Fiona’s fancy world

Worried about sports injuries? Don’t sweat it. Think of avoiding injury as just another part of playing by the rules — only this rulebook is the one that keeps you from getting hurt. That’s because the best way to deal with sports injuries is to prevent them. Prevention includes knowing the rules of the game you’re playing, using the proper equipment, and playing it safe.But you’ve practiced with your team, played it safe on the field, and still sustained an injury. Don’t worry, it’s not the end of the world — just the beginning of a healing process. Read on to find out what this process is and how you can deal with a sports injury.Taking Care of Sports InjuriesIf your pain progressively increases with activity (what sports medicine doctors call an “upward crescendo”) and causes swelling, limping, or loss of range of motion, you need to see a doctor as soon as possible.What kinds of pain should you be on the lookout for? Any injury that results in swelling, numbness, intense pain or tenderness, stiffness, or loss of flexibility should be taken seriously.You should also know the difference between soreness and chronic pain. Soreness is temporary, but chronic pain continues over a greater length of time. For example, it’s not always necessary to see a doctor right away if your shoulder is sore, but you should schedule an appointment if the pain is worsening at any time or if it persists for a week or more. You should also see a doctor if your pain progresses from happening only after playing to happening during sports or if you notice it when you wake up or are doing daily activities.The most important thing to do when you suspect you are injured is to stop doing whatever sport has caused the injury right away and go see a doctor. For more severe or complicated injuries, it may be best to see a doctor who specializes in sports medicine.The doctor will examine your injury and use diagnostic tools such as X-rays and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine the extent of your injury. MRI allows doctors to see soft tissues more clearly than X-rays or CT scans do.Once the doctor knows the full extent of your injury, he or she usually will start with conservative treatment techniques such as rest and ice to help decrease swelling. Pain relief and anti-inflammatory medicines such as ibuprofen (like Advil or Motrin) may be prescribed. Splints, casts, and surgery also may be needed, depending on the injury.One of three things will happen next. Your doctor may:

Today, I am going to exhibit varied one-piece tennis dress of different brands.

Have you ever noticed that in our university almost everyone has sports clothes or sneakers? When I was a freshmen and sophomore, I used to wearing sports clothes and sneaker. Later I found that wearing these clothes made me look less like an adult, or, say, grown up female. Then I decided to change my style and switch to fashionable stuffs. However, these fashionable clothes such as one-piece dresses, high-heels, jeans, are somewhat in sports style. For instance, the designs of my high-heels are more or less sports related. I guess that is because sports wearing are really nice to wear and I just cannot abandon them. Well, within all these different sports wearing, one-piece tennis dress is my favorite. OK, come with me and have a one-piece tennis dress tour!

This dress is made by NIKE, but I don’t like the dress with a folding under part, blooming like a flower. I prefer close-fitting style that clads the full body tidely.

This one has some fashionable elements in it. It’s beautiful, but a little bit student-like.

This one is made by ETAM, a brand specialized in fashionable lady wearing, but in a elegant way. Nowadays many fashion brands tend to mix their design with some sports elements, and many sports brand borrow fashion stuffs into their stylistics.

This dress is made by ESPRIT, also a sports brand. Well, compering with this kind of T-shirt-like tennis dress, I prefer sleeveless and suspenders.

This one is made by PUMA, a famous sports brand. I like the sneakers it makes, especially jogging sneakers.

Furthermore, more and more manufactories use sports style to make their clothes  favorited by different consumers, such as this sweater.

Designed to resemble an ancient scroll and featuring a ‘lucky cloud,’ the red and silver torch for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games settled the debate over whether toforegroundChinese traditional or modern elements by incorporating both.

Yao Yingjia, chief of the torch design team at the Innovation Design Center of Lenovo Group, said some of their initial ideas were a bit too far outside the box.“After receiving the invitation letter for the Olympic torch (in 2005), our team was very excited and some crazy ideas came up duringbrainstorming.”“Some basic ideas impressed us, though, such as images of lucky clouds, jade and bamboo. From the very beginning, we realized that we should show the world something with clear Chinese elements.”Lucky clouds, orauspicious clouds, are commonly used in Chinese mythology, on with deities often perched on top.

Chinese people expect the auspicious clouds to bring blessings and harmony society.The designers finally whittled down their ideas into three designs - featuring a lucky cloud, a phoenix and the Great Wall, respectively - and proposed these to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG).BOCOG’s judges were impressed and selected the lucky cloud theme.“The lucky cloud is a symbol of traditional Chinese culture that is rooted in the everyday lives of Chinese people.

We can see it in many things from sculptures to architecture to utensils to furniture,” said Yao.“It also bears the Asian spirit of harmony.

Through this image, we would like to spread a message of peace and promote Chinese culture to the rest of the world.”Choosing the scroll theme was also a lucky accident, said senior team member Qiu Jiayu.“We came up with the idea when a colleague rolled up a piece of paper casually at a meeting and we saw that it naturally resembled the shape of the torch.”“Paper is one of the four great inventions in ancient China that was spread to the rest of the world along the ancient Silk Road. Since the planned torch relay route borrowed the idea of the Silk Road, we thought the idea was perfect.”The team decided to cover the torch with rubberized paint to make it more ‘human.’“When they hold the torch, the bearers can feel more of a human-like touch, which is in line with the passing of the flame from person to person,”

Qiu said.When it came to choosing the color, there wasn’t much of a debate. The torch will be the first in the history of the Olympics to bear the color red.
“Red is the classic color people associate with China,” said Yao. “Carving red clouds on a silver base suggests a combination of ancient China and the modern world.”For Lenovo, the design process was a team effort that tied up almost all of its 87 staff - more than double its core team of 34.Looking at the final aluminium product, standing 72 centimeters and weighing some 985 grams, Yao said it was worth the effort.Besides designing the shape, the inside burning system was produced by China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation (CASIC).Now the torch can withstand winds of up to 65 km/hour and stay alight in rain, hail or snow.

The light yellow flame can burn for over 15 minutes at a time and will be fueled by propane, a relatively clean energy source.

The Beijing National Stadium, also known as the bird’s nest will be the main track and field stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics and will be host to the Opening and Closing ceremonies. In 2002 Government officials engaged architects worldwide in a design competition. Pritzker Prize-winning architects Herzog & de Meuron collaborated with ArupSport and China Architecture Design & Research Group to win the competition. The stadium will seat as many as 100,000 spectators during the Olympics, but this will be reduced to 80,000 after the games. It has replaced the original intended venue of the Guangdong Olympic Stadium. The stadium is 330 metres long by 220 metres wide, and is 69.2 metres tall. The 250,000 square metre (gross floor area) stadium is to be built with 36 km of unwrapped steel, with a combined weight of 45,000 tonnes. The stadium will cost up to 3.5 billion yuan (422,873,850 USD/ 325,395,593 EUR). The ground was broken in December 2003, and construction started in March 2004, but was halted by the high construction cost in August 2004.
In the new design, the roof of the stadium had been omitted from the design. Experts say that this will make the stadium safer, whilst reducing construction costs. The construction of the Olympic buildings will continue once again in the beginning of 2005.
In depth
The stadium’s appearance is one of synergy, with no distinction made between the facade and the superstructure. The structural elements mutually support each other and converge into a grid-like formation - almost like a bird’s nest with its interwoven twigs. The spatial effect of the stadium is novel and radical, yet simple and of an almost archaic immediacy, thus creating a unique historical landmark for the Olympics of 2008.
The stadium was conceived as a large collective vessel, which makes a distinctive and unmistakable impression both from a distance and when seen from up close. It meets all the functional and technical requirements of an Olympic National Stadium, but without communicating the insistent sameness of technocratic architecture dominated by large spans and digital screens.
Visitors walk through this formation and enter the spacious ambulatory that runs full circle around the stands. From there, one can survey the circulation of the entire area including the stairs that access the three tiers of the stands. Functioning like an arcade or a concourse, the lobby is a covered urban space with restaurants and stores that invite visitors to stroll around. Just as birds stuff the spaces between the woven twigs of their nests with a soft filler, the spaces in the structure of the stadium will be filled with inflated ETFE cushions. Originally, on the roof, the cushions were to be mounted on the outside of the structure to make the roof completely weatherproof, but the roof has been omitted from the design in 2004.
While the rain was to be collected for rainwater recuperation, the sunlight was to filter through the translucent roof, providing the lawn with essential ultraviolet radiation. On the facade, the inflated cushions will be mounted on the inside of the structure where necessary, e.g. to provide wind protection. Since all of the facilities — restaurants, suites, shops and restrooms — are all self-contained units, it is possible to do largely without a solid, enclosed facade. This allows for natural ventilation of the stadium, which is the most important aspect of the stadium’s sustainable design.
The sliding roof was an integral part of the stadium structure. When it was to be closed, it would have converted the stadium into a covered arena; however, the sliding roof was eliminated in an effort to cut costs and increase overall safety of the radical new structure.

Today I would like say something about BSU, about my four years’ experience here, and those happened between me and sports, which I have planed to do for long. BSU, Beijing Sports University, is my university, and I know I only have one chance in my life to study here, and I cherish this time so much because I am so lucky to get in such a wonderful and unique university.

Talking about the wonder of BSU, what I mean is its wonderful people here. There is a saying that, girls in BSU are the most happy ones among those in Beijing, as there is a magnificent number of handsome, physically adorable, and masculine boys. My dad is kind of feminine, thus I tend to appreciate boys with big muscle, which is considered an unacceptable hobby by other girls. BSU is a place where I get to know accessibly about masculinity the first time in my life.

Speaking of the uniqueness of BSU, it indicates its sports feature. I almost know nothing about sports before university. Entering BSU is like a milestone in my life, because I started to learn exactly what sports are, with all those professional sportsmen dedicating in varied sports field around me. This is really a unique experience for a university student, compared to those studying in other normal universities.During the past four years, I have learned lots of sports, much more than other girls according to my estimation. I learned inline staking, boxing, nunchaku skill, soccer, snooker, and belly dancing, despite of those I learned in class with all my classmates like table tennis, basketball, gymnastics, swimming, pair dancing, and aerobics. These sports enriched and fulfilled my university life.

This afternoon when I decided to search for some sports materials for this week’s assignment, Bruce’s name suddenly jumped into my mind for no reason. Maybe it was because that Water came to return my DVDs acted by him this noon, and they refreshed my memories and enthusiasm about him and his JKD. I used to be a fan of martial arts under my father’s influence when I was in my childhood, the same as my interest in swimming and boxing, as I have mentioned previously. Thus I like watching action movies and TV series, however brutish or bloody they could be. I have watched all of his movies.

Jeet Kune Do is a form of martial arts which was established by Bruce Lee, also known as Lee Junfan who was born to be a master of martial arts because of his god-giving intelligence, conceivability, and creativity on it. It is a new form of martial arts based on Chinese Wing Chun fist and philosophy and reformed by Bruce with a new theory of understanding of martial arts as well as the universe. Bruce is professional at numerous techniques, and one of his specialties is the nunchakus skill which I am especially fond of and practise intermittently. The profound thoughts and theories about martial arts and JKD that he conceived; the sensible and philosophic principles and comprehension of life that he maintained; and most preciously, the enthusiasm, determination and exertion that he attained throughout his fugacious life, are all adored and cherished by me.

Franck Ribery is one of my countable favorite soccer players. Born in a poor family, transferring between several third-classed football clubs, he finally found his destination and set down to show his flashes of brilliance. He performed excellently in either clubs or the world cup. He is on his way.The reason I like him is simple, the first point, also a deciding point, is that he tried extremely hard in each game he has ever participated, however physically exhausted he was or hopeless the game was. He is surely considered the most consistent, exerting, attempting and effortful player in the court if ever taken a look at. It is secondly because of his scar on the face, making him a sexually attractive evil guy. Haha. Last but not least, he loves his wife so much, however tough or happy the time is, that I almost envy her.I always remember his smile with a little shy, his lovely yet pitiable scar, and his small body cut setting off in the huge lawn, fully covered with sweat. His is young and promising. Let’s just wait and see what Ribery will bring us.Besides Ribery.

Ronaldinho is another soccer player that I am favored of. Frankly speaking, he is sexually attractive, because of his muscular upper body as well as thick mouth lips. His continual modest smiles and blushes also arouse my instinctive maternal love to a cute little boy. He was not performing well in last world cup and was scolded as one of the blames for Brazil’s failure in the half way. Nevertheless, some also said that his miscarriage was resulted in by the mismanagement of the coach. Who knows? I just feel good of him.

Admittedly, girls who are fond of soccer mostly judge the player by his appearance rather than technique. They are called fake cocker fans. Anyway, appearance is also one part of what sports demonstrate, and girls’ bold crush on soccer contributes much to the sports market.

As the Olympics is approaching closely, the newly immerged China’s sports industry in these years also become prevailing. Statistics shows that Chinese sports market has formed a scale to some extent, and a large target field has been increasingly explored. Besides, many social groups has invented in sports and established non-governmental clubs and sports companies.The general outline of China’s sports industry has formed, which includes competition performance market, body building and entertainment market, technique training and consulting market, invisible sports property market and sports tourism market.

Although China’s sports industry is developing at an overwhelming momentum, and has established a certain scale, seeing from an overall perspective of the whole country, its development is not balanced or reasonable enough, the manipulating and implementing system is not good enough, and relevant policies and regulations are not suitable for its development neither. The present situation is the rudimental phase of the entire developing duration, and China’s sports industrialization is a longtime program. All these basic problems have shown in varied sports-relevant activities these years, such as the retreat from a table tennis club of a player named Ma Lin because of high transferring fee, shady deals in football market including bribe, gamble, and fights, and a sports crush throughout Chinese companies only resulting in blind investment and failed corporation.

I started playing snooker at last world up for football in 2006. As I was free at that time, and there was a snooker bar just been open outside our school gate, I often went there, not for watching the world cup, as others did, but to play snooker. There were like 6 or 7 tables, all of which are half broken, yet much sufficient for snooker fans to satisfy their desires. Plus, 6 yuan per hour was pretty affordable.I played snooker for the first time after my high school graduation. When snooker was still called table ball. I forget how I made it. The only thing I remember is I did not understand any of the rules. The second time when I played it was in the year 2006, just as what I have mentioned above.

When talking about this, I have to mention someone, whose name is Jobway. We have very close relationship, like buddies, and I am gonna say, this guy was too far tolerant when teaching me to play, and I was turned into a snooker rusher from a total rookie under his introduction and demonstration. However, the success I have achieved within just one month relies on my inborn sports talent in a big sense. Hahaha~~~ Well, off course, Job’s detailed explanation was helpful to some extent, as I had no idea about the rules hehe~~~ Moreover, few people in our department know snooker, not even mention girls, thus Job’s patient accompany (he wanted to play himself) as well as big sacrifice on money (not to pursue me) were worth mentioned.

Finally we switch to the technical things. At first I did not know how to control the strength and always get the white ball into the hole each time it was at the entrance. Meanwhile, the angle problem was also a big one for me until I have got experience on it. For instance, you cannot hit the target ball too thick when you wanna hit it into the middle hole. Generally, the angle at which the white ball hit the target one cannot deviate from the hole too far, in case of a spatial hit. What you see is not always the truth. You have to use your imagination, analysis and anticipation. Additionally, to hit a ball leaning at the sidebar is the most strenuous. If the hole, the target and the white ball are all in one line, little strength in a straight moving line will hit the goal. Otherwise, you must use the most strength to hit the touch point of the target and the sidebar, not to thick or too thin. I have only got twice of this experience and that was amazing! Sometimes several balls relate with each other in a form and you wanna hit the one near the hole, you can hit the one nearest one in an exact angle and make it hit the next one by one. This technique is so unmanageable and troublesome that it is seldom used in formal competitions. Fortunately I have made it! For long-distance hit, the critical technique is the angle, thus the hitting hand must keep stable, in order to make sure the white ball move in a straight line. The last thing I wanna mention is what I am bad in, that is the positioning works. When playing snooker, you have to stop any ball you like in the very position to defense and offense. But when you do this, you may divert your attention on the hitting. Excellent players are always excelling at both hitting techniques and positioning works. Above all, the most important technique in playing snooker is your own feeling, and always the first feeling. Remember that!!!

Here I have to mention someone aditionally, that is Ding Junhui. He is an outstanding Chinese Player in a world where this aristocratic sport is dominated by the Europe.Snooker has not been qualified for the Olympics. If I would work in sports field, I will try my utmost to popularize snooker in China and make it known by more and more people especially women.

Well, all these things I talked about are about to show one thing, that is I love playing snooker. Immediately I take up the pole, I can feel it was made for me. Admittedly, my skill is in a very very low level, but I can play it in a cool, unrestrained and straightforward way, and I can find myself a knight-errant while playing it. One day I will put a snooker table in my studio and play it with my husband at times haha~~~ Ok, uh, if you wanna pursue me and you do not play snooker, not even a slim chance for you~~~

If you are an NBA fan, or if you are Chinese and even if you do not know basketball, you must definitely have heard a name called Yao Ming. That is right. He is the top Chinese basketball player, a super NBA star and a prevailing news killer presently. In China, almost everyone knows him. Although he always keeps in a low status in his life, any of his life stories, recent activities, and even his trivial little issues will not be missed by Chinese medium and his almighty fans. He is not only simply a basketball player, but a pop star, a media and business prey, and an entertainer. But you may suspend whether Yao deserve all these. The answer is yes, and I think he deserves more. Despite of his technical skills, he has a set of perfect body condition for basketball. Just look at these stats: 226cms’ height, 134kgs’ weight, 21cms’ hand length, 2.25ms’ arm stretch. These inborn stats make him the tallest Chinese basketball player ever in history. Also because of these stats, he plays hard in the center position in Rockets and has consolidated the top place in the team with big determination, tolerance and exertion.Yao’s parents are former basketball players of Chinese national team, and they tought him in a very traditional and strict way. Thus Yao has a gentle, temp and responsible personality, which determines his success in both his career and marriage. What is coincident, his wife Ye Li is also a former national basketball player. His fans humorously give Yao and Ye a task which is to produce a basketball team of children for the future of Chinese basketball in order not to waste such a good basketball gene.