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Awhile back I asked about the Redmond WA area because I'm interviewing with a company that has a business unit there.
Well....All is going well, and now Portland Oregon Area (Hillsboro) is also in play with the same company.
I have what I hope are final interviews tomorrow. Then if all goes well I'll need to make a decision.
Anybody have any thoughts on Portland?
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Let it Go Prison Reprise
I have made so many choices,
And so many mistakes in my life.
I've caused so many problems,
So much pain, so much strife.
Now I can see my swirling storm outside...
I couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried....
I shouldn't have let them in, I should've have let them see,
I should've been the good girl daddy told me to be.
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them through..
But then they knew.
I let it go,
I let it go,
But I couldn't hold it back anymore.
I let it go,
I let it go,
I threw my soul to the snow.
But should've cared,
Watch the storm rage on...
And now cold is all I feel today.
It hurts how some isolation,
Can make everything seem strange.
And one wrong choice,
Causes everything to change.
Now I've lost control of my curse,
I've lost my sister to make it worse,
Not right but wrong, the storm set free
From me
I let it go,
I let it go,
But I was one with the wind and sky!
I let it go,
I let it go,
But now you'll only see me cry.
Here I am,
But here I'll stay.
Watch that storm rage on...
But with all lost I've got nothing left to loose...
I have a point to life and my own path that I'll choose!
If that means risking it all for others, so be it!
I've got a chance to change, it's about time I did it!
Let it go!
Let it go!
And I'll shine like the break of dawn!
Let it go!
Let it go!
That broken girl is gone!
Here I stand, in the light again!
Let the storm be gone!
I hope I can fix this anyway....


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Medicare Advantage 2012 Spotlight: Plan Availability and Premiums
This brief highlights trends in the Medicare Advantage marketplace, including the choices available to Medicare beneficiaries in 2012, premium levels and other plan characteristics. The brief was authored by researchers at Mathematica Policy Research and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Data Spotlight (.pdf)
also of interest
- Health Affairs Article: At Least Half of New Medicare Advantage Enrollees Had Switched From Traditional Medicare During 2006-11
- Medicare Advantage 2015 Data Spotlight: Overview of Plan Changes
- What Do We Know About Health Care Access and Quality in Medicare Advantage Versus the Traditional Medicare Program?
- Open Enrollment: Insights from Medicare for Health Insurance Marketplaces


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David I Thodey
David Thodey became Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director in May 2009.
David joined Telstra in April 2001 as Group Managing Director of Telstra Mobiles and in December 2002 was appointed as Group Managing Director Telstra Enterprise and Government. In this role, David was responsible for the company's corporate, government and large business customers in Australia and internationally.
Before joining Telstra, David was Chief Executive Officer of IBM Australia/New Zealand and previously held several senior executive positions in marketing and sales with IBM across Asia Pacific. David holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and English from Victoria University in New Zealand and attended the Kellogg Post-Graduate School General Management Program at Northwestern University in Chicago.
In January 2013, David joined the Board of the GSM Association (GSMA), the global body made up of carriers and related companies that supports the standardisation and deployment of mobile technology around the world. In February 2015 he was appointed as GSMA's Chairman of the Public Policy Committee.
In November 2014, he was elected as the International Business Leaders' Advisory Council Asia Pacific Vice Chairman, a key advisory group to the Mayor of Shanghai.
In February 2015, David was appointed as a co-chair of the Infrastructure and Investment Taskforce for B20 Turkey. The B20 is a forum through which the private sector produces policy recommendations for the annual meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) leaders.
Follow @DavidThodey on Twitter.
Gordon Ballantyne
Group Executive Telstra Retail
Gordon was appointed to the role of Group Executive to lead the newly formed Telstra Retail, in October 2013. Gordon is responsible for Telstra's retail business including Telstra Consumer, Telstra Business, Products, the Chief Marketing Office, Telstra's National Broadband Network product, sales and marketing, and the Telstra e-Health division.
Gordon joined Telstra as the Group Managing Director for the Consumer business in June 2010, moving into the role of Chief Customer Officer across all of Telstra's customer segments of consumer, business, enterprise and government in July 2012.
Gordon's previous roles have included Vice President, Personal Systems Group, Hewlett-Packard (HP) in the United Kingdom and Ireland; Sales and Service Director and a member of the executive board of T-Mobile in the UK; Founder and Director of Dell.com in Europe; and Founder of Dell Ventures Europe, the strategic investment arm of Dell Corporation. Gordon was also a member of Dell's European Executive Management team.
Gordon holds a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
Vice Chairman, CSL Ltd
Gordon was appointed Deputy/Vice Chairman and Director in CSL New World Mobility Limited, New World PCS Holdings Limited, Hong Kong CSL Limited and CSL Limited, on 15 April 2010.
Andrew Penn FCCA, MBA
Chief Financial Officer, Group Executive International
Andrew Penn is Chief Financial Officer and Group Executive, International.
He is responsible for Telstra's financial support, strategy development, corporate policy functions and the operational aspects of Telstra's International business. They include strategy, mergers and acquisitions, treasury, internal audit, risk management, tax, corporate planning, reporting and analysis and investor relations.
In addition, Finance & Strategy is responsible for the financial management of the majority of Telstra's fixed assets, including network assets.
Brendon Riley
Group Executive, Global Enterprise and Services
Brendon Riley was appointed to the role of Group Executive, Global Enterprise and Services. In this role, Brendon is responsible for a new $5 billion revenue business unit operating as a global scale, industry-based services and solutions business.
Brendon Riley joined Telstra in 2011 as Chief Operations Officer, having left his role with IBM as General Manager of Northeast Europe.
Prior to this role Brendon served as Chief Executive of IBM in the UK and Ireland, IBM's third largest country based unit. Previously he was a member of IBM's Corporate Strategy team, which design and launched IBM's Growth Market Unit and served as General Manager for Central/Eastern Europe, Russia/CIS, Middle East, Africa, Austria and Switzerland.
Brendon was also Chief Executive and Managing Director of Global Services Australia. Prior to this he was based in Japan for over five years where he was part of the team that launched, scaled and matured the IBM Global Services business across the Asian region.
Brendon holds a Bachelor of Business in Information Processing from the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University).
Carmel Mulhern BA, LLB, LLM, FCIS
Group General Counsel
Carmel Mulhern is Telstra's Group General Counsel. Carmel is responsible for providing legal advice to Telstra's Board, CEO and senior management. Carmel manages one of Australia's largest in-house legal teams, with lawyers in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, London and New York.
Prior to this, Carmel was the Telstra Company Secretary reporting to the Board and responsible for continuous disclosure compliance, corporate governance and communication to Telstra's 1.4 million shareholders.
Carmel joined Telstra in July 2000 as Corporate Counsel and soon became General Counsel within the Finance and Administration business unit. Carmel played a key role in the T2 and T3 transactions, Telstra's first share buyback and, more recently, the NBN transaction.
Prior to joining Telstra Carmel was a senior associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions group of Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Melbourne. Carmel has also held the position of associate to Justice Mary Gaudron of the High Court of Australia and associate to Justice Philip Cummins of the Supreme Court of Victoria. She has lectured at Monash University on director's duties and advanced corporations law and is the author of two legal text books.
Carmel holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland and a Master of Laws from Monash University.
Carmel is a member of Telstra's Ethics Committee, a member of the St James Ethics Advisory Council and a Director of Justice Connects (formerly PILCH VIC).
<Damien Coleman B. Ec, LLB (Hons), FGIA, FCIS
Company Secretary
Damien Coleman was appointed Company Secretary of Telstra Corporation Limited effective 1 January 2012. Damien reports to the Board and his responsibilities include continuous disclosure compliance, corporate governance and communication with Telstra's 1.4 million shareholders.
Damien joined Telstra in 1998 and has served in senior legal roles across the company including Sensis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telstra Operations and, most recently, as General Counsel, Finance and Administration, Office of the Company Secretary and NBN. In that role he was responsible for Telstra's continuous disclosure compliance, all legal aspects of the Annual Report preparation and Annual General Meeting, as well as annual financial results announcements.
Damien also played a key role in the negotiation of the Definitive Agreements for Telstra's participation in the rollout of the National Broadband Network. Before joining Telstra, he was a senior lawyer at a leading Australian law firm.
Damien serves on the Victorian State Council of the Governance Institute of Australia.
Damien holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Economics from the Australian National University.
Kate McKenzie BA, LLB
Chief Operations Officer
Kate McKenzie was appointed Chief Operations Officer in October 2013. This role is responsible for Telstra Operations, Chief Technology Office and innovation portfolios to better integrate technology development and implementation.
Prior to her current role, Kate was Group Managing Director, Telstra Innovation, Products and Marketing from March 2010. In this role, Kate oversaw product, promotion and pricing across Telstra, including the major product units – Mobile Products, Fixed Voice and Broadband, Network Applications and Services, Data and IP as well as the NBN team and the Chief Technology Office.
Kate has overseen the rollout of Telstra's new brand identity, has been at the forefront of the turnaround in Telstra's mobile business, and has led the company's transition to the NBN by creating truly differentiated products and services in a highly competitive market.
Kate has previously been Group Managing Director of Strategic Marketing, a position she was appointed to in March 2009, and before that, she was Group Managing Director of the Telstra Wholesale business unit, a position she held for just over three years.
Kate joined Telstra in August 2004 as head of Telstra's regulatory group. Within a year she was promoted to the role of Deputy Group Managing Director for Public Policy and Communications. Before joining Telstra, Kate was Director-General of the Department of Commerce in New South Wales and she previously held a range of senior executive roles in government departments and offices.
Kate is a Director of FOXTEL and Allianz Australia and she has been a Director of Sydney Water and the Rail Corporation of New South Wales.
Kate holds Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law degrees from the University of Sydney.
Rick Ellis
Group Executive, Telstra Media
Rick Ellis joined Telstra in January 2012 to lead the newly created Telstra Media Group, which combines the Digital Media & IPTV (DM&I), Sensis and Telstra Television divisions. Telstra Media Group's brands and services including AFL.com.au, NRL.com, MOG, BigPond Movies, Sportsfan, the T-Media portal, T-Box and Foxtel by Telstra, White Pages, Yellow Pages and Whereis.
Rick was formerly Chief Executive Officer of TVNZ, New Zealand's leading broadcast television and digital media company, a position he held for 10 years.
Rick began his career in the IT industry in Brisbane in the late 1970s, and over the following 20 years, held a number of senior leadership positions in the industry in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Ansett New Zealand in 1995 and subsequently moved to Melbourne as General Manager Sales and Marketing for Ansett Airlines of Australia.
From 2002-2006, Rick was Vice President and Managing Director of EDS New Zealand.
Rick holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Auckland University and is married with three adult children.
Robert Nason BBS
Group Executive, Business Support and Improvement
Robert Nason joined Telstra in February 2010. He is the Group Executive of Business Support and Improvement.
Robert joined Telstra from Tabcorp where he was Managing Director, Wagering responsible for Tabcorp's race wagering and media businesses, including Sky Channel and Sydney radio station 2KY. He joined Tabcorp in June 2006 after holding the position of Chief Executive of Racing Victoria for more than two years.
Prior to this, Robert spent nearly two decades in telecommunications or related industries. This included holding the positions of Vice President & General Manager of Global Industries with Electronic Data Systems Corporation in the U.S. and Executive Vice President at AT Kearney.
Robert has also held senior leadership positions at Coopers & Lybrand and KPMG where his area of speciality was Communications, Media and Entertainment both in Australia and overseas.
In March 2012 Robert became a member of the Foxtel Board of Directors and in May 2012 was named Chairman.
Robert holds a Bachelor of Business Studies.
Stuart Lee BE (Elec), BComm
Group Executive, Telstra Wholesale
Stuart has led Telstra Wholesale since July 2011. He brings to the role a wealth of experience in the telecommunications industry, including engineering, operations and products.
Stuart has over 40 years' experience with Telstra and its predecessor organisations after starting as a cadet engineer. An executive since 1987, and first appointed Managing Director in 1996, Stuart has held a variety of executive and senior roles across products, engineering, billing, marketing, IT, international, procurement, and operations. At one time or another he has led all of Telstra's product portfolios, and worked across consumer, business and enterprise segments.
Stuart is a Telstra nominee director on the joint venture boards of Reach (based in Hong Kong), and 1300Australia, and has served on other local and international boards.
Stuart holds Bachelor degrees in Engineering (Electrical) and Commerce from the University of Melbourne. He was named one of Australia's 100 most influential engineers by Engineers Australia in 2011, 2012 and 2014 and received the CommsDay and Communications Alliance 'Australian Communications Ambassador' Award in 2014. Stuart was named National Customer Experience Executive of the Year at the 2014 Australian Service Excellence Awards.
Timothy Y Chen
Telstra International President
Timothy Y. (Tim) Chen was appointed to his current position in November 2012. He holds offices in Hong Kong and Beijing. Tim is an internationally recognised technology executive with a track record of success in major global firms in China and the United States. A member of Telstra's leadership team, Tim reports to Telstra Corporation CEO, David Thodey. Born and raised in Taiwan, Tim is the first Chinese person to hold a CEO leadership team position at Telstra. Tim joined Telstra as a member of the Board of Directors in April 2012, having been identified for his technology, strategic and business experience working with private and public sector organisations in China over 20 years.
Tim was previously a Beijing-based partner with international private equity firm GL Capital Group. Before this he held senior executive roles for international firms including Microsoft, Motorola and AT&T Bell Laboratories. He was CEO for National Basketball Association China from 2007 to 2010, including management of all television and digital media partnerships; Corporate Vice President of Microsoft and regional CEO from 2003 to 2007; Corporate Vice President for Motorola and Chairman and President of Motorola (China) Electronics from 2001 to 2003 and CEO of Hong Kong listed company 21CN Cybernet from 2000 to 2001.
Prior to 2000, Tim spent eight years in China with Motorola, including serving as general manager responsible for sales and marketing for the Greater China Cellular Infrastructure Division. Tim also spent nine years at AT&T Bell Laboratories in the United States. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago and Masters degrees in both Computer Science and Mathematics from Ohio State University.
Tony Warren BComms, BA(Hons) PHD
Group Executive, Corporate Affairs
Dr Tony Warren is Group Executive of Corporate Affairs at Telstra. He is responsible for Regulatory Affairs, Government Relations, Engagement,External and Internal Communications, and Sustainability. The group has accountability for managing Telstra's external environment and corporate reputation. Dr Warren is also responsible for leading Telstra's renegotiations with the National Broadband Network (NBN). He is based in Canberra.
Dr Warren was previously Executive Director of NBN Engagement for Telstra. Working with a dedicated team of experts from across the company, Dr Warren led the negotiations on behalf of Telstra that culminated in an AUD11 billion deal to secure Telstra's participation in the Australian Government's National Broadband Network. From September 2005 to June 2010, Dr Warren was Executive Director Regulatory Affairs for Telstra. In this role, he had primary responsibility for managing Telstra's regulatory issues and public policy positioning.
Prior to joining Telstra in 2002, Dr Warren was a Director of the Network Economics Consulting Group (NECG). He joined NECG in 1997 and helped build it into Australia's premier regulatory economics consulting firm, working closely with companies such as Telstra on all economic aspects of regulation, competition policy, trade practices, intellectual property and related issues. During his time at NECG, Dr Warren spent four months on secondment at the Oxford Economic Research Associates in the United Kingdom working on a series of projects.
Before joining NECG, Dr Warren was a post-doctoral fellow in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, where he led a team of researchers developing methodologies for quantifying barriers to trade and investment in services. This project, which built upon Dr Warren's PhD dissertation on "The Political Economy of Services Trade and Investment", allowed, for the first time, the systematic modelling of the economic effects of services liberalisation, including telecommunications.
Tracey Gavegan
Group Executive, Human Resources
Tracey Gavegan joined Telstra as a human resources executive in April 2006, advising the company's Enterprise & Government and Operations business units.
Tracey was appointed to lead the Human Resources team in July 2011. Tracey and her team have led a significant cultural realignment and assist the business in transforming to a more agile and customer-centric orientation. The HR function encompasses Health, Safety and Wellbeing, HR Systems, Organisational Development, Recruitment, Remuneration and Rewards, Talent and Workplace Relations.
Before joining Telstra, Tracey was the Director of Human Resources for the wine and spirits business, Maxxium, working across Australia and Asia. Prior to this, Tracey held several lead human resources roles across a variety of business sectors from pharmaceuticals to consumer goods in blue chip organisations.
Throughout her career, Tracey has focused on change-management roles in large-scale, complex and multi-country environments.


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Australia v England: Second Twenty20 international, Melbourne, as it happened
Australia beat England by eight wickets in Melbourne to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the Twenty20 international series.
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And so ends another loss on this long, long tour of disappointment for England. The Test, one-day international and now T20 series have all been lost.
They limp to Sunday's final T20 with 11 international defeats from 12. Can they get on the plane with a victory? Don't bet on it, but join us to find out.
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James Gallagher: Remember, remember, the 21st November - when no one predicted, a total surrender. 5-0, 4-1, 3-0?
Howard Horner: Stuart Broad described this England team as 'scary' and he's right. It is.
Australia captain George Bailey: "Another great performance with the ball really set the game up.
"I hoped the crowd appreciated Brad Hodge opening the bowling - we thought they'd be expecting Glenn Maxwell so we wanted to make it a surprise.
"We've upped our work-rate in terms of our fielding and it's coming to fruition. James Muirhead bowled beautifully in his second game."
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Alfred, at work: Oh right so we are blaming a bowler for another failure with the bat. Logical. Twenty20 is extremely batsman friendly - George Bailey is getting runs. (I must stress Jade still needs to head back to county cricket for a long time).
Laurie in Lytham: Just get on the plane, you lot... any plane, anywhere. You're a shambles!
England captain Stuart Broad: "We are disappointed, but we have to give credit to Australia because they outplayed us.
"The two needless run outs hurt us, they cost us getting a decent score.
"The top five haven't found it easy but Australia have bowled fantastically well. We've not clicked, but it's not just the batting. We didn't bowl well.
"The opening bowlers have to set the tone - I didn't do that, and Jade didn't do that.
"It's been a long 100 days in Australia, but we want to leave with a win."
Man of the match Josh Hazlewood: "I wouldn't say I love bowling at the death yet, but it's improving every game. With the Test team away, I'm trying to make the most of it. There's plenty of cricket coming up, and first of all, staying on the park's the key. To be a part of what's happened this summer is unreal."
Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood is named man of the match for his figures of 4-30.
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Luco Carter: Send them all home, every display has been awful. Only good players have been Morgan and Buttler. Get Dernbach out, and put Stokes in. Then we can win again.
Mike Flint: England's consistent form down under marred only by that one result in the 4th ODI.
Frank Smith: Dernbach wouldn't get a sniff if he played for Notts or Derbyshire. His bad performances far outrank the good ones.
To reiterate, England have lost by eight wickets with 31 balls to spare. What is close to England's best T20 side (minus Kevin Pietersen), England have been absolutely gubbed by an experimental Australia team. A disastrous tour gets even worse.
John Emburey, Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"It's worth noting that these Australian international players go back and play Twenty20 cricket for their franchises, England's don't always do so."
Amazingly, Jade Dernbach was still going at Cameron White as the players shook hands. What on earth could he be saying? England have just been thrashed, again, and he has gone all around the park. If I was White, I'd be telling Jade to look at the scorebook.
John Emburey, Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"What's been impressive has been the maturity from Australia - they haven't taken too many risks at any stage. England's openers Hales and Lumb contributed to their own downfalls, while the run-outs of Morgan and Root were the catalyst for the middle order disappearing. Cameron White came in and played some orthodox shots, while George Bailey totally took the initiative away from England. It's been lovely to watch, but not if you're an Englishman. They've been totally outplayed, they have to go away and reassess the way they approach the game."
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Just like in the Tests and ODIs, Australia win the series at the earliest possible opportunity. Overall, they are 11-1 up against England in 12 games across three formats.
14.5 overs:AUSTRALIA WIN BY 8 WICKETS
There it is. Captain George Bailey finishes it by sweeping for four. Australia get home with 31 balls to spare. In T20 cricket, that is an absolute hammering.
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N-Dobz: There's no need to get personal towards Jade Dernbach - he doesn't pick himself - but his figures don't lie. Someone in that selection committee needs to put a stop to this hideous experiment before the World Cup.
Richard: This surely has to be Dernbach's denouement? Hopeless!
14.4 overs:Aus 127-2
Four for White off Tredwell, then a dance by Bailey for another boundary over cover. Four to win...
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Mike Fisher: Dernbach out, Stokes in, job done
Charles Isere: Bailey should retire with 15 runs left to get and let Hodge bat. Can you imagine the impact on Eng's confidence?
14 overs:Aus 118-2 (target 131)
I'm being told that, in this series, Jade Dernbach has figures of 1-92 from seven overs. Ouch. Amazingly, Bailey has caught up with opener White, the skipper scoring at a strike-rate of 200. Only 13 needed. One more over? Two?
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Dale Gosling: Jade Dernbach, Worst bowler, worst haircut, worst tattoos... I'd fancy Darren Gough to be a better bowler than him even now!
Patrick Buxton: Surely Dernbach's last game. Has Giles brought anything to this squad?
Rob Thomas: Dernbach's bowling sponsored by Bertie Bassett.
13.2 overs:50 for George Bailey- Aus 116-2
How has George Bailey got to fifty so quickly? Cut for four off Bopara, the half century reached in only 24 balls, five fours and three sixes. Next ball, he drills straight back at the bowler, but the catch is dropped. Brad Hodge must wait, perhaps indefinitely.
John Emburey, Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"It's been tough for England in all formats this winter, but they've just got to keep battling away. White's been happy in these last few overs just to punch the singles and let Bailey get on with it, but White is going to finish this match."
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13 overs:Aus 111-2 (need 20 from 42 balls)
George Bailey wants this one done quickly. In the style of his lookalike Paul Collingwood, he loves to hit the off-spinner over long-on. He goes to the well once more, dancing and lofting miles into the crowd. Only 20 needed. It won't be long.
12.3 overs:50 for Cameron White- Aus 103-2
Cameron White completes his second fifty in as many knocks with a tickle off Tredwell. Only 38 balls, eight fours. He might just be getting himself on the plane to the World T20.
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Stephen Sharpe: Still veteran Hodge to come in...some of his IPL performances over the years have been miraculous.
Geoff Spencer: At the moment England couldn't win an argument. Dernbach is in no position to have a go at White.
Jason 'Arkaim': Dernbach shouldn't be playing for England. Offering nothing here and useless with the bat too. Must be somebody better suited.
12 overs:Aus 100-2 (target 131)
Has Jade Dernbach not been watching this game? Length, or just back of it, has been the area to bowl. Jade, though, has other ideas, and prefers to bang it in halfway down. Twice Bailey goes on the pull, twice finding the boundary. Then, when Dernbach overpitches, Bailey can drive through the off side for another four. 18 come from the over, Dernbach has 0-42 off three. Will we see him in an England shirt again soon?
John Emburey, Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Bailey really got hold of that. I've never seen a ball hit that far in all the years I've watched cricket at the MCG, it went a long way back and almost went into the first tier. But it was a good cricket shot as well - hitting straight through the line off the middle of the bat. While Bailey has felt uncomfortable against the pace of Stuart Broad, he's not done so against Dernbach."
11.1 overs:Aus 88-2
Does Stuart Broad have somewhere to be? I can't think of another reason to get Jade Dernbach back into the attack. First ball, Bailey planting the front dog, huge six over long on.
John Emburey, Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Broad's bowling very aggressively as he realises England need wickets at this stage. George Bailey's playing the short ball awkwardly but he's still there."
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11 overs:Aus 82-2 (need 49 from 54 balls)
You could say that everything is going against England. Then again, you could also argue that Australia have earned any luck they get. Stuart Broad is back, roaring in at decent pace, prising a poor pull shot from Bailey. Top edge, but over the leap of wicketkeeper Jos Buttler for four. Brad Hodge is the next man in and, when he pokes his head from the dugout, gets a massive cheer from his home crowd. He's a Victorian!
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Derry Bannister: Tim Bresnan is bowling the best I have seen him bowl, this is why I am such a big fan of Bresnan.
Jack, Leeds: My advice to Dernbach? Go back to Surrey and never play for England again, you're an embarrassment.
10 overs:Aus 76-2 (need 55 from 60 balls)
Ravi Bopara on to bowl his all-sorts under the lights that tower high into the Melbourne night. Bopara is nothing more than gentle medium - with plenty of slower balls thrown in - but keeper Jos Buttler is back, which I'm told the bowler prefers. Good from Ravi, a couple of back-of-the-handers before a quicker in-ducker. Five singles from it - would be an even better over had England got a decent score on the board.
9 overs:Aus 71-2 (need 60 from 66 balls)
Still Tredwell and still Dernbach has a chirp at Cameron White. If you've gone for 24 in two overs, you need more front than Blackpool to keep mouthing off at the bloke who has smashed you all around Melbourne. Oh, hello George Bailey. Dance at Tredwell, lofted towards long on. There's a man out there, but he'll need to be 15 rows back to catch it in the crowd.
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Chris Young: Cricket Maths 101: The mouthiness of a bowler is inversely proportional to the number of runs conceded.
Mark: Dernbach is never an international bowler his changes of pace don't seem to effect how quickly the ball flies off the bat.
8 overs:Aus 62-2 (need 69 from 72 balls)
This really is fantastic bowling from Tim Bresnan. Line on and around off stump, just back of a length, with the odd short ball thrown in. New man George Bailey scampers well to get a couple to fine leg, but there's no sign of a boundary. With the rest of the attack going around the park, Bresnan has conceded only 11 from three overs.
6.5 overs:WICKET- Maxwell c Bresnan b Tredwell 2 (Aus 53-2)
It may be a standard rule of rigid limited-overs captaincy to introduce a spinner as soon as fielding regulations are lifted, but it's got England another wicket. James Tredwell on with his off-breaks, Glenn Maxwell needlessly pulling to Tim Bresnan at deep square leg. A sniff for England? Probably not.
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Fenners: Jade Dernbach has many variations of the ball going into the crowd.
Steve Moore: If Ashley Giles really is the alternative, suddenly I'm relieved that Andy Flower's staying on.
6 overs:Aus 50-1 (Bresnan 1-3 off 2)
Glenn Maxwell arrives at three as replays confirm that the Finch dismissal would have gone over the top. The disposed batsman sits on the Aussie bench, face as happy as a bulldog chewing a wasp. After a delay for beach balls floating behind the sightscreen, Bresnan continues his masterclass of length control, almost doing for Maxwell with the surprise bumper.
5.1 overs:WICKET- Finch lbw Bresnan 10 (Aus 48-1)
Ooohhh, England might have a gift here. Tim Bresnan pins Aaron Finch in front, it looks high but the finger is up. Finch can't believe and there's boos around the MCG. Bresnan, though, is screaming in delight. I want to share his joy, but I can't see it making a difference to the result.
Isa Guha, Ex-England seamer on BBC Test Match Special
"Dernbach really is trying everything, the slower ball, the shorter one, but this is too easy for the Australian batsmen at the moment."
5 overs:Aus 48-0 (need 83 off 90 balls)
Broad withdraws himself, switching Dernbach's end. Now, we've seen in the past two overs that length can keep this pair quiet. Is Dernbach up to the task? No, he isn't. Slower ball, too full, driven straight by White. Short, twice, both cut by the right-hander. Three boundaries. Pressure relieved, Dernbach now having a chirp at White. My advice to you, Jade? Pipe down and bowl line and length.
4 overs:Aus 36-0 (target 131)
Tim Bresnan on in place of Dernbach, and he too finds the right length in the early part of the over. Four balls, only one from it. Can he complete? Fifth ball good, pressure building, "yes, no" from Finch, White has to turn and is almost run out. Bresnan completes a very good set, only the one from it.
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Robin Gray: How can people like Wright, Lumb and Hales be heroes not one week ago in the Big Bash but up against Oz they're rabbits!
Neil Etherington: Cameron White takes nine deliveries to score more than any English batsman could manage in their innings. OUCH!
3 overs:Aus 35-0 (need 96 from 17 overs)
Broad leaps in to Finch, whose built more like a front-row than an opening bat. Broad has corrected his length, keeping Finch quiet for at least a little while as what looks like 12th-man Danny Briggs takes some stick from the home fans on the third-man boundary. When Broad goes full, Finch batters through mid on for four. Then short, with Finch hooking to the fence. What was wrong with length?
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Jamie Walton: Not since Graham Taylor picked Carlton Palmer and refused to pick Chris Waddle have I ever felt so low about a sport.
Howard Horner: Hadn't we all decided years ago that Dernbach wasn't international standard? Where is Jordan? Where is Tymal Mills?!
2 overs:Aus 25-0 (target 131)
This is men against boys. Jade Dernbach to share the new ball, White leaning back to play the most beautiful back-foot drive through the off side for four. Too short from Dernbach, White pulling for four, then a couple. By the time Finch gets on strike, White already has 24 from 11 balls.
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"Australia know how much they need to get but they'll still be making use of the powerplay."
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1 overs:Aus 13-0 (target 131)
This could be over quickly. Three boundaries fly from White's blade in the first over. A drive over the covers, a deft late cut, then a savage pull. This could (if it isn't already), be one-sided shellacking.
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Alan Compton: Maxwell could reverse sweep to this total himself.
Kirstie: I wouldn't mind if England just walked off the pitch and went straight to the airport now. I just want it to be over.
Mark Jones: Dernbach to get 5/19 & save the day... must dash now, as I have to stop yet another pig from nesting in my chimney.
England, looking like a bunch of Mario brothers in their red pyjamas and blue caps, go into the obligatory huddle as Aaron Finch and Cameron White stride past. Stuart Broad has the ball, White is on strike. England need wickets. The crowd roars, expecting an Aussie win. Let's find out.
Is there any way England can get back into this? Might it be one of those low-scoring, exciting, nip-and-tuck T20 runchases? Or is it inevitable that Australia will canter home?
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From Jim in Leicester: This tour has been such a shambles of a farce of a disaster it almost warrants an open-top bus parade all of its own. Partly in recognition of the record (and hopefully never to be repeated) lows to which English cricket has slumped, and partly to allow the public the chance of some much needed catharsis in the form of hurling rotten veg at all those involved. Maybe then we could all move on.
This is a very long break - are they keeping the batsmen in the dressing room so the match doesn't finish too early?
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"To me at times it's a bit of a lottery with the England batsmen, whereas the Australians play the ball with good, orthodox shots."
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England are out loosening up, perhaps wondering how they can stop Aaron Finch and Cameron White from knocking these off in 10 overs. The MCG announcer is getting very excited about something. Can we turn the volume down?
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David McQueen: Highest score chased at MCG in T20 Internationals 135. Chance?
Tom Spencer: Dear Ashley Giles. Please find enclosed your P45. Yours sincerely, every England cricket fan.
John Emburey, Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"England lost wickets consistently and I suppose the recover to 130 they would have to settle for that. You'd say Australia would be red hot favourites to win the game but it just takes one or two wickets to change that."
10:09:Eng 130-9
The deck is a little sluggish, but it's hard to think that a target of 131 will trouble Finch, White et al. It looks likely that England will lose a third series down under, and an 11th game from 12 overall.
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"England went hard at the top of the order which you would expect and were prepared to lose early wickets but the two run-outs held them back a little bit."
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20 overs:WICKET- Tredwell b Hazlewood 0 (Eng 130-9)
Oh dear. Swing from Tredwell, no bat, stumps akimbo. England end their 20 overs on 130-9. Surely that's not enough?
19.5 overs:WICKET- Bresnan b Hazlewood 18 (Eng 130-8)
Tim Bresnan, you're a hitter, not a scooper. Pre-meditated, stumps everywhere. Stand of 34 - the best of the innings - ends. One to go. James Tredwell on strike.
19.4 overs:Eng 130-7
Bodies flying all over the MCG. After a Bresnan biff downtown for four, more diving is needed to help Broad complete three from a squirt to point.
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David McQueen: What has Giles done to deserve this job. We're quickly turning in to a joke in all forms.
Neil Worrall: This tour can be summed up in one word:Superaussiesgoballisticenglandareatrocious.
19.1 overs:Not out- Eng 122-7
Made it. Two diving batsmen, both home.
19.1 overs:Third umpire- Eng 121-7
All happening in one ball. Swing from Broad, just pulled in at long-off. Broad scampering at the non-striker's end, throw then to striker's end, where Bresnan is diving. Look again...
19 overs:Eng 118-7 (run-rate 6.21)
What a brilliant set from Mitchell Starc. It's the 19th over of a T20, yet he's managed to only go for three singles. He departs with 1-19 from his four overs. England are likely to be way short here.
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Apple Core: Not even Gerard Buttler led his group to victory!
Billy Peat: Where is KP to blame for this shocking England performance.
Richard Powell: Now the T20 team take English cricket to a new low. Not an ounce of composure or ability.
18.3 overs:Eng 115-7
Mitchell Starc is toying with Broad here. Length, three big swings, no sign of willow on leather...
John Emburey, Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Another 20 runs off two overs max, so 135 I think. Any more would be a bonus."
18 overs:Eng 115-7 (Bresnan 12, Broad 10)
The most disappointing thing about this England batting display is the attack they have wilted to. Not one of these bowlers came close to playing an Ashes Test - Hodge and White are barely bowlers and Muirhead has only two first-class games to his name. In fact, all of Australia's best bowlers are now in South Africa preparing for the Test series there. Coulter-Nile is banging it into Broad, who gets on the hook for four. 10 from it, two overs to go.
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James Sutton: Absolute train wreck once again, why do we even hope?
Dave Love: Frankly, there's just too much England cricket - everyone is tired and fed up.
17 overs:Eng 105-7 (run-rate 6.18)
Somehow, Broad finds the boundary, off what I think is an inside edge on to thigh, then past the dive of wicketkeeper Matthew Wade. Left-armer Mitchell Starc adjusts his length to either very full or very short and, from there, keeps Bresnan quiet. The 'G is getting close to busting, but, without a late England flurry, this crowd will be in the Crown Casino early on this Friday night.
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From Jonathan: In completing the first run when running a two, the batsman doesn't need to have his bat grounded for any particular duration of time. He could bounce his bat over the crease as he turns for the second if he wants to. So why on earth is a batsman not 'home' for the purposes of a run out when the bat bounces?
16 overs:Eng 99-7
England skipper Stuart Broad said the batting line-up was "scary" before the first T20. It's been scary for lovers of England success. Batting at nine, he's in with almost a fifth of the innings to go. England would do well to get to 140 here. Aaron Finch and Cameron White could gobble this up.
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Davdi Longley: If England had got into a winning position when Bopara was batting on Wednesday, he would have got out. Can't handle pressure.
15.1 overs:WICKET- Buttler lbw Coulter-Nile 22 (Eng 96-7)
And another goes! Joe Buttler is playing across the line (yes, another England batsman is playing across one) to be pinned leg before by Nathan Coulter-Nile. The last of the recognised batsmen goes, the England bench looks like a bunch of blokes in fancy dress miserably waiting for a cancelled train. Any chance of a competitive score?
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Charles Isere: Root just scored 18 with a strike rate of 129. 1 bad decision (his run out) & idiots saying he's not a cricketer? Grow up.
Barneystrouble: You know you've failed when Bresnan COULD bat for 40% of your innings.
15 overs:Eng 96-6 (Muirhead 1-16)
Is there any spinner that England don't turn to jelly against? James Muirhead still needs a note from his mum to get out of PE, yet here he's going through the repertoire to stop England from hitting it off the square. Leggies, toppers, drift, turn. Only one from the over as England heave, swipe and eventually pull out the forward defence. He leaves the attack with figures off 1-16 from four.
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Sheapdowg: Never mind Jos Buttler, he'd need to be more like Gerrard Buttler in the film 300 to lead this group to a possible victory.
14 overs:Eng 94-6 (run-rate 6.79)
Josh Hazlewood back as the floodlights really take effect in dusky Melbourne. Decent length from the right-armer, enough to keep Buttler honest. A tough time for Buttler, does he have to keep the shots in the locker for a little while? If he goes, England might not bat out the 20. Since the seventh over, Buttler is the only man to have found the boundary.
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Matthew Coote: I know England have been terrible and have picked the wrong team. But they have been hard done by over some umpiring decisions.
Matt Barron: I imagine Finch will knock these runs off by himself in the space of 10 overs. This has been shocking from England.....again
13 overs:Eng 92-6
Once again, Tim Bresnan is asked to bat much earlier than is good for him or the England team. He's in decent nick, though, Tim, and is away with two on the leg side, then cuts for three on the off. How many do England need to be competitive? 150 minimum is my guess.
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"He can't believe it, Ravi Bopara, straight into the hands of Maxwell. You have to say that was a bit of a gift."
12.2 overs:WICKET- Bopara c Maxwell b Muirhead 6 (Eng 87-6)
Ravi Bopara's reprieve lasted all of one legal delivery. After a wide, he goes on the sweep, top-edging to Glenn Maxwell at deep square leg. If anyone finds a set of wheels, please return to the England dugout. They were last seen falling off this red tricycle.
12.1 overs:Not out- Eng 86-5
Ravi Bop has the big toe back before the bails were ungrooved, so we move on. There's turn out there, and this young fella Muirhead looks the business.
12.1 overs:Third umpire- Eng 86-5
Muirhead rips a leggie past Bopara's grope, Wade has the bails off. Appeal. Someone wake the third umpire up...
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Darren Hall: Why can't the selectors see that Root is not a T20 player. Ben Stokes must be bemused watching this.
Mark Poole: Every spinner England faces they manage to play them like they are facing Shane Warne. Cameron White is not him.
Zak Millington: Wade isn't a very good wicketkeeper. Never mind the drop, he's barely collected a throw cleanly.
12 overs:Eng 86-5 (Buttler 21, Bopara 6)
Back to pace in the shape of Nathan Coulter-Nile with Jos Buttler again on the pull on this Friday evening in Melbourne. Four to the score. I'm getting a bit of stick over the Morgan decision, with some saying that he shouldn't have been given out because his bat was grounded over the line before it bounced. As far as I know, the Laws don't allow for bouncing bats. If it's in the air, you're out.
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David McGregor: Why? Why would you just give away your wicket like that? A single run out is bad enough, two is unforgiveable!
Tom Featherby: Such a frustrating line-up for the cricket... performance as expected so far.
11 overs:Eng 78-5 (run-rate 7.09)
Hold the front page, England have finally found the fence. Cameron White's whipped action produces a long-hop, which Jos Buttler pulls through cow corner. Music plays, the rapidly filling MCG dances. On the England bench, Stuart Broad waits, padded up, a blue jumper covering his reds. Must be chilly.
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Harry Cunningham: Re: Nick Friend (4th over): yes, but don't take any wickets or you'll be over qualified for the position. And yet another failure from Michael Lumb. He is simply not an international opener. Averages less than 20.
Gideon Thomas: In all forms of the game this tour, England players just don't seem that bothered. This is abject.
10 overs:Eng 70-5 (run-rate 7.00)
It's the 10th over of a T20 game, there's a leg-spinner with only one previous game to his name, and Australia are confident enough to post a slip. It's loopy from Muirhead, only singles from England. No sixes so far, no boundary for nearly four overs.
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Sam Rosser: Truly pathetic cricket from Joe Root.
JeffH: Admit it, It's like watching the Keystone Cops.
9 overs:Eng 66-5
The Root run out stopped me from telling you that Cameron White was into the attack. How often do you see two leggies bowling in tandem in T20 cricket. Is it a slowish deck? Maybe. There's some turn. Ravi Bopara the new man, and there's not much batting to come.
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"What a piece of athleticism from Maxwell, as he picked it up he was off balance but he was still able to get enough power in the throw, excellent stuff from Australia."
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8.3 overs:WICKET- Root run out 18 (Eng 63-5)
Dear oh dear, England are in all sorts of trouble here. Again it's Aussie brilliance that does for a man in red, but was there ever two there? It's Joe Root who goes, run out at the non-striker's end by Glenn Maxwell, who swooped, collected the ball and returned it all in one motion. So far short was Root that a direct hit wasn't required. Miles out, despite the dive.
8.3 overs:Third umpire- Eng 63-4
And another? Joe Root diving, but looks gone...
8 overs:Eng 59-4 (run-rate 7.50)
I can't agree with either Eoin Morgan or Isa Guha there. Had Morgan's bat not bounced as he dived, then he would have been well home. In fact, the whole of the blade and most of the handle were over the line, but, crucially, in the air. Jos Buttler joins in at number six as Australia introduce young leggie James Muirhead to the attack. Slip in, five singles and a wide from it.
Isa Guha, Ex-England seamer on BBC Test Match Special
"England in some serious bother, I thought it was a really close decision, Eoin Morgan is not happy with it, shaking his head. I thought there was enough benefit of the doubt."
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7 overs:WICKET- Morgan run out 6 (Eng 55-4)
Can you believe this? What a huge blow for England, but what brilliance from Brad Hodge. Joe Root pushed into the off side and set off, Hodge moved to his left in the covers and got the ball away quickly. Morgan did the right thing by diving and would have been home had his bat not bounced off the turf. As it was, the blade was in the air when the ball hit the stumps, and Morgan was an inch short. Big moment.
7 overs:Third umpire- Eng 55-3
Has Brad Hodge done it again? Direct hit, Eoin Morgan diving. Home?
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Jack Waldis: I'm a big fan of Luke Wright... Until he's in an England shirt. Very rarely bats to his potential at international level.
Danny Bushell: England need to learn how to bat in power plays, in T20s and ODIs we seem incapable.
6 overs:Eng 48-3 (run-rate 8.00)
John Emburey beats me to the punch in telling you that Eoin Morgan is the new man in. A single, before Root square-drives for four. The man who needs ID to buy wine at the supermarket looks in good touch. Powerplay done, expect spin for a while.
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"The England batsmen are chasing the runs here, one could say a bit reckless. Eoin Morgan now comes to the crease, one of the more dynamic of England's players, and it will be interesting to see how he goes about building his innings."
5.3 overs:WICKET- Hales c Starc b Hazlewood 16 (Eng 42-3)
Oh Alex Hales, this isn't great. Actually, it's pretty poor from the man ranked as the best T20 batsman in the world. After an aerial drive over cover for four, Hales heaves across the line to Josh Hazlewood, getting only a leading edge that flies high to Mitchell Starc at third man. First Lumb, now Hales, have gone to cross-bat shots. Yes, it's T20, but surely some straight hitting is the way to go?
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From Dylan: Stokes? A rest?! Is there any international sport as easy as T20? Bowl 4 overs max, field for the equivalent of one test match session, then bat for about 20 minutes depending on where you are in the order. Debate Stokes's inclusion on merit, but it's laughable to claim a 22 year old man needs a rest after doing nothing for 5 days.
5 overs:Eng 38-2 (Hales 12, Root 8)
Joe Root, perhaps under a little pressure after a poor tour, is the new man, biffing his first two balls for four. The first is a wide long hop that he cuts, the second a long half-volley that goes through the covers.
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"Unfortunately he wasn't able to keep the ball on the ground and Brad Hodge takes an excellent catch there. That is potentially a big loss. You've got to keep the momentum going. It's early days yet, there is a lot of depth in this batting."
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4.2 overs:WICKET- Wright c Hodge b Starc 0 (Eng 30-2)
What a catch! It's the old-timer, Brad Hodge, taking an absolute screamer to send Luke Wright on his way for a blob. Wright has absolutely mullered a drive off Mitchell Starc but Hodge, the 39-year-old, dives low to his left at short extra cover to take the ball in both hands just above the grass. Brilliant. England wobbling.
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James Boswell: People need to understand Test and one day matches come before T20, glad they've left the big guns out to rest for those.
Nick Friend: If I develop a back-of-the-hand slower ball, will I be as qualified as Jade Dernbach to play international cricket?
4 overs:Eng 30-1 (run-rate 7.50)
Luke Wright is the new man, playing on the home ground of his Big Bash team, Melbourne Stars. He's at the other end as Hales tucks into a long hop, pulling square for four.
John Emburey, Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Michael Lumb had batted very well, he's a very positive cricketer. Alex Hales has found it more difficult to get the ball through the field but it has to be said he's had less of the strike."
3.2 overs:WICKET- Lumb c Coulter-Nile b Hazlewood 18 (Eng 24-1)
Once again, a promising England start is halted. Michael Lumb is moving towards new bowler Josh Hazlewood, looking to hit a length ball into the Yarra. He only succeeds in sending it straight up, miles high. It would have been six in Hobart, but instead falls into the hands of Nathan Coulter-Nile at mid on.
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"It looks as though the Australians are bowling full and a bit wider to Hales, because if he doesn't get on top of it the ball goes aerial."
3 overs:DROPPED CATCH- Eng 24-0
The 'G is filling up nicely - there's not many empty blue seats facing Mitchell Starc as the left-armer begins his loose-limbed run-up. Full length...Hales charging...slice towards point...dropped by Glenn Maxwell. Oh dear, that's a dolly. Knee-high, both hands to it, but on the turf. Skipper Bailey can't look at Maxwell, with salt applied to wounds with Hales' hoick through cow for four.
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Dennis Ethan: People need to stop moaning about the absence of Ben Stokes. The lad needs a rest and it's time to believe in Broad's players.
Robert Taylor: Why is Jade Dernbach still playing international cricket? Distinctly average at county level and gets pongo at international.
2 overs:Eng 18-0 (Hales 1, Lumb 17)
Nathan Coulter-Nile to share the new ball, generating pace and hoop back into leftie Lumb as a beach ball finds its way to the mid-off region. A cuddly steward in yellow sprints to retrieve. Wide from NCN, carved over point for four by Lumb, who then brutalises a pull shot past mid-on for another fence-rattler. Good start by England.
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"Brad Hodge a very occasional bowler, giving it a little too much width. The great thing is the England batsman have sent a message out saying 'what are you doing bowling this guy?'"
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1 over:Eng 10-0
Opening with a single over of spin in T20 cricket is a decent idea - you can almost rush through a set before the batsmen have noticed. It's arguably a better ploy against historical spinophobes England, but it's not one that has worked here for the Aussies. Hodge is around the wicket, but hammered through point then swept by Lumb for back-to-back boundaries.
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"I'm really pleased for Brad Hodge, he's entertaining, great to watch and he does produce match winnings innings. He's got his opportunity because some of the team have already arrived in South Africa so I'm glad the selectors have been open minded with their policy."
The Aussies, in their very, very dark green are first on to the 'G entering via a red carpet that matches the colour of England's pyjamas.
The lanky Alex Hales and muscular Michael Lumb open the innings - it will be Hales on strike to, erm, Brad Hodge.
I thought he was in for his batting, not his off-breaks?
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Adz: What does Joe Root have to do to get dropped.. Bats too slow for T20 and way out of form but then again Ben Stokes is too isn't he?(!)
Harry Cunningham: Lumb, Wright, Dernbach... it's like we've learned nothing. Broad to defend Stokes omission...again...
The stands of the MCG loom so large into the sky that, although the sun is shining, the whole field is covered in the shadow of the bowl-like circumferential structure.
Brad Hodge, by the way, is the highest runscorer in the history of all T20 cricket. Owais Shah sits at number five in that list. Amazing.
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"England have been consistent in their selection policy but Danny Briggs is a bit unfortunate to be left out. The pitch in Hobart was very small, so I'm disappointed he is the one to be left out, although James Tredwell is a good one-day bowler and probably deserves a go."
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Sian Lacey Taylder: No need for expensive international transfers, just get KP back into the side.
Mathieu Evans: No Ben Stokes seems odd especially seen as someone from the Dingley Dell U10s would have more control and threat than Dernbach.
More from England captain Stuart Broad: "Stats here don't lean either way, whatever you do first you've got to do well, but we've got a powerful batting line-up and we've got to make use of it.
"We've got some great hitters and we've got to lay a platform for these guys. You can't put too many limitations on yourself in T20."
A feature of the first T20 was the tiny boundaries in Hobart, but we won't have that issue in Melbourne today. The sizeable MCG looks absolutely wonderful in the evening sunshine. The sky is a cloudless blue, but the floodlights are already on. The ground is about half-full, which is still 45,000 people. What a venue for night-time cricket.
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A Haddon: Why not Stokes for Dernbach..Better bowler and would be the world's best number 11.
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So still no Ben Stokes for England. Surely he's a chap who could bring something to this T20 side?
08:15:Team line-ups
Australia: Aaron Finch, Cameron White, Brad Hodge, Glenn Maxwell, George Bailey (capt), Chris Lynn, Matthew Wade (wk), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Muirhead.
England: Alex Hales, Michael Lumb, Luke Wright, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler (wk), Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad (capt), James Tredwell, Jade Dernbach.
Australia captain George Bailey: "It looks like a beautiful wicket and, as we saw the other night, runs on the board are handy.
"[Two debutants from Hobart, Chris Lynn and James Muirhead] we've seen the power Lynny has had and James Muirfield, it's always exciting to see a leg-spinner in the team.
"[Return of 39-year-old Brad Hodge] He's a perennial performer and I can't wait to have him out there."
Broad, by the way, is the first England player to 50 T20 international caps. Any guesses on who the second most-capped England player is? Luke Wright, with 48.
England captain Stuart Broad: "It's good to get first use of the pitch, it looks a good wicket, it's one of the larger grounds so it should be a good game either way.
"It was an entertaining game in Hobart, I think there were a record amount of sixes, but this is a must win game for us and what an occasion - England v Australia at the MCG - in front of a big crowd.
"Hopefully there's a few more, but personal milestone don't mean a lot to me, it's about getting back in the series."
Australia make two changes. Out go Dan Christian and Moises Henriques, in come left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc and 39-year-old batsman Brad Hodge, who last played international cricket for Australia 2,075 days ago.
"It looks a good wicket," says Stuart Broad on calling correctly at the MCG. He's got a grin on his face on the occasion on his 50th T20 cap for England.
Just one change for the men in red - off-spinner James Tredwell in for left-armer Danny Briggs.
Yep, England's tour of Australia has had more misery than half an hour with Morrissey.
But, once more unto the breach we must go, and go we shall in the form of the second Twenty20 in Melbourne.
A third series defeat from three? Heaven knows we'd be miserable then.
In international matches down under, England have used 28 players across three formats, played 11 games and won only once.
One defeat was as large as 381 runs, another as small as one wicket.
They have lost two series. Will they make it three today?
By my reckoning, England have been in Australia for 101 days.
When they left Blighty, Monty Python had not reunited, Sachin Tendulkar was still a cricketer, Matt Smith was Doctor Who and Corrie's Hayley was still alive.
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19th March, 2009Download Signing off from the E-Base team
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Company ordered to pay $250,991 penalty for tax evasion
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A company was fined $12,000 and ordered to pay a penalty of $250,991 on Friday on two counts of tax evasion.
A representative of Positive Engineering pleaded guilty to two charges of under-reporting the income totalling $464,798 from the sale of scrap materials for the years of assessment 2008 and 2009.
Its principal activities are the fabrication and installation of aluminium panels and fire-rated doors as well as non-building construction services.
Investigation showed that Positive Engineering sold scrap materials totalling $464,798 to Chei Wee Scrap Dealer but did not keep records or issued sale invoices.
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I am the italicized character that has been commenting throughout this series. Daniel has asked me to summarize the story in this chapter. He has experienced some technical problems with his computer equipment, thus the delay in presenting the chapter.
For the record, I see this series as an exercise of Daniel's persistent puerility. I encouraged him long ago to put his talents to use in an occupation or a suitable career. But as many of his generation, he resisted the advice of elders and pursued a path of his own making. There is some talent here, but the readily apparent pursuit of flash and flourish is the bane of the autodidact and his shortcoming.
To summarize the events of the first two installments of this three-part chapter: Learning that danger stalked his new-found female friend Damon has once again made the trek to the Monterey Bay region to assist her. Louise, the proprietor of the Sandman Motel, has enlisted the begrudging aid of her step son DJ. DJ has directed Damon to a promontory outside of Carmel where a tower that is a part of The Process network is located. DJ, who is more comfortable in greasy surroundings, informed Damon that there is a shack under the tower where the peripatetic Jay Clover likes to bring his prey. DJ indicated that Clover had stopped by the motel and coaxed the young lady to come away with him. Damon with Fritz, the black German shepherd, leaves his car roadside, climbs up the fog-enshrouded wooded hill and encounters a fictional detective. We find Damon outside the fenced-in shack with Jay Clover, a gagged and bound Wendy, and a ferocious guard dog inside...
After Fenton Hardy disappeared the guard dog was let out of the shack and was raging at the fence line.
Fritz and I ducked back into the wooded recesses. I needed to put a plan in play pronto. There was a problem – I did not have a plan.
"I do," Fritz said. Until this moment I sort of knew what the beast was thinking, but the voice was still a surprise.
"You can figure out your hearing voices thing later. First things first, we have a girl in there under duress. She is my leader and my instincts call me to guard her however I can, whatever the risks. If we can get over or under that fence then I can deal with the one beast. You deal with the other one."
A brilliant analysis of our predicament, bowser. But that's a locked gate, I saw the padlock swinging there.
We were crouched by the Jeep as the Presa barked and growled.
I wondered if Jay had left keys. I opened the thin driver's side door. I felt the dash and found the keys left in the ignition. A plan formed – crash the gate…
"Not a bad idea," said the dog. "Let's do it this way. Run the Jeep into the widest stretch of fence. That should lift some of the fence off the ground. Once you do that, jump out and get the big dog's attention. If he's like every other dog, he's going to go after you. If he does what I'm sure he'll do; he'll jump at you. He'll hit the fence and hopefully fall back down. At just that moment I can attack his throat. He'll swing me around. He's bigger. But I won't let go. That's going to give you a chance to slip under the fence and bust through the door. Then, my human friend, you are on your own. My paws and jaws will be full."
I scrambled into the Jeep. I started the engine and fudged it into gear. I popped the clutch and pressed the gas. The vehicle jumped, screeched and tore into the fence. Branches swept the windshield. Gasoline vapors filled he airy cab. The force of the hit pushed my head into the glass. I was jerked back and forth. I could feel blood running down my face.
The chain link had lifted. I hopped out and waved my arms. The Presa charged, as Fritz had said. The big dog emitted a hurt whine when he smashed into the unseen chain link. He slipped down to the ground, his hind legs kicking wildly. I saw a black flash and Fritz was on the beast just as planned. Unearthly howls and guttural grunts ensued as the two canines joined in a death match. I left the Jeep in gear tilted at an extreme angle and caught on the fence. The engine screamed.
I acted without thinking; there were few options. I dove under the fence. I streaked to the door. I burst into the shack. I expected to be met with a bullet, a baseball bat or Jay Clover's fist. I stumbled into the brightly lit room. I scraped my knee on the rough cement floor. Wendy's wide open eyes directed me to Jay.
Jay sat on a wooden stool in front of a wall of lights and switches. He kept his back to me. The wall looked like a 50s sci-fi movie set. Things flashed, whirred and smoked. The air smelled like every Americans uncle's driveway on the 4th of July.
"Look what the wind blew in. If it's not the world-famous Damon Walters, make that E. Pardon my manners, I'd rise to meet you but I'm busy saving the world from from some seriously fucked-up destruction here. How you did you get past my Canario?"
I rubbed my aching, scratched knee. The girl implored. I moved her way. I decided to humor Jay while I did whatever I could to free the girl. "I introduced him to a friend and they hit it off."
"I'm sure you think you're funny. I assure you that when I can get away from this, I will do to you whatever you did to him. You have any idea what those dogs cost?" He worked feverishly at the switches and levers. A monitor blipped lines in green on a dark gray background.
I went to the cot. I untangled the girl from her leather restraints.
"I know what you're thinking. You with your noble intentions. But the fact is the missy was willing. She wanted a check. I got some sellable shots till the tower went wacko."
Wendy still gagged was saying no with her eyes. I had seen photos like the ones I could imagine Jay was making. I had seen them on magazines and books. Yes they caught my interest, but to see a person bound and gagged up close was a very different sensation. The scene was dull, ugly and smelled. There was no appeal in the nudity; I was revolted and ashamed.
I wrapped her in my thin jacket and brought her to her wobbly feet.
"Walters, this is more powerful than anything you will ever be close to again. You can't begin to understand the forces arrayed against me on this night. When the world learns what we have built here there will be shock and reverence." He sat rigid on the stool with his eyes fixed on the screen. Crimson flashes illuminated the night outside the dirty little window. The ground throbbed with an electric force.
I hustled the girl outside. From the lack of sounds of struggle it seemed the battle of the dogs was over; no telling the outcome. I pulled Wendy through the fence opening. We crashed through wet brush, branches stung and evergreen needles cut. I had given her my light jacket. I wore a short sleeve button collar shirt and khakis. This was straight flight. The dark woods were their usual spooky. Wendy did the horror-show slip with twisted ankle. She held onto my shoulder. We found the road and the going was faster. There was a glow from what I thought to be the bottom of the hill. We did not exchange words, just harsh strained breathing.
The light was at the edge of night, the gray/black that reveals shapes and forms. A presence formed in the middle of the road. The shape was tall and wore a poncho with a straight-brimmed hat. A match flared as the man lit a cheroot. The flash revealed a steely handsome man with a serious demeanor under the wide brim. Flinty eyes. A terse even voice said, "Running from something?"
We stopped dead, "Well, let me explain…"
"No need to explain. Clover had something to do with this?"
"Yes as a matter of fact…"
"You see the peeper?"
"Mr. Hardy you mean? Well…"
"I want the peeper. I don't care about Clover's business."
"He just disappeared. Are you a lawman?" I asked insipidly.
"Just a man running for mayor. Folks here like a decent town."
"That's real nice. I'd like to get this girl to somewhere warm." The jacket left her bare legs uncovered. I was soaked in my shirt. I wanted to get the girl back to Lou's and my ass to San Francisco. I had no time for politics.
"Adios, my friend. Good luck," I said as we limped away on the slick ground.
"Keep to the edges, you're heading towards danger. And, Walters…"
"Yes, sir?"
"We're keeping Carmel clean," he said tersely, the cigar still in his teeth.
Now that we had stopped running I noticed the encroaching effects of Process exposure. I was in an aquarium full of silver/gray amoeba beings swimming in unison, below and beyond the caped man yellow lights and shapes flickered and danced. The swoosh of tires from the freeway and wet wind disturbing the trees sounded. The all too familiar sensations. But I was beginning to notice that I could ward them off when I concentrated on the matters at hand; especially when the solution to a dilemma required me to step out of character.
I took the caballero's advice and steered Wendy to the brush at the side of the road. There seemed to be an unusual amount of cars parked off the highway. Men in dark clothing milled around what appeared to be a fleet of Dodge Aspens. Radio chatter punctuated frenetic activity as the men rushed to and fro.
It was easy to see that 'something big was going down'; I had seen my share of TV shows. That the big thing concerned whatever was happening at the tower was also easy to surmise as flashes of light were coming down the hill and illuminating the scene. I decided to push my luck, to carry the new-found confidence forward.
The cars that bordered the highway and spilled an assortment of lights were primarily Dodge Aspens; some maroon, some gray like mine. Sometimes events ride on a cloud of chance – a word misunderstood, an errant assumption, a convenient shadow. I steeled myself for entry into the circle of authority. We moved along the fringe of the activity unnoticed.
Wendy remained silent throughout. She had made an attempt to speak, but may have spent her voice with Jay Clover well before I arrived. She slipped into the passenger side door of my car that had been left close to the trailhead.
I strolled through the web of Aspens to a knot of officers shuffling in the cool night air. I squared my shoulders. I combed my hair straight back with my fingers. I burst into the middle of the men and took a commanding posture – I jutted the chin of my thankfully Irish face. Despite my lack of a uniform and the splotches of blood on my clothes the men gathered around me. The occupation attracts the loyal followers – the FBI, KGB and other agencies recruit from the farms because they are loyal and take orders. "Gentlemen," I roared. "There is a target in the structure under the tower. Care must be taken as this man may be armed. We want him alive. Be cautious. Now, break into two groups and advance on the tower from either side of the road."
I could see that there were several agencies present with the mysterious, and Aspen driving, CBI chief among them.
"And whose authority are you?" a New York accent. Shit, my luck, there was a New Yorker among them. I continued the act, picked a random name and winged it. "This comes straight from Campbell!" I shouted.
Bull's-eye. Apparently this Campbell had some serious clout because the men split like fire ants on a honey-drenched horse thief, scurried obediently to the sides, and scrambled upward.
I rejoined the still silent Wendy who huddled under the scant cover of the light jacket. I might have had some stuff in the trunk, but I wanted to get out of there before I looked. I jockeyed the Aspen out from the tangled of its four wheeled cousins.
As I neared the highway another Aspen squealed to a stop in front of mine and out popped the blond agents that had fucked with me back in Monterey. "Campbell's got everybody going up the hill to the tower," I shouted from my rolled down window. "I've got to get this girl to a hospital pronto. So get that piece of shit out of my way!" The blonds stared at each other like a puppies at a mirror. "Now!"
One of the chubby blonds jacked the maroon Aspen out of my way. I short-waved him adios as I set for Monterey on the Cabrillo.
Dissonant music of mixed melodies blended with the rush of wind on the cheap car's shaking windows. They're playing Ives again? Fuck that. I pounded the buttons to change the station but the radio was not turned on. I reached back and grabbed an 8-track, buy one get eleven for a penny. I slammed it in, max volume - "tramps like us".
photos - DEW
"The air smelled like every Americans uncle's driveway on the 4th of July."
Up North here, it's July 1st and smells like avuncular Molson Canadian(s). I'll be back to comment on the whole piece but wanted to put in my 2 cents worth so far for good measure.
Up North here, it's July 1st and smells like avuncular Molson Canadian(s). I'll be back to comment on the whole piece but wanted to put in my 2 cents worth so far for good measure.
"Sometimes events ride on a cloud of chance – a word misunderstood, an errant assumption, a convenient shadow." Or, thankfully an Irish face.
Awesome read. You kept the momentum going. I loved the obscure Clint Eastwood reference. Also, I liked the way you had them leave the swarm of cops with false-authority. R
ASH reached into my throat, grabbed out the words I was thinking and typed them into the comment window before I could remember the name of that tall, cigar-smoking gent with no name. Yeah, baby. Rock on!
You're goood. Gripping, but a pret-ty grisly subject for me. Interesting to see it again, from this distance. Hmm.
Apropos the characters interacting with the author--you might enjoy At Swim Two Birds and Six Characters in Search of an Author. I wish they hadn't been written before I had the chance.
The pictures in this series make me a little woozy...but it could also be the pisco sour...it's the kind of surreal that really helps a girl out when she needs it.


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This time last year we were getting ready for our trip. A year on, I still haven't finished my trip reports, but I'm determined I will! Friday, 14th November Were off shopping today as we want to get something for our daughters and grandson, but before we head out, Matt phones to make a dinner reservation for A Land Remembered, the steakhouse at Rosen Shingle Creek. [When we stayed at the resort in October 2006 shortly after it opened, this restaurant was on the cards, but there were no signs of any work underway. As wed loved Bella Cala, the Italian offering there, wed been keen to try the steakhouse and this trip, with no-one to convince but ourselves, provided the ideal opportunity.] Our favourite shopping venue, the Mall at Millenia, is the obvious choice and we arrive around 11am. Our elder daughter, George, has asked us to get some pyjamas from Gap for grandson Lou. Apparently they have some new winter ones, but we just cant work out which shes after. We do manage to buy him the cutest of Christmas outfits in Janie & Jack. The sweater Matt and I both like isnt in stock in his size, so we have to settle for a reindeer adorned tank top to go with the corduroy trousers, checked shirt and reindeer socks. Matt has a paddy because they dont have reindeer socks in his size. We spend a while in Urban Outfitters, but despite my conviction that well be able to get quite a few bits and pieces for younger daughter, Harriet, we leave empty handed. Juicy Couture opposite seems a likely candidate and, as we head in that direction, Matt greets an unassuming young guy in shorts and bermudas strolling arm-in-arm with his wife. He acknowledges Matt and carries on his way. Who was that? I query. Justin Rose he replies, nonchalantly. (I'm sure I caught Justin Roses wife ask, Who was that? and him replying, I don't believe it! That was Matt Churchill!!!) Its now approaching noon, so we make our way to Brio Tuscan Grill where we have our usuals from the Lunch Plates menu of Pranzo Sausage, Pepperoni & Ricotta Pizza & Caesar Salad (Matt) and Chicken and Butternut Squash Risotto and Bistecca Insalata (me), along with a Moretti and White Oaks Chardonnay respectively. Whilst sitting at our regular spot at the bar, we discuss our plans for tomorrow. Neither of us is desperate to go back to any of the parks, so I suggest that Matt plays golf. Its something weve toyed with on and off for the past week or so. I didnt want the hassle of bringing clubs this trip and neither did I want anything cast in stone as far as the itinerary was concerned, but I know Matts been hoping he might be able to get a round in somewhere. Lake Buena Vista would be ideal as were staying at Saratoga Springs, but its closed, so thats out and, in any event, Matt fancies playing at a course hes never tried before. (And theres the small fact that we need to avoid the ones where he has played before because hes not welcome ). We whittle it down to Orange County National, Falcons Fire and Celebration with the final decision to be made once weve had an opportunity to check prices and availability. We decide that were going to have to resort to the staples of perfume for the girls, so our next stop is Bloomingdales. On our way in, a top which Id seen on our first day catches my eye and I end up buying it along with a pair of nip and tuck jeans. I dont really do jeans my figure just doesnt lend itself to them and I find them uncomfortable, but I let myself be convinced that they could somehow transform me from a Mr Blobby looky-likey to a sylph-like apparition. Downstairs at the cosmetics counter, I immediately spot some fragrance which I know will be right up Harriets street. George is a much more tricky proposition and, after circumnavigating the department several times trying virtually everything, I begin to feel Im being a nuisance. That, coupled with the fact that Im becoming bamboozled by it all results in a purchase Im not at all sure about. I also buy some make-up staples which are difficult to get hold of in the UK Lancome High Defincils mascara and Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer. Im low on both having last stocked up during our trip in January this year. We stop off at Banana Republic where I buy a sheer vest to wear under my newly acquired top and we then check out Tommy Bahama for one last time, but dont buy anything. After leaving the mall, our next stop is Golf Galaxy, the store at the junction of Sand Lake and Turkey Lake roads which we attempted to visit last week before discovering it was yet to open its doors to the public. Its okay, but no Edwin Watts very mass-market and not unlike Golfsmith for those who are familiar with that. Edwin Watts has the feel of an independent and its staff are hugely attentive and knowledgeable. I do take a shine to the Darth Vader, Yoda and Chewbacca driver covers, though! Anyones whos seen me play knows I definitely dont have the force with me. Matt needs some balls and a glove for his impromptu round tomorrow, so we make the short trip to Edwin Watts. Hell hire clubs and shoes and buy a shirt from the pro shop of wherever he chooses to play. Next up is a revisit to Corona Cigars where Matt picks up a box of Oliva Serie G, considered as being amongst the best value on the market, along with a presentation box of Cao Americas. We return to the resort with our booty and get ready for our 7:30 reservation at A Land Remembered. Matt checks out the options for golf tomorrow and settles for the Orange County National, partly because its the cheapest and partly because its raved about by many, not least my brother who is a pretty accomplished amateur. Its $89 for the round, $45 for the clubs, $11 for the shoes and $27 for a rider (me). He books a tee-time for 8:45am and is warned that they have a very strict cancellation policy, so to be sure to call back before 7pm this evening if he changes his mind. He spends the next half an hour practising his very strict cancellation speech. Me in my new top!
Arriving at A Land Remembered, were more than pleasantly surprised by the surroundings. The restaurant is situated in the golf clubhouse as an addendum to the bar. When we stayed here, this was a very disappointing environment a galley bar in a vacuous and uninspiring space. Its now been transformed into an atmospheric steakhouse, and the bar, which has undergone a sympathetic makeover, is separated from it by a panelled wood and glass screen. Were shown to a booth and our server is with us momentarily. At first muster he appears a tad stand-offish, but he soon warms to us and is actually jovial and amiable. Matt reckons hes taken it a tad too far when he has to ask that he removes himself from his lap. I waste no time in ordering a glass of Conundrum, whilst Matt starts with a Yeungling. I choose the Boca Grande Crab Cake (Scallion Aioli & Red Chili Pepper Glaze) appetizer whilst Matt opts for the Ahi Tuna (Served Rare, Lemon Myrtle Crust, Nappa & Swamp Cabbage Slaw, Chili Pepper Citrus Vinaigrette). We eat half of each before swapping. Tonight is the shuttle launch, so the food for the entire restaurant is held whilst the wait staff and clientele debark to the verandah to watch the show. Its a clear night and we get a great view. Having witnessed a daytime launch from World Showcase several years previously, it isnt as spectacular as wed expected - wed imagined the whole sky would light up but its a pretty special experience, nonetheless. Back inside, in a bizarre escape from the norm, we both go for something totally outside our comfort zones. Wait rewind only kidding! I have the 10oz filet and Matt chooses the 20oz bone-in ribeye. I order sides of sweet mash with brown butter, creamed spinach, and caramelized Vidalia onions. Im also tempted by the lobster macaroni and cheese, but I know that Ive already ordered more than well eat, particularly as Matt will only want a token helping he doesnt like to taint his meat with veggies! Matt orders a glass of the Folie A Deux, Zinfandel, Amador County and I go for the Robert Hall Syrah, Paseo Robles. Mines more expensive, but I prefer his. I flash him a look. He rolls his eyes and swaps the glasses. Its the little things which remind you youve picked a good un. He might do a good impression of an uncaring git, but, in reality, he worships the ground I walk on. My steak comes with some sort of vegetable fritter and a pepper confit. Matts is accompanied by a bulb of roasted garlic and blue cheese stuffed tomato. Both are heavenly, as are the sides. We share the Key Lime Crème Brulee, although our half-hearted attempt at eating it only serves to underline why we hardly ever bother with desserts. The damage, as accurately predicted by Matt this morning, is $250 ($204 pre-tip). Expensive, but our one blow-out meal this trip. Normally wed have several. Were back at the room in reasonably good time and set the alarm for 6am for our early tee-time tomorrow.
Yay !! Another installment (about blooming time too ). A great day and a lovely top too Deb. I think I would've been so excited to see the Shuttle launch in the dark, we saw one years ago from Cocoa Beach and I thought it was a great experience I look forward to your next installment in the next month or so
Worth the wait . . . but what a wait! Stylish writing as ever, but loaded with substance, too. Being able to write such a thorough report this long after the fact speaks well for your long term memory and/or detailed trip notes. Must say, though, that if you're going to crow about doing this trip sans friends, you shouldn't complain about having trouble finishing a dessert after a meal you've announced was too much food in the first place. Good friends would have been right in there, helping you with that chore. You know we would.
Nice report. I am interested in the cigars. Can you tell me how much the box was or am I being too nosy?
Deb glad to see you have resumed trip writing operations. Can't wait to read more. Looks like a lovely meal and I love your top too. However, is it just me or is that the weirdest name for a restaurant ever? Makes me think of a religious theme park or something - do you know the reasoning behind it? Now don't keep us in suspense and post the next day soon please Tam
Well, you are being nosy but I'll tell you anyway. The Oliva's were around $90 for a box of 24, and at that price point I think are a very good cigar, they always rate highly in taste tests. The CAO America's were something like $30 for the 4 of them - varying sizes, and a couple of big uns in there. However, the surprise of the trip, cigar-wise, was a box of La Gloria Cubana Serie R #4 Maduro's which I picked up earlier in the trip. They were a little more, around $100 for 24 but are really nice - cannot recommend them highly enough. Nice full flavour but not really strong, and being a Maduro they have a deeper flavour I find. They are also a larger guage and longer than the Oliva's. Again, they scored very heavily in some tests I read. Once last thing I'd say, is that Corona's the best place IMO to get cigars from as they give discounts on full boxes
Food................Drink.......................& it looks like you had a blast. Time to say "I've started so I'll finish?"


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cross someone's path
Encounter or meet someone, especially unexpectedly. For example, John didn't know her name, so he was hoping she would cross his path again soon, or She swore she would scream if a snake crossed her path. This phrase originally implied that such an encounter meant obstructing or thwarting a person, but in current usage this is not necessarily true. [Early 1600s]
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The deep roots of Libya's psychology of violence
For more than four decades, Libya's self-declared 'Brother Leader,' Muammar Qaddafi, has waged a brutal form of psychological warfare against his own people, analysts say. Rebel forces have also been shaped by that violent history.
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Tripoli, Libya
The video clip ran late at night on Libya's state-run TV with a warning: not suitable for children.
It was a gruesome scene that appeared to show an antigovernment mob beating the dead body of a Col. Muammar Qaddafi loyalist in the rebel bastion of Benghazi.
Such visceral imagery has long defined political discourse in Libya. The roots of extreme violence stretch back to the colonial period under Italian rule. But from the earliest years of his reign, Colonel Qaddafi has employed violence – from assassinating dissidents abroad to killing opponents at home – to sow fear among Libyans and warn against dissent.
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For more than four decades, the self-declared "Brother Leader" has waged a form of psychological warfare against his own people, analysts say. And taking what he believes to be the lessons from the recent dictator-toppling revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, Qaddafi today continues to use brutal images to undermine the rebellion, which he consider a personal affront to his near-perfect rule that must be tackled with "no mercy."
The rebel forces, shaped likewise by that violent history, know the power of persuasion achieved with propaganda gore, and spread their own version.
"Our country is different from others in the world," says a Libyan professional in Tripoli who could not to be named for security reasons. "Here [people] are welcoming. But if you touch them [aggressively] even a little bit, they will pound you in response."
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