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Every fledgling network administrator eventually comes face-to-face with the question "how do I monitor my network?". But "monitoring a network" means different things to different people, and if you ask a crowd of experienced network managers for tool suggestions, it is highly likely that you will get a few misleading recommendations simply because the what-to-measure is not in alignment with your objectives.
Depending on who you are talking to, the task of network monitoring can mean bandwidth, traffic analysis, packet inspection, performance, or uptime.
What follows is by no means a complete listing of possible applications, but an explanation of which sample tools could be considered appropriate for the task at hand.
Bandwidth is the throughput that a particular network connection can support. For example, a bonded 2xT1 Internet connection has a max bandwidth of approximately 3Mbps (2x 1.544). Whereas a laptop NIC might support 100Mbps, and a switch interlink could clock in at 10Gbps.
So bandwidth monitoring is knowing how much of the available allotment any one particular port is using. This measure is typically represented as a strip chart with peaks and valleys. Tools such as MRTG (open-source), Cacti (open-source), PRTG (trialware), and Dell OpenManage (OEM bundle) use SNMP to query the built-in port counters of switches and routers to provide a graphical view (and running history) of your port utilizations.
For simple port-to-device mapping, you would be measuring the traffic that a single host is using. Yet for a firewall's connection to the Internet, you would be measuring the aggregate usage for all your online users, possibly even including inbound remote VPN.
It is the connection to the Internet that is often the first target of measurement. If you oversee a 3M pipe and you have a monitoring system in place to know that it is consistently saturated, then you can use that as justification to management for increasing the size of your connection.
But in the above graph, what is the make-up of the traffic? Who is doing what? SNMP port utilizations take a simple-minded all-bits-are-the-same view. You know that a lot of something is happening, but nothing specific. If the port of a desktop is showing high activity, how do you tell if it is a CIFS file copy vs a BitTorrent download? And if too many users are visiting inappropriate web sites or streaming audio, maybe identifying and curtailing that activity would be more cost-effective than simply upgrading the Internet speed. But how would you find out?
Traffic Analysis
An analysis of the specific traffic goes deeper than SNMP's all-bits-equal view. It provides a more detailed breakdown of port activity based on protocol and source/destination information, presented in bar chart, pie chart, or % tabular form.
To obtain a detailed traffic analysis, you need a device on your network segment that is listening to all activity, not just those packets destined as its own. A NIC configured in this manner is said to be in "promiscuous mode". A Unix/Linux box with such an eavesdropping NIC can use the open-source NTOP program to show top network activity. (NTOP is similar to the on-the-same-host TOP process monitoring tool.)
Another method of capturing this aggregate data involves a switch that is configured to duplicate switch traffic and send it to the port where the monitoring node resides. Cisco calls this "SPAN" for "Switched Port ANalyzer"; other manufacturers simply call it port-mirroring. A network sniffer sensor, such as the one provided by PRTG, can be used to analyze this cacophony of traffic and produce easy-to-understand lists and graphs that show how bandwidth is being consumed.
Lastly, sFlow or NetFlow records can be used to deliver traffic-flow measurements to a remote monitoring device. As routed traffic, the advantage of flow monitoring is that the collector can be indirectly connected to the network that it is monitoring (rather than on the same switch or subnet). PRTG (trialware) and SolarWinds Orion NTA (commercial) offer NetFlow collectors that can produce wonderful eye-candy.
Packet Inspection
Packet inspection is the hardcore version of traffic analysis. A "network protocol analyzer" – also known as a "sniffer" – utilizes a NIC in promiscuous mode to capture every packet on the wire. It reassembles all the frames and allows an administrator to view them in the context of sessions between source and destination. Not for the faint of heart, sniffers expose all the gory bits-and-bytes innerworkings of TCP/UDP packets and Ethernet frames.
WireShark, formerly Ethereal, is the classic open-source tool for deep inspection. While it is not known for its management-friendly colored graphs, it does give the network administrator an in-depth view of exactly what is going on with the network from the Application layer (HTTP, IMAP, etc) all the way down to the Data Link layer (MAC addressing). It is the gearhead's ultimate debugging tool.
Performance of the network is measured in terms of packet loss (number of times a packet was lost in transit), latency (typical time for a packet to go up and back), and jitter (the standard deviation across all latency measurements). For applications such as VoIP, details like a packet loss profile of the network is every bit as critical as measuring pure bandwidth.
SmokePing is an example of an open-source tool that provides such metrics. It is in some sense a cousin of MRTG, which is appropriate considering their shared RRDtool lineage. Yet instead of total bandwidth, the spikes of the strip chart represent latency (round-trip time) against a baseline of packet-loss, with the gradiant wisps of 'smoke' indicating the amount of jitter.
Uptime monitoring of a network allows the administrator to see – and more importantly, be notified – when a network-connected device goes offline. These tools typically support not just ICMP "ping" detection, but port-specific connectivity for measuring HTTP, SMTP, and other application/service responsiveness.
Nagios (open-source), Zenoss (open-source), and SolarWinds ipMonitor (commercial) are great examples of this kind of tool. You can define service groups, contacts, and escalation rules. And you are able to monitor system internals performance (such as CPU load, RAM, disk space, etc) in addition to whether the port or protocol is "pingable".
These systems can provide a geographic overlay map-based view of your enterprise, and also understand the concept of dependencies such that if a switch goes down, you will only be alerted about it – not overwhelmed by the screaming horde of unreachable hosts that might be hiding behind it.
Which Is Right For You?
With all the choices available, there is no one correct selection. Yet I would never suggest using SmokePing for deep packet inspection, and that was the main point of this overview: the right "network monitoring" tool for the right "network monitoring" task. But within the scope of, say, bandwidth monitoring, the choice of Cacti vs MRTG vs something else becomes a personal preference.
You could elect to go best-of-breed and have multiple small tools, or you could try for the kitchen-sink approach and get one tool that does many things. But there are trade-offs with the latter, and you need to be aware of the capabilities before getting too far down the garden path. For example, Nagios is famous both for its complexity in setting up, and its extensibility in making it do whatever you need via plug-ins. You could use Nagios to monitor bandwidth, but doing so requires MRTG and the check_mrtgtraf plug-in, so you are not really gaining a kitchen sink solution after all.
Zenoss is a bit more of a one-stop-shop in that it has built-in MRTG-like graphs and histories, as well as WMI host performance monitoring, a rudimentary CMDB, and event monitoring via SNMP traps and Syslog centralization.
And PRTG is very much like the all-encompassing Zenoss, except running on Windows. It likewise supports SNMP traps & polling, centralized event logging, and WMI queries, plus adds WBEM, SOAP/REST, and NetFlow/sniffer sensors.
I have used all of the above apps and would not fault the choice of any. But I must admit that I am a very big fan of the kitchen-sinky PRTG. The AJAX web interface is among the most impressive UIs that I have ever seen. They suck you in with 10 free sensors, and when you find out everything it is capable of, you are going to start wanting to spring for more…


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Dear Tradan Heights community,
I will be out of the office March 18th through March 24th. All non-emergency calls and emails will be returned Monday, March 25th. If you have an HOA emergency please leave a voicemail at 405-421-5983. Voicemails will be checked through-out the day.
Kind Regards,
Angela | HOA Manager

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Florida-based Windward Design Group has cultivated a well-earned reputation for its extruded aluminum furniture, as well as its newer marine grade polymer (MGP) line. Extruded aluminum collections still represent the core of the company's product offerings, but the company made the move in 2012 to add two MGP collections to its already successful lineup.
Windward executives believed the addition would be a clear fit for the company, and a strategic move to fulfill the expressed needs of customers. Since then, Windward® has seen healthy growth with MGP, especially considering that it's a whole new material and look for the company. "Marine grade polymer furniture has opened the door for not only retail, but commercial applications as well," says Carrie Morales, executive vice president, Windward Design Group, Sarasota, Fla.
Viewed as a whole, the full product mix includes MGP, aluminum, and wicker. Except for wicker, it's all still made in the United States (more than two decades now), and the company's business model allows for custom orders and consistently excellent value. "In 2012 Windward expanded it's Sarasota, FL manufacturing space to include a second facility bringing it's total space to 100,000 square feet where it employs about 130 people," reveals Morales.
Focusing on What Works
Specialty retailers enjoyed strong sales for more than 20 extruded collections last year, ranging from strap to sling, padded sling, cushion dining, and deep seating. Part of that success is attributable to Windward's business model, which tailors its dealer programs to suit customer needs.
"Each year, Windward® works closely with its industry leading team of sales representatives to gain feedback on products and programs," explains Morales. "These discussions have helped give life to value-added benefits such as Windward's® Promotional Program, bonus marketing dollars, and quick ship program which is available during certain times of year. Furthermore, northern dealers are given the option to take advantage of Windward's® Freight Program."
Ultimately, Windward's considerable success comes back to the products that dealers love to carry and consumers love to buy. Morales believes the newest MGP product, simply dubbed the Adirondack, will continue the hot streak. The Adirondack is available in sling, padded sling, or solid MGP. The sling Adirondack recliner has reportedly received an encouraging response on Early Buys, and in the Florida season thus far.
Coming up with multiple winners in the ultra competitive outdoor furniture market is not easy. Maintaining personal connections with customers, and giving them platforms to share their experiences and thoughts, has played a major role in allowing Windward to stay on top of the ever-evolving trends—such as cut yardage programs that give consumers the ability to be their own designer. "The internet has provided the perfect avenue for consumers to educate themselves and compare the many options out there," enthuses Morales. "Our story of being American made, along with our green efforts, have also become increasingly important."


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- Host OS: CentOS 5- 64 bit
- Guest OS: Solaris 10 – 11/06
- VMware Version: VMware Server 1.0.4 Build 56528
Creating VM
Once you have VMware server installed, invoke VMware server and do the following:
- Create New Virtual Machine by selecting File -> New -> Virtual Machine.
- Click "Next", Virtual Machine Configuration -> Custom
- Guest Operating System "Solaris 10 64-bit"
- Name the Virtual Machine whatever you feel like, I named it "orasun01″ and click "Next"
- "Number of processors " choose "One" and click "Next"
- Access Rights, Uncheck "Make this Virtual Machine Private" and click "Next"
- Allocate Memory to the VM, I have given 1024M. Click "Next"
- Network Connection , choose "Bridged Networking" and click "Next".
- Create New Virtual Disk and click "Next"
- Virtual Disk Type, select "SCSI" and click "Next
- Specify Disk Capacity, Choose 10.0 GB and uncheck "Allocate Disk Space Now" and Click "Next".
- Specify Disk File Name, name it differently if you wish or leave it as it is and click "Finish".
So your VM should look like this:
Source Solaris 10 ISO during boot up
Source Solaris 10 ISO image to be read on boot up, this can be done by clicking:
Edit Virtual Machine -> select "CDROM" -> Click radio button "use ISO image" -> give the location of the Solaris 10 downloaded ISO image. Then click "OK"
From the above we have configured the VM to install Solaris 10. Lets start installing Solaris 10…
Installation of Solaris 10
- "Power On" the Virtual Machine and you should see the "Grub Menu" Select "Solaris" from the menu and press enter/return key.
- Choose "Solaris Interactive (default)" from the menu and press enter/return key.
- Select Language , I have chosen "English"
- Click "Next"
- Select the radio button "Networked" and click "Next"
- This section lets you enable DHCP, I have chosen not to select DHCP. I feel it is best to assign ip manually , gives you more control ..:)
- Enter the hostname and click "Next"
- Enter Ip address, ensure this ip is free and not used by any other system.
- Enter "NetMask", I have selected it default value which was automatically picked up.
- Select "Yes" if you like to enable IPv6,
- Select "Default Route", I have selected "none" as this can be defined at later point in time.
- Select "No" if you do not intend to use Kerberos Security.
- Select your desired "Name Service", I have selected "None"
- Select "Time Zone", I chose the radio button "Geographic Continent/Country/Region"
- Select your relevant country
- Confirm "Date and Time" and click "Next"
- Enter "root" password and click "Next"
- Select "Yes" if you wish to Enable Remote Services and click "Next"
- Confirm the "Summary" and proceed to next section by clicking "Confirm"
- Click "Next" to go to the next tasks of Installation
- In the "Installer Options" click the radio button "No" for Reboot automatically after installation and "No" for "Eject CD/DVD after Software Installation" and click "Next"
- A Notice will pop up to you should also eject the CD/DVD. Click "OK" to continue.
- Specify Media, click radio button "CD/DVD" and click "Next" to continue
- Accept the "License" and click "Next"
- Select "Type of Install", choose "Custom Install" radio button and click "Next". You can select "Default" if you like to.
- Select "Software Localization" specific to your country and click "Next".
- Select "System Locale" specific to your country.
- Select "Extra Value Software Software" and click "Next".
- Select "None" for "Web Start Ready product scan location"
- Click "Next", I made no changes and accepted the defaults.
- Confirm the disks are selected and click "Next".
- Select fdisk Partitions to be customized, check mark the displayed disk and click "Next"
- Confirm the values and click "Next".
- Layout File Systems, Highlight "c1t0d0″ disk and click "Modify" to reflect the following values
- And Finally click "Install Now" which will begin the installation.The installation will take sometime to finish.
- Click "Reboot Now"
- Login using "SUN Console Login"
- You can use either "Java Desktop System" or "CDE"
- The installation is Complete, Solaris 10 Fresh Install is ready to be used.
Finally you might want to configure internet to your Solaris 10 VM, to do this do the following:
- If not already created, create file "/etc/defaultrouter" and enter your routers ip address
- If not already created, create file "/etc/resolv.conf" and enter the following:
search domainname
nameserver default router address
- copy /etc/nsswitch.dns to /etc/nsswitch.conf
- Restart the network by issuing the following command:
#svcadm restart /network/dns/client
- Check the routing table and confirm the network is using the new sttings:
#netstat -r
If not then add the default route by:1
#route add default <gateway>
- Thats it you should be able to connect to the internet.
#ping google.com
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(So let's see about getting back on the writing train again. Been a bit dismotivated recently to write, but gotta keep flexing those muscles in order not to atrophy them...)
I just want to give a shoutout to a number of tools I am using right now to keep myself productive. I'm not going to get into the actual productivity tools, since those are quite often a matter of preference (emacs vs vi anyone?), but just present a collection of things that I have, over the years, found invaluable for my own work patterns.
RescueTime is the tool I use to keep track of my work. It sits there in the background on my Mac and phone and counts the seconds I use each app. It categorises the applications and web sites I visit into a few rough buckets, and lets me know whenever I have spent too much time on a computer, or too long on social media websites. It also counts any productive tools and sites, which has given me interesting insight into how I work. My rule of thumb is that two hours of real, productive work per day is good; four hours usually means I'm exhausted by the end of it. Then again, four hours of productive work means somewhat like 10 hours of actual screen time, because the machine can't know when I am thinking and stops counting... It's good, but not seeing much development though, so I'm expecting someone to take over this personal time management space.
Amy and Andrew from X.ai are my personal assistants that now take care of my calendar. I don't really do that many meetings, but on those rare occasions there's something infinitely satisfying in sending an email "Hey Amy, can you please arrange a lunch for us next week?" and IT WORKS!
1password stores all my passwords and other critical info that I need. I do still store some stuff in an old-fashioned way in a GPG-encrypted text file, but most of the stuff that I need on a daily basis is now in 1password. The browser integration is excellent, and it's really easy to generate completely random passwords for any website. We also use it at the office, which makes it really easy to share passwords and things like company credit card data to those who need to know.
CrashPlan does my backups. It's a bit slow and clunky (and takes an ungodly amount of memory), but on the other hand, they have a family-friendly licensing scheme that lets me run the same application on my two Macs, wife's PC and my online Linux server. Backups run automatically every 15 minutes to the cloud, restores are straightforward (have tested three times now a full restore), and the whole thing just works invisibly in the background.
Little Snitch for my firewalling needs. I don't like the fact that Apple and other software vendors send all sorts of information out of my Macs without telling me what it is. But with Little Snitch I can selectively block outgoing communication with a nice little popup and watch my incoming/outgoing traffic per application. It's not for the faint-hearted though, since it has an annoying tendency to pop up right when you're typing something and then you end up pressing all the wrong buttons...
Freedome is absolutely critical when traveling. Now, it might not be the best VPN client out there, but it's easy to use and I got it really cheap. Combined with Little Snitch it makes me a bit more confident about using strange Wi-Fi networks.
F.lux changes the color of my screen at sunset to get rid of that blue glow that supposedly disrupts your sleep. I know new Macs have equivalent functionality, but I'm kind of used to f.lux, so I have no reason to switch :). Of course, my evidence is anecdotal, but I seem to fall asleep faster when it's on - but I'll take the effect gladly no matter if it's placebo or not :)
One of the reasons that I like role-playing games - even when played on the computer - is that they feel creative. Even when the game has three dialogue options that all lead to the same response, it lets me choose and create my own story, guaranteed to be different from everyone else's stories.
And not only that; it happens on games like Clash of Clans, where epic stories of combat are told every day, even though the sandbox is small compared to story-oriented games. But it's still me and my story and what happened to my village.
Looking back on the TV series I have enjoyed the most, I can always relate them to a story: Babylon 5 we watched on smuggled tapes from the USA and accidentally started a huge SciFi-club on the side. Deep Space Nine we watched with the wife when she was pregnant with our first child. Old Finnish comedy was the talk of the school yard back when we only had two TV channels in the entire country. I don't remember much about the shows, but I do remember the emotions of sharing these stories with others, and the story of watching something is, to me, more important than the story itself. The metastory of entertainment, if you will.
It even touches my work - the best jobs I've ever had were those where we were creating something together. It does not matter so much what it was, but building it was an experience that created a powerful story.
So one thing I'm always trying to do when confronted with new technology or opportunity is - what is the story that this is trying to convey? Can we help you tell more stories? Considering the things being hyped right now - VR _definitely_ lets you tell stories and once tools mature, we'll see an explosion of stories in that area. The AIs will write their own stories, and they will eventually be more beautiful and incomprehensible than anything humans have ever written. Internet of Things... Not sure. I don't care what my fridge tells my watch. It's not an interesting story. It's not even a good joke: "Hey, did you hear what the chair said to the table? { "position": "below", "color": "beige", "speed": 0.002 }."
One of the things that drew me to NFC was its storytelling ability - tagging any object would let people read its story. Rearranging things might change its story. Much of the same idea was continued at Thinglink, which has grown nicely to be a comprehensive VR/360/video/image storytelling platform, used by millions of students, teachers, publishers and advertisers around the world. I'm still having trouble grasping what are the stories of the IoT-connected world, and why should I really care. (Caveat: I'm expecting great things out of Thington, if they don't lose their way :-). I'm also enjoying Pasi Hurri's stories about his IoT connected sauna - though it's definitely on the geekier side of things. And yes, I know, there's great promise in reducing cost in industrial applications yadda yadda.)
Of course, this could just be my inability to understand the greatness that is IoT and that it's supposed to be invisible and Things That Just Work In The Background And Make My Life Easier. But until then it's just an Expensive Thing That Gets Broken In Mysterious Ways.
About twelve years ago I was watching my later Nokia colleague Chris Heathcote talk at O'Reilly Emerging Technology conference on how in ten years, there will be "no concept of lost". This was a couple of years after US let civilians access very accurate GPS, but a couple of years before the GPS receivers became so cheap that they could be embedded in the phone.
Another thing that we didn't have back then were global 3G networks and the concept of network time. Phones ran on whatever time you gave them, and even though NTP and the lot were keeping accurate time on the internet, the telecom industry was a bit behind the times on that.
But now we have both - almost every smartphone has a GPS chip and very accurate time information. We're rooted very firmly in both time and place - sort of a reverse TARDIS, which is neither here or now. We're no longer "lost", unless it is our intent or we're very unlucky. Location-based gaming (Pokemon Go) is something that could not have existed before this, and there's now a lot of smart people figuring out the next possible avenues that is enabled by constraining us even tighter within a particular box of spacetime continuum. For example, Indoor Atlas locates us within 3 metres inside a building by mapping the magnetic fields. (Funnily enough, magnetic location mapping wasn't in Chris' original slides, which otherwise were pretty accurate.)
So yeah, it's now possible to know well where you are - but it's also easier than ever to know where everyone else is. There's a gazillion of applications dedicated to making people meet in places, from the fairly innocuous to very creepy. This is a funny reversal: one thing that cell phones did at the beginning of the century was to liberate us from place and time.
The liberation is now pretty much complete: we can choose to be in different places, but still participate in the same event at the same time through tools like Snapchat and WhatsApp and Periscope; or we can participate in the same location but at different times (Geocaching, Pokemon Go), or we can be completely free of time and place (Youtube, Slideshare), or we can meet in the same place at the same time (Meetup, Glympse).
So I have to ask - is this it? Are all the niches of existence now covered? Is there room for apps somewhere else in the spacetime? Is there something that's being ignored?
Am I being too human-centric here? What apps will the AIs write for themselves and for us? :-D
Private comments? Drop me an email. Or complain in a nearby pub - that'll help.
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The Owlery was a room on the top of Hogwarts Castle's West Tower, where the school owls and the owls belonging to students lived during the school year. The Owlery was a circular stone room, rather cold and drafty, because none of the windows had glass in them. The lack of glass in the windows allowed the owls to come and go freely. The floor was entirely covered in straw, owl droppings and the regurgitated skeletons of mice and voles. Many owls nestled here on perches that rose right up to the top of the tower. During the winter months, the room was very cold, to the point that one had to be careful with ice on the higher landings.
Our Second Life® virtual Owlery is much more civilised and comes complete with stained glass windows. The owls get in through the round window and have a nice, warm set of rooms all to themselves 🙂
Here's full details of the Home & Garden products and avatar accessories I used in the scene today:-
Sponsors:- Syndicate Sunday, Juna tattoos, Dragon Magick Wares
Others:- *HEXtraordinary*, MINIMAL, C L A Vv.
Events: – Syndicate Sunday, The Saturday Sale
*NB – all products have Permissions of Copy & Modify unless stated otherwise!
Syndicate Sunday – Feb 3rd – 10th – all items only L$69
1 . Juna
Although the offer is primarily for ladies, this great Symo tattoo goes very well on a slim, male body too! I used the Jake MESH body with the Omega applier option which worked perfectly so I'd say this was unisex. I would imagine that a larger male body with more defined musculature may distort the tats somewhat but it's so cheap as this special offer – why not just try it out?
In the pack you'll find dark, light and medium system layers as well as the Multiple HUD. This contains the applier for mesh Body in 3 tone (Dark 100%, Medium 75% and Light 50%) for:
• Altamura
• Belleza
• Eve
• Maitreya
• Omega
• Signature
There's also a Juna: TMP Symo tattoo Woman option included.
2. Dragon Magick Wares
This is a daft price to pay for a lovely RP build – what's there to think about?
Dragon Magick Wares Luna Cottage – LI 130 – Copy and Modify, you can enlarge this cottage only. It's a beautiful building with Magick and RP aspects. There's 4 rooms inside and they are light, airy and decorated with stained glass windows. Click doors open and close. The front door has an additional wrought iron decoration and door knocker. The footprint is 14 by 11 metres and the height is 0.45 metres. Here's a picture to show the roof décor.
MINIMAL – The Forest -standard- The Saturday Sale offer! – LI 203
*HEXtraordinary* – Screech Owl – Perched – worn
And try Marketplace resellers, too
C L A Vv. Branch Crown Wood Gold – gacha prize
Cheers, m'dears 🙂
Written by Moz Loordes
03/02/2019 at 4:02 pm
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OK, I know I'm off by a year, but I just had one question regarding his YT music awards performance, feel free to lock this thread afterwards.
But that hoodie he had was fucking dope. Does anyone know where to get it or which brand it is?
Elision wrote:well no shit if it takes 41 minutes to download it's either being hosted from a remote african tribe hut with a string of floss connected to a tree outside for internet or it's not what it appears.
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Hi Everyone!
You read the title right: REB and I are new homeowners!!
It's the most exciting feeling ever! We closed on Thursday of last week and we took great advantage of the long weekend to move items into the new house and start painting!
But first, let's do a quick round up for What I Ate Wednesday! Remember to head over to Jenn's blog if you want to join the party!
Here are the highlights:
Clockwise we have: a vegetarian version of bagel and lox (no lox) – tomato, cream cheese, capers, red onion no toasted whole wheat bagel (YUM!); a yummy veggie pita packed full with sprouts, sunflower seeds and veggies; Thai for lunch on closing day: tofu, veggies, spring roll; and celebrating the new house with mojitos and yummy Mexican food! Not a bad week of eats!
So onto the fun part: Updates and some pics of the new digs!
Our house is located within Ann Arbor city limits, close enough to a highway for REB to commute to Dearborn, and still on the same bus line I take to work downtown – WIN. It's located in a cute neighborhood!
We met some of our neighbors over the weekend and they're all so nice and welcoming. Turns out one of them golfs with a few people I work with here, so that's kind of cool :)
Since our apartment was remodeled (kitchen and bathrooms) not long ago, all our kitchen stuff was already packed in boxes. And since we weren't going to be painting cabinets or anything, we decided to go ahead and move and unpack the kitchen first – glad we did!
A gas range! SQUEE!! All the appliances are relatively new, too! Double SQUEE! We want to re-do the counters and the cabinets down the road. In the mean time, we might just update the hardware on the cabinets to give it a new look for a lower cost. We did start painting the kitchen, too! I'll post a pic once it's all done. The nice thing is that we were finally able to unpack all the wedding stuff we got and throw out the old stuff. Now all the new stuff is packed away in the kitchen. And I also get one of these:
I'm a nerd and get a little cabinet for all my blogging dishes and stuff! I'm pretty thankful I have a hubby who understands my weirdness for taking food photos.
The one thing I love about our house is the backyard. The previous owners did a beautiful job with the landscaping and kept it pretty low maintenance. Luckily, my brother-in-law studied landscape architecture, so he's going to come visit us and give us the 4-1-1 on everything that's growing and how to take care of it. We also negotiated patio furniture into the contract, which is beautiful!
One of the first days there, our friend came over and we enjoyed some bubbly on the deck!
One thing I wasn't prepared for, was the amount of time we'd spend in Lowes. I think we made about 5 or 6 trips there in two days over the weekend. We wanted to get a head start on the painting though!
I've never painted before. Well, I've painted in art class as a kid, but I've never painted as far as homes go. I didn't realize the amount of work that goes into it! But it is sort of fun just because we get to make it entirely our own!
And it seemed no matter what precautions I took, I couldn't keep paint off me.
I think the color suits me, don't you? ;)
Well, we have a long way to go before it's all complete, but I just can't wait to start decorating and making it a home! It's a big step, and we've been looking for a long time, and we're both just so thrilled and excited to finally have a house! Gryff will finally get a yard!
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Wed Jul 30, 2014 5:33 pm
"And this information is accurate?"
Kyouko inquired, only to received an affirmative from the man before him. Humming quietly too herself, she looked back over the report given, as she try to figure out the next course of action. The most known, but yet unknown, secretive the Elemental Nation is Tsuchi no Kuni struggles against the various yakuzas groups that had taken root within the country during the previous Tsuchikage's tenured. The baboon of a man allowed many different families to move within the border. Allowing them to continue their criminal activities: kidnapping, drug smuggling, illegal weapon trades, etc. so as long as they abide by a few rules set by him. At first the agreement between Tsuchikage and the Yakuzas was working well or at least as close to 'well' as one could get in the given situation. However, that all changed when a few members started slipping up, breaking the rules of the agreement, and didn't get punished for it. The lack of punishment, breaking the rules was punishable by death, caused a snowball effect to occur, especially when others found out that they could simply pay the Tsuchikage off, and it quickly spiral out of control with the end result being what it is today: massive criminal organizations, constant wars between rival families fighting for turf, smuggling rampant, etc.
However, not everything was bad. When Kyouko got elected as the next Tsuchikage, the other one simply leaving without warning, she began imploring spies into various families, those who wanted out and would do anything to get it, and systematically began reducing the yazuka's numbers. The woman being far from a pacifist had her technology division to work on ingenious ways to turn ordinal house appliances and clothing into lethal killing contraptions. An Oyabun strangling himself on his tie would be chalked up as an accident instead of something more sinister. No one would look into the sequential murders of saiko-mon, wakagashira, shateigashia all potential candidates for the vacant position, and all of them dying during the following week with all the evidence pointed to ambitious shateis who wanted to make a name for themselves. Yes, no one would look into such cases. They would all be chalked up to the conflict going on within the organizations. Yeah, no one would fathom that the current Tsuchikage was the maestro who orchestrated this murders perfectly. Only a hand full of people knew what the woman was during, not even the technology division was informed of the purpose behind their creations, and they were to secrecy . . . until now.
So, someone leaked out information to the Sogana-kai that I was behind the death of their Oyabun? "
The brown haired man nodded, confirming the Tsuchikage's word
"And now they have started en massing large number of weapons as they beginning to build a strong enough force to challenge me directly?"
Again another nod. Well aren't they the bold? The Sogana-kai is considered the third largest yazuka directly behind Inago-ikki and Hogosha-gum, respectively. They had over two hundred confirmed members with a two thirds of them being former or retired shinobi. The group mainly focused in drug smuggling with few dabbling in the other areas. Their boss, a former council member during the previous Kage's reign, died two weeks ago, and it seems that someone leaked out that Kyouko had a hand in it. Which she did, but that's besides the point. Someone who either knew about her dealings or founded out about them had given Sogana-kai's current Oyabun and now he was gunning for blood. And that wouldn't do . . .
"Thank you for this information. Rest assured that you and your family will be protective till I find ways to escort you out of this country personal."
Kyouko stated, watching the man bow before her before dismissing himself from the office. No sooner had the door shut, Kyouko stood up from the oak desk and peered out of the chakra enchanted glass, looking at the village she had sworn to protect. A smile graced her soft features as she spotted her children in all but blood, playing and conversing with one another. This smile didn't last long, her face returning back to a neutral expression as she made her way back to her seat. For a moment she simply looked around the spacious office, taking into account the decor of it. The first thing anyone noticed upon entering is the smell of light smell of incense that gave the place a 'fresh' smell to it. Another thing they would noticed in the three person black couch in the center of the room with two others against the opposite marble walls. There were also pictures of the previous kages hung up with a plaque detailing the time they served in the office. Unseen by all was the fuuinjutsu on the marble walls having them applied there by Kyouko using an ink that only become visible when she activates the seals. Not much had changed in the office between the previous Tsuchikage and current one stay in there.
"Anbu Daichi(prime) go fetch me Kedoin Shin and Nanai Furuya."
The Anbu didn't say anything as he/she appeared and disappeared with the slightest air disturbance. Kyouko had made up her mind about what she was going to do in regards to the Sogona-kai. They accusing her of killing their former boss? So be it. But they will realize that saying such a thing has consequences.
Dire consequences. . .
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Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:44 am
It was a rather gloomy day, the clouds imprisoning the village in a dark overcast that seemed to bear heavy rains, yet never unleashed them. Shin watched the ominous clouds hanging overhead, waiting for the first drops to pour down on him. It would only be fitting. Today was a good day for the sky to rain. He looked down towards the stone slab resting on the ground. So solemnly had been the start of this day.
"Happy Birthday, Eichi Oshiro,"
he said, slumping down to a crouch. He placed his hand upon the grass that covered the boy's grave feeling the cold ground that surrounded his friend.
But was it right to call himself a friend of Eichi? Was it right for him to always visit his grave like this? Sure, he had been there during the kid's final moments but the kid was too badly burned and wounded to have really known Shin was there when he died, that Shin was the one that carried him back to the village, that Shin was the one who had worked his butt of trying to discern the kid's identity, and that Shin was also the one to bear the news to the kid's family. Still, none of that really meant Shin was a friend of Eichi. Neither of them knew a thing about the other. What was known about Eichi was what was written down in mission reports and test results. Those didn't show the true person of Eichi Oshiro. Neither did sitting and staring at his grave.
Shin sighed as he stood up. He always did this to himself whenever he visited Eichi. Always doubting whether it was okay for him to be doing. Each time the result was the same; he didn't care whether people thought it strange or thought that he shouldn't be there. What he saw of the kid in the few moments that he was alive had made enough impact on Shin to make him visit. And he would keep on visiting as long as he could. Eichi Oshiro died too soon, and whether he liked it or not, Shin had taken on the boy to live both their lives together.
Just as he was about to turn and leave, an ANBU operative appeared behind him.
"Shin Kedōin,"
he said.
"The Tsuchikage requests your presence at once."
And just as he had appeared, he was gone.
Shin turned around to only see the last bit of flickering of the ANBU operative's departure.
The Tsuchikage needs to see me, huh?
He hoped all the Tsuchikage would want to just brief him on another mission assignment. That or maybe a nice chat. She was quite the woman.
With one last glance over his shoulder at Eichi's grave, Shin left and headed for the Administration building. He prefered walking whenever there was no need for rushing. The ANBU operative had said that he was requested at once, but the walk wasn't too bad. Only a few minutes as long as he didn't get distracted by a shop along the way. Which he didn't, and soon arrived at the Tsuchikage's door after a good ten minutes of walking.
Stepping into the office after getting the permitting head nod from the guards, Shin was quickly enveloped by the smell of incense and the very modern furnishings. The marble walls shined spectacularly.
They must wax these walls every day,
Shin thought as he compared the marble stone that was also used in his own home but which could not hold a candle in comparison to the ones he stood surrounded by now. Making his way around the black leather couch in the middle of the office, Shin approached the Tsuchikage's desk.
"Here as was requested,"
Shin bowed from the waist momentarily.
"Lady Tsuchikage."
He stood back, erect and waiting for orders that he would no doubt be receiving. He doubted she had brought him here for just a personal chat, yet as he stood there looking at her being so calm, so elegant, he couldn't help but have a bit of hope that she indeed had just wanted to talk with him. Just him.
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Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:05 pm
Located at the training grounds of Iwagakure, it was moderately packed today, with mostly genin and academy students going about within the area. Some decided to actually train to increase their level of skills, while others were simply spread jocularity in the area. Not only there were genin and academy students, but there were some other ranks such as other jounin instructing and lecturing their team members. The weather though seemed rather fair with just only mere gray clouds covering the blue clouds along with mildly chills here in there in the air, but there was no harm done in the making, at least for the woman. From there, was Nanai sitting herself on top of a large spire, with both hands behind her in which she leaned on, while her legs were out in front of her, obviously curled together since she had on a skirt. Her sky blue eyes glanced down at the grounds, as she gave out her usual blank facial expressions, looking as if she was rather done with everything in life and her level of bother-mind is low, or the fact that she never looks happy. A faint yawn crept through Nanai as she covered her yawn with her left hand.
For some reason, this was where Nanai usually rests. Not at her own home where she has the freedom to do whatever from there nor outside, yet not too far off from the village where it was even better to get away from others, yet a possible chance of running into someone that could taint Nanai's peace. This was regularly where the jounin can be found, usually to get away from social activity and the fact that no one can really notice her up on this large spire. Socializing wasn't so much a hobby she can do, or even try out to enjoy. Though, she couldn't say that this place was the greatest spot to unbend. Unfortunately, this was the place where her near death experience came in place. With the typical love-hate relationship with her once-to-be friend whose name will not be mentioned for Nanai, where a large slash was received to her stomach, hence why she's still wearing a blue belt. Although the pain was gone yes, the scar was still noticeable and not to miss. If she wasn't taken for serious solemn medical attention, who knows where this woman would of ended up right now. However, Nanai had no ruing nor a hint of sorrow of her near death experience. Whatever happens, it happened. Although, she would consider herself fortunate than untimely in which it would be a little doubtful to be pessimistic on herself.
Nanai placed her hands on the belt around her stomach as she gave in one more sigh, still recollecting the heinous events she had to encounter right in this very area. Although the memories were being recalled, her facial expression shows nothing, maintaining nothing more than a bored, and empty mien kept on her eyes and lips. Inside however, was a scared little girl, who couldn't expunge the near-death experience. Nanai will get over it, eventually. The jounin thought that now would be a good time to simply take a short nap to relieve some of the stress she was gaining, in which it seemed like a good idea for her to do. But before Nanai could do anything, she heard a male voice calling out to her from behind.
"Miss Furuya,"
The voice called. It wasn't so long for Nanai to turn her head, seeing an ANBU representative speaking before her.
"The Tsuchikage behests your attendance at her office."
He spoke with an elaborate tone.
It only took just a few seconds to figure out what the woman's next actions were, which was of course to attend herself at the Tsuchikage's office. Getting up from her position did she signal a nod for the ANBU representative to understand she'll be there. With that said, the ANBU turned himself around, taking off in just a few seconds. Nanai lifted out her arms sky high, stretching herself before she simply jumped off of the large spire and onto the ground, at first landing in a squatting position, then straightened out her legs after, standing up in a linear posture. So, the kage wanted Nanai for something probably salient, yet what was the reason behind her request?
This better be worth the time.
Nanai thought. Of course, the jounin has some high respects for the kage, but then again she would never know if there's something grim or even something plain silly to Nanai's eyes. Whatever the case may be, Nanai was about to find out. Once she straightened out her standing posture, she then made her way to the Tsuchikage's office. A mere twenty minutes flew by ever since Nanai departed from the training grounds, yet it seems as though it was obvious Nana was late.
Eventually, the jounin has made her way to the office of the Tsuchikage. The moment she took a step in, Nanai was already dazzled by the scenery presented to her. The fragrance, the decorations, the furniture, everything was just flawless to her eyes, envying the setting of this office with her own home, not that it wasn't so... "fancy" or anything. However, she didn't travel her way here to admire the locale of the Tsuchikage's office, as her natural dull facial expression says it all. However, it looks like Nanai wasn't the only one that the kage wanted. From there, Nanai saw a tall male standing in front of the kage's desk. The woman had no case of showing any despondency of whether she was requested alone or not.
For a form of an apology, she first bent herself forward straight in a ninety degree angle, with her back bent backwards with her arms glued to the side, straightened out.
"Forgive my detestable appearance,
I'll be sure to get here in a hastily manner next time so I won't be so late as of now."
She gave a prim apology. Straightening herself up, Nanai then used her left index finger to pull away just a few loose black haired strands that covered a small portion of her face, back behind her left ear when she bowed. Her sky blue orbs laid contact on the male a short few seconds, still remaining her blank expression. Crossing her arms, she then made her way around the couch and in front of the desk of the Tsuchikage, of course standing a few centimeters away from the male, awaiting on what will happen.
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Kagami Kyouko
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Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:39 pm
"Would she accept it?"
Kyouko mused too herself, reading over the file of one of the two individuals who she had summoned to her office, while waiting for them to appear. Asides from work with Nanai a hand full of times throughout of her career as a shinobi, she didn't know anything about her. There were always rumors regarding the pair, but she didn't take much stock in them.
"But there's a silver of truth in each rumor."
She thought, recalling a particular conversation she had with a fellow medic-nin who spoke about a kunochi by the name of Nanai was emitted too the hospital in order to threat a near fatal injury. At the time Kyouko didn't pay much attention the words of a drunken man, for she herself didn't have any interest in the medical field nor any reason to concern herself with the well-being of another, dark times they were. She had just written it off as nothing more than a lie, used to stroke the medic-nin's ego for he apparently helped saved the female in question. Now that she thought about it, maybe, just maybe, she should have looked into the man's claims and found out more about Nanai Furuya.
"It's too late for that."
She murmured looking over the female's file, and noticing her performance throughout her career: Nanai was good with only a few blemishes on an otherwise successful career. However, the woman could do better, much better, she just needed the right motivation.
"You will not grow complacent under my watch."
She whisperedr, before setting the file aside and focus on the other one; Kedoin Shin.
Just like Nanai, Kyouko didn't know much about him except from rumors and what little personal experience she had dealing with him. Although she knew more about him then she did the latter. A jounin with inspiration of joining Anbu, and ultimately becoming a captain or commander. The man has served his time as a Jounin well, earning praises from the Jounin Commander and some of the other higher ups, much like Nanai.. He understood the pain of losing someone, like most Jounins do, and knows how to overcome it and move on, but yet never forget it. He doesn't abandoned his comrades as evident of him bringing Eichi back home, and even attempted to save the child with the efforts being futile in the end. He wasn't a drone, questioning the credibility of a mission if he felt something was amiss; a trait that Kyouko loves. Yes, the man had what it took to move up the shinobi ladder, and Kyouko knew he wouldn't refuse her offer.
Closing the file and placing a top of the other one, Kyouko turned her attention back to the reason why she had summoned those two here. But before she could dwell on the matter at hand, the feeling of someone using Body Flicker alerted her to Daichi's return; the Anbu member reporting that the task was done before bowing and disappeared into the shadows within the room. No sooner had Daichi disappeared did Kedonin Shin walked through the door, stopping a front of the couch and bowed to her. Kyouko's neutral expression didn't waver through the entire thing. Chestnut brown eyes stared at the man before them, as if they were evaluating the person's worth
"Good. And you are on time too."
She spoke, her voice giving nothing away
"Now we just got to wait for the other one. . ."
For seventeen minutes Kyouko didn't utter a word to the shinobi before her. She simply went about reading a random mission report from a chuunin in regards to unearthing a child slave trade ring. There are truly some despicable people in this world.
Kyouko had finished reading the two page report and wrote a note regarding a key piece of information within it by the time Nanai graved them with her presence.
"Yes, lets make sure this doesn't happen again?"
She stated, her voice not given away the annoyance she felt in waiting for the Jounin to appear. There was a reason why Body Flicker was taught to all shinobi. Anyway.
"Kedonin Shin. I have heard many good things about you."
She stated stroking the man's ego a little
"The same with you, Nanai."
Not leaving the female out of the picture.
The sudden use of body flicker and the appearance of the Anbu Commander didn't surprise Kyouko at all as she addressed Shin once more, as the commander stood beside her with a standard issued Anbu attire with porcelain mask in hand
"Kedonin Shin, your request for joining Anbu has been granted. And you'll be known as Kokoro for as long as you wear this mask. Make us proud"
Kyouko said, watching the commander given the uniform to the new Anbu member.
"Nanai, you are one of Iwa's Top Jounins, and while I'm grateful for that, I think you can do better. "
She said, pausing to see Nanai's reaction in being told that her performance isn't good enough
"So, as of this moment, you are not longer a Jounin of Iwa. Instead you will become the first Sannin that Iwa has had in the passed forty years. You'll work closely with Me, the Anbu and Jounin Commander, with helping the later devise training regiments for our shinobi force in as a whole. "
She said, allowing Nanai to soak up the information.
"Now lets get down to the real reason why I called you here."
Going through hand-seals the marble walls lit up with seals as they were all activated at once sealing off the room from the rest of the world
"What do you know about the Sogana-kai?"
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Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:41 pm
Waiting for 'the other one' to arrive, Shin started to wonder exactly what was going on. To his disappointment he was not called by the Tsuchikage for the two of them to have a private discussion. He knew there had been no chance of that, but still... a guy can dream, right?
He and the Tsuchikage waited in silence for seventeen minutes. For each of those minutes, Shin took small glances while pretending to be interested in the furniture and view of the office. Beautiful things attracted the eye, so what could he do? It was a natural tendency. Any single, hot-blooded man would be caught doing the same thing. Shin rolled from his heels to his toes and back again in a rocking fashion, keeping himself from boredom. After a while, even taking small glances at the Tsuchikage would get old and boredom had hit him.
Fortunately for Shin's sanity, the 'other one' that showed up was another kunoichi.
Well, this looks promising.
The kunoichi dressed just as fashionably as the Tsuchikage, he noticed as she came in and apologized for her lateness. Shin would have been damned if this hadn't gotten his blood flowing. Yet he kept his cool. Whatever the reason for being called to the office, it was definitely business. After a rather long look at the new girl, he'd guessed that he had seen her face before. She was from the same village after all, there had to have been a few occurrences where they had been in close vicinity at some point before today. Still, he didn't recognize her.
Only when the Tsuchikage spoke did he turn his attention. He only nodded in response to the Tsuchikage's compliment, then parting his lips just so when the other kunoichi's name was revealed.
Nanai... I'll have to remember that.
But then his attention was quickly distracted by the sudden appearance of the ANBU Commander beside the Tsuchikage. Seeing the clothes and mask held by the Commander, Shin started to feel anxious.
It had been a few years since he had quit the ANBU. The last time being a mission he'd decided not to follow and covered up his disobedience. Though that had ended up making him look good enough for the Jounin promotion, he hadn't really thought that his recent application back into the ANBU Black Ops. would really have gone through. Now that the Tsuchikage had granted him back into the organization, he didn't know what to think, let alone say.
However, one thought crossed his mind. His eyes turned to Nanai while his face stayed forward. She now knew the true identity of Kokoro. Though just instated, this was quite the security leak. His mind began to question the Tsuchikage's decision to have inaugurated him in front of another. But when he heard the Tsuchikage name Nanai as the village's first Sannin in forty years he quickly understood that the Tsuchikage trusted this kunoichi. Although he still didn't like the fact that Nanai now would know who he was behind the mask.
Oh well, nothing I can do about that now.
Shin accepted the ANBU uniform and mask from the commander, bowing slightly and thanking him and the Tsuchikage for the honor.
She then delved straight into the next matter of business.
Of course, this wasn't enough business for both of us to be called here on such short notice, now was it?
He thought to himself, smirking outwardly. When the Tsuchikage posed her question, Shin was a bit at a loss.
The Sogana-kai were a division of the Yakuza. That alone was all he really knew. His attention of late had been more towards fixing up his house. Just a year ago it had looked like nothing but a misplaced part of Iwagakure's Shantytown. Now it looked at least like a proper home for the neighborhood he lived in. No more shantytown.
"Forgive me, Lady Tsuchikage. My knowledge of the Sogana-kai is almost non-existant. All I can think of is that they are a subgroup of the Yakuza. Beyond that I am not of much help."
He bowed his head slightly in shame. He was supposed to be known for his knowledge but now he just looked like a fool. Shin silently cursed his shanty home for having distracted him.
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The Tsuchikage first started off by complimenting the male first from the things that she have heard about him, and then came along Nanai. As the kage spoke, she then caught onto what the shinobi's name was.
Kedonin... Shin.
She repeated the name in her thoughts, making a mental note on it. Honestly, she found the name to be somewhat adoring. Although it was just any other name to remember, it was simple and clear, nothing more. Asides from that, she wasn't too sure on what the kage heard on Nanai. Personally, she can be pessimistic on herself from time to time, so she doubted anyone caught her doing something spectacular or something along the lines. Then again, where was the point to deny such details, especially to the Tsuchikage? For now, it was probably for the best not to worry on little aspects like that.
The ANBU representative then came from the shadows in almost mere seconds, as she then held the ANBU uniform to Shin, including a mask. The Tsuchikage then announced that the male was now apart of the black ops of Iwagakure. Turning her head to Shin as her pure blue orbs laid on the man, she then gave in a nod as a sign of congratulating him afterwards, with the most fainted smile, but still somehow not much noticeable.
"Congratulations, Kedonin-san. I hope you serve this village well."
She then said, referring Shin by his last name and still keeping on the honorifics, considering he isn't wearing the mask in which covers his identity, then turning herself back to the kage. Honestly, Nanai also wanted to be apart of the ANBU, which was of course her first goal when she was in her academy days. At the same time however, it felt like it wouldn't work out so well. Though, she does hope for the best of Shin in the future.
The Tsuchikage then changed the subject over to Nanai, in which she complimented on her as being "one of the top Jounins of Iwagakure", in which she gave in a small, simple nod of understanding. However, she then shifted towards her work not being quite good. Her fainted smile quickly faded away, giving off a shady sigh. Nanai would also say the same thing to herself, truthfully. After her near-death experience as a child, she isn't afraid to admit that her work was somewhat atrocious. It wasn't actually atrocious, but it's a word the woman could use to describe her activity.
"And I'm sorry for my... godawful performance, Kagami-sama. I'll try my best to do better next time."
She mumbled, only just giving a simple bow of her head with of course still maintaining a blank expression.
However, she was then told that she's now the first Sannin Iwagakure had in forty years or so, as Nanai will work not only with the ANBU and Jounin Commander, but with the Tsuchikage herself. Her eyes slightly widen in shock, as her lips made a tiny gap in between them. Hopefully this wasn't some sort of dream. Next to trying to become a ANBU, being a Sannin was something Nanai thought she would never achieve, despite having a goal of it. And here she is now, actually gaining that title. Her lips curved downwards, forming into a large warm smile of not only excitement, but with joy and esteem. A moment like this was able to break through Nanai's blank expressions through a more noticeable emotion, which was quite rare to see. Giving in another straight ninety degree bow, she then said,
"Thank you, Kagami-sama. I will be most definitely sure to improve my performance with an opportunity like this given."
She then thanked gracefully, with her tone of voice filled with elation. Of course, this would also mean that Nanai might work with Shin from time to time, now that she was a Saninn.
Straightening her position once again, she then asked about a ground named the Sogana-kai, which quickly led her back to being expressionless on her face. Of course, Nanai completely had no knowledge on this group, as this was basically her first time hearing about them.
"Unfortunately for myself as well, I have no comprehension on this 'Sogana-kai', as this is my first time hearing about this particular group. I am most sincerely sorry for my ghastly cognition, Kagami-sama."
She then spoke apologizing with also giving in yet again, a ninety degree bow and afterwards fixing herself up again.
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The happiness she felt as both of her children, metaphorically speaking, accepted the positions, with the latter one pledging to become stronger, was slightly overwhelming for the Tsuchikage but it was hidden behind a gentle smile and eyes that brimmed with warmth. It wasn't an uncommon occurrence for Kyouko to show some form of emotion when it came to those under her command, seeing them not only as shinobi but her children as well. And like any mother, when they succeed she feels happiness and show it but during so in a control fashion, she was the Tsuchikage after all, and the same can be said when they fail for she does silently weep for them, in the privacy of her living quarters. This parent-like outlook also extends to the majority of Tsuchi no Kuni, and it's that reason why she herself having to take drastic actions against those who dare to cause harm to her children.
Unfortunately neither of them knew about the Sogana-kai, not surprising considering the family don't make moves publically, always using ploxies and/or other smaller gangs/bandits to due their bidding. Sogana-kai never been the one for direct conflict, preferring to hide in the shadows and allow others due their bidden. While Kyouko commended their attempts, they still leave evidences behind showing who had did the deed. It wouldn't be surprising that the two before her have a mission regarding the family and not even known it. In fact there's a good chance they have, but that was for another day.
"The Yazuka. Our previous Tsuchikage allowed Tsuchi no Kuni to become infested with various Yazuka families, and like anything disease it spread rapidly throughout the country. Territory wars was a constant back then, and many innocent people lost their lives for simply being in the wrong place at the right time, and yet the former Kage didn't nothing about it. "
Her hands subconsciously tying as she thought about the actions, or lack thereof, of the previous Tsuchikage
" That all changed when I got into office. Unknown to the majority of our forces, I have been to systematically destroying each and ever yazuka family, killing of their boss and next in line for the seat and during so in away that every death would seem like an accident or the during of another rival family. "
Pausing briefly to see the reaction of the two at the revelation of what she has done.
"There are three big families referring to themselves as the Trinity alliance, with each one have a member base over 200 hundred strong and with some of them being former shinobi or council members."
The last part was mumbled but still loud enough for them to hear
"These families are; Hogosha-kai, Imago-ikki, and Sogana-kai. Each one of them specialize in a certain area in the criminal underworld. While they might call themselves the Trinity Alliance, they are anything but that. At most they simply allow each other to control a certain market allowing them to gain a monopoly within the given area, wars and disputes between them are settle in a peaceful manner with the accused being handed over the family that they did wrong and dealt with according. Any disputes not dealing with any of in the alliance is dealt with personally by the respective family with the others not interfering."
She stated allowing the information to sink in before getting to the heart of the matter.
"Now you know something about the Yazuka groups, let get down to business."
She stated handling them each a folder, the words 'Classified' being stamped on each
"Five months ago the Sogana-kai's boss met an unfortunately demise when he pummeled to his death, the floor boards underneath his inner onsen given away. A new Obayan(boss) took the helm a month later. Just now I recieved information from a confidant that the current boss founded out that I was behind the killing of the former boss, and has been en massing weapons in preparation for a fight. Now, I don't know who leaked this information but whoever did will face the consequences, however, the fact remains that the Sogana-kai is preparing to move against us. "
The ramification of such an act being oblivious. For if they allowed the Sogana-kai to make the first move then it would be a blood bath for Iwagakure no Sato
"Within your each folders in some information regarding the Sogana-kai's first and second lieutenant along with the gangs/bandits that are under their command. Go over the information, ingrain it into your memory"
She stated allowing them to go over the information in the folders
"These are your targets. In a two week time, I expect them all to be dead. Do you understand?"
If there was any time for questions this would be it.
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Miyabi's Profile
Saito, Miyabi
Current Wakagashira(1st lieutenant)
Misc. Information:
Mainly frequents 'Pride Rock', and is in-charge of all the bandits/thugs in the general area. He is a former Iwa-nin who got honorably discharged sometime during his Jounin(A) tenure. He primarily specialize in Earth based Ninjutsu/Bojutsu.
Goro's Profile
Akutagawa, Goro
Current Shateigashira(2nd Lieutenant)
Misc. Information:
Despite being the Second Lieutenant many believes he'll be the next boss if something would happen to the current one. He was a former Grass-nin who after breaking the Hippocratic oath fled the village, and winded up as a member of the Sogana and quickly rose through the ranks. He specialize in medical ninjutsu with a preference for using his lightning affinity in conjunction with it to cause stunning and other paralyzing affects. He's somewhat of a floater but you can usually find him near Miyabi.
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Despite the snow white marbles and the midnight black leather furniture surrounding all three of them, Shin felt a warmth while being with these two women. It seemed to be coming from the mutual care from each of them. He could tell the Tsuchikage had already fought off some teary eyes as the two of them had accepted their new titles. It was odd, the look in her eyes during that moment pegged to a memory of his own mother after he had shown her his forehead protector as a symbol of graduation from the Ninja Academy. Though the Tsuchikage only seemed to be emotional for a second or so before continuing on with her question.
Shin listened with Nanai as the Tsuchikage told the both of them about the Sogana-kai. It turned out he was right, they were a part of the Yakuza, but then he learned a lot more from the Tsuchikage's words. Apparently the last Tsuchikage had allowed the Yakuza to run rampant. Something Shin should have been more aware of instead of standing there like a fool just now learning of the state of the world. Yet there he stood, listening and taking in the new information being said and taking mental notes. It was a brief history to say the least, but all they needed to know for the time being. Later, Shin would see to it that he get more information about how the Yakuza organizations and families completely ran their business.
Upon hearing the leak of intel that had just been discovered by the Tsuchikage earlier that very same day, Shin's eyes widened a bit more. A leak meant there was a hole and wherever the whole was, the mole that made it would be close. With the information leaking that Tsuchikage Kyouko was behind the killings things would really escalate, just as she had said weapons were being amassed. A war, basically, was on the forefront of the Hidden Rock's future. Probably one of the first wars to happen internally in decades.
Shin Kedōin took his folder from the Tsuchikage, taking a seat on the right side of the black leather couch that sat just behind him and Nanai. Laying his newly awarded ANBU outfit along the armchair, he started skimming through the folder's contents. It consisted of information for the first and second lieutenants of the Sogana-kai, the major threats from the information leak. Looking their bios, Shin got a good idea of what they might be capable of if given the chance to start this crime war.
Hearing that these two were his target -- his and Nanai's -- he felt a ping of excitement run through his body. A fresh target for him to take on in his newly acquired ANBU uniform and maybe even carry out his first ANBU operation. Still, which one should he take if the both of them were their targets? Did the Tsuchikage want them each to pick one as their own targets?
He mulled over the options and how each might play out. Nanai's skill was obviously noteworthy for being proclaimed Sannin, so he didn't doubt that either of them could take these guys on one-on-one. Still, there may be some use he could pull out of one of these guys to dive into the Sogana-kai. In fact, an idea began to bud around his brain that would center on his clan's specialty.
"Understood, Lady Tsuchikage,"
Shin said, looking up from his folder to the Tsuchikage, then turning to Nanai.
"I actually just thought of a way we could really get something more out of this besides their deaths. It'd mean we take these guys out together, unless you were wanting to split these targets up between us. But, I think I could use one of these guys to get inside the organization and I'd need help to do that."
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Planning for a winter visit to OsloKid Friendly, Romantic, Travel Tips, What's New — By Anne-Sophie Redisch on October 18, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Autumn still, but the winter season is upon us before we know it and it's wise to plan ahead.
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Went for pharmacy CC dinner two days ago. Basically, the main purpose of having this dinner was to
To be more accurate, it was the night where freshies had to put on costume and act according to the character they were assigned to. For instance, Hulk, Thor, Ultraman, Lady Gaga and etc. No doubt, it gonna be the most memorable night of their life. Hopefully it wasn't a nightmare instead :p
I had mine 3 years ago (sounds like very old huh) and I was assigned to act as a 包租婆 in Stephen Chow's movie, should be 《功夫》 if not mistaken. Can imagine how I looked like last time? *sweat*
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Good Life
Bohemian block party begins in Brooklyn, ends up in State College
The flea's story starts with a pair of earrings.
In the fall after Brad Groznik graduated from college, he visited New York with friends. On a whim, one suggested a trip to Brooklyn to secure a new pair of studs, and so off they went: a group of 20-somethings on a mission for chic jewelry. And New York, the city with just about everything, was the place to do it, despite some initial resistance from Groznik.
Earring shopping, he said, wasn't his idea of a good time.
"I was like 'why do I have to go earring shopping?' he said. "But I wasn't expecting what we found."
Their misadventure took them to a warehouse in Fort Greene, a trendy, tree-lined neighborhood cornered by Brooklyn Heights and Boerum Hill. It was a slice of bohemia, a stippling of abstract art on the city's pastiche of broad, bold strokes. The chimes and dimes of Wall Street were echoing just across the Brooklyn Bridge.
"I thought 'man, I'm not cool enough to be there,' " Groznik said. "It was such a cool scene."
But the warehouse wasn't a mere storage unit. Inside, vintage clothes hung next to impromptu food stands, peddling some of the finest street grub in the world. Jewelry dangled in front of vendors, while the visitors — some rakish, some purposely unrefined — perused their wares. David Bowie, spinning on vinyl, provided the night's soundtrack.
What he thought would be a drag turned out to be an ad-lib party, one he would remember about a decade later.
"What's really cool about these events is that, I think, a lot of the ladies in this area will drag their boyfriends," Groznik said, "and their boyfriends are going to realize 'oh, there's stuff for me here, too.' "
By then he hadn't yet asked Andrea, his future wife, out on a date. The pair knew each other while studying at Penn State, but didn't start dating until they both moved to New York right before the market crash of 2008.
Like many city dwellers, Andrea stumbled upon the "best-kept secret," too. Her sister, Dana, lived in Williamsburg, another neighborhood in Brooklyn, and through her she found out about the urban "fleas," or the spontaneous street bashes inflected with a dash of brio and a dollop of joie de vivre.
Now the couple are the impresarios of their own urban-style flea, which they've dubbed "Pop Up Ave." Located in the Garner Street Parking lot in downtown State College, the flea plays local variations on its New York-inspired theme. Vendors from across Pennsylvania will feature their creations, while live music will provide the day's beat. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday.
"We're trying to create an overall urban, artistic experience," Andrea said. "I think people hear the word 'flea' and they picture antiques and kind of an organized yard sale. This is really a curated mix."
The idea began bubbling in January. By February, the pair started reaching out to vendors.
"One of the hardest things for us is describing what we're trying to do," Brad said. "A lot of people see Arts Fest, they see People's Choice, they see the farmers markets, but what we're trying to do is something different. It's that Brooklyn aesthetic; it's that urban flea market."
In May, they recruited Victoria Babb, a senior in Penn State's Smeal College of Business, to assist with the flea. A State College native, Babb, 21, shared the same love of New York's urban flair while still being versed in the college-town vibe. When Brad told her about the project, she was sold.
"There's never been something as unique and cultural as an event like this," she said, "and I think that Arts Fest is really great, but it's not necessarily a clientele that I can associate with, especially the products. They're out of my price range, they're not necessarily styles of clothing that I would wear or types of art I would want to put on my wall.
"But what's really great about this event is everything is affordable, and it's all in a style that makes sense for my generation."
And so the work began. Babb researched vendors, vetting for the milieu and logistics, while promoting the flea through social media. The marketing major also went back to basics, posting reams of fliers around town by hand.
"It's been really interesting to see how many interesting companies are in Pennsylvania that I would have never assumed were," she said. "... It's stuff you would find in a big city that you forget can happen in a smaller scale. And so we get the opportunity to bring them all together in one event."
The flea, which features more than 39 vendors, will hold a variegated blend of color and sound. There will be handmade clothes, herbal teas, natural balms and liniments, snowboards and vintage records. Meanwhile, a bake sale's aromas will mingle with artisanal spices, while the Penn State-Pittsburgh football game is blaring from a tailgate truck not far away.
Several local businesses, such as The Makery and the Discovery Space, will be present, too. A full list can be found on the event's Facebook page.
And there will be earrings, too. Invited artisans of handmade jewelry sell a few that are jangly hoops — or full circles.
"What we're doing is so new for some of these businesses," Brad said. "I was surprised there wasn't one here already."
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What: Pop Up Ave.
When: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday
Where: Garner Street parking lot, downtown State College
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Navy Fireman 3rd Class Gerald G. Lehman died aboard the USS Oklahoma during the December 7th, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. For over 68 years his Hancock, Michigan family has known only that their loved one was likely buried as an "unknown" at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Lehman's remains were returned to his family and he was buried with full military honors in June 2010. He was among the 429 Sailors and Marines lost when the USS Oklahoma went down. Thirty-six bodies were identified the same day of the attack. After the USS Oklahoma was raised from the waters some 6 month later, 393 were buried as "unknowns" in the National Memorial Cemetery.
In 2003, an independent researcher contacted the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) with information he believed indicated that one of the USS Oklahoma casualties who was buried as an unknown could be positively identified. After reviewing the case, JPAC exhumed the casket and discovered that it contained Lehman's remains.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used dental comparisons and mitochondrial DNA – which matched that of his sister and nieces — in the identification of Lehman's remains.
Lehman was only 17 years old on December 7, 1941. A Facebook page set-up in his honor quotes a niece saying the identification and the homecoming were "surreal," and a nephew who said, "most funerals are sad situations, but not this one."
Saturday, the family held a funeral for their Uncle Gerald, a brave sailor who died on-board the USS Oklahoma when it sank in Pearl Harbor almost 70 years ago.
More than 130 friends and relatives packed the cathedral at Hancock's Church of the Resurrection, and even more than that encircled his casket when it arrived at Forest Hill Cemetery in Houghton – Lehman's final resting place.
Several people spoke to honor the life of this sailor who died when he was just 18. Among them, Sharon Lahti, the wife of Representative Mike Lahti. She presented Lehman's family with a plaque, a tribute, on behalf of the state of Michigan. Flags statewide were flown at half-mast Saturday in Lehman's honor.
With new forensic technology, perhaps Navy Fireman 3rd Class Gerald G. Lehman will not be the last casualty of World War II to be returned to family.


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Please find attached the Aschermann Charolais 2019 Spring Bull Sale Catalog. 20 Charolais Angus cross cows bred to Charolais bulls for Spring calving. We are also selling five Red Angus heifers bred for fall calving to Akaushi Bulls. Looking forward to seeing you March 16th.
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Our Goals! Are simple, to produce Charolais based seed stock that are easy calving, fast growing, highly maternal and produce a premium carcass. Because top quality and yield grade are important to every seed stock program we have used almost exclusively pedigrees with proven carcass traits.
Commercial Bull Production, in volume, is our main business. We have years of proven customer satisfaction. Our bulls are known for their good dispositions, sound feet and legs, easy calving, and fast growing calves. We produce both purebred and hybrid seed stock. More recently Red cattle from Japan ( Akaushi) genetics have been added to our Mello Yellow line of hybrid bulls.
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Hello we are Peggy & Larry Aschermann. We are located in southwest Missouri near Carthage and East of Joplin. Our roots have always been in the cattle industry. We have bred and raised purebred Charolais cattle since 1993. Starting in 2000, we added Red Angus to part of the herd to create our first "Mellow Yellow" cattle. Embryo transfer and artificial insemination plays a major role in our day to day production.
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