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Bhel Township overviewWhatever your interests are, Bhel Township has something for you. Bhel Township might not have many well-known attractions, but you don't need to travel far to find places worth a visit like Ratnagiri Bala Murugan Temple and Green Thunder Water Theme Park. You may want to expand your exploration to the surrounding area to see Delhi Gate and other sights.
Where to stay in Bhel TownshipWhether you plan to stay for a night or a week, Bhel Township has the right accommodation for you. We have 2 hotels with room prices starting at 35 USD per night, some with discounts of up to 10%.
How to get to Bhel TownshipBhel Township Mukundarayapuram Station is the closest train station, located 0.9 mi (1.5 km) from the city center.
What to see around Bhel TownshipHere are some recommended places to see in the surrounding area:
- • Ratnagiri Bala Murugan Temple (4.5 mi/7.2 km from the city center)
- • Green Thunder Water Theme Park (5.7 mi/9.2 km from the city center)
- • Delhi Gate (6.7 mi/10.8 km from the city center)
When to visit Bhel TownshipDo you want to know the ideal time of year to visit? Here's a list of the seasonal weather norms to help with trip planning:
Seasonal temperature averages
- • January-March: 95°F day, 72°F night
- • April-June: 101°F day, 79°F night
- • July-September: 98°F day, 79°F night
- • October-December: 93°F day, 73°F night
- • January-March: 1.57 inches
- • April-June: 5.16 inches
- • July-September: 13.19 inches
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Anne Leigh Parrish's stories hit an emotional nerve which ensures you will remember them. One of my favorite stories in her newest collection, "By The Wayside," is "Where Love Lies." It is about a woman named Dana who moves to a quiet, yet gossipy, island town to escape her former life. Her self-esteem is wrecked, and she wants to start over and rebuild her confidence and heal herself through her love of painting. However, as she befriends an older man and finds herself attracted to another man closer to her age, she realizes that this beautiful island town is everything but serene, and danger lurks because, as she says: "Hating was far easier than loving, and came more naturally."
Yet Dana survives, as Parrish's female protagonists seem to do. No matter how difficult situations get for these strong women, they persist and often turn out wiser and more confident and capable than they were when we first met them in their stories. Not only do we as readers discover shocking truths about them, but the characters themselves are often surprised at the capabilities they hold inside and of what they are able to achieve if they just have the courage to speak up or to make changes in their lives.
In "How She Was Found," lead character, Fiona, begins the story described as a "mouse." She is compliant and insecure, and these traits are not likely to serve her well when she sets out as the only female on an archaeological dig with her professor and three male fellow graduate students. When she finds the bone of a human hand, she believes her professor will finally take her seriously, as she feels he never listens to her.
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Prolonged use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has no negative effect on renal function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) except among patients who have advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) on initiation of treatment, a prospective cohort study has found.
In patients with a baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) >30 mL/min, subsequent changes over a mean follow-up of 3.2 years were not significantly different between NSAID users and non-users at a mean change in eGFR -0.87 mL/min/year (95% CI minus 1.15-minus 0.59) for those who took NSAIDS and a mean change in eGFR of -0.67 mL/min/year (95% CI minus 1.26-minus 0.09, P=0.63) for those who did not.
The investigators used the classic eGFR estimate according to the Cockroft-Gault formula in their analysis.
When adjusted for potential confounding variables, the decline in renal function remained almost identical in NSAID users versus non-users as well.
All eGFR data were confirmed by results of secondary outcome parameters including the more recent Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula and the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration creatinine equation.
"The evolution in eGFR differed only significantly to the disadvantage of patients [taking] NSAIDs when baseline eGFR was <30 mL/min; no class-specific, substance-specific or cumulative dosing NSAID effects occurred on kidney function over time," Burkhard Moller, MD, Inselspital-University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland, and colleagues write in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
"And we found reassuring data regarding preserved renal function despite long-term NSAID use in the ... majority of RA patients."
The current cohort study was nested within the Swiss clinical quality management (SCQM) database.
Renal function was prospectively followed between 1996 and 2007 in 4,101 RA patients.
Some 2,739 patients were categorized as NSAID users, among whom 1,290 patients were treated with cyclooxygenase type 2 selective NSAIDS.
A total of 1362 patients were NSAID-naive.
In sensitivity analyses, NSAID dosing effects were compared for patients with NSAID registration in ≤/>50% of assessments; ≤/>80% of assessments or ≤/>90% of assessments.
Results on sensitivity analysis evaluating the cumulative dose effects of NSAIDs indicated that deterioration of eGFR was similar among patients who reported NSAID use on over 50% of visits compared with those who reported NSAID use on 50% of visits or less (P=0.08).
The same lack of difference was seen when investigators compared deterioration in eGFR among those who reported NSAID use in over 50% of visits and NSAID-naive patients (P=0.87).
Analogous observations were also made for those who reported NSAID use on over 80% and on over 90% of visits compared with NSAID users below these respective thresholds (P=0.77 and P=0.54) and in comparison with NSAID-naive patients (P=0.66 and P=0.52).
Neither coxibs as a class nor rofecoxib alone demonstrated significantly different effects from other NSAIDs, they add.
"Observational studies have inherent limitations," researchers observe.
For example, there may be possible selection effects on patient referral to rheumatologists in relation to patients' comorbidities, and selection bias needs to be considered with regard to better preservation of renal function in current NSAID users and in patients with high NSAID usage rates.
Researchers also had no data on the precise cumulative dose of NSAID intake which could have introduced a significant type II error in case of only occasional use. Also missing were data on use of diuretics, antibiotics, and blood pressure medications.
"Aggravated renal function decline in our study occurred only in patients with CKD 4 or 5 at baseline," the authors state.
"And ... it appears unjustified to generally deny an effective NSAID treatment in patients after having considered less critical means.'
Given their findings, the authors proposed that clinicians consider an eGFR <30 mL/min. as a contraindication for NSAID use.
The study received no study specific-funding but the SCQM Foundation has received grants from the Swiss Health authorities, the Swiss Academy for Medical Sciences, the JL Warnery Foundation, and the Swiss Society of polyarthritis patients.
The authors had no competing financial interests to declare.
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Hadoop achieves this by storing the data locally on its DataNodes and processing it locally as well. All this is managed efficiently by the NameNode, which is the brain of the Hadoop system. All client applications read/write data through NameNode.
Hadoop has two main components: the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) and a framework for processing large amounts of data in parallel using the MapReduce paradigm
HDFS is a distributed file system layer that sits on top of the native file system for an operating system. For example, HDFS can be installed on top of ext3, ext4, or XFS file systems for the Ubuntu operating system.
It provides redundant storage for massive amounts of data using cheap, unreliable hardware. At load time, data is distributed across all the nodes. That helps in efficient MapReduce processing. HDFS performs better with a few large files (multi-gigabytes) as compared to a large number of small files, due to the way it is designed.
Files are "write once, read multiple times." Append support is now available for files with the new version, but HDFS is meant for large, streaming reads—not random access. High sustained throughput is favored over low latency.
Files in HDFS are stored as blocks and replicated for redundancy or reliability. By default, blocks are replicated thrice across DataNodes; so three copies of every file are maintained. Also, the block size is much larger than other file systems. For example, NTFS (for Windows) has a maximum block size of 4KB and Linux ext3 has a default of 4KB.
Compare that with the default block size of 64MB that HDFS uses.
Name Node
NameNode (or the "brain") stores metadata and coordinates access to HDFS. Metadata is stored in NameNode's RAM for speedy retrieval and reduces the response time (for NameNode) while providing addresses of data blocks. This configuration provides simple, centralized management—and also a single point of failure (SPOF) for HDFS. In previous versions, a Secondary NameNode provided recovery from NameNode failure; but current version provides capability to cluster a Hot Standby (where the standby node takes over all the functions of NameNode without any user intervention) node in Active/Passive configuration to eliminate the SPOF with NameNode and provides NameNode redundancy.
Since the metadata is stored in NameNode's RAM and each entry for a file (with its block locations) takes some space, a large number of small files will result in a lot of entries and take up more RAM than a small number of entries for large files.
Also, files smaller than the block size (smallest block size is 64 MB) will still be mapped to a single block, reserving space they don't need; that's the reason it's preferable to use HDFS for large files instead of small files.


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Bass of the Week: Hot Wire Bass Inlaw 521 BO
German bass company Hot Wire produced a super cool version of their Inlaw 521 BO model with a stunning quilted maple top and matching pickup covers. The "zebra" effect is attained by using a lighter quilted maple and a dark quilted maple to create a sharp contrast. The Inlaw comes in several versions, but the... »
Stories Behind the Songs: Bob Daisley
Without a doubt, Bob Daisley is one of the most influential bassists of all time. For over four decades, Daisley has laid down the low end for everyone from Mungo Jerry to Rainbow to Ozzy Osbourne to Gary Moore. In fact, nearly every one of you reading this right now has probably played his bass... »
Jean-Luc Ponty with Guy Christian Nsangué Akwa: Celtic Steps
Here's a cool video of Guy Christian Nsangué Akwa taking a solo with Jean-Luc Ponty's band on the tune "Celtic Steps." The bassist starts things off pretty cool before working the whole group into a frenzy. (I love the bass freakout at 2:50). As if that wasn't enough, he plays the blazing melody in unison... »
12-Bar Blues: The Complete Guide for Bass
Hal Leonard's Inside the Blues series released earlier this year has an edition focused solely on bass, penned by Dave Rubin. 12-Bar Blues: The Complete Guide for Bass is a book/CD combo offering up a well-rounded approach to learning – or improving – playing various forms of the blues. Rubin starts off with the basics,... »
Hot Tuna Releases "Jorma's 70th Birthday Celebration" DVD
In early December, 2010, Hot Tuna took the stage at New York City's Beacon Theater to celebrate the 70th birthday of guitarist and Hot Tuna co-founder Jorma Kaukonen. The two night event featured an all-star cast, anchored of course by the other co-founder of the group, bassist Jack Casady. The band was in their "electric"... »
Choosing the Right Tone for the Song: On Stage and In Studio
Q: How do you decide what tone to use for different songs? A: This is a great question. And it is one that is very subjective. This will be different for everyone, but I'm happy to share my personal take on it. This is also something that may be very different live than it is... »
Marcus Miller: Run for Cover, Live (2007)
Recorded live at the Java Jazz Festival in 2007, here's Marcus Miller and his band performing a groovy take on "Run for Cover". Love the bass tone on this one. Love the solo. Love the bass face. This is not the first time we've shared a video of Marcus playing this tune… the other time... »
Michael Manring and Kevin Kastning Release "In Winter"
Take two musicians who love to push the boundaries of their respective instruments, put them together, and they still probably won't sound like the pairing of bassist Michael Manring and guitarist Kevin Kastning. The duo have just released In Winter, a twenty track album offering what Manring describes as "avant garde, improvised music with a... »
Reader Spotlight: Cristian Tisselli
Meet bassist Cristian Tisselli, a musician from Argentina with a cool story about following dreams and a great line: "I could play a big stadium or in a small bar, I don't really care." Cristian is a man ahead of his times: he took the approach of turning a guitar into a bass when he... »
Roger Waters Announces Final and Largest Production of "The Wall"
Roger Water's tour of The Wall will be coming to a gigantic finale on July 21st in Quebec City, Quebec. Held at the Fields of Abraham, the recently added concert will be the last tour stop of the current North American trek, but will differ from the rest in that the production will feature a... »


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Students undertaking a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science have the best opportunity to explore the world of technology. They have a chance to adapt to the new developments and ideas in technology. Student incorporate knowledge from the theory part, actual programming to making developments based on computing solutions (Kamthane & Kamal, 2012). Computer scientists have their work falling into three major categories, namely; building and designing of software, making solutions to computer based problems such as sending of information via different networks, storage of information in databases, and offering solutions to problems facing the security sector. Lastly, computer scientists have the opportunity to develop new ways of using computers and coming up with means of addressing certain challenges in robotics, digital forensics, and computer vision.
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We love apps, and we love seeing what has been added in app updates. But there's nothing more annoying than an update that kills your favourite app. Features get removed, the interface gets changed or, worse, it drains your battery overnight because the developers haven't spotted all the bugs in it.
In such cases you have three choices. Uninstall the app and find something else – not an ideal option especially if it's an app you've already paid for – put up with it, or roll back to the previous version you liked so much.
This latter option is what we're going to look at in this tutorial. In order to roll back to an old version you will have to have backed it up in the first place. If you've got a rooted phone and play around with custom ROMs then chances are you have done this without even knowing about it.
Every time you flash a ROM you will (or should, anyway) create a backup. This is a complete snapshot of your system – OS, apps, data, everything. And while an android backup is traditionally used to restore your phone to its previous state, using an app such as Titanium Backup Pro you can selectively restore specific parts of the backup, including apps. So long as the backup predates the last time you updated the app in question you're good to go.
Create the backup
Before you begin you will, of course, need to have a nandroid backup to work with. You should create one whenever you flash a new ROM, and may even have a few older ones on your SD card. If not create one through ROM Manager or CWM Manager, depending on which you use.
Get Titanium Backup Pro
In order to extract files from a nandroid backup you need Titanium Backup Pro, the best backup app for rooted devices. There is a free alternative called Nandroid Browser, although its UI is confusing and it's a much more difficult app to use.
Open Titanium Backup Pro and grant it root permissions when prompted. Now press the menu button on your phone and select Extract from Nandroid backup from the menu that opens. Your list of available backups stored on your memory card will be displayed.
Select your backup
It's a good idea to give your backups a clear name when making them and here's why: when working out which to recover from it's helpful to know what you are recovering and when it was backed up in the first place. Choose your backup and then wait while it is analysed.
View Nandroid contents
Nandroids are pretty big so it will take a couple of minutes before you can see its contents. Even when you've done it before the contents are not cached and it needs to be analysed all over again. You can back out of the app and leave it running in the background while this is taking place.
Pick your apps
You will now see the contents of the nandroid backup. Select App+Data, App Only or Data Only depending on what you want to restore. We'd recommend against choosing Select All, but instead restoring on an as-needed basis. We're going to roll back to an older version of Kobo, so have ticked that box with App+Data.
Ready to go
Now tap the green tick icon in the top right corner. The restore process will begin immediately. Note that the progress bar is not very accurate – the percentage indicator refers to the number of tasks complete rather than how far through each one you are. It will take a minute or two for each task.
Job complete
You can click away from the app while it is processing. When it is done an alert will appear in your notification bar showing you that the app has been restored. Locate the app in the apps pane and open it to make sure that it has been restored properly. Your data should be present and correct too.
Check app updates
Finally locate the app in the Play Store. You'll see that the Update button is in place instead of 'Open'. This means that the app is no longer the most up to date version. Remember that you mustn't update it if you want to keep the older version, and turn auto update off in the Play Store settings.


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The scariest thing I've ever read. After seeing how bad it already is with the tools available, I can only imagine where it will go from here. It's already entirely possible that every single source of information on the internet is compromised in some way, if not an outright fabrication.
This destroys the entire meaning of fact, and fiction. True, False, It makes Fact Checking Irrelevant and Entirely pointless.
For Example, Say you could generate a real to life video of a president making an hour-long speech with perfect accuracy. Completly generate every word he said, then use an army of AI NL Bots to create web articles, news articles, blogs, and now even Vlogs supporting that this event happened in real life.
How could anyone know the difference between that and something that really happened?
There would no longer be any way to tell because every source of information becomes suspect.
"Alarmism can be good — you should be alarmist about this stuff," Ovadya said one January afternoon before calmly outlining a deeply unsettling projection about the next two decades of fake news, artificial intelligence–assisted misinformation campaigns, and propaganda. "We are so screwed it's beyond what most of us can imagine," he said. "We were utterly screwed a year and a half ago and we're even more screwed now. And depending how far you look into the future it just gets worse."
That future, according to Ovadya, will arrive with a slew of slick, easy-to-use, and eventually seamless technological tools for manipulating perception and falsifying reality, for which terms have already been coined — "reality apathy," "automated laser phishing," and "human puppets."
From the Original Article I linked.
Notice how accurate the lipcyncing in the video is. Now note how close up to his face they are showing it. After zooming out to a normal distance, it becomes entirely impossible to tell there is any lip syncing. (In some cases, it's impossible to tell even with that amount of zooming.)
How do I know it's already as bad as claimed? For one, I understand the technology fundementally, and essentially where it's at. I also am, and now maybe was working on an application exactly along these lines. These kinds of applications are already in major use. Companies use them as part of their advertising strategies online. They utilize networks of bots (Automated Twitter, Reddit, Forum, News Site Comments and Facebook Accounts), that all coordinate with eachother, thumbing up eachothers posts, linking to eachother, and generating branding content for their users. Most of this tech is easier to implement than one would imagine, there are frameworks that do the heavy lifting, and in some cases there are external websites (Known as REST api services) which make it even easier, you just pass them some data, they do ALL the work, and pass you back the useful data organized in a nice format like json, or csv, etc.)Recently, Elon Musk and 116 other technology leaders sent a petition to the United Nations calling for new regulations on how such AI weapons are developed. The group stated that the introduction of autonomous technology would be tantamount to a "third revolution in warfare," following the development of gunpowder and nuclear weapons.
An AI arms race doesn't necessarily have to be a winner-takes-all scenario, though. Putin noted that Russia did not want to see any one country "monopolize" the field, and said instead: "If we become leaders in this area, we will share this know-how with entire world, the same way we share our nuclear technologies today."
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ia m travelling to thailand and then onwards to Mumbai and will be in these 2 places around these dates mentioned. If you interested in meeting up for a drink and may be travel a bit too would be good. Hope to hear from you .I havent booked any accommodation nor have any set plans for thailand. I will be visiting Goa in dec not sure atm so if you in Goa let me know and we can plan to catch up too...cheers
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Aloha Friday, Hunger Games
Today is the first day to see Hunger Games in the theatre. 3 weeks ago, I could care less about this movie. It looked like a sci-fi teen love story, which is not my type of thing. But, my friend was just raving about the books, so I had to give it a try. I admit I was still sceptical so I got the free sample for my Nook, first, and by the time I reached the end of the sample, I couldn't get the book downloaded fast enough! I was hooked!
It does take place in the future, but it is more about strength and fighting for what's right, than cheesy sci-fi junk. The book doesn't feel like sci-fi, at all. I'm just hoping the movie can pull off how amazing this book is. (I'm still upset about how Hollywood ruined the Twilight series! Great books, horrible movie!)
My question for you: Will you go see the Hunger Games in the Theatre?
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Ritsuka wrote:Oh my Cthulhu it's ridiculously precious. It is a CRIME to have made such a gorgeous pet-looking model and just tease us with it! We need some more goggies anyway. I think Pugs are almost alarmingly ugly, but Corgis = love.
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There have actually been lots of legendary vehicles developed along the years, and also I guess everything relies on what you are searching for in one to name a favored. If you're going for owning enjoyment, the E30 M3 needs to be up there somehow, no matter if you're a follower of the BMW brand or otherwise.
It's a cars and truck that was developed during the golden era of the Bavarian maker as well as initially it was only constructed to make sure that they could race in numerous motorsport events. In fact, a couple much more iconic BMWs came to life by doing this, as well as we have to be grateful for that.
Returning to the E30 M3, to today a great deal of enthusiasts are stating that it is one of the most effective driving cars worldwide. Are they right in declaring so? Jalopnik editor Travis Okulski absolutely thinks so.
He took one of these charms around the Lime Rock Park circuit and also discovered himself fairly pleased by it. This goes to reveal, once more, that it's not always the power that obtains your blood moving yet a mix of factors probably.
The E30 M3 is the perfect instance here. It just makes use of a 2.3-liter 4-cylinder naturally aspirated engine that made use of to earn, when new, under 200 HP. Nevertheless, the cars and truck was light on its feet; it had perfect equilibrium as well as a framework that was tuned to perfection. Consequently, it was able really to make use of all that power and also deliver the thrills you would certainly anticipate from an M cars and truck.
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Title: And now for an interruption
Author: maiea
Beta: vyce870
Genre: Humour/Adventure/Life
Characters / Pairings: Sanzo/Kougaiji; Sanzo/Toki/Kougaiji
Rating: R (I think?)
Disclaimer: No infringement of any copyrights intended. All characters belong to Kazuya Minekura.
Notes: This is sort of a follow up to this fic but it's not absolutely necessary to read the previous fic to read this one. Yes, it's Bus Gamer Toki, so this is a Saiyuki/Bus Gamer crossover fic. However, this deviates a bit from Bus Gamer canon.
"Kaz, what are you doing? We should get going." The red-head commented. They had just finished their "game" and the blond was fiddling with an old computer panel that filled a wall in the dimly lit room they were in.
"Sorry Toki-san. I just wanted to undo some of the changes I made earlier. I don't want to leave the building's electricity in an overloaded state, it could be dangerous for anyone else who wanders in here." Kazuo explained.
"Fine. Make it quick." Toki wanted to get out of there. Something didn't *feel* right. He could see something was disturbing the magical network in the building, not that he could explain this to his two companions. That would raise questions he didn't want to answer.
Suddenly the flickering fluorescent lights above pulsed brightly for a split second before dimming to nothing.
A thick haze filled the room, and an acrid scent filled Toki's nostrils. He could hear choking noises from Nakajyo and Saito. He supposed the other two were having some difficulty breathing.
Toki fared slightly better. He was thankful for his youkai half as he squinted into the haze. The moonlight streaming in through twin open windows in the room provided the only illumination after the light bulbs blew. He could almost make out two figures amidst the fog. He noticed something else. The magical network was now in complete disarray.
Something went horribly wrong.
It took a few moments for the haze to clear, the breeze through the windows helping to clear the room.
Toki inhaled sharply as he recognized the silhouettes of the two people who appeared so suddenly. He immediately turned to Kazuo and grabbed the front of the younger man's clothes. "WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?!?"
Kazuo was taken aback, never seeing Toki in such a state of fury and panic before. Even Nakajyo was surprised at their teammate's behaviour.
"Ah... Toki-san." Kazuo began nervously, unsure himself of what happened.
It was then that the shorter of the pair that had shown up peered at the red-head and in a confused voice asked, "Toki? Is that you?!"
Team AAA all turned at that moment. The one who had spoken was a youkai, rarely spotted off the mainland these days. His hair was the same shade as Toki's. Next to the youkai stood a blond man clothed in a monk's robes.
Panic that Toki had never known filled him now. His parents, the priest, Genjyo Sanzo and the former Youkai King, Kougaiji stood before him. They had passed away centuries ago, leaving Toki to become the current Youkai King. But they were here. Now. His mind raced.
"Kazuo. What. the. fuck. did. you. do?" Toki once again ground out.
"I..I don't know Toki-san!" Kazuo exclaimed.
"FIND OUT." At that, Toki proceeded to move in front of Sanzo and Kougaiji. He spoke softly this time, in a voice that could barely be heard, "I'm sorry. I wish this was under better circumstances, but as you can probably tell, something went wrong."
Sanzo and Kougaiji only looked from each other to their son, and gave a nod of acknowledgement.
"Come with me." Toki motioned for his parents to follow. He paused briefly, scowled, and turned to Kazuo, "Call me the moment you find anything. And bring me the building plans."
"Well, that was interesting." Nobuto commented. "They seemed to know Toki, and didn't that youkai look a lot like him?"
Kazuo looked up, "He did. Same face, same hair. Do you think he's related to Toki somehow?"
"Who knows?"
Toki finally made it back to his apartment with Sanzo and Kougaiji in tow. He knew how conspicuous it was to be walking around with a monk and a youkai here in modern-day Tokyo, so he was just thankful that it was nighttime so that the three of them drew a few less stares than they would have in broad daylight.
A rare smile played on Toki's face as he pulled off his three silver earrings, setting them down into a small container by the door. His ears instantly transformed into pointed youkai ears, and his hands grew small claws. As he turned the lock on the door in place, he finally spoke. "It's... really good to see you two again."
"Well, we saw you just before we got here, whereever here is, but you were a lot smaller." Kougaiji grinned before pulling his son into a quick hug. Sanzo did the same soon after.
"How old was I when you two were suddenly pulled into this time?"
"About two years old." Sanzo stated. Toki looked slightly shocked, then furrowed his brow. "That means you've been pulled over 1000 years into the future."
"That's great." Sanzo said, the expression on his face clearly showing he felt the opposite.
The next half hour had Toki explaining what had happened that night. He had toyed briefly with the idea of filling in his parents about the past 1000 years but quickly realized that it was likely a bad idea, realizing potential timeline problems if he did. Sanzo and Kougaiji knew better than to ask anyway.
"You're the Youkai King now in this era, Toki?" Kougaiji finally queried, curiosity getting the better of him.
"Yes. But there are fewer matters to attend to in this age, the youkai are more integrated with humans." The reply was slightly evasive, but Toki didn't feel comfortable revealing too much. His youkai dad seemed happy enough with the answer though.
"Heir?" Kougaiji asked next, raising a questioning eyebrow.
"Yes. He's back at Houtou Castle for now. And unlike how I came into the world, I didn't have him through some freak accident." Toki smirked. "I know it's a foreign concept to you two but I actually slept with a female."
"Kouryuu. Our son seems to have inherited your sarcasm." Kougaiji stated as he glanced over at Sanzo who was attempting to stifle a laugh.
Toki rolled his eyes. He decided to ask, "Hey do you want something to drink? Or eat?" He had realized it was pretty late and he himself was getting quite hungry.
"Tea." Sanzo answered.
"Whatever you have is fine." Kougaiji said next.
"Okay." Toki headed to the kitchen.
"This is pretty fucked up isn't it?" Sanzo asked.
"Yeah. Though, I am suspecting that we got pulled here because of me and because of Toki. Whatever messed up or fell out of place, the two of us would have acted as 'magical centres'" Kougaiji furrowed his brow in thought.
"And I got pulled along with you then?"
"Most likely since you were with me. I can't help but wonder if I'm partially responsible though. I remember watching Toki in the garden and thinking what he would be like grown up. Could my brain have unconsciously triggered this."
Sanzo raised one eyebrow.
"Being the Youkai King gives me, and Toki in this age, a lot of power. It takes a long time to master all this power, and as you know I've only been handling it for the past few years." Kougaiji worried. He knew he didn't have enough mastery of his own power and of the magical network to right what had happened.
Sanzo found Kougaiji leaning on his shoulder, the youkai's pointed ear brushing his neck. He felt the need to comfort Kougaiji and so pulled his lover into an embrace.
"Hey Dads.. I've got..." Toki stopped at the scene before him. "GAAAAAAHHHH!!!!! Stop it!! Stop it! Idon'twanttoseemyparentsmakingout!!!"
Sanzo and Kougaiji broke apart from their kiss, both looking slightly amused at Toki's expression of horror.
As their son set down the tray of food and tea on the table before them, Sanzo asked, "Aren't you over a thousand years old now, Toki? You know how you were conceived don't you?" A smirk came over Sanzo's features. Uncharacteristically, he felt the need to tease his son.
"La la la. I am not listening!" Toki clamped his hands over his ears while blushing furiously. Kougaiji and Sanzo laughed but decided to let the incident slip.
"Uh. Sorry my place is kind of small.. I guess you two can take my bed. I'll sleep on the couch." Toki explained after they had finished their light meal. It was really late and he was tired.
"Sure." His human dad said.
"Just um. No sex on my bed please. I'll have to throw it out if you do." Toki shifted his eyes back and forth between his two dads.
"No sex? But do you know how often..." Toki didn't let his youkai dad finish before clamping his hands over his ears again. "Don't want to hear this!"
He suspected that his dads just wanted to torment him now. Or something. They kept *flirting* with each other, so he did the only thing he could think of to keep them from groping each other: he slept in between them on his bed. It was almost like how he used to climb into bed with them back when he was a kid in Houtou Castle a millennia ago. Except he was older than the two of them now. But hey, it worked. As he lay in bed, Toki couldn't remember the last time he felt so content and safe, both his dads embraced him in a hug as his eyes closed and sleep took over.
It was well past noon when Toki slowly began to regain consciousness. He felt a hand stroking one of his pointed ears and a taloned claw stroking his abdomen. He shot up.
"OHMYGOD! You two were groping me!!!" Toki exclaimed in horror as he bolted off the bed and clung to the wall at the foot of the bed.
"Huh?" Kougaiji was slowly blinking awake. Sanzo followed, sitting up groggily.
"Ewgross!Youtwoweregropingme!" Toki, still clinging to the wall, accused his dads by pointing a small taloned finger back and forth between them.
Sanzo and Kougaiji turned to look at each other, slightly horrified expressions on their faces. Synonymously they both uttered, "OOPS."
"We were half asleep. We wern't doing it on purpose." Sanzo tried to explain, face-palming, but Toki still had a look on his face that screamed he had been traumatized by the incident.
"Gah! Never mind. Ew. I'm going to take a shower. Ew." With that Toki stalked off to the bathroom, leaving Sanzo and Kougaiji alone for the moment.
"That was pretty bad." Kougaiji said after Toki disappeared into the bathroom.
"Tell me about it." Sanzo looked over at his lover. He knew that they both felt guilty, despite not being familiar with having their fully grown son sleep with them.
Kougaiji gave a small laugh then. "He's not going to ever let us live this down."
Sanzo made an amused sound, "No, I don't suppose so. I assume he's old enough to get over it though."
When Toki exited the bathroom, he mumbled something about nymphomaniac fathers not being allowed to have sex in the shower before motioning to his dads that they could use it now. He wasn't even going to try to argue anymore about how the two of them shouldn't shower together, because they would. He just prayed that he wouldn't hear any disturbing sounds.
Toki knew he wasn't being very rational. Heck, he was older than they were now and he was no stranger to sex between males.. but it still squicked him because they were his PARENTS.
He prepared some breakfast while reviewing in his mind what had happened last night. Sleep had helped him process the events, or at least helped him think more clearly about the accident that sent his dads spiraling into the present.
Toki realized he should have recognized the disturbance in the magical network, it was similar to something he had seen in the past, back in when he was still in China, at one of the big temples. The disturbance indicated an excess of magical energy in the building. He wondered if the overloaded electrical systems somehow triggered the magical energy, and if his mind somehow unconsciously commanded his fathers to come from the past. He had been missing them terribly in the past few months, though they had passed away quite a long time ago. Toki slapped his forehead then, realizing he might have been partially responsible for the accident.
"Kou, should we be doing this?" Sanzo asked as the youkai moved to kneel in front of him in the shower.
"Just keep quiet. As long as Toki doesn't hear you, it'll be fine." Kougaiji warned. The sight of a completely naked and wet Sanzo proved irresistible. A naked and wet Sanzo in such close quarters made him uncontrollably horny. Kougaiji trailed his claws down the monk's sides before moving to grasp Sanzo's hips.
Sanzo gave a quiet gasp as he felt a mouth encircling him, and a long youkai tongue teasing him. He attempted to find purchase on the slick tiled wall, afraid that his knees might give out.
Kougaiji twirled his tongue around the blond's cock before taking Sanzo in and sucking in earnest. He could tell the blond was close. Sanzo gave a few muffled grunts and it didn't take much longer before Kougaiji hungrily swallowed the monk's seed.
Leaning against the wall, Sanzo was breathing heavily when he felt the press of Kougaiji's chest against his body as the youkai slid up against him for a wanton kiss. The monk reached down between them and grasped Kougaiji's cock as he manoeuvred to capture the youkai between himself and the wall.
Toki sipped his tea while eying his dads suspiciously as they exited the bathroom. They took a long time in there, and while he didn't hear anything, he supposed they might have just made an effort to keep quiet. Actually he was pretty sure they did do something in there, they both looked too content to NOT have had sex in his bathroom. Toki made a mental note to bleach his shower later.
"Hey Dad...er, Dads. I got a call from Kazuo saying he has the building plans for me. I'm going to head out for a little while. Want to come with me, or stay here?" Toki asked as he offered his parents some breakfast.
Kougaiji looked to Sanzo before answering, "It might be interesting to see what this era is like, why not?"
"Okay." Toki wandered to his closet and pulled out some of his clothes to lend his dads. "You two look kinda conspicuous though. Actually scratch that, you two look like a couple of hookers."
His dads blinked in surprise. Sanzo asked, "We do?"
"Yes, you do. Without the robe, you're wearing that black thing that just screams rentboy, and you..." He pointed to his youkai dad, "Fishnet and low-rise pants?? Gah! You look like some sort of gay hustler."
Sanzo turned and looked at Kougaiji. "Should we be offended, dear? Our son called us whores."
Toki waved his arms, exasperated. "Look like! I said look like! No one dresses like that here if they want to look respectable."
He had managed to convince his dads to cover up somewhat. His human dad took a hoodie and wore it over his black top while his youkai dad changed into a t-shirt and wore his extra set of power limiters when Toki explained that youkai were a lot less common in this country than back on the mainland.
Somehow though, he almost wished he told them to stay home. He did enjoy spending time with his parents, but it was also a bit embarrassing. The two were ridiculously fascinated by modern-day Tokyo and kept commenting on everyday things such as how the subway was an amazing invention and they were intrigued by the vending machines littering the city. To his eternal horror, one dad spotted lube in a vending machine and wanted to buy it with the excuse of wanting to see how it worked. He pulled his dad away from THAT particular machine and offered to buy him a beer from the adjacent vending machine instead.
After walking a little further, they finally reached the ramen place where Toki spotted his teammates at a table inside. He and his dads joined them at the table and they proceeded to pour over the building plans that Kazuo had laid out on the table beforehand.
After the group had placed their orders, Toki and Kougaiji proceeded to talk about things that made little sense to the other three at the table. Kazuo and Nobuto could swear the two red-heads were almost speaking a foreign language. While Sanzo recognized the subject matter – the magical network that brought him and Kougaiji here – he didn't really understand the technicalities the youkai and half youkai were talking about.
At a lull in the conversation, Kazuo asked Kougaiji, "You're a youkai right? How come you look human now?"
Kougaiji pointed to the three silver earrings adorning his left ear. "They're power limiters."
"Eh?!" Kazuo exclaimed, "Those look just like the ones Toki-san is wearing..." Before Kazuo could continue, Nobuto kicked him under the table to silence their youngest team member. Toki face-palmed but said nothing.
"See you." Toki casually waved goodbye to his teammates as he and his parents left the restaurant. The building plans clarified some things about what had happened the previous night. After studying the plans and discussing the flow of the magical network with his youkai dad, they had realized that the room in the building had a high concentration of magical energy and indeed an overloaded electrical system had triggered some sort of reaction that was unconsciously guided by the both of them.
They also realized the next optimal time to attempt to return to the past would be in three days time, so Toki instructed Kazuo to meet them there then, and attempt to overload the electrical systems again.
"Nobuto-san. Toki-san is a youkai isn't he?" The blond questioned his taller teammate.
"Seems like it." Nobuto replied. "He'll never confirm it one way or another, though."
"Because he doesn't want to talk about his personal life, I know. I can't help thinking he looks a lot like that other red-haired guy though. I really wonder if they're related."
Nobuto only shrugged as he bid farewell to the blond.
Three days with his dads before attempting to send them back. Toki wasn't quite sure how he felt about that. On one hand, he was really glad to have them around, he had missed them a lot. On the other hand, he also wondered how he was going to survive another three days with them. Living with his parents back at Houtou Castle a millennia ago was nothing like this.
"Where are we going?" Sanzo asked.
"Uh. Oh." Toki realized then that he was unconsciously wandering. "Hmm, I'm not sure. I guess I should show you two around, huh?"
The rest of the afternoon was spent sightseeing. Toki brought them to the usual tourist spots, and his human dad, understandably, seemed quite interested in seeing a couple of temples in the area. He kept commenting at how they differed from the ones he was familiar with.
Both his dads seemed quite taken aback at how large and crowded the city was. As night fell, the neon lights flickered on and his dads once again remarked how amazing the city was. They were also fascinated by the array of shops and restaurants. Toki knew then that all he had to do was take his dads shopping for the next two days and they'd be happy.
Which may again have been a mistake.
His youkai dad spotted a condom shop. "What are those Toki? Why do people wear those things over their..."
"You don't need them." Toki cut him off and tugged on Kougaiji's arm, leading him away from the shop.
Sanzo stifled a grin. Their son appeared to be dissuading them from seeing anything sexual in nature.
"But Toki, what are they for?" Kougaiji pressed, genuinely curious as to their purpose.
Toki look at his dads, face reddening somewhat. He sighed and decided to just blurt it out to avoid any further questioning. "Birth control and to prevent diseases transmitted sexually." Toki saw some confusion in his dads faces when he mentioned diseases. "They've become more prevalent in this age."
"Ah." Sanzo and Kougaiji said in unison.
Thankfully that night passed uneventfully. His dads seemed tired enough from all the walking they did that day that they spent little effort in attempting to grope each other. Toki made a mental note to have them walk further tomorrow.
He didn't want to take any chances though. Despite the trauma earlier that day, Toki decided to attempt sleeping between his dads again. He'd rather risk accidental groping than waking up to seeing his dads naked and screwing each other senseless.
Besides, while he was reluctant to admit it, he liked the comforting feeling of his dads arms around him when he slept.
Daylight filtered in through the shut blinds in the bedroom. Toki attempted to ignore it for as long as possible but he eventually drifted into consciousness. Momentarily, he felt confusion at being crowded on his bed, then he remembered. He forced his eyes open and looked from his left to his right. They were still asleep. And more importantly, they weren't groping him in his sleep.
With this knowledge, Toki decided he was in the best place in the world at the moment. He wanted to stay here for as long as possible, between his parents, so he decided to stay laying in bed. Sometime after that, Toki drifted back to sleep.
"Oi. Toki." Sanzo stood over the side of the bed, tapping his son on the shoulder.
"Guh. Huh?" Toki sat up blearily and yawned. "Oh, hi Dad."
Sanzo sat down on the edge of the bed. "It's past noon, so I figured I should wake you up."
Kougaiji walked into the bedroom. "I also cooked some breakfast from what I could identify in your kitchen."
Before he realized it, three days had passed. Toki thought back and surmised that the three days spent with his parents was a lot of fun.
With the exception of a couple of incidents such as accidentally seeing them fornicating in the bathroom in the middle of the night. That was something he would never be able to unsee. There was also that time when he momentarily lost them in the city, and upon realizing the presence of a sex shop a few paces back, found them there perusing the bondage equipment. He sincerely wanted to block that memory.
On the other hand, it was fun taking them to an amusement park and seeing them try cotton candy for the first time. It was also fun to bring them into an arcade and seeing his youkai dad quickly pick up the games. His human dad didn't seem to understand them though.
Most of all, he just really enjoyed their company. They reminisced about his birth and the first couple years of his life. He told them, in vague terms, about his reign as Youkai King, and about his family.
"Toki-san, I've made all the preparations you asked for." Kazuo stated. Nakajyo was standing beside the bespectacled blond. While he wasn't needed, curiosity got the better of him so he silently observed his teammates and the other two people Toki knew.
Toki gave a nod and approached his parents. "I guess this is goodbye." He gave a lopsided grin, not quite able to process his feelings at sending his dads back in time.
"Bye Toki." Sanzo and Kougaiji said in reply, neither knowing exactly what to say to their grown son whom they had gotten to know in the past few days. Instead they opted to hug Toki instead.
"Are you ready Toki?" Kougaiji asked, pulling off the power limiters on his ear. As he did this, the youkai felt his full power swell within him.
"Yeah." Toki mirrored his youkai dad's motions and similarly pulled off his power limiters. He could hear his teammates gasp somewhere in the background, but their reactions were unimportant at the moment.
Concentrating on the task at hand, both former and present Youkai Kings started to chant. They were attempting to bend the magical network to their will.
This time there was no foul smell, no smoke, just the brightest flash of light. It forced Toki to shut his eyes for fear of being blinded by the intensity. When he opened them, his parents were gone, as if they were never there.
He let a small smile escape his lips. Well, he thought, every thing's back the way it should be.
The end.
Afterword: Youkai kings and the ability to manipulate magic - I read a fic by KA Rose a while back where she came up with this idea that Youkai Kings basically had control over magic in the world. I ended up using that idea here to help explain time travel.
Okay, now for some random ficbits that take place during the above story that I wrote off the top of my head and are unbeta-ed...
"Toki, what are these for?" Kougaiji asked his son, holding out a small pair of earbuds at arms length.
"You listen to music on them." Toki replied offhandedly.
"How do you do that? And how can such small things play music?" Kougaiji continued to query Toki about the earbuds, holding one of the pair between his thumb and forefinger and examining it careully.
Toki gave an annoyed sigh. Why was it that the stupidest most inconsequential things in this century never fail to pique his youkai dad's interest? "You put them in your ears. Here." Toki showed Kougaiji how to insert the earbuds and powered on the attached mp3 player.
His dad's face clearly showed amazement at the device. Toki figured that would amuse him for a while and headed to the kitchen to make lunch.
A short while later, Kougaiji popped his head into the kitchen. "Toki, these things keep falling out of my ears."
He didn't even have to turn around. Toki unsuccessfully stifled a laugh. "They're made for *human* ears, dad."
"Toki, what's this?"
He wanted to remain in bed asleep, but he remembered his dads were around and likely poking
around in his apartment so he blearily cracked one eye open.
His youkai dad stood at the foot of his bed holding out his black sweater with the feathers.
Crap. "It's just a sweater, dad."
Kougaiji cocked an eyebrow. "It's very...gay."
If he wasn't still in bed he'd be facepalming. As it was, Toki opted to bury his face in his
pillow instead. He murmured, "I know."
Toki sat on his bed, brain still feeling fuzzy after his human dad had just woken him up. He needed a few minutes to collect his thoughts and gather the willpower to climb out of bed and NOT lie back down. That would lead to further sleeping.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw his human dad back in monk's robes curiously peering into his open closet, and then rifling through his clothes. He didn't know what was so interesting, personally, but he supposed modern day clothing was different enough to warrant the attention.
"Didn't you just lecture Kou and I yesterday about conspicuous clothing?" Sanzo asked, pulling out one outfit from the closet.
He looked up, a sinking feeling in his stomach. Yup. His human dad was holding up the black sleeveless mock-neck shirt.
"This looks a lot like..." Sanzo started but was interrupted as Toki snatched the shirt from his dad and hung it back into his closet.
"I know. I only bought it because it reminded me of you. Besides it doesn't really fit me that well." Toki mumbled, a bit embarrassed by his admission.
"Hmm." Sanzo continued then to look through the rest of his son's strange clothing much to Toki's frustration.
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Enter IAGO and RODERIGO
Here, stand behind this bulk; straight will he come:
Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home:
Quick, quick; fear nothing; I'll be at thy elbow:
It makes us, or it mars us; think on that,
And fix most firm thy resolution.
Be near at hand; I may miscarry in't.
Here, at thy hand: be bold, and take thy stand.
I have no great devotion to the deed;
And yet he hath given me satisfying reasons:
'Tis but a man gone. Forth, my sword: he dies.
I have rubb'd this young quat almost to the sense,
And he grows angry. Now, whether he kill Cassio,
Or Cassio him, or each do kill the other,
Every way makes my gain: live Roderigo,
He calls me to a restitution large
Of gold and jewels that I bobb'd from him,
As gifts to Desdemona;
It must not be: if Cassio do remain,
He hath a daily beauty in his life
That makes me ugly; and, besides, the Moor
May unfold me to him; there stand I in much peril:
No, he must die. But so: I hear him coming.
Enter CASSIO
Enter CASSIO
I know his gait, 'tis he.--Villain, thou diest!
Makes a pass at CASSIO
Makes a pass at CASSIO
That thrust had been mine enemy indeed,
But that my coat is better than thou know'st
I will make proof of thine.
Draws, and wounds RODERIGO
Draws, and wounds RODERIGO
O, I am slain!
IAGO from behind wounds CASSIO in the leg, and exit
IAGO from behind wounds CASSIO in the leg, and exit
I am maim'd for ever. Help, ho! murder! murder!
Enter OTHELLO
Enter OTHELLO
The voice of Cassio: Iago keeps his word.
O, villain that I am!
It is even so.
O, help, ho! light! a surgeon!
'Tis he:--O brave Iago, honest and just,
That hast such noble sense of thy friend's wrong!
Thou teachest me. Minion, your dear lies dead,
And your unblest fate hies: strumpet, I come.
Forth of my heart those charms, thine eyes, are blotted;
Thy bed, lust-stain'd, shall with lust's blood be spotted.
Enter LODOVICO and GRATIANO
Enter LODOVICO and GRATIANO
What, ho! no watch? no passage? murder! murder!
'Tis some mischance; the cry is very direful.
O, help!
O wretched villain!
Two or three groan: it is a heavy night:
These may be counterfeits: let's think't unsafe
To come in to the cry without more help.
Nobody come? then shall I bleed to death.
Re-enter IAGO, with a light
Re-enter IAGO, with a light
Here's one comes in his shirt, with light and weapons.
Who's there? whose noise is this that ones on murder?
We do not know.
Did not you hear a cry?
Here, here! for heaven's sake, help me!
What's the matter?
This is Othello's ancient, as I take it.
The same indeed; a very valiant fellow.
What are you here that cry so grievously?
Iago? O, I am spoil'd, undone by villains!
Give me some help.
O me, lieutenant! what villains have done this?
I think that one of them is hereabout,
And cannot make away.
O treacherous villains!
What are you there? come in, and give some help.
To LODOVICO and GRATIANO
To LODOVICO and GRATIANO
O, help me here!
That's one of them.
O murderous slave! O villain!
Stabs RODERIGO
Stabs RODERIGO
O damn'd Iago! O inhuman dog!
Kill men i' the dark!--Where be these bloody thieves?--
How silent is this town!--Ho! murder! murder!--
What may you be? are you of good or evil?
As you shall prove us, praise us.
Signior Lodovico?
He, sir.
I cry you mercy. Here's Cassio hurt by villains.
How is't, brother!
My leg is cut in two.
Marry, heaven forbid!
Light, gentlemen; I'll bind it with my shirt.
Enter BIANCA
Enter BIANCA
What is the matter, ho? who is't that cried?
Who is't that cried!
O my dear Cassio! my sweet Cassio! O Cassio,
Cassio, Cassio!
O notable strumpet! Cassio, may you suspect
Who they should be that have thus many led you?
I am to find you thus: I have been to seek you.
Lend me a garter. So. O, for a chair,
To bear him easily hence!
Alas, he faints! O Cassio, Cassio, Cassio!
Gentlemen all, I do suspect this trash
To be a party in this injury.
Patience awhile, good Cassio. Come, come;
Lend me a light. Know we this face or no?
Alas my friend and my dear countryman
Roderigo! no:--yes, sure: O heaven! Roderigo.
What, of Venice?
Even he, sir; did you know him?
Know him! ay.
Signior Gratiano? I cry you gentle pardon;
These bloody accidents must excuse my manners,
That so neglected you.
I am glad to see you.
How do you, Cassio? O, a chair, a chair!
He, he 'tis he.
A chair brought in
O, that's well said; the chair!
A chair brought in
Some good man bear him carefully from hence;
I'll fetch the general's surgeon.
To BIANCA
For you, mistress,
Save you your labour. He that lies slain
here, Cassio,
Was my dear friend: what malice was between you?
To BIANCA
None in the world; nor do I know the man.
To BIANCA What, look you pale? O, bear him out
o' the air.
CASSIO and RODERIGO are borne off
Stay you, good gentlemen. Look you pale, mistress?
Do you perceive the gastness of her eye?
Nay, if you stare, we shall hear more anon.
Behold her well; I pray you, look upon her:
Do you see, gentlemen? nay, guiltiness will speak,
Though tongues were out of use.
Enter EMILIA
CASSIO and RODERIGO are borne off
Enter EMILIA
'Las, what's the matter? what's the matter, husband?
Cassio hath here been set on in the dark
By Roderigo and fellows that are scaped:
He's almost slain, and Roderigo dead.
Alas, good gentleman! alas, good Cassio!
This is the fruit of whoring. Prithee, Emilia,
Go know of Cassio where he supp'd to-night.
To BIANCA
What, do you shake at that?
He supp'd at my house; but I therefore shake not.
O, did he so? I charge you, go with me.
Fie, fie upon thee, strumpet!
I am no strumpet; but of life as honest
As you that thus abuse me.
As I! foh! fie upon thee!
Kind gentlemen, let's go see poor Cassio dress'd.
Come, mistress, you must tell's another tale.
Emilia run you to the citadel,
And tell my lord and lady what hath happ'd.
Will you go on? I pray.
This is the night
That either makes me or fordoes me quite.
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Story by: Dave Hazzan, Photos by: Michael Roy On a subway in Seoul, Beauty Epps is approached by a middle-aged Korean woman. "Africa!" the Korean says. "No," Epps, a young African-American woman, calmly replies. "American. Migukin." "No," the Korean woman replies. "Africa." Then, after a pause, the Korean woman says, "We domesticated you." In Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province, … [Read more...]
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Story by: Elliott Ashby, Photos by: Michael Roy I never experienced so much random kindness until I moved to Korea. One cold winter day in 2009, an older Korean lady walked up to me, took off her scarf, and wrapped it around my neck. I tried to refuse the gesture but she smiled and insisted I take it. People have gone out of their way to make me feel at home in their … [Read more...]


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Velma Hart, the woman made famous at the CNBC Town Hall in September for questioning President Obama about the economy, remains upbeat, following the loss of her job on Friday.
"There's some 'bandwidth' for me to look for the right opportunity, and I'm grateful for that," Hart told CNBC Tuesday. Hart was laid off on Friday from her position as CFO of AmVets, a nonprofit veterans organization, due to budget cuts.


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The Northern Territory-based Traditional Credit Union is not a "traditional" credit union at all.
Yes, it is a financial institution offering all basic banking services to a growing number of customers.
But it's much more than that.
The Indigenous-owned TCU is a "social enterprise" as well as a place for Aboriginal people to keep their savings.
It provides employment and training in remote communities where jobs are scarce – and plays a crucial role in
improving financial literacy in the bush.
Published: TerritoryQ Issue 14 (Jan 2017)
The Traditional Credit Union still believes in something increasingly rare – something traditional.
And that's talking to people face to face.
Of course, TCU has an online banking system as sophisticated as any financial institution.
But it also gives 8000 members the chance to talk to customer service officers. No talking to a machine, no being kept on hold for half an hour. Just talking over the counter or in the privacy of an interview room.


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Kinds of Robots 2 ROV
ROV stands for remotely operated vehicle. This category can be problematic about whether or not a specific ROV is a robot.
Mars rovers have substantial on board intelligence and many sensors. Because of the time lag due to the great distance between the operator on Earth and the rover on Mars, these vehicles can not be controlled directly. The receive a list containing goals, commands, and schedules from their operator and then carry them out autonomously (on their own). To me these are clearly robots.
Airplanes whose pilot is not on board, but at a remote console are not considered robots, by their makers and pilots. They have more sophisticated auto pilots than most airplanes, but are wholly dependent upon the pilot at the console for each individual motion. The pilot has all knowledge of the mission the plane has none.
Yet, on TV, we see Robot Wars, Battlebots, etc. that are popularly considered to be robots although they contain no computer or sensors of any kind. Functionally, they are exactly the same as radio controlled model cars which are not robots.
Are you confused yet? Clearly, I am.
F.I.R.S.T. , the excellent competition for high schools students has both ROV's and AMR's and calls both robots. Many of the college robot competitions on TV science shows or Robot Rivals are ROV's


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Thanks and Giving
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I've noticed this thing going around on social media such as facebook, where people list something daily that they are thankful for. I'm not so sure why November seems to be the time that everyone gives 'thanks' for what they have, it's really something we should be doing every day of our lives. I'm guilty too…we live in a fast paced, materialistic world and we often forget to be thankful for the simple things in our lives; things like a home, food, water, and love.
I want you to meet someone. Her name is Matty. She is very thankful…very thankful. Not that she has had a lot to be thankful for in her short little life as Matty is only about 2 years old. At some point, Matty was discarded at the shelter…neglected, unwanted, and miserable. Matty had been at the rescue for quite some time and no one had even thought of rescuing her. Not until NAPCG member April Perry walked in the door. The staff begged April to take her, as her time was nearing an end and Matty would be euthanized.
April found Matty cowering in the corner of her cage…terrified and alone. She was a matted, filthy mess. She had twelve inch long matts hanging from her body that were caked with urine and feces. April was warned to use caution when reaching in the cage for Matty, but her sister had accompanied her and she wrapped her hand in a towel and reached inside anyway. Matty never moved a muscle…she was too terrified.
After a long day of work with regular clients, April took Matty to her salon at 8:30 p.m. to begin the cleaning and grooming process. April could have simply shaved her naked, but her heart broke looking into those sad eyes that could not understand what was happening. Eyes that were not only sad, but also lonely, confused, and afraid. April wanted to do everything she could to keep this little girl safe, yet leave her some dignity by saving even a tiny amount of hair.
April is a very skilled, professional groomer, and it took every ounce of skill and patience to get the job done. She worked on Matty for three hours that night…then another two hours the next day. She accomplished her goal of keeping Matty safe, yet retaining some amount of coat for the little girl. Matty was good for the long and tedious process. The only time she panicked was when the water was turned on to rinse her. By the time the job was done, Matty trusted April enough to stand for photos.
Matty is now in a foster home with April…awaiting a forever home. She is an absolute sweetheart who is content to lie at your feet while watching television. She has a new bed that she loves and insists that it be with her at all times. She is housebroken, but you must be willing to accompany her outside.
Want to know what I am thankful for? I am thankful that Matty, a single dog in the thousands who fill shelters across the country, was saved. Think that saving one dog doesn't make a difference? Tell that to Mattie; a dog whose spirit had been broken by neglectful abuse and was mere days away from death, but now has a second chance at a new life.
I am thankful that there are people like April Perry in this world, people who give of themselves to help those animals in need. April wasn't paid or compensated for what she did. She did it because she saw a dog who desperately needed help; a dog who didn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of being adopted. She did it because her heart broke at the sight of a helpless soul who truly needed her. Matty may not have 'words' to speak with, but she didn't need them…her eyes told April everything she needed to know.
I'm sure Matty would gladly post what she is grateful for…but like so many furkids, she doesn't have that option. This is why it is our responsibility to be the voice for those who cannot speak. So while everyone plays the facebook game of posting what you are thankful for, please don't forget that "giving" is just as important as "thanks".
If you are interested in adopting Matty and giving her the forever home she deserves, please contact Roll Over Animal Rescue at (847-703-0337) or ([email protected])
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The Gathering Place is center stage for Alaska Native dancing, compelling Native Games demonstrations and intriguing storytelling. New to our summer programming are interactive Alaska Native dance and games demonstrations! Join us and participate in learning a song or practice a traditional game with one of our staff on stage.
The Hall of Cultures features exhibits and demonstrating Alaska Native artists. Visitors discover more about each of the five major culture groups through engaging exhibits. Alaska Native craft activities will keep the children entertained.
Alaska Native artist vendors demonstrate and sell their work in the work areas in the Hall of Cultures. Take home a piece of traditional Alaska Native made art!
The Theatre hosts a variety of movies all day, including the Heritage Center produced film, "Stories Given, Stories Shared." This introductory film offers an opportunity to learn about the many different cultures of Alaska Native people, its beautiful landscape and climates all highlighted from each of the regions in Alaska.
Guests stroll through six authentic life-sized Native dwellings situated in a wooded area around beautiful Lake Tiulana and are introduced to the traditional life ways of the Athabascan, Inupiaq/St. Lawrence Island Yupik, Yup'ik/Cup'ik, Aleut, Alutiiq, and the Eyak, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian peoples.
Each village site has a traditional structure along with artifacts that each group used in their daily lives. Make sure to see the whale bones at the Inupiaq site; a favorite spot for picture-taking. Visit with the culture representatives in each village site.
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Someone shared this link with me today. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/is-jesus-christ-a-socialist/
It's a good read but the best part was the poll at the bottom of the article:
"Do you think Jesus was a socialist?"
If you have a minute, cast your vote today!
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I've already addressed this issue on my blog post "Why are Christians conservative?". http://www.atheistnexus.org/profiles/blogs/why-are-christians-conse...
He wasn't a socialist because socialists believe in government. Jesus clearly did not believe that human government had much of a place to say anything. He fits the definition of a libertarian socialist, which is just short of anarchism (in that they do believe in a MINIMAL form of government) with socialist function. That is, sharing everything, the wealthy give to the poor, et cetera.
Here's the modern American Christian logic:
If "A," Jesus loves America, and "B," America is not socialist, then "C," Jesus cannot possibly be socialist.
It's called projection. Jesus was a monarchist to the royalty of medieval Europe. Jesus is a communist to many eastern Europeans and hippies. And Jesus is a democratic republican to most Americans. Of note, the Bible gives us reasons to believe all of these claims.
"Jesus was a socialist. What kind of government will be formed in heaven?
Someone has mentioned that in a perfect world there would be no need for government assistance because everyone would give to charity anyways.
Well, where are all these so called Christians that are giving their extra hard earned money to the poor and needy now?
I know the answer, they don't have extra money because they are spending it on: big screen tvs, cell phones, iPods, iPads, computers, laptops, high-speed internet, XBox, Playstations, cable tv, magazine subscriptions, nice homes in safe neighborhods, leasing cars, taking out car loans, multiple cars, day care, traveling on vacations, plastic surgery, trending clothes, fast food, organic foods, microwaves, refrigerators, and jewelry.
Yep, that sounds like the kind of things Jesus would want his followers to speed extra money on when it could have went to help starving children and the less fortunate.
It sounds like all these Christians that are saying, "Jesus is not a socialist", want their spoils without the guilt."
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Israel's economy should grow 4.1 percent in the coming year, fueled by exports, consumer spending and home construction, Israel's Jerusalem-based Central Bureau of Statistics announced this week.
The bureau predicts that exports, which account for about half of gross domestic product, will climb 13.1%, after falling 12.5% in 2009, and that consumer spending will increase 5% and residential building by 11.1%.
Israel's rebound from the global financial crisis has been aided by strong domestic spending and a technology industry aimed at global businesses, says Jonathan Katz, a Jerusalem-based economist for HSBC Holdings Plc, according to reports from Bloomberg's financial and business news service.
Soli Peleg, head of the bureau's macroeconomic division, says that last year Israel wasn't hurt as badly as other developed countries were, and that this year the country is continuing to grow faster than the others.
The bureau's growth estimate compares with the Bank of Israel's April forecast of 3.7% and Central Bank Governor Stanley Fischer said last week that the bank was likely to raise that prediction.
The bureau also says that Israel's economy expanded 0.8% in 2009 and growth this year is expected to be about the same as in 2008 when the expansion was 4.2%. In the four years preceding the global economic crisis, the economy expanded by between 4.9 to 5.7% annually.


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The Home Affairs Select Committee has today released a report criticising the government for the way it is introducing its legislation on new psychoactive substances (so-called "legal highs"), and for its failure to look at evidence from other countries that have tried blanket bans like the one being implemented in the UK. The Committee questions whether the new law will work in its current form.
Transform's senior policy analyst, Steve Rolles, appeared on the Victoria Derbyshire show this morning to discuss the news, and the ban on NPS more broadly. You can watch the show on the BBC iPlayer (the relevant section starts around 32:40), or watch a short clip here.
The HASC press release is reproduced below. To read more about Transform's concerns about this legislation, read our submission to the HASC inquiry into the NPS bill, which we produced with Release.
HASC press release
In a report published today, Friday 23 October 2015, ahead of the Committee stages of the Bill, the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee says the potentially "overwhelming" problem of new psychoactive substances (NPS) must be tackled, but that the speed at which the Government is proceeding with the legislation means that a number of serious concerns about the Bill have not been addressed.
The Committee made the following conclusions:
- The speed at which the Government has brought this legislation forward, without any consultation on the specific detail of the Bill, has resulted in some weaknesses being identified.
- The terminology used to describe substances of this nature has long been ill-defined. The use of the term 'legal highs' is both misleading and inappropriate. It sends out a message to young people that these substances are both 'legal' and will have a 'desirable' effect. This has tempted people to experiment with these substances, sometimes with disastrous consequences.
- Professor Iverson, Chair of the ACMD said that alkyl nitrites, also known as 'poppers' were "not seen to be capable of having harmful effects sufficient to constitute a societal problem" and therefore we recommend they should not be banned.
- If the legislation is to achieve its aims, it must deter producers and suppliers from making psychoactive substances available. According to Police Scotland, it is questionable how this will be done if these people cannot be successfully prosecuted. It appears that the ACMD might have provided a solution through their definition of psychoactive substances, and we call on the Government to assess whether this approach would result in more successful prosecutions.
- Successive governments' spending on education on the dangers of NPS has been shockingly inadequate to date. Action must be taken now to educate young people about NPS through stronger and wider public information campaigns.
- There is a lack of clarity in the Bill with regard to the relative harm associated with different types of NPS and the appropriate sentence commensurate with the offence.
- There is substantial evidence that the market for NPS is already moving online, which, due to the anonymity that the internet can provide, is a challenge for prosecuting authorities to monitor and control. The Government and the police should publish an action plan setting out how they will tackle the challenges of displacement of sales to the internet, including by working with internet providers and overseas jurisdictions. We are particularly concerned about the importation of psychoactive substances via courier services.
Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chair of the Committee, said:
"Britain uses more psychoactive substances than any other country in Europe and is at risk of being overwhelmed by the sheer scale of this problem. Legislating on this issue is the right thing to do, however doing so at speed without any consultation may be counterproductive. The concerns expressed have been dealt with in a piecemeal manner and there has been unsatisfactory communication with the Advisory Council, the very body that the Ministers should rely on for advice.
There should have been an impact assessment of the ban of NPS in Ireland before the Bill was published, which would have given us a complete picture of what was likely to happen in the UK. It is very disappointing that this did not take place.
A young person dying as a result of using these substances on a night out is every parent's worst nightmare. We are dealing with unscrupulous people, often involved in activities thousands of miles away, who care nothing about damaging health and lives and even causing death in the pursuit of profit. We should use every effort to ensure that the sale of NPS does not move en masse from the high street onto the internet. This would be disastrous. The absence of a public education campaign warning young people of the dangers of NPS is lamentable."


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This is a guest post from Micah Ali, of the Compton Creek (California) Mosquito Abatement District
One of the chief responsibilities of government is to educate people about the risks of exposure to—and ways to prevent the spread of—a public health crisis. I refer, specifically, to mosquito-borne illnesses such as West Nile virus and the Zika virus, potentially lethal conditions that demand a combination of civic outreach, community-based preparedness, action by individual men and women, and couples and families, as well as the engagement of schools and other institutions.
I write these words from experience because, as President of the Compton Creek Mosquito Abatement District, I know that an epidemic like the one described above—a threat that continues to spread with unprecedented speed and ferocity—requires leadership, on the one hand, and the dissemination of relevant information, on the other. I understand that, for the good of my constituents and the betterment of all citizens throughout the United States, we must make this matter a top priority.
That process begins like any other campaign to improve personal health and wellness: It operates from a foundation of intelligence and wisdom, where you must make the former intelligible so you can ensure respect for the latter; it involves patience and conversation, inviting questions about issues big and small; it includes practical steps to isolate this or that challenge; it revolves around attentiveness, from public officials, and answers, for concerned members of the public; it requires constant vigilance on behalf of achieving a consequential victory.
These rules extend to so many facets of life, because they show how they can influence the outcome of one situation and inspire positive results for a multitude of other scenarios. The emphasis, then, is where it should; where it must be—on education and in-class programs for students and teachers, which mobilize people of all ages and interests, guaranteeing that no one is unaware of—that no one is without recourse to—the solutions to avoid a crisis or stop an epidemic.
Think of these guidelines as a primer for individual safety and collective protection.
If we adopt this advice, and if we abide by these suggestions, then we will be stronger—and healthier—for many years to come.


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Auburn in Placer County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
The Auburn Joss House
by the
Native Sons of the Golden West
Barney Noel, Grand President
In Memory of James D. Phelan, United States Senator
Erected 2005 by Native Sons of the Golden West.
Marker series. This marker is included in the Native Sons/Daughters of the Golden West marker series.
Location. 38° 53.684′ N, 121° 4.705′ W. Marker is in Auburn, California, in Placer County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Sacramento Street and Brewery Lane. Touch for map. The marker is located behind the Joss House. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 Sacramento Street, Auburn CA 95603, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. Bosse-Morgan Building (within shouting distance of this marker); American Hotel (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Chinese Houses (about 300 feet away); The Tsuda Grocery (about 300 feet away); Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (about 400 feet away); Auburn Post Office (about 400 feet away); Wells Fargo Express Office – 1852 (about 400 feet away); General Gomez Cigar Factory (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Auburn.
Regarding The Auburn Joss House. The Auburn Joss House is open to the public the first Saturday of the month, 10am-2pm.
Also see . . . Auburn Gold Rush Days - The Auburn Joss House. Auburn's Joss House is being restored as a museum, through the work of Auburn residents Richard and Katherine Yue and other community residents, visitors, and those who value the Chinese role in California and U.S. history. (Submitted on June 23, 2011, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California.)
Additional keywords. Chinese, California Gold Rush
Categories. • Asian Americans • Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings •
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on June 23, 2011, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. This page has been viewed 903 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on June 23, 2011, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.


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San Jose Earthquake fans arrested for assault in Portland
Two San Jose Earthquake soccer fans have been arrested in California for assaulting a man before a Timbers game in Portland in April.
Jennifer Marques, 29, is charged with Assault in the Fourth Degree, Unlawful Entry into a Motor Vehicle, Harassment, and Disorderly Conduct.
Uriel Vargas, 21, is charged with Criminal Mischief in the First Degree, Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree, Harassment, and Disorderly Conduct.
Marques and Vargas were arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force on Aug. 28 and booked into the Santa Clara County Jail. The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office is pursuing their extradition.
Additional suspects in this case have been identified and charges for these suspects are pending.
The investigation began at approximately 5:30 p.m. on April 14 when Central Precinct officers responded to West Burnside and 6th Avenue on the report of a crowd of people jumping on cars, throwing bottles, being rowdy, and assaulting the victim, 40-year-old James Decker of Lake Oswego.
As officers were on their way, other officers and witnesses reported that the crowd was mostly soccer fans, associated with the San Jose Earthquakes heading to Jeld Wen Field for a soccer match between the Portland Timbers and the San Jose Earthquakes.
The Portland Police Bureau worked with the Santa Clara Police Department's Investigations Division to identify the individuals involved in the assault.


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Public Safety Services
Emergency Messages
KVCC Public Safety Department is the only department on campus that delivers emergency messages to students and staff. The department's criteria for delivering messages are very strict and typically limited to medical emergencies or death in the family.
Medical Emergencies
ALL INJURIES, no matter how minor, that occur on campus must be reported to KVCC Public Safety Department. Public Safety makes a written report documenting how and where the accident occurred. Go in person to the Public Safety Department on either campus, call 269-488-4575 for the Texas Township Campus, 269-373-7939 for the Arcadia Commons Campus, or pick up a RED/BLUE EMERGENCY PHONE to report a medical emergency.
KVCC staff must report all injuries to their supervisor, and to the KVCC Public Safety Department. The Public Safety Department provides the necessary forms to be completed at the time of injury. These forms are necessary to seek medical treatment due to a work-related injury.
Lost and Found
Lost and found items are to be turned into the KVCC Public Safety Department located in room 5120 at TTC, and in Room 113 in Anna Whitten Hall on the downtown campus.
To claim property that was lost, you must bring a picture ID to the KVCC Public Safety Department and provide a detailed description of the property. All property that is turned into the KVCC Public Safety Department is held up to three months.
Motorist Assistance
KVCC Public Safety Department assists motorists stranded by mechanical failure on campus. Officers provide battery jump-starts, lock-outs or help in obtaining a tow service. Students, staff, and visitors requesting assistance must sign a waiver form before services can be provided. Requesters must provide a valid driver's license and sign a waiver form. Assistance may be requested by calling 269-488-4575 (TTC), 269-373-7939 (ACC) or any of the RED/BLUE EMERGENCY PHONES.
Unlocking Doors
Due to extenuating circumstances, staff and faculty may need assistance entering locked rooms. Contact the Public Safety Department by using a RED EMERGENCY PHONE or 269-488-4575 (TTC), 269-373-7939 (ACC). A picture ID is required at the time of service.
Contractors – KVCC Facilities and Public Safety Department have keys that can be released to contractors on a daily basis. Contractors requiring keys must appear in person and provide valid identification at the Facilities or Public Safety Department to sign out the keys.
Personal Escorts
KVCC Public Safety Department Personal Escorts are available to enhance your safety and peace of mind while walking after dark.
The primary goal of the Personal Escort is to enable students, staff, and visitor to travel to and from one location to another with a greater sense of safety.
The personal escort is provided by certified Public Safety Officers and Campus Security officers. Contact KVCC Public Safety by using a RED/BLUE EMERGENCY PHONE or go to the Public Safety Office on campus to arrange for a personal escort. In the event of a delay, please be patient.


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This stunning unique clutch features metallic pyramids in shades of gold and a focal pyramid in a pink marble metallic. This two-tone zippered clutch mixes smooth pebble grain leather and soft cowhide suede and is spacious and sturdy. The fringe zip pull adds a little more luxury to the design and helps glide the top open or closed while your belongings are tucked safely inside.
All handbags are made in our Winnipeg, MB studio in small batches. This colour-way was made in a batch of 1, available while quantities last. Handcrafted in Canada