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[Ed (Seth) note: This article appeared in the 2010 edition of Hail to the Victors. Because they're bringing the stickers back, we thought to bring this article back.
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|Back of Derrick Walker's helmet from 1989, now in possession of reader Rob Graham.
By John Kryk
When Jim Mandich, Dan Dierdorf and the '69 Wolverines dumped Woody Hayes' dream team, they sported reward stickers on the backs of their famous winged helmets.
So did Rick Leach when he led Michigan to two Big Ten championship victories in Ohio Stadium. And Anthony Carter when he caught that 45-yard lightning bolt from John Wangler against Indiana. And Jim Harbaugh when he crushed the Buckeyes back-to-back. And Leroy Hoard and Tyrone Wheatley when they ran roughshod in different Rose Bowl wins. And Desmond Howard when he made The Catch against Notre Dame, and when he struck The Pose against OSU. And Remy Hamilton when he gut-kicked Lou Holtz and the Irish.
But Michigan players' helmets haven't featured those maize, football-shaped reward stickers since Lloyd Carr took over for Gary Moeller in 1995.
It was a tradition begun at Michigan by Bo Schembechler in 1969. And, no, Bo wasn't copying Woody Hayes—as almost everyone today believes, especially the mouth-readers south of Lake Erie. The accepted story today is that Hayes's 1968 Ohio State Buckeyes inaugurated the college football tradition of placing reward stickers on their helmets after each game. An ESPN.com feature story in 2008 reiterated that it "all started with those buckeye leaves."
Only it didn't. Guess who beat Woody to the punch, even within the state of Ohio? Why, none other than Bo. It was Schembechler, Hayes's most famous pupil and eventual arch-rival, who'd begun the practice in 1965 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
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[At the Jump: how the bird poo got on the Buckeye helmets, right before the guy who invented the stickers brought them to Ann Arbor]
Blake Countess To Transfer
Via his instagram:
My past four years here at the University of Michigan have been great! Nothing but love and appreciation for Ann Arbor, the faculty, the coaches, the support staff and the great fans but after many sleepless nights and much prayer I have decided to play my final year of eligibility elsewhere. I truly thank those that have been there for me and hope you would continue to do so. #ForeverGoBlue
That is a blow to Michigan's secondary. Countess was the leading candidate to start opposite Jourdan Lewis, give or take a Wayne Lyons, and even in the event he lost the job he figured to see considerable playing time spotting various guys in the secondary.
Countess struggled mightily last year as Michigan transitioned to a man press style, but was an All Big Ten performer as a sophomore in a zone system. It is possible that Michigan apparently rededicating themselves to the aggressive system they had to ditch midseason last year may have precipitated a transfer. Either that or the usual transition stuff compounded by the availability of immediate eligibility elsewhere.
Other than Lyons, the main beneficiaries of Countess's departure figure to be Brandon Watson and Channing Stribling. Watson was impressive in the spring game and has a ton of experience as a press corner; Stribling was promising as a freshman before a relatively anonymous sophomore year.
Countess was set to be a fifth year senior so this doesn't impact recruiting classes going forward; it does end any questions about if any contributing walk-ons would get stiffed. If anyone else leaves Michigan would have a spot to add another fifth year transfer.
Godspeed, Mr. Countess.
A Picture Of Denard Robinson For No Reason
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Recruits In Retrospect: 2010 Offense
Previously: 2008 Offense, 2008 Defense, 2009 Defense, 2009 Quarterbacks, 2009 Offense
It's apparently that arbitrary down time in the offseason when I take a look back at Brian's recruiting profiles for the class that just finished their time at Michigan. In this case, that class is the infamous 2010 group, the last full class brought in by Rich Rodriguez during his time at Michigan.
So, uh, you've been forewarned.
I'll start with the nine offensive players in the class, five of whom were wide receivers. If that sounds like a strange and dangerous way to contruct a roster, you may be a longtime reader of this here blog. Or maybe you just watched the offensive line the last few years. Either/or, really.
We're Really Sorry About The Coaching Thing
As a Pioneer grad, I have no idea how Pioneer won this game.
By the time Brian wrote up Devin Gardner's profile, he'd already enrolled at Michigan and participated in the spring game. The comparison that came up the most in his profile—and, really, the most reasonable one to make at the time—is a pretty good indication of the level of expectation for Gardner's college career:
Why Vince Young? The combination of size, speed, a wonky throwing motion, and the multiple comparisons from gurus tips the balance over to Young, who redshirted despite being the top prospect in the country and didn't come into his own as a passer until he played Michigan in the Rose Bowl—awesome timing!
Guru Reliability: High. Ton of exposure to him. Elite 11 camp, UA game, all that stuff.
General Excitement Level: Towering. Vast. Expansive.
Gardner, of course, stayed on track—except for the cameo at wide receiver—by looking like a future star when he took the reins after Denard Robinson's injury in 2012, and while he had some disappointing outings in 2013, those were largely chalked up to the O-line and playcalling. It came off the rails last year for a host of reasons covered so thoroughly they're not worth bringing up again. Needless to say, reading through his profile leaves one with serious what-could've-been feels.
[Hit THE JUMP for Dramatic Cupcake Hopkins and, well, mostly disappointment.]
Dale Harvel Isn't Helping Dennis Norfleet
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Dennis Norfleet's murky situation has blown up into the first real PR crisis of the Harbaugh administration. Unfortunately for Michigan, it's one they're legally prohibited from saying much of anything about. FERPA restricts their ability to say much other than "he is on the team" or "he is off the team." Right now Michigan isn't saying either. They've gone with this:
A Michigan athletic department spokesman told The Detroit News that the situation was "an internal matter."
All right then.
As a result all the talking is coming from Norfleet's high school coaches. One seems like a reasonable gentleman. The other is showing his ass. Here's King head coach Dale Harvel:
Harvel added about Norfleet's situation: "If only one kid out of 120 is missing class, they must be the No. 1 program in the country (for football players' academic achievements)."
Harvel has repeatedly said things like "we're not going to let him be a victim," outed private conversations he had with Fred Jackson, publicly bemoaned his decision to switch away from a Cincinnati program on the verge of hiring Tommy Tuberville, and generally done everything in his power to make academic standards like "go to all your finals" seem nefarious. Usually when high school coaches blow up like this it's because their kid has seen his scholarship yanked for a dubious reason, or none at all.
It was Harvel who leaked the apparently erroneous information that Norfleet was gone, which turned the story from message board rumor* to something that every local news organization has dedicated big stories to. It was Harvel who went full steam ahead with the information that Norfleet was not doing things expected of him in the classroom. He is the #1 reason this is a thing. Because Norfleet is a "victim."
I mean, you know me. I just about challenged Brady Hoke to a fight about Norfleet's misuse during his tenure as head coach. But if Norfleet is no longer on the team because he missed several classes and did not attend at least one and possibly more finals, that is on one person: Dennis Norfleet.
And Jim Harbaugh cannot be concerned with just Norfleet here. It's his first semester as head coach and he's just going to let that slide? What kind of message does that send to the other 84 kids on scholarship? Is that likely to improve or degrade the overall academic performance of the program?
The answers to those rhetorical questions are obvious to everyone except Harvel. Privately resolving issues with the head coach—and there have been a number so far that have been so resolved—is more likely to create a positive outcome both in the short-term individual player level and for your relationship with a major school of interest to your players. But Harvel has decided that grandstanding without information that is, you know, correct is more important.
I hope Norfleet makes it back. His coach isn't helping.
*[Albeit one that was more credible than your garden-variety internet rando mutterings since it had the backing of John Borton, an editor at Rivals. It is not hard to trace the path here: Borton names Norfleet, Nick Baumgardner starts checking it out, hits upon the King coaches, and then the tempest takes over the teapot. This is why I don't report on potential transfers anymore. I would rather not spend a week with my head in an alligator's mouth, thanks.]
Countess or Lyons: Fight
I've written in various places, and Brian said again just yesterday, that Blake Countess is a very good zone cornerback who was exposed last year by being asked to do things outside of his comfort zone. Or outside his natural abilities. Or outside the capabilities of a guy his size.
The tape is the best evidence that he's not a fit for the aggressive man-to-man stuff Michigan switched to early last season, and will almost certainly try again this year. The best evidence against it was produced by Countess this spring, when he generated above the usual level of comments for controllable things like his work ethic, his knowledge of the defense, his toughness, etc.
But his size is a thing Blake can't change, and that plus the inability to shut down Tyler Lockett or William Fuller downgraded our hopes for a next-Woodson (leave him on an island) ceiling even before we discovered he's no MC5:
(you forgot to kick out the jams.)
That kind of thing can be mitigated by not lining him up so close—you give up that lock-down mentality for either soft coverage that lets the QB complete short stuff, or puts a safety over the top so Countess can break on that stuff.
Is Countess too small?
His size is below average for a guy who registered a play on a Power 5 roster, though not debilitatingly so. Here's how the CB depth chart stacks up against cornerbacks on all Power 5 rosters from 2010-2013 (#6 is Lyons):
Bubble size is more guys with that listed ht/wt. Avg height was 5'11", and weight was 183. Year-to-year differences were negligible.
If you need a roster refresher I put the tentative depth chart below-right. Our guys are generally on the line of distribution, with Richardson a wee little dude and Stribling and Dawson (and Keith Washington) on the edges of lankiness. I included Peppers to show just how different he is from most cornerbacks on this level of football, even as a redshirt freshman whose conditioning was hurt by a year of injury.
|Jabrill Peppers
|Jourdan Lewis
|Blake Countess
|Wayne Lyons
|Channing Stribling
|Brandon Watson
|Terry Richardson
|Reon Dawson
There were also quite a few teams who list all safeties and cornerbacks as "DBs"; indeed the cornerback sample we did get seems like it wouldn't change much. If you care here's Michigan's expected 2015 backfield rotation against the distribution of one year's Power 5 cornerbacks.
Interesting side-note: Florida's cornerbacks last year under Durkin were the smallest of any school in the Power 5. Using the formula from the chart above, Auburn and Minnesota were by far the biggest defensive backfields—both teams were about 6'0/200 with their cornerbacks. I know Minnesota at least is a man-all-day-long team. Nebraska and Ohio State were top five biggest, Iowa and Notre Dame around there and Stanford relatively big. Michigan was smallish—right around FSU and LSU. TCU was the second-smallest at CB.
Anyway Countess isn't the little guy according to the rosters; Lewis is. Jourdan's game is based on his recovery speed. He is just okay at jamming a guy at the line, but is so fast on a dead run and so quick to change direction that he doesn't have to stonewall his guy.
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WebDriver is the newest component of Selenium. WebDriver is also known as Selenium 2.0. It is an opensource tool. Selenium was first introduced as Selenium IDE. Then was selenium RC (Remote Control), late was Selenium Grid and the newest one is WebDriver. All the four components of Selenium differ from each other. Every component should be learnt separately. But one is better than the other. The best available component now is the WebDriver. WebDriver has overcome all the shortcomings of Selenium IDE and Selenium RC. It has no user interface, it works on all web applications and it can be used on any browser. Though WebDriver is the efficient component, it is important you learn the other three components too. By joining in the selenium WebDriver online training, you will not only be proficient in WebDriver but also in Selenium IDE, Remote Control and Grid.
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- Course Highlights
- Syllabus
- Instructor
- Videos
- Interview Questions
Selenium Webdriver JUNIT Testing Course Highlights
Selenium WebDriver with JUNIT and TestNG Framework
- Selenium – Introduction
- Selenium – Different Components of Selenium
- Selenium – Locators
- Selenium – IDE Introduction
- Selenium – IDE Concepts
- Selenium – Special IDE commands
- Selenium – WebDriver
- Selenium – Java Language
- WebDriver – IDE – Java – JUNIT
- Parameterization
- Automation Characteristics
- Java Reflection class - Very important topic for framework designing
- Selenium integration with notepad
- Selenium Integration with Database for Integration automation testing
- Wait Statements
Selenium Webdriver JUNIT Testing Course Details:
Class No.
|Detailed Description
Session 1
Selenium –
|Automation testing is automating the manual testing process that is currently in use.
Why& When should we go for automation and when should not.
Challenges\concern for automation testing.
Selenium its advantages and disadvantages with QTP.
Session 2
Selenium – Different Components of Selenium
|Selenium is consists of different components. How we can use selenium with combination and without combination of components.
Versions and evaluation of selenium.
Session 3 Selenium – Locators
|Any automation tool has to recognize/identify the application. So, we will discuss the mechanism for selenium to recognize \identify the application. And different ways and locators that Selenium uses to identify the application
Session 4
Selenium – IDE Introduction
|Selenium IDE is an UI where we can record the scenarios. This is the starting point for Selenium beginners.
Session 5
Selenium – IDE Concepts
|These are the Selenium IDE features that will be used while recording\replaying and enhancing the scripts.
Session 6
Selenium – Special IDE commands
|These are the special commands that we may use while enhancing the scripts
13 for enter key, code 9 for tab key, code 40 for down key, 8 for backspace key
Session 7
Selenium – WebDriver
|Selenium 2.0 is the recent version and also called as Selenium WebDriver, how to configure and how to setup the environment for enhancing the scripts in Selenium.
Session 8
Selenium – Java Language
Returning a Value from a Method
Passing values/Arguments to the Methods
|Java is the language that will be used to enhance the Selenium scripts that we recorded in the Selenium IDE
Session 10
WebDriver – IDE – Java – JUNIT
|One single script can run on multiple browser in selenium. How this can be achieved what are the things that we should do.
Invoking different browsers.
Session 11
Writing WebDriver Code for different elements:
Group of UI Objects
|Clicking, Setting, Selecting different controls/UI objects in any application.
Session 12
Special Cases in Selenium WebDriver:
|These are the different situations that we can come across our project. So, we are going to discuss each of these situations programmatically.
Session 13:
Automation Characteristics:
|Any automation tool\ automation framework should have the provision of parameterization and synchronization concepts. How these are achievable in Selenium will be discussed in this session
|Session 14:
Overview on Build Tools and Integration tools
|These topics enable us to integrate Selenium scripts to Hudson and helps us to run the scripts automatically when build is triggered.
Session 15:Framework Concepts
|Here we will discuss different types of frameworks, advantages of each framework, etc
Session 16:
Creating Hybrid Framework on Students chosen application
|Establish hybrid framework – Student's Choice
|We will pick a Web application, prepare 2 or 3 scenarios and then we will develop hybrid framework.
Selenium integration with notepad
Selenium Integration with Database for Integration automation testing
Wait Statements
H2K has Certified Professionals for Selenium Course Training:
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Qualification: MS. Computer Science.
Mr. Kumar,
Qualification: MS. Computer Science.
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Introducing Windows Server 2016
Installing Windows Server 2016
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Implementing containers in Windows Server 2016
Implementing Hyper-V
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Configuring Hyper-V storage
Configuring Hyper-V networking
Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines
Implementing directory services
Deploying AD DS domain controllers
Implementing service accounts
Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
Integrating AD DS with Azure AD
Implementing AD FS
Overview of AD FS
Deploying AD FS
Implementing AD FS for a single organization
Implementing Web Application Proxy
Implementing single sign-on (SSO) with Microsoft Online Services
Managing and Optimizing Storage in Windows Server 2016
Overview of storage in Windows Server 2016
Configuring Internet small computer system interface (iSCSI) Storage
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Configuring redundant storage spaces
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Saga 1: A Time of Change
Chapter 1: Through a Glass Darkly
Happosai crept through the Tendo household as only a three hundred year old master of both the martial and perverted arts could. It had been weeks since he had been here last and a lot of things had changed. His collection was gone, and he knew who to thank for that, his two idiot disciples were much too subservient to try anything unless they were sure they'd get away with it, Kasumi respected his privacy, Nabiki was just too grossed out to go in there, as was Akane, so that left the only other person in the household. His most disobedient student: Ranma Saotome.
Well, he supposed what he had coming would justify as a punishment for the ingrate. Imagine, Happosai had done so much training for the boy, scarified so much so that Ranma would be the future heir to his school and he wouldn't even do one little favor for the old man. Was it so much to ask for the boy to become a girl and let him feel her up whenever he so desired? Well, that'd change tonight, he'd learn his lesson once and for all…and there was that added benefit too Happosai remembered.
The three hundred year old pervert chuckled at all the fun he would have when Ranma woke up after pulling the object he had worked so hard to get out from his suit.
Ranma had a rude awakening of something wet hitting his, correction her face before she quickly sat up to scowl at the tomboy for waking her up for stupid school. "Hey what was that for you stupid tom-" Ranma cut herself off when she looked up and noticed a few things.
A) The room was pitch black and so was the night sky outside her window.
B) Akane wasn't around.
And C) There was something attached to her chest.
"Oh Ranma-Chan I'm so happy so see you again," Happosai said as he nuzzled his shrunken old head in-between Ranma's breasts. "Let's never be apart again."
"Stupid old freak," Ranma yelled before trying to punch the old pervert through the floor and beyond but ended up missing when he jumped free. "Get lost! It's too late in the night for me to deal with you right now. I'll kick you ass as soon as the sun comes up."
"Oh But Ranma I have the perfect bra for you and I can't wait to see you try it on," Happosai replied while pulling said article of undergarment from his suit and waving it in the air.
"GET REAL YOU STUPID-" unfortunately before Ranma could finish a very large and square shaped piece of wood impacted her head from behind and then she turned to look at what the stupid old panda's sign said. [Foolish boy! Quit whining like a girl and let me sleep!]
Ranma just jumped up and pounded her Pop's head into the floorboard to grant his request. If the old panda knew what was good for him he would stay down. With that distraction out of the why he turned back to Happosai, who now had a bra in each hand. "Ok well then how about one of these," he said while holding them up.
"Give it a rest already you stupid pervert," Ranma shouted before kicking the little martial artist like a football and into the ceiling. She would have continued with the beating but a light being turned on drew the boy turned girl's attention over to the doorway to see a tired but frowning Nabiki, a burning mad Akane, and a crying Soun Tendo.
"Ranma we're tying to get some sleep here," Akane yelled.
Nabiki winced at her loud sister's outburst then rubbed her temple before looking over the room. "Come on Saotome, can't this wait till morning? I've got class tomorrow. Besides, you and your friends do enough damage to the place during the day, just give it a rest for one night."
"Son, don't oppose the master," Soun warned with a trembling voice. The old man then walked over to where the old freak was imbedding in the ceiling and pealed him off before hugging the old man. "Master, he meant nothing by it I'm sure. Watch, he'll apologize in a moment. Won't you son?" Soun demanded.
"As if," Ranma replied before walking out the door to the room she hared with Genma. "I'm gonna go take a bath. I think the little freak drooled on me or something."
As soon as she left the company of the others Ranma scowled deepened. Stupid old freak, he'd been gone for over three weeks, why the heck did he have to come back now? Well, at least her mom had left the day before. Ranma just knew Nodoka would have a fit if 'Ranko' reacted to the old pervert in that manner and then redouble her efforts to make Akane's backwards country cousin into a 'proper' lady.
Waiting for the tub to fill Ranma sat down on the nearby stool and sighed as thoughts about her mother sipped into her mind again. Damn, Genma and that damn contract. Although, there was also the fact that Nodoka looked ready and willing to actually carry through with that contract, hell she even talked about it in her sleep. Not that Ranma could blame her, thanks to Genma and his stupid multiple engagements and Kami knows what else the honor of the Saotome name had been lowered to almost nothing. If Nodoka didn't hold them to that contract, then Ranma could just drop the 'almost' part and it really would be nothing.
Maybe she should just go ahead and get it over with. It would solve everybody's problems. With Ranma gone the fiancée mess would be over and everybody's honor would still be intact. Not to mention the old panda would finally get what's coming to him.
Oh hell, whom am I kidding? Ranma thought before sighing. There was no way that she could go through with something like that.
It wasn't because of the death threat. No, quite frankly death didn't scare her at all. After risking life and limb against people like Herb, Ryuu Kaman, Ryoga, and a slew of other people, Ranma wasn't afraid of death one bit. After all, she followed bushido, a code that told Ranma to choose honor over life no matter what. No, it wasn't the death threat that was keeping her from running over to Nodoka's with a thermos and revealing her secret. It was Nodoka herself.
Ranma remembered the first night she had stayed over at the Tendo house. She had been having a nightmare about Ranma. That he wasn't in fact manly and thus had to be killed. She even reached out to grab that katana and nearly sliced Ranma's head off in her sleep while wailing in aguish.
No, Ranma couldn't stand to her mother like that for real. As it was, Nodoka had hope, and as long as she had hope that Ranma was a man among men, she was happy. Ranma had no intention of destroying that happiness, no matter the cost.
Seeing that the tub was almost full she reached over to turn off the water before rinsing herself off then diving in to the warm water. Leaning her head back Ranma relaxed in the nice hot bathwater and waited for the change to over take her…and waited…and waited…and waited.
Hearing and explosion coming from across the hall Akane slowly brought herself back up and frowned. Was Ranma at it again? For crying out loud it was the middle of the damn night!
"HAPPOSAI YOU LITTLE FREAK, WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU I'LL TEAR YOU LIMB FROM GOD FOR FUCKING SAKEN LIMB!" Yep, the idiot was at it again. Why couldn't he just give it a rest for one stupid night and let her get some sleep.
"Ok that's it," Akane mumbled before getting up to put Ranma to sleep the old fashioned way.
She got out of bed while holding onto P-Chan, who Ranma had also woken up with his indecent and insensitive shouting before opening her door and looking into the hallway. She didn't have to wait long for Ranma to show, another explosion of ki tore the bathroom door and most of the surrounding wall off its hinges and slammed what was left into the opposite side of the hallway. Ranma stormed out a second later leaving cracks in the floor and peeling the pain off the walls with the raging inferno that was her battle aura.
"Ranma just what the heck do you think-"
"OUT OF MY WAY!" Ranma shouted before grabbing Akane by the front of her pajamas. Unfortunately before Akane could pound the sex fiend in front of her for trying to cop a feel Ranma flung the girl aside, hard. As Akane impacted the wall and left and imprint she slid to the ground and lost her grip on P-Chan the little pig charged the enraged martial artist only to get stomped through the floor by Ranma without even turning around.
Happosai sat in his room while twirling the magic ladle he had stolen from the Musk during his most recent trip to China. He could feel his disciple approaching, Soun's force demanding to know what was going on and shouting something along the lines of 'how dare you attack my daughter' with added demon head effect quickly faded as Ranma's aura flared and probably blew the old man through the opposite wall and a few blocks down the street, if not vaporizing him completely.
Happosai had to admit, Ranma had gotten real good while the old man had been away.
The old man's door then exploded in a bright red flash and the Happosai looked up to see Ranma standing in the doorway with a bright red flaming battle aura. Even from where he was Happosai could see that Ranma was emitting sakki, like a bonfire.
Yep, Soun was most definitely sporting third degree burns from that last attack, if he wasn't dead. Sakki was called the chi of death for a reason after all. Unlike the solid ki attacks like Ranma's trademark Mouko Takabisha that was basically compressed air that slammed into the opponent like a super strong punch, ki attacks powered by sakki were meant to kill, to destroy the opponent utterly. Ranma must have been real mad in order to produce something like that on just instinct.
"I knew it," she hissed through clenched. "You little bastard. You had better of brought the kettle too or you're not going to live through this night."
"Oh now Ranma-chan," Happosai said sweetly. "Don't worry, I've got just what you need to relax right here." The old pervert reached into his gi and pulled out the other object he had gone to China to pick up. Actually, originally it was the only thing he had gone to get, just something to help keep Ranma in line and show him who his master was. But after learning it only worked on women Happosai had to also borrow that wonderful dipper in Herb's possession. The bottle was a small vial filled with a magical pink powder that had formally belong to the Amazons. "Just one little drop of this stuff and you'll do whatever I say."
Not waiting time the old pervert tossed the glass contained at Ranma. Even if she tried to grab it the aura that was surrounding her would shatter the thing like the piece of junk it was then Happosai would have his own personal battery that would last him for years to come.
Ranma was furious. No…she didn't think that there was a word in the Japanese language that described the amount of unbridled rage she was feeling. Although, it wasn't like the anger she had felt when that pervert at the skating ring had kissed her, or even when Herb was disrespectful to Akane, this went far beyond anything like that, but at the same time…it wasn't that blind range that Akane seemed to always go into at the drop of a hat. Ranma could still think clearly…sort of, she was trying to hold the Soul of Ice, but at the same time keep a hold on her ki so she could fry that stupid pervert.
Well, there was time to consider this later. Happosai had finally crossed the bridge that was Ranma's limit. No, he didn't just do that, he crossed the bridge, burned it, then peed in the river! And now it was time to pay the piper.
That bastard, how dare he do this! Her mother, what was Nodoka going to say now? Ranma's one hope of ever seeing her mother again was somehow getting cured of his curse. But…if it was locked…Ranma was going to make sure that Happosai understood just how deep he was in it before she finally killed him. Or maybe she would just break off his arms and tear out his eyes so he couldn't see girls anymore and waste away into nothing.
Hearing Happosai's words Ranma reached out to just catch the bottle and frowned as it shattered against her aura and let the powder inside continue on towards her. Reacting instinctively the pigtailed girl brought her arms up in front of her face to try and block it while holding her breath.
Happosai mentally cheered as his plan came to fruition and the storm of dust settled over the red haired girl. Now he could grope his own personal Ranma-chan anytime he wanted, and if those idiots Soun and Genma had anything to say about it. Well Happosai wouldn't even have to lift a finger to deal with them, if Ranma could tap into that dark ki on command then he could use her to put those two ingrates in their place.
Maybe Happosai would make another trip to China to get more of the stuff and use it on Kasumi and Nabiki. Someone to do all the housework and another for the cooking would be nice. Not Akane though, her breasts were much too small for a good feel and anything she cooked would be deadly.
"Now then let's see," Happosai said before reaching into his gi and pulling out a chain of bras. It was his personal collection that he always carried with him in case of dire emergences. He needed something special for his personal pet Ranma-chan.
As he continued searching for the right bra and Ranma just held her hands up and twitched every now and then Happosai finally came to the end of the line and pulled out that magic mirror he had swiped from the Amazon's a couple hundred years ago and marked the end of his collection and helped weigh it down. Well, now that all his collection was out he started looking through the line, his Ranma-chan couldn't be seen in just anything.
Ranma stood there for a moment, her surprise diluting her rage for a moment and thus her aura cut out. Shouldn't she be…well doing something? The way Happosai had explained it before it sounded like he was using some type of love potion. But being a somewhat expert in love potions after all that had happened to her in the past since coming to Nerima, Ranma knew that something must have gone wrong.
When she looked back down to pound the pervert he seemed completely caught up in looking at his collection that he had sorted out in front of him. However before she started to charge a ki blast that would rid the world of the pest once and for all Ranma noticed something laying on the ground next to the freak. It was a small hand mirror with a red frame and two broken pieces being kept inside by tape. A magic mirror that could take her anywhere in the past with just a simple tear. A magic mirror that could take here to where the counter magic item for Herb's ladle was before it had been lost!
"GIVE ME THAT MIRROR YOU LITTLE FREAK," Ranma shouted before her aura roared to life around her once again and she lunged at the old man at full force hoping to snap him in two while getting the transport to her salvation. It looked like this plan was about to fizzle along with every other trick the dirty pervert had played. Only this time Ranma was definitely playing for keeps.
Happosai looked up surprised when Ranma came to life once more and lunged at him, still being driven by her kill ki. The old man quickly looked over to his stolen Amazon artifact and snatched it up before jumping up and out of Ranma's way to avoid being gutted.
What in the world could have gone wrong? He had used it the potion perfectly. He had even tested the powder out on a cute little high school girl before coming back. Nothing really special compared to Ranma, just and ordinary girl. After everything that Happosai made the child say, do, and let him do to her, he knew that it worked one hundred percent. She had been so in thrilled by Happosai that she begged him do command her with tears in her eyes and was probably going insane without him, if she hadn't committed suicide by now that is. So what the heck had gone wrong?
As Ranma twisted in the air to land back on the floor and the ground seemed to burn beneath her feet before her battle aura readjusted itself. So, that's what must have happened. Ranma's aura simply destroyed the stuff before she could breath it in. Well this was a fine mess! Here Happosai had been looking forward to having Ranma cuddle and hold the old man next to her so he could enjoy the last years of his life and she went and ruined it.
Well, he'd just have to show her who the master was the old fashioned way then…of course to do that he really should have been paying attention to the fight. During Happosai's little mental train ride to figure out what when wrong Ranma had already launched herself into the air after him and slammed her fist into the old man's gut and knocking them both through the roof.
As Ranma's hand connected Happosai wanted to cry out in pain. He hadn't felt an assassin's aura in a very long time; he had forgotten just how much it hurt from just touching the thing. Happosai felt as if someone had taken a red-hot poker and just shoved it into his abdomen with the force of a freight train.
Now both of them high in the night air, Happosai tried to fight through the pain of Ranma's first attack but it didn't last as the girl twisted around and slammed her knee onto his back before reaching around to grab the old man's neck and Ranma's aura slowly spread around him to start to fry every fiber of his being.
Even covered by the pain completely now Happosai tried to think of a way of his present situation before Ranma burned through his skin and put a hole in his windpipe. Talking was useless, someone who had their mind set in a big enough killing rage to use sakki couldn't be just called down with words; least of all by the target of their rage. His redirection with a pipe was out, Ranma's aura had already set the old man's clothes on fire and the heat from her aura was melting the thing to slag.
Ranma then started to squeeze on the old man throat thus increasing the progress of her aura about ten fold. In his last moments Happosai tried to say something but nothing would come. He could only coke out a tear. Man, this night sucked, he really wished that he was anywhere but here.
Ranma felt the old freak's neck snap as they fell down and landed on the roof with a thud. Now with Happosai out of the way she tossed his corpse aside to get to the mirror under it…only to find the thing in pieces…and starting to glow. Ranma could only stare in utter defeat at her last chance for a way to get ride of this curse lay there broken. That is until she noticed the small tears smeared all over al of the shards and the bright glow that enveloped her a second later before she could even voice her distress.
Katsura walked down the unpaved street without his accompaniment of his usual bodyguards. He didn't really need protection of course, his swordsmanship was fair enough to defend himself form the local purse snatchers and other would be thieves that might try to take advantage of him. That, and he wanted to enjoy one last walk in the streets, not having to look over his shoulder every once in awhile for an assassin.
Looking back up at the Kyoto skyline he took in the view of the stars over the roofs, and the majestic tower in the distance. How long would it stay like this? Tomorrow he would be starting Japan on a new path, it would be a bloody one, full of death, war, and suffering, but at the end of that path would be a new era; an era of equality and choices for the people.
He shook hi head and kept walking. No, the city wouldn't be destroyed by tomorrow night, but eventually the streets would run red with blood and the stars would be blacked out by smoke from the fires. But he didn't want to think of that right now, tonight he just needed to have one last peaceful night to relax.
Katsura suddenly felt something crash into him from behind and sent him and whoever hand run into him falling to the ground. The man was about to throw whatever was on top of him off when the nobleman found himself being lifted upright from behind.
He turned around and looked at the small redheaded girl that had crashed. She looked a little worse for where, her silk shirt and pants looking as if they had seen better days, while her hair was a mess and her eyes a little downcast. "I'm so sorry sir," she quickly apologized with a light bow. "I really should have been watching where I was going. Now, I really gotta be on my way. Sorry!"
She then took off again down the street and turned into a corner causing Katsura to blink in confusion. That had certainly been a little strange. Well, it really wasn't the time to be wondering about street urchins and the like. But he had to admit that he felt a little sorry for the girl. Once the Kihei-Tai was put into action and Kyoto became a war zone, people like her would be caught in the middle.
"I really should stop doing that," Katsura told himself while trying to move his attention away from the thought of the young girl. Maybe he should go get something to drink. There were probably a few good places to buy sake in this part of town. Reaching down into his robes Katsura reached for his money purse and…came up with nothing.
A quick image of the redhead running into him from behind quickly flashed through his mind. That little brat had just stolen his money! "Hey, come back here you little thief," Katsura shouted before running the direction that he saw the pickpocket go not two seconds before.
Ranma sighed as she sat on the rooftop of some unknown building, tossing the purse back and forth in her hands. Fifty eight yen, back when she came from it wouldn't even be considered decent pocket change, but here it was worth enough to keep her fed for awhile. She had no intention of keeping all of it of course, when the guy she robbed came chasing after her she'd just drop down next to him after he wore himself out and give most to the money back, only keeping enough for a meal.
So the perma-girl, at least until she could track down that kettle, lay back on the roof and watched the stars while she heard the man's voice calling for her to come back and calling her a thief.
It had been three weeks since she had arrived in this backwater time period and Ranma was currently quite depressed. Once arriving and finding that the mirror had been pretty much smashed to dust she went over Ranma went over her options to return to her own time. But first thing was first, she headed off towards where she had Herb had battled when they were both frozen as women only to find one little problem, the kaisufuu wasn't there. The damn thing must have been moved into that location in the next hundred years or so.
Now, Ranma was just trying to think of what else to do. Going to China to track down Happosai and take the mirror from this time was a plausible idea. No way the freak could match her right now, she had killed him when he was three hundred, and she could easily do it when he's younger.
It was kind of strange remembering ripping out Happosai's throat. Ranma didn't really feel much regret for it anymore; she did at first, but not anymore. After what the old freak planned to do to her he deserved to die…too bad his life was ended so fast.
Feeling a couple heightened battle aura's nearby Ranma sat up and cursed herself, she really should have been paying attention to where her last victim was, not reminiscing about the past. What if she had taken all that guy's savings for the week or something? He could have a family to feed for all Ranma knew.
Sitting up the busty redhead made her way across the rooftops of the city, looking around for any signs of the guy. Maybe she should start trying to find out her victim's names or something, it would make things like this a whole lot easier. While looking around Ranma slowly headed towards where she could feel the fighting going on, if someone was in trouble she figured she had better bail them out.
Katsura growled in frustration as he held his katana with his left hand, his right arm had been injured when he had been attacked in the alleyway by surprise. Stupid, he reprimanded himself while clutching his katana as best he could. He wondered is the kami were laughing at him right now. It wasn't supposed to be this way, tomorrow the revolution that he had been planning on for years would finally begin, and he was going to die in an alley.
What even made it worse was that instead of an assassin paid by his rivals or in battle by samurai of the shogun. No, what would be killing him was just a gang of three pickpockets and murders. Lowly jackals that fed off people in the dark alleys of this city.
He sidestepped the first attackers strike and then brought his sword up to block the second man's attack. The third thief, the one who had injured his arm with a throwing knife came up from behind with a short sword and prepare to skewer him. Katsura could only curse his luck and prepared to die, if he stopped blocking the second attacker then he would be run through by him…in short there was nothing he could do.
However his death was preempted as a red blue slammed into the third murderer from the side and sent him flying into the wall on the other side of the alleyway. All three men remaining conscious could only stare at the short redheaded girl in surprise that had brought down someone three times her size with one blow. Her, Katsura thought. That's the same girl that picket my pocket awhile ago.
Recovering from his second of shock faster than his two attackers Katsura quickly sifted his balance to spin around and slam the dull side of his blade into the side of the second attacker's neck and knock him to the ground right before the girl practically flew past him and struck the last man standing in the stomach. The murdered reached forward in pain then flew back a good five feet before hitting the ground and rolling another three. He didn't stand back up.
"Well now, guess this just wasn't your night to be going out alone," the girl said before turning around to face Katsura. The man that Katsura had knocked to the ground started to get up but the girl quickly kicked him in the gut and sent the guy flying into the wall that in turn knocked him out.
"Who are you," Katsura demanded while clutching his sword yet not moving the weapon from it's lowered position. "Why are you following me?"
The girl just shrugged then reached into her pants to pull out a money purse. "I…I'm nobody really, just a wanderer," she said before reaching into her other pocket and pulling out some yen coins. "As for why I'm here, I just heard the sound of fighting and decided to see what was going on. Here." she tossed him the money pouch. "I only steal what I need to get by for a night, I planned on just taking a few yen and running into you later, but I figure these guys should have enough on them to last me a few days. If I'm lucky I'll be able to stay at an inn, it's been awhile since I did that."
After looking through one and finding nothing she sighed and took his sword then looked back over towards Katsura. "By the way, you should probably get that wound looked at. It might get infected if you just ignore it for too long."
Katsura could only watch as the girl's expression saddened before she walked over to check the pockets of the would be thieves. He didn't know how much of the girl's story was true, but his heart did go out to the poor girl. It was clear that she had been living on the road for awhile, her current state told him that much.
The nobleman nodded then turned to walk away but something stopped him. Well, he had to admit he did owe the young woman, if it wasn't for her he would be dead right now. Even if it was trying to follow her that nearly got him killed in the first place. No, that wasn't her fault, she could have just kept going on and not given a second though to Katsura himself but she risked her life to save his own. "Listen," he told the girl causing her to look up from the last thug. "I owe you for saving my life tonight, if you're needing a place to stay for a few days you can come to my home. That's the least I can offer you for you actions tonight."
The girl looked at him for a moment then frowned. "Ok, but don't even think of trying anything," she said sternly. "Or the cracked skulls I gave these idiots will be nothing compared to what you'll be getting. Got it?"
Katsura simply nodded, the poor girl, she was quite attractive, and being a ronin probably made her run into all kinds of trouble. However from what he had just seen a few moments ago, as unbelievable as it was, he doubted that anyone had yet to actually succeed in taking advantage of her physically. "Understood," he replied. "By the way, my name is Katsura Kogoro. May I ask yours now?"
"I told you before, I'm just a wanderer, I have no name," the girl replied with her empty voice. However Katsura would have been blind to miss the sadness on her face. "Call me whatever you want, it doesn't really matter anyway."
The nobleman merely nodded as he and his companion walked off into the night.


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My Temple, My Past
I was reminded of something upsetting recently, something which I must have set upon myself. And that part that still remains within my soul burned ever more strongly: my hate, my regret...my love and my loss.
Will I consecrate the dust in that temple of my body?
Those bits of past mementos I have abandoned.
Indeed, concentration pulls me back – backwards
To the beginning of my entire hate, which made
The altar in itself fall. My angel dropped her crown
A dozen many times. With tears, she urged to descend.
As for that lord I worship in the building's blacker corners,
He should be a man rewarded, he should be blessed,
If he were only not the little things I attempt to pluck
Away from the floor – wherein lingers my flaw:
Making holy the echoes around the truth,
The afterthought of the words said, or those false
Memories that creep out of my filth.
Still sin tumbles and still I scrabble for it amongst
The language of ignorance; bent double knee,
I sign for my desires, asserting them in chorus,
I prostrate and beg for the forgiveness of a master
Who left this temple's touch long before he entered.
In absolute silence, the time to wait settles,
That deceit that was always designed to come
From my tongue alone: that peppered denial.


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With bruised legs and tired looking knee-pads you sprint halfway across the court to get to a ball that is now descending from its highest point in the air. It's still another three feet away from you and you know that if you don't get down and dirty on the floor then you wont get to the ball in time to save it. Trying not to slam your knees to hard into the ground you fall and lift one arm. You then get the ball just before it hits the ground. Now you finally hit the floor and slam your side into the ground, your jersey is the only thing to protect your side from the pain that you know is coming. But you ignore it and trot back to your spot on the court and wait for the ball to come back over the net to most likely do it again.
Volleyball is my way of life. It is my way to calm down after a hard day at school.
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[caption id="" align="alignright" width="265"] The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition team presented the Harris family with a new, state-of-the-art house that helps wounded veteran Shilo Harris lead a more comfortable and enjoyable life. Photo courtesy of the Harris family[/caption]
On February 19, 2007, while on patrol in Iraq, a massive IED struck the truck that SSG Shilo Harris was traveling in. Despite suffering devastating injuries, with burns to over 40% of his body, Shilo's only concern was for the wellbeing of the men under his command, refusing medical treatment until he'd been assured that his troops were out of harm's way. During the months of painful surgeries that followed, Shilo and his loyal wife, Kathreyn, found a true calling – to help wounded warriors through the agonizing and traumatic processes of recovery, rehabilitation and learning to face a life that will never be the same. Shilo, once sufficiently healed, began a career as a motivational speaker, giving hope to others similarly wounded, while Kathreyn, taking up the cause as well, began working for the Army Wounded Warrior Project. Shilo and Kathreyn have dedicated their lives to giving back.
With each day that passes the Harris family put more distance between themselves and the event that changed their lives, but their home still stands as a reminder of their struggles, as it cannot protect Shilo from dangerous dust and heat. The family have tried everything to make the home comfortable and safe, but whatever they do, it's not enough. This hero who was disfigured in service to his country cannot find respite in his own home.
Tonight on ABC at 8:00 PM EST, watch as the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" team changes all of that, with help from the USO.
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*From the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Hyogo, Japan.
Correspondence to: Noriaki Tsubota, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Kitaohji-cho 13-70, Akashi City 673, Hyogo, Japan; e-mail: email@example.com
Study objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze
various characteristics and survival in female patients treated
surgically for lung cancer.
Design: Retrospective
clinical study.
Patients: From 1,242 consecutive cases
of primary non-small cell lung cancer treated with pulmonary resection
between June 1984 and December 1998, 337 female patients (27.1%) were
Results: Female patients had the following
characteristics: a significantly younger age at onset (62.5 ± 0.56
years vs 64.1 ± 0.31 years for men), a higher frequency of
adenocarcinoma (86.0% vs 48.3% for men), and smaller tumors (32.7 mm
vs 38.3 mm in diameter for men). Peripheral tumors were significantly
more common in women than men (71.8% vs 50.6%, respectively). Among
686 patients with a history of smoking, the women smoked significantly
less often (12.8% vs 91.4% for men). Complete resection was achieved
significantly less often in women (79.6% vs 85.2% for men); however,
women having complete resection survived significantly longer than
their male counterparts. Women with a postoperative negative
carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) had a significantly better prognosis
than men; however, women with a postoperative positive CEA did not.
Women ≥ 60 years old survived significantly longer than their male
counterparts, while women < 60 years old did not.
Conclusions: Once the tumor was resected completely, women
survived longer, partly due to the influence of life expectancy.
However, the incidence of malignant effusion was higher and the rate of
complete resection was lower in women.
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