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Disclaimer: I do not own anything – Prince of Tennis, the characters, music, businesses, companies, etc…
Warnings: sexual themes, obscene language, potential insanity, perverse humor, very slow moving plot, Americanized society, OCs, etc...
Note: this story is different. It is non-yaoi (AKA: no boy/boy love), but it is not grossly filled with OC/cannon romance. It's simply my take on how the regulars would be in high school (with focus on different characters as the story goes on), who their out-of-club friends are, and what life can throw at you when you don't expect it. Please remember that this story is Americanized and not accurate to Japanese culture.
Note II: a special thanks and lots of love to xxTemarixx, my kinda-sorta-beta-who-sold-her-soul-to-me, because without her this story would be nothing.
Chapter 1.
Everybody's a bit odd, and Rikkaidai was no different. They were no longer the tennis prodigies of the junior high tennis circuit. They were eight young men struggling to find their role in the high school game – the bad boy, the best friend, the golden boy, the forgotten, the ace, the loner, the nerd, the prodigy.
They would laugh a little too loud, hold their heads a little higher than they deserved to, talk more talk than they could walk, get a little too lost in the clouds, fall too far in love. But none of that ever hurt anyone. Besides, that was what made them who they were, the egotistical jocks that lived for the next match.
They were a family, that group of ragtag kids.
Marui didn't own an alarm clock at the age of eighteen. He didn't see a point in buying one. When he was younger, his mother would wake him up. By the time Marui had turned seven, he had found his own personal alarm clock, a wakeup call of sorts.
Marui rolled onto his side, pulling his blanket up over his body, trying to get a few more seconds of snuggling with his bed before his wakeup call arrived. He was dreaming that he could fly, that clouds were cotton candy, and that he was flying right through the middle of a neon green cloud that he –
Marui groaned. That familiar 'ping' against his window, a rock thrown from the driveway, tossed with perfect aim and just enough force to scare the living daylights out of him, was his wakeup call.
Marui crawled down to the end of his bed, opening up the window that was there and sticking his head out, shivering as crisp autumn air wrapped around him. In his driveway was a short girl wearing the smallest size of the Rikkaidai High's girls' uniform.
"Good mornin', Sunshine," she said.
There's a complicated story behind that girl, Suzuki Akira. Several odd stories as well. The shortest story of them all being that when Marui was seven, in the sandbox, she took his shovel, so he took his gum out of his mouth and stuck it in her hair. She punched him and told him he would die of cooties if he did that again. They became best friends after that, though neither of them are sure why.
"You're evil, Akira," Marui said, running a hand through his bed head. "It's still dark out."
Suzuki probably narrowed her eyes –Marui couldn't tell in the darkness – putting her hands on her slim hips. "Well, I have practice at six thirty today, and I wake you up when I walk by. Now get up, or suck it up and buy a freakin' alarm clock!"
Suzuki was pitcher and captain of the softball team, the one Rikkaidai team that rarely made it to the Kantou Tournament, let alone Nationals. She wanted to take the team to Nationals, even if that meant working them to death by scheduling practices at six in the goddamn morning.
"Excuse me-eeee," Marui said rudely, yawning towards the end. He waited until he could feel his cheeks again before realizing that he had no chance in winning in an argument against Suzuki. (He never did.) He sighed and asked, "Can we stop and get McDonalds? I can't go another morning without breakfast."
Suzuki groaned loudly, tossing her head back. A second later, she set her head back straight and sighed. "Fine. Whatever. Just hurry the hell up, Bunta."
Marui smiled, doing a mental victory dance as he rolled off his bed, heading straight for his uniform, which was… somewhere.
Suzuki just stared from across the booth at Marui as he ate. Marui's 'breakfast' was basically a heart attack on a tray – a coffee with three creams and four sugars, some greasy bagel, and six hash-browns with a pound of ketchup for each. Suzuki sighed, shaking her head as she grabbed her water and took a sip.
"What?" Marui asked, hearing her sigh.
She just shook her head again, smiling. "Nothing."
"Seriously, tell me."
"Nothing," Suzuki insisted, setting her cup down, reaching towards Marui's tray and grabbing a hash-brown. "I just thought of something funny."
"Tell me."
Marui narrowed his eyes, pouting on the inside because he was too much of a man to push his bottom lip out. "Fine… jerk…"
Suzuki rolled her eyes, leaning back in the booth. "Bunta, you're such a–" She jumped, feeling two strong arms wrap around her neck, hands playing with the bow of her uniform.
"You on a date, Toots?"
Suzuki clenched her jaw, grabbing the arms and unwrapping them from her neck. She turned slightly so she was face to face with Ito Ryuu, captain of the baseball team.
"Shut up," she said, rolling her eyes when he slid into the booth next to her.
"You didn't answer my question," Ito said, and then he added, "Toots."
Suzuki punched him in the arm, hard. "Don't call me Toots!"
Marui just watched. He never understood those two, or their hatred for each other. Whenever he asked Suzuki, she would tell him that it softball and baseball can never live in peace because, well, they just can't. She would tell him that Ito and she were like dinosaurs and the meteor.
Suzuki pushed Ito out of the booth, sticking her tongue out at him. Ito smirked as though he had thought of the best come back in the world. When he opened his mouth, someone stepped over him, saying, "Oh, shut up, Ito. No one cares."
Marui moved over in the booth, allowing Niou to sit down next to him. The Trickster grabbed Marui's coffee, taking off the lid to take a sip. He grimaced, setting the cup back down. "Ew."
Out of the corner of her eye, Suzuki saw Ito push himself up, looking at her as he walked out of the restaurant. She rolled her eyes and sighed, realizing she had just rolled her eyes for what felt like the umpteenth time that morning, and it was barely six.
"You okay?" Niou asked Suzuki. He wasn't nearly as good friends with Suzuki as Marui was – he wouldn't even call them friends – but she was by far better than all the preppy girls that flocked to Marui like seagulls.
"Yup." Suzuki nodded, playing with the straw in her cup. "I'm turning over a new leaf, though. I'm becoming a lesbian. It'll save me the trouble of dealing with testosterone filled douches."
"I thought you were a lesbian," Niou said, picking up Marui's coffee again. "I mean, you are on the softball team. And you're the captain. You're Queen of the Lesbians."
"I am not a lesbian!" Suzuki snapped her leg out, trying to kick Niou, but failed. "Besides," she continued, "you're on the tennis team. Aren't you gay?"
Niou snorted, taking another sip of the coffee. He grimaced (again) and set it back down. "Tennis is a manly sport."
"And softball isn't?" Suzuki questioned.
Niou gave her a smartass grin. "It is a manly sport. That's why you're a lesbian."
Suzuki tried to kick him again, but still couldn't. She was too short. She was shorter than Marui, and he was only 166cm (5'5") – that's saying something. She pressed her lips together in a small pout, sinking down into the booth.
"You suck," she mumbled.
"I do not," he said before taking another sip of Marui's coffee. He grimaced (yet again) and looked at Marui. "I don't get how you can drink this."
"If you don't like it, don't drink it," Marui said, finishing off his bagel. He watched out of the corner of his eye as Niou took another sip, wrinkling his nose. Marui sighed. Suzuki rolled her eyes.
Niou and Marui were sitting on a bench by the baseball/softball fields, lazily watching the girls' softball team run laps until morning tennis practice started.
"So why are you up so early?" Marui asked, slinging an arm over the back of the bench. "Going to McDonalds at six in the morning isn't your thing. McDonalds isn't your thing no matter what time of day."
Niou shrugged, looking down at his phone. "I stayed up all night helping 'roshi with student council crap so he would have time to play during practice, and I wouldn't have to sit on the bench like a first year without a doubles partner. I got hungry and he didn't, so I went to McDonalds."
"I say we murder him," Marui said, watching as Suzuki tossed a ball back and forth with the catcher. "I think the murder of the student council president would be pretty big news. Maybe then our newspaper would have something to write about."
"Speaking of 'roshi… He just texted me saying we're late," Niou said, grabbing his things and standing up.
Marui stood up, grabbing his things as well. "I hate morning practice."
The two managed to take three full steps before a girl walked up to them, her eyes locked on Marui's shoes.
"Marui-senpai," she said softly, "can I talk to you?"
Marui looked at Niou, who rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll meet you in the club room." He gave the girl a grin. "Good luck, Sweetheart."
She blushed. Marui wanted to kick him.
The regulars had their own lockers and showers in the back of the club room. Yagyuu was standing in front of his open locker, undoing his buttons with precise movements of his fingers. He looked in his mirror, his eyes locked on the door.
"Where are those two?" Jackal asked, walking over to Yagyuu as he zipped up his jersey.
"Heck if I know," Yagyuu said, slipping off his shirt and grabbing his polo. "But if I am forced to run laps because my partner is late, I will not be happy."
Jackal snorted. "You say that all the time, but complain when he isn't late. You know you love the drama."
"I love books. I hate plays." Yagyuu undid his belt, looking at the mirror on the door of his locker. He jumped, putting his hand over his heart in a dramatic fashion, turning around to be face-to-face with his partner.
Jackal rolled his eyes, poking Yagyuu, who looked like he was going to kill someone. "What?" Yagyuu hissed.
"Just wanted to get you to shut up." Jackal ignored Yagyuu's sarcastic reply, looking at Niou. "Where the hell is Bunta? I don't want to run laps, unlike this Drama Queen."
Niou smirked, putting an arm around Yagyuu's shoulders. "See, even Jackal thinks you're a girl."
Yagyuu ducked away from Niou's arm, 'accidentally' hitting him with his belt when he pulled it out of his belt loops. With an evil smirk, Yagyuu said, "My bad."
Niou grabbed his thigh, cursing under his breath. "You've been spending way too much time with me."
"Yo," Jackal said, snapping. "Think, Niou, Bunta."
"Yes, Niou, tell us, where is Marui," Yukimura said, walking up to them, looking like a killer bee in all that yellow and black.
"He's coming," Niou said, gently nudging Jackal away from his locker so he could change. "Some girl stopped him right before we came in."
"Does Marui-senpai have another girlfriend?" Kirihara asked, groaning. "Didn't he just break up with what's-her-face last week?"
"Yes," Jackal said. "He seems to have more girls confessing to him than Niou does this year."
"Losing your touch, Niou?" Yukimura asked, smirking in a teasing way.
Niou rolled his eyes. "Suck my dick, Yukimura."
The door to the club room opened up, and half of the regulars made cat calls or yelled "hey, sexy!" when they saw the pink envelope in his hand. The other members of the club just continued changing at their cubbies – this was a weekly thing, the regulars getting new girlfriends or getting confessed to.
"Very funny," Marui mumbled, yanking his locker open and shoving the letter into the top.
"So, who was it?" Kirihara asked anxiously.
"Some girl I do clean-up duty with on Wednesdays," Marui replied boringly, stripping out of his school uniform and into the yellow of the tennis team.
"Well, what did you say?" Kirihara asked.
"I told her no, but it would be great if we could be friends and blah-blah-blah… I forget."
"You're so mean to those girls," Yagyuu said. "They have feelings, you know."
"Hey," Marui said defensively, "it's not like I'm one of those guys who talk about all the 'hot ass' they get. I just turn girls down, occasionally say yes, and end up getting dumped because apparently I'm an asshole."
"Hurry up and get changed," Yukimura said, not caring in the least. Yukimura turned to face the rest of the club room, and blew the whistle that was hanging around his neck. "Genchirou and Renji have hidden a dozen balls around the courts. Whoever finds a ball is excused from afternoon practice."
"Wait, I'm still changing –"
"I don't care. Go. Now."
Half of them were still in their underwear when they sprinted out of the club room.
"Sucks that you didn't find a ball," Niou said, putting an arm around Kirihara's shoulder as Niou, Marui and him walked through the halls. The Trickster rolled a tennis ball in his hand. "I bet Buchou is going to assign an ass load of laps."
Marui made a noise of disagreement, tossing his ball slightly into the air and catching it in an over dramatic manner. "Nah. I bet you guys are going to the weight room and doing squats."
"Why couldn't you get a ball again?" Niou asked, grinning like the devil.
"I can't climb trees, sue me. And get off of me, I hate being touched," Kirihara said, knocking Niou's arm off of him.
"So does that mean you don't touch yourself?" Marui asked, grinning just like Niou.
"Perverts," Kirihara mumbled.
"You know you love us in a non-queer way," Niou said, putting his arm back around Kirihara's shoulders.
"Whatever you say, Senpai," Kirihara said, ducking away from Niou and making a sharp right down a hallway towards his first class.
Niou and Marui kept walking, discussing their upcoming chemistry test.
Marui and Niou pulled a slide-into-the-door-as-the-bell-rings, receiving odd locks from the rest of their class because the bell hadn't rung. So, basically, they pulled a slide-into-the-room-like-losers.
"I am not friends with you," Suzuki said as Marui sat in front of her and Niou beside her.
"Our weird antics are the highlight of your day, Akira, and you know it," Marui said, going through his bag for his book. He set his book on his desk, opening to the back cover. "Did you study?" he asked, curious as he stared at a picture of the periodic table.
Suzuki furrowed her brow. "Study? Why the hell would I do that?"
"That huge unit test?" Marui suggested. "The one on thermodynamics?"
"Crap." Suzuki hit her head against her desk. (Twice.)
"I'm starving," Suzuki groaned as the lunch bell rang. "I failed a test, and now I'm going to die of hunger before my mom can kill me. Awesome."
"If you're hungry, then eat," Marui said, turning his desk around to face Niou and her.
"Eat what?" Suzuki asked. "The crap I tossed together this morning? Yes, nasty sushi and half-cooked rice. Yum."
"Oh, come on," Marui said, waving his chop sticks towards the bento she had put on her desk, "it can't be that bad."
"Yeah, right," Niou snickered, "and I'm an incredible ballerina."
"Would you rather starve to death?" Marui asked.
"Are you kidding me? Of course I wou – AHH!" Suzuki jumped out of her seat violently, gaining the attention of their entire class.
"What?" Marui and Niou asked, jumping up as well.
"Spider!" Suzuki yelled, pointing down at the ground next to her chair.
"… spider?"
"Yeah. Spider."
"Spider? You gave me a heart attack because you saw a spider?" Niou asked, looking for the so-called spider she had seen as he sat down.
"I hate spiders," Suzuki said defensively as she cautiously sat back down.
"She does," Marui said, also sitting back down. "It's the only girly thing about her."
"Shut up, Bunta."
"Why? What with the ability to beat a tank to a bloody pulp, it's good to know that you are indeed the proud owner of your very own vagina," Marui said, smiling, obviously teasing.
"So you can just buy a vagina? I don't think it works like that," she said.
"You need proof of purchase, obviously. You get them at an auction, just like dried up penises and unicorn horns."
"One vagina, going once, going twice – two hundred thousand yen! Do I hear three hundred thousand?" Suzuki said, using her chopsticks as a microphone. "No? Two hundred thousand for one vagina – going once, going twice – sold!"
Marui laughed. Suzuki choked on air. Niou just stared, disturbed beyond words.
The three sprinted out of the school when the last bell rang. They changed into their street shoes, knocked people with their bags, and might have pushed someone, but they didn't care. That was just who they were.
"I win!" Marui yelled, doing a dorky victory dance at the school gate.
Seconds later, Suzuki was running up to Marui with Niou. "I'd rather lose and look sane than win and look like an idiot."
Huffing, Niou rolled his eyes. "You're both idiots; let's just leave it at that."
They shrugged.
"I'll see you guys later," Niou said, stuffing his hands into his pockets.
"Wait. Don't you guys have practice?" Suzuki asked, looking between the two. Marui pulled a tennis ball out of his pocket, Niou doing the same. "Glad to know you two got your balls back."
Marui pulled at her hair gently. "We get to ditch. What about you?"
Suzuki rubbed her head, glaring at Marui. "Tennis is in the weight room, Ito and the douche bags are using the fields, and soccer is in the gym."
Softball never got priority. The team wasn't a national level team, so they were overruled when it came to signing up to use the athletic areas of the school. Suzuki had had countless arguments with the other captains and the principal, claiming that the reason they aren't national level is because they aren't given the chance to practice – she was always ignored.
"Yeah, whatever, see ya guys later," Niou said, walking a different direction from the other students leaving the school, hands in his pockets.
Niou was different from the other Rikkaidai kids. He wasn't a druggie, trailer trash kid like everyone thought. No. He was the opposite. He lived in the upper part of the town in some gated community in some big house. He didn't tell people, because he knew people would look at him differently if they knew his dad was the CEO of that huge software company. He didn't care what they said about him, and he didn't care that his friends didn't have the money he had.
"Wanna go get a smoothie?" Marui asked.
Suzuki shrugged. "Why not?"
The two began to walk, making small talk and jokes.
In the end, it was just another day.
A/N: This was more of an introduction chapter than anything. Opinions?


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Hello, I was wondering if there are weight restricitons re: liposuction? Do you need to be a certain BMI to be a good canidate for lipo? Why chosew lipo versus tummy tuck? Thanks.
Is there a BMI Weight Limit for Liposuction?
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Liposuction and BMI
1) Are you goals for the surgery achievable with liposuction? E.g. Liposuction is not a weight loss procedure, even though you will lose a few pounds. It is more to contour areas of the body.
2) Is your weight stable? i.e. does it fluctuate upwards or downwards more than 10lbs? Weight gain after liposuction will diminish your body contouring results as the remaining fat cells enlarge to store more energy. In addition, you may that other parts of the body that were not liposuctioned may enlarge disproportionately compared to pre-liposuction weight gain. If your weight is stable, your results will also be stable.
3) There are increase risks with liposuction if your BMI is greater than 30.
I would recommend that you visit with a board certified plastic surgeon who can work with you to discuss your goals and discuss whether liposuction is the right procedure for you. In our practice, we offer a pre-surgical and post-surgical weight management program to balance our patient's weight and body contouring goals.
Liposuction is not for weight loss.
Liposuction is not for weight loss and has different goals than a tummy tuck.
- removes excess fat
- contours the shape of the body
- offers only very minimal improvement in skin tightening unless you use SmartLipo (50% greater tightening of skin over traditional liposuction)
Tummy tuck:
- removes excess skin from the abdominal area
- flattens the profile of the abdomen
- only removes the fat that is attached to the skin being removed
In general it is best to consult with a board certified plastic surgeon that has the ability to perform any procedure and let them help you decide which one is going to help you the most.
BMI doesn't mean much when assessing liposuction areas.
Liposuction is done to individual areas of localized fat and is unique to each person. Fat floats on water so it by itself doesn't weight as much as it looks. Some patients are thin and have just a particular pouch or bulge which needs liposuctioning under local anesthesia. BMI's are not usually used in accessing the areas of localized fat for liposuctions. Sincerely,
David Hansen,MD
Web reference: http://www.TheBestLipoDoc.com/drdavidhansen/landing/
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BMI and Liposuction
There is no hard and fast rule. Every patient needs to be evaluated as an individual taking into account their anatomy, fat distribution, goals and expectations. You should be at your baseline weight before having any procedure. Liposuction and tummy tuck are NOT weight loss procedure. Tummy tuck is great for patients with loose skin, moderate fat, and roundness (diastasis or separation of their muscles) of the abdomen. Liposuction is good at contouring fat. Sometimes tummy tuck and abdominoplasty can be done at the same time.
It would be best if you post pictures so we can give you more specific advice.
Good Luck.
Web reference: http://www.Shafer PlasticSurgery.com
Better to have normal BMI
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BMI and liposuction
One thing to remember is that liposuction is not done to achieve weight loss. Liposuction is performed for body contouring -- in other words, the best candidates and the best results are achieved in patients who are at their goal weight but have problem areas like "saddle bags" (the outer thigh bulges), the inner thighs, the waist or "love handles", back, etc. While there is no strict hard and fast rule as to what your BMI should be, if you require large volume liposuction of very large areas, there are more risks associated with the surgery. I would suggest that you discuss these issues with a board certified plastic surgeon. Good luck!
Weight an important concern before considering liposuction.
Having photos or your height and weight would help answer this question specifically for you. Liposuction is not for, and should not be used for, weight loss. The best candidates for liposuction and those who get the best results are patients whose weight is close to their ideal body weight and who have local collections of fat that is diet and exercise resistant. Calculators to figure your BMI are available on the web. A BMI of 19 - 24 is considered normal, 25 - 29 is overweight, 30 - 39 is obese and > 39 is morbidly obese. So a BMI above 30 has less chance to achieve a good result and has more potential complications. As for the choice between liposuction or a tummy tuck: Liposuction removes the local fat collections to help refine a persons contour. A tummy tuck cuts away excess fat and skin from the abdomen, when the tissues are loose and hanging and would not respond to liposuction. A tummy tuck also allows the tightening of the abdominal muscles should they be separated from prior weight gain or pregnancy.
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Well, I'm glad to say that I've moved from thinking about stop motion to working on the set and the figures.
This video is exactly how I made my armature, but I did use a different kind of wire, and I used wool roving instead of batting.
The self-stick bandages are such a good idea and I've never worked with epoxy putty before- it all works together so well. I'm happy I have a sturdy, poseable figure. Now to knit her skin and clothing.
The figure I started making looked bad because she was knit at too loose a gauge. So with some laceweight wool in hand, I'm starting over with her body. Now that I have a wire armature, I only need to knit her hands, feet and head, since the rest of her will be covered with clothing- a blue knit dress and tiny Noro shawl.
Laura and Abby (and Margot!) came over the other day and we began working on the set. Laura is an expert cardboard model builder, and I am go glad she's generously contributing her expertise to my project.
It is SO fun to work on this together, reminds me of the fun we had making furniture and accessories for the dollhouses we had as pre-teens. I'm looking forward getting the walls and floors done so we can move on to the small furnishings (and filming!)
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I don't have nearly as much in progress this week as Katie does-my main objective lately has been staying cool and not getting super grumpy cause of the heat! Today I am; working away on a shawl, helping Eli wind yarn for finger knitting and turning the notes scrawled in my sketchbook into a legitimate knitting pattern...


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As the 1970s recede into the distance, they look more and more like the most dangerous of all the decades. The entire population smoked. Children ran out compulsively from behind ice cream vans. Public information films were rush-released to curb the fashion for flying kites next to electricity pylons. And on prime time TV the original-version Superstars showcased a dominant strain of Hai Karate-drenched, defiantly macho sporting masculinity.
The current version of Superstars, which retains the format of sporting celebrities trying to beat each other in unusual disciplines, showcases other things - chiefly the team captain Steve Redgrave's paunch. So often did Redgrave's epicurean gut appear in shot that by the end it had begun to assume its own potent on-screen symbolism, like the Ferris wheel in The Third Man or the original Death Star. "Steve, not quite at his rowing weight," observed the commentator Phil Liggett, ungallantly and unnecessarily, as Redgrave hustled on the basketball court. "Steve, hauling your bulk up there - it looked hard!" growled the anchorman Jim Rosenthal, immediately after a quivering attempt at the climbing wall. Rosenthal, who really is too good for all this, did at least manage to sound genuinely thrilled throughout, as though only now slaking his voracious appetite for watching people you vaguely recognise doing PE.
This is the real problem with Superstars: it does not actually have any superstars, not current ones like they had in the 70s. Kevin Keegan was England's most famous footballer when he fell off his bike on a 1976 episode. Keegan crashed (losing "most of the skin on my back") because he was desperate to beat Ruud Krol, another genuine star. Keegan did win but ended up being rushed to hospital where he spent three days on a drip.
Against that level of high-end bravado the current lot look slightly insipid: a mixture of jobbing reality-TV Lee Sharpe-types and proper, albeit minor sports people, like the spunky skeleton bobsleigh champ Shelley Rudman. The events themselves are disappointingly sensible and risk-averse. No matter how many times Liggett urges you to "look at those fingers gripping on!" indoor rock climbing is simply not a spectator sport, with or without a heart-rending Martin Offiah vertigo back-story ("I had to face my fears").
In addition there were too many kids in the audience, lending a slightly Crackerjack feel. This came to a head in the squat thrusts, for which a group of 30 children were seated directly behind Redgrave's thrusting, Lycra-clad buttocks and ordered to chant "Steve! Steve!" as the heavily sweating knight juddered back and forth.
Sky Sports' coverage of the Edgbaston Test offered a vision of a more dignified sporting elephants' graveyard. This, you feel, is what our retired colossi should be doing with themselves. Commentary teams tend to be recruited under the boyband principle of something for everyone (the cute one, the tough one, the traumatically gay one) and Sky has assembled a brilliantly well-balanced cast. Nasser Hussain brings passion, occasionally verging on fury. David Gower still sounds as if he is making where's-the-corkscrew gestures and waving around a rather nice bottle of Chablis. David Lloyd is The Funny One, although he is better when he puts away the tickling stick, deflates the whoopee cushion and just talks cricket in his wonderfully restful broadcasting voice. At Edgbaston he even looked a bit like a cricket bat, the kind of lean, brown, linseed-soaked Denis Compton Special that lurks at the bottom of the kitbag.
Increasingly the presence in the box of Mike Atherton looks like a brilliantly prescient attempt to lend a coherent voice to England's gathering decline. Atherton is the team's brain. He is not an obviously bubbly Sky Sports kind of chap. A post-collapse interview with the batting coach, Andy Flower, had an air of visceral Joy Division-style melancholy about it, with its fluent references to pain, disappointment and negativity.
Actually it was quite uplifting amid the gloom. In fact Atherton would make a brilliant cast-against-type presenter on Superstars. "Steve, still struggling terribly on the pommel horse - a premonition, perhaps, of his own inevitable old age, incapacity and death. Two points there, then." Not exactly dangerous but frightening perhaps.


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Rush defense – The 'Noles ran for just 141 yards on 38 carries (average of 3.7 per attempt), and disregarding Adrian McPherson's yards – which included two sacks – FSU ran for 95 yards on 27 attempts (3.5 per carry). UNC also stopped 16 Seminole rushing attempts for two yards or less. The Heels made a lot more contact at the line of scrimmage than in recent games and also swarmed laterally better. More tackles were made wide than in any game since perhaps Syracuse. It also ended a string of 100-yard rushers in each loss this season.
Late 3rd quarter – Lets face it, considering the Heels' monumental struggles of late, trailing just 20-7 late in the third quarter was major progress. Had Carolina not missed some opportunities earlier in the game (missed FG, dropped INTs, dropped passes, penalties), the score at that point could have been much closer. But, all things considered, 20-7 with three minutes left in the third, especially at Doak Campbell Stadium, is a step forward.
Bobby Blizzard – Blizzard caught six passes for 100 yards, including his fifth touchdown of the season. He has excellent hands and consistently turns up field. He is difficult to bring down and has a tremendous attitude.
Dexter Reid – Reid played an excellent game despite a season-low five tackles. In fact, that he had so few tackles is a major positive for the Heels. That means other players were making plays instead of Reid, the team's free safety, bailing the team out as he has all season. He also had a sack and a pair of pass deflections.
Doug Justice – It has appeared much of the time this season as if the Heels have had no middle linebackers, but on Saturday there was little room for FSU to run up the middle most of the day. Justice and the other LBs were much better against the run, and Justice himself was as quick as he has been all year, showing decent sideline-to-sideline ability, and improved success tackling. He led the Tar Heels with nine tackles.
Derrick Johnson – Johnson played his best game of the year. He was beaten a few times, but also made some plays. His sack of Adrian McPherson stymied an FSU drive and forced the Seminoles to kick a field goal when they went up 3-0 in the second quarter. He was in on six tackles, broke up two passes, and was responsible for some quality coverage at times.
Jacque Lewis - Lewis ran the ball 11 times for 61 yards with a long of 32 on UNC's first scoring drive. Although he did fumble on the run, the Heels recovered and scored two plays later. He ran hard and turned a few no-gainers into two and three yard runs.
Pass defense at times – The Heels deflected nine passes and forced McPherson into some poor throws and to simply throw the ball away on a few more attempts. Overall, McPherson's stats (15-30, 237 yards, 4 TDs) were quite good, but had UNC's performance more resembled the last month his numbers would have been far more impressive.
Third down defense – FSU was just 5-13 on third downs.
0-7 – For just the second time ever, UNC has reached the seven-loss mark in ACC play. The only other time UNC lost seven ACC games was in Mack Brown's second year (1989), when Carolina went 0-7, and 1-10 overall.
9th loss of season – The loss to Florida State means this UNC club is now the third losing-est Carolina football team ever. Only Brown's first two teams that each went 1-10 have lost more games than the 2002 Heels. Only four other UNC teams finished with eight losses, one coming in 1999. So, four of the seven losing-est teams in Carolina history have come in the last 15 years, dating back to Brown's first season in Chapel Hill.
11 wins in 11-plus months – The loss also means UNC remains stuck on just 11 wins combined in its two main sports programs (football and men's basketball) since early last December.
Penalties – UNC was penalized nine times for 75 yards, but a few of the penalties were crucial. One erased a converted third down for UNC and another was an offsides on the Heels on a third-and-two for FSU at the UNC 22. The 'Noles later scored on that possession.
Turnover ratio – The Heels gave the ball away three times to none for the Seminoles. UNC is minus-10 for the season in turnover ratio. No other ACC team is in the negative. Wake Forest is plus-14.
Field position – Carolina's average starting field position was its own 19-yard-line. FSU's was its own 42. The difference is 23 yards per possession better the 'Noles, meaning that since UNC had 14 possessions, FSU had a 322-yard advantage for the game in starting field position. The Seminoles had just 71 more total yards than the Heels, thus more comparable field position for UNC could have meant a close game.
Completion percentage – C.J. Stephens (16-40, 175 yards) and Matt Baker (3-9, 55) combined to complete a paltry 19 of 49 passes. Stephens did have five balls dropped, but he also missed badly, often throwing behind receivers. He read some wrong routes and even threw the ball away on a fourth down. He was sharp over the middle though. Baker had similar problems from previous weeks. But his TD pass to Danny Rumley was pretty nice.
Missed opportunities – The Heels dropped a lot of passes, on both sides of the ball. Sam Aiken (two receptions for just 17 yards) had perhaps his worst game of the last two seasons. He dropped a couple of balls. And, Kevin Knight and Malcolm Stewart both should have had picks.
58-point turnaround – One year after UNC blasted FSU 41-9, the Seminoles exacted their revenge to the tune of a 58-point turnaround in the 26-point victory.
Musical tailbacks – After the Wake Forest game Bunting adamantly said that Mahlon Carey was his tailback, having replaced Jacque Lewis. Carey had three carries to Lewis' 11. Last week Lewis had nine to Carey's eight, but the week before Carey had 17 to Lewis' one. Bunting never cited an injury as to why Lewis wasn't playing, but it now appears he is back as the team's No. 1 back again.
The Tar Heels travel to Duke (2-9, 0-7 ACC) in a battle for eighth place in the ACC and for the Victory Bell, which UNC has retained every year since winning it back in 1990. The game is set for noon and will be televised by JP Sports.
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text: By the end of the month, the town of Milo will own an entire stretch of downtown, destroyed by an arson fire more than a year ago. Voters approved a plan Tuesday night to buy the former True Value property, as well as a lot that once housed a floral shop. The properties were among five buildings leveled by fire in September of 2008. Last month voters rejected the idea of purchasing the hardware store lot, concerned it would cost them more in local taxes. But town manager Jeff Gahagan says that's not the case. About $48,000 in federal redevelopment money will be used to buy that land.Up to $10,000 in state grants will pay for the flower shop lot.Gahagan says after the town closes on both properties in the next couple of weeks, he'll schedule a series of public hearings on how to redevelop the land.


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HAYES CENTER -- Patrick S. Sheets, 15, died Monday (Jan. 23, 2006) near Hayes Center as a result of an automobile accident.
He was born in Imperial to Ernie S. Sheets and Teresa D. James. He was a freshman at Hayes Center High School, where he played football and basketball.
He was a member of the Union Congregational Church Youth Group.
Survivors include his father, Ernie Sheets of Hayes Center; stepmother, Tammy Watkins of Palisade; two brothers, Preston Sheets of Hayes Center and Devin Watkins of Palisade; two sisters, Taylr Trisdale and Isabell Sheets, both of Palisade; grandparents, Henry and Kitty Sramek of Palisade and Geanne Kimball of Harlingen, Texas; numerous uncles, aunts and cousins; and a host of friends.
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The global water and wastewater network market will experience relatively high growth at a compound annual growth rate of 9.6% from 2014 through 2020. It presents a mixed bag of opportunities for clients from all segments of the market, namely pumps, pipes and allied technologies; meters, software, automation and ICT; pipe network services; and design and engineering services.
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· Hear key network market challenges addressed by different stakeholders
· Identify potential collaboration opportunities to build profitable partnerships across the segments in the network market
· Understand the unmet needs that will allow companies to create value for customers and communities
With the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy fast approaching in October, municipal water and wastewater utilities in North America are surprisingly no further ahead in their preparations for similar major wet weather events. This briefing will investigate the infrastructure challenges related to storm water management, and the short- and long-term implications of some of these initiatives.
Webinar highlights:
•New treatment technologies and system management solutions used to address these issues
•Regional regulations under development to evoke long-term changes
•The industry challenges related to infrastructure spending
•Short- and long-term infrastructure initiatives related to major wet weather events
Without mobile water and wastewater treatment systems, end users across all industries would incur sever service disruptions, regulatory non-compliance issues, and an inability to cater to agile needs for mobile activity in select industries, such as Oil & Gas. The critical nature of products and services in this market presents growth opportunities at all levels. Despite three key market participants, GE Water & Process Technologies, Evoqua, and MPW Industries, the range of technologies used and low customer loyalty present market openings for many organizations. Those that cater to industry needs and understand their demands can make strong inroads in the future.Read more >
The global challenge of water stress and scarcity has been accentuated by the growing population, progressing water pollution and rapid economic development in the emerging regional markets. This is driving the demand for advanced water and wastewater treatment technologies and solutions, such as membrane systems, which established a $5.5 billion market size in 2012. It is one of the fastest-growing technology segments, witnessing double-digit growth rates. The increasing penetration of membrane systems across the water cycle has led to innovative management approaches, the improvement of water supply, treatment, conservation, as well as to the much-needed rise in reuse and recycling water.Read more >
Generating electricity requires significant quantities of water, primarily for cooling. This demand can be particularly challenging at a local level representing in many cases a community's single largest consumer. In addition, wastewater from these facilities can have a significant impact on water quality within a region as well. Since 2003, the California Energy Commission evaluated new power plant proposals based on policies that encourage the use of degraded water supplies rather than fresh water by power facilities and where feasible, use zero liquid discharge systems to eliminate wastewater impacts. In addition, efforts to significantly increase the efficiency of water used by power facilities as resulted in significant reductions in overall water demand by new facilities as compared to older plants. This course will explore the water dependencies and efficiency opportunities associated with power plants and the policies that now govern this relationship in California.Read more >
The electric motors market is driven by an increase in the electrification of different applications across industries and the need to enhance energy efficiency of existing applications.
Demand for motors from heavy process industries is expected to stabilize in 2017 due to an increase in commodity prices. Food and beverage, water and wastewater, and discrete industries are expected to continue to strengthen in 2017. An increase in the electrification of automobiles (applications such as vehicle traction and other controls), growing adoption of higher-efficiency motors such as brushless DC motors, and Mega Trends such as innovating to zero and green energy are expected to influence customer preference in the electric motor market.
This presentation addresses how the international adoption of smart technologies and the increased reliance on networking them in cyberspace has increased cyber attack risks for "Smart Cities."
Smart Cities are urban centers designed to integrate cyber technologies and physical infrastructures to create environmental and economic efficiencies while improving the overall quality of life of its citizens. While the benefits of Smart City technologies are well recognized, the risks associated with cyber-physical system integration in urban critical infrastructures is not well understood. Smart City system integration has increased the cyber attack surface immeasurably for malicious actors to exploit ICT vulnerabilities to create cyber attacks which can disrupt essential services, physical damage equipment, or cause loss of life.
This presentation focuses on the types cyber attacks that are possible against Smart Cities and the consequences when directed at Transportation Systems, the Electrical Grid, Water Supply, and Wastewater Disposal critical infrastructures.
Dr. Gil Duvall, Sr. Advisor, International Cyber Strategies & Integrated Operations
Why you should attend this webinar:
•Understand the issues associated with oil and gas exploration
•Gain a realistic understanding of the growth opportunities for drilling
•Recognize the future for water treatment companies in the United States oil and gas industry
•Learn more about one of the most talked about industries in North America
The water industry has always been resilient in the rough economic conditions. To a certain extent this is true, bearing in mind that water will always be a national interest and international importance. Nonetheless, the water industry landscape is rapidly changing with globalization of economies and technologies. Companies need to change faster to be ahead in relevance in the fragmented water market place.
Forget about SWOT and PESTLE analysis. There are more important
matters and best practices that water companies need to know to
sustain in the ever competitive water market.
In addition to the above, this briefing may answer some key questions:
•Can wastewater reuse make it big?
•Are water companies targeting the right end-user segments, and right countries?
•Where are the opportunities besides China and India?
Water is the main ingredient in all of The Coca-Cola Company's beverages and is essential to its manufacturing processes. Water also has broad implications for the company's supply chain as a key component in the production of sugar, citrus, coffee and other ingredients. It is also vital to the sustainability of the communities that the company serves. Reducing water scarcity, enhancing water quality and addressing the water needs of local communities are direct and vital business concerns.
Over the last ten years, the company's evolution in water stewardship has been significant: from a major reputation crisis in 2002 involving communities and government authorities in southern India to a 2007 call for corporate "water neutrality," TCCC has developed and continues to evolve one of the more sophisticated water stewardship programs in the private sector.
However, true sustainability as it relates to water will involve more than "neutralizing" the volume of water that the company uses. This is because fluctuations in the amount and quality of water available to a given community or ecosystem play an important role in sustaining the diversity and proper functioning of river ecosystems and watersheds.
This presentation will profile Coca-Cola's experience over the past ten years providing a glimpse into the company's commitments and an appreciation of the complexity of true water stewardship:
• Plant performance (water use efficiency, water quality, wastewater treatment)
• Watershed protection (source assessment and protection)
• Sustainable communities (helping enable access to clean drinking water and sanitation)
• Global awareness and action (helping mobilize the international community to drive global awareness and action to address water challenges)


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As the winter season approaches, it's essential to winterize your home in order to protect it from snow and ice damage. WarmlyYours offers top tips, including snow-melting and deicing solutions, to help keep your home and family safe from the elements.
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A detailed look at the different driveway materials you or your designer can choose and how that impacts the cost, maintenance, and safety of the driveway. Popular options include pavers, permeable pavers, asphalt, porous asphalt, poured concrete, and stamped and stained concrete. Snow melting systems add a safety feature and less maintenance.
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Corus to launch Cooking Channel in December
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TORONTO — Corus Entertainment is serving up another food TV channel on its menu of specialty networks.
The company says the 24-hour Cooking Channel will launch in Canada on Dec. 12, as a rebrand of W Movies.
The new network "caters to avid food lovers" and will cover everything from global cuisines to food history and unconventional how-tos.
Food Network Canada, meanwhile, "will continue to bring Canadians dynamic, new entertainment-driven food related programming," says Corus.
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The United Soccer League (USL) released its Team of the Week following kickoff weekend to ring in the 2016 season.
Louisville City FC goalkeeper Scott Goodwin was voted USL Player of the Week as he recorded a shutout in City's 1-0 road victory against Charlotte Independence. Goodwin's shutout included an outstanding penalty kick save on Jorge Herrera to keep the game scoreless before his side grabbed a dramatic winner through Cameron Lancaster's stoppage-time goal.
Goodwin received 53 percent of the poll conducted by a national panel of independent media representing every USL market.
Wilmington Hammerheads FC midfielder Logan Miller was one of four selectees at his respective position to receive Team of the Week honors. Miller notched a fine long-range goal that proved to be the game-winner as Wilmington defeated Orlando 2-1 on the road.
Miller was one of the first players to be signed to Wilmington's 2016 roster. The young midfielder made the jump to the USL after playing one year in the USL PDL [Premier Development League] for the Kitsap Pumas. Last season, he helped lead the Pumas to an undefeated regular season, the PDL Northwest Division Championship as well as the 2015 Ruffneck Scarves Cup.
Hammerheads First-Year Coach Mark Briggs was impressed with Miller's desire and determination during a player combine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Wilmington was also listed at number 10 in the USL Top 10 power rankings after one match. Taking a victory in his first game as a head coach was a nice moment for Briggs, who was part of so many victories as a player for the Hammerheads. Wilmington returns home for a massive test as the Richmond Kickers come to Legion Stadium on Friday night.
Richmond took a 3-1 victory against Harrisburg City in the Kickers' season opener. Richmond wanted to be more dynamic offensively this season and it looked as though they have the pieces to do just that.
Brian Ownby and Yudai Imura will take care of pulling the strings, while Jason Yeisley getting off the mark was a very good sign in a very positive result.
Kickoff for Wilmington Hammerheads FC home opener against Richmond is set for 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 1.


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Chance The Rapper Drops Original Version To James Blake Collabo 'Save Yourself First' [Audio]
Chance The Rapper dropped a treat for his fans today. The Chi-town artist took to his soundcloud to release the original version of his James Blake's collabo, "Life Round Here (Remix)". Check out the original track, "Save Yourself First," and let us know what you think.


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Fleeting Rome: In Search of La Dolce Vita
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BeschreibungIn this complex love affair with Rome, Carlo Levi explores the streets of the city that was for many years his home: a city at once fleeting and eternal, noble and plebeian, a city of dreams and illusions. Through the daily bustle of Rome' s street traders, housewives and students, the children at the little theatre of Pulcinella al Pincio, the men in the street café s and the exuberant festivities of Ferragosto, San Giovanni and Befana, Levi brings magnificently to life Rome in the post war and "Dolce Vita eras. "Fleeting Rome vividly evokes the sounds of the city, its odours, its beauty and the aspirations of its people.
InhaltsverzeichnisPreface. Introduction: Eternal and Fleeting. Translatora s Note. I. The People of Rome. II. The Solitude of Rome. III. The Two--Cent Coin. IV. Sunday Stroll. V. The Helicopter. VI. Apparitions in Rome. VII. The Duty of the Comet. VIII. Elegy to the Mid--August Holidays. IX. Hyperbolic Tourism. X. Killing Time. XI. Points of View. XII. The Power of the Poor. XIII. Brigands and Peasants. XIV. Plants and Seeds. XV. The Steps of Rome. XVI. The Empty Cities. XVII. Girls and Trees. XVIII. Roosters and Nightingale, Singing Together. XIX. Summer Journey. XX. The New Moon. XXI. Saint Lawrence and Saint Paul. XXII. A Child in Flight. XXIII. After the Party. XXIV. Substance and Chance. XXV. Clothes Moths. XXVI. Japanese Toys. XXVII. Soccer and Men of Letters. XXVIII. The Drainage Ditch and the Measles. XXIX. A Boy Stealing a Car Radio in the Piazza Navona. XXX. The Labyrinth. XXXI. City of Brothers. XXXII. Summer Dissolves in Mists. XXXIII. Fleeting Rome. Notes to the Text. Basic Chronology of Carlo Levia s Life. Index.
PortraitCarlo Levi (1902--1975), writer, painter and politician, was one of the great Italian talents of the twentieth century. He was interned in the South of Italy as an anti--fascist during the Second World War, where he wrote his masterpiece, Cristo si e fermato a Eboli (Christ stopped at Eboli). The work was subsequently turned into a film and became recognized as one of the great works of twentieth century literature. Subsequent works have included a wide range of fiction and non--fiction, including L'Orologio,(1950) Le parole sono pietre (1955), Le mille patrie, Lo specchio and Scritti di critica d'arte. From 1963 to 1972 he was a Senator of the Republic.
Pressestimmen"...this lovely book captures the spirit of Rome in a glancing fashion." (Sunday Times (Culture) 15 August 2004. "...characteristic elegance and insight,...a tribute to the history, (and...spirit of one of Europea s most remarkable cities." (London Review of Books, 23rd September 2004) "...a joyous trip that reveals new and hidden delights throughout this ancient, at once eternal yet fleeting city..." (Global, October 04) "... this collection of beautifully--fashioned essays spans the post--war and dolce vita years in the a eternal citya ..." (Choice magazine, February 2005) "...a vibrant portrayal of everyday life in Rome..." (Greenock Telegraph, 6th August 05)
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
Erscheinungsdatum: September 2004
Seitenanzahl: 280 Seiten
Format: gebunden