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LP/MB/NV/Indian-Tennis: Notes for week ending on Nov 23, 1998
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Nov 23 Note
India takes on Pakistan tomorrow (tuesday) in their first tie at the Asia Cup in Delhi .. more details coming soon ..
Nov 22 Notes
Not much news today .. Mahesh has reached Delhi to lead India at the Asia Cup .. Coach Jaideep Mukherjea had a scare at first that India may have to play Monday itself, and that would have been trouble with Mahesh jet-lagged after reaching there Sunday .. Anyway, the Japanese referee has agreed to let India play on Tuesday, so we should be fine (but then again, Mahesh had the strange experience at Mumbai this time last year, when he got there on Sunday, played with no trouble on Monday and then had a late jet-lag hit him on tuesday! .. I am sure he will be fine this time). More details on the asia Cup soon ..
Leander had an extra injury during Hartford, which is what caused him to totally skip the 3rd round robin match - a bone chip on his ankle .. He is undergoing treatments in Hartford itself, but will go to Orlando for rest the next two weeks .. No surgery is recommended this time, and if the hip flexor and the leg injuries respond to rest and treatment, he could be OK in two weeks for Asiad .. More rest would help, but that's all he can get now ..
As for the government clearance for Rushmi Chakravarti, Manisha Malhotra and Shruti Dhawan, for the Asiad, apparently it is possible for somebody else other than the sports ministry to come up with funds to send them to bangkok .. Looks like it has fallen into AITA's lap now.. Time to show that we are serious about the commitment to improve the women's game .. More so, this may be *very* important to make sure that we have at least a chance for a team medal (though competition is very tough in Asian women's tennis, I believe we have what it takes to get to the final four and pull out a medal .. that is where it is important to have a couple of good doubles teams (Sai/Rushmi and Niru/Manisha) available .. We also have a great chance to let those two teams get some match practice at the Delhi challenger next week too .. with three matches every day in team competition, the doubles pair becomes very important .. So who wants to come up with money ? IOA ? AITA ? .. We will wait, but I am still upset at how these things come up in the last minute. Pathetic.
Nov 21 Note-2
Great ! .. Terrific ! ..
The Indian sports ministry just went ahead and decided to refuse clearance for three women players, Shruti, Rushmi and Manisha, to the Asiad - Only Nirupama, Uzma and Sai are cleared (The Hindu).
When he hell will this kind of crap end ?? .. Here the players are busting their behinds trying to do something for the country and this is the thanks they get .. Shruti had just won perhaps the first satellite event ever by a junior Indian player and is bound to crack the world top-800 in 3 weeks, and she is being flatly told that she is not worth it (or something like that) .. not that she was a medal prospect at the Asiad, but the experience from here is what she can use in 4 years when she WILL BE a medal prospect .. the biggest mistake, in my mind, is that they may have seriously hurt any chance for a doubles medal by taking Manisha out of the team. Nirupama and Manisha are a perfect fit for doubles, and from what I understand, Niru has always spoken of Manisha as a good partner for her .. they may have had a chance to play some doubles together at Delhi the week before Asiad too .. Rushmi and Sai had played terrific doubles together at the satellites, and now they have to get used to new partners too .. I am sure Niru will find either Uzma or Sai as a good partner too, but this seriously hampers the ability of the coach to mix and match and keep players fresh during the team competition .. Basically it will now force all players to play every day (and one of them to play two matches a day) for 4 days in the first week, leaving them tired for the second week at Asiad when Niru has to play mixed doubles, doubles and singles .. I don't know what the hell these ministry folks are thinking.
FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL, CAN THESE IDIOTS REALIZE THAT TENNIS IS THE SPORTS WHERE WE ARE COUNTING MULTIPLE MEDALS AND THEY MUST NOT, I REPEAT, MUST NOT MESS WITH THE SPORTS THAT WE ARE GOOD AT ? .. (there are 7 total medals in the tennis competition)
May be women's tennis is not where we are counting medals, but it is also on the upswing in India right now, and this kind of meddling by politicians WHO ARE CLUELESS, is what kills the player morale .. It's just pitiful .. There seem to be no problem sending 15 or 16 people for team sports where we stand zero chance for even one medal (and you know what I am talking about - heck, even the hockey medal is iffy at best now) - and it's the three young women in the tennis team that is costing India all the money - and ours is such a poor country that we cannot afford this, as it costs so much money that could be used better for exploding devices.
Oh, I am so mad, I don't know what to say - and I am trying hard not to use some choice four-letter words that come to my mind.
They did not object to the 6 member men's team (LP, MB, Srinath, Fazal, Vijay, Nitin) .. Thank God!
If I were in Delhi, I probably would go and start a Nirahara Satyagraha outside the sports ministry office right now, but I am not .. Fast unto death till tennis is treated the way it should be, by the authorities.
Nov 21 Note-1
LP-MB did the right thing last night, deciding not to play the 3rd round robin match and risk further injury to Leander .. they were replaced by the alternate team, Eagle-Florent, who then went on to tbeat Knowles/Nestor, 7-6, 6-0 - Knowles/Nestor may have thrown in the towel after losing the first set to conserve energy for the semis today, as the semifinalists were all decided after the two morning matches .. the French pair Delaitre/Santoro won in a 3rd set tiebreaker over Ferreira/Leach, and the American pair Johnson/Montana won a match with three straight tiebreaker sets over Stolle/Suk .. the Woodies had their third straight loss, this time to Eltingh/Haarhuis. So, the #2 and #3 team went 0-5 in the round robin .. It will be the Dutch vs the Americans in one semi, and the French vs the Canadian/Bahamas pair in the other .. As for LP-MB, they leave Hartford with no wins, no points (which wouldn't count towards individual ranking anyway, and the year-end team ranking is already fixed at #2), and no tournament prize money .. I believe they do get the court-side bonus money for the #2 year-end ranking, which may be $50K or more .. It's a sombre way to end a terrific year .. They will get many many more chances at Hartford.
Fan club members were at the tournament and were too sad to even write any onsite reports to us .. LP clearly was struggling, and basically could serve only the first couple of games well in each match (that was enough time for them to get a break and win the first set, but after that it was going downhill every time) .. He even threw his racket in frustration due to the inability to rotate his mid-body or move much at the net .. Mahesh did his very best to compensate (I don't think he has dropped serve even once in the last three losses) and played consistently well, but that was not enough.
One thing I notice in all the newspaper and wire news stories coming from Hartford is how *none* mention the injury in connection to LP-MB's losses - the reason is that our guys have not even mentioned LP's injury as an excuse .. Here are Mahesh's comments after the loss to Johnson-Montana: "they way Johnson-Montana played today, they would have beaten a lot of teams. They served and returned very well. We had our chances but couldn't convert" .. That's classy.
At the $25K Port Pirie challenger in Australia, Nirupama lost her semifinal match to Vanessa Webb of Canada, 3-6, 4-6 .. Vanessa is the #1 ranked collegiate woman tennis player in the US this year (playing for Duke University) but Niru had beaten her in the second round last week at the Mount Gambier challenger .. Anyway, this was the second semifinal of the year for Niru, who has picked up 13 pts here and 9 pts last week. She will move about 20 spots up in rankings, closer to #165 in a couple of weeks, which assures her of her best year-end ranking ever .. Her rankings from 1994 through 1997 are #653, #334, #189, #190 .. She was ranked as high as 134 at one point in early 1997, but this year will be her best year-end finish .. She has played three tournaments in Australia this year, and adding the 32 pts from the Asutralian Open, she has 54 total pts from there (out of about 135 she has now). She has two more tournaments to go this year .. She is expected to play at the $25K Nuriootpa challenger this week in South Australia (again, close to Adelaide - it's in the wine country out there), but had said that she *might* skip it if she felt like getting to Delhi early for the $75K challenger the week after - I believe she is going to play one more week in Australia as it stands. With these points, she has made sure that she will not fall below 200 even if she is unable to defend the 32 points at the AO in late Jan .. It does not appear that Niru will qualify for the Asian wildcard, as Sung-Hee Park or Eun-Ha Kim of Korea (at #144 and #188 now) would get it as of now .. Niru got in last year because Park just squeezed into the direct entry, and the player inside top-200 from a country not represented at AO turned out to be Nirupama .. Niru will have no problem getting into the qualifier draw, though, and may even qualify in, looking at how she is playing these days .. She seems to have got over the recurring chest infections and all that she had earlier in the year - the 5 week break and yoga must have helped too.
Nov 20 Note-2
LP-MB play the last round-robin match at Hartford today, against Mark Knowles (BAH) and Daniel Nestor (CAN) at about 9 pm EST (6 PST, 7.30 am Saturday India) .. Eltingh-Haarhuis play the Woodies in the night match before that .. Basically the two morning matches decide who will advance from the Green and Gold groups along with the Dutchmen and Knowles/Nestor .. The two night matches are just for pride and some money for the win .. The year-end finish is now all set - Eltingh-Haarhuis will be #1 and the Indian Express will be #2 .. Since the Woodies are also out, they cannot overtake our guys ..
At the Islamabad Futures, Vijay Kannan and Rishi Sridhar, who were the 3rd seeds in the doubles, got upset by Donovan September (RSA) and Abduhamid Makhramov (UZB), 6-3, 6-1 in the quarterfinals, and so the Indian challenge ends there .. Vijay and Rishi will pick up 4 pts each in doubles, and that's it .. Though he lost in the first round of singles and the second round of doubles, it's still a good trip for Vijay .. This is the first senior tournament abroad that he has played, and it's always good to go to a relatively hostile place to get a feel of how things are in the pros ! .. If anyone is interested in the full draws/results there, check out the Islamabad Futures page we have .. 18-yr old Aisam Ul Haq is in the quarterfinals, and plays second seed Vadim Kutsenko .. I think he can give Kutsenko a run for his money.
Nov 20 Note-1
Thank you Niru for bringing us some good news during this Hartford heartbreak - Nirupama is in her second challenger semifinal of the year !! - She just beat Trudy Musgrave of Australia (#294), 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals at the Port Pirie challenger in Australia .. A correction from yesterday's note - She beat Mareze Joubert (#363) of RSA, not De Beer (since the French name Joubert is spoken as "Ju-beer", both last names sound alike - it's more so when an Aussie says it .. :-)) .. Anyway, the semifinal gives her 13 total points including 3 quality points (bonus) .. This is her second challenger semi in singles this year, after the Pucheim challenger in Germany in June .. The gentleman at the press box sounded very impressed by Nirupama .. His words - "Niru is playing very well .. you have a fine lady representing India here .. She is very nice and is a lot of fun .. just beautiful to have her around" .. unsolicited comments, that too .. This is one reason why a lot of us are fans of our tennis players - LP, MB, NV - they are truly wonderful ambassadors for our country .. Also, Niru and Petra Rampre (SLO) have reached the quarterfinal of doubles, and are playing the top seeds Catherine Barclay and Trudy Musgrave later today .. Niru plays Vanessa Webb of Canada (#263) in the singles semis tomorrow .. She had beaten Vanessa in the second round at the Mount Gambier challenger last week in straight sets - let's hope she can repeat it and reach her first singles final of the year .. Clearly the Australian hardcourts and the Spanish claycourts have been Niru's happy-hunting grounds this year.
Last night at Hartford, Knowles/Nestor beat Johnson/Montana, 6-3, 6-2, officially eliminating any semifinal possibilities for the Indian Express .. Stolle/Suk play Johnson/Montana tomorrow and the winners advance to SF with a 2-1 record .. Knowles/Nestor is through to the semis, even if they lose to LP-MB tomorrow .. In the other group, the Woodies lost to Ferreira/Leach in straight sets .. The only teams to officially get eliminated from the two groups after two days are #2 LP-MB and #3 Woodies .. I guess it's some consolation to see the great Woodies also in the same condition .. It is the second year in a row that the Woodies are missing SF (last year they were elimiated on the basis of the 3rd tiebreaker on game-winning-percentage!) .. As a great man once said, "excrement happens" sometime (that is the sanitized version, pun intended, of what comes to my mind.. :-)) .. Hope LP-MB just goes out to have some fun today .. It will be nice to get out from Hartford with at least one win .. some revenge on that loss earlier this year to Knowles/Nestor would be nice too !
Nov 19 Note-2
The horror that started on Friday the 13th last week, continues - the Indian Express lost today again, to Stolle-Suk, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6 .. The tell-tale signs of how much the physical troubles were affecting our pair was all there .. They started well, and seemed to hold their service games well, and got the break in the 7th game off Cyril Suk's serve .. The second time Leander went up to serve, it was clear that things had started going downhill as he went up to 30-0 and then had to fight off a break point at 30-40 .. He held to go up 5-3 .. They also had a couple of break chances in the next game off Stolle, who managed to hold .. Then MB served it off for a 6-4 first set .. The troubles which showed up in the 8th game of the first set continued in the second set as LP served the 4th game and allowed the break to fall behind 1-3 .. Could tell right there that the physical troubles weren't going away .. he did manage to hold serve the next time (8th game) but Stolle served it off easily to tie it up with a 6-3 second set .. The story continued in the next set, the next time LP served, when they got broken to fall behind 1-3 .. All the fighting from that point on was not enough to keep Stolle/Suk from finishing it off .. Make that three matches in a row where they have lost steam early in the second set and allowed comeback wins .. We did seem to win the games off MB's serve very easily, till late in the 3rd set, when even those games looked like adventures..
I am assuming here that it is LP's hip trouble that is causing all this, though I have not talked to him after yesterday's match .. Seeing how uncharacteristic their losses have been (a team that has allowed just one comeback win in some 100 matches just does not let that happen three times in a row!) I think I am at least partially right .. I should give credit to both their opponents for playing well though - Otherwise we fans will be blamed for being less than gracious when our team loses ..
If a loss is after playing at your best and not being able to overcome the opponents, it should hurt - if it's the case of being unable to play your best due to pure physical problems, all you can do is to put that behind you and forget about it .. That is basically where LP-MB are now .. A sad way to finish a terrific year, but they have many many more years and they are learning more and more about what it takes to reach the top and stay there .. Right now, what Leander needs is a constant trainer with him (I don't think he has had a trainer full-time with him, ever since the period in summer when Sanjay Singh travelled with him - when he did so well at Newport and New Haven) .. I believe Leander liked Sanjay a lot too, but right now he is in India with other commitments .. As for next year, this should become a real priority for Leander. Watching the schedule and being ready to withdraw at the slightest indication of injury, etc. Both LP and MB like to play as much as they can, and are fighters who never give up, but sometimes it becomes their worst enemey .. These are all just my thoughts - take it for whetever it's worth ..
Back to the Hartford scene - things are not exactly over, though it's close to it for LP-MB .. The only way they can advance is to beat Knowles-Nestor tomorrow and hope for a three-way tie of 1-2 teams .. That would also require Johnson-Montana to win out, and for the tiebreakers to fall our way (the tiebreakers are generally in our favor now) .. It's not that probable, but hey, stranger things have happened .. I would suggest that LP should not risk any further injury if Johnson-Montana loses later today to Knowles/ Nestor, and withdraw from tomorrow's match - Somehow I don't think LP will think of withdrawing, though .. :-)
Nov 19 Note-1
Leander and Mahesh play the first match of the day today, against #6 Stolle/Suk - that sounds tough, after playing a tough three-setter till 9 pm last night .. The match starts at 1 pm EST (10 am EST), USA and 11.30 pm India .. The matchups for today are: Bhupathi/Paes vs. Stolle/Suk .. Ferreira/Leach vs. Delaitre/Santoro .. Eltingh/Haarhuis vs. Woodbridge/Woodforde .. Knowles/Nestor vs. Johnson/Montana .. There will be score updates in the chatroom (we had to scramble last night, as ATP did not give ball-by-ball score updates till the middle of the third set for the LP-MB match, even though they had live updates for the two earlier matches .. Anyway, we have got the contact to the press box at Hartford Civic Center now, for score updates even if the ATP site is asleep as it was yesterday!)
By the way, the $84K Asia Cup (non-ATP event) is next week at Delhi and the teams are China, Chinese Taipei, India, Indonesia, Korea, Pakistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan. India is seeded #1 seeded followed by Uzbekistan, Korea and Chinese Taipei .. The Indian Express reports that the format is being changed this year to a three-round knockout, rather than two four-team round robins, and then semis as last year .. There is quite a bit of money involved - $30K for the winning team, $14 K for the loser, $10K for semifinalists, and $5K each for the quarterfinal losers .. The four-member team for India is Mahesh Bhupathi, Srinath Prahlad, Fazal Syed and Vijay Kannan (Leander had considered playing a while earlier, but had basically been leaning towards skipping it as he desperately needed rest after playing continuously for 6 weeks - with the injury troubles now, he is certain not to play) .. Each tie between two countries will include two singles and a doubles match .. The only Asian team not coming there is Japan - they give domestic schedule conflict as the reason .. Japan said the same thing last year too. This is being organized as an ATF (Asian Tennis Federation) event by AITA .. Oleg Ogorodov of Uzbekistan who skipped it last year will be playing this year .. I am not sure how India is seeded first, as the ranking for Ogorodov and Kutsenko are closer to top-200 compared to Bhupathi and Srinath at 350+ (perhaps the Davis Cup ranking is used here, based on the countries top-2 players, regardless of whether they play) .. If India wins it - though that is certainly not a given, it will be good money (about Rs 3 lakhs each) which would help Srinath, Fazal and Vijay to carry on with their pro-tour plans .. There was an India-A team last year due to a withdrawal, but nothing like that this time.
Nov 18 Note-2
After getting some really bad news, I had to hunt around for some good news this evening - and got some after finally getting through to the tournament desk at the Port Pirie challenger in Australia .. Good news first - Nirupama upset the 3rd seed Surina De Beers (#145, RSA), 6-4, 6-1, today (thursday there .. I hope I heard De Beers and not DeVilliers, who is also from South Africa!) .. So Niru has entered the quarterfinals for the second week in a row .. She had beaten Marketa Kochta (#234, GER) in the first round yesterday .. this is turning out to be a pretty good trip to Australia for Niru .. Her opponent was yet to be determined for tomorrow's quarterfinal ..
OK, now the bad news .. At the Hartford ATP doubles championships, LP-MB lost a shocker, 6-3, 5-7, 6-7(4) tonight to #8 Johnson-Montana .. Not much details available, except that this was a close game after the early second set .. After allowing just one comeback win in close to 100 matches, our boys have now lost two in a row after winning the first set - I just have to believe that the injury problems had to have something to do with it, but Johnson/Montana is a very good team who have shown often that they can beat the very best in the business too .. Other scores today: In the Gold group, Knowles/Nestor beat Stolle/Suk, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 .. In the Green group, Eltingh/Haarhuis had the easiest win of the day, 6-4, 6-4 over Ferreira/Leach .. the night ended with another upset, in the green group, where the #3 Woodies went down to #7 Delaitre/Santoro, 7-6(1), 3-6, 4-6 .. Funny how three of the 4 games were comeback wins by teams who lost the first set ..
All is not lost or anything, though .. Remember that LP-MB had a bad loss in the round robins last year too .. If they win the next two matches, they will basically be in the semis, though that's not easy against Knowles/Nestor and Stolle/Suk, especially if LP-MB are not 100% healthy .. But when adrenaline flows, champions do pull off wins .. Actually, teams have made it into the semifinal in the past with 1 win too .. that would require one team to go 3-0 and the other three to go 1-2 each, which is not that improbable .. In the event of ties, the number of sets won is the first tiebreaker, and the number of games won is the next tiebreaker .. Right now LP-MB are #3 in the Gold group above Stolle-Suk on the basis of a 16-16 games tally against the 12-14 tally for Stolle-Suk.
At the Islamabad Futures today, Pakistan's future hope Aisamul Haq beat Indian qualifier Viplav Anjan easily, 6-4, 6-0 .. that makes it three first round losses by three Indians, all to Pakistanis .. Vijay Kannan and Rishi Sridhar won the first round of doubles today, though, over Franz Leibinger (GER) and Bruce Li (CHN) 6-2, 7-5 .. [source: The News International, Karachi]
Nov 18 Note-1
Pretty bad news from Pakistan - Vijay Kannan lost to Nasser Shirazi of Pakistan in the first round at the $15K Islamabad Futures yesterday, 6-4, 7-6(2) .. Nasser is just 18 years old, and is not even their best youngster (that would be 17 year old Aisam Ul-Haq) .. this should be considered an upset .. Hey, I said a while back that if India doesn't do its job in grooming and developing our youngsters fast, the day won't be too far when we see losses to Pakistanis, who have not been anywhere to be seen in the tennis world for so long .. Anyway, I hope this was just a bad day for Vijay and we shouldn't read more into it .. The tournament is on clay, and Vijay may be unused to the surface out there .. Nasser is however in their Davis Cup team and even has a win against Pacific Oceania in April of this year iin the Asia-Oceania group II competition .. The other loss was for Rishi Sridhar, to the 35- year-old veteran Davis Cupper, Rashid Malik of Pakistan, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 .. the third Indian there, Viplav Anjan, plays today - and he goes up against, guess who? .. Aisam Ul-Haq, the world #11 junior .. Pretty bad news all around.
Nov 17 Note-2
The new ATP rankings show LP drop five spots to 89, without losing any points .. He has 25 points to defend in a couple of weeks from the ahmedabad challenger semis last year, which will drop his ranking a few more spots but he will still be inside the top-95 with no points to defend till mid-march (he plays singles next at Doha in January as he will be too banged up to play the Indian challengers in december, followed by Australian Open, the Calcutta challenger, Dubai, and Indian Wells .. with no points to defend he should be able to come back up inside the top-75 or higher if he gets healthy and puts on his show) .. MB is at 351 - he has 7 points each falling off the next weeks, from the 97 Mumbai and Ahmedabad challengers, and will drop closer to but above Srinath who is at 394 .. MB will be playing the Ahmedabad and Mumbai challengers in late December to pull his rankings up .. After that he has 32 points to defend in February .. the points from the Calcutta futures last week have not gone into the computer yet, but the few other players who had points from the satellites who did not enter the rankings last week have all entered the rank list now (Vinod Sridhar and S.Zaman have entered at #1059 tied for 11th in the Indian rankings with 5 pts, PK Sreenivasan and Vijendra Laad tied for 14th at around 1200 with 3 pts, and Ravikiran Bhat and Vishal Gupta at around 1350 with 1 point each) .. the rankings will change a bit next week, as 19-yr old Vinod Sridhar will move up with 8 more pts from the Calcutta Futures to tie Harsh Mankad with 13 points but just above him as the Indian #5 at around the ATP-800 .. That is a very impressive move, going unranked to #800 in two weeks by Vinod !!
The new women's rankings show somebody else other than Nirupama inside the top-500 for the first time in a long time - Sai Jayalakshmi at #486 in doubles, up from #564 with her 5 pts for the doubles title at the satellite circuit masters at Delhi .. Her partner Rushmi comes up from 676 to 557 too .. In singles, Nirupama moves down one spot to #187 and in doubles she moves up one spot to #249 (her 9 points from the Mount Gambier challenger last week goes in next week) .. Sai moved from #725 to #640 with the 4 pts from Delhi .. Rushmi moves up from #880 to #790 with the 2 pts from the semi there.
As I had expected Shruti Dhawan has not entered the rank list, as she has not yet played three tournaments and that is a WTA reqwuirement for a ranking .. She has played only two - the first was the Delhi futures in February where she beat Orawan Wongkamalasai in the final round of qualifiers and then lost to the same one in the main draw, after Orawan became a lucky loser - Shruti picked up 0.75 pts there ! .. Her second tournament was 2 weeks back where she won the title and picked up 5 more pts .. She will enter the rankings with a minimum of 6 pts after she plays the Delhi challenger in 2 weeks as probably a qualifier round wildcard - I hope they won't make her play in the main draw with a wildcard, as it could be demoralizing for a 16 yr old to go up and play some top-150 player this early .. She will enter the WTA rankings straight inside #800 in a hurry then, which will be remarkable ..
So, there is the weekly ranking update ..
Nov 17 Note-1
OK - here is the first preview of the Hartford Doubles Championship starting on wednesday .. The 8th and final team to enter the field was Johnson/Montana, as Eagle/Florent failed to make over 200 points at Stockholm to go above Johnson/Montana .. I was trying to compile some info on the head-to-head results between the eight teams and found it to be too much of work .. Thankfully, Mr. Miki Singh in the communications department at ATP faxed me some info from this week's ITW (International Tennis Weekly), dated Nov 16 - here it is (with a mistake corrected):
Team Bhu Del Elt Fer Joh Kno Sto Woo Total Pae San Haa Lea Mon Nes Suk Woo -------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 Bhupathi-Paes --- 1-0 3-2 2-1 3-0 0-1 1-1 1-4 11-9 #7 Delaite-Santoro 0-1 --- 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-3 #1 Eltingh-Haarhuis 2-3 0-0 --- 1-0 1-1 8-1 1-1 8-8 21-14 #5 Ferreira-Leach 1-2 1-0 0-1 --- 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 3-5 #8 Johnson-Montana 0-3 0-0 1-1 1-1 --- 1-3 1-0 0-3 4-11 #4 Knowles-Nestor 1-0 1-0 1-8 0-0 3-1 --- 4-1 3-7 13-17 #6 Stolle-Suk 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-4 --- 1-2 5-9 #3 Woodbridge-Woodforde 4-1 0-1 8-8 0-0 3-0 7-3 2-1 --- 24-14
ATP gave a record of 2-3 for LP-MB against the Fly-Du (as we affectionately call the Flying Dutchmen in the fanclub!) Eltingh-Haarhuis, which is wrong and has been corrected above - The Indian Express do have a winning record of 3-2 against one of the greatest doubles teams of all-time (in ATP matches - they are dead-even at 3-3 if you include a Davis Cup match) .. LP-MB won the first two matches, 6-4, 7-5 in the 1996 New Haven tournament, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the 1997 New Haven tournament, then lost 3-6, 2-6 at Hartford 97, lost 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5 at the Monte Carlo semifinals this year, and won 6-4, 6-2 at the Paris Super-9 final two weeks back .. Take away the Woodies, and the Indian Express are 10-5 against the field in their career .. Take away our guys, and the Woodies are 20-13 against the field .. Only the top-3 teams have winning records against the field .. Eltingh/Haarhuis will not be in our guys' group of four for the round robins, but either the Woodies or Knowles/Nestor will be in the group - and both are tough teams to play ..
I will report the record for the year for each team soon, if I find time to compile that ..
Some other notes, mostly based on ITW, and the ATP website :- Johnson/Montana are expected to play even though Montana is still injured with a torn medial meniscus in the knee and they have not played in a while .. Delaitre/Santoro have a 15-4 record since the US Open, which ATP calls the hottest record since US Open in today's ITW .. That is not correct either, since the Indian Express have a 15-3 record including a win over Delaitre/Santoro (Stuttgart Super-9 Semi) .. Knowles/Nestor have returned to the form they had before the rib injuries to both of them in mid 97 that kept them away for almost a year - they reached the finals of the French Open (beating LP-MB in the semis) and lost to Elt-Haar, and reached the finals of the US Open, which they lost after match points, to Stolle/Suk .. The Woodies have 51 titles and the Dutchmen have 38 - #3 and #6 in the historical list in the Open era since 1968 (McEnroe/Fleming and Bob Hewitt & Frew McMillan have 57 each) .. LP-MB need 8 more titles to reach the top-10 with 20 titles .. the Woodies have a tour-high 55 wins this year (55-14) and have been in eight consecutive ATP doubles championships, breaking the record of Fleming-McEnroe (78-84) .. Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez also have had 8 appearances which is the record .. Nobody can break the winning record of McEnroe-Fleming, though - 14-0 in seven consecutive years (different format then) .. Gosh, that was some doubles team ! .. Finally, this Hartford tournament is being considered the farewell tourney for one of the greatests of all time - Jacco Eltingh, who retires after this .. Boy, is he gong out in style - winning three grand slam titles (and missing a chance for the first true doubles grand slam since 1951 by Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman, due to the 'timely' birth of a baby boy a day before the draw at USO) - Eltingh-Haarhuis have a 41-4 match record this year, with 8 titles in 9 finals - their only loss in a final was to the Indian Express two weeks back .. Our guys are still the youngest team in the field with a sum-age of 49 ..
Points and prize money at Hartford - each round robin win fetches 90 points (three round robin matches, Wednesday through Friday for each team against the other three in the group) and $19.5K to share .. A semifinal win is worth an extra 180 points and an extra $40K to share .. A title is worth 270 points and $70K more .. The points are slightly different from 1997 (it was 80, 190, 280 - the new numbers make more logical sense) .. The prize money is also up - The total here adds up to $384K, which is up from $290K last year .. An undefeated team can make $168,500 (that is, 3*19.5 + 40 + 70) and 720 points .. However, these are just the prize money for the wins - there is more to it, called court-side bonus over these amounts, which depends on what final ATP team ranking each team ends up with .. Last year the bonuses totalled $200K .. Since the total prize money has gone up from 500K to 800K, I assume the courtside bonuses are over $400K, twice what it was last year, which would put it at around $100K for #1, $75K for #2, $60K for #3 .. then $50K, $40K, $40K, $20K, $20K .. ATP has not talked about the courtside bonuses anywhere that I can find yet - Will have to talk to Miki Singh again to clarify .. The sponsors, Phoenix mutual insurance company had promised extra money over the $800K for any player in the ATP top-10 here at $100K a pop - they will not have to spend that, as Rafter, the only guy who would have qualified for that (with Bjorkman as the #8 team), is not playing either the Hartford doubles or the Hanover singles due to an injury. The points earned at Hartford is of use only in determining the year-end team ranking, and do not go into the individual doubles ranking point list (and no bonus points are given for beating top teams, as in regular ATP events) ..
There is the skinny on the whole affair - Let the fun begin !!!!!!
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There are some seriously weird foods out there, and a trip around the local grocery store will prove that to be true because the most odd of foods are the chemical packed ones. The modern diet is full of disgustingly weird foods that you may not have thought of previously. However, these following items that people actually eat around the world are Paleo, and give the modern diet a run for their money in regards to weirdness. They are completely natural and could be hunted and gathered, but there is probably non-Paleo versions of them as well.
Just like you can purchase grass-fed meat products, or microwavable 'meat', you can probably purchase Paleo scorpion (true story), or purchase it deep-fried and certainly modernized.
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I live on a nice piece of land in a rural county east of Kansas City with my dog, two cats, three guns and, occasionally, my boyfriend. Do the I-70 commuter hell run five times a week into the city. Die hard Chiefs and Royals fan. Used to be a die hard Mizzou fan but I still haven't forgiven them for that whole SEC thing.
My name comes partly from my initials, D.D., and mainly from my big red doodle dog, a first generation Labradoodle. First generation are the offspring of a labrador and a poodle and unlike the wussie, curly-haired second generation and later they tend to have the wire-like hair of a the retriever and a neat little goatee. My boyfriend calls her the 'bearded wonder'.
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and it was great. Well....since retiring and moving to the farm....we've been "homeless of sorts". When
we built the shop building, we enclosed a corner of it to include the pressure tank for the well, a
shower, stool, shop sink and the washing machine. We also have a classic 1972 Winnebago motor home.
Since I'm an outside kinda gal....it would be very difficult for me to stay inside of it all day long. We
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frugal....I don't know that I want to pay the electric bill to keep it cool all day long. It's not the most
energy efficient thing! And I'd feel kind of guilty sitting in the cool while the husband is out
working in the 100 + temps we've been having.
When we have decent tempertures we "live" in the shop building where we've got a queen sized bed,
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September marks the first month of college for many people and it also marks the first time living independently. Years ago I, like many others, had finally moved out of my sleepy hometown and moved into a house full of strangers, who later became my friends.
From that time, I can recall my first month of college, enrolled in the Business Administration program at Mohawk. I was overly excited, spent way too much money on textbooks, met new friends and had an agenda that became full of project dates (and parties!). Not only was I excited, but I often felt anxious and clueless. I was experiencing something brand new and faced the beginning of a new chapter in my life.
I struggled with a lot of things within the first month. I had motivation to study, but at the same I wanted to go to The Arnie with classmates after a lecture. I dreaded grocery shopping and cooking, but knew I had a tight budget to pay for my living expenses. I wanted to go home every weekend to see my old friends, but also wanted to stay in Hamilton so I could meet and hang out with new friends.
I realize now, eight years later, that college is about the entire experience. My academics certainly did play a huge part in my experience, but my campus involvement, social life, extracurricular activities and my new community were just as important. These things completed my experience and I carry them with me now, and will forever.
As I was building my routine in that first month, and figuring things out, I had the rug pulled out from under me. Things came to a halt. At the end of September, a dear friend of mine passed away in a tragic accident. I was heartbroken and decided to put things on pause for a bit. I returned home to be with my friends and family to mourn. I ended up withdrawing from the majority of my courses because I was mentally and emotionally drained. I needed time to feel like myself again, and with time I did. Taking that time off was something I needed.
In January, I returned back to college full time and into a new program. My mind was clear and I knew what to expect for my first month back. I got to try it all over again and not many people do. I was fortunate in that sense. I knew what to expect and did my best to balance everything. I became involved with on campus activities, I volunteered for special events and started working in the Alumni Association office. College finally felt like my new home. I found professors I could look up to, had colleagues that I could count on and found friends who have now become my lifelong friends.
The first month of college can be overwhelming, but this is where we begin to mature and figure out who we really are. Like any other experience, college is what you make of it, you must learn from your falls and successes and move on. Remember to carry those experiences with you. They will help, I guarantee it.
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The monopoly tycoons of the 19th century traditionally did their wheeling and dealing at fine-dining establishments, cleverly concealing the fact that they still lived with their parents. Add a dash of class to your next destination meal with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of modern American lunch or dinner cuisine at South Gate.
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Though South Gate is a popular lunchtime destination for conducting deal-closing handshakes, the restaurants resident chefs also craft an elegant selection of dinner dishes including lovage-seared tuna tartar ($19) and house-smoked muscovy duck breast served with tabs stuck to the parts that require initials or bitemarks ($32).
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Das beliebte Gree-Event kehrt in das Spiel Ende Februar, Anfang März zurück. Dies hat Eric Musco nun im offiziellen SWTOR Forum bestätigt.
SWTOR Gree-Event kehrt zurück
Das Event soll dann natürlich für Stufe 60 angepasst sein. Folgend findet Ihr die offizielle Meldung aus dem SWTOR Forum.
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When we started the Life Day event, we got questioned on two things almost immediately. Where is the Gree event and why is the Cyan Sphere on this vendor without it? Two valid questions. As I mentioned before the end of the year, it is our intent that the next time you see the Gree event it will be scaled to level 60. I am here to deliver news on both of these fronts!
First, it is our plan right now that the Gree event will return end of February/March timeframe. We are still working out the exact timing but we will update that information on our events page when we have it. Second, I know there was concern around the Cyan Sphere and its cost. We are going to be moving the Cyan Sphere vehicle onto the Gree event vendor with 3.1. Also, just to make sure the vehicle can be attained by both the Gree and Life Day participants, you will find two separate ways to buy the vehicle. You can either buy it with a mix of Snow-covered Parcels and Grey Helix, or just Grey Helix alone. This way regardless of which event you tended to participate in, it is still accessible to you!
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McAuliffe teacher Mrs. Sherry Tanaka received the Orange County Music and Arts Educators Award for Visual Arts Teacher of the Year in a May 9th ceremony at Segerstrom Center. She was also recognized as one of the county's Outstanding Arts Educators. Photo by Sherry Kropp shows Donna Chinn (Los Al Arts organizer), Ann Allen (McAuliffe principal), Sherry Tanaka (OCMAA Visual Arts Teacher Award), Jeannine Ball ((OCMAA Outstanding Arts Educator), Diana Hill (LAUSD school board), David Moellenkamp (LAHS Director of Arts). Mrs. Tanaka's teaching prowess was described in detail by McAuliffe Principal Mrs. Ann Allen:
Sherry Tanaka is an exemplary Art instructor. In teaching the language of visual communication, she challenges her students to use their brains to see, to think and to express themselves in innovative ways. As examples, when delivering instruction to sixth grade students., Mrs. Tanaka teaches Betty Edward's "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" exercises and observation techniques to assist students in creating their self portraits. In addition students study and use the Principles of Design and Composition to create their own diagonal line design, circular design and symmetrical square/rectangle and line/shape designs. In grades seven and eight students complete units in drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking. For example, to begin the unit on drawing and painting, students study Leonardo DaVinci, viewing his drawings and paintings of figures as models. Then they create along with the teacher, practicing how to draw a person from head to toe using measuring by comparison, by drawing full face and profile portraits, and by digging deeper by focusing on drawing hands, arms and feet. Students also study printmakers (Kathe Kollowitz and Hokusai), study Picassoand abstract art, and create linoleum block prints to apply what they have learned. To prepare for the unit on sculpture, students study Louise Nevelson to view examples of monumental, 3 story high pieces and


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The amount of pairs of shows do you have? Whether you have a passion for flip flops, high heels, knee size boots, service shoes, instructors, loafers, moccasins, systems or slippers … We can all build up fairly a shoe collection for many years without also attempting. So where do they all belong?
Firstly, collect up all your shoes from around the house (including your partner's and your kids' shoes) so you recognize precisely what you're dealing with. Decide if you're mosting likely to throw any out or donate them to charity, then count how many "caretakers" you have actually obtained. Bedroom Shoe Storage .
Now you can choose which kind of shoe storage device is best for you …
Shoe cabinets are available in various designs and products, enabling you to customize the ideal shoe cabinet to your demands. For optimum storage room, choose a cabinet that needs the shoes to be sandwiched with each other laterally, like in a shoe box.
A shoe ladder is great as both a hassle-free storage option and a method to preview your shoes simultaneously. Usually developed with 3 or 4 rates, a shoe ladder can deal with approximately 9-12 pairs of shoes! . Bedroom Shoe Storage .
Shoe racks and rails are a necessary thing for any walk-in closet, which is developed to house all your garments and footwear in one well-organised dressing area.


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In an interview last week, Barça's Cesc Fabregas stated that it is easier to score goals in England's Premier League than it is in Spain's La Liga. I was surprised reading his comments at the time and my doubts on their accuracy have only increased as Madrid, Atleti, Celta Vigo and Real Sociedad have all scored five or more in a game in the past week. Time to look at a few statistics and also see if I can come up with 10 different verbs to describe the act of scoring a goal – see if you can find them all.
In the past 18 seasons, the top scorer in England has notched more than the top scorer in Spain on only five occasions. Tallying up the totals of each league's deadliest marksmen further highlights the disparity between the two divisions. La Liga's finest have plundered 544 goals compared to 451 by the cream of the Premier League. Three years ago, Cristiano's 41 league goals at the Bernabeu were more than double the number Berbatov needed to take the English golden boot to Craven Cottage. A look at some other individual goal-getting performances is even more telling.
Even if we discount CR7's first 3 seasons at Utd as a settling in period and only consider his final three years in Manchester, his 66 in 101 games for the Red Devils pales into insignificance alongside the 159 in 147 he has snaffled for Real Madrid. Some other Old Trafford alumni display similar stats. Diego Forlorn managed just 10 in 63 for title winning Utd. He packed his bags for Spain and immediately finished top scorer in the country with 25 goals for Villarreal and then again with 32 for Atletico Madrid. In Ruud van Nistelrooy's first season with Madrid after departing the Theatre of Dreams he banged in 25 league goals. The long-faced Dutchman never managed more than that in five trophy-laden seasons in England.
There is further evidence that Cesc's claim holds little water when comparing and contrasting the goal-scoring performances of players who have moved the other way. A very young Fernando Torres fired in 75 goals in 174 appearances for a second-rate Atleti side at a ratio of a goal every 2.32 games. In a similar timeframe with more illustrious clubs in England he has hit the back of the onion bag 81 times in 191 games – a slightly worse ratio of requiring an average of 2.36 matches to get his name on the score sheet. Two of his pals that are also currently vying for the Spanish number 9 jersey have just joined Fernando in England. City's Alvaro Negredo and Tottenham's Roberto Soldado arrived in the Premier League off the back of 25 and 24 goal La Liga seasons respectively. After 10 outings in their new league they've both bagged four goals. At that rate it'll take an incredible run of form to come close to their previous year's tally.
I'll conclude with a quick look at Fabregas himself. In seven seasons as an ever-present in an attacking Arsenal side, the Catalan maestro rattled in 35 goals in 212 appearances at a rate of a goal every 549 minutes. After 71 games as a largely bit part player for Barça he has already struck on 22 occasions. That, in case you were wondering, works out as a goal every 288 minutes.
Cesc, catch yerself on mate.
ANSWER: Score, Notch, Plunder, Snaffle, Bang In, Fire In, Hit (onion bag), Bag, Rattle In, Strike.


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Character Traits of the Spiritual Life: Endurance
Richard Hollerman
We have all heard or read or seen runners in a race to win a prize. Life is like this. Paul urges us with these admonishments, Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win (1 Corinthians 9:24).
The Hebrew writer adds this: Since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith. . . . For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart (12:1-3). We are all runners in the race of life, and we are to run with endurance the race that is set before us for we follow Christ who endured the hostility of His opponents in life. We urgently need endurance.
Several words are translated endure or endurance but the main one is hupomeno, meaning to abide under, to bear up courageously.[i] It denotes remain . . . stand ones ground, hold out, endure in trouble, affliction, persecution.[ii] God not only saves us from sin, but He calls on us to endure the trials, temptations, and sufferings that come on those who follow Jesus. Sometimes the thought is conveyed with the term perseverance or steadfastness..
Paul says, We also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope (Romans 5:3-4; cf. James 1:3). In the midst of tribulation, trials, and suffering, we must endure! This endurance will help to mold our proven character and hope will see us through. We will become more and more Christlike in character.
Paul was thankful that the believers had perseverance and faith in the midst of all their persecutions and afflictions (2 Thessalonians 1:4). James says that the one who endures is blessed: Blesses is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him (1:12). Jesus knew that this endurance was necessary.
In His parable of the soils, Jesus describes the second soil: These are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away (Mark 4:16-17). Jesus speaks of those who receive the word of God with joy but they are only temporary. Lukes account says that they actually believe for a while (8:13). What happened to these believers? Afflictions and persecutions would come on them that they fall away. We see the need for endurance or perseverance so that those who believe will continue in the faith. We must endure if we wish to be finally saved.
Our Lord warned of coming persecutionsand the need to persevere through all of them: You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved (Mark 13:13; cf. Matthew 10:22; 24:13). Paul adds, If we endure, we will also reign with Him (2 Timothy 2:12). Lets pray for the endurance we need to complete the race of life in victory and so receive the crown!
We practice endurance not just in major issues of life but in daily tasks. When we begin a job, do we complete it? When we have a difficult and unwanted work to do, do we put it off or accomplish it slowly and with regret. Do you have a reputation for beginning a project but never persevere to its conclusion? Endurance is continuing the job that we began and seeing it through to completion. Paul wrote, Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary (Galatians 6:9).
[i] W. E. Vine, Expository Dictionary.
[ii] Bauer, Arndt, Gingrich, Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.


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Dear Incubator PMC, The Apache Wicket project asks your permission to release Apache Wicket 1.3.0-incubating-beta1. The Wicket community has voted [1] to ship this release. The vote passed with 7 binding +1, 2 non-binding +1 and no +0 or -1 votes. Apache Wicket is a Java component based web application framework. If you want to learn more about Apache Wicket, please read [2]. The release distribution can be found here: http://people.apache.org/~dashorst/releases/apache-wicket-1.3.0-incubating-beta1/dist For those with a Maven affliction (yes, there are lots of people using Maven, and enjoying it) we have a maven repository with the released artifacts: http://people.apache.org/~dashorst/releases/apache-wicket-1.3.0-incubating-beta1/m2-repo We also ran Rat (0.5-snapshot) on our ZIP distribution, the report of which you can peruse on the following URL: http://people.apache.org/~dashorst/releases/apache-wicket-1.3.0-incubating-beta1/rat-report.txt The release has been signed by yours truly, with the key found here (I'm not in the web of trust, but will be at the key signing party coming ApacheCon): http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/wicket/common/KEYS The Wicket community appreciates your time and attention to detail and hopes to bring this release to a conclusion soon. We will gladly answer any questions that arise. Martijn Dashorst [1] http://www.nabble.com/-vote--Release-Apache-Wicket-1.3.0-incubating-beta1-tf3635349.html [2] http://incubator.apache.org/wicket/introduction.html -- Learn Wicket at ApacheCon Europe: http://apachecon.com Join the wicket community at irc.freenode.net: ##wicket Wicket 1.2.6 contains a very important fix. Download Wicket now! http://wicketframework.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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A number of libraries in East Sussex could be closed by the county council due to 'cuts in funding from central government'.
Proposals are to close seven out of 24 library buildings in the county, in areas including Ore, Ringmer, Langney, Pevensey Bay, Polegate and Willingdon, which would reportedly save the council more than £650,000.
The council said the number of people using libraries locally has fallen by 40 per cent in the last ten years, and the plans would leave 92 per cent of library members unaffected.
However, there has been opposition to plans, including from the Friends of Pevensey Bay Library.
Margaret Martin from the group said:
"They [libraries] are integral to the community, because even though you have the electronic services where you can go online and order your books, you need somewhere to go to collect the books you order, and also I think for many people they do not want, as they get older, just to be shut within the four walls of their health.
"This kind of experience is what builds communities and that's the disappointing thing about the county council, is that they haven't really truly recognised the significance libraries have within the community."
The council is also considering no longer running its mobile library service, but said they would provide additional support to a home service for people unable to travel.
A community library card would also be available, which would allow for large numbers of books to be borrowed in venues including village halls or community centres.
Nick Skelton, assistant director for communities, said:
"The need for siginificant savings, due to cuts in funding from central government, has left us with no option but to review how our library service is delivered.
"It is vital we focus our resources where they will make the biggest difference, through services which help children to learn to read and write and adults to find jobs and learn digital skills.
"With reductions in funding and changes to how the service is being used, we feel this is the best way to ensure we continue to offer a comprehensive service across the whole county and play our part in improving the lives of our residents.
"These proposals would allow us to expand the services and materials available online."
A cabinet meeting to discuss plans is due to be held on Tuesday (September 19).


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The choir, led by Chapel School music teacher George Heath, delighted the audience with various songs.
"The energy that came into the chapel when the children arrived was fantastic," said one attendee.
The audience enjoyed hearing the children sing. "It is great to see the children enjoying themselves too," said a Wartburg staff member. "I hope they will remember these times and think that seniors can have fun times like everyone else."
The choir and the seniors even sang together. At one point a few people were dancing to the rhythm.
The Wartburg offers integrated, comprehensive senior care services. It provides a wide range of services to both residents and people in their own homes.
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The Background
Recently at Arekibo, we undertook a complete redesign of a large content-heavy website. The website was old and beginning to show some cracks under the strain of increasing content and increasing visitors. It had a standard implementation of Universal Analytics for the past number of years (hard-coded, not via Google Tag Manager). We switched to a GTM implementation for the redesigned website. The switch-over on go-live day all went to plan and all the checkpoints on our usual go-live checklist were passed.
Post Go-Live Problems
However, shortly after go-live, we noticed that the bounce rate across the site had increased dramatically. It jumped from <10% on average to between 50% and 60%. We were worried. We decided to check out other engagement metrics within Google Analytics. Funnily enough, when we checked the Average Pages Per Session, we actually saw a 30% increase versus the month pre-launch. Something wasn't adding up – on one hand we were seeing a huge increase in bounces, whilst on the other we were seeing a considerable increase in site engagement.
Increased Bounce Rate – The Usual Suspects
We went about checking the usual suspects when it comes to bounce rate issues to try to diagnose the cause of the increase.
Slow Page Load Times?
Nope! Load times had improved significantly – it wasn't the case that users were getting fed up with slow page loads and leaving the site before the page had been served.
Loads of 404s?
Nope! As with all redesigns and migrations of large websites where URLs are changing and some old content is being omitted, there were a few 404 pages. However, a comprehensive 301 redirect plan ensured that 404s were kept to a largely insignificant level.
Confusing Navigation / No Clear Next Step?
Nope! Navigation on the redesigned site was kept consistent with the previous site in terms of position and labels. Additionally, comprehensive UX testing showed that users were intuitively able to navigate to key sections or related articles with ease.
Double Page-View Tracking (on the legacy site)?
This is a common contributor to artificially low bounce rates and thus something we would check whenever we see unusually low bounce rates. However, we had audited the old site and already confirmed that the Google Analytics code had been correctly implemented only once.
Finally – the actual reason for the bounce rate jump?
Eventually, we decided to, for want of a more technical term, "root around" in the Google Analytics reports, going back as far as January 2015.
In all that time, we noticed a handful of annotations, one of which referenced the addition of a Google Analytics Event to track impressions of 3rd party adverts across the site.
Low and behold, the bounce rate the day before the addition of this event was 50-60% and the next day had dropped to <10% and remained at that level up until our go-live date where the bounce rate jumped back up to the same levels as 2 years previously.
But why?
So obviously, this removal of this event was the reason for the increased bounce rate… but why?
By default, Google Analytics events affect the bounce rate. When a user triggers an event, this interaction stops a bounce from being recorded even if the user doesn't "bounce" in the conventional sense of the term (i.e. they don't view any subsequent pages).
In a lot of cases, this setup would make sense. If a user engages with the page, you probably don't want to count them as a bounce anymore. However, if the event is not related to a user action, this is not necessarily the desired behaviour and essentially your analytics are skewed.
The Fix? Non-Interaction Events
As I mentioned, by default, events will affect bounce rate. However, you do have control over this – there's a parameter you can send with the event data called the "non-interaction" parameter.
To set a hard-coded event as "non-interaction", you need to specify the nonInteraction field as true like so:
Read more about Non Interaction Events in Google's official documentation.
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Atwater Market the day before Christmas was a bustling place. I, too, was getting my last minute delicacies for the holiday table. I had already been to Les Délices du Marché earlier in the week. There you can find any kind of oil, vinegar, spice, rice, you name it. It is owned by a couple of men who always have a smile and a suggestion of what to buy. My first stop this time was to the Fromagerie du Marché Atwater. My spouse eats a lot of goat cheese and I stocked up on some new varieties from creamy, flavourful to a hard, cheddar. Here too, service is friendly and informative. I don't know how they can know so much about so many cheeses.
I next went to the organic butcher for a turkey. The upstairs of the market is lined with butcher shops, some with meat, others with many varieties of sausages. I had already filled my refrigerator with vegetables, but made a stop at one of the flower stalls - two bright red cyclamen to liven up the table.
Finally a stop at the liquor store for just the right wine to go with the turkey.
I don't know why shopping at the market doesn't feel like work, but shopping at a supermarket does. Perhaps it is the fact that you actually deal with people who help with decisions, who remember you from previous visits and who greet you with a smile. Perhaps it is the variety of colours and possibilities - no rows of similar boxes with prepackaged foods. Or maybe it is the constant seasonal changes. Whatever, I smile as I go through the market, enjoying the atmosphere.


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Tyler Mosienko hasn't a clue who his linemates will be in a Steelers team packed with new talent.
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Mosienko was top points scorer for Paul Thompson's side last year, beating Levi Nelson and Mathieu Roy into second and third place.
Last season he centred a busy and effective line with Guillaume Desbiens and Jonathan Phillips.
"We had good chemistry and we seemed to fit pretty nicely" said Mosienko.
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The use of the cloud for regulated workloads can transform how companies think about their compliance practices. Cloud-based regulated workloads can improve auditability, transparency, and consistency, as well as offer scalability, transparent costs, and a reduced need for on-premises hardware systems. In this whitepaper, you will learn about GxP in the AWS cloud and the compliance and efficiency benefits of rethinking regulated workloads.
Life science companies are responding with Real World Evidence (RWE) to capture data from clinical through postmarket activities to prove drug products are efficacious, to maintain formulary preference, and to maximize reimbursement. In order to help customers build their own RWE platforms, this document contains reference architectures for data acquisition, data processing and data consumption using AWS Services.
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Healthcare reform, increasing patient expectations, exponential data growth, and the threat of cyberattacks are forcing healthcare providers to re-evaluate their data management strategies. Healthcare providers are responding to these demands by leveraging AWS to enforce lifecycle management, employ cost effective, scalable storage and un-trap data for operational and quality insights. In order to help customers, the attached diagrams are reference architectures for managing healthcare data on AWS, including data ingestion and storage management using AWS services.
Change is the only constant in today's biopharma industry. To succeed, companies must collaborate and outmaneuver the competition against a backdrop of fast-evolving regulations and technologies. Being nimble is essential. To help companies achieve this state, AWS has partnered with SAP. Multi-year upgrade projects are out. Rapid iteration is in. In this whitepaper, learn how life sciences companies are finding faster and simpler ways to move from on-premise hardware and get started with SAP HANA in the AWS cloud.
Healthcare organizations are facing a fast growing data management challenge, with some estimates showing the amount of digital healthcare data growing at close to 50% of year and hitting 2.3 Exabytes by 2020. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud is at the core of Philips HealthSuite, which currently manages more than 23 petabytes of imaging study data for healthcare providers. In this webinar, you'll learn about some of Philips' decisions, considerations and lessons learned when they were building a cloud-based ecosystem that offers solutions and services to manage the growing amount of data.
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The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a joint effort of the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute to accelerate our understanding of the molecular basis of cancer, and consists of raw and processed genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenomic data from thousands of cancer patients.
The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) coordinates projects with the common aim of accelerating research into the causes and control of cancer. More than 2,400 consistently analyzed genomes, providing one of the world's largest collections of curated cancer genome data in the cloud.
3000 Rice Genome Project
The 3000 Rice Genome Project is an international effort to sequence the genomes of 3,024 rice varieties from 89 countries. Through analysis of these genomes, researchers can potentially identify genes for important agronomic traits such as better nutrition, climate change tolerance, and disease resistance.
Genome in a Bottle
The Genome in a Bottle Consortium is a public-private-academic consortium hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop the technical infrastructure to enable translation of whole human genome sequencing to clinical practice. The Consortium has selected several genomes to produce and characterize as reference materials; the complete data set from the project is freely available on Amazon S3.
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As Judy explains, your soulmate is rarely a person new to you, you have almost always met before in some other existence either in a former life on earth or another dimension and there will be unfinished business between you. Soulmates can be wonderful and terrible all at the same time and having your soul polished does have its positive side, but there are times when recognising that the contract has passed its sell by date allows you to move on.
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