Reading is a wonderful city located in Pennsylvania, United States. The county seat of Berks County, Reading is one of the most important cities in the area. The city was founded in 1748. Nowadays, Reading is a popular tourist destination among visitors who want to spend a relaxing US vacation. It is the fifth largest city of Pennsylvania and the sixth largest municipality after the township of Upper Darby. Reading is also called "The Pretzel Capital".
Plaza Azteca is a great restaurant located in Reading. The Mexican food you can eat in this spot is really tasty and well prepared. It actually is considered to be the best Mexican food in the state. Well, there are numerous specialties you can taste in this lovely restaurant, the place being large and well staffed. Anyway, if you are not a Mexican food fan and you want to taste Mediterranean or Middle Eastern food, Aladdin Restaurant is the right place to be in.
Reading Public Museum is an interesting cultural venue located in Reading. In this spot you can see numerous fascinating exhibits, but you can also attend indoor and outdoor entertainment programs. The museum is filled with local art works, while next to it you will find a gift shop from which you can purchase souvenirs.
Center Park Historic District is a wonderful part of Reading. In fact, this is a spot not to be missed when being in Reading, as here you will be able see numerous buildings of an impressive architectural style, including Victorian homes. The spot also includes Gothic Revival style houses. However, one of the most impressive and important buildings in Reading remains Pagoda Skyline, designed in the style of Japanese Shogun Dynasty.
Reading City Park is the biggest park in the city. There are numerous facilities that can be enjoyed in this lovely location. The park is great to visit for relaxing walks in a spot of an impressive natural beauty, but the place is also perfect for sports and outdoor adventures.
1. Reading Railroad Museum: Memorabilia and artifacts relating to the history of the pioneering railroad are on display at this museum. It keeps the memory of America's greatest transportation alive.
2. Berks Ballet Theatre: This is the only company in Berks County that is pre-professional. It presents various performances of ballets in a calendar year. These performances are culminated with the holiday production of the Nutcracker.
3. Reading Country Club: The original course of golf at this country club had nine holes in the year 1923. There is the availability of banquet facilities at the site of the Reading Country Club in an old world setting for the special occasions of visitors.
4. Sovereign Performing Arts Centre: This is the home for the Symphony Orchestra of Reading. It is a large, multi-functional facility hosting a wide range of events in the year such as hockey games, concerts, ice shows, Broadway shows, recitals and conventions.
5. The Reading Choral Society: The Reading Choral Society has been involved in the presentation of the finest works in the repertoire of classical choral in Reading and the community of Berks County since the year 1875.
1. Berks County Heritage Center- This historical interpretive complex commemorates important eras of local cultural history. Included are the Gruber Wagon Works, a National Historic Landmark; the C. Howard Hiester Canal Center; Wertz's Covered Bridge; Melcher's Grist Mill; Deppen Cemetery; Bicentennial Eagle Memorial; Police and Veterans Memorial; Doctor's Grove; the Distlefink; and a salad and herb garden.
2. Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery- In addition to fine-arts, natural history, and science collections, this comprehensive facility has exhibits on ancient civilizations, armor, and Eurasian, Asian, Central Mexican, Central and South American, North American Indian, and Oceanic cultures. The adjoining arboretum has 65 distinctive specimens, including large exotic trees interspersed with indigenous trees and shrubs. Wyomissing Creek flows through the 25 landscaped acres for walks along pathways or on foot bridges that crisscross the creek.
3. Stonecliffe Action Park- This park for skaters and bicyclists has quarter pipes that range in height from 3-5 feet, a three-sided pyramid with a curved rectangular grind rail, a double Pump Hump, a grind box with an angled edge, a picnic table with a kicker ramp, and differently shaped grind rails.
4. Autumn Hawkwatch- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Reading hosts an annual count of hawks, eagles and falcons — the world's longest record of raptor populations — that provides valuable information on changes in raptor numbers in northeastern North America. The North Lookout is one of the best places in the northeastern United States to watch the annual hawk migration. The visitors center has a birding bookstore, bird-feeder observation window, and the Wings of Wonder gallery.
5. Mid Atlantic Air Museum- North of Reading, this facility chronicles U.S. flight from the first manned balloon flight in Philadelphia in the 18th century to the space age. A display of aircraft built from 1928-82 includes 22 military aircraft and 43 aircraft from various civilian venues. Exhibits describe pilots, plane manufacturers, and commercial aviation pioneers. The museum also offers rides in historic-plane reproductions.
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'It's not possible to predict who will get through the surgery and survive' - Woman, 68, dies from heart op complications
Gail Wilson's sister Beryl also suffered from the same condition
Bethan ShufflebothamLife Writer
A retired secretary died in hospital following complications from open heart surgery.
Gail Wilson, from Newcastle, had elected to undergo the operation after suffering multiple issues, including breathlessness and palpitations. The problems were linked to a leaky valve.
But an inquest heard how medics couldn't stabilise the 68-year-old's blood pressure post-surgery. Despite doing everything they could, they were unable to save her.
Gail's sister Beryl Farrall suffers with the same heart condition. She said: "On November 11, my sister went to Royal Stoke for surgery, and received the procedure the following day.
"I went through the same surgery and it was unsuccessful as my valve is still leaky.
"When I called to see how she was, the doctor said the surgery had been successful - but they needed to speak with me. They were struggling to stabilise her blood pressure in recovery, and she died with me at her side on November 15."
Truck driver, 53, not seen for more than two weeks found dead at Stoke-on-Trent flat
Paul Ridley a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Royal Stoke University Hospital, cared for Gail before she died.
He said: "She underwent open heart surgery on November 12 as she was suffering with breathlessness and palpitations as a result of atrial fibrillation.
"She had a leaky valve and a past medical history of a mini stroke in February 2018, which caused her loss of visual field temporarily."
Beryl had suffered this same kind of stroke, and knew Gail had one after recognising her symptoms.
North Staffordshire Coroner's Court.
Mr Ridley added: "The patient was offered surgery and advised of the risk of death and complications of open heart surgery.
"The procedure was satisfactory, but the strength of her heart function was significantly reduced and she was moved to the intensive care unit."
The pathologist - Dr Suhail Musaffar - noticed Gail had an enlarged heart and signs of heart disease.
'His eyes glazed over...' - Staffordshire party-goer dies after taking cocaine at Amsterdam all-nighter
He said: "The medical cause of death was subendocardial evasion caused by heart disease contributed by mitral valve surgery.
North Staffordshire assistant coroner Sarah Murphy recorded a conclusion that she died following a recognised complication of surgery.
She said: "They did everything they could to improve Gail's heart function, but it is not possible to predict who will get through the surgery and survive."
Local NewsVolunteers raise £6.5k for new playground kit - but they still need moreThe cash will be used at Leek's St Mary's Catholic Academy
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Oxfam GB and Triangle have completed a study on the socioeconomic feasibility of provision of municipal water to refugees in informal tented settlements as well as the host community residents of the Northern Bekaa region.
BEIRUT (Triangle News) —Triangle has completed a feasibility study into the provision of municipal water resources to residents and refugees in informal settlements across nine villages of the Northern Bekaa. The study is an in-depth look into the dynamics and attitudes surrounding water provision in an area, which is beset with a multitude of issues including upstream cultivation of relative water-heavy cannabis crops, dilapidated infrastructure, increasing demand from refugee populations and costly provision of water from unofficial water from water tankers.
The study is the first to measure demand, supply, costs and willingness to pay using a representative quantitative survey as well as nuanced qualitative data collection methods. Oxfam GB commissioned Triangle to conduct the study in order to consider the financial, social and legal feasibility of how consensus around water provision to informal tented refugee settlements could be developed.
For more information on the project email Triangle: info@triangleconsultants.net.


When I first thought about redoing my office, the requirements were pretty simple - must have large desk. However, anyone that knows me understands that I am not one to buy a desk, stick it in a room, and call it a day. Color and personality would have to be part of the equation. In order to do all that cohesively, though, I needed to decide on a style.
Let me just say that I freaking love color. While those design magazines that feature homes with clean white walls and minimalistic decor are the definition of simplistic beauty, that just isn't me. Not only is it not me, but if it was me, I imagine somehow my clusmy self would spill red wine all over everything and as a result I would have to spend several sleepless nights scrubbing until all is well again. Of course, knowing my luck, I would probably somehow cut myself while cleaning up the aforementioned mess and be back to square one again. After it was all said and done, I'd be sleep deprived and down to a size 0 from all the cleaning. Yeah...white isn't my thing.
With that being said, my office style is going to be mix of bohemian chic meets mid century modern - personality-packed like the rest of my house.
Here are a few rooms that make bold statements with color & decor, and what I love most is that they show you can have character without clutter.
What do you think of living with bright hues and less than minimalistic walls?


With analytics in hand, I've conducted an inventory of Nuketown's content. Below is a list (as of 7/13/2011) of the categories that comprise Nuketown, and their corresponding post counts.
It's an interesting report. I expected that the "Games" section would have the most posts, but that honor goes to the "Blog" section with 907 posts. I expect this is a legacy of the early Aughts and my frequent rages against the Republicrat political machine, coupled with numerous Geek Dad updates as my fury gave way to wonder and exhaustion as my kids were born.
The "Games" section remains strong, with 637 posts, but I see some areas where things could be streamlined. There are only a handful of reviews about DS and Mac games; they're not worth a category of their own (at least as things stand now). The "GenCon 2007" posts are clearly orphaned, and need to be moved to the "Events" section of the blog. I had no idea I'd posted so much about D&D 4th Edition, but given the heat of the Edition Wars, I suppose that shouldn't be surprising.
I'm torn about the "Hoaxes" section; most of these posts are from the early to mid-2000s, and I rarely update that section, but the posts that are there are evergreen, and still useful to visitors. The "Netheads" section is an early attempt at including microcontent in the site (and a carry over from my old home-grown CMS, which had the short one-two punch posts as sidebar content).
News & Reviews: There's no way to aggregate news and reviews across the web site; that content is silo'd under their respective media categories.
Columns: A good chunk of the content is given over to columns ("Off the Bookself", "The Libertarian Gamer", "Game Day") but they aren't clearly identified as such, and like "News" and "Reviews" there's no side-wide aggregation available.


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Before reading this tutorial you must be familiar with Java, Html and web applications.
A web Application can be divided basically in 2 big parts or sections, the Application layer which encapsulates the business logic and backed processing, and the Presentation Layer which function is to present the user with a Graphic User Interface (GUI) to see the results of the backend processing. One goal in Web Applications Development is to "separate" the application layer from the presentation layer as much as possible to achieve modular and robust systems.
- Java Servlets are mostly used for backend processing tasks, such as connections with databases and other servers, hard programming and business logic implementation. Those activities defines the Application Layer of a System. Java Servlets are Java Classes (compiled into .class files) that are accessible through the web (using a web server like tomcat or resin). Servlets must extend the HttpServlet abstract class.
- Java Server Pages (JSP) basic purpose was to address the presentation layer of web applications and NOT the application business logic or Backend Logic. JSP syntax consists of tags intermixed with html tags to generate the appropriate user interface dynamically. In the end, JSP are compiled into servlets.
In theory you must use JSP pages to show the results of what servlets do in the backend. In practice, many people forget about this separation and end up putting a lot of unnecessary code in JSP pages, making web applications hard to maintain and update.
One basic way to implement the MVC architecture is to have a servlet called "controller" (any name will do though) to listen for client requests. On each request, the controller decides which module to call based on the parameters received. After that module (servlet) is finished the application control is passed to another module (usually a JSP) to display the results to be shown to the client in the form of HTML.
This is very convenient since it allows back-end programmers to focus on the development of modules that implement the business logic (without being concerned about such issues as front-end design). On the other hand front-end and design-oriented programmers can design the user interface functionality, worrying only on how to display the results and NOT in how to generate the results.
There's no much more to say about servlets in this tutorial since servlets are basically java classes that have the properties inherited from HttpServlet, and if you are familiar with java just read the javax.servlet.http package documentation to see what servlets can do. For instance, to access the session a servlet can use the request object it receives in the doPost or doGet and execute an request.getSession().
You must be familiar with TOMCAT or RESIN contexts. TOMCAT and RESIN are example of "servlet containers", that is, servlets which can understand JSP syntax and Servlets and make them accessible through the web.
Servlets usually are store in the folder "webapps" in the tomcat folder structure. Put your servlets compiled classes (*.class) in the "WEB-INF/classes" folder of your context.
Now, to make your servlets accessible from the web you must declare them in the "web.xml" file of your context. For more information on how to setup tomcat to run a servlet read this section, where i briefly explain how to setup tomcat and run a servlet.
As mentioned above, JSP pages are special tags intermixed with html tags. A JSP page define certain objects that are accessible always, like: request, out, response, application and session.
Then save this in a file with JSP extension. The first time TOMCAT or RESIN (servers) see this page they need to convert it to a servlet !
<%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" language="java"
There is something called JSTL (JavaServer Tag Library) which are tags with a predefined behavior. So, before writing any JSP it would be wise to see if there exists a JSTL tag that can do the same thing!
In order to execute your jsp code put your files in your context folder. If you are not sure what a context is, a context is a folder where your web application files are stored. For more information read this section, that explains how to setup tomcat and run a servlet.
The first time the JSP page is accessed it will take a little longer because the JSP will be compiled into a servlet internally. After that, future accesses to the JSP page must be faster.
Every time you modify your JSP you must either restart the TOMCAT server or change a property in the "server.xml" file of the TOMCAT server (reload option), that will allow TOMCAT to detect changes without restarting. You must disable this feature in production time tough.
- Find if the custom tag exists before rewriting it ( ex: in Standard Tag Library (JSTL) ).


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Elton John: Don't stand on the wrong side of history again
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel 15 February 2010
The following open letter was issued by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) on 13 February 2010:
Dear Elton John,
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) was genuinely troubled to learn that that you are scheduled to perform in Israel in June, in violation of the widely-endorsed Palestinian Guidelines for the International Cultural Boycott of Israel. We call upon you, as a world-famous artist and a public supporter of key human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Oxfam, not to perform in Israel, a state that maintains an illegal and inhumane system of occupation, colonization and apartheid and that has been widely accused by leading UN experts and human rights organizations, including Amnesty, of committing war crimes and other grave violations of human rights.
The Palestinian cultural boycott campaign against Israel, which is endorsed by an overwhelming majority of Palestinian cultural workers and cultural institutions, won the support of internationally-acclaimed cultural figures of the stature of John Berger, Ken Loach, John Williams, among many others. It does not target "cultural expression," as misleadingly claimed by boycott opponents; rather, it aims at exposing the abuse of culture to deflect attention from persistent violations of human rights and international law and to hold accountable those who ignore these severe violations and allow themselves to be complicit in covering them up.
In the spirit of this cultural boycott and consistent with its logic, on 8 May 2008, in a half-page advertisement in The International Herald Tribune under the banner "No Reason to Celebrate," tens of leading international cultural figures — including Mahmoud Darwish, Augusto Boal, Andre Brink, Ella Shohat, Judith Butler, Vincenzo Consolo, Ilan Pappe, David Toscana and Aharon Shabtai — signed a statement responding to worldwide celebrations of Israel's "60th anniversary" saying:
"There is no reason to celebrate! Israel at 60 is a state that is still denying Palestinian refugees their UN-sanctioned rights, simply because they are 'non-Jews.' It is still illegally occupying Palestinian and other Arab lands, in violation of numerous UN resolutions. It is still persistently and grossly breaching international law and infringing fundamental human rights with impunity afforded to it through munificent US and European economic, diplomatic and political support. It is still treating its own Palestinian citizens with institutionalized discrimination."
Your show in Israel would substantially contribute to Israel's celebration of its occupation and apartheid. It would abet Israel's intensifying campaign of whitewashing its worsening global image in the wake of its war crimes in Gaza, as detailed in the report issued by the UN Fact Finding Mission, headed by Justice Richard Goldstone. By consistently trying to lure renowned performers, particularly after its massacre in Gaza, Israel has aimed to "rebrand" itself as an enlightened and cultured country, while at the same time continuing to dispossess Palestinians, to deny them their freedom and other basic rights, to throw them off their land, and to destroy their homes in order to build new Jewish-only colonies.
Your performance in Israel would also violate the almost unanimously-endorsed Palestinian civil society Call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. This call is directed particularly towards international activists, academics and artists of conscience, such as yourself.
The Israeli press reports that your concert is set to be sponsored by Israel Discount Bank. This bank's trading room and other computer services are run by an Israeli company called Matrix IT and located on land stolen from the Palestinian village of Bilin by the illegal settlement of Modiin Illit. Israel Discount Bank, which finances construction in the settlements of Har Homa, Beitar Illit and Maale Adumim, is the second-major shareholder of Mul-T-Lock, whose factory is located in the industrial zone of Barkan, another illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Israeli colonial settlements are illegal under international law and are considered war crimes under the Fourth Geneva Convention. For the last six years, Bilin, along with several other villages in the occupied Palestinian territory, has famously been waging a campaign of nonviolent resistance to Israel's Apartheid Wall and colonies. This wall, declared illegal by the International Court of Justice at the Hague in July 2004, confines Palestinians within a system of ghettos, Bantustans and closed "military areas," threatening the viability of whole Palestinian communities and cutting them off from access to their land, health and education facilities, resources and markets. International figures such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter have endorsed the nonviolent struggle against Israel's colonial wall.
In September 2009 Amnesty International withdrew its sponsorship of a Leonard Cohen concert in Israel after Palestinian civil society made it clear that it would consider that partnership a form of complicity in Israel's violations of Palestinian rights. Amnesty has written more about Bilin and the wider Palestinian campaign of nonviolent resistance on their blog.
It was reported that your 2008 South African tour was billed as your first tour of that country. However, it seems you had actually played in South Africa in 1983, at the height of the apartheid regime, in violation of the South African cultural boycott campaign. This was your 1983 gig in Sun City, the lavish casino sited in one of the regime's Bantustans until they were reintegrated into South Africa following the first democratic elections in 1994. At that time, popular democratic movements in South Africa, such as Nelson Mandela's African National Congress, were calling for international artists to boycott South Africa. Today a virtual consensus exists in Palestinian civil society, as represented in the BDS National Committee, behind the call for boycotting Israel until it complies with its obligations under international law and recognizes Palestinian rights, including the right to self-determination. We urge you not to be on the wrong side of history again. This time, we sincerely hope you shall do the right thing and refuse to entertain apartheid Israel.


State Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has instructed to complete all development works in Cooch Behar district. Along with it she has also alerted the administrative workers to take up various development works today. The Chief Minister said that due to panchayat elections and Durga Puja, all the activities have slowed down. All tasks are required to be done fast now. At an administrative meeting in Cooch Behar that was held at 4 pm today, the Chief Minister said these things.
It should be known that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee landed from the helicopter at MJN grounds in Cooch Behar at 3.30 pm and reached the newly built Auditorium 'Utsav' from there. The newly constructed auditorium was inaugurated by the Chief Minister today. After this, the Chief Minister held an administrative meeting with all officers of Cooch Behar district.
In the meeting, the Chief Minister instructed the police to take steps to settle the Trinamool's conflict in Dinhata of Cooch Behar. The Chief Minister said that no ruling of any kind will run here. One has to directly take serious measures. Apart from this, the Chief Minister has asked the police to do more works on 'Safe Drive Save Life'.
The Chief Minister has directed the BDO and Chitmahal department to complete the work of the rest of the remaining work of the health center in Chitmahal and the development of Sabeq Chitmahal. The Chief Minister has also asked the Cooch Behar Municipal Corporation to give a new look to the Bhavaniganj market of Cooch Behar, and along with that the Chief Minister also instructed the administrative officials to do all the work quickly. Overall, in today's meeting, the Chief Minister has instructed to complete all development works in Cooch Behar district as soon as possible.


In this series, we take a look at some of the fashionable actors who are pushing the style envelope in their off-screen appearances. And today, we'd like to focus on the current hot flavor of Tollywood, Vijay Deverakonda. While his contemporaries are sticking to safer choices, he has not been shy to experiment with his looks.
From classic tailored suits to ethnic ensembles, prints and even sporting the "lungi" at red carpets, he's done it all. Plus, major props to a man who tries and wears handlooms!
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Shifter's Claim Part II: A Paranormal Shapeshifter Werejaguar Romance
by A. C. ArthurA. C. Arthur
In Shifter's Claim Part II, from The Shadow Shifters series by A.C. Arthur, Priya never imagined there was truth to the story she'd been forced to track down, she never imagined coming face to face with a man that can shift into a cat.
Bas hadn't meant to reveal himself to her, he'd tried to protect the secret. Now, it was out and he wonders what the reporter will do with the information and more importantly, how the woman will react to this new facet of the man.
The Shadow Shifters , #4
A.C. Arthur was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland where she currently lives with her husband and three children. An active imagination and a love for reading encouraged her to begin writing in high school and she hasn't stopped since. Her debut novel Object of His Desire was written when a picture of an Italian villa sparked the idea of an African-American/Italian hero. Determined to bring a new edge to romance, she continues to develop intriguing plots, sensual love scenes, racy characters, and fresh dialogue—thus keeping the readers on their toes!
A.C. Arthur was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland where she currently lives with her husband and three children. An active imagination and a love for reading encouraged her to begin writing in high school and she hasn't stopped since. Her debut novel Object of His Desire was written when a picture of an Italian villa sparked the idea of an African-American/Italian hero. Determined to bring a new edge to romance, she continues to develop intriguing plots, sensual love scenes, racy characters, and fresh dialogue—thus keeping the readers on their toes!
Shifter's Claim Part II
The Shadow Shifters
By A.C. Arthur
Copyright © 2014 A.C. Arthur
Priya felt like she was sinking. In her mind she thought of stepping into quicksand and going down, down, down, slowly, but most assuredly. Beneath her fingers and palms was the taut smoothness of his skin and beneath that, the steady heartbeat that rapped a quick rhythm almost matching her own.
His tongue scraped along hers as if he were tasting something he'd craved forever, and she moaned softly. Hands much stronger and much larger than she'd assumed had cupped her face about a second before his lips had begun their brutal assault. Now he held her in place, in truth he held her upright. Because with the very naked Sebastian Perry kissing her the way he was, Priya's entire body had turned to molten lava. Every part of her was on fire, her knees weak, her spine tingling, fingertips burning.
She moved her hands because if this was going to be her one shot at touching him all over she wanted to take full advantage. Or would he parade around naked in front of her again? She didn't believe that and didn't want to waste time considering it. Instead, she let her hands travel to his shoulders, broad and strong; she gripped him while tilting her head to deepen their kiss. Biceps roped with muscle greeted her next touch as her hands moved downward. Back up again she touched what she could of his back, but he was much broader than her arms were wide and she barely scraped the side of his shoulder blades. He radiated strength, all over, including the persistent punch of his thick arousal to her midsection.
She wanted to touch him there. The thought came quickly and she lost her breath with anticipation. Her hands moved to his torso then, thumbs rubbing along the sculpted board of his abs, down and back to tight buttocks. Then they were in front of him once more, moving of their own accord to where they wanted most to be. Her palms — shaking slightly but figuring it was too late to turn back — wrapped around his length, feeling the amazing heat that emanated from there.
Bas sucked in a breath at her touch and the connection of their lips was broken. For endless seconds they simply stared at each other, his gray gaze holding her plain old brown eyes captive.
"Put your hot little mouth there," he told her, dared her almost.
Priya wanted to pull away. He knew she wouldn't do it, knew without a doubt that she would not go to her knees and suck his thick hard dick, no matter how much she really wanted to. In that instant she added that to the list of things she was beginning to hate about Sebastian Perry: he knew too goddamned much.
Priya was no stranger to men. She'd cashed in her virginity card the night of the senior prom in a dismal initiation into adulthood. But none of her previous exploits, even the ones that had come much later in her adult life and ended with pretty strong orgasms on her part, could compare to the desire ripping through her body right now like a tropical storm.
Bas stood absolutely still, like a beautifully intricate sculpture of everything masculine, looking down at her with a smirk that all but called her a coward. She tightened her grip on him, holding firm at the base of his arousal as she glared up at him.
"And what will I get in return?" was her taunting question. It was probably a bad idea to play this game, with this man, but she didn't care. She wasn't in the mood to let him win another round.
The corners of his mouth tilted in a half smile as he lifted a hand to trace along the line of her lips. "It'll get you whatever you want, pretty girl."
On impulse her tongue snaked out to lick the tip of his finger on its trek across one more time. Bas's smile instantly disappeared. Emboldened by that reaction she licked around the pad of his finger before lowering her mouth, taking the digit in, sucking hard, then pulling back slowly. She watched him as she did this, his eyes growing darker, his dick pulsating in her hands, moisture seeping at the tip.
His hips thrust forward and she stroked his length, all the while suckling his finger. He pumped into her hand with more forcefulness, more rhythm and he reached up, clasping the back of her head, guiding her until they were totally in sync. Her nipples were so hard it was painful, her center throbbing, the lips of her vagina damp with desire.
"Pretty little Priya, with the hot-ass mouth. I wonder if the rest of you will be this hot," he whispered.
She would not try to respond, was positive she couldn't, considering her position and the fact that she just might tell him exactly what was hot on her right now.
"I wonder if I throw you on this bed if you'll open like a pretty flower for me and let me taste your sweet nectar."
She closed her eyes, couldn't help it. The choices were to either cut off the eye connection they had going on, or do as he said and lie on that bed, spreading her legs open wide for him. Closing her eyes didn't completely help since she was still licking his finger and palming his dick. None of which were things she should have been doing, or had even considered doing when she'd boarded a plane to come out here.
"Do you want me to taste you, Priya?" he asked, pulling his hand slowly from her mouth. "Open your eyes and tell me what you want."
Priya opened her eyes. She saw the lust plainly in his darkening gaze, in the way he licked his lips as he watched her, circling his hips as she stroked him. Her thumb brushed over his tip, felt the dampness of his arousal and she clenched her teeth.
"No," she said with a snap, then yanked her hands away from his dick. Not so sure about her movements and not at all confident she wouldn't reach out for him again or actually fall on the bed and beg him to take her, she backed away.
"As I told you before, this is not why I'm here." Her hands were shaking and she rubbed them up and down her thighs in an effort to stabilize her raging hormones.
"Do you want me to get down on all fours?"
He was sarcastic and he was serious and she hated both of those facts. She did not believe Sebastian Perry was a cat. Hell, she didn't even know if she believed in the whole cat-and-man thing. Sure, she'd seen some weird- ass eyes in the alley, but that could easily have been attributed to contact lenses, they came in all colors now. As for the story about the bank robbery, she wasn't completely sold on that either. This is why she'd never thought to write a story on any of this, not until the e-mails started. Now, she had no other choice but to investigate, to uncover and to hopefully reveal whatever it was Roman Reynolds and his friends wanted kept a secret.
"If that's going to turn you into a cat, fine," she said wearily. "If not, you can answer my questions honestly and I can get out of your life forever. It's that easy."
"I'd rather we both get on all fours, naked, together," he continued.
He hadn't moved, still stood in front of her in all his naked glory. And dammit, it was definitely glorious. She wanted him inside her, his dick, his tongue, whatever, she wanted it. And she cursed herself for that weakness, even if she had no intention of ever acting on it.
"You're not as alluring as you think you are," she said, in direct contradiction to what her body was feeling.
"And you're not that smart," was his quick retort. "At least not as smart as I thought you were."
"Wait a goddamned minute," she began, anger slowly pressing arousal out of the picture. "You are not going to stand here and talk to me like that!"
"No. I'm not," he replied, turning away from her. "I'm going to take a shower and get ready for bed. I've had a long day."
"I'm not finished talking to you."
"Then we can finish the conversation in the shower," he told her nonchalantly just before his delicious body disappeared through an opening in the wall.
She was not taking a shower with him! Not even if her life depended on it. And she wasn't going to storm out of this room, closing the door with a slam behind her, telling Sebastian Perry to kiss her ass in the process — because Malik's life did depend on this.
With resignation she followed Perry through the opening in the wall because she did not see a door anywhere and wondered what he'd done to make this opening appear.
This was his bedroom and there was a big bed against a long wall, a silver duvet on top that looked almost too decadent to belong to a man. That had her turning to survey the entire room. The one she'd kind of ignored when she'd had to follow him back here and was then distracted by the ... ah ... nakedness.
Charcoal-gray, white, and red was the color scheme. A little different for a guy, she thought. The furniture was sleek, expensive, and contemporary. The king-sized platform bed had an ornate frame of leather and mirrors, red silk draped around its border. The bed was flanked by matching end tables with lamps that looked as if they were made of aluminum. The floor was a highly glossed mahogany tile. The walls consisted of charcoal-colored slates, some that opened as doors, like the one he went through to the bathroom and others that supported marble tabs that held statues and picture frames. She moved closer to one that wasn't too tall for her to reach and picked up one of the frames. Frowning, she surveyed the white background with the glob of black in its center that looked strangely like those cards a psychiatrist would flash, asking what's the first thing to come to your mind. This one in particular reminded her of a teardrop. Beneath it was a simple letter M. Priya ran a finger over the picture wondering at its true meaning.
Finishing with that little mind trip and wanting to complete her search of the room before he returned, she put the picture down and moved to the window that for some reason had been calling to her. Even in the dark the view was astonishing. The mountains in the distance looked close enough for her to reach out and touch. The resort was very well lit and probably guarded like a fortress, she thought, considering the men Bas traveled with.
The men, she recalled, hadn't entered the building with them. The men had been standing in a circle taking orders from Bas a few seconds before he turned to her with those eerie yellow eyes. That memory had her gasping for breath.
"Afraid of heights?" he asked from behind her.
Priya turned slowly, trying to prepare herself to see him again, praying with all she had inside that he wasn't still naked. When she looked at him her mind whispered, thank you, thank you, thank you.
He'd wrapped a towel around his waist, his shoulders still glistening with beads of moisture.
"I'm not afraid of heights, Mr. Perry, and I'm definitely not afraid of you," she retorted.
To her dismay he sighed. "No. You're not afraid of me. And you're not afraid to fly across the country and jump into one of my trucks to follow me to god knows where. You weren't afraid of trying to break into Rome's room and you're not afraid to stand in this room with me totally alone, trying to ignore what I want to do to you."
"All you have to do is answer my questions," she said, realizing his words were true and that she should be afraid.
Bas shook his head. "You're in my bedroom and I'm wearing a towel. I think you can call me Bas now. Mr. Perry is my father."
He moved to another one of those panels in the wall, touching it with the tips of his fingers then waiting as it shifted to the side and he could pull out a drawer. With his back to her he pulled a black tank top over his head. The towel hit the floor, tight buttocks flexed as he bent slightly, pulling black boxer briefs up until they were covered. When he faced her again all Priya could do was gulp. Even not-so-naked the sight of him was attempting its own brand of torture on her libido.
"I just need to know what's going on, Bas," she said quietly. The trip cross-country, the adrenaline of hiding in the back of that truck going who knew where, then finding a small army of men in the dark desert, was beginning to take its toll.
She wouldn't let kissing-the-naked-as-a-jaybird-sexy-guy take precedence in her exhaustion, even though the memory was still punctuated in her mind.
He moved to stand beside his bed then, reaching to pull the duvet down. Red sheets, more like the dark crimson of blood, were beneath the fancy silver material. He fluffed a pillow before looking back up at her.
"It's a story, that's all. My guess is that someone has you working on this story for whatever reason. That someone is not your boss, which puts you in a precarious situation. But you don't seem to mind putting yourself in that same predicament more than once. I offered you my help before. The offer still stands." Before she could reply he held up a hand. "It's not answers from me you need, Priya. That's not going to completely fix your situation and I think you know that."
She refused to believe that.
"Tonight, Bas, tell me what I saw tonight," she insisted.
Priya moved to stand directly across from him on the other side of the bed.
He raised a brow. "You're tenacious enough to chase this story, no matter what I say. I'm guessing that's why you were chosen over any other reporter at the Post. Tenacious and ambitious, two traits that could easily get you killed."
"Don't waste your time threatening me. If you were going to kill me you would have done it already, or had one of your goons do it for you." She sighed with exasperation because this was getting her nowhere and she was tired of running in circles with him. "You don't think we have a right to know if something else is out there? If we need to protect ourselves?" she asked.
"There were men out there tonight, just like you saw before. You flew all the way out here to see more men, when you could have stayed in D.C. and seen the same thing."
"Men with yellow eyes?"
"Ever heard of contact lenses, Priya? Your big story is riding on the sighting of a man wearing yellow contacts just like Michael Jackson wore in his music video and vampires wear on television and in the movies. I really don't see you making big headlines with that."
He climbed into bed then, reaching over to touch a tablet that had been sitting beside the telephone. When they'd been cast into darkness his voice sounded once more. "You can finish your searching in the other room and come to bed when you're finished. Unless you'd like to take the couch."
"I'm not staying here with you. I'm leaving," she announced, turning and extending her arms in front of herself to keep from bumping into anything as she made her way to the door.
She was just about to step out of his room when his words, spoken so quietly she almost missed them, stopped her. "I can't let you go."
No matter how much Bas hated it, his words had been absolutely true.
He couldn't let Priya Drake out of his suite, or out of Perryville for that matter, because she wasn't going to stop digging for this story. She wasn't going to stop trying to prove that cat people existed. The really bad part about the situation was that she was absolutely correct. Shifters did exist, which meant if she continued to dig she would eventually find exactly what she was looking for.
And when that happened, Bas would have only one choice.
He lay on his back, eyes closed, feeling her presence still in his suite and wondering what was going through her mind. He'd given her permission to look around and he knew she would do precisely that. But she wouldn't find anything, primarily because she didn't know where to look. Not only were the walls designed to give a sleek look to his private rooms, they were specially equipped to hide what Bas didn't want anyone walking inside to see. His safe, his file cabinets, his private computer with all the files regarding the Mountain Zone's laws and progress reports and anything at all that connected him to the Gungi. All she was going to find out there was a desk with a computer that she would never hack into and even if she did, it had nothing but Perryville information on it. X had even installed an encrypting backup system to all the FLs' computers that wiped out the entire history of searched Web sites each time the computer was shut down. Hell, Bas didn't even have pictures of his family in there.
Inhaling deeply, Bas tried desperately to clear the last couple of days from his mind. At this moment he wanted anything other than to have spotted her watching him at that fund-raiser and then attempting to get into Rome's room. He wanted to have never met Priya Drake and he damn sure wanted to never have tasted her.
(Continues...)
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DNAs (did not attends) account for over 15 million general practice appointments each year in England.
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By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Published 6:28 pm CST, Sunday, December 3, 2017
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Back in January 2012, the day after Alabama beat LSU in the BCS championship game, the commissioners of the FBS conferences gathered in New Orleans to discuss the future of the college football postseason.
There had already been movement toward tearing up the unpopular Bowl Championship Series, but the all-Southeastern Conference championship game was the final blow. The College Football Playoff was created soon after.
On Sunday, the field for the fourth College Football Playoff was set and for the first time two teams from the same conference made it. Alabama (11-1) will face Clemson (12-1) in the Sugar Bowl and fellow SEC member Georgia (12-1) will play Oklahoma (12-1) in the Rose Bowl.
Another all-SEC championship game could be on the horizon, and for the second straight year the value of a conference championship was diminished. Unlike in 2012, though, the winds of change are not picking up - even with both the Big Ten and Pac-12 sitting out this playoff altogether.
"It doesn't change my view that the present structure is best for college football," Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said during an interview with ESPN. "I can be supportive of (the selection committee) and at the same time be disappointed and a little bit surprised."
When Alabama got the nod for the fourth and final spot over Ohio State, the Big Ten was left out for the first time - and for the second time in four seasons the Pac-12 was shut out, too. When the conference commissioners were putting the playoff together, ensuring only conference champions would be included was considered. Eventually, the compromise was to craft a protocol that emphasized conference championships, but not make them mandatory.
"I don't see anything that's happened in the first four years in the work of the selection committee or the playoff that is inconsistent with how it was designed or what was possible," Scott said.
Tide or Buckeyes was the toughest call for the committee in the four-year history of the playoff.
"We walked into that room knowing we had a big task ahead of us," said committee chairman Kirby Hocutt, the athletic director at Texas Tech.
The Tide had been more consistent and lost just once. The Buckeyes lost twice, including an embarrassing 31-point loss at unranked Iowa, but have the more impressive set of victories. Ohio State won the Big Ten while Alabama did not even win its SEC division.
The committee rolled with the Tide and stayed on the task of choosing the best teams, regardless of conference affiliation. For the second straight season a team that did not win its conference is in the playoff. Ohio State did it last year.
"Of course we all know at the end of the day what the narrative is going to be based on the identification of the those four very best teams because we're all in this profession. This is our livelihood. We're very familiar with it," Hocutt said. "But does it impact our discussion in that room? And I can tell you very straight forward no."
Ohio State was ranked fifth by the CFP, Wisconsin was sixth and Auburn was seventh. Southern California finished eighth, followed by Penn State and Miami. Washington was 11th and unbeaten UCF was 12th.
The rest of the New Year's Six bowls fell this way: USC (11-2) vs. Ohio State (11-2) in the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 29; Washington (10-2) vs. Penn State (10-2) in the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 30; Miami (11-1) vs. Wisconsin (12-1) in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 30; and UCF (12-0) vs. Auburn (10-3) in the Peach Bowl on Jan. 1.
"Look at how healthy the system is," Scott said. "From our perspective, of course we'd love a team in the playoff this year, but we've got amazing bowl games."
Hocutt said the Iowa loss hurt Ohio State and the Buckeyes were not close enough to the Tide for the Big Ten championship result - a 27-21 win over previously unbeaten Wisconsin - to matter.
Alabama made it 4-for-4 in the playoff, the only team that has made them all. Coach Nick Saban said he trusted the committee would come to the right conclusion.
"I really do believe based on the total body of work that our team really deserved to be in," Tide coach Nick Saban said in an ESPN interview.
For the third straight season, college football gets an Alabama-Clemson matchup in the playoff, though this time in the semifinals. The Tide beat the Tigers in a classic national championship game in Glendale, Arizona, two seasons ago. The teams played another thriller last season and Clemson took the title in Tampa, Florida.
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said "I sank in my chair at home, because I really thought we were in." He noted his team had three wins "against the top 16 teams in America."
"But I get it," he said.
Revenue distribution from the College Football Playoff is not heavily weighted toward the teams and conferences that reach the semifinals. The SEC, Big 12 and ACC will get $6 million for each playoff team and no additional money if its teams advance. The conferences get $4 million for each team in a New Year's Six game.
So the SEC gets $16 million for three teams in the six games. The Big Ten makes $12 million for three teams. The ACC gets $10 million for Clemson in the playoff and Miami in the Orange Bowl. The Big 12 gets $6 million for Oklahoma in the playoff. The Pac-12 gets $8 million and the American Athletic Conference gets $4 million for UCF in the Peach Bowl. That money is in addition to the approximately $54 million each Power Five conference receives before a teams is ever selected.
Every year the commissioners meet to discuss the playoff and Scott said he doubts this year's selections will change the agenda.
"My impression is that the commissioners are very pleased with how the playoff is working," Scott said, "and the job of the committee."
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Don't Ask Me About The Reiwa Era
Here we are, in the final days of the Heisei era. It's an exciting time, a time to look towards the future, but also a time to look back on the past 30 years. With this being Japan, there is A LOT of looking back, more so than towards the future it seems. But for those looking forward to the Reiwa era, one question keeps popping up: What will it be like? Ever since this era was named a few weeks ago, I've been asked what this new era will bring musically. I'm now going to give my honest answer.
I DON'T KNOW! NOBODY KNOWS!
I've been going back and forth over what to say when asked this question, because there are so many ways to tackle it. I've given bits and pieces out, but nothing in full detail.
First of all, we have no idea how long the Reiwa era will last. It all depends on how long Naruhito is emperor. Maybe he'll decide it's not his bag next year, leading to a new emperor and a new era. Or maybe he'll go the more traditional route and rule until his death. He's 59 now, and with Japan's life expectancy being so high, he could be emperor for the next 30 years, the same amount of time his father Akihito has been emperor.
So let's say he's emperor for 30 years. That's 2049. How would anyone know what the musical trends would be then? Let's look at this another way. Let's look back to 2009, ten years ago. Arashi had the #1 album of the year, as well as the #1, #2, #3, and #5 singles. Cut to today, and they're preparing for their indefinite hiatus. Would this had been expected in 2009?
The top stars of the next few decades could currently be children, or maybe not even born yet. So how would we know what music they'll be making? How would we know the kind of Japan or world they'll be growing up in, which would shape their sound? Will Japan continue to do its own thing musically, like it is currently doing by shunning the sounds of hip hop and Latin music that are resonating with music listeners worldwide? Or will there be an opening up to worldwide trends, paralleling the country's plans to boost immigration in light of its aging population and declining birth rate?
Given Japan's current demographic trajectory, will the youth even matter? Will what the youth likes even matter as much given how the older population will continue to grow as the youth population continues to decline? A lot of international fans want a return to the late 90s to mid 00s JPop diva era, the era when the international fandom was at its peak due to a lot of fans joining the fandom. But this phenomenon was able to happen due to a large youth population. Looking at Japan's census age charts from 1995 to 2015 reveals that over the past 20 years, the youth population that made this trend happen has decreased by nearly 50%. While things for have improved for the youth as of late economically, will this trend continue through the Reiwa era?
The one thing I can be certain about though when it comes to the Reiwa era is that digital will grow as the real indicator of what is popular. Physical won't matter as much. We've already seen this change take place. Oricon has become more inclusive of digital formats in its charts as of late. This is in part because there is no way to deny that the breakout hits / stars of the past few years have all had their success mainly digitally: Yonezu Kenshi, Hoshino Gen, Aimyon, back number, DA PUMP's revival… Aimyon is the first star of what will probably be the main format of the Reiwa era: streaming.
The idols will probably still rule the physical charts due to the gimmicks that their otaku fans eat up, but their impact will be felt less. There will probably not be a Kohaku Uta Gassen in the future like 2014's where every 48 group at the time was there. All since have been dropped from the show with the exception of AKB48, in part because NHK sees that despite their high sales, these acts don't resonate with the public.
Nobody knows what is in store for the Reiwa era until it happens. That's part of the fun of following all of this!
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Syracuse Woman to Vie for Final Rose on Next Season of The Bachelor
Tammy Kay Ly via Youtube
Bachelor in Paradise may have ended last night, but Bachelor fans are already looking forward to the next season of the reality dating show, which will feature a woman from Syracuse.
ABC's The Bachelor announced Peter Weber as next season's Bachelor last night, just a day after they introduced the 33 women that will be vying for his heart (and his final rose) on Facebook Monday.
While the show only announced the women's first names and hometowns, Syracuse.com did some digging and found out a little bit about our CNY contestant. Tammy K. Ly graduated from Liverpool High School in 2013 and is now a real estate agent. She also has a YouTube channel, where her latest video is a travel blog from New York City.
There's no word on when Peter's season of The Bachelor will premiere, although it's safe to guess early January based on past season premieres. But when the new season starts, you can already bet I'll be cheering on Tammy as she steps out of the limo looking for love.
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Holman isn't just a wrestler as he participates in several things at MHS. He is the president of Men of Sparta, president of Skills USA carpentry chapter, a member of the National Honor Society, and a Sterling Scholar in skilled and technical sciences.
All these activities are time consuming, so it ends up costing him a few weeks to months out of the school year.
As a wrestler, Mason is talented. Last year he almost placed at a state tournament. This year his goal is to build his team as a whole and become region champions. His personal goal is to place at State and earn his name on the State placers board. Since Mason was so close to placing last year, he is even more determined this year.
Holman wrestles because he loves how it pushes him to do hard things and how it helps him become a better person. Every day and every practice, wrestling challenges him physically and mentally.
"I love competing and representing my school." However, Mason does not plan on playing in college unless a good opportunity presents itself.


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1. Why does Brent initially rely on outward appearances and possessions to help him feel good about himself? What makes you feel good about yourself?
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3. How does the second chapter, "Weeksboro, Maine," fit into the story? It is a flash forward. Explain what that means. How did Fleischman have to think about his writing to write these independent stories that intersperse Brent's story?
4. In "The Afterlife" chapter, Brent wants punishment, and his father wants to "get him off" with no time in jail. React to Brent's feelings of guilt, remorse, and disinterest in life.
5. What is probation? Does it only refer to the justice system?
6. Fleischman writes, "We never know all the consequences of our acts. They reach into places we can't see. And into the future, where no one can." What does this mean?
7. Do you remember doing something you did not think through that caused problems for yourself or someone else? What were the consequences? Did you have to make it right?
8. What is restitution? Restitution is part of Brent's probation sentence. What is atonement? How are restitution and atonement different?
9. Can the two words "I'm sorry" ever be enough? Explain. What would you ask of Brent for restitution?
10. Mrs. Zamora says she does not believe in retribution. What is it? How is it different from restitution?
11. Does everything happen for a reason? What could possibly be the reason for the death of Lea, a talented, wonderful young person?
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Crisis? What crisis? Senior Tories shrug off Islamophobia warning
Conservatives largely silent as Lady Warsi says party has institutional problem
Wed 6 Mar 2019 14.25 EST Last modified on Wed 6 Mar 2019 20.00 EST
Lady Warsi was accused by the Tory party chairman of 'missing out on key facts'. Photograph: David Levenson/Getty Images
Conservative MPs did not seem too concerned as Lady Warsi sounded the alarm that their party was institutionally riven with Islamophobia.
"I don't really believe we have that big a problem," said one former minister, who seemed surprised to be asked about the issue.
When 14 members of the party were suspended for allegedly Islamophobic comments on a Facebook group supporting Jacob Rees-Mogg, the response was to try to deflect attention on to Labour.
"Islamophobes have no place in the Tory party and it is encouraging that we have acted swiftly, unlike the socialists," Rees-Mogg pronounced.
From much of the rest of the party, there has been a deafening silence. Brandon Lewis, the Conservative party chairman, responded to Warsi on Twitter accusing her of "missing out on key facts" about the party's "clear process" and "swift action".
Brandon Lewis, the Conservative party chairman, hit back at Warsi. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
The effect has been to make Warsi – a Muslim woman who has personally suffered vicious abuse – look like she is fighting a lonely battle to get her party to acknowledge that the problem goes deeper than a few bad apples.
Meanwhile, Lewis has been tweeting sympathetically to a Labour MP complaining about antisemitism and criticising Jeremy Corbyn for not doing more. And there are few signs that the Conservative leadership is heeding warnings that this gleeful taunting of Labour could backfire.
Mohammed Amin, the chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum, said he had been telling Lewis that more action needed to be taken on Islamophobia for a long time but Conservative headquarters had made clear there would be no independent internal inquiry into anti-Muslim hatred.
"The party leadership is still in that stage of 'keeps wishing that the issue would go away'," he said. "Every day when local councillors issue social media tweets denigrating Muslims and sometimes MPs retweet these things … essentially, every time things like that happen, the position of the Conservative party with British Muslims takes a step backwards. It is electorally damaging to the party."
He said the party's approach to the Muslim community had "gone backwards", including Zac Goldsmith's London mayoral campaign, Boris Johnson's comments about women in burkas resembling letterboxes and Theresa May's post-Brexit attempt to woo Ukip voters.
"Denial is the first way that most organisations react to accusations of this kind," Amin said. "It takes a lot for longstanding Conservatives to rock the boat. The party has a long history of unity rather than openly arguing its case. But Baroness Warsi, Lord Sheikh and myself have done this because we care about the party and we care about the country."
With only a few Conservative voices speaking out publicly on the issue, the party does not yet seem to have reached the same stage of visible political crisis as Labour has on antisemitism, following Jewish MP Luciana Berger's decision to quit the party in protest at its failure to do enough to tackle antisemitic abuse.
But one Conservative Muslim parliamentarian, who did not want to go on the record, said they felt the problem of Islamophobia among the party's rank and file might be just as widespread but more under the radar, especially since the party had far fewer activists and an older support base who were less likely to be active on social media.
While many Conservatives are reluctant to inflame the issue by speaking out, Anna Soubry, the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on British Muslims, who quit as a Tory MP over Brexit, said she had witnessed the leadership's unwillingness to grip the problems caused by a drift to the right.
She said she would not go so far to say that the party was "institutionally Islamophobic" but there were too many examples where people with anti-Muslim views had not been booted out.
"This unwillingness to grasp the problem and root it out comes from a lack of leadership and facing up to the fact there are a significant number of Conservative members with publicly stated views that are odious and offensive and they have no place in the modern Conservative party," she said.
"Brandon Lewis and Theresa May will not face up and deal with the fact that the party has drifted to the right and has been infiltrated. The problem is that Brandon just won't grip the problem and whilst I don't doubt he abhors Islamophobia and other forms of racism, he is unwilling to take swift and efficient action to expel people."
Matthew McGregor, the campaigns director of the anti-racist charity Hope Not Hate, said there were signs that the Conservatives had "wilful blindness" about Islamophobic views in their rank and file. The organisation's research found that 49% of Conservative voters see Islam as a threat to the British way of life and 47% believe the false conspiracy theory that there are areas where sharia law dominates and non-Muslims cannot enter.
"It does seem that more people at the core of the Labour party are finally understanding left antisemitism as a problem in itself – not just electorally – and are speaking out more forcefully," McGregor said.
"There's a way to go, and actions will speak louder than words, but the ground is starting to shift. It's not clear that the Conservative leadership understand the scale of the challenge they face with Islamophobia in the Tory party. They need to acknowledge the problem if they're going to tackle it."
He said one approach on both sides that seriously needed to be avoided was any tribal attempt to divert attention from complaints about racism by pointing to another party's record. "When both Labour and the Conservatives have serious issues with racism within their ranks, it has been grim to see each side trade blows over who is worse. Political point-scoring over the scale of the other party's issues is just gross."
Despite the temptation for politicians to score points, Sunder Katwala, the director of the British Future pressure group, said all parties should be listening hard when members of a certain faith said they were being made to feel uncomfortable.
"If you are a party that wants to govern, the test of you as a party is that no one who has got your values should feel a tension with their identity, faith and background," he said. "It is definitely true that many Jewish people feel that about Labour. And the Conservatives should be listening to the Muslim members of their own party who feel there is an issue that needs a proactive stance, not just throwing out people once evidence comes to light."


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