Build it and they will come - it’s one saying you’ll hear a lot in marketing and sales today. For those of us in the product space, we have a slightly different version - Build it and they will come and ask for new features.
In SaaS, feature requests are something you have to both love and hate. They help you create a better product and facilitate communication between you and your customers. At the same time, handling them and responding to them takes lots of time, tools, and money.
Here is how you can use FeedBear to track and manage your feature requests easily. No matter how simple or complex your product is and how many customers you have, this is how you can manage your feature requests with FeedBear.
Different types of feature requests
In general, any time a customer requests something from your team, it could be considered a feature request. However, that’s a pretty broad generalization that could use some improvement.
There are three main types of feature requests:
1. Bug reports
2. Product improvement requests
3. New feature requests
Bug reports are instances when a customer users your product and figures out that something doesn’t actually work the way it should. Your main aim is to fix a (hopefully) smaller issue on your product.
Product improvement requests, on the other hand, are typically larger in scope. For example, you have a landing page builder and customers want you to build a drag-and-drop interface. These requests take more time and effort to complete.
Last but not least, new feature requests are just that - requests to build a completely new feature. Say, an integration with a payment processor such as Stripe. These take the most time and resources to complete.
Depending on how mature your product is, you’ll get a different mix of these feature requests. Each requires a slightly different approach to categorize, manage and fulfill.
However, they all start in the same way - from the customer.
Prioritizing and managing feature requests effectively using FeedBear
Now that you know the 3 different types of feature requests, the next question is: which ones are the most important for your product? And if you have several of the same type (e.g. bug reports), which one should have priority? And how do you even group this in a way that makes sense?
This is where FeedBear comes in and we’ll show you how.
One place to receive and manage requests
When you start getting feature requests, the first couple of them may look like a walk in the park. As more start coming in, you’ll run into some issues.
First of all, customers don’t usually have a preferred place to leave feature requests. They come in through emails, social media, your live chat, online forums, and reviews, etc.
The second issue is that very few customers will look through your existing feature requests to see if someone else already suggested the same thing. As a result, you’ll have the same or similar feature requests repeated all the time.
FeedBear solves that by offering you a single feedback board where all your customers can leave feature requests. Just provide them with a link and they can easily add a new request on their own.
When they start typing the name of the feature request, FeedBear will show similar entries based on what others requested previously. This is a neat way to prevent doubles from clogging up your request list.
Make customers feel listened to by acknowledging their requests
Big or small, every request submitted through your feedback board will be live as soon as the customer is finished writing. They can see their request on your board along with their name and they can access the votes and comments at any time. You can leave a comment on their request, upon which they receive an email notification.
Rejecting a feature request
Saying no to a customer always feels wrong, even though you probably have legitimate reasons for rejection. Here are some of the tips to keep in mind when rejecting a feature request:
- Always explain your reasoning
- Offer a workaround solution
- Be empathetic
- Show the customer your roadmap so they can better understand your plans for the future
- Point them to your feedback board where they can see what others are requesting and vote on features and bug fixes
Engage in a deeper discussion by using comments
As the product team member, you can leave comments on your customers’ requests to let them know your thoughts. Other customers can leave comments as well, but it will be clearly visible which of the commenters belongs to your team and which profile belongs to a customer.
Use boards and tags to organize requests
Your customers’ feature requests will be placed on the feedback board in FeedBear. If you decide to build a feature, you can push it to the product roadmap. And to keep your customers in the loop about the latest developments, your latest features can be found in the changelog.
This makes it super easy to organize your feature requests, not just in the feedback stage, but also later on as you build and ship features.
Moreover, you can use tags to organize your requests so that both your customers and your product team can find them more easily.
Use upvotes to understand what to prioritize
When the requests are in your feedback board, every customer that opens it can see what others have left before them. When they open the board, they might find the exact feature they want to see built as well.
Instead of creating a double entry, they can simply upvote it. More votes = more important and more urgent to build a certain feature. This lets you easily prioritize and add a critical element to your most important criteria when choosing what to build.
Anyone can upvote a feature request and they don’t need to sign in with their account to vote. However, it’s best if they do, because when they upvote, they get automatically notified about any changes in the status of that request.
This is a great way of showing your customers that what others think matters and that you’re actively listening to their needs and wants. In the end, the feature with the most number of upvotes may not be the top priority for that time period, but it’s a great sign of what needs your attention the most.
Stay in touch with your customers
A feedback board isn’t for customers only. Your team can just easily make comments and reply to customer entries to get the discussion going. In fact, it’s a great way for you to show the world that you care about what your customers have to say as all comments are publicly visible to everyone.
A lot of things happen automatically in FeedBear. When someone upvotes a feature, creates a new one or leaves a comment, they’re going to get notifications every time something happens to that feature request.
For example, if you decide to build it and put it on your roadmap - they’ll get notified through email.
Maintain a public roadmap
Once you decide on which feature requests you want to build, it’s a good idea to keep your customers informed about your plans. One of the best ways to keep your customers in the loop about your product plans is to create a public roadmap in FeedBear.
A roadmap is precisely that - your plan for what you’re going to ship in the months to come. Usually, roadmaps are created to give customers estimates (in terms of months) for when to expect a certain feature to be built.
FeedBear lets you easily move your feature requests from your feedback board to your product roadmap. This means that everyone who was involved in the request in some shape or form will get notified that their request is being moved to a roadmap and that it will be fulfilled.
You’ll have no problems creating a roadmap if you already have a feedback board in FeedBear - it’s just a matter of a few clicks. And even if you don’t use a feedback board, you can create a roadmap from scratch quite easily.
When your roadmap is complete, sharing it is pretty easy too. You can create a page in FeedBear that looks like it’s on your own domain, like this: https://roadmap.markuphero.com/
Once you have this link, you can add it as a button or a link in your website footer, in your product, your onboarding emails or wherever you please.
When the roadmap items change status, your customers get notified instantly about the update. For example, if something is moved from the backlog to the production, everyone who collaborated on that feature request gets an email notification.
Keep customers informed about new features
As mentioned above, people who collaborate with you on feature requests will get notified every time an update happens with one of their requests in FeedBear.
At the same time, you can send notifications to your entire customer base if you want to announce a new feature that you’ve just launched. Not a huge fan of notifications? You can just use FeedBear’s Changelog feature.
Follow up with customers when new features are released
You don’t have to keep a list of people who requested a certain feature to let them know that you’ve fulfilled it. FeedBear maintains this database for you and you’ll be able to send them automatic updates regarding new features.
Top benefits of feature request tracking software
Maybe you’re not convinced that feature request software such as FeedBear is the right choice for you. Perhaps you want to do it the manual way or you want to use a combination of your existing tool stack. Here are some of the major benefits of using FeedBear.
Voting and sorting by upvotes gives you an idea of what is most requested
You no longer have to guess what your customers want the most. If the popular vote is your most important criterion for deciding what to build, votes will show you the way. And even if it’s not your most important criterion, it’s still useful to know what most of your customers want.
Product teams get a perfect view over what customers want
Your product team no longer needs to rely on a hunch when determining what they should focus on next. A feedback board lets your customers voice their opinions so you know the burning issues immediately. And with your customers doing the voting, you have a quantifiable way of measuring your priorities.
Ideas and requests come in continuously
The problem with feedback is that most of the time, you have to request it. Customers won’t naturally flock to you to tell you what you need to work on. Instead, you’ll have to wait for them to run into an issue to give you feedback.
Alternatively, you could use surveys or customer interviews. Practical, but still requires a lot of work because you have to send out the surveys and interviews regularly and process the data that comes in.
Feature request tracking software like FeedBear works for you on autopilot, all the time. Just provide your customers with a link to the feedback board and you’ll get new insights regularly instead of reaching out to customers manually.
Make customers feel listened to and their input appreciated
Customers who are engaged are customers that stay. The best way to make your customers feel happy with your product and to prevent them from churning is to listen to their feedback. FeedBear makes it easy to stay in touch with people who leave you feedback and it makes them feel valued and appreciated.
Keep customers engaged about what happens to their suggestions
Traditionally, it took quite a lot to inform a customer that their suggestion is accepted or rejected. You’d have to remember who sent in a suggestion and create an email just for them. You have to rely on your CRM and email marketing tools for this task, at the least.
Instead, you can use FeedBear - the tool that knows who requested what. And you don’t have to reach out only when a feature request is fulfilled - that may take months to do. Instead, notify them about every change that happens with their request, automatically.
The biggest game-changer here is being able to reach out to dozens and hundreds of people who requested something without doing manual outreach and typing away for hours.
Establish a culture of openness and customer-centricity
The way you treat your customers speaks volumes about your company and product. FeedBear keeps your customers in the loop about all the changes that happen with your product. At the same time, it shows that as a company, you value transparency and put your customers first.
Reduce the load on your support team by keeping customers informed
Your customer support is one of the most important departments in your company. They’re on the frontlines and the way they handle customer inquiries shapes the way your customers feel about you.
FeedBear lightens the workload for your customer support team. They no longer have to tell your customers what’s in the pipeline. Moreover, the customers will see what you’re currently working on, resulting in fewer questions about bug fixes and new features.
Close the loop with customers
How many times has it happened to you that you forgot to reply to an email? How about hundreds of emails?
If you wanted to keep up with feature requests, it would require a lot of time, if not even a dedicated person in your customer support team. FeedBear does the communication for you by automatically notifying customers about your feature updates and changes. That way, you can focus on creating a better product and making your customers happy.
Managing and tracking feature requests can be quite a complex affair - but only if you don’t have the right tool for the job. FeedBear allows you to manage everything from one place while ensuring that your feature requests are neatly organized and your customers are happy with your product and customer service.
Want to see what FeedBear can do for you and your product? Sign up for a free trial today to get started!


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Enzo Biochem Inc. (ENZ) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results
Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of ($0.06) by $0.83. Enzo Biochem had a net margin of 17.27% and a negative return on equity of 20.77%. The business had revenue of $26.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $26 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($0.06) EPS.
Enzo Biochem (NYSE:ENZ) traded down 0.39% during trading on Thursday, hitting $5.07. 112,426 shares of the company traded hands. The company’s 50 day moving average is $5.36 and its 200-day moving average is $5.69. Enzo Biochem has a 52 week low of $3.48 and a 52 week high of $7.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $234.56 million, a PE ratio of 13.27 and a beta of 1.50.
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“At college I was destined to be a pastry chef,” says Neil Jewell, chef-patron of Bread & Wine and Jewell & Co., whose charcuterie won the 2013 Eat Out DStv Food Network Produce Award in the Paddock (Cured) category. But a series of twists in his fate led Neil away from the stress of London and the sweetness of sugar to find his place on a wine farm in Africa.
Fans of the Le Quartier Français restaurants will be familiar with Neil’s artisan charcuterie, in variations like home-cured bacon, saucisson sec, cardamom salami and Walter ham, which is crafted on the Môreson Farm in Franschhoek. His restaurant on the same property, Bread & Wine, which was nominated for the 2013 Eat Out DStv Food Network Restaurant Awards, serves rustic country fare crafted from the freshest seasonal ingredients, artisanal farm produce and, of course, his award-winning charcuterie.
Other chefs from around the area are known to hang out at the restaurant on their days off and use Neil’s produce in their dishes (including the 2012 Chef of the Year, Margot Janse, at The Tasting Room) – affirming his decision not to pursue a career in pastry.
Neil hails from Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England, and studied at the South East Essex College of Art and Technology. He honed his cooking skills in the kitchens of Stephen Bull, Richard Corrigan and Ray Neve before moving to South Africa and becoming head chef at Bread & Wine in 1999. Curing meat hasn’t always been at the forefront of Neil’s mind; it was through cooking that he discovered his passion. “I’m just a cook, whose hobby is charcuterie,” he claims modestly.
Neil loves working with all types of meat, but admits to having a knack with Charlie Crowther’s pork. These pasture-reared pigs are free to wander to all corners of the six-hectare paddocks on Glen Oakes pig farm. Neil uses the analogy of cars, saying that Charlie delivers the Rolls Royce of pork. “There are no animal foods or by-products used in his meat and there is space for the pigs to roam,” enthuses Neil. The great quality meat, together with Neil’s skill and patience, plus a bit of salt, humidity and airflow, produces this delicious charcuterie.
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When Neil gave up the fast-paced chef’s life in London to come to South Africa, we gained more than just a British man seeking the simple life. We gained a great cook and a passionate producer of award-winning shavings of lamb biltong, confit, hams, pâtés, loops of saucisson and chorizo. We hope he’s here to stay.
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GOP attorney general wants transgender Kansans to stop modifying records
TOPEKA — Attorney General Kris Kobach asserted in a new legal filing that a federal district court order issued in wake of a 2018 lawsuit brought by transgender Kansans didn’t render unconstitutional a new Kansas law requiring birth certificates to reflect a person’s gender at birth.
Kobach, the Republican who took office in January, has launched a legal battle to set aside a four-year-old consent judgment in favor of five plaintiffs who sued Kansas Department of Health and Environment alleging their equal protection and due process rights under the U.S. Constitution were violated by state policy barring transgender people from obtaining amended birth certificates consistent with gender identity.
The attorney general said those plaintiffs failed to acknowledge black-letter law in Senate Bill 180 that since July 1 directed state agencies, departments, offices or political subdivisions to gather accurate public health data identifying individuals as either male or female at birth.
“That failure leads them to make wobbly arguments premised on an unsound assertion — namely that a state policy requiring birth certificates to reflect a person’s biological sex, rather than some felt gender identity, is unconstitutional,” Kobach’s brief said.
Kobach urged the federal court to address constitutionality of a law directing government entities to officially record a person’s biological sex at birth. Conflicts regarding the law ought to be examined through a crucible of litigation rather than the consent judgment, the attorney general said.
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Kobach turned to the U.S. District Court in a bid to dissolve the 2019 consent judgment so practices in Kansas conformed to his analysis of the new state law.
“To hold otherwise would be to render state governments vessels of the federal courts, forever beholden to unchangeable consent agreements entered into by long-gone public officials,” Kobach’s brief said. “The court should modify the judgment, allow the Legislature to exercise its customary powers and let any constitutional challenge run through the normal judicial process.”
The original plaintiffs, as well as Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, filed documents asserting Kobach failed to correctly integrate the new state statute with the federal court order.
Kobach said in rebuttal the reasoning of plaintiffs and the governor would transform Kansas birth certificates into an “abstract document that is created anew each time a person requests it.”
In addition, he argued the plaintiffs’ attempt to be viewed as perpetual guardians of the rights of Kansans in terms of sex identification on birth certificates was “explicitly anti-democratic.”
“They use the mere fact of increased legislative interest in transgender issues across the country as grounds to argue that the Kansas Legislature should not be allowed to have an opinion on any such issue ever again,” the attorney general’s brief said. “That argument is an invitation to tyranny.”
Plaintiffs in the original lawsuit, including Nyla Foster, Luc Bensimon and Jessica Hicklin, said in their recent federal court brief the 2019 consent agreement was binding on defendants in that lawsuit and people such as Kobach and Kelly subsequently made responsible for enforcing state law on birth certificates.
Language inserted into that negotiated consent decree prevented government officials from using the state’s powers to “perpetuate discrimination against vulnerable and discrete minorities like transgender people,” the plaintiffs said.
“The mere enactment of a state law resurrecting the very policy found to be unconstitutional under the consent judgment does not make compliance with the consent judgment legally impermissible,” the plaintiffs’ brief said. “Rather, it shows that the consent judgment is operating just as it was intended to operate, by preventing the perpetuation of an unconstitutional policy violating the rights of transgender people born in Kansas.”
Kelly voted Senate Bill 180, but was overridden by the House and Senate. She said the bill wasn’t born of thoughtful deliberation among policymakers in Kansas, but was a copy-and-paste regurgitation of model legislation advocated by the Women’s Liberation Front, Independent Women’s Voice and Independent Women’s Law Center, all of Washington, D.C.
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Kelly’s legal counsel submitted an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs that argued Senate Bill 180 was discriminatory and a “willful failure of the Kansas Legislature to protect the rights of Kansans, which of course, includes transgender Kansans.”
“While the Kansas Legislature’s role is to make law, it cannot make up facts. Scientific evidence supports the recognition of transgender and gender-diverse Kansans,” the governor’s brief said.
“Senate Bill 180 does not fix the discrimination in the birth certificate policy that led to the consent judgment,” the governor’s counsel said. “Senate Bill 180, at least according to the attorney general’s reading of it, makes the discrimination worse — not better.”
Kelly directed KDHE to keep in place policy allowing for amendment of gender markers on birth certificates. She said KDHE would, unless ordered by a court to do otherwise, follow Senate Bill 180 based on an interpretation of that law requiring the state to maintain a data set identifying individuals as male or female at birth.
The governor’s brief says the state law touted by Kobach didn’t prohibit subsequent reidentification of a sex marker on Kansas birth certificates. Plain language of the bill didn’t require a person to “only” and “forever” be identified a certain way, the governor’s brief said.
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Obama To Loosen Stem Cell Funding
Move Will Repeal Limits On Embryonic Research
By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 7, 2009; A01
President Obama's decision to lift restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, scheduled to be announced Monday, is expected to provide a major boost to one of the most promising but controversial fields of biomedical research in generations.
The signing of an executive order voiding the restrictions will allow thousands of scientists to study hundreds of lines of cells that have been developed since the limitations were put in place eight years ago. It will also allow them to dismantle cumbersome bureaucracies constructed to work around the constraints and let them exchange scientific ideas more easily.
Because stem cells obtained from very early embryos are believed to be capable of morphing into any tissue in the body, scientists think that they will yield fundamental insights into the underlying causes of many diseases and that they could be used to repair damage caused by diabetes, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injuries and other conditions.
But extracting the cells destroys the days-old embryos. In an effort to prevent tax dollars from encouraging the destruction of more embryos, President George W. Bush imposed the restrictions on Aug. 9, 2001, limiting federal funding to studies of what turned out to be 21 stem cell lines that were already in existence.
Critics have long complained that the cells that scientists have been permitted to study under the Bush policy have shortcomings. Many, for example, may have defects that could make them dangerous to transplant into people.
But perhaps more important, hundreds of newer lines have been developed that offer a host of opportunities. For instance, many lines carry defects for specific diseases and could yield crucial insights into how those illnesses develop and might be cured.
"This is huge," said Amy Comstock Rick of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research, which lobbied to lift the restrictions. "It is eight years overdue to have human embryonic stem cell research put back in place with other forms of research for patients in this country."
Opponents, however, have argued that research on human embryonic stem cells has become unnecessary because of scientific advances, including promising studies involving adult stem cells and the ability to transform them so that they appear to have many of the properties of embryonic cells.
"Today's news that President Obama will open the door to direct taxpayer funds for embryonic stem cell research that encourages the destruction of human embryos is a slap in the face to Americans who believe in the dignity of all human life," said Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council. "It is unethical to use human life, even young embryonic life, to advance science.
"We should be increasing funding for adult stem cell treatments, which have been used to treat patients for over 70 diseases and conditions, and we should fund the historic achievements in reprogramming ordinary skin cells into embryonic-like stem cells without compromising ethics by destroying life."
But many scientists say it remains far from clear which cells will ultimately lead to the most important advances, making it crucial to continue to study embryonic cells along with other types.
Some opponents have suggested that, as part of his effort to find common ground on divisive issues, Obama might qualify his executive order to try to take the sting out. But those briefed on the content of the order yesterday said it would lift the restrictions without caveats and let the National Institutes of Health (NIH) work out the details.
"This is what the patient community, the scientific community and the medical community has been asking for," said Lawrence A. Soler of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. "We need to give credit to the administration for living up to their promise to keep politics out of science."
In anticipation of the decision, the NIH has started drafting guidelines to address the many ethical issues raised by the research.
In contrast to the low-key way in which Obama has reversed other Bush legacies related to culture-war issues, the White House has invited scientists, advocates and members of Congress to a public ceremony for the signing. Obama will also announce "a broader effort to restore scientific integrity," an administration official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly.
Federal law will still prohibit using federal funds to destroy human embryos. But some scientists hope funding will be allowed to support work on stem cells derived from a variety of sources, including from embryos specifically created to yield them, and not limited to cells from frozen embryos destined to be discarded by fertility clinics.
"We're all waiting to see what the details of the policy will be," said George Daley, a leading stem cell researcher at Children's Hospital Boston. "If the policy were limited to lines exclusively from frozen embryos left over at IVF clinics, that would be a very restricted course and exclude some very important lines."
Others agreed but said they would still be satisfied with such limitations.
"I don't personally have any problem creating embryos for embryonic stem cell research," said Mark A. Kay, a researcher at Stanford University. "But if he decides that embryos that have already been created and are going to be discarded are the ones that would be used, that would be reasonable as well. These things exist and are going to be discarded. It's really mind-boggling to me these things are going to be discarded and scientists haven't been allowed to use them to do research."
Because of the restrictions, U.S. scientists have relied on private or state funding for much of their stem cell research. Some set up parallel research facilities to separate federally funded work permissible under the restrictions from studies funded in other ways. Scientists receiving federal funding feared collaborating with those working with private money on forbidden cell lines.
Stem cell scientists had been concerned that the delay in Obama's long-promised lifting of the restrictions would cause them to miss their chance to apply for some of the new funding the NIH is receiving as part of the stimulus package.
While the first study testing embryonic stem cells on people could start as early as this summer, scientists cautioned that any cures from the research probably remain years away.
Staff writer Michael Shear contributed to this report.
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The Chinese events are always predominantly made up of home players and most of the mainstays of the Super Series tour, but even so the Chinese success on Day 1 should not be underestimated. Only the retirement of Wang Xiaoli in her opening round Women’s Doubles with Yu Yang will be considered a disappointment on a day dominated by the home nation.
Wang Xin got the day off to the perfect start with a 2 game victory to progress into Round 2, the other seeds progressed without much resistance as Wang Shixian progressed from a potentially harder match against Yip Pui Yin. Wang Yihan and Jiang Yanjiao also reached the last 16 and by the end of play, China had no less than 9 players into the last 16 of the women’s singles. 2009 World Champion Lu Lan is one of the nine through after defeating the 8th seeded Ella Diehl in two games to further boosts China’s compliment in the second round.
The men’s singles can also boast a similar story, with 8 of the last 16 players being from the home nation. The noticeable names in the second round are all potential winners of this event, Bao Chunlai received a first round bye, current world champion Chen Jin progressed with ease and the highest seed in the draw Lin Dan defeated Zhou Wenlong in an all-Chinese first round encounter. 5th seeded Chen Long is also through to the last 16 as well as relative unknowns such as Sheng Zhang, Lu Yi and Bin Qiao but the 8th Chinese player left in the draw, Du Pengyu defeated the 4th seeded Boonsak Ponsana to reach the second round.
Robert Blair’s trek from Glasgow has been a successful one as he and partner Flandy Limpele reached the second round today but face the big Chinese threat in the draw in round 2, Cai and Fu. The 5th seeded Chinese pair had little trouble being the 2005 world champions Bach and Gunawan in their opening round match. 4th seeded Lee and Jung also made a successful start to their campaign with a two game victory whilst the top seeded Boe and Mogensen received the only opening round bye. Commonwealth Games champions and 2nd seeded Koo and Tan are also safely into the second round with a two game opening round victory.
Yu and Ying were the big winners in the women’s doubles as they toppled the 3rd seeded Vislova and Sorokina in their opening round encounter and boosts the number of Chinese pairs in the bottom half of the draw to 5 out of a possible 8. With the top two receiving byes, the Russian 3rd seeds were the highest seed playing today. Ma and Zhong have made a successful start to their campaign by take on the Macau pairing of Zhang and Zhang, seeded 7th in the event.
Ma Jin’s success also spread to the mixed doubles, as her and partner He Hanbin set up a second round match with the 2nd seeded Mateusiak and Zieba with both winning in two games in their opening round matches. Yu Yang didn’t let her women’s doubles disappointment stop her reaching the second round of the mixed, as she and partner Xu Chen take on Jiaming Tao and Tian Qing in the second round tomorrow to guarantee one Chinese pair into the last 8.
For the first time in over a decade Canada is hosting a grand prix event worthy of the world’s top players. Today we arrived in Richmond, Canada (a suburb of Vancouver) to begin coverage of this groundbreaking event. Bobby Milroy, president of ClearOne Sports was on hand to tell us a little bit about the event.
With several World and Olympic Champions on deck the event promises to be a fantastic one. The qualifying rounds begin Tuesday July 13, and main round matches begin on Wednesday. The draws are available online now at the link below:
2008 Champion Tien Minh Nguyen defended his title successfully with a three set victory over fourth seed Chong Wei Feng of Malaysia. The 55-minute encounter started with the Vietnamese top seed sail to a one game lead with a 21-7 win in the opener.
The Malaysian rallied to take the second game 21-19, setting up a tense third set. It was Nguyen who took the final game, with a 21-14 victory to retain his Vietnam GP title. In the other finals, Flandy Limpele and partner Cheng Wen Hsing took the mixed doubles title, defeating top seeded Malaysia couple Goh and Chan in two games.
Top seeded Agustine and Wahyuni take the women’s double title after defeating second seeded Thai pair Munkit and Amitrapai in two games. Fransisca Ratnasari, seeded fifth takes the Women’s singles title after winning Tai Tzu Ying in a three set, 62-minute encounter.
The last match was the men’s doubles, 7th seeded Hadiyanto and Riyadi defeated Malaysian pair Hoon and Ong in two tight games to win the title.
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Tien Minh Nguyen night match with Arnold Setiadi brought in the local crowds who were expectant of a supreme performance from their local hero. The top seed duely delivered with a 21-9, 21-12 victory in just twenty minutes. Fauzi Adnan of Indonesia waits in Round 2.
Of the sixteen seeds in the men’s singles, all but two progressed. Sixth seed Pei Wee Chung of Malaysia was defeated Hoang Hai Nguyen 21-11, 21-12 in just under half an hour. The Nguyen name owned the limelight of the TV Court. 14th seed Suppanyu Avihingsanon also crashed out in Round 1, to Yogendran Krishnan of Malaysia in two sets, 21-12 and 21-11.
Flandy Limpele opened proceedings on the TV Court with a comfortable 21-15, 21-14 victory in the Mixed Doubles. In total just four seeds crashed out on the opening round of competition, tomorrow brings the prospect of two matches in a day for the singles players.
Tien Minh Nguyen is the first singles match on court for Thursday, scheduled for a 10am local start. Another match potentially at 7pm would be his third in under 24 hours. Second seed Tedjono of Indonesia sailed through his opening match 21-11, 21-10 in exactly 20 minutes. He plays his second round match at 12.30pm and another match potentially at 7.30pm.
It is set to be the survival of the fittest this week in Vietnam, play resumes at 9am on Thursday local time.
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Al Masaood Commercial Vehicles & Equipment participates in Automechanika Dubai 2019
Al Masaood Commercial Vehicles and Equipment (CV&E) part of Al Masaood group of companies is participating in Automechanika Dubai 2019 (10-12 June), for the third year in a row.
Al Masaood Workshop Equipment, a division of CV&E representing global automotive equipment brands and providing sales and aftersales workshop equipment for an extensive range of franchises will be displaying the latest technologies in workshop equipment such as tyre repairing, automatic high-quality car wash and car lifting. The division will represent an array of top multinational brands on the stand including La Padana, Polar, Sealey, Altia, Fasep Italy, Novo Verta Italy, Fra-Ber, Washtec from Germany and Carcos from Spain. The Division's major clients range from government departments, civil defense, armed services and oil companies through to industrial and commercial organisations.
Robert Schwarz, COO, Al Masaood Group, said: “Following the success of the past two years, we are back at Automechanika to answer to the growing demand for aftersales automobile market in the country and the region. Automechanika Dubai is the perfect platform to showcase the latest innovative technologies from our partners that will answer to the growing demand of automotive workshop equipment. Our decades of experience in the UAE’s automotive sales and after-sales market, has allowed us to meet the consistently increasing demand we have witnessed in this segment recently.”


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'Insignias or not, Dhoni's will remain the deadliest pair of gloves behind the stumps,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
We cannot question the old truism that while politics divides, sport unites. Even more so in the season of the ICC World Cup, which India has won twice in the past.
There is a qualification to this: It unites, but only the partisan. We as Indians are united behind our team, as are others behind theirs. That's what brings us to the controversy over Mahendra Singh Dhoni sporting on his big wicket-keeping gloves the 'Balidaan' (supreme sacrifice) dagger, the insignia of the Indian Army's formidable special forces.
The International Cricket Council, which oversees the game, objectedto this.
Under ICC rules, as of any other significant international sports body, there are restrictions on religious, national or commercial symbols or logos a player can display on his body or livery.
The logos, for example, are of sponsors, deals from whom are approved by the ICC and the respective nation's associations. The permitted national symbols can be worn. Anything customised is a no-no.
Anything military is definitely out. It is a field of sport, not military combat.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India says it appealed to the ICC to let him be. Popular opinion is behind Dhoni's gloves.
Think about it: Team India in the World Cup, Dhoni and our valiant special forces who not so long ago carried out the post-Uri surgical strikes, immortalised somewhat more colourfully more recently by that Vicky Kaushal movie.
Which Indian would argue on the other side of this irresistible triple-magnet of nationalism?
But someone must do so and say the ICC is right. A field of sport, competitive enough, should have no place for what symbolises killing or getting killed. That's why some of us must dare to swim against the tide, particularly those of us who love the sport and also want India to win.
If our sporting nationalism is questioned, so be it. It might be comforting to borrow the old line from Jesus Christ: Father, forgive them, for they (those accusing us of being unpatriotic) do not know what they are doing.
Let us first list the arguments from the 'nationalists' and their trumpeters in the commando-comic channels running nutty hash-tags like #DhoniKeepTheGloves.
First, we must respect the armed forces.
Second, India is being bled by the Pakistanis so a statement must be made wherever they are present.
And third, you cannot deny an individual his choice, especially because Dhoni is an honorary lieutenant colonel with the special forces and has earned his 'dagger and wings' after making the parachute jumps to qualify.
You can't deny him his regimental insignia.
The third is answered easily: His regiment isn't playing cricket for India. And when the regiment fights the bad guys for India, its troops do not wear the BCCI's crest, or that of Hockey India or Indian Olympic Association, although all of them represent the pride and glory of India.
That we must respect the armed forces and their sacrifices is accepted. But what follows, that this statement, as also the protest against what the Pakistanis are doing in Kashmir, should be made by our cricketers in Lord's, Old Trafford or the Oval and so on, is nonsense.
Protests are made by politicians and diplomats, wars are fought by soldiers.
Sportsmen bring glory for their nations by playing to win, not by becoming brand ambassadors for their militaries while wearing their sporting uniform.
Because it is a game two can play. If an Indian turns out in his army's colours, so can -- or will -- the Pakistanis.
A game of cricket, which only one of them can win, will take on the hues of a military contest.
The spirit will immediately travel to the crowds, which are guaranteed to be predominantly Indian and Pakistani. This will turn sport into enmity, reminiscent of the bitter contests between warring Iran and Iraq in a distant past.
'At the international level sport is frankly mimic warfare,' wrote George Orwell in his prescient 1945 essay 'The Sporting Spirit'. He goes on to say that the 'significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators: And, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies...'
Our sportsmen and women have contested against Pakistan, lately with much greater success than in the past, while displaying an unforgiving, 'take-no-prisoners' fighting spirit, but only in the game.
During and after the game, the two teams have been friendly and sporting, even humouring each other's families and children.
At this juncture, fortunately, there isn't a war actually on. Balakot was a tiny skirmish that cost no lives and almost four months ago. In 1971, while a full-fledged war was being fought, Sunil Gavaskar and Zaheer Abbas played together as members of the Rest of the World team touring Australia. This, when the IAF was routinely carrying out bombing runs over Karachi.
Again, in 1999, the two teams played in the World Cup in England on the day (night in India) of the fiercest fighting in Kargil. Hands were shaken, anybody who tripped and fell was helped along, as with tying the shoe-laces of rival batsmen. You didn't want either side bringing in Tiger Hill here.
Military symbols, uniforms with their lanyards and epaulettes, medals, strings and finery, bands, marches and style are all heady. They also come loaded with baggage where success or failure could look like victory or defeat in a war.
In any game of sport, one side will win, but the other will lose. Will it be then like your army lost that battle?
At which point, we return to Orwell. 'I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield,' he wrote and used the example of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He was both right, and wrong.
Human civilisation has moved way forward since the World Wars and the Cold War. Frequent sporting contact has become an antidote for toxic old enmities. It allows players, their fans, their families and friends to learn more about each other, build people-to-people linkages, sometimes even help vent their frustrations with each other through sport.
I do appreciate that today this view is neither wildly popular nor so politically correct. But, from Olympics to ping-pong, from basketball to cricket, from soccer to hockey, brutally competitive sport has helped smoothen the edges of militarised hostilities, and helped heal scars on our minds.
We certainly appreciate an individual's special devotion to the army, particularly as he also exhibits that by serving it in an honorary capacity.
Dhoni, for example, went to accept his Padma award in his full special forces regalia, including the maroon beret. It was a perfectly good gesture. The Rashtrapati is also the supreme commander of the armed forces.
He doesn't have to take his regiment to the pitch. He will never be short of killer instinct behind the stumps.
He could still feel the inspiration of that 'dagger' in his palms each time he catches a batsman out of his crease.
Insignias or not, Dhoni's will remain the deadliest pair of gloves behind the stumps.
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License includes Ueto's previous singles "Yume no Chikara", "Kaze wo Ukete", and "Egao no Mama de." The album took a more adult direction than her previous releases. The last track, "Fermata", was penned by Ueto's brother Makoto. License was released in two formats: limited CD+DVD edition, which includes a DVD featuring the music video and making of "Egao no Mama de" as well as a special interview, and the standard CD only edition.
License peaked at #9 on the Oricon Daily Albums Chart and debuted at #19 on the Weekly Albums Chart with 16,029 copies sold. The album charted for a total of four weeks and sold over 22,000 copies.
Allmusic said "@ finds two of New York City's longest-running fringe dwellers churning out sheets of collaborative sounds that conjoin their respective and distinct states of constant freak-out... These seven improvisations sound inspired without feeling at all heavy-handed or urgent. More so, @ succeeds with the type of conversational playing that could only be achieved by two masters so deep into their craft that it probably feels a lot like breathing to them by now".
Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, then from 1948 as vinyl LP records played at 331⁄3rpm. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century albums sales have mostly focused on compact disc (CD) and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used in the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl.
An album may be recorded in a recording studio (fixed or mobile), in a concert venue, at home, in the field, or a mix of places. Recording may take a few hours to several years to complete, usually in several takes with different parts recorded separately, and then brought or "mixed" together. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed "live", even when done in a studio. Studios are built to absorb sound, eliminating reverberation, so as to assist in mixing different takes; other locations, such as concert venues and some "live rooms", allow for reverberation, which creates a "live" sound. The majority of studio recordings contain an abundance of editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology, musicians can be recorded in separate rooms or at separate times while listening to the other parts using headphones; with each part recorded as a separate track.
Olivia Rodrigo is already feeling the pressure to make a successful sophomore album. The 18-year-old singer achieved overnight success earlier this year with her debut single Drivers License and followed it up with the chart-topping record-breaking debut album Sour... "Pressure of a sophomore album is something that I've been thinking about a lot, too.
KessCo Announces Partnership with Sony Music The Thread Shop to LicenseAlbumCoverArt for PuzzleLine... Sony Music The Thread Shop's portfolio of iconic photography and album cover art is the ultimate collectible for music fans and so closely aligns with our emerging licensing strategy.
Ahead of NationalAlbum Day this Saturday (16.10.21), which puts the spotlight on women, music licensing firm PPL has pulled together music usage and airplay data from UK radio stations and television channels to unveil the top 20 female artists ...Kylie, who is also a National Album Day ambassador this year, said.
Pink has been named the most played female artist of the 21st century in the UK, in a chart compiled by music licensing company PPL. The American star, who has had three number one albums in the UK, tops a list that includes global names such as Madonna and Lady Gaga.
Ryan was arrested on suspicion of possessing a destructive device and driving on a revoked license, along with his outstanding felony warrant ...Charles Starkweather's driver's license Courtesy photo. The subject of several thinly disguised movie plots and a Springsteen album, the ...
These so-called “S-NFTs” represent fans’ investments in artists’ songs and albums, and the subsequent returns those music assets generate through plays, streams and licensing ... This kind of investment generally involves buying music rights through “membership units” of the LLC that owns a song or album, the company explains on its website ... ....


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Specification of Thematic Communications between Subject Rubrics of the Electronic Library “Ukrainica”Journal: Naukovì pracì Nacìonalʹnoï bìblìoteki Ukraïni ìmenì V.Ì. Vernadsʹkogo (Vol.55, No. 55)
Publication Date: 2019-12-03
Authors : Lobuzina Kateryna; Perenesiienko Ihor; Voshchenko Olena;
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Keywords : subject headings thematic search electronic library "Ukrainica".;
The article deals with the thematic presentation of electronic documents. The case study of the electronic library "Ukrainica" NBUV shows the peculiarities of establishing thematic links between subject sections. Examples of thematic disclosure and presentation of the content of Ukrainian studies documents are demonstrated. The principles for categories of subject headings separation are substantiated, the logic of presentation of the thematic field with the help of separate thematically similar headings-certificates is substantiated. Each subject heading is assigned a category to a specific subject area, in which each user has the ability to search. Subject headings are written in a natural language, so are understandable for an audience which requires to conduct subject and topic search.The research focuses on the priority of search parameters in the concept selection process for indexing. The iterative nature of the search is emphasized in the absence of a well-defined user query. Thematic disclosure and presentation of the content of Ukrainian studies documents by establishing thematic links between subject sections of the electronic library "Ukrainica" NBUV is demonstrated. The specifics of the organization of thematic access, in particular the immersion of information search, which can be expanded or narrowed, in the context of related concepts are covered. It is confirmed that the system of non-hierarchical content links based on subject headings is capable of providing a search not only on the subject of its initial query but also on the content relevant to it. First of all, the effectiveness of using these tools lies in their technological compatibility with the nature of the web space that enables the integration of electronic library collections into the modern information environment.
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With its simple design and intuitive functionality, the OASIS Kalix offers all the benefits you would expect from a high-quality mains-fed water cooler.
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As I walked through the forest,a sudden realization hit me.Help wouldn't arrive.I'd be stuck here until....I couldn't force myself to think the rest.Picking up a branch off the forest floor,images flashed before my eyes.Of the day my mother died....
I shook my head,clearing my mind of the awful memories.I leaned on the branch,but it only helped for a second.Using it to limp to the nearest Oak,I threw it down;and slid downward into a sitting position.I couldn't resist the urge to sleep.So I did.
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Another Filipino's Body Recovered
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The body of another Filipino died from the earthquake in Haiti was retrieved from the rubble of the collapsed United Nations headquarters there, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.
Found were the remains of Philippine peacekeeper Navy Petty Officer Pearlie Panangui, who works as a data processing technician. Panangui's body was recovered by rescue operators early Tuesday morning.
Earlier, the body of Mr. Jerome Yap was recovered by search and rescue teams in the rubbles several hours after the bodies of the special representative of the UN Secretary General, Hedi Annabi, and several others were pulled out of the ruins.
Yap was a United Nations staff member serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti. Yap's family in Pampanga had been contacted.
Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Esteban Conejos said repatriation of the remains of the two Filipinos to the Philippines is being arranged.
Still missing are Philippine peacekeeping contingent members Sergeant Janice Arocena and Sergeant Eustacio Bermudez, and Grace Fabian and Geraldine Lalican, who both worked at the collapsed Caribbean Supermarket.
Conejos said efforts are ongoing to rescue the four Filipinos.
There are at least 462 Filipino workers and peacekeepers in Haiti.
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Berlin Diaires: 1940-1945 by Marie Vassiltchikov
I'm only a quarter into reading this book, but already it's captured my attention. Marie Vassiltchikov was a White Russian princess living in Germany during World War II. Most notably, she worked in the German Foreign Office from 1940 to 1944.
Her diary entries are informal, yet able to capture a moment in time that the war destroyed forever. From the endless rounds of parties to bombing raids and late nights at work, Marie or "Missie" as she was more well known, shares a little-known part of German history. We come to know her family, her friends, and her co-workers. A keen observer, Missie documented much of what went on around her in the context of what was happening in the war. This gives us a perceptive and startling glimpse into the everyday lives of those living in Berlin. As the war stretches through the years, so, too, do Missie's diary entries become lengthier, as if trying to fully understand the devastation of Hitler's mad ambition.
Highly readable and entertaining, Berlin Diaires: 1940-1945 will be a welcome addition to any World War II collection.
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2008 Tribal Nonpoint Source Workshop: Nonpoint Source Pollution Management & the Watershed Approach: Region 6 Logistics
Region 6—Tulsa, Oklahoma
October 6-8, 2008
Doubletree Hotel Tulsa at Warren Place
6110 South Yale Avenue
Tulsa, OK, 74136-1904
Attendees are responsible for making their own travel and hotel arrangements. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Doubletree Hotel Tulsa at Warren Place, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
For reservations, call (918) 495-1000. Please use the group name EPA Tribal NPS Workshop.
The cutoff date for the reserved block of rooms is September 16, 2008.
Room Rates (for both single and double occupancy): $73
Arriving by Car:
The hotel is conveniently located off of I-44 exit 229 to S. Yale Avenue.
The hotel provides free parking.
Details to be provided shortly.
Highly recommended items:
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Extremely talented South African finest rapper, and songwriter J Molley present another Ep called Leader Of The Wave: A Playlist by J Molley, and offing the extended Play pack by j Molley was this dope number entitled Lightning.
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- Zlatan & Tiwa Savage – ShoTan (Prod. By Spellz)
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ROSEAU, Dominica, Thursday January 12, 2012 – Dominica’s recovery from a series of natural disasters in between July and September 2011 is expected to cost 6.5% of its gross domestic product (GDP) and weaken its balance of payments, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Now the Washington-based institution is stepping in to disburse an amount equivalent to special drawing rights (SDR) 2.05 million (equivalent to US$3.1 million) under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) for Dominica to help manage the economic impact.
The Executive Board of the IMF yesterday (January 11) approved the immediate disbursement of the full amount.
The RCF, which provides rapid financial assistance for low-income countries with an urgent balance of payments need, does not require any program-based conditionality or review. However, economic policies are expected to address the underlying balance of payments difficulties and support policy objectives including macroeconomic stability and poverty reduction. Financing under the RCF carries zero interest (until end 2013), has a grace period of 5 ½ years, and a final maturity of 10 years. The Fund reviews the level of interest rates for all concessional facilities every two years.
Following the Executive Board’s discussion of Dominica, Mr. Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director and Acting Chair, stated:
“Dominica suffered significant infrastructure damage following torrential rains, flooding and landslides in the second half of 2011. The recovery and rehabilitation costs will be high, putting pressures on the fiscal and balance of payments positions.
“Fiscal policies will partially accommodate the near-term increase in spending following the natural disasters, while underlying policies are being appropriately refocused towards medium-term consolidation objectives. The authorities are committed to returning to robust primary surpluses over the medium term to ensure downward debt dynamics, by tackling pressures on current spending and strengthening the revenue base and collection. A strengthened fiscal policy framework will support the adjustment effort.
“Structural reforms are key to supporting the fiscal effort, improving growth prospects, and increasing Dominica’s resilience to external shocks. Reforms to boost external competitiveness and enhance the business climate will be necessary to promote private sector activity. Stronger financial sector policies will help tackle vulnerabilities in the regional and domestic financial systems, both in terms of financial institution health and their supervisory and regulatory environment.”


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First, what the heck is Richard Wagner doing as the #1 artist on Amazon’s new MP3 store?
All signs indicate that the Amazon store will give iTunes a run for it’s money as the most popular online music store. First, all the music is DRM free (thanks in part to a feud between Universal and iTunes), and high quality. The site is incredible easy to use, searching for new music is intuitive, and my Wagner download (”Apostles Mean for Small Choir & Orchestra”, I had to hear what the big deal was!) took no time to appear in my iTunes interface. Songs are also variably priced as opposed to the flat $.99 or album only method that iTunes offers.


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|Opened in 1904, Golf Resort Karlovy Vary was the first golf course in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. (Courtesy of Golf Resort Karlovy Vary)|
Driving west from Prague through the undulating countryside is particularly revealing for those of us who hold the mistaken preconception that the Czech Republic probably lags way behind the West in pretty much everything that matters.
The roads are perfectly adequate; the people are cheerful, well clothed and friendly; the scenery is pretty; in fact, it's remarkably similar to most other European countries. Although the per capita income is lower than it is in, say, the United Kingdom, France or Germany, there's no grinding poverty, and you don't feel uncomfortable or conspicuous walking around the streets anywhere.
After a couple of hours motoring, you arrive in the westernmost region of the country, Karlovy Vary. Bordering Germany and with a generous sprinkling of delightful spa towns such as Marianske Lazne (Marienbad) and Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), the area boasts the oldest and many of the best golf courses in the Czech Republic.
The rich and famous -- such as Casanova, Beethoven, Mozart and Kafka -- have been visiting beautiful western Bohemia, staying in grand hotels, enjoying the splendid architecture and sipping the medicinal waters for centuries.
To amuse themselves, they played tennis, fenced and then, in 1904, teed it up at Golf Resort Karlovy Vary, the first golf course in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Originally only nine holes, it moved in 1933 to its present site on the edge of the spectacularly beautiful town of Karlsbad and expanded to 18 holes. Weaving through the forest and along the valley of the River Tepla, the new course fell upon hard times during the depression of the 1930s.
Like the other nine Czechoslovakian courses in existence at the end of the 1930s, Golf Resort Karlovy Vary suffered again during World War II. Largely restored after the fighting had ceased, it then struggled to survive during the Communist era. Now, however, a bright, new, optimistic future lies ahead as a combination of a burgeoning, native, middle-class membership of nearly 800 (the largest in the country) and an increasing volume of visitors enjoy this 6,800-yard, par-72 challenge.
Despite the rather threatening proximity of the adjacent forest and a generous splash of water hazards, Golf Resort Karlovy Vary's fairways are plenty wide enough to make it testing but not too tough. Beautifully presented and in excellent condition, it bears comparison with the very best inland courses that Europe can offer. Be careful, the attractive wooden paths are perilously slippy when wet!
Golf Resort Karlovy Vary just edges out by a couple of years nearby Royal Golf Club Marianske Lazne for the title of oldest club in the country. Nestled in the outskirts of the delightfully attractive spa town from which it borrows its name, the Royal Golf Club Marianske Lazne is a wonderful parkland course that reeks of both history and class.
King Edward VII of England opened the course on Aug. 21, 1905, and paid regular visits thereafter. With its elegant rows of trees separating adjacent fairways and smallish greens, it provides an authentic historical flashback to when handlebar moustaches and hickory shafts ruled the fairways.
With back-to-back par 3s just before the turn, this quirky but classic parkland challenge offers an experience that is further enhanced by the exceptionally comfortable clubhouse with its collection of sepia prints of a bygone era decorating its walls. Having hosted a regular European Tour event and had its Royal status confirmed by Queen Elizabeth II, the hope must be that the Royal Golf Club Marianske Lazne's next 100 years are markedly less turbulent.
Providing a contrasting but nevertheless enjoyable experience right at the other end of the historical continuum is Golf Club Sokolov. Roughly halfway between Karlovy Vary and Mariasnke Lazne and only opened half-a-dozen years ago, it sits on what was previously an open cast coal mine.
What might at first seem an unpromising prospect must have provided the makers with an enormous scope of a blank but intriguing canvas. Significant elevations, quasi chasms and unnatural water features -- together with the freedom of an already damaged landscape -- must have set their pulse racing faster than a downhill putt at Augusta National. With half the funds coming from the European Union, financial considerations didn't provide much of a constraint, either.
The complete absence of trees and several, blind, uphill tee-shots help create a links-like illusion, while Golf Club Sokolov's dramatic elevation changes generate considerable visual appeal. Undoubtedly improving with age, the course is destined to be exceptional.
Not quite so young but only about 10 years old is Golf Resort Frantiskovy Lazne. Just a few kilometers from the border with Germany, this pretty parkland course obviously attracts German golfers looking for an inexpensive round on foreign soil. With plenty of trees and the occasional lake, the course weaves a pleasant figure eight through the attractive hilly terrain. It's perfectly walkable, but carts are available.
Although Golf Club Kynzvart is one of the newest in the country, it is set in such historic surroundings and with a castle next door that it feels very much older than it is. On the fringe of the Slakov Forest, about half the holes are in the woods, while the other half are comparatively open. This was once popular hunting country and magnificent red deer still venture onto the fairways.
All the holes are named, and most have an interesting story attached to them. The seventh boasts the longest bunker in the Czech Republic, and there's an enormous white rock to the right of the 14th green that was once a popular rendezvous for young lovers. Nowadays, the adjacent 14-bedroom hotel is considered a more comfortable venue.
Opened in 2001, Gary Player designed the pretty parkland golf course at Astoria Golf Resort. Occupying a valley floor and surrounded by imposing hills, the description "Scottish style" is forgivable.
Apart from the comparatively dry first four holes, water is never far away and is the principal hazard on this easy walking course in Cihelny, which is not very far from Karlovy Vary. Venue for a number of important tournaments including the European Boys Team Championship, Astoria is rightly considered one of the best.
With the recent opening of a new comfortable clubhouse and an elegant veranda that wouldn't look out of place in Georgia or Alabama, Golf Club Haje took another significant step in the right direction. Although presently only nine holes, this pleasant course provides an enjoyable round and is worth a visit if only to tackle the treacherous island green on the final hole.
The fashion today is to create a spa close to a golf course. In this region of the Czech Republic, the reverse has worked just as well.
September 17, 2012
Although in his 60s, with a handicap of 15 and lifetime earnings comfortably below $100, Clive Agran nevertheless still believes he can win a major. Arguably England's most gifted golf writer, when not dreaming of glory he's scouring the globe simultaneously searching for lost balls and great golf courses. Follow Clive on Twitter at @cliveagran.
While you might not find a leprechaun with a pot of gold north of Dublin, you'll find other great treasures. From world-class links layouts, traditional Irish music and a legendary whiskey distillery to friendly B&Bs and awesome pubs, this part of Ireland offers the complete package for golfers. Here are 10 reasons to plan a golf vacation to Northern Ireland.
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so I found my cat in april this year she was walking around my apartment with no coller and no ID's and she looked hungry and scared so I took her in my house ..later that day my mom went to take the garbage out and said that she found an empty cat cabby with a bowl of food by it near the dumpster....she let me keep her ...I took her to the vet and they said she was pregnant my heart broke..how could anyone do this to an animal? then our lives began a few months later she gave birth we kept the kittens until they were ready for new homes...they left and Sammy was quiet but she got more and more playful and m and she grew more she was doing ok on dry food but now she wont anything but wet food and her fur is everywhere...ive never had\ a pet before so I don't know how often to wash her what to wash her with or even how...her nails are long and sharp and she scratches at everything and I don't know if I can get her declawed I haven't got her shots yet and she isn't spayed ...can someone please tell me what to do??? I have a bed for her she wont use and shes always hungry even tho I feed her 2 times a day and leave out dry food and water for whenever she needs it...someone please tell me how to care for her I worry im not doing it right and I don't want her to hate me :c
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Thank you for taking care of this cat and kittens.
Four years ago I was going through the same thing: a friend of mine rescued four kittens who lived in front of my condo building. She took them home with her, I helped socialize them, and then I adopted Ritz. First. Cat. Ever. I read lots of articles online and checked out lots of books from the library. And, joined this forum.
There are many many articles on how to take care of cats. Here is a link to a lot of them http://www.thecatsite.com/atype/46/Cat_Health.
Do NOT NOT NOT declaw your cat, this is equivalent to someone cutting off your fingers. You should trim your cats claw (lots of videos online how to do this).
She needs to be spayed as soon as possible. If she escapes, she will get pregnant again. You should check around where you live to see where there are low-cost spay/neuter clinics. Cats who are not spayed are more likely to develop female problems, including cancer.
The fur issue--well that could be allergy or some type of skin infection. Again, she really should see a vet just for a general check up (and the vet will show you how to trim her claws). Do you have scratching posts? You can get inexpensive cardboard ones at stores like PetCo or PetSmart. Or even the back of a carpet sample.
I'm a little confused--are you feeding her dry or wet food? Wet food is much better for a cat than dry food, and dry food--because of the additives and ingredients--is somewhat more likely to cause a food allergy.
Also, what is the consistency of her poop? Really soft mushy stools *can* mean a problem with worms, which *can* be the cause of her being hungry.
Ritz is always hungry, in part because she literally didn't know where her food would be coming from for the formative years of her life. (She and her litter mates were dumped--and survived a 20" snow storm). So, sometimes hunger is behavioral.
Also, a friend (same friend who fostered Ritz) and I were fostering another cat. We couldn't get an appointment to get her spayed for about a month, and she cycled in and out of heat every four to six days (it seemed like). She lost a lot of weight, was always hungry, and developed a skin problem. Being in heat takes a lot out of a cat.
Oh and some cats just don't like cat beds. I've bought several for Ritz and she simply ignores them. She prefers my lap as her bed :)
Good luck, and write back with any more questions. Again, I strongly suggest you get your cat to a vet to be spayed and for a general checkup.
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You have taken this cat in to your home and doing the best you can. So far you are doing right as far as I can see, esp if you are asking for advice and looking to learn about what she needs and how to do it.
I share Ritz's views on declawing, which is not legal in most countries because of what it involves and the concern for long term pain and health concerns. You do not mention how Sammy is with being touched or handled? If she tollerates petting and being held at all you should be able to learn how to clip her claws without distress to her or to yourself. As Ritz says, there are plenty videos that give instruction. If you can't bring yourself to try it at least initially you could ask your vet to do it, and perhaps use claw covers for a while until she is more used to being handled and you feel more confident. One of the first stages with claw clipping is getting your cat used to her paws being touched, and then gently held and pushing each individual toe/digit down so that the claw extends out. If you can get her used to you doing this you could actually try to clip her claws one at a time without even holding her, just having her laying close to you in a position where you can hold her paw in one hand and reach her paw with the clippers and see where the quick of her claw is in good light. You don't have to do them all at once as long as you remember which ones you still need to do!
With the fur everywhere, like Ritz says, it could be an allergy or nutritional thing, or some kind of infection so it is worth having a general health check. You note that she hasn't been wormed yet and if she is hungry with worm infestation she might also not be getting the nourishment she needs for a healthy coat and body no matter how much she eats. It might also be nothing more than that she needs a good groom and hasn't had one. Cats shed fur and the dead fur needs to be removed regularly, they will do this to a certain extent through grooming but regular stroking and brushing will help. Medium and long hair cats will be more noticeable but short hair cats shed too. I can't advise on brushes and grooming for long hair cats as I have never had one but for my tabby girls who shed so much they had no business not being bald used to get a good going over with a wire slicker brush at least every couple of days followed by a stroking session with a rubber textured brush or hands dampened with water which helps to lift off loose straight barb hairs. If you are brushing take care to be gentle: do not press hard in towards the skin or pull at knotted or matted areas, just go over them gently until the area clears as your cat's skin is very sensitive and if she is hurt when you brush her she will be reluctant for it to be repeated regularly or at all. If your furniture has touch fabric covers the slicker brushes are also very good for lifting dander / fur from seat covers etc, as are damp hands!
There are some members who are lucky enough to have adopted cats that use their cat beds at least some of the time but all of my cats have resisted any attempt to keep them off human furniture, and I confess to wanting them on my bed and indeed would feel quite bereft if one decided not to join me there and keep my feat warm. If you want your cat to use something the best advice I can think of is to use it yourself, it will probably become instantly desireable!
Cats don't usually need bathed unless they have got themselves covered in something nasty and smelly like if they have been incontinent, and if you just want to clean one area of fur say on the butt or one side you can use a wet towel or microfibre cloth to wet and rub the soiled area and then dry off with a towel - this is less distressing than emersion in water. You can wash her with pet shampoo but I avoid this if I can as it does need emersion and thorough rinsing.
Feeding I would suggest checking with your vet when you see them about her spaying and general health. The vet can check her weight, deal with any infections or parasites that might be affecting her, and then you can start to guage her diet on her healthy body weight as instructed by your vet and following the feeding instructions on the type of food you use. I used to give my girls a portion of wet food in the morning and evening and leave some dry food for them during the day as I was not always sure what time I would get home at the end of the day.
I hope you find your confidence building, and that all the posts and information from members across TCS helps you with this. Sammy's life must be so much safer and more comfortable than it was before you found her, and thank you so much for taking care of her and her kittens and giving them all a chance, that was a massive task for someone not used to caring for cats!

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