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"Bottom line, this has gone on far too long, this spreading of lies about me! None of it is true. NONE OF IT! I love my country. I have never done anything to hurt my country or the men and women who have fought and continue to fight for us. I do not understand what the far right stands to gain by continuing with these myths. In this case, they denied a lot of people the chance to hear about a book that can help make life better, easier and more fulfilling. I am deeply grateful for all of the support I have been getting since this happened, including from my Vietnam Veterans friends." CNS
As an elderly narcissist, she may have forgotten, or was hoping we had forgotten, the 1972 photo-op in which she was caught sitting on an anti-aircraft gun during a visit to North Vietnam, earning her the nickname "Hanoi Jane." She later claimed in her autobiography that she was tricked into sitting at the AA gun by the inscrutable Vietnamese.
Fonda also made ten radio broadcasts during that trip to N. Vietnam in which she denounced as war criminals American political and military leaders. In an act that could have mitigated her actions, Fonda visited Americans held in POW prisons around Hanoi and returned to the US with messages for their families. However, when torture reports of American prisoners by the North Vietnamese began to circulate after POWs were repatriated, Fonda called the POWs "hypocrites and liars". Hanoi Jane went on, "These were not men who had been tortured. These were not men who had been starved. These were not men who had been brainwashed."
In a 1973 interview with The New York Times, speaking about torture by the N.V., Fonda said, "I'm quite sure that there were incidents of torture ... but the pilots who were saying it was the policy of the Vietnamese and that it was systematic, I believe that's a lie" and that the POWs were "military careerists and professional killers" who are "trying to make themselves look self-righteous, but they are war criminals according to the law."
It's hard to imagine, though, that Jane Fonda would protest any company with "VC" in the name. And, she peed in the pond, hence the title, "On Golden Pond."
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Lamar honors seven top graduates in class of May 2012
Seven Lamar University students attained perfect 4.0 grade-point averages to share Plummer Award honors as the top academic graduates in Lamar's class of May 2012. The Plummer Award recipients and their majors are:
Beaumont: Kathryn Vincent, interdisciplinary studies; Lucas Castle, mathematics
Kirbyville: Miles Caston, English
Lumberton: Sara Wyatt, social work
Port Arthur: Katherine Brown, interdisciplinary studies
Port Neches: Randi Holst, music
Wichita, Kan.: Allen Chao, business administration
President James Simmons announced the Plummer recipients at the conclusion of the morning commencement ceremony, where David J. Beck, a world-renowned attorney and Lamar graduate, addressed graduates and guests. Beck was awarded the honorary doctorate of humane letters for his many contributions to Lamar. The Plummer Awards honor the late Otho Plummer, who was chairman emeritus of the Lamar board of regents and a board member for several decades.
Kathryn Vincent, the daughter of James and Martha Vincent, is a graduate of West Brook High School. Vincent is a member of Circle K International, a collegiate chapter of Kiwanis International, and an honor student. She is a Mirabeau Scholar, one of the most prestigious scholarships available at Lamar, earned the Academic Achievement Award in 2011, the Outstanding Student Teacher award and was named to the President's List. Her hobbies include reading, traveling and music. Vincent plans to pursue a master's degree in counseling and teach math in middle school.
Lucas Castle, the son of Franklin and Monique Castle is a graduate of West Brook High School. He is a member of the Honors Student Association, Pi Mu Epsilon, Math Club, Lamar Ambassadors program and a member of the College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Council. Castle is a Mirabeau Scholar and enjoys reading, biking and music. His plans for the future include attending North Carolina State University for the fall 2012 semester to pursue a doctorate in mathematics.
Miles Caston, the son of C.B. and Diana Caston, graduated from Kirbyville High School. He is a member of the Honors Program, Chinese Club and the University Press student newspaper. Caston earned a first place award from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association in the General Column category. His hobbies include dance, yoga and photography, and his plans for the future include earning the master's degree in journalism and travel abroad.
Sara Wyatt is the daughter of Denny and Dena Wyatt and Martha and Gary McDonald. She is a graduate of Lumberton High School and a member of the National Social Work Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma and the Social Work Association. Wyatt is the recipient of the Mamie McFaddin Ward Memorial Health Science Scholarship, Vernice Monroe Social Work Scholarship and the Charles and Susan Gordon and Julia Gordon Gray Memorial Scholarship. Her hobbies include reading, traveling, learning new things and spending time with family and friends. Future plans include working as a foster care case worker for Child Protective Services and obtaining a master's degree in social work and possibly pursuing a doctorate degree.
Katherine Brown is the daughter of Rick and Lori Brown and a graduate of Nederland High School. She is a member of the LU Honors Program, Phi Kappa Phi and Relay for Life. Brown is the recipient of the McMasters Honors Scholarship, Scot Burmeister Memorial Scholarship and is a Mirabeau Scholar. Her hobbies include spending time with family and friends. Her plans for the future include teaching in a local school district and returning to Lamar to obtain her master's degree.
Randi Holst is the daughter of Giles and Lawanna Holst and a graduate of Nederland High School. She is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Kappa Lambda. Other collegiate activities included serving as secretary of the professional music fraternity Delta Omicron and as a four-year member of the Lamar ACappella Choir. Her hobbies include singing and playing piano, reading, sewing, and spending time with close friends and family. Her future plans include attending graduate school to study vocal pedagogy and the anatomy and science of the singing voice.
Allen Chao, son of Joe and Ruthy Chao, is a graduate of Wichita High School in Wichita, Kan. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Financial Management Association Honors Society and the Finance Association. His other collegiate interests include the College of Business Student Advisory Council and the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars. Chao was on the President's List and a recipient of the Aaron Rose Award and Scholarship, Ben J. Rogers Outstanding Business Student and Scholarship, Financial Management Association Collegiate Fellow, Financial Executives International Houston Scholarship, the Charles and Susan Gordon and Julia Gordon Gray Memorial Scholarship, Dr. Kim Memorial Scholarship in Economics and the Dr. Sam Frank Parigi Scholarship in Economics. Chao lists his hobbies as reading Bloomberg and Business Week, light jogging and traveling. His plans for the future include acquiring an MBA at Lamar.


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a pity you guys missed out the first band BEFORE THE DAWN!
btw, you should add the word "Metal" into tags of this article, big time! _m/
thanks guys!
a pity you guys missed out the first band BEFORE THE DAWN!
btw, you should add the word "Metal" into tags of this article, big time! _m/
thanks guys!
The Finns did a great job, and their collaborations also included a performance by Cold Fairyland's Lin Di and a Finnish metal xylophonist. I alas missed most of the downtown events, but the Finnish Day Gala Show at Expo, along with Lin Di, featured local artist Pan Jianfeng, local choreographer Jin Xing, as well as some Shanghai pop singers and jazz musicians I'm not familiar with. It was an amazing show, and represents the best of what the Expo could be but rarely is. Let's hope more countries (including the local government) learn from their example.
unfortunatedly, the finnish jazz ppl performed the same night when we had our Helfest in MAO, even a planed Shanghai Jazz Club check out tour had to be canceled in the end due to complication with gears and other activities next time!
Amazing live shots, btw!
Awesome concert photos you got there!!
Thank you so much guys !! I really appreciate :)
It was actually a pleasure to take these pictures! First I enjoyed the music, I wasn't familiar with metal and even less with Finnish bands… and I loved both! But not only I loved the music, the environment was absolutely captivating, which is even what's even more delightful for a photographer trying to catch the vibes. The crowd was electrified, and the bands were awesomely good live performers! It was a blast!


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The only new Palm Beach County school opened in August did so to a traffic jam staged by parents protesting what they claimed was a hazardous route their children would walk daily.
It was so crowded that classes at Coral Sunset Elementary School in Boca Raton had to be taught in the cafeteria, library and art center; portable classrooms were erected immediately.
As the school year was ending last week, Principal Phil Sorensen and other school officials took a moment to reflect on it.
At the first of the year, Coral Sunset`s coordinator of volunteers, Nell West, previously named the School Board`s adult volunteer of the year, won the state award.
But in February, teacher Alice Herndon was suspended in February for shaking a student so hard she allegedly injured his neck. When she was reinstated, the boy`s parents filed a $250,000 lawsuit against the school district. The suit is pending.
Just a couple of weeks ago, West was elected PTA president, which pleased Sorensen.
``It sure can`t hurt to say you`re the new school in the county, and you`ve got someone like Nell working with you,`` he said.
It has been a busy year for the district, schools Superintendent Tom Mills said.
``Overall, we`ve had a very good one,`` he said. ``I sense a good feeling about schools out there (from residents).``
It can be attributed to schools` marketing programs, Mills said.
As part of the programs, schools improved their images by telling residents about their successes.
H.L. Johnson Elementary School in Royal Palm Beach was a good example, Mills said.
This year, the school housed 1,600 students in a crowded building and 28 portable classrooms. When the faculty discovered it was the largest elementary school in the state, they wrote to ABC-TV. The network responded by filming the entire student body yelling, ``Good morning, America!`` The clip was aired on the program of the same name in April.


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200 miles to go. After 9 months and nearly 40,000 miles
|The podium of the Volvo Ocean Race might just come down to a total lottery tonight as wind forecasts predict a difficult transition as Charles Caudrelier describes "from the current strong southerly winds that have carried Dongfeng up the North Sea, to some light easterly winds that will should get us to the finish line. Its going to be stressful".In between potentially little or no wind at all – during the early evening tonight in theory. The battleground will probably be between Hanstholm and Skagen, the two towns with a bay between them, that mark the northern tip of Denmark. But even now the compression is starting, from Yanndirect this morning "Still coming back from behind. Less than 4 miles, now. Nothing we can do about it. Not a nice feeling". More often than not in ocean racing, the rich get richer – but this time its not going to work like that. The guys (and girls) behind are going to sail on in pressure as the boats in front that worked so hard to grind out their leads, will stop in the transition zone between the old and new winds.The warm front moving from the UK east, that has been chasing the fleet since they left, is going to slow down and stall before it gets to them, at least at surface level. Higher up in the atmosphere its forecast to continue east – this differential between up high and at the surface, will provide the conditions for a new low to form, bringing new winds – but the transition could be long – and in the meantime somehow the boats have to get from the old to the new. This in effect should allow almost all, if not all, the backmarkers to sail straight to the front, with the leaders helpless.
It will be tragic if the entire race comes down to luck, but then this is part of ocean racing. Since Dong Feng means 'winds from the east bringing freshness and energy' and Aeolus being the Guardian of the Winds – on land we can only hope and pray to whatever Gods we believe in, that luck will be on our side, and that we will get the podium finish we deserve!
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Skipper Sam Davies (GBR) and her Team SCA crew struck a resounding blow for women's offshore sailing in the early hours of Thursday morning when they gloriously clinched Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race
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– A resounding blow for women's offshore sailing
– Team Vestas Wind bounce back for second place
– Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing nearing overall trophy win
LORIENT, France, June 11 – Skipper Sam Davies (GBR) and her Team SCA crew struck a resounding blow for women's offshore sailing in the early hours of Thursday morning when they gloriously clinched Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race.
The comfortable victory was the first leg win in offshore sailing's toughest challenge since Tracy Edwards' Maidenclinched two stage wins in Class D of the 1989-90 race, won overall by Sir Peter Blake's famous Steinlager2.
At least as satisfying for the first all-women's crew to enter the race in 12 years will be the opportunity to silence critics who suggested that they were looking outclassed in the current 12th edition by their experienced male rivals.
True, the Swedish entry had yet to win a podium place until now, but the crew has clearly improved leg after leg and many observers felt that a breakthrough performance was just around the corner.
The win was certainly no fluke in an upwind leg that tested seamanship to the full with an often heinous sea state and strong winds virtually throughout.
They grabbed the 647-nautical mile leg from Lisbon by the scruff of the neck on Monday, and strengthened that grip on Tuesday after taking an offshore course while most of their rivals hugged the Spanish and French coast approaching the Bay of Biscay.
It took them three days 13 hours 11 minutes and 11 seconds to grab their share of Race history.
"Thanks to everybody for all your support. It's not really sunk in yet," said a jubilant Davies. "It probably won't hit us until we hit the dock and we see there aren't any other boats there.
"It's a reward for all the hard work we have done. It's a great confidence booster. It's going to be huge for us. We've had a mountain to climb to get here."
Behind them, another fairy-tale was unfolding as Team Vestas Wind (Chris Nicholson/AUS) closed to a remarkable second-placed finish in their return to the race after six months out following a collision with an Indian Ocean reef on November 29 during Leg 2.
Nicholson had every reason for the huge smile on his face as he approached the port of Lorient following a near perfect race from Lisbon starting on Sunday.
He had simply hoped that his boat could negotiate the leg without mishap and be competitive – a high podium finish is almost beyond his wildest dreams.
"It's a very special moment," said the team's Onboard Reporter, Brian Carlin (IRL), simply.
Astern of the leading pair, third-placed Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) were nearing an ever bigger prize than the handsome silver leg trophy claimed by Team SCA.
They needed simply to finish ahead of their nearest overall pursuers in the standings,Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) and Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA), with a boat in between, to be all but be sure of winning the 12th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race.
As Team SCA passed the finish at 0211 UTC/0411 local time on Thursday, that prospect looked very much on with MAPFRE (Xabi Fernández/ESP) in fourth, Team Brunel fifth, and Team Alvimedica (Charlie Enright/USA) keeping Dongfeng Race Team at bay in the fight for sixth.
The boats will have a short maintenance period before Sunday's SCA In-Port Race here in Lorient, before the fleet set sail for Gothenburg via a much-awaited pit-stop in The Hague, on Tuesday, June 16.
It promises to be a period of considerable celebration for at least three crews of very, very happy sailors.
The Dutch get a boost as Bouwe Bekking and the crew of Team Brunel Win Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race
Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) completed a triumphant Leg 7 early on Wednesday to bolster their hopes of finishing with a podium place in the Volvo Ocean Race and also keep alive their hopes of overall victory
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– Team Brunel edge home ahead in transatlantic leg
– MAPFRE chase them all the way into Lisbon
– Team Alvimedica beat Dongfeng in thrilling dogfight
– Team Vestas Wind are reunited with rest of the fleet
LISBON, Portugal, May 27 – Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) completed a triumphant Leg 7 early on Wednesday to bolster their hopes of finishing with a podium place in the Volvo Ocean Race and also keep alive the possibility of overall victory.
The Dutch boat sailed a near faultless transatlantic stage, edging MAPFRE (Iker Martínez/ESP) into second, just under 22 minutes behind.
Behind them, Team Alvimedica (Charlie Enright/USA) edged out long-time leg leaders, Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA), after an enthralling dogfight over the final miles.
The Chinese-backed boat was caught by Enright's crew in the early hours of Wednesday, but battled their way back and looked sure to overtake them again before a botched tack ruined their chances.
They lost out by just 55 seconds after nearly nine days and 13 hours of sailing across 2,800 nautical miles (nm).
With overall leaders Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) finishing fifth ahead of Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR), the overall race standings are left finely poised.
The Emirati crew now have a five-point lead over Dongfeng Race Team with two short legs to sail, while Team Brunel are a point further adrift of Charles Caudrelier's crew.
Caudrelier made no attempt to hide his disappointment after leading the leg for so long and seeing a podium place disappear in the final miles.
"I'm feeling very bad, very upset and very sad," he summed up. "We deserved better, but I guess that's life.
"Most of all, I'm upset with myself because my crew did a great job and I made a huge mistake – and I don't accept mistakes. We really missed a chance in this leg with Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing finishing fifth."
Few sailors in the fleet will savour a win over one of the race's trademark legs more than Team Brunel's 51-year-old skipper, Bouwe Bekking, in his record-equalling seventh appearance.
He has certainly experienced the ups and downs of racing across the Atlantic. Few will forget the agonising position he faced in 2006 before he was finally forced to abandon his sinking movistar boat during the same stage of that Volvo Ocean Race.
Bekking insisted last week that he had not lost 'a single night's sleep' over the incident and the confident way that Team Brunel sailed the leg would bear that out.
Team Brunel were harried all the way over the past 24 hours by both MAPFRE and Dongfeng Race Team, especially over the final few miles when the breeze dropped to almost zero in the Tagus River as they approached the Lisbon finish.
"We sailed a tremendous leg but just at the end when there was no wind, it was getting a bit gnarly," said Bekking. "But we pulled it off."
The victory was achieved with two newcomers on board, Adam Minoprio (NZL) and Timo Hagoort (NED), the latter replacing the injured Gerd-Jan Poortman (NED).
"It was good to have those young guys on board, they did a fantastic job," added Bekking.
Team SCA crossed the line, some four hours and 22 minutes behind Team Brunel (see panel above), after an action-packed transatlantic leg in which they sailed within the pack for much of the nine days and at one stage threatened a podium finish after taking a bold strategic choice around the Azores High.
The final two stages, to Lorient (France) and then Gothenburg (Sweden) via a pit-stop in The Hague (Netherlands), will once again be contested by seven boats.
Team Vestas Wind (Chris Nicholson/AUS) rejoin the fleet for the first time since November 29 when the boat was grounded on a reef in the Indian Ocean.
After a four-month rebuild in the Persico boatyard in Bergamo, Italy, the boat was transported by sea and road to Lisbon, arriving a few hours before the rest of the fleet in the small hours of Wednesday morning.
Over the next few days, the rig will be stepped ahead of the Danish-backed team's competitive comeback on June 6 in the Lisbon In-Port Race. Leg 8 to Lorient, a relative sprint at 647nm, begins a day later.
The race concludes on June 27 with the In-Port Race in Gothenburg after nine months and 38,739nm of sailing, visiting 11 ports and every continent.
Current latest standings (low points wins, In-Port Race Series splits ties): 1) Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing 16 pts, 2) Dongfeng Race Team 21, 3) Team Brunel 22, 4) MAPFRE 26, 5) Team Alvimedica 27, 6) Team SCA 41, 7) Team Vestas Wind (Denmark) 52 (DNS).
Spanish boat MAPFRE, boosted by the return of their skipper Iker Martinez, claimed their first win of the Volvo Ocean Race in-port series on Saturday in front of thousands of spectators.
With Martinez at the helm, the red boat raced to the first mark with a narrow lead over Team Alvimedica (Turkey/US) and gradually stretched their advantage in a race completed in just under an hour.
The result leaves the Spanish crew still trailing the fleet in the overall standings on 31 points, but they have closed the gap considerably after a string of largely disappointing performances prior to Saturday.
Martinez, 37, was delighted to return to the winner's circle having returned to lead the crew after missing the previous leg due to Olympic commitments.
The helmsman from San Sebastian won gold in the 2004 Athens Games and silver in Beijing 2008, but finished disappointingly down the field in the 2012 London Olympics.
He is determined to put that right in Rio de Janeiro next year, but his commitment to his preparation has led to his missing several legs in this edition of the nine-month Ocean Race which started last October.
"We are improving slowly and that's the way we want to do these things," said Martinez after the victory. "Today we were first and we're feeling super good."
Team Alvimedica, led by Newport local Charlie Enright, clung on to second place while Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing stole third position from the all-women crew of Team SCA, who made a damaging positioning error mid-race.
The result puts Abu Dhabi, led by Briton Ian Walker, back on top of the overall in-port race series standings on 19 points. The series will count towards a separate trophy and be used to split ties in the main offshore competition.
The six boats in the fleet will begin the seventh leg, a 2,800-nautical mile (4,815km) trip to Lisbon, Portugal, on Sunday at 1800GMT.
Abu Dhabi lead by six points from China's Dongfeng Race Team, with three legs to complete in the nine-month, 38,739-nautical mile (71,745km) marathon.
The race concludes on June 27 in Gothenburg, Sweden, having visited 11 ports and every continent.
Team Vestas Wind In-Port Race Newport results
Course: 3 laps.
Bearing to top gate: 230
Distance to top: 1.4nm, extended to 1.8nm on the 3rd lap.
Total distance sailed: 9.2nm
TWS: 8kts
Team Vestas Wind In-Port Race Newport Results:
1. MAPFRE 14:55:41 – 1pt
2. Team Alvimedica 14:56:39 – 2pts
3. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing 14:57:38 – 3pts
4. Team SCA 14:57:57 – 4pts
5. Team Brunel 14:58:17 – 5pts
6. Dongfeng Race Team 14:59:09 – 6pts
DNS. Team Vestas Wind – 8pts
In-Port series Overall standings:
1. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing – 19pts
2. Team Brunel – 20pts
3. Team SCA – 24pts
4. Dongfeng Race Team – 27pts
5. Team Alvimedica – 28pts
6. MAPFRE – 31pts
7. Team Vestas Wind – 52pts
Crew List for Team Vestas Wind Newport In-Port Race:
Dongfeng Race Team Charles Caudrelier FRA Kevin Escoffier FRA Thomas Rouxel FRA Martin Strömberg SWE Chen Jin Hao (Horace) CHN Pascal Bidegorry FRA Sidney Gavignet FRA Jiru Yang (Wolf) CHN Yann Riou FRA (OBR)
Team Alvimedica Charles Enright USA William Oxley AUS Alberto Bolzan ITA Mark Towill USA Sébastien Marsset FRA Nick Dana USA Ryan Houston NZL Dave Swete NZL Amory Ross USA (OBR)
MAPFRE Iker Martínez ESP Xabi Fernández ESP Jean-Luc Nélias FRA Rob Greenhalgh GBR André Fonseca BRA Antonio Cuervas-Mons ESP Carlos Hernández ESP Guillermo Altadill ESP Francisco Vignale ARG (OBR)
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Ian Walker GBR Simon Fisher GBR Daryl Wislang NZL Adil Khalid UAE Luke Parkinson AUS Justin Slattery IRL Roberto Bermúdez de Castro ESP Phil Harmer AUS Matt Knighton USA (OBR)
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Team SCA Sam Davies GBR Carolijn Brouwer NED Dee Caffari GBR Abby Ehler GBR Annie Lush GBR Elodie-Jane Mettraux SUI Stacey Jackson AUS Libby Greenhalgh GBR Liz Wardley AUS Sally Barkow USA Sophie Ciszek AUS Anna-Lena Elled SWE (OBR)
Charles Caudrelier and Team Dongfeng Win Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 in Newport, Rhode Island
Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) edged overall Volvo Ocean Race leaders Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) by just three minutes and 25 seconds to win Leg 6 to Newport after an enthralling duel over the past 24 hours
– Skipper Caudrelier praises shore crew after thrilling win
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, USA (May 7) – Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) edged overall Volvo Ocean Race leaders Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) by just three minutes and 25 seconds to win Leg 6 to Newport after an enthralling duel over the past 24 hours.
The result cuts the Emirati boat's lead over the Chinese-backed challengers to six points and marks a fantastic comeback for Caudrelier and his crew after they were forced to pull out of the previous leg to Itajaí because of a broken mast.
The French skipper paid tribute to his shore crew who managed to fit a new rig in under a week in Brazil and prepare the boat for the 5,010-nautical mile (nm), ultra-competitive next stage through the Atlantic.
"For this leg, the goal was to be ready in Itajaí and the (shore) crew did a fantastic job. I'd like to give them the victory," said Caudrelier.
"I'm very proud of them and very happy to take this first place. They worked very hard to get this boat ready. I'm really, really happy."
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing made Caudrelier and his men work all the way for the win after 17 days at sea and even threatened to overturn their lead as they passed Block Island 30nm from the finish.
"We were within a couple of lengths of getting over them at Block Island – literally three or four boat lengths from rolling them – but they held on and dug deep. Very well deserved win," said Walker.
Caudrelier's hopes of bouncing back for the triumph had looked in serious jeopardy just two days into the leg, which started on April 19, when the electronic water-maker, which converts sea water into drinking water, broke down.
He said if his crew had not been able to repair it, they would have had to make a 12-hour stop.
'We wouldn't have had to retire, but we would have had to stop and fix it. When you stop in this race, you see the difference between the boats, and that means the leg is over because it means you lose at least 12 hours," said Caudrelier, whose boat finished in an elapsed time of 17 days, nine hours and three minutes exactly after leaving Itajaí.
"That would have meant another leg where we would have finished last."
Dutch challengers Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) finished just over 55 minutes afterDongfeng to claim the final podium spot following yet another closely-fought leg.
It will have been a big relief to Bekking whose boat has been pipped in similar close finishes in earlier legs.
"It's always good to be back on the podium. But the race is lost for us, we have to tell the public about that, because Abu Dhabi has an inaccessible lead now compared to us," he said.
"Dongfeng still has a good chance. They sailed an excellent leg, congratulations to them. And to Abu Dhabi too – they both sailed very well.
"We're aiming for second and we still want to win the In-Port Series as well. We're in the lead over there. We've got a couple of things to sail for – and of course we want to win a couple of legs."
MAPFRE (Xabi Fernández/ESP) followed Team Brunel home in fourth spot with an elapsed time of 17 days 10 hours 34 minutes and 25 seconds with Team Alvimedica (Charlie Enright/USA) heading for a home town welcome in fifth place ahead of Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR), who were expected to finish later on Thursday.
Current latest standings (low points wins, Team Alvimedica* and Team SCA* yet to finish Leg 6): 1) Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing 11 pts, 2) Dongfeng Race Team 17, 3) Team Alvimedica 19*, 4) Team Brunel 21, 5) MAPFRE 24, 6) Team SCA 29*, 7) Team Vestas (Denmark) 44.
Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) felt the familiar presence of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) to their stern on Wednesday as the thrilling Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race headed for a potential 'photo finish' in Newport, Rhode Island .
– Dongfeng and Azzam set to battle it out to the finish
ALICANTE, Spain, May 6 – Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) felt the familiar presence of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) to their stern on Wednesday as the thrilling Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race headed for a potential 'photo finish' in Newport, Rhode Island.
The Emirati boat, overall race leaders with seven points to spare from Dongfeng, have stuck to Caudrelier's crew like glue for the last 24 hours.
The arch rivals were still just over 150 nautical miles (nm) from the finish of a 5,010nm stage from Itajaí, Brazil, at 0940 UTC on Wednesday after nearly 17 days of head-to-head racing since setting out on April 19.
Dongfeng Race Team held a narrow 6nm lead, but the final few hours before a probable Thursday morning finish could yet upset their hopes of a second stage victory following their Leg 3 triumph sailing to their home port of Sanya back in late January.
The boats are shortly exiting the Gulf Stream in good winds and will sail into reaching conditions of some 18 knots, the Race's official meteorologist, Gonzalo Infante, reported on Wednesday.
They will then run into squally conditions, again with gusts of around 18 knots, before the westerly wind which is driving them turns north-east late afternoon/early evening UTC time.
Towards the end of the day, between 2100-2400 UTC, the boats will run into a relative brick wall in the form of a cold front for the last 30nm or so from Block Island onwards.
That could finally split the two – laterally at least – when they opt to go east or west and the decision could make or break either of them.
No wonder, then, that Infante is predicting: "We could be in for a photo finish."
The three boats behind them – Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED), MAPFRE (Xabi Fernández/ESP) and Team Alvimedica (Charlie Enright/USA) (see panel above) – were still battling desperately to stay in touch in the hope that either of the front two could make an error in the final straight.
Meanwhile, at the back of the fleet, Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR) lost significant ground in the last 24 hours with all hope of a first podium finish seemingly lost.
The mood on board Azzam is of high excitement. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing have already won two legs including the toughest of them all, Leg 5 through the Southern Ocean, and are hungry for another.
Their onboard reporter, Matt Knighton, summed up on Tuesday night: "Right now we need to pull out all the secrets we've got. In the breezy downwind conditions of the darkness, they've (Dongfeng) managed to sail lower and faster towards the mark and extended to 3nm ahead.
"We've found at least 10 rabbits in this magic hat of ours this leg – we just need to find one more."
The boats will spend 10 days in Newport, hosting the race for the first time, before heading back across the Atlantic to Lisbon in Leg 7 on May 17.
Leg 6: Itajai – Newport (5,000nm theoretical, close to 5,500nm sailed)
Days at sea: 17
Distance to finish: 115nm
Position in fleet: First. 2nm ahead of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing
Weather: Transition from westerly winds to light easterlies ("Dong Feng" translated)
Boat speed: 12 knots
ETA Newport: Tonight.
America…the land of hopes and dreams and, right now, all of Dongfeng's hopes and dreams are resting on the Chinese team trying to stay ahead of their main adversary, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, to arrive first in Newport. But like all hopes and dreams, they don't come easy: "The last 24 hours of this leg are going to be a nightmare," says Charles. "It's going to be very difficult to stay ahead of the other boats"
Just over a hundred excruciating miles to go, the fleet are expected in tonight at some point. Over the last 24 hours, Dongfeng has had a whole mix of conditions – from light downwind sailing, to some strong gusty conditions of up to 30 knots whilst crossing the Gulf Stream. But now the brakes are on, and the leaders are tackling the final wind transition – from the strong westerly flow that has propelled them overnight towards Newport ahead of the predictions, in to a weak easterly flow. Dong Feng we should remind you means "a wind from the east bringing freshness and energy" – lets hope it blows in our favour!
"Everyone's getting nervous," said Horace (Chen Jin Hao). "Plus the wind is getting lighter now. The boat we couldn't see before are now close to us, we can see them with our eyes. These days are like torture for us."
For Horace his American dream is simple: "For a lot of people America is a place full of dreams and hopes. Lots of people would like to study in the US and start a business there. But for me, I've only got one American dream – get a good result for this leg. But of course I've got my little 'classic' American dream – I want to go to New York to see the Statue of Liberty." Lets just hope Dongfeng Race Team are the first ones to see the Newport finish line…
Read Sam's blog: The Gulf Stream – this one resembles a hot elevator shooting us towards Newport with an extra 2 knots over the ground. The past 48 hours have been nothing but ups and downs, hots and colds, so I challenge the guys to give me a few quotes with that theme in mind. "Arriving in the US our hearts are getting warm as the water is getting colder," says Kevin. Read more hereImage credit: Sam Greenfield/Dongfeng Race Team The next 115nm is going to be a nervous one for our navigator, Pascal.
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The Volvo Ocean Race fleet found fair winds rather then the ill fortune of repute as they raced through the Bermuda Triangle in the thrilling Leg 6 race towards Newport, Rhode Island, USA, on Monday .
– Sailors admit fatigue in relentless 'grinding of nerves'
ALICANTE, Spain, May 4 – The Volvo Ocean Race fleet found fair winds rather then the ill fortune of repute as they raced through the Bermuda Triangle in the thrilling Leg 6 race towards Newport, Rhode Island, USA, on Monday. They all have under 1,000 nautical miles (nm) to go.
The six boats had feared a slow-down and fleet compression through an area of low pressure mid-Atlantic in the geographic triangle that separates Bermuda, Costa Rica and Miami, but instead the crews continued virtually unhindered.
Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA), so determined to close the seven-point gap on overall race leaders Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR), continued to hold a slight 7.4nm advantage in the latest position report on Monday (0940 UTC).
Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) led the chasing pack with Azzam hot on their heels 3.3nm astern of them (see panel above). The three had opened up a small gap over MAPFRE (Xabi Fernández/ESP), who were having their own dogfight with Team Alvimedica (Charlie Enright/USA), some 17nm behind Ian Walker's crew.
MAPFRE suffered a brief scare when the boat was knocked down to crash flat on its side, before it swifly righted itself courtesy of swift teamwork among the crew.
Team SCA, to the east of those two packs, were still struggling to keep pace, some 82.9nm behind Dongfeng.
The six boats are expected to escape the Bermuda Triangle later in the day and then face one last major gybe on Tuesday evening before the final sprint for the finish line after an absorbing 5,010nm leg.
Many of the sailors have been admitting that the relentless close quarter sailing of six well-matched crews on identical Volvo Ocean 65 boats is beginning to take its toll on nerves and body alike after seven months at sea.
Charles Caudrelier, skipper of the stage leaders Dongfeng Race Team, summed up: "According to the clouds and narrow corridors of wind, we have good and bad phases. It grinds down the nerves. The one-design (boat) has totally changed the regatta on the water."
At the other end of the fleet, Sam Davies, of Team SCA, is equally feeling the pace. "I feel like the last seven months of racing is taking its toll on my body and I am trying to play catch-up in order to be able to do my job properly," she wrote. "This racing is a crazy life."
The boats are forecasted to arrive in Newport on May 7 after 17 days of sailing from Itajaí, Brazil. They will then have 10 days in dock for maintenance before setting off for the final transatlantic crossing to Lisbon, Portugal.
There are then two more legs taking in France (Lorient), The Netherlands (The Hague) and Sweden, with the race concluding on June 27 in Gothenburg after nine months of racing.


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Too late to fill last season's screaming need but an early start for next year, the Devils are bringing back Jason Arnott to fill their major void at center.
General manager Lou Lamoriello yesterday dealt prospect Matt Halischuk and 2011 second-rounder to Nashville for the 35-year-old righty who scored the 2000 Stanley Cup winning goal for the Devils.
"I watch that video every single summer, two or three times. It always brings a tear to my eye," Arnott said yesterday. "I wanted the chance to do it again.
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He was taken in 1993's first round, seventh overall, by the Oilers and traded to New Jersey with Bryan Muir for Bill Guerin and Valeri Zelepukin on Jan. 4, 1998. He fell out of favor with New Jersey because of injuries that kept him out of vital games, such as the seventh game of the 2001 finals.
Arnott has one year left on his contract at $4.5 million, and he waived his no-trade clause when the Predators told him they couldn't extend his deal.
"I gave [GM] David [Poile] a small list of teams I'd be willing to go to, and New Jersey was definitely at the top of the list," Arnott said.
He played 63 games last season, failing to top 20 goals (19) for the first time since 1998. He is a three-time 30-goal scorer, including matching his rookie-season best of 33 in 2008-09.
Arnott will rejoin Patrik Elias, two-thirds of the A Line, in coming back to New Jersey, and it is believed he would listen to offers to extend his contract. He said he's like to play with Elias "100 percent. I've never forgotten the fun we had playing with each other."
Now the Devils' top two centers, he and Travis Zajac, are righties, which should play well with all the star left wings on the roster.
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Kolkata made a winning end to what was a dismal campaign by thrashing local favorites, Titans by a whopping 99 run margin in their final group game at Cape Town. Kallis said that it was a 'pity' that the team could not find its bearings at the start of the tournament.
"It's a pity we didn't start of the tournament like this. I felt that we started playing some good cricket in Durban (against the Perth Scorchers) but unfortunately the weather stopped us from getting through to the next round. That was disappointing," Kallis said after the win over Titans.
"This was almost a perfect game for us. We came out and batted really well and paced the innings nicely. There were some fantastic individual knocks and then we bowled with the intensity we needed to bowl with.
"This was a nice way to end this campaign. The guys now go away to different parts of the globe and will play for different teams. Hopefully, they gain form again in time for the IPL," he was quoted as saying by clt20.com.
Kolkata made a disastrous start to the tournament after losing their opening two games to Delhi and Auckland. Their must win match against Perth was washed out to eliminate the IPL champs.
Asked as to what went wrong for the team, Kallis said that the slow start did not help the team. "It was probably rustiness or the fact that we're slow starters. You need a bit of luck in this game and perhaps the rub of the green didn't quite go our way.
"But in our last two games we've played some really good cricket."
Kallis said that they return from the tournament with plenty of positives. "The way the guys finished off was of the standard we should be playing with. Going into the next IPL we know that we've got a trophy behind us. There are a lot of positives and there's no reason why we cannot win it again," the South African said.
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What's a work-at-home mom got to look forward to in the new year? Isn't life the same as last week (which was, incidentally, last year, too): We're at home, working from the dining table (for some, in their pajamas)?
Well, if you're a more-often-than-not-optimist like me, you'll ring in the new year as one filled with possibilities.
I must say, I didn't always used to approach the new year with this type of enthusiasm! Also, I started off the year on a rather low point. Thanks to busyness, I got out of my post-Christmas melancholy after a day or two, and I'm back full force into work-at-home mom mode. And it got me thinking: How can I make this work-at-home year even better than the last?
I have a few ideas; they're listed below. And I challenge you to at least do one of them. I tried several of them last year, and trust me: any of these will make you a happier, more purposeful, more satisfied work-at-homie! It's a short list, but I figure these 12 items can be easily spread out through 12 months, right?
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1. Take up a new sport, hobby or pastime. Sounds like a common New Year's resolution, right? But it's always a good idea to do something new. For me this year, it's going to be the gym!
2. Get your hair styled in a way you've never tried before. Even if you stay at home, you're entitled to be gorgeous. Get a new haircut, new hair tint, whatever! Just commit to start looking fabulous.
3. Set aside a daily time for prayer and meditation. Yes, I mean it. Pray everyday. As a work-at-home parent, you need a place to retreat to when the day gets hectic, and a prayer time can be that spiritual, mental, emotional retreat for you. Prayer can mean different things for you than it does for me, but the point of having a time set aside for this is so that you will be a more thankful, reflective, optimistic person before the year is over.
4. Prettify your home. Listen, if you're a work-at-homie, you need to make your home pretty. That's just my philosophy! You're at home 24/7 anyway, so why not revamp your home into something you'll love staying in and working in? Start with one area first, like a corner of a room, a space in your kitchen, your work-at-home spot.
5. Create a work-at-home space that serves your purpose. I'm personally doing this since I currently work from our dining. table. I can't wait to finish up my new area! (Follow my Home Office Inspirations for some great ideas on creating a lovely work-at-home space.)
6. Start a blog. My blog has brought me places: It's provided me with work opportunities and has helped me firm up my work-at-home profession.
7. Study, learn, discover! The work-at-home landscape is an ever-changing one, and you have to keep up. If you're an Internet freelancer like me, you can't be left behind. Take up a short course online, have a budget for purchasing books and e-books that will help enhance your craft, look for a mentor–do everything you can to learn more about what you're doing.
8. Create a work-at-home calendar that's suited to your needs and specifications. (Personally, iCal and a good ol' notebook planner works for me. More on that in an upcoming post.)
9. Become "greener" parent. This is a great step for your household, and one that can help take your work-at-home lifestyle to a healthier level, one step at a time. I can truthfully say that being able to work from home has also made it easier for me to "green" our lifestyle. Why not try it this year, fellow WAHM? Start by ordering organic veggies, like I've been doing, and supporting local products. (You can read up on my Green Living topics for great ideas, too.)
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Ryoma Echizen
|Ryoma Echizen
|The Prince of Tennis character
Ryoma Echizen
|Created by
|Takeshi Konomi
|Voiced by
Junko Minagawa (Japanese)
David Neil Black (English)
Prince of Tennis
Samurai Jr.
Nanjiro Echizen (father)
Rinko Echizen (mother)
Ryoga Echizen (adopted brother)
Nanako Meino (cousin)
|Seishun Academy
|Left-handed, Ambidextrous
Ryoma Echizen (越前 リョーマ Echizen Ryōma) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the manga and anime series The Prince of Tennis created by Takeshi Konomi. In the series, Ryoma is portrayed as a twelve-year-old tennis prodigy who won four consecutive Junior Tennis Tournaments in America. His father is Nanjiro Echizen, a former tennis pro nicknamed "Samurai Nanjiro". At his father's request, Ryoma returns to Japan in order to attend Seishun Academy ("Seigaku"), a private middle school famous for its tennis team. Due to his cocky attitude, he constantly butts heads with some of his upperclassmen as well as anger most of his opponents in tennis matches. Still, he, along with his team, evolve as tennis players in order to win the National Tennis Tournament. Throughout the story, Ryoma continues to find his own style of tennis by creating original techniques instead of merely being a copy of his father. Ryoma also appears in other media adaptations of the series including musicals, video games, soundtracks, and movies.
Ryoma has been fairly popular among readers, having always stayed in the top four most popular characters, even placing first in two of the polls.[1][2] Also, Ryoma's character has been featured in more soundtracks than any other character in the series. His likeness has appeared in numerous types of other merchandise as well, including key chains and clothing.[3] However, in publicized reviews for the anime and manga, his character has received mixed reviews, with his personality being heavily criticized. Reviewers from Anime News Network and DVDTalk both finding Ryoma's cocky and "arrogant" attitude difficult to like. Though they both find his tennis skills undeniable, they comment on how that makes it "difficult for the reader to latch on and share in his experiences," eliminating the tension that comes with underdog appeal.[4] The ANN reviewer, however, believes that some of the highlights of the series are the numerous ways that Ryoma defeats his opponents.[5] On the other hand, Mania comments that Ryoma does not come off as too "over the top or too serious, but just the right level to be intimidating."[6] And Jeffrey Harris of IGN cites that though Ryoma starts off as "stiff and cold," he slowly starts to break out of his shell.[7]
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Ryoma is a first year student at Seishun Academy ('Seigaku'), which he attends immediately after his arrival in Japan after formerly residing in the United States. Although only a first year in middle school, Ryoma had already earned notoriety through winning four consecutive titles in the American Junior Tennis tournaments – all in a little over a year. Due to his nearly invincible tennis play, Ryoma has earned the label 'prodigy' by the age of twelve. His looks and confidence make him highly popular with ladies, although he seems not to notice, having his focus exclusively on tennis.
He is an all-court tennis player with many special shots and abilities. One of Ryoma's greatest talents is his ability to learn new techniques after only seeing them performed a few times. He also has an amazing amount of stamina and does not sweat as much as the other players. Along with fellow Seigaku regular Eiji Kikumaru, Ryoma is known to have an exceptional talent for seeing moving objects. He does not go easy on himself and pushes himself more, rather than letting himself rest. He is specifically a singles player, though he did try doubles once with teammate Takeshi Momoshiro. After seeing how bad he was at doubles, Coach Ryuzaki usually placed him in the S3 (Singles 3) or S2 (Singles 2) position. When captain Kunimitsu Tezuka goes away for rehabilitation for his arm, Ryoma and teammate Shusuke Fuji take turns for the S1 (Singles 1) position. In the Nationals, Ryoma often found himself placed in the S1 position nearly every match.
Although he is left-handed, his famous Twist Serve is only effective when delivered from the dominant hand of his opponents (i.e. he uses his right hand when serving against right-handed players). He occasionally plays tennis with his right hand as either a handicap for weaker opponents or a way to test his opponent's abilities. When the need for returning at a difficult angle or distance arises, Ryoma also incorporates the use of "nitōryū", or ambidexterity.
In the anime, when all the tennis teams of Japan competed for a spot in the roster to play America in the Goodwill games, everyone was sure Echizen would get a spot. However, Tezuka (who acted as coach when Ryuzaki was hospitalized) saw that Echizen's attitude had become more arrogant since he defeated Sanada of Rikkaidai in the regional championship. Therefore, Tezuka chose to have Echizen as the reserve player, but kept in secret to see if he would change. When Echizen sees America's Kevin Smith – who had been wanting to challenge him – defeat Yamabuki's Jin Akutsu using his destructive tennis form, Echizen had a change of heart and begged Tezuka to be on the team; Tezuka revealed Echizen's spot, making him the third member of Seigaku to compete (along with Fuji and Kikumaru). Although Rikkaidai's Akaya Kirihara played Smith in the final match, Kirihara injured himself, and the "special rule" was invoked to have Echizen finish the match, which resulted in his victory and a newfound friendship with Smith.
In the manga, Ryoma goes with his team to the Nationals. In the anime, he is chosen as a wildcard for the U.S. Open and goes to it, eventually beating Lleyton Hewitt in the finals. He comes back in the OVA, and although he says he wouldn't participate with Seigaku, vice captain Shuichiro Oishi goads him into a match to take over his spot as a regular, which Ryoma does (Oishi did this because his arm was still injured and felt it would be a burden to still be on the team). Re-earning his spot, Ryoma leads the team to their first national victory. He returns to America afterwards, thus his future with Seigaku is unknown. In Takeshi Konomi's sequel Ryoma is shown in America but returns to Japan for another tennis tournament with Seigaku.
Ryoma also demonstrates prowess in other sports, such as bowling, table tennis, and billiards. His abilities in beach volleyball, however, may be questioned. When the Seigaku students go to the beach during the anime series, Ryoma plays well when paired with Kaidoh. However, he plays quite poorly in the OVA when paired with Tezuka. In the same event in the manga, Ryoma, paired with Rokkaku's Kentaro Aoi, plays decently only after activating Muga no Kyōchi. It is possible however, that the second time, they were using a beach ball, which was too light for any tennis related moves.
His catchphrase in the Japanese anime is "mada mada dane," literally meaning "no, not yet" or "not good enough." During matches against the American Team, he used the phrase in English in which he said "You still have lots more to work on". In the English-dubbed version, it is translated as "You still have a ways to go."
His favorite subject is Science, but having been brought up in the United States, Ryoma is fluent in English, which his classmates admire him for. He is also the object of admiration of his own fan club in school, which is led by Tomoka Osakada. However, he does not care about girls at this point in his life, due to solely focusing on tennis. His favorite color is silver although he is always seen wearing a red shirt and a red racket. His favorite racket is Bridgestone Dynabeam Grandea. In the manga, he is shown wearing Fila shoes, cap, wristband and shirt; in the anime, his hat has a "R" symbol on it. Ryoma is frequently seen drinking Fanta (Ponta in the anime).
In the Prince of Tennis movie Futari no Samurai, Ryoma has an older brother named Ryoga Echizen. His older brother also appear in the New Prince of Tennis and later to be revealed as Ryoma half brother.
Ryoma can be quite arrogant at times, but is usually able to back up his statements with his tennis skills. He is usually distrustful of other tennis players, and often provokes his opponent before a match. In the beginning of the series, Ryoma is not taken seriously by the other students at his school, especially at the Seishun Tennis Club. It is only after he beats two of Seishun's regulars (Kaidoh and Inui) that he gains respect from fellow club members.
Ryoma is arrogant by nature, yet he can be very childish at times. He is also unafraid almost to the point of recklessness, but rarely gets angry or out of control. In the TeniPuri family chibi episodes, Ryoma is the youngest son, the oldest is his brother Ryoga Echizen, of the family and always creates all sorts of troubles. In other chibi episodes, he is mostly shown very skilled.
At the beginning of the series, all of Ryoma's tennis skills are a copy of his father's. With the help of his team captain, Kunimitsu Tezuka, Ryoma realizes his need to develop his own style of tennis if he intends to reach his goal and defeat his father.
With each match, it becomes apparent that Ryoma not only brings his potential to the front, but that he is constantly reaching a new point in the state of self-actualization – especially so during crucial points in a match. Although he views each opponent as a stepping stone of advancement, Tezuka soon becomes the wall that Ryoma has set up for himself in order to achieve actual greatness.
Although Ryoma has a rather tunneled vision as to whom he considers a rival (his father, Tezuka, and Fuji), there are many that view the first year as just that. One of the more notable examples of this in the anime is Kevin Smith, the son of the tennis coach George Smith, who was defeated by Nanjiro Echizen fifteen years ago in defense of George's pupil Rinko Takeuchi, who becomes Ryoma's mother. Kevin appears later in the series in the "friendly" match between the U.S. and Japan. Kevin became obsessed with Ryoma because of their pasts, whereas in the beginning Ryoma regarded Kevin's threats with a rather unconcerned attitude until he saw him play against Yamabuki's Jin Akutsu in the streets. Tezuka was unimpressed with Ryoma's attitude toward the matches, and as a result, Ryoma is forced to earn his place as a reserve player.
Ryoma also cares much about his family cat Karupin (romanized as Kalpin in the English version of the manga). In episode 27, Karupin follows Ryoma to school after he accidentally packs its toy into his bag. After he discovers this fact, he frantically searches for his cat around the district. Also, Karupin had followed Ryoma to the US Open tournament by sneaking into Ryoma's bag.
He currently doesn't show any interest in girls because of his dedication toward tennis. Occasionally, he has been seen dismissing them. Although he has an apathetic nature, he does show Sakuno his genuine concern. In the anime, he has saved her from time to time. In the manga (Chapter 306), he threw a tennis ball at a thief for making the prepared food she made drop onto the floor.
Plot overview[edit]
After returning to Japan and entering Seigaku, Ryoma's tennis skills garner the attention of his upperclassmen, most notably Kunimitsu Tezuka, the team's captain who gives Ryoma a chance to be a regular on the team by entering him in a tournament that will decide the team's roster. After defeating all his opponents, Ryoma becomes a team regular despite being a first year student. In his first official tournament as a Seigaku member, Ryoma faces off against Shinji Ibu of Fudomine Middle School. Though Ryoma injures his left eye when he loses control of his racket, he is able to defeat Shinji within the next ten minutes. Following the tournament, Tezuka secretly challenges and defeats Ryoma, after which the latter realizes that he needs to be more than just a carbon copy of his father.
As of current events in the second manga series, Ryoma and the defeated participants of the matches in the U-17 Japan ranking are training in the mountains. Later, Ryoma is seen coming back from training in the mountains with the defeated participants of the matches in the U-17 ranking to the main camp, and are about to find out which 20 players from the camp will play against the Foreign Campaign Group.
- In the anime series, Ryoma's voice actor is Junko Minagawa in the Japanese version; in the U.S. version, his voice actor is David Neil Black.
- For the live-action adaptation film of The Prince of Tennis, actor Kanata Hongo portrays Ryoma. Although Ryoma plays with his left hand in several scenes of the movie, he is mostly seen playing right-handed. This may have been due to Hongo being a dominant right-hander.
- In The Prince of Tennis Musicals, Ryoma has been portrayed by actors Kotaro Yanagi (2003, 2005–2006, 2010); Kimeru, who stood in for Remarkable 1st Match Fudomine due to a cast change; Yuya Endo (2004–2005); Dori Sakurada (2006–2007); Shōgo Sakamoto (2007–2009); Ryuki Takahashi (2008–2010); Yuuki Ogoe (2010-2014); and Kazuki Furuta [2015-????].
- In the Chinese live action drama adaptation of The Prince of Tennis (Also known as Wang Qiu Wang Zi). Ryoma (Aka Long Ma) is portrayed by Qin Jun Jie. This series ran for two seasons.
According to every Shonen Jump character popularity poll of series, Ryoma has been fairly popular among readers; he won both the first and third popularity polls;[1][2] he ranked second in the second poll;[8] and third in the fourth popularity poll.[9] Also, since Ryoma is the main character of the series, he has been featured on more soundtracks than any other character, with some featuring only himself.[10][11] Numerous types of other merchandise have been released in his likeness, including key chains, clothing, and mugs.[3] NTT customers voted him as their 15th favorite black haired male anime character.[12]
In publications focused on manga and anime reviews, Ryoma's character has received both positive and negative remarks, though his personality is largely criticized. In Anime News Network's review of the series' first manga volume, they comment on how his skills doesn't "leave much room for improvement,...making it difficult for the reader to latch on and share in his experiences," and that his character "comes across as dull, cold and untouchable." However, they remark that the highlights of the volume are the "numerous methods Ryoma takes to make his opponents eat their words on the tennis court."[13] When a reviewer from the same site reviewed the first DVD volume, he had a similar response in regards to Ryoma's skills, in that it eliminates underdog appeal, and describes Ryoma as "terse, reserved, and arrogant, which makes him difficult to like."[5] John Sinott of DVD Talk echoes the same sentiments in regards to Ryoma's personality, seeing him as cocky and unlikeable despite having the talent to back up his attitude.[4] His review of the next two DVD volumes went on to describe how Ryoma's impossible tennis moves hindered his ability to enjoy the show,[14] and Park Cooper of MangaLife was similarly surprised at the character's unnatural abilities.[15] Chris Beveridge of Mania, however, sees Ryoma as one who does not come off as "over the top or too serious," yet still cites the character's "serious level of confidence," and also comments on how "Ryoma's nature as someone who has seen a good bit of the world comes into play nicely at times."[6][16] Though Jeffrey Harris of IGN also sees Ryoma as a "fairly stiff and cold character," he believes that the character begins to warm up to his teammates and is "slowly breaking out of his shell."[7] Jian DeLeon of Complex magazine named him nineteenth on a list of "The 25 Most Stylish Anime Characters."[17]
- ^ a b Konomi, Takeshi (2001). "Genius 83". Prince of Tennis Vol. 10. Shueisha. p. 184. ISBN 4-08-873162-X.
- ^ a b Konomi, Takeshi (2006). "Genius 276". Prince of Tennis Vol. 33. Shueisha. ISBN 4-08-874048-3.
- ^ a b "テニスの王子様(週刊少年ジャンプ) 商品一覧 (Prince of Tennis merchandise)" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ a b John Sinnott (2007-04-24). "The Prince of Tennis Box Set, Vol. 1". DVDTalk. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
As the series starts he's cocky and arrogant, and though he has the talent to back it up that still doesn't make him likeable.
- ^ a b Carl Kimlinger (2007-06-26). "The Prince of Tennis DVD – DVD Box Set 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ a b Chris Beveridge (2007-04-04). "Prince of Tennis Box Set 01". Mania Beyond Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
Ryoma's something of a quiet type but with a serious level of confidence. Not the type that comes off as over the top or too serious, but just the right level to be intimidating to those who goes against.
- ^ a b Jeffrey Harris (2007-11-27). "The Prince of Tennis: Box Set Volume 3". IGN. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
- ^ Konomi, Takeshi (2003). "Genius 158". Prince of Tennis Vol. 18. Shueisha. ISBN 4-08-873407-6.
- ^ Konomi, Takeshi (2007). "Genius 333". Prince of Tennis Vol. 38. Shueisha. ISBN 978-4-08-874353-0.
- ^ "約束/SEIGAKU NINE PLAYERS We Love SEIGAKU ありがとうを込めて (Single) (Limited Edition) (Maxi)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ "フライングチェリー (Single) (Limited Edition) (Maxi)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ Dong, Bamboo (May 5, 2014). "Japanese Fans Rank Their Favorite Black-Haired Anime Characters". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
- ^ "Prince of Tennis Manga Volume 1". Anime News Network. 2004-10-01. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ John Sinnott (2007-10-23). "Prince of Tennis – Set 3". DVDTalk. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
The real reason I can't enjoy this show though is because it doesn't capture the sport of tennis. They make up idiotic shots that defy the laws of physics. It's not just Ryoma that has this magical ability, but every player has a signature shot that just wouldn't be possible in the real world.
- ^ Park Cooper. "Prince of Tennis 26-31: A MangaLife Spotlight". Manga Life. Silver Bullet Comics. Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ Chris Beveridge (2008-01-21). "Prince of Tennis Box Set 04". Mania Beyond Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
- ^ DeLeon, Jian (2013-01-23). "The 25 Most Stylish Anime Characters". Complex. Retrieved 2014-11-02.


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Norfolk and Suffolk police forces are sharing six new lock-ups called Police Investigation Centres since February 2011.
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On July 13, 2015, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") announced that it has resumed accepting Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service, for all Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, H-1B extension of stay petitions. The agency stated further that premium processing requests for Form I-129 H-1B extension of stay petitions received by the USCIS before July 13, 2015, will be rejected.
Please note that the USCIS will only accept the "new version" (edition date "01/29/2015") of Form I-907. The edition date is located on the bottom left corner of every page of Form I-907 and its instructions.


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Gregory Taylor
Gregory Taylor is founder of Community Connection Consulting, and is known locally and regionally as a passionate and energetic civic leader, community enrichment strategist and social justice advocate.
He has over 20 years' experience as a skilled servant leader with extensive experience in community outreach, organizing, facilitating, and successfully engaging ethnically diverse populations.
Greg has researched and participated in numerous study circles and trainings that have assisted him in developing awareness, knowledge and skills in working effectively to address the issues related to equity and social justice from multicultural perspectives.
Greg Taylor is currently serving in his second term as a Councilmember for the City of Renton.


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Applications are invited from the citizens of India for filling up the following temporary position for the sponsored project from the DST - Science and Engineering research board (SERB) (Project NO. XUB/RP/SERB/01) undertaken in the Xavier School of Sustainability of this University. The position is temporary and offer will be initially for a period of ONE Year and can be extended (based on the performance) only for the duration of the project. The requisite qualification & experience etc. are given below
Project Title Development of Nanostructured Magnetic Material Based Adsorbent for The Removal of Fluoride from Water
Reference Number ECR/2016/000589 DATED 29/09/2016
Temporary Position(s) Junior Research Fellow (JRF)
Number of vacancies 1 (One)
Consolidated Compensation Upto Rs.25,000/- per month (depending on qualification and experience)
Coordinator / PI Dr. Arup Roy, Xavier School of Sustainability
Qualifications & Experience M. Tech. in Environmental Engineering/Chemical Engineering or M. Sc. in Chemistry/Environmental Science with valid GATE/NET score.
Relevant Experience Nil
Job Profile The candidate is expected to develop experimental setup for nanoparticles synthesis and characterization, experimental investigation fluoride removal, performance study of adsorption mechanism, data analysis and interpretation of results.
Funding Agency DST – SERB, Government of India.
The appointment is for a time bound project and the candidate is required to work mainly for the successful completion of the project. Candidate possessing the requisite qualification and experience should send their updated CV with a cover letter to Dr. Arup Roy at email@example.com on or before 18th November, 2016. While sending your CV please write "Application for JRF" in subject line of the email. The shortlisted candidates will be intimated through email about their mode of interview and date. Tentative date of interview is 21st November, 2016.
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