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A Primer on the D. B. Cooper Mystery
In 1971, a mysterious man wearing a suit boarded a flight from Portland to Seattle, ordered some drinks, hijacked the plane, negotiated a ransom, refueled the plane, took off again and parachuted out into the void of infinite forests of the Pacific Northwest with a suitcase full of money. Who was he?
What We Know
The D. B. Cooper mystery is a real rabbit hole of interesting details. There are details about the details that can be discussed ad infinitum (the amount and type of rare metals found on things he touched, for example). However, we are going to summarize the key story here. The avid reader will find a plethora of reading material out there in the expansive annals of armchair speculation.
On a flight from Portland to Seattle on November 24, 1971, an attractive man wearing a suit and smoking on the back of the 727 ordered a bourbon and soda. He was wearing a black raincoat, a dark suit with a white shirt, a black tie, and a pearl tie pin. All of the other passengers had been offered to sit up front but the man, whose ticket was issued to Dan Cooper, was sitting in the back. One other person was sitting in the back, a sophomore from the University of Oregon.
As the flight progressed, Cooper handed the flight attendant, Florence Schaffner, a note after she had sat down to make small talk with him. Schaffner pocketed the note, apparently because she both thought he had given her his phone number and wanted to retain said phone number. At that point, Cooper says "Miss, you'd better look at that note. I have a bomb." Schaffner read the note but it was later given back to Cooper and she could not read the exact details but that the general idea was he had a bomb in a briefcase. He then asked her to sit with him. She asked to see the bomb and he opened the briefcase enough for her to see two rows of four red cylinders connected with wires to a battery.
He then shut the briefcase and told her his demands. He wanted $200,000 in "negotiable American currency" (which apparently sounded as weird in the 1970s as it does to our ears today), four parachutes and a fuel truck waiting at the airport to fill the plane back up.
After Schaffner relayed the demands to the crew and returned, Cooper was wearing sunglasses, leading to the infamous FBI sketch we know today.
The crew told the passengers that there was a mechanical issue with the plane and for two hours, they circled over Puget Sound while Cooper negotiated with the FBI over his demands.
During this time, Cooper made small talk with the flight attendants and made a few curious comments that are important to the story. At one point, he looked down and said "Looks like Tacoma down there". He also commented that McChord Air Force Base was only 20 minutes from the Tacoma airport. Both of these comments would shape the rest of the investigation and may already have your gears cranking.
After a series of further negotiations on the ground and a slight refueling problem, Cooper told the crew to take off and fly to Mexico city as slow as possible, at a low altitude, with the landing gear down and the rear airstairs open. The pilot told him that, following that plan, there would definitely not be enough fuel to make it anywhere near there and Cooper and he decided they would refuel in Reno. The pilot also told Cooper that the rear airstairs could not be down when the plane takes off. Cooper argued that the plane can take off with the rear airstairs open but, rather than argue, he would open it later.
At that point, the Air Force had dispatched fighter jets and they were following the plane. In total, there were five aircraft following the 727. The plane was only going right above 100 miles per hour and had only been flying for about half an hour when the airstairs were activated. Just prior to closing themselves off in the cabin, one crew member saw Cooper tying something around his waist. Later, it would be discovered that he had used one of the primary parachutes for its straps, probably for that purpose. In fact, he chose to use as his primary chute the more manual of the two options he had. At this point, Cooper presumably jumped out of the plane somewhere near Lake Merwin or South of Ariel, Washington. However, not a single person witnessed the jump.
We know that Cooper left behind some of his clothing, including the black tie. Later, fingerprints and some DNA were lifted from the clothing. These fingerprints and DNA have not yet matched any living person but the DNA were partial matches to begin with, meaning the samples were not perfect.
The authorities released the full list of serial numbers that were on the bills. They also offered a reward, as did a number of other organizations, for anyone who could produce a single bill that had found its way into circulation. So far, nobody has successfully found a single bill in circulation.
In 1980, a boy named Brian Ingram was playing on a beach on the Columbia River, near Vancouver, Washington and found three stacks of money which totaled to $5,800, all badly eroded, buried in the sand. The money was confirmed to have been part of the ransom money paid to Cooper. The bills were still wrapped in rubber bands and were in the exact same order as when given to Cooper.
What We Think We Know
We know his name was probably not Dan Cooper, and with even more certainty, was not D. B. Cooper. A journalist tracked down a D. B. Cooper which seemed to fit the background of someone who could pull off the hijacking but that person was quickly ruled out. However, the journalist confused the names and released the name in an article as D. B. Cooper, which is how it came to be the way it is today.
Cooper's knowledge of the plane and his specific instructions for flying it, including the exact angle of the flaps, seems to indicate he was very educated about flight. This led the FBI to focus on people with military backgrounds or people working in aviation.
Traces of titanium and other metals were found on the tie. This seems to indicate that Cooper was probably working in advanced manufacturing somewhere. However, there were many possible factories where he could have been exposed to such metals in the area and the evidence was circumstantial at best.
The money that was found had been eroded in a rounded way, with the corners being rounded off pretty heavily. Based on this, most people believe Cooper did not bury the money in the sand but it rather came down from upstream in one of the many tributaries.
In 1978,instructions for lowering the rear airstairs of a 727 was found by a deer hunter on a logging road near Castle Rock, Washington. This is well north of the primary search location but it is not out of the realm of possibility considering the stormy conditions on the night of the event.
In 2017, some amateur investigators found the remnants of a parachute strap in the area, as well as a piece of foam. It is suspected that they could be related to the case but it has not been confirmed.
What We Do Not Know
Despite intense efforts to re-enact the jump and the path of the plane, the area in which Cooper could have jumped out of the plane is vast. The entire region is covered in thick Northwest forests which are about as remote as you could get in the continental US. The area has been narrowed and widened tremendously and there is almost no consensus about where he could have jumped out exactly.
In 2009, someone realized that Dan Cooper was also the name of an obscure French language comic about a Canadian pilot who parachutes out of planes and even took ransom money in a backpack. The comic was in print from 1957 to 2010 and somehow escaped public attention nearly the entire time. The circulation of the comic was really centered in France, Belgium and French speaking Canada. Based on this, some people have speculated that Cooper must have at least seen the comic and could have either been in the military in Europe or could have been French Canadian.
Cooper did use the strange phrase "negotiable American currency", which is not something you would expect to hear and could indicate that English was not his primary language. However, all witnesses said that the man did not have a discernible accent, indicating he may have grown up outside of Quebec, where French speakers in Canada are much less likely to have an accent.
The back and forth with the pilot about where the refuel is bizarre, since Cooper seemed to have planned on jumping out as soon as possible regardless. He must have known that the crew would notice the change in cabin pressure and would realize, due to the parachute request, that he had jumped out.
What We Know We Do Not Know
D. B. Cooper became a folk hero in a way that perhaps no other person since the cowboy bandits of the 19th century has been able to match. In the months and years following the case, there were numerous copycat attempts.
The most famous of these was Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr. who pulled off a nearly identical hijacking in 1972 from the San Francisco airport and jumped out into the desert near Provo, Utah. He was caught with handwriting analysis, put in prison and escaped with another inmate by ramming through the fence of the prison with a garbage truck. He was then killed in a shootout in Virginia Beach. The FBI focused heavily on McCoy but largely ruled him out as a suspect because he did not match the physical description of Cooper.
Due to the extensive time the crew spent with Cooper, his physical appearance has been used to rule out various suspects, some of whom have even confessed to being Cooper on their deathbeds.
Most importantly, we do not know if Cooper even survived the jump. The conditions were horrific with heavy rain and wind. Anyone who has ever seen Twilight can attest to the fact that jumping out into the endless sea of fir trees, in the dark, with a parachute has a very low chance of success. The money that was found had washed down the river and seems to indicate that it was not inside the bag he had used to carry it. More importantly, the media attention surrounding the case was so extreme that people did report finding money with serial numbers within a digit or two from Cooper's bills. This seems to indicate that, had a bill showed up in circulation, it would almost certainly have been found at some point.
In 1980, Mount Saint Helens erupted and covered much of the area in volcanic ash. It is possible that any surviving evidence was destroyed or buried as a result of that event and that we may never know the actual identity of D. B. Cooper. In all likelihood, Cooper will recede into the past like Billy the Kid and become just another legend of the American West.


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Forget Mark Webber and that dude who played James Bond, Queanbeyan's next successful export is shaping up to be poet and hip hop artist Omar Musa, who, fresh off a spectacular year, is set to hit six countries in the first three months of 2011 with his unique brand of spoken and written word.
Smiling through his stubble Musa is neither modest or shy about his accomplishments, refusing to set a limit before the sky.
"Keeping my mind open has allowed me to make a career of it," Musa says, gulping down a latte in the ever-fashionable Front Cafe at Lyneham.
"If I was just doing one thing, just doing poetry, I don't think I could.
"It's pretty exciting because I get to do a whole bunch of things. I get to do poetry readings, hip hop events, go and talk to school students, do writer's festivals and meet these elite writers.
"At the end of the day, I'm a writer. I see myself not just as a poet or as a rapper, but as someone who loves the English language and loves writing.
"I guess I'm lucky or blessed, or have just worked hard enough to put myself in that position."
Winner of the 2008 Australian Poetry Slam, Musa has released an EP, an album and a book of poetry, worked with the Bell Shakespeare company and Seattle producer Geoff Stanfield, and toured with the legendary Gil Scott-Heron in Germany.
"I was the main support for him in Munich," Musa says, "He's a bit of a hero, a great spoken-word artist, a predecessor to hip hop itself, so that was really exciting."
A regular face at international writers festivals, the 26-year-old ANU graduate says it's important to network, to "work it", to get to know the right people at the right time.
But he argues the most important thing in his life is expression.
"Basic human emotions are my main inspiration," he says.
"I'm not going to change anything about what I do to fit into what the market demands.
"What I try to do is tell simple, but powerful stories about every day life.
"I try to write stories about ordinary people's lives, including my own, and write about being a person from a small town, like Queanbeyan, and growing up in Canberra.
"I have a bit of a weird, meandering path to where I am now. I've always been into poetry, from day one, my parents have an arts background. My dad was poet and an actor, my mum was a theatre director and then arts journalist, so I've always been into the arts.
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The motel did, however, have a room where they did free breakfast for guests – cereals, coffee, pastries, fruit and free. This was more than sufficient. The gas station outside the motel was sufficient for refuelling and lunch, so off on the road.
Capitol Reef was about the most lonely place we visited. After a quick stop off at Goosenecks Overlook ( deserted ) we headed down the Scenic Drive and parked up at the end of the Capitol Gorge trail. Capitol Reef is a very long, thin area which follows a geological feature called the Waterpocket Fold. There is a huge area up to the north which can only be reached by a huge round trip on unpaved roads. Likewise, there are large areas on the southern spur which can only be reached on unpaved roads. As we were short on time we were only really left with the Scenic Drive and the stop offs on the main road through the centre of the park. From the Capitol Gorge park, at the end of the scenic drive, we started with the hike towards Golden Throne. It was a quite long walk, with lots of canyons and headlands, rough stony paths and slick rocks.
At some points, you had to work hard to identify the pile of rocks that was the marker for the trail, in other places it was obvious. It was a long way, and I don't think we ever found the Golden throne itself. We eventually gave up when we were two thirds of the way through the six litres of water we brought with us. This was our yardstick for the holiday – two thirds of the water going out, one third coming back, regardless of the location. We were probably away from the car for nearly three hours on this walk and we didn't see another soul for the whole time. We were very parched and a bit tired when we got back, and helped ourselves to some more of the water reserves from the boot.
We then forced ourselves to walk up the Capitol Gorge itself for as long as we could be bothered. Kev could be more bothered than Kas, but neither of us was that bothered, so I think we only went about a mile or so. It was nevertheless impressive to think that for quite some time this was the main ( and only ) road through the Waterpocket Fold. It is a stony dried up river bed. Whenever it rains there is a flash flood and you need to be able to climb quickly up slick rock slopes to avoid drowning. The vehicles that used to come this way must have had a pretty high ground clearance. Maybe when it was an actual road, people used to carry the bigger stones out of the way, but not so now, and there are some pretty big chunks on the floor of the gorge. The side walls are scoured fairly smooth by the rubble caught up in the occasional floods, and here and there are strange formations where rocks have been caught up in eddy currents and have scoured little potholes in the sidewalls. However, at this time we were both mainly concerned with the aches in our feet and rumbles in our stomachs, so we moved on.
A quick look at the map, and a bit of route planning, made us feel that we needed to get a move on. We wanted to get over to Monument Valley by nightfall, and it's the rough end of 200 miles from Capitol Reef. We therefore had to leave Capitol Reef without stopping at any of the stops on the main road. We continued straight through to Hanksville and made a stop for lunch. Shame really, the northern part of the park, the Cathedral Valley, is supposed to be particularly impressive. Maybe we'll come back on another trip some time.
Hanksville is quite a long way from anywhere else, and to a certain extent, it shows. There was nothing especially wrong with the place we stopped – the food was fine and the coke was cold – but we got distinct feeling that we were from out of town. We didn't linger for very long, we just got back into the trusty car and set off south along Utah 95. This stretch of road was everything that a European would expect of the American west. There is really nothing there. The road is well surfaced, but there isn't much evidence of it being well used. It passes through some tremendous scenery, with badlands, and the enormous Henry Mountains, the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area with its dramatic deep red rock formations. It's 95 miles from Hanksville to the junction with Utah 261 near the Natural Bridges National Monument, and in that whole time I think we passed two cars going our way and one going the other. This was mid to late afternoon on a weekday, so I would have expected at least some occasional business traffic like delivery lorries, but there weren't even any of those.
As we approached the Natural Bridges National Monument ( www.nps.gov/nabr/ ) we could see the sky looking a bit threatening as if a thunderstorm was on the way. We consulted with the ranger in the Visitor Centre and he concurred, it was about to rain. As time was once again marching onwards we restricted our trip to a quick stop off for photos at each of the three bridges. There is a little car park and a viewpoint at each, and also a trailhead for a hike running down to the bottom. To be honest, the view from the top is limited. In dull light with no shadows the scene looks mainly like rocks with a backdrop of more rocks, so we didn't really get good photos, but then we didn't have the time ( or the will, bearing in mind the weather ) to do any of the hikes.
We planned to go to Mexican Hat for the night, but the roadmap showed a worrying looking unpaved section in the middle of the most direct route – Utah 261. We consulted with the friendly park ranger again to check this out. He told us it was indeed unpaved, but perfectly safe ( even if the rain starts ) and was worth the drive because of the view. Well, you've got to respond to a challenge like that – the most direct route is the most entertaining. Once again, Kas was at wheel when we got to do some off road driving.
This was probably the most bizarre piece of road we've ever been on. It's called the Moki Dugway. You are quite happily trolling along a flat straight paved road with not a care in the world, and then you suddenly appear to have reached the edge of the world. There are a few signs warning you that the road goes unpaved for a bit, and there is a bit of a steep descent on the way. What you can't see from the top is where the road actually goes. That is, of course, until you actually get there. You drive off the paving and around through a bit of a cutting and then you suddenly find yourself uttering a prayer very heavily based around the idea of brakes. You are driving down the side of a very steep and very high cliff. The height from top to bottom is measured in thousands of feet, and the road has basically been engineered by driving bulldozers and motor graders continually up and down, backwards and forwards until the cleared patch is wide enough to get two cars passing each other. You get the distinct impression if you came back the following month, the road would take a different route. And nestling at the bottom, on what looks like a flat plain, is a narrow strip of black stuff heading off into the distance. It's as if there was a really massive earthquake which created a 1100ft shift between north and south cutting through the existing road, and the highways maintenance crews haven't quite repaired this part yet.
The road at the base actually wasn't that flat, it's just flatter than the part over the cliff. This left us with a relatively short 10 miles or so down to Mexican Hat, the closest settlement to Monument Valley. It is quite a small town, just one street with a couple of motels, gas stations, stores, and the like, and a couple of smallish housing areas set back off the main road. All the buildings down the main street have parking which is basically just a packed earth verge at the side of the main highway. You can drive nearly from one end of town to the other by just staying on this verge.
There are a couple of hotels, but the Moon Guide wasn't much help, so we plumped for the second one we passed and pulled in. It proved to be the cheapest place we stayed and also the most basic. Still, it had a bed, shower and air conditioning, so what more could you want. We cleaned up and headed out for some dinner.
The place we chose was a steak bar, outdoors and very much at the side of the road. It was the home of the "Swinging Steak". The floor was the same packed earth around the outdoor tables and bar. This proved very shortly to be a limiting factor on their business this night. Just after we arrived, the second thunderstorm of the night attacked, and we moved quickly from an uncovered table to a couple of stools against the bar. There were a surprisingly large number of other people there, and also a large dog which was camped underneath our seats to escape from the buckets of rain pounding off the roof.
The menu was limited, but pretty well done. The basic form was that you choose a type of meat ( mainly steak, but some chicken options just in case ) and a quantity. This could be accompanied by salad and potatoes/rice in a selection of styles. Beer appeared magically from a small fridge behind the bar. Salads and potatoes came from a kitchen inside the building. The meat was hacked off a huge lump and prepared by the guy at the barbeque, right there in front of you ( and thankfully underneath the same piece of roof as we were – we wouldn't want a soggy steak ). The barbeque was not just you run of the mill steel bars over hot charcoal affair – no indeed. This consisted of an overlarge fire box, which was necessary to get enough heat into the meat as it swung backwards and forwards on a large metal grille tray attached to a large metal bar by some lengths of steel chain. "Swinging" indeed. The chef was responsible for all aspects of meat management, from preparation to fire management and oscillation. The steaks were definitely good and the beers were cold and wet.
This just left the final event of another long day, the walk back down the verge to the motel, getting muddy stains all up our trouser legs as we went.


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There has been an upturn in the use of romantic baby names for girls in recent years -- think Isabella and Sophia. Some of these romantic baby names are classic, some are popular, but we're also including several names here that are more unusual. Here's a list of girls' names that have a romantic image and feel.
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Royal baby names on this list are those used by royal families in recent years. Along with the traditional George, Charlotte, and Louis, other royal names making news range from the down-to-earth Archie to the fashionable Leonore to the popular Emma. The royal boy and girl names here include those used by British royal parents as well as those from other countries throughout Europe, including Spain, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Along with Archie and Charlotte, other royal names in the US Top 1000 include Eloise, Oscar, Josephine, Carlos, Alice, Emmanuel, Isla, and Gabriel. We see some of the recent Scandinavian royal baby names as possible hits in the US, including Estelle, Maud, Ingrid, and Joachim. Many of the names of contemporary royal children have been used by royal families over the centuries, such as Alexandra and Arthur. Others, such as Archie and Savannah, are newcomers to the royal name lexicon. Royal baby names include:
Royal Names for Boys
Royal names for boys on this list are those used by the British royal family for over a thousand years. Charles, William, and George, the names of the male heirs to the throne, are in use in the UK right now, as well as Andrew, Edward, Philip, Louis, and James. These are also very common in the US.
Along with Charles and William, other royal names for boys in the US Top 500 include Albert, Edgar, Francis, Frederick, Henry, Jasper, Nicholas, and Richard.
Historic British royal boy names also include some surprises, such as Augustus, Lionel, Rupert, and the newborn Archie. Some of the royal baby names for boys you might consider are:
Royal Names for Girls
Royal baby names on this list are those used by the British royal family over the centuries. Included on this list are names used in the middle, as for the little princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.
Along with Elizabeth and Charlotte, other royal names for girls in the US Top 100 include Alice, Amelia, Caroline, Eleanor, Emma, Sarah, Sophia, and Victoria. Eugenie, Bridget, Maud, and Matilda are among the more surprising royal girl names over the centuries.
With female heirs now in line for the British throne, royal girl names may be destined for greater visibility and more widespread popularity in the future. Royal names for girls you might consider include:
Ruling Roman God Names
Roman god names for baby boys are in the forefront of fashion, with playgrounds in trendy neighborhoods full of little boys named Jupiter and Apollo, whose playmates are Odin, Juno, and Freya. Roman names for gods are among the best-known mythological names, thought they haven't been used much for baby boys until recently. It does seem rather grand for a little boy to carry such a big name, but the fascination with mythology and ancient cultures makes Roman god names more possible now than ever before. You may want to consider one of these male names from Roman mythology for your little god, or explore the wider range of mythological names for boys.
Names of Roman Gods
Russian Baby Boy Names
Russian baby names for boys from the Nameberry database include the choices here. Russian baby names are becoming more international, especially favored in Italy. From the point of view of the US, politics have a strong influence on the taste for Russian names for either gender. Russian names for girls may be more familiar than those for boys thanks to the international stardom of many Russian models. Here, a curated collection of Russian names for baby boys.
Russian Baby Girl Names
Russian baby names for girls, long a style backwater, are coming into their own as a fashionable choice. Many of the top supermodels of recent years have been from Russia, Ukraine, and other parts of Eastern Europe and have imported their Russian names along with their willowy beauty. And a recent First Daughter had not one Russian name but two: Sasha Obama's nickname would usually be a short form in Russia for Alexandra, but her proper name was the classic Russian girls' name Natasha. Along with Sasha and Natasha, other Russian girls' names in the US Top 1000 include Anastasia, Izabella, Kira, Marina, Tatiana, and Valentina. Other intriguing Russian names for girls include Dominika, Mika, Viveka, and Zoya. On television, the show The Americans introduced US audiences to Keri Russell's character Elizabeth, whose original Russian name is the extremely exotic Nadezhda. Here are some of the most appealing Russian baby girl names.
Rustic Baby Names
Rustic baby names with that down-home country feeling can be drawn from nature names, Western names, earthy names -- many different sources. Names we'd call country or rustic include both classic and unique names, from Levi to Leaf, Hazel to Huck. Along with the down-to-earth Jack, other rustic boy names ranking in the US Top 500 include Hunter, Colt, Forest, Levi, Sam, Brooks, and Sawyer. Along with innocent Daisy, rustic girl names in the Top 500 include Willa, Jane, Hazel, Josie, Annie, and Belle, If you're looking to describe the image of rustic names, think golden afternoons, winding country roads, worn fences and simple pleasures. If your preference is for plain-feeling, rustic names, browse this list of country names with a rustic feel.


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If you are having connectivity issues in on off-campus office, please go through the following steps to see if you can resolve the connectivity issue on your own. If the steps below don't work, please call the ITS Service Desk at 1-877-327-9260.
- Check the network (Ethernet) cable connections.
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Are you getting lazy day-by-day, and finding no time to play sports? Or you want to become a sports-start like Rafael Nadal, who recently won the US Open Tennis, and won millions of dollars as a prize-money, along with winning hearts of millions of the fans.
Let's introduce to you, tennis, one of the most popular games in the US. It is an Olympic sport, played and liked by people of all ages. Tennis is tremendously popular in the US. Many US people play it as a game for fitness, as well as professional players.
Unlike other games, the history of tennis is very interesting, especially related to the development of racket, tennis ball, scoring, and related terminology. Good quality accessories ensure higher benefits of tennis. In this article, we have covered all the relevant information.
So, let's go through these so you can know how to get good at tennis fast. Should you have any questions, please feel free to ask us in the comments box below.
1. Health Benefits of Tennis
Tennis is an excellent sport for staying fit throughout your life. Several research studies have reported that playing tennis maintains your health, strength, and agility.
Since tennis involves a high level of aerobic activity, it helps in burning fat and improves cardiovascular health.
Moreover, playing tennis also involves short and intense bursts of activity which involve anaerobic activity, which is an important phenomenon involved in the improvement of strength and stamina of human beings.
According to the findings of Dr. Ralph Paffenbarger after studying more than 10,000 people for 20 years, three hours per week of playing tennis reduced the risk of death from sudden cause to one half.
Dr. Joan Finn reported in a scientific study that similar to other games, the scores of vigor, optimism, and self-esteem during competitions significantly decreased the incidence of depression, anger, confusion, anxiety, and tension in the tennis players.
Moreover, it significantly increased mental alertness and tactical thinking by promoting nerves activity and cognitive abilities. Hence playing tennis is extremely beneficial for health.
Finally, actively involving in tennis augments the immune system of humans, hence help them in combatting many of the diseases.
2. Popularity of Tennis
a. In the US
Tennis is immensely popular in the US, and it ranks among the 7 most liked sports of US. It has a huge fan following in the US. Almost 17.9 million players play tennis in the US, according to the figures published by the Tennis Industry Association.
b. In the World
Tennis is even more popular in the world, as it is among the top 4 games worldwide in terms of the number of players and fan-base. Tennis remained the most popular sport in the US in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s.
c. Professional Players
Most of the tennis players play it as a game for the purpose of recreation and staying fit. However, a few players rely on it for their bread and butter. According to the International Tennis Federation, approximately 14,000 tennis players compete in world men and women tournaments each year, but the professional players are merely less than 2 thousand only.
3. Brief History of Tennis
Often history is the most boring thing to read, but you will notice that the history of tennis is interesting. Here we discuss the origin of tennis, racket, tennis ball, scoring, royal tennis, lawn tennis, and the arrival of tennis into the US.
a. Tennis or Lawn Tennis
Do you know the game which today we call tennis was originally called lawn tennis? It originated from Royal tennis or real tennis in the 19th century in the UK.
b. Racket Sport
Tennis is among the racket (racquet) sports, the other famous members of which include badminton, table tennis (ping pong), squash, etc. For playing tennis, the players need to hit the ball with their rackets.
c. The Mother of Tennis
"Jeu de Paume" was the name given to handball by French in the 12th century. This game was played by monks for entertainment during ceremonies.
d. The Word "Tennis"
The French players used to begin the game of "Jeu de Paume" by shouting the word "Tenez", which meant to "Play". This Tenez evolved into Tennis until the 16th century.
e. Tennis Ball
The ball used for"Jeu de Paume" was made of wood. Later, the ball was made bouncy by using cellulose material. Modern tennis ball evolved with time.
f. The First Racket
The hand was replaced with a racket for effective hitting. This was the birth of the first racket. Modern racket also took several centuries to evolve.
g. Scoring with Clocks
In the 15th century, clockfaces were initially used to indicate scores of each player in tennis courts. Initially, the scoring was a multiple of 15. Hence the first point was awarded by moving the clock hands at 15 minutes. Similarly, the second point was awarded by moving the clock hands at 30 minutes, the third point at 45 minutes, and the fourth point at the hour mark. The player won the game at the hour mark. Hence initially the scores were Love, 15, 30, 45 and game point.
h. Modern Scoring
The modern scoring is slightly modified. Since after deuce, the player needed to two points to win, total shorts required to win became five. hence the clock arm was set to 40 minutes, 50 minutes and hour mark, i.e. tin case of a tied at 40, the complete scoring of the winning player will be Love, 15, 30, deuce, Ad-In and Game Point. If the score is not tied at 40, then four shorts win a game, and the scoring will be Love, 15, 30, 40, and game point.
i. Royal Tennis
Rich people and royal families started playing indoor tennis, hence until the 16th century, tennis was called royal tennis.
j. Lawn Tennis
In 1873, Major Walter Wingfield designed boxes, which contained gear necessary to play the royal tennis in lawns in the UK. Hence the royal tennis was now termed as lawn tennis. These days, it is simply called tennis.
k. Tennis in the US
Lawn tennis arrived in the US very soon after Major Walter Wingfield designed boxes. These boxes also found their way to the US, and in 1874, the first lawn tennis tournament of the USA was held. In 1881, the National Lawn Tennis Association was founded in the US.
4. Tennis Accessories
a. Tennis Racket
A tennis racket is an oval frame which has a long handle. The maximum length and width of a racket should be 73.7 and 31.7 cm, respectively. The long handle is used to hold the racket. The oval frame is strung with a cord (strong thread) in a crisscross manner. The maximum length and width of the strung hitting surface of the oval frame should be 39.4 and 29.2 cm, respectively. The handle has a thick grip, so that the racket can be conveniently held during playing. The cord-strung oval frame is the main part of the racket which is used to punch the tennis ball. Whist holding the handle, the tennis players strike the tennis ball with the cord-strung frame and throw the ball into opponent player's court.
b. Tennis Ball
A tennis ball is the specially designed rubber ball that has fluorescent yellow colored fibers throughout its surface. The ball bounces when strikes on the ground. The tennis ball is thrown into the opponent's court with the help of racket. The official diameter of tennis ranges decided by the International Tennis Federation from 6.54 to 6.86 cm. The official weight range is between 56.0–59.4 g.
c. Net
A rectangular 3 feet high net divides the two sides of a tennis court. It is installed with the help of two posts installed in the tennis court. A tennis ball cannot pass through it, but players and ball are visible through it.
d. Tennis shoes
Specially designed tennis shoes are a prerequisite for playing tennis, because, during the game, the player has to move to and fro, back and forth, briskly, and stop quickly. Shoes must be of the highest quality to support during the game, as well as prevent any damage to joints and muscles.
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e. Dress
Men and women dress code are separate for tennis players. These are decided by the tournament rules and regulations. However, for training and regular playing, you can choose any good quality tennis dress. Particularly, it should be able to withstand quick moments and allow absorption of sweat.
f. Bag
A good quality bag is an asset for any player. Bags should be easy to hold, transport and place. It should be able to keep the sports good safe.
g. Towel
Tennis is a high energy game, hence players sweat a lot. Hence an absorbent towel should be present during a tennis game or training.
h. Water bottle
Due to being highly aerobic physical activity, the tennis players need to drink plenty of water. Hence, a good-quality food-grade water bottle is a necessity.
i. Head Gear
Sunlight can burn your skin, and radiation can be dangerous for you. Hence during playing tennis, you should use P-cap to prevent direct exposure of sunlight to your head.
j. Ball machine
During practice, a player needs to focus on shot selection and perfection. If every time the player plays a shot and has to go to collect the ball, that will be very time-consuming. Hence practicing with a ball machine is much reliable option to increase your learning intensity
5. Major Tennis Events
a. Classification of Tennis Tournaments
Either you want to play tennis for fitness or want to become a pro for competing in world competitions, you need to be aware of various major tennis tournaments worldwide.
b. Majors
The four most important international tennis events operated by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) are called majors, which are listed below in Table 1.
c. Year-End Championship
Year-End Championship is the most prestigious championship of tennis after the four majors (Table 2).
d. Achievements
The prominent achievements that every tennis player wants to get in his / her career are listed below (Table 3).
6. Tennis Player Rankings
Winning majors is the most prestigious achievement; hence many top-ranked players try to win these. However, overall ranking includes the points gained from other events as well. Following are the 5 highest ranked tennis players of ATP and WTA singles categories(Table 4).
Following are the 5 highest ranked tennis players of ATP and WTA doubles individual categories(Table 5).
7.Famous Tennis Players
Popularity and fame of a tennis player not necessarily depend upon the number of wins, yet it is also the most important factor. Off the field activity, behavior and attitude are also other important factors. Following are two lists of the men and women famous tennis players of all time.
a. Famous Male Tennis Players of All Time
The list of the most famous male tennis players is provided here(Table 6).
b. Famous Female Tennis Players of All Time
The list of the most famous female tennis players is provided here(Table 7).
8. Tennis Rules and Regulations
Do you find love in the rules and regulations section of any sport? Tennis has love in it. Let's go through the rules and regulations of the tennis court, serving, and scoring.
a. Tennis Court
A tennis court is a rectangular place of dimensions 78 x 36 square feet, equally divided into two halves by a 3 feet high net. Doubles game is played in the full court. While for playing singles, the width of the court is reduced to 27 feet. Moreover, the court is also divided into two halves by a line demarcation longitudinally.
b. Tennis Rules for Serving
i. Server
The person who starts the game by punching the ball with his racket into the opponents' court is called server.
ii. Receiver
The person who receives the ball from the server and punches back the ball with his racket into the server's court is called a receiver.
iii. Service Rules
a) The service must land within the 21 feet of the net in the opponents' court of the tennis court.
b) Moreover, the service must land in the diagonally opposite half of the court to that of the server.
c) The server needs to stay out of the court before punching the ball.
d) After each point, within the same court, the server swaps the side of the court.
e) The first service is always from the right part of the court.
f) After each game, the service will rotate. This means that if player 1 served in the first game, player 2 will serve the next game. Service will keep rotating after each game.
g) During a tiebreaker (tiebreak) game, the player who was serving the 6 all game will serve for the first point. After the first point, the service rotates towards the opponent for the next two points. The service will keep rotating then after every two points.
h) During a tiebreak, each time, the service for the first point will be from the right side of the court, while the next service will be from the left side.
c. Scoring Rules of Tennis
i. Point
A point is awarded to the player, who hits the tennis ball with his racket into the opponent's court, but the opponent does not return it into the first player's court. Only one bounce of the ball per shot is allowed in each court.
ii. Love
"Love" in tennis means "zero" score. It evolved from the French word "l'oeuf", which means 'egg'. They said it l'oeuf, because the symbol of zero "0" resembled an egg.
iii. All
In tennis, if both the players have equal points, then the scores are spoken with the term all. For example, Love all, 15 all, 30 all, etc.
iv. Winning a Game
Normally, the players first gaining four points wins the game. Without any point means "Love", the first point gives a score of 15, the second point takes the score to 30, the third point takes the total score to 40, and the fourth point makes it a game (Table 8).
v. Deuce
If the score of both players ties at 40, i.e. 40-40 (40 all), the situation is called deuce. Deuce is originated from the French phrase "à deux" which means "at two"(Table 9).
vi. Advantage In
After the deuce, the winner of the next point gets an advantage. Serving player is not changed in case any player takes the game into deuce or advantage(Table 10).
vii. The Point after Advantage In
The game is won if the player has the advantage again wins the next point, as well (Table 11).
viii. Advantage Out
If the player who got the advantage loses the next point, the advantage is lost, and the score is again deuce(Table 12).
ix. Winning a Game after Deuce and Advantage
After the deuce, any player getting the advantage can win after another consecutive point(Table 13).
x. Winning a Set
Normally, a player must win a minimum of 6 games in tennis to win a set. However, a set is tied if the score is 5 all(Table 14).
xi. Winning after 5 All
If the score is 5 all, then the set is tied. Now, the winning player must 7 games(Table 15).
In the above example, currently, the 3rd set is in progress. Player 2 has won 6 games. But the set is still not finished. The current score of Player 2 is 40-15. If the Player 2 further wins a point, then the game will be won. The Player 2 will win the 3rd set with a score of 7-5. Now the summary of the total sets will be 2-1 (Table 16).
xii. 12-Point Tiebreaker
a) If the score is 6 all, then a tiebreaker (also called tiebreak) game will be played.
b) Points and service rules change for a tie-breaker. The rule is explained in the service rules section above.
c) In a tiebreak, the points of the game are not counted as Love, 15, 30, 40 and game. Rather, points for a tiebreak game are counted as ordinary numbers, i.e. 1,2,3,4, etc.
d) The minimum number of points needed to win the tiebreaker is 7 (Table 17). The minimum margin of win is 2 points. This tiebreak system is called "12-point" tiebreaker.
In the above scorecard, the Player 1 won the set. The game score was 7-5 points. The set score became 7-6 games, which was the score of the 4th set. The match score is now 2 all sets. You can see the revised scorecard below in Table 18.
xiii. Win Margin in a Tie-breaker
In the "12-point" tiebreaker, if the game score reaches 6 all, then the set will continue until one player wins by a margin 2 points. It means that if both the players don't allow the opponent to win by a margin of 2 points, then the game will continue in this system (Table 19).
For example, in the above scorecard, the Player 1 has won the game by 21-19 points; and has won the 5th set by 7-6. The Player 1 also won the match by 3-2 sets. The final scores are 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6, and 7-6. The summary is shown in the table below in Table 20.
xiv. Winning a Match for Men Tennis
Men tennis matches are usually the best of 5, i.e. the men players winning the minimum of 3 sets out of 5 wins a tennis match. In the above scorecard, Player 1 won the match. The Player 1 lost the 1st and 3rd sets, but won overall 3 sets, hence won the match (Table 21).
xv. Winning a Match for Women Tennis
Women tennis matches are usually the best of 3, i.e. the women players winning the minimum of 2 sets out of 3 win a tennis match. In the scorecard below, the Player 2 won the match. The scores were 6-4, 3-6, and 7-5. Despite losing the 2ndset, the Player 2 won a total of two sets, hence won the game (Table 22).
9. Conclusion
Tennis is an excellent recreational sport that keeps you passionate and fit. Above information is regarding the basics of tennis that every player needs to be aware of, but the learning can be done by putting the effort into practicing it well.
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"Presentation is important to businesses in the hospitality industry. That is also the reason why we like using glassware when serving coffee to guests"
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What's in a name, for brands it's their goodwill. Where some succeed in the marketplace, others may fall by the wayside. How much of success can be attributed to the selection of the right brand names (and brandable domain names), as opposed to market timing and forces, the product, leadership and marketing can be debated. But no one argues that a brandable name is intrinsically important – in conjunction with other essential business fundamentals – to conquer any market. The Bisbrand brandable domain marketplace has many domains for sale in a variety of industries to choose from. But first a bit more about what makes a great brand name for businesses and startups.
Fundamentals of Brandable Domains
A brand name — and by extension brandable domains — should be short. Typically, brand domains should be no more than ten characters long (ideally), but of course there are exceptions to this rule. Some companies names are so long that they become known only by their initials, leaving consumers to sometimes struggle to guess what the initials even stand for. Try to keep it short and sweet. Brandable domains should also be pronounceable, easy to spell, a cinch to remember and be available on the right domain extension.
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Fanciful Brand Names
A brand name can be made up, meaning a completely new name, never once having graced the pages of any dictionary on earth. An example from BisBrand's brandable domain marketplace is the domain Xeppy – a completely fanciful or coined brandable domain for sale. While made up names are sometimes harder to make stick with consumers and may require more active marketing and advertising to be top of mind, they are unique brand names and easier to trademark as such. You can do brand name trademark or service mark checks online to make sure that your coined name is not already taken, entrepreneurs are sometimes surprised at how random names — that seemingly no one else could possibly have though up — are indeed in the wild. This is especially true for dot-com registrations.
Dictionary Brand Names
This is not to say that brandable domain names can not also come directly out of Webster's dictionary. Of course. In fact, short, well know nouns, verbs and adjectives make for some of the most highly sought after, and valued brands on the planet. Look no further than the dictionary word Apple. Being so highly valued, such dictionary terms are nearly impossible to acquire as a dot-com. And not for less than millions of dollars if at all possible. The only caveat from a brand trademark perspective on dictionary terms is that they cannot be identical to the same name of your product. Widget would be an acceptable brand name for apparel, but not for selling widgets. Note: Entrepreneurs should have a trademark lawyer do a through search on any brand name they are considering and the trademark class that any given name may fall under.
Mash Up Brand Names
Another creative angle to getting a brand or brandable domain is the brand name 'mash-up'. This is done by taking a product or industry and combining it with a strong or fun name such as club. An example on BisBrand's brandable domain marketplace is the name CropClub. We like the alliteration of this brand name and think that it would be well purposed for an organic product startup for instance — crops are huge business and who doesn't want to be in the club which makes it a nice brandable domain. Brands can use other suffixes as well, such as sy, ly, and io for example. Other mashup prefixes and suffixes to consider are guru, ninja, hero, zone, link, pro and shop among countless others. Attention: If you are an entrepreneur looking for brandable domains and cannot find it on the BisBrand brandable domain marketplace, we may still be able to work with you to find and secure the type of domain you want with our Domain Concierge Service, contact us for more details.
Abbreviations & Alphanumeric Brand Names
To round out the branding conventions, there are brands that are abbreviations of existing dictionary words, this is especially helpful if the original word is running long. As mentioned, brand names that are too long or consist of too many words are harder to make stick in the minds of consumers, thus shorter brand names help with recall. We can take an example of a long word that can be shortened directly from this last sentence. The word abbreviations can be truncated into a new word with Abbrev. Lastly there are alphanumerics, in which a brand consists of numbers or a combination of numbers and letters, think of a phrase such as Cloud 9. This makes a nice brandable domain as cloud computing is a huge market and on 'cloud 9' is a positive saying. Mash them up and you're on to something good.
The Domain Extension
Dotcom is king, and that is a blessing and a curse for marketers. Available, unregistered names are increasingly hard to find on the .com top level in any brandable domain market or domain aftermarket, which puts dotcom names at a premium. This unavailability of brandable names on dotcom has led marketers to also look at dot-io, and dot-co, then there is also the dot-net, dot-info and dot-org extensions. Not to mention the recent launch of the new gtld extensions, which give marketers literally hundreds of domain extensions to choose from. Everything from dotcom to dot-xyz and every extension in between. However, no one can argue by sheer numbers of registrations, and prices commanded on the after market, that dotcom is the undisputed leader in domain extensions with most every major brands' website ending in dotcom. The BisBrand brandable domain marketplace focuses on and contains domains for sale mostly with the dotcom extension.
In essence, a brandable domain name should be short, positive, convey your market and also be memorable (one of the main reasons, brands tend to be in the short side when it comes to character count).
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BisBrand has many brandable domains for sale for businesses and startups and we invite entrepreneurs to browse our catalog. We are continually updating our brandable domains on offer and will be looking to add more names in a wide range of industries. As mentioned, if you cannot find what you are looking for on our domain marketplace, we still may be able to find your desired brandable domain for you within our network. Contact us for more information on our Brandable Domains Finder Service. If you are an entrepreneur looking to launch a new business or product idea or re-brand your current business, contact us on how you can buy domain names in BisBrand's brandable domain marketplace.
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American event riders. You give them matchy-matchy jackets, saddle pads and coolers and suddenly they're piled all atop one another on the leaderboard, like they're from the "United" States of America or something.
At the conclusion of dressage here at the Boekelo CCIO* five U.S. riders are within less than a point of another, ranging from Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous' 45.50 to Matt Brown and Super Socks BCF's 46.40. What a bunch of lemmings. Could you be any less original, guys? Get your own dressage scores. Geez.
A recap of today's dressage action:
Matt Brown and Super Socks BCF (46.40, 27th)
Matt and Super Socks BCF, a 9-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by the Blossom Creek Foundation, set the tone with their seamless morning test. Between the jumbotron and the flags and the people and the tents and the Ace of Base they had cranked up over the loudspeakers, there's a lot of atmosphere here to take in but "Flaxen" handled it all with aplomb. The judges clearly "saw the sign" (Ace of Base pun!), as he pretty much earned straight 7s from all three of them on collective marks. We're looking forward to seeing an equivalently solid showing from this pair on their first overseas cross-country expedition tomorrow.
Matt's take on their test:
Jon Holling and Downtown Harrison (46.20, 25th)
God bless this horse. After putting poor Jon through his sports psychology paces in the warm-up, he collected his wits and channeled all that energy into an expressive display of dressage showmanship. Perhaps as a "just kidding, dad!" apology for his pre-test pranks, he scored two 8s and an 8.5 on the halt preceding reinback as well as an 8 collective mark for submission from the judge at H.
"Will," an 11-year-old Thoroughbred/Trakehner gelding owned by Constance Holling, bested his 2012 Boekelo CCI3* dressage score today by 3.4 points. Having jumped clear around this track once we can't wait to see him tackle 2.0 tomorrow.
Sidenote: Whereas yesterday's dressage DJ was playing mostly classical stuff, today's was exhibiting a bit more derring-do. When Meredith Brooks' "I'm a B!tch," which I last heard in probably 1997, came on over the loudspeakers halfway through Jon's test I'm sure I wasn't alone in doubling over laughing.
Lauren Kieffer and Landmark's Monte Carlo (48.6, 46th)
We've seen a lot of fancy, foot-flipping horses in the sandbox these past couple days, and Landmark's Monte Carlo might not sport the fanciest three-piece suit when it comes to movement. But Lauren says "Patrick," a 9-year-old Irish/Thoroughbred cross owned and bred by Jacqueline Mars, may be the brokest horse she's ever ridden and that's going to come in handy when they go to tackle the twisty, technical cross-country course that lies in front of them tomorrow. The track is a constant test of "Are you listening? Are you listening now?" and I expect that Patrick will respond with a "yes."
Buck Davidson and Carlevo (45.70, 21st)
Carlevo, an 8-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by Carlevo LLC, is a relatively new ride for Buck. He came over from Germany earlier this year having previously competed with Dirk Schrade through the CIC2* level. Buck moved him up to Advanced at Jersey Fresh in May, where they jumped clear and nearly on the time cross-country.
When I saw this horse go in the CIC3* last month at Richland Park, his esteemed barnmate Ballynoe Castle RM just barely one-upped him in the dressage, leaving him tied for second even with points still left on the table. (I couldn't resist asking Buck today my burning questions about what it's like to ride this horse's world-class extended trot. Is it like floating on clouds, or playing in a bouncy-house? Inquiring minds wish to know.) Buck thinks highly of this horse and Boekelo marks his first CCI3* — go big or go home, right? Smart money is on going big.
Marilyn Little and RF Quarterman (58.40, 77th)
At 7 years old "Fitty" is the youngest horse in the Boekelo field, but he's as precocious and talented as they come and with Marilyn as his mentor this is an exciting pair for the future. The big atmosphere got to him a bit today, but the Oldenburg gelding owned by Raylyn Farms shows so much promise that a higher-than-usual dressage score today seems like a small price to pay for the experience he is gaining.
With four Americans going within the span of just over an hour, I was on photography duty and didn't get the chance to catch up with Marilyn and Fitty after their test. However, I look forward to hearing all about their successful, educational cross-country round tomorrow!
Liz Halliday-Sharp & HHS Cooley (45.80, 24th)
I lost Liz to the post-test chaos void as well but can testify to the fact that she and "Cooley" had a lovely test, as evidenced by their top 25 score.
The 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Deborah Halliday will be in his element tomorrow; that dapple-grey coat will need the bath of a lifetime if they do it right on cross country. As Jenni noted in her Boekelo preview, however, "Cooley is a good tough mudder, which he proved at Breda last month with a clear cross country effort around a very sloppy track to finish 12th in a huge CIC3* field." See you on the other side, Liz and Cooley!
That leaves the U.S. in fourth place in the FEI Nations Cup team standings heading into cross-country tomorrow. Australia leads, followed by New Zealand and France. The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team (so you know which combinations to cheer extra-obnoxiously loudly for tomorrow): Marilyn Little/RF Scandalous, Liz Halliday-Sharp/HHS Cooley, Matt Brown/Super Socks BCF and Buck Davidson/Copper Beach.
On non-U.S. fronts, New Zealand's Jonelle Price and Cloud Dancer clung fast to their generous lead from yesterday. Their 3.5 point lead over second-placed Bettina Hoy and Seigneur Medicott gives them a bit of breathing room, but this is the Dutch horse's first CCI3* so anything could happen. Excitement awaits!
Don't forget that there's a livestream available, should you have nothing better to do early-early on a Saturday morning (or late-late on a Friday night? No judgement here).
Top 20 after dressage:
Cross-country begins tomorrow at 10 a.m. Netherlandia time with Ireland's Simon Porloe and Padraig McCarthy. Buck and Copper Beach will trailblaze for Team USA at 10:16. If you have math issues like I do, I posted a time-zone translator here.
Cross-country preview coming up next, and much, much more to come! Go red, white and blue, and Go Eventing!
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The Heart of the Gospel
Part 9
Marked By Mercy, Moved By Mercy
The Old Testament Israelites knew they were marked by God's mercy. He had chosen them for His own, and whether they were celebrating His triumph in battle or His enthronement in the temple, the prayer refrain was always the same: Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, for His mercy endures forever! (Psalm 106:1)
This awareness of divine mercy also left an imprint on the lives of His chosen ones. The author of the Book of Sirach begins his praise of the elders with the pungent phrase: These were men of mercy, whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten. (44:10) And there is no doubt that the Old Covenant also brought forth myriad women moved by mercy, whose holy lives bore witness to the God who is gracious and merciful, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. (Ex. 34:6)
At the dawn of the New Covenant there stands Mary, marked by God's mercy from the first moment of her conception. In her great hymn of thanksgiving, the Magnificat, she proclaims that His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation and that the mystery of universal salvation is unfolding precisely because the Lord has remembered His promise of mercy. (cf. Luke 1:50, 54)
Our Lady's awareness of God's mercy likewise moved her to mercy. Scripture provides only brief glimpses into Mary's "mercy life:" assisting Elizabeth, interceding for the young couple at Cana, standing at the foot of the Cross, praying with and for the apostles in the Upper Room. Yet these few examples have inspired Christians through the ages to turn to her whom they confidently invoke as the Mother of Mercy.
The Testament of St. Clare, written at the end of her long religious life, is a hymn to the mercy of God. Clare celebrates the great mercies of the Lord that marked her earthly pilgrimage — her birth, her faith, her vocation. She thanks God for mercifully enlightening her heart to do penance after the example of St. Francis and for the unity of her community in the ideal entrusted to them. The Seraphic Mother sees all these blessings (and we sense there are many more that have been left unsaid) as gifts from her Divine Benefactor, the Father of Mercies. (THE TESTAMENT)
But if St. Clare's life was marked by mercy, it was also, both in prayer and in deed, moved by mercy. Counseling her Sisters to love one another with the love of Christ, the Lady Clare urged them to show forth outwardly by their actions the love which they had within them. (THE TESTAMENT) This is what she had done to scale the heights of holiness: loving with the love of the merciful Christ, serving her community's corporal and spiritual needs, making of her prayer a vast "room" of intercession before the Throne of God for all the needs of a suffering world.
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A small organic cage molecule (1) containing six nitrile groups was crystallized in the presence of a number of guests with hydrogen bond donor groups, and from different solvents. In total, eight crystal structures of 1 were obtained, six of which are guest-free and two of which are co-crystals. When the guest was resorcinol or pyrogallol co-crystals did not form, but the presence of the guests directed formation of new crystalline phases that were not observed when the cage was crystallized alone. When the guest was hydroquinone or diaminobenzene, it was possible to isolate co-crystals where the guest hydrogen bonds to some of the nitrile groups of the cage.


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Introduction to Wrentham, Massachusetts
Wrentham, Massachusetts, in Norfolk county, is 14 miles N of Pawtucket, Rhode Island and 23 miles SW of Boston, Massachusetts. The town is conveniently located inside the Boston metropolitan area.
Wrentham History
In 1660, Europeans settled in Wrentham for the first time. It was incorporated as a town in 1673. Originally, Plainville was a part of Wrentham, but was separated in 1906. Wrentham was the hometown of Horace Mann, the educational reformer of the 19th Century. Another notable resident of the town was Helen Keller.
Wrentham and nearby Attractions
- Mirror Lake
- Wrentham State Forest
- Joe's Rock
- Lake Pearl
Things To Do In Wrentham
The town of Wrentham includes two large lakes towards its center and another on the Wrentham/ Norfolk border. These lakes offer good facilities for boating and fishing. You can also go for a family picnic and enjoy the wonderful views of the meadows and woodlands. There are several restaurants and clubs within the town.
Wrentham Transportation
Providence International Airport is close to the town.
Wrentham Higher Education
Providence College is nearby.