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Optional preamble Hello. One thing I've never understood about orgasms - there are a few - is the idea that you should try to postpone them by thinking of something rancid, like the Neville brothers playing Adult Twister with a MIWLF. This might be a silly question, but why on earth would I want to do that?
Anyway, what got me thinking about that potential fusion of the knee-trembling and the eye-watering is the set-up we have this afternoon. On the one hand it's Friday, and we all have a consequent Feeling, especially those of us who are going to a stag do for one of Guardian Sport's finest later; on the other, the next few hours will be spent watching something even more unpleasant than the Neville brothers playing Adult Twister with etc: England attempting to play one-day cricket.
It's all covered here by the ever-excellent Booth, but really: what a shower. England are so, so far short of being a decent one-day team away from home that their humiliation at the 2011 World Cup could be written already. In fact it has been, in 1996 and 2007. (The 2003 campaign, in my opinion, is unjustly derided.)
However, it's not all bad. As this is my first OBO for a while, I've enlisted the help of a very dear old friend after almost a year apart. Any mistakes are his fault.
Alternative preamble West Indies have won the toss and will bowl first.
Team news Flintoff returns, Harmison is dropped for the 86th time in the last 12 months, although most feel that Gareth Batty should have gone because a) he's Gareth Batty and b) the pitch should have some juice in it all day. West Indies are unchanged.
West Indies Gayle (c), Simmons, Sarwan, Chanderpaul, Pollard, Bravo, Ramdin (wk), Sammy, Miller, Edwards, Baker
England Strauss (c) Bopara, Pietersen, Shah, Collingwood, Flintoff, Prior (wk), Mascarenhas, Broad, Batty, Anderson.
The pitch is good but it's overcast: the covers are going on now, in fact, and they're likely to be on and off all day. Somewhere in Bridgetown, John Dyson is very nervously fingering a piece of paper that has the words 'Duckworth/Lewis' written on it.
"Begging email #1," begins Richard Marsden. "Just a quick test of OBO generosity is these doom-laden times. Can I get a link to my friend's donations page? He's running the London marathon for Mind and is a little shy of his fundraising target. As if that weren't enough, he's Spanish and will be running the entire 26 miles dressed as an invasion of our coastal fishing waters. Muchos gracias." That's French right?
The covers are coming off. So we should start on time.
It's raining. Oh well. In other news, Ravi Bopara will open the batting for the fifth ODI in a row today. He hasn't reached 50 yet, but I really hope England give him a long run - 20 matches minimum - to learn the position, rather than abandoning it in a hurry as they did with Luke Wright. Sky have just shown footage that reinforces the view that he is one the few Englishmen who can naturally clear and pierce the field in the Powerplay overs.
1.35pm The rain is pr-etty, pr-etty heavy. There are no estimates as to when play might begin, but it won't be until 2.03pm at least. "Afternoon, I'm in France on holiday," says Alex Netherton, surely the introduction to a heartwarming, Amelieish tale of kooky romance. Oh. "Going to a pub to see if the self-loathing I endure is down to a) England, b) cricket, c) booze or d) a combination of all three."
1.45pm "So where's the stag do?" says Phil Godwin. "You've surely kicked off a theme here." No, no I haven't. Actually I barely know whose stag do it is, never mind where it is.
1.50pm Lalalalalala. "With rain looking to be a staple for the day, John Dyson will surely be plopping his track pants in the pavilion right now ringing up Nasa to have consultant on standby just in case the numbers need crunching later on," says Lee Calvert.
1.52pm "Rob - are you seriously going to claim it is coincidence that both you and Cricinfo used a Larry David quote (the same one) to describe the rain?" says Andrew Miller, but not Cricinfo's Andrew Miller. "Are you even aware there's a cricket match scheduled, or do you just precis Cricinfo's commentary?" Well, Andrew, cricinfophotos+ Wallpapers, galleries, screensavers & more All the big players and events covered.
"Can you shamelessly do a plug for me too?" says Adam Williams. "Be your best friend!" Here it is, but you can't be my best friend as that role is taken.
Weather update There is no weather update. It's got 20-over slog written all over it. And we know how good England are at those!
2.12pm The rain has stopped, but the covers are still on as there is lots of the wet stuff. The clean-up job will take about half-an-hour apparently, which is the sort of timescale Spud's girlfriend's Mum would have appreciated.
The covers are coming back on. Oh dear. Is this better or worse than watching England?
2.32pm And now they're coming off.
2.44pm Play is scheduled to resume - begin, even - at 3pm. Whoop whoop. That's right: whoop whoop! The difference an exclamation mark makes, eh?<b
Erik Petersen needs help "Regarding your orgasm-related query: while imagining something like Su Pollard and Mike Gatting re-creating the pottery scene from Ghost will indeed turn your rapid-fire Twenty20 innings into a more respectable Test session, there's no doubting that it's not the most pleasant way to go about things. Far better than wanton gross-outs is the obscure information route. Busy yourself with arcane knowledge such as county cricket scores from last year so that your mind doesn't notice all the luurve going on. Granted, you do run the risk of startling your special ladyfriend with climaxing screams of "OH SWEET LORD, 58 FOR SHAFAYAT", but it's a small price to pay for hot Friends Provident Trophy passion."
The match has been reduced to 45 overs per side, the Powerplays are now 9, 5 and 4 overs, and, yes, I have just had a weighty rulebook eased up my derriere.
1st over of 45: England 0-0 (Strauss 0, Bopara 0) It's Fidel Edwards to kick things off, with two slips. Strauss shoulders arms to balls one and four, misses balls two, three and five, and finds the fielder from ball six. England are off to a flyer!
"On a 30th birthday weekend recently, one of our party laid down the challenge 'there is not a vessel I cannot drink from' and proceeded to drink a combination of snakebite and standing water from an iron provided by Butlins self-catering accommodation (classy)," says Rob Lee-Davey. "There's another 30th taking place tomorrow - can anyone offer any suggestions of other vessels by which he could raise the bar?" He sounds like a real champion, this fella.
2nd over of 45: England 5-0 (Strauss 0, Bopara 4) Lionel Baker - sorry, I just can't take him seriously with that name - beats Bopara with his first delivery and draws an edge with the second, which shoots low to third man for four. A slightly generous off-side wide completes England's scoring for the over. There looks to be some serious carry in this track, which will suit Steve Harm-oh.
3rd over of 45: England 10-0 (Strauss 1, Bopara 4) Fun and games here: first a bouncer from Edwards sails over the head of Ramdin for four byes - "too much grunt on that," says David Gower - and then Bopara ducks into the next ball, which was too full and rammed painfully into the fleshy part of the shoulder. That wasn't a million miles away from being a decent LBW shout; shades of Tendulkar in Australia in 1999-2000.
All your drinking-vessel suggestions are utterly disgusting. I can't abide such filth. Next riff!
4th over of 45: England 10-0 (Strauss 1, Bopara 4) England are doing what you just can't afford to do, be it outside a school or in Powerplay overs: they are having a look. I know it's a bit overcast and all that - although in truth the ball hasn't swung - but you just know Australia would be 25 or 30 for none by now.
5th over of 45: England 15-0 (Strauss 2, Bopara 8) That's nice from Bopara, a wee roll of the wrists to send the ball fizzing through midwicket for three. But it remains largely underwhelming stuff.
"We had the pleasure of playing cricket on the longest village green in England on a friend's stag-do," says Jon Evans. "As well as scoring a somewhat sedate 11, the stag refreshed himself with Bloody Marys from a used box. The groundsman was surprisingly impressed."
6th over of 45: England 15-0 (Strauss 2, Bopara 8) A maiden from Baker to Bopara. This isn't very good, is it?
"Vessel suggestion," says James Coote. "HMS Belfast." That made me laugh, but then so did series one of Bottom.
WICKET! England 15-1 (Strauss c Gayle b Edwards 2) This is an excellent catch from Chris Gayle. Strauss went for the pull but the ball got really big and flew off the edge and over the slips. Gayle ran - okay, ambled - a fair way down towards third man and judged a seriously awkward catch superbly.
WICKET! England 17-2 (Bopara c Sarwan b Edwards 10) Another Englishman goes on the pull; another Englishman fails. Insert your own joke here. This is a lovely pitch, with real pace and bounce, and Edwards' short ball was on to Bopara far too quickly. The result was that his pull shot spooned apologetically to mid-on, and that's two wickets in three balls. Shades of the Lord's Test of 2003, when Makhaya Ntini suckered four or five of the eejits on the pull stroke.
7th over of 45: England 17-2 (Pietersen 0, Shah 0) Edwards to Pietersen could be fun on this pitch. For now Shah is beaten by a vicious lifter.
8th over of 45: England 17-2 (Pietersen 0, Shah 0) A quick thought upon noting that the pitch is actually a trampoline: they've left out Harmison! Pietersen, who as always has to get England out of a hole, spends most of that over having a look at Baker before fresh-airing an attempted pull stroke.
Random thoughts What a shower.
9th over of 45: England 22-2 (Pietersen 0, Shah 0) At the moment, England's best hope of runs are byes/wides from the Edwards bouncer that booms over Ramdin's head. There are five there, for a wide that just kept rising, and that's their lot for the over, and indeed the first Powerplay.
"I preferred it when it was raining...." says Gary Dickens.
10th over of 45: England 28-2 (Pietersen 1, Shah 5) West Indies take their bowling Powerplay, and Baker (4-3-5-0) continues. Shah walks all the way outside off stump to flick one over square-leg for four. What a remarkable way to get off the mark. He plays the shot again later in the over, this time for a single, but he is leaving all three stumps exposed and that should make for an interesting contest.
11th over of 45: England 35-2 (Pietersen 2, Shah 11) Edwards' first ball, slightly full and outside off, is clattered contemptuously over mid-on for four. What a shot! Shah walks miles across his stumps next ball to turn it to fine leg for a single. Fascinating stuff: all three stumps were showing almost before the ball was bowled. Will Edwards go for the leg-stump yorker next time? Will Shah dare go across? No he doesn't, instead swaying away from a short one outside off stump.
"Twelve off the bat in nine overs," sniffs Charles Sheldrick. "Has Chris Tavere been considered as batting coach? Go wild boys..." We're a joke, aren't we?
12th over of 45: England 41-2 (Pietersen 3, Shah 16) Shah looks good, coiled and menacing, but Pietersen hasn't really got going yet: 3 from 14 balls. That will not concern him, though, as he likes his 20 balls to settle in. After Pietersen takes a single, Shah slaps a Baker bouncer miles over midwicket for a one-bounce four. He really can give the ball an almighty crack.
WICKET! England 41-3 (Pietersen c Pollard b Bravo 3) Edwards (6-1-20-2) is replaced by the mischievous, irrepressible Dwayne Bravo - and he picks up Pietersen first ball! It's a pretty brainless shot to be honest: Pietersen went for the pull even though there were two men back, and Pollard at deep square held on to a routine chance. Three down, all to the pull.
13th over of 45: England 42-3 (Shah 17, Collingwood 0) While England are a joke, how good is it to see a fast, bouncy pitch? Answer: pr-etty. It really does evoke this Test, in which almost every Englishman fell to the pull and Nasser Hussain let out that anguished cry when he realised Ntini had done him in the second innings.
"Playing for the coach here aren't they," says Andy Goldsby. Well, Pietersen did want Graham Ford.
WICKET! England 42-4 (Shah c Sammy b Baker 17) For heaven's sake. Well at least he didn't fall to the pull shot. But it was another cross-bat shot that he couldn't control because of the bounce: a slap to backward point, where Sammy took a sharp low catch. Shah turns round and shakes his head at the injustice of it all. You did it mate!
14th over of however many England survive before they are all out: England 42-4 (Collingwood 0, Flintoff 0) This is how bad England are: they have just given a wicket maiden to a West Indian medium pacer called Lionel Baker.
WICKET! England 43-5 (Flintoff c Edwards b Bravo 0) What a shower! What an absolutely abject shower! Bravo bangs one in short and Flintoff is suckered, swivel-pulling it straight to Edwards at fine leg. You couldn't script this shower, you really couldn't.
15th over of 45: England 43-5 (Collingwood 1, Prior 0) I honestly think a par score after 14 overs on this pitch - which really is a belter - is around 90 for two. So England have half the runs and have lost two and a half times the wickets. And they left Harmison out! On a trampoline!
16th over of 45: England 47-5 (Collingwood 5, Prior 0) Paul Collingwood, once described by Tim de Lisle as "the only housemate who bothers to clean up the mess", now has to deal with a mess that not even the Yellow Pages could help him sort out. He does punch Baker through mid-on for four, mind.
17th over of 45: England 52-5 (Collingwood 5, Prior 5) Prior touches Bravo to fine leg for four.
"There's always a tipping point, isn't there?" says Jonathan Wood. "When actually, you kind of want another wicket to fall, so that you can enjoy a truly spectacular performance of magnificent ineptitude, rather than another ho-hum run-of-the-mill defeat. I've reached that point. It brings with it a rather beautiful sense of calm." So does doing this, but it's probably not to be encouraged.
18th over of 45: England 52-5 (Collingwood 5, Prior 5) Prior has a windy woof at a length ball outside off from Baker. Fresh air races for four; the ball zips through to Ramdin. England simply haven't adjusted to the pace of this pitch. It's a maiden from Baker, who has bowled straight through (only nine overs per bowler as it's been reduced to 45) for outstanding figures of 9-5-21-1. Five maidens!
"If this team were a drink, it'd be half a lager shandy," says Andrew Sanderson.
WICKET! England 54-6 (Collingwood LBW b Bravo 5) Before you start readying the rotten eggs, this was a poor decision. Collingwood flailed around a very full delivery from Bravo that looked, both to the naked eye and Hawkeye, to be swinging down leg, but Steve Bucknor took a few decades to think about it and then raised the finger.
19th over of 45: England 55-6 (Prior 6, Mascarenhas 1) You might need to click this link at some stage this afternoon.
20th over of 45: England 55-6 (Prior 6, Mascarenhas 1) Darren Sammy replaces Lionel Baker and pushes one past Mascarenhas's grope. I have no idea how Mascarenhas will play here: he normally has around five overs to work with, not 25. For now he is happy to play out a maiden.
21st over of 45: England 55-6 (Prior 6, Mascarenhas 1) A maiden from Bravo to Prior. In a parallel universe, Australia are 134 for one on this pitch.
"I've just stepped outside for an hour to do stuff and all that, and have come in to this disgrace," says Lee Calvert. "Has Andrew Hall switched nationalities the Windies or something?" He's talking about that sick mess in the last World Cup, of course. If this is anything to go by, the performance in the next World Cup will make 2007 seem like a golden age.
22nd over of 45: England 55-6 (Prior 6, Mascarenhas 1) Another maiden, the third in a row and the ninth of the day, from Sammy to Mascarenhas. They might use up their quota of overs yet!
"My OBO'ing colleague Andrew Sanderson (over 18) is wrong," says Tim Travers. "England are not a shandy, they are Kaliber alcohol free beer. Looks good, sounds good but ultimately pith-poor & unsatisfying." He didn't say pith, obviously. He's not Chrith Eubank.
23rd over of 45: England 62-6 (Prior 7, Mascarenhas 6) Mascarenhas mows Bravo through mid-off for a boundary. No matter: Bravo is in his element here, slipping in the slower balls and changing his line and length. He's infectiously loopy - even if at times he borders on being as annoyingly wacky as the Graham Norton character in Father Ted - and looks like he's enjoying himself. Like England used to.
"Talking of showers, the chap referred to in my previous entry also drank orange alcopops out of a shower cap on the same birthday weekend," says Rob Lee-Davey. "His claim that 'the carnival has come to town' was not disputed."
24th over of 45: England 67-6 (Prior 7, Mascarenhas 11) Mascarenhas throws the toilet sink at Sammy, snicking it well wide of the only slip and away for four entirely meaningless runs.
"What this England team are," begins Andy Goldsby, jabbing a stiff finger in my gawping phizog, "is the liquid overflowing from a urinal blocked five days ago by discarded cigarettes and chewing gum."
WICKET! England 68-7 (Prior c Sammy b Pollard 7) A remarkably lame dismissal, as Prior simply checks a cut stroke off the new bowler Pollard straight to backward point.
WICKET! England 68-8 (Broad c Ramdin b Pollard 0) Broad lasts two balls. In fairness this is a good delivery from Pollard, a lovely leg-cutter to the left-hander that drew Broad forward, kissed the edge and was taken by Ramdin tumbling forward.
AT EASE PEOPLE: here comes Gareth Batty.
25th over of 45: England 68-8 (Mascarenhas 12, Batty 0)
England's lowest ODI total, in case you didn't click the link, is 86, against Australia on a chilly night in Manchester in 2001. On that night, McGrath and Gillespie seemed it sideways under lights to the point that England were relatively blameless. Today, it's fair to say, that does not apply.
"I think the team is more like a Gin & Tonic in a can," says Jack Dunston. "An old classic with strong establishment overtones which does bring to mind faded past glories, however it is terribly packaged and a desperate attempt to rebrand itself and reclaim its No1 spot. Also if you leave out anywhere warm it becomes rank filth." Persuasive stuff, with only one problem: I am a big, big fan of my gin from a tin. I heart my gin from a tin. I do not heart this shower.
26th over of 45: England 69-8 (Mascarenhas 13, Batty 0) It's raining again, but it's only a shower.
"Why is it always you that has to cover these embarrassments?" asks Rachel Clifton. Write what you know: that's what they say.
RAIN STOPS PLAY: 27th over of 45: England 71-8 (Mascarenhas 15, Batty 0) It's not heavy. Cue much chuckling from the commentary team about John Dyson and Duckworth/Lewis. Al Pacino in Scent Of A Woman could manage the Windies' D/L calculations today and they'd have no problems.
Is it possible for a team to retire from international cricket?
They're coming back on now, so we should still have a 45-over game as they were only off for eight minutes.
27th over of 45: England 72-8 (Mascarenhas 16, Batty 0) Pollard finishes his over. "On the plus side," begins Simon Leake. "If the unpleasantness of the mental image is directly proportional to the delay of orgasm, this innings should keep you going for about a week. The ladies will be thrilled." Yeah. Lucky them. English cricket's tantric side: who knew?
28th over of 44: England 76-8 (Mascarenhas 18, Batty 2)
"Part of me wants to see England pumped like a dockside hooker," says feminism's Andrew Sanderson. "I think it might just encourage a degree of contrition for this shambles and maybe a reappraisal of the way cricket is being run over here.
it won't."
29th over of 44: England 78-8 (Mascarenhas 19, Batty 3) Every cloud and that: nearly time for the weekend to begin.
30th over of 44: England 88-8 (Mascarenhas 20, Batty 5) Fidel Edwards is back. He's going in for the kill; he's doing it for a thrill; he's, er, bowled a second-ball wide. Four more byes over the keeper's head take England past their lowest total. It's great when you're 88 for eight, yeah. They might reach three figures here!
"Bring back Peter Moores!" says Tim Travers, in not so many words.
31st over of 44: England 90-8 (Mascarenhas 21, Batty 6) England are batting time: desperately boring to endure, and I really could put a glass of hops away now, but entirely sensible - they want to bat through the overs to increase the chances of rain giving them a ridiculous reprieve.
32nd over of 44: England 91-8 (Mascarenhas 22, Batty 6)
33rd over of 44: England 97-8 (Mascarenhas 27, Batty 7) Mascarenhas pulls emphatically and safely through midwicket for four. England still have their four-over batting Powerplay left. If they can get around 170 from those this could be interesting.
34th over of 44: England 99-8 (Mascarenhas 28, Batty 8) The ease with which these two are playing puts what came before in its appropriate context. In a 44-over game, I'd say that this is around a 260 pitch.
35th over of 44: England 101-8 (Mascarenhas 29, Batty 9)
36th over of 44: England 104-8 (Mascarenhas 30, Batty 10) England are still dealing entirely in no-risk singles.
37th over of 44: England 105-8 (Mascarenhas 30, Batty 11) Nikita Miller, the left-arm spinner, comes on. Surely now is the time to take the Powerplay? Apparently not.
38th over of 44: England 109-8 (Mascarenhas 31, Batty 14) The errand boy Harmison runs onto the field, ostensibly with a towel and some water but basically to pass on a message from the dressing-room along the lines of TAKE THAT POWERPLAY YOU EEJITS. Or perhaps not, because they don't. So we get more blocking, a handul of singles, and Sammy ends with figures of 9-1-19-0.
39th over of 44: England 113-8 (Mascarenhas 33, Batty 16) Four singles from Miller's over.
40th over of 44: England 115-8 (Mascarenhas 34, Batty 17) England take the Powerplay; Gayle gives the ball to Fidel Edwards. There'll be fireworks here all right!
Two from the over.
WICKET! England 116-9 (Batty c Sammy b Bravo 17) Batty slices Bravo's slower ball to the leaping Sammy at backward point, and he takes a very good two-handed catch.
41st over of 44: England 117-9 (Mascarenhas 36, Anderson 0)
WICKET! England 117 all out (Mascarenhas c Bravo b Edwards 36) Fittingly, the final wicket fails to the pull stroke - the fifth such dismissal in this truly miserable innings. It was on to Mascarenhas too quickly, and Bravo ran round from short fine leg to take the catch. That innings was pathetic, truly pathetic, but I don't care because it's the weekend!!!!!!! Bye.
What a bunch of heroes.
What a team of champions.
What a shower of legends.
This is a good time, I feel, to revisit this morning's "interview that will rock cricket" with KP in the Daily Mail.
'To go through a winter like this is soul-destroying," related our hero, "We all want to play in a winning team and to be beaten day in day out, especially after the way we finished last summer against South Africa, is just not good enough."
And in the very next paragraph, KP reveals his inspiring strategy for getting England out of this mess:
"It's been a heck of a tough time and I'm at the end of my tether now. Really and truly I can't wait to get home."
He follows this with the truly majestic insight: "We have three games to go and then it will be time for a fresh challenge."
Pardon? Excuse me? Excuse me? Far as I knew this was still a series to be won, wasn't it? I mean, it's 1-1 with three to play isn't it? Is that not enough of a challenge?
"Soul-destroying"? "SOUL DESTROYING"? Spending your winter touring the Caribbean and playing cricket? That's what counts as soul-destroying in KP's world?
No, Kevin. Just no. Watching three top-order batsmen get caught out pulling to the deep, that's soul destroying. Watching this brainless rabble of a team skittle themselves out for 117, that's soul destroying. Watching GARETH BATTY give the nine other clowns in the team a lesson in how to bat with a little application, that's soul destroying. People have paid several thousands of pounds to come to the Caribbean to watch you play like a bunch of chumps, Kevin. That's soul destroying.
That interview told you everything you need to know about the lack of spirit in this England team at the moment. They're their own worst enemies.
1st over: West Indies 17-0 (Gayle 12 Simmons 0) need 117
Broad opens the attack, with the West Indies only needing to equal England's score rather than surpass it, due to some unfathomable Duckworth Lewis calculations. Broad has a plan, and that's to deny the West Indians any runs off the bat by firing the ball over Prior's head for four wides. The next is a no ball which Gayle gloves over Prior's head for four more. Ouch. "Really, this is all quite obvious" says Erik Petersen, "West Indies are handing England a humiliating bit of backside-whuppery in the same week that Spandau Ballet announce their latest tour. Expect a miners' strike within the month. And if you will now excuse me, my stockbroker is calling me on my four-pound mobile phone." Yeah before you know it Rick Astley will enjoy a rebirth as a modern pop icon. What? Oh. Gayle spanks the last ball of the over for six over backward point. And that's, ummm, 17 from the first over. England my England. What a team.
2nd over: West Indies 20-0 (Gayle 13 Simmons 1) need 117
"When KP mentions a fresh challenge does he mean England's next test series which is also against the West Indies?" asks Tim Travers, the merest hint of a sardonic smile spreading across his face. In the meantime, Anderson has opened from the other end. Much good may it do them.
3rd over: West Indies 20-0 (Gayle 13 Simmons 1) need 117
A maiden from Broad, bowled out to Simmons. I've some sympathy for Andrew Sanderson's point: "Part of me thinks that if this England squad toured in the old style, with all-night boozing sessions and space to let their hair down, they might not have the morale of wet bog roll. It seems that the focus on incidents such as Flintoff's Fredalo nightmare might have made everyone a little keen to keep the safety on when at the bar. Probably why they don't seem to give a monkey's left nut about the tour being a success."
4th over: West Indies 33-0 (Gayle 25 Simmons 3) need 117
Gayle laces four through extra cover with a minimum of effort. Oh my. Oh my oh my. Gayle flicks six more off his hip and over backward square. He hit that shot with extraordinary nonchalance. The trouble with Andrew Sanderson's email in that last over was it sounds a little too close to Ian Botham's notions of man-management, as defined by Ray Illingworth: "Botham's idea of team spirit and motivation was to squirt a water pistol at someone and then go and get pissed."
5th over: West Indies 47-0 (Gayle 36 Simmons 6) need 117
This is a lesson, and no mistake. Gayle steps away and carves four through extra cover off Broad's first ball. THIS IS HOW TO BAT FELLAS, AND THAT'S NO WORD OF A LIE. Gayle leans back and lofts a slower ball back over Broad's head for six that actually punches a hole through the sight-screen. I'm not joking. He's actually punched a hole in the sight screen. He cracks the final ball of the over for four through third man.
6th over: West Indies 51-0 (Gayle 36 Simmons 6) need 117
Just a slight detail, for accuracy's sake: the sight-screen is actually a large black Venetian blind. I just didn't want to ruin the moment for you. Anyway, Fred Flintoff is on now. He's just been described by Botham as "the stabiliser", which makes him sound rather like a little wheel bolted onto the back of a wobbling, decrepit bicycle. Which would be about right. He's cut the run rate down to below ten an over at least.
7th over: West Indies 75-0 (Gayle 60 Simmons 6) need 117
Strauss has a truly sick sense of humour; with Gayle on strike, he's thrown the ball to Dimitri Mascarenhas. 'Yeah, thanks for that Skip.' My jaw has gone slack. I'm, almost lost for words. The first three balls go for four through extra cover, six over long-off, and a six over extra cover. That's fifty from 27 balls for Gayle. He's actually taking the mickey here. He blocks the next ball, with exaggerated caution, then lofts the next ball for six over mid-wicket. The crowd and going bananas, and who can blame them. "He's punched a whole what in the sight screen?" asks Rendel Harris. Ummm, a whole ball, obviously.
8th over: West Indies 77-0 (Gayle 61 Simmons 7) need 117
9th over: West Indies 91-0 (Gayle 74 Simmons 7) need 117
Gayle is 60 off 32, Simmons is 7 off 16. Strauss has mercy on Mascarenhas and takes him off and brings Anderson back on. It makes no difference to Gayle, who swats the first ball for six over cow corner in the most dismissive fashion. Worse still for England, it was a no ball because one too many fielders was outside the circle. The next ball is a bouncer, and Gayle steps away and uppercuts it for six over point. This is the most insulting innings I've seen played in a long, long while. It's also one of the most convincing, crushing, defeats I've ever seen inflicted on a one-day team. "Please, please, please can Batty bowl at Gayle!" pleads Kevin Wilson. What an idea! Bring on the big man Batty. He'll soon put this nonsense right.
10th over: West Indies 94-0 (Gayle 76 Simmons 8) need 117
After nine overs of their own innings, England were 22-2. Excuse me if I repeat my exclamations of astonishment, but this has been the most one-sided matches, not to mention partnerships, I've seen. England have been worse than abject. They've been embarrassing. Really, red-in-the-cheeks, cover your face with a blue documents folder and scutter out of the ground before anyone notices awful.
Yeah what was that you were saying KP? Something about life being soul destroying was it?
WICKET! Gayle b Anderson (11th over: West Indies 99-1 Simmons 8 Sarwan 1) need 117
Gayle cannily waited until Flintoff's last over was done to bring on the next powerplay, which he's now done. West Indies need 23 from, ahh, 34 overs to win. Anderson opens with a full ball, almost a yorker. Which Gayle turns around the corner for four. Oh. What a shame. Gayle goes, clean bowled by a full toss from Anderson after aiming another hoik over mid-wicket and missing. He's made 80 from 43 balls, with 5 fours and eight sixes. He walks off to a standing ovation. The West Indies need 19 to win. "You just feel the game is over" deadpans David Lloyd as Sarwan walks in to the wicket. "This is a load of honk," says Tom v d Gucht, a man reduced to coining new words to descrobe his disgust, "I'm going to watch Hollyoaks on C4+1, even that is preferable then hearing England getting their noses rubbed in the dust. Also, if I'm being honest, the shower of human wreckage on show in Hollyoaks make me feel more proud to be English than the write offs with three lions on their chest taking yet another kicking."
12th over: West Indies 103-1 (Simmons 8 Sarwan 5) need 117
Jimmy Cliff's "The harder they come" rings out around the ground. A fine choice. At the Wanderers meanwhile, South Africa have just seen off Australia by four wickets in the Twenty20. Glorious shot from Sarwan, just in time to reassure me that I'm not going to have to wait long to go and join everyone else in the pub. It was a languorous extra cover drive that whistled away for four. Just 14 needed now.
13th over: West Indies 108-1 (Simmons 13 Sarwan 5) need 117
Simmons pulls his first four around the corner off Anderson. Thank goodness for Gayle's innings, otherwise I'd have been here watching Simmons grind slowly onwards for the next two hours. Please tell me that they're not stopping for drinks. Oh my word. They're stopping for drinks. What the hell?
14th over: West Indies 114-1 (Simmons 13 Sarwan 10) need 117
"The ECB should form some sort of committee to review the nation's procedures regarding the sport. Then, ignore them," quips Stephen Todd drily, "That should surely do the trick." Simmons knocks a single off his nose as Flintoff continues. Sarwan Chinese cuts four past his own stumps, and mercifully this high farce is almost over.
WICKET! Sarwan 10 b Broad 15th over: West Indies 117-2 (Simmons 14 Chanderpaul 3) need 117
Goodness knows why, but Stuart Broad is being given an opportunity to bowl the final over now, with the West Indies needing just three runs. Oh for.... Sarwan is out, bowled playing around a yorker. The DJ has been playing his music non-stop for the last five minutes, declining even to turn it off when play is underway. It's making for a slightly surreal atmosphere, and Sarwan may regret not asking him to turn it off now that he's just been dismissed. Chanderpaul bunts two runs down the ground, then pushes a single to cover. And this game is over. West Indies win by eight wickets and a country mile.
This nonsense is over. Let us never mention it again. I'd love to stay and talk about how poor that England display was, but I'm not going to. So cheerio all, thanks for your emails, company and mutual disgust and disbelief. It was special.

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New Sheriff In County
Montezuma County has a new Sheriff selected from among eight applicants at Monday's applicants at Monday's commissioners meeting when Bob Hampton was named. Applicants were Joe Hearne, Lynn Patton, William Ashbaugh, John Glazner, Ervil Higgins, Charlie Walters and Billy Orgish.
In other business, the commissioners said they felt one person could handle the civil defense and veterans affairs, which Carl Newholm is in charge of. A hold-up on planning for the new county-city building due to civil defense considerations and also from health department input was to have been taken care of for the commissioners by Dwayne Longenbaugh and Fred Grove who are drawing up the plans and who recommend proceeding with provisions being made for these matters.
Planning Director Marshal Denton told the commissioners there is being formulated a resolution for creation of a public lands trust fund, which will deposit money from developers in the county to be used to acquire land for schools, parks, and playgrounds in new development areas of the future.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mason of Stoner Alpine Lodge were granted a renewal for the liquor license at that location.
Communication from the State Social Services Department informed the county they are to be forced to pay back salaried to county welfare workers for "mandatory" pay increases for 1971, 1972, and 1973 which the previous county commissioners refused to accept. State official Con Shea, through welfare director Maurine McNeill. Told the county they would be forced to make the payment so it was approved under protest by the commissioners.
The new Sheriff is to be sworn into office on Monday, Dec. 10 at 9 a.m. in the district court room.


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They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light....
The stranger silently summoned her from across the continents, across the seas, whispering of eternal torment, of endless hunger... of dark, dangerous desires. And somehow American surgeon Shea O'Halloran could feel his anguish, sense his haunting aloneness.
Drawn to the far Carpathian Mountains, Shea found a ravaged, raging man, a being like no other. And she trembled. For in his burning eyes she recognized the beloved stranger who'd already become part of her.
But was she to be his healer... or his prey?
©1999 Christine Feehan (P)2012 HarperColilns Publishers
"Christine Feehan is Great!"
Great sequel
The plot continues on from the Dark Prince. The Carpathian world gets bigger and more questions are answered.
When Gregori and the prince come to help the second time. The dialogue is great.
It really made me laugh to hear the byplay between the males.
Just a great read. All questions get answered and the story line is set for the next book. I like this narrator.
"Narrator a big improvement over previous version"
I liked this narrator much better. She especially does a good job with the male voices. It's just a better dramatic reading. I've listened to all the books in this series, and I hope some of the other earlier books are rereleased with a different narrator.
"Better version"
Abby Craden does a much better job on this than Juanita Parker. Parker always sounds like she's reading to children.
"Not as Good as the First in the Series"
This is one of those series that I originally started mainly because of the dark overtones that is appeared to have. When it comes to vampire lore I love the more non-traditional version, grounded in more the history than the myth - but still with the dark and mysterious feel. So far this series has proven to be just that.
Grounded in the origins of the vampire legends -- namely the Carpathian mountains and the original asserted origins of vampires in general -- this book and series does a great job of incorporating the two.
Jacque, however, isn't quite as strong a character as his brother, Mikhil. And the story line, or at least the way this one was built, doesn't help that feel. The inability of the main character to have no memory of his life, or how his fractured mind got to be that way, made it hard to really connect with him as a character.
Shay was, however, a more well rounded character than Raven (Dark Prince). She is more grounded in medicine and science -- which makes it a more interesting approach to the concept of science confronting myth and fiction.
Overall -- the story was ok -- but it became a little burdensome by the end. It just started to feel exactly like the first one -- but much more removed from the historical references -- and more anchored in the romance. But I do enjoy the darker nature of the romance, and the Gothic feel overall.
The ending a little cliche. The vampire was one that was interesting -- and it could have been figured out if you were familiar with the story line of the first in the series. Also, there was simply a feeling that too many story threads just weren't quite pulled together.
I didn't really have a favorite in this one. Although the dark nature of Jacque is very intriguing. Her rendering of most of the characters is along a mysterious vein -- and she does a good job of capturing and entrancing the reader.
This book it a great read. It was recommended to me and now I love the series. It can really pull u in to the story line. #Audible20
"Interesting, but..."
Well, to be honest, this second book was a little disappointed. The story is good, but based on the first book I hope for something more. This book is too a adult romance, not so intense as the first, but has intense moments.For me, the problem is the passage of time. When the story begins, it is not possible to know how much time has passed. In the courseI
is a worthwhile book and introduces elements that will be use in the future.
In general, the story is interesting.
Regard the narrative, I think it was good.
Such outstanding narrative ability! Such an enjoyment to be able to hear this fantastic story by a remarkably talented narrator. It allows an already incredible book to explored in one's mind. Highly recommended to all Christine Feehan fan's and fans of paranormal romances.
"Christine Feehan"
Love this author. All her series are great, well written and suspenseful. It was great to listen too while driving.
"Even better the second time around"
I read a lot of this series once before. Now that so many more books have been added to the series I decided to start at the beginning and read all of the series again.
"Good read"
Better than the first book this one drew me in
I can think of no other book to compare this apart from the first int the series.
I don't think I would have change anything
Gregorie's imput into the story for him to find his life mate
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Russell Scholars Informational Luncheon for Prospective Faculty
This event has been cancelled. For more information on the Russell Scholars Program please contact Steve Romanoff.
USM faculty (current and retired) and professional staff are cordially invited to attend an informal luncheon to learn about teaching opportunities in the Russell Scholars Program (RSP).
Join us for a light buffet; meet some RSP faculty and students; and learn how, since 1996, USM's internationally recognized residential learning community has attracted 25% of its students from out-of-state and maintained a retention rate of 85%.
Wednesday, November 13th
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Please RSVP to Steve Romanoff, Director, RSP - firstname.lastname@example.com / 780-5751.
There are flexible opportunities for designing and teaching innovative 1 to 3 credit Core classes to students who flourish in a collaborative community environment.
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Every fall, RSP admits 50 average-to-excellent students who may satisfy some of their general education requirements in small classes with classmates and faculty whom they readily get to know. First-year students in the program are expected to live and take some RSP classes in Woodward Hall on the Gorham Campus. After their first year, they may participate at whatever level they choose, taking RSP courses at their convenience. Students who choose to remain active in RSP and graduate as Russell Scholars will complete additional RSP electives and Core course work that complement their academic majors and career goals.


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BRADENTON - Bradenton authorities are investigating a house fire in Bradenton.
At 11:59 pm on Monday, February 18th, City of Bradenton Fire Department crews responded to a report of a structure fire at 6008 36th Avenue Circle West.
Upon arrival at 12:01 am, the first responding units found heavy smoke and flames coming from the south side of the structure, at the roof.
The situation was brought under control at 12:18 am.
The residence was vacant and there were no reported injuries. Damage is estimated at $30,000.
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One day last week American Brake Shoe & Foundry Co. advertised the fact of which U. S. railroads have lately been most proud: Not one passenger lost his life as the result of a train accident in
1935 (TIME, Jan. 20). Splashing full-page displays in many a newspaper, the company blazoned: TRIBUTE TO A PERFECT RECORD OF THE RAILROADS. Next day the record for 1936 was spoiled when The Williamsporter, crack Reading Railway System Express, jumped the track near Sunbury, Pa., killed one passenger.
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Professors Coe, Crawford, Ganesh, Hasty, McAlister, Newcomer, Sager, Strutton, Thompson, Welch. Associate Professors Chow, Chowdhury, Farris, Paswan, Pelton. Assistant Professors Pohlen, Spears, Troy, Wittmann.
The Department of Marketing and Logistics offers professional education programs to prepare individuals for the pursuit of marketing and logistics careers with manufacturers, transportation and logistics firms, retail and wholesale middlemen, profit and nonprofit service organizations, governmental agencies and academic institutions.
The department offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the following areas:
The terms "professional field" (BBA, MBA degree programs) and "major" (BS, PhD degree programs) are used to designate the primary area of study.
1. It is required that students entering the professional fields/majors in the Department of Marketing and Logistics have a grade point average of at least 2.7 on all courses completed at UNT. First semester transfer students must have a transfer grade point average of 2.7 in order to take professional field/major courses.
2. A grade of C or above must be earned in each professional field/major or supporting field course completed in residence or transferred to UNT.
3. Academic requirements for graduation with a professional field/major within the Department of Marketing and Logistics include:
a. a minimum 2.7 grade point average in the professional field/major and supporting field, with minimum grades of C required in each professional field/major and supporting field course;
b. a minimum 2.7 grade point average in all courses completed at UNT; and
c. a minimum 2.7 grade point average in all work attempted, including transfer, correspondence, extension and residence work.
The department offers the Bachelor of Business Administration degree in the professional field listed below. General requirements for the BBA are listed in the " General University Requirements" and the " University Core Requirements" in the Academics section and under "Bachelor of Business Administration" in the College of Business Administration section.
The professional field in marketing consists of 16 hours of course work beyond Foundations of Marketing Practice (MKTG 3650), plus an additional 15 hours of supporting field courses. A grade of C or above must be earned in each professional field and supporting course completed in residence or transferred to UNT. The professional field consists of the following courses:
Fifteen hours of 3000- or 4000-level marketing courses. Subject to approval of the department, other relevant 3000- or 4000-level business or non-business courses, or 2000-level foreign language courses may be substituted for 9 of the 15 hours of marketing supporting courses.
The supporting field can be varied to meet the needs of students seeking specialized training toward career objectives in marketing management, sales management, retail management, logistics and professional selling.
The following requirements must be satisfied for a Bachelor of Science with a major in logistics and supply chain management.
1. Hours Required and General/College Requirements: A minimum of 124 semester hours, of which 42 must be advanced, and fulfillment of degree requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree as specified in the " General University Requirements" and the " University Core Requirements" in the Academics section and the College of Business Administration requirements.
2. Business Foundation Requirements: In addition to ACCT 2020-2030, BCIS 2610 and MSCI 2710, the BS degree requires the following 21 semester hours of basic foundation courses in business administration:
3. Major requirements: The major in logistics and supply chain management consists of 27 hours beyond the business foundations requirements, plus 6 hours of electives.
4. Other Course Requirements: An additional 6 hours of directed electives (supporting courses) from the following list are required. Students are advised, but not required, to select from within a suggested area of emphasis.
5. Electives: See individual degree plan.
6. Other Requirements: Students must meet College of Business Academic Standards, as stated above.
Students who wish to minor in marketing must take MKTG 2650 or 3650, plus any 5 courses from the following: MKTG 3010, 3660, 4120, 4140, 4260, 4280, 4520, 4530, 4560, 4600, 4620, 4630, 4650, 4750, 4800.
The department offers degree programs leading to the Master of Business Administration with a professional field in marketing and the Doctor of Philosophy with a major in marketing. For information, consult the Graduate Catalog.
All Courses of Instruction are located in one section at the back of this catalog.
The "Course and Subject Guide," found in the Courses of Instruction section of this book, serves as a table of contents and provides quick access to subject areas and prefixes.
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The Utah Jazz have made a qualifying offer to forward Paul Millsap, giving the team the right to match any other offers he receives as a restricted free agent.
The Jazz had until Tuesday to make the offer and there was no doubt they would.
Millsap averaged 13.5 points and 8.6 rebounds last season, playing mostly as a reserve. He stepped in when starter Carlos Boozer missed 41 games with a knee injury and had a string of 19 straight double-doubles.
Although the Jazz will have the option of matching any offer in order to keep Millsap, they won't know how much money is available until Boozer, center Mehmet Okur and forward Kyle Korver decide whether to opt out of the final year of their contracts.


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Bridge to Terabithia
2007, PG, 95 min. Directed by Gabor Csupo. Starring Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Patrick, Bailee Madison.
REVIEWED By Marrit Ingman, Fri., Feb. 23, 2007
Once again, don't fear the trailer. Katherine Paterson's Newbery-winning 1978 novel arrives at the screen inviolate, adapted with care by her son, David. But the movie's marketers don't understand it, so they emphasize its weakest parts: the CGI animation, the moments of running back and forth upon dirt roads, and the very last scene of the movie. It would be a shame if school-agers and tweens were falsely predisposed toward this remarkable family film, which is not at all about fairies in a twinkly enchanted forest or giant walking trees. The villain is not a goblin king but a perfectly ordinary eighth-grade bully (Lauren Clinton) named Janice, and she demands a dollar before she'll let you through the bathroom door. The movie is about the friendship that begins when weird, new kid Leslie (Robb) offers a stick of gum to Jesse (Hutcherson) on the school bus. Jesse is poor, with four sisters and a father (Patrick), who's turned a little bit mean from keeping a family. Neither Leslie nor Jesse fits in, but they fit together. Before long they've dreamed up a world of their own in the woods on the other side of a stream – Terabithia, a fantasy realm governed by the Dark Master who's imprisoned all the warriors, or something something. That's not the important part. Far more important are the emotions of the characters, who cannot escape to Terabithia forever and must live on the wrong side of their imaginations. Rugrats producer Csupo, directing here for the first time, doesn't condescend to his audience; the complications of grade-school life are extremely serious business to the people experiencing them. A subplot about a set of missing keys is invested with almost unbearable gravity, with one false move promising the family's ruin – as if The Bicycle Thief were transplanted. And every character is carefully humanized, even the hated teacher "Monster Mouth" Myers (Jen Wolfe), who turns out to be a grieving widow. Both the young actors are fine, but Hutcherson and Patrick have a particular chemistry as a father and son struggling to understand each other. When the special effects aren't getting in the way, the kids' imaginary scenes have a hazy, shimmering quality, as if the potential of a long afternoon with no homework could be measured in waves. These moments are far more memorable than any of the film's creatures – there's a big rabid squirrel thing that will scare the pants off littler ones, and some dragonfly warriors, a giant, and so on, and while they evince a great deal of effort from Weta Digital in their photorealism, they lack the fascinating otherworldliness of the fantasy-world figures the company made for Heavenly Creatures. Fortunately, these moments of magical realism are few and reasonably contained within the narrative.
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|Accelerometers developed originally for the military, navigation and automotive applications are finding applications in consumer products. The applications include pointing devices and game pads which are mainly for motion sensing of users. The majority of accelerometers are made of silicon based materials. Since the cost of silicon accelerometers is high, consumer applications of accelerometers are restricted to high-end products. The proliferation of accelerometers in low-cost consumer products depends on the availability of low cost accelerometers. To reduce the cost, one approach is to alter the fabrication method and material of accelerometer. PCB fabrication has similar fabrication characteristics with silicon fabrication but has a lower fabrication cost. Printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication is an alternative to replace silicon fabrication. In this study, a consumer-based capacitive PCB accelerometer is designed and fabricated. The prototypes were designed to have a dynamic range of ±5g and a bandwidth from 0 to 100Hz, which covered the range of acceleration for human limbs. The issues for PCB accelerometer fabrication are the increase in sensor footprint and the thermal mis-matching of sensor materials. The PCB accelerometer was constructed by an aluminum sensing structure and a PCB substrate. Since the tolerance of aluminum etching is loose, a larger geometric variation of the PCB accelerometer is induced. The variation will lead to sensitivity deviation of the sensor. To minimize the effect, the feature size of the PCB accelerometer was increased. Minimum feature sizes (fabrication limits) related to the aluminum film thickness were defined in the study. Besides fabrication error, the thermal mis-matching of materials also affects the sensing capability of the PCB accelerometer. Compared with silicon accelerometers, the material set of the PCB accelerometer is complicated. Expansions of structures made by various materials are different, which deforms the sensing structure of the accelerometer. The deformation of sensing structures induced errors in sensor outputs. The thermal drift of the PCB accelerometer output was studied in the research. The behavior of the PCB accelerometer prototype was characterized by its sensing capability and thermal stability. From the characterization results, the response of the PCB accelerometer was repeatable for the designed sensing range of ±5g, from 10Hz to 100Hz. The sensitivity of the prototype was 0.11pF. For the thermal stability of the prototype, the corresponding thermal drift was 29mg/ºC. The performance satisfied the requirement of consumer accelerometer applications. The prototypes sensing capabilities and stabilities are suitable for use in consumer applications.
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OTTAWA - The moment many CFL fans wait for each off-season will arrive next week.
CFL commissioner Mark Cohon said Thursday the 2014 schedule will be released early next week after the "finishing touches" are put on it this weekend.
Since there are nine teams and an 18-game schedule, each squad will have two bye weeks. There will still likely be four games each week, with one team sitting on the sidelines.
That also means one week had to be added to the regular season. The 102nd Grey Cup will be played on Sunday, Nov. 30, at B.C. Place, which is a week later than normal.
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This module is a Perl-only implementation of the OFB mode.
Where OFB stands for Output Feedback Block.
WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Crypt-OFB/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/security/p5-Crypt-OFB/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install p5-Crypt-OFB
cd /usr/ports/security/p5-Crypt-OFB/ && make install clean
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Hallow there!
Hapy Halloween!
Oh, how I wish I wasn't too old for trick or treating! And oh, how I also wish I was in America for Halloween... It's such a bigger deal over there!
I'll be spending it down the pub with some friends and my beau, who is adamant that he doesn't 'do' halloween! Spoilsport. I think he deserves a trick instead of a treat! I did have a controversial but clever outfit planned (size zero model - complete with long wig, sunken zombie face, skeleton bones stuck on over a chic outfit, and a tape measure as a belt!) but I started to make the outfit this morning and decided it just looked a bit crap, as things tend to when you leave them til the last minute!
So I figured it was best to keep it simple, and go the obvious route...
Tell me about your Halloween plans! I hope you'll be making more of an effort than me?
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Giles Deacon pop-up shop live, HERE, soon!
If the title makes no sense to you, you must click HERE and find out how you can get a free Giles Deacon for Cadbury's scarf very soon...!
Make sure you add the Cadbury's Caramel Bunny on Facebook so you can see live updates on which shops have gone live (the pop-up shop will be bunny-hopping from site to site, so you need to be quick!) Mine is one of only 10 blogs chosen to host the pop-up shop so I'm mega excited!!
Let's all have another little look at what could be yours!
Good Luck guys!!
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Opposites attract me
I've always had a thing for wearing outfits made up of totally opposing garments. Today it was the £1 Adidas vest I found in a charity shop the other day and a faux fur jacket from H&M. The jacket definitely saved me from looking like a scruffy emo as I so often tend to. I still look a little rough round the edges as these pics were after a long day at Topshop! Sorry for the blah mememe post. Alex is pressurising me to hurry up so we can watch True Blood (♥). If Twilight failed to lure me onto the 'Vampyrz R sooooo Seckxsi' bandwagon (I thought it was utter crud), True Blood has totally succeeded. I kinda hate myself for selling out!
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Ear ear!
♥ BTW, congratulations to Laura from A Daisy Chain Dream for winning my Liberty bag competition!! Thanks for all your entries, I thoroughly enjoyed them, and will have another comp coming up soon! xxx ♥
I've been working on this Styling project for uni recently, so have been procuring all manner of strange items and garments that I might need for the shoot in order to create the kind of editorial that I would go all googly eyed over. My concept is basically a fly on the wall of the fashionable girls night in. There'll be lots of playing dress up in weird and wonderful outfits, and I can't wait to actually shoot it and see the end result - and show y'all of course!
A few of the bits I've picked up over the last couple of days are cat ears, leopard ears (I pretty much want to wear them every day - forever) and a cute school blazer I found in a charity shop for £1.50.
We're basically twins!
Hope you've all had a lovely weekend & have put your extra hour to good use (aka getting a nice lie in!)
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Festive Fifi!
It seems the blog has become awash with bunny related stories of late, and today is no exception!
The wonderful Fifi Lapin is currently starring in a set of Christmas cards for Topshop! She is wearing outfits from their Christmas collection in each of them. So cute! And it's all for charidee. Sorry it's such a tiny picture, I can't find any bigger ones!
Looking at this has made me feel all excited for Christmas!
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"You are Lola Lennox, aren't you??"
Also, in a strange twist of fate (and maybe blagging my way in as a 'sex blogger') after Giles' party, we found ourselves very briefly a few miles out of my comfort zone at Durex's 80th birthday party! We got goodie bags filled with every Durex product you could imagine, it was so funny! I shan't dwell on the innards of the goodie bags as I like to at least pretend to have a touch of class!
Oh also, I got 'papped', which was very exciting! Until I realised the paparazzi were not, in fact, readers of my blog, but actually had mistaken me for Annie Lennox's daughter, Lola! Haha!
(Cardi - Topshop, Corset - Charity Shop, Boots - Emma Cook for Topshop)
What a funny night!
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Hot chocolate gossip!!
♥ BTW - last chance to enter my competition (scroll down, can't be bothered to link it! I wanna get on with my gossip! Bugger, I could've linked it already by now... I'll shut up. Competition ends tomorrow at 8pm!! ♥
So I'm ready to spill the cocoa beans! I'm so excited!! I'm sure you've all heard about the collaboration between top British style icons, Giles Deacon and the Cadbury's Caramel bunny? He designed her a lovely new dress.... but he also designed something for us.
Giles has designed a limited number of scarves to celebrate Cadbury's new chocolate sensation (which I can now verify - they are cruelly moreish), Caramel Nibbles. The scarves will be being given away in Nibbles Boutique, the world's first online pop-up shop! And guess where that will be... Yep, right here!
The shop will go live for a short time at some point on October 30th (I'll be able to verify exactly when a bit nearer the time), so instead of coming to my blog and finding silly videos of cats in hats, you will find yourself in a virtual queue to claim your free scarf (marginally more exciting, I'm sure you'll agree)! You'll actually interact in real time (via live streaming) with real pop-up shop assistants and you'll see your scarf being packed and addressed to you! How spesh is that?
Don't panic if you miss the boat, there'll be some other sites hosting the pop-up shops throughout the day, so the best thing to do is sign up to The Caramel Bunny's facebook page (www.facebook.com/caramelbunny), whose status will change each time one shop shuts and another opens, so you can be first in the queue.
Ahhh, it feels good to let it out, I'm crap at keeping secrets!
I went to the Cadbury's Nibbles launch last night with my friend Hannah and had a fab time, even though we didn't stay long. I also got to see one of my fave bloggers, Miss Woo who looked fabulous. I also saw Emily from My Fashion Life which was lovely!
I also got to meet Giles himself, when he wasn't 'spinning choons on the decks', as they may well say on the street (do they? I wouldn't know!) briefly who was just lovely and so charming. Shame I am pulling the most goon-like expression I could muster! C'est ma vie...
Such fun!!
Thanks for reading and I hope you're having a nice week thus far!
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Happy 2nd Blogday to meeee!
What better way to thank you guys for reading than to inflict you with a ridiculous video blog!
I'm supposed to be getting through my mountains of uni work, but figured making a video would be more fun.
Excuse my hobo attire, it's FREEZING in my flat!
LOVE! x
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A sweet treat from Giles
(By the way, thanks for all of the further competition entries, loving them! If you haven't entered yet, scroll down! Ends Thursday! ♥)
I am loving the new collaboration between Giles Deacon & the Cadbury's Bunny! What a cute idea! The bunny (rated the 3rd sexiest cartoon character, apparently... But that may change now!), who was previously nakey except for her pussybow neck tie, now has a gorge polka dot prom dress to protect her modesty, created exclusively for her by Giles to celebrate the new Cadbury's Dairy Milk Caramel Nibbles collection. Apparently they taste amazing, btw, but I'm yet to find any for sale in my 'hood! Pretty annoying. In fact, I'm hopping mad about it..! Get it...?!
I actually have some rather juicy Giles x Cadbury related goss for you that you won't want to miss so watch this space...
In the mean time, join me in the rather peculiar experience of envying the physique (and attire, obvz) of a cartoon small mammal.
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I just called to say...
Thank you for your fabulous & amusing competition entries! There's still 5 days to enter so keep 'em coming! ♥
FYI, 3 things in my handbag are, My lovely new iPod nano (it has a video camera and a pedometer. Omgz.), A few packets of Cadbury's Clusters I bought from the pound shop earlier (4 for 99p - bargain!)... they are amazing. And finally Love magazine, as I had to take it to uni today as part of my styling project (we have to devise and style a shoot that is relevant to a particular publication - I chose Love.) I'm hoping I won't have now have one very muscular shoulder after hauling that around all day!
This styling project has been keeping me very busy (the end result I will be showing on here when it's complete in about 4 weeks!) and I've also been quite unwell with bad headaches for the past couple of days so I'm sorry it's been a bit quiet here. I'm giving myself a night off from uni work tonight in a bid to make myself feel better. It's going well so far, I've had a snooze on the sofa and cooked some Super Noodles. Next on my exciting Friday night to do list is watching Without a Trace with my special guy.
Hope you've had a fun Friday xo
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Competition time!!!
Did you know this blog is almost 2 years old (on the 17th October to be precise)? Well, VoucherCodes.co.uk are approaching their first birthday and you guys are about to benefit from a joint birthday treat! It's the first competition I've ever held and I'm super excited!
For those who didn't know, VoucherCodes.co.uk picks out the very latest online voucher codes, restaurant vouchers, days out vouchers and sales for all the leading online stores - to help you save your cash. Pretty helpful if you're a skint student like myself! Or one of these recessionista-bargainista-frugal-fashionista types. Some of their great fashion offers include a 15% off Motel Clothing discount code, a Marks and Spencer Promotional Code, some New Look Discount Codes and a Karen Millen Promotional Code. There's also a 15% off Benefit Cosmetics discount code which I plan to thoroughly abuse!
So anyway, back to you guys. Up for grabs is a gorgeous Liberty Lost Property eco bag, designed by Katy Bell, worth £50. These bags are made from recycled coffee sacks and Liberty fabric and are also reversible (2 for the price of one. And that price is zero! So, if we're being honest here, it's 2 bags for free!) Due to being made from totally recycled fabrics, the bags are one of a kind. This means there's a bit of mystery as to what yours will look like but it will be very similar to the bag below. Cute as heck, no?
To win, indulge my Geminian nosey side and leave me a comment telling me 3 things that are in your handbag. A winner will be chosen at random after the competition closes on Thursday 22nd October. Don't forget to leave your email address if it isn't on your Blogger profile!
The competition is only available to UK readers due to laws 'n' stuff. Full T's & C's available here.
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My fuzzy new friend!
Here's my new black & silver fuzzy cardigan from Topshop. I've been wearing it rather a lot lately as it's perfect for this iffy time of year when it's sunny but freezing! It's a strange texture... kinda ridiculously soft lurex fur-like woolly stuff. Wow, I ought to get a job on QVC with describing skillz like that!
I thought there was only room for one black & silver fuzzy friend in my life (I'm of course referring to little Roxy!), but I was wrong! There's been no rivalry just yet, but I'm keeping an eye on the situation.
(Tee - DIY, Leggings - Topshop)
(Dress - H&M, Studded belt - H&M kids, Mouse - Canterbury Pets)
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It's cool to procrastinate.
I got up at 9am today with high hopes of doing work on my styling project for Uni and some housework.
It is now 1.15pm and what I have actually achieved is watching the finale of Running in Heels, reading blogs and copying a Luella SS/10 look.
If only there was a degree in fashion-related procrastination... Maybe I should start one?
Grey, polka dots, hair bow & black eyes @ Luella SS/10...
Grey, polka dots, hair bow & black eyes @ my house 13.22pm
(Corset from Topshop)
I actually really like this makeup. Because everything else is nude except the eyelids, the result is somehow cute rather than gothy. Hannah Murray, the make-up artist who created the look described it as "manga meets Princess Margaret"! Amen to that.
By the way, sorry about the cruddy Photo Booth pictures, my camera is being a complete loser at the moment. Hopefully it will be back in action soon.
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What's new? Pussycats!
[Welcome to my 200th post! Yay!]
Nautical and cats??? Clements Ribeiro... Will you marry me?
(Discovered on LFW Daily's Blog!)
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My diffusion conclusion...
Marc by Marc Jacobs and Moschino Cheap & Chic just chucked some flipping cute looks in my direction.
I never realised how empty my life was without a swan onesie and high waisted striped skinnies until now.
Moschino C&C:
Marc by Marc Jacobs
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fair enough... and i did recognize that nj is different and even better than delmarva, i just noted that it is not "dramatically" different. frankly, the waves from (roughly) jupiter inlet to point pleasant/ sandy hook (might as well throw in the west end of long island) arent that "dramatically" different. some different exposures, a different set of groins/jettys, some different water temps, but... i think you get my point (ahhh point? did somebody say point? beachbreaks do have their charm, though...) good times and good waves to all........g.
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Chubbs is definately right. But instead of going to pismo during the size we could hit up St. Anne's reeef which was sweet


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ELYRIA — A man who thought he was being shot at drove his vehicle off the road and hit a tree, sending both he and his friend to the hospital.
Around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Xavier Small, 18, was driving with his friend Isaiah Nelson, 18, in the passenger's seat on the 1100 block of Melvyn Lane when they both heard shots, which later turned out to be from a paintball gun.
Small told police he was startled when he heard the shots hit the car's window.
Small said he hit the accelerator and ran straight into a tree. Both Small and Nelson said they didn't know from where the shots originated.
Police arrived at the scene to find the men in a front yard in the area. Police reported paintball splatters on the driver's side of the car and four paintballs lying in the road, but couldn't find a suspect on Wednesday.
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Senator Golden Secures Over $400,000 in Grants for Local Schools
Money to Improve Technology and Infrastructure at Local Schools
Brooklyn – State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn) today is announcing that he has secured more than $400,000 in State funding for eight schools in his district to support infrastructure and technology requests made by the schools earlier this year.
Senator Golden will be awarding funding to the following schools:
Intermediate School 228 for laptops for special education classes
P.S./I.S. 229 for Smartboards and cameras
Intermediate School 259 – for a Laptop Cart
Public School 102 – for bathroom renovations
Public School 186 – for Smartboards
Intermediate School 201- for wiring of auditorium air conditioning system
Public School 222 - for Smartboards
Public School 247 – for Laptop Cart
Senator Marty Golden stated, "I am proud to have been able to secure this funding to support the technological and structural needs of our local schools. There is nothing more important than making sure that our students have the best facilities and the most up to date technology available so they can be educated in a top rate environment."
Senator Golden continued, "I look forward to working with our schools in the future to continue to support their programs and needs. Our schools are among the best in the New York City and I am confident that every day, the students of my district are getting the best education possible because we have the best teachers, staff and administrators."


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Those obnoxious outliers who call themselves Occupy Wall Street are wrapping up a three-day anniversary reunion today every bit as much in need of a purpose as when they first gathered in Lower Manhattan a year ago.
After a weekend of politically pointless events, the group planned to pounce on the financial district this morning for a nostalgic trip down Nonsense Lane.
* At 7 a.m., there were to be "99 Revolutions: A swirl of mobile intersection occupations." (Those showing up so early could figure out what the heck that means on their own.)
* At 10 a.m., they were to stage "an ecologically themed convergence for a sustainable future." Windbag power, we'd guess.
Last year, the ragtag assemblage of stragglers, radicals, moochers, trust-fund sophists, bums, rapists, drug-dealers, petty criminals and cop-car poopers managed to generate headlines for months.
But not much else got done.
In part, that's because OWS never managed to figure out what it wanted.
And to the extent it did, it fell short: If the goal, after all, was the end of capitalism, well — they might as well have tried to outlaw gravity. If it was to have Wall Street bigwigs hauled off in handcuffs, that certainly backfired, as cops rounded up thousands of their own ranks instead.
True, labor groups like the teachers unions "seen their opportunities and took 'em" — putting the movement to work on behalf of their own efforts to keep lousy schools open, charter schools out and incompetent teachers on the payroll.
And, yes, the prospect of appealing to "99 percent" of voters proved irresistible to more than a few cynical pols: In December, Gov. "Read My Lips" Cuomo broke his vow and hiked taxes on millionaires — in reaction, no doubt, to a populist atmosphere the OWSers helped create.
What else did the movement accomplish?
Well, it certainly caused a ruckus for Downtown residents and workers with their endless, meaningless drum-banging. It shut traffic, depressed commerce, killed jobs and clogged up the courts with thousands of staged arrests.
Then there were the sexual attacks, theft and drug use at Zuccotti Park, which the group had swiped from the public.
But when City Hall finally summoned the courage to delouse the park, the movement — leaderless, purposeless and embarrassingly irrelevant — swiftly fizzled.
No doubt, it'll try to reconstitute itself as the presidential election comes to a close.
But it'll just be theater.
That's all Occupy Wall Street ever was.


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CORTLAND — Jets running back Leon Washington, in a contract dispute while seeking a big raise, was a no-show as players reported Thursday for the start of the team's first training camp under new coach Rex Ryan.
Washington, a Pro Bowl selection last season as a kick returner, is due to earn $535,000 this season, the final year of his rookie deal. He's believed to be looking for about $6 million a year.
The Jets and Washington's agent, Alvin Keels, have been talking this week in an effort to come to a resolution. Keels did not immediately respond to an e-mail from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Washington sat out the first three weeks of organized team activities before returning for minicamp "in good faith" and said he was only looking for "fair-market value." He was the only player not to report Thursday afternoon, and could be subject to a team fine since he is under contract.
"Everybody knows Leon's a huge member of this football team and obviously a huge guy, somebody that finished in the top 10 in punt returns and kick returns," Ryan said. "We want Leon here and we'll see what happens."
Ryan said he has spoken with Washington throughout the offseason.
"He knows how I feel about him, how the team feels about him," Ryan said. "He knows that."
General manager Mike Tannenbaum has said one of the major stumbling blocks in getting a new deal done with Washington, a fourth-round pick out of Florida State in 2006, is the uncertainty of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement. Without an extension to the CBA, Washington would become a restricted free agent — not unrestricted — next offseason and the Jets would be able to retain his rights for far less than what he's currently seeking.
Washington has rushed for 1,451 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 108 passes for 838 yards and two scores, in his first three seasons. He has also returned four kickoffs for touchdowns.


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ob Description:
In-depth knowledge and expertise in marketing research/ business analysis with focus on pharma/healthcare industry.
Writing analytical reports on different medical/healthcare/ pharma markets, on key market trends and on key issues impacting the industry.
Conducting primary research which will involve the entire gamut of activities – preparing the questionnaire, identifying interview participants, developing contacts and interviewing to generate quantitative and qualitative insight.
Conducting secondary research to build the analytical sections within each report and to identify data-points/market trends etc. which would authenticate the market data within the internal databases.
Aid in the development of market-leading databases by validating and strengthening the key data-points as part of the report writing process.
Play an active role in report-specific client communication and training initiatives targeted towards GlobalDatas sales and BD teams based in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific
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Industry:KPO / Research / Analytics
Functional Area:Analytics & Business Intelligence
Role Category:Analytics & BI
Role:Business Analyst
GD Research Center Pvt. Ltd.
4 – 6 yrs Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Pharma Research Healthcare Forecasting Report Writing Secondary Research Market Research consulting business research Content Writing primary research
Desired Candidate Profile
UG: B.Pharma – Pharmacy, B.Tech/B.E. – Any Specialization, Biomedical, Bio-Chemistry/Bio-Technology
PG:MBA/PGDM – Any Specialization, M.Pharma – Pharmacy, M.Sc – Any Specialization, Biology, Botany, Microbiology, Zoology, M.Tech – Any Specialization, Biomedical, Bio-Chemistry/Bio-Technology
Doctorate:Any Doctorate – Any Specialization, Doctorate Not Required
BE/B.Tech or ME/M.Tech in Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology, B.Pharm/M. Pharma
graduates (An Absolute Must) + MBA (Preferred), MSc Life sciences
/Biotechnology/Microbiology + MBA (Preferred)
Good communication skills with demonstrated experience and expertise in business
Proven experience and expertise in conducting primary and secondary research and strong
analytical acumen.
Strong interpretation and analysis skills with a knack for structured thinking.
Proficient in using MS Office packages WORD, EXCEL AND POWERPOINT. Strong understanding
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Organizational skills including very good time management and project management.
Company Profile:
GD Research Center Pvt. Ltd.
GD Research Center Pvt. Limited is a leading provider of global business intelligence including
competitor, market, product, and customer information. It provides in depth research, analysis, data
and forecasts through a range of interactive online databases. GD Research Center also produces a
range of high quality company and market reports across a number of sectors. The team uses robust
research methodologies including in-depth primary and secondary research techniques, use of
proprietary databases and input from panels of industry experts deliver high quality research findings.
GD Research Center has a highly experienced Senior Management Team including leading figures in the
business information industry.
Recruiter Name:Seema Naik
Email Address:[email protected]