Laura Dekker Is The Teenager Begains The World Record Of Sailing

Laura Dekker begins world record sailing bid

A 14-year-old Dutch girl who wants to sail around the world was given the thumbs up by her mother—less than five weeks after an American girl ran into trouble attempting the same trip, which prompted a highly-publicized, 20-hour rescue mission.

Laura Dekker's plan to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe was squashed when a Dutch court ruled she was too inexperienced last year. They took temporary guardianship over her, worried about her physical capability and mental state if she went on the two-year trip.

A Dutch teenager hoping to become the youngest solo around-the-world sailor has begun her voyage from Portugal.

Laura Dekker left her home port in the Netherlands on 4 August.

Laura Dekker, 14, left Portimao at around 0900 GMT on Saturday aboard her 8m (26ft) boat Guppy, Dutch media said.

Her manager said she had left in a very good mood despite calm conditions, but did not want to speak to the media.

In April Ms Dekker won a court case against Dutch social services, who had tried argued that the voyage could harm her emotional and social development.

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The teenager will spend more than two years living alone on the boat.

Media had gathered in Portimao at her scheduled departure time of 1200 GMT on Saturday, but there was no sign of Ms Dekker or her vessel.

Her manager, Peter Klarenbeek, said she had departed earlier in the day.

The teenager left her home port of Den Osse in the Netherlands on 4 August, accompanied by her father Dick Dekker, and arrived in Portugal ten days later.

Ms Dekker will make more than 20 stops along her route, but and has more than two years to complete the trip and break the existing record.

If she returns before she turns 17 in September 2012 she will seize the record, set in May this year by 16 year-old Australian Jessica Watson.

LEANN Rimes is feeling broody!

LeAnn believes she’s found her perfect guy in Eddie

LeAnn was born August 28, 1982 in Jackson, Mississippi, and began singing before she reached the age of two. She moved to Texas a few years later, and by age 11, had recorded her first album, All That, which was released on a small, independent label. The buzz created throughout Dallas by this album garnered the attention of Curb Records. Shortly thereafter, LeAnn released her remarkable major label debut, Blue, which went multi-platinum. The title track from that album ultimately became one of her signature songs.

Sources say the Can’t Fight The Moonlight hitmaker is desperate to have a baby with her hunky beau Eddie Cibrian.

“LeAnn believes she’s found her perfect guy in Eddie,” said a source close to the star.

“She loves hanging out with Eddie and his kids and knows he makes a great dad. She’s desperate to have ababy of her own — and she’s hoping Eddie will give her what she wants!”

Recent reports claimed LeAnn has been “lavishing” Eddie with attention so that he doesn’t get depressed about being fired from his job on CSI: Miami.

“She’s lavishing him with attention and trying to keep his spirits up,” a source told In Touch Weekly magazine, adding that LeAnn also practices retail therapy with Eddie.

“He’s a clothes horse. She buys him designer stuff all the time to cheer him up — and he eats it up,” said the pal.

It has also been claimed that Eddie was cheating on LeAnn with his estranged-wife Brandi Glanville .

“LeAnn is getting a bitter taste of her own medicine,” said a source close to Brandi.

“Eddie will keep cheating, because that’s just what he does.”
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Kuznetsova have gone to the Rogers Cup semifinal.

Kuznetsova reaches 1st semifinal at Rogers Cup.

Kuznetsova is a tennis player and Nice girl also. She is favorite Player in the field and favorite girl in Showbiz. MONTREAL — Vera Zvonareva upset an ailing Kim Clijsters 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the Rogers Cup on Friday.

The fifth-seeded Clijsters was examined by a trainer at courtside after the second set for an apparent left thigh injury, then took a six-minute medical break. She returned with her upper leg wrapped and completed the third set, but clearly lacked her usual mobility.

"I don't like to give up," Clijsters said. "If something really bad happens, if you twist your ankle. But I was still able to move, still able to hit the ball, so I don't believe in giving up."

The Belgian star, who had dominated the opening set, was coming off a victory last week in Cincinnati. Combined with a win at Miami earlier this year, she had won 13 consecutive matches played on hardcourts.

She said the injury wouldn't keep her from defending her U.S. Open title. She hopes to be back hitting balls in practice by Wednesday.

"It's the hip," she said. "I was trying to get an MRI this weekend but the hospitals here are full, so I'm going to get it done at the beginning of the next week in New Jersey."

Zvonareva will play the winner of a match between Victoria Azarenka and Marion Bartoli.

Clijsters has had some bad luck at the Rogers Cup. In 2006, the last time she played the event on the alternate years it is held in Montreal, she fell and injured a wrist. That injury contributed to her decision the following year to take a 25-month break from competition during which she gave birth to her daughter Jada.

She won the 2009 U.S. Open in only her third tournament after her return.

By reaching the quarterfinals this week, Clijsters is projected to move into the No. 3 spot in the WTA rankings. The last time she was ranked that high was on Aug. 28, 2006.

The eighth-seeded Zvonareva had lost five straight times to Clijsters but now has beaten her twice in a row. She also won in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon this year.

Earlier, Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the semifinals for the first time in eight Rogers Cup appearances with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over unseeded Zheng Jie of China. The 11th-seeded Kuznetsova has won all six career meetings with Zheng, all played on hardcourts.

"I know she's getting better and better," Kuznetsova said. "Before you could beat her easily but the last few times it's been harder and harder."

The 25-year-old Russian turned around a weak season with a victory two weeks ago in San Diego — her 13th career tournament win including the 2004 U.S. Open and the 2009 French Open.

"Winning matches makes you a totally different player," said Kuznetsova, who went through a string of first-round losses and coaching changes. "Without matches, you struggle a lot.

"Maybe you know what to do but you're not confident with some shots. There's only two or three points difference but it makes a huge difference."

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