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CHANGZHOU, China, Aug. 5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL, “Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a leading integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, founded in 1997, today announced an agreement to supply photovoltaic (PV) modules for a new stadium being built by the Spanish Premier League football team Real Club Deportivo Espanyol de Barcelona (”Espanyol”).
Under this agreement, Trina Solar will supply Espanyol with 500 kW of PV modules for the construction of a roof-top PV installation for the club’s new stadium in Barcelona, which is scheduled for completion in late 2008. Trina Solar will become an official sponsor with its logo placed on the team’s official game and practice jerseys for the next three seasons, extending through July of 2011. The Company’s marketing rights also include logo placements at various high exposure areas throughout the planned 40,000 seat stadium and rooftop, which has been called “the most modern stadium in Spain.”
“We are truly excited to have reached this agreement to participate in both the construction of the new stadium and uniform sponsorship of a historic and well-known football team,” said Jifan Gao, Trina Solar’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We believe the selection of Trina Solar reflects our well-recognized brand in Spain, which remains an important long-term growth market for our products.”
Said Adolfo Bara, the club’s Marketing and Sales Director, “For Espanyol it is a great opportunity to work together with a large multinational company like Trina Solar, who has a strong commitment on new technologies and renewable energies. It is very important for us that a leader in the solar sector believes in our project.”
About Trina Solar Limited
Trina Solar Limited , through its wholly-owned subsidiary Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd, is a well recognized manufacturer of high quality modules and has a long history as a solar PV pioneer since it was founded in 1997 as a system installation company. Trina Solar is currently one of the few PV manufacturers that has developed a vertically integrated business model from the production of monocrystalline and multicrystalline ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of high quality modules. This integrated value chain helps to ensure that high quality products can be delivered to its end customers around the globe, including a number of European countries, such as Germany, Spain and Italy. Trina Solar’s solar modules provide reliable and environmentally-friendly electric power for residential, commercial, industrial and other applications worldwide. For further information, please visit Trina Solar’s website at .
About RCD Espanyol:
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is one of the most historical and important football clubs in Spain’s “La Liga.” The team was founded originally in 1900 as Sociedad Espanola de football by a club of university students keen to play a new sport that had recently been imported from England. Originally named Sociedad Espanola de Football, the club became Reial Club Deportivo Espanyol in 1912, when King Alfonso XIII bestowed the “royal” title upon the club. Further information about RCD Espanyol is available at the team’s website at .
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HONESDALE, Pa., July 22 /PRNewswire/ — A new book gives young readers a rare look inside a lab that catches athletes who use blood boosters, steroids, and other banned drugs.
The Night Olympic Team is a good primer for everyone who writes about the use of performance-enhancing drugs. … The glossary alone is worth the price of the book, which seeks to inform kids about the mental, ethical, and physical perils of doping.
-Philip Hersh, Chicago Tribune
The Night Olympic Team: Fighting to Keep Drugs Out of the Games by Caroline Hatton tells the true story of scientists who worked through many nights to test athletes for banned drugs during the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Hatton was a member of the UCLA Olympic Laboratory headed by Dr. Don Catlin, a recognized leader in the science of detecting drugs in sports and a preeminent champion of drug-free sports.
Months before the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City began, the world learned of a new medicine called Aranesp(R) (NESP), which might be misused to enhance performance. The drug was so new that no one had developed a test to detect it. Catlin and his team adapted an existing test to detect the new drug, and they soon found NESP in urine samples from three Olympic cross-country skiers who had received a total of eight medals. The scientists then provided the evidence and expertise needed to award the medals to the rightful winners.
“I wanted to provide children with accessible information before they make decisions about doping, although unfortunately some of them are being doped by adults around them,” says Hatton. “I also wanted to reach into the future and address tomorrow’s thought leaders. Kids can grasp complex issues, have insights, and be highly idealistic. There are no kids’ books on this subject showing scientists in action.”
Through The Night Olympic Team, young readers discover the dangers of using banned performance-enhancing drugs and the science of drug testing. Sidebars, appendices, and a substantial glossary inform readers about various banned drugs and provide healthy, drug-free ways to enhance performance. The book makes a strong statement for fair play through drug-free competition.
The Night Olympic Team: Fighting to Keep Drugs Out of the Games
Boyds Mills Press
$17.95
ISBN: 978-1-59078-566-9

Boyds Mills Press

PONTIAC, Mich., July 15 /PRNewswire/ — The 9th Annual Quake on the Lake to benefit the Rainbow Connection returns to shake up summertime fun with a big boost from sponsor, neighbor and boating enthusiast Tom Szott of Szott M-59 Chrysler Jeep in White Lake Township.
This year’s Inboard Hydroplane races will be held on Saturday, July 19th and Sunday, July 20th at the Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area in White Lake/Waterford Townships. Eighty of the nation’s top drivers in the sport will make massive waves, tons of noise and lots of fun on the Pontiac Lake on one of the fastest one-mile racecourses in the nation.
This year’s action has been expanded with the addition of the 10th Annual Malibu Open, the premier international water ski and wakeboard competition that attracts nearly 90 world-class athletes from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Italy, Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland. The Malibu Open is returning to the U.S. at the Quake on the Lake after two years of competition in France.
“My family, our store employees and I all love boating,” Szott said. “This event takes family fun and boating to the extreme in a great recreational setting, and it supports a terrific organization.”
All proceeds from the event benefit the Rainbow Connection, a local non- profit charity which grants wishes to children with terminal or life threatening illnesses.
The race event has attracted record crowds of nearly 175,000 since 2000. In the last six years alone, 13 American Power Boat Association (APBA) records have been established on the challenging one-mile course in five different racing classes.
Festivities include vehicle displays along with the Flaming Pistons Classic Car Club showcasing classic vehicles of every make and model. Current Chrysler vehicles will be featured.
The T&C Federal Credit Union Family fun Zone also features great attractions for kids of all ages including Moonwalks, a rock-climbing wall, face painting and much more.
Sponsor and neighbor, Szott M-59 Chrysler Jeep, sits in the back yard of the race site at Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area.
“Oakland County has super summer festivities for the entire family, Quake on the Lake is the complete package for fun in the sun,” added Szott.
Admission is $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 5-12. Children five years and younger are free.
Information on Quake On The Lake is available from . Information on Tom Szott M-59 Chrysler Jeep can be found at or call (248) 889-8989.
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Turkey Football association was founded in 1923. They join UEFA in 1962 and FIFA in 1923.

Actual president for Turkey Football association is Metin Kazancioglu and the coach Fatih Terim

In FIFA ranking they are on place 25, best ever place was 5 in june 2004, and worst at 67 in oct 1993. Turkey qualified at EURO 2008 from 2nd place in group C

Best ever victory for Turkey football team is 7-0 with

• San Marino in 1996
• South Korea 1954
• Siria in 1949

Worst lost is 0-8 against England in 1987 and 1984 and against Poland in 1968.

They qualified in 3 Europena Championships (1196, 2000, 2008) and at 2 World Cup Championships and in 2002 Turkey finish on place 3 in World Cup final tournament.

Turkey team at Euro 2008

Goalkeeper

1. Rüştü Reçber - Beşiktaş Istanbul
12. Tolga Zengin - Trabzonspor
23. Volkan Demirel - Fenerbahce

Defender

2. Servet Çetin - Galatasaray
4. Gökhan Zan - Beşiktaş
13. Emre Güngör - Galatasaray
15. Emre Aşık - Ankaraspor
20. Sabrı Sarıoğlu - Galatasaray
22. Hamit Altıntop - Bayern Munchen

Midfielder

3. Hakan Balta - Galatasaray
5. Emre Belözoglu - Newcastle United
6. Mehmet Topal - Galatasaray
7. Mehmet Aurélio - Fenerbahce
10. Karadeniz Gökdeniz - Rubin Kazan
11. Tümer Metin - Fenerbahce
14. Arda Turan - Galatasaray
16. Uğur Boral - Fenerbahce
17. Tuncay Sanli - Middlesbrough
19. Ayhan Akman - Galatasaray

Striker

8. Nihat Kahveci - Villarreal
9. Semih Şentürk - Fenerbahce
18. Kazım Kazım - Fenerbahce
21. Mevlüt Erding - Sochaux

Best weekends on Montreal in F1 when they got the pole, the victory and fastest lap we have 4 teams and 4 drivers. Teams with this performance are Williams, Brabham, McLaren and Benetton. The f1 drivers are Alan Jones, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher

Ferrari team is missing from this stat. Kimi Raikkonen won on Montreal F1 in 2005. Felipe Massa have best position in 2005 on place 4. Last season Kimi finished on position 5 and Massa retire in lap 51.

In 2008 will be the 30 F1 race at Montreal

SALT LAKE CITY, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Arena football League (AFL) has partnered with Children’s Miracle Network to help save and improve the lives of children at children’s hospitals throughout the United States. The AFL has designated May 27 - June 9 of the 2008 regular season as AFL Children’s Miracle Network Celebration.
The objective of AFL Children’s Miracle Network Celebration is to generate awareness and raise funds for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. There are many activities planned for “Celebration” games including: player and dance team hospital visits, in-arena recognition and celebration of the children helped by Children’s Miracle Network hospitals, Children’s Miracle Network player uniform and merchandise auctions, autographed Celebration-branded, game-used footballs and special priced tickets with a portion of the proceeds going to Children’s Miracle Network hospitals.
Contact your local Arena football League team or go to for further details and information.
About Children’s Miracle Network
Children’s Miracle Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for children’s hospitals. Each year the 170 Children’s Miracle Network hospitals provide the finest medical care, life-saving research and preventative education to help millions of kids overcome diseases and injuries of every kind. To learn more go to .
About Arena football League
Often recognized as one of the nation’s most affordable and fan-friendly sports leagues, the Arena football League began its 22nd season in March with 17 teams. It enters its second year of a five-year agreement with ESPN. On the strength of its Mission Statement and Fans’ Bill of Rights, the AFL is the second-longest running football league in U.S. history.
Children’s Miracle Network

NEW YORK, April 17 /PRNewswire/ — Sixteen legendary all-stars — four each from football, baseball, basketball and hockey — will collide on the golf course in a two-day Pro Sports Team Challenge in golf at beautiful Eagle Falls Golf Course at Fantasy Springs Resort in Palm Springs, California on June 7 and 8, 2008. Tournament Commissioner Charles Barkley is bringing together four superstars from each sport and pitting them against one another in a struggle for both bragging rights and the top charity prize of $100,000.”Athletes from each sport think that they are the best golfers. It’s high time we found out who really is: baseball, football, basketball or hockey,” said Team Challenge spokesman, Mike Paul.The sports superstars already committed to participate include (*team captains): Baseball Basketball Football Hockey Ozzie Smith* Charles Barkley* Drew Brees* Mario Lemieux* George Brett Jason Kidd LaDanian Tomlinson Brett Hull Vince Coleman Julius Erving, “Dr. J” John Elway Grant Fuhr TBA TBA Michael Strahan Pierre Larouche TBABarkley will also serve as the non-playing captain of the Team Challenge basketball team.”The playful smack talk regarding which sport and athlete are the best started months ago,” said Tom Belton, founder and managing partner of Team Challenge, LLC. “These sports legends look forward to the challenge and to raising significant money for charity. Nothing makes them happier than playing sports to raise money to help others in need. Moreover, this competition might also depend on who has the most loyal and knowledgeable fans.”Belton is right. In an inspired twist using a new technology known as Strat.e.golf(TM), fans can directly participate in coaching decisions for their favorite team by logging on to the Internet or using their cell phone text messaging to vote on coaching strategies for a team of their choice. “It’s sort of like American Idol,” Mike Paul explained. The fan vote will determine which player in each of the four rounds of competition will play for double points. Fans, called “ProCoaches(TM)” in the Team Challenge vernacular, can log on to , or text on their cell phones to sign up to coach their favorite Team Challenge team, vote on coaching decisions, and engage in social networking with other ProCoaches(TM) on their Team Challenge team website and through text messaging. “This is a tremendous chance for fans to not only support their favorite athletes in the competition, but to have a direct impact on the outcome. The earlier they sign up, the more influence they can have in coaching decisions, so man up everybody!” continued Paul.”Fantasy Sports just became Reality Sports,” said Tom Belton. “The Team Challenge will, for the first time ever, provide fans with the opportunity to make real strategy decisions in a high profile sports competition. Blogs and chat rooms will allow fans to strategize together to make their choices. Strat.e.golf(TM) brings the fan inside the locker room as a true coach.”"It’s as though half of the action will be on the golf course and the other half of the action will be online or from mobile devices,” echoed Mike Paul. Additionally, the total purse for the event, already $250,000, will increase by $1.00 for each fan that registers as a paid ProCoach(TM) for the winning team. “The more people that sign up and participate, the more money we can raise for worthy charities, so sign up and play,” he finished.Team Challenge will release more information soon about the additional sports legends participating, the charities, our television broadcasting partner, super sweepstakes, the Pro-Am in Palm Springs on June 6, 2008, more online and mobile participation info, future events and much more.About Team Challenge, LLCTeam Challenge, LLC was founded in 2008 to develop and implement turnkey event planning, marketing, software and technology solutions for all types of team competitions with a mission to enhance the online experience of sports ad entertainment fans. Team competitions highlight friendly rivalries among celebrities, colleges, corporations, countries, nonprofit organizations and global affinity groups of all kinds. For more information, visit us online at . Contact: Mike Paul MGP & Associates PR T: 917-359-1431; email: Team Challenge, LLC

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., April 10 /PRNewswire/ — The Topspin Blog, a new site launching today at , will be covering the U.S. versus France Davis Cup tennis matches running Friday through Sunday.The Topspin Blog throughout the year will offer readers news, essays and on-site commentary about U.S. Davis Cup matches, the U.S. Open, as well as other tennis features.This weekend’s Davis Cup quarterfinal matches in the Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem will feature Andy Roddick, who last week beat Roger Federer for the first time in almost five years, and James Blake and twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan for the U.S. The French lineup includes Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Wimbledon semifinalist Richard Gasquet and Paul Henri- Mathieu. Patrick McEnroe is captain of the U.S. team, and Guy Forget manages the French.The two countries are deadlocked 7-7 in team matches dating back to 1903, and the French have won only once on American soil. That win was in 1927 when the team of the famed Four Musketeers — including Rene “The Crocodile” Lacoste and Henri Cochet — defeated a team led by Bill Tilden at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia. The French won the last meeting between the two teams in Paris in 2002 at Roland Garros, home of the French Open.The USTA will honor the American team, winners of the 2007 Davis Cup over Russia in last year’s final, in a ceremony on court before play begins Friday.The winner in Winston-Salem will meet the winner of Spain and Germany, scheduled to play in Bremen, Germany. Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez are on the Spanish team, and Philip Kohlshreiber and Nicolas Keifer lead the Germans. The Davis Cup semifinal matches are scheduled for late September.About The Topspin Blog: Joe Samuel Starnes directs and writes content for The Topspin Blog, and Chuck Gooch of Jackson Trail Media manages design and technical operations for the site at . : The Topspin Blog

ATLANTA, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Sports professionals and fans get pretty emotional about their picks for the NCAA basketball tournament each year, and that emotion often clouds their judgment.But three engineering professors at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a computer ranking system, called LRMC, that consistently predicts NCAA basketball rankings more accurately than the AP poll of sportswriters and the ESPN/USA Today poll of coaches, formulas (the Ratings Percentage Index), other computer models (the Massey ratings and the Sagarin ratings), and even the tournament seeds themselves.After correctly picking all four of this year’s finalists, the LRMC method has now identified 30 of the last 36 Final Four participants (83 percent accuracy over the past nine years of NCAA tournaments) as one of the top two teams in their region. Over the same nine-year stretch, the seedings and polls have correctly identified only 23, and the RPI identified 21.LRMC (Logistic Regression Markov Chain) is a college basketball rankings system designed to use only basic scoreboard data, including which teams played, which team had home court advantage and the margin of victory. It was originally designed by Joel Sokol and Paul Kvam and has been maintained and improved by Sokol and George Nemhauser, all three optimization and statistics professors in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech.”As fans, we only get to see most tournament teams two or three times at most during the season, so our gut feelings about a team are really colored by how well or poorly they played the few times we’ve been watching,” said Sokol. “On the other hand, our system objectively measures each team’s performance in every game it plays, and mathematically balances all of those outcomes to determine an overall ranking.”LRMC seems to have a particular knack for predicting good bubble teams and identifying the top teams. In addition to correctly picking the Final Four, LRMC also correctly identified several over-rated and under-rated teams as potential upsets. First-round losers Drake (5-seed, LRMC #30), Vanderbilt (4-seed, LRMC #38), and Connecticut (4-seed, LRMC #26), as well as second-round loser Georgetown (2-seed, LRMC #12), were all picked by LRMC as significantly over-rated teams.On the other hand, teams like West Virginia (7-seed, LRMC #17), which defeated second-seeded Duke, and Kansas State (11-seed, LRMC #19), which defeated sixth-seeded USC, were correctly identified by LRMC as under-rated teams that could pull off one or more upsets.But LRMC isn’t perfect — it picked Clemson as under-rated (upset in the first round) and Davidson wasn’t identified as under-rated by any major ranking method, including LRMC.LRMC differs from other computer rankings systems in two important ways. When determining the value of home court advantage, LRMC considers how much playing at home helps a team win rather than how many points playing on a home court is worth.Georgia Tech researchers have also been able to show that very close games are often “toss-ups,” meaning the better team barely wins more than half the time. So, they determined that winning a close game shouldn’t be worth as much as winning easily, and losing a close game shouldn’t hurt a team’s ranking as much as losing badly. LRMC’s ranking methodology takes this into account.Similar to other rankings systems, LRMC also uses the quality of each team’s results and the strength of each team’s schedule to rank teams.So which team does LRMC favor for the top spot this year? It’s chosen Kansas, despite UNC, UCLA and Memphis being the top three ranked teams by most systems. Georgia Institute of Technology

Both players play in the past in Miami Tennis tournament, but just Nadal rich the final in the past.

Rafael Nadal in 2004 lost against F Gonzalez in Q8, 2005 vs Federer in the final, 2006 vs Moya in 2nd round and last year against Djokovic in the quarter finals.

Davydenko play more seasons in this tournament but he always lost in the first rounds. In 2002 against Lapentti, 2003 vs Luis Horna, 2004 vs Federer, 2005 Monfils, 2006 vs Ancic and last year vs Decic. The best perfomance here was in 2006 when he goes to Q8.

Whatever who win this tennis final, will have a double since it will be the first title at Miami and the first title this year.