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my friends were all into that garbage .

no way .

`` why does it bother you ? ''

i smiled against his skin when the stillness of his body gave away his even more confused state .

thanks for the kindle and the netflix subscription , by the way .

jane smiled broadly at kristin .

~charlie and silas .

dawn relaxed her grip and the steel left her eyes , and the two girls walked on in silence , alice rubbing her arm .

she was his wife .

there was a mac set up on a rickety table in the corner of the bedroom , jammed in next to a sagging , unmade bed .

time to switch tactics again .

i noticed my leather chair made that farting sound leather chairs make when you shift around in them .

`` does everyone do what you tell them to ? ''

slowly dropping her arm , she sighed , her expression going blank .

`` of course not , '' she said .

The Grand Ducal Council of San Francisco, Inc., is a predominantly gay 501(c)(3) nonprofit fund raising organization. Formed in 1973 as a more camp-oriented response to San Francisco's Imperial Court System by H.L. Perry, who reigned as the Court's Grand Duchess I, the Grand Ducal Council raises money for a wide array of charity organizations through large annual costume balls and various other, smaller fund raisers throughout the year. Both the Imperial Court System and the Grand Ducal Council of San Francisco are built using roughly the same power structure. "Monarchs" are elected and the nonprofit, 501(c)(3) portion is run by a board of directors or trustees. The Grand Ducal Council of San Francisco, in turn, inspired similar such organizations to be founded around the country. In 1998, the Grand Ducal Council of San Francisco was joined by a sister Court located in Alameda County, on the opposite side of the San Francisco Bay. A third such sovereign Ducal Court exists in London, Ontario, Canada. Called "one of the city's unsung gay heroes," in 2006 Perry's work establishing the San Francisco Ducal Council and more were commemorated with a month-long exhibit at the San Francisco Public Library. Structure Each individual court chapter (or "realm") is a separate, legally incorporated charitable non-profit organization that raises funds and awareness for various charities and people in need within its realm. Each chapter has its own board of directors and is financially responsible for its own management. In addition to local non-profit status, many courts in the United States have Federal 501(c) status. Titles Each court holds an annual "coronation," which is usually the chapter's largest fundraiser and is attended by both local members and members of other Ducal chapters as well Imperial Courts from across North America. The evening culminates in the ceremony in which the new monarch or monarchs—the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess—are crowned. In San Francisco, the new monarchs are determined by popular elections held in the community. Within a set number of weeks, the newly elected monarchs must hold an "investiture," at which time they name the members of their Court. The titles given to members vary from one chapter to another and are primarily left to the discretion of the reigning monarchs. Each Court consists of a Royal Crown Prince and Royal Crown Princess, Prince/Princess Royale, Baron/Baroness, etc. Additionally, each year the Court holds fund raising competitions to crown such titles as Royal Baby Girl & Baby Boy, King & Queen of Hearts, Mr. & Miss Royal Bunny, Royal Daddy & Royal Daddy's Boy and White Knight and Debutante. In 2009, the Court added an annual fund raising pageant to crown Miss San Francisco Gold Rush. Fundraising Each court conducts numerous fundraisers throughout the year. Drag shows, ranging in size from performances at local bars to events in hotel ballrooms and other large venues, are the main way in which revenue is raised for charity. Especially in recent years, court chapters have diversified their fundraising strategies so as to include yard sales, gift raffles, etc. Court members also solicit donations at LGBT events, gay pride parades and other public events at which they appear. The Grand Ducal Council of San Francisco donates the funds raised to a variety of causes including those related to AIDS, breast cancer, domestic abuse, and homelessness. Membership While composed primarily of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, each court is open to all. Gay, bisexual, transgender and straight people have all served as monarchs and court members in the system's history. Drag queens collectively comprise about half of the membership. References External links Grand Ducal Council of San Francisco Website Community organizations Non-profit organizations based in California LGBT events in California LGBT organizations in the United States Drag events

the man said setting his gun down .

that 's slicker than- '' `` snot on a frog , yes , '' trent interrupted him , grinning at his apparent success .

holy air-conditioner alert .

he did n't react , but still she knew the agony stryker harbored .

was she crying ?

`` our friendships are so important .

he 'd promised to write her every day , so she could live vicariously through his exciting life .

everything she needed .

when two minutes went by and no further messages had arrived from blake , she began to worry that maybe , just maybe she 'd pushed this controlling man a little too far with her rude gesture .

the flashing red light coming from the roof .

but i 'd never do that . ''

it was an uncomfortable evening for garion .

but vaughan says most boys did n't have the same kind of mama .

`` i 'm not through with you .

piper held up a business card .

if youre positive ?

`` julian morton 's personal protegee ? ''

cole spoke through the open window that separated the cab from the bed of the truck .

yanking his head back , nunzio pointed the gun to his temple the same time the passenger door opened and a gun pressed to the back of her head .

usually he did it in the courtroom right as he was coming to the finish of his closing arguments .

rann pats my arm , grinning at me .

you know , golden boy marries golden girl .

my goodness , is it broken ?

kip is the one you need to know about . ''

i learned to sleep and remain aware of the danger .

even when it was killing me inside i never let anyone see how much having skanks touch him-or worse , sleep with him-bothered me .

`` yeah .

she then hung the cage up in the window and laughed to herself .

he says it 's going to be really exciting , what with all the movies and popcorn .

`` plenty of reasons . ''

i had to smile at that , and then something in his face changed , like the shades being drawn open , not a smile though .

alex pursed his lips and nodded .

i could strangle her .

`` hart mackenzie never dances at balls .

out popped the candy .

there was an inn on what purported to be the main street .

but i found that the more i enquired into the nature of god , which in my mind is the purpose of all religions , or at least should be , the more i came to realize that religion seemed to provide only half the answers .

it grew worse when lucien came next to her and picked up the crop from the bed .

`` that 's not true .

you do n't even have to go out and work like the rest of the world .

spit it out already . ''

she relaxed into its cushions and crossed her legs , trying to appear unruffled .

your mother was in this house for twenty years before- , beatrice slumped into herself- , before she went away .

now that dakii had mentioned it , he saw the similarities .

secrets ?

where do we set up ?

i thought you were talking about jael , then we found niles ... '' that was the man who 'd tried to assassinate dred .

the trojans have betrayed us !

Council of People's Commissars on War and Navy Affairs (, ) was the very first military government agency of the Soviet Russia initially named as the Committee on affairs of War and Navy. The council was created on November 8, 1917 (day after the October Revolution) on the decree of the 2nd All-Russian Congress of Soviets "On creation of the Provisional Workers' and Peasants' Government" which was the name of the Russian Sovnarkom. The Kornilov Affair sanctioned by Alexander Kerensky which resulted in detention of the Russian Supreme Commander-in-Chief Lavr Kornilov and the Bolshevisation of Soviets also played a major role in establishing of the Soviet military presence. The council gradually overtook the authority of the Ministry of War of the Russian Republic completely changing the defense policy of Russia. Historical background Per decree "On creation of the Provisional Workers' and Peasants' Government" the committee was headed by a collegiate of the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee (Petrograd VRK) "Field Headquarters" (triumvirate) consisting of Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko, Pavel Dybenko and Nikolai Krylenko. Ovseyenko oversaw the Military ministry and internal front, Dybenko headed the Navy ministry, while Krylenko was put in charge of foreign front. However, on the next day the leadership was increased to 10 members, due to organizational complications. The same day (November 9, 1917) Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko was placed in charge of the Petrograd Military District replacing at that post Mikhail Artemyevich Muravyov. Together with Muravyov, Antonov was placed in charge of an expeditionary force to the Southern Russia, while the acting Supreme Commander-in-Chief was General Nikolay Dukhonin. On November 15–16, 1917 new changes took place. The committee changed its name to the Council of People's Commissars on War and Navy Affairs. Originally it consisted of the college of war minister and a leader of revolutionary forces, while later a position of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief was created and by the end of November the Supreme Navy College was added to the council. On November 22, 1917 the Soviet government appointed its own Supreme Commander-in-Chief and overran the Main Headquarters of Supreme Commander-in-Chief (Stavka) in Mogilev when the acting Supreme Commander-in-Chief General Dukhonin was killed by enraged soldiers. The Military People's Commissariat was practically finalized and fully functional on December 10, 1917. College of War Minister - Nikolai Podvoisky Commander-in-Chief of revolutionary forces against - Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Army and Fleet of the Russian Republic (November 22) - Nikolai Krylenko Supreme Navy College (formed on November 27) - Pavel Dybenko Military revolutionary committees and Voyenka Key role in establishing the Soviet military presence played military revolutionary committees (VRK) and the Communist Party military organization. The Soviet military majorly was based on its own military organizations of the RSDLP(b) headed by the Military organization at Central Committee, better known as Voyenka (abbreviation derived from Voyennaya Kommissiya). Upon acquiring a state power the leadership of the RSDLP(b) adopted a decision at the 7th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) on formally disbanding of its military organizations. The military organizations were used to established local military revolutionary committees throughout cities of the Russian Empire and along its frontlines. After establishing a Soviet power in the capital of Russia the council continued to rely on decisions Petrograd VRK leadership and encouraged creation of new military revolutionary committees throughout the former Russian Empire that played a key role in solidifying of the Soviet power. By the beginning of 1918 the number of military revolutionary committees jumped to 220. In the Soviet historiography the role of Petrograd VRK was depicted as a preventative against the counter-revolution (such as the Kerensky–Krasnov uprising) rather than an instigator of revolution. List of Military Revolutionary Committees of Russia Petrograd VRK created on October 25, 1917 (existed until December 18, 1917) 12th Army VRK (Cēsis) created on October 31, 1917 (famous Latvian Riflemen) Estland VRK created on November 4, 1917 Northern front VRK created on November 4–5, 1917 (until November 8 - Pskov VRK) Moscow VRK created on November 7, 1917 Voronezh revkom created on November 7, 1917 Ryazan VRK created on November 8, 1917 Western front and Northwestern region VRK (originally Minsk VRK) created on November 9, 1917 Samara VRK created on November 9, 1917 Tula revkom created on November 9, 1917 Tom VRK created on November 10, 1917 Smolensk revkom created on November 11, 1917 Kiev VRK created on November 11, 1917 Dagestan VRK created on November 21, 1917 Orenburg VRK created on November 27, 1917 Southwestern front VRK created on December 1, 1917 Romanian front VRK created on December 15, 1917 Barnaul VRK created on December 20, 1917 Kharkov VRK created on December 23, 1917 Yekaterinburg VRK Vinnytsia VRK Odessa VRK Simferopol VRK Sevastopol revkom created on December 29, 1917 Astrakhan revkom created in January 1918 Caucasus Army VRK created on January 10, 1918 Don VRK created on January 23, 1918 Kuban-Black Sea VRK created on January 30, 1918 Semirechye (Seven rivers) VRK created on March 2, 1918 References External links Military Revolutionary Committee (Военно-революционные комитеты), Great Soviet Encyclopedia Revolutionary committees as an extraordinary bodies of the Soviet power (Революционные комитеты (чрезвычайные органы Сов. власти)). Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Borisov, V.A. Higher bodies of military power of the USSR in 1923 - 1991. "Legislation" magazine. 1996. (Высшие органы военного руководства СССР (1923 - 1991 гг.) [Журнал "Правоведение"/1996/№ 2]) Former defence ministries Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Military history of Russia 1917 establishments in Russia

he could n't heal the deep gashes in her shoulders and arms .

`` nah , clerk seemed a little nosey that 's all . ''

instead , they were knocked aside by payton , who used both of her arms , and stopped the assault on her .

she continued to interrogate him .

never mind , she said .

what investment firm does he work for ? ''

then there was a period of silence .

Toccata Classics is an independent British classic music label founded in 2005. The founder of Toccata Classics is Martin Anderson, a music journalist. The label was founded primarily to promote unrecorded works by lesser-known composers, including British composers. By 2022 there were around 600 albums in the catalogue. The sponsors of the label were the late Josef Suk, with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Jon Lord. Artists Recordings include lesser known works by: Alkan Eyvind Alnæs Algernon Ashton Vytautas Bacevicius J. S. Bach/(arr. Sigfrid Karg-Elert) Mily Balakirev Beethoven/(arr. Karl Xaver Kleinheinz & Friedrich Hermann) Georg von Bertouch David Braid Havergal Brian Julius Bürger Adolf Busch Bellerofonte Castaldi Henry Walford Davies Edison Denisov Heino Eller Enescu Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst Ferenc Farkas Arthur Farwell Richard Flury Jean Françaix Herman Galynin John Gardner Friedrich Gernsheim Peggy Glanville-Hicks Alexander Goldenweiser Arthur M. Goodhart Albert Guinovart Arthur Hartmann Heinrich von Herzogenberg Anselm Hüttenbrenner Salomon Jadassohn Vladas Jakubenas John Joubert Khrennikov Nikolai Korndorf Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko Mario Lavista Benjamin Lees Yuri Levitin Charles Harford Lloyd Anatoly Lyadov Boris Lyatoshynsky Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie Edward Macdowell Ester Mägi Riccardo Malipiero Sir George Martin David Matthews Janis Medinš Krzysztof Meyer Robin Milford Joaquín Nin-Culmell Reinhard Oppel Leo Ornstein Buxton Orr Sir Walter Parratt Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko John Pickard Peteris Plakidis Alexander Prior Phillip Ramey Günter Raphael Igor Raykhelson Reicha Julius Röntgen Shebalin Percy Sherwood Shostakovich Leone Sinigaglia John Stafford Smith Arthur Somervell Philip Spratley Sir John Stainer Peeter Süda Marko Tajcevic Matthew Taylor Jan Ladislav Dussek Boris Tchaikovsky Alexander Tcherepnin Nikolai Tcherepnin Telemann Ferdinand Thieriot Veljo Tormis Sir Donald Francis Tovey Sergei Vassilenko Gareth Walters Mieczyslaw Weinberg Hans Winterberg Charles Wood Hugh Wood William Wordsworth Felix Woyrsch and others References External links Home page Classical music record labels British record labels Companies established in 2005 2005 establishments in the United Kingdom

ferlung interrupted : do not take him seriously , captain .

time , i just need time , right ? ''

i prayed he was asleep and started to slide forward so i could escape .

there were many tribes of unallied , and i couldnt imagine that don would ever be able to negotiate with the sawnies .

1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne, in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07. Köln competes in the Bundesliga after promotion in 2018–19 following relegation to 2. Bundesliga the previous season. The team are three-time national champions, winning the 1962 German football championship, as well as the Bundesliga twice, first in its inaugural season of 1963–64 and then again in 1977–78. The team plays its home matches at RheinEnergieStadion. The club's nickname Die Geißböcke (The Billy Goats) refers to the club's mascot, a male goat named Hennes after the veteran FC player and later manager Hennes Weisweiler. The first Hennes was donated by a circus entrepreneur as a Cologne carnival joke. The current mascot is Hennes IX as of 1 August 2019 after Hennes VIII was retired by the club due to old age. Another nickname for the club, more common locally due to its ambiguity, is FC (often written as Effzeh), a common German abbreviation for football clubs. Characteristic for the dialect spoken around Cologne, this is pronounced "EF-tsay", in contrast to the Standard German pronunciation of the abbreviation where the second syllable is emphasized (). Köln play at home in white and red, both colours having been used as the main shirt colour throughout its history. The club has long-standing rivalries with nearby clubs Borussia Mönchengladbach, Fortuna Düsseldorf, and Bayer Leverkusen. Like many of Germany's other professional football clubs, 1. FC Köln is part of a larger sports club with teams in other sports like handball, table tennis and gymnastics. 1. FC Köln has over 100,000 members, making it the fourth largest club in Germany. History Predecessor sides Kölner BC was formed on 6 June 1901 by a group of young men who were unhappy as part of the gymnastics club FC Borussia Köln and far more interested in football. BC was a competitive side in the Zehnerliga West in the years before World War I who took the Westdeutsche championship in 1912 and advanced to the preliminary rounds of the national finals. Their next best result was a losing appearance in the 1920 league final, where they lost 1–3 to Borussia Mönchengladbach. Spielvereinigung 1907 Köln-Sülz was established in 1907 as Sülzer Sportverein and on 1 January 1919 merged with Fußball Club 1908 Hertha Sülz to form SpVgg. They won the Westdeutscher title in 1928 and they too went out in the early rounds of the national finals in their turn on that stage. They went on to play as a top flight club in the Gauliga Mittelrhein, one of sixteen premier level divisions established in 1933 in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. The side earned generally good results through the 1930s – including a divisional championship in 1939 – but then faltered in the early 1940s. After the 1941 season the Gauliga Mittlerhein was split into two new divisions: the Gauliga Köln-Aachen and the Gauliga Moselland, which included clubs from occupied Luxembourg. Sülz struggled until they were united with VfL Köln 1899 for the 1943–44 season to form the combined wartime side Kriegspielgemeinschaft VfL 99/Sülz 07 which promptly won the Gauliga Köln-Aachen title by a single point over SG Düren 99 in a close race. The club did not play the next campaign as war overtook the region. A successful new club After the union of these two predecessor sides (1948), 1. FC Köln began play in the tough Oberliga West in the 1949–50 season and by 1954 had won their first divisional championship. That same year they lost the DFB-Pokal final 1–0 to VfB Stuttgart. Die Geißböcke won their second divisional championship in 1960 and appeared in the national final against Hamburger SV, where they lost 2–3. In the 1962 and 1963 they went on to finish first in the Oberliga West in each of the next three seasons and again played their way to the national final. They won the 1962 match 4–0 over 1. FC Nürnberg resulting in entry to the 1962–63 European Cup where they were one of the favourites to win the trophy. In the first round Köln visited Dundee F.C. of Scotland and lost 1–8, and despite winning the second leg back in Germany by 4–0 they were out of the tournament. In the following year's national final they lost 1–3 to Borussia Dortmund. Continuing success In 1963, FC Köln was selected as one of the original 16 teams to play in the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional football league. Köln continued their winning ways by becoming the first ever Bundesliga champion in the league's inaugural 1963–64 season. As German champions, Köln entered the 1964–65 European Cup where it met England's Liverpool at the quarter-final stage. After two 0–0 draws, a third game was played which was also a stalemate, this time 2–2. As the penalty shootout had not yet been introduced as the means of deciding a tie, Köln went out of the competition on the toss of a coin. Ironically enough, there was the need for a second coin toss because the first time the coin stuck vertically in the ground. The club also became the first Bundesliga side to field a Brazilian player when it signed Zézé for a then club record fee of DM 150,000. Domestically, Köln recorded a second-place finish in the 1964–65 Bundesliga season and won its first DFB-Pokal in 1967–68. At the start of the 1970s, Köln reached three DFB-Pokal finals in four seasons, losing all three; to Kickers Offenbach in 1970, Bayern Munich in 1971 and Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1973. The team also achieved another second place Bundesliga finish in 1973 before reaching another DFB-Pokal final in 1977, beating Hertha BSC over two legs to win the trophy for the second time. In 1977–78, FC Köln enjoyed its most successful season, winning the Bundesliga title, its third national title overall, and retaining the DFB-Pokal. This makes Köln one of only four clubs to have won the double in the Bundesliga era. Köln had another losing DFB-Pokal final appearance in 1980, before winning the competition for a fourth time in 1983. In 1986, the club appeared in its first European final, losing 5–3 on aggregate to Real Madrid in the UEFA Cup Final. Two second place Bundesliga finishes, in 1988–89 and 1989–90, and another DFB-Pokal final loss in 1991, marked the end of a glorious thirty-year period for FC Köln. 21st century: ups and downs In recent years, the club's performance has been mixed. The FC holds the dubious distinction of the worst goal drought in Bundesliga history: in 2002, the supporters had to wait 1034 excruciating minutes (equivalent to 11-and-a-half games) until Thomas Cichon found the back of the net again. In the early years of the Bundesliga, 1. FC Köln was the most successful club in West Germany in terms of total points won. Beginning in the early 1990s, however, the club's performance fell, and in 1998 it was relegated for the first time. Since about 2000, the side has been a "yo-yo team", moving between the first and second divisions. It has returned to the Bundesliga at the end of the 2004–05 season as 2. Bundesliga champions after having been relegated the season before. There was little optimism about their return to the top flight as they were picked by German football magazine kicker as one of the clubs most likely to be relegated. This prediction came true when Köln lost to Hamburger SV 1–0 in the third-to-last match of the season. The club finished the season in second-last place and was relegated after conceding a league-worst 71 goals. The team's most prolific goal scorer was Lukas Podolski with a total of 12 goals, who transferred to Bayern Munich after the end of the season. He also appeared with the Germany national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In late 2006, former coach Christoph Daum was convinced to once again take the helm of the 2. Bundesliga club and succeeded in leading the club back to the Bundesliga in 2008. After a successful Bundesliga campaign in 2008–09, Daum left Köln for his former club Fenerbahçe. Köln's former star-striker Lukas Podolski returned for the 2009–10 season. After a poor run of form in the 2010–11 season, recording only one win from its opening nine Bundesliga fixtures, Köln replaced coach Zvonimir Soldo with Frank Schaefer. Schaefer, who was originally in charge of the under-23 team of Köln, decided after the season that he would rather spend more time with his family than be a coach in the Bundesliga. Former Norwegian international and recent Copenhagen coach Ståle Solbakken replaced him. After earning just eight points in the first 13 matches of the second half of the season, Schaefer and former Köln player Dirk Lottner replaced Solbakken. The club, however, was relegated at the end of the season, finishing in 17th place, having accumulated €33m debt, and €11m negative equity. Turnaround (2012–2017) In April 2012 the club members elected a new board of directors, Werner Spinner as president, Markus Ritterbach for marketing, and Toni Schumacher for sport. In the 2012–13 season, under new trainer Holger Stanislawski, Köln finished in fifth place in the 2. Bundesliga, missing out on promotion back to the top division. In 2012 the board hired Jörg Jakobs as director of football who then got promoted in 2014 to sporting director, chief scout and director of the academy. In January 2013 Alexander Wehrle joined as managing director of FC Köln ltd. Wehrle was working as assistant for VfB Stuttgart president Erwin Staudt, especially for rebuilding the stadium. In summer 2013 Peter Stöger and Manfred Schmid were hired as coaching team, and Jörg Schmadtke as general manager. 2013–14 Köln finished first in the 2. Bundesliga and earned promotion to the top division. It was followed by a 12th place 2014–15, ninth in 2015–16, and fifth place in 2016–17. 25 years after the club's last appearance in international football to date they qualified for the Europa League. After restructuring and repaying debt, equity turned from €11m negative to €20m positive. The turnover increased from €56m in 2012/13 to more than €120m in 2016/17. Decline and changes (2018–) After the club's return the European stage, fortunes quickly changed. The team experienced an unsuccessful start to the 2017–18 Bundesliga season gaining only three points from its first sixteen matches. At the same time, the club's Europa League campaign ended after the group stage. This downtrend led to the resignation of Jörg Schmadtke and Stöger's dismissal in December 2017; he was replaced by Stefan Ruthenbeck who was appointed as caretaker manager. In spite of an improved record in the second half of the season, the team finished last and were relegated to 2. Bundesliga at the end of the year. Ahead of the 2018–19 season, Markus Anfang was appointed manager with a mandate to achieve an immediate return to the top flight. While the club occupied the league's top spot for much of the season, Anfang was let go after a winless streak in April 2019. Just a week later, with André Pawlak at the helm, the team achieved promotion with a 0–4 victory over Greuther Fürth. On 13 May 2019, the club announced that Jahn Regensburg manager Achim Beierlorzer would assume its vacant head coaching position from the upcoming season. He was signed to a contract until 2021. Following an unsuccessful start to the 2019–20 season, which included a 3–2 cup defeat against 1. FC Saarbrücken, the club decided to terminate Beierlorzer's contract on 9 November 2019. Sporting director Armin Veh, who weeks earlier had announced that he would not extend his contract with the club, was also dismissed from his position. On 18 November, former HSV manager Markus Gisdol was appointed to the club's head coaching position, while Horst Heldt was made sporting director. Both signed contracts until 2021. After avoiding relegation at the end of the season, Gisdol's contract was extended until 2023. The club found itself in a renewed relegation during the 2020–21 season. On 11 April 2021, after losing to relegation rival Mainz 05, Gisdol was dismissed from his position as head coach. The next day, it was announced that Friedhelm Funkel would take over head coaching duties until the end of the season. On 11 May, it was reported that SC Paderborn manager Steffen Baumgart would succeed Funkel as head coach at the beginning of the 2021–22 season. Funkel's side faced Holstein Kiel in the relegation playoffs. After losing 0–1 at home, his team recorded a 1–5 away win, enabling the club to retain its position in the Bundesliga. On 1 April 2022, the club appointed Christian Keller as its new managing director, a position that had been vacant since the dismissal of Heldt in May 2021. In March 2023, during the second half of the 2022–23 campaign, Köln were put under a two-window transfer embargo by FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber, having been found guilty of inducing a breach of contract without just cause while signing Jaka Čuber Potočnik from Olimpija Ljubljana in January 2022. As part of the same verdict, the club was also sentenced to pay Ljubljana a €51,750 compensation, in addition to training costs. Köln ultimately appealed the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. Stadium The team plays its home matches in the Müngersdorfer Stadion, also known as the RheinEnergie Stadion for sponsorship purposes. It has a seating capacity of 50,000 and the average attendance in the 2015–16 season was 48,676. The stadium sponsorship comes from a contract with the local power supplier RheinEnergie AG. However, most fans still call the stadium "Müngersdorfer Stadion", named after the suburb of Müngersdorf, where it is located. The club owns the Geißbockheim training centre, currently known as RheinEnergieSportpark for sponsorship, located in Sülz which is a municipal part of Köln in the southwest of the city. The centre is home to the Franz-Kremer-Stadion the home of 1. FC Köln II. Honours Domestic Bundesliga Champions: 1963–64, 1977–78 Runners-up: 1964–65, 1972–73, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1989–90 German football championship Winners: 1961–62 Runners-up: 1959–60, 1962–63 DFB-Pokal Winners: 1967–68, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1982–83 Runners-up: 1953–54, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1990–91 2. Bundesliga Winners: 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2018–19 Runners-up: 2002–03 International UEFA Cup Runners-up: 1985–86 Uhrencup Winners: 1991 Regional Oberliga West Winners: 1953–54, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63 Runners-up: 1952–53, 1957–58, 1958–59 Doubles 1977–78: Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal Reserve team German amateur champions: 1981 Youth German Under 19 championship Champions: 1970–71 Runners-up: 1973–74, 1982–83, 1991–92 Under 19 Bundesliga Division West Champions: 2007–08 Runners-up: 2003–04, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15 Under 19 Juniors DFB-Pokal Champions: 2012–13 Runners-up: 1990–91, 1993–94 German Under 17 championship Champions: 1989–90, 2010–11, 2018–19 Under 17 Bundesliga Division West Champions: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018–19 Runners-up: 2008–09 Statistics Kits Köln's kits are made by Hummel International, who pay the club €20m over a five-year span. Rivals The club's main rivals are Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayer Leverkusen, and Fortuna Düsseldorf – all clubs from the same Rhine-Ruhr region, near the river Rhine. Players Current squad Players out on loan Second team squad Coaching staff Head coaches since 1963 Women's section The women's team was promoted to the Bundesliga in 2015. They were directly relegated back to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga after the 2016–17 season ended, but managed to regain promotion in May 2017 to the Bundesliga. References Literature Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag External links The Abseits Guide to German Soccer FC Köln statistics Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Cologne Association football clubs established in 1948 1948 establishments in Germany Bundesliga clubs 2. Bundesliga clubs

`` she 's already speaking in avian metaphors . ''

`` five feet two . ''

youre almost full grown .

the cycle of war and peace meant men were foes one day , friends the next , depending on whose client you were .

it was n't like an erotic move , but more like he was hugging me tightly .

wasting no time , i jump inside the passenger 's seat and shut the door .

`` i 'm not ins , '' reacher said .

in a blue bin filled with gray water , cans of cheap beer bob through the ice .

it took me a moment to put the words together , because once i said them aloud , they 'd be true .

aaron shielded leah with his body , pushing her back into the crowd with one arm , while he kept his eyes on his opponents .

`` curran did n't return to the keep last night .

he cringes , `` you do n't happen to mean mason cahill do you ? ''

`` goodman . ''

lucian waved a hand down his body and at once was clothed in black jeans and a black t-shirt .

she told me , karina , you have to meet galya , you two are made for each other .

every time she was forced to confront the mystery of what was happening within her , she felt a hiccup of terro ... sensation which subsided in a blink as something dampened it .

`` sara , i 'm so happy for you . ''

is he all right ? ''

layne nodded .

`` that was amazing . ''

gray turned away in disgust .

it would be difficult hauling them over the rough terrain of the floor .