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Title: In Silence.
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Character(s) or Pairing: Sanada/Tezuka, mentions of Atobe
Rating: PG
Warnings: Angst. Crack pairing.
Word Count: 1100 words
Summary: Tezuka thinks he is crazy.
A/N: Written for a friend, in response to the following challenge: Sanada/Tezuka. Angst. Tezuka can no longer listen or hear.
Tezuka thinks he is loosing his mind when his doctors tell him they can discover nothing wrong with his hearing. Beyond the fact that he can not hear.
There is no reason, no excuse. No cause. He goes to sleep one evening and wakes up the next day, with Sanada looming over him, shaking his shoulder. Tezuka knows his boyfriend is saying something, for he sees Sanada's lips moving, but he can not hear anything.
All of that day, he is disorientated; he can not think, can not concentrate, can not do anything. The sounds that normally comfort him bring no joy: he can no longer hear the smack of a tennis ball against the ground, the thud of the ball against the strings.
The doctors tell him it is a mental problem and ask questions, deep, probing questions that Tezuka does not like because they are too personal and too much to handle. He shakes his head and refuses to write down the answers when they push paper towards him.
He is thankful his handwriting has always been neat: he takes to writing everything else down. He communicates with his coach, with his manager, with his friends, with his family, via paper and pen, and they all accept it. They worry, he knows, for he sees the fear in their eyes, but there is nothing he can do.
He tries to get his tongue to work, to try to form words, but he does not, can not: he can not hear his own voice so why bother? He grows deaf and he grows silent, and his friends and family watch him with cautious eyes and sad smiles.
Sanada's smiles are the worst, he thinks, one day. They are forced and strained.
The two of them are together at a party: it is most of their old friends, from middle school and high school and the entire room knows, if not likes, one another. Sanada is a corner, talking to Atobe, and Tezuka knows they are talking about him; they keep looking at him, surreptitiously.
And it hits Tezuka then: why he can no longer hear.
It has been months since Tezuka woke up unable to hear. But not as long as he thinks it has been, he realizes, thinking back. It has only been two, for his birthday is approaching and he remembers hearing his birthday mentioned that night.
Sanada was on the phone when he fell asleep, with someone unknown; Tezuka remembers this, because it struck him as odd that Sanada refused to mention the caller. He talked in low whispers, in the living room to avoid bothering Tezuka. But he had returned to the room, before hanging up, because Tezuka remembers hearing a few whispered sentences.
"It'll be after his birthday; to do so now would cause too many problems," and "Thank you for understanding," and "I'll see you soon, Keigo."
He remembers those, as he watches Sanada and Atobe talk, and his hand tightens around his glass until he thinks he might break it. Something twists in his stomach and he wonders if his body is going to break even more.
He still can not hear and he is not sure if he wants to, as his birthday approaches. There is a forced gaiety about everyone, for they can feel the tension that is lurking inside of Tezuka. Oftentimes he feels Sanada's hands on his shoulders, the brush of Sanada's jet black hair against his cheek, but brushes them off.
He and Sanada have not had sex since before his hearing loss. He wonders if Sanada is seeking escape in Atobe's arms, even though Sanada is home every night and does not give any excuses that a man having an affair normally gives.
His coach tells him to take a month off, two days before his birthday. Tezuka's game is affected by his damaged hearing, and he hates it; he agrees, readily, because he thinks it will be the best, and if Sanada is going to break up with him, a respite will be necessary.
Tezuka wonders if his hearing will come back when Sanada leaves him, or if he will be deaf for the rest of his life. He worries that it will be the end of his tennis career, and his future, and his worry manifests itself in his irritableness in the days before his birthday.
There is a surprise party, the evening before his birthday. Tezuka really is surprised, for he does not expect such a thing, not now. But his friends are there, and Atobe, and Sanada was the one who dragged him to Atobe's mansion, on the pretext of going to dinner.
Tezuka relaxes, a little, for the evening, and tries to enjoy himself, although he keeps a close eye on Sanada and Atobe and bristles when he sees an envelope exchange hands. He wonders what is in it, but says nothing: he can't, after all.
Sanada takes him home before it is too late, but after Tezuka receives presents and hugs and a thousand and one pieces of paper with birthday wishes on it.
He wants to take them home and burn them, because he is 26 and deaf and about to face life alone.
Sanada gives him his present at the exact moment Tezuka was born. He wakes Tezuka up and hands him an envelope, the same envelope Atobe had handed Sanada earlier. It is too early and Tezuka has to wonder at the timing. He forgets, for a moment, that Sanada is a romantic at heart.
His hands are trembling when he opens the envelope, and pulls out two plane tickets, to Tanzania, and he does not understand. A note flutters from the envelope and lands on his lap, and Tezuka finds he has trouble picking that up.
It's short and simple, written in Sanada's strong hand, and it makes Tezuka rethink everything he has been thinking.
'Atobe has recently bought a cottage in Tanzania; he's offered us the use of it. Kilimanjaro is there.'
Tezuka feels a lump in his throat, a knot of tears, but he does not cry. Instead he pulls Sanada to him, who has been watching him with faint worry, like the worry that Tezuka used to see in his eyes when they were in middle school and Yukimura was sick. He clings to Sanada, because there is nothing else to do.
He wakes up in the morning to Sanada's hands on his shoulders and jet black hair brushing his cheek and the softly whispered words of "I love you."


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How often do you play?
Normally once a week.
Tell me about a great shot you've made.
Got a hole-in-one on Swenson Golf Course in Stockton 150 yds with a 7 iron.
What is your best golf memory?
Playing Pebble Beach and getting a birdie on the 7th then par on the 8th.
What is your "home" course?
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What ball do you play?
Titleist NXT
Mizuno mx 23 irons Taylor made r7 driver, Taylor made 3 wood, Cleveland wedges 60, 54.
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Pebble Beach
Dream course you've yet to play?
The Old Course at St. Andrews
Best round ever- and what course?
I shot 79 at Pacific Grove Golf Course in Monterey, CA.
What is one aspect of your golf game you would like to improve on in the next year?
Short game, chipping and Putting.
Tell me a story.
Truly I am your typical golf nut, I am passionate about the game whatever the day brings that one shot just brings me back, and lately I have been encountering those days, double, triple monsters just jump out of nowhere to humble me into the once weekly game that I currently own. Hopefully when the longer days come around I will get more practice in, but no complaints as with living in Northern, California, at least we can play all year round. I dicoverd golf later in life. Like most, I suppose wanted an alternative sport to my first loves soccer and squash, tricky knee injuries put a stop to those sports.
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1/6/2010: IWM FEB 60 put $0.92 to $1.63 (+77%)
1/12/2010: UUP JUNE 23 call $0.58 to $0.90 (+55%)
1/13/2010: IYT FEB 75 put $2.10 to $6.10 (+190%)
December 2009 Action:
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12/30/09: SLV APR 15 put $0.53 to $0.96 (+81%)
12/15/09: UUP JAN 2011 24 call $1.00 to $0.96 (-4%)
12/14/09: UUP March 23 call $0.55 to $0.66 (+20%)
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... to the village. We strolled the route from our gite (rental) through town, past the church, bakeries, small shops and the mayor's office and a small open air market where we bought some fresh goat cheese. The walk took an hour.
We returned to the rental and got ready for a tour of Avignon. It took about twenty minutes to drive to the train station parking lot where we parked while we toured. We strolled to the North through town to the Palais des Papes. Avignon was the ...
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... a hundred years old. Check out the photos on the website of our cottage as we have no photos today. This location would be great for a family gathering, albeit a bit far to go.
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After settling our things in the cottage, we headed to a nearby village for an exciting afternoon of ....laundry. Yes, since ...
Off from Vaucluse, on to Gordes - a town hanging off a cliff. Wander around the cobblestone "roads". The church has painted walls - first time we have seen that.
Watch a 10minute movie of the history behind the town and the restoration of the Palais and the cellars below it. Remains of olive pressing are in the cellar. The audio guide described the olive oil making process.
Lazy Sundays = markets and food.
... a bouillabaisse soup, with croutons and rouille. Super yum. Sam had the opportunity to visit a couple of places in the book she is currently reading ("A year in Provence") which was kind of exciting for her – to see that they really exist - including a town square and restaurant on the main strip.
Easy afternoon back at the room, but not by the pool as planned. Still quite pleasant in our private courtyard though. ...
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On the way back to Le Verger (our B&B / haven) we detoured so Jeannie could have a quick look at hill-top Gordes - and to stock up at one of it's recommended patisseries for this evening's picnic.
Tomorrow we leave Provence to drive to the mid-Pyrenees, fully understanding and endorsing the hype about this area: the people, the food and the sites have all delighted us.


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The way the U.S. Open Cup has played out, there's certainly a David bracket and a Goliath bracket.
The Chicago Fire and Richmond Kickers meet in the former, as both carry underdog stories into their Open Cup semifinal matchup at Toyota Park Tuesday night.
FC Dallas and two-time defending champion Seattle square off in the heavyweight matchup, with the winner undoubtedly being the favorite to capture the championship and automatic berth in the 2012-2013 CONCACAF Champions League that goes along with it.
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Chicago Fire vs. Richmond Kickers, 8:30 p.m., live stream on Chicago-Fire.com
With the Kickers being eliminated from the USL Pro playoffs, they can focus solely on trying to knock off their third consecutive MLS Eastern Conference opponent. Richmond defeated the Columbus Crew and Sporting Kansas City en route to the semifinals and is seeking a return to the finals for the first time since 1995, when it won the tournament.
Chicago, meanwhile, is enjoying its best run of form during this MLS season as winners of two straight and has never lost a quarterfinal, semifinal or final Open Cup match at home (11-0-0). A win would put the Fire in position to tie the record for most U.S. Open Cup titles (5). Chicago would host the final with a win and a Dallas win over Seattle.
Seattle Sounders vs. FC Dallas, 10 p.m., live stream on SoundersFC.com
The headliner features two Western Conference powers who are both dealing with a bit of fixture congestion. With the stress of the league season building, both are also involved in the CONCACAF Champions League and have had to balance the two competitions while keeping an eye on Tuesday's semifinal.
Seattle won the last meeting between the two teams by a 1-0 scoreline a couple of weeks ago in Frisco, Texas, and has its eye on an Open Cup three-peat, something that would be unprecedented in the MLS era. With another win over Dallas, Seattle would host the final for a second straight year.
FCD will try to prevent that from happening with the return of George John to the lineup. John's potential transfer to Blackburn fell through this weekend, paving the way for him to solidify the heart of the Dallas defense for the next few months.
Who do you see winning the semifinal matches? Do you think Richmond can keep its run going?
Share your thoughts below.
Who will win the USOC Semi between Richmond and Chicago? Easy, Da Fire…I see the score Fire 246, Richmond -4
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The Richmond Kickers are the ONLY interesting thing about the US Open Cup. In a perfect world Richmond downs Chicago, 2-1.
Sounders own this tourney. Everyone else are just pretenders.
Harriet Tubman
I wish the Cup garnered more attention. It's great that Seattle's had success with it, but it's hardly an exciting tournament when teams like NY and LA don't even show up for games, playing second teams instead of firsts. The CCL ticket is the only bit that makes the final worth watching.
New York sucks. La ran out as many starters as we did. They just lost. Open Cup is great. How can you not wanna watch two of the three best teams in the league duke it out over a semifinal and the usl guys ai
for a third straight knockout of an mls side?
I feel bad for those who can't enjoy matches like these.
The final should be a matchup between the two MLS teams who deserve to be called kings of the cup, Seattle and Chicago. That way either team makes for a historic win. Three in a row for Sounders and tied all time most wins for Fire.
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Tonight's gonna be a hell of a game between FCD and Seattle.
George John is gonna play with a particular edge tonight, im sure, which should invigorate our team.
I just hope they assign a decent ref to this one.
Tim M.
I just could never root for a team with a name like "Red Bulls". Even worse, the "MagicJacks"!
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And Coach Ditka gets da first 200 goals. He learned a lot when he was in dat soccer movie a few years ago.
Let's go FCD!!!!!
I agree with Sammy. The USOC is a great tourney with a great history. It is great that Seattle has come in and brought more attention to this tourney and played the villain in the way they are dominating it right now.
I don't have time to talk about tonights game…the two hottest teams in MLS.
But yeah,
Assuming Fire-Sounders,
a 4 time champ going for a record 5
winner of the last two ( a team that has made the last 5 semi-finals, going back the USL days ) going for the ThreePeat…
That would have no interesting story lines.
Please please think before you post. Has there been a more interesting time in US Soccer ? NO.
Frantz Mathieu fan
All the way to defeat at Toyota Park.
USOC and Brimstone Cups back at their rightful place.
Are either of these games going to be on tv?
Can't see Dallas losing to any of these teams, not even Seattle. I think FCD has this all the way. Then again I thought the same thing about last year's MLS Cup.


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Types match up defensively, too. When one type resists another type's attack, the attack is "not very effective." In this scenario, we call the defending type "strong against" the attacking type. For example, if a Grass-type is attacked by a Water-type, the Grass-type sustains "not very effective" damage since watering a plant is the opposite of strategic.
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This phase I/II trial studies the best dose and side effects of dendritic cell therapy, cryosurgery and pembrolizumab in treating patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Vaccines, such as dendritic cell therapy made from a person's tumor cells and white blood cells may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. Cryosurgery kills cancer cells by freezing them. Monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving dendritic cell therapy, cryosurgery and pembrolizumab may work better at treating non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of pralatrexate in combination with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (CHOP) regimen in patients with newly diagnosed peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL).
To compare the effect of prophylactic oral or enteric apixaban versus no administration of systemic prophylactic anticoagulant during induction chemotherapy, on the composite endpoint of adjudicated non-fatal deep vein thrombosis (DVT, including asymptomatic and symptomatic), pulmonary embolism (PE), and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CSVT); and venous thrombosis (VTE) -related-death during 25-28 days of open-label treatment in pediatric subjects (1 to < 18 years) with newly diagnosed ALL or lymphoma (T or B cell), a functioning Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) and receiving pegylated L-asparaginase during chemotherapy induction. Also to assess the effect of prophylactic oral or enteric apixaban versus no administration of systemic prophylactic anticoagulant during induction chemotherapy, on adjudicated major bleeding events during 25-28 days of open-label treatment.
RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of tissue from patients with cancer to test in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future.
PURPOSE: This research study is collecting and storing tissue samples from patients with rare or cutaneous non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
This randomized phase III trial compares how well combination chemotherapy works when given with or without bortezomib in treating patients with newly diagnosed T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia or stage II-IV T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. Bortezomib may help reduce the number of leukemia or lymphoma cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It may also help chemotherapy work better by making cancer cells more sensitive to the drugs. It is not yet known if giving standard chemotherapy with or without bortezomib is more effective in treating T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma.
This is an open-label, multi-center, dose escalation study of REGN1979 administered as an IV (intravenous) infusion. This phase 1 study will investigate the safety and tolerability of REGN1979 in patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
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U.S. concede another late goal in Swiss draw
By Brian Homewood
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's Valentin Stocker netted an equalizer as United States continued their recent habit of conceding late goals and were held to a 1-1 draw in a friendly on Tuesday.
Brek Shea rifled home a free kick at the end of the first half to give Juergen Klinsmann's team a deserved lead but they were pegged back by with 10 minutes left after poor defending.
The visitors, who have won only two out of nine games since the World Cup as they undergo a rebuilding process, played the last quarter of the match with 10 men after having Jozy Altidore sent off.
Altidore, one of the most experienced players on the U.S. team, clipped an opponent from behind and was sent off as he argued about the decision with referee Luca Banti.
The U.S. conceded two goals in the last 10 minutes in last week's 3-2 defeat to Denmark and also gave away late goals in friendlies against Honduras (1-1), Ecuador (1-1), Colombia (1-2) and Ireland (1-4).
Nevertheless, Klinsmann was encouraged. "We are getting close to the 90 minutes we were playing at the World Cup," he told reporters.
"Overall, I saw a lot of good stuff from the entire group; it was enjoyable to see that everyone was throwing themselves in there to get a result against a good team...
"I told the players at halftime, you can commit fouls but never joke with an Italian referee," he added. Continued...


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Vintage Christmas Silver and Yellow Glass Tree Topper 1960's
Vintage Christmas Silver and Yellow Glass Tree Topper, Hand Painted and made for Liberty Bell Christmas, Inc, The vintage tree toppers are so much nicer then the ones that you can buy now. This topper is has a yellow bulb with silver poinsettia with highlights and a silver top part. It has an estimated age of 1960 to 1970 and was and made in Columbia.It is about 10" tall and is in very good condition, no chips, snowed area is excellent, bottom has a little wear to color where it was placed on the tree top, not noticeable when on the tree. It comes in the original box, box is in good condition and the it has original insert inside for the topper. Please see our other listings for additional vintage Christmas items.
Circa: 1960 to 1970
Condition: Used
Manufacturer: Liberty Bell Christmas, Inc
Goebel Hummel Ornament Rocking Horse Soldier House Antique Car
Cute set of Four Goebel Hummel Ornaments, this set was made in the 1980's. It includes a Rocking Horse, Toy Soldier, a House and an Antique Car. These ornaments were made by Goebel, the company that also makes Hummel figurines, they range in size from 1 1/2 inches to 2 1/2 inches tall, each is in excellent color and has the original foil Goebel W. Germany tag attached to the bottom. Perfect addition to your collection or for your holiday decorations!
Circa: 1980's
Condition: Used
Manufacturer: Goebel Hummel
Vintage Santa Land Glass Christmas Hand Blown Poland Ornaments
Vintage Santa Land Glass Christmas Ornaments, Box of 12, Hand Blown from Poland. These ornaments are often called mercury glass, they are hand blown and hand decorated. This set dates to the 1960's to 1970's.These ornaments are about 2 inches across, this box has an assortment of pink and white, pink and silver, gold, red and blue and gold and green with hand painted designs. All are in excellent bright and shinny condition, each ornament has Poland on the edge of silver hook attachment. Box is in good condition, cello on the lid is also in good condition and still attached to the box.Please see our other listings for additional Christmas items
Circa: 1960 to 1970
Condition: Used
Manufacturer: Santa Land
Vintage Christmas Santa Claus Ball Ornament Japan
Vintage Christmas Santa Claus Ball Ornament. This ornament is made of a very light weight ornament ball, probably some sort of an early plastic. It has either paper or felt features, missing one eyebrow, has paper feet along with a cloth string attached to his hat, string is broken but could easily be replaced. It is about 3 1/2" tall and about 2 1/4" across the widest part, has an estimated age of 1960's and appears to have been made in Japan. A nice addition to your Christmas collection or decor. Please see our listings for additional Christmas items.
Circa: 1960
Condition: Used
Manufacturer: Japan
Vintage Old World Red Gold Silver Glass Mica Christmas Tree Topper
Vintage Old World Red Glass Mica Christmas Tree Topper. So pretty! The vintage tree toppers are so much nicer then the ones that you can buy now. This topper is red with a double blub topper and gold and silver glitter decorations. It has an estimated age of 1960 to 1970, was handmade in Romania and was imported by Commodore Mfg.It is about 11 1/2 inches tall and is in excellent condition, no chips, snowed area is excellent, it comes in the original box, box is in also in excellent condition. Please see our other listings for additional vintage Christmas items.
Circa: 1960 to 1970
Condition: Used
Manufacturer: Old World
Vintage Santa Claus Japan Bell
Vintage Santa Claus Bell, Made in Japan. This is a nice old piece, estimated age is the 1950's. Santa is holding a gold bell in one hand and has his bag of toys over his shoulder. He is 4 1/2 inches tall, in excellent condition, no chips, gold on the edge his bell has some slight wear, has the original paper Made in Japan tag still attached. A lovely addition to your collection or as a decorative piece.
Circa: 1950
Condition: Used
Manufacturer: Japan
Hallmark China Poinsettia Holly Soup or Cereal Bowl
Hallmark China Poinsettia Holly Soup or Cereal Bowl. This pattern features a Poinsettia and Holly pattern on a white background and was produced in the 1980's. This bowl is 7 inches across and 1 1/2 inches deep. It is in excellent condition, perfect addition to your set! Please click on the quantity tab to select the number you would like to order and see our other listings for additional pieces.
Circa: 1980
Condition: Used
Manufacturer: Hallmark China
Vintage Bobble Head Santa Claus Figurine Plaster Chalkware
Vintage Bobble Head Santa Claus Figurine. This is an unusual piece, it is made of either plaster of chalkware. Very well detailed, Santa has blue eyes and a white fur beard. His body is plaster or chalkware, it has a wooden piece for the neck of which the head is mounted onto a spring. He is dressed in a traditional style Santa suit, is 7 1/2 inches tall and about 4 inches across. He is in very good condition, has some slight paint loss in spots and a small crack at the base of the head that does not affect use, a very hard to see chips on the edge of his hair along the forehead. A terrific addition to your Santa collection or for use at the Christmas season. Please see our other listing for additional vintage Christmas pieces.
Circa: 1950
Condition: Used
Manufacturer: Unknown
Princess House Crystal French Horn Christmas Ornament 1995 mib
Princess House Crystal French Horn Christmas Ornament, 1995. Made by Princess House, this pattern was introduced in 1984. Princess House products are sold exclusively through in home parties. This ornament was made in 1995 and is part of the Nativity series, has a French Horn on the front, is 4 inches tall and about 3 1/2 inches across and is in excellent condition. It has the original Princess House label attached, original paper insert and is in the original box, missing the stand that normally came with these ornaments. A wonderful addition to your collection or holiday decor! Please see our other listings for additional Princess House products.
Circa: 1995
Condition: Used
Manufacturer: Princess House Crystal
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Chapter 14: 20 Years AgoMature
"Mommy look at what I drew!"
"Its beautiful honey." Sandra casted her eyes down to her pride and joy. Her beautiful princess held a grin that stirred the happiness behind her weary eyes. She kissed the forehead of her little girl as her large scarlet eyes stared back at her.
"Go watch TV. Mommy will come play with you in a few minutes okay?"
"Yay!" The child ran off into another room as Sandra diverted her eyes back to the man across the table from her.
"You have a lovely daughter," the man said.
"Thank you."
"I suppose I should tell you why I came." He opened a briefcase laying in front of him and slid a series of pictures and documents across the table. Sandra meddled through the files as the representative stated his business.
"G.I.A.N.T. wants you to spearhead its latest project. The In-Gene, have you heard of it?"
"It created all that buzz during its discovery in that new species correct?"
"Indeed. And do you know what it is?"
"No, unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to learn about it."
"It's a memory gene present in the rare Numetar species that is copied and passed onto the offspring of its host during the DNA replication phase of sexual reproduction. The copy contains the sensational memory of the host, allowing the child to perceptively recall its parent's memory of an observation when the details are explained. Effectively, the child is able to learn everything its parent knew almost instantly upon recognition."
"That is quite the gene."
"'Quite the gene' would be an understatement."
Sandra nodded her head in approval. "I won't argue with that. I assume this project of yours is to find a way to use the gene in other species?"
"Correct again."
"Why do you want me?"
"Because your qualified."
"Well I appreciate the thought, but I'll decline. I enjoy working with my husband and the rest of G.I.A.N.T. military as opposed to the other branches. There are plenty of scientist who have my skill, in fact, I can give you a list of names right now." Sandra reached for a napkin and drew a pen from her pocket.
"It's not your skill that makes you qualified." The man declared, freezing Sandra as her look turned back to the less pleasant face of the man in front of her.
"It's your past." Sandra's smile faded as the man's look intensified.
"We need someone who's dealt with live specimens before-"
"No." she replied sharply as her face reddened.
"Now Mrs. Sanders you're the only one from the previous team that actually has the skill. You've experimented on humans who-"
"Humans who I didn't know were alive until after I'd accidentally cut one open before the drugs you told us to inject them kicked in!"
"And nonetheless, you achieved excellent results during that process. Out of the live humans you experimented on, ninety-five percent survived."
"I won't do that again. I will not look at the horrified faces of live people who ignorantly volunteered due to false advertising."
"I'm not giving you a choice." Silence hung in the air as the man's sinister look shifted to the room where the little girl sat with her eyes glued to the cartoons dancing across the screen.
He turned his head back, and without uttering a word, Sandra knew exactly what he was trying to do.
"You will not go near my daughter."
"Believe me, I have no intention to. You see the people who died in those experiments did so by your hands, due to the false advertising that you personally oversaw."
"I did no such thing."
"Oh? These records here prove otherwise." The Rep slid more files across the table, and Sandra looked with despair as the official seal of the very company she worked for had been placed on forged documents.
"It would be a shame if certain information got released to the public. I wonder who would take care of your little girl if you and your husband were serving a prison sentence." Tears were threatening to run freely as Sandra's heartbeat increased further.
"What do you mean me and my husband? What does this have to do with Hiksil?"
"Hiksil," the man convened, sliding more photos across the table, "has made some unwise career decisions, to say the least, in order to ensure that his family stays protected from those who would love to see him suffer."
"Why are you doing this?"
"Galactic Initiative for Advancing New Technology. That's why. You were once presented with a choice. The choice not to get involved. But you did. We are about advancing this technological age regardless of who or what may stand in our way. And if you won't contribute to advancing our cause willingly, then we will take other measures to ensure your allegiance. You will not be allowed to dishonor the code when you are called upon because you suddenly have a change of heart."
"You would kill half the galaxy if you had to and for what? Something that may or may not be accomplished?"
"Can't you imagine the possibility? Imagine if children at your daughter's age could know everything you know and why it was important or insignificant. Think of the advancement the world would see. Unlimited potential that would be tremendously incremented with each passing generation. Think about how long it would take for the world to cure all diseases and end hunger in the galaxy. Think of the future. Of the Utopia we could create. And it all starts with this gene. If we have to go through a couple hundred thousand, then so be it. Science is risk. Some part of you is curious, whether you acknowledge it or not."
"I'm not interested in the deaths of thousands," she protested. The man gathered his briefcase and stood.
"I'll make you a deal Mrs. Sanders. You give me my revolution, and when my name warrants billions and they hand me a position on the council, I'll completely erase your history and your husband's and you'll be free from this life. Now the project is in an old abandoned facility in the middle of one of our plants. I will enclose those details upon your official acceptance. I expect to see you next week, and I ask that you do not make any rash decisions that would force me to do something I don't want to do."
Sandra sat in her chair motionless as the memories of her previous work flared. She still remembered all to well the day when she found out her patients had been alive. The man who woke screaming as half of his organs lay in various containers. The terror in his eyes as he pleaded for his life as she took the knife and did what any compassionate person would have done. Put him out of his misery.
Her thoughts consumed her, and it wasn't until an hour later when her husband tapped her shoulder that she snapped out of her conscious.
"Everything alright?" He stood concerned as he met his wife's eyes and immediately knew the answer. He glanced into the other room to find his little princess sleeping in front of the TV. "They're going to take her," Sandra whispered. Hiksil's eyes darted back to his wife.
"They said that their going to take her if I don't do what they say." Hiksil felt his energy begin to escape his grips.
"Sandra what's going on? What happened?" Sandra began recounting her conversation with The Rep, pausing to control her sobs between. By the time she finished, Hiksil's feet kept him pacing and his eyes flared.
"I'll be damned if I let them take you or our daughter," he declared. "I swear, I'll kill any of them who try it."
"You can't fight the military Sil." Hiksil gritted his teeth and cursed at himself. How could he have known that the ambition to use his strength to make a difference in the galaxy would come back to haunt him? It had been 12 years since he first made the decision to join G.I.A.N.T., the corporation who's sole purpose was the advancement of technology throughout the galaxy. What better way to make a difference than to join their military and ensure its protection from the many threats who opposed them? It was an innocent ambition. How could he have known back then that he would have to sell his soul to achieve it. That the enemies he made would one day spend their waking moments planning his family's death, and that the acts he committed which threatened his freedom would be held over his head as he was told to abide by whatever sadistic plans were dreamed up. He felt used and controlled. He met his wife's eyes, trying desperately to think of a way out of the nightmare he'd been lulled into.
"I'll be starting next week," she said, breaking the silence between them.
"Sandra, no-"
"I have to Sil."
"You still have nightmares about the first experiments. How will you go through that again?"
Sandra cast her glance into the next room. Hiksil turned his head to his sleeping princess, and a pressure wrapped itself around his chest.
"That's how." Sandra vowed. Hiksil let his argument drop. Despite their love for each other, neither would be able to heal the wound that would be created at the loss of their angel. He would carry the blood in his hands, and she would lose her sanity before they allowed their daughter's demise.


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Rachel Platten
Growing up in Boston, Rachel remembers harmonizing with her family to finely crafted pop songs - from Sam Cooke to The Beatles - that dominated her parents' vinyl collection. As a teenager, Rachel gravitated towards, and began to become affected by, hip-hop and female singer-songwriters. "My CD collection was Tori Amos and Patti Griffin but then A Tribe Called Quest and Nas." The commonality between the two seemingly different genres: confessional and vulnerable songwriting.
As a kid, Rachel dreamt about music as a career but never really thought it could happen in real life. "I grew up playing classical piano and I knew I could sing but I had no model to follow creatively. The idea of growing up to be an artist seemed impossible." However, the electricity she felt on stage a decade earlier inspired Rachel to start chasing what she once thought was an impossible dream.
Ask Rachel what she wants people to take away from her music and she says, "I'm in love with the idea of connecting people. Bringing people together is to me, the most important thing we can do in this life. I feel like that's my mission with my music. I think that's why I'm getting this chance right now."
Hometown: Newton, MA
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Rachel Platten's wildly anticipated new album is Wildfire. The album includes the triple platinum single, "Fight Song", that dominated U.S. radio charts throughout 2015, and the new hit single, "Stand By You", co-written by Rachel along with Bleacher's Jack Antonoff, Joy Williams and Matt Morris.


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Cultural differences Part 3: Weird Gatorade
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BELFAST — I ventured into the Belfast Giants' locker room Friday to chat with Brett Hemingway, a forward for the Giants. I had gone to college with Hemingway but had never met him, so having the city of Belfast described in terms relative to Durham, N.H. was something this scribe could get on board with. The conversation revolved mainly around hockey and Jose Bautista (Hemingway is a Blue Jays fan), but one thing I had to bring up was what the guy next to him was drinking.
I had noticed this weird Sunny Delight-looking stuff that some of the Bruins were drinking when they were on the ice and later saw it in the team's refrigerator next to Zdeno Chara's locker. Hemingway said it's a drink called Lucozade, which is "like Gatorade here." He did point out that though there is Powerade, Vitamin Water, and other American beverages in Northern Ireland, he had never spotted Lucozade. Not sure it's worth trying. Still kind of looks like weird Sunny Delight.


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FBI transform
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In mathematics, the FBI transform or Fourier–Bros–Iagolnitzer transform is a generalization of the Fourier transform developed by the French mathematical physicists Jacques Bros and Daniel Iagolnitzer in order to characterise the local analyticity of functions (or distributions) on Rn. The transform provides an alternative approach to analytic wave front sets of distributions, developed independently by the Japanese mathematicians Mikio Sato, Masaki Kashiwara and Takahiro Kawai in their approach to microlocal analysis. It can also be used to prove the analyticity of solutions of analytic elliptic partial differential equations as well as a version of the classical uniqueness theorem, strengthening the Cauchy–Kowalevski theorem, due to the Swedish mathematician Erik Holmgren (1873–1943).
The Fourier transform of a Schwartz function f in S(Rn) is defined by
The FBI transform of f is defined for a ≥ 0 by
Thus, when a = 0, it essentially coincides with the Fourier transform.
The same formulas can be used to define the Fourier and FBI transforms of tempered distributions in S'(Rn).
Inversion formula[edit]
allows a function f to be recovered from its Fourier transform.
In particular
Similarly, at a positive value of a, f(0) can be recovered from the FBI transform of f(x) by the inversion formula
Criterion for local analyticity[edit]
Bros and Iagolnitzer showed that a distribution f is locally equal to a real analytic function at y, in the direction ξ if and only if its FBI transform satisfies an inequality of the form
for |ξ| sufficiently large.
Holmgren's uniqueness theorem[edit]
A simple consequence of the Bros and Iagolnitzer characterisation of local analyticity is the following regularity result of Lars Hörmander and Mikio Sato (Sjöstrand (1982)).
Theorem. Let P be an elliptic partial differential operator with analytic coefficients defined on an open subset X of Rn. If Pf is analytic in X, then so too is f.
When "analytic" is replaced by "smooth" in this theorem, the result is just Hermann Weyl's classical lemma on elliptic regularity, usually proved using Sobolev spaces (Warner 1983). It is a special case of more general results involving the analytic wave front set (see below), which imply Holmgren's classical strengthening of the Cauchy–Kowalevski theorem on linear partial differential equations with real analytic coefficients. In modern language, Holmgren's uniquess theorem states that any distributional solution of such a system of equations must be analytic and therefore unique, by the Cauchy–Kowalevski theorem.
The analytic wave front set[edit]
The analytic wave front set or singular spectrum WFA(f) of a distribution f (or more generally of a hyperfunction) can be defined in terms of the FBI transform (Hörmander (1983)) as the complement of the conical set of points (x, λ ξ) (λ > 0) such that the FBI transform satisfies the Bros–Iagolnitzer inequality
for y the point at which one would like to test for analyticity, and |ξ| sufficiently large and pointing in the direction one would like to look for the wave front, that is, the direction at which the singularity at y, if it exists, propagates. J.M. Bony (Sjöstrand (1982), Hörmander (1983)) proved that this definition coincided with other definitions introduced independently by Sato, Kashiwara and Kawai and by Hörmander. If P is an mth order linear differential operator having analytic coefficients
with principal symbol
and characteristic variety
In particular, when P is elliptic, char P = ø, so that
- WFA(Pf) = WFA(f).
This is a strengthening of the analytic version of elliptic regularity mentioned above.
- Folland, Gerald B. (1989), Harmonic Analysis in Phase Space, Annals of Mathematics Studies, 122, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-08528-5
- Gårding, Lars (1998), Mathematics and Mathematicians: Mathematics in Sweden Before 1950, American Mathematical Society, ISBN 0-8218-0612-2
- Hörmander, Lars (1983), Analysis of Partial Differential Operators I, Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3-540-12104-8 (Chapter 9.6, The Analytic Wavefront Set.)
- Iagolnitzer, Daniel (1975), Microlocal essential support of a distribution and local decompositions – an introduction. In Hyperfunctions and theoretical physics, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 449, Springer-Verlag, pp. 121–132
- Krantz, Steven; Parks, Harold R. (1992), A Primer of Real Analytic Functions, Birkhäuser, ISBN 0-8176-4264-1. 2nd ed., Birkhäuser (2002), ISBN 0-8176-4264-1.
- Sjöstrand, Johannes (1982), "Singularités analytiques microlocales. [Microlocal analytic singularities]", Astérisque, 95: 1–166
- Trèves, François (1992), Hypo-analytic structures: Local theory, Princeton Mathematical Series, 40, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-08744-X (Chapter 9, FBI Transform in a Hypo-Analytic Manifold.)
- Warner, Frank (1983), Foundations of differential geometry and Lie groups, Graduate texts in mathematics, 94, Springer-Verlag, ISBN 0-387-90894-3


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'Trouble with the Curve' lets us down in the last reel
Robert Lorenz's first feature as director is a movie that wants to be a baseball classic, something that will get replayed on TV around the beginning of the play-offs for forty years. "Trouble with the Curve" has features of interest. But the script lets us down in the last reel.
The movie stars Clint Eastwood as Gus, an old baseball scout for the Braves. He is also a widower who sent his only child, Mickey (Amy Adams) to grow up elsewhere. Now in her thirties, she's a rising associate in a big Atlanta law firm.
Father and daughter are each facing a professional crisis. Mickey is in the running to become a law firm partner when the Braves' head of scouting (John Goodman) calls to tell her there is something wrong with her father's health. Gus has macular degeneration and is losing his eyesight.
Mickey takes a few days off from work and her supervisors bring her rival for the partnership in to finish a job she has started. Nevertheless, while she is checking on her father she finally hears his explanation for his having sent her away when she was a kid. And she meets a young former Gus signee, an ex Bosox pitcher now a Bosox scout named Johnny Flannigan (Justin Timberlake). A romance develops between them.
Johnny and Gus are both out to scout a high school slugger. This kid can hit the ball hard. But he is a braggart. And Gus concludes that he isn't ready to hit curve ball pitches. As a sidelight, one of the people the slugger bullies is a young man who works at the motel where Gus and Mickey are staying. This guy can throw, we learn early on. We learn more about him later.
Poor Matthew Lillard, a talented screen figure, plays a Braves executive out to prove himself to the club's General Manager (Robert Patrick). He has secretly sent his own scout out to see the slugger, and his scout has reported that the kid will be a major league sensation for whichever team drafts him.
So far, so good. But here the plot gets into trouble. Johnny's outing as a scout ends in his dismissal. He blames Gus and Mickey. The viewer will blame the writer, as they recognized that even Boston's organization can't care who the Braves pick after them in the draft.
Mickey's professional troubles stop being dramatized. And the scene the script uses to resolve Gus's is hoaky. Lillard, who played Shaggy from Scooby Do in a couple of movies, is asked to be a cartoon character again here.
But there is some fun to be had watching this eventually disappointing movie. For one thing, it puts Eastwood, a bona fide old-time movie star, in scene after scene beside Adams, a terrific film actor. He does all the glowering and muttering we love. She creates a new character. We like both. Both are good. But they are different.
Then, too, this is a movie that gets up and moves around. We spend a little time in the law firm's conference room, some in Gus's bungalow, some in different offices belonging to the Braves organization, and so on. We are in motel rooms, diners—several of these—and bars, at least four various ballparks, in a pond in rural North Carolina, and on several sets of roads. There is a flashback to incidents involving a horse who, years ago, raced around the base paths as part of a game promotion.
And speaking parts. Heck, there must be twenty actors who have lines. In comparing this to the six or eight in the much smaller-scale thriller movie I saw twenty-four hours earlier, I got to wondering about a glasses-wearing ball player the slugger twice belittles.
A good movie finds ways to act out whatever is important. In that way "Trouble with the Curve" is a good movie. Too bad about the forced late developments.


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Canada's Brookfield to buy freight firm Asciano for $8.84 bln
Aug 17 (Reuters) - Canada's Brookfield Infrastructure said it will buy Australia's rail freight firm Asciano Ltd for about A$12 billion ($8.84 billion).
Asciano shareholders will receive A$6.94 in cash and A$2.21 in Brookfield Infrastructure Ltd Partnership units for every share held, which works out to A$9.15, Brookfield said on Monday.
The offer is a 13 percent premium to Asciano's last traded price of A$8.11. Asciano requested a trading halt on Monday. ($1 = 1.35 Australian dollars) (Reporting by Sneha Banerjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
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