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Maryland: Golfer Se Ri Pak has beaten Karrie Webb in the LPGA Championship on Sunday. She returned to the spotlight in stunning fashion when her utility club from 201 yards stopped three inches from the hole for a sudden-death playoff victory over Webb on Sunday. Pak atoned for a three-putt bogey on the 18th hole which kept her from winning in regulation, delivering a spectacular finish to a women's major which was up for grabs over the final two hours at Bulle Rock. Glad to win "I'm very happy to be back again," Pak said. "I'm a very lucky person. I'm as happy a person has ever been." It all must have looked familiar to Webb, who was trying to capture the second leg of the Grand Slam. Just two months ago, Webb holed a pitching wedge from 116 yards on the 18th hole at the Kraft Nabisco Championship for an eagle which got her into a playoff, and her first major in four years. "I thought I was getting my own medicine," Webb said. Webb also had gone through some struggles while retooling her swing, and after winning the Kraft Nabisco, Pak saw her a few weeks later and gave her a big hug. Webb, who missed birdie putts of four and ten feet on the last two holes in regulation, hit her approach in the playoff to about 20 feet, but the putt to force another hole veered well to the left. Pak won her fifth major, and joined Mickey Wright, Kathy Whitworth, Patty Sheehan and Annika Sorenstam as the only three-time winners of the LPGA Championship. Pak became the seventh South Korean in 14 events to win on the US tour, and it was fitting that hers came in a major. (AP)
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publifocus «Usefulness and costs of medical treatments»
Introduction | Procedure | Results / Downloads | Events| Contacts| Links
What is the publifocus «Usefulness and costs of medical treatments»
The Swiss health care system has expanded considerably over the past decade. A growing number of people now work in the health care sector. Investment in medical technologies is constantly increasing, which has facilitated improvements in medical services and treatments. But without a proper evaluation and rationalisation of certain services, the extra costs generated by the new medical possibilities risk destabilising the health care system.
Aware of the urgency of dealing with this question, the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences a+ have decided to launch the project «Sustainable health care system». This project, which is split into a number of modules, aims to determine the usefulness and value of medical services from various different angles.
Why cunduct a TA-SWISS study on this subject?
This publifocus represents one of the three modules of the project headed by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences. The first module consists of a study which describes and evaluates different methods which enable the value of medical services to be determined. The study «Methods for evaluating the usefulness and the value of medical services and their application in Switzerland and other European countries» also presents the opportunities, as well as the limitations of using such tools in the Swiss health care system. In the second module, the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences will publish a statement of position on this delicate subject.
Up to now, the sensitive subject of rationalising the health care system has essentially been dealt with by groups of experts, as well as decision makers. But what is missing from the debate are the voices of the citizens who will be in the front line of those concerned about these reforms. It is therefore extremely important to open up this discussion to the public. This publifocus, which is the third and final module of the project, will therefore help to clarify this subject from the point of view of citizens. The main objective of this publifocus is to determine, from the point of view of citizens, what are the usefulness, the opportunities and risks associated with the introduction of methods for evaluating medical treatments. The latter will also enable us to determine the level of acceptance of such methods among the population. This insight into the position of citizens faced with delicate questions can be used as a basis for reflection by politicians and decision makers.
Aims of the study
During discussion evenings, citizens from each of the linguistic regions will need to estimate the strengths and weaknesses associated with an evaluation of medical services, formulate the opportunities and risks involved and focus on the future use of different evaluation methods within the health care system. The discussions should also demonstrate the extent to which, and the conditions under which a cost-benefit analysis of medical services is regarded as acceptable by the public.
As part of the publifocus, three discussions will be organised in each of the linguistic regions, i.e. one in German-speaking Switzerland, one in French-speaking Switzerland and the last in Italian-speaking Switzerland. Each discussion will include between 10 and 15 participants. The publifocus will bring together people recruited in each linguistic region and will be constituted in such a way as to guarantee a particular socio-demographic balance. Special care will be taken to ensure that participants are «laypersons» with no vested interest in the subject being dealt with. Selected participants will receive an information brochure before the publifocus providing them with a description of the principal methods of evaluating health care services. This document will also present the principal social, ethical and economic challenges associated with the application of those methods. In addition, each publifocus discussion will open with two introductory talks given by experts from the fields of ethics and health care.
The discussions will be recorded in writing and will be the subject of a final public report in German, French and Italian.
Project start: December 2011 | completion: December 2012
Results and Downloads
Informational brochure
in German, French and Italian
Report of publifocus
in German, French, Italien
29 March 2012, Bern, Hotel Ador
QALYs and threshold values: useful concepts for the health care system?
June 2012
publifocus organised in the three main Swiss linguistic regions.
4 December 2012, Inselspital in Berne, Children's Clinic
A sustainable health system for Switzerland
Presentation of the report as part of a conference covering the whole project.
Supported by
Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences SAMS
Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences SHAS
Centre for Technology Assessment TA-SWISS
TA-SWISS Project Supervisors
Supervisory group
- Prof. Peter Suter, Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, SAMS, Basel (chair of the support group).
- Prof. Nikola Biller-Adorno, University of Zurich.
- Dr Ignazio Cassis, National Councillor, Motagnola.
- Prof. Luca Crivelli, USI Università della Svizzera italiana
- Barbara Gassmann, ASI/SBK, Bern.
- Martina Hersperger, Swiss Medical Association FMH, Bern
- Prof. Valérie Junod, University of Lausanne.
- Margrit Kessler, Organisation suisse de protection des patients, Zurich.
- Isabelle Moncada, RTS, Geneva.
- Prof. Fred Paccaud, University of Lausanne.
- Prof. Julie Page, ZHAW, Winterthur.
- Dr Heiner Sandmeier, Interpharma, Basel.
- Prof. Daniel Scheidegger, University Hospital, Basel.
- Sandra Schneider, Swiss Federal Office for Public Health FOPH, Bern.
- Prof. Giatgen A. Spinas, Zurich University Hospital
Further links
«Sustainable Medicine» project
«Health Care Policy»
A Sustainable Health System for Switzerland
Press release of Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences (4.12.2012) in German and French
Brunngasse 36
CH-3011 Bern T + 41 31 310 99 60
The project in brief
In Switzerland, facilities for the care and treatment of patients are constantly being improved. But recourse to infrastructures and cutting edge medical material, as well as the development of ever more specific medical treatments are leading to an increase in health care costs. Because of this, the question of sharing out medical resources is an urgent one.
The publifocus «Usefulness and costs of medical treatments» is an opportunity for citizens to give their views on the evaluation of medical services.
Timetable: project start: December 2011 | completion: December 2012
Publications: Information brochure (German, French, Italien) and publifocus-report (German, French, Italien)

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SunEdison, a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR), announced today a rural electrification program called Eradication of Darkness. Through the program, SunEdison will design, install and manage distributed-generation solar power plants, to provide energy to Indian villages that have never before had access to electricity.
Just last week, Standard & Poor's reduced its debt rating on MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) , to junk status.
"This program is making electricity accessible to citizens in India who have never dreamt of having it in their homes or workplaces. We have the opportunity to improve standards of living by enabling sustainable changes in the lifestyles, health, education and community affairs of thousands of people," said Ahmad Chatila, President and Chief Executive Officer of MEMC. "We are excited to be the catalyst for this kind of remarkable transformation."
The program will be implemented in stages. There are 29 villages in the Guna District that have been identified for the next phase. Appropriate financial and other partners are being sought to electrify these remote communities.
"As challenging as logistics are in rural electrification, it is important that residents have a voice in the development, deployment and management of a solution," said Pashupathy Gopalan, Managing Director, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Operations, SunEdison. "We have worked very hard to understand their needs and provide education about the possibilities of electricity. We believe education is one of the most important aspects to ensuring the project's success."
"The day-to-day challenges faced by people who do not have electricity are beyond imagination to many of us," Chatila continued. "Being able to improve people's lives is an honor, and we are committed to continuing this effort in collaboration with the people of India."
This project though very small in commercial scope, will have great social impact and will immensely benefit rural India. It is indeed commendable to see President and Chief Executive Officer of MEMC being present in India to support the program, at a time when the company is going through significant challenges from the downgrade by S&P and the acknowledgement of the S&P action by its new CFO.


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Morphea activity in 18 of 27 patients over time. Each colored line represents 1 patient; colors and data point shapes hold no significance but to visually distinguish the patient lines from each other. Disease activity was measured by number of episodes of new lesion development.
These clinical photographs demonstrate the chronic nature of morphea as well as permanent sequelae. A, Initial lesions began on the right leg at age 5 years; note muscle atrophy, limb length discrepancy, and pes planus foot deformity. B, Lesions appeared on the abdomen at age 16 years. C, The right shoulder was affected by an episode at age 19 years.
Saxton-Daniels S, Jacobe HT. An Evaluation of Long-term Outcomes in Adults With Pediatric-Onset Morphea. Arch Dermatol. 2010;146(9):1044-1045. doi:10.1001/archdermatol.2010.239
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The prevalence of morphea in childhood is not well established, but reports suggest that approximately two-thirds of linear morphea cases occur before age 18 years, and 20% to 30% of morphea cases overall begin in childhood.1,2 Studies have described substantial morbidity in children with morphea, but to our knowledge none has addressed the disease effects when the patients reach adulthood (age ≥18 years). To assess the impact of childhood morphea in adults, we searched the Morphea Registry and DNA Repository at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) for adults with pediatric-onset morphea (APOMs), and we report our findings herein.
Patients were enrolled between September 2007 and November 2009, and all were examined by the same physician (H.T.J.). Disease-related quality of life (QOL) was measured with the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI).3 Symptoms of itch, pain, and numbness were assessed by visual analog scale (VAS). Data on disease progression, activity, and inactivity were collected. We confirmed the presence of concomitant disorders, symptoms, and permanent sequelae by direct physical examination of the patients or by extraction from medical records. Each patient was assigned a deep modifier, if present.
We determined antinuclear antibody (ANA) titers in collaboration with the laboratory of Frank Arnett, MD, using immunofluorescence on Hep-2 cells. Cases with positive ANA findings (titer ≥1:80) were tested for antibodies to extractable nuclear antigens, topoisomerase, and RNA polymerase.
A total of 27 of 200 patients met enrollment criteria. Mean age at the time of study enrollment was 30.6 years (range, 18-78 years; median age, 26 years), and mean age of morphea onset was 11.5 years (age range, 3-17 years; median age, 13 years). Twenty of 27 patients had linear morphea (74%) (including 7 with en coup de sabre and 2 with partial facial hemiatrophy). Five patients had generalized morphea (19%), and 2 had plaque type (7%). Seven of 27 patients had at least 1 autoimmune disease (26%), and 13 of 27 had a family history of autoimmune disease. Overall, 78% of patients had noncutaneous symptoms (21 of 27); 67% had musculoskeletal complaints (18 of 27); 44% had neurologic manifestations (12 of 27); and 25% had Raynaud-like phenomena (7 of 27). On physical examination, it was noted that 56% of patients had permanent sequelae (15 of 27) (limited range of motion, 11 of 15; deep atrophy, 6 of 15; limb-length discrepancy, 1 of 15; and joint contracture, 2 of 15). All permanent morbidities occurred in linear morphea cases (15 of 20). Eighty-one percent of patients (21 of 27) had at least 1 symptom related to morphea (pain, itch, or numbness).
The mean DLQI score was 3.5 (median, 2; range, 0-12). Six of 27 scores (22%) indicated moderate to very large effect on QOL. Patients with moderate to very large QOL effect had a greater mean number of lesions than those with low to no QOL effect (8 vs 5), although the difference was not significant (P = .07). Limited range of motion was significantly associated with a lower disease-related QOL (r = 39; P = .05). Ten of 27 patients had positive ANA findings (37%), predominantly in a speckled pattern. Antibodies associated with the speckled-pattern ANA (nonchromatin protein antigens) were not present.
All 27 patients received treatment, 13 with topical corticosteroids. Methotrexate was used in 8 of 20 cases of linear morphea; systemic corticosteroids in 6 of 20 linear cases and 1 generalized case; and physical therapy in 3 of 20 linear cases.
Eighty-nine percent of patients developed new or expanded lesions over time (24 of 27). Seven reported an inciting event (trauma at the site of the lesion, cessation or taper of systemic therapy, and pregnancy) (29%). Time to recurrence from initial disease onset ranged from 6 to 18 years. Sixteen patients described periods of remission and exacerbation, while 8 described continuous activity of existing lesions or formation of new lesions. Overall, with increasing age, lesions increased number and/or size (Figure 1).
This study represents the first examination of APOMs from the UTSW Morphea Registry and DNA Repository. The predominant morphea subtype in our group was linear, reflecting the predominance of this subtype in children.4,5 Patients maintained this subtype into adulthood but developed more lesions (Figure 2). Patients with generalized morphea had plaque subtype at disease onset that progressed to meet criteria for generalized disease over time. This underscores the progressive nature of morphea.
Adults with pediatric-onset morphea have an autoimmune phenotype. Studies have demonstrated that patients with adult morphea have increased prevalence of autoimmunity compared with the general population.4,6 Children with morphea have increased prevalence of familial autoimmunity but relatively less risk of personal autoimmune disease. An unanswered question was whether children with morphea have increased autoimmunity as adults. Our study suggests that APOMs develop autoimmune disorders in adulthood. Overall, 7 of 27 APOMs had autoimmune disorders (26%), 5 of them having developed these disorders as adults. This is similar to rates reported for adults with morphea and higher than childhood rates.
Adults with pediatric-onset morphea have lowered QOL, especially if they also have functional impairment (P = .05) and/or a large number of lesions. Furthermore, permanent functional impairment, persistent disease activity, and extracutaneous symptoms were all present in most of our patients. These data underscore the progressive, disabling course of pediatric-onset morphea in adults.
The predominance of topical therapy in this group suggest that the condition is being undertreated, which possibly affects long-term outcome. Even in those APOMs treated with immunosuppressive agents, 2 of 7 cases flared during treatment tapering or after treatment cessation. Systemic treatment may inhibit disease activity but does not preclude subsequent disease reactivation.
In contrast to the results of prior studies, we found that 89% of our cohort had continued disease activity (24 of 27 patients). To mitigate referral bias, prospective cohort studies are needed to determine accurate prevalence. Nonetheless, our data indicate the presence of a subset of patients with active disease in adulthood who need lifelong evaluation and repeated courses of aggressive treatment to prevent the substantial morbidity noted in our group. Parents of children with morphea should be counseled on the possibility of recurrence and on the need for vigilance in identifying and seeking treatment for new activity.
Correspondence: Dr Jacobe, Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-9069 (email@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: April 23, 2010.
Author Contributions: Both authors had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Saxton-Daniels and Jacobe. Acquisition of data: Saxton-Daniels and Jacobe. Analysis and interpretation of data: Saxton-Daniels and Jacobe. Drafting of the manuscript: Saxton-Daniels and Jacobe. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Saxton-Daniels and Jacobe. Statistical analysis: Jacobe. Obtained funding: Jacobe. Administrative, technical, and material support: Saxton-Daniels and Jacobe. Study supervision: Jacobe.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Funding/Support: This study was supported in part by the Dermatology Foundation Clinical Development Award in Medical Dermatology and a National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Skin Diseases K23 Award (Dr Jacobe).
Role of the Sponsors: The sponsors had no role in the design and conduct of the study; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
Additional Contributions: We are indebted to Paul R. Bergstresser, MD, and Ira Bernstein, PhD, UTSW Medical Center, and Frank Arnett, MD, University of Texas Houston Medical Science Center.


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But the national conventions are where each party "formally" chooses their nominee for president. These presidential nominees will talk about their party's goals ? or party platform. Barring any major catastrophe, the Republicans will nominate Mitt Romney and President Obama will be the Democratic nominee.
I'll be heading down to both ?- first to Tampa, Florida in August for the RNC and then on to Charlotte, North Carolina in September for the DNC. Most viewers at home probably won?t watch much of it ? except for the highlights and when each candidate accepts his party?s nomination. The buzz around the RNC is that Gov. Romney will be announcing his candidate for vice president.
Now for those who actually go to the convention — it's like one big celebration — each day filled with speakers, concerts, cook-outs and parties. The 2008 DNC in Denver Colorado was my first convention. I was working for Channel One which was then partnered with NBC. I spent a lot of time in the NBC media tent ?- a non-stop chaotic home base for the NBC reporters, producers, and crew. Each network and cable station has its own tent. CNN's was so big it had its own restaurant called the CNN Grill!
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The people described below have:
- claimed to have attained enlightenment and become buddhas
- claimed to be manifestations of bodhisattvas
- identified themselves as Buddha (though most schools of Buddhism believe that the Buddha entered nirvana and extinguished rebirth), or
- been honored as buddhas or bodhisattvas due to: being identified as the reincarnation of one such (e.g., the Dalai Lama, the Panchen Lama); popularity; evidence in the form of auspicious signs.
Many people in recent times have also claimed to be Maitreya, the successor of Gautama Buddha, the historical founder of Buddhism. Many have used the Maitreya incarnation claim to form a new Buddhist sect or a new religious movement or cult.
- Guan Yu - legendary warrior during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period in ancient China. Today, many people, including both police and mafia, consider him to be a divine object of reverence. In certain schools of Taoism and Chinese Buddhism he has been deemed divine or semi-divine. Reverence for him may date back to the Sui dynasty. Many Buddhists accept him as a bodhisattva that guards the Buddhist faith and temples. He is known as Sangharama in Sanskrit.
- Wu Zetian - the only ruling female emperor in the history of China, and founder of her own dynasty, the Second Zhou dynasty. Ruled under the name Emperor Shengshen. Gained popular support by advocating Buddhism but ruthlessly persecuted her opponents within the royal family and the nobility. Proclaimed herself an incarnation of Maitreya and made Luoyang the "holy capital".
- Gung Ye - Korean warlord and king of the short-lived state of Taebong during the 10th century. Claimed to be the living incarnation of Maitreya and ordered his subjects to worship him. His claim was rejected by most Buddhist monks and later he was dethroned and killed by his own servants.
- The Dalai Lamas - in Tibetan Buddhism, the successive Dalai Lamas form a tulku lineage of Gelugpa leaders that began in 1391. Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama to be one of innumerable incarnations of Avalokitesvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. Between the 17th century and 1959, the Dalai Lama was the head of the Tibetan government, administering a large portion of the country from the capital Lhasa. The Dalai Lama is the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, and the leaders of all four schools consider the Dalai Lama to be the highest lama of the Tibetan traditions. The current Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th of the lineage.
- Nurhaci - also known as Emperor Tai Zu. Founder and leader of the Qing Dynasty. Believed he was a manifestation of Manjushri Bodhisattva.
- Lu Zhongyi - the 17th patriarch of the I-Kuan Tao. I-Kuan Tao followers believe that he is the first leader of the "White Sun" Era, the era of the apocalypse, thus he is the incarnation of Maitreya.
- Peter Deunov - also known as Master Beinsa Douno. Spiritual teacher, founder of a teaching and school of Esoteric Christianity. Some students of Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian philosopher, have identified Master Beinsa Douno as a manifestation of Maitreya in the late 20th century.
- Samael Aun Weor - stated in The Aquarian Message that "the Maitreya Buddha Samael is the Kalki Avatar of the New Age." The Kalkian Avatar and Maitreya Buddha, he claimed, are the same "White Rider" of the book of Revelation.
- Jim Jones - leader of the Peoples Temple cult. Possibly as a way to gather followers to his religious movement, he claimed to be a living incarnation the Buddha, as well as Jesus Christ, Pharaoh Akhenaten, Father Divine and Vladimir Lenin.
- Ruth Norman (Uriel) - founder of the Unarius Academy of Science. Claims to have had fifty-five past lives, some included were reincarnations of the Buddha, Socrates, King Arthur, Confucius and a king of Atlantis.
- Lu Sheng-yen - founder and spiritual teacher of the newly created Buddhist lineage called the True Buddha School. Claims that, in the late 80s, Lu had reached enlightenment while training under a formless teacher. Lu claims to be an incarnation of Padmakumara, a deity in the Western Pure Land kingdom. He has since then called himself "Living Buddha Lian Sheng".
- Claude Vorilhon (Raël) - claims that, in 1973, he was visited by extraterrestrial beings who informed him that he was to found a movement which would bring the world to a new enlightenment. Published his first book in 1973, concerning the alleged encounter. The International Raelian Movement currently has approximately 60,000 followers in 86 countries worldwide. Claims to be Maitreya, based on evidence such as the traditional year of Maitreya's arrival, the Buddhist year 3000. There are two calendars in Buddhism, corresponding to the Northern branch (1973 CE = "Northern" Buddhist year 3000) and Southern branch (1973 CE = "Southern" Buddhist year 2417). Other support for Raël's claim includes ancient Buddhist wall carvings allegedly depicting drawings of the arrival of UFOs in the mountains. According to the Raelian Movement, Rael's encounters with extraterrestrials took place in an inactive volcano which he had previously frequented.
- Ching Hai - a meditation master who professes to be an incarnation of God, the Buddha, and the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. Popularly known as Guan Yin, for whom her meditation method is named.
- Li Hongzhi - founder of Falun Gong. Said to have proclaimed himself a buddha, though he has denied this. However, many pictures of Li Hongzhi show him wearing a kasaya, or a monk's robe, posing like a Buddha.
- Ram Bahadur Bomjon - a 19-year old Nepalese ascetic whom many have hailed as a new Buddha. According to his brother Gangajit, a "very clear and white" light "different from sunlight" emanated from his head. On November 8, 2005 Dorje arose and said to the public, "Tell the people not to call me a Buddha. I don't have the Buddha's energy. I am at the level of rinpoche." Despite his protestations of not having attained enlightenment, many continue to insist he is a buddha.
- L. Ron Hubbard - Founder of Scientology, claimed in his book Hymn of Asia he was an incarnation of Buddha.
See also
- List of bodhisattvas
- List of people considered to be deities
- List of people who have claimed to be Jesus
- List of avatar claimants
- List of messiah claimants
- Hogue, John Messiahs: The Visions and Prophecies for the Second Coming (1999) Elements Books ISBN 1-86204-549-6


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Hubert Preston
After the glorious weather of 1949 there came an unpleasant change in our perplexing climate, with much cold and rain offering a gloomy greeting to cricketers from West Indies. How our visitors overcame conditions quite foreign to their home heat and humidity is fully described in the special section of this book devoted to them, but I would recall an early rebuff with which they met at Cambridge, where J. G. Dewes and D. S. Sheppard started the University innings with a stand of 343 in a total of 594 for four wickets. F. M. Worrell and Everton Weekes replied with 350, and West Indies made 730 for the loss of three men--a clear indication of exuberant batting strength which seldom deserted them; and rarely did they face an uphill struggle.
Their attractive cricket coincided with another extremely fascinating fight for the County Championship. This made amends for much of the moderate form which brought severe criticism on many of the sides, with the general condemnation that the younger batsmen were mostly of one type as if constantly coached how to play, instead of being encouraged to show and develop their natural individuality. To watch slow bowlers keep an end going for long spells without fieldsmen for the straight drive brought sad reflections to those remembering our many fine forcing batsmen of the past.
The craze for turning the spin bowler to leg rather than go forward and meet the ball on the half volley seems to have become infectious among the younger generation of professionals. Lowson, of Yorkshire, stood out as an exception; Parkhouse, 25, of Glamorgan, and Gardner, 28, of Warwickshire, also did well in their different styles. The honours went to such seasoned players as Hutton and Washbrook in all matches, while in the County Championship Fishlock, the Surrey left-hander, scoring 2,077 runs, Fagg, 35, of Kent, 2,019, and Kenyon, 26, Worcestershire, 2,002, excelled as the best run-getters. Fishlock, at the age of 43, followed this performance by showing fine form for the Commonwealth team in India. The example of lengthy experience and watching batsmen of that quality is the best way to improve young cricketers who can bat without being told how to grasp the handle.
And this raises an even more important matter--the choice of the side captained by F. R. Brown in Australia. I am writing just after the Third Test at Sydney, where injuries to T. E. Bailey and D. V. P. Wright seriously reduced our strength and England lost far more heavily than in the hard-fought struggles at Brisbane and Melbourne. So Australia hold "The Ashes," as they have done since 1934. To reinforce the side, B. Statham and R. Tattersall, the Lancashire bowlers, were flown out. Yet despite England's heavy defeat there can be no question that our bowlers acquitted themselves far better than many people expected they would. In recent years England bowlers have shouldered a lot of blame for our constant setbacks, but I have always felt that the batting has been the worst weakness. Since the war England have relied too much on four men, Hutton, Washbrook, Edrich and Compton, to make runs. When they have performed moderately or failed, the lack of class batsmen to follow them has been deplorable. Fortunately, Hutton has maintained his brilliance, but the other three have shed much of their excellence, largely through injury or illness, and no young batsmen have come along to challenge them. I thoroughly agree with the Selection Committee in their desire to introduce young men, but although many have been tried none has shown the ability expected of cricketers elevated to Test status. England suffered from this failure of youth when G. O. Allen took a team to West Indies, also when Australia (1948), New Zealand (1949) and West Indies (1950) visited us, and again when F. G. Mann led a side in South Africa.
Yet for this tour of Australia the Selectors gambled on five or six young men who had accomplished nothing in Test cricket. D. B. Close had spent the whole summer in the Army. Certainly he showed great promise in 1949, but constant match practice is necessary for youth to develop, and on the few occasions Close appeared in 1950 it was obvious he had gone back. His selection for Australia caused tremendous surprise. From the reports of reliable judges of the game who accompanied the team to Australia one could realise that instead of losing the first two Tests at Brisbane and Melbourne, England with two or three of the capable professional batsmen who were left behind might well have won both matches. I cannot help thinking a great mistake was made in passing over J. T. Ikin, the dogged Lancashire left-hander, who is such a magnificent fielder close to the wicket, W. J. Edrich, a whole-hearted all-rounder, and H. Gimblett. I am afraid our selectors pay too much heed to the weekly averages which can be so misleading. For my part I would ignore all batting performances on those innocuous pitches at Cambridge and Nottingham
The tour will be reviewed completely in next year's Almanack, but I cannot miss this opportunity to praise F. R. Brown for his superb courage and leadership. As far back as 1933 he was one of our Five Cricketers of the Year, and now he has not only proved himself to be England's best captain since D. R. Jardine, with whom he toured Australia eighteen years ago, but has excelled as a batsman and bowler when the position became desperate. Surely the Counties will learn from this lesson of Brown the real value of producing all-round cricketers. We have too many specialists in England.
Glowing accounts have been received of the bowling of A. V. Bedser and T. E. Bailey. It would appear that Australian pitches, even when unaffected by rain, are faster and give more encouragement to seam bowlers than those in this country. I am pleased that T. G. Evans has been at his volatile best behind the stumps, particularly as he is one of the "Five" in this edition, and that Hutton has given so many glorious displays. Thanks to these few men England's tarnished cricket reputation has risen, and may be we have turned the corner after our long post-war depression, but there is still a long way to go before we reach even our 1939 standard. For this reason alone I hope South Africa produce a formidable combination for the coming summer, otherwise we may acquire a false sense of values once more.
The triumphant march of West Indies, lasting all through the season with scarcely a setback, indicated all too clearly the low ebb to which cricket in England has subsided. To fathom the cause of this remains a conundrum difficult to solve, but nothing can obscure the fact that the pupils visiting their teachers gained ten victories without having to bat a second time. England suffered defeat by an innings in the last Test at The Oval, and Lancashire, sharers of the County Championship with Surrey, were compelled to undergo this humiliation twice. Five days were allotted to each Test, and England began with a victory by 202 runs, but the pitch at Old Trafford was not prepared for a match of that length. Then came the landslide. West Indies won at Lord's by 326 runs, at Nottingham by ten wickets, and England not only failed to divide the honours by winning the final match, but underwent their heaviest reverse at The Oval.
The decisive result in all four Tests after the series of unfinished three-day matches with New Zealand during the previous summer came as a relief to indecision; and the emphatic methods adopted by the conquerors meant very attractive cricket. Good form from them was expected after they proved too strong for the team captained by G. O. Allen in the winter of 1948, when they won two and drew the other two Tests, but in batting and bowling they excelled to a degree no one could have anticipated. To their batsmen, F. M. Worrell, Everton Weekes and C. L. Walcott, and the young slow bowlers, S. Ramadhin and A. L. Valentine, they were indebted chiefly, but the whole side worked with splendid determination under the admirable control of J. D. C. Goddard, an astute and inspiring captain.
To see their batsmen was an education in the chief purpose of cricket--run-getting--while in bowling and fielding they adopted every means to check speedy scoring by their adversaries in the true sporting spirit of cricket with obvious intent to dismiss the batsmen concerned. To these valedictory remarks I would add the modest bearing of our visitors from the Caribbean, and venture to suggest that Australia will find West Indies difficult to circumvent when they become adversaries. Every effort must be made by West Indies to send their best side. If the three Lancashire League professionals, Worrell, Weekes and Ramadhin, stay behind, as has been suggested, an injustice will be done not only to the two competing countries but to cricket as a whole.
Notable features of the Tests were the curious pitch at Old Trafford, where, though batsmen fared poorly for the most part, T. E. Bailey and Evans in a partnership of 161 set up a sixth-wicket record in an England and West Indies match. This was the first century by Evans for England and his first in this country.
While reflecting on the defeat of England we must bear in mind the handicaps undergone through the absence from one Test match of Hutton, with an injured finger, of Denis Compton, held up for most of the season by a damaged knee; the inability of W. J. Edrich to appear in two of the Test matches, and the continual difficulty of selecting men really in form and most likely to give of their best under exacting conditions. Our troubles are shown plainly by the many changes considered necessary by the Selection Committee. No fewer than twenty-five men appeared for England in the course of the four Tests, not one man playing in the whole series, whereas West Indies were a real team with twelve players their total. In fact, England were little better than a scratch lot, outclassed and badly beaten--after one victory. An unpleasant verdict that cannot be avoided.
If in many county matches the cricket did not rise to our old-time excellence, the actual competition could not have produced a more exciting finish than the tie between Lancashire and Surrey, just as Middlesex and Yorkshire divided the honours a year before. Strangely enough, the two leading contestants met Leicestershire during the closing days of the season; each won easily, and the victory of Surrey enabled them to get on level terms and share the honours with their northern rivals, from whom they took four points earlier in that final week of the county tournament. Surrey won six of their last seven matches, losing only to Yorkshire, and gradually overtaking Lancashire, who held the lead from mid-July when they got level with Warwickshire; the Midlanders did not win one of their last eleven county fixtures, yet they beat West Indies by three wickets.
While Yorkshire finished third, only four points below the sharers of chief honours, their co-champions of 1949 went through one of the worst seasons they ever can have experienced. In fact nothing came as such a great surprise as the decline of Middlesex, who fell from the top to fourteenth place. Contributory causes were the absence of Denis Compton from the last week in May for over two months while his damaged knee-cap recovered and the necessity for W. J. Edrich to rest a strained back for some five weeks. Worst of all were the difficulties in leadership, no fewer than seven different captains being in charge of Middlesex during the season.
To show to what extent Surrey, with most wins, Lancashire and Yorkshire surpassed their adversaries, it may be mentioned that Warwickshire, fourth on the list, were 68 points behind Yorkshire, and mediocrity became more and more pronounced in the decline from 220 by the leaders to 60 points gained by Essex, last in the table. The effect of the wet weather on the actual cricket may be gathered from the number of drawn matches in the Championship reaching 91 compared with 69 in the pleasant summer of 1949. Surrey found further satisfaction in their second eleven winning the Minor Counties Championship.
The difficulties of young players, particularly professionals, in rising to full efficiency have been increased by the counties getting seasoned men from the Commonwealth and other sources without enforcement of the full residential qualification that used to be imperative. M.C.C. officials seemed only too ready to permit such changes in or additions to the ranks of any county making the application.
While County fixtures have increased, so causing representative matches to bring more difficulties to the sides in the competition from which the best players are picked, the decision of M.C.C. not to have a Test Trial in 1951 is open to criticism. It may have been influenced by suggestions that the match has been played for the purpose of making changes in the chosen England eleven. Rather, it is useful to enable the Captain to become closely acquainted with the side under his command, particularly with regard to placing the men in the field. To each member of the eleven there is similar help in knowing his colleagues intimately. This brings confidence by a real initiation into the responsible duties of everyone honoured by receiving an England cap.
While all this applies specially to the England XI, it brings to "The Rest" the opportunity to appear in representative cricket and overcome any nervousness inseparable from publicity not experienced previously. Perhaps the remarkable cricket which occurred in last year's Trial at Bradford may have perplexed the selectors. On a pitch of the stickiest nature, Laker took eight wickets for two runs in fourteen overs of which twelve were maidens; but in the Manchester Test he claimed only one victim, though he had bowled extremely well for Surrey during a long innings by West Indies, and he was not picked again.
From Frank Chester standing in the Test Match at Trent Bridge to an official acting in a club game in Australia is a far cry, but each gave a decision beyond the knowledge of regular players and followers of cricket down the ages. Chester called "out" to an appeal for leg-before against D. J. Insole and insisted that his ruling should go on the score sheet although the ball went off the batsman's pads on to the stumps; surely this meant bowled. How Chester contrived to signal "out" before the ball reached the stumps is difficult to realise, but, however that may be, his refusal to withdraw his verdict in favour of the more definite and satisfactory form of dismissal cannot be understood. Both for bowler and batsman "bowled" looks far better than "l.b.w." in the score, and the obstinacy of such an expert as Frank Chester, regarded as the most sagacious, quickest and reliable umpire for many years, in declining to alter his attitude is more than surprising. Can it be that having given his decision he regarded the ball as "dead" before it reached the stumps?
Umpires in Australia often come under criticism. An incident in a district game at Melbourne last October shows that clear understanding of the laws is just as necessary as practical knowledge of the game. In the case under notice Neil Harvey, the left-hander, had scored 17 when a fast bowler hit the middle stump. Both bails flew into the air, but dropped into the grooves on the stumps. Harvey was on the way back to the pavilion when the umpire recalled him saying that he was not out, his reason being that the bails must fall to the ground. Nothing in the laws makes this essential to dismissal. The bails might lodge in the wicket-keeper's pads or be caught by fieldsmen. If these suggestions seem to be stretching the point, they are mentioned to emphasise Law 31, which reads: "The wicket shall be held to be 'down' if either ball or striker's bat or person completely removes either bail from the top of the stumps," etc.
Note to this law: "A wicket is not 'down' merely on account of disturbance of a bail, but it is 'down' if a bail in falling from the wicket lodges between two of the stumps. Surely this applied to the case in question when the bails flew into the air."
The trouble experienced by Berry, the left-hand slow bowler, in running clear of the umpire on the way to deliver the ball at Perth, and the no-balling of Warr, Bailey and Wright eleven times altogether at the start of the match with South Australia at Adelaide in October last, recall the suggestions in my Notes in 1948 Wisden. The difficulties of bowlers in making sure that one foot is behind the crease would disappear if the rule were altered so that the front foot should be grounded behind the popping crease--that is, between the two creases. That would facilitate the work of the umpire, enabling him to see the action in delivering the ball while standing clear of the bowler's run-up, so avoiding the possibility of the batsman being handicapped by losing sight of the bowler on the way to deliver the ball; and the bowler would remain unimpeded.
Of special importance because of its influence on the extraordinary Test Match at Brisbane was the gruesome light in which England lost three wickets while eight runs were scored in ten minutes when almost everyone present except the umpires thought play should have ceased. The adverse decision in reply to batsmen's appeals meant a big help to Australia on that first Monday in December during which, all told, twenty wickets fell for 130 runs. Drying turf, which made the appellation "sticky dog" almost complimentary, meant conditions scarcely possible for batting. England scored 52 for three wickets, then lost four more men for 16 before F. R. Brown declared; seven Australian wickets fell for 32, then Lindsay Hassett "followed suit," setting England to get 193. The sad finish of the day left Hutton practically our one hope, and his glorious effort (possible only for this batsman, whom I have described as unequalled on all kinds of pitches) necessitated this reference to the actual play, though my object is to call attention to a light meter about the size of a pocket compass which could be used by umpires to a set scale determining when light became unfit for cricket. If any uncertainty exists surely the umpires should stop play. "Give the batsman the benefit of the doubt" has been a standing instruction to the umpire as long as I can remember.
There are mixed opinions as to how far the rules governing one-day matches apply to fixtures of two days or more which are reduced to one day owing to bad weather. In November many people were surprised that the M.C.C. team's two-day match at Newcastle, New South Wales, was officially announced as a draw when, following a blank first day, New South Wales Country Districts XI led on the first innings by 169 runs to 142. For years many of us have regarded such rain-spoiled games as coming entirely under the one-day law, but a carefu1 inspection of the Laws, as they are worded now, shows that only the parts covering the declaration and the follow-on are applicable in such circumstances.
In recent years in the English County Championship when a three-day match reduced to one day has not been played out the county leading on the first innings has received eight points and been credited with a win. There were two such instances last summer: Middlesex v. Hampshire at Lord's and Sussex v. Gloucestershire at Bristol, the visitors in each case being announced as victors and the results given in the Championship table as wins and not draws. How confused is the interpretation was shown following the two-day Minor Counties match last June at Skewen, where after a blank day Glamorgan led Gloucestershire on the first innings. Glamorgan modestly gave the result as a draw, whereas Gloucestershire, the losers, generously conceded a victory to Glamorgan. In the Minor Counties table, which is compiled by their keen and efficient secretary, Mr. Frank Crompton, the result was given as a win for Glamorgan. The Minor Counties award ten points for an outright win and ten points to the side which leads on the first innings in a one-day match. Mr. Crompton told me that the Minor Counties have always regarded such cases as a win or a loss, not as a draw, and that they will continue to do so.
When the First-class Counties decided to award special points for a one-day match they did so for the express purpose of providing attraction to games ruined by rain on the first two days. The intention of awarding eight points instead of the usual four was to avoid farcical declarations and to cut down the number of drawn games. The public like to see a definite result, and if such games are going to be termed draws, even if one team takes eight points as in the case of the First-class Counties and ten points in the Minor Counties, it may be detrimental to public interest. In my opinion the M.C.C. should consult all cricket bodies, including those overseas, and then give a definite ruling as to the procedure to be adopted.
Another subject our cricket rulers could consider is the unequal division of points in a tied match. When Hampshire and Kent finished level at Southampton at the end of May this was the first tie under the law introduced in 1948 whereby the side leading on the first innings takes eight points and the opposition only four. Many people argue--they wrote to the The Times--that it is inconsistent with the principles of cricket that after an even struggle the spoils should be uneven. If Kent had scored one more run they would have taken twelve points and Hampshire would still have received four for their first innings lead. It was up to both sides to go all out for victory, and in fact both did. The Oxford Dictionary defines a Tie: "Equality between two or more competitors or the sides in a match or contest; a match in which this occurs, a drawn match; a dead heat." Yes, a dead heat, and, therefore, in my opinion each side should take half the points awarded for a win.
The most important office in cricket in 1950 belonged to a player of probably more varied experience than any of his predecessors in the highest place at Lord's-- Sir Pelham Warner. When captain of Rugby School in 1891 and 1892 he headed the batting averages. He opened the batting for Oxford in 1895 and 1896, the second occasion being the match which brought about the optional enforcement of the follow-on and the closure of an innings by declaration; he was run out twice in that historic game. Just like F. S. Jackson did in 1893, Frank Mitchell, the Cambridge captain, instructed a bowler to give away extras in order to avoid a second bout of fielding for a side becoming tired and the risk of batting last on worn turf.
Well do I remember how the members rose in the pavilion shouting, "Play cricket! Play the game!" And how Oxford won in a splendid finish by four wickets. G. O. Smith, with 132, C. C. Pilkington and H. D. G. Leveson Gower, the captain, took the chief share in scoring the 330 runs required for victory--then the record total gaining a definite result in the University match.
Before getting his Blue, Warner played his first match for Middlesex in 1894 when 20 years of age; strangely enough, that was the occasion at Taunton where my initiation into cricket reporting for Pardon's away from London took place. Not until twenty-five years after this did Warner finish his county career by leading Middlesex to the Championship in 1920: after eight consecutive wins the concluding event, a victory by 55 runs over Surrey, provided one of the most colourful scenes ever known at Lord's. No figure on the cricket field was more easily recognised than the slightly built "Plum" wearing the Harlequin cap.
Meanwhile Pelham Warner captained the first team chosen by M.C.C. to tour abroad; that was to Australia in 1903-4. Again he excelled, England proving successful for the first time since 1896 and bringing back "The Ashes." His team fared still better in 1911-12, winning the rubber by four to one, but after scoring 151 against South Australia in the opening fixture Warner fell ill, which left the leadership with J. W. H. T. Douglas. Warner also toured South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies--where he was born--U.S.A., Canada, Portugal, Egypt, Colombo, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Peru--in fact, no one can claim a greater experience of cricket in all parts of the world.
Twice has Sir Pelham Warner's portrait appeared in Wisden--1904 and 1921--an honour fully deserved, as shown by these references to great events in a career now crowned by the Presidency of the club which virtually controls cricket all over the world, though I think unnecessarily restrained in exercising their influential powers.
At the moment I even would dare chide them for lack of progress towards keeping Lord's up to date. The ancient type of score-board on which l.b.w. could not be hoisted last season cut a sorry figure compared with that at The Oval. The Surrey board depicted with an electric light against the number of the fieldsman as given on the card who was the player immediately in activity with the ball! And the score cards at Lord's were beyond the easy expression of a purchaser's disgust. The home side placed first whether batting or not, names sometimes incorrect, and even on the last day in the wrong batting order when a captain changed his original nomination for the first innings.
About five months senior to Sir Pelham, his captain at Oxford and his rival when Surrey met Middlesex some fifty years ago, H. D. G. Leveson Gower has come into prominence once more on retiring from his connection with the Scarborough Festival, at which he has been one of the leading figures for half a century. In recognition of his voluntary efforts to help make this conclusion to each cricket season a memorable event, Leveson Gower received the Freedom of Scarborough in 1930, and finished his long activity in the cricket world as President of the Scarborough Club, with the profits showing a record sum of £2,800. This may seem a modest honour for an Oxford captain renowned for his part in one of the most dramatic University matches, as recognised by his election to the M.C.C. Committee in 1898. He was Surrey captain in 1908, 1909, Treasurer for some years, and President of the Surrey Club in 1938 and 1939. These distinctions that came to him will be recalled by many followers of cricket, but it is good to mention that leading up to his high place in whatever section of first-class cricket he entered was his all-round form in the Winchester eleven. "Shrimp," a description of his small build, scored 84 against Eton in 1890, and in 1892, when captain, he made 16 and 83, and, taking five wickets for 18 runs and three for 15, helped largely in Winchester winning by 84 runs. Besides so much activity at home he captained the M.C.C. team which visited South Africa in 1905, while as a final testimony to his knowledge of the game he was often a member of the Test Selection Committee, being chairman in 1928 and 1930.
For the first time since 1895 football was seen at The Oval on October 4, Corinthians playing a Football Association XI. This match introduced the permission granted by the Surrey Committee for Corinthian-Casuals to carry out their Isthmian League programme on the famous Kennington ground, and it recalled the years when the Association game grew to popularity in England as a sporting spectacle--quite apart from the enjoyment given at The Oval to the chief amateur clubs of the 1870 decade and onwards. The F.A. Cup final ties and the principal international matches took place there. In 1885 I saw England draw with Scotland one all--the first appearance of the famous brothers A. M. and P. M. Walters at full-back for England, captained by N. C. Bailey, who held that honour from 1878 to 1887. Two years later I enjoyed a Cup Final for the first time, Aston Villa gaining an unexpected victory over West Bromwich Albion. These events came back vividly when it was my good fortune at this revival, quite by chance, to sit next to George Brann, the Sussex batsman of high renown from 1883 to 1905 and a noted Corinthian forward who played for England against Scotland as long ago as 1886. Looking much less than his age--85 years--he expressed disappointment at the display given in these words: "The football did not thrill me." But the event means much for the good of amateur Soccer.
As another Oval reflection, further honours have come to Herbert Strudwick, who played for Surrey from 1902 to 1927 and kept wicket for England in twenty-eight Test matches. When as a special distinction twenty-six famous cricketers of the past were made honorary life members of M.C.C., Strudwick came in the list. Official scorer of Surrey from 1928, he now has been elected a life member of the County Club, and to commemorate the event has received from the officials and members a pastel portrait of himself. Another portrait of this very popular veteran has been given a place in the pavilion long room at The Oval. There he figures among many renowned Surrey officials and players.
Cricket functions are renowned for the high quality of the speeches they usually produce. After spending a lifetime in the game I naturally expect something brilliant and witty, and it was therefore most appropriate from my point of view that the speakers at the John Wisden & Co., Ltd., centenary luncheon in May lived up to the high tradition. This was a memorable occasion. Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, in his happiest vein, when referring to the West Indies team said: "I have it on the authority of no less a person than Mr. Harold Wilson (President of the Board of Trade) that, if they won too many matches in this country, he would have seriously to consider setting up a working party to examine the low productivity of British batsmen and bowlers. And that might be followed by the setting up of a development council, and even the nationalisation of cricket itself. I warn West Indies that if they come again in a few years time they may find that centuries will only be scored with a licence, and that maidens will only be obtained with a coupon."
Of this almanack Mr. Lyttelton said: "Within Wisden's well-known covers lie the records of our national game; and those who, like myself, turn its pages in a spirit of escapism can see in their mind's eye many of the beautiful grounds, some of them lying below the gleaming spires of our cathedrals or the smoking chimneys of our industrial life. We know that as long as we have the spirit and tradition of this game and allow them to endure, change and decay which we may discern in other nations will touch us only lightly with their dread fingers."
To Mr. Harold Wilson fell the task of proposing the toast of "This Wonderful Century." He confessed that he was no cricketer himself, but he remarked: "I am a Yorkshireman, and cricket is never far from a Yorkshireman's thoughts." Then he amused us with an account of the last time he played cricket. He said it was in Moscow when he was there for trade talks with the Russians. "There was one Sunday afternoon, during a lull in the negotiations, when my delegation repaired to some woods not far from Moscow. A few weeks afterwards, following the breakdown of the discussions, the Moscow Press, who seem to have observed our innocent pastime, came out with an account of the 'orgies and strange pirouettes by the lakeside of the English delegation.'" Continuing his reminiscence, Mr. Wilson told this story:
"My second over was interrupted by a gentleman from the N.K.V.D. or Ogpu, who was appointed to follow us around and see that we came to no harm. He stood in the middle of the pitch and remonstrated with us in a very long Russian speech which I understood came to this--that we could not do that there there! He was supported by two men who came up on horseback with rifles. I persuaded him, after some negotiation, to take up his position at square leg, out of the way of even my bowling. The episode closed with the N.K.V.D. man's failure to make any attempt to catch a ball--and after that my opinion of the Russian secret police fell even lower." Mr. Wilson suggested that the incident should be recorded in Wisden as the "only case of a catch being missed at square leg by a member of the N.K.V.D. off an off-spinner by a visiting British minister."


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Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell will head into the final round of the World Cup with a two-stroke lead after a convincing performance for Ireland in the fourballs on Saturday.
The Irish duo hit eight birdies to finish the third round with an 8 under 64, and a 21 under total of 195 at the Mission Hills complex.
However, second-ranked McIlroy and 2010 US Open champion McDowell will be unable to rest easy on Sunday with the threatening presence of Germany, South Africa and a resurgent United States all tied for second on 197.
Germany's surge up the leaderboard caught the eye of the modest crowds who endured the squally conditions.
Martin Kaymer and Alex Cekja sank 11 birdies in their 11 under 61 on the Blackstone course carved out of cooled lava rock.
That feat was matched by South Africans Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen who also managed a 61.
The US team of Gary Woodland and Matt Kuchar laid its claim to the trophy with 10 birdies and one bogey in a 9 under 63.
Early trailblazers Australia slipped to fifth place on 198 as Brendon Jones and Richard Green made heavy weather of frequent squalls on the wet and humid course with a 67.
Edoardo and Francesco Molinari put defending champions Italy back into contention with an 8 under 64 that left them tied for seventh with Mexico on 16 under.
But Ian Poulter and Justin Rose of England saw their hopes of lifting the trophy slip in the inclement conditions, carding two bogeys in their four under 68. They have a share of 15th with Zimbabwe on 13 under.
Zhang Xinjun and Liang Wenchong dashed any hopes of a victory on home soil, as the Chinese pair slipped to joint 17th on 12 under.
Sunday's final round of the US$7.5 tournament will see a return to the tricky foursomes alternate shot format.
The World Cup features 28 teams and is being staged biennially following golf's inclusion in the Olympics from Brazil 2016.


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I have a bag full of pink and orange tulle, draping fabric, pink and white chair bows, an aisle runner. I also have 8 vases with pink ribbon and bling around them. If anyone is interested I can get it out and take pictures. $60 for bag of tulle. And $5 each vase or $35 for all.
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Hi! My name is Dianna and to be honest, I just started cleaning houses for a living. That doesn't mean I don't have experience. I am a single mom of 5 children, so cleaning up is second nature for me. I don't mind getting dirty, so no job is too much for me to handle. I'm a perfectionist, so when you tell me you want something done a certain way, it'll be done exactly the way you want it. I clean kitchens, bathrooms, basements....you name it. Unfortunately, I'm not bonded yet, but I can assure you that I will be as careful and honest as can be. I can supply you with a written contract if need be. Whether you need me for a one-time gig, or on a regular basis, my availability will be up to you. I can supply my own cleaners and equipment or use yours. It's all up to you. Hoping to get the opportunity to talk with you!
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here's an article from a local newspaper in my area, where the school district had to stop serving peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!
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I'm no expert, but I believe that peanuts aren't actually nuts. (I think they're legumes, like soybeans and peas).
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Good God almighty! Why would anyone want an allergic kid! It is beyond stressful, and my dd isn't as severe as some!
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FreeAgent supports multi-currency banking. Here we show you how to set up a foreign currency bank account in FreeAgent, and explain how FreeAgent accounts for foreign currency bank transactions.
To add a foreign currency bank account to your FreeAgent account, select 'Banking' from the menu and follow these steps:
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Two approaches to green chemistry in industrially driven processes: aluminum tert-butoxide as a rate enhancing Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction catalyst applied to the technological transfer from batch to continuous flow and structural modifications of functionalized trialkylsilylamines as energy efficient carbon dioxide capture solvents
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Green chemistry principles have been applied to the enhancement of two industrial chemistry problems. An industrially used reaction to form alcohols from aldehydes and ketones, the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction, was improved by introducing a new catalyst Al(OtBu)₃. Due to the lower state of aggregation of this catalyst versus the conventional Al(OiPr)₃ catalyst, reduction rates were found to be faster in both pure iPrOH and mixed solvent systems for three model compounds: benzaldehyde, acetophenone, and a complex, chiral ketone, (S)-CMK. This allowed for the successful implementation of two important milestones; lowering the amount of catalyst needed necessary to complete the reactions (an economic benefit and lower waste) and the conversion from traditional batch reactions to continuous flow (a processing benefit) whereby reactions can be scaled-out rather than scaled-up. Another industrially important field of research that was focused on was CO₂ capture. High energy demands from current CO₂ capture methods such as aqueous amine solvents, specifically from coal-fired power plant flue gas, led to the development of non-aqueous reversible ionic liquids based on silylated amines. Structural modifications of the substitution around the silicon atom, the length of the alkyl chain bonding the silicon and amine, branching along the alkyl backbone, and investigating secondary and primary amines within this class of silylated amines were completed. These amines were reacted with CO₂ and the CO₂ capacity, the ionic liquid viscosity, reversal temperature and reaction enthalpy were all considered as a function of structure. In all cases the capacity was found to be not only greater than that of monethanolamine, an industrial standard, but higher than theoretical predictions through the formation of carbamic acid. Viscosity, reversal temperature, and reaction enthalpy were all found to be tunable through structure. These modifications gave significant insight into the necessary direction for optimization of these solvents as energy-efficient replacements of current CO₂ capture technology.


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Sorry I haven't been writing as often, life has gotten busy! Mostly school....
I talked to a woman diagnosed with appendix cancer today....she was told she was terminally ill (as I was initially) by a doctor not familiar with appendix cancer. She is devastated as she has four young children. I know of many others who are told the same thing. It's a common prognostic by those unfamiliar with our rare disease. We ALL need to be seen by an appendix cancer specialists familiar with our disease when we are diagnosed. Usually we have to travel as there are not specialists local to us (I traveled 750 miles). If you are newly diagnosed, PLEASE see a specialist before making treatment decisions! We have to be our own advocates. Many very good surgeons and oncologists just don't know enough about our rare disease, they don't see it often. Specialists have seen hundreds of cases. I had an initial "poor prognosis" by one oncologist and terminal diagnosis by another and am weeks away from being 10 years cancer free.
Also, I just communicated with a woman who is a 33 year survivor of our cancer! She's the longest survivor I've known of so far. I asked her to write her survivor story for my web site/blog. I hope she does!
I also wanted you to check out this youtube video I happened upon almost accidentally: Distinction Between Curing and Healing by Michael Lerner PhD. There is a difference, and while we seek a cure, we need even more to be healed. I loved that he dealt with "mental healing", and that he spoke "the toxic new age idea of keeping a positive attitude when we have cancer". It is more healing to really deal with and experience all of the emotions we have with our diagnosis, negative or otherwise. When I was diagnosed I got very weary of all of the people who told me I needed a "positive mental attitude" to beat it...it's not true!! A cancer diagnosis normally comes with a lot of negative emotions. Dealing with them and expressing them is a normal part of our experience. A part of our healing.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
A few things!
Sorry I haven't been writing as often, life has gotten busy! Mostly school....
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
AACR Annual Meeting
I'm in Orlando, have been here for 5 days for the conference and will leave for home early tomorrow. As always, it's been an amazing experience. I've learned so much and spent time with many great survivors/advocates. I attended many presentations on cancer research. Those with a pedometer found we walk 4-5 miles a day, the conference center is HUGE!
My press conference went well, whew! Before the press conference I was in the press room...have never been in one before! They asked me who my press officer was...I'd never heard of a press officer! I think it was important that I was there, though. The speeches by the other three in our forum were on government spending for health and cancer research, and they kept trying to say it wasn't about money but people and giving hope to people. So when I told my story after they spoke, it helped the press relate to the human element. I only had to tell my survivor story, which I know well. I did do a power point along with that showed pictures of my kids and all of the things I got to be there for...high school prom, first boyfriends, my daughter turning 21 etc. I think that helped.
I got to have dinner last night with an amazing cancer researcher I met at my first conference and whom I have on a very high pedestal, Dr.Danny Welch. He is devoted to research to learn how to make cancer not metastasize. Only about 2% of research dollars go to that cause, which saddens me. 90% of cancer deaths are caused by metastasis. If cancer didn't metastasize, it would be a benign disease. Only a few cancers, like brain cancer, can kill without metastasizing. He discovered a gene which creates a protein that prevents metastasis, which he named Kiss1, as he discovered it in Hershey Pennsylvania. He is creating a drug related to that protein that I hope enters clinical trials soon. I've had so many people say appendix cancer must be an easy cancer to cure, just remove the appendix, which we don't need anyway....but appendix cancer is so lethal not because of the appendix tumor, but because of the metastasis.
I'll write more about the conference and attach photos when I get home!
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Debt Markets Help PE In Australia, But Fund-Raising Still 'Scary'
This week, Cynthia Koons of Dow Jones Newswires reported that "private equity heavyweights are meeting on Australia's Gold Coast to talk deal-making, with activity in the sector picking up this year and becoming a rare bright spot for investment banking activity in the country. Despite a still-uncertain tax environment for foreign investors, an inhospitable initial public offering market making it harder for firms to turn profits on their investments and a tricky market in which to secure new funds, corporate raiders see Australia as a worthy place to do business."
At the annual meeting of the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Ltd., Jon Freeman of Coller Capital said "it's a very scary fundraising market out there at the moment." And some firms may not be able to raise money. Freeman said "there was talk yesterday of 'consolidation' out there, that seems like a kind word to me". When asked what a better word for it would be, "perish" was his answer, Dow Jones reported.


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Tarantino's latest film extravaganza stars Jamie Foxx as the eponymous slave freed by mysterious bounty hunter Dr King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) to aid him in capturing some valuable scalps.
Django uses his newfound freedom to search for his beloved wife who was sold on by their previous slave masters.
In a galaxy far, far away...Wimbledon Studios was recently turned into an intergalactic playground to celebrate the launch of Lynx Apollo and to host an all important worldwide announcement.
With the New Year here, I thought it only sensible to make my predictions for the upcoming 12 months.
Football Predictions
I think it's becoming obvious that the Premiership title is heading to Manchester once again, although I think it'll be to the red side of the city this time.
Mile End's Genesis cinema was buzzing with excitement from the moment everyone entered.
There were opportunities to take pictures with Gandalf's props from the film, and a raffle to potentially win a signed copy of the J.R.R. Tolkien novel and a signed poster to raise money for the organisers of the event, Step Forward.
Despite the chilling weather, winter is one of the best times of year to enjoy New York City. The holiday season brings a new level of magic to a city already ornate in its own unique way.
A spectacular winter wonderland, The Big Apple is certainly a place to consider decking the halls this year. Whether you are on a budget or willing to spend, there is something for everyone to enjoy in New York.
Not feeling too merry or jingly at the moment? Well Salvatore Calabrese (the man who has mixed for royalty), also known as 'The Maestro' and his merry team of Elves (I mean mixologists) have produced a Christmas menu consisting of 5 cocktails that will have you singing along to Christmas music in all public places.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas out there boys, carols on the radio, decorated trees popping up all over and a party to attend every single night of the week!
The shortlist for Sports Personality of the Year was recently announced, and the public have already been deciding amongst themselves as to who will win.
Here are my predicted top three, as well as the people I would consider dark horses to make a top three spot.
Christmas is right around the corner. Before you know it Christmas eve will be here and it will be far too late for you to make a good impression with your Christmas pressies.
So to take some of the edge off we have compiled a list of things we'd love to find wrapped beneath the Christmas tree on the 25th.
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Drum roll please… MonologueSlam UK the Graduate Edition has finally arrived. Talented actors from various stages in their game have battled it out throughout the year to produce overall winners for the 1 and 3 minute rounds.