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Kis-My-Ft2, A Sky of Countless Stars
Title: A Sky of Countless Stars [Miyata/Tamamori, Nikaido/Senga, Kitayama/Fujigaya/Yokoo]
Rating/Warnings: R overall, NC-17 for NikaSen (it's always them).
Summary: Nothing in particular special happens on Miyata, Nikaido, and Yokoo's anniversary, but that's kind of what makes it great.
AN: Title and the quote below from the Kinki Kids' song, "Anniversary." I just want to write simple anniversary fic for these three, and somehow it took all week and ended up at 5k. SO ENJOY. And to Miyacchi, Watta, and Nika, 記念日おめでとう! I hope you get another 9 years and much, much more. Ganbatte on each and every one of your steps up to your goal ♥
Out of as many people as there are stars, I met you by chance…
I chose you without any doubts or hesitation. –Kinki Kids, "Anniversary"
A Sky of Countless Stars
"So," Tamamori asks idly, apropos of nothing, "what should I get you for your anniversary?"
"Hm?" Miyata replies, voice vague and eyes closed. He's stretched out across the couch, head in Tamamori's lap, Tamamori's fingers gentle and steady in his hair.
"Nine years, right? Impressive." Tamamori grins when Miyata cracks an eye open and raises an eyebrow. "I mean, given what you looked like when you joined…"
"Hey," Miyata protests.
"Or even last year…"
"HEY," Miyata reaches up to dig fingers into Tamamori's armpit, making him twitch and choke back laughter as he slaps away Miyata's hand. Miyata lets his hand fall back onto his chest. "You seemed pretty satisfied with me last year, as I remember."
"Mm, I discovered your alternate benefits," Tamamori assures, eyeing Miyata smugly as he puts a hand on Miyata's chest to trail fingers down his sternum. "So I guess I was satisfied often enough."
"Brat," Miyata snorts, stretching a little before slumping even more bonelessly than before. "Satisfying you is exhausting work, too. I totally deserve a present."
"So tell me what you want then," Tamamori says.
Miyata tilts his head back to look at Tamamori's face for a long moment, like he's thinking, and when he does answer, his gaze is steady and affectionate.
"Nothing," he says. "I'm good."
"Toshiya," Tamamori tries to scold, but it comes out soft and his cheeks are pink with pleasure. "Idiot."
"It's true, though," Miyata assures, taking Tamamori's hand and moving it up until his palm is resting over Miyata's heartbeat. "Nika tricked Watta into buying us both lunch, so you can't even treat me. So just keep doing what you're doing and we'll call it even."
"Idiot~," Tamamori repeats. "Wanna do your nine years again, at least?"
"Well, the first couple weren't all that great, actually," Miyata chuckles. "But this last one…" Miyata grins, and Tamamori can't help but smile back. "Yeah, I'd do this one over and over."
Miyata knows that Tamamori understands he isn't just talking about them, but everything else too, the shows and the play, the concerts especially, the way Tamamori's confidence makes him glow on-stage and Miyata's surprise mini-growth spurt that makes the stylist obaasans whisper and giggle about him. It's been a good, good year, and Miyata thinks that if he could pick one to do over and over, it'd be this one for sure.
"Liar," Tamamori interrupts his train of thought. "You'd rather do this year than the last one, right? What happened to all your big talk about cd debuts, huh?"
"Maa, well," Miyata shifts and at least has the decency to look sheepish, "now that I've said it…I guess we'd better do it, right?"
Tamamori laughs and pushes Miyata's shoulders so that he can stand up. Miyata starts whining a protest, but he doesn't get far before Tamamori is crawling over top of him and sealing their mouths together to shut him up. It makes Miyata's heart speed as he wraps arms around Tamamori's neck, makes his blood rush in his hears so that he can barely hear what Tamamori is saying as he pulls away just far enough to talk.
"I can think of a present Nika can't give you," Tamamori murmurs, eyes low-lidded and full of heat, mouth curling into a smirk. "Or at least one he'd better not be giving you."
"Isn't it me who ought to worry about you and Nika?" Miyata asks as Tamamori starts inching his way down, brushing kisses along Miyata's neck. "You two are ranked the number seven couple, as I recall. Me and Nika didn't even make the board."
"Well, we're number five," Tamamori reminds, pressing his lips to Miyata's T-shirt, over his heart. "So don't worry about that kind of stuff."
"Not worried," Miyata says, shivering when Tamamori's fingers slip under the hem of his shirt. "Besides, you and Nika are hot, so as long as you let me watch…" Miyata cuts off with a squeak as Tamamori nips at the skin of his stomach. "Never mind, I think I might like this present better."
Nipping Miyata's skin again for good measure, Tamamori gives a fake snort of annoyance. "You always have before. Just shut up and enjoy, please~."
"Yes, yes," Miyata agrees, pushing himself back closer to the arm of the couch, both so that he'll have a better view and that Tamamori's mouth is more in the right location. Putting one hand behind his head to support his neck, Miyata works the other into Tamamori's hair, rubbing his fingertips along Tamamori's scalp.
Tamamori pauses in unzipping Miyata to look up and gives him a long, appreciative blink. Then he reminds Miyata that it isn't like they have a million years of privacy, and maybe he shouldn't be so distracting.
"Like I'm the distraction…" Miyata trails off with a soft groan when Tamamori wraps a hand around him and gives him a slow, smooth stroke. "Tama…"
"Hm," Tamamori hums, as if pleased by the response, then bends his head to lick at Miyata's tip. When Miyata gives another muffled noise and tightens his fingers in Tamamori's hair, Tamamori swallows more of Miyata, until his lips meet the top of his fist.
"Damn," Miyata breathes, voice tight, "I never get tired of watching you do that." He whines when Tamamori tightens his grip and sucks just a little harder. It makes Miyata laugh with what little air he has. "And you never get tired of me telling you how good it looks, right?"
Mouth occupied, Tamamori gives Miyata a "mmhmm" low in his throat and another slow once-over with heat-dark eyes.
"Because it looks so, so good," Miyata tells him, rocking his hips up into Tamamori's fist as much as he can with Tamamori weighing down his legs. "You look amazing, Yuta, just like that…"
Miyata trails off into inherency as Tamamori starts to suck him off in earnest, Tamamori's mouth slick and hot, eyes still on Miyata's face. Tamamori works Miyata expertly, more than familiar with all of his sensitive spots, with the speed and pressure Miyata prefers, and it's the familiarity of it as much as the sight of it that has Miyata clutching Tamamori's hair tightly and gasping his name.
Tamamori pulls back to lap at Miyata's head, eyes fluttering shut, and Miyata gives in to the pull of his release dragging him under, his own eyes squeezing shut even as he struggles to keep them open so he can still watch.
He drifts pleasantly for a few moments, vaguely aware that Tamamori is licking him clean and tucking him back in. When he feels Tamamori crawling up his body, he reaches for him by touch and pulls him close. He's still shivering with aftershocks, and Tamamori's warmth is soothing as it sinks though his clothes and into his skin.
"What about you?" he asks as Tamamori is nestling more comfortably against his side, his cheek against Miyata's shoulder.
"I can wait until later," Tamamori shrugs, sounding more than a little self-satisfied. "I'd rather you did it properly," Tamamori pauses when Miyata snorts, "and anyway, if you got me off it'd be totally obvious when everybody else came back."
"Because this is amazingly subtle," Miyata says, then yawns against Tamamori's hair.
Whatever, he figures. It's his anniversary after all, and it isn't his fault he gets better presents than anybody else.
"Speaking of that," he murmurs, already half-asleep, "where is everybody?"
*~A little while earlier…~*
Come find me~♥ the mail says, and Nikaido frowns as he looks up from his phone because they just finished getting Tackey's list of fixes for the day and Senga is right…
…not there. Nikaido frowns harder, then glares back down at his phone like it'll cough up more answers.
A few seconds later, when nothing else happens besides Yokoo inquiring mildly whether the phone has personally affronted Nikaido somehow, Nikaido sticks the phone in his pocket and goes to apparently find his boyfriend.
He tries the dressing room first, but finds only Kitayama snoring and Fujigaya unpinning his hair. Senga's stuff is there, but no Senga, and then Nikaido's phone buzzes in his pocket again.
Cold! the mail says, and Nikaido scowls and hits the reply button.
How do you know??? he demands.
Cause I can't see you, obvs, is the reply a second later. So you must be cold!
Rolling his eyes, Nikaido leaves the dressing room, phone still in his hand for convenience. He tries another couple dressing rooms and the stylists' station next, but the only thing he gets for his troubles is another mail with a line of snowmen emoji.
Watanabe thinks that's hilarious, but Nikaido doesn't share his opinion.
When he wanders out on stage, the only ones there a handful of techs coiling wires and re-taping marks, he finally gets a warmer!. But when he sticks his head back into the wings on either side, it goes back to cold! again, and Nikaido growls in frustration because he can practically hear Senga laughing at him.
You can see me? Nikaido asks when he comes back out on stage. He takes a few steps farther out towards the edge of it when Senga's reply is Yup! Warmer, Nika!, then looks around, still frowning. The house lights are low, and the only thing there besides the rows of empty seats on the floor are…
The rows of empty seats in the balcony, and now that Nikaido is looking properly, there is definitely some motion in one of the dark corners, way up in the last row. Smirking, Nika hops off the edge of the stage and heads for the doors to the lobby, where the stairs are to the upper sections.
Sure enough, when he reaches the back of the balcony, there is Senga tucked into one of the theater seats, feet up on the seat in front of him and phone in his hands. Senga grins at him, and then Nikaido's phone goes off again.
Hot! the mail says, and Nikaido calls Senga a moron and flops down in the seat beside him. Senga flips his phone shut and reaches for Nikaido's hand on the arm rest, and they sit there in silence for a few moments, watching the techs move about, fingers curled together.
"It's almost over, huh?" Senga says, and he sounds a bit sad already. Senga doesn't like the end of things, Nikaido knows; he prefers the excitement of new things, new practices and dances and new combinations of coworkers.
"How do you expect to start new stuff if you don't finish the old ones?" Nikaido chides gently, but he tightens his fingers against Senga's. "You want to start practices for our concerts, right?"
"Of course I do!" Senga protests, and Nikaido feels Senga shiver through their joined hands when Nikaido says 'our concerts.' "That's not what I mean. Anyway, speaking of old stuff…"
"What?" Nikaido asks when Senga trails off meaningfully.
"Happy anniversary, Nika," Senga finishes, then laughs at Nikaido's affronted noise.
"I'm not old!" he protests.
"Nine years? So old!" Senga chirps, laughing even harder as Nikaido growls. Even when he stops giggling, his eyes are still bright with laughter. "Oh well, at least you're cute now, right? So congratulations~."
"Jackass," Nikaido says, but he leans over to kiss Senga's cheek for the congratulations. He squeaks in surprise when Senga turns his head to capture Nikaido's mouth properly, his tongue teasing along Nikaido's lips and turning the kiss serious almost immediately. "Oi, oi," Nikaido pushes back just far enough to remind, "we aren't alone!"
Senga barely spares a glance down at the scatter of techs. "They won't look up here, no one ever does. At least they won't if you keep quiet."
"If I keep…" Nikaido is interrupted by Senga standing up and resettling in a firm straddle over Nikaido's lap. "Hey!"
"Don't you want your present?" Senga purrs, getting fingers in Nikaido's hair and tilting his head up for another kiss.
Nikaido tries to mumble another protest, but Senga swallows it as he settles more firmly down against Nikaido's lap. Eyes falling shut, Nikaido just gives in and lets Senga have his way. It's hard to object with Senga's mouth hot against his own, Senga's hands tight in his hair, Senga's weight pleasantly heavy in his lap. Nikaido's hands start out fisted in the back of Senga's shirt, but drift down to rest on Senga's waist, where he can tease at the stripe of bare skin between Senga's T-shirt and sweats.
It isn't long before he's hard and dizzy on the feel of Senga rocking against him, on the fact that Senga's just as hard and making soft, encouraging noises into his mouth. Nikaido would like nothing better than to have Senga exactly like this, willing and desperate, the thrill of getting caught by any stagehand who happens to look up fizzing in his veins.
As if reading Nikaido's mind, Senga reaches between then to fumble at the hem of Nikaido's sweats. He gets as far as palming Nikaido's cock before Nikaido manages to tear his mouth away.
"Wait," Nikaido gasps, then cuts off with a groan as Senga gets his own cock free and wraps a hand around both of them at once, squeezing them together. "Oi, stop!"
"You definitely don't mean that," Senga says with supreme confidence, voice husky, and Nikaido has to swallow another moan.
"We definitely shouldn't," Nikaido hisses, sinking fingers into Senga's waist harder, as tightly as he's holding onto his control. "Not up here!"
"Fine, fine," Senga says. He hops off Nikaido's lap, leaving Nikaido confused and chilly, but then grabs one of Nikaido's hands to drag him up as well. "Come on!"
Nikaido tucks himself back in quickly as he gets dragged along behind Senga. "Where are you going? Mitsu and Taipi are in the dressing room, so unless you want an audience…"
"Here we are!" Senga calls cheerfully, and Nikaido has just enough time to blink at the "LADIES" sign on the wall before Senga shoves him through the doorway.
"This is the girls' bathroom," Nikaido hisses at him, like all the girls will show up suddenly if he's too loud.
"Funny, right?" Senga snickers as he digs a couple condom packets out of his pocket and drops them into Nikaido's hand. "There'll be a million of them in here later, and they won't have any idea. Bet they'd be sooo jealous…"
"Stop talking about girls," Nikaido snaps, tearing open one of the condom packets to discover that they're pre-lubricated and that Senga is apparently a genius.
He changes his mind back to normal when Senga nearly brains himself on the sink trying to kick his sweatpants off over his sneakers.
"This is a terrible idea," Nikaido insists, only it's not very convincing because he's kissing Senga as he says it, Senga's back against the wall, working Senga open with two fingers sheathed in the first condom.
"Hurry up," is all Senga says in reply, then whines high and pleading when Nikaido adds a third. "It's fine, come on, come on," he urges, and it's so tempting, only Nikaido knows from experience that rushing the prep on their lead dancer an hour before show time is just about the only thing that can make this idea worse.
They have an argument about which way Senga ought to face while Nikaido tries to open the second condom packet with half of his fingers covered in lube from the last one. Senga insists he wants to do it face-to-face.
"It's not like I don't want to!" Nikaido snarls at the stubborn foil. "But you know I can't hold you up that long! Do you want another concussion?"
"I won't take long," Senga assures, taking the packet out of Nikaido's fingers and tearing it immediately. He holds up the roll of latex between two fingers, then flicks it back out of reach when Nikaido goes for it. "Please, Nika? I'll hold on tight, I promise. I want to watch you, you know?"
Nikaido gives in with a grumbled "Fine," cheeks heating as Senga reaches down to roll the condom onto him. He glances around the bathroom and notices that the counter for girls to fix their makeup at is at least low enough to be serviceable. "Come over here and let's use the counter at least."
"Ooh, and mirrors!" Senga exclaims with entirely too much delight, making Nikaido's cheeks color even darker. "Kinky, Nika."
Nikaido just grumbles at him to shut up as Senga hops up onto the edge of the counter. It makes the angle a little awkward, but it does take Senga's weight off Nikaido, and Senga doesn't seem to care as Nikaido holds him in place and pushes inside.
"Okay?" Nikaido asks, trying to hold back until he's sure Senga's not going to be limping through their shows all afternoon. Senga isn't helping by rocking against Nikaido as much as he can, hands on Nikaido's shoulder to try and tug him closer.
"It's fine, move!" Senga demands, and then he arches his back enough for them to manage a kiss for a few hot, awkward seconds. "You know," he says as he slumps back against the mirror, "if anybody comes down that hallway, they're definitely going to see us."
"So hurry up," Nikaido growls, shivering at the thought of being caught or, if it happens to be somebody from their unit, maybe just being watched. It makes his neck prickle like somebody really is there, makes him shove more roughly into Senga. "Fucking exhibitionist."
"Takes one to know one," Senga purrs, and then throws his head back with a thunk against the mirror as Nikaido hits him just right.
There isn't any more talking after that, just rough breathing and the occasional badly-muffled moan. Senga gets a hand around himself and, as promised, once he starts to stroke himself off it doesn't take long at all for him to squeeze tight around Nikaido and streak his own stomach white.
"Mm, come on," Senga murmurs hazily as he's coming down, eyes heavy-lidded but focused only on Nikaido. "Aren't you gonna give me something to watch?"
Nikaido sure isn't going to argue with that. Yanking Senga up so that Senga curls his legs around Nikaido's waist in surprise, Nikaido buries his face against Senga's shoulder and drives in as deeply as he can before spending himself.
When he can sort out reality again, Senga's stroking his hair, arms and legs still curled tight around Nikaido, holding him close.
"Kenpi," Nikaido breathes against Senga's neck, making him squirm and laugh, and in a second they'll have to pull apart and clean up and sneak back down to the dressing room without anybody seeing. But for a few moments, Nikaido lets Senga hold him and murmur stupid things into his hair, happy to be exactly where and who he is.
It's a really good anniversary. The rest of it can wait a little longer.
"Ow," Senga winces as he unsticks his bare thighs from the counter. "Shoulda gone back to the dressing room, ne."
"Mitsu wasn't giving up the couch," Nikaido snorts as he helps Senga hop down.
"It was Watta and Taipi earlier," Senga laughs, wrapping arms around Nikaido's neck as Nikaido rubs at the backs of his thighs where they're stiff. "What do you think they were all so tired for?"
*~Much, much earlier…~*
"Psst! PSST! Wake up!"
Curled up in a warm futon, Yokoo doesn't feel much like moving, but he does open his eyes just a little when the whisper, which is louder than most people talking normally, continues.
"Oh!" Fujigaya, who is kneeling on the futon beside Yokoo's, reaches down to pat his shoulder. "Not you, Watta, go back to sleep." He then returns to the 'whisper.' "Mitsu! Wake up, you bastard!"
There's something reasonably hilarious about Fujigaya trying to wake up anybody early, much less Kitayama, and Yokoo is sure he will know what that something is when he wakes up for real. For now, he snickers tiredly at the state of Fujigaya's hair, and then lets his eyes fall shut again.
"WHAT," Yokoo hears Kitayama finally grunt. "Early, lee'me 'lone."
"Get up! You promised you'd help me with Watta's surprise!"
Yokoo opens one eye again. This sounds interesting.
"Only told you that so you'd blow me. Leggo."
They bicker for a few more sentences before Fujigaya stands up and stomps off to the bathroom, informing Kitayama that he'd better be out of bed to help by the time Fujigaya's back. Yokoo can't see the top of Kitayama's bed from the floor, but he can see the hand that Kitayama lets flop over the edge, middle finger extended.
If he were a sentimental sort of person, Yokoo would be tempted to say that it was affection for his longtime unitmates and their familiar exchange making his fingertips tingle. But mostly Yokoo thinks it's the fact that the heater has been off all night.
Sitting up, Yokoo winces as the winter air rushes in under his blankets. It's only for a second, though, because the second after that, Yokoo is climbing into Kitayama's bed. Shouldering a grumbling Kitayama over for the space, Yokoo scrunches under the Mitsu-warmed blankets and sighs in happiness as he lets his eyes fall shut again.
"You suck," Fujigaya's voice brings Yokoo out of his doze a couple minutes later. "You're cockblocking your own anniversary present, you know."
"Aw, Taipi," Yokoo drawls cutely, opening his eyes just enough to blink at him. "Gonna make me breakfast in bed, sweetheart?"
"Not anymore," Fujigaya growls, reaching for the corner of the blankets. "Fuck you, move over."
"Fuck you," Kitayama groans when he's jostled awake once again.
They shouldn't be able to manage it in Kitayama's bed, but they do since Kitayama himself is bite-sized and Yokoo is skinny as hell. With Fujigaya curled up tight against one side and Kitayama flopped mostly over his other, it takes a little effort to breathe, but at least Yokoo is finally warm enough.
"Mm," he murmurs appreciatively. "Now let's talk about that present of yours."
"Now he wants presents," Fujigaya snorts into Yokoo's shoulder. "There is no way I'm getting out of this bed again."
"Nobody's suggesting that you should," Yokoo replies. "In fact, I forbid you to do any such thing."
Fujigaya frowns. "Then what…"
"He wants sex, idiot," Kitayama interrupts. "You have to just tell him, Watta, I told you. He doesn't understand subtlety."
"You don't understand my fist up your…"
"Ladies, ladies!" Yokoo interrupts, shouldering at both of them. "There's plenty of me to go around."
In an impressive show of cooperation, Kitayama suddenly becoming immovable like a sleeping cat, pinning Yokoo in place for Fujigaya's tickling fingers, until they decide that Yokoo has been properly punished.
"Moron," Fujigaya accuses, flopping back down, all of them out of breath and over-warm. "Could have just asked."
"Go for the blowjob," Kitayama recommends with a yawn.
"Should he really?" Fujigaya asks acidly. "Because they aren't worth getting up for, apparently."
"No," Kitayama cracks an eye open to smirk. "But they're worth lying about getting up for."
"For Mitsu, that's saying something," Yokoo says, distracting Fujigaya from going after Kitayama. "I think I'll have what he's having."
Fujigaya rolls his eyes and opens his mouth to balk, but Yokoo tilts his head and reminds Fujigaya that it is his anniversary. Fujigaya folds like a cheap card table. He leans in to kiss Yokoo's cheek, and Yokoo momentarily regrets that all of them haven't brushed their teeth yet, so he can't force Fujigaya to do it properly.
It's forgotten when Fujigaya is under the blankets halfway down Kitayama's bed, tugging Yokoo's pajama pants out of the way. Kitayama's been repositioned so that Fujigaya has room to work, but is still curled in a bare-chested, sleep-warm heap against Yokoo's shoulder. He's watching Yokoo, eyes low-lidded and interested, and it makes Yokoo reach under the blankets for Fujigaya's hair to force him into the right spot quicker.
His eyes flutter when Fujigaya's mouth slides over him, sudden heat spreading through his veins and spiking in his stomach when Fujigaya starts to suck him off in earnest.
"Should get rid of the blankets," Kitayama advises, as though he mistakenly believes this is Yokoo's first time on the receiving end of Fujigaya's attentions. "It's way better to watch him."
"Not on your life, it's cold. I'd like to keep all the extremities not in Taisuke's mouth from freezing off." Yokoo raises and eyebrow when Kitayama shifts his hips against the outside of Yokoo's thigh. "I could keep you entertained some other way? Although it's your mom washing the sheets."
"It might not be my ninth anniversary," Kitayama chuckles, "but if she hasn't learned not to look by now…gimme your hand."
Yokoo lets Kitayama find his hand under the blankets and tugs it over to his bare stomach, leaving Yokoo to find the rest of the way himself. Kitayama is hot and solid in Yokoo's hand, already mostly hard, and he twitches against Yokoo's palm when Yokoo thumbs his tip.
It's good, easy and comfortable, one hand stroking Kitayama and the other buried in Fujigaya's hair, sleepy and warm and no rush to crawl out from under the covers any time soon. The tension builds slowly, pleasantly along Yokoo's spine, and when Yokoo reaches his limit it's almost a surprise, a wave of heat rushing under his skin down to the very tips of his fingers and toes.
Giving a long sigh of pleasure, Yokoo is basking in afterglow when Fujigaya comes up for air, hair an even bigger mess than before and cheeks pink.
"Well, I hope somebody's ready to get me off," he announces, a note of warning in his voice, but the only thing Yokoo's planning on taking any notice of is how good frustration looks on Fujigaya.
"Talk to him about it," Yokoo shoulders at Kitayama. His hand is still wrapped around Kitayama, however loosely, and Kitayama grunts when Yokoo gives him a firm squeeze. "Feels like he might have something for you."
He's more than content to watch the two of them go at each other, after all, especially when he doesn't have to do an ounce of the work. And when they throw off the blankets, that just means more for Yokoo.
Eyeing the arch of Fujigaya's back and the dig of Kitayama's fingers into Fujigaya's waist from his nest of blankets, Yokoo would rate this his most successful anniversary yet.
*~And right now…~*
"—on the couch, did you?" Kitayama's voice is saying, pulling Miyata back to half-consciousness.
"Nn?" Tamamori mutters, sounding just about as conscious as Miyata. "I don't think so?"
"Great, then off you go!" Kitayama is shaking them now, the bastard. "Because I am claiming this couch in the name of—"
"Oh no you don't," Fujigaya interrupts, sailing through the door with bentos in his hand, Nikaido and Yokoo trailing behind him similarly laden. "Food first! Last thing I need is you fainting on stage."
"At least then I'd get to lie down," Kitayama grumbles, shooting a longing glance at the pre-warmed cushions as Fujigaya drops his boxes on the low coffee table and then grabs Kitayama's wrist to plonk him down right beside.
Tamamori and Miyata struggle to sitting positions, yawning and rubbing at their eyes, and then slide off the couch to join the others on the floor. Nikaido drops a box into each of their hands and reminds Miyata to thank Yokoo for treating them (again~!), making Yokoo roll his eyes indulgently. He looks genuinely pleased though when Miyata thanks him properly.
"Slow down, Mitsu!" Fujigaya scolds. "Choking to death won't get you your couch any faster! Hey, should we have a toast?"
"We should, we should!" Senga agrees right away, any excuse to celebrate. "To Nika and Miyacchi and Watta!"
"To nine more years?" Tamamori asks, sharing a smile with Miyata that is apparently between just the two of them.
"Right, exactly!" Fujigaya picks up his bottle of tea. "Geez, Mitsu, help out and do it properly, can't you? To—"
"Is that really all right, though?" Yokoo interrupts before Kitayama can even get his mouth open, and everyone turns to look at him. Fujigaya frowns, but Yokoo is looking at Nikaido. "Is that really our goal?"
"No way," Nikaido snorts, catching on right away, and he gives Senga a wink. "Just nine?"
"Oooh!" Senga catches on next. "Nine isn't nearly enough, right?"
"We haven't even got properly started yet," Miyata agrees. "If we're going to overtake the senpai…"
"Right right, I got it," Kitayama drawls. "Let's toast already, I'm starving."
The seven of them lift their various assortment of teas and juice and soda, and then they all look expectantly at Kitayama, who rolls his eyes.
"Fine." Kitayama clears his throat. "For Wataru, Nika-chan, and Miyata, congratulations, and for Kis-My-Ft2, let's work hard until there aren't any more steps to go up!"
"Kanpai!" everyone else choruses dutifully, Yokoo looking satisfied, Nikaido so smug that he nearly choked on his lemon water, and Miyata grinning hard enough to make his eyes disappear.
"Good toast," Senga approves, beaming at Kitayama until Nikaido pops a bite of his lunch into Senga's mouth to distract him.
"Hmph," Fujigaya sniffs. "Nine's not so impressive. This year'll be twelve for me!"
"Impressive," Kitayama says, Fujigaya looking mollified until he adds, "given what you looked like when you joined…"
Everybody jumps when Tamamori and Miyata burst into laughter for no apparent reason.
Tags: JE - Other Kis-My-Ft2, JE - Senga/Nikaido, JE - Tamamori/Miyata, Rating: NC-17 *
Johnny's Ent., Kis-My-Ft2 | Mousapelli 2010.02.11
By ri, 2012.09.01 @ 10:28 pm
oh yes, yes, yes. i love the separate occasions and watta getting a fujikita sandwich. mitsu is sneaky. and senga is a freak. and tamamiya. and everyone. ♥♥♥
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Internet Marketing News Weekly Recap: November 7 – 14, 2011
Find out what is brewing this week in the online marketing world. Get the latest news and the freshest updates about Internet marketing and more with this week's round-up.
Google Axes Its Timeline Search Option
Another helpful search tool is dead. Googler Kelly Fee recently confirmed that Google's Timeline search option was silently eliminated earlier this month. The said search tool is primarily used for conducting historical searches. By clicking the Timeline option, Google provides a comprehensive breakdown of results for a certain search per year. The Timeline data is shown in a bar graph format.
In lieu of the Timeline option, Fee suggested that users may utilize the refinement tools to limit searches by date. Aside from the refinement tools found on the left side of the search results page, Fee also recommended using Google Trends and Insights Search to find graphs of historical results. However, users argued via online forums that the said suggestions were poor substitutes.
The search engine axed its Timeline search option months after also eliminating its Google News Timeline this year. It was said that the search tool option was removed because not many Google users utilized it.
Hearst to Launch Automotive and Fashion YouTube Channels in 2012
Hearst Magazines will soon launch its two YouTube channels in its aim to provide better exposure for its magazine brands. With the new channel lineup, Hearst will soon provide programming crafted for its Automotive channel in line with its Popular Mechanics, Car and Driver, and Road & Track magazines.
Aside from a YouTube channel focusing on automotive, the publishing company is also planning to create a Fashion and Beauty channel to further expose its magazine brands such as Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar and Seventeen to a wider audience.
Kimberly Lau, Hearst vice president for business development and partner relations, said that the reasons for branching out into new YouTube channels are to exclusively optimize content for the YouTube platform and to establish and cultivate its channels and brands' audience. The company also aims to develop brand extensions and bring better monetization through this online initiative.
Plans for Yahoo-AOL-Microsoft Display Ad Deal Confirmed
In the aim to dethrone Google from being this year's display advertising royalty, three online media giants have joined forces and confirmed their plans to pawn off their unsold inventory together for what has been dubbed as a "display ad yard sale."
Yahoo, AOL, and Microsoft intend to improve margins, expand the reach for advertisers and agencies, as well as ensure higher remnant ads prices by reselling each other's inventory through the display ad deal that was announced on September. By early 2012, the ad integration will include the joint platforms of Yahoo's Right Media Exchange and Microsoft Advertising Exchange.
Yahoo's executive vice president of the Americas, Ross Levinsohn, has been named the chief architect of the said venture. Levinsohn stated in an interview that the said deal will bring a more efficient and effortless method of accessing premium inventory and formats to the market.
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Based in Havana, Cuba, Malpaso Dance Company is committed to bringing Cuban contemporary dance into the 21st Century.
Under the Artistic Direction of Osnel Delgado, the Company has acquired an international reputation for collaborating with today's top choreographers and nurturing new voices in Cuban choreography.
The company will be performing at Dance Place on May 21 – 22. The mixed program will include DC premieres by Artistic Director Osnel Delgado, as well as Why You Follow by Ronald K. Brown and Bad Winter by Trey McIntyre.
Created in 2014, the 25-minute Joyce-commissioned work Why You Follow features the full company and is set to recorded music by Zap Mama (Belgian/Congo), Gordheaven & Juliano (South Africa) and The Allenko Brotherhood (Nigeria/Ghana), with grey, black, and red "traveler" costumes by Keiko Voltaire. Created in 2012, Bad Winter is an 11-minute duet featuring the popular US 1930s song Pennies from Heaven that Trey McIntyre gifted to Malpaso Dance Company after his creative residency with them in 2015.
The company's core artistic vision is led by resident repertory choreographer and artistic director Osnel Delgado. The company was founded in 2012 by Delgado, Dailedys Carrazana and Fernando Saéz. It consists of 10 dancers, including former members of Danza Contemporanea de Cuba. Their repertory includes 24 hours and a dog, a work by Delgado, set to music by Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American composer Arturo O'Farrill (who wrote an original overture for the piece, of the same name), Why You Follow by the American choreographer Ronald K. Brown and other works.
Delgado graduated as dancer and professor from the National Dance School in 2003. He was a member of Danza Contemporanea de Cuba (DCC) from 2003 to 2011. Delgado has received major Cuban awards including the Premio a Mejor Coreografia del Concurso Solamente Solos (Award for Best Solo Choreography), el Premio Ramiro Guerra (Ramiro Guerra Prize), as well as a Special Mention award at the VII Iberomerican Alicia Alonso Choreography Competition in Madrid. Delgado has worked with choreographers such as Mats Ek, Rafael Bonachela, Kenneth Kvanstrom, Ja Linkens, Itzik Galili, Samir Akika, Pedro Ruiz, Isidro Rolando and George Cespedes among others. He has created works for DCC, Rakatan and Ebony. He serves as professor of dance at the National Dance School in Havana, Cuba.
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Point is, if I use this :
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It renders :

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Which is good.
But then, if I use a variable, coming from a json, it's not parsed anymore:
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Even if console.log(post.content) returns 'foo {.bar}', the exact same string I used in the first test…
I've no idea why it don't consider those two strings the same way.
Thanks for any help or clue!
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Markdown not parsed correctly when coming from json I found what was going on. Thanks!

A: I finally found what was going on, and it's fairly stupid.
The point is that the JSON is already a parsed markdown, so the post.content isn't 'foo {.bar}', it already has a tag : '
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Q: Relativistic reference frames - What is the independent variable? Currently reading the following document  - Moyer (1971). Excellent read if anyone is interested.
I note that in Eqs. $(12)-(20)$, Moyer uses the coordinate time as the affine parameter in the Euler - Lagrange equations of motion. I am terribly confused about this. Normally, for a timelike geodesic the affine parameter is the proper time. Later in the document the independent variable will be the geocentric coordinate time or the Barycentric coordinate time. Does anyone have a simple explanation why they don't use the proper time?
The notation is the same in the IERS technical note for Eq. $(10.12)$.

A: The reason is simple: The goal in that technical report is to establish a relativistically-correct framework via which an N-body problem can be solved numerically, where N is smallish, but is larger than two. In particular, the goal is to describe the solar system.
General relativistic effects in the solar system are small, considerably smaller than are the perturbations that result from the Newtonian gravitational interactions amongst planets. This means it makes much more sense to use coordinate time rather than proper time. (This raises the question: Proper time of what? This is an N-body problem, after all.)


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Our editor in chief on why "Made in the US" was making a fashion comeback back before Trump turned up and how to get the best out of this well-dressed issue.
We touch down in Sri Lanka, keep an ear out in Switzerland and bring good news from San Francisco in our monthly round-up of global viewpoints.
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Heritage brands / USA
Ed Stocker
Five decades ago an American man's wardrobe was filled with clothes proudly made in the USA. Leaf through American fashion magazines from the 1960s and, apart from a few British and Italian interlopers, the advertisements are almost exclusively for US brands.
Today? Many companies have closed while the survivors may offer a vision of American wholesomeness but the labels reveal China, Mexico and Portugal as their origin. So when Donald Trump promises more manufacturing jobs for Americans in America it has appeal. Yet this represents only one part of the story. Heritage brands were already shifting some production back home as costs rose in the likes of China. And new brands Billykirk, Shinola and Raleigh Denim Workshop – to name just a few – are backing "Made in the USA" too. Here we look at a selection of major US brands that were big ad spenders in the 1960s to see how they have fared since. It's a story of money, offshoring and good looks too.
Talon: caught on the fly
Founded in 1893, Talon made a name for itself in Pennsylvania as the company that invented the contemporary zipper. Its zips were used in jackets worn by GIs during the Second World War and in the 1960s could be found on rain boots too. But then other companies learnt how to do it quicker and more efficiently – namely Japan's YKK, which has become the most dominant player in the global zipper market.
Today Talon International, as it was renamed in 2007 after being bought by its current owners six years earlier, has shifted its production from largely within the US to countries such as India and soon Vietnam, and it no longer has its own production facilities. "As the world has moved we have become a global brand with manufacturing in various regions," says CEO Larry Dyne – sounding a little like he's sugar-coating the pill – from his base in California. And while the company – which has about 200 staff in China, Hong Kong and the US – continues to work with brands ranging from Brooks Brothers to Ralph Lauren, it's a rather different beast to when it was first conceived.
1960s: Largely US-made and dominated the global market in the 1960s thanks to the boom in jeans culture.
Today: It's been through rough times and several owners but it did invent a fire-retardant zipper in 2016 (well, it's good to cover all eventualities).
Bates: still marching on
Bates was founded in Massachusetts in 1885 and claims to be the first US brand to produce men's brogues. Although the company has always made shoes for regular consumers, its history is closely entwined with the armed forces; during the Second World War it made more than one million pairs for the military.
As decommissioned troops headed off to higher education, it switched to a more collegiate feel and the Bates Floater – a leather chukka boot – became its signature (and the official shoe of the Tokyo Olympics in 1964). It continued to make Oxford shoes for the US navy throughout the 1960s and, after being bought by Wolverine World Wide in 1969, expanded its production base and its grip on the military and police markets.
Nowadays Bates is the biggest shoe supplier to the Department of Defense and makes everything at the Great Rapids facility in Michigan, having relocated from Massachusetts. As "American made" producers of everything from Durashock boots to the traditional Oxfords, Bates is an active supporter of the Berry amendment, which requires all footwear of military personnel to be made within the US.
1960s: Supplier to Olympians and beloved by President Eisenhower.
Today: Firmly in the patriotic mould, it uses the slogan "Duty bound" and supplies the military and contractors with sturdy leather boots.
Wigwam: sock it to 'em
Purveyors of hardy woollen socks since 1905, Wigwam was actually the name of a line produced by the Hand Knit Hosiery Company but it proved so popular that the company changed its title accordingly. Skip forward to the present day and several key pillars of the Wisconsin-based brand remain firmly in place. For one it continues to be almost entirely US-made (in its 112-year history only four styles have been made abroad) and remains family-owned. Margaret Newhard, director of product management, is the great-granddaughter of the company founder, while her father is chairman.
The resurgence of interest in domestic production has only helped. Wigwam bills itself as making superior products for people who care. "We are not selling commodity goods; we are selling to a customer who is willing to pay more for the product," says Newhard. Over the years the brand, which started out socking up lumberjacks, has made everything from golf-club head covers to jumpers. But with two patents on its technology and as pioneers of a size-identification system, at the end of the day it's all about the sock.
1960s: Essential wool socks made to last for the lumberjack and sportsman.
Today: Employs 150 staff at the same building it had in the 1960s; "fashion-forward" and innovation is now also part of the equation.
Collaboration is encouraged at the Hatco factory
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Applying finishing touches
Ready for the rodeo?
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Pendleton carding machine
Blankets with indigenous motifs
Men's Fireside shirt in Umatilla wool
Labels are attached by hand
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LL Bean: Maine attraction
Steeped in tradition and seen as a steady, slightly preppy brand, LL Bean is the king of the catalogue-business model. Another of the US's East Coast fashion titans, the brand takes its name from Leon Leonwood Bean, who founded the company in 1912 in Maine. A sporty type who was into fishing, his brand continues to turn out affordable outdoor basics: chunky knits, plaid jackets and wool-lined slippers.
Its first customers were sportsmen coming to Maine to fish, hunt and hike; LL Bean has since expanded into lifestyle products and prospered. LL Bean does still manufacture some products in the US – including the Maine Hunting Shoe line made in its home state – but 75 per cent of its production is now overseas. "The infrastructure of the US apparel industry began to shift in the 1990s," says brand spokesman Eric Smith. "Facilities no longer exist to produce certain goods at the prices our customers expect."
The ad shown here first appeared in Yankee magazine and was snapped by Mel Collins, who was LL Bean's in-house photographer from 1944 to 1949 and again from 1955 to 1974.
1960s: Classic outdoor-orientated gear. The Norwegian jumper introduced in 1965 in navy and white became a preppy staple.
Today: LL Bean now has 30 shops in the US and another 20 in Japan.
Stetson: you go on ahead
Founded in 1865 and once the world's milliner – producing everything from black derbies (aka bowlers) to cowboy hats – Stetson began to struggle in the 1960s. While jfk's more informal style may have had something to do with it, "there were smaller cars so people couldn't wear their hats in them", says Stetson VP Sean O'Toole, which meant demand for all headwear plummeted.
This generational shift made life tricky for the company and, in 1968, it was taken over by its current owners, the Guilden family. They closed its Philadelphia factory, once home to 5,000 employees, and moved to a licensing model. Now based in Manhattan it chooses its global partners carefully, which has helped it stay relevant and increased its appeal to a new generation of hat wearers. For example, Stetson has been working with Hatco, based in Garland, Texas, since 1988. Hatco produces about 60 per cent of the one-million-odd hats that carry the Stetson name each year, while the rest are made in Mexico, Germany, Italy and Bulgaria. The "Made in the US" tag is important to O'Toole. "It's something we put a lot of care into," he says. "We will do anything we can to ensure that it continues."
1960s: The largest producer of hats in the world was dealing with shifting trends.
Today: Hat-making may have declined but Stetson is still a household name.
Pendleton: woolly mammoth
A brand that sums up the rugged Pacific Northwest, Pendleton has been operating a wool mill in Oregon since 1909. Founded by a Yorkshireman, it has remained a fairly steady ship by staying "true to its roots and values", according to Mort Bishop, Pendleton president and one of the family members still working in the business.
A maker of wool and cotton products, from blankets to jumpers, the brand has focused on nurturing a sense of US identity (by incorporating indigenous patterns in some of its motifs and using plenty of plaid). All of its woollen textiles are made at two mills: the Oregon site and Washougal Mill in Washington State, dating from 1912. Some concessions have been made nonetheless and Nafta saw the outsourcing of most shirt assembly work to Mexico. Yet as the owners of two of the US's four remaining woollen mills – there were more than 1,000 50 years ago – Pendelton's commitment to the US is obvious.
"Following our path has required fiscal responsibility, maintaining sustainable state-of-the-art mills, retaining skilled employees and exercising hands-on management," adds Bishop. "Not always easy in today's business."
1960s: Classic American basics inspired by the Pacific Northwest.
Today: Pendleton has embraced change, including collaborations with brands such as Timberland and Nike.
Bostonian: no tea party
Founded by Charles Jones in Whitman, Massachusetts, in 1899, Bostonian started life as the Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Company and was, in many senses, a pioneer. It was the first manufacturer, for example, to produce Goodyear welted footwear entirely under one roof. And in 1923 it was the first dress-shoe brand to run national advertising.
For much of its life Bostonian offered a high-end US-made shoe for men. But this changed under the ownership of UK shoe company Clarks, which had been eyeing an opening in the US market. In 1978 Clarks bought the Hanover Shoe Company and then a year later purchased Bostonian. The concept and offer has shifted over the years, according to Clarks' chief brand officer Jason Beckley. "I saw an opportunity to reposition Bostonian as a premium lifestyle brand, anchored in footwear, with a New England point of view," he says. "It has valuable brand equity with a rich heritage in shoe-making." But some of the shoes are now made in China – not such a New England point of view after all.
Today the brand offers less formal shoes and, in the 1990s, it entered that market with its low-key Strada range. As for what's next? A brand "reinvigoration" for the autumn/winter 2018 collection.
1960s: Formal shoes made in the US.
Today: Production is outsourced with a focus on value for money.
Samsonite: case closed
These suitcases can take pretty much anything a bored luggage handler throws at them. Samsonite, named after the Biblical tough guy, was established in Denver, Colorado, by Jesse Shwayder in 1910. The brand started off producing sturdy wooden trunks. Since then there have been plenty of innovations, from the 1941 Streamlite – a wooden frame covered in vulcanised fibre – to the 1986 Oyster, the first suitcase to have a three-point lock system.
The company expanded in the 1950s and opened factories in New Mexico and Arizona. Ownership was transferred away from the family in 1973 and over the next few decades Samsonite would pass through several owners and deal with the financial turmoil of its parent company e-ii Holdings filing for bankruptcy in 1992. Despite the wobbles, today Samsonite (currently a public-limited company headquartered in Luxembourg and Hong Kong) has a portfolio of six brands, employs 10,000 staff and had total group sales of $2.5bn in 2015. As for production? A large share is handled in India, although global CEO Ramesh Tainwala says he's contemplating returning some to the US.
1960s: A world leader in luggage, its 1962 Classic Attaché was its first magnesium-reinforced business case.
Now: It's still an industry leader, with more than 600 shops worldwide.
Gant: Atlantic shift
"We think of ourselves as being born in the US and raised in Europe but really we have one foot firmly on both sides of the pond," says Matthew Wood, Stockholm-based creative director of heritage brand Gant. It was set up by Bernard Gantmacher, who landed at Ellis Island in 1914. He started out by making shirts for department stores before graduating to his own brand in 1949.
Things ticked along nicely as Gant brought the button-down shirt to the mass market but, like many brands, it was shaken in the 1960s and sold to Consolidated Foods. The Swedish connection came about in 1980 when a trio of entrepreneurs, keen to launch a clothing company, approached Gant with the idea of licensing the brand in Scandinavia. Wood says that the Scandi side ended up being run "far more efficiently" than the one in the US. It would be the same Swedish company – Pyramid Sportswear – that bought Gant in 1999, although it then passed the baton to Switzerland's Maus Frères in 2008.
Nowadays production is global, with hubs from Portugal to China, but there's talk of a US comeback. "If I have an ambition for the brand it is to take some of Gant's design and production back to the US in the next two to three years," says Wood.
1960s: The Oxford button-down shirt and the club blazer – you get the drift.
Today: Gant combines Americana with a touch of Scandi know-how.
Brooks Brothers: dressing VIPs
Donald Trump and Barack Obama have little to unite them – but clothing is one thing they can agree on. At January's inauguration they were both wearing coats from Brooks Brothers. The company, founded in 1818, can claim to be the oldest clothing retailer in the US and its history is full of intriguing trinkets. "There have only been five presidents not to have worn Brooks Brothers – and the first three were because we weren't around at that time," says Kelly Stuart, Brooks Brothers' brand historian.
Family-owned until 1946, the brand went through one change of hands before an unhappy tenure under the ownership of UK's Marks & Spencer from 1988 until 2001. The company was then up for grabs and it became privately owned by Italian Claudio Del Vecchio, whose father made a name for himself in eyewear. There have been moves back to more US production, with the 2008 purchase of suit maker Southwick and the opening of a new factory in North Carolina.
Brooks Brothers now produces 80 per cent of its suits in Massachusetts, while all woven ties are made in New York, where baseball caps have been added to the line. "We have to be good stewards of the brand," says Stuart. "Claudio approaches Brooks Brothers as a caretaker. He's looking at what made us great – and one of those answers is American manufacturing."
Then: With young people rejecting their parents' generation, Brooks Brothers was seen as outmoded by some. The brand went through a reset with its Brooksgate line (Richard Nixon, believe it or not, was a fan).
Now: There have been wobbly moments but there is investment in US manufacturing and expansion, thanks to last year's purchase of Brooklyn-based jeweller Alexis Bittar. Next year it celebrates 200 years.


Five hundred mostly Latinos cleaned up litter on Charlotte streets to show their good citizenship and lift spirits in a community going through some tough times. (Charlotte Observer) Thanks to SG for the link!
Amazing story! I wonder if we could have a section called "community inspiration" with which local community leaders and people could look for ideas and inspiration to improve their community.


The finale is in sight! On Wednesday, September 20 we will finally have our winner of Big Brother 19. Looking back at the season, we pick the best of the best and the worst of the worst in our annual Big Brother awards. Enjoy!
: Named after The Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four and awarded to the female Houseguest who had the least impact on the series.
At least Megan will be remembered for causing a ruckus and then leaving the game. Besides being a pawn, Jillian had no impact on the game or the show in any way.
: Named after H.G. Wells' Invisible Man and awarded to the male HouseGuest who had the least impact on the series.
While it may be true that Cameron was voted out first, at least he was part of the Battle Back twist. Ramses was barely there.
: Awarded to the best schemer.
There was nobody even close this season. Paul dominated the entire the series leading one Houseguest after another to their demise while controlling the strategic and even the social games of the other players, authorizing who they could spend time with and who they could not. Although some of his tactics, such as using intimidation and bullying, were questionable it cannot be denied that Paul was the puppet master this season.
: Presented to the player who had the most dramatic breakdown.
In this case it just wasn't one breakdown but his constant crumpling during the season. For those who didn't watch the live feeds, here is Josh's pattern of behaviour. Josh would agree to target another Houseguest, berate them using intimidation. Once the argument was over, he would then slink off to a separate room and start crying. One has to wonder why someone would consciously choose to attack someone and then sob about their response right afterwards? Strange that.
: In recognition of the worst twist this season.
Winner: Tree of Temptation .
With Paul's influence over everyone else's strategy, it became nothing more than a nice decoration.
: Awarded to the best fight or argument of the season.
Whether it was Megan, Mark, Jessica or Cody, Josh's gift of getting under people's skin and antagonizing them to no end was clearly evident.
: Presented to the worst dressed HouseGuest.
By his wardrobe it is apparent that Matthew has no idea that variety truly is the spice of life or there are other colours besides orange and blue.
: Awarded to the most overused phrase of the season.
Winners: "Pivot", "Meatball" While pivoting is this year's hackneyed definition for changing strategies, Josh's using Italian references as insults made as much sense as opening a tanning salon at a nudist camp. It seems that logic and Josh are doomed to forever remain complete and utter strangers.
While the other couples seemed awkward or forced at times, Jessica and Cody seemed to have an instant bond that only grew stronger during the season.
While she boasted all sorts of leisure wear inside the house, Jessica's eviction day wardrobes were stunning. Kevin was always the dapper dad sporting very slick suits on eviction nights.
What a total and unmitigated mess Cody's HoH was. Not only was he forced to change up his nominations because Megan left but he nominated Christmas because Paul had the Pendant of Protection. Ugh.
How could it not be the worst showmance when the only relationship that existed was in Josh's mind?
: Awarded to the worst player of the season.
With so many players doing next to nothing like Matt, Ramses and Jillian or others like Dominque or Jessica making massive mistakes or Paul's allies just falling in line like the Walking Dead, it is difficult to put the blame on any one Houseguest so we will tag the entire season.
There was nobody even in his league.
Say what you want about their overall gameplay, they did stick together.
With his one-liners and casual attitude, Kevin's presence brightened up a sometimes rather gloomy house.
Right from the get-go Megan, Ramses, Alex, and Elena were doomed. They fractured apart almost instantly.
She brought the sass and the sophistication.
Cody just walking over the living room table, grabbing his bag and walking right out the door was hilarious.
The two-hour finale of Big Brother airs on Wednesday, September 20 at 8 ET/PT on Global.
Watch Big Brother online the day after broadcast on GlobalTV.com/BigBrother or on the free Global Go app for iOS and Android.


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True to our philosophy? Sexual orientation and occupation
Kingsley, Penny
Molineux, Matthew
Occupational science and occupational therapy suggest that people engage in occupations that are meaningful and relevant to them on personal and cultural levels. Sexual orientation is one theme of meaning in a person's life which influences his or her choice of occupations and the meaning and relevance those occupations hold. Sexual orientation, as it is conceptualised here, encompasses far more than a person's choice of sexual partner and is, therefore, an important area for an occupational therapist to consider. It is, however, an often neglected area in both curricula and the literature. This paper presents the results ...
View more >Occupational science and occupational therapy suggest that people engage in occupations that are meaningful and relevant to them on personal and cultural levels. Sexual orientation is one theme of meaning in a person's life which influences his or her choice of occupations and the meaning and relevance those occupations hold. Sexual orientation, as it is conceptualised here, encompasses far more than a person's choice of sexual partner and is, therefore, an important area for an occupational therapist to consider. It is, however, an often neglected area in both curricula and the literature. This paper presents the results of a qualitative study which investigated the perspectives of basic grade occupational therapists regarding working with clients of gay, lesbian or bisexual sexual orientation. Six basic grade occupational therapists were interviewed using a semi-structured format and four themes emerged. The findings included that the basic grade occupational therapists interviewed did not consider occupation in its complexity and so did not appreciate how sexual orientation might be expressed in a person's occupations. The interviews also indicated that the subject of sexuality is still taboo in occupational therapy.
British Journal of Occupational Therapy
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cot/bjot/2000/00000063/00000005/art00004
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified


Reports say that charming charity champion Jennifer Aniston is helping bring the 24 Hour Plays charity initiative to LA.
The Broadway event features writers, directors and actors scurrying to produce and perform an entertaining script ina day.
24 Hour Plays has previously been held in NY, and is set to debut in LA in June with Jennifer Aniston, Eva Mendes, Sam Rockwell, Zachary Levi, Nia Vardalos, Seth Green, Kathy Najimy, Leslie Bibb and Rosie Perez.


Bike Night is an event combining bikes, passion, people. It all started in Ferrara, in 2014, and now it's one of brilliant bike event in Italy. Last year almost 1500 people took part: yet more energy to brighten the first summer night. How many of you in 2019?
Ferrara – Mare bike night celebrates the start of the summer and the door to our dreams: we pedal from the city, along the Great River banks, on the right bank of the Po cycle path as far as delta and on to Lido di Volano, by the beach. A unique event experienced in different ways: as a group, in tandem, on a mono cycle. Just be yourself for one night.
For the 2019 edition we have confirmed the 100 km flat route, three refreshments, breakfast upon arrival but we have also introduced new things: Departure Village as well as surprises along the route. Registrations are open and with a limited number of participants, 1500 people.
There is a limited number of participants, 1500 people. You can register at Starting Village on the day of the event depending on availability.
You can find bikes and helmets at Departure Village, in the Bike Area, and deliver them at arrival.
100km is a long ride, but you should not be afraid. We will all be able to reach the beach and celebrate thanks to the many refreshment stops.
The invitation is open to all hand bike athletes who want to join us for this night adventure.
Minors can only participate if accompanied by parents or guardians.
Witoor's staff members will welcome you upon your arrival at Lido di Volano. You will leave your bike in an enclosed area while you enjoy breakfast offered to you by Witoor. There will be showers and a relax area.
Before start, during registration process, you can drop your luggage and hand it to our staff members who will look after it and will give it to you upon arrival. Please only carry average size luggage. Along the route our rescue car will be at your disposal for assistance.
In case of bad weather the event will not be cancelled. In case of no-show you will not be refunded of any of the fees or extra fees you have paid.


Business disruptions are inevitable. Far beyond a Disaster Recovery Plan (DPR) which strategizes and implements protective measures to restore and rapidly recover from a technical crisis, it is essential for your business to have a Business Continuity Plan (BPR). A BPR identifies your critical business functions and processes providing for continued delivery of products or services during unplanned disruptions. Devising a highly effective BPR begins with thorough impact analysis followed by documentation and implementation of rapid recovery resources and procedures, particularly of time-sensitive and critical business functions. We consult with you on those details to provide the most effective BPR possible for your business aimed re-establishing your operations to fully functional while quickly minimizing lost revenues or reduced profits.


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Bay region guy invested years grooming preteen girls, then blackmailed them for youngster porn, feds state
'I'd do just about anything for you,' one victim wrote
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA — A Bay region guy ended up being sentenced to 17 years in prison Wednesday, regarding the exactly just just what prosecutors referred to as ongoing intimate punishment and blackmail, targeting teenager girls he came across on the web.
Jonathan Skyler Ordenana had been sentenced for a fee of youngster porn control. Authorities say he utilized threats and manipulation to have two girls to deliver him explicit videos of by themselves, also going in terms of having one make a fake tinder profile, have actually intimate encounters with individuals, film them and deliver him the videos.
Prosecutors described Ordenana as a "recidivist sex offender" with a 2014 conviction for illegal sex having a girl that is 14-year-old.
"He persuaded their victims to deliver him son or daughter pornography, after which instead threatened to split up using them or publicly circulate those materials unless they continued to take part in sexual functions — often with adult strangers — for the intended purpose of producing more child pornography," assistant U.S. Attorney Ajay Krishnamurthy penned in a sentencing memo. "Ordenana also made cash from their crimes: He offered kid pornography produced by one of is own victims for their own economic gain."
Ordenana's crimes followed the exact same pattern: He came across both girls online if they had been many years 11 and 12, convinced them to deliver him nude images of by themselves, then invested the second 5 years coercing more child pornography away from them. Within one example documented by authorities, one of several girls proceeded a night out together by having a complete stranger, involved with unspecified intercourse functions inside the vehicle, then sent Ordenana a video clip of this encounter, at their demand.
"I actually wish this implies every thing aided by the other girls is performed and over," the lady, described simply as "Minor Victim 1," penned to Ordenana.
"Nice work regarding the videos," Ordenana replied, based on court public records. "i really couldn't view it. But holy (expletive) good task."
An additional chat, your ex told Ordenana: "I skip you … you're section of my entire life and because I wish to ensure you're happy on a regular basis, I don't know very well what can happen as time goes by we simply wish it involves me personally and also you once again fundamentally. without you personally I think like I'm maybe not complete and I'm lacking one thing, i must say i do love you, I know it is difficult to believe but I'd do just about anything for you personally"
"I don't want to hear it," Ordenana responded, according to prosecutors, who cited that conversation to show how Ordenana used "the auspices of his relationship" to coerce explicit material from the girl unless you're actually having Hard Core (sic) sex.
In a page to your meet bulgarian women judge, Ordenana acknowledged he had been responsible, but stated he'd an incredibly sheltered childhood that festered within him a necessity to be popular on the web, which he said led him to fulfilling both victims on Instagram. He included that he's "truly deeply sorry" and wants the victims "can find success."
"My amount of time in prison right here happens to be the worst. Incarcerated in (protective custody) maximum I've met individuals whom boasted their fees, who enjoy focusing on kiddies under 10 or enjoy doing unspeakable what to small boys," Ordenana composed. "I hate being into the spectrum that is same them."
Prosecutors, however, composed that after Ordenana had been incarcerated during the prison on their sex that is prior case he arranged one of several girls to deliver him a package containing nude images of by herself.


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Ruckus promises home HDTV over Wi-Fi
Silicon Valley start-up Ruckus Wireless has announced Europe's first commercial deployment of a 'triple-play' wireless home network, using equipment making its European debut at the recent iptvworldforum at London's Olympia, writes Richard Dean.
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Silicon Valley start-up Ruckus Wireless has announced Europe's first commercial deployment of a 'triple-play' wireless home network, using equipment making its European debut at the recent iptvworldforum at London's Olympia, writes Richard Dean.
Subscribers to the broadband service from Dublin-based Magnet Entertainment in Ireland will have access to the internet, a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone service, and IP-based TV – all via a small transmitter and matching receivers from Ruckus, using a patent-pending 'smart Wi-Fi' implementation of the popular wireless technology.
"Previous attempts at using Wi-Fi for television have failed, because the standard was never designed to deliver 24 frames of video each second in real time," EMEA Sales VP Rob Mustarde told TVB-E. "Our system works by prioritising different types of traffic coming into the system, and automatically steering the Wi-Fi beam around interference on-the-fly, by bouncing signals off walls for instance."
With today's Wi-Fi 802.11g standard, Ruckus puts the practical network-wide bit rate at between 15Mbps to 20Mbps. This equates to three streams of standard definition (SD) TV encoded with MPEG-2, or one SD service and one HD service using MPEG-4. However capacity is expected to more than double when the new Wi-Fi 802.11n proposal currently before the IEEE is ratified in about a year. The same bandwidth is shared for both received programmes and video playback, alongside internet and VoIP activities.
To bring IPTV to the home, Magnet has developed one of Europe's fastest broadband services using a combination of ADSL 2+ (the higher-speed version of the conventional Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line broadband connection) for twisted-pair copper connections, coupled with an ongoing roll-out of Fibre To The Home (FTTH) infrastructure offering bit rates of up to 100Mbps.
Magnet previously distributed signals around the home by using engineers to install obtrusive runs of brightly coloured Cat 5 cable. Ruckus says its 'plug and play' equipment eliminates this costly and time-consuming step, as subscribers can connect it themselves in about seven minutes with no computer-style set-up routines. Magnet currently offers 66 channels of IPTV and is rolling out video on demand (VoD) services this month. Ruckus-equipped subscribers select which channels they want to distribute wirelessly around the home.
The deal follows a deployment of Ruckus wireless home networks for PCCW in Hong Kong, claimed to be the largest IPTV company in the world. "With BT due to launch its own IPTV service in late summer, the UK is set to catch up with other countries in Europe, where France, Italy and Spain each already have more than 250,000 IPTV subscribers," said Mustarde, adding that the Ruckus equipment is currently being trialled by 40 carriers in Europe. "We're pushing at an open door," he said.
HDTV dominated by satellite outside US
Quantenna: Home router for 4K over Wi-Fi
In-home networks struggling to cope with on-demand surge
Curzon Home Cinema relaunched
150 million HDTV homes by 2011
Sky promises 'Fluid Viewing' with new service
France takes lead in European HDTV
Disney Animation releases home-produced Frozen shorts


Lately I've been incredibly impressed by the amazing work on Andrea Serio and his book "Seriously". I think it's seeping a bit into my images as well.
Oh this is wonderful This is such a classic meet-cute situation, and I love the atmosphere you've created with your color palette. I can just feel the golden afternoon light here!
Ah! I'm in love with your shading!
I like your use of warm tones - it really gives a sense of heat. Did you use the Kelvin scale to do that?
Ahaha this is so cute!
Ooo thanks for the insight on where some of your inspiration comes from. Beautiful pieces as always!


Han Ruchu dealt with important business everyday and the people she knew were prestigious. When she saw the unfamiliar young face, she didn't quite remember who it was, so she flicked her brows and stood there without saying a word.
Lin Shiyi walked elegantly over to her in high heels, maintaining a wide smile on her face. She reached her hand out to introduce herself. "Madam Xu, my name is Lin Shiyi."
Han Ruchu glanced at Lin Shiyi's outstretched hand without any intention of shaking it.
Han Ruchu's assistant politely said, "Pardon me Miss, is there something you want?"
Though it was the assistant who asked, Lin Shiyi took it as Han Ruchu's inquiry. She looked the woman in the eyes and said, "Madam Xu, Qiao Anhao is your daughter-in-law and Mr. Xu Jiamu's wife, am I correct? The reason I called your name was to tell you something about Qiao Anhao."
After mingling in the business scene for so many years, Han Ruchu had long trained herself to not react to certain matters. Even if she was curious deep down inside, she would always maintain a calm composure.
Seeing as Han Ruchu wore an arrogant expression and wasn't angry, Lin Shiyi pulled a few photos out of her bag and handed them over to her.
Han Ruchu's assistant stretched his hand out to take the photo, then passed it over. With a single glance, Han Ruchu's expression immediately froze. Then, she finally spoke her first words to Lin Shiyi. "Where did you get these photographs?"
This was the reaction Lin Shiyi was looking for. If Qiao Anhao's mother-in-law was pissed, then Qiao Anhao's days would be insufferable. A hint of joy flashed across her heart, but her composure remained calm when she lied.
"I got these from a friend awhile ago. Madam Xu, didn't you know? Many people in Beijing's business network know about this. Everyone's saying in private that the Xu family's daughter-in-law and the CEO of Huan Ying Entertainment got together during filming..."
Before Lin Shiyi could finish, Han Ruchu interrupted her, "Enough!"
The sheer force of Han Ruchu's ferocity left Lin Shiyi a little dumbstruck.
Han Ruchu only glanced at Lin Shiyi, and snatched the photos from the assistant's hands. Without saying a single word, she got into the car.
The assistant instinctively knew to get in as well. They started up the car and left.
After Han Ruchu got into the car, she stared gloomily at the photos. Her eyes were practically spewing fire, and after a while, it was like her body could no longer suppress her anger. She threw the photos at the car seat and leaned back, out of breath. She stared outside the window for a while, and then said, "Don't go back to Xu enterprises. Head straight for the Qiao family estate!"
That morning, Chen Yang had flown to France to take part on the runway, so Qiao Anxia picked up her parents after work and went home together with them.
Compared to the past, they got back today rather early. When they arrived home, servants hadn't made dinner yet.
Qiao Anxia took a shower and brewed a pot of Bi Luo Chun green tea, then brought a cup for her parents, who were reading a newspaper in the living room.
Her father took a sip of tea. With work on his mind, he casually asked Qiao Anxia something.
"Dad, when you're at home, could you not always be busy with work?" she complained, which also prompted her mother to chime in. Then, the doorbell rang.


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Daily Dish
The VFYW Contest: Winner #6
By The Daily Dish
A reader writes:
You said you'd make it harder but *#&@ me!
We have a Jaguar XJ (appears to be right-hand drive), a European-looking white stone house and a few temperate-climate plants. So I'll take Nicosea, Cyprus. It's a warm country with a UK connection that drives on the left and has yellow number plates.
Is anyone else embarrassed by their desperation to solve these things? (Spend ten minutes browsing "License Plates of the World" and you might agree.)
Another writes:
An old beat up Jag. A banana tree. A tropical, possibly fruit tree, possibly mango. Is that papaya next to the banana? Spanish glasswork on the doors and maybe moorish/Al-Andalus white property wall and stone arches over the windows. Dilapidation. Maybe Havana?
When I saw the photo it looked instantly familiar. The vegetation, the house, the Ambassador and license plate all look like Southern India ... Tamil Nadu, Chennai. I was just there in February visiting friends.
Another:
I am currently in Chennai, South India, attending to a family emergency. The trees (including the small banana tree) are very indicative of this region. The car, however, is not Indian. The yellow license plate can indicate a foreign consul's vehicle in India but I am going to guess the picture was taken across the Palk Strait in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka.
Instinctively, I say the south of France (must be the foliage and the characteristic light). The yellow license plate on the Jag may support a French locale. The walls, the Jag, and the property expanse suggest an older wealthy area. I'm going to say St. Jean Cap Ferrat to the east of Nice. Specifically, a neighbor to the late David Niven's house (i.e.).
The crazy mix of wires running into the house next door reminds me of Beirut, Lebanon, where several of my aunts and uncles live. The people there were nothing if not creative in figuring out how to get electricity, phone, cable, etc., after basic services collapsed during the civil war. The architecture, vegetation, and light also seem to be consistent with Beirut.
Fascinating, Watson. Let's start with the architecture. [160 words later...] Bottom line? I have NO FUCKING CLUE! Gated community in Chihuahua, Mexico?
My guess is Gibraltar. My first impression was someplace in Latin America. Then I noticed that the Jaguar seems to have British plates. So, I believe it is someplace with British plates, tropical foliage, and architecture that feels Spanish. Gibraltar.
Bangalore, India. My gut instinct was Tblisi, Georgia, but the Jaguar steered me towards a former British colony. So, a guess.
Good call with a former British colony. Another:
I think the car pictured may be a Jaguar which, if so, would mean that this is probably somewhere British. But it's not Britain. So I'll guess that this is Bermuda and, if so, probably somewhere in the capital, Hamilton. Probably only out by 12000 miles, I know...
Only 7300 miles. Another:
I believe that the photo view is of Monrovia, Liberia, most likely in the neighborhood of Sinkor. I was an American college exchange student in Liberia in 1983 and clearly recall glass-shards on the top of the protective walls surrounding the more affluent homes in Monrovia. The Jaguar appears to have the orange colored Liberian car tag. Also, the trees are consistent with the ones I remember in Liberia.
Closer. Another:
I'm going to plump for Blantyre, Malawi, which is a pretty long shot but here's how I got there: [350 highly intuitive words later...] But to be honest I'm stumped!
But much closer. Another:
I'm going to go way out there: Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania. Somewhere near Stonetown.
Oh so close. Another:
Ok, I'm probably going to wind up looking silly, but here goes.
The foliage is tropical or subtropical; the banana plant could be cultivated in lots of places, but if the fern tree is filicium decipiens, it's native to East Africa, India, and Sri Lanka. The white stucco, recessed windows to shade the sun, worn wooden window frames, and the funky electrical wiring suggest the house was built pre-AC and possibly pre-electricity, and the municipality isn't fussy about building codes. The stone stringcourse and the beveled glass in the windows suggest colonial design; probably British colonial since Britons are a bigger share of your readership than Belgians, Dutch, or German (and it doesn't look German). The plantings aren't lush, and the dusty car says the place has a dry season. So I'm going with the colonial residential quarter of a former British protectorate in East Africa where expats live now. The orange/yellow license plate with black letters is similar to one that www.worldlicenseplates.com says is in current use in Tanzania; Kenya and Uganda have different plates.
Is the house on the Msasani Peninsula, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania?
Yes! Congrats to the winner and the four other readers who guessed correctly (out of about 300 entries). Perhaps we'll ease up on the next one. Tune in Saturday.
By the way, I recently came across this random bit of reporting:
[NYT crossword editor Will Shortz] does puzzles in other publications (he likes the cryptic crossword in Harper's, the USA Today crossword not so much). For kicks, he'll read The Huffington Post or Andrew Sullivan online.
Might he be a fan of our pictorial puzzle?


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Premiere: That Ghost, "The Red Bow" MP3
By Sam Hockley-Smith
Photographer Darrin Schmale
"The Red Bow" is 90% drunken bummer spirit—like when the Strokes made us believe that alcohol actually was the illest problem solver around. Girl doesn't like you/want you anymore? Forget it, go get drunk. That Ghost isn't necessarily saying that in so many words. Instead he is wailing through a film of spit-on-your-microphone bitterness: I'd much rather cut my legs off, so you can carry me home on your own/and if you left me here in the shadows then I'd find a cold cave to call my own. It's the ultimate "feel sorry for me, but fuck you too" jam of the early afternoon. "The Red Bow" is from the previously tour-only and now digital-only EP Get It and Get Out, which will be available all over the internet November 17th.
Download: That Ghost, "The Red Bow"
Sam Hockley-Smith


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A spacious flat which forms the whole of the ground floor of this semi-detached bay fronted Edwardian property situated on the west side of Shakespeare Road in a sought after residential location.
It has a refurbished kitchen and bathroom, west facing garden to the side and a gas heating system via radiators with some of the rooms now needing redecoration and updating. There is potential to turn the front garden into a driveway, subject to all necessary consents being obtainable.
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> than what Dave did, but vendors keep on shipping crap.
shared_ptr does not use allocator<>, it uses new() to allocate longs.
> well enough I'll consider boosting it.
> performance of the various implementations of shared smart pointers.
will ever compare in speed, since it's usually a very general case.