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Summary: Primarily letters from Woodward to Williams. Also included are a 9 p. biographical sketch of Woodward; Woodward's painting journal; a scrapbook; printed material; notes; and photographs and slides relating to Woodward's work as a painter and his friendship with Williams.
Letters are mainly from Woodward discussing his work, plans and health. Correspondents also include Ethel Dow and Woodward's friend and protege Mark Purinton, Jr. The scrapbook and printed material consist of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, exhibition catalogs, and exhibition announcements about Woodward's work. Photographs and slides taken by Williams of Woodward, his studios and home and were used by Woodward as important source material because of his immobility. Scattered throughout the printed material are items related to Lester Stevens, another New England painter apparently of interest to Williams.


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Project Description
The Realization Phase
This is the second of three blogs on how SAP Focused Build can transform your approach to SAP programme delivery. The first blog covered easy requirements capture, the re-invention of documentation in Solution Manager, and project planning with an Agile twist. This blog continues the story to introduce how Focused Build is used to break work into work packages and work items, ensuring minimum documentation, and tracking successes in a dashboard for project managers.
The Realization phase is where Focused Build takes the requirements captured in the preceding Explore phase and helps manage project delivery from development to final integration and acceptance testing.
There are four major activities driven by Focused Build in this phase:
- Assigning requirements to work packages for delivery through state-transition workflows.
- Managing development activities through controlled scoping and transport creation.
- Monitoring of the progress of the project following the Solution Readiness Dashboard.
- Testing using the test management capabilities of Focused Build.
The realization phase is often considered the place where the rubber meets the road, where progress can get mired down and great efforts need made to put things back on track. Focused Build can help forestall these issues but before we show how it is worth itemising the common problems all large scale implementations face and determine that a new approach, with new tools, is needed.
- Managers must work hard to get a clear picture of progress. Much time is spent collating information. Each team lead will set aside a portion of their hours to progress reporting, the PMO office will spend time collating results, the project manager will have to chase up missing reports.
- Documentation follows the laws of entropy and tends to travel in the direction of disorder and incompleteness as if driven by some universal force. Much effort must be expended to halt this decline, such as with governance procedures or diligent time spent correcting inconsistencies. Many on project team members consider proper documentation a sunk cost, of benefit to only those who come after go-live in support roles. This lack of professionalism is often a problem for the customer.
- Keeping on track of one or two transports is never going to be a problem. The problem comes with scale, and inefficient control mechanisms can be overwhelmed on larger projects, creating intolerable delays and frustration.
Requirements realized through work packages and workitems
It is the job of the Solution Architect to work with the requirements document creator (usually a Business Analyst role) to package up the requirements into work packages. It is not necessary for a single requirement to be answered 1:1 with a work package. It may be the case that a requirement has been broadly defined and needs to be broken down into several work packages. A requirement should be an Agile methodology "user story", a single expectation delivered to someone with defined value, such "As a purchaser, I want to be able to pick view the release status of the orders I've raised". To help in this mapping, work packages can be given a preceding or succeeding sequencing in the order attempted. Conversely, several requirements may be defined at a granular level such that they all could be sensibly wrapped up into just one work package.
Whatever the starting point for deciding the requirements to be delivered by a work package, the work package is a unit of work with an associated Single Functional Test Case (SFTC) indicating when passed that it has been delivered successfully. This SFTC is a document stored as a part of the Test Management component in the Solution Documentation, assigned to a business process step.
All the requirements will have the opportunity to be linked to the BPML (Business Process Master List) in Solution Documentation and therefore it seems sensible to consider a work package to be related to a single business process step – although this only a suggestion and not a restriction. As a Focused Build process ideally needs the Solution Documentation process hierarchy to exist it is therefore of capital importance that an outline business process structure is in place before exiting the Explore phase.
Storage of the necessary albeit minimum supporting documentation depends on this structure being established. As a concession to usability, uploading and managing the completeness of the document can be done entirely from inside the Focused Build work package. This is important not just for the SFTC document but all other documents necessary to complete a Focused Build work package. Which documents are necessary is determined by the classification of the work package (Fit, Gap, WRICEF – the same classification optionally indicated in the requirements. These terms were defined in the section on the Explore phase (in brief: a "Fit" is configuration; WRICEF is development; and a "Gap" is a development performed by a 3rd party but still needing to be documented and integration tested. In general, developments (WRICEFs and Gaps) also require a Functional Specification, and Fits require only updating of the configuration guide.
In short, Focused Build helps you divide your project's scope of requirements into manageable chunks; it masks the complexity of navigating the process hierarchy and allows resulting documentation to be stored in the correct place in the BPML without additional governance.
The work package completion workflow actually comprises of two separate "state-transition" workflows, semi-automated team collaboration around an electronic document by transitioning the document status as it is completed.
- The Document KPI workflow. Each status change of the work package examines the availability and readiness of the supporting documentation, the documents themselves having to be in the correct released status before the next phase. This sequence of document availability and completeness is illustrated opposite in a simplified form, first for WRICEF and Gap development, and then for Fit (config only). Each document must be available (status IN PROGRESS) and then completed (status RELEASED) for the work package/work items to transition through its own workflow status changes. With Focused Build creating the right level of documentation is integral to progressing the build activities. This workflow is called Document KPI because the documentation and their completeness are one of the underlying metrics used to track progress in the Solution Readiness Dashboard (see later). Each document can be considered a "mini milestone" for completion of a work package. Making correct documentation front and centre of a development activity is a classic quality management technique. Each step of the process involves a handover, and Document KPI workflow ensures the next step can't be performed until the pre-requisite step is completed first. Hardly an original idea, but one that can often be overlooked.
- The Change Document workflow: This is used to progress completeness of workitems. Workitems can be categorised and as Normal Changes (NC) or General Changes (GC). The difference between them is that Normal Changes are used for transports through the entire landscape, whereas General Changes can be used to update documentation or make changes to non-transportable objects. There can be any number of workitems of type NC or CG created to realize a work package, the term scoping is used to describe the job of determining how many and of which type.
Both of the above workflows produce key metrics for the Solution Readiness Dashboard (more on this below) providing real-time project status reporting for the Project Management team.
In the previous blog the Focused Build units of time (waves and sprints) were introduced as project planning terms. Earlier in this blog the units of work (work packages and workitems) were explained. The next section describes how these two concepts are related.
- Starting from the top, an implementation programme will have one or more releases. Each release is served by a master project, but this master project can be split up into multiple sub-projects. Release can run in parallel, but only if each release has a different transport path. This is a relevant consideration for hybrid cloud/on-premise implementations.
- Before go-live, each release will have a Functional Integration Test (FIT) of all the sub-projects in that master project release.
- The sub-projects would normally be divided among functional areas, and each expected to be no less than 2 months in duration. This sub-division is not mandatory but is a good starting point for consideration.
- Each project will have multiple waves. The conclusion of each wave is a Quality Gate with an Acceptance Test where developers present the changes and new features to the requesters and key users. As a wave is made up of individual work packages, each with their own SFT, the alignment of wave and work package to business process and business process step is an obvious one, although again there is nothing that prevents flexibility here.
- As mentioned earlier, each work package is broken down into work items, for example a WRICEF development, a functional configuration or a change not needing a transport request. Within a wave, the workitems are planned as sprints typically no more than 10 days in length, and can be scheduled to maximise productivity, so long as they completed by the due date of the wave. Each sprint is confirmed by a Unit Test. All these points demonstrate Focused Build is aligned to the principles of Agile Methodology: flexibility to cope with changing scope, extending scopes, new requirements. It does this by providing a methodology to deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale. It makes working software is the primary measure of progress. It encourages the business and developers to attempt continuous delivery of software.
The two state-transition workflows, Document KPI and Change Documents, are used to monitor progress in the bar chart tiles of the SRD. This gives an absolute, solid measurement of progress. If a work package is due development, then the functional specification must be released. If a development is due testing, then the workitem must be set to "To be tested". Also displayed in the SRD are risks and issues. Risks are defined as a potential problem which requires mitigation planning, whereas issues are having an existing impact and require resolution
Overall status – Project status a traffic light gives an instant visual signal to context of the rest of the matrix. It is set manually, for master projects by the project manager, and if the sub-projects are broken down by workstream then functional team leads can take responsibility for it.
Next Q-Gate – The number of workdays remaining until the next Q-Gate, much better than a date as a countdown always creates a sense of urgency.
Total numbers assigned to project – with drill-down to individual documents. This gives an at-a-glance figure, and easy navigation access to the detail.
Requirements backlog – How many work packages are still open, which ones are in progress, and how many have been rejected? Again, an at-a-glance figure, and easy navigation access to the detail. The project scope is the backlog ma d reducing this is a key metric of performance.
Schedule – How many tasks in the current project are complete in relation to their due date (to-date target)? This tile gives percentages, useful ready-made summarised hard data for communication to the steering committee.
Current Wave Progress – shows the percentage difference between actual and planned completion. Again, useful ready-made summarised hard data for communication to the steering committee
Risks – Number of risks rated according to status, impact, and probability. Risks are defined as a potential problem which requires mitigation planning
Issues – Number of issues rated according to priority. Issues are having an existing impact and require resolution.
Scope change – Percentage of work package that has been changed or extended after the initial scope had been set. A key metric for quality. Can give an early warning sign of problems ahead.
Sub-project statuses – Status per sub-project indicating which documents or activities are behind schedule (overdue) The two state-transition workflows, Document KPI and Change Documents, are used to monitor progress in the bar chart tiles of the SRD. This gives an absolute, solid measurement of progress. If a work package is due development, then the functional specification must be released. If a development is due testing, then the workitem must be set to "To be tested". There is no hiding place from these metrics.
Focused Build provides attractive-to-use and simple-to-run tools to address the problems seen in many implementations. Getting a clear picture of overall progress is supplied by the Solution Readiness Dashboard. Ensuring accurate and complete documentation is ensure by the Document KPI workflow. And controlling large scale development efforts is aligned to the work package/work item workflows that integrate with transport control processes.
In the next blog, we will look at how we can use these tools to test our developments and deploy our releases.
If you'd like to understand how Focused Build can help make your S/4 implementation project successful contact us now to arrange a no-obligation, hassle free demo.

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Arab Web Clampdown Hurts Own Economies: Google's Schmidt
Arab leaders were wrong to block Internet access in an effort to quell popular revolts as such moves only hurt their own economies, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Thursday.
Speaking at a briefing on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit in northern France, Schmidt said Iranian and Syrian measures to cut off Internet access were "desperate moves."
"It is a terrible mistake for them to do so," he told a briefing on the sidelines of a summit of Group of Eight leaders in the seaside resort of Deauville.
"Among other things it completely screws up the economy, communications, the exchange of goods, the electronic commerce, the flow of information into these countries... It's not a good idea to shut down the Internet in your country," he said.
After a two day meeting in Paris at the so-called e-G8 summit earlier this week, Schmidt, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and others were in Deauville to submit proposals on regulating the Internet and protecting intellectual copyright.
The panel said there were few technical means to circumvent moves by governments to restrict internet access, as the infrastructure was frequently controlled by the government.


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Wednesday, we reported that Oregon St. baseball Head Coach Pat Casey is considering stepping down as coach, and taking an administrative position in the Athletic Department. Casey indicated he would reach a decision withing a few weeks.
This afternoon, 750 The Game in Portland is reporting that sources indicate Casey is leaning towards retiring, and has informed Athletic Director Bob De Carolis that is his intention. KGW Sports is also reporting this update.
Casey reportedly will spend the weekend making sure he is sure, and if he doesn't have a change of heart or mind, an announcement could come Monday.
"I'm not discouraged with coaching, and I'm not unhappy at Oregon State," Casey has said. "It's about nothing more than the responsibility I feel for the program, and the energy I want to coach with. I want to do what's right for Oregon State baseball. I owe it to the program to evaluate myself every year."
The retirement talk has sprung forth during Casey's self-evaluation exercise, something he has done following each season under his current 10-year contract, which he is half way through.Should Casey, 52, who has led Oregon St. to two College World Series Championships, and three appearances in Omaha, decide to hang up his cleats, Associate Head Coach Marty Lees would doubtless take over, at least in the interim. De Carolis would then have to decide if a wider search is called for, of if a more seamless transition to Lees is in the Beavers' best interest.


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Dental Dentures & Partial Dentures in Grover Beach, CA
What is a Denture?
Dentures are removable appliances that can replace all or several missing teeth and tissue and help restore your smile.
Types of Dentures
Replace All Teeth
Conventional: full removable denture that replaces all teeth on the upper or lower arch. This denture is placed in your mouth after the remaining teeth are removed and tissues have healed. It usually takes 4 to 6 weeks.
Immediate: full removable denture made in advance and placed on the same day that the remaining teeth are removed. Patient does not have to be without teeth during the healing process. Once the gums and jawbone heal and shrinks, you may need your denture to be adjusted, relined or remade.
Replace Several Teeth
Partial: replaces multiple missing teeth on upper or lower arch. The partial is held in place by clasps that fit around some of the remaining natural teeth.
Dentures to Replace All Teeth
Flexible and Metal Frame Partial Dentures to Replace Multiple Teeth
Benefits of Dentures
Improve appearance
Increase in confidence
Improve chewing, speech, and digestion
The process of making dentures varies in each case, and it usually involves several appointments. To begin the process, we start doing accurate impressions (molds) of your mouth and take some measurements. Several "try-in" appointments may be necessary to ensure proper fit of the base, and to the color, shape, and placement of the teeth. During the final appointment, you try it in, and we make any necessary adjustments to ensure a natural and comfortable fit.
Our esthetic, custom-fitted dentures are made to help our patients increase their quality of life through total oral function and beauty.


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So recently I noticed that there's a lot of graffiti in random places. I went to my school and checked out graffiti near the toilets and decided to finally take some photos. I think this is something I might continue in the future.
Here are some shots:
Pretty cool stuff, I think. Interesting how people choose a place that only part of the world can see (since bathrooms are separated by genders here).
While on the subject of bathrooms, what about some bathroom signs that are cool? This site compiled a list of 96 cool bathroom signs. Pretty awesome.
Alright, gotta bounce and work on that gallery now!
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Speaker: Dinesh Verma, Stevens
Presentation: Dinesh Verma-KSEE Keynote
Systems Engineering Research
There is an increasing interest in systems engineering as an enabler for developing systems and solutions in response to the systemic challenges facing society. Traditional science and technology organizations in the US (e.g., DARPA, National Science Foundation) are also developing coherent research agendas in this space with a particular focus on understanding and embracing complexity; understanding and modeling flexibility and adaptability in architectures and design; and developing effective capabilities more rapidly. The recently established Systems Engineering Research Center, a consortium of 18 universities is yet another example of this emphasis. This presentation will articulate the research context and strategy developed by Stevens in response to today's systemic challenges.
About Dinesh Verma
Dinesh Verma recieved the Ph.D. and the M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech. He is currently serving as Dean of the School of Systems and Enterprises and Professor in Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, concurrently he serves as the Executive Director of the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), a US Department of Defense sponsored University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) focused on systems engineering research.
During his seven years at Stevens he has successfully proposed research and academic programs exceeding $50m in value. Verma concurrently serves as Scientific Advisor to the Director of the Embedded Systems Institute in Eindhoven, Holland. Prior to this role, he served as Technical Director at Lockheed Martin Undersea Systems, in Manassas, Virginia, in the area of adapted systems and supportability engineering processes, methods and tools for complex system development and integration.
Before joining Lockheed Martin, Verma worked as a Research Scientist at Virginia Tech and managed the University's Systems Engineering Design Laboratory. While at Virginia Tech and afterwards, Verma continues to serve numerous companies in a consulting capacity, to include Eastman Kodak, Lockheed Martin Corporation, L3 Communications, United Defense, Raytheon, IBM Corporation, Sun Microsystems, SAIC, VOLVO Car Corporation (Sweden), NOKIA (Finland), RAMSE (Finland), TU Delft (Holland), Johnson Controls, Ericsson-SAAB Avionics (Sweden), Varian Medical Systems (Finland), and Motorola. He served as an Invited Lecturer from 1995 through 2000 at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. His professional and research activities emphasize systems engineering and design with a focus on conceptual design evaluation, preliminary design and system architecture, design decision-making, life cycle costing, and supportability engineering. In addition to his publications, Verma has received two patents and has another pending in the areas of life-cycle costing and fuzzy logic techniques for evaluating design concepts.
Dr. Verma has authored over 100 technical papers, book reviews, technical monographs, and co-authored two textbooks: Maintainability: A Key to Effective Serviceability and Maintenance Management (Wiley, 1995), and Economic Decision Analysis (Prentice Hall, 1998). He is a co-Editor of a textbook on Space Systems Engineering (McGraw Hill, 2009). He is a Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), a senior member of SOLE, and was elected to Sigma Xi, the honorary research society of America. He serves as on the Core Curriculum Committee of the Delft University's Space Systems Engineering Program (Holland). He was honored with an Honorary Doctorate Degree (Honoris Causa) in Technology and Design from Växjö University (Sweden) in January 2007.


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Here are some suggestions for you to use when using your washing machine everyday:
Always sort the laundry
Follow the wash code signs on each garment label and the manufacturer's washing instructions. Sort the laundry as follows: whites, colors, synthetics, delicates, woolens.
Remember to pick temperature levels correctly for material
Set temperature to 90″ for typically stained white cottons and linen (tea fabric, towels, table linen, sheets). Set temperature to 60″ for usually stained, color quick garments (t-shirts, night dress) in linen, cotton or synthetics fibers and for lightly stained white cotton (underclothing). Set temperature level between 30″ -40″ for combined laundry consisting of synthetic fibers and woolens. Set temperature to cold for delicate items (net curtains).
Check your laundry before filling.
Never wash whites and coloreds together! Whites may lose their "brightness" in the wash. New colored products might run in the first wash; they should for that reason be cleaned independently he very first time. Make sure that no metal item are left in the laundry (e.g hairpin, security pins, pins). Button up pillowcases, close zip fastener, hooks and props. Connect any belts or long tapes. Deal with drapes with special care. Get rid of hooks or connect them up in a bag or internet. Remove relentless discolorations before washing. Rub specific stained locations with a special cleaning agent or detergent paste.
Last but not least, always note your washers max load capability.
Samsung washing machines have a various load capacities. SO take a look the recommended loads of your device. In basic rules: cotton, linen will load drum full however nit too tightly loaded; synthetics will pack drum no greater than half full; fragile fabrics and woolens will load drums no more than one 3rd full. Cleaning a maximum load makes the most efficient usage of water and energy. For greatly stained laundry, lower the load size.


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Family Vacations
Everyone lives very busy lifestyles, and coordinating schedules can be nearly impossible sometimes. When each person has a million things to do, it seems like quality time together rests on the bottom of the to-do list. Free time for one person is hard enough, try combining ways for everyone to spend time together.
Family time is really important. Setting aside time for family and friends means the people in your life are your priority, rather than the work in your life. One great way to do this is going on vacations together. Getting away from stress and day-to-day worries by spending time in a relaxing place is the best medicine. Not only is it a good way to release from work, but more importantly it is a great way to be with family.
Maybe you can only do this once or twice a year, or maybe you can't get somewhere because of work or finances. But whatever you can do to spend time even at home, it's important to make sure you have that time together. Life is too short not to make time for family. Family is everything.
What I take away from every vacation spent with family is that each person in my life is irreplaceable and special to me. Spending extra time together reminds me that I wouldn't trade those moments for anything. The people you share your life with makes you the person you are. If you have kids in your life, their joy is contagious. If you have elderly parents, you are able to take care of them like they did for you. If you live with your siblings, you share a lifetime of memories.
God puts you in a particular family for a reason because they will help you get to Heaven and you can help them get there too. Be grateful for the people around you, even if close quarters can sometimes cause friction. Not everyone is close to their family, but family is family. They should always be in your thoughts and prayers, and if you can, spend as much time with them as possible.
Make time for those important moments. They pass by too quickly.


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Just ran across this poster presented at the Organizing for Brain Mapping's Annual Meeting in 2004. Sahin, Halgren, Ubert, Dale, Schomer, Wu and Pinker looked at the fMRI and EEG changes associated with a number of language tasks, and one of the questions they asked was whether activation characteristics were different for nouns and verbs. This study did not find that they were.
In my sketch of a neurolinguistic theory, verbs are first order modifiers and are distinct from adjectives in that they mediate properties and relationships between nouns. (In this sense, intransitive verbs are more similar to adjectives than to transitive verbs.) I also postulate that nouns and first order modifiers should have identifiably different neural correlates. I have not yet completed a literature search (obviously, if I'm citing posters from 2004.) However, even if such different neural correlates obtain, then I think it the task design here was not necessarily adequate to capture such differences, because the participants were asked to morphologically modify the nouns and verbs in isolation, rather than in situ, in grammatical relation to each other.
Another interesting experiment would be to give the participants nonsense words and new affixing rules (i.e. not revealing the part of speech of the nonsense word, i.e. ("if the word has a t in it, add -pex to the end, otherwise, add -peg"), and look for any difference relative to neural correlates of morphological tasks done in real words.
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"When you make a video of yourself for someone, make sure you take the tape out of the video camera."
This was the E-mail I sent to my niece, Jenni.
Let me back up a little and tell you about the events leading up to this E-mail. My name is Kyle. I'm 28, live in NJ with my fiancée and have been away from the rest of the family (in Michigan) for 6 years. Jenni is my niece. She just turned 20, is a college student, is very attractive, flirty, and has lots of friends, both guys and girls.
Jenni was always the innocent little thing, so everyone thought. Last fall, one branch of the family met in Iowa for a music recital being presented by Jenni's mom (my sister). I really got an eye-opener that weekend. Jenni wasn't the sweet innocent little girl I remembered from a few years ago. College had helped her grow up. We rode together in a separate car to the event because there was no room for all of us in one car. I learned all about Jenni's love of sex, how many guys she's had.. She made jokes about "doing it right" and "having enough to satisfy"… Being the "cool uncle" I took it all in stride, not letting the shock show, and just laughing along with her… The few years had also treated her well physically. Jenni was a tall blonde, slender, great boobs… OK.. I looked… I'm a pervert. I can't help it. A woman has big boobs and I notice. Somehow in conversation she informed me that she was a 34DD… The only reason I know this was we were talking about my new job… CEO of a new website specializing in hard to find bra sizes.
Anyway… My mother, who was also at the recital, came back with me to NJ to spend Thanksgiving with the future in-laws. Since she lives in Michigan, and I reside in NJ, she has really been "out of the loop" on the wedding plans. We decided to take her to all the places we had contracted with so she could see all the things we've been talking about. She was also bringing my cam-corder which I had purchased as a present to my dad before he passed away. We thought it would be fun to tape all the places so she could take the tape home and show everyone our elaborate plans.
The weather sucked, the video camera stayed in the bag the whole weekend and that was that. Weeks later, I was planning to use the video camera for something, and noticed there was a tape in it… Curiosity got the best of me, and I watched. It was really very stupid. A few years back when Jenni was a high school senior had made a birthday tape for some guy she met online. She had just turned 18, was through with finals, and enjoying a week of summer before her summer job started and college began. I fast forwarded through most of it, but right at the end she was showing the guy her "flat stomach" long legs, and a cleavage shot… Then she shocked me…
"I know this isn't what you really wanted to see… I did that… But taped over it because I was so embarrassed. So… I'll compromise with you…" and with that she lifted up her t-shirt and jiggled her boobs… They were huge… Big nipples, firm, tan lines covering just the nipples… Very erotic…
So there's Başakşehir Escort where the E-mail begins….
"When you make a video of yourself for someone, make sure you take the tape out of the video camera."
Her reply was simply… "Ummm… OK…"
Clearly she had forgotten this tape from a couple years ago… I sent one back…
"Just be glad that I found the tape and not your parents, or grandma…"
"Oh no!! You saw that?? You can't tell anyone…"
"Blackmail… It's a wonderful thing…"
That was it. No replies, no further baiting from me… I spoke to her on the phone once and nothing was said.. Just the regular, bubbly Jenni…
Being the pervert I am, I have, of course, spent many afternoons jerking off to the image of her tits, thinking of all the fun I could have with her if she would be willing… Thinking about how I could blackmail her… But I'd never do that… It's just fantasy…
Months went by, and suddenly it was the week of the wedding. The whole family was in town, staying at a nearby hotel, getting ready for the big day…Everyone was incredibly happy… My soon-to-be bride was beaming, her family was excited, my family was excited (Why would SHE pick YOU???)… Even I was excited… This was the woman of my dreams… For the most part… I loved her with all my heart… But she was a sexual stick in the mud… She didn't like it, didn't need it, and didn't really want it… I, on the other hand, love sex… Everything about it. I like to experiment, try new things, re-work old things… But that's a small part of the relationship, and everything else is perfect.
The night before the wedding, I decided to stay at the hotel with the rest of my family. Get a room, and try to relax before the big night. Since I couldn't stay with my fiancée, I thought this was the best alternative. The hotel was close to the church, and would just make life easier. We did the dinner with the wedding party and families and such, danced a little, and just had fun… I danced with all my nieces, my sisters, everyone who was there. When Jenni stepped up to dance, I just whispered in her ear that she should come to my room later to discuss the tape I had.
OK… The alcohol was flowing, under normal completely sober circumstances I would have never said that, but I was a little happy. Not drunk, just… relaxed… After I said good bye to my better half, to her family, and everyone else, I retired to my room. I had no idea whether or not Jenni would be dropping in, and I wasn't sure what I would do if she did!
When I heard a knock at the door I was almost scared to open it. There she was, standing there. A 20 year old goddess. That she was related to me made no difference. This was a gorgeous young woman. She came into the room, sat on the couch and stared across the room where I was sitting in a chair. She was just waiting. I wasn't sure what to do. What to say. I was confused. I wanted to do things with this young woman that I shouldn't do: it's my niece, and I'm getting married tomorrow…
"Well," she said… "What Başakşehir Escort Bayan have you got in mind?"
"Nothing, really…" I replied.
"That's not what the bulge in your pants says."
"Well, you're gorgeous, I don't get any, and I know what you look like under your shirt."
"Would you like to see up close and personal? The tv could really distort things."
Now we're getting somewhere… I didn't even have to ask! I just nodded dumbly… With that, Jenni stood up, told me to sit on the couch, and flipped her tshirt off. There she was. Standing in front of me, with her shirt off, her bra holding her huge tits in place. Very sexy. She reached around, unhooked the bra, and slipped it off, freeing her luscious tits. She held them in the palms of her hands, turned around… And sat on my lap…
"Go ahead… Touch…"
I didn't need a second invitation. I cupped her firm tits in my hands, rolled her nipples around, pulled them gently. She was getting turned on, and I was way beyond "getting turned on"… I was HORNY! She started to wiggle a little on my lap, it was obvious to me that she could feel the bulge in my pants, and she was making it known. She leaned forward and put a huge tit in my mouth. I sucked it, licked it… Treated it like a nipple loves to be treated.
"Damn… You're hard as a rock! That must hurt like hell…"
Well, now that you mention it sweetie… It is a lil uncomfy, I thought to myself… What came out was…
"Uh huh…" – Brilliant, ace…
She stood up, slipped her jeans off, leaving her clad in just a thong, knelt in front of me, and undid my zipper… She was a pro… She fished my rock hard cock out of there in no time… There it was. No hiding it. Long and hard, thick as hell, throbbing, and dripping waiting for her touch…
She rubbed my cock a little while looking up at me… It just got harder and harder to her touch…
"You know," she said… "This would be much easier for me, and much better for you if you weren't wearing these pants…"
I stood up, stepped out of them, and stood in front of my hot niece with just a t-shirt out. My hard member standing proudly at attention… She was now on her knees, looking lovingly at my thick cock… She cooed and moaned as she slipped it into her luscious wet mouth. My knees went weak, I was getting a blow job from my own niece… and it was absolutely incredible! I had to sit. I flopped back on the chair and enjoyed the oral talents of my favorite niece (if she wasn't before, she was now!).
Up and down she went, sucking my cock like a Hoover. Jerking with one hand, sucking, moving me in and out of her wet little mouth. Truth is, my cock looked HUGE going in and out of her young mouth. She couldn't take even half of it, but she had a great time trying. When I was ready to cum, I told her… She just kept up her work. And swallowed every drop I had for her… I didn't go completely limp, but the wind did go out of my sail a little. She cleaned up my cock with her tongue, and climbed up on my lap.
Now she Escort Başakşehir began grinding her panty covered pussy against my quickly stiffening cock. She was so hot. Grinding on my rigid pole, moaning seductively, her tits pushed in my face, her ass in my hands, pulling her up and down on me. Her long blonde hair flowing in my face while she was just going wild…
"Feels like you're ready for more" She whispered hotly in my ear… "I sure as hell am… Take me to bed!"
I picked her up, tossed her on the bed, and began kissing her passionately. Our tongues danced, lips pressed together, my hands roaming her body, squeezing her tits and playing with her nipples which were long and hard… I began to kiss down her body, taking my sweet time at her tits, sucking, licking, and biting them gently before moving further down.
When I got to her panties, they were obviously wet, and her scent was overpowering. This girl was HOT. I quickly pulled them off, revealing a completely shaved pussy. I began to lick her box with wild abandon. Sucking her click, probing her dripping pussy with my tongue while fingering her pussy with 2 fingers. She was going wild, bucking, writhing on the bed. Her hand in my hair, pulling me closer, harder into her pussy. Her legs clamped around my head, and she began an incredible climax. Her whole body shook, her moans were unbelievably loud, and her pussy was contracting on my fingers. I kept my mouth on her clit through the whole spasm.
When she calmed down a little, I had climbed up next to her. She was now playing with my cock. Rock hard, ready for action – especially for a hot pussy like Jenni has. She began by working her way down and sucking me gently into her mouth. Then she climbed up, positioned her hot little pussy right above my throbbing cock… She rubbed the head of my prick all over her wet pussy, teasing us both…
"Do you want me?" She breathed…
"Hell yes I do…" Was my reply.
"I will not. Get off if that's the game you're going to play."
With that I shoved her away… She climbed back on top of me…
"No.. Please… I need your cock so bad.. I'm so horny.. I need you to fuck me… I'm on the pill. I need to feel your cum…"
So the tables had turned… I grabbed her ass, and pulled her down on my cock. She started screaming and riding while putting her huge tits in my mouth…She fucked me so long and hard… Watching my thick pole slide in and out of her juicy tight pussy was incredible. Her juices covered my cock making it shine… She was fucking me harder and faster, getting ready to cum… I flipped her over, pinned her legs back and started pounding her. Long powerful strokes. Her tits bouncing with each thrust of my cock, her pussy gripping my enormous cock. My balls slapping her ass…
"Oh god… fuck me.. Fuck me harder… I'm gonna cum!! Fuck me…"
With that her body started shaking again. Her eyes rolled back, and her pussy gripped my cock like a vise. That was all it took. I unloaded in her cunt. I kept pumping away at her pussy, shooting spurt after spurt in her pussy… After it was all over, she got up, showered, and went back to her room.
The next morning, I got up very early and left the tape in a box by her door. Of course I had made a copy of it, but I wouldn't be watching it, I had a new one to watch. Our whole evening was caught on tape.
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Cupcakes In A Jar and Georgetown Cupcake
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What a great idea!!! I love it! Now when people ask if I can ship them some cupcakes, I totally can! Thanks for the tip!ReplyDelete
What a neat idea! I love Cupcake Girl's (the show) Their cupcakes are gorgeous!ReplyDelete
These cupcakes look worthy of a dream or two! Looks like you had a really fun trip. Love the cupcakes in a jar. Thanks for stopping by!ReplyDelete
Love the cupcakes in a jar...I too saw it somewhere in blog land! Wow! What a line for the cupcakes...must be good:-)ReplyDelete
Hah! I almost peed my pants when I read this post. I live near here and go to the library next door almost once a week with the kids. Since that show I can barely get the stroller down the sidewalk! I love this idea for the jars- I will have to try it since I know I won't stand in line for G'town cupcakes!ReplyDelete
So creative!ReplyDelete
LOL, hey you can hope! :) I'm keep my fingers crossed for you.ReplyDelete
Great idea on the cupcake in a jar idea! I'm gonna keep it mind for the holidays.
Thanks so much for visiting me & for the comment!ReplyDelete
Love your site! Can't wait to try out some of the recipes. Yum!!!
You are a lucky girl! I have tried their cupcakes and they are beyond delicious. I love you cupcakes in a jar. Where I have been? this is the first time I have seen them.ReplyDelete
Adorable cupcake idea! Looks like you had a fun getaway!!!ReplyDelete
Oh my gracious - that is brilliant! I've never seen those before! So totally cool! I'm bookmarking this! I must try it! Thanks for sharing!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by for Crazy Cute Thursdays at Between U & Me! The cupcakes in a jar are absolutely adorable and sound like they would be very yummy! I'm now a follower of your great blog! :)ReplyDelete
Following you from the Friday Hop!ReplyDelete
The brownies in a jar look delicious...how fun!
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- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2010 at 5:17 PM
Come link up to my party at PonyTails&FishScales! I love this idea and can't wait to make some for teacher gifts this year!ReplyDelete
Totally love these cupcakes in a jar, and the cupcake show!!ReplyDelete
Your cupcake idea is pretty much the coolest ever! I'm only about 50 min. away from DC, and I am sad to say I don't venture up often enough. Must try GT Cupcakes sometime. Thanks for joining my party. :)ReplyDelete
I love those cupcakes in a jar! So fun! Those cupcakes from the shop looked good too. Thanks for linking up :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2010 at 12:00 AM
those are the cutest thing ever! Love that idea!!ReplyDelete
such a great idea! They're so cute!!:)ReplyDelete
LOVE this! Just found it via @jenjentrixie on Twitter, and saw that you linked up on my BFF's blog with this post...I'll bet it ends up being linked to all over the place. I love me some cupcakes!ReplyDelete
Your cupcakes in a jar make a super cute gift. I'm visiting from Amanda's party and I'm a follower, too. Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
DELICIOUS! I love cupcakes, and your cupcake in a jar is a genius idea! I'm gonna have to keep that in mind for future reference! Stopping by from Amanda's party!ReplyDelete
Yummy AND adorable!ReplyDelete
I may have to borrow this idea!! <3 ps - I live in the DC area and work down the street from gtown cupcakes... it's crazy now since the show! lolReplyDelete
Hi there - just discovered your amazing blog, and I love your cupcake-in-a-jar idea! You might like my fudgy-brownies-in-a-tennis-ball-can recipe! If I've enticed you, please visit my blog at http://altered-artworks.blogspot.com Looking forward to following you!ReplyDelete
I want to be your friend so you will bring me cupcakes in a jar! How cute are those???ReplyDelete
I would have been torn about the DC Cupcakes thing. I hate lines, but.... You did the right thing in asking for the picture. Smart thinking. ;)
This is the cutest idea EVA! Wow, what a delightful treat:) I'm thrilled to be your newest follower! Can't wait for more great posts!ReplyDelete
Fantastic.. I double hearts this idea!!ReplyDelete
I live in D.C. and I can't stand Georgetown cupcake for that reason. We have at least two other cupcake places in town that are great too. Hello Cupcake! and Red Velvet Cupcakery. Red Velvet is at 7th and E near Chinatown. There is pretty much never a line and the cupcakes are so good I take every out of towner there!ReplyDelete
We're planning to make a day of it and try all three for a fair comparison!
Jenny...I'm with you on Georgetown Cupcake...I went once when there was no line, and honestly, the cupcakes aren't that great.ReplyDelete
I've never had Hello Cupcake or Red Velvet Cupcakery....but the BEST (in my opinion) in DC is Baked and Wired on Thomas Jefferson NW between 30th and 31st. So delicious!! The one that's in Union Station (is it called Crumb!?) is really good, too.
Next time you're in DC...go to Baked and Wired! Check out their website - http://www.bakedandwired.com It has great pictures.


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She's Struggling! What Do We Do?
When my sweet, spunky daughter set off for school, I did not have any reservations. I knew she would be one of the youngest in the class, but I did not have any concerns about her potential for success. She had always been eager to try new things and very social, always wanting to make new friends. She walked right into the first day of preschool with barely a look back so that Mommy could take a picture.
As the year progressed, she had some struggles. Everyone attributed it to her being so young and told me not to be concerned. At the end of the school year, I asked her teachers if they thought she needed another year of preschool and I was assured that she was perfectly ready to move on to Kindergarten. Now I had reservations, but decided to take the teacher's advice. I figured we could always have her do two years of Kindergarten if she needed extra time to catch up to her older peers.
Kindergarten was where our struggles really began. At my first parent-teacher conference my daughter was behind in every subject area. Her teacher told me she did not follow directions, could not complete assignments, and was falling terribly behind. It is during this meeting that I found out repeating Kindergarten was not an option in our district. I was shocked! I realize I should have researched this before enrolling her, but I had never heard of a no-repeat policy and I worked in a Pre-K program for 5 years. I thought I knew my stuff, but now I was lost and not sure what to do next. So began the meetings, the trips to the principal's office, the calls to come pick her up because she was being defiant, or pushing and shoving. The behavior they described at school was not what we saw at home. It was a Dr. Jekyll/Ms. Hyde scenario if I ever saw one. As parents we were at a loss as to what to do next.
At the end of Kindergarten, I was once again assured she was ready to move on to 1st grade. She would have time to grow and mature over summer and all would be well in the Fall. The report card I received in the mail did not paint the same picture. She was behind in every subject area. I decided I would just keep involved, request extra help if needed, and we would make it through. The problem was the more difficult things became at school, the more her behavior shifted at home. She was becoming more and more defiant, anxious, emotional, and extremely hard to parent.
We entered 1st Grade excited to start a new year with a new teacher. After the first several weeks of school the struggles started and increased rapidly. More calls, more e-mails, more trips to the principal's office. She was not completing any work during the school day and homework was a battle of World War III proportion. Needing advice, I made an appointment with a Family Therapist I had seen in the past. I gave her the scoop, she saw Mariana a time or two, and then referred me to another Doctor to have her evaluated. I made the appointment right away, hoping we would find some answers as to why this child was having such a difficult time. We took her to be evaluated and completed mountains of questionnaires on what we saw at home. The results showed she had a high IQ, but a low processing score. She had trouble with attention, even in short intervals. The doctor described it this way, "Her brain is a corvette engine with a spark plug loose. All the power is there, but she is not able to use it." Okay, what am I supposed to do with this information? This is not a diagnosis of anything. This is not going to get us extra help at school. The doctor told us because of her age, 6 years old, he did not want to label her at this time. His fear was an ADHD label would have the school "encouraging" us to medicate her prematurely. He did express that her anxiety and depression around school was very high and that another environment would probably be helpful. He recommended a Montessori environment and I filed that in my brain under "things to research".
The situation continued to deteriorate. My child was anxious, angry, and sad all the time. She was sick to her stomach every Sunday night because Monday morning brought a new school week with it. We battled over EVERYTHING! The smallest thing would erupt into a massive meltdown and she was spending the majority of the school day in the office. Through my research, I found a Montessori charter school in our area. I went for a tour and completed the application the same day. We needed to try something new and this was going to be the first step. I finally felt like we had some kind of plan to move forward. It felt good to have a plan.
One night tucking my sweet girl into bed, she said to me; "Mommy I heard the grownups talking. They said I'm the problem. I think they are right. I AM the problem." I was horrified! I quickly told her she was not a problem, she was a little girl. And like all little girls, she had a lot of things to learn. She would make mistakes and we would find a way to learn from them so the next time things were better. Typing these words right now makes my blood boil and at the same time makes me want to cry. How can adults in a school not realize that little children are always listening? Adults should know to choose their words more carefully and keep their negative opinions for a time when no children are in the building. The next week I took her out of school.
We home schooled for the rest of the school year and entered Four Corners Montessori Academy as a 1st grader in the Fall. It was the end of the first chapter of our journey. We looked to our new school with anxiety and hope. I did not know where this journey was going to take us, but I knew that I would NEVER give up on my child. We would find answers together, whatever those answers may be.


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Chapter: Chapter 1 - 17 Years
Quick refreshers:
Robbie hasn't lived in Narrati for about a year.
Slowly but surely, the whole group is coming together again! But first, Max has another visit to make. He is looking for information about his father, who is away on a mission. His visit to Bern's parents is what he talked about with his mother back on page 81.


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Prof. dr. Jan Art (University of Ghent), Thomas Buerman (University of Ghent), Prof. dr. Jan De Maeyer (Kadoc, KU Leuven), Prof. dr. Patrick Pasture (spokesperson), Prof. dr. Leen Van Molle, Tine Van Osselaer and Prof. dr. Vincent Viaene (MoSa, KU Leuven).
Zeit: 04.-06.09.2008
Ort: Leuven, Belgien
Deadline: 15.08.2007
Although revisionist gender history has raised doubts about the novelty and relevance of the concept of "separate spheres", "domesticity" appears as a powerful ideal propagated widely, and particularly by Christians, throughout the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. In the nineteenth century religious practice indeed apparently more and more moved into the private world of the family, creating the archetypical image of the mother as "angel in the house", particularly among the (new) middle class. One should question though to which extend this model was propagated and imitated among rural and working classes, or if these did not develop different, even opposing models and practices. Recent historical research tries to reintroduce men into the domestic sphere and pays attention to the patriarchal domesticity and its pious responsibilities. Nevertheless, not all families were "households of faith": particularly among farmers and the working class the ideal of domestic piety only slowly manifested itself. Religion could also function as a demarcation line between the male and female members (e.g. France).
Hence this workshop will assess the multiple ways in which men and women organised their religious life in the domestic sphere in different social, national (regional) and confessional contexts. Papers may address the private expressions of faith of women and/ or men at home, the home religious education, the role of reading (incl. children's literature) in the construction of gendered religious identities, investigate the architecture and design of the home as well as the interactions of the home with the outer (public?) world, via transgressions of home boundaries (such as the role of visitors, lay and religious; of the doorstep as the boundary allowing transgression and negotiation; gossiping) and the impact of home culture on the public sphere. Also papers that deal with the representations of the home in public discourse or that question the chronology and validity of the formulation and reality of the domestic ideal are welcome. Geographically the focus is on Europe, though for the sake of comparison papers on North America will also be considered.
Proposals for papers (max. 300 words) should be addressed by e-mail to Professor Dr. Patrick Pasture (Patrick.Pasture[at]arts.KULeuven.be) by 15 August 2007 (extended deadline). The organisers will make a selection of proposals. Anyone who submitted a proposal will be informed by 15 September 2007. After reviewing the papers will be published.
This workshop is the second of two workshops organised in the framework of a research project of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO). The organising committee consists of Prof. dr. Jan Art (University of Ghent), Thomas Buerman (University of Ghent), Prof. dr. Jan De Maeyer (Kadoc, KU Leuven), Prof. dr. Patrick Pasture (spokesperson), Prof. Dr. Leen Van Molle, Tine Van Osselaer and Prof. dr. Vincent Viaene (MoSa, KU Leuven).
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Kuroko's Basketball Threat Suspect Gets 4.5 Years in Prison
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Presiding Judge Iwao Maeda of the Tokyo District Court sentenced Hirofumi Watanabe to four years and six months in prison on Thursday for sending threats linked to the Kuroko's Basketball manga. This is the same sentence length that the prosecution had requested during the closing arguments of the case last month.
Watanabe admitted to his crimes, but said that "taking responsibility for them is impossible," and that his crimes were "a good revenge" against his parents. At his trial, he also commented, saying, "After I'm released from prison, I'm going to end my life, which was and is still meaningless."
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested the 36-year-old Osaka temporary worker last December and accused him of sending threatening letters to convenience store chains and other establishments linked to Tadatoshi Fujimaki's Kuroko's Basketball manga. He admitted to all the charges in his first day in court in March. He added that he will accept the court's judgment and any punishment without appeal.
Watanabe said that he made the threats out of jealousy. He asserted that he was abused by bullies and his parents during childhood, and according to The Japan Times newspaper, he also asserted that he has "homosexual tendencies." He said that he wanted to kill himself before making the threats, and would try to do so again when he is released from prison. "That way, society can rest assured that I won't do anything stupid again."
Upon learning about Fujimaki's successful career and life compared to his, he thought that "if I somehow managed to harass and depress him, I could drag him into my suicidal journey."
Although he admitted to the charges, he added that he does not feel guilty, will not make an apology, and is too poor to pay restitution. Nevertheless, he said he will accept responsibility.
BackgroundSince October 2012, locations linked to Kuroko's Basketball creator Tadatoshi Fujimaki have received threat letters, including some with powdered and liquid substances. A source in the investigation of the threats said there is a high possibility that the liquid sent to Sophia University (Fujimaki's alma mater) on October 12, 2012 could emit a lethal dose of hydrogen sulfide if vaporized. The University initiated heightened security procedures after another round of threat letters were sent last November.
Several Kuroko's Basketball dōjinshi events throughout Japan were cancelled in the aftermath of the threats. The "Shadow Trickster 3" event did proceed without incident at the Big Sight in October 2012, shortly after the center received its first threat. The official "Kuroko no Basuke produced by Namco Namja Town" event in Tokyo ended 19 days early as a result of the threats, and Animate Café Tennoji in Osaka cancelled a planned Kuroko's Basketball collaboration event. Comic Market (Comiket), the world's largest dōjinshi event, barred Kuroko's Basketball items and circles in December 2012.
In February 2013, the organizers of the Comic City dōjinshi events barred circles from selling Kuroko's Basketball items at the following month's Haru Comic City 18 event, after they received a request to do so from the management of the Tokyo Big Sight event complex. The same organizers had barred Kuroko's Basketball from the Comic City Osaka 92 event in January 2013, and then cancelled February 2013's Double Clutch event outright. However, they held the Comic City Tokyo 131 event at Tokyo Big Sight and insisted on allowing Kuroko's Basketball circles. Comic City Tokyo 131 proceeded without incident in January 2013.
Major rental chain Tsutaya removed all Kuroko's Basketball DVD and manga rentals from its stores last October, but has since brought them back. Japanese bookstore chain Yurindo and Reliable, a Japanese book and stationary store chain in Hokkaido, also removed Kuroko's Basketball merchandise from their shelves. Several other bookstore chains such as Kinokuniya, Sanseido, Junkudo, Miyawaki, and other bookstores, plan to continue carrying the manga despite receiving threat letters.
Television station TBS noted that about 250 threat letters were mailed to various stores and news organizations in October 2013 alone, with at least one letter containing lighter fluid. The sender has been going by the name of "the Fiend with 801 Faces," an apparent reference to an antagonist in Edogawa Rampo's mysteries and the numerical shorthand for "yaoi." According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, the majority of the letters mailed last month were mailed from Saitama Prefecture on October 12.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department reported in November that a security camera caught a possible suspect on tape in 2012. Police described him as a thin male dressed in all black.
Shueisha recently notified ticket holders to its Jump Super Anime Tour event that attendees older than middle school age need to show proof of identification as well as their written invitation to gain entry. Shueisha noted it is also strengthening its security plans to a much greater scale for the event, in order to prioritize the safety of attendees after the Kuroko's Basketball threat letters.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department investigated if a party had deliberately put the trace amount of nicotine that was discovered in one of Kuroko's Basketball snacks recalled from a 7-Eleven convenience store. According to the investigation, the trace amount of nicotine discovered was 1/100th of a lethal dose.
The second season of the Kuroko's Basketball anime began in Japan last October, and the third season is scheduled for next year, although the exact month has not been announced. Crunchyroll streamed the anime outside of Japan as it aired.
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Soup's On: Trust in the Kitchen
Kitchen Knife Lessons
I love the sight of a young kid with a knife in their hands.
I love the transformation that happens when they're handed a real blade. Even the kids who spend their days turning branches into swords and spoons into catapults and every single blessed thing into a gun (down to their own fingers!) – even these kids pause when they take the knife.
I watch the enormity of the moment settle over them – true responsibility, in its most concrete form. I watch their shoulders relax, and their focus narrow. Some parents wonder why I save the safety talk until the knife is actually in their hands – and this is why. Once you are holding the knife, wielding that power, the safety lessons make much more sense.
But for the safety lessons, I take the real blade away, and distribute butter knives. We practice safe handoffs – offer handle first, make eye contact. Then, we practice traveling, moving in intricate patterns around the kitchen with our knives firmly pointed down, parallel with our legs. We practice safely dropping them – stepping away from the falling blade, throwing our hands to the sky, to thwart the instinct to try and catch it.
There are few giggles, or even smiles, when we practice. Even with the butter knives, their faces are knotted in concentration. This is how I know they're ready.
After safety, comes skills: practicing the correct grip, how to use the knife's leverage to make smooth, clean cuts, instead of muscling through with force. I stay close, but not hovering, offering quick corrections – "fix your grip," and "point down, point down," like a coach calling a play in real time.
And we talk about cuts – burns, too – as inevitable. We ask, "what will I do when I get cut?" We practice the route from counter to sink, turning the cold water on, locate the bandages ahead of time. We talk about blood, and how our bodies heal. This too, is important – not to scare them, but to create awareness.
This is why I prefer not to teach in classrooms, where liability and risk aversion force me into the unpalatable world of plastic knives and no-heat cooking. With all my respect to schools and institutions everywhere, these limitations prevent the kind of intense, rapid learning that has such seductive power.
When kids are trusted – really trusted – with true responsibility, they rise to the occasion. They will always know if you're holding back, or if you're counting on them to mess up. But the moments I've connected most deeply with kids in the kitchen are the moments in which I was just a tiny bit nervous – and trusted them anyway.
[Photo credit: (cc) giulia gasparro]
Dane Kuttler
Dane writes poems and cooks food in Northampton, MA. When she isn't engaged in one of her semiannual 30-poems-in-30-days sprints, she teaches people how to feed themselves tasty things at the Julia Poppins School of Cooking. Julia Poppins School of Cooking promotes food literacy through fun, confidence-building, hands-on cooking lessons in the Northampton area.


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[[Doctor and Trudy leaning against opposite sides of doorway; Trudy has arms crossed and is looking down]]
Dr. Akhilesh Sehgal: These friends of yours, they are your coworkers, yes?
Trudy: Coworkers, yes. I *have* no friends.
Dr. Akhilesh Sehgal: You have *one*. He is quite cross that you did not write.
Trudy: I must have lost his address.
Dr. Akhilesh Sehgal: I assume, then, that these "coworkers only" do not know your... history?
Trudy: I was... pardoned, of sorts. Given a new identity. They think I'm... someone else.
[[Doctor has toothy grin.]]
Dr. Akhilesh Sehgal: Pardoned? Forgiven? Dare I even say... redeemed? Shall I shout, "hallelujah":?
Trudy: You best be glad there are no pews to jump in here, Bible man...


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Reselling game keys without permission from software makers, selling tools that can modify game saves, and providing game or console modding services are now illegal in Japan because of a recent amendment to the Unfair Competition Prevention Act.
Last month, the act was expanded to include "data (information recorded in electromagnetic record)", which covers editing saves and enabling people to edit saves.
The act will put a halt to companies selling save editors for console games, like Cyber Save Editor, which has been discontinued. Sites like G2A that resell keys for significant discounts and facilitate reselling between individuals will now be affected by the act, as well.
Punishments include civil measures, such as an injunction or a claim for damages, as well as criminal penalties, including five years in prison, a ¥5 million fine or both.
Console modders have been targeted with legal action before, but key reselling, despite a lot of criticism, generally remains a grey area.
Cheers, GamesIndustry.biz.


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Maria Kitaeva, TV presenter
Maria Kitaeva is a TV presenter on Russia 24 channel.
The date of her birth is not indicated in any curriculum vitae. According to the profile on one of the sites, she was born in Belgium, but soon moved to Moscow, where she graduated from school.
In 2005 she graduated from the Moscow State Institute. And in 2011 the girl graduated from the Russian University of Theatre Arts (GITIS).
By the way, she starred in several films, including Year of the Horse: Constellation Scorpion and participated in theater performances. The most famous of them is the play 8 Women.
From 2007 to 2010 she worked on Star TV channel.
Maria became popular thanks to TV program Vesti 24. After several editions Maria became known as one of the most attractive presenters on Russian television.
Many famous people gave her interview, including Dmitry Peskov, Irina Viner, Mikhail Prokhorov, James Cameron.
In addition, she was a host of the program Conversation with Vladimir Putin in 2011.
Later, in June 2012, Maria was appointed to be a special adviser to the governor of the Moscow region Sergei Shoigu. Earlier in the same year she became the author of special reports about the Ministry of Emergencies.
In November 2012, Maria was appointed adviser to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Shoigu. "I've changed my place of work", she wrote laconically in her Twitter microblogging after this appointment.
According to the former journalist, she will not deal with the information policy of the military department. She also noted that she has many plans for the new post.
Source: www.topnews.ru


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Logday 6 through 7
Learning, Maidenflight 15, 424 FY
Sir Albion Sheol, Ibrahim "Smoochie" Ogden, Rukk Kippel, Sin Tsunami, Stiletto Typhoon, Ulek Uurtag, along with three liberated slaves and the three Zookeepers — Darrath Wolfsbane, Thorry Daleborn, and Zinnanys Ankarv — find themselves before the stair leading to the second story of Lord Vau's tower. They plan briefly, and Albion suggests that they should try to recruit the slaves. The group returns to the first floor and seeks the barracks. Finding no one within, they return to the stairs, ascend them, and open the door. The room has two guardsmen within, talking.
They immediately move to attention and attack, but Albion talks them down, saying that the group is a team of liberators. They are convinced, particularly when they notice the gathering crowd behind him. They deign to let the group pass.
Albion asks about any further treasures or people on this floor, and one of the slaves — whom he learns is named Edge Typhoon, no relation to Stiletto — notes that there is a gemcutter. The group wanders through the tower without incident until encountering the gemcutter and associated guard. Albion gives them the same pitch he has begun giving the others, and although they do not join him, they let the group pass unmolested.
Edge Typhoon then directs the group to the stairs leading to the third story. He notes that they will pass through the mess hall, close to both the kitchen and the pantry. A few of them are interested in the pantry, particularly Ulek Uurtag, but the group decides to revisit it after the matter at hand is completed despite Ulek's grumbling.
The group enters the mess hall just as a patrol of guards walks through the door leading to the stairwell. The two groups size each other up, and Albion explains their mission and offers to pay them if they join. The group jovially agrees, bringing their total to seventeen. The newly-formed gang starts tramping up the stairs.
The third floor is one of the group's targets, leading to the portal that the Zookeepers wish to close. Once they open the door, they are greeted by significantly better surroundings as the walls and floor have been decorated by tapestries and rugs. The group is confronted by two guardsmen who are quickly convinced to join Albion's cause. En route, two more are given the pitch and join. The group arranges itself and proceeds to face the guards before the portal.
As they burst through the door, they are confronted by four guardsmen, one of whom stoops on account of his enormously tall legs. Albion offers them the same chance at freedom, and they refuse. Battle is joined, and quickly goes poorly for the guardsmen. Within minutes, three are slain and the fourth surrenders and flees. Another group comes to investigate the ruckus, and seeing a twenty-one-man force and three corpses, decides to withdraw without comment.
The group enters an adjacent room and finds an open archway decorated with strange runes. The stonework inside the archway seems different than that without. Darrath pulls a fist-sized stone out of her pack and proceeds to make contact, saying they've found the archway. Both sides are about to be blown, and Thorry will establish contact when the liberation task is complete. She also notes the presence of the Umber Hulk, and after some discussion, she will go through the archway alone, leaving Thorry and Zinnanys behind to aid the party.
Darrath and Thorry then get to work, placing some manner of alchemical charges on the doorway. The group is sent back through a couple of doorways, and a few moments later, Thorry comes running through the same door. An explosion shakes the tower, and when everything settles, the group moves on. They open the door and are greeted by an enormous amount of smoke and dust. Thorry confirms the destruction of the archway, and the group moves forward.
After Albion makes his offer to a pair of guards, who deign to stay out of the way, the group ascends the stairs to the fourth floor. They travel through a room, a hallway, and finally enter another large room just as the door opens.
A large, bipedal creature bearing many chitinous armored plates, huge mandibles, and large claws enters the room. The group surmises the presence of the Umber Hulk, and at the advice of their peers, attempts to avoid its gaze.
Battle is chaotic, taking a couple of minutes to complete. The creature savages Albion, who manages to stay standing. Thorry uncorks a vial of thick, sticky, fiery liquid which creeps and crawls toward the creature, enveloping it. Zinnanys swings her sword, releasing a glittery cloud which blinds the creature. At this, a volley of arrows and crossbow bolts are aimed at the creature as the rest of the group enters into combat with it. Rukk is felled by the blinded, rampaging creature, although he is revived by Ulek's actions. Edge Typhoon, however, is not so lucky, being ripped in half by the enraged thing. Seeing that their actions are wounding the creature, however, the group rallies and manages to slay the beast, finally killing it with a shot from Ibrahim's arquebus. Albion takes a few moments to express sorrow for the fallen before proceeding to sever the thing's arm so that he can present it to the slaves as proof that the Umber Hulk is dead. As he does so, a group of guardsmen enter the room, see the proceedings, and decide to leave the room without incident.
The group finds its way to a large room that looks to be partially a sitting room and partially a laboratory. Two guardsmen flank a third figure, mohawked and armored and bearing a large cannister where his left leg should be. The third figure, ostensibly Lord Vau, grabs a nearby pistol and projects thoughts in the heads of the interlopers, telling them to surrender and referring to Lord Vau in the third person, suggesting he is not truly Lord Vau. As he brandishes the firearm, the group sets upon him.
Lord Vau fires four shots at Albion as the group advances. One hits, critically wounding Albion. Thorry runs forward to pour a healing potion down his throat. The rest of the group sets to work on Vau's guards and the man himself. The guards fall quickly, followed by Lord Vau himself.
Sin Tsunami immediately steals Lord Vau's spiked pauldron for herself. A few other members of the group search around, finding a bedroom adjacent to this room. They find a lockbox containing coins and gems. Meanwhile, Rukk examines his notes and objects, and finds that a couple of the objects might be functional. One of them is a gas mask of some sort, while another is a curious-looking handle that Lord Vau suspects might be some manner of weapon, and a third is some manner of smoke grenade. Rukk takes the gas mask and notes the weapon handle, which Sin Tsunami takes.
While the group investigates Lord Vau's laboratory, Ulek decides to go find the pantry. She retreats down the stairs and wanders briefly until she finds a bedroom with a wardrobe and small pantry. Determining that this is not the pantry she seeks, she wanders a bit more before determining that she doesn't quite know where the pantry is, and decides to rejoin the group.
Together again, the group decides to investigate before hitting the fifth floor. They start looking through rooms, but they only find a room full of empty metal storage drums that reek of parrafin. Finally, when they are satisfied, they press forward and make their way to the fifth floor.
The group does not explore the fifth floor, merely following the directions of one of the slaves familiar with this floor. They are led through rooms and hallways until finding a well-appointed room with four guardsmen. An open archway leads to a similar room, and another door leads to an unknown locale. Albion speaks with the guardsmen and explains the group's mission, and the guardsmen agree to not interfere. With that, the group bursts through the door.
Albion is met by some manner of study. A sumptuous rug, as well as a few chairs and a desk decorate the room. A lockbox sits atop the desk. Two portraits are also in the room — one shows a strange, spidery ship against a wildspace backdrop. The other shows a professional portrait of a strange, furred creature that looks something like a moray eel. The creature obviously posed for the portrait.
Standing in the room is a creature very similar to that noted in the painting. It has a spidery body with a neck and head similar to a moray eel. The creature's fur has been braided with peacock feathers and has been dyed to similarly resemble peacock feathers.
As Albion senses the creature's evil, there is no discussion. He charges at it, and though it bites him once, it is quickly slain by the combined might of the nineteen-man party.
After slaying the creature, Albion opens the lockbox and finds it to contain a few coins, some gems, and a gold ring with a black pearl. After a brief discussion, the group decides to follow Ulek down to the pantry. Once on the second floor, they find several weeks' worth of foodstuffs — rations, mostly — along with some other provisions. They take some of the cheese and butter while Rukk takes some of the salt in the hopes of retrieving and preserving the Umber Hulk's reproductive organs. The group then starts making trips to take supplies up to the roof.
Once there, the group sees a large, spider-like thing crouching on the roof. They quickly surmise it to be mechanical, and likely the spelljammer they heard about. They begin loading supplies into it. The group and the slaves also discuss payment; Albion gives them a few gold apiece, but Sin Tsunami is so discussed with the group's money-grubbing that she gives them 50 gp apiece.
While some load supplies, Rukk and Albion go to work to investigate the device. They find a chart room with a few papers, but as Albion cannot read and does not sense the presence of evil, he returns to moving supplies. He does, however, note the presence of a nearly featureless obelisk in the other room. Close inspection reveals that the obelisk bears a relief of a peacock's feather circumscribed by a circle. As Rukk has some difficulty determining the function of the obelisk on his own, Thorry comes to his aid. The device appears to radiate magic, and they manage to channel energy into it, causing it to glow and causing the entire vessel to levitate slightly. Somewhat surprised, they shut it down and Thorry decides to contact the remaining Zookeepers in their spelljammer.
As the rest of the group finishes, a wooden sailing vessel appraoches from the air. As it floats overhead, a rope ladder falls over the side. Two figures — a heavyset man in traveling clothes and an older, bearded gentleman in a robe — climb down the ladder. Two robed figures — a white-haired, dark-skinned man with a staff and a ginger, bespectacled man — leap over the edge and float down to the roof of the tower.
Introductions are made. The older, bearded man is Abbot Aelius; the dark-skinned, robed figure is Adeptus Gloomblight Spellweaver; the heavyset man is Jeb; and the gingery, robed man is named Zanorin Waveharp. After introductory discussions, Jeb ascends the ladder to get his equipment to assess their items. Meanwhile, Gloomblight Spellweaver and Rukk go to look at the spelljammer helm, since Thorry knows little of them. Spellweaver indicates that it is an artifurnace helm. Such helms run on the magical energy taken from destroyed magic items, but since artifacts cannot be destroyed, artifurnaces run continually. This one has been encased in an obelisk.
Rukk inquires about the furnace, but Adeptus Spellweaver indicates that he cannot know anything about it without dismantling it, which will likely destroy the furnace. He does warn that artifacts are frequently potent and sentient, so that strange effects might follow the helm. Spellweaver does finally note that he is attached to a magical university on his home world, and he offers to send a student to research the artifact. Rukk says he will have to think about it.
Meanwhile, the group receives a little over seventeen hundred apiece for all the treasure they retrieved. Unfortunately, Zanorin Waveharp cannot identify Sin Tsunami's strange weapon, although he notes that it has a magical power source.
As the groups are about to part company, a dark-skinned girl wanders out of the ship. She is haphazardly dressed in armor and carries some equipment, although she does not seem hostile. Unable to speak Common, Gloomblight casts a brief ritual to establish communication. After some conversation, he determines that she comes from Khaldun. Slavers came and attacked her tribe; only she survived so far as she knows, and she was transported to this place. After discussion, Gloomblight indicates that he will return her to his world, along with the other slaves.
With all their labors complete, the Zookeepers say they will be in touch. Sir Albion Sheol, Ibrahim "Smoochie" Ogden, Rukk Kippel, Sin Tsunami, Stiletto Typhoon, and Ulek Uurtag fumble through the controls of their new vessel and park it outside the town of Västernorr.
Albion, Ibrahim, and Rukk stay on the vessel while Sin, Stiletto, and Ulek return to Västernorr. Most return to Sid's while Sin Tsunami travels to the market. She finds an open shop dealing in drowtech at such a late hour, and the man says he will charge 20 gp an hour to research her item. She agrees and says she will pick it up the next day.
Around noon, Sin returns to the store and learns that she has something known as a warp-field sword, a device which projects an energy field usable as a sword. Money changes hands, and she goes about her business.


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