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Friday, March 23, 2012

RAFA NADAL - MIAMI 2012

UPDATED: Friday, March 30, 2012, 11:04 p.m.


Rafael Nadal, of Spain, serves to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, of France, during the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Fla., Wednesday, Photo - J. Pat Carter/AP

Miami 2012
Sony Ericsson Open
Singles

Semifinal

Rafa withdrew from the Semifinal match due to tendonitis
so the following match didn't happen and Andy will be in the Final.
Rafa Nadal(ESP) vs. Andy Murray(GBR)
(QF = Murray defeated Janko Tipsarevic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4)
Friday, March 30, 2012
First Men's Semifinal
Stadium Court
Not to start before 3:00 p.m. USA/EST

Online Live Streaming LIVE and Matches already played are available ~espn3

TV
The Tennis Channel through Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The Tennis Channel reairs matches a couple of times usually.
ESPN2 began Wednesday, March 28, 2012
CBS

TV-Schedule

Online Live Streaming
espn3
sportlemon.tv

Nadal-resigns-as-vice-president-of-player-council-saying-he-cant-give-job-100-percent/2012/03/27

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Miami 2012
Sony Ericsson Open
Men's Singles

Round 1
Bye

Round 2
Rafa Nadal defeated Santiago Giraldo
6-2, 6-0
Friday, March 23, 2012

Round 3
Rafa Nadal vs. Radek Štěpánek
6-2, 6-2
Sunday, March 25, 2012

The Tennis Channel TV schedule

Round 4
Rafa Nadal(ESP) vs. Kei Nishikori (JPN)
6-4, 6-4
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Quarterfinal
Rafa Nadal(ESP) defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
6-2, 5-7, 6-4
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Murray and Nadal Set Blockbuster Semifinal


Rafa withdrew from the Semifinal match due to tendonitis
so the following match didn't happen and Andy will be in the Final.
Rafa Nadal(ESP) vs. Andy Murray(GBR)
(QF = Murray defeated Janko Tipsarevic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4)
Friday, March 30, 2012
First Men's Semifinal
Stadium Court
Not to start before 3:00 p.m. USA/EST

TV
The Tennis Channel through Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The Tennis Channel reairs matches a couple of times usually.
ESPN2 began Wednesday, March 28, 2012
CBS

TV-Schedule

Online Live Streaming
espn3
sportlemon.tv

Live-Scores

Miami 2012

Men's Doubles

Round 1
Rafa Nadal and Marcel Granollers defeated Marin and Ivo Karlovic
6-1, 6-3
March 22, Thursday, 2012

Round 2
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna defeated Rafa Nadal and Marcel Granollers
6-4, 6-3
Monday, March 26, 2012

Note: Rafa will be playing doubles in the Olympics with Marcel Granollers.

Pictures

Singles

Round 1 ~ Bye

Round 2

zimbio

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shotto Santiago Giraldo of Columbia during day five of the Sony Ericsson Open at the Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 23, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida. March 23, 2012 - Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images North America

Round 3

zimbio
uk.eurosport.yahoo
daylife
rafael-nadal-shirtless-at-the-sony-ericsson-open

Round 3 ~ Rafael Nadal of Spain in action against Radek Stepanek of The Czech Republic during Day 7 at Crandon Park Tennis Center at the Sony Ericsson Open on March 25, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida. March 25, 2012 - Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America.

Round 4
zimbio
uk.eurosport.yahoo
More at uk.eurosport.yahoo
daylife

Round 4 -Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates his win against Kei Nishikori of Japan during Day 9 at Crandon Park Tennis Center at the Sony Ericsson Open on March 27, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America

Quarterfinal
daylife
uk.eurosport.yahoo
zimbio

Quarterfinal - Rafael Nadal of Spain looks on during a match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during Day 10 of the Sony Ericcson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 28, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida. March 28, 2012 - Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images North America.

Quarterfinal - Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts to winning a match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during Day 10 of the Sony Ericcson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 28, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida. March 28, 2012 - Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images North America.

Quarterfinal - Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts to winning a match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during Day 10 of the Sony Ericcson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 28, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida. March 28, 2012 - Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images North America.

Doubles

Round 1

sports.yahoo
zimbio

Round 2

zimbio

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

RAFA NADAL IN QUARTER FINAL IN MIAMI 2011

Rafael Nadal, of Spain, reacts after defeating Tomas Berdych, of the Czech Republic, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 at the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Fla., Thursday, March 31, 2011. Photo credit: AP


Final
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafa Nadal
4-6, 6-3 , 7-6 (7-4)
Sunday, April 3, 2011

Zimbio Pictures of Rafael Nadal

(Last year CBS ended up not even airing the Final at Miami
and Andy Roddick (USA) was playing in the Final)

Check The Tennis Channel for re-airing of the Final

Miami
Rd 1 ~ Bye
Rd 2 Rafa defeated Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-4
Rd 3 Rafa defeated Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-3
Rd 4 Rafa defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1, 6-2


Round 4 ~ Rafael Nadal of Spain returns against Alexandr Dolgopolov of the Ukraine during the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 29, 2011 in Key Biscayne, Florida.
Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images North America


KEY BISCAYNE, FL - MARCH 29: Rafael Nadal of Spain shakes the sweat from his hair after his win over Alexandr Dolgopolov of the Ukraine during the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 29, 2011 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images


Quarter Final

Rafa Nadal defeated Tomas Berdych

6-2, 3-6, 6-3

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Thank you Rafa for winning! I needed that!
A little scary there in the 2nd set. Stunning first set. Third set clenched it.


QF Yahoo pictures of Rafa


QF Zimbio pictures of Rafa


2nd set of Quarter Final highlights

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If you double click the video, going to Youtube, you will also see the highlights to Sets 1 and 3.


The audio of Rafa answering press questions after Quarter Final match

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KEY BISCAYNE, FL - MARCH 31: Rafael Nadal of Spain argues with the chair umpire during his match against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 31, 2011 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Photo by Mike Ehrmann of Getty Images



Miami
Semi Final
Rafa Nadal defeated Roger Federer
6-3, 6-2
April 1, 2011

Semi Final
Rafa Nadal defeated Roger Federer
6-3, 6-2
April 1, 2011


TV Schedule


Miami Sony Ericsson Open


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Monday, March 29, 2010

LACK OF TENNIS TV COVERAGE CONTINUES TO BAFFLE THE MIND OF A TENNIS FAN - NADAL PLAYS RODDICK IN MIAMI SEMI FINAL 2010

Semi-Final
Rafa Nadal lost to Andy Roddick
6-4, 3-6, 3-6
Friday, April 2, 2010
Pictures


The final
April 4, 2010
Roddick versus Berdych
1:00 p.m
CBS has it scheduled for 2 hours at 1:00 p.m.

Possible online viewing (for free)

www.fromsport.com

www.atdhe.net

www.channelsurfing.net

www.myp2p.net

www.rojadirecta.com

Not Free
The Final will not be streamed live in USA at this site:

www.tennistv.com



Previous title for this post RAFA NADAL AND DAVID FERRER in ROUND 4 in MIAMI 2010

Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after a point against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during day nine of the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 31, 2010 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images North America

UPDATE #2 on March 31, 2010:
Quarter Final
Rafael Nadal defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
6-3, 6-2
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Stadium Court
WAS NOT ON TV
Pictures

Semi-Final
Rafa Nadal versus Andy Roddick
Friday, April 2, 2010
1:00 p.m.
Stadium Court
I cannot figure out if it will be on TV
This is just confusing: tv-listings-search.cox
My TV remote says 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. will have the women's match on FSN/CSN.
So, I would recommend counting on watching it online.
I noticed today, that it said this, too,
but the men's QF (Verdasco and Berdych) match was on.


The Woes of Being a Tennis Fan
It is difficult to take that The Tennis Channel and FSN/CSN didn't air the Quarter final match of Rafa and Tsonga tonight.

I registered my complaint to The Tennis Channel:

Subject: Absolutely Poor Programming on TTC
Email address: programminginfo@thetennischannel.com

Dear The Tennis Channel,

I have waited a long time for The Tennis Channel to be available to my cable company in Rhode Island.

And now, that I have it finally this spring, I cannot believe that our own USA Sony Ericsson Open Miami tournament Quarter Final is not being carried live on TTC. This is an outrage. How can you call this good programming? Rafa Nadal and Tsonga in this QF and TTC is not showing it. Just ridiculous. Tennis gets no respect. No other major sport gets this kind of dismissive coverage.

Thank you for your kind consideration to this complaint.

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UPDATE #1:

Round 4
Rafael Nadal defeated David Ferrer
7-6(5), 6-4
March 30, 2010
72 pictures

Quarter Final
Rafael Nadal versus Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Stadium Court
not before 9:00 a.m. USA EST

Berdych defeated Federer last night

Andy Roddick is in the Semi-Finals
He defeated Almagro 6-3, 6-3

Thursday, April 1, 2010 Schedule

Rafa happy after his win over David Nalbandian on Sunday
Photo credit: Clive Brunskill

Miami
Round 3
Rafael Nadal defeated David Nalbandian
6-7(8), 6-2, 6-2
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Nadal Wins article
Interview

Round 4
Rafael Nadal versus David Ferrer
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
are scheduled to play the 3rd match on Stadium Court
The first match begins "not before" 1:00 p.m.

Order of Play for Tuesday

TV
(FSN, CBS and The Tennis Channel)
TV Schedule


Photo credit: Al Bello

Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after a shot against David Nalbandian of Argentina during day six of the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 28, 2010 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images North America

The brown shorts are gone - Thankfully
Rafa talks about the Indian Wells brown diamond print shorts here
See the brown shorts here
It is the 18th video selection (highlights video)

Where can we watch tennis?

Fan Support Sites ~ Great sources of information

vamos brigade

Rafa's Babolat-sponsored forum


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"At the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends."
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State Department Facebook:
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Ambassador Susan Rice:
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Vice President Biden:
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And at http://sudansham2010.org/page3/page3.html
do the tweets but replace any reference to Senate Resolution 404
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

RAFA NADAL IN MIAMI SINGLES ROUND 3 AND DOUBLES ROUND 1

UPDATE

MIAMI
Sony Ericsson Open
Singles
Round 3
Rafa Nadal versus David Nalbandian
March 28, Sunday, 2010
not before 1:00 pm
Stadium Court

TV New England
FSN channel

and for a fee
www.tennistv.com

Possible online viewing (for free)

www.fromsport.com

www.atdhe.net

Doubles
Round 1
B Bryan / M Bryam defeated R Nadal / B Salva-Vidal
6-0 , 6-3
March 27, Saturday, 2010
Pictures

News
Mardy Fish (USA) defeated [3] Andy Murray (GBR)
6-4, 6-4

That means both Djokovic and Murray are out

RAFA CATCH UP

Indian Wells
Doubles Championship Match
Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez
defeated
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic
7-6 (8), 6-3

INDIAN WELLS, CA - MARCH 20: Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal of Spain pose for photographers after defeating Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Daniel Nestor of Canada in the doubles final of the BNP Paribas Open on March 20, 2010 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images


Doubles Trophy Ceremony - Indian Wells 2010
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Press conference at Indian Wells 2010
March 20 - when Rafa lost his singles match
and won the doubles Championship match with friend Marc Lopez.
Uploaded by BNPParibasOpen

Video of Indian Wells 2010

And now ~ Miami, Florida
Rafael Nadal talks to the media about his inflamed wisdom teeth at a press conference during day two of the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 24, 2010 in Key Biscayne, Florida. March 23, 2010Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images North America

Rafa March 23, 2010 Miami. Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images North America

More pictures of Rafael Nadal from the March 23, 2010 press conference

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shot to Taylor Dent during day four of the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 26, 2010 in Key Biscayne, Florida.
March 25, 2010. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images North America

more pictures

CURRENTLY
MIAMI
Sony Ericsson Open
Singles
Rafa had a bye in Round 1
Round 2
Rafael Nadal defeated Taylor Dent
6-4, 6-3

NOTE: Rafa's Round 2 match was not televised or online apparently anywhere, however there was live scoring at Sony Ericsson Open

Where can we watch tennis?

Possible online viewing (for free)

www.fromsport.com

www.atdhe.net


Not Free

www.tennistv.com


TV
(FSN, CBS and The Tennis Channel)
TV-Schedule




Fan Support Sites ~ Great sources of information

vamos brigade

Rafa's Babolat-sponsored forum


Doubles for Rafa Nadal and Salva-Vidal starts Saturday March 27, 2010
Their match is scheduled to be 3rd on Grandstand court:

GRANDSTAND start 11:00 am
S Giraldo (COL) vs M Youzhny (RUS)
M Baghdatis (CYP) vs J Chela (ARG)
R Nadal (ESP) / B Salva-Vidal (ESP) vs B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA)
F Gonzalez (CHI) vs Y Lu (TPE)

Big News is that Novak Djokovic lost in Round 2 today
O Rochus (BEL) defeated N Djokovic (SRB) 6-2 6-7(7) 6-4

NOTE: Saturday's schedule - March 27, 2010 (no Rafa, but Andy Murray and Roger Federer play on Saturday

STADIUM Not Before 1:00 PM

2nd match: A Murray (GBR) vs M Fish (USA)

Starting at 8:00 PM
R Federer (SUI) vs N Lapentti (ECU)

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Sudan sham 2010

United States, stop supporting the sham April 2010 elections in Sudan. In a climate of violent political intimidation and with millions disenfranchised in camps, there cannot be credible elections in Sudan. Our support gives the Government of al-Bashir, indicted on war crimes and crimes against humanity, legitimacy it does not deserve. It is a waste of American taxpayer money, and non-credible elections will fuel violence and divisions in a country that is already on the brink.

Obama Administration, engage at the highest level in bringing lasting peace, protection, and justice to Sudan, now!

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Contact links:

President Obama:
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or for organizations at
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http://archive.usun.state.gov/Issues/Contact2.html

Vice President Biden:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
or for organizations at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/organizations

And at http://sudansham2010.org/page3/page3.html
do the tweets but replace any reference to Senate Resolution 404
with something important like "Gration has got to go"
in words of your choosing.


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Monday, March 30, 2009

PRESIDENT OBAMA FINALLY SPEAKS ABOUT DARFUR. NADAL INTO ROUND 4 in MIAMI


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School in Camp Djabal

Darfuri refugee camp in Chad

The first picture is of the teacher preparing for class on the sand

Pictures from Stop Genocide Now's website at iACT Day 7

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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release March 30, 2009

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT

AFTER MEETING WITH SUDAN SPECIAL ENVOY SCOTT GRATION,

SUDAN ADVOCATES, AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

Roosevelt Room

5:24 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Obviously on a busy news day, I wanted us to make sure that we weren't losing sight of something that has been an ongoing international crisis, and that is the situation in Darfur.

As many of you know, there has been a longstanding humanitarian crisis there, prompted by displacement and genocide that has been taking place. There have been a series of negotiations around resolving this crisis in Sudan. It has not gotten resolved, and it is now worsening.

And so I wanted to publicly affirm the importance of General Scott Gration, who has been appointed as Special Envoy to Sudan, to work on a whole host of issues that I think are of importance to the international community and should touch the conscience of all of us.

General Gration is one of my top national security advisors. He's somebody who I've known for a long time. We've traveled together in Africa. He was a close associate during the campaign. And so I can't think of somebody who is better equipped to travel to Africa, the continent where he grew up, and communicate to Sudan a couple of important points: Number one, we have an immediate crisis prompted by the Khartoum government's expulsion of nongovernmental organizations that are providing aid to displaced persons inside of Sudan. And we have to figure out a mechanism to get those NGOs back in place, to reverse that decision, or to find some mechanism whereby we avert a enormous humanitarian crisis.

Even as we're dealing with that immediate issue, we can't take our eyes off the longstanding conflicts in Sudan that have resulted in all these persons being displaced. And that means that General Gration's task is going to be to see if we can reinvigorate the North-South agreement, make sure that it's implemented in an effective way, and that we are also exploring a mechanism whereby we can get talks between rebels and the Khartoum government that could help, once and for all, resolve the Darfur situation.

This is going to be a very difficult task. It will be a time-consuming task. We don't expect any solutions overnight to the longstanding problems there. Fortunately, what's happened in Darfur has touched so many people around the world, and we have seen such an extraordinary mobilization of advocates, many of who are sitting at this table -- we've got bipartisan interest on the part of members of Congress around this issue -- that I actually think that America can speak effectively with one voice and bring the moral and other elements of our stature to bear in trying to deal with this situation.

I can't think of a person who's better than Scott Gration to represent us in this critical task, and I am sending him off with my full confidence. He will be speaking for the administration, and he will be coming back to report to me very shortly about what he's found there and additional steps that we can take to deal with this situation.

So, thank you, Scott, for the great work.

GENERAL GRATION: Thank you, sir.

THE PRESIDENT: All right, everybody. Thank you. END 5:28 P.M. EDT

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From: Ashley Roberts
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 6:10 PM
To: All Staff
Subject: DARFUR ADVOCATES MEET WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION IN ADVANCE OF SUDAN TRIP

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: press@savedarfur.org

March 30, 2009

DARFUR ADVOCATES MEET WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION IN ADVANCE OF SUDAN TRIP

Save Darfur optimistic on administration’s Sudan commitment, calls on U.S. to lead multilateral effort to reopen humanitarian access

WASHINGTON – Following a meeting with President Obama and Special Envoy Gration at the White House, Darfur advocates expressed their optimism at the administration’s stated commitment to bring peace to Sudan and reiterated the need for urgent U.S. action to reopen humanitarian access to Darfur. Save Darfur Coalition president Jerry Fowler released the following statement:

“The coalition was reassured to hear the Obama administration’s commitment to bring peace to Sudan during a meeting at the White House today with Darfur advocates and congressional leaders. During his trip to Sudan this week, it is critical that Special Envoy Gration convey to the Sudanese government that they now face a fundamental choice as a direct result of President Bashir’s actions. They must choose between continuing policies which have thrown the lives of millions of Sudanese civilians on the fire and have placed Sudan on a path toward greater international isolation, or reversing those policies and reconciling with an international community whose support for Bashir, and thus for Sudan, will only grow weaker as time passes.

“The coalition is also hopeful that Gration will soon travel to key capitals to directly engage with leadership and garner support for multilateral efforts to convince – and if necessary compel – the Bashir regime to reopen humanitarian access and make real progress towards achieving a true peace in Darfur. Bashir’s recent decision to expel 13 international aid organizations has left millions of Darfuri civilians at immediate risk of starvation and disease. With this expulsion, approximately 1.1 million civilians will soon run out of food, nearly 1 million will soon run out of potable water, and 1.5 million will be denied medical attention.

“During his campaign, President Obama often touted the power and necessity of using transformational multilateral diplomacy to address international crises. Ending the current humanitarian crisis in Darfur and bringing peace to Sudan calls for exactly this type of complete and fully resourced diplomatic effort. Gration’s role will be vital and must continue to be supported by the president’s engagement.”

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About the coalition: The Save Darfur Coalition – an alliance of more than 180 faith-based, advocacy and human rights organizations – raises public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur and mobilizes a unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of people throughout the Darfur region. The coalition’s member organizations represent 130 million people of all ages, races, religions and political affiliations united together to help the people of Darfur. For more information on the coalition, please visit www.SaveDarfur.org. To obtain footage from the Darfur border region, coalition events, various interviews, and more, please visit the Save Darfur Coalition media gallery at http://media.savedarfur.org. All footage may be previewed in non-broadcast quality and may be purchased in broadcast quality by filling out the purchase request form provided on the site.

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The head of Save Darfur, Jerry Fowler has the following response after being in the meeting with President Obama today:

Subject: Meeting with President and Special Envoy Gration

I came away from the meeting heartened by the President's direct engagement. It's obvious he has a lot of confidence in General Gration and that General Gration will have access to the President. All the participants underscored to both General Gration, and then to the President when he joined the meeting, the extreme urgency of the situation. In his public remarks, the President noted the extraordinary mobilization of advocates and the bipartisan interest in Congress (there were a half dozen Senators and members of Congress in the meeting as well). We need to maintain that mobilization and continue to insist on a sense of urgency. General Gration is off to Sudan tomorrow. I'll look forward to hearing his report when he gets back.

Below is from http://www.stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact7/day7

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Camp Djabal March 29, 2009

Gabriel, Katie-Jay and Yuen-Lin spent their day fasting and visited a school in Camp Djabal where the students share songs from their homeland.
Uploaded by iACTivism

Day 7: March 30

Gabriel, Katie-Jay and Yuen-Lin spent their day fasting and visited a school in Camp Djabal where the students share songs from their homeland.

Action

Today we are asking you to spend a little more time on your daily action. Write a letter to your leader outlining what needs to happen before we will be quiet and step down from our urgent campaigns. Click here to find out how.

Day 7 Action: Write your Leaders

Posted by Katie-Jay on March 29th, 2009

We must demand that our leaders pay more attention to Darfur. We need our MESSAGE to be loud and consistent. Today we are asking you to spend a little more time on your daily action. Write a letter to your leader outlining what needs to happen before we will be quiet and step down from our urgent campaigns. It’s simple - the Enough Project has outlined the policy asks ( Download this sample by Sandra Hammel from earlier this month. Make it personal, print off a picture of a Darfuri or add information about the camps from our recent journals. Stamp it and send. You can also paste it into this web form for President Obama. It’s easy.

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Letters from Darfur refugees

Posted by Katie-Jay on March 29th, 2009

group of 5 shack 2.JPGAfter spending some time with students and teachers at the one of the schools in Camp Djabal, we gave them a book of letters written by a school in Georgia as part of their Save Darfur Club. We also told them about the Darfur Dream Team Sister School Program. Here are the two letters we were given to bring home with us (with minor spelling and grammar errors corrected).

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March 28, 2009
Dear all members of Save Darfur Club,

We are the family of New Sudan School co-education for basic at camp of Djabal in Eastern Chad.

We hope that all the family of Save Darfur Club is very well and that your health is very good.

We send to your our greetings and regards. If you ask about us now, we are well, but have lost our homes. We were Sudanese citizens, but now we are refugees and this is a very bad thing.

Our friends in U.S.A in Save Darfur Club, I know you are doing very hard work so as to help us in the camp. This is a very good feeling.

Thank you very much for your letters.
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28/3/2009
New Sudan School Co-education for Basic
Letter to U.S.A from Sudanese refugee students

Our requests to students in U.S.A from students in Djabal camp of Sudanese refugees:
1. Clothes for the very weak students
2. Shoes
3. Culture and Sports tools
4. Piano and other musical instruments
5. Computers and cameras
6. Dictionaries
7. Forms
8. Libraries
9. Place to play sports
10. Also we need high secondary school
11. Scholarship for teachers and students

Thank you so much for your humanity. We have great confidence in you to help us.

My name is Sulieman Yahia Sulieman, English Teacher in School

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There are two ways you can donate to education in Camp Djabal. If you are part of a school, please check out Darfur Dream Team Sister School Program and their registry for donations.

If you are not part of a school, but would like to send money, you can send a check for USA for UNHCR with SGN/Djabal in the memo line to:
SGN
1732 Aviation Blvd #138
Redondo Beach, CA 90278

We will forward it to USA for UNHCR and make sure that 100% of your donation goes towards education.

Some laughing and some singing, on an empty stomach.

children at Hawa's .JPGWe got to laugh quite a bit today. At New Sudan School, we spent time with students again. I asked if anyone knew a joke. A girl in blue stood up and started singing. The whole class erupted in laughter. I was laughing without knowing what the song was about. The song was in her tribes vernacular. She then translated it in to Arabic, and the laughter in the room got louder! Finally, they told me in English. The song talked about how she “would rather marry an old man, than that white teethed boy with the neck of a camel.”

khar hawa asaad walking.JPGAlso on the video, a boy and girl perform a beautiful duet. It is a song about being respectful of your parents and following their directions. I really liked the voices of these two good looking kids.

If I remember correctly, the classroom that is singing together, are singing a song about going back to Darfur; but, I did hear a lot of songs yesterday, so I could be mistaken about the meaning of that one. I don’t have Bouba around right now to ask him.

It was fun, except for when I asked that same classroom that sang for anyone that had eaten anything that morning to raise their hand. Out of 52 students, only 8 raised their hands. Not funny at all.

Peace, Gabriel

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TENNIS

SINGLES

Rafa beat Frederico Gil 7-5, 6-3 in Round 3

Monday, March 3, 2009 in Miami.


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Round 4 Rafa Nadal's singles match

is scheduled to be played on Stadium Court

Tuesday, March 31,

not before 9:00 p.m. USA EDT

He will play Stanilas Wawrinka

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DOUBLES

March 30, 2009

M Lopez (ESP) and R Nadal (ESP) vs B Soares (BRA) and K Ullyett (ZIM)


DOUBLES

Rafa and his friend Marc Lopez had a difficult challenge lined up for today's second round of doubles against B. Soares and K. Ullyett.

The pair had more experience than the Spaniards and at the end they prevailed in two stes, 6-3, 6-4 after and hour and 18 minutes of play. From www.rafaelnadal.com

(Rafa and Marc won Round 1's doubles match, 6-2, 7-6(5), against Brunstrom and Rojer.)


Order of Play.


March 31, 2009

STADIUM start 11:00 am
[21] T Berdych (CZE) vs [3] N Djokovic (SRB) - ATP

Not Before 1:00 PM
[8] S Kuznetsova (RUS) vs [13] C Wozniacki (DEN) - WTA
[5] A Roddick (USA) vs [9] G Monfils (FRA) - ATP
[Q] T Dent (USA) vs [2] R Federer (SUI) - ATP

Not Before 7:00 PM
[11] V Azarenka (BLR) vs S Stosur (AUS) - WTA

Not Before 9:00 PM
[1] R Nadal (ESP) vs S Wawrinka (SUI) - ATP

GRANDSTAND start 11:00 am
[7] G Simon (FRA) vs [10] J Tsonga (FRA) - ATP
[4] A Murray (GBR) vs V Troicki (SRB) - ATP

Not Before 2:00 PM
[12] F Gonzalez (CHI) or [18] R Stepanek (CZE) vs [32] F Lopez (ESP) or [8] F Verdasco (ESP) - ATP
[11] D Ferrer (ESP) or [17] M Cilic (CRO) vs [6] J Del Potro (ARG) - ATP



Singles Draw Doubles Draw Sony Ericsson Open Official Site

To See Tennis LIVE

Watch live streaming (not free)

Try this for free live streaming online at

http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-wabuk-1.html


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Round 3 Miami Rafael Nadal defeated Frederico Gil March 30, 2009

7-5, 6-3

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These could be removed eventually, as often happens after posted.

Nice Picture of Rafa during Round 3 match - Miami 2009 - March 30

Pictures of Round 3

Rafael Nadal shows his undiminished drive

An interview with Rafa after Round 2
NADAL d Gabashvili
6-2, 6-2

Rafa's original forum before NIKE took over and created a newer forum:
http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=84197

A Fan Website for Rafa
vamosbrigade.com

NOTE
I am having huge problems with my computer and can load no more pictures at this time.

My computer just crashed because of major problems that hopefully will be fixed tomorrow. I am going to post this as is. Thank goodness blogspot had automatically saved my work otherwise I would have nothing at all.

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