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The earliest known cricketer\'s photograph - Silver Billy in his dotage.
It can be a disadvantage that there is as much information available about cricketing pre-history as there is. By using the expression pre-history I am referring to the period prior to 1864, the watershed year when overarm bowling was first legalised and, coincidentally, John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack began what is now comfortably the longest innings the game has seen. In using the word disadvantage I am thinking about the fact that there is always something being unearthed which casts doubt on previously accepted ideas or, just occasionally, that completely disproves what has been believed for generations. This was brought sharply into focus only recently as I read a couple of most convincing contributions to the journal of the Association of Cricket Statisticians (ACS), which suggest that the old underarm bowlers started pitching the ball, rather than rolling it along the ground, much earlier than had previously been believed. I have not changed what I had already written in that respect of David Harris and "Lumpy" Stevens, but I am no longer confident that it is necessarily correct.
Exactly what was and was not First Class cricket before 1864 is something of a vexed question but at least, thanks to the ACS, we do now have a definitive list of such matches. There was however much cricket that took place that, while it could never fit any definition of being First Class, was still of a high standard. In particular the powerful wandering XI's that played up and down the country in mid 18th century, played many of their matches against teams of more than eleven, and no games against odds are reckoned as First Class, so all these players played much more cricket than their First Class records suggest.
Another important factor that needs to be borne in mind is that batting was a much trickier occupation in pre-history than it is now, for a number of reasons. Firstly the batsman's equipment was vastly inferior to what came later. Pads and gloves, in rudimentary form, were in use by the end of the period but had only recently come into vogue. Bats were, until 1835, generally unsprung, solid pieces of wood. Secondly wickets were nothing like the flat prepared pitches of today and offered bowlers many advantages. Finally there were generally no boundaries so all runs had, quite literally, to be run. It is true that the stumps were a little smaller, that wicketkeepers suffered with poor equipment too, and that the relatively poor fielding standards were exacerbated by the state of the outfields, but overall the balance between bat and ball was tilted firmly in favour of the bowler.
The point can be illustrated statistically - by 1772 the average number of runs per wicket was around 7.5. By 1820 it had risen to 11 and by the end of pre-history had got up beyond 15 (although it fell back in 1835 when round arm bowling was legalised). In 1895 the figure touched 24 and since then has risen slightly but remained constant around 25/26. Thus John Small's 1775 innings of 138 was worth more than 400 in modern cricketing currency.
So selecting my Ancients XI was no easy task but here they are. I have set them out firstly in order of appearance on the First Class scene, and then reprised them in batting order. I have no specialist keeper, though there were such in pre-history, but that job goes to "Silver Billy", whose bowling I don't need, and in view of the number of stumpings in his career, he clearly knew how to guard the castle.
John Small Snr ( First Class career from 1772 - 1795)
According to the ACS criteria the First Class game began in 1772. John Small, who was already 35 by then, was by repute the finest batsman then playing and one who was a pioneer of the use of the straight bat which, from the 1750's, gradually replaced the curved bats that had been used when the game was in its infancy. Small scored what is now recognised as the first century in First Class cricket in 1775. It is a measure of what a remarkable feat that was that in the remaining 23 years of his First Class career he did not repeat the feat. Small, unusually for the times, had a particularly sound defence and was also noted for taking quick singles and testing the fielding side in a manner that few of his peers would do. As to his main contribution to the game that was the wicket gaining a middle stump. His watchful defence meant that Small seldom "lost his castle", so when, also in 1775, "Lumpy" Stevens beat his bat three times only to see the ball pass through the stumps, the bowler's protests were taken heed of and a middle stump added.
Edward Stevens (1772 - 1789)
Like his great rival John Small, "Lumpy" Stevens, as he was known and referred to in contemporary records, was already, at 37, an established player when First Class cricket began. When he started playing bowlers would roll the ball along the ground or, occasionally, skim it at speed, the reason being the wide but short wicket would not be hit by a ball that rose more than a few inches. In 1744 the laws of the game were, for the first time, reduced into writing and 22 inches by 6 became the standard size, This new tall, but narrow target meant that the ball that pitched and moved became infinitely more productive for bowlers than the old grubbers. Lumpy became the first recognised master of the art of slow bowling, although, statistically speaking, we cannot know just how effective he was due to the inadequacies of the primitive scoring systems used in his day which generally recorded nothing more than the batsman's score. There is no clear answer as to how he acquired his famous nickname but most accept it was as a result of his skill in choosing the most uneven pitch on which to bowl - in those days the pitch would be set up where the bowlers wanted it - there were no pre-prepared wickets.
David Harris (1782 - 1798)
The game's historians tell us that over 17 seasons David Harris played in a total of 78 First Class matches, in which he took 328 wickets. Just over four wickets per match does not sound particularly remarkable, and as scorers did not in those days record the runs scored from bowlers, we cannot work out his average, but it must be borne in mind that it was not until around thirty years after his career ended that bowlers, as well as fielders, were first credited with catches, so those 328 were all occasions when Harris hit the stumps. From all the other evidence that is available he seems to have been a formidable bowler. Harris was a right armer at a time when only underarm bowling was permitted and, taking his lead from "Lumpy" Stevens, Harris adopted the technique of pitching the ball in front of the batsman. Unlike "Lumpy" however, Harris bowled fast and a combination of pace, spin and the rough wickets of the time made the ball leap at the batsman causing many hand and finger injuries to the gloveless batsmen of the day. We know what we do about Harris thanks to John Nyren and his publication "The Cricketers of my Time", that appeared in 1832. He had no run up to speak of, according to Nyren he began from an erect stance, "like a soldier at drill", and raised the ball to his forehead before stepping forward. In his delivery stride, he brought the ball from under his arm "by a twist". Nyren described Harris' speed as "extraordinary".
William Beldham (1787 - 1821)
Aged 21 when he played his first First Class match, and 55 when he played his last, "Silver Billy" was, after John Small, the game's second great batsman. He may only have scored three centuries over his long career, and averaged just over 21, but as already noted in his day batting was an infinitely more difficult art than it is today. Historians debate still whether or not Beldham introduced the whole concept of forward play into the game, whether he was the first to play the cut shot and to understand the importance to batting technique of a high left elbow and a sideways on stance. He may not have been the first, but he was certainly an early pioneer and did much to popularise these extensions to the technique of batting. "Silver Billy" was also a good enough bowler to bowl 213 batsmen. He was a true all-rounder credited with as many as 333 catches in his 189 First Class appearances as well as 49 stumpings, although whether he was a regular wicketkeeper as such is unclear. What is clear is that as a fielder he would generally stand in the slip area. Nyren said of Beldham that "...one of the most beautiful sights that can be imagined, and which would have delighted an artist, was to see him make himself up to hit a ball. It was the beau ideal (sic) of grace, animation, and concentrated energy". A remarkable man in many ways "Silver Billy" lived to be 96 and, apparently, sired 39 children in his long life.
Fuller Pilch (1820 - 1854)
Fifteen years after Pilch made his First Class debut a major change in the laws of the game occurred as round arm bowling was legalised. Pilch was a great batsman both before and after this sea change and continued the development of forward play and the sort of strokes that might be recognised today, that Beldham and his contemporaries had begun. In all cricket Pilch reached his century on 10 occasions albeit only three of those were in matches now reckoned as First Class. He was a noted expert at single wicket competition, which in his time was extremely popular, and his slow round arm bowling was extremely effective in that form of the game. He also took wickets in the First Class game, albeit not on a scale or at such cost as to put him amongst the very best.
William Lillywhite (1825 - 1853)
Known as "The Nonpareil" (meaning unrivalled) Frederick William Lillywhite was the first, but by no means last, member of his family to make a major contribution to the development of the game. William was a bowler good enough to take more than 1,500 First Class wickets at just over 10 runs each. He took many others at lower cost in lesser matches. He was a slow to medium paced bowler who really came into his own with the legalisation of round arm bowling in 1835. He enjoyed a long career, his final First Class appearance coming when he was 61, just a year before his death. In his younger days William was also a useful batsman albeit he never did score a half century. William's sons, Fred, James and John are best remembered for their significant contributions to cricket literature, although John in particular was a fine cricketer who enjoyed a long career at First Class level. Another James, this time William's nephew, was a fine all rounder and captained England in the two matches in 1876/77 against Australia that are now recognised as the first two Test matches
William Clarke (1826 - 1855)
As founder, owner and captain of the first of the great peripatetic professional teams, The All England XI, William Clarke played a major role in the shaping of the game. He was also a fine bowler and one of the few who, after round arm bowling was finally fully authorised in 1835, persisted with underarm bowling. A slow leg spinner Clarke took almost 800 wickets at a cost of just a shade over 10 runs apiece in the 143 First Class matches he played in - 83 times he took five in an innings, and went on to take ten in a match on 26 occasions, although his contempories often remarked on an unwillingnes to take himself off. As a batsman Clarke was no better than moderate, an average of 10 and just seven half centuries being testament to that, but it is as a bowler that he made his name, and from what is written about him it also seems that he matured into a most astute captain, being one of the first to regularly change his field to take account of the idiosyncracies of individual batsmen. Clarke's legacy to the game, which will doubtless last in perpetuity, is that it was he who originally bought and developed the Nottinghamshire County and England Test ground at Trent Bridge, where the William Clarke stand was opened in 1990.
Nicholas Felix (1830 - 1852)
A truly multi talented man Felix was a gifted musician, linguist, artist and writer as well as a very fine left handed batsman. His 1845 book, Felix on the Bat, is one of the early classics of cricket literature. No lesser man than his contemporary, Pilch, described him as the most attractive batsman in England. He stood at the crease with his knees slightly bent, had a high backlift and excelled in the cut and the drive. Felix came to the game relatively late in that he did not play First Class cricket until the age of 25. Even then for a number of years he did not play consistently as he was at that stage running a school, under his true name of Nicholas Wanostrocht, that he had inherited from his father. The amount Felix played gradually increased and by the end of his First Class career he had scored 4,556 runs at an average of 18. He had scored two centuries although his most famous innings was one of 88 that helped the Gentlemen to victory over the Players at Lords in 1842, their first victory on level terms for twenty years. Like his fellow amateur Mynn Felix did not enjoy financial security, but although it was necessary for a Testimonial match to be played for his benefit at Lords in 1846 he was never in as much difficulty as Mynn. It is perhaps surprising that this was so given Felix's impressive array of talents but clearly a flair for business was not amongst his skills. In addition to his other achievements Felix invented a bowling machine (the Catapulta) and batting gloves, but in each case it was others and not him who enjoyed the fruits of his inspiration.
Alfred Mynn (1832 - 1859)
Had WG Grace not been born it is likely that the name of Alfred Mynn, "The Lion of Kent", who John Woodcock of The Times ranked as the fourth greatest cricketer ever, would be much better known today than it actually is. Like Grace Mynn cut an imposing figure, standing well over six feet in height, and weighing more than 18 stones. It was just three years after Mynn began his First Class career that round arm bowling was legalised and he was one of its finest exponents. A famous 1871 description of Mynn the bowler was "a man who stands six foot two, of gigantic but symmetrical figure, standing up his full height, taking six stately steps to the wicket, and bringing his arm round well below the shoulder, and sending the ball down like a flash of lightning dead on the wicket". Mynn's overall First Class bowling record, as best it can be worked out, is over 1,000 wickets at just over 10 runs apiece. As a batsman Mynn's record was, by the standards of the day, pretty good even though he averaged only 13. The best known story about Mynn relates to his one century, that he scored for the South against the North in 1836. An ankle injury prevented Mynn bowling in the match and in the South's first innings he batted down the order and was left unbeaten on 21. In the second innings, batting with a runner, he scored a magnificent 125*, which was of course a quite exceptional score in those far off days. The North's leading bowler was Samuel Redgate, who was just as fast as Mynn - following the innings he apparently said "It mattered not what length I bowled him - the better I bowled, the harder he hit me away." Mynn paid a heavy price for his innings however. There were no leg guards in those days and after being repeatedly struck on the legs by Redgate during his innings he was in a bad way. A stagecoach was summoned to rush him back to London and the journey from Leicester (some 100 miles), during which Mynn had to lay on the roof as a combination of his bulk and his severely swollen leg would not permit him to get in the carriage, cannot have helped his condition. An amputation seemed likely, although in the end Mynn made a full recovery, albeit he missed the whole of the 1837 season and only appeared twice in the First Class game in 1838. As a cricketer Mynn's best years were the 1840's and early 1850's. Always an amateur, finances were a continuing problem for him, and he was bankrupted more than once and, in days when English law permitted imprisonment for civil debt, he saw the inside of a prison cell as well.
George Parr (1844 - 1870)
Parr, who became known as "The Lion of the North", had not long been in the First Class game before he was generally recognised as having taken over Fuller Pilch's mantle as the finest batsman in England. Like all great batsmen his success was built on a sound defence but Parr also had a fine array of strokes, and was particularly strong on the leg side. With an average of only just over 20, and just one century in his long career, Parr's figures are poor if judged by contemporary standards but by the standards of his time they were impressive. He was also a very consistent batsman scoring more than 30 half centuries and, unusually for the time, on several occasions averaging more than 30 for a season. Like John Small before him Parr also realised the importance of good running between the wickets. Unlike many at this time Parr did not bowl very much, taking just 29 First Class wickets in all, and he never bowled at all in a First Class match until 1856, but an average of 15, while unremarkable at the time, was still low enough to suggest real all round ability. In due course Parr became a business partner of John Wisden and together they arranged and led the first touring team that left English shores back in 1859, to North America. Parr also captained the second English team to visit Australia, in 1863/64, although only one of the matches his side played is reckoned as First Class, and even in that members of the touring party appeared in both teams.
John Wisden (1845 - 1863)
This year the Cricketers' Almanack to which John Wisden gave his name has appeared for the 148th consecutive year. Its annual appearance ensures that the name of Wisden remains synonymous with the game he graced with distinction as a player. Just 5' 4'' in height, Wisden was known as "The Little Wonder". As time passes his name is known only as a result of the Almanack, but he was a fine all round cricketer, and particularly a very quick, and very accurate, round arm bowler. His only cricketing achievements that the eponymous Almanack now records are the two occasions on which he took all 10 wickets in an innings, in 1850 (all bowled), and again in 1851. All told in his career Wisden took more than 1,100 First Class wickets. As with the other members of this eleven history does not record his full analysis on each and every occasion he bowled, but from what we do know it seems likely that his overall average was less than 10. In addition Wisden was a distinctly useful batsman, making his top score of 148 in 1855 in a game between Yorkshire and Sussex which marked the first ever First Class fixture at Sheffield's Bramall Lane. To put that achievement in context it needs to be borne in mind that that innings was the only First Class century recorded in England in the entirety of that season. By the start of the 1863 season Wisden was still only 36, but he had been troubled by injury and weight gain since returning from the tour of North America in 1859, and that season saw his final First Class appearances. This was an era when 36 was no great age for a professional cricketer, but that in part was due to the lack of employment opportunities for former players and in that respect Wisden was the exception, having already taken steps to secure his future once his playing days were over.
..and in batting order
1.John Small
2.+William Beldham
3.Nicholas Felix
4.Fuller Pilch
5.George Parr
6.Alfred Mynn
7.John Wisden
8.*William Clarke
9.William Lillywhite
10.David Harris
11.Edward Stevens
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Additional Government Measures for Stimulating the Economy
The Government is committed to taking steps for minimizing the impact of the global financial crisis on the Indian economy. To this end, Government has taken a number of steps since October 7, the most recent being the measures announced on 7.12.2008. These included:
(i) Additional plan expenditure upto Rs. 20,000 cr. in the current year mainly for critical rural, infrastructure and social security schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Indira Awas Yojana, Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP).
(ii) An across-the-board cut of 4% in ad-valorem Cenvat rate except for petroleum products.
(iii) Several other measures to support exports, housing, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) and textile sectors.
(iv) Authorising India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) to raise Rs. 10,000 cr. to refinance bank lending for infrastructure projects.
Subsequently, other measures have also been taken such as removal of ban on export of cement.
.2. Additional steps are being taken on the monetary, credit and fiscal front to further strengthen the contra-cyclical stance of policy. The Reserve Bank has today announced a set of measures. In addition, with a view to further liberalizing the policy on External Commercial Borrowing (ECB), the Government and the RBI have decided:
(a) The 'all-in-cost' ceilings on such borrowing would be removed, under the approval route of RBI;
(b) To facilitate access to funds for the housing sector, the 'development of integrated townships' would be permitted as an eligible end-use of the ECB, under the approval route of RBI;
(c) NBFCs, dealing exclusively with infrastructure financing, would be permitted to access ECB from multilateral or bilateral financial institutions, under the approval route of RBI.
(d) In order to give a boost to the corporate bond market, FII investment limit in rupee denominated corporate bonds in India would be increased from US $ 6 bn to US $ 15 bn.
The decisions at points (a) to (c) would be reviewed after June 30, 2009.
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(ii) An arrangement will be worked out with leading Public Sector Banks to provide a line of credit to NBFCs specifically for purchase of commercial vehicles.
(iii) Credit targets of Public Sector Banks are being revised upward to reflect the needs of the economy in the present difficult situation. Government will closely monitor, on a fortnightly basis, the provision of sectoral credit by public sector banks.
(iv) Special monthly meetings of State Level Bankers' Committees would be held to oversee the resolution of credit issues of micro, small and medium enterprises by banks. Department of MSME and Department of Financial Services will jointly set up a Cell to monitor progress on this front. Matters of MSMEs remaining unresolved with the Banks- SME Helpline for more than a fortnight may be brought to the notice of this Cell.
(v) Recently the guarantee cover under Credit Guarantee Scheme for micro and small enterprises on loans was extended from Rs.50 lakh to Rs.1 crore with a guarantee cover of 50%. In order to enhance flow of credit to micro enterprises, it has been further decided to increase the guarantee cover extended by Credit Guarantee Fund Trust to 85% for credit facility upto Rs.5 lakh. This will benefit about 84 per cent of the total number of accounts accorded guarantee cover.
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New British number one Andy Murray was soundly beaten in the first round of the Las Vegas Championship, going down in straight sets to Tommy Robredo.
Murray was broken at the start of the first set and never recovered, losing 6-2 6-2 to the third seed in under an hour in blustery conditions.
The 18-year-old admitted the weather had played a part in his defeat.
Andy didn't seem to be able to cope with the wind as well as Robredo did and possibly the fact the match was rain delayed affected the result.
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For the last couple of years I've not really played in anything as bad as what it was out there.
I could have played much better but I could have done with slightly calmer conditions after just coming from playing indoors for four weeks.
It was not really great for getting into a rhythm and getting used to playing outside again - I even almost missed a couple of serves.
But I also wasn't quite all there unfortunately.
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Cool I got an insert on the main page thanks Mark. Cross Fingers for Non-Negative British Press!
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indeed.i think winning san jose will have given him a reprieve for now.as long as he does resonably well in one of the masters tournaments hell prob be free until going to the clay court season when theyll get their first chance to see him on hos 'best' surface
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Guardian - 'Death in Vegas'
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Telegraph - 'Petchy Tries to Strike Right Balance
Great article by Petch there....
"It's easy to say that Andy should shut it out, but it's impossible to do. You see stuff and you hear stuff. You've got people that phone you or text you and you hear stuff.
If you go on to the internet you're instinctively drawn to stuff about you.
He knows it's going to be a part of his life, so it's not a question of ignoring it, it's a question of dealing with it," Petchey said.
"The media attention has been a real change in Andy's life. It's been such an incredible run on court, and all of a sudden he's gone from doing almost no media to being in demand the whole time. It's every week now and because of who he is and what he's done and where he comes from, there is always someone wanting something and that's difficult for an 18-year-old to have to deal with. I think he's done an incredible job of dealing with it to play the tennis that he has done."
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Petch is so cool. I read a small article in The Sun today about how Mark and Andy compete with each other, was good.
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"Murray does not have a trophy cabinet at home any more, but perhaps he may have to reconsider soon. "I used to have all my trophies together at home," he said. "I had lots of trophies from my junior tennis. But I don't keep them any more - I have not won many in the last few years. I have won Challenger tournaments and Futures tournaments, but you don't always get a trophy - you just get a cheque. For San Jose I got what looks like a vase - maybe my mum can put some flowers in it."
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- Most NU students (80%) typically drink alcohol on two or fewer days a week.
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- Most (74%) have not missed a class due to drinking or other drug use.
Most NU students don't cause serious harm to themselves or others due to drinking or drug use.
- Most (96%) have not damaged property while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.
- Most (92%) do not drink and drive.
- Most (88%) have not been in trouble with campus authorities (Res Life, Police, etc.) due to drinking or other drug use.
- Most (86%) have not been hurt or injured due to drinking or other drug use.
- Most (76%) have not gotten into fights due to drinking or other drug use.
- Most (61%) have not had a blackout (memory loss) due to drinking or other drug use.
- Most (60%) have not done something they regret due to drinking or other drug use.
* The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) defines 'low risk' drinking as follows:
For MEN, no more than 4 drinks on any single day and no more than 14 drinks per week. For WOMEN, no more than 3 drinks on any single day and no more than 7 drinks per week. Based on one's health and other factors, a person may need to drink less or not at all. For more information, visit NIAAA's Rethinking Drinking website.
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a GRAND family trip! End of May, Grand Floridian RPC Deluxe dining
Ok SO I am finally starting this, and we leave in less than two months!
So this is how it started. My wonderful father FORGOT his and my mom's wedding anniversary last May. Yes, after 31 years of marraige, he forgot. SO, least to say he wa sin the doghouse big time. A few months pass and DH and I go on our September trip. Upon returning home, I must plan another trip (this is just what I do people!) So, in my scheming, I figured out a way for my dad to get out of the doghouse. They could come with us for a big fun trip this summer. They were all for it. Then we decided to invite my non vacation going sister and her DH. They are homebodies, so I am suprised the every agreed. they started out just going 3 nights but changed it to 4. my parents are going 5, and we are going 7. (we booked the 4 nights 3 free so said "why not") So here is our cast DD :eeyore:(this will be "disney dad" and NOT disney daughter in my trip report!) he will be 54 this month. Him and I share the same quick wit and sense of humor. He is very impatient though and does not like to wait in lines. He owns his own business and I am surprised he is coming for 5 nights! DM ::MinnieMo (disney mom) is 53. She is a Christmas baby, and likes to tell everone her entire life story. She never meets a stranger. She is one of those sickningly sweet people who never gets mad and would give you the shirt off her back. She is very excited about this trip because well, she loves disney like me. and she isnt a complainer so my DD will complain about the lines enough for the both of them. my mom works for my dad and part time at TJ Maxx, where she promptly spends her entire paycheck :sad2: DS :tigger:(disney sister) Just turned 26 this week. thinks she is Peter Pan and will never grow up. She is a literacy coach for public schools. She is one of those people you want to be on your side when there is a fight. a good word for her is "feisty". She is strong willed like my dad but not to great in the quick wit/common sense department. My DD likes to say she is on "tape delay" but we still claim her....most days. She doesn't get the disney obsession but is along for the ride. DBIL pooh:(disney brother in Law) my sister husband, 30 years old. is a financial numbers guy (he's like Chandler on Friends, no one really knows what he does.) He hasn't been to Disney since he was ten and they *gasp* stayed off property. So he is in for a real treat. He is a mellow kinda guy who just goes with the flow. I am hoping to make an addict out of him but it will be a challenge. DH :goofy: oh poor sickly, well, lets hope he doesnt get sickly! we have been good on the past two trips! DH will be 26 this summer. He is a recent law school grad and avid online gamer. I am thankful to be able to pull him off of world of war crack-- I mean warcraft to come to disney. The boy goes to eat. He LOVES to eat and would probably eat our dogs if there was no food left in the house. I am slowly but surley turning him into a disney freak and he is excited about this trip. and then there is me.:tink:I will be 24 this summer. I teach 5th grade. It is exhausting but I can't see myself doing anything else. I have always loved disney, especially the princesses, and am an avid trip planner. half the fun for me is in the planning and the excitement leading up to the trip. I have already created my color coded spreadsheet for this trip if that gives you any indication of my loyalty to disney. I love volleyball and basketball and have coached both and I have recently taken up running and ran in my first 8k last weekend. I also love my two toy poodle babies, Sassy and Bella. They will be staying with their aunt and uncle and "cousin" dogs while we are gone. they came over last night for a play date and it went well! Anyway, so I am anxiously awaiting summer because, well, its summer and I get paid to not work, and because of my trip! Thanks for joining me on this experience! I will update as often as I can! ------------------------------------------ Ok, main details: me and DH arrive day 1 DD and DM arrive day 2 DS and DBIL arrive day 3 the four of them leave on the same flight home on morning of day 6 DH and I leave day 8 after 7 nights. we will be celebrating my parents anniversary (we will be there on the actual day) and DH's bday which we will miss by a couple days. close enough! we have 3 standard rooms booked in the main building of the Grand Floridian, Royal Palm club. Everyone is on the dining plan, but DH and I are on the Deluxe plan. I will update soon with more plans and our ADr's! but for now, here is a couple pics of all of us this is us in disney in 1997? at tony's for dinner. I am rockin that hair wrap BTW. http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3...herdinsey2.jpg here is us on Christmas http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3...94061_3586.jpg |
popcorn:: Joining in, i can't wait for another Heather PTR/TR. I am leaving in a little over a month and i am so excited!! popcorn::
Here I am. Can't wait to hear all about this one!
By the way, what happened to "subscribe to thread" under thread tools??? Has it been moved? |
Hey, Heather! I'm intrigued by the mob you'll be traveling with. I've always felt like at Disney, the more the merrier ... but it does have its own challenges!
We'll be down there May 17 for a few days, so if there's any "recon" work we can do for y'all, let me know. We're meeting another couple from Jacksonville and their kids down there (I'm their former youth minister ... makes me feel like a real geezer), so we'll have a big party, too. |
I'm in :banana:
We're going just before you on May 16th and also staying GF RPC :cloud9: |
Can't wait to read more. I followed you entire dining review which was really good!
OH, I can also add we got a great deal on flights! $64.00 each way. I was really excited because now the prices are back up to over 100 dollars each way! I am hoping my ME tags come in the next couple of weeks! |
I'm joining in on your fun! That is a gorgeous Christmas tree you're standing in front of! Really nice family picture.
Joining in for another one of your trippies! Can't wait to hear all about it and excited to hear how it goes with a group of people. We have been trying to talk my sister and her fiance into coming to disney with us for over a year now. I know we're breaking them down. :rotfl2:Hopefully some day soon they'll say yes and go on a trip with us! :thumbsup2 Can't wait to hear more! :goodvibes
I'm in too. I will be in FL for 10 days in May, but will be in Naples for my DD wedding, so close to Disney, but it will have to wait for another trip. I always love your food reports, and take on the world. Group travel sure does have it's challenges.
Joining in on the fun at the begining this time.
I am going to post my ADR's in a minute (or what I think they are. I haven't gotten a final copy back yet haha) |
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International Conference on Integrated Medical Imaging in Cardiovascular Diseases (IMIC 2013, 30 September – 4 October 2013)
This year's International Conference held at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna on Integrated Medical Imaging in Cardiovascular Diseases (IMIC 2013) from 30 September – 4 October 2013, will provide the opportunity to review the exciting latest developments in the field of integrated medical imaging as applied to Cardiovascular Diseases. It will give the opportunity to evaluate the current status of medical imaging, reflect on challenges, deliver 'know-how' via continuing medical education programmes in the field, improve the performance of clinical practice, interact with the user groups and provide people in the field with state-of-the-art information, exchange information on current advances in the field among leading clinical scientists from developed and developing countries, and identify future challenges and trends, as well as the role of the IAEA and other international organizations in addressing these.
For more information on IMIC as well as registration for participation and deadlines for submission of abstracts and papers we have provided following link http://www-pub.iaea.org/iaeameetings/43045/International-Conference-on-Integrated-Medical-Imaging
Scientific Secretaries of the conference,
M. Dondi and R. Kashyap,
Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section,
Division of Human Health, IAEA
M. Haji-Saeid,
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Whitewater Ski Resort backcountry (Dave Heath photo)
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DYERSVILLE - A Dyersville concrete company reported a spill of about 1,000 gallons of wash water to Bear Creek in Dubuque County Monday afternoon.
The wash water is a byproduct of rinsing clean stone and is normally contained in an earthen basin. Muskrats apparently burrowed into the side of the containment area, allowing the wash water to flow into and cloud the stream. Workers at Bard Concrete noticed the cloudy water and quickly responded, shutting down the release within 10 minutes.
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Last week I came across the following issues when using the sabotage 'Infiltration' card. I Might be interpreting the rules around this card wrong so please share your ideas/clarification about this card.
According to the game flow a sabotage card (in this case the infiltration card) is drawn and executed during the 'Status phase' Step 1. The infiltration card gives the opportunity to fatigue 1-3 units but during step 1 of the 'status' phase, the tokens are not removed yet (which is step 2). So it does not seem to make much sense (also because most units are fatigued anyway at this stage). I can only suggest that this card is resolve during Step 3 (place in Op Fire mode) of the status phase. Does anyone have any ideas how this can best be resolved?
In addition…
In our situation a 4 was rolled which mean that one of the 3 selected units is chosen by the opponent and switches sides (so is under control of the opponent). The opponent chose a unit which shared the hex with a tank. How is this situation resolved? Does the unit (which changed sides) 'retreat' to a free hex nearest to the opponents side?


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Realm maintenance for January 5th [Updated]
Though we haven't seen official word on the topic yet, it's expected that the next wing of Icecrown Citadel, the Plagueworks, will open tomorrow once realms come back online. This wing will include the bosses Rotface, Festergut, and Professor Putricide. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if we also saw a minor bug fix patch tomorrow, but only time will tell.
If we hear anymore regarding either of those things throughout the day, we'll be sure to keep you updated.
Edit: I know how to use a calendar. Really. I do.
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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Mbarushimana, Kagabo Desire firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-07192007-134318 Document Title Modelling the soil water balance of potatoes for improved irrigation management Degree MSc (Soil Science) Department Plant Production and Soil Science Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Dr J M Steyn Prof J G Annandale Keywords
- irrigation management
- soil moisture
- potatoes
Date 2007-04-17 Availability unrestricted Abstract Soil Water Balance (SWB), is a generic and mechanistic crop growth model that has been successfully used to model the water balance of several crops. Its ability to combine crop water modelling and irrigation scheduling approaches allows it to be used as a research tool and an irrigation management tool. Since SWB is a tool that could be used as decision making tool for farmers, its accuracy in simulating crop growth, development and soil water balance should be high. To highlight the importance of improved irrigation management for potato crop by the means of a mechanistic soil water balance model and the importance of the photoperiod factor in potato modelling in sub-tropical region, two potato experiments were carried out in two contrasting seasons, namely, spring and autumn. Growth and development responses of potato under both well irrigated and water stressed conditions for spring and autumn plantings were examined.
This study successfully quantified the water use and potato growth responses to water stress. The water use efficiency varied with irrigation treatments and planting time, and autumn experiment had generally higher values than spring. Unstressed treatment gave the highest tuber yields irrespective of planting season and marketable tuber yield was higher in autumn than spring. Water stress imposed at tuber initiation until end of tuber bulking was revealed to be the most detrimental to biomass and tuber production. This suggests that water stress at tuber initiation and bulking stage should be avoided if high tuber yield is the target.
Growth analysis data were used to determine crop parameters for SWB calibration and validation. The model simulated reasonably well growth, development and soil water balance in both unstressed and stressed conditions. However, simulations results of total and harvestable dry matter towards the end of the exponential tuber bulking stage (50 - 65 DAP) were deteriorated. As a result, the model did not simulate accurately the final yield. This is an indication that the model fails to simulate the size of the canopy and its duration.
The time at which tuber initiation commences appeared not be affected by the planting seasons since variation of the duration between emergence and tuber initiation in different seasons was small. This small variation could be attributed to the fact that the potato growing season in South Africa (Pretoria) in spring 2004 and autumn 2005 experiences minimum and maximum temperatures which are acceptable for the growth of potato. In Pretoria, emergence and tuberisation take place under relatively cool temperatures late in September and also early in April when temperatures are relatively cool. Consequently, potato grown in this period may escape the early autumn and late spring high temperatures. However, autumn planting experiences an abrupt change of day lengths from long days to short days towards tuber initiation. This brusque change of day length may change the crop physiology and affect the subsequent normal course of plant growth. If the day length factor could be integrated into SWB, it appears that the model will better simulate potato growth and development. The poor simulation results of total dry matter and harvestable dry matter early in the growing season suggest that the model should be improved by allowing it to simulate the start of tuber initiation.
A linear function of average temperature between a base and an optimal temperature corrected with photoperiod factor was found to be the most appropriate method to estimate thermal time required for tuber initiation. This method suggests that the time of tuber initiation can be estimated from its thermal time within two days.
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15 Jul 2013 | #1 |
BSOD on XP after Avira autoscan
My girlfriend's sister is having a problem with her HP Pavillion XP computer. Twice now it's crashed after Avira pops up to do an autoscan. The first time I wasn't there for it but yesterday I was starting up her computer when it happened. Once the computer was booted up, the Avira Luke Filewalker popup came up and started to do an autoscan. She told me that at the end of the scan it crashes to a BSOD. I let the scan continue which took a couple minutes and then sure enough I got the BSOD. I booted again and the computer froze up after a few minutes as I was looking in the error logs. After another reboot, everything seemed to run okay and I managed to follow the instructions here for the SF_Diagnostic_Tool. I'm attaching the results here. I ran Avira manually not yesterday but after the first time she told me it crashed and it ran and completed fine. I also ran Spybot and yesterday after the crashes I ran Windows update which ran the malicious software removal tool, and again nothing was found. Any help would be appreciated.
One other thing - In one of the logs I saw the error "Bad Pool Caller". Also, the date was still saying it was the 6th yesterday and for some reason I had to manually change the date before windows reset the time properly. Another strange coincidence is no more than an hour or two after that first happened to her last week, her HP monitor died too. She bought a new monitor yesterday which we connected before the second BSOD I saw yesterday. She has a surge protector but it's older and not the best. Could a surge be responsible for having damaged the pc and fried the monitor? My girlfriend also said at work the last week 11 of their XP PCs have had virus issues that targeted their Malwarebytes software and removed it and caused other issues. She said their Windows 7 PCs are fine. I wonder if this is her issue? |
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Uninstall your current antivirus as it is contributing to your BSOD's. Replace with Microsoft Security Essentials & the Free version of Malwarebytes, update and make full scans separately:
Uninstallers (removal tools) for common antivirus software - ESET Knowledgebase
Good & Free System Security CombinationReduce items at start up: Performing a Clean Startup in Windows 7Your Antivirus software is basically whats just needed there. Make scans with - TDSSKiller Rootkit Removal Utility Free Download | Kaspersky Lab USUse the System File Checker tool and Run Disk Check: Repair Windows 7 System Files with System File CheckerMonitor hardware temperature with system monitoring software like Speccy or HWMonitor: Piriform - Speccy |
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16 Jul 2013 | #3 |
First i will suggest you to start your system in the safe mode if you able to start in the safe mode then update your drivers
you can resolve it by applying the tweaks given in the geeky article. you can access this article from here Fix Bad Pool Caller Windows 8 | backspacetab Hopefully it will help you to solve your problem |
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Pilgrim Congregational Church will host a free organ concert Dec. 8 for the Chattanooga-area community.
The concert, which will feature traditional Christmas music and carols, will feature premier concert artist Brad Bryan, who will perform on the contemporary organ and piano.
Bryan has performed more than 1,000 concerts around the world and produced 36 albums.
Reservations may be made for child care by calling the church office at 423-698-5682.
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