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Visual object recognition in datasets of pre-modern images
The main objectives of this research project are 1) to develop a tool for category-level object recognition
of object categories such as crowns and swords in an image collection of medieval manuscripts 2) to identify different artistic workshops
in the image collection 3) to develop a classification approach to label objects with artistic workshop and 4) to develop a system for
ordering and interpolating between exemplars in an image collection.
We have assembled a novel, annotated benchmark image dataset for cultural heritage from a corpus of 27 late medieval paper
manuscripts, held by Heidelberg University Library. Produced between 1417 and 1477 in three important Upper German workshops, this
corpus is rare in its magnitude and, in addition, offers an exceptional homogeneity concerning its date of origin, its provenance
and its technical execution.
Motivation for Our Approach
For a systematic access to large collections of images, it is necessary to develop algorithms that search the database based on the
representational content of the images. For this, it is necessary to go beyond a mere analysis of individual image pixels onto a stage where
the semantics of images can be modeled and analyzed. To make image databases accessible in a quicker, more reliable and detailed way, semantics
based indexing is indeed necessary. The key for such algorithms is category level object detection.
Low Dimensional Embedding
We utilize a shape based representation of objects since shape is an important cue in these medieval manuscripts. We have discovered from
experiments that the images when represented in HSV color space, particularly the saturation component, provide a good starting point for
object boundary extraction. We compute orienated edge histograms from the saturation component, which form the basis for our shape representation.
We capture the relationship between various object instances in the database in a single plot by embedding high dimensional edge
orientation feature vectors into a 2-dimensional space. Such a plot makes it convenient for researchers from cultural heritage to
discover relationships without having to study thousands of images. In a first step pairwise clustering based on HoG descriptors is employed to
discover the hierarchical substructure of crowns. Then we compute the pairwise distances for samples in the vicinity of cluster prototypes.
Thereafter, a distance preserving low-dimensional embedding is computed to project the high dimensional feature vectors onto a 2-d subspace
that is visualized in the figure below.
Object recognition and Workshop Classification
Objects are detected by classifying image regions as object or background using a support vector machine with intersection kernel.
This detection algorithm scans the image on multiple scales and orientations. Image regions are represented using the edge orientation shape
representation and a color histogram. The necessary codebook of representative colors is obtained by first quantizing training image using
minimum variance quantization into a set of 100 prototypical clusters per image. The bias towards large, homogenous regions is resolved by
clustering all these prototypes into an overall set of 30 prototypical colors.
Accurate localization of objects within the images makes complex representations like battle
scenes or coronations with several symbols of power more easily readable. Textual annotations do not provide localization information so that
object detection and reasoning about the spatial relationship between objects or about their performative context remains impossible.
Based on the low dimensional embedding that we have generated as visualization, art historians have provided us with groundtruth information
so that we can conduct a quantitative evaluation: they have labeled all crowns in the dataset with the workshop that they come from based on
formal criteria. There are 137 crowns in our dataset that belong to group A (the workshop of Ludwig Henfflin), 106 crowns belong to
group B (the workshop of Diebold Lauber) and 23 crowns belong to group C (the Alsatian workshop). We incorporated a discriminative approach
for predicting the workshop that a crown belongs to. This multi-class classification problem is tackled using the features from before and
incorporating SVM in a one-versus-all manner. For evaluation, we applied 10-fold cross-validation: In each round, 50% of the crowns from each
group have been used for training and the remaining 50% of the crowns have been used for testing by holding back their labels. The confusion
table below summarizes our classification performance
Semi-Supervised Analysis
Given any two objects from a dataset the question arises how all the other objects in the database relate to these two exemplars.
In particular, (i) can we find instances that help to interpolate between the selected reference exemplars, and (ii) can we
order all those instances? Such an ordering is valuable for art history as it is directly visualizing relationships between the
exemplars, it is illustrating smooth transitions in artistic style, and it could even reveal relationships between artists.
The low dimensional embedding plot which has helped the historians in visualizing the characteristics of different artistic workshops has a
limitation. The completely unsupervised mapping from the high dimensional feature space to the 2-d space cannot preserve all the pairwise
relationships between the crowns. This is an inherent limitation of any projection from higher dimensional feature space into a lower
dimensional space that can be visualized. This limitation is particulary problematic for art historians when trying to infer the object
relationship between crowns which belong to the same workshop, since these distances are more affected by the mapping.
However,consider the following simple case. An arbitrary crown C has distances d1,d2 and d3 from three crowns
CR 1,CR 2 and CR 3. Given the distance triplet (d1,d2,d3)
we can assign 2-d locations to these four crowns such that the distances between C and
CR 1,CR 2 and CR 3 are preserved.
In fact, if we fix the crowns CR 1,CR 2 and CR 3 as landmark crowns with
respect to which we obtain the distance triplets, we can find a 2-d configuration of crowns such that all the distance triplets are preserved.
This simple but important insight leads us to a semisupervised approach where the user can choose the landmark crowns, all the other
crowns are projected into 2-d space preserving the distance triplets.
We start by obtaining three landmark crowns provided as input by the user. In a first experiment, one crown from each workshop was
provided as landmark. Next, we compute the distance triplets for the rest of the crowns in the database. Then we choose the location
of the landmark crowns at the three corners of an equilateral triangle in 2-d space ( which we refer to as `probability simplex' ) such
that the side of the triangle is greater than the maximum of the distance triplet values. Next, we find a mapping for each of the crowns
into the interior of probability simplex such that the distance of the crown from the three corners of the equilateral triangle is
proportional to its pre-computed distance triplet (d1,d2,d3). The figure below shows the organization of
crowns in a probability simplex.
Selected Publications
Pradeep Yarlagadda, Antonio Monroy, Bernd Carque, and Björn Ommer,
Towards a Computer-based Understanding of Medieval Images,
in: Scientific Computing and Cultural Heritage - Contributions in Computational Humanities, pages 89-97, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-642-28020-7, 2013.
Pradeep Yarlagadda, Antonio Monroy, Bernd Carque and Björn Ommer,
Recognition and Analysis of Objects in Medieval Images,
in: ACCV'10, e-heritage.
Pradeep Yarlagadda, Antonio Monroy, Bernd Carque and Björn Ommer,
Top-down Analysis of Low-level Object Relatedness Leading to Semantic Understanding of Medieval Image Collections ,
in: Computer Vision and Image Analysis of art,SPIE'10.


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If there is one upside to being stuck up here in the northern hinterlands it's the fact I'm eating good. Too good sometimes. Everyone up here is really, really, into food. If they ain't eatin' they are planning on eatin'. Three squares a day plus plenty of snacking in between. Obesity is not an epidemic here, it's a way of life. Everyone is fat, and if they ain't, they will be eventually. Nobody walks around here, rather they waddle. And I am not ashamed to be taking part in it.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. After a year or so of Dollar store and microwave menu's, chowing down on some real food is kinda, sorta, nice. I can't eat the three a days everyone else does. I tried but it was just too much to eat in any one day. I've cut back to a light lunch, big dinner, and whatever I might crave in between.
Everyone likes to eat out a lot but I'm not very big on chain restaurants, which is all there is up here. I'd rather hit a local spot for the catch of the day or something a bit more non factory prepared. So I eat in as much as I can.
Unsurprisingly, food at the grocerterias is way more cheaper than at the end of the world. And a nice bonus, seafood is readily available, shipped in from said end of the world. I've been able to score some mighty fine Key West Pink Shrimp which if you've never had, you need to try. I've also been enjoying some good mahi-mahi fillets. This is a very mild and tasty fish. Great for broiling. As for price difference? In Publix a pair of fillets will cost $11. I scored a bag of 10! fillets for $8. Coupled with fresh corn on the cob imported from Florida, I've been enjoying some really good eats.
Most of the good local produce won't be showing up until the fall harvest season but the imported stuff has been great. And then there are the local brands.
There is of course, my beloved Middleswarth. The greatest potato chips of all time.
And I would be remiss if I didn't mention Mallo Cups. If you never have, you need to try these. Get the dark chocolate and stick them in the freezer. More better than peanut butter cups.
Gardner's Candies round out the sweet goodies. Been partaking of peanut butter meltaways, nonpareils, and their cashews all my life.
Alas, there is one thing missing from this great feast. Can you guess what it may be? Yes. Sadly, the heathens up here have no conception of Key Lime Pie. They will make pies out of weird things like apples, cherries, or pumpkins, but no Key Lime. I can get the juice at the store and try making my own, but haven't yet. Can't have everything I guess.
Anyways, as you can see, food is not an issue at the moment. I've been eating damn good and enjoying it. I've been getting a lot of home cookin' from the family and on occasion I have amazed them by actually cooking myself. Imagine it. A 61 year old man who has lived on his own all his life and actually knows how to cook. What are the odds?
No doubt I've put on some weight since I came up here but it's ok. The enjoyment of decent meals more than makes up for it. I'll be back to watery gruel and stone soup soon enough so I'll enjoy it while I can. Excuse me now, it's time to go eat.
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Up north here it is always time to go eat. Glad you are getting to indulge in it but I agree about not trying to eat all the things all the time. We rarely go out to eat but when we do I nearly always bring half my food back home to eat for my next meal. I like to put half in a to go box before I start eating to help me stop when I've had enough.
I tend to eat 3 times a day, but breakfast is typically an apple or banana and lunch is normally a tuna and veggie wrap or something light. Dinner is normally chicken with a side of salad or other greens and a small portion of potatoes or rice. Sometimes I'll throw together a one pot meal of beans and veggies, or a chili, etc.
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The team photographed in the 1950's do you recognise the location?
Jack Wilson was Headmaster of Landon Park Junior School and David Robinson was Jack's son.
Hi Does anyone have any info on the Rothstein family? My Granddad was Francis Mudd who was married to Sadie Rothstein and used to run the Laindon Country Club. He was also known as George. Thank you.
In case it may be of interest to anyone researching the history of cricket in the Laindon/Basildon area, I have recently deposited with the Essex Record Office, my father's collection of Cricket Fixture Cards for the Basildon Cricket Club (1934, 1936 and 1938) and the Laindon Cricket Club (1950 to 1966, with the exception of 1959 which is missing). The Record Office Catalogue Reference is: D/DU 2978.
I have also deposited with the RO some biographical information relating to my father, John Stanley 'Stan' Peters, who was made a Life Member of the Laindon C.C. in 1967.
While the archive has been more than generous in recording memories of Laindon CC, there are still names which pop into my head and have not been recorded: Arthur Dunlop, Bert Malthouse, "Ginger" Crewe, Roy Dellar, Jimmy Godfrey, Eric Burns, Joe Joseph, Ken Bossom, George and Bert French, the Hill Brothers, Ron Theobald and David Yuell. There also many faces to which I cannot attach names.
There were also non players who contributed. Firstly the Rev. Reynolds as at one time the club was near to breaking up and it was he who persuaded it to continue. The Rev.R eynolds, Councillor Wally Card, business men Charles Markham, Dennis Flack and Charles Brown.
Then there were the ladies. Grace Peters and Mrs. Merrison who often acted as scorers and in later years a world famous sportswoman, Jillian Hipsey who would often be in attendance serving teas and also in attendance supporting away games when her husband Peter was captain. Other names may come to me and which I will submit for inclusion, courtesy of Ian.
Hello Bill, I hope that the additional photographs that the Editor has put on the site for me will bring back a few more memories and will help you to remember Ivor. As a bowler, I seem to remember feeling very confident with Ivor behind the stumps. Not only did he take a number of catches off my bowling, he probably also saved quite a few 'extras'!! One of the photographs also features Bert Lovell who we discussed earlier. Yes, I too was saddened by the news of Geoff's brother Brian.
Hallo John, I am glad that the archive enabled you to regain contact with Geoffrey Fynn, although it was sadly marred by the news of Brian's death. As to the photograph of Ivor Howe, I believe the the suggestion of Ian, that it could be published on the archive to be the best, as then anyone interested could download.
One point I would like to make was that your statement that Ivor wore a hair net to keep his hair out of his eyes when 'keeping', yet then the person in the club photo has short slightly receding hair which I suggest would never have fallen over his eyes. Also, as to the unnamed person in the photo, could this have been Joe Joseph as an earlier suggestion of mine that it may have been Laurie Hart aroused no comment.
Editor: I have published John Peter's Photo graphs and some provided by Geoff Fynn Just click on the name to take a look.
I should like to thank the Laindon History website for making it possible for Geoff Fynn and me to get back in touch with each other after all these years and to share some of our experiences since those early days at the Laindon Park School and the Laindon Cricket Club.
As to the identity of Ivor Howe, I do have another photograph of the LCC taken in 1956 in which Ivor can be seen in his wicketkeeping gear, ready to go out onto the field. I am pretty sure that Ivor wore a hair net, not because he had particularly long hair, but simply to keep his immaculately groomed head of Brylcreemed hair out of his eyes when keeping wicket.
If my memory serves me correctly, I think Ivor got married sometime during the late 1950s and may have left the club at around that time. If Bill or anyone else would like a copy of this photograph, I shall be pleased to send them a scanned copy.
Editor: Please could we have a copy for the site?
Hello Bill, nice to hear from you. Sadly Brian died in 1996. I am unable to help with the identity of Ivor Howe.
I have 2 photos of Laindon Cricket Club which I have email to the website. In one there is a very distinguished gentleman on the far right with a moustache who should be very familiar to you.
Editor: I will put them on site ASAP.
Hallo Geoffrey, Good to hear from you after all these years, I hope Brian is keeping well. Perhaps you may be able to resolve the identity of of the person top left hand in the club photo. John Peters feels sure it is Ivor Howe, but as I remember Ivor had long fair hair which caused him to wear a hair net when keeping yet the person in the photo has short dark hair. Have you any opinion on the matter, is it possibly Basil Reitz? Regards.
If you have the email address of John Peters please pass it on to me or pass my email to him re-Laindon cricket club info thanks.
Editor: I will pass on your request with pleasure but please let the community in on your recollections of the club and its members as it helps others to recall items of interest.
Hi John Yes you are correct Basil was involved with the Royal Tournament. I will be seeing Bert French who as you say was a very close friend of Basil. When I get Basil's story I will contribute it to the site.
Following my recent comment about Basil Reitz, I now seem to recall that the major event with which Basil was associated was the Royal Tournament and not the Festival of Remembrance. With apologies.
Hi Ken & Bill, Great pity about the scorebooks. At least copies of the old Laindon Recorder will contain reports of most of the matches during the 1950's, courtesy of Peter Lucus who was their chief reporter. I still have a number of my father's cut-outs from the newspaper, mainly from the early 1950's at around the time the club moved to their new ground at the Basildon Country Club.
As regards Ivor Howe, I have two other photographs of him (one in his wicket-keeping gear) which I should like to put on this site if someone could advise me as to how to upload the images. I think they might help to clear up any doubts about the identity of the player in the above photograph. It certainly isn't Basil Rietz, who I remember quite well. I seem to recall that Basil was a regular commentator at one of the major national events - possibly the Festival of Remembrance, but am not 100% sure that I have the correct event. I think Bert French was a close personal friend of Basil and may be able to help with any further information.
Editor: If you can come to one of the memory days I will show you how to up load pictures. If this is not possible you can email them as attachments to email@example.com or provide me at the email address with a phone number and I will contact you to see if I can assist.
Hi Mark; Whats all this Mr Porter business.
Hi John; Have asked around the scorebooks have all disappeared
My playing time with Laindon was from the early 1970s up until 1999 I was there for the 50th anniversary. Mr Bill Diment was still umpiring regularly and I played against Mr Porter many times at Southend and had the odd beer, and I do from my childhood remember so many of the other names people that have written about so fondly. I followed my dad (Tony) during his playing time and never ever wanted to play for another club. Even though the club is no longer around and some of those players are no longer at the crease a smile still creeps across my face when ever I remember those happy happy days
Further to Ken Porter's reminiscences. Bert Lovell who was described as having a wooden leg, did have a prosthetic leg but it was made of metal. Bert was a very good player who could score runs and bowl very good medium pace off a short couple of steps up to the wicket. He was also a competent fielder in the slips and I remember one time when an opposing player made a vicious late cut just wide of Bert who stuck out his leg. There was a loud bang and the ball rebounded halfway down the pitch. The batsman stood aghast until it was explained to him that Bert was unhurt.
Further to the team photo, while I am not positive I believe John Peters was in error in naming the first person on the left as Ivor Howe. Ivor had long fair hair, which was why he always wore a hair net. A name came up recently which jogged my memory, that of Basil Rietz MBE who died recently and may well be the person in question. I understand Ken Porter will be shortly speaking to a life long friend of Basil's and may possibly be able to confirm or otherwise.
Also the unnamed person in the front row may be Laurie Hart, although once again I am not positive.
Reading the memories of the early days of Laindon Cricket Club has had me reminiscing about my early days with them. I hope I do not bore you.
Prior to me joining Laindon Cricket club all I wanted to do in my spare time was to play cricket, I used to cajole my friends to play with me either in the street or on flat piece of ground on St Nicholas Hill, or on Laindon Park Junior School playing field. If there were no friends to play with I would spend hours bowling at three cricket stumps until I could pick any stump to bowl at and hit it at will. If there was a trip to the seaside on a Sunday the cricket stumps, bat and ball came with us.
In joining Laindon Cricket Club in 1958 at the age of 14 was the year I started to drift away from my school friends. Cricket was all that mattered to me. I would spend every Tuesday and Thursday evenings practising at the club and Friday evenings being coached at the cricket school in Ilford. In my spare time I would be bouncing the ball off the back wall of my parent's bungalow in Pound Lane, diving around catching the ball as it came off the pebble dashed walls or drain pipe at all angles. During the winter I would read as much about the game as I could and any other sport I played then and in later life was only to keep me fit for the cricket season.
My first pair of white flannels was given to me by Sid Rose and yes they were held up with a tie but I felt very smart in them not realising at the time that they were covered in tea stains (thank you Sid). Protective gear was not the thing in those days except a piece of protective wear known as the box but nobody told me about it I only thought it was worn by the wicket keeper. I played the first season with out one; luckily I only batted at number 10 or 11 so was not called on too often.
Although I love the social side of cricket I have never been a heavy drinker, in fact I did not really start drinking until I was 25. However part of the game was to go for a drink after the game and usually it was the Basildon Country Club we would go to. I would have to sit outside the bar area and drink my orange squash. Occasionally the lads would decide that they would go to the Sheppard and Dog at Ramsden Crays for a drink and as much as I used to try and get out of it, they would have none of it and would bundle me in the back of a van and off we would go. With child protection laws around to-day they would not have been allowed to have got away with it but it never affected me and I had a great time.
In those first couple of years playing for Laindon I can remember hitting the head lines a few times. 'Porter runs 20 yards to take a catch'. Then there was my first big score 45 not out it contained one two and 43 singles, I can see now why I got the name of 'Porter cannot hit it off the square'. On another occasion playing against Westley Cricket Club at Langdon Hills on a terrible wicket we were bowled out for around 70 runs but the paper said one of the bright sparks was the batting of young Ken Porter who defied the Westley bowling attack for half and hour. I scored 9 runs.
My biggest achievement though was when Les Sheppard threw me the ball for my first bowl. I could not believe it, I was so nervous; I wish I had those 1950's scorebooks to see exactly what happen. I know I had three or four wickets in my first couple of overs, then one of the batsman hit me for 14 runs in one over, I thought that's my lot but no, Les kept me on and I finished with 7 wickets for 25 runs off seven overs. My photo ended up in the local paper and in the week I was being asked to play for Pitsea St Michaels in their cricket week where I opened the bowling and took another three wickets. What a game this is but as I learned in the years to come, it comes back and bites you, that is what makes it so fascinating.
Some of the players I remember from those early days, Les Sheppard, Sid Rose, Peter Lucas, John Peters, Bill Diment, Robbie Shields, Geoff and Brian Fynn, David Lloyd (the Vicar) Jack Wilson and his sons, Reg Callow, Peter Hayes, Bert Lovell, Bert Merrison, Eric Webster, Barry Behrend, Ray Farmer, Tony Williams and there are many more faces racing around in my mind but I just cannot put a name to them at the moment. Thank you lads for the path you set me off on.
Hi Bill and John, the year was 1957, I was playing cricket with a few friends on the Laindon Park Junior school (Donaldson's) playing field, when Jack Wilson leaning on the field gate called us over. We meekly walked over to him expecting to be told off. His first question was "who was that hitting the ball all over the place", I replied it was either my friend Malcolm or I. He then asked us whether any of us had any white trousers as Laindon Cricket Club were short of players that weekend. The answer was no but I also added that I could get some. I was not sure where I would get a pair from but I was sure my parents would, they knew how much I loved the game. Jack said not to worry but I repeat the story to my dad that night. He said he knew a gentleman with a wooden leg who played for the club and he would speak to him for me.
His name I believe was 'Lovell'. The following year at the age of fourteen I was playing for Laindon. Jack advised me were I could get some private coaching and for the next five/six years I travelled every Friday to Trevor Bailey's Cricket School at Bee Hive Lane, Ilford.
Les Sheppard was captain of the club at the time and I still believe he was one of the best captains I ever played under.
In 1960 I left Laindon and joined Ilford Cricket Club at Valentines Park, Ilford where I went on to play with and against many professional cricketers. John Lever (Essex and England, left arm fast bowler) being one of them. I returned for a season with Laindon in 1971, who were now playing at the Langdon Hills recreation ground before moving on to Southend in 1972.
It was in 1971 that I introduced Peter Hipsey my future brother-in-Law to the club who was going to play for the club for the next thirty odd years. 53 years on and I am still playing, what I believe is the greatest team game around. I dread the thought of having to give it up. I will see if I can locate the score books.
Hallo John, I did have the scorebooks at the time I was secretary and I handed them over to the person who succeeded me , I think it was Tony Williams, but I am not sure. Somebody who might know from a later date would possibly be Peter Hipsey. Perhaps Ken Porter could ask him if he can help.
Yes, Bill is correct. Dad played regularly for Laindon from about the time it was established after the War until 1955. I think his last match was for the 1st XI against Ardleigh Green at Harold Wood on Sunday, 22nd May, 1955. He was just over 50 years of age at the time, went in at No.10 and scored 15 runs, not out. Prior to his and my mother's move from Walthamstow to Laindon in 1933, he played for the Westminster Gazette C.C. on their ground at Boston Manor, Brentford. Following their move to Laindon, he joined the former Basildon C.C. in 1934 and played with that club up to the outbreak of the War. Does anyone know if the Laindon Cricket Club's score books for the 1950's have survived and, if so, where they are now kept?
Further to John's memories of the club, I think he forgot to mention that his father also played as well as being a treasurer. I can also remember playing against John after he grew up and moved outside the area, It was somewhere in the Hornchurch area if my memory serves me rightly. As to Robbie Hircock being a big hitter, I am sure John was no mean striker of the ball when I last played against him and was I think also captain of that team.
I have just been told about this new and very interesting website about Laindon's history and have also read the comments in the section on the Laindon Cricket Club. Memories came flooding back when I read the comments of Bill Diment and Bernard Mabey. Both my father, Stan Peters, and I were members of the Club for a number of years around the 1950's. As Bill and Bernard may recall, my father served as Treasurer of the club for a good many seasons, including the period when the club moved to the new ground at the Basildon Country Club in Basildon Road. He also served as Chairman of the club in 1954 and 1955. He later became a Vice President and then, in 1967, he was invited to become a Life Member. After his cricketing days were over, Dad spent many happy years in retirement playing bowls with the Basildon Bowls Club. He eventually died in 1998 at the age of 92, but even towards the end of his days, he and I would chat about those happy days with the Laindon Cricket Club and about the many 'characters' who belonged it. Those memories meant a lot to him. In fact, I still have his complete collection of annual fixture cards from 1950 to 1966.
My mother, Grace Peters, was also a great supporter of the club and was always pleased to act as scorer or to help with the teas. As I recall, the owner of the Basildon Country Club was Joe Rothstein and I have some memories of the Annual Dinner/Dances that were held there. Am I right in thinking that it was Bill who entertained the guests on one or two of those occasions? Although I was one of the younger members of the club at the time, I well remember the day when Bernard Braine came to officially open the new wooden pavilion that we built on the cricket ground.
Turning now to photograph which Kenny Porter has put on the website. This is a copy of one that I have in my possession and I think I am able to identify all of the players except the chap crouched in the front row between me and Barry Behrend. They are: back row, from left to right: Ivor Howe, Bill Diment, Jack Wilson, Les Sheppard, Jack Robinson, David Robinson (Jack's son). In the front row, from left to right: Robby Hircock, Tom Webster, John Peters, ...?...., Barry Behrend. Here are a few memories that I have of some of those in the photograph:- Ivor Howe: Our regular wicket keeper who, if my memory serves me correctly, sometimes wore a hair-net when keeping wicket.
Bill Diment: If I am not mistaken, it was you Bill who spent much of your time looking after the pitch and preparing the wicket. As a young teenager, I would regularly come to the ground to help you by cutting the outfield with the walk-behind petrol mower. (No ride-on mower in those days!).
Jack Wilson: Apart from being my old headmaster, his family and ours were close friends and we kept in touch with both Jack and his lovely wife, Helen, for the rest of their lives.
Les Sheppard: He and Peter Lucas were a great inspiration to me in my formative years as a young cricketer. Doug Cordery also helped me a lot.
Robby Hircock: Boy - could he hit the ball!!
Tom Webster: A chemist by profession, who lived in Wash Road. A very steady left-handed (I think) batsman.
Unidentified player: I have tried, but just cannot recall his name.
Barry Behrend: I think Barry was our main left-handed spin bowler.
Although not in the photograph, I have vivid memories of Bert Lovell who, as Bill correctly recalls, had a prosthetic leg. Despite what some may have regarded as a disability, Bert also took his turn at bowling. He would only take about two strides up to the crease, but he always seemed to generate quite a pace with the ball - and pretty accurate too!
Finally, one of my close friends in the club was Geoffrey Fynn, with whom I lost touch when I left Laindon in pursuit of my career is Sussex. In those very early days, Geoff and I were regular bowlers for the 2nd XI, before progressing to the 1st XI.
Congratulations to those who have created this website.
Remembering how sport was played in days gone by caused me to consider that many of todays cricketers would find hard to understand some of the conditions under which we played. One prime incidence was in the 1950s when the new town was just developing, Laindon CC were asked for a fixture by a newly formed Basildon team, Cranes CC. to be played on their ground. We arrived at the designated spot, which was a meadow just east of Timberlog Lane and on which cows were grazing. These were shooed to a far corner of the field and the stumps were erected on a footpath. For the fielders it was a minefield after the presence of the cows, but for batsmen far worse, as in those days we wore no protective helmets and there was one tall very fast bowler whose name I believe was Fred Larne who made us doubt our sanity in playing on such a wicket. I believe the club eventually amalgamated with Basildon CC playing on Mopsies Parkand a very good strip.
Seeing Bernard's input reminded me of a very amusing incident and I hope he will forgive me for repeating it. We were playing May & Baker and Bernard was bowling and being hooked quite badly and Bernard said to the umpire, I will go round the wicket, whereby the batsman said I will bat left handed and did so continuing the trearment as before.
Another funny incident I witnessed concerned his brother John who was a big hitter and we we were playing some where around the Elm Park area, although I cannot recall the team. We were batting second and it was getting quite dark but John was connecting strongly which removed the close in fielders and the umpire offered John the light, which he refused so one of the fielders ran to the paviluon and produced a hurricane lamp which he placed behind the stumps. The umpires took the hint and ended the match. Happy days.
In 1947 the cricket club in Laindon was named Laindon Meadow C.C and the skipper and organiser was Jack Robinson. My brother John Mabey and myself both joined Laindon in 1948 from Chelmsford. My brother was appointed Secretary and he changed the name to Laindon C.C and we joined the Club Cricket Conference. As all matches had been played on concrete strips with matting is was essential that a new ground was found. My brother and I managed to rent a field adjoining the Country Club in Basildon Road. The French brothers supplied tractor and tools to clear the field, the square was laid and the Country Club provided tea and refreshments. The team was: Robinson - J. Mabey - B. Mabey- - S. Rose - J. Rose - Lovell - Lucas - Sheppard - Hart - Gamon - Wilson - Peters. Frank Gamon and I both married in 1952 and left the club.
Funny how people look so young when you see their photos from back in the day. Mr J J Wilson, our former headmaster would have looked like this at school, the Austin A35 parked at the back dates this picture about 1957/8 which is exactly when I knew him. Such a cool dude.
As I am part of this photo, to my shame I cannot remember all of the players, or even where this photo was taken. However, no.5 back row was Jack Robinson, no 2 front was Tommy Webster, no 4 front was I believe Bert Lovell who had a prosthetic leg but played as an equal and no 5 front I believe was Barry Behrend. It is a confusing picture for me as I cannot understand the absence of some of the regular players such as Ivor Howe, Peter Lucas and Sid Rose who with me were the opening bowlers with Les Sheppard and Peter Lucas being the opening batsmen. Ivor being the first choice wicket keeper. While I have no difficulty with old memories, even to my very early days, later memories are often more difficult for me.
Laindon History > http://www.laindonhistory.org.uk/


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Cards, Worthington meet again
Worthington has stopped the Willmar girls post-season drive to state each of the last two years.
A year ago the Trojans crushed the Cardinals 54-31 in the 2AAA championship game at Mankato. Two years ago, it was 73-55 in the semifinals (Marshall toppled the Trojans in the 2008 section final).
Today's 7 p.m. meeting at Bresnan Arena should be closer. The Cardinals (22-4) have a better chance, a view reinforced by their No. 1 seed. Worthington (19-5), at No. 2, is fresh off a 56-45 win No. 3 Marshall.
Willmar last reached the Class AAA state tournament in 2006, losing to DeLaSalle in the quarterfinals. In 2004, the Cardinals lost in the AAA championship game to Minneapolis North.
At this point, the Cardinals have won 22 games for the second year in a row. In the past eight seasons, the program has notched at least 20 wins six times with a high of 26 in 2002-03.
Today's matchup is a final exam for a tall, veteran team with five senior starters and a deep bench of underclassmen, not tall but well-drilled in the fundamentals.
In the post, Willmar's 6-4 Alex Lippert will cozy up to 6-1 Martha Awal, an athletic, long-reach shot-blocker, who had 20 points and 23 rebounds in the semifinals. The Cardinal defense will also be challenged by Kaitlin Gerber, a four-year starter who will slice inside or hang back to shoot the three. Kayla Vander Veen and Kayla Schroeder are other veteran impact players for the Trojans.
Willmar, too, has a lot going for it. Hannah Smith has picked up her offensive game. She scored 24 in the semifinal win over Hutchinson, her highest output since scoring 27 against St. Cloud Tech on Dec. 5. It was her sixth straight game in double figures.
"I think a lot of that was that Hannah had a bad quad and couldn't push off and get to the basket," said coach Brad Atchison. "She never admitted to a problem, but I can tell she's healthy now."
Willmar will also be looking for a big game from forward Jena Thompson, who will also be called on to guard Awal. Thompson broke onto varsity as a freshman, along with guard Mariel Aamot, when the team finished 15-11. Smith and Lippert started playing with the varsity the next winter when a young but promising team ended up 12-14. Forward Jen Knake, the fifth senior, became a full-time starter this year.
"The key for us is play aggressive and with confidence," said Atchison. "We need to just worry about our game. I think, in past years I got myself in trouble worrying more what they were doing. We've just got to play to win.
If the Cardinals can clear this obstacle, they would advance to Williams Arena for a Wednesday quarterfinal, the time depending on top- four seeding and a random draw.
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n UW-Superior hockey forward Chelsey Wierschem had quite an end to her freshman season. Last weekend at the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs, Wierschem scored the game's only goal with 28 seconds remaining in the third period, allowing the Yellowjackets to upset No. 1 seed Lake Forest, Ill., on the Foresters' home ice. In the championship, Superior (18-9-2) fell 2-1 to UW-River Falls, which advanced to the Division III national tournament. Wierschem finished with six goals (three of those game-winners), three assists and a plus seven in 27 games.
- Sam Sussenguth ended his five years on the North Dakota State men's basketball team with a flourish. In the Summit League quarterfinals before 6,245 at the Sioux Falls Arena, the ex-Cardinal scored a reverse layup with 11 seconds left in overtime to pull the No. 6 Bison within 65-64 of No. 3 Oral Roberts. A last second Bison shot to win missed, ending their season at 11-18. Sussenguth, who started, finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and three blocks. He averaged 5.7 ppg and 4.9 rpg with a team-high 28 blocked shots.
- Dave Aus (WHS 1988) has his Blaine Bengals (21-4-3) back in the Class AA hockey tournament. Seeded No. 3, the Bengals play unseeded Apple Valley (17-11) at 1 p.m. today. The Bengals took third place last year after losing to Lee Smith (WHS '84) and Eden Prairie in the semifinals 4-2. This time, Smith's Eagles were knocked out 7-2 by No. 1 Minnetonka in the 6AA final.


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Mebroot is an advertising browser extension that can be helpful for internet search for users who is eager to make some beneficial shopping online. But such browser add-ons irritate computer owners with the pop-ups like all bundled browser extensions. If you do not remember if you installed the add-on or you repent that installed it, so you are welcome to examine the page entirely and use the way of removal that will be useful to remove Mebroot. If you are looking for the quick powerful program for its removal this adware, so you can use the easy-to-use removal tool from this article.
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But there is one more manual removal instruction using which you should remove files, folders and registry entries. The way of removal is safe if you are able to follow it carefully or commit it to the experienced person who knows what and why should be removed. To make this process more secure you should do the backup of the registry. You should remember that only the enumerated elements of the software should be removed and no other ones otherwise your computer will not work. If you do not understand what registry value is and where it should be found, then it is better to follow automatic method not to damage the computer.
Automatic technique is the method when a user installs any removal utility to solve the problem. The method refers to the most secure and powerful. It is also the easiest one. You should just download the antivirus program that has Mebroot in its base of signatures. The described technique is more helpful because you will have the antispyware and antimalware scanner that will protect the computer against the future possible computer infections.
Concerning the money that users may spend on the virus removal I should say that some removal techniques are 100% free, for example manual removal from browsers, manual professional removal (if you will do it by yourselves), free antivirus program and the removal from Control Panel. But not all of them are equally effective. The information about the effectiveness of these uninstall techniques I illustrate in the table that is called 'Removal methods statistics', you can see it below. Speaking about the paid techniques of virus removal, I should mention the Computer Repair Shop Service and paid Antivirus program.
These methods are the most efficient. In spite of the great distinction in the price (Repair Shop service depends on the complexity of the issue and may cost up to $300, but paid antivirus costs up to $60) these methods are almost equal in the effectiveness and in the results. I should also notice that paid antiviruses always has support service (often for free) that will remove the virus like in an expensive computer repair shop.
Removal methods statistics
|Removal method
|Needed Time
|Computer Repair Shop
|up to 4 days
|Paid Antivirus
|up to 1 hour
|up to 3 hours
|From Control Panel
|up to 1 hour
|Manual Removal (Professional)
|up to 4
|Removal from browsers
|up to 1 hour
Are you looking for the software that is able to eliminate Mebroot perfectly? So I can advise you Spyhunter because it is the best Mebroot Removal Tool and even more. This utility will find and remove all possible browser add-ons and, moreover, can protect your system, deleting all actual viruses.
Enigma Software created Spyhunter to be a helpful antispyware and antimalware program that can guard the computer against all modern computer infections, including rootkits, trojans and keyloggers. Due to the regularly renovated signature base Spyhunter can remove all the latest computer threats that are written by virus writers every day.
Then latest version of Spyhunter not only modify its interface to more handy and fine, but also the utility does not conflict with other antivirus utilities that you can download. Also the tool works quicker and protects better.
Spyhunter gives real-time protection, has Integrated SpyHunter Compact OS that let to delete the most stubborn viruses and the ready-to-help live technical support. Spyhunter is compatible with Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Seven/8, it needs 256 MB of RAM, 75 MB of available hard disk space.
How to use Spyhunter
You can use the link on this post in order to download Spyhunter. Open the installer and follow the demanded items. Choose the language that will be comfortable for you. Fortunately Spyhunter offers a great variety of them, being helpful and easy-to-use. But not only this fact makes Spyhunter very reputed world over, but also its poverful capability to defense users' computer.
When the installation is complete this software should be updated, generally this procedure begins by itself, but if not, in that case you can do it. When the update release is installed, you should start a Scan. You should remove the tick in the Quick Scan check box, if you want to scan your computer utterly. But commonly Quick scan is enough to determine all probable viruses and this function save your time and effort.
Look through the list of the determined malicious objects when the scan will be finished. If you see safe software in the list, then you can remove the tick near it, otherwise Spyhunter will delete the software. It pertains to the rare and special utilities that users install for their work. But ordinarily, there is no need to delete any ticks. After that you should left-click Fix Threats button. If you have already bought the license key, then the computer threats will be removed. In case you did not, you will have the opportunity to pay for the license key.
This page describes several methods to remove Mebroot, I hope, they were helpful for you and the undesired browser extension is uninstalled. But your PC can be infected every day and so it should be protected. I advise you to install an antimalware tool that will guard your PC every day and will scan your PC at least one time a week The downloaded antivirus software should have a large base of viruses and daily releases of updates. The best antimalware utility has real-time protection. It is the 100% guard that can detect malware in the system when it is just going to infect your computer.
Spyhunter comply all the itemized claims. So, I suppose it can guard your system better than any other and also it is able to provide a real-time obstacle to all the modern malware. The described easy-to-use program will scan your computer. It will reveal all the viruses and even all the probably unwanted software. If you installed any functional program for your work, but Spyhunter finds it as the malicious program, but you are absolutely sure that this software cannot be dangerous, so you can add it to Exclusions and Spyhunter will not uninstall it and never will detect it as a malicious object any more. If you are going to scan only one file, then you can take advantage of Custom Scan option. You are welcome also exploit Process Guard or Registry Guard of the tool for your comfort.
I also want to advice you some useful things that will protect your laptop from Mebroot and other viruses in the future:
- Do not install any freeware from unknown creators. If you do not like to pay for programs, then you should be very careful during the installation of the program. You should not miss the checkbox (usually small letters) that is responsible for the download of any other applications. You should remove the tick from this checkbox.
- Do not visit any malicious websites (porn, for adults, websites of unknown free software), they usually contain some trojans or other types of malicious programs.
- Do not use torrents or other sharing web services, because you can download adware instead of the needed file.
- Do not double-click email attachment from unknown persons. It can be a virus.
- Install any antivirus software and scan your PC at least once a week.
Video Instructions to get rid of Mebroot
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|DHANAN SENATHIRAJAH (Chair) - Dhanan is a qualified accountant and lawyer from Sri Lanka. His current position is Vice President - Head of Finance & Planning at the National Development Bank PLC. He serves on the Sri Lankan boards of Back To The Bible Broadcast, Campus Crusade for Christ, Vision Fund, and Lanka Bible College.
|MAHENDRA BHATTARAI - Mahendra has been working as a development consultant for many years. He is Chairperson and leading pastor in a church group in Nepal. He is associated with several Christian organisations and is active in Christian/Non-Christian relations.
|SHANTA MAYA GURUNG - Shanta is a public health professional and served for many years through faithbased and bilateral organisations within Nepal. Her experiences have mainly been in community health and development. Currently based in Kathmandu, Shanta is a member of Gyaneshwar NIM church. For the last five years, she has been leading a team which ministers to girls involved in the sex trade. She also chairs a pharmaceutical company.
|GRACE KHALING - Grace is an active member of the Nepali Isai Mandali Lalitpur Church, where she serves as an elder, as well as in several volunteer roles. She has been working with the Asian Development Bank for over 25 years, and has considerable work experience with other international organisations. She also serves as a Board member for other para-church organisations.
|PRAKASH SUBBA - Prakash is Pastor at Koinonia Koteshwor Church in Kathmandu and was the National Director of the Nepal Campus Crusade for many years. He has a commitment to integral mission and to developing training materials for family counseling for pastors. He has served as Chairman of the National Churches Fellowship - Nepal for the last four years. At present he is also involved in teaching in Bible colleges and training centres.
|ALEX SWARBICK - Alex lives in the UK and works as a Consultant and Tutor at Roffey Park Institute, running leadership development programmes for organisations in the UK and internationally. During the 1990s Alex worked in Nepal as Personnel Director for the International Nepal Fellowship.
|HENK BLOM - Henk served with UMN from 1981 until 1990 in Tansen, Palpa. He has fulfilled several leadership posts in different NGOs since then. Currently, he is the director of Komensky Consultancy in Pune, India.
|JIWAN GURUNG - Jiwan worked with International Nepal Fellowship for 10 years and was on its board for nine years before he stepped down at the end of 2013. He also pastored a church in Pokhara. Currently he is one of the pastors of a church in Dang District. He was previously a UMN Board Member from 2003 to 2007. He is also the founder of a non-government organisation in Dang.
|LALBIAKHLUI ROKHUM - Kuki, as she is more popularly known, is currently the Director of Training and Mobilisation of EFICOR where she has worked since 2002. Kuki is passionate about issues of justice and is involved in teaching about issues such as HIV and AIDS, creation care and climate change. She has also been involved in the Micah Challenge campaign in India.
|JOSEPH SHRESTHA - Joseph Shrestha is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Church, Dhanghadi, Nepal and Vice Chairman of the Assemblies Of God, Nepal. He also serves as Chairperson of Rescue Nepal. He has long experience with church and mission, and has a heart for integral mission.
|RICHARD SYKES - Richard was a lawyer specialising in international work with a London law firm for 30 years. On retiring in 2000, he worked for a year for International Nepal Fellowship in the Mid-West Region of Nepal. Since then he has returned to Nepal every year, either to work for INF or, more recently, in his capacity as a UMN board member. He was for over 10 years on the Boards of INF UK and the Nepal Leprosy Trust UK.
|FELICITY WEVER - Felicity is based in Sydney, Australia, and has a background in international aid and development. She is currently the International Programmes Manager for UNICEF Australia. Felicity previously worked for Baptist World Aid Australia, helping to establish UMN's Child-Centred Community Development programmes.