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Catastrophe modeler Risk Management Solutions says indications are its latest hurricane model—which rattled the industry's perception of possible losses when it was released in 2011—has thus far performed well following Superstorm Sandy.
"We're ahead of the game at this point," says Michael Kistler, director of Model Solutions at RMS. "Sandy has verified the model's approach."
The same thing could not be said after Hurricane Ike struck Texas in 2008, Kistler admits. He says after Ike struck Galveston, Texas, RMS was "already seeing red flags." Estimates from the previous version of its hurricane model missed the mark, and RMS learned from the mistakes. .
After Sandy, RMS says its evolved model has proven to be more accurate in estimating the impacts of wind, and especially storm surge—the dominant cause of losses related to Sandy, says Kistler.
"We already see an indication that claims so far are in line with our expectations," Kistler asserts.
RMS says insured losses from Sandy will be between $20 billion and $25 billion.
Version 11's "heavy, location-level analysis" is accomplished by applying a Danish computer program that simulates, over time from the point of a storm's inception, the effect of wind-generated waves while taking into account geological formations.
"The model ran for months," Kistler says of Version 11's development. The result is a "look at hazards street-by-street."
Previously, the models used the more-statistical approach of calculating the average storm-surge impact on an area based on the known wind speed.
"It produced entirely the wrong result," Kistler says.
Some uncertainties remain. Business-interruption losses are an enormous variable due to different triggers in each policy and the time element of the coverage.
Secondly, RMS includes what it calls "storm-surge leakage" into its estimate. Kistler says RMS is conducting research and development on this phenomenon for the next model update, but basically "storm surge leakage" is defined as payments for flood losses even if the policy doesn't cover the peril, which is excluded in basic homeowners' insurance policy.
Payments on the excluded peril happen due to errors by adjusters or ambiguity in the contract, for instance, says Kistler. Court involvement from litigation could play a role.
Kistler says RMS released its insured-losses estimate for Sandy later than its catastrophe modeling competitors because it wanted to make sure the range was "a usable one" for the industry.
"There is a tension between a relevance that decays versus accuracy," says Kistler, who adds that the company's strategy came about after speaking with clients about their preference.


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HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Hong Kong's outgoing leader Donald Tsang looks ahead to retirement, an unusually toxic public debate over the burden placed by a flood of mainland Chinese visitors has struck at the heart of Hong Kong's often rocky transition from British colony to Chinese special administrative region that began in 1997.
Tsang, knighted by the Queen of England and a trusted aide to Hong Kong's last British governor, Chris Patten, has staked Hong Kong's future ever more closely to China in his seven years in office, despite thorny issues such as a push for full democracy in Hong Kong.
Twenty-eight million mainland Chinese visited Hong Kong last year, around four times the population of the city, many flush with cash and on the hunt for everything from baby formula to hospital beds and luxury brands to high-end apartments.
Cross-border marriages have proliferated and Beijing's leaders have bestowed countless economic sweeteners on the city to cement the mainland's embrace of Hong Kong.
At the same time, grassroots resentment has boiled over in Hong Kong toward this influx of mainland Chinese visitors on a number of fronts, including healthcare and housing, presenting a twilight challenge for Tsang and his government's legacy of symbiotic integration with China.
Insults are being hurled across the border, with some Hong Kongers decrying the mainland Chinese as "locusts," while one Chinese professor called Hong Kong people "running dogs" of the British.
Some say Hong Kong's overly China-focused policies have corroded the city's uniqueness, international character and values and those policies might now need revising. Mainland Chinese counter that Hong Kong for too long looked down on its mainland cousins and should not enjoy favored status from mainland leaders.
Besides opening the floodgates to millions of free-spending Chinese after tourism went into a tailspin because of the SARS outbreak in 2003, China's leaders have offered sweeteners to Hong Kong, including a closer economic partnership agreement and backing it as a capital raising centre and offshore yuan settlement hub.
"It's all an outcome of a set of inclinations toward China policies laid down by the government 15 years ago," said Chip Tsao, a well-known columnist and writer in Hong Kong, referring to the first post-handover administration of the unpopular, Beijing-backed leader, Tung Chee-hwa, whose policies sparked a mass, half-million strong anti-government demonstration in 2003.
"More Hong Kong Chinese see this in light of a bit of a conspiracy theory. They see it as a kind of colonization of Hong Kong, or re-colonialization of Hong Kong, of which the Donald Tsang government is definitely a collaborator."
One of the most controversial issues has been that of mainland Chinese mothers flocking to Hong Kong hospitals to give birth, partly to circumvent China's one-child policy and also to gain the right of abode in one of China's most developed and wealthiest cities. A broad provision in Hong Kong's mini-constitution, the Basic Law, grants Hong Kong citizenship to any Chinese born here.
In 2010, of the 88,584 newborns in Hong Kong, around a third, or 32,653 were born to mainland women, up from 620 babies in 2001. The influx has spawned an entire industry of agents shuttling Chinese mothers en masse across the border, hiding them in illegal 'inns' before birth.
This week, a group of aggrieved Hong Kongers placed an incendiary front-page advertisement in the city's populist, mass circulation Apple Daily newspaper, denouncing Chinese women for crowding out Hong Kong's hospitals to the extent that maternity wards are booked solid until September.
"Hong Kong people have had enough!" the ad proclaimed in large Chinese characters beside a picture of a giant locust on a hill overlooking Hong Kong's skyscrapers and iconic harbor. "Stop the invasion of mainland mothers" it added.
On the other side of the argument, there are signs that more and more mainland Chinese are becoming weary of Hong Kong's favored status, signs that China's stability-obsessed leaders may find hard to ignore.
"If it wasn't the mainland Chinese treating you like a son, you would have died long ago," a retaliatory advertisement, widely circulated on mainland Chinese microblogging sites in response to the locust slurs.
"We must not allow this son (Hong Kong) to ride on our shoulders anymore. Let's temporarily cut off the son's water, electricity and food!"
A confluence of other incidents and issues has also stoked debate, protests and frustration.
Many Hong Kongers blame wealthy mainland Chinese for driving property prices beyond the reach of local citizens. Mainland Chinese snapped up around a third of residential flats last year, according to Nomura research, and home prices have risen as much as 70 percent since 2009.
Last year, mainland mothers, spooked by China's toxic melamine milk powder scare, bought up massive stocks of tinned milk powder from Hong Kong stores, leaving bare shelves and anxious Hong Kong mothers scouring shops citywide for formula.
"If I'm worried that my service or what I'm entitled to is being taken away...then of course there's resentment," said Elaine Chan, an academic at the University of Hong Kong who has researched post-handover Hong Kong identity and social issues.
"When you get to a certain point, people may just say enough is enough. I have to do something or I have to say something...We're probably almost there."
The gripes found another lightning rod last month when a heated argument between a Hong Kong man who castigated a mainland Chinese visitor and her daughter on the city's subway for eating a bowl of noodles, went viral on YouTube.
The feud spurred a Peking University professor, Kong Qingdong, to call Hong Kong people "dogs" for their cultural superiority. His comments incensed many in Hong Kong and triggered a media backlash as well as protests outside China's Hong Kong liaison office.
"Even with the narrowing gap between the two sides in aspects such as the economy, building a strong sense of shared identity is still a tough job that will take time," China's state-run Global Times wrote in an editorial. "More efforts are needed from both the mainland and Hong Kong in this run-in period," it added.
A shared identity may be hard to find however. Results from one of Hong Kong's most respected public opinion surveys suggested growing resentment towards mainland China.
A December poll on the extent to which Hong Kongers identified themselves as Chinese citizens first or as a Hong Konger first dropped to 17 percent, the lowest level in 12 years.
The pollster, Robert Chung, was subsequently denounced by a mainland propaganda official in Hong Kong. Hao Tiechuan, director of publicity, culture and sports at the central government liaison office, called the poll "illogical," while mainland media accused Chung of fomenting unpatriotic sentiments and of having "evil" political aims.
Tsang said China's premier Wen Jiabao had acknowledged in December the concerns of Hong Kong people over pregnant mainland women. Hong Kong has since imposed tighter immigration checks to screen pregnant women entering the city and crack down on shady childbirth middle-men and agents. The government may also impose further quotas on mainland mothers after limiting the number giving birth in local hospitals to 35,000 this year.
Pressure, however, has been building on Tsang to consider a more permanent and potentially controversial fix: to amend the city's Basic Law so that babies born to mainlanders in Hong Kong are no longer granted the right of abode.
"We must tackle the problem at its root," said Gary Fan, part of Hong Kong's tenacious opposition pro-democracy camp. "Hong Kong has come to a historical moment. We need to amend our Basic Law in order to suit the needs of this city."
As one of the world's most crowded places with 7 million people often holed up in tiny, high-rise flats, Hong Kong needs a broader development blueprint going forward, some experts say, to avoid infrastructure strains.
"The Hong Kong government needs a clear population policy, then determine how many people can come, set quotas...that would include studies of not just health services, but other public services such as education," said Jianfa Shen, a resource management academic at Hong Kong's Chinese University.
For Hong Kong, however, any moves must avoid jeopardizing the China links and goodwill of which regional rivals like Singapore can only dream.
Additional reporting by Alex Frew McMillan; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree and Matt Driskill


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(MOUNTAIN, GA) -- A Georgia family of four is happy to be alive today, thanks to the gut-wrenching decision of the family matriarch and her neighbor's steady hands. Twenty-three-year-old Ashley Brown dropped her two children from a third-floor window to escape a fast-moving fire, and her neighbor made some clutch catches.
Brown of Stone Mountain, Ga., was in the family's apartment around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday when smoke began to pour in under the front door from a fire in one of the building's ground-floor apartments.
Trapped inside, Brown rushed her family out to the apartment's balcony where she faced a dilemma: how to get her two young children, a 3-year-old and a 2-month-old, down from the apartment safely.
Three floors below, her neighbors were gathered, some yelling for her to keep the children on the balcony, and others calling for her to drop them down. "It's scary, it's definitely scary," she said. "I couldn't make my mind up and, for a minute, I was going back and forth."
One of those on the ground calling for Brown to drop her kids down was Lawrence Fort, the neighbor in whose kitchen the fire started. "I just told her to drop the baby," he said. "And I told her I promised her I would catch it. So I had to catch the baby."
Brown said her first thought was to lower 2-month-old James down to safety using a rope her fianceé, a roofer, had in their apartment. Afraid that he wouldn't be able to hang on, Brown put her trust in Fort and threw the baby from the window, where he landed safely in Fort's outstretched arms.
Video captured by a neighbor's cellphone shows Brown then used the rope to lower her 3-year-old daughter, Jayda, down to safety by strapping it onto the girl's waist and arm.
Brown was preparing to lower her mother-in-law, Denise Watson, down as well when Dekalb County fire and rescue officials arrived and came to the aid both women.
"I'm guessing the whole ordeal lasted 10 or 15 minutes, but it felt like an eternity," Brown told the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
Brown told the paper that both of her children are doing fine after the fire, which sent two other people to the hospital as well.
"After that, I felt like getting renter's insurance and sitting down to read the Bible," she said of the ordeal. "I'm feeling blessed that my kids came through and that's all that mattered."
No one was seriously hurt in the fire, officials said, but about 20 people were displaced and 12 apartments were affected. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
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I don't have pictures but may over the next couple days do a full write-up and put it on my blog. We'll see. For now, easy as 1-2-3 and 4...
1. Add your desired drop shadow to your element/shape.
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3. With the fx window open, click on the shadow area of your layer and you can drag the shadow wherever you want. Drag it far enough away from your object to give space for cutting. Click ok and exit.
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You can now move it wherever you want, erase areas you don't want, change blend modes, opacity, etc. Lots of options to explore. Hope this helps someone.
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Full Conference Access Computer Animation Festival Pass
Pixar Animation Studios
Tuesday, 12 August, 8 - 11 pm
Nokia Theatre
Screening of "The Man Who Planted Trees" Followed by a Conversation With Frédéric Back and John Lasseter
8 - 9 pm
|Over the last 20 years or so, John Lasseter has redefined the animation industry, shaping the way we watch animation and showing us the sweetness, complexities, and hilarities in the simplest and most unlikely places.
An exhibit of Frédéric Back's work is available for viewing at the Linwood Dunn Theater of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Mary Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, 1313 Vine Street, Los Angeles.
Screening of "The Pixar Story" With Introduction and Q&A by Director Leslie Iwerks and Friends
9 - 11 pm
An in-depth look behind the scenes of the ground-breaking company that pioneered a new generation of animation and forever changed the face of filmmaking. Using never-before-seen footage from the Pixar library, along with historic archival animation and first-hand accounts by animators, studio executives, directors, producers, and voice performers, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Leslie Iwerks tells the riveting story of the Bay Area start-up that revolutionized Hollywood.
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Wednesday, 13 August, 8 - 11 pm
Nokia Theatre
Saying that Stan Winston helped transform visual effects into a legendary industry is a good beginning to recognizing his contribution and his legacy. He altered the course of movies when he transformed makeup effects from latex to animatronics. His credo ("I don't do effects, I do characters") provided the foundation for a veritable galaxy of interstellar aliens, menacing chrome robots, and predatory dinosaurs. Hs work blurred the lines between makeup, puppetry, and visual effects.
In films ranging from "Terminator" to "Edward Scissorhands" to "Iron Man," audiences could barely discern where the actor ended and the effects began. Winston inspired legions of directors, visual effects supervisors, and artists to stretch their abilities beyond what they knew to be possible. He challenged our imaginations, inspired our creativity, and showed us worlds we couldn't have conceived. His insatiable curiosity even moved beyond the film world into robotics and artificial intelligence, in innovations that found their way from the labs at MIT to the workshop in Van Nuys. Sony Pictures Imageworks presents an evening of tributes, celebrations, clips, and memories of Stan Winston and his legacy.
A screening of a classic Stan Winston film follows the discussion.
Thursday, 14 August, 8 - 11 pm
Nokia Theatre
LucasFilm presents an advance screening of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," the much-anticipated animated feature film from director Dave Filoni and executive producer George Lucas. This event, hosted by ILM Visual Effects Supervisor John Knoll, begins with a discussion of the film's unique design and signature style. The intergalactic struggle between good and evil continues with a screening of the next "Star Wars" adventure to hit the silver screen.


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California Department of Transportation
Date: October 28, 2011
District: District 11 – San Diego and Imperial Counties
Contact: Media Information Officer Edward Cartagena
Phone: (619) 688-6723, Cell (858) 688-1431
$784 Million in New Transportation Funding to Help Create Jobs and Bolster the Economy
SAN DIEGO – Following last week's announcement of the general obligation bond sales, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $784 million in new funding for 61 projects that will help create thousands of jobs bolstering the state's economic recovery - and reduce traffic congestion, repair highways and bridges, and make driving safer for everyone.
Last week's bond sale allowed projects that were delayed or at risk of delay due to lack of funding to move forward to construction. In addition, the bond proceeds will also fund more than 300 ongoing projects through June 2012. The ongoing and newly allocated projects leverage around $11 billion in non-state funds, giving our economy an added boost.
"These projects will allow billions of dollars to flow into construction and produce enormous economic benefits for California," said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
San Diego's highlight of the funding allocations include:
- The Interstate 805 (I-805) Express Lanes North project received $54,500,000 to construct High Occupancy Vehicle lanes and a direct access ramp in the median of I-805 from State Route 52 to Sorrento Valley Road.
- The CTC funding today includes $695 million from Proposition 1B, the 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. To date, the state has allocated more than $9 billion in Proposition 1B funds.
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Quiet Lands features photography from Amanda Boe, Ashley Suzanne Taylor, Chris Koperski, Kurt Manly, Nicholas Albrecht, and Paccarik Orue. Their work collectively depicts the American landscape through a contemporary vision that explores themes such as home, culture, and everyday phenomena. Documenting across a range of states, the imagery references present Americana while evoking nostalgia for the past.
At ATA Gallery for the group photography show, 'QUIET LANDS' opening. If you haven't visited ATA Gallery I would suggest stopping by. It's a great space, and hosts a series of film and video screenings weekly.


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Yearning to feel refreshing trade winds bathing your skin as your cares melt away on pink and white sand beaches? Add tranquil coral-ringed coves for boating, snorkeling, scuba diving, and exploring shipwrecks, and you are in Antigua. Forget pricy resort hotels and their expensive eateries. Opt instead for eating black pineapples and sipping island rum punch on the verandah of your money-saving holiday rental in Antigua or Barbuda.
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Columbia Class Subs Take Shape in Virginia
A plasma-burning machine cut the first steel plate that will be used to build Columbia (SSBN 826), the lead ballistic missile submarine. As Newport News continues its digital transformation, the event also marked the first class of submarines that will be built using fully digital blueprints."Today is a historic day," said Jason Ward, Newport News' vice president for Columbia-class construction. "It has been a half century since Newport News Shipbuilding has constructed a ballistic submarine.
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Dutch firm Heerema Marine Contractors and Singapore's Sembcorp Marine, on Thursday, showed off the world's largest crane vessel that can be used for the setup and decommissioning of offshore oil and gas facilities.The semi-submersible vessel, which cost Heerema about $1.5 billion, is equipped with two cranes that can reach a height of 220 metres, taller than the top of Singapore's iconic boat-shaped Marina Bay Sands hotel. The cranes have a combined lifting capacity of 20,000 tonnes, another industry record.The Sleipnir, named after Norse God Odin's eight-legged stallion, was built by Sembcorp Marine at its Singapore yard.
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Norway on Jan. 1, 2026, will begin a ban on cruise ships powering through the Unesco-listed heritage fjords on anything but zero-emissions propulsion. For now, that means battery power, but few of the 190 cruise ship calls to these fjords are made with that kind of electro-chemical fuel on board. From now until 2026, you can still cruise the fjords on a closed-loop, or in-line, scrubber system, but few cruise ships have these installed. The new rules mean cruising elsewhere, finding suppliers of energy storage systems or accepting novel zero-emissions solutions.
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As the global marine industry aggressively moves to reduce emissions from ships, and Norway in particular has thrown down the gauntlet of zero emission cruise ships in certain fjords along its scenic coast, Norwegian cruise ship operator Hurtigruten has signed a 7.5-year deal to buy liquefied biogas (LBG) made from dead fish and other organic waste to help power its vessels.Under the contract with Biokraft, Hurtigruten ships will start receiving near-daily supplies of LBG, with the first delivery taking place in 2020.The company last year said it would invest about $800 million to refit six vessels to partly run on the renewable fuel."Οur ships will literally be powered by nature.
Saudi Aramco to Buy LNG from US
Saudi Arabia's state owned oil company Saudi Aramco will buy 5 million tons of liquid natural gas per year(LNG) from the U.S. company Sempra Energy, based in San Diego under a 20 year agreement.The heads of agreement (HOA) between the companies anticipates the negotiation and finalization of a definitive 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale-and-purchase agreement (SPA) for five million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of LNG offtake from Phase 1 of the Port Arthur LNG export-project under development. It also includes the negotiation and finalization of a 25% equity investment in Phase 1 of Port Arthur LNG.


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The kind folks over at Tag Games have sent us four new exclusive screenshots of Car Jack Streets for iPhone and iPod Touch. In this GTA-style game you play as Randal Meyers, a small time palyer in a big city with loads of gambling debts with some big Italian mob boss called Frankie. Your mission is to get your weekly $50,000 payment or you're a dead man. Here's a feature list of the game:
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* Online ranking for the biggest earners
* Infinite number of criminal and legitimate jobs
* Big, heavy-hitting weapons
* Detailed 3D city to explore
* Lots of vehicles to steal and smash
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MADISON-Jennifer Lynn Carignan, age 43, was born December 13, 1969 in Madison, the daughter of Diane Smyth Bright of Madison and Steven Whitcomb of Rhode Island.
She graduated from Middleton High School in 1987. She entered the Air National Guard in Madison and transferred to the 202nd Red Horse Squadron in Blanding, Florida. She achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant. Jennifer attended Florida Hospital Registered Nursing program, specializing in Pediatric Intensive Home Care. Her love for children really shone in her work.
Jennifer was preceded in death by her grandparents, Stanley and Edna Smyth and step-sister, Anna Carignan Marks of Waunakee. Both Anna and Jennifer chose the professional field of nursing for their vocation and career. Jennifer returned to Wisconsin in 2004 and had endured a life threatening illness the past eight years. Her brave and courageous battle was ended with the peace of joining our loving Lord and her beloved sister on April 25, 2013. She valued family love and support above all things. As a child, Jennifer dreamed of being a veterinarian, but her vocation took her to nursing. For all her life she was an animal lover and shared her home with two cats these last eight years.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Middleton Community United Church of Christ, 645 Schewe Road, Middleton, with Pastor Jim Iliff officiating. Her final resting place will be Forest Hill Cemetery. To view and sign this guestbook, please visit: www.ryanfuneralservice.com.
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Thanksgiving week seems like the perfect time to talk about Colonial Style. It was after all, the style which was in vogue when our government was in it's infancy.
Last week I shared a post on the Wreaths of Colonial Williamsburg and left you with this image of the Thomas Everard house in Colonial Williamsburg.
The house is a five bay, timber framed, story and a half home built of split weatherboard in 1718. (You may read about it's detailed history HERE.) It is located right next to the Governor's Palace in Colonial Williamsburg. They offer very limited private tours to view the interior of the house which contains many good 18th century antiques, a lovely staircase, original brick kitchen as well as fragments of old wallpaper and paint that have helped in its authentic restoration.
I had been unsuccessful in signing up for the tour online. Upon arriving at Williamsburg I inquired about the tour and was informed it was filled to capacity. I had come to far to just give up and walked to the house in the early morning with the hope that perhaps one person in the tiny privileged tour group would not show up or that they would take pity on me if I pleaded and begged.
I stood alone as the clock ticked ever closer and closer to the starting time. I sat on the white bench. I walked the gravel yard. I took photos and yet I remained alone. A woman peeked her head out and looked perplexed. She asked "Is anyone joining you?" I explained my plight in earnest. The door was shut. A few minutes later it was opened by John, a volunteer and tour leader.
He ushered me in. "It appears that you will be the only one on the tour ~ is that ok?"
WHAT!!!! Touring beautiful rooms filled with precious antiques alone~ loosen my stays and get me my smelling salts STAT!
As I came to I was led into the family dining area.
Just myself and the well educated John, alone for one full hour, in a house full of antique furniture ~ this is my idea of heaven, but I'm dorky like that.
I took copious notes and asked enthusiastic questions. John, an elderly gentleman, is retired and now crafts lovely authentic reproduction furniture for Williamsburg. He quickly caught my enthusiasm and began offering much more information about the home than what is normally offered on the tour.
"No one has cared this much in years! I am so happy that a young person is interested!" Look at this hand painted oilcloth floor covering! The middling sort tried to replicate the marble tiles they saw in the homes of the gentry!"
You can make your own painted floor cloth as I did HERE or purchase one from such notable houses as Dunberry Hill Designs and Canvasworks Floorcloths.
The middling class couldn't afford art such as the gentry had so they generally hung engravings which were far less expensive.
"Marriage a la Mode" was one popular print.
John wanted to make sure I noticed the wallpaper, also known as painted paper. It was a well done reproduction. While the vast majority of colonists used a stencil and several colors of paint, only the well to do could afford wallpaper. A papered wall was a sign of wealth. (More history available HERE.) Today you can purchase well done hand blocked printed Artisan reproduction paper from sources such as Adelphi and Hamilton~Weston.
Please make note of the tilt top tea table. (Say that fast 4 times.) The tea table was also a sign of wealth and leisure.
Most of the furniture in this room was done in the Queen Anne style with cabriole (s shaped) legs and featured pad and slipper feet.
Here is a close up.
The wood of choice was walnut and mahogany. Early chair styles featured plain backs which were "Crooked" or S-curved and conformed to the sitters spine. Mid style chairs featured the vase shaped splat.
Chairs made in the later "Chippendale" style (a blend of Gothic, Asian, and French Rococo designs) were more rectilinear, had square seat frames and straight stiles.
The most notable feature is the outward-flaring "ears" at the top corners of the chair, as seen here.
Moving into the living area you can also see that the middling class had more leisure time. As such furniture makers began creating tea and card tables as well as musical instruments. Botanical prints were also a popular choice.
The later Chippendale style also featured ball and claw with sharply articulated talons on the feet as opposed to the smooth contours of pad and slipper foot shown earlier.
I loved the shade of green in this room. Popular color choice were indigo blue, barn red and yellow ochre. Pratt and Lambert offers the Williamsburg palette made up of 184 colors, while Finnaren & Haley has the Authentic Colors of Historic Philadelphia and Sherwin Williams also offers historical shades.
Any idea why such a high gloss finish was used?
Given that there was no electricity, the glossy finish aided in the disbursement of candle and fire light. Well placed mirrors also reflected light throughout the room.
Also downstairs was the gentleman's office. Thomas Everard truly had a rags to riches story.
As printing was done all by hand, most books were very rare and expensive. Bookcases were lined generally with green linen to preserve the books from sunlight.
The masters bedroom was also downstairs.
The scrolled top of the four poster bed was covered in fabric.
John wanted to make sure you saw the hand blocked wall covering. (Wink!)
If I could have somehow carried this small desk out on my back without being noticed I would have. To my eyes the wood graining, brass escutcheons and hand pulls made this piece my favorite in the house. Pictures do NOT do it justice.
I wanted to sit in this slipcovered wing backed chair to see if it was as comfy as it looked. John wouldn't let me. But I did ask. 🙂
We then climbed the staircase which is notable for its richly ornamented carving on the stair brackets.
The children's room ~ I loved the blue on the window trim and tiny "Alice in Wonderland" door which led to attic storage.
The older daughter's bedroom featured a lovely four poster feather bed.
Finishing with the servants quarters I questioned the presence of the desk and John said my inclination was right. Such a desk and chair would not have been in a servants room. Servant quarters generally featured the simpler styles of trestle tables, stools and benches that were also found in the homes of the lower classes. Rope beds, like the one shown here, featured mattresses filled with rags, corn husks or whatever was handy. Ouch.
Sadly, it was soon time to bid John adieu. His next tour would soon start and I was meeting Mr. Décor and Sweet Boy to tour the Governor's Palace next door.
The Govenors Palace was completed in 1722. It was a two-story brick house that measured inside 54 feet long and 48 feet wide, had sash windows, a cellar, one vault, a kitchen, and a stable. A fire destroyed the building in 1781. Reconstruction began in 1934.
The entrance hall is decorated in a manner to show the power of England. The display of bayonet-tipped muskets and numerable swords did invoke fear in me but mainly this was due to the lad who asked if he could take a knife of the wall. Mom said "No."
The Royal Coat of Arms of Great Britian (Hanoverian period) shows up several times throughout the house and garden. Its motto: Diev Et Mon Droit.
This brass and glass candle sconce was stunning.
We were led into a beautiful blue ballroom. (You can read about the extensive restoration process which includes paint colors and techniques HERE.)
Impressive paintings of King George and Queen Charlotte hung across from one another.
The ballroom stove, which runs on coal, is quite large and detailed.
The moldings were some of the most elaborate I have seen outside of France.
I wish the sparkle of the crystal chandeliers was conveyed in this image.
You can somewhat see the sparkle from the chandelier in the Supper Room.
Do you know how badly I wanted to stand on a ladder and expect the molding at length?
The gilt gadroon borders were modeled after Charleston's Miles Brewton House and the New Hampshire Wentworth House.
The gold leaf borders total 466 linear feet and can be safely removed without damage to paint, wallpaper or plaster.
The hand carved woodwork surrounding the windows was equally stunning.
This is a good time to discuss that during the Colonial period window coverings were primarily either shutters or a simple linen shade.
In rare homes of truly great wealth silk draperies might be hung.
Upstairs was Lady Dunmore's bedchamber. Fabric used during the time was most often linen. Cotton was as expensive as silk due to the fact that the cotton gin had not been invented. Imported fabrics such as cotton calicoes and hand blocked prints from India and brocades and toiles from France were quite popular for the Gentry. Silk damask and wool velvet was enjoyed by both the Gentry and Middling class. Lower classes had to make due with homespun fabric which was known as cheney, harateen, moreen, camlet and linsey-woolsey.
Today you can find reproduction fabric from Brunschwig & Fils, Scalamandre and the Williamsburg line from Waverly.
Needle working was also immensely popular as it showed off a ladies fine skills. Samplers were popular for young girls while more experienced ladies would create fancy woven coverlets, quilts, lovely cross stitch, crewel and tapestries.
In Lady Dunsmore's chamber we also see an example of a chinoiserie chair. The styles of the Far East captured the design hearts of both England and the colonists. Another popular trend based on this style was Japanning ~ a technique developed in the West to imitate Asian lacquer work.
While this was a fairly extensive post, there is still so much more to Colonial Style. The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum is a great source of information. An good overall reference site can be found HERE.
For additional study here are a few books:
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Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya made a rocking return to the Indian side. He was named in India's XI for the third ODI against New Zealand in place of Vijay Shankar. And the lanky player impressed one and all with his excellent fielding and bowling. He took a brilliant catch to get rid of the Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson in last ODI.
On the bowling front, Pandya ended up with figures of 2/45 in his quota of 10 overs. The Baroda lad had a very disciplined start and gave away just 9 runs in his first five overs and in his last five overs scalped two wickets though he was slightly on the expensive side.
India's fielding coach R Sridhar explained to the media what was going through Pandya's mind before the third ODI. Sridhar was quoted by cricbuzz as saying, "No one was more keen than Hardik Pandya to play that game. He's been working very hard during the time he got back home and the kind of energy he brought into the team, the desperation he brought was magnificent to see. He's always been a good fielder. He was just dying to get into the thick of things and be a part of this and get back to what he loves doing, that is to play cricket and play it best he can."
"That catch – he made a very difficult catch look easy. By no means an easy catch and then also the fact that it was Kane Williamson's catch; the extra pressure of one of the best batsmen in the world. I think that was a turning point. I would say piece of magic from Hardik Pandya. He's known for that. He's one of the best fielders as we have in the country. If you also notice, he hit the stumps on quite a few occasions in his comeback match, which was very pleasing to see," he added.
Indian cricket fans are the harshest critics in the world and it often takes them just a single opportunity to lash out at the team and certain individuals. When India lost the Test series against South Africa and England away from home in 2018, there were too much criticisms on offer from both fans and pundits alike. But the moment India won in Australia and the Asia Cup, things changed.
Recently in the tour of Australia, fans were too harsh on MS Dhoni in the first ODI at the SCG. People blamed him for India's loss and accused him of slowing things down. Not many realized that he hardly played any cricket coming into that game and also had to do recovery job with India reeling at 4/3.
The same Dhoni then went on to win the series for India after scores of 55* and 87*. People jumped into conclusions too early and suggested Rishabh Pant should be included and that Dhoni should be dropped from the squad to be selected for the World Cup. Next moment when Pant will fail, then he too won't be spared.
The much of the hatred stems on social media sites like Twitter. Several fans, who do or don't understand cricket are quickly to shun anybody in order to prove their point. Their baseless comments are often mixed with abuses and social media aggressions. This is the reality we are living in. Not long ago, former Aussie cricketer Dean Jones pointed out that Indian fans are just too critical and hard.
When India lost the ODIs against England last year, Dhoni was booed off despite the batsmen coming on before him failed to do anything substantial. One feels that he is one of their favourite targets. Besides Dhoni, several fans and pundits alike went too hard on Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul recently regarding the Koffee With Karan controversy.
Pandya asked for apology and the BCCI also suspended the two cricketers. One should leave it till there, but no things went too far. Another major issue fans in particular have is regarding team selection matters and are quick to lash out at the captain and the management. India's overseas form, comments regarding short pitch balls and many more are subject of the criticisms.
Recently Cheteshwar Pujara was called a cheater because of him not walking off after nicking a delivery to the keeper. Isn't that the job of the umpire? Why he gets the blame? The same Pujara was India's hero in Australia in the Test series. So quickly fans shift their focus and rely on anything to spill their venom at.
The question is that can we leave the cricketers alone and let them play the game. Can we for one moment enjoy the cricket and don't utter any judgement? Can we learn to accept defeats as much as enjoy wins? The Indian team needs to be lauded for what they achieved in Australia and now in New Zealand. We need to support the side and the players. That's where sanity and sense prevails.
The World Cup starts from May 30 onwards, and we need to be behind the side as much as we can and stop this blame game and hate.
The West Indies women's team arrived in Karachi to play three Twenty20 matches as Pakistan once again bids to showcase its ability to host international cricket.
There was a heavy security presence between the airport and the team hotel, and traffic on one of Karachi's busiest roads was halted while the visiting squad travelled through on bullet-proof buses.
"The security system is top class," West Indies stand-in captain Merissa Aguilleira said. "There was security on both sides of the roads and these things show that everybody has put (security) things in place."
A terrorist attack in March 2009 on the Sri Lanka test cricket team's bus in Lahore killed six policeman and two civilians and injured six members of the touring group.
Pakistan has hosted only short limited-overs series against Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, a World XI and the West Indies since the attacks.
A women's team from Bangladesh also toured Pakistan in October 2015 for a limited-overs series.
West Indies regular captain Stafanie Taylor is skipping the T20 matches this week in Karachi because of security concerns but will rejoin the squad for a series of three one-day internationals against Pakistan in Dubai next month.
"Of course we will always miss our skipper," Aguielleira said. "But after all I think this is a good opportunity for the players to step up ... I really believe in the potential of this team and we are willing to go forward and make sure go there and represent the people of the Caribbean to the best of our ability."
The West Indies team was warmly received by the officials of the PCB before they were whisked from the airport in tight security.
Aguielleira said the security issue came up for discussion before the team travelled to Pakistan.
"Everyone had some issues about it, being honest, but after all collectively we joined together as a team," she said. "We had discussion and we are happy to be here."
The West Indies captain said she would have been "disappointed" had she not agreed to tour Pakistan despite Taylor showing her reservations to compete in Karachi.
"When I'm looking at it right now if I don't come to Pakistan I would have been so disappointed," she said with a smile. "Away from Pakistan you can be like, 'There's so much going on,' but when you are here you just get lost in the moment so I really urge other teams to really come back to Pakistan because the people (in Pakistan) they love cricket and which is the most important."
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared the latest video of Chahal TV on Twitter. It is an interview series hosted by Chahal. The latest episode of this series features Indian youngsters Shubman Gill, Khaleel Ahmed and Kuldeep Yadav with Rohit Sharma as the cameraman.
The BCCI captioned the video on Twitter: "On our latest episode of Chahal TV, we talk to #TeamIndia's young brigade with @ImRo45 donning cameraman duties and our host and dost @yuzi_chahal behind the mic."
Shubman Gill in the interview said, "We follow a schedule to maintain our fitness. The training has been good so far. I am feeling wonderful as I received a warm welcome from everyone in the team."
Kuldeep Yadav said, "Our seniors like Rohit bhai, Virat bhai motivate youngsters like us a lot. When they do so, we too feel that we need give our best (on being fit)."
Khaleel Ahmed said, "Anytime you can get a chance to play in a match, you have to maintain yourself. You need to keep yourself fit every time."
An uneasy calm must settle around Hardik Pandya. His partner in crime as it were, KL Rahul, can breathe easy, not under the spotlight as much, an odd advantage to not being considered in form enough to make the team.
After all after the hullabaloo about the quantum of punishment to be meted out to the young duo after their rather ludicrous, ill-informed and ignorant remarks on a scandalous talk show known for spurning gossip, the public castigation seemed to have the duo stitched up in knots, not because the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had a code of conduct or laws as laid down in the constitution for such mishaps but because they had publicly revealed what people suspected about the mindset of a generation that has grown up on easy glitz and glamour and less on the grassroots that shaped the men before them.
Now even as some suggested that the ICC Cricket World Cup could be out of bounds for the motor mouth, braggadocios Hardik Pandya, the BCCI decision to bring the players back into contention is not necessarily a pardoning of their public gaffes but rather a way for BCCI to buy time as they figure out not only the unusual scenario that elicited such public vilification of the duo but also, their own internal matters that have grown awry in the face of confusion, mayhem and power struggles.
It is hard not to see the present scenario where the players are in limbo because the mechanisms are not in place as a situation where the power in the hands of the two member Committee of Administrators, set up to redress the issues appears to have gone to their head. However, the truth may be closer to home in that given the unusual situation that Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji have found themselves in with the overall operations of the BCCI, they may have been in need of guidance themselves in operating a system that had long been run like a personal fiefdom. It is not surprising that while the former got caught up in the age limit fiasco, the latter has embroiled herself in selection bungles that may have sealed her own fate and could back at a time to bite her at a time when the BCCI's bigwigs are looking for a back door to make their comeback.
For the moment, it appears to be back to business for Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul and perhaps in hindsight, it is a better strategy to keep the players busy and harnessed to their primary jobs while the BCCI's operating duo figure out the way forward and also, help set an order and precedent whereby the players and the BCCI are more sensitive when talking and handling about such issues.
That brings back to the table the contentious issue still simmering the background about the muddled manner in which the BCCI CEO, Rahul Johri, was cleared of misconduct and inappropriate behaviour and yet assigned to undergo sensitivity training which speaks to the contrary. With that counseling yet to get underway, the BCCI presently appears to be running amok a bit not unlike a headless chicken, which is no surprise why some in the old guard are rearing their ugly heads in the prospect of a way to claw back into the game.
New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner, who recently returned to the senior team after recovering from an injury, has showered praise on the Indian team, which has an unbeatable lead of 3-0 in the five-match ODI series.
He feels Black Caps' inability to strike upfront and get into the Indian middle order early has cost them the ongoing series.
Santner said, "We are playing a very good side … I do think we're not too far off. I think the plans have been pretty solid – maybe the execution's been off at times. I guess the key for us is to keep taking wickets through the middle, keep being aggressive. They obviously hate getting out – just got to find ways to try and get wickets."
"With the bat, it's trying to build those partnerships throughout. We saw a good one between Ross [Taylor] and Tom [Latham] last game, then we lost a couple and we fell over a bit. They've bowled very well in the top 10 and we haven't really got away so if we can get through the first 10 [overs] with wickets in hand then set up the back-end where we've got some power hitters that we can get to a pretty good total," he added.
This is only the second time in India's One-day cricket history that they have registered a bilateral triumph in New Zealand.
The Men in Blue have been in blazing form so far in the ODI series against New Zealand. India won the five-match ODI series after they clinched the third ODI at Bay Oval, which means the next two games are going to be dead rubbers. And it might be a perfect time for them to try out reserve players and India's fielding coach, R Sridhar has also indicated to something of that sort.
"See, winning is a habit which we would obviously want to continue. When you're one-up or three-up against a team, you want to continue with the form; you want to don't want to let down the intensity. At the same time, we also need to give game-time to our reserves. There's just seven games remaining for us before we play our first World Cup game. We should not end up in a situation where the main eleven has played and the reserves have not got enough game time, and then suddenly they have to play an important crucial game in the World Cup," Sridhar said on the eve of the fourth ODI.
"And that is what we would like to achieve from the remaining two games in this series and no better place than New Zealand to simulate the conditions in England in June," he added.
Players like Mohammed Siraj, Khaleel Ahmed, Ravindra Jadeja, and Shubman Gill have not got a chance to play in the ongoing series so far. Shubman Gill is likely to make his ODI debut tomorrow given India would like to test him before the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Mohammed Shami might get some rest after he has featured in India's XI in last six ODIs. He was also part of the team in all the four Tests against Australia. Khaleel Ahmed, who impressed one and all last year in home series against Windies might get preference over Mohammed Siraj, who looked sluggish in the only ODI he played in Australia.
Given the fact that India have got back an all-rounder in form of Hardik Pandya, and the wrist-spin duo of Chahal and Kuldeep is doing extremely well, Jadeja might not get a go in the fourth ODI.
Limited overs specialist Rashid Khan is looking forward to take on Australia in Whites next year. Being the newest member of the Test playing nations, Rashid reckons it is more than a dream to play Australia in Australia.
"From Afghanistan, playing Test cricket against Australia in Australia it's more than a dream. Afghanistan got the full membership and last we played against India in India and now we're playing against Ireland in India and then Australia here," Cricket.com.au quoted Rashid, as saying.
"Being a player, it means a lot. Against Australia, playing Test matches is a huge achievement and me and the players are really looking forward (to it). We played here (in T20 games) a lot but, Test cricket is very different. Pretty excited to face the quick bowlers here, big bouncy wickets," he added.
He said wickets in Australia are bowling friendly and he is hoping to not get a juicy track like Perth when they take on the home team.
"As we have seen against India, I think wickets are very tough here to bat on, especially in the Test cricket. I hope that we don't play in Perth, we play somewhere else on a good wicket to make some runs and a little bit good for the spinner as well," Rashid said.
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan mocked Sanjay Manjrekar after he criticized the current English coach Trevor Bayliss for his take on Sam Curran's performance in the first Test against the Windies. England lost the series opener in the Caribbean by 381 runs. They scored 77 and 246 in the first and second innings respectively. The management was lambasted for preferring Sam Curran over Stuart Broad in the playing XI. After facing humiliating defeat, coach Bayliss had defended Curran's selection stating that he had the first bad game of his career.
"It was down to Curran and Broad [for the final seamer]. Our gut feel was Curran as he has done well for us over the last six or seven games. It didn't work out like that, the young bloke has had his first bad Test in his career. It won't be his last but he's a good young player who will learn from it," Bayliss had said after the game.
However, his words didn't go down well with the former Indian player, Sanjay Manjrekar, who took to Twitter to point out flawed approach adopted by the visitors.
"Trevor Bayliss said that Sam Curran has endured the first bad game of his career. Curran has 15 wickets in 15 innings. So it's more his batting Bayliss is talking about…Curran bats at no 8 & 9. Highlights the flawed thinking & approach of England. #ENGvWI," wrote Manjrekar.
He was given an apt response by Michael Vaughan, who reminded him of Curran's performance against India. Curran was adjudged Player of the Series for his remarkable performance in England's 4-1 win over India.
Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has been in the center of the storm after he didn't walk off after edging the ball in both the innings of the Ranji Trophy's semi-final clash between Saurashtra and Karnataka, which Saurashtra won easily to qualify for the finals on the back of centuries from Pujara and Sheldon Jackson.
Pujara was batting on just 34 in the fourth innings of the semi-final clash when he edged the ball to the keeper. The umpire failed to see the edge and didn't give him out. A similar incident had happened in Saurashtra's first innings as well. Pujara didn't walk off on both occasions and this didn't go down too well with the Bengaluru crowd, which turned hostile, and chants of "cheater" started doing the rounds at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Reflecting on the incident, Saurashtra coach Sitanshu Kotak was quoted as saying by MID-DAY, "It is wrong on the crowd's part. Has Vinay Kumar ever called a batsman back in his career for being given out wrongly? If he has not done so then he has no right to complain.
"I don't think it makes any sense [to criticize Pujara]. In my career, I would have got 20 to 30 ridiculously bad decisions and never has anyone called me back because the opposition were so happy that Kotak was out. Pujara is a far better player than me. If somebody calls you back when you are not out, then you are allowed to walk against them.
"Honestly, you feel you should walk, but it is unfair to the team because when he is actually not out and still given out, nobody calls you back.
Shortly afterwards he had sealed the West Indian victory in the first Test against England at Bridgetown with innings figures of eight for 60 off spinner Roston Chase spoke with feeling about Jason Holder hailing his captain as a ``legend in my eyes, a longtime friend who I believe in and who believes in himself on the field.'' It was a fitting tribute to a man who is a born leader. '
It is unfortunate that thanks to several run-ins with the authorities several leading cricketers prefer to ply their trade in the various T-20 leagues around the world instead of representing the West Indies. At full strength, they would not only be a far stronger side but also a very exciting one. But recent results have shown that the West Indies might just be turning the corner. And the man responsible for this, the man who can lead them to at least something of their past glory has to be Holder.
Ever since he took over the leadership the soft spoken, affable 27 year old Holder has looked the part trying his best to inspire his weak side to play above their potential. Leading from the front has come naturally to him and what happened a few days ago at Bridgetown was the high point of this aspect of his captaincy. His unbroken seventh wicket partnership of 295 runs with Shane Dowrich ruthlessly consolidated the West Indian position and saw them finish with a crushing 381 run victory – their third highest in terms of a run margin – with a day to spare. Holder's unbeaten 202 – the third highest score by a No 8 batsman in Test cricket – broke several records and has lifted him to the No 1 spot among the all rounds in the ICC rankings ahead of Ravindra Jadeja and Shakib al Hasan and making him the first West Indian to occupy the top slot since the one and only Gary Sobers. To highlight the greatness of Holder's achievement it must be pointed out that Sobers held the spot in March 1974.
The team is certainly developing along the right lines. In Shai Hope and Darren Bravo they have two high class batsmen and in Kraigg Brathwaite they have an opening batsman who has delivered. Shannon Gabriel and Kemar Roach are two very fine fast bowlers and in Shimron Hetmyer they have an emerging star. All the pieces have just to fall in place for the West Indies and there is little doubt that Holder will have a crucial role to play in this process.
After winning the ODI series in the third match, the Indian team hit the nets ahead of the fourth ODI at Hamilton. MS Dhoni, who missed the last game following hamstring trouble, was seen at the nets, which is a welcoming news considering Virat Kohli's absence.
India could go in with the reserve players in the upcoming match to test the bench strength. The match will also be memorable for stand in skipper Rohit Sharma, as he will become the 14th Indian cricketer to play 200 ODIs for the country.
Men in Blue have won 7 out of 8 matches in his captaincy and will be looking to carry on with the winning momentum.
He needs just one six to become the highest six-hitter for India. Rohit has hit 215 sixes in his ODI career and shares the record with MS Dhoni.
South Africa is currently taking on Pakistan in five-match ODI series at home. The series is currently tied at 2-2, which makes for a riveting series-decider. Faf has named two teams which he thinks are going to be red-hot favorites to lift the 2019 Cricket World Cup, which will be played in England and Wales.
"It is pretty clear that England and India are the two favorites," Faf said. England and India are ranked no.1 and no.2 in ICC Men's ODI team rankings. After the 2015 World Cup disaster, England have completely changed its approach towards 50-overs format. They play the game in a bold and audacious manner while the Men in Blue, who were finalists in the 2017 Champions Trophy have been consistent performers in ODI cricket for last few years.
Du Plessis downplayed South Africa's chances in the mega event. The Proteas skipper said, "When opponents look at us now, we are not the strongest team. But when a South Africa team goes to the World Cup, the chat in the media starts, even the opposition starts to chat!"
"We will go with a little bit less pressure on us as a team in terms of the expectation of winning it," he added.
Pakistani skipper Sarfraz Ahmed has been under the pump right since he directed racist remarks at South African all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo. He was handed four-match suspension by the ICC for breaching anti-racism code.
Sarfraz Ahmed has returned back home. In his absence, Shoaib Malik has been tasked with captaining the Pakistani side.
Sarfraz targeted former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar for making personal attacks at him.
"He [Shoaib Akhtar] is attacking me personally not criticizing," Geo TV quoted Sarfraz, as saying.
"I accepted my mistake and received the punishment. I want to thank PCB for handling this case and fulfilling requirements. I will improve myself and my performance in the future and I thank my supporters for their backing," he added.
Akhtar had felt that Sarfraz should have been punished more severely "This [Sarfraz incident] is not acceptable as a Pakistani. In my opinion, he [Sarfraz] did this in the heat of the moment. I think he should apologize publically," Akhtar had said in a Twitter video.
Sarfraz had taunted Andile Phehlukwayo by saying, "Hey black [man], where is your mother sitting? What prayer did you get her to say for you today?" (Abay kaalay, teri ammi aaj kahan baitheen hain? Kya parhwa ke aya hai aaj tu?). He faced flak for his inappropriate remarks on the social media. He apologized for his mistake on Twitter and followed it up by apologizing to Phehlukwayo in person.
He will lead India in the absence of regular captain Virat Kohli
Men in Blue have won 7 out of 8 matches in his captaincy
Rohit has hit 215 sixes in his ODI career
Rohit Sharma will play his 200th ODI when India take on New Zealand in the fourth ODI match of the series in Hamilton on Thursday.
He will become the 14th Indian cricketer to play 200 ODIs with great Sachin Tendulkar (463) leading the list. Among the current Indian cricketers MS Dhoni (337) and Virat Kohli (222) are the only two players who have achieved this milestone.
He will also lead India in the absence of regular captain Virat Kohli, who has been rested from the remaining matches of the ongoing tour. Men in Blue have won 7 out of 8 matches in his captaincy and will be looking to carry on with the winning momentum.
He needs just one six to become the highest six-hitter for India. Rohit has hit 215 sixes in his ODI career and shares the record with MS Dhoni.
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In honor of the 10,000th little quilt donated to AAQI, and in honor of the upcoming 3rd Anniversary of the QB Doll Quilt Swap, QB members are challenged to create and donate, collectively, 250 little quilts to AAQI. The time period for this Challenge is Jan. 1, 2012 to July 30, 2012, for quilts registered with AAQI during that time period.
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Monday, April 19, 2010
14th Street Mall: Almost History
7 comments:
- STLgasm said...
Woo hoo!!!
The transformation of Crown Square should be a national example of urban renewal done RIGHT! Why can't THIS be our model for city development as opposed to massive contrived theme park schemes that usually do more harm to the urban fabric than good?
- 1:38 PM, April 19, 2010
- Matt M. said...
It's hard to believe we'll someday say to our children and other younger observers, "I remember 14th Street back when it was a pedestrian mall and nearly completely vacant..."
- 1:49 PM, April 19, 2010
- Matthew said...
Hopefully last night's incident doesn't put a stop to the success of this development. It easily could, especially to those already critical of and negative about our city.
- 5:06 PM, April 19, 2010
I fail to see how a Walgreen's or a Taco Bell is going to fit into this scenario. Where will the long shuttered businesses go?
- 1:15 AM, April 20, 2010
People are already scarred to come to ONSL this will make it worse 2 killings in 2 weeks something needs to be done it is getting very bad around 14th street I see it every night. Hadley st and 14th st are two of the worst areas in ONSL. Crown square is not doing a very good job of screening tennants.
- 12:05 PM, April 20, 2010
I was witness to the blight of the then-new mall idea in downtown St. Charles in the 1970s and 1980s. Having grown up in old St. Charles, it was a shame to see the "North Main" downtown transformed into a shoddy pedestrian mall. While it killed off most of the old merchants, it didn't last too long, and I believe was ripped out by the early 1990s. New business and street life has entered the picture -- restoring a vibrance to the area that balances nicely the older, more sedate South Main.
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