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Mozart"s operas
Mary Kathleen Hunter
a companion
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Published 2008 by Yale University Press in New Haven, CT .
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, -- 1756-1791,
Opera -- 18th century
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Mozart's Operas book. Read reviews from world's largest community for readers. Originally published in when most of Mozart's operas were still almos Mozarts operas book. An essay on the "anatomy" of a Mozart opera points out the musical conventions with which the composer worked and suggests nontechnical ways to think about his musical choices.
The book also places modern productions of the operas in historical context and explores how modern directors, producers, and conductors present Mozart's works today. Is The Marriage of Figaro just about Figaro.
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Too often, the female characters have been understood from the male protagonist's point of view or simply reduced. He discusses Mozart's later genius as displayed in the three comic operas The Marriage Mozarts operas book Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte, and in The Magic Flute, the final and greatest triumph of his by: Mozarts operas book.
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Filled with factual information and interesting issues to ponder while watching a performance, this guide will appeal to newcomers and seasoned opera aficionados alike. Renowned Mozart scholar Daniel Heartz brings his deep knowledge of social history, theater, and art to a study of the last and great decade of Mozart's operas.
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Mozart's operas. [Rudolph Angermüller] -- Presents in their scenic splendor and performance history, twenty-two operas both those already well known to music lovers and those more recently revived. Examines Mozart's evolution as a music. Brings the author's knowledge of social history, theater, and art to a study of Mozart's operas.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (–) was a prolific composer and wrote in many genres. Perhaps his best-admired work is in opera, the piano concerto, sonata, the symphony, the string quartet, and string also wrote many pieces for solo piano, other forms of chamber music, masses and other religious music, and numerous dances, divertimentos, and other.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on 27 January to Leopold Mozart (–) and Anna Maria, née Pertl (–), at Getreidegasse 9 in Salzburg. This was the capital of the Archbishopric of Salzburg, an ecclesiastic principality in what is now Austria, then part of the Holy Roman Empire.
He was the youngest of seven children, five of whom died in infancy. His elder. Along with "Aida," "La Boheme," and "Carmen," Mozart's masterpiece is one of the most often performed operas.
The work is so admired that when the. The Metropolitan Opera Book of Mozart Operas: Judyth Schaubhut Smith, David Stivender, Susan Webb: Books - (3). This book looks at Mozart's life and compositional development through the lens of his operas.
Cairns takes each opera and places it in the context of Mozart's life and relevant historical events. He then provides wonderful commentary and analysis on each work, concentrating on how Mozart uses musical means to support and shape the dramatic /5.
The first major works of literature inspired by Mozart were by the German writers E. Hoffmann and Eduard Mörike. Hoffmann published his Don Juan inMörike his Mozart's Journey to Prague in Mozart appears in Hermann Hesse 's novels Der Steppenwolf and Die Morgenlandfahrt.
This year marks the th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the most enduringly popular and celebrated composers to have ever lived. His substantial oeuvre contains works that are considered to be among the most exquisite pieces of symphonic, chamber, and choral music ever written.
His operas too cast a long shadow over those staged in their wake.2/5(2). The Cambridge Companion to Mozart paints a rounded yet focussed picture of one of the most revered artists of all time.
Bringing the most recent scholarship into the public arena, this volume bridges the gap between scholarly and popular images of the composer, enhancing the readers' appreciation of Mozart and his extraordinary output, regardless of their.
Mozart: Arias from Operas for Soprano, Volume 3 (Vocal Sheet Music Book IMC #) by Sergius Kagen and a great selection of related books, art. Buy a cheap copy of The Metropolitan Opera Book of Mozart by Metropolitan Opera. Provides new English translations and the original librettos of Mozart's seven most popular operas.
Free shipping over $ Get this from a library. Mozart's operas: a companion. [Mary Kathleen Hunter] -- "This guide to Mozart's operas encompasses the full range of his most popular works - Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi, Magic Flute, Seraglio, Clemenza di Tito - as well as less known works like Mitridate.
Hoffmann's encomium for Don Giovanni attests to a pre-eminence that has never declined. But in spite of an impregnable reputation, the "opera of all operas" is imperfect in conception, a miscarriage as drama, defective in important features.
Yet because the misshapen libretto has been endowed, even overendowed, with some of Mozart's greatest [ ]. Mozart's musical forms in his mature operas was always determined by dramatic requirements, ensuring that the musical items come from the character's inner psychological drama or from the outer drama of the action.
He was the complete master of ensembles and act finales, examples of which can be found in any of the Da Ponte operas. Born: "A major addition to a central topic in Mozart studies."—Julian Rushton, Times Literary Supplement "Although opera buffa and Mozart's opera in general have been studied by many scholars and from many points of view, Hunter's work, based on such a large bosy of scores, provides new proofs and a unique focus on the entertainment value of the works.".
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January – 5 December ) was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (–91) was an Austrian composer.
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Editor — July 28, 2019
In a massive new analysis of findings from 277 clinical trials using 24 different interventions, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have found that almost all vitamin, mineral and other nutrient supplements or diets cannot be linked to longer life or protection from heart disease.
Although they found that most of the supplements or diets were not associated with any harm, the analysis showed possible health benefits only from a low-salt diet, omega-3 fatty acid supplements and possibly folic acid supplements for some people. Researchers also found that supplements combining calcium and vitamin D may in fact be linked to a slightly increased stroke risk.
Results of the analysis were published on July 8 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Surveys by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 52% of Americans take a least one vitamin or other dietary/nutritional supplement daily. As a nation, Americans spend $31 billion each year on such over-the-counter products. An increasing number of studies — including this new one from Johns Hopkins — have failed to prove health benefits from most of them.
"The panacea or magic bullet that people keep searching for in dietary supplements isn't there," says senior author of the study Erin D. Michos, M.D., M.H.S., associate director of preventive cardiology at the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "People should focus on getting their nutrients from a heart-healthy diet, because the data increasingly show that the majority of healthy adults don't need to take supplements."
For the current study, the researchers used data from 277 randomized clinical trials that evaluated 16 vitamins or other supplements and eight diets for their association with mortality or heart conditions including coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart attack. All together they included data gathered on 992,129 research participants worldwide.
The vitamin and other supplements reviewed included: antioxidants, ?-carotene, vitamin B-complex, multivitamins, selenium, vitamin A, vitamin B3/niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin D alone, calcium alone, calcium and vitamin D together, folic acid, iron and omega-3 fatty acid (fish oil). The diets reviewed were a Mediterranean diet, a reduced saturated fat (less fats from meat and dairy) diet, modified dietary fat intake (less saturated fat or replacing calories with more unsaturated fats or carbohydrates), a reduced fat diet, a reduced salt diet in healthy people and those with high blood pressure, increased alpha linolenic acid (ALA) diet (nuts, seeds and vegetable oils), and increased omega-6 fatty acid diet (nuts, seeds and vegetable oils). Each intervention was also ranked by the strength of the evidence as high, moderate, low or very low risk impact.
The majority of the supplements including multivitamins, selenium, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin D alone, calcium alone and iron showed no link to increased or decreased risk of death or heart health.
In the three studies of 3,518 people that looked at a low-salt diet in people with healthy blood pressure, there were 79 deaths. The researchers say that they found a 10% decrease in the risk of death in these people, which they classified as a moderate associated impact.
Of the five studies in which 3,680 participants with high blood pressure were put on a low-salt diet, they found that the risk of death due to heart disease decreased by 33%, as there were 674 heart disease deaths during the study periods. They also classified this intervention as moderate evidence of an impact.
Forty-one studies with 134,034 participants evaluated the possible impact of omega-3 fatty acid supplements. In this group, 10,707 people had events such as a heart attack or stroke indicating heart disease. Overall, these studies suggested that supplement use was linked to an 8 percent reduction in heart attack risk and a 7 percent reduction in coronary heart disease compared to those not on the supplements. The researchers ranked evidence for a beneficial link to this intervention as low.
Based on 25 studies in 25,580 healthy people, data also showed that folic acid was linked to a 20 percent reduced risk of stroke. Some 877 participants had strokes during the trials. The authors graded evidence for a link to beneficial effects as low.
The authors point out that the studies suggesting the greatest impact of folic acid supplementation on reducing stroke risk took place in China, where cereals and grains aren't fortified with folic acid like they are in the U.S. Thus, they say, this apparent protective effect may not be applicable in regions where most people get enough folic acid in their diet.
Twenty studies evaluated the combination of calcium with vitamin D in a supplement. Of the 42,072 research participants, 3,690 had strokes during the trials, and taken together the researchers say this suggests a 17% increased risk for stroke. The risk evidence was ranked as moderate. There was no evidence that calcium or vitamin D taken alone had any health risks or benefits.
"Our analysis carries a simple message that although there may be some evidence that a few interventions have an impact on death and cardiovascular health, the vast majority of multivitamins, minerals and different types of diets had no measurable effect on survival or cardiovascular disease risk reduction," says lead author Safi U. Khan, M.D., an assistant professor of Medicine at West Virginia University.
Other authors include Muhammad U. Khan and Shahul Valavoor of West Virginia University; Haris Riaz of Cleveland Clinic; Di Zhao, Michael J. Blaha and Eliseo Guallar of Johns Hopkins; Lauren Vaughan and Victor Okunrintemi of East Carolina University; Irbaz Bin Riaz and M. Hassan Murad of Mayo Clinic; Muhammad Shahzeb Khan of the John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County; and Edo Kaluski of the Guthrie Health System.
The authors received no financial support for this research study and declare no conflicts of interest.
Materials provided by Johns Hopkins Medicine. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.
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SERMON BY THE RIGHT REVD WILLIAM CONNOR MAGEE, LORD BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH (as reported in the Peterborough Advertiser, 14 October 1876)
At the Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Warmington on 6 October, 1876 – the day the church re-opened following restoration
The Right Rev the Bishop took for his text 1st Corinthians, xil, 31st verse – "But covet earnestly the best gifts, and yet show I unto you a more excellent way".
These letters of the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians, he said, always had a special interest for English Churchmen, and for this reason, - of all the early churches to whom the Apostle's letters were written, there was perhaps not one other in its condition, spiritual and civil, which so closely resembled our own. There was much, very much, in the state of Corinth, and much, very much in the Church of Corinth that might find its parallel in England at this precise moment.
The City of Corinth, favourably placed, as they probably all knew, for commerce and maritime enterprise, gathered rapidly into her wealth, and with wealth, luxury, refinement, culture, and the knowledge of the world that commerce brings in its train. The people of Corinth were wealthy, cultured, refined, and luxurious, and the same might be said to a great extent of the people of this land of England at the present time. With wealth and luxury the Corinthians had many signs of the degradation and corruption of life which flow from them. There was those deeds done which made the Apostle grieve and called forth his indignation.
And in that respect also it might not perhaps be very difficult to trace its likeness in England now. In the midst of this wealth, and corruption, and luxury, God had placed His Church to be a witness against all that was luxurious, carnal, and evil and a help to all that was good.
This Church of Corinth was a distinguished and highly gifted Church; it was rich not only in the presence of Christ, which had been promised to the Church in all places; not only in power, or the ordinary graces that He has promised to His Church; but in special gifts, such as learning, prophecy, and the power to work miracles, so that she should be able to cope successfully with the pride and power in the world with which she was surrounded.
The Church of Corinth was rich in all wisdom and knowledge, and the Apostle devoted several chapters to describing the miraculous and other gifts possessed by it. It was a richly endowed Church in this respect. And was not the Church of England a highly gifted Church? Not gifted with those miraculous gifts with which the Church of Corinth was endowed, and which had now been withdrawn from the Church because there was no longer need of them, but still highly gifted. What Church was so powerful in wealth, long tradition, prestige, history and character as the Church of England? And as they gazed on this parallel, let them take the view which the Apostle took of this Church. He was filled with anxiety, with doubts, and with fears; although he gave God thanks for these great gifts, he saw that the Church was surrounded with evils, and one of these evils was heresy, and we know that there always would be heresy, and another of these evils was schism. The Apostle was looking at something far more valuable than these miraculous gifts; he was looking at the more spiritual gifts, looking at the spiritual gifts of graces. Was the Church of Corinth so rich in grace; was she so faithful in her witness against sin as she ought to have been? Or had the Apostle reason to lament that while surrounded with grievous and carnal sin, she was pulled up instead of mourning for the sin; not dealing with it as she ought to have dealt with it. A Church rich in all gifts, beginning to feel the infection of worldliness by which it was surrounded, it needed the sternest rebuke to the faithful to her master.
Now wherein laid the fault of this richly gifted and endowed Church. It was this, that she glorified in her gifts and failed to put them to their proper use. All these gifts were not ends in themselves, but means to an end – the winning of souls to Christ, that every individual denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world. Now this was the state of the Corinthian Church that she coveted these gifts, set great store on these rich endowments, but she forgot that these were all means to one great end for which God founded her – to bring about purity and holiness in the midst of a godless and unrighteous world. The Corinthians were proud of their assemblies, of their rare gifts; they could praise the eloquences of him who spoke with tongues, the knowledge of him who wrought miracles; taking keen intellectual pleasure in maintaining their points of difference, making much of their vigour, of their growth in knowledge, of their flourishing church; of all these things they were puffed up, when they should have mourned over the coldness of their love and their zeal, over the laxity of life, and the bitterness of their stripes.
But how was it with ourselves? Were not we a richly endowed Church, with all our gifts, equivalent to the gifts of the Corinthian Church; and were we free from heresy, and were we untorn by schism; were we mourning, or were we not puffed up, boasting of our religious activity, of the eloquence of this teacher, and the learning of that leader of a party; had we the purity of the church, self denial, holiness, patience, love, all that makes the church glorious, and grace, the distinguished gift, the more excellent way; how was it with regard to these? Were we puffed up where we should rather mourn, if so it was because we looked upon the means to the end, as the end itself. It was because we forgot that all these gifts were only the means for making us truly religious. It was as if no army about to engage in ? difficult and critical competition, spending its time in finding out stores of uniform and large collections of ammunition, standing in self-satisfied peace regarding the arrangements for business but never soiling their uniforms by one drop of blood, nor wielding its weapons in actual warfare.
So was it with the uniform of the church and the appliances for war which she possessed. In themselves these were useless unless they were stained with the results of actual warfare. It was well that these weapons should abound, but not well that they should be unused; it was well that the church's weapons should be jagged and her uniforms stained with blood, and well that she should be ready to shed her life blood in her master's cause.
The fault of the Corinthian Church was that she did not rightly use these weapons, and how does the Apostle deal with them? He might have done, as many other reformers have done since then, he might have disparaged these gifts. He might have said, "Of what use is it that you should have these gifts, there is something far better than these, the end which these are meant to lead you to, the spirit of life; learn to do without them, grace is the great thing needed for the church, and as for these gifts the less you have of them the better."
How often had that been done, how many in their zeal for reform would deprive the church of her special gifts. "She has misused her wealth," they would say, "Sweep it away, and as for the learned clergy let us have no more of them, but let us have simple earnest men with the Gospel in their hearts. The rich treasures of art, of music, of sculpture, and adornment, have been misused, have been kept for devotion rather than promoting it; away with these, let us have the honest simplicity, better a man knelt in a barn than this."
How often had such arguments been repeated, but did St Paul so deal with the Church of Corinth. No, he told them to covet earnestly the best gifts. He did not counsel them to cast away a single gift, but bid them earnestly desire them. He would not have them lose one of them, not one miracle – "covet earnestly the best gifts" – and why? Because the Apostle knew that these gifts were means to an end, and as such were not to be despised. "But I show you a more excellent way," There was something more excellent than the means, and that was the end. Something more excellent than wealth, knowledge, intellectual endowment, art, and science, and that was the presence of the Spirit of the living God indwelling in the hearts of men – faith, hope and charity, all these other gifts were rare and exceptional, they were God's heritage, the true Catholic heritage of God's Catholic Church. He did not despise gifts, but he preferred graces.
And so the Bishops of the Church in our day would say in the spirit of the Apostle, as Christian Englishmen and members of England's Church, covet and prize most strongly every one of the exceptional gifts God has bestowed. There was not one too many for the great work which the Church of God had to perform. Let her covet earnestly the gift of a learned clergy, and of skill to confound the errors that assailed the Church. Let them not condemn the mere material wealth or prestige in the nation that God had given to the Church, for it was given her that she might the more efficiently do her master's work. Let them extend and improve every one of these advantages that the church possessed remembering that they were given her the better to serve her Lord, and that she might walk in that more excellent way of which the Apostle spoke. As they prized those gifts let them love and thank those who gave them, and to those who had given of their wealth for the restoration of that church, let them be very thankful. Let them give thanks to God who in ages long gone by had made beautiful the piety and love of those who had built that house to his honour. Let them be thankful for the traditions that gathered round their house of prayer, for there was in their structures as they contemplated them, a history in every stone. Let them be thankful for everyone of these things, for each was a tendril round the hearts of Englishmen more closely binding them to their English Church. Let them be thankful for the gifts of the restorers of that church, for the wealth and for the skill that had accomplished it. And then if God's good gift to them, which was a means to an end, should ever be made an end in itself, if they should be proud of their architecture, if they should be proud of possessing one of the most beautiful churches in the diocese, beautifully restored, and be satisfied with it, and forget that that church was the place for them to pray in, the true glory of the house being in the fact that it was God's house, and because it was God's house that it had been so beautified, let them remember the more excellent way. Let them remember that that place was for winning souls for Christ, and each Sunday after Sunday as they came there would be either a help to them to glory or a witness against them for their condemnation. It would rest with them whether those gifts to them would be helps or hindrances.
A man might worship as unacceptably in a barn as in a cathedral, and also as acceptably. In that church all beautiful and glorious, and lavish in adornment, it was only beautiful even in an architectural point of view, to a true artist, as it expressed the emotions of the heart as it helped the Christian man to the higher spiritual life. So it appeared that the lesson they gathered from the Apostle's teaching was not to join in the vulgar outcry against wealth and beauty of architecture, or the grace of colour and adornment, but rather that all these things were precious and exceedingly useful. They brought with them grave responsibilities, as did all God's gifts, that they should be rightly used, and rightly used let them give God thanks for them earnestly coveting them as a means to the more excellent way.
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But it took almost another year, until November 27, 2014, for the WTO to overcome a last hurdle. India was blocking the protocol necessary for ratification of the agreement over food security concerns, and only after this this deadlock was broken were WTO members able to adopt the protocol of amendment which opened the way for TFA to become WTO law. TFA received the necessary two-thirds ratifications of its 164 members Feb. 22.
That marked a literal historic moment: TFA is the first and only multilateral deal concluded in the 21-year history of the WTO, and it certainly wasn't easy.
So what is this historic agreement all about? Why is it so important? And what does it mean for business?
I call it the TFA a blueprint for customs modernization. The Agreement also provides donor assistance for capacity building for developing and least developed countries (LDCs). That makes it different from past General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and WTO agreements. It gives developing and least developed countries time and money to implement the measures in the agreement, which are intended to facilitate trade and investment and provide economic stimulus.
Developing countries must identify their lists for the three categories upon entry into force of the agreement, and LDCs have an additional year to do so. Many countries have already given their notifications.
Another important aspect of TFA is that it provides private sector stakeholders with a role in its implementation by their inclusion in the National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs). The private sector can actually play an important role by identifying priorities, demanding timelines and defining metrics for implementation.
So why is TFA important?
As noted by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim "trade is a critical component to ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity." Trade facilitation helps developing countries reduce impediments at the border that make it difficult, if not impossible, to move goods quickly and cost-effectively. It does this by increasing port efficiency, improving customs and regulatory environments, and upgrading infrastructure to increase cross-border trade.
According to a report by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), improvements in trade facilitation could boost the world economy by $1 trillion annually and result in job gains of 21 million globally. That's impressive. The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates that implementation of the agreement could reduce trade costs by 11.7 percent to 15.1 percent.
Various aspects of the agreement, such as transparency and automated entry processing and payment of duties, are also powerful measures to address corruption at the border, a significant impediment to trade and investment in the developing world.
The short answer is governments, business and people. The border improvements can help attract trade and investment, which promotes economic development and creates jobs. Countries benefit by improved revenue collection and foreign direct investment which also creates revenue for governments.
Automation of customs entry processes and electronic payment of duties and fees ensure that revenue is collected expeditiously and winds up in the hands of government treasuries, not corrupt government officials. A country that undertakes these reforms is a better bet for business, which benefits by reduced costs associated with fewer bottlenecks and less corruption at the border.
What does it mean to business?
Companies need as much certainty as possible in their business processes to analyze the potential return on investment and evaluate the risks to justify trade and investment in a country. Burdensome customs procedures create delays and unpredictability for companies' global supply chains. They also create opportunities for corruption at the border, creating significant enforcement risks for business given the severity of penalties of anti-corruption laws around the world.
The reforms contained in TFA go a long way to providing a more favorable environment for trade and investment by improved border processes and good governance. For example, improvements in customs processing by automation, transparency provisions such as advanced rulings and rule of law provisions such as appeal rights provide companies with more fairness, less arbitrariness and more predictability.
Now we get to the hard part again – implementation of the most important measures first on a timely basis. And who decides which are the most important processes to address first? These priorities might very well differ from country to country so a one-size approach is not necessarily the answer.
Does business have a role to play?
On Jan. 23 the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) organized a forum in Geneva of leaders from the UN, WTO, World Bank, and World Customs Organization and the International Trade Centre (a joint agency of the WTO and UN dedicated to supporting the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises. The topic of discussion at the forum was "making trade facilitation a reality" and to prepare for implementation of the Agreement upon entry into force.
He further commented on the available resources at the World Bank.
Finally, World Customs Organization Director Ana Hinojosa said that the WCO would work closely with the NTFCs to share its expertise on customs, including how goods move across borders, the various processes, procedures and players involved, and the potential areas for greater efficiencies.
It's fair to say that the NTFCs will be an important vehicle for TFA implementation and private sector engagement.
What should business be doing to provide input?
• Provide a reality check to the donors and the donor recipient country Look at a country's Category A requirements. Do they really do what they say?
• Identify the priorities most important to business. Tell them what you need right away. Is it separating the release of cargo from the payment of duties? Is it automated entry processes and/ or electronic payment of duties? Is it expedited procedures for express shipments and perishable goods? Is it publication of regulations and rulings?
• Identify the problems business is having with Customs. This is slightly different than giving a reality check. It's important for the business community to identify and describe the day-to-day problems it is experiencing with Customs. This is the only way to open up the discussion to solve the problems with the tools provided by TFA. For example, is there a lack of uniformity at ports? Does Customs work the hours needed by business? Is there a lack of consistency in the decisions of Customs?
• Demand a plan, timelines and metrics. Work with Customs through the NFTC to develop a plan for implementation, including timelines and metrics for measuring success.
The TFA has finally entered into force as a WTO agreement. If the benefits of the agreement are to be realized, there must be political will by countries to implement the reforms and tackle corruption at the border. But there is also a role for private sector stakeholders in working through the NTFCs. Companies work hard to comply with customs and other international trade laws.
Trade compliance and trade facilitation are two sides of the same coin. Business should demand good governance and border improvements that reduce red tape and bottlenecks. Implementation of the TFA reforms will take a long time and it will always be a work in progress. That's the nature of such things. But it will take the public and private sectors working closely together to realize the benefits of this important Agreement.


Illustrations: 27 Color Illustrations. 1 B&W Illustrations.
North Jutland artist Tove Anderberg (born 1942) has developed a unique individual style in the medium of porcelain, which sets her work apart from traditional Danish ceramics. Sensual sweeping organic shapes, aesthetic purity, and beautiful glazes in many soft colors like off-white, blue, pale green, and ochre, characterize her work. So compelling are these pieces, that you can hardly stop yourself from trying to caress them on the pages of the book.
Illustrations: 32 Color Illustrations. 2 B&W Illustrations.
Tove Anderberg's sculpture connects the dots fluidity of nature and feminine life with the utility of pottery in her ceramic pieces of artwork. Simply photographed, her pieces are cataloged in this book, accompanied by descriptions of her work and background.
ART OF VIVIKA AND OTTO HEINO, THE.
Illustrations: 76 Color Illustrations. 8 B&W Illustrations.
This book documents the lives of two leading figures in 20th century ceramics. Includes 60 plates / photographs of their work from the collection of Forrest L. Merrill. Includes the following chapters: Collector's Foreword; The Art of Vivika and Otto Heino; Otto Heino--An Appreciation; Selected Exhibitions and Collections.
Illustrations: 167 Color Illustrations. 32 B&W Illustrations.
This beautifully bound volume is devoted completely to the ceramics of Thorvald Bindesbøll, one of the most important applied artists Denmark has ever known. His ceramics represent ceramics as fine art exquisetly reproduced in 167 full page color photographs of his works. The pieces are decorated in a painterly, organic way, they are encised and glazed with engobes and slips, which gives them texture and a uniqueness which is most intriguing.
BJÖRQUIST, KARIN: FORMGIVARE (Karin Björquist: Designer).
Illustrations: 18 Color Illustrations. 74 B&W Illustrations.
The epitome of modern design of the highest caliber, this is Karin Björquist. Her impressive career before, during and after Gustavsberg includes collaborating with Vilhelm Kåge, winning the Lunning Prize, and holding commissions for Nordiska Kompaniet's exhibition and the NK exhibition both in 1957. Her noteworthy repertoire includes Danish inspired functional stoneware as well as many dinnerware patterns, still in production today. They are known for their superb functional simplicity and for their perfect shape and size. Karin's blue speckled design for fireplaces and industrial installations are typical of her monumental work from the 60's and the 70's at which time she started to experiment in her studio creating wonderful rich glazes and characteristic functional ware. In the 90's she has created unique designs for the Pro Arte collection for Rörstrand; needless to say Karin's accomplishments have greatly impacted the history of Swedish design.


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Mini-reviews: The Beholder + Call It What You Want
The Beholder (The Beholder #1) by Anna Bright
pub 6/4/19 by HarperTeen
Young Adult - Fantasy
Received ARC from pub for review
The Beholder is about Selah, the only daughter of the Potomac's leader and who needs to marry someone to be her partner in leading the future of their people. When she and her family extend a public proposal to her childhood friend, she's devastated when he rejects her and leaves her with no choice but to sail abroad approaching multiple, potential suitors. Her stepmother all but says that she shouldn't bother to return if she's not engaged and the book is about traveling with Selah and her strange, new-to-her crew to different lands as she meets these different men. The concept was intriguing and I'm almost always up for checking out new fantasy but from the start, I had a lot of problems with the world-building. It felt like the author didn't want to commit to any sort of genre so the world sometimes felt like fantasy or dystopian or historical/religious and had very little to no explanation to ground the reality of these characters. Because of that, I would feel randomly taken out of the story when certain references were made that felt too modern for what was supposed to be fantasy or vice-versa. I thought the story itself had potential with the seafaring journeys but ultimately how interactions Selah and her different suitors played out was very predictable and often frustrating. Even though I liked Selah well enough and understood that she was sheltered, her naiveté was almost a bit too much to take since she seemed to fall in love with everybody and didn't ask enough pertinent questions. In the end, The Beholder reminded me of too many other books instead of providing something unique to make it stand out on its own.
Do I recommend? I feel bad saying this because I've met the author in person and she's absolutely lovely but I don't see myself recommending this book. That said, if you're super interested in the story, you should read it and determine for yourself if you like it or not!
Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer
pub 6/25/19 b Bloomsbury
Young Adult - Contemporary
In Brigid Kemmerer's contemporary novels, she tends to put her characters through the ringer. They go through these rather extreme circumstances but instead of feeling over the top, there's just something so earnest and genuine about her protagonists that shines through all the crazy. You've got Rob, whose father makes a failed suicide attempt after he's caught embezzling funds from half their town. Now Rob has gone from popular lacrosse player to hated student. With no friends standing behind him and his own family a mess, he doesn't know what else to do but keep his head down. Then Maegan was your typical good girl overachieving type until the pressure causes her to make a huge public mistake that no one will let her forget. And her sister is home from college and pregnant and she's not allowed to tell her parents. See what I mean? It's a lot. And that's only the set up for these two. When they're paired together for a calculus project, their initial iciness slowly gives way to friendship and no surprise, something more. Their quiet, slow burning romance was my favorite part. But it's not easy for them as Rob confronts his father's past and Maegan faces her own regrets. I enjoyed watching it all unravel and the big roles that family and friendship played for each of them.
Do I recommend? I love Brigid Kemmerer's book and very much enjoyed this one. So yes, I recommend!
Alexa S. November 14, 2019 at 11:54 AM
I cried reading Call It What You Want, which tells you just how much I ended up invested in this story! It's so good, like pretty much all of Brigid's books.
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Falcon and Winter Soldier's Finale Takes MCU Into New Territory, Teases Marvel Composer
By Pierre Chanliau April 14, 2021
The last episode of WandaVision, "The Series Finale," may not have pleased everyone, but by the end of the series, it still impacted the Marvel Cinematic Universe in several big ways. Wanda became fully aware of her role as the Scarlet Witch, Vision was brought back to life, and Wanda is alone reading the Darkhold in search of her children (most of which will be touched upon again in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ).
Will the case be the same for Marvel Studios' second streaming series? Thus far, there haven't been any huge implications for the greater MCU with the expectation of Madripoor being introduced — a location typically (and legally) connected to Marvel's mutants like Wolverine and others. However, composer Henry Jackman has said that the last episode of the series will have a similar impact on the universe as WandaVision did.
MCU WILL VENTURE INTO NEW TERRITORY
In an interview with Flickering Myth , composer Henry Jackman was asked whether he thought the series would end up as much of a "game-changer" as WandaVision , to which Jackman teased The Falcon and the Winter Soldier would go places Marvel has yet to explore in the MCU.
"It's a very difficult question to answer. I would say...people have seen half the show, but you haven't seen half of what goes down. There's more than half...in terms of the content and the implications of what happens. And so I would say by the time you get to the material that is addressed in that last episode, I would say Marvel are going places they have not been and that's all I can say."
IS FALCON THE FIRST (LEGIT) MCU LEGACY HERO?
It's hard to determine what exactly would be considered Marvel Studios "going places they have not been," but taking into account the trajectory of the series thus far and what has been established, it seems unlikely in the next two episodes that fans will see anything too crazy like an outbreak of Inhumans . However, what has been set up is Sam Wilson finally accepting the shield and becoming the next Captain America.
Yes, Paul Rudd's Scott Lang is technically a legacy character, but only due to Michael Douglas' Hank Pym having been Ant-Man completely off-screen and already retired by the time that Lang's story begins. It hits differently when audiences have followed one hero for years - Steve Rogers as Captain America - and seeing another person taking up the mantle in a big way.
Fans could also get hit with a surprise emergence of powered individuals by the end of the series, but as was seen with WandaVision , building up expectations like that will likely only lead to disappointment . Regardless, it will be interesting to see what big status-quo changes will be established by the end of the series that will transfer to the films.
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Inspiring stories and beautiful photographic portraits of sixty-four phenomenal contemporary Ethiopian women who have broken through age-old barriers to advance in their fields. Each woman tells her own story—where she came from, what challenges she faced, what helped her succeed, what inspires her, and what thoughts she has for girls and young women growing up today. They come from a broad array of fields of endeavor and range in age from their 20s to their 90s. They are phenomenal! Temsalet is an Amharic word that means 'shining example.' Our hope is that these women's stories will inspire today's girls and young women, convincing them that they too can move beyond society's narrow expectations for them and realize their own dreams. Edited and compiled by Mary-Jane Wagle with photography by Aida Muluneh, Temsalet is a project of the Network of Ethiopian Women's Associations, working to advance women's equality and women's rights in Ethiopia, and is published by Tsehai Publishers of Los Angeles, California. In addition to the women's stories, Temsalet features a foreword by First Lady Roman Tesfaye and an essay on women in Ethiopian history by Rita Pankhurst. NEWA benefited from the counsel of an Advisory Board of sixteen prominent women and the research, interviewing and storycrafting help of twenty volunteer university graduates.
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Roger Federer: Madrid's Blue Clay Feels Different Than Regular Clay; Reclaiming No. 1 Would Be A Dream
by Tom Gainey | May 6th, 2012, 11:01 am
After a month-long break from tennis, Roger Federer said Sunday in Madrid that he's ready for the challenge of returning to the top spot in the game. Federer, who opens with the David Nalbandian-Milos Raonic winner, is just one week shy of tying Pete Sampras's record of 286 weeks at No. 1.
"If I do win a Grand Slam, I'll be extremely close to world number one, so I am aware of that but again, it is easier said than done," Federer said in a pre-tournament presser. "My focus is on my next match here on Wednesday, but it is a dream for me to try to achieve that this year again and I will try to chase it as hard as I can and see if it is possible. If not it is not a problem, I will try and win tournaments, which is a thrill in itself."
Federer is also aware of the immediate challenge of beating Rafael Nadal on his home soil. The time away from the game helped his body.
"I was playing with some lingering injuries for a few months, so I am happy that they are now gone," Federer said. "I feel good. I am returning to clay in Rafa's country, on a surface in which he has been dominant for so many years. My focus now is on making sure I get through here. I am happy to be here and am really excited to be playing again. This was a longer break than usual but I needed it because I had played so much."
And Federer addressed the topic of the week: Madrid's surface move from traditional red to blue clay courts.
"It feels a little different than regular clay," he said. "I'm not sure if it's just visually or something else. It has been rainy and cooler than usual, so that makes a difference too. It's going to be interesting to see how it's going to play when there is hot weather."
Federer won the Madrid title in 2009 and finished runner-up in 2010. The 30-year-old is 23-3 this year with three titles.
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71 Comments for Roger Federer: Madrid's Blue Clay Feels Different Than Regular Clay; Reclaiming No. 1 Would Be A Dream
He looks relaxed & happy in that little clip anyhow.
May 6th, 2012 at 11:53 am
Gannu Says:
quite amazing his level of optimism…i ahve lost all hopes of him even winning a slam let alone getting back to No 1…tennis without fedex is boring ;-)
May 6th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Kimmi Says:
very true gannu. this is what his fans needs to hear to support him all the way. Go rog!
The man loves to dream!!!! Dream on dude!!!
Andoegar Says:
Love fed. The best simple as that. I don't think he will get to number 1 but I do see him winning a slam. Which would be an amazing achievement in itself.
Humble Rafa Says:
There is nothing wrong in dreaming as long as you know it is only a dream. Reality is a completely different matter.
@mark: the man has achieved his dreams moreso than any other active player!
GLAD to see RF back- I think he'll have a very good clay season!
Tennis Vagabond Says:
Fed had an opportunity to rise to #2, which would have saved him from facing Rafa every time he goes to a title, as Nole would sometimes clean up his mess for him. Having lost that shot, its going to be gone for a while. Its more likely that Rafa will gain points in Madrid than Djokovic.
Paradoxically, Fed might have to throw his match against Nole to stop Rafa from gaining points! (the difference for Fed going from semi to finals is less than Rafa would gain going from finalist to champ).
May 6th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
Number99 Says:
Good luck Roger !
@TV:
Fed is a PROPER champ- there is no way he would throw a match away whatsoever!
He's a positive person- for this tourny he knows the best way to improve his ranking is to win- THATS exactly what he shall try to do!
He's won here before, beat rafa also- so WHY NOT?
alison hodge Says:
Roger has such a fantastic positive attitude,even though hes had such a lean spell without winning a slam,its great for the sport that he still has that hunger and desire,although obviously it wont get any easier,so many new and up and coming players,still if anyone can do it Roger can,as regards the number 1 ranking i think to achieve that would just be an added bonus,hes nothing left to prove to anyone anymore.
bstevens Says:
Fed has played very well at Madrid since its inception as a clay-court event: 2009-win, 2010-finalist, 2011-semis. I suppose the conditions are similar to Hamburg where he had a lot of success.
The blue courts look intriguing. I'm sure they are just a gimmick though.
skeezer Says:
Behind the back FH? Crazy…only the Maestro! Go Fed!
Brando, I'm not at all saying he would do it. Just that it would (in likelihood) be better for him to lose than win. That's kind of how Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder start in the Producers. With a crazy realization and the madcap adventures that follow to make it happen.
dari Says:
Skeezer- and so casually too, what a guy
Allison, I like the way you put it "lean spell" :)
Number three, number two, whatever, he's gotta get through the draw either way. And now, after fed has done so much, I look for the more remarkable achievements. Winning another slam at his age and with the competition so stiff would be an accomplishment itself- but beating novak and rafa along the way would be outstanding- that's how I look at it these days when I see fed at no. 3.
don't get me wrong- I'd still be xelibrating if he won a slam with novak and nadal somehow bypassed, but going straight through them- all the sweeter
And kudos to him for being so positive. Go rog!
racquet Says:
^^Behind the back FH? Crazy…only the Maestro!
Not quite. Both Lendl and Edberg did it during a SF match at the USO in '91.
http://tinyurl.com/73p8u5o
That's still good company, racquet!
Dari i completely agree with everything you say,hes still putting himself in contention which i find amazing,i still believe he has more slams in him yet,i dont know if ive got my wires crossed but i didnt mean any disrespect to Roger in my above post,quite the opposite in fact,ive nothing but admiration for the guy.
@dari – it sure is. Edberg is one of my all-time favs.
V Blacklabel Says:
Here are our thoughts from Day 2 in Madrid featuring Wozniacki, Craybas and of course, blue clay, http://www.blacklabeltennis.com/2012/05/enter-magic-box-6-may-2012-three.html
@skeezer, so true! i loved watching that lazy flick behind his back :-)
racquet,
Well if you want to get technical that is not the exact same shot, Fed hit a high behind the back. Not to gloat but the Edberg/Lendl one I have done, but I have seen NO ONE hit that shot Fed hit. And for further glory, how about a Overhead winner off an opponents Overhead?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4YCFPbUrfY
Most here have seen that one and Fed is the only Top player ever to have so many twiner winners…..
BTW Bahrami has plenty of trick shots( fun to watch ) but never won Majors, in case anyone else starts posting more you tubes…….
^tweener
steve-o Says:
Come on Roger!
I have picked delpo to the Madrid final- congrats to him for Estoril win and hope he can recover quick!
@racquet
thanks, i have not seen that clip. yep, edberg's game is easy on the eyes!
dari – delpo to final!!! very bold but I will cheers for your bracket. I know you have fed to win. Go dari.
*cheer*
Thanks for the cheers, kimmi. I treat the challenge more like a wishing well than a competition ;)
Mark @ Tennisopolis Says:
Every time I see this on the screen, I can't help but think that they are playing on the grindings from billiard cue chalk. :-)
Federer also said that his perceptions were not of the blue clay on center court… but of the practice court. The top players typically play their matches only on center court so that's the court that really matters. There are differences in center court versus other courts in several other tourneys, e.g., Miami Masters. As well, consistent with what I explained before, Federer suggested these perceptions of differences between blue clay and red clay could simply be due to the visual aspect of the blue color as well as weather conditions. If the Madrid Open and Roland Garros experts (in charge of producing and laying the blue layer) told the truth, then the only difference between the Madrid Courts last year and this year is the different color used in the dye. The 'clay' is only in the top 0.1 inch (2.5 mm) layer of crushed brick grains on the limestone-based courts. Each crushed brick grain is about 1 mm.
Federer:
"I've played on it for two days, but not on centre court".
"It feels a little different than regular clay. I'm not sure if it's just visually or something else." (AFP reports Federer as just saying: ""It feels a bit different than regular clay, maybe it's the visual aspect". AP reports Federer said: "It feels a bit different from regular clay. I don't know if it is the visual or just the feel of it.").
"It has been rainy and cooler than usual, so that makes a difference too. It's going to be interesting to see how it's going to play when there is hot and nice weather."
"There is still some waiting to do and matches are quite a bit different than practices. I have to wait for my match to come around to give a proper opinion." (According to AP, Federer said: "I haven't had a chance to play on center-court yet, so I'll have to wait until a proper match to give you my opinion.")
"Does the younger generation need blue clay in order to get excited about tennis? I don't know as I've not spoken to thousands and thousands of kids about it."
"We'll soon hear the echoes from this week from players, fans and media. A close look will be taken once this is done so that a decision can be made for the next years after this test of the blue clay."
"I'm coming back onto clay in the home of Rafa, who has been so dominant on this surface for so many years."
"I have a big task ahead of me. But my focus is to get through my tough draw and get on a roll again. I'm happy and excited to be playing again."
"I had a long time off, but I needed it because I've played so much recently."
"Rafa having lost so many times to Novak, it is interesting to see how (Djokovic) will react now. Both are great clay-court players."
We shouldn't jump to conclusions when we read Federer reportedly saying "If I do win a Grand Slam, I'll be extremely close to world number one, so I am aware of that but again, it is easier said than done."
– It could have been just Roger's humble response to a reporter asking him whether he could regain the number number one ranking if he wins a Slam this year. Those people who jumped to conclusions have betrayed their real attitudes towards Federer.
– We don't know Federer actual verbatim comments as different news agencies edit the actual comments for their stories. E.g., Another news agency turned the same stuff Federer said into "I have put myself in a good position if I do win a Grand Slam for the world number one." "I know how hard it is to win (a major championship)." Quotes of player's comments are edited versions by the different news agencies such as AP, Reuters, AFP, etc.
In any case, it's dubious to criticize Federer for saying what he reportedly said. A confident mindset is fundamental to the soul of any great champion, whether in business or sports (see link). Such a confident mindset is often lacking in in losers, failures and underachievers who have not tasted 1% of Federer's success. The fact that Federer has won 22 major titles (16 Slams and 6 World Tour Finals year-end championships), including two WTFs during his "lean spell", gives him the right to say whatever he wants about his chances. Federer is a special case. And there are examples in tennis history of players going through lean spells then winning majors again.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soac/2006-09-21-introduction-cover_x.htm
Roger has been quite humble in his opinion and his prospects at Slams. For the last two years when he has not won a major, his performance in those big tournaments has been good but looking medicore because he has set such a high standard. That is the problem in being a GREAT player where even good achievements like reaching the finals will be considered pretty ordinary. But Roger is pursuing his lauded objective and he is doing all that is possible to win his 17th. The problem is things have become more difficult since he has to tackle two Champions on the way namely Novak and Nadal who are also hungry like Roger. Beating them back to back will be quite difficult and more so especially considering Roger's age. May be, Roger will have his chance if one of the two fumbles early in the majors and that is quite possible.
skeezer – "if you want to get technical that is not the exact same shot"
Okay, if you say so.
"And for further glory, how about a Overhead winner off an opponents Overhead?"
Yep, that was great but I've seen Murray do it…twice: against Isner at AO 2010 and against Soderling at WTF 2010.
Epsilon Says:
racquet:
I've seen the WTF one. It is amazing indeed but what was good was his anticipation and reflexes. He found a relatively weak ball within his reach so he hit it back away from Soderling. In Federer's case, the ball was hit hard and high so he had to run after it and jump, then squeezed it through a needle hole to the left of Roddick.
So, while I find ball hitting on the rise appealing, I think Federer's is more crafty.
With his side/back to the court! Forgot to add.
Well am watching(TV) the Almagro/Giraldo match on center court and looks like a regular playing Clay court to me, just blue. Nice big bounce, sliding..and typically slow. Looks great. Don't know what all the complaining is about. IF anything they should be complaining about the Model Ball Ladies as a distraction. Can I play?
BTW, anyone se the white Mercedes parked inside the stands there? Fed must be in the house….hehe.
To me, the ball appears clearer on this year's blue courts — the visual contrast on TV is better compared to previous three years on the Manolo Santana center court. I have DVR recordings of the three Federer-Nadal Madrid matches from 2009 to 2011. The 2009 final was hardest to see as it was broadcast in standard definition. The 2010 final and 2011 semifinal were both broadcast in high defintion… but the resolution and picture quality was better in 2011 than in 2010. The 2012 broadcasts are about the same picture quality as 2011, but are a step up in terms of seeing the ball as well as the attractiveness of the surface.
Let's hear what Almagro thinks of the courts in his post-match interview, since he is playing relatively well given his lack of match practice on these courts. Serena William apparently said: "I haven't noticed a difference between the blue and the red clay. I think it's the same, it's just you don't get as dirty". On the other hand, Azarenka complained complained that "It is pretty slippery. The bounce is different which changes everything completely." It's possible that players who complain of slipperiness are affected by depth perception from not being used to playing on the bright blue clay (depth perception is more of an issue on clay courts than hard courts where footing is firmer). Players who have extra matches on the blue courts from qualifying or playing first round matches might have a slight advantage.
But one thing is certain — blue spandex attire won't be the best for these courts.
skeezer, Federer and now Djokovic are both brand ambasadors for Mercedes, a sponsor of the Madrid Open.
@skeez. Wrong! Commies were saying it looks like a fast slippery court.
Steve 27 Says:
Nadal defeat Djokovic and Federer in French Open 2006, 2007 and 2008. Last year Djokovic defeat Federer and Nadal in Us Open 2011. So, at his age, almost 31, defeat Nadal and Djokovic in their prime is practically impossible for him. I doubt it. His only chance is Nadal and Djokovic, one of them or both be defeated for another player, this is a real possibility from him to chase another major, and we know it, after 31 is virtually impossible, even if this player is called Roger Federer. So he has at maximum 6 possibilities to win another slam, after 31 the chance decreases a lot.
The link: http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/can-federer-win-another-slam-title/
They will adjust to it and we will have a winner in the end regardless……who makes the best adjustment with the natural talent and skill will get through the draw. This still looks like a "Rafa" induced surface to me. Rafa should love this court.
Skeez. I sure hope so.
madmax Says:
Ah, it's great to see Fed back; he looks like a boy in that video clip! And I love the positivity. I think No. 1 is more than a dream. You need dreams to make them a reality; like posters have said, Fed has accomplished more than anyone else could have, even in Fed's wildest dreams he couldn't have dreamt he would be so successful.
I wonder if the blue clay feels more a hard court, it's a really interesting one. Can't wait to see him play for real. Any time Fed is playing is a real treat.
Federer, always the consummate professional. Just love it!
There is no question in my mind that Federer WILL win another slam. It's obvious.
The guy is a genius. Plus, he took 6 weeks off last year and then ended up winning one tournament after another. 5 weeks is a fair old stretch, sure, but not one that can't be handled in the way that only Fed can.
must say, as a tv viewer, it is much easier 2c tennis balls on the blue clay courts then when they play on red clay. when the sun is shining, i cant even c the tennis ball on tv. so as a tv viewer i like the blue clay, as a tennis player, obviously it seems 2bother nadal. he'll adjust, he'll win the tournament & i think he'll win all clay tournaments plus wimbledon. i'm reading nadals biography & this guy is driven, doesnt like losing, & as carlos moya says in the book, he wants the superior alpha male role which is so obvious when he plays. thats y i'm a federer fan. i love the gracefulness over the machoness. both gr8 players & reading nadals biography certainly gives me a better understanding of this young man. on that note: GO ROGER
Steve 27,
Thanks for the link, although dated. Nice stats, but Fed has had a career of breaking them, so I am hopeful ;)
What surprised me was Laver and Rosewall ( I know, different era, but STILL ) had 4 Slams each after 30!
Common sense should tell us to be wary of a baselball statistician like Nate Silver analyzing tennis… and whether Federer can win another Slam title.
Silver idiotically errs by treating Federer as just another statistical average among those players in their thirties, even those who have won Slams. What Silver and other nay sayers forget is that such stats can be thrown into chaos by special cases that are capable of contradicting statistical trends: as arguably the Greatest tennis Player Of All Time, Federer is the most special, exceptional case of all. Two of the three players I consider the greatest of all time based on their accomplishments — Laver and Rosewall — have won 4 Slams each after age 30. Federer of course is in that echelon with them.
Federer won about 9% of all Slams in the Open era. Silver admits that 10.3% of the 174 slams in the Open era were won by players in their 30s. Given this, if there is any player capable of winning a Slam in his 30s — it is Federer. Few great champions after the age of 30 have shown the motivation, body and ability that Federer has.
Furthermore, Federer has been — and continues to be — the most consistent player in tennis history at reaching the quarterfinalds and semifinal stages of Slams. Thus Federer consistently continues to put himself in a position to win in every Slam he enters. That's why Federer has won the most Slams and World Tour Finals year-end championships of all players (he has won the last two WTFs… and in his hey day, he won more Slams in a 4.5 year period than any woman or man in tennis history). Roger reached the final of the French Open, his weakest surface, putting an end to Djokovic's 43-match winning streak while Novak was at his peak (Djokovic played at a lower level in beating Nadal in the last three Slam finals).
Several former great players (who were ranked high into their 30s and/or won Slams in their thirties) believe that Federer can still win more Slams. And so do several coaches: Darren Cahill said "I saw it with my own eyes (Agassi winning Slams after age 30). If you're looking for a guy to say Roger can't do it, you've got the wrong guy. I mean, look at the history. It is possible… I thought the French Open was his least chance to win a major. After seeing [2011], you have to believe he can still win any of them." Brad Gilbert: "People want to write the obituary. I give the guy the next three years, 12 majors in the thick of things. I mean, he's right there." This is wisdom that supersedes statistics by a baseball analyst and ignorant opinions by self-appointed pundits.
Why should we believe laymen who think they know better yet have not won a single tennis tournament in their own lives… not even as children?
Note: Ivan Lendl didn't win a Slam after age 30 probably because of his chronic back injury.
Playing "The Beach Boys" in between changeovers in Madrid Spain? What is the world coming too? I like it :)
Now during changeover there playing Michael Jackson? Gotta go to Madrid, I'm all in.
Yes, Federer is the most special tennis player in open era, but he has to defeat two another special tennis players: Nadal could be the second greatest winning the most grand slam behind the Swiss, and Djokovic could be the second greatest in hard court grand slams behind Federer. So, if he continues failed not winning majors for another year and Nadal and Djokovic and perhaps Murray get the titles I don't know if the Swiss will continued motivated in the tour like he said before: to compete until Rio de Janeiro 2014. The love of the sport is one thing; another is increased your days of glory. What is the pick?
On another forum someone posted this long prediction according to Chinese Astrology, he had gotten this prediction from a poster who had sent him a PM, apparently someone who studied Chinese Astrology.
This year is full of water. Djokovic is weak metal person, metal likes to hog limelight too. Water stress metal, this year he will be incredibly stressed to produce, i doubt there is any slam left in him as the water year starts at feb 4 2012(Chinese regard first day of year start at feb 4th). Last year is strong in metal which aided his weak metal.
For federer Earth person. Federer chart is dominated by metal(talent) with a bit of fire(resource), where fire is never going to burn his metal. The fire in his chart makes him think of funny skills which sometimes lead to his errors and downfall. Water destroy fire in 2012, I think he will follow plan strictly to play against opponent weakness this year. The water also means indirect wealth, he will get a lot of money from commercials this year. He receive some earth this year too which is his self element(he don't need it). Competitor is as strong and gonna share the wealth with him. But this earth also make his metal stronger, he will rep up performance, hit bigger etc.
For nadal is alot of fire in chart. He is earth person too. Overpowering Fire produce earth which means mental strength and hardwork, this year water stop the fire. His hardwork dropped and mental shape is poorer. However his chance is summer apr, may and june, the period when water is weakest. But he cannot overplay this year, will cause injury easier due to weak mental and stubborn nature to fight(alot of earth, self elements). Also his output is always shortlived due to weaker wood in chart, not enough to fuel fire.
To conclude i think strongly nadal and federer take up the 3 slams. If Nadal don't take W and RG in summer, he will miss his biggest chance in most fav period, somebody new will take. Either fed or murray. Also Fed is more dangerous player for Nadal than Djokovic this year. The fire weakened in Fed's chart don't have adverse effects, in fact better, more focused mentally.
Joe W Says:
Have you ever thought about how Federer's absence – or presence – affects TV ratings? As historically accomplished a player as Nadal is, and as extraordinarily talented as Novak is, and as much as I've heard the term "golden age of tennis" kicked around, for me there's not as much interest in a tournament – particularly a non-slam – if Federer is not in the draw. I guess that makes me an obvious Federer fan(atic). I felt that way about Pete too and he had some pretty good company in his time. So to see if there was a similar bias to mine among the citizens, some quick research – and little analysis or conclusion – yields a couple of interesting data points:
Big Declines For Indian Wells: Coverage of the 2012 Men's and Women's Finals at tennis' BNP are down 46% from last year. Coverage of the Men's Semifinals earned are down 33% from last year. 2012 Winners: Federer/Azarenka
2011 Winners: Djokovic/Wozniacki
Wimbledon (thru 2007):
High: 1981 – 5.1 M households. Winners Evert-Lloyd/McEnroe
Low: 2006 – 1.7 M households. Winners: Mauresmo/Federer
US Open (thru 2007)
High: 1977 – 5.7 M households. Winners: Evert/Vilas
Low: 2007 – 1.7 M households. Winners: Henin/Federer
There's been a steady decline in viewership of tennis. No tipping point to speak of, just a slow and steady decrease in viewership. Viewership is roughly 1/4 of what is was 30 years ago and the worlds population has doubled.
This viewer dwells in the peace and ease of this Golden Age. Long live Tennis!
King Federer Says:
Oh yes, edberg/someone else hit X shot that fed hit.
murray hit y shot that fed hit.
mr. tom dick and harry hit some other shot that fed hit.
when you see above, the only player who has shots a-z = the mighty fed.
to quote master card " there are some shots some players can hit. for all of those shots put together, there is Roger Federer"
Roger Federer is quite simply the most scintillating and spectacular tennis shot-maker of all time. He does so with the majesty of a tiger/cheetah hunting it's prey and with the suaveness of a one mr. Bond in movies.
Another cool thing that fed does on a routine basis = 4 aces in a row. he did that twice in 2004, once against rafa in 2007, against pete in an exho, and 4 other times in 2011. that is 8 times i can remember. I cannot think of another player who has done this on a regular basis. when you consider the present day slowed-down conditions, i wonder if even ivo or other big servers have done this.
rough Says:
tumbled on this blog while googling for "blue clay" and love the tennis messages/ debates. much better in content and much more civilised than eurosport forums. heres hoping Roger wins on the blue clay of Madrid and on the red dirt of Paris. Federer can very well become the wrld number 1 this year if he wins French Open and Wimbledon.
Just going of topic for a second,reading Joe.Ws post above,as historically acomplished as Nadal is and as extraordinarily talented as Novak is,what i found refreshing last week was when the commontators at Barcelona used words like finesse,effortless and sublime,which are not words usually associated with Rafa,its usually words like warrior,battler and fighter,which are ok,but rather patronising as a fan,and not really such words that are giving him much credit for been the amazing tennis player that he is.
Alison, that is refreshing. Just curious, which broadcasters were calling that match and on what network?
Looks like Nole won't win any of the remaining slams this year according to Chinese Astrology.
Joe.W sorry i cant actually remember off hand, i live in GB and was watching tennis on sky sports 3,it could have been Barry Mills,or Cowan,Lief Shiras or Peter Fleming,could have been any one of those.
grendel Says:
There's no such thing as a joke draw in a Masters. But Djokovic's draw is definitely quite a kind one. If he is struggling, that is not due to the demanding nature of the draw. For whatever reason or catalogue of reasons, he is not quite the player he was last year. Which is not to say he won't pick up later. I daresay this year he will save himself for the slams and the Olympics.
Lubicic's old coach was an interested spectator at the Gasquet match. Is he working with Gasquet by any chance?
Steve 27: it true Federer might have to defeat those two special players. But as the GOAT, Federer is the most special player of all time, more special than other special players and therefore capable of special feats such as that (he probably has to do it just once or twice). The difference is that Federer is the most special player based on his track record of ACTUALLY accomplishing all those things. Speculation is no substitute for actual results. Nadal and Djokovic's specialness does not increase because of what people speculate MIGHT happen in future ("Nadal could be the second greatest winning the most grand slam behind the Swiss, and Djokovic could be the second greatest in hard court grand slams behind Federer") – as there is no guarantee these things will happen. When Borg was Nadal's age last November, he was still expected to easily win more Slams than Roy Emerson's record of 12 Slams at that time. No one expected his 1981 French Open to be his last Slam. Similarly, in January 2011, many expected Nadal to keep winning Slams and overtake Federer within 3 years. Yet in the last 5 Slams, Rafa won only one Slam. Thus there is a big difference between "could be" and "actually has done it". So even if Federer wins nothing, it's still too early to write him off. Federer seems to take a longer term view than other players and his consistent play shows that he remains motivated.
Federer is number 3 in the world. He has won three tournaments already. For him to aspire for another grand slam event is not a far-fetched dream. Lesser players have won majors before, why not Federer? He is not Federer for nothing.
Is Murray a possible grand slam champion?
Steve 27, If Murray is to win a major, he has to drastically improve his first serve percentage and his mental focus. But that is easier said than done. I do not think Murray will go on to win a major especially considering that he has to atleast beat two of the best players back-to-back.
When the GOAT Roger is struggling to win a major for the past two years, how can Murray do it ?? Next to impossible.
Cathi Says:
Roger can never be discounted in ANY tournament. The man has shown his physical and mental strength throughout his career, then tack on his sublime skill and technical ability.
Rarely is Roger put under any mental strain during a tournament – Novak has a tendency to lose the plot.
Rarely is Roger put under any physical strain – Rafa pounds the crap out of his body and Roger rarely breaks sweat.
Yes he is the old man of the 3, but he is still there and able to take his chances when they are presented.
So I'd never count him out until the day he retires.
I wonder if Murray had the special aura of great champions as Nadal, Djokovic or Federer: The sacred fire, Murray is a talented player perhaps more than Nadal or Djokovic, but his mental problems, his apathy, sometimes self-destruction make more and more pressure increase over time and begins to doubt his ability to achieve the ultimate goal which is none other than winning majors. So is Lendl that Scots need to overcome this uncomfortable rival who is the lack of the difficult times with the greatest capacity for suffering to achieve the proper mindset of a champion. As Sampras said about the Serbs, had it all except that stability of mind characteristic of the great champions who managed to win almost all of last year. if Djokovic could, why not be able to Murray?
Just seen that Roland Garros is changing to blue clay – LOL details here:
http://www.stevegtennis.com/blue-clay
Steve27,
You are right. Murray has so much variety in his game which is his strength but ironically that is his weakness too because he gets confused in short execution and tries impossible angles. There were many commentators who were predicting rosy things for Murray when Lendl took over as coach. But, coincidental or otherwise the take over of Lendl resulted in a big dent in Murray's consistency quotient and he is now even failing to reach the semis as he normally used to do before with ease. Ofcourse it is too early to say this, but Lendl's entry has not strengthened Murray so far. As I said, Murray needs to drastically improve his mental focus and limit his frustrations exhibited on court which hits his game. There are players like Mcenroe who play well with more yelling and shouting but not Murray. That is not his way. Lendl has still a big role to play in this to make Murray a Championship material and from Murray's end he needs to be patient and not change the coach but give a long haul. And with that service motion of Murray there is a fundamental problem and that needs to be changed. May be he can have a discussion with Tony Nadal and Nadal as regards to the changes he can make to improve his serve. For me, Nadal is a very consistent server and many players have to learn from him as to how he maintains this consistency match after match.
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