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Well. I suppose I should apologize for not having Little One posted yet. However, the next chapter (after much kicking and screaming) if finally coming along! The hope is to have the thing finished before I graduate!
This story is finished, but there might be some time between updates as school and editing and making triple sure the chapters are where I want them before I post. My beta readers are very poor people who get shot very large chapters. They do a very good with what I give them, however.
Thanks go to Ginny for beta-reading this one for me!
Warning: This fic is violent. Very violent. With lots of swearing. (Again, something new!... something shiny, something blue… err…) Anyway, there isn't any smex, but there is something tasty lime. If any of this doesn't suite you, please do not read.
Disclaimer: RK not mine.
Revised 3/5/10
The scenery flew by. Paying the price for the Nozomi train had eaten up most of her emergency cash and what she had left in her pocket was going to have to be enough. Pressing her fingers into her eyes, she worked to control her emotions. She knew two hours wasn't enough time for them to track her… and she had a head start. Closing her eyes, she took a slow breath and then reached for her bag as the train started its lurching stop. The duffle bag was heavy, weighed down with her bokken, a few changes of clothing and the black binders she kept the dojo's papers in. It was a gamble bringing those with her – but there was always the chance that one day she might be able to get it back. The laws might not change in her lifetime but maybe…
She needed to disappear.
Old Kyoto was best for that. Too many people, too much technology in new Kyoto… too many suspicious eyes that wanted to find something, anything. Adjusting her Hanshin Tigers baseball cap, she moved down the aisle. First thing was first, get off the train. It was a physical strain to keep her walk slow, to keep from running. The first time she saw a police officer she flinched, biting her tongue hard enough to taste blood. Checking her watch, checking to see how badly she was shaking, she took another deep breath. Noon. Almost five hours had passed then.
The morning had started off normal. She woke up, crawled to the coffee pot, showered and then set about doing her morning warm ups before her usual run. It was after she had locked the gate behind her that she had seen the mark. Dark, bold lines in black paint her brain had refused to process what she was seeing.
Mage mark.
It had been near thirty years since the laws had been put into place to 'protect' the public. Laws that demanded that any magic user be immediately imprisoned an iron lined cell, that their lands and bank accounts be reabsorbed into the government. Just being accused was enough to freeze accounts until you were cleared. There were fines for false accusations of course, but so few were actually paid. Better safe than sorry, the public told itself.
Staring at the mark, it didn't take her long to figure out who had painted it. What the threat was supposed to mean. Hiruma Gohei had wanted nothing but her dojo. His style was weak and his teaching methods worse. He had needed an established dojo to gain some sort of credence. When she had refused to sell, he had made pointed threats. She had never thought him capable of naming her mage and she doubted he knew the truth behind it. He was simply attempting to scare her into selling – he would have shown up with the police and promised to make the mage talk go away.
Except she was a mage. Not a good one, but that didn't matter. It didn't matter if her skills were limited in scope and power. If all she could do was clean up minor bloodstains and keep her house free of sweat and dust. Her only chance now was to disappear.
She needed to get to Sano.
His last letter was burning a hole in her back pocket. She had been careful, always so careful to burn everything he sent her but this one was new, she had just opened it yesterday. He couldn't have changed locations so quickly and if he had, perhaps someone would know where he had disappeared to.
'Pull yourself together, Kamiya,' she scolded herself. 'Act normal. You just got off the train and its noon. Find something to eat and pretend you're not in a hurry. You're not being hunted.'
She had to choke down lunch; it lodged in her throat and was difficult to swallow. She didn't have the yen for a real lunch, instead hitting up a dango stand. The sweat bean paste wasn't the best choice, but she forced herself to chew. The unsweetened tea helped. It didn't take long to finish her meal and she didn't linger deliberately.
Old Kyoto wasn't difficult to find. You simply jumped on a bus to the bridges and crossed over. There was too much business that passed between the communities of old and new to close down the bridges. The yakuza had a firmer hold here in the old world than in Tokyo and they kept the wheels greased. It was just the mages who slipped between who had to be careful. If you were caught practicing or even being accused in new Kyoto, then there wasn't anything the yakuza would do for you.
Worried about the possibility of tails, she lost herself in the alleys and brothels. Her feet hurt and her calves and shoulders ached by the time she finally sorted out where she was. It was light outside, but was getting darker the longer she walked about. It had been too long since she sat down and she was nearing exhaustion – mentally and emotionally. Digging out the worn envelope she tried to decipher the scrawl that Sano called writing.
It took her another hour to find the place. She didn't dare ask someone for directions. Not here. By the time she arrived at the shoddy apartment complex near the edges of old Kyoto, she had only a few yen left. Her nerves were strained to the breaking point and if she didn't find somewhere to sit down soon she was going to end up crying. Taking a deep, calming breath she moved up the stairs, looking for his number. If all else failed, she could pawn the bokken and some of her clothes for cash and maybe find a place to stay for the night.
'Cross that bridge when you get there.'
The apartment number had been broken off at some point and the shades were pulled shut. Biting her sore lip, she knocked anyway. The sound of someone swearing following by a low, deep voice she didn't think was familiar came through the cracks in the door. Kaoru rubbed her damp palms along her thighs nervously. The door opened enough so that she could see the face of a young teenage boy, with a messy head of dark hair and a suspicious expression.
"What do ya want?"
"I'm looking for Sano," she said carefully. There was a blatant dislike in his eyes that strained her already emotional temper. He scowled at her and she bit her cheek.
"Who's at the door?" Sano's voice called from inside the apartment. Relief blossomed in her chest and she almost staggered.
"Some broad."
Her eyes snapped back to the boy.
"Excuse me?"
"We're not giving charity," the boy continued. "I don't know who gave you our name, but try next door."
The seams of his shirt strained as she fisted her hand in his clothing. She wasn't tall, but neither was he. Her muscles burned from the misuse of the day, but the startled expression on his face as she lifted him onto his toes was worth it.
"Listen close. I've had a really bad day. If you call me a broad again, I'll toss you down the stairs. You don't know me enough to disrespect me and I don't take charity. Now, where is Sano?"
The words were ground out between gritted teeth and brown eyes widened. He opened his mouth, possibly to spew out profanities, when Sano's voice cut through the conversation.
"Jou-chan? What are you doing here?"
Lifting her eyes from the face in front her, her knees and fingers went weak at the sight of her friend. His expression was flummoxed and she was hard pressed not to fling herself at him.
"It's a really long story and I just want to sit down."
On the word down, her voice visibly cracked and Sano blanched.
"Dammit, Yahiko let her in. No, get her bag and I'll clear a space off the couch." Sano instructed, cutting Yahiko off when he opened his mouth. "Now."
Sighing heavily, the teenager stepped aside and then reached over for her bag. A soft grunt of surprise followed her into the room as she walked towards the couch. She didn't wait for him to move the rest of the dirty magazines before falling onto it, head resting in her hands as she struggled with the sudden emotional upheaval.
"Jou-chan, you were the last person I expected to see. What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be beating the heads of pathetic teenagers who don't know how to properly swing a bokken?"
Taking several deep breaths, she finally spoke, fingers muffling her words.
"There was a mage mark on my door this morning."
Sano swore. The boy cocked a brow at her, clearly unimpressed.
"Running didn't help things," Sano said finally, "I think I have enough favors to clear this up, but it might take a few days."
Kaoru just watched him, lips pressed together.
Sano paused, his weight sinking back into the couch. "You're a mage?"
She nodded. The boy looked slightly more interested and Kaoru ignored him.
"I'm sorry I didn't mention it before now," she said. "I'm not a very good magic user, I can only handle minor clean ups."
"Clean ups?"
"I owned a dojo, Sano." She said tiredly. "You start to notice when blood and sweat start disappearing while you're cleaning the other side of the floor."
Sano licked his lips. "That's how we always managed to not get into trouble with your dad."
She nodded wearily, reaching up to rub her temples with one hand. "I'm not all that strong, so I was hoping to keep it under wraps. I didn't tell you because… well, I didn't know how."
Sano shrugged and his eyes were worried. "Do you know who would have accused you?"
"A man who wanted the dojo. I wouldn't sell."
Sano ran both hands through his hair. "This is going to be a little more complicated. If you're going to stay here, you're going to need new papers and a job. Mages don't stay unemployed for long, but you're not going to want to get in with one of the smaller groups."
Yahiko leaned back, his expression set into bored lines again. "You could always talk to Misao. She always seems to know where there are jobs available."
"What can you do?"
Kaoru frowned. "Basic magic only… I can clean up blood on my floor if it's small and I never have to worry about anything smelling like sweat or teenage boys. Once, I had a kid break his nose. I couldn't do anything about that stain. I had to replace the boards. I assume I can deal with fingerprints, but I only know what I could pick up on Internet café's."
"Internet café's? Anything you learned on those things is probably a load of shit." Yahiko groused.
"Then you won't mind if she borrows your books." Sano said flatly.
Yahiko said up, his eyes flashing. "What?"
"Kid's a witch." Sano said. "His might not do you much good, but it's something."
"Witch?" Kaoru repeated.
Yahiko bristled. "You have a problem with something?"
"I'm starting to get real tired of your attitude." Kaoru warned.
"What are you planning on doing about it?" Yahiko returned.
"Not tonight." Sano said firmly.
"Why, afraid I might hurt her?" Yahiko challenged, jaw set.
"No," Sano returned as he stood, motioning Kaoru to follow. "I have the utmost confidence that she'll wipe the floor with your ungrateful ass."
Yahiko's eyes narrowed.
Kaoru struggled with her temper. Odds were she was being overly sensitive right now. Still, there was just something about Yahiko that made her want to beat him senseless. Taking a deep breath, she tried to center herself. This wasn't the time to work out her temper. She needed to lie down and possibly cry; then start dealing with her problem.
"Come on Jou-chan," Sano said. "We'll change my sheets and you can take a nap, alright?"
Kaoru nodded, walking over to her bag and picking it up. She ignored Yahiko's slightly hostile glance. She would deal with that once she was thinking properly. Just not now.
"This was not how I planned how to spend my first night in old Kyoto." Kaoru informed Sano, desperately trying to stifle a yawn behind her hand. "Please tell me we are going somewhere that has coffee."
"There's coffee."
Yahiko made a noise. "With all the drunks? It's like watered tar."
Sano shot a look over his shoulder. "They keep a good pot for the other customers. Besides, it's old Kyoto. What else were you planning on doing?"
"Sleeping," Kaoru said crossly. "On a flat surface, instead of when I was walking."
"At least you're fed."
"Honey-butter toast and a can of fried beans isn't a proper meal even by my standards." She growled under her breath as she was dragged into the side of a building. It looked old, something leftover from one of the revolutions, but inside was un-expectantly modern.
"Booth. Now." Sano gave her a long suffering sigh, but cleared a table of drunks with little more than a few words. Well, there might have been more involved but she was too tired to care.
"Man, you're a bit of a bitch, aren't you?" Yahiko questioned as he slid in front of her.
"Why did Sano make me leave behind my bokken again?"
"Why, imagining busting my head in?"
"There are so many other bones to break, why would I start with your skull?" Kaoru snapped before reaching up to cover her eyes with her palms. Coffee. Maybe something with meat, but mostly coffee.
"Here." Sano said, shoving a mug of something dark and steaming under her nose. "This should keep you human enough that we don't have to start peeling bodies off the roof."
"I don't splatter people," Kaoru mumbled, "Too messy."
"Just keep your head down, all right? You haven't been picked up yet, so that makes you fair game. Yahiko, try to keep her out of trouble."
"Whatever." The teenager answered, but it was clear he wasn't paying attention to anything he was saying or anything anyone else was saying. Kaoru sighed. She could already tell he was going to be a walking headache.
Sano nodded and disappeared. Picking up her mug, Kaoru studied the liquid in consideration and finally took a sip. Her taste buds might have just died, but it was hot.
So she took a second sip.
"I can't believe you're drinking that. Sano picked it out, so they probably thought he had been drinking."
"Tastes like hospital coffee." Kaoru muttered, "Toilet water with ink."
"Sounds about right," there was hesitation. "How much time have you spent in hospitals?"
"More than I wanted to." She returned.
Those brown eyes studied her and then he snorted.
"Right," his eyes danced around away from the table and then lit up. "I'll be back."
Kaoru sighed. She didn't mind sitting alone with watered ink, but she really wasn't in the mood to deal with anyone else. Reaching up to cover her eyes, she curled her free hand around her cup. What she really wanted was to do this later.
'We can't wait too long to introduce you. Might as well go and make contact with Misao tonight. If the police in Tokyo are looking for you, the first place there going to put out word is going to be here. You need to be up in your neck in mob cover when that happens.'
Didn't mean she had to like it. In fact, she had thrown one of the only working lamps at Sano's head when he had woke her up and demanded that she get moving. The sound of something clicking on the table startled her into peeking between her fingers. Eyes the color of her neighbor's violets stared at her from under shaggy, dark red bangs.
"You shouldn't be drinking that."
Lowering her hand, she gave him a baleful glare. "What?"
He tapped a finger next to her cup, the motion smooth and easy. "That. It's not real coffee."
"I wasn't aware it was advertised as such." She responded, not bothering to hide her mood. He didn't take the obvious hint, just watched her before the edges around his eyes deepened into what might have been a smile.
"You look hungry."
She studied him, wondering if it was possible to kill someone by strangling him with his own braid. She was pretty sure that there had been a poem about it that she had read in high school; she just couldn't remember all the details.
"I'll take that as a yes."
"Take it as a no."
This time the edges of his mouth curved. Instead of saying anything else, he stole her coffee cup and disappeared – moved with cat grace and quickness you had to be born with. Half a step into the crowd and she was alone again. Sighing, she hoped Sano hadn't paid too much for that mug of coffee; she buried her head into her palms again.
This time the clinking noise came with the smell of bread and meat. Instead of a redhead, there was a soft-eyed woman with a smile and a wave. A fresh cup of coffee that smelled delicious and several rolls stuffed with meat and cheese sat in front of her. She hesitated, because she didn't really want to encourage someone by accident. Chewing on her lip, she debated for half a second before picking her mug up and taking a sip. The hot coffee was obviously fresh and it woke up her appetite. Surely, she had made it clear that she wasn't interested?
By the time Sano showed back up, dragging an annoyed Yahiko by the collar, her dinner crumbs had been cleared and her mug had been topped off. Shoving Yahiko into the booth, he slid in.
"Well, I talked to Misao."
"They have an opening. It's all lower level work, but the salary is good. She said she would come by with the contract tomorrow and the name of a few lawyers if you want someone to explain things."
"I'm supposed to trust one of their lawyers?"
"Well, they're the only ones who deal with us. Besides, the Oniwabanshu like to keep up appearances and they try to treat us fair. If we run, they're going to have to find and kill us and then they're out however much they sunk into us."
"I'm sure that sentence will make sense in the morning when I've had eight hours of sleep." She muttered.
"Means they don't screw us over like other places; are you sure you're not stupid?" Yahiko drawled.
"I thought I told you to stop picking on her tonight." Sano warned.
"I said I would think about it." Yahiko returned. "I did and I decided she is an easy target."
Sano sighed. "I'm not patching you up."
Kaoru felt much better after having eaten and decided to let this one slide.
"Can we head out now?"
Sano nodded.
"Yeah. Yahiko, you're on the couch tonight."
Sighing, Kaoru followed them out of the bar. She didn't bother to check to see if she could see the redhead before she left. It was doubtful in this crowd that she would and she wasn't interested in speaking to him again. A glance back could have been interpreted in many ways she wasn't interested in giving.
Working for the yakuza was easy. Getting out was supposed to be harder. The Oniwabanshu wasn't technically a yakuza group, acting more as an agency that contracted individuals and then sold those services. Misao was a small boned, bouncy woman whose eyes missed little. She made up for her size in sheer presence and a braid that fell to her knees.
The contract Misao had brought was basic. She had adjusted it in a few places when Kaoru had given her a few details on what she could do and then settled in with Yahiko to play video games. Sano had ordered pizza and beer and it was turning into a strange, sitcom-y moment. Not feeling any pressure to hurry, Kaoru had been careful to read every line. It took some time to work through the twenty-page document and by the time she felt that she understood everything enough to sign, the sun had set. Yahiko was clearly fed up with the affair. She thought his poor attitude might have come from his poor winning record against Misao.
"Will you just sign already?" He snapped, throwing the controller as Misao beat him yet again.
"Nothing wrong with being cautious," Misao said with a smile.
Kaoru shrugged. "I signed five minutes ago; I just didn't want to interrupt the game."
Sano grunted something from his place on the couch.
"Well," Misao said jumping to her feet. "I should be taking that back in to be filed. Someone will bring by your first assignment in the next week or so. Salary won't start until you have completed at least one mission."
Kaoru nodded.
"Have a nice night and try not to burn the place down, brat."
The door shut with a bang behind the whirlwind.
"Man, you best be careful with who you fling those names around," Sano warned. "Her boyfriend has a reputation as a hard ass.
Yahiko just shrugged and turned back to his game.
Kaoru stood up. She needed to work out some kinks. Considering the layout of the room, she tilted her head at Sano.
"Do you think we can rearrange the furniture?"
He sighed before pushing himself up. Yahiko ignored them both as they heaved the couch and chairs up against the wall, giving her enough space to wave her bokken around without smashing it through a wall. She was going to be limited to basic kata as it was.
"We're going to have to get you something a little heavier for when you're on the streets." Sano muttered.
"Why? I'm just going to be cleaning out rooms and covering tracks," Kaoru said as she tightened her ponytail. "I can't think of a reason why I would need anything more than that."
Sano sighed. "At least let me take it to a friend to get some spells worked into the wood."
Yahiko turned and frowned. "What are you doing?"
"Practicing," Kaoru said with a shrug. Picking up her bokken, she closed her eyes and let herself slip into her stance.
"You know kendo?"
She cracked an eye open. "I used to teach it."
His expression was doubtful. "Any good?"
"She'll kick your ass if you don't leave her alone," Sano warned, flopping back onto the couch. "Never get between a girl and her practice. It hurts the next day."
Yahiko snorted, but kept his mouth shut. Kaoru was grateful. She needed to work out, not beat the living daylights out of someone. Moving slowly, she worked through the first three stages of Kamiya Kasshin before picking up the speed until she could hear the wood humming in her hand. She didn't dare go through the motions for the upper kata; she could put herself through a wall in this space. She didn't stop moving until her shoulders and wrists burned, and she was panting hard. Slowly working through a few simple strokes, she allowed herself to cool off before she went to repack her bokken.
She glanced at Yahiko out of the corner of her eyes and found him watching her with a newly interested expression. Figured the kid would show interest in sword skills if nothing else.
"I don't teach to kill." She told him, yanking the zipper of her bag closed. She really needed to find some place to store her gear.
"I'm a witch," he scowled. "If I kill intentionally, I lose my power."
Kaoru frowned. "I didn't know that."
"There are a lot of things you don't know," he pointed out, rolling his eyes.
"I never said that I didn't have things to learn," she returned, her own eyes narrowing.
"Oh boy," Sano muttered. "Here we go."
"You know," she said mildly, ignoring Sano. "I could understand being suspicious of me yesterday. I was new, you didn't know anything about me and I was crashing into your space. Everyone likes to have space. What I don't understand is your attitude today."
He shrugged. "There isn't any rule that says I have to like you."
"Of course not," she returned. "I would like to know what pissed you off."
Brown eyes narrowed. "You're a mage."
"Not a very good one."
"Doesn't matter," he returned. "Mage's and witches don't like each other."
He snorted. "You really are stupid."
'Physical violence will not solve this, Kamiya. Do not lose your temper.' Taking a deep breath, she considered the sulky teen.
"Alright, I'll make you a deal."
His shoulders tightened, clearly expecting something. She just wished she knew what.
"You can't kill, I don't like killing. My sword style is built around the principle of not having to kill. It's defensive. There is only one move made to kill and you won't be learning that one."
His pupils dilated. "Won't be learning?"
"You are interested in swords, are you not?" She asked hand on hip.
His jaw worked for a moment, before he gave a sharp nod.
"Then I'll teach you. With conditions."
He tried to hide his interest by narrowing his eyes.
"I won't tolerate disrespect. I have to be able to trust you to use this sword style wisely. Kamiya Kasshin is a family style, so you won't be learning any of the succession techniques and I take teaching it very seriously. I won't baby you and if I find out you have used anything I teach you to deliberately harm someone innocent or out of anger, I'll break your hand so you can't use a bokken again."
He frowned at her. "I'm not a coward."
"I know." She responded. "But strength is only good when you know how to use it."
"What do I get out of our deal?" He growled.
"Besides learning how to defend yourself?" Kaoru asked.
Yahiko crossed his arms. "Yes."
"Sano said you have books."
"He already said you could use them." Yahiko responded, eyes resentful.
"I'm not using them without your permission." She took a deep breath. "We could do an exchange. I teach you a lesson and you answer a few of my questions."
Brown eyes studied her for a long moment before he shrugged. "Whatever."
A pillow missile hit him in the back of the head.
"What the hell was that for, Rooster-head?"
"Kaoru is good. You won't find someone at her level offering to teach you for this sort of deal, you little idiot."
"She didn't look that impressive." Yahiko ground out.
"That's because she was going over basics. Even I know that," Sano said, flopping backwards.
"You're call." Kaoru said, ignoring the argument between them. "I imagine I'll figure things out eventually, with or without your books. Right now, I'm going to shower."
"Whatever." Yahiko muttered, but his eyes flickered back to her duffle back.
"We're going out for dinner, so don't take too long." Sano warned.
"Right, right." Kaoru said, sighing. There went her dreams of using up all of the ten minutes of hot water.
Kaoru groaned a little as she sucked in air, hands on top of her head. The only relief was that Sano was sucking more air than she was. Bored with waiting for some message from the Oniwabanshu, she had dragged Sano out for a run. Yahiko had been napping and she hadn't wished to deal with the whining.
"Three miles?" Sano gasped out. "You said a short run!"
"It was short," she informed him between breaths. "I usually try to run five every other day."
"Helps with breathing," she admitted. "I needed any advantage in a match. It's not perfect and I used to hate getting up so early, but it helps."
"So why did you drag me out?"
"I need someone to run with me, at least until I get used to the layout." She reminded him, motioning with one hand to start the climb up the stairs to the apartment. "Be glad I don't trust the stairs enough to run them."
He gave her a look. "Does this mean I get to drag you to the gym to lift weights?"
She chewed on her lip. "Lifting isn't a bad idea."
He nodded, opening the door and ushering her in. "Just some basic weights for toning," he agreed. "Especially if you decide you need a katana instead of a bokken."
She snorted, shaking her head as she stepped into the apartment. "I'm not interested in live steel."
He sighed
"You're arguing over this again?" Yahiko's voice was gruff with sleep and his stuck all directions as he hefted a spoon to his mouth. The cereal crunched loudly and Kaoru cringed. She knew from experience that the cereal had been stale for a week.
"Man, you used up all the milk," Sano growled as he dug through the fridge.
Yahiko shrugged. He pointed his spoon at a box on the floor. "That came in."
Sano tilted his head and sighed. "Oh, that would be your information, Kaoru."
"Information?" She repeated, tightening her hair band. "About what?"
Yahiko heaved a sigh. "Basic information. Who your agent is, what your rank is, what level of cases you will be working with – who you report to after each assignment so you can get paid. Kid stuff."
One of these days, she was going to take him up to the roof and beat him over the head. Taking a deep breath, she accepted the scissors from Sano and cut the tape. Inside the box was indeed a packet and she pulled it out to start thumbing through it.
"So who's your agent?" Sano questioned, peeling a bruised banana. Kaoru made a face at the fruit before scanning the top sheet.
"You are."
Sano choked and Yahiko made a spluttering noise.
"Hey! He's mine!"
"I didn't ask for him," she shot back, eyes narrowing. "It just says that it's Sano."
Sano rubbed his face. "I can see what they're doing."
Yahiko turned around and stared at him. "What?"
"Trying to give me something to do so they can apprentice you off," Sano returned, taking another bite of the fruit. He continued. "Your skills are best taught master to apprentice and I'm no witch."
Yahiko's expression was furious. "I'm not going to be trained with some idiot that makes me do all the work!"
"I take it you've had that happen?" Kaoru tried.
Yahiko's mouth thinned. "Yes."
She nodded, going back to her packet. She couldn't change anything and any question she could ask would be taken wrong. Shaking her head, she flipped to the next page.
"What does it mean when it says that punishment for failure is determined by the agent?"
"Oh. That. I had forgotten about that."
"Forgotten about what?"
He sighed. "The rules are different for mages than witches. For one thing, mages are harder to punish. A lot of the skills your good at can be sold for hard cash, so sometimes fines don't cut it. A lot of 'em are strong enough that they're harder to hurt so they had to find a way to keep things balanced. So they developed a curse-seal."
Her brow inched upward.
"Hell, Jou-chan, I know better than to do more than fine you. Shit, I don't want to do even that! You'll kick my ass when I'm sleeping!"
"What kind of seal?"
"It's a curse spell," Yahiko said with a sharp smile. "They put a seal on your hand and it works as a curse."
"My hand?"
Sano ran his fingers through his hair. "It's supposed to just be a deterrent, but occasionally it is used in the field. Hands and fingertips have millions of nerves, so that's what they decided on. The basic seal doesn't do much 'cause they have to investigate. Marking a mage is a serious thing and no one takes it lightly. After the investigation they make the call if you deserve the full measure of the curse."
"Full measure?"
"Someone once compared it sticking their fingers into a pool of lava and somehow keeping their hand." Yahiko supplied helpfully.
"Anyway," Sano rushed, glaring at Yahiko. "It doesn't happen often. When it does, sometimes it's the mages fault; sometimes it's the clerk who keeps up with the assignments fault. Anyway, murder generally has to be involved for a mage to receive the mark."
"What happens to the office clerk?" Kaoru questioned.
"Depends." Yahiko said with a shrug. "If they torture the mage and find out the office clerk was covering up… they die. If you're going to torture mages, you kill those who magic doesn't have an effect on. Had to balance it."
"Well, enough of this!" Sano said suddenly. "Kaoru is in officially, so you know what this means?"
"Her own place?"
Kaoru sighed. "Oh goody."
Kaoru laughed as she watched Yahiko try to talk to Tsubame, the tips of his ears turning pink. Sano was shaking his head, his beer half empty in front of him.
"You're paying for this." Kaoru informed him, swirling her straw through the dark red of her daiquiri.
"You. Check. This." She said pointing. "I'm the broke newbie who hasn't gotten a job or a paycheck yet."
"This was your idea!"
She shrugged, leaning over to steal a fry from his plate. "The food was my idea. You're the one who wanted to go out."
He frowned, starring at the food. "You ordered the expensive hamburger."
"Bacon," Kaoru returned with a satisfied smile. "It's three dollars! It's not like I asked for a diamond in my martini."
"You don't like martinis."
"You're impossible." Sano growled at her, hunching a little as he continued to stare at the food as if it had suddenly turned into his enemy. Snickering, she tossed her legs out of the booth.
"I'm going to the little girl's room. I'll be back." Sano waved his hand, not looking away from his plate. Shaking her head in amusement, she strode across the mostly empty dance floor. Things were still quiet and she was thankful. While this wasn't exactly her idea of a celebratory dinner, but there was something quietly satisfying about grease.
Someone was obviously practicing for that night's shows and the base made her chest hum as she stepped out of the bathroom and dodged someone who was clearly in a hurry. Frowning, she looked at her watch. Barely ten. Surely those who had been here before them hadn't managed to consume enough alcohol that they needed to make emergency dashes already?
"Fake coffee and now grease," the mellow voice was teasing. "Are your eating habits always this healthy?"
She looked up to find herself starring into blue-violet for the second time.
"Stalking is considered rude." She returned, moving to step around him and frowning when he stepped in front of her. "Can I help you with something?"
"It isn't nice to leave someone without a name." He returned with a smile.
"I don't remember you leaving a name last time, red." She sniped back, fighting the urge to tell the people on stage to turn the sound down or rub her chest. His smile showed off the dimple in his left cheek
"Himura Kenshin, all you had to do was ask."
She blew her bangs out of her eyes. "That wasn't an invitation."
He laughed. "I think I am going to like you."
"Wonderful," she muttered, moving to step around him again. Once again, his body seemed to be between her and the path she was going to take, hands shoved in his pockets as he watched.
"All I want is your name," he coaxed, the corner of his mouth curving, "for now."
She chewed on the corner of her lip. "I'll make you a deal."
"I'm all ears," he murmured, eyes laughing.
"I'll tell you my name if you leave me alone."
He made a disapproving noise. "That's not nice."
She scowled. "For tonight, then."
"Such a high price when I have already given you my name," he returned, head tilting. "Names have power, you know."
"So do bargains," she returned, shrugging. "Odds are you can find out my name at any time. Of course," she studied the set of his shoulders and the edges of those eyes. "I don't like or trust you."
He gave a low bow, bangs covering his gaze for a split second before he lifted, "As you wish."
"Very funny," she muttered. "Everyone has seen that movie."
He simply watched her, the edge of his brow tilted. Sighing, she crossed her arms.
"Kamiya," she ground out. "Kamiya Kaoru."
"See," he teased, "that wasn't so hard."
She snorted and stepped around him. This time, he didn't step in her way. Her breath caught in her throat when he repeated her name as she passed – voice low and delighted. She refused to look back to see if he was watching. The stage was getting too loud to bear and she lifted her hand to rub a circle against her chest. Thankfully, when she returned to the booth, Sano was ready to go.
"You paid then?"
"I have a tab."
Kaoru stared at him and he lifted his hands. "Honest. Go ask Tae if you want."
She considered it, knowing her friend's attitude about paying, but then she might have to see the redhead… Himura Kenshin, again. He had agreed to leave her alone, but that didn't mean he couldn't be obvious.
"No, let's just go. The band is giving me a headache."
"That's because they sound like they're dying," Yahiko offered helpfully as he appeared. "Odds they know some zombies?"
"I don't want to think about it," Kaoru groused. "I'm tired."
"Right, right," Yahiko said with an eye roll, "world revolving around you again. How could I forget?"
"One of these days I'm going to be cleaning blood out of the carpet," Sano sighed, following the bickering pair out of the bar.
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Skype Bank Staff Arrested For Withdrawing N875K From Dead Customer's Account In Lagos
Oct 20, 2014 – Picture: Skype Bank Staff Sacked & Arrested For Withdrawing N875K From Dead Customer's Account In Ikeja Lagos Nigeria
Skype Banker, Clara Opeyemi Opetuga Arrested, Jailed In Kirikiri Prisons In Apapa For Fraud
Pictured above is 35-year-old Clara Opeyemi Opetuga, a banker in Lagos who was recently arrested for withdrawing N875,000 from a dead customer account without the bank's approval.
Opetuga, who was working at the Alausa branch of Skype bank in Lagos, was arrested by the police at the Bar Beach Division, Victoria Island, Lagos, where the bank management reported the alleged fraud.
After investigation by the police team led by Inspector Dorcas Dangbi, the suspect was arraigned in court on a four-count charge of felony to wit, stealing.
The police prosecutor, Sgt. Ingobo Emby, told the court that the accused and others now at large committed the offence between 23, 27 and 27 May, 2014 at the Alausa branch of the bank.
Emby alleged that Opetuga forged the signature of the deceased, Ayinla Adeoba Awojobi, and withdrew the money from his account without the consent of his family.
He said the accused allegedly perfected the act after she reactivated the deceased's account, removed his picture and replaced it with her brother's picture.
The police prosecutor said nemesis caught up with Opetuga when her employers audited the accounts of the branch of the bank and discovered the fraud.
Emyby said the bank management sacked Opetuga and handed her over to the police.
She has been taken to Kirikiri prisons in Apapa pending the time she will fulfill her bail conditions.
The matter has been adjourned till October 29 for hearing.
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The ruins of the Cistercian Abbey at Abbeyshrule were once part of a much larger community of buildings, not visible today except for the outline stones of quite a few foundations. This was the first Cistercian site in Longford County, and the fifth in the country following the first very successful settlement at Mellifont.
The Abbeyshrule monastery was funded by the O'Farrell family, and the site is scenically located along the River Inny, just east of Ballymahon. The name comes from the English word "abbey" and the Irish word sruth, which means "river," because of its close proximity to the river. The graveyard adjoining the abbey contains the remains of a large number of ancestors of today's southern County Longford families. It also contains the shaft of the only high cross discovered in County Longford.
Monks carrying the traditions of the Cistercian order first came to Ireland at the request of St. Malachy of Armagh in 1140 A.D. He discovered the order in other parts of Europe while making a pilgrimage to Rome.
Upon their arrival in Longford County, the Cistercians recruited local people to become monks and help build and run the community. The Cistercians conducted free schools, and taught the locals more advanced methods of agriculture. They also built corn mills on the river, and some of them can still be seen at Abbeyshrule, which later became one of the principal centres in Ireland for this activity.
The abbey was one of the largest in the area, rectangular with a square tower, and a unique spiral staircase near the cloisters. It contained many cells along with a chapel, sacristy, pantry refectory and kitchen.
The nearby river was used for transportation and communications, as there were few roads in those days. It functioned until the Tudor Era, when it was closed during the suppression ordered by Queen Elizabeth I.
After the closure, control of the property was given to Robert Dillon, Earl of Roscommon.
Today, in addition to the site of the abbey, the Abbeyshrule region is also home to the county's only airfield, where flight lessons are given and a yearly festival is held for flight enthusiasts. The area also offers excellent angling opportunities in the rivers and Royal Canal, where roach, pike, bream, perch and trout are plentiful.


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Frank Pierce is the main villain of the 1967 Western movie The War Wagon.
He was portrayed by the late Bruce Cabot who also played Bert Saxby in Diamonds Are Forever.
Taw Jackson, the hero and rancher, makes his arrival back to his hometown to get payback on Pierce, the villain and businessman, who framed and sent Jackson to prison 3 years before. Pierce finds gold on Jackson's land and mines and sells the gold. When Pierce learns that Jackson has been released from prison because of good behavior and plans to steal a gold shipment, he sends 2 of his henchmen to hire Lomax, an assassin and villain turned good, to kill Jackson.
Jackson hires Lomax because of his great gun skills and safe cracking skills and knows Lomax worked for Pierce and helped in sending Jackson to prison. Later Pierce tries to hire Lomax to destroy Jackson and offers to pay him a lot of money if he does it, which Lomax says he'll think about it and he'll do it when he's ready. Pierce transports the gold in a heavily armored and impregnable stagecoach known as The War Wagon, with a large Gatling gun mounted on top of it and guarded with armed men, in front and behind. Pierce runs the town and says he wants everything to be legal with everything he does.
Later when Jackson and the heroes steal the gold from the war wagon, Pierce is killed in a shootout when one of his minions tries to escape. Then The War Wagon crashes into a ravine.


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As many unlucky MMORPG players can attest, most subscription-based online games come down hard on players caught purchasing in-game currencies with real money. World of Warcraft bans players caught buying game gold, and and Everquest does much the same.
Now a new legal decision by South Korea's Supreme Court could be changing the balance of power decisively in favor of consumers.
Pixels and Policy investigates.
The Rise of Real Money Transactions
It's been standard practice to either discourage or ban real money transactions (RMT's) since the rise of subscription service MMORPGS like World of Warcraft. In an RMT, the consumer exchanges real world currency for in-game cash, loot, or leveling. This is the kind of behavior encouraged by freeform worlds like Blue Mars and Second Life, but in a closed-world MMORPG, it can ruin the experience for others by devaluing the virtual economy.
Many MMORPG developers explicitly ban the use of RMT's through clear language in their End User License Agreements and Terms of Service. For example, if you're nabbed conducting RMT's in World of Warcraft, you can kiss all of your hard work goodbye, since you'll be facing an account forfeiture. Developers are serious about protecting their creations from the destabilizing influence of outside markets: the MMORPG Guild Wars banned over 5,000 accounts per week in 2008 due to RMT violations.
Just how big a market is the RMT industry? According to an article in the excellent Virtual Economy Research Network, illicit trading in virtual currencies is a nearly $2 billion market, thanks in great part to mass circumventing of EULA's by Asian gamers. In fact, Asian gamers are so addicted to RMT's that one banned gamer actually sued NCSoft – developer of the South Korean hit Lineage – to have the ban overturned. Another gamer in China successfully sued the developer Shanda for removing his virtual toolkit and banning the player for RMT abuse.
The Law Gets Involved
As it turns out, the case against NCSoft and Lineage had legs. The gamer involved played what appears to be a rudimentary version of arbitrage with the Lineage II economy – buying currency low on one market, selling higher on another and reaping the profits in the margins. When NCSoft administrators were informed, they froze the gamer's in-world assets, effectively crippling his nascent business. The case reached all the way to South Korea's Supreme Court, which handed down a decision a few days ago.
In a landmark ruling, the South Korean Supreme Court effectively decriminalized the RMT market and voided NCSoft's EULA banning real currency transactions and the intermingling of real and virtual currencies in their games. Edward Castronova of Terra Nova asked a very good question in his post announcing the decision – what does this decision mean for the United States? More than you might think.
South Korean games are big business in the United States. New MMORPG's like Aion, as well as more established titles like Guild Wars are produced by the South Korean company but have a large and growing market in the United States. Does the South Korean Supreme Court's decision also void out the portions of NCSoft's EULA for American and European players, since the company is based in South Korea and bound by the order that it alter the EULA and Terms of Service?
The South Korean Supreme Court was shrewd in not explicitly legalizing the RMT trade, but it also declawed some of the main ways developers were deterring the practice – mainly confiscation of virtual goods, which was deemed unlawful, and bans/suspensions of accounts. This also raises new and interesting questions. Among them: If developers no longer have the means to police their own worlds, what does this mean for future MMORPG development?
As long as virtual worlds make use of "rarity" and artificial scarcity to determine the hierarchy of their weapons, armor and magic wands, outside players will be able to put an informal "price tag" on the value of the labor endured to obtain the item. The South Korean Supreme Court's decision may, it seems, reach far beyond the borders of South Korea. Whether that's a good thing or not remains to be seen.


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Golden Eaglets star Samuel Chukwueze will undergo a medical at English Premier League club Arsenal on Tuesday after flying aboard a British Airline flight on Monday night to London.
The Nigeria youth international will sign a four-year contract to tie up the switch.
Chukwueze's move is part of a £4m double deal involving compatriot Kelechi Nwakali who are both a product of Diamond Academy.
Chukwueze's transfer to Emirates Stadium had been held up while he waited for visa and work permit clearance. But he has has now been given the green light to move to Arsenal and link up with fellow teenager Kelechi Nwakali, who joined the Gunners a fortnight ago.
Arsenal were among a number of leading European clubs who scouted Nwakali and Chukwueze in last year's Fifa Under-17 World Cup in Chile.
Nwakali, 17, was named as player of the tournament, while Chukwueze, 16, also delivered a series of promising displays and scored three goals for Nigerian from midfield.


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I Survived the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941
Author: Lauren Tarshis
Connections: A text-to-world connection I made was that Danny's mom worked pretty much twenty-four seven, and Danny got in trouble a lot. Some parents don't take care of their children enough, so the kid doesn't know right from wrong or the child wants to make someone else feel bad because they think it will make them feel better. Another text-to-world connection is that Danny's mom moved to Hawaii because she got a job as a military nurse. Danny missed his home very bad. Kids all around the world have to leave their homes because their parents get better employment options, or get stationed in another state because they are in the armed forces. It is pretty much like starting a new life; new homes, new friends, new schools and everything. Kids miss their old home. My last text-to-world connection is that World War II happened because Japan didn't think they had enough power, so they tried to invade other countries to get more land. That happens sometimes around the world, such as when Ancient Rome conquered Greece and other bordering empires, when Germany started the Holocaust, and when Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia; the beginning of World War I. A text-to-self connection is that I have been to New York City, where Danny lived. In the story, Danny described the setting, ''All he wanted was to be back in New York City, looking out his old apartment window at the jumble of dirty buildings, the smoke thick in the air, the garbage in the streets, and his best friend, Finn, waving to him from down in the alley below.'' In Time Square, where we stayed, I remember all of the trash and smoke all around us.
Wonderings: Why did Danny's father leave?
Why was Aki so attached to the baby boar?
Why does Aki sneak away so commonly?
Why was Danny going to leave his mother behind, just to see his friend?
Why did Japan only blow apart all Pearl Harbor's army equipment, and not take over the land?
Why did America not know about the planes coming towards the land?
How could America fight two wars on opposite sides of the world?
Why were there so few nurses and doctors at Hickam, especially near a huge military base?
Impressions: An event that was sad was when Finn fell off the fire safety exit because Danny wanted to mess around, and Danny never got to apologize. I was surprised that Aki thought that the baby boar was his puppy, so he wouldn't let it go with its mother. I was very disappointed that Danny was going to leave his mother behind to go on a ship back to New York to see his best friend. I was shocked when Japan blindsided Pearl Harbor and pummeled it with bombs in full fury. I was very sad when Mack got a vicious wound and bled half his body's blood. It was surprising and exciting that he survived. I respect how hard Danny's mom works to provide Danny a good and happy life. In the end, the book was fabulous! The book had an intriguing hook and a wonderful closing. The closing of the story completed the plot and made you realize how much Danny had changed over the book.
Signposts: An AHA Moment was when Danny and his mother moved to Hawaii. It changed the story because Danny would have gotten in more trouble with Finn, not have been at Pearl Harbor running from the Japanese bombers, and would have gotten in trouble with his gang. Another AHA Moment was when Japan bombed Pearl harbor. A Memory Moment was when Danny remembered New York City, with its pollution and jumbled up buildings. He remembered the trouble he and his gang caused. Another Memory Moment was when Danny remembered how great his teacher from New York City was. Her name was Mrs. Mills. Mrs. Mills told them that there was a maniac in Germany named Adolf Hitler. She said that he was going to attack America next, and hang a German flag over the empire state building. Danny and Finn skipped school the next day to protect America from anyone who dared step on the beach. They had a baseball bat to clobber anyone who did step on the beach. The last Memory Moment is when Danny remembered that twenty four hours before today, he was a boy that would leave his mother behind in Hawaii to see his best friend in New York. Two Contrasts and Contradictions are when Danny saved Aki from being attacked by the boar and when he helped to treat wounded people and drive people to Hickam. What made him act that way is it is not fun watching other people suffer and he knows that in times of need, he needs to be as helpful as he can be.
I recommend this book to everyone because it teaches you three life lessons. They are: think before you act, family is forever, and there are many perspectives in life.


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Have you ever stopped to appreciate the amazement of how much and how quickly children learn new things? Or admire the blissful ignorance that allows children to fail so frequently in their efforts to discover the world yet never cease to get right back up no matter how many times they fall? Don't you wish, just for a bit, that we didn't outgrow this fearlessness of failure?
I can't say I've defeated the fear of failure by any means, but I do love learning new things and stretching my boundaries (within reason). I live for constant improvement of myself and my life. I enjoy listening to inspirational Ted Talks that expand my horizons and open my eyes to new worlds. I can't get enough of my new audio books (thank you Audible) that fill my brain during my work commute and significantly increase the time I find to enjoy books. (I'm currently reading Things A Little Bird Told Me and will share my thoughts about it when I've completed it. Update: How I felt the author encourages readers to Invent Their Dreams.)
My blog is a bit of a microcosm of my life. If you check in often, you likely notice the small tweaks and improvements I make week in and week out. Determined not to hire a developer, at least for now and only if/when I feel it's absolutely necessary, I thrive on teaching myself through blog tutorials and You Tube videos how to code new design or functionality features. (A special thanks goes out to Xomisse who has some of the most helpful tutorials I've used to date. And I can't forget a shout out to my secret test blog whose URL I will never share as it's my home for trying out new blog design techniques. It's seen far more failure than success but all in an effort to create a design all on my own that I built from the ground up with no help from anyone but the Google bot and his search result friends.) I enjoy trying new DIY projects that often stretch my skills. And whether it be blog design updates, DIY projects, or other endeavors, I've certainly stumbled through many failures along the way to satisfying success.
My continuous improvement desires cross into my closet as well. I hope to be ever more stylish and chic at the office. I started pretty much from ground zero (no natural style sense from this blogger!), and it's certainly something I will never master. But hopefully with each outfit I throw together, especially those that don't work, I learn something and get closer to perfecting the style soiree someday.
I've shared before about many of my other sources of continuous learning like Ted Talks, The Skimm, Pinterest Tutorials, etc… Today I wanted to share with you one more place I like to head when I have a few minutes of free time (haha, like that happens often) to challenge my brain. Khan Academy. You may have heard of it. If not, hop on over and check it out. We rent and have elected to not yet buy a place, and consequently, this lesson from Khan Academy has always struck a chord with me. Khan Academy is like cool school on the Internet where you can learn about anything at your own pace. And it offers materials for all ages. So next time you have nothing to do, or your kids say they are bored, send them to Khan Academy. (Or Ted Talks. Or The Skimm. Or Pinterest.) The world, and the internet especially, is lush with unending resources to make ourselves wiser and more well-rounded people. Take advantage. It might just highlight a pretty darn good day!
Or… if you're not feeling like doing a whole lot of reading or listening in front of your computer, and you happen to stumble upon a very pretty red and white striped knit fabric at the store, snatch it up and make a super simple scarf following yesterday's tutorial (like me). Even if you're a novice seamstress, give it a go and work those brain muscles. It's exhilarating to successfully complete a project and learn a new skill! Click on over to refresh your creative memory, grab some supplies, and whip up one of these beauties. And if you do, please be sure to share with me. I'd love to see it!


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This modern city hotel was built in 2008 and has a total of 88 rooms. It is a 100% non-smoking hotel (including public areas). Guests are welcomed into a lobby with 24-hour reception and check-out service. Other facilities at the hotel include a hotel safe, lift access, TV lounge, bar and breakfast room. For an additional fee, guests can use the hotel's laundry service, car park and garage.
The hotel is just a 5-minute walk from the central station, close to the botanical gardens, the T�yen baths and various sporting facilities.
All the rooms are of a modern standard as they have all been recently designed. The rooms are furnished with double beds and come equipped with a direct dial telephone, flat-screen TV, safe, DVD player, Internet access, washing machine, iron and ironing board. Each room has a kitchenette with oven, cooker, microwave, refrigerator and tea and coffee making facilities. In addition, each room has a shower and a hairdryer and is equipped with individually regulated heating. Most of the rooms have their own personal balcony and sunbathing chairs.
A cold Scandinavian buffet is served at the hotel.
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A while back, I made another blogpost like this. It didn't go so hot. I was overflowed with requests, and I never had time to do them all. I wanted to try it again, as I don't have many ideas ATM. However, I am going to implement a few rules.
- Just because you request it, doesn't mean I'll draw it. I have school and other obligations. I will never be able to draw all my requests.
- Please keep it creepypasta related. Whether you want me to draw Slendy, or your own personal nightmare, I perfer to draw horror related things. I may also accept some fantasy requests like dragons or knights.
- I mainly do potraits and sketchs. You may request a scene, but you'll be lucky if I do it.
- Only graphite and ink. I can also use colored pencils, and MAYBE digital. I am very inexperianced at digital, so if you request it, it might not be as high quality.
- I'm not a perfect artist. I am still learning, so don't whine to me if your request isn't done perfectly.
Here is some images of my previous work. http://graydonl.imgur.com/all/ (NOTE: Not all of these are mine, some are images that I saved for other reasons, such as avatars)
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A Lakin Chan is a humble Fae species.
Character arc
During The Una Mens inquisition of Trick, The Keeper asked him how it was that a "humble" Lakin Chan had gained prominence and influence with the Light and Dark Fae after opening a bar, The Dal Riata, in the new colonies.
An actual Lakin Chan has not been seen in episodes.
- The Una Mens were not aware that Trick was The Blood King that had betrayed them after creating the council and relinquishing his power.
- Itzamna. Sun-god of the Maya, god of day and night, learning and writing. Son of Hunab and Ixazaluch. Husband of Ix Chel. Father of the Bacabs. He is credited with the invention of books and is depicted as a benevolent old man with no teeth or as a huge serpent. moon-god or is equated with Ah Kin, Hunab or Kukulcan. In some references, referred to as…Lakin Chan….[1]


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Week seven was a bit of a blah week in the NFL. With no big upsets and only one blowout victory, movement has been minimal for almost all teams on the week 8 power rankings. But a huge win by the Texans over the Ravens combined with a reasonably close win by the Packers over the Rams means the Texans and Packers rankings this week are sure to cause some hatred in the comments box.
Previous week's ranking in parentheses
1. (1) Atlanta Falcons – After a bye in week 7, the Falcons will travel to Philadelphia to try and remain the only undefeated team in the NFL.
2. (4) Houston Texans – A big bounce back performance for the Texans as they continue to make their case as the best team in the AFC. Post your comments ranting about how the Texans are rated higher than the Packers below.
3. (2) Green Bay Packers – Aaron Rodgers throws three touchdowns against a decent Rams secondary. Watch out NFL, the discount double check is warming up.
4. (6) Chicago Bears – The Bears didn't destroy the Lions on Monday night, but they are looking great in all three phases of the game.
5. (3) New York Giants – A slight drop despite the win against Washington. The Giants need to develop some consistency and quit relying on late game comebacks.
6. (5) San Francisco 49ers – The 49ers' offense should have put more points on the board behind a big day from Frank Gore. If I'm a 49er fan, I'm starting to worry about my team.
7. (7) New England Patriots – The Patriots gave up another big lead late in the game to a sub-par Jets team. They needed a win in overtime to remain on top of the AFC East.
8. (10) Minnesota Vikings – A week after posting big numbers, Christian Ponder took a step back against a good Cardinals defense. Meanwhile, Adrian Peterson showed that he's still capable of being the best back in the league.
9. (9) Denver Broncos – Denver has an interesting match-up next week against a high scoring Saints team. Look for Manning to put up massive numbers against New Orleans' horrid defense.
10. (8) Baltimore Ravens – Terrell Suggs made his return to the defense, but the Ravens got smacked around all day by the Texans.
11. (11) Seattle Seahawks – The defense has kept the sea-chickens in all their games, but this offense is painful to watch.
12. (14) Pittsburgh Steelers – The Steelers offense put up big yardage and the defense completely shut down the Bengals. If they don't turn the ball over twice, this game could have been much uglier.
13. (13) Arizona Cardinals – The offense looked better than I expected them to against the Vikings, but winning the yardage battle doesn't mean anything if you can't put points on the board.
14. (15) Cincinnati Bengals – Cincinnati was able to get a few scores versus Pittsburgh despite gaining less than 200 total yards, but a third straight loss has the Bengals fading fast.
15. (16) St. Louis Rams – The offense put up some decent numbers against the Packers' D, but some weeks I feel like the Rams would be nothing without Greg Zuerlein.
16. (18) Tampa Bay Buccaneers – A second straight huge week for Josh Freeman, though against a porous Saints defense, but the defense just couldn't hold off Drew Brees.
17. (12) Detroit Lions – The Lions are struggling right now, and turning the ball over four times (including three times in the redzone) to the Bears doesn't help.
18. (17) San Diego Chargers – The Chargers have a chance to impress coming off the bye week against the Browns, but if they struggle, sell all stock in them.
19. (19) Philadelphia Eagles – A tough game at home next week against the Falcons means we'll probably see another turnover filled game out of the Eagles.
20. (22) Dallas Cowboys – An OK win against the Panthers, but the Cowboys should have dominated a bad Carolina team.
21. (20) Washington Redskins – Turnovers destroyed the 'Skins as they gave the game away late to the Giants. The receiving corps needs to get healthy too.
22. (24) New Orleans Saints – Once again the Saints have to rely heavily on Drew Brees' arm. At this point, an average day for Brees means a loss in New Orleans.
23. (23) New York Jets – The Jets should have won against the Patriots. But as expected, they can't hold on to the tight games.
24. (21) Miami Dolphins – An interesting game next week as Miami looks to avenge their overtime loss earlier this season to the Jets.
25. (27) Tennessee Titans – Chris Johnson has his second straight big week as the Titans win a shootout against the Bills.
26. (25) Indianapolis Colts – Andrew Luck had two rushing touchdowns as the Colts held on to win a pretty evenly matched game against the Browns.
27. (26) Buffalo Bills – It's amazing to see how bad this much hyped Bills defense has gotten smacked around by opposing offenses. Giving up a last minute touchdown to lose against the Titans doesn't help to make them look any better.
28. (29) Oakland Raiders – The Raiders took advantage of the Jaguars losing their starting QB and RB, but still needed overtime to get the win.
29. (28) Kansas City Chiefs – The Chiefs announced they will be playing the lesser of two evils by starting Brady Quinn over Matt Cassel in a match-up of two bad team next week against the Raiders.
30. (31) Carolina Panthers – The Panthers couldn't take advantage of playing a Cowboy team that likes to give away games, the terrible running game is part of the reason why.
31. (30) Cleveland Browns – The Browns played the Colts well, but this team still doesn't know how to win.
32. (32) Jacksonville Jaguars – Jacksonville was the worst team in the league before this past week, but with Jones-Drew and Gabbert going down against the Raiders, this offense could be getting worse.
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B.o.B was the second support on the night. The set supported the debut album The Adventures Of Bobby Ray and was 11 songs long. B.o.B is most known for Airplanes which was sung with Hayley Williams of Paramore. Even though the album features many different artists collaborating with B.o.B the only other collaborator apart from Hayley Williams was Playboy Tre. Now I am not a huge fan but I really like the music. The highlights of the set had to be the final three songs. I loved Nothin' On You even though Bruno Mars didn't make an appearence, the MGMT cover Kids was extrodinary and unique and Airplanes with Hayley was fanstic. The crowd went crazy for her. Hayley was in a puffa jacket and there were paper airplanes thrown into the crowd.
When the set ended there was a massive black curtain that came down onto the ground. There was pandemonium when Paramore took to the stage. The screams were deafening. We could only see Hayley's silhouette then the curtain dropped down for the first song on the night Ignorance. The stage looked amazing swinging lightbulbs from the ceiling and there was plenty of singing along to this song. After the song had ended the band launched into Feeling Sorry which got the screams and had people chanting along. Judging from the reaction this was a fans favourite. "Hello London" Willams said after standing in awe of the reception that they were getting. "We Are Paramore" she went on to say before finishing the song. That's What You Get was a real crowd pleaser everyone was singing along to every word. It is a catchy song and there was plenty of jumping up and down. "Is That All You Got" Hayley said during the song. Loads of energy flowed from this song. "London, England How You Doing" Hayley told the crowd. There was then quite alot of banter where Hayley told everyone that the show was going to be alot better than the Reading/ Leeds slot. Next up was a fast song and this being For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic. Now there was plenty of singing along and loads of movement. It was then onto Emergency which I never heard live before. This again is a powerful song and extremely infectious. So after plenty of cheers it was onto the forthcoming single Playing God. I must admit this has to be one of my favourite tracks from Brand New Eyes. The lyrics are so catchy even I found myself singing alond to the chorus. The uptempo and strong Careful was next on the night. Hayley delivered it perfectly.
Decode was a strong song and the videos being shown on the screen behind them were fantastic. As for the song it is upbeat and was the song that gained them more fans as it featured on the Twilight soundtrack. The next four songs were special this was because they were completely stripped down and acoustic. First being Never Let This Go. I like acoustic songs but this was incredible. Everyone was singing along with every word. Next up in the aucostic set was When It Rains and they all sat down for this song. Again this was a real crowd pleaser. Where The Lines Overlap is another favourite of mine and I loved its fast pace. While Misguided Ghosts sounded ever so beautiful. For CrushCrushCrush I didn't get crushed but I managed to get pushed into the mosh pit area. It was mental during this song. There was lots of pushing from side to side and at one point it felt people were going to fall onto the floor. "This song goes to anyone who has stuck with us for the past 6 years" Williams said before launching into Pressue. Seeing the flip in front of my eyes was amazing. "Welcome To The Family" Hayley said when asking the crowd who has never been to a Paramore show before. The band is then introduced to all the first timers. The up tempo Looking Up followed on and what was being shown on the screen behind the band was excellent. The night ended with The Only Exception and this is the closest Paramore come to a ballad. I admit it is a slightly emotional song. The band went offstage only to come on for a encore which at first consisted of Brick By Boring Brick. This was a catchy song which had plenty of people singing along. I love the chorus of this song. Things ended with Misery Business and this song was mental. The crowd were going crazy and Williams had introduced a friend onstage. This being Josh Francesci from You Me At Six. This was a real treat seeing two people from two amazing bands singing the one song.
Feeling Sorry
That's What You Get
For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic
Playing God
Never Let This Go
When It Rains
Where The Lines Overlap
Misguided Ghosts
Looking Up
The Only Exception
Brick By Boring Brick
Misery Business
OVERALL: As Hayley said this was the best show they had played beating Wembley Arena last year. "How are you going to top next time when we're back" she went on to say. This was a fantaastic night and it was a real treat to hear songs that I haven't heard them sing live. This was the third time I had seen the band play and I will most definately attend when they are next back. I suspect they will play to a sold out Wembley Stadium. But considering they have played in the Winter in 2009 and 2010 would they play Winter 2011 at a open air Wembley Stadium I don't think so.


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Baseball: Pats' pitchers are too generous, walk eight in loss to Albany
Schenectady High School baseball coach John Isabella had a bad feeling Monday as he watched his pitchers give Albany extra at-bats.
His concern was warranted, as Albany took advantage of extra chances to come away with a 7-5 Big 10 win at the Central Park "B" diamond.
Cody Gozalkowski and Javar Tillman combined to walk eight, and Tillman hit another batter.
Albany scored all of its runs in the final two innings, with the final two walks turning into runs in a three-run seventh.
The Patriots answered with two in the home seventh, and left the bases loaded before Albany senior Justin Holmberg got the final out.
"We're not playing very good baseball the last two games. We're giving up too many walks," said Isabella, whose team beat Troy, 3-2, Friday in Troy. "We're putting too many guys on base, and they took advantage of it."
Holmberg and Schenectady starter Cole Gozalkowski were locked in a scoreless game when Isabella took his starter out after seeing him issue his fourth walk.
Tillman walked the second batter he saw, but got out of a bases-loaded jam.
"Cole gutted it out. He didn't have it," said Isabella. "I was hoping I could get more out of him, but it wasn't going to work.
"Javar has been doing a nice job out of the bullpen for us. So, I gave it a shot."
Schenectady made some plays on defense — in particular catches by outfielders Joe Zielinski and Giuseppe Carberg — to keep Albany from getting anything going,
Holmberg would have been perfect the first time through the Patriots' lineup, had No. 9 hitter Kyle Mohr not reached base on a catcher's interference call.
Schenectady took the lead in the fifth when Justin Parsons beat out an infield hit, was balked to second and scored when Holmberg threw away Zielinski's sacrifice bunt.
Isabella opted to keep playing small ball after Zielinski got to second on the play. Mohr moved the right fielder to third with a sacrifice, but Zielinski was caught on an attempted suicide squeeze with Nick Patierne up.
It was a run the Patriots could have used, as Albany's luck at the plate started to change.
"We were hitting some balls hard early on, and didn't have anything to show for it," said Falcons coach Garett Baron. "I told them to just stay with the approach, keep having good at bats."
The approach paid off with six hits and four runs in the sixth inning. Catcher Collin Raimo dumped a run-scoring single into short left field to tie the game, the first of five consecutive Albany hits that included RBI singles by No. 9 hitter Conor Foley, leadoff man Malcolm Porterfield and Mark Morelli.
All of the hits were ground balls that found an open space in the Schenectady infield.
"That one inning, we had two outs and just kept rolling," said Baron. "We kept putting balls in play, and sometimes the ball finds a hole. Credit to the guys for staying with it."
"That's what kind of hitters they are," said Isabella. "They swung the bat and put the ball in play."
Schenectady got two runs back in the home sixth, as Tillman drove in a run with a triple — one of his three hits — and scored on Jeremy Kent's ground out.
Albany put up three more in the seventh after Tillman loaded the bases on two walks and a hit batter.
Schenectady rallied in the seventh, scoring two runs with the help of two Albany errors, but left the bases loaded.
"We've done a nice job coming back like that," said Isabella, whose team handed LaSalle its first league loss last week. "The problem is when we let them get free runs. That's the bottom line."
Holmberg finished with nine strikeouts and walked only one.
"He battled through some tough plays and a couple of errors in the last inning. But he did a heck of a job," said Baron, whose team went to 5-5 in the Big 10.
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Specific dephosphorylation by phosphatases 1 and 2A of a nuclear protein structurally and immunologically related to nucleolin
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- Subtitle:
- Possible influence on the regulation of rRNA synthesis
- Abstract:
- A new nuclear substrate (N-60) for phosphatase 1 and 2Ac has been described. In contrast to nucleolin (C23), to which it is structurally and immunologically related, N-60 becomes dephosphorylated to 51% and 41% by phosphatases 1 and 2Ac, respectively, within 10 min. Incubation up to 20 min led to a complete dephosphorylation of N-60. The two other phosphatases tested (2B and 2C) did not dephosphorylate protein N-60 to the same extent as phosphatases 1 and 2Ac. In the case of nucleolin only 18% phosphate was released by all four phosphatases tested. The activity of both phosphatases, 1 and 2A, could be blocked by tumour promoter okadaic acid (100 nM) when N-60 was used as a substrate. These results support the notion that the observed okadaic-acid-induced hyperphosphorylation of N-60 in intact human fibroblasts may be caused by specific inhibition of phosphatases involved in the process of rDNA transcription.
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- Journal article
- Language:
- English
- Published in:
- European Journal of Biochemistry, 1989, Vol 180, Issue 2, p. 449-455
- Keywords:
- Animals; Brain; Cattle; Homeostasis; Kinetics; Liver; Muscles; Nuclear Proteins; Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; Phosphoproteins; Protein Phosphatase 1; RNA, Ribosomal; RNA-Binding Proteins; Rabbits; Rats; Substrate Specificity
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- Science/technology
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Review type:
- Peer Review
- Submission year:
- 1989
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
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|Cincinnati Music Festival - 2 Day Pass — 07/28/2017
Paul Brown Stadium; Cincinnati, OH
|Anthony Hamilton and Fantasia — 05/08/2016
Constant Convocation Center; Norfolk, VA
|Anthony Hamilton and Fantasia — 05/01/2016
Palace Theatre Columbus; Columbus, OH
|Anthony Hamilton and Fantasia — 11/28/2015
Arena Theatre; Houston, TX
|Anthony Hamilton and Fantasia — 06/17/2016
Fox Theatre Atlanta; Atlanta, GA
|Anthony Hamilton — 12/06/2014
Fox Theatre Atlanta; Atlanta, GA