RAFA NADAL - BARCELONA 2012

Updated Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 11:41 p.m. pm USA/EST

Final ~ Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating David Ferrer on their Final match of the ATP 500 World Tour Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell 2012 tennis tournament at the Real Club de Tenis on April 29, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Rafael Nadal won 7-6, 7-5. April 29, 2012.  Above photo credits all go to: David Ramos/Getty Images Europe.  Click images to enlarge.

Final
[1] Rafa Nadal (ESP) defeated [3] David Ferrer (ESP)
7-6(1), 7-5

Sunday, April 29, 2012
Rafa now is the only player to win two different ATP championships seven or more times.
Barcelona 2012 is Rafa's 48th ATP Championship.

Vamos Rafa!!

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On court after final match interview - in Catalan
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an English interview 

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Entrega de Trofeos Barcelona by gandaines 
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Lifting the trophy in Barcelona 2012
by gandaines

Barcelona Open 2012

Round 1

Rafa Nadal - Bye

Round 2

Rafa Nadal defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 
6-1, 6-2

April 25, Wednesday, 2012
in 81 minutes

 
Round 3

Rafa Nadal defeated Robert Farah
6-2, 6-3
April 26, Thursday, 2012

 Quarterfinal
Rafa Nadal (ESP) defeated Janko Tipsarevic
6-2, 6-2
April 27, Friday, 2012

Semifinal
[1] Rafa Nadal (ESP) defeated [9] Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
6-0, 6-4
Saturday, April 28, 2012

Final
[1] Rafa Nadal (ESP) defeated [3] David Ferrer (ESP)
7-6(1), 7-5
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Rafa now is the only player to win two different ATP championships seven or more times.
Barcelona 2012 is Rafa's 48th ATP Championship.
Vamos Rafa!!

Order of play

TV
The Tennis Channel
begins airing on Thursday, April 26, 2012

Online Live 
and will be available online after the matches ~
ESPN3

Online possibly ~
sportlemon

Pictures

uk.eurosport.yahoo

daylife

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal (L) and Kei Nishikori of Japan pose in front of the Basilica Sagrada Familia in Barcelona April 24, 2012.  Photo credit: Reuters.  Click image to enlarge.

Round 2 Pictures

Round 2 Pictures Zimbio

Rafael Nadal plays in a match against fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez during the Barcelona Open on April 25, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Nadal easily won the match, 6-1, 6-2 in 81 minutes... April 25, 2012 - Photo credit: FameFlynet Pictures. Click image to enlarge.

Round 2 ~ Rafael Nadal plays in a match against fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez during the Barcelona Open on April 25, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Nadal easily won the match, 6-1, 6-2 in 81 minutes. April 25, 2012 - Photo credit: FameFlynet Pictures. Click image to enlarge.

 Round 3 Pictures

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 Round 3 - Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after winning a point against Roberto Farah of Colombia during their match on day 4 of the ATP 500 World Tour Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell 2012 tennis tournament at the Real Club de Tenis on April 26, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Rafael Nadal won 6-2, 6-3. April 26, 2012. Photo credit: David Ramos/Getty Images Europe. Click image to enlarge.

 
Quarterfinal Pictures
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Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a ball to Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia during their match on day 5 of the ATP 500 World Tour Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell 2012 tennis tournament at the Real Club de Tenis on April 27, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Rafael Nadal won 6-2, 6-2. April 27, 2012. Photo credit: Manuel Queimadelos Alonso/Getty Images Europe.  Click image to enlarge.

Semifinal Pictures
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Rafael Nadal of Spain serves against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during their Semi-final match of the ATP 500 World Tour Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell 2012 tennis tournament at the Real Club de Tenison April 28, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Rafael Nadal won 6-0, 6-4. April 28, 2012. Photo credit:  David Ramos/Getty Images Europe. Click image to enlarge.

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating Fernando Verdasco of Spain during their Semi-final match of the ATP 500 World Tour Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell 2012 tennis tournament at the Real Club de Tenison April 28, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Rafael Nadal won 6-0, 6-4. April 28, 2012 Photo credit: David Ramos/Getty Images Europe. Click image to enlarge.

Final Pictures

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 Rafael Nadal of Spain poses with the trophy after defeating David Ferrer on their Final match of the ATP 500 World Tour Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell 2012 tennis tournament at the Real Club de Tenis on April 29, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Rafael Nadal won 7-6, 7-5.  April 29, 2012 - Source: David Ramos/Getty Images Europe.  Click image to enlarge.

RHODE ISLAND LAW ELIMINATING TAXPAYER DEDUCTIONS STARTING 2011 LINKED TO ALEC

Click twice to enlarge the image
that I printed out and then made a tiff from the ALEC_Exposed zip file.

Read above the small red print at the bottom:
In June 2009, the Rhode Island House Finance Committee approved legislation similar to this model.

Yes, they did and now it is what you have as law, Rhode Island taxpayers. I wrote about this before, including Jim Hummel's blog post about it. Mr. Hummel's video report is included. Find the links at ~
Rhode Island Petition for Reinstating Itemized Deductions for Income Tax RI-1040

I will repost part of my previous blog post at the bottom of this post.

I found the above at ALEC_Exposed

by following these steps~

on left I clicked
Taxes and Budgets
and then at
Read the "Model Bills" HERE
I clicked the following and uploaded the sample bills by ALEC

Click here for a zip file of Tax and Budget bills

ALEC_Exposed

ALEC sends out SOS Breitbart bloggers

Repost part of my previous blog post at the bottom of this post ~

Jim Hummel states (he also has a video with a report at the link Hummel) -

"Taxpayers filing a return in Rhode Island face huge changes this year. Reforms the General Assembly passed two years ago - but just now taking effect - include the elimination of itemized deductions, meaning there will be some winners and some losers. Jim Hummel finds that the losers include those with huge medical bills - who now can't fully claim them as a deduction."

This Hummel report states that
100,000 Rhode Islanders pay more tax
300,000 Rhode Islanders pay less tax

I wonder about this.
Homeowners? How have you found this to be for you?

My RI tax for 2011 went up 40% over 2010. If you would like the return of the itemized deductions to RI, sign the petition for this action.

Petition for Rhode Island Governor, Treasurer and Legislators - Reinstate federal income tax itemized deductions to Rhode island's RI-1040

RAFA NADAL - MONTE CARLO 2012

Updated Sunday, April 21, 2012, 11 :02 p.m. USA/EST

Monte Carlo 2012
Credit to Nida @nidssserz
Website: Vamos Brigade
 

 

Click image to enlarge. Rafael Nadal of Spain bites the winners trophy after his straight sets victory against Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the final during day eight of the ATP Monte Carlo Masters, at Monte-Carlo Sporting Club on April 22, 2012 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. April 22, 2012 - Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Europe.

Click image to enlarge. Rafael Nadal of Spain makes his winners speach listened to by Novak Djokovic of Serbia after the final during day eight of the ATP Monte Carlo Masters, at Monte-Carlo Sporting Club on April 22, 2012 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. April 22, 2012 - Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Europe.

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Rafa after the match - Behind the scenes
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Monte Carlo - 21012
Round 1
Rafa has a bye

Round 2
Rafael Nadal defeated Jarkko Nieminen
6-4, 6-3
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Round 3
Rafael Nadal defeated Mikhail Kukushkin
6-1, 6-1
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Quarterfinal
Rafael Nadal defeated Stanislas Wawrinka
7-5, 6-4
Friday, April 20, 2012

Semifinal
Rafael Nadal defeated Gilles Simon
6-3, 6-4
Saturday, April 21, 2012

FINAL
  Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic
6-3, 6-1
Sunday, April 22, 2012
This was the eighth Monte Carlo title in a row won by Rafa.
This is a record.
Rafa regained the record for the most Master Series titles ~
20 Master Series titles

TV
The Tennis Channel
TV Schedule
The Tennis Channels airs LIVE,
but also reairs
most likely in the evening of the day the matches were played.

LIVE Streaming
ESPN has Live and Replays online ~
espn.go
www.fromsportcom

Live Scoring

Monte Carlo Pictures of Rafa
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Round 2 Pictures
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Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a backhand in his match against Jarkko Nieminen of Finland during day four of the ATP Monte Carlo Masters on April 18, 2012 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. April 18, 2012 - Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images Europe.

Rafael Nadal of Spain thanks the support after his match against Jarkko Nieminen of Finland during day four of the ATP Monte Carlo Masters on April 18, 2012 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. April 18, 2012 - Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images Europe.

Spain's Rafael Nadal hits a return to Finland's Jarkko Nieminen during the Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament tennis match on April 18, 2012 in Monaco. Photo credit: Getty Images.


A reflective Rafael Nadal during his post match press conference Tennis - Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2012 - Day Four - Monte-Carlo Country Club. Wednesday April 18, 05:58 PM. Photo credit: Press Association Images.


Rafael Nadal makes a point during his post match press conference Tennis - Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2012 - Day Four - Monte-Carlo Country Club. Wednesday April 18, 05:59 PM. Photo credit: Press Association Images.

Round 3 Pictures
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daylife
sports.yahoo

Quarterfinal Pictureszimbio
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Spain's Rafael Nadal reacts after defeating Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka, during their quarter final match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Friday, April 20, 2012.

 
Semifinal Pictures
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Rafael Nadal of Spain serves against Gilles Simon of France in their semi-final during day seven of the ATP Monte Carlo Masters, at Monte-Carlo Sporting Club on April 21, 2012 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. April 21, 2012 - Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Europe. Click image to enlarge.

Final Pictures

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Relevant Articles
Interview with Rafa's left knee - By Peter Bodo

Fan Support Sites ~ Great sources of information

Vamos Brigade

Rafa's Babolat-sponsored Forum
Facebook RAFA-NADAL-BRING-BACK-LONG-PANTS-SLEEVELESS-TOPS

Rafa's Facebook
www.facebook.com/Nadal

Rafa's Website
rafaelnadal.com

RHODE ISLAND PETITION FOR REINSTATING ITEMIZED DEDUCTIONS FOR INCOME TAX RI-1040

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Rhode Islanders who own their homes and are used to itemizing and deducting what they pay from their RI income tax on the annual Income Tax Return RI-1040 for things such as medical expenses, interest you paid on home mortgage, the total deduction on your house town's property tax and the charities that you donate to over the year - found that for the year of 2011 - all itemized deductions were no longer allowed. But there was a decrease in the top marginal income tax rate.

My RI tax for 2011 went up 40% over 2010. If you would like the return of the itemized deductions to RI, sign the petition for this action.

Petition for Rhode Island Governor, Treasurer and Legislators - Reinstate federal income tax itemized deductions to Rhode island's RI-1040

Federal form Schedule A with Itemized Deductions listed.
Click image to enlarge.

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Jim Hummel states (he also has a video with a report at the link Hummel) -

"Taxpayers filing a return in Rhode Island face huge changes this year. Reforms the General Assembly passed two years ago - but just now taking effect - include the elimination of itemized deductions, meaning there will be some winners and some losers. Jim Hummel finds that the losers include those with huge medical bills - who now can't fully claim them as a deduction."

This Hummel report states that
100,000 Rhode Islanders pay more tax
300,000 Rhode Islanders pay less tax

I wonder about this.
Homeowners? How have you found this to be for you?

My RI tax for 2011 went up 40% over 2010. If you would like the return of the itemized deductions to RI, sign the petition for this action.

Petition for Rhode Island Governor, Treasurer and Legislators - Reinstate federal income tax itemized deductions to Rhode island's RI-1040

UPDATED April18, 2012, 11:42. p.m. USA/EST

I have found that ALEC is linked to this RI 1040 elimination of itemized deductions. See my post about it:
Rhode Island law eliminating taxpayer deductions starting 2011 linked to ALEC

Coup d'état in Michigan

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Great report- lluminating reporting on Michigan state legislature’s coup d'état. A U.S. story, the nation, the world would be wise to continue to follow. Gutting human rights in a country that claims freedom and justice as center pieces to our way of life seems like the wrong path. Trusting blindly will lead us off a cliff where democracy lost its way and, one day, we will wonder how this happened under our watch.

We need well informed voters. So often, those we put in office, don’t want constituents to know what they are putting in our ordinances and laws, whether it be local school committees or U.S. Congress, U.S Supreme Court or the Administration. Often, they would rather we don’t get involved, so that they can get away with things, while we are ignorant. As long as we trust them to do the right thing, while we are just getting through our days, they can usurp our assumed freedoms. Do our politicians really want us to be well-educated and involved in our “We the People” government?

The CEO’s, who put millions of dollars in the coffers of elected politicians’ campaigns, are buying our “elected politicians” and having their way. And the U.S. Supreme Court made it “ethically” acceptable in Citizens United.

Low and middle income U.S. citizens need to inform themselves of who we put in office and be aware of what they do, once there. Otherwise, we will become less and less empowered. And figuratively will be “slaves” of the CEO’s who “own” our “elected” politicians.


Benton Harbor takeover sparks furious reaction

Opponents mobilize protests, repeal campaign

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 04.20.11

A portion of the article (click the title of article to read full article):

The impoverished former industrial town of Benton Harbor has become a flashpoint in the controversy over the new law that allows the governor to appoint Emergency Managers with virtually unlimited authority over local governments.

On Thursday the state-appointed Emergency Manager Joe Harris used the expanded powers granted by the new law to issue an order banning the city commission from taking any action without his written permission.

Benton Harbor City Commissioner Juanita Henry says her constituents are angry and looking for help, but without the power to hold meetings the city commission can’t even provide an official venue for citizens to ask questions and get answers.

“They are using Benton Harbor as a test case,“ Henry said. “If they have disenfranchised the people so badly they just don’t respond to anything, they can do this all over the country.”

Community activist Rev. Edward Pinkney said that many Benton Harbor residents only learned that their city government had been sacked by reading about it in the paper days later.

Read the full article: Benton Harbor takeover sparks furious reaction


Facebook page - Rick Snyder Wrong for Michigan


Judge removes Flint emergency, restores mayor and city council; State planning appeal

By Kristin Longley | klongley1@mlive.com

LANSING, Michigan -- A judge ordered Flint emergency manager Michael Brown out of office today, ruling that the state violated the law in appointing him to oversee the cash-strapped city.

In her ruling, Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina also reinstated Flint Mayor Dayne Walling and the City Council, who lost their authority under state law after the emergency manager was appointed.

Read the full article: Judge removes Flint emergency