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Mondays With Bob Greene: Mirka and I became proud parents of twin girls
Robby Ginepri beat Sam Querrey 6-2 6-4 to win the Indianapolis Tennis Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Nikolay Davydenko beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4 6-2 to win the International German Open in Hamburg, Germany
Dinara Safina won the Banka Koper Slovenia Open in Portoroz, Slovenia, beating Sara Errani 6-7 (5) 6-1 7-5
Andrea Petkovic beat Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-2 6-3 to win the Gastein Ladies in Bad Gastein, Austria
"I have some exciting news to share with you. Late last night, in Switzerland, Mirka and I became proud parents of twin girls. This is the best day of our lives." – Roger Federer, announcing the births on his Web site and Facebook page.
"The twins certainly come from good tennis stock. If they are half as good as their dad they will still be a potent force on the court." – Nick Weinberg, spokesman for British bookmaker Ladbrokes on the twin girls one day winning Wimbledon.
"When you have a lot of losses, you start questioning if you can play at this level. It creeps in the back of your mind, so this is definitely a confidence boost for me the rest of the summer." – Robby Ginepri, after winning the Indianapolis Tennis Championships.
"It's been a great week for me. Of course, when you are in a final you always want to win but it has been a great week for me." – Paul-Henri Mathieu, after losing in the Hamburg, Germany, final to Nikolay Davydenko.
"I know I am good enough to beat most players on this level." – Andrea Petkovic, after reaching her first career WTA Tour final, which she won.
"I played better each match this week. I beat two Top 30 players this week, the best wins of my career. I'm sorry about today: I wish I could have done more, but there's always next tournament." – Ioana Raluca Olaru, who lost in the Gastein Ladies final to Andrea Petkovic.
"I am a hundred percent. I mean, if I wasn't at that point, I certainly wouldn't be playing." – Maria Sharapova, who played for the Newport Beach Breakers in a World TeamTennis match against Kansas City.
"There's always a lot of pressure against Korie (Homan) because I have not lost a set at this tournament since 2000 and of course I have the winning streak." – Esther Vergeer, after stretching her unbeaten singles record to 364 matches in wheelchair tennis by again beating world number two Korie Homan.
"Andy's presence really does give a boost to County Week and British tennis in general. It proves to 12-, 13- and 14-year-old children that if the world number three can be bothered to show up and compete for his county, then they can do it, too." – Ian Conway, captain of the North of Scotland team, on Andy Murray playing an amateur event.
It's been awhile since Nikolay Davydenko took home the biggest check at a tournament. The Russian won his first ATP World Tour title in over a year when he trounced Paul-Henri Mathieu at the International German Open in Hamburg. Davydenko last appeared in a final at the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai last November, and he hadn't won a title since Warsaw, Poland, in June 2008. Davydenko also became the first Russian to win in Hamburg.
Until this past week, Andrea Petkovic had a 3-8 lifetime record in WTA Tour-level events, with all three match wins coming at Grand Slam tournaments. That changed in Bad Gastein, Austria, where Petkovic won five straight matches and her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title, the Gastein Ladies, when she stopped Ioana Raluca Olaru. The unseeded German dropped only one set all week, that to seventh-seeded Anna-Lena Groenefeld in the quarterfinals. "It's the best moment of my career," Petkovic said. "I hope I can keep playing like this and build on it." Olaru was also appearing in her first Tour singles final, having upset third-seeded Sybille Bammer, sixth-seeded Magdalena Rybarikova and top-seeded Alize Cornet en route to the title match.
It didn't take the British bookmakers long. Just a day after their birth, Roger Federer's twin daughters were given 100-1 odds for either to win Wimbledon. Charlene Riva Federer and Myla Rose Federer are 50-1 to win a Grand Slam as part of the same doubles team and 200-1 to capture the Wimbledon women's doubles. Andy Roddick, who has lost the Wimbledon final three times to the twins' father, agreed with the bookies. The American sent a message from his Twitter page, which read: "Wimbledon women's champs in 2029-2040 … the Federer girls: congrats to the new parents!"
Playing together for the first time, Dmitry Tursunov of Russia and Ernests Gulbis of Latvia won all four matches in third-set super tiebreakers to capture the doubles title at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships. "They're obviously better as a team, but when there's a lot of firepower against you, there's not much you can do," Tursunov said after the pair beat top-seeded Ashley Fisher and Jordan Kerr 6-4 3-6 11-9 (match tiebreak). Not one to break up a winning pair, the two plan to play together in Los Angeles this week. "It's kind of like beginner's luck in poker, so we'll see how it goes," Tursunov said. "If we're having success, it makes sense to continue to play."
The knee injury must be better. Rafael Nadal has returned to training for the first time since he was sidelined by tendinitis in his right knee. Nadal is planning on returning to the ATP tour at the Montreal Masters next month. He has been out since losing to Robin Soderling in the fourth round of the French Open, where he was seeking his fifth straight title. The injury also kept him from defending his Wimbledon crown. With Nadal not there, Roger Federer won both Roland Garros and Wimbledon to record his 15th Grand Slam trophy and reclaim the number one ranking.
Leander Paes was named the league's male MVP as he led the Washington Kastles to their first World TeamTennis Pro League championship. Paes teamed with Scott Oudsema to win the men's doubles and with Rennae Stubbs to win the mixed doubles as the Kastles downed the Springfield Lasers 23-20. Oudsema beat Springfield's Raven Klaasen in the men's singles, while Washington's Olga Puchkova downed Vania King in women's singles. King and Liezel Huber captured the women's doubles. King was named the league's female MVP.
Cara Black is only 5-foot-6 ( 1.67m) but she stands tall in the tennis record book. The Zimbabwean player is second only to Hall of Famer Martina Navratilova in the number of weeks spent as the number one doubles player in the world. When Black recorded her 125th week at number one spot, she moved past Natasha Zvereva. The 30-year-old first took over the top spot on October 17, 2005, staying there for 16 weeks. She regained the spot on June 11, 2007, before relinquishing it two weeks later to Lisa Raymond. But Black began her third and current stint at number one on July 9, 2007, after winning Wimbledon. Navratilova led the doubles rankings for 237 weeks.
Austria's national anti-doping authorities are investigating Tamira Paszek after she received a medical treatment for a back injury that allegedly violated doping regulations. Authorities say that during treatment earlier this month, blood was taken from Paszek for enrichment, then later injected back into her, which is not allowed under international anti-doping rules. Paszek said she was not aware that the treatment was possibly illegal until a reporter told her. Paszek then alerted the Austrian anti-doping agency NADA, which began its investigation. The Austrian right-hander has struggled with back problems since last season. She has not played since retiring during her first-round match at Wimbledon.
Argentina's David Nalbandian and Croatia's Mario Ancic won't be playing in this year's US Open. According to the United States Tennis Association (USTA), the 15th-ranked Nalbandian is still recovering from recent hip surgery, while Ancic is battling mononucleosis. Their spots in the men's main draw were taken by Ivan Navarro of Spain and Karol Beck of Slovakia.
An injury has caused Li Na of China to withdraw from China's National Games in Shandong. The 27-year-old said she felt a recurrence of her right knee injury. Li will undergo tests in Beijing to determine whether she will be able to play the North American hard court season, including the US Open. "We have signed up for it and got the visa," said Li's husband and coach, Jiang Shan. "If she is OK by then we will go to play."
John McEnroe seems to be a lightning rod for problems on a tennis court. His World TeamTennis club has been fined for what the league called "unprofessional conduct." During the men's doubles match between McEnroe's New York Sportimes and the Washington Kastles, a shot by Washington's Leander Paes hit New York's Robert Kendrick. McEnroe and Sportimes coach Chuck Adams went to Paes' side of the court and yelled at him. Four points later, Kendrick hit Paes with a serve, prompting more confrontations. The league suspended and fined Adams the next day, then, after reviewing the video and getting the umpire's report, issued fines on both teams. Kendrick and Kastles player Olga Puchkova received individual fines.
Michael Stich's return to competitive tennis lasted only 62 minutes. The former Wimbledon champion lost his first-round doubles match at the German Open in Hamburg. The 40-year-old Stich, who retired from the sport 12 years ago, and 21-year-old Mischa Zverev were beaten by Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Paul Hanley of Australia 6-4 6-2. Stich won Wimbledon in 1991 and reached the final at both the French Open and US Open. His best ranking was number two in the world. As tournament director of the German Open, Stich gave himself and Zverev a wild card into the tournament. Stich is not the only retired player to make a brief doubles comeback. John McEnroe was 47 when he and Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman won the doubles at San Jose, California. That came 14 years after his previous title.
Nathalie Dechy is calling it a career. The 30-year-old Frenchwoman is expecting a child and wants to devote her time to family life. Dechy reached the Australian Open semifinals in 2005, but is currently ranked 88th in the world. She won two US Open women's doubles titles, with Vera Zvonareva in 2006 and Dinara Safina in 2007. She also won the French Open mixed doubles in 2007 with Israel's Andy Ram. Dechy won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Gold Coast tournament in 2003 and reached her career-highest ranking in January 2006 when she rose to 11th in the world. She played for France in the Fed Cup in singles and doubles from 2000 until this year.
Robby Ginepri had an unusual way of throwing out the game's first pitch when he was a special guest at the Triple-A baseball game between the Indianapolis Indians and the Durham Bulls. In Indiana where he was competing in the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, Ginepri used his racquet and a tennis ball to serve to the Indians catcher. The umpire called balls on both of Ginepri's "serves," but the American was delighted with his performance. "It was very close to a strike," Ginepri said. "It is quite different to have to serve at a catcher's glove. The target is just very small."
Maria Sharapova is continuing to give back. The former world number one has launched the Maria Sharapova Foundation to distribute scholarships among first-year students at Belarusian State University throughout the 2009-2010 academic year. The USD $3,500 scholarships will be available to Belarus residents attending BSU who come from areas formally recognized as affected by the Chernobyl nuclear accident. According to the BSU press office, recipients should actively participate in public, research and volunteer activities, and should have a high average grade in their general education school diplomas. It's not the first time the tennis player has given generously. In February 2007, Sharapova, who serves as a Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations Development Program, donated USD $100,000 for eight Chernobyl relief projects in Belarus and Ukraine. Sharapova's father and pregnant mother fled Homyel, a town 80 miles north of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, shortly after the accident in April 1986. She was born in a Siberian city months later.
Forget the ranking. Andy Murray took time to compete in the AEGON Summer County Cup, a 115-year-old amateur team tennis competition. With no umpires, line judges or ball-persons, the players call their own lines in the last amateur grass-court competition in the United Kingdom where senior professionals mix with junior players to represent their county in a competitive team environment. It was a huge surprise to the other players and the 300 spectators at Eastbourne when Murray showed up to play for North of Scotland. "Andy has come down to Eastbourne under his own steam, paying for his transport and lunch out of his own pocket," said North of Scotland captain Ian Conway. "I was surprised and delighted, and his presence has given the rest of the team a huge boost." While Murray and Owen Hadden won all three of their matches for the North of Scotland, Hertfordshire won the tie 5-4 when Andy's brother, Jamie Murray, and his partner lost the deciding match 6-3 6-7 (3) 10-8 (match tiebreak).
Esther Vergeer is not slowing down. The Dutch woman won her ninth consecutive women's wheelchair singles title at the British Open in Nottingham, defeating Korie Homan. Ranked number one in the world, Vergeer stretched her winning streak to 364 matches.
Shingo Kunieda of Japan won the men's main draw singles, while American David Wagner captured the quad singles titles. Kunieda beat Stephane Houdet for his third successive men's main draw singles title. Wagner won his second British Open quad singles in three years as he beat world number one and home favorite Peter Norfolk.
Nicole Pratt has been appointed Australian national women's coach. A former junior Australian Open champion, Pratt will work with Australia's Fed Cup team and on player development, according to Tennis Australia. Pratt's highest ranking on the WTA Tour was 35th in the world.
Indianapolis: Dmitry Tursunov and Ernests Gulbis beat Ashley Fisher and Jordan Kerr 6-4 3-6 11-9 (match tiebreak)
Hamburg: Simon Aspelin and Paul Hanley beat Marcelo Melo and Filip Polasek 6-3 6-3
Bad Gastein: Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka beat Tatjana Malek and Andrea Petkovic 6-2 6-4
Portoroz: Julia Goerges and Vladimira Uhlirova beat Camille Pin and Klara Zakopalova 6-4 6-2
Los Angeles: www.latennisopen.com/
Gstaad: www.allianzsuisseopengstaad.com/e/
Umag: www.croatiaopen.hr
Stanford: www.bankofthewestclassic.com/
Istanbul: www.istanbulcup.com/
Washington: www.leggmasontennisclassic.com/
Segovia: www.teniselespinar.com/
San Marino: www.atpsanmarino.com/
Vancouver: www.vanopen.com/
Los Angeles: www.latennischamps.com/
(All money in USD)
$700,000 Countrywide Classic, Los Angeles, California, USA, hard
$500,000 Allianz Suisse Open, Gstaad, Switzerland, clay
$450,000 Studena Croatia Open, Umag, Croatia, clay
$100,000 Orbetello Challenger, Orbetello, Italy, clay
$700,000 Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, California, hard
$220,000 Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey, clay
$1,402,000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington, DC, USA, hard
$150,000 ATP Open Castilla y Leon, Segovia, Spain, hard
$120,000 San Marino CEPU Open, San Marino, clay
$100,000 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Vancouver, Canada, hard
$700,000 LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife, Los Angeles, California, USA, hard
Mondays With Bob Greene: I probably can win a Grand Slam
Gilles Simon won the BCR Open Romania title by beating Carlos Moya 6-3 6-4 in Bucharest, Romania
Patty Schnyder beat Tamira Paszek 6-3 6-0 to win the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Indonesia
Nicolas Mahut beat Christophe Rochus 5-7 6-1 7-6 (2) to win the Open d'Orleans in Orleans, France
Lourdes Dominguez-Lino beat Sorana Cirstea 6-4 6-4 in Athens, Greece, to win the Vogue Athens Open 2008
"I have the belief right now that I can do it as long as I'm healthy, really. That's the way I feel. I'm going to believe till the end of my tennis days that I probably can win a Grand Slam. And if it's not the case, or I don't believe in it anymore, then I'll probably retire." – Roger Federer.
"It's the end of the year, it's the last Grand Slam. He didn't have a bad year, but for his standards, not as good as he would have liked. It's a great thing going into next year. It gives him a lot of hope to get ready for next season, and I think it's a great feeling for him." – Jose Higueras, on Roger Federer winning the US Open.
"These days I feel like my opponents have to play really well to beat me. … I felt good on court and I'm happy about the result. It's nice to defend the title here in Bucharest." – Gilles Simon.
"I am having my best season ever and qualifying for (Tennis Masters Cup) Shanghai is a great reward. It was one of my goals at the beginning of 2008 and I look forward to competing there for the first time." – Andy Murray, the first Briton to qualify for the season-ending tournament since Tim Henman in 2004.
"It wasn't one of my goals at the beginning of the season, but of course it would be very nice if I made it." – Gilles Simon, on the possibility of him qualifying for the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, China.
"This is kind of a surprise for us," confessed Nicolas Devilder. "We came here focusing on our singles matches and end up winning the doubles. It feels great to win the title here." – Nicolas Devilder, after teaming with Paul-Henri Mathieu to win the doubles in Bucharest, Romania.
"It's not the easiest tie to start off your Davis Cup career with. I would probably prefer a home tie on hard court. To jump in there against Spain in the semifinals, in a way though it's a nice introduction to the Davis Cup. It will be tough." – Sam Querrey, who will make his United States Davis Cup debut against Spain on clay.
"I always felt I could be number one if I put in the effort. It's been great. I enjoyed the journey because it wasn't overnight, and life's a journey, not a destination." – Serena Williams, who won the US Open women's singles.
"Missing the U.S. Open and the Olympics was really tough for her, but she's resolved not to try to work through the pain. She's not coming back until the problem is corrected." – Agent Max Eisenbud, on Maria Sharapova's rehabilitation schedule.
"The ATP has now exhausted all avenues of inquiry open to it and the investigation is now concluded." – The ATP in announcing it found no evidence of wrongdoing by Nikolay Davydenko and has ended its investigation of a match he lost in August 2007.
"The site on which we bet a few euros didn't have the right to reveal that data because it was prior to the agreement made with the various sporting associations. And the ATP was not allowed to make public other information, like the bets on football and other sports. We'll go all the way to the highest court." – Giorgio Galimberti, one of four Italian players given suspensions by the ATP for betting on matches, saying they intend to sue the ATP for violation of privacy.
With 4-0 clobbering of Spain, Russia won its second straight Fed Cup title and its fourth international women's team championship in the last five years. Playing on clay in Madrid, Vera Zvonareva beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 6-4, Svetlana Kuznetsova stopped Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3 6-1 before beating Medina Garrigues 5-7 6-3 6-4, and Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina teamed up to down Spain's Nuria Llagostera Vives and Suarez Navarro 6-2 6-1. Since the best-of-5 tie was already decided, the fourth singles match was not played.
Frenchmen Nicolas Devilder and Paul-Henri Mathieu won three fewer points than their opponents, but outlasted top-seeded Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 7-6 (4) 6-7 (9) 22-20 (match tiebreak) to win the BCR Open Romania doubles in Bucharest. It was their first team title. In fact, they had never won a match in their two previous tournaments, and it was the first ATP doubles title for both players. The winners saved six match points before finally winning on their tenth match point. Besides beating the top-seeded Polish team, Devilder and Mathieu also knocked off the third-seeded team as well as the 2005 champions.
When Patty Schnyder won the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in her third attempt, she reached several milestones. It was the Swiss left-hander's 500th singles victory of her career and her eleventh title, her last one coming in Cincinnati in July 2005. Since that win, Schnyder had lost seven straight finals before defeating 17-year-old Tamira Paszek of Austria 6-3 6-0 in Bali, Indonesia.
By reaching the US Open final, Andy Murray has qualified for the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup, which will be held at Shanghai's Qi Zhong Stadium in November. Murray, who reached his first Grand Slam tournament final before running into Roger Federer, joins the elite eight-man field that already includes Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram became the third team to qualify for the eight-team doubles event in Shanghai.
The Bali Classic is being transformed next year into a real Tournament of Champions. That will be the new name for the Indonesian event, which will see increased prize money from USD $225,000 to $600,00, plus a possibility of a USD $1 million bonus. Next year's tournament will be played indoors from November 4-8 at the Bali International Convention Centre with 12 players in four round-robin groups. It will be open only to players who have won at least one of the season-long International Series events, a series of 30 tournaments played in Australia, Asia, north Africa, the Americas and Europe. The top ten WTA Tour players who have won at least one International Series tournaments and are not participating in the year-end championships in Doha, Qatar, will qualify, along with two wild cards. A player who wins three International Series events and the Tournament of Champions will collect an additional USD $1 million bonus.
There were some major shifts in the top ten of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles rankings following the US Open, led by Serena Williams taking over the top spot with her winning the year's final Grand Slam tournament. Williams is the fourth player to take over the number one spot since Justine Henin retired in May. Elena Dementieva and Dinara Safina took over as the top two Russians, Dementieva moving from number six to number four, while safina moved up two spots to number five after both were semifinalists in New York. US Open finalist Jelena Jankovic is second and her Serbian countrywoman Ana Ivanovic is third.
Hsieh Su-Wei of Chinese Taipei and Peng Shuai of China teamed up to win the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic doubles title in Bali, Indonesia, rallying from the brink of defeat to down Marta Domachowska and Nadia Petrova. The losers held three match points on Petrova's serve at 5-4 in the second set only to hae Hsieh and Peng come away with a 6-7 (4) 7-6 (3) 10-7 (match tiebreak) victory. The win was the first for the team. "I'm really happy to win with my partner," Peng said. "We have been good friends for eight years now and she's always been helping me and giving me advice, so to share this with her, it really doesn't get any better than this."
Dennis Van der Meer and the late Howard Head are the first two inductees into the new Tennis Industry Hall of Fame. The announcement was made by the Tennis Industry Association at a special reception honoring the two men and their contributions to the sport of tennis. Van der Meer founded the Professional Tennis Registry (PTR), based in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, in 1976 to certify tennis teaching professionals. He also has coached world-class players on both the women's and men's professional tours. Howard Head first transformed the ski industry in the late 1940s when he designed a new type of ski that combined metal, plastic and plywood that was more durable, lighter and easier to turn. In 1969, he designed a metal racquet. He then joined Prince Manufacturing, where he helped redesign and improve a tennis ball machine, then later designed and patented a racquet with a 20 percent larger head.
Maria Sharapova hopes to begin her comeback the second week in January when she plays an exhibition event in Hong Kong. She hopes to follow that by defending her title at the Australian Open. Sharapova, who missed the Olympics and the US Open because of a shoulder injury, has been in Phoenix, Arizona, for the last month working with fitness trainer Brett Fischer, who is working to strengthen the area around the torn rotator cuff in her right shoulder. No surgery is indicated and Sharapova's doctors have described the tear as "very moderate." Sharapova hasn't played since retiring from a second-round match against Ai Sugiyama at the Canadian Open in early August.
Miguel Margets, captain of the Spanish Fed Cup team, has been given the 2008 Fed Cup Award of Excellence by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF). Francesco Ricci Bitti, ITF president, and 1984 International Tennis Hall of Famer Manolo Santana presented the award to Margets during the Fed Cup World Group final in Madrid, Spain. Miguel has captained four Spanish teams to Fed Cup championships. The Fed Cup Award of Excellence, which was inaugurated by the ITHF and the ITF in 2001, is presented to a person who represents the ideals and spirit of the Fed Cup competition and must be a member of a past or present Fed Cup team.
The Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, are scheduled to visit Nigeria in November in what reportedly will be their first joint visit to Africa. Godwin Kienka, who runs the International Tennis Academy in Lagos, Nigeria, and publishes a tennis magazine – Tennis Africa – said the sisters will be accompanied by their mother Oracene as well as sister and manager Isha Price, trainers and other staffers. Kienka said Venus and Serena would play an exhibition and run a clinic. It will be Venus' first visit to Africa, whereas Serena has been to Ghana and Senegal.
Sam Querrey will make his Davis Cup debut when the United States travels to Madrid, Spain, for a semifinal. United States Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe said Querrey is replacing James Blake, who McEnroe said, is "physically and mentally exhausted." Querrey won his first ATP title in March, reached the quarterfinals on clay at Monte Carlo, and reached the fourth round of the US Open earlier this month. Other members of the American squad are Andy Roddick and the doubles team of brothers Mike and Bob Bryan. The world's number one player, Rafael Nadal, leads the Spanish squad.
Serena Williams is reportedly planning to write her memoir. Publishing industry sources report the nine-time Grand Slam tournament champion could be close to signing a USD $1 million dollar book deal. The news of a pending Williams autobiography was initially reported by Matthew Flamm, a senior reporter at Crain's New York.com.
After a year-long investigation into suspicious betting patterns, Russian star Nikolay Davydenko has been cleared by the ATP. The governing body of men's tennis said it found no evidence of wrongdoing by Davydenko, his opponent, Martin Vassallo Arguello of Argentina, or anyone else associated with their match in Sopot, Poland, on August 2, 2007. Then ranked number five in the world, Davydenko, citing a foot injury, retired in the third set of his match against the 87th-ranked Vassallo.[ad#adify-300×250]
Four Italian tennis players banned for betting on matches are planning on suing the ATP Tour for violation of privacy over its handling of their cases. The ATP handed Potito Starace, Daniele Bracciali, Federico Luzzi and Giorgio Galimberti bans ranging from six weeks to 200 days between December 2007 and February this year. Galimberti told La Gazzetta dello Sport that a Miami law firm "will defend us for violation of privacy." He also said the four were planning on suing the betting agency that gave the ATP the information about their wagers. Galimberti said another Italian player, Alessio di Mauro, who was banned for nine months for betting, is not taking part in the legal action.
The Vogue Athens Open ITF women's tournament was played on hallowed ground. It was the first USD $100,000 ITF women's circuit event to be held in Greece and included eight players ranked in the WTA Tour's top 100. Lourdes Dominguez-Lino of Spain won the singles, beating Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-4 6-4 at the Athens Lawn Tennis Club next to the famed Temple of Olympian Zeus. The 109-year-old tennis club, the largest and oldest in Greece, also was the site for the tennis event at the first Olympic Games in 1896. Davis Cup and Fed Cup ties also have been played at the club.
Turismo Madrid has become an international sponsor of Fed Cup by BNP Paribas. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) said the three-year sponsorship began with the 2008 Fed Cup final between Russia and Spain held at the Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain. Turismo Madrid is the tourism arm of the region of Madrid with the aim to attract international visitors not only to its capital city Madrid, but also to the many cultural, leisure and entertainment activities within the region.
Dr. Dharmendran Navaratnam, the tournament physician in Bali, Indonesia, has been awarded the Dr. Glick Award by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. The award is named for Irving Glick, who was chief medical officer at the US Open for more than 20 years. Dr. Glick founded and chaired the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee of the USTA, served on the Medical Commission for the ITF, was the science coordinator for Tennis Sports Medicine at the Olympics, and was the ITF medical representative to the Seoul and Barcelona Olympics.
Jimmy Connors has made his first trip to India where a tennis academy named for the tennis great is being set up. Club Solaris, which has a chain of fitness centers, is developing the Jimmy Connors Tennis Academy at a 250-300 acre resort spa located between Pune, Mumbai and Goa. The facility will include 100 villas.
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) says the 2008 tournament was the biggest and most successful US Open in its 40-year history as revenue, attendance, website traffic, and concession sales hit all-time highs. More than 720,000 fans attended the 15-day event, topping last year's record as Arthur Ashe Stadium was sold to a record 99 percent of capacity for the first time, with 23 of 26 sessions sold out. The US Open remains the highest-attended annual sporting event in the world.
Anna Kournikova will compete in mixed doubles exhibition matches at The Stanford Championships, a stop on the Outback Champions Series circuit which will be played October 22-26 in Dallas, Texas. Once ranked in the top ten in the world, Kournikova will play during both the day and night sessions on Saturday, October 25.
The Asian Tennis Federation has unveiled plans for a new tour to boost players from Asia, but is quick to insist it is not in competition with the ATP tour. Anil Khanna, president of the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF), says the sole objective is to provide opportunities for Asian players to earn more money and win wild-cards for ATP events. The Asian Tour will feature 12 tournaments in different cities in Asia and will have minimum prize money of USD $50,000. The tour will begin in New Delhi, India, in December with an Asian Championship and will culminate with an eight-player Masters tournament offering prize money of USD $300,000. Khanna said the winner of the Asian Championship will be given a wild card into the ATP Qatar Open.
Bucharest: Nicolas Devilder and Paul-Henri Mathieu beat Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 7-6 (4) 6-7 (9) 22-20 (match tiebreak)
Orleans: Sergiy Stakhovsky and Lovro Zovko beat Jean-Claude Scherrer and Igor Zelenay 7-6 (7) 6-4
Bali: Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai beat Marta Domachowska and Nadia Petrova 6-7 (4) 7-6 (3) 10-7 (match tiebreak)
Athens: Sorana Cirstea and Galina Voskoboeva beat Kristina Barrois and Julia Schruff 6-2 6-4
Tokyo: www.toray-ppo.co.jp
Guangzhou: www.qztennis.com
Szczecin: www.pekaoopen.pl
Davis Cup: www.daviscup.com
Beijing: www.chinaopen.com.cn
Bangkok: www.thailandopen.com
Paris: www.tropheejeanluclagardere.com
Luxembourg: www.covadis.be/viviumchallenge
Charlotte: http://championsseriestennis.com/charlotte2008/
(All money in USD)
$125,000 Pekao Open, Szczecin, Poland
$1,340,000 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan, hard
$175,000 TOE Life Ceramics Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China, hard
$100,000 ITF Tournament, Sofia, Bulgaria, clay
Trophee Jean-Luc Lagardere, Black Rock Tournament of Champions, Paris, France, clay
(September 19-21)
World Group Semifinals
Argentina vs. Russia at Buenos Aires, Argentina, clay
Spain vs. United States at Madrid, Spain, clay
World Group Playoffs
Chile vs. Australia at Antofagasta, Chile, clay
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In the Corner Office we follow Tara, a hard-working woman in the run for a well-deserved promotion. In her way stands a man who's not afraid to throw her under the bus if he needs to. The two of them have been fighting for over fifteen years and Tara can't wait to put him in his place and get the promotion they both want. But an unexpected love-affair with a new coworker turns into something more sinister and changes everything.
The Corner Office is marketed as a contemporary romance, and I suppose that's when I usually turn away and choose to read something else. I'm not a fan of contemporary, and especially romance novels tend to make me want to roll my eyes and hide somewhere. But I liked the premise of this novel despite it all, and I am truly happy that I took the chance to read it. Underneath the romance is an exciting plot that made me eager to turn the page, and before I knew it the book was finished.
The writing is solid and the pacing is fast and constantly intriguing. I love the fact that it's written in first person, this makes me feel closer to Tara and I immediately connected with her. She's strong and determined, but inside there's a different side to her that doesn't necessarily show at work. Perhaps she ends up being a bit naïve when it comes to her love-affair with Aidan (and times I want to slap her in the face and tell her she's an idiot), but I'm not sure one can blame her for it when she's been alone and solely focused on work for so long.
For the most part I find that the relationship between the characters are genuine, but I do struggle a little bit with how Tara sees Richard. From the start, I thought their bickering sort of was a mutual love/hate thing that they shared. But at the same time, she constantly said she truly hated him and couldn't even see him as a real person. Her actions towards him didn't really reflect the things she claimed to feel about him. When it comes to their relationship I also believe that perhaps Richard changed a bit too fast to feel believable. He hadn't exactly been kind before, so why the sudden change. I do have to add that it might perhaps be that Tara always initiated their quarrels and he just went along with her, and then his change isn't as sudden as I think. But I'd have to go back and check the story to know if this is the case.
Aidan is another character that perhaps escalated and changed a bit too fast for my liking, it became violent very sudden. There were warning signs there, but perhaps some more signs would have been a good idea before it all "went to hell" so to speak.
But overall, The Corner Office is a very good book with lots of suspense, interesting characters, a theme that fits our current time, and lots of steamy sex. I do have to admit to skipping most of the steamy parts myself though, turns out I'm more of a prude that I thought I'd be.
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The following is the eigth installment of Empowering Public Wisdom: A Practical Vision of Citizen-Led Politics, available from EVOLVER EDITIONS/North Atlantic Books. You can visit the Empowering Public Wisdom homepage here.
Its one thing to be able to generate public wisdom in all the ways described so far. It is another thing to have that wisdom actually impact society, especially influencing public policy. So how do we use citizen deliberative councils strategically to empower public wisdom? What can we do to make such councils part of our usual political process? Here are a few ideas:
Convene processes like Wisdom Councils to evoke the publics awareness of their collective wisdom and power as We the People. This can be done by official proclamation or legislationor unofficially, simply by grassroots initiative, with no permission from anybody. The Wisdom Council process, which has been undertaken in a number of communities in North America and Europe, establishes a presence for an inclusive, unconstrained, publicly wise peoples voice in a community every three to twelve months. This ongoing process creates a dynamic tension between what that voice says and the statements and actions of other political playersfrom public officials to corporations to activists to politically inactive citizens. Over time, this tension draws the population into greater political involvement and pressures all political players into greater alignment with the public good. See chapter 10.
Organize public campaigns to demand that public wisdom processes be given official or unofficial advisory roles in government decision making. For example, Denmarks parliament occasionally convenes Consensus Conferences to gain the publics informed advice on controversial technical issues. Such an advisory role does not interfere with the prerogatives and powers of public officials, but it does create a context that influences their behavior. We can also solicit pledges from politicians stating that they will take seriously the recommendations from a properly convened citizen deliberative councilthat is, they will either do what it says or publicly explain why they cant or wont. An example of such a pledge can be found at www.co-intelligence.org/PoliticiansPledge.html.
Convene public wisdom processes to advise voters on issues and/or candidatesand actively publicize their recommendations. Oregons official Citizens Initiative Review process uses a citizen deliberative council to review ballot initiatives and referenda on behalf of the voters. It is privately run and financed, but the process is transparent and the results are officially printed in voter information pamphlets. Similarly, the British Columbia Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform developed proposals that were submitted to the voters. A number of unofficial citizen deliberations have had an impact on elections, including a Citizens Jury convened by the Jefferson Center that interviewed candidates for governor of Minnesota and for U.S. senator in Pennsylvania. (The IRS threatened the Jefferson Center with loss of nonprofit tax status if they convened more Citizens Juries on candidates, so they didnt.) As noted in the previous chapter, citizen deliberative councils have been proposed for institutionalized evaluation of all legislation and candidates. And a citizen deliberative council process is included in the national ballot initiative proposal described in chapter 11.
Create a lobbying network or political party specifically dedicated to pushing the policy recommendations generated through public wisdom processes. This has not yet happened, but there are precursors showing up in some parts of the transpartisan movement, bringing people from the Left and the Right together and then promoting what they come up with. See chapter 9.
Create nonpartisan political organizing websites that help citizens find others who share their passion on specific policy options. Help people build alliances and lobbying capacity and generate political power both inside and outside traditional political parties. Then use that system to mobilize and lobby around policy options recommended by public wisdom processes. See chapter 12.
Convene public wisdom processes and promote their findings to advocacy groups who already favor the policies the wisdom process recommends. The advocacy groups could then brag that a group of randomly selected ordinary citizens who carefully considered all aspects of the issue ended up supporting the advocacy groups position. This might be even more powerful than advocacy groups current practice of quoting favorable public opinion polls. In doing so, the advocacy groups would champion the publics wise recommendations while simultaneously (intentionally or not) promoting public awareness of the process that generated those recommendations.
Build an alliance of issue-oriented groups who have concluded that their pet issues wont get far without changing the decision-making machinery that decides policy on all issues. They would use part of their resources to support empowered public wisdom initiatives like those in this list.
Create internet-based systems that enable grassroots activists to affordably self-organize public wisdom processes on whatever issues they or their community are working on, whenever they need to or want to. In this way public wisdom processes could become familiar and powerful through widespread use. This option is still visionary, but the capacity to realize it is beginning to emerge. See chapter 12.
Promote the establishment of a fourth branch of government that functions through the deliberations of randomly selected citizen panels. This fourth branch would have power comparable to that of the other three branches, including the power to make laws and approve or disapprove the laws and regulations created by the other branches. This has not been done in modern times, but a number of detailed proposals exist. See chapter 13.
There are undoubtedly other approaches. The point here is that we can use the fact that hundreds of citizen councils have already generated public wisdom to transform the dysfunctional, manipulated, toxic, and quasi-democratic decision-making processes that exist at all levels of society. The ideas above demonstrate numerous ways we can give public wisdom processes real power in our political system. The sooner we do it, the better our chances of making it through the coming political and economic storms and being on track for a far better world than we have right now.
Journalists and Other Storytellers
This cannot, of course, be done without considerable public awareness and engagementbefore, during, and after initiatives like these are undertaken. Key to such engagement is the inspired involvement of activists, philanthropists, social networkers, and the many storytellers of our society.
I want to focus here on the storytellers: writers, musicians, moviemakers, artists, actors, media pundits, public-relations people, politicians, and teachers. The most important storytellers of all, I believeat least for this purposeare journalists. Im referring not just to professional mainstream journalists but to bloggers and anyone else who tells public stories about public actions, processes, and issues in our communities, states, and nation. All these folks have major roles to play in birthing, sustaining, and promoting empowered public wisdom.
The success of this probably requires a major partnership between, on the one hand, the organizers and facilitators of public wisdomgenerating conversations and, on the other hand, journalists and other storytellers. By promoting public wisdomgenerating conversations among diverse people, this collaboration could enable communities to cocreate their own stories of what is happening to them now and how they are going to shape their future.
The journalists role would be vital at every stage.
Ideally, thanks to journalists, everyone in a community would know about any public wisdomgenerating conversation before, during, and after it happened. They would know why it was happening and what it was about. They would know who was participatingperhaps they would even attend an event at which future participants were selected with some fanfare. They would have been invited to preparatory and follow-up public conversationssuch as World Cafés, Conversation Cafés, study circles, Open Space conferences, and online forums. They would know what the experience was like for participants in all these events because those participants would be interviewed by the media. They would know the results and have forums in which to say what they thought about it all.
They would know if and how the recommendations were followed, who was involved, and what the successes and failures were.
This is an expanded version of the traditional journalistic role of empowering democratic citizens with information. Public wisdomgenerating processes are extremely empowering to citizens and whole communities. The stories of participants make great human-interest features. The events themselves are dramatic, because heat is generated when we have diverse, ordinary people coming together to discuss hot issues. News outlets love conflict. But deliberative conflict is different from the usual conflicts that preoccupy the mainstream news media. Hot conflicts that evolve into creative solutions are very different from hot conflicts that are chronic, suppressed, or violent. Journalists can show citizens what a profound difference working together can make in our politics. This is not because they are biased but simply because they objectively report instances where people actually work well together on important national and community issues.
We have a supreme example of this type of reporting in the previously mentioned Peoples Verdict experiment done by Macleans.
Macleans devoted forty pages to describing their remarkable initiative in their July 1, 1991, issue. (Imagine Time magazine devoting forty pages of a single issue to anything!) PDFs of the full coverage are available online at www.co-intelligence.org/S-Canadaadvrsariesdream.html. I see those forty pages as a journalistic breakthrough of tremendous importance. They devoted half a page to each of the dozen citizen panelists, including a picture, so that readers could pick whom they identified with and whom they thought was an enemy. They then provided twelve pages covering the actual conversationa day-by-day, hour-by-hour, blow-by-blow account of the conflicts and the ultimate healing and collaborationincluding pictures of every step of the way, from arms folded in opposition to former antagonists hugging. Other articles in the issue described the process of participant selection, the facilitation method used, and background about the issues that were discussed. The groups final agreement was printed on pages colored like old parchment, with the signatures of all the deliberators at the bottom of the last page, like those of John Hancock and other Founding Fathers at the bottom of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
Robert Marshall, Macleans assistant managing editor, noted that past effortsa parliamentary committee, a governmental consultative initiative, and a Can$27 million Citizens Forum on Canadas Futurehad all failed to create real dialogue among citizens about constructive solutions, even though those efforts involved four hundred thousand Canadians in focus groups, phone calls, and mail-in reporting. The experience of the Macleans forum indicates that if a national dialogue ever does take place, it would be an extremely productive process.
What followed the publication of the Macleans Peoples Verdict issue and the hour-long CTV documentary was month after month of exactly thatspontaneous national dialogue and forums across Canada organized by schools, churches, and many other groups. Citizens had energy to actually heal the country and confront the countrys issues together. But then the prime minister was hammered in a few of the forums and accused the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation of fixing questions to make him look bad. He became a critic of the process, suspecting impure political motives by the processs advocates. In the end, political agendas and personalities held sway, maintained their business-as-usual patterns, and the country as a whole returned to politics as usual.
Notice the several varieties of public participation we see here. We see the wisdom-generating archetypal participation of diverse voices in the mini-public convened through wise selection of typical participants. We see an often transformational vicarious participation of the broad public witnessing the deliberations among people they identify with and people they see as opponents unfolding in the mass media. And we see the direct mass participation in spontaneous and organized dialogues around the country. Another form of participation not present in the Macleans case, but present in other initiatives, might be called crowdsourced participation, in which hundreds or thousands of individuals offer their input, usually online.
In the midst of this appreciation, I want to focus for a moment on the biggest thing that was missing from the Macleans initiative: iteration. Imagine what would have happened in Canada if Macleans had done this same exercise again the following year. And the next year. And the next. Imagine that it had also reported on all the subsequent conversations, conflicts, citizen engagements, and activism that came out of those exercises. Talk about a catalyst! Nothing in such a repetitive exercise would violate objectivity or principled news reporting. But it would be a profound expansion of journalisms primary function of promoting an informed citizenry and responsible, answerable leadership in an engaged democracy.
Versions of this could be done in any community, as well as at state and national levels. All it would take is journalists stepping into this new story of a more potent role for democratic journalism.
Citizen deliberations can produce excellent results real public wisdom. But most of the public, if they have not been through those deliberations, can remain oblivious to that wisdom, or even can be swayed by well-financed public relations attacks into opposing it. Here again, the role of journalists and other storytellersincluding public interest public relations professionalsis essential. They can help the public understand what went into the formation of that wisdom (as was done by Macleans) and can help increase general public respect for and attention to well-designed and accomplished citizen deliberations.
Now lets turn to the political environment within which these possibilities existand some visionary proposals that could be pursued to launch empowered public wisdom nationally in a big way. Every one of them could be catalyzed and reported on by journalists.


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A snack consists of 2 food groups and a meal consists of 4 food groups.
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I ask that parents supply their child with a water bottle (that is kept at my home) with the child's name on it.
Encouraging children to learn to drink water in place of fruit drinks, soda, fruit nectars, or other sweetened drinks builds a beneficial habit. Drinking water during the day can reduce the extra caloric intake which is associated with overweight and obesity. Drinking water is good for a child's hydration and reduces acid in the mouth that contributes to early childhood caries (baby bottle tooth decay).
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Snow fight from the ca 1400 frescoes in the Eagle Tower of Castello Buonconsiglio in Trento, Italy.
Judging from their dress it's a rare occasion with snow, and probably not colder than around frezing, the kind of weather where you run out to have a snow fight, but don't have to put on thick winter clothes. It can't be much either, judging from the green brush showing through the snow. This is actually somethign that we're used to here in the southwest of Sweden, so I can relate :)
There's no snow here now, and while this is not that unusual, but the lack of snow further north is a worrying sign of the Climate Change cause by us humans. I am trying to limit my personal contribution to this by making most of my christmas presents, limiting my consumption in general (obviously not of fabric though ;) ), eat less meat and usually travel by public transport. So I hope for more Yule eve's with snow in the future.
I hope you all have a joyful and relaxed Yule, or whatever you celebrate - focusing on friends and family. I might actually get some medieval sewing done - I've been very busy with making presents lately.
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We introduce Troyd, a new integration testing framework for Android apps. Troyd allows testers to write high-level scripts to drive the app under test as desired, e.g., clicking buttons on the screen, checking the contents of a text box, and so on. Troyd also provides a convenient recording mode, in which users construct Troyd scripts as the app is running; we have found that this interactivity is extremely useful in practice. Troyd is freely available as an open-source project.


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Finding the iconic West in Monument Valley
Tour this rich desert landscape on the Utah-Arizona border with a Navajo guide.
"Be still and the earth will speak to you." ~ Navajo saying
Monument Valley. Just the name conjures up images of the majestic, iconic buttes and classic western landscape so often seen in movies and magazines.
When John Wayne saw MV for the first time he mused, "So this is where God put the West." John Ford loved filming here and called it "the most complete, beautiful, and peaceful place on earth." A visit to Monument Valley, however, can offer up more than beautiful, evocative scenery.
Exploring Monument Valley
The MV Navajo Tribal Park covers 91,000 acres. Upon entering MV, you can drive the rough 18-mile dirt road encircling the majestic buttes on your own (4WD is preferable, but not required). Exploring on your own, however, restricts what you are able to see.
To leave the loop road, you must have a Navajo guide. I recommend you do this. There are sights off the road that took my breath away! More importantly, if you go with a Navajo guide, you are afforded a glimpse into a native culture that has existed for thousands of years. Through this perspective-altering lens, Monument Valley is transformed into something more profound: a sacred spot that can provide a transcendent cultural experience.
Monument Valley in movies
The history of Monument Valley is woven into 20th century American popular culture. When people around the world think about the American West, they think about Monument Valley. Some of the vistas in MV inevitably look eerily familiar to movie fans who have never been near the area. Classic westerns have been filmed there since the days of Wayne and Ford. Stagecoach and The Searchers are just two of the classics these icons of the American Western teamed up on here.
Today, directors still opt to film in Monument Valley. Easy Rider, National Lampoon's Vacation, The Lone Ranger, and Mission Impossible are just a few of the films in the past half century that have included scenes filmed here. To be able to film in MV, producers and directors must first obtain permission from the Navajo tribe, for Monument Valley is not a national park, but part of the Navajo Nation. They own the rights to the area and often okay these projects as the film industry, along with tourism, has helped provide much needed financial support to the Navajo.
Recent history
Novelist Zane Grey helped draw the public's (and Hollywood's) attention to the area in the 1920s with his descriptive novels mixing the mythos of the frontier with lyrical, enchanting descriptions of the landscape. In one of his books he describes a flash of lightning "revealing a vast valley, a strange world of colossal shafts and buttes of rock, magnificently sculptured, standing isolated and aloof, dark, weird, lonely." Such portraits enhanced the area's mystique.
The land shifted between Anglo and Native American control for decades until white people lost faith in its mining potential and gave up control to the Navajo. Harry Goulding, however, did not abandon the area. After years bartering with the Navajo, he established Goulding's Trading Post in the 1920s — and it's still a fixture today. After the Depression, Harry made his way to Hollywood to gauge interest in his beloved MV. He showed some photos of the landscape to the location manager for Stagecoach, who had previously derided Goulding for "wasting my time." The rest is history. Years later, John Wayne proclaimed to Goulding, "Harry, you and I owe these monuments a lot."
The View Hotel, built by the Navajo in 2008, is the last stop before entering the MV Tribal Park. The Navajo made sure that every room in the hotel offered a spectacular lookout over the buttes. Even if you don't stay here, it's a worthwhile stop to catch your first breathtaking glimpse of the iconic buttes, some as high as skyscrapers. This is where I met my Navajo guide.
Touring MV with a Navajo guide
I chose Navajo Spirit Tours after reading several glowing reviews. They offer several tours including the Sunrise, Full Day, and the one I chose, the Sunset tour. If you want to explore the canyons, buttes and mesas beyond the standard allowed area, take one of these tours. The Navajo guides have intimate knowledge of the cultural and geological features of the valley as well as fascinating cultural insights.
As we began our ride down the 18-mile rough and bumpy dirt road that traverses the valley, I held tightly onto my smartphone. The Navajo have resisted paving the road for fear of the hordes of visitors that they believe would inevitably follow. We rumbled for a few moments down the rough road before pausing for a photo opportunity at the Mittens, the most famous buttes in MV. These are the ones often seen in photos and postcards. You can hike around the Mittens, but you'll need to obtain a permit to do so.
We then paused at John Ford's Point, which offers a panoramic view that makes you understand how Ford fell in love with the place. You can take photos and selfies to your heart's content. Don't forget to pick up some fry bread at the refreshment stand on the point. This was my first time trying it and it reminded me just a bit of beignets from New Orleans, famously served at Café du Monde.
Next up was a visit to a female hogan, a traditional Navajo residential structure. The nine posts of the hogan symbolize nine months of pregnancy. We entered the cozy living quarters festooned with cultural items, many with a symbolic significance. The guide explained the importance of each and its connection with the Navajo culture.
We next arrived at a huge natural arch called Big Hogan. Our guide asked us to lie on our backs and look up. Almost mystically, an outline of an eagle's head appeared, quite a fitting image as eagles were considered by the Navajo to be spiritual messengers. Another rock presented an image that appeared to be the head of a Mohawk. Under the enchanting natural acoustics of the arch, our guide sang some Navajo songs and played others on his flute. After the performance, he spoke of the efforts being made to document the Navajo oral tradition for future generations.
At each stop our guide had an interesting anecdote, piece of history, or story to tell us. Most of these stories had been passed down through the generations. Some were stories of Navajo legend and mythology. Others were interpretations of the petroglyph drawings that are scattered throughout Monument Valley, many left by the Anasazi dating back thousands of years. He also taught us some Navajo sayings such as tse bii ndzisgaii, which means "clearing among the rocks."
The tourism industry is extremely important to the Navajo, providing a significant percentage of their employment. Even so, only about half of Navajo are employed. Despite the money they've brought in through movie rights and tourism, many Navajo struggle economically. Only 34% of the people have water and electricity. About 10% of Navajo have bachelor's degrees. More young Navajo are leaving Navajo Nation for Phoenix, L.A. and Albuquerque. This migration, sometimes called the Navajo brain drive, is looked upon with some sadness by the older generation who view the Navajo as traditionally tied with their land and family. Yet some of the younger generation Navajo return after their higher education to make a difference in the community, such as the Ph.D. who returned to help clean up uranium contamination. The importance of family ties and cultural ceremonies, underscored by frequent large clan gatherings, remain strong. Certain practices such as arranged marriages were developed out of economic necessity and intended to sustain the tribe. Most younger generation Navajo prefer to marry independently. The Navajo call themselves the Diné (the People) and there is in fact a Diné newspaper, The Navajo Times.
While I generally prefer to head out on my own to explore such areas of great natural beauty, in my opinion it's worth it to take a tour if you can swing the extra bucks. It left me energized, inspired to learn more about Navajo culture, and gratified to help support the Navajo while being offered some insight amidst the magnificent scenery of Monument Valley.


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Sheena leads food enthusiasts around Galway's finest food destinations and guests usually replace lunch with the tour as along the way you will sample fresh sushi, the finest cheese, Galway oysters, mouth-watering breads and savoury bites as well as delicious sweet treats.
Galway Food Tours is a culinary walking tour of Galway! It gives a great overview of the passionate people and the beautiful produce which combine to make Galway one of Ireland's gourmet jewels. During the tour you will meet artisan producers and sample their products with experienced guide, Sheena Dignam, giving you insights to the local favourites and treasured ingredients.
Sheena Dignam, a Franco-Irish food and wine lover, is originally from Wicklow but grew up in the Loire valley where she studied Culinary Arts & Wine. Having spent over 15 years in the food industry, her passion has led her to launch Galway Food Tours.
"For me, what makes Galway so special is the local producers, and the best thing about the market is the diversity from cheese to sushi, oysters to curry stews, doughnuts to falafels. But especially it's such a great atmosphere! The traders are great craic and are hugely talented", says Sheena and on Galway Food Tours, she really shares her love for Galway, its people and its food.


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CIEE and The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education's Center for Minority Serving Institutions (Penn CMSI) today announced scholarship details related to our three-year comprehensive partnership to increase study abroad at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
CIEE has pledged 100 percent of all exhibitor fees related to its Annual Conference in 2016, 2017, and 2018 to support study abroad scholarships for students from Minority Serving Institutions. CIEE and CMSI expect the first-year scholarship pool to total at least $50,000.
Funds historically used to support conference expenses will now be earmarked for the most financially challenged students attending the nation's nearly 600 Minority Serving Institutions. Each year for the next three years, the scholarship funds will cover 100 percent of program fees and travel costs for 10 students of color from 10 MSIs. Each cohort of 10 students will take part in a summer study abroad program designed to enhance their leadership and intercultural skills in one of three locations: London, England (summer 2017); Cape Town, South Africa (summer 2018); and Seoul, South Korea (summer 2019).
The scholarship is being named the Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship in honor of Frederick Douglass – the African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and international statesman – to highlight the characteristics that today's young leaders need most: a keen intellect, a strong work ethic, and a global perspective. President Abraham Lincoln called Douglass "one of the most meritorious men, if not the most meritorious man, in the United States." Of the many impressive chapters of his life, after publishing his international bestselling autobiography in 1845, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave," Douglass traveled to London and spent two years traveling and lecturing extensively throughout Britain and Ireland. During this trip, British supporters raised funds to buy his freedom from his American owner and when Douglass returned to America in 1847, he was a free man.
Consistent with that legacy, Frederick Douglass Global Fellows are meritorious men and women who demonstrate high academic achievement and exemplary communication skills, who possess the hallmarks of self-determination, who exhibit characteristics of bold leadership, and who have a history of service to others. In the spirit of one of America's most powerful intellectuals, communicators, and scholars, Frederick Douglass Global Fellows commit to sharing their experience and intercultural growth with peers and classmates, before, during, and after the fellowship.
To become a Frederick Douglass Global Fellow, each student must be nominated and receive a letter of recommendation from the president of their institution following their first year of college.
The first scholarships will be awarded on November 1, 2016 by Penn's CMSI, one of the nation's leaders in elevating the educational contributions of MSIs, increasing the rigorous scholarship of MSIs, and strengthening efforts to close educational achievement gaps among disadvantaged communities.
"Our partnership with CIEE is an unprecedented effort to move the needle in a serious way around study abroad for students of color, and especially students at Minority Serving Institutions," said Dr. Marybeth Gasman, education professor and director of the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions. "Together, we are working to break down the barriers of cost, curriculum, and culture that prevent far too many students of color from experiencing international study. This significant financial support will have a direct impact on some of our country's brightest students."
In addition to the scholarships, CIEE and CMSI have committed to a three-year partnership to co-sponsor training for college presidents and workshops for faculty to increase diversity in study abroad. Research shows that students who study abroad can have higher GPAs, are more likely to graduate on time and are more attractive to employers that seek to hire candidates with intercultural competencies. However, there is a significant gap in the profile of those who study abroad versus the overall population of U.S. undergraduates. While students of color represent almost 40 percent of all undergraduates, they represent only 26 percent of those students who study abroad, including just 8.3 percent who are Hispanic and 5.6 percent who are Black.
"As the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit organization founded to support international exchange for all students, CIEE strives to implement both practical and innovative solutions to overcome the barriers to study abroad. For seven decades, we've sponsored an annual conference that strives to bring together leaders in the field of study abroad to share best practices to improve the student experience. We felt compelled to use this platform – the annual conference – to demonstrate a simple approach to funding student scholarships, which will allow more students to embrace this life-changing academic experience," said James P. Pellow, Ed.D., president and chief executive officer of CIEE and a Penn Graduate School of Education alumnus. "With a proliferation of annual conferences, workshops, and meetings devoted to international study and exchange, we hope that other organizations might consider a similar approach to opening doors for individual students by funding scholarships.
The deadline for students to apply to become Frederick Douglass Global Fellows is October 1, 2016.
For more information and to apply, visit the Penn CMSI website.


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Daly, Marcus
Daly, Marcus,1841–1900, American copper magnate, b. Ireland. He went to New York City at 15 and later moved to California, where he worked as a miner. He was employed by the "silver kings," J. G. Fair and J. W. Mackay, at the Comstock Lode. In 1876 he was sent by a large company to investigate the silver mines at Butte, Mont. Discovering that there was rich copper beneath the silver, he purchased the Anaconda silver mine and tested the copper. Then, with the backing of George Hearst and others, he quietly bought up neighboring mines and formed a mining company. He built a smelter at Anaconda and connected it by rail with Butte. He was so successful that Anaconda became almost a household word in the United States. Daly purchased coal mines to fuel his furnaces, bought forests to supply his timber, and built power plants to supply the mines. He also established a number of banks. His great rival was William A. ClarkClark, William Andrews,
1839–1925, U.S. Senator and copper magnate, b. Fayette co., Pa. He moved to Montana, where he amassed a large fortune from the development of copper mines.
..... Click the link for more information. , and their bitter struggle for control kept the copper industry in turmoil; the contest for power included other men, notably F. Augustus HeinzeHeinze, Frederick Augustus
, 1869–1914, American copper magnate, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. He went in 1889 to Butte, Mont., as engineer for a mining company. In 1893 he organized the Montana Ore Purchasing Company and challenged the claims of the Amalgamated Copper Company, which
..... Click the link for more information. . Though Daly himself did not seek public office, his effective political machine thwarted Clark's ambitions for many years. The feud dominated Montana politics and economy. Daly also established a newspaper, the influential Anaconda Standard.
See C. G. Glasscock, The War of the Copper Kings (1935, repr. 1971).


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Children's Play Areas in Bexhill
There are 16 different play areas in Bexhill providing a range of play experiences in a variety of settings.
Rother District Council is responsible for the upkeep of over 30 outdoor play facilities in the District. These include equipped children's play areas and play facilities for young people such as skate-parks, basketball hoops and 5-a-side goals.
Most of play facilities are found in Bexhill, Battle and Rye. Elsewhere, public play facilities tend to be managed by Town and Parish Councils.
The Council's children's play areas are regularly inspected by our grounds maintenance contractor in accordance with recommended guidelines laid out by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
To report any damage or vandalism to play areas, please phone (01424) 787522.
There are 16 different play areas in Bexhill providing a range of play experiences in a variety of settings.
Play facilities for teenagers and young people include wheeled-sports facilities e.g. skate parks, multi-use games areas e.g. football/basketball combination units, kick-about goals and play equipment designed specifically for the teenage market.
Rother District Council maintains only 2 play areas in the Battle area. Other play facilities including the play area at North Trade Road Recreation Ground are managed by Battle Town Council.
Rother District Council maintains 3 public play areas in Rye.
Rother District Council manages 1 children's play area in Bodiam.
Rother District Council manages 2 teen play facilities in the Battle area.
The following is a list of play areas and teen play facilities provided by Town and Parish Councils. This list is correct as of April 2009.
Rother District Council manages 2 teen play facilities in Rye.


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Something that we all dream of one day owning is a beach house. That is because this is the epitome of houses. It can be both elegant and casual at the same time. Furthermore, living hop and a skip away from the beach is always a good idea. However, if you are reading this article that must mean that you already accomplished your dreams. That is because you already own a beach house. However, the problem you may be facing now is decorating this space. When you look at beach houses you may have realized that they have been decorated in an effortless manner. Some look casual but they don't look unkempt. Instead, they also manage to incorporate some elegance into their decoration. When you look at such images you may think that you require a fortune to achieve such a look. However, that is not true. Furthermore, neither do you need to have a flair for decorating to achieve such a look.
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If you have to pick one item that signifies the beach apart from the ocean you would have to pick driftwood. Therefore it is always recommended for one to incorporate these items into their house. We understand that many custom built homes gold coast do this. But if you already own a home you would think that you cannot do anything. But that is not true. In reality, you can even go on to use this wood to create furniture. For instance, it can be anything from a coffee table to a bench.When you are decorating this space there is one thing that you have to keep in mind. That is that you have to remain true to the beach. This means incorporating nautical themed items into your home.


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These brilliant sculpts have inspired me to delve into this unfamiliar conflict and time period. To better aquaint myself I have already started reading Kyle Zelner's book, A Rabble in Arms: Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen during King Philip's War on Google Books. My library should be able to get me a copy through interlibrary loan. I have long been interested in The Skulking Way of War: Technology and Tactics Among the New England Indians, by Patrick Malone. So, I went ahead and ordered a copy off amazon. I'm sure I'll read more, but these two books seem like a good introduction to both sides of this conflict.
This evening I just bought their first four packs plus King Philip using my birthday funds. With only 11 Indians and 10 English Militia, I should have no problem painting them all in a reasonable amount of time (once I'm through being swamped with work). With fall approaching and thoughts stretching to Thanksgiving (you know... Puritans and Indians) it seems an appropriate time to get into this new genre.


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The efforts to sell Inglourious Basterds as an action-packed, manly swaggering kind of movie continues apiece. They've reached out to wrestling fans, they've promoted Brad Pitt's mustache like all hell, and now they're going the manliest route possible: Playboy. The magazine and the online version are running a six-page graphic novel treatment of the "Bear Jew" scene of the film, in which Eli Roth's character, as you've seen endlessly in trailers, takes a bat to the skull of a captured Nazi.
If you're at work, I'd recommend checking out the two-page preview at The Huffington Post, and check out the rest when you're at home. There's no nudity in the comic pages, of course, but Playboy.com is probably an easy target for porn filters.
As for the graphic novel itself, it's virtually a line-by-line recreation of the scene, in which Brad Pitt's Aldo Raine taunts the captured Nazi, then sics Eli Roth on him. I just got back from seeing the movie, and can tell you conclusively that this scene is not at all representative of the rest of the movie, which is sprawling and elegant and really not all that violent. But if it's Nazi-bashing that sells tickets, then Nazi-bashing it is.


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Without a doubt, the east exit of Fukushima City train station is the exit you'll want to explore if you are a tourist in Fukushima City. (Although if you arrive by bullet train, the gates will sort of lead you naturally to the boring west side….so be careful. The west side does have a tourist information center and the Corasse Building so it's worth exploring perhaps, but really the east side is more historic and interesting.)
So here are the coffee shops in the station on the east side. They are NOT the best coffee shops around. The best ones are, naturally, the independent ones….and those are only outside of the station. These are all chains. But still very convenient if you just want a quick break and don't care about buying "local."
My favorite coffee shop (in the station on the east side–that's the last time I am saying that!) is Starbucks. The reason is simply because it has some really comfortable cushiony chairs. When I go to a coffee shop alone, I like to study or read, and I want to be comfortable doing it.
It's the most expensive though. Not cheap!
It's completely smoke-free and has a viewing area of the station below for your inner Peeping Tom.
Next is Doutor, a Japanese-born chain. I don't like our Doutors in Fukushima because they are divided into smoking and non-smoking with no partition, and of course anywhere in the restaurant you can smell the smoke.
Lotteria is actually a fast food restaurant, but it makes a nice budget coffee shop. Much cheaper than Starbucks. It has an enclosed smoking section, and the rest is non-smoking. I can't smell the smoke at all in the non-smoking section so I quite like it. It's a good place if you have a kid since there is a lot of junky kid stuff on the menu.
This is the French bakery Vie de France. I don't think it's a real French bakery at all. It's a very common Japanese chain. If you sit next to the window, you can be all French (ooh la la) and people watch. I would love if Japanese did the real French thing and sat outside under umbrellas and stared aggressively at every single person who walked by and also kissed their friends on the cheeks to say hello.
This is Mister Donuts. You actually have to depart the station and turn left, but it's still part of the station, I think. Great place to take kids for donuts. You can people watch here, too.
Okay, those are the places for coffee!!!!!! And tea or whatever. Like I said, I usually go to Starbucks because of the comfy seating. When my son was little, it was usually Mister Donuts. (Back then, Lotteria was a McDonalds, and we went there a lot, too.) But now that he is older, we go to Starbucks more because he likes their Frappucinos (but we don't go too often…it's expensive!!!)


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Here's a magic formula for huge traffic spikes and insane social media follower increases: Win a Super Bowl.
While it's not surprising that the Seattle Seahawks' official website and social media accounts saw crazy gains in the past month, the numbers are pretty impressive when compared to last year's Super Bowl teams.
In the two weeks leading up to Seattle's 43-8 obliteration of Denver on Feb. 2, the official website racked up 2.91 million unique visitors, 4.45 million visits and 16.22 million page views. According to the NFL, those stats are approximately equal to what last year's teams — Baltimore and San Francisco — did combined.
The Hawks also destroyed content engagement averages from last year's squads for video, photo and written articles: The 3.5 million video plays were up 182 percent; 6.4 million photo views were up 66 percent; 2.3 million article views were up 193 percent.
There were similar spikes in the team's social media accounts — all of which were extremely active during the playoff run (Jan. 11-to-Feb. 2). The Facebook likes increased by 35 percent to 1.6 million; Twitter followers grew 40 percent to 492,000; Instagram followers rose 80 percent to 422,000.
Pretty amazing what an awesome Super Bowl run can do for an NFL organization's digital outlets — especially when you've got the 12th Man behind you.