Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Does your business have a SEO Strategic Plan?
Does your business have a SEO Strategic Plan?
All too often SEO / SEM programs are completed in a haphazard manner.
Has your company developed a comprehensive SEO / SEM Strategic Plan?
If so, has it worked for you and what would you do different next time?
SEO Strategic Planning – The Basics:
http://caribbeaninternationaltrading.com/Miami_Marketing_Ad_Agency.html
Email: smathura@hotmail.com
All too often SEO / SEM programs are completed in a haphazard manner.
Has your company developed a comprehensive SEO / SEM Strategic Plan?
If so, has it worked for you and what would you do different next time?
SEO Strategic Planning – The Basics:
http://caribbeaninternationaltrading.com/Miami_Marketing_Ad_Agency.html
Email: smathura@hotmail.com
Caribbeer.com by sven mathura
Our Mission
To delight our customers by providing world class beverages and services while attaining an exceptional return to our stakeholders.
Our Vision
To dominate our markets with world class beverages.
History of Brewing in TNT
The brewing of beer in Trinidad and Tobago was inherited from the British. The first commercial brewery was founded just after World War 1 although there had been legislation as early as August 1899 concerning the regulation of brewing.
It is known that a Mr. Walters began the brewing of beer on a commercial scale just after World War 1 with a capacity around 3000-5000 hectoliters a year, which is extremely small by today's comparisons. Walters' Trinidad Brewing Company produced Royal Lion Ale, Royal Extra Stout and Black Velvet Stout during the depression years.
After the war, Sir Gerald Wight, then Chairman of Alstons and Company Limited (now McEnearney Alstons Limited), saw the need and opportunity to expand local industry from the traditional sugar and oil-based economy. He pushed for the establishment of a new brewery and a Glassworks factory and in July of 1947, the Caribbean Development Company Limited (CDC) was formed with Sir Gerald Wight as its Chairman. The Brewery started with an initial payroll of seven (7) persons.
In September 1950, the Brewery launched its own beer, Carib Lager beer, before which foreign imported beers were available to the population. However, with the advent of Carib, the imported beers began to disappear from the market, as Carib's popularity increased. In 1957, CDC acquired the brewing plant and interests of Walters' Brewery. By 1957, therefore, CDC was the sole brewer and bottler of beer and stout in Trinidad.
In 1972, the Brewery acquired more land and brewhouse equipment, increasing its capacity to over 250,000hl per year. It expanded its product range into the dark malt drink market launching Malta Carib in 1973. This was the first non-alcoholic drink to be produced by the Brewery, directed to health conscious individuals. Next, followed Shandy Carib in 1985, which was an effort to capitalize on the popular indigenous custom of mixing beer and other flavoured drinks.
As early as 1983 the brewery facilities were expanded to facilitate the increasing demand locally, as well as exports to international destinations. New brands and flavours, (including Stag Lager beer, Smalta and Shandy Lime), were developed and launched over time, moving the company from one pinnacle of success to another.
The Brewery has over time, formed partnerships with International Companies such as Guinness, Interbrew, Carlsberg, Ginseng-Up Corp and Diageo, and as a result several international brands are produced under license for local and export consumption. These include Guinness stout, Mackeson stout, Ginseng-Up, Carlsberg beer and Smirnoff Ice.
http://www.caribbeer.com/
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Mr. Richard Da Silva Jardine President
http://www.jardinere.com/
Jardine Re International, Inc. is a Reinsurance Broker established on January 16, 1998 in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. by Richard Guillermo Da Silva Jardine. Our firm is licensed by the State of Florida and operates in accordance with the Florida Department of Insurance Provisions. We provide technical assistance services to our clients by placing their reinsurance business with professional classified reinsurers in the international market.Jardine Re also provides to insurance companies its professional capacity in Bond business, not only in the reinsurance operations, but also in assessment with regards to the concepts and basic principles of guarantees contracted by international practice.Our main office is located in Miami, Florida, which permits us to maintain close contact with our Latin American and Caribbean markets. We also have an office in Caracas, Venezuela, addressing all business emanating from that country. Jardine Re has been tribunalized by Lloyd’s of London and is a Lloyd’s correspondent for Full Binding Authorities.
Mr. Richard Da Silva Jardine President
Mr. Richard Da Silva Jardine President BY Sven mathura
Jardine Re International, Inc.
By Sven mathura
Company Profile:
Jardine Re International, Inc. is a Reinsurance Broker established on January 16, 1998 in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. by Richard Guillermo Da Silva Jardine. Our firm is licensed by the State of Florida and operates in accordance with the Florida Department of Insurance Provisions. We provide technical assistance services to our clients by placing their reinsurance business with professional classified reinsurers in the international market.Jardine Re also provides to insurance companies its professional capacity in Bond business, not only in the reinsurance operations, but also in assessment with regards to the concepts and basic principles of guarantees contracted by international practice.Our main office is located in Miami, Florida, which permits us to maintain close contact with our Latin American and Caribbean markets. We also have an office in Caracas, Venezuela, addressing all business emanating from that country. Jardine Re has been tribunalized by Lloyd’s of London and is a Lloyd’s correspondent for Full Binding Authorities.
Company Profile:
Jardine Re International, Inc. is a Reinsurance Broker established on January 16, 1998 in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. by Richard Guillermo Da Silva Jardine. Our firm is licensed by the State of Florida and operates in accordance with the Florida Department of Insurance Provisions. We provide technical assistance services to our clients by placing their reinsurance business with professional classified reinsurers in the international market.Jardine Re also provides to insurance companies its professional capacity in Bond business, not only in the reinsurance operations, but also in assessment with regards to the concepts and basic principles of guarantees contracted by international practice.Our main office is located in Miami, Florida, which permits us to maintain close contact with our Latin American and Caribbean markets. We also have an office in Caracas, Venezuela, addressing all business emanating from that country. Jardine Re has been tribunalized by Lloyd’s of London and is a Lloyd’s correspondent for Full Binding Authorities.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Small Group Ministries...
Men's Groups
Edwin Pacheco (Spanish Group)
Carol City, Fl 33147
Every other Saturday @ 7:00PM
Jules Derosier
Pembroke Pines, Fl 33024
Every 3rd & 4th Saturday @ 7:00PM
Ivan Aburto
Miramar, Fl 33025
Every 1st & 2nd Tuesday @ 7:00PM
Bobby Pacheco
Miramar, Fl 33025
Every 2nd and 3rd Saturday@ 7:00PM
Joubert Duval (Creole/French)
Pembroke Pines, Fl 33028
Donovan Small
TBA
Every 2nd and 4th Saturday @7:00PM
Anand Singh
Miramar, Fl 33025
Every other Tuesday @ 7PM
Gino Diaz
Hollywood, Fl 33024
Every 2nd and 4th Saturday @ 1 PM
Women's Groups
Gail Grant
Church Fellowship Hall
1st & 3rd Monday @ 7:30PM
Bobbi Dragone
Hollywood, Fl 33024
Every other Monday @ 7:30PM
Rose Benjamin
N. Miami Bch, Fl 33162
Every other Monday @ 7:30 PM
Blanca Moore (Spanish Group)
Miramar, Fl 33023
1st Monday of each month @ 7:30 PM
Single Parents Group
Pat Garriques
Church Fellowship Hall
3 rd Saturday of every month
The LINK - Young Adults Group
For those between the ages of 18 & 35
Church Fellowship Hall
Tuesdays @ 6:30PM
Pastor Jose Pagan
For more info on click here.
Married with Young Children
Nelson and Lissette Telemaco
Weston, Fl
3rd Sat of each month
(Babysitting is provided)
Edwin Pacheco (Spanish Group)
Carol City, Fl 33147
Every other Saturday @ 7:00PM
Jules Derosier
Pembroke Pines, Fl 33024
Every 3rd & 4th Saturday @ 7:00PM
Ivan Aburto
Miramar, Fl 33025
Every 1st & 2nd Tuesday @ 7:00PM
Bobby Pacheco
Miramar, Fl 33025
Every 2nd and 3rd Saturday@ 7:00PM
Joubert Duval (Creole/French)
Pembroke Pines, Fl 33028
Donovan Small
TBA
Every 2nd and 4th Saturday @7:00PM
Anand Singh
Miramar, Fl 33025
Every other Tuesday @ 7PM
Gino Diaz
Hollywood, Fl 33024
Every 2nd and 4th Saturday @ 1 PM
Women's Groups
Gail Grant
Church Fellowship Hall
1st & 3rd Monday @ 7:30PM
Bobbi Dragone
Hollywood, Fl 33024
Every other Monday @ 7:30PM
Rose Benjamin
N. Miami Bch, Fl 33162
Every other Monday @ 7:30 PM
Blanca Moore (Spanish Group)
Miramar, Fl 33023
1st Monday of each month @ 7:30 PM
Single Parents Group
Pat Garriques
Church Fellowship Hall
3 rd Saturday of every month
The LINK - Young Adults Group
For those between the ages of 18 & 35
Church Fellowship Hall
Tuesdays @ 6:30PM
Pastor Jose Pagan
For more info on click here.
Married with Young Children
Nelson and Lissette Telemaco
Weston, Fl
3rd Sat of each month
(Babysitting is provided)
New Life Assembly of God
New Life Assembly of God
7885 Pines Blvd, Pembroke Pines, Fl 33024
954-981-6405 Church Office
954-981-1765 Fax
churchoffice@nl-fl.org
Our Pastor. . .
Pastor Maria Khaleel is senior pastor of New Life Assembly of God, which she started in 1992. It is a multi-cultural congregation, with over 30 nationalities represented, and over 700 in attendance, eighty percent of which are first time converts.She was saved, baptized with the Holy Spirit and called to the ministry at the early age of eleven. She is a 1986 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Southeastern College of the Assemblies of God, and received the “Young Alumnus of the Year Award” in 1994, given to those who within ten years of graduation have made an outstanding impact in ministry. She completed her Master's degree through the Assembly of God Theological Seminary in 2002, and was given the “Outstanding Achievement Student of the Year Award.”She was ordained in 1988, and became the first woman to be elected as Presbyter (a position similar to that of "bishop") in the Peninsular Florida District of the Assemblies of God in 1998; a position that she served in until 2006. She has also served on the National Evangelism Committee, and on the National Women in Ministry Task Force. Pastor Maria is also a nationally recognized evangelist. She is a motivational and dynamic speaker who makes the word of God relevant to the lives of the hearer. She preaches the Word of God in power and in demonstration of the Spirit. The burden of her heart is for revival, a message which has taken her throughout the United States preaching revivals, campmeetings, district retreats, and seminars. Her life’s ambition is echoed in the words of Paul “. . . this one thing I do . . . I press toward the mark of the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil 3:13-14).
7885 Pines Blvd, Pembroke Pines, Fl 33024
954-981-6405 Church Office
954-981-1765 Fax
churchoffice@nl-fl.org
Our Pastor. . .
Pastor Maria Khaleel is senior pastor of New Life Assembly of God, which she started in 1992. It is a multi-cultural congregation, with over 30 nationalities represented, and over 700 in attendance, eighty percent of which are first time converts.She was saved, baptized with the Holy Spirit and called to the ministry at the early age of eleven. She is a 1986 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Southeastern College of the Assemblies of God, and received the “Young Alumnus of the Year Award” in 1994, given to those who within ten years of graduation have made an outstanding impact in ministry. She completed her Master's degree through the Assembly of God Theological Seminary in 2002, and was given the “Outstanding Achievement Student of the Year Award.”She was ordained in 1988, and became the first woman to be elected as Presbyter (a position similar to that of "bishop") in the Peninsular Florida District of the Assemblies of God in 1998; a position that she served in until 2006. She has also served on the National Evangelism Committee, and on the National Women in Ministry Task Force. Pastor Maria is also a nationally recognized evangelist. She is a motivational and dynamic speaker who makes the word of God relevant to the lives of the hearer. She preaches the Word of God in power and in demonstration of the Spirit. The burden of her heart is for revival, a message which has taken her throughout the United States preaching revivals, campmeetings, district retreats, and seminars. Her life’s ambition is echoed in the words of Paul “. . . this one thing I do . . . I press toward the mark of the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil 3:13-14).
Venezuela's Chavez calls Obama 'ignorant'
Mar 22, 2009
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday called President Barack Obama "ignorant," saying he has a lot to learn about Latin America.
The socialist leader said he had been ready to name a new ambassador in Washington when Obama took office, but put that on hold after the new U.S. president accused him of "exporting terrorism" and being an obstacle to progress in the region.
"At least one could say, 'poor ignorant person,'" Chavez said on his weekly television and radio program, adding that Obama "should read a little bit so that he learns about ... the reality of Latin America."
U.S. National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer declined to comment on Chavez's statements.
Chavez's relations with Washington grew increasingly strained under former President George W. Bush. The Venezuelan president expelled the U.S. ambassador and withdrew his envoy from Washington in September. Top diplomats have yet to be restored at either embassy.
Chavez and Obama plan to attend a summit of leaders from across the Americas next month in Trinidad and Tobago. There, Chavez said he will make a case for Cuba to be included in regional talks, saying "we can no longer continue to accept the impositions of the U.S. empire."
"We ask only for respect for Venezuela, nothing else," Chavez said.
Chavez said he showed some of the U.S. administration's critical remarks about him to U.S. Rep. William Delahunt when the Massachusetts Democrat visited Caracas last week.
"They keep pointing to me as the bad boy, as the one who attacks," Chavez said. "Who started the attack first? Obama."
Chavez recalled that shortly before Obama took office, the new president had accused Chavez of acting as a "destructive force" in the region.
"Obama said Chavez has been an obstacle to Latin America's development. What ignorance," Chavez said. "The real obstacle to the development of Latin America, Mr. Obama, has been the empire you now preside over."
The U.S. remains the top buyer of Venezuelan oil despite long-standing political tensions.
Chavez has at times expressed hope for a better relationship under Obama.
"They're very bad signals from the new government," Chavez said. "We'll keep waiting, but we aren't desperate."
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday called President Barack Obama "ignorant," saying he has a lot to learn about Latin America.
The socialist leader said he had been ready to name a new ambassador in Washington when Obama took office, but put that on hold after the new U.S. president accused him of "exporting terrorism" and being an obstacle to progress in the region.
"At least one could say, 'poor ignorant person,'" Chavez said on his weekly television and radio program, adding that Obama "should read a little bit so that he learns about ... the reality of Latin America."
U.S. National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer declined to comment on Chavez's statements.
Chavez's relations with Washington grew increasingly strained under former President George W. Bush. The Venezuelan president expelled the U.S. ambassador and withdrew his envoy from Washington in September. Top diplomats have yet to be restored at either embassy.
Chavez and Obama plan to attend a summit of leaders from across the Americas next month in Trinidad and Tobago. There, Chavez said he will make a case for Cuba to be included in regional talks, saying "we can no longer continue to accept the impositions of the U.S. empire."
"We ask only for respect for Venezuela, nothing else," Chavez said.
Chavez said he showed some of the U.S. administration's critical remarks about him to U.S. Rep. William Delahunt when the Massachusetts Democrat visited Caracas last week.
"They keep pointing to me as the bad boy, as the one who attacks," Chavez said. "Who started the attack first? Obama."
Chavez recalled that shortly before Obama took office, the new president had accused Chavez of acting as a "destructive force" in the region.
"Obama said Chavez has been an obstacle to Latin America's development. What ignorance," Chavez said. "The real obstacle to the development of Latin America, Mr. Obama, has been the empire you now preside over."
The U.S. remains the top buyer of Venezuelan oil despite long-standing political tensions.
Chavez has at times expressed hope for a better relationship under Obama.
"They're very bad signals from the new government," Chavez said. "We'll keep waiting, but we aren't desperate."
Monday, March 23, 2009
About Sony Ericsson Open
Background
The dream of an international tennis tournament in Miami began in the 1960s, when top tennis players such as Jack Kramer, Frank Sedgman, Pancho Gonzalez, Pancho Segura and Butch Buchholz toured the country in a station wagon, playing tennis in darkened arenas and fairgrounds. It was before the days of Open tennis, and they traveled with a portable canvas court and plenty of hopes. Buchholz - an original member of the “Handsome Eight” (the first recognized pros of Lamar Hunt’s World Championship Tennis Circuit introduced in 1968) - competed until he was forced to retire from tennis in 1970 with chronic tennis elbow.
In 1980, when Buchholz was executive director of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) - the player’s union - he met a vice president of the Thomas J. Lipton Company who liked his idea of creating a two-week players tournament. A sponsorship agreement would eventually be reached for $1.5 million a year for five years and Lipton would own the title.
The “Winter Wimbledon,” as it was first dubbed, would be the first major tournament of the year (the Australian Open was then held in December). It was decided that the first tournament would be held at Laver’s International Tennis Resort in Delray Beach, 50 miles north of Miami.
Buchholz was thinking first class all the way and brought in Alan Mills, tournament referee at Wimbledon, as head referee, and Ted Tinling, a well-known tennis fashion designer since the 1920s, as director of protocol.
He then approached the ATP and Women’s International Tennis Association and offered prize money, a percentage of the ticket sales and worldwide television rights. In return he wanted the rights to run the tournament for 15 years. The associations agreed, but Buchholz remembers that he had his detractors in the beginning.
“The tours and some of the top players were skeptical,” Buchholz said. “Even [tennis writer/TV analyst] Bud Collins said at the time we didn’t need another combined event. At one point, I was sure if we didn’t have a signed contract the tour would have altered this event and we would not have the same event we have today.”
On Feb. 4, 1985, following 20 years of nurturing a dream to create a world-class tennis tournament, the first ball was struck at the International Players Championships and a new tradition in tennis began. Manuela Maleeva won the first point en route to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Angeliki Kanellopula.
The first tournament turned out 84 of the top 100 men and 97 of the top 100 women. ESPN telecast the first weekend and the men’s semifinals, and ABC telecast the finals live. Networks from Australia, England, France, Italy, Japan, Sweden and West Germany also were present.
The first champions were Tim Mayotte and Martina Navratilova. The women’s final between Navratilova and Chris Evert was a sellout. Only Wimbledon and the U.S. Open exceeded the $1.8 million in prize money. But Laver’s was in financial trouble, so Buchholz moved the 1986 tournament to Boca West, an Arvida property in Boca Raton. This tournament hosted 43 of the top 50 men and 46 of the top 50 women. A tradition of excellent tennis had been established. But then Arvida sold Boca West, and Buchholz was again searching for a home for his event. It was after that successful second year that then-Dade County Manager and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Executive Director Merrett Stierheim helped pave the way for a move to Miami.
Stierheim showed Buchholz locations at Flamingo Park, Tropical Park and Amelia Earhart Park, before Buchholz crossed the Rickenbacker Causeway and fell in love with the property that would become the Tennis Center at Crandon Park, a Miami-Dade County Park that borders Key Biscayne.
“You go over that bridge, and it’s like leaving a city and entering tropical paradise,” Buchholz said. ‘It had that postcard feeling I was hoping for, and then I saw those 5,000 parking spots [by the beach], and I thought, ‘This is it.’ “ The rest, as they say, is history.
First, a $1 million, 10,000 square-foot clubhouse was built at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in 1989 with plans for a permanent stadium to follow. But there were obstacles. After a favorable court ruling involving the use of the land in July, 1992 cleared the way to begin construction, the bulldozers started humming in hopes of getting the stadium ready for the 1993 tournament. However, Hurricane Andrew and then the Storm of the Century had other ideas.
“I want you to know we’ve got nine lives,” Buchholz said back then. “By this time next year the stadium will be up. I don’t have any lives left.”
On Feb. 13, 1994, as the tournament was celebrating its 10th event, Miami-Dade County dedicated the $20 million permanent stadium to the citizens of Miami-Dade County. The stadium also served as home to the USTA Player Development Program. Less than a month later, on March 11, 1994, Karin Kschwendt defeated Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel, 6-3, 6-4 in the first match on Stadium Court.
“When we got the stadium built, and players like Steffi Graf, Pete Sampras, Gabriela Sabatini, Jim Courier and Andre Agassi started saying it was one of the best center courts in the world, it changed the players minds, and the minds of the tours.” Buchholz said, “They got behind us and we went on from there. We went from being a public wart to the tours feeling they should have more events like this one.”
Now a 12-day event annually showcasing one of the deepest fields of the year, the Sony Ericsson Open has reached the next echelon in presenting an international sports extravaganza. With $6.9 million in prize money, equally distributed to the men and women, and all of the top players and media from all corners of the world covering the action every day, the Sony Ericsson Open has earned its place in the world as the fifth largest tennis tournament, surpassed only by the Grand Slams.
In 2006, the tournament was televised in the United States on CBS and ESPN2, as well as by ESPN International and many other terrestrial broadcast partners. Each year, television coverage reaches more than 200 countries, radio coverage is broadcast in more than 44 languages, and print media reports are followed by millions and millions of tennis enthusiasts worldwide.A year-by-year review:
1983: Buchholz announces at the French Open that plans are proceeding for a major two-week event for men and women players.
1984: Dates and site are set for the first International Players Championships. Prize money: $1.8 million. Tournament to be held in Delray Beach, Florida. Title sponsor: Thomas J. Lipton Company. Initial partners are the two players’ organizations, Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women’s International Tennis Association (WITA).
1985: Field at Laver’s International Tennis Resort includes 128 men and women in singles, 64 doubles teams for men and women, and mixed doubles. Tournament format is the same as the four Grand Slams. It is the first time in 56 years that a new, two-week tournament is launched. Martina Navratilova and Tim Mayotte capture singles titles before ABC-TV cameras. Navratilova-Evert women’s final is first sellout. Attendance for two weeks: 125,817, exceeding any golf or tennis event ever held in Florida.
1986: Site is Boca West Resort and Club in Boca Raton, Florida. Ivan Lendl defeats Mats Wilander for men’s title, while Evert captures women’s title vs. newcomer Steffi Graf. Attendance reaches 193,046, an increase of 65%.
1987: Search ends for a permanent home as the tournament arrives in Miami. Metro-Dade County Commissioners plan to build a stadium at Crandon Park. Graf defeats Evert for women’s title, while Miloslav Mecir upsets Lendl in men’s final. Television reaches 31 nations.
1988: En route to No. 1 world ranking later that year, Mats Wilander defeats Jimmy Connors. Graf becomes first woman to win two of the tournament’s titles, beating Gabriela Sabatini.
1989: A new $1 million clubhouse is dedicated by Metro Dade March 12. Ivan Lendl wins his second tournament and is first man with two titles. Part-time Key Biscayne-resident Gabriela Sabatini is women’s winner. Attendance reaches record 226,653.
1990: New 10-day format with 96 men and 96 women in singles, features two weekends of play. Only event in pro tennis with this unique format. Andre Agassi, 19, and Monica Seles, just 16, become the youngest of the tournament’s champions. On Nov. 6, Metro Dade Commissioners approve new contract for permanent stadium in Miami.
1991: Ground passes sold for first time with record crowds at 15 of 18 sessions. All-time attendance mark of 15,107 for the day session on March 17. Seles joins Graf as two-time women’s winner. Jim Courier climbs into top 10 for the first time by defeating unseeded David Wheaton in the final. In October, USTA announces Tennis Center at Crandon Park will be home for its new National Junior Player Development Center. U.S. teams to train here. In November, construction contract for new stadium is awarded to James A. Cummings, Inc. of Fort Lauderdale.
1992: The men’s and women’s final sell out in February - earliest pre-tournament sellout. The Initial USTA training camp is held at Crandon Park, campers include nine-year old Andy Roddick. During the event, Thomas J. Lipton Company announces it will extend title sponsorship. Michael Chang becomes third straight U.S. winner, while Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario upsets Seles to win the title. Record attendance for 10 days reaches 204,643, with an average of more than 20,000 per day. In April, construction begins on permanent stadium. The construction is halted in mid-May by court order. By late summer, Appeal Court says stadium construction can go on. On Aug. 24, 1992, Miami is slammed by Hurricane Andrew, which causes $16 billion in damage to South Florida. In October, the tournament is renamed the Lipton Championships. On Nov. 24, it is announced that construction will resume Dec. 1 but stop for the 1993 event.
1993: The ninth tournament survives worst weather in history, which includes The Storm of the Century. Four sessions are cancelled as the storm wreaks havoc on the site. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario and Pete Sampras emerge as winners. Sampras is fourth straight U.S. man to win title and two weeks later ascends to No. 1 in the world for the first time. Sanchez-Vicario becomes third woman with two titles by upsetting Graf. TV goes to 66 nations.
1994: On Feb. 13, Miami-Dade County dedicates new permanent 14,000-seat stadium to citizens of Dade County. On March 11, the stadium is christened with a match between Karin Kschwendt and Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel. On March 20, during a third round match between Andre Agassi and Boris Becker, Becker creates a stir among the fans when he hands his racquet to a ballgirl, Stephanie Flagherty. She won the point but Agassi eventually defeats Becker, 6-2, 7-5.
1995: Steffi Graf wins second consecutive title for the second time. She becomes the tournament’s winningest player and the first player to win four titles: 1987, 1988, 1994, and 1995. On Sept. 7, the tournament announces it will be played over 11 days, the only 11-day event on the ATP Tour and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. On Dec. 6, the tournament announces that men’s final will go back to best-of-five sets.
1996: Steffi Graf breaks her own record by taking a third consecutive title and fifth overall singles championship when she defeats Chanda Rubin, 6-1, 6-3, in the women’s final. She also won a doubles championship in 1988 with Gabriela Sabatini. The tournament breaks all attendance records with a total of 234,755 spectators attending the tournament. 15,501 fans pass through the gates the first Sunday day session (March 24), breaking the all-time single session record. A record six sessions were sold out. In December, the Tennis Center in Crandon Park is awarded top honors in two design excellence award competitions. The awards were issued by the U.S. Tennis Court and Track Builders Association for Outstanding Tennis Court and/or Tennis Facility and Athletic Business Magazine for Facility of Merit in the 1996 Architectural Showcase.
1997: The tournament hosts the first men’s and women’s pro tennis awards benefit at the Jackie Gleason Theater on Miami Beach. Tennis stars Pete Sampras, Carlos Moya, Jim Courier, Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova were on hand and joined by national and local celebrities for a star-studded evening featuring comedian Dennis Miller as the emcee. More than $100,000 was raised and distributed to the Ashe-Buchholz Tennis Center in Moore Park and the Community Partnership for Homeless. On March 22, the tournament formally dedicates the men’s locker room to Tim Gullikson with an on-court presentation that includes Butch Buchholz, Pete Sampras, Rosemary Gullikson, and Tim and Rosemary’s children, Megan and Erik Gullikson. On March 30, top seed Martina Hingis defeats two-time women’s champion and former world ranked No.1 Monica Seles, 6-2, 6-1, in 43 minutes. Hingis became the top-ranked player on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour following her championship run. On March 31, Thomas Muster defeats Sergi Bruguera 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-1 to win the tournament, eight years after defaulting to Ivan Lendl in 1989 when he was injured in a car accident the night before the final.
1998: On January 5, the tournament sells a record number of tickets the first day individual tickets go on sale for the 1998 tournament - a 40 percent increase over the previous single day sales record set on opening day 1997. On March 20, Butch Buchholz organizes a reunion of the WCT’s “Handsome Eight” in an on-court ceremony at the tournament to honor the 30-year anniversary of Open tennis. On March 26, Steve Campbell becomes the first qualifier ever to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament. On March 28, 23rd-seeded Anna Kournikova becomes the first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour player to defeat four Top 10 players in one event, setting down No. 5 Monica Seles, No. 9 Conchita Martinez, No. 2 Lindsay Davenport, and No. 8 Aranxta Sanchez Vicario before losing to No. 11 Venus Williams in a three-set final. On March 29, Marcelo Rios becomes the first Latin American male to reach No. 1 on the ATP after defeating Andre Agassi in the final. In August, Butch Buchholz announces that Ericsson will acquire the title sponsorship of the tournament beginning in 2000. In October, the tournament announces that the men’s and women’s finals will be broadcast on Fox with the men’s final played on Saturday, and the women’s on Sunday - the first time the final days have ever been played that way.
1999: On Feb. 12, the tournament announces its best field in history with 48 of the top 50 women and 47 of the top 50 men competing. On March 28, Venus and Serena Williams appear in the first all-sister final since 1884 when Maud and Lillian Watson met at the Wimbledon final. Venus won 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. In June, Butch Buchholz announces that his family will sell the tournament to IMG.
2000: On March 24, at the first Ericsson Open, little known 17-year-old Andy Roddick secures his first ATP victory, 6-4, 6-0 over Fernando Vincente. Roddick loses to Andre Agassi, 6-2, 6-3, in the second round. On April 2, Pete Sampras wins his third singles title by defeating Brazil’s Gustavo “Guga” Kuerten in a four-set epic in front of a boisterous, partisan crowd. Following his win, Sampras said “I can definitely walk out of this tournament feeling real confident and real good about the way things went. The crowd was huge today. I got chills up my spine a number of times.” Sampras would win only two more tournaments in his career: 2000 Wimbledon and the 2002 US Open. On August 30, the tournament announces it will add a 12th day to its schedule in order to give players more time between matches.
2001: On March 31, Venus Williams defeats Jennifer Capriati in a thrilling three-set final, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4), to win her third title in four years. Tennis Magazine would name it the Best Women’s Match of 2001. On April 1, Andre Agassi defeats Jan-Michael Gambill 7-6 (7), 6-1, 6-0 in the final, to win his fourth title in Miami, the most of any male.
2002: On Feb. 5, the tournament teams with NASDAQ-100 (QQQ), an index of 100 of the largest non-financial U.S. and non-U.S. companies listed on the National Market tier of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Butch Buchholz opens the NASDAQ Market for trading with help from tennis legends Martina Navratilova and Rod Laver. On March 19, Cliff Buchholz’s retirement as tournament director after 18 years is officially recognized as Butch Buchholz dedicates the Stadium Player Center in his honor. On March 25, Pete Sampras makes what would become his final appearance losing in the third round to Fernando Gonzalez of Chile. He wins the US Open later in the year and announces his retirement in 2003. Sampras was a three-time champion and was 42-10 in 14 years. On March 28, perhaps the most exciting day and night of tennis in tournament history, Serena Williams defeats Venus Williams in the day session in straight sets to advance to her first final. Both night session matches go to third-set tie breaks as No. 1 seed Lleyton Hewitt defeats Marat Safin and Jennifer Capriati downs Monica Seles. Capriati sealed match point at 12:20 a.m. on March 29, her 26th birthday. On March 31, Andre Agassi wins his fifth title with a four-set victory over Roger Federer, tying his wife Steffi Graf for the most titles in tournament history. On June 4, the tournament announces that Executive Vice President Adam Barrett succeeds Cliff Buchholz as tournament director. On Aug. 22, Serena Williams opens the NASDAQ Market for trading at 9:30 a.m. at NASDAQ MarketSite. She goes on to win the US Open.
2003: On Feb. 18, Mary Joe Fernandez is named the official tournament ambassador. The Miami native participated in 11 tournaments in her hometown and continues to be heavily involved in the tennis community as a commentator for ESPN and CBS. On March 22, another chapter in tournament history closes when Michael Chang walks off the court after losing in the second round to Andre Agassi. Chang, the 1992 tournament champion, retired at the end of the 2003 season. On March 30, Andre Agassi wins his third consecutive and sixth title over Carlos Moya (6-3, 6-3). The win propels Agassi past his wife, Steffi Graf, in total titles. The entire match is shown live on the NASDAQ MarketSite screen on Broadway in Times Square in New York City. On Aug. 20, Andy Roddick and Butch Buchholz are welcomed to the Market Open of the NASDAQ prior to the US Open. Two weeks later Roddick would win his first Grand Slamtitle and finish No. 1 for the year.
2004: On March 26, Serena Williams returns to the court for the first time since winning Wimbledon the previous July with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Marta Marrero. Williams, sporting her new Nike gear, would roll to her third consecutive title. March 27, the Tennis Channel broadcast over 12 hours of live match coverage from the first Saturday of the event. On April 2-4, the men’s and women’s finals were both telecast live on CBS, while the men’s semifinals were both live on ESPN2. This was the first time since 1992 that both finals were televised live on network TV in the United States. On April 4, Andy Roddick, truly a hometown hero, is crowned champion. Roddick defeats Guillermo Coria, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 0-0 after Coria retired due to back spasms at 0-40 during the first game of the fourth set.
2005: The tournament sets session attendance records in five different sessions, including a 2005 best of 17,180 on Good Friday. The total attendance of 263,118 marked a gain of over 9,000 from 2004. On April 2, Kim Clijsters became the first unseeded women’s player to win the title, winning seven matches while dropping only an astounding 27 games en route to the championship. She defeated No. 5 seed Anastasia Myskina in the Round of 16, No. 4 seed Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals, top seed Amelie Mauresmo in the semifinals and No. 2 seed Maria Sharapova, 6-3, 7-5 in the final. The next day, Roger Federer avenged his 2004 loss to Rafael Nadal in dramatic fashion. He spotted the young Spaniard two sets and a break before prevailing 2-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-1 to take the championship in three hours, 42 minutes in what most were calling the best final in the history of the event. On August 25, 2005 Champion Roger Federer and Butch Buchholz open the NASDAQ Market prior to the US Open. Roger Federer goes on to win the 2005 US Open.
2006: An amazing year for the tournament begins with the announcement of the return to equal prize money ($533,500 - winners check - first time equal since 1989) for the men and women. Electronic line calling debuts for both the ATP and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, as the Hawkeye system is introduced at the 2006 event on the Stadium court and later also utilized in the United States at the US Open Series events and at the US Open. The first match to use the system had Jamea Jackson playing Ashley Harkelroad. Jackson defeated Ashley Harkleroad 7-5, 6-7, 7-5 in over three hours with Jackson being the first to throw out the challenge. It came 57 minutes into the match and it was not successful. In all, the players challenged 161 calls, overruling only 53. The tournament also smashed it’s total attendance record – 272,033, breaking old record of 270,143 in 2001. The event featured five sellouts, including men’s final. Two important improvements to the stadium were introduced, chairback seats on the 400 level, and video boards which enabled the stadium spectators to see the replay results. On March 30, Svetlana Kuznetsova helped NASDAQ open the market from the stadium court, the first time the market had ever been opened for trading from a sporting event. Kuznetsova went on to win the women’s title the next day, defeating Maria Sharapova. Roger Federer capped off his second straight title on April 2, defeating Ivan Ljubicic in three tiebreak sets. On August 29, Butch Buchholz and Dee Dutta announced that Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, a 50:50 joint venture between Sony Corporation and Ericsson, would replace NASDAQ-100 as title sponsor effective for the 2007 event in a multi-year deal. NASDAQ would remain a sponsor of the Sony Ericsson Open in 2007.
2007: In its first year as title sponsor Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications wanted to change the way tennis was presented, and the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open was truly a complete entertainment experience for both fans and players alike. The tournament hosted a star-studded Kickoff Party on South Beach featuring a live musical performance by Robin Thicke, an unprecedented five fashion shows by world renowned designers Roberto Cavalli, Diane von Furstenberg, Etro and the upscale local Village of Merrick Park, a celebrity chef demonstration by Norman Van Aken and Katy Sparks and welcomed several on-court celebrity performances by Jose Feliciano, JoJo, Melissa Jimenez, Boyd Tinsley, Jon Secada and Kelly Rowland. The tournament posted record numbers in 2007 setting an all-time attendance record with 288,025 guests visiting the Tennis Center at Crandon Park shattering the old attendance mark of 272,033 set in 2006 by nearly 16,000. Ten session attendance records were set during the tournament’s 12 days including seven session sellouts. The March 24 Saturday Day Session set an all-time attendance record with 18,910. It marked the first time that a session surpassed 18,000. The women’s final saw eight-time Grand Slam Champion Serena Williams record one of the greatest comebacks in tournament history with a 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over World No. 1 Justine Henin. The men’s final offered tennis fans a glimps of the future as 19-year-old Novak Djokovic captured his first Sony Ericsson Open title with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win over Guillermo Canas. Djokovic did not drop a set en route to the title and becomes the lowest seed (No. 10) to win the Sony Ericsson Open title since Jim Coureir (No. 13) in 1991. Canas becomes the first qualifier to reach the tournament final.
2008: 2008 marked another record breaking year for the Sony Ericsson Open. The tournament recorded 10 session sellouts, set 11 session attendance records and shattered its all-time attendance record with 297,011 guests visiting the Tennis Center at Crandon Park. The men’s final on Sunday, April 6 was sold out on Friday, March 28 marking the quickest sellout for a men’s final in tournament history. But the record attendance is only part of the story. In its second year as title sponsor of the Sony Ericsson Open, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications continues to raise the bar when it comes to presenting tennis to the world, and this year’s tournament was truly a complete entertainment experience for both fans and players alike. The Tennis Center at Crandon Park was once again revitalized with bold colors and music welcoming guests to the tournament grounds, and even before fans passed by the signature fountain, guests were treated to an interactive entryway. Everywhere people turned they were met with the sights and sounds of glitz and glamour, all matching the Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications brand identity that was launched for their mobile phones in December 2006. The Sony Ericsson Open has become one of the most glamorous events on tour and this year’s event was definitely the place to be seen in Miami. The names of those visiting the tournament this year was like a who’s who of the entertainment and sports industries including actors Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Brittany Murphy, and Pauly Shore; television host Star Jones-Reynolds; feature film director David Frankel; musicians Paulina Rubio, Alejandro Sanz, Jon McLaughlin, Kenny G, Common and Boyd Tinsley; race car drivers Helio Castroneves, Christian Fittipaldi and Emerson Fittipaldi; Miami Heat stars Dwyane Wade and Shawn Marion; former NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning; NFL standouts Terrell Owens, Randy McMichael, Chris Chambers and Willis McGahee; and Florida Panthers Richard Zedinik and Brano Nezei. The Sony Ericsson Open hosted a star-studded Kickoff Party at the trendy club Opium Garden on world famous South Beach. The red carpet event featured world renowned DJ Bob Sinclar and drew many celebrity guests including 10,000 BC star Camilla Bell, reality TV star Katrina Campins, former professional tennis player Anna Kournikova, supermodel and the face of Estée Lauder Hilary Rhoda, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit models Quianna Grant, Jessica Gomes, Nicole Trunfio and Jarah Mariano, and the band Misshapes. The Sony Ericsson Open continued to bring its guests the best in all-around entertainment in 2008. At the Sony Ericsson Open Fashion Park, the tournament hosted four fashion shows by world renowned designers Fila, EleVen by Venus Williams, Blumarine and the upscale local Village of Merrick Park. Great tennis was not the only thing entertaining fans on Stadium Court this year. The Sony Ericsson Open brought in Island Def Jam recording artist Jon McLaughlin to perform his new single “Smack into You” and the National Anthem prior to the women’s final on April 5. Prior to the men’s final on April 6 the tournament hosted Kenny G, the biggest selling instrument musician in the modern era, who performed “Sabor A Mi” from his new album Rhythm and Romance as well as the National Anthem. Once again the Sony Ericsson Open was a global event with 752 credentials issued to media from 36 countries including reporters from Venezuela, Uruguay, United States, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovakia, Serbia and Montenegro, Russian Federation, Portugal, Poland, Peru, Panama, Netherlands, Mexico, Japan, Italy, Israel, Hungary, Guatemala, Germany, France, Finland, Ecuador, Denmark, Croatia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia, Belgium, Austria, Australia, Argentina. Both the men’s and women’s finals were broadcast on CBS. CBS has a long term contract with the tournament to showcase the finals through 2011. The tournament received over 2000 hours of television coverage globally on other networks. For the first time the Sony Ericsson Open took to the streets of Miami to bring tennis to people who may not normally visit the event on Key Biscayne. The tournament hosted events at Coconut Grove and Lincoln Road featuring video boards, player appearances and interactive games. The Sony Ericsson Open also took the tournament to many of the local high schools in South Florida with several high school dance team performances and National Anthem singers prior to select evening matches on Stadium Court. The Sony Ericsson Open continued its long tradition of community service in 2008. The tournament continued its affiliation with the First Serve Organization which was started by the Buchholz family to empower young people by providing local tennis facilities and schools with alife skills programthat promotes positive values, healthy habits and education through the game of tennis. For the 12th year in a row, the Sony Ericsson Open joined international relief organization Feed the Children to distribute food and supplies to benefit thousands of South Florida children and families. On March 24, the Sony Ericsson Open and Feed The Children distributed 15 eighteen-wheelers with more than 399,500 pounds of food, beverages, personal care products, paper goods and Vertrue pharmacy cards. The 15 truckloads of goods were valued at more than $2,000,000 and were disturbed amongst 50 South Florida hunger relief agencies. Over the 12 year partnership the Sony Ericsson Open has distributed 4.4 million pounds of food valued at close to $12 million and supplemented close to 17 million meals to over 163,000 families.
The dream of an international tennis tournament in Miami began in the 1960s, when top tennis players such as Jack Kramer, Frank Sedgman, Pancho Gonzalez, Pancho Segura and Butch Buchholz toured the country in a station wagon, playing tennis in darkened arenas and fairgrounds. It was before the days of Open tennis, and they traveled with a portable canvas court and plenty of hopes. Buchholz - an original member of the “Handsome Eight” (the first recognized pros of Lamar Hunt’s World Championship Tennis Circuit introduced in 1968) - competed until he was forced to retire from tennis in 1970 with chronic tennis elbow.
In 1980, when Buchholz was executive director of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) - the player’s union - he met a vice president of the Thomas J. Lipton Company who liked his idea of creating a two-week players tournament. A sponsorship agreement would eventually be reached for $1.5 million a year for five years and Lipton would own the title.
The “Winter Wimbledon,” as it was first dubbed, would be the first major tournament of the year (the Australian Open was then held in December). It was decided that the first tournament would be held at Laver’s International Tennis Resort in Delray Beach, 50 miles north of Miami.
Buchholz was thinking first class all the way and brought in Alan Mills, tournament referee at Wimbledon, as head referee, and Ted Tinling, a well-known tennis fashion designer since the 1920s, as director of protocol.
He then approached the ATP and Women’s International Tennis Association and offered prize money, a percentage of the ticket sales and worldwide television rights. In return he wanted the rights to run the tournament for 15 years. The associations agreed, but Buchholz remembers that he had his detractors in the beginning.
“The tours and some of the top players were skeptical,” Buchholz said. “Even [tennis writer/TV analyst] Bud Collins said at the time we didn’t need another combined event. At one point, I was sure if we didn’t have a signed contract the tour would have altered this event and we would not have the same event we have today.”
On Feb. 4, 1985, following 20 years of nurturing a dream to create a world-class tennis tournament, the first ball was struck at the International Players Championships and a new tradition in tennis began. Manuela Maleeva won the first point en route to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Angeliki Kanellopula.
The first tournament turned out 84 of the top 100 men and 97 of the top 100 women. ESPN telecast the first weekend and the men’s semifinals, and ABC telecast the finals live. Networks from Australia, England, France, Italy, Japan, Sweden and West Germany also were present.
The first champions were Tim Mayotte and Martina Navratilova. The women’s final between Navratilova and Chris Evert was a sellout. Only Wimbledon and the U.S. Open exceeded the $1.8 million in prize money. But Laver’s was in financial trouble, so Buchholz moved the 1986 tournament to Boca West, an Arvida property in Boca Raton. This tournament hosted 43 of the top 50 men and 46 of the top 50 women. A tradition of excellent tennis had been established. But then Arvida sold Boca West, and Buchholz was again searching for a home for his event. It was after that successful second year that then-Dade County Manager and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Executive Director Merrett Stierheim helped pave the way for a move to Miami.
Stierheim showed Buchholz locations at Flamingo Park, Tropical Park and Amelia Earhart Park, before Buchholz crossed the Rickenbacker Causeway and fell in love with the property that would become the Tennis Center at Crandon Park, a Miami-Dade County Park that borders Key Biscayne.
“You go over that bridge, and it’s like leaving a city and entering tropical paradise,” Buchholz said. ‘It had that postcard feeling I was hoping for, and then I saw those 5,000 parking spots [by the beach], and I thought, ‘This is it.’ “ The rest, as they say, is history.
First, a $1 million, 10,000 square-foot clubhouse was built at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in 1989 with plans for a permanent stadium to follow. But there were obstacles. After a favorable court ruling involving the use of the land in July, 1992 cleared the way to begin construction, the bulldozers started humming in hopes of getting the stadium ready for the 1993 tournament. However, Hurricane Andrew and then the Storm of the Century had other ideas.
“I want you to know we’ve got nine lives,” Buchholz said back then. “By this time next year the stadium will be up. I don’t have any lives left.”
On Feb. 13, 1994, as the tournament was celebrating its 10th event, Miami-Dade County dedicated the $20 million permanent stadium to the citizens of Miami-Dade County. The stadium also served as home to the USTA Player Development Program. Less than a month later, on March 11, 1994, Karin Kschwendt defeated Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel, 6-3, 6-4 in the first match on Stadium Court.
“When we got the stadium built, and players like Steffi Graf, Pete Sampras, Gabriela Sabatini, Jim Courier and Andre Agassi started saying it was one of the best center courts in the world, it changed the players minds, and the minds of the tours.” Buchholz said, “They got behind us and we went on from there. We went from being a public wart to the tours feeling they should have more events like this one.”
Now a 12-day event annually showcasing one of the deepest fields of the year, the Sony Ericsson Open has reached the next echelon in presenting an international sports extravaganza. With $6.9 million in prize money, equally distributed to the men and women, and all of the top players and media from all corners of the world covering the action every day, the Sony Ericsson Open has earned its place in the world as the fifth largest tennis tournament, surpassed only by the Grand Slams.
In 2006, the tournament was televised in the United States on CBS and ESPN2, as well as by ESPN International and many other terrestrial broadcast partners. Each year, television coverage reaches more than 200 countries, radio coverage is broadcast in more than 44 languages, and print media reports are followed by millions and millions of tennis enthusiasts worldwide.A year-by-year review:
1983: Buchholz announces at the French Open that plans are proceeding for a major two-week event for men and women players.
1984: Dates and site are set for the first International Players Championships. Prize money: $1.8 million. Tournament to be held in Delray Beach, Florida. Title sponsor: Thomas J. Lipton Company. Initial partners are the two players’ organizations, Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women’s International Tennis Association (WITA).
1985: Field at Laver’s International Tennis Resort includes 128 men and women in singles, 64 doubles teams for men and women, and mixed doubles. Tournament format is the same as the four Grand Slams. It is the first time in 56 years that a new, two-week tournament is launched. Martina Navratilova and Tim Mayotte capture singles titles before ABC-TV cameras. Navratilova-Evert women’s final is first sellout. Attendance for two weeks: 125,817, exceeding any golf or tennis event ever held in Florida.
1986: Site is Boca West Resort and Club in Boca Raton, Florida. Ivan Lendl defeats Mats Wilander for men’s title, while Evert captures women’s title vs. newcomer Steffi Graf. Attendance reaches 193,046, an increase of 65%.
1987: Search ends for a permanent home as the tournament arrives in Miami. Metro-Dade County Commissioners plan to build a stadium at Crandon Park. Graf defeats Evert for women’s title, while Miloslav Mecir upsets Lendl in men’s final. Television reaches 31 nations.
1988: En route to No. 1 world ranking later that year, Mats Wilander defeats Jimmy Connors. Graf becomes first woman to win two of the tournament’s titles, beating Gabriela Sabatini.
1989: A new $1 million clubhouse is dedicated by Metro Dade March 12. Ivan Lendl wins his second tournament and is first man with two titles. Part-time Key Biscayne-resident Gabriela Sabatini is women’s winner. Attendance reaches record 226,653.
1990: New 10-day format with 96 men and 96 women in singles, features two weekends of play. Only event in pro tennis with this unique format. Andre Agassi, 19, and Monica Seles, just 16, become the youngest of the tournament’s champions. On Nov. 6, Metro Dade Commissioners approve new contract for permanent stadium in Miami.
1991: Ground passes sold for first time with record crowds at 15 of 18 sessions. All-time attendance mark of 15,107 for the day session on March 17. Seles joins Graf as two-time women’s winner. Jim Courier climbs into top 10 for the first time by defeating unseeded David Wheaton in the final. In October, USTA announces Tennis Center at Crandon Park will be home for its new National Junior Player Development Center. U.S. teams to train here. In November, construction contract for new stadium is awarded to James A. Cummings, Inc. of Fort Lauderdale.
1992: The men’s and women’s final sell out in February - earliest pre-tournament sellout. The Initial USTA training camp is held at Crandon Park, campers include nine-year old Andy Roddick. During the event, Thomas J. Lipton Company announces it will extend title sponsorship. Michael Chang becomes third straight U.S. winner, while Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario upsets Seles to win the title. Record attendance for 10 days reaches 204,643, with an average of more than 20,000 per day. In April, construction begins on permanent stadium. The construction is halted in mid-May by court order. By late summer, Appeal Court says stadium construction can go on. On Aug. 24, 1992, Miami is slammed by Hurricane Andrew, which causes $16 billion in damage to South Florida. In October, the tournament is renamed the Lipton Championships. On Nov. 24, it is announced that construction will resume Dec. 1 but stop for the 1993 event.
1993: The ninth tournament survives worst weather in history, which includes The Storm of the Century. Four sessions are cancelled as the storm wreaks havoc on the site. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario and Pete Sampras emerge as winners. Sampras is fourth straight U.S. man to win title and two weeks later ascends to No. 1 in the world for the first time. Sanchez-Vicario becomes third woman with two titles by upsetting Graf. TV goes to 66 nations.
1994: On Feb. 13, Miami-Dade County dedicates new permanent 14,000-seat stadium to citizens of Dade County. On March 11, the stadium is christened with a match between Karin Kschwendt and Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel. On March 20, during a third round match between Andre Agassi and Boris Becker, Becker creates a stir among the fans when he hands his racquet to a ballgirl, Stephanie Flagherty. She won the point but Agassi eventually defeats Becker, 6-2, 7-5.
1995: Steffi Graf wins second consecutive title for the second time. She becomes the tournament’s winningest player and the first player to win four titles: 1987, 1988, 1994, and 1995. On Sept. 7, the tournament announces it will be played over 11 days, the only 11-day event on the ATP Tour and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. On Dec. 6, the tournament announces that men’s final will go back to best-of-five sets.
1996: Steffi Graf breaks her own record by taking a third consecutive title and fifth overall singles championship when she defeats Chanda Rubin, 6-1, 6-3, in the women’s final. She also won a doubles championship in 1988 with Gabriela Sabatini. The tournament breaks all attendance records with a total of 234,755 spectators attending the tournament. 15,501 fans pass through the gates the first Sunday day session (March 24), breaking the all-time single session record. A record six sessions were sold out. In December, the Tennis Center in Crandon Park is awarded top honors in two design excellence award competitions. The awards were issued by the U.S. Tennis Court and Track Builders Association for Outstanding Tennis Court and/or Tennis Facility and Athletic Business Magazine for Facility of Merit in the 1996 Architectural Showcase.
1997: The tournament hosts the first men’s and women’s pro tennis awards benefit at the Jackie Gleason Theater on Miami Beach. Tennis stars Pete Sampras, Carlos Moya, Jim Courier, Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova were on hand and joined by national and local celebrities for a star-studded evening featuring comedian Dennis Miller as the emcee. More than $100,000 was raised and distributed to the Ashe-Buchholz Tennis Center in Moore Park and the Community Partnership for Homeless. On March 22, the tournament formally dedicates the men’s locker room to Tim Gullikson with an on-court presentation that includes Butch Buchholz, Pete Sampras, Rosemary Gullikson, and Tim and Rosemary’s children, Megan and Erik Gullikson. On March 30, top seed Martina Hingis defeats two-time women’s champion and former world ranked No.1 Monica Seles, 6-2, 6-1, in 43 minutes. Hingis became the top-ranked player on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour following her championship run. On March 31, Thomas Muster defeats Sergi Bruguera 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-1 to win the tournament, eight years after defaulting to Ivan Lendl in 1989 when he was injured in a car accident the night before the final.
1998: On January 5, the tournament sells a record number of tickets the first day individual tickets go on sale for the 1998 tournament - a 40 percent increase over the previous single day sales record set on opening day 1997. On March 20, Butch Buchholz organizes a reunion of the WCT’s “Handsome Eight” in an on-court ceremony at the tournament to honor the 30-year anniversary of Open tennis. On March 26, Steve Campbell becomes the first qualifier ever to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament. On March 28, 23rd-seeded Anna Kournikova becomes the first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour player to defeat four Top 10 players in one event, setting down No. 5 Monica Seles, No. 9 Conchita Martinez, No. 2 Lindsay Davenport, and No. 8 Aranxta Sanchez Vicario before losing to No. 11 Venus Williams in a three-set final. On March 29, Marcelo Rios becomes the first Latin American male to reach No. 1 on the ATP after defeating Andre Agassi in the final. In August, Butch Buchholz announces that Ericsson will acquire the title sponsorship of the tournament beginning in 2000. In October, the tournament announces that the men’s and women’s finals will be broadcast on Fox with the men’s final played on Saturday, and the women’s on Sunday - the first time the final days have ever been played that way.
1999: On Feb. 12, the tournament announces its best field in history with 48 of the top 50 women and 47 of the top 50 men competing. On March 28, Venus and Serena Williams appear in the first all-sister final since 1884 when Maud and Lillian Watson met at the Wimbledon final. Venus won 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. In June, Butch Buchholz announces that his family will sell the tournament to IMG.
2000: On March 24, at the first Ericsson Open, little known 17-year-old Andy Roddick secures his first ATP victory, 6-4, 6-0 over Fernando Vincente. Roddick loses to Andre Agassi, 6-2, 6-3, in the second round. On April 2, Pete Sampras wins his third singles title by defeating Brazil’s Gustavo “Guga” Kuerten in a four-set epic in front of a boisterous, partisan crowd. Following his win, Sampras said “I can definitely walk out of this tournament feeling real confident and real good about the way things went. The crowd was huge today. I got chills up my spine a number of times.” Sampras would win only two more tournaments in his career: 2000 Wimbledon and the 2002 US Open. On August 30, the tournament announces it will add a 12th day to its schedule in order to give players more time between matches.
2001: On March 31, Venus Williams defeats Jennifer Capriati in a thrilling three-set final, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4), to win her third title in four years. Tennis Magazine would name it the Best Women’s Match of 2001. On April 1, Andre Agassi defeats Jan-Michael Gambill 7-6 (7), 6-1, 6-0 in the final, to win his fourth title in Miami, the most of any male.
2002: On Feb. 5, the tournament teams with NASDAQ-100 (QQQ), an index of 100 of the largest non-financial U.S. and non-U.S. companies listed on the National Market tier of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Butch Buchholz opens the NASDAQ Market for trading with help from tennis legends Martina Navratilova and Rod Laver. On March 19, Cliff Buchholz’s retirement as tournament director after 18 years is officially recognized as Butch Buchholz dedicates the Stadium Player Center in his honor. On March 25, Pete Sampras makes what would become his final appearance losing in the third round to Fernando Gonzalez of Chile. He wins the US Open later in the year and announces his retirement in 2003. Sampras was a three-time champion and was 42-10 in 14 years. On March 28, perhaps the most exciting day and night of tennis in tournament history, Serena Williams defeats Venus Williams in the day session in straight sets to advance to her first final. Both night session matches go to third-set tie breaks as No. 1 seed Lleyton Hewitt defeats Marat Safin and Jennifer Capriati downs Monica Seles. Capriati sealed match point at 12:20 a.m. on March 29, her 26th birthday. On March 31, Andre Agassi wins his fifth title with a four-set victory over Roger Federer, tying his wife Steffi Graf for the most titles in tournament history. On June 4, the tournament announces that Executive Vice President Adam Barrett succeeds Cliff Buchholz as tournament director. On Aug. 22, Serena Williams opens the NASDAQ Market for trading at 9:30 a.m. at NASDAQ MarketSite. She goes on to win the US Open.
2003: On Feb. 18, Mary Joe Fernandez is named the official tournament ambassador. The Miami native participated in 11 tournaments in her hometown and continues to be heavily involved in the tennis community as a commentator for ESPN and CBS. On March 22, another chapter in tournament history closes when Michael Chang walks off the court after losing in the second round to Andre Agassi. Chang, the 1992 tournament champion, retired at the end of the 2003 season. On March 30, Andre Agassi wins his third consecutive and sixth title over Carlos Moya (6-3, 6-3). The win propels Agassi past his wife, Steffi Graf, in total titles. The entire match is shown live on the NASDAQ MarketSite screen on Broadway in Times Square in New York City. On Aug. 20, Andy Roddick and Butch Buchholz are welcomed to the Market Open of the NASDAQ prior to the US Open. Two weeks later Roddick would win his first Grand Slamtitle and finish No. 1 for the year.
2004: On March 26, Serena Williams returns to the court for the first time since winning Wimbledon the previous July with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Marta Marrero. Williams, sporting her new Nike gear, would roll to her third consecutive title. March 27, the Tennis Channel broadcast over 12 hours of live match coverage from the first Saturday of the event. On April 2-4, the men’s and women’s finals were both telecast live on CBS, while the men’s semifinals were both live on ESPN2. This was the first time since 1992 that both finals were televised live on network TV in the United States. On April 4, Andy Roddick, truly a hometown hero, is crowned champion. Roddick defeats Guillermo Coria, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 0-0 after Coria retired due to back spasms at 0-40 during the first game of the fourth set.
2005: The tournament sets session attendance records in five different sessions, including a 2005 best of 17,180 on Good Friday. The total attendance of 263,118 marked a gain of over 9,000 from 2004. On April 2, Kim Clijsters became the first unseeded women’s player to win the title, winning seven matches while dropping only an astounding 27 games en route to the championship. She defeated No. 5 seed Anastasia Myskina in the Round of 16, No. 4 seed Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals, top seed Amelie Mauresmo in the semifinals and No. 2 seed Maria Sharapova, 6-3, 7-5 in the final. The next day, Roger Federer avenged his 2004 loss to Rafael Nadal in dramatic fashion. He spotted the young Spaniard two sets and a break before prevailing 2-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-1 to take the championship in three hours, 42 minutes in what most were calling the best final in the history of the event. On August 25, 2005 Champion Roger Federer and Butch Buchholz open the NASDAQ Market prior to the US Open. Roger Federer goes on to win the 2005 US Open.
2006: An amazing year for the tournament begins with the announcement of the return to equal prize money ($533,500 - winners check - first time equal since 1989) for the men and women. Electronic line calling debuts for both the ATP and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, as the Hawkeye system is introduced at the 2006 event on the Stadium court and later also utilized in the United States at the US Open Series events and at the US Open. The first match to use the system had Jamea Jackson playing Ashley Harkelroad. Jackson defeated Ashley Harkleroad 7-5, 6-7, 7-5 in over three hours with Jackson being the first to throw out the challenge. It came 57 minutes into the match and it was not successful. In all, the players challenged 161 calls, overruling only 53. The tournament also smashed it’s total attendance record – 272,033, breaking old record of 270,143 in 2001. The event featured five sellouts, including men’s final. Two important improvements to the stadium were introduced, chairback seats on the 400 level, and video boards which enabled the stadium spectators to see the replay results. On March 30, Svetlana Kuznetsova helped NASDAQ open the market from the stadium court, the first time the market had ever been opened for trading from a sporting event. Kuznetsova went on to win the women’s title the next day, defeating Maria Sharapova. Roger Federer capped off his second straight title on April 2, defeating Ivan Ljubicic in three tiebreak sets. On August 29, Butch Buchholz and Dee Dutta announced that Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, a 50:50 joint venture between Sony Corporation and Ericsson, would replace NASDAQ-100 as title sponsor effective for the 2007 event in a multi-year deal. NASDAQ would remain a sponsor of the Sony Ericsson Open in 2007.
2007: In its first year as title sponsor Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications wanted to change the way tennis was presented, and the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open was truly a complete entertainment experience for both fans and players alike. The tournament hosted a star-studded Kickoff Party on South Beach featuring a live musical performance by Robin Thicke, an unprecedented five fashion shows by world renowned designers Roberto Cavalli, Diane von Furstenberg, Etro and the upscale local Village of Merrick Park, a celebrity chef demonstration by Norman Van Aken and Katy Sparks and welcomed several on-court celebrity performances by Jose Feliciano, JoJo, Melissa Jimenez, Boyd Tinsley, Jon Secada and Kelly Rowland. The tournament posted record numbers in 2007 setting an all-time attendance record with 288,025 guests visiting the Tennis Center at Crandon Park shattering the old attendance mark of 272,033 set in 2006 by nearly 16,000. Ten session attendance records were set during the tournament’s 12 days including seven session sellouts. The March 24 Saturday Day Session set an all-time attendance record with 18,910. It marked the first time that a session surpassed 18,000. The women’s final saw eight-time Grand Slam Champion Serena Williams record one of the greatest comebacks in tournament history with a 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over World No. 1 Justine Henin. The men’s final offered tennis fans a glimps of the future as 19-year-old Novak Djokovic captured his first Sony Ericsson Open title with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win over Guillermo Canas. Djokovic did not drop a set en route to the title and becomes the lowest seed (No. 10) to win the Sony Ericsson Open title since Jim Coureir (No. 13) in 1991. Canas becomes the first qualifier to reach the tournament final.
2008: 2008 marked another record breaking year for the Sony Ericsson Open. The tournament recorded 10 session sellouts, set 11 session attendance records and shattered its all-time attendance record with 297,011 guests visiting the Tennis Center at Crandon Park. The men’s final on Sunday, April 6 was sold out on Friday, March 28 marking the quickest sellout for a men’s final in tournament history. But the record attendance is only part of the story. In its second year as title sponsor of the Sony Ericsson Open, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications continues to raise the bar when it comes to presenting tennis to the world, and this year’s tournament was truly a complete entertainment experience for both fans and players alike. The Tennis Center at Crandon Park was once again revitalized with bold colors and music welcoming guests to the tournament grounds, and even before fans passed by the signature fountain, guests were treated to an interactive entryway. Everywhere people turned they were met with the sights and sounds of glitz and glamour, all matching the Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications brand identity that was launched for their mobile phones in December 2006. The Sony Ericsson Open has become one of the most glamorous events on tour and this year’s event was definitely the place to be seen in Miami. The names of those visiting the tournament this year was like a who’s who of the entertainment and sports industries including actors Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Brittany Murphy, and Pauly Shore; television host Star Jones-Reynolds; feature film director David Frankel; musicians Paulina Rubio, Alejandro Sanz, Jon McLaughlin, Kenny G, Common and Boyd Tinsley; race car drivers Helio Castroneves, Christian Fittipaldi and Emerson Fittipaldi; Miami Heat stars Dwyane Wade and Shawn Marion; former NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning; NFL standouts Terrell Owens, Randy McMichael, Chris Chambers and Willis McGahee; and Florida Panthers Richard Zedinik and Brano Nezei. The Sony Ericsson Open hosted a star-studded Kickoff Party at the trendy club Opium Garden on world famous South Beach. The red carpet event featured world renowned DJ Bob Sinclar and drew many celebrity guests including 10,000 BC star Camilla Bell, reality TV star Katrina Campins, former professional tennis player Anna Kournikova, supermodel and the face of Estée Lauder Hilary Rhoda, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit models Quianna Grant, Jessica Gomes, Nicole Trunfio and Jarah Mariano, and the band Misshapes. The Sony Ericsson Open continued to bring its guests the best in all-around entertainment in 2008. At the Sony Ericsson Open Fashion Park, the tournament hosted four fashion shows by world renowned designers Fila, EleVen by Venus Williams, Blumarine and the upscale local Village of Merrick Park. Great tennis was not the only thing entertaining fans on Stadium Court this year. The Sony Ericsson Open brought in Island Def Jam recording artist Jon McLaughlin to perform his new single “Smack into You” and the National Anthem prior to the women’s final on April 5. Prior to the men’s final on April 6 the tournament hosted Kenny G, the biggest selling instrument musician in the modern era, who performed “Sabor A Mi” from his new album Rhythm and Romance as well as the National Anthem. Once again the Sony Ericsson Open was a global event with 752 credentials issued to media from 36 countries including reporters from Venezuela, Uruguay, United States, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovakia, Serbia and Montenegro, Russian Federation, Portugal, Poland, Peru, Panama, Netherlands, Mexico, Japan, Italy, Israel, Hungary, Guatemala, Germany, France, Finland, Ecuador, Denmark, Croatia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia, Belgium, Austria, Australia, Argentina. Both the men’s and women’s finals were broadcast on CBS. CBS has a long term contract with the tournament to showcase the finals through 2011. The tournament received over 2000 hours of television coverage globally on other networks. For the first time the Sony Ericsson Open took to the streets of Miami to bring tennis to people who may not normally visit the event on Key Biscayne. The tournament hosted events at Coconut Grove and Lincoln Road featuring video boards, player appearances and interactive games. The Sony Ericsson Open also took the tournament to many of the local high schools in South Florida with several high school dance team performances and National Anthem singers prior to select evening matches on Stadium Court. The Sony Ericsson Open continued its long tradition of community service in 2008. The tournament continued its affiliation with the First Serve Organization which was started by the Buchholz family to empower young people by providing local tennis facilities and schools with alife skills programthat promotes positive values, healthy habits and education through the game of tennis. For the 12th year in a row, the Sony Ericsson Open joined international relief organization Feed the Children to distribute food and supplies to benefit thousands of South Florida children and families. On March 24, the Sony Ericsson Open and Feed The Children distributed 15 eighteen-wheelers with more than 399,500 pounds of food, beverages, personal care products, paper goods and Vertrue pharmacy cards. The 15 truckloads of goods were valued at more than $2,000,000 and were disturbed amongst 50 South Florida hunger relief agencies. Over the 12 year partnership the Sony Ericsson Open has distributed 4.4 million pounds of food valued at close to $12 million and supplemented close to 17 million meals to over 163,000 families.
www.sonyericssonopen.com
By Sven Mathura
VIP Guest Reporter
• Preferred parking
• Media Credentials
• Back of house tour
• Lunch in Media Dining Room
• Access Player Interview Room to participate in one player interview session
• Conduct guest interview on Tournament site for Tournament Daily Newspaper
• Tour of Television Mobile Production unit
• 100 level Box Seats for the session
2009 Tournament Schedule(*Subject To Change)
Session
Day/Date
StartTime
Men's / Women's Singles Qualifying (48 draws)*
QA: Day
Monday, March 23
10 am
QB: Day
Tuesday, March 24
10 am
Women's Singles 1st Round (96 draw) / Men's Singles 1st Round (96 draw)*
1: Day
Wednesday, March 25
11 am
2: Night
Wednesday, March 25
7 pm
Women's Singles 1st Round / Men's Singles 1st Round*
3: Day
Thursday, March 26
11 am
4: Night
Thursday, March 26
7 pm
Women's Singles 2nd Round / Men's Singles 2nd Round*
5: Day
Friday, March 27
11 am
6: Night
Friday, March 27
7 pm
Women's Singles 2nd Round / Men's Singles 2nd Round*
7: Day
Saturday, March 28
11 am
8: Night
Saturday, March 28
8 pm
Women's Singles 3rd Round / Men's Singles 3rd Round / Doubles 1st Round (32 draws)*
9: Day
Sunday, March 29
11 am
10: Night
Sunday, March 29
7 pm
Women's Singles 4th Round / Men's Singles 3rd Round / Doubles 1st Round*
11: Day
Monday, March 30
11 am
12: Night
Monday, March 30
7 pm
Men's Singles 4th Round / Women's Singles Quarterfinals / Doubles 2nd round*
13: Day
Tuesday, March 31
11 am
14: Night
Tuesday, March 31
7 pm
Men's & Women's Singles & Doubles Quarterfinals*
15: Day
Wednesday, April 1
11 am
16: Night
Wednesday, April 1
7 pm
Women's Semifinals / Men's Singles Quarterfinals / Men's Doubles Semifinals*
17: Day
Thursday, April 2
11 am
18: Night
Thursday, April 2
7 pm
Men's Singles Semifinals / Women's Doubles Semifinals*
19: Day
Friday, April 3
Noon
20: Night
Friday, April 3
7 pm
Women's Singles Final / Men's Doubles Final*
21: Day
Saturday, April 4
11:30 am
Men's Singles Final / Women's Doubles Final*
22: Day
Sunday, April 5
12:30 pm
Session
Day/Date
StartTime
Men's / Women's Singles Qualifying (48 draws)*
QA: Day
Monday, March 23
10 am
QB: Day
Tuesday, March 24
10 am
Women's Singles 1st Round (96 draw) / Men's Singles 1st Round (96 draw)*
1: Day
Wednesday, March 25
11 am
2: Night
Wednesday, March 25
7 pm
Women's Singles 1st Round / Men's Singles 1st Round*
3: Day
Thursday, March 26
11 am
4: Night
Thursday, March 26
7 pm
Women's Singles 2nd Round / Men's Singles 2nd Round*
5: Day
Friday, March 27
11 am
6: Night
Friday, March 27
7 pm
Women's Singles 2nd Round / Men's Singles 2nd Round*
7: Day
Saturday, March 28
11 am
8: Night
Saturday, March 28
8 pm
Women's Singles 3rd Round / Men's Singles 3rd Round / Doubles 1st Round (32 draws)*
9: Day
Sunday, March 29
11 am
10: Night
Sunday, March 29
7 pm
Women's Singles 4th Round / Men's Singles 3rd Round / Doubles 1st Round*
11: Day
Monday, March 30
11 am
12: Night
Monday, March 30
7 pm
Men's Singles 4th Round / Women's Singles Quarterfinals / Doubles 2nd round*
13: Day
Tuesday, March 31
11 am
14: Night
Tuesday, March 31
7 pm
Men's & Women's Singles & Doubles Quarterfinals*
15: Day
Wednesday, April 1
11 am
16: Night
Wednesday, April 1
7 pm
Women's Semifinals / Men's Singles Quarterfinals / Men's Doubles Semifinals*
17: Day
Thursday, April 2
11 am
18: Night
Thursday, April 2
7 pm
Men's Singles Semifinals / Women's Doubles Semifinals*
19: Day
Friday, April 3
Noon
20: Night
Friday, April 3
7 pm
Women's Singles Final / Men's Doubles Final*
21: Day
Saturday, April 4
11:30 am
Men's Singles Final / Women's Doubles Final*
22: Day
Sunday, April 5
12:30 pm
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Marketing Tool Guide
Marketing Tool Guide Did you know there are now over 1 Billion Internet users around the world. And that number is increasing every day.That's roughly one sixth of the world's population now using the web to surf, to find information, and of course - to shop... that's one enormous marketplace.
Likewise, many individuals just like yourself, have taken advantage
of this new medium and created successful online websites and
businesses. In the process these online marketers have carved out
an envious lifestyle - working at home or wherever they want, working their own hours, creating part-time or full-time incomes for themselves and their families. Many have attained a level of personal and financial freedom, rarely experienced this side of a Bill Gates's luncheon.Along the way many of these marketers and ordinary people have realized in order to fully maximize their benefits from sales and traffic you need professional marketing tools. In other words, you need high quality proven marketing tools and software to make your job easier and quicker. These marketing tools will save you time, money and stress! A whole lot of stress!But more importantly, it is these effective marketing tools which give you the freedom that makes the whole online marketing experience so envious. These tools will Liberate you from hours or even days of tedious work. These marketing tools do most of the work for you. Professional marketers know a one-time investment in high quality effective marketing tools will pay dividends again and again... they also know it is the only way to proceed.
Likewise, many individuals just like yourself, have taken advantage
of this new medium and created successful online websites and
businesses. In the process these online marketers have carved out
an envious lifestyle - working at home or wherever they want, working their own hours, creating part-time or full-time incomes for themselves and their families. Many have attained a level of personal and financial freedom, rarely experienced this side of a Bill Gates's luncheon.Along the way many of these marketers and ordinary people have realized in order to fully maximize their benefits from sales and traffic you need professional marketing tools. In other words, you need high quality proven marketing tools and software to make your job easier and quicker. These marketing tools will save you time, money and stress! A whole lot of stress!But more importantly, it is these effective marketing tools which give you the freedom that makes the whole online marketing experience so envious. These tools will Liberate you from hours or even days of tedious work. These marketing tools do most of the work for you. Professional marketers know a one-time investment in high quality effective marketing tools will pay dividends again and again... they also know it is the only way to proceed.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Filing for Homestead and Other Exemptions
What You Need When Filing for Homestead
When filing an application you must bring the following items listed below. To claim 100% coverage, all owners occupying the property as Tenants in Common (i.e., proportional share co-owners) must file in person on jointly held property. In the case of a husband/wife ("Tenants by the Entirety") or Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship ("JTRS"), any one owner may qualify for 100% coverage -- although it is always highly advisable to have all eligible owner-occupants to file. If you are married and the Deed has different last names for a husband and wife, a marriage certificate must be presented if the deed does not indicate the two co-owners are "husband and wife."
Proof of Ownership: In general, the recorded Deed or Co-op Proprietary Lease must be held in the name(s) of the individuals applying for Homestead. You do not need to bring a copy of the deed or co-op lease if the document has already been recorded in the Official Records of Broward County. If the PROPERTY IS HELD IN A TRUST, WE ALSO NEED EITHER A NOTARIZED CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OR A COMPLETE COPY OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT. Note: Most taxpayers prefer to use the simple Certificate of Trust form, instead of submitting the entire trust for our review, as it better protects the privacy of your estate planning and other financial matters.
Proof of Permanent Florida Residence -- preferably dated prior to January 1 of the tax year for which you are filing -- is established in the form of:
FOR ALL APPLICANTS: Florida's Driver's License (or -- for non-drivers only -- a Florida I.D. Card) is REQUIRED. Note: "Valid Only in Florida" driver license is not acceptable. You must ALSO have either one of the following:
Florida Voter's Registration; or
Recorded Declaration of Domicile.
FOR NON-US CITIZENS, you must have the items listed above AND proof of permanent residency, asylum/parolee status (or other "PRUCOL" status).
If you or your married spouse have a Homestead Exemption in any other county, state or country (or an equivalent permanent residency-based exemption or tax credit, such as New York's "S.T.A.R." exemption) on another property you also currently own, you will not be eligible for a homestead in Broward until after you surrender the exemption in that other jurisdiction. (Note: If you know of someone with a Homestead Exemption in Broward who also maintains an exemption on another property elsewhere, please report this information to our Fraud Investigations Section at 954.357.6900.)
The State-approved application form requests certain information for all owners living on the premises and filing:
Current employers of all owners
Addresses listed on last I.R.S. income tax returns.
Date of each owner's permanent Florida residence.
Date of occupancy for each property owner.
Social Security numbers of all owners filing (plus the Social Security numbers of any married spouses, even if not named in the deed).
Note: The amount of the homestead exemption protection granted to an owner residing on a particular property is to be applied against the amount of that person's interest in the property. This provision is limited in that the proportional amount of the homestead exemption allowed any person shall not exceed the proportionate assessed valuation based on the interest owned by the person. For example, assuming a property valued at $40,000, with the residing owner's interest in the property being $20,000, then $20,000 of the homestead exemption is all that can be applied to that property. If there are multiple owners, all as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, the owner living at property filing receives the full exemption
When filing an application you must bring the following items listed below. To claim 100% coverage, all owners occupying the property as Tenants in Common (i.e., proportional share co-owners) must file in person on jointly held property. In the case of a husband/wife ("Tenants by the Entirety") or Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship ("JTRS"), any one owner may qualify for 100% coverage -- although it is always highly advisable to have all eligible owner-occupants to file. If you are married and the Deed has different last names for a husband and wife, a marriage certificate must be presented if the deed does not indicate the two co-owners are "husband and wife."
Proof of Ownership: In general, the recorded Deed or Co-op Proprietary Lease must be held in the name(s) of the individuals applying for Homestead. You do not need to bring a copy of the deed or co-op lease if the document has already been recorded in the Official Records of Broward County. If the PROPERTY IS HELD IN A TRUST, WE ALSO NEED EITHER A NOTARIZED CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OR A COMPLETE COPY OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT. Note: Most taxpayers prefer to use the simple Certificate of Trust form, instead of submitting the entire trust for our review, as it better protects the privacy of your estate planning and other financial matters.
Proof of Permanent Florida Residence -- preferably dated prior to January 1 of the tax year for which you are filing -- is established in the form of:
FOR ALL APPLICANTS: Florida's Driver's License (or -- for non-drivers only -- a Florida I.D. Card) is REQUIRED. Note: "Valid Only in Florida" driver license is not acceptable. You must ALSO have either one of the following:
Florida Voter's Registration; or
Recorded Declaration of Domicile.
FOR NON-US CITIZENS, you must have the items listed above AND proof of permanent residency, asylum/parolee status (or other "PRUCOL" status).
If you or your married spouse have a Homestead Exemption in any other county, state or country (or an equivalent permanent residency-based exemption or tax credit, such as New York's "S.T.A.R." exemption) on another property you also currently own, you will not be eligible for a homestead in Broward until after you surrender the exemption in that other jurisdiction. (Note: If you know of someone with a Homestead Exemption in Broward who also maintains an exemption on another property elsewhere, please report this information to our Fraud Investigations Section at 954.357.6900.)
The State-approved application form requests certain information for all owners living on the premises and filing:
Current employers of all owners
Addresses listed on last I.R.S. income tax returns.
Date of each owner's permanent Florida residence.
Date of occupancy for each property owner.
Social Security numbers of all owners filing (plus the Social Security numbers of any married spouses, even if not named in the deed).
Note: The amount of the homestead exemption protection granted to an owner residing on a particular property is to be applied against the amount of that person's interest in the property. This provision is limited in that the proportional amount of the homestead exemption allowed any person shall not exceed the proportionate assessed valuation based on the interest owned by the person. For example, assuming a property valued at $40,000, with the residing owner's interest in the property being $20,000, then $20,000 of the homestead exemption is all that can be applied to that property. If there are multiple owners, all as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, the owner living at property filing receives the full exemption
How to Build Successful Business
Starting point:
1-Understand just what one person/business needs and will buy now.
2-Get the customer to sign a contract.
3-Start building it.
People could be the most successful, the wealthiest, the most athletic, the gosh-dang sexiest; yet, they'll still want/need something to make their lives that much better. That could be a:
Computer designed specifically for Bakery CEOs
Inspirational posters for hospitals
Calorie Tracker for football players
Philly Cheese Steak melted with pizza toppings
etc., etc., etc.
Markham Park ( By Sven Mathura )
Markham Park is located at: 16001 W. State Rd. 84Sunrise, FLCall to confirm hours954-389-2005
Shooting Range Hours: Call to confirm hours954-389-2005Monday: ClosedTuesday: 1-5pmWednesday: 1-9pmThursday: 10am-5pmFriday: Closed May - Aug(open 1-5pm Sept-April only)Saturday: 8am-5pmSunday: 8am-5pm
Hearing and eye protection are REQUIRED at Markham Park.The 666-acre Markham Park is also home to the Fox Observatory, a radio controlled airplane field, dog park, biking and joggingtrails, fishing and boating areas, a tennis and racquetball center, volleyball, a swimming pool complex with a mist pool, snack bar, lockers and showers/restrooms. For more details, call 954-389-2000.
Shooting Range Hours: Call to confirm hours954-389-2005Monday: ClosedTuesday: 1-5pmWednesday: 1-9pmThursday: 10am-5pmFriday: Closed May - Aug(open 1-5pm Sept-April only)Saturday: 8am-5pmSunday: 8am-5pm
Hearing and eye protection are REQUIRED at Markham Park.The 666-acre Markham Park is also home to the Fox Observatory, a radio controlled airplane field, dog park, biking and joggingtrails, fishing and boating areas, a tennis and racquetball center, volleyball, a swimming pool complex with a mist pool, snack bar, lockers and showers/restrooms. For more details, call 954-389-2000.
Today, the career transition marketplace
The last 10 years have witnessed virtually every sector of the economy consolidated, downsized and/or re-engineered. The number of mid to senior level executives, with core competent and highly transferable skill sets has totally overwhelmed the limited number of intellectually challenging, financially rewarding and growth-oriented positions available in our economy.
If You Truly Believe:
• Your resume is really good! • You can always get a job through your contacts!• All you need to do is answer ads!• You are marketable and will get a job quickly!• Once you get the interview, you will get the job!• The job boards hold the key to top level positions!• You can always become a Consultant, the market needs you!
You may be experiencing your first career "deer in the headlights" moment .
If You Truly Believe:
• Your resume is really good! • You can always get a job through your contacts!• All you need to do is answer ads!• You are marketable and will get a job quickly!• Once you get the interview, you will get the job!• The job boards hold the key to top level positions!• You can always become a Consultant, the market needs you!
You may be experiencing your first career "deer in the headlights" moment .
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 St. Patrick's Day
Patrick's Day offers a mid-week party reprieve, being on a Tuesday this year, and there is no shortage of places to celebrate downtown.
Southwest 2 Street / HimmarsheeThis promises to be the largest outdoor St. Patrick's Day party in the state - last year, it drew 25,000 people. The street will be closed from the railroad tracks to Southwest 4th Avenue from 2 p.m. until 4 a.m. Live music on the street will entertain, and vendors and area restaurants will serve up the good eats. Admission is free.
Maguire's HillJoin thousands of other Irish folks under a big tent at Maguire's Hill beginning at noon. Live bands, step dancers and bag pipe players will entertain while shepherd's pie, corned beef and cabbage and Irish stew will be available. Admission is $10 to get in, plus you can buy tickets for food and beer.535 N. Andrews Ave.(954) 764-4453
Waxy O'Connor Irish PubIrish bands will play all day beginning at noon and continue into the night. Traditional Irish dishes of corned beef, bangers and mash and Irish stew will be served. No cover charge.1095 SE 17th St.(954) 525-9299www.waxys.com
Downtowner Saloon The Downtowner Saloon will have its annual St. Patrick's Day street festival on the Riverwalk with live entertainment as well as traditional corned beef platter.408 S. Andrews Ave.(954) 463-9800www.downtownersaloon.com
Briny Irish PubFestivities will start as soon as the doors open at 11 a.m. at Briny Irish Pub. Food from their Irish-American menu will be served throughout the day, and live bands and bag pipers will entertain.305 S. Andrews Ave.(954) 376-4742www.brinyirishpub.com
Southwest 2 Street / HimmarsheeThis promises to be the largest outdoor St. Patrick's Day party in the state - last year, it drew 25,000 people. The street will be closed from the railroad tracks to Southwest 4th Avenue from 2 p.m. until 4 a.m. Live music on the street will entertain, and vendors and area restaurants will serve up the good eats. Admission is free.
Maguire's HillJoin thousands of other Irish folks under a big tent at Maguire's Hill beginning at noon. Live bands, step dancers and bag pipe players will entertain while shepherd's pie, corned beef and cabbage and Irish stew will be available. Admission is $10 to get in, plus you can buy tickets for food and beer.535 N. Andrews Ave.(954) 764-4453
Waxy O'Connor Irish PubIrish bands will play all day beginning at noon and continue into the night. Traditional Irish dishes of corned beef, bangers and mash and Irish stew will be served. No cover charge.1095 SE 17th St.(954) 525-9299www.waxys.com
Downtowner Saloon The Downtowner Saloon will have its annual St. Patrick's Day street festival on the Riverwalk with live entertainment as well as traditional corned beef platter.408 S. Andrews Ave.(954) 463-9800www.downtownersaloon.com
Briny Irish PubFestivities will start as soon as the doors open at 11 a.m. at Briny Irish Pub. Food from their Irish-American menu will be served throughout the day, and live bands and bag pipers will entertain.305 S. Andrews Ave.(954) 376-4742www.brinyirishpub.com
What to do on St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day 4 Leaf Clover Tennis Tournament hits the courts March 13
> Posted by wst123 on March 2, 2009 at 12:05 PM
The St. Patrick's Day 4 Leaf Clover Tennis Tournament takes place at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 13 at the Weston Tennis Center, 16451 Racquet Club Road.
The round-robin tennis tournament will be followed by a barbecue with Irish beer. Pros will play into the round robin to make all games competitive. There will also be a junior clinic so the whole family can celebrate St. Patrick's Day together.
Call 954-389-8666.
> Posted by wst123 on March 2, 2009 at 12:05 PM
The St. Patrick's Day 4 Leaf Clover Tennis Tournament takes place at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 13 at the Weston Tennis Center, 16451 Racquet Club Road.
The round-robin tennis tournament will be followed by a barbecue with Irish beer. Pros will play into the round robin to make all games competitive. There will also be a junior clinic so the whole family can celebrate St. Patrick's Day together.
Call 954-389-8666.
History of St. Patrick's Day
The History of the Holiday
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years.
On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink, and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years.
On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink, and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.
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Parking:Location: JC Bermudez Park Charge: $10.00 per dayThere will be a free shuttle bus at every parking lot that will take customers to the Main Entrance and Will Call (Koger Center).
Box Office Numbers:(305) 477-4653 Information Line
Box Office Hours:Day of event: Admission Gates will open Tuesday & Wednesday from 7:30am-7:00pm, Thursday & Friday 9:00am-7:00pm, Saturday & Sunday from 7:30am-7:00pm. Check local media or www.worldgolfchampionships
Directions:Coming from the EASTFrom South Miami Beach Take MacArthur Causeway (395) West to I-95 North. Take I-95 to836 West and exit to 87th Ave. Proceed North on 87th Ave and follow signs to parking or turn leftin the Doral Golf Resort.From Miami Beach and North Miami Beach head WEST across Julia Tuttle Causeway (195),the 79th Street Bridge or Broad Causeway to I-95 South. Continue South to 836 West and exitat 87th Avenue. Head North on 87th Ave. Follow signs to parking or turn left into the Doral GolfResort.Coming from the SOUTHExpress way (826) North and proceed North to the second NW 36th Street (West) exit. HeadWest on 36th Street to 87th Avenue and follow signs to parking or turn left into Doral Golf Resort.From Homestead, Perrine or Kendall take US-1 to the Palmetto (826) exit NW 36th Street (West)and follow sings to parking.Can take the Florida Turnpike to 41st Street exit head east to 87th Avenue and follow sings toparking or turn left into the Doral Golf Resort.Coming from the NORTHFrom Hollywood, Ft. Lauderdale, or Boca Raton head South on the Florida Turnpike to the 41stStreet Exit. Make a Left at the light and follow signs to parking or turn Left onto 87th Avenue andLeft into the Doral Golf Resort.From Hollywood, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton head South on I-95 to the Golden GladesInterchange. Take the Palmetto Expressway (826) West and it becomes 826 South to NW 36thStreet and turn Right at 87th Avenue. Follow signs to parking or turn Left into the Doral GolfResort.Coming from the WESTExpressway (826) South to NW 36th Street (West) exit. Head West until you reach NW 87thAvenue and turn Right. Follow signs to parking or turn left into the Doral Golf Resort.From Naples and Ft. Myers take I-75 (Alligator Alley) to the Palmetto Expressway (826) Westand it becomes 826 South to NW 36th Street and turn Right at 87th Avenue. Follow signs toparking or turn Left into the Doral Golf Resort.From Naples and Ft. Myers take the Tamiami Trail (SW 8th Street) to the Palmetto Expressway(826) and head North to NW 36th Street exit. Proceed West on NW 36th Street until you reach87th Avenue and turn Right. Follow signs to parking or turn Left into the Doral Golf Resort.
Parking:Location: JC Bermudez Park Charge: $10.00 per dayThere will be a free shuttle bus at every parking lot that will take customers to the Main Entrance and Will Call (Koger Center).
Box Office Numbers:(305) 477-4653 Information Line
Box Office Hours:Day of event: Admission Gates will open Tuesday & Wednesday from 7:30am-7:00pm, Thursday & Friday 9:00am-7:00pm, Saturday & Sunday from 7:30am-7:00pm. Check local media or www.worldgolfchampionships
MONEY LEADERS
MONEY LEADERS
Player
Events
Money
Tiger Woods
16
$10,867,052
Phil Mickelson
22
$5,819,988
Vijay Singh
27
$4,728,376
Steve Stricker
23
$4,663,077
K.J. Choi
25
$4,587,859
Complete Money Leaders
Doral Golf Resort and Spa, Blue Monster Course, Doral, FloridaFebruary 27 - 5, 2006 Contact: (305) 477-4653
Purse: $5.5 millionWinning Share: $990,000Yards: 7,266
Thursday, 3/22: 2-6 PM ET GOLFFriday, 3/23: 2-6 PM ET GOLFSaturday, 3/24: 2-6 PM ET NBCSunday, 3/25: 3-7 PM ET NBC
Player
Events
Money
Tiger Woods
16
$10,867,052
Phil Mickelson
22
$5,819,988
Vijay Singh
27
$4,728,376
Steve Stricker
23
$4,663,077
K.J. Choi
25
$4,587,859
Complete Money Leaders
Doral Golf Resort and Spa, Blue Monster Course, Doral, FloridaFebruary 27 - 5, 2006 Contact: (305) 477-4653
Purse: $5.5 millionWinning Share: $990,000Yards: 7,266
Thursday, 3/22: 2-6 PM ET GOLFFriday, 3/23: 2-6 PM ET GOLFSaturday, 3/24: 2-6 PM ET NBCSunday, 3/25: 3-7 PM ET NBC
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I see these darn programs advertised everywhere. Heck my mom even tried one a while back! She gave up after about 3 days.
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Welcome to Venezuela
Amateur and international competitionApproximate number of Venezuelans playing organized baseball: Unable to quantify. Amateur highlights: Won the Little League World Series in 1994 and in 2000. Venezuela has won two (professional) Caribbean Series titles. Biggest international rival: Dominican Republic (mainly in Caribbean Series).Other important notes: Venezuelans, like Dominicans, can be signed by MLB teams at age 16. The Venezuela Summer League is similar to the Dominican Summer League where players begin participating from 16 years. Unlike in the Dominican, however, not every MLB club has an academy, and there are often "co-op" teams in the league. For example, in the past the Los Angeles Dodgers have been able to put 10 players on a "co-op" team they share in San Joaquin. Little Leaguers in Venezuela start at age 7.
Contact information: Venezuela Baseball FederationAvenida Urdaneta, Animas a Platanal, Edificio Las Marías, piso 4, Oficina 401, CaracasTel: (+58-212) 564 2316; (+58-212) 563 5919Fax: (+58-212) 563 5919; (+58-212) 564 2316E-mail: fserrano@fedebeisbol.org.ve
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Home runs power Venezuela past Netherlands 3-1
Date
Match-Up
Time (Local)
Time (ET)
TV
Sat., Mar. 14
Venezuela 3, Netherlands 1
Sat., Mar. 14
Puerto Rico 11, United States 1
Sun., Mar. 15
Netherlands vs. United States
7:30pm
7:30pm
Mon., Mar. 16
Venezuela vs. Puerto Rico
8:00pm
8:00pm
Tue., Mar. 17
Game 4 Loser vs. Game 3 Winner
7:00pm
7:00pm
Wed., Mar. 18
Game 5 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner
7:00pm
7:00pm
Match-Up
Time (Local)
Time (ET)
TV
Sat., Mar. 14
Venezuela 3, Netherlands 1
Sat., Mar. 14
Puerto Rico 11, United States 1
Sun., Mar. 15
Netherlands vs. United States
7:30pm
7:30pm
Mon., Mar. 16
Venezuela vs. Puerto Rico
8:00pm
8:00pm
Tue., Mar. 17
Game 4 Loser vs. Game 3 Winner
7:00pm
7:00pm
Wed., Mar. 18
Game 5 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner
7:00pm
7:00pm
Venezuela, Puerto Rico Win in Baseball Classic Round Two
Venezuela, Puerto Rico Win in Baseball Classic Round Two
Miami15 March 2009
Puerto Rico and Venezuela scored crucial victories in the second round of play in the World Baseball Classic in Miami, Florida. The losers, the Netherlands and the United States, now face each other for a final chance at staying in the tournament.
Puerto Rican baseball fans clang on musical instruments at the start of a game between US and Puerto Rico during the second round of the World Baseball Classic game in Miami, 14 Mar 2009 Saturday evening's game in Miami between Puerto Rico and the United States featured two of the most star-filled teams in the international tournament. Major League Baseball is organizing the games to showcase the league's talent and raise its profile around the world. In the Puerto Rico / U.S. match, Puerto Rico's hitters took apart U.S. pitcher Jake Peavey from the start, scoring six runs in the first two innings on the way to an 11-1 victory. Fans saw examples of major league hitting talent, as the teams combined for 19 hits and two home runs. Puerto Rico was overwhelming, however, as three of the first four batters got on base, leading to an early two-run lead.Puerto Rico manager Jose Oquendo said his strategy was to take the offensive early. "We were trying to send the message that we had to be aggressive with the team. And the guys ran the bases the way they are supposed to be run," said Oquendo. "So it was exciting for us, it was a great game for the guys."The loss is a setback for the United States, which was eliminated in the second round in the Baseball Classic held in 2006. It was an added disappointment because officials ended the game early, after Puerto Rico increased its lead to 10 runs by the seventh inning.Catcher Brian McCann said the so-called "mercy rule" decision made the loss harder."It is tough, but it is part of the game and these rules. You have to tip your hat to these [Puerto Rico] guys, they came out, swung the bats, pitOquendo ched great and played great defense," said McCann.With the win, Puerto Rico remains undefeated in the tournament.Earlier, Venezuelan batters were held to three hits, but made them count in a 3-1 victory over the Netherlands. Miguel Cabrera and Jose Lopez hit solo home runs, and Melvin Mora batted in an early run on a ground out.Venezuelan starting pitcher Carlos Silva frustrated Dutch hitters for seven innings. He threw four strikeouts while giving up four hits, allowing team Netherlands only one run. The Netherlands stuck to its winning formula of solid pitching and error-free defense, which helped it knock out powerhouse Dominican Republic in the first round. Still it was no match for Venezuela's roster of superstar hitters. Venezuela also got a boost from the huge turnout of Venezuelan fans in Miami, which is home to many Latin American immigrants. Venezeula plays Puerto Rico on Monday for a chance to advance to the semifinals in Los Angeles. The Netherlands and the United States face each other on Sunday for a final shot at remaining in the tournament.
Miami15 March 2009
Puerto Rico and Venezuela scored crucial victories in the second round of play in the World Baseball Classic in Miami, Florida. The losers, the Netherlands and the United States, now face each other for a final chance at staying in the tournament.
Puerto Rican baseball fans clang on musical instruments at the start of a game between US and Puerto Rico during the second round of the World Baseball Classic game in Miami, 14 Mar 2009 Saturday evening's game in Miami between Puerto Rico and the United States featured two of the most star-filled teams in the international tournament. Major League Baseball is organizing the games to showcase the league's talent and raise its profile around the world. In the Puerto Rico / U.S. match, Puerto Rico's hitters took apart U.S. pitcher Jake Peavey from the start, scoring six runs in the first two innings on the way to an 11-1 victory. Fans saw examples of major league hitting talent, as the teams combined for 19 hits and two home runs. Puerto Rico was overwhelming, however, as three of the first four batters got on base, leading to an early two-run lead.Puerto Rico manager Jose Oquendo said his strategy was to take the offensive early. "We were trying to send the message that we had to be aggressive with the team. And the guys ran the bases the way they are supposed to be run," said Oquendo. "So it was exciting for us, it was a great game for the guys."The loss is a setback for the United States, which was eliminated in the second round in the Baseball Classic held in 2006. It was an added disappointment because officials ended the game early, after Puerto Rico increased its lead to 10 runs by the seventh inning.Catcher Brian McCann said the so-called "mercy rule" decision made the loss harder."It is tough, but it is part of the game and these rules. You have to tip your hat to these [Puerto Rico] guys, they came out, swung the bats, pitOquendo ched great and played great defense," said McCann.With the win, Puerto Rico remains undefeated in the tournament.Earlier, Venezuelan batters were held to three hits, but made them count in a 3-1 victory over the Netherlands. Miguel Cabrera and Jose Lopez hit solo home runs, and Melvin Mora batted in an early run on a ground out.Venezuelan starting pitcher Carlos Silva frustrated Dutch hitters for seven innings. He threw four strikeouts while giving up four hits, allowing team Netherlands only one run. The Netherlands stuck to its winning formula of solid pitching and error-free defense, which helped it knock out powerhouse Dominican Republic in the first round. Still it was no match for Venezuela's roster of superstar hitters. Venezuela also got a boost from the huge turnout of Venezuelan fans in Miami, which is home to many Latin American immigrants. Venezeula plays Puerto Rico on Monday for a chance to advance to the semifinals in Los Angeles. The Netherlands and the United States face each other on Sunday for a final shot at remaining in the tournament.
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Mario Kart Wii (マリオカートWii, Mario Kāto Wī?) is a racing game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. It is the sixth installment in the Mario Kart series (excluding the two arcade games) and the second Mario Kart title to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The game was released worldwide throughout April 2008, but is still not yet released in South Korea. Every copy of the game is packaged with the Wii Wheel accessory, which is designed to house the Wii Remote to allow more intuitive and conventional steering.
Changes from its predecessor, Mario Kart DS, include motorbikes and support for up to twelve racers online. Like other games in the Mario Kart series, it involves various characters from several Mario games racing each other on tracks themed from locations in the Mario series. Support for the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection allows racing against other players from around the world, and online competitions and results are available by installing the Mario Kart Channel to the Wii Menu.
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Mario Kart Wii (マリオカートWii, Mario Kāto Wī?) is a racing game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. It is the sixth installment in the Mario Kart series (excluding the two arcade games) and the second Mario Kart title to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The game was released worldwide throughout April 2008, but is still not yet released in South Korea. Every copy of the game is packaged with the Wii Wheel accessory, which is designed to house the Wii Remote to allow more intuitive and conventional steering.
Changes from its predecessor, Mario Kart DS, include motorbikes and support for up to twelve racers online. Like other games in the Mario Kart series, it involves various characters from several Mario games racing each other on tracks themed from locations in the Mario series. Support for the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection allows racing against other players from around the world, and online competitions and results are available by installing the Mario Kart Channel to the Wii Menu.
Mario Kart Wii was first shown at E3 2007. It has been positively received by critics; while not revolutionary, the online capability and the large number of tracks, characters and karts has been praised. The game had a commercially successful launch in every region, and sold over a million copies in both Japan and the United States in less than a month.
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