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This offbeat little film tells the story of a team at the tail-end of the Negro Leagues and their struggle to fight the corrupt ownership of the league. It is similar in tone to "A League of Their Own" but came earlier and is less glossy and, in my opinion, more fun. There are some good points made in it about racism and the athlete as commodity, but the film doesn't take itself too seriously and is never preachy or heavy-handed. It's an easy-going film which is great fun to watch. The cast is fantastic--Billy Dee Williams was never smoother or more charming, James Earl Jones appears to be having the time of his life, and the supporting cast is full of young versions of actors who went on on to bigger things. If you are used to seeing Jones only as a grand elder statesman of acting, check out this film where he plays his role with a lot of humor and energy and a sexy twinkle in his eye.
They just don't make `em like this anymore. James Earl Jones, Billy Dewilliams, Richard Prior and Stan Shaw play their parts to perfection. The music is excellent, capturing the flavor of the times. There are some huge belly-laughs and the plot keeps one interested throughout. Great sports movie.
in response to 'blaploitation', motown's magnate produces a great 'hilariblax'film. great chance to see the godfathers of black comedy (r.pryor), black leading men (b.d.williams) and high black drama (j.e. jones). as an educator it's good to find films that can speak on the life and times of America's pastime in a darker light.As important as k.burns baseball series, could have even been used to more vividly illustrate the 2nd part of his work 'shadowball'. A film the whole family can enjoy--as well as my whole class.Every semester I show this excellent film to my students. it never fails to prompt kids to ask more questions about the '20's & 3o's in America and also questions about race relations. mr.ford calls it my favorite baseball movie of all times.
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One of the best baseball comedies mainly because of its very real and believable dramatic points. It also deals with a subject that has rarely been touched on in film: the Negro Leagues. The cast is absolutely incredible. Top to bottom a list of legends field this magnificent flick! James Earl Jones fits his aging sluggers role superbly and who better to serve up a ripping hot fastball than Billy Dee Williams! Richard Pryor gets high marks for his "faux-latino" Charlie Snow whose only reason for being on the team is because he has a nice car. Pryor also has a racey scene with a white prostitute and two paid hit men. Special mention of Carl Gordon who has a small role here. I loved him as the Dad on the great but all too short lived sitcom "Roc." Who gonna hit my invite pitch? Nobody. Not no one. Never. Bingo Long is the stuff of modern folklore. Invite pitch! Invite pitch! Invite pitch! A LOST BASEBALL CLASSIC. A great double feature would be "A League Of Their Own."
Highly entertaining film about a renegade black baseball team that breaks through barriers in 1939, when black ball players where shunned out of white controlled leagues. Williams stands out as their razzle-dazzle leader. The almost black cast that also features Jones, Pryor and Tony Burton are superb.
This film got great reviews when it came out, but I had to go to a
African-American neighborhood theater to see it. That was only where it
was being shown. It was not marketed for a general (prodominently
white) audience. I believe that it has been overlooked since for the
same reason: it is believed to be a movie about African-Americans which
can be appreciated only by African-Americans.
This is far from the case. It is a movie about individuals trying to do the work they love while being frustrated by irrational human attitudes and biases. It is a movie about adapting to the perception that your world is changing and the change will be good for others, but not be good for you. It is as good a movie ever made about finding your goals and persisting in reaching them, even as the value of the goal recedes before you.
And it is hilarious. It is done with sly humor as well as laugh-out-loud wild humor.
Sorry, Charlie, but comparing "Bad News Bears" with "Bingo Long Traveling Allstars and Motor Kings" is like comparing "Hogans Heroes" and "Stalag 17"!! One is STRICTLY a bit of fun, and the other, while there are some laughs, explores a much more serious matter, albeit with the tongue planted firmly in cheek. Sure, you probably had a "Bad News Bears" lunch box, and Walter Matthau, Jodie Foster, and Jackie Earle Haley were just great in BNB, and there were some funny bits, but Bingo Long had much of its basis in fact, and it was one of the first films to explore a much too ignored historical fact, namely the Negro Leagues. James Earl Jones, as usual, is wonderful, and Richard Pryor didn't have to totally play his role for laughs as much as he was required to at this time in his career. Billy Dee Williams, who I feel didn't get nearly as many good roles as he deserved, was just great as Bingo Long. He was much better than in the terminally overrated "Lady Sings The Blues", also with Richard Pryor, but unfortunately up against Diana Ross' massive ego. I especially enjoyed spotting DeWayne Jessie(aka "Otis Day" of Animal House) as Rainbow. "Bingo Long" made me want to learn more about the Negro Leagues and barnstorming teams of the '30's like the House Of David.
I love this movie! Bet I've seen it 15 times and its always fun and a
chance to see some great stars in unusual roles. Billie Dee Wiliams as
Bingo Long is a great inspiration for "sticktuitiveness"; James Earl
Jones appears here in a totally new light - who knew he could be a
comedian as well as one of our best serious actors. What to say about
Richard Pryor in all his multiple guises here? Just terrific! The
supporting cast is strong - no weak links!
I grew up in a segregated South so I really get what this movie is all about. Its replicates a piece of history not covered in the social studies books. The costuming and musical score is worth it even if you decide you don't like to movie.
The hilarious Richard Pryor doesn't generate very many laughs in this very slow story about a group of black baseball players who have defected from their own national league and go around challenging white baseball teams (the setting is 1939). Released around the same time as another baseball comedy, "The Bad News Bears" but nowhere near as good as that one.
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November's funded status improvement was primarily due to an increase in the corporate bond interest rates that are the benchmarks used to value pension liabilities. As of Nov. 30, 2012, the funded ratio climbed to 74 percent, up from 72.6 percent at the end of October 2012.
The projected benefit obligation (PBO), or pension liabilities, decreased by $28 billion during November, lowering the Milliman 100 PFI value to $1.793 trillion from $1.821 trillion at the end of October 2012. The change resulted from an increase of nine basis points in the monthly discount rate to 4.05 percent for November, from 3.96 percent for October.
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PITTSBURGH -- It wasn't too long ago that the Brewers couldn't seem to win a game at PNC Park. Now it feels like they can't lose to the Pirates, period. Shortstop J.J. Hardy snapped his season-long slump with two walks, three hits and four RBIs, and starter Jeff Suppan pitched just well enough on an ugly night for baseball as the Brewers won their 17th straight game over the Pirates, 8-5.
It is the longest winning streak for one big league team over another in nearly four decades. The last team to beat another in more than 17 straight games was the Baltimore Orioles, who won 23 in a row over the expansion Kansas City Royals from 1969-70.
For Brewers manager Ken Macha, this is old hat. His A's beat the Mariners 15 straight times in 2006. "It was, like, uncanny," Macha said. "For the games I've been here for [between the Brewers and Pirates] up until tonight, it's been real tight. The Seattle-Oakland thing, I don't think there were too many tight games. "So what do I think of that?" he added. "We're going to Cincinnati." Others had more to say, including Brewers infielder Craig Counsell, whose two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning provided some important insurance runs. He was a part of the last team to beat another in 16 straight games, the Diamondbacks, who owned the Reds from May 2001 to August 2003. "I didn't even realize it when it was going on," Counsell said. "It's just one of those weird things." Especially weird given the Brewers' previous struggles against the Pirates. Before going 14-1 against them last season, the Brewers were 52-67 against the Pirates from 2001-07, including 20-42 at PNC Park. "I remember those days," said Carlos Villanueva, who notched his third save as the Brewers rested Trevor Hoffman. "We'll keep riding it as long as we can. ... It has to do with luck, too. I remember the days when we couldn't get a win here, when we came in and it was an automatic series loss. We're playing better now, but we know they want to beat us real bad." Added Hardy, simply: "We're a better team now." The Brewers have not lost to Pittsburgh since May 22 of last season and have outscored the Pirates, 111-49, during the streak. Hardy contributed four of those runs with an RBI single in the second inning and an RBI double in the fourth against Pirates starter Ian Snell (1-4), plus a two-run double in the sixth against reliever Jesse Chavez. Hardy also worked the first of his two walks in the eighth, when Counsell broke the game open with a two-run double that extended the Brewers' lead to five runs. Hardy's first two hits and Counsell's double all came with two outs. "Those are essentially back-breakers for the other team and pick-me-ups for our side," Macha said. "I think that's true," Counsell said. "They're close to getting out of the inning right there, and that felt like a game where you kept needing to score runs." Tuesday's game was not one of more memorable Brewers-Pirates clashes. "Three hours and [35] minutes. I wouldn't call that a well-pitched game," Macha said. Brewers hitters drew 10 walks, and the way Macha figured it, they translated to five runs. Two of those baserunners scored, two more were eliminated on fielder's choice grounders before the hitter who reached on that play scored, and Rickie Weeks worked a pass with the bases loaded in the sixth inning that forced in a run. Brewers pitchers, meanwhile, issued seven walks, including two apiece by relievers Seth McClung and Mitch Stetter. The teams combined to throw 72 pitches in a long sixth inning, and 28 batters went to three-ball counts in the game. It didn't help that a steady drizzle began falling about five minutes before the first pitch. It then rained all night. "With the conditions the way they were, it was, 'Get out there and throw as many strikes as you can,'" said Suppan, who improved to 2-2 with his second straight win. He navigated a soggy mound and threw 65 of his 108 pitches for strikes, allowing three runs on five hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings. Suppan, who was dogged by a right elbow injury beginning in June of last season, had not thrown that many pitches in a game since a 110-pitch win over the Cardinals on May 11, 2008. He continued a hot streak Tuesday in the cold weather. Since surrendering 11 runs in 7 2/3 innings over his first two starts, both losses, Suppan has gone 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA in four games. Still, Suppan did not pitch a clean inning until the fifth. Freddy Sanchez gave Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead in the first inning with a solo homer, and Jason Jaramillo cut the Brewers' lead to 3-2 with an RBI single in the fourth. The Pirates' other run against Suppan scored in the sixth inning, when Andy LaRoche singled and advanced all the way to third base when catcher Jason Kendall couldn't locate Suppan's wild pitch. Ramon Vazquez followed with a sacrifice fly that made it 6-3 before Counsell's hit provided some insurance.
"[Suppan] gave us enough, anyway," Macha said.The Brewers will get to sit on their winning streak for a while. They don't play the Pirates again until July 20-22 at PNC Park. After the game, the Pirates' clubhouse was quiet.
"Not much you can do, not much you can say," Sanchez said. "They've had our number and you try to put that in the past, but then they've beat us every time this year. You can't say or do much about it, but just try to get them the next time."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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" The opening ceremony for the next ICC Cricket World Cup will be on 11 March 2007. "
The ICC Cricket world cup 2007 held in the West Indies in March 2007, has got to go down as the greatest flop of all major cricket tournaments! It was the most prolonged, tiresome, boring and monotonuous world cup ever! First of all the structure of the tournament made absolutely no sense. Initially their were 4 groups of 4 teams in each group, with the top two proceeding to the Super Eight.
During the Super Eight, all teams were grouped into one massive group of 8 teams, and they all played each other (except the team who was in their group in the initial group stage). Where an earth was the sense in making such a huge league in what is meant to be the second stage of the world cup! Their needed to be a bigger element of 'Knock Out' added to the tournament to create more pulsating and entertaining matches. If they wanted to do a Super Eight, it should have been 2 groups of 4 teams each, with the top 2 in each group proceeding to the semi finals. The Super 8 phase just dragged out for far too long, with over 20 matches played! Useless one sided matches such as Australia vs Ireland, created no interest or real cricket value.
Once the semi finals stage arrived, both semis were one sided again, with sri lanka and australia comfortably winning their respective matches, and once again in the final it was a one sided affair with australia going onto seal their third world title in a row.
The ICC should revert back to the old style of the world cup format back in 1996, where after the group stage came the quarter finals, semis then final.
The local interest in the Carribean was non existent, as tickets were over priced and west indies were knocked out in the super eight stage, so technically did not make the proper knock out stages.
Cricket world cup happens in four year cycles. Last one was held in West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007. Australia remained unbeaten in all the matches played; the other finalists were Sri Lanka.
This world cup will forever be remembered for the untimely death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmar who managed and played for counties in England in earlier life. He was found dead in a hotel room, earlier his death was declared murder, later natural, and whatever the cause it was very sad.
This world cup will also be remembered for poor attendance due to over exposure of the game and tickets being too expensive for locals, it will be remembered for poor one sided matches, match fixing that never came to the fore despite Pakistan coming out with dodgy results. And of course the screw up in the final when play was conducted in darkness, umpires not accepting resignation of Sri Lanka captain and not understanding the laws of cricket. The tournament was played over month and half and this was disliked by everyone too.
I hope the 2011 competition learns from these mistakes. Cricket is a great game and let us hope that it is not destroyed by commercial interests or match fixing.
Is it just me or has the Cricket World Cup 2007 been going on forever ? It began at the beginning of March and we are now at the end of April, for me that is too long. Yes, I love cricket but there is only so many times I can see David Gower and guests sat on the beach in Barbados without getting jealous.
However, Sky's coverage of this year's tournament has been fantastic with every single match covered from start to finish. With expert anaylis from some of the game's greats.
Of course, would the world cup be the world cup without England failing and we were not disappointed. We scraped through to the super stage but only managed victories against the so called "smaller sides" like Ireland and then one hollow victory against the West Indies when both sides were already out.
The final will be between Sri Lanka...who beat New Zealand in style in the semi's....and the winner of the other semi South Africa and Austrailia. Of course if australia do go on and win it....we may ask ourselves why do we bother...it's like Wimbledon, Federer always wins it.
As for the next world cup....a shorter tournament would keep the fan's interest and a better perforamance from england please.
Cricket world cup. 16 nations compete.
Whenever cricket is played in England, weather always has the last say. Same thing is not happening in the Caribbean where it is held. Rain is still affecting the matches.
For one match and for one player reduced match was a blessing. Herschelle Gibbs broke the world record. Match was reduced to 40 overs. South Africa were struggling against Holland. Gibbs took the bull by the horn and hit six sixes in one over by Daan van Bunge. This has never been don before in one day matches.
Good news. Gibbs didn't know this at the time, he made one charity very happy. Johnny Walker had promised $1 million to charity Habitat For Humanity.
World cup is warming up. Matches are great even when smaller nations take on each other.
Yesterday Zimbabwe tied a match against Ireland. Now how many people know Irish play cricket.
World cup in the Caribbean is almost perfect for cricket fans. Good weather, good cricket, new records being set twice in two days and we are only in the first week. Who said cricket was boring.
England are playing New Zealand. England scored 210 in 50 overs. Well under par. Kiwi's are struggling though, current score 19 for 3. Top three batsman are out, pitch is slow and England might have a chance.
Any cricket fan will love this world cup because of location and extra matches. Sky are doing a special deal 1/3 off for a year off world package.
Back to the match..
Cricket is the winner and so are the charity that is going to get a million.
After the debacle of the Ashes 2006/07 we have the ICC Cricket World Cup. Unlike its football equivalent and the Olympics the cricket world cup often slips under the radar in terms of popularity, media coverage and as a general conversational topic. We are often told that cricket has minority following, played only amongst the commonwealth nations, and at first glance that may be a correct analysis. Yet, its popularity is far greater if we are to believe some. The world cup is expected to be televised in 200 nations with an expected television audience of two billion. In some parts of the world cricket is the number one sport and greater than football. In England it started without a whimper, many still oblivious of how and what cricket is. Yet for the fans it is potential to be a great tournament, one of the most open and competitive in years.
The Hosts
The 2007 Cricket world cup is being hosted in the West Indies, this first time they have hosted the tournament and this in itself creates a very unique feel about it. It becomes a true cultural event as the climate, conditions and atmosphere varies enormously across the cricketing world. The West Indies naturally has a reputation for being one of the great cricketing nations, a legacy of great players and a inimitable and joyful atmosphere. Hosting the event in different parts of the world is perhaps one of the best features the cricket world cup has. Yes all other major sports do the same, but in cricket there is a big difference in the style of cricket that can be played depending where you are in the world. The West Indies has smaller grounds, lower bouncing and slower pitches. It promises to be beneficial tournament for those who like big hitting, great for the likes of Freddie Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen.
Groups and Format
There are only 16 teams in the tournament, 8 of the teams are considered major cricketing nations the other 8 vary from valuable contenders to no hopers. Seeding in brackets
Group A:
Australia (1)
South Africa (5)
Scotland (12)
Netherlands (16)
Group B:
Sri Lanka (2)
India (8)
Bangladesh (11)
Bermuda (15)
Group C:
New Zealand (3)
England (7)
Kenya (10)
Canada (14)
Group D:
Pakistan (4)
West Indies (6)
Zimbabwe (9)
Ireland (13)
The groups are rather interestingly designed, each one containing 2 of the major cricketing nations and so it is pretty much a for gone conclusion which teams will reach the next stage. The match up between Australia vs South Africa will probably be the most keenly anticipated match, as they are number 1 and number 2 rank teams in the world and amongst the favourites for the World Cup. The next stage after this is the super 8s, where all teams play each other once apart from the team already faced in the group stage. So in effect each team will play 6 games in this phase of the tournament. This stage promises to be the best part of the tournament, all the sides will compete and presumably in need of a win and there will be plenty of interesting match ups. Amongst these should be a repeat of the Ashes match in Australia vs England and the always fiery and keenly contested India vs Pakistan match. Here 4 teams will go through to the semi finals and then 2 to the final.
Major Contenders
Australia : They were overwhelming favourites for the tournament a few weeks ago but the defeats to England and New Zealand in VB tournament showed vulnerability of the team and the dont posses the invincible allure. Having said that, they sheer quality of the team still re-enforces their favourites tag, Ponting, Hussey and Gilchrist make up an impressive batting lineup. Bowling is slightly suspect with Warne retiring, Lee injured and McGrath playing in his last tournament. The fielding as you can expect is exceptional and with their intensely competitive attitude it is hard to see many teams defeat Australia and they should make the final, if not win it for the third time in a row.
Sri Lanka : The dark horses of the tournament and most peoples biggest threat ouside Australia and South Africa. They have talented batsmen and bowlers who crucially will love the conditions in West Indies. The small grounds should suit the likes of Jayasuria and the turn bring Murali into the game. They do have a habit of failing to live up to their potential often. They have improved immensely and can give any team a hammering but will they be consistent enough to get their way to the final, it remains to be seen.
New Zealand : Never really considered amongst the favourites, they always seem to have some good players but you feel they lack match winners. Things may be slightly different in this tournament they have Shane Bond and Jacob Oram who look star quality. 1992 was their best chance of winning a world cup, they have reached the semis since then but still will be one of the outsiders.
Pakistan: Probably the most unpredictable sides in the competition, posses some amazing talent yet many times do not deliver. They have the capability to beat any team in the competition but consistency maybe their major downfall. They have a fast bowling reputations but they will miss 3 of their main bowlers and it will definitely affect them. Biggest hope lies in the middle order of Younis, Yousuf and Inzimam. They will need strong performances outside this and have players like Afridi who can win a match on his own. Not a team you like to back because of their unpredictable nature but would be the last team to write off.
South Africa: If the world cup was being played in green climes such as England, Australia at their own home, South Africa would be the favourites to reach the final. They have developed an extremely strong side, which has depth and is powerful in batting, bowling and fielding. Spin may play an important part of the tournament and this is not the South Africas strong point. There batting is the strongest on paper and so they may be able to minimise this loss and with Nel and Pollock as an opening bowling line-up they will be a threat to all teams. Should get to the semi-finals at least, in the past they have never gone further than this. If they can develop the big game mentality there is no reason why they cant win the tournament.
West Indies : The hosts are quite erratic and will focus much of their chances on home support and performances of key players. Namely Brian Lara, Gayle and Chanderpaul, outside this there is not a lot of star quality however there is a lot of talent and the world cup is known to transform many a talented player into a superstar. Bowling is no the most imposing but is tidy and efficient and they will hope consistency holds throughout the tournament. Many are tipping them to go far in this tournament, but no side has won the tournament on their own soil and it is hard to see West Indies overcoming many of the bigger sides consistently enough to win the tournament. They did reach the final of the Champions Trophy and will draw upon that for inspiration.
England: Over the last few years , decade even, England and one day cricket have not gone hand in hand. A few weeks ago they would have ranked as outsiders in the top 8 teams. England have found it difficult to build a competitive one day side and their record over the last few years has been poor. However there does seem to be a glimpse of a revival and the underdog tag could work well for them. Previously England didnt focus enough on developing specialist one day players, leaving them behind many other nations. Many players were tried but failed and it seemed like another world cup failure was on the cards. Recent success in Australia in the 50 over game meant renewed confidence. They will rely on a few players in particular, Pietersen, Collingwood, Flintoff will be key players you feel. Fielding is quality and the bowling is also developing with the likes of Panesar, Plunkett and Mahmood. Still a lot of luck required if they are to progress even to a semi-final stage, but prospects look a whole lot better than a few weeks back. Pressure will also not be as much as the football side.
India : Have developed a strong side over the last year which is strong in batting and increasingly so in their bowling. The top order will be their backbone, with Ganguly, Tendulkar and Dravid amongst those who will pose problems for the oppositions bowling. There is a lot of pressure on the side and expectation to do well, often in these conditions India have faltered in the past, it would have been better for them to be underdogs like in the 2003 tournament. Yet if they can hold their nerve they have the potential to go far if not win it. Major games will be against Australia and South Africa against both nations whom they struggle against. Slow bowling like the other subcontinent sides will be a strong point they have plenty of options in the bowling.
Players To Watch.
This tournament is a last hurrah for many great players in the game, Brian Lara, Inzimam, McGrath, Jayasuria will have their last tournament and many other leading players are in the same boat. As always though, new stars are likely to emerge from this world cup aswell as some enhancing their reputations. Here are 8 that are likely to do well
Ricky Ponting :
The new bradman as he is dubbed, has a thirst for getting big scores and the big tournaments. Had his reputation marked with his 140 in the final of the 2003 tournament. A bit of an obvious choice, but will again star in this tournament. Can dominate even the best of bowling line-ups and has no obvious weakness, favourite for the top scorer title surely.
Kevin Pietersen:
The linchpin in the England batting line-up, although interestingly England managed to win the their last odi tournament with him injured. Will be one of the most feared batsmen and the main target of the opposition team . He has an unorthodox, aggressive style which is very effective and keeps bowlers under pressure. Small boundaries will suit him, with his frequent lofty shots for 6.
Shane Bond:
Perhaps the most dangerous fast bowler in the world cup with Shoaib Akhtar and Brett Lee injured. Has the ability to single handily skittle a side out by himself, clever varieties make him more dangerous and the stats show he is one of the top odi bowlers for a generation. Only problem is injuries and there he hasnt gone too long in his career without them.
Mohammad Yousuf:
Has had an amazing record breaking year in test cricket, which has galvanised him from a good player to one of the top 3 batsmen in the world. His odi game is based upon impeccable timing rather than big shots and most totals for Pakistan revolve around his innings. Very hard to dislodge once he gets in.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni:
A talented wicketkeeper who amazed world cricket with his 183* in his first year in odi cricket. A dangerous big hitter, mainly he sixes are clean of the middle of the bat and aim down the ground. Will cause a lot of headaches for the opposition bowling if he is allowed to settle.
Kumar Sangakkara:
Another wicketkeeper, more of cultured and orthodox and has the ability to bat his way through the innings. Very versatile and his timing is immaculate, will help form a strong middle order for Sri Lanka.
Chris Gayle:
Lazy elegance is perhaps the best way to describe Gayle. Can effortlessly lift a fast bowler for 6 at the top of an innings. Never fears to throw the bat and often pays off. He can be found in the field with his shades on and has a very relaxed approach to cricket it seems. But dont let this beguile his talent as he is dangerous with both bat and bowl and is one of the worlds premier all rounders who could perform even better on home soil.
Makhaya Ntini:
A dangerous fast bowler, who will trouble all batsmen, can be expensive at times but has that wicket taking ability that will scare most sides. He has Pollock to support him at the other end and so there will be no let up for batsmen.
This World Cup looks very difficult to predict simply because there are so many teams in with a chance. Australia are still favourites for the trophy, which will be their 3rd in a row should they win. Yet the nature of odi cricket particularly in the last few years means that any team can be beaten on the day. After all it was only a year ago that South Africa managed to chase down a world record 438 against Australia. With the grounds being small, it opens it up to some daring batsmen to become a match winner in a short space of time. The pressure on the players will be quite high and it wouldnt be surprising to see some low scoring matches with close finishes, perhaps determined by exceptional piece of fielding.
Amongst the other contenders, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand should fancy themselves to make it to the semi-finals at least. West Indies, England and Pakistan will hope to perform well under lessened expectations. Momentum will be key and thus it will not be surprising to see any of the top 8 nations get to the final. The tournament is pretty open and this makes for exciting viewing, it could be one of the best tournaments in years.
Cricket world cup began in West Indies on 13th of March. First match was played in Jamaica.
In the first stage of the cup. Two Test nations take on two miner teams.
Second stage starts on 28th March and it is played between top two teams from four groups.
Final is on 27th April.
Cricket is not like football. It is exclusively played between commonwealth countries. Unlike Soccer cricket doesn't represent world nations. It should be called Queens cup.
Seven weeks of cricket is too much. People will get bored. I disagree with letting 16 teams compete. Good ones will qualify to second phase. However most of the matches will be uncompetitive.
Why did ICC (people who run cricket) adopt this format. Answer is for commercial reasons. Cricket matches take whole day to complete. There will be 51 matches played in the tournament. That is too much cricket. Bigger nations will play each other at least three times.
If I could have seven weeks off I wouldn't mind the format. Lovely weather, people and cricket, fans of every playing nation will be loving it up there.
On TV I will only watch matches between test nations. Watching cricket in the ground doesn't compare to watching it on TV. Atmosphere adds half the fun to the sport.
Sorry for not being original. I don't think other teams are strong as Aussies.
I love to be in the Islands watching these matches. It is almost perfect dream isn't it. Holidays in the sun and cricket at the same time.
List of first stage matches.
Thursday, 15 March 2007
ICC World Cup
Bermuda v Sri Lanka, Trinidad, 13:30
Ireland v Zimbabwe, Jamaica, 14:30
Friday, 16 March 2007
ICC World Cup
England v New Zealand, St Lucia, 13:30
Netherlands v South Africa, St Kitts, 13:30
Saturday, 17 March 2007
ICC World Cup
Bangladesh v India, Trinidad, 13:30
Ireland v Pakistan, Jamaica, 14:30
Sunday, 18 March 2007
ICC World Cup
Canada v England, St Lucia, 13:30
Australia v Netherlands, St Kitts, 13:30
Monday, 19 March 2007
ICC World Cup
Bermuda v India, Trinidad, 13:30
West Indies v Zimbabwe, Jamaica, 14:30
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
ICC World Cup
Kenya v New Zealand, St Lucia, 13:30
Scotland v South Africa, St Kitts, 13:30
Wednesday, 21 March 2007
ICC World Cup
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Trinidad, 13:30
Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Jamaica, 14:30
Thursday, 22 March 2007
ICC World Cup
Canada v New Zealand, St Lucia, 13:30
Netherlands v Scotland, St Kitts, 13:30
Friday, 23 March 2007
ICC World Cup
India v Sri Lanka, Trinidad, 13:30
Ireland v West Indies, Jamaica, 14:30
Saturday, 24 March 2007
ICC World Cup
England v Kenya, St Lucia, 13:30
Australia v South Africa, St Kitts, 13:30
Sunday, 25 March 2007
ICC World Cup
Bangladesh v Bermuda, Trinidad, 14:30


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NEW ELLENTON --- A group of North Augusta missionaries Thursday donated shoes to Greendale Elementary School pupils and as school officials had promised, no religious strings appeared to be attached.
In all, 44 pupils -- roughly 10 percent of the school's student population -- received new shoes from volunteers with Laces 4 Love, a ministry of First Baptist Church of North Augusta.
School officials from Aiken and Edgefield counties came under criticism Tuesday from a national organization that says the ministry's involvement with schools is a violation of church and state separations.
Greendale Elementary counselor Gareth Hegler said the shoe giveaway lifts the spirits of many of the school's pupils.
"It's wonderful for them," he said. "It lifts their morale. It's a morale booster. For a lot of these kids it's a big part of their holiday."
Americans United for the Separation of Church and State contends the ministry and its shoe giveaway violates the law. A major issue, the group says, is a foot washing ritual that ministry organizers said in a Nov. 28 newspaper article was part of the giveaway.
Officials from Aiken and Edgefield counties have denied any religious rituals have taken place, and an Augusta Chronicle reporter present at Greendale Elementary did not witness any Laces 4 Love volunteers performing religious rituals or proselytizing Thursday. Pupils were provided sanitary wipes by the ministry to clean their own feet.
Throughout the week, Laces 4 Love has donated shoes at 25 schools in Aiken and Edgefield counties. They will have donated shoes to 12,000 impoverished youths by this afternoon.
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The Race for President / Shimon Peres - a Loser No More
Next week will be a historic week of rejoicing winners and grieving losers. On Tuesday the Labor Party will elect a new chairman and the very next day a state president will be elected. The tension is reaching its peak.
Seven years ago, when Shimon Peres did the impossible, the incredible, and lost to Moshe Katsav, I felt as though I was struck by thunder. How could this have happened, I asked myself. Immediately after the election I went down from the plenum floor to Peres' office to console him. The room was crowded with people and Peres was like a groom among mourners.
Peres was not a man to let a few little foxes sabotage his vineyard, which would yet produce grapes. If the trees, those logs, had decided to anoint the bramble bush as their king (Jotham's parable, Judges 9:7-20), then he, Peres, would not cease his benign activity.
His seven bad years have passed, and once again he's back in a race and on the starting line. Shimon Peres is the longest distance runner, with more marathons than the Olympics. What a vast distance now separates his Sebastia from his Oslo, his Nobel Oslo from these present days, in which Israel is muttering about war with Syria and canceling meetings with the Palestinians at the last moment.
Nonetheless, unlike all the previous times, Peres can only win. Even if he loses, he would be a loser no more.
There are only two possibilities. One is that the stars have really stopped lying to him, in which case he will be elected, for a change. This is a sensational option, which he will have to get used to, at his age. He might possibly fall into the melancholy of the late-blooming winner who sees no more challenges on his horizon.
The other possibility is that next week evil will once again overcome good. This will not be good, certainly not pleasant, but not disastrous either: Shimon has won already, regardless of the ballot count. As far as he is concerned, this was not a zero-sum game in which one side wins as long as the other loses. If Peres loses, he can say, with defeats like that, who needs victories?
It has certainly been a spectacular victory campaign even before it was finished, a one-man pride parade by one man who has much to be proud of. The polls in his favor were intoxicating. At every reception, inauguration, cocktail party and banquet, his hand was shaken and he was showered with warm wishes. Rabbis repented for what they had done to him; in a television studio, soldiers gave him a standing ovation. And Yair Lapid interviewed him, anointing his head with oil. How good it is to be the beloved candidate at last, the one who deserves victory, the one voted most popular even if he is not voted into office.
At worst, Peres will return to the Galilee and Negev he loves and will be loath to abandon unless he is forced to. Shimon Peres will be a president with all his heart, but against his will.
If not now, then next time he will surely be elected because the election will be taken away from the Knesset and given to the electorate. At the very least, they will enact an open election and thus enable members of Shas and parties like it to vote against their heart's leanings.
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A COMMUNITY hub in the heart of a Hampshire town has moved a step closer.
The new £460,000 facility will be at the Former Magistrates' Court in Church Street, Romsey and phase one of the planned building work was completed during the bank holiday weekend.
That saw Test Valley Borough Council's customer service facilities move to the newly refurbished rear of the building to allow the final work to the front of the facility to take place.
Phase two will see work beginning on providing a larger customer waiting area, improved reception facilities and access for the disabled and pushchair users.
Council services will still be operating during this time with a temporary entrance in place. Once that is complete the council's customer service facility will return to the front of the building.
Cathedral's family fun WINCHESTER Cathedral is to host a free family day of fun this autumn.
On October 4-5, at its Inner and Outer Close, the Cathedral holds its annual Harvest Festival.
Making their usual appearance will be stallholders for the Hampshire Farmers' Market as well as a kidsroam farm, horse and carriage rides and vintage farming machinery.
There will also be a static falconry display, a vintage fairground organ and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance Pod.
Displays will include this year's nominated charity, the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, as well as the National Farmers' Union, Sparsholt Agricultural College, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Fund and The Bee Keeping Society.


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I have a C# program that makes use of a SerialPort object. I'm successfully sending and receiving data over the Serial Port. It takes just milliseconds to do the actual sending and receiving, and the "other end" of the serial port (another computer communicating over an RF link) responds to requests for data in just milliseconds.
I'm processing the Incoming Data Events from the Serial Port. That processing includes receiving the data (very fast), displaying the received data in a form text box (very fast), and sending a request for more data back through the Serial Part (very fast). Since the other computer responds to each such request very fast (milliseconds), I expect to see really fast processing of this, almost real-time processing. But instead, there's a significant delay for each update that I see. Even though the actual receiving, sending, updating the text box takes just milliseconds (I timed them), each actual update takes more like half a second.
I suspect that the operating system is doing a heck of a lot of other things besides just running my program, but all I'm running is my specific program.
I tried increasing the Priority of my program but it has no effect.
What can I do to make this run faster? ALL it is doing is responding to the Incoming Data Events for the Serial port (which SHOULD be happening very fast) yet it takes a half second each time.
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How much data is coming through? You have to keep in mind that the serial port is from the original IBM-PC (8086) design ... it isn't very fast (even if it's RF or IR). My initial guess is that you are bottlenecked "on the wire" and, with serial, you have a pretty small "wire".
You may also want to take a look at some perf counters ... I'm not 100% sure which ones would be detailed for serial port but I'd start with the process IO counters.
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I've put some timers on the code that actually handles the sending and receiving of data on the serial port and its extremely fast, 10 - 20 milliseconds, typically, 100 milliseconds tops. It's only transmitting 50 or so bytes at a time. But SOME-thing is taking up half a second's worth of processing during each transmission and I haven't been able to pin that down.
During a bunch of testing there was ONE run of the program in which it went particularly fast. I could actually watch it run almost in real-time, for brief periods of time. It would do ten or twenty transmissions, with accompanying updating of the Form's text, and then it would slow down again. It fluctuated between brief spurts of speed and short periods of slow processing. But that only happened once and I haven't been able to reproduce it again. I have no clue what caused it to do that. In every other run of the program is just plods along, taking about a half second for each transmission


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Cannes 2013: The Rise Of 'People Relations'
MSLGROUP's chief strategy officer Pascal Beucler shares his insights from Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity this year, where he was a judge at the PR Lions awards. Here is an excerpt from the article that appeared in Holmes Report 'Cannes 2013: The Rise Of 'People Relations'.
Big ideas, when inspired by great insights and research, are much more powerful than déjà-vu copy-strategy angles. Many of them are tech-based, utilizing the unlimited power of PR's favourite battlefield: earned media. By amplifying the immense resonance of Twitter, Facebook and other social media, they become massive weapons. Developing apps is also a mandatory PR ability today, whether for bringing a powerful crowdfunding component to the campaign or exploiting the great resources of social gaming for instance. Sometimes, the innovation is more modest: just an ordinary object, which fast becomes a star, and a must-have.
Watch: Live @Cannes – Pascal Beucler: A GREAT IDEA IS A GREAT IDEA in which he discusses the selection of the category Grand Prix. It's not about "public" relations, but "people" relations, he chides.
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