[“Significantly smaller in size than Wesler and on crutches and in a leg cast at the time of his break-in, Wanrow maintained that she acted instinctively to protect the children in the house when she fired her own registered gun first at Wesler and then at his friend, who sustained a minor injury: “When Wesler headed towards one of the children, I screamed for help. Wesler, who was drunk out of his mind, turned, lurching toward me. So I shot him. I immediately called the police to report what had happened. They arrested me and put me in jail. I feel all I was guilty of was being a mother who loves her children.”

In May of 1973, she was convicted of first-degree assault and second-degree murder by an all-white jury and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. The trial took place in a general climate of virulent anti-Indian racism in eastern Washington and against the particular backdrop of the American Indian Movement’s (AIM) seventy-one-day occupation of the small town of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of a U.S. Army massacre of several hundred Lakota people in 1890. The occupation was front-page news during her jury trial, and the coverage was overwhelmingly disparaging of the occupiers. “All Native Americans were seen as militants and extremists,” Wanrow later recollected.

By 1973 AIM had identified criminalization and imprisonment as priority concerns. It was the first activist organization to rally behind Wanrow and work with her and her family to launch a national defense campaign. Through her involvement with AIM she came to secure representation from feminist lawyers with the New York–based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in 1975.

Over the next several years a growing number of Native American, feminist, and civil rights activists joined the effort, and defense committees emerged in the Pacific Northwest, California, Midwest, and Northeast. Out on bond throughout the six-year appeals process, Wanrow headed her own defense campaign. She traveled around the United States meeting with activists and participating in solidarity events, not only for herself, Inez García, and Dessie Woods, but also for several other lesser-known black and indigenous women in comparable legal predicaments, and for imprisoned AIM leader Leonard Peltier. In 1976 she took part in the historic International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women in Brussels, and in 1978 she joined a delegation of indigenous peoples in the Americas that traveled throughout West Germany, helping to circulate her story and mobilize supporters internationally. “I’m fighting as a woman, I’m fighting as a Third World person, and I’m fighting as a Native American,” she told audiences. She regularly stressed that her case was “not unique” but rather “just one blatant example of brutality that has been perpetrated towards Native people in this country.”

[…] As in the other three defense campaigns, activists pressed for a rethinking of violence to include the structural and institutional forces that produced the moment in which Wanrow killed Wesler. As one organizer put it: “In Yvonne’s case, the refusal of the police to provide protection was an act of violence. The continuing effort of the prosecutor to go after her—after 5 years—is an act of violence. A prison system that locks up a Joanne Little for theft for 8 years and lets Watergate criminals go free is violent…. We need to go a lot further back into the chain of violence to reach the real source.”

For many campaigners, Wanrow’s struggle for her freedom symbolized indigenous resistance to the institutional racism and sexism of the criminal legal system, as well as to the gendered structural violence of the settler colonial relationship between the United States and indigenous communities within its borders.”]

emily l. thuma, from all our trials: prisons, policing, and the feminist fight to end violence, 2019

Heroes - Chapter 8

Chpt. 1 , Masterlist , Chpt. 9

Pairing: Sgt. Elias Grodin x Female OC (Alexis Ryder)

Fandoms: Platoon (1986), Cherry (2021)

WARNINGS: I'm just going to put down a blanket for the entire book/all chapters: graphic depictions of violence and gore, torture, explicit sexual content, attempted sexual assault, language, marijuana use

The adrenaline was still tapering from my bloodstream when the supply chopper landed and I was tasked with handing out empty letters to the soldiers – those who had survived, anyway.

Our platoon had launched our ambush on the Taliban village this morning, seizing it and its hostages. Most were Afghan, though a couple Americans had been flown back on one of the medevac choppers.

We were instructed to stay here for a few days to a week, to maintain our presence and convert the village into a U.S. camp, which meant that we needed more ammunition, medicine, and rations. Someone in authority had provided paper and envelopes for us to write home to our families in case we wouldn’t be able to call back at base anytime soon.

New soldiers would arrive in a couple of days. Slowly, and yet all too quickly, the faces of my platoon were becoming strangers; fresh faces filled the roles of the dead as if replacing the rusted cogs in a machine. It was both a relief and a tragedy when I locked gazes with someone familiar, knowing that they were still here, and knowing that they might not be the next day.

Barnes and O’Neill’s squads had been clearing out the rest of the camp for any Afghans that had hidden; we’d had to pull a few out from under the floorboards of one of the huts, and I’d watched Barnes throw a frag into a hole that still had a screaming child in it. Lerner had tagged along with us, to translate, and I could tell from the grim, about-to-hurl look on his face when he was dismissed that he hadn’t yet witnessed the complete horrors and moral ambiguity of the Two Bravo sergeant’s commands.

When I handed him his letter, I told him that if he wanted to keep his job, that he shouldn’t write about anything he’d witnessed today. 

Though he hadn’t been on clearing-duty, psychologically-speaking, Cherry was probably in the worst shape. The whites of his eyes were glazed red, still watery with tears – they’d been like that since the firefight. Crawford had been one of the unlucky casualties this morning, and the friend he’d made in his squad couldn’t seem to shake his death. Taylor and I had been the ones to drag him off of Crawford’s corpse, his entire body shaking as he tried desperately to resuscitate him.

“I’m supposed to hand out letters,” I told him as I approached. He was sitting cross-legged on the ground, staring blankly at the dirt. Dark, glossy eyes that had shone so brightly with mirth in the Underworld were now as hollow as the sky. Gone was the man who’d slung his arm over my shoulder and danced to CCR and laughed at the stories of his fellow soldiers; I almost felt as if I didn’t recognize him, as if he were one of the replacements, or perhaps a ghost of the Cherry who had really died in our last battle and was now haunting the village with his blank stare and the sullen slouch of his shoulders.

Cherry didn’t answer me, his gaze still fixed somewhere on the dirt, but he swallowed, which was enough of a sign that he’d heard me, at least, so I handed him a letter.

“No,” he spoke, swallowing again against the broken fragments of his voice and shoving the envelope away.

“You don’t want to write to Emily?” I asked. She was one of the things that Cherry hadn’t been able to stop talking about during basic, and there had been more than one occasion when I’d given up my phone time so that he could spend more time talking to her, since I didn’t have anyone to call, myself, and since he’d gotten in trouble the first time he hadn’t hung up the phone when he should’ve. He was crazy about this “Emily”, the girl he had waiting for him at home.

Cherry shook his head, gaze flitting down to his boots. “I’ll call her back at base,” he said. But he spoke it as if it were an afterthought, each syllable as hollow as his eyes. I knew that his thoughts were elsewhere.

I knelt down next to him, hugging the stack of envelopes to my lap. “You know, there was nothing you could have done to save him, Cherry,” I spoke hesitantly, but as soothing as I could to my friend.

Finally, his gaze met mine, though it drilled a hole through my heart. He blinked, some of the moisture of his reddened eyes collecting into a tear that suspended itself in limbo beneath an eyelash. For several moments, we sat like this, as he held my gaze, and then he looked back to the earth and said absently, “I know.”

He didn’t believe me, and he was telling me this only because he didn’t want to be convinced he was wrong. He would likely think for the rest of his days if things would have been different if he’d gotten to Crawford a little sooner, if he’d cinched his bandages tighter or if he’d administered more morphine.

I didn’t know what to say – what could I have said? – and carried on to the next soldier with a certain heaviness to each step that I hadn’t possessed before.

Taylor was tying his combat knife to the barrel of his rifle with a piece of twine from one of the huts, wrapping the fabric several times around the now-bayonetted weapon. I wondered if it was because he’d watched Crawford die from a similar invention.

“Mail’s in,” I said, and handed him one of the envelopes. “Do you want extra pages, for your manuscript?”

Taylor’s hands stilled on his rifle, and his eyes darted to the envelope, but he didn’t reach for it. “Nah, it’s okay,” he said, and went back to fastening the bayonet. “I don’t know who would wanna write about this place.”

I frowned, and settled the envelope back on the stack. Ever since he’d arrived at basic, Taylor had been writing letters to his grandmother, with the hopes of someday turning the pages into a novel that documented his experiences in the war. He’d been pretty consistent with it, always writing away in his spare time. For him to pass up the opportunity was unusual. Though I understood not wanting to write any more about Afghanistan, I didn’t understand why he wouldn’t want to give his grandmother the peace of mind that he’d made it another week.

“You’re not even gonna write to your grandma?” I asked, and took a seat beside him on the log pile underneath one of the poplars that he’d made a small haven.

Taylor shrugged. “Don’t know who would wanna read about this place, either.”

My heart sank a little bit. I was no literary genius, but if I had someone to write to, I’d be writing every day, even if it was just about how much I missed them.

But he seemed disinterested enough that I didn’t argue with him, and I could feel stares on me; I was meant to be carrying out my mail-duty a lot swifter than I was.

“That reminds me,” I said, and dug into the duffel that contained letters and "care packages" for the soldiers. “Something came in for you.”

I handed him the small parcel, and his hands stilled on his rifle again. He took it in his hands and went to set it to the side, but I raised my brows at him, and he gave me a confused look.

“Are you gonna open it?” I urged. I didn’t want him sitting here all day stewing in whatever thoughts were plaguing him, mindlessly wrapping that twine around the barrel of his gun over and over and over. 

He gave me a bit of an uncertain look, and tore at the outer plastic of the package, revealing a vintage copy of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

“You can read it,” he said, and handed it back to me. “I got in shit for humpin’ too much stuff on my first day. Had to send back a bunch of my grandma’s books.”

I took the book in my hands, which was only maybe a half-inch in width, and said, “Taylor, this barely weighs anything.”

Taylor bit his lip, and fumbled with the knot of the twine, before deciding to loop the ends beneath the material a few more times. “I don’t really feel like reading,” he said, and I nodded, though my actions were separate from my thoughts. It seemed that it wasn’t just Cherry who’d taken a serious hit to his morale today. And now that I looked out over the village, I noticed that many of the soldiers were hanging their heads and busying themselves absently with cleaning their rifles or opening mail.

“You should, though,” he said, still fixated on his little project. “It’s a classic.”

“Alright,” I said, reluctantly. “Tell you what, I’ll read this, if you write something. Doesn’t have to have anything to do with this place. Doesn’t even need to be addressed to anyone. Just… something.”

Taylor finally set his rifle aside and met my gaze for more than a few moments. “I appreciate it, Ryder, but I don’t need the therapy.”

“It’s not therapy. It’s accountability.”

“Yeah, right.”

A light sigh escaped my diaphragm, and I looked across the clearing of the village as King shouted some string of obscenities at me, of which I was only able to decipher half of.

“I think that means I have to go,” I said. “Look… just… think about it, alright?” I set a few of the envelopes down on the log beside me before I took my leave.

King was as chipper as ever, impervious to this morning’s grueling battle. “You fuck the sergeant yet?” he asked me as I handed him his mail – an envelope, which contained a letter and some nude photographs of a lover that he had no issue with ogling in front of me.

I nearly choked on my own spit, and I glanced around, but thankfully, I didn’t think that anyone had heard.

“It’s been a day,” I said to him.

“That don’t sound like a ‘no’.”

“Is fucking all you ever talk about?”

“I’ll have you know I’m a man of variety, little lady. I also don’t mind a lil’ bit o’ rimmin’ action, and I’ll tell ya what, the things a woman can do with her feet – “

“Please stop talking.”

King flashed me a toothy grin, and I felt my mood lighten, if only slightly. “I really do look forward to our talks, King,” I said, as I turned to start towards one of the other men, my steps not feeling quite as heavy as they had a minute prior.

“So that’s a ‘yes’ on you fuckin’ Elias, then?”

I stilled, and turned my head, and though I should have felt more anxious than anything, I was focused more on the blush that rose to my cheeks. I continued on my way, sucking a breath in through my nose and channeling it from my pursed lips. From behind me, the last I heard of King was him shout,

“Hey, Manny! You owe me ten bucks, man!”

After finally making my way through the camp, Wolfe was next to last; he sat on one of the ammo crates near the LZ, working on packing mags. He accepted one of the envelopes with a gentle smile and asked if he could have another.

I took a glance at the stack in my hands, which had seemed to get no smaller, and then another out at the soldiers that I had already delivered to.

“Yeah, there’s plenty to go around,” I said, and sifted off a few from the stack. “Who are you writing to?”

Normally, I wouldn’t have been caught dead talking with the lieutenant of the platoon, but last night had broken a barrier I’d spent so long forging; a piece of my cowardice had chipped away, and a part of my soul felt just a little more free – free, like Elias, who wore his heart on his sleeve; free, like a deer, bounding through a meadow; free like that eagle, soaring over the jagged peaks and the love and the hate. Perhaps the freedom I had found was courage.

Surprise registered on Wolfe’s face, but he replied affably, “My parents, and a girlfriend back home.”

I nodded, the faintest of bittersweet smiles crossing my lips. I thought of him returning to his family when this was all over and hugging and smiling, laughing over a dinner table. And though it tugged cruelly at my heart, I could not help but feel the slightest bit of contentment that at least one soldier would be making use of these letters.

I didn’t get to dwell on this thought for long, however; Elias, who’d been nowhere to be seen during the supply drop, had appeared, having walked from the huts. He was standing with Lerner, who was chatting his ear off about something, but his attention wasn’t on the translator; it was on Wolfe and I.

I noticed the way his eyes seemed to trace over the letters in our hands, the way the mirth disappeared from those pretty blues and his shoulders sunk a bit, like Cherry’s had. He turned to Lerner to utter something briefly, and then he was off, back in the direction of the huts.

“Ryder?” Wolfe’s voice snapped my attention back to the lieutenant, but I was no longer present; I turned back to him with a furrowed brow and a distant stare.

“Here,” I said, sifting one of the letters off and leaving the rest of the stack beside him on the chopper gate, alongside the emptied duffel that had contained the packages from home. “I only have one more delivery to make.”

Wolfe didn’t protest when I left, hurrying through the clearing, past Lerner, through the door of one of the wooden huts, letter in my hand.

The floorboards creaked beneath my boots as I entered the ingress that Elias had disappeared through, and immediately, I recalled the women and children that had been herded out like lame sheep. But I pushed those thoughts to the back of my mind, focusing instead on finding my blue-eyed soldier in the now-barren building.

Subtle, but still audible in the silence of the hut, was the groaning of fabric stretching, and as I rounded the corner, I caught sight of the swinging hammock from the Underworld. Elias’ weight had sunken into it, and he merely flopped his head to the side so blue eyes could witness my approach.

“Got mail for me, sweetheart?” he asked.

“You tell me,” I said, and handed him the envelope. “Are you gonna write?”

Elias’ eyes wandered from me, to the envelope, to the dusty floor, and he said, “Haven’t spoken to my family in over a decade. They’d be gettin’ a letter from a ghost.”

Elias had never spoken of anyone back home – I’d assumed he had no one, but from the pain in his poorly-veiled gaze, I could tell that a part of him, however buried, did want to write to someone.

“Why don’t you come up here and join me, sweetheart?” he said, his eyes now glittering with their usual playfulness. He sat up in his hammock, motioning for me to take a seat on his lap.

I smiled faintly as a heat suffused my cheeks, and I found myself tempted by the way his eyes shamelessly raked over me and a few locks of wild hair flopped over his headband at the motion.

“Fine,” I said around a broadening smile, and I clambered up onto the fabric, the ropes groaning again at the stretch of the added weight. Elias made room for me between his legs, forming a little crook by pulling his left knee up to support my back and letting the other lay flat so that I could swing my calves over it. I settled in, a contented sigh nearly escaping me from the way his body heat percolated through his fatigues. I could’ve been in the desert, and I still would’ve ached to feel it seep through my pores like honey.

My world swayed beneath me, the lines of the wooden planks and the woven straw of the walls undulating like the waves of the sea. So I let my head rest against Elias’ chest, sinking into him, my hand loosely gripping his shirt for stability. He untied my hair, letting it tumble in loose waves over my shoulders, and hot lips brushed my cranium as he blessed me with a soft kiss.

“Tell me about your family,” I said, my other hand fumbling idly with the envelope in my lap.

A sigh escaped from Elias’ lungs, disturbing the strands of hair on my skull, and bringing my torso up and down with his own.

“Is that really what you wanna talk ‘bout right now?” he murmured into my ear, voice husky and sparking something in my gut. His hand slipped from where it had threaded into my hair and down to my spine, fingers tracing it through the fabric of my shirt and travelling lower and lower and lower. His groin, where it cradled the underside of my thigh, rocked slowly upwards, his khakis stiffening beneath me.

I breathed a little moan of yearning as I felt my heartbeat drop to my lower abdomen, and I bit my lip as I pushed back from his chest to stare up into blue-black eyes.

“Yes,” I told him, my voice light and almost scarce. Though I wanted nothing more than to repeat last night, I knew that this letter business would weigh on me until he gave me a better reason for not writing.

The line of his lip twitched, and something shifted in his eyes as he stared down at me – their tragedy pained me, tightened my chest – but I continued to stare up at him expectantly, my thumb running soothingly over the bare flesh between the buttons of his shirt.

“You’re a real piece o’ work, y’know that?” he said to me, and I chuffed out a laugh.

“Yeah, I know,” I said.

Another sigh rolled from his lungs, moving my body with it, and he said, “My old man was always sayin’ I didn’t work hard enough, didn’t dream big enough. Didn’t get the right grades, or the right girls. Nothin’ was ever good enough for him. I think he was bitter, think he was tryna project onto his sons. One of them took it. I didn’t.”

Elias paused his story to root through a small pouch of woven weeds and tossed a wild strawberry onto his tongue. I could smell the sweetness as he popped it in his mouth, and I looked curiously at the pouch. So that must have been what he’d been so busy doing. Picking wild berries.

“Always knew my mom didn’t agree with what he said, but she never stepped in. Just made our dinner every night and tucked us in and wished us good luck in school. She was real sweet, y’know. Can’t say I blame her for not sayin’ nothin’. My dad was a scary guy.

“My older brother, he came home one night, drunk as a skunk. He’d lost his apartment, lost his job. Even lost his girl. My parents were out and he was lookin’ for our dad and I was the only one ‘round, so he started yellin’ at me, blamin’ me for his failed marriage and his student loans and his empty bank account.”

He chewed at another strawberry, as if they were pills to numb the memories, before continuing,

“I don’t like takin’ peoples’ shit. Especially since my dad had been tellin’ me earlier that I should be more like him, just ‘cause he was a good boy and did as he was told. So when my brother started takin’ everythin’ out on me, I told him to go to Hell.”

Elias seemed to still then, his exhale lingering beneath me.

“That was the last thing I said to him before I walked out that door and never came back. Haven’t seen or spoken to him since,” he said, a remorseful waver in his tone.

I looked up at him again, my cheek grazing the rough fabric of his shirt, but his gaze was fixed somewhere past me, blue eyes glittering with sorrow.

“What did you do after that?” I asked.

“Got a job in the oil fields,” he said. “I was young, hadn’t finished school. Just needed somethin’ to keep the rent money comin’ in.”

I nodded in understanding, and asked, “Is that why you got involved with drugs?”

Elias chuckled, and shook his head. “That was my ex-wife. She was all into psychedelics – the hard kind, mainly LSD. Blew all my money on drugs and gurus and all that shit, pinned the evidence on me.”

I’d never thought about Elias having a girl back home, or being married. I supposed it made sense; he was in his early thirties. I admonished myself for the slight twisting of jealousy in my gut, though I was more concerned in this moment how Elias must have felt, betrayed by both his family and his lover.

“So that’s why you’re here,” I breathed against his chest, and he chuckled again, notes a low rumble in his diaphragm.

“Surprised King didn’t tell ya. That’s one of his favourite stories,” he said.

“That’s an awful story,” I whispered. “I didn’t know, I’m sorry, I wouldn’t have – “

“Shhh,” he said, stroking his thumb over my hair. “Not your fault, sweetheart.” A pause, and then the wry quirk of a smile. “I think King tells it better, though.”

A slight smile graced my lips, and I sank back into his chest, running my fingers this time over the chain of his dog tags.

“You got family, sweetheart?” he asked me, and cold seemed to seize my chest.

“I used to,” I murmured, half into the fabric of his shirt, half into the stale, dusty air. “They’re not around anymore.”

“That have anythin’ to do with that Bowie song you listen to so much?”

I’d nearly forgotten how intuitive he was, even without those piercing eyes eviscerating my soul.

“I sang it to my mother…” I began, words so quiet I wondered if he could even hear them, his hand stilling where it stroked my hair. I swallowed, and continued, “…when she was dying in her hospital bed. It was her favourite song.”

“It’s a beautiful song,” he said, hot breath soothing against the top of my head, and slowly, the warmth of his body began to seep past the cold that seized me, and I relaxed.

“Elias,” I said, tilting my head back up at him as his thumb resumed its languid motion over my skull. “Do you still love your brother?”

He looked down at me, sadness darting through those pretty blues once more, and he said, “Yeah, guess I do.”

“Why don’t you write to him? Or call him?”

“Alex, I’ve been through a lot o’ shit. Run headfirst into firefights, gone head to head with Barnes, went through tunnels with IEDs. But whenever I pick up that phone, I just… I can’t do it.”

I settled my head back against his chest. A moment of silence passed between us, and in that moment, I thought of my parents, of my mother’s lips parting gently to form the lyrics to her favourite song as her heart rate slowed, and my father, wrapping an arm around me and grinning at me in my youth.

“I think you should,” I told him. “The things I wouldn’t give to hear my mother’s voice again. See my dad’s smile.” I tipped my head back again, making sure to capture his gaze in mine. “Don’t let those things slip away from you, Elias. ‘Cause when they’re gone, they’re gonna make you ache.”

Maybe I should’ve let it go, let him live his life, but yesterday, he’d taught me something I wouldn’t have been able to realize myself, had released me from a demon I had forged. It was my turn to impart some of my own wisdom, the words I’d wanted to say to Cherry, to Taylor, to every soldier out there who’d turned their noses up at the envelopes I handed out.

I remembered the paper now, and pressed it to his chest where my head had been.

Slowly, a lazy grin spread across his lips, and Elias gently pushed the envelope away. “Don’t worry ‘bout me, sweetheart,” he said, his eyes glittering again with affection rather than regret. “I got all I need right here.”

My heart swelled with warmth, and my mouth quirked again into a smile. Though part of me thought that he was just saying that to distract me from the unpleasant subject, another part of me – the part of me that ached for family, for a bond – eagerly accepted his words, let them sink in and spread along every nerve of my body, making my skin fuzzy and my gut all giddy with electricity.

And I decided that in that moment, I didn’t need to hear my mother’s voice, or see my father’s smile. All I needed was Elias. Maybe it wouldn’t last – though I wanted it to –, but it would be enough to get me through.

I tucked the envelope away into the hem of my khakis, and smiled back at him as I watched him catch another strawberry between his teeth, tipping his head back to let it land on his tongue.

“Can I have one?” I asked, licking my lips. The MRE I’d had earlier was still settling in my stomach, though I reckoned that the dry bread and cold beef stew wouldn’t even compare to just one of those little red delicacies.

Elias smirked at me, and plopped one of the berries on his tongue, sticking it from between his teeth invitingly.

My gaze darted from his mischievous gaze to the strawberry on his tongue, and my gut stirred with a different sort of hunger. I giggled and leaned in to capture the strawberry in my teeth, the seeds gritting against my molars but the tart yet sweet flavour exploding across my tongue.

I’d barely swallowed the sugary syrup of the berry when Elias pressed his hot lips to mine, and tugged me closer to the warmth of his body, my thighs to the hardness that had redeveloped in his trousers. His tongue still tasted potently of the berries, and his lips were slightly slick from their juices, but every bit as heavenly as they’d been last night.

I swung my right leg around his waist so that I was straddling him, pressing my own pounding arousal against his now, grinding the coiled heat into him eagerly. We went to work swiftly on unbuttoning each other’s shirts; he had less to accomplish, since I’d never replaced the one Bunny had torn from my collar, and soon enough, I was baring my flesh to him.

He sank back into the hammock, our kiss breaking so that I could kick off my trousers and undo his belt. Beginning to tug down his khakis, I positioned myself up on my knees, but they wobbled beneath me from the sway of the hammock, and I caught myself from collapsing by letting a hand fall to his chest and my spine to curl over above him. I laughed against the bare of his chest, and his own grin mirrored mine, mirth in his eyes. His member was pressing against my stomach now, and as the laughter ceased, I caught my lip in my teeth, a devilish idea forming in my mind. 

I watched as his face fell slack from sharp cheekbones and those blue eyes darken with lust as I sidled down, panting my breaths against his navel and inhaling the scent that was of both him and the wilds, my lips brushing the mound of dark hair that crowned his length.

I panted out one last breath against his flesh before letting my tongue run along his length, and he immediately bucked his hips, a moan stirring from him as his hands sought my hair, fingertips just barely managing to hook a few of the strands.

It did cross my mind that Barnes, or Bunny, or anyone could’ve walked through that door in that moment, but I didn’t care anymore. I needed this, in this place that only brought sorrow and guilt, needed to indulge myself in this thing that made me human in this place that made me a monster. And I could tell that Elias needed it, too, from the way that he clawed desperately at my hair and writhed his hips beneath me and bit his tongue to hold back a moan every time I licked or kissed at him.

“Quit bein’ such a goddamn tease, sweetheart,” Elias rasped between heavy breaths. It was oddly reminiscent of when he’d kissed at my thighs last night and I’d told him to fuck me, and I grinned as I felt him twitch beneath my lips, my tongue darting against his sensitive flesh almost wickedly.

His hips bucked again, and I ground the sopping mess that was my panties against the fabric of his leg, seeking my own satisfaction to the burning desire in my groin. A pleasured breath passed from my lips, and I drew my tongue along his length one last time to savour the taste of him before attempting once again to steady myself on my knees.

He nudged my panties aside, a shiver dancing across my flesh as his finger brushed a bundle of nerves, and I lowered myself onto him. I clamped a hand over my mouth to stifle the gasp that poured fast from my lungs as he filled me, stretching walls that still seemed to ache from last night.

It took me a minute, but eventually I got into a rhythm, and the spring of the hammock helped rock my hips up and down, a strangled moan parting from my lips every time the bare flesh of my thighs met his. I tried to keep as quiet as I could, in case anyone outside heard, but I only devoted a small portion of my efforts towards the discreetness, for I was far too enraptured by the movement of my hips, the pleasure that ran from my core all the way to the top of my head, the man who still moaned and squirmed under me as his hands grasped at my waist and his length shuddered inside of me.

His fingers curled firmly into my hipbones as he kept my thighs pinned to him, his hips bucking madly upwards as he spent himself inside of me, and I shivered around him, my head feeling light and my core flooding with the warmth that I craved.

I stayed like this for several moments, head swung back, hair teasing the line of my nude back, riding out the beginnings of my own high, walls tightening around him and my sweat-slicked thighs still trembling on top of him.

When euphoria finally claimed me, I drew myself from him and collapsed on his chest, honey-blonde hair pooling across his neck and shoulders and my fervent breaths panted across the musky sweat of his collarbone.

Elias’ thumb stroked the back of my head again, sending tingles through my overly-sensitive nerves, and with his other hand, he entwined his fingers through my own. And he murmured against me, “See, told ya I got all I need right here, sweetheart.”

New York civil liberties group the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed the suit on behalf of Palestinian human rights organisations, Palestinians in Gaza and US citizens with relatives in the besieged enclave that has faced more than a month of relentless bombardment by Israel, which receives funding and weapons from the US government.

Numerous Israeli government leaders have expressed clear genocidal intentions and deployed dehumanizing characterizations of Palestinians, including ‘human animals’,” the CCR wrote in the introduction to its complaint.

A federal complaint (PDF), filed on Monday against President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, accuses them of “failure to prevent and complicity in the Israeli government’s unfolding genocide”.

It said those “statements of intent”, when combined with the “mass killing” of Palestinians, reveal “evidence of an unfolding crime of genocide”.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Astha Sharma Pokharel, a lawyer at the CCR, said: “They have a significant responsibility under customary international law, under federal law, to prevent this genocide, to stop supporting this genocide. At every step of the way, at every opportunity, they have failed. They have continued to provide cover to Israel; they have continued to provide material support to Israel; and currently, they intend to send more money and more weapons to Israel.”

Laila al-Haddad, a US citizen and one of the plaintiffs in the case, has lost five relatives in Gaza since Israel launched its attacks.

“I paid for Israel to kill my cousins and my aunt, there’s no two ways around it,” she told Al Jazeera. “It was my tax dollars that did that, that sent those bombs to Israel to kill my family. And so I feel I and all other American taxpayers have a very unique responsibility to hold our government and our elected officials responsible.”

The White House has not yet responded to Al Jazeera’s requests for comment on the case.

Start Me Up

One of the most powerful forces in the world is music. It is something that shapes our lives, to the extent that Daniel Levitin wrote of it in 2006 in “This Is Your Brain On Music.” In it he explained how the music of our pubescent youth—you read that right—becomes the music that defines the rest of our years. It is my music, and when I hear those tunes from the magical music years of my life, I am instantly swept away to a different place.

It explains why restaurants and stores use music as part of their atmospherics. I swear that the Walmart near me plays music over the PA that best matches the demographics of those people likely to be shopping in certain time slots. I tend to visit there around 3pm most days, and I hear an upbeat blend of classic rock, from the Beatles to CCR. It gets people humming and singing along. And—here’s the best part—in the mood to spend.

Movies and TV shows are also guilty of licensing songs, the hooks that sink deeply into viewers and help them relate better to what is on the screen. Of course, it’s all about your target audience, because you probably don’t want to be spinning G-Eazy when your aging Boomer target craves some Journey.

And then there is the music that somehow manages to transcend time. The Rolling Stones are one of only a handful of artists whose music is still just as hot today as it was—wait for it—61 years ago. They have a lot in common with successful marketers, giving people exactly what they want.

I laughed out loud when I read of the new partnership between Keurig and the Stones for a limited edition iced coffee kit. The machine is emblazoned with the Stones’ familiar Hot Lips logo. Oh, and what music, you ask?

 “Start Me Up,” of course, their 1981 hit from the Tattoo You album.

But but but…didn’t the Stones also license that song to another marketer many years ago? You would be right if you said “Yes.” Back in 1995, when Microsoft was readying the launch of Windows 95, they licensed the same song. I suppose the Keurig people were thinking that if it could help sell an operating system, surely it could help sell an iced coffee maker.

The Stones were accused of being sell-outs, though. This was long before artists who have recently been selling their entire catalog of music and lyrics to publishing houses to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. I guess we’ve just accepted the fact that these artists can do whatever they darn well please. And maybe they really are going to take it with them when they die.

As for the Stones, though, these guys are so old they’re not even Baby Boomers. Both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards will turn 80 this year. Here’s the crazy part: While we have witnessed that the life expectancy of a hard-rocking musician is somewhere between 65 and maybe 72, Mick and Keith are proving that means are just the calculated average of an array of numbers, some big and some small.

These guys are still crushing it, too, and Keurig was wise to partner with the Stones, just in time for Father’s Day. It is marketing gold meets marketing gold, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig on the same team. Keurig redefined how we drink coffee at home, in the office, and in hotels. Never mind the inconvenient truth about all that K-Cup trash, it’s just a heck of a lot easier to make your coffee a cup at a time. And the Stones are just so good that, well, I think the Super Bowl better hire them one more time for a halt-time appearance while they still can.

If you’re looking for a gift for the old man, this might just be the ticket. It’s $140. Maybe I should send this blog to my daughters, and if you are a family man, feel free to do likewise. Because you sure don’t want to hear any of us old guys singing about how we can’t get no satisfaction.

Dr “I Try And I Try And I Try” Gerlich

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The Koenigsegg Jesko Drifts 1600 Hp On Snow

Custom Ohlins suspension elements at the side of its personal Triplex squat system gives the Jesko better than the earlier Agera. As for the aerodynamics, there’s a Formula 1-inspired heart fin that bleeds into an energetic rear spoiler capable of producing a complete output of 1,000kgs of downforce. What this all means is that the Koenigsegg Jesko goes jesko to be one serious piece of package — but that seriousness will come at a cost. When you take a glance at the outside of this luxurious automotive, you'll immediately understand that it was designed to go fast.

Furthermore, the British model is launching a brand new driving faculty to teach folks the means to drive automobiles with a manual transmission. Yes, it’s seriously gotten to the point the place an automaker has to have a guide driving faculty to get individuals thinking about buying vehicles with a handbook transmission. You’ll need to have deep pockets to afford a Rolls-Royce Phantom, as the luxury sedan has an estimated price ticket of over $460,000. Its basic design is offset by fashionable tech, while the twin-turbo V12 engine and lavish inside are qualities bespoke to Rolls. The interior of the Jesko Absolut incorporates luxurious supplies, like leather, carbon fiber, alcantara, aluminum, and glass. Moreover, there's an infinite number of shade and contrast choices to select from.

Its acceleration is equally spectacular, as it may possibly speed up from 0-100kph or 0-60mph in less than two seconds. The Tuatara pairs together a body that includes an insanely low 0.279 coefficient of drag with a twin-turbocharged 1,750 horsepower V-8, on a platform priced at $1.9 million. Although there was a short second where the world was led to believe the SSC Tuatara hit an astonishing 331 mph, that claim turned out to be false. And, to make certain koenigsegg jesko price you can safely hit these ridiculous speeds, the car comes with 13 cameras to help optimize and improve each driver’s on-track efficiency in real-time. The supercar is successful the coveted #1 spot on our rating as the fastest automotive of 2023. The automobile remains in improvement, however, with a claimed top velocity of 347 mph.

The front splitter and side winglets are also removed, and the front louvers are made smoother. That level of belief was repaid because the little company took off, instantly attaining cult standing and a fanbase of many 1000's around the globe. Suffice it to say that because koenigsegg jesko the reputation of the company solidified and grew through the years, the following fashions, by way of the Agera and Regera, bought out. The Koenigsegg Jesko was designed as the ultimate road-friendly observe car.

The Swedish efficiency marque on Monday launched photos of a completed Jesko Absolut pre-production mannequin. The stunning hypercar, completed in Graphite Gray, joins the Jesko Attack pre-production model accomplished final summer time. The Jesko Attack is finished in a brilliant orange colour that was offered on Koenigsegg's CCR within the company's early days. An enlarged, active double-profile rear wing hugs the rear kind to maximise each the rearward positioning of the wing and the floor space used to push the automotive into the tarmac.

As such, they updated the engine from their different popular supercar, the Agera RS; they invested in additional precise handling, and so they made this car lighter and more aerodynamic for optimal performance. Under the hood of the Venom F5 is an American-made twin-turbocharged engine; the result? This gives the Venom F5 precisely what it wants to reach a prime pace of 484 kilometers per hour .

Comic Con Radio Originals One year ago, CCR set out to launch 100 new podcasts on our network. With that comes hundreds of new hosts creating amazing content to complement the already fabulous original Shows and Popular interviews hosted by Galaxy. We will bring you variety from across our fandom universe. You also have the option to tune into CCR Channel 1 to exclusively listen to Galaxy 24/7 or CCR Channel 2 for new shows and hosts on rotation 24/7 Whether you want to listen to a radio format, or choose your favorite podcast or interview, Comic Con Radio is the place to be. New podcasts and episodes are uploaded weekly, so keep checking and make sure to listen. (If you like to submit your podcast or show idea, let us know. We are accepting new submissions) www.ComicCon-Radio.com #radio #podcast #listen #show #fandom #galaxy #spoiler #network #comiccon #art #losangeles #newyork #podcastlife (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co7zOfyveY4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I was given some goodies that look absolutely amazing including a bow that was shining like it was competing with the sun and a rocket launcher that looked too heavy for even my mech to use but he held it like a boss nonetheless. You are dropped in your hub city and from there the choice of what to do next is yours. When you are finally done with the long informative tutorial it is time to play in the big boys’ world. I have never ever seen such a thorough tutorial, and since I am not really new to the genre at all I was hoping for a button to skip the whole thing, unfortunately I had to sit through this session which took quite some time…

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It shows you how to move your character, adjust the options to your liking, and other sound options and minor conveniences. I chose to leave my own body in return for a strong mechanical one that offers one of the greatest defenses in the game, who doesn’t want to be a kick ass robot shooting lasers? When you are done creating your character you get a really long tutorial that will take you through all the basics of everything. The Corites offer a home for 4 classes: Warrior, Ranger, Spiritualist and the Specialist. They depend on their god Decem for power and wisdom and thus are the most humanized faction of the bunch. They focus themselves on the spiritual realm and don’t appreciate mechanics as much as the Bellato or Accretia. The Corites as they like to be called are best categorized as the religious faction of the galaxy. The ACCRETIA Empire offers three classes to choose from: Warrior, Ranger and the Specialist. They have an extremely high defense and supporting armor but unfortunately because of this they cannot use the Force. They left their human bodies for stronger mechanical ones which makes them one of the most beefy nations of them all. The ACCRETIA Empire decided their natural bodies were too frail and decided to leave them for a somewhat stronger one. The BELLATO Union offers four classes to choose from: Warrior, Ranger, Spiritualist and the Specialist They are specialized in high tech machinery from Accretians and spritiual powers from Corites and use both to grow their civilization. The Bellatians look very thin at first sight but don’t let these people fool you because they have strong physical abilities. The three nations the player can choose are the following: The game is set in a deep space galaxy known as Novus, there is an ongoing war between three nations and you can pick one of these powerful factions to fight for domination over Novus. RF Online is a free-to-play scifi/fantasy MMORPG made by CCR. Since it had been quite some time since I had played this game I decided to return to the world of Rising Force that was once so popular. It has been Free-to-Play for quite some time now already since the game wasn’t as successful as hoped back in the day. And only a couple of weeks ago the good news came in! GamesCampus decided to pick up the game which means there is a bright future ahead for RF Online!

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The developers however didn’t felt like this MMORPG should’ve just died because of a license and went to host it for themselves for the NA/EU region. Unfortunately due to license problems the service was brought down as of November 9, 2008. It has been online since 2006 and has been one of the few that started out as a pay to play subscription. RF Online, originally named Rising Force, has been out for a loooooong long time. I would love to create my own private server but need lotsa help in that area.īTW, I am willing to pay for server set up.By Remko Molenaar (Proxzor), OnRPG Journalist I am now back :) currently playing on the gamescampus server Titan. After CodeMasters shut down I played on several private servers for about a year and lost interest. Played on both Novus and Solus server with initial US launch of CodeMasters. With a chronological order of their english releases it will make it easier to obtain all the files necessary in order to start up a great server. It gets very confusing trying to understand what is needed for version 1.5 versus giga 4 versus 1.6 and so on. With this list (mapping) of versions I hope to better understand what is needed for each version in order to start up a server. I am a new member of RageZone and have already found a ton of useful information.Ī version history (map) of RF Online (english version).

Orchard Sophia

Orchard Sophia is a freehold New Launch Condominium located at Sophia Road in District 9. It's the site that has been occupied by Sophia Ville and Fairhaven. 

The two freehold properties at 128 and 130 Sophia Road are located in prime district 9 of Singapore. They are zoned for residential use and are close to ample amenities. The sites are located near major highways and the Dhoby Ghaut MRT interchange.

The en bloc sale amounted to a whopping $62 million, a result of the attractive freehold status within the Core Central Region (CCR). It can be found 400 meters far from Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station and less than a 10-minute drive away from major expressways.

For more information, remember to speak to Andy Goh or download Orchard SOphia Floor Plan

Singapore Private condo supply is up by 12.5% to resolve unsold inventory.

Singapore Private condo supply is up by 12.5% to resolve unsold inventory.

Singapore new launches recorded a month to month increase for the year 2022 although the increased ABSD start to kick in. new condo in singapore for sale hit record high in month February to April 2022. Developer new launch remains the top hits for investors and home owners. New condo for sale is mostly available in the Central Core Region (CCR) and The Rest of The Core Region (RCR) in Singapore. Singapore condo stockpile under the taxpayer-supported initiative ultimately depended on 3,505 remaining units. To recharge the developer's land bank, the personal private homes stockpile under the public authority land deals (GLS) program expanded by 12.5% from the central portion of 2022 to the last part (H2) of 2022. This is as per examiner CGS-CIMB's report, which additionally talked about that the general private land supply reserved under the H2 2022 GLS is at the most significant level since 2018. Besides renewing the developer's land bank, the development in supply will likewise "expand their advancement pay permeability, while considering full-scale vulnerabilities, including increasing loan costs and slower financial development viewpoint." As per Singapore Real Estate Exchange information, private and HDB resale costs rose by 0.7% and 1.1%, separately month-on-month in April 2022. With this, CGS-CIMB said it holds its assumption that private home costs to take off by up to 5% in 2022.

Singapore Private condo supply is up by 12.5% to resolve unsold inventory.

Singapore Private condo supply is up by 12.5% to resolve unsold inventory. Singapore new launches recorded a month to month increase for the year 2022 although the increased ABSD start to kick in. New condo for sale hit record high in month February to April 2022. Developer new launch remains the top hits for investors and home owners. New condo for sale is mostly available in the Central Core Region (CCR) and The Rest of The Core Region (RCR) in Singapore. Singapore condo stockpile under the taxpayer-supported initiative ultimately depended on 3,505 remaining units. To recharge the developer's land bank, the personal private homes stockpile under the public authority land deals (GLS) program expanded by 12.5% from the central portion of 2022 to the last part (H2) of 2022. This is as per examiner CGS-CIMB's report, which additionally talked about that the general private land supply reserved under the H2 2022 GLS is at the most significant level since 2018.

Besides renewing the developer's land bank, the development in supply will likewise "expand their advancement pay permeability, while considering full-scale vulnerabilities, including increasing loan costs and slower financial development viewpoint." As per Singapore Real Estate Exchange information, private and HDB resale costs rose by 0.7% and 1.1%, separately month-on-month in April 2022. With this, CGS-CIMB said it holds its assumption that private home costs to take off by up to 5% in 2022.

2024 Latest New Launches Condos in Singapore (Most Complete)

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Upcoming New Launches Jansen House ~ $2000 psf Straits @Joo Chiat ~$2100 psf Kassia ~$2000psf  SORA ~ $1900 psf Recently Just Launched The Hill @One North ~$2600 psf Hillshore @Haw Par ~$2550 psf Lentor Mansion ~ $2100 psf Ardor ~ $2250 psf Koon Seng House ~ $2100 psf Do you plan to buy property in Singapore? Fill in the form below to get in touch with an experienced agent Express Interest What are the new launches coming up in 2024? Stepping into 2024, we're expecting around 50 new projects, including those didn't manage to launch in time for 2023. Assuming all the projects listed below will be launched in time for 2024, the number of total units to launch in 2024 will be about the same as 2023, i.e about 12,000 units. But realistically, we should expect about 9,000 units.  Based on the land sales in 2023, we can do an estimation for possible selling price, by factoring the developer's costs (i.e licensing, construction, profits margin...etc).  The following give a general guideline of the selling pricing across different regions for good size developments. I.e Out of Central Region (OCR) at $2,0xx psf averagely, Rest of Central Region (RCR) at $2,5xx psf averagely,  Core Central Region (CCR), at $3,0xx psf averagely.  Looking at the price points, you might find that some existing launches are selling at very attractive price compare to upcoming launches. You can checkout the New Launches / Condominiums in 2023 and hope you could still find something suitable. Do ping us anytime if you need to check the balance/ price/ promo for a particular projects. We're here ready to assist you to the fullness.  We provide here a compilation of the upcoming condominiums and apartments, this post will be updated periodically as new information arises. Kindly bookmark it or register interest in the form at bottom, so we can update you the market in timely manner. You could also Whatsapp Us to have the monthly market update send to your WhatsApp directly.  🔜 = Launching Soon!   🟢 = Open for sales ⭕️ = land acquired late 2023, it might not able to make it to launch in 2024, likely launch in 2025. For Mobile --> BEST to view in HORIZONTAL mode LaunchDistProject AddressDeveloperUnitLand (psf ppr)Q21Skywaters Residences 8 Shenton WayAlibaba & Perennial215$2,150Q31Next to Shenton Way MRT Union Street/ Shenton LaneIOI748$1,379Q41Next to Garden by The Bay Marina Gardens LaneKingsford, Obsidian790$1,402Q31Union Square Residences Keng Cheow St/ Magazine RoadCDL366-Q32Oceania (Former Realty Centre) 15 Enggor StThe Place Holdings114$2,402Q32Newport Residences Anson RoadHong Leong/ CDL246$1,424Q34Keppel Bay Plot 6 Keppel BayKeppel Land86-🟢5The Hill at One North Slim Barracks Rise (B)Kingsford140$1,210🟢5Hillshore Pasir Panjang RoadFraxtor Capital59$1,0982025 ⭕️5Next to Clavon Clementi Avenue 1CSC & MCL500$1,250Q37Aurea (Former Golden Mile Complex) Beach RoadFar East, Sino Land186-Q39Mount Emily Residences 2,4,6 Mount Emily RdZACD38$1,115Q49One Sophia(Former Peace Center /Mansion) 1 Sophia RoadCEL, Singhaiyi & KSH373$1,388Q39Apartments at Unity Street Unity StreetRiverside Property414-Q39Apartment at River Valley Rd River Valley RdRiver Valley Tower622-Q2933 Devonshire 33 DevonshireSekon Intenational28-Q2105 mins walk Botanic Garden MRT Bukit Timah & Duke's RoadRoyal Golden Eagle56$1,504Q2111KM to Novena MRT Chancery Hill &Dyson RoadSustained Land--Q411Former Kew Lodge (Landed) Kheam Hock RoadAurum Land101965Q211Former Surrey 21 21 Surrey RoadNot disclosed10-Q211Between Newton & Novena MRT 32/34 Gilstead RdKheng Leong20$1,643🟢12The Arcady 1037 Serangoon RoadKSH, H10 & SLB172$1,3132025 ⭕️12Next to Gems Residences Lorong 1 Toa PayohCDL, Frasers and Sekisui775$1,360Q214Deluxe Residences 3 Lorong MelayuKai Lim Development41-Q214Former Vicenta Lodge Lorong MarzukiUndisclosed27$968Soon 🔜15Meyer Blue (Former Meyer Park) 81, 83 Meyer RoadUOL and Singapore Land222$1,668Q215Amber Sea 30 Amber GardensFar East132$1,066🟢15Straits at Joo Chiat 303 Joo Chiat PlaceRoxy-Pacific16-Q215Arina East Residences (Former La Ville) Tg. Rhu RoadZACD107$1,540Q415Siglap CourtSiglap RoadCrescendas Group43-🟢15Koon Seng House Koon Seng RoadMacly Group19$1,063🟢15Ardor Residence Haig RoadNanshan Group35$1,286Q415Emerald of Katong Jalan TembusuSim Lian840$1,069Q316Bagnall Haus UPPER E COAST ROADRoxy Pacific Holdings106$1,106Soon 🔜17Kassia Flora DriveHong Leong, CDL and TID276-2025 ⭕️18Executive Condo (EC) Tampines Street 62 (B)Sim Lian700$721Q418Integrated Tampines North MRT Tampines Ave 11UOL & Capitaland1190$885Q319Next to Lorong Chuan MRT Lorong ChuanKingsford and MCC916$1,256🟢19Jansen House Jansen RoadMacly21$8712025 ⭕️21Next to Pinetree Pine Grove Parcel BSinarmas and MCL565$1,223Q321Park Hill Bukit Timah LinkBukit Sembawang155$1,343Soon 🔜22SORA Yuan Ching RoadCEL, Singhaiyi & KSH440$1,023🟢23Luminar Grand EC Bukit Batok West Ave 5CDL495$662🟢23Hillhaven Hillview RiseFar East341$1,024Q424Novo Place (EC) Plantation Close (Parcel A)Hoi Hup & Sunway508$7032025 ⭕️24Executive Condo (EC) in Tengah Plantation Close (Parcel B)Hoi Hup & Sunway495$701Q4254 mins walk to Woodland South MRT Champions WayCDL345$904🟢26Lentoria Lentor Hills Road (B)TID265$1,130🟢26Lentor Mansion Lentor GardenGuocoland & Hong Leong533$985Q328Luxus Hill Luxus Hill HeightsBukit Sembawang156 - DBS & Morgan Stanley both predicted in 2018 that Singapore's property market price to "double" (or averagely $2,900 psf) by 2030, and so far the trend is still holding true. But it’s hard to know how the new cooling measures will affect the market through the upcoming years. Do keep in touch with us, we will keep you updated the market movement & insights for free. Be it you're ready, or just Wait & See.  Past-Years New Launches2023 New Launches Condo in Singapore 2022 New Launches Condo in Singapore 2021 New Launches Condo in Singapore  2020 New Launches Condo in Singapore  2019 New Launches Condo in Singapore 2018 New Launches Condo in Singapore 2023 New Launches 2023 New Launches Condo in Singapore DistrictProjectAddressTenureDeveloperUnitLand (psf ppr)1 Former AXA Tower8 Shenton Way99-yrsPerennial Holdings2151Marina ViewUnion Street/ Shenton Lane99-yrsIOI686$1,379 1 🟢TMW MaxwellMaxwell Road99-yrsCEL & Singhaiyi250$1,183 2Former Realty Centre15 Enggor StFreeholdThe Place Holdings114$2,402 2 Newport Residences (Former Fuji Xerox)Anson RoadFreeholdCDL2565 🟢Terra Hill (Former Flynn Park)Yew Siang RoadFreeholdHoi Hup & Sunway271$1,355 5 🟢Blossoms by the ParkSlim Barracks Rise (A)99-yrsEL Development265$1,246 5 The Hill at One NorthSlim Barracks Rise (B)99-yrsKingsford140$1,210 5 HillshorePasir Panjang RoadFreeholdFraxtor Capital59$1,098 7 Former Golden Mile ComplexBeach Road99-yrsFar East, Sino Land -9(3x residential)2,4,6 Mount Emily RdFreeholdZACD18$1,115 9 🟢Orchard Sophia130 Sophia RdFreeholdDB2Land78$1,158 9Former Peace Center /Mansion1 Sophia Road99-yrsCEL, Singhaiyi & KSH240$1,428 10 🟢The Giverny Residences6A/B/C Robin DriveFreeholdRobin Development,6$1,454 10Jervois Prive (former Jervois Green)100a Jervois RoadFreeholdJervois Midas Pte Ltd43$1,601 11Former Surrey Point2 Surrey RoadFreeholdAmara Holdings36$1,434 11Surrey 2121 Surrey RoadFreeholdUndisclosed1011 🟢Watten HouseShelford RoadFreeholdUOL & Singapore Land200$1,723 11 (2x residential)32/34 Gilstead RdFreeholdKheng Leong-$1,643 12 The Arcady1037 Serangoon RoadFreeholdKSH, H10 & SLB172$1,313 14Deluxe Residences3 Lorong MelayuFreeholdKai Lim Development4114 🟢Gems Ville (former Yuen Sing Mansion)Lorong 13 GeylangFreeholdEast Asia Development24$779 14M Suites65 Lor MelayuFreeholdFG Resource Pte. Ltd1614Former Vicenta LodgeLorong MarzukiFreeholdUndisclosed27$968 14 🟢Mattar Residences8 Mattar Road99-yrsFKSH26$1,109 14 🟢The ContinuumThiam Siew AvenueFreeholdHoi Hup & Sunway800$1,488 15 🟢Grand DunmanDunman Road99-yrsSinghaiyi1,035$1,350 15Amber Sea30 Amber GardensFreeholdFar East132$1,066 15Former La VilleTg. Rhu RoadFreeholdZACD107$1,477 15 🟢Tembusu GrandJalan Tembusu99-yrsCDL & MCL Land638$1,302 15Former East CourtKong Seng RoadFreeholdFreehold19$1,063 15Former Haig Road FlatsHaig RoadFreeholdNanshan Group35$1,286 16 🟢Sceneca Tanah Merah Kechil Link99-yrsMCC, The Place Holdings268$930 17 🟢The Shorefront165 Loyang Besar999-yrsJinmac & KY Group23 -19Former Jansen MansionJansen Road99-yrsMacly21$863 21 🟢The Reserve Residences Jalan Anak Bukit99-yrsFEO and Sino Group700$989 21 🟢Pinetree Hill ResidencesPine Grove (Parcel A)99-yrsUOL & Singapore Land520$1,318 22 🟢J'DEN Residences 聚鼎Jurong East Central 199-yrsCapitaLand -22 🟢Lakegarden ResidencesYuan Ching Road99-yrsWing Tai Holdings300$1,260 22 SORAYuan Ching Road99-yrsCEL, Singhaiyi & KSH440$1,023 23 🟢Altura ECBukit Batok West Ave 899-yrsQingjian & Santarli375$662 23 Luminar Grand ECBukit Batok West Ave 599-yrsCDL495$626 23 🟢The ArdenPhoenix Road99-yrsQingjian105$630 23 🟢The MystUpper Bukit Timah Road99-yrsCDL408$98523 🟢BotanyDairy Farm Walk99-yrsSim Lian385$980 23 HillhavenHillview Rise99-yrsFar East341$102426 🟢Lentor Hills ResidencesLentor Hills Road (A)99-yrsGuocoland, TID595$1,060 26 LentoriaLentor Hills Road (B)99-yrsTID 265$1,130 26 🟢Hillock GreenLentor Central 99-yrsYanlord, Soilbuild470$1,108 28Pollen Collection (Landed)Nim Road99-yrsBukit Sembawang132 Cooling Measure 30-Sept 2022 To align with the latest interest hike environment, government had introduced cooling measures. The Cooling Measures implemented on 30th Sept 2022, with the effective interest rate factor used to calculate Bank Loan Eligibility had changed from 3.5% to 4%. This is to ensure a prudent borrowing and healthy property market. In a nutshell, your loan eligibility is reduced by 4-6% after the new formula. Not forgetting, your age will be increased +1 starting 1st Jan of next year. We provide here a Read the full article

Singapore Private condo supply is up by 12.5% to resolve unsold inventory.

Singapore Private condo supply is up by 12.5% to resolve unsold inventory. Singapore new launches recorded a month to month increase for the year 2022 although the increased ABSD start to kick in. New condo for sale hit record high in month February to April 2022. Developer new launch remains the top hits for investors and home owners. https://luxuryproperties.com.sg/ for sale is mostly available in the Central Core Region (CCR) and The Rest of The Core Region (RCR) in Singapore. Singapore condo stockpile under the taxpayer-supported initiative ultimately depended on 3,505 remaining units. To recharge the developer's land bank, the personal private homes stockpile under the public authority land deals (GLS) program expanded by 12.5% from the central portion of 2022 to the last part (H2) of 2022. This is as per examiner CGS-CIMB's report, which additionally talked about that the general private land supply reserved under the H2 2022 GLS is at the most significant level since 2018.

Besides renewing the developer's land bank, the development in supply will likewise "expand their advancement pay permeability, while considering full-scale vulnerabilities, including increasing loan costs and slower financial development viewpoint." As per Singapore Real Estate Exchange information, private and HDB resale costs rose by 0.7% and 1.1%, separately month-on-month in April 2022. With this, CGS-CIMB said it holds its assumption that private home costs to take off by up to 5% in 2022.

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Singapore Private condo supply is up by 12.5% to resolve unsold inventory.

Singapore Private condo supply is up by 12.5% to resolve unsold inventory.

new condo in singapore recorded a month to month increase for the year 2022 although the increased ABSD start to kick in. New condo for sale hit record high in month February to April 2022. Developer new launch remains the top hits for investors and home owners. New condo for sale is mostly available in the Central Core Region (CCR) and The Rest of The Core Region (RCR) in Singapore. Singapore condo stockpile under the taxpayer-supported initiative ultimately depended on 3,505 remaining units. To recharge the developer's land bank, the personal private homes stockpile under the public authority land deals (GLS) program expanded by 12.5% from the central portion of 2022 to the last part (H2) of 2022. This is as per examiner CGS-CIMB's report, which additionally talked about that the general private land supply reserved under the H2 2022 GLS is at the most significant level since 2018. Besides renewing the developer's land bank, the development in supply will likewise "expand their advancement pay permeability, while considering full-scale vulnerabilities, including increasing loan costs and slower financial development viewpoint." As per Singapore Real Estate Exchange information, private and HDB resale costs rose by 0.7% and 1.1%, separately month-on-month in April 2022. With this, CGS-CIMB said it holds its assumption that private home costs to take off by up to 5% in 2022.

The Koenigsegg Jesko Is A Faster, Friendlier Agera Rs

The “Graphite Grey” paint properly collides with the Tang Orange strips whereas the menacing look of the Jesko is now even more enhanced because of the darkish paint. The similar engine utilized inside the Koenigsegg Agera powers the high-speed variant of Koenigsegg Jesko. Do these hyper automotive makers publish the radiation ranges that they topic the driver to? Why hasn't compressed air jet turbo lag defeaters been accomplished before? With that much downforce you could probably drive the incorrect means up for a second or so before reaching the boundaries of suspension journey. It's a really high-tech trying affair, with multi-colored dials, knobs, buttons and screens agogo, and a 5-inch digital sprint that feels prefer it belongs in a online game.

This results in a 50% shorter transmission than the earlier 7-speed dual-clutch, and a new transmission weight of just 198 lbs. With less inner inertia, the Jesko has a never-before-seen response time. This year’s cars are lighter, sleeker, and extra highly effective than any that have come before.

It is capable of insanely quick upward and downward gear modifications between gears at near mild speed, whereas sustaining optimistic torque. This is thanks to the simultaneous opening and closing of clutches that enable for seamless acceleration or deceleration. What takes LST from impressive jesko to evolutionary, is that these shift-time benefits apply when changing between any ahead gears. Koenigsegg has equipped Jesko with an adaptive, lively rear steering system that will increase responsiveness and heightens the senses at both high and low speeds.

Loz has been considered one of our most versatile contributors since 2007, and has since proven himself as a photographer, videographer, presenter, producer and podcast engineer, as properly as a senior options writer. Joining the team as a motorcycle specialist, he's covered nearly koenigsegg jesko every little thing for New Atlas, concentrating these days on eVTOLs, hydrogen, power, aviation, audiovisual, weird stuff and issues that go fast. Koenigsegg has thus put forward the word "megacar" for his latest launch, a 1,600 horsepower monster named the Jesko, after his father.

Painted in Tang Orange Pearl with silver and carbon-fiber accents, this Jesko is a visual homage to the early authentic Koenigsegg CCR colour palette. While the seven cars we’ve profiled right here managed to return close or supersede that focus on, that doesn’t imply that cars with barely slower speeds aren’t performing phenomenally. It currently holds the world land pace report with a top pace of 763 mph (1,228 km/h), registered on October 15, 1997. It is also the primary land car to officially break the sound barrier. The Agera RS was handcrafted only 25 times,10 of which were pre-sold earlier than the primary displaying. The company reported that this was its fastest-selling mannequin, and it stays one of the rarest out there.

LEGO has accordingly developed an improved wheel part, integrating a dual-moulded rubber tyre which is thinner than other designs. Jewels Briggs is a proficient bartender and cocktail expert with over 15 years of expertise. She has created unique and scrumptious cocktails for a few of the top eating places and bars within the nation. Jewels is passionate about crafting distinctive drinks and studying about new trends within the cocktail business.

The supercar itself is beautiful, with sinuous curves and a modern body. Featuring an ultra-light carbon-fibre chassis, the Venom GT almost reads feline, as if it’s a black panther poised to leap ahead at any second. But that shouldn’t come as too much of a shock, as every thing about the Nevera was designed to push boundaries. “A Nevera is extremely highly effective and charged by lightning,” says the corporate, which seems fitting with its 0-62 mph speed of 1.85 seconds. The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut advantages from carbon fiber wishbones in the suspension, along with a carbon fiber/kevlar body.

The Jesko Absolut is missing the ridiculously large wing of the Jesko, but there are extra changes than initially meets the attention. The dive planes and bonnet vents are gone, the entrance splitter and the whole rear end have been reshaped, it will get new aerodynamic rear wheel covers and the experience peak is lower than the Jesko. These assist high-speed stability and truly scale back drag, quite than rising it. Response from the entrance axle is excellent, as is the feedback by way of the steering. There's noticeable roll on the change of path, however you'll have the ability to feel exactly what's going on where the entrance tires meet the tarmac.

The Koenigsegg "ghost" badge is present on the Jesko as the car shall be built in the former Swedish air-force Hanger in Ängelholm Sweden. The meeting line within the hanger has been renovated since Agera production and the plan is to supply one car each week. From the latest supercars, wonderful yachts, luxurious houses and exquisite watches, to high-end motels and resorts from everywhere in the world and the newest tendencies in know-how and fashion. The Jesko, which debuted Tuesday at the Geneva Motor Show, is the successor to the 1,360-horsepower Agera RS, the automotive that broke the world report for land speed final 12 months. We’ve streamlined this car from not just an aerodynamic and design perspective, but also from a high-speed stability perspective. As a outcome, the Jesko Absolut has a phenomenally low drag of only 0.278 Cd.

In different supercar information, Ferrari unveils the 828-horsepower Daytona SP3. Hooking a laptop computer up to the Jesko, Christian von Koenigsegg demonstrates simply what the new configuration is able to as he takes it up to the 7,800 RPM restrict in simply 230 milliseconds. This offers the Jesko an average of 31,seven-hundred RPM per second — making this the world’s quickest koenigsegg jesko price revving and most responsive production automotive. The world’s fastest revving and most responsive manufacturing automobile. “We are very excited to showcase this pre-series Jesko along side the start of manufacturing of the one hundred twenty five Jesko and Jesko Absolut buyer automobiles.

Singapore Private condo supply is up by 12.5% to resolve unsold inventory.

Singapore Private condo supply is up by 12.5% to resolve unsold inventory. Singapore new launches recorded a month to month increase for the year 2022 although the increased ABSD start to kick in. New condo for sale hit record high in month February to April 2022. Developer new launch remains the top hits for investors and home owners. Singapore Luxury Properties for sale is mostly available in the Central Core Region (CCR) and The Rest of The Core Region (RCR) in Singapore.

Singapore condo stockpile under the taxpayer-supported initiative ultimately depended on 3,505 remaining units. To recharge the developer's land bank, the personal private homes stockpile under the public authority land deals (GLS) program expanded by 12.5% from the central portion of 2022 to the last part (H2) of 2022. This is as per examiner CGS-CIMB's report, which additionally talked about that the general private land supply reserved under the H2 2022 GLS is at the most significant level since 2018. Besides renewing the developer's land bank, the development in supply will likewise "expand their advancement pay permeability, while considering full-scale vulnerabilities, including increasing loan costs and slower financial development viewpoint." As per Singapore Real Estate Exchange information, private and HDB resale costs rose by 0.7% and 1.1%, separately month-on-month in April 2022. With this, CGS-CIMB said it holds its assumption that private home costs to take off by up to 5% in 2022.

Singapore Private condo supply is up by 12.5% to resolve unsold inventory.

Singapore Private condo supply is up by 12.5% to resolve unsold inventory.

Singapore new launches recorded a month to month increase for the year 2022 although the increased ABSD start to kick in. New condo for sale hit record high in month February to April 2022. Developer new launch remains the top hits for investors and home owners. New condo for sale is mostly available in the Central Core Region (CCR) and The Rest of The Core Region (RCR) in Singapore. Singapore condo stockpile under the taxpayer-supported initiative ultimately depended on 3,505 remaining units. To recharge new condo in singapore , the personal private homes stockpile under the public authority land deals (GLS) program expanded by 12.5% from the central portion of 2022 to the last part (H2) of 2022. This is as per examiner CGS-CIMB's report, which additionally talked about that the general private land supply reserved under the H2 2022 GLS is at the most significant level since 2018. Besides renewing the developer's land bank, the development in supply will likewise "expand their advancement pay permeability, while considering full-scale vulnerabilities, including increasing loan costs and slower financial development viewpoint." As per Singapore Real Estate Exchange information, private and HDB resale costs rose by 0.7% and 1.1%, separately month-on-month in April 2022. With this, CGS-CIMB said it holds its assumption that private home costs to take off by up to 5% in 2022.

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