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Episode 12: What to Do When You Feel Like Everything SUCKS
by Sara Olsher
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[00:00:01] I want to talk to you today about what happens when you are feeling sorry for yourself. I think it's important to acknowledge that sometimes life is just really hard. And sometimes you think to yourself, why is this happening to me? Like, why can't I just catch a break? Why must everything be falling apart right now? There is a cliche that says, "when it rains, it pours." And sometimes cliches are cliches because they are true.
So I want to talk to you a little bit about what it means when you are feeling really sorry for yourself and it might go something like this: Everything sucks. And I'm so tired of this. I just want to crawl into a hole and never come out. I want this to be over and there has to be some way to fix it. And then I should probably stay positive. I don't even know why I'm complaining because other people have a way worse than I do. And then you start envisioning starving children in the slums of India and people who are homeless on the streets here. And you might be thinking, you know, "people who have a different skin color than I do have it harder than I do." And, "people in different countries have it harder than I do. And I'm really privileged. And I should stop complaining."
[00:01:32] No matter where in the cycle you are (if you go through this cycle, which I know a lot of people who do), I have a few things to share with you. First off, it is OK to be fed up and wish that this was over. I am going to show you how to honor your feelings at some point in this podcast.
But first, I just want to say it is OK to have these feelings. It is OK to have a pity party. It is OK to feel like things suck because sometimes they just do.
Secondly, I want to say truly: somebody always has it worse than you do. We are privileged people. If you are listening to this, you are privileged to have technology to get online and listen to a podcast. We have a place to sleep that isn't a cardboard box. We are not in a slum. We have access to food when we need it, even if it's from a food bank.
And. And our feelings are still real and valid. Please do not compare yourself to other people because honest to God, it invalidates your experience and it takes away your right to your very real pain. It is OK to feel like everything sucks even when technically, some things do not suck.
And third, I just want to talk about the fact that i's OK to have a pity party as long as it doesn't last forever. I went to a healer right around my divorce and I basically was like, everything sucks and I'm sad and I just want this to be over. And why is everything so hard? And I really shouldn't be so upset because I don't live in a slum.
[00:03:26] And she said, "Dude, have your pity party, but don't let it last forever.
[00:03:36] "Get an accountability partner, whether it's your mom or your partner or your best friend, and say, I am going to feel sorry for myself.
[00:03:47] "I am going to sit on the couch with a blanket over my head and a pint of ice cream for the next hour.
[00:03:54] "And I need you to call me in one hour and tell me I am done."
And that is when you move forward and you make the decision to take action, but you do not do that during your pity party. My boyfriend's family has a five minute pity party. His mom apparently used to say to him, "you get five minutes to feel sorry for yourself and then it's over."
So no matter what your length of time is, just honor your feelings, honor the fact that you feel resentful and crappy and things suck. Don't let it last forever. But I know that it is OK to feel sorry for yourself sometimes, as long as you don't let it make you bitter and you don't let it bring you down forever.
I hope that has been helpful. You can use it for yourself. You can use it for your kids. And hopefully it will help you not feel guilty about feeling bad — because it's totally normal not to feel happy all the time, peeps.
[00:05:03] One last thing I want to say is that I'm planning to launch an online community to go with this podcast, and right now I'm I'm basically forming the community slowly. So if you're interested in joining a community on Facebook that's all about dealing with hard things and parenting through hard things, a safe space, I would love for you to get into the waitlist for it.
I've just created a private community on Facebook and when it launches, I will let everyone in. So if you're interested, I would love it if you would go to mightyandbright.com/community. It will forward you to the group and then you can request access to it. And then when I'm ready to launch it, I'll just approve everyone's membership.
If you're listening to this after it has been launched, I'm really excited to have you. I really believe strongly in talking with other people that are going through similar things — maybe not your exact brand of personal disaster, but there's things that hard times have in common. My hope is to be a place where parents can come and talk about, how to help their kids through it and also how to help themselves through it — and how to take a hard time and turn it into something positive. So if you're interested, go to mightyandbright.com/community and I will talk with you next week. Thank you for being here.
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Sara Olsher is the Founder + CEO of Mighty + Bright. She's a young cancer survivor, mom, and former single mom.
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Two years ago, Dr. Obaid Saqer Busit became the youngest Director-General of the Dubai Department of Ports and Customs. At the age of thirty-four, he was suddenly responsible for tracking the flow of millions of imports and exports each year. He soon discovered, however, that Dubai had no effective law for controlling trade, including exports to Iran.
In an exclusive interview, Dr. Busit tells the Risk Report: "Two years ago we weren't a true Customs agency. You could call us anything you want, but you couldn't call us Customs." Today, Dr. Busit is struggling to draft new rules that will take effect this year, but it is an uphill battle. "Change is very hard for everyone," he says, "many people still feel they are living in the 60's and 70's" a time when there were virtually no regulations. "I am under a lot of pressure, and sometimes I feel that I am working alone, but I'm stubborn," he says.
It is nearly impossible for Dubai Customs to control the trade now flowing between the U.A.E. and Iran, says Dr. Busit, because "there are no specific rules on what should or should not go." Moreover, controlling exports to Iran, Dubai's number one trading partner, is not a priority, notwithstanding pressure from Washington to help enforce the current U.S. embargo. "Most people in Dubai are confused by the embargo, and many Customs officials are not sure what in fact is prohibited," Dr. Busit warns.
Even if the rules were clear, enforcing them would be an additional challenge. Most of Dubai's trade is made up of re-exports goods in transit through the United Arab Emirates to other countries such as Iran. Because there is little documentation for most of the ships traveling to and from Iranian ports, Dr. Busit says it is difficult to classify the types of products that may be reaching Iran. "Traditional ships can berth anywhere in Iran, so it's difficult to account for the trade," he explains.
U.A.E. officials have now started to focus their attention on smuggling. Dr. Busit says that illicit traders change their operations quickly to avoid the law. When Dubai started to watch its port more closely, the traders moved to Al-Khasab, a fishing village at the head of the Strait of Hormuz, only a few hours by boat from Iran's Bandar Abbas. At Al-Khasab, says Dr. Busit, "you can now see hundreds of speedboats, filled with foodstuffs and electronics it sometimes looks like a boat race." Most of the speedboat owners are Iranian, he adds, and they can shuttle radios, TVs, VCRs and U.S.-made appliances to Iran in a few hours. "They work like bats," he says, "and are difficult to catch."
In 1994, the U.A.E. Ministry of Interior issued an order to stop speedboats from transporting goods without official permission. Speedboats were limited to stays of 72 hours and are not supposed to sail from port to port without proper documentation.
Traditional ships, or dhows, can anchor in U.A.E. ports for up to 21 days, but even they are now supposed to register, obtain travel papers and document their cargo and crews. Though no penalties are mentioned in the Ministry of Interior's 1994 directive, Dr. Busit says that Customs is willing to confiscate boats and cargo. Dr. Busit hopes computerization will help catch smugglers and facilitate legal trade. By the end of the year, he expects all Customs transactions to be processed electronically, and for the Port Rashid and the Jebel Ali Free Zone to be linked by computer. Other U.A.E. Customs and Port Authorities will be added to the communications network later. According to Dr. Busit, Dubai Customs has come a long way in a short time. "I am one of the new people to change and modernize it," he says.
This month, trade officials from the region will gather in Dubai to hold the first Middle East conference on Electronic Data Interchange a U.S.-origin system that computerizes banking, customs clearance and cargo movement and handling. "We want to establish a club for communication on customs using EDI," says Dr. Busit, "we are the first Middle East country to try to adopt this new system." He says implementing new regulations "helps the Europeans trust what we are doing, and we want to keep that trust." And looking to the future, he adds that "we want to have a model law and to follow the rules."
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Coming of the antichrist: Banned 666 preacher on his way to Ireland for converts
Daily Mirror, UK/May 30, 2007
By Pat Flanagan
A preacher who claims he is the "Antichrist" and has the number 666 on his arm could be on his way to Ireland.
Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda has two million followers who are convinced he is the new Jesus.
De Jesus thinks he is the messiah but calls himself the Antichrist, even though the traditional meaning is a person or force opposed to Christ.
The US-based religious leader who has already been banned from three countries is now planning to visit Ireland.
De Jesus has declared war on other organised religions and even encourages children to have the "mark of the beast" 666 tattooed on their bodies.
His followers are largely in the US and Columbia but the Irish Daily Mirror has learned his message is spreading to Europe and he has supporters in Ireland, Britain, Spain and Italy.
It is known he wants to visit Europe, and in particular to speak in Dublin, and claims nations which refuse him entry will be hit by natural disasters.
To his followers De Jesus is "Christ incarnate" but to religious leaders he is seen as a dangerous cult leader who believes he is God.
Professor Daniel Alvarez, a religion expert at Florida International University who has had meetings with De Jesus' followers, compared him to the Reverend Jim Jones.
He said: "He's in their heads, he's inside the heads of those people."
De Jesus, who leads the "Growing In Grace" church, preaches that:
There is no devil and no sin
Followers can do no wrong in God's eyes, and
His church calls itself the "Government of God on Earth" and uses a seal similar to the United States.
He recently said: "The Antichrist is not the devil, he's the being who replaces Jesus on earth.
"Antichrist is the best person in the world. Antichrist means don't put your eyes on Jesus because Jesus of Nazareth wasn't a Christian.
"Antichrist means do not put your eyes on Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Put it on Jesus after the cross." De Jesus said that means him.
In a recent show of support, 30 members of his congregation went to a tattoo parlour in Miami to have 666 etched on their flesh.
Mike Garde, of Dialogue Ireland, which investigates cults and helps the families of those affected, said he is worried by De Jesus coming here.
He added: "I would be concerned, there are no statutes to deal with people like that."


Today I needed a little music to pick me up – this track normally does it for me, so I thought I'd share it with you.
Throughout the writing of Sun-Touched, I had one album that I put on repeat. Whenever I sat down to write, it was there. If I was trying to write and it wasn't on, at times I struggled. It helped to get me in the zone, to focus me on the writing – even though the type of music, the lyrics, etc in no way, shape or form mimicked/added to/accented the type of story I was writing.
Now that Sun-Touched is done. I feel a little like I am done with that album. I want something new (to me), something fresh to accompany me while I write my next piece.
May is going to be full of planning, so it's the perfect time to stop and find some new writing music. Seeing as I have two projects coming up, I need two different albums! And this time, I am going to try and do a better job of matching the albums to the stories.
I'm so out of the loop with the music scene though, that this could prove to be challenging. I may need your help.
The novella I plan to write in June is about an older woman's journey to reclaim a part of her heritage that many of her people have abandoned. She travels with her baby grandson, whose parents are dead, so a lot of the time she'll be virtually alone. As much as it's a physical journey, it's also an emotional/spiritual journey, so that's going to be interesting to write.
On the other hand, my YA science fiction series is full of action and drama, romance and conflict (or will be when I'm done with it!).
Any suggestions for music to check out?
I listen to the same nine songs when I write. Every. Single. Time. It's become so much of a habit that by the time I get to the end of the first track (58 seconds) I've slipped into my story and I'm away.
I only need twenty minutes to reach the 1000 word mark. This EP has just over that and is perfect for pacing myself with. I know when the last track comes on that I have just under three minutes to wrap up my writing session, and it gets me there with a grin on my face.
The funny thing is that this is not the music anyone would typically associate with me. It's nothing like the other things I listen to, but I LOVE it. I sing along, head bopping, lyrics effortlessly leaving my lips. Rest of the world tuned out. Eyes on the screen.
Of course, I may have to hit pause now and then (when does a mother ever get 20 mins to herself? lol), but having this musical cue is proving to be a real blessing. Let's hope I never get sick of Kidz in Space. I get the feeling that as long as the words are flowing, they are going to be my 'most played' artists.
If you're curious, below is track two from the Kidz in Space EP: The Off Cuts Mixtape. It's a mash up with a song that shares the name (In Your Blood), by another kiwi band called Computers Want Me Dead.
What do you write to??
When I was a teenager I was firmly dedicated to one type of music. I flooded my room with Nirvana, Offspring, Korn, Disturbed, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Hole and other bands like that. I wore the oldest cardigan in the world (it had been my fathers I think) with a million tatty holes in it. I had bracelets made of paper clips, my nose was pierced and most of my clothes were purchased from op shops. Complete with t-shirt with foreign phrase that I never bothered interpreting. That was a cool T shirt. It had a camel and a palm tree on it.
I flat out refused to listen to anything else. It was part of my identity, and there was no way I would allow my ears to be tainted with other stuff. Not the mainstream. No. Nothing popular. Nothing with mass appeal. I confess there were times I enjoyed something and then got rid of it when it caught on with the in crowd.
Oh boy. It's kind of embarrassing to admit to really. I was SUCH a music snob. What's worse is that I was limiting myself by placing that definition on me. I was grunge, baby, I was rock.
These days I listen to a huge variety of music. I've finally cast off my self made shackles and enjoy anything that takes my fancy. It spans the range, and may change at any point in time.
For so long now I've said I'm a writer of speculative fiction. Well, I am. Predominantly. That said, about 20% of what I write, is not.
I know as writers we tend to put ourselves in boxes. We write this genre, or that. But Gods, we'd never consider writing that. I've said it before. It's an easy thing to say: I'll never write romance. I couldn't do mystery. Writing about normal people in the real world is boring.
Those are my words. I'll own them. But I'll also say that like my music tastes, my writing follows what captures my interest.
We use sentences like the ones above to help us define ourselves, to figure out where we fit into the world and how we relate to those around us. Attaching a genre to our writing is an easy way to identify people who might be like minded, who might make good writing buddies, who might become part of our writers inner circle.
We need to surround ourselves with people who *get* our writing. Who appreciate what we're working on and what we're aiming for.
And yet, I find myself currently writing non spec-fic. General fiction, probably. And loving it.
Like my music tastes, my tastes in what I write and read are widening. I'll give anything a go these days. It doesn't have to be horror, or science fiction, or some type of fantasy. Whatever takes my fancy.
It's liberating, kicking down the walls I've imposed on myself.
Yes I love to read spec-fic, but if the story is good, if it captures me, then I couldn't care less what genre it is!
Normally when I'm writing a novel I have a couple of CD's that I listen to pretty much constantly while I am writing – the music itself has little to do with the manuscript, but it cuts down the noises of the rest of the house and allows me to easily slip back into the story. I very quickly begin to associate the songs with the writing of that particular piece, which is good because normally they aren't things I'd hear on the radio or playing anywhere else.
This time around, I don't.
It was a conscious choice, not because of anything to do with the writing, but because I worried that I wouldn't hear Lauren if I had my headset on (I don't have any PC speakers).
I'm starting to miss that musical link to my story. That ability to slip into writing mode simply by pressing 'play'. And there is really nothing I can do about it, because hearing Lauren is more important than anything else right now.
Just one more of those 'facts of life' that I have lurking around at the moment. I've thought about finding something to listen to for night writing, but even then, I'd rather be listening out for her. One day, I'll have some music for my writings again.


I'll never wake up here again. The air is clear on the morning of departure, and I watch a small black mutt navigate the length of the balcony the floor below. He limps as he walks. He goes inside, reemerges…suddenly I am in his brain.
to replace Mary's earlobe, becomes an earring, she wears the moon.
and out with an unfelt wind.
Upon my return to Jerusalem, nothing soothes me more than looking at the painted image of a quiet evening in countryside Russia composed more than one hundred years ago.
I know this painting, because it is on the cover of my Chekhov collected stories (painter Levitan was his closest friend). What one learns about life there is not quite as soothing.
You will disembark, you will find your way to the Grand Concourse, where you will find your loved ones, and if you have no loved ones, you will find taxi cabs, Greyhound, Peter Pan, and Mega buses to take you farther away.


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widows Nov. 15, 2018
Widows Proves Lukas Haas Is the King of the Pussy Posse
By Hunter Harris@hunteryharris
The Last Supper found dead in a ditch! Photo: Kevin Connolly via Instagram
The Pussy Posse, as christened by New York writer Nancy Jo Sales in 1998, takes up an inordinate amount of space in my brain. There were, more or less, a half-dozen of them: DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Q-Tip, David Blaine, Kevin Connolly, and Lukas Haas. (As of late, they've started going by "Wolf Pack," a rebrand that doesn't earn the same amount of fascination — any group of white boys wearing Sperry Top-Siders and who've seen half of Wolf of Wall Street can call themselves a wolf pack! — but the Pussy Posse is forever.) I'm always thinking about them: Connolly dancing at his John Travolta movie's premiere (which none of the Posse attended — an important detail that went largely unreported!), and also Connolly not being able to afford anything at the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation's annual gala. Orlando Bloom's sixth man status. Justin Theroux's dueling West Coast group of bros! Leo has the Oscar and the unanswered texts to Rihanna and the mania, but it has been my private (and correct) opinion that he's the group's social secretary. The reigning member isn't the one with an Oscar, or the one from Entourage, or even the one who was played by Michael Cera in Molly's Game. It's Widows' own Lukas Haas.
@lukashaas and aren't in bad moods.... Just a bit depressed that we dont have enough money to bid on ANYTHING in the live auction #ldf #stropez
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Widows fulfills every one of my fantasies, including but not limited to a supergroup of actresses who wanna rob, Viola Davis and Cynthia Erivo having a staring contest, Elizabeth Debicki wearing gold, a crime-fighting dog, and Daniel Kaluuya simply staring. In Widows, Haas plays David, a fancy architect with a lot of money and a last name he doesn't want you to know. (He's also the only man to be completely ogled by Steve McQueen's camera: "Who knew Lukas Haas would be the Fassbender of Widows," ex-Vulture Kyle Buchanan texted me after I told him the movie had snatched my wig clean off.) David is powerful and lonely, and goes on a date with recently widowed Alice (Debicki). It's unsettling how Haas's performance as David walks the fine line between calm — he's had arrangements like this before, he tells a nervous Alice, and seems genuinely patient — and icy indifference. The escort/sugar baby relationship is well-trodden, but in Widows, it's another keenly observed transactional relationship. "It's an extraordinary performance, that one, because it's not an actor providing judgment on that character," Iain Canning told me at a reception for the movie in November. "You might have a judgment on that character, but he's definitely the product of an environment that has allowed him to believe that every relationship can be transactional."
Which brings me back to my favorite random pop-culture theory, which I will die defending: It is Lukas Haas, not Leo DiCaprio or Tobey Maguire, who is the reigning member of the Pussy Posse. It is Lukas Haas. I, enlightened, am ready to share my thinking about this truth, which is supported by facts. Lukas Haas is not a supporting player in Hollywood's most notorious clique; he is its star! With whom else in Hollywood can you draw a straight line from the UGK-Outkast collab "Int'l Players Anthem" to literal international player Harrison Ford? Only with Lukas Haas, who was the child star of Witness and a white groomsman in the "money on the dresser, drive a Kompressor" magnum opus. In the music video, André 3000 is preparing to walk down the aisle despite protests from his friends and old flames. There, in the background, is the wedding's only white guest: Haas, playing a white groomsman at the nuptials. (André and Haas have reportedly been friendly for some time, and the "Int'l Players Anthem" video — like "Roses," in which Haas also pops up — is populated with "just friends we would call up," André told XXL in 2012.)
Haas has made cameos in videos for other songs and bands just dissimilar enough to delight. He's popped up as a backup dancer in Outkast's West Side Story revival in the "Roses" video; the defining music video of my youthful angst, "Welcome to the Black Parade"; and Death Cab for Cutie's "Cath …" — which was featured prominently in an episode of The Hills. Other random pop-culture ephemera also graced with a Lukas Haas cameo: Lindsay Lohan's list of men she's slept with. There's Haas, right between Joaquin Phoenix and Nico Tortorella.
Because I am also secretly the coolest member of my friend group, Lukas Haas makes me feel seen: I love that he keeps popping up in the most unexpected places, and fall 2018 — with supporting roles in Widows and First Man — is the zenith of this talent. It's his time!
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Meet my friend Lenny and learn how she is homeschooling 3 kids while working part-time! She is no stranger to our blog and just a few days ago we published her beautiful Thank You Letter to Her Autistic Child for our Celebrate Motherhood series.
My husband and I have 3 beautiful children: 2 boys and a girl. My oldest son will be 7 in a couple of months. My younger son is 4 years old and my daughter is 2 years old. We live in Central Texas and we love the city here even more now that we have a large homeschooling community. We have wonderful support and there are plenty of activities to do for homeschoolers.
We are currently in our second year of homeschooling.
Could I say we are eclectic? We don't follow a specific approach. We focus more on the child's interest, how they learn best and go from there. Each of my 3 children is very different so I am anticipating that I will have to use a different approach for each child. We also like having the variety and options and not thinking that we have to stick to one method.
We do not follow a specific schedule. Since I work part-time 3 days a week, I teach new topics the day I am off and when my youngest is napping. We tried following a lesson plan and strict schedule in the beginning, but it was not working for us and having to run after 2 toddlers. When my children are with their grandparents on the days I work, I send some review works for my oldest to do. Some days we do school in the morning, some days in the afternoon. I don't think we can follow a schedule at least for now. We may try that again later when the 2 little ones are older.
We try to cover at least the basic subjects (reading, writing, math etc) each day and add science or geography on different days. Most times I do try to incorporate some subjects together. For example, my oldest love anything to do with the Solar System. So I borrowed a few books about the Solar System and my son used that for his reading and writing lessons.
So if we talk about time, I would say we do school 1-2 hrs a day, 4-5 days a week. My oldest goes to an art school for his art lesson. The art school nearby our house has homeschool art classes. He also goes to a homeschool enrichment class and get together with other homeschoolers for science experiments once a week.
Not one specific place. I would say 50/50 at the dining table and homeschool room depending on the time of the day.
Science- library books, youtube videos, projects, science experiments based on interest.
The first homeschooling book that I read was " The Well Trained Mind". It was a great book and provided me with lots of information about homeschooling and what to expect. I highly recommend it especially to beginners who have questions about the schedule, what to teach, or to get a glimpse of what homeschooling is like.
I have not read another homeschooling book since then. I usually try to get information or support online first.
Laptop – It better has wifi so we can stream Netflix or Youtube =) Also we have our math program installed in the laptop.
An empty journal book- We can write and journal about the trip.
The other 3 will be their tablets. We have the epic app installed on the tablets so we have access to books for them to read.
I think I would not have spend hours and hours doing lesson plans for the whole year. In the first month when I had my child followed a strict schedule, I could feel that he was getting frustrated and my child losing interest in learning was the last thing I wanted from homeschooling. I had to learn to accept that there are days that he does a lot of school and some days it is OK to just read and enjoy a book.
I also wished that I have deschooled him since he was in public school since he was 3 years old and I started homeschooling him immediately after I pulled him out from school. I learned later that this is an important transition phase. If I had the chance to start homeschooling all over again, I would have to spend a few months letting him explore the curriculums at the local bookstore, visit parks, museums and just enjoy our time together.
Lenny Dewi has 3 beautiful children. She works part time as a nurse and full-time at home as a homeschooler. She loves cooking, gardening, running, swimming, and music. You can find Lenny on Facebook where she shares their homeschool adventures.
I so love the journaling! I think our kids learn so much when they write about it, even if it is in their words, not perfect words! It is great to see that your family is involved!


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Tags: Albot, Anderson, ATP Masters Miami, Cilic, Dimitrov, Evans, Federer, Goffin, Khachanov, Krajinovic, Lopez, Mayer, Medvedev, Miami Open, Munar, Opelka, Rublev, Schwartzman, Shapovalov, Sousa, Thompson, Tsitsipas, Wawrinka
Three time Miami Open and holder of 20 majors Roger Federer struggled today in his opening match. Still, in the end, the Swiss put away qualifier Radu Albot 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 to move on to the third round at the Miami Open.
Playing someone for the first time can be a tricky, Federer dropped the opening game of the match and could not bank on any of the four break points he manufactured. Consequently, Albot, who secured his first ATP tile this year in Delray Beach, grew in confidence. Federer finally capitalized on break point in the second set to push the match to a third set. Once again, in the last set, one break point in Federer's favor was the difference.
Federer pinpointed that his struggles stemmed from the fact that " I felt like I was in two minds, how you play sometimes in a first round. You're looking to take on the ball, but then sometimes you also know you just cannot go big all the time. You also have to hold back. Sometimes you feel like it happens always at the wrong times. You pull the trigger at the wrong times. You're going safe at the wrong times. That has something to do with how I thought he played his game. He seemed very clear to me, and I wasn't. In the heat of the moment, I started forgetting stuff also that my coach told me. I felt like all the important points, points that could have led to something interesting for me, I played poorly because I was in two minds. . . I thought actually how I protected my serve, after getting broken in the first game, was actually very good. There's definitely really some good elements there in the game, but I did struggle obviously. I'm very, very happy that I found a way."
In addition to the opponent, there was the venue to contend with "there's definitely always a slight sort of buzz in the stadium. I think it's more because of the size and the ventilation. You feel there's always a bit of a noise there, which is sometimes a bit unusual for tennis. Of course, indoors you get that more often. We do have it occasionally. . .a very key element of our sport is you can hear a pin drop. . .Here it's not so much the case. When somebody hits the ball, it's not as clear maybe, which then can feel almost like it's a little bit of an empty space. That can feel maybe a little bit different. I didn't feel like it was totally something out of the ordinary where I had no clue where my boundaries were, like I've had maybe at some other courts from around the world in the past. I've gotten used to it quite quickly. . .it's a big place. I mean, the side stands are huge. It goes far away. It's unusual to have it that way. I would have thought maybe they would put it in the corner, the stadium, instead of on the long side. Still it was a good atmosphere."
Stanislas Wawrinka, Federer's countryman, was not as fortunate. The three time major champion fell in the day's initial match to Filip Krajinovic 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 spoiling the all Swiss third round collision. Wawrinka led in the tiebreaker 5-2 and lost the next five points.
Other notable upsets include 9th seed Marin Cilic who went down to qualifier Andrey Rublev 6-4, 6-4. Tenth seed Karen Khachanov was sent packing by Australian Jordan Thompson 6-2, 6-3. American qualifier Reilly Opelka stunned 21st seed Argentine Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. While 20th seed Denis Shapovalov squeezed by lucky loser Daniel Evans 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.
Also, moving onto third round are Kevin Anderson who toughed it out against Jaime Munar in three sets. Grigor Dimitrov had no trouble with Feliciano Lopez. The Bulgarina dismissed the Spaniard in 60 minutes, 6-1, 6-3. Eighth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 13th seed Danil Medvedev, Leonardo Mayer, 18th seed David Goffin and Joao Sousa booked their bid into round three in straight sets.
Tags: Albot, Alexanader Zverev, Australian Open, Cilic, Dimitrov, Federer, Ferrer, French Open, Krajinovic, Miami Open, Tiafoe, Tsitsipas, U.S. Open, Wawrinka, Wimbledon
Following a first round bye, Roger Federer, a three time champion comes out for his initial match in the new home of the Miami Open. The Swiss will clash with qualifier Radu Albot in the afternoon. This will be their first encounter.
Beforehand, Federer's countryman, 3 time Major champion Stanislas Wawrinka kicks off the day session in stadium court. Wawrinka collides with Serb Filip Krajinovic. The two have yet to play at this tour level.
The night schedule features 2013 French Open finalist David Ferrer against Alexander Zverev ranked number two. The German has prevailed in four of their prior six meetings
Other players who will be displaying their talent as they fight for a place in the third round include 2019 Australian quarterfinalist Stefanos Tsitsipas, 2 time major semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov, 2014 U.S. Open champ Marin Cilic and American hopeful Australian Open quarterfinalist Frances Tiafoe.
Here is the order of play for Saturday March 23, 2019:
STADIUM start 12:00 noon
ATP – [30] S. Wawrinka (SUI) vs F. Krajinovic (SRB)
WTA – [1] N. Osaka (JPN) vs [27] S. Hsieh (TPE)
ATP – [Q] R. Albot (MDA) vs [4] R. Federer (SUI)
ATP – [WC] D. Ferrer (ESP) vs [2] A. Zverev (GER)
WTA – B. Andreescu (CAN) vs [8] A. Kerber (GER)
GRANDSTAND start 12:00 noon
WTA – [3] P. Kvitova (CZE) vs [26] D. Vekic (CRO)
ATP – [24] G. Dimitrov (BUL) vs F. Lopez (ESP)
WTA – [Q] M. Niculescu (ROU) vs [13] C. Wozniacki (DEN)
ATP – [8] S. Tsitsipas (GRE) vs [LL] M. McDonald (USA)
WTA – A. Tomljanovic (AUS) vs [21] A. Kontaveit (EST)
ATP – [20] D. Shapovalov (CAN) vs [LL] D. Evans (GBR)
ATP – [6] K. Anderson (RSA) vs J. Munar (ESP)
ATP – [Q] A. Rublev (RUS) vs [9] M. Cilic (CRO)
WTA – V. Kuzmova (SVK) vs [7] K. Bertens (NED)
ATP – [28] F. Tiafoe (USA) vs [WC] M. Kecmanovic (SRB)
After Suitable Rest – [3] S. Hsieh (TPE) / B. Strycova (CZE) vs K. Christian (USA) / A. Muhammad (USA)
BUTCH BUCHHOLZ COURT start 11:00 am
WTA – [19] C. Garcia (FRA) vs [15] J. Goerges (GER)
ATP – J. Thompson (AUS) vs [10] K. Khachanov (RUS)
WTA – [12] A. Barty (AUS) vs S. Stosur (AUS)
ATP – [Q] R. Opelka (USA) vs [21] D. Schwartzman (ARG)
ATP – [3] B. Bryan (USA) / M. Bryan (USA) vs M. Fucsovics (HUN) / R. Jebavy (CZE)
WTA – L. Kichenok (UKR) / N. Kichenok (UKR) vs [WC] A. Anisimova (USA) / A. Riske (USA)
ATP – J. Chardy (FRA) / G. Simon (FRA) vs N. Jarry (CHI) / F. Skugor (CRO)
WTA – D. Jakupovic (SLO) / I. Khromacheva (RUS) vs [5] G. Dabrowski (CAN) / Y. Xu (CHN)
After Suitable Rest – R. Bopanna (IND) / D. Shapovalov (CAN) vs A. Krajicek (USA) / A. Sitak (NZL)
WTA – A. Rosolska (POL) / Z. Yang (CHN) vs K. Flipkens (BEL) / J. Larsson (SWE)
ATP – J. Sousa (POR) vs [31] S. Johnson (USA)
ATP – [13] D. Medvedev (RUS) vs A. Mannarino (FRA)
After Suitable Rest – J. Goerges (GER) / S. Halep (ROU) vs [2] T. Babos (HUN) / K. Mladenovic (FRA)
WTA – [8] H. Chan (TPE) / L. Chan (TPE) vs I. Begu (ROU) / M. Buzarnescu (ROU)
WTA – After suitable rest – [1] B. Krejcikova (CZE) / K. Siniakova (CZE) vs [WC] V. Azarenka (BLR) / A. Barty (AUS)
ATP – L. Mayer (ARG) vs [26] G. Pella (ARG)
ATP – P. Andujar (ESP) vs [18] D. Goffin (BEL)
ATP – [8] H. Kontinen (FIN) / J. Peers (AUS) vs R. Ram (USA) / J. Salisbury (GBR)
After Suitable Rest – G. Pella (ARG) / J. Sousa (POR) vs [WC] T. Fritz (USA) / N. Kyrgios (AUS)
After Suitable Rest – A. Groenefeld (GER) / L. Hradecka (CZE) vs M. Niculescu (ROU) / A. Spears (USA)
ATP – J. Rojer (NED) / H. Tecau (ROU) vs [5] O. Marach (AUT) / M. Pavic (CRO)
ATP – [14] M. Cecchinato (ITA) vs D. Dzumhur (BIH)
ATP – R. Haase (NED) / D. Inglot (GBR) vs [4] J. Cabal (COL) / R. Farah (COL)
WTA – A. Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) / A. Sevastova (LAT) vs V. Kudermetova (RUS) / D. Schuurs (NED)
After Suitable Rest – [1] L. Kubot (POL) / M. Melo (BRA) vs M. Cecchinato (ITA) / A. Molteni (ARG)
Tags: Anderson, ATP Masters Miami, Australian Open, Berdych, BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, Dimitrov, Duan, Karlovic, Kerber, Miami Open, Nadal, Nishikori, Nishioka, Pella, Sock, Venus, Wawrinka
Fabulous Friday at the Miami Open Features Nadal and Nishikori in Action
Friday the men will be the main attraction at the Miami Open as top ten players finally take court for second round play. The initial ATP match on display in Stadium Court showcases world number four Kei Nishikori against Kevin Anderson. The two played on three previous occasions all in 2015. Nishikori holds a 2-1 advantage in the win column. A former top 10 player, Anderson's ranking has fallen to 74 due to niggling injury the last two seasons. However in looking to rebound, the 6 foot 8 inch South African will be quite a handful for Nishikori last year's Miami Open finalist.
Later on in the afternoon, four time Miami Open finalist Rafael Nadal, with the absence of Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, begins his hunt for his first title in South Florida. Standing in the way in his maiden match is Dudi Sela. They've battled once before at the Australian Open with The Spaniard prevailing comfortably in three sets.
In the evening session, Grigor Dimitrov collides with Guido Pella on Stadium court. Two years ago, they duked it out with Dimitrov edging the Argentine out in two tough sets 7-6,6-4. Ranked 13th in the world, Dimitrov should handle his opponent, now at 178, with ease. But factoring in that the Argentinian will have plenty of support from the pro South American crowd, things might get dicey for the Bulgarian.
American Jack Sock fresh off his semifinal run at Indian Wells faces off against Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka who himself as a lucky loser in the desert, had the tournament of his young tennis life so far. Nishioka shocked Ivo Karlovic and Tomas Berdych to arrive at the round of 16. He nearly collected his biggest scalp against Miami Open top seed Stanislas Wawrinka before succumbing in a third set tiebreaker after failing to close out the match twice after being up a break. In their second meeting, Sock hopes to do better than their first in Acapulco this year since he was unable to collect the W.
On the ladies' side, with sister Serena sideline by injury, Venus Williams carries the family's hope for this Miami Open. The three time champion last made an appearance in the finals in 2010 with an unfavorable result. She clashes with Beatriz Haddad Maia for the first time in the second round. Also, World number one Angelique Kerber starts her campaign for the title, looking to improving on her best showing in South Florida which was a semifinal berth in 2016. The German contends with China's Ying-Ying Duan, the two have never battled.
Click here for Friday's complete order of play.
Tags: Bautista Agut, Berdych, Dimitrov, Djokovic, Goffin, Kyrgios, Miami Masters, Miami Open, Monfils, Nishikori, Raonic, Simon, Thiem
Djokovic Escapes Thiem to Advance to Miami Open Quarterfinals
Miami, Ricky Dimon @Dimonator
The record will indicate that Novak Djokovic made routine work of Dominic Thiem during fourth-round action at the Miami Open on Wednesday afternoon. A more accurate picture, however, is painted by both the statistics and the eye test. Anyone who was in attendance surely appreciated the entertaining affair to which they were treated, even though Djokovic got the job done in seemingly dominant 6-3, 6-4 fashion.
A much different story could have unfolded if Thiem had been able to come up with the goods at the critical junctures. Instead, the 22-year-old Austrian squandered 14 of 15 break points and the only one he converted came courtesy of a Djokovic double-fault.
In the opening set, Thiem survived a three-deuce game and saved one set point to hold for 3-5. He then had four break points to get back on serve, but Djokovic battled trough a four-deuce game to seal the deal. With the top-seeded Serb serving for the match at 5-4 in the second, he fought off four more break points, navigated seven deuces, and finally converted a fourth match point to triumph after one hour and 49 minutes.
"It [was] going to end sooner or later," Djokovic commented. "Generally I don't face that many break points, but conversion of break points from my opponent today was only one out of [15], so that's a positive in a way. But I'll try not to get myself in those positions too much…. It was a straight-set win, but far from easy. It was a tough match."
"Today (there) were positive and negative things," Thiem posted on Facebook. "I can take advantage of (them) in the future…. I couldn't take advantage of my [break points]; I only converted one out of 15; that's [not enough], especially when your opponent is the No. 1 in the world.
"Nevertheless, I am happy about my performance here in Miami; I was able to gain some new experience and now I am heading, of course a little bit disappointed, back home. Next up, clay-court season!"
The hard-court proceedings will continue at least one more one more round for Djokovic, and for Gael Monfils. Joining Djokovic in the quarterfinals by also prevailing on Tuesday were Monfils, Milos Raonic, Nick Kyrgios, Tomas Berdych, Gilles Simon, and David Goffin. Monfils recovered from a set deficit to outlast Grigor Dimitrov 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-3 in a day-session match that went well into the night.
After going down an immediate break in the third set, the Frenchman broke right back and earned another scalp of the Dimitrov serve at 4-3 before closing the door at love in emphatic fashion. By lasting exactly two and a half hours, it forced the Kei Nishikori vs. Roberto Bautista Agut showdown to be moved from the stadium to the Grandstand.
Ricky Dimon is a contributor in Miami and writes for tenngrand.com. You can follow him on Twitter under @Dimonator by clicking here.
Tags: ATP, Bautista Agut, Dimitrov, Djokovic, Federer, Ferrer, Kuznetsov, Kyrgios, Miami Masters, Miami Open, Murray, Nadal, Nishikori, Radwanska, Serena, Wawrinka
Murray Falls to Dimitrov at the Miami Open
First it was Roger Federer. Then it was Rafael Nadal. And the hits have kept coming at the Miami Open.
Federer withdrew from the tournament due to illness, while Nadal could not get through his first match because of issues related to the heat. David Ferrer followed his fellow Spaniard out of South Beach by losing to Lucas Pouille on Sunday night. On the women's side, Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska both lost on Monday afternoon. The carnage continued when Andy Murray succumbed to Grigor Dimitrov 6-7(1), 6-4, 6-3 during third-round action.
Dimitrov trailed 3-1 in the final set but reeled off five straight games to wrap up the victory in impressive style after two hours and 25 minutes. It was a much-needed result–and one of his best ever–for the Bulgarian, who currently registers 20 spots off his career-high ranking at 28th in the world. He had not defeated a top-10 opponent since upsetting then-No. 9 Stan Wawrinka at the Monte-Carlo Masters last spring. This is Dimitrov's second-even win at the expense of a top-2 opponent, having previously stunned world No. 1 Novak Djokovic on the clay courts of Madrid in 2013.
"I'm happy," Dimitrov assured. "Of course I'm happy with that victory. Every time you beat a top player you know you must have done something good.
"I played quite a few times against [Murray]. I think we know our games pretty well. I just played better in the good moments today. That's it. I think I was just a smart player throughout the course of the whole match. Even though I lost the first set, I kept a good composure…. I think when I was 3-1 down in the third set, I really felt that I know I'm going to get another chance because I was returning well, playing very good in the key moments."
Murray played a near-flawless first-set tiebreaker, but he struggled in the pressure-packed moments throughout the duration of the proceedings. After trailing 4-0 in the second set, he had a break point to get back on level terms at 5-5 but could not convert. The Scot also dropped his last three service games of the match without even getting to deuce a single time.
"(I made) a lot of unforced errors in the third set for sure," Murray lamented. "Obviously (I) didn't start the second set particularly well. After winning a close first set you obviously want to try and put your opponent under pressure. Credit to him. He was more solid than me…. Physically it was okay. I mean, the conditions were actually not that bad today. It was just humid. Obviously the cloud cover helped. It was just very, very humid. Physically I was okay."
Dimitrov will have to be ready for another physical battle against Gael Monfils on Tuesday. Monfils has enjoyed a much more routine trek through the Miami draw, having disposed of Tatsuma Ito and Pablo Cuevas in easy straight sets. Dimitrov, on the other hand, preceded his triumph over Murray by outlasting Federico Delbonis 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-4 in two hours and 39 minutes.
Joining Dimitrov and Monfils in the last 16 were Nick Kyrgios, Kei Nishikori, Roberto Bautista Agut, and Andrey Kuznetsov.
Tags: Anderson, ATP, Del Potro, Delray Beach Open, Dimitrov, Karlovic, Raonic, Tomic
Del Potro Begins Comeback at Delray Beach Open
After an extended hiatus due to wrist surgery in 2011, Juan Martin Del Potro rejoined the ATP tour by making his maiden appearance in Delray. He went on to capture the title. However, a niggling wrist injury has prevented Del Potro from returning to the form which resulted in his triumph at the 2009 US Open.
After another round of surgery Del Potro is ready for a second comeback. The Argentine has again chosen Delray as he reincorporates himself on tour and is hoping to duplicate his past success.
Del Potro will be joining a stacked field at the Delray Open that includes Milos Raonic, Kevin Anderson, Bernard Tomic, Ivo Karlovic and Grigor Dimitrov. The Delray Beach Open will take place February 12 – 21, 2016.
Here is the official press release from the tournament :
FORMER WORLD NO.4 JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO WILL PLAY IN DELRAY BEACH
The 2009 US Open Champion Will Begin His Comeback From Wrist Injury
DELRAY BEACH: 2011 Delray Beach champion Juan Martin del Potro is taking a wild card into the Delray Beach Open, making his second appearance in the ATP World Tour event. The 10-day event is coming up February 12 – 21, with ATP World Tour play scheduled to begin Monday, February 15 at the Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center.
Del Potro will be making a long-awaited comeback from a bothersome wrist injury that has dogged the former world No. 4 and 2009 US Open champion for much of his career.
In 2011, del Potro made his initial appearance in Delray Beach ranked No. 166 with just four tournaments under his belt following his first wrist surgery. He won the title without dropping a set, defeating Janko Tipsarevic for his then-8th career ATP World title.
"We've been expecting this call," said Delray Beach Open tournament director Mark Baron. "Juan Martin has always had Delray Beach in his comeback plans, and we're happy to know that it's come to fruition. We are rooting for him to be able to overcome his injury and hope he will have a successful comeback."
The 27-year-old Argentine has amassed 18 career ATP titles plus his Grand Slam US Open win, and has four Top 10 year-end finishes: 2008 (No. 9), 2009 (No 5), 2012 (No. 7) and 2013 (No. 5). He reached his career-high No 4 on January 11, 2010.
"I've been waiting for this moment for a long time," said del Potro via a U-Tube video. "As I had promised that I would make a comeback around January or February, now I can confirm it will happen at Delray Beach. I wanted to share the news and also the happiness that I feel knowing that I will play a tennis tournament after such a long time."
Del Potro's appearance in Delray Beach's 32-player singles draw gives the tournament four former champions, including defending champion Ivo Karlovic, Kevin Anderson (2012) and Tommy Haas (2006). Additionally, the Bryan Brothers are defending doubles champions and will be chasing their third consecutive title.
The 2016 Delray Beach field already features three Top 20 players including 2016 Australian Open semifinalist Milos Raonic (No. 11), Anderson (No. 14) and Bernard Tomic (No. 20). Karlovic (No. 24) and Grigor Dimitrov (No. 28) also figure into the strong draw.
In addition to the ATP World Tour tournament, the first weekend of the Delray Beach Open includes an ATP Champions Tour event featuring six former stars playing in a Team USA vs Team International format.
Tickets are available at yellowtennisball.com/tickets or can be secured from the on-site box office (30 NW 1st Avenue in Delray Beach) or over the phone (561-330-6000 ext.1).
UPDATED 2016 DELRAY BEACH OPEN SINGLES ENTRY LIST: Kevin Anderson (RSA), Benjamin Becker (GER), Ricardas Berankis (LTU), Jeremy Chardy (FRA),Thiemo de Bakker (NED), Juan Martin del Potro (ARG), Grigor Dimitrov (BUL), Damir Dzumhur (BIH), Kyle Edmund (GBR), Marcel Granollers (ESP), Sam Groth (AUS), Tommy Haas (GER/USA), Steve Johnson (USA), Ivo Karlovic (CRO), Denis Kudla (USA), Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ), Adrian Mannarino (FRA), Illya Marchenko (UKR), John Millman (AUS), Sam Querrey (USA), Rajeev Ram (USA),Milos Raonic (CAN), Dudi Sela (ISR), Bernard Tomic (AUS), Donald Young (USA)
For more information: Go to YellowTennisBall.com.
Tags: ATP, Delray Beach Open, Dimitrov, Hass
Grigor Dimitrov to Play 2016 Delray Beach Open
Former ATP World Tour No. 8 Grigor Dimitrov has been added to the Delray Beach Open that will be played February 12 – 21, 2016. Dimitrov joins fellow ATP players Milos Raonic and Tommy Haas as the ATP kicks off the first North American hard court event of 2016.
Below is the official tournament press release.
DELRAY BEACH: ATP World Tour star Grigor Dimitrov has joined the 32-player field for the 2016 Delray Beach Open, while 2006 champion Tommy Haas has added Delray Beach to his 2016 return tour.
The tournament previously announced that world No. 9 Milos Raonic of Canada and the longtime world top-ranked American doubles duo, the Bryan Brothers, have committed to play in Delray Beach's ATP World tour event next February.
In its 18th year in the city and 24th overall, the Delray Beach Open will be played February 12-21, 2016 at the Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center.
Dimitrov, 24, reached a No. 8 world ranking in 2014 thanks to a pair of semifinal finishes in Rome and Toronto, and a win over world No. 4 Andy Murray that propelled him to the Wimbledon semifinal. The Bulgarian, who famously dated Maria Sharapova for two years, has already won four ATP titles and has 10 career wins over Top 10 players.
The 37-year-old Haas has returned to the Top 20 from major surgery three times in his career, and is embarking on a fourth run after shoulder surgery last year. Twice Haas has been named the ATP's "Comeback Player of the Year" and his 15 ATP World Tour titles and more than 550 career wins have him surpassing the $13 million earnings mark for his 20-year career.
Haas reached a career-high No. 2 ranking in 2002 shortly after reaching the Australian Open semifinal, and he won the Delray Beach tournament in his first appearance in 2006. He owns an 11-7 record in eight Delray appearances.
"We are thrilled to continue adding top talent to our 2016 field," said tournament director Mark Baron. "Grigor is an exciting young player who we have wanted to have in Delray Beach for some time. And having a healthy Tommy competing again will be a treat for our fans. We continue to be amazed at the level of play he has brought to the courts for the last two decades."
The Delray Beach Open also announced that its ATP World Tour qualifying event will consist of a 16-player field instead of the 32-player draw that has been customary since the event's inception. All ATP 250-level tournaments are making the adjustment.
The 10-day Delray Beach Open also includes an ATP Champions Tour event, which brings legends of the game into town to play during the opening weekend.
A number of tournament seating packages are on sale, including the Reserved Diamond Series that includes tickets to all 17 sessions of the ATP Champions Tour and ATP World Tour events (Friday, Feb. 12 – Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016) for $500. Reserved seats (sections A – O) are located just behind the box seats and have back support and arm rests. The popular Weekender Series that includes a reserved seat for the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals (sessions 13-17) is $200.
Other 17-session ticket packages include the courtside box series packages ($1,500 for two seats or $2,500 for four), the on-court Best Seats in the House package priced at $3,000 for two seats, or $4,500 for four and the covered Veranda seats. The Veranda seats are also available for individual sessions.
The event's new Sky Suites and Sky Boxes start at $7,000 for all 17 sessions. They accommodate 8 to 24 people and include food and beverage options.
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Tags: ATP, Bellucci, Chardy, Darcis, Dimitrov, Djokovic, Dolgopolov, Ferrer, Indian Wells, Isner, Miami Open, Nadal, Nishikori, Raonic, Rosol, Troicki
Djokovic and Nishikori March on to the Round of 16 at the Miami Open
In search of his third double-double, the combination of Indian Wells and Miami Open trophies, Novak Djokovic took another step forward today in beating Steve Darcis 6-0, 7-5 to move into the round of 16.
There is not much to discuss about an opening set, where the world number one posted a bagel against his peer. After Djokovic seized seven successive games, Darcis at last made his presence felt in the second set.
The 31 year old qualifier, in his maiden third round at the Miami Open, overcame three break points before holding serve for 2 all. As Djokovic continued to push, Darcis again was made to work to level the score in the sixth game.
The possibility of a third set became imminent as the Belge broke for 5-4 and had the opportunity to steal a set. However, the four time champion was in no mood for a decisive set. Djokovic took the next three games to dash any of his rival's hopes.
Djokovic acknowledged that the second set was a tad hairy "the drop of the intensity and the fact that I didn't use the opportunities early [on] resulted in a close second set. He's got a lot of variety, especially from the backhand side, he slices pretty well. I was handling it really good, then started to make some unforced errors, complicated my own life. But at the end of the day, it's a win."
All players go through periods of self doubt as Rafael Nadal confessed when he loss to Fernando Verdasco. Djokovic admits that he is not the exception "more or less every single match you go through these moments. We are all humans and go through emotional ups and downs depending on the quality and intensity of the match. I understand what [Nadal] is talking about because I'm playing for many years at this high level and I know [the] pressure and expectations [that go along]. It's normal to have periods of crisis, feel more doubt than confidence in important moments and you lose a couple of matches. I'm sure Nadal is somebody who knows exactly how to deal with this particular situation and how to get better."
Next, Djokovic takes on Alexandr Dolgopolov. A quarterfinalist in 2014, the Ukranian defeated Thomaz Bellucci in straight sets.
Looking ahead, Djokovic cited "he's feeling good. He likes this surface, a bit slower court with higher bounce. He has a very quick dynamic motion on the serve and can serve very big for somebody of his height. I know what to expect. Hopefully, I'll be able to start as well as I did in the first two matches, but end it in a bit different way."
In the opening match of the grandstand, Kei Nishikori needed only 63 minutes to send off Viktor Troicki 6-2, 6-2. Also in action was Spaniard David Ferrer. The 2013 finalist took care of Lukas Rosol 6-4, 7-5 and will duke it out with Gilles Simon for a berth in the quarterfinals. Milos Raonic outlasted Jeremy Chardy 6-1, 5-7, 7-6. Raonic will find John Isner across the net. The American ousted Grigor Dimitrov the ninth seed with a 7-6, 6-2 triumph.
Tags: ATP, Australian Open, Coric, Dimitrov, Ferrer, Goffin, Isner, Krajinovic, Miami Open, Monfils, Nishikori, Smyczek, Tsonga, U.S. Open, Verdasco, Wimbledon, Youzhny
Dimitrov Destroys Pospisil to Advance at the Miami Open, Tsonga and Isner Advance
One of the star matches on Stadium Court at the Miami Open featured 2014 Wimbledon semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov against promising prospect, Vasek Pospisil. For the Canadian who ousted Juan Martin Del Potro in the first round, it was a miserable day at the office. Dimitrov required only 59 minutes to dismantle his opponent 6-2, 6-2.
The ninth seed came out of the block blazing converting on double break point in the opening game. Dimitrov went on to cash in on another break point in the fifth game to take a 4-1 lead. The Bulgarian closed out the first set with ease with a love hold.
Unfortunately for Popisil, the second set offered more of the same. Leveled at 2 all, the Canadian surrendered his serve by double faulting. After Dimitrov consolidated, Pospisil dropped serve his next game. Without fanfare, Dimitrov sealed the match on his first match point.
In the third round, Dimitrov will battle John Isner. The American had a comfortable 6-3,6-4 victory against reigning junior world number one, 17 year old Andrey Rublev.
Earlier in the afternoon, in a hold over from last evening rained out session, the affable Frenchman Jo-Wilfreid Tsonga tussled with American Tim Smyczek for a spot in the third round. The 2008 Australian Open finalist who was on forced sabbatical due to an arm injury held off Smyczek 6-4,3-6,6-3.
Tsonga was satisfied with his performance considering this was his first match in few months "I didn't expect to play my best tennis today ever. I'm happy the way I managed. . .I played pretty solid. I just had a little hole in the second set, it's normal when you haven't played since couple of months".
Regarding the injury itself, Tsonga reflected "my arm is feeling better today. I hope it's going to be better and better, but for first match was already something good for me."
Next for the world number eleven is compatriot Gael Monfils who skipped Indian Wells this year due to a knee issue. Monfils dug deep against Filip Krajinovic in the tiebreaker after wasting a few match points to win 3-6,6-2,7-6.
On Grandstand court, 2014 U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori routed Mikail Youzhny 6-2, 6-1. Fifth seed Milos Raonic and 2013 Miami finalist David Ferrer also crushed their opponents to book their safe passage into the third round. Other winners today include young American Jack Sock, Juan Monaco, Belge David Goffin who schooled 18 year old talent Borna Coric and Fernando Verdasco.
Tags: Andy Murray, ATP, Berdych, Dimitrov, Dolgopolov, Florian Mayer, Isner, Kohlschreiber, Melzer, Nadal, Nishikori, Raonic, Rosol, Simon, Sony Ericsson Open, Stepanek, Tipsarevic, Tsonga
Nadal Cements Berth in Fourth Round at Sony Ericsson Open
In a day session which progressed into the evening, Rafael Nadal prevailed over Radek Stepanek 6-2, 6-2 and improved his mark to 6-0 versus the Czech.
Despite the score, Stepanek was not a comfortable put away for Nadal using everything in his bag of tricks to disrupt the Spaniard. At one all in the first set, Stepanek forced Nadal to overcome break point in order to hold.
After failing to build on a 15-30 advantage on his rival's serve, Stepanek was broken when Nadal connected on a forehand crosscourt pass for a winner. Next, Nadal consolidated for 5-2. Then, Nadal broke Stepanek a second time to bed the opening set.
Following a hold where he wiped out break point, Nadal converted to secure the break. In spite of Stepanek fighting, Nadal went on to stretch his lead to 3-0.


To honor his deceased father, Cyk ordered a creation of his bust and then filled it with the first brew of his lager. The bust instantly became a collector's rarity - but Cyk has no intentions of ever selling it.
The family of a Yoltak youngster Cyk Mroyak Darchdjendzug has been involved in the business of growing hairy dates for many generations. Thanks to their modesty and hard work, they made a decent living. When Cyk's great-great-grandfather happened to cultivate the legendary Mroj variety, it seemed that Mroyaks could finally rise among the Coraabian upper class. The dream was shattered by the arrival of a rich Du'Zorian family from WaalkWak, which was lured to Coraab by this highly profitable and tasty date variety. Mroyaks were only saved from bankruptcy because of the most peculiar stroke of luck. When Cyk's father found a dead Dung worker in one of the boilers used to cook the furry lager, he could not afford to get rid of the whole batch of contaminated dates and brew the lager anyways. This vintage, year 4244 Tu, became the most successful one in history.
Mroyaks fell on particularly hard times when unscrupulous Tubon assumed the leadership of the hostile clan of Du'Zors. Cyk's father was first blackmailed with flavouring his lager with fresh dead bodies purchased in local Blue Houses. When he eventually managed to thwart this allegation with the help of his lawyers, Tubon did not hesitate to play hardball and Mroyak senior soon ended stuffed in his own furry dates press.
Cyk was way too young to successfully overtook the business in such turbulent times when farms and presses needed a firm leadership. Because of his untimely death, his father did not tell him about the secret ingredient, which resulted in deterioration of both quality and taste of family lager. Armo Tubon gloated at his fate and even gave him several clues about the real cause of his father's death. The only thing keeping the furry lager Mroj alive is Cyk's relentless desire for revenge.


In our highly scientific age, even the possibility that modern-day miracles might occur is often cast to the side of the rational road. But to those individuals who have actually experienced amazing, supernatural occurrences first-hand, modern-day miracles are just as real as the air we breathe.
Where Miracles Happen by Joan Wester Anderson contains 45 stories of miraculous events and angelic encounters. From physical healing to bodily protection to divine guidance and provision, each story is firmly grounded in orthodox Christian beliefs and reminds each of us that God continues to make Himself known to us through modern-day miracles.


Kids will learn basketball fundamentals, focusing on the basic technical and tactical skills such as dribbling, passing, shooting and defense. Always in a fun way. Two groups: the first one including students from Grades 2 to 4 (1st session) and the second group including students from Grades 5 to 7 (2nd session). Both groups mixed genders.
We learn the basic technical elements such as forward and backward rolls, headstand, handstand, cartwheel, handspring, split, rundel, arabel somersault. Besides this, the gymnastic elements that meet individual abilities. We put the learned elements into floor exercises.
Part of our culture, helps our children in intellectual development. The club is to teach the chess game, its rules, details, tales and culture the children in an entertaining way. For the efficiency of ISB's cchess education, the children will get homework after each chess club meeting, and the solution will be analyzed next time. The chess club is most effective when parents and school teachers of the children honor me with continuous feedback.
There will be 5 levels of swimming trainings. Only 5-8 child in a group. In every half term there's an open lesson for parents. Required equipment: swimming dress, slippers, towel, swimming cap, swimming googles if needed.
Judo is one the most refined sports of material arts, built on self-discipline and still combat techniques without using violent moves like kicks and hits. During the trainings, children will learn the basics of judo – standing-, grappling and throwing techniques - by playful lessons, while the coordination of their moves and reflexes improve significantly.
The Rock and Magic Sports Club is an acrobatic rock and roll club in Budapest, Hungary with an extensive professional history. The Rock and Magic Sports Club aims at staging the highest level of acrobatic rock and roll, professional dance training, and educating the second line dancers. It is dedicated to international and national competition and, of course, to making physical training,dancing and sport popular.
Outside activity, bicycle and helmet is required.
Please note that we can not store bicycles inside the school building.
We advise you to bring the bicycle for every session, however you may leave them locked at the outside bicycle rail in front of the main building on your own responsibility.
Largest English-language football club in Hungary. It's a thriving, happy place where children enjoy their football and strenghten their skills. Children can also improve their English language skills in a fun and fruitful enviroment. Our coaches place extra emphasis on the visual elements in the training to accommodate all nationalities.
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Q: Data structure to represent mapping of intervals Here is a function which can deduce the status of a person given their age
def getStatus(age: Int): String = {
  age match {
    case age if 0 until 2 contains age => "infant"
    case age if 2 until 10 contains age => "child"
    case age if 10 until 18 contains age => "teen"
    case _ => "adult"
  }
}

Let's say the boundaries can change. We can decide a person can be considered as an infant until 3 years old. As they change we do not want the boundaries to be hard coded and they will be stored externally.
What is a data-structure that can store mappings based on an interval?
Something like
val intervalMap = IntervalMap(
  (0, 2) -> "infant",
  (2, 10) -> "child",
  (10, 18) -> "teen",
  (18, 200 ) -> "adult"
)
intervalMap(1) // "infant"
intervalMap(12) // "teen"

I'm developping in Scala but a language agnostic answer will be much appreciated.

A: Easy Answer
There isn't anything in the Scala standard library that does that, but if the number of "categories" is low like in your example, there's no harm in implementing a naive O(N) apply method on your IntervalMap class.
def apply(in: Int) = categories.collectFirst {
  case ((min, max), value) if in >= min && in < max => value
}

Guava
Looks like the Guava library has a RangeMap class that seems to fit your use-case.
Fancier DIY Idea
To get a O(log N) lookup characteristic, you could represent your category data as a binary tree:

*

*Each node defines a min and max

*Root node represents the absolute minimum to the absolute maximum, e.g. Int.MinValue to Int.MaxValue

*Leaf nodes define a value (e.g. "child")

*Non-leaf nodes define a split value, where the left child's max will be equal to the split, and the right child's min will be equal to the split

*Find values in the tree by traversing left/right depending on whether your input number (e.g. age) is greater than or less than the current node's split
You'd have to deal with balancing the tree as it gets built... and TBH this is probably how Guava's doing it under the hood (I did not look into the implementation)


I was able to go outside today without a hat on. It was nippy, but not painful as it has been all week.
It is getting just a bit warmer and the sun has been shining. The snow is easier to walk on without riskingwringing an ankle on the lumpy, frozen bits. A few people were out and about with their shovels, trying to move the piles of softer, greying snow from their gateways. More snow is forecast for tonight and it has to go somewhere. Space has to be made for it.
In some parts of the country the corporation trucks come round and scoop it all up from the sides of the roads but it probably won't come to that yet, especially here in the city where it is always a few degrees warmer.
Tonight there will be a danger of black ice forming on the wet streets.
Today there were day-time dangers that I hadn't come across before.
As I came out of the supermarket there was a lady looking very perplexed, wondering why one of the wing mirrors from her illegally parked car was lying in pieces on the pavement. It hadn't been knocked off by a passing car,as it was the inside mirror that was broken.
On seeing her arrival a delivery man and witness crossed over the street to tell her that the culprit was a huge lump of ice that had fallen from the roof of the five-storey building beside her. She was lucky that she had not been standing there herself.
As I made my way home, keeping well away from the dropping-zone and sometimes actually walking in the road, I realized that the pavements beside the apartment blocks were strewn with blocks of ice and the sharp points of icicles. Looking up I saw that there werere now huge gaps in the rows of up to fifty-centimetre-long icicles. Compacted snow is creeping over the edge of the rooftops, waiting like an avalanche to come thundering down. It is getting dark so it will freeze again in the night which will stop the glacial-movement for today.
In the city the dangers are of lumps of ice and icicles landing like spearheads on our heads or on the cars. In the countryside it is the trees that are dangerous, and there have been warnings not to take walks in the woods for the next few days.
As can been seen from my recent photographs, over my the previous postings, the snow is freezing on the trees and making branches so heavy that many are breaking off under the strain.
So yes, it is warm enough to go out without a hat but it may be advisable for the next couple of days, in both urban and rural areas to put on a helmet and, whether snowing or not, to walk around with an umbrella up!
Even out on my balcony I was in danger as I fed the birds this afternoon. I heard an avalanche of snow coming and ducked quickly indoors, just in time. And even as I write I can hear ice crashing down on to the windowsills from above.
"Very interesting...', as the little German chappie in Wehrmacht uniform used to say each week on Rowen and Martin's Laugh-in.
I don't suppose that the Stahlhelm is looked upon with much favour as outdoor street-wear in modern-day Germany.
I would anyway slightly favour the Anglo-American 'Brodie-helmet' for your immediate purposes.
You might be happy to sacrifice the Stahlhelm's greater protection against small-arms fire in favour of something that is both a little lighter and offers a little more protection to the shoulders.
And it would have the further advantage of offering a distinctive statement, of something.
Yes, I really could do with a tin hat!
It is even more dangerous today. There is a dent in the car parked beneath my window! Huge lumps of ice fly about all over the place. I am brought to attention every so often with thundering ice blocks hitting my window-sill then on to the cars beneath.
I decided to have a Sunday indoors.
I have noticed that the majority of people out and about today are walking in the middle of the streets. A very wise decision.
That's German efficiency for you. If the big thaw had come tomorrow with all the work traffic it would have been much more difficult to avoid being bombarded with ice from above.
I may risk taking the bike out tomorrow it could still be safer than using the pavements, depending of course on what the temperature does during the night.


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Silver Nanoparticles Take Spectroscopy to New Dimension
A new way of organizing nanostructures has boosted Raman signals by a hundred thousand times to better identify and characterize different molecules
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 2, 2018 — As medicine and pharmacology investigate nanoscale processes, it has become increasingly important to identify and characterize different molecules. Raman spectroscopy, a technique that leverages the scattering of laser light to identify molecules, has a limited capacity to detect molecules in diluted samples because of low signal yield.
A team of researchers from the University of Hyderabad in India has improved molecular detection at low concentration levels by arranging nanoparticles on nanowires to enhance Raman spectroscopy. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) uses electromagnetic fields to improve Raman scattering and boost sensitivity in standard dyes such as R6G by more than one billionfold.
The team decorated vertically aligned silicon nanowires with varying densities of silver nanoparticles, utilizing and enhancing the structure's 3-D shape. Their results, published in the Journal of Applied Physics, from AIP Publishing, show that their device was able to enhance the Raman signals for cytosine protein and ammonium perchlorate by a factor of 100,000.
"The beauty is that we can improve the density of these nanowires using simple chemistry," said Soma Venugopal Rao, one of the paper's authors. "If you have a large density of nanowires, you can put more silver nanoparticles into the substrate and can increase the sensitivity of the substrate."
Applying the necessary nanostructures to SERS devices remains a challenge for the field. Building these structures in three dimensions with silicon nanowires has garnered attention for their higher surface area and superior performance, but silicon nanowires are still expensive to produce.
Instead, the team was able to find a cheaper way to make silicon nanowires and used a technique called electroless etching to make a wide range of nanowires. They "decorated" these wires with silver nanoparticles with variable and controlled densities, which increased the nanowires' surface area.
"Optimizing these vertically aligned structures took a lot of time in the beginning," said Nageswara Rao, another of the paper's authors. "We increased the surface area and to do this we needed to change the aspect ratio."
After optimizing their system to detect Rhodamine dye on a nanomolar level, these new substrates the team built enhanced Raman sensitivity by a factor of 10,000 to 100,000. The substrates detected concentrations of cytosine, a nucleotide found in DNA, and ammonium perchlorate, a molecule with potential for detecting explosives, in as dilute concentrations as 50 and 10 micromolar, respectively.
The results have given the team reason to believe that it might soon be possible to detect compounds in concentrations on the scale of nanomolar or even picomolar, Nageswara Rao said. The team's work has opened several avenues for future research, from experimenting with different nanoparticles such as gold, increasing the sharpness of the nanowires or testing these devices across several types of molecules.
Three-dimensional hybrid silicon nanostructures for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy based molecular detection
V.S. Vendamani, S.V.S. Nageswara Rao, S. Venugopal Rao, D. Kanjilal and A.P. Pathak
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Last week I ran into my daughter's school teacher, who in the course of the conversation, said that parents should set a personal example and stay off from TV if they are keen on weaning their children away from watching stuff on the small screen. That evening I told my daughter, in a no-nonsense manner, that she cannot watch TV, and before she could raise her voice in usual protest, I, again quickly taking control in a firm parental voice, conveyed to her that we were going for a movie instead.
The film was Singam –II (Lion), and it began with the animated montage of an energetic animal running in. The animal was — as can be guessed easily from the title — the horse. Yes, seriously. Apparently, horse is the insignia of the company that has produced the movie.
The film as such, which is a sequel to the hugely successful Singam, takes off from where the previous one ended with the eponymous Doraisingam (Surya) telling the State Home Minister that he will become an undercover police and keep tabs on international criminals who have chosen to operate out of Tuticorin, as the port town has become strategically important in the light of fact that the film's director Hari bases most of his movies out of here.
Right off the bat, Doraisingam, now no longer a police and just an ordinary man in the eyes of the public, realises that he has to gather information on the dreaded gangsters without unduly attracting the suspicion of any one in the dock area. This he smartly accomplishes by boisterously singing and dancing with a busty girl on ships and on shore.
Since an out of work police cavorting around with a woman dressed like a cheerleader hardly elicits extra attention, Doraisingam gathers vital leads, which as the story progresses we also realise to be information that the entire city is aware of but not the investigating police.
Away from his surreptitious police duties, Doraisingam is employed as an NCC master in a local school because it is the kind of post that gives him the space to carry out secret enquiries? No, it is the role that gives the film's director leeway to show him in the same ferocious moustache that he sported as a police. Otherwise, purely from the story point of view, it would not have mattered even if Doraisingam were shown as the Pope.
It is essentially a nondescript small-town school, exactly the unpretentious kind where one of the students comes in a self-driven Merc. And we thought SOTY (Student Of The Year) was over the top.
Doraisingam is such a doughty disciplinarian that he violently pummels out, almost to the point of killing, a bunch of ruffians who committed the major crime of not staying still while the national anthem was being sung. He, however, overlooks the fact that a school student who cannot possibly be over 18 years, cannot have got a driver's licence. Why? The thinking policeman that he is, Doraisingam was bound to have realised that the schoolgirl may be under-18, but the actress playing the schoolgirl is anyway over-18. You may feel this is to be surreal and stupid reasoning, but this is the zany logical sense that permeates the film where the policeman-hero, upon learning that a bunch of armed goons were on their way to bump him off, smashes down his department pistol so that he can take on the thugs bare-handed.
But in general Doraisingam guns down criminals with impunity, intercepts private telephone conversation with insouciance, uses cell phone jammers at will and does so many other things that had Snowden known all these he would not have possibly sought asylum in India.
As a matter of fact, right in the first quarter of the movie, the hero figures out who the villains are and what they are up to. But he chooses to bide his time for the sensible reason that the film's climax is still an hour away.
Though the end is not difficult to predict, the director makes you feel that the film is racy, mostly by playing the frames in the fast-forward mode. Seriously, the camera never rests. And the hero too is constantly on the move, running or chasing or fighting, and he hardly ever sits in a place. Either they wanted to establish him as a bundle of energy or that he might have actually contracted a complicated case of piles due to the bellowing and hollering he does before biffing the malcontents.
On the whole, you cannot help feel the film to be sexist, jingoist and racist. But to be fair, watching it doesn't cause scurvy or diabetes. Anyway, it is exactly the kind of film that everyone tells you not to watch. But everyone actually watches. While a film like, say, Mahanadi, while it gets praised universally, hardly gets any viewership whenever it is shown on TV. Nobody even tunes into the channel on that day. Why?
I blame my daughter's teacher.
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Bernard-Soulier Disease
(Giant Platelet Syndrome)
Disease: Bernard-Soulier Disease
What is Bernard-Soulier syndrome?
The Bernard-Soulier Syndrome (B-SS) is a rare inherited bleeding disorder caused by abnormal platelets and subsequent abnormal clotting. It is one of the giant platelet syndromes. This syndrome was originally described in 1948 by two physicians who were treating a patient with a bleeding problem. They discovered that this patient had a prolonged bleeding time, fewer platelets, and larger platelets than the normal individual. Since then, the platelet abnormality has been described and determined to be due to the platelets lacking the ability to stick adequately to injured blood-vessel walls. This is a crucial aspect of the process of forming a blood clot, and as a result of this problem, there is excessive bleeding.
What are the symptoms and signs of Bernard-Soulier syndrome?
Bernard-Soulier syndrome usually presents in the newborn period, infancy, or early childhood with bruises, nosebleeds (epistaxis), and/or gum (gingival) bleeding. Later problems can occur with anything that can induce bleeding such as menstruation, trauma, surgery, or stomach ulcers.
What is the cause of Bernard-Soulier syndrome?
Bernard-Soulier syndrome is a rare inherited disease and is transmitted in an autosomal recessive pattern. This means that both parents must carry a gene for the Bernard-Soulier syndrome and transmit that gene to the child for the child to have the disease. The prevalence is believed to be less than one in 1 million individuals. The molecular basis is now known and is due to a defect in the platelet glycoprotein complex 1b-IX-V. This is referred to as an adhesion complex and forms a receptor that enables platelets to stick together to form a clot. Normal platelets circulate in the blood and are the primary cells responsible for initiating clotting. Without this receptor, platelets cannot stick together and clotting does not occur normally. The parents of a child with B-SS will have a decrease in the glycoprotein but no impairment of platelet function and no abnormal bleeding. The Bernard-Soulier gene has been mapped to the short (p) arm of chromosome 17 (in the region 17pter-17p12).
How is Bernard-Soulier syndrome diagnosed?
Patients are often diagnosed with B-SS after seeking medical attention following prolonged or recurring bleeding episodes. Some infants are diagnosed after excessive bleeding following circumcision. Other children and adults may be diagnosed after bleeding excessively following trauma or tooth extraction. Very frequently there is a history of another family member with similar symptoms, and the physician evaluating the patient will often document a detailed family history to assist in the diagnosis. B-SS ultimately is a laboratory diagnosis and usually requires a specialized laboratory to confirm the suspicion of the disease and involves platelet aggregation studies (testing for the "stickiness" of platelets) and flow cytometry. It is important to distinguish this syndrome from other platelet disorders (such as von Willebrand disease and immune thrombocytopenia purpura), since the treatments and management differ.
What is the treatment for Bernard-Soulier syndrome?
There is no specific treatment for Bernard-Soulier syndrome. Patients should avoid any drugs which may interfere with clot formation, such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen. Severe bleeding episodes may require platelet and blood transfusions. Recombinant clotting factors and a coagulation drug known as DDAVP may also be of short-term benefit in selected patients. Affected individuals should avoid participation in contact sports. Iron supplements are often recommended to patients with the disease to help minimize the anemia often observed in patients with frequent blood loss.
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