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Beastly Instinct
Chapter 2: Choosing a Mate
"Sasuke, this spare skin itch me." Naruto said as he pulled the front of an oversized polo shirt that hung like drapes on his figure. Nine fuzzy tails swayed from beneath the hem, as he leaned in towards the silent man beside him, crawling on his hands and knees in the backseat of the car.
Sasuke coughed softly, his eyes fixated at opposite direction. A neatly folded indigo handkerchief was covering his nose. "Bear with it." He tonelessly said, tightening the hold on his nose.
The blonde pouted, narrowing his cerulean eyes. "I don't understand why humans need these artificial spare skins and furs. It's itchy and uncomfortable and hot! My birth furs are better than this; they keep me cool in summer and warm me during winter, can I just—"
"Dobe," The raven interrupted chilly, switching his gaze to glare at the blonde. "If you don't want me to stop the car and drop you, stop complaining and keep that shirt on."
"Don't call me that." Naruto groaned softly, baring his fangs.
"Then at least sit properly if you don't want me to." Sasuke responded coldly, fixating his eyes at the scenery beyond the window.
Naruto growled in low tone and withdrew himself to sit, baring his fangs and glaring to space. He didn't realize the Uchiha was staring at him in an extant of intensity, ogling the boy's figure from his oddly shaped ears to his fuzzy tails to the feet and hands with sharp long claws. Sasuke had to admit the boy had unusual animalistic traits in him, but it was simply…hard to admit that he wasn't human, but a hybrid.
Sasuke had heard rumors about them before. He heard hybrid was the rarest race among the rare, it was a race of half-man half-beast creatures that only had several tens of population in the world. Some considered them as a holy race, some even worshiped them.
But to elites and riches, hybrids were like rare exotic animals they wanted to add to their collection. The price of a hybrid may cost a whole fortune in the market. But Sasuke thought it was only rumors so he didn't pay attention to such things.
And this boy claimed to be one of them.
"Sasuke," The blonde called out softly, interrupting his train of thoughts. The raven raised his gaze to find the boy was stealing reluctant glances at him, his furry ears were dropped.
"I'm sorry about earlier. I've caused you troubles last time. I mustn't complain." He gestured to his oversized shirt by pulling the collar. "If this is human's culture, I guess I can endure. Kakashi once told me humans don't like to see each other furless, he said it'll get their balls up."
Sasuke gulped silently, pinching his nose beneath the cloth when he felt the searing wave of heat overwhelming to his nostrils again.
Getting out of the house was hard enough; they could barely past mountains of fainted bodies that scattered on the floor and an army of hungry carnivores.
When they went out of the room, the bodyguards who stood by the door started flushing at the sight of them for some unknown reason, before throwing themselves to their feet. And then some maids walked past them, they stopped in their tracks and swooned immediately after releasing loud groans and undignified shrieks and blood slipped down their nostrils like tap water. The rest of servants and maids and vassals in the manor were all swooning and having nosebleeds, if not darting towards them with the speed of a devil and never letting go when they caught one of them.
In fact, whenever they went, people around them suddenly sported the same symptoms; swooning, nose bleeding, face flushing, assaulting, stalking, and screaming strange things that were not meant to be said in front of children below thirteen, which was something like:
"Ooh…you're so ORGASMIC!"
"God bless you…PLEASE NAIL ME!"
"Do you mind taking it up the ASS?"
"Forget I'm gay, I'LL EVEN GO LESBIAN FOR YOU!!"
"I'm a FELLATIO specialist!"
"I can be a VIRGIN for you!!"
"I may be already fifty, but I'm still FIFTEEN AT HEART AND BELOW!!"
They clearly didn't act as they usually were.
It was an utter chaos in his mansion back then. Somehow they could (barely) find a sane driver and got the hell out of the hellhole as soon as possible.
Sasuke didn't know what had gotten into them that they acted that way, but he caught vague ideas about the certain reasons for their unlikely demeanor. He realized he might've caught the same symptoms, only lighter. He knew it all started with their first meeting.
He threw his gaze at the blonde boy in his left, who seemed noticing his stare and whipped his head towards him, lolling his head to side. The Uchiha unintentionally caught the sight of smooth bare legs under oversized shirt, the ones that pants could go through but nine fuzzy tails made the bottom stuck in the middle of a well-shaped plump ass, which he would love to plunge into in a good, steamy round of—
"Sasuke…?" The blonde reluctantly called. "Um, my face is up here?"
The Uchiha leashed his head up. "Oh. Sorry."
"Are you okay?"
Sasuke didn't answer the question. Instead he silently averted his eyes and switched his gaze back to the running scenery beyond the window, bringing up the stained indigo handkerchief to his nose.
He just bled again.
Sasuke took in the sight of a huge manor when he stepped out of the car, awed by the form of a supposedly shop. It was a European manor which was located in the middle of a hill by the town's outskirt; sized larger than his own and aged about several tens of years, the outside surface was built entirely by red bricks, and some bricks were already eaten by age, and the front garden was unorganized and the vegetation around the house and in its garden inside the cluster of brick wall was left growing wild.
"Our home." The blonde said at the other side of the car. "This is where we live."
Sasuke glanced at him. " 'we'…?"
"My friends, other hybrids like me." Naruto said with a smile. Then he ran towards the entrance, but stopped a few feet before the entrance. He stood there and suddenly went quiet.
He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath. When Naruto snapped his eyes wide, his eyes turned crimson and he delivered a loud, hoarse roar into the air. The wave of his roar released a certain degree of pressure on the Uchiha's body as his ears caught the tremulous sound, petrifying his body. It was strong, straightforward, and dauntless; a roar that even trembled the air and his body. It was like…
Like a lion.
The roar lasted for a few seconds, before it slowly toned down and gradually disappeared as the hybrid boy lost his breath. Sasuke watched as Naruto threw his head back as he panted slightly, his chest weaved up and down unsteadily, clawed fingers ran through golden tresses.
He tilted his head and stared at the stunned Uchiha over his shoulder. "Sorry, did I surprise you? I was saying 'I'm home' in our language. I guess you're not used to it." He jovially said, grinning brightly.
Sasuke stayed silent. Something about the boy's smile and his beastly roar formulated strange sensation within his stomach, like flickering flame burning him from the insides. A bit similar to the one he felt before, the roar was unbelievably intense and…sexy.
He touched his nose, relieved when he found no red fluid.
"Naruto!!" Came a loud shout.
Sasuke held up his chin and looked at a silver-haired man was by the entrance, who wore a mask that concealed the lower part of his face and had a long vertical scar across one of his eyes, but there was no certain animalistic trait in him. He looked like a normal human.
The man made a quick beeline towards the blonde and stopped in front of him, grasping at his forearms. "Naruto, where have you been? Are you all right? We're so worried! You suddenly disappeared without a trace…" He stuttered.
"I'm fine, Kakashi. This person helped me." The blonde assured, turning to the Uchiha.
The taller man gazed in line with the blonde's eyes, finding a dark-haired man stood not far from them.
Then he walked past the blonde and stopped in front of Sasuke, his eyes reducing to slits. "I apologize for my rudeness. I was very relieved that I didn't see a guest. My name is Hatake Kakashi, the caretaker, thank you very much for taking care of our Naruto." He politely said, outstretching a hand towards Sasuke.
The Uchiha received his hand. "Don't mention it. I'm Uchiha Sasuke." He said, shaking hands with him.
"Pleased to meet you." Kakashi smiled beneath his mask. "If you don't mind, I'd like to properly say thank you to you. May be over a cup of tea?" He asked.
"No. You don't have to, I—"
"But I insist." Kakashi interrupted. "I'm guessing you must have a lot of questions concerning our Naruto, or perhaps…the business we run."
Sasuke raised a fine brow at the approximately accurate guess, as if the man was able to read his mind. His mind warned him to reject this fishy offer, but the thought of coming home to clean up the mass of chaos had downright turned down the warning.
"If you insist." The Uchiha finally said.
"Thank you." Kakashi solemnly said. "Shall we?"
Kakashi led him to a room with an impressive collection of books lined up in shelves, he had a strong guess it was a study. The interior was beautiful, chock-full of antique furniture that was quite old, but well-taken care and clean, the atmosphere was very comfortable. The house itself was larger than he expected.
The man in charge approached the table, pushing a teacart. He carefully placed a porcelain teacup onto the table, in front of the Uchiha, and another at the opposite direction. Then he brought up a round teapot and poured light brown liquid into Sasuke's cup, "I hope you like Earl Grey." He said, pulling away the pot.
"I don't hate it." The Uchiha said.
"No thank you."
Sasuke watched as Kakashi poured tea into his own cup, settling the teapot to the table. Then he suddenly threw his gaze towards the room entrance, feeling as if being watched. But found no one, or nothing at the door. He had been having the same creepy feeling ever since he stepped into the house.
"Uchiha-san, I would like to say thank you again for helping Naruto." Kakashi said, grabbing his attention.
"It was nothing." Sasuke said.
"Of course not. I want apologize for the troubles Naruto has caused you."
Sasuke paused at the sentence, bringing up his gaze from the cup with slight curious look on his face. "No, really. It was…nothing."
"No. I must apologize" Kakashi said, drowning his veiled chin on a bridge of entwined fingers. "You see, when your employee came, there was a pregnant mother who suddenly went into labor, so I had to help her. I…left your employee for a moment, and she mistook Naruto for Kimimaro. I really had no idea that Naruto was in the stall instead. I'm very sorry."
"It's fine." Sasuke said. "So that boy really is…a hybrid?"
"I guess you've figured it out yourself, haven't you? It's easy to tell he's not a human." Kakashi uttered lightly. "In fact, he's a hybrid of lion and nine-tailed fox."
The Uchiha's eyes went wide. "Lion and…nine-tailed fox?"
"You're from the Uchiha family, correct? I assume you've heard about hybrids."
"I know about them to certain extant, but I've never actually seen one before. This is the first." The Uchiha admitted, remembering the first time he saw Naruto, his ears and his tails.
"Do you want to know more?"
The Uchiha paused for a short moment, before reluctantly nodded. His curiosity had swelled even more than before. "Please."
"Hybrids are creatures that posses unique traits which they inherited from different parents, but hybrids don't consist only half-man half-beast creatures like Naruto." He began.
"In common interpretation, hybrids are considered as animals that were born from cross-breeding between two different parents, but still in the same species or family, for example, a liger was born from a male lion and female tiger, and such. This kind of hybrid is allowed to be known to people around the globe, but human hybrids are kept secret for some reasons. Generally, a perfect hybrid has three or more different types of genes instead of just two. And the genes are of completely different species or kingdom. Not all of them are meant to be though. Like a mix of lion and mermaid that results in the hideous merlion. But perfect combinations might result in wonderful creatures like unicorn or dragon."
Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows. "Why did they keep it a secret?"
"That is…I cannot say it specifically, but let's just say that human hybrids are almost the same as humans in general, but with animalistic traits and special abilities that no normal human has. Do you think people will just accept it whole-heartedly?" Kakashi lightly asked.
"I get your point." Sasuke said. "What kind of abilities are you talking about?"
"Oh. Nothing special really, hybrids' abilities are determined by the type of dominating genes they inherited. But in general, they have strong sense of smell, keen ears, pheromone…"
"Wait." The Uchiha interrupted, his expression suddenly lit up. "That. The last thing you mentioned."
"Pheromone?" Kakashi repeated. "If you want to know…Pheromone is a biological tool animals produce to attract opposite sex, its form is like certain unique scent the body releases, especially in mating season. It also acts as aphrodisiac to encourage mating ritual."
"Scent…?" Sasuke murmured softly. He recalled the moment he stepped into the room with Karin there was a sweet fragrance lingering in the air, was that it?
"—sorry for the troubles Naruto caused you." Kakashi concluded.
Sasuke brought up his head, glancing at the silver-haired man. "Excuse me?"
"Apparently, foxes have normal amount of pheromone." Kakashi began. "However, nine-tailed fox is a very special kind and extremely rare, its pheromone is nine times stronger than average fox or any animal in general. Lions, in the other hand posses great charisma and wisdom that live up to their title as the King of Jungle. And the combination of these has created one of a kind pheromone with tremendous effects. It triggers certain symptoms, causes temporary insanity, and affects most living creatures…"
Sasuke could feel the smug smirk when Kakashi uttered his last words. "…that's why I apologize. Naruto must've caused a lot of troubles."
As if something sucked out his energy, Sasuke slumped down into the chair, wide-eyed. The information he received seemed very hard for him to digest, from the beginning to the last piece, it puzzled him. So the cause was that hybrid boy's—Naruto's pheromone, all of that chaos was because of his trait. His ability as a hybrid.
Sasuke couldn't imagine what kind of abilities other hybrids might posses.
"But you're pretty strong." Kakashi's voice awakened him.
"What?" He asked, vaguely remembered someone had said the same thing to him.
"Most people—creatures would've become temporarily insane from the intensity of Naruto's pheromone. But I see that you're able to control yourself to this extant without any help. I'm impressed." Kakashi said.
"Are you saying that you've experienced those...symptoms too?" Sasuke asked, surprised.
"Well, yes. Sometimes. I can't clearly remember when it happened though. It was hard to block his pheromone at first, but I gained control over it eventually." He jovially said.
"I see," Sasuke said, sounding relieved.
"Oh yeah, I have some medicines for you. It's on the plate." Kakashi pointed.
Raising his eyebrows, Sasuke raised the teacup and found two white tablets on the small plate. Curious, he entrapped them between his fingers, bringing it up.
"It's to prevent anemia." Kakashi gushed before he could ask.
Sasuke glanced at him, wide-eyed.
"I knew the moment you tried to hide your stained handkerchief."
"…thank you." Sasuke murmured, feeling heat rushed up to his face.
"You're welcome."
Kakashi paused when the door suddenly creaked opened. Both of them glanced towards the source of the creaking sound as the entrance fluttered open, a black animal peeked through the crack, its golden eyes fell to their forms. It stepped further in, revealing its full form. A panther. The panther settled itself by the entrance, eying silently at them with beady golden eyes.
"Excuse me." Kakashi said, standing up. Then he approached the panther, crouching down to its eyelevel. Sasuke watched as Kakashi stood up again, glancing at the Uchiha.
"I'm very sorry, Uchiha-san. But I have to leave you for a moment. Something came up, and it might take a couple of hours. If you'd like, I will escort you back to your car." The silver-haired man said, bowing apologetically.
"No! It's fine." The Uchiha quickly said, recalling the chaos that waited for him back in his house. He also had taken a day off. "I'll wait."
"Oh. Well then," Kakashi said, sounding unsure. "Feel free to entertain yourself, call me if you need something."
Sasuke nodded. He watched wordlessly as the man vanished from his line of vision along with the panther. The Uchiha suddenly found himself surrounded by a cluster of silence. He still felt the creepy feeling of being watched; it only intensified when he was completely alone, in a foreign house of hybrids.
Sasuke looked around, finding the books were the only thing that caught his interest.
He stood up, pushing his legs towards the bookshelves, stopping when he heard a rattling noise. Spontaneously, he whipped his head towards the source of the sounds, glancing at a crack between the window sills and pane. Sasuke raised an eyebrow, he was sure the window was closed before. Curios, he approached closer, raising the windowpane. He looked around but found nothing more than trees and bushes.
Maybe it's just me, he mused, intending to close the window.
But when he was about to close the windowpane, he saw a blur of something dashed into the window and lunged onto him, causing him to lose balance. Sasuke crashed against the floorboard headfirst and struck a sharp pain to his head, a hoarse scream ripped its way out of his throat. His vision was blurry when he opened his eyes, seeing blurred yellow color.
"Sorry! I'm sorry!! Are you okay?"
Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows and focused on the blurry form in front of him, his head was pounding painfully in his ears. His vision gradually returned as seconds passed, until he could distinctly identify three pairs of scars on each of his assaulter's cheeks.
"N-Naruto?" Sasuke stuttered, blinking.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke!" The blonde exclaimed, panic overcoming his face.
Sasuke brought body up, one of his elbows supported him and a hand caressed the lump on his head. "What are you doi—"
Naruto clasped a hand on Sasuke's mouth, his ears suddenly perked up. "Sshh." He whispered. Sasuke's onyx eyes widened when the blonde pushed him down until their bodies tightly pressed against each other, nine tails lowering.
They heard rash footsteps came closer, stopping right before the window.
"But I saw him running this way!" A high-pitched voice said.
"Naruto-san's not here, where is he? The ceremony is about to begin!" Another voice said.
"His scent is still here, he must be nearby!"
Then their rushing footsteps began going away, slowly toning down. The two of them stayed in the same position until the noise completely vanished. Naruto released Sasuke's mouth but didn't get off, his ears were standing up.
"They're gone. Finally." Sasuke heard him moaned out. Then Naruto got rid of himself, releasing the Uchiha. Sasuke brought his body to sit, rubbing the lump on back of his head.
"Sorry Sasuke. I didn't mean to hurt you." Naruto said, glancing at Sasuke regretfully, his ears dropping.
"I'm fine." Sasuke managed to say. "Dobe… what was that?"
"Uh, I ran away from the ceremony," Naruto said, sounding worried.
The Uchiha glanced at him. "What ceremony?"
"It's a ceremony to choose a mate, since the mating season is due next week." Naruto explained. "But they suddenly went feeding frenzy on me, so I got scared."
"…must be hard for you." Sasuke recalled Kakashi's explanation. He suddenly noticed the blonde was staring at him, with a look of plea overcoming his face. That made Sasuke felt uncomfortable. "What is it?" he asked, averting his eyes.
"Can I stay with you here?" Naruto said, causing the Uchiha to leash his head to him.
"I don't want to go back. Other places are too risky, this room is Kakashi's so other hybrids usually avoid this place. This is the best hiding place. Besides, you're here, I won't get bored." Naruto glanced at the suddenly petrified Uchiha. "Just until it's over. Please?"
Sasuke felt his head began hurting, Kakashi's words swam in the back of his mind, warning him. It's a bad idea, he mused, if I let him, I'll go insane like the others. But the way Naruto looked at him pleadingly made it hard to say no, it somewhat made him feel uncomfortable and hot.
"I…" Sasuke stuttered, feeling a bead of sweat trickled down his temples. "…o…kay."
The blonde's expression brightened. "Thank you, Sasuke!" He exclaimed, grinning widely.
The Uchiha sighed heavily, suddenly caught the sight of Naruto's torn attire. He was still wearing the oversized shirt Sasuke gave to him, but now the shirt was torn all over and had many holes on it, the blonde was practically naked. "Your shirt…"
"Ah, this?" Naruto pulled at the collar. "It got torn up when I was running. Sorry I mess up your spare skin, I'll get you a new one later." Sasuke watched as Naruto pulled off the shirt over his head, tossing the torn cloth elsewhere.
Sasuke didn't bleed this time.
But he was in a dire need for a long cold shower.
:To be continued…:
Note: Thank you for reading! I hope I don't confuse you with the explanation. And I'm sorry to Singapore, I didn't mean to offend their merlion… :-) Please tell me what you think so I don't get a heart attack? I'm also thinking about writing side-pairings, any suggestion? XD And please forgive me for the grammatical errors, I was rushing when I write this chapter.
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The rivalry between Edna Karr and Landry-Walker might reach new heights when the two schools face each other in district play, but that doesn't mean the rivalry stops when the two meet in predistrict tournaments.
That was evident when the two sides got into an altercation midway through the fourth quarter that saw several technical fouls handed out and two players ejected, but Karr (15-4) kept control of their emotions and pulled out a 56-52 victory over the Chargin' Bucs in the second round of the Allstate Sugar Bowl National Prep Classic at the Alario Center on Thursday night.
Karr will face LSU commitment Ben Simmons and Monteverde Academy in the semifinals at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
"They both were at fault, I had no problem with (the ejection)," Karr coach Taurus Howard said. "It is what it is. They should be playing basketball, not trying to fight. What I'm most proud of is that our kids competed together and they played smart; that's why we were able to get this victory tonight."
Landry-Walker center Blake Paul and Karr forward Raekwon Bush were both ejected at the 4:47 mark in the fourth quarter after an altercation between the two players, but amongst the two teams, Karr did a better job of handling the circumstances and immediately went on a 9-0 run after the two ejections.
The Chargin' Bucs (12-8) clawed their way back, and even cut the Karr lead down to 54-52, but the Cougars found a way to pull the win out in the end.
"Before the game even started, coach told us that we have to have mental toughness," Karr forward Vincent Phillips said. "So when Raekwon got thrown out the game, it was on me to score."
Phillips, in particular, picked up the slack for Karr after Bush's ejection, scoring eight points down the stretch and taking control of the lane with Bush and Paul out the game.
The junior finished with 17 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the field and 10 rebounds.
"We're district rivals, the kids hang with each other, so we're going to get their best game," Howard said.
"No real damage was done. I was just glad our kids kept a cool head and we talked about how the game would be rough and a little bit physical and we just had to match their physicality."
After the Cougars opened the second quarter with a quick basket to take their first lead, the Chargin' Bucs got a huge boost from their bench in the form of feisty backup guard Lamont Berzat. The 5-foot-6 Berzat knifed through the Karr defense on three consecutive possessions and managed to go on a personal 7-0 run to give Landry-Walker a 20-15 lead midway through the second.
Bush answered the Berzat run with a 7-0 run of his own that ended with him knocking down two free throws to give Karr a 22-20 lead heading into halftime.
Bush finished with nine points, a rebound and a block before being ejected.
"It was a good win. It always feels good to beat our rival," said Phillips, who experienced his first victory over Landry-Walker with Thursday's win. "My 9th grade year, I didn't even play varsity. Then last year, coach made me a captain, and now this year we finally beat them."
Landry-Walker came into the game with a high level of energy from the opening tip. They used their energy to jump on the Cougars, racing to a 10-0 lead in the first few minutes.
Once Karr picked up their defensive intensity, it forced a few turnovers and got themselves back in the game. Diamante Woolridge's midrange jumper as the buzzer sounded cut the Cougars deficit to 14-13 as they headed into the second quarter.
"We didn't take advantage of what they were giving us," Howard said. "We took a couple ill-advised shots, and once we calmed down, we started taking what they were giving us. That's what helped us get back in the game so quickly."
Lamar Peter led Landry-Walker with 19 points and four rebounds.

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The College's Contemporary Dance Ensemble will present a dance concert at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, December 8 and 9, at the Silver Cultural Arts Center. The concert includes works by PSC students and dance faculty, and guest artists. The program also includes the annual Winter Fantasia choreographed by faculty members Carole Ann Morrison and Joan Wiegers.
Tickets are $8 at the PSC box office, 535-ARTS. Other student groups performing in December are the Guitar Ensemble at 8 p.m. Tuesday December 12 and Percussion Ensemble at 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 13. These performances are offered free of charge.


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Gracie Lee had nine kills and four aces, Madison Carpenter tallied 27 assists and the Gatesville volleyball team swept Hillsboro, 25-16, 25-14, 25-13, on the road for its 30th victory of the season.
Kate Lovejoy also had nine kills for the Hornets (30-9, 9-2 District 17-4A), who remained in second place, two games behind No. 18 Lorena. Gatesville hosts Lorena on Friday.
Sadie Swindall added seven kills for the Hornets.
Hillsboro fell to 4-6 in 17-4A play.
NO. 5. LIBERTY HILL DEF. SALADO 25-10, 25-10, 25-19: At Liberty Hill, Salado fell to 7-4 in district play, 21-15 overall. Liberty Hill is 10-0 in district.
For Salado, Kerrigan Hearne had two aces, Natalie Fort had two aces and five digs, Tori DeKay had eight kills, Katie Robinson had eight digs and six kills, Mariah Vaillancourt had two blocks and Lindy Martin nine assists.
LEANDER GLENN DEF. LAMPASAS 25-10, 25-21, 25-7: At Leander, Rylee Davis had six kills and 16 digs to lead the defeated Lady Badgers.
Tori Martinez recorded 14 assists for Lampasas. Diane Hurst added five kills. Monica Garcia had an ace.
"We kept our heads up and put together quite a few saves and rallies," Lampasas coach Denise Ponder said.
The Lady Badgers' home finale is Friday against Burnet.


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We'll start this out by covering the commits. Smith canceled his visit to Vanderbilt a few months ago. He's showed no signs of wavering ever since. Kelvin Bell conducted an in-home visit with him and his family last night. All signs point to this one being squared away and one of his high school coaches has confirmed that. The only thing that throws a wrench into things would be an offer from one of the in-state schools but there's no signs of that at this time.
He was offered by Michigan and almost visited but decided against it. Hankins then reaffirmed his status in the class and took his official visit for the Michigan game and called it one of his best visits ever. and Bobby Kennedy stopped by last night for an in-home visit. This one seems solid despite the exodus of the other players from Texas.
I have him in the class and think it gets sealed away after this weekend's official visit. Illinois and Minnesota are trying but I believe it will be to no avail.
Johnston hosted Seth Wallace on Monday night for an in-home visit. He has a set of grandparents that live in Cresco, Iowa and an aunt and an uncle that live in Cedar Rapids. The ties to Iowa are there. His official visit this weekend should only strengthen's Iowa's place in his process. I don't have him in the class, at least not yet. But this is more than realistic. The threat is Arkansas because of his relationships with that staff as well, being from the SEC, and having a brother that plays for UAB. Having a son at Iowa, despite the family connection, could make travel for his parents hectic. That is why most still think the Razorbacks are in the lead but he's giving Iowa every opportunity to win him over which is a good sign.
It's down to Iowa and Wisconsin. He was definitely leaning towards Iowa before his official visit to Wisconsin. The Badgers hit a home run with him while he was in Madison but the Hawkeyes responded with a home run of their own when he was in Iowa City for the Michigan game with his two junior teammates that have since been offered by Iowa. I think the Hawkeyes have resumed the lead here. He hosted the Iowa staff for an in-home visit last night. The belief is that he knows where he wants to go so I think we should know soon. I have the Hawkeyes winning out.
This recruitment has been one that has been on again, off again. With space being aplenty, it's back on evidenced by Phil Parker conducting an in-home visit with him on Monday night. I think that shows the Hawkeyes are serious again. I think he gets in if he wants in, otherwise he'll end up at Central Florida.
With Iowa losing Eno Benjamin and striking out so far on their other options at running back to replace Eno, I think he has a shot. Right now it's in a holding pattern but if we get close to February and there's not a second running back in this class, Soko becomes more and more likely. But until then, Iowa will see what kind of movement they can make with other backs most likely.
He's a wide receiver from Kansas City that is committed to Missouri. He'll take his official visit to Columbia this weekend where they will attempt to square it away and re-solidify his commitment. I don't think he's wavering but I think there's a bit of temptation on his part to check Iowa out. He camped at Iowa, visited Iowa, and liked the Hawkeyes quite a bit before Missouri offered. His teammate is Iowa commit Djimon Colbert. This one is tricky and not a certainty but I do think it is one to keep monitoring going forward. It's a delicate and tricky situation for Iowa but not impossible.
His younger brother Sean already has FBS offers. Dylan does not but he does hold preferred walk-on offers from Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Stanford and Texas. There's still a possibility that the Hawkeyes and Gophers could turn that into an actual scholarship offer. If it does, it probably comes later after Iowa surveys the rest of the field. He's an option as a defensive tackle in this class.
If they want another offensive lineman and come to the conclusion that they'll have space near the end, I think Niesen is in. But he'll have to wait and I think he's fine with that.
Nate Wieland is the quarterback at City High in Iowa City. He's a pretty good athlete committed to Northern Illinois. Iowa doesn't need a quarterback but they do need skill players on offense and he could be the next in a line of former quarterbacks that head to Iowa and end up at running back or receiver. It would probably happen late but don't completely rule him out.
Another Weiland and yes he is related to a former Hawkeye football player. This is somebody that I was thoroughly impressed by when I saw Washington play Bettendorf this season. I would not be surprised to see him as a late addition, either. He's just a football player and Kirk Ferentz and his staff do love those kind of guys. If space allows, he'd be a worthy candidate.
He took an official visit to Iowa. Chris White conducted an in-home visit with him last night. He's listening to Iowa and the Hawkeyes are giving it their best shot but he's been to Penn State a handful of times already and still will take an official visit there as well. I think the Nittany Lions get him.
Iowa offered and tried to turn to him after Eno Benjamin de-committed. It's not working as he is expected to remain with Pittsburgh.
He decommitted from Iowa because he wanted to take other visits. Corrales did that and earned an offer from Utah on his official visit to Salt Lake City. It seemed like him and the Hawkeyes could still re-connect at some point but that is looking less likely now. Iowa was in Texas to check out some underclassmen early in the week and to see commits Matt Hankins and Peyton Mansell. They did not go to see Corrales which is pretty telling where things are at right now between the two sides.
Did he wait too long on Michigan? Maybe. They do have a lot of good options at receiver so he needs to make a decision for the Wolverines sooner rather than later. A December official visit to Notre Dame has been set. If Michigan were to be out of the picture, the fact he will go to South Bend for a visit is not a good sign for the Hawkeyes in my opinion. If Iowa was a serious contender, they would be the option if it were not Michigan but he still seems set on checking out another option.
I think this one ended with the Chevin Calloway drama. He was a teammate of Calloway's and it might have gotten a little awkward and strange because of it. I don't think he'll be an option for Iowa moving forward.
He's an Oregon defensive tackle commit that was raking in new offers in October and November, including one from Iowa. He also received an offer from Michigan. The Hawkeyes have not become too involved here according to a source. The Ducks probably don't keep him but I don't see Iowa in his plans right now.
Iowa keeps hanging around a little bit and I think it's more of a 'just in case' situation. If the Hawkeyes were to strike out with Scotty Nelson, they are in position to make a move for Ben Stewart, the Boston College commit. He becomes a serious contender to be in the class but only if they miss on Nelson, in my opinion.
There's been no movement between Iowa and Dykstra which is surprising. I thought they could use another offensive tackle in the class with Brett Waechter having to end his career due to medical reasons. He seems open to other schools as he was going to take an official to Vanderbilt before his flight was snowed in at Sioux Falls. I'm still not going to rule it out completely but it's probably pretty telling that the Hawkeyes have not been recruiting him at all.
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The correct answer is to tell you to follow your surgeons instructions. That being said, I usually have my postop abdominoplasty patients lay either on their back in a seated/reclined position with their knees and abdomen slightly bent to relieve tension on the front of the stomach (the abdominal flap), or on their sides with their knees bent (for the same reason).
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Stay on your back! Sleeping on your side or stomach can put tension on your incision. I tell me patients to be comfortable but be very cautious.
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Thank you for asking about your tummy tuck.
- I let my patients sleep in whatever position is comfortable - our bodies tend to know what is right.
- You will quickly get severe back pain from sleeping on your back all the time.
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Thank you for your question. It is essential to follow instructions from your surgeon , in general i prefer that clients wait at least 10 days after surgery before turning to the side during the night. Best of luck
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Pillows are a patient's best friend after a tummy tuck. Use them under your knees and shoulders. You can put one under one hip to bring some pressure relief for your back, then switch to the other side. Of course it is always best to check with your surgeon first. It won't be long before you're able to move completely to sleeping on your side.
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If you have a recliner, this works well with extra pillows under the knees. Ask your surgeon about positions he recommends in this early healing stage.
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You should follow the instructions given to you by your surgeon, that being said, we have our patients lie on their backs in a reclined position(a couple of pillows behind their back and 1-2 pillows under the knees), as to not put pressure on the incision for approximately 5-7 days. If you have a recliner, spruce it up, add extra pillows etc...it may also be easier for you to get up and down from a recliner than from your bed.
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Check with your doctor, but generally I will let my patients lie on their side after about a week. If they just can't stand it anymore, then lying on your side probably won't hurt anything as long as the incision does not extend around the side of your abdomen.
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This bundle has been around for a while now. Originally they were asking for 5 dollars minimum for these 6 games. Well there is less than 35 hours left until the bundle is over and since they didn't really get the donation amount they were asking for (barely 2k/25k), they decided to slash their prices. The money they get from this bundle will help in the development of future game these indie devs are making.
For 1 dollar minimum (you can donate more if you want), you get these games, DRM FREE:
- Magi (PC/Mac)
- Potion Master (PC)
- Caveman Craig (PC)
- Animal Blast (PC)
- Koya Rift (PC)
- The Best Of Lazy Brain
- BONUS: 4 MP3 tracks from Those City Lights
- Cinders
- Spoiler
- Caveman Craig 2
- Spoiler
- The 9th Wizard: Rings of Eternity
- Spoiler
- Skull Reaction
- Spoiler
- Koya Rift: Enhanced Edition
- Spoiler
- Infernal Edge 2
- Spoiler
Alternate Payment/Pay Directly and not through 8bit funding (thanks to Corpekata)
1. Click Link Above
2. Scroll down to middle of page
3. Click the "Buy Direct" banner/picture
4. Profit!!!
Edited by speedwerd, 15 April 2012 - 02:43 PM.


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Hi everybody! 😀
I haven't done a video tutorial in awhile so I thought I'd do one today for everybody.
There's a new update available!
Come on down and check it out!
The reflection technique I show you in this tutorial video doesn't just create a mirror image of the text, the reflection actually fades away (to a 'zero opacity'), so that no matter what background you've got for your website, the reflection will fade away … just like a real reflection:
Hi everybody!
I've been learning a lot about marketing and copywriting.
So I thought it would be interesting … and important… to show you a little 'behind the scenes' action on fixing up a sales page.
Recently, I created a marketing page to promote my brother's cartoon marketing characters.
…I thought it was a decent looking page.
but I wanted to get a second opinion. A new pair of eyes.
A friend of mine, Pat Flanagan is a copywriting expert. He actually critiques sales pages and helps one to improve them.
SO, I decided to have him critique my sales page to see if it could be better.
( I paid him for his services as I wanted an honest review. Didn't want him to pull any punches).
He reviewed the page – and made a video as he went through it all. It was great! I watched the video and fixed up the sales page step by step as he walked me through it.
And I was surprised at some of the glaring mistakes I had made on the original sales page.
So here you go – I'm going to pull back the curtain a bit for you because I think you should make sure your own marketing efforts are working!
Maybe you're not seeing something on your own pages that …if you changed or tweaked it a bit… could improve your sales!
Below, you'll find links to the original page and the full 20 minute critique that Pat provided
… and below that – the final revised page.
( If you'd like to hit Pat up for a personal critique, Hop over to his page:
http://strategywhitepapers.com/sales-page-critiques/ )
Here's the original Page:
(you can see it live here)
Here's Pat's Video Critique:
(it's about 20 minutes and it may give you some insights into fixing up your own page)
(you can view the video full screen by clicking the lower right 'full screen' button)
… and here's the revised page.
(see it here live)
What do you think? Do you agree? … disagree with the changes? Let me know below.
If you'd like to have Pat Flanagan critique your own sales page, visit him at: