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Family Cruise
No amount of begging by my sister and I could pull my parents away from the idea of a Christmas Cruise. My sister, Jade, wanted to travel with her friends to shop in Korea, while I had intended to go on a diving trip with several of my friends. What made matters worse was that I had to share a cabin with my sister. My parents tried their best to convince us that a family trip was in our best interest.
"Maybe you'll meet a girl," my dad suggested. Surprisingly, my parents were anything but conservative. My sister's ex-boyfriend used to stay over regularly on weekends, and I swear the moans that come from her bedroom are loud enough to wake the whole house. I have no idea how my parents sleep through it. "Just use protection. We don't want to deal with unwanted pregnancies," they would say.
"And then what? I'm sharing a cabin with Jade," I groaned, unconvinced. Who wanted to spend a week at sea sharing a cramped cabin with their sister?
As my dad put most of his cruise money into a nice room for my mother and him, Jade and I were crammed into a tiny, interior cabin. After boarding, a steward led Jade and I to our tiny cave. We both freaked when he swung open the door and revealed a single queen-sized bed. "No way!" I protested, ready to swim home before I shared both a room and a bed with my sister.
Always better at dealing with situations, Jade explained the problem to the steward. He got the point, looking confused why we didn't want to sleep together before separating the single queen-sized bed into two single beds pushed against the walls with barely two feet between them.
For the rest of the day, we took it easy. After unpacking, we explored the ship before proceeding to check out the cruise's seafood buffet. As was the family tradition, we opened several bottles of wine. At sometime close to nine, we parted ways from our parents and headed back to our room. Needless to say, Jade was stumbling back all the way.
Jade found the remote for the TV and put on one of those cheesy, late-night skin flicks. "Really?" I groaned.
"Afraid you'll get hard?" She asked, flashing me a drunk grin.
"Fuck you, I'm taking a shower," I said, heading towards the tiny bathroom.
"No jerking off in the shower!" She called after me.
As I danced around in the tiny shower beneath low water pressure, I tried not to think sister sitting just a few feet away watching softcore porn. The door to the bathroom had felt flimsy and I was completely naked, not to mention slightly tipsy. As I soaped my private parts, I started getting hard. Should I risk taking care of myself with Jade so close? My cock grew harder as I slowly rubbed soap up and down my long shaft.
It would serve her right if I jerked off in the shower, right on the soap! Grinning to myself, that's just what I did, holding the soap in front of my hard cock as I sprayed it with thick, ropey strands of my hot cum. Would she notice? I carefully placed the soap on the built-in shelf. I smeared my white, creamy coating across the soap for her.
I dried off and pulled on a pair of boxer shorts before heading back into the cabin. "What's so funny?" She asked me, catching the way I was grinning.
"Nothing," I lied.
"You jerked off, didn't you?"
"Disappointed you didn't get to watch?" I asked, climbing in to my tiny bed. What she said next wiped the smirk off my face.
"Maybe I did, too," she said. "Want to smell my finger?"
"No way," I said, not believing she had done anything while I was in the shower.
"Why not? Girls do it, too."
"Maybe, but not as often as guys."
"Says you," she shot back and it pissed me off.
"Oh yeah? When was the last time you did it yourself?"
"Smell my finger," she giggled, holding out her hand. "Or maybe you want to taste it?"
"Shut the fuck up," I said. There was no way Jade had masturbated while I took a shower.
"Your loss," she giggled, heading into the bathroom. I waited to hear the shower running, except she didn't take one that night. Instead, she came out of the bathroom a few moments later wearing a long, oversized t-shirt. I noticed her tits swaying beneath the thin fabric and it looked as if her nipples were hard. She turned and poked her ass in my face as she pulled down the covers of her bed. I didn't notice any pantylines. Was she naked beneath that nightshirt? I tried not to think too much about it and fell asleep.
I woke up before Jade the next morning. At least I guessed it was morning, since our interior cabin didn't have a window. I used the bathroom, not thinking about my hard-on showing as a tent inside my boxers until Jade said, "Looking good, bro!"
We traded places in the bathroom and I heard the shower starting. That's when I remembered what I had done the night before to the bar of soap. I waited to hear her shriek and didn't, which meant she didn't notice the special coating I had put on the soap. That also meant she was rubbing my cum all over her body. I smirked as I rubbed my aching cock and wondered if I had enough time to get off before she got out of the shower. I decided not to risk it, but the goofy grin I wore when she came back into the cabin sure made her suspicious.
After lunch, Jade suggested we visit one of the sunbathing decks and start working on our natural tans, so we stopped by our cabin and changed into our swimwear. "I heard there's a sundeck where women can sunbath topless," she said.
"You're so lying," I said, convinced that could never happen. She insisted she was telling the truth. "If we go, you have to do it," I said and much to my surprised, she agreed.
Finding the secluded deck was a bit of a challenge, but worth it once we got there. It was near the stacks and mostly empty. We picked two lounging deck chairs facing the sun and stretched out. I glanced at my sister, waiting for her to do it. "You don't think I will, do you?" She said, reaching for the tie behind her neck. She was right, I didn't believe, until she did it. "Problem?" She asked as she saw my eyes bulging out of my head.
Jade's big tits would be more than handful any guy and I stared directly at them as she laid back on the lounger. I studied them, actually, admiring how full and firm they looked. I noticed how her tan never stopped. Her soft skin had the same golden hue from her head to toes. Did that include beneath her bikini bottoms, too? I pushed away that thought as I studied the shape of her nipples.
"Okay, you can stop staring, pervert," she said without ever opening her eyes to notice me staring.
"No, I can't," I grinned. I was glad her attempt at making me feel uncomfortable was backfiring.
"Fine, keep looking," she said, pulling out her bottle of lotion. She squirted a line across the top of her fine, large tits and began caressing them. "Don't want to burn the girls." That's when it became too much for me. I don't care if she is my sister, tits are tits and Jade had a damn fine rack! It looked as if her nipples grew hard as she rubbed lotion over her huge mounds. I turned away before I popped a boner while staring at my sister's tits.
"Am I getting to you?" She asked as if nothing was happening.
"No," I lied. I laid my lounger flat and rolled on my stomach before she could notice the growth inside my swim shorts.
"You're no fun," she giggled.
"You're still my sister," I muttered.
"But no one else knows that," she pointed out.
"I do," I said and did my best to ignore her. And by that, I mean, I did my best to only steal glances at her tits when she wasn't looking at me. Damn it, she was getting to me and she knew it. I did my best to stay calm and failed horribly. I closed my eyes and tried to think about something other than Jade's tits.
After about half an hour of sunbathing on my back, I knew I was going to have problems if I didn't roll over. This private deck didn't include a swimming pool, hot tub, or bar service. "We should get a beer or something," I suggested. I carefully faced away from Jade as we left the sundeck and I led the way down the spiral staircase, effectively walking off my hard-on.
We strolled around the ship, drinking beers, shopping, and people watching. At one point, I came back from a bathroom stop and found some guy chatting up Jade. Later I found out his name was Sean. He stuck out as most of the people on the ship were parents, grandparents, or kids.
I held back and watched the two of them. A couple minutes later, a young lady who looked Jade's age joined Sean. She slipped up next to Sean, wrapped an arm around his waist and gave him a tiny kiss on the cheek. That was when Jade saw me. She waved me over and introduced to me Sean and Lisa.
"It's nice meeting you! We'll be at the club tonight. Maybe you can join us!" Sean said. The two of them gave us a big smile and wandered off.
"What the fuck?" I asked, confused as hell and pulling my hand away from Jade's.
"Tell me you think she's cute."
"Yeah, she's cute as hell," I admitted, glad to finally say something that made sense to me. Lisa was a tall, tan and had a pretty tight body.
"Would you do her?"
"What the fuck are you talking about?" I asked, lost again. Wasn't she Sean's girlfriend? Why the hell was Jade asking me these questions.
"God, sometimes you're so fucking stupid!" She said before she stormed off. I caught up and followed her down narrow passageways, until we were back in our cabin.
"What the fuck is going on?"
"They don't know we're related," she said, as if that explained anything. It didn't. "And they are into the lifestyle?" I was still lost. "And they want to party with us?" I shook my head, as confused as ever until she spelled it out for me. Lisa and Sean were swingers and they wanted to swing with us. Trust Jade to know this. My parents sent her overseas for a Liberal Arts education, and come back liberal she certainly did.
"But we're brother and sister," I said, pointing out the flaw in her thinking.
"So what? We're not going to have sex with each other. We're going to swing, you know, swap partners. You get to fuck Lisa and I get to fuck Sean. We just have to pretend we're a couple until we get down to business."
"But, i'll see you naked," I protested, wondering why it didn't matter to her. If we did this, I'd see her more than just naked.
"So?" She said. "If we get drunk enough, will it even matter?"
"I don't know," I said, unsure. Jade kept pushing and finally I agreed to go with her to the club. But first, we needed to head back to change to more appropriate attire. Once we reached the room, Jade pulled off her t-shirt and bra. "What the fuck?" I asked, started with the sudden nudity.
"Oh, grow up, bro. You've already seen them," she said, wiggling out of her shorts, exposing her thong panties. Thankfully, she kept those on as she stepped into the bathroom area. I changed into a nice pair of shorts and a Polo shirt while I waited for her to do her face and hair. Twenty minutes later, she walked into the room. Jade had changed into a white sundress that showed off her glowing tan. The halter top showed off her ample cleavage, too. She had done her hair, put on make-up, and looked hot as hell.
She ran her eyes over me, clearly inspecting my choice of attire and decided, "You look good," she said, running her eyes over me and smiling.
"You too," I mumbled. It felt funny complimenting her. Jade and I had grown up with that typical love-hate relationship siblings feel. No one could make me laugh harder than her and no one could get underneath my skin faster. Seeing her dressed up so precisely made me realize neither one of us were kids anymore.
The ship had several bars and nightclubs. The one where we met up with Lisa and Sean played thumping pop music. No way would our parents ever venture near it. Lots of gels for the lights had been replaced with red and green in honor of the Christmas spirit. As soon as we joined Lisa and Sean, a waiter arrived to take our drink orders. Sean ordered a round of shots and two pina coladas for us. The waiter never asked for our ids, not that we were underaged or anything. I wasn't surprised. Once I started wearing a two day growth of stubble instead of shaving, I never got carded and Jade's big tits usually assured she got her way.
Lisa was a stunner with long, straight, dyed brown hair that hung halfway down her back. She wore a flowing skirt and a bikini top. Between the two was a long, flat expanse of belly that showed off her belly ring. Her blue eyes sparkled as brightly as her dazzling smile. She touched my arm a lot as we talked.
I found it hard to keep up a conversation with her as I was distracted by what was going on beside me. Try as I might over the loud blasting music, I only caught snippets of Sean and Jade's conversation. Whatever he was saying to her, it made Jade giggle a lot.
I think Jade did a better job at selling us as a couple. She kept touching my arm or shoulder. Twice, she kissed me on the cheek. It felt funny having her act so friendly towards me. I caressed her hair a couple of times and tried to act romantic towards her, too. I guess we were doing pretty good because, if Sean and Lisa suspected anything, it didn't show.
We danced as couples a few times and I felt as if I was at a wedding or something. It wasn't until a long series of slow songs began that things felt weird. Lisa melted against Sean, clinging to him as they kissed and swayed. I wasn't sure what to do, so I held her like I would hold a date, pressing her tightly against me as moved to the music.
"How's it going with Lisa?" She asked.
"Good, I guess," I said. "It's weird with her boyfriend right there."
"Trust me, she wants you, I can tell."
"She keeps checking out your ass," Jade said, slipping her hands down my back and grabbing my ass. She held both cheeks, massaging them as she pressed against me from the front. "She's doing it right now."
"Fuck, Jade," I said as I felt my body reacting to her intimate caress. I understood she was just trying to sell our lie to Sean and Lisa, but the rest of me didn't care. My cock started getting hard.
"We should kiss," she said as we swayed next to the other couple.
"Really?" I mumbled, unsure if I could do it. Jade didn't give a chance to argue with her. Keeping one hand on my ass, she grabbed the back of my head with the other and pressed her lips against mine. Again, my body reacted on autopilot. I felt her tongue caressing my lips, opened my lips, and used my tongue, too. I closed my eyes, imagined it was Lisa inside my arms, and kissed her back.
I don't know how long our first kiss lasted. Once I relaxed into it, I didn't try to measure time. Jade's hand remained on the back of my head and as long as she held us together, I kept kissing her. Though I knew I was kissing my sister, my cock didn't care. The drinks, shots, and anticipation of fucking Lisa worked against me and I grew hard.
"Damn, bro," she whispered, looking up at me with dewy eyes and a hungry grin. "Are you happy to see me or is that a Christmas tree in your pants?" She pressed against me, dry humping my cock.
"Think you can ease off that?" I asked.
"No," she said, glancing to her left. My eyes followed hers. Next to us, Sean and Lisa were entangled in a kiss even more intimate than ours. Sean moved his hand between their bodies and slipped his hand over Lisa's bikini top, cupping her breast while they kissed and swayed. I was stunned by their intimacy.
When the long set of songs ended, the four of us drifted back to our table to our drinks. Lisa stayed pressed against her boyfriend and Jade followed her lead, remaining next to me, too. While Sean ordered another round of shots, Lisa peeled herself away from him. She squeezed my bicep and asked, "Have you ever done anything like this?" Lisa asked.
"Swap?" I asked, hoping that's what she meant. She nodded and I shook my head.
"But you like the idea?"
"I like you," I said, giving her my best rakish smile.
"Mmm, I can't wait to have this," Lisa purred, slipping her hand beneath the table and cupping my hard-on.
"How does it work?" I asked, struggling to maintain my control as this gorgeous woman caressed my junk just out of everyone's view. "Do I take you back to my cabin while Sean takes Jade to yours?"
"Oh no, we like to do it in the same room. That's okay, isn't it?"
"I guess," I said, uncomfortable with idea of having sex in front Jade.
"Trust me, it's fun being watched," Lisa said, leaning in and kissing my lips. She nodded across the table where Sean was kissing Jade. "And it's even more fun watching, isn't it?"
I had a chance to kiss Lisa once more before Sean brought the evening to an unexpected end. "Okay you two," he announced over the music. "One more shot and then we're going back. We're calling it a night."
"But aren't we …?" Jade tried asking.
"Never on the first night," Sean said, passing out the shots he had ordered with a wave of his hand. He raised his little glass. "To tomorrow!" We knocked back our shots, traded good-night kisses with our dates and that was it. Jade and I were left to stagger back to our tiny cabin alone.
"Fuck, I'm drunk," Jade said, leaning against me for support. "And horny as hell."
"Me too," I said, meaning I felt drunk.
"You're a good kisser."
"I don't want to talk about it," I said. "I only did it because you made me do it."
"I got so wet on the dance floor," she said as we reached our level. "Is that wrong?"
"It's sort of weird," I admitted.
"You got hard," she giggled.
"Because you were groping my ass and humping me," I said, working the key to our cabin. "What did you and Sean talk about?"
"How much he wanted to fuck me and how he was going to think about me tonight. And, he told me Lisa goes both ways."
"Oh fuck," I said, stunned. "Do you?"
"Maybe," Jade grinned.
"Okay, maybe I want to try it?"
"Really?" I asked, unsure what to make of her confession.
"If that's what it takes to be with Sean, why not?"
"You think he's that hot?"
"I wasn't thinking about you when we kissed," she said. I don't know why, but that came as a relief. Jade reached behind her neck, pulled up on her dress and poked her head through the top curve of her halter-top. When she let it go, the top of her dress fell around her waist, baring her breasts to me again. "And I'm not going to be thinking about you when I do what I'm about to do." She shimmied out of her dress, revealing her thong underwear.
"Wha-what are you going to do?" I asked, stammering as I looked again at my sister's near perfect tits.
"I'm going to get off," she said as if announcing nothing more spectacular than saying she was going to brush her teeth. "Now turn off the lights because you don't get to watch me do it."
I stood closest to the light switch for the overhead light. I snapped it off, plunging the room into darkness, except for the glowing LED dots from our wall chargers. Just the same, those dots of LED light felt like mere pinpricks against an otherwise dark room. "Are you really going to play with yourself?" I asked, feeling disoriented in the dark though I knew Jade was little more than an arm's length away from me inside the tiny cabin.
"What do you think?" She asked, somehow hitting me in the face with her panties. "Damn, I am so fucking wet!"
I waved my hands in front of me as I stepped between our beds, afraid I would bump into her. I didn't. "Are you in bed?"
"Mhmm," she purred. "Are you going to do it, too?"
"Maybe," I said, already pulling off my shirt and shorts. My hard-on had eased during the walk back to our cabin, but I was hard again the moment I saw my sister's tits. I hooked my thumbs inside the waistband of my boxers, hesitating for a moment before pulling them off. Was this a prank?
"Are you naked yet?" She asked, her voice sounding breathy and different than I had ever heard her sound before.
"What do you think?" I asked, slipping off my boxers and dropping them on top of her.
"Gross!" She squealed, confirming my aim. "Are you hard?"
"Did you want feel and find out?"
"I'm just asking," she sighed. "Fuck, my nipples are so hard."
"They've been hard all night," I said. I don't know why, because that meant I had noticed and it felt weird telling my sister that I had noticed her hard nipples. I lay down on my bed and started stroking my hard cock. I was more excited than I thought and eased off how I was doing it so I wouldn't come too soon. Being excited felt good.
"You got so hard when we were slow dancing," she moaned. I didn't say anything. Instead, I listened and thought I could make out a soft, wet, smacking sound. Was she fingering herself or just rubbing her clit?
I bit back a groan and changed my grip again. Damn, I felt as if I could blast off from two good strokes. "Did you see how Sean was groping her?"
"Fuck, I know!"
"What if they expect us to do stuff?" I asked and Jade moaned again. That wasn't a very good answer. "You know, with each other?" I clarified.
"Oh! Oh fuck! Oh fuck!" Jade gasped and it took me a second to realise my sister was having an orgasm right next to me!
"Did you just cum?" I asked, smirking because I was still hard. I don't know why, but it felt funny knowing she had gotten off and I hadn't, as if I had won a competition. I know it sounds silly, but that's how it felt.
"Yes," she groaned. "Did you?"
"Not yet," I admitted. "Did you hear what I asked you?"
"I don't know," she said, her voice still breathy as if she was breathing really heavy.
"What don't you know?"
"Shut up and get off," she said. "Are you even close?"
"Yeah," I said.
"How close? Like really close?"
"Yeah," I groaned, moving my hand back to its usual position.
"Tell me when you do it," she whispered.
"Almost there," I said, clinging to my last piece of sanity before the thrill of my orgasm took over my body. "Almost," I announced, no longer caring that I was talking to my sister and then, my orgasm started. "Yes!" I cried out, digging my heels into the mattress and thrusting my hips upwards as I started spraying my hot, creamy goo across my chest and stomach.
And that's precisely when Jade flipped on the light between our beds.
"You bitch!" I cried out, unable to stop what was happening with my body.
"Damn bro," she grinned as her eyes went wide. She backed away from the lamp, kneeling on the bed and staring at me with an eager look.
I came and kept coming. Spurt after joyful spurt of hot cum spewed from my cock and splashed in a long line of ropey white from right between my nipples all the way down to my bellybutton and below it. "Bitch," I repeated, staring at her.
"Awww, come on," she giggled. "That was hot as hell!"
I held my hand over my throbbing cock and climbed out of bed. Jade's eyes warily tracking me as I stood. I scooped a line of goo off my chest and smeared it on her shoulder as I went to the bathroom to clean up. I wiped off the rest and kept my still hard cock hidden as I went back into the cabin space.
"I want to get off, again," she said with a hand between her legs, clutching herself as if she had already started.
"Go for it," I said, sitting on my bed, still covering my hard-on and looking at her. She made a move for the light switch. "No," I said, stopping her. "If you're going to do it, I get to watch."
"Are going to do it, too?"
I shook my head. I just did it, though I knew I could probably do it again in just another minute or two. That's something i've practiced at home. I used to do a lot of edging, you know, where you tease yourself close to an orgasm and then stop and leave yourself needy for as long as you can before doing it again. Because of all that, I can get off and get hard enough to get off again almost immediately, but I wasn't going to let Jade know that.
"Will you show it to me again?" She asked, playing with one of her nipples.
"Let me see what you're doing," I insisted.
Jade looked at me for a long moment as she thought about it. While she stared at me, mostly looking at my hand covering my cock, she kept on rubbing herself and playing with her tits. I felt my cock throb once against my palm and knew I was both hard and ready to get off again. Jade leaned against the wall and parted her legs wide, showing me every part of her shaved, tanned pussy. "Like this?" She asked.


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Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/E-certify_your_future_in_IT/articleshow/2860045.cms
BANGALORE: In a move to assess, enhance the level of computer proficiency in Karnataka and to empower computer-proficient talent pool outside Bangalore, the IT department has initiated a novel method — e-certification scheme.
The increased thrust by companies to set up centres in tier-II and tier-III towns has focused on human capital in these regions. To certify and empower human capital, the department, under the CSPT programme, will be able to reach out and provide an opportunity for professional to obtain a government-endorsed certification for their IT skills.
"The programme will be imparted in partnership with Merittack," said M N Vidyashankar, principal secretary of IT and BT department, here on Wednesday. The scheme's twin objectives are to help candidates improve and prove their skill level. CSPT will help students to get certificates from the IT department. Since October 2007, more than 17,000 students have registered on-line for the scheme.
"The first 10,000 will be given a certification test by December-end more than 1 lakh students will be given certificates. Corporates like AMD and Intel have joined hands to support this scheme," he said To ensure candidates from all parts of the state get an equal opportunity, two zones have been created. While Bangalore Rural, Mysore, Mangalore have been categorized under south zone, Gulbarga, Hubli-Dharwad and Belgaum come under north zone.


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Announcement of the New Branding Philosophy
Announcement of the New Branding Philosophy
Introducing "Creating New Sky Experience."
Vanilla Air Inc. (President: Katsuya Goto; located in Narita City, Chiba), a 100% owned subsidiary of ANA Holdings Inc., is announcing the new branding philosophy.
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I don't know about the rest of you, but taking time to do things just for me don't happen too often. And when it does, it might stretch to a cup of coffee in an actual cafe with real people around. Doing something just for me that lasts for a couple of evenings in a row? Very, very rare!
The moment I saw this puzzle, however, I knew I had to make time for it, because I simply love the vintage collection of travel books. Would I have a shelf of books on my bookshelf? No – because, dust trap! but I loved the puzzle so much because it has the feel of a bookshelf without the clutter. Read more: Vintage Travel Guides Ravensburger Puzzle {Review}


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Fiction by Barrett Bowlin excerpted from our Winter 2017 issue.
You're a minute into a pair of bisteccas on the grill, chef, right at that point before the char starts to collect on the exteriors, with one eye on the coals and another on the chopping block you've set up next to the line, one hand on the tongs and another on the slicer, and now both eyes are on the petit filet to your right, to that wen of fat on the side that's complementing just so the marbled red flesh. To your left, the porterhouses need to be turned, need to flip down now on their backsides if there's any hope of keeping the "alla fiorentina" in the title of the nightly special, chef, and the dance of the olive oil and the lemon wedges and the cracked pepper on the plated Tuscan beans is keeping time in your head, but you're somehow not watching where your right hand is going, and then you don't even know you're bleeding onto the food until you hear the spurt of blood hit the coals below the great hefts of beef.
In the length of that slow synapse, you remember there's always that full breadth of a few seconds between the cut and the pain, that timer of injury between what your skin knows and, milliseconds later, what the brain will. This delay's always fascinated you. It's the act of watching a group of terrified translators arguing about the best way to warn the body of an attack, their message being sent off into the waves as late as they can possibly wait. And now here it is. That sound, that gush of thick red liquid onto the coals as it vaporizes, comes right before the sharpness, and now you're raw and bloodier than the porterhouses.
But there's no time, not with those poor bisteccas on the heat. The T-bones speak up at you as you wince from the knife's edge, a pair of stuttering hunks of meat with an important message you know already in your heart: it's t- t- time, man. It's t- t- time to take us off the grill, chef, and it's t- t- time to let us rest and soak up on the block. It's now or never if you're going to keep their pretty insides rare like the recipe calls for, and you've got the choice here between saving their souls or patching up a slice to the cleft of your left hand. Bisteccas alla fiorentina or Band-Aids, chef. You choose.
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It seems natural, the Boston Red Sox win on St.Patrick's Day, right? They always do! OK, I made that last part up, but it's a spring tradition unlike most in baseball–the Red Sox donning some kind of green in their uniforms, almost always their caps, and packing the spectators in at a Spring Training game.
This season's game was even a bit better. Jon Lester pitched six perfect innings before a crowd of over 9500 at JetBlue Park in kelley green uniforms. The expected opening day starter was spectacular, facing 18 batters and sitting 18 batters down. Sure the Red Sox might have had the luck o' the Irish in their history, but today they didn't need it. Lester was back to his old form, in complete control of both the mound and the hitters.
On a day when the merchandising is usually in control, the Sox put together a game that all hopes to see come April and beyond. Lester was perfect, Jonny Gomes went 3 for 3 with four RBI, and the Sox added two more shutout innings from Anthony Carter and Joel Hanrahan before giving up a run. And more importantly–no injuries!
The Red Sox have 12 more games before opening day on April Fool's Day in the Bronx, and need to keep the momentum going. Not in wins and losses, but in terms of gaining a knowledge of who is going to be there and how they will perform for the regular season when the games matter.
Clay Buchholz is up next on Monday, and while his job isn't in question, several other key spots will be determined over the next two weeks. The hope around JetBlue Park at Fenway South is for the team to stay healthy, the manager to stay sane, and the Big Papi, David Ortiz, heals up before April is over!
Perhaps a new Irish blessing in Red Sox Nation?


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I already wrote this up at AOL, but I did it in "serious voice," complete with Doogie Howser end-phrase, because I take DADT so seriously. I thought I'd give the inside scoop here.
You all know I asked about Don't ask/Don't tell at Friday's briefing, and the clip got a lot of attention.
What's really funny is that two of the people who embedded that clip, Jason Linkins at HuffPo and Dennis DiClaudio at Indecision Forever, are web-friends of mine, and neither of them knew it was me in the clip! Insert Rodney Dangerfield line here.
What didn't amuse me was when Cube pointed me to Dennis' original post, which sourced another story claiming I stole my question from Jon Stewart.
As today's Maureen Dowd feeding frenzy indicates, this isn't a funny accusation to make, and while Dennis softened it up and made it funny, the original guy really didn't.
They both corrected their stories, and Dennis even offered me a chance to respond on his blog.
I know this is hard for those of you who know me to believe, but this really wasn't about ego. I'm still laughing at how none of my friends even knew it was me asking. My main problem had to do with the issue at hand. I've worked hard to represent gay rights in a fair and persuasive manner over the years, and the attention from this clip was a big part of that. It makes a difference if people think I'm just a Daily Show version of those "Baba Booey" guys on Howard Stern. It makes a difference in how they see the issue.
I would also like to point out that Jon Stewart and I, in pointing this out, stand on the shoulders of unknown and unthanked thousands of activists and victims of discrimination, people who do the heavy lifting on equality.
I also love the retraction from the original guy, at GotchaMedia:
Tommy Christopher did not appreciate the implication that he stole his question and contacted me to ask for a correction.
While I appreciate the very swift retraction, I have to quibble a little with the term "implication." See if you can extract the subtle inference in this headline:
Reporter Steals Jon Stewart's Question at White House Briefing
I'm not seeing the wiggle room, are you?
Anyway, all's well that ends well, and this will end well when Don't ask/Don't tell is history.
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I smell a Daily Show spot here. You shoulda wrote that fuckin' book by now. What will Stewart hold up if you're not selling something? You had the bona fides to ask the question.
The Maureen Dowd thing was sweeeeet! Big Mo invented the "parasitic blogger" with her column, the bitch. Great that she plagiarized a blogger.
Look, if you do get a Daily Show spot, bring some shit from around the house, an old cell phone, last years IPod, and make him hold the stuff up. Set up a craigslist ad to go with the bit. It'll be funny, trust me.
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Hi Bob, Hi T!
Great to see you here, Fitzi….feels like old times (can you believe it's been a year and a half since Viva Vagina & BBBB?! Great ideas re: Daily Show, too. BTW – I agree on Maureen Dowd. So, are you going to join Twitter?
Well done, Tommy!
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Keletso Maribe Maribe explores the individual tragedy that underlies HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
There was a bit of irritation on my hands from all the dust collecting on top of the wardrobe. Who would have ever thought that one would have to do as much dusting in England as I did back in the little unpaved, dry, poverty stricken, sub-Saharan African village I come from. At least that is the imagery even an African like myself gets whenever "sub-Saharan" Africa is mentioned. I stood on my toes so as to reach a bit further: "If I am going to pass the exam in two days then I really have to find those x ray films," I thought. Suddenly, a ray of hope as I felt a bit of… Oh no. Not these. Not now. Please god, not the letters…
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October 19, 1984
JAMES Y. NISHIMURA, et al., Plaintiffs, against CHARLES F. DOLAN, et al., Defendants.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: BARTELS
BARTELS, District Judge
This case involves a dispute between two cable television companies in Huntington, Long Island, in competition for subscribers to sports programs covering the games of the Yankees, the Mets, the Islanders, and the Nets. Huntington is a town of 54,000 homes, presenting an unusual situation in the cable television systems industry in that two "overbuilt" television systems have franchises and are competing head-to-head for subscribers to their respective systems. Plaintiffs, owning one of the systems, invoke the antitrust laws in challenging the conduct of its competitor-defendant in obtaining exclusive rights to cablecast the games of these four well-known New York professional sports teams. In doing so, the complaint joins the teams as well as the competing cable system operator in violating the antitrust laws. Specifically, the plaintiffs seek treble damages, under § 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15, for violations of section 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2, allegedly arising from various conspiracies to restrain and monopolize competition for the provision of cable television services in Huntington, New York.
The parties having completed extensive "first wave" discovery, defendants presently move for partial summary judgment, Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(b), dismissing the defendant sports teams from the action on the counts of the complaint predicated upon alleged conspiracies to deny plaintiffs access to "essential" cable television sports programming.
At this stage of the litigation, the court is called upon to decide, in essence, whether the teams belong in this lawsuit. The defendants, in making this motion, argue that there are no genuine issues of material fact to be tried upon this issue and that the uncontradicted evidence shows no team participation in the allegedly anticompetitive conspiracies. In contrast, the plaintiffs vigorously argue that triable issues of material fact do exist and, alternatively, that further discovery is required in order to adequately support their position. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(f).
I. The Parties
The individual plaintiff, James Y. Nishimura, is the alter-ego of the three corporate plaintiffs: Communication Systems Corp. ("CSC"), Huntington TV Cable Corp. ("HTVC"), and Home Entertainment Productions, Inc. ("HEP"). He and members of his family own 100% of CSC's outstanding stock, while CSC in turn is the sole parent company of HTVC and HEP. Nishimura is also president and a director of all three corporate plaintiffs. Since 1967 plaintiff HTVC has had a franchise in Huntington, New York, for the operation of a cable television system. In addition to offering its subscribers "basic" cable television service
HTVC offers several packages or tiers of "premium" programming services for an additional monthly fee. Plaintiff HEP was organized by Nishimura to purchase premium programming services from third parties for resale to HTVC and its subscribers.
Defendant Charles F. Dolan can similarly be described as the alter-ego of the ten defendant corporations and partnerships listed in the margin.
For the sake of convenience and except where otherwise noted, these ownership-affiliated and commonly managed entities will be collectively referred to as "Cablevision." Its businesses include the operation of numerous cable television systems in the New York metropolitan area and the original production of television programming for cable television distribution to its own systems and non-Cablevision systems. The three remaining individual defendants -- Lawrence Meli, Robert J. Sullivan, and John Tatta -- are officers of one or more of the Cablevision entities.
Two of those entities play the most important roles in this scenario. Defendant SportsChannel Associates is a partnership (of which defendant Dolan is one of three general partners) engaged in the original production of professional and amateur sporting-events programming. Since March, 1979, SportsChannel Associates has produced, marketed and distributed a premium cable television service, known as "SportsChannel," throughout the metropolitan area, which consists of a variety of television programs on a year-round basis featuring principally sports events participated in by New York area teams. SportsChannel Associates sells "SportsChannel" to cable system operators not controlled by Cablevision as well as to those owned by Cablevision. An important exception and the cause of this action, as will be discussed infra, is the refusal by SportsChannel Associates to sell "SportsChannel" to plaintiff HTVC.
The second Cablevision entity of immediate importance is Cablevision of Huntington which, since December, 1981, has operated a cable television system in direct competition with HTVC in Huntington. Cablevision of Huntington offers "SportsChannel" to its subscribers as a premium service, having acquired the rights to do so from its sibling entity, defendant SportsChannel Associates.
The remaining group of defendants of greatest significance for purposes of this motion consists of four New York area professional sports teams
(collectively referred to as "the teams"): Nassau Sports Ltd., which stages professional ice hockey games with its team, the New York Islanders ("Islanders"); Meadowlands Basketball Associates, which stages professional basketball games with its team, the New Jersey Nets, formerly known as the New York Nets ("Nets"); Doubleday Sports, Inc., and New York Yankees Partnership, both of which stage professional baseball games with their respective teams, the New York Mets and the New York Yankees ("Mets" and "Yankees"). At least since 1979, each of the teams has had an exclusive contractual relationship with Cablevision permitting a certain number of their games to be cablecast on "SportsChannel."
II. The Complaint
Plaintiffs' seventeen-count complaint is prolific in its charges and seeks relief under sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act (Counts I to XI) and also sets forth pendent state antitrust (Count XII) and common law tort claims (Counts XIII to XVII).Defendants' summary judgment motion addresses Counts I through IX and Count CII; the remaining counts neither involve the teams nor allege unlawful conduct in connection with the denial of access to sports programming. The claims contained in the subject counts will be collectively referred to as the "sports claims."
The complaint contains a number of predicate allegations which are incorporated by reference into each of the sports claims. Among the most important of these, all found in paragraph 39 of the complaint, are that the "ability to cablecast to subscribers games of the . . . professional New York teams is essential to successfully compete in the cable television industry in Huntington"; that the games staged by each defendant team constitute "a distinct product for which there is strong demand among cable television subscribers in Huntington"; that these games have not adequate programming substitutes; and that "but for" Cablevision's exclusive control of the sublicensing of rights to cablecast the teams' games, Cablevision of Huntington would not have overbuilt HTVC's system.
Counts I through IC of the complaint charge the defendants with violating §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act by conspiring to restrain and monopolize horizontal competition in the cable television trade in Huntington. The alleged means employed by the defendants were the teams' grant of exclusive production and distribution rights to Cablevision followed by Cablevision's refusal to sublicense the teams' games to HTVC so that its own cable system could cablecast the games exclusively. Counts V through VIII charge various horizontal and vertical conspiracies among the defendants in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act, the purpose of these conspiracies being the elimination of competition among the teams, and among the teams and Cablevision, in the production and sale of cablecast rights to the teams' games. In furtherance of such conspiracies defendants have allegedly agreed to limit the number of games available for cablecasting; have participated in a tying arrangement comparable to block booking; have agreed to produce and distribute the games through a single entity (Cablevision); and have refused to deal with plaintiffs and others similarly situated. Finally, Count IX alleges that, in violation of §§ 1 and 2, Cablevision conspired with the teams to misuse its monopoly power in its noncompetitive franchise areas within the New York metropolitan area to obtain exclusive production and sublicensing rights and especially to secure exclusive cablecasting rights in Huntington in order to establish a monopoly there.
III. Background
A. Cable Television Franchises in Huntington
In late 1967, HTVC and the Town of Huntington entered into a non-exclusive franchise agreement for the construction and operation of a cable television system. When it commenced operating in 1971, HTVC was capable of serving eighty percent of Huntington'S 54,000 homes, the remainder being in areas where utility lines were underground and thus more costly to connect than where above-ground utility poles were available. Until 1981, HTVC had a de facto monopoly in the provision of cable television to residents in Huntington.
The demise of HTVC's monopoly can be traced back to 1969, when the Town of Huntington awarded a co-franchise to Inter-County Television of Suffolk, Inc. ("Inter-County"). However, the latter took no steps to construct a cable television system, and its franchise remained fallow until Cablevision acquired Inter-County in 1973. Then Inter-County unsuccessfully sought confirmation of its franchise from the New York State Commission on Cable Television ("Cable Commission"), see N.Y. Exec. Law § 821 (McKinney 1982). Nonetheless, prompted by concern over HTVC's failure to connect homes not accessible by above-ground utility poles, in 1976 the Town of Huntington executed a new franchise agreement with Inter-County requiring it to serve homes in those areas and permitting it to "overbuild"
HTVC's existing system. In March, 1978, over the vigorous opposition of HTVC, the Cable Commission approved the new franchise agreement. After two years of construction, during and even after which time HTVC unsuccessfully brought six separate proceedings before the Cable Commission and in the state court to block construction and invalidate the franchise, Cablevision of Huntington began operating in December, 1981. Since that time HTVC and Cablevision of Huntington have been in direct competition for most of Huntington's existing and new subscribers.
B. Excusive Contracts Between Cablevision and the Teams
Since 1975 Cablevision has entered into a number of contracts with the teams granting it certain exclusive rights in connection with the productioon and distribution of sports programming for cablecasting the teams' games in the metropolitan area. It is important to note that the contracts covered the entire metropolitan area and not Huntington alone. Because these contracts are of the utmost importance the court believes that the essential features of the contracts shared by all the teams, as well as a summary description of the individual contracts on a team-by-team and chronological basis, should be set forth pointing out those terms governing duration and exclusivity.
1. Essential Features of the Contracts
The basic scheme of the several contracts, exceptions to which will be noted on a team-by-team basis, infra, was the grant to Cablevision of the exclusive license to produce the same programming and to sublicense cablecasting rights to operators of cable television systems within the teams' "home territory." Such systems would include those owned by Cablevision and those owned by others.Since 1979, when SportsChannel Associates created "SportsChannel," all of the teams' cablecast games have been sublicensed to cable operators as a part of the "SportsChannel" premium cable television service. The teams contracts almost invariably gave Cablevision the right to sublicense all cable system operators within a given territory (generally the New York metorpolitan area and in all cases inclusive of Huntington) but did not obligate Cablevision to sublicense all potential sublicensees. The language whereby Cablevision retained sublicensing discretion varied greatly from contract to contract. Some of the contracts specifically provided that Cablevision had no obligation to sublicense non-Cablevision owned systems (such as HTVC) which were competing in the same geographic area against Cablevision systems (such as Cablevision of Huntington). The teams, of course, in granting exclusive sublicensing rights to Cablevision, gave up all rights themselves to deal independently with third-party cable system operators seeking to cablecast the teams' games.
Since the inception of "SportsChannel" in 1979, all of the contracts have provided that Cablevision be solely responsible for the production and origination of the sporting events carried on "SportsChannel" and the costs thereof. For the home games of two of the teams -- the Nets and the Islanders -- Cablevision has generally leased production facilities from an independent sports-programming producer. For the home games of the Mets and Yankees, Cablevision has leased the production facilities of two local broadcast stations which have separate agreements with those teams for the broadcasting of a certain number of the teams' games.
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Audi parent company Volkswagen has admitted some of its models use software to detect when vehicles are undergoing emissions tests and adjust their carbon-dioxide (CO2) output, the German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reports.
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Life and colours are two sides of the same coin. Colours represent various shades of life and modify the appearance of the things we see. We see different colours around us—each tells a different story.
We have a tendency to link colours with children or childhood. While children love colours, it cannot be ruled out that they fascinate adults too. The trend of using colouring books and apps is gaining ground among adults, as it is a fun activity which is both helpful and inexpensive.
How Are Colours Important To Us?
Colours help reduce stress significantly to make our lives free and easy. This is one of the reasons why many people take to using colouring books. Colours are closely associated with various facets of our psyche, which perhaps becomes most clear when we relate our feelings to a particular colour. For example, negative feelings relate to black, whereas peace relates to white. Similarly, trust and calmness relate to blue, whereas love and danger relate to red.
We have access to a number of applications at present—thanks to the innovation in technology over the last decade. People can spend some time colouring pictures without the worry of making changes to their work schedule. The only challenge though, is to choose the right app that starts working with a click.
Stress Relief Adult Color Book is a useful app to get started. The app seeks to relieve stress, depression, anxiety, dementia and other such conditions by merging the healing capacity of art with research oriented therapeutic science. People are sharing their experiences before using a colouring app and after using colouring app, telling how colouring helps them get their peace back.
The benefits of colouring books for adults are discussed below in more detail:
1. Colouring Books Help You Cope With Stress
Stress is the way your body reacts or responds to a challenge. Your body responds to stress by the "fight or flight response." An increase in the level of stress triggers an increased secretion of stress hormones like cortisol or adrenaline in the body, which can have a negative effect on both body and mind.
A majority of psychologists prescribe colouring books for patients with stress. The first to do so was distinguished psychologist Carl Jung. Psychologists perceive it as one of the tools of their trade to help relax their patients and calm them down. They believe the activity keeps a patient absorbed in it for hours, thereby keeping their focus on the activity rather than on any intrusive thought. It gradually lowers the activity of the amygdala, which prevents any possibility of generating the "fight or flight response." As a result, a sense of relief sets up and the patients get a break from the troubling thoughts linked with various issues, which in turn helps them cope with stress.
2. Colouring Books Promote Creativity & Logical Thinking
Colouring a picture involves a combination of logic and creativity. The former comes to the fore while you choose a colour, whereas the latter comes to the fore while you think about mixing colours by matching them with various patterns. Thus, putting colours on pictures activates multiple components of the cerebral hemisphere, promoting both creativity and logical thinking. It also bolsters coordination and motor skills.
3. Colouring Refreshes Memory
When an adult puts colour on a picture, it brings them the memory of their childhood, which can be a refreshing experience. Added to this, it also generates positive energy.
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The brain retrieves information depending upon numerous variables, colour being one of them. Colour stimulates the brain and also helps open up some other areas in it to help you remember the things that you learn.
4. Colouring Helps Clear Your Mind
Your mind is a hub of thoughts and emotions. Chances are they may shoot up and you may feel the need to get rid of them to be at peace. Colouring helps you clear your mind.
5. Colouring Improves Concentration
Concentrating on a task is no small feat. It is an art and you need a lot of practice and patience to perfect it. Putting colour on a picture is a fun activity which requires you to pay attention to intricate details. You focus more as you apply your creativity and analytical thinking to put colour on the intricate patterns, and this goes a long way towards stepping up your capacity to concentrate.
6. Colouring Boosts Your Confidence
Confidence is the belief in your ability to succeed. Colouring an image requires a lot of thinking and mindfulness, giving you a sense of achievement and satisfaction when you finish with your piece. This boosts your morale and helps you gain confidence.
7. Colouring Serves As A Pastime
Nowadays you race against the clock to go about your business as a matter of routine, which poses the risk of you getting into a rut as you strive to move into high gear in the short term. In the process, you suffer from stress, which comes out of work pressure.
It is hard to find time to relax and rejuvenate on a tight schedule. That said, one does not need to lose heart, as there is still a glimmer of hope. Activities like colouring can help you prevent stress from taking its toll on your life. As a pastime, it can add some spice to your life and more importantly, you can incorporate it with ease in your daily routine.
8. Colouring Makes You A Better Thinker
Colours create vivid imagery when they combine with thoughts. They have a cause-and-effect relationship. Colours spark your imagination and help you build visual imagery, and the more you imagine, the more you think. This sharpens up your brain and helps you become a better thinker.
9. Colouring Relieves Anxiety
These days, it is a part of the natural order of things to have high levels of anxiety. There are abundant reasons to become anxious about different things, which makes it a challenge to remain cool, calm, and collected. When you are colouring, however, you tend to forget other things, including the thoughts that bother you. This helps you develop mindfulness and learn to stay calm in difficult situations.
As discussed above, colouring benefits us in many ways. We can infer that making it a habit can yield fruitful outcomes in our lives.
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