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Henriques: 'It was a nice day today and very happy to get the win early doors. It was very important to change your pace, with two batsmen who were going so well, can't get too predictable. Today's game shows how close the tournament will be.'
Henriques is the MoM for his quick innings and the wickets of Raina, Dhoni and Badri.
Haddin: 'It was a good result in the end, it is always nice to get off to a win in the tournament early on. It was a normal Wanderers wicket with plenty of pace. We knew it is a very hard ground to defend on and our plans worked to the T today. It is important to get better and better in the tournament and that's what we are planning to do.'
Dhoni: 'At the end of the first innings, we felt that we gave away 15 runs too many, but it happens in this format. We batted really well, Hussey and Faf batted brilliantly at the top. Raina was aggressive and calculated throughout his innings. Maybe if we hadn't lost those wickets, we could've won.'
One thought that 185 was a bridge too far for the Chennai side and so it proved. Though one must say that Faf and Raina took it to the opposition with audacious strokeplay. The Sydney side took wickets when it mattered and Steven Smith's catch to get Raina was the turning point. So Chennai start with a loss and it will be interesting to see what MS says in the presentation. Do stay tuned for that.19.6
Starc to Yo Mahesh, out Caught by Lumb at deep square!! Sydney win and it is a last ball wicket. Flicked straight to the fielder at deep square. For your info - the 1st innings also saw a last ball wicket. Yo Mahesh c Lumb b Starc 2(2)
Starc to Yo Mahesh, THATS OUT!! Caught!!19.5
Starc to Yo Mahesh, 2 runs, flicked to deep mid wicket, a couple of runs19.4
Starc to Hilfenhaus, 1 run, low full toss, driven to cover and that should be the game for Sydney19.3
Starc to Hilfenhaus, 2 runs, slogged to long on and Yo's dive saved him as the throw didn't hit direct
Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Is Yo Mahesh run-out? Third ump called for. Yo with a dive makes it back for the 2nd19.2
Starc to Ashwin, out Caught by Steven Smith at long on!! The last hope for Chennai goes. Ashwin shuffled across and heaved it, an easy catch for wide long off who went to his right to complete the job. Ashwin c Steven Smith b Starc 18(9) [4s-3]
Starc to Ashwin, THATS OUT!! Caught!!19.1
Starc to Hilfenhaus, 1 run, Hilfenhaus does the sensible thing by rotating strike and putting Ashwin back on18.6
Shane Watson to Ashwin, FOUR, low full toss, Ashwin creams it through cover - all along the carpet as well. A timely boundary? Or a little too late?18.5
Shane Watson to Ashwin, 2 runs, another skier and Nic Maddinson fluffs it at deep mid wicket. Got both hands to it while diving forward and missed the catch18.4
Shane Watson to Hilfenhaus, 1 run, slower delivery on middle, pushed to cover. Only a single18.3
Shane Watson to Hilfenhaus, 2 runs, short ball outside off, top edged over mid wicket. Couple taken18.2
Shane Watson to Ashwin, 1 leg bye, Ashwin shuffles across to off and misses the paddle, takes a single to mid wicket
Ben Hilfenhaus, right handed bat, comes to the crease18.1
Shane Watson to Ravindra Jadeja, out Caught by Rohrer at point!! Ravindra Jadeja fails. Tried to heave it across the line, got an edge high up in the air and Rohrer completes an easy catch. Ravindra Jadeja c Rohrer b Shane Watson 2(3)
Shane Watson to Ravindra Jadeja, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
Shane Watson [2.0-0-22-0] is back into the attack17.6
Starc to Ashwin, no run, run-out chance missed. Off the pad and Haddin sends in a wild throw with Ashwin well short17.5
Starc to Ashwin, FOUR, whipped over mid wicket and stylishly played. Is there a late twist?17.4
Starc to Ashwin, 2 runs, completely misjudged by Watson and he backs out of that high ball. Miscued and went high up in the air, Watson went back and seemed to have lost it against the backdrop of the crowd17.3
Starc to Ashwin, 2 runs, chipped wide of long on and an easy couple of runs17.2
Starc to Ashwin, FOUR, makes room and slices it over point. Not a bad start from Ashwin. Opened the face on that as well17.1
Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, 1 run, pushed to cover
Mitchell Starc [2.0-0-12-1] is back into the attack16.6
Henriques to Ravindra Jadeja, 1 run, played off the hips, Ashwin takes an age to turn and they don't come back for the 2nd
Ravichandran Ashwin, right handed bat, comes to the crease16.5
Henriques to Dhoni, out Caught by Hazlewood at deep mid wicket!! That could be game over. Dhoni mistimed the pull as he took it from outside off and another good diving catch with both hands. It was dying and Hazle cupped it with both hands.Dhoni c Hazlewood b Henriques 8(8) [4s-1]
Henriques to Dhoni, THATS OUT!! Caught!!16.4
Henriques to Dhoni, no run, wild slog and Dhoni doesn't connect with the hack
Ravindra Jadeja, left handed bat, comes to the crease16.3
Henriques to Raina, out Caught by Steven Smith at long on!! Pressure catch and the one person you want to be near the ball is Steven Smith. Lofted in the air, looked like it was going for a six, but Steve took it with both hands and held his balance even as the momentum was taking him over the ropes. Caught it over his shoulder and kept his nerve. Game changer! Raina c Steven Smith b Henriques 57(33) [4s-8 6s-2]
Henriques to Raina, THATS OUT!! Caught!!16.2
Henriques to Dhoni, 1 run, Dhoni looks for the 2nd after playing it to square leg, the fielder is quick and they don't go back16.1
Henriques to Dhoni, FOUR, that looked like a mere push. Dhoni giving the charge and bunting it, the pace on the ball beats a diving mid on. A good start to the over15.6
P Cummins to Raina, FOUR, exceptional shot. Full and on off stump, Raina opens the face of the bat and squeezes it along the ground to sweeper cover. Beautifully played and in the gap too15.5
P Cummins to Raina, 2 runs, full and down leg-stump, Raina flicks it to fine leg where Steve O'Keefe slides to prevent the boundary15.4
P Cummins to Raina, no run, slower delivery on off, Raina tries to dab and gets a bottom-edge back to the keeper. Dhoni sends Raina back
Fine leg is coming in. Third man is back. Long on and deep mid are the boundary riders on the on-side15.3
P Cummins to Raina, no run, now this is a toe-ender to cover, a dot15.2
P Cummins to Raina, FOUR, that's a fine fifty from Raina. Length ball on off stump, Raina knifes it through cover and gets it past mid off who is inside the circle. The job is still not done though15.1
P Cummins to Dhoni, 1 run, full fast and straight, on driven to long on14.6
Henriques to Dhoni, 1 run, a couple of steps down the wicket and a tap to mid wicket to retain strike14.5
Henriques to Raina, 1 run, driven along the ground to deep mid wicket14.4
Henriques to Dhoni, 1 run, turned to deep square leg, a single and Dhoni is off the mark14.3
Henriques to Dhoni, no run, pushed to cover. A dot ball
MS Dhoni, right handed bat, comes to the crease14.2
Henriques to Badrinath, out Caught by Haddin!! Chennai were hoping for that. Now MS will come in. Badrinath's painful stay ends. Full delivery outside off, Badrinath edged his slog and an easy catch. Badrinath c Haddin b Henriques 6(11)
Henriques to Badrinath, THATS OUT!! Caught!!14.1
Henriques to Raina, 1 run, driven to mid off, a quick single taken13.6
P Cummins to Badrinath, no run, short, pacy short of length delivery, Badrinath misses the cut as it is too close to the body13.6
P Cummins to Badrinath, 5 wides, P Cummins' inexperience shows. He runs in and bangs in a fiery bouncer, that beats Haddin's desperate leap. 5 bonus runs and an extra ball to boot as well13.5
P Cummins to Raina, 1 run, fast, pacy yorker, dug out back to P Cummins, who hurls it back, Raina gets his bat back in. They take a single after the ricochet
P Cummins is angry and has he run-out Raina? Is Raina's bat in the air? I think Raina has made it and replays prove so.13.4
P Cummins to Raina, no run, P Cummins comes from round the wicket, and then bowls it fuller and wider outside off, Raina doesn't make contact on the lofted drive13.3
P Cummins to Raina, FOUR, top shot again from Raina. He clears his front leg and goes over cover. What timing on that13.2
P Cummins to Raina, no run, turned to short mid wicket13.1
P Cummins to Badrinath, 1 run, full one on off stump, Badrinath opens the face of the bat and pushes it to sweeper cover
Pat Cummins [2.0-0-20-1] is back into the attack12.6
Henriques to Raina, FOUR, that is a top shot, he waited for the short one, arched back and cut it wide of point, beat sweeper cover easily12.5
Henriques to Raina, SIX, short ball and looked like Raina was expecting it, he pulls it between deep square and deep mid wicket. Just about cleared the fence12.4
Henriques to Raina, no run, Raina gave himself too much room and failed to reach out to square cut12.3
Henriques to Badrinath, 1 run, Badrinath makes room and punches it square of the wicket12.2
Henriques to Raina, 1 run, good fielding by Rohrer at point, half-stopped and that allows a single12.1
Henriques to Badrinath, 1 run, driven to sweeper cover
Moises Henriques, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack11.6
Shane Watson to Raina, FOUR, length ball on the stumps and Raina will target the on-side boundary - this time it is deep mid wicket, one bounce over the ropes11.5
Shane Watson to Badrinath, 1 run, slower good length ball on off, Badrinath guides it to third man11.4
Shane Watson to Badrinath, no run, dabbed to point11.4
Shane Watson to Badrinath, wide, short one, well above the head. Wide given11.3
Shane Watson to Raina, 1 run, drags the pull to deep square leg, Raina yells out in frustration for not putting that away11.2
Shane Watson to Raina, no run, slower good length ball outside off, Raina reaches out and fails to get any bat on it11.1
Shane Watson to Raina, FOUR, Raina is teeing off now, makes room and goes outside leg, heaved away to the deep backward square fence
Shane Watson [1.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack10.6
O'Keefe to Raina, 1 run, driven to long off, retains the strike with that run10.5
O'Keefe to Raina, no run, full, fast and darted outside off, Raina can't squeeze it out10.4
O'Keefe to Raina, SIX, Raina facing a left-arm spinner with the short square boundries always will favor the batter. He chips out and swings with the spin over deep square mid wicket. 10 off the last 2 balls10.3
O'Keefe to Raina, FOUR, Raina was eyeing mid wicket, the thickish outside edge goes over short third. O'Keefe isn't impressed10.2
O'Keefe to Badrinath, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Badrinath now drives to sweeper cover10.1
O'Keefe to Raina, 1 run, full and wide outside off, Raina drives to sweeper cover9.6
Hazlewood to Badrinath, no run, driven over Hazlewood's head, but mid off is there to cut it off9.5
Hazlewood to Raina, 1 run, makes room and punches to deep extra cover, Badrinath sends Raina back, who doesn't like the call. He suggests to Badri that it was his call9.4
Hazlewood to Raina, no run, full, fast and on off, Raina drives and inside-edges it onto the pads9.3
Hazlewood to Raina, FOUR, Raina will not be cowed down by pace, he comes down the track and flat-bats it wide of cover. Well hit
The slip stays for Raina9.2
Hazlewood to Badrinath, 1 run, square-driven uppishly, but wide of point
A slip is there in place for Badrinath. Haddin on the attack9.1
Hazlewood to Badrinath, no run, defended to point, no run there
Josh Hazlewood [3.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack
S Badrinath, right handed bat, comes to the crease8.6
O'Keefe to Michael Hussey, out Caught by Lumb at deep mid wicket!! As easy as it comes. Slog-swept straight to deep mid wicket. Flat hit, but no height on that. Michael Hussey c Lumb b O'Keefe 16(19) [4s-2]
O'Keefe to Michael Hussey, THATS OUT!! Caught!!8.5
O'Keefe to Raina, 1 run, chipped over cover, trademark Raina, going inside out8.4
O'Keefe to Raina, 2 runs, punched to long on, a misfield allows the 2nd8.3
O'Keefe to Raina, no run, driven to cover. Three dots in a row8.2
O'Keefe to Raina, no run, slides on with the angle and Raina's poke meets thin air8.1
O'Keefe to Raina, no run, reaches out and drives to cover. No timing on that one
Steve O'Keefe, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
Suresh Raina, left handed bat, comes to the crease7.6
P Cummins to du Plessis, out Caught by Starc at long off!! du Plessis' brilliant knock comes to an end. He tried to get under that, but got too close to the pitch, the catch was easily held. du Plessis c Starc b P Cummins 43(25) [4s-5 6s-2]
P Cummins to du Plessis, THATS OUT!! Caught!!7.5
P Cummins to Michael Hussey, 1 run, steered to third man7.4
P Cummins to Michael Hussey, no run, beats the bat with a cutter. Michael Hussey was camping on the backfoot, it jagged away off the track and beat the bat. Lots of deviation too7.3
P Cummins to du Plessis, 1 run, flicked to deep square leg7.2
P Cummins to du Plessis, FOUR, super batting from du Plessis. He shuffles across to off stump, whips it wide of a diving fine leg who got a hand, but parried it into the ropes7.1
P Cummins to Michael Hussey, 1 run, full and fast on off stump, dug out to long off
Pat Cummins [1.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack6.6
Shane Watson to du Plessis, 2 runs, du Plessis delays the flick to a slower one and gets it down to backward square leg, for a couple of runs6.5
Shane Watson to Michael Hussey, 1 run, short one on the hips, pulled to backward square leg6.4
Shane Watson to du Plessis, 1 run, punched to sweeper cover6.3
Shane Watson to du Plessis, 2 runs, a golf shot, just chipped over mid on who is inside the circle. A couple of runs taken6.2
Shane Watson to Michael Hussey, 1 run, Michael Hussey arches back and dabs it to third man6.1
Shane Watson to Michael Hussey, FOUR, too wide and too full outside off, Michael Hussey launches into a lofted cover drive over the infield. A bad start for Shane Watson
Shane Watson, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack5.6
Hazlewood to du Plessis, FOUR, that's a one-handed toe ender over cover, du Plessis used his reach and somehow got it over the infield. du Plessis looks dangerous5.5
Hazlewood to du Plessis, 2 runs, du Plessis shuffles across to off, nudges it to deep mid wicket, played in the gap for a couple5.4
Hazlewood to du Plessis, no run, good take by Haddin, diving to his left, du Plessis missing the heave to leg, close to leg-stump as well5.3
Hazlewood to Michael Hussey, 1 run, Michael Hussey shimmies now and drives wide of mid off5.2
Hazlewood to du Plessis, 1 run, turned to backward square leg off the hips5.1
Hazlewood to du Plessis, SIX, du Plessis is batting well. This is another calculated risk taken and it comes off. Shimmies and then goes over sweeper cover, didn't hit that too well, but it still carried all the way
Josh Hazlewood [2.0-0-6-0] is back into the attack4.6
P Cummins to du Plessis, 1 run, went for the big hit again, inside edged the slog, Michael Hussey calls him through for the quick single4.5
P Cummins to du Plessis, FOUR, du Plessis takes a couple of steps out, goes outside leg and pulls the short ball to the deep square fence. Three boundaries of the over4.4
P Cummins to du Plessis, no run, sliding down leg and the stifled appeal for LBW is turned down4.3
P Cummins to du Plessis, no run, back to short of length stuff, du Plessis calmly defends4.2
P Cummins to du Plessis, FOUR, that is a top shot. Bisecting cover and mid off. Executed to perfection. Played on the up too.4.1
P Cummins to du Plessis, FOUR, leg-stump half-volley and cleanly flicked away to the deep backward square fence. Extra pace of P Cummins proving to be a bonus for du Plessis
Pat Cummins, right-arm fast, comes into the attack3.6
Starc to Michael Hussey, no run, Starc pulls his length back, defended to point3.5
Starc to Michael Hussey, FOUR, wrong line, on the pads, flicked past square leg. That didn't swing and Michael Hussey had an easier job3.5
Starc to Michael Hussey, wide, pushed well across Michael Hussey, he leaves3.4
Starc to du Plessis, leg byes, 1 run, swings into the pad and rolls off it for a leg-bye3.3
Starc to du Plessis, SIX, superb shot! du Plessis makes room and goes over cover, on a bent knee. The white ball sails over the fence3.2
Starc to du Plessis, no run, Starc shortens the length, du Plessis jumps out and defends it in the end3.1
Starc to du Plessis, no run, du Plessis gets down low and defends to short mid wicket. He adjusted well there2.6
Hazlewood to Michael Hussey, 2 runs, pulled over mid on, more of a toe-ender. Good enough for a couple2.5
Hazlewood to Michael Hussey, no run, defended back to Hazlewood who is giving nothing away2.4
Hazlewood to du Plessis, 1 run, driven wide of cover, a bit of a fumble and they steal a single2.3
Hazlewood to Michael Hussey, 1 run, this one nips in off the seam and raps Michael Hussey on the glove as he takes the bottom-hand out of the way, they take a single. Given as a leg-bye though2.2
Hazlewood to Michael Hussey, no run, short of length and pushed across Michael Hussey who tries to drive away from the body and is beaten2.1
Hazlewood to Michael Hussey, no run, Michael Hussey is beaten again in trying to prod off the backfoot, extra bounce doing the trick1.6
Starc to du Plessis, no run, driven crisply, but straight to the fielder at mid on1.5
Starc to du Plessis, no run, back of a length on the stumps, du Plessis gets right behind the line and defends it back to Starc1.4
Starc to du Plessis, no run, straight and swinging in, du Plessis defends it to the on side
Faf du Plessis, right handed bat, comes to the crease1.3
Starc to Vijay, out Bowled!! Cleaned him up. Trade-mark Starc! Full, fast and swinging in, Vijay's feet are rooted to the crease, the bat comes down at an angle in trying to drive and the ball clatters into the stumps. Vijay looked very ungainly while playing that delivery. Vijay b Starc 1(5)
Starc to Vijay, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!1.2
Starc to Vijay, no run, short of length outside off, rising and Vijay drops everything in his way, before letting it go1.2
Starc to Vijay, wide, swinging down the leg side, wide called1.1
Starc to Vijay, no run, defended to short square, no chance of a single
Mitchell Starc, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack0.6
Hazlewood to Michael Hussey, no run, Michael Hussey's bat face closes as he tries to cover drive, the inside edge rolls to square leg0.5
Hazlewood to Michael Hussey, no run, Michael Hussey shoulders arms and expects the bounce to carry it over the stumps, which it does on this occasion - going over off stump0.4
Hazlewood to Vijay, 1 run, no gully and Vijay is lucky, he steers uppishly and gets off the mark in a streaky fashion0.3
Hazlewood to Vijay, no run, lovely out-swinger, Vijay shoulders arms
Two slips in place for Vijay.0.2
Hazlewood to Michael Hussey, 1 run, tapped in front of mid on who has a bit of ground to cover, Michael Hussey is off the mark0.1
Hazlewood to Michael Hussey, no run, first ball from Hazlewood and it beats the bat, short of length and rising outside off, Michael Hussey plays inside the line and the ball fizzes past the bat
Michael Hussey and Vijay are at the crease. Michael Hussey is on strike. Hazlewood will open the attack
Back for the chase. Sydney have a superb pace attack. Tough work ahead for Chennai.
Sydney have put themselves in pole position after making 185. Watson and Lumb started off well, before the job was finished by Steven Smith and Henriques. The Chennai side got back into it in the middle overs, but Henriques' assault late on tilted the advantage back. With the likes of Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins in their line-up, expect plenty of pace from the Sydney side in the 2nd innings which will begin shortly. Do stay tuned.19.6
Hilfenhaus to Steven Smith, out Caught by Vijay!! The final ball of the innings produces a wicket. Steven Smith lost all his shape while lofting it and miscued it straight to long off. Steven Smith c Vijay b Hilfenhaus 26(17) [4s-3]
Hilfenhaus to Steven Smith, THATS OUT!! Caught!!19.5
Hilfenhaus to Steven Smith, FOUR, magnificent batting from Steven Smith. Moves outside off and paddles it a step to the right of Bolly at short fine who was inside the circle19.4
Hilfenhaus to Henriques, 1 run, tried to hit that low full toss too hard, bottom edged it onto the boot19.3
Hilfenhaus to Henriques, FOUR, Brutal hitting now. Length ball and powered over Hilfenhaus' head. One bounce and over19.2
Hilfenhaus to Henriques, FOUR, sliced away one-handed over point and beats sweeper cover. Henriques is turning it on19.1
Hilfenhaus to Henriques, no run, driven to cover, Henriques wants the strike, so he stays put
Ben Hilfenhaus [2.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack18.6
Bollinger to Steven Smith, FOUR, the fine leg was inside the circle and Steven Smith has placed it past that man. 22 runs came off that over18.5
Bollinger to Henriques, 1 run, Bollinger comes round the wicket and gets it further up, mistimed to long off18.4
Bollinger to Henriques, SIX, New balls please! Hits the scorecard and bobbles out of the park. Length again and swung away over deep square18.3
Bollinger to Henriques, SIX, the length balls will go in this format and Henriques is a good player. He clears his left leg and smashes it flat over long off. Bollinger needs to get it right up there18.2
Bollinger to Henriques, FOUR, makes room and slices it away over cover. Bollinger erring on the fuller side and paying the price18.1
Bollinger to Steven Smith, 1 run, horrible throw from MS and he allows himself a smile. Both the batsmen were diving to make it, in the end the throw made it easier
Doug Bollinger [3.0-0-17-0] is back into the attack17.6
Ashwin to Henriques, FOUR, classy inside out cover drive, over the man at cover and wide of him. Beautifully played17.5
Ashwin to Henriques, no run, cracked straight into the ground and to cover. A crowd catch17.4
Ashwin to Steven Smith, 1 run, punched off the backfoot to long on17.3
Ashwin to Henriques, leg byes, 1 run, rapped on the pads but outside leg17.2
Ashwin to Henriques, SIX, in the slot and Henriques tees off, clearing long on with ease. A flat and powerful hit too17.1
Ashwin to Steven Smith, 1 run, flicked through mid wicket
Ravichandran Ashwin [3.0-0-20-2] is back into the attack16.6
du Plessis to Steven Smith, 1 run, nudged around the corner and Steven Smith retains the strike with that run16.5
du Plessis to Henriques, 1 run, cut away in the air and it just falls in front of a diving point, they take a single16.4
du Plessis to Henriques, FOUR, hammered straight down the ground, Henriques really cracked that and both long on and long off were mere spectators16.3
du Plessis to Steven Smith, 1 run, Hilf at point should've done better, regulation stop and he concedes a single after fumbling16.2
du Plessis to Steven Smith, 2 runs, flicked wide of long and placed it well to get a couple16.1
du Plessis to Steven Smith, FOUR, chipped straight down the ground, nothing more than a pick-up shot and it goes to the straight boundary bisecting long off and long on15.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, 1 run, in the air, but in the gap at cover after Steven Smith got an outside edge in trying to play over cover15.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, no run, punched to cover, straight to the fielder15.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Henriques, 1 run, MS tells Ravindra Jadeja to hold it because no one is backing up after Henriques played it to his left15.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Henriques, 2 runs, well played and well placed, near the edge of the circle at mid wicket - a couple of overs15.2
Ravindra Jadeja to Henriques, no run, defended to Badri at point15.1
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, 1 run, gets forward and wrists it to long on
Ravindra Jadeja [3.0-0-24-1] is back into the attack14.6
du Plessis to Steven Smith, 1 run, turned with the spin to deep square leg, retains the strike with that run14.5
du Plessis to Henriques, 1 run, comes down the track and flat-bats it to long off14.4
du Plessis to Steven Smith, 1 run, nudged to the short mid wicket area14.3
du Plessis to Steven Smith, 2 runs, again played into the deep mid wicket region, soft hands and another couple14.2
du Plessis to Henriques, 1 run, low full toss, bunted to long off14.1
du Plessis to Henriques, 2 runs, turned with soft hands to deep mid wicket and they come back for the 2nd13.6
Ashwin to Henriques, 1 run, that has to be the worst ball of Ashwin's spell so far, terrible rank long-hop and Henriques can only find long on13.5
Ashwin to Henriques, no run, dabbed to point, again no chance of a single13.4
Ashwin to Henriques, no run, steered straight to the fielder at point
Moises Henriques, right handed bat, comes to the crease13.3
Ashwin to Maddinson, out Bowled!! Bad batting! Maddinson gave his hand away too quickly, moved to leg, exposed all the three stumps and missed the flick to a full ball on middle. Maddinson b Ashwin 12(16) [4s-1]
Ashwin to Maddinson, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!13.2
Ashwin to Steven Smith, 1 run, pushed past Ashwin and they take a single
Steven Smith, right handed bat, comes to the crease13.1
Ashwin to Haddin, out Caught by Hilfenhaus!! Great catch. It was coming out of the crowd and Hilf was rushing in, he took it with both hands and fell safely to the ground. Haddin should've put that away to the fence for it was a rank short ball Haddin c Hilfenhaus b Ashwin 20(18) [4s-1 6s-1]
Ashwin to Haddin, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
Ravichandran Ashwin [2.0-0-18-0] is back into the attack12.6
du Plessis to Haddin, 1 run, goes on the backfoot and turns it to deep mid wicket, retains the strike with that run12.5
du Plessis to Haddin, FOUR, makes room and goes inside out, clearing a leaping Raina at cover at the edge of the circle. That is a good shot12.4
du Plessis to Haddin, 2 runs, sliced between extra cover and long off, for a couple of runs12.3
du Plessis to Maddinson, leg byes, 1 run, off the pad as Maddinson misses a big a hit, he was way down the wicket as well12.2
du Plessis to Maddinson, 2 runs, slog swept to deep mid wicket12.1
du Plessis to Haddin, 1 run, flicked away to backward square leg11.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Haddin, 1 run, makes room and drives wide of a diving cover11.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Haddin, no run, slower and a little bit of drift in, Haddin defends with bat and pad close together11.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Maddinson, leg byes, 1 run, slog sweep attempted, missed as well, but Maddinson had got outside off11.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Maddinson, no run, short and wide outside off, cut away to point. Ravindra Jadeja was lucky that time11.2
Ravindra Jadeja to Maddinson, FOUR, unlucky is Ravindra Jadeja. He beats Maddinson off the pitch, but the outside edge runs away beating a lumbering Ashwin at short third11.1
Ravindra Jadeja to Haddin, 1 run, driven to sweeper cover
Ravindra Jadeja [2.0-0-18-1] is back into the attack10.6
du Plessis to Haddin, 1 run, short ball, Haddin pulls it without any timing to deep mid wicket10.5
du Plessis to Haddin, no run, that is actually a good shout for LBW, but Asad Rauf took Haddin's couple of steps down the wicket into account and negated it.10.4
du Plessis to Maddinson, 1 run, flicked in the air to deep mid wicket, this time they don't take on Hilf's arm10.3
du Plessis to Haddin, 1 run, full toss, Haddin jumps out and punches it to long off10.2
du Plessis to Maddinson, leg byes, 1 run, Maddinson got outside off and missed the sweep, but they take a leg-bye10.1
du Plessis to Haddin, 1 run, conventional leggie, driven to long on
Faf du Plessis, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack9.6
Ashwin to Haddin, 1 run, comes on the frontfoot and pushes it to long on9.5
Ashwin to Haddin, SIX, he's had a sighter and then launches one into the stands at deep mid wicket. Floated outside off, slogged away9.4
Ashwin to Haddin, no run, another toppie, Haddin gets forward and pushes it back to Ashwin9.3
Ashwin to Haddin, no run, this one goes the other way, Haddin reads it off the pitch and defends9.2
Ashwin to Haddin, no run, turned to short mid wicket9.1
Ashwin to Maddinson, 1 run, pushed off the backfoot to long on8.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Haddin, no run, defended off the backfoot to end the 9th over
Brad Haddin, right handed bat, comes to the crease8.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Shane Watson, out Shane Watson Run Out!! 1 run completed. That's a rocket throw from the deep to send Shane Watson back. Suicidal 2nd run attempted and Hilf arrowed down the stumps with a direct hit from sweeper cover. Watson was desperate to get back, but couldn't. Huge wicket. Shane Watson run out (Hilfenhaus/Dhoni) 46(30) [4s-5 6s-2]
Ravindra Jadeja to Shane Watson, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!8.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Shane Watson, no run, that's a good ball, Ravindra Jadeja bowling it a lot further up and pushing Shane Watson onto the backfoot, who defends8.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Shane Watson, SIX, short ball, Shane Watson is quick to rock back, clear his left leg and deposit the pull into the stands at deep mid wicket. Can't bowl short to this man8.2
Ravindra Jadeja to Maddinson, 1 run, great fielding from Faf saves a boundary. He was at short fine and dived to his left to prevent the boundary after Maddinson swept it8.1
Ravindra Jadeja to Shane Watson, 1 run, cut away to deep extra cover8.1
Ravindra Jadeja to Shane Watson, 5 wides, that's a strange call from Asad Rauf. It looked like it took the outside edge as Shane Watson went for the cut, ricocheted off Dhoni's gloves and went to the boundary. Replays too showed an edge7.6
Ashwin to Maddinson, no run, Maddinson chips out and defends with bat and pad close together after he realised he wasn't to the pitch of the ball7.5
Ashwin to Shane Watson, 1 run, again short and Ashwin is lucky that it goes straight to the fielder at deep mid wicket this time7.4
Ashwin to Shane Watson, SIX, Shane Watson is camping on the backfoot and expecting the short one, it arrives and when it does, the end result is invariably a six - over deep square leg it goes after a butchered pull7.3
Ashwin to Maddinson, 1 run, nudged in front of square leg7.2
Ashwin to Maddinson, no run, nearly hit off stump. Nothing shot from Maddinson, made room and exposed his off stump, it just turned away to miss everything7.1
Ashwin to Shane Watson, 1 run, bunted to long on, Shane Watson wanted two, but Yo Mahesh was quick to the ball7.1
Ashwin to Shane Watson, wide, first ball from Ashwin and it spins down leg
Ravichandran Ashwin, right-arm off break, comes into the attack6.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Maddinson, no run, quick and flat, Maddinson defends it to mid wicket6.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Shane Watson, 1 run, shortish outside off, Shane Watson rocks back and cuts hard to deep extra cover6.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Maddinson, 1 run, turned around the corner with the spin6.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Shane Watson, 1 run, chipped over cover, deliberately played too
Replays show that Lumb may have been a bit unlucky, height seemed to be a factor there6.2
Ravindra Jadeja to Maddinson, 1 run, uses his feet and clips it to deep mid wicket
Nic Maddinson, left handed bat, comes to the crease6.1
Ravindra Jadeja to Lumb, out Lbw!! RJ strikes first ball. What a start for him. Quicker one, Lumb played all around it and missed the flick. Was height an issue? Asad Rauf doesn't think so and gives it out. Lumb lbw b Ravindra Jadeja 18(16) [4s-1 6s-1]
Ravindra Jadeja to Lumb, THATS OUT!! Lbw!!
Ravindra Jadeja, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack5.6
Bollinger to Shane Watson, FOUR, the 50 run stand is up now with a clean, crisp, cracking drive. The cover drive on the up with a high bent elbow and the ball went to the fence like a dream5.5
Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run, now Shane Watson crunches one and the ball nearly carries to mid off, but on the bounce to the man5.4
Bollinger to Shane Watson, 2 runs, slower delivery on off stump, Shane Watson is early into the lofted shot, toe-ends it in the air and the ball clears a back-pedalling mid on5.3
Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run, tight delivery on off stump, Shane Watson defends with bat and pad close together5.2
Bollinger to Shane Watson, FOUR, in the air, but in the gap as well, flicked through mid wicket and Shane Watson gets another boundary5.1
Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run, brilliantly timed on-drive, but finds mid on4.6
Yo Mahesh to Lumb, no run, finally a change of pace, slower one, Lumb steers it to the lone slip. Sanity after 5 balls of madness4.5
Yo Mahesh to Lumb, SIX, Bang! Full and on middle, just a clean connection on the whipped flick and the ball sails into the crowd at deep mid wicket. This is just the over that the Sydney side wanted4.4
Yo Mahesh to Lumb, FOUR, swinging into the pads, no deep backward square as well, clipped away to that vacant area. This over has already gone 12 with two balls remaining4.3
Yo Mahesh to Shane Watson, 3 runs, too short and Yo Mahesh is lucky to get away, Shane Watson toe-ends a pull, taking it from outside off and getting it over mid on. Another three taken4.2
Yo Mahesh to Shane Watson, 2 runs, short and wide outside off, Shane Watson slashes it over point for a couple of runs4.1
Yo Mahesh to Lumb, 3 runs, very difficult catch and full marks to Hilf for his effort. He back-pedalled from mid on and tried to settle under the miscued lofted hit, never looked like catching it and didn't even get a hand to it. They take three for it3.6
Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run, Bollinger is bowling with a lot of pace and isn't getting any rewards for it. Another one jumps from the surface and beats Shane Watson's steer.3.5
Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run, slower one on off stump, Shane Watson defends it to point3.4
Bollinger to Lumb, 1 run, Lumb shuffles across to off stump, then drives with an open face to third man3.3
Bollinger to Lumb, no run, beautiful out-swinger, pitches on a fuller length and moves away beating a tentative drive from Lumb3.2
Bollinger to Shane Watson, leg byes, 1 run, another sharp in-swinger, raps Shane Watson on the pads, but it was sliding down3.1
Bollinger to Shane Watson, FOUR, good ball, produces the outside edge and beats a diving 2nd slip on the bounce, third man can't come around to cut it off. Bollinger isn't happy2.6
Hilfenhaus to Lumb, no run, the odd ball is taking off from a good length, that surprises Lumb who tried to punch it, but the extra bounce beat him2.5
Hilfenhaus to Lumb, no run, wild slog from outside off, Lumb misses the heave2.5
Hilfenhaus to Lumb, wide, too high and a wide called. The ball going well over the head of Lumb2.4
Hilfenhaus to Shane Watson, 1 run, full on leg stump, flicked away to long leg2.3
Hilfenhaus to Shane Watson, FOUR, Hilfenhaus errs on the full side and Shane Watson makes him pay. Lovely off-drive through the line and beats mid off to his right2.2
Hilfenhaus to Shane Watson, FOUR, the first ball that Shane Watson has played with the bat and he has hit it for a boundary. Slightly short on off stump, Watson just swivelled on his front-foot and pulled it to the deep square leg fence2.1
Hilfenhaus to Lumb, leg byes, 1 run, full, swinging down the leg side, off the pad and they take a leg-bye1.6
Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run, brilliant over from Bollinger comes to an end. Full, swinging back in, Shane Watson tries to flick and gets a thin inside edge onto the pads. If he hadn't, then he was a dead duck1.5
Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run, that is a shot more out of frustration than anything else. Shane Watson pre-meditates his pull and is early into the shot. He grimaces after missing the shot1.4
Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run, Shane Watson has faced 4 balls and out of those 3 have beat his bat. This one he shapes to cut, but the extra bounce beats him1.3
Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run, Bollinger seems to be running in well and is bowling with a nice rhythm. This one nips back in and thuds into Shane Watson's mid-riff. No damage done though1.2
Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run, that is a ripper, can't play those, pace and bounce and it was rising all the time, Shane Watson played inside the line and the ball again beat the bat comfortably1.2
Bollinger to Shane Watson, wide, good delivery apart from the fact that it was well outside off. It thumped into MS' gloves1.1
Bollinger to Lumb, 1 run, Lumb gets a soft leading edge as he arrested his leg-side shot, rolls in front of mid off and they take the single
Doug Bollinger, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack0.6
Hilfenhaus to Shane Watson, no run, Aussie to Aussie and Hilfenhaus beats Shane Watson with a delivery that just moves away off the seam. Watson was looking to defend off the backfoot, but the movement did him in0.5
Hilfenhaus to Lumb, 1 run, this time gets it wide of a diving point, but third man comes around to cut it off0.4
Hilfenhaus to Lumb, no run, punched sweetly, but finds cover0.3
Hilfenhaus to Lumb, 2 runs, good length delivery on middle, tucked wide of RJ at square leg, who nearly collides with the the umpire, before going around him and preventing the boundary. A couple to start for Lumb0.2
Hilfenhaus to Lumb, no run, defended from the crease to cover0.1
Hilfenhaus to Lumb, no run, first ball and the ball beats the bat. A limp push from Lumb and the ball whizzes past the bat
Lumb and Shane Watson are at the crease. Lumb is on strike. Hilfenhaus will open the attack
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Murali Vijay, Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Faf du Plessis, S Badrinath, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh, Doug Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus
Sydney Sixers (Playing XI): Michael Lumb, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin(w/c), Nic Maddinson, Steven Smith, Moises Henriques, Ben Rohrer, Steve O'Keefe, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood
Haddin: 'We are hoping to put up a good show. We are not too concerned with whether we bat first or not - the wicket will remain the same I feel. Hazlewood, Starc and Cummins are all fit and raring to go.'
Dhoni: 'It is a very difficult ground to defend, so we want to chase. We are playing with two foreign seamers in Hilf and Doug. Winning the CL on this ground is a good memory, but this is a fresh start again.'
Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and elected to field
A warm Sunday afternoon to one and all wherever you may be. Today sees another double-header and it is the Chennai Super Kings who will be first in action against a strong Sydney Sixers side from Down Under. The Sixers have the likes of Shane Watson, Mitchell Starc, so it should be a good battle. The toss and the teams will happen shortly, so don't go too far.
Chennai Super Kings will face Sydney Sixers from Australia with both teams eager to kick start their campaign with a resounding win. Both teams will be confident of their success in the tournament and a win against the other title-contender will go a long way in emphasizing why they have been touted favourites. Both teams are filled to the brim with match-winners and big-hitters and the match is sure to be a treat.
Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings have a lot of experience playing in this tournament and that would give them the slight edge over their rivals. They have played in every edition of the CLT20, having finished victors once.
MS Dhoni's team has many match-winners and in every department, to boast. Their strength also comes from the fact that they have quality all-rounders who can shift the balance of the game in their favour.
Their batting has plenty on fire-power with Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Michael Hussey and Dhoni among others in the line-up. Most of the batsmen have been a part of the Chennai squad for long and the understanding between the team could well prove to be the difference.
Michael Hussey will be expected to drop anchor and ensure he provides the middle-order a good platform while Vijay, Raina, Dhoni and Morkel can wield the long handle to devastating effect when needed.
Their bowling too possesses great variety and they can be confident regardless of the type of pitch they are asked to play on. In Doug Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus and Morkel - they have 3 reliable pacers while the spin department would be headed by the impressive R Ashwin. They also have the likes of Faf du Plessis and Suresh Raina who can turn their arm over and contain the opposition in the middle overs.
Sydney Sixers
The Sydney Sixers come into the tournament with a team that is good enough to outclass many. The team boasts of a number of Australian internationals and T20 experts and will be confident of leaving their mark on the tournament.
With Shane Watson, Michael Lumb, Brad Haddin, Moises Henriques and Steven Smith in the team, the Sixers are packed with power hitters. Add to this the brilliant form that Watson has been in and that adds to the danger quotient that the Australian team carries.
Their bowling too looks a complete package with the likes of Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins, who both impressed in the T20 WC, Watson, Smith, Henriques and Nathan McCullum. Their skipper, Brad Haddin would have a number of choices at his disposal should one of his main bowlers have an off day or is in need of a rest.
Watch Out For
Suresh Raina: The middle-order bat has been one of the main reason's for Chennai's continued success over the years. With his ability to mix caution and attack extremely effectively, to clear the ropes easily, to change the match with his fielding and to spring a surprise with his bowling - Suresh Raina will be expected to play a huge part.
Shane Watson:
Shane Waston's form in the recently concluded World Cup T20 was second to none. If he keeps performing with both bat and ball in the same vein then there will be no stopping the Sydney Sixers.
Chennai Super Kings (From): Murali Vijay, Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Albie Morkel, S Badrinath, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ben Hilfenhaus, Doug Bollinger, Faf du Plessis, Wriddhiman Saha, Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh, Shadab Jakati, Nuwan Kulasekara
Sydney Sixers (From): Brad Haddin(w/c), Shane Watson, Josh Hazlewood, Michael Lumb, Nathan McCullum, Nic Maddinson, Ian Moran, Steve O'Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Steven Smith, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Dominic Thornely, Moises Henriques, Peter Nevill


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By Scott WalkerPresidentMitsui Seiki USA Inc.Franklin Lakes, NJwww.mitsuiseiki.com
The International Manufacturing Technology Show is the manufacturing world's "big box" superstore. For those attending, knowing your objectives in advance is wise. Before you prepare your IMTS 2014 "must see" list, I suggest asking yourself and your team: "What do we want to be working on five years from now? What types of parts? What industries? What technologies do we want in place by then? What do we want our factory floor to look like? How will we manage all the data?" In other words, what do you want your core competencies to be by the time IMTS 2020 rolls around? The answers will give you solid clues as to what you need to accomplish at IMTS 2014.It may be that you are content with the status quo. You are in a solid, yet competitive niche. Your customers are satisfied. Your margins are tight, but okay, and the business outlook is positive for years to come. But, some of your equipment is tired and you come to IMTS to compare replacements. If you are in this category of show visitor, you have certain requirements and will want to preview all the machine tool builders that offer similar lines, narrow them down to a manageable list, and go shopping. IMTS is a great place to do that. You and your team will likely exit McCormick Place knowing exactly what you will purchase. Your parts will be made better, and your margins will improve with fresh machinery and more advanced controls. Good deal. Alternatively, if after pondering the questions above, you decide you need to look for an equipment supplier to help your company grow into a new direction, then your IMTS goals will be different than moving from booth to booth comparing features, specs, and prices. Attend all the conferences and presentations that are relevant to your interests. Ask questions of the builders you've selected to visit, such as their experience in the parts and industries you want to be in, along with any contacts that may be able to help you make an entry. For example, right now there are opportunities in aerospace blade machining that will require hundreds of new-generation machines to make parts for the new fuel-efficient jet engines over the next several years. Similarly, 10 years ago we forecasted the increased need for cost-effective machining approaches for titanium structural components for aerospace. That arena has flourished and will continue to, along with emerging knowledge in machining Ti Aluminite. You can learn a lot at IMTS about not only how to propel your company into new terrain, but also about the developing trends and future requirements in that landscape. As there will likely be a learning curve with the latest technology you'll need to attract new work, be sure to ask the builders about training and after-sale support. Another reaction can surface after asking those questions about your company's future: Frustration. You know exactly where you want to go and where you want to be by IMTS 2020, but the road map is drawn on an Etch-a-Sketch. Perhaps you've been noodling with a new part design, struggling with a new process, or conducting R&D on a new material. Nothing is gelling, and there isn't a machine on earth yet that can make that part, perform that process, or cut that material. Yet. Builders who design and build custom manufacturing equipment as we do, relish that word and welcome inventive dialogue that sparks our imaginations and leads to the ultimate answer. Unfortunately, people with these types of conundrums rarely come to IMTS. If you fall into this category, reconsider. IMTS is a sensible venue to meet with a variety of experts and compare experience and knowledge, often revealed in the questions they ask to further articulate the challenge. A conversation at IMTS could result in innovative technology solutions that drive advanced manufacturing techniques and methodologies. Some could be widely accepted by IMTS 2020. The High Speed Electro Erosion (HSEE) process could be one, for instance.In these days of e-this and e-that, it's refreshing there is still an institution in place to have a real discussion, not virtual, among bright people. Let's find out what we can discover, what we can fathom, what we can solve—together—whether it's discerning the ideal replacement machine or developing a manufacturing system that unravels a mystery. Come to IMTS 2014. ME
This article was first published in the August 2014 edition of Manufacturing Engineering magazine. Click here for PDF.

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Unfinished Nation "The Way We Were?" Sources of economic growth: government spending, suburban development, rise of the West. Capital, labor, and the new economies. Expansion of science and technology. The consuming nation. The family?changing roles and expectations.G
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Unfinished Nation "The Other America" People on the margins: rural and inner city poverty. Civil Rights movement: Brown v. Board of Education, expansion of the movement. Eisenhower's Republicanism: the welfare state, the decline of McCarthyism, and the Cold War continued.G
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Biography of America, A "New System of Government" After the War for Independence, the struggle for a new system of government begins. Professor Maier looks at the creation of the Constitution of the United States. The Republic survives a series of threats to its union, and the program ends with the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on the Fourth of July, 1826. D
3:30 pm
Biography of America, A "Westward Expansion" At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the size of the United States doubles with the Louisiana Purchase. The Appalachians are no longer the barrier to American migration west; the Mississippi River becomes the country's central artery; and Jefferson's vision of an Empire of Liberty begins to take shape. American historian Stephen Ambrose joins Professors Maier and Miller in examining the consequences of the Louisiana Purchase -- for the North, the South, and the history of the country. D
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Curiosity Quest "Orange Packing" Join Joel on this tasty quest as he learns how Oranges are grown, sorted and packaged to be shipped across the world. Watch as Joel takes on the duty of orange picking with a 50 pound bag strapped to him. D
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Biz Kid$ "What Is Money?" The Biz Kids say: "Show me the money!" Join us and you'll take a grand tour through the history of money from the days of bartering, through the first coins and currency, all the way to the electronic transfers of today. Watch as the Biz Kids put on cowboy boots and get a crash course in the art of negotiation and exchange at a high-energy cattle auction in Colorado. D
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The Electric Company "Tip It Or Dip It" Marcus and Manny are this week's contestants on a game show called "Tip It or Dip It." Show host Rob Robson, played by comedian Sherrod Small, introduces this week's surprise guest host and it's Francine! Will Manny's cheating prevent Marcus from winning?. D
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Cyberchase "Past Perfect Prediction" Convinced that the last piece he needs to activate his powerful new machine is hidden in Slider's garage, Hacker threatens to evict the teen unless he pays up on an old debt. Enter the kids and Digit. As a way to raise the money, they convince Slider to open the garage for business - just like his dad did. D
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Lidia's Italy In America "USA: Italian-American and Truly Italian" NULL
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Roast Beef Dinner" Chris visits the local butcher to learn about top sirloin. Then, Bridget shows Chris how to make affordable Roast Beef and Whipped Potatoes. Next, Chris shares the test kitchen's tips and techniques for cooking with salt. D
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Uncorked: Wine Made Simple "Uncorked: Central Coast" In this episode we explore the quintessential Zinfandel country of Paso Robles and the clean fruit-driven Chardonnays of Edna Valley. We'll meet the Haas family of California who partnered with the Chateauneuf du Pape producing Perrin family to bring Rhone Valley styles wine to California's central coast. We'll also meet attend a classic car rally run by a mechanic turned winemaker to find out what happens when your passion for wine competes for your day job. D
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This Old House "Cambridge Project, Part 3 of 15" With the interior opened up, master carpenter Norm Abram shows host Kevin O'Connor the bones of the building. On the first floor, general contractor Tom Silva relocates a load-bearing partition wall and takes the dip out of the floor. Out front, Kevin and homeowner Sally Peterson learn about the appropriate colors for the outside of her Victorian-era house. D
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Rick Steves' Europe Classics "Israel" Rick visits Jerusalem, home to ancient holy sites of Jews, Christians, Muslims and Armenians. He also travels to the Dead Sea, Bethlehem, Jericho and the desert mountain fortress of Masada.G
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Travelscope "Naturally Los Angeles" While most visitors head for Hollywood or Rodeo Drive, Joseph introduces viewers to some of Los Angeles' little-known treasures from hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains and wine tasting in Malibu to the Venice Beach drum circle - a weekly celebration of the city's diversity. D
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Roast Beef Dinner" Chris visits the local butcher to learn about top sirloin. Then, Bridget shows Chris how to make affordable Roast Beef and Whipped Potatoes. Next, Chris shares the test kitchen's tips and techniques for cooking with salt. D
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Simply Ming "Ginger & Brown Sugar" Guest Chef: Jody Adams. You can knock on just about any door at the holidays in this country and find today's master ingredients holding court on the sideboard on this week's SIMPLY MING. They met during the days of the spice trade and they haven't been apart since: from the East, ginger and from the West, brown sugar. D
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The scandal enveloping the Internal Revenue Service widened on Wednesday as the House oversight panel announced a witness list of top Obama administration officials for a coming hearing, and as tax policy experts parsed an inspector general's account of the agency's "inappropriate" focus on conservative nonprofits applying for tax-exempt status.
At one in an expected series of hearings set for May 22, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said it will hear testimony from Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman (now at the Brookings Institution),Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George and IRS Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner.
It was Lerner who brought the scandal to light on Friday when she casually answered a question at an American Bar Association seminar on the rumored IG report on complaints that the IRS office in Cincinnati beginning early in 2010 had used politically charged key words such as "Tea Party" and "Patriot" to prioritize applications for tax-exempt status.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Wednesday, said, "My question isn't about who is going to resign. My question is who's going to jail over this scandal?"
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said he was "deeply troubled" by the IG report. "While the inspector general found no evidence that any individual or organization outside the IRS influenced the decision to use these criteria, these actions were inappropriate and did not reflect the high standards which I expect and the public deserves. Like the American people, I have zero tolerance for any action that could undermine public confidence in the impartial and non-partisan administration of the tax code."
Released by lawmakers Tuesday night, the IG report faulted the Exempt Organizations office for targeting specific groups, delaying processing before election cycles and requesting unnecessary information. It found that of 296 relevant applications reviewed as of Dec. 17, 2012, 108 had been approved, 28 were withdrawn by the applicant, none had been denied and 160 remained open.
The IG made nine recommendations to improve management of the office, and IRS officials on reading a draft, accepted seven.
On the House Ways and Means Committee, both Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., and ranking member Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., condemned the IRS behavior and demanded a series of documents for the panel's own hearing set for May 17. That hearing will include testimony from Steven T. Miller, acting IRS commissioner. "I am astounded and appalled that the IRS targeted organizations based on their political beliefs," Camp said. "No American, regardless of political affiliation, should have their right to free speech threatened by the IRS. The IRS' repeated failure to be truthful is completely unethical and an embarrassment to this government."
Added Levin, "The American people must have the fullest confidence that organizations requesting tax exemption receive completely unbiased treatment from the Internal Revenue Service and are never singled out by name or political views. They must also be assured that the IRS will be nothing less than completely forthcoming in the information it provides to Congress."
Some lawmakers were more supportive. "Yes, it's wrong that the IRS selectively picked certain groups out," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., ranking member of the House Budget Committee. "What's also important, though, is that the IRS enforce this law uniformly. Because otherwise there will be groups, whether on the right or the left, that exploit and abuse this tax law for political purposes and in order to hide their donors. And so the IRS needs to apply the law uniformly, but it should apply it."
A Rasmussen poll released on Wednesday found that 57 percent of respondents believe the IRS' actions were politically motivated, and the same number want the offenders jailed or fired.
"Charitable nonprofits are justifiably outraged by reports that the Internal Revenue Service targeted applicants for tax-exempt status based on their apparent political beliefs," Tim Delaney, president and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, said in a statement. "As more facts emerge on the developing story, the National Council of Nonprofits calls on policymakers and the news media to strengthen public respect for, and not exacerbate ignorance of, the laws governing and distinguishing the nonpartisan work of charitable nonprofits in communities across the country. We are concerned that the IRS scandal is causing collateral damage to the work of innocent charitable nonprofits."
Chris Vest, director of public policy at the American Society of Association Executives, said it was good that Lois Lerner stepped forward and apologized for the episode. "The tax-exempt division has always been responsive to associations' and nonprofits' concerns, and we have felt like it is an office the sector can rely upon," Vest said.
Jeffery Trinca, a tax policy specialist who is a vice president at Van Scoyoc Associates, said the IRS made some management mistakes and mishandled the politics of the situation, but speculated that the agency in the end may achieve some vindication from the IG report.
If instead of seeking efficiency by basing criteria on words such as "patriot," the IRS office had suggested "sorting by the word 'Catholic' or 'African American,' they wouldn't have been comfortable because society knows that's problematic," Trinca said. But the report makes clear that no one from the outside told them to use the words, and "they selected some applications for review that they knew would require tough questions, and they got cold feet."
The fact that Lerner told them to stop but the practice resumed "is a management issue—who's in control of these employees?" Trinca said. The revelations, however, showed that the IRS has a difficult time establishing criteria for determining whether the spate of new advocacy groups that have sprung up in the past three years are "primarily" or "exclusively" social welfare groups deserving of tax exemption. "These little-guy, not legally sophisticated groups aren't required to apply for 501(c)4 status," he added, "but they want to get a letter showing they're doing everything right." The incident could well prompt a policy review.
One under-explored issue, Trinca said, is what the IRS Cincinnati office did with the two-thirds of the applications reviewed by IG for which no determination has been reported. Perhaps "words such as 'green' and 'progressive' were used" to characterize the liberal groups, he said. "IRS executives -- including Shulman, who was on the way out when the first questions were being raised -- could have done a better job, Trinca said, of getting the issues to Congress in advance and "letting the chips fall where they may."


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The Square D 1000 VDC disconnect switch features a NEMA Type 3, IP63 enclosure, operates within a temperature range of -37°C to 50°C
Schneider Electric's Square D 1000 VDC disconnect switch is one of the first enclosed heavy-duty 1000 VDC solar disconnect on the market. The easy-to install switch functions as a local disconnect for a string of Photovoltaic (PV) panels and is designed for an extended life expectancy in harsh environments.
"This Square D solar disconnect switch is another example of how Schneider Electric can provide the electrical balance of system for solar projects," said Ted Campbell, Renewable Product Leader for Schneider Electric Renewable Energies Business. "We're proud to be able to offer turnkey solutions as well as innovative products for our customers."
Suitable for both grounded and ungrounded PV systems, the Square D 1000 VDC disconnect switch offers a preconfigured solar solution and familiar enclosed safety switch design, with no additional components required. The extended life expectancy exceeds IEC 60947-3 mechanical endurance requirements by a factor of 18 and IEC 60947-1 electrical endurance requirements by a factor of 10. The NEMA Type 3 and IP63 enclosure is resistant to windblown dirt and dust and exceeds NEMA type 3R. It operates within a temperature range of -37°C to 50°C, using a white enclosure that can reduce solar gain by up to 35% over standard grey enclosures.
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Oh, I see. To simplify the sentence it would be "The reputation is not good", thus good must agree with reputation. I got lost when they threw in all that "fluff" in the sentence.

#2. You were very close with this one except bonam should match fama so it would be bona.

Oh!!! OK, I think I get it. Nauta is masculine, thus we use bonus in ABL form which is bonö. I'm really sloppy about matching up the gender/case of adjectives, especially when they're from different declensions. That was also sloppy of me to leave out "cum". It's because I assume that the ABL case has the preposition tacked on by default.

#5. I don't know if you've learned it yet, but the "with" in this sentence should probably be cum+ablative. Once again, bonum must match with nauta. Revised, it would look like Cur Lesbia cum nauta bono ex casa properat?.

Nope, I have to admit that I really thought it was spelled "equuï".

Eeks! I can't believe I overlooked the PLURAL farmers. Ya, that was really really bad on my part. So it's the GEN PLUR! And I forgot to pluralize the verb.

So it should be : Equï agricölarum malörum parvï sunt

#8. This one is the only one that is significantly off. You misspelled equi (typo perhaps); "of the wicked farmers" should be agricolarum malorum; est needs to be sunt because the horses are plural.

This is always on the back of my mind.

Learning from a book, I would be concerned with the mistakes you don't know you're making.

Mommy! Mommy! Episcopus is scaring me again. Waaah! :'(

Just hope, for your sanity's sake, that this was just an offbeat exercise for you - alius, alia, aliud etc. show no mercy :'(

Are you talking about the alius, alia, aliud you mentioned earlier? They don't look so bad...

Yes, 9 irregular adjectives hurt me aswell ;D

That's not a very nice thing to say about your mother. My mother couldn't help me with Partial Differential Equations, but I still love her and don't call her stupid...

... but my mother is stupid so she can do nothing to aid me.

Good, I look forward to it. As it is now, I'm just taking wild stabs at it when I want to say something. I'm looking up the verb and then trying to get it to fit in one of the verb charts in the front of my dictionary. It's not really efficacious since I have no idea what I'm doing.

And I also have a need to learn conjunctions, more pronouns, and relative clauses.

Anyhow, I be on page 70, and Dr. D'Ooge talks for a LONG time about verbs.
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Kinnikinnick Launches Gluten Free Personal Size Thin Pizza Crusts
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- Jenny said...
Do you have list of stores where thin pizza crusts are available?
- January 15, 2012 at 7:34 PM
Since getting off wheat, I haven't missed pizza enough to make my own, but I have missed it..
- January 16, 2012 at 8:13 AM
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Jenny - Because our products are sold through distributors, we don't know what stores are carrying what products. You can locate stores in your area by using our store finder at http://consumer.kinnikinnick.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/consumer.storefinder.html
If you can't find a product locally, you can always order online from our website or call us toll free at 1-877-503-4466.
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- January 16, 2012 at 8:56 AM
I just received my shipment of the new soft breads & hamburger & hot dog rolls!!!! I had my 1st peanut butter & jelly sandwich today on such moist soft bread without having to toast it & it was the best thing to happen since my gluten intolerant diagnosis 6 months ago!!! "Toss your Toaster" really does describe it all!!! The sandwich was sooooooo yummy & satisfying & can't wait to try the rolls!! I love your cinnamon bread & bagels also!!! NOTHING compares to this gluten free bread!!! And I've tried many!!
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Candidates Talk Social Security Reform (At Last!)
Traditionally, this issue of Social Security reform is one that few candidates have been willing to touch upon. After all, no one wants to alienate a huge block of voters, in this case senior citizens that rely upon that check each month.
I don't think it's unreasonable to say that 2010 is not a typical election year. In the last few years, we've seen government spending spiral out of control, paid for by IOUs from our children and grandchildren.
The Tea Party movement is just one indication that people are fed up with our government's current ideology of spend, spend, spend, and then spend some more. People are frustrated that government has gradually taken control of what should be personal choices, and has mandated our participation.
Like health insurance. The new health care law doesn't care if someone doesn't want to spend their money on health insurance; it demands that they do so. Or education. Our current education system punishes those that would choose to educate their children in the home or in private school. This does not exactly sound like freedom of choice.
Social Security is a forced retirement plan. Money is taken out of your paycheck, and when you reach a certain age, you receive monthly payments. Unlike private retirement, people don't get to decide how much to save, nor where to invest it.
Now there's an even bigger problem with Social Security than freedom of choice. The baby boomers are entering retirement, and the current system is simply unsustainable. Theoretically, the money should be there, waiting for the retiree, but the real world doesn't work in theory.
Social Security spending is set to enter the red permanently in 2015, so something has to be done. Candidates are now speaking out about retirement benefits. Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubiosays that the age needs to be increased for the younger generation. Kentucky Senate nominee Rand Paul shares Rubio's views, saying, "You're going to have to have eligibility changes for the younger people."
Joe Miller, the Republican that beat incumbent Lisa Murkowski in the recent primaries in Alaska takes it a step further, calling for at least some privatization of the system.
In an interview with CNN in September, Joe Miller touted a privatized system as "an account that the government is not going to steal from." Asked whether he'd be open to ending "federal Social Security" for Americans being born now, he said: "Absolutely."
No matter what our politicians decide to do about Social Security, one thing is certain. The current system will collapse if we do nothing. I'm glad our candidates are talking about it. Someone needs to.
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MINNEAPOLIS >> With star guard Seimone Augustus shelved due to knee problems, Minnesota Lynx opponents can focus more attention on Maya Moore. And Moore is giving them plenty to watch out for.
Feeling frustrated through three quarters Tuesday, Moore showed the reasons she was the top vote-getter among WNBA All-Stars, leading the Lynx with 30 points as they beat the Sparks 83-72. Moore scored 16 of those points in a frantic final 10 minutes, as Minnesota overcame a three-point deficit and cruised.
Lindsay Whalen added 16 points for Minnesota (14-6) which improved to 8-1 at Target Center.
"Whenever one door is closed, you try to find another open one, and tonight it was in the paint, for everyone," said Moore, who missed all six shots from 3-point range entering the fourth quarter, then switched to driving the lane. "Our guards did a great job of being aggressive in the paint and our post did a great job of finding us in there."
Shantel Lavender had 17 points and Candace Parker added 16 for the Sparks (7-11), who led 59-56 entering the fourth quarter, only to see Minnesota take over the game.
"Way too much Maya Moore in the fourth quarter," said Sparks coach Carol Ross. "We didn't have an answer and that's when you've got to be at your best. Great players rise up in fourth quarters and big moments, and I thought she hit some very timely shots."
The Sparks closed the third quarter on a 9-0 run, but saw their momentum fade in the fourth despite a pronounced dominance in rebounding throughout. Nneka Ogwumike led all rebounders with 14 for the Sparks, who lost their second game in a row.
"We had 20 more shots than they did, so I'd like to think next time we'd shoot a little bit better and execute down the stretch," said Parker, who was also voted an All-Star starter. "It was a four-point game with six minutes left, so despite all that we just didn't take control."
Minnesota led 48-42 at halftime thanks to a dozen points from Whalen and a surprising boost from rookie Tricia Liston, who had eight points, including a pair of three-pointers. For the Sparks, Lavender often was open under the basket and led all Sparks with a dozen points after 20 minutes. The Lynx struggled with offensive rebounds all night, but their coach was able to smile and brush those troubles aside.
"We could sit here and talk about offensive rebounds if you want to. We're going to look the other way on it. That's the only thing we didn't get done today," said Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve. "I just really liked when we got down by three how we responded in that moment. The bottom didn't fall out and we got tough-minded as a group."
Augustus, dealing with bursitis in her left knee, missed her fourth consecutive game. Sparks guard Candice Wiggins returned Tuesday for the first time since the season opener on May 16. Wiggins had missed 16 games after having surgery on her left knee. She played 13 minutes and finished with two points.


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A's reliever Rodriguez to miss season
Phoenix, AZ – The Oakland Athletics will be without relief pitcher Fernando Rodriguez for the entire 2013 season after the right-hander underwent successful Tommy John surgery on Thursday.
The 28-year-old, who was acquired from Houston along with shortstop Jed Lowrie last month, had been expected to be part of a solid Oakland relief corps.
During his time with the Astros over the last two seasons, Rodriguez posted a 4.77 earned run average and struck out 135 batters in 122 2/3 innings over 118 appearances. He went 2-10 with a 5.37 ERA over 71 games in 2012.


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John Hiatt's Terms of My Surrender showcases the legendary songwriter in peak form. The longtime Nashville resident's new collection deftly doubles down on deep-browed blues (the title track) with typically sharp storytelling ("Wind Don't Have to Hurry").
Everything simply works, and Hiatt says the record took shape naturally.
"I usually write a batch of songs, and then it's like, 'Oh, hey, let's make a record,'" he tells CMT Edge. "These were all written in a year or year and a-half period. OK, it's time to record. I don't make demos, so I have to get them down somewhere."
CMT Edge: Why don't you do demos?
Hiatt: I just don't see the point. I don't like doing things twice, for one thing. (laughs) I mean, I sing them into a little voice recorder on my iPad when I write them so I can remember. I like to take them into the studio and get the guys together and see what happens.
Tell the story behind writing the title track.
Well, I steal everything. (laughs) Like Guy Clark says, "You can't make this shit up." So, I stole the title from talking with a buddy about burning the candle at both ends — and the middle — when we were younger and running and gunning and trying to have our way. He said, "Yeah, I was out there trying to negotiate the terms of my own surrender." I said, "Yeah, but there are no terms. You've just gotta surrender."
That became the album's common lyrical theme, didn't it?
Yeah, that became the modus operandi. Surrender's what it's all about. It's about in music how you have to surrender for it to happen. You can't get hung up on your instrument, and you can't get hung up on your singing. You have to give it up. You have to give up for it to happen. So that became the vibe: Get out of the way. I can't remember what jazz guy said this, but he said the first duty of a musician is that you have to get past your instrument. Get it out of the way for the music to happen. I love that.
That's not necessarily easy.
Well, you know, if you're a primitive like me, it's pretty easy. (laughs) I guess it's not, though. It takes practice. That's the discipline, I guess. You have to discipline yourself. I play guitar every day, and from that discipline comes the song. I don't have a lyric idea. I just pick up the acoustic — because I've done that since I was 11 — and some music will inevitably come out. If the muse is smiling, something will happen if I'm not in the way. Which I am a whole lot. (laughs) I'm only human.
You've said you wanted to feature your guitar and voice more on this album. Explain.
Yeah, it was about getting back to what's me, what I do. That's how I write songs and what I started out doing — folk singing or blues singing or whatever the hell. It's me and my voice and my guitar. That's me. Doug [Lancio, Hiatt's longtime guitarist and album producer] and I talked about it, and we wanted to push that stuff forward. Let's make that the focus. I think we achieved that, for better or worse.
Tell the story behind writing "Wind Don't Have to Hurry."
It's interesting. Doug's got a little studio in his house, and I was out in the room and I was running down the song so the guys could pick it up. The song actually had chord changes, and then I came into the control room and Doug was playing the first chord, which is a minor chord. Kenneth (Blevins) was tapping on the banjo drum head with his drum stick. I said, "That's it. That's how we're gonna record it." We set up a mic in the control room, and I kept the same melody, but we never changed the chord. We left it on the one chord. (laughs) It was one of those serendipitous things.
Describe working with Doug.
Oh, man. He's just so musical. He's walking music. He gets out of the way and he's soaking in music. When he plays, that's Doug. … I love him like a brother. He's wonderful, a great musician, a real musician.
The record comes with a live DVD. Did you purposely include more of the older songs on that?
We made the thing last fall at the end of six months of touring. We initially made it to have a DVD and, yeah, the idea was to do songs people know and put a couple of new ones on and hopefully expand the audience a little bit and get some airplay, as well, which has happened. I don't know if you noticed, but it's hard to get noticed these days. (laughs) There are about 150,000 CDs coming out every week and they're hard to sell, so we thought we'd include a concert on this one. Also, I hadn't done a DVD since the Austin City Limits DVD [Hiatt's 2005 release of a 1993 performance].
"Drive South" didn't make the ACL DVD, but it's on the new one. Tell the story behind that song.
You know, I came to Nashville when I was 18. Every good thing that's ever happened to me happened when I came south — Nashville, the music, finding a home. I love my city, and Tennessee is my home. I left Nashville and moved out west for five, six years, and I love Los Angeles. I had a great time, but I had some rough times by my own hand. When I came back to Nashville in 1985, again driving south, my world changed dramatically and wonderfully and I met my wife.
So, it was about that. The line "drive south with the one you love" I stole from this French poet Guillaume Apollinaire, who wrote at the turn of the 20th century and was a real character. It was a line in one of his poems: "When in doubt, drive south." That was his recommendation. I thought it was a good one. (laughs)


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A commitment to volunteerism has earned Dan and JoAnn Keeley of St. Paul, Ore., the 2013 Nut Growers of the Year award.
The Nut Growers Society recognized the Keeleys with the honor at its Jan. 29 annual meeting during the Northwest Ag Show in Portland, Ore.
From the smallest duties to the larger tasks of organizing hazelnut industry events, the Keeleys are "absolutely dependable," said Polly Owen, executive director of the Oregon Hazelnut Marketing Board.
"They're the ultimate volunteers," she said.
The couple raises 40 acres of hazelnuts, as well as chestnuts, wheat, grass seed and clover seed, at a farm founded in 1898 by JoAnn's grandfather, Alphonse Buyserie.
The couple began growing hazelnuts in 1990, with JoAnn serving as the farm's day-to-day manager. Dan worked as a civil engineer until retiring last year and now devotes his full time to farming as well.
"It's a unique industry because people work together rather than being on the competitive side," he said. "We compete but we also try to help each other out."


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A Message from Joaquin
My family has experienced America`s promise firsthand, and I want to help build out what I have called the Infrastructure of Opportunity so that future generations will have the same chance to pursue their American Dream.
Just as there is an infrastructure of transportation that helps us get to where we want to go on the road there is an Infrastructure of Opportunity that helps Americans get to where they want to go in life. It is this Infrastructure of Opportunity – great public schools and universities, well-paying jobs and a sound healthcare system – that enables Americans to pursue their American Dream.
Our centuries-long commitment to building and preserving this infrastructure is what distinguishes America among the nations of the world.
This election is not about tearing each other down, it`s about working towards common-sense solutions that will strengthen the Infrastructure of Opportunity for our nation.
Let`s go win this together.
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This morning we're pleased to announce that QuakeCon, the ultimate video game festival, will kick off on Thursday, August 4th 2011. As tradition goes, id's co-founder and technical director, John Carmack, will kick things off with his keynote address.
In addition to the keynote and other special events (more on that soon), this year's event will give you a chance to see some great presentations on our upcoming titles, including Todd Howard's first public presentation of Skyrim!! QuakeCon will also see the first public demo of Prey 2, which will be demoed by Chris Rhinehart, Project Lead at Human Head Studios. And in addition to being able to play RAGE on the show floor, attendees will be able to check out a special presentation of the award-winning shooter given by Matt Hooper, the game's Design Director.
QuakeCon 2011 will take place at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX. The event remains FREE to general admission and BYOC attendees thanks to the support of id and Bethesda Softworks, as well as the QuakeCon volunteer staff and the 2011 event sponsors and exhibitors. Doors to the QuakeCon BYOC will open on Thursday, August 4th at 9:00am CST and will remain open through 12:00pm CST on Sunday, August 7th.
QuakeCon Exhibit Hall Hours are:
- Thursday, August 4, 2011 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday August 5 2011 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday August 6, 2011 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
To pre-register online for QuakeCon today go to: http://registration.quakecon.org/.