HH Suzanne Ball, Grand Duckess Mother of Elsanore Celebrates 54 Birthday

Her Highness Helene Suzanne Ball, the Grand Duke's mother, celebrated her 54th birthday on Friday, the 31st of August.

The occasion was commemorated by His Serene Majesty and the Royal Mother with dinner at a lovely restaurant in Mobile.

Her Highness, the Grand Duchess Mother upon returning home, went to bed at 9:30pm, while His Serene Majesty, the Grand Duke, rushed back to Spring Hill College to prepare several reports for the coming week's classes.

Cricket: India defeat England in fifth one-day international

From Wikinews

September 2, 2007

India have beaten England by 38 runs (Duckworth-Lewis method) in the fifth One-Day International of the series at Headingley, Leeds, England.

Indian opening batsmen Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar started quickly, recording an opening partnership of 116 runs before Tendulkar was caught behind for 71 runs and Ganguly was dismissed for 59. Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh shared a 94 run partnership, with Yuvraj Singh reaching 72 and Gambhir scoring 51 runs. After 47 overs of the Indian innings, rain stopped play with India at 286-4. Play soon resumed however, and after Mahendra Singh Dhoni was caught behind for 24 and Rahul Dravid run out on 24 runs, India completed their fifty overs with a score of 324-6.

Chasing a substantial target of 325 runs, England suffered an early blow when Alastair Cook was caught behind off Ajit Agarkar's bowling. Ian Bell and Matt Prior shared a 90 run partnership before Prior was stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni for 46 runs. Soon afterwards Kevin Pietersen was caught behind for a duck while Ian Bell was caught behind for 44 runs. Rain once again interrupted the match and when play resumed England faced a revised Duckworth-Lewis target of 311 runs off 45 overs. England captain Paul Collingwood hit 91 not out, but the rain returned after 39 overs and the match finished with England still 38 runs behind the new Duckworth-Lewis target of 281 runs from 39 overs.

England lead the seven match series 3-2. The sixth match will be played at The Oval, London on 5 September.

Toss: England won, and chose to field first.

India innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
S C Ganguly	c Cook b Panesar	59	79	7	2	74.68
S R Tendulkar	c Prior b Lewis	71	59	13	0	120.33
G Gambhir	c sub (A W Gale) b Broad	51	66	5	0	77.27
Yuvraj Singh	c Anderson b Collingwood	72	57	10	2	126.31
M S Dhoni	c Prior b Anderson	24	17	3	0	141.17
R Dravid	run out (Prior)	24	17	3	1	141.17
K D Karthik	not out	2	3	0	0	66.66
Z Khan	not out	4	3	1	0	133.33
Extras	(b 3; lb 2; w 12)	17
Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs)	324		42	5

Fall of wickets: 1-116 (Tendulkar, 19.4 ov), 2-150 (Ganguly, 26.5 ov), 3-244 (Gambhir, 41.4 ov), 4-266 (Yuvraj Singh, 44.3 ov), 5-311 (Dhoni, 48.4 ov), 6-318 (Dravid, 49.3 ov)

Did not bat: A B Agarkar, R R Powar, Piyush Chawla

England bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
J M Anderson	10	1	60	1	6.00
J Lewis	10	1	63	1	6.30
S C J Broad	10	0	84	1	8.40
P D Collingwood	10	1	48	1	4.80
M S Panesar	8	0	50	1	6.25
R S Bopara	1.1	0	7	0	6.00
K P Pietersen	0.5	0	7	0	8.40

England innings (Target: 281 runs from 39 overs)
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
A N Cook	c Dhoni b Agarkar	4	11	0	0	36.36
M J Prior	st Dhoni b Ganguly	46	45	4	0	102.22
I R Bell	c Dhoni b Ganguly	44	38	8	0	115.78
K P Pietersen	c Dhoni b Khan	0	3	0	0	0.00
P D Collingwood	not out	91	71	3	4	128.16
O A Shah	c Dhoni b Powar	15	36	0	0	41.66
R S Bopara	c & b Powar	11	16	1	0	68.75
S C J Broad	c Karthik b Piyush Chawla	1	3	0	0	33.33
J Lewis	c Dhoni b Agarkar	17	15	2	0	113.33
J M Anderson	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 1; lb 2; w 3; nb 6)	12
Total	(8 wickets; 39 overs)	242		18	4

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Cook, 3.1 ov), 2-97 (Prior, 13.5 ov), 3-102 (Pietersen, 14.6 ov), 4-104 (Bell, 15.5 ov), 5-145 (Shah, 25.5 ov), 6-193 (Bopara, 31.6 ov), 7-196 (Broad, 32.6 ov), 8-240 (Lewis, 38.4 ov)

Did not bat: M S Panesar

India bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Z Khan	8	0	44	1	5.50
A B Agarkar	7	0	58	2	8.28
S C Ganguly	7	0	26	2	3.71
Piyush Chawla	5	0	31	1	6.20
S R Tendulkar	5	0	35	0	7.00
R R Powar	7	0	45	2	6.42

England: A N Cook, M J Prior (wkt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood (capt), O A Shah, R S Bopara, S C J Broad, J M Anderson, M S Panesar, J Lewis

India: S R Tendulkar, S C Ganguly, G Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, R Dravid (capt), K D Karthik, M S Dhoni (wkt), R R Powar, Piyush Chawla, Z Khan, A B Agarkar

Man of the Match: S C Ganguly (India)

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and N J Llong
TV Umpire: I J Gould
Match Referee: R S Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: P J Hartley

Marquess of Mobile Celebrates Summerset by baby-setting!

The Marquess of Mobile, celebrated Summerset in the home of Mib and Roxann Buckminister (yes, that is their real names!). Unlike usual celebrations of the holiday, Mr. and Mrs. Buckministers themselves were not at home.

Mrs Buckminister's daughter, Melissa was celebrating a 'Labour Day' of her own, as she attempted to deliver her first son. However as the day wore on, and the child did not come forth, concerned physicians began to discuss the possibility of the need for a c-section delivery. Due to the additional stress associated with such a delivery the Buckministers determined that their presence at the hospital was not an 'option' but a necessity.

With the late notice, and the holiday week-end, normal childcare arraingments were not available for 1-year old Jude (the Buckminister's youngest child). They contacted the Marquess' office of family support for assistance. The Marquess' office then contacted the closest Baronial Office in an attempt to find suitable childcare on short notice. The nearest office (the Marquess' own Barony of Fayette) was unable to find a matron willing to make the drive into Spanish East Florida over a US Holiday known for its drunken drivers. After discussion with the Buckministers the Marquess himself took the job.

The Marquess was quoted as saying "This is part of what I am, and of what I do. I some times see myself as a minister - and ministry to families, helping them to help themselves, and to grow closer as a unit - is the core ministry of any society. "

TRH The Princes Willam amd Henry of Wales' Speached and Readings at the Memorial Service for their mother.

Prince Harry's speech in full:

Wlliam and I can separate life into two parts. There were those years when we were blessed with the physical presence beside us of both our mother and father.

"And then there are the 10 years since our mother's death. When she was alive we completely took for granted her unrivalled love of life, laughter, fun and folly. She was our guardian, friend and protector.

"She never once allowed her unfaltering love for us to go unspoken or undemonstrated.

"She will always be remembered for her amazing public work. But behind the media glare, to us, just two loving children, she was quite simply the best mother in the world.

"We would say that wouldn't we. But we miss her. She kissed us last thing at night.

"Her beaming smile greeted us from school. She laughed hysterically and uncontrollably when sharing something silly she might have said or done that day. She encouraged us when we were nervous or unsure.

"She - like our father- was determined to provide us with a stable and secure childhood.

"To lose a parent so suddenly at such a young age - as others have experienced - is indescribably shocking and sad. It was an event which changed our lives forever, as it must have done for everyone who lost someone that night.

"But what is far more important to us now, and into the future, is that we remember our mother as she would have wished to be remembered - as she was: fun-loving, generous, down-to-earth, entirely genuine.

"We both think of her every day.

"We speak about her and laugh together at all the memories.

"Put simply, she made us, and so many other people, happy. May this be the way that she is remembered."

Prince William read from Ephesians Chapter 3, verses 14 to 21, at today's service:

"I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. "I pray that, according to the riches of His glory, He may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through His Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. "I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. "Now to Him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever. Amen. "Thanks be to God."