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WARNING: Prostitution implied
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Ghost Hunt characters. Even though I'm using facts, explanations that cannot be found in any reference come from my own cognition.
Terms beforehand;
Oiran= a woman (high in rank) offering services from pleasure to other forms of entertainment like dance, music, fashion, poetry, and etcetera. They tie their obis in the front allegedly because it's easy to untie that way, but married women before also used to do that. The tying of the obi at the front by the oiran is actually a metaphor for borrowing a 'wife' for the night. Geishas actually originated from oirans; this explains the similarity in their service (except for the pleasure service since Geishas don't actually offer such, but realistically, it is still uncertain [some might just have hidden the fact]).
Uchikake=an outergarment, as a coat, that's worn over a kimono
Nakagi=padded layers of kimono
Obi=a sash
Kohgai, Ohgushi, and Maebira=hair accessories
Dogeza=a type of bow that can mean, "Sorry for the trouble." It can be used for apology to that of a higher rank.
Yoshiwara=enclosed pleasure district in Edo, old Tokyo. It consists of a lot of pleasure houses.
One day it happened that a frog from the ocean came to the well━he must have been a tourist. He came into the well, introduced himself to the frog of the well, and said, "I come from the ocean."
Naturally, the frog of the well asked, "Ocean? What do you mean by ocean? What is it?"
And the frog from the ocean said, "It is very difficult to describe, sir, because you have never left this well it seems. It is so small. But still, I will try."
The frog of the well laughed. He said, "Nobody has ever heard about anything bigger than this well. How big is your ocean?'"
And the frog of the well jumped one third of the space of the well and said, "This much?"
And the frog from the ocean laughed. He said, "No, sir."
So the frog from the well jumped two thirds of the space and said, "This much?"
Then he jumped the whole space and said, "Now it must be exactly like this well."
But the frog from the ocean said, "It is impossible to describe. The difference is not of quantity, it is of quality. It is vast! It is not circumscribed!"
The frog from the well said, "You seem to be either a madman or a philosopher or a liar. You get out from here! Don't talk nonsense!"
~A Sufi Story~
"Remember to act appropriately," the haughty voice of Missus resonates to my ears as we traverse the rowdy hallway of the Orihime household. "You are very lucky, you know that? You're the only girl who became an oiran without the initiation as of yet! Why, ever since you appeared as a substitute for Ume-oiran in the promenade a week ago, a lot of men have restlessly shouted for you―making you an oiran without official appointment of this house as of yet! Oh dear me, it seems like hell is calling for you already!"
I bite my lip to stop from retorting. The Missus has a foul tongue, and she doesn't even realize it. She's probably in her mid-40s. Her hair is neatly combed back and fixed into a bun with a silver pin―making her head look like an inverted straw hat. Probably remnants of stress and incessant frowning, wrinkles adorn the corners of her eyes and mouth. Seemingly easy to topple by the zephyr, she's rather small for a domineering woman in Yoshiwara. At least, that's what I can recall of how she looked like when I last saw her.
"Mark my words, Sora," she chides. "Your very first customer is a member of a well-esteemed group, so be sure to apologize for your inexperience, especially when he points out your errors."
"Yes, ma'am," I reply, nodding obediently.
Wearing a black uchikake with lotus flowers over a cherry-colored nakagi (decorated with twigs of plum blossoms) that is secured by a goldfish brocade obi bow in my front, I tread the noisy hallway carefully. I feel so burdened―heavy with weight monsters named kohgai, ohgushi, and maebira on my head that I feel as if I am carrying the whole world in my procession.
However, there is no escaping it; it is time for my 'initiation,' as they call it.
I'm still young, a sixteen year old girl who has millions of places to explore rather than this one I'm currently in.
I...never wanted this job, but...it was the only offered opportunity to survive. I was going to starve if Missus did not see me and proffered the five-year-old me a dwelling place.
I cannot run away too because I cannot cover my tracks.
Others may call it a dirty, shameful, and disgusting place: mirroring the lives of the people in it. But, who cares?
Ever since my parents died and I was left alone to face the cruel and unimaginable world, I stopped caring for where I should go and what I should become. So, as a child, I clung unto an opportunity that could just help me survive.
I've stopped dreaming ever since.
In truth, I am merely becoming an animal―easily satisfied when fed.
Besides, how could someone care?
Everyone is selfish, and I am surrounded by selfish people flamboyantly showing off everyday. Men are greedy, their up-to-the-brim filled cups wasted away and shoved for more.
It all makes me sick.
And yet, I am embracing the poison that shall imprison me to an endless hellfire. What I'm about to start doing will become my new way of life now, for eternity.
I sigh quietly.
Missus squeezes my arm━a sign for me to stop walking. We must be outside the allotted room already.
As a last warning, she whispers to me, "Remember this too: never take off the blindfold."
I nod willfully, and I am hauled inside the unknown.
It has been a tradition for supposedly soon-to-be-oirans to be blindfolded during the initiation―the day when one pleases her very first customer. I don't know about other pleasure quarters in Yoshiwara, but this certain ceremony has always been observed in Orihime. Since I have become an oiran 'officially' because of 'public (mostly men) affirmation' and without even an ounce of experience, I have my initiation rather late...
But then, I don't really care much about it.
I'll be doing the same thing over and over again everyday of my life until the end of me.
So, who would ever care?
That's why, when the shoji door was slammed shut behind me, I manage the barest flinch. (I've come to know in my attendant years that slightly frightened girls are appealing to customers, so I guess I should at least try to pretend to be appealing.)
The darkness that envelops my vision does not really bother me. It's probably very dark outside anyway; the sun has set when I finished donning my cumbersome raiment. Pretending I'm rattled and desperate to find something to cleave on in the dark, I move my hands up laterally. A swish of my head to the left brings the brightness of a distant light through the red fabric that composes my blindfold; a light probably emanates from a lit lantern afar.
"You're here," a mellifluous voice, that of a young man's, echoes to my soul and brings me relief.
I have been wishing the first man won't be so cranky and old. But then, a young man isn't really harmless. Still, there's a difference.
Turning my body to where I can see the bright light, I bend my knees to the floor and bow respectfully.
"I am Sora," I say politely. "Please take care of me."
My real name is Mai Taniyama. But, of course, I cannot tell him that. There are rules to this place, and impersonality is one of them. We can have returning customers, but doters interrupting without pay are out of the question.
Real names must be kept secret because attachment is forbidden.
Sora...is a name Missus gave me because she said my eyes have an unreachable look. It has then reminded me of a life I can never have━like the sky. However, people don't usually see through this gloomy explanation of mine and think of something else―like a customer conceiving that the story behind my name has to do with me being limitless in the ability to please―that's totally revolting.
"What's your last name?" the young man inquires, and I bite my lip once more.
Kami-sama! I definitely forgot to ask the Missus for a fake one!
"I...I have no last name," I lie as smoothly as I can.
He emits a weird sound, but I can tell the skepticism laced in it. I just shrug it away nevertheless.
"What do you like me to do first, Mister...?" I trail off, inquiring for his name.
"Take off your blindfold," he commands airily, ignoring my hint of query.
I am almost scowling at the order, but then I swallow and hesitate as I remember Missus' last warning.
"That's―" I try to object.
"Take it off," he persists.
I cannot help but hold my mouth shut into a thin line. It is unusual that a customer will command a girl during her initiation to doff her blindfold. My Elder Sister has told me that the customers like blindfolded girls; it makes them feel so superior and excited. It is a gross reality that she pointed out.
An opposition of rules inside my head bombards me. But then, the Missus isn't in the room with me, and if it was a test of obedience, I'll pass it if I do what he wants. So, I guess it's best that I'm going to discard the obstacle to my eyes. It'll make my work easy...or something.
But, when I removed the fabric, I am unprepared to come face-to-face with a hellish creature.
I scream as much as I can muster and instinctively fish out the mallet I secretly hid in my obi and subsequently hit the demon's face―which is red all over and has dark green horns sticking out from his forehead―with it.
The mallet was supposed to be a preventive measure; although, I knew it is heinous to strike a customer.
Anyway, consequently, the young man groans in pain, and then I hear a cracking sound. To my great confusion and astonishment, his horrifying face shatters and falls into pieces on the tatami mat that made up the floor. It is only then that I realized what he had on is a ceramic mask, very realistic and detailed that I haven't seen through the facade in the dimly lit room.
The face underneath makes me gasp. He's very young, a black-haired boy of about seventeen or eighteen. A lengthy-finger-taller than me, his sparkling eyes resemble that of an ocean (the shores of which I had traipsed upon when I was a lost child), staring at me disapprovingly. He massages his fringed forehead―a slightly red tint visible from the gaps in the dull illumination―and adjusts his ebony haori over his similar-colored kimono and hakama while frowning slightly.
He's so beautiful...I think to myself, transfixed.
I don't know why he put on a false front, but I can't really blame him. Even if I had a public affirmation as an oiran, Missus will never approve that I'll have my initiation with a radiant creature...The envy of her appointed oirans will probably stake me to death...and her favoritism will totally kick me out of reach.
He might have been still flocked by the other girls at the oiran display downstairs if he didn't disguise himself...
Then I gasp and cover my mouth in reminiscence. I hit him! Oh my Kami-sama!
Hastily, I kneel down in dogeza. "I'm very sorry, Mister! I didn't mean to hit you! I was just so shocked by your appearance; I don't know what came over me! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me for my inexperience at pleasing men!"
Foolish Mai! How could I ruin his avocation of mask-bearing?
Running footsteps audibly thud the hallway outside. The door to the room slams open, and a desperate yet similar mellifluous voice exclaims, "How could you, Noru? I've never thought you'll be here! I've overestimated you when you said you'll be doing a very good experiment―!"
Noru? The last sound seems strange and different...
I perk my head up to the newcomer and emit the heaviest gasp that evening.
They're twins!
"What are you talking about, idiot lady killer?" The young man called 'Noru' frowns at his twin, who is wearing a blue and white ensemble; the difference to their personalities is evident with their clothes. Anyway, in the newcomer's hand is an identical demon mask which he probably took off while running.
"You know what I'm ta―" The newcomer's eyes drift upon me, kneeling on the floor. He examines me, winking dubiously, and gazes back at 'Noru.' "You weren't―?"
"Of course not, idiot."
I am deeply baffled, but I dare not speak. 'Noru' soughs and then glares at the grinning newcomer who spoke, "Just when I thought I could make you guilty and tease you about it...That Yasu-ninja! Lying to me, honestly."
"Jin," 'Noru' drawls in warning, and 'Jin' slightly puts his arms up and palms forward.
"Alright, alright," 'Jin' surrenders and then shrugs before flushing. "But really, Noru, why are you here? And why did you call her?"
'Jin' glances at me curiously.
"She's the dream seer Rin told me about," 'Noru' elucidates.
Rin? He really says names oddly...I just tilt my head. Also...Dream seer? What's that? Me?
'Jin' just blinks. "Really?"
Really bewildered, I finally blurt out loudly, "W-who are you?"
'Noru' turns to me as-a-matter-of-factly.
"I am Kazuya Shibuya, the head of Yuurei Shinsengumi," he says coolly...
And I gape at him unbelievably.
Unknown to me, a cloud has already formed into a rung of an uncompleted staircase, towards what I thought was an unreachable sky.
Yuurei =ghost
Shinsengumi=police in Kyoto established in 1863; its literal meaning is "newly chosen group." In this story, I am anachronistically borrowing the term for its definition in the late 19th century.
A/N: Ahhh...don't you just want to see how the boys would look like wielding katanas? After all, Edo period is a time for samurais and those great battles. I do not intend to make them bald in this story, though (since it seems like that was the fashion for the men in this period) lol.
I did not specify exactly what year of the Edo period this story would be, and I'm thinking of leaving it at that, the year unknown except for a hint of it occurring in 17th century. How will everything turn out? Many fun adventures next chapters. This is Naru-Mai-Gene btw ^^
So, what do you think of this story? Any guesses of what roles the other Ghost Hunt characters shall portray? Heehee ^^ You may share your thoughts. ^^
P.S. EDIT: Jin is actually Gene, and Noru is actually Noll. Rin is actually Lin. Since it's Mai's point of view, I am writing what Gene calls Naru/Noll as Noruand what Naru calls Gene as Jin and Lin as Rin. During early Edo period, English name spellings are still unfamiliar, and "L" is often mistaken as "R." Thereby, I am going by their nicknames' spellings as what Mai thought they are in the period and not as what we know in the modern world.


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Olive Pink Botanic Garden is Australia's only arid zone botanic garden. Located adjacent to the Todd River and not far from the centre of Alice Springs, it is a great place to wander along trails to see the hundreds of plant species that are native to the Red Centre.
There are over 500 Central Australian plant species to see as you wander around the 16hectare garden. Learn more about the founder Miss Pink or desert habitats and plants from the interpretation material around the garden or by going on one of the self-guided walks.
After heavy rainfall the garden comes alive with wildflowers and attracts many species of butterflies and birds. Euros (hill kangaroos) are regularly seen grazing here and the threatened black-footed rock wallaby resides in the rocky hill habitat. Western bowerbird bowers are at home and in summertime many different reptiles sun themselves within the grounds.
Miss Olive Muriel Pink, anthropologist, Aboriginal rights campaigner and artist, was responsible for the gazettal of the garden area in 1956. Some of her original plantings still survive in the garden today.
The Olive Pink Botanic Garden is a stop on the route of the Alice Wanderer hop-on, hop-off bus.
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Garden open daily 8am to 6pm. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.
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I have a very close friend whom I love dearly. (Though I'm not going into that mess. My loving her is not the issue.) I've known for years that this fantastic woman has a hard time reaching orgasm. In the last year we have had two sexual encounters, during the last of which I discovered that not reaching orgasm can be just as painful for women as it is for men. To me this will not do.
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The flash quality was really good, I really enjoyed art work done here. The story was too fast to say much, I would have liked to seen more, but still great.
Okay i gave this a five because of the work it took to do this but the story was really bad and i almost fell asleep. Originality with no substance thats what this flash is, It happens. better luck next time.
the substance was the animation and cohesiveness of it all, you're just used to 'substance' being story.
there actually was no story to even be bad. haha.
Incorrect name
Just FYI but the correct name for "cardboard" is corrugated board. Cardboard is a common misnomer for the the packaging material made of two paper liners with a paper medium in between constructed in a flute pattern.
Other than that, very good.
last time I checked everyone called it cardboard.. I dont think its a 'common misnomer' as much as it is just part of common vocabulary.
also corrugated board city just doesnt have the same ring to it :P
wow! that was the best flash that i think i have ever seen! how long did it take to make it?
thanks! it took about four months of dedication :)
its good but i didnt see it all i wasnt in the mood lol but the idea is original and so are the graffics.


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The maximum distance that one can travel from from a given location to a preferred bathroom. The term is most often used to determine whether it is safe to consume food from a particular location. A diarradius varies as a function of the individual as well as the type of food that is consumed.
I can't eat at the taco truck on third street because it is outside my diarradius.
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Roasted Vegetable Recipes continued...
OR 1 cup "hearty stew"
1 eggplant (1 pound), cut into 1/4-inch thick slices, then each slice cut in half
2 small (or 1 extra large) red, yellow, or orange bell peppers, stem and seeds removed, cut into strips about 1 inch wide, then each strips cut into 3 pieces
1 red onion, quartered and cut into bite-size pieces
2 yellow squash or zucchini, cut into 1/4-inch thick slices
5 teaspoons olive oil
1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning blend (or similar)
Salt and pepper (optional)
Canola or olive oil cooking spray
6 ounces light goat cheese (with 3.5 grams fat per ounce), use spreadable type if possible
6 whole-wheat tortillas (whole-wheat pita pockets can be substituted)
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a jellyroll pan with foil and coat the foil with canola or olive oil cooking spray.
- Add vegetables, olive oil and Italian seasoning to a large bowl and toss to coat vegetables well. Add a sprinkling or two of salt and pepper, if desired. Pour mixture onto prepared pan and coat top with canola or olive oil cooking spray. Roast about 30 minutes.
- Gently turn over vegetables and roast about 20 minutes more. Meanwhile, spread about 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) of the goat cheese over the top of each tortilla. Crisp the bottom of the tortilla by placing in toaster oven and pressing "toast," or warming in a nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat until bottom is nicely browned.
- When vegetables are done, top each toasted tortilla with an assortment of the roasted vegetables (about 3/4 cup each). Cut each tortilla into 4 wedges.
Yield: 6 servings
Per serving: 194 calories, 8 g protein, 28.5 g carbohydrate, 8.5 g fat, 3.5 g saturated fat, 9 mg cholesterol, 6 g fiber, 245 mg sodium. Calories from fat: 34%.
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Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, is the "Recipe Doctor" for the WebMD Weight Loss Clinic and the author of numerous books on nutrition and health. Her opinions and conclusions are her own.


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Day 1: Year 2 – One year of blogging…
It was in April 4, 2011 when I first published a post publicly in one of my blogs. Though I owned blogs for a long time back, I had never used them for the real reason they existed for. But all things in the world will eventually be used for the reason they were created for – so did my blogs.
Whatever could have been the reason that inspired or pushed me to write and finally publish them, it was definitely a good push. There are thousands of reasons in the world that are worth sharing, millions of moments that are worth talking about, but we hardly have so much of time to do. The special thoughts which inspires you the most, the "ideas that are worth spreading", these are some of the reasons I write.
Hope to get better in this gradually.
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That's all...I'm no PHP expert, and I don't understand how to use custom fields, and there's no plugin that works properly.
That's all...I'm no PHP expert, and I don't understand how to use custom fields, and there's no plugin that works properly.
How about setting up a Custom Post Type with some custom metaboxes?
Thanks for replying, Julia. The problem is that I have no idea how to use custom fields, having never used them before. The only sites I have found on the subject assume a familiarity on the reader's part that I don't have (and frankly, it all seems like a hack to me). Do you know of any site that has a "step 1...step 2...step 3" approach?
Julia...that tutorial, and every other one I've seen, might as well be written in Sanskrit.
This should be simple: three fields, "Name," "Price," and "Description." Repeated over and over again. But how? Not one tutorial says "Just do this, then this, then this." Pardon me for venting--I realize this isn't your problem, and you're just trying to help--but there simply is no non-graduate level course out there for people like me who just want to get a start on things. It is excruciatingly frustrating.
Hey, don't worry. Let's see if I can help.
1. Open a post to Edit, any post you would like to have the custom fields.
2. Look under the area where you edit the text of the post. Do you see another panel titled, "Custom Fields"?
2.1 If you don't see it, look at the upper-right corner, right under "Howdy, admin" (or whatever you user name is) do you see a button that says "screen options"? Click it. Look for the check-box that says "Custom Fields" and select it.
3. In the "Custom fields" box, click on "Enter new".
4. Fill the name with one of the fields you want. Say: "Description"
5. Fill the description.
6. Click add custom field.
7. Update post.
You've successfully added a custom field!
Now, you'll need to edit your theme to actually display the custom fields, but first try the above and tell me if you run into any trouble.
Thanks, but I'm not sure even that addresses my problem. I don't want to add custom information to a post; I want to construct a menu on a page. Name, price, description; name, price, description; name, price, description, over and over again. I've tried plugins, and they break the site. I've tried Flutter, and it apparently doesn't work anymore either (it adds "Restaurant Menu" to the dashboard, but when I click on it I get a "not found" error).
So I'm down to begging for help.
What you're describing seems to suggest that I could create a menu if each item was a separate post, each one consisting of three custom fields. That makes it more difficult for the end user to edit later on; but more to the point, now, is: how do I arrange the posts? I need to show only the menu items, and not any other post; I need to be able to display them in whatever order the client decides; and on the blog, I have to keep the menu items from showing up. How is all this this done?
Allright, seems like we're talking about two different things ;P. Can you post an example of what you want? an image, a link to a similar site, etc?
Here is the original site. I'm working to update it as a WordPress site (still under development...don't expect too much), and I need to find a way to create the menus so they're easily editable. I also need to incorporate this site, since the two restaurants are merging.
The Ritrovo site was done in Concrete 5 (a problem in itself). In that, I was able simply to create a form with three fields, "Name, Price, Description," and use that to fill the menu page. I have no idea if it's possible to do something like this within WordPress without using a plugin. The article I found on using Flutter described a method for doing it, but only with the Flutter plugin, of course; and when I installed it, it didn't work.
Perfect, I see.
The easiest way I can think of is -still- custom post types. You could have:
1. A new panel in your admin area, say: "food"
2. Any item in the food type would have three fields: name, price and description.
3. You could create custom taxonomies to categorize those items: salads, meat, whatever.
4. You could have the listing isolated in the menu area, and they wouldnt appear in the blog area.
5. You could order the listing by any of the food fields.
1. A bit of coding and customization required.
2. Items would have to be edited one by one.
Other than that, your best bet is a plugin, or writting your own one.
Well...I guess the only thing to do is go off the high board into custom fields. As for writing my own plugin...I can <i>spell</i> "plugin." Is that a start?
Thanks for taking the time to help.
I too met the same barrier : wanting to use a specific theme and trying to find a plug in that my client could use easily but none of the solutions out there even come close to being a solution. Surprising to say the least. The Open Menu solution is the closest but expensive to expand to more than one client. Did you ever find a solution?
Yes, I did: Easy Restaurant Menu Manager.
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Let's hope Plaxico Burress is watching. And taking notes.
Because the path toward his return to the NFL -- ultimately, even his redemption -- has been drawn up and run like a well-executed pass route.
Sunday afternoon, Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, returning from a four-game suspension for breaking the NFL's public conduct policy, emerged from a darkened tunnel at Heinz Field during pregame introductions and was showered by rousing cheers.
He was also emerging from a year of ignominy, one in which he stood in danger of being remembered less for being a two-time Super Bowl winner and one of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL than for being a loutish brute, a poster boy for society's ills, spills and testosterone-fueled maladies and the arrogance that seems pervasive throughout pro sports.
Just like Tiger Woods.
Just like Michael Vick.
Just like Donte' Stallworth.
And maybe, just like Brett Favre.
I wasn't completely surprised by the reaction to Roethlisberger. And not simply because it was a home crowd buoyed by the 3-1 mark the Steelers earned without him. Nor do I at all diminish the sexual assault allegations twice made against him (though ultimately not charged), especially since I am the father of a teenaged girl.
Many fans and observers postulated that no matter what he did on the field for the remainder of his career Roethlisberger would always be remembered for his missteps, his failings. His legacy, it was said, would be characterized by what transpired in Lake Tahoe, Nev., and Milledgeville, Ga. Not what he ultimately accomplished as an athlete.
Just like Tiger Woods.
Just like Michael Vick.
Just like Donte' Stallworth.
And maybe, just like Brett Favre.
It has not been so -- at least for the first three athletes on that list. They've all regained at least a portion of their popularity (Vick may be more popular than ever), and they did it by following what I call the Athlete's 4-Step Legacy Revival Program. (Favre hasn't, of course, because the investigation into the allegations of his behavior toward former Jets employee Jenn Sterger is ongoing.)
Of course, the program has its limits and so do we. There are some crimes from which there should be no return such as murder, rape and any transgression against a child. (Unfortunately, the sports culture is still all too willing to forgive and forget many abuses of women.)
Short of those, it's starting to look as many -- even most -- sports fans are willing to forgive and cheer on, as long as the troubled athlete follows the Program. "Everything is repairable," says Mark Lepselter, president of Maxx Sports & Entertainment, whose clients include many former athletes turned broadcasters. (Tiki Barber being among them.) "If the guy is likeable, it's repairable, as long as the deed doesn't cross into moral turpitude -- and you don't have the 'holy s---' factor."
My Program is simple. The first three steps are "contriteness" and "humility" (delivered with clear sincerity), then "acceptance" of any actions taken against them whether by courts or commissioners. In other words: Take the hit and pay the price.
Stallworth served 24 days behind bars after pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter in 2009. (He was sentenced to 30 days and 1,000 hours of community service.) Considering a life was lost in the accident, the sentence was widely deemed too light, but Stallworth quickly and honest accepted responsibility, which tempered cries for harsher treatment.
"From the beginning," says attorney David Cornwell, whose clients include Stallworth and Roethlisberger, "when he was still facing potential criminal, civil and NFL actions, Donte's mom said, 'Do the right thing. If the NFL needs information, give it to them.'"
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Stallworth for the entire 2009 season. He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens prior to this season and hopes to make what should be a relatively quiet debut next month after recovering from a broken foot suffered during the third game of the preseason.
No need to recount in full the prices paid for Vick (for his legal transgressions) or Woods (for his moral ones). Both not only lost millions of dollars, but Vick also lost his freedom (for nearly two years, for his involvement in dog fighting) and Woods his family.
Both saw their reputations -- and perhaps their careers -- stained such that many thought they were beyond repair.
And yet Vick, a former All-Pro quarterback, after sitting quietly as a backup in Philadelphia last season, became a starter this season and was playing the best football of his career before a rib cartilage injury in Week 4. Sure there were smatterings of protests at his games, but he was also overwhelmingly embraced by fans, especially after leading the Eagles to wins over Detroit and Jacksonville. In fact, the letters "M.V.P." had begun to replace "D.O.G." in many of the stories about him.
Woods still hears the occasional jeer, but fans who saw his momentous -- though self-induced -- fall from grace and a costly divorce are now almost trying to will him out of his swing funk.
That may not have been so had Woods not done that very painful public apology ("I am a sex addict") and admitted his guilt. "And after he wins a couple of majors," says Lepselter, "it'll be like last Thanksgiving never happened."
Roethlisberger's revival may have begun during the preseason -- long after the allegations had been dismissed and his suspension levied -- when the quarterback, who had long had a hostile relationship with the media, ambled toward a gathering of reporters covering the Steelers and began what Cornwell calls "a conversation." "It was not an interview," the attorney said. "It was a discussion, and acknowledgement that 'Big Ben' (the arrogant, frat-boy persona Cornwell admits Roethlisberger cultivated throughout his career) may have been off-putting to them, how he was responsible for their reaction to him and an invitation to see if there could be a difference going forward."
"What Ben went through was similar to what happens to a significant majority of the men in the NFL as they transition from life before the NFL to life in the NFL," Cornwell continued, "especially those who attain some star status. There's an expectation of what an NFL player is supposed to be like, look like, drive and wear. Far more players than we're aware of confront that and struggle to find out where they fit."
And not only the NFL. Just this week Woods admitted that the last year's turmoil allowed him to discover the personal flaws that led to his fall. Speaking during a conference call Monday prior to his Chevron World Challenge, Woods said: "I learned a lot about myself, and I learned how things went wrong, why they went wrong, and had to take a pretty deep and introspective look at myself. And there wasn't a lot of things I like about it. But I had to do it, and I did it, and grateful that I did."
Cornwell says Roethlisberger began similarly looking at Big Ben. "Not how Big Ben impacted others, but whether it was a mask that really fit," he says. "He embraced his roots with his dad, his faith, and ultimately concluded Big Ben was not who he was nor wanted to be. He also didn't get hung up on how people were going to react to him anymore. He invested in value of authenticity and was willing to let chips fall where they may."
Indeed that "authenticity" seems to be the thread that each of the redeemed has embraced. (Are you listening, Plaxico? Brett?)
Let us see who you really are, and not whom you want us to see.
Then we'll decide.
Authenticity is vital to every "step" of the program but the fourth and final one may be the most critical.
"You have to continue to have a platform," says Lepselter. "Tiger has a platform and though he has not won any majors it allows fans to see him struggle, see him human and see him try to 'get it back.' Ben has a platform, so does Vick. Having it is important in making fans forget your transgression. If you don't have it, that can be a major factor."
Of course, the Legacy Revival will remain a work in progress -- perhaps for their entire lives. See: Kobe Bryant, Josh Hamilton and Dany Heatley. And no matter how "successful" it may seem at any time, it remains tenuous. One more off-field misdeed can end it all, dooming their legacy forever.
Even should they not falter, we may never look at them the same. Nor should we. Because maybe what we weren't seeing what was real, anyway. Athletes, like the rest of us, are never as "good" as we make them out to be when they are at the top of the mountain. Nor are they likely as "bad" as we deem them to be at their lowest.
Acknowledging that reality is a step we should all take.
Roy S. Johnson, a veteran sports journalist and media consultant, is the editor-in-chief of Men's Fitness. His blog is Ballers, Gamers and Scoundrels.


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After an eye-opening Week 1 in College Football, the first game jitters are out of the way for the Top 25 teams, except for one, and I go into Week 2 with an 18-3 record after my opening weekend's Top 25 match-up predictions.
Included in the three missed picks were Oklahoma being upset by Brigham Young, Oregon losing to Boise State for the second straight year, and Florida State coming up short at the last second against Miami in an instant classic game of that Sunshine State rivalry.
The first weekend of the season showed us the resurgence of several heralded programs that have struggled in recent years, injured a Heisman Trophy Winner and a top-ranked University's dream of a National Title, displayed the surprisingly inept offense of the once-ranked Oregon Ducks with one punch, and established credibility for certain "BCS Busters."
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I was wondering if it was possible to access a direct block of memory using C/C++ and grab the value. For example:
int i = 15;
int *p = &i;
cout << &i;
If I took the printed value here, that would give me the address of the variable i, which contains the value 15. I will just say it printed out 0x0ff9c1 for this example. If I have a separate program which declares a pointer like so...
int *p = 0x0ff9c1;
cout << *p;
Would it be possible to print out that 15 that the other application placed in the memory block 0x0ff9c1? I know my pointer declaration with the memory address is incorrect, I am unsure how to do it otherwise. I have tried using
memcopy but I have not been able to get that to work either. I know this is possible somehow as I have a program called Cheat Engine which modifies game memory address values to gain unfair advantages. I have been successful in placing the printed memory location and obtaining the value (15) though Cheat Engine. My goal is to do this using C++.
If this is too confusing, basically I would like to access a variable that another application stored using its memory address and print out the value. I am using Windows 7 x64 with MinGW compiler if that matters. Thanks!
PS: I'll post a picture of what Cheat Engine does to give a better idea.