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1 On the minimization over SO(3) Manifolds Frank O. Kuehnel RIACS NASA Ames Research Center, MS 69-, Moffett Field, CA 9435, USA Abstract. In almost all image-model and model-model registration problems the question arises as to what optimal rigid body transformation applies to bring a physical 3-dimensional model in alignment with the observed one. Data may also be corrupted by noise. Here I will present the exponential and quaternion representations for the SO(3) group. I will present the technique of compounding derivatives and demonstrate that it is most suited for dealing with numerical optimization problems that involve rotation groups. 1 Introduction A common task in computer vision is matching images or features and estimating essential transformation parameters [1]. In the weak perspective regime the -dimensional affine image transformation with 6 parameters is applicable; in general a perspective transformation applies. Amongst Fig. 1. Fly-by satellite view on a rendered region of duckwater. The main difference between both images is a rotation about the viewing axis. those parameters are 3 Euler-angles that describe the orientation of the
2 viewer with respect to a world-coordinate system, see Fig. 1 as an example. Then neglecting other free parameters, we could formulate the image matching problem as finding a minimum to the log- likelihood log P p (I p Îp(φ,θ,ψ)), (1) where we sum over all pixels in the observed image data I p and the expected image Îp. It is well known that numerical optimiztion algorithms with Euler-angle representation have numerical problems. Several alternatives to Euler-angle representations exist. However, a prior it is not clear how well various representations and minimization methods will perfom. The subject of my investigation is the types of suitable rotation group representations and their application in numerical minimization algorithms. I will compare the convergence rate of various methods in the special case of matching point-clouds. In the next section, I will present suitable rotation group representations, followed by their application within numerical optimization algorithms. SO(3) reprsentations I briefly introduce the euler, the exponential and the quaternion representation. An extensive introduction to rotation groups and parametrization can be found in []..1 Euler-angle representation The rotation matrix R represents an orthonormal transformation, RR T = I, det(r) = 1, as such it can be decomposed into simpler rotation matrices, R = R z (φ) R y (θ)r z (ψ), () with cos φ sinφ cos θ sin θ R z (φ) = sinφ cos φ, R y (θ) = 1. (3) 1 sinθ cos θ The decomposition () is not unique. We adhere to the NASA Standard Aerospace convention [3] with ψ the precession, θ the nutation and φ as the spin. The derivatives with respect to the Euler-angles are easily obtained and will not be given here.
3 . Exponential representation, (Axis-angle) The axis-angle representation is frequently used in kinematics [4] and commonly referred to as the exponential representation. The rotation matrix R is obtained by exponentiation of a matrix H. This generating matrix H must be antisymmetric. and in 3-dimensions constitutes the cross product operator, r z r y H = [r] = r z r x, r = ω/θ,θ = ω, (4) r y r x where ω is called the Rodrigues vector. We notice that in the limit θ the Rodrigues vector is ill-defined and we need proper limit considerations [5]. The rotation matrix R and its generating matrix H are related by, R = exp(θh) = I + sin θh + (1 cosθ)h. (5) In minimization problems that utilize gradients we require the knowledge of derivatives with respect to the components of the Rodrigues vector ω xyz. In the following I introduce the index notation: Greek indices run over {1,, 3} which is synonymous for {x, y, z}, repeated indices are implicitly summed over 1. Now the derivatives are easily obtained dr = sin θ dh dr β + (1 cos θ) dh dr β + cos θhr α + sin θh r α, (6) dω α dr β dω α dr β dω α where Hence, using and dr β dω α = (δ αβ r α r β )/θ, dθ dω α = r α. (7) dh dr x r x + dh dr y r y + dh dr z r z = H (8) dh dr x r x + dh dr y r y + dh dr z r z = H (9) we obtain the rotation matrix derivative with respect to the Rodrigues vector component dr = dh sin θ dω α dr α θ ( + dh (1 cos θ) + dr α θ H(cos θ sin θ/θ) + H (sin θ 1 cos θ θ 1 summation over recurrent indicies is call Einstein summation ) ) r α. (1)
4 . It is emphasized that the natural endowed algebra sturcture of the vector space ω IR 3 is not isomorphic to the multiplication in the SO(3) group, R(ω 1 ) R(ω ) R(ω 1 + ω )! (11).3 Quaternion representation Quaternions can compactly represent rotation matrices. We will see that the compounding (non-commutative multiplication) operation is isomorphic to the matrix multiplication in SO(3). Let s introduce general quaternions by ˆQ = (q,q), q = q 1 e 1 + q e + q 3 e 3, (1) where q is a regular 3-dimensional vector with basis {e α } in IR 3. Addition of quaternions is component-wise, a product (compounding) of two quaternions as follows, ˆP ˆQ = (p q p T q,p q + q p + p q). (13) The notation in (13) utilizes the dot and cross product defined in IR 3. It is remarked that the product (13) is non-commutative but associative! In addition we have a conjugate operation, hence we can write the squared norm as, ˆQ = (q,q) ˆQ = (q, q), (14) ˆQ ˆQ = (q + q T q,) q + q T q. (15) We identify a scalar value c IR with a quaternion that has zero vector components, (c,) c and a vector q IR 3 with a quaternion that has zero scalar component (, q) q. Further, we will be sloppy with the quaternion product notation but implicitly assume that ˆQ ˆP means ˆQ ˆP. The claim is that a rotation can be represented by ˆR = (cos θ,sin θ r), ˆR ˆR 1 (16) with θ the magnitude and r the direction of the Rodirigues vector given in (4) and below, such that Rv = ˆRˆV ˆR, ˆV = (,v). (17)
5 Proof of (17) is easy and proceeds as follows: Writing equation (5) in the form with half-angles, Rv = cos θ Iv + cos θ sin θ r v + sin θ r (r v) + sin θ rrt v = (cos θ,sin θ r) (,v) (cos θ, sin θ r), (18) which completes the proof! Any quaternion ˆQ with ˆQ ˆQ = 1 constitutes a rotation in SO(3), the components of the rotation matrix R are easily obtained from (18), ˆQ = (q,q 1,q,q 3 ), q + q 1 + q + q 3 = 1 R( ˆQ) 1 q q 3 (q 1q q q 3 ) (q 1 q 3 + q q ) = (q q 1 + q q 3 ) 1 q1 q 3 (q q 3 q q 1 ) (19) (q 3 q 1 q q ) (q 3 q + q q 1 ) 1 q1 q Back to our initial statement, that we can easily idenitify an isomorphic structure between quaternions and rotation matrices, R( ˆQ 1 ) R( ˆQ ) = R( ˆQ 1 ˆQ ). ().4 Quaternion differential algebra As in the case for the Rodrigues vector, we are interested in the differential structure of the rotation matrix with respect to the quaternion components. Since we have 4 quaternion components and only 3 rodrigues vector ones, we also have to address the problem of overparametrization. The quaternion ring is endowed with a commutative operation (addition) and a non-commutative multiplicative operation (composition), it is natural to consider the two differential structures. Additive differential rotation We can cast the rotation matrix R in a particular well suited quaternion form, essentially it s restating (18) R = Iq + qqt + q [q] + [q] [q], (1) I is the unit matrix. Using tensor notation in (1), I µν = δ µν, ( qq T ) µν = q µq ν, ([q] ) µν = ε µρν q ρ, ()
6 where δ µν is the Kronecker-delta and ε µνρ the total antisymmetric tensor. Now we consider a differential rotation R( ˆQ + dˆq) R( ˆQ) and obtain R µν q = q δ µν + ε µρν q ρ, We used the following tensor contraction in (3) R µν q η = (δ ηµ q ν + q µ δ ην + q ε µην δ µν q η ). (3) ε αβγ ε αµν = δ βµ δ γν δ βν δ γµ. (4) Compounded differential rotation Alternatively, we can compose the differential rotation as the compound of the deviation from the unitquaternion Î (this represents the identity operation, null-rotation), by δ ˆQ = (Î + δˆq) ˆQ ˆQ = δˆq ˆQ, (Î + δˆq)(î + δˆq) = 1. (5) Then, we can write a differential rotation R((Î + δˆq) ˆQ) R( ˆQ) with the change of δˆq (5), [R( ˆQ + δ ˆQ) R( ˆQ)]v = δ ˆQ (,v) ˆQ + ˆQ (,v) δ ˆQ = δˆq (,v ) + (,v ) δˆq = δq v + δq v = δq R( ˆQ)v + δq (R( ˆQ)v), (6) hence the derivatives have a particularly simple form compared to (3), R µν δq = R µν, R µν δq α = ε αρµ R ρν. (7) Overparametrization, connection with the Rodrigues vector The rotation group SO(3) is a 3-parameter group, that is reflected in the number of Euler-angles and the vector components of the Rodrigues vector. Quaternions have 4 real components, seemingly we have increased the number of parameters. However, for a quaternion ˆQ to represent a rotation it must lie on the normalized-sphere S 3, ˆQ ˆQ = 1. (8) This represents an additional constraint, that is not built into the quaternioncomponent derivatives (3,7).
7 We can choose to parameterize the quaternion with the Rodrigues vector (16), then the derivatives of a general rotation quaternion ˆq with respect to the independent rodrigues vector ω components are, ˆq ω α = ( r α sin θ, r α cos θ r + 1 θ sin θ (δ αβ r α r β )e β ). (9) Here we assume that < θ or equivalently < q. Equivalently we can express (9) in quaternion component form, q = 1 ω α q q η α, = 1 ω α (q sincx) q αq η q + sincx q δ αη, x = arctan q. (3) We notice, that (9,3) show that the quaternion-constraint manifests in non-linear functions. On the other hand, if we were to parametrize the infinitesimal deviation from a unit-quaternion, ˆq = Î + δˆq = (q,q) = (cos δθ,sin δθ r), r = δω/δθ, δθ = ω. (31) then the quaternion-constraint is reflected by a rather simple linear dependence, δq δq η δω =, α q= δω = 1 α q= δ αη. (3) Notice, that (3) is the limiting case of (3) for q. 3 Non-linear function minimization over S 3 Given a bounded scalar function with SO(3) group parameters as arguments M f( ˆQ) = f(r( ˆQ)), ˆQ S 3, M IR (33) we are to find the (not necessarily unique) optimal quaternion ˆQ (f) which minimizes the scalar function f( ˆQ) in (33). In most cases analytical closed form solutions to (33) are not available. Numerical minimization algorithms utilize gradient information and at most deal with quadratic expansions of (33). Therefore it is natural to lay focus on functions of the form f = a + b µν R µν + c ηρ µν R µνr ηρ. (34) The arguments of f are implicitly subsumed in the rotation matrix components R µν. Equation (34) is frequently the result of a quasi-newton approximation to (1). Despite of the seemingly simple structure of Eqn. (34)
8 with rotation matrix components occuring at most in order, hence we could call them R µν -harmonic functions, it generally doesn t possess a closed form solution. Only for the particular case presented below the solution is known. 3.1 Pseudo-quadratic functions The special case of finding a unit quaternion ˆQ min which minimizes f s (R( ˆQ)) N = a + Rc i d i (35) i=1 can be solved analytically [6, 7]. (35) represents the case where a cloud of N points c i in IR 3 are mapped by a rotation such that the result most closely resembles the cloud d i. We can write (35) in tensor notation, f s = a + d µ d µ d µ c ν R µν + c ν c ρ δ µη R µν R ηρ, (36) where we have omitted the sum over point index i, thus in terms of tensor coefficients (34) we have b µν = c µ d ν, Now, we use the orthogonality relation, c ηρ µν = c νc ρ δ µη. c ηρ µν R µνr ηρ = c ν c ρ δ νρ (37) and obtain an expression that is linear in the matrix elements R µν, hence (35) constitutes only a pseudo-quadratic function, n f s = a + b µν R µν, b µν = d i c T i, a = a + c T i c i + d T i d i. (38) i=1 According to [7] we can find a solution to the R µν linear problem (38) by simply decomposing the general rank- tensor b µν and restating the problem as in (35). Then we solve for ˆQ min by noticing that f s is quadratic in the quaternion components and therefore can be written as n f s = a + (q,q) Bi T B i(q,q) T, (39) i=1 with 4 4 matricies B i, [ ] (ci d B i = i ) T. d i c i [d i + c i ] A solution to (35) is given by the eigenvector ˆq of B T i B i with minimal eigenvalue.
9 4 Gradient search methods on the S 3 manifold In the absence of analytical solutions we resort to numerical minimization methods. To measure the minimization search performance of various methods we focus on the pseudo-quadratic function f s and argue that the results are representative even in the general scenario of (34). 4.1 Iterative quadratic expansion in the Rodrigues vector ω or Euler-angles We start with a Rodrigues vector ω and expand the function f s to quadratic order in ω about ω. We keep the rotation matrix entries R µν to second order, (this basically means that we don t use the orthogonality relationship), f s ( ω) ã + (b µν + R µρ c ρ c ν ) R µν ω α } {{ } b T R µν R µρ ω α + ω α c ν c ρ ω β, ω α ω β } {{ } C (4) where ω = ω ω. Omitted are all contributions from R µν / ω α ω β. We need to calculate the exponential derivatives R µν ω α = R µν q,η q,η ω α, (41) which is exactly expression (1). Having obtained the minimal ω we then update the rodrigues vector ω ω 1 = ω + ω, and iteratively proceed with a local expansion (4) until convergence is reached. expansion with Euler-angles The same outline as depicted above applies to a local quadratic expansion with Euler-angles. Instead of the Rodrigues vector derivatives (41) we need to calculate the Euler-angle derivatives, R µν φ, R µν θ Then the update procedure follows the rule, and R µν ψ. (4) {φ,θ,ψ } {φ 1,θ 1,ψ 1 } = {φ + φ,θ + θ,ψ + ψ}.
10 4. Quaternion-path gradient search We construct a product sequence (path) from a suitable starting point ˆQ (), ˆQ (k) = (Î + ˆq(k) ) (Î + ˆq(k 1) )... ˆQ (), (43) with the constraint ˆQ (k) S 3 k, (44) meaning that ˆQ (k) at any step represents a rotation. Newton-Raphson, Lagrange multiplier technique One way to constrain quaternions on a unit sphere is by a Lagrange multiplier technique. As a test example we aim to obtain a quaternion sequence to find the minimum of the pseudo-quadratic functional (35). As usual with the Lagrange multiplier technique, given f s and the normalization contraint for δˆq, we can deal with the function g g = f s + λ((1 + δq ) + δq 1). (45) Now, if we write derivatives of g with respect to the multiplicative differential quaternions, we obtain dg dδˆq = { bµν R µν + λ(1 + δq ) = ε αµρ b ρν R µν + λδq α =, α {1,,3} (46) Assuming R being constant for the gradient search, we find an easy solution to (46), i.e. starting with R( ˆQ () ), in the first step, then we can solve for the update ˆq, ˆq = Î + δˆq, λ = b µνr µν q, q α q = ε αµρ R µν b ρν R ηξ b ηξ. (47) Having found ˆq and properly normalized, we successively obtain a new starting point ˆQ (1) = ˆq ˆQ () with rotation matrix R( ˆQ (1) ) for the next search step and solve for another quaternion until convergence is reached. Experimental results follow. Quasi-Newton method through infinitesimal exponential parametrization Instead of imposing the quaternion constraint by a Lagrange multiplier technique we could parametrize the deviation quaternion (Î + ˆq) in
11 (43) by its Rodrigues-vector and assume that we are in the linear regime (3), f s ã + (b µν + R µρ c ρ c ν ) R µν R µν R µρ ω α + ω α c ν c ρ ω β, (48) δω } {{ α δω } α δω β } {{ } b T C where ã = a c T i c i. Using (7) and (3), R µν δω α = R µν δq,η δq,η δω α = (R µν δq δω α ε ηµρ R ρν δq η δω α ) = ε αµρ R ρν, (49) and we obtain the expression for b b α = ε αµρ (R ρν b µν R µξ c ξ R ρν c ν ). (5) To emphasize the structure of the symmetric matrix C we write, D αµ = R µν δω α c ν = ε αµρ R ρν c ν, C αβ = D αµ D T µβ. (51) We find ω in equation (48) is quickly solved using SVD, f s ω =, ω = 1 C 1 b, (5) and calculate the finite step update quaternion (Î + ˆq(k) ) using (31). With a new quaternion ˆQ (k+1) as obtained in (43), we calculate rotation matrices and derivatives thereof. This process is repeated until suffient convergence is reached. 5 Experimental results Here I present numerical experiments on the convergence of the various gradient minimization methods. We compare the standard methods as described in section 4.1 with the ones utilizing the quaternion-path methods, see section 4.. The iterative Euler-angle expansion and the iterative Rodrigues vector expansion are referred to as Standard 1 and Standard. The two methods utilizing quaternion-path gradients are referred to as Lagrange and Compounding. We initialize all experiments by a random selection of N points {c i } and choosing a random transformation R( ˆQ f ) to obtain a point cloud {d i } according to (35). Then we randomly initialize our first guess R( ˆQ () )
12 and employ the minimization methods. The graphs show the minimization trajectory in the Rodrigues vector space. The green dota represents the initial guess, the end-points of the two red lines the two possible exact solutions. We track the convergence by counting the number of steps it takes to obtain the accuracy f s. This corresponds to the residual value of mismatching the euclidian distance (35). We clearly notice that in all scenarios the compounding quaternion derivative method is vastly superior and has super-linear convergence. Also it never failed in all tested cases. Most rarely does the Euler-angle method succeed. 6 Conclusions I have concisely introduced important rotation group SO(3) representations and presented their differential structure. I ve developed the new idea of a product (compounding) path-quaternions and demonstrated its advantages application towards numerical minimization methods. In the special point-matching case this method is vastly superior than all its alternatives. It is expected that the super-linear convergence of the compounding path-quaternion approach is retained even in the case of more general function types that depend on SO(3) parameters.
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On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, robert burrell donkin wrote: > On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 08:39 PM, Morgan Delagrange wrote: > > --- robert burrell donkin > > <email@example.com> wrote: > > <snip> > > >> rodney hasn't been a regular contributor to > >> beanutils either in terms of > >> code or on the mailing lists. if he couldn't even be > >> bothered to ask > >> before making himself a committer > > > > He's not required to ask, only to indicate his > > participation. > > asking is a matter of politeness and means that his participation is less > likely to be vetoed. > > a committer has responsibilities as well as rights. if i thought that a > committer was just dumping code into a component and had no intention of > maintaining that code, i wouldn't hesitate to veto. > I really offended by this comment, Robert. The commit you refer to was not only well within my rights *and* responsibilities, clearly following both the spirit and letter of the asf, jakarta, and jakarta-commons guidelines, but also well within the bounds of politeness and courtesy. This commit was small (one class, about ~300 lines counting comments and blanks), unobtrusive (no new dependencies, configuration, extra processing or memory use was introduced), fully backwards compatible, and well within the scope of the project. The "commit then review" protocol is clearly appropriate (and polite) in this circumstance. If I need your explicit approval before making a small, unobtrusive, fully backwards compatible and in scope commit, then Guideline #15 (Each committer has karma to all the packages) is meaningless. Moreover, when making a commit that fails to meet any one of these criteria, I've very consistently brought this to the attention of the development community, before, immediately after, or both before and after making the commit, no matter how long I've been working on or with the project, or for that matter whether or not I've been to primary developer working on it, as you can see in [1] and [2] and [3] and [4] and [5] and [6] and [7] and others. I'm not disputing your right to question (i.e., review) this commit, but don't suggest that it was inappropriate or impolite or somehow makes me a bad citizen. [1] <http://email@example.com&msgId=76126> [2] <http://email@example.com&msgId=78100> [3] <http://email@example.com&msgId=344668> [4] <http://firstname.lastname@example.com&msgId=513101> [5] <http://firstname.lastname@example.com&msgId=525232> [6] <http://email@example.com&msgId=559250> [7] <http://firstname.lastname@example.com&msgId=564947> > the consensus which emerged from the lengthy discussions on this issue > supports me, though. That's not "consensus" in the standard meaning--there are those that disagree with this approach. It's certainly not "consensus" in any formal ASF sense, since there was no actual [VOTE] on the issue, so claiming it as a matter of policy is questionable in my eyes. > in terms of beanutils, i'm not willing to support a release with code in > that no one is willing to support. therefore, i'd think about vetoing > any contribution if i thought that no one was willing to offer support > for that code and maintain it. but you're willing to do that for > ConstructorUtils (and MethodUtils if it can't be deprecated), aren't you > rodney? I'm trying real hard not to feel condescended to here Robert. I'm willing to fulfill my responsiblities as an Apache committer and feel I've got a pretty strong record of doing so. (and from a different thread) Costin> If duplication is a concern - then just use Costin> beanutils ( however duplication is explicitely Costin> allowed in commons AFAIK). Robert> i've been convinced that beanutils is Robert> not the right place for this code. And I'm convinced that lang isn't the right place either. Let's split the difference and propose commons-reflect or commons-reflection or whatever, and end this thread. - R. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:email@example.com>
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Series: Christian Belief And The Modern World (7 of 8) by Stuart Briscoe
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Part 13: The Forgiveness of Sins
Series: Christian Belief And The Modern World
Stuart Briscoe
When Christ commissioned His disciples He made it clear that preaching "repentance and forgiveness of sins" (Luke 24:47) was a major part of their task. What this means and how it is to be accomplished demand our attention.
I. Forgiveness Requires Recognizing.
"You have not yet considered the heavy weight sin is." (Anselm)
A. Consider sin in principle.
1. Humanity's constitution.
a. Created to depend.
b. Created to delight.
c. Created to discover.
2. Humanity's contradiction.
a. Refusing fellowship with God.
b. Rejecting ownership by God.
c. Rebelling against stewardship for God.
Part 14: The Resurrection of the Body
Series: Christian Belief And The Modern World
Stuart Briscoe
The emphasis on food, fashion and fitness in our modern society shows that we are very interested in our bodies. But we are not always aware that we will have bodies after death. What this means should be of great interest to all concerned.
I. Understanding the Body.
A. The design of the body.
1. Fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:13-17
2. Body, soul and spirit. 1 Thessalonians 5:23
3. Honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:20
B. The dangers of the body.
1. The abuse of legitimate appetites. Proverbs 23:19-21
2. The degrading of human relationships. Romans 1:24
3. The center of spiritual conflict. Romans 7:21-25
C. The discipline of the body.
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Paper Courage
An Avenue Q fan fiction
Rod X Nicky
I don't own the characters. I just came up with the story. Oh, and, everyone should see Avenue Q, or at least buy the CD! It's awesome!
~Chapter 11~
Nicky scarcely had time to look up as Rod lunged at him, tackling him! The chair rocked dangerously for a moment under the tumultuous motion of the struggling men. Rod positioned himself automatically in a straddling position, grabbing futilely for the envelope Nicky kept out of reach as a natural response to the grasping efforts of the smaller man. Losing balance, the chair tipped backward, both occupants hitting the ground hard, but not hard enough to put an end to their shenanigans.
Nicky smiled broadly at Rod's desperate air, still pinned under the red-head. Despite Rod's advantageous position, Nicky's greater strength and reflexes kept his possession of the parcel.
"Give it to me!" Rod grunted.
"Why?" Nicky laughed. "What is it you don't want me to see?" but remembrance struck and the man underneath fell silently shocked. His eyes were wide, mouth agape. Rod seized the opportunity to snatch the letter but made no move to get up. He could see it in his friend's face. He knew. They stayed like that for a while - Rod's face hovering dangerously close to Nicky's.
"Wh-" Nicky started, unsure what he was about to say. He didn't need to finish, though, as Rod cut in frantically.
"I didn't even read the thing! I just put it in the mailbox." His eyes showed his fear. He sat back, opening up the space between them. The weight gone from atop him, Nicky sat up too. Rod clutched the letter protectively to his chest. He made no further move to horde the thing as Nicky reached out slowly and took the letter back.
"Is this for me?" Nicky dared to ask, his heart beating in his chest so hard. Rod closed his eyes, raised his eyebrows, and tried to form some kind of dismissive response. He stuttered over his words which came out as a string of incomplete syllables. He adjusted his glasses, finally finding his voice.
"Nicky, I never even read it. I don't even know what it is."
Opening the letter, not even removing his eyes from the other man, Nicky unfolded the paper and handed it over. "Read it, Rod." He insisted meekly. Those puppy-dog eyes and very un-Nicky-like demeanor made it difficult for him to refuse. Rod took the letter, flicking his wrist to straighten the paper with a crisp, snapping sound. He adjusted his glasses down on his nose to see the print better. He took a moment to skim it over.
"Read it out loud." Nicky requested.
Rod looked up uncertainly. "No." was his quiet response. Nicky's breath hitched in his throat. He was afraid, but Rod was too. "I can't." Rod added in a tiny voice barely above a whisper.
"Is it for me? Did you mean to send it to me?" Nicky asked again, his inflection growing emphatic. He leaned forward, an urgency in his eyes.
"I - I didn't know - " Rod tried to defend, grasping for any excuse to cover his exposed emotions. It was true. He hadn't read the letter before, but it was a lie that he hadn't suspected the content. Sure he had sent the letter, but he hadn't thought about the consequences. How he wished he could go back in time and undo the various events that had led them to this uncomfortable moment. Blushing profusely, Rod stood, ducking himself into the bathroom and locking himself in. The note was left behind, crinkled on the floor.
The sound of Rod hyperventilating for a moment preceded the sound of the shower turning on. Nicky grabbed the letter and pressed himself up against the door. He checked the knob. Locked.
"Rod! Let me in! We gotta talk!" There was a pleading tone to his voice as he rested his forehead against the wooden barrier.
"Go away, Nicky!" the voice called from within. The splashing sound of water signified the shower running into the filling tub.
It was one of Rod's many methods of escapism. He'd just sit there, letting the water pour down around him. The loud noise of the splashing torrent helped drown out the world around him and kept him from thinking about things too deeply. The heat relaxed him, the steam blinded him. It was like he could not exist for a little while and that's what he wanted to do more than anything right now. He didn't think any further beyond that.
Nicky's muffled voice called to him a few more times. Rod remained silent and tried to ignore him. The scratching sound at the door went unnoticed until it swung open. Nicky stood there, an unbent paper-clip in his hand. Rod's first reaction was to shriek - which he did - and his second was to try to cover himself. Having nothing substantial handy, he grabbed a washcloth and slapped it on the surface of the water, letting it float just above his private parts.
"Nicholas! You can't be in here!" he shouted, trying to reach for the shower-curtain that was just out of his reach.
"Oh, you don't have anything I haven't seen before." Nicky remarked, rolling his eyes. He closed the lid on the toilet and took a seat. Rod groused, facing forward, the shower still pouring water over him. He stared blankly into the tub, keeping his eyes off of the intruder.
"We need to talk about this, Rod. I want to talk about this." Nicky shook the letter a couple of times to emphasize his point. His roommate continued to act like he was ignoring him but Nicky went on. "You knew what I had given you, right? You knew I wrote out a confession letter, right?" Rod continued to stay silent. "And I told you to mail it to that mystery guy you like. And you mailed it to me!"
Rod slowly dropped his head to his knees as he clutched them close to his chest. This was torture. It had to be some kind of torture. What horrible thing had he done in a past life that would lead to so much suffering in this one? Nicky leaned forward far enough to tap Rod's shoulder with the paper a couple of times.
"Read it to me." Nicky requested over the sound of running water.
"No, Nicky! Go away!" came Rod's perturbed yet muffled reply, his face still buried squarely in his raised knees.
"Then I'll read it to you!" Nicky's response came out defiantly. "They're my words anyway." he cleared his throat, preparing for his spiel. "I thought very hard about what to say in this letter. I wanted to mention your good looks, I wanted to fawn over your sense of humor, and I wanted to smother you in a list of 'sweet-nothings.' But in the end it all sounded a little contrived and cliché. It was then that I realized why I love you." He paused, looking at the other man who seemed to bury his face further. "I see you every day. We sit together, talk together, sometimes even laugh together. These are little things that may seem unimportant. But to me, they mean the world." He looked to his friend who still did not look up, didn't move, just stayed closed up.
There was a long moment of speechlessness between both men. The humid atmosphere of the small bathroom made the air heavy, lending to the already difficult time they both had breathing - the root of which was anxiety. Nicky's face took on a determined expression. He stood up, throwing off his pajama top and bottoms, leaving him only in a pair of dark blue boxers. Rod hadn't even noticed until he felt the water level rise significantly. The splashing sound of water running over the edge of the tub is what really brought the red-haired man out of his shell, jerking his head up in terror and surprise.
Nicky reached behind him, pulling the plug to drain out some of the water. Rod scrambled back as far as he could in the basin which was probably too small for two adult men to occupy simultaneously.
"Nicholas! Wh-wh-what are you doing?" Rod eeped, his eyes as wide as they could possibly get. Nicky leaned forward, getting on his hands and knees, the shower running over his head and back, weighing his hair down against his scalp and into his eyes.
"That was my confession, Rod. I wrote it from in here." Nicky gestured to his chest as he continued to invade his friend's space. "I wrote it for you, but I also wrote it about you. Ya know?"
"Nicky, I…" Rod's voice was soft and quiet, unsure if he should even be allowing himself to believe it could be real.
"Cut me some slack, buddy. I've never done this before." Nicky half warned with a nervous smile as he pushed himself the rest of the way forward, pressing his mouth against Rod's. Their lips were slippery from the water. Nicky tilted his head slightly, introducing his tongue into the mix. Rod's eyes slipped closed as he accepted the kiss and returned it in kind. He mewed a soft sound into Nicky's mouth and the instigator continued to move forward until his whole body was pressed against the others. More water sloshed over the edge into the floor but neither paid it any mind.
Nicky had never kissed another guy before. He had scarcely even thought of doing so, but as he hungrily claimed the other man, it felt so natural - it almost felt like something he should have been doing all along. He loved him. He loved Rod and now he realized it.
"Oh, Nicholas." Rod moaned in a tiny voice. He had his arms straight under him, supporting him in his seated position - holding his own weight and Nicky's. He slowly lowered himself until he was leaning against the back of the bath.
Nicky took his right hand, sliding it gently behind his friend's head, pillowing it. He took his other hand and wrapped it behind his back, holding him close. So tight pressed were they, that when Rod's body began to react, Nicky felt it immediately. The hardness nudged against Nick's groin in a futile attempt to stand in such a confined space caused him to shudder in that good kind of way where electricity seems to jolt up and down one's body. The very idea that he was eliciting this response in the other man, that his actions caused his friend's body to come alive in such a way - well, it was almost too much. Nicky's own erection began to form and suddenly their make-out session was less about seeing what it would be like and became more about pleasuring the other.
"Holy fuck, Rod." Nicky whispered impassioned as he began to kiss furiously down the other man's jaw and sucking on the warm flesh of his neck. The water level was rising fast and if they were still, it didn't spill over, but every movement drenched the floor even more. Nicky sat up, panting, pulling the plug behind him and turning off the water. "Can we move this to the room?"
Rod nodded wordlessly. Nicky got out first, picking a towel from the rack on the wall and drying himself off quickly, albeit incompletely. He stripped out of his sopping wet underwear and tied the terry-cloth around his waist. He handed a second towel to his roommate who did about the same - drying himself hurriedly and wrapping it around his waist. The black-haired man didn't wait for Rod to get out of the tub, instead grabbing the smaller man up in his arms. He proceeded to carry him into the adjoining bedroom, flopping Rod onto the bed and crawling predatorily over him. The red-head accepted the domination eagerly as the barrage of fervent kisses.
Rod couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe any of this was happening! But it was! The culmination of a life-time of fantasies was transpiring right here, right now. Shy, conservative Rod was giving himself over fully to man of his dreams - a man who had professed his straightness as long as he'd known him! And here that man was, running his tongue sensually between his lips, across the roof of his mouth, and brushing past his own tongue! He tasted amazing, he felt even better. His roommate's hands roved over Rod's body, up and down his bare, hairless chest, nails scratching down his sides, and hands moving up to cup his face as Nicky sucked tenderly on his lips.
Rod moaned and mewed. He'd never felt like this before and had never imagined he ever would. He took his own hands and ran his fingers through Nicky's wet, black hair. His panting breaths took him away from his lover's mouth as he turned, gasping. His body was heated and excited.
"I'm going to give this a try." Nicky whispered, pecking Rod on the cheek before removing himself almost entirely, sliding down to the foot of the bed. He made himself comfortable on his knees and Rod hadn't even had time to comprehend what was happening when the hot, wet sensation on his erection caused reality to shatter, sending him hurdling into a pool of pure bliss. It was clumsy, awkward, but still exactly right. Rod's moans grew louder, taking on a dissonant chord as Nicky sucked hard, bobbing his head in an unsteady rhythm.
"Nnn - Nnn" Rod tried to say after a while but the warning went without being understood or heeded. His ecstasy washed over him and he in a final tidal wave which pushed him over the edge. It was so much fuller an experience coming from the loving manipulations of his best friend. The sudden release caught Nicky off guard and he pulled his mouth away but still maintained a firm grip on the member. The mess got all over but Nicky ignored it, moving back up over the trembling man, running his teeth up the other's torso and biting at areas of soft flesh here and there.
"Can I?" Nicky asked softly in a throaty, husky growl, grinding his pelvis firmly against Rod's.
"Please do." Rod replied breathlessly, his voice almost sounding pained through the veil of complete fulfillment.
Nicky's mind raced and swirled at what he was doing - what he was about to do. Though it would have been an easier position, he figured, to turn his friend over and take him from behind, he wanted to see his face, he wanted to hold him and kiss him and experience him. This was their first time with each other. He wanted it all. He took Rod's slender legs, nuzzling one lovingly before draping them both over his shoulders, positioning himself for entry.
Nicky ran his hand along the other's thigh to just below the hip-bone, settling his hand over one of the many sensitive body parts. He squeezed his thumb into the skin a little, taking his other hand to guide his phallus gently into his lover. Rod squeaked and moaned. His breathing was fast and shallow as Nicky pulled back, only to push back in again.
Nicky bit his lip and squeezed his eyes closed for a moment. A look of concentration clouded his features as he repeated the slow and steady motion, building a rhythm and his own confidence. He couldn't stop now, he couldn't hold back. His thrusts became faster, harder. He gripped Rod by the hips, pulling him into him simultaneous to his forward thrust.
The deep penetration hit nature's little irony - the pleasure point deep inside the man that nothing short of the delicious bludgeoning from a rock-hard cock could possibly bring to complete fruition. And it did just that. Nicky shuddered, crying out as he doubled over, grasping Rod around the back and hugging him close, grunting into his lover's chest as he came hard, deep inside the other. The final deep, lasting stab set Rod off too. He grasped at his best friend, hugging his head tightly as he growled through a second orgasm.
Tumbling gently from their clouds of euphoria, Nicky pulled out, lunging himself back onto his partner, hugging him close and peppering him with kisses as if he could never get enough. Rod tried to return the favor as best as he could but he was dazed and winded. Still too enthralled to fully comprehend the awesome scope of things, Rod managed to choke out:
"Nicky, I love you so much. I've always loved you."
"I love you too, Rod. I just never knew how much." Nicky said, his mouth still buried against the other's skin. He grew serious, raising himself up, supporting himself with his elbows. He wedged his hands underneath the red-haired man who was still laying back on the bed. "You're everything to me, Rod, buddy. You're my world. I need you. I had never really pictured things turning out like this, but - but it just feels so much like it's the way it's supposed to be. I can't imagine life without you."
"I've wanted to tell you how I felt for so long." Rod replied, looking deeply into Nicky's hazel eyes as the other pulled his hand up to brush the tips of his fingers gently through Rod's short, orange hair. "I just didn't want to drive you away. You've always been the only one I've wanted. You're the love of my life."
The two gazed peacefully at each other, enjoying one another's contact. Suddenly Rod's eyes widened as reality set back in, encroaching on his peace of mind as he sat upright suddenly.
"I left the stove and oven on!" His voice was shrill and frantic. Nicky chuckled slightly to himself, tenderly bringing his hand up to Rod's face, smoothing his thumb gently over Rod's lips.
"I turned them off before I unlocked the bathroom door." Nicky reassured softly, putting his forehead against Rod's.
"Now what are we going to do about dinner?" he asked, not looking forward to getting back in the kitchen and resuming his cooking.
"I'll call for pizza." Nicky said, smiling.
"Aw. You take care of me." Rod nuzzled his nose against his partner's.
"I guess we take care of each other." Nicky replied, placing a small kiss at the corner of Rod's mouth and enjoying the new-found familiarity between them that far surpassed what they ever shared before.
"Mmm," Rod uttered softly, gliding his fingers behind Nicky's head, plowing through the thick, black hair and drawing him firmly to himself for a deep and passionate kiss. He pulled away breathlessly. " I wouldn't want it any other way."


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yea haha shit what do you say when you get your haircut? if i want a one with the grain i gotta say it or my baber will ask
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Originally posted by Inactive Useryou play any sports i remeber we played yall in football last year when i was in HS
what school? yee i played football and wrestled last year but on jv.
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Originally posted by Inactive Usero i played at hoover last year varsity at hoover we played you guys in the first round of the playoffs..got our ass beat but i had a pic for like 60 yards
ahhh what number were you? i was moved up to varsity for the playoffs and i remember that dirty dancing mascot you guys had ahah.
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Originally posted by Inactive Useri was number 11.....but back to hair i havent had a cut in 2 months a buncha dudes been giving me shit for it
go back to your high school's area im sure you can find some Viet Hair Salons in City Heights...lol
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Franchitti peeved as IndyCar doubleheader creates a stir
FORT WORTH Will Power leapt into a scissor kick and pumped his fist several times after drawing the third starting position for the second race of Saturday's Firestone Twin 275s.
The normally reserved Penske Racing driver's celebration was much less exuberant 90 minutes later when he won the nightcap of the Izod IndyCar Series event at Texas Motor Speedway.
Power admitted his first victory on an oval virtually felt like a foregone conclusion after his two fiercest rivals fared much worse in choosing starting positions during a prerace lottery
"I thought, 'The Ganassi boys are screwed,' " he said with a laugh. "I thought that was great. That was lucky."
It might be remembered as the break that decides the 2011 championship, and perhaps the most impactful of a series of new IndyCar initiatives aimed at putting the importance of entertainment ahead of the purity of competition.
While Power felt blessed, fortune didn't smile as much Saturday on Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Dario Franchitti, who left Texas steamed that the first IndyCar doubleheader in nearly 30 years might have serious ramifications on his pursuit of a third consecutive series title.
"We got hosed," he said. "I hope we don't lose the championship by that, or I'll be pissed off."
After winning the first race, Franchitti was awarded the 28th starting position as the last selector in a blind draw to arrange the field for the second race. His teammate, Scott Dixon, drew 18th just after Power (who finished third in the first race) secured the third spot.
Team owner Chip Ganassi was livid between races, dismissively labeling the promotion as "a stunt." The idea was the brainchild of Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage, who said Sunday he'd review the format with IndyCar. "I would have been surprised if there hadn't been issues," he said. "We need to look at it, but any system where you set the starting positions in any manner other than fastest to slowest, there are ways to manipulate it."
Dixon and Franchitti called it gimmicky.
"Drawing the grid out of a hat is a joke," Franchitti said. "Through no fault of our own, we started 25 places behind Will. He took advantage of it and did a great job. We had a massive handicap. There's enough variables. We don't need to be throwing dice to be deciding grid positions."
Unlike NASCAR's Budweiser Shootout and Sprint All-Star Race, which have featured blind draws for starting positions and inverted fields, Saturday wasn't an exhibition. Though the twins offered half the normal points, Franchitti still fell 21 points behind Power in the championship race (after cutting the lead to seven with his win in the first race).
IndyCar president Brian Barnhart said the blind draw was to "add spice," and the concept does dovetail with CEO Randy Bernard's philosophy of aggressively shaking up IndyCar. This year, the series has added double-file restarts, tinkered with capping fields to create qualifying drama and offered a $5 million bonus if an interloper can win its season finale at Las Vegas.
Franchitti, who heads a drivers advocacy group, has supported most changes designed to stoke fan interest, but he lobbied last weekend to invert the first race's finish (starting Power, Dixon and Franchitti in the last three spots).
"They have to balance the sport and entertainment aspect," he said. "Trust me, it would have been entertaining if we all started at the back."
Power agreed an inversion would have been more just.
"That was definitely unfair for Dario and Scott; otherwise, it would have been a pretty fierce battle the whole race," he said. "You don't control your own destiny. In a tightly fought championship, you just can't have that."
Dixon suggested bonus points for passing cars, but Franchitti said the ultimate solution might be race with high-stakes prize money and no points. "If we did this as a standalone without championship implications, then it would be 'have at it,' " he said. "Then you can invert, draw out of a hat, do whatever the hell you want. But this race was a championship round. It's a shame."
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by Mary Pride from her book The Way Home page 80 - Evangelism Through Reproduction We Christians can sometimes be inconsistent. We'd fight and scream if someone tried to stamp out our evangelistic efforts....Let's say that Christians are 20 percent of the US population. If each Christian family had six children, and the humanists, feminists, and others kept on having an average of one.....then in twenty years there would be sixty of us for every forty of them. In forty years, 90 percent of America would be Christian! That is without outside evangelism. All we'd have to do would be to have children and raise them for Christ... [T]hen in two generations...we would be over 40 percent of the … [Read more...]
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by Marjorie Holsten from The Raw Story - Homeschooling Expert: Sex Ed is a Liberal Plot Make Kids Watch Guinea Pigs do it Instead "People say to me, why would they teach such awful things to our children?" she remarked. "If you go deep down and you connect those dots, you see that when children are desensitized to sexual things, that affects their ability at a later date to bond with a spouse." … [Read more...]
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by Bruce Gerenscer cross posted from his blog The Way ForwardNinth grade school picture, wearing the welfare glasses I got in 1971. It took me all of 4 weeks to earn enough money to get a pair wire rimmed glasses. I was so embarrassed to wear these glasses. Everyone knew our family was on welfare.It's September of 1971 and I am fourteen and a ninth grade student at Central Junior High School in Findlay, Ohio. It's time for gym class and today we are going to square dance. Except I won't be square dancing because the church I attended, Trinity Baptist Church, considered dancing a sin. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: How Can Accountability and Standards Be 'Wrong'?
by Karen Campbell at her blog That Mom - Patriarchy on Trial, part four A new, organized, and clearly focused group of former homeschool students, motivated, in part, by the bad fruits of patriocentric homeschooling, have taken up the banner for homeschooling reform, putting the very good ideals at the heart of homeschooling at risk. Their legitimate concerns over some instances of sexual, physical, emotional, and spiritual abuse of children have resulted in their misguided call for state-operated control over all homeschooling and have even extended to their advancement of "homosexual rights" for homeschooled children. Though I have had similar concerns about treatment of all children, home … [Read more...]
Preparing To Be A Help Meet – Debi and Michael's Love Story Part One
by Mel cross posted from her blog When Cows and Kids CollideTo be clear, Debi and Michael's story is NOT a love story. There is precious little love involved and a whole heap of red flags.I had just turned thirteen when I first saw him and knew, just simply knew, he was my man. If he had glanced over and been able to read my mind he would have surely laughed. (...)The whole community had been talking about the famous, young preacher who had been invited to speak at First Baptist Church's Teen Retreat. (...) My young mind quickly assessed him. He seemed bigger than life, a super, in charge type of man. I guessed he must have been at least 21 years old. (...) … [Read more...]
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from Michael Stone at his blog Progressive Secular Humanist - American Taliban: Utah Modesty Police Edit Girls' Yearbook PhotosEditorial note: This has been all over the media the last few days. Apparently Good Christians/Mormons (tm) decided that tank tops and bra straps were the big No-No and decided to keep Utah boys pure of lustful thoughts by photoshopping (badly) sleeves onto shirts covering shoulders and bra straps. More slut-shaming in this modesty standard that wasn't even applied consistently.Modesty standards and slut shaming isn't just for Biblical Patriarches, Minthegap's Adam Gregorin and church busybodies any more. … [Read more...]
So I've Been Spiritually Abused, What Next?: The Narcissistic Pastor – How to Recognize a Spiritual Abuser
from the website An Irenicon - The Narcissistic PastorSo what does the narcissistic pastor look like? I'm a humble person, so I'll merely recount the characteristics of narcissism as identified by Sam Vaknin (himself diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder). His thoughts are in bold. Like I said I'm too humble to know any of this firsthand. Having worked, lived, confided for, and studied with many pastors, however, I know that it touches our profession intimately. Comments following the boldface reflect my actual experiences working in the church. … [Read more...]
News: Duggars Dealing With Bill Gothard Fallout
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Brand Environment is creating an identity and interiors for fledgling UK business airline Duo, which will be unveiled in October to mark the opening of the airline's second UK base, in Edinburgh. The project is worth in excess of £100 000 in fees to the group. Duo will compete with European airlines flying to destinations […]
Wolff Olins has whistled up a new name for Spanish pet food giant Gallina Blanca Purina, as its owner Agrolimen puts on an English accent to broaden its appeal. The rebrand is the culmination of a 12-month project by the group, which won the work in May 2002 after a four-way pitch against Landor Associates, […]
Falmouth-based Gendall Design has appointed David Revell as design director. Revell joins from Tango Design, where he was creative director.
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Agenda Design is to paint the brand strategy for Margate's £20m Turner Centre, a visual arts gallery planned for the town's seafront and the mainstay of culturally-led regeneration in the area. The brief is expected to involve a full audit of the scope of the brand, including naming, as well as identity work and signage, […]
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