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Nagabhushna's intervention has enabled villagers to opt for better livelihood options.
How One Man Turned A Village Into An Alcohol And Tobacco Free Zone
Post author:Ranjini Sivaswamy
Post category:Changemakers / Inspirational / Tamil Nadu
Meet the man who has literally transformed the fate of a village by making it alcohol and tobacco free, by providing better employment and education and even increasing the marriage age of girls. What's more, you'll be truly surprised to know how Nagabhushana managed to do it all.
Tucked in the folds of Krishnagiri forests in Tamil Nadu and forgotten at the state's borders with Karnataka, lies this tribal village – Noorundumalai. Even in its relative anonymity, Noorundumalai has some claim to distinction.
This village is alcohol and tobacco free since 2002. There are literally no shops here that sell cigarettes or liquor. In fact, the local cigarette shop owner, Sivanna, quit smoking and shut shop fourteen years ago!
Nagabhushna's (left) intervention has enabled villagers to opt for better livelihood options.
He says there were no takers for cigarettes in his village and he couldn't quite resist good from happening.
Two decades ago, 23 year old Nagabushana, born into a tribal family in Noorundumalai, came back to the village after completing his masters in social work. He came back with a mind that was churned hard by his traveling experiences across the length and breadth of India.
He got to witness the human struggles in some of the most backward of villages of India. Once when he was travelling through Odisha, he saw how the men of a village went out to collect dungs of animals that their women could wash and strain, and look for rice particles in them that the families could eat. He didn't need a bigger thrust than this distressing scene to commit himself to a life of service. And he came back, to begin it all at his own village.
There were a million things that Nagabushana wanted to change in Noorundumalai. One big problem that grappled the village was alcoholism. Men of all ages were under its spell. It was not just spoiling their health but also ridding the families of a chance to rise above poverty.
Nagabushana wanted to bell this big unruly cat as the first step towards bringing change in his village. When he told his friends about his idea, they dismissed him and told him he was insane to have even thought of this. It was sensitive and even dangerous to attempt a fight against alcoholism in Tamil Nadu.
And Nagabushana was all of 23, barely employed with a salary of just Rs. 1600. It would be perilous for Nagabushana, thought his friends. But when he told his mother about his intent, she stood by his decision; the only person who encouraged him and showed courage to begin this work for change.
Nagabushana started addressing the problem with subtlety. He took up the topic of quitting alcohol in informal talks with the villagers and advised them on alcohol restraint as a solution to their health problems.
He started teaching children for free in the local school, for whom be soon became a hero. His involvement in various social and development issues of the villages brought him admiration and acceptance in the village.
He started by teaching in schools and later on expanded his activities to a larger group.
Slowly and steadily, he strengthened his campaign towards ending the menace of inebriation. In a few years, he had the youth of the village stand alongside him by starting an association of Tobacco and Alcohol Free Rural Youth. This group took along teetotallers and encouraged others to look beyond alcohol and tobacco. Fascinatingly, these youngsters worked like a peer pressure group among the villagers who made it 'cool' to be free of alcohol.
While Nagabushana was preparing Noorundumalai for total alcohol prohibition, there were factions who were losing out on their business of locally brewed liquor. They spewed death threats on Nagabushana and tried to hinder his efforts in many ways. But he stood unbridled by these deterrents and steered the village to being declared alcohol and tobacco free in 2002.
For this extraordinary feat, Nagabushana gained support not just from the villages, but from the local authorities and the government as well. The district collector of Krishnagiri, Santhosh Babu, generously supported the anti-liquor campaign and the development of the village by offering funds towards its school, roads and other infrastructure.
Soon the village was abuzz with a different spirit – of employment and development.
Namanam provides rehabilitation to alcohol addicts.
Now there was a bigger challenge – how do you sustain the change? You could get carried away by achieving a milestone, but it wouldn't take long for the vices to make a comeback. The energy had to be kept alive. Nagabushana then decided to start a de-addiction and rehabilitation center, at Urigam, 6 kms away from Noorundumalai. The center was named Namanam, and it supported villagers in and around Noorundumalai. Namanam gradually became the epicentre of transformation for these villages.
To sustain itself, Namanam made a foray into business and produced commercial products using locally available resources like tamarind, aloe-vera and many other herbal products. The individuals who sought rehab were given jobs at the factory. They soon had an engaging time that would make their rehab route fast and fulfilling.
In the last ten years, over 1,000 youngsters have found a new direction for their lives through Namanam.
Self-development, employment, healthcare – all these found a place in this beautiful campus that stands alongside the gurgling Kaveri. Several college students from Bangalore visit and camp at Namanam for a transformational experience. Nagabushan makes sure that the children who visit Namanam take an oath that they will never fall prey to alcohol or smoking.
From fighting alcoholism to employment to health to women empowerment, one by one, Nagabushan is moving the mountains of Noorundumalai. Noorundumalai now has a respectable school, a changed face from its dilapidated condition. The girls of the village, who used to be married off at the age of 12, are now standing up for themselves and their education. Over the years the marriage age has come up to 17 but there is still a long way to go. Nagabushana is working hard for a change in this scene. He has now set up a factory at Noorundumalai to produce sanitary napkins for the women of the village, who are the ones employed at the factory, making the 100% cotton napkins and leading a feminine hygiene revolution among themselves.
Now, for a little surprise element – Nagabushan managed to bring about all these changes in the villages through twenty years of hard work while he held a full time job in Bangalore!
Now Noorundumalai village has seen a lot of positive changes.
He always held a job so that he could invest in Namanam's initiatives. Many times he found himself unable to pay the school fees of his children, but neither Nagabushana nor his family ever wanted to give up the cause they stood for. He currently works as the Deputy General Manager of HR at Robert Bosch, Bangalore – definitely not an easy corporate job.
After a fully engrossing work week, he cranks his car on Saturday mornings to travel the 100 kilometer distance to Namanam. The village awaits his arrival with his family. Updates, new initiatives, new plans – all get discussed and worked upon during the weekend. While he drives back to Bangalore, the show goes on at Namanam with his mother, brother and several youngsters managing it all.
Come Monday, he is back at work, like all of us.
About the author: Ranjini Sivaswamy is a freelance writer and one of the first team members of The Better India. She comes from a mass communication background and is currently a consultant with IIM Bangalore.
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Peshawar Police arrested a man after he spread inaccurate information about the anti-polio vaccine campaign. It was showcased in a set of videos that went viral on social media, which sparked a series of complaints of children getting ill and getting admitted to hospitals in the province.
In a meeting between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and members of Japan-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship League at the Japanese parliament in Tokyo, both parties agreed to deepen the relations between Pakistan and Japan. They have also agreed to discover more opportunities in trade and investment.
Elon Musk, the CEO of the electric car company Tesla has announced that robotaxis will become a reality by 2020. He made this announcement due to improvements in the chip used to operate these self-driving vehicles. He also said the taxis would operate on a system similar to Uber although they do face some technical and legal challenges.


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Paul Tyler speaks out: Make Votes Matter People's Lobby for Electoral Reform
On Tuesday 11th December, LDER representatives joined more than 100 other activists from around 65 constituencies attending the People's Lobby for Electoral Reform, organised by Make Votes Matter. The purpose of the event was to lobby parliamentarians for a change in the system that elects MPs to the House of Commons and to raise visibility, both around Westminster and online, of the urgent need for electoral reform. The event took place on the day that the meaningful vote on the Prime Minister's deal with Europe was due to take place – and was later cancelled.
We kicked off with an address by Lord Paul Tyler, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Constitutional and Political Reform. Lord Tyler made a compelling case for it being a "very good time" to be lobbying for electoral reform. He noted that the 'Brexit' crisis has undermined the claim that our current system provides "strong and stable", decisive, government.
Participants then met in their constituency groups and headed to the House of Commons to lobby their MPs. Those of us who were unable to secure a meeting with our MPs made sure it was known that we had requested one.
The lobby concluded with remarks from Caroline Lucas, Stephen Kinnock and Vince Cable. Baroness Sal Brinton was awarded a Parliamentary Champion Award – awarded to cross-party politicians who have done the most to campaign for a proportional voting system in the UK.
Make Votes Matter will continue to focus on securing support for proportional representation from the Labour Party, as well as supporting activist groups across the UK.
You can view the highlights of the event, including remarks from Lord Tyler and Vince Cable here
Snap General Election? Getting prepared
With another snap General Election a possibility, we have updated our submission to the last manifesto and sent it to party HQ.
Our policy priorities are:
Immediate introduction of STV for council elections in England.
A Constitutional Convention or Citizens Assembly to cover UK level reform, including PR/STV for Westminster elections and reform of the House of Lords.
These should be 'red lines' in any post-election negotiations.
Votes at age 16 for all UK elections.
Take big money out of politics: cap donations to political parties at £10,000 per person each year; and full disclosure of all political donations.
A UK-wide lobbying register.
Increase the resources, scope and sanctions of the Electoral Commission.
Prioritising reform: Meeting with Lord Paul Tyler, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Constitutional and Political Reform
Following Lord Tyler's speech at the December Make Votes Matter lobby and our policy submission to HQ, LDER Exec members Keith Sharp and Sarah Lewis met Lord Tyler to discuss prioritising our policies.
Lord Tyler said our policy proposals would be supported, but that there is a question regarding the level of priority given to electoral and political reform (it was high priority in our 2010 manifesto but has since dropped down the order).
We represented LDER's position that in cross-party negotiations electoral reform must be given the priority it deserves – as 'the reform that makes all other reforms possible'.
Lord Tyler noted that it would be critical to see how the Party's General Election manifesto would translate into a core narrative or message going into any future election. We discussed 'Politics is broken and we can fix it' as a potential narrative plank for any early election, where potential components of such a campaign platform could include:
Electoral reform
House of Lords reform
Further devolution
The relationship between the legislature and the executive
Lord Tyler noted the upcoming opportunity to push for electoral reform in the Welsh Assembly, drawing on the powerful evidence from Scotland to show that alternative electoral systems can deliver better results from a voter's perspective. He also mentioned that the prospect of boundary changes was also an advocacy opportunity. We agreed to remain closely connected on the question of the Party narrative and to consider LDER's role across this broader agenda.
Lord Tyler also suggested that LDER looks to work with the Local Government Association and ALDC to find ways to support campaign work across the UK, potentially providing additional content and an up to date evidence base. We will explore this.
Finally, he kindly recorded a short video, which can now be found on LDER's website and Facebook page.
You may also be interested in Lord Tyler's recent piece in The Independent on how quickly a People's Vote could be put in place.
The public supports change: new ComRes polling
Some recent ComRes polling has revealed a strong appetite for political reform in the UK. They found that:
72% of adults agree the Brexit process has shown that the British political system needs a complete overhaul.
72% support having a written Constitution.
62% want more decisions to be made at local level rather than by Parliament.
Your view please! Conventions/Assemblies
Following our last newsletter, we'd welcome your views on using deliberative democracy, perhaps especially citizens' assemblies, as a key change to our politics and a required route to the holding of any further referendums. The Brexit shambles has shown the inadequacy of the present party system, with its whipping and cajoling of MPs to vote the way the party wants, rather than in accordance with their beliefs and judgement. It's in our key policy demands — further views please!
Posted on February 3, 2019 February 3, 2019 Categories eu referendum, lobbying, newsletters, paul tyler, pictures, westminster
Come find us at conference!
Liberal Democrat Spring conference starts today in the York Barbican. If you're coming along, don't forget to come and find us on stall 15 in the exhibition area.
We'll be very happy to have a chat about why our electoral system needs reforming, current LDER campaigns and how it all fits in with the upheaval following from the EU referendum.
Posted on March 17, 2017 August 15, 2018 Categories conference, eu referendum, pictures
How First-Past-The-Post caused "Brexit"
The EU Referendum demonstrated the extent to which the "First-Past-The-Post" (FPTP) system has allowed politicians to become distanced from the people they purport to represent and has contributed to a sense of powerlessness amongst large sections of the UK population.
Three key effects of FPTP were at work:
Safe Seats
Distorted election results
Distorted politics
Safe seats:
Under FPTP, safe seats (where a change in the party holding the seat would only happen in very unusual circumstances) account for the majority of parliamentary constituencies.
An MP in a safe seat does not need to worry about getting re-elected; he or she does not have to listen to their constituents and does not need to explain their position to them (for example why the UK's membership of the EU is a good thing).
Voters in a safe seat are effectively powerless to make a difference to a General Election result. All they can do is contribute to the national headline percentage of the party they support, or use their vote as a protest. They have no responsibility for the result and, at some level, most realise this – they get into the habit of voting irresponsibly.
Consequently, when it came to the referendum, many "Leave" voters did not believe their vote would actually make a difference. Of those that did realise this was the one opportunity they had to cast a meaningful vote, many saw it as an opportunity to rebel against the establishment – to "take back control" from the politicians.
2. Distorted results:
FPTP leads to grossly disproportionate results, allowing single parties to govern based on considerably less than 50% of the popular vote.
In 2015 the Conservatives gained an overall majority in Parliament on less than 37% of the vote, leading directly to the EU referendum, because it was in their manifesto. (It has been widely reported that Cameron was happy to have this commitment in the manifesto because he believed he would not win a majority, and so would not have to carry it out.)
Meanwhile, FPTP resulted in 8 seats for the Liberal Democrats (instead of the 50 or so warranted by our vote share), diminishing the strongest voice in favour of the EU (or at least the media representation of that voice) at precisely the time it was most needed.
Paradoxically, UKIP only gaining 1 MP did not diminish the representation of their views in the media (there were other forces at work). We are left to speculate whether UKIP gaining parliamentary representation in proportion to their vote in 2005 or 2010 might have forced the pro-EU majority in Parliament to counter their arguments earlier.
3. Distorted politics:
FPTP does not just distort the results. The behaviour of politicians and parties trying to win under such a twisted system distorts every aspect of politics.
In order to win, the Conservatives are a broad coalition party, rather than the two (or more) parties they should be. The result has been to give undue influence to the anti-EU right wing of the party. Similarly, Labour is forced to be a coalition of multiple parties; this undoubtedly contributed to their ineffectiveness in the referendum campaign.
Does it matter which system?
It's certainly true that some of the problems with FPTP that led to the Leave vote would be solved by almost any system of proportional representation (PR).
But the Single Transferable Vote (STV), which is existing Liberal Democrat policy, has a number of advantages over other forms of PR. Under STV, every constituency has a reasonable chance of some change at each election – safe seats as they exist now would disappear. STV would give voters more choice of candidates and hence more control over the result. And if the party structure becomes disconnected from the changing views of the public, STV provides a safety valve, with voters able to exert a gentle pressure to re-align politics through their voting choices.
FPTP has multiple distorting effects – on the relationship between voters and MPs, on overall election results, and on the entire conduct of politics. This article gives just a few examples of how FPTP distorts every aspect of politics and government in the UK; its effects can be seen in almost every area of public administration and policy.
It is probably the single biggest underlying cause of the vote to leave. An insistence on replacing it with a proportional system must be part of any response to the referendum result.
The Liberal Democrats should continue to promote the Single Transferable Vote as the system of PR that best delivers fair representation and power to people, and thus best solves the defects in FPTP exposed by the referendum result.
By Dr Crispin Allard, Chair of LDER
This article was originally published on Liberal Democrat Voice
Posted on September 13, 2016 August 15, 2018 Categories eu referendum, stv
New opportunities for proportional representation
The dramatic changes in the UK's political landscape following the vote to leave the EU are opening up new opportunities for PR.
The referendum result demonstrated the extent to which the FPTP system has allowed politicians to become distanced from the people they purport to represent – strengthening the case for reform. It has also provided an impetus to those arguing for realignment on the Left, with the potential for Labour to split over the leadership, which would make PR essential.
One example is MoreUnited, set up by Paddy Ashdown among others. Whilst they have not yet fully defined the policies they will back, a number of "examples" are provided, including "Take the big money out of politics and reform the voting system to ensure every vote counts". Policies will be decided by its members, so I would encourage you to join me in supporting this initiative.
Autumn Conference – an opportunity missed …
Federal Conference Committee has failed to select our motion on Prioritising PR for debate at Autumn Conference, despite it being supported by 12 local parties and over 140 members. To quote their response:
"FCC decided that they did not feel that now was the correct time in the political calendar, and taking into account the current political environment and the recent referendum result, to discuss this motion."
We at LDER beg to differ! We have decided to resubmit a cut-down version as an amendment to the Europe motion.
… and an opportunity to get pissed
Our friends at the Electoral Reform Society are holding a reception at 6pm on Sunday 18 September in the Gresham Suite at the Old Ship Hotel, King's Road, Brighton BN1 1NR.
Liberal Democrats for Electoral Reform – opportunities to get involved
As always, we will be running a stall at Conference. If you would like to help out, just go to our Doodle poll and indicate which slot(s) you want to do. You don't need to be an expert on voting systems – the main qualification is enthusiasm for the cause.
Our AGM will be at 2pm on Sunday 18 September at: The Quadrant (upstairs room), 12-13 North Street, Brighton BN1 3GJ.
In addition to an exciting constitutional amendment, we will be electing the LDER Committee for the coming year. If you are interested in standing, or would like to know more about what's involved, please contact me at crispin.allard@gmail.com.
Crispin Allard
Chair, LDER
Posted on September 6, 2016 August 15, 2018 Categories conference, eu referendum, newsletters

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Columbus school officials say they have no plans to develop a policy on teachers' online activities after a substitute teacher came under fire -- and eventually resigned -- for his personal blog.
The teacher blogged about his interactions with students and his suspicions that one student was gay.
He never identified students by their name or school. And the district has no policies about how teachers use the Internet on their own time.
One Massachusetts school district was considering such a policy in April.
"There have been various administrators who have stated that only predators and teenagers are on Myspace. Various administrators have indicated that they will examine Myspace and Facebook pages and use this as evidence against teachers in any allegation of inappropriate conduct."
Should teachers be held to higher standards in their personal time because they work with children in the professional time? Or is all the hype over teachers' Internet use an overreaction to new technology?
And is it fair to expect teachers to not cross the line on the Internet when there is no policy to define what the line is?


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Fox: What's New for Fall 2009
Glee (Wed., Sept. 9 @ 9:00 PM, Fox)
The competition: "Modern Family" and "Cougar Town" (ABC), "Criminal Minds" (CBS), "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC), "The Beautiful Life" (The CW)
Starring: Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Corey Monteith, Lea Michele, Dianna Agron, Matthew Morrison, Jessalyn Gilsig, Chris Colfer, Patrick Gallagher, Kevin McHale, Jenna Ushkowitz, Amber Riley, Mark Salling
Producers: Bradley Buecker, Brad Falchuk, and Ryan Murphy ("Nip/Tuck"), Zachary Woodlee ("Eli Stone")
Network's Description: A one-hour musical comedy that follows an optimistic high school teacher as he tries to transform the school's Glee Club and inspire a group of ragtag performers to make it to the biggest competition of them all: Nationals. McKinley High School's Glee Club used to be at the top of the show choir world, but years later, a series of scandals have turned it into a haven for misfits and social outcasts. Will Schuester, a young optimistic teacher, has offered to take on the Herculean task of restoring McKinley's Glee Club to its former glory with the help of fellow teacher Emma Pillsbury. It's a tall order when the brightest stars of the pitch-imperfect club include Kurt, a nerdy soprano with a flair for the dramatic; Mercedes, a dynamic diva-in-training who refuses to sing back-up; Artie, a geeky guitarist who spends more time avoiding bullies than chasing girls; and Tina, an awkward girl who needs to suppress her stutter before she can take center stage. Will's only hope lies with two true talents: Rachel Berry, a perfectionist firecracker who is convinced that show choir is her ticket to stardom; and Finn Hudson, the popular high school quarterback with movie star looks and a Motown voice who must protect his reputation with his holier-than-thou girlfriend, Quinn, and his arrogant teammate, Puck. Driven by his secret past, Will is determined to do whatever it takes to make Glee great again, even though everyone around him thinks he's nuts. He's out to prove them all wrong – from his tough-as-nails wife Terri Schuester to McKinley's cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester to an über-hip world that thinks jazz hands and sequined tuxedos litter the road to infamy rather than pave the way to Hollywood dreams.
The Buzz: Crazy insane. (Insane? Crazy?) Fox's decision to air the pilot for the show back in May and let it simmer for the summer was one of the strongest marketing moves in recent television history, as evidenced by the ridiculous amount of iTunes downloads of the songs from the show, and while having the cast turn up at Comic-Con might've seemed out of place at first, given how close the lines for "glee club members" and "comic book and sci-fi aficionados" lie on the geek flowchart, it shouldn't have. And now they're preparing to tour the malls of America…? The buzz buzz buzz you're hearing in the drum of your ear is the sound of "Glee."
Pilot Highlight: If you didn't want to leap to your feet and applaud at the end of their performance of "Don't Stop Believin'," you are dead inside. Dead, I say.
Bottom Line: It's going to be like having a new volume of "High School Musical" airing every single week, except with sensibilities falling closer to "Freaks and Geeks." If it isn't a huge hit, and if the soundtrack to the show isn't one of the biggest selling albums of the holiday season, I will be shocked…and crestfallen, too, as I'm totally in the "Glee" club as well.
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The 2010 Primetime Emmy nominations are in!
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The Bufu Boyz are back and ready to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Etrian series! ATLUS' own Will and EJ will continue to stream their misadventures in Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan. Tune in this Friday (Aug. 4) at 22:00 for your chance to win some prizes and watch them navigate the perilous dungeons!
· A Choose-your-own-odyssey Feel – Starting with the creation of your party to exploring the uncharted labyrinth of the Yggdrasil Tree, Beyond the Myth is all about choosing how your own adventure unfolds. Test your survival skills by wisely navigating the winding floors of Yggdrasil, using shrewd tactics when battling gruesome beasts, making the right decisions during various "scenarios," and more. To meet these challenges, the home base city of Iorys is ready for all your buying/selling, recruiting, and information-gathering needs!
· Gameplay Fit for a True Pathfinder – It wouldn't be an Etrian Odysseygame without the life-or-death need to map your progress. For those new to the series, the bottom screen of the 3DS displays a top-down, tile-based map that must be filled out while dungeon crawling. Players can use the map to mark the locations of treasures, doors, enemies, environmental obstructions, and more. Expect the unexpected at every turn–and then make a note on the map so it's not so unexpected next time!
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import com.facebook.keyframes.model.KFColorFrame;

/**
 * Deserializer for {@link KFColorFrame}.
 *
 * Root deserializer starts at {@link KFImageDeserializer}.
 */
public class KFColorFrameDeserializer {

  static final AbstractListDeserializer<KFColorFrame> LIST_DESERIALIZER =
      new AbstractListDeserializer<KFColorFrame>() {
        @Override
        KFColorFrame readObjectImpl(JsonReader reader) throws IOException {
          return readObject(reader);
        }
      };

  public static KFColorFrame readObject(JsonReader reader) throws IOException {
    reader.beginObject();
    KFColorFrame.Builder builder = new KFColorFrame.Builder();
    while (reader.hasNext()) {
      String name = reader.nextName();
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        case KFColorFrame.START_FRAME_JSON_FIELD:
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          builder.color = Color.parseColor(reader.nextString());
          break;
        default:
          reader.skipValue();
      }
    }
    reader.endObject();
    return builder.build();
  }
}


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Growing the Internet 9 July 2015
Can mobile Internet bridge the gender digital divide? Lessons from our APrIGF workshop
By Noelle Francesca De GuzmanSenior Advisor, Policy and External Engagement
The figures suggest that it is possible. The Internet Society's Global Internet Report 2015, launched this week, found that 94% of the world's population is covered by a mobile network, and 48% have mobile broadband available to them. Asia-Pacific is leading this trend, topping the mobile broadband uptake chart by ITU estimates.
But thus far, these numbers have failed to bring large-scale change to women's lives. Only one in five females in the region have Internet access, and GSMA's Bridging the Gender Gap study reports that nearly two-thirds of unconnected women live in Asia-Pacific.
The main obstacles lie not with the demographic but in the environment—socio-cultural, institutional, and economic—in which women often find themselves. Entrenched income gaps and attitudes about the role of women in society, coupled with educational and employment constraints as well as possible restrictions to movement, limit opportunities for exposure to the Internet—whether at home, in school, at work or in public access kiosks. In South Asia, for instance, women are 38% less likely to own a mobile phone than men for a variety of reasons, including lack of control over finances and decision-making, and less earning capacity to purchase Internet-enabled tools. Most low-income households tend to have only one mobile device, if any, and it is often male members who carry it around. The lack of confidence in ICT use among women is a byproduct of this landscape. This includes discomfort or feeling unwelcome when interacting with men who sell SIM cards or man common access points.
Several organisations, including the Internet Society, have begun to address these issues, mainly by getting women into the value chain. The APAC Bureau's Wireless Women for Entrepreneurship and Empowerment programme builds digital literacy skills to enable women in remote locations not just to go online but to set up and run their own businesses, including e-services shops. A similar project by Uninor in India saw mobile top-ups to women increase by 300% over a year in 2013, while also resulting in a 10-fold rise in women entrepreneurs' income. At a more basic level, Google's Helping Women Get Online program has mounted Internet devices, along with information on how to use the Web, on rickshaws in Madhya Pradesh, to encourage women to go online while doing their daily chores.
Research and industry groups attest that women do see value in the Internet for a variety of reasons. In a survey of 800 women in the Philippines, for instance, Google found that their main motivation for going online was to stay in touch with family members working abroad. In focus groups organised by the Foundation for Alternative Media (FMA), women cited lack of time as a barrier to using the Internet, but with all these constraints in place, FMA posits that this may be because women, especially those in rural areas, often need to travel long distances for reliable and affordable access. It certainly does not help that Internet rates, especially in developing countries in the region, remain prohibitive for the general population—panelists at the workshop we held on the subject at the 2015 Asia-Pacific Regional IGF (APrIGF) in Macau last week noted that even women who have smartphones do not automatically avail of data plans.
Part of the challenge in addressing women's needs stems from the lack of gender-disaggregated data, which makes it difficult to determine and draw conclusions on specific usage trends. Poor attention by policymakers in the ICT sector contributes to this dearth. Specifically, GSMA stressed that of the 119 national broadband plans in place in 2012, only 30 included a gender component.
When information is available, the ongoing focus on quantitative, over qualitative, data can also be a hindrance to developing more localised interventions, or tailored and relevant content and applications for women—a crucial factor to getting more women online, according to the UN. In the Philippines, where 51% of Internet users are women—the World Economic Forum has ranked the country the 9th most gender-equal in the world–FMA found that the women who outnumber men in social media use tend to be female students in urban areas who can afford to buy personal gadgets.
But can mobile Internet really bridge the gender digital gap? Workshop participants agreed that it can help, but it is not enough. Groups like the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) pointed out that Internet connectivity must be made available to women regardless of the device they are using, and recommends not closing the door on other modes of access, including more autonomous options like mesh networking using wireless technologies, TV white space or unlicensed spectrum. A more fundamental goal was converting Internet access into meaningful participation, ensuring that women maximise the value of connectivity not only as users but by becoming innovators, developers and creators through the Internet.
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package com.codebullets.sagalib;

import com.codebullets.sagalib.context.SagaExecutionContext;
import com.codebullets.sagalib.startup.EventStreamBuilder;
import com.codebullets.sagalib.startup.TypeScanner;
import com.codebullets.sagalib.storage.MemoryStorage;
import com.codebullets.sagalib.storage.StateStorage;
import com.codebullets.sagalib.timeout.InMemoryTimeoutManager;
import com.codebullets.sagalib.timeout.SagaTimeoutTask;
import com.codebullets.sagalib.timeout.SystemClock;
import com.codebullets.sagalib.timeout.Timeout;
import com.codebullets.sagalib.timeout.TimeoutManager;
import com.codebullets.sagalib.timeout.UUIDTimeoutId;
import com.google.common.base.Optional;
import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItem;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyLong;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

/**
 * Integration Tests for the saga lib message stream interface.
 */
public class MessageStreamTest {
    private MessageStream sut;
    private StateStorage storage;
    private Set<Number> numbers;
    private Set<String> calledSagas;
    ScheduledExecutorService scheduler;
    ScheduledFuture timeout;
    private SagaInterceptor interceptor = new SagaInterceptor();
    private Map<HeaderName<?>, Object> foundContextHeaders = new HashMap<>();

    @Before
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public void init() {
        storage = new MemoryStorage();
        scheduler = mock(ScheduledExecutorService.class);
        timeout = mock(ScheduledFuture.class);
        numbers = new TreeSet<>();
        calledSagas = new TreeSet<>();
        TimeoutManager timeoutManager = new InMemoryTimeoutManager(scheduler, new SystemClock());

        when(scheduler.schedule(any(Runnable.class), anyLong(), any(TimeUnit.class))).thenReturn(timeout);

        sut = EventStreamBuilder.configure()
                .usingStorage(storage)
                .usingScanner(new LocalScanner())
                .usingSagaProviderFactory(new TestSagaProviderFactory(timeoutManager, numbers, calledSagas))
                .usingTimeoutManager(timeoutManager)
                .callingInterceptor(interceptor)
                .usingExecutor(MoreExecutors.directExecutor())
                .defineHandlerExecutionOrder()
                    .firstExecute(NumberSaga.class).builder()
                .build();
    }

    /**
     * Given => string message as input.
     * When  => Message is handled by stream.
     * Then  => Saga is started.
     */
    @Test
    public void handle_stringMessage_messageIsHandledBySaga() throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
        // given
        String message = "myTestMessage_" + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(10);

        // when
        sut.handle(message);

        // then
        Collection<SagaState> sagaState = convertToCollection(storage.load(TestSaga.class.getName(), TestSaga.INSTANCE_KEY));
        assertThat("Expected entry presenting the started saga state.", sagaState, hasSize(1));
    }

    /**
     * Given => First string and then integer message.
     * When  => Messages are handled by the stream.
     * Then  => Saga is completed and therefore no longer in storage.
     */
    @Test
    public void handle_stringAndIntegerMessage_sagaFinishedAndNoLongerInStateStorage() throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
        // given
        String msg1 = "myTestMessage_" + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(10);
        FinishMessage msg2 = new FinishMessage(TestSaga.INSTANCE_KEY);

        // when
        sut.handle(msg1);
        sut.handle(msg2);

        // then
        Collection<SagaState> sagaState = convertToCollection(storage.load(TestSaga.class.getName(), TestSaga.INSTANCE_KEY));
        assertThat("Expected no longer an entry for the saga state.", sagaState, hasSize(0));
    }

    /**
     * Given => Saga has been started.
     * When  => Timeout message is triggered.
     * Then  => Timeout handler is called.
     */
    @Test
    public void handle_sagaHasBeenStartedTimeoutReceived_timeoutHandlerIsCalled() throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
        // given
        String msg = "myTestMessage_" + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(10);
        sut.handle(msg);

        // when
        triggerTimeout();

        // then
        Collection<SagaState> sagaStates = convertToCollection(storage.load(TestSaga.class.getName(), TestSaga.INSTANCE_KEY));
        TestSagaState knownState = (TestSagaState) sagaStates.iterator().next();

        assertThat("Expected timeout to be called.", knownState.isTimeoutHandled(), equalTo(true));
    }

    /**
     * Given => Saga is started and completed.
     * When  => Last message is handled.
     * Then  => Timeout is canceled.
     */
    @Test
    public void handle_sagaIsCompleted_runningTimeoutIsCanceled() throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
        // given
        String startMsg = "startMsg_" + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(10);
        FinishMessage msg2 = new FinishMessage(TestSaga.INSTANCE_KEY);
        sut.handle(startMsg);

        // when
        sut.handle(msg2);

        // then
        verify(timeout).cancel(eq(false));
    }

    /**
     * Given => Saga is started but not completed.
     * When  => Message is handled.
     * Then  => Timeout is not canceled.
     */
    @Test
    public void handle_sagaNotCompleted_doNotCancelTimeouts() throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
        // given
        String startMsg = "startMsg_" + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(10);

        // when
        sut.handle(startMsg);

        // then
        verify(timeout, never()).cancel(anyBoolean());
    }

    /**
     *

     * Given => Message of type integer.
     * When  => Message is handled.
     * Then  => Base class handler has been called.
     *

     */
    @Test
    public void handle_integerMessage_callHandlerOfBaseClass() throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
        // given
        Integer message = new Random().nextInt();

        // when
        sut.handle(message);

        // then
        assertThat("Expected number from message to be stored (proof handler has been called.)", numbers, hasItem(message));
    }

    /**
     *

     * Given => Message of type integer. Base class handler (Number) stops message dispatching.
     * When  => Message is handled.
     * Then  => Concrete handler saga for integer is never called.
     *

     */
    @Test
    public void handle_integerMessage_integerSagaNeverInvoked() throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
        // given
        Integer message = new Random().nextInt();

        // when
        sut.handle(message);

        // then
        assertThat("Number saga is never called.", calledSagas, not(hasItem(IntegerSaga.class.getName())));
    }

    /**
     *

     * Given => Message created where no saga handler exists.
     * When  => Message is handled
     * Then  => Dead message handler is created.
     *

     */
    @Test
    public void handle_messageWithNoHandler_deadMessageSagaIsStarted() throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
        // given
        Object message = new Object() {};

        // when
        sut.handle(message);

        // then
        Optional<Saga> deadMsgSaga = Iterables.tryFind(interceptor.getStartedSagas(), Predicates.instanceOf(DeadMessageSaga.class));
        assertThat("Expected DeadMessageSaga in list of started sagas.", deadMsgSaga.isPresent(), equalTo(true));
    }

    /**
     *

     * Given => Timeout message where handler exists but no saga state
     * When  => Message is handled
     * Then  => Does not result in an exception
     *

     */
    @Test
    public void handle_timeoutWithNoInstance_doesNotThrow() throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
        // given
        Timeout timeout = Timeout.create(UUIDTimeoutId.generateNewId(), "theSagaId", null, new Date());

        // when
        sut.handle(timeout);

        // then
        assertThat("Expected this line to be reached.", true);
    }

    @Test
    public void handleMessage_customHeaders_contextContainsHeaders() throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
        // given
        HeaderName<String> headerName = HeaderName.forName("customHeader");
        String expectedHeaderValue = "expectedHeaderValue";
        Map<HeaderName<?>, Object> headers = ImmutableMap.of(headerName, expectedHeaderValue);

        // given
        sut.handleMessage("anyMessage", headers);

        // then
        Object actualHeaderValue = interceptor.getFoundExecutionHeaders().get(headerName);
        assertThat("Expected the supplied header value to be part of context.", actualHeaderValue, equalTo(expectedHeaderValue));
    }

    @Test
    public void handleMessage_parentContextWithHeaders_contextContainsMergedHeaders() throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
        // given
        HeaderName<String> header1 = HeaderName.forName("header1");
        HeaderName<String> header2 = HeaderName.forName("header2");
        String headerVal1 = "expectedHeaderValue";
        String headerVal2 = "parentContextVal";
        Map<HeaderName<?>, Object> headers = ImmutableMap.of(header1, headerVal1);
        ExecutionContext parentContext = stubContext(header2, headerVal2);

        // given
        sut.handleMessage("anyMessage", headers, parentContext);

        // then
        Object actualVal1 = interceptor.getFoundExecutionHeaders().get(header1);
        Object actualVal2 = interceptor.getFoundExecutionHeaders().get(header2);
        assertThat("Expected the supplied header value to be part of context.", actualVal1, equalTo(headerVal1));
        assertThat("Expected the supplied header value to be part of context.", actualVal2, equalTo(headerVal2));
    }

    private <T> ExecutionContext stubContext(final HeaderName<T> headerName, final T headerValue) {
        SagaExecutionContext newContext = new SagaExecutionContext();
        newContext.setHeaderValue(headerName, headerValue);

        return newContext;
    }

    private <T> Collection<T> convertToCollection(Collection <? extends T> source) {
        Collection<T> newCollection = new ArrayList<>(source.size());
        for (T entry : source) {
            newCollection.add(entry);
        }

        return newCollection;
    }

    private void triggerTimeout() {
        ArgumentCaptor<SagaTimeoutTask> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(SagaTimeoutTask.class);
        verify(scheduler).schedule(captor.capture(), anyLong(), any(TimeUnit.class));

        // move time forward by the expected delay
        SagaTimeoutTask timeoutTask = captor.getValue();
        timeoutTask.run();
    }

    private static class LocalScanner implements TypeScanner {

        @Override
        public Collection<Class<? extends Saga>> scanForSagas() {
            Collection<Class<? extends Saga>> sagas = new ArrayList<>();
            sagas.add(TestSaga.class);
            sagas.add(IntegerSaga.class);
            sagas.add(NumberSaga.class);
            sagas.add(DeadMessageSaga.class);

            return sagas;
        }
    }

    private static class SagaInterceptor implements SagaLifetimeInterceptor {
        private Collection<Saga> startedSagas = new ArrayList<>();
        private Map<HeaderName<?>, Object> foundExecutionHeaders;

        Collection<Saga> getStartedSagas() {
            return startedSagas;
        }

        Map<HeaderName<?>, Object> getFoundExecutionHeaders() {
            return foundExecutionHeaders;
        }

        @Override
        public void onStarting(final Saga<?> saga, final ExecutionContext context, final Object message) {
            startedSagas.add(saga);
        }

        @Override
        public void onHandlerExecuting(final Saga<?> saga, final ExecutionContext context, final Object message) {
            foundExecutionHeaders = Headers.copyFromStream(context.getAllHeaders());
        }

        @Override
        public void onHandlerExecuted(final Saga<?> saga, final ExecutionContext context, final Object message) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onFinished(final Saga<?> saga, final ExecutionContext context) {
        }
    }
}


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Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 30 April 2015
Happy Birthday this week to Hattie Bailey, Christopher Castro-Neto, Josh Clifford, Alex Conn, Jenny Grimstone-Jones, Tim Saunders-Mullins, Adam Shiret, Gregory Thompson
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Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Newsletter: Thursday 23 April 2015
Happy Birthday this week to Florence Bryant, Alfie Clarke, Luke Gillon, Johnoi Josephs, Ashvin Kuri, Elaine Miller, Andrew Millett, George Travers, Caroline Walsh
29 YEAR OLD LONG JUMP CLUB RECORD BEATEN – Congratulations to DAN BRAMBLE who jumped a personal best (8.21m w1.8) in the NTC Pure Athletics Sprint Elite Meet in Clermont, Florida, USA on 18 April. This surpasses FRED SALLE'S record of (7.97m) which was set on the 13 July 1986. DAN'S jump now ranks him UK No.1 in 2015, also No.5 on the UK all-time list. His jump is a UK Long Jump qualification standard for the World Championships in Beijing, China on 22-30 August. Watch his jump HERE
LIZZIE BIRD SHATTERS HER OWN CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to LIZZIE BIRD U23 (Princeton University) who took a massive 10.29 seconds of her own U23 Club 3000m Steeplechase record. Running in the Larry Ellis Invitational in Princeton, New Jersey, USA on 17 April she won in a time of (9:58.33) which takes her to UK No.1 in 2015. It is also a qualification standard (10:00.00) for the European U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia on 9-12 July
Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 16 April 2015
Happy Birthday this week to Tarlia Bailey, Adeya Edwards, Amalia Edwards, Melanie Ellis, Scarlett Kent, Dylan Michel, Eniola Oyesanya, Simisola Oyesanya, Tristan Procida, Robert Rigby, Alan Weller
Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 9 April 2015
Happy Birthday this week to Fayyaz Ahmed, Ben Bellisario, Charlie Brassey, Olive Curran, Fabian Hodge, Carmen Hogg, Charlotte Johnston, Julian Lamy, Dereece O'Callaghan, Michael Potticary, Ray Powell
NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to LIZZIE BIRD U23 (Princeton University) who when competing in the Sam Howell Invitational in Princeton, New Jersey, USA on 3-4 April, won the 3000m Steeplechase in a personal best (10:08.62) taking 4.53 seconds off her 2014 time, also taking .86 of a second of Jo Ankier's U23 club record (10:09.48) set in 2004. Lizzie's time now ranks her UK No.1 U23 in 2015. In the same meeting LIAM DEE U20 (Iona College) finished 4th in the 5000m (PB 14:27.26) and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2015.
Happy Birthday this week to Phillip Crout, Theodore Gatward, Richard Goodman, Phillipa Lowe, Alfredo Melao, Marie Sato, Ethan Thomas, Barry Walsh
MEDALS AT EUROPEAN MASTERS – Congratulation to NENGI OSSAI V35 who won Gold and Silver Medals in the 60m and 200m (respectively), and GREG DUNSON V50 who won the Gold Medal in the (60m Hurdles). At the European Indoor Masters Championships which took place in Torun, Poland on 23-28 March.
60m – M35 Heat 1 NENGI OSSAI V35 1st (SB 7.06) taking .05 of a second off his 7 March time, in Semi-Final 2 NENGI finished 1st (SB 7.01), in the Final NENGI won the Gold Medal with a personal best (6.97) taking .02 of a second off his 2014 time, and is ranked UK No.2 V35 in 2015. A certain Dwayne Chambers is No.1.
200m – M35 Heat 2 NENGI OSSAI V35 2nd (22.67), in Semi-Final 1 NENGI finished 1st (SB 22.34) taking .33 of a second off his Heat time, in the Final NENGI won the Silver Medal (22.35) and is ranked UK No.1 V35 in 2015.
60m Hurdles – M50 Straight Final GREG DUNSON V50 won the Gold Medal with a seasons best (8.82) taking .12 of a second off his 7 March time, and is ranked UK No.2 V50 in 2015.


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Through the Fourth Wall With Ultra ADHD
By Dann Sullivan On Nov 8, 2016 0
Stumbling the halls of itch.io via its randomiser feature is rarely anything short of a treat. When it gobs out a game with a blurb like that of Ultra ADHD it almost feels like you've stumbled on one of the many veins of uniqueness that run to the core of the site's selections.
Ultra ADHD is a game that breaks the fourth wall from the first minute, and continues to exist as a self-aware, cultural-reference spouting quirk from that point right up until the curtain falls on each of it's three endings. It's a short journey, and as you've likely gathered, a strange one, but it's one that I highly recommend, even if it's trailer only gives a slice of the game's earliest moments.
Originally the project started as a dark, ruin-filled horror game that saw you passing judgement on behalf of a divine being. The game was set to be rife with haunting symbols, terrifying environments, and a tangled mass of cascading moral choices. "Everyone Dies at the End" –as developer Alon Karmi explains on his blog[Spoilers!], or in the developer diary [Spoilers!]- never came to be, with the early parts of the game being repurposed into the core of the main area of Ultra ADHD.
It all starts with a ringing phone sitting on the shelf of a phone-booth, probably one of the most normal things the starting area has to offer you; a leering, floating eye hovering in the sky, the game's peculiar 2D-objects-in-3D-world art style, and the strange, brain-shaped trees that litter the landscape.
Picking up that phone however quickly sets out a few rules for your next 20-30 minutes of game. Your character -much like many game protagonists- is as mute as a post, and seen by most as a tool to be used for their own ends. As a matter of fact, your two handlers, Motherland and Fatherland, are more than aware of their own fates as game characters, and immediately set you on a path of chaos masquerading as freedom-fighting.
Your handlers are with you throughout your brief adventure, leaving hints pinned to objects, contacting you via electronic means, and even meeting you in person. Fatherland is a typical mission giver, attempting to remain professional -although occasionally slipping- despite the madness going on around, he's the straight-man of the two, with Motherland slamming out culture references, smack-downs, and pithy one-liners.
While Motherland serves as a handler in the game, the inspiration for the character originated in another medium. "Motherland," as Alon explained to me "was actually a character in a tabletop RPG I GM'd. She was an attempt at making a self-aware villain who was knee-deep in pop culture knowledge."
While the game is, most certainly, laced with references, I'm surprised how many I missed and accepted as simply lines in the surprisingly text heavy sections of the game. With smaller projects, or small team projects you normally get a degree of inside-jokes or references to other titles that feel abrupt and rash; Ultra ADHD manages to -somehow- avoid this, to the credit of the developer.
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Making sense of THE NETWORK: some cricket terms explained
Notes and Glossary to The Network (for non-devotees of cricket)
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I hope that The Network can be enjoyed by non-devotees of cricket, but there are passages where an explanation of cricket terms may be helpful. Baseball devotees need to know that the basic contest in cricket is between batsman and bowler. They are separated by 22 yards, with a set of three wooden stumps at each end. The bowler runs up alongside one set of these stumps and hurls a hard red ball, overarm, at the batsman. He aims to hit the pitch in front of the batsman and then hit the batsman's stumps. The batsman has a flat-faced bat to prevent this. The bowler may use out-and-out pace (the fastest have managed 100 mph) or swing (curving the ball in the air) or cut or spin (making it change direction off the pitch). Spin bowlers bowl slowly and have the additional weapon of flight – varying the trajectory of the ball.
In match play, a pair of batsmen face a pair of bowlers. Each bowler bowls a sequence of six balls at one end and then the bowler at the other end takes over and bowls six himself.
The bowler is supported by a wicketkeeper (catcher) behind the batsman's stumps and nine other fielders who can be placed virtually anywhere he and his captain decide. The batsman can hit the ball anywhere he likes (there is no foul zone) and he does not have to run when he hits it. This feature makes the game generally slower than baseball. If he decides to run, he exchanges ends with his partner. One such successful exchange produces a run, but they may take two or three or as many as they can manage. There is a boundary line. If a batsman hits the ball over that line along the ground he obtains an automatic four; if he achieves this without bouncing (home run) he gets an automatic six.
Apart from hitting the batsman's stumps, the bowler and fielders have several other ways to dismiss (retire) him. Once out (retired), that batsman is finished. Ten batsmen out and the team's innings is finished.
There are many other rules, which often require arbitration. This is done by two on-field umpires, who give decisions on appeal from the bowler and his supporting fielders.
That is probably enough of the basic rules. Cricket has many strange terms, which I explain in the glossary below.
My apologies to the many female cricketers for using male pronouns only, for convenience. RKH
Glossary and famous names
Fielding positions mentioned only when important to plot: full list at end
all out: Ten batsmen out (dismissed/ retired) – a team then stops batting.
all-rounder : A player who can both bat and bowl.
appeal:A request by the bowler and/or any fielder to an umpire to judge a batsman out (dismissed).
arm ball: a ball by a slow bowler with no spin, which follows his arm. A surprise ball, usually quicker.
average: Cricket is a highly statistical game, which awards averages to batsmen (total runs scored divided by total completed innings) and bowlers (total runs yielded divided by total dismissals). 35+ is a decent batting average, 25- is reasonable for a bowler.)
back foot/front foo: t The back foot for a batsman is the one farthest away from the bowler. All batting shots are played with the weight predominantly on one foot or the other. Batsmen are generally encouraged to move their feet to facilitate this. Steve frequently exhorts himself and others to do this.
bails:Two small pieces of wood fitted into the top of the stumps. One at least must touch the ground for the batsman to be out.
beamer: A ball which reaches the batsman head high without first bouncing. Dangerous and illegal.
block:A stonewall defensive shot by a batsman, with no attempt to score.
boundary: The perimeter of the playing field, indicated by a white line or a rope or a series of markers. Also used to describe a hit by the batsman which reaches or surpasses this perimeter, worth 6 if it achieves this without bouncing and 4 otherwise.
bouncer: A fast ball intended to bounce into the batsman's head or upper body. Dangerous but not illegal unless done to excess.
box: US, cup. Protection for the genitals.
break-back: Ball which moves back sharply into the batsman after bouncing. In combination with outswinger (qv) a classic formula for fast bowlers.
bye:An extra run, not hit by the batsman, conceded by the wicketkeeper (qv).
call: A batsman telling his partner whether or not he wants to change ends with him to score a run.
captain: The captain of the side decides when his players bat, where they field and which of them bowl and when. If he wins the toss (qv) he decides whether his team bats or bowls first. If he bats first he might also decide to declare (qv) to get a better chance of winning.
catch: A means of dismissing a batsman (compare baseball fly ball). A catch can be made anywhere inside the field but not if the catcher is in contact with the boundary (qv). Catches to the wicketkeeper (qv) and those taken very close to the ground are generally appealed to the umpire(s) unless the batsman chooses to walk (qv).
century: A score of 100 or more by a batsman. A huge achievement.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul: A great contemporary West Indian batsman who marks his guard (qv) elaborately.
chinaman: A ball spun with the wrist rather than the fingers by a slow left-arm bowler. It bounces sharply back into a righthanded batsman. As the name might suggest, a chinaman is an exotic, mysterious delivery.
crease: A white line on the pitch used to decide whether a batsman is in or out of his ground (qv) or whether a bowler is bowling a legal ball or a no ball (qv).
crimson traveller…wooden lance… wooden castle: Very old-fashioned jocular terms for ball, bat and stumps.
cross bat: Any shot, usually aggressive, in which the bat is used horizontally or at an angle to the trajectory of the ball, antonym of straight bat (qv).
cutter:A ball in which the bowler uses the seam (qv) to make it dart back into the batsman off the pitch (off cutter) or away from him (leg cutter).
declare : A batting captain choosing to end his team's innings ahead of time to get a better chance of dismissing all the opposing batsmen.
deep: Fielding positions a long way from the batsman.
delivery: A ball from a bowler.
dismiss: Getting a batsman out (retiring him).
dobber: A bowler of no great pace or spin who relies on accuracy and subtle variations. Usually unglamorous and unsung.
dot ball: One off which no run is scored off the bowler.
draw: A timed game in which the side batting second fails to overhaul the side batting first but has fewer than ten men out. Neither side wins.
edge: An involuntary batting shot off the edge of the bat rather than the full face, which often results in a catch (qv) but can also negate an appeal for leg before wicket (qv). Synonym nick.
figures: Statistics of bowling performances, kept by the scorer (qv). "Good" figures mean that a bowler has dismissed many batsmen (the maximum possible is ten) without yielding many runs.
first-class: A very high level of cricket and the pathway to playing Tests (qv).
first slip: A close fielder who stands next to the wicketkeeper (qv) to catch balls edged or nicked (qqvv) by the batsman. In good teams a specialist position for a player with great reflexes, in others a place to hide a fielder who cannot run.
five-for: The big achievement for a bowler of dismissing five batsmen.
full toss: Ball from bowler which reaches batsman without bouncing. Usually a free hit but easy to miss or miscue.
glance: A graceful but risky shot, invented by Indian legend, Prince Ranjitsinhji, in which the ball is flicked behind the batsman.
googly: A deceptive ball from a legspinner (qv) which spins sharply into a righthanded batsman.
Grade 2 opening batsman. Many countries, including New Zealand, have a grading system for club cricketers. Grade 2 would be just below the best.
guard Nearly all batsmen on arrival hold their bat in front of the wicket and ask the umpire if it is aligned with the leg stump, the middle stump or exactly between them. This is "taking guard."
gully A close catching position, besides slips (qv) but at a wider angle behind the batsman.
Sir Richard Hadlee. New Zealand's greatest cricketer. The McConnel brothers are well-connected.
half-volley. A ball that bounces very close to the batsman, which is usually easy to hit.
helmet Now compulsory for batsmen under 18 and optional but increasingly common for older ones. It protects the face as well.
hook A violent batting shot which puts the ball behind the batsman (on his leg side.)
Howzat? Short for "How's that?" The standard appeal (qv) to any umpire.
keeping Short for wicketkeeping (qv)
Harold Larwood A great England fast bowler of the 1930s, who injured and frightened Australians with bouncers (qv) during the infamous "Bodyline" series in 1932-33.
innings (singular and plural). Confusingly, this can mean either one batsman's complete turn at batting or that of the whole team of eleven.
lbw. Short for "leg before wicket". A fiendishly complicated rule which is another means for the bowler to dismiss (retire) the batsman. It is judged by an umpire on appeal. Essentially, if the ball would have hit the stumps but for hitting the batsman first, the batsman is out. But if the batsman hits it first, even an involuntary edge, he is not out.
leg bye Extra run scored after a batsman attempts to hit the ball and it hits his body instead. (Unlike baseball, there is no automatic "walk" for a batsman who gets hit. The batsmen must run any leg byes, unless the ball reaches the boundary for 4).
leg side (also on side) All the playing area behind a batsman about to receive.
legspinner Bowler who uses his wrist to spin the ball away from a righthanded batsman (a leg break). May also bowl googly or topspinner (qqvv).
length A vital concept for bowlers, measuring where the ball lands in relation to the batsman. A full length ball lands close to him, a short length ball lands far from him. A good length ball is one which the batsman cannot play easily off either the front foot or the back foot (qqvv).
lollipops Very slow balls given to young or nervous batsmen to hit.
long hop A very short length ball (qv). Easy to hit but can induce miscue.
Lords The world's most famous cricket ground, in North-West London.
maiden An over (qv) in which no runs are scored by either batsman.
MCC Short for Marylebone Cricket Club, a prestigious private club which owns Lords and still has a strong influence on the game.
Michael Clarke Elegant Australian batsman and current captain.
The nets. A cricket net is an enclosed area for practising bowling and batting at cricket, similar to a baseball batting cage.
new ball An unused ball, hard and shiny, used for the first ball by the bowling side. Usually given to a fast bowler, who can make it swing and bounce.
nick Synonym for edge (qv).
no ball A ball which is invalid, called by the umpire. There are several reasons why this may happen, nearly all of them the fault of the bowler. It always results in at least one extra run to the batting side, who also get an additional ball to hit.
Number 11 The last place in a batting line-up, for the worst batsman.
off drive An elegant straight-bat shot which forces the ball away from the batsman into the off side.
off side: All the playing area in front of a batsman about to receive.
off spinner Slow bowler who normally makes the ball spin towards a righthanded batsman with his fingers.
on side (also leg side) All the playing area behind a batsman about to receive.
opener/opening batsman The first two batsmen on a team. They usually have to face fast bowlers. A position requiring courage and application.
out The batsman is dismissed (retired) and leaves the field.
out of his ground A batsman who has left the "safety zone" in front of either wicket defined by the crease (qv) is out of his ground and vulnerable to being stumped or run out (qqvv). A batsman is within his ground if any part of his body is touching the ground behind the crease, or any part of the bat if he is still holding it.
outswingers An outswinger curves away from the batsman in the air.
over Sequence of six balls by a bowler.
overthrows Wild throws by the fielding side, which give away extra runs.
Monty Panesar England's contemporary slow left arm bowler.
piethrowers. A term of contempt, especially in Australia and New Zealand, for fast bowlers who aren't really very fast.
Ricky Ponting Current Australian batsman and former captain.
pull A fierce shot forcing the ball behind the batsman, into the leg side, off the front foot.
The referral system is now used in international matches: contentious issues are judged by a third umpire watching television analysis.
retired hurt An injured batsman may retire and resume his innings later.
reversed The ball changed direction towards the batsman, late and unpredictably. An important skill for any "swing" bowler, and especially welcome to a young one like Steve.
run out. If a fielder breaks the stumps at either end when a batsman is out of his ground, the latter is run out. This is judged by the nearest umpire.
seam A double set of stitches around the circumference of a cricket ball, which assist its bounce and swing (qv). Usually held upright by the bowler, but ball is sometimes deliberately held across the seam to make it skid.
single One run for the batting side.
skyer A very high catch, hated by nervous fielders
slash A violent shot with a cross bat (qv).
slip A close catching position behind the batsman. Aggressive, confident fast bowlers could ask for four but one or two is normal.
slow left arm As the name suggests, a slow left-handed bowler, who normally spins the ball away from a right-handed batsman with his fingers.
sticky dog A playing surface which has received hot sun after heavy rain. Has unpredictable bounce which makes it very hard for batsmen. Once commonplace in England, now rare at highest levels, because pitches are covered against rain.
straight bat Any shot in which the bat is used vertically or in a matching trajectory to the ball. Antonym of cross bat (qv). Can be either aggressive or defensive. Favoured by cricket coaches.
stumped/stumping A dismissal (qv) a batsman in which the wicketkeeper (qv) breaks the stumps with the ball when the batsman is out of his ground (qv). It is judged by the umpire at right angles to the batsman.
swing The curve of a ball in the air after it is bowled. A weapon for faster bowlers, deadliest when it is late.
Test Match. Five-day match between two countries, the highest level of cricket.
Test Match Special. BBC Radio's ball-by-ball commentary on international cricket matches. A national institution, as much for the personalities of the commentators and their by-play and rituals as for their narrative of the cricket. Many cricketers of all ages use TMS to sustain their fantasies.
third man A hardworking but unglamorous fielding position a long way from the batsman. Often assigned to the least important member of a team.
throat ball A very dangerous ball which "explodes" from a good length (qv) towards the batsman's throat.
toecrusher. A fast yorker (qv) that hits the batsman directly on the foot.
topspinner A ball from a slow bowler which keeps low and hurries on to the batsman as the result of overspin.
toss The captains (qv) toss a coin at the start of a match. The winner chooses whether to bat or bowl.
two-minute rule A new batsman has two minutes to get into position, otherwise he can be "timed out" and he does not bat. Hence the danger of Luke's long kiss. [True when The Network was written, since extended].
Frank Tyson. A great England fast bowler of the 1950s, author of insightful classic autobiography, A Typhoon Called Tyson.
umbrella field An array of close catchers behind the batsman.
umpire One of two officials who make decisions in match play. One stands at the bowler's end, the other at right angles to the batsman. Usually they alternate ends, but if one umpire is thought superior to the other he may stand at the bowler's end throughout, where he has more decisions to make.
Daniel Vettori New Zealand's contemporary slow left arm bowler.
walk Admission by a chivalrous batsman, on appeal for a close catch, that he hit the ball. He walks off the field without waiting for the umpire's decision. Once commonplace, now rare since cricket has become so commercialized.
whip to leg A skilful but dangerous shot by a batsman.
whites The white clothing still in general use by cricketers.
wide A ball too wide for the batsman to hit. Called by the umpire, it results in at least one extra run.
wicket A confusing multiple-use expression which may mean 1) the playing surface, 2) the stumps at either end of the pitch or 3) dismissal of a batsman.
wicketkeeper Fielder behind the batsman's stumps, who aims to achieve close catches, stumpings and run outs (qqvv). A specialist position, requiring skill, anticipation and athleticism. Unlike all the other fielders he is protected by pads on his legs, a box (qv), thick gloves and sometimes a helmet when he stands right behind the stumps.
yorker A ball aimed to land right on the batsman's feet.
zamboni… zooter… zombie Invented names for balls which spin mysteriously. The zooter was coined by a great Australian spin bowler, Shane Warne, to alarm opponents. Zamboni and zombie are invented by Cal, for similar reasons.
Fielding positions which might have been mentioned
Close, behind batsman: slips, gully, leg-slip, leg-gully, backward short leg
Close, in front of batsman: forward short leg, silly mid on, silly mid off, silly point All these are aggressive fielders, positioned for close catches.
Infield, behind batsman: short fine leg, short third man, fly slip, backward point
Infield, in front of batsman: square leg, mid wicket, mid on, mid off, extra cover, cover point. All aiming to prevent single runs being scored and catch mishits.
Outfield: (deep) fine leg, deep (backward) square leg, deep mid wicket, long on, long off, deep extra cover, sweeper, deep backward point, third man. All aiming to prevent boundary fours and catch giant mishits.
See also http://www.cwu.edu/~jefferis/unitplans/cricket/cricketfieldmap.html
Note again that fielding captain can (with a few restrictions) place the nine fielders who are not bowling or keeping wicket in any of the positions on the diagram.
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