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The Bluejays (4-1, 2-1 in the conference) meet the Bearcats (3-2, 0-0) in a SEMO Central Conference matchup at Dexter.
Charleston comes off a sound whipping of Malden, 40-14, while Dexter's vaunted passing game was neutralized in a 24-0 defeat to previously winless Poplar Bluff last week. However, the win-loss record of Poplar Bluff (1-4) is deceiving due to a tough early schedule against three solid Arkansas programs and the Jefferson City Jays. The Jays proved their mettle by knocking Jackson out of the Class 5 rankings with a dominating 48-21 victory last Friday.
Obviously, to give themselves a chance, the Bluejays must find a way to slow down Dexter's prolific passing attack, triggered by rifle-armed senior quarterback Kyle Espey. Espey, the area's leading passer, has thrown for 1,082 yards with 11 touchdowns.
Although Espey threw for 177 yards (18-of-32 attempts) against the Mules, he was harassed into 12 sacks and three interceptions.
Whether or not Charleston's defense is capable of pressuring Espey remains to be seen. Espey's favorite receiver, Derek Roberts, also leads the area with 29 catches for 537 yards and six touchdowns. He has a punt return for a seventh score.
Alex Becker adds another dimension to the Bearcats' arsenal. The six-foot, 170-pound tailback has rushed for 456 yards -- in four games -- with seven touchdowns.
Dexter's defensive unit has allowed 14.4 points per game overall, but that average rises to 29 in its two losses. The Bluejays' quick-strike ability and penchant for big plays will give the Bearcat defense cause for concern. In Charleston's win over Malden last week, the Bluejays featured a balanced attack with 193 yards rushing and 202 passing.
Bluejays' quarterback Josh Marshall had a hot hand with eight completions in 11 attempts for three touchdowns.
Sophomore jack-of-all-trades Bobby Clark hauled in two scoring strikes (45 and 46 yards) and scored another on a 12-yard run. Clark has three rushing and three receiving touchdowns, along with an interception return for a score.
Another sophomore, 6-3 wideout Justin Clark, had a touchdown catch of 29 yards.
Add sophomore running back Joseph Watts, 6-6 senior receiver Ashton Farmer, who had two catches for 60 yards against Malden, and 6-4 sophomore receiver Jamarcus Williams and the Bluejays field an imposing set of skill-position players.
Watts, a 1000-yard rusher as a freshman, leads the Charleston ground game with 438 yards and seven scores, including a punt return for a touchdown. As for common opponents, both teams own wins over Sikeston and Malden. Dexter pounded Sikeston 46-7 while Charleston upended the Bulldogs 34-14. Dexter romped 56-0 over Malden two weeks ago and, as previously mentioned, the Bluejays topped Malden 40-14.
Dexter certainly looks to rebound against a conference foe in front of the home fans, while Charleston attempts to tighten its hold on the second spot, behind Caruthersville, in the Central Division race.


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One to Watch: Adil Rashid
Well, I know there's nothing clever in choosing Rashid to write about in the One to Watch spot: he was awarded Performance of the Day by the Trumpet back in May, and has been mentioned many times in these pages. However we have not yet taken a really close look at this young Yorkshireman of whom so much is expected in the years to come. Back in what seems the dim and distant past when Darren Gough (pictured with Adil) was invited to take the captaincy at Yorkshire, I remember him saying that one of the reasons he was so excited about the job was the chance to work with and develop one of the most thrilling young bowling talents in England. That'd be Rashid then. Now, the boy sits second to the Dazzler in Yorkshire's bowling table with 27 wickets so far this season. His batting is not looking too shabby either - fifth in the county table with an average of 43.90.
The statistics this season back up his promise of last year, when he exploded into the cricket-watching consciousness and set tongues wagging with 25 wickets in just six appearances. An eight-wicket haul against India with England Under-19s confirmed his class. No-one should be surprised though - Adil is a product of the Terry Jenner spin programme and we all know who Terry's most famous son is (oh alright, in case there's a reader out there wondering: Shane Warne).
If young Rashid can remain free of injury (he has changed his action following a stress-fracture to his back last winter), then I believe we can confidently expect to see his name on the Honours Board at Lord's before too many years go past.
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July 25, 2007 in Captaincy, County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, One to Watch | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
Simon Jones: Welsh god, England cricketer
It doesn't happen very often, but every now and then a sportsman trancends the back pages of the newspapers and finds himself in a very different place. Simon Jones is one such. He played a vital part in the Ashes winning England side in 2005 before the cruel mischance of injury saw him in an oxygen tank desperately trying to get fit for the final match, and of course, we have not seen him in the whites since then. However we have seen him in Cosmopolitan. Hum, nearly naked, and delightfully delectable, but did this help his rehabilitation into international cricket. I don't know, but as he is making his way, slowly, back to First-class cricket, it seems to be a good time to assess his career thus far.
In 2002 he was carried off the Gabba in agony having ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee - an injury which not only sounds career threatening, but also sounds like something that would happen in a Harry Potter book - "The cruciatus curse" - cast on the threatening wonder fast-bowler by perhaps an Oz Wizard. In 2005 I bet those Aussies wished they'd had the magic, because Mr Jones (Simon that is) crucified them on the pitch and he ripped through them at Old Trafford. Looking at his figures now, it's scary - 6 for 53 in the First innings - it laid the foundations for the weather affected draw that culminated in the Trent Bridge win and ultimately regaining the Ashes at the Oval.
So what of Simon since then - apart from the photos? Well he's making his way back into County Cricket, nothing stunning, but nothing hugely scary on the injury front in the last few weeks. Tomorrow will give a clearer picture as he takes to the field in Abergavenny as Glamorgan do their stuff against Leicestershire.
July 24, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, Cricket photos, English cricket, General musings, Humour, India in England, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
James Kirtley: Twenty20 cricket is his strength
In the commentary on Wednesday's Twenty20 Cup semi-final between Sussex and Yorkshire, Phil Tufnell couldn't say James Kirtley's name without being overcome by a fit of the giggles. Now I was unable to discern the reason why, but it did remind me that since James was named in the provisional 30-man England squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, I've been meaning to remind myself of why it was no great surprise to see him there. This six-foot right-arm medium fast bowler has been doing pretty good things for Sussex in the current Twenty20 Cup and his 12 wickets (average 15.91 and economy 7.39) have contributed mightily to Sussex winning through to the final. Only four other bowlers sit higher than he does in the bowling table, so Peter Moores and the selectors were not likely to overlook him.
If Kirtley makes the final cut, it will be a resurrection of an international career that honestly looked pretty down and out. A One-Day debut in Harare in 2001 had immediately brought suspicions about his bowling action (although he had been cleared by the ECB) and England and Sussex stuck by him. He was back in the side, after much remedial work, the following year and made his Test debut against South Africa - helping to bowl England to victory at Trent Bridge. Later in the year he played in Sri Lanka, covering for the injured Jimmy Anderson, but that was it at Test level (although he didn't play his last international One-Day match until the West Indies at Georgetown in 2004). Reported twice in 2005, more remedial work followed, but chances of a further call-up to the England side seemed scuppered by the emergence of fast bowlers Steve Harmison and Simon Jones.
Now an excellent record for his county, and injuries surrounding the England attack have worked well for James, and he has a chance to kick-start a career that seemed well and truly stalled.
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July 20, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, One-day cricket, Twenty20 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Chris Tremlett has a sniff
Well what a surprise! Harmison's hernia rules him out of the Test team for the India series, and Chris Tremlett gets the call. He played nicely at Chelmsford without setting any hearts a-flutter, and it's pretty certain that Stuart Broad, bless him, will take the bowling slot left vacant by Steve's injury in the Test side. But Chris has earned this recall. Still only 25, he was the 12th man (and not in the Billy Birmingham way) for four of the 2005 Ashes Tests - so merits a look.
A Hampshire man, born and bred, he seems to have flourished this past couple of years under Shane Warne's captaincy. A right-hand bat, he's more notable as a very decent right-arm medium-fast, rapidly becoming truly fast, bowler with 230 first-class wickets to his name and a fine economy of 3.35.
Some may suggest that being the scion of Tim Tremlett, Chris has had life easy in the cricketing world, but he has reached his current position by dint of his own effort and achievement. In his first-class debut against New Zealand A in the year 2000, his bowling statistic is 4 for 16. He went to India in 2000-2001 with England Under-19 and then got a call-up to the preliminary squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in 2004. Injury rather stuffed his season in 2006, but he's back, playing well and we hope to see him on the full international stage soon.
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July 17, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, India in England, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Graham Onions - a Test this summer?
It may have been Stuart Broad, bless him, who took most of the plaudits and headlines after the Tour match against India down at Chelmsford, but Graham Onions did himself no harm either with 3 wickets in the first innings coming from his 20 overs. He went for 90 runs and had a respectable economy of 4.50. It didn't go quite so well in the second innings, no wickets and the worst economy ( 7.00) of the four bowlers, but this did not negate his initial positive impression.
It was not really surprising to see this 24-year-old man of the north-east (born in Gateshead, schooled in Blaydon, playing all his county cricket at Durham) selected for this England Lions squad. A very strong 2006 season had seen Onions picked for England's provisional Champions Trophy squad and he was called up to replace Darren Gough for the one-dayers against Pakistan in September 2006. That led to inclusion in Peter Moores's England A side to tour Bangladesh.
With questions now over Steve Harmison's fitness and Graham's performance against India combined with his excellent season's averages in first-class matches (26 wickets, average of 31.00 and economy rate of 3.54), it may be that we see Onions hovering around the fringes of the Test side this summer.
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July 16, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, India in England, 2007, Pakistan in England, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Joe Denly makes the most of his chance
It was almost a dream debut for 21-year-old Joe Denly on Friday in Chelmsford. Shiny and squeaky-clean in whites for England A (oh, alright, then Lions - but I'm not alone in finding it hard to take that name seriously) he opened the batting with Andrew Strauss (poor chap - failed again), and hit 83 - including 16 fours, and his fifty came of just 49 balls. The dream perhaps would have been a century, but second top score to Bresnan's 126 certainly justified his inclusion at this level. A score of 18 in the second innings was pretty immaterial as by that point we all knew this match would be played out to a tame draw.
Joe has been with Kent since the age of 13 and has moved calmly through the junior ranks. He toured India with England Under-19s in 2005 and impressed with three half-centuries. Although highly thought of, captaining Kent's Second Eleven and the ECB Development of Excellence XI, there was no place for him in the first team last year. His chance came this season with the departure of David Fulton and Joe has made the most of it. The Googly's Tooting Trumpet awarded him Performance of the Day on 23rd of May - the day Joe hit 115 against Shane Warne's Hampshire.
With such a strong junior record, it's not surprising that Joe took the Denis Compton honours in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and looks set to become a feature in the England squad, though probably not in the Test side this summer.
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July 15, 2007 in Batting, County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, India in England, 2007, One to Watch | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Chris Schofield: dreams can come true
For Chris Schofield, there can't have been many better days than Wednesday 11th July 2007. It seems that not only The Googly's own Tooting Trumpet (Chris got a share of Performance of the Day last week), but also the England selectors have been keeping a quiet eye on the Surrey player's rehabilitation to the top flight, and named him in the provisional Twenty20 squad for the World Cup. As well as Chris's delight, there will be big smiles on the faces of Mark and his father Alan Butcher, who took an almighty gamble on Schofield to bring him to Surrey, registering him in 2006 and giving him a start in the first team this season. He hasn't been a bright and shining star in the championship, but the format and hectic pace of the Twenty20 game have seen him come into his own and be Surrey's leading wicket taker with 17 in just 25 overs in this summer's cup.
It's been a long haul for Chris to rise back up the ranks - to which he was elevated back in 2000 when he was given one of the first batch of (12) central contracts by the ECB. This followed two seasons in county cricket and one England A tour, but having won the Denis Compton Award in 1998, 1999 and 2000, was not entirely surprising. A promising youngster deserving of his chance. However, in the Tests against Zimbabwe, he didn't take a wicket and his bowling was deemed "wild". He returned to Lancashire where things got no better and in 2004 his services were dispensed with - a decision he disputed, finally winning his case for unfair dismissal at an industrial tribunal, but by then it was too late. Two dreadful years in the wilderness of Minor Counties cricket came next, playing for Cheshire and Suffolk, and failing to win a place with either Durham or Sussex. He did enough though, for Surrey to come calling and under the nurturing eyes of the Butchers, Chris has proved to all aspiring sportsmen that it pays not to give up.
It was no surprise to find Chris on Dazza's show this week and as a fellow bowler, Gough was kind but probing - was Chris picked for England too soon? Yes, Chris agreed and he puts his improvement this year very much down to the influence of the Butchers and Ramprakash (another Googly favourite son)
If he makes it to the final cut next month, and I hope that he does as England's best chance in the Twenty20 World Cup must be to build a team of specialists, then his story will give hope across the board and his hard work and dedication will be rewarded.
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July 12, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, India in England, 2007, One-day cricket, Twenty20 | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack
Calling James Benning
A pretty poor performance from England yesterday has led to a shout for James Benning to be called into the side. Well ever-willing, your correspondent has gone searching and can bring you these facts to help you make up your minds. Is he good enough?
A right-hand bat with a current First-class average with Surrey of just 34.88, he might not immediately spring to mind as worthy of the call. But this boy, he's still just 24 years-old, promised much as a school-boy and was chosen for the England Under-15s. In 2003 he was acclaimed as Surrey's most-promising newcomer and won a Denis Compton Award. He has made steady progress and his position in the tables does not reflect the skill and guts that got him his top score of 152 against Gloucestershire in April this year. In partnership with Ali Brown, they smashed their way to a world record One-day total at the Oval.
Enough, surely, for not only Guardian Unlimited's Andy Bull, but England to have an eye on him.
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July 5, 2007 in Batting, County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, One to Watch, One-day cricket, West Indies in England, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
One to watch: Rory Hamilton-Brown
A while ago I wrote about ex-Millfield boy James Hildreth who has been attracting a fair amount of interest this season. Today my pick for One to watch is another alumnus of that same sporting seat of learning - young Rory Hamilton-Brown. At nearly 20 years old, Rory has started on the right path towards an England call-up in the not too distant future.
Winner of Denis Compton Awards in 2005 and 2006, he has been wielding his bat (right-hand) and bowling right-arm offbreaks for Surrey since 2005 when he made his debut against Bangladesh A. He earned a place with the England Under-19s for Sri Lanka in 2006 and in the December of that year was chosen to captain the squad for their tour of Malaysia in 2007. Unfortunately a shoulder injury requiring an operation put paid to that, but he has remained involved with the U19 set-up and although not setting the world on fire at Surrey so far this season, he certainly has the talent and junior record to merit close watching.
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July 3, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, One to Watch | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Luke Wright: his time must come soon
Just yesterday the 22-year-old Luke Wright imposed himself on the Kent bowling attack with an astonishing century off just 44 balls, as Sussex won the Twenty20 match by 7 wickets. His own bowling had just been monstered by Robert Key and Martin van Jaarsveld, and a player of lesser character could have crumbled psychologically. Wright is, after all, deemed an all-rounder. But this young right-hand bat and medium pace bowler is made of stern stuff, and while having Jacques Kallis as a hero may raise some eyebrows, it's clear that attempts to emulate a hard man of the sport do Wright no harm.
A graduate of Loughborough University, Wright has spent the lsat 2 winters back there at the National Academy and his performance led to a call-up in February 2006 to the England A squad in the Caribbean - a natural progression following his appearances representing the England Under-19s.
Three times a winner of the Denis Compton Award, a vital part of Sussex team that won last year's C & G Trophy, although sitting only mid-table in this season's batting for Sussex, I think it will only be a matter of time before we see him in the England One-day side.
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June 28, 2007 in County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, One to Watch, One-day cricket, Twenty20 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Is James Foster a consideration for England's wicketkeeper?
If there is a genuine debate going on about Matt Prior's abilities - and I've read plenty to suggest that questions are being asked - then surely James Foster's name comes back on to the agenda?
Foster is still only 27 years old although it does seem as though he has been around on the edges of the the England team for a very long time. Back in 2000 he was still a student at Durham University when he was signed up by Essex and then selected for the England A tour of the West Indies. He was perceived as a natural successor to Alec Stewart and made his international debut in the One-day international at Harare in October 2001. Two stumpings ensured he earned his place on the India tour later that year and he made his Test debut at Mohali in December. From what I recall, there was nothing wrong with his performance in the field, but his batting disappointed.
As the focus of balance for the England ODI team changed, Foster lost his place for the batting prowess of Marcus Trescothick and Alec Stewart came back into the Test side when Foster broke his arm. Solid county performances for Essex over the past 4 years did not lead to a recall under Duncan Fletcher's regime - Geraint Jones and Chris Read prevailed.
Maybe with Peter Moores in charge and Prior not impregnable behind the stumps, Foster will get another chance. A First-class average of 34.15 with the bat and a fistful of catches already for Essex this season would suggest he deserves close consideration.
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June 26, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, West Indies in England, 2007, Wicketkeeping | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Jonathan Trott: a good choice for England
Jonathan Trott, now 26 years old, has been playing for Warwickshire since 2003. Born and raised in South Africa, he learned his trade playing for the South African Under-15s and Under 19s (including their World Cup campaigns), but as a British passport holder has been able to make a seamless transition to 1st-class County Cricket and now the England One-day team.
I will admit that his call-up last week caught me slightly on the hop, but on reflection, Jonathan should have been far higher up my list of possibles. In 2005 he emerged as a real talent in the One-day game, topping Warwickshire's averages at over 60 - and this included 2 centuries. When New Zealand side Otago employed him that winter, he was equally impressive until an injury scare brought his premature return to England. 2006 again brought over 1000 runs in the season. He has slipped below my radar slightly due to a rather less stellar start to 2007. Seven matches have brought just 176 runs, and Trott languishes mid-field in the Warwickshire table. However, I believe his record justifies his selection and hope that his performances will justify Peter Moores's and the selectors' choice. I expect this right-hand bat to bring some strength to the England side.
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June 25, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, One-day cricket, Twenty20, West Indies in England, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Joe Sayers: should be on the selectors list
The picture (right) shows Yorkshire young hopeful Joe Sayers taking a magnificant catch to dismiss England one-time and wannabee player Kabir Ali last month in the County Championship match against Worcestershire. There's passion in his face and in his body-language that tell the tale of why this young man still burns to live up to his junior promise and play for England.
Joe is still only 24 and with his left-hand bat style reminiscent of Geoffrey Boycott, this 6-footer has no reason to think that his dreams of representing his country at the highest level will not be fulfilled.
As an undergraduate at Oxford, he captained the side in 2003, having already shone through his school-days and captained England Under 17s and Under 19s. Of course his time at Oxford, playing in the Parks was not the same as a couple of decades ago when such as Sir Viv Richards graced the ground and small children watched, for free, as the greats of the era showed off their skills with the ball, bat and public. But he caught the eye of professional watchers and in 2005 made his maiden Championship century appearing for Yorkshire against Leicestershire. He helped win the match for Yorkshire.
Sitting happily near the top of this season's Yorkshire results table - second only to Younis Khan, young Joe already has a 187, 149 and 124 against his name.
If this doesn't catch the eye of the England selectors and remind them of why he was picked as a junior, I don't know what would. Let's hope that an uncharacteristicly low score of 2, although he stuck in there for 44 balls, against Sussex last weekend will not have spoilt his chances.
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June 23, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Alex Loudon: what happened to him?
Another public-schoolboy (last week The Googly drew your attention to James Hildreth - trumping the BBC by 6 days!) has earned a mention in these pages, but for a rather different reason. Now we ask what has happened to Alex Loudon? This ex-Eton lad, currently a Warwickshire cricketer who promised so much as a bowler (right-arm offbreak) in his junior years and was touted as a future England captain. In 2004, when at Kent, he helped take them to a Championship win over Middlesex with a superb 6 for 47. The move to Warwickshire, although disappointing for Kent, seemed to work well for him and in 2006 Alex made his England One-day debut against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street.
It was fairly disasterous. Run-out (batting at 8) for a duck, his 6 overs went for 36 when far more was expected of him. The rest of his season was spent battling loss in form and injury and it has been no surprise that he has not been a name at the top of the list for England selectors. So far this season he has only managed 3 wickets and leaked 248 runs, but on the other hand he has a remarkable economy of only 2.69.
At 26 years old, Loudon is far from a spent force, and it would a shame if his talent were not given a chance again.
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June 15, 2007 in Captaincy, County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, Sri Lanka in England, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Vikram Solanki: a chance to nick Andrew's place?
One more failure with the bat for Andrew Strauss as England take on the West Indies for the dead rubber up at Durham, and surely he will be "rested" for the series against India? The question then is, who comes in to replace him?
Bopara's name is on many lips today, and indeed, I picked him out last week, but there was another stupendous batting display last week also. Down at New Road in the County Championship Division One match against Surrey, Vikram Solanki reminded us all of why he has been described as "one of the most elegant batsmen of his generation". He hit a huge 232. Today, against Scotland, Solanki tonned up again with a fine 132. Neither of these performances will have done any harm to either his averages or his hopes of playing again for England.
His history with the England One-day side is not the most impressive read. A debut in January 2000 against South Africa at Bloemfontein led to a series performance with a total of 96 runs. Unsurprisingly he was dropped but with good county form (and the retirement of several senior players) he was recalled in 2004, and has remained on the edges of the One-day side since then.
We last saw him in Headingley against Sri Lanka in the summer of 2006 where he hit an unbeaten 44. Whether that memory of his skill and his solid county form over the past 4 or 5 years is enough to tempt the selectors to give him one last try remains to be seen.
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June 13, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, Sri Lanka in England, 2006, West Indies in England, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
The Gough show: 8 pm start - not in Scotland!
I tuned into Radio 5Live last night for the much heralded Gough Cricket Show, and it got off to rather a poor start. 8pm they said for the start. Well this correspondent lives in the far north of Scotland, but hadn't realised that there was a time difference between London and the Moray Firth. At 20.04 I was still listening to Gaby Logan. Ah me, so far are we from the cricket heartland.
Nonetheless I stayed with it, and within the next few minutes we were treated to some clips from the Dazzler's best international performances and there was a somewhat predictable "Howzat" yelled. But we love this because Darren is now an official treasure. After all, it's not that long ago that he raised the glittery ball trophy, thus proving that cricketers can dance. Which of course every women's bit of eye-candy (wake up Ramps - we're talking about you!) did the following year.
But the show was worth more than a few cheap jibes. We've learned that Plunkett's action has gone "a bit to pot". We couldn't have grasped that before could we? He "should go back to the counties and then come back for the ODIs". Nice. And our fast-bowling fiend Mr Harmison, well Messrs Gough and Cork reckon he'll get 400 Test wickets. Dom reckons that only Harmy and Goughie can bowl at 90 mph and get wickets. Nice.
Graham Hick joined in and raised the really important question of why do the commentators always talk about golf. Well, good question Hicksie? Maybe because it's what all the retired cricketers mention on interview. Duh! Still some nice (notice my use of this word!) stats came up again. Hick mustered a pretty impressive 40,000 runs in his career and next guest, the ever popular Justin Langer (yes I know we hate him in an Ashes endeavour, but we love him for spending his winters enriching English County cricket - you know we do!) is hacking on towards a 25,000 haul. Not bad, mate. Rather endearingly Mr Langer sounded a bit "tired and emotional". Wonder what his week has been about then? He sweetly changed the topic from batting to bowling and, with the encouragement of Mr Cork at the helm of the interview, revealed that he did take 5 wickets at an average he wouldn't wish us to publish. Bless!
But the man - and let's not forget how awesome this Aussie batsman is - does rate our Googly pick of young Hildreth. You heard it here first. He also was not allowed by Gough and Cork to run away without another Aussie-ism of "Aw look mate"- we love those here. So here it is from the mouth of a master, about the much beleaguered Strauss. "He's a natural leader, he has the shots. The cut, the pull. Aw and mate, Tres is a brilliant bloke." Yup, bit confused there. Is it Straussy or Tres that he favours? Does it matter? I think not.
We are very impressed that a great Aussie is prepared to turn up on our little radio show here. Talk to guys who don't have as many runs as him under the belt. Rest assured, dear reader. The Googly will bring you the highlights of Goughie's show every week.
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June 13, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, Cricket on TV and Radio, English cricket, General musings, Humour, West Indies in England, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
One to watch: Steve Davies
Only one letter separates this boy, Steve Davies, from the old snooker lag, Steve Davis, but skill for skill, talent for talent, they are as close as close things could be. By just 5 days or so, Steve Davies with an e, left-hand bat and wicketkeeper for Worcestershire, is eligible to feature in The Googly's One to watch slot. He will be 21 on the 17th June, and by the end of the 2006 season, was being touted as a contender for the spot of England's next wicketkeeper as Chris Read and Geraint Jones fell out of form and favour.
Much to my relief, although Davies was selected for the National Academy last winter, it was first Paul "Badger" Nixon and then Matt Prior who were called upon to wear the gloves for England. This gives the young man more time to develop out of the intense limelight of the international game, though his latest performance with the bat - a fine 81 against Surrey at New Road last week (and a healthy handful of catches) will certainly keep his name on everyone's list of contenders.
A chance to show whether his junior class can be transferred to the highest level of the sport will surely come sooner rather than later.
Davies captained the England Under-19s and toured the West Indies with England A in 2005. 2006 saw him top 1000 runs for his county, his cumulative score is now over 2000, and he won the NBC Denis Compton Award for 3 years running in 2004, 05 and 06. This cricket-watcher will be keeping a close eye on the County scorecards for the rest of the season and certainly won't be surprised to see Davies in the England side before the year is out.
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June 12, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, One to Watch, Wicketkeeping | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack
One to watch: Billy Godleman
At just 18 years of age, the England Under-19s and Middlesex left-handed batsman, Billy Godleman has caught the eye of cricket watchers at home and overseas.
Consistently representating England schools as he moved up the age groups from the Under-15s, it was a given that he would train with the Under-19s in time. Surprising was that he was not picked for the 2005-06 World Cup Squad, but quite possibly a delay in entering the (almost) grown-up international arena will prove to be beneficial to his development rather than a hindrance.
Despite missing out on selection, Godleman received the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2005. Looking at the names who've won the award in previous years, who wouldn't risk a bet on this young man joining fellow recipients Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Monty Panesar and Ali Cook in the England squad some time soon?
With a 1st class average of 60.54 from the 8 matches he's played so far, I'd stick a few quid on it, if I were a betting woman.
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June 9, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings, One to Watch | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
James Hildreth: can Millfield provide another world-class sportsperson?
In the debate that is beginning as to whether Andrew Strauss should abandon England for a while (or perhaps England abandon Strauss), and go back to his county to seek some return to form, West Country names keep cropping up. Is Marcus Trescothick ready for a call-up, some ask? Well, I'd look elsewhere in the Somerset top order and James Hildreth is a young man very much on form.
Just yesterday, this right-hand batsman, still only 22 years old, with a First-class average of 40.39, struck a sweet 163 in Somerset's match against Leicestershire. That he was out off the bowling of Stuart Broad, is proof that The Googly is keeping a close eye on emerging cricketers these days!
Young James is a product of Millfield School - one of England's renowned breeding grounds of international sportsmen and women. The Olympic gold-medallist Mary Rand spent her schooldays there, as did swimmers Duncan Goodhew and Mark Foster. The playing-fields nurtured the talents of legendary rugby-players Gareth Edwards and JPR (so famous you hardly need to add the Williams to his name), and cricketers Ben Hollioake and Simon Jones ruled the nets and wickets in their learning years.
Hildreth could indeed be another name to hit the honours board. As a school-boy he represented England through his age groups, and went to Bangladesh in 2003-04 for the Under-19s World Cup. A winner of the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2003, 04, and 05, he caught the eye of many cricket fans in a cameo appearance as a substitute at Lord's in the first Ashes Test of 2005 when he took a catch off Matthew Hoggard's bowling to see Ponting walk on 42. That's not a bad way to dip a toe into Test cricket.
For Somerset, in just his second match, Hildreth hit a ton and last year in Taunton, against Northamptonshire, he made a mammoth 227 not out as Somerset raced to 675 for 5 - and obviously won the match.
If this all-round sportsman, who has represented West of England at hockey, South of England at tennis and squash, is not featuring as a very large blip indeed on the England selectors' radar, I would be very, very surprised.
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June 8, 2007 in County Championship - 2007, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, General musings | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack
Performance of the Day
That fine, athletic figure you see to your right is David "Jumble" Sales (Getty Images) who wins the Googly's prized Performance of the Day award. But, but I hear you splutter, the PotD is reserved for only the highest of cricketing achievements such as smacking Malcolm Speed on the head. Ex-Boy Wonder Sales scored just 14 as his Northants team went down to Lancashire by a mysterious 20 runs (D/L) - how does he qualify?
That is to miss the point. Northants' fixture list reveals: May 2 - May 5 vs Essex; May 6 vs Lancashire; May 7 vs Scotland; May 8 - May 11 vs Somerset - 10 consecutive days cricket! That Jumble got his troops out on to the Old Trafford pitch was enough to win PotD. Booby prize to the ECB fixtures secretary (again).
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May 6, 2007 in County Cricket - 2006, English cricket, Performance of the Day | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Gough back to Yorkshire?
Professional gob-on-legs Darren Gough may be on his way back to his one true love for the 2007 season, as Yorkshire have come calling. The white rose county are apparently struggling for a captain and a dance partner for Craig White and the roly-poly former test bowler is a prime candidate for both following his 3 year spell at Essex.
In other Yorkshire-related news, Anthony McGrath is trying to run away from the club as fast as his podgy legs will carry him but the chairman has tied him to a post whilst they row about his contract.
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February 26, 2007 in Captaincy, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Langer's triple hundred
In case you hadn't noticed…
He had already broken the record for the highest innings at Guildford, and this morning he passed Viv Richards' record for the highest score for Somerset (322). He was within one shot of Charlie McCartney's 345 - the highest by an Australian in England - when he fell. It is the seventh biggest innings in the County Championship.
July 20, 2006 in Australian cricket, County Cricket - 2006, English cricket | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Ah, spring cometh
Working at Cricinfo this winter, my mental timeclock is often in another part of the world. Be it South Africa, India, Pakistan, New Zealand, West Indies or Australia, each country has a domestic competition - some more interesting and involved than others. Now, as we enter April, they're all coming to an end and attention turns to the English county season. Ah, spring!
The start of the English cricket season is best indicated by the release dates of the two must-have books: Wisden Cricketers' Almanack and Playfair. Wisden is released on April 12 - including a new larger version which, my sources tell me, is a vast improvement and something the Almanack team are rightly proud of. Playfair was released just a few days ago. So go on, gorge yourselves on the reading material in preparation for the summer.
April 4, 2006 in County Cricket - 2006, English cricket | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


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The earthquake took our Marmite away.
Now, in a way, it has given some back.
Six weeks ago Christchurch supermarket owner Craig Grant was forced to close the doors of his Fresh Choice supermarket in Merivale after engineers discovered part of the mall housing it was earthquake prone.
The closure was a big blow for Grant, but it had one unexpected benefit - it protected a half-pallet of Marmite ordered just before the closure and stashed safely in the supermarket's storeroom.
Jars of the favourite Kiwi spread have been flying off supermarket shelves since its maker Sanitarium announced on Monday that supplies were expected to run out in a few weeks. Quake damage at the company's factory in Christchurch forced a shutdown.
Most supermarkets have had their shelves stripped bare of Marmite - now Grant hopes he can cash in when his store re-opens, expected to be some time this week.
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STOCKTON – A dispute over money and a stolen cellphone resulted in a 35-year-old woman getting dragged by a vehicle for several blocks in southeast Stockton around 10 p.m. Monday, police reported.
The woman admitted she owed money to one of the suspects, a 25-to 30-year-old woman, but she didn't have it when confronted in the 300 block of South Laurel Street just south of East Main Street, according to police.
At that point, the first suspect and another woman between 50 and 60 years old began punching the victim's face, and the younger attacker grabbed the victim's cellphone. A struggle ensued before the two attackers attempted to flee the area in a tan four-door sedan, police reported.
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Colson, F, Bogaert, J, Carneiro, A, Nelson, B, Pinage, ER, Ceulemans, R (2009). "The influence of forest definition on landscape fragmentation assessment in Rondonia, Brazil". ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, 9(6), 1163-1168.
AbstractEstimates of tropical deforestation and forest degradation are misleading, partly because different studies make use of different forest definitions. This paper investigates the influence of this confusion on the assessment of forest extent and its spatial distribution, by means of fine-scaled land cover maps and landscape metrics. The state of Rondonia, Brazil, located in the southwestern part of the Amazon basin and known for its fishbone-like pattern of deforestation, is used as a Study area. A 1:250 000 vector data product from the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute (IBGE), describing the land cover type in a three-step hierarchy specifying canopy density, topography, and dominant life forms, was rasterized and analyzed. Forest subcategories were aggregated into a seven level gradient, ranging from a level that is very specific and only includes dense multi-layered rain forest, to less strict levels containing open forest systems, secondary vegetation, and tree savannas. We show that there is a consistent difference between the initial class aggregation level, and all other levels, which gradually broaden the forest definition and are characterized by very distinct ecological parameters, such as a higher mean patch size, increased levels of landscape connectivity and slightly more irregularly shaped patches. We recommend a harmonization of the major forest definitions in use today, while taking care not to lose the relevant ecological information that can be extracted from its most detailed classification level. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Cats choking...
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When cats eat too much, and it gets caught in their throat what do you do? I know I can look it up, but I would like to know here too. I usually just make sure water is around them. Thanks.
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Yep, like Rachel said, if you're feeding kitties dry food, always soak it in water for a bit before feeding.
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Rev. Randal Gardner continues his spiritual journey at St. James by-the-Sea episcopal church in La Jolla
The Rev. Randal Gardner has been a teacher, salesman and Episcopal priest. He has been married to Cathy, a nearly high-school sweetheart, for 36 years. They have two grown sons, and their third rescued dog. Rev. Gardner is about to mark his fifth year as the rector of St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church.
Most of his career was in the Seattle area, apart from seminary in Berkeley, and a year of study and work at Oxford University. He has helped the church sort out its important priorities as the chairman of a task force on human sexuality; as a coordinator for Christian formation for students preparing to be ordained, as president of the nation's largest independent hunger response program (Northwest Harvest in Washington State); and working with a local organization, Episcopal Community Services. He spends two weeks each summer teaching doctoral students how to evaluate their ministry goals as an adjunct faculty member for the Doctor of Ministry program at the Virginia Theological Seminary.
What brought you to La Jolla?
I was invited to come as the rector (senior pastor) for St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church.
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Between the ocean views and climate, this is a pretty wonderful spot on the Earth.
If you could snap your fingers and have it done, what might you add, subtract or improve in the area?
Traffic — more on the way to church, less in general. But there's no such thing as magic, so it's either a matter of improving the mindset or working hard to craft the changes.
Who or what inspires you?
I am most easily moved by stories of redemption, of people who are touched by grace and given hope in a time of trouble. Jesus Christ is the source of much of that inspiration, but it is the stories of the saints — Paul, Barnabas, Iulia de Beausobre (a Russian woman of the 20
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If you hosted a dinner party for eight, who would you invite?
I would love a presidential dinner party — the Obamas, the Lincolns, the Eisenhowers, and the Jeffersons. I guess that means my wife and I would serve while those eight talked. I would include the wives in order to keep the conversations honest.
What you are reading?
I've had a hard time with reading over the past two years because of some vision troubles. But I pretty faithfully get through Time Magazine, a number of online newspapers, some journals that come to the church office and Smithsonian.
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What is your most-prized possession?
Not a possession, but my family. Of actual possessions, my car. It's just wonderful to have options that the car makes available.
What do you do for fun?
Bicycle, cook … photography.
Describe your greatest accomplishment.
I think I keep growing emotionally and spiritually, and I do my best to remain committed and open to doing so. Anything else derives from that journey.
What is your philosophy of life?
From Jesus Christ: Seek and you will find, ask and it will be given to you, knock and the door will open.


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The class will include several field trips to Philadelphia art institutions including the Institute for Contemporary Art and the Slought Foundation. For the final project, students will work in groups to re-envision the public art on Penn's campus as dialogic space by creating podcasts, guided walking tours, and/or performances.
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RIM Rally Gets More Juice After Goldman Upgrade
Research In Motion is quickly becoming a loved name in the analyst community.
Goldman Sachs is the latest to jump on the bullish train, boosting its rating to buy from neutral and lifting its price target to $16 from $9. The firm, as others have, cited growing optimism around RIM's new smartphones, which are expected next year.
"For the first time in three years, we think out-year Street estimates are too low," Goldman analysts wrote in a note to clients Thursday morning
Shares jumped 6.3% to $11.80. Through Wednesday's close the stock was up 76% over the last two months, although it still remained down 23% for the year.
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The firm says RIM's BlackBerry 10 launch has a 30% chance of success, which apparently is good enough compared to the company's recent failures around new devices and product upgrades.
Goldman justifies its upgrade by saying much of the stock's recent run-up is likely due to short covering, meaning the rally could have legs if the fundamentals keep improving."Given that short interest in the stock is at an all-time high at 20% of shares outstanding, we believe short covering has contributed to the sharp bounce off the lows," Goldman says.
And in the scenario that BB10 proves to be a bust, Goldman is still optimistic about RIM's chances.
"Even if BB10 is ultimately not successful (which is our current base case scenario, at 70% probability) we expect RIMM to outperform over the next 2-4 quarters," Goldman says, as it expects expects higher average selling prices and improving margins following the BB10 launch.
Earlier this week, CIBC World Markets boosted its RIM price target to $17, from $8, saying the company was "materially undervalued." Last week, National Bank and Jefferies & Co also issued bullish commentary on RIM, which have helped fuel the stock.
But not all analysts have been optimistic Morgan Stanley maintained this week that the stock remains "un-investable" in the near-term.
The fact remains RIM finds itself battling with the likes of Apple Microsoft and Google, among others, in the crowded smartphone market.
While shares have shot higher over the last few months, the company will need to prove it gain regain traction in smartphones for this rally to prove to be sustainable.
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Fears Over Islamic Laws Worry Malaysia's Opposition
PUTRAJAYA – Husam Musa talks like a technocrat politician running for office in any of Asia's boom-time economies. On the campaign trail ahead of Malaysia national elections on May 5, he has drawn thousands of voters to hear his speeches as he attempts to capture the symbolically-important parliamentary seat for Malaysia's administrative capital, Putrajaya. On Thursday he organized a ten-pin bowling tournament to help drum up support, with a prize of 500 ringgit, or roughly $160, for the winner.
But Mr. Husam is also among the top leaders of the conservative Pan-Malaysia Islamic Party, or PAS, whose long-held aim is to impose strict Islamic "Hudud" laws that allow for amputation and stonings.
PAS is a member of three-party opposition coalition that is attempting to topple the ruling National Front coalition from power for the first time in Sunday's vote, but the depth of its Islamist agenda – and whether it can be diluted by its more secular-minded allies – is emerging as a key issue in determining the outcome of Sunday's vote.
The problem is a prickly one for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Now 65 years old, he was himself an Islamist-inspired radical in his youth, but after being expelled from the government in 1998 and serving six years in prison on unfounded charges of having sex with another man, Mr. Anwar has taken a more moderate stance and appeals as much to ethnic-Chinese voters, if not more so, than Malaysia's majority Muslim Malay population.
At first glance, Hudud laws look like they could damage Malaysia's reputation as an outpost for a relatively moderate form of Islam, in addition to knocking Mr. Anwar's election prospects. They refer to the six crimes for which punishments are fixed as theft, extra-marital sex, making unproven accusations of illicit sex, drinking alcohol, highway robbery, and apostasy, with the punishments ranging from whipping to amputation to stoning to death. Scholars say the burden of proof is high, requiring eye-witness testimony from four adult males, making it difficult to impose Hudud punishments.
Unsurprisingly perhaps, Prime Minister Najib Razak's strategists have repeatedly targeted the Hudud issue in their attempt to extend an unbroken stretch in power dating back to independence from Britain in 1957. Among other things, they have published advertisements in Chinese-language newspapers claiming that non-Muslims won't be able to eat pork noodles or drink beer if the opposition comes to power, or even receive hair-cuts from members of the opposite sex. In some areas, National Front activists have described a vote for the opposition as a vote for Hudud.
Nonsense, say PAS leaders.
Mr. Husam, 53 years old, likes to say that corruption is the biggest sin in Islam, referring to another of the main issues focusing voters' minds. Khalid Samad, a member of PAS's central committee, says that if the opposition People's Alliance is elected, PAS won't be able to push through Hudud laws on its own. PAS would need to secure the support of Mr. Anwar's People's Justice Party and the ethnic-Chinese-oriented Democratic Action Party.
"All parties would have to agree on it, irrespective of the number of seats each wins in the election," says Mr. Khalid, who is defending a parliamentary seat in Shah Alam, near Kuala Lumpur.
In a recent interview, opposition leader Mr. Anwar said opposition partners are learning to deal with each other without making Hudud a major item of discussion. He also thinks that non-Muslims aren't alarmed by the idea of the laws, given that they only apply to Muslims. "It's not an issue that's gaining much traction," he says.
Still, some ethnic-Malays, who are Muslim by law, worry.
Academic Chandra Muzaffar argues that states that introduce Hudud laws underperform their potential by setting aside individual rights. "From Sudan and Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan and Iran, what has been the balance sheet like from the perspective of the very values and principles that the Quran cherishes – distributive justice, accountability on the part of the ruler, freedom and dignity of the human being?" Mr. Chandra wrote in a recent open letter on the topic. "Are these Hudud states worthy of emulation?"
And while less-strict Islamic Shariah laws, which mostly apply to family and religious matters, are applied in Malaysia – in 2010 three women were caned for having extramarital sex – it's an issues that still has the opposition on edge, especially as the moderate leader who currently dominate PAS might not always be in charge.
After Haron Din, from the more fundamentalist wing of PAS, last week said the party would push to make Hudud the law in Malaysia if the opposition wins Sunday's vote, its partners in the Democratic Action Party quickly responded. The DAP's national chairman Karpal Singh complaining vigorously about PAS bringing up the issue again – leaving opposition leader Mr. Anwar with another squabble to untangle.


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By Ms. Jennifer Leigh King (AMC)August 23, 2010
LEGORN ARMY DEPOT, Italy - The 3rd Battalion, 405th Army Field Support Brigade sent a shipment of humanitarian aid supplies to Pakistan Aug. 13, as requested by the U.S. Agency for International Development. An element of Army Sustainment Command, the battalion stores and ships USAID materiel on demand.
"We received a request to send 1,310 rolls of heavy-duty, waterproof plastic sheeting to Pakistan immediately in order to assist USAID in its disaster relief efforts," said Alberto Chidini, who manages the USAID program for the battalion. "The plastic sheeting will be used by USAID to construct temporary shelters for families whose homes have been damaged or swept away by the flood waters."
Lt. Col. Richard Pierce, commander of the 3rd Bn., 405th AFSB, is proud that his organization plays such an integral part in international relief efforts such as these.
"I have only been in command a short time and am already awed by the international scope and reach of our mission," Pierce said. "I am pleased that we have the ability to assist in relieving human suffering throughout the world, and I truly believe that support to these humanitarian missions is one of the most important missions that our battalion has."
The plastic sheeting was removed from the warehouse, packed for shipping and then trucked to the Pisa International Airport. The shipment left Pisa for Islamabad Aug. 14.
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CHAFFEE -- Chaffee's Ashley Graham pulled through in the fifth inning of Wednesday's 5-4 victory over Delta.
With two outs and runners on second and third, Graham pounded a double to score the tying and winning runs for the Lady Red Devils.
Chaffee improves to 3-0 on the year.
"It was a huge hit," said Chaffee coach Mark Devenport. "I'm extremely excited to beat Delta. They've played the last two years in the fall. They went to state the first year, and reached the quarterfinals last year. We beat a quality softball team today."
Chaffee took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Delta came back with three runs in the fourth, then one in the fifth to hold a 4-2 advantage.
In the bottom of the inning, Molly Fowler walked, then Lindsey Everett singled. Kate Pfefferkorn doubled to score Fowler.
Chaffee's next two batters popped out, then Graham provided the game-winning hit, driving in Everett and Pfefferkorn.
"It was a really good, close game," said Delta coach Laura Brown. "Our team really started rattling the bats halfway through the game, we just ran out of innings."
Shannon Hampton picked up the complete-game win for Chaffee. In her seven innings, she allowed the four runs on four hits and 11 walks, recording eight strikeouts.
At the plate, Pfefferkorn was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Graham had three RBIs to go along with her double. Hampton, Crystal Morgan and Everett also had hits.
Delta's Rebecca Cook was charged with the loss after seven solid innings of work. She gave up the five runs on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts.
Andrea Dohogne was 2-for-4 with a triple and freshman Krystal Burnett was 1-for-4 with a sacrifice fly. Other hits came from Jenny Dannenmueller, Ashley Martin and Tiffany Johnson.
"We're coming around," said Brown. "We're getting better with each game. Hopefully our first win is coming soon."
Delta (0-2-1) will host East Prairie on Monday at 4 p.m. Chaffee will travel to Scott Central today at 4 p.m.
POPLAR BLUFF -- Freshman Kristin Harper was 4-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs, leading Kelly to a 10-0 win over Poplar Bluff on Wednesday.
"I was real proud of her," said Kelly coach Rhonda Evans. "We played Scott City the other day and she had a triple and a double. We've decided to put her in the lineup and she has done really well."
Monica Senciboy was 2-for-3, Dana Essner was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, Christy Kluesner was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Allison Johnson was 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs.
Cara Scherer and Sarah Essner also contributed hits.
"We played really well," said Evans. "My pitchers did really well and everybody was hitting up and down the lineup."
Dana Essner pitched the first three innings for the Lady Hawks, allowing no hits or runs with two walks and seven Ks. Whitney Beggs threw the final two frames, giving up one hit, one walk and had three strikeouts.
Poplar Bluff's Wilson was charged with the loss. Welchance had the team's only hit.
Kelly (2-0) will host Charleston today at 4 p.m.


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HOUSTON, TEXAS (AP/KXAN) - A Texas woman has filed a $123 million lawsuit contending that Facebook failed to remove a false profile of her created by a former friend who superimposed her face over pornographic images.
Meryem Ali in a revised suit filed this week in district court in Houston claims the former friend then invited Ali's friends and family to visit the profile page. The lawsuit says the "revenge porn" case caused Ali "significant trauma" and "extreme humiliation."
She claims Facebook over many months failed to act on repeated requests to have the page deleted. The company did eventually remove the page, but not until police got involved, she said.
"There is no reason this should have happened to me or should've happened to anyone else," said Ali.
The suit says damages being sought represent 10 cents on the dollar for each of the 1.23 billion Facebook users.
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If Bristol Buys ImClone, Who Will Buy Bristol?
If Bristol-Myers Squibb winds up buying ImClone, Bristol itself could become a more appealing acquisition target.
Bristol — a perennial buyout candidate — has been busy turning itself into a biotech-pharma hybrid. The company already owns about 17% of ImClone, and the two companies co-market ImClone's cancer drug Erbitux.
Buying ImClone would give Bristol full U.S. rights to Erbitux, as well as the rights to several experimental biotech drugs in ImClone's pipeline. Those are just the kind of assets most old-school Big Pharma companies are hungry for these days.
In a note this morning, Sanford Bernstein's Tim Anderson writes that "Buying ImClone makes BMY a more sellable company itself."
Meanwhile, Bristol is busy slimming itself down in other ways that might make it more attractive to a potential buyer. The company is closing many of its manufacturing plants and cutting thousands of jobs. And earlier this year, Bristol sold off its ConvaTec wound-care and ostomy business for more than $4 billion, sharpening the company's focus on specialty biotech drugs.
But Bristol's market cap is over $40 billion, which means there aren't that many companies big enough to digest it.
One possibility could be Pfizer. Bristol are Pfizer already working together on an experimental blood thinner in Bristol's pipeline. (Bristol also partnered with AstraZeneca on another experimental drug, which could complicate a deal somewhat.) Pfizer's been sitting on a lot of cash, and it's shown an appetite for buying partners in the past. And — perhaps most importantly — the company doesn't have anything in its own pipeline to replace the revenues it will lose a few years from now when its cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor faces generic competition.
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The Badilisha hit maker will be performing on Saturday 1st next month at Miss Mt Kenya University beauty pageant according to the university management.
Speaking to local media, one of the event organizers Purity Phuo explained more about Jose Chameleon's visit to Rwanda.
"We want our students to have fun and that's why we hired Jose Chameleon to thrill them as they usher the new university Miss," said Phuo.
Already 10 girls and 10 boys are being trained on how to speak in public, cat walk and answer questions for the university to crown a new Miss and Mister next month.
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CHICAGO -- A Sikeston native was killed after being crushed in a conveyor belt while working Saturday at a printing plant in Chicago.
The body of Isaiah Shannon, 44, of Chicago was found caught in a conveyor belt about 10:30 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Shannon was a contract worker for the Chicago Tribune's printing plant. Chicago Tribune spokesman Michael Dizon said the death occurred at Freedom Center, the newspaper's printing plant. Dizon also said authorities ruled the death an accident.
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The Smokeless Flame of Attention: Spiritual Healing through Mantra and Meditation
Vasant Lad, BAM&S, MASc
January 22 – 24, 2016
"Through meditation and yogic practice, one can become liberated and realized while living in the body." – Vasant Lad
Mantra—a syllable, word, or group of words that illuminate consciousness, bringing clarity, understanding, stillness, peace, and prolonged concentration—convey a message to the body, mind and spirit that is beyond the scope of the intellectual or verbal mind. Ayurveda uses certain sounds for healing, and certain mantras have the hidden potential to unfold the heart's truth and bring happiness, bliss, and enlightenment through their incredible power of healing and transformation.
Meditation plays a most important part in daily life and is a powerful tool to help maintain health. While the dictionary says that the term meditation means "to think, to ponder, to go through and examine," this definition does not impart the profound meaning of the word at all. Meditation is an action of clear perception, an observation with total awareness and without any conclusion, judgment, or criticism. Meditation opens the door to higher consciousness and changes the qualities of one's individual consciousness.
Spend a weekend delving into the profound realm of awareness, consciousness, mantra, and meditation with Vasant Lad. Discover your Prakruti Sound®, the mantra of your genetic code that vibrates in your cells and leads to inner peace. Explore the mantra purusha, a map of the physical body and its corresponding seed sounds. Learn techniques of meditation to incorporate into a life-changing daily practice, and end the weekend with a healing agni hotra, a special fire ceremony done at sunrise or sunset.
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Delicious Cooking for Long Life
Usha and Vasant Lad, BAM&S, MASc
February 26 – 28, 2016
Proper diet, exercise, and lifestyle promote balance and lead to a long, healthy life. Ayurveda offers a logical approach for determining a correct diet based upon an individual's constitution. This approach is quite different from the current Western definition of a balanced diet, based on eating proportionately from various food groups. Ayurveda believes that understanding the individual is the key to finding a truly balanced diet. It teaches that agni in the digestive tract is the main gate through which nutrients enter the tissues and then pass along to individual cells, maintaining the life functions.
In this intimate weekend seminar with Usha and Vasant Lad, learn how to create wholesome, well-balanced meals that nourish the body, mind and spirit by gaining familiarity with individual and seasonal dietary considerations. Understand factors such as proper food combining and preparation, the best use of oils, herbs and spices, and how cooking and eating can become a spiritual practice in one's daily life. Through lecture and hands-on demonstrations, learn how to set up an Ayurvedic kitchen and pantry, and prepare and share a delicious Ayurvedic meal as a group.
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April 1 – 3, 2016
Ayurveda considers beauty to be an expression of your inner being with pure awareness, which is maintained as a state of balance in body, mind and spirit. Join us for this weekend seminar and learn how to enhance and express beauty using an Ayurvedic approach. Find out how to make proper dietary and lifestyle choices that support your unique constitution and bring vibrant health to the entire body. Explore Ayurvedic herbal therapies for glowing skin, sparkling eyes, and healthy nails. An afternoon of practicum guides you through both giving and receiving a rejuvenating 14-point Marma massage of the face, and a morning of pranayama practice introduces an ancient yogic technique for cultivating physical, mental and emotional vitality.
The key to attaining and maintaining ageless beauty lies in unfolding the inner state of Awareness that shines from the inside out. Join Vasant Lad, BAM&S, MASc, and learn how the ancient Vedic science of Ayurveda, with its attention to balance of body, mind and spirit, can help unfold this beauty in your life.
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Palmistry Paves the Path of Perfection: Your Life is in Your Hands
Vasant Lad, BAM&S, MASc
May 13 – 15, 2016
For those who can read it, the topography of the palm provides a map to understanding the physiological and psychological landscape of an individual. Through lecture and practicum, Vasant Lad leads us through understanding the palm as an alternative diagnostic tool, revealing how to recognize and interpret significant lines, mounds, moles, shapes and even planetary influences.
This knowledge of the palm's external landscape, which has intrigued people for thousands of years, has the ability to shed light on an individual's internal landscape.
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Buffalo is one of 41 cities selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for a national grant program known as "Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities." This citywide collaboration unveiled its vision for a healthier community at a public event held Sept. 28 at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
Photography and artwork by city youths was on display during the HKHC celebration.
HKHC Buffalo is a local community partnership focused on improving opportunities for physical activity and access to affordable healthy foods through policy and environmental change.
HKHC Buffalo's foundation is based upon policy reform. With both City Hall and the School Board already involved in the journey toward a better Buffalo, changes from the streets to classrooms are sure to ensue. HKHC is a positive force to combat the effects of poverty facing inner-city youth.
While much of HKHC Buffalo's mission appears to be left in the hands of adults, young people also are speaking up about what needs to be done to expand the cause. After all, the children who play in the same parks, attend the same schools, and ride their bikes on the same streets are the ones who are going to be able to captivate other youths across the city.
Adriana Ragland, a senior at Leonardo DaVinci High School, and Jordan Velazquez, a senior at Bennett High School, are two of the young leaders of HKHC Buffalo. Adriana and Jordan's role in the kick-off event included taking some of the pictures on display that portrayed "good" and "bad" parts of Buffalo, which show where changes have been made and where improvement is needed.
"Because of the HKHC we are able to voice ourselves," said Jordan.
Adriana and Jordan echo the opinions of many young people in Buffalo.
In the future, they say they hope to see cleaner parks, more accessible bike routes and healthier options for school lunches. Because these things are still not readily available throughout Buffalo, HKHC recognizes that neighborhoods and schools are suffering.
When asked what the ultimate change Adriana wants to see in her city, she responded: "I see a community where everyone can dance and play in the streets. I envision a safer Buffalo."
Phil Haberstro, executive director of the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo, addressed some of the concerns raised when it comes to becoming a healthier Buffalo.
"People [of Buffalo] are saying, 'We can't afford to do this' and I say, we can't afford not to do this," Haberstro said.
To learn more about the project, visit HKHC Project Coordinator Jessie Hersher's blog at hkhcbuffalo.blogspot.com.
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