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Ovispo De Los Santos raised a few eyebrows in his first state-wide campaign with the rookie-level Surprise Rangers last summer. Though his numbers weren't overly dominant, he threw strikes and flashed a fastball that sat between 93-95 mph and topped at 97.
De Los Santos' powerful arm and strong performance––which included a 3.45 ERA in 28.2 innings––helped establish him as an intriguing relief prospect in a Rangers system loaded with talented arms.
The 22-year-old began his 2010 season in Extended Spring Training. As the hurler explains below, the Rangers wanted him to work on throwing his offspeed stuff more often while also commanding his fastball within the strike zone.
De Los Santos joined the Spokane Indians at the start of their season and was dominant in four outings. The right-hander tossed 5.1 scoreless frames, giving up two hits, walking two, and striking out nine. His electric fastball touched 100 mph during one game.
The Rangers quickly promoted the 6-foot-1, 180-pound reliever to Single-A Hickory, where he has continued to succeed. He has posted a 3.14 ERA in his first 14 appearances with the Crawdads. In 14.1 innings, he has surrendered only nine hits while walking five and fanning 15.
De Los Santos' most recent outing came on August 16 against the Charleston RiverDogs. He worked a shutout inning and recorded a pair of strikeouts. As usual, the reliever sat around 93-94 mph early in the inning and eventually worked his way up to the 97 mph fastball that ended the frame with a swinging strikeout.
As he begins to throw his slider more often, he is also having some more success with the pitch. De Los Santos threw the low-80s breaker four times in the 15-pitch inning and got two swinging strikes (including one strikeout, shown in the video below) and one called strike.
Lone Star Dugout spoke with the fireballing righty through the translation of Crawdads first baseman Michael Ortiz.
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Jason Cole: What are your thoughts on your season as a whole, from Arizona to Spokane and now to Hickory?
Ovispo De Los Santos: Before I even came to Spring Training, I was physically and mentally preparing myself down in the program in the Dominican Republic. Every day, I was giving it 100 percent and making sure that I was ready to come into Spring Training. I was taking it one step at a time.
And then finally, when I got to Spring Training, I said, 'This is day one, let's give it 100 percent every day, do all my work as much as possible and to the best of my ability and perform.'
I felt like I did my job well in Spring Training. I didn't break camp, but I stayed with my plan––I never veered off my plan. I did the same thing in Extended Spring Training and kept working and giving it 100 percent every single day.
When they sent me to Spokane, I was happy that they gave me the opportunity. I felt that I did well in Spokane too. I did my job every day. Whether I was pitching or not, to me, I was pitching that day. I was ready to close out every game, every day. It didn't matter. I came in with the same mentality every day.
I feel like that helped me get this job here in Hickory. I've followed the same plan all year and I'm not going to let up until the last day of the season. I also thank God for helping me along the way. While I put in my effort, I feel that God is helping me.
Cole: Was there anything that you knew you had to work on to get out of Extended Spring Training?
De Los Santos: The first thing that they told me I needed to work on was my slider––my secondary pitches. Obviously I have a strong throwing arm, but they said that a lot of guys can throw hard. They wanted to see my secondary pitches.
They told me to learn to keep commanding the fastball––stay sharp with the fastball––but also to get better with the slider. I've been working on my slider all year, and it has been bringing me results. I haven't veered off my every day program or routine. I just thank God. I'm putting in all the effort that I can and letting God take care of the rest.
Cole: How nice was it to finally get to Spokane and pitch in front of fans?
De Los Santos: My first time pitching in Spokane, it was obviously a lot of fans and it was an exciting day for me, knowing that I was going to get into the game at some point.
But as soon as I entered the game, I knew that no matter what was around me or what the situation was, I needed to throw strikes. That's all I focused on. I tried to blur out everything else around me––to stay focused, have tunnel vision, and throw the ball straight to the catcher. With that mentality, it helped me in Spokane. The first outing went just like I felt I wanted it to.
Cole: Have you ever heard people compare your delivery and the effortless fastball to that of Neftali Feliz?
De Los Santos: A lot of people have compared me to Neftali Feliz as far as my mechanics. I worked a lot with Danny Clark, the pitching coordinator. He was working with me on maintaining an easy delivery––a nice, fluid delivery.
I have good arm speed, so no matter what pitch I want to throw, I want to maintain an easy rhythm in my mechanics. And then I just need to let everything else happen to throw strikes. It's working for me right now.
Cole: What do you want to improve upon in the last few weeks of the regular season here?
De Los Santos: Nothing changes for me. I know there are only a few games left, and I want to stick to my plan and try to finish as strong as I can. I don't want to veer from my plan. I want to give every day 100 percent until that last game––giving it every ounce of energy that I have left in the tank.
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And in a completely unrelated direction, Fel I think you'll enjoy this, in my french class today I had to write 15 sentences about a fictional trip to another country. I had about 10 minutes to do it before class because it was assigned a few days ago, so I didn't really have a whole lot of time to think it through. I decided to say I went to Quebec, travelled through Shawinigan, Quebec City, and Gatineau. And I said I ate Poutine the entire time. Described how to make it and my teacher, a guy who was born in Africa and then lived in Parise for a few years before coming over here to teach, now wants to try it. Got bonus points for teaching him a "french" dish that he never had
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First teacher was half Egyptian, super hot gal in her 20's. Second teacher was just a Minnesotan who spoke French. Third teacher was from the Middle East. Last teacher was a native speaker from Gabon. The last guy was so hard to understand, it really took a while to get used to it.
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Frank J, Poblete-Gutiérrez P. Porphyria cutanea tarda--when skin meets liver. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2010; 24(5): 735-45. PubMed
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This has graphic sex between two consenting guys. Not much else.
I don't apologise for this.
And I guess this is an AU, in which Light isn't Kira and he and L are living happily together in an apartment (don't question it – just enjoy it). No drama in this story! Just smut and fluff. But mostly just smut.
Standard disclaimers apply.
I sprained my ankle a week ago, which is where this idea came from. Enjoy.
L did not mean to fall down the stairs.
When he woke up that fateful morning, he did not think to himself, Hmm. Today sounds like a good day to throw myself down a flight of stairs and sprain my ankle! After all, I love it when it looks like I'm smuggling a baseball around in my lower leg.
No, there had been no intention on his part to reach the bottom of the stairs in any manner besides the time-tested, conventional method of taking it step by step. Fate, however, had other plans, in the form of a carelessly abandoned skateboard at the top of the stairs of their apartment complex, no doubt left by that obnoxious kid in apartment 621.
After his faster-than-planned trip down the stairs, the small part of his brain that wasn't concerning itself with moaning in excruciating pain was formulating plans to permanently ban all skateboards from ever being sold – or used – again. Ever.
He was the greatest detective in the world – greatest three, actually! Surely this would be a simple matter for him.
Although, one would also probably assume the greatest three detectives in the world could not be defeated by a flimsy board on wheels – yet there he was, curled up in a ball at the bottom of a flight of stairs, the skateboard still at the top and no doubt smirking mockingly down at him as it waited for its next unwitting victim.
As soon as he could get up, that skateboard would be brought to justice; he swore it upon his honor as L.
Three minutes of groaning and ankle clutching later, L still felt no inclination to get up and probably would have stayed there indefinitely had not a certain Yagami Light strolled up, who not only was too well-raised to ignore someone who was in obvious pain and need (or rather, too devious not to recognize an excellent opportunity to earn someone's gratitude, which could be manipulated later), but who also happened to be L's boyfriend.
Possibility Light would stop and help: ninety-nine percent.
Possibility Light would make fun of him within the first two minutes: eighty-seven percent.
"Ryuzaki!" L's boyfriend exclaimed, calling the alias L preferred to use in public. "Good god, what happened?"
"Light-kun, your observational skills are slipping if you cannot deduce what happened from the way I am collapsed at the base of this stairway, with that evil, diabolical skateboard lying in wait at the top."
L couldn't help it; pain just made his natural sarcasm all the worse.
"Yeah, yeah," Light shot right back, though he had crouched next to L's huddled form and was running a concerned hand in L's hair. "You have no room to remark on my observational skills when you're the one who didn't notice a skateboard right in front of your feet. Now where does it hurt?"
"Left ankle," L groaned. "I believe it's sprained, judging from the way it twisted when I fell."
"Damn, this is looking pretty swollen already. It could very well be broken. Do you want to take it in for an x-ray?"
"No, that will not be necessary. I am L; I am perfectly capable of diagnosing and treating a sprained ankle."
"You're a stubborn bastard is what you are. Now hold on to me and I'll carry you back up the stairs."
L was soon plucked from the ground and situated onto Light's back, his injured ankle dangling awkwardly, and the two slowly began their careful ascent.
"…You know, Light-kun," L remarked, clinging to his boyfriend's neck. "I suppose this is one excellent reason to be a homosexual. I doubt there are many girls who could carry me up a flight of stairs. Even though you are somewhat smaller and shorter than I am, you are still capable of bearing my weight without significant difficulty."
"Yeah, well," Light grunted, shifting L slightly higher up his back, "I'm only shorter when you stand up all the way. And I am not smaller – we're about the same size."
L grinned. "It's merely a product of your genetics and nationality, Light-kun. It's nothing to be ashamed about. And even though it's a little small, need I remind just how much I adore your co-"
"We're not talking about that!" Light interrupted hastily as he reached the top of the stairs, flushing, though it may have been from the exertion. "We were talking about body structure, you pervert. And I'm not small, I'm average. And maybe you should shut your mouth, unless you want me to drop you."
Though L calculated there was only a thirty-two percent chance of Light actually following through with the threat, he decided to keep quiet, just in case. His ankle was still in massive amounts of pain, and he really didn't fancy getting dropped on his ass.
He pressed a conciliatory kiss on Light's ear, the easiest place for him to reach in his position.
"Of course, Light-kun. It was very chivalrous of you to rescue me. I will say no more about the size of your genitals. And anyway, it is not the size that matters, but what you do with it."
"…You're lucky I like you."
"And you're lucky I like you and your sexy little cock."
L was glad that, when Light dropped him, he generously kept hold of his injured leg so as not to damage it further. He could have done without the extra bruise on his ass, however.
After three days of almost constant confinement to his bed, L was getting a little grumpy.
It was bad enough that whenever he wanted to relocate somewhere, he had to hobble around on a pair of crutches he was convinced were in league with the skateboard. He couldn't even sit in his favorite thinking pose, as his ankle made this impossible.
And worst of all, he had been without sex ever since he'd been injured. For three days! That was almost as long as the time Light had cut him off after L had accidentally let it slip to Light's father that he had fucked his son on the family sofa once when the Yagami's had gone to visit Sachiko's parents.
And the family table. And a few of the family walls, as well as Light's old bed.
It had been well worth it, though… For some reason, doing it in his parent's home had made Light twice as frisky (and as L could attest, there was no such thing as 'too frisky'). L could still picture Light lounging on the sofa, flushed and panting and moaning, one leg thrown elegantly over the back as L thrust between his legs.
And then spread out on the table, as the cake Sachiko had left as a thank-you for house-sitting was put to very good use…
As L began to lose himself in pleasant memories of past copulations, wondering if he was desperate enough to stroke himself off, the featured star himself strolled into the dimly-lit room, home from work, looking carelessly sexy in a pair of tight, causal jeans and a neatly buttoned shirt.
As their eyes met, L had to wonder if Light could somehow read his thoughts, because he had that teasing gleam in his eye that he often got before and during sex that always went directly to L's groin.
Or maybe L was just feeling particularly horny.
Light stopped at the base of the bed, climbing up to kneel on the edge and softly stroke L's legs, his fingers sneaking up and down his calves beneath his pants.
"L? How's your ankle feeling?" he asked in a low, husky voice, and L knew he either had been slipped some sort of hallucinogen or Light wanted sex just as badly as he did.
"Good," L answered, perfectly truthful but completely willing to lie anyway if it meant he'd get sex. "The swelling has gone down thirty percent."
"Has it?" Light murmured, leaning down to examine the ankle himself. While he was down there, he pulled the big toe into his mouth and began sucking lightly.
L groaned. His toes were, and always had been, his weakness.
If Light didn't give him sex after this, he'd never forgive him.
But that really didn't seem like it'd be a problem.
"Mmm…" Light hummed, grazing his teeth along L's toes. "You're right; it does look better."
Then, gracefully as a jungle cat (and probably as deadly), Light began crawling towards L, his eyes smoldering and a taunting smirk across his damnably sexy mouth. L was grateful, in that small part of his brain that hadn't suddenly been taken over by his libido, that Light was avoiding his injured ankle as he slunk up L's body; most of his brain, however, had fled to his cock, along with the majority of his blood, so right then he really wouldn't have cared if Light had decided to take a hammer to his ankle, as long as he kept looking at L with those sex-filled eyes and sensual intentions.
Light, for better or for worse, somehow seemed to consistently make L hornier than he ever had been as a teenager, and that decreased his thinking abilities more than anything else.
Slowly, Light slid L's shirt up with him, pulling it up and over L's head and arms and tossing it on the floor, L more than happy to see it go. Light pressed himself gently against L's body, meshing their hips and chests together, and L hissed as the two semi-hardening cocks met, though smothered by their boxers and jeans.
"L…" Light breathed, hovering his mouth just inches above L's and rocking his hips ever so slightly.
Their lips connected – a soft, tingling kiss that only lasted a moment before Light pulled back, significant despite its brevity. It was a beginning, the last moment before insanity, those final few feet before the edge of a cliff, where their eyes met and an understanding was reached.
Then they were together once more, in a hard, burning kiss that tasted of sin and passion and pleasure, and L felt himself falling all over again.
He pressed up hungrily against his lover's mouth, an almost desperate edge as he thrust his tongue in and overtook the other's. His eyes flew shut and his mind fizzled away until all that was left Light: Light's tongue, Light's hips, Light's scent, Light's taste.
He wanted, needed more; he couldn't get close enough. He wanted to sink into Light and engulf himself entirely in Light's essence, until they were more one person than two. And maybe if he kissed hard enough, he could leave his claim on Light forever.
It wasn't until he heard the ominous clink of metal that he realized he had been handcuffed to the headboard of the bed. His eyes opened slowly.
Light, with a final parting nip at L's lower lip, pulled back from the kiss and smirked at his trapped lover.
"Light-kun?" L asked, his mind still clinging to the slowly evaporating haze of lust which had surrounded it.
"You seem to enjoy handcuffs so much," Light grinned, not quite innocently, "I thought you'd enjoy this."
Metal dug into L's wrists as he pointlessly pulled against the restraints. This was not how L's handcuff fantasies usually went. Where had Light even hidden the handcuffs?
He glared sulkily up at his lover.
"I'd enjoy it much more if Light-kun were the one- aahh…" L's protest turned to a moan as Light discretely ground his hips down into L's hot, hard crotch.
"Too bad." Light leaned down to press a mocking kiss to L's mouth, though he pulled away before L could react.
"I'm…hah…injured," L managed to pant out, much too distracted by Light's slowly rolling hips and teasing tongue to form any decent sort of argument. "You're…supposed-ah…to be nice to me."
"Exactly," Light agreed smugly. "You're injured, and this is the only way I can make sure you don't do anything to hurt yourself. So just lie back and enjoy this, and don't move your leg around too much."
L might have managed to pull his mind together to further protest, had Light not sat up at that moment, knees on either side of L and thighs spread wide open, and began running his hands teasingly up his own clothed chest. At that point, protests just seemed rather unappealing when he could instead be watching the titillating show above him.
"Aahh..." Light sighed, his fingers rubbing a nipple through the thin fabric of his shirt. "Are you watching, L?"
Had there been any significant blood left in L's brain, he might have replied with an intelligent, dryly witty retort. As it was, all he managed was an eloquent, "Nnhhnn…" of affirmation.
One slender hand slid up to tousle Light's tawny hair, and his eyes fluttered shut as his other hand continued to pleasure his nipple lightly.
"Tell me what to do, L," he whispered, and any blood that may have been lingering around in other parts of L's body immediately drained directly to his cock.
Did Light really mean he could…?
If a sprained ankle meant Light turned into this steamy, erotic walking porn show, L was going to start throwing himself down stairs more often.
"Take off your shirt," he instructed, his mouth dry and his voice harsh from arousal. He was harder than he ever remembered being.
"Mmnn…" Light agreed, his long, elegant fingers already pushing apart the buttons to his shirt, revealing his lean, toned torso inch by tantalizing inch. Once all the buttons were undone, Light let the shirt slip from his shoulders and slide off his arms, tossing it to join L's somewhere on the floor.
L drank in the sight of his lover above him – the smooth skin and lithe muscles and already slightly erect nipples that called out for attention.
"Pinch your nipples," he directed, his voice barely above a whisper, swallowing hard.
Light smirked; a single hand trailed up his chest, drifting to circle around his right nipple. He pulled the circle tighter and tighter until his fingertip was rubbing lightly against the hardened nub itself. Then he pinched his thumb and finger firmly together, causing a soft gasp to escape his lips.
His other hand stole up his chest, beginning to tease and pinch and twist the other nipple as well.
L could only lie there and stare hungrily up as Light played with himself, unable to touch, his breathing harsh and his cock painfully hard as it pressed insistently against his pants. Light was going to be the death of him – in a very pleasurable, sexy way – but the death of him nonetheless.
"Harder," he croaked out. "Pinch them harder, Light-kun."
"Mmm, god, L," Light moaned, pressing closer into his hands as his fingers, almost against their own will, began pinching and rolling his nipples even harder. Prickles of sharp arousal shot down to his groin as he teased himself, L's dark eyes locked on his every movement.
Light's head hung down as the pleasure intensified, and he panted and gasped though his fingers never slowed.
"Hah…hah…hah…mng-ah, L… Ah! Is this…good, L?" He could hear L's heavy breathing beneath him, and it only turned him on more.
"Mmn… you're incredibly sexy, Light-kun."
Light raised his head and grinned down at him, cheeks slightly flushed and eyes bright, still unceasingly teasing and rubbing his own nipples, which by this point were looking very tender and abused. L desperately wanted to touch, to reach out and run his hands all over that beautiful body, but the stubborn handcuffs stopped him every time.
His arousal was also getting quite uncomfortable against the confines of his jeans.
"Pants, Light-kun…" he murmured. "Painful…"
Light laughed softly at L's obvious frustration, and his hands slipped from his peaked nipples, down, down, rubbing along his own denim-covered thighs. They slipped off his legs and onto the bed, and he smoothly pushed himself downwards until his face was hovering just above the blatant bulge in L's pants.
"Is this what's bothering you?" he breathed, running the tip of his nose up along the line of the zipper. His hands grasped the sides of L's torso, his fingers spreading wide as he ran his palms up and down L's body.
"Light-kun…" L moaned in what might have sounded like a whine but most certainly was not.
Light shifted up slightly and ran his tongue along the skin just above L's pants. His hands crept downwards to L's hips, his thumbs rubbing gentle circles. Nimbly, he pushed the top button of the jeans through the slit with his tongue, while his teeth pulled the pants open. Then his teeth caught the zipper and he slowly, slowly dragged it down.
L's breath was getting more and more erratic at this point; all he could think about was how close Light's breathtaking face was to his cock and how much he wished the handcuffs were gone so he could grasp that beautiful brown hair and fuck Light's mouth over and over.
He groaned in impatience as Light began licking at the exposed, tented boxers, already damp from pre-cum.
Light smirked up at him. The fingers at his hips curled down into his pants, and Light leisurely began tugging off L's pants, taking the boxers with them.
L sighed in relief as his cock was pulled free from his clothes, barely noticing as Light very, very gingerly slipped his swollen ankle free of the leg hole and tossed the pants onto the floor. He did, however, notice as Light began crawling up his naked body, never touching, but tormenting him by letting his hot breath trace over his skin – up his uninjured leg, teasing his throbbing cock, dancing across his chest and just brushing his nipples, until it finally stopped right above his mouth, as Light hovered on all fours above L.
Light leaned closer and closer, L panted harder and harder, and as their lips brushed Light whispered, "Should I take my pants off?"
"Oh fuck, please do…" L gasped, as Light had chosen that moment to reach down and run one finger teasingly along the side of L's cock.
Light chuckled and rose to his knees, still straddling L. His pants were very tight in the front, where his arousal was pressing against them in protest. Light's graceful fingers began rubbing gently at the bulge, kneading and playing as he rocked his hips into his touch, and L's own fingers twitched in longing from where they were captured above his head.
God, how he wanted to touch Light, to be the one to make him pant and gasp and moan in delight. While it was utterly arousing watching the younger man touch himself, it only made L crave him more.
Deliberately, Light began undoing the fastening of his pants, his lazily aroused eyes never leaving L. He pushed both his pants and his boxers off his hips, baring his own arousal as his clothes fell to his knees and onto L's chest. His right leg lifted and slipped out of the pants, soon followed by the left, and then the pants were on the floor and Light was pressing down to kiss L with renewed vigor.
L kissed back just as enthusiastically, licking and biting and swallowing Light's delicious moans. Their noses kept bumping as their mouths moved desperately against each other, and the handcuffs kept clinking as L strained against them, knowing it was useless but unable to suppress the urge to move and touch and grasp and feel.
Light began pressing panting, spine-tingling kisses along his jaw, scraping his teeth on the skin but never actually biting, working back to L's ear where he began nibbling and licking while L groaned in pleasure.
"Light-kun…" he panted, needing something but his mind unable to figure out what exactly.
"Tell me what to do, L," Light repeated, whispering hotly right in L's ear, his hands tugging and playing with L's hair, sweeping around to stroke the at the back of L's neck. "Do you want me to touch you?" he murmured slowly. "Suck you off…?" He began sucking hard on that weak spot of L's that was hidden right behind his ears, that weak spot that fundamentally turned him into a panting and desperate mess of hormones and lust. "…Do you want to watch me fuck myself with my own fingers?"
"Oh god, yes," L managed to groan, thrusting his hips uselessly into the empty air as he was overcome by images of Light – his long, toned legs spread completely open, flushed and breathless as he thrust his slim fingers over and over into his own red, abused hole, his hips rolling down to meet them, his voice crying out as he looked at L with burning, desperate eyes.
Light couldn't help smirking as he pulled back and watched lascivious desire almost completely glaze over L's pitch-colored eyes, the detective's passion so intense Light felt sure he could drown in it.
"Wait right here," he said, swinging himself off of L to lean over and dig into the nightstand drawer, grabbing their half-used bottle of lube.
L was too foggy from lust to point out that he was incapable of going anywhere else, even if wanted to (and he most certainly didn't), thanks to that frustrating pair of handcuffs locking his hands away above his head.
Then Light was back, straddling L on all fours once more. This time, however, he was turned around, presenting L with a teasing view of the smooth backs of his legs and his firm, perfect ass.
The handcuffs clinked as L's hands once again forgot their own confinement.
Light ducked his head, hot breath ghosting over L's cock, which had been ignored for far too long. L felt something soft brush the side, and he realized Light had rubbed his cheek against the length. Small, soft kisses with just a hint of teasing tongue were pressed on L's hips and thighs, close the base of his cock but not nearly close enough to satisfy.
L shivered and writhed beneath Light's mouth, which was sucking on his rounded, protruding hipbone, and Light pressed a warning hand against the quad of L's injured leg, reminding him to hold still.
Then the tip of a warm, smooth tongue was tracing up the length of L's cock, swirling and teasing and dipping and stroking, before his cock was suddenly plunged deep into Light's mouth.
Light just sucked harder in reply, working the cock deeper until the head bumped into the back of his throat. He kept his hand on L's thigh, monitoring any potentially damaging movement that could jar the sprain, while his other hand, already smeared with lube, crept backwards towards his exposed ass.
L was lost in the bliss of Light's mouth and tongue languidly worshiping every inch of his cock when he noticed Light's hand reaching back, a single slender finger lightly tracing his tiny hole.
"Oh god, yes," L groaned, the head of his cock getting ever harder as Light gently raked his teeth over the tip. "Do it…hah, ahhh… Fuck yourself, ngh…let me watch you swallow your fingers up."
Light moaned against L's cock, completely turned on as usual by L's dirty talk – a weakness of which L was well aware. So, while firmly sucking L's engorged head and rubbing smooth circles into his inner thigh, he sank his finger all the way into his own ass.
L watched breathlessly as Light began slowly finger-fucking himself; he was stretched to his limit between the erotic sight before him and the delicious brushes and licks and sucks on his cock. Light was rocking slightly into his own hand, teasing his insides over and over with his slim digit as L's brain quickly turned to complete mush.
The hand on L's thigh slid slowly higher up his body, cupping his scrotum, rubbing and teasing and fondling his tightened balls. L was now trembling and moaning, fighting to keep his injured leg still and his hands desperately clutching at the chain restraining them while he watched Light slip his finger in and out of himself, moving faster now, mouth sucking even harder as his finger prepared himself.
"Oh god, oh god, oh god," L panted, helpless to do anything as pleasure built within him, delicious pressure pooling in his belly and his arms jerking against their captors. "Another one, Light-kun, put another finger in."
Light complied and then there was a second finger, curling in and pressing and thrusting with the other, Light's hole stretching farther to accommodate, wrapping tightly around the fingers.
A few playful nips at L's head had him moaning even louder in maddened bliss, his thighs trembling with suppressed emotion.
Light was only doing marginally better. His cock was incredibly stiff between his legs and longed to be touched, but he continued finger-fucking himself, knowing the sight was pushing L to his limit. And that just turned him on all the more.
They made a good pair, the two of them: L the voyeur and Light the exhibitionist.
L was gasping, shaking, moaning, twisting up into Light's mouth, his balls drawing higher as he was forced ever closer towards helpless orgasm, but right as he felt himself teetering on the brink, Light pulled his mouth off with a slight pop, and before L knew what was happening, Light's hungry lips were on his – his body somehow turned around and pressed against L, grinding and desperate and driving L completely mad.
"Oh god, L, you turn me on so much," Light moaned into his mouth. "I want you inside me."
L was too lost in the pleasure of Light's rolling hips to properly respond, but he felt confident Light apprehended his sentiments on the matter.
"Mnn…ah…hah…hah! Ah!" he panted, just in case there was any confusion.
Light apparently understood, because suddenly the lips on L's were gone and a hand was wrapped around his cock, positioning him beneath the hovering body kneeling above him.
Light couldn't keep a moan from his lips as L's cock slowly pushed inside him, sliding smoothly from the lube and filling him to the brink. It pulsed within him, stretching painfully but with a sliver of pleasure as it pressed against his sensitive prostate. His thighs trembled; his arms quivered. And beneath him, L moaned in impatient ecstasy.
Gradually, Light began rolling his hips up and down, his lover's cock never quite leaving him all the way before he slammed himself back down. He impaled himself over and over, unable to stop the gasps and moans that escaped as L's cock split him open.
"Ah! Oh god! Ahh…mmng…ah…hah! L!" One hand was pressed to L's stomach, steadying himself as his other stroked his own neglected cock.
L was rushing towards the edge of rapture once more as he drank in the sight of his young lover's lean body fluidly riding him, all slim, toned muscles and his head thrown back in abandon. He was beautiful; a wild, exotic young god drenched in carnal delight and depraved sensuality, and he was all L's.
Again and again their bodies merged, connected in the most intimate way possible as they pushed ever closer to physical delight, L gasping and trembling and clutching his restraints, Light moaning and whimpering and never slowing his rolling hips, until the pulsing cock within him brushed against his abused prostate one too many times and he was overcome by his explosive climax.
"A-ah! Oh god, L!"
It was the sight of him consumed in wanton ecstasy that pushed L over the edge.
The pressure in his gut erupted, shooting his hot seed into his lover's trembling body as Light's spilled all over them both. Flashes of pleasure coursed over him and he was helpless in their grip, unaware of anything but the blinding waves of passion.
When it was over and they were both left weak and pleasantly drained, Light fetched a towel to clean the semen from their bodies, taking care as he wiped L's sated form. A satisfied smirk was on his lips as he leaned in to drop a peck of a kiss on L's mouth, who accepted it with a lazy smile of his own.
Thoroughly exhausted and feeling the siren call of sleep tugging on his mind, Light slipped into bed and curled up against his lover, covering them both with the sheets.
L moved to wrap his arms around him, but found they were still captured in the handcuff's unrelenting hold.
"Light-kun…" he whispered gently, too satisfied to be annoyed. "You forgot to take off the handcuffs."
"Hmm?" Light mumbled, already slipping into sleep. "Oh…key's on the dresser…"
"That may be so, but I can hardly reach the dresser in my current state, Light-kun."
No sound but slow, steady breathing.
"…Light-kun? Are you asleep?"
No answer.
"…Damn it."
AN: I have plans for another chapter, in which L gets his revenge. Let me know if you're interested. Thanks for reading!


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We have helplines which you talk to professionals but I am thinking of creating a web page where you talk to people who go thtough dark times.
love to know what you all think, either write some suggestions in the comments or create a new page.
This will be a webpage where you can chat to people who have gone through what you have.
You will have your main blogging page where you chat to everyone at anytime of the day.
You can then select to private message someone and then have your own chat with them or create a group chat where you can discuss how to help eachother out etc.
You can go anoymously or create your own profile.
I feel as this will help decrease rates of feeling isolated because you talk to people who have gone through what you have and can relate easier.
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The World Bank has praised the Azerbaijani government`s reforms to develop agriculture.
WB Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Laura Tuck said the bank hails measures taken in Azerbaijan in the past years to improve the agrarian sector as she met the country`s Agriculture Minister Heydar Asadov. Ms. Tuck emphasized the importance of relevant decrees and executive orders signed by the Azerbaijani President.
Minister Asadov hailed the WB`s projects in Azerbaijan, and lauded the bank`s assisting the country in carrying out agricultural reforms.
Following the meeting the two attended a roundtable marking the 10th anniversary of WB-funded Azerbaijan Rural Investment Project. They also discussed the execution of the second Azerbaijan Rural Investment Project, and met representatives of 15 rural communities cooperating with the project.


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Members of Congress who have seen parts of the classified list being created by the Department of Homeland Security say it's a haphazard compilation that includes water parks and miniature golf courses but omits some major sites in need of security.
"Their list is a joke," said Rep. Ernest Istook, R-Okla., a member of the House Homeland Security Committee. He called it "an exercise in full employment for bureaucrats, rather than a realistic way to make the country safer."
The department began collecting data a year ago under orders from President Bush. Noting that an attack on one sector can have cascading consequences for the economy and public safety, Bush instructed the department to develop a database of sites and set priorities to protect them.
The job was to have been largely completed by this month. In some cases, the list would be used to establish permanent protections. In others, it would guide officials to sites needing stepped-up security in the event of a threat against one area or industry.
Robert Liscouski, in charge of infrastructure protection at the Homeland Security department, said officials have set up a database of more than 80,000 sites. It's being kept secret so terrorists cannot learn more about the nation's vulnerabilities.
87,000 food-processing plants 1,800 federal reservoirs 2 billion miles of cable 2,800 power plants 5,000 airports 590,000 highway bridges 2 million miles of pipelines 500 urban transit systems 26,600 FDIC-insured institutions 66,000 chemical plants 104 nuclear power plants 80,000 dams 3,000 government facilities 460 skyscrapers
After a briefing Tuesday, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., criticized the effort. "I honestly don't know what they've been doing over there," she said. "I think you could take the average mayor or member of Congress and give them a month, and they would come up with a better list."
Michael O'Hanlon, a homeland security expert at the Brookings Institution, a centrist think tank, said the project so far amounts to "a stapling exercise."
Liscouski acknowledged that the process has been slow and could take years to complete. He said the department relies on state and local governments and private industries to help catalog sites that could be targeted by terrorists. Some have provided too much information and others not enough, he said.
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge recognized the problem in July. In an internal memo provided by the department, he said local officials "lack clear guidelines and standards" from his agency to help them determine which sites to include. "Absent such clear delineation, it is impossible to justify any item contained on the national list," Ridge wrote.
Stephen Flynn, author of America the Vulnerable, said companies are reluctant to give the government information because they fear being held liable after an attack if they lacked adequate security.
Nevertheless, Liscouski said federal officials have started analyzing the information. "We have a good handle on what the top targets in the United States are," he said. "It's not going fast, but it's coming along."
Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said he would meet with department leaders today to discuss his panel's "concern about what's in the database and what isn't and how it was compiled. We need a credible ... database in order to identify the vulnerabilities."


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The federal government has denied scrapping the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
There were reports that the scheme, which was established since 1975 by then Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has been scrapped by President Muhammadu Buhari, alongside post-UMTE.
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"NYSC is a creation of the law. Only another law can repeal it," Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity said while reacting to the rumour.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-5363?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13085945#comment-13085945 ] Dag H. Wanvik commented on DERBY-5363: -------------------------------------- Thanks for finding this , Kristian. I would think we could set the Java 6 compile classpath using Java 7. I'll add that unless somebody has misgivings. If we omit this extension of the property setter for this issue (as seems likely), I'll make a new issue and attach the preliminary patch of the Java 7 enabling to that so we can save it for later. > Tighten default permissions of DB files with >= JDK6 > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Key: DERBY-5363 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-5363 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Dag H. Wanvik > Attachments: permission-5.diff, permission-5.stat, permission-6.diff, permission-6.stat, z.sql > > > Before Java 6, files created by Derby would have the default > permissions of the operating system context. Under Unix, this would > depend on the effective umask of the process that started the Java VM. > In Java 6 and 7, there are methods available that allows tightening up this > (File.setReadable, setWritable), making it less likely that somebody > would accidentally run Derby with a too lenient default. > I suggest we take advantage of this, and let Derby by default (in Java > 6 and higher) limit the visibility to the OS user that starts the VM, > e.g. on Unix this would be equivalent to running with umask 0077. More > secure by default is good, I think. > We could have a flag, e.g. "derby.storage.useDefaultFilePermissions" > that when set to true, would give the old behavior. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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Transport expert Dr PS Pasricha explains the way forward for easing traffic problems in Mumbai which hold lessons for all large cities
Dr PS Pasricha, former deputy commissioner of Mumbai (traffic) in the 1980s, had introduced series of very thoughtful steps to improve the traffic management of the "maximum city". He has also served on various departments of police. A PhD in traffic management, Dr Pasricha has authored a book, Traffic Management: A long way to go", on road safety and traffic management. In an interview with Alekh Angre of Moneylife, he talks about urgent need to overhaul the congestion and signal management and thereby giving thrust to public transport. (This the first part of the interview)
Moneylife (ML): You have studied traffic and public transport for many years. Where have we gone wrong, to have at such pathetic public transport in Mumbai?
Dr PS Pasricha (PS): For this, one has to understand the phenomena of rising population and vehicular ownership. From 18 lakh population in 1941, it grew ten fold to around 180 lakh today. The number of cars now stands at around 22-23 lakh from just 18,000 in 1941. But the total area is limited. Since Mumbai is surrounded on three sides by water, there is a trend of commuting towards the north of city or vertically up. The density of car ownership is also rising. We have around 2,200 km of roads, hence there are problems of traffic congestion and environmental pollution.
To top that there is constant digging of roads by various utility departments such hydraulic, sewage, telephone, etc and often a mismatch in the digging and excavation timings, leading to disturbance in the traffic movement. Then is there is the perennial issue of encroachment despite Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). Then there are other developments, too. Navi Mumbai was created to mainly for commercial purpose. Later people started moving over there for residential purposes due to rising realty prices in the mainland. Over the years, this has resulted in longitudinal extension of traffic. Earlier we had 80% of the traffic coming towards south Mumbai in the morning. But now it is same in both directions. The mass transit pattern is same for 12-15 hours. Poor signal management adds to the problem. There are various signal time plans available on the signal system, but these have not been utilised. There has to be different signal timing for various slots of the day, along with periodic study of signal pattern.
ML: So the public transport utilities have not adapted to these changes?
PS: Yes. There is no systematic approach and no co-ordination between departments. During my time we had regular meetings with all the departments and stake-holders. This solved many of the issues. It also increased transparency. To tackle the issue of congestion due to digging of road, we used to ask for proposals from all the utilities agencies—telephone, gas, and sewage, etc, for their requirement by end of May, every year. After rigorous planning and strategizing, we used to allocate timings to dig the roads. This ensured there was no overlapping and hence there was no issue of congestion.
ML: You mentioned about poor signal management. Could please tell us something more about it?
PS: What we see now is completely unplanned signal management. The timings of the signal are same throughout the day. It has to be dynamic because the traffic itself is dynamic. Signal management has to be studied every three months or at least once in six months. If we put pressure on one point, the traffic moves to another lane/route. So congestion is spread at different points. During my days as commissioner, we had implemented nine different signal timings—for mornings, afternoons, evenings, holidays, festivals, etc. That should be re-introduced. Congestion management is essential for improving the efficiency of public transport.
ML: Could you elaborate on congestion management?
PS: If you consider Mumbai, the car ownership is rising. Currently I think the car occupancy must be around 1.8 from earlier 1.6. Take the example of Singapore, in 1975, to control congestion, it did not allow cars in certain downtown areas from 7.30-10.15 in the morning, unless it carried four people. So people started sharing vehicles or going before or after the no-entry period. This flattened the peak pressure and also migrated people to actually use public transport. Singapore was the pioneer in effective congestion management in a scientific manner. It also encouraged people to use public transport. In case of Mumbai, every private vehicle having capacity of four people should at least carry three. This will help to reduce the number of cars plying on the road. The basic rule of traffic management is that you pass only that amount of the traffic to next junction, which it can siphon out smoothly. But inconsistency of lanes is also a part of the problem. For instance, there are four lanes on Marine Drive, which further reduce to 3-2.5 lanes at Babulnath, and beyond it on Peddar Road there are only two lanes. So there is a problem of traffic bottle-neck. An average length of car is about five meters, this leads to bumper-to-bumper traffic with very little space. So in one km there are around 200 cars, which pass in 15 minutes per lane. So, around 800 cars ply per lane in one hour within the city. Thus, even one lane is blocked for 15 minutes, for some reason; there would be congestion of around 1 km. Such factors are hardly taken into consideration. We need consistency in lanes.
ML: Could tell us your views on flyovers? You have been very vocal about the Bandra-Worli Sea Link and its real use.
PS: Many of the flyovers are not providing any relief the problem of congestion. Many of them are badly planned and all are not workable. Take the case of the Sion flyover. The vehicles which were coming in four lanes are reduced to two lanes on the flyover. So there is bound to have congestion. Same is the case with Bandra-Worli Sea Link. I had written that it is going to cause a lot of problems at Haji Ali and Peddar Road, unless you link it with Marine Drive. Vehicles are coming at speed of 2,000 cars per lane per hour on the bridge. But near Worli Seaface, only 600-700 cars can ply at the same speed. So again there is the problem of traffic bottle-neck. Overall the commuting time is not phenomenally reduced after using the Sea Link. It is usable only if you going outside of the city as it is connected to the highway. It needs to be extended to Marine Drive and also to the eastern corridor, from Sewree, Navi Mumbai, Uran Nhava Shiva (Trans harbour link). This needs to be given top priority.
ML: With projects like Metro and Monorail in the implementation phase, would they help to improve Mumbai's public transport?
PS: They are certainly supplementing the effort. Though, it cannot be a solution for all the problems. But again it has to be done with proper planning and vision of at least of 50 years hence. Here we have a situation where roads are dug up and there is no time frame when it will be restored to its present condition. I keep insisting on holistic planning with a 360 degree view. The poor public transport and traffic problems are only due to pathetic planning. In 1965, a consultant by the name Wilbur Smith had proposed a ring road around the city in the form of the Western and Eastern Express Highway, with cost of only Rs60 crore. It was not implemented at that time, but eventually it was built. That is the kind of vision I am talking about.
ML: Having pointed all these problems, what is the way forward?
PS: To begin with we need to build an institution such as Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA) with a legal status. This will ensure better inter-departmental and effective co-ordination for planning on land use and traffic management.
This will also help to improve good and efficient public transport and automatically discourage private car usage. We require an integrated fare system, starting with the railways. Industries and corporates should be encouraged to set up at least 150 km away from the city. For that, they should be given subsidies and better FSI (Floor Space Index). Such satellite towns should also be connected with better roads so that people won't mind travelling the distance.
We need to implement good traffic management with dynamic signal timing along with good road markings and signs. This will improve safety as well as traffic flow and people will also comply with the law.
Then there should be an effective driving license system with de-meriting system for those breaking safety and traffic rules. Only then people will understand the importance of driving licenses. The process of issuing driving license should be computerised, such as in the case of passport. This is a solid investment and also important from the point of national security. We require good footpaths, to encourage pedestrians and encouraging walking habits for smaller distances.
Lastly, we should plan and implement projects as per our ground realities and limitations. It should not be introduced just because it was a success elsewhere.
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New Delhi: Agitating jewellers and bullion traders today called on Congress President Sonia Gandhi to press for their demand for removal of excise duty on unbranded jewellery, reports PTI.
"We today met Sonia Gandhi and requested her to tell the government to roll back excise duty on unbranded jewellery, reduce customs duty and lower TDS on sale of jewellery," All India Swarankar Sangh President Madhukar Chachad told reporters after the meeting.
Ms Gandhi, he said, "has assured us that she will forward our demands to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for further action".
Ahead of the meeting of jewellers with Ms Gandhi, the Congress had asked the government to look into the demands of jewellers, who have been agitating for more than a fortnight.
"Congress has asked the government to consider the demand of jewellers sympathetically," AICC General Secretary and media department chief Janardhan Dwivedi said.
Bullion traders and jewellers are protesting since the presentation of the Budget which had imposed excise duty on unbranded jewellery, raised customs duty on gold and proposed TDS requirement on sale of jewellery.
The representatives of the jewellery associations have also met Mr Mukherjee yesterday to press for their demand for removal of duties on gold and unbranded jewellery. They met the Minister again on Friday.
Mr Mukherjee, while replying to a debate on Budget in Lok Sabha last month, had assured the jewellers that he would consider their demands but ruled out reduction in customs duty on gold, which was doubled to 4%.
Various jewellers associations, including Bullion Traders Association, Market Sarafa Association, and diamond traders have been on strike since 17th March.
Mr Mukherjee in his Budget for 2012-13 had imposed 1% excise duty on all unbranded jewellery and doubled the import duty to 4% on gold. He also announced that quoting of PAN card would be mandatory for purchase of jewellery worth more than Rs2 lakh.
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- ^ http://www.secinfo.com/dS9Jj.a1k.htm CCC 1995 8K and press release
- ^ Cray develops Cray-4 (Apr 1994) [permanent dead link] Seems broken
- ^ NASDAQ 1995 filing Archived 2007-04-29 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ http://www.techagreements.com/agreement-preview.aspx?num=121632 CCC 1994 Annual Report
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Three Quick Tips to Make Your Blog More Consumer Friendly
Include the Right Keywords. Work with a trained keyword specialist, who can analyze search-engine trends and help you select phrases that have a higher search volume (i.e., terms consumers are more likely to enter when researching legal topics).
Write in a Consumer-Friendly Style. Make your content easy to read, relevant to the topic, and brief (fewer than 250 words is ideal). It may help to work with a trained blog copywriter to make the best use of your time and effectively promote your specific legal expertise.
Make it Easy to Contact Your Firm. Your goal is to encourage consumers to call or email and request a consultation. Make sure contact info is obvious, and use online contact forms. Work with a Web designer experienced in working with small law firms.
If you would like assistance in building your blogging and social media presence, LexisNexis can provide a free social media evaluation for your firm.
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