because this is my job - the security of our people,” Katrina lectured. “I determined that Cáel would not betray us. I trusted him with my own family.”“This is fascinating. It will also wait until our next meeting,” Hayden laid down the law. “Cáel, to my side,” and a-limping I went. “Kneel.” This time I nearly keeled over. “What bond can you give me to make any of us believe you will not flee if I let you leave?” I gave that some thought.“I swear on my daughter’s prestige,” I offered. Hayden’s eyes narrowed.“You don’t have a daughter,” she pressed.“Don’t tell her that,” I whispered. “She’s got her heart set on me being her Daddy.”“This is not the time for jests, Cáel,” Hayden cautioned me. I kept eye contact.“He is referring to Aya,” Desiree filled in the missing parts. “If Caitlyn unleashes her, Aya will be here inside of three seconds.”“Aya,” Hayden summoned the child. I could only imagine the tension the adult women of House Epona felt as Aya came running my way.Honestly, I didn’t think about it. My body pivoted despite the weakness in my left leg and the pain coursing through my body so that I caught Aya before she could come around me. My instinct was to not trust Wicked Whore and Leona.“Cáel,” Aya sobbed, “you are bleeding. I got you shot.”“What are you talking about? This scratch? It hardly hurts at all,” I lied to her. “Pain happens, Aya. Winners fight through the pain and get on with their lives and…”“Aya is a winner,” she sniffled. I pushed her far enough back so that we were nose to nose and forehead to forehead.“Weak,” Leona sneered. Aya’s face clouded in shame. I didn’t get angry, I laughed.“Aya, that was from a supposed Amazon who couldn’t kill me with four arrows. It only took you two arrows to get closer and you are only nine,” I chuckled. “If she couldn’t get the job done with four arrows, what does that make her?”“A loser?” Aya’s eyes grew large.“Precisely,” I kissed her nose. “You don’t need to listen to losers. You are a winner and since you are also kind, you should take some time out to give Leona some lessons so she won’t always be a loser. That’s what taking responsibility for your people means.”“Okay,” Aya nodded. “I don’t like her but I’ll do it for you.”“No,” I shook my head, “you will do it because in you is the blood of greatness. True greatness is measured in the lives you save, not the lives you take.”“Pathetic,” Wicked Whore commented in a disgusted tone.“You’ve picked a fight with Aunt Desiree,” Aya peeped, “so you must not be terribly bright. Cáel has taught me to pity stupid people like you, not hate them.”“Caitlyn, control your infant,” Wicked Whore snapped.“I apologize, Ursula (the Wicked Whore’s name). Aya, don’t talk to stupid people,” Caitlyn directed. “It is a waste of breath. Now come here and stand with Mommy.”The best part of that was that the 'stupid people’ could be referring to me. We all knew it wasn’t, but it was a plausible excuse their opponents had to swallow. Hayden wouldn’t allow further conflict.“Have your wound tended to and I will have you driven home,” Hayden instructed me as she rubbed my hair. Aya reluctantly headed to her Mom.“Can I ask a second favor?” I looked up to Hayden. My first was on Tuesday.“Your life hangs by a thread spun by the most slender spider ever imagined,” Hayden clearly found me amusing. I nodded. “Ask away.”

KrisAnne Hall (KrisAnneHall.com) is the returning guest tonight and I want to get some insight on a few things that were bothering me, chief among them the strategy (and the legality) of border states packing up illegal aliens and shipping them deeper into the interior of the country as a way to “own the libs”. I also have some follow up questions on last night's show about HOW to void the presence of D.C. in the states. We will save the thread by Glen Greenwald for an upcoming show because we got so much good stuff in with KrisAnne—even ending with some mind-blowing election fraud history. Another great guest tomorrow! Watch the Full Video on Rumble (and subscribe): https://rumble.com/v1j1ro5-voiding-d.c.-border-states-and-extras-ft.-krisanne-hall-9722.html Support Our Proud Sponsors: Blue Monster Prep: An Online Superstore for Emergency Preparedness Gear (Storable Food, Water, Filters, Radios, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, and so much more). Use code 'FRANKLY' for Free Shipping on every purchase you make @ https://bluemonsterprep.com/ Secret Nature CBD: 100% organic CBD rich cannabis flower bred so low in THC that they are legally certified as hemp and can be shipped nationwide. High-CBD, low-THC means all the benefits of full spectrum cannabinoids and terpenes without the high, or negative effects like anxiety and paranoia. Pre-rolls, Oils, Tinctures, and more - Promo Code 'FRANKLY' at SecretNatureCBD.com for 20% OFF SUPPORT the Show and New Media: Sponsor through QFTV: https://www.quitefrankly.tv/sponsor SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/quitefrankly One-Time Gift: http://www.paypal.me/QuiteFranklyLive Official QF Merch: https://bit.ly/3tOgRsV Sign up for the Free Mailing List: https://bit.ly/3frUdOj Send Crypto: BTC: 1EafWUDPHY6y6HQNBjZ4kLWzQJFnE5k9PK LTC: LRs6my7scMxpTD5j7i8WkgBgxpbjXABYXX ETH: 0x80cd26f708815003F11Bd99310a47069320641fC FULL Episodes On Demand: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/301gcES iTunes: http://apple.co/2dMURMq Amazon: https://amzn.to/3afgEXZ SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/2dTMD13 Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SMi1SF Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2tI5THI BitChute: https://bit.ly/2vNSMFq Rumble: https://bit.ly/31h2HUg Watch Live On: QuiteFrankly.tv (Powered by Foxhole) DLive: https://bit.ly/2In9ipw Rokfin: https://bit.ly/3rjrh4q Twitch: https://bit.ly/2TGAeB6 YouTube: https://bit.ly/2exPzj4 CloutHub: https://bit.ly/37uzr0o Theta: https://bit.ly/3v62oIw Rumble: https://bit.ly/31h2HUg How Else to Find Us: Official WebSite: http://www.QuiteFrankly.tv Official Forum: https://bit.ly/3SToJFJ Official Telegram: https://t.me/quitefranklytv DISCORD Hangout: https://bit.ly/2FpkS11 Twitter: @PoliticalOrgy Gab: @QuiteFrankly Truth Social: @QuiteFrankly GETTR: @QuiteFrankly

In this espisode, Bob talks about the shortsightedness of voiding warranties.

HOUR 3 - Seth and Sean go through some Headlines quickly, discuss Nick Caserio's comments on the theory circulating that the Watson trade could be voided, and dive into what Nick had to say about Davis Mills and Laremy Tunsil.

Chico and Dustin react to fans asking about whether there's a scenario that could lead to voiding Deshaun Watson's deal. 

Jessica-Lauren Newby, MA, RDN, LD, CEDRD-S, IBCLC  Many ED professionals use blind weights, as Jessica-Lauren talks about, to protect people from the emotional roller coaster of completely normal weight changes from morning to night.   (BIA =  bioimpedance analysis.)  People in all “corners” of the state can receive care virtually – more people can get service.  A benefit of virtual work for the provider is to ‘see their space'  A benefit of virtual work for the client/patient –“ I don't have to go to the doctor every week!”  A nugget for your virtual work as a professional is being willing to watch listen and hold space and less of the talking.  Nutrition Focused Physical Exam – rely on medical provider  Jessica-Lauren sends a packet of information for primary care medical providers if they don't have ED-specific training.  BIA - It's not physiologically possible to control fat vs muscle changes.  “Yes, my weight has changed, but I'm going out with my friends and laughing again or it's easier to complete projects because my brain is back online.”    Numberless virtual scales Best Practices:  •For highly invested clients who are committed to the process 
 •For parents of adolescents who might not be in a good place. 
 •If numbers change drastically, use a non-accusatory approach.  Has the scale been moved?  Floors aren't level? Might need recalibration so reach out to tech support who will contact the client/patient 
 •Weigh first thing in the morning at approximately the same time (body weight can change drastically from morning to night in all people) 
 •Voiding prior to stepping on the scale 
 •Wearing similar clothing 
 •Barefoot for BIA  
 •Changes in hydration are more of the reason for looking at BIA numbers in the portal.
 •What does it tell us if the client stands on a numberless scale multiple times a day? 
 This episode is sponsored by MyClearStep   Jessica-Lauren's Seasonings:  Important to learn about weight inclusivity early in the career. Integrity matters  Create a packet for medical providers  Supervision is key  Relationships matter  Less talking, more listening  We need to know that we don't know what we don't know  Click here to learn more about Jessica-Lauren and her practice.   The code for 10 dollars off the clinician portal access is bethharrell The registration price will drop from $49 to $39 with your code.  The clinician portal access link is below: https://store.myclearstep.com/orders/clinicians With your host Beth Harrell  

On this bonus episode, former federal prosecutor and host of Talking Feds podcast Harry Litman breaks down Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle baffling decision to overturn the federal mask mandate for travel. Subscribe to Taling Feds podcast: https://www.talkingfeds.com/ Subscribe to the Talking Feds YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_toJO3rT5L5U1CBRawV4Lw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

US Justice Department appeals order voiding mask mandate on public transit. Israel and Gaza trade fire as Middle East tensions mount. Russia tests nuclear missile that Putin calls world's best. You can subscribe to Five Minute News with Anthony Davis on YouTube, with your preferred podcast app, ask your smart speaker, or enable Five Minute News as your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing skill.  Subscribe, rate and review at www.fiveminute.news  Five Minute News is an Evergreen Podcast, covering politics, inequality, health and climate - delivering independent, unbiased and essential world news, daily. 

Travel-Mask Mandate intro and wrap.

Spontaneous voiding is a serious concern for OAB patients, and this can happen for a number of reasons, including poor OAB management, treatment not working (e.g. pelvic floor training not having an impact), and disease progression. For this reason, many OAB patients are often anxious because voiding can happen when they least expect it and when they least want it. With this in mind, many patients have build up coping strategies that help them reduce anxiety, overcome self-esteem concerns and build mitigating strategies to become more confident.Chris offers his personal perspective of spontaneous voiding and share a very human experience of how to cope with this issue.Approval code: INT-M-BET-202106-11

Text: John 13:34-35, 1 Peter 4:7-8Today the Lord wants to deliver from a vengeance mentality so He can finish forgiveness in and through our lives!Love like the ENDLove ENERGIZESLove ENVISIONS

Peter Vack, The Master Of Cum and I discuss Summer Camp, Death Camps, Wet Brain, Admins, Meme Practitioners, Chinese Muscles, Spacemen With No Face, Deaf Witnesses, First Wave Goths, Banal Tiktok, The Third Vibe Shift Cellectual Wave, Tao Lin, Speaking Through Strangers Names, Honor Levy, Sister,  Actor, Writer And Director Betsey Brown, Video Experts, Writers Life Tips, Contain, Dean Kissick, Zans, Gutes, Micro Scenes, Roof top Readings, French Woods, Jon Lindsey And Allie Rowbottom, Hecklers, And Childhood. All A Day In The Void

Nicholas Boncher, MD Urologist, Men's Health PDX and Providence Urology Clinic East

Nicholas Boncher, MD Urologist, Men's Health PDX and Providence Urology Clinic East

Ever had to just cleanse your mind of thoughts that ran at a rapid pace? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whyyousaythatjazzradio/support

Today's Midday podcast covers the Dane County judge who voided two contracts GOP legislative leaders signed that put taxpayers on the hook for more than $1 million in legal fees, ruling lawmakers don't have the authority to retain private counsel for a redistricting suit that hasn't been filed yet.

Today's Midday podcast covers the Dane County judge who voided two contracts GOP legislative leaders signed that put taxpayers on the hook for more than $1 million in legal fees, ruling lawmakers don't have the authority to retain private counsel for a redistricting suit that hasn't been filed yet.

On part 2 of this series , we dive into oven profiling best practices. In part one, we looked at void mitigation and how vacuum reflow technology can help reduce or eliminate voiding.  Our guests are Tim O’Neill from AIM Solder and Fred Dimock of BTU. Tim will discuss voiding mitigation from a materials standpoint while Fred will bring cover equipment and profiling strategies. Tim O'Neill is technical marketing manager for AIM Solder. Operating out of AIM’s US headquarters, Tim is responsible for developing and optimizing product and technical information, collaborating with complementary suppliers and equipment manufacturers and ensuring AIM's products exceed expectations and meet market requirements. Tim is also a technical writer and presenter for industry trade publications and events. He has coauthored several papers on PCB assembly subjects. Tim is also an IPC-A-610 Certified IPC Specialist. Fred Dimock is manager of process technology at BTU International and recently started a consulting business, FCD-Global services. Fred holds an associate degree in mechanical design from Wentworth in Boston and a bachelor's degree in ceramic engineering from the State University of New York. He has authored numerous articles on lead-free solder, process control, and the operation of continuous furnaces. His papers have been published in English, Chinese, and German. He has taught numerous SMTA solder reflow classes and participated in the 5-45 Subcommittee for the development of IPC-7801 Reflow Oven Process Control Standard. Additionally, he wrote the chapter on solder reflow for the Handbook of Electronic Assembly and A Guide to SMTA Certification by Dr. Ron Lasky and Jim Hall. He received Distinguished Speaker status at SMTA Guadalajara Mexico and is a key presenter for the SMTA Jump Start program for new engineers.   Timothy O'Neill is the Technical Marketing Manager for AIM Solder. Operating out of AIM’s U.S. Headquarters, Tim is responsible for developing and optimizing product and technical information, collaborating with complimentary suppliers and equipment manufacturers and ensuring AIM's products exceed expectations and meet market requirements. Tim is also a technical writer and presenter for industry trade publications and events. He has co-authored several papers on PCB assembly subjects.   Tim is also an IPC-A-610 Certified IPC Specialist.   Fred Dimock is the Manager of Process Technology at BTU International and recently started a consulting business, FCD-Global services.   Fred holds an Associate Degree in Mechanical Design from Wentworth in Boston and a Bachelors Degree in Ceramic Engineering from the State University of New York.   Fred has authored numerous articles on lead free solder, process control, and the operation of continuous furnaces. His papers have been published in English, Chinese, and German.   He has taught numerous SMTA solder reflow classes and participated in the 5-45 Subcommittee for the development of IPC-7801 Reflow Oven Process Control Standard. Additionally, he wrote the chapter on solder reflow for the Handbook of Electronic Assembly and A Guide to SMTA Certification by Dr Lasky and Jim Hall.   He received Distinguished Speaker status at SMTA Guadalajara Mexico and is a key presenter for the SMTA Jump Start program for new engineers.   Tim O’Neill may be contacted here: toneill@aimsolder.com   Fred Dimock may be contacted here: fdimock@btu.com    

Welcome to episode 65 of the Reliability Matters podcast. This is part 2 of our conservation with Aim Solder's Tim O'Neill and BTU's Fred Dimock. On this episode, we'll dive into oven profiling best practices.Timothy O'Neill is the Technical Marketing Manager for AIM Solder. Operating out of AIM’s U.S. Headquarters, Tim is responsible for developing and optimizing product and technical information, collaborating with complimentary suppliers and equipment manufacturers and ensuring AIM's products exceed expectations and meet market requirements. Tim is also a technical writer and presenter for industry trade publications and events. He has co-authored several papers on PCB assembly subjects.Tim is also an IPC-A-610 Certified IPC Specialist.Fred Dimock is the Manager of Process Technology at BTU International and recently started a consulting business, FCD-Global services. Fred holds an Associate Degree in Mechanical Design from Wentworth in Boston and a Bachelors Degree in Ceramic Engineering from the State University of New York. Fred has authored numerous articles on lead free solder, process control, and the operation of continuous furnaces. His papers have been published in English, Chinese, and German. He has taught numerous SMTA solder reflow classes and participated in the 5-45 Subcommittee for the development of IPC-7801 Reflow Oven Process Control Standard. Additionally, he wrote the chapter on solder reflow for the Handbook of Electronic Assembly and A Guide to SMTA Certification by Dr Lasky and Jim Hall.He received Distinguished Speaker status at SMTA Guadalajara Mexico and is a key presenter for the SMTA Jump Start program for new engineers.Tim O’Neill may be contacted here:toneill@aimsolder.comFred Dimock may be contacted here:fdimock@btu.com

The Federal Trade Commission should do something but so far they have not done much https://uspirg.org/reports/usp/warranties-void-ii

On this episode, we’ll have a conversation with two industry experts on the subject of solder voiding mitigation and oven profiling, two subjects which influence solder voiding. This will be a two part episode. Here, we dive into void mitigation and how vacuum reflow technology can help reduce or eliminate voiding. Part two (episode 65) will discuss profiling best practices. Our guests are Tim O’Neill from AIM Solder and Fred Dimock of BTU. Tim will discuss voiding mitigation from a materials standpoint while Fred will bring cover equipment and profiling strategies. Tim O'Neill is technical marketing manager for AIM Solder. Operating out of AIM’s US headquarters, Tim is responsible for developing and optimizing product and technical information, collaborating with complementary suppliers and equipment manufacturers and ensuring AIM's products exceed expectations and meet market requirements. Tim is also a technical writer and presenter for industry trade publications and events. He has coauthored several papers on PCB assembly subjects. Tim is also an IPC-A-610 Certified IPC Specialist. Fred Dimock is manager of process technology at BTU International and recently started a consulting business, FCD-Global services. Fred holds an associate degree in mechanical design from Wentworth in Boston and a bachelor's degree in ceramic engineering from the State University of New York. He has authored numerous articles on lead-free solder, process control, and the operation of continuous furnaces. His papers have been published in English, Chinese, and German. He has taught numerous SMTA solder reflow classes and participated in the 5-45 Subcommittee for the development of IPC-7801 Reflow Oven Process Control Standard. Additionally, he wrote the chapter on solder reflow for the Handbook of Electronic Assembly and A Guide to SMTA Certification by Dr. Ron Lasky and Jim Hall. He received Distinguished Speaker status at SMTA Guadalajara Mexico and is a key presenter for the SMTA Jump Start program for new engineers.

Welcome to episode 64 of the Reliability Matters podcast. On this episode, we’ll have a conversation with two industry experts on the subject of solder voiding mitigation and oven profiling, two subjects which influence solder voiding. This will be a two part episode. Today, we’ll dive into void mitigation and how vacuum reflow technology can help reduce or eliminate voiding. Part two, on episode 65 (in two weeks), we’ll discuss profiling best practices.My guests today, and one the next episode are Tim O’Neill from AIM Solder and Fred Dimock of BTU. Tim will discuss voiding mitigation from a materials standpoint while Fred will bring cover equipment and profiling stragities.Timothy O'Neill is the Technical Marketing Manager for AIM Solder. Operating out of AIM’s U.S. Headquarters, Tim is responsible for developing and optimizing product and technical information, collaborating with complimentary suppliers and equipment manufacturers and ensuring AIM's products exceed expectations and meet market requirements. Tim is also a technical writer and presenter for industry trade publications and events. He has co-authored several papers on PCB assembly subjects.Tim is also an IPC-A-610 Certified IPC Specialist.Fred Dimock is the Manager of Process Technology at BTU International and recently started a consulting business, FCD-Global services. Fred holds an Associate Degree in Mechanical Design from Wentworth in Boston and a Bachelors Degree in Ceramic Engineering from the State University of New York. Fred has authored numerous articles on lead free solder, process control, and the operation of continuous furnaces. His papers have been published in English, Chinese, and German. He has taught numerous SMTA solder reflow classes and participated in the 5-45 Subcommittee for the development of IPC-7801 Reflow Oven Process Control Standard. Additionally, he wrote the chapter on solder reflow for the Handbook of Electronic Assembly and A Guide to SMTA Certification by Dr Lasky and Jim Hall.He received Distinguished Speaker status at SMTA Guadalajara Mexico and is a key presenter for the SMTA Jump Start program for new engineers.Tim O’Neill may be contacted here:toneill@aimsolder.comFred Dimock may be contacted here:fdimock@btu.com

Breach of Warranty Can Cause a Policy to be Void https://zalma.com/blog A warranty in an insurance policy is a promise by an insured that a material fact is absolutely true. A breach of a warranty at the inception of a policy prevents the policy from attaching to the risk. Even if the court disagrees and finds no breach of warranty a good faith refusal to pay on the basis of breach of warranty will avoid a claim of unfair claims practices or bad faith. If an insure breaches one or more material warranties and increases the risk covered by the policy, the contract may be voided by the insurer, depending on the jurisdiction. It is, therefore, essential that every claims investigation include efforts to establish compliance with every warranty. A Florida statute provided that violation by an insured of any warranty, condition, or provision of a policy shall not void the policy unless the violation increases the hazard. This refers to danger to the insured property itself as opposed to possible increased exposure to the insurer. This statute compelled the result and basically emasculated the effect of the warranty by placing a causal relationship test on the issue of warranty. Therefore, a burglar alarm warranty is technically breached if it is not connected but only voids the policy in Florida if a burglary goes undetected as a result a lack of the warranted burglar alarm. Other states and federal courts void coverage immediately regardless of intent or relationship to the risk or the loss. An intentional and fraudulent omission, on the part of one insured, to communicate information of matters proving or tending to prove the falsity of a warranty, entitles the insurer to rescind. Every state seems to treat warranties and their breach differently. Since the issue of rescission for breach of warranty is usually a mixture of fact and law the adjuster should seek the advice and counsel of an attorney experienced in first party property coverage and claims before deciding to deny or pay a claim where a breach of warranty is an issue. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/barry-zalma/support

Discuss different Etiologies of UTI in Children.Describe Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction in children.Explain Neurogenic bladder and Caudal Regression Syndrome.

Hello and Welcome to the Urology COViD Lecture Series Podcast! Brought to you by the UCSF Department of Urology. In today's episode, we have Dr. Jennifer Singer from University of California Los Angeles talking about Pediatric Voiding Dysfunction. Learn more by visiting our website! urologycovid.ucsf.edu.

Episode 60: A Conversation with Rockwell Collins' Dave Hillman about Solder VoidingSolder voiding has been with us longer than we know. Modern X-ray inspection technology has allowed assemblers to see and quantify voiding. Metallurgical expert Dave Hillman from Rockwell Collins explains the causes and possible remedies for solder voiding. Dave Hillman is a Metallurgical Engineer in the Advanced Operations Engineering Department of Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He serves as a consultant to manufacturing on material and processing problems. He served as a Subject Matter Expert for the Lead-free Manhattan Project in 2009. He has published numerous technical papers and was presented with the 2008 SMTA International Conference on Soldering & Reliability “Best of Conference” award and was the recipient of the SMTA “Member of Technical Distinction” Award. Dave was awarded the Da Vinci medal as a Rockwell Engineer of the Year. He serves as the Chairman of the IPC JSTD-002 Solderability committee. He’s also a member of the SMTA where he serves on the SMTA Journal and Soldering & Surface Mount Technology Journal Technical Paper Review committees. He’s a member of the American Society for Metals, the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, and IPC.If you’re in the electronics assembly industry, you’ve probably seen Dave at numerous technical conferences, imparting wisdom with a style unique to Dave. Dave Hillman may be reached here:david.hillman@collins.com

Solder voiding has been with us longer than we know. Modern x-ray inspection technology has allowed assemblers to see and quantify voiding. Metallurgical expert Dave Hillman from Collins Aerospace explains the causes and possible remedies for solder voiding. Dave Hillman is a metallurgical engineer in the Advanced Operations Engineering Department of Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He serves as a consultant to manufacturing on material and processing problems. He served as a subject matter expert for the Lead-free Manhattan Project in 2009. He has published numerous technical papers and was presented with the 2008 SMTA International Conference on Soldering & Reliability “Best of Conference” award and was the recipient of the SMTA “Member of Technical Distinction” Award. Dave was awarded the Da Vinci medal as a Rockwell Engineer of the Year. He serves as the Chairman of the IPC JSTD-002 Solderability committee. He’s also a member of the SMTA where he serves on the SMTA Journal and Soldering & Surface Mount Technology Journal Technical Paper Review committees. He’s a member of the American Society for Metals, the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, and IPC. If you’re in the electronics assembly industry, you’ve probably seen Dave at numerous technical conferences, imparting wisdom with a style unique to Dave. Dave Hillman may be reached at david.hillman@collins.com

The Scarborough Athletic manager gives his view on the possibility of null and void coming once again for the NPL...

A new MP3 sermon from Trinity Reformed Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Boasting? Distinctions? Law-voiding? Subtitle: Romans Speaker: Stephen Wetmore Broadcaster: Trinity Reformed Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 12/15/2020 Length: 60 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Trinity Reformed Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Boasting? Distinctions? Law-voiding? Subtitle: Romans Speaker: Stephen Wetmore Broadcaster: Trinity Reformed Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 12/15/2020 Length: 60 min.

Voiding is the cause of multiple failure mechanisms. Mike Konrad speaks with solder material expert Tim O'Neill of Aim Solder, stencil manufacturer Prakash Gango of StenTech, and cleaning materials manufacturer Kalyan Nukala of Zestron about how solder voiding leads to product failures and methods to reduce voiding.   The guests may be reached here: Tim O'Neill AIM Solder toneill@aimsolder.com www.aimsolder.com   Prakash Gango StenTech prakash@stentech.com www.stentech.com   Kalyan Nukala Kalyan.Nukala@zestronusa.com www.zestron.com

Episode 56: A Conversation about Solder Voiding with Solder Materials, Stencil, and Cleaning ExpertsVoiding is the cause of multiple failure mechanisms. I spoke with solder material expert Tim O'Neill of Aim Solder, stencil manufacturer Prakash Gango of StenTech, and cleaning materials manufacturer Kalyan Nukala of Zestron about how solder voiding leads to product failures and methods to reduce voiding.My guests may be reached here:Tim O'NeillAim Soldertoneill@aimsolder.comwww.aimsolder.comPrakash GangoStenTechprakash@stentech.comwww.stentech.comKalyan NukalaKalyan.Nukala@zestronusa.comwww.zestron.com

 The crew is upset with IGN and Microsoft for encouraging us to void our warranties. They look at the spooky game of Phasmophobia as well as laugh both with and at Gamestop for their horrifically planned marketing attempt. A lawsuit in Canada over loot boxes looks eerily similar to another in California, this time, it targets NHL and Madden. Is there anything we can do to stop it? The Captain doesn't think so.

You can feel COVID-19’s impact across the nation. Businesses are forced to close, entire cities put into quarantine, and necessities being harder to get are just some of its effects. But did you know that COVID-19 has also affected your business contracts? Why You Should Never Allow COVID-19 to Be Used As An Excuse Not To Pay You We’re four to five months into this pandemic. We’ve mentioned how the pandemic will cause a downturn or recession, which has been the case so far. Many businesses that have started struggling are now using COVID-19 as an excuse. You should never allow your debtors to use it as an excuse for not paying your fees. They Were Never Planning To Pay You In The First Place A client who owes you a fee from January or earlier means that they were never planning to pay you in the first place. They are simply using COVID-19 as one of the reasons to pay you later or not at all. Be Very Careful When Dealing With Debtors It would be best if you always were very careful when dealing with debtors. They might be able to void your contract from under your nose if you aren’t. One example is if they say, “hey can we pay X and pay the rest later”. They will start turning this into “hey can you modify this section of the contract”. The minute they start rewriting these terms, you end up punching holes into your contract until it is no longer valid. What Could You Do To Minimize The Impact of The Pandemic on Your Business? The most valuable asset you have right now during the pandemic is time. Over the last few months, the government has been providing ways for businesses to stay afloat. Eventually, the money they received from the government will dry up. You need to move quickly and turn up the heat on your debtors. Otherwise, you might not be able to collect your fees. Work With Your Debtors The pandemic has called a large number of businesses to struggle. Your clients could be one of those struggling. However, if they’ve been making the right payments over the last few months around April or May, try to work with them. Offer them the benefit of the doubt and offer extended payment plans or something similar. Have Us Pull a Credit Report For You Some businesses can be a problem before you even start working with them. A great way to identify them is to pull a credit report on them. Credit reports give you the information you need to decide whether someone will be an issue to collect from or not. Utilize us or not; you have to do something to prevent any problems during an already challenging time. What to Do If Your Clients Are Asking You To Cancel The Contract One of the more common occurrences during these tough times is your clients asking to cancel the contract. Feel free to accept the “termination” of the contract but never the “voiding” of the contract. Wording matters here as the termination of a contract protects you while voiding it removes every safeguard you have in that contract. Voiding a contract means that it never existed in the first place. Key Takeaways ● You need to move quickly and turn up the heat. Whatever cash they had is going to start drying up, and a credit will be much tougher to get moving forward. ● If your debtor didn’t pay you yet, that just means that you weren’t a high enough priority for them when they had the cash. ● Letting your client constantly rewrite your contract's terms means that you’re punching holes into your contract until it isn’t valid anymore. ● It’s like politics. If you say it, it has its own life

Get your thinkin' caps on because it's time to speculate! We give our predictions on what content we'll get in the Wave 2 update! Join our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/n72fRDF Twitter: https://twitter.com/villagers_voice Twitch: https://twitch.tv/thevillagersvoice Support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thevillagersvoice This is an Animal Crossing New Horizons ACNH podcast hosted and produced by Chris Hubbard and Rachel Whitehurst. Cover art by Rachel Whitehurst

Law pertaining to Voiding *every Charge (protective law) during Pandemic/ certain circumstances. There is a law which protects certain people from being charged (EVERY charge) and this is particularly relevant and quite literally potentially life altering for people - especially in this time of pandemic. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vikki-semple/message

Bumper episode this week as I speak to Barry Fry & also the Editor in Chief of the Athletic UK on all things football & of course the Coronavirus. We discuss the constant news article around Voiding or cancelling the football Season & what comes next! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/darragh-macanthony/support

In this Episode i discuss the REAL price of voiding the season & blow up the nonsense theory its right thing to do financially. I discuss my chat with the EFL Chairman Rick, Bailing out football clubs, Dwight Gayle Transfer back in the day and much more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/darragh-macanthony/support

In this podcast I had a Man United fan Harish with whom I discussed the after math of this current lockdown situation on football, Bruno's impact on United, transfers and a lots more. Hope you enjoy the Podcast and pls feel free to let me know your thoughts/opinions/ reviews on the social platforms mentioned below. You can send me a tweet on Twitter:- @Tiru_hemanth or send me a DM on Instagram:- @utd_official

Ross and Errol are here with all of today's Liverpool news and rumours including voiding the season being ‘Off the Table', Daniel Sturridge's ban controversy and some stuff from Van Dijk's AMA on Twitter.Visit https://www.theathletic.co.uk/redmentv to start your 7 day free trial and receive 50% off of your yearly subscription to The Athletic, the new home of football writing. #AD Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/redmentv. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paul and Jack are here with all of today's Liverpool FC news and rumours including a talk about the rise of Trent Alexander-Arnold, the repercussions of voiding the Premier LeagueVisit https://www.theathletic.co.uk/redmentv to start your 7 day free trial and receive 50% off of your yearly subscription to The Athletic, the new home of football writing. #AD Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/redmentv. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Greg Smith and Tony Lentz talk with Mike Konrad about stencil design and how to reduce voiding. Voiding is a key concern in specific electronic applications including automotive and LED electronic manufacturing. Greg and Tony published a paper titled "Root Cause Stencil Design for SMT Component Thermal Lands," which is available here:  https://tinyurl.com/szx3xt8.

Episode 32: A Conversation with Greg Smith and Tony Lentz About Stencil Design and Void ReductionGreg and Tony talk to me about stencil design and how to reduce voiding. Voiding is a key concern in specific electronic applications including automotive and LED electronic manufacturing. Greg and Tony published a paper entitled "Root Cause Stencil Design for SMT Component Thermal Lands"Download here: https://tinyurl.com/szx3xt8Greg Smith can be reached here: gsmith@blueringstencils.comTony Lentz can be reached here: tlentz@fctassembly.com

Voiding manufacturer warranty.... Are you willing to step outside your comfort zone when a solution may result in voiding warranty? I give my thoughts and a couple of real world examples. Yellow Jacket Pickhttps://yellowjacket.com/product/gasket-remover-tool/ Navac Battery Operated Flaring Tool https://navacglobal.com/product/cordless-power-flare-nef6li/ Testo 300 https://www.testo.com/en-US/testo-300-combustion-analyzer/p/0564-3002-83

This week's service was our annual Reformation Sunday Service and featured Dr. John Clayton's sermon, "Voiding the Word." The hymns for this week were "A Mighty Fortress," "Psalm 119 (verses 1-12)," and "The Church's One Foundation." In addition, the Covenant handbell ensemble played the hymn "Break Thou the Bread of Life" for the offertory.

Master basic urination clinical concepts and assessment, plus tips for managing voiding problems. With Cindi Bell MS, RN

Official Website: If you currently have or are considering purchasing a Harley-Davidson extended warranty plan at the time of purchase on a new bike with the Milwaukee-eight motor, you may reconsider now and into the future if things stay in their current state. If you are planning on adding specific performance upgrades, it may void both the two-year manufacturer's warranty and any 3 or 5-year Harley extended warranty you purchased, commonly referred to as an "extended service plan".  These new strict warranty policies really only pertain to 2017 & newer Harley's with the Milwaukee-Eight motor. Those of us that own earlier models really haven't had to deal with what I'm about to reveal to you. (This is a guide only. Read the actual warranty paperwork for yourself.) SUPPORT US AND SHOP IN THE OFFICIAL LAW ABIDING BIKER STORE 60 Day Service & Warranty Registration (SWR) Let's first talk about the 60-day warranty rule, which is referred to as a "Sales & Warranty Registration" or "SWR". If within the first 60 days of your new Harley purchase you purchase Harley Screamin' Eagle parts and have them installed by a Harley dealership mechanic, all parts and labor will be covered during the two-year manufacturer's warranty and during any extended service plan you purchase. Also, all the parts and labor will be tracked under the vehicle identification number (VIN) and can be tracked for the life of the bike. It's as if the bike came from the factory with the parts. An example would be a Screamin' Eagle stage four install. You can often finance the Screamin' Eagle parts and labor at the time of purchase of your new Harley.  Now, you can still purchase Harley Screamin' Eagle parts after that 60 days and have a dealership mechanic install them and your warranty will remain intact, however, only the 1-year Screamin' Eagle parts warranty will apply and labor will not be covered in the future if there is a related problem.  Note: You can purchase a 3 or 5-year extended service plan, which attaches to the end of the two-year manufacturer's warranty. That means, if you purchased the 3-year extended, you'd be covered for 5 years. Likewise, if you purchased the 5-year extended, you'd be covered for 7 years. Then, as long as you don't exceed 75,000 miles you can renew your extended service plan for an additional 5-years for a total of 12 years risk-free engine work/labor. But, this all comes with a price tag of course. And a reminder that you've been forced to only use overpriced Harley parts.  What Voids Your Harley Warranty? If you or anyone else besides a certified Harley dealership technician installs Harley Screamin' Eagle parts or any other brand performance engine parts on your Harley, any warranty you have is technically voided. We'll talk further about that later. CHECK OUT OUR HUNDREDS OF FREE HELPFUL VIDEOS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND SUBSCRIBE! As an example, and very technically speaking here, if you install simple aftermarket slip-on mufflers and an aftermarket stage-one air intake your two-year Harley manufacturer's warranty and any extended service plan you purchased is voided. Certainly, if a non-Harley certified dealership mechanic or you install a stage four kit of any brand, your Harley warranty will be voided.  Further, if you or anyone else install an aftermarket electronic fuel injection (EFI) tuner, your entire Harley warranty is immediately voided.  How Does Harley Decipher These Things? Some things are going to vary from dealership to dealership on how they choose to handle some of these issues and how they choose to treat their local customers.  But first, what you need to know is that if you take your Harley to any dealership and they need to plug your Harley's engine control module (ECM) into their proprietary Digital Technician II software, it is going to automatically start reading things. If the software determines you have current EFI map/tuning changes in your ECM from an aftermarket non-Harley EFI tuner it will immediately & automatically send that info to the Harley servers and will be forever locked to your VIN. Thus, your entire Harley warranty will be voided!  The dealership will plug your ECM into Digital Tech for simple things like flashing your Boom Box Infotainment system after adding a speaker and amp system or adding a Wireless Headset Interface Module (WHIM) for wireless Bluetooth headset pairing with you Boom Box. Or, they may need to read the ECM to diagnose fuel and/or air issues and many other things.   Simple installs like aftermarket slip-on mufflers or an air intake will not be read by Digital Technician as those alone cause no changes to the ECM. On the other hand, EFI tuners do change the air/fuel settings in the ECM and so it can be read by Digital Technician. Dealerships do have some options on how they handle things. Essentially, the aftermarket mufflers and air intake are visual to a dealership and not read by Digital Technician, thus nothing is sent to Harley servers and a dealership mechanic can certainly just move along with business and not report such things. But, after adding an exhaust system and air intake you'd want to re-map your EFI for optimal performance anyways. You could consider paying the Harley tax for a simple stage one EFI download, which would not void the warranty. Or, you can continue and pay more Harley taxes by buying the Harley Screamin' Eagle EFI tuner, which is not as good as the Vance & Hines FuelPak 3 or others, and pay a Harley mechanic to install it for the sake of keeping your Harley warranty intact.  These new strict Harley warranty issues are making customers very upset. So, it seems Harley is forcing customers to use their Screamin' Eagle parts exclusively and only allowing their mechanics to install them. And that is not sitting well with Harley's long time, once brand loyal customers. Many long-time loyalists are leaving Harley because of moves like this and other recent moves that leave their true paying customers very unhappy.  Harley-Davidson tries to blame all these new warranty issues on the recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pressures. Yes, Harley has had to make changes ordered by the EPA in the past several years as they are the big dog. I understand that, but to then take it as far as voiding a customer's warranty for simply installing slip-on mufflers or an air intake is extreme in my opinion & completely unnecessary. I can tell you that Screamin' Eagle EFI tuners, air intakes, and slip-on mufflers are the same as many other aftermarket options. Screamin' Eagle often times are not as good as other aftermarket options and always a higher price (the Harley tax).  I certainly understand major engine work like a Harley stage four kit being installed and the requirement to use their parts and their mechanics to maintain a warranty. Those are major engine changes, but slip-on mufflers-really Harley? Note: If you are buying an used Harley from someone with a transferrable warranty, I'd make an appointment to have the Harley ECM plugged into Digital Tech to verify the warranty is intact prior to making a deal.  I'll never buy another Harley Warranty! Make no mistake about it, Harley makes a large amount of money by pushing extended service plans at the time of purchase. Not to mention, now they're making you buy their parts and paying their mechanics. I've had Harley warranty's over the past years and I can remember only one time actually using it and it was a $200 bill. Most will tell you they've never used their Harley warranty. Harley would not be pushing these extended warranties if they were not making large amounts of money on them. I'll also mention, that is a testament to the high quality of a Harley when you buy it.  Because of these new Harley warranty issues and them trying to force me not to work on my own bike, I'll never give Harley another penny for an extended warranty service plan ever again! If we all do that, it will send a very strong financial message to Harley that this is an unacceptable practice. I will continue to work on my own Harley and put the parts I want and not pay the Harley Screamin' Eagle tax.  Harley riders buy a bike and then they customize it and personalize it with aftermarket parts to include their choice of exhaust, stage one air intake, and EFI tuner. And so many of us enjoy wrenching on our own Harley and we take great pride in such. It's been done this for so many years and this is one of the big draws for even purchasing a Harley in the first place. It's part of the Harley culture! Take those things away and Harley will continue to lose their very loyal core customers.  Sponsor-Ciro 3D CLICK HERE! Innovative products for Harley-Davidson & Goldwing Affordable chrome, lighting, and comfort products Ciro 3D has a passion for design and innovation Sponsor-RickRak CLICK HERE The Ultimate Motorcycle Luggage Rack Solution Forget those messy straps and bungee cords Go strapless with a RickRak quick attach luggage system & quality bag New Patrons: Greg Sampson of Deforest, WI Jeff Auter of Oconomowoc, WI Brian Flemino of Lino Lakes, Minnesota Evan Simonenko of Romulus, Michigan James Shinabarger of Katy, TX James Shoop of Heber Springs, AR Joe Pace of Kamuela, Hawaii Jim Rosato of Harwich, MA Timothy Murphy of Tupelo, MS If you appreciate the content we put out and want to make sure it keeps on coming your way then become a Patron too! There are benefits and there is no risk. 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In this episode of "The Straight Shift", The Car Chick explains the ins and outs of New Car Warranties - what's covered, what's NOT covered, and how to avoid, well... VOIDING your car's factory warranty.

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A lot of students plan on going into the MCAT ready to void it, some think about voiding it during the test. We discuss when you should actually void the MCAT. Links and Other Resources Check out my book about the MCAT, co-written with Next Step Test Prep: . Related episode:  Related episode:  Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” for 10% off Next Step full-length practice tests or “MSHQTOC” for $50 off MCAT tutoring or the Next Step MCAT Course at !

Voiding dysfunctions comes in all shapes, sizes and symptoms. With so many presentations, sometimes the common feels uncommon, but you are not alone! Mary Langston, RN, MSN, CPN, PPCNP-BC discusses voiding dysfunctions and what strategies primary care providers and families can use to help a child before referral to a specialist.

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Nathan Tykocki and Gerry Herrera discuss a new technology for noninvasive measurement of mouse urinary voiding frequency and volume.

Nathan Tykocki and Gerry Herrera discuss a new technology for noninvasive measurement of mouse urinary voiding frequency and volume.

Official Website: http://www.lawabidingbiker.com Podcast-So, you may have heard the vicious rumors going around that Harley-Davidson dealerships are voiding warranties if you install aftermarket exhaust, remove catalytic converters, or install electronic fuel injection (EFI) tuners on your new 2017 model equipped with the Milwaukee-Eight motor. The unreliable motorcycle forums are full of bad information because nobody actually researches the matter. Well, I did that for you and talked to many sources inside Harley-Davidson dealerships. Some of these rumors got started because recently the Screamin Eagle Super Tuner was banned by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Harley-Davidson was fined $12 million dollars. So, nothing is new with the new 2017 Milwaukee-Eight 107 or 114 ci motors in regards to warranties. For years, all Harley owners have been at risk of having a warranty voided for installing aftermarket exhaust, removing catalytic converters, or adding EFI tuners. Clearly, dealerships are not supposed to remove catalytic converters, but it's fine to install new Vance & Hines or other aftermarket head pipes without them? The confusion goes on from there. The fact of the matter is that you're still at risk and internal Harley-Davidson policies have not changed. But, Harley-Davidson leaves much discretion to its dealerships to handle matters such as this. So, what does this really mean for you as a Harley-Davidson owner? Make sure you have a very open line of communication with your local dealership service writer and mechanics. Ask them point blank if they are in the business of voiding your motorcycle warranty if you change pipes, intake, or add an EFI tuner. I can tell you that most will not void your warrant and have not voided warranties for years as it's just bad business all the way around. Especially at these times when Indian and Victory are banging on Harley's doors trying to get a bigger chunk of the market. If your dealership says they will actually void your Harley warranty for such things then never step foot in that dealership again and tell all your Harley buddies. That would be a personal choice by that particular dealership and I'd make certain they got very little business. You'll have to listen in to this podcast episode to get the full scoop and find out what other things we learned and other tips we give! Opening Song: Zeek Blake, the lead singer of the band Zane Run, is a Patron Member of Law Abiding Biker.  Zeek posted a video singing an unreleased song he calls "Cold Beer Salute" in our private Patron only Private Facebook Group. He allowed us to play it as our podcast episode opener. Zeke is a biker just like the rest of us and a great singer, so show he and his band some support and go get some of their music on the Official Zane Run Website. New Free Video •Remove & Replace Final Belt Drive on Harley-Davidson | DIY-Complete Guide & Instructions Article Referenced: •Harley-Davidson to pay $12 million fine over motorcycle emissions New Patrons: •Gary Simpson of Hyrum, UT •Barrett Hinesly of Midland, Texas •Kenneth Allen of Spring, Texas  If you appreciate the content we put out and want to make sure it keeps on coming your way then become a Patron too! There are benefits and there is no risk. Thanks to the following bikers for supporting us via a flat donation: •Don Dietrich of Las Vegas, NV •Mike Cariger of Apache Junction, Arizona •John Valazza of Prescott, Arizona •Michael Hass of Reinnbek Germany •Michael Trapani of Milford, IL •Chris Cusick of Sharpsville, PA _________________________________________________ CHECK US OUT AND SUBSCRIBE: Website: http://www.LawAbidingBiker.com Email & Voicemail: http://www.LawAbidingBiker.com/Contact Phone Hotline: 509-731-3548 Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawAbidingBiker Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawabidingbiker      YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/scrappy587   Google Plus Page: https://plus.google.com/b/104041070580228657262/+Lawabidingbiker587 Instagram: http://instagram.com/lawabidingbiker    RSS: feed://www.LawAbidingBiker.com/feed iTunes Direct Link to Podcast:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/law-abiding-biker-podcast/id622424087  Stitcher Radio: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/law-abiding-biker-podcast TuneIn Radio: http://tunein.com/radio/Law-Abiding-Biker-p562288/

Welcome to Independent Underground Radio LIVE - MICHIGAN'S TOP POLITICO PODCAST - Thursday at 11am ET!.  On Today's Show: We will go deep into the Ferguson Grand Jury, Witness 40 Testimony or should we call them flat-out lies? The Smoking Gun has exposed Witness 40 better known as Ex-Felon, Racist with a history of telling lies Sandra McElroy in the Exposing A Fraud in Ferguson, MO story.  Michigan is knee deep in the Charter School Business, however a recent article by Salon Magazine calls to question if the Charter School Hype is nothing but that --- Hype with little to no real results. Independent Underground Radio LIVE (IURL) FEATURED FOUR YEAR ON BTR -Progressive Talk Radio- podcast based out of Ann Arbor covering Michigan and National Politics, breaking news and more. As Michigan's Top Politico podcast, IU Radio LIVE had over 1.2 Million podcast downloads since 2010! Host Monica RW is an owner/writer for the popular Independent Underground News website, media consultant for ROJS Media LLC, a experienced grassroots and elected local political leader, and brings her researched Independent opinions to the political issues of the day. Call into the show with your thoughts and opinions at 347-934-0185 or tweet us @IUNewsTalk. Follow our blog Independent Underground News & Talk (IUNT) at: http:///www.rojsnews.com Join Us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/iunewstalk Become our latest Facebook Fan: http://www.facebook.com/rojsradio

In this episode, Ryan and Allison bring you an exciting and different format as they jump on Google Hangouts to do a live Q&A session where they answer questions that cover things like extracurriculars, best MCAT prep tips, picking up premed schools, reasons to be a physician, letters of recommendation, and dual degree BS/MD programs and whether they’re worth your time. Links and Other Resources: Full Episode Blog Post Session 35: How to Fix an App After Starting Premed Poorly Session 3: Picking a Premed Undergraduate College and a Premed Major Session 23: Interview with Dr. Polites of MedPrep at Wash. U. Session 45:  5 Reasons to Go To Medical School, and 5 to Not Session 12: Shadowing Secrets for Every Premed and Beyond 2008 Science Article about the MCAT Test Format Save $225 on the Princeton Review’s MCAT Ultimate or MCAT Self-Paced Prep Course through March 30th 2016 by going to www.princetonreview.com/podcast If you need any help with the medical school interview, go to medschoolinterviewbook.com. Sign up and you will receive parts of the book so you can help shape the future of the book. This book will include over 500 questions that may be asked during interview day as well as real-life questions, answers, and feedback from all of the mock interviews Ryan has been doing with students. Are you a nontraditional student? Go check out oldpremeds.org. For more great content, check out www.mededmedia.com for more of the shows produced by the Medical School Headquarters including the OldPremeds Podcast and watch out for more shows in the future! Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide with tips to help you maximize your MCAT score and which includes discount codes for MCAT prep as well. Hang out with us over at medicalschoolhq.net/group. Click join and we’ll add you up to our private Facebook group. Share your successes and miseries with the rest of us. Check out our partner magazine, www.premedlife.com to learn more about awesome premed information. Next Step Test Prep: Get one-on-one tutoring for the MCAT and maximize your score. Get $50 off their tutoring program when you mention that you heard about this on the podcast or through the MSHQ website. Listen to our podcast for free at iTunes: medicalschoolhq.net/itunes and leave us a review there! Email Ryan at ryan@medicalschoolhq.net or connect with him on Twitter @medicalschoolhq Tweet Allison @allison_mshq or send her an email at allison@medicalschoolhq.net.

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