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I went to my favorite pond yesterday for the first time since about this time last year. With the water level dropping due to the extremely hot and long summer, I was concerned for the survival of the fish.
I have a friend who lives out that way and he would keep me abreast of the diminishing water. It got pretty low and small. Now of course with all the rain, it is the fullest it has been in a few years.
I fished for about two hours, working my way around the banks and landed two 12" bass(last year they were usually 8 to 10"), both fat and happy. Conditions were windy and cool and both were caught on a topwater popper with rubber legs.
Seemed like the best way to approach it, even with the wavy water.
Quite a relief to find that at least some of the fish "summered over".
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Most of western Kentucky is in a severe drought status and that severity is likely to spread to central Kentucky on the next report.
Most of the corn is going through tassel and pollination, which is well ahead of the five-year average, and the worst possible time to experience temperatures in the high 90s F (35 C or more).
The high temperatures and low humidity dry out pollen and silks faster, both of which need moisture for successful fertilization of the ovules.
In addition to the need for moisture for pollination, the corn plant simply needs more water. Corn around tasseling and silking demands about 0.3 inches (7.7 mm) per day. Most of our fields were at a water deficit prior to tasseling and the water deficit is increasing. The lack of water could lead to the abortion of kernels.
Dry conditions prior to tasseling often result in the tassel emergence and pollen drop before silk emergence. In many cases, the resulting ears may have a few kernels develop near the base of the ear, but very few to no kernels near the tip of the ear.
In other cases, the tassels may drop pollen before they are fully emerged from the whorl. If the silks are emerged, pollination may occur. If too much of the pollen is trapped in the whorl, then pollination will suffer.
Corn yield losses should be expected in most of these fields. The potential number of kernels was beginning to be determined somewhere around V8 growth stage. As the dry weather stressed the corn crop, the potential number of kernels dropped. Expected complications with pollination increases the probabilities of lower yields.
In some of the fields exhibiting the most severe drought stress conditions, farmers may want to look at salvage opportunities such as feeding the corn as a silage.
Proper ensiling requires the proper whole plant moisture (around 65 to 70 percent for most ensiling conditions). This season, whole plant moisture is more important than crop stage in deciding when to harvest.
(Just to the north, dry weather is also reducing yield potential in the Illinois corn crop. For a look at that situation, see Illinois corn, soybean crops deteriorating under droughty conditions. In Indiana, corn growers are also facing a drought and in many cases will have trouble meeting futures contract obligations. That story can be found here. Corn growers in Ohio have another problem. That's trying to control weeds under dry conditions. See what the advice is in that situation by clicking here).


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A couple months ago I reported on a facility in Stockholm that was using the heat from a bank of liquid cooled servers to heat an entire research facility. Using the heat from our electronics for a useful purpose instead of letting that energy go to waste, or treating it as something bad that needs to be mitigated, is a smart way of thinking. It's taking something we produce anyway, even if by circumstances or accident, and turning it into something useful.
That's a pretty cool story, but most of the time we experience the opposite problem. The heat from computers builds up in a server room or data center, and the high temperature makes the machines run less efficiently. And if you don't do something about the problem, it will keep getting worse.
A variety of cooling devices have been invented to help out, like the Tripp Lite SRCOOL12k, which we use to cool down our own GCN Lab. But no matter which method of cooling you use, it's going to take a lot of electricity, and the First Law of Thermodynamics states that you can't cool a place without generating an equivalent amount of heat, given that heat is energy. And that heat needs to be vented somewhere, which could result in the heat problem happening somewhere else in your building.
A lot of times the heat removed from a server room is vented outside, unless you happen to work in Stockholm where it can keep your offices nice and toasty instead. However, what if the opposite were true? What if outside air could be brought into a server room to cool it down, and give it a nice fresh meadow-like smell at the same time? That's kind of what scientists at the Energy Department are thinking about with their soon to be constructed Berkeley Computing Lab. The lab will hold the world's newest supercomputer, so there will likely be a lot of heat generated there. Apparently, the breezy atmosphere surrounding San Francisco bay is perfect for cooling down the servers. Scientists estimate the outside air can be used to cool computers 90 percent of the time without any extra devices being brought online, which is impressive given how much heat an industrial supercomputer can probably produce.
This is a good thing and will save energy, but I wonder if they have taken every factor into consideration. There will certainly be humidity problems that will have to be addressed, necessitating some other equipment be brought online even if they are just pumping air into the building to cool it.
Furthermore, even though San Francisco has a cool climate, the region also sometimes experiences scorching summer days, especially in El Nino years. If the DOE were truly serious about using the natural climate to cool the computer, they could pick a spot in Alaska where it's a lot colder and the air is also dryer.
Then again, they wouldn't have a beautiful castle overlooking the San Francisco Bay to work in, which must be a nice perk. They might have fewer earthquakes though, which would be a big plus in my book.
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Toward the end of the fiscal year at budget dump time I suggest switching out our cooling system to a liquid heat transfer, evaporative cooling system. Water is circulated through the servers and dumped into an open container by some pumps, An air pump blows air up through the container to cool the water via evaporation. But each year it gets rejected. I think my problem is the picture of the bikini clad female in the hot tub I include as an illustration. Given the age of the people in the office I think I should switch to how a hot tub helps with painful joints. Still we should always look to reuse, recycle, and reduce instead of dump. As my ancestors said. "Make big circles in all things." Consider a ground loop system that stores heat into the ground to be reused in winter (storing coolness in the ground to be reused in the summer.) For temperate climates at least. I bet some of the Europeans are hoping for some compute intensive algorithms to increase the heat supply at the moment.
I'm always amazed at the creative ways used to cool big data centers. It's wonderful the large companies spend the time and expense to engineer green solutions and reduce their carbon footprint. For the small to medium business, these methods can be cost prohibitive and there will always be a need for the portable, self-contained air conditioners for cooling data centers and LAN rooms.
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The December 8, 2008 report, "Preventing Genocide: A Blueprint for U.S. Policymakers," asserts that genocide is preventable, and that progress to this end begins with leadership and political will.
The report provides 34 recommendations, starting with the need for high-level attention, standing institutional mechanisms, and strong international partnerships to respond to potential genocidal situations when they arise; it lays out a comprehensive approach, recommending improved early warning mechanisms, early action to prevent crises, timely diplomatic responses to emerging crises, greater preparedness to employ military options, and action to strengthen global norms and institutions.
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Not long ago, a Zen student in California wrote to me asking for advice about his teacher. He's on track to be ordained, he wrote, but as he moves closer to taking that leap, he finds himself worried that his teacher doesn't really get him. In fact, he's left teachers in the past for this very reason. He said that he sometimes ...Read More »
Some Thoughts About Engaged Buddhism and Wrong Mindfulness
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Zen on the Yellow Brick Road
When we start to practice we bring our fears and issues that we have used to define ourselves throughout our life. We might initially come to Zen because we think it will give us peace of mind or relaxation, but if we stick with it we come to realize that what we really get is the opportunity to sit face ...Read More »
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Zen Needs Therapy
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Meeting the Neighbors
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This course provides the student with terminology and concepts related to data communications in an Internet driven world. Emphasis is placed on the integration of software and hardware considerations with systems analysis and design for computer networks. The role of telecommunications in systems design for networking and distributed processing is presented, along with the architecture of data communication systems ranging from local area networks to international wide area networks. Current technologies that include hardware, software, and protocols are presented, and an emphasis is placed on the application of the technology to the solution of problems. Other topics include the definition of network requirements, evaluation of technology, design and installation of the network, security management, and network performance. Hands-on experience are provided with an actual LAN.
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JOHANNESBURG – A nation divided between black and white, rich and poor, came together Wednesday to honor Nelson Mandela, the deeply loved statesman who helped bring freedom to South Africa. The good deeds done on Mandela's 94th birthday ranged from building houses to performing free eye cataract operations.
Education officials estimated nearly 12 million children kicked off celebrations at 8 a.m. with resounding "Happy Birthday" choruses in schools from well-funded private institutions to barely furnished rooms in villages. Millions more South Africans joined in from offices, buses, train stations and Mandela Square, set amid the plush skyscrapers and exclusive boutiques of Johannesburg's Sandton City.
Mandela spent the day quietly with family and friends in southeastern Qunu village, according to Sello Hatang, a spokesman for the Nelson Mandela Foundation. An AP Television cameraman caught the venerated leader with a champagne flute in his hand, flanked by his wife, Graca Machel, and former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, before a ribboned two-tiered birthday cake.
Well-wishers placed flowers outside the Mandela homestead and local villagers sang, danced and shared birthday cake. Convicts from the district prison joined in the spirit, volunteering to spruce up the village school by painting and cutting grass.
Communities in South Africa dedicated 67 minutes of the day to volunteer work and projects for the needy -- one minute to mark each of Mandela's 67 years in public service.
South Africa came to a virtual standstill early in the day as strangers greeted each other in the streets and even infants at one pre-school waved at passersby and sang: "We love you, Tata," or "great father," a supreme term of endearment.
But the spirit of reconciliation and forgiveness that Mandela epitomizes has lost its luster in the country as the fruits of political liberation have failed to bring most South Africans a better life. Control of Africa's biggest economy remains firmly in the hands of the minority whites. The education system to uplift poor South Africans is a shambles. Violent crime is rampant. A small percentage of blacks have become millionaires, some through corruption and ties to Mandela's governing African National Congress.
The Rev. Frank Chikane, a veteran of the governing African National Congress and former director general in the South African presidency, berated the country's leaders as falling far short of Mandela and his principles, compromising themselves with greed and corruption instead of serving the people.
In a speech marking the U.N.-designated International Mandela Day, Chikane said Mandela and his contemporaries were never "for sale ... There were no tenders, no houses, no fancy cars."
He said a woman veteran of the struggle for democratic rule had called him crying, to say "It pains me to think that this is what my husband died for."
Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994 after spending 27 years in prison for his fight against racist apartheid rule, and was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. He immediately made it clear that he would not lead his people in seeking retribution for the centuries of injustice and pain.
Tributes to Mandela poured in Wednesday, with U.S. President Barack Obama saying Mandela "has changed the arc of history, transforming his country, the continent and the world."
Ahmed Kathrada, one of Mandela's oldest friends, said Madiba, as he is affectionately known by his Xhosa clan name, championed the dignity of all.
"You can be rich but if you don't have dignity you are a second-class citizen," Kathrada said in a public lecture marking the birthday celebrations.
Tokyo Sexwale, a longtime friend and head of Mandela's foundation, coined a new word: "Mandela-ism: the spirit of selflessness, sacrifice ..."
At one Johannesburg elementary school Wednesday, children watched a film documenting Mandela's life and his years of service and sacrifice along with a photographic display of him meeting visiting celebrities including Beyonce, Michael Jackson and Cristiano Ronaldo.
"Nelson Mandela set an example to show us that reconciliation is possible," said 10-year-old Thakgalo Ditabe. She said she wanted Mandela to know how much he meant to her.
Ntando Ntuli, 12, said with pride: "He is my hero because he fought for us. He is an icon, the king of Africa."
In the eastern port city of Durban Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of England's Manchester United football team that is widely followed in Africa, sang Happy Birthday over a cake iced with the image of the team's yellow and red badge.
Ferguson, who met Mandela on previous visits, said "his presence and personality exudes all around."
Manchester United plays the first game of its South African tour later Wednesday.
South African churchmen and politicians urged people across the country "to make every day a Mandela Day."
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton got the celebrations off to an early start Tuesday. He and daughter Chelsea met with Mandela in Qunu and planted avocado pear trees.
Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said the greatest gift the nation could give Mandela on Wednesday would be "to emulate his magnanimity and grace."
"Mr. Mandela taught us to love ourselves, to love one another and to love our country," Tutu said.
South African artist Collen Maswanganyi unveiled a sculpture entitled Fruits of Freedom. He said a banana, an orange, a pear and an apple symbolize his question about whether Mandela's "long walk to freedom" has borne fruit in his still-troubled homeland.


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NEW YORK, April 23 (UPI) -- David Letterman dedicated a Top 10 list to A.J. Clemente, the man fired on his first day as a North Dakota news anchor for saying the F-word on the air.
Letterman read "Top Ten Signs Your First Day as a News Anchor Didn't Go Well" on Monday's edition of "Late Show" in New York.
It went as follows --
10. Well, you're wearing two neckties
9. Kept mispronouncing your own name
8. Weatherman tells you to expect an 80 percent chance of unemployment
7. Your tearful, on-air admission of falsifying your resume
6. Referring to Kim Jong Un as "Our great and powerful leader"
5. No one appreciated your Walter Cronkite impression
4. Last story of the broadcast announced a job opening for a news anchor
3. Received congratulatory phone call from Sue Simmons (video of Sue: "What the [expletive] are you doing!?")
2. Kept dropping your pants and yelling, "This just in!"
1. Aspired to be the next Ernie Anastos (video of Ernie: "Keep [expletive] that chicken.")


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A wide load moving from Plant McIntosh in Rincon to Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro will not interfere with school traffic on Ebenezer Road Friday morning.
Jill Nagel, a Georgia Department of Transportation spokeswoman, said today that the load will be moved after 8:30 a.m., so it won't interfere with traffic at Ebenezer Elementary or Middle schools.
Two reader boards on Ga. 21 were saying the move would start at 7 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. She says the reader boards are wrong, the move won't start until after 8:30 a.m.
A piece of equipment that's two lanes wide, a deaerator, will be moved starting at 8:30 a.m. and continuing through 2:30 p.m. on Friday.
The wide load will travel on Ebenezer Road and on Ga. 21 northbound.
Motorists are being advised to use extreme caution in its vicinity and to follow instructions from the law enforcement escort.
Traffic will be slowed or even stopped at some points because of the load.
The mega load will continue from Screven County into Burke County on Saturday, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The route the load will take: in Effingham County, Ebenezer Road to Ga. 21 northbound. In Screven County, it will travel on Ga. 21 to U.S. 301, then Ga. 24.
In Burke County, the load will travel on Ga. 24, Murray Hill Road, Millhaven Road, Ga. 23 and Ebenezer Church Road.


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Somerset qualify, Warriors go out. That is the story in short from this game. Hop over to the other tab to follow the other match and find out who will join Somerset, Mumbai Indians and NSW in the last four. Cheers and bye bye!
Thomas: Speechless really. Really really good feeling to go to the semis. Once again the team has shown a lot of character and I'm happy to be in the last 4. 155 would have been a par score on this ground. We didn't get it but we did well upfront. Our fielding was good and hopefully we are peaking at the right time. If there is one tournament where we want to go all the way, it is the Champions League.
Alfonso Thomas is the Man of the Match for his 2-16 in 4 overs.
Botha: Kieswetter played really well. van der Merwe also played a quick knock. I think Kieswetter showed his experience and batted through. We knew it was going to be tough to chase it down on this track. We knew that the wicket would be slow and they are a good team as well. The wicket was almost like Chennai's tonight, it became too much for us in the end.
Warriors' batting effort just highlights the importance of that patient knock from Kieswetter. They were cruising along when Ingram and Smuts were batting but panicked in the middle overs and allowed Somerset to fight back. The batsmen showed no patience on a track that was slower than it seemed, and threw away their wickets attempting for big runs. Credit to Somerset, they stifled the batsmen and bowled superbly in the death to seal the game.
R van der Merwe : Means a lot to us. We came as underdogs and are competing well here. Very happy that the team won, doesn't matter who performs as long as we win. Know a lot of the Warriors players and knew they would be coming hard at me. Alfonso Thomas bowled superbly in the 19th over.19.6
R van der Merwe to Theron, 1 run, Somerset are into the semi finals. Theron backs away and squeezes it out to point. R van der Merwe claps and roars in delight, what an effort from him. Warriors' net run rate has fallen below RCB's, so they are out of the tournament.19.5
R van der Merwe to Theron, SIX!!, unfortunately too late for Warriors. Clears his frontfoot and smashes one over long on, they needed that to come an over or 2 earlier19.4
R van der Merwe to Theron, no run, swing and a miss, looks to heave one over mid wicket but misses it.19.3
R van der Merwe to Theron, no run, comes down the track and yorks himself, digs it out back to the bowler. Somerset have the match, unless R van der Merwe bowls a wide or no ball
Juan Theron, right handed bat, comes to the crease19.2
R van der Merwe to A Dyili, out Bowled!! Nothing much the youngster can do. Flat, fast and straight from van der Merwe, A Dyili went for the slog, well he just had to, missed it and found his leg stump disturbed. The ever excitable van der Merwe roars in delight. A Dyili b R van der Merwe 0(1)
R van der Merwe to A Dyili, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!19.1
R van der Merwe to Boje, 1 run, well bowled. Fast and very full on the middle and leg, Boje looks to swing but can only squeeze it out to square leg for one
Roelof van der Merwe [2.0-0-18-0] is back into the attack
21 runs, 6 balls. Can Boje do it for the Warriors? R van der Merwe will be the bowler. Left arm spinner to 2 left handed batsmen in the last over. Not impossible, but needless to say, difficult for the Warriors.18.6
Alfonso Thomas to Boje, leg byes, 1 run, what an over from the skipper. Full and fast from round the stumps, goes off his pads to point for a leg bye.
Athenkosi Dyili, left handed bat, comes to the crease18.5
Alfonso Thomas to Parnell, out Caught by Suppiah!! Another wicket, and I daresay the game for Somerset. Full and angled in, Parnell looked to whip it away but scoops it high to wide long on, Suppiah runs across and takes a good catch. Warriors need a miracle here. Parnell c Suppiah b Alfonso Thomas 0(2)
Alfonso Thomas to Parnell, THATS OUT!! Caught!!18.4
Alfonso Thomas to Parnell, no run, ha this is superb death bowling. Extremely slow off cutter, Parnell had finished the pull shot when it came on to him, got beaten by the lack of pace18.3
Alfonso Thomas to Boje, 1 run, nothing much Boje can do it you bowl like that. Very full on the off, Boje jams it down in front of the keeper for a quick single
Wayne Parnell, left handed bat, comes to the crease18.2
Alfonso Thomas to Thyssen, out Caught by Kartik!! The slow bouncer again! He bowls that so well, especially in the death overs. Bowls it accurately on middle, Thyssen looks to hook but gets a top edge to deep backward square leg, Murali Kartik almost made a mess of it but recovered well and held on to a low catch, took it inches off the ground. However, it brings Boje on strike. Thyssen c Kartik b Alfonso Thomas 12(11) [6s-1]
Alfonso Thomas to Thyssen, THATS OUT!! Caught!!18.1
Alfonso Thomas to Thyssen, no run, skipper starts well. Short and fast on the off, Thyssen was looking to charge down the track and slap but missed
23 runs, 12 balls. It is still anyone's game. This over will decide. And the skipper will bowl it..17.6
Kirby to Boje, no run, well bowled. Bowls another back of hand ball, Boje was too early on the attempted swing and got hit on the body, Kirby runs in quickly to prevent a single17.6
Kirby to Boje, wide, pressure on the bowler now and it is showing. Boje makes room and backs away a long way, Kirby follows him with a back of the hand slower ball, Boje moves in and gets an extra17.5
Kirby to Thyssen, 1 run, short and turning in, Thyssen goes back and looks to pull, doesn't time it well as he hits it along the ground to fine leg
Fine leg goes back..17.4
Kirby to Thyssen, SIX!!, Thyssen gives Warriors exactly what they wanted. Jumps down to this slower one, picks the length and smashes it over long on. The fielder was interested for a while but it sailed over him.
Fine leg and third man are inside the circle.17.3
Kirby to Boje, 1 run, fullish off cutter, Boje chips it uppishly to the vacant extra cover region for 117.2
Kirby to Boje, FOUR!!, good shot. That gives some hope to the Warriors dug out. Slow and short from round the stumps, Boje reads the pace well and slaps it over extra cover for four. They need a lot more of those17.1
Kirby to Thyssen, 1 run, pitched up on the middle, he looks to loft but hits it weakly to long on
Steve Kirby [3.0-0-19-2] is back into the attack
Only 39 runs have come in the last 7 overs. Warriors need a Cooper here.16.6
Alfonso Thomas to Thyssen, 1 run, short and around off, he punches it uppishly and on the bounce to sweeper cover, good over from the skipper despite the boundary16.5
Alfonso Thomas to Thyssen, no run, excellent bowling. Slow bouncer from Alfonso Thomas, Thyssen goes back and waits for an eternity for the ball to come, it beats his pull shot when it eventually arrives16.4
Alfonso Thomas to Boje, 1 run, slow off cutter again, Boje looks to pull, gets a top edge that stays in the air for a long time but falls in front of deep backward square leg16.3
Alfonso Thomas to Boje, no run, almost chopped on. Slower one again, Boje looks to back away and cut, gets an inside edge that rolls to the keeper16.2
Alfonso Thomas to Boje, FOUR!!, that should help. First boundary in 5 overs. Short one from round the stumps, Boje goes back and pulls it with the angle to the fine leg fence16.1
Alfonso Thomas to Thyssen, 1 run, slower one to start with, Thyssen goes back and helps it along to fine leg
Alfonso Thomas [2.0-0-8-0] is back into the attack15.6
Kartik to Thyssen, 1 run, good flight once again, Thyssen goes back and collects a single to sweeper. Ends a fine spell from Murali Kartik.15.5
Kartik to Thyssen, no run, lots of loop and some turn around off, Thyssen looks to block but gets a leading edge to point15.4
Kartik to Boje, 1 run, works it to square leg region and gets a single
Nicky Boje, left handed bat, comes to the crease15.3
Kartik to Kelly Smuts, out Lbw!! Another one goes down. That looked pretty plumb. Fast and very full from Murali Kartik, goes through Kelly Smuts's attempted swing over the on side and hits him on the back foot's boot, hawk eye says half the ball was pitching outside leg. Hmm. Kelly Smuts lbw b Kartik 8(10)
Kartik to Kelly Smuts, THATS OUT!! Lbw!!15.2
Kartik to Thyssen, 1 run, flat and around off, he punches it wide of point. Just a single again, Somerset will not mind those15.1
Kartik to Kelly Smuts, 1 run, that should have been put away. Short and on the legs, Kelly Smuts does not connect the pull well, hits it along the ground to deep mid wicket
Murali Kartik [3.0-0-19-1] is back into the attack14.6
Kirby to Kelly Smuts, 1 run, short ball that hurries on, Kelly Smuts pulls it to wide long on where Suppiah is quick. 48 to win off 30 balls now.
Craig Thyssen, right handed bat, comes to the crease14.5
Kirby to Johan Botha, out Caught by Suppiah!! This time Suppiah makes no mistake! Botha has given it away. Another slower one from Kirby, Johan Botha gets forward and chips it straight to long off where Suppiah accepts it. More relief than happiness on his face as he celebrates the wicket. Johan Botha c Suppiah b Kirby 9(10)
Kirby to Johan Botha, THATS OUT!! Caught!!14.4
Kirby to Johan Botha, 2 runs, more good runnign. Slow stuff from Kirby, Johan Botha pushes it softly to long on and runs hard to make it 2. Kirby is not impressed but there is nothing much he can do14.3
Kirby to Johan Botha, 2 runs, short on middle, Johan Botha pulls hard and along the ground to deep mid wicket, the fielder fumbles a touch and allows them to take 2. Good running from the batsmen14.2
Kirby to Johan Botha, 2 runs, catch dropped by Suppiah. Slower one from Kirby, bowls it full on the off, Johan Botha looks to loft it over long off but has no pace to work with, ends up mishiting high to long off where Suppiah runs back, misjudges and drops it. Is this the turning point?14.1
Kirby to Kelly Smuts, 1 run, short of length outside off, he goes on the backfoot and punches it wide of point for one
Steve Kirby [2.0-0-11-1] is back into the attack13.6
Dibble to Johan Botha, no run, excellent over from Dibble. Ends with a tight delivery on the off, Johan Botha gets forward and defends it.13.5
Dibble to Kelly Smuts, 1 run, holds back the length a bit, he goes back and works it through mid wicket13.4
Dibble to Kelly Smuts, no run, beaten. Slow off cutter from round the stumps, angles in and then spins away a touch to beat Kelly Smuts's attempted defence13.3
Dibble to Johan Botha, 1 run, quick single. Defends with soft hands to the off side and gets across swiftly13.2
Dibble to Johan Botha, no run, Kieswetter appeals for a caught behind but gets no support from the bowler. Banged in short from Dibble, Johan Botha looks to hook but misses, no bat on it as it went to the keeper13.1
Dibble to Johan Botha, leg byes, 2 runs, good running. Goes off the pad to point, they go for a quick single, Suppiah swoops in and flicks an underarm throw that goes over the stumps, there was no back up and they complete 2 easily12.6
Kartik to Kelly Smuts, no run, good over from Kartik, ends with a fast one on the blockhole, Kelly Smuts digs it out12.5
Kartik to Johan Botha, 1 run, given air on the off, he gets forward and pushes it to sweeper cover12.4
Kartik to Kelly Smuts, 1 run, short stuff from MK, hurries on as Kelly Smuts mishits a pull to deep mid wicket12.3
Kartik to Kelly Smuts, 2 runs, slow and turning in, Kelly Smuts goes back and chips it to long on, good running makes it 212.2
Kartik to Johan Botha, 1 run, loopy on the middle and leg, he pushes it uppishly to long on and gets off the mark
Johan Botha, right handed bat, comes to the crease12.1
Kartik to Smuts, out Caught by Suppiah!! Kartik strikes first ball. Fires this in a bit quicker, Smuts wanted to pull it away but it skidded on, went off the upper part of the bat and lobbed to point where Suppiah completes a simple catch. Both the well set batsmen are gone. We could be in for a thriller. Smuts c Suppiah b Kartik 38(39) [4s-4]
Kartik to Smuts, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
Murali Kartik [2.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack11.6
Dibble to Smuts, 1 run, another short ball, another pull to deep mid wicket. Successful over for Somerset.11.5
Dibble to Kelly Smuts, 1 run, almost run out first ball. Defends it to cover and hesitates for the single, the Smuts get caught up in a yes and no situation but go on with the run, Thomas fails to hit direct at the bowler's end11.4
Dibble to JJ Smuts, 1 run, short and on middle, Smuts rocks back and pulls it along the ground to deep mid wicket
Kelly Smuts, left handed bat, comes to the crease11.3
Dibble to Colin Ingram, out Caught by Compton!! An important wicket that. Bowls it short but it was a slower one, not sure if Colin Ingram read it as he went for the pull and got a top edge to deep square leg. Can Somerset fight back from here? Colin Ingram c Compton b Dibble 32(25) [4s-1 6s-2]
Dibble to Colin Ingram, THATS OUT!! Caught!!11.2
Dibble to Colin Ingram, no run, a touch short outside off, Colin Ingram looks to cut but fails to connect11.1
Dibble to Colin Ingram, 2 runs, pitched up on the middle, Colin Ingram gets forward and drives it between bowler and long on for a couple10.6
R van der Merwe to Smuts, FOUR!!, misfield. R van der Merwe is not impressed. He usually gives his everything on the field and deserves the same, but doesn't get it. This was driven powerfully through the off side where the fielder at extra cover dives over the ball and lets it go through him10.5
R van der Merwe to Colin Ingram, 1 run, flat and fast on the legs, Colin Ingram gets some bat on it and clips it to short fine leg, there was an appeal for LBW but it went off the bat10.4
R van der Merwe to Smuts, 1 run, flat and on the off, he punches it off the backfoot to long off10.3
R van der Merwe to Smuts, no run, too close to give it out. Excellent bowling and keeping though, R van der Merwe tosses it up a lot more and invites Smuts forward, then beats him with spin, Kieswetter whips the bails in a flash as Smuts was overbalancing a touch, he manages to bring his foot down just in time. Saved by a frame, I guess
Third umpire called for a stumping appeal. The keeper looks excited. Looks close. Is his foot in the air? Thankfully I'm not the third umpire, says the commentator on air. It is a tough call for him. Gavaskar reckons it is in the air. But the third umpire doesn't.10.2
R van der Merwe to Smuts, no run, a touch short this time, Smuts backs away and cuts it hard but straight to cover10.1
R van der Merwe to Smuts, no run, lots of turn. Spins sharply from middle to outside off, Smuts hangs his bat out and misses
Roelof van der Merwe [1.0-0-12-0] is back into the attack9.6
Dibble to Smuts, 1 run, well bowled. Sees Smuts charging down and drags this short, Smuts adjusts and defends to backward point for a run9.5
Dibble to Smuts, no run, skiddy stuff around off, Smuts runs it down to short third man9.4
Dibble to Colin Ingram, 1 run, lots of effort for one run. Shuffles across and looks it whip it away off the backfoot, mishits it uppishly to backward square leg region9.3
Dibble to Smuts, 1 run, short and on middle, he goes back and pulls to deep mid wicket9.2
Dibble to Smuts, no run, beaten. gentle stuff outside off, Smuts looks to run it down to third man but plays inside the line and misses9.1
Dibble to Colin Ingram, 1 run, from round the stumps and around off, he steers it to short third man
Adam Dibble [1.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack8.6
Kartik to Colin Ingram, 1 run, tossed up on the middle and leg, Colin Ingram waits till the last minute and clips it to short fine leg, expensive over from Murali Kartik8.5
Kartik to Smuts, 1 run, pushed through fast on middle, Smuts goes back and punches it to long off8.4
Kartik to Smuts, 2 runs, good running, pushes this low full toss wide of deep mid wicket, runs well to convert 1 to 28.3
Kartik to Colin Ingram, 1 run, more flight and outside off, Colin Ingram cuts it wide of point8.2
Kartik to Colin Ingram, SIX!!, shot! No flight and short on middle, sits up to be hit as Colin Ingram does exactly that, rocks back and pulls it over deep mid wicket8.1
Kartik to Colin Ingram, no run, flat and quick outside off, Colin Ingram shapes for the cut but the ball goes below the bat this time7.6
Trego to Colin Ingram, 1 run, almost run out. Pushes one to extra cover and goes for a quick single, Butler picks it up and fires in a throw at the bowler's end but misses. Would have been close had he hit, Colin Ingram seemed to be a bit lazy out there7.5
Trego to Smuts, 1 run, slow and around off, Smuts guides it to short third man7.4
Trego to Colin Ingram, 1 run, more good stuff from Somerset. Colin Ingram uses the pace and runs one down to short third man, Compton throws himself to his right and saves a certain boundary7.3
Trego to Colin Ingram, 2 runs, excellent fielding. Colin Ingram gets forward and drives one uppishly just wide of a diving extra cover fielder, it seemed to be heading to the wide long off fence but Hildreth dives and saves 27.2
Trego to Colin Ingram, 2 runs, full and outside off, he drives it uppishly to deep extra cover for 27.1
Trego to Smuts, 1 run, slow stuff on middle, he works it to deep mid wicket for a run
Peter Trego, right-arm medium, comes into the attack6.6
Kartik to Colin Ingram, no run, what did he do there? Bowls the arm ball that goes through a lot quicker and bounces a lot more, catches Colin Ingram by surprise and goes over his bat as he looks to cut6.5
Kartik to Smuts, 1 run, given air on the middle, he drills it to long on6.4
Kartik to Smuts, no run, gets away with a poor ball. Short and turning away outside off, Smuts looks to pull it away but misses6.3
Kartik to Colin Ingram, 1 run, well bowled but not well fielded. More loop on this one around the leg stump, Colin Ingram looks to sweep but plays it too early, ends up hitting it off the toe end to mid wicket where the fielder dives over the ball6.2
Kartik to Smuts, 1 run, no flight and closer to the stumps, Smuts backs away and swats it to long off6.1
Kartik to Smuts, no run, flat and just outside off, Smuts looks to cut but it hurries on, he mishits it to cover
Murali Kartik, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack5.6
Alfonso Thomas to Colin Ingram, no run, good over from the skipper. Ends with a fullish delivery which Ingram drives to cover. Just 3 singles from the last powerplay over5.5
Alfonso Thomas to Colin Ingram, no run, change of pace, slow off cutter around off, Colin Ingram pats it to point5.4
Alfonso Thomas to Colin Ingram, no run, much quicker from Thomas, bowls it stump to stump as Colin Ingram defends5.3
Alfonso Thomas to Smuts, 1 run, well hit but just a single. Short one from Alfonso Thomas, Smuts rocks back and pulls it to deep square leg5.2
Alfonso Thomas to Colin Ingram, 1 run, slower one from round the wickets, Colin Ingram clips it to deep backward square leg area5.1
Alfonso Thomas to Smuts, 1 run, slow and short, bounces high on Smuts who hops and turns it to backward square leg
Alfonso Thomas [1.0-0-5-0] is back into the attack4.6
R van der Merwe to Colin Ingram, no run, the chinaman this time, Colin Ingram was caught by surprise as he was shaping for the one that comes in, looks to cut it away but gets an edge to short third man4.5
R van der Merwe to Colin Ingram, no run, better line, quick and around off, Colin Ingram pushes it to point4.4
R van der Merwe to Colin Ingram, FOUR!!, more problems for R van der Merwe. Another one on the middle and leg, Colin Ingram goes on his knees and sweeps powerfully to the deep square leg fence4.3
R van der Merwe to Colin Ingram, SIX!!, Somerset's left arm spinners struggled against the left handed Chris Gayle in the previous game, the story continues today. Comes down the track and clears long on with a neat shot4.2
R van der Merwe to Smuts, 1 run, flat and turning away outside off, Smuts goes back and slaps it to long off4.1
R van der Merwe to Colin Ingram, 1 run, loopy on the legs, he works it to deep backward square leg
Roelof van der Merwe, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack3.6
Kirby to Smuts, no run, good shot for no runs. Back of length and outside off, Smuts crashes it off the backfoot straight to cover point
Colin Ingram, left handed bat, comes to the crease3.5
Kirby to Prince, out Caught by Alfonso Thomas!! The slower one finally works. Bowls this leg cutter from round the stumps, Prince dances down the track but had to wait for a moment for the ball to come on before going for the shot over covers, ends up hitting it weakly towards the man in the ring. Quite uncharacteristic from Prince. Prince c Alfonso Thomas b Kirby 10(8) [4s-2]
Kirby to Prince, THATS OUT!! Caught!!3.4
Kirby to Smuts, 1 run, a touch shorter this time, Smuts pulls it straight to deep mid wicket3.3
Kirby to Smuts, 2 runs, in the air but falls safe. Pitched up on the off, Smuts looks to drive on the up over extra cover, doesn't get much power behind the shot but it clears the ring3.2
Kirby to Smuts, 2 runs, full and slow this time, Smuts looks to heave but ends up dragging it to deep mid wicket, van der Merwe runs across and puts in a slide to save 23.1
Kirby to Prince, 1 run, the slow leg cutter on the middle and leg, he turns it to mid wicket for one
Kirby from round the stumps..2.6
Dibble to Smuts, FOUR!!, the over started with a boundary and ends in a similar fashion. Tries the slower one but bowls it short and wide, too easy for Smuts as he cuts it away wide of point. This is already an excellent start from the Warriors2.5
Dibble to Smuts, FOUR!!, smash! You can't bowl length stuff in the powerplays. Smuts doesn't move his feet but slaps it hard and over the bowler for a boundary. There was a man at long on but he had absolutely no chance2.4
Dibble to Smuts, no run, another slower one, Smuts waits back and looks to run it down but there is no pace on the ball, ends up pushing it weakly to short third man2.3
Dibble to Prince, 1 run, the slower one this time, bowls it on the pads as Prince flicks to backward square leg2.2
Dibble to Prince, no run, better from Dibble. Simple and straight stuff, Prince stays back and blocks2.1
Dibble to Prince, FOUR!!, poor start for Dibble. In the slot and lots of width outside off, Prince gets forward and extends his arms, hits it well over extra cover for an one bounce boundary
Adam Dibble, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack1.6
Kirby to Smuts, no run, gets away with it does Kirby. He got deep square leg to come in for the last ball and bowled one on the legs, luckily for him, Smuts missed the flick shot. Would have been another boundary had he got some bat on it
Mid on goes back now..1.5
Kirby to Smuts, FOUR!!, stand and deliver. No fuss at all as he picks up the slower one and lofts it over mid on, didn't time it well but he cleared the in-field, which is all he had to do.1.4
Kirby to Smuts, no run, good bowling. Sharp and straight, hits Smuts' bat hard as he blocks to the off side1.3
Kirby to Prince, leg byes, 1 run, well disguised slower one from Kirby, it was on the legs and caught Prince by surprise, went off his pads to the on side for a leg bye1.2
Kirby to Smuts, 1 run, another fuller one from Kirby, Smuts gets half forward and drives it to mid off for a quick single1.1
Kirby to Smuts, no run, runs in fast and bowls a fullish slower ball, Smuts pushes it to mid off
Steve Kirby comes into the attack0.6
Alfonso Thomas to Prince, FOUR!!, superbly played. Knows that third man is up in the circle, waits on the backfoot and opens the face of the bat at the last minute, guides it between short third man and point for four. Superb timing and even better placement
Goes round the stumps..0.5
Alfonso Thomas to Prince, no run, good length delivery angled across, Prince stays in the crease and pats it to point0.4
Alfonso Thomas to Smuts, 1 run, more patient stuff this time, waits back and turns this slower one to square leg and gets off the mark0.3
Alfonso Thomas to Smuts, no run, another swing and a miss. Looks to heave one from outside off to mid wicket, misses again0.2
Alfonso Thomas to Smuts, no run, slower one from Alfonso Thomas, Smuts goes back and pushes it to point0.1
Alfonso Thomas to Smuts, no run, he goes after it first ball. Full and outside off from Alfonso Thomas, Smuts looks to swing it over the on side without any foot movement, doesn't make contact
Smuts and Prince are at the crease. Smuts is on strike. Alfonso Thomas will open the attack
Right then, we're ready for the chase. The wicket looks a good one but the spinners did get some help. It all depends on how well the Warriors play the likes of Murali Kartik and Arul Suppiah. Hope for an exciting game!
I guess, Botha will be very happy with his effort. Somerset never got going and are at least 30 runs short on what is a belter of a batting track. The spinners never let the pressure slip and they were aided in the field by some sound catching. With a strong batting line-up, Warriors will fancy chasing this down easily. Will that happen? We will be back shortly to tell you all about the chase.19.6
Tsotsobe to Compton, 1 run, No. They can't. Compton pre-meditated his paddle scoop and only edged it onto his pad. He slams the pad with his bat and trudges off in disappointment. A good final over from Tsotsobe - save for the six.19.5
Tsotsobe to Kieswetter, byes, 1 run, an action replay of the previous delivery. Kieswetter is through the shot a bit early. But has the presence of mind to steal a bye. Can they get to 150?19.4
Tsotsobe to Kieswetter, no run, on a length and Kieswetter again swings, misses. The ball flies over the middle stump19.3
Tsotsobe to Kieswetter, SIX!!, Kieswetter this time picks the off cutter. Goes deep back into his crease and launches it well over long off. For a while long off was interested, but it kept on sailing over his head. Kieswetter and Somerset need more of these.19.2
Tsotsobe to Compton, 1 run, takes it on the rise and swings it to deep square on the bounce19.1
Tsotsobe to Compton, no run, full and outside off from round the wicket, Compton tried to loft through the line and didn't make contact18.6
Theron to Kieswetter, no run, wild slog and a miss. Slower one too and Kieswetter was early into the slog.18.5
Theron to Compton, 1 run, clears his front leg and smashes it straight down the ground. Long on keeps it to a single18.4
Theron to Kieswetter, 1 run, gets to a well played fifty with a tickle to fine leg. Uncharacteristically slow, but effective innings from Kieswetter. He has played the anchor man for Somerset today
Nick Compton, right handed bat, comes to the crease18.3
Theron to Buttler, out Caught by Boje!! More height than distance and Buttler has holed out. Full and Buttler got under it too much, the ball went miles in the air and Boje kept his eyes - looking into the sun - did well to catch it at long on. Buttler c Boje b Theron 30(23) [4s-1 6s-2]
Theron to Buttler, THATS OUT!! Caught!!18.2
Theron to Buttler, 2 runs, short of length and sits up to be hit, Buttler hammers a cut and gets it wide of sweeper cover for a couple18.1
Theron to Buttler, FOUR!!, improvisation at its best. Moves way outside off and scoops the full ball to the fine leg fence. Beating fine leg on the fence. Superbly done. Theron shouldn't feel bad about that. It was just too good a shot.17.6
Tsotsobe to Kieswetter, SIX!!, finally the full toss arrives and Kieswetter cashes in by putting it away over long on. Didn't time it as well as he would've wanted to. But got it over the man and that is good enough in this game. Spoils a good over from Tsotsobe. He was fine till then, but would feel aggrieved by that last ball.17.5
Tsotsobe to Buttler, 1 run, the boundaries aren't coming for Somerset and that is a concern for them. Cracked straight to the fielder at sweeper cover again.17.4
Tsotsobe to Buttler, no run, swing and a miss. Slower delivery on off stump, Buttler looked to slog across the line and completely missed it.17.3
Tsotsobe to Kieswetter, 1 run, slower cutter, Kieswetter backs away and cuts, but finds sweeper cover, straight to the fielder. Only a single17.2
Tsotsobe to Buttler, 1 run, backs away and slaps a short of length delivery on off stump through the off side. Extra cover makes a diving stop to save the 2nd.17.1
Tsotsobe to Kieswetter, 1 run, short of length delivery on the stumps, from round the wicket. Kieswetter looked to go big and ended up miscuing it to the man at long on
Lonwabo Tsotsobe [2.0-1-17-1] is back into the attack16.6
Theron to Kieswetter, 1 run, back to slower stuff from Theron. Outside off. Kieswetter opens the face of the bat and angles it down to short third. Retains strike.16.5
Theron to Kieswetter, FOUR!!, Kieswetter will now tee off. Goes deep in his crease, uses the full delivery on the stumps to slam it over mid off and times it well to get it over the man.16.4
Theron to Buttler, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off, Buttler punches it to sweeper cover16.3
Theron to Kieswetter, leg byes, 1 run, Kieswetter shuffled across to the off side and attempted to paddle scoop. Missed. But got his pad outside the line of off. Runs a leg bye16.2
Theron to Buttler, 1 run, good ball. The sharp off cutter and Buttler was looking for the big hit, but was fooled by the slowness. Inside edged to leg16.1
Theron to Kieswetter, 1 run, yorker length delivery outside off, Kieswetter squeezes it out to the off side
Juan Theron [1.0-0-7-0] is back into the attack15.6
Smuts to Kieswetter, 1 run, flat and on the stumps, Kieswetter turns it to leg to keep strike15.5
Smuts to Buttler, 1 run, sensibly rotates strike by driving it down to long off15.4
Smuts to Buttler, SIX!!, use of the feet and another biggie. Gets to the pitch and clobbers it flat over long on. Easy peasy for the new star of English cricket.15.3
Smuts to Buttler, no run, cannot time the cut and gets it straight to the fielder at cover15.2
Smuts to Buttler, 2 runs, Amazing fielding at long off. Driven inside out by Buttler and it was racing across the turf. Long off dived to his left and pulled it back with an acrobatic dive. Saved 2 runs for his side. Supah stuff!15.1
Smuts to Kieswetter, 1 run, opens the face of the bat and glides it down to short third
JJ Smuts [3.0-0-20-1] is back into the attack14.6
Boje to Buttler, no run, driven straight to the fielder at short cover14.5
Boje to Buttler, SIX!!, 104 m that hit. Almost hit the lights. Perhaps Buttler was offended by the previous leading edge. He danced down the wicket and smashed the living day-lights of the ball and it went way over long off. Landed on the roof and went out of the stadium. Thyssen has a wry smile on his face, while Boje shrugs his shoulders. New balls please! What a monster hit that was from the exceptionally talented Buttler.14.4
Boje to Buttler, no run, turn and almost got Buttler out. A leading edge as Buttler tried to turn it to leg. Lands well in front of short cover14.3
Boje to Kieswetter, leg byes, 1 run, down leg and Kieswetter got a bit of pad to get it wide of Dyili14.2
Boje to Buttler, 1 run, comes down the track and pings long on with a drive14.1
Boje to Kieswetter, 1 run, a good stop by the short fine running to his left and Dyili is all excited after he sees that
Nicky Boje [3.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack13.6
Johan Botha to Kieswetter, 1 run, gets inside the line to glance to a diving short fine - who did well to save some runs for his side13.5
Johan Botha to Buttler, 1 run, gets it wide of that mid wicket man and brings Kieswetter on strike13.4
Johan Botha to Buttler, no run, turned straight to the fielder at short mid13.3
Johan Botha to Kieswetter, 1 run, a thick inside edge onto the pads as Kieswetter came forward to defend. It lobs near the vacant mid wicket region13.2
Johan Botha to Kieswetter, SIX!!, Ian Bish on air was moaning about the 37 dots played by Somerset so far and then sees this - Kieswetter rocking back and murdering a pull over deep square. That was a flat hit and on these short boundaries at Chinnaswamy it was always going for a big six. Cleanly hit by Kieswetter and that should ease the pressure a bit13.1
Johan Botha to Kieswetter, no run, flat ball on the stumps, Kieswetter goes on the backfoot and defends12.6
Smuts to Buttler, no run, Buttler gets forward and pushes it straight to the fielder at short cover12.5
Smuts to Kieswetter, 1 run, trifle short and Kieswetter is quick to rock back and lash a cut to sweeper cover12.4
Smuts to Buttler, 1 run, deliberately chipped in the air, inside out to long off12.3
Smuts to Kieswetter, 1 run, softly angles the bat and gets it down to backward point12.2
Smuts to Buttler, 1 run, too full from Smuts and Buttler off drives to long off12.1
Smuts to Buttler, no run, beautiful ball. Nice loop and turn on that as Buttler got forward to drive. The ball spins past his edge and he did well to stay inside the crease. Didn't let the momentum take him out of the crease
JJ Smuts [2.0-0-16-1] is back into the attack11.6
Johan Botha to Kieswetter, no run, Kieswetter is shuffling across to work it to leg, but he finds short fine11.5
Johan Botha to Buttler, 1 run, a slip is in place now for Buttler. He gets forward and bottom hands an off drive to long off to get off the mark11.4
Johan Botha to Kieswetter, 1 run, full and on the stumps, flicked to Prince again
Jos Buttler, right handed bat, comes to the crease11.3
Johan Botha to Hildreth, out Caught by Prince!! Hildreth is a good player of the sweep and the reverse sweep, but he has played one too many of those and now he is gone. Takes it from outside off and top edges it to the man running in from deep backward square leg. A good catch too as it was coming out of the crowd. Hildreth c Prince b Johan Botha 21(20) [4s-2]
Johan Botha to Hildreth, THATS OUT!! Caught!!11.2
Johan Botha to Kieswetter, 1 run, a bottom handed shovel past the diving Johan Botha11.1
Johan Botha to Hildreth, 1 run, Hildreth goes on the backfoot and then turns the ball through square leg10.6
Theron to Kieswetter, no run, that rapped Kieswetter on the glove. He grimaces in pain. Slower off cutter, Kieswetter was pushing forward to defend and it caught him on the knuckles. Painful blow.10.5
Theron to Hildreth, 1 run, full and angling in towards off stump, Hildreth gets forward and drives with a full face down to long on10.4
Theron to Kieswetter, 1 run, slower off cutter outside off, Kieswetter angles it down to third man10.3
Theron to Hildreth, 1 run, full and angling in on the stumps, Hildreth clears his front foot and drives down to long on10.2
Theron to Hildreth, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Hildreth pushes it back to Theron10.1
Theron to Hildreth, FOUR!!, short and wide outside off, a bad ball at any stage of the innings and Hildreth lashes a cut wide of backward point. Third man gave up the chase quickly
Juan Theron, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
Thirty dots out of the 60 faced by Somerset so far in the innings.9.6
Johan Botha to Hildreth, 1 run, a top edged sweep as Johan Botha came round the wicket. It goes over Dyili's head and they complete the single9.5
Johan Botha to Hildreth, 2 runs, full and on the stumps, flicked through square leg and by the time Prince comes around, they complete an easy couple9.4
Johan Botha to Hildreth, no run, Johan Botha has his hands on his head after Hildreth swept him from the stumps. That was bowled slower and on the stumps, Hildreth almost missed the sweep but toe ended it in the end9.3
Johan Botha to Hildreth, 2 runs, Parnell fumbles at sweeper cover and gives away an extra run. Another reverse sweep from Hildreth.9.2
Johan Botha to Hildreth, no run, tries to play a cute glide to a not so short ball outside off and is beaten9.1
Johan Botha to Hildreth, no run, swept straight to the fielder at short fine8.6
Boje to Kieswetter, no run, well forward in defence is Kieswetter who is uncharacteristically playing a subdued knock today8.5
Boje to Hildreth, 1 run, an open face glide to short third and another quick single is stolen8.4
Boje to Kieswetter, 1 run, would've been very close had Botha at point threw at the stumps. Just as he was about to throw, the ball got stuck in between his fingers and he couldn't release it. Kieswetter and Hildreth hare across for the single8.3
Boje to Hildreth, 1 run, makes room slightly to go inside out, but the ball comes back in. Hildreth then nudges through mid wicket to get off strike8.2
Boje to Hildreth, no run, gets forward and taps it to off. No chance of a quick single8.1
Boje to Hildreth, FOUR!!, reverse swept to perfection and Theron at sweeper cover ran to his right, instead of his left and concedes a boundary. Comical stuff from Rusty.7.6
Johan Botha to Kieswetter, no run, Kieswetter is in all sorts of strife against Johan Botha. Again the ball rips back in from outside off and raps him on the pad. He got outside the line of off and also the height was a question there. May have got an inside edge onto the pads as well. Fab opening over from Johan Botha.7.5
Johan Botha to Kieswetter, no run, Kieswetter is neither forward nor back. Ends up half defending it.7.4
Johan Botha to Hildreth, 1 run, Hildreth pre-meditates the sweep and takes it from outside off. Down to deep backward square7.3
Johan Botha to Kieswetter, 1 run, more flight on this, gets forward and drives it down to long on7.2
Johan Botha to Kieswetter, no run, Kieswetter gets forward and then turns the off break to short mid wicket7.1
Johan Botha to Kieswetter, no run, sharp turn for Johan Botha. Strikes Kieswetter on the pad, but well outside off.
Johan Botha, right-arm off break, comes into the attack6.6
Boje to Kieswetter, 1 run, gets forward and drives a tossed up delivery on off stump to long off6.5
Boje to Hildreth, 1 run, this time though Hildreth is back and across and cuts well to sweeper cover6.4
Boje to Hildreth, no run, the bounce and the late rip off the wicket beat Hildreth's attempted cut. Boje is bowling really well6.3
Boje to Kieswetter, 1 run, stays back and slaps a cut square of the wicket6.2
Boje to Kieswetter, no run, beautiful bowling. Draws Kieswetter into the forward defensive and then the ball rips past the edge. Lovely glove work from Dyili as well. Quick to whip off the bails, but Kieswetter was well in.6.1
Boje to Hildreth, 1 run, shortish and Hildreth rocks back to cut it square of the wicket5.6
Smuts to Kieswetter, no run, well tossed up on the stumps, Kieswetter stretches forward in defence5.5
Smuts to Kieswetter, no run, cut in the air, but well short of any one on the off side
James Hildreth, right handed bat, comes to the crease5.4
Smuts to R van der Merwe, out Caught by Theron!! As soon as I say that, he perishes playing an ugly shot. Looked to slog sweep a tossed up delivery outside off and top edges it. The ball was in the air and Theron ran back from mid wicket to pouch it safely. Safe catch. R van der Merwe knew as soon as he hit it, that he made a mistake and slammed the bat in frustration. R van der Merwe c Theron b Smuts 32(16) [4s-5 6s-1]
Smuts to R van der Merwe, THATS OUT!! Caught!!5.3
Smuts to R van der Merwe, FOUR!!. There is nothing ugly about this. A superb cricketing shot. Gets to the pitch by dancing down and smashes it straight back over the bowlers head. Long off was just a spectator. He is playing a nice little innings here5.2
Smuts to R van der Merwe, FOUR!!, R van der Merwe may look ugly, but he is effective. Rocks back and short arm jabs the pull to wide long on which is vacant. One bounce and over5.1
Smuts to R van der Merwe, no run, dabbed straight to the fielder at short third. R van der Merwe wanted the single, but sent back4.6
Boje to R van der Merwe, 1 run, shortish and spinning away, R van der Merwe has to drag the pull from way outside off to get it down to deep mid wicket, good start from Boje.4.5
Boje to Kieswetter, 1 run, too straight and on the stumps, Kieswetter works it through the mid wicket region4.4
Boje to Kieswetter, no run, and again. Flighted outside off, spinning away, left alone4.3
Boje to Kieswetter, no run, Kieswetter is having a good look at Boje before trying anything fancy. Watches this through to Dyili.4.2
Boje to Kieswetter, no run, nicely tossed up on the stumps, Kieswetter gets forward and defends4.1
Boje to Kieswetter, no run, spinning away from Kieswetter, who mistimes the cut to cover
Nicky Boje, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack3.6
Smuts to Kieswetter, 1 run, whipped off the hips down to deep mid wicket3.5
Smuts to R van der Merwe, 1 run, shortish and on the stumps, R van der Merwe rocks back to ping deep mid on the fence3.4
Smuts to Kieswetter, 1 run, tapped near short mid wicket and they take an easy single3.3
Smuts to R van der Merwe, 1 run, cute from R van der Merwe. Playing late and open facing the glide to short third3.2
Smuts to R van der Merwe, FOUR!!, a real bad ball. That one. Too short and R van der Merwe had ample time to rock back and smash it through the packed off side field. Smuts knows he has bowled a poor delivery and yells in anguish3.1
Smuts to R van der Merwe, no run, shortish from round the wicket, R van der Merwe opens the face of the bat and chops it to point
JJ Smuts, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack2.6
Tsotsobe to R van der Merwe, 1 run, a tentative push to mid off and a quick single is stolen2.5
Tsotsobe to R van der Merwe, no run, back of a length delivery on the stumps, R van der Merwe is solid in defence2.4
Tsotsobe to R van der Merwe, FOUR!!, that's cruel for Tsotsobe and he grimaces in frustration. It pitched on middle and squared R van der Merwe up. He didn't know much about it. It went off the glove and raced past short third. He gave chase, but couldn't pull it back in.2.3
Tsotsobe to R van der Merwe, SIX!!, that is a much more solid blow. Gets forward and meets a full ball on off stump with a fine lofted shot over long off. Clean connection and the ball goes a long way into the stands2.2
Tsotsobe to R van der Merwe, 2 runs, that was in the air for an eternity. But the fielder running back from mid off went around in circles and didn't even get a hand to it. R van der Merwe closed his eyes and lifted it over mid off. The fielder had a difficult job and the swirler didn't help him one bit. It should have been taken. But it isn't. R van der Merwe survives.2.1
Tsotsobe to R van der Merwe, FOUR!!, Dyili looks similar to Taibu in stature. He needed to be Joel Garner to have any chance of even thinking of stopping it. An upper cut that flew over his leap. R van der Merwe intentionally went after that short and wide bouncing delivery and got a fat top edge.1.6
Parnell to Kieswetter, no run, a loud shout of 'noooooooooooo' from Kieswetter after he mistimes the cover drive hard into the ground1.5
Parnell to Kieswetter, no run, goes back to bowling full and wide outside off, Kieswetter shoulders arms1.4
Parnell to Kieswetter, FOUR!!, he errs by bowling very full outside off. Kieswetter gets forward and drills a powerful cover drive. No one moved as the ball scooted away to the fence. Just a forward press and a sound thump from Kieswetter. He is a very dangerous player this fella.1.3
Parnell to Kieswetter, no run, that's where he should bowl to Kieswetter. Around off stump and going away with the angle. Kieswetter lifts his bat and lets it go. The ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. Nice carry through to Dyili.1.2
Parnell to Kieswetter, FOUR!!, now he beats deep square leg to his left. Overpitched on the pads, Kieswetter flicks and flicks well, timed superbly and the ball raced away to give Kieswetter consecutive boundaries.1.1
Parnell to Kieswetter, FOUR!!, very poor from Parnell. Angles down leg and Kieswetter is away with a neat looking clip off the pads. Got it wide of deep square leg, beating him to his right.1.1
Parnell to Kieswetter, wide, first runs of the innings for Somerset as Parnell drifts down leg
Wayne Parnell, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack0.6
Tsotsobe to R van der Merwe, no run, what an opening over from Tsotsobe. Wicket maiden to start. R van der Merwe goes up on his toes and punches it to cover point. Magnificent start from Tsotsobe.
Roelof van der Merwe, right handed bat, comes to the crease0.5
Tsotsobe to Trego, out Caught by A Dyili!! That's a brute and it has gotten rid of Somerset's main man. Reared up from a short of length around off stump line and made Trego fend at it. Trego was committed to the forward defence, then had to face the wrath of that snorter and only managed to get a faint edge to the keeper. Super bowling from Tsotsobe. He certainly deserved that wicket. Trego c A Dyili b Tsotsobe 0(5)
Tsotsobe to Trego, THATS OUT!! Caught!!0.4
Tsotsobe to Trego, no run, cracking shot for no run. Kelly Smuts at point diving to his left and cutting off a certain boundary. It was square driven powerfully and it needed a good piece of fielding to save the boundary0.3
Tsotsobe to Trego, no run, beaten on the cut. Extra bounce beating Trego on the cut as he arched back to slash it away.0.2
Tsotsobe to Trego, no run, short of length delivery on off stump, Trego gets right behind the line, stays beside the line of the ball and defends to point.0.1
Tsotsobe to Trego, no run, back of a length delivery angled across, Trego lifts his bat and lets it go. That's a good first up delivery from Tsotsobe. Nice carry through to the keeper.
Trego and Kieswetter are at the crease. Trego is on strike. Tsotsobe will open the attack
Pitch Report: This is a used track. There is absolutely no grass on this wicket. It is a bit softer and there is some moisture. The groundsmen have rolled it in and it is a lot firmer.
Warriors (Playing XI): JJ Smuts, Ashwell Prince, Colin Ingram, Craig Thyssen, Kelly Smuts, Athenkosi Ziphozihle Madoda Dyili(w), Johan Botha(c), Nicky Boje, Wayne Parnell, Juan Theron, Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Somerset (Playing XI): Craig Kieswetter(w), Peter Trego, Roelof van der Merwe, James Hildreth, Jos Buttler, Nick Compton, Arul Suppiah, Alfonso Thomas(c), Adam Dibble, Steve Kirby, Murali Kartik
Botha: We would have bowled first. There was some crust on the pitch as it was watered yesterday. Mark Boucher sits out and Dyili comes in.
Thomas: We will bat. We want to put a score on the board and put pressure on the opposition. Goerge Dockrell sits out and we have an extra pacer in Dibble. We just need to win three more games to lift the trophy
Somerset have won the toss and elected to bat
Hello and Welcome to the match between Somerset and the Warriors from Bangalore. The equation is simple for both teams. A win for either team and they are through to the semi-finals. Somerset will be looking to regain some confidence after being hammered by Bangalore in the previous match. The Warriors, on the other hand, have been in good form and they will be looking to seal a place in the knockouts today. Stay tuned for the toss and the team updates...
Preview by Saurabh Somani
On the last day of the league phase of the Champions League, all four teams taking part have a good shot at making it to the semi-finals. And as the events of the tournament so far have showed, nothing is guaranteed and nothing is final until the match is over.
The Warriors have been an impressive team for the most part of the Champions League. They chased down a big total against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, completely annihilated South Australia - winning by 50 runs, and were stopped only by an inspired Kolkata Knight Riders in a rain-affected match. In an interesting pattern for the Warriors, each of their top three batsmen - Ashwell Prince, JJ Smuts and Colin Ingram - have got a half century in the three matches they have played so far. While Prince and Smuts' efforts came in winning causes, Ingram's brilliant innings wasn't enough. Smuts, Ingram and Mark Boucher have all been among the runs for the South African side, while Prince hasn't quite captured the form that he showed in the first match. However, overall on the batting front, the Warriors have looked pretty solid. The bowling has also been largely impressive with Rusty Theron and Lonwabo Tsotsobe standing out and the likes of Johan Botha, Wayne Parnell and Nicky Boje turning in some good spells too.
Until they ran into the Gayle-explosion a few night ago in Bangalore, Somerset had the most impressive record of any team in this year's Champions League, having not lost a single match including the qualifiers through which they came. They beat the Kolkata Knight Riders twice, beat Auckland, and had a no-result against South Australia. Even against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, the only difference between the two sides was Gayle's innings, and without it, the teams were evenly matched. Somerset will bank on the fact that the type of innings Gayle played that day will not be an everyday occurrence, and thus all things being equal, they will be competitive no matter who the opposition is. Their batting mainstay has been the impressive Peter Trego, while Roelof van der Merwe has also chipped in with some swashbuckling cameos. The spinner has also bowled some good spells and is a key figure in Somerset's plans. Even though Craig Kieswetter and Jos Buttler didn't do much in the only match they played (against Bangalore) the addition of the two England nationals has considerably strengthened Somerset.
Qualification Scenarios:
For Somerset, the equation is simple: win and qualify, lose and go home. If Somerset win, they will get into the semi-finals irrespective of other results, while if they lose they will similarly get onto a flight home irrespective of other results. For the Warriors, a win will ensure they get into the semi-finals, but there is a possibility of them qualifying even if they lose. For that, they would have to lose by a very narrow margin so as not to affect their Net Run Rate of +0.59. They will then have to hope that Bangalore win the second match against South Australia also by a close margin, so that Bangalore's NRR of +0.44 doesn't rise above theirs. This would leave the Warriors, RCB and KKR all tied on 4 points, with the Warriors going through by virtue of the highest Net Run Rate. The weather forecast is for mostly sunny skies, and rain is unlikely to play a part.
Somerset (From): Alfonso Thomas(c), Craig Kieswetter(w), Roelof van der Merwe, Peter Trego, Arul Suppiah, Steve Kirby, Murali Kartik, James Hildreth, George Dockrell, Jos Buttler, Steve Snell, Chris Jones, Lewis Gregory, Alex Barrow, Adam Dibble, Nick Compton
Warriors (From): Johan Botha(c), Mark Boucher(w), Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Craig Thyssen, Juan Theron, Kelly Smuts, JJ Smuts, Ashwell Prince, Wayne Parnell, Makhaya Ntini, Lyall Meyer, Justin Kreusch, Colin Ingram, Nicky Boje, Andrew Birch


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These are good days for the "Anger Management" star Charlie Sheen, whose sitcom is poised to get an order for 90 more episodes.
These are good days for the "Anger Management" star Charlie Sheen, whose FX sitcom is halfway through its initial 10-episode run and poised to get an order for 90 more.
Sheen told reporters Saturday that doing the show is as "exciting as hell," cheerily adding that 90 more episodes may not be enough.
FX announced plans to bring on Sheen's dad, Martin Sheen, as a regular cast member. He will play the father of Charlie Goodson, the anger-management therapist played by Charlie Sheen.
Sheen likened last year's tumultuous departure from "Two and a Half Men" and its stormy aftermath to a dream he couldn't wake up from.
He was speaking to a session of the Television Critics Association.


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SxSW Panel NotesMarch 17, 2005
A few follow-ups from the panels I was involved in at SxSW 2005.
Another great year of South by Southwest has come and gone. More great people, more great conversations, and more great barbecue.
"More Hi-Fi Design with CSS" was the first panel I was involved with. Christopher Schmitt, Molly Holzschlag, Dan Cederholm, Douglas Bowman and myself spent an hour talking about the sort of things you'd expect us to talk about. (It has been documented elsewhere, I should add.) Chris kicked the panel off with the introductions, and then turned it over to the rest of us.
Molly was a new addition to last year's similar lineup, and started things nicely with a foundation talk about the basics of structure and semantics, and how that sets the stage for our Hi Fi stylin'.
Dan continued with a look at what he calls "Bulletproof CSS", which consists of making sure your design continues to work under circumstances like missing images, missing CSS, and different font sizes.
My own portion of the presentation was a look at how CSS fits into the typical designer's workflow. Things like the disparity between code and GUI, browser bugs, and a few final pointers for design concepts to further study.
Doug then examined the technique he never got around to presenting at last year's SxSW, and concluded with a story from the Wired News redesign feedback a few years ago.
What was particularly interesting about the panel this year was what happened despite the lack of collaboration ahead of time. With only basic outlines of what each other was planning on discussing, there was some nice synergy happening between sub-points in all of our presentations.
Now, for what those of you who were there are likely hoping I'd get to — the slides I used. I need to load this link with a couple of disclaimers. The presentation was built for a controlled environment, so instead of tailoring it for the general web audience, it is much more effective within that controlled environment. The download is large because the files are large. It may be slow because it's meant to run on my computer. It won't render in anything but top-notch browsers. It's meant to be contained within a 1024x768 window, no shorter or wider. It's too slow in Firefox on a Powerbook, it had to be presented in Safari. (This may not hold true for a Pentium 4, but I have no way of knowing).
So, with that out of the way, here it is. There's also a 1.3MB ZIP file of the entire thing. Please link to this article, instead of directly to either the slideshow or the ZIP file — it's important to have the context of the disclaimers before viewing in any old web browser. (not to mention the bandwidth issue).
To move back and forth between slides, use Accesskeys z and x. Or, move the mouse down toward the bottom of the center of the window for a pop-up menu. I'll let you figure out what's going on there, the source tells all. I just want to send a big thanks to Jeremy Keith for building the initial script that I modified to pull this one together.
The second panel, "Web Design 2010", was more of a group conversation than a presentation. John Allsopp played the role of power moderator (eschewing the puny on-stage mics for a wireless that let him get down and gesticulate at the same level as the audience, demonstrating what Doug and Joe and I knew from our experience at WE04: he's one of the most entertaining speakers in the industry). The rest of the panel consisted of myself, Jon Hicks, Eris Free, and the omnipresent Mr. Bowman.
We tackled six questions, discussing amongst ourselves and the audience (and disagreeing with each other quite often too). Our pre-discussion for this panel was largely conducted on a WordPress weblog I set up for the purpose, which was opened to the audience for questions and is now open to everyone for reading and continued discussion. (The URI is now permanent, so link away).
In all, the two panels I participated in were just the tiniest slice of a fraction of the entire event. It was that good. Maybe I'll get a chance to write up the rest of the event. Maybe.
I saw both panels you were in, and I enjoyed them both. Web Design 2010 was one of my favorites of the whole conference. You guys did a great job, and it was nice to finally put a face with the website :)
I had heard about your presentation being cool, but I couldn't have imagined anything like that! Absolutely beautiful, I must say.
I wanted to go to SXSW, I am even in Austin, however how am I supposed to get there? I can't drive, and being sick certainly doesn't help.
Wow. No wonder you're famous.
"As you said, graphic designers think visually while CSS is a language."
True, but this exposes the difference between web designers and graphic designers �" web designers think visually but can translate their thoughts into code. Graphic designers want software to do it for them.
JD, I believe adobe imageready cs already does something very similar to what you describe. I think the main problem is that I don't think it is "semantic" as such. You still end up with a website which is essentially just a sliced up image.
A good CSS gui design tool would need to take a drastically different approach to truly be successful, I think.
I am really annoyed with the fact that I could not attend SXSW. :(
Btw, your presentation looked absolutely *beautiful*.
As you said, graphic designers think visually while CSS is a language. How about Macromedia expanding Fireworks so that once you design a layout in Fireworks, it will generate valid XHTML document using CSS for layout? [And the generated CSS will take care of including all the appropriate hacks for different browsers?] To specify layout, you first create slices like you normally do, and then you assign slices as various 'div's (and other semantic elements) and Fireworks does the rest. It is difficult but not impossible. Program may not be able to deal with all layout but even if it success rate for creating layout is 70% it will be great. What do you think?
What's up with Eris' name? Everybody is linking to her as "Eris Free", which is her domain name. But her site says this:
Name: Eris L. Stassi
CSS and validation do seem to make up a large portion of the latest dreamweaver product, so I agree that its a shame fireworks doesn't follow suite.
Neat slide …
I had to launch Mozilla to get it working, for some reason, though. Firefox 1.0.2 didn't like it.
I was only able to see the video clip: http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/pres/sxsw05/ and the slide show you provided here.
I am curious what you had to say about design being a visual process and CSS a language and how it fits within the web design model of seperating presentation, content, and structure.
I am a graduate student teaching web design and I am faced with this very issue. How do you teach graphic designers web design? I can't teach them to design with CSS because its not a visual design enviornment and WYSIWYG editors do not render CSS layouts correctly. So I will have to teach them to layout with tables and use visual properties that add presentation to their documents.
Its good to see these issues being address. Discussion of these models and concepts seem to be taboo within some web design circles, namely… the css-discuss mailing list by Eric Meyers, where any discussion other than how to technically achieve results is prohibited. So its refreshing to see designers talking about this now.
Awesome! While there was no way I could get to SXSW, this brings a few pieces that much closer.
To JD: The problem with a graphic tool generating markup is that it will generate the markup within the context of the graphic. This means that in the end, the final product will remain an image (and subject to the constraints of the image).
Perhaps some day, you can associate an XHTML document with an image, mark DIV areas (and associate them) and let it generate makrup based on this information. Of course, if such an application already did this, I think we would be seeing a lot more XHTML/CSS in the world.
Scott, I actually opted to go with "Eris Free" for the conference (its on my badge) because I didn't think anyone would really recognize me as "Eris Stassi".
The hi-fi design panel was good stuff. I wish I could've been at the second one as well, but you conflicted with "Typography on the Web." Stupid conflicts.
Thanks for the inspiration. You mentioned typography in the presentation. Since I wasn't there, can you give some recommendations for resources on that topic?


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An advocate for the homeless is pressing for Belleville voters to decide whether he can convert the city's former YMCA building into a shelter. The Rev. Larry Rice on Monday submitted a 790-signature petition to the St. Clair County Clerk's Office to force the ballot measure calling for the city to sell the property to his New Life Evangelistic Center in St. Louis for $1.
The Belleville News-Democrat reports the referendum could be on the April 9 municipal ballot if the petitions aren't challenged by Monday.
Belleville Mayor Mark Eckert opposes Rice's plans, believing it would be unfair to business owners. City leaders say restoring the site vacant since 2006 could cost at least $2 million. Rice says he could restore the building using volunteer labor and donations.


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Bryan Fischer demonstrates once again why I've named an award after him, one given to those who show an almost supernatural obliviousness to their own contradictions and an extraordinary ability to project their own worst faults on others. To wit:
I am convinced that there is plenty of hatred in the debate over homosexuality, there's a lot of hatred, there's a lot of vitriol, there's a lot of venom – it is coming from homosexuals themselves. The real haters are homosexuals. The real venom is coming from those that support the homosexual agenda, either homosexual activists, homosexuals, or those that support the homosexual agenda. They are the real haters. There is a heterophobic hatred, there is a Christophobic hatred that is just seething, there's a dark, venomous, demonic hatred that is in the homosexual community.


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Knights Win 7th Straight State Tennis Championship
SIOUX FALLS, SD -- Sioux Falls O'Gorman continued it's dominance of girls high school tennis in South Dakota, running away with the school's seventh straight championship Saturday at the state tournament at McKennan Park.
The Knights finished the three-day tournament with a record 764 points to easily outdistance Sioux Falls Washington. The Warriors leap frogged past Aberdeen Central and St. Thomas More on the final day to take second place with 478 points. The Golden Eagles, Cavaliers and Rapid City Stevens round out the top five.
O'Gorman's Morgan Brower defended her first flight singles title, defeating Berkeley Darr of Washington 6-4, 6-1. The team of Brower and Jenna Czarnecki repeated as first flight doubles champions for the Knights, defeating Grace Goble and Madison Fenske of St. Thomas More 6-2, 6-2.
The team title was also O'Gorman's third this week, following championships in boys golf on Tuesday and girls soccer on Friday.
Sioux Falls O'Gorman 764
Sioux Falls Washington 478
Aberdeen Central 474
St. Thomas More 473
Rapid City Stevens 383
Sioux Falls Lincoln 357
Brandon Valley 336
Sioux Falls Roosevelt 292
Watertown 269
Yankton 234
Aberdeen Roncalli 199
Mitchell 146
Rapid City Central 143.5
Milbank 132
Brookings 127
Huron 106
Pierre 100
Spearfish 24
Madison 21
Vermillion 4


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The media center in Bluffton Middle School was full of sick patients on Thursday afternoon. The avian flu, yellow fever and the plague were just a few diseases diagnosed during a mock medical clinic.
Seventh-grade science teacher Lois Lewis, who recently won the Sue West Educator of the Year award from the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce, came up with the idea to teach her students about the effects of diseases on major organs and body systems.
To prepare for the clinic, students formed groups and researched more than 35 diseases including attention deficit disorder, rabies and meningitis. The students then organized their information into a file for reference on clinic days, when other students would present themselves as patients suffering with symptoms of the diseases.
The doctors record the symptoms, make a diagnosis and prescribe a treatment for the patients.
Lewis said some students were excited to act their parts as patients, some even faking death in the clinic.
"They just get really excited about it," she said.
For student Kymber Wojcik, the experience has helped her gain knowledge to become an anesthesiologist.
"I think it's really fun," she said. "It's really fun for us to pick the diseases and to ask them about the symptoms."


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