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TELESEMINAR: Tax Planning for Maximum Benefit in Real Estate Transactions, Part 2 – A National Perspective
January 23, 2013
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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The tax considerations of real estate deals – development, ownership, sale or like-kind exchange – are often a major component of the economics of the underlying transaction. This is particularly so in the current climate of rising tax rates, the restriction of certain tax benefits, and where property values still have not fully stabilized. Getting the tax piece of a deal right and form the beginning is often essential to transaction. This puts a premium on tax planning at every stage of a deal, to ensure the underling benefit of the bargain is not lost. This program will provide you with a practical guide to major tax planning issues in real estate deals, including choice of entity, capital gains and distribution planning after the new 3.8% Medicare tax, and advanced like-kind exchange issues. Part 2 of 2.
- Capital gains planning after the new 3.8% Medicare tax on real estate partnerships
- Techniques for minimizing taxes on the sale or exchange of property
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Catch limits increased after meetings with fishermen
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- 20 March 2014
The Marine Management Organisation has increased catch limits for a range of fish species after talks with fishermen.
Catch limits for a range of species in Area VIId, North Sea and Area VIIe have gone up after fishermen highlighted in-demand species to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).
MMO quota managers met with fishermen along the south coast in a number of meetings. Discussions included quota management for the 10-metres-and-under and non-sector fleets, storm damage payments and Common Fisheries Policy reform.
Fishermen from Rye, Eastbourne, Brighton, the Isle of Wight, West Bay and the South Coast Fishermen's Council (who represent an area from the Solent to Devon) all provided positive feedback on the meetings.
Quarterly limits from 1 April to the end of June that will apply to the 10-metres-and-under and non-sector fleets are:
- Area VIId sole to be set at 7 tonnes
- North Sea sole to be set at 5 tonnes
- Area VIIde plaice to be set at 3.5 tonnes
- western mackerel to be set at a limit of 5 tonnes
- western ling to be set at 6 tonnes.
Other increased monthly (unless stated) catch limits that applied from 16 March 2014 are:
- Area VIId cod increased to 500kg (non-sector vessels only)
- Area VIId skates and rays to 600kg
- horse mackerel increased to 500kg
- North Sea cod increased to 2 tonnes
- western ling increased to 3.5 tonnes
- Area VII pollock increased to 35 tonnes a quarter for January to March (10-metres-and-under vessels only)
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text: The recycling loop includes three steps: collecting recyclable materials, physically recycling the materials, and purchasing items made from recycled materials. As a first step, many communities have set up curbside recycling programs in which materials such as newspaper, plastic, and glass are collected in containers separate from waste. Some towns and cities that don't offer curbside pickup have recycling facilities whee residents can drop off recyclable materials free of charge. It is simple to recycle at home. Keep the recycling containers in a convenient early on, but eventually recycling will become a habit that you incorporate into everyday tasks. Separating the recyclables is one of the most important factors when it comes to making recycling economical. After everything is sorted, it's compacted and baled and ready for sale.


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Flower Friday - The Poppies
We're joining Dory again for Flower Friday. Mom's favorite flower is the poppy and these poppies all come from seeds. Either she sprinkled the seeds or they self-sowed and planted themselves.
Auntie Lydia gave mom these seeds so they're true Seattle seeds!
This orange poppy spreads everywhere. It's actually pretty impossible to get rid of but who would want to?!
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Creative Business Interiors specializes in designing, building, and furnishing commercial, educational, and healthcare interior environments. Our primary market is southern Wisconsin, we also work throughout the nation. We self-perform the majority of the work in the field including carpentry, painting, and furniture installation. Founded in 1991, we have an excellent reputation with many long term employees, vendors, and client relationships.
Our growing design/build firm is looking for a business development professional with industry related expertise to join our consultative sales team. This is an opportunity to cultivate a client following in an organization that provides products, services, and project results you will be proud to represent.
Position Overview:
Our Account Executives open new opportunities with new prospects or within existing accounts. They uncover all the information to guide the strategy and structure the approach to win the design, the construction, and/or the furniture needed by the client. Their assignment is to manage the client relationship while facilitating and leading an efficient process for the project team.
Our team of experts provide substantial support throughout the process of a project and then they assist with managing the client relationship on a long term basis. This position offers a guaranteed salary while you learn, extensive training; an exciting commission plan with unlimited earning potential, and full benefits for someone who is highly skilled, knowledgeable and driven.
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Creative Business Interiors is an interior design, construction, and contract furniture company. We help our clients by creating an efficient, comfortable space that helps them enhance their brand, retain existing employees, and also attract new employees while profitably growing their business.
Our team is passionate about customer service; we are a 25 year old company who prides itself on creating long-term relationships; both internally and externally.
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A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER plans, directs, and coordinates contract construction projects from preliminary walk-throughs, to planning development, pricing and ordering; to final completion. We are an interior general contractor with in-house forces, working in a negotiated design/build environment.
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- Prepare subcontract agreements.
- Project scheduling, supervising, and managing ongoing projects.
- Oversee and coordinate field labor on assigned projects.
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We offer an excellent benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401K, flexible spending accounts and a competitive salary.
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1535 S. 101st Street
Milwaukee, WI 53214
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The weather in the UK has been so unpredictable lately, which is not helpful when choosing what to wear in the mornings. Last week was freezing but this week is meant to get up to 24 degrees?! I mean, I'm not complaining - gimme the sunshine.
I wanted to show you this jumper from Topshop which is absolutely perfect for this weather. It's cropped and three quarter length sleeves which makes it Spring appropriate, but it is also knitted so it will keep you nice and warm.
It was my birthday last week and I managed to extend my celebrations through the long weekend. I was spoilt by all my family and friends and I drank a lot of prosecco. Tom bought me some gorgeous bits of clothing that I can't wait to share with you all next week!
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Previous research has shown that toxic mould can affect the brain, but the results of indoor mould exposure on cognitive functioning is less known.
Professor Shane Rogers, who is leading the research said: "Experiences reported in many hauntings are similar to mental or neurological symptoms reported by individuals exposed to toxic moulds.
"Psychoactive effects of some fungi are well-known, whereas the effects of others such as indoor moulds are less researched.
"Reports of psychiatric symptoms including mood swings, hyperactivity, and irrational anger, as well as cognitive impairment are prevalent among those exposed to moulds.
"More recent work is emerging that supports brain inflammation and memory loss in mice exposed to Stachybotrys charatarum, a common indoor air mould, as well as increased anxiety and fear."
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text: Good parents wants their kids to be rock stars, right? Right — or at least they should. And there's no better place to sow a stage-strutting future for young Johnny or Sally than the San Francisco Rock Project, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching kids the musical skills needed to become the golden gods of the next generation. In a sense, S.F. Rock Project is your basic music school, albeit a louder one: Kids attend weekly private lessons on the rock instrument of their choice. But the difference here is the program's emphasis on live performance in an ensemble, which every student gets to do at least once per season. Playing with a group teaches kids timing, listening, and, importantly, stage presence. It also teaches them confidence. So even if you aren't hoping to raise the next Jimmy Page, San Francisco Rock Project might be a valuable experience for your offspring. It would certainly be an awesome one.


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Low level multithreading is currently supported in Firefox Nightly release channel via an experimental extension to JavaScript Web Workers. This is a work-in-progress research project, and the prototype specification can be located here.
The proposed specification allows Emscripten applications to share the main memory heap between web workers. This along with primitives for low level atomics and futex support enables Emscripten to implement support for the Pthreads (POSIX threads) API.
By default, support for pthreads is not enabled, since the specification is still in a prototyping stage. To enable code generation for pthreads, the following command line flags exist:
There should be no other changes required. In C/C++ code, the preprocessor check #ifdef __EMSCRIPTEN_PTHREADS__ can be used to detect whether Emscripten is currently targeting pthreads.
The Emscripten implementation for the pthreads API should follow the POSIX standard closely, but some behavioral differences do exist:
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Leader: Here's to a healthier and more productive 2017
After witnessing tumultuous political upsets in 2016, only the brave could make hard predictions for 2017. The market has already been see-sawing on the prospect of Brexit and who knows how that will pan out?
But among the ebb and flow of the market and the political scene, one big issue that will be riding high on the agenda is the need to improve construction productivity. In fact, productivity full stop. At the end of last year, consultant Mark Farmer ruffled feathers by suggesting the industry needed to "modernise or die".
In his government-commissioned review of the sector, adopting digital technology and offsite fabrication were high on the list of recommendations.
So the productivity theme certainly dominates our coverage for this month – both directly, by looking at how firms are streamlining processes through innovation and collaboration but also indirectly, by improving the happiness and health of the workforce.
Developers and occupiers are already starting to focus more closely on offices that nurture good health and we're seeing a take up of the US WELL standard. At the moment, meeting the WELL requirements and those of the BREEAM standard potentially clash, so the BRE and the WELL Institute looking to work more closely together is a welcome step in the right direction.
Occupational health, and in particular mental health, is a being made a priority by the Health in Construction Leadership Group led by Land Securities' Clive Johnson. He has told contractors and their supply chain that they must sign up to a new initiative called Mates in Mind, which provides a network of mental health first aiders on sites around the country.
And two former contractors have come together to provide a toolkit to help companies and their staff reduce the kind of stress that contributes to poor mental health in the first place.
Both initiatives should be welcomed by the sector – and let's hope they start to get the traction they deserve. Surveys suggest that more than 80% of workers in the construction industry suffer from some degree of work-related stress.
According to the Samaritans, construction workers are six times more likely to die of suicide than a fall. Not the sort of statistics to woo a younger generation of people to come into the sector in the wake of Brexit.
We're also going to see a lot more new technology deployed this year – drones, robots and virtual reality are set to become more common fixtures on site, if not yet highly productive ones.
Andrew Wolstenholme, chairman of the Construction Leadership Council, says the industry has made great strides but still has a way to go to make the step changes talked about by Mark Farmer.
That is true, but let's not forget, the industry has broken a great taboo by even talking about mental health. And appointing an innovation director, as an increasing number of firms are doing, in itself underlines that we are living in exciting and hopefully progressive times.
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - The province of Nova Scotia has recorded the first case of the new H1N1 flu strain spreading from one person to another within Canada, a medical official said on Thursday.
A spokesman for the Atlantic province's department of health promotion said the victim had contracted a mild case of swine flu from a student who had returned from Mexico on an organized school trip.
"We have recorded the first person-to-person transmission of (H1N1) in Canada. All the cases in Nova Scotia have had mild symptoms," said Lucas Wide, a spokesman for Nova Scotia's Health Promotion and Protection department.
The province has reported eight cases so far, four of them pupils who had been to Mexico on the school trip.
Separately on Thursday, federal officials reported 15 new cases of the flu in Canada, including the first confirmed case in the province of Quebec, bringing the national total to 34. All are considered mild.
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Snoop65 wrote:MRHP wrote:If I do get a tube preamp Ill almost have to setup another system because from what I understand it doesnt have a subwoofer output/xover like the TGPII. Right now Im liking the bass so much Im going to just get all the tube sound I can out of the 490t.
The biggest improvement Ive made to this system is the preamp and the tube changes. Pretty amazing what a couple of simple changes can do for the sound.
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Blockbuster, FTC Headed for Showdown?17 Mar, 2005 By: Kurt Indvik
Blockbuster Inc. appeared ready to move ahead with its $14.50-per-share hostile bid for Hollywood Entertainment as early as March 21, and was ready for a legal showdown with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should it attempt to stop the effort.
"We are going ahead [with the hostile bid] as soon as we can do it," said Blockbuster's VP and general counsel Ed Stead. "The next move is [the FTC's]. If they challenge us [in court], we will meet them head on."
Blockbuster had agreed to a two-week extension to the original March 11 offer target date in order to give the FTC more time to analyze its acquisition proposal.
Blockbuster has been having meetings with FTC staff, providing additional information in support of a potential Blockbuster acquisition of its No. 2 rival, with the expectation that the FTC would provide feedback as to its assessment of the current marketplace and Blockbuster's acquisition proposal, according to Stead. But Stead said that in a meeting this week, FTC staff said they were instructed not to share any information with Blockbuster.
"We have been telling them we are willing to compromise to get this done quickly, but it's hard to know whether or how to compromise when you don't know what the other party is thinking," Stead said. "I can only conclude from the fact that they are unwilling to engage in any discussion about compromise and unwilling to share any information, that they have already decided they are not interested in resolving this."
Mitch Katz, a spokesperson for the FTC, said the commission would have no comment on the matter.
Stead said it appears to him that the FTC is not accepting Blockbuster's position that its merger with Hollywood no longer would have the overwhelming competitive impact it may have had the last time the FTC considered a merger between the two in 1999. The market has diversified over the past five years from one dominated by brick-and-mortar video stores, to a market where consumers have a much wider variety of alternatives to viewing movies in the home that also include online rentals, video-on-demand and mass merchant sellthrough pricing.
"Look at your own name [change," Stead said, referring to Home Media Retailing's recent name change from Video Store Magazine. "[The FTC] seems committed to looking at a market that doesn't exist" any longer, Stead said.


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Children's Oral Health in America: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
New Delta Dental Survey Breaks Down Kids Oral Health By-The-Numbers
Feb 04, 2016, 10:38 ET from Delta Dental Plans Association
OAK BROOK, Ill., Feb. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's Children's Dental Health Month in America, so let's start with the good news: according to their parents, the majority of kids in the country are brushing their teeth at least twice a day and flossing. A new survey of parents by Delta Dental Plans Association finds that regular flossing (43%) and brushing (28%) are some of the toughest tasks to get kids to do among common activities such as eating vegetables (40%), helping out with chores (50%) and doing homework (25%).
Key findings from the survey of parents with children ages 12 and under (an age group that accounts for roughly 17% of the nation's population):
The good:
- 63% of parents say their kids had no cavities in the last year.
- 92% of parents say their children are brushing at least once a day (67% are brushing at least twice a day).
- 72% of parents think about their child's oral health every day.
- 90% of children have dental coverage, either public or private.
- Nearly one-third (32%) of children are flossing every day.
The bad:
- 37% of kids had at least one cavity in the past year (1 cavity: 14%, 2 cavities: 12%, and 3 or more: 11%).
- 19% of parents say their children never floss.
- 40% of children 3 years old or younger have never been to a dentist. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends that a child have a dental appointment by age one.
The ugly:
- 10% (or 5.3 million) of kids 12 and under in the nation still don't have dental insurance, either public or private.
- 12% of parents with children 12 and under say they have never brought their children to a dentist.
- 70% of parents with children under 3 who use sippy cups, allow their children to nap with the cup at least a few times per week (a practice that leaves sugar and acids on children's teeth and is a major risk factor for tooth decay).
"While many of the nation's children are on the right track to good oral health and overall health, clearly there is much work to be done when it comes to helping parents understand the importance of getting an early start on dental care. Neglected baby teeth can lead to bigger oral health problems down the road," said Bill Kohn, DDS, vice president for dental science and policy for Delta Dental Plans Association. "A healthy mouth at a young age can improve overall health for children and sets the stage for a lifetime of healthy smiles."
To help make a difference, Delta Dental companies work in communities across the nation to bring oral health care education, information and services aimed at improving oral health care and overall health. Delta Dental companies spend nearly $50 million annually in support of programs focusing on preventing dental disease, expanding access to care, promoting good oral health, impacting the lives of more than 4.3 million children.
About the Survey: These questions are from The Children's Oral Health Survey conducted by Kelton Global between December 16th, 2015 and January 14th, 2016 among 1,607 parents of children ages 12 or under. The margin of error is +/-2.4 percent. All data in this release are self-reported by the parents.
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About Delta Dental Plans Association
The nonprofit Delta Dental Plans Association, based in Oak Brook, Ill., is the national association of Delta Dental member companies, which collectively make up the nation's leading dental benefits provider, with enrollment of 68 million Americans, including over 120,000 groups. For more information, visit our website at deltadental.com.
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How to Talk to Your Child About Racism
When approaching the subject of racism with your child it is important to remember that popular culture may promote specific types of racism and if you leave it too long to begin talking with your child they may be exposed to massive amounts of racism that will warp their view because it is seen as "cool" by the masses that watch specific shows. In order to counteract this, it is important to start talking with your children as soon as you can.
How to Talk to Your Child About Racism
Some of the important things to do are to make sure that first your teen is aware that no matter the differences in skin color, religion, customs, and language all humans are the same, we just go through different things depending on where we are from in the world.
Telling your child that all people are similar in ways that can't be changed will be a good way to make sure that they think more on racism instead of just going with the flow like everyone around them. Keep your children engages in multicultural events as often as possible that way they have exposure to the differences and teach them to respect the differences between people instead of choosing to focus on them as negatives. If you continue to positively mention and think on the differences between races like the blessings they are your child may learn to take the same views as you and view all races with more respect instead of hatred or indifference to them.
I personally grew up in a multicultural family where my aunt was married to a man from Africa, and most of my friends growing up had been Hispanic or African American, being exposed to the different cultures nearby while I was growing up has had a major impact on me and my mother was constantly talking to me about how all races should be respected as well as all religions, and that has limited the impact of racist sentiments on me for my entire life. Instead of following everyone that insists that whites are the best, or only one religion is the true religion, thanks to mom I learned growing up to respect everyone no matter what their lifestyle may be or what their race is. Racism may be a problem in the world right now, but if families start to work more and more together trying to teach their children against it then racism can be avoided and people may begin to respect one another more.
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Letter(s) from Lubov Sidorenko to Gavin (Australia)
Letter 1
Hello from Ukrainian girl,
I write this letter because I believe that you will be my boyfriend and then husband. As you know I am looking for my future husband.
I like your name Gavin. My name is Lyubov. You can call me Lyuba or Lyubochka. I was born on the 19th of July 1978.
If you are serious man and do not want to hurt my feelings I will tell you about my life and my dreams.
Now I tell you about my life. I live in Tsyuryupinsk. My native place is Levkovtsy village. It is Tulchinskiy region. My mother and stepfather live there and my little stepbrother. He is 13 years old.
Unfortunately my stepfather drink. It is terrible. We tried to treat him from alcoholism. I love them very much. Do you have brothers or sisters? My mother is teacher and work at school.
I went to the Tsyuryupinsk because it is not far from Herson. Herson is a city where I go to the University.
I entered the Agricultural University. I am future profession is veterinarian. I like animals very much.
And it is wonderful when you can help them. So I go to the University and then go to work. I am shop assistant. I sell clothes.
I rent small room. When my friends come to me we like to discuss and tell each others different life stories.
Their names are Vica, Dasha, Anna. They go to the University too.
On weekends I go home to the village. I have to help my mother. I have to do a lot of work. I like nature very much because fresh air is a health. Have you ever run in the forest and catch the fresh scent of forest?
I have lots of favorite music, some old and some new. I like classic rock, guitar, harp, flute, pop, jazz.
I listen to the radio talk shows and music, classical and others.
I'm a regular girl in many ways but we all have special talents and abilities. I appreciate honesty and values of good moral character, inner strength, love, forgiveness, loyalty, kindness and to live to love others.
I love the funny shows and comedies and romantic comedies. But my favorites are the police detectives and adventures. I hope we have many common interests.
A dream, but I believe in small miracles, because I see them every day and always thankful for simple things like flowers and sunsets. Dreams give us hope and desire for the future. What are your dreams? I would like to know you more and will write you more about myself.
Do you have any collections and hobbies? My hobby is to collect romances. I like read books.
I hope you like too. It will be nice to learn more about you.
Until next time, Have a nice day! Sincerely,
Letter 2
Hello Gavid.
Happy day to you! Thank you very much for nice letter. I am glad we can meet by e-mail!
I am so sorry to read about your father. It is difficult. But he is in the heaven and thinks about you.
Last night after work I went to the translation firm ( Translator translates my letters for you because I do nod speak your language)and then to the park to
do some walking, but a big dark stormy cloud came suddenly and it began to rain. So I ended my walk and went home. I wanted to be safe.
There was opportunities for me to be married but I did not feel the deep love or the feelings were not mutual, it takes two people with same feelings and desires.
I am not looking for the perfect man just someone kind and understanding.
If you want to be with me I will be your friend, your everything you need and desire in a women :) and I hope we are best friends forever and in the next life after this one too :) because you know, love is forever :) You will be warm with me.
I think there will always be some problems but I am flexible, tolerant, forgiving, do not get mad and do not like to argue. Hugging is better so I hope you like to be warm and loving and affectionate because with me you will have all the love and kisses you desire...
What else about me. I eat nuts and salads and fresh juices. I'm not a vegetarian though.
You know I don't smoke and like sport. I like different women occupations like cooking, sewing, knitting. I would be happy to knit something for you with my own hands.
I like you and want to know you more of your feelings and personal details of your dreams and goals, desires, plans for future, what you like in people and do not like, what is your favorite things, what makes you smile big, things you love to do.
My air kiss for you.
Letter 3
Hello Gavin.
My family name is Sidorenko. I am really looking forward to getting to know you and I must say, if you don't mind, you are a very interesting man. I want to learn your language to communicate with you. i even want to but books to learn it.
Unfortunately my telephone has been broken and i cannot give you my number but when I have a new one I will let you know.
Last weekend I had a nice day of hiking in the forest belt, walking for several hours on the fields and gathered flowers. If you were here I would present them to you. Then I came back home and went to buy some medicine for stepfather. He had headache.
Today I've been loaded with work. My coworker is ill. Whew, what a schedule. I can hardly wait to come back next week and get into a normal schedule.
Maybe we will find our dreams together, build together a life of love and trust, respect, and make wonderful happy memories along the way.
It is a road we can follow together through ups and downs, turns and corners, and no big wrecks or crashes. Friends and family are the most important things in life, and I would so much love my man.
I imagine that my hands were roaming your body now, then caressing your neck and face as I slowly kissed you.
I had my hands on your back, caressing your skin. I broke our kiss and start to kiss across your cheek, over to your ear, nibbling on it.
Then, I slowly kissed down your neck, nibbling and licking as I did. I continued down along your shoulder, then back across along your throat, then back up to your other ear. Apparently you were enjoying the sensation, because I heard you softly moan as I kissed you. I kissed back down your neck, then down the front of your chest.
You half stood up and then laid me down on my back on the couch. You knelt on the floor next to it and took one of my feet in my hands, as you massaged my foot, you leaned forward to kiss my ankle. Mmmmmm...
As you started to kiss and lick your way along my inner thigh, I spread my legs a little more, my hands moved up over your head. You kissed slowly up my thigh, kissing, nibbling, and making little circles with your tongue. I moaned softly and feel so warmth inside.
In the mean time, I wanted to send you this special wish I wrote just for you. I hope you woke up this morning with a big smile on your face. I hope the sun is shining just for you and the birds are singing their very best songs... I hope your coffee is hot and tastes just right and the cats are purring contentedly and there are no bills in the post I hope that your day is filled with lovely surprises and friends call you up just to say "Hi" ... I hope you feel on top of the world with a summer in your step all day I hope just everything goes your way I hope everything is well with your world, a place for everything and everything in it's place... I hope you can enjoy all you do ... and you are complimented on the way you look, and you can laugh and talk and share to your heart's content I hope you have all you wish for yourself . . . and those dear to you, and all your dreams come true ... and at the end of the day I wish you a perfect moon shining just for you, a snug and cozy bed with the softest of pillows and I hope you sleep like a lamb . . . with a smile on your face I hope you have a perfect end to the perfect day ... and I hope that every day is just as wonderful in it's own way.
Have a great day! Kisses, hugs.
Letter 4
Hello GAvin,
At the moment I feel me so good because i received your photo and letter. I always think of you. In the morning you are the first I think.
I had boyfriend and I loved him. But I lost him. He worked in police.
He was so repulsive and honest. He was killed in street fight. I cried so many days. And now I feel that I can love again.
I do not want you to think about me that I am not serious woman. I think that only passionate women can be serious. Why do not have I a right to have dreams about us.
I feel lonely and in the evening I imagine you get some kisses, when I go to bed!
I would like to see the stars with you. You stand before me I kiss your . I lay my head to your shoulder and we look in the sky. I would like to go to bed with you in the evening. In the morning I would like to stand up with you.
I would be glad to be allowed to be your woman. I do not know who awakes earlier, you or me. If I awake earlier, I will give you a tender kiss. Then I get up and prepare the breakfast for us. What would you want, tea or coffee? If then you still sleep, I will lie down beside you and enjoy your beautiful sight. I will stroke your soft skin. If you awake, I take you in my arms and kiss you softly. We still have time to cuddle a little bit. But I have hunger after our
night of love. Either I get breakfast, or I eat you!!! What would you want? You are right. Love is not only physical attraction. But without physical attraction love is also not possible. I would like to touch you, your soft skin feel, your kisses taste, your aura smell! . I would like to go for a walk with you. I would like to laugh with you!
I would like to speak with pleasure with you about our common future.
I would like to hold your hands and see in your eyes if I say to you which images I have for the future.
You are the light in me if my soul is dark,
You are the water which refreshes me,
You are the thought which I miss,
You are the stone, stands still if everything breaks down!
You are the sun which illuminates my life!
You are the star which shows the way to me!
You are the lark in the sky who sings a nice song to me!
You are the flower which escorts me on my way!
If we meet, I know
that it is no illusion!
Letter 5
Please excuse us for disturbing you. We are translation service. We provide Internet and translation of letters. Recently you have been corresponding with Miss Lyubov. She asked us to send you this short note in order to tell you that she is missing you and your letters very much. She dreams to communicate with you and wants a serious relationships only with you.
Unfortunately it is expensive for her to write you.
If you want to continue your correspondence we will send you information with prices.
Thank you for your time.


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Power Players: Tom Werner NASCAR drivers feel the pinch Earlier free agency essential for MLB Lefton: Fanatics, NHL goods 'Zero-hour' part of StubHub-MLB deal Power Players: Jim Petersen Power Players: Derrick Hall NHRA highlights attendance gains Comcast to make most of Games A question of timing: College football
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Ben Rifkin, president, Denver Cutthroats
After growing up as an accomplished athlete and then a member of the Dartmouth College alpine ski team, Ben Rifkin was trying to find a career that would meld his love of skiing and writing. That led him to an internship at Ski Magazine. After a couple other stops, Rifkin was back with Bonnier Corp.'s Ski and Skiing businesses on the sales side before working his way up to publisher. He would then move on to run marketing and operations for the USA Pro Challenge cycling race. In his latest career adventure, he recently was named president of the fledgling Denver Cutthroats of the Central Hockey League. Rifkin spoke with staff writer Brandon McClung.
Photo by: DENVER CUTTHROATS
■ New title: President, Denver Cutthroats
■ Previous title: Senior vice president, marketing and operations, USA Pro Challenge
■ First job: Counselor at Bates College All Sports Camp
■ Education: B.A., creative writing, Dartmouth College (2000)
■ Resides: Denver, with wife Jamie, son Dylan and daughter Sadie
■ Grew up: Greene, Maine
■ Executive most admired: Samuel Palmisano, former president and chief executive officer, IBM
■ Brand most admired: Nature Valley
■ Favorite vacation spot: Jackson Hole, Wyo.
■ Last book read: "Breakfast of Champions" by Kurt Vonnegut
■ Last movie seen: "Wreck-It Ralph"
■ Favorite movie: "Bull Durham"
■ Favorite musician/band: OutKast
■ What will be the biggest challenge in your new position?
As just a 1-year-old franchise, our biggest challenge will be reinforcing our value propositions to the public, our community and corporate partners within the Denver market. Our customers really have a lot of choices for attending sports and family-oriented entertainment.
■ What is the biggest risk you've taken in your career?
Leaving the media industry as publisher of Ski and Skiing and then jumping into the sports and entertainment world with the Pro Challenge. Skiing has always been my passion … but I would also say the challenges of learning new industries and building new relationships is even more rewarding.
■ What is your biggest professional accomplishment?
Working my way up from being the intern at Ski to the publisher of Ski and Skiing. I got to see a lot of different aspects of the business that taught me a lot about humility, employee growth and how to foster it, succession planning, and then asking for responsibility and recovering quickly from mistakes. I try to build all of that into my leadership now.
■ What is your biggest professional disappointment?
I haven't faced too many disappointments. So I'd say one recently was that I was in a charity event sponsored by Vail Resorts, and I won the ski race. But at the same time, I lost to Lindsey Vonn by two seconds (based on NASTAR rankings). I really thought I was faster than that.
■ What is one story you are continuing to watch in the sports world today?
I always keep my eye on the Olympics. …There is just so much that goes into the Olympics, so much energy, financing, thought equity, and I think there are opportunities for everyone to learn from that.
■ What is the one element you would like to see changed about the sports industry?
I would really like to see the integrity to sports become more important to everyone involved, from players to coaches to owners to corporate partners. … So many people, both kids and adults, look to professional sports for aspiration and inspiration, and it is really up to us within the industry to take responsibility for perceptions that we create.
People: Executive transactions
Little League Baseball and Softball hired Brian McClintock as director of media relations and Mike Weslosky as Web development manager. McClintock was editorial and marketing director for GoSportn, and Weslosky was director of creative design for The Sports Network.
The SEC named Tiffany Daniels associate commissioner and senior woman administrator. Daniels was senior associate athletics director for external affairs at Georgia State University.
San Jose State University named Blake Sasaki senior associate athletics director of external relations. Sasaki was associate general manager for the IMG Sports Marketing Department at University of California, Berkeley.
The Atlantic Coast Conference named Tim Lynde senior associate commissioner for brand marketing. Lynde was the vice president of television for IMG College.
The University of Kentucky promoted DeWayne Peevy to deputy athletic director. Peevy had been executive associate athletic director for external operations.
DePaul University named Sean McDonough associate director of development for athletics. McDonough was assistant athletic director for Western Illinois University.
The University of Delaware named Joe Shirley senior associate athletics director for facilities, operations and capital projects. Shirley was assistant athletic director of facilities for Boston College.
Texas A&M University named Jason Cook senior associate athletics director for external affairs. Cook had been vice president of marketing and communications for Texas A&M.
Towson University named Carl Evans senior associate athletic director and chief development officer and Kelly Webb assistant athletic director of compliance. Evans was assistant athletic director for the University of Memphis, and Webb was assistant commissioner for the Northeast Conference.
Florida Atlantic University named Heather Henderson director of football operations. She will continue her role as the head cheerleading coach.
Iona College named Rick Cole Jr. athletic director. Cole was athletic director and vice president of athletics at Dowling College.
The University of Louisiana-Monroe Athletic Director Bobby Staub is stepping down from the position, effective July 1.
Auburn University named Dave Didion associate athletic director of compliance. Didion was director of enforcement for the NCAA.
The Houston Texans promoted Jeff Schmitz to vice president of information technology; Jennifer Davenport to senior director of marketing and community development; Nick Schenck to senior director of integrated media; Gavin Gehrt to executive producer and director of video production; Drew Dougherty to Texans TV host and integrated media manager; Hoffie Ferreira to event operations manager; Josh Hubel to senior motion graphics designer and animator; Glen Oskin to corporate development manager; Kenneth Perkins to motion graphics designer and editor; Nick Scurfield to Texans Insider and integrated media manager; Austen Smith to senior partnership marketing manager; and Holly Smith to grants administrator for the Robert and Janice McNair Foundation.
Multiteam Companies
Challenger Sports Corp. promoted Peter Arch to chief executive officer.
Sporting Goods and Apparel
Maverick Lacrosse founder John Gagliardi is stepping down from his position, departing Bauer Performance Sports in June.
Sports Commissions and Tourism Boards
The Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau named Mike Sophia director of the Sacramento Sports Commission. Sophia was the chief executive officer of the National Senior Games.
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Faces and Places
MLS Summit in Toronto
MLS was host for a summit April 24 in Toronto for its Canada-based teams, broadcast partners and largest sponsors. From left: Don Garber, MLS Commissioner; Justine Fedak, BMO SVP of branding, advertising and sponsorship; Tom Anselmi, MLSE president and COO; and Stewart Johnston, TSN president.
Photo by:NICK TURCHIARO / MLS
Women's British Open at St. Andrews
On hand April 22 for media day for the Ricoh Women's British Open at St. Andrews, the Old Course (from left): Bart Somsen, brand strategy manager, Ricoh Europe; Robbie Clyde, Ryder Cup project director; English golfer Melissa Reid; Shona Malcolm, LGU CEO; Yutaka Kaneko, Richo Co. Corporate Communication Centre GM; and Ross Hallett, IMG tournament director.
Photo by:MIKE COPPOLA / GETTY IMAGES FOR IZOD
Peter King tweets with the Cardinals
At Tom's Tavern in Phoenix on April 19 for Sports Illustrated writer Peter King's Tweetup to raise money for the Pat Tillman Foundation (from left): Arizona Cardinals players Sam Acho, O'Brien Schofield and Jay Feely; GM Steve Keim; team President Michael Bidwill; King; coach Bruce Arians; and Cardinals players Patrick Peterson and Mike Leach.
Photo by:ARIZONA CARDINALS
NASCAR slows down to plant trees
Helping plant trees in Kansas City are (from left) Mike Lynch, NASCAR managing director of green innovation; Miss Sprint Cup Jaclyn Roney; drivers Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr.; Toyota motorsports marketing manager Paul Doleshal; Pat Warren, president of Kansas Speedway; and two employees of Paradise Nursery. They planted the trees recently at a Kansas City Toyota dealership as part of NASCAR's Green Clean Air Tree Planting Program Delivered by UPS.
Photo by:GETTY IMAGES FOR NASCAR
Payne addresses USOC event
Billy Payne speaks at "An Evening with Team USA," a U.S. Olympic Committee event kicking off the new Team USA Society fundraising platform in the Atlanta area. Payne, chairman of the Augusta National Golf Club and head of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, spoke at the event April 18 at the Georgia Aquarium.
Photo by:JOEY GOUGE
Pacers salute PGA president
The PGA of America President Ted Bishop, who is the head pro at the Legends in Franklin, Ind., was honored with his wife, Cindy, for their work with the youths of central Indiana before the Indiana Pacers' April 17 game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. From left: Pacers COO Rick Fuson, TV analyst Quinn Buckner, Cindy and Ted Bishop, Pacers President Jim Morris, TV analyst Austin Croshere and Pacers mascot Boomer.
Photo by:FRANK MCGRATH
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Sports Facilities & Franchises / Ticketing Symposium
Brooklyn was the setting for the 13th annual Sports Facilities & Franchises conference, followed by the Ticketing Symposium. Attendees gathered at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge for three days of panels, speakers and networking, plus a tour and a Brooklyn Nets game at the new Barclays Center.
Peter Guber, co-owner, Golden State Warriors
Not long after former Sony Pictures Chairman Peter Guber joined Joe Lacob in the purchase of the Golden State Warriors in 2010, he began speaking with team executives about the importance of the franchise becoming "digitally fit," of making sure that everything the team did contemplated the best use of technology. Guber speaks here about that, about being part of the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group, and about lessons from his entertainment career that apply to sports.
— Compiled by Bill King
Photo by:NBAE / GETTY IMAGES
Live event content is the holy grail for any network or cable company, and I think it will continue to be."
The value of original video content: You start off by recognizing that you have a show and you have talent. You have the games; that's the show. You have the players and the coaches; that's your cast. You've got the ultimate franchise sequel. In movies and with a television series, you're always looking for that kind of continuity. You want a movie that becomes a franchise and has a sequel, where you can build a loyal following. With sports franchises, you already have that.
What brings that to life: The connector is both the aptitude of the team to be digitally fit and the attitude to recognize that your fans' engagement before, after and during games is what keeps your product alive.
The right content and the right mix: Video is much stronger than text, but to produce video, you've got to be talented. It's not just about turning on the camera. It's about turning the camera on what an audience is interested in. It isn't just aiming the camera at the talent during shoot-around or at some coach either confessing a problem or working on an issue. That's only part of it. You have to have an over-reaching view of it. How does my audience want to consume these videos? Nobody wants to order the same dish every day, so you have to vary it.
The importance of quality: Whatever you choose to do, quality always wins. The quality of the content. It has to feel real and authentic, and it has to be quality, because they're seeing quality all the time now, whether it's on their first or second screen.
Seeing future value: It takes a forward-thinking owner that wants to believe that creating a bundle of assets that are must-have television is going to make your product much more valuable to some of these satellite carriers or network carriers or cable carriers. With the Dodgers, we made a deal [with Time Warner Cable] that is by no means the last of those deals. The value of rights is only going up.
Stan Richards, founder, The Richards Group
e run a very tight ship, but there are really only two rules: get to work on time and do your time sheet every day.
Getting in before 9 a.m. might not work in other cities, but understand why I am fanatic about that: If you get in on time, you will go home on time. It is not healthy for people to ignore their families and wander in after 10 a.m. so they can leave at 9 p.m.
I want everybody out after 6. If you didn't want any discipline, you should have been a gallery painter.
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The AT&T spot [from BBDO, New York] with kids where they brought in hall-of-fame NBA players recently was just very well done and not forced at all, so it's my current favorite.
Our Motel 6 campaign is 28 years old and has made a wealthy man out of Tom Bodett, who ad-libbed the tag line we still use ("We'll leave the light on for you").
Our first advice to them when we were hired was "don't advertise," until the product gets improved. That is not an easy thing for an agency to tell a client, but you can see we are still together.
One of the biggest issues agencies have to deal with is the velocity of change with client CMOs, something like every 22 months. Every time a CMO changes, the agency is in jeopardy.
Look at Chick-fil-A: We are almost at 19 years and working with the same CMO who hired us and the same senior marketing people. Continuity makes a big difference.
Every good creative idea has ugly parents. I guess that relates to how many ideas we kill to get to the idea that really matters.
When we are working on a Super Bowl assignment, we may have 30 teams working to get one idea in the end. The interesting dynamic is that while it's fiercely competitive, I've found everyone is helping each other during the competition. That's really rewarding.
I don't watch every episode of "Mad Men," but I like it and it really captures the ad world in New York when I graduated from Pratt. I can't tell you the last time I was with anybody that ordered a drink over lunch, but that show caught that era exactly.
On major assignments, we'll have competitive teams working for the big campaign idea, and they all understand only one will get through.
The work has to be something endearing. Is it going to be a smile, a laugh, or some new information? It has to be riveting enough to stop the reader or viewer that's targeted. It has to make them like the advertiser and set up a positive relationship. If you are at a car dealership, the salesman first needs to make you like him. Then you can do business. It's no different.
I hire all of our creative people. I have to really like them, so I start every job interview by asking, "Tell me what you were like in high school." That usually tells you a lot about them.
I was an average student in high school, but I played a lot of basketball and I was the person who could draw better than anyone I knew.
All the big [agency] holding companies have called several times, but not for the past several years. They finally understand we are not, and never will be, for sale.
I've watched 100 agencies be acquired the last decade or so, and not one got better. They are worried about shareholder value, but in our case, the shareholder is me, and I am fine.
Being acquired lets you put a whole bunch of money away. Frankly, that's not a concern of mine. I keep working because I like it, it's fun. I've been coming to work every day for 60 years.
Everyone at our place understands that the only thing that matters is the work, the work, the work.


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Tragedy Shattered
Act IV: The Kyropterin Queen, Mekkah
"I'm the hub of the wheel..."
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Song: Pillars Tomb -Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Soundtrack
Three time-spanned souls wandered finally reaching an old tomb that was hidden behind the vampire Sanctuary. Jak blew a couple of vampire heads off with his Gunstaff. Hwoarang and Jak looked around the old ruins of the tomb that remained. The corruption and decay was taking its toll on the once proud tomb of the Sarafan Priests of old. Daxter did his thing and found a wheel that was tied down by a rope to hold it down from it ever being opened. Daxter chewed through the ropes releasing the wheel, as he begun to turn it. The metal door slowly opened enough for person to squeeze through. Jak crawled under and then Hwoarang. Once both of them went through Daxter released the wheel seeing it shut behind them. Jak felt Daxter hop on his shoulder and off they went. Hwoarang saw a stone block on their way and Jak teamed up with Hwoarang to move it. Once the stone was out of the way into the tomb, they proceeded further. Hwoarang entered first seeing seven names upon the disturbed graves that once held six bodies.
"Umm, you guys are you sure that Mekkah chick lives here? I mean this place isn't very homey…she could be, as mean and ugly as that Kain guy!" Daxter anxiously said. Hwoarang stopped and looked at Daxter frowning, "Even if that's so Daxter we need to find her, Mekkah could be the only one to help us find a way out of Nosgoth. We came here in the first place because this land has never been charted, before and we needed directions."
"B-But!" Daxter stuttered with Jak cutting him off, "No buts, Dax! If you are scared you should have stayed at home with Arise!"
Daxter looked at Jak standing proudly pretending to be brave, "Me scared? If I recall if it wasn't for me you wouldn't have never saved our homeland from those metalheads! I think you needle more then I need you, buddy!" Hwoarang looked back at Daxter trying not to laugh at the small animal. Jak rubbed his temples trying not laugh either all the two men did was agree with Daxter and inspect the tomb.
"Raziel, Tural, Dumah, Rahab, Zephon, and Melchiah…these names…" Hwoarang was cut off by a female voice that held a soft yet dark childish British accent to it. A female came out from behind the shadows of the stone boulder, "Those were once powerful holy warriors. Their sworn dute was to rid Nosgoth of the parasitic blood suckers you all call vampiah…Now they too have become vampiahs themselves…each with their own claan, each with a ruling territory over Nosgoth…"
Jak and the others saw here emerge from the darkness. The girl the boys saw before their eyes was a pale-skinned, blue-eyed girl, with black hair in uneven twin tails; the right lock of her hair is shorter than her left. The pale girl was wear a black and magenta striped long sleeve underneath a long white shirt that had a cross stitch smiley face on it. A short dark navy blue micro skirt that had overall straps tied from the tip of the skirt to the back, and she fashioned on black ankle length cowgirl combat boots that buckles going across them. Hwoarang looked at the girl, as she held a human seeing her bite into the neck of the mercenary. Jak opened his mouth saying curses slowly, while Daxter fainted from the sight. The girl looked up at the staring delinquents giving them an irritated look.
"What are you fucks staring at? Have you not eva seen a vampiah? Stuped cattle…You are bloody serious aren't cha?" Jak and Hwoarang both nodded in panic in hopes that the young female vampire did not eat them. The pale cobalt eyed vampire smiled at the two frightened boys grinning, showing her teeth to them. The pale vampires slowly came closer to Hwoarang's neck then slowly saying a whisper into his ear, "…boo."
Hwoarang screamed fainting into Jak's arms like a frail woman. The pale vampire began to laugh uncontrollably at the sight of the Blood Talon fainting. Jak looked at the pale girl with utter disbelief. Jak gently put Hwoarang down next to and unconscious Daxter focusing his attention back to the girl.
Song: Black Rock Shooter Music Box – YouTube
"What the hell did you do that for?" Jak yelled out to the vampire girl. The pale vampire smiled cheeky and laughed some more trying to talk, "I'm sorry…ha ha ha…is just that I haven't had any visitas to play wit in 200 years. Oh, excuse my mannahs my name is Mekkah. What bring you blokes all tha wey out here?"
"You're Mekkah? The daughter of Kain, right?" Mekkah looked at Jak innocently then furrowed her brow. Mekkah walked slowly to the open window looking out sighing, as she began talking, " My…oh my…how long has it been since I heard fatha's name…I haven't see him seence he tried to give me away tah his right haand, Lieutenant Raziel…I rebelled causing quite a stauh back a home…As I remembah fatha wanted me tah birth the first High One. Raziel, he must of given up on tryin tah find meh. Last I heard I was presumed deed."
"You're dead to them then why not go and tell your father you're still alive?" Jak questioned. Mekkah looked back at Jak and smiled, "Because silly, if I go back fathah will surely punish meh and my Elda sistahs would surely see meh hung on tah gallows. Or worseh I would be forced in sex with Raziel to create tha next Twin Queen Kyropterins. Why do ya think I live here?"
Jak closed his eyed nodding in agreement with the young female, "Then we'll help you put your father back in his right mind, but only if you do one thing for us!" Mekkah looked back up at Jak and smiled, "What is dat warm blood?" Jak smiled and laughed, as he placed his hand on Mekkah's right shoulder, "Help me and my friends find a road that leads out of Nosgoth and…can you please try to speak more clearly your accent is so…well hard to understand…" Mekkah gave Jak a blank stare and nodded placing her hand on his forehead causing him to yelp at a sharp pain she caused him, "Hmmm…there I've read your mind and have taken your warm bloods accent. My father never really approved of this, but…to hell with him! Anyway, we should get moving and I wake up your friends human cattle."
Jak watched Mekkah pick up the huge stone boulder throwing it into the wall creating a new way to pass. Jak's eyes went wider when he saw Mekkah jump from where they were down to the ground below. The drop was at least a 30-foot drop to the bottom. Jak ran to the edge seeing Mekkah wave at him then yelling out to him, "Oh yeah it's nice to meet you Jak! Tell your friends Hwoarang and Daxter to meet me at the vampire Sanctuary! See ya there!"
Mekkah smiled shape shifting into a swarm of black bats flying away to the destination of the Sanctuary. Jak turned around waking Hwoarang and Daxter. Hwoarang looked around for Mekkah and Jak told him the entire story. Hwoarang and Daxter understood knowing that they would have to battle Kain again, but this time with some help. The boys agreed to return to the Sanctuary and confront the vampire council. This time with a vampire of their own at their steed. The boys left the Tomb of the Sarafan and to the Sanctuary. Jak and Hwoarang finally arrived at the citadel once again an hour later. Jak equipped his Gunstaff and Hwoarang readjusted his fighting gloves readying themselves for the long hall. The men nodded to each other giving a lite tab to each other with their fists and smiled entering the citadel once more.
Song: Compression of Time -Final Fantasy VIII Soundtrack
Both Hwoarang and Jak both reached the stone door that lead into the throne room. Mekkah leaned against the wall waiting for them to come. Mekkah was ready for battle, as she was armed with a special katana with an edge that she used to cut her finger or hand on, which has grooves running down its length designed especially to allow her blood, which is poisonous for Kyropterin vampires and normal vampires, to spread through the entire blade. Mekkah's father, Kain is immune to the poisonous contents that are in her blood only her Elder sisters and her elder twin sister Calla. Mekkah ad a stern face looking at the boys with remorse on what she was about to do. Jak knew what she was feeling, to go up against your own father and the one you loved was a heavy burden upon her heart. All four of them nodded silently, as Mekkah pushed open the stone doors with ease.
There in the middle sat Kain and in a circle stood his six lieutenants and their blood mates that were Mekkah's sisters, Raziel stood alone his golden orbs stared at the opening door. Kain leaned forward against his Reaver smiling at the return of Mekkah. Calla looked at her twin with her pale emerald eyes staring her sister down with such spite. Calla was twisted, and sadistic in her mind and she was mated to Zephon already pregnant with his brood. Pregnancies never showed on a Queen Kyropterin, so it enabled the mother to keep her from slowing down and her abilities until birth. Raziel drew his attention to Mekkah never showing any form of emotion at her return. Kain knew what his daughter came for. Kain was glad to accept Mekkah's offer and fight.
Calla got up from her seat pulling out a large black scythe. Calla licked her clawed hands and she walked towards her sister her black pumps made tapping noises upon the cold marble floor. Calla's was a pale-skinned vampire with wavy dark green hair and straight bangs, and neon green eyes. The outfit she wears is similar to a simple Gothic Lolita costume. She wears a black dress and a black bolero; her dress extends down to her thighs and is accented with a white ribbon attached to her waist, also wearing a pair of leggings and a pair of black pumps. Calla had a pair of black gauntlets on each hand. On her head is a pair of long horns, which resemble a pair of vertebrae with each tip made out of three tips joined at the end. Calla also has a pair of wings, which sit low on her back, looking like a thick zigzag.
Mekkah placed her thumb on her blade releasing her blood into the crevices of the blade. Calla did the same taking off her right gauntlet and swiping her hand across the blade of her scythe spreading the crimson fluid all over it. Kain gave the signal for his sons to back down and to let his twin daughters have their way for now. Hwoarang looked around knowing that they might not have a chance of winning, but he knew they had to try. Jak pulled out the DMW throwing it in to the air everyone witnessed it activate and scan the area for battle. The DMW displayed Mekkah and Calla's stats and started the battle.
Song: Ladder to Heaven –Shadow Hearts Covenant Soundtrack
"Activating Combat Mode!" the DMW stated instantly starting the battle.
DMW-now synchronizing-Active Time Battle feature activated-Judgment Ring activated-
Calla Lv.20
DMW Limit Emotion Meter: Raging
ATB active no turn wait…
Mekkah Lv.15
DMW Limit Emotion Meter: Sky High
ATB active no turn wait…
The battle instant began with Calla and Mekkah dashing at each other. The Queens clash caused a surge of high energy to be released from them both. Kain sat back down on his throne to watch the event. The brethren yelled and screamed for bloodshed and Raziel stayed quiet examining the Queens battle it out. Mekkah felt her energy drained when Calla clashed with her. Calla sliced a bit of Mekkah's shirt and Mekkah cut a piece of Calla's black dress. Calla's eyes began to glow green and Mekkah's flamed blue. Mekkah sent chains straight at Mekkah binding her up and clawing at her face. Mekkah screamed and tried; as she must, she did not have any strength to escape from Calla's bindings. Mekkah's body felt as if it wanted to give in to Calla's demands. Suddenly Mekkah saw Raziel staring upon her. Mekkah quietly whispered his name, as he stood there watching. Mekkah knew Raziel was not on to show how he truly felt so easily. Mekkah felt an instant D-link connection to Raziel. The roulette stopped on Raziel's profile picture and on triple sevens giving Mekkah enough power to overcome her sister.
Song: BLACK ROCK SHOOTER English – Usachii
Mekkah pushed herself beyond her limits breaking from the bindings that held her. Calla gasped and screamed with fear. Mekkah used her telekinesis knocking her scythe out of her hands. Mekkah saw the fear in Calla's eyes and it instantly caused Zephon to go to his mate's call. Zephon was quickly held back by Raziel. Mekkah looked at Raziel nodding and returning to her main objective. Mekkah released her limit aura and began to dash towards Calla breaking time and space like glass. Mekkah felt time slow down, as lights flew by just like when Hwoarang did his limit break. Mekkah jumped and slashed her blade at Calla causing her body to crystallize. Mekkah slid and went once more releasing a blue wave of energy shattering the crystal statue of Calla.
Mekkah swiped her blade in front of causing time to flow once more, seeing a shattered Calla being sucked into time itself. The DMW analyzed the area and declared the battled over, before shutting down playing a different victory tune.
Song: Mission Complete -Final Fantasy X-2 Soundtrack
Song: Demise –Final Fantasy X-2 Soundtrack
Mekkah looked back at her father and at Raziel seeing the anger in the other vampire's faces. Mekkah instantly told everyone to run. The group ran from the Sanctuary finally reaching their vehicles. Jak hopped into his buggy with Daxter on the main rail gun. Hwoarang started up his motor quickly and both sped off with Mekkah in the back seat of Jak's buggy. Daxter turned the rail gun around aiming at the vampires. Mekkah screamed at him not to fire to let them go. Daxter did, as she instructed and went down with Jak. The boys sped off out of Nosgoth and into another unknown area; Mekkah instructed them to go by the map she stole from Raziel, before they all met at the Sanctuary. Daxter looked behind and saw no trace of the following vampires. Mekkah saw the sun and smiled. Jak looked at her wondering if she would burn. Mekkah reassured the boys that she was immune to the sun's harmful rays.
Song: Blue Fields –Final Fantasy VIII Soundtrack
The gang stopped the motors and looked around at the countryside. Mekkah happily embraced the sun and blue skies. It sure beat the decaying corruption of her homeland of Nosgoth. Jak finally sat down on the hood of his buggy putting his hands behind his head closing his eyes to nap. Hwoarang walked behind the vehicle to relive himself of his liquid burden he carried. Daxter followed Mekkah noticing how the sun made her very pale. Mekkah ran into a field of flowers blooming and fell into the grass. Mekkah screamed out in excitement catching the boys' attention. Both Hwoarang and Jak laughed at Mekkah's newfound pleasure in her newfound love for the sun. Daxter laughed, as she pulled him up and held him close laughing.
"She sure is happy…" Hwoarang said zipping up his pants. Jak got up and nodded in reply, "Yeah…I would be to if I was cooped up in that depressing land. I mean look at her she is just brimming with excitement…It makes me wonder if there are others out there who are in need of our help like she did…" Hwoarang smacked Jak on the back of the head and smiled, "Stop worrying about that we have own goals to achieve and when the time comes to help another then well help them." Jak pouted while rubbing his pounding head. Mekkah raced back to the boys and smiled warmly at them.
"So…where are we off to?" Mekkah chirped. Hwoarang pulled out Raziel's map and examined the uncharted area they were now in, "Fuck…the map only covers the Nosgoth area and nothing else." Mekkah looked around, as the boys inspected the map while bickering amongst each other. Mekkah saw a sign written in a language she couldn't understand. Mekkah waved to the boys showing them the sign. The guys ran to the sign seeing that none understood it except Daxter.
"You can read this gibberish, Dax?" Jak pointed questioning his friend. Daxter stood proudly and grinned, "Yup! Stand back ladies and gents let a real adventurer show your how it's done…Hmmm it seems to be written in Italian…let me translate it. It says…To Avalar 300 miles east to the Roma 400 miles east too. I guess Avalar is first then the Roma. So oh fearless leader, what do you want to do?" Daxter said to Hwoarang.
Hwoarang turned his back towards the group looking up, as he lit his smoke. Mekkah looked at Hwoarang in concern of what was going through the Blood Talon's mind. Hwoarang released poof of smoke and dropped the cigarette smashing it with his foot. Hwoarang turned to the group with his decision.
Song: Dart's theme –The Legend of Dragoon Soundtrack
"We keep on moving forward and find the blue rose! We help those people who are in need of help and take down the Mishima Zaibatsu!" Mekkah spoke up and asked Hwoarang what the rose was, "Umm so you boys are hunting for a flower?" Mekkah questioned. Jak answered Mekkah's question with a smile, "Not just any rose this one is said to cure any ailment and disabilities." Mekkah pondered on the thought of it and grinned, "So if I was to find this blue rose then father…Raziel everyone can come out into the sun! They wouldn't have to hide in the shadows anymore!"
"Now you're talking!" Daxter shouted out. Hwoarang nodded and smiled, "Okay then were set! For our Planet…" Hwoarang held out his hand, as every joined theirs in all shouting out, "Yeah!"
Song: Moonlight Wandering –FF VII Crisis Core Soundtrack
Everyone got in the vehicles and started the motors. Hwoarang looked at Jak and Mekkah then to Daxter who was on the rail gun seeing them all smiled at him. Hwoarang put his goggles over his eyes, as well as Daxter and Jak, "Let's go…everyone." The rest of the group nodded and raced off in to the path of the legendary land of the purple dragon…
Author's Note: Phew, that was along one to write. I hope you all enjoy this chapter, I must say there must be some of you that like this story because my ratings are out there for the first story of this one and this one is climbing up the rating hill rapidly. Knowing that my stories are entertaining people makes me feel happy and content. Well anyway the next chappie was hinted at the end, I hope some of you people out there know who is appearing next lol.
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FF VIII, X-2, VII Crisis Core
Shadow Hearts Covenant
LOK: Soul Reaver
Black Rock Shooter
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Where were you on November 22, 1963? For some of you this may be before you time, but for me, I was a 12-year-old living in Edinburgh, Scotland and it is a day I will never forget. And for those of you who have no recall of what happened 50 years ago, it was the day that John F. Kennedy was shot and assassinated.


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Since id is mandatory property for all resource objects I'm not sure how to implement a geocoding API that conforms to JSON API.
Addresses (at least in our system) are value objects. That is, they don't have identity. If I was to query the API using something like this:
GET /address/?street=broad
I would like to get back a result that looks something like this:
"data": [
"attributes": {
"lat": 41.863920,
"lng": -87.853393,
"street": "Broadview"
"type": "address"
I don't like the idea of generating fake IDs since that is misleading to the client.
Is it possible to get an address without searching? If so, what does it return exactly?
No, not really. In the API, addresses are always part of some other entity (an order's delivery address for example).
The geocoding API is there to validate user typed addresses and to find lat/lng coordinates to be copied over to an entity. (similar to google's geocoding service)
In what way is the client misled? Because the client thinks it knows an ID that the API / server uses? But the client cannot use this ID (it can't lookup an address using the ID). Although it's a leaky abstraction I'm struggling to see what potential problems this could lead to.
The spec states:
Within a given API, each resource object's type and id pair MUST identify a single, unique resource.
In your case, you could give the lat/lng comma-separated as an id.
Exactly. I think you are answering your own question It can be done for sure. The server can generate transient and unique ID numbers on the fly and maybe there are no real problems with this. But as you say, it's a leaky abstraction and misleading the client to think that these IDs have some meaning and can be referenced to later on.
I guess I was just hoping that I missed something in the spec and that there actually was a nicer way of doing this that I just hadn't realized.
Or use meta for non-resource object responses
Why not use "filter" query param? e.g., GET /addresses?filter[street]=broad will response:
"data": [
"type": "addresses",
"id": [md5(lat + lng) for example],
"attributes": {
"lat": 41.863920,
"lng": -87.853393,
"street": "Broadview"
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