STANDING UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT
Two subject post:
Darfur; and the Hunger Strike led by Mia Farrow
Rome Men's Tennis Tournament - Semi Final Saturday, May 2, 2009
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I called 1-800-GENOCIDE today to leave a message for President Obama about Darfur. The phone number can be used for reaching your Senator, Representative or the President. And if you are unsure what to say, there is help on the line before you are connected. 1800genocide.com
At this link
http://www.sudanreeves.org/index.html
find....
Eric Reeves is Professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He has spent the past ten years working full-time as a Sudan researcher and analyst, publishing extensively both in the US and internationally. He has testified several times before the Congress, has lectured widely in academic settings, and has served as a consultant to a number of human rights and humanitarian organizations operating in Sudan. Working independently, he has written on all aspects of Sudan's recent history. His book about Darfur ("A Long Day's Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide") was published in May 2007. (Read critical praise for A Long Day's Dying.) He is also at work on a longer-range project surveying the international response to ongoing war and human destruction in Sudan over the past 25 years ("Sudan — Suffering a Long Way Off").
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Read about Mia Farrow's hunger strike:
- “My children” - Mia Farrow
- Day 5, Mia Farrow - Death of a child
- Gabriel writes about his day of fasting and remembering a child he met in a refugee camp: Raouda
- Read comments from the community that is fasting in solidarity with Mia and the people of Darfur
- Follow Darfur Fast for Life on Twitter: @DarfurFast
Write to President Obama
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Tell him we need his leadership for the short and long run
on the issue of genocide and the
6 year old genocide on the unarmed Darfuri civilians, families.
President Obama can be called:
202-456-1111
or
1-800-GENOCIDE
Find USA elected politicians contact information at this link:
www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
Check this out
www.darfurscores.org
Your elected officials get graded on Darfur
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JOIN OTHERS TO PUT AN END TO GENOCIDE
www.enoughproject.org
www.savedarfur.org
www.standnow.org
Urge UN and Sudanese Ambassadors to use their influence to press the government of Sudan to fully restore humanitarian aid in and around Darfur.
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Semi-Finals in Rome, Italy May 2, 2009, Saturday
Court STADIO PIETRANGELI
Roger Federer vs. Novak Djokovic 1:30 p.m. Rome time (6 hours ahead of USA/EST
Rafael Nadal vs. Fernando Gonzalez not before 4:00 p.m. Rome time (10:00 a.m. USA EST)
Quarter Final
Rafael Nadal defeated his fellow countryman Fernando Verdasco May 1, 2009
6-3, 6-3
May 2, 2009 Rafa will play Fernando Gonzalez
Watch live online (for a fee) www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/1/en/home/default.asp
Once there the link is over to the far right
Direct link to live online streaming:
http://www.tennistv.com/page/LiveIndex/0,,11444,00.html?WT.mc_id=atpw2
Free online live streaming:
http://atdhe.net/6321/watch-atp-masters-rome
and
http://channelsurfing.net/watch-internazionali-bnl-d-italia-2.html
or try
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/megadeportes8
or
http://www.livescorehunter.com/ATP-Rome.php
or
http://zulu.mk then click
Semi-Finals on TV for those who have The Tennis Channel
Saturday, May 2 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Live
7:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Repeat
Finals on The Tennis Channel
Sunday, May 3, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Live
7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Repeat
11:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Repeat
Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome
Great source for information:
http://vamosbrigade.com/
a Fan run site
http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=84197
The original forum from Rafa's website before NIKE took it over
now run by Rafa fans
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Photos from the Quarter Final
Rafa Nadal d Fernando Verdasco, May 1, 2009, 6-3, 6-3
Photo credits: Daylife, Getty Images, CBS, EFE El Mundo, Italia website, Jamd, Officina del tennis, Reuters and Terra
Djokovic, Federer, Nadal reach Rome semifinals
Source: http://www.tennis.com/news/news.aspx?id=172168
ROME (AP)—Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic posted straight-set wins Friday to set up a semifinal meeting in the Rome Masters, and three-time champion Rafael Nadal advanced in the other half of the draw.
Nadal cruised past eighth-seeded Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-3, improving to 8-0 against his fellow Spaniard. He will play 12th-seeded Fernando Gonzalez, who struggled past Argentine qualifier Juan Monaco 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Federer overcame net-charging German qualifier Mischa Zverev, advancing 7-6 (3), 6-2. Djokovic stayed on course to defend his title in this clay-court warmup for the French Open with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over fifth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro.
The fast clay at the Foro Italico suits both Federer and Djokovic.
“I think both of us like it, so it’s going to be interesting,” Djokovic said. “I feel quite confident playing here. Each match I play, I feel more comfortable moving on the court and just playing my style of the game.”
Federer has won seven of his 10 previous matches against Djokovic, but the Serb took the last meeting in Florida last month.
“I hope I can play better than in Miami,” Federer said.
Nadal had not met Verdasco since his epic five-set win in the Australian Open semifinals.
Verdasco played with a bandage around his leg below his left knee and he called for the trainer after losing his serve to fall behind 5-3 in the second set. He attempted a serve-and-volley on break point but his weak volley attempt went wide.
“I (was) a little bit lucky, he had important mistakes in some important points,” Nadal said.
The world’s No. 1 player extended his clay-court winning streak to 28 matches—stretching back to an opening-round loss to Juan Carlos Ferrero here last year. Having won clay-court titles in Monte Carlo and Barcelona the past two weeks, Nadal is attempting to become the first player in the Open era to win this tournament four times.
Nadal won titles at the Foro Italico from 2005-07. Thomas Muster also won three Rome titles, in 1990, ’95 and ’96.
The 76th-ranked Zverev didn’t allow Federer to see a break point until the 10th game of the first set, saving two set points to get to 5-5.
But Federer found his range in the tiebreaker, passing Zverev several times, and the 13-time Grand Slam winner ran away with the match in the second set.
“I had to come up with some passing shots, and I think it’s always kind of good that you’re on the back foot and you have to come up with some good shots at the right time,” Federer said.
A two-time runner-up in Rome, Federer is seeking his first title of the year.
Playing in sunny conditions with no wind, the third-seeded Djokovic dictated play with well-angled winners from the baseline. Del Potro struggled with his forehand.
“I tried to change the pace a lot,” Djokovic said. “Because I know that Del Potro likes more or less same pace, and he’s moving really well for his height.”
Djokovic is the only player to take a set from Nadal on clay this year, during a loss to the Spaniard in the Monte Carlo Masters final two weeks ago
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