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Igate International Scrabble Tournament - Participants

              Hi all,
  This is the confirmed list of participants, as of today, for the iGATE Internationals Jan 12-14, 2007.
  cheers,
  radhika

  

      UK
  1. Helen Gipson
  2. Femi Awowade
  3. Jayanthi Kannan

  Australia 
4. Olga Visser
5. Dianne Ward

  Thailand
6. Gerry Carter
7. Pakorn Nemitrmansuk

  Malaysia
8.Vannitha Balasingam
  9. Seshi Ramanathan

  Singapore
  10.Karthik Natarajan
11.Tony Sim

  Oman
12.Marie Fernandes

  UAE
13.Akshay Bhandarkar

  Kuwait
14.Shakir Reshamwala

  Nigeria
15.Balogun Rasheed

  USA
16.Scot Satkin

  Sri Lanka
  17.Shaila Amalean
18.Hema Abeysinghe
19.Shirley de Silva
20.Asanka Dissanayake
21.Lalantha Amarasinghe
22.Lakshman Cooray
23.Indramali Cooray
24.Thirathni Perera
25.Chintha Salgado
26.Anil Wickramasinghe
27.Farida Akbarally
28.Pararajasingham
29.Merrille Perera
30.Lakshan Wanirachi

  Indian  entries

  2006 Champion - Dr.Varisht Hingorani

  Mumbai 

        
         1.  Charles Carneiro 
      2.  Mohd Irfan 
      3.  Sherwin Rodriques 
      4.  Nakul Prabhu 
      5.Udayan Grover 
      6.  Carol Pais 
      7.  Jose Dabreo 
      8.  Bhushan Pradhan 
      9.  P.C.Jose
     10.  K.V. Chidambaram 
     11.  Ganesh Ram 
  12.  Aruna Grover  

  Goa
  13. Irineu Gonsalves
  14. Douglas Lobo        
  15.Mhmd.ali Savanur     
  16.Jackie Fernandes     
  17. Rajiv Antao         
  18. Abdul Waheed 

  Hyderabad
  19. Shaik Ahmed
  20. Hari Prasad
  21. Pramit Kamat

  Bangalore
  22.Ranganathan Chakravorty
  23.Mohan Chunkat
  24.Lennie DSouza
  25.Sanjoy Gupta   
  26. Radhika Mahalingaiah
  27. Manju Sood
  28. Vaishali Mehta
  29. Nupur Sood
  30. Ramprasad N
  31.Neha Majumdar
  32. Satish Srinivasan.

  Reserve: Martin Demello

  
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SamBoards: _now_ is the time + Valentine's Day gift ideas

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Bangalore tourney

Thought some on the list might be interested.

Elie

<<Hi,

Yes it really is a great tournament!!  After the first day and abut to  start 
game 9 the top few resutls are as follows:

1.   Pakorn                 7  wins           779  Margin
2.   Udayan                  7                    719
3.   Sherwin                 6                    810
4.  Helen Gipson         6                    632
5.   Akshay                  6                    448
6.   Irfan                       6                    239
7.  Jose D'Abreo          6                    228
8.   Radhika                 6                    115
9.  Mohan  C                6                      91
10   Nakhul                  6                       87
11   Sanjoy                  5                     539
12. Tony  Sim              5                      464

edangoor@... wrote:

 

 

Dear Friends

Sorry I cannot be with you this year - would love to have been.   Work and 
other commitments have kept me away.

I'm sure it will be a great tournament and the field looks very  strong.  
Please keep us posted with the standings on a daily basis if  possible.

All the best,

Elie Dangoor

 
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Fwd: Bangalore 2007 standings

Here are the results after the second day.  7 more games to go.

Elie

Hi Eli,
Here are the top half results after round 17. King of the hill  format.
Pls forward to interested groups

Lennie DSouza

After  Round 17        
Wins    Margin
1   Pakorn Nemitrmansuk    13    1377
2     Helen Gipson            13     995
3    Akshay Bhandarkar    12     846
4    Suresh Chinniah             12    543
5    Irfan Siddiqui         12    351
6    Sherwin Rodriques   11    955
7    Udayan Grover       11    828
8    Lakshan  Wanniarachchi    11    508
9    Jose  Dabreo            11    294
10   Nakul Prabhu            11     233
11    Mohan Chunkath             11    153
12    Varisht           10    1144
13     Shaikh Ahmed            10     567
14    Tony Sim             10    555
15    Irineu Gonsalves    10   366
16    Martin DeMello           10    169
17    Antony gomes       10    159
18    Marie  Fernandes            10     -303
19    shaila amalean             9.5    684
20    Ranganathan Chakravorty     9    513
21    Gerry Carter         9    493
22    Vannitha Balasingam   9    460
23    Shakir Reshamwala     9    369
24    Carolann Pais         9    203
25    Olga Visser     9    150
26    Seshi  Ramanathan    9    124
27    Shirley de  Silva    9    92
28    Asanka Dissanayake   9    -16
29    K.V. Chidambaram     9    -20
30    Lakshman Cooray         9    -259
31    Rajiv  Antao            8.5   544
32    Douglas Lobo           8.5    -96
33    Bhushan Pradhan     8.5    -326
34    Sanjoy  Gupta            8     186

In a message dated 14/01/2007 01:26:54 GMT Standard Time,  
leonie_dsouza@... writes:

Hi  Eli,
Here are the top half results after round 17. King of the hill  format.
Pls forward to interested groups

Lennie DSouza

After  Round 17        
Wins    Margin
1   Pakorn Nemitrmansuk    13    1377
2     Helen Gipson            13     995
3    Akshay Bhandarkar    12     846
4    Suresh Chinniah             12    543
5    Irfan Siddiqui       12    351
6    Sherwin  Rodriques    11    955
7    Udayan  Grover            11    828
8   Lakshan Wanniarachchi    11    508
9   Jose Dabreo            11     294
10    Nakul Prabhu             11    233
11    Mohan Chunkath       11    153
12    Varisht   10     1144
13    Shaikh Ahmed             10    567
14    Tony Sim         10    555
15    Irineu Gonsalves   10    366
16    Martin DeMello     10    169
17    Antony  gomes            10    159
18   Marie Fernandes            10   -303
19    shaila amalean         9.5    684
20    Ranganathan  Chakravorty    9    513
21    Gerry  Carter            9    493
22   Vannitha Balasingam    9    460
23     Shakir Reshamwala    9    369
24    Carolann  Pais            9    203
25   Olga Visser            9     150
26    Seshi Ramanathan    9     124
27    Shirley de Silva    9     92
28    Asanka Dissanayake    9     -16
29    K.V. Chidambaram    9     -20
30    Lakshman Cooray           9    -259
31    Rajiv  Antao            8.5   544
32    Douglas Lobo           8.5    -96
33    Bhushan Pradhan     8.5    -326
34    Sanjoy  Gupta            8     186

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Final Results of Igate International Tournament 2007

Hi,
  Here are the final results of the Igate Intl held on 12,13 & 14 
Jan 2007.Congrats to Pakorn and Akshay once again for their 
brilliant performance.

Regards
Nakul

After Round 24
Rank Name Wins Margin
1 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk 18 +1687
2 Akshay Bhandarkar 17 +1180
3 Suresh Chinnaya 17 +644
4 Martin Demello  16 +582
5 Varisht Hingorani 15 +1561
6 Sherwin Rodriques 15 +903
7 Nakul Prabhu 15 +525
8 Lakshan Wanniarachchi 15 +403
9 Mohan Chunkath 15 +299
10 Gerry Carter 14 +978
11 Ranganathan Chakravarthy 14 +822
12 Udayan Grover 14 +552
13 K V Chidambaram 14 +503
14 Helen Gipson 14 +476
15 Irfan Siddiqui 14 +298
16 Irineu Gonsalves 14 +225 
17 Jose de Abreu  14 +89
18 Shaila Amalean 13.5 +655
19 Tony Sim 13 +505
20 Shaikh Ahmed 13 +424
21 Vannitha Balasingham 13 +404
22 Seshi Ramanathan 13 +211
23 Vaishali M 13 +240
24 Asanka Dissanayake 13 +54
25 Mohammed Ali Savanur 13 -17
26 Satish Srinivasan 13 -488
27 Marie Fernandes 13 -497
28 Douglas Lobo 12.5 +136
29 Sanjoy Gupta 12 +370
30 Shakir Reshamwala 12 +181
31 Carolann Pais 12 +146
32 Olga Visser 12 +121 
33 Lennie D`souza 12 -5
34 Radhika Mahalingaiah 12 -236
35 Ramprasad Nuggihalli 12 -251
36 Lalantha Amarsinghe 12 -406
36 Neha Mujumdar 12 -406
38 Lakshman Cooray 12 -545
39 Rajiv Antao 11.5 +691
40 Bhushan Pradhan 11.5 -366
41 Karthik Natarajan 11 +47
42 Manju Sood 11 +31
43 Anthony Gomes 11 +23
44 Hariprasad 11 -75
45 Farida Akbarally 11 -168
46 Gregory Fernandes 11 -358
47 Shirley D`silva 11 -379
48 Indramali Cooray 11 -511
49 Hema Abeysinghe 11 -663
50 Jayanthi Kannan 11 -898
51 Waheeda Johar 10 +138
52 P.C Jose 10 +108
53. Abdul Waheed 10 -407
54 Merille Pereira 10 -419
55 Pararajasingham 10 -541
56 Scott Satkin 10 -682
57 Nupur Sood 10 -797
58 Jacky Fernandes 9 +112
59 Aruna Grover 9 -191
60 Ganesh Ram 9 -450
61 Anil Wickramasinghe 9 -628
62.Chintamani Salgado 6 -2037
63.Tiratni   
64.Jocelyn Lor  

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[CORRECTION] Final Results of Igate International 2007

There is a small correction in the final standings.

In position 39     ----     Jayanthi Kannan  ----12       -894

In position 40     ----     Rajiv Antao          ---- 11.5    691

In position 50     -----    Bhushan Pradhan ----- 10.5   -370

The updated results can be found at
http://bangalorescrabble.com/igate2007-results.html

martin

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Mattel loses nude Barbie battle

So now we know where our Scrabble bucks go!

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3357965.stm

A US artist who took photos of Barbie dolls in bizarre and often 
sexually provocative poses has won his legal battle with toy company 
Mattel. Tom Forsythe was sued after publishing images of the 
children's toy which Mattel said could confuse consumers. 

Judges in San Francisco, however, ruled that the blonde-haired doll 
was fair game and said any ban would infringe an individual's right 
to parody or satire. Mattel first sued the artist in 1999 and then 
appealed the original ruling. 

'Food Chain Barbie'

Mr Forsythe's images included one which showed the iconic doll 
wrapped in a tortilla, covered in sauce and placed in an oven. Others 
showed the plastic poppet being skewered, shoved in a toaster or 
posing naked on kitchen appliances. Mattel argued that the images 
infringed its copyrights and trademarks and that toy buyers may think 
the company were behind the images. 

Mr Forsythe, on the other hand, said he was using the doll to 
highlight society's "materialistic and gender-oppressive values". 

Giving their ruling, the judges said: "Mattel cannot use trademark 
laws to censor all parodies or satires which use its name."

END

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I'm glad to hear they won't be censoring satires or any other high-
probability racks in the near future.

Cheers,

Stewart

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Re: [uk-scrabble] Mattel loses nude Barbie battle

On 18 Jan 2007 at 2:13, Stewart Holden wrote:

> So now we know where our Scrabble bucks go!
> 
> --
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3357965.stm

Grrrr*!

The BBC News website, for all its good points, also has an unreliable 
feature on the front page detailing the 'most popular stories right 
now'.

For reasons known only to God himself, it occasionally lists random 
old articles with no current relevance... such as the above, which I 
clicked thinking it was a new story, when in fact the page dates from 
December 2003. Ho hum.

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