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A worsening recent political divide within the leadership of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N, or "movement"), traditionally based in South Kordofan and Blue Nile (the "Two Areas"), is increasingly likely to lead to a change of leadership of the movement. Of grave concern, the political divide has already led to violent clashes with strong ethnic undertones between units of the movement's armed wing (the Sudan People's Liberation Army-North, the SPLA-N) in parts of Sudan's Blue Nile state that are controlled by the movement and in camps hosting refugees from Blue Nile just across the border in South Sudan's Upper Nile state. Preexisting ethnic tensions in this area have been exacerbated by the political divisions among top SPLM-N leaders. The leadership paralysis that is cited as both a cause and an effect of the current division, and the risks of further civil strife, are directly impeding the internal crisis and humanitarian response mechanisms, creating a dangerous transient leadership vacuum at the regional and local level. This vacuum is causing community leaders in areas controlled by the movement in Blue Nile state and in the refugee camps to pursue their own initiatives in an effort to calm their constituencies and reassure other nearby communities.
On March 7, 2017, Abdel-Aziz El-Hilu, Deputy Chairman of the SPLM-N, resigned. In his resignation letter, submitted to the regional Nuba Mountains/South Kordofan Liberation Council (NMLC), he cited the SPLM-N's inability to revise and adopt an updated manifesto, constitution, negotiation strategy, and the necessary organizational structures. He also pointed to his growing distrust of SPLM-N Chairman Malik Agar and Secretary-General Yasir Arman and to his own responsibility for past failings. The NMLC rejected El-Hilu's resignation, endorsed the reforms El-Hilu recommended, and removed Secretary-General Arman from his position and from leading the SPLM-N team engaged in negotiations with the Sudanese government. Based on the rejection of his resignation, El-Hilu continued to exercise his leadership role quietly behind the scenes.
In the weeks that followed, the SPLM-N went into a gradual downward spiral. The two sides lost confidence in one other, with each challenging the other's legitimacy in making statements or acting on behalf of the SPLM-N. When the NMLC resolved on June 7 to dismiss Chairman Agar, in addition to its earlier firing of Secretary-General Arman, and to appoint El-Hilu as the new chairman, Agar questioned the legality of the process and the decision—which he dismissed as an ethnically motivated "coup d'état."El-Hilu did not take up the offer by Agar for the three of them to step down together and task the most senior of the remaining leaders with running the affairs of the movement until the convening of the supreme decision-making body of the movement, the SPLM-N National Liberation Convention. Instead, El-Hilu stated that he would appoint a transitional leadership council that would prepare for the convening of the SPLM-N National Convention. The leadership split widened as each set of leaders ignored the other and continued to issue statements and decisions.
As the strife between the two sides worsened, signs of the growing divisions became more visible at the communal level. Some divisions grew violent in May and June, and constituent support for at least one of the leaders further fragmented.
In addition to triggering ethnic tensions within its army and among its constituents, this SPLM-N leadership crisis has multiple other negative impacts, including the risks of:
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One hectare of land almost fully enclosed by the original stone wall, which also encloses a small pond as part of this private property.
Partially already restored 15 years ago by a Swiss artist, these 3 original barns are built in an area close to the beaches and the glamorous life of Costa Smeralda i.e. Porto Cervo, yet peaceful and away from the bitten truck. A place to come and enjoy, relax and rejuvenate, but never too far from the modern amenities of Porto Cervo and its Jet set society.
An idyllic hilly village is only a few km away. This has become in the last few years a place where foreigners who have purchased their second homes amongst this barren and wild countryside like to gather for its lively, chic atmosphere, the nice bars, restaurants and an array of boutiques offering from holistic medicines to Moorish furniture and Sardinian carvings…
An almost mystic atmosphere pervades the area, indeed the location used to be a place of gathering after a pilgrimage to Saint Lucy monastery. Amongst red granite rocks, hidden away a small statue of the saint still hides away.
The property is made of 3 buildings.
The largest barn consists of: traditional open plan kitchen-living room with terracotta floors. 2 double bedrooms one boasting a large fire place. Bathroom.
The loft of this house is currently undergoing renovation.
Set amongst the 3 buildings is the ancient orchard with pomegranates and lemon trees.
About 20 m from the main building is a smaller one. This is also made out of large granite blocks carved to fit the walls of this cute small house. This comes with double bedroom and open plan kitchen. This building opens onto an outdoor patio with granite floors with the original water well.
These two buildings could be joined to create a unique house.
In addition to these 2 buildings there is a third, a very quaint house of granite, with large living room with traditional large fire place, outdoor cooking area, and bathroom. This building has sea views. The cooking area was organized under a gazebo of juniper wood which would need to be restored.
The houses have water and electricity. Close by the enchanting white beaches of the Emerald Coast - 40km away is the main Olbia airport, yet complete peace and tranquillity pervade this place.
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Empty feeder,
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Cloud forest,
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Empty nest,
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Pearsall Sofa – Adrian Pearsall designed many of the most exuberant and expressive American furniture from the 1950s and '60s. For verve and vivacity of form, he surpasses even Vladimir Kagan — whose work is that the emblem of swinging, sexy mid-20th century modernism. Pearsall gave his imagination free rein, and his flamboyant, eye-catching styles are icons of what has grown to be referred to as "Atomic Age" design.
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Fjord Trout Carpaccio with Egg Cream
Fjord Trout is perfect for appetizers since it has a rich taste and a deep red color. A pure taste you can't get enough of.
Egg cream
Citrus jelly
Crispy bread
Cut the Fjord Trout in two long fillets.
Mix salt, pepper and chopped chervil together. Turn the fillets over in the mixture so that they are covered.
Roll the fillets up tightly in plastic (cling film) and freeze for three to four hours.
Slice the frozen Fjord Trout thinly and arrange on a plate.
Egg cream
Add the oil in a small pan. Add whole egg yolks and cook at 70°C for 15-20 minutes, until the yolks are getting solid.
Remove the egg yolks and mix with butter to a smooth cream.
Season to taste with salt and cayenne pepper.
Citrus jelly
Juice and zest lemon.
Mix lemon juice, lemon zest and sugar.
Add water to make up a total of 400 g of liquid.
Whisk in the agar powder, bring to the boil, and cook while whisking for 30 seconds.
Pour into a form and leave to cool. Pass through a flour sift.
Crispy bread
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Cut the bread in thin slices, then in smaller pieces.
Sprinkle with oil and salt, and bake crusty in the oven for 8-10 minutes.
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"While the commodity markets in which we operate remain challenging, as previously described, we benefit from a strong contracted position," said the business based in Selby, North Yorkshire.
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It anticipates that earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and underlying earnings per share for 2010 will beat the market consensus.
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|The Lake District is impossible! Over the last 4 or 5 years I have made a number of photographic trips to be met each time by its legendary wet weather: low cloud, drizzle and steamy pubs full of long faces..... but then I got lucky! I met up with a group of friends in Langdale in February with snow already on the hill tops. It was an opportunity not to be missed, so I waved my friends off as they climbed away up into the hills and spent a glorious day with a Mamiya 6 and a few rolls of Ilford BW film. Weather fronts, thick with snow blew in every twenty minutes but in between the skies cleared lighting the scene with sunshine: perfect black and white weather. It was, frankly, like shooting fish in a barrel . I still don't trust Lake District weather though.


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1928 was a good year for having fun. Think of all those sleek motor cars with long, long bonnets, drawing up outside town palaces decked out in Art Deco. Inside, the beautiful people partied. The music was jazz and the cocktail shaker was chrome. Z was the letter of choice: zigzags for the bathroom and zebra skin for the sofas. When you wearied of the same old crowd, if you were rich and in Paris and you fancied something new, you jumped in the Hispano-Suiza and headed for the latest hotel on the avenue George V. Designed by the architect of the moment, Arfvidson, it was the place to be – the Hotel Prince de Galles.
Named because its owners wished to welcome the then Prince of Wales for his annual sojourns in the French capital, the Prince de Galles has over the years played host to other interesting folk – like Winston Churchill, Elvis Presley and Marlene Dietrich. And now, me.
Let me say at once that there are two aspects of this hotel which are marvellous. First, its location. Close to the rush of the Champs-Elysées and yet imperiously separate on its stately avenue, it is surrounded by the grandest of the grand boutiques. If fashion is your passion, this will be your heaven. All around there are opportunities for serious spending. A few thousand euros here, a few thousand euros there… Your wardrobe will soon be thrilling once more.
And my second gold star goes to the Prince de Galles for its public areas. Walls of honey-coloured stone, floors of costly marble, gilt chandeliers and antique chairs – all the accoutrements of the grand luxury hotel are here, and in a most delightful ensemble. After a rather tiresome taxi ride from the Gare du Nord, the cares of the world (and of bad-tempered taxi drivers) fell away as I walked into the hotel's lovely entrance hall.
Soon I was up in room 409 (822 euros a night, bed and breakfast for two) – an apartment decorated with the typical Parisian love of colour (in this case, yellow and light blue). There was plenty of space for the two armchairs, and through the window I could admire the geometric patterns of the mosaic on the walls of the inner courtyard. I liked the original door-plates and handles – the latter in the form of a streamlined bird's wing.
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4 Links for the Ibanez Tube Screamer Newbie
I just did a video comparing the Ibanez Tube Screamer Overdrive Pro TS-808 Reissue to a Mooer Green Mile Overdrive pedal.
This made me very curious about the whole history of Tube Screamers. While researching about it, I found some cool links. Here are four that stood out. If you're new to the phenomenom of the Tube Screamer, this will get you started.
Here are the 4 links:
This guide introduces the different variants of the Tube Screamer family, including those currently in production. A good place to start!
2. Can the Ibanez TS808 Reissue be Modded for Exact Vintage TS808 Tone?
A discussion about modding the currently available TS808 Reissue into a Vintage TS808. Very geekie & has pictures of the circuits + mods that they did to test this out.
3. MohoMods Guide to Ibanez Tube Screamers
An intro to recognizing the Tube Screamer variants. A guide for buyers looking on eBay for the warm tone.
4. Ibanez Official Tube Screamer Page
This is the official page. It's what they have in store for you at the moment. If you're looking for a new pedal (not the vintage ones) - this is a good page to check out. Then, you can google the prices for your dream pedal afterwards.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007Future of a prominent Rothesay heritage building is still in the balance - Webmaster @ 14:04 GMT
The planned redevelopment of Rothesay's former Sheriff Court and Burgh Council building has seeminlgly reached an impasse - apparently over an insistence that no part of the complex can be demolished until a contract for the development has been awarded. The redevelopment involves plans by FyneHomes housing association for the conversion of the property into residential use.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007Ardencraig Gardens and glasshouses re-open after Ł˝ million refurbishment - Webmaster @ 10:46 GMT
A jointly funded initiative to restore Rothesay's famous Ardencraig Gardens glasshouses to their former glory has finally come to fruition with the official opening of the refurbished facility. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Cllr Len Scoullar paid tribute to the funding bodies who contributed towards the Ł550,000 project cost, including Argyll and Bute Council, HIE Argyll and the Islands, the EU's ISLA programme and the Bute Preservation Trust.
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Each year in July there will be tours of One Planet Development plots across Wales. The next event will commence Monday 22nd July 2019. See below for what happened in 2018.
What you need to know
Note that all tours are kindly hosted free of charge by the residents, however a donation of £3 to £5 per person would be a welcome contribution. Please respect residents privacy and generosity by staying with the tour, supervising children at all times, keeping dogs on leads, and requesting permission before taking photographs.
One Planet Developments are also required to minimise traffic impacts: please car share where possible (use the Facebook event page to offer or request lifts). Please bring weather-appropriate clothing and sturdy footwear.
Toilet facilities in general are basic composting loos of various levels of sophistication – the faint-hearted should plan to go beforehand!
If you have any accessibility requirements please get in touch with email@example.com before visiting, as some plots are unfortunately not yet able to accommodate wheelchair access.
Read on for details of tour locations, dates, times and facilities.
Monday 16th July
10am to 12pm
Maes Melangell, Lammas Ecovillage. Glandwr Pembrokeshire, SA34 0YD
Now in its ninth year this established OPD plot demonstrates abundant gardens, successful animal husbandry practices, a collection of natural building techniques and a range of micro-businesses (including soft fruit and christmas trees). Also includes the visionary Lammas Earth Centre (currently under construction).
2pm to 4pm
Hafan y coed, Glandwr, Pembrokeshire, SA34 0YD
This smallholding has been established for just a year, it is an agro-forestry OPD – growing furniture, producing pollinator and edible plants alongside our own produce. Based on old over grazed pasture land we are planting to increase biodiversity and create a sustainable landscape for the future. Follow Lammas track all the way up to the top (keeping right at any track forks).
Directions and facilities
The two plots hosting tours today are both within walking distance of the Lammas Community Hub (SA34 0YD). Please park there and walk unless you are unable to do so. A disabled accessible toilet is available at the Lammas Hub. You may picnic on the grass outside the Lammas Hub, near to the car park.
10am: Maes Melangell [toilet]
From the car park, take the track leading past the Lammas Hub building, turn right at the millpond and follow the track up to the house.
2pm: Hafan Y Coed [toilet] [refreshments] [produce for sale]
From the car park, take the track leading directly up the hill all the way up to the top, keeping right at all forks.
Tuesday 17th July
10am to 12pm
Bryn Yr Blodau, Llanycefn, SA66 7QJ
We love living simply on the land.
2pm to 4pm
Pencoed, Llechryd, Cardigan, Ceredigion, SA43 2PB
Pencoed is a 12.6 acre smallholding, comprising wild meadows, wetland and woodland. Our work in progress includes a self-build timber/straw bale family home, orchard, craft willow beds, apiary, forest garden. Planning permission since March 2018.
Directions and facilities
Both of these sites have limited parking availability. Please car share if at all possible.
10am: Bryn yr Blodau, Llanycefn, SA66 7QJ [toilet] [refreshments] [produce for sale] [4×4 to wheelchair access]
Park in woodland carpark next to Nant y Cwm school and walk up with the school on left, go 1/4mile, turn left onto farm track sign "Bryn yr Blodau" and another 50 m to the roundhouse.
2pm: Pencoed, Llechryd, Cardigan, Ceredigion, SA43 2PB [toilet] [refreshments] Pencoed (postcode SA43 2PB) is accessed via a back lane which loops off the A484 between Cardigan and Llechryd. From Cardigan take the A484, signposted Newcastle Emlyn and turn right at Croes y Llan, i.e., the first settlement you come to. This is a quiet loop lane which ends up at Llechryd bridge. Continue along the lane climbing up and down and winding round through the woods, for approx 1.3 mile until you see a house called Ty Fri on your right hand side. Our entrance is around 100 metres past on the left hand side and has 6′ high cleft chestnut gates. Drive into the track and continue along until you reach the parking area.
Limited parking on site, after which you will need to park in Llechryd village by the bridge and walk up road parallel with the river. Car sharers could meet in Llechryd or Cardigan.
Wednesday 18th July
10am and 2pm
Nant Y Cwm Farm, Rudry, Caerphilly, CF83 3EJ
Dan, Sarah and their family of five children live in the Caerphilly Borough just north of Cardiff. They been living on site since June 2009 and were granted planning permission in April 2014. Their aim from the beginning was to live a sustainable lifestyle, to grow their own food and generate their own electricity. They set about working on their land and built a cabin to live in after they had lived undetected for two years. When the OPD policy arrived, it meant they could formalise the existence of their cabin and outbuildings whilst continuing a low carbon footprint lifestyle and achieving an income from the land.
Directions and facilities
Nant-Y-Cwm Farm, Rudry, Caerphilly CF83 3EJ [toilet]
Two tours available at one of the longest-established OPD smallholdings. Parking is available on site but please also consider public transport – if you are reasonably fit, it is about a half hour walk up the hill from Lisvane & Thornhill train station, which would also be a good place for car sharers to meet.
Thursday 19th July
10am to 12pm
Gelli Y Gafel, Glandwr. Pembrokeshire, SA340YD
Gelli Y Gafel began as two pasture fields which we are tranforming into bio-diverse and multifunctional ecosystems using permaculture principles. We have areas for annual and perennial crops, soft fruit production, forest garden, orchards, nuttery, timber and coppice, plant raising, grazing for sheep, wild areas and ponds. Our land based businesses are selling wild foods, carpentry and we hope to produce fruit wines and cider for sale in the future.
Thursday 19th July
2pm to 4pm
Plas Helyg, Lammas Ecovillage. Glandwr Pembrokeshire, SA34 0YD
Plas Helyg means 'willow palace', reflecting the dedication to willow cultivation and craft that we practise here. Our two primary land-based products are 18 varieties of hand coppiced chemical free willow, and our lovingly hand sheared high quality Blue Faced Leicester wool. We run lots of courses in basketry, sculpture, felt-making, as well as eco-building. We have a productive garden, including two hand crafted cob greenhouses, and we produce large quantities of soft fruit, eggs, a wide range of vegetables and more specialist products such as medicinal herbs and plant dyes.
Directions and facilities
The two plots hosting tours today are both within walking distance of the Lammas Community Hub (SA34 0YD). Please park there and walk unless you are unable to do so. A disabled accessible toilet is available at the Lammas Hub. You may picnic on the grass outside the Lammas Hub, near to the car park.
10am: Gelli Y Gafel, Glandwr. Pembrokeshire, SA340YD [toilet] [produce for sale]
From the car park, take the track leading past the Lammas Hub building towards the millpond. Pass the millpond on your right and continue up the track to the farmyard. Turn right before the agriculture buildings, Gelli Y Gafel is on your left. Alternatively meet in the Lammas hub car park at 10am.
2pm: Plas Helyg, Lammas Ecovillage. Glandwr Pembrokeshire, SA34 0YD [toilet] [refreshments ] [produce for sale]
Cassandra will meet visitors in the Lammas car park. Otherwise take the track leading directly up the hill and then the second left.
Friday 20th July
Ty Gwennol, Rhiw Las, Whitland, Carmarthenshire, SA34 0LH
Our OPD business plan includes a nano dairy and a natural remedies range made from beeswax and flowers and herbs grown on site. We have been living on site for one full year now and have mostly focused on building the house, which will hopefully be finished this winter. We gained planning permission in July 2016 and our plot is called Ty Gwennol.
Friday 20th July
Dan Y Berllan, Rhiw Las, Whitland, Carmarthenshire, SA34 0LH
We are currently building our off-grid roundwood timber frame, straw bale house. Our land-based businesses include a large apple orchard and beekeeping and we are looking forward to getting back to growing more of our own food next year after spending the last year on the house build. The plot is called Dan Y Berllan which means "Under the Orchard".
Friday 20th July
Criafolen, Rhiw Las, Whitland, Carmarthenshire, SA34 0LH
Criafolen is a newly established Cool Temperate Permaculture Project. We do Permaculture teaching / consultancy and traditional Crafts.
Friday 20th July
Swn Y Coed, Rhiw Las, Whitland, Carmarthenshire, SA34 0LH
Our land based business are Musical instrument making, forest school and outdoor education as well as food production. We have a large polytunnel, a no dig garden and a large orchard.
Directions and facilities
Rhiw Las, Whitland, Carmarthenshire, SA34 0LH, is a group of four One Planet Developments each offering short tours. Parking is available on site: if using satnav note that we are a few hundred metres to the north of where the postcode will take you. Link to map pin here. There are regular train and bus services to Whitland, which is about 3 miles away. Car sharers could meet in Whitland and keen walkers may enjoy the Landsker Borderlands trail footpath from Whitland to the site (about an hour, moderately hilly). Picnic space is available on site between the tours and some residents will be around for a chat over lunch as well. Please arrive either promptly at 10am or between 12.30 and 2pm.
10am: Ty Gwennol, [toilet] [produce for sale]
11am: Dan Y Berllan, [toilet] [refreshments] [produce for sale]
2pm: Criafolen, [toilet] [produce for sale]
3pm: Swn Y Coed, [toilet] [produce for sale]
Saturday 21st July
10am to 12pm
Green Apple, Cosheston, Pembrokeshire, SA72 4TZ
This site is one of the pioneers, having gained permission in 2009 under Pembrokeshire's local Policy 52, a precursor to the OPD policy. Green Apple is dedicated towards making a positive multidimensional contribution to finding a way through the present planetary environmental crisis.
2pm to 4pm
Cae Calon, Landshipping, SA67 8BG
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Saturday 21st July
10am and 2pm
Ty Coed, Glyndyfrdwy, Denbighshire, North Wales, LL21 9BS
Dee Wood (Ty Coed) is a smallholding and Woodland business offering: Woodland Products – buildings, milled timber, charcoal; Sustainable Woodland Management; Permaculture; Low Impact Living; Eco-Building; Courses; Ecotherapies – counselling, mindfulness, well-being. Dee Wood is a 17 acre site which is situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Glyndyfrdwy, Denbighshire, North Wales, LL21 9BS. Planning permission was granted in March 2018 but the woodland business has been established for 8 years.
Directions and facilities
Saturday 21st July: Pembrokeshire Coast and Denbighshire
Today there is a South Wales and North Wales option, but you won't be able to get from one to the other in time to do both!
10am: Green Apple, Cosheston, Pembrokeshire Coast, SA72 4TZ [toilet] [refreshments] [wheelchair]
Take the turning for Cosheston off the A477 and travel up to the village past the war memorial and carry on straight for about 2 minutes until you come to a crossroads. Green Apple is on your right. Parking is limited so please car share if possible.
2pm: Cae Calon, Landshipping, SA67 8BG
Directions to follow
10am and 2pm: Ty Coed, Glyndyfrdwy, Denbighshire, North Wales, LL21 9BS [toilet] [refreshments] [produce for sale]
Turn off A5 into village of Glyndyfrdwy. Proceed through village and cross bridge over river. Turn right towards Rhewl at end of bridge, pass Coed Y Glyn cabins and turn left at fork in road. Proceed up hill and there will be a sign saying Dee Wood, continue driving into wood until you reach the car park.
Sunday 22nd July
Parc y dwr, Glandwr. Pembrokeshire, SA34 0YE
In November 2014 we, as a family of four, obtained planning permission for our 7.5 acre, semi mechanised, low budget, land based One Planet Development called Parc-y-dwr. Our aim is to develop our smallholding into a productive and highly interconnected system of plants, animals, energy, nutrients and life. We are working towards acheiving our land based income by producing willow products, apple products, honey, christmas trees, plants, seeds, nuts, fruit, vegetables, preserves, wood craft, meat, eggs, milk and dairy produce.
Hafan y coed, Lammas Ecovillage. Glandwr, Pembrokeshire SA34 0YD
This smallholding has been established for just a year, it is an agro-forestry OPD – growing furniture, producing pollinator and edible plants alongside our own produce. Based on old over grazed pasture land we are planting to increase biodiversity and create a sustainable landscape for the future.
Directions and facilities
10am: Parc-y-dwr Glandwr, Pembrokeshire SA34 0YE [refreshments]
Located in the south west quadrant of the first small crossroads as you travel west, up the hill from the 'centre' of Glandwr. We have somewhat muddy parking for a couple of cars with average ground clearance (no sports cars). We don't have access for the disabled or people with walking difficulties. Our current toilet facilities are highly primitive and could be considered "emergency only" to people with a delicate disposition. We have currently no produce to sell.
2pm: Hafan Y Coed, Glandwr, Pembrokeshire SA34 0YD [toilet] [refreshments] [produce for sale]
Within walking distance of the Lammas Community Hub (SA34 0YD). Please park there (link to map pin) and walk unless you are unable to do so. A disabled accessible toilet is available at the Lammas Hub. From the car park, take the track leading directly up the hill all the way up to the top, keeping right at all forks.


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Down the wicket is cricket opinion. A group of cricket enthusiasts, passionate about the games standards. We openly encourage discussion, debate and opinion, because cricket is worth getting worked up about!
Thursday, 11 December 2008
two sides please
we've got a few day until the next test; given our respective ages i'd like an 1978-2008 world side, and because Ponsford is a big sook, an all time greatest world side to keep us going until Perth.
stoph verismo
10 comments:
- Ponsford12 December 2008 at 2:25 pm
OK, here goes.ReplyDelete
1. Hayden
2. Grenidge
3. Viv Richards
4. Tendulkar
5. Border (vc)
6. Healy
7. Warne (capt.)
8. Michael Holding
9. Courtney Walsh
10. Kapil Dev
11. McGrath
No apologies to England or South Africa.
I will fire back after I have been picked apart... fat chance.
world 11 means no aussies!ReplyDelete
Awesome, I was born in '79 so I'll give it my best shot. Gab I'm glad you've excluded Aussies - Sie I don't think any Aussies played in the tied test against Australia!ReplyDelete
1. G. Greenidge
2. G. Gooch (Warney rates him very highly and he shits on Vaughn; not hard though)
3. B. Lara
4. S. Tendulkar
5. V. Richards
6. V.V.S.Q.R.G.B.K. Laxman
7. I. Botham
8. A. Stewart
9. W. Younis
10. W. Akram
11. C. Ambrose
I'd imagine I'll cop shit at least for Goochie but I couldn't put Desmond Haynes in there and have half a side of Windies. Similarly with the keeper - Dujon stands out but Alec Stewart could bat alright. Like Sie no apologies to the Saffers. Apologies to spinners - Mushtaq Ahmed in particular.
- Ponsford12 December 2008 at 9:24 pm
So Australia is not part of the world???ReplyDelete
What are we doing, picking a 2nd 11? 2nd and a half?
I quit.
you poof! the rules should be - pick your Aussie dream team, then pick a world eleven, world meaning REST of the world. you already had a crack at picking your best Aussie team.ReplyDelete
"oh sie you have a spark in your hair"
"get it of me! get it of me!"
"hot stuff coming through"
gooch was ok, he got better with a rug...thats why warne liked him.ReplyDelete
windies were once dominant so you would expect a strong showing.
I will try and put my team by tomorrow.
my thoughts were along the lines of world side 78-08 was non Australians. the all time greatest world side was every nation.ReplyDelete
I.V.Richards (c)
S.Tendulkar (vc)
12th man
only three current players... don't know what that says!
Jonty 12th man for his outstanding fielding square of the wicket.
Mendis may [in time] revolutionise a bowlers role.
Younis... because it's like picking an Aussie- but not because he didn't play for us! and for his in-swinging yorker.
no one was scarier than Ambrose (unless you are one S.Waugh!)
no one was more annoying (but worthy of the hatred) than Dick Hadlee!
Beefy was just tops... and should have been an Aussie with his attitude.
i still have a man-crush on Kumar!
Lara and Tendulkar are obvious.
Viv had you beat just with the way he walked to the wicket; and being a master of the hook shot without a helmet! undefeated in a series as captain, therefore mine.
i couldn't break up that opening partnership.
stoph verismo
- Ponsford14 December 2008 at 8:51 am
Hot stuff? Pretty Bland I thought and what does "get it of me" mean?ReplyDelete
Nothing wrong with being a poof either, dont knock it 'till youv'e tried it...
How 'bout posting your team?
- leftriteout15 December 2008 at 2:49 pm
Nice Stoph; I forgot Sangakkarra was a keeper - piss off Stewart, you gimp! Who the hell is Mendis?ReplyDelete
Ponsford, step up dude! Show us your 11!
thanks Leftrite, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajantha_MendisReplyDelete
particularly the chapter on bowling style... he's also on target to get the fastest time for his first 50 test wickets.
and check Dravids face (1:20 into this one!) GOLD! people have said Mendis isn't a big turner, but his subtlety is the killer... which way did he go!


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