ATP Tennis 101

Personality, passion, power.  These are ATP’s mission statement.  The fact of the matter is that ATP is the world’s foremost body that governs the men’s tennis professional circuit.  

Believe it or not, ATP Tennis organizes more than sixty tournaments in thirty countries for this current year.  

ATP Tennis showcases the finest and best athletes that compete in the most enthralling venues all over the world, from Europe to Australia, to Asia and America.  

Another fact about ATP Tennis  is that its website set a new record in traffic when just this October, more than five hundred thousand unique visitors went to their site specifically during the Madrilena Mutua Madrid Masters.  

Also, the ATP Tennis site was able to attract almost two million users as tennis fans were able to register almost ten million impression pages.

These numbers basically represent a thirty seven percent to forty percent increase in users compared to last year’s number.

The Spanish language site of ATP Tennis was also able to record a significant increase for this year, with the impressions increasing up to fifty percent.

Another news on the ATP Tennis in Europe is that they have a new CEO as personified by former UK executive in sports, Andy Anson.  

Anson has a degree in Mathematics from the University of Oxford and was able to receive his Masters degree in Business Administration in France, Fontainebleau.  He will be assuming the ATP Tennis position  come April and will replace outgoing Horst Klosterkemper as CEO – who oversaw the ATP Tennis in the European region back in 2004. 

Another ATP Tennis activity is their fund raising efforts with the assistance of the UNICEF during the Masters Tennis Cup in China, Shanghai.  

Facts about ATP tennis, anyone?

The sponsor of the said China tournament includes Mercedes-Benz, Lacoste, South Africa Airways, RADO.   

The doubles and singles tennis players were able to raise more than a hundred thirty thousand RMB for the United Nations Children’s Fund.  

For the very first robin round, a match was made between circuit leaders Andy Roddick and Ivan Ljubicic, which had thirty five aces. 

The ATP Tennis auction for charity was held at the Stadium of Qi Zhong and also featured banners and t-shirts autographed by various ATP Tennis stars.  

Roger Federer’s shirt fetched the highest bid that amounts to twenty eight thousand RMB.  A close second were two bobby Mercedes-Benz cars autographed by all ATP Tennis players that are in the eight man elite team field, the total of which fetched to twenty five thousand RMB.

Additional funds were also raised thanks to the exclusive sales on site of the Beanie Baby Feder-bear.  It made its debut public at the booth of the UNICEF in the stadium.  

Believe it or not, more than two thousand Feder bears were purchased during the Masters Tennis Cup, all of which total to a contribution of seventy five thousand RMB to the UNICEF.

The fact of the matter is that Feder bear is the official Beanie Ty Baby that is exclusively produced for the ATP Tennis.  

All proceeds from the Feder bear Beanie Baby sale – which costs eight dollars each – will automatically go to the UNICEF program.

For those interested for the same Feder bear, this item will be distributed this coming season of the holidays worldwide.

All in all, where would the tennis fans be without ATP?

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Indian Vegetarian Cooking

Indian food is a great choice when cooking vegetarian.  Indians use a lot of vegetables, rice, and grains in their dishes which make them amazingly delicious as well as friendly for the vegetarian.  The best thing about Indian vegetarian cooking is that it is so savory when it is done because of the spices that they use.  You will find that the dishes smell great while they are cooking and taste great when you are eating.

Indian vegetarian cooking is actually quite easy, but it does take a lot of different spices that you may not have just sitting around your house.  Coriander and curry is essential to Indian cooking, so you will want to find these two spices especially to add to your Indian vegetarian dishes.  You will also need to have on hand some brown rice as well as some couscous since these are the main grains that are used in Indian recipes.

Here is one vegetarian Indian recipe that this writer found especially tasty and easy to make:

Creamy Spinach Soup (Palak Soup)

4 cups spinach leaves 

2 cups water 

1 onion chopped 

1 cup milk 

2 tablespoons plain flour

1 tablespoon fresh cream 

2 tablespoons butter 

Salt and pepper to season and taste

Wash the spinach leaves and discard the thick stems. Boil along with the water for 8 minutes or till the spinach is well cooked. Cool and puree in a blender. Keep aside. 

Heat the butter in a pan. Add the chopped onions and sauté on medium heat for 3 minutes or till the onions are transparent. Now, add the plain flour and fry briefly on low heat. Add the spinach puree, milk, salt and pepper. Simmer on low heat for 3 minutes.  Add the fresh cream just before serving.

Try this vegetarian Indian recipe for a spicy alternative:

Pepper Mushroom Fry (Khumb Kali Mirch)

4  tablespoons oil 

6  green chilies slit 

1  tablespoon ginger-garlic paste 

2  medium onions chopped finely 

1 pound button mushrooms quartered and blanched in hot salted water 

1  teaspoon crushed black pepper 

½  teaspoon turmeric powder 

½  teaspoon red chili powder 

1  teaspoon dry mint powder 

1  teaspoon dried fenugreek leaves (kasoori methi) powdered 

1  tablespoon cream 

2  teaspoons lime juice 

Salt to taste

Heat the oil in a heavy-based pan and fry the green chilies and ginger-garlic paste briefly. Add the chopped onions and fry on medium heat for about 3 minutes or till the onions are pink. 

Add the mushrooms, crushed black pepper and the rest of the ingredients except for the cream, lime juice and salt. Stir-fry on high heat till it is well coated with the oil and looks glossy. Mix in the salt, cover and cook on medium / low heat for about 8 minutes or till the mushroom is cooked but not soggy. 

Reduce the heat to low. Mix in the cream and lime juice. Remove from heat and keep covered for 2 minutes.

You will find that cooking great vegetarian Indian meals is not only fun, but it is delicious as well!

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All About Bean Bags

Contrary to famous perception, beanbags are actually not made of real beans. Instead they are made of tiny compounts that feel like beans. Of course, the various manufacturers of beanbags made it a point not to make beanbags with real beans because of the organic factor that real beans, of course, rot. If that is the case, then their beanbags will probably not be purchased by many because of the rotting odor and the fact that it is filled with rotten organic material.

Beanbags are not as expensive as you might initially think. Of course, some are deemed to be so expensive. But not every beanbag you see costs you a fortune. You just need to look in the right places to be able to find the right beanbag for your household, at the same time one that does not seem like you needed to rob a bank before purchasing it.

They also require keen maintenance and care. When you opt to relax in a certain beanbag, you need to make sure first that you are not wearing anything that is sharp enough to puncture its fabric. 

The fabric is not as thick as cement or hardwood; thus, you need to be careful if you really intend on keeping your beanbag intact.

Having a hole, or holes, on your beanbag is very detrimental. The air that gives your beanbag that engulfing look will be drained out and thus; you will have less air to have fun with. The "beans" might also exit through the "wound", which means your beanbag will slowly become empty. If that is the case, then why don't you just sit on the floor?

You should also be careful when it is time to give your beanbags a "bath". You must not use any whitening agents if your beanbag is colored. You can if you want your beanbag's color to fade. In regards with soap, you can soap it as much as you like, just making sure that the piece of cloth or brush that you are using to brush the soap is not one that can puncture the fabric.

Beanbags are definitely one of those furniture pieces that just make you wonder. It proves that humanity has not ended their stage of creativity yet. It shows just how much man can do and come up with.

Get your very own beanbag now and save more!

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Chitosan 1000mg Products

At the present time, chitosan is one of the most recognized and highly utilized fat controlling supplements. In today's fast and trendy world people seem quite sensitive about their look and appearance. Overweight people are more concerned in this regard. 

They remain in search for better ways to change their personality into slim and smart one. People of almost all ages are so anxious about their weight, which eventually affects their overall look. Chitosan is now available in all medical stores and is one of the most noteworthy products in reducing body weight. On the other hand, people are still gaining more and more overweight despite of such a strong concern.

Numerous studies and reports revealed that one of the major problem faced by people of entire world is obesity. However, still there is a hope for people suffering from obesity in the form of chitosan.  Moreover, a wide range of natural alternatives for weight controlling and maintaining are under process of development. Currently, chitosan made medicinal products are most frequently brought into play by heavy weight people.

       

Chitosan containing products stands high among other weight reducing products. This is because chitosan shows better ability of trapping, blocking and removing fat before its absorption in human body. Although chitosan fat removing products are available in 500mg and give good result yet chitosan 1000 mg offers optimum effects. Chitosan is a fibrous compound available naturally in the form of chitin (polysaccharides) present in external shells of crustaceans. Repeatedly performed biomedical studies have been revealed that fibrous Chitosan has an adequate power of binding body fats.

Chitosan shows resistance towards digestion but no need to be worried about it as chitosan contains no calories. The working impact and resulting effects of chitosan based supplements has greatly amplified their popularity among people. Chitosan 1000 mg products are now available in more than 50 varieties. However, the most commonly purchased and utilized varieties are Chitosan 1000mg Plus and Super Fat Bloc Chitosan 1000mg.

The Chitosan 1000 mg Plus is basically composed of specifically selected elements but main ingredient is 1000 mg of Chitosan. This chitosan based supplement has been publicized as quite an exclusive and hard to found product. As name implies, each tablet of this supplement contains 1000 mg of chitosan along with many other ingredients.

        

Perhaps, one of the best thing about Chitosan 1000 mg Plus is that it contains none of the psycho-stimulants. Working mechanism of this supplement is same as that of many other Chitosan containing products but differs in resulting effects. Obese people can get the most favorable and high rated results by making use of chitosan contrasting to its counterparts. Moreover, when overweight individuals take this supplement along with diet having lower calorie then it will surely lower the fat you intakes. Also, it facilitates in boosting efforts for significant weight loss made by obese individuals.

The Super Fat Bloc Chitosan contains vitamin C along with 1000 mg of chitosan. This is the reason it is capable if trapping fat before absorption in body. However, do not take any of the chitosan based medicines to reduce body fat without advice from your doctor. 

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Cyber Security and Identity Theft

Today’s biggest cyber security concern is Identity Theft. Cyber thieves use all kinds of methods (hacking, use of spyware for intercepting information, etc.) in stealing personal or financial information from their victims, mostly from the computers. 

The latest of these nefarious activities even sports a name: phishing (pronounced like ‘‘fishing”). The thief sends a simple e-mail that looks like it came from a genuine site (mostly from financial institutions as Citibank, eBay, PayPal, Best Buy and others), telling you there is a problem with your account. 

They would then ask you to click on a certain link in the e-mail, and you are taken to a site that looks exactly like that of your bank.  

Here, they will ask you to fill out again your Social Security or credit card numbers, and/or other confidential numbers.

The following are some ways to minimize the risk of your identity being stolen:

Do business with reputable companies

Some attackers may try to trick you by creating web sites that appear to be legitimate. 

Don’t visit any site that is using third party links. Open a new browser and type the address yourself if you want to visit a site. 

You can also check privacy policies to see how the company in question use and distribute information. Many companies allow customers to request that their information not be shared with other companies.

Maintain a security mindset – always be skeptical of unfamiliar sites and links, suspicious e-mails and IM messages.

Anti-virus software and firewall

As standard practice, use and maintenance of an anti-virus software and firewall will protect your computer from attacks that may steal or modify data in your computer.

Make sure to keep your anti-virus program and firewall up to date. 

Fighting identity robbery

As precautionary steps, regularly check your credit reports for strange transactions or transactions you don’t recall, unusual charges on your bills, bills for products and services you don’t have, or worse, unexpected denial of your credit card.

Once the identity robbery has been confirmed, calls to appropriate companies and agencies have to be done immediately. Have your credit card accounts closed right away so future charges will be denied. 

Contact the Social Security Administration if your SSS card number has been accessed or the DMV if your driver’s license or car registration papers were stolen. This is to warn these agencies for possible unauthorized use of your personal ID information. Of course, you need to file a criminal report with the local police. 

For U.S. citizens, you need to contact the main credit reporting companies (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion) to see if there had been any unexpected or unauthorized activity.  Have fraud alerts placed on your credit reports to prevent new accounts from being opened without verification. File a complaint with the FTC and IFCC. 

A website, IdentityTheftActionPlan.com, had been created to help citizens prevent, detect, and respond to identity theft and fraud. 

Within the site is information on how identity theft occurs, the latest prevention tips, what to do in case you are victimized and pertinent information of law enforcement agencies that investigate these crimes. Two other sites to learn more about phishing and ID theft are the following: consumer.gov/idtheft/ and 

idtheftcenter.org

Vigilance, information and action

Cyber security dictates that every cyber citizen (those using computers and the Internet in most of their activities) needs to be vigilant at all times.

Everyone is enjoined to keep up with the latest information, so that they can do the appropriate action by themselves. 

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Arranging Storage

Sometimes, there isn't enough room for all of your belongings – and arranging storage, on top of moving can be a blessing in disguise – or a nightmare.  So you need another, convenient, cheap option for your furniture.

Storage companies are basically large warehouses or lockups that you can rent – and range in size from a box room to an area large enough to store a complete house.

Storage is great if you're needing to move out of one house before your other hoese is ready – or when you've sold your old house but haven't finished arranging the new one.  It saves the you having to work out what to do with your things.

It's also a good idea when you have too much furniture for your new house, and no where to store it yourself – and while garages and basements are great for short term storage, they aren't protected, in some cases against the elements, nor, possibly insured against accidents, such as fires or flood.  Garages and basements also, while accessible, may also need to be used for other things.

It is possible for your belongings to be damaged in storage, but highly unlikely – you'll be given a list of belongings that you're checking in – and you should check at that time that everything is secure, sealed and stacked or placed well.

If you're moving long distance, its always good to research, throughly, by phone and if possible, in person, how much access you'll have to your furniture, and belongings, and what sort of notice you need to give – you'll also need to work out what is going into storage and how much space you'll need for it all.

If you're unsure of storage companies, and you're using a removal company – ask them – they may have a group of storage companies they deal with, and offer you a better premium than you may otherwise get.  It also means that you've got less research to deal with.

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