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Negotiating with a trader
Claire is negotiating with a local trader in the attempt to acquire some of the chemical fertilizer that seems to be a part of the problems in the region. A typical NPC has no stats; as far as the narrative is concerned, they are either an aide toward story progression or an obstacle toward its completion. During the course o play, the GM can choose to assign a pre-generated character from their limited pile of story antagonists, or they can spend a few story tokens to increase the difficulty of the situation by applying traits to the scene. In this case, the GM will save the named character and spend three points to make the scene challenging for Claire.
Step 1
1a – Since it is later in the story, Claire has a few items she's picked up over the course of play, and she decides they'll make good trade items to acquire the fertiliser for the story. Thus, Claire is trying to transform useless trinkets into useful items, a Blue action.
1b – Claire has "Intimidation" from her Firearm, but doesn't want this to get violent, so she ignores this core trait. She hopes her "Awareness" will let her know if she's getting a good deal.
1c – Claire has two items: "Trade Goods" and "Trinkets". She'll be sacrificing these items for automatic successes. She also has the "Useful Information" gained in the previous scene.
1d – Since the GM is spending tokens to make the resolution three traits more difficult, these are weighed up against the two positive traits gained from the "Useful Information". Carol decides to cancel out positives and negatives, leaving one difficulty trait against her.
1e – Bill asks the GM if Claire's "Arcology" relationship will be a hindrance in the current situation, because a lot of people in the bush don't like the citizens of the glass-and-steel towers. The GM agrees that this could cause issues and uses Claire's relationship in a negative light for this action. Claire gains a gold token for this.
Step 2
2a – Carol draws four tokens from the bag (three, plus one from the keyword): a white, a black, a blue and a red.
2b – Carol allocates the Black to "success" to maximise the results from this trade. She allocates the Blue to "sacrifice", avoiding any immediate sacrifices from the activity. The Red is placed in "story", allowing Carol to share narration effects with the GM. The White is allocated to the "Awareness" keyword (and thus removed from play).
2c – The surplus of tokens was in the negative, so a single token is drawn and applied as a negative trait; a Blue token is drawn.
2d – Since the "Arcology" relationship counts as a negative trait, an automatic White token is added to the non-core pool.
Step 3
3a – A red token was allocated to story, so the allocation of non-core tokens is split. The GM allocates the first non-core token, and applies the Blue to the relationship. This leaves Carol with only one option; she applies the White token to the GM's difficulty trait (anything could happen).
3b – A Black "success" result means that Claire basically gets what she wants out of the trade (some fertiliser). A Blue "sacrifice" result means that nothing particularly bad happens as a result of the trade. The Red "story" result has seen the non-core tokens allocated in such a way that Claire's "Arcology" upbringing hasn't caused major problems, but something bad is going to go down. The GM considers a few options for this; perhaps a farmer was in the market, and he wanted to buy the fertiliser (thus making a temporary enemy for Claire), maybe the trader swindles Claire (using this penalty to buy off one of the successes), or Claire might develop a temporary negative reputation as "Suspicious" ("Didn't they use fertiliser in explosives in the old days?"). The two sacrificed items ("Trade Goods" and "Trinkets") convert straight across to additional units of "Fertilizer".
3c – Once they return to town, Claire walks into a store advertising farm supplies in its front window. She has a quick chat with the storekeeper; while he doesn't seem to like her all that much, he is willing to make a trade with Claire for the fertiliser she's after. In exchange for the trade goods she has, Claire acquires most of the trader's stock of fertiliser (3 item traits), much to the annoyance of a farmer who had just come into the store.
One-on-One Combat
Claire and Bruce have reached a point where they understand some of the issues causing problems in town, and have identified the main cause of the trouble. They need to neutralise a local rust shaman who has been summoning spirits to attack supply convoys. While investigating further, Claire is attacked by the shaman and a pair of unintelligent drone spirits who act as his bodyguards.
The Rust Shaman is "Ronnie Dark", a resentful anarchist who hates the attempts to rebuild society. He is a "Prophet" from the "City Scavenger" people (keywords: Investigation, Occult), his basic edge comes from an "Inner Gift" as an "Occultist" (keywords: Connection*, Ritual*), and he also has a "Reputation" as being "Cunning" (keywords: Larceny, Leadership). He is not a wayfarer. The shaman has the standard equipment (Well-Worn Clothes, Jury-Rigged Battery Pack (+: Powerful, -: Large or Erratic), Tools, Hand Weapon (+: Armed, -: Obvious), Ritual Components, Focus Crystal). The Rust Shaman has three relationships; a loose relationship to his inner gift (dealing with spirits), a close relationship to his reputation, and a loose relationship to a particular spirit that the characters haven't met yet. The Rust Shaman's token bag contains 6 white, 6 black, 2 blue, 2 red and 2 green.
In this case, each of the two spirits counts as a collection of bonus non-core traits for the rust shaman. The first spirit provides the traits "protective", "armoured" and "aware". The second spirit provides the traits "vicious", "bloodthirsty" and "dangerous". The GM has spent 6 tokens to provide the shaman with these spirits. Since things are ramping up toward a conclusion, the shaman is also given the bonus trait "Home ground advantage" and a loose relationship to the area (at a cost of two more tokens).
Our scene occurs later in the story, Claire has picked up the non-core traits "Vigilant" (+ short term), "Disturbed" (- short term), "Blessed Ammo" (+ long term), and 3 traits of "Fertilizer" (Item).
Sequence 1:
Step 1
1a (Claire) – Claire's intention in this conflict is to avoid the worst, and get out of there until she can rendezvous with Bruce to confirm their theories about the shaman. Since she just wants to get out of there rather than cause damage this is a blue action.
1a (Rust Shaman) – The shaman's intention in this conflict is to eliminate Claire before she spoils the good thing he's got going. This is blatantly confrontational and counts as a red action.
1b (Claire) – Claire's "Awareness" should help in this situation, and she isn't afraid to use her "Firearms".
1b (Rust Shaman) – The shaman has nothing specific that would help him in a fight, that's why he summoned the spirits.
1c (Claire) – It makes sense that Claire's "Vigilant" and "Blessed Ammo" traits would come into play here, she'll also risk her "Pistol" (which provides the additional bonus of the "Lethal" trait). Carol hopes that Bill won't mention the "Disturbed" trait, but he does; Bill gains a token for this.
1c (Shaman) – The shaman instantly gains non-core traits based on his spirits "protective", "armoured", "aware", "vicious", "bloodthirsty" and "dangerous". His "Home Ground advantage" will also help.
1d (Claire and Shaman) – Neither combatant cancels out any of their non-core traits.
1e (Claire) – The only relationship Claire can really use to her benefit in this situation is the loose one to her weapon. Bill calls on Claire's Arcology relationship which gives her a penalty when dealing with spirits (and Carol gains another gold token).
1e (Shaman) – The shaman has a pair of useful relationship to this situation; the link to his "inner gift" and the link to the immediate area (his "home ground").
Step 2
2a (Claire) – Carol draws five tokens from her bag (three, plus two from the keywords); two Whites, a Black, a Blue, and a Red.
2a (Shaman) – The GM draws three tokens from his bag; a Black, a Green, a Red.
2b (Claire) – Carol starts by getting rid of the two white tokens, allocating them to the keywords. Next she allocates the Black to "sacrifice" to avoid the worst. The blue goes to "success" and the red to "story".
2b (Shaman) – The GM has few options, he places the Black in "success", the Red in "sacrifice" and the Green in "story".
2c (Claire) – Carol draws five more tokens due to the non-core traits linked to Claire in the current situation; 2 Blacks, a White, a Blue and a Green.
2c (Shaman) – The GM draws seven more tokens due to the non-core traits linked to the Shaman in the current situation; 3 Blacks, 2 Whites, a Blue and a Green.
2d (Claire) – Carol places a black token into her non-core pool for the relationship to her weapon, and a white token for the relationship to her people.
2d (Shaman) – The GM places two black tokens into the shaman's non-core pool; one for the relationship to his "Inner Gift" and one for the home territory.
Step 3
3a (Claire) – Carol allocated a Red token to "story" so she'll allocate non-core tokens alternately with the GM.
GM – White token to Claire's "Disturbed" trait x
Carol – Black token to "Pistol" item x
GM – Blue token to "Arcology" relationship x
Carol – Black token to "Blessed Ammo" x
GM – White token to "Lethal" trait
Carol – Green token to "Vigilant" trait x
GM – Black token to "Weapon" relationship
3a (Shaman) – The GM allocated a Green token to "story", so he'll also alternate the token allocations. (Opponent goes first, so this time it is Carol's first go)
Carol – Black token to "Home Territory" trait x
GM – Black token to "Dangerous" trait x
Carol – Black token to "Aware" trait x
GM – Black token to "Bloodthirsty" trait x
Carol – Black token to "Protective" trait x
GM – Green token to "Vicious" trait x
Carol – White token to "Armoured" trait x
GM – Blue token to "Inner Gift" relationship x
Carol – White token to "Home Ground" relationship x
3b and c (Alternating) – Carol drew a total of 3 black tokens, while the GM drew 5; the shaman acts first.
Shaman – (Narrates his "Bloodthirsty" trait) From the shadows, a shadowy spirit swirls toward Claire, ripping away at her flesh. [Claire gains a situational "injured" trait]
Claire – (Narrates her "Pistol" trait) Claire tries to escape, laying some covering fire as she hides behind an overturned dumpster. [Claire gains a "cover" trait]
Shaman – (Narrates his "Inner Gift" relationship, playing on Claire's "disturbed" trait) The howling of the spirit echoes through Claire's mind, bringing glimpsesof horror. [No real effect]
Claire – (Narrates her "Blessed Ammo" trait, to take out one of the shaman's spirit traits) Claire takes a shot from behind the dumpster hitting something, but she's not sure what. [The shaman's "Protective" trait is eliminated]
Shaman – (Narrates his "Armoured" trait) The shot is absorbed by the guardian spirit, but the blessing on the shell poisons the spirit, causing it to scream in agony. ["Armoured" trait is exhausted for future sequences in this scene]
Claire – (Narrates her "Vigilant" trait, making her first move to escape) Hearing the scream, Claire duck further under cover and sees a passage between the car wrecks, a possible escape route. [Claire's "cover" trait goes from single to double status]
Shaman – (Narrates his "Home Territory" trait) The shaman knows the area well and hears Claire manoeuvring to the left, he does likewise.[Claire's "cover" trait goes from double to single status]
Claire – (Narrates her "Arcology" relationship) "This is nothing like the city" thinks Claire. [no real effect]
Shaman – (Narrates his "Aware" trait) The shaman listens closely, trying to get a sense of where his prey is. [Shaman gains a "Vigilant" trait]
Claire – (Narrates her "Disturbed" trait) Something about the howling spirit reminds Claire of her youth and demons who almost destroyed her home. [Claire's "disturbed" trait goes from single to double status]
Shaman – (Narrates his "Dangerous" trait) The spirit descends on Claire once again, tearing and burning her flesh. [Claire's "injured" trait goes from situational to short term status]
Claire – (Narrates her "Lethal" trait) Claire fires off a few more shots trying to keep the spirits at bay. [No effect]
Shaman – (Narrates his "Vicious" trait) The spirit comes close again, but feels the danger of the situation and backs off. [No effect]
Claire – (Narrates her "Weapon" relationship) Another shot from Claire, this time it strikes closer to the intended target. [Shaman gains a situational "injury" trait]
Shaman – (Narrates his "Protective" trait) As the protective spirit loses coherence in the physical plane, it sacrifices more energy for its master. [Shaman loses the situational "injury" trait]
Claire – (Narrates her "core success" trait) Before looking to make her escape, Claire looks over her injuries, they aren't as bad as she first thought. [Claire's "injured" trait drops from double to single status]
Shaman – (Narrates his "Home Ground" relationship) The shaman considers his options and the junkyard terrain around him. [No Effect]
Shaman – (Narrates his core success) He knows this terrain far better than his prey…time to hunt. [Shaman gains the "Upper Hand" situational trait]
This certainly isn't over; Claire is severely injured and hasn't gotten away. The Rust Shaman has had one of his spirits injured and is mad, he just wants to finish things off.
Combat sequence 2 begins...


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David N. Smith, age 66 of Corning, NY passed away on Saturday December 24, 2016 at Corning Hospital.
Dave was born on December 18, 1950 in Corning, NY, the son of the late Clifton and Emma (Moshier) Smith. He was a graduate of Corning East High School. He married Kathy Lovejoy in July of 1977.
He was employed as a production worker for Corning Inc., retiring with 22 years of service, and also served some time in the army reserves on non-active duty.
He is survived by his loving wife of 39 years, Kathryn L. Smith of Corning; son, Mark Smith of Corning; daughter, Bonnie Smith of Corning; brothers: Clifton (Pricilla) Smith of Georgia, Danny Smith of Corning, Wayne (Linda) Smith of Florida; and many nieces and nephews.
It was Dave's wish that there be no services. Phillips Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 17 W. Pulteney St., Corning, NY has been entrusted with the arrangements.

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Nashua aldermen nix $15.5 million arts center proposalBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
September 12. 2017 11:47PM
NASHUA — Despite pleas from dozens of city residents eager to have a new downtown performing arts center, aldermen on Tuesday rejected a proposal to spend $15.5 million to convert the former Alec's Shoes building into an arts venue.
The board did agree, however, to place a non-binding question on the November ballot asking voters whether aldermen should authorize a bond for a future arts center.
"Mr. Mayor, the taxpayers are maxed out," said Alderman Don LeBrun, one of six aldermen who voted in opposition of the proposed bond.
Eight aldermen voted in support of the proposal, but 10 votes were needed to approve the financing for the project.
Dozens of residents came out to voice support for the arts center on Tuesday. "This will be a source of pride in our city," Cheryl Lindner of Great American Downtown said prior to the vote, adding the new facility would represent the future of Nashua, grow the arts and encourage a cultural spirit.
The overall price tag includes a $2 million acquisition of the building at 201 Main St., about $11.5 million in construction costs, $1 million in architectural, engineering and legal fees and another $1 million for theater equipment.
"Some people are skeptical and I certainly understand that, but I don't agree with running Nashua down. We are a great city with tremendous potential," said Mayor Jim Donchess.
He said the project is not only commercially viable, but will help create an economic, vibrant downtown.
In addition to the $15.5 million bond, fundraising efforts would have been necessary to establish a $4 million private endowment fund to help with initial operational costs — financing that must be gathered within two years, and money that must be secured before construction began.
"We recognize this is a significant undertaking for the city, and that there are costs involved," said Tracy Hatch, president of the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce.
However, Hatch said the arts center would help bring people downtown, enhance the city's vibrancy and attract young people to the community.
Paul Shea, executive director of Great American Downtown, submitted an online survey with 510 signatures of support, along with notarized signatures from nearly 200 proponents.
Bruner/Cott Architects and Webb Management Services, Inc. of New York have already drafted conceptual design plans to convert the 30,000-square-foot building into an art venue.
But that did not convince Alderman-at-Large David Deane.
"I see a lot of priorities in this community that need to be met," he said, stressing concern about how far the city's dollars can stretch.
"This is not fully self-supporting," said former alderman Fred Teeboom, maintaining the $15.5 million bond will actually cost taxpayers $21 million to pay back over 20 years.
His concerns were echoed by Paula Johnson, another former city alderman who said the project should be a private initiative with private financing. In addition, the $4 million endowment fund should already be secured before the project advances further, she said.
Alderman-at-Large Dan Moriarty, who could not attend Tuesday's meeting because of a work obligation, said in a written statement that, "The opponents to this bond are not against an art center, they are against overspending."


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Two years ago at a seven-on-seven camp, Tre'Davious White spotted a tall, skinny defensive back.
The kid looked like he was good at football — good enough for White to run over and say hello. So he did.
"The bond clicked," White said.
That was the first time White and Rashard Robinson met.
Now, the LSU cornerbacks are an inseparable duo — on the field, off the field and in preseason all-star teams.
Despite their age — they are both true sophomores — White and Robinson are being lauded nationally as one of the best cornerback tandems in college football's strongest conference.
As LSU's first week of fall camp comes to a close, the strengths of the 2014 team are emerging: a seasoned, veteran offensive line that returns four of five starters; a group of running backs that includes the No. 1-ranked signee in the land and a pair of seniors; and White and Robinson.
They're not long-time veterans and weren't top-rated recruits, but they proved in just one season last year that they're talented. Maybe they took some by surprise.
"It seemed like everybody was just doubting us since we're young," Robinson said. "They wanted to see what we really could do."
White shook off early problems before replacing an older player and starting the final 11 games. Robinson caught on late, starting two of the last three in replacement of Jalen Mills, who was moved to safety.
Coach Les Miles was asked about his two cornerbacks' comfort levels entering Year 2.
"They were way comfortable last year," he shot back.
It's why they both made at least two all-Southeastern Conference preseason teams.
The bond between the two is a strong one. It began in the Summer of 2012, a few weeks before their senior years of high school.
White spotted Robinson from across the football field.
"I saw he was a guy that wanted to be the best," said White, a Shreveport native. "We talked a little bit. He was telling me that it was between LSU and a couple more schools. I was already committed to LSU, so of course I tried to persuade him to come here."
The two traded phone numbers, and the text messages began to fly.
A few weeks later, they ran into each other at another football camp.
"We saw the bond we had and the chemistry we had to be great together," said White, the more talkative of the two. "I think that played a role in him coming (to LSU)."
They spend time away from the football field with other defensive backs, namely Rickey Jefferson, shooting pool, playing laser tag and bowling.
White calls the off-the-field games "heated."
As cornerbacks, their games are different.
Robinson has the natural talent. He's a tall, rangy figure who can jump. He faster, too, at least after the 20-yard mark, White said.
Robinson plays physical at the line, pushing and even shoving his defender, said receiver Travin Dural. Robinson did that best last season in his first career start: LSU stuck him on Texas A&M receiver and Biletnikoff Award finalist Mike Evans.
Evans caught four passes for 51 yards, the third-fewest of his career in an SEC game.
"His thing is he gets his hands on you and doesn't let you off the line," said Dural, who faces each during practice.
White is the smarter of the two. He allows the receiver to goes free at the line, while he watches and reads the wideout's moves.
He knows where you're going, Dural said. He's like glue.
"(He'll) run the route for you," the receiver said. "He's running the route right on the side of you."
Robinson has improved, he said, in the mental part of the game. Things don't seem as fast anymore. He spends time watching his gaffes last season, learning from them to prepare for 2014.
Take for instance, LSU's loss to Ole Miss. With 1:40 left in a tie game, the Rebels converted a third-and-9 on a throw to Robinson's side of the field.
He was inches from the receiver as the pass arrived. Ole Miss kicked a game-winning field goal minutes later.
That's the play that really eats at him.
"I'm like, 'Are you serious? How could I really make that play,'" Robinson said. "I could have made an interception."
Robinson's not alone in the studying of film and the learning of X's and O's. He's got his good buddy along side of him.
Nowadays, they're simply known as "Tre and Rashard," the packaged deal, more hyped than two sophomores probably should be.
"I feel like we have a great chance of doing that," White said, "of living up to that."
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Jay-Jay The Supersonic Bus by Sue Wickstead
Publishing Push and the author sent me a copy of this book for review (thank you). It's been published, so you can order a copy now on Amazon.
The retired bus is sent to the bus graveyard where they sit until a part is needed or they rust out. Once some children came and played on the bus and that was fun but the scrapyard guy made them leave. All Jay-Jay has for company is spider who is building webs in the bus.
Then some people show up and look him over. What might they want him for? As they pay and take him to an airport hanger to work on him, he's still wondering. When he finds out, he's thrilled! They're going to make him a play bus for children. I'm glad someone had the imagination to do that.
They add books, toys, tea sets, dress up clothes, and the like to the upper deck. The bottom deck has the messier things like play dough, kits to put together, paint, and even a sandbox. I'm sure there was a line to get in and start playing when they began taking it around to schools.
I admire people with enough imagination to see something good in an old abandoned bus and then take the time and effort to make it possible. I think this is a grand idea. It gives the children something fun to do even if the weather outside isn't cooperating. It also challenges their imaginations and gives them a chance to be creative. I bet this bus is helping a lot of children learn to have to fun and to work with each other. Why not share this story with your young one and see what sort of creative ideas you two can come up with? You might not have a bus but you can experiment with a big box or create a blanket tent or use a spare room for your fun activity center. Just use your imagination.
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Thank you for your review and I am glad you enjoyed the tale.
Yes children love the idea of a bus full of toys to play with and the upper deck was always a favourite!
Ah, but then the sand downstairs was a favourite too, so too the painting.
In fact all of the bus was a favourite!
I have met many recently who knew the bus and have very fond memories.
there are still 'Playbus' around (not the original Jay-Jay) and it is nice to know our bus is in fictional form.
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In response to E-Cigs Take Another Blow :
You know what this made me think of, Kerry?
There was a great interview that Andrew Breitbart did in May of 2011 with Adam Carolla, and they got to talking about how smokers have lost nearly all their liberties over time because we just sat back and let that happen. I transcribed the whole part of that exchange in a blog post back then, and I'll copy it here after the jump for convenience.
It's funny, the two of them are having this discussion in terms of comparing what's happened to smokers to how our society in the US in general has seen our liberties erode over time – little by little, tax by tax, regulation by regulation. Over the years it's been cigarettes, today it's Big Gulps and e-cigs, but tomorrow it could be something far broader than that.
I really hope people, including non-smokers, are paying attention.
Here's the transcript of the relevant section of the podcast, below. (The entire podcast is worth a listen).
It's funny that you used the smoking thing. I think about that all the
time and I always use it as an example of the difference between the
guys who wanted to smoke and the NRA… I secretly suspect this is
what the NRA does, not a fan, but this is what they do, this is part of
their strategy…see…
So, somebody came into the restaurant and said 'Hey smokers,
you know what, we're gonna need to move you on over here and just
create a little smoking section on this side of the restaurant, so
would you just pick it up and move it over here please?' And everyone went 'oh yeah, OK,' and they went and sat in the smoking section. And then at a certain point, somebody came up and said 'Hey, uh, smokers listen, uh, gonna need you to clear out of the dining area but if you wanna smoke at the bar that'd be fine', and they just sort of got up and went 'yeak, OK, alright' and then went and sat at the bar. And then the same guy came back again and said, 'bad news, gonna need to move you out front, outside, can't have any smoking in the bar or the restaurant, just go out front' so they went 'yeah, OK,' so they stood out on the sidewalk in front of the valet and smoked a cigarette. And then the guy came out and said 'gonna need you to move down the street 80 paces to smoke a cigarette' and you see, they just kept getting up and moving.
What the NRA does is they say, 'f*** you, we're not moving, let's argue about it,' and they're staying where they are. Meaning, they said, 'hey man, we need those hollow tip bullets' and went 'I don't think so,' and
now they just argue about it. Now, I don't think they're really
arguing about that. They just don't wanna keep sliding out down the
sidewalk with the smokers.
And this is the way we are, especially in CA. Which is, we go, 'hey do this,' and then someone goes 'alright.' Or, we'll go 'hey put a tax on cigarettes for a dollar,' and then next time they go 'hey make it another buck' and then they go, 'eh make it 5 bucks!' And then Rob Reiner goes, 'it should be 10 bucks!' And then all the people that don't smoke and are full of f***ing righteous indignation, they go 'oh yeah!' And then someone says 'give it to the kids' and then, next thing you know, we're where we're at.


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Eight arrested over King's Cross football violence
Eight men have been arrested in connection with football-related violence in central London.
Four of them were arrested in Sussex while four were arrested in south London on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police (Met) said.
Violent disorder broke out between Brighton and Hove Albion and Crystal Palace fans in King's Cross on 10 November after separate matches.
The men are being questioned at a south London police station.
A Met spokesman said the force had worked closely with officers from Kent, Surrey and Sussex Police to make the arrests.


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The US Government has defended the awarding of a multi-billion-shilling road contract to an American firm without any competitive bidding.
The American embassy in Nairobi said the Sh300 billion Nairobi-Mombasa expressway project has been two years in the making and had been evaluated to ensure Kenyans get value for their money and that it was not a 'thank you gift' for supporting the sitting government.
"The US embassy does not and will not give political favours for commercial deals," said the embassy in a statement posted on its Twitter handle in response to a story carried in The Financial Standard on Tuesday.
The story revealed how the tender award to Bechtel International Inc had sparked turf wars among implementing agencies, with some terming it a 'thank you gift' to the US for unspecified support to the Kenyan Government.
Bechtel International clinched the tender three days before the August 8 General Election, taking some government departments involved in the initial stages of the road deal by surprise.
"US private firms (bound by US anti-corruption laws) investing in Kenya's future bring jobs, technology transfer and development," said the embassy in the Twitter post.
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The embassy, however, steered clear of the controversy on why the project had to be single-sourced to an American firm.
The elephant in the room is also the project's cost after it was elevated to a government-to-government deal, the same as the standard gauge railway deal awarded to a Chinese firm.


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Opens Fri., Feb. 7 at Sundance and Meridian. Rated R. 110 minutes.
Gloria sings along to oldies on the car radio. Everybody does—especially in movies—but for Gloria, a divorced lady nearing 60, singing along seems like an especially cherished private celebration. The rest of her life is less well-ordered than those well-crafted pop songs: Her grown kids are kind but aloof; her new romantic relationship is mystifying; and this hairless cat keeps showing up in her apartment. Gloria, Chile's official submission to the Academy Awards (it didn't get nominated), is the film that comes out of this very specific character, and it succeeds because of its well-chosen vignettes and a remarkable lead performance.
Paulina García—a veteran of Chilean television—plays the title role, and she builds a small masterpiece out of Gloria's behavioral tics. García understands this woman from the heels up: the guarded smile at social dances, conveying her interest in meeting someone but also her wariness at getting duped; the habit of idly cleaning crumbs from the table of her son's home; the forced casualness of ordering a drink at a bar when she suspects she might have been abandoned there by her date. Gloria has a couple of purely sexual encounters during the film (the movie is admirably nonchalant about suggesting that people over 50 might enjoy a fling or two, and unembarrassed about depicting such flings), but her main romantic interest is a recently divorced ex-Navy retiree, Rodolfo (Sergio Hernández). He's boyishly delighted by Gloria's sense of fun, but his adherence to a certain code of machismo has him hopelessly at the beck and call of his ex-wife and two adult daughters. Formerly tubby, Rodolfo has had gastric bypass surgery and is just beginning to try out his life as a chick magnet. Maybe he misses his protective layer, or he still lacks willpower; whatever it is, he keeps disappointing Gloria.
Director Sebastián Lelio fills Gloria with colorful detail, to the point of occasional pushiness. We didn't need to see Gloria encounter a peacock at a garden party to infer that she herself might be ready to bloom, for instance. But he and García have created a character so richly imperfect and fully inhabited that her trajectory remains engaging despite the occasional overstatement. By the end, she's earned her own song (for '80s pop-music fans, the choice is obvious but still exhilarating); and this time everybody else gets to sing along, too.


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Both Gemini and Sagittarius are freedom loving and great conversationalists.They both inspire each other and strike a balance in any relationship they have.
Sagittarius dating gemini man
Sagittarius are capable of giving an impressive quantity of love and affection and yet they prefer to give it most when it is not expected or required.
Sagittarius who are not so loud and extroverted are somewhat drawn back, timid but still as pushy and blunt with their opinions.
Sagittarius and Gemini are both quite frank in their opinions.
Being intellectual and quite manipulative with words puts them into the outgoing category as well as being extremely creative.
With such qualities, Gemini would make a good con artist as well as an amazing creative artist or a musician, a teacher, scientist, or mastermind.
Their wit and way with words allows them to change into basically anything they want to be.
But, whatever that is, they want to control mentally while giving out leadership to others.
Their souls are like a mere child, letting go too quickly or holding on too lightly at times. Sagittarius are outgoing and boisterous people and also great conversationalists in most instances yet not quite a creature of persuasion like the Gemini.
They often tend to put their foot in their mouth, not thinking before they bluntly speak the truth and hurt people.
They are very honest and cheerful folks who can blaze in fire of enthusiasm and make everyone around them excited.
They know their goals well and directions to achieve them as well.


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By Dean Mullaney (Author), Bruce Canwell (Author), Alex Toth (Artist)
Author : Dean Mullaney & Bruce Canwell
Artist : Alex Toth
Inventory ID : CSG0397
Cover : Hardcover
Color : Color
Pages : 328
Signed : No
Product Description :
The Library of American Comics concludes its in-depth look at Alex Toth's life and art with Genius, Animated. This companion volume to 2011's award-winning Genius, Isolated and 2013's Genius, Illustrated zooms in to focus on Toth's groundbreaking contributions in the field of animation and features many rarely-seen or never-before-published pieces of art, much of it uncovered in the archives of Hanna-Barbera Studios! Featuring presentation illustrations for unsold series, character designs and storyboards for old favorites such as Space Ghost, SHAZZAN, and Superfriends, and work taken from both the beginning (Space Angel) and end (Bionic 6) of Toth's "Saturday kidvid" career, this oversized artbook features observations from animation professionals about his work, plus Alex's own commentary on the cartoon shows that shaped a generation. Genius, Animated is filled, cover-to-cover, with must-see material, making it essential reading for Toth-fans and animation enthusiasts alike.
Winner of the 2015 Eisner Award for Best Book About Comics.
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Well, this is going to be a story about the unlikeliness of Naruto NOT knowing what sex is and how babies are made. It's a comedy and it has some some lime though I don't know if there will be a lemon.
P.S Yes, I will continue on the "What did Hinata just do!" Story... just not now.
Naruo is 16 now.
Names in Italics usually mean that there's a change in scene. I'm pretty sure you'll understand.
Naruto lay on his bed, pondering about those Icha Icha books that Jiraiya always wanted him to read or edit. Jiraiya had told him that what was shown in the books was natural and that it showed how babies were made. Well, Naruto never read those books and now, he was curious as to how babies were made. I mean, they just didn't pop from out of nowhere like a Kage Bunshin, obviously, but they have to come from somewhere!
'Looks like it's time for some ramen!' And with that, Naruto banished away those thoughts almost as if they were never there to begin with. Of course, somewhere in the back of his mind he was still trying to figure it out.
Ichiraku Ramen
Naruto pulled back the curtain in ramen stand and found to his astonishment that Sakura was there, eating ramen, without him trying to force her into a date.
"Hey Naruto." Sakura Greeted.
"Hey... Sakura... Ummm, what brings you here?" Naruto asked, throughly intrigued by the fact that Sakura actually seemed to enjoy eating ramen.
"Well, I was hungry and decided... why are you looking at me like that?" She said, noticing that Naruto was staring at her as if she was some sort of circus freak.
Naruto shook his head, trying to clear it, before replying, "Well... it's just that you don't eat ramen and now you're eating ramen. It's weird"
"Well, it's not as weird as a ninja who constantly wears orange." Sakura retorted.
"Hey! I'm not wearing ALL orange" and to emphasize his point, he tugged on the fabric of his jacket that was black, "See?"
Sakura shook her head, "All right, whatever."
Naruto resigned with a sigh and sat down next to Sakura. He then ordered some ramen to which Teuchi happily went to make. In the mean time, Naruto sat there quietly and began wondering if he should actually read those Icha Icha books to see how babies are made, or if he should ask someone. To Naruto, it made more sense to read the book since it would have pictures, but he thought he wouldn't understand the pictures. Then again, it's not like he even knew how the process started.
Naruto sighed, partly from frustration, and partly from his brain working too much. Sakura took note of this and became troubled to see the usually hyper Naruto acting... quiet. She decided to wait and take in more of this 'quiet' Naruto. Finally the bowl arrived and Naruto gratefully took it and the sparkle in his eye revived in an instant. Sakura couldn't help but roll her eyes at such insanity; but it was Naruto after all. Still, it looked like Naruto had something on his mind. So now she wondered if she should ask him or not.
Since it was getting kind of boring, she decided to ask, "So Naruto. What's on your mind?" She said before grabbing some chicken and noodles with her chopsticks. She blew on the food a bit to try and cool it down before eating it.
"Babies..." Naruto replied as he too decided to began his meal by breaking his chopsticks.
"Babies?" She said while covering up her mouth. She was still chewing her food and she didn't want to show it to the public, not like Naruto would care.
Naruto blew on the food he was holding before saying innocently, "Yea... how are they made?" Just as he was about to put the food in his mouth, he stopped since he suddenly heard some plates crash somewhere inside the ramen stand. Then he turned to look at Sakura who appeared to be turning blue...
"SAKURA-CHAN!" Naruto panicked and instead of doing to proper procedure for someone who is choking, he hit her on the back as hard as he could. Out flew a piece of chicken from Sakura's mouth and bounced on the counter before rolling to a stop. Naruto looked at the piece of chicken, then he turned to look at the gasping Sakura... who suddenly turned to him with angry eyes.
"You IDIOT!" Sakura screamed, "That is NOT how you deal with people who are choking!"
"S-Sorry Sakura-chan! I didn't know!" Naruto said as he raised his hands in defense. Then he cowered when he saw Sakura raise her fist.
"I'm sorry!" Naruto said as put his hands out in front of him to try and cushion the blow. But the blow didn't come and Naruto opened one eye cautiously and noticed that Sakura just sighed with resignation. Putting her fist down, she finally realized that she had stood—since she wanted more power in her punch before hitting Naruto—and she sat down.
"Sakura...chan?" Naruto cautiously asked, making sure that she wasn't still angry with him.
"So... you don't know how babies are made?" Naruto shook his head, "How the HELL do you not know! We went to the same academy right?" Naruto nodded, "Well?!" Sakura said, completely exasperated by Naruto's lack of knowledge.
She immediately regretted saying that. Naruto's aura suddenly changed to a somber tone and it sent a small chill down her spine. What surprised her is that the look of 'joy' on Naruto's face did not change at all. Why would Naruto need a mask to cover his emotions?
"Eh heh... err... I must've fallen asleep or something when they taught us about babies..." Naruto grinned... but something was off in the way he smiled.
"So... can you teach me Sakura?" Naruto asked, hoping that she would be able to help.
"Huh?" Sakura said, astonished that Naruto said such a question.
"Can you teach me how babies are made?" Naruto said, with genuine curiosity. This relaxed Sakura a bit as since it made the somber tone in Naruto's aura change into a happier one. Then, her own mood changed as she realized what kind of question Naruto was asking.
"Naruto! You don't just go asking people how babies are made!" Sakura explained.
"I don't?" Naruto asked. He was confused as to why asking how babies were made could surprise anyone. Shouldn't everyone already know?
"No! You should ask a professional. Like a medic or something." Sakura said, until she realized the folly in her statement.
"Aren't you a medic Sakura?" She knew he was going to say that...
"Yes! But I mean, a real professional like Tsunade or Shizune!" She explained.
"Oh..." He turned in his seat and faced his ramen. He played with his ramen a bit, then looked at Sakura out of the corner of his eye. Sakura noticed this gesture and asked what he wanted.
"It's nothing. But..." He picked at his ramen nervously, trying to figure out how to say his next sentence, "I would like it better if Sakura-chan showed me how to make a baby!" Naruto said and smiled.
It so happened that Kakashi was walking by and overheard Naruto's proclamation. He walked calmly, perverted book in hand, and patted Naruto on the shoulder. "Make us proud Naruto... make us proud." and with that, he disappeared in a puff of smoke before Naruto could turn his head.
Struck with confusion, he turned to Sakura. "I don't get i—Sakura-chan?" He asked, noticing that Sakura had turned a shade of red that would make Hinata proud.
"You... you..." Sakura said, shaking in anger.
"Sa...ku...ra...-chan?" He suddenly gulped as he saw her stand up and loom over him. She cracked her knuckles—evil glint in eye and all, and gave him an uppercut that sent him soaring high into the skies!
"That moron..." Sakura said, still thoroughly embarrassed that Naruto said that to her, then having Kakashi—of all people—overhear such a thing! She sighed exasperatedly and stormed off to her house... forgetting to pay the ramen and all.
"Hey... wait!" Ayame yelled, but it was too late. The raging pinky had stormed out of hearing range.
"Damn all this paperwork! Gah! I need some Sake..." Tsunade gave a tired sigh and started rubbing temples; she could feel the headache that was about to happen.
Naruto had broken through the rooftop and landed right in front of Tsunade's desk. It would appear that Tsunade's headache arrived right on time!
She couldn't help but see some irony in the situation. Usually it was Jiraiya who broke through the roof screaming. Like sensei like apprentice, she supposed. "Naruto!" She said, noticing Naruto struggling to get up, "I'm glad you decided to drop by!"
Naruto rubbed his jaw and immediately regretted it when he felt a sharp pain shoot into his brain. After it died down, he took time to notice his surroundings and realized that he had landed in front of Obaa-chan's office.
"Obaa-chan!" Naruto greeted, completely forgetting that he had just been punched, sent soaring into the sky, crashing into a roof, and landing face first on the floor.
Tsunade couldn't help but sweatdrop a little. "So... why are you here?" She asked, still busy with her paperwork. She was stamping away and yet, the paperwork never seemed to lessen.
"Why am I here?" Naruto asked. "Yes! But I mean, a real professional like Tsunade or Shizune!" Naruto suddenly remembered Sakura's words and proceeded to ask his question.
"How are babies made?" Tsunade stopped mid-stamp and turned to look at Naruto with a blank look on her face.
"You don't know how babies are made you say?" Naruto nodded. "You want me to teach you how babies are made then?" Naruto nodded. "I suppose that you also want me to show you how babies are made meaning the entire process?" Again, Naruto nodded.
Tsunade thought about it for a bit. She was going through her options. Obviously, she herself couldn't do it since she was the Godaime and really didn't have much time for anything. Kakashi couldn't do it since he would probably just laugh at her and walk off. Jiraiya...she suddenly shook in fear, thinking of the horrors that could happen if Jiraiya taught Naruto how to make babies. Anko ... was just as bad as Jiraiya. Kurenai was on a mission at the moment. Shizune...Shizune! That was it! The perfect person to teach Naruto would be none other than Shizune.
"Shizune!" Tsunade yelled. Not 3 seconds later, a panting Shizune opened the door.
"What! What!" Shizune said, looking around to see if anything was wrong.
"I have a mission for you, it's of utmost importance!" Tsunade said seriously.
"Yes Hokage-sama! What is it?" She replied promptly.
"I need you... to teach Naruto how to make a baby! Tsunade bluntly said. Shizune gave a blank stare at the Hokage... then she blushed.
"All right! Now that you have your mission, OUT OF MY OFFICE!" The force of her yell swept Naruto and Shizune off their feet and out the door. They lay in a tumbled heap, with Shizune the one on top. Immediately after noticing the awkward position they were in, she got up and dusted off her clothes, trying to take her mind off what just happened.
Naruto too got up and proceeded to ask, "So... you're going to show me how to make a baby?" For the second time that day, Kakashi walked by. Overhearing this, he took his eye off the book and turned to Naruto. "I'm proud Naruto. You work very fast." Then he entered the Hokage's door, leaving behind a confused Naruto and a cherry red Shizune. Her embarrassment wasn't from the fact that someone had overheard them, but by the fact that she felt a bit... turned on by the thought of being with Naruto. Sure the boy had grown taller, handsome, a slightly more muscular... but he was still a boy! Her libido, however, didn't care about the ethics; a male was male and to her libido, Naruto happened to be a very attractive male. All these thoughts, arguments, and feelings caused her brain to overload... she promptly fainted...
"Shizune..." She heard out in the distance.
"Shizune." The voice became louder and a bit clearer. She recognized it... but couldn't remember the person.
"Oi! Shizune!" She opened her eyes and was greeted by Naruto's eyes... who were mere inches from her face.
"Finally!" Naruto said as he pulled back and sat back in his own chair.
'His own chair?' Shizune sat up and noticed for the first time that she was in a bed... which probably belonged to Naruto... which probably meant that she was in his... bed...room. Shizune quickly checked under the covers to make sure her clothes were still on and sure enough, they were still there.
"Are you missing something Shizune?" Naruto asked.
"N-No! N-Nothing!" Shizune gave a nervous chuckle. Naruto just stared at her blankly, then he too started to chuckle. Shizune breathed in a sigh of relief... content that the tension in the air had disappeared.
"So umm... Shizune?" Naruto said, finally hoping to get some answers.
"Hmm?" Said the smiling Shizune which oddly caused Naruto's heart to skip a beat.
'That... was strange...' Naruto thought. His hand unconsciously made its way over his heart and gripped the jacket.
"Are you ok Naruto?" She said, noticing his hand's movement. Her medical skills kicked in and she got up, moved closer to Naruto, and removed his hand from over his heart. She activated a scanning jutsu and her hand became encased in a glowing green light. Chakra moved from her hand, went through the jacket, and infused itself into Naruto's skin.
Naruto himself was watching Shizune's every movement. The look of concentration on her face made her look... cute. Naruto couldn't help but blush a bit. He suddenly felt nervous for reasons he couldn't understand.
"Well... nothing seems to be wrong with you." Shizune said as she deactivated her jutsu. "But tell me if anything starts hurting, ok?" All Naruto could do was nod dumbly. Shizune then sat back on the bed, but was still facing Naruto.
"So... what was it you were gonna ask Naruto?" She said with a cute grin on her face.
"I-I-I..." Naruto suddenly felt his throat become dry, but he refused to give up, "I want to know how babies are made! Can you teach me?" After Naruto had finished saying those words, it seemed the Shizune's face was stuck in that smiling position. The only thing different was there was a tint of red on her cheeks.
"Y-You want me to teach you? Umm... right. Has anyone told you the story about the birds and the bees?"
Naruto scratched his head, trying to remember. "I don't think I have."
Shizune already knew that was going to be his answer... that didn't give her any relief, however. Taking a deep breath, she replied, "All right. I guess I'll have to tell you then."
Shizune then sat up straight, fixed her clothes a bit, then proceeded to say, "All right, here's the story of the bees. You see Naruto, when a man and a woman love each other they..."
(2 hours later)
Naruto nodded after everything Shizune said, soaking up the information. After Shizune had finished, he stood up in excitement. "So basically... when a woman and man get ready to have a baby, they go to the ninja mart and order a baby. Then the flying monkey king comes and delivers the baby to the parents 9 months later, right?" Shizune gave a feeble nod. "Yosh! Then I know everything then!"
Naruto began to walk out of his room until he heard Shizune call out to him, "Wait Naruto! I... lied...to you. That's not how babies are made."
"They're not?" Naruto gave a question look to Shizune. Shizune squirmed a bit under his glance. Him staring at her made Shizune uncomfortable and yet, she liked being stared at. It gave her a warm pleasant feeling that started from her heart and extended into her...
"So how are they made then?" Naruto said as he walked back into the room and sat back down his chair. This is when Shizune finally realized that she was actually going to have to show him how babies are made. Shizune blushed, part from embarrassment, part from excitement. She had no idea where the excitement came from, but it gave her courage to do what she was about to do.
"Naruto... have you ever seen a naked woman before?" Shizune knew that he must've, how else could he do the Sexy Jutsu?
"Nope." Naruto said. Shizune was caught off guard by his answer and she blurted out, "Then how do you do the sexy jutsu?" The covered her mouth after the sudden outburst, but Naruto didn't seem fazed by it.
"Well... I saw a doll, you know, the ones they put in the department store?" Shizune nodded, "Well, it didn't have any clothes on and since it had a womanly figure... I copied it." Shizune was beginning to piece the clues together and she realized that it could only mean one thing.
"So... when you change Naruto, those clouds... there's nothing underneath them is there?"
"Bingo! Wow, you're smart Shizune!" Naruto grinned his foxy grin, causing Shizune to blush out of embarrassment. For some reason, the apartment seemed to be getting warmer by the minute. 'No! Get a hold of yourself Shizune! This is a mission! I can't get sidetracked by being turned on! Oh Kami... I admitted it, I'm turned on by Naruto!' Shizune shook her head in frustration causing Naruto to give her a confused look.
"It's nothing," she replied, "So there's nothing underneath them..." Shizune then started giggling, then it turned into outright laughter. Naruto couldn't help but grin, her laughter sounded so soft in his ears. He really wouldn't mind if that's all he heard ever again. That's when it hit him, she was laughing AT him!
"Hey!" Naruto said, quite vexed. But it didn't last long, he wasn't the type of person to be angry unless needed.
"Sorry... it's just... so funny!" Shizune giggled a bit longer before finally calming down. "It's just funny to imagine," She began, "that you've beaten opponents using a woman who was incomplete!"
Naruto scratched his back of his head, a gesture he used when he was slightly embarrassed. "Yea... so, what does a woman look like? I mean... underneath clothes and all?" This got Shizune's attention and she began to feel nervous. How was she going to show him? Was she going to show him pictures? She supposed that she could go home and get an anatomy book, she wasn't sure if she would come back since she would be too nervous. Even though it was a mission, it still unnerved her. So that left her with only one logical solution: She would have to get naked. The mere thought of being naked in front of Naruto caused her heart to flutter. It seemed that the problem here would be controlling her libido.
"Well, first off. Promise me that you won't tell anyone what happens from here on out." Shizune said.
"Err... why?" asked a confused Naruto.
"Because it would be embarassing for me!" Shizune said, a bit exasperated.
Naruto was a bit taken back, but he agreed nonetheless. After making his promise, Shizune mentally prepared herself. She told herself that she wouldn't be turned on and that she would answer any question that Naruto had for her. Yosh! She was ready!
"All right Naruto." She said as she began to disrobe. Slowly, she peeled off the top part of her kimono, showing off an exposed shoulder. Then she did the same with the other side until that shoulder was exposed too. Slowly, the top of her kimono was going lower, and lower until it just stopped just right above where her breasts started. It was just as she was about to reveal her breasts that she noticed Naruto staring at her with an intense look. This caused her to blush out of embarrassment. She really didn't want Naruto ogling at her, even if she did like him a bit.
"Naruto..." Naruto's ears perked up at the sound of his name being called, "Please don't stare at me like that. This is the first time I'm doing such a thing and it makes me a bit uncomfortable."
Naruto nodded in understanding, which surprised Shizune a bit. For being a man, he had a surprising amount of self-control. This train of thought didn't help however and only added fuel to her increasing lust for Naruto. She gulped a bit, knowing that she still had a mission to do and it would be bad if she got sidetracked right now.
She couldn't do it. It was too much for her. She couldn't just undress on command! This wasn't her and she's not used to being in alone with another man. Her hands where frozen, grabbing the cloth of the kimono just above her breasts. She couldn't finish pulling it down and reveal to Naruto something so intimate of her. She just couldn't do it.
"Are you alright Shizune?" Naruto asked with a worried look. He had felt her hesitation and he somewhat understood why. But now, he could feel a bit of desperation coming from her. Maybe it was fear? Whatever it was, he needed to comfort Shizune. "You know, you don't have to do it if you don't want to. I can always learn by myself."
Shizune looked up and was surprised to see that the look of worry on his face was directed toward her. He cared about her well-being and she supposed that he could feel her anxiety. She relaxed. She realized that Naruto wasn't like any other man. Naruto was a man whom people could trust and after all, he would be learning a valuable lesson about women and it would be thanks to her.
"It's ok Naruto. I guess I just needed a bit of reassurance and well... you reassured me." Shizune said with a smile.
Though feeling happy to see Shizune smile, Naruto didn't understand how he reassured her. It didn't matter much to him though, all he wanted to do was make Shizune feel better and that's what he did...even if he didn't know how he did it.
Shizune took took a deep breath and let the kimono fall to her lap which revealed her breasts in all their splendid glory. All Naruto could do was stare. Out of nowhere, he felt the need to touch them. 'They look soft...' Naruto thought dreamily. He shook his head, trying to clear his mind. Shizune had told him earlier not to ogle and he wasn't about to start ogling now! Now matter how much he wanted to!
He opted to look at Shizune's face and was caught underneath the stare of Shizune. Naruto gulped. He was staring into the eyes of Shizune and the look she gave him made him feel... light. He looked away, though he had a hard time doing it. He calmed himself down a little, and turned back to Shizune who was waiting patiently... blush and all.
"Are you ready Naruto?" Shizune asked, trying remain professional about the entire situation.. The only response she got from the blonde was a small nod. This also made Shizune realize that although Naruto was different from most men, he was still in fact a man.
"All right Naruto, these are called breasts which you surely already know." Naruto nodded but then raised his hand and shook it as if he were a little kid. This made Shizune giggle a bit, causing her breasts to jiggle. This averted Naruto's eyes to her breasts and caused him to drool just a bit.
Shizune noticed this and covered her breasts with her arms before saying with a bit of a stutter, "Yes? W-What is it Naruto?" Naruto looked into her eyes and said, "Huh?"
Shizune's blush deepened in color before she repeated her statement, "W-What was your q-question Naruto?"
Naruto finally snapped out of his daze and asked his question, "How is this going to help me learn how babies are made?"
"Well Naruto, " She paused, unsure of what to say next. She wasn't sure if she should explain the whole deal, or just tell him how babies are made. But she had to decide quickly because every minute that went by made her more nervous... and more excited. "For one thing, babies feed from a woman's breast."
Naruto suddenly became alarmed and yelled out, "What! Babies eat women's breasts?!"
Shizune gave Naruto a blank look. She then shook her head, how could someone be so naïve? "No Naruto. They suck on the nipple and drink the milk that comes from a woman's breast."
Naruto relaxed which made him realize that he had stood up. He sat back down and that's when a question came to mind, "What's a nipple?"
Shizune's eyes widened a bit, but she knew that she would have to explain. She slowly placed her arms to either side of her and revealed her breasts once again. With one finger, she pointed toward the protruding, darker area of her breasts. "This is a nipple Naruto. This is where babies put their mouths and suck on it. Milk comes from this area. Do you understand?"
Naruto nodded and said something that caused Shizune to nearly have a heart attack, "So if I were to suck on it, milk would come out?"
Shizune's blush surpassed even Hinata's blush in redness. She had never felt more embarrassed... or turned on. She was thankful that she didn't sense any perverse underlying tone. It seemed Naruto asked out of genuine curiosity. Still...
"Y-Yes Naruto. I-If you were to s-s-suck on it, milk would come out. D-Didn't I explain that already?" Shizune said, trying to change the conversation. Her blush was became more and more intense with each passing minute. She also remembered to cover her breasts with her arms once again.
Naruto couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed that Shizune had covered her breasts, which made him ponder why he feel disappointed. He shook his head to clear any wandering perverted thoughts he might have."Yea you did, but I always thought that milk came from cows." Naruto scratched his head in confusion, doesn't milk only come from cows? That's what he wondered and he was hoping to get his question answered.
Shizune sighed a bit, she finally got a break! "Yes well, ever single female of any species has to provide milk for young. For example, when a cow has a baby, the cow makes milk and sometimes there's an excess and farmers take milk from the cow for our own uses."
Naruto let out a soft 'oh' of understanding. Then another question came up, "So, how do they take out the milk?"
Yes, I am evil for leaving a cliff-hanger. But I love it! This is a two-shot so yea. And for my normal readers, it's weird that I haven't writing a lemon yet right? Well, tell me what you think of this! I thought about this at midnight so if there's errors, sorry. I wonder... what will Shizune say next?\
Any ideas or suggestions would greatly be appreciated. To all those fans of mine who are strictly NaruHina... I'm sorry! But I couldn't help it. I was reading a fancomic (NaruxShizune) and it appealed to me greatly so... I decided to write my own NaruxShizune story. So there you have it! Well, I'm off!
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This remarkable book traces the whole story of domestic architecture in Britain. The author takes us from the primitive huts at the time of the Domesday Book to Thirties suburbs. It paints the grandeur of great country houses, such as Houghton, and chronicles the development of urban squares and terraces. It escorts us unblinkingly to the shaming slums, in which those who toiled for our 19th-century wealth were compelled to live and die; and it ends with a glorious chapter, my own favourite, on bungalows.
In this chapter, the author reminds us that in the 1870s, a bungalow was a single-storey house with a veranda in India. Then a clever architect, Mr John Taylor, built some "bungalows" along the coast in Kent. One of his earliest tenants was Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who had suffered from a stroke and could not manage stairs. Rossetti actually died in this bungalow (though through no fault of Mr Taylor). The one-storey dwelling attracted the sort of women who would join the Rational Dress Society, discarding the burdens of patriarchal attitudes together with corsets, high heels and religion. With their fewer, airier rooms, bungalows required less domestic attention than houses on many floors. Bungalows liberated more than just the female sex. In George Gissing's The Whirlpool (1897), Cyrus Redgrave has a bungalow built in the garden of his sister's house at Wimbledon. "One is free there… domesticated… all that is respectable". Even royal personages enjoyed the bungalow craze. There is a truly beautiful photograph here, from the Royal Archives, of Princess Victoria (sister of George V) striding, a dog at her side, towards her bungalow at Snettisham, Norfolk, in 1910.
Of course, there were voices raised against the development. William Inge, the "gloomy Dean" of St Paul's, writing in 1927, predicted the demise of the country house. Soon, "the whole country will be spotted with bungaloid growths within which childless couples will sleep after racing about the country in little motor cars".
Every word of this chapter, which draws on a rich miscellany of novels, old photographs, letters and newspapers, made me want to live in a bungalow: above all in a prefab. The photograph of Mr L T Jackson, taken in 1948 after Camberwell Council had awarded him first prize for the smartest prefab garden, looks like a man who has found what we all want from life – freedom, happiness and independent dignity.
That is what we all hope will be provided, and so seldom is, by the dwelling that fate has selected for us. Reading this book, I kept thinking of Larkin's line: "Home is so sad". I would be as miserable living in the stately home that Lewis describes as I would in a brutalist tower block she has visited in Leeds. How has she managed to convey such a broad sweep in 260 pages, concentrating so much reading and information? The narrative never feels rushed.
Our homes define us, as the title of this book suggests. Why were the English so resistant to the convenient and sensible idea, where land was limited, of "existing horizontally, sandwiched between others"? The Scots had flats – they coined the word – from at least the 15th century. Boswell lived in a flat in Edinburgh. Yet, apart from chambers in the Inns of Court, Londoners eschewed flat-dwelling for years. (It is good to see the story told here, by the way, of the heroic George Peabody, the American philanthropist who rescued so many Londoners from their disgraceful slum-dwellings and housed them in Peabody Buildings.)
Lewis is aware that her subject holds together social and aesthetic history with the story of technology. Once Mr Otis had invented the lift (the first Otis office was opened in London in 1902) it became possible to live in mansion blocks in great comfort. In the post-First World War era, the flat made it possible for girls to leave home and share with other young women. Winifred Holtby, sharing with Vera Brittain, was typical – though more articulate than most – in describing the freedom that flat-life provided for women who wanted to pursue their own lives and careers. Diana Athill recalled, of a slightly later time, that moving in to a shared flat with another girl was "a commonplace event which must be remembered by millions of working women as the turning point of their lives". How in every way preferable to the slavish tedium of married life in the suburbs.
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Judge Pelander was admitted to practice law in Arizona in 1976. He graduated from Wittenberg University in Ohio with a bachelor's degree in 1973 and received his law degree from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1976 with high honors. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Richard Chambers of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1976-77, and spent the next eighteen years in private practice with the Tucson law firm now called Slutes, Sakrison & Rogers, practicing primarily in the area of civil litigation where he tried dozens of jury trials. In 1998, he received an LLM degree (Masters of Judicial Process) from the University of Virginia. He also served on the Judicial Performance Review Commission from 2000-2007, and has been a staunch advocate for reform in this area.
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I recently read with interest an article in the Microsoft Architect Journal on so-called Service-Oriented Business Intelligence or, as the articles authors call it, SoBI. The article was well-intentioned but confusing. What it confirmed to me is that plenty of experienced IT professionals are struggling to reconcile Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) concepts with business intelligence.
SOA is certainly a valuable tool in the architecture and development toolbox; however, I think its only fair to keep SOA in perspective. Its an evolutionary technology in IT that has numerous benefits to developer productivity and application connectivity. Im not sure that injecting SOA into a data warehouse environment or framework will do anything more than freshen a few low-level building blocks that have been neglected in some data warehouse environments. Im certainly not challenging the value of SOA; Im just trying to put in perspective to those folks that are focused on data warehouse and business intelligence activities.
The idea around SOA is to create services (or functions, procedures, etc.) that can be used by other systems. The idea is simple: build once, use many times. This ensures that important (and possibly complicated) application processes can be used by numerous disparate applications. Its like an application processing supply chain: let the most efficient resource build a service and provide to everyone else for use. SOA provides a framework for allowing multiple applications access to common, well-defined services. These services can contain code and/or data.
The question for most data warehouse environments isnt whether SOA can improve (or benefit) the data warehouse; its understanding how SOA can benefit a data warehouse.
Weve got lots of clients leveraging SOA to support their data warehouse. Theyve learned they can leverage SOA techniques and coding to deliver standardized data cleansing and data validation to a range of business applications. They have also upgraded the operational system data extraction code to leverage SOA which allowed other application systems (or data marts) to reuse their code.
However, their use of the SOA hasnt been focused on enhancing the data warehouse environment as much as has been focused on packaging their development efforts for others to use. Most data warehouse developers invest heavily in navigating ITs labyrinth of operational systems and application data in order to identify, cleanse, and load data into their warehouses. What theyve learned is that for every new ETL script, there are probably 20 other systems that have to custom developed their own data retrieval code and never documented it. The value that many data warehouse developers find with SOA isnt that they are improving their data warehouse; theyre just addressing the limitations of the application systems.
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