Fugu is the Japanese word for puffer fish and the dish prepared from it. Fugu can be lethally poisonous due to its tetrodotoxin, therefore has to be carefully prepared to remove toxic parts and to avoid contaminating the meat. The restaurant preparation of fugu is strictly controlled by the law in Japan and several other countries, and only chefs who have qualified through rigorous training are allowed to deal with the fish."
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Renan Prates e Vinicius MesquitaUniverso Tricolor
Em São Paulo
A oposição do São Paulo ganhou mais uma batalha na tentativa de cassar o terceiro mandato do presidente Juvenal Juvêncio. A decisão divulgada no dia 27 (terça-feira) pelo desembargador Theodureto Camargo, do Tribunal de Justiça, determinou que por ora Juvenal não pode prosseguir no comando do clube.
Em junho de 2011, o juiz da 3ª Vara Cível de Pinheiros acolheu o pedido da oposição do São Paulo para impedir o terceiro mandato de Juvenal. Agora, o desembargador Theodureto Camargo decidiu que a sentença deve ser cumprida imediatamente. O São Paulo pagará multa de R$ 5 mil por dia caso demore para cumprir a decisão. Ainda cabe recurso.
Na prática, o São Paulo terá que organizar uma nova eleição – em que Juvenal Juvêncio não poderá concorrer -, ou convocar uma assembleia geral com todos os associados para alterar seu estatuto autorizando o terceiro mandato.
Apesar de não ser definitiva, a oposição comemorou o fato como se sacramentasse a saída do atual presidente do São Paulo.
"O atual presidente do São Paulo está irregular e teimosamente no cargo, contrariando a história do clube. Esperamos de desta vez a decisão da Justiça seja definitivamente acatada e que novas eleições sejam realizadas", falou Edson Lapolla, que perdeu a última eleição para Juvenal.
A situação, no entanto, não teme que o presidente irá perder o cargo e crê somente numa solução para o caso quando o processo for julgado pelo Superior Tribunal de Justiça em Brasília. O advogado de Juvenal, Carlos Aidar, ainda ironizou o fato de Lapolla ter alardeado a decisão da Justiça para os veículos de imprensa como se tivesse vencido no caso.
"O Lapolla está louco, obcecado, porque teve dois votos no Conselho contra 230 votos do Juvenal [NR: na verdade, foi 163 a 7]…ele tem mais é que ficar em casa, nem vir torcer pelo São Paulo, pois não ajuda, só atrapalha".
Fonte UOL
$800 per bottle. This expensive beer was brewed with actual Antarctic ice. Only thirty bottles were produced, and the number one bottle was sold by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society at an auction in Fremantle, Western Australia."
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These hundred year old bottles of Champagne from the Heidsieck vineyard in Champagne took over eighty years to reach their destination. Shipped to the Russian Imperial family in 1916, a shipwreck off the coast of Finland caused this champagne to be lost at sea until divers discovered over 200 bottles in 1997. Now they're finally being sold--to wealthy guests at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Moscow, at least. "
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A África do Sul e o Vietnã anunciaram nesta quarta-feira (28) que firmaram um memorando de cooperação para combater a matança de rinocerontes, caçados ilegalmente devido ao comércio de chifres no mercado negro da Ásia.
"Preservar a biodiversidade é um círculo virtuoso que vai dos países de origem aos países de destino", destacou Nguyen Trung Kien, conselheiro da embaixada vietnamita em Pretória, capital sul-africana, durante conferência de imprensa.
"Devemos fazer com que a opinião esteja mais atenta à biodiversidade. Também devemos nos despir da falsa ideia de que o chifre de rinoceronte pode curar o câncer", complementou.
Sem prazo
O acordo de cooperação ainda não tem data para que as medidas de cooperação entre as polícias, serviços secretos e o controle da caça ilegal sejam iniciadas.
Desde o início do ano, ao menos 287 rinocerontes foram sacrificados ilegalmente, apenas com o objetivo de retirar o chifre e vendê-lo ao mercado de medicina tradicional da Ásia.
Se a morte destes animais seguir neste ritmo, especialistas afirmam que a manutenção da população dos rinocerontes ficará ameaçada nos próximos dois anos. Em 2010, foram registradas 333 mortes de espécimes, contra 13 no ano de 2007.
Chifres cortados
Para conter o avanço do crime ambiental, veterinários estão serrando os chifres de rinocerontes por meio de cirurgia, para evitar a extinção da espécie.
Desde abril, os soldados do exército regular sul-africano estão mobilizados no Parque Nacional Kruger, ao longo da fronteira com Moçambique, para tentar salvar a espécie da extinção. Em março, mais de 40 rinocerontes foram mortos. Os caçadores abandonaram as táticas primitivas e passaram a invadir o parque com rifles militares e óculos de visão noturna.
* Com informações da France Presse e Reuters
Fartura!
E, mesmo ainda com um período considerável até a realização do espetáculo, já foram investigadas algumas particularidades, entre elas, o "cachê" das estrelas. O jornalista Matt Cronin, do site TennisReporters, publicou no Twitter, na última segunda-feira, que Federer receberá US$1 milhão para se apresentar apenas em um dia.
Os ingresos para o evento começarão a ser vendidos a partir da próxima semana. Federer e Roddick já se enfrentaram 22 vezes no circuito profissional, incluindo quatro finais de Grand Slam. Dono do recorde de 16 títulos de Major, Federer defenderá seu favoritismo de 20 vitórias e apenas duas derrotas contra Roddick. O suíço voltará ao Madison Square Gardendepois de disputar um jogo-exibição com o já aposentado Pete Sampras, em 2008. Roddick nunca jogou na famosa arena de Nova York. |
RIO - O polêmico ator norte-americano Charlie Sheen, que estrelava o seriado "Two and a half men", conseguiu fechar um acordo com a Warner Bros e o produtor do programa, Chuck Lorre. Embora os termos do acordo não tenham sido revelados, o site "TMZ" diz que o ator, de 46 anos receberá um pagamento de US$ 25 milhões, referente ao salário que seria pago a Sheen pelos episódios da oitava temporada que não foram produzidos.
Sheen pediu US$ 100 milhões no processo, desde que foi demitido da comédia da CBS - da qual participou durante oito anos - no início do ano.
"Warner Brothers Television, Chuck Lorre e Charlie Sheen encerraram sua disputa, para a satisfação de todas as partes. O processo será retirado, e as partes concordaram em manter o sigilo sobre os termos do acordo", informa um comunicado divulgado pelos estúdios.
A nona temporada do seriado "Two and a half men", que agora tem como astro Ashton Kutcher, estreou na semana passada, com um recorde de 28,7 milhões de espectadores nos Estados Unidos. A audiência foi maior do que a de qualquer episódio das oito temporadas anteriores que tinham Sheen como o personagem principal.
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27 de setembro de 2011 | 19h 55
MARICE RICHTER - REUTERS
O homem considerado o criador do Doritos será sepultado junto com alguns desses famosos salgadinhos de milho, disseram parentes dele nesta terça-feira.
Arch West morreu em 20 de setembro, aos 97 anos, por causas naturais, em um hospital de Dallas. Seus restos foram cremados, e a família pretende enterrar a urna no sábado em um cemitério local.
A família pediu que amigos e parentes participantes da cerimônia possam jogar Doritos em torno da urna, como forma de homenagem.
"Ele acharia isso hilário", disse sua filha, Jana Hacker. "O cemitério não se importa, porque eles são biodegradáveis."
O Doritos foi lançado em 1964 no sul da Califórnia, e em todo o território dos EUA em 1966, segundo Aurora González, assessora de imprensa da empresa Frito-Lay.
West, que se aposentou em 1971 como executivo de marketing da empresa, ficou interessado em produzir o salgadinho depois de provar uma espécie de tortilha crocante num quiosque de beira de estrada, durante férias no sul da Califórnia, no começo da década de 1960, segundo a filha dele.
"A empresa não gostou realmente da ideia, mas papai conseguiu direcionar parte do dinheiro (de pesquisa e desenvolvimento de produtos) para esse projeto", relatou ela.
O resto é história. O Doritos -- crocante e com um cheiro peculiar -- é o segundo salgadinho mais vendido entre as marcas da Frito-Lay, em nível nacional e internacional, perdendo apenas para a batata frita Lay's.
O sabor "queijo nacho" é o Doritos mais popular, segundo González. As vendas globais do Doritos chegaram a cerca de 5 bilhões de dólares em 2010.
Hacker disse que os sabores favoritos do criador eram o "Cool Ranch" e o "milho tostado."
"Eu sempre os tinha na minha lista de compras para ele, até o final", afirmou.
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By Tim Lister, CNN
updated 5:38 PM EST, Tue September 27, 2011
(http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/27/justice/hijacker-found/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)
(CNN) -- He had been on the run for four decades. He escaped from prison when Richard Nixon was in the White House, joined the Black Liberation Army in Detroit, hijacked a plane and (in)famously demanded that FBI agents deliver ransom money in bathing suits. And they did.
Now, after a manhunt spanning three continents that often appeared to run cold, the FBI has finally found George Wright.
At age 68, he was living quietly in the resort of Sintra near Lisbon in Portugal when he was arrested Monday.
The United States is seeking his extradition from Portugal to serve the remainder of a 15- to 30-year sentence for murder. Portuguese judicial authorities could not be reached Tuesday for details of the extradition process.
Wright is fighting extradition, a U.S. federal agent said, and his next court appearance in Portugal is in about two weeks.
Wright's life story reads like an international crime novel. In 1962, at the age of 19, he and three associates carried out a series of robberies in New Jersey. Wright and another man shot and killed a World War II veteran in a gas station robbery in Farmingdale.
He was arrested soon afterward and, after pleading no defense, was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison. But in 1970, Wright escaped from Bayside State Prison in Leesburg, New Jersey, reportedly stealing the warden's car to make his getaway.
Wright made his way to Detroit, then a hotbed of militant black politics, and joined the Black Liberation Army. (He is also reputed to have made some money during this period as a part-time model, using an alias.)
On July 31, 1972, Wright and four other members of the Black Liberation Army went to Detroit airport and boarded Delta Flight 841 for Miami. Wright was dressed as a priest and carried a handgun in a hollowed-out Bible.
Airport security was different in those days. Various Palestinian groups were hijacking planes regularly, as were individuals keen to go to Cuba. Altogether, the U.S. Department of Transportation recorded 364 hijackings worldwide between 1968 and 1972: more than one a week on average.
The hijackers of Delta 841 -- three men and two women accompanied by three children -- seized the plane as it approached Miami. The FBI says "subsequent investigation identified Wright as one of the hijackers."
Once on the ground, the hijackers demanded that FBI agents dressed only in bathing suits deliver $1 million ransom to the plane. They wanted to be sure the agents were not carrying guns. The money was duly delivered by the scantily clad agents.
The hijackers allowed the 88 passengers off but kept the flight crew on board and ordered that the plane fly to Boston. With the addition of an extra navigator (wearing swim trunks and a shirt), the DC-8 was refueled there and flew on to Algiers.
Algeria in the early 1970s was run by a hard-line socialist government that was no friend of the United States and allowed various dissidents, militants and alleged terrorists to take sanctuary there. A leading member of the Black Panthers, Eldridge Cleaver, had been welcomed as a political refugee there in 1968 after jumping bail in California.
The Algerian government confiscated and returned the $1 million in ransom money to the U.S., but Wright and his associates melted away. Some of the hijackers were arrested in Paris in 1976, but for decades, there was no trace of Wright.
Then, nine years ago, a fugitive investigator with the New Jersey Department of Corrections working with the U.S. Marshals Service got a lead. Officials won't comment on reports that Walker had begun to contact relatives in the U.S.
Juan Mattos, U.S. marshal for the District of New Jersey, said: "Over the course of nine years, their tenacious resolve has proven to be very powerful in seeking justice and closure for the victims."
And in a press release Tuesday, Michael Ward of the FBI's Newark Division said the case should "serve notice that the FBI's determination in pursuing subjects will not diminish over time or distance."
At the time of the hijacking, there was limited screening of passengers at U.S. airports. This screening system did not require every passenger to be examined, only those who met a profile established by the Federal Aviation Administration.
After the Algiers flight and several hijackings that turned violent, the Nixon administration instructed the FAA to adopt emergency regulations to improve screening. At the end of 1972, the FAA ordered airports to ensure that all passengers and their carry-on baggage be inspected before boarding.
CNN's Emily Smith contributed to this report.
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While Wagyu cattle are raised both in and outside Japan, the Kobe varietal which is raised specifically in the Hyogo prefecture is the most elite. Employing the most traditional production methods, Kobe beef comes from cows that are allegedly fed only beer and massaged by hand to ensure a tenderness and marbling beyond compare. For your next after-work social, you might try taking your associates to New York City's Craftsteak, where a full Wagyu rib eye was served up to a private party for $2800."
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Another type of expensive melon, the world's most expensive cantaloupes are a pair of Yubari melons and were the first auction of the 2008 season. They had previously been judged the best pair and were purchased by the owner of a nearby seafood lunchbox and souvenir business. It had some competition--100 melons grown by farmers from Yubari were also judged."
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Opinião do Blog:
Obama agradece! Valeu Republicanos!!! ;) #Obama2012
Ricardo Bampa - Seg, 26 de set de 2011 | 15:15:03
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Imagem negativa sem precedentes afeta tanto democratas quanto republicanos
26/09/2011 - 12:43
Mais de 80% dos americanos estão descontentes com a forma como o país vem sendo governado. A imagem negativa sem precedentes afeta tanto os políticos democratas quanto os republicanos, revela uma pesquisa divulgada nesta segunda-feira pelo Instituto Gallup.
Apenas 19% dos entrevistados manifestaram ter uma visão positiva do governo - incluindo o Executivo, o Legislativo e os partidos políticos -, uma queda considerável em comparação a 2009, quando a aprovação era de 44% e o descontentamento chegava a 56%. O instituto informou ainda que o descontentamento dos eleitores é de 65% com relação aos democratas e de 93% com os republicanos. "Isto talvez reflita a distribuição de poderes em Washington, onde os democratas controlam a Casa Branca e o Senado, e os republicanos controlam a Câmara de Representantes", avaliou o porta-voz do Gallup.
"Os eleitores de ambos os partidos culpam 'o governo' sem acusar, necessariamente, o próprio partido", acrescentou. Segundo a pesquisa, 82% dos americanos reprovam a forma como o Congresso desempenha seu trabalho e 69% têm pouca ou nenhuma confiança no Poder Legislativo.
O levantamento reflete um panorama decepcionante do momento político nos Estados Unidos: 57% dos entrevistados têm pouca ou nenhuma confiança que o governo resolverá os problemas do país e 53% têm pouca ou nenhuma confiança nos candidatos. A pesquisa de opinião foi feita entre 8 e 11 de setembro e consistiu em entrevistas por telefone com 1.017 adultos nos 50 estados e no distrito de Columbia, e tem margem de erro de 4 pontos porcentuais.
(Com agência EFE)
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Se liga Dago! Menos, bem menos... ;)
Ricardo Bampa - Seg, 26 de set de 2011 | 14:56:30
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De acordo com a cartolagem do São Paulo, Dagoberto pediu pouco menos de R$ 300 mil mensais para renovar contrato. O clube alega que o valor ultrapassa o teto de R$ 200 mil estipulado pela diretoria.
Segundo os cartolas, só Rogério Ceni e Luís Fabiano ultrapassam esse valor. E, para a cúpula tricolor, Dagoberto não merece a mesma regalia. Os dirigentes alegam também que o clube do Morumbi paga premiações melhores do que a maioria dos concorrentes. Isso faria o teto salarial compensar para o atacante.
Conformada com iminente saída do jogador, a direção são-paulina afirma ter um pacto com Santos e Palmeiras para que um não faça proposta para jogadores do outro sem avisar o presidente primeiro. A inciativa teria partido do santista Luiz Álvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro. Ele temia que os adversários fossem usados como ponte para Ganso se transferir para o exterior.
Por isso, os são-paulinos não acreditam que Dagoberto já tenha um pré-contrato com o alvinegro do litoral. Também ouviram do atleta que sua prioridade é acertar com um time europeu, apesar do namoro com o Inter.
Blog do Perrone, Uol
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DA FRANCE PRESSE, EM MIAMI
A empresa americana Odyssey Marine Exploration confirmou nesta segunda-feira que conseguiu localizar e identificar um cargueiro britânico afundado pelos alemães em 1941 com mais de 240 toneladas de barras de prata, e indicou que trabalha agora na recuperação da carga.
A Odyssey, dedicado à exploração de destroços de barcos, informou que o metal encontrado tem valor estimado em US$ 200 milhões e que espera trazer esse material à superfície no próximo outono.
Os pesquisadores foram capazes de confirmar, graças a um submarino controlado por controle remoto, a localização e a identificação do navio SS Gairsoppa, que está a 4.700 metros de profundidade no Oceano Atlântico, em frente à costa da Irlanda, disse a Odyssey em comunicado.
O barco foi abatido em fevereiro de 1941 por um submarino alemão U-Boot, em plena Segunda Guerra Mundial. "Completamos a primeira fase do projeto, a localização e a identificação dos destroços do naufrágio, e agora estamos trabalhando na fase de recuperação", disse Andrew Craig, diretor do projeto, citado no comunicado.
"Levando em conta o estado e a exposição dos destroços do naufrágio, estamos quase convencidos de poder recuperar a carga de acordo com nossos planos", completou.
A empresa pretende iniciar o processo de recuperação da carga na próxima primavera do Hemisfério Norte. "Tivemos a sorte de encontrar os destroços do porão aberto e de fácil acesso", disse Greg Stemm, presidente da Odyssey, com sede em Tampa, na Flórida.
Depois de uma dura batalha, a Odyssey Marine obteve do governo britânico em 2010 a exclusividade da extração dos restos do naufrágio e terá direito a reter 80% da carga, cujos 20% restantes irão para as autoridades britânicas.
Um tribunal americano decidiu na quarta-feira (21) a favor da Espanha em um processo impetrado por esse país contra a Odyssey, acusada de ter se apropriado do conteúdo de um naufrágio descoberto em 2007.
A empresa afirma ter encontrado os destroços de um navio de guerra espanhol afundado em 1804 em águas internacionais e reportou a carga na Flórida sem aviso prévio às autoridades espanholas.
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One of the greatest players of all time is back.
After a sixteen-year lay-off from tennis, Ivan Lendl has recently returned to the Champions (senior) Tour. He's back to competition and he'll be coaching, too.
He has opened the Ivan Lendl IJTA (Ivan Lendl International Junior Tennis Academy)http://champacademy.com/homepage.htmlto promising young juniors with the intent of guiding them to greatness.
So what can we expect from Mr. Lendl? And what can his protégés learn from this sporting legend?
Well now, let's see.
Lendl has been described over the years by many a sports writer and many a critic as: Obsessive, dull, boring, machine-like, void of humour, robotic even. In fact, in September 1986, Sports Illustrated went as far to say that he was 'the champion that nobody cares about.' Even some of the greats around him at the time, such as Connors and McEnroe, seemed to have a distinct disdain for him. Mind you, they seemed to hate everybody.
My own memories, as I first became interested in tennis in the mid 80s, were my family's less-than-complimentary reaction to him as they watched Wimbledon.
'He looks like a deranged chicken,' my mum used to say as he jutted his head back and forth celebrating those bullet-like winners. 'I don't like him very much,' she continued, as if being liked should be a considered factor to be on her television screen.
I remember feeling sorry for him as he appeared to eternally fall at the final hurdles at Wimbledon. But I also remember his unfaltering work ethic and how incredibly fit he was, even though he wasn't on my 10-year-old boy's favourites' list. Little did I know that I was watching one of the greats in the making.
Those with more insight and his genuine fans saw something very different. They saw his intensity, his professionalism, his attention to detail, his meticulous preparation and his will to be a champion; his will to be truly great.
Lendl was often dubbed 'the man with the iron mask,' but those who knew him, knew the fallacy of that mask. They knew of his up-bringing, his tough mother, (who was a top-2 national player), who forced him to eat what he found unpalatable and who would no longer play against him after he defeated her; he was just 13 years old. They knew of the ruthless treatment by the Czechoslovakian Tennis Federation who classed him as a defector, as he sought liberty and citizenship in the U.S. They knew that the Federation banned him from representing his country and even from having his name published in the Czech media; even though he helped them to their only Davis Cup victory in 1980. Then playing an exhibition match in South Africa, in the apartheid era, he was fined a hefty $150,000 by the Czech authorities. A punishment that surely only enhanced his hatred towards the communist system.
His fans will also know his true passion and dedication to the game of tennis and to competitive sporting philosophy in general.
What maybe less well-known and documented is his sharp wit, his unwavering loyalty, his sensitivity, warmth and his love for the things that truly matter; like his wife Samantha, his dogs and now his 5 daughters; two of whom, Marika and Isabelle, are attempting to make it as great golf pros themselves.
Lendl with his wife and two golfing daughters from left to right Marika and Isabelle
In fact, Lendl happens to be pretty handy with the clubs and putter himself. He plays off scratch and has even played in European professional tour events and attempted to qualify for golfs' prestigious US Open. He has won celebrity tour events and even has a golf tournament in his own name. He now continues to be the driving force behind his two daughters' careers and is with them at every opportunity.
Late last year, Lendl re-ignited his tennis rivalry with his old adversary, McEnroe, as he returned after that sixteen-year lay-off. This time it seems, they are showing a distinct respect, or dare I say liking, for each other.
In Adelaide, Australia in January of this year the hosting MC of the WTC (World Tennis Challenge), Mark Woodforde, asked them if either of them could remember the head-to-head between them.
McEnroe was first to reply with his typical attacking style, "Unfortunately yes."
But Lendl, who has clearly been in training, or more likely never out of it, was sharp enough to counter punch, "Well, I don't understand what's unfortunate about it, but, ok."
It seems once a competitor, always a competitor. The 8-time Grand Slam champion, Ivan Lendl, clearly has not lost that edge, and probably never will. He admitted in a mini-press conference that winning is much less important to him now, and that he is actually having fun on the court. However, the steeliness is still there in competition, and the quality of heavy serve, blistering forehands and quality passing shots has not changed much. It is mostly the inevitable movement loss and agility that separates the 'has-beens' from the 'here-and-nows.' Still at the tender age of 51, we can forgive him.
Lendl has shown that he is not one to shy away from hard work, possibly the biggest understatement of all time, and his approach is to be hands-on whenever possible. So what will it be like at the Lendl Academy? What would be his archetypal philosophy? To answer those questions the following quotes from the man himself may give us a distinct flavour:
"If I don't practice the way I should, then I don't play the way I know I can."
And more humorously:
"I was between number 2 and 3 in the world for two, three years. That's not exactly where I wanted to be."
For a full description of Academy philosophy please click on the following link:http://champacademy.com/ivanlendl/ilcaphilosophy.html
But just in case you think it might be all work and no play, making Jack a dull boy, I include two short anecdotes, courtesy of 'New York Magazine' to emphasise that life with Lendl is not always as you may expect.
Lendl was playing in a golf foursome against Bob Miller, (a friend and business colleague) and a partner whom Miller had brought along. Lendl's team trounced Miller's and won a few dollars for the effort. At the end of the round, Lendl went off to a pay phone and dialled Miller's wife.
"Bob just asked me to call," Lendl told her, totally deadpan.
"He's on his way home, but he just lost a lot of money playing golf with us. He didn't have the cash to pay up for today, and he wants to play with us again tomorrow, so he asked if you would go to the bank before it closes and take out a couple thousand dollars for him." When Miller got home, his wife gave him hell. Lendl couldn't have been more tickled.
Lendl was visiting Warren Bosworth (his tennis racquet supplier/designer), and Bosworth's lawyer, Stanley Cohen, a car collector, showed up in a Ferrari GTO worth $2.5 million. Cohen asked Lendl if he wanted to drive it.
"No way," said Lendl. So they all sat around and talked for a while. As he was leaving, Cohen asked Lendl to autograph a racquet cover. Lendl obliged.
"To Stanley," he wrote.
"F--- you and your Ferrari."
Far from offended, Cohen framed the cover and hung it on his wall. Men act like awed boys in Lendl's presence. Pleased just to be around him, they are only too happy to be on the receiving end of his jokes.
The Ivan Lendl International Junior Academy, also known as Lendl's Champions Academy, is based in the beautiful setting of Hilton Head Island, just off the South Carolina coast. The Island is well-known locally for being eco-friendly and its high amount of tree cover relative to development. Sporting greats such as NBA superstar Michael Jordan and Wimbledon champion Stan Smith have been notable residents.
The Academy is now looking for promising junior players for the fall of 2011.
"In a country where watermelons are rare game, they can be a costly commodity. That's how a 17-pound Japanese watermelon became the most expensive watermelon in the world. Densuke watermelons, a type of black watermelon grown only on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, are usually given as gifts due to their extraordinary rarity. There were only sixty-five of the fruits among the first harvest this season. They are harder and crisper than the watermelons we Americans are used to and, according to Tohma Agricultural Cooperative's spokesman; they ""have a different level of sweetness"".""
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Rinoceronte morto por traficantes de chifres na África do Sul (Foto: Ilya Kachaev/REUTERS)
