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Breaking Me Slowly
This started out as song lyrics, but since it doesn't rhyme, I made it a poem. Enjoy!
I can skip lightly without making a sound,
kind of like what you did to my heart.
When I wanted to see you,
you said no, no, no.
I'm too busy,
I've got work.
More like I'm too busy to love you.
Why are you so pretty?
I can't help loving you.
Even though you slashed my heart
long ago.
The sky is dark and cloudy,
so I guess I should find cover,
before your storm hits yet again.
You step on me,
like you do with your empty beer cans.
Your words hurt,
but when you pull me in,
I forget months of abuse.
When my head touches your heart,
my mind resets.
That must be your magic spell...


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'My heart goes out to the family': Hit-and-run driver wanted 'for killing Brooklyn couple and their unborn child' says he will turn himself in to police
- Nachman and Raizi Glauber, both 21, killed in Brooklyn car crash as they rode in a taxi to hospital at 12.30 am on Sunday
- Glaubers' son was delivered by C-section but died on Monday morning
- Driver Julio Acevedo, 44, fled the area and is being sought by police
The man wanted for driving the car that killed a pregnant woman, her husband and their child in Brooklyn has said his 'heart goes out to' the young family.
Julio Acevedo, 44, has eluded authorities since fleeing the crash that killed Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21, on Sunday. Their son, who was delivered by caesarean section, died on Monday.
But on Tuesday he vowed to turn himself in as he spoke out for the first time since the deaths.
'My heart goes out to them,' Acevedo said of the couple as he spoke to the New York Daily News over the phone. 'I didn't know they died until I saw the news.'
Killer: Police are looking for Julio Acevedo, 44, in connection with the deaths of an expectant couple in Brooklyn. He previously served time in prison for shooting Kelvin '50 Cent' Martin, right, to death in 1987
Origins: His name inspired rapper 50 Cent, pictured, whose real name is Curtis Jackson
He added that he had been fleeing from gunshots when his car smashed into the cab carrying the couple to hospital. He said he is making contact with a lawyer before contacting police.
It also emerged on Tuesday that Acevedo served eight years for a first-degree manslaughter charge for the 1987 shooting of his one-time associate Kelvin Martin, who went by the nickname of '50 Cent'.
Martin was the inspiration for the moniker assumed by platinum-selling rapper Curtis Jackson.
Acevedo has a long criminal record that includes time in Attica prison for Martin's death, two arrests for drug possession and arrests for robbery and reckless endangerment. His record also includes a 1997 robbery in the Bronx.
Just two weeks before the deadly crash in Williamsburg, he was stopped by police for driving erratically and his blood alcohol level was far above the legal level at .13.
Tragic: Nathan and Raizy Glauber, both 21, were on the way to hospital when they were killed in a hit-and-run car crash. Their son, who was delivered by emergency C section, has also died
Kelvin Martin lived at a housing project in Fort Greene, Brooklyn and terrorized the streets throughout the 1980s until his death aged 23.
He made a living through robberies and allegedly murdered local hustlers. Friends estimate that he sustained 24 bullet wounds and murdered at least 30 people in his life.
According to legend, Martin also stole from rap stars, such as LL Cool J. He allegedly robbed a gold chain from the rapper's neck in a parking lot in Brooklyn.
He was nicknamed '50 Cent' by his associates, but there are different theories over its origin.
It has been claimed the name came from his small stature - he was just 5ft 2 and weighed 120 pounds. Others say it referred to his robbery habit and how he would steal from someone, even if it were just for 50 cents. Another theory is that he once put down 50 cents in a dice game and won $500 back.
He was shot by Julio Acevedo on October 20, 1987 on the stairway of his girlfriend's building and died from hemorrhaging four days later. Acevedo was convicted of first-degree manslaughter and sentenced to a minimum of eight years in prison for the death.
In an interview with Vanity Fair last month, the rapper 50 Cent said: 'There was actually a guy from the Fort Greene projects [in Brooklyn, New York] who called himself 50 Cent. I used it as a metaphor for change. Musically, I had my own way of doing things.'
He told police he had drunk just two beers at a baby shower before he was pulled over. He was charged with a DWI but released the next day without bail.
A friend of Acevedo's from prison said Acevedo has called him seeking guidance at least four times since the crash, according to the New York Times.
'He has remorse,' the friend said. 'He wants to turn himself in.'
Isaac Abraham, a spokesman for the family's Orthodox Jewish community, called Acevedo a 'coward' before his arrest and demanded he be charged for three deaths.
'We in the community are demanding that the prosecutor charge the driver of BMW that caused the death of this couple and infant ... with triple homicide,' Abraham said in a statement. 'This coward left the scene of the accident not even bothering to check on the people of the other car.'
The Glaubers had been heading to hospital in a taxi early on Sunday morning after Raizi, who was seven months pregnant, felt an unusual pain.
Nachman and Raizi were traveling in the black 2008 Toyota Camry livery cab to Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill when a BMW smashed into the car and fatally injured the would-be parents.
The Glaubers both were pronounced dead
at hospitals, and the medical examiner said they died of blunt-force
trauma. It's not clear if they were wearing seatbelts.
The cause of the crash remained under investigation on Monday. The driver of the BMW was expected at least to face charges of leaving the scene of an accident.
The livery car, which the Glaubers had called as they did not have their own vehicle, was at a stop sign, but it was unclear if it had stopped, police said.
The taxi driver, Pedro Nunez Delacruz, 32, was not injured in the crash. He had an up-to-date license but an application to use the Toyota as a livery cab was still pending at the time of the crash.
Resting place: The original 50 Cent was given this headstone in Staten Island after a documentary about the rapper revealed he had died penniless and could not afford a proper burial
This means it should not have been sent to collect them, according to the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission, but his union insisted he had done nothing wrong.
In New York City, yellow taxis are hailed on the street, but residents may call car services, and are picked up by drivers in everyday vehicles.
Meanwhile, police said the registered owner of the BMW, Takia Walker, 29 who was not in the car, was charged with insurance fraud on Sunday in a scam involving the car.
A person familiar with the investigation said Walker bought the car legally - or willingly used her identification for the purchase - then gave the car to another man. The middleman wasn't driving at the time of the accident, and had either lent or rented the car out to the driver, the person said.
Deadly: Acevedo was allegedly driving this BMW when it smashed into the taxi carrying the Glaubers
Scene: Police still do not know the cause of the crash but believe Acevedo was travelling at 60 mph
A spokesman for the Orthodox Jewish community described the couple's death as 'a tragedy beyond (belief) just coming off a joyous holiday as Purim' as they were getting ready to welcome their first child
The impact from the t-bone smash sent Raizi out into the street where her body came to rest under a trailer, while first responders had to cut the roof off the taxi to rescue Nachman and the taxi driver.
Both the Glaubers were pronounced dead at hospital. The
couple's child was born by C-Section at Bellevue Hospital in
Manhattan, and had been in critical condition before his tragic passing.
Doctors had delivered the baby by
cesarean section. Neighbors and friends said the boy weighed only about 2
Ellen Borakove, spokeswoman for the city medical examiner's office, said the baby's death was caused by extreme prematurity due to maternal blunt force injuries.
Paramedic Yisroel Altman said he initially believed both husband and wife could survive, but their head injuries were just too much.
Missed: A person walks towards the graves of Nathan and Raizy Glauber at the Satmar Cemetery. In keeping with the Jewish tradition of holding a burial as soon as possible, they were buried on Sunday
'I've seen worse cases [car accidents], it was the knock on the head that killed them,' said Altman to the New York Post, adding that Raizi was responsive in the ambulance until a few minutes before she arrived at Bellevue.
Jewish law calls for the burial of the dead as soon as possible and at least 1,000 people gathered at Yetev Lev D'Satmar synagogue in Brooklyn on Sunday to pay their respects to the Glaubers.
The sound of wailing filled the street as the two black-draped coffins were carried from a vehicle.
There will not be a similar funeral for the baby boy; Hasidim do not perform funerals for newborns who do not survive 30 days, according to Mendel Rosenberg, of Chesed Shel Emes.
Heartbroken: The Glaubers were mourned at an emotional funeral hours after their deaths on Sunday
Missed: The young Orthodox Jewish couple, both 21, both died of blunt force trauma from the crash
Mourning: Rabbi Zalman Teitelbau, leader of the Satmar Orthodox Jewish community, speaks during the funerals in Brooklyn on Sunday, surrounded by members of the community
The baby was placed in a tiny coffin
and buried early on Monday afternoon in a separate area of the cemetery
in Kiryas Joel where his parents were laid to rest Sunday.
At the funeral on Sunday Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum addressed the mourners in Yiddish.
'It's a great tragedy for the community,' said Teitelbaum. 'We have to hold on together and see what we can do to make things better. This is a very, very big tragedy.'
Raizi's brother, Yitzchak Silberstein, spoke of his devastation at his sister's tragic passing to the New York Daily News.
'She was the crown of the family,' said Silberstein. 'We were sitting together last night and today she's gone.'
Investigation: A police officer examines the scene of the devastating hit-and-run accident that killed the expectant parents
The young couple were in this livery cab when they were involved in the crash
He was full of praise for his brother-in-law too. 'We can all learn from him how to treat a wife,' he said. 'The way he treated her was special.'
The funerals took place in Brooklyn, which is home to the largest community of ultra-orthodox Jews outside Israel, more than 250,000.
The Glaubers were married about a year ago and had begun a life together in Williamsburg, where Raizi Glauber grew up in a prominent Orthodox Jewish rabbinical family, Sara Glauber said.
Raised north of New York City in Monsey, N.Y., and part of a family that founded a line of clothing for Orthodox Jews, Nachman Glauber was studying at a rabbinical college nearby, said his cousin.
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numerous conversations with this company, I am writing as advise. I have never done any business with them, or Castle Rock -the
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Actions from the AG and the BBB has been taken. Now it is our turn as consumers to act so something can be done.
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Jared, I have talked to you many times!!! As pathetic as it sounds, your response to this was that I could have changed the contract, even though items were added and scribbled off YOURS- impossible to change on mine. You also told me this was not your issue, you were just hired by Castle Rock to collect. But when asked their contact information, you refused to give it to me stating client confidentiality, and that you were hired to handle it. Now does this sound familiar? After all to times I have talked to you and this company, all you do is talk in too many circles.
A simple google search, and I was able to get this confidental number. And at this time I have contacted both legal reps for Castle Rock and Pinnacle. Castle Rock told me contact Pinnacle... Pinnacle told me to contact Castle Rock...its been almost a month now and still have not had any response from either.
Dealing with all these companies (including yourself) has completely made me lose faith in the intelligent of other human beings. Again thanks for your time.
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To Find a WitchMature
Ruki blinked, then sighed. He slipped into a state of melancholy, and Haru stood there wondering what was going through Ruki's head. Haru asked in utter confusion, "The heck's wrong with you?"
Ruki looked up at his brother and sighed again. "Well if she loves someone now, that means I missed my chance anyway. She probably like that elf, I should have known."
Haru burst out laughing. "Ahahaha! Ruki, you stupid idiot!! Haven't you noticed how worried she was about you when you were hurt? She was acting like you were made of feathers and could blow away at any second! That girl likes you!!"
Ruki blinked a few times, the news not registering in his mind. Haru sighed with frustration and asked, "Why don't you just ask her how she feels?"
Ruki exclaimed with shock, "There's no way I could do that! What if she doesn't love me? Then where will we be?"
Haru grumbled under his breath then replied with exasperation, "Look, if you want to remain in this state of limbo forever, that's your choice. But if you don't make your move soon, I will." Haru turned on his heel and left, leaving Ruki to think over his options.
Sayumi and Will were out riding, Will trying very hard to keep the imprisoned dragon under control. Kayo kept as far from the dragon as possible, snorting and shying away when Sayumi tried to pull him closer. Sayumi asked, "Hey Will! Do you have any ideas about what we are going to do once we find this Midori? Are we going to just go back and kill Eliah and that will be the end of it?"
Will sighed. "There's no way Eliah will go down that easily. There's a reason he is able to kill all these witch-folk, and I have no idea what it is. There's no way he is a warlock himself, so that only leaves two options." Will paused as they jumped a low fence, and continued, "Witch-folk have really only two weaknesses other than their own humanity: their powers don't work on beasts with true magic like dragons and faeries, and there is a type of stone that if it touches them will render their powers useless. This stone is known as the Death stone, since if it is in contact with a witch or warlock for too long it will kill them. What it actually does is absorb their powers somehow, but its affect usually isn't permanent. There are some people who believe that if they absorb enough powers from enough witch-folk, they will be able to take their powers for themselves and use them against them.
"So what I'm thinking is Eliah either has some faeries on his side, which is the preferred option, but he could also have found one of these Death stones, and is planning on trying to become an artificial warlock."
Sayumi's eyes opened wide. But after some thought, she asked, "But if he wanted to absorb the powers of witch-folk, why would he want to kill all of them?"
Will replied, "That's what I was thinking too, but we must make sure we keep out options open. With a crazy person like him, one can never tell what he's thinking." Sayumi nodded in agreement, and felt in her heart an unwavering determination to find Midori and ask for her help.
Meanwhile, back in Feresat, Eliah descended the stairs into the dungeon, going to check on his 'fiance'. "Rakelle," He called, "Where are you, my queen?"
Rakelle leaned on the bars her cell and glared at him. "I'm no one's queen, especially not yours!"
Eliah smiled and walked up to her cell. "You know darling, it has been eight days since your father died. If your vermin friends don't hurry, you will be my queen soon and you can't say nothing about it."
Rakelle spat on his shirt and snarled, "You ass, you said I had two weeks when I got here!"
Eliah shrugged and wiped the spit off. "I never said when the two weeks started now did I?"
Rakelle glared at him and snapped angrily, "I will never marry you! You might as well just kill me now!!"
Eliah closed his eyes and turned around. As he left the dungeon, he called back, "You may have a change of heart when you see your friends' heads mounted on the wall in the throne room."
Rakelle waited until his footsteps had faded into the distance, then she sighed and collapsed on to the cot in her cell. Rakelle looked forlornly at the ceiling, wishing Sayumi and Will would hurry and come save her.
When Sayumi and Will returned to the farm house, Ruki's mother had returned, and taken quite the liking to Sayumi. She wouldn't stop fussing over her, and asking her a million questions. Ruki was feeling better, so he was sitting at the dinner table with everyone. Sayumi was obviously confused by his mother's sudden interest in her, so Ruki reminded his mother, "Mother, she isn't mine or Haru's fiance or anything, leave her be."
His mother looked up from Sayumi, and waved her hand at him dismissively. "You two will never get married unless someone shoves you into the arms of a woman. This one came on her own volition, so its even better!"
Ruki sighed and dragged Sayumi away from his mother before his mother started dressing her up in the one valuable thing his mother had: her old wedding gown. Sayumi followed Ruki outside the house, and into the pasture with the horses. Ruki let go of her, and she sat on the grass. Ruki stood a short ways in front of her, staring into the night sky. There were no stars out tonight, just the moon which was slightly covered by dark clouds.
Sayumi asked, "Ruki, what do you want to do after we rescue Rakelle and kill Eliah?"
Ruki shrugged after a few minutes. "I figured I would wait and see what happens. I was thinking maybe get married, settle down somewhere, raise a family." He turned and gazed at Sayumi, then added, "But that will depend on what happens. What about you?"
Sayumi met his gaze steadily and replied, "Well, I'm not really sure. I can't really live in the castle anymore, since I'm not royalty. But I know nothing about the culture of any other place, so I wouldn't really be able to live anywhere else. I have no money to my name, so I don't really know what to do."
Ruki announced boldly, "I know! You could stay with us! My mother would love to have another woman around the house, and we would really love to have you with us." Then after he said that, he realized the implications of the situation, and started babbling about how she didn't have to marry him or his brother.
Sayumi smiled and shook her head. She stood up and walked over to him, and just as he was about to say, "What I'm really trying to say is," Sayumi stood up as high as she could, and kissed Ruki.
Ruki was caught completely off guard, and if it weren't for him using his flight abilities he would have fallen over. He regained his balance, and gently wrapped his arms around her. She did the same, and for a few minutes the pair were in a complete state of bliss. When she pulled away, Sayumi looked at him with her chocolatey gaze and asked sweetly, "You were saying?"
Ruki was redder than a tomato, and Sayumi giggled as he smiled. "I wasn't saying anything, nothing at all. Was I even talking?" Sayumi laughed, and pulled Ruki closer to her. Ruki just went along with it, enjoying the moment. He reached into her mind, to find the one thought he had never imagined a girl would ever have for him: I love you. Ruki thought to her, Did you mean it?
Sayumi jumped a little with surprise, but she replied Of course I meant it! I really do love you! Ruki lit up like a firefly and he leaped into the air, holding her tightly as he spun in circles a few times. I love you too!! resounded through her brain, and Sayumi felt light enough she thought she could fly herself.
They came inside again later to have dinner, and Ruki made sure Haru knew she was now taken, so he had to keep his hands to himself. Haru was very disappointed, but he agreed to comply. Sayumi endured Ruki's mother's badgering for the length of dinner, and actually found his mother was a very kind lady. Will was sitting at the table, eying Haru and his mother the whole time. Sayumi turned to Will and asked, "Why are you staring at Haru and his mother like that?"
Will shrugged, "I have some suspicions I want to look into about them."
Sayumi gasped quietly, "Nothing bad I hope!" She whispered frantically.
Will shook his head. "Its about who Ruki's father was; I think he was a very powerful man. A VERY powerful man." Sayumi looked at Will like he had lost his mind, but then she remembered that he had been right many times before, so she decided it was best to just trust his judgment.
Ruki's mother made sure that Haru and Will would share a room, and that Ruki and Sayumi shared a different one. Ruki told his mother that it was an absurd thing to do, but his mother insisted, "If you don't keep an eye on her Haru might try to steal her away from you!"
Ruki started making a cot for himself on the floor, but Sayumi exclaimed from behind him (nearly giving him a heart attack), "There's no way you are sleeping on the floor! Did you forget that you were stabbed today? No sir, you are sleeping in the bed! Now!!" Ruki was not ashamed to admit that he was scared of Sayumi when she used that tone of voice, so he obeyed. Sayumi finished up the cot and got settled into bed.
Once Ruki was in bed, Sayumi asked, "So Ruki, are you going to come with us to look for Midori tomorrow?"
Ruki laughed a few times, "You kidding? Of course I am. I've never heard of this witch before, and I have some questions of my own for her."
Sayumi nodded, then she called happily as she nestled herself in the blankets, "Goodnight Ruki."
Ruki replied, "Goodnight, sweet dreams."
In the morning, they ate breakfast early, and those who were going into the city were out the door and on the road after all the chores were done. Sayumi was shocked just how many things they did every day, and she asked Will once they got on the road, "Why is it if they work so hard that they are so poor?"
Will sighed. "The lords of Repremendant require their serfs to pay ridiculous amounts of tax, not to mention the royalty requires a tax as well. This is why the king of Repremendant is worried about civil war, and has been telling the lords that they must stop taxing the peasants so much. But as of right now, nothing has been changed, and I wouldn't be surprised if there will be a revolution here in the next decade or so."
Sayumi didn't say a word, but instead thought for a while. She wondered how kings actually got their wealth, since she had never really thought about it before. The thought that it came from taking the peasant's money from them was a thought that bothered her. But before she could think any further on the subject, Haru and Ruki dashed by on their horses, shouting up a storm. Sayumi smacked her forehead, and Will burst out laughing.
Sayumi galloped Kayo after them, and once she caught up she shouted, "What are you idiots doing?"
Ruki was shocked for a moment, then blushed a bit as Haru replied enthusiastically, "Ruki said his horse could run faster than mine, so I figured we had better settle that argument once and for all!"
"What does it matter that his horse is faster than yours? My mount is faster than all of yours put together!" Will called as him and the imprisoned dragon flew above them, the dragon roaring as he did so. Sayumi laughed, and the brothers grumbled together as they slowed their horses and Will got the dragon back on the ground.
After about ten minutes, Haru asked, "Hey Will! How come that dragon is imprisoned in the body of a Pegasus?"
Will replied, "Well, about fifty years ago, there was an uprising of a group of dragons who wanted to kill all human kind. Their leader was a black dragon named Goran, and he was a very ruthless creature. The dragons had managed to take over the three major kingdoms: Goran took Feresat, a green dragon took Repremendant, and a lithe blue dragon had Hetalia. The humans seemed doomed, but then the elven king sent a group of his best warriors to kill the dragons. The elves killed the dragons from Repremendant and Hetalia, but they couldn't kill Goran. So, before he could destroy the city, the elves managed to cast an imprisoning spell on him. They got him into a nearby white horse, but Goran was so powerful he almost managed to escape. This Pegasus is what is left of Goran, the wings, fangs, coloring and eyes are all his. The only people who can ride him successfully are elves, and humans that share his passionate hatred for other people."
Haru's eyes widened, and asked, "Did you fight in that battle?"
Will laughed, "No, I would be a grumpy old elf if I had, but my father did. He was regarded as a hero, and the king rewarded those elves who defeated the dragons with Pegasus to ride. My father looked down on me my whole life, expecting me to live up to his achievements. I don't think a elf as incompetent as me could ever do something so great."
Sayumi realized then why he didn't want to marry Rakelle; he wanted to make his father proud, and from the way he described how elves regard relationships with humans, there was no way his father would accept his son doing something like that. Sayumi almost wanted to cry, she felt so sorry for him. And as they traveled on, she found herself feeling respect for Will that she hadn't felt before.
They reached the city in about an hour, and by that time the marketplace was full of people. Now that they were looking for someone, Sayumi started taking time to look at what they were selling there. There were shops selling weaponry that she had never seen before; swords of all shapes and sizes, bows with golden accents and arrows tipped with poison. There were shops selling jewelry as well, the finest Sayumi had ever seen. The crown jewels she used to wear were nothing compared to the beauty of the necklaces and rings the merchants were selling.


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Originally written on The Penalty Flag | Last updated 11/19/14
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Heat 4
This is the end of twenty five, pathetic years...
His heavy lids closed. His lips parted. The last drop of his tears ran down to his hairline. He was dead.
If he was dead, why could he still hear the door banging. If he was dead, why could he feel his eyes trying to open up to look towards the noise. It was seriously breaking the peace of his sleep.
Through the thick flames, a dark silloutte came nearer. It came closer to him. And he felt something heavy and thick and cold wrap around him like he was a sushi roll.
"Ritsu? You with me?"
Ritsu narrowed his eyes but he could only see red and yellow everywhere.
"You're safe with me. Hold on."
He couldn't make it out. The man was wearing a mask. His huge like a fat man in red and shining yellow line against his chest. Ritsu's weak lids searched the eyes behind the mask. It was burning hazel hues he saw before everything turned white.
Ritsu turned to his left but the ticklish sensation wouldn't go away.
The feathery touch on his face was so light it felt like a dream. The softness of wherever he was felt like paradise. He was sure he was really dead. But the annoying ticklish sensation on his face was starting to get into his nerves.
He shot his green eyes wide only for him to shut them again. The bright light dizzied him.
"Agh~" he grunted aloud. The smell of something unfamiliar filled his nose. It didn't smell like alcohol or antiseptic. It smelled of antiquity.
He lifted his heavy hand on his face to slap whatever fly, or mosquito was bothering him. But instead, he caught a hand dancing ever so lightly on his scar.
Ignoring the pain from the bright lights, the brunette dared to open his eyes and saw a face he was familiar with and yet a stranger to him.
"Glad you're awake. You've been sleeping for 2 days straight."
Ritsu still have the fingers caught in his hand while roaming his pulsating pupils around the room. Three reddish suits where hanging on the wall. A black helmet full of scratches rested on top of an old cabinet. And trophies he couldn't make out for were lined up neatly on a shelf. To the other side of the room where books piled one after another. Even the floors had been occupied by numerous bounds of books. And at the lower side of the small window was a basket and a black cat cuddled in it.
"This...isn't the hospital isn't it?"
"No it's not. You're in my house."
Finally letting go of the wriggling fingers between his grasp, Ritsu's gaze fell on the exposed knee under the blanket and all the memory of the fire almost eating him up alive came back to him.
His worried eyes shot to the hazel eyes.
Before he could utter a word, the hand pestering his face patted his head. Strangely it calmed him.
"No and yes."
"What?" Ritsu uttered dumbfounded.
"No. You weren't the cause of the fire if that's what you are thinking. There was a faulty electrical wiring above the ceiling of the room to your left."
A relief rushed to Ritsu's features. Sighing, the brunette peeked once more at the man being so very kind to him.
"And the yes?" he asked meekly.
"The yes...I don't have any idea."
The man stood. That was the time Ritsu noticed the man barefooted walk around the room as if pacing.
"How did I end up here?" Ritsu again asked. Sizing up the situation, this guy was being too nice to him. What was the catch?
Takano turned to Ritsu with a grin. "Didn't I tell you that knowing my name would be handy for you?"
Trying to sit from his position, Ritsu stared at the man in the middle of the room.
"You were calling out my name during the fire. Honestly I shouldn't feel that way, but I was happy. And I would have taken more time to know where you were if you hadn't called out that loud. You could've really died."
"You...saved me?"
The man didn't answer. Takano turned his back to leave Ritsu alone to get food. But Ritsu called out once more. "Why were you there?"
"It's my job. I'm a fireman, if it isn't that very obvious."
By the time Ritsu was completely healed, the brunette realized he'd been staying at the old house for five days straight already. He shared the clothes, the food on the table and everything in the house but never did he hear a single complain from the darkhaired man.
They'd eat in silence. Breakfast and dinner had become a ritual. But most of the day the man wasn't in the house and Ritsu was left alone to think things through.
Think about his life and his heart. He couldn't anymore.
He'd been stabbed in the heart too many times there was nothing left of his flesh for another knife to sink into. When he peered at the convenience store one time, he noticed it never opened again. His job had left him. He had no training or proper education. His apartment was now ashes. He had nowhere to go.
The more he thought of his situation, the more he suddenly realized that it might have been better to have been engulfed by the fire in the end.
Wearing the oversized pyjamas of the man he was burdening, Ritsu almost got a heart attack at the sudden continuous doorbell ringing.
His eyes searched the wall clock. Five in the afternoon. It was too early for Takano to be home by that time. Still, the brunette silently walked his way across the spacious living room towards the door.
"Takano-san?" Ritsu asked nervously. Doing this felt strange. Like he was actually waiting for the man to come home.
"Ritsu...it's me. Arashi."
It hasn't been long since they parted but Ritsu could see how much the man had lost weight. The two sitting across each other with the unevenly shaped center table in between them. It was Arashi who broke the silence.
"How have you been?"
"Unfortunately, still alive as you can see," the brunette smiled bitterly, his fingers dancing on his lap. "How about you and your soon to be baby?"
When Ritsu asked, he regret it. There was still a pain inside him.
"She had a miscarriage."
That one line froze everything in Ritsu's mind. What was he supposed to do with that information? Leap out of joy? Mourn? Most importantly, why was Arashi telling him this?
"Ritsu...come back to me."
Ritsu looked straight into the blue eyes before him. He could feel his blood boiling within him. His pulse started to race as his heart started drumming inside his chest.
"Is this a joke?"
The man who was wearing a black jacket, probably for mourning smiled sadly.
"I really wanted to make things work out between us. You have nowhere to go right? You cannot burden the owner of this house any longer than you already have. Besides Ritsu," the man looked desperate. "I miss you."
A lump started forming inside Ritsu's throat he felt like he'd suffocate. "You were able to toss me aside very easily Arashi, then you want me to come running to you since you are no longer going to be a father?"
The shaking hands took hold of the brown throw pillow on the sofa and came soon flying towards the blonde's direction. It landed on his shoulder.
"What do you take me for you freaking bastard!?"
Arashi just watched his ex-lover glare at him. He wasn't really expecting this to be easy. But he just thought that maybe, if Ritsu saw how serious he was, the man would forgive him for hurting him so much.
"Leave. LEAVE!"
"Ritsu, don't you love me anymore?"
Both of them stood. The room seemed to be swirling around him, Ritsu felt nauseous.
His eyes full of hatred, the hatred he had for all the men who trampled him finally escaping the lid he tried heavily to shut. But instead of shouting, a low, heartfelt voice escaped his lips. It surprised Ritsu at how natural it rolled off his tongue.
"We're not meant to be together," the brunette whispered in a voice barely audible. Yet his emotions were all there every word felt so heavy towards Arashi.
Ritsu stared at the back of Arashi leaving. He wasn't sure for how long had he stopped breathing as he watched the back he clung to desperately before grow farther. He was seriously letting it go this time.
The moment the door clicked shot, his knees gave out. His trembling hand flew towards his mouth stiffling a painful cry.
"Thank you," was the last words Arashi muttered to the darkhaired man who was standing by the walls. "Take care of him for me."
Takano touched for the knob of the door. "You needn't to tell me."
Opening the door that had just closed moments ago, Ritsu's form was the first thing Takano saw. In the middle of his messy living room, there the brunette sat on the floor. Knees to his chest, his face buried on them. There was not a single cry he could hear but a silent, deep breathing like he was choking.
Slowly, he walked towards the man quietly like what a kid would to not scare a feisty cat away. He stood before the form and called out the name he really wanted to call ever since.
The red eyes gazed up. Confused at the first name basis. Confused at the gentleness. Confused at everything. All was so complicated he felt cornered, lost, helpless and alone.
"I am really glad you refused him."
"What are you saying?" the brunette spat for the first time. "Eavesdropping aren't we?"
Too bad for Takano, the irritation and anger the man seated on his floor seemed to be poured out on him instead.
The green eyes watched the tall figure bend his knees and seat before him. That time they were on eye level and the kind hazel eyes were peering straight to his soul. Ritsu felt unguarded.
"This is really bold of me but..."
In an instant, there was no other way for Ritsu but to stare ahead. Stare into space as the lips of his savior brushed his own softly. Ritsu wasn't even so sure what was happening anymore. Was he kissed? What happened?
His cheeks still being cupped gently by huge, rough hands, Ritsu stared dumbfounded at the man before him. The eyes, the honey colored eyes that gleamed despite the shadows stared back without faltering.
"What's this? You took me in because you wanted to screw me?"
"No. I kissed you because I love you."
At the words, Ritsu started laughing. From all the crazy relationships he had, this has got to be the funniest.
"Love me?" Ritsu slapped the hands away. "We met only a couple of weeks ago! Why don't you just tell me the truth that when you saw me being fucked in that dark alley, you think you could also do me?"
Takano's lips were in a thin line.
After Ritsu's delirious laughter that echoed through the entire house, the brunette pulled on a serious face. The ticking of the clock nearby sounded strangely loud. And then Ritsu sighed. His fingers started running down on the first button of his borrowed pyjama. His fingers clumsily, one by one unfastened the buttons. Slowly his flesh became exposed at Takano who didn't move an inch.
"Come on. I have no money. I couldn't repay you. I guess sex is the only way for me to repay your kindness."
Flesh hitting flesh filled the room. The hard slap on Ritsu's left cheek left him speechless. He looked at the floor holding his hot cheek not uttering a single word. The pain, it rattled inside him. Before he knew it, the tears he even didn't shed for Arashi dropped on the floor silently.
"Don't you make light of how I feel for you! If fucking you is the only thing I have in mind I would have done it when you were there sleeping soundly on my bed for two days! I wouldn't even care if you're conscious or not!"
It was the first time Ritsu heard the man raise his voice. It pierced every single nerve in his body. He didn't want to cry, but his eyes won't stop as he remained looking down on the floor.
"How do you expect me to trust you? You don't know how many men have told me they love me. But in the end they left me..." Ritsu mumbled to the floor. And abruptly he glared back at the hazel eyes watching him.
The man being yelled at didn't say anything. It was as if he was just listening to the brunette pour out whatever he have inside.
"They filled me promises I know they wouldn't keep because I am stupid. I believed them anyway because I am stupid. I got hurt because I am stupid! I am so freaking tired of being toyed at! I don't want to be involved with anyone anymore, forever!"
Huffing at his outburst, Ritsu wiped his face with the back of his hand and gritted his teeth.
"You look like you have all the things in the world. You look good, you carry yourself well, why would you fall in love with me?"
"Why shouldn't I?" the voice countered. It was more calm now, like a lake undisturbed by even a leaf falling into it.
Ritsu faced Takano, not hiding anymore. The burden in his heart, he wanted to pour them out already. Or else he felt he would go insane.
"I don't have anything I can be proud of, I have nothing. I have NOTHING," Ritsu grabbed Takano's hand and led it to his cheek with the uneven, brownish skin. "This, I am so ugly," the look of someone who despised their own self flashed at Ritsu's green, now lifeless eyes. "Tell me, why should I believe that someone could love me like this?"
"The reality is I am just good for fucking. But not with real relationships. I've come to understand that when Arashi asked me to come back to him. He misses his fuck buddy."
"I am so tired of forcing myself to believe there is one who'd accept me like this. I am really, really, really tired."
Takano started once again to caress the scar on Ritsu's face. He looked at it intently, seriously. Not a mock can be hinted from his eyes it rendered Ritsu silent. He didn't know anymore how to handle Takano's strangeness like the man was fond of his scar.
"You're the most beautiful person I met."
Takano leaned closer. His lips resting warmly on Ritsu's skin licked by the fire when the brunette was still young. It made the green-eyed man shiver.
"You should be wearing your head up high and be proud," the deep voice whispered into his ears.
Although feeling weak, Ritsu tried to push himself away from Takano and felt his back hit the sofa lightly. His eyes not leaving the hazel ones, Ritsu smiled bitterly.
"Proud that I look hideous?" he asked with mockery. "You're really twisted aren't you?"
Clicking his tongue out of impatience, the older man lifted his black turtle neck off his body and tossed it on the floor. His finely chiseled muscles were plain obvious. But the very reality that the man had removed his shirt without so much as a thought in front of Ritsu, made Ritsu felt like he was going to be be finally raped anytime soon.
A sudden fear crossed his chest and he tried to stand and run only to sink back on where he was sitting.
"Look at me and listen carefully," Takano's voice was deadly serious. Ritsu could see the muscles on the man's chest grow tense.
Thumb caressing his scar on his face, while the other hand of Takano gripped him still on the shoulders to not let him escape, Ritsu's nervousness crawled in the entirety of his body. The gaze coming from the once kind and patient eyes was too much he wanted to gaze away but it was as if there was a hidden magnet making him stare back.
"I know you're wounded, physically and emotionally," Takano began. His voice low as a whisper, his thumb on Ritsu's scar gentle. "You try to hide them. You try to hide this scar, not wanting to show weakness. But Ritsu, I would consider them as a medal of honor."
"I don't get you..." was Ritsu's weak response. His brain was so muddled up with everything.
"Look at me," Takano ordered. And turned his back so that Ritsu would see it clearly.
A silent gasp escaped Ritsu's mouth. More than being afraid, Ritsu was shocked. To see a scar so uneven without a shape spread across the toned back of the man saying he loves him was unbelievable. It was terrifying.
Silence ate the words off of Ritsu's mouth. He didn't know what to make with Takano's scar.
"You still don't get it?" Takano asked, turning around once more. "If not for you, I must have been dead a long time ago."
Ritsu's expression turned from a baffled one to a face having a nightmare.
He was pulled back to a hazy memory of ten years ago. Being orphaned at a young age, he grew up in an old orphanage. He was always a happy child if not clumsy. Always getting scolded by the nuns but everyday was a playground to him.
Him being a curious boy loved wandering around the old premises. Even at the wing where older children stayed, he decided to break in. And one night, an explosion woke the entire orphanage. In a fleeting second, the darkness was enveloped by red. Screaming, shouting, dying.
He remembered running swiftly towards the exit. He was agile and fast. But a cry stopped him.
In one of the huge rooms was a boy pinned on the ground with a burning timber on top of his back.
Ritsu couldn't remember where he got the strenght. All he could remember was the fire on the timber reached out towards him and licked him on the cheek. It hurt he started to shed tears but he did everything to lift off the heavy timber off the boy.
The orphanage had been in a chaotic state after the fire. Some kids running away. And that included Ritsu. He thought that life outside of the orphanage was easy. But he was dead wrong.
He didn't know what had happened to the boy he helped. He left him in an ambulance outside and never looked back. His own injury left untreated.
Takano seemed suddenly tired. His hair fell on his face hiding what expression he had. Ritsu just stared into space as he felt the soft hair rest on his shaking shoulders.
"You're alive..." Ritsu muttered, his voice pained.
"I am. Because of you."
Ritsu just looked at the searching hazel eyes at him. His chest full of emotions he couldn't almost contain.
The rough hands touched the base of Ritsu's neck and they went up to the man's flushed cheeks. "I've been searching for you. You are the reason I chose this profession. I wanted to thank you but you were not in the orphanage anymore."
"When I was assigned here, I didn't complain at all despite being out of the city where I thought you'd be more likely to be. So the first time I saw you in the convenience store, I couldn't believe it."
Now, resting his forehead on Ritsu's, Takano's hand went down on the man's back, hugging the brunette for the very, very, first time. "I found you when I least expect it."
"Please believe in me. This time, you've finally met a man that will never ever make you suffer."
The arms around Ritsu was strong and it smelled of the scent of the rain. He could have been imagining it but Takano emitted the feeling of the calmness and the tranquility of rain on a cold night.
All the things that happened that day, the burst of hundreds of emotions and revelations tired Ritsu very much he found himself closing his eyes and resting his chin on Takano's shoulder.
The arms around the brunette grew tighter, but instead of being unable to breath, a warmth and a comforting feeling enveloped him as the two of them stayed in that way for a long while.
All judgements and rationality were swept away the precise moment Ritsu felt himself leaving the floor. He was so overwhelmed his chest was so full that he only buried his face on the strong shoulders that carried him towards the bedroom he had been using. With the light only coming from the lamp posts outside through the windows with it's thin curtains, it only intensified the dreamy, suffocating air of lust. The darkness only made the desire clearer.
Unlike being tossed on the bed with rapid movements, Ritsu felt himself being showered with light kisses on the face, on the neck like he was the most precious thing on earth that he started to whimper. He could feel how the man before him was trying to be patient for him.
His finger tips searched for the lenght of Takano's arms until he reached the hands grasping the sheet. Everything was hazy and he wasn't sure if he was still conscious or just dreaming. Such gentleness only appeared in his dreams.
"Takano-san," his soft voice was just like a breath to Takano who had leaned closer to listen carefully. His hands dancing on the soft strands of darkbrown in the darkness. "I am the kind who...who gives everything I have to anyone who promises me forever. But this time, if you end up being like them..."
The wetness on Ritsu's lashes was visible that Takano had the urge to kiss them away.
"If you end being like them...I swear I'll kill you first before comitting suicide," Ritsu declared with eyes shut. He looked like he must be joking. Even Takano had to laugh. But Ritsu just remained shaking under the comfortable weight on top of him.
"I'm sorry..." Takano muttered, his voice sounded like he was smiling. "You will never have the chance."
A month has passed since the fire. And within this month, Ritsu found himself being able to stand on his own surprisingly in a fast rate. He would still stay at Takano's house, but he found himself a new job.
He wasn't anymore the guy who cowered away when someone looked at his scar. He now wore them confidently. Like what Takano said, it was a symbol of triumph. A medal of honor to serve as a reminder that he was able to survive the harsh life until now.
He couldn't change that much in a short span of time but he was taking one step at a time. With Takano guiding and watching him.
The rain outside started to pour, making a background of noises for the two men entagled together in the shadows. Both naked not just in body but also in soul all for each of them to see. Their skin against each other felt so natural. As if it was an extension of their long lost self finally reunited.
No words uttered. No sweet nothings. All they wanted to tell each other was communicated by their own body languages.
Takano was always the one to lead. His mouth stealing Ritsu's breath away, not allowing the brunette to escape for just a second. His hands, rough and calloused by work, felt like sandpaper crawling on the soft, supple skin of his loved one. And it was only making Ritsu shiver from anticipation.
Hearing Ritsu pant under him just urged Takano to do more. He left Ritsu's now swollen mouth and traced the smoothness of his jawline down to the sweet neck where he kissed and sucked. Leaving traces of him that will show the word that Ritsu was only his alone. The sensation of being sucked at the nipples, while being stimulated in his painful erection made Ritsu arch his back. The pain was too much he wanted to scream. The flow of all the sensations on his body, pain, pleasure, everything was unbearable it was making him lose sanity.
He reached for Takano's neck and bit down hard on the man's shoulder. Takano only grunted but never stopped from what he was doing.
"Masamune...hurry..." Ritsu begged, biting down on the salty skin before him. Salty, a taste of sweat and Takano's scent just intoxicated Ritsu even more he started moving his hips. It was only a matter of time before he would also taste blood on it.
A kiss was planted on the tip of his nose instead.
"Be patient Ritsu..."
A shock wave strong enough to blurr his vision ran through Ritsu's spine as he felt something foreigh making its way into his opening. He was left clingling helpless on Takano.
Amuffled cry of pleasure was only Ritsu could muster as he was feeling being loosened up all the while his mouth being stuffed with Takano's probing tongue. Ritsu's toes started folding, his knees quivering, his entire body shaking.
"Shussh...just a little more Ritsu...I don't want you hurt..." the man, with raspy voice from lust said while sucking on Ritsu's tongue.
Despite 'not being hurt', Ritsu's erection was already painful like he'd burst any moment. Despite not being touched there, he'd gone hard alone just by all the tease he got from his bottom. Embarassing.
By the time Takano had his three fingers scissored inside the softness of Ritsu, Ritsu was already in a daze, crying.
"You're too gentle...you're too gently I can't take it..." Ritsu cried, burying the side of his face on the pillow.
"What you want to play S&M?" Takano whispered in Ritsu's ears.
"That's not it!" Ritsu exclaimed. "You're always to gentle with me...it's unbelieveble. It's scary."
Strong hands, gripped Ritsu's thighs and spread them as far as it could go. The touch of the burning, throbbing sensation in his waiting, twitching opening made Ritsu but his lip hard.
Hands on Ritsu's hips, Takano showered more of his gentle kisses on Ritsu's collarbone. "Didn't I tell you this time you are with the right man?"
There was no time to answer. The thing Ritsu was waiting for was already inside of him throbbing, expanding, molding his insides into its shape. And he didn't hate it one last bit. It was always so different with Takano. He never felt pain. Or perhaps his pain was transformed into pleasure even before it took place. They both remained connected while sucking the life out of each other. Allowing Ritsu to adjust at his hardness, at his size.
Licking the sweat on Ritsu's chest, Takano pushed forward. "I'm going to move now, Ritsu..."
The cries and grunts of pleasure echoed through the night. The rain pouring so harshly outside the house, hitting the brick roof, making a rythmic enchanting noise. But the fire inside that room and inside themselves just got stronger and more vivid.
chapter end notes:
Hello. thank you for reading this long shot. i tried to be as mature as possible in this. not about mature content...lol..i mean how characters acted in the midst of problems and situation. not too much fluff too coz love isn't always fluffy and that's what i tried to explore in this fic.
as for smex. it's been a while since i wrote one and since i am getting rustic, i just tried to play with words instead of actually describing what they're doing! hehehe
i hope you enjoyed it the least bit. the theme was calming for me. ^^
please tell me what you think. this is my first attemT for a one shot. it ended up a longshot though. pfft.^^


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Today, it has been one year since Jerry's memorial and I miss him just as much today as I did then. I have felt his loss every day in my life and will always. He was a wonderful man and a loving husband and never can he be replaced in my heart. I know he is with God and looking down upon me and still taking care of me. Jerry will never be forgotten and will always be loved deeply. I look foward to the day we will be reunited in heaven.
Today, it has been 169 days since Jerry left me to go be with our Lord. I know he is happy and I pray for him constantly. I miss him so much, it seems like it was yesterday that he went away, the sorrow in my heart feels that way. I talk to him constantly and I know that he hears me. I feel him beside me at all times, trying to help me get through the days until I join him. You can never be ready for anything like this, no matter how much warning you may have. Live each day as if it is your last and never go to bed angry. Kiss each other good morning and good-bye when you go off anywhere alone. You never know what the day will bring and those are my husband's words. I know he is not in anymore pain and I thank God for that. He is with his twin brother, sitting on a river bank fishing and shooting the breeze. Our dog is there , playing with my granddaughter that God took in 2002. What a glorious day it will be to join them. I miss Jerry and Love him with all of my heart and always will. It helps to write this in his memory and know it will always be here to read and may be of comfort. Jerry, I miss you and wil see you soon. FOREVER, YOUR BABY Carrol
I loved my husband very deeply and we had such a special relationship. Where you saw him, you saw me and vice versa. We LIKED each other. I will miss him for the rest of my life and cannot wait to join him. What a joyful reunion that will be! Jerry was a wonderful caring man that would give you his last penny or borrow it for you... He loved his cats, me and most of all, his Savior. He was ready to go to heaven, he told me he was excited because he was going to see God. Things happen on this earth that you cannot explain, families fight, treat others badly, and really show they do not care. That's okay. God knows all and will take care of all things eventually. Cancer is a horrible disease and for Jerry's memory, please be checked often and stay out of the sun..He had melanoma and never knew it. It is the most aggressive of cancers and treatments usually don't help. In his memory, be checked. I will love Jerry for the rest of my life and a very large hole is in my heart. He was happy until the very last, so don't forget to laugh often and love dearly.
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I was not dreaming I couldn't be It did happen if it didn't and I woke up I would probably through something at the wall or someone maybe but it was twelve I would have to hurry up or I was going to be late and I couldn't risk not seeing her.I quickly got changed into the uniform and jumped into the car.It was a good idea most of the teachers weren't even in yet and the principal praised me as I walked in. I ran into the locker room and she was standing there it was Quite a a small room but it was an Irish public school so nothing special the building was practically falling apart. She was opening her locker and listening to what sounded like the kinks but I wasn't sure she was tapping her feet on the floor I imagined them bare but i was losing concentration.I walked up to her and whispered into her
'Hello honey nice to see you so early but not in the right place I would prefer my place but you know this is ok'
'Since when did you start acting like a schoolboy? she said
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hahaha she said sarcasticly If you keep acting like that we are going to get in trouble
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'hahahahhaha yeah right what will I say to ruby and the many girls who will ask me? I came here to be invisible where i couldn't stand out but of course the nenphomanic husband I have wants to pretty much ruin that and flaunt his sex life to his vampire friend eventhough you told me the truth.I still have a life and other things to do' she said
I punched the locker 'I am going to kill you if you don't shut ok!' I replied
You can't got magic remember I'm no mere human.oh yeah have to add that one to the list violent.' she said
'Hazel shut up' and I kissed only to be interupted by Ruby.
Well nice to see you get some action I thought you were turning into a nun she said with a smile.
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'Black Swan' choreographer Millepied stepping down as Paris Opera dance director
By Julien Pretot
PARIS (Reuters) - French choreographer Benjamin Millepied said on Thursday he was stepping down as director of dance at the Paris Opera after little more than a year in the role, citing personal reasons.
The 38-year old -- who is married to Hollywood actress Natalie Portman and collaborated with her on the 2010 ballet drama "Black Swan" -- will be replaced by former ballerina Aurelie Dupont.
"I salute the choice of Aurelie Dupont. I was much honored (being ballet director) but what's important to me is to create, to be inspired by the dancers, and today this job, as it exists, is not made for me," Millepied told a packed news conference at the Palais Garnier.
Millepied, who explained he wanted to focus on "creation and artistic expression", said he would continue to work with the Paris Opera for the current season.
Paris Opera director Stephane Lissner paid tribute to Millepied, saying: "He brought a lot to the ballet.
"Being the ballet director and a much sought-after choreographer was causing him trouble ... Aurelie will bring a lot of other things (when) she takes up her post in September."
Millepied had directed the Paris Opera ballet since November 2014.
The 43-year-old Dupont, who started her career at the Ecole de Danse of the Opera as an 11-year-old and ended it last Spring, hinted that her Ballet might be more traditional than under Millepied. Continued...


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Located in Bahnhofsviertel, Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt City Hauptbahnhof is within a 10-minute walk of popular sights such as Frankfurt Opera House and Staedel Museum. This 116-room, 4-star hotel has free breakfast along with conveniences like free in-room WiFi and a 24-hour business center. Centrally located in Frankfurt, the hotel is also a short walk from Maintower and St. Paul's Church.
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A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge).
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Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt City Hauptbahnhof offers 116 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and complimentary newspapers. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas. Beds feature down comforters and premium bedding. 26-inch flat-screen televisions come with premium digital channels, first-run movies, and pay movies. Bathrooms include showers and hair dryers.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and blackout drapes/curtains. Hypo-allergenic bedding and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- Premium TV channels
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A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
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Minimum check-in age is 18
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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- Self parking fee: EUR 15 per day
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Steven B. Lipner is a pioneer in cybersecurity with over forty years' experience as a general manager, engineering manager, and researcher. He retired in 2015 from Microsoft where he was the creator and long-time leader of Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) team. While at Microsoft, Lipner also created initiatives to encourage industry adoption of secure development practices and the SDL, and served as a member and chair of the SAFECode board.
Lipner joined Microsoft in 1999 and was initially responsible for the Microsoft Security Response Center. In the aftermath of the major computer "worm" incidents of 2001, Lipner and his team formulated the strategy of "security pushes" that enabled Microsoft to make rapid improvements in the security of its software and to change the corporate culture to emphasize product security. The SDL is the product of these improvements.
At Mitretek Systems, Lipner served as the executive agent for the U.S. Government's Infosec Research Council (IRC). At Trusted Information Systems (TIS), he led the Gauntlet Firewall business unit whose success was the basis for TIS' 1996 Initial Public Offering. During his eleven years at Digital Equipment Corporation, Lipner led and made technical contributions to the development of numerous security products and to the operational security of Digital's networks.
Throughout his career, Lipner has been a contributor to government and industry efforts to improve cybersecurity. Lipner was one of the founding members of the U.S. Government Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board and served a total of over ten years in two terms on the board. He has been a member of nine National Research Council committees and is named as coinventor on twelve U.S. patents. He was elected in 2015 to the National Cybersecurity Hall of Fame and holds an appointment as adjunct professor of computer science at the Institute for Software Research, School of Computer Science of Carnegie Mellon University.
Throughout his career, Eric Baize has been passionate about building security and privacy into systems and technology from design to deployment. He currently leads Dell EMC's Product Security Office and serves as Chairman of SAFECode.
At Dell EMC, Eric leads the team that sets the standards and practices for all aspects of product security for the product portfolio: Vulnerability response, secure development, consistent security architecture, and code integrity throughout the supply chain.
Eric joined Dell through its combination with EMC where he built EMC's highly successful product security program from the ground up and was a founding member of the leadership team that drove EMC's acquisition of RSA Security in 2006. He later led RSA's strategy for cloud and virtualization. Prior to joining EMC in 2002, Eric held various positions for Groupe Bull in Europe and in the US.
Eric has been a member of the SAFECode Board of Directors since the organization was founded in 2007 and also serves on the BSIMM Board of Advisors. He holds multiple U.S. patents, has authored international security standards, is a regular speaker at industry conferences and has been quoted in leading print and online news media. Eric holds a Masters of Engineering degree in Computer Science from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne, France and is a Certified Information Security Manager.
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Frances Paulisch drives cross-company initiatives related to software and to IT security for products and solutions. These activities include strategic topics, best practice sharing, reporting, and training. A main focus of her work is empowering cross-functional teams to work together well over the whole development lifecycle. In particular with a focus on how to realize not only the set of features but also other relevant attributes such as performance, security, scalability etc. At Siemens she has driven the development of a role-based "Software Curriculum" qualification program which is established as one of the global core learning programs at Siemens. Dr. Paulisch has over 20 years experience in software engineering and management areas.
She is also active member of the global software engineering community, playing an active role in various major software conferences such as the International Conference on Software Engineering. She is also Chair of the Advisory Board of the IEEE Software magazine.
She received her doctorate in software engineering at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany and her Masters in Computer Science at Purdue University.
David Lenoe is Director, Secure Software Engineering at Adobe. In his role, Lenoe manages the Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) dedicated to responding to and communicating about security issues, as well as the Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET) responsible for ensuring Adobe's products are designed, engineered and validated using security best practices. Lenoe is also responsible for Adobe's vulnerability information sharing via the Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP). Lenoe represents Adobe on SAFECode's Board of Directors.
Lenoe joined Adobe as part of the Macromedia acquisition in 2004. At Macromedia, Lenoe held several management and engineering positions in the areas of product security, product management and quality assurance.
Lenoe earned a BA in Japanese language and literature from Connecticut College.
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Edward Bonver is a technical director and software security architect on the product security team under the Office of the CTO at Symantec Corporation. In this capacity, Mr. Bonver is responsible for working with software developers and quality assurance (QA) professionals across Symantec to continuously enhance the company's software security practices through the adoption of methodologies, procedures, and tools for secure coding and security testing. He is a software security evangelist, leading Symantec's security training initiative, and assisting product teams across the company with all aspects of building software security into the product development lifecycle. Mr. Bonver joined Symantec in 2004. Prior to joining Symantec he held software engineering positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, Nbase, and Zuma Networks.
Mr. Bonver is a frequent speaker at global security events and conferences. In addition to representing Symantec on the SAFECode Board of Directors, he is also on the board of the Open Web Application Security (OWASP) Los Angeles chapter, and is a co-organizer of OWASP California regional application security conferences and summits.
Mr. Bonver is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP). He holds a master's degree in computer science from California State University, Northridge, and a bachelor's degree in computer science from Rochester Institute of Technology.
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Mr. Doughty earned his Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.
As head of the Securability Center of Excellence and Product Vulnerability Response teams Anders Magnusson is responsible for managing all aspects of the Secure Software Development Lifecycle at CA Technologies – including securability training and testing, architecture reviews, usage of 3rd party components and vulnerability response activities.
During his tenure at CA Technologies, Anders has held a number of different roles and responsibilities. After his start as a pre-sales technician in Europe, he spent several years working as liaison between corporate management in US and technical managers in Europe, Asia and South America. He later leveraged this experience as a software architect, designing standards for product development as well as best practices for solutions spanning multiple products.
Anders developed and continues to manage the Foundational Requirements for CA Solutions which establish basic standards for all products – such as accessibility, scalability, securability and upgradeability. Anders is a member of the CA Council for Technical Excellence and has contributed as a principal author for publications such as CA Technology Exchange, CA Green publications and a multitude of Best Practices documents.
Glenn Pittaway has spent nearly two decades working in IT security. After studying Jurisprudence at Oxford, he moved into computing, joining Microsoft Limited in 1993, and Windows security Program Management in 1999. He joined Trustworthy Computing Security in 2007, to work on assurance and certification strategy. Glenn runs the Government Security Program and Microsoft Transparency Centers, and spends most of his time working through software security assurance concerns with Governments worldwide.


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With a stay at Holiday Inn Express Seoul Euljiro in Seoul (Jung-gu), you'll be minutes from Myeongdong Cathedral and close to Gyeongbok Palace. This hotel is close to Dongdaemun Market and National Museum of Korea.
Make yourself at home in one of the 224 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming provides entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and bidets. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
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Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Holiday Inn Express Seoul Euljiro. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily.
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Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a 24-hour business center, and a 24-hour front desk. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
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Beijing Game Design Meetup - July 2014
Pin Wang, Mark Parrish, Thornbjørn Olsen & Xavier Rosee
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (CST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
EDIT: 8-BIT being closed on the day of the event, it has been moved to "One Comes Two Go" Board Game Bar on Beixinqiao.
The Beijing Game Design Meet-up is an informal and casual event for game designers and developers to discuss the latest and greatest games– and how to make even better ones!
Join us for a casual night of game talk, old-school games and of course alcoholic beverage with other game lovers at 8-Bit Bar near JiaoDaoKou station.
A topic that was offered is "Gameplay mechanics in RTS and how to improve them". Discuss away! Or slice your way open in Nidhogg :-)
Map to venue: http://j.map.baidu.com/yhyLp
For any questions (or if you get lost) feel free to contact Xavier or any of the other people in the organizers section!
Disclaimer: 8-Bit being, as TimeOut said, "not much bigger than your parents' walk-in closet", we felt we had to limit the numbers of tickets we're offering. If there are no tickets left, feel free to join us anyway, and we'll rotate in front of the consoles, arcades and PCs.
When & Where
一来二去 One Comes To Go Board Game Bar/cs
2/F, Chinatrust Commercial Bank, 30 Dongsi Beidajie (100m south of Beixinqiao subway station)
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (CST)
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Does anyone know of a product the monitors network bandwidth. I use Linksys switches. I want something that contain graphs.
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I should add that I use windows and not linux or unix here
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Sep 9, 2008 at 3:15 UTC
MRTG is the tool to look for which is monitoring network devices using snmp.


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Catholic Dating Sites
Catholic - Best Online Dating Sites of 2017
Your faith is important to you and you shouldn't have to compromise that when looking for a match, which is why Catholic-specific dating websites have been flourishing long before the likes of Tinder or Plenty of Fish. Whether you're just dipping your toes into the world of online dating or you're a seasoned pro, we've rounded up the best faith-based dating sites on the web to help you find your soulmate or meet new friends. From blogging priests to religion-focused movie review forums, the world of online Catholic dating is much more than just a matchmaking tool.
With a little help from one of these faith-focused sites, meeting new people has never been easier -- or more fun!
With nearly half a million monthly users, CatholicMatch takes faith seriously and is considered the best option for finding a long-term partner.
Arguably the most faith-based dating site, Catholic Singles is very heavily focused on Catholicism. This includes a blogging champlain to respond to any questions its users may have.
Catholic Mates
Featuring a Tinder-like quick match system, Catholic Mates makes a great option if you prefer supporting the underdog over other mainstream options.
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