Monday, August 12, 2013

MMQB: Tennis Canada coming of age

Todd

MONTREAL ? You wouldn?t know it from watching Rafael Nadal?s overwhelming destruction of Milos Raonic ySunday ? but tennis in this country has come a long way in the past seven years.

That?s since Louis Borfiga took over the high-performance job at Tennis Canada back in 2006. The past week has since the ultimate vindication of that move, with Raonic and Vasek Pospisil meeting in one semi-final of the men?s draw here in Montreal while Westmount teenager Eugenie Bouchard had another strong performance before running into Petra Kvitova in Toronto.

It?s a highwater mark for tennis in this country and it?s been a long time coming. It?s also a welcome change from the annual spate of stories telling us that Aleksandra Wozniak was really, truly ready at last to make a breakthrough.

This time, the breakthrough is real and it?s coming in numbers to make any Canadian proud.

Look at tennis south of the border ? where no American male is ranked in the top 20 and the women?s side pretty much comes down to Serena Williams and hope for Sloane Stephens ? and you have to feel that Tennis Canada is doing something right.

Raonic will be in the top 10, Pospisil around 40th ? and Filip Peliwo (who made some noise this week himself) is on the way.

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If you tuned in late and saw only Nadal?s clinical dissection of Raonic yesterday, you could be forgiven for thinking that tennis in this country is pretty much where it?s always been. I?m not a big fan of Raonic?s game ? he?s too one-dimensional, relying on that big 215-kilometre serve, too much like a big awkward puppy out there ? but there?s no denying his success.

Raonic on Sunday became the first Canadian since 1958 to play in a Rogers Cup/Canadian Open final. That and the move into the Top 10 made it a splendid week for him.

Like most of the other men on the ATP tour, Raonic is no threat to the top four when they?re on their game. He might move up another notch or two but he is a long, long way from being able to beat a healthy Nadal.

But there are bigger and better things coming. Seeing the kids in the crowd pulling for Raonic yesterday, you couldn?t help thinking that this is the sort of thing that becomes contagious. The kids see their heroes out there, they want to emulate them ? and the next thing you know, you?re a tennis power.

Losing ugly: You?ve heard of winning ugly? Well, the Alouettes are losing ugly. We?re six games into the CFL season and they?ve got enough video for a three-hour lowlight reel showing what has gone wrong.

Fumbles, dropped passes, missed tackles ? it?s like a clown show came to town to replace the once vaunted Als.

Off one hideous loss to the Argos, it appears that firing Dan Hawkins didn?t help a bit. Jim Popp wasn?t responsible for all those fumbles, dropped passes and missed tackles ? but he is responsible for the way this team is run.

I?m not a coaching genius but there is one thing I know: Players need to understand very clearly who?s in charge. When Popp fired Hawkins, he let offensive co-ordinator Mike Miller keep his title, although he was technically demoted.

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So Doug Berry is in charge of the offence while Miller is the offensive coordinator? Huh? For the Argos game, Miller flanked Popp on the sidelines while Berry supposedly called the plays from up above.

Berry might have been in quarterback Anthony Calvillo?s ear all night long ? but Miller was in Popp?s ear. So who?s in charge? Berry? Miller? Popp? Calvillo? Does anyone know? Who?s on first?

I dunno. Maybe MarcTrestman could call the plays from Chicago?

Somebody needs to give those metricians a sabre: Couldn?t believe my eyes yesterday when I saw a column?Sunday saying that the Angels' Mike Trout might deserve the MVP ahead of Miguel Cabrera.

That ridiculous argument (which cropped up last year as well) is based on a bunch of outlandish stats dreamed up by nerds who would rather play fantasy baseball than actually watch the grand old game: Stats like OBPS (Out of Baseball Pitch Selection) UFGQ (Ultra-Fantasy Groundball Quotient) and WVFWG (We Vote for White Guys.)

Silly. The MVP belongs to Cabrera, with an honourable mention for Chris Davis. As for Trout ? let him get back to us when his club isn?t among the league?s underachieving bottom-feeders.

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Lies, rumours &&&& vicious innuendo: Some things never change. Early Sunday afternoon, Tiger Woods was still drawing all the attention at the PGA even though he was 7-over (or up a touchdown, depending on how you look at it) ...

Is it just me, or does Novak Djokovic look way skinny? Djokovic is on this crazy diet which supposedly helps him ? but the guy looks positively emaciated and he isn?t playing that well, by his standards. Have a milk shake or three, dude! ?

It was like ex-jocks with mikes were having a contest all week, trying to see who could say the dumbest thing on air. Jack Clark beat Bernie Kosar by one lawsuit. ?

Last time we looked, the Miami Marlins were drawing only 100 fans per game more than they were drawing in their old ballpark. This is in the new venue they conned out of the Dade County Commissioners. Maybe time Major League Baseball bought the Marlins and moved them to Montreal?

Heroes: Rafa Nadal, Sorana Cirstea, Vasek Pospisil, Eugenie Bouchard, Louis Borfiga, Tennis Canada, Miguel Cabrera, Mo Farah, Usain Bolt, Scott Milanovich, Chad Owens, Jason Dufner, Jim Furyk, the Pittsburgh Pirates &&&& last but not least, Milos Raonic.

Zeros: Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, Alex Rodriguez, Bryce Harper, Brett Lawrie, the Alouettes, Jack Clark, Bernie Kosar, Pierre Gauthier, the Toronto Blue Jays, the Miami Marlins, Claude Brochu, David Samson &&&& last but not least, Jeffrey Loria.

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Source: http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Todd+Tennis+Canada+doing+something+right/8775822/story.html

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FSU Seminoles ranked No. 15 in Sentinel's preseason college football countdown

FSU quarterback Jameis Winston

FSU's Jameis Winston is projected to win the Seminoles' starting quarterback job. (Stephen M. Dowell, Orlando Sentinel.)

Orlando Sentinel college insider Matt Murschel has ranked all 125 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the country. The Sentinel staff will take a closer look at a new team daily, counting from No. 125 to our projected No. 1 team.

Today at No. 15: Florida State

Coach: Jimbo Fisher (31-10 entering fourth season; 31-10 overall)


2012 record: 12-2 (7-1 in ACC, won ACC Championship Game)

Look back: Thanks to a string of marquee recruiting classes and Florida State's elite national-contender history, Jimbo Fisher has faced extraordinarily high expectations in Tallahassee. During the 2012 season, the Seminoles won their first ACC championship since 2005 and first Orange Bowl since 2000. However, it still was viewed as a bit of a disappointment by some vocal FSU fans who expected to be national-championship contenders.

The Seminoles raced out to a 5-0 start, but they got limited praise because their schedule was viewed as especially weak compared to other programs.

FSU then suffered what has become a troubling tradition, suffering a loss against a less talented team it was favored to beat. Florida State lost 17-16 at NC State.

The Seminoles bounced back to win five consecutive games and clinch a spot in the ACC Championship Game.

Many figured FSU's elite defense would have no trouble smothering rival Florida's tepid offense, but the Gators scored a surprising 37-26 win over the Seminoles in Tallahassee to close out the regular season.

FSU headed to the ACC title game for an underwhelming matchup against Georgia Tech, a team that was sent to the game after Miami and North Carolina were kept out of the contest thanks to NCAA infractions. The Seminoles had to rally to beat the surprisingly tough Yellow Jackets 21-15 to claim the championship and a trip to the Orange Bowl.

The Seminoles then faced off with the nation's top underdog, Mid-American Conference champion Northern Illinois. FSU had no trouble roughing up NIU, rolling to a 31-10 win.

Offensive starters returning: 7

Offensive starters lost: 4

Defensive starters returning: 4

Defensive starters lost: 7

Key losses: QB EJ Manuel, RB Chris Thompson, DE Bjoern Werner, CB Xavier Rhodes, DE Tank Carradine, LB Vince Williams

Top returnees: QB Jameis Winston, RB Devonta Freeman, RB James Wilder, LB Christian Jones, TE Nick O'Leary, C Bryan Stork, DT Timmy Jernigan, S Lamarcus Joyner, OT Cameron Erving, DE Mario Edwards

Strengths: Fisher's nationally ranked recruiting classes should help the Seminoles offset the loss of key starters to the NFL and bolster depth at other positions.

Redshirt freshman QB Jameis Winston is a dual-sport star who turned in an electrifying performance during the spring game and is favored to win the starting quarterback job. Veteran C Bryan Stork anchors a solid offensive line that should help the new quarterback ease into his role. Devonta Freeman and James Wilder should be potent rushing threats while Nick O'Leary could have a break-out season at tight end.

Source: http://feeds.orlandosentinel.com/~r/sports/college/oncampus/~3/0iuVeYyZTk4/os-fsu-seminoles-ranked-no-15-20130811,0,4983650.post

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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Loan debt shapes students' college years, experiences

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A new study found that college students' experiences can be shaped by their loan debt, with debt-free students more likely adopting the lifestyle often associated with the college years, where social lives can trump academics.

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New Chinese Navy vessels pack Zhoushan port on east coast

  • The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Typhoon Utor, which formed yesterday morning, continues to intensify and is expected to affect Taiwan by next Monday, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) ...

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    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI--CPC Corp., Taiwan, the country's state-run oil supplier, said yesterday that it will speed up its pace in privatization in order to become privatized by the end of ...

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    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Foreign Minister David Lin said yesterday that his ministry never, from beginning to end, gave up in its efforts or softened its stance in dealing with the Philippine authorities over the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman in May by Philippine ...

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    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    MANILA--The recommended homicide charges against Philippine Coast Guard officers involved in the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman in May are consistent with the country's national interest, a Philippine newspaper argued in an editorial ...

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    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI--Asustek Computer Inc., one of the world's leading personal computer vendors, is planning to launch new notebook computer models in the United States in September in a bid to stir up buying in the current slow global PC ...

  • TSMC July sales down 3.6 UMCs up 7.4 m-o-m

    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip-maker, said Friday that its consolidated sales for July fell from June, with market analysts attributing the decline to inventory adjustments by one of its major clients -- U.S.-based Qualcomm ...

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    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A French kiss may involve a swap of millions of bacteria that could harm one's oral hygiene, a dentist warned yesterday ahead of the upcoming Chinese Valentine's ...

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    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI--Several foreign brokerages have cut their target prices on shares of Acer Inc. to below NT$20 (US$0.67) after the Taiwan-based personal computer vendor reported worse-than-expected results for the second ...

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    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    The Presidential Innovation Awards will be bestowed on individuals or teams that have contributed the most in the categories of science and technology, culture, service and talent-nurturing. Vice Economics Minister Woody Tyzz-jiun Duh said his ministry has been working on implementing the awards since it was instructed to do so by President Ma Ying-jeou last year. There will be five winners in ...

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    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI--Tests have confirmed rabies in 13 more Formosan ferret-badgers, bringing the number of confirmed infections in wild animals to 76 since the deadly disease resurfaced in Taiwan mid-July, authorities said ...

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    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI--The average global prices of LED light bulbs fell in June for the fifth straight month, a trend that should improve the energy-saving bulbs' market penetration, according to a market information advisory ...

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    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan is scheduled to fight for third place in the FIBA Asia Championship against South Korea, today, in order to qualify for next year's FIBA World Cup, after losing to Iran 79-60, ...

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    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI--Local and foreign marketing gurus will share their insights on creativity and marketing skills at the Asian MICE Forum slated for early September, the organizers said ...

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    Inquirer Sports - Saturday 10th August, 2013

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    Taiwan News Online - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    China 's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Zhang Zhijun agreed that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait should increase exchanges to forge mutual understanding. Chen, a heavyweight in Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party who is currently on a six-day visit ...

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    Taiwan News Online - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    Taipei, Aug. 10 (CNA) A dozen Chinese navy warships, including the latest model destroyers and frigates, have docked in a naval port in Zhoushan, a coastal city in Zhejiang Province, according to pictures posted on the Chinese news website Huanqiu.com. According to a report on the website Friday, the pictures taken by netizens showed more than 10 naval vessels of various sizes, including ...

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    Taiwan News Online - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    Ma Ying-jeou said Saturday that Taiwan must diversify its sources of energy and pursue energy independence as a matter of national security while again making a case for the continued use of nuclear power in the country. "Energy supply is a national security issue for us as we rely on imports for more than 98 percent of our energy needs and almost all of our energy import sources are ...

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    Taiwan News Online - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    Japan ese city councilors friendly to Taiwan from Ginowan in Okinawa on July 30, a county government spokesman said. During the meeting, Cho treated his guests to locally grown fruit and special farm produce and expressing hopes for further exchanges between the two sides. A representative from the Ginowan City Council in Okinawa said his city hoped to forge an alliance with Yuanlin in Changhua ...

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    Apple Inc. outpaced other foreign companies in filing patent applications in Taiwan in the first half of this year, according to statistics released by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) on Friday. The Cupertino-based company filed 259 invention patent applications and 132 design patent applications in the January-June period, more than any other foreign enterprise, the IPO said. It was the ...

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    Taiwan News Online - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    China could buy their way into Taiwan too easily because the government was not setting strict enough limits and conditions, opponents of the pact said. NIA Director-General Hsieh Li-kung denied that the service trade pact would result in drastic changes. At present, Chinese nationals traveling to Taiwan for business could not apply for residency or for citizenship, and that would not change, ...

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    Taiwan News Online - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    The Washington Post Company, which has been owned by the Meyer-Graham family since 1933, announced on Aug. 5 that it was selling its newspaper business to Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos ...

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    Check Biotech - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    Tunghai University professor Cheng Teng-kuei, known as Taiwan?s cattle cloning pioneer, is working on splicing genes from cellulose-digesting microbes in termite guts into pigs to create wood-eating, environmentally friendly hogs, THU ...

  • Source: http://www.taipeinews.net/index.php/sid/216367264/scat/0dd057261bcc461b

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    Saturday, August 10, 2013

    Physician Gave Chemo to Patients Without Cancer, Feds Say

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    Thursday, August 8, 2013

    Israel: Muslim Man From Turkey Beheads Woman In South Tel Aviv

    Islam. Beheading. You can?t think of one without thinking about the other ?

    By BEN HARTMAN, The Jerusalem Post ? ?A financial dispute between two lovers was the motive behind the murder and decapitation and dismemberment of a Romanian foreign worker?found stuffed inside a suitcase?in south Tel Aviv on Saturday.

    The alleged murderer, Turkish citizen Ayden Demiran, 50, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon a few hours before he was set to board a flight to Turkey, police said. Head of the special investigative unit, Officer Sharon Malkah, said police arrested Demiran in the village of Kfar Qassem in the Triangle, where he was known to stay when he wasn?t in Tel Aviv. Under questioning, he reportedly confessed to the crime and was taken by officers to perform a re-enactment of the crime. Demiran has been living in Israel for at least 18 months, where he was employed as a construction worker, Malkah said.

    At the moment they have not determined if he acted alone, but that contrary to reports in the Romanian media, only one arrest has been made.

    The woman, 45-year-old Ilona Denise of Romania, worked in Israel as a care-taker in recent years, first in Haifa and then later in Tel Aviv. Police said. She is from the town of Valea lui Mihai in Bihor County in western Transylvania, where her daughter Erika is a Hungarian language teacher, according to a Romanian journalist who spoke to the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. Denise initially came to Israel with a legal work permit in 2004, but the visa had expired at some point before her murder, complicating her ability to find a permanent place of employment.

    Her body was identified already on Saturday, due to ?forensic evidence found at scene? police said ? most likely DNA. Police and IDF canine units were also able to find other body parts stashed near the suitcase. Tel Aviv police then contacted Interpol and the Romanian Police who tracked down the woman?s family in Romania. Denise?s daughter was able to give police her phone number in Israel, which helped them track down Demiran.

    Denise?s head has still not been found, but police said that Demiran gave them information that could potentially indicate where the missing head is located.

    Police added that they still are not exactly sure how Demiran removed the head or the other appendages, but that he did strangle Denise to death in their apartment on Hashita Street in Hatikva. After which he stuffed the body in a suitcase and dragged it to Hahagana Street, scattering other body parts in dumpsters along the way.? Read more.

    Flashback:?Bis Dass Der Tod Uns Scheidet: Turkish Man Shouting ?Allahu Akbar? Beheads Wife In Germany ? ?A German man [of Turkish origin] was seen atop his roof, a knife in one hand and his wife?s head in the other this morning? Neighbors said the man and his wife were arguing loudly before they were seen on the rooftop. The man reportedly sharpened his knife and then beheaded the victim while she was still alive.?Horrified witnesses saw the man standing at the roof?s edge with his wife?s head in his hand, according to police reports obtained by the paper. He allegedly threw the head into the courtyard below.? Read more.

    Flashback: Islam?s Rule Of Numbers: Islamic Beheadings Are Not Uncommon In The West, Including The U.S.?? ?As surreal as this event may seem, Islamic beheadings are not uncommon in the West, including the U.S. In 2011, a Pakistani-American who helped develop ?Bridges TV??a station ?designed to counter negative stereotypes of Muslims??beheaded his wife. In Germany in 2012, another Muslim man beheaded his wife in front of their six children?again while hollering ?Allahu Akbar.? Beheading non-Muslim ?infidels? in the Islamic world is especially commonplace ???Read more.

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