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So at the World Cup Final, during beam, Cheng Fei and Lauren Mitchell had a brief attempt at conversation that was serendipitously captured by the live feed. Everyone's talking about it.
The transcript goes something like this:
Cheng: Hey! Very good.
Mitchell: Oh! Thank you!
[they look around awkwardly]
Mitchell: [pointing toward the vault] Your vault, yesterday?
Cheng: Uhhh …
Mitchell: Your vault? [makes international hand gesture for vault] Yesterday. Was good. [gives thumbs up]
Cheng: Ah! [laughs]
Mitchell: [laughs]
Cheng: [all of a sudden, pointing to floor] You do floor?
Mitchell: No.
Cheng: [shrugs, goes back to winding up her tape]
Mitchell: Good luck for floor.
UPDATED: WCF Day 2: Mitchell takes beam, Cheng makes it two with gold on floor
Posted December 14, 2008on:
Day 2. Let's do it. Big surprises on beam, with Lauren Mitchell taking gold. Fei made it two golds on floor after major problems on beam. I managed to get a bit of live-ness from Brazilian TV station BAND, so I saw from Zamolodchikova on on floor: scroll down for my thoughts.
In a bit of an upset, Mitchell took the gold on beam in the World Cup Final while the two highest-ranked competitors, Cheng Fei and Sandra Izbasa placed out of the medals.
Actually, the whole podium is somewhat of a surprise: Yulia Lozhechko was second, and Li Shanshan placed third. Sanne Wevers unfortunately scratched at the last minute with an elbow injury.
Fei, who I totally expected to win, fell off the beam on her sheep jump and put her hands down on her front tuck to finish with a 13.825, placing her sixth. Overall, a wobbly routine, rated "not her best effort" by the live commentators at IG. Isbaza was a different story. Her routine was fine but watered down, with a 5.9 start value (including a 2/1 twist dismount) in a field of 6's; she finished with a 14.925, which actually placed her fourth. Not bad considering she had the second-lowest start value of any gymnast.
The lowest start value award goes to Dariya Zgoba, who has been dealing with a foot injury — **she apparently had surgery but is still recovering — and started at only a 5.4. To give you a sense, her dismount was a round-off-layout. Sad. On the other hand, despite this, she finished above Cheng — the two falls did her in — and Daniele Hypolito, who also finished poorly in the vault finals. Hypolito had a fall on her mount (a round-off layout). Without this, she would have finished ahead of Cheng and Zgoba. Too bad.
Mitchell had the highest start value (6.6), and a seemingly nice routine, but with a few wobbles. Lozhechko actually had the second highest (6.4), a tenth above Li, which made the difference — their scores were only .5 apart. She apparently almost fell on her standing Arabian, and somehow managed to cowboy a back double tuck, but the rest of her routine appears to have been consistent. Li did her flic-flic-layout-Korbut series and a double pike dismount.
I'm totally distraught that Wevers wasn't in this final. I really wanted to see her leg-up double turn. It is amazing. Would have been named after her too. On the turn front, though, at least we got Zgoba's full turn with leg at head, which is awesome. By the way, since I'm using this as an opportunity to consider the level of originality on the apparatus, let's consider mounts, shall we? Hypolito fell on her round-off-layout, Zgoba did her great planche, and everyone else did a hop up. It's tragic. While we're at it, dismounts were 2/1 (Cheng and Izbasa), double backs (Hypolito and Lozheckho) and double pike (Mitchell and Li). Interesting statistics: 7/7 did a switch jump (6/7 did it in combination); 6/7 did a switch leap; 5/7 did a front tuck (Mitchell did hers standing). Only one (Lozheckho), thankfully, did an aerial to scale. Also thankfully, only two did side somis: Lozhechko and Izbasa. Lozheckho was also the only one to do an Arabian. Naturally, there was an epidemic of full turns with leg at horizontal, although Zgoba does her awesome turn with leg at head, and Mitchell did hers with leg in lunge.
Redeeming herself after beam, Fei took first on floor with an excellent, precise routine (15.375), ahead of Jiang Yuyuan (15.225) and Sandra Izbasa (15.000). Fei and Jiang had the best routines of the night: Fei's was precise and clean, Jiang's was happy and bouncy, as usual. Izbasa looked tired.
Tragically, Suzanne Harmes injured herself during her routine, twisting her ankle (gruesomely) on a front handspring. She wound up having to end her routine early, and somehow still wound up with a 12.650. Overall, alot of falls on floor. Besides Harmes, Koko Tsurumi fell on her double pike dismount and Elsa Garcia fell on her tucked full-in.
Live-ish commentary:
I actually finally scored a live feed of this final after some trouble with the plug-in. From Zamolodchikova on, I actually saw it with my own eyes. Nice.
Zamolodchikova looked good — and happy! She landed low on her double pike dismount, and stuck her 3/1 (despite crossed legs, which I hate). I had the same reaction to Hypolito: relief. Her routine was very good, she had good presentation and seemed into it, and she stuck her dismount (double pike — what else?).
First thought on Garcia was: I miss her old routine. She has quieter music now; I thought the old music suited her better. She fell to her hands on her full-in, but her mount of an Arabian double-front was good. After what seemed like a really low score for Garcia, the judges were on the phone for a while. At this point, the Brazilian commentators started going on and on about how Hypolito was in third place, as if they were unaware of the reputations of Izbasa, Cheng and Jiang on floor.
Anyway. Izbasa takes the floor. Sadly, she looks really tired. Still a good routine though. Her triple turn was only OK, and she underrotated her 3/1 dismount, but everything else was fine: 15.000. She just didn't seem to want it as much as …
Fei is precise today. Very nice two first passes: piked full-in, whip-to-triple. You can tell from the first seconds that she is going to take this. And she does: 15.375.
Jiang was great. The presentation was somewhere between the level of TF and AA at the Olympics. Very very nice. Besides landing a bit short on a 5/2 and on a 3/2-3/1, her tumbling was very good. Great ending to the women's competition. How can you not love her? And she takes silver! 15.225.
Other floor things:
Naomi Ruiz competed as the nominee from the host country, with what IG described as a routine with "no expression," but she still managed to place fifth (13.900). Zamolodchikova's 14.075 placed her fourth, nearly a point out of the medals, but ahead of everyone else. That is to say, eveyone else struggled: pretty significantly. Of course, Harmes finished last after ending her routine early. Tsurumi had a disappointing day, falling, as I mentioned, on her double pike dismount. Fortunately she still has that shiny bronze from the bars final.
Best presentation was by Jiang, Cheng and Garcia, at least of the ones I saw. Zamolodchikova looked better than she has. I was disappointed by Izbasa. Hypolito was good, but not great.
Cheng had the highest start-value (6.3), followed by Izbasa and Jiang (6.2). Garcia had the next-highest, 6.1, but still finished 8th after some sloppiness and the fall (which also went out-of-bounds). Everyone else had a 5.7/5.8.
Naturally, we saw a lot of double pikes: seven of them, to be precise, and Harmes didn't finish her routine, so that could have made it eight. Of these, all were dismounts except Garcia's. We saw two 5/2-punch front layouts, one of my favorite combination passes (if the layout doesn't look like the gymnast is about to fall backwards). Lots of full-ins (six of them, to be exact, two of which were piked). Besides Cheng, everyone who did a 3/1, in combination or not, was short. This is a perpetual problem on this skill. Perhaps the best skill of the day was Jiang's quadruple turn. I liked it.
The IG commentary is here.
1. Lauren Mitchell (15.250)
2. Yulia Lozheckho (15.200)
3. Li Shanshan (15.150)
4. Sandra Izbasa (14.925)
5. Dariya Zgoba (14.000)
6. Cheng Fei (13.825)
7. Daniele Hypolito (13.425)
1. Cheng Fei (15.375)
2. Jiang Yuyuan (15.225)
3. Sandra Izbasa (15.000)
4. Elena Zamolodchikova (14.075)
5. Naomi Ruiz (13.900)
6. Daniele Hypolito (13.700)
7. Koko Tsurumi (13.575)
8. Elsa Garcia (13.175)
9. Suzanne Harmes (12.650)
The FIG has released a list of the qualifiers for the World Cup Final who have confirmed their participation plus the next gymnasts down the list who will be invited. The lists are prettty much as predicted.
Participants are Cheng Fei, Elena Zamolodchikova, Jana Komrskova, Ariella Kaeslin and Dorina Boczogo.
The next three down the list are Hong Su Jong, Aagje Vanwalleghem and Olga Sherbatykh I'm thinking we can count out Hong (Hong Un Jong has already said she would not participate, and while I realize they are not the same person, it seems like a good predictor). Sherbatykh is also out. Vanwalleghem is likely to compete, which moves Hong Mi Kang (ranked 18th) into the last qualifying position. She recently took first on vault at the 2008 Asian Games.
Uneven bars:
According to the FIG, Dariya Zgoba has confirmed her participation, which makes Zgoba, He Kexin, Jana Sikulova, Yang Yilin and Anastasia Koval the qualifiers.
The next invitees are Jiang Yuyuan, Vanessa Ferrari and Iryna Krasnianska. Jiang will almost definitely participate, Ferrari is definitely out, and I've heard that Krasnianska is probably out too. The first replacement would be He Ning (17th) and the second is … Koko Tsurumi (18th)!
Fei qualified first onto beam (as well as vault and floor) and is followed by Sandra Izbasa, Li Shanshan, Yulia Lozhecko and Daniele Hypolito. Hypolito has already confirmed her participation, though Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs is actually ranked above her.
Although Hopfner-Hibbs curiously declined her invitation on bars, she has expressed a desire to compete on beam if qualified, but rumor has it that she has already decided against participating because of final exams, etc. The next two invitees are Lauren Mitchell and Deng Linlin. I am curious about the Li confirmation, because she had been sent back to train with her provincial team. I presume, though, that the FIG did not get this wrong (though stranger things have happened). Even if Hopfner-Hibbs competes, we probably still have one place left because Deng is rumoerd to be injured. Next on the list is Lenika de Simone (18th), whose participation (if I'm not mistaken) would put Naomi Ruiz out of contention on floor, because Spain is only allowed to nominate a competitor if they have no other qualifiers. Should de Simone decline, next up would be Zgoba (19th), qualified and confirmed on bars, and Alina Kozich (21st), who is qualified and confirmed on floor too.
Fei is first, followed by Izbasa — just like beam (which is exciting!). They are followed by Jiang, Kozich, Suzanne Harmes and Hypolito.
Zamolodchikova is first on the next list of invitees, and will undoubtedly participate. Patricia Moreno is next and retired, so that's not happening. That leaves one spot to fill on floor, which could theoretically go to Daria Joura (16th), but the most likely competitor is Tsurumi, who is now likely qualified for two events!
It's shaping up to be a good final, presuming everyone makes it to Madrid with no further injuries. I'm predicting Cheng on vault and beam and Izbasa on floor, but I don't put much stock in my own predictions. I'm still calling He on bars. I'm doubting will see any major upsets.
It would be nice to see Zamolodchikova on the podium, but I think it's a long-shot. Kaeslin has a decent shot at a medal on vault. The bars final could easily go Chinese 1-2-3 with He Kexin, Yang and Jiang. I have no idea about what kind of shape Li is in, but she could definitely compete on beam, as could Mitchell, though I have them competing for bronze with Cheng and Izbasa in the top two spots. On floor, Kozich could squeeze in for a medal, but I would expect Jiang to take third.
While the rather underwhelming (Coach Rick's characterization of my reaction to the results) PAGU Individual Event Championships took place in Argentina, with the United States present, everyone else of consequence was over in Europe at the Massilia Cup in France.
The Massilia Cup's Web site is beyond useless, but I've finally gotten my hands on some results. Note that there is both the Open and the Cup. The Open is for all teams who are interested in competing, while the Cup is limited to the official delegations from the top eight countries. The top performers then compete in an all-around known as Top Massilia in which each gymnast competes as many events as she chooses. It's an EF competition, but for some reason they also compile all-around scores.
The Chinese dominated, sweeping both all-arounds and both team finals, with Jiang Yuyuan and her teammate Guo Wei winning the Cup (with only two competitors while all of the other teams had three, top two scores count), and Jiang taking gold in the Cup all-around and gold on bars and floor in Top Massilia. To be fair, however, the Chinese had the most experienced team (with Jiang), followed by the Australians, who placed third. The Russians took second, with the graceful Aliya Mustafina replacing Tatiana Nabieva, who was scheduled to compete (no word on what happened), Viktoria Komova (who does a Patterson dismount on beam), and Kristina Goryunova (Goryunova appears to have replaced Anna Demienteva, who was scheduled). Goryunova went on to medal in two EFs in the Top Massilia; Mustafina on one. Russia beat China in team finals on vault, but just barely, and floor by nearly a point, while the Australians actually placed first on beam, but came in only third. The three Russians went 4-5-6 in the all-around, Goryunova, Komova, Mustafina. Mustafina had the highest score on floor of all competitors.
Australian Lauren Mitchell had a good meet, taking second in the all-around in the Cup and first in the all-around in Top Massilia with silvers on two events, and third by team with Ashleigh Brennan and up-and-comer Britt Greeley. (Note: advance word had Emily Little competing on the Cup team and Greeley on the Open team. Not sure what happened.) And despite the scandal brewing at home, the Brazilians placed a respectable fourth. Their highest placement in the all-around was Bruna Leal, ninth, with Ethiene Franco tenth and Khiuna Dias twelfth.
The disappointments come for the French and the Romanians. The French senior team, with Youna Dufournet making her senior debut, placed only fifth, with a fall by Dufournet on bars and on her triple twist on floor. The other French competitors were Laetitia Dugain and Manon Erre (Dugain appears to be replacing Angeline Serre, who was expected to compete). Dufournet placed only eighth in the all-around with low scores on beam and floor. Marine Brevet and Chloé Stanic, two up-and-coming French juniors, actually beat Dugain, who placed a dismal 21st of 23.
But the real trouble is for the Romanians, who came in a dismal sixth despite putting up some of their top new talent — Amelia Racea, Diana Trenca and Claudia Voicu. As I've mentioned, the Romanians have a huge problem with vault (Racea does the best one, a FTY), and tend to score in the mid-50's. Racea posted a reasonable 57.050 with trouble on bars to finish seventh. Voicu placed thirteenth, Trenca eighteenth. Hopefully the move to Deva by many of their top gymnasts of the next generation, including these three, will sort that out. None placed in any EFs.
As for the Open, the Canadians overperformed, taking the second and third spots on the team podium and placing Dominique Pegg in third place in the all-around. Pegg was my choice for top Canadian junior. A WOGA team placed fourth, but I don't know who competed.
The two Chinese girls who placed first and second in the Open, Zhang Yujiao and Kang Xiaojun outscored Pegg by 1.5 and 2 points, respectively. Briley Casanova, a fairly well-known American junior, took fourth. Casanova had the highest score on vault and tied with Kang for the highest score on floor, but took a hit on bars with a 12.750.
As I mentioned, Mitchell placed first in the Top Massilia. Racea placed second — leaving out bars — while Goryunova placed third and Pegg fourth (the highest finish by an Open competitor). The rest of the competitors did not compete three events and I'm not even sure why they do this ranking.
More importantly, the Dutch Wyomi Masela placed first on vault, the best finish of any Dutch competitor. Goryunova took second, just above Dufournet on what some might say is her best event. As I mentioned, Mitchell took silver on three events (bars and beam, her best-scoring events). Jiang, unsurprisingly, dominated her competition on bars and floor. Guo took first on beam and third on floor, cementing the Chinese dominance.
Finally, the audience was also treated to a performance by Nastia Liukin who, however, appears to have used one of her routines from the Tour of Gymnastics Superstars. If I remember correctly, I didn't enjoy it.
Full results are available here. That link is weird, so if it doesn't work, here is the Massilia Cup main page.
Massilia Cup team:
1. China: Jiang Yuyuan, Guo Wei
2. Russia: Aliya Mustafina, Viktoria Komova, Kristina Goryunova
3. Australia: Lauren Mitchell, Ashleigh Brennan, Britt Greeley
4. Brazil: Ana Silva, Khiuna Dias, Bruna Leal
5. France (seniors): Youna Dufournet, Laetitia Dugain, Manon Erre
6. Romania: Amelia Racea, Diana Trenca, Claudia Voicu
7. Netherlands: Joy Goedkoop, Wyomi Masela, Natasja Blind
8. France (juniors): Chloé Stanic, Marine Brevet, Justine Crosato
Massilia Cup all-around:
1. Jiang Yuyuan
2. Lauren Mitchell
3. Guo Wei
Top Massilia vault:
1. Wyomi Masela (NED)
2. Kristina Goryunova (RUS)
3. Youna Dufournet (FRA)
Top Massilia uneven bars:
1. Jiang Yuyuan (CHN)
2. Lauren Mitchell (AUS)
3. Geng Ruo Wei (CHN)
Top Massilia beam:
1. Guo Wei (CHN)
2. Lauren Mitchell (AUS)
3. Kristina Goryunova (RUS)
Top Massilia floor:
1. Jiang Yuyuan (CHN)
2. Aliya Mustafina (RUS)
3. Guo Wei (CHN)
Open team:
1. Shanghai: Zhang Yujiao, Kang Xiaojun, Ruo Wei Geng
2. Canada 1: Dominique Pegg, Rochelle Hurt, Anysia Unick
3. Canada 2: Jessica Dowling, Madeline Gardiner, Caitlyn Keats
Open all-around
1. Zhang Yujiao
2. Kang Xiaojun
3. Dominique Pegg
We're nearing the end of the year, so here's some stuff that's coming up. This includes "breaking" news coming out of the current U.S. national training camp, which ends tomorrow. The official announcement of U.S. assignments can be found here.
Big news:
- The U.S. PAGU team has been named: Rebecca Bross, Olivia Courtney, Corrie Lothrop, Samantha Shapiro. The inclusion of Shapiro means she must have gotten over her elbow injury.
- Diana Bulimar and Larisa Iordache of Romania will compete at Top Gym.
- Nastia Liukin will perform an exhibition at Massilia Cup.
- Amanda Jetter will be joined at the International Artistic Gymnastics Challenge by Olivia Courtney and Corrie Lothrop. The latter two will be at both PAGU and in Brussels. Cassie Whitcomb, who was originally named for this meet back in October, is now out.
First, the U.S. team for the Pan American Gymnastics Union (PAGU) Individual Event Championships has been chosen: Rebecca Bross, Olivia Courtney, Corrie Lothrop, Samantha Shapiro.
The big news is that Jana Bieger has once again been screwed over by Marta Karolyi. This seems to be a signal that USAG is done with Bieger; they're moving on to the younger seniors. If this is the case, I hope Karolyi will release Bieger, and then maybe she could go compete for Germany. I think she would have fun with that, and Germany's got some other good contenders, including Oksana Chusovitina, Kim Bui, Jenny Brunner, Marie-Sophie Hindermann ….
Or maybe she'll just move on to NCAA. (I always forget she can't do NCAA because she randomly went elite in 2006.) Anyway, it doesn't look good for her in U.S. elite gymnastics. The other people on the training squad who were not picked are Mackenzie Caquatto, Amanda Jetter, Bridget Sloan, and Cassie Whitcomb. News from Sloan was that she was going to train for the American Cup in 2009 and not bother with international competition before then. The weird thing is that Shapiro was not even on the shortlist, presumably because she was injured, so maybe she has gotten over that injury, bumping the other three new seniors.
Top Gym
Top Gym in Charleroi, Belgium, which will be attended by two strong American juniors — Jordyn Wieber and her Geddert's teammate Kamerin Moore — adds two great Romanian juniors to its competition list: Diana Bulimar and Larisa Iordache. Bulimar was this year's Category II champion at Romanian Nationals, with Iordache taking Category III last year, and placing second to Andreea Tufa this year. Presumably the Category I juniors, many of whom just moved to the Olympic squad at Deva, have more important things to do. In her most recent competition, at Blanc-Mesnil in France November 7-8, Bulimar took second in the AA to Ukraine's Natalia Kononenko.
The other countries that have already released the names of their gymnasts aren't sending any big names. However, I still haven't heard about Russia's gymnasts, and it's possible it may be Anna Dementieva and Viktoria Komova, who will be in neighboring France for Massilia.
Sweden, Germany, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands and Luxembourg have announced their gymnasts. Italy will send Chiara Gandolfi and Giorgia Campana, and Holland will send Jocelynn Kraan and Yvette Moshage. A second Belgian team is yet to be named, as are the Slovenian, Slovakian, British and, as I mentioned, Russian teams.
Massilia Cup:
Rumor has it that Nastia Liukin will be performing an exhibition at the Massilia Cup in France on November 21-23.
The Massilia Cup consists of the Massilia Open for teams by country or gym, the Massilia Gym Cup by country-team, and the Top Massilia, an individual final for the highest scorers from the previous competitions.
For the Massilia Gym Cup, Australia will be sending Lauren Mitchell, who is doing quite the circuit right now, Ashleigh Brennan, and top junior Emily Little. For China, Jiang Yuyuan will be competing, which is exciting because she performed only on floor at the recent Chinese Nationals. The Chinese are also sending Wei Guo and Mengsi Tan (not familiar with the latter). Russia is sending juniors: the exciting Tatiana Nabieva as well as Anna Dementieva and Viktoria Komova, who throws some amazing skills for her age. Fantastic junior Youna Dufournet will compete on one team for France with two seniors, Angeline Serre and Manon Erre; and there will also be a team of juniors only: Chloé Stanic, Aurélie Malausséna and Eva Maurin. Brazil sends Ana Silva, Khiuna Dias and Bruna Leal.
Beyond this, some exciting competitors for the Open Massilia. There are a number of them, so I'll highlight the ones I'm happy to see: Ambre Casanova, Marine Brevet and Justin Crosato of France (Saint-Etienne); Sarah Gusmaroli, Marie Gaffino (although rumor has it she has retired?) and Julie Pennachio also of France (Marseille); Britt Greeley, Tain Molendijk (who has been injured)
and Tracey Penaluna of Australia; and three (!) WOGA teams: Briley Casanova, Sophia Lee, Rachel Holman, Alyssa Baumann, Hayley Sanders, Dana Ho, Belle MacFalane, Rachel Philipps and Charle Dembo; and a number of Canadian juniors: Caitlyn Keates, Rochelle Hurt, Dominique Pegg, Anysia Unick, Jessica Dowling, Melissa Downing, Madeline Gardiner, Anna Gamelo, Sabrina Gill, Mikaela Gerber, Briannah Tsang and Alysa Samaratunga (apparently there will be a selection after a training week in France). Léa Kemayou of France will also compete with her Toulon team, but I don't know about the other competitors.
I've highlighted a number of these juniors in my Up-and-Coming Juniors series.
International Artistic Gymnastics Challenge
The Challenge, held in Woluwe Saint-Lambert near Brussels, will now feature Corrie Lothrop and Olivia Courtney in addition to Amanda Jetter
and Cassie Whitcomb. This means that Lothrop and Courtney will be both at PAGU and at Saint-Lambert.
Cheng Fei rules at DTB Cup
Posted November 15, 2008on:
The DTB Cup Finals were contested today, and Cheng Fei walked away with dominating victories on her three events, vault, beam and floor.
Before I go into the details, the news and how this affects world rankings. Results are at the bottom. This event was only televised in China as far as I know, but video of Cheng's three victory routines is available on youtube from WangXiangu.
- Anna Pavlova was hurt on beam with torn ligaments in her knee
- Yang Yilin came back from her problem on bars in qualifications to take third on beam and floor
- Australia's Lauren Mitchell performed extremely well, taking silvers on beam and floor
- Cheng's floor win moves her into first place in the world rankings
Fei will remain second in the vault rankings, unable to overtake Oksana Chusovitina's giant lead. However, it looks like Chusovitina will probably not be able to compete in the World Cup Final in Madrid, meaning Fei will go into that event as the highest-ranked vaulter. Pavlova will remain in third. Aasje Van Walleghem will move into the high teens from a rank of 22.
He Ning's finish on bars won't move her into contention for the WCF. Anastasia Koval, currently 15th, will move up, but she's behind a number of strong contenders and even long-retired Emilie Lepennec.
Fei's win on beam will move her ahead of Shawn Johnson and into fourth in the world rankings. She would have gone to the WCF on this event anyway. She will not, however, pass Pavlova, currently in third. Mitchell, currently ranked 27th, will move into the high teens in rank, but that probably won't do much for her. Yang is not currently ranked in the top thirty.
The big news is that Cheng's win on floor will move her above Sandra Izbasa into the first rank on floor. Neither Yang nor Mitchell are in the top thirty anyway.
Detailed report:
Bars was competed before vault today, but I'm going to do my discussion in Olympic order. By the way, I'm getting all of my information from the DTB ticker, which was incidentally a nice addition to the organization of this meet.
Cheng and Pavlova, given their start values, were the two to beat on this event, and wound up finishing 1-2. Both competed a a DTY and round-off half-ons with layout front half-offs. Fei completed her DTY with a small step for a 15.125 and also performed a solid second vault. Pavlova finished with a substantial enough step on the Yurchenko to finish with a 14.700 and a fall to the knee on the half-on layout front half-off for a 13.400. Aagje Van Walleghem of Belgium competed a Yurchenko 3/2 with a big jump forward on the landing and a well-done half-on piked front half-off to take the bronze. For those not familiar with the name, Van Walleghem has been around for quite some time (she is now 21) and competed at Athens, but missed qualifying to Beijing after a below-par performance at Worlds in 2007. Incidentally, Elena Zamolodchikova competed the same two vaults as Cheng and Pavlova, but with major missteps, including a bent forward landing on the DTY (14.625) and a fall forward on her half-on layout front half-off (13.825). She finished sixth. Despite the highest start value of the day on a laid-out Rudi (6.3), Ariella Käslin finished fourth after falling on the Rudi and competing only a Yurchenko full as her second vault.
Bars was a fairly low-key affair with only He Ningand Koval as legitimate contenders. They both began with 6.9 start values. Kim Bui and Jenny Brunner (6.6 and 6.5 start values) could possibly have competed against them, but had major mistakes and wound up with B-scores in the 7's. He Ning threw both straddled and piked Jaegers, showed nice el-grip work and finished with a solid double layout dismount. Koval, the fifth-place finisher in Beijing, performed a piked Hindorff, a Stadler full-in to a high Tkatchev and a stuck double front dismount. The Germans, Brunner and Bui, placed third and fifth. Brunner performed a piked Jaeger and a layout front with half-twist dismount. Bui went from fourth in qualifications to fifth in finals after a problem on the low bar despite a nice Shapashnikova and a good Geinger with a Tsukahara dismount. Note that Yang probably would have been in this final if it hadn't been for a fall on a 1.5 pirouette and a few steps on her dismount in qualifications.
The beam final finished in A-score order, with Cheng on top and Australia's beam specialist Lauren Mitchell taking silver. Yang, depsite the problems on bars, came back for a third-place finish on beam (and floor, see below). Cheng had no major errors despite a step sideways on her 2.5 twisting dismount dismount, though she had some small steps, notably on her standing pike. Mitchell continues to do the squat double turn, which I hate, and had a problem hafter her layout stepout layout back, but finished solidly after perofrming a good aerial to two feet and a standing front tuck and a flick-flack to double pike. Yang performed an Onodi flip-flop layout step-out combo and had no major errors except a small step on her 2.5 twisting dismount. Yulia Lozhecko was wobbly on her front aerial to scale and side somis and performed only an OK double pike dismount to finish sixth. Most importantly and sadly, Pavlova had some major wobbles during her routine, including on the full turn, and fell on her dismount, injuring her knee.
Maybe the biggest news on the floor final is that Bui tied with Yang for third. Yang went OOB on her 2.5 twist and underrotated her triple twist mount. Apparently her triple turn was very pretty, and was quite nearly a 3.5. Bui performed a Tsukahara with a small step and nailed her 2.5 twist to layout with a half, 1.5 forward twist and double pike dismount. Cheng took first, as noted, with a piked Tsukahara, triple twist, 1.5 twist to full and a 2.5 twisting dismount. Mitchell finished second with a piked Tsukahara (OOB), a double Arabian, a nice double twist and a double pike dismount, all with generally strong landings, but fell out of her triple turn. Daniele Hypolito was a disappointment, finishing wiht a score in the 12's with a double pike mount and an underroted 2.5 twisting dismount.
1. Cheng Fei (CHN) 14.900
2. Aagje Van Walleghem (BEL) 14.275
3. Anna Pavlova (RUS) 14.050
1. He Ning 15.350
2. Anastasia Koval 15.050
3. Jenny Brunner 14.150
1. Cheng Fei (CHN) 15.425
2. Lauren Mitchell (AUS) 15.150
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Two stories today show a remarkable contrast between how President Trump reacted to protests in Iran and how former President Obama largely ignored them. In regards to Obama the Jerusalem Post wrote that it was "the biggest failure to help human rights in modern history."
White House Urges World-Wide Support for Iran Protesters
The Trump administration is lobbying countries around the world to support protesters in Iran as violent demonstrations intensify, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
"We are encouraging all nations around the world to publicly condemn the government violence and to support the legitimate, basic rights of those protesting," Brian Hook, the State Department's director of policy planning, told the outlet.
"We know that the [Islamic revolutionary Guard Corps] plays a big role in the decisions and actions of the government," he added — and pushed back on the notion that backing the protesters would only give ammunition to the regime.
-Cathy Burke READ MORE at Newsmax
Report: Obama Rejected Iran Protests to Grease Nuke Deal
President Barack Obama chose not to support massive 2009 protests in Iran because he wanted to reach a nuclear deal "at pretty much any cost," former Israeli ambassador Michael Oren charged.
In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Oren, who now serves as a deputy minister in Israel's Knesset, said Obama claimed he would not support the so-called 2009 Green Movement because the CIA helped overthrow nationalist Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953 — and he wanted to show the Iranian people he respected their sovereignty.
Obama's failure to help reform-minded Iranian protesters has long been criticized by Israeli officials, led by Jewish Agency chairman and former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, who called it the biggest failure to help human rights in modern history, The Jerusalem Post reported.
-Cathy Burke READ MORE at Newsmax
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The last dramatic event in Mali and Ivory Coast remind us that despite the fact of not pretending bringing any ready-made solutions and to prevent and overcome these types of sensitive situations, government should appeal to internal political values for democracy, diplomacy and negotiation instead to use military force or repression.
For a democratic theory of Peace...
Posted by The Peace Blogger on 23 April, 2012
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2011 ended with mixed results in terms of peace, security, development and health. Today, Africa is still one of the most affected regions in the world, facing unprecedented crises, despite the praiseworthy efforts made by local leaders and the world community. Stability is still the greater challenge for most African countries that tried to reduce the gap between global isolation and economic growth.
Instability in Africa is the direct result of a democratic deficit and economic misery
The "Arab Spring", which originated in North Africa has surprised many observers and Medias, it had created a new order in this area. While the fight against terrorism and other new threats are a top priority for Africa in 2012, the concerns and preoccupations of people (the youth generation) aspiring to freedom and to decent and safe living conditions are not taken into consideration. Many African government have failed in that respect, failure that will have an impact on how these countries will move forward and implement proper program (economic and politic) that will erase poverty and offer a better educational system to a young population eager to learn and change their life.
The last dramatic event in Mali and Ivory Coast remind us that despite the fact of not pretending bringing any ready-made solutions and to prevent and overcome these types of sensitive situations, government should appeal to internal political values for democracy, diplomacy and negotiation instead to use military force or repression.
In other words, it is a matter of promoting the theory of peace and democracy which contributes to the respect of citizens' rights and freedom and to a peaceful settlement of internal conflicts.
As it was 20 years ago, instability in Africa is still the direct result of a democratic deficit and economic misery.
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Making Finance Work in Africa
Posted by The Peace Blogger on 15 April, 2012
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The picture of Africa has an immature market with an underdeveloped infrastructure is now something from the past, as we know, there is great potential for growth, utilizing new electronic banking systems, without having to significantly upgrade the existing infrastructure, and this should push government to support the development of their banking sector.
There are stirrings of change in African finance, some of them vigorous. Strengthened by an extended wave of reforms over the past decade, financial systems in many African countries have begun to diversify their activities, deepen their lending, and increase their reach with new products and new technologies. Financial repression and the practice of directed credit are both much diminished and there has been extensive privatization of state-owned banks. A microfinance movement with deep roots on the continent has strengthened. Links between MFIs and mainstream banks illustrate the adaptation of organizational structures to local conditions.
The persistent failure (until a decade ago) of formal and semi-formal finance to advance, leaving a fragmented and dualistic financial system stubbornly in place, seems to have been overcome. A new wave of intermediaries, many of them market- based, have begun to adopt new approaches that promise to address the special challenges that confront financial development in the region. Cellphone technology is being used for retail payments and for price transparency. Modern technology also underlies the surge of retail lending in several African countries.
General studies have shown that wireless and satellite will provide Africa's best chance of catching up to the rest of the financial world. The world's second biggest continent only has around 3% of the world's phone lines and accounts for a mere 0.1% of the world's Internet users. The costs for setting up wireless connectivity are a fraction of those for setting up the fixed line infrastructure to do the same job.
Today, 60% of the world's leading financial institutions have a wireless strategy and consider mobile or wireless banking as a core element of their service delivery strategy. Wireless represents an answer to clients as banks rationalize branches, and for previously un-banked areas.
Strong financial systems are built on good governance, certainly both of the intermediaries and their regulators. But in addition, because all sizable enterprises and all government agencies do business with the financial sector, improvements in this dimension of the financial sector has a pervasive effect on the quality of governance in the business and government sectors as a whole.
Well-targeted direct assistance to improve the productivity of subsistence farming productivity and to reduce disease can make a sizable impact on extreme poverty. But, this just gets the poor to the bottom rung of the ladder. Helping them to the next rungs is the task of microfinance: building the ladder requires mainstream finance.
Reducing absolute poverty in conditions of anemic growth is all but impossible for a market economy. Taking a long-term growth perspective, the major channel for a sustained reduction in African poverty is a transformational increase in the share of the population that is working in the modern sector and with advanced economy productive techniques.
Delivering the infrastructures for the modernization agenda is a demanding agenda, not only because of its technical complexity and the need to respond to changes in the international environment, but also because it lacks the kind of dramatic initiative that helps secure political support.


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To save iPhone battery-life, I generally leave my cellular data switched off – only turning it on when needed. One slight frustration though, is the number of steps it takes to active cellular data on iOS7:
From the 'Cellular Data is Turned Off' modal you have to: Press 'Settings', which takes you to the main settings page. From there you have to navigate to the cellular data settings page to turn on cellular data. You then have to navigate back to whatever you were doing…phew!
Would it not just be easier to have an option to turn on cellular data on the modal like so?:
Perhaps Apple added multiple steps to this user-flow deliberately, to stop you from accidentally turning on your 3G during a flight for example. Even so, would this not be a better solution?:
The Settings button takes you directed to the cellular data settings page, bypassing the main settings page.
Anyway, just thinking out loud. I'll step off my high horse now.


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I rushed out to the scene of an accident a few days ago to find a young man standing next to his smashed up vehicle. He had rear-ended the lady in front of him on his way home from school. He had told me that he hit his brakes to stop before hitting the car in front of him, but it was too late. He had lost control of his vehicle. The impact not only affected him and the driver in front of him, but it affected another driver as well. Three cars in all were damaged because of the accident. I felt sorry for the young man as he explained what had happened. We all have moments in which we momentarily lose control. Unfortunately, some are not as lucky as others when it comes to the time and place those moments take place. I noticed that the young man was very respectful when he talked to me, even though he had just encountered a crisis. I wish more people would be so open to make you feel welcome in their lives in spite of what condition they may be in.
The wreck with the young man is not the only wreck I have been on the scene of here recently. I have been to several, and most of them are the same story. The driver momentarily loses control, for whatever reason, and is unable to keep the vehicle on the road. Some of these wrecks looked like they would be impossible to have brought about a different outcome no matter who was driving. Even though these drivers may be listed as being at fault, I think we all understand there are circumstances that can always cause us to lose control, if even for a moment. It is very humbling to consider the lives of the people involved in these accidents. Whether they were injured or not, they are all affected by something that I would say is very devastating. I don't think a person can ever be prepared enough for the life changing events that take place in these types of situations.
Maybe, in some way, I do understand what these people are going through. I feel like I have lost some control in my own life here recently. To be honest, I don't know if there is a stopping point. I don't know if I will be able to correct the course that I have taken, or if I will have to crash and view the results later. It is one thing to lose control behind the wheel of a vehicle. It is quiet another to lose control behind the wheel of a family. Both can cause devastating consequences. I only hope that my loss of control doesn't break me or injure me in such a way that I can't recover. I'm not going to lie. I fear the unknown. I feel like my wheel has went off the berm and I can't get it back on the road. Where will I hit? I fear the impact of what will happen next.
I know most people try to keep a positive attitude, and I do too. My fears do not extend to my knowledge or understanding of who I am as a person. I trust with full confidence that I am good enough to travel any road. But so are these vehicles that I find busted and dented up on the side of the road. I don't think anyone understands how difficult my tragedy is. In the same way, I don't understand how difficult the tragedies of these people in these accidents are. We all face our own struggles. Mine are overwhelming me right now. I don't know if I can keep my head above water. I'm drowning here. Is there hope? I don't know. What I do know is I need a crew to rescue me when I hit. I feel like I'm almost there. I try to prepare for the best, but still, I fear the worst. I lost control. I'm not used to not having control. Like the rescue crews I see on the scene of these accidents all the time, I hope someone is there for me when I hit.


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Will you permit me to record another love story that will warm the cockles of your heart?
Vernon McAlister and Sue, who was to be his wife, met while both were working on Vernon's father's farm in South Carolina. They married when he was 20 and she was 15.
The years passed by. When he was 92 and she was 87, Vernon fell and broke his hip. Doctors at the hospice where he was taken said he would not live long.
Then Vernon had a dream. In the dream, his wife Sue was in a room decorated with lace. She stood near a window, bathed in sunlight, dressed in a lace gown and veil, waiting for him to marry her again.
He asked the nurses to help him stay alive a few more days, so he could celebrate his 72nd wedding anniversary with his wife.
The day after his anniversary, said IndependentMail.com, they had a second wedding ceremony. Vernon lay in bed dressed in a smart shirt and tie. His wife stood by the bed in a pink gown and white veil, carrying a bouquet of roses. With their five children looking on, they renewed their wedding vows.
Said Vernon: "My father told me she would make a good wife. I couldn't have imagined how right he was. She is just purely wonderful. She is a jewel."
Said Sue of her husband: "He has taken care of me my whole life. He has loved me and respected me and cherished me the way he said he would when I was just a young girl and he was just a young man.
"We have not always had an easy life. But if you put God first, you can endure and your marriage can endure."
Retired pastor Bill French, a friend of the family who conducted the ceremony, said they were an example to the world. "When you took those vows all those years ago, no one could have known how long that walk together would be. You have fulfilled your promise, and God is smiling."
A few days later Vernon McAlister died, his wife at his bedside.


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Q22: Add-On Package Details and Pricing
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By Check: please allow at least two weeks from the time it is mailed before it is processed. A notification by email is sent after each payment is processed. If you do not receive an email from us after 2 weeks, please contact us.
By Credit Card: your credit card payment is usually processed immediately, but may take up to 24 hours. Upon receipt of payment, you will receive an email confirmation. If you did not receive an email confirmation, your payment was most likely not processed. To be sure, login to your account to check the status of your listing. If original purchase, you will see a property in your account center that needs to be created with an expiration date a year from the current date. If it is a renewal, please check your listing expiration date to see if it extended another year from your last expiration date.
Q24: Do You Have Auto Renewal Billing?
No. For your security, we do NOT save credit card information on file. A renewal needs to be initiated by you by logging into your account, clicking on Renew Listing and entering your up to date credit card information. You can also mail a check made payable to ShoreSummerRental.com and mailed to P.O. Box 55, Somers Point, NJ 08244.
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Q26: My Property is Booked, I Decided Not to Rent My Property or I Sold my Property Before My Subscription Expired, Can I Get a Refund for the Time Not Used?
No. Cancelling a subscription before the maximum duration does not result or entitle the property owner to a refund for any unused listing time. The sale of your property, securing a full time renter or property removal from rental market does not constitute a refund. All listings are sold to run the full term that is chosen by the member.
If you sell your property and no longer wish for the listing to remain online, please e-mail us and we will remove the listing without refund. In the event you wish to remove your listing temporarily, we can inactivate the listing and reactivate it at a future date during your current subscription term. Your listing will not receive credit for the inactive time period. Natural disasters or sale of a home does not constitute a refund.
Please make checks payable to:
P.O. Box 55
Somers Point, NJ 08244
Q28: Is the ShoreSummerRentals.com site secure?
Shore SummerRentals.com have employed sophisticated technology to ensure the most secure website for our advertisers and visitors. Our website was designed with your security in mind.
Q29: How much web traffic does ShoreSummerRentals.com get?
The Shore SummerRentals.com website has been a high traffic resource for the past 12 years receiving millions of hits per month. Traffic, however, is a relative measure. What counts is the quality of traffic received on the website, not just the quantity. We pride ourselves in the volume of quality inquiries received on a regular basis, i.e., serious clients looking to rent your vacation rental property. We will strive daily to provide the same results with ShoreSummerRentals.com.
Q30: How will I know if people are looking at my vacation rental listing?
Once your vacation rental property is in our index and published on the website, you can monitor the visits to your vacation rental property page. Email inquiries from potential property renters are stored on your account for easy reference. We provide you with a real-time page counter that keeps track of all your hits. To view the page counter, just click on your vacation rental property details and look at the counter located at the bottom of the page.
Q31: How will I receive vacation property rental inquiries?
Once a potential renter finds your vacation rental property, they will complete a simple inquiry form and the information will be sent to your chosen email account. You will also receive a text message (optional) to alert you that someone emailed you about renting your home. The quicker the owners respond, the more rentals they secure. Additionally, your telephone number will be available for people who prefer to speak with a live person.
Q32: How do you promote the ShoreSummerRentals.com website?
Results are key, and to that end we have gone to great lengths to make sure that your summer vacation rental property listings on the ShoreSummerRentals.com website receive maximum exposure. With extensive advertising, paid search engine placement, and a search engine optimization, we make sure that you get the most value for your listings.
Paid Search Engine Placement
We partner with top search engines and directories so that our website and your listings receive the most exposure possible.
Search Engine Optimized Website
By making sure that our site is optimized for search engine indexing and is search engine friendly, we have been able to achieve phenomenal results with many of the top search engines and indexes on the Internet. We continually strive to make our site as easily accessible and well placed as possible.
Q33: What are the advantages of listing my vacation rental property on the ShoreSummerRentals.com website?
The most important advantage is value. We offer you exceptional value when you advertise your vacation rental on ShoreSummerRentals.com. We are also local and very accessible. We have incorporated extensive techniques to make our site user-friendly for both potential renters and paid advertisers alike.
Q34: What shore vacation towns are included for rental properties on the ShoreSummerRentals.com website?
ShoreSummerRentals.com now accommodates vacation rental properties in all the United States. We are currently looking for properties in all US towns.
Q35: Besides Jersey Shore rental properties, what other vacation rental destinations are featured on our site?
ShoreSummerRentals.com also has a sister site, VacationRentals2U.com which now accommodates all vacation rental types such as the grand canyon, ski resorts, Disney, etc. We are currently looking for properties in all United Stated towns.
Q36: Does the ShoreSummerRentals.com website also promote winter vacation rental properties?
Yes. We can accommodate vacation rentals throughout the entire year - Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter getaways right at your fingertips. This also includes popular East Coast vacation destinations, such as Disney World in Florida all the way to the Grand Canyon. Please bookmark Shore SummerRentals.com or contact us for additional information.
Ad and Account Management
The Listing Title is very important. It is the first things renters see and needs to grab their attention. We have a few tips and suggestions:
Check that you use correct spelling
The use of symbols, numbers, or letters must adhere to the true meaning of the symbol.
Avoid excessive capitalization, repeated and unnecessary punctuation or symbols, and repetition Change your title often to keep your listing fresh.
We have certain guidelines that need to be adhered to when creating your ad.
External URLs
Shore SummerRentals.com has a dedicated area in our listings to place up to 3 external URL's that pertain to your property such as a personal website you created for your property with more photos, descriptions, etc. Links to any of our competitor's site is strictly PROHIBITED and will be removed from your ad. You will be notified that this was done and warned that if it is placed on the ad again, your rental listing will be removed from our websites without refund.
Email Address in Body of Ad Prohibited
Listings that contain email addresses are prime targets for email collecting spiders that look for email addresses for mailing lists that they sell to spammers. This is how SPAM is sent. If email addresses are present in our listings we will get spidered by these email collectors which will slow down the site, lower the listing views and inquires, and cause property owners to be spammed.
Each Listing is for ONE Property in ONE Location.
Ads for multiple homes are prohibited. ShoreSummerRentals.com listings are designed to advertise ONE PROPERTY in ONE LOCATION. You may NOT list more than one property per listing. If this is observed, you will be warned to remove the additional property advertisement, photos, etc. If you do not remove the information, ShoreSummerRentals.com has the right to deactivate your listing with no refund.
Closest Appropriate Region.
Your listing must be placed in the closest appropriate region to your property.
Accurate Property Information
Your listing must reflect accurate information about the property.
Plagiarizing Listings Prohibited
Please do not copy information from another listing.
Review and Approval of Ads
All listings must be reviewed by ShoreSummerRentals.com to ensure that they adhere to the guidelines specified in each section above. When building your listing, please double-check every field to ensure they don't include such items as, incorrect information, the characters < or >, email addresses, phone numbers or websites. These items will cause your listing to be rejected now or possibly deleted at a later time. Shore SummerRentals.com reserves the right to alter or permanently remove any listing that violates our guidelines or we feel could compromise the potential renter and/or our site's integrity without warning or notice.
Q39: Forgot Username or Password
If you forget your username or password, you may obtain it by going to the login page and clicking on the Forgot Your Password link. Enter your email address and your password will then be mailed to your email address, assuming you have previously registered with us, and the email address you enter is the same one you registered with.
Shore SummerRentals.com listings are transferable in the event the property was sold. We can transfer the rental listing to the new owner's account with the permission of the original owner of the home and rental listing. They have to be advertising the same property. There is a $25.00 transfer fee. Contact us for details. If you wish to cancel your service due to a sale or transfer, the cancellation policy above will apply. No pro-rated refunds will be offered to terminate your listing due to the sale of a property or if taken off of the rental market.
Q41: Change Account Holder and Contact Owner Email Address
Please note that there are two locations to enter email addresses.
There is an account holder email address which is the email of the person in charge of the account. This email is used to login to your account and where correspondence from management such as invoices, alerts, tips, etc. will be sent.
Update Account Holder Email:
Once logged in to your dashboard, click on "Account". This is where you edit all the information for the account holder such as email, password, mailing address, phone numbers, etc. Make sure to save all changes.
There is also an email address for the person who would like to receive the email inquiries from the renters. The email addresses can be the same or different.
Update Contact Owner Email:
Once logged in to your dashboard, click on "Edit". This is where you edit some of the property details and the email of the person you want to receive renter email inquiries. Make sure to save all changes.
You have full access to your listings 24 hours a day. You can modify any portion of your listing at any time, including the pictures. Great flexibility and you control all of it. View editing instructions.
Q43: Having Trouble Registering on Website
If you attempt to register on the site and receive a message saying "the current user is already in the database". This means you are already registered with us with that same email address. If this is the case, please contact us to request your login information.
Q44: What Web Browsers are Supported by Your Websites?
At ShoreSummerRentals, we strive to provide our customers with a modern, fast, safe and secure web browsing experience.
In order to provide you with a great user experience, we officially support the following browsers:
* Internet Explorer 10 or higher
* Firefox 32 or higher
* Chrome 38 or higher
* Safari 7 or higher
On mobile devices, we officially support the following:
* iOS Safari 7 or higher (iPhone and iPad)
* Android Chrome 38 or higher (Android Phones and Tablets)
While our sites may continue to function on other devices and in other browsers than those listed, occasionally you may see a warning if you are using a browser or device where ShoreSummerRentals has known issues. While we do our best to support browsers that are most commonly in use, it is not possible to support all, and therefore we recommend upgrading to one of the above mentioned browsers.
To view instructions on how to upgrade your internet browser, visit http://browsehappy.com/.
Once logged in to your dashboard, click on "Account". This is where you can change your password as well as the main Account Holder's information. Make sure to save all changes.
Q46: Property Address Visible on Ad
Although we highly recommend displaying the address of your rental property, please contact us if you do not wish to have it displayed on your ad on the live website. It is more likely for a renter to be interested (and less suspicious of a scam) if they know the location. Most renters will skip properties that do not display addresses. We do require the address for our records. Listings that do not display the address are not eligble for the Rental Guarantee.
Q47: How Can I Protect my Privacy
Q48: Do I Need to Know HTML or How to Design my Summer Vacation Rental Page?
Nope. When you join ShoreSummerRentals.com, you will complete a simple online form that walks you though the process of creating your rental listing. You will be able to enter long detailed descriptions, amenities, photos, rates and availability for your rental home. If you need help, we are here for you! Creating and/or Editing Instructions.
Q49: Do I Need to Create 2 Listings for my home to appear on ShoreSummerRentals.com and VacationRentals2U.com?
Nope. Once you have added your vacation rental property to the ShoreSummerRentals.com website, your information will duplicate on the VacationRentals2U.com website. No need to enter your property information twice, even though you will get twice the exposure by being on two websites.
You do! We provide you with a secure Web-based administration tool which allows you to update the details of your vacation rental property such as availability, rates, description, title, amenities, photographs, rental policies and terms. We make sure that your vacation rental listing page is immediately updated on both the VacationRentals2U.com and ShoreSummerRentals.com sites.
Q51: May I provide links to other web pages external to my ad?
In general, the answer is yes; however there are rules concerning which links are acceptable and which links are not. We have designated areas for up to 3 external links that you will see when entering your property details. External links are not permitted to be displayed in the description field or any other area except where designated. We do ask for the link to point to another web page that contains additional information about that property. If you have multiple listings with us, you may link your Cape May vacation rental, for example, to your Wildwood vacation rental page, and vice versa. We reserve the right to remove links to websites that directly compete with VacationRentals2U.com and ShoreSummerRentals.com.
Google Maps
ShoreSummerRentals.com now offers the Google map feature for visitors to see the exact location of your property. By entering your property address, the map feature will automatically activate showing the location of your rental home. Please note that in order for the Google map feature to work, you need have your street address ONLY in the address field. For example, you cannot have "123 Summer Street (near 4th Street)" in the address field. It does seem to work if you have "123 Summer Street, 2nd Floor" though. If you still notice that the map is showing incorrectly, go to the property location field when logged in and tab out of the field. This fine tunes the map.
Q53: Map is Not Showing My Location Accurately
If you are not happy with the way Google Maps is displaying the location of your property, please follow the directions above in FAQ - Q52, check out Google Maps Support or contact us.
No, you can not disable the map.
Q55: How do I add and change photographs to my vacation rental listing?
You are permitted to upload up to 32 appealing photos of your home. Once you upload the photo, click on "Caption" to give the photo a name. Click the SUBMIT button at the very bottom of this Listing Description page to save the photos. Simply Clicking the SUBMIT button when uploading, without clicking it once again on the Listing Description page, will NOT save them. Images must be under 10MB in size. If they are larger, please resize before uploading. * Please note that we are aware that the photos are not displaying in the order uploaded and are working on a solution.
There are several ways to get your photos posted on ShoreSummerRentals.com.
1. Upload them yourself.
2. E-mail them. Simply attach your photos and e-mail them to us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Be sure to indicate your name and vacation rental number so we know where to post your photos.
3. Send Us a Link. If your photos are located on another website or your vacation rental website simply e-mail us at email@example.com the website URL for each photo. If the site allows us to copy the photos, we will.
4. Snail-Mail a Disk. Let us do all the work for you. Mail your disk of photos to the address below. We will upload and add them to your vacation rental listing for you.
Vacations Rentals 2U.com / ShoreSummerRentals.com P.O. Box 55 Somers Point, NJ 08244
Pictures say a thousand words. I cannot stress enough how important photos are since most renters will not see your property until the day that they pull up to at the start of their vacation. Make sure your photos are very bright and you post all the rooms of the home as well as the surrounding areas. People love outdoor shots such as ocean views, the beach, the boardwalk, nightlife, etc. More pictures will put you ahead of all the competition and secure you significantly more rental income than owners who only post a couple dark interior photos.
Q58: Can I Copy Photos from Another Website?
Many other sites copyright their photos once you add them to your listing and thus they cannot be legally uploaded to our site without permission. You must obtain permission from the other site before uploading your photos to your listing.
Q59: Do You Charge to Update Photos or Make Changes to My Property Listings?
No, we do not charge for updates to your listings. As a paid member, you are entitled to log into your account and make changes to your ad as you see fit. We provide you with the necessary online tools to easily update your vacation rental property listings.
Q60: My Text and Photos Were Copied
Since we do not copyright your listing text or photos, legally there isn't anything we can do but remove the content from our site. We recommend you ask the owner to remove any copied material in a non-threatening manner. If they refuse, we will co-operate as required by any legal proceeding. If you believe that your ad has been plagiarized, please contact us.
Q62: Do You Offer a Rental Property Availability Calendar?
Yes, there is an availability calendar in which you simply select the dates your vacation rental property is unavailable. Renters can now search by property availability so please keep the calendar up to date. It's easy to use and is provided at no extra charge.
Q63: Where Do I Update My Calendar?
Login to your account. Click on the Calendar link in your dashboard. Enter the arrival and departure dates of the reserved rental. Enter the name of the renter or any character will suffice - this will not appear on the public site. Click Submit.
Q64: Do I Have to Update My Calendar?
While keeping a calendar up to date is not required, our research has shown that most vacationers skip over properties that show all availability open. It gives the renter a sense of urgency when they see others are interested in your property and that they should act quickly. If you still do not want to use the calendar feature, you can leave it blank.
Q65: Can I Link Another Calendar to My Ad?
No. Our properties can be searched by availability according to OUR calendar.
Rental Property Rates
Q66: Where Do I Post My Rates?
Login to your account. Click on the Rate link in your dashboard. Fill in the information regarding check-in, check-out, payment terms and any additional notes. Click the Save button at the bottom of the page before entering rates to save what you entered so far. Enter your rates. Click the Save button. To edit rates already entered, place your curser in the field you want to update, make the change, hit Enter.
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New listings must have rates posted in order to qualify for the Rental Guarantee. While posting rates is not required once the Rental Guarantee period has passed, our research has shown that most vacationers skip over properties that do not have rates posted. Most properties are searched by rates so if your rates are not posted in the actual rate table, your ad will not show up when someone searches by rates. Knowing all of this and you still do not want to use the rate feature, you can leave it blank.
Rental Coordination and Forms
Q68: Who is responsible for writing the rental lease agreement?
All vacation rental property leases must be coordinated by the property owner. We supply sample leases and welcome letters, a rental procedure checklist, and an inventory checklist form to registered members. Contact us to request any of those items.
Q69: Who determines the price I charge for my vacation rental property?
You determine the price to charge for your vacation rental property. You may update your pricing structure at any time by logging into your account and clicking on Edit Rates.
Q70: How Do I Get the Renter the Key?
You can either mail the keys to the renter a week before their scheduled vacation with a letter explaining what is expected during their stay and upon their departure along with directions to the property. You can include a padded self addressed envelope for them to drop in the mail after they leave. Another option would be to install a combination door lock so no key is needed at all, just a code. This way all you have to do is e-mail them a letter a week before their arrival with instructions, direvtions and codes. That is what I do and it works out great. I purchased a Schlage model at Lowe's.
Cancellation Policy
Q72: May I cancel my vacation rental listing at any time?
Yes, but no refunds will be given for just changing your mind. We do offer a Rental Guarantee which would allow a full refund within 180 days of the listing activation if the listing meets the criteria of our Rental Guaranteee program. This is only for new owners who have not yet renewed a current listing on our site. This is only for the very first property an owner lists with us and they are not happy with the results they receive. Your ad will be removed and guarantees are only granted to one property once. If you sell your property, you are not eligible for a refund or credit for any unused time.
Q73: Can I delete my advertisement if I am no longer interested in advertising?
Yes. Please contact us and we will delete your listing. Please note that once we delete it, we can no longer pull the information back if you decide to advertise later down the road. The listing will have to be recreated from scratch. If you only want to pause it until the following year, we can deactivate it so it does not show active on the websites without actually deleting the property from your account. This way when you are ready to advertise again, all you have to do is login to your account and click on Renew Listing. Payment will be required to reactivate the listing. No credit is given for unused time.
Miscellaneous Questions
Q74: Can I find a listing using the listing number?
To find a listing, enter the Rental ID number in the search box on the homepage of VacationRentals2U.com and ShoreSummerRentals.com and click on Search or Go.
Q75: Is There a Direct Link to My Listing?
There are several ways to access and even share your listing.
1. There is a direct link to each property you list.
The URL for your listing will be:
http://www.shoresummerrentals.com/listing/______.html (enter rental id in blank area before ".html")
2. Click on Email a Friend from your listing.
3. Click on Share of Facebook from your listing.
4. Click on Share on Twitter from your listing.
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Q76: My City is Not Listed on Your Website.
You can list your vacation rental property in any city or state in the United States even if you do not see any other properties in that town yet. The city will dynamically create by you typing in the city name in the city box when creating your ad.
This is an Add-On to our Main Memberships. Click here for Pricing and Details.
Word of mouth is key to our success and very important to us. We now offer a very generous Referral Program.
Q79: Can I Restore an Expired Listing?
Yes. As long as you did not ask us to delete it entirely from our database. All listings are saved in our database and can be reactivated by making a payment online. Just login to your account and click on Renew Property. The system will walk you through the payment process and upon payment acceptance, your ad will automatically reactivate showing up on the site instantly. Please make sure you update current descriptions, photos, rates and availability.
Q80: Can I Restore a Deleted Listing?
No, that is why it is very important that you understand that once deleted, everything is gone - photos, descriptions, rates - EVERYTHING. That is why we always highly recommend just asking us to pause it unless you have sold. Noone knows what the future may hold.
If a message is returned to you undeliverable or an owner is not responding to inquiries, please contact us.
If a message is returned to you undelivered, we cannot provide you with the correct address to contact the person who sent the inquiry. Form-based inquiries ask the sender to enter an email address. There is no way to verify the validity of this address before sending the inquiry. It is up to the sender to ensure the email address provided exists and is typed in correctly. Sometimes it is possible to guess the address by checking for common misspellings (ex. Yahoo.con instead of Yahoo.com).
We cannot locate the correct address for undeliverable email address provided by prospective renters.
Send yourself a test email just entering "test" in the message box and an email address other than the one you registered with in the "From" box and click submit. Make sure the address you put in the From box is not the same address you used to register with and is a real address. If you do not receive the test email, check your inquiry box on VacationRentals2U.com and ShoreSummerRentals.com to see if it is there. If it is, make sure you have not blocked email from VacationRentals2U.com or ShoreSummerRentals.com via your spam controls (AOL users can enter keyword "SPAM CONTROLS" to check this).
If you have checked all the above and still did not receive your test email, please contact us.
Q83: Someone copied my listing text
If you believe that your work has been plagiarized, please contact us.
Spam, Scams, Complaints and Abuse
Unsolicited commercial e-mail (SPAM) is prohibited from being sent through our system. That is why it is very important not to add your email in your descriptions where it is visible to be spidered and used to bombard you with SPAM. For further information about internet fraud and fake check scams, see fraud.org.
Usually emails with poor grammar, spelling, odd use of capital letters and/or asking you to wire money or participate in an unusual bank transaction is a scam. The sender is usually attempting to obtain money, personal information or your email address. We recommend that you let us know you received this through our service and delete the message without responding. For further information about internet fraud and fake check scams, see fraud.org.
Scammers will send you an inquiry, which may seem legitimate, but at some point suggest they send you more than your rental fees and ask you wire back the difference. The check they send you will be a fake, but usually takes the bank several weeks to catch it. By then, you have wired the difference back and will be unable to recover what you have sent. In some instances, the bad check will even clear your bank initially. We suggest you insist on exact payment, however, if you do accept an overpayment, wait at least 30 days before returning any funds. If you receive a suspicious inquiry mentioning that a third party (a business, assistant, or someone who owes them money) is going to send an overpayment, we recommend that you delete the inquiry without responding. See fraud.org for more information.
Q87: File a Complaint about a Property Owner.
VacationRentals2U.com and ShoreSummerRentals.com reserves the right to remove or not remove a listing based on the legitimacy and severity of the complaint. If you have a complaint about a property on VacationRentals2U.com and ShoreSummerRentals.com, please contact us.
Q88: Protection against Abuse/Fraud.
While abuse and fraud is not common in the vacation rentals industry, we recommend you take certain steps to protect yourself and increase the chance that your transaction goes smoothly.
Some vacation rental sites offer free trials or free listings, but these increase the chance of abuse and fraud because the owner is not verified by way of a financial transaction, listings are often copied from other sites and have errors and are out of date. It?s safer to use VacationRentals2U.com and ShoreSummerRentals.com as we devote significant resources to verify the legitimacy of our owners and their listings. We can also assure you that we investigate suspicious listings and remove listings for serious or multiple complaints.
We recommend that you request references, ask for a rental contract, and research the owner and property before your stay. You should also never wire money to owners via Western Union, Money gram or other instant wire transfer services. If you do not feel comfortable working with a certain owner, move on to a different rental.
If you are the victim of Fraud/Abuse from a listing found on ShoreSummerRentals.com, please contact us with all the details.
Q90: Taxes Imposed on Charges for the Rental of Transient Accommodations
The Transient Accommodation Tax Has Been Reversed for Private Rentals...
It's Official! As of August 9, 2019, the Transient accommodation Tax has been Reversed for Private Rentals in all of New Jersey... Governor Murphy signed Bill A-4814 into law on August 9, 2019! Personal rentals at the Shore and all across New Jersey are now exempt from the tax EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY as long as the owner owns less than three rental properties.
Rentals secured through ShoreSummerRentals.com with a rental stay starting August 9, 2019 forward are NO LONGER TAXABLE as long as the owner owns less than 3 rental units.
>> Why Our Owners and Renters Choose Us Year after Year!
There is a bit of confusion all around as to the tax implications for owners who own more than two rental units. We cannot answer specific questions as the Treasury still has to translate that part of the Amendment. The Rental Coalition will be working directly with the Treasury for clarification and updates will be sent when we have the answers. In the meantime, a member of the Coalition wrote this blog which may explain things better than we can at this time.
>> Questions and Origin of the 2 Unit Exemption.
>> Click here to view "Understanding the NJ Rental Tax" blog.
>> Listen here for what this means for our renters...
To be clear, this new Bill goes into effect as of August 9, 2019, so anyone who rented directly with an owner via ShoreSummerRentals.com (and the owner owns less than 3 rental homes) will not owe this tax if their stay happens from August 9, 2019 and forward. If a renter already paid an owner taxes for a rental stay after August 8, 2019, the owner will need to return that money to you. Please contact them directly. This Bill amendment is not retroactive so if you vacationed at a rental before August 9, 2019, the tax will not be refunded.
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About the Box: Summerized
Genius Loci: Coral Reefs
By: Summer Powell, San Francisco
My genius loci is coral reefs. I feel so at home drifting around the swaying, colorful animals and plants.
When making this little diorama I was thinking of diving off Kauai, and the shimmering schools of fish undulating around Flintstonian reef formations. At one point a turtle swam above us, and the sunlight glinted at the edges of its silhouette.
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