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Bangalore, Jul 16: The first Test of the four-match series between India and England is significant for more than one reason. It will be the 100th Test between the two countries and the 2,000th overall.
It has been 134 years, since the first ever international Test was played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and in between the game has seen many a glorious moments that have and will go on to ascertain the format's supremacy over any innovation in the game.
As the world eagerly awaits the 2,000th episode of the cricket's supreme format, we try to squeeze in the top five Tests of all-time. As it can be with all great things, opinions will defer over the selection, but then you are all invited to share your views on the three best Test matches that have ever been played.
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Year 1882, Test #9: Australia got the better of England and beat them by seven runs at The Oval. Fred Spofforth took 14 wickets, and had there been Man of the Match award then, then he would have been the lone contender.
The Sporting Times published a mock obituary of English cricket and stated that the body will be cremated and the ashes be taken to Australia. Thus began a cricketing battle for the ages, which goes by the name of the Ashes.
Year 1981, Test #905: Almost a hundred years since the famous Test that gave birth to the Ashes, came another gem of a match between the old rivals Australia and England. This time the venue was Headingley.
If former Australia captain Richie Benaud, who was then commentating for BBC television, is to be believed, then it was "One of the most fantastic victories ever known in Test cricket history."
English legend, Ian Botham came out to bat in England's second innings when they were five wickets down lagging behind Australia by 122 runs. He went on to make a magnificient 149 and thus Australia required only 130 runs to win the match.
But English fast bowler Bob Willis produced one of the best spells of fast bowling to take eight wickets for 43. As a result Australia lost by 18 runs.
Year 2001, Test #1535: Cricket lovers can accuse of being biased towards India for putting this one as the best match ever. But we have our own reasons. First, it involved an Australian team, that can be arguably called as the finest ever Test team. Second, it was up against an opposition that had the talent but somehow had never managed to put up a credible performance.
Third, India were just fresh from yet another mauling by Australians at Mumbai and the loss was enough to aggravate the psychological scars they had from the drubbing they had received from the Aussies in their recently concluded tour to Down Under. Fourth, they had lost a few good players to the match-fixing fiasco and needed to put up a good performance to show that those in the side were honest cricketers. There would be seldom be any other Test match with so much at stake, or if there has been any then we haven't seen that.
No words can do justice to what India did on the final three days of the second test against Australia at Eden Gardens. As another thrashing seemed imminent, Laxman and Dravid played probably the best innings of their life and Harbhajan bowled unbelievably well to give his side an improbable victory.
And if the reasons at the start of the match, coupled with the magnificent effort that both the sides put in was not enough to make the match the best ever, then here is another one. The victory not only brought to an end the invincible run of Steve Waugh's men but also ensured that India began to believe in their abilities and began what has been since then continuing as a golden run.
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Dortmund ([ˈdɔɐ̯tmʊnt] ( ); Low German: Düörpm; Latin: Tremonia) is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia. Its population of 571,403 (2011) makes it the 8th largest city in Germany. Dortmund is the largest city by area and population in the Ruhr Area, an urban area with some 5.1 million (2011) inhabitants which is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany. Dortmund is also a part of the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region of more than 12 million people.
The river Ruhr flows south of the city, and the small river Emscher flows through the municipal area. The Dortmund-Ems Canal also terminates in the Dortmund Port, which is the largest European canal port, and links Dortmund to the North Sea.
Dortmund is known as Westphalia's "green metropolis". Nearly half the municipal territory consists of waterways, woodland, agriculture and green spaces with spacious parks such as Westfalenpark and the Rombergpark. This contrasts with nearly a hundred years of extensive coal mining and steel milling within the city limits.
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A police car had its side-view mirror taken off, and when the officers checked surveillance footage of the incident, they saw something truly mysterious: an ephemeral presence enters the parking lot, passes by the police car in question, knocks off the mirror, throwing it far away, then tosses it back near the car.
Some officers apparently think that the parking lot is haunted. From the footage, it is easy to see why. There is no human around, yet the side view mirror manages to jump off the vehicle, then fly on its own for a few seconds around the parking lot before settling down.
Is this video evidence of paranormal activity? An otherworldly apparition with the occasional impulse to vandalize a police car?
Unlikely. There is another explanation, which makes just a little more sense. The ghost is not a ghost but a dust devil. A dust devil is essentially a mini-tornado that can crop up in windy areas. They are mostly harmless, but will occasionally feel the need to take advantage of the fact that it cannot be arrested, because it is just a wind column, and do some low-level property damage.
That's a relief. With all the mystery in the world, we don't need to add mischievous parking lot ghosts to our worries. Just the added worry in finding a good parking spot is enough to be glad that this is a dust devil. At least dust devils aren't likely to hold any particular grudges, and are simply uncontrollable natural phenomena.


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Water Management Improves with Systems Applicationby Linus B. Losh, Soil Conservation Service, Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.,
Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1979, Vol. 49, Issue 8, Pg. 54-56
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The Marsh Run watershed project (in north-central Ohio) is a landmark example of applying systems principles to water resource management. Designed in the 1950's and completed in 1968, it was the first Department of Agriculture project that involved multipurpose water management including drainage, flood prevention and irrigation. It was also one of the earliest applications of fabridams. The watershed supports 40 vegetable farms of small acreage but high productivity, producing a vegetable crop worth $6,000,000. Without this project, the soil would have been depleted from the cycle of flooding, wind erosion and fires. As a result of the system of levees, storage ponds, tile and irrigation lines, each farmer can control the water table level of the farm.
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By Matt Pitzer, USA TODAY
Whether it was six touchdown passes by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees or the Arizona Cardinals playing like their Super Bowl run was years ago, it doesn't take fantasy owners long to get back into regular-season mode.
And that dose of reality leads to a slew of Week 1 lessons, some of which turn out to be wildly inaccurate. Look up Carolina Panthers tight end Dante Rosario's performance from last year if you have forgotten.
We do learn plenty right out of the gate, though, and your ability to adjust to the unexpected twists could prove vital to determining how your season turns out.
Let's look at which Week 1 developments will impact fantasy teams throughout the season.
FANTASY JOE: Target opportunity to find success
•Who needs Terrell Owens, right? Overreacting to Tony Romo's career high in passing yards is easy, so let's wait to see how he does in a tougher test against the New York Giants. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have many defensive issues, so putting Romo and Roy Williams atop the fantasy world is premature. They could be stars against many of the pushovers on their schedule.
It is the other half of their games in which Cowboys players need to prove they can thrive before we anoint them as every-week regulars.
•Minnesota Vikings rookie Percy Harvin will make some incredible plays as the team rewrites its playbook for him. The tough question is when and how much he will play, meaning any time you count on him, you risk getting virtually nothing.
Harvin had five touches (a number that will increase in some weeks) and a touchdown in his debut. When you get stuck looking for an extra starter because of injuries or bye weeks, he is a name to remember.
•Week 1's most stunning stats came from Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, who had career highs in attempts (43), yards (307) and TD passes (three). Keep an eye on Flacco to see whether those attempts continue (and definitely pick him up if he is a free agent). Likewise, if Flacco is rolling, wide receivers Derrick Mason and Mark Clayton and tight end Todd Heap will have reasonable value. Give them a little more time — and look for success in a tough road game vs. the San Diego Chargers— before throwing everyone in your lineup.
•All of the talk about the Jacksonville Jaguars improving their offense looks like a bunch of chatter after they made their debut with a whopping 114 passing yards against the Indianapolis Colts. Their season will be all about Maurice Jones-Drew, so if you have him, you'd better hope you run out to a huge league lead before Jones-Drew wears down.
Torry Holt was the only wide receiver with more than one catch, again quieting the idea that Troy Williamson or Mike Sims-Walker is ready to emerge. When one of those guys has one good game, remember: It's fool's gold.
•Don't overreact if the Houston Texans' Matt Schaub, Andre Johnson and Steve Slaton have another bad game this week vs. the Tennessee Titans. Opening with the New York Jets and Titans is difficult, so bad numbers are not unreasonable.
The way to take advantage of that is to try to trade for one of them on the cheap if their owners are not so patient after Week 2.
•If we can make season-long conclusions about the Jets' rushing game after one game, Thomas Jones is the runner you want. Leon Washington is more electric and had 19 touches to Jones' 20 in the opener. But Jones had two TDs. Washington is good enough to turn some of those chances into big plays over the course of a season.
On a week-to-week basis, however, Jones consistently will have more regular chances and ought to get nearly all of the TD attempts.
•Expecting 363 yards from Pittsburg Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger and two 100-yard wide receivers would be nice but not realistic. Figuring out how the Steelers will run is a bit more difficult. Give them a break for facing a very tough Titans defense in Week 1, but be concerned that Willie Parker, Rashard Mendenhall and Mewelde Moore showed little potential.
Until we see serious improvement, do not expect Parker to develop into a reliable starter.
•The Detroit Lions still might not be any good, and fantasy owners don't care when or if they win a game. But they ought to at least put up meaningful stats this year while they are playing so poorly. Running back Kevin Smith scored in an otherwise poor Week 1 game, and Calvin Johnson nearly added a TD to his team-high 90 receiving yards. Granted, the 27 points the Lions scored are the equivalent of about 14 against any team other than the Saints. Still, there were no signs that Johnson and Smith should not remain regular starters.
•I have been wrong multiple times about Carnell Williams, and we're only through one weekend. Rushing out to pick up Williams after his 97-yard, one-TD debut is rather obvious. Derrick Ward, however, still is the Bucs running back to have. Based on Williams' history, Ward appears more capable of handling 15 to 20 carries every week, plus Ward is better in short yardage.
Earnest Graham (one carry) did not have a role in Week 1.
•Before completely casting the Washington Redskins aside for doing nothing to improve their offense, let's see how they respond during a stretch of games against the St. Louis Rams, Detroit, Tampa Bay, Carolina and Kansas City Chiefs. It's early, but those teams could be five of the worst in the league. A Redskins offense that did not score a touchdown against the New York Giants until late in the fourth quarter could gain confidence against those pushovers.
The alternative is that the Redskins prove they are helpless; more likely is Santana Moss, Clinton Portis and Chris Cooley will have some better-than-expected games.
•Nothing we saw from the Miami Dolphins in Week 1 (and we saw very little) is reason to worry. The Dolphins are a limited offensive team that will struggle to score points consistently and will have games like their wipeout at the Atlanta Falcons.
Two points to keep in mind: Davone Bess led the team with seven catches after having at least five receptions in five of the final six games last year; and Ricky Williams scored the team's only TD, which will worry Ronnie Brown owners.
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