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The Sr. Account Manager/Customer Advocate is responsible for delivering the Customer Experience and driving customer loyalty. They are the liaison between Windstream and the Customer, serving as the customer's advocate while balancing doing the right thing for the business. Primary responsibilities are to renew, retain and grow their assigned customer modules while making it easy for the customer to do business with Windstream. They are empowered to advocate on behalf of the customer within Windstream, set the appropriate expectations across the customer journey, while also educating customers on how to leverage tools, resources, products and services to run and grow their business. This is a collaborative position that works together with all Windstream departments to drive customer loyalty, retention and sales.
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BARRIE, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jan. 20, 2016) - Partners Real Estate Investment Trust (the "REIT," or "Partners") (TSX:PAR.UN) announced today that the REIT will release its financial results for the fourth quarter and twelve months of 2015 after the market close on Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
A press release summarizing these results, as well as both financial statements and Management's Discussion & Analysis for the relevant period, will be available on Partners' website (www.partnersreit.com) and SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
Partners will host a conference call at 8:30 AM Eastern on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at which time Partners' management will both review the financial results and discuss the REIT's strategic outlook.
Conference Dial-In Details
Toll Free (North America): 866-223-7781
Local: 416-340-2216
Instant Replay Details (Available until March 24, 2016)
Toll Free (North America): 800-408-3053
Passcode: 3919300
A recording of the conference call will also be available via Partners' website.
About Partners REIT
Partners REIT is a growth-oriented real estate investment trust focused on the expansion and management of a portfolio of 36 retail and mixed-use community and neighbourhood shopping centres. These properties are located in both primary and secondary markets across British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, and comprise a total of approximately 2.5 million square feet of leasable space.
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Jason Samenow, the normally reasonable leader of the "Capital Weather Gang" blog on the Washington Post must have gone over to "the dark side." I agree with him on practically everything, so it was a shock to see a column titled: "Godzilla El Nino': Meteorologists need to back off their criticism of apt description." He said using the word "Godzilla" was a "fun, buzz-worthy weather term". What?????
As I've pointed out in a couple of blogs, a possible record El Nino continues to build in the Tropical Pacific, and it is certainly helping to suppress hurricane season in the Atlantic.
And last week, I looked at how the El Nino could influence another "feast or famine" winter here:
Apparently, calling it a "Super El Nino" or "Record El Nino isn't enough for some folks. We live in an age of hype-in blogs, movies, politics, and yes, even news at times. It helps sell papers, create a "buzz," get more "clicks," and get valued media attention. But do scientists have to play that game? Are we so un-creative that we have to make up nonsense names to get attention?
The name "Godzilla" was added to the El Nino term by none other than a man Jason described as "respected NASA scientist William Patzert". A quick Google look proves that not only is he brilliant, but a terrific communicator. He's so good that he is well-known in California. Los Angeles Magazine calls him "The Prophet of California Climate." Clearly the guy has no problem finding words to describe his science.
Jason seems to feel that "Godzilla" is fine because it was used by a "respected scientist" and that "I say it often: If you're boring, you're irrelevant in weather communication." Just how "un-boring" can you be as a scientist without causing a problem for everyone else? It is now a perfect defense by any headline writer in the world to call the El Nino "Godzilla." "Hey, a respected scientist called it that, not us." This kind of thing has happened before, and I'm sure it will happen again.
Now, that was a great name. It was attributed to a former co-worker of mine, Bob Case, from the National Weather Service office in Boston. The 1991 combination of a dying hurricane, a cold front, and a high pressure area coming down from Canada were the three elements. They led to a best-selling book in 1997 and a popular movie starring George Clooney in 2000. While it wasn't that unique in weather history, Bob apparently told the author, Sebastian Junger that it was a "perfect situation". As I recall, only meteorological nitpickers objected to the name.
When we think of names for storms, we think of hurricanes. That officially started in 1953. But the origin of that was probably the habit in World War II of pilots naming their planes for their wives, girlfriends, or movie stars. The main objection regarding hurricane names was in 1979, when the National Hurricane Center (NHC) was ordered to alternate men's and women's names. It had been all female names before that.
Hurricane names have been carefully selected, first by NHC, and then by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). None of them are "jokes" or silly names, unlike the winter storm naming from The Weather Channel starting in 2012.
There are some real science nerds at The Weather Channel (I should know-I used to be one of them). It must have been a kick to be able to name winter storms after characters on "The Jetsons" ("Astro"), "Star Trek" ("Vulcan"), mythology ("Thor", and many others), Captain "Nemo", cartoon or comic book characters ("Linus", Electra"), etc….etc….Believe it or not, I don't object to the general idea of naming winter storms. It's just the obvious frivolous and playful choice of names. Why not name them after Presidents? Or great scientists? Or war heroes? There are plenty of serious possible choices.
We had more than one big snowstorm in the record winter of 2009-10. The biggest was on Feb. 5-6, 2010. We got 28.5" of snow officially in Philadelphia, making it the second biggest one ever recorded. In the Washington/Baltimore area, Dulles airport got 33" and BWI 25". So, of course, someone had to come up with a special name for the special storm. The Capital Weather Gang asked for suggestions, and one of them, "Snowmageddon" became the favorite. The storm will forever be known with that name.
While the name was nice and cute, there were several deaths associated with it. But not nearly as many as there were in "Frankenstorm".
We knew Sandy was going to be bad days in advance. When an executive on a conference call asked what the "worst case scenario" was, I replied: "The worst natural disaster in our part of the world." This was no time for frivolous names. People were about to die. Others would lose their lifetime homes. Millions suffered in one way or another.
But one National Weather Service meteorologist wrote in a discussion, noting that Halloween was near, that "inviting perhaps a ghoulish nickname for the cyclone along the lines of 'Frankenstorm,' an allusion to Mary Shelley's gothic creature of synthesized elements." What????? What happened to the days when The National Weather Service had standards as a serious, life-saving institution? Is it about internet "clicks" now? Or, "let's get as much publicity as possible?"
Now that one real scientist used a "fun" name, it seemed every media outlet jumped in to join the fun. Except, of course, it turned out to be as far from fun as any storm we've seen along the East Coast. Later, it was called "Superstorm Sandy," which was a perfectly appropriate name for such a disaster.
"The Perfect Storm" , "Superstorm Sandy", "The Storm of the Century", "The Lindsay Storm" (look it up), "The Labor Day Hurricane"….all were names that described the storm, the timing of it, or the politician whose career was hurt by it (Lindsay). But where does "Godzilla" come in?
It's no more serious than "Sharknado", which is a nice, funny joke. Everyone knows it's a joke. And it's about something fictional. "Godzilla" has nothing to do with El Nino, in any way. But expect to hear that name a lot more. After all, it was "a respected scientist" who coined it. It's the perfect defense.


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Ward Village® Invites Guests to Shop & Save with Festival of Giving and All You Can Tote
Caryn Kboudi, The Howard Hughes Corporation, email@example.com, (214) 741-7744
Store discounts, charitable shopping and more at participating merchants this November
HONOLULU (Oct. 22, 2015) – Ward Village®, a master planned neighborhood being revitalized by The Howard Hughes Corporation® (NYSE: HHC) today announced two fun and easy ways for guests to get a head start on their holiday shopping – the property's annual charity shopping event, Festival of Giving, and All You Can Tote, a seasonal bag promotion.
"With a diverse mix of local small businesses and national retailers, Ward Village is a one-of-a-kind shopping destination for everyone on your holiday list," said Heidi Kuia, Senior Marketing & Events Coordinator at Ward Village. "This November, both Festival of Giving and All You Can Tote will give shoppers a chance to find great gifts while enjoying special deals and rewards property-wide."
During Festival of Giving, held Nov. 6 to 8, attendees will enjoy a handful of perks, including a gift-with- purchase, free giveaways, social media scavenger hunt, prize wheel, and more while raising funds for local community groups and organizations. With the purchase of a $10 Festival of Giving Passport, 100 percent of the proceeds will directly benefit participating charity groups. Passports can be purchased ahead of time from participating groups or on-property at Ward Warehouse and Ward Centre, now through Nov. 8 at select merchant locations. A few of the exclusive discounts Passport holders receive this year include:
- Buy one, get one at Jamba Juice, Menchie's Frozen Yogurt, Dairy Queen and Zpizza
- 20 percent off storewide at Bed Bath & Beyond, Hakubundo, CHAI Studio, THEFACESHOP,
Misfortune Hawaii, Downtown GifThings and more 50 percent off at Crazy Shirts Factory Outlet, Big City Diner, Rix Island Wear, Ocean Queen and more 20 to 25 percent off food purchases at Mexico Cantina, Kincaid's & Ryan's Grill 15 percent off storewide, including sale items at The Sports Authority
Festival of Giving Passport holders will also receive a $15 gift certificate to Kincaid's or Ryan's Grill at the gift-with-purchase redemption booth at Ward Warehouse from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, located between Pa'ina Café and T&C Surf.
New this holiday shopping season, Ward Village is introducing its All You Can Tote bag promotion, which will offer exclusive discounts to guests during Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. Starting Monday, Nov. 9, customers who make a purchase of $10 or more from a participating merchant will receive an All You Can Tote reusable tote bag while supplies last by showing proof of purchase at participating merchants.
"Ward Village's annual holiday shopping events provide our customers fun and easy ways to experience all that this property has to offer," said Cindy Kouchi, Owner of Downtown GifThings. "We look forward to welcoming Festival of Giving Passport holders and All You Can Tote shoppers during this busy retail
Since launching Festival of Giving over a decade ago, Ward Village has helped hundreds of local nonprofits and groups raise more than $1 million.
For more information about Festival of Giving and All You Can Tote, visit www.wardvillageshops.com/events.
About Ward Village®
Developed by The Howard Hughes Corporation, Ward Village is a new 60-acre coastal master planned community in the heart of Honolulu located between downtown and Waikīkī in the Kakaʻako district. Ward Village includes two mixed-use residential towers – Waiea and Anaha – that are now under construction and will transform the popular shopping and dining district into a vibrant neighborhood that offers exceptional residences with incredible island and ocean views and a carefully curated mix of retail experiences set among dynamic public open spaces and walkable streets.
This growing community will include three additional developments: Ae'o at 1001 Queen Street, Gateway Towers and Ke Kilohana at 988 Halekauwila Street. Aeʻo at 1001 Queen Street is a 466-unit mixed-use condominium tower anchored by a flagship Whole Foods Market. The extraordinary first building of Gateway Towers on Ala Moana Boulevard will bring the architecture of world-renowned architect Richard Meier to the Honolulu skyline. Ke Kilohana will bring housing targeted for local residents and a 23,000 square foot Long's Drugs to the neighborhood.
The vision for Ward Village is consistent with the master plan approved by the HCDA in 2009, which allows for up to 9.3 million square feet of mixed-use development and will include over 4,000 residences and over 1 million square feet of retail space.
Ward Village is Hawaiʻi's only LEED-ND Platinum-Certified project and the largest neighborhood development in the country to receive such a prestigious certification. The Information Center and Residential Sales Gallery is located at the iconic IBM Building. For more information, visit www.wardvillage.com.
About The Howard Hughes Corporation®
The Howard Hughes Corporation owns, manages and develops commercial, residential and mixed-use real estate throughout the U.S. Our properties include master planned communities, operating properties, development opportunities and other unique assets spanning 16 states from New York to Hawai'i. The Howard Hughes Corporation is traded on the New York Stock Exchange as HHC with major offices in New York, Columbia, MD, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas and Honolulu. For additional information about HHC, visit www.howardhughes.com.
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Statements made in this press release that are not historical facts, including statements accompanied by words such as "will," "believe," "expect," "enables," "realize", "plan," "intend," "assume," "transform" and other words of similar expression, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's expectations, estimates, assumptions, and projections as of the date of this release and are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are set forth as risk factors in The Howard Hughes Corporation's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly and Annual Reports. The Howard Hughes Corporation cautions you not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this release. The Howard Hughes Corporation does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect future events, information or circumstances that arise after the date of this release.
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When Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) was released, one of the tent-pole features was Time Machine, Apple's extremely simple, all-encompassing backup solution. With Time Machine, you simply connected your external hard drive, configured a few settings and the utility began backing up your entire computer.
So long as your hard drive is connected, Time Machine continues to make backups on an hourly basis. The hourly backups are consolidated into a single day, every 24 hours and the days consolidated into a week, and so on, as disk space allows.
So your all good, correct? Your data is backed up, you've done your job and no matter what happens to your computer, you'll still have everything in your backup. Well, ideally – yes. In reality, not necessarily.
The entire reason you are backing up your computer is because hard drives fail. A bad drop, a liquid spill, or simply old age, a hard drive will not last forever. So you back up your computer's hard drive…to another hard drive. Now, if your internal hard drive fails, you have an external hard drive containing a second copy of everything… but as I said, hard drives fail. It's inevitable. So what to do?
Make triple and quadruple backups? Sure, if you've got the time and money, but an easier and more economical solution is simply to check your backups every now and then. Make sure they are running properly, make sure your data is being backed up properly, make sure your the data is not corrupt, make sure you can recover your files properly. A little care and preparation can go a long way.
Suffering a Great Loss
In 2006, I received my first MacBook. The black, Core 2 Duo model. I loved it. In February 2010, the computer overheated, I saw smoke rise up from the under keys and the machine was kaput. It was a devastating day for me.
The silver lining was that my Time Machine drive, sitting on my desk, next to the dead MacBook, was shining like an angel. I purchased a Dell Mini 10v, because I like to tinker, and turned it into a tiny hackintosh. It was a fun little toy and I easily restored my data from the Time Machine drive, my 13,000-song-strong iTunes library fully intact (that was my biggest concern).
Well the Apple gods must not have liked me messing around outside their walled garden, because a few months later, after a hard restart, the little machine simply would not boot. Again, my heart sank. A bit of panic took over me, but again, my Time Machine drive just sat their like a modest white knight. A new computer, fully restored data and once again my life was saved.
Had I not backed up my data, I would have lost my digital life twice in 6 months. With all the seemingly bad luck, I was extremely fortunate that my backup drive remained in tact. I no longer take chances, I can't experience that heartache (my beloved MacBook!) again. I backup my data and I double and triple-check the external drive containing my data. It's too important not to.
Checking Your Backup Drive
Verify the Disk
The first step to checking your backup drive is to check for and repair any data corruption. If your drive is full of errors, you're going to have a tough time accessing any backed up data.
Make sure your backup drive is connected to your Mac. Quit Time Machine, or whichever backup utility you use. Open "Disk Utility" and select the backup drive in the sidebar, select the "First Aid" tab in the main window. Click "Verify Disk" in the lower right corner.
The "Verify Disk" operation will check your backup drive for any inconsistencies and errors. If anything is detected, it's reported in the main window. To repair any errors after the process completes, select "Repair Disk."
Alternatively, you can bypass "Verify Disk" and simply select the repair option as this will first detect any errors and then automatically repair them.
Disk Utility will repair the detected errors. Not all found errors are cause for extreme alarm, it is normal for data corruption to happen during power outages and forced shutdowns. If Disk Utility is unable to completely repair your backup, you may need to use a more comprehensive disk repair utility such as DiskWarrior.
Explore the Data
After you've confirmed the integrity of your drive, it's time to explore your backed up files. Connect your backup drive to your computer. The drive will show up in Finder. Open the "Time Machine" application. The desktop fades away, replaced by a starry background and a seemingly infinite number of Finder windows, fading off into the distance.
Each Finder window represents a date in your Mac's history, scrollable via the back and forward buttons to the right. Explore the backed up data, ensuring that data has, in-fact, been backed up. If you select your "Desktop" in the Finder window and scroll through time, you should see the changes made to the files living on your desktop.
If you prefer not to use the Time Machine interface, or do not use Time Machine at all, you can browse the files on the connected backup drive using Finder. Time Machine places the data in time-stamped folders within the "Backups.backupdb" folder. This data is organized just as your current Macintosh HD is.
Restore Your Files
If everything checks out with the backed up data, make sure you can restore the data. It is important to test this process, as a backup is worthless if restoration does not function properly. If you are exploring your data via Time Machine, simply select a previous version of a file or a now-deleted file to restore and click the "Restore" button.
Time Machine will scroll back to the current date, fade away, your desktop will reappear and the restored document will be back in its original location. Open the document to ensure the process properly restored the file.
Exploring your backup and restoring test files may seem like overly simple tests to run, but it is important to know that Mac OS X can properly access and interact with the backup data. Without confirming this on a fairly regular basis, you may be in for a huge surprise (more likely a huge disappointment), the day you actually need to perform these tasks.
Boot the Drive
Of course, Time Machine isn't the only backup solution. Utilities such as Super Duper! and Carbon Copy Cloner allow you to create fully bootable backups. What does this mean? It means you can connect the backup to your computer, power on the machine and the data on the external hard drive loads instead of the internal.
Imagine your work machine fails and it's going to be at least a week until Apple's Geniuses will have it back in your hands. With a bootable backup drive, you can connect the drive to a new computer or your home computer, boot from the backup and like magic, your entire workspace is back in front of you, fully intact.
Bootable backups have the ability to load the entire Mac OS X desktop environment from the backed up image of your Macintosh HD on the external hard drive.
Test your bootable backup by holding down the "Option" key while the system starts up (and the drive is connected). Select the backup from the list of startup disks ("Macintosh HD" will typically be the only other option). Explore your data when the desktop loads to ensure everything is working properly.
Make it a Habit
Checking and double-checking your backups is your only insurance against a failed internal drive. Think of all the family pictures saved in your iPhoto library – chances are you haven't printed out the majority of them, meaning they only live on your computer.
Think of your iTunes collection, the years and money spent to build up a respectable collection. All your school papers. Your contacts, years of emails in Mail.app. Chances are, many or most aspects of your life pass through your computer at some point. Even the thought of losing all that data is enough to breathe heavy and draw tears.
Backing up your data is the first step in preserving your digital memories and it's a great first step. The next, possibly more important, step is taking proper care of your backups to preserve their health and extend their life. Make it a habit to test your backups on a weekly and monthly basis!


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Vehicle Crash reports for Village Residents Only, can be picked up at the Wolverine Lake Police Department at no cost. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for reports must be in writing and must sufficiently describe the records you are seeking. Please submit to the Wolverine Lake Village Administrative Office. The fee for FOIA requests varies and includes cost of duplication, search, examination, deletion, separation and mailing.
Frequently, citizens applying for employment will find that their prospective employer requires a clearance letter from their local police department. This is a service the Wolverine Lake Police Department provides for residents only. To obtain a clearance letter you must appear at the Police Department with photo identification. A search of the Department's records is done and a letter is then generated listing any criminal contacts the requestor may have had with the department. There is no charge for this service. Make your request at the Wolverine Lake Police Department.
The Wolverine Lake Police Department is available to fingerprint Village residents for employment or other purpose during regular business hours 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Wolverine Lake Police Department. Officers will be called in from the road to perform this service so it could take a few minutes. Please allow yourself some extra time when coming in for fingerprinting. There is no charge for this service.
Have you locked your keys in your car? As a courtesy to our Village residents, we will come out to help. We do have a liability waiver that we require to be signed prior to unlocking the vehicle. If there is a child in the locked vehicle, be sure to advise the dispatcher to upgrade the complaint to an emergency situation. Keep in mind that simple lockouts are not considered top priority complaints and other emergencies will be handled first.
When you are going out of town, call us, let us know when you are leaving and when you will be returning and we will keep an extra watch on your home while you are gone. Please complete this Vacation Form and return it to us prior to leaving.
Wolverine Lake residents can apply for handgun permits between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. There are no fees for the purchase of a permit. The following requirements must be met prior to a permit being issued:You must have photo identificationYou must be a resident of Wolverine Lake and a United States citizen or resident legal alien.You must be eighteen years of age or older to purchase a handgun from a private citizen. You must be twenty-one years of age or older to purchase a handgun from a licensed federal firearms dealer. You have never been convicted of a felony or convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. You are not subject to a conditional bond release, a personal bond release, a personal protection order, or other court order which prohibits you from purchasing or possessing a firearm. You have not been adjudged insane or legally incapacitated unless competency has been restored by court order. You are not under involuntary hospitalization or alternative treatment program due to mental illness. Note: Unused purchase permits must be returned to the Police Department. Persons who have current Concealed Pistol License DO NOT need to obtain a license to purchase a handgun. A "Record of Sale" can be filled out and turned in to the police department. A blank copy of the "Record of Sale" can be obtained at the Police Department or online here.
A Concealed Pistol License (CPL) Application can be obtained at the Police Department during normal business hours at no cost to the applicant. Fingerprints and all other CPL paperwork will be handled by the Oakland County Sheriffs' Department.
The Wolverine Lake Police Department is continually striving to work closely with its residents through Community Policing. One of the key elements to Community Policing is community involvement. The Villagers Against Crime program has been implemented so citizens, in cooperation with the police, can directly participate in the decision and prevention of crime. Village residents are trained how to recognize suspicious or criminal activities and report them to the police department. Villagers Against Crime is a citizens involvement program dedicated to make Wolverine Lake a safer place in which to live. The Police Department also offers classes in various safety issues such as:Personal SafetyBicycle SafetyCrime ReportingHome Intrusion If your group (i.e. Subdivision Homeowner's Association, etc.) is interested in having a safety class, please contact Chief John Ellsworth at 248-926-6060. Together we can make a difference!
Contact Village Hall for current class date.
Curfew for Minors Under 12 Years of Age (20.719, Section 46)It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of 12 years to loiter, idle or congregate in or on any public street, highway, alley or park between the hours of 10:00p.m. and 6:00a.m. of the following day unless the minor is accompanied by a parent or guardian, or some adult delegated by the parent or guardian to accompany the child. (ord.no.85 eff. June 9, 1972) Curfew for Minors Under 16 Years of Age (20.720, Section 47)It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of 16 years to loiter, idle or congregate in or on any public street, highway, alley or park between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00a.m., immediately following, except where the minor is accompanied by a parent or guardian or some adult over the age of eighteen years delegated by the parent or guardian to accompany the minor child, or where the minor is upon an errand or other legitimate business directed by his or her parent or guardian. (ord.no.85 eff. June 9, 1972)
Oakland County Sheriff's Department dispatches for Wolverine Lake. For assistance call 248-624-1335.Emergencies: dial 9-1-1
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I need a copy of my driving record for my prospective employer, when can I pick that up? Sorry, we cannot run any information for the public (for example driving records, criminal histories) on our Law Enforcement Computer - it is against the law and we could be fined for doing so.


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Bird Science Activities
Bird Science Activities
Bird Science Activities for preschool through second grade.
Make stale bread bird feeders! Take a piece of bread. Have a child cut out a shape with a large cookie cutter. Punch a hole at the top. Thread a piece of twine through the hole and tie in a loop. Let dry overnight. Spread with peanut butter and press into bird seed. Hang outside for the birds to enjoy!
For an activity to go with spring and birds returning, try this. Make bird nesting balls. Collect mesh vegetable bags, such as what grapes, oranges, potatoes come in. You may cut them to the size you need. Also collect such items as the following: leftover thread (I sew and save all my thread clippings), yarn pieces, tiny fabric scraps or strips. Also, you can add Kleenex, cotton balls. Have the children take a bit of each of the materials and place them in the mesh. Pull the mesh together around the items they have placed in the mesh. Take a rubber band and secure the ends together. Using a yarn needle, thread in a piece of yarn and tie ends together to make a hanger. Place these nesting balls outside in trees or areas high enough that the birds feel safe. They will come and pull these materials out thru the mess and take them to make their nests. Have the children observe every so often to see if any of the materials have been removed from the nesting balls or if they see any nests with familiar materials in them.
Robins Nests
Talk to your class about the kinds of things birds use to make nests. Remind them that birds like small sticks and soft things to keep the eggs warm and safe. If you have a real nest to show them do so. Then give each child a brown lunch bag and take a nature walk. Have the children pretend they are birds and collect things for their nests. When you return to the classroom have a few children at a time come over and empty the contents of their bag on a table. Help the child roll down the sides of the bag all the way to the bottom of the bag shaping into a nest. Then provide glue and brushes so the children can brush the insides of the bag (bottom and sides) with glue. Then have the children press some of the things they collected into the glue. They probably won't be able to use all they have collected. Remind them that they need to have room for the eggs. These look remarkably like the real thing. Let dry.
Robins Eggs Mix 1 cup flour and 1/3 cup salt. Slowly add a scant 1/2 cup water until a nice workable consistency. Give a part to each child to shape into marble-sized eggs for the nest. Bake in an oven for several hours at 200 degrees to dry. Mix up some robins egg blue color tempera paint and have children paint their eggs. Dry
Let children put their eggs in their nest. This looks so cute and realistic.
Collect several types of bird nests or pictures of bird nests. Discuss the ways they are built. Provide some mud, sticks, leaves and other natural materials that birds use to make nests. Let the children roll up their sleeves and dig in! Can they make a nest like a bird? Bird nest-making skills will be greatly appreciated for this activity.
Spread peanut butter on a pine cone and roll in birdseed. Hang in a tree that is visible from the classroom. Set up a bird watching station with binoculars and a journal. Encourage the children to record with words or illustrations whatever they see.
Children match eggs to a bird in a nest. Have a bird sitting in a nest with a number on its wing. The children will place the correct number of eggs in the nest. Could also be used as an alphabet matching game.
One child is chosen the be the mother bird. The mother needs a gummy worm. Blindfold her. Have a baby bird move quietly around the room and find a spot to roost. The baby bird must tweet to tell the mother where it is. Once the mother finds the baby she can give it the gummy worm! The baby is now the mother and another child is chosen to be the baby.
Bluebird, bluebird through my window.
Children stand in a circle, holding hands, arms up…windows are open. One or two bluebirds are in the center. As you sing the song the birds weave in and out the open "windows". Sing as follows:… Bluebird, bluebird through my window, bluebird, bluebird through my window, bluebird through my window. (children bring down arms to close the window)….oh blue bird aren't you tired. Birds want to stay inside the circle as windows are being closed. You can change the name of the birds to fit with your theme….e.g. blue jay, cardinal, sparrow, etc.
Cut out different pictures of birds and play a game which one flies which ones don't fly.


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Sami patterned shoe bands were traditionally woven on a rigid heddle loom. The woven bands were worn wrapped around the ankles and their purpose was to fasten the reindeer leather boots to the feet and to protect the legs against the snow, similar to modern day gaitors.
These Sami shoe bands have been woven in the classical tradition using high quality worsted wool yarns imported from Sweden and Finland. All the shoe bands are woven with wool, not cotton yarns, as the wool provides insulation against the snow. The woven wool band will felt with use, making it thicker and more durable against the snow. The shoe bands can be hand washed in cool water and hung to dry. Please do not place them in a washing machine or dryer.
The woven section of the shoe band can be 2-3 meters in length, with an additional 2 meters that is braided or twined. The woven section is wrapped around the middle of the calf, down to the ankle. The braided section is used for tying the band to the ankle. The woven end of the shoe band is stitched with a piece of wool vadmal. The braided end is finished with a tassle.
The woven bands are approximately 1.5 inches or 3-4 cm in width.
The Sami shoe bands can be ordered in a choice of lengths. Measure around your foot by wrapping a tape measure around from your ankle to mid calf. The band should be long enough to cover your pant leg to keep the snow out.
The bands can be ordered in a variety of designs. The Sami often wore shoe bands with simple designs for everyday wear, and more intricately patterned shoe bands for special occasions.
Classic Blocks and Stripes
The Classic Blocks and Stripes designs are woven in your choice of traditional Sami colours.
(Red, White, Green, Blue, Yellow, Black)
Width: approx. 3.5 cm
Set of 2 shoe bands
2 meter length Shoe bands – £150.00
3 meter length Shoe bands – £200.00
All items are handmade and woven at the time of your order. A 50% non-refundable deposit (payable by Paypal) is required at the time of the order. This covers the yarn and materials costs, should you change your mind. The balance is due when the item is shipped.
Please allow 6-8 weeks for completion of your custom order.
I have recently had cancer surgery so it is taking me slightly longer to complete orders. Thank you for your understanding.


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Mondays With Bob Greene: I'm Recharged
Caroline Wozniacki beat Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-4 to win the women's singles at the Pilot Pen in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Fernando Verdasco beat Sam Querrey 6-4 7-6 (6) to win the Pilot Pen men's singles in New Haven
Tatjana Malek won the EmblemHealth Bronx Open, beating Kristina Barrois 6-1 6-4 in The Bronx, New York, USA
"Now it's my time. It's my turn to win some tournaments. I just feel I've had a great year. I'm so happy that it's my name coming up a lot of times now." – Caroline Wozniacki, after successfully defending her Pilot Pen Tennis women's singles championship.
"I never got a chance to go back there to defend my title in 2006 because I was injured with my left wrist and then pregnant in 2007. So while this does feel like a new beginning, I am looking forward to walking through those gates again for the first time in four years." – Kim Clijsters, who won the US Open in her last appearance at the year's final Grand Slam tournament.
"I am number three in the world, and the number three in the world should have a chance to win, no?" – Rafael Nadal, on his chances to win the US Open.
"I have to take it as a positive that I will have more time to get ready for the Open. It's been a really busy summer for me so I'll just take advantage of these (early losses) and keep training and preparing for the Open." – Venus Williams, talking about early exits from her last two tournaments.
"I'm recharged. I know I can play and move well and compete with the top players as good as I was, if not better. The US Open is my main goal." – Jelena Jankovic.
"With every tournament I feel physically I'm getting better and getting a good sense of the court, but it's still a work in progress. I'd like to forget I was gone for a long time but you have to put things in perspective." – Maria Sharapova, noting her chances of winning the US Open this year are slim.
"This year I equaled my best result in Australia (last 16), did two rounds better than I ever did at the French (quarterfinals) and got further than I have done at Wimbledon (semifinals). So now the slam is the last thing I need to do. I believe that I can do it." – Andy Murray, saying he's one of the favorites to win the US Open.
"Andy's not under the radar anymore and that's probably a good thing. Now that the expectations are there I think he's ready to handle it. He is definitely one of the six guys capable of winning." – Brad Gilbert, speaking about Andy Roddick.
"One of the important things he has over everyone, and he has it more than any other player I've seen since (Jimmy) Connors, is his love for the sport. Real love. He loves to be out there, to be around tennis, everything about it." – John McEnroe, talking about Roger Federer.
"I've never had a normal life, so I don't know what a normal life means." – Fabrice Santoro, who, playing in his 20th season on tour, will retire after the US Open.
"I just look to be prepared for the Open. This is my first important thing for me is to just get there and be prepared for a fight." – Flavia Pennetta.
"I think I've learned, especially in the last year, that it's a lot simpler than I realized, playing professional tennis. There are no secrets. You got to do what you do well and you have to bring that to the table every day." – Rajeev Ram, who won his first ATP Tour title earlier this summer…
"I don't think I am going to do anything special because it is my last Grand Slam. I am not planning it. But you never know what can happen. I know I am not going to win, there is no chance. So we will just see." – Marat Safin, the 2000 US Open champion who will retire at the end of this year.
"For the next year or so I'm not going to put any pressure on myself. I just want to stay healthy and enjoy my tennis." – Katarina Srebotnik, whose US Open appearance is her first tournament in 10 months because of injuries.
"She was just playing with me like a pussy cat, one corner to other corner. In the second set I started to be more aggressive and I started serving a lot better." – Elena Vesnina, after her three-set semifinal win over Amelie Mauresmo in New Haven.
"I elected to go with disaster control and the high powder-puff. Everyone asks did you bounce it. I just threw it over the catcher." – Andy Roddick, talking about throwing out the first pitch at a New York Yankees baseball game.
"I contemplated things like whether I would be able to accept myself for not being on the level that I was in my teens, twenties, and when I was 25; whether I would be able to accept losing, moreover be able to accept a losing streak. I did spend a lot of time contemplating about this. Yet, after I made my decision to be back on court again and challenge myself, I haven't really thought about it." – Kimiko Date Krumm, who returned to the WTA Tour after a 12-year retirement.
"It makes for something special. You sit in the players' lounge and you wait. It doesn't rain so often here so I don't think they should change anything." – Dinara Safina, saying she thinks something might be lost if a roof is installed over Arthur Ashe Stadium and there were no rain delays to sit though.
"I've peeked at the draw and seen where some of the qualifying spots are. I'd love to play a Federer or Nadal or a Roddick. We'll see. I just want to play in there." – Michael Yani, who at age 28 qualified for his first US Open, pointing at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Twice Andre Agassi closed out the US Open by winning the men's singles. This year, he is the headliner on opening day, being honored for "giving back." In 1994, the year he won his first US Open title, Agassi established the Andre Agassi Foundation, which is dedicated to transforming public education in Las Vegas, Nevada. As part of the Opening Night celebration, the USTA is recognizing the 40th anniversary of the National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL), which was founded in 1969 by Arthur Ashe, Charlie Pasarell and Sheridan Snyder as a network of community tennis organizations seeking to develop the character of young people through tennis and education. Besides Agassi, others honored on opening night include Mia Hamm, David Robinson and Doug Flutie.
Andre Agassi's autobiography, "Open," will be published in November. The eight-time Grand Slam singles champion writes about his start in tennis, his relationship with his father and his failed marriage to actress Brooke Shields.
There could be a USD one million dollar payday in Sam Querrey's future. By winning the US Open Series, the American has a chance to earn a bonus of between USD $15,000 and $1 million, according to how he finishes in the US Open. Querrey reached the final of the Pilot Pen in New Haven, Connecticut, before falling to Spain's Fernando Verdasco 6-4 7-6 (8).
The US Open wants players and their entourages to be careful about what they post on the social networking site Twitter. Signs at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center warn that Twitter messages could violate the sport's anti-corruption rules. The signs say tweeting is not allowed on court during matches and warns about using Twitter away from the court, saying information about players, weather, court conditions, status, outcome or any other aspect of an event could be determined as the passing of "inside information." The warnings say they apply to players, coaches, agents, family members and tournament staff.
Because of tropical storm Denney, the semifinals of the Pilot Pen tournament in New Haven, Connecticut, were moved indoors. After waiting in vain most of Friday for the steady rain to cease, the women's semis were switched from a 13,000-seat stadium to an indoor college court where only 300 fans were able to be squeezed into the building and leaned over a balcony that overlooked the court or stood on adjacent courts. There, Caroline Wozniacki beat Flavia Pennetta and Elena Vesnina downed Amelie Mauresmo. The men's semis followed suit Saturday morning, with Sam Querrey stopping Jose Acasuso and Fernando Verdasco defeating Igor Andreev. Both finals were played outdoors late Saturday as the storm finally subsided and the hard courts were dried.
Dominika Cibulkova won't be able to match her French Open performance at this year's final Grand Slam tournament. The semifinalist at Roland Garros pulled out of the US Open because of a rib injury. Her withdrawal allowed Alberta Brianti of Italy to move into the main draw, while Agnes Szavay becomes the number 32 seeded player.
Several players are nursing injuries as they begin their US Open run. Marion Bartoli retired from her match at the Pilot Pen in New Haven, Connecticut, because of a left thigh strain. A hand injury forced Agnieszka Radwanska to retire before the third set of her match in New Haven. And Nikolay Davydenko needed a doctor to look at his right wrist midway through his quarterfinal final loss to Sam Querrey in the Pilot Pen men's singles. Davydenko said his wrist became sore from the force of Querrey's serves hitting his racquet. Sabine Lisicki, who has been sidelined with a shoulder injury, will play in the US Open.
India's Sania Mirza received acupuncture treatment on her right wrist before heading to New York and the US Open. The 22-year-old underwent wrist surgery in April 2008, but the problem flared up again at the Beijing Olympics, forcing her to miss the last year's US Open. She had reached the semifinals of a challenger event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when she again felt pain in her right wrist. So she flew home to Hyderabad, India, to get treatment. "I'm much better now, but not absolutely pain-free," she said.
Katarina Srebotnik is making her comeback at the US Open. She was ranked as high as number 20 in the world in singles and number four in doubles, and had posted victories over Serena Williams at Roland Garros and Svetlana Kuznetsova at the US Open a year ago. But pain in her Achilles tendon and a shoulder injury forced her off the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour for 10 months. It's called the luck of the draw, and for Srebotnik it's bad luck. Her first-round opponent will be 13th-seeded Nadia Petrova.
Ivo Minar of the Czech Republic has denied deliberating taking a banned substance. The 25-year-old tested positive for a derivative of the banned stimulant pseudo ephedrine following a Davis Cup quarterfinal match against Argentina in July. "I have never consciously taken a banned substance," said Minar, who is ranked 66th in the world. "This is why I rejected the accusation of doping in my reaction sent to the ITF." Minar cited an injury when he withdrew from this year's US Open.
Serena Williams says she is telling all in her autobiography, "Queen of the Court," which is going on sale during the US Open. Serena says it was important for her to give an honest account of her life because she has not been as open as she should have been since the shooting death of her sister, Yetunde Price. She said that while she told the press injuries kept her from playing, she was also beset by depression because of a delayed reaction to Tunde's death. Serena says three things got her out of her depression: seeing a therapist, going to Africa where she began a school, and winning the 2007 Australian Open over Maria Sharapova. "It opened up a lot of doors I left closed to the public and to myself," Serena said of writing the book.
Brydan Klein promises to be on his best behavior after completing a racial sensitivity course. The former Australian Open junior champion was banned for six months and fined USD $10,000 by the ATP after making a racial slur against a black South African player during a tournament in England in June. The 19-year-old Klein has a history of clashes with officials, having been suspended from the Australian Institute of Sport for repeated on-court misbehavior. Ranked 223rd in the world, Klein said he has apologized to fellow player Raven Klaasen for the slur. He also said he cannot afford to slip up again. "I'm definitely on my last warning," he said. "This has been a step back for me and it hasn't been a nice experience."
John McEnroe has always been a big man in New York City, but this is ridiculous. A 100-foot high by 35-foot wide (30.48m by 15.24m) banner of McEnroe hangs on the side of Madison Square Garden promoting prostate cancer screening guidelines. McEnroe's father was diagnosed with the illness in 2006 but is now doing well. Now 50 years old, the younger McEnroe says he knows many men his age are reluctant to get screened for cancer for the same reason they don't like to ask for directions: they may view it as a sign of weakness.
Billie Jean King and actor Alec Baldwin will be the spokespeople for the expanded environmental initiatives at the National Tennis Center named in her honor. The two will join the United States Tennis Association (USTA) in encouraging US Open fans and others to help preserve the environment. Expanded 2009 initiatives will include a site-wide recycling effort placing more than 500 recycling receptacles across the 42 acres of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. There also will be on sale an exclusive organic t-shirt designed by two-time US Open champion Venus Williams.
Venus Williams has been named to the first Power List of O, the Oprah Magazine. Selecting "20 remarkable visionaries who are flexing their muscles in business and finance, politics and justice, science and the arts," the magazine picked Venus Williams as "The Power of Female Strength." Noting her Grand Slam and Olympics medals as well as her voice in the lobbying effort to win equal prize money for female players, the magazine said: "Both on and off the court, Venus Williams embodies a perfect marriage of power and grace. In the singular artistry of her play, we see that beauty and brawn aren't mutually exclusive."
The US Open logo – a flaming tennis ball – accounts for about 42 percent of all sales at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the year's final Grand Slam tournament. Sarah Cummins, the USTA's managing director for merchandising, told Bloomberg News that clothing, hats and other gear bearing the US Open logo brought in almost USD $14 million during the two-week tournament last year.
When James Blake debuts his new Fila line of clothes at the US Open, he will be thinking about his father. The logo on Blake's new clothing is "TR," and the line is called Thomas Reynolds, the first and middle names of his late father, who died in 2004. Fila will help capture the lessons instilled in James by his father through print ads and through hang tags on the line. While Blake will be wearing the clothes on a tennis court, there are plans for the Thomas Reynolds brand to be on golf, fitness and leisurewear as well. "I wanted to be part of something that wouldn't necessarily have to always be tied to me and be more about the spirit that father embodied," Blake said.
Following her third hip surgery, Jamea Jackson is retiring from the women's tour and will become assistant tennis coach at Oklahoma State University. The 22-year-old from Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, will also be a student at OSU. Jackson was a member of the United States Fed Cup team.
John Alexander's new game is politics. The former tennis player and commentator has joined the Liberal Party and is running for a seat in the Australian parliament. Alexander is an advocate for preventive health and believes the decline of public tennis courts and other facilities in Australia has contributed to childhood obesity and health problems. He said he joined the Liberal Party at the invitation of a friend, who told him he would be more effective in securing change by trying to be part of a government. Ranked as high as eighth in the world, Alexander was the youngest player to represent Australia in Davis Cup. He played Davis Cup from 1968 to 1980 and has been captain of Australia's Fed Cup team.
The US National Championships, known since 1968 as the US Open Tennis Championships, is the second oldest of the four Grand Slam tournaments and is the only one to have been played each year since its inception in 1881. This is the 129th version of America's premier tennis event and has been played on three different surfaces: grass, clay and hard court. The tournament has been held on hard court at Flushing Meadows since moving from Forest Hills in 1978. The only major sporting event in the United States older than the US Open is the Kentucky Derby, which began in 1875.
New Haven (men): Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer beat Bruno Soares and Kevin Ullyett 6-4 7-6 (3)
New Haven (women): Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez beat Iveta Benesova and Lucie Hradecka 6-2 7-5
The Bronx: Anna-Lena Groenfeld and Vania King beat Julie Coin and Marie-Eve Pelletier 6-0, 6-3
US Open: www.usopen.org
Kim Clijsters: www.kimclijsters.be/
Roger Federer: www.rogerfederer.com/en/index.cfm
Rafael Nadal: www.rafaelnadal.com/nada/en/home
Serena Williams: www.serenawilliams.com/
Venus Williams: www.venuswilliams.com/
Andy Roddick: www.andyroddick.com
Andre Agassi Foundation: www.agassiopen.com/
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ATP and WTA
US Open (second week), New York, New York, USA, hard
$120,000 Genoa Open Challenger, Genoa, Italy, clay
Mondays With Bob Greene: It shows how important Andy is for the team
Rajeev Ram beat Sam Querry 6-7 (3) 7-5 6-3 to win the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Agnes Szavay won the GDF Suez Grand Prix, beating Patty Schnyder 2-6 6-4 6-2 in Budapest, Hungary
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez beat Caroline Wozniacki 7-5 6-4 to win the Collector Swedish Open Women in Bastad, Sweden
Julia Goerges beat Ekaterina Dzehalevich 7-5 6-0 in Biarritz, France, to win the Open GDF Suez de Biarritz
Karol Beck won the Open Diputacion Ciudad de Pozoblanco in Pozoblanco, Cordoba, Spain, beating Thiago Alves 6-4 6-3
World Group Quarterfinals
Czech Republic Argentina 3-2; Croatia beat the United States 3-2; Israel beat Russia 4-1; Spain beat Germany 3-2
Americas Zone Group 1 Playoff: Peru vs. Canada; Group 2 Second Round: Venezuela beat Mexico; Dominican Republic beat Paraguay; Netherlands Antilles beat Jamaica; Bahamas vs. Guatemala
Asia/Oceania Zone Group 1 Second Round Playoffs: Kazakhstan beat Thailand 5-0; Korea vs. China; Group 2 Second Round: Philippines beat Pakistan 3-2; New Zealand beat Indonesia 5-0; Group 2 Playoffs: Hong Kong-China beat Oman 5-0; Malaysia beat Kuwait 4-1
Europe/Africa Zone Group 1 Playoffs: Belarus beat FYR Macedonia 4-1; Group 2 Second Round: Slovenia beat Lithuania 5-0; Latvia beat Bulgaria 4-1; Finland beat Monaco 3-2; Cyprus beat Ireland 3-1; Group 2 Playoffs: Egypt beat Georgia 5-0; Hungary beat Moldova 3-2; Denmark beat Montenegro 3-2; Portugal beat Algeria 5-0
"It's a beautiful way to celebrate my career. … I wish my dad would have been here today, but I know he's here in spirit because without him I wouldn't be sitting here today." – Monica Seles, on her installation into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
"These days don't come around very often unless you're (Roger) Federer or (Rafael) Nadal. There's definitely pressure. … Winning tournaments is not normal on the tour for 99 percent of us." – Rajeev Ram, after beating fellow American Sam Querry in Newport to win his first ATP title.
"I'm sorry I spoiled your (birthday) celebrations, but I promise I will buy you something instead." – Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain, after beating Caroline Wozniacki on the Dane's 19th birthday.
"For the first time I have absolutely nothing to say, usually I just can't stop talking, and I started to cry like a little boy." – Andy Ram, after teaming with Jonathan Erlich to win the doubles and clinch Israel's first semifinal berth in Davis Cup competition.
"It was a great fight. At the end I was just fighting like a tiger. That was the difference, I think. It wasn't about the tennis in that match. I was so close to losing." – Agnes Szavay, after beating Patty Schnyder in the final in Budapest.
"I was so embarrassed to be with them that I called everybody sir. Those players have won Wimbledon, Davis Cup, Forest Hills, French Open, and I have one trophy, Monte Carlo." – Andres Gimeno, who joined Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad and others on the pro tour before he won his only Grand Slam tournament title, the French Open, in 1972.
"It shows how important Andy is for the team. Being on the No. 2 spot is less pressure than playing on the No. 1 spot." – James Blake, losing both of his singles matches after being forced to play No. 1 when Andy Roddick pulled out of the United States-Croatia Davis Cup quarterfinal tie with a hip injury.
In a string of circumstances, Andy Roddick's hip injury may have been the catalyst that led to Rajeev Ram winning his first ATP title. When Roddick pulled out of Davis Cup with the injury, he was replaced by Mardy Fish, the top seed at the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island. Knowing he would get a spot in the main draw because of Fish's leaving, Ram withdrew from his final round of qualifying, then became the tournament's "lucky loser." With rain curtailing play on Tuesday and Wednesday, Ram played eight matches over the last three days of the tournament as he became just the third player on the ATP World Tour this year to win both singles and doubles at the same event. He downed fellow American Sam Querrey 6-7 (3) 7-5 6-3 for the singles title, then teamed with Austria's Jordan Kerr to beat Michael Kohlmann of Germany and Dutchman Rogier Wassen 6-7 (6) 7-6 (7) 10-6 (match tiebreak) in the doubles. Ram, playing in his fist ATP final and ranked 181 in the world, is the lowest ranked player to win a tournament this year. Until the Newport tournament, he had won a total of six career ATP matches.
In the biggest shocker of the Davis Cup weekend, Israel advanced to the semifinals of the World Group for the first time by upsetting Russia 4-1. The Israelis clinched the tie when Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich bested Marat Safin and Igor Kunitsyn to win the doubles and give their side an unassailable 3-0 lead over the two-time Davis Cup champions. "I actually can't describe how I feel. … I am so proud to be an Israeli today, to be a part of this team, so proud to be part of this sport and Davis Cup tennis, it was a classic tie," said Israel team captain Eyal Ran. Israel took a surprising 2-0 lead on the opening day when 210th-ranked Harel Levy upset Igor Andreev before Dudi Sela beat Mikhail Youzhny. Israel will take on defending champion Spain in the semifinals on September 18-20.
The other semifinal will pit two other surprising teams against each other. The Czech Republic edged Argentina, last year's Davis Cup finalists, 3-1, while Croatia defeated the Andy Roddick-less United States 3-2.
The singles winners at the US Open will pocket at least a record USD $1.6 million. The two champions also can earn an additional USD $1 million in bonus prize money, which could help in building a new garage on their home since they will also receive a new 2010 Lexus IS convertible vehicle. The USTA announced that the total US Open purse will top USD $12.6 million, making it the third consecutive year that the prize money has increased by USD $1 million. In addition to the base purse of USD $21.6 million, the top three men and top three women finishers in the Olympus US Open Series may earn up to an additional USD $2.6 million in bonus prize money. And just in case that's not enough to make ends meet, the US Open winners – like all the other players in the field – will receive per diem payments to help with the cost of accommodations and other expenses during their New York City stay.
Andre Agassi is returning to the US Open. Twice a champion in the year's final Grand Slam tournament, Agassi will headline the opening night ceremony on August 31 as the US Open celebrates charity work by athletes. Agassi, who began the Andre Agassi Foundation in 1994, ended his 21-year career by retiring at the end of the 2006 US Open. His foundation has a charger school in Las Vegas, Nevada, which graduated its first senior class in June, sending all 34 students to college.
The marathon Wimbledon final in which Roger Federer outlasted Andy Roddick was the most-watch All England Club men's final in the United States in 10 years. NBC said an average of 5.71 million people tuned in to watch Federer win his record-setting 15th Grand Slam title, the most since Pete Sampras beat Andre Agassi in the 1999 final. The 3.8 rating and 10 share was the best for a men's final since Sampras defeat4ed Patrick Rafter in 2000, and surpassed last year's five-set battle between Federer and Rafael Nadal by nine percent. The fifth set of the Federer-Roddick match was the longest in major final history.
While in Newport, Rhode Island, to attend his colleague Donald Dell's induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Ray Benton told the story about how he once advised Ivan Lendl that if he showed how much he enjoyed playing tennis it could help the bottom line. Benton, Lendl's agent, theorized that if the stoic-looking Lendl just smiled and acted happy after he won matches, it would result in the player earning an additional USD $1 million dollars a year in endorsements. Benton said Lendl pondered the idea for a few moments, then said, "It's not worth it." Lendl, who won 94 singles titles in his career, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2001.
The top mixed doubles team in the Advanta World TeamTennis Pro League will be playing on the big stage come this August. The mixed doubles team that finishes at the top of the WTT Pro League rankings will receive a wild card into the 2009 US Open mixed doubles tournament. More than 50 players are competing in the Advanta WTT Pro League this month for 10 franchises throughout the United States. "World TeamTennis has long featured some of the best players in the world, especially in doubles," said WTT commissioner Ilana Kloss. "We are very excited to work with the USTA to provide our players with this opportunity to be rewarded for their high level of play." World TeamTennis matches feature three sets of doubles – men's, women's and mixed – along with one set each of men's and women's single. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is a minority owner and promotional partner of World TeamTennis.
Spain reached back into the past to gain a victory in their Davis Cup tie against Germany. When Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer both pulled out of the World Group quarterfinal because of injuries, Juan Carlos Ferrero was added to the team. Then Spanish captain Albert Costa replaced Tommy Robredo with Ferrero in the decisive fifth match, and the former world number one bested Andreas Beck 6-4 6-4 6-4. It was the first time since 2005 against Italy that Spain won a fifth match to determine the outcome of a tie. It was Ferrero that time also who came away victorious. "It's amazing what I felt on the court today," Ferrero said. "It's a long time I didn't play Davis Cup competition and this tie for me was very special. To come back and play the last point, I felt amazing on the court."
India's Sania Mirza is making headlines for reasons beyond her tennis. In the latest incident, two engineering students have been arrested and accused of stalking her. All of this comes as she is being engaged to family friend Sohrab Mirza, whose father owns Universal Bakers chain in Hyderabad, India. The 23-year-old Sohrab is reportedly heading to the United Kingdom to pursue an MBA degree. Police said Ajay Singh Yadva was apprehended as he tried to barge into the tennis player's house, apparently to profess his love. He was taken into custody when he refused to leave. Yadav's arrest came a day after another student threatened to commit suicide if the engagement was not called off. Last month, the Andhra Pradesh state government found that a man had secured a white ration card showing Sania Mirza as his wife, complete with photos of the tennis star. White ration cards are meant for people living below the poverty line. The 22-year-old Mirza became the first Indian woman to climb into the top 40 in the rankings. At one time, the Muslim player was assailed by conservative elements of the Indian community for competing in short skirts and sleeveless shirts.
Former junior Australian Open champion Brydan Klein has been banned from the game for six months for racially abusing South African Raven Klaasen during an ATP event in England last month. The 19-year-old Australian also will undergo a racial sensitivity course and was fined USD $10,000 by the ATP. Australian media said Klein called Klaasen a "kaffir" and spat at his coach and another player. Klein earlier had been fined USD $13,290 by Tennis Australia, which suspended him from the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and cut off his funding grants. "I sincerely regret my error in judgment in using the language I did and I am deeply sorry for the offense caused," Australian Associated Press (AAP) quoted Klein as saying in a statement. "I am accepting the ATP's ruling and am now looking to put the whole incident behind me. I will undergo a racial sensitivity course and am determined to learn from this mistake." The suspension covers all ATP World Tour and ATP Challenger Tour events. The final two months of the suspension and extra fine will be waived if Klein successfully completes the racial sensitivity training course.
Jelena Dokic's ailment has been diagnosed as mononucleosis. The illness has plagued Dokic since the end of the French Open. Blood tests taken after she lost at Wimbledon revealed the illness. She was told by doctors to do nothing but rest for at least two weeks. "I am disappointed to have to pull out of a couple of events, but I am also relieved to finally know what was wrong," said Dokic, who once was ranked as high as fifth in the world before dropping off the tour with personal problems. "It has been so frustrating since the French. My natural work ethic is to get on court and train hard with intensity. I just haven't been able to do that, and until now I didn't know why."
Todd Woodbridge is Australia's new Davis Cup coach. A 16-time doubles Grand Slam tournament champion, Woodbridge has been appointed national men's and Davis Cup coach in an expanded full-time role. Tennis Australia made the move in an effort to reverse the country's flagging fortunes in the competition, which they have won 28 times, second only to the United States. Woodbridge is Australia's longest serving Davis Cup player and was a member of the 1999 and 2003 Davis Cup winning teams. The country currently has only one player ranked in the top 100 in the world, Lleyton Hewitt. It ended its 2009 campaign by forfeiting a regional group tie against India earlier this year, claiming security concerns on the sub-continent.
Being that tweeting while playing is against the rules, Justin Gimelstob needed help to tweet during his doubles match at the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island. Gimelstob would write notes and give them to a ball girl who would run over to the side of the court where another person would post them on Gimelstob's Twitter account. Some times he would mouth a few comments for the intern to post in between points. Most of the twittering was standard play-by-play recaps. "There's so much competition for the entertainment dollar," Gimelstob explained. "Fans want to know what goes on behind the scenes. Fans want to know what goes on in the players' heads."
The death of French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt has been attributed to cardiac arrest. Montcourt, who had just begun a five-week ban from tennis for gambling on other players' matches, was found outside his apartment in Paris after he spent the evening at the home of Patrice Dominguez, technical director of the French Tennis Federation. Ranked 119th in the world, Montcourt was cleared of influencing the outcome of any of the matches he had bet on. He also had been fined USD $12,000 for the offense, which he called ridiculous since he had only bet a total of USD $192.
NH Hoteles has extended its sponsorship of Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for an additional three years. Originally a Spanish brand, NH Hoteles has grown to 348 hotels in 22 countries in Europe, Africa and the Americas. The International Tennis Federation (ITF), in making the announcement, noted that since NH Hoteles joined the Davis Cup family in 2004 as an international sponsor it has added 106 hotel properties to its portfolio.
Newport: Rajeev Ram and Jordan Kerr beat Michael Kohlmann and Rogier Wassen 6-7 (6) 7-6 (7) 10-6 (match tiebreak)
Bastad: Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta beat Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-2 0-6 10-5 (match tiebreak)
Budapest: Alisa Kleybanova and Monica Niculescu beat Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4 7-6 (5)
Biarritz: Yung-Jan Chan and Anastasia Rodionova beat Akgul Amanmuradova and Darya Kustova 3-6 6-4 10-7 (match tiebreak)
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(All money in USD)
$600,000 Catella Swedish Open, Bastad, Sweden, clay
$600,000 Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany, clay
$125,000 Bogota, Columbia, clay
$220,000 Internazionali Femminili di Tennis di Palermo, Palermo, Italy, clay
$220,000 ECM Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic, clay
$1,500,000 Bet-at-Home Open, Hamburg, Germany, clay
$600,000 Indianapolis Tennis Championships, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, hard
$220,000 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portoroz, Slovenia, hard
$220,000 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria, clay
Australian Open Days 5 and 6 Roundup
Day 5
In the battle between two former Australian Open champions, Roger Federer (won in 2004, 06-07) knocked out Marat Safin (2005). Safin had his little chance only in the third set. Federer was leading 4:1 in a tie-break with two mini-breaks but lost awhile his concentration after Safin's foot fault on second serve. The Russian argued with a linesman and moment later was 5:4 up. Federer served very well twice and converted first match point with amazing backhand passing-shot.
"I lost today probably to the better player, one of the greatest ones in the history of tennis," said Safin. "I really hope for him to be so I can tell the story to my kids that I played with him. I think it's a nice story."
Serb Novak Djokovic lost first set in the tournament against the Bosnian-born Amer Delic. There was very close to play a five-set match because at 5:4 (40-15) in the fourth set, Delic had double setpoint on Djokovic's serve. The defending champion fought off the danger with an ace and lucky netcord that forced Delic to make an error.
"I need some matches like this to feel really what is Grand Slam all about," said Djokovic.
The 36-year-old Santoro was playing in his 66th Grand Slam championship – the Open Era record amongst male players. In his final match in Melbourne lost to Andy Roddick 3-6 4-6 2-6. Santoro had break point (triple break point in all) only in one game – when Roddick was serving to win the second set. "Respect is an understatement," Roddick said about the Frenchman. "The longevity he has had is an accomplishment in itself." "This has always been one of my favorite places" said Santoro who reached in Melbourne his only Grand Slam quarterfinal in singles, three years ago, and won here twice the title in doubles (2003-04).
Day 6
Fernando Verdasco has been in great form since last year's tournament in St. Petersburg. The Spaniard confirmed his aspiration to be a Top 10 player with a convincing win (6-4 6-0 6-0) over Radek Stepanek. Verdasco was break down at 3:4 and won 15 games in a row since then, and took a revenge for a defeat to Stepanek in the final at the Brisbane Internation two weeks ago.
Verdasco sets up 4th round clash with Andy Murray who won his match in similiar circumstances. The Scott won 11 consecutive games in a 7-5 6-0 6-3 win over Jurgen Melzer.
James Blake extends the lead in matches against his easiest opponent Igor Andreev to 6-0. The American has also the same H2H against Arnaud Clement and Nikolay Davydenko but against Andreev won the most sets, defeated him inter alia in three different Grand Slam tournaments (they have never met only at the French Open).
Fernando Gonzalez prevailed an epic match at the Margaret Court Arena against Richard Gasquet. Gasquet won easily first two sets and had match point in a tie-break of the third set – risked a backhand return then, and the ball landed on the tape. Gonzalez won third set on 7th setpoint. Gasquet began to struggle with the pain in the right leg and right arm, and lost quickly fourth set but didn't give up. At the beginning of the fifth set, the Frenchman changed own tactics, attacked more often to the net and builded up the speed of the first serve to play shorter rallies. Despite the pain Gasquet was winning service games comfortably and had his chances to take a decisive break: 4:4 (40-15), 7:7 (40-30), 10:10 (40-30) but experienced in tight matches Gonazalez saved all break points and waited first match point in the 22nd game of the final set. Gasquet saved it with beautiful forehand cross but lost next two points and the match, firstly Gonzalez played a gentle backhand lob, then finished the match with backhand down the line from the baseline. The match lasted 4 hours 9 minutes and both players won 191 points (Gasquet more in the final set (71-67).
"He was playing like a super hero," Gonzalez said of Gasquet. "I couldn't do anything. You have to keep fighting and wait for your chances. When we went to the fifth set I feel really good – I feel the favourite for the match."
Marcos Baghdatis after overcoming Mardy Fish in straight sets became the only unseeded player who advanced to the last "sixteen" but it's tough to call it a surprise because Baghdatis is a former Australian Open finalist. Baghdatis last year along with Lleyton Hewitt made a record – their match was finished at 4:33 a.m. This time beating Fish, Baghdatis setted up the record of the 2009 tournament – the match was finished at 1 a.m.[ad#voo-1]
Third Round
(1)Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. Tommy Haas (GER) 6-4 6-2 6-2
(13)Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) d. (24)Richard Gasquet (FRA) 3-6 3-6 7-6(10) 6-2 12-10 – 1 MP
(12)Gael Monfils (FRA) d. (17)Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 6-4 6-3 7-5
(6)Gilles Simon (FRA) d. Mario Ancic (CRO) 7-6(2) 6-4 6-2
(4)Andy Murray (GBR) d. (31)Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 7-5 6-0 6-3
(14)Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d. (22)Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-4 6-0 6-0
(9)James Blake (USA) d. (18)Igor Andreev (RUS) 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1
(5)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. (q)Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-4 6-2 1-6 6-1
(7)Andy Roddick (USA) d. Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 6-3 6-4 6-2
(21)Tommy Robredo (ESP) d. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) 6-1 6-3 6-2
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. (23)Mardy Fish (USA) 6-2 6-4 6-4
(3)Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. (LL)Amer Delic (USA) 6-2 4-6 6-3 7-6(4)
(8)Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) d. Gilles Muller (LUX) 6-7(5) 7-5 6-3 7-5
(19)Marin Cilic (CRO) d. (11)David Ferrer (ESP) 7-6(5) 6-3 6-4
(20)Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. (15)Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-4
(2)Roger Federer (SUI) d. (26)Marat Safin (RUS) 6-3 6-2 7-6(5)
Australian Open Round Two Results
Day 3
The oldest participant of the tournament, 36 year-old Fabrice Santoro amazed the spectators once again overcoming 5-7 7-5 3-6 7-5 6-3 Philipp Kohlschreiber, 11 years in his junior. Santoro wasted triple setpoint in the first set but didn't collapse and came back from a break down in the second and fourth set. In the fifth set Kohlschreiber at 3:5 saved triple match point with risky shots. After another rally the Frenchman had cramps, got a warning for an extension break between the points, risked a return, went to the net and finished the match with an overhead after 4 hours 5 minutes!
"Today I lost because it was best-of-five, which makes me very mad. Santoro will not win anything more here" stated the embittered German. "I can't say I have no chance at all for the next round. It's going to be tough for sure. I will see Friday morning when I wake up how good is my body, how bad is my body" replied Santoro who had played first match in Melbourne before the youngest player in the draw, Bernard Tomic was born.
Less luck in a five-setter had Santoro's compatriot, Paul-Henri Mathieu who has lost 6th match in career after winning first two sets. This time Mathieu lost to "lucky loser" Amer Delic despite a 4:1 led in the fourth set.
The biggest surprise of the day was made by 25 year-old Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan who didn't pass earlier second round in a Grand Slam event in 12 attempts. Lu defeated one of the best specialist of those events – David Nalbandian, also in five thrilling sets 6-4 5-7 4-6 6-4 6-2. In the final game of the match Lu fought off six break points before finished his second match point.
"Everybody knows Nalbandian is one of the best backhand players," Lu said. "So I thought he's ready for a forehand return. So I just changed my mind and went to his backhand all the time. I served six times to his backhand on break point and I won all the points."
Former finalist Marcos Baghdatis was losing 3-6 0:4 to the Swede Robin Soderling but managed to win in four sets, Soderling had problems with blisters since the second set.
Australian big hope, 16 year-old Tomic began his first match at Rod Laver Arena saving 6 break points against Gilles Muller. The teenager won surprisingly the first set 6-3 but hadn't any arguments to defy the powerful opponent in the next three sets. Muller finished the match serving two out of 27 aces.
"He's played unbelievable. I was lucky to get that first set. He didn't start serving well" said Tomic.
Player from former Yugoslavia, Maric Cilic and Janko Tipsarevic are the first pair who have played twice this year against each other, similarly, like in Chennai, Cilic lost one set but won the other ones without too much trouble.
Day 4
High-quality match at Hisense Arena played Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Ivan Ljubicic (6-7 7-6 7-6 6-2). The Croat won first set in a tie-break and had his chances in the next two sets which also finished after tie-breaks. Last year's runner-up Tsonga was forced to save one setpoint in the second tie-break and triple setpoint in the third tie-break, two of those setpoints saved on return playing dropshots what is unusual in those circumstances. Tsonga sets up the meeting with the only qualifier who advanced to the third round, Dudi Sela of Israel.
"Tonight my back was very stiff. But I won, and I'm happy of that. I think I'm playing better than last year. I'm a little bit more confident maybe in my game." said Tsonga, one of the four seeded Frenchmen in the top half of the draw who won their matches on Thursday. One of them, Gilles Simon was close to lose 0-2 in sets but from 6-7 4:4 (0-40) completely dominated his opponent, big-serving Chris Guccione and even outaced him (14-12).
In the inner Croatian battle between Ljubicic's compatriots, Mario Ancic ousted in five-sets Ivo Karlovic. Karlovic after this loss becomes a player with the worst five-set record (0-10) in the history of tennis. Karlovic has overcome the retired Austrian Markus Hipfl (0-9 in years 1996-2002).
Talented Ernstest Gulbis has been eliminated in the 2nd round in the 7th consecutive tournament! The young Latvian lost this time to Igor Andreev despite 4:2 up in the 5th set. In the 10th game Gulbis led 40:0 on serve only to lose quickly 5 points ina row without commitment. The Russian similarly like Amer Delic has won both matches in Melbourne this year after five-setters.
Easy wins notched Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, James Blake and Fernando Verdasco – all advanced to the third round winning both rounds without a serious danger in a set.
Second Round
(1)Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. Roko Karanusic (CRO) 6-2 6-3 6-2
Tommy Haas (GER) d. (q)Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 6-1 6-2 6-1
(24)Richard Gasquet (FRA) d. (WC)Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-3 6-4 6-4
(13)Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) d. Guillermo Canas (ARG) 7-5 6-3 6-4
(12)Gael Monfils (FRA) d. Stefan Koubek (AUT) 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-2
(17)Nicolas Almagro (ESP) d. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-2 7-5 6-0
Mario Ancic (CRO) d. (25)Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 5-7 7-5 4-6 6-4 6-3
(6)Gilles Simon (FRA) d. Chris Guccione (AUS) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-1 6-2
(4)Andy Murray (GBR) d. Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-4 6-2 6-2
(31)Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. (q)Andreas Beck (GER) 5-7 7-6(7) 6-4 6-3
(22)Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. (q)Michael Berrer (GER) 6-3 6-2 6-7(3) 7-5
(14)Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d. Arnaud Clement (FRA) 6-1 6-1 6-2
(9)James Blake (USA) d. (q)Sebastien de Chaunac (FRA) 6-3 6-2 6-3
(18)Igor Andreev (RUS) d. Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-4 6-4 5-7 3-6 6-4
(q)Dudi Sela (ISR) d. Victor Hanescu (ROU) 6-3 6-3 6-2
(5)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 6-7(4) 7-6(8) 7-6(7) 6-2
(7)Andy Roddick (USA) d. (q)Xavier Malisse (BEL) 3-6 6-2 7-6(1) 6-2
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) d. (32)Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 5-7 7-5 3-6 7-5 6-3
(21)Tommy Robredo (ESP) d. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6-1 6-3 6-0
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) d. (10)David Nalbandian (ARG) 6-4 5-7 4-6 6-4 6-2
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. (16)Robin Soderling (SWE) 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-3
(23)Mardy Fish (USA) d. Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-4 6-1 7-5
(LL)Amer Delic (USA) d. (28)Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 1-6 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) 9-7
(3)Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 7-5 6-1 6-3
(8)Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) d. (q)Florian Mayer (GER) 6-1 7-5 6-2
Gilles Muller (LUX) d. (WC)Bernard Tomic (AUS) 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2
(19)Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 6-2 6-3 4-6 6-3
(11)David Ferrer (ESP) d. (q)Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) 6-2 6-2 6-1
(15)Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d. (WC)Brydan Klein (AUS) 6-3 6-4 6-4
(20)Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Brian Dabul (ARG) 6-1 6-1 6-3
(26)Marat Safin (RUS) d. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 7-5 6-2 6-2
(2)Roger Federer (SUI) d. (q)Evgueni Korolev (RUS) 6-2 6-3 6-1
Australian Open Round One Results
First round
Day 1
16 year-old Bernard Tomic (No. 768) made the biggest surprise of the first day, eliminating Potito Starace 7-6 1-6 7-6 7-6. Tomic who has been playing just second tournament on the main level (debuted two weeks ago in Adelaide) becomes the youngest player who won a match at the Australian Open (16 years and 103 days), and the second youngest who appearanced in the main draw of this tournament. Tomic's compatriot Lleyton Hewitt, was 15 years and 337 days old when he lost in the 1997 first round to Sergi Bruguera. Tomic astonished favourable Australian crowd on the Margaret Court Arena holding nerves in tight situations what is characteristic for experienced, much more older players. The Australian prodigy was losing 2:4 in the third set and 1:4 (0-30) in the fourth, saved also two set points at 4:6 in the last tie-break! It's just fourth case in Australian Open history that a player won a four-setter winning three sets in tie-breaks (previously did it Todd Martin, Max Mirnyi and Marat Safin). "It's a dream come true to win a first round in my first Grand Slam," said Tomic. "I'm just thrilled that I could pull off a win today. With the crowd behind me, it was an unbelievable experience".
In the second round Tomic will face Gilles Muller who survived an epic match with Feliciano Lopez. Muller won 6-3 7-6 4-6 4-6 16-14 after 4 hours 22 minutes. In the final set Muller didn't face a break point, had break points in three service games of the Spaniard, first match point at 12:11. In the 30th game of the final set, Lopez was broken to love. It's third longest match in the Australian Open history (Open Era) in terms of games – 72 (the record – 83 games – belongs to Andy Roddick and Younes El Aynaoui since 2003).
Also Lopez' compatriot and Davis Cup teammate, David Ferrer played very long match but with better end. Ferrer needed almost 4 hours to overcome Dennis Gremelmayr 6-1 6-7 6-1 6-7 6-4. Ferrer wasted set point in both losing sets but converted first match point in the fifth set, and improves his great record in five-set matches to 10-2.
In the next round Ferrer will play the two-time Aussie Open quarterfinalist, Dominik Hrbaty who withstood 39 aces from John Isner (19 aces in the first set!). Hrbaty is playing 300th tournament on the main level. The other veteran, Fabrice Santoro knocked out former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in four sets, having 100% efficiency at break points (8/8).
The two big favorits in the bottom half of the draw, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic won their matches in straight sets but both were close to drop one set: Federer saved setpoint against Andres Seppi, Djokovic was losing 0:4 and 3:5 in third set against Andrea Stoppini. "I was a break down in two sets. Managed to come back, which is important. As defending champion there is a pressure. But it didn't affect me today, no. I'm still trying to find the rhythm" said Djokovic.
First match in a Grand Slam evnet for three years has played Taylor Dent. The American came back recently after the 2 1/2 years break, caused by a fractured vertebrae. Dent lost in five sets to "lucky loser" Amer Delic.
Day 2
The main favorite for the title, Andy Murray needed only 45 minutes to advance to the second round. His opponent, Andre Pavel playing first ATP match since February 2008, was forced to withdraw due to a back injury. Pavel announced that he will finish career in Bucharest later this year.
In one of the most anticipated first round clashes, between past Australian Open finalists, Fernando Gonzalez overcame Lleyton Hewitt 5-7 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-3. "I knew it was going to be tough against Lleyton," said Gonzalez. "He's a great player, a great competitor. This was the first official match of the year. So I'm happy the way that I did it, and a little bit tired. But it's fine now."
Very good form showed the best player in the world Rafael Nadal and last year's runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Both players won one set 6-0 and hadn't any problems in the other two stes. "I think I am OK," said Nadal. "But I was for two months outside of competition, so maybe I need a little bit more matches to get the rhythm." In the similar style won his match Fernando Verdasco a contender for a Top 10 player.
Victor Hanescu made one of the most impressive comebacks in the Grand Slam history. The Romanian lost first two sets easily (3-6 3-6) to Jan Hernych but managed to win another three (7-6 7-6 8-6) being in each of them on the edge of defeat: Hernych was serving for the match in the third and fifth set, had also one match point on serve in the tie-break of the third set, and another match point at 5:4 in the fourth set on Hanescu's serve. The match lasted 4 hours 32 minutes, the longest match of this year's tournament so far.
Also dramatic five-set matches (with the help of good service performance) won former Top 10 players, Ivan Ljubicic (25 aces against Kunitsyn) and Guillermo Canas (22 aces against Kindlmann). First five-set win in sixth trial notched Nicolas Alamgro (28 aces against Massu) who didn't win a match in Melbourne in four previous attempts. Bad 5-set record (2-7) has improved Igor Andreev too, coming back from a 0-2 deficit against unexperienced young Canadian, Peter Polansky.
First Round
(1)Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. Christophe Rochus (BEL) 6-0 6-2 6-2
Roko Karanusic (CRO) d. Florent Serra (FRA) 6-3 1-6 6-3 3-6 6-3
Tommy Haas (GER) vs Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 6-3 6-3 6-4
(q)Flavio Cipolla (ITA) d. (29)Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 4-6 6-2 7-6(7) 7-5
(4)Richard Gasquet (FRA) d. Diego Junqueira (ARG) 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-3 6-4
Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Vince Spadea (USA) 6-2 7-5 6-4
Guillermo Canas (ARG) d. (q)Dieter Kindlmann (GER) 3-6 7-5 5-7 6-0 7-5
(13)Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) d. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 5-7 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-3
(12)Gael Monfils (FRA) d. Martin Vassallo-Arguello (ARG) 6-1 6-3 7-5
Stefan Koubek (AUT) d. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 6-3 6-2 6-2
Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Andrei Goloubev (KAZ) 3-6 7-6(7) 6-4 6-2
(17)Nicolas Almagro (ESP) d. Nicolas Massu (CHI) 6-4 6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3
(25)Ivo Karlovic (CRO) d. Daniel Gimeno (ESP) 6-3 6-4 6-4
Mario Ancic (CRO) d. (q)Wayne Odesnik (USA) 7-5 6-4 4-6 6-2
Chris Guccione (AUS) d. Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 6-4 6-2 6-4
(6)Gilles Simon (FRA) d. Pablo Andujar (ESP) 6-4 6-1 6-1
(4)Andy Murray (GBR) d. Andrei Pavel (ROU) 6-2 3-1 ret.
Marcel Granollers (ESP) d. Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-4 7-6(3) 4-6 6-0
(q)Andreas Beck (GER) d. Colin Ebelthite (AUS) 7-5 6-1 6-0
(31)Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Kei Nishikori (JPN) 7-5 6-2 6-1
(22)Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
(q)Michael Berrer (GER) d. Carsten Ball (AUS) 6-2 6-4 6-3
Arnaud Clement (FRA) d. Sergey Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-3 2-6 4-6 6-2 6-1
(14)Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-0 6-2 6-2
(9)James Blake (USA) d. (LL)Frank Dancevic (CAN) 6-4 6-3 7-5
(q)Sebastien de Chaunac (FRA) d. Steve Darcis (BEL) 2-6 6-3 0-6 6-2 6-2
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d. Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-3 6-2 6-3
(18)Igor Andreev (RUS) d. (q)Peter Polansky (CAN) 5-7 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4
(q)Dudi Sela (ISR) d. (30)Rainer Schuettler (GER) 1-6 6-2 6-4 6-4
Victor Hanescu (ROU) d. Jan Hernych (CZE) 3-6 3-6 7-6(7) 7-6(2) 8-6 – 2 MP
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) d. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 4-6 7-6(3) 7-6(7) 5-7 6-3
(5)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Juan Monaco (ARG) 6-4 6-4 6-0
(7)Andy Roddick (USA) d. (q)Bjorn Rehnquist (SWE) 6-0 6-2 6-2
(q)Xavier Malisse (BEL) d. Michael Llodra (FRA) 7-6(8) 6-1 6-1
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) d. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 6-3 6-2 6-7(5) 6-2
(32)Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) d. Samuel Querrey (USA)
(21)Tommy Robredo (ESP) d. Bobby Reynolds (USA) 6-2 7-5 6-1
Viktor Troicki (SRB) d. Alberto Martin (ESP) 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-4
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) d. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 6-3 7-5 6-4
(10)David Nalbandian (ARG) d. Marc Gicquel (FRA) 6-1 4-6 6-2 6-3
(16)Robin Soderling (SWE) d. Robert Kendrick (USA) 5-7 6-4 6-4 7-5
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-3 7-6(5) 6-2
Simone Bolelli (ITA) d. Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 7-6(5) 7-6(3) 7-5
(23)Mardy Fish (USA) d. Samuel Groth (AUS) 6-7(3) 6-4 7-5 6-0
(28)Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) d. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-2 4-1 ret.
(LL)Amer Delic (USA) d. Taylor Dent (USA) 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) d. Marcos Daniel (BRA) 6-4 6-4 6-1
(3)Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. (q)Andrea Stoppini (ITA) 6-2 6-3 7-5
(8)Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) d. Michael Zverev (GER) 6-3 6-4 6-2
(q)Florian Mayer (GER) d. (q)Lamine Ouahab (ALG) 6-2 6-1 6-2
(WC)Bernard Tomic (AUS) d. Potito Starace (ITA) 7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(5) 7-6(6)
Gilles Muller (LUX) d. (27)Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 6-3 7-6(5) 4-6 4-6 16-14
(19)Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-3 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) d. Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 4-6 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-0
(q)Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) d. John Isner (USA) 7-6(4) 2-6 6-2 7-5
(11)David Ferrer (ESP) d. Denis Gremelmayr (GER) 6-1 6-7(6) 6-1 6-7(4) 6-4
(15)Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d. Ivo Minar (CZE) 6-1 2-6 7-5 7-6(9)
Brydan Klein (AUS) d. (q)Bjorn Phau (GER) 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3
Brian Dabul (ARG) d. Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6-1 6-2 6-4
(20)Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Robby Ginepri (USA) 6-4 6-4 6-3
(26)Marat Safin (RUS) d. Ivan Navarro-Pastor (ESP) 6-3 6-3 6-4
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d. Agustin Calleri (ARG) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2 6-0
(q)Evgueni Korolev (RUS) d. Carlos Moya (ESP) 6-3 6-1 7-6(7)
(2)Roger Federer (SUI) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-1 7-6(4) 7-5


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In the Round Tower's historic attic Danish architectural treasures from the postwar period were exhibited. The exhibition has since been translated and presented in Zagreb and Beijing . The printed material supports the classic exhibition design using a bright yellow color as a contemporary touch. Sahls has designed an exhibition catalog with additional 15 heavy pages as postcards. Client: Danish National Art Library / Danmarks Kunstbibliotek Project: Exhibition of Danish modern architecture 1945-75 Work: Visual identity, exhibition design, print design


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These days, having both hands free to clean bottles - or do anything, really - is a luxury. But now there's a smart way to keep one hand free as you work through the huge pile of bottles that accumulates by the end of the night. With the Munchkin Soap™ Dispensing Bottle Brush, all you need is one hand to squirt soap and scrub - allowing you to keep your eye (and your other hand) fully on your wandering little squirt.
Just one push of a button releases soap through the bristles, allowing you to suds up quickly without ever removing your hand from the brush. The durable scrubbing bristles reach hard-to-clean areas of bottles and cups, but are soft enough to ensure a scratch-free finish.
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Beta releases of the KADE miniConsole+ Gamepad Mapper software are now available for download. The software has been tested successfully with Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10) and Mac OSX (10.10-Yosemite, 10.11-El Capitan). A Linux version will be made available soon.
This short video shows the Gamepad Mapper (an older version) in action.
To install the software, simply download and extract the file contents to a folder on your machine.
Select the download corresponding to your system.
Windows OS
Mac OSX
Note that the KADE miniConsole+ device itself is plug and play out of the box so this companion utility is not essential and is not aimed at everyone. The utility is intended for those that want to tinker with the settings and make changes to the default gamepad assignments.
We have put out this early release, ahead of the Kickstarter rewards shipment, so we can get feedback and address any installation and usage issues before you receive your devices. Please try out the software and let us have your feedback.