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Bringing Online Education To Mongolia, In Wireless Backpacks. As a turbulent snowstorm whips across the vast, desolate Mongolian grasslands, a group of schoolchildren huddle over laptops, their eyes transfixed as the sagacious Sal Khan works through Newtonian physics.
But Khan is only reaching these kids because of a bold initiative from another creative edupreneur: Neil Dsouza, age 27, cofounder of TeachAClass.org, a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to enabling access to education in developing countries. Dsouza was previously an engineer at Cisco, where he helped develop the first 4G core routers for AT&T and eventually Verizon's mobile network. Plenty of people have tried to tackle education in remote areas. The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, for instance, has shipped millions of laptops to impoverished corners of the world. But to those already on the ground, the idea of indiscriminately flinging equipment from the air and hoping for a positive educational outcome seems like a recipe for waste. Going the Distance: Online Education in the United States, 2011.
"The rate of growth in online enrollments is ten times that of the rate in all higher education" said study co-author I Elaine Allen, Co-Director of the Babson Survey Research Group and Professor of Statistics & Entrepreneurship at Babson College.
"While growth rates have declined somewhat from previous years, we see no evidence that a dramatic slowdown in online enrollments is on the horizon. " "There is a wide variety in rate of growth of online enrollments among different colleges and universities, and also among different programs within the same institution. For example, fully online health sciences programs show higher growth than online programs in other disciplines. " Key report findings include: Previously underwritten by the Alfred P. Online college enrollment growing ten times faster than student population: study.
More than six million college and university students took at least one online course during the fall 2010 term, an increase of 560,000 students over the previous year.
This almost 10% growth rate for online enrollments far exceeds the less-than-1% growth in the overall higher education student population nationwide. These are some of the top-line findings from the recently released 2011 Survey of Online Learning, a collaborative effort between the Babson Survey Research Group and the College Board. 10 Tips to Help You Get Started. I get lots of questions from those who are just getting started with rapid elearning.
They want to know what they can do to build good elearning. In today's post I'd like to offer a few tips to those of you who have the same question with links to some books and previous posts. The Chronicle of Higher Education - The Digital Campus, May 13 2011 - Page B1. Eleven More Incredible iPad Resources Waiting To Raise Your iPad App…titude. Greetings from sunny Tempe, Arizona!
Looking forward to a great week of presenting and learning from others at both MEC in Tempe, AZ and CUE in Palm Springs, CA! If you happen to be in attendance, please stop by one of my sessions and say hi! I have a great posting that I know you will enjoy with regards to the iPad. I received so much feedback on my past iPad posts that I had to bring you eleven more amazing sites to explore. I carefully reviewed and selected each website based on its quality and information. USC and 2tor Take Master's Program onto Apple Devices. Mobile Computing | News USC and 2tor Take Master's Program onto Apple Devices By Dian Schaffhauser04/14/11 The University of Southern California Rossier School of Education is providing a native application for Apple's iOS platform that allows online students to do their work on an iPhone or iPad.
MAT@USC, started about two years ago, has about 1,550 students, all pursuing a master of arts in teaching. The new, free iOS app, created through a partnership between USC Rossier and 2tor, allows students to: CourseSmart Launches E-Textbook App for Android. Mobile Computing | News CourseSmart Launches E-Textbook App for Android CourseSmart has released a new mobile electronic textbook app for Android OS-based smart phones and tablets, CourseSmart for Android 1.0.
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Learning in a Mobile Age (John Traxler) International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 1(1), 1-12, January-March 2009 Copyright © 2009, IGI Global.
Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Globalis prohibited. We have to recognise that attempts at identifying and dening mobile learning grow out of difference, out of attempts by emergentcommunities to separate themselves from someolder and more established communities andmove on from perceived inadequate practices. Interestingly, at the rst mLearn conference inthe spring of 2002, a key-note speaker predicted. Conole: Presentation - Exploring the potential of new open, social and participatory media.
In this presentation I will look at new open, social and participatory media and consider their key characteristics.
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Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education. 'Embedded Librarian' on Twitter Served as Information Concierge for Class - Wired Campus. What if a reference librarian was assigned to a college course, to be on hand to suggest books, online links, or other resources based on class discussion? A media-studies course at Baylor University tried the idea last semester, with an "embedded librarian" following the class discussion via Twitter. At the start of each class session, the professor, Gardner Campbell, asked the 11 students to open their laptops, fire up Twitter, and say hello to their librarian, who was following the discussion from her office. During the hourlong class, the librarian, Ellen Hampton Filgo, would do what she refers to as "library jazz," looking at the questions and comments posed by students, responding with suggestions of links or books, and anticipating what else might be helpful that students might not have known to ask.
At Texas' Abilene Christian, Digital Age Under Way — Higher Education. "The entering freshman class in 2011 will have several interesting traits," Abilene Christian University officials noted in a 2006 report, "not the least of which is that they were born the same year the Internet became mainstream. " Indeed, 2011 will be an interesting year for Texas higher education. At Texas' public institutions, it will assuredly be marked by budget cuts, even as they are asked to graduate more students. It is also the year of the $10,000 — books included — bachelor's degree, less than half the cost of the current statewide average. At least, that's what Gov. Rick Perry called for in his recent State of the State address, along with some vague suggestions of how to do it. In the five years since Abilene Christian University began preparing for the freshman class of 2011, the private West Texas university with fewer than 5,000 students has done just that, transforming itself into perhaps the most technologically innovative campus in the state.
eFront: Free e-Learning books. Since I am a great fan of open source software (Open Source Authoring Tools for e-Learning, Free and Open Source Web Conferencing Tools for e-Learning) and active member of online communities I created the following list with free e-Learning books. 41 Free e-Learning Books – (Update 10/11/2011)=> If you have read any of the following books I will highly appreciate if you share your opinion with the e-Learning community. => If you know a free e-Learning book that is not included in the list please I will highly appreciate if you write a comment with a link to that book. ————————————————————————————————————– 75 Tips to Reduce eLearning Costs – eLearning Guild (Update 10/11/2011 suggested by Christopher Pappas) In this complimentary eBook, eLearning Guild members reveal imaginative ways to cut eLearning costs, and share insights on how to optimize your resources to get the job done more efficiently and effectively, without sacrificing quality.
=> Resources Who are the Intended Readers? Texas Students Could Be Required to Seek Off-Campus Learning Options - Wired Campus. A Texas higher-education panel is recommending that students be required to complete at least 10 percent of their degrees outside the classroom, through options like online courses. The proposal is one of several online-learning ideas in a new draft report prepared in response to Gov.
Rick Perry's call for higher-education cost-savings recommendations. The report also recommends that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board be given authority to create a new institution to offer associate's programs online. "If the University of Phoenix can be successful" providing online programs, "the question needs to be asked: Can the public sector do the same?" Said Bernie Francis, a member of the committee of education and business leaders that the coordinating board established to produce the report. Distance Education's Rate of Growth Doubles at Community College - Wired Campus.
Distance education is growing quickly at community colleges, according to the results of a study published by the Instructional Technology Council. For the 2008-9 academic year, enrollment in distance learning at community colleges grew 22 percent over the 2007-8 academic year, up from a growth rate of 11 percent in the previous year. The Instructional Technology Council, which is affiliated with the American Association of Community Colleges, conducted its annual survey by e-mail and received responses from 226 community colleges. The 22 percent growth from 2007-8 to 2008-9 is somewhat higher than the 17-percent growth that the Sloan Consortium noted for all distance education from fall 2007 to fall 2008 in a recent report.
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Bernie won't miss F1 strugglers
Bernie Ecclestone says he wouldn't be surprised if 'one or two' teams failed to make it to the end of the current F1 season.
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Bernie Ecclestone says he wouldn't be surprised if 'one or two' teams failed to make it to the end of the current F1 season.
Flavio Briatore has revealed that he might one day come back to F1 – the sport that so publicly ejected him last year 'as though a criminal'.
Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that he aims to have F1 race in Russia and New York by 2013.
Bernie Ecclestone said action is still needed to ensure F1 remains entertaining – and has warned that the sport got 'lucky' in Malaysia and Australia following rain.
F1 commercial rights-holder Bernie Ecclestone believes Michael Schumacher could yet go on for another '10 years' at the highest level, despite the German legend's somewhat underwhelming return to top flight competition.
After much wrangling over the future of the British Grand Prix, Silverstone has just announced that it has secured a 17-year deal to host the race.
Interestingly, if Bernie Ecclestone's plan of awarding gold medals to race winners had been in place this season, Jenson Button would have wrapped the Championship up after the Singapore GP the other week.
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My Irish-Catholic Mom's Fluffy Matzo Balls
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My Irish-Catholic Mom's Fluffy Matzo Balls
This is the recipe my mom first used for her Jewish husband. She had never made matzo balls before, and used the Passover recipe section of Newsday from March, 1980 as a guide. Irish Catholic or not, her matzo balls are the best I've ever had, anywhere. For every Jewish holiday and every birthday, this is what I requested. I make this almost every single Shabbat during the winter with homemade, from scratch, chicken soup.
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- 1 cup matzo meal not matzo ball mix
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 6 quarts salted, boiling water
In a mixing bowl, mix together eggs, oil, and salt. Add matzoh meal mixing well.
Refrigerate for 2 hours, covered.
With wet hands, roll dough into walnut-sized balls. Drop into the
salted, boiling water.
When all matzoh balls are made & in water cover tightly and cook for
40 minutes. Do not uncover during this process.
Shut off heat and let cool for one-two hours keeping the lid tightly
closed (don't peek!). This makes for very fluffy balls. They are now
ready to add to the chicken soup.
This makes 12 balls.
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Annie Hatch, a teacher at Life Academy, writes about a letter her class received from a Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate. Above, the students listen to another speaker on the subject. – Katy
The letter arrived on a cold, rainy day in late January. I saw it sitting there, unobtrusively, in my box in Life Academy's main office.
I examined the return address closely to make sure it was real. My heart started beating faster as I realized what had happened. My students had written letters to Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel three months earlier, and he had written back.
Back up to the beginning of September.
Before beginning this school year, the majority of my tenth-grade students had never heard of the Holocaust. They had seen countless images of Hitler, but many couldn't tell me if he was a "good" or "bad" leader. They had no idea what a Jew was. And World War Two was some distant battle, fought eons ago for some obscure reason.
After I had them read Wiesel's autobiographical book Night, my students were bursting with questions and insights. As an in-class assignment, I asked them to write a letter to the author.
The letter was meant to be just a warm up activity to begin the class, but my students' responses blew me away. Some expressed humility and empathy I wasn't used to hearing among 15- and 16-year-olds. As one articulate young woman wrote, "I appreciate that you went back to where it all happened to tell us the story that many still can not take in, even after reading your book. I personally thank you for that, even though it must have been very hard to do."
Still other students made startlingly poignant connections between Wiesel's autobiography and their own lives. As one of my undocumented students wrote, "I relate to you in a way by feeling unwanted in a place. I am a 16-year-old girl who wants to live in the United States to work hard to be someone in life but because I am an immigrant my dreams are hard to reach." Another student wrote, "People where I come from go through hardships such as being jumped for wearing the wrong color or being a certain race. I can't compare my experiences to yours, but I relate to the violence and hatred you witnessed."
Some of my students seemed to engage with Wiesel's writing in a way they had never done with a school text before. One student wrote, "I would like to say again that Night is one of the few books that have inspired me and it's something that has taught me a lesson in life."
I was proud, humbled, and impressed by the depth of the responses I received about a topic my students had until recently known so little about. Their letters were so good I decided to send them to Wiesel, who is now 82 years old and still works as a professor at Boston University. Still, as I packed all their typed, polished letters into a big manila envelope, I never expected a response. My students said things like, "C'mon Ms. Hatch. You know he's never going to write us back." And although I agreed with them, I put on my optimistic teacher voice and responded, "You never know…"
Three months later, letter in hand, my heart was racing at the prospect of showing my students the letter that was addressed to each and every one of them—and signed by Wiesel himself. The first reaction of many of my students was to deny it could be true. A few even accused me of writing a fake letter. It was as if they couldn't believe their words were worthy of a response. Yet gradually, Wiesel's shaky scrawl and my obvious excitement, helped them accept the fact that this author was a real human being who had really taken the time to write them back.
Wiesel wrote that he was "deeply moved" by the students' letters. He answered their painfully personal questions about whether he had wanted to kill himself or exact revenge. "We must continue to struggle against the rise of hatred," he wrote. "Your letters reflect your resolve to be sensitive and kind to those who are different. I have hope because of young people like you. By your example, you can make a
difference: start somewhere, anywhere."
I printed a copy of his letter for each student, and many told me they were going to frame it. One told me her mother had filed it away in a safe place, along with her sister's diploma.
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In an ambitious bet that the glut of cheap natural gas in the United States will last for many years, a South African energy company said last week that it would build America's first commercial plant to convert natural gas to diesel and other liquid fuels.
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Pain d'Epices à l'Orange
We have some wonderful vintage cake tins from the North of France in our shop for Christmas. They are in the shape of a gingerbread house and this recipe would work well, although it is meant for a loaf tin. This recipe makes a lovely moist cake which improves after a few days and is served sliced.
First make your own gingerbread spice from: 25g ground cinnamon, 5g ground ginger, 7g cardamom pods and 7 g cloves (the latter ground together in a spice mill or coffee grinder). Sift and keep in an airtight container. The mix is more than you need for this recipe.
For the gingerbread you will need: 200g orange marmalade, 90g milk, 1 level tsp. salt, 2-3 whole star anise, 2 tbsp. ground cinnamon, 80g soft butter, 1 good tbsp. of the spice mix, 175g flour, 25g cornflour, 2 eggs, 1 sachet of baking powder (2 tsp.), 275g acacia honey. 1 untreated orange.
Boil the milk with the star anise and let it infuse for 10 mins. and cool. Warm the honey, whizz the orange marmalade in a food processor and reserve a tablepoon of it for decorating the cake later. Cream the butter, add the flour, cornflour, eggs, cinnamon and the spice mix. Add the honey and marmalade and mix well. Reserve a tablespoonful of the cake mix for later. Pour the mix into a loaf tin and bake for 1 hour at 170C. Meanwhile cut the orange into 5mm slices and cook for 3 mins. in boiling water, drain and reserve. After testing with a skewer take out the cake and spread the reserved dough on top and arrange the orange slices on it. Bake for a further 5 mins., then glaze with warm orange marmalade.
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Break 2 sheets of matzo into 1/2" pieces; place in a medium bowl. Cover with very hot tap water. Let stand for about 30 seconds, then drain. Beat 2 large eggs in another medium bowl; season with salt and pepper. Add drained matzo; mix until combined and a wet batter forms. Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Spoon scant 1/4-cupfuls of batter into skillet, making 4 pancakes. Fry, turning once, until golden and just cooked through, about 1 minute per side. Serve with jam, syrup, or whatever the hell you'd like. These rock.


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Valuing a business properly is key to purchasing a viable one
We've all heard stories of the entrepreneur who built his or her business from scratch, operating out of a college dorm room or garage and, over time, grew the business into a multimillion-dollar company. Think Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. However, the more common reality is that many successful business people haven't necessarily built something out of nothing, but rather purchased (and then expanded) an existing business.
If you are in the market for a business, the biggest question is: How do you value a company for purposes of buying it? You may want to hire a qualified appraiser with experience in your industry and geographic market to help you arrive at the numbers.
Your initial call to hire an appraiser won't be your last. Expect to communicate with your expert on a regular basis. Before you pick up the phone to hire a valuation professional, you need to ask yourself:
- What am I looking to achieve?
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- Do circumstances necessitate a formal written report, or are you looking for a "down and dirty" analysis?
- Is the valuator determining an opinion of value or performing a simpler (and often less costly) calculation of value?
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At the outset, the standard of value should be determined. Fair market value is the most common standard of value, and one that is required for tax purposes. However, for purposes of buying or selling a business, investment value may be more appropriate. This is the value to a particular buyer, and takes into account the purchaser's abilities, knowledge, financial condition, track record and economies of scale.


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'Game of Thrones' Season 4 gains three new actressesAdd to Favorites | Game of Thrones
"Game of Thrones" has cast three more actresses for Season 4. Jane McGrath (left), Paola Dionisotti (center) and Gabrielle Dempsey (right) have all joined HBO's hit fantasy show in new roles for the upcoming season.
In an interview with IFTN, McGrath reveals she's playing a Wildling woman. She tells the site, "I'm up and down to Belfast on 'Game of Thrones'. I'm not even allowed to talk to my friends about it and can't be giving anything away! My character is beyond the Wall and it was stunning. When you're on set you feel like you're actually there. It's incredible!"
Though there's no guarantee that McGrath's role is named in the show or that it's even a speaking part, there are two main Wildling female roles that will likely be cast in Season 4: Mance Rayder's wife Dalla or her sister Val. It could be that McGrath will play one of those two parts.
Meanwhile, Winter Is Coming (via Hypable) reveals that Dionisotti will portray Lady Waynwood, a character who appears at the Vale alongside Catelyn Stark's sister Lysa Arryn. It's already been revealed that Lysa will be a part of Season 4 after not appearing since Season 1. Additionally, Dempsey will play the role of "Innkeeper's daughter."
Fellow Season 4 newcomer Joseph Gatt recent spoke to Zap2it about the show's upcoming season. "Game of Thrones" returns to HBO with Season 4 in Spring 2014.


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The developers of the San Diego span may like to proclaim theirs as the world's first advanced composite bridge (This Week, 15 August, p 13) but it is a bridge too late.
The Bonds Mill bridge has been carrying juggernauts across the Stroudwater Navigation in Gloucestershire, Britain, for four years, with frequent interruptions when it is raised to allow boats to pass underneath.
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5:57 PM — Apple has promptly responded to calls from an app developer to remove the word "bisexual" from its warning list of words not to use for an app description in the iTunes store.
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11:14 PM — The Apple iTunes store has been criticised by a lesbian app developer, as she says when changing the description of an educational LGBT app, she was warned not to use the word "bisexual", as the app may be banned.
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Though its styling is controversial, this hot hatch is still a performance bargain. The Mazda Speed 3 starts at less than 25K and manages to be a value at that. Lots of speed and sharp handling help the 3 rocket down the straights and blast through most corners. In fact, it handles much better than the previous generation of this model. A large degree of torque steer still rears its ugly head when powering out of a corner, especially over rough pavement. Standard equipment is like a hot hatch wish list. 18 inch wheels, sport tuned suspension, a limited-slip differential, a Bose audio system, and navigation are all present. The sole drive train combination is a turbo charged 2.3 liter four cylinder making 263 Hp mated to a 6 speed automatic transmission. This is good for 0 to 60 mile per hour times of 6.3 seconds. Pretty quick for cars in this segment. The interior is nicely appointed with high quality materials and plenty of cargo room in the hatch. The rear seats can fold down for even more storage. The rear seats offer a reasonable amount of leg and head room. Enough that adults should be able to sit there, if only for short trips.
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3 night minimum stay at the cottages on weekends and Holidays.
Fees accommodate only one Motor Vehicle Entrance Fee, all others must pay upon arrival at the park.
A $50 cleaning deposit is required.
A rental agreement form is required for this facility.
It can be obtained by visiting our website or by contacting the park (208) 686-1308.
This form must be received by the park no less than two days and within 21 days prior to arrival or the reservation may be cancelled.
You must contact the park one week to 48 hours in advance of your arrival in order to confirm key pick up, access codes, etc. Please call (208) 686-1308 for your cottage access information. Failure to contact the park may result in inability to obtain entry into the cottage.
No refunds are given for failure to make arrangements with the park.
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Zip code population in 2010: 28
Zip code population in 2000: 7
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Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $35,127 (Individual Income Tax Returns)
Salary/wage: $35,200 (reported on 75.9% of returns)
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 93.4% for AGIs below $10k, 56.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 75.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 189.2% for AGIs $50k-75k)
Taxable interest for individuals: $233 (reported on 38.0% of returns)
This zip code:$233New York:$2,377
Taxable dividends: $765 (reported on 21.5% of returns)
Total itemized deductions: $16,692 (28% of AGI, reported on 16.5% of returns)
Here:27.6% of AGIState:21.9% of AGI
Charity contributions deductions: $1,167 (2% of AGI, reported on 15.2% of returns)
Here:1.8% of AGIState:3.6% of AGI
Total tax: $3,537 (reported on 68.4% of returns)
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)
Earned income credit: $1,308 (reported on 16.5% of returns)
Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 62.0%
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 93.4% for AGIs below $10k, 56.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 75.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 189.2% for AGIs $50k-75k)
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)
Nearest zip codes: 13361, 13468, 13333, 13407, 13320, 13439.
Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 0
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 3
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2011: $149,153.
Detached houses: $132,313Here:$132,313State:$326,901
Townhouses or other attached units: $181,025Here:$181,025State:$445,255
In 2-unit structures: $73,680Here:$73,680State:$453,738
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $149,206Here:$149,206State:$557,235
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $137,068Here:$137,068State:$668,663
Mobile homes: $52,701Here:$52,701State:$65,563
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Size of nonfamily households: 3 1-person
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No. 10 public company: Noble Energy
By Monica Rhor | June 22, 2013 | Updated: June 22, 2013 7:22pm
Photo By Noble EnergyHelix Well Containment Group tested a capping stack last month at a Noble Energy offshore site.
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A few years ago, driven by the company mantra of innovation and creativity, Noble Energy launched a major exploration and expansion program. That strategy paid off with major offshore discoveries in Israel and West Africa and a booming operation in Colorado.
It also boosted the oil and natural gas exploration and production company to No. 10 on this year's Houston Chronicle 100 list of the area's top-performing public companies. Last year, Noble ranked No. 78.
The company, which has 2,190 employees worldwide, showed strong earnings-per-share growth of 133 percent over the previous year. It also had more than $4 billion in revenue last year, up 26 percent.
Charles Davidson, Noble's chairman and CEO, attributed the company's performance to its continued emphasis on exploration, use of un- conventional onshore drilling and openness to trying new technology.
"It's all about tapping the creativity and also making sure the organization is completely open to possibilities," Davidson said. "It's really thinking about what's possible."
Noble's exploration program led to pivotal discoveries in Israel, including the offshore Tamar natural gas field, which holds a reserve of 10 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. In late May, Noble announced another discovery 20 miles northeast of Tamar that may hold up to 2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
Add to that discoveries in Equatorial Guinea, the start of operations in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico and a productive onshore operation using horizontal drilling in Colorado's Denver-Julesburg Basin. Davidson has predicted Noble's oil production in the Colorado basin will more than triple in the next five years.
Davidson points to those operations as an example of Noble's culture of innovation.
"Niobrara in the DJ Basin had been developed for decades in the more traditional manner, but our leaders discovered that the field could be developed using new technology," he said. "And we've seen record production and record performance."


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Further pursuing a word that expresses an idea of "oneness" I chose to go with "harmony."
It works rather well.
I was also intrigued by various aspects of harmony; definitions, applications. To see what I'm talking about, take a gander at the wikipedia article concerning harmony.
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I typed "world peace poster" into Google, clicked search, switched to images, and started to sift through what I saw.
First off I noted to the avid color use exectued by most of these designs; our world is rather colorful, makes sense to capitalize (a fun word to use given the situation) on that facet.
Here are three poster designs that especially caught my eye. Either for color or subject composition. I intent to incorporate some elements of these designs into my own:
and this one for some laughs:
While looking for inspiration, an angle, look, feel and so on for the upcoming project I was happy to stumble across this link (helpfully provided via the teacher's blog).
9 people whose mission it is to get a positive social message across by means of design. This isn't necessarily a new idea. Using designs to further someone's agenda is an age old practice, but the audience and ideologies used here are what caught my attention.
A good sight for any with a knack for creativity wishing to do something meaningful.


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The Historic Preservation Office provides for the identification, designation, and regulation of historic resources within the City of Alexandria. Our staff supports the City's two Boards of Architectural Review, the Old and Historic Alexandria District and the Parker-Gray District. We evaluate and provide recommendations for resources to be included in our collection of local and nationally designated historic districts. We analyze regulatory applications and evaluate proposed development plans to assess their impacts on historic resources. In addition, we provide public outreach with lectures, walking tours, and seminars to educate the public. Please contact our professional staff at 703.746.3833, Monday-Friday 8-5 p.m. and we will be happy to assist you.
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Photo Flash: Trigg Ison Fine Art, Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake Present Darren Le Gallo Exhibition in Hollywood
On February 7, 2013, Trigg Ison Fine Art in association with Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake presented the opening of landmark exhibition "Darren Le Gallo: Nothing You Don't Know," produced by Trigg Ison Fine Art within the Avenues: Art, Fashion & Design District, West Hollywood. Trigg Ison, Justin Timberlake and Amy Adams hosted the private event with guests including Jessica Biel, Dermot Mulroney, Virginia Madsen, Alex Pettyfer, Adam Shankman, and Timbaland.
The exhibition officially launched February 8 and will run through March 8, 2013, viewing during normal gallery hours and by private appointment.
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Society forced to remove its show banner
Last updated at 21:04, Thursday, 22 March 2012
A crackdown on banners at Maryport's Netherhall Corner has forced the town's amateur dramatics society off its key "advertising" site after 30 years.
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this is another example of why Allerdale Council's reputation is so bad. They took over parking from the County Council and caused havoc, they took over licensing and have been as bad e.g. Maryport Blues and persecution of the Lifeboat landlord, planning is a joke, e.g.their failure thus far to protect Maryport from the threat to it's biggest asset, Deer Park Field, look at the mess they made of the Cloffocks and the threat they pose to allmost every event proposed by community groups and others trying to give all of us something to enjoy and appreciate. It may seem I have a down on Allerdale Council but I have to explain that it is not the Councillors themselves I blame because I do admire them for their unselfish contribution to society, it's their officers who seem to me to be penned into such small specialist jobs with no facility for applying a human touch or even logic that they have to be seen as troublesoeme to justify their employment. This action over a professionally made sign which inconveniences no one and helps the society to promote its good work and in any case is for such a short period is surely an example.
I first arrived in Maryport in august 1969, and one of the first things I saw was the ad lib signs at netherhall corner, I though it was a good way to advertise local events, and I have enjoyed reading them over the years. Yes some of them were left to long, and some were tatty, but some were also very well done. I think they should be allowed to stay.
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Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim has elevated hatred of real-time strategy micromanagement to an art form. This long-long-long-awaited reenvisioning of the nine-year-old cult hit best known today as one of the last games to come out under the legendary MicroProse label yanks managerial duties out of your hands almost entirely and subs in a more ambiguous chain of command where you bribe the great unwashed into doing your bidding. Innovations like this take the 1C Company game only so far, however. Although handing out royal edicts certainly makes you feel more like a king than telling nobodies how to chop wood, formulaic mission design beats you down with an overly repetitive sense of sameness.
As in the first Majesty game, the story and fantasy setting are rather straightforward. In the single-player campaign, you play the last heir to the throne of Ardania, a Tolkien-esque land where vampires spring from graveyards, ratmen rampage through forests, and a demon lord has taken the crown that is rightfully yours. It's an attractive realm, if a bit visually dated, with colorful fantasy artwork that could have been pulled out of a Dungeons & Dragons module from the early 1980s. A good sense of humor and advisor voice-overs provided by a Sean Connery soundalike further add to the lighthearted atmosphere.
The gameplay is also on the old-fashioned side. Missions are structured along traditional RTS lines where base building is concerned. You start with a town castle, and then you move on to erecting a marketplace and trading posts to earn money; tossing up guilds to recruit heroes like warriors, rangers, clerics, and mages; placing guard posts and wizard towers to fend off invaders; and so on. As your town grows, you branch out to research spells, magic trinkets like health potions, and various hero buffs. Heroes gain experience and increase in level. Groups can be organized into adventuring parties to take on tough quests. Taxes roll in regularly from peasants, leaving you with few worries about the treasury once you develop a network of trading posts. If you know your RTS ABCs, you'll be rolling along in no time.
But even though this all sounds standard for a fantasy strategy game, Majesty 2 takes a sharp turn to the left when it comes to how you control units. Instead of giving out typical RTS commands, such as ordering peasants to haul stone, farm a field, or chop wood, duties are automated. There is no resource management, so all you need to do to get a town up and running is crank out buildings, queue up production lines of heroes, and send rangers off to explore the map. Once you have studly dudes in armor wandering around, you focus on quests by setting up flags over target locations and putting up rewards to get jobs done. If you need to take out a bear den, for instance, or a crypt loaded with rampaging undead, or even a rampaging ogre, you simply place an attack flag on top of its location on the map. To defend a building like a trading post, you toss out a defend flag. It's as simple as that. Well, almost. The catch is that you have to bribe your subjects by assigning gold bounties to every flag. This isn't particularly tricky, though, since you can increase rewards in increments of 100 and 500 gold, and the economics of the game generally leave you with a fair bit of handy spending money. Heroes usually respond to a flag within a few seconds, too, so you know pretty quickly if you're offering enough gold or if you need to up the ante.
Finishing quests in this six-degrees-of-separation fashion certainly gives Majesty 2 a unique feel, in that you're always a couple of steps removed from getting jobs done. It also makes you seem more like a real monarch than you do in other RTS games, since not too many medieval kings were out in the fields telling peasants to slaughter pigs. This can be really catchy. Because the game revolves around building bases and tossing out flag commands, you can immediately start bossing everyone around like Henry VIII. For sheer accessibility, this game cannot be beat. But the quests are too repetitive and the controls are too simplistic. Every mission sees you repeating a familiar formula of building up the same old base and taking on the same old quests. All of the variety is superficial. Even though there is a considerable menagerie to fight, including giant wolves, minotaurs, vampires, and imps, you battle each of them in the exact same way. You destroy a wolf den just like you destroy a minotaur pyramid or an impish portal to hell--by hitting it with a flag and offering up a bribe. Additional buildings, abilities, heroes, and even special allies like elves are tossed into the mix over the course of the campaign to liven things up somewhat, and you have the option of playing some murderously tough one-off missions to increase the challenge, but the core of the game never changes. So what starts off user-friendly eventually becomes boring.
In the end, all Majesty 2 offers is an interesting change of pace. The potential of a one-step-removed RTS game remains just as potent today as it was back in 2000, but there still isn't much here aside from the cool bedrock concept. Replay value is minimal, due to the repetitive nature of solo missions and being forced to clear the same old monster dens in the four-player multiplayer maps. So as much as the still-unique design seems fresh and exciting at first for newcomers, and offers up a blast of nostalgia for Majesty veterans, the thrill wears off quickly.


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Woolworths 'Customer Satisfaction Survey' Phishing Scam
Email purporting to be a "Customer Satisfaction Survey" from Australian supermarket chain, Woolworths claims that the recipient can receive a $ 50 gift certificate just for clicking a link and participating in a short 5 question survey.
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Brief Analysis
The email is not from Woolworths and the claim that recipients will be given a $ 50 gift certificate for filling in a survey is untrue. In fact, the message is a phishing scam designed to trick recipients into divulging sensitive personal and financial information to Internet criminals.
Subject: Customer Satisfaction Survey
You have been selected to access the Woolworths 5 questions Survey and win a $ 50.00 gift certificate.
Please click here and complete the form to receive your reward. Thank you.
This is an automated message. Please do not reply.
Message Id: 0019268154-wmrtsrv.
Detailed Analysis
This email, which claims to be from large Australian supermarket chain Woolworths informs recipients that they can receive a gift certificate worth $ 50 just for filling in a 5 question survey. Users are invited to click a link in the message to complete the survey and claim their gift certificate.
However, the message is not from Woolworths and those who participate will certainly not receive a $ 50 gift certificate or any other reward. Those who are taken in by the trick and click the link in the email will be taken to a bogus survey page as shown in the following screenshot:
The fraudulent website starts off by asking respondents some generic questions about their satisfaction with Woolworths services. But this supposed customer survey is just the smoke screen designed to fool participants into providing their personal and financial details, ostensibly so that they can be credited with their $ 50 reward. The second part of the scam page asks for name and address details as well as ID information such as drivers license and Medicare numbers. It then asks users to submit credit card details, including the card's CVV.
All of this personal and financial information will be sent to the criminals running this scam campaign and may subsequently be used to commit identity theft and credit card fraud.
Such survey based phishing scams are quite common and have targeted customers of various other high profile companies around the world including, McDonald's, Coca Cola and Wespac. Companies may sometimes conduct customer surveys that offer rewards to participants such as the chance to go in the draw for a prize. In some cases, participants may receive small fees or other types of minor rewards for offering their opinions and feedback to companies. However, companies are extremely unlikely to pay a substantial cash reward for each and every customer willing to fill in an inconsequential survey consisting of just a few generic questions. Nor would any legitimate company expect customers to provide sensitive personal and financial details via an unsecure web form.
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Ginsters 'properly filled 5 a side' by BBH
The work intends to reinforce the Ginsters brand positioning of 'real honest food' by supporting 'real' grassroots sporting activity.
The creative idea plays with famous football phrases by linking them to the proposition of 'Ginsters Leaves you Properly Filled,' using football scarves.
The work will run in thirty venues across the UK.


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Welcome to SHPE at The Ohio State University
SHPE [sh-i-p] - noun: The Source for Quality Hispanic Engineers and Technical Talent
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at The Ohio State University aims to:
A. Attract and retain Hispanics students interested in engineering or architecture.
B. Provide academic support and professional development to the members.
C. Serve as a cultural support group.
D. Promote the influence of Hispanic students in the university and in the community.
E. Encourage young students in the community to become interested STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields.
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SHPE alumni have built up many keepsakes from their time at OSU and some even use self storage in Columbus to preserve their memories in well-protected storage centers for years to come.
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Hipster Fashion Cycle
Trends come and go, but according to this graph we will never be lucky enough to get rid of American Apparel ads or tacky hipster headbands. They'll haunt us for years to come.
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Unabomber items bought by National Museum of Crime & Punishment
Measuring instruments and hand tools sold for $2,603, a hatchet and small handheld knives sold for $1,662, and a long black knife brought in $3,060. On the auction website, those items all carried an explanatory note saying that Kaczynski's construction of Unabom explosive devices was all done by hand without assistance of power tools and using where possible wood and metal scraps obtained from trash.
Some victims and others opposed the auction as unseemly. They feared the publicity surrounding the event would add to Kaczynski's renown at a time when they want him to languish quietly in the supermax federal prison in Florence, Colo.
There was concern that some of the writings contained Kaczynski's gloating over the bombings between 1978 and 1995. Kaczynski, who sent bombs to university professors and planted one on a plane, got his nickname after the FBI dubbed the still-unidentified suspect the "University and Airline Bomber," with the FBI code UNABOM.
Kaczynski led authorities on the nation's longest, costliest manhunt before his brother tipped off authorities in 1996.
FBI agents painstakingly censored all references to Kaczynski's victims in the 40,000 pages of documents and other items seized from the cabin and put up for sale.
"You find that people are all over the board in terms of how we should deal with those who are responsible," said Albert Najera, the U.S. marshal for the eastern district of California, where Kaczynski was charged.
While some victims and their families don't want to relive the past, others "are very glad we're doing this," said Najera, who has worked in law enforcement for 36 years and has dealt with thousands of victims.
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While out running errands today I spotted a pair of blue handled channellock pliers.The most usefull of all tools
.That got me to thinking with all these" adv'riders loggin thousands of kilometers/miles a year what is the most usefull thing you have found?
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For riders
1.) Earplugs.
2.) GPS that has self-correcting ability, easy to use (Garmin 660 is quite good).
3.) Rider-to-passenger communication system that works well (read: must have squelch mic sensitivity that is adjustable while riding).
4.) A Camelbak that works well.
5.) Thermal / Insulating underwear top and bottom.
6.) Modular helmet (reduces a bit of fatuigue at each stop (fuel, bathroom, eating, speaking to others for directions, campground attendants, etc.).
7.) Fuel gauge on my bike.
8.) Accessible camera.
9.) Boots you can walk in.
10.) LED headlamp that can be worn on your helmet (for on-the-go map reading at night, don't ask...).
11.) $2000 extra dollars above your budget...
The best tool in addition to your bike's toolkit
Alien bicycle multi-tool LINK.
I nominate this thread for the 2012 Quickest To Get Off Track award.
I found a pair of fishing pliers once, but they aren't very useful to me since I don't fish. I also stopped once to pick up a pocket knife, but it was in rough shape after being run-ded over a few times.
A few months ago I saw a riding buddy's wallet fall out her tail bag on an interstate entrance ramp after a fuel stop. Her cash, credit cards, ID, etc., I'm sure, proved very useful to her after we found her stuff that scattered for yards and yards and yards down the ramp.
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With the July 4th Independence Day nigh upon us, I stop to think what to do about the Holiday.
Invite friends over? Bar-b-que hotdogs and hamburgers? Go for a motorcycle ride? Clean the house?
Deciding is tough, because the vision of "declaring our freedom" isn't reflected by those activities.
Not that I'm extremely bothered by whatever decision I make, but I do ponder the fact that the typical July 4 activities are stereotypical visions that add to a growing sense that our culture has failed to catch up with reality.
Many of us know that when we find ourselves, or our country, in oppression, that we need to take a stand, and declare our independence. Although this is a first big step, it diminishes in light of the fact that we then have to fight for that freedom we are declaring.
We have to change out our bad habits. We have to stop enabling abuse. We have to start being accountable. We have to fight, and this fight should not be overshadowed by our July 4 activity.
We can cast off tired stereotypes of what it means to declare our freedom, not by freely doing whatever we want, but by supporting the fight for our freedom from mental and physical oppression.
We were given mental and physical freedom to live, love, and have meaning. In whatever activity we choose, we can advance that freedom by forgiving where forgiveness is required, by assisting someone else where assistance is needed, by releasing false expectations and expecting something bigger.


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VIDEO: Aardman makes Nintendo DSi ad with Flipnote Studio
A new Nintendo advert for the DSi handheld has been unveiled from Wallace & Gromit creator Aardman Animations.
As well as advertising the device - with a little kid sticking it on his Christmas list - the video also showcases Fipnote Studio - a free downloadable application for the device - as that's what Aardman used to create the clip.
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Andrew Stiller complains that your editors and contributors are harming New Scientist's reputation by taking cold fusion seriously (8 August, p 24). I have to defend your approach.
Cold fusion may be on the fringe of science and it may be extremely unlikely ever to work at all, let alone as a viable power source, but the activities of those who still think it has a future are of interest to many, myself included.
Sometimes original and useful science comes from people who started out on the fringes. It is always possible that those investigating cold fusion might discover something else interesting or useful.
Just as theatre is not degraded by the Edinburgh Fringe, but enhanced by it, New Scientist actually enhances its reputation by its willingness to report on fringe science.
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Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc.*, Healy, Alaska, is being awarded an estimated $62,562,300 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for sub-bituminous coal. One hundred ten proposals were solicited and four were received. Work is expected to be completed by May 2002. Funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Defense Fuel Supply Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-97-D-0674).
Northrop-Grumman, Electronic Systems Integration Division (ESID), Hawthorne, Calif., is being awarded an $11,300,000 ceiling-price order for development, production, testing and logistics support of the Vidicon Tube replacement on the Television Camera System of the F-14 A/B/D models. Work will be performed in Rolling Meadows, Ill., and is expected to be completed June 2000. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia, Penn., is the contracting activity (N00383-97-G-003D) (Order 0035).
Contract N00019-97-C-0027 for Maersk Line Limited, announced June 6, 1997, should have stated that the contract was a competitive procurement with 300 proposals solicited and four offers received.
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Local golf column: Vineyards' Tom Metzger named Chapter Professional of the Year
When Tom Metzger was named the South Florida PGA Section's Southwest Chapter Golf Professional of the Year in 2001, it was a completely different time in both his career and life.
Monday, Metzger won the award again, but it was a different feeling.
"Eleven years ago, it was because I got involved," Metzger said at the chapter's Spring Meeting awards luncheon Monday at his home course, The Vineyards. "Now I've done more in those last 11 years than I ever did in those prior years.
"It makes it more worthwhile because you know that your efforts are rewarded. There a lot of guys that could've got this one."
Metzger's fundraising leadership in such areas as the chapter's Tournament of Charities, the national Folds of Honor (a top 100 supporter), and St. Matthew's House played a role.
Metzger, 54, recommitted himself after a heart attack nine years ago.
"I shouldn't have been here," said Metzger, who is in his 25th year in the PGA and his 16th at Vineyards, "because 60 percent of the people who had the heart attack that I had passed on."
Metzger also is inspired by former Copperleaf pro Danny King, who died of a heart attack in 2004, and Marco Island pro Disco Dave Bierbrauer, who has dealt with ongoing cancer treatments for the past few years, but maintained a positive outlook.
"(Bierbrauer) is an inspiration to me to get my butt out there and do things for people who are less fortunate than we are," Metzger said.
Metzger started in Southwest Florida at Quail Creek, and credited pros Al Nelson, Jeff Heilman and Mark Hale for passing on their knowledge. He moved on to The Island Country Club on Marco Island under Dennis Farrell, then to Quail West with Shawn Ward, before coming to The Vineyards.
"(Nelson) gave me a two-hour dissertation on why I should get into it," Metzger remembered, when he asked Nelson for some advice on becoming a pro.
Metzger credited his staff at Vineyards, and his wife Beth, daughters Chelsea and Brittany, and son Tommy for their support.
Other awards and charity given out Monday:
High school scholarship recipients ($1,000 apiece): Ryder Albright, Cypress Lake; Kaitlyn Cross, Riverdale; Ryan Denish, Fort Myers; Olivia Lynch, Community School; Megan Marone, Charlotte; Kate Myers, St. John Neumann; Austin Schultz, South Fort Myers; Jenah Tracy, Naples
Chapter charity distributions: Southwest Florida Addiction Services, $10,000; FGCU Professional Golf Management program, $10,000; FGCU men's and women's golf programs, $10,000; First Tee of Naples/Collier, $5,000; Southwest Florida Junior Golf Association, $5,000.
Chapter award winners: Henry B. Watkins Award — Joe Stein, Florida State Golf Association; Player of the Year — Chris Trout, Cypress Lake CC; Vince Smith Award (lowest stroke average) — Dan Augustine, Bonita Bay Club East; Merchandiser of the Year, Public — Mark Faulkner, Port Charlotte GC; Merchandiser of the Year, Private — Bill Harley, The Forest; Merchandiser of the Year, Resort — Ed Weber, Raptor Bay; Horton Smith (education) — Jeff Nixon, Stoneybrook; Bill Strausbaugh (club relations) — Karl Bublitz, Grey Oaks; Junior Golf Leader — Paul Celano, Bay Colony; Teacher of the Year — Kevin LaFramboise, Crown Colony; Jeremy New Assistant of the Year — Jon Pazdera, The Sanctuary
State Senior Amateur: Owen Joyner of Naples tied for fourth at Lake Wales Country Club last Thursday. Joyner shot 72-71-72/215 to finish two shots behind winner A.J. Kroeger of Apopka.
Lehigh Acres' John McCreary tied for 30th at 225, and Gary Saft of Fort Myers and Steve Scoville of Naples tied for 37th at 226. Naples' Lee Booker and Fort Myers' Tom Case tied for 41st at 227. Tom Amendola of Naples made the 36-hole cut and finished at 233.
FJT event: Naples' Emma Bradley tied for fourth in the Girls 13-15 age group at Lake Wales Country Club. Bradley shot 79-78/157, nine shots behind the winner.
SFPGA Pro-Official: Ric Nalyd and Joe Joachim of Bonita Bay Club East won the tournament on April 11 at Weston Hills Country Club. The two finished with a 12-under-par 60 net (64 gross) to win by a stroke.
Karl Bublitz and Jerry Kerr of Grey Oaks were third net with a 63, and Andrew Costa and John Laliberte of Vanderbilt were fourth net with a 64.
Tournament Players Association: Next event is April 21-22 at Fiddler's Creek. Tee times begin at 11 a.m. The entry fee is $120, with the deadline April 18 at 5 p.m. Call 458-0754 or email email@example.com.
Bungartz clinics: Arrowhead instructor Rodney Bungartz has released his schedule for April. After school — Tuesdays, 4 to 5 p.m., $13 per student per session; ages 6 and up; Middle School — Mondays, 5 to 6 p.m., $15 per student per session; ages 12 and up. Call 348-5929.
Rick Smith Golf Academy: Get Golf Ready program costs $125 per person for a five-week program. Call 593-1111.
Free golf clinics at Miromar Outlets: Miromar Outlets is inviting the public to a series of free golf clinics. Brad Maybank from Golf Mania/Golf Outlet will be conducting the clinics at Miromar Outlets in Estero.
Free clinics are April 24 and April 26 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The clinic on April 24 will cover club selection with the flight of the ball, and the clinic on April 26 will cover driving the ball long and accurately. Clinics are sponsored by Golf Mania Proshops and Golf Outlet.
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Fore The Children Tournament
Info: Friday, Old Corkscrew Golf Club. Benefits The Children's Home Society of Florida. Sponsorships, $150 to $7,500. Entry fee for golfers is $150. Registration, noon; 1 p.m. shotgun start.
Contact: Mary Ellen Johnstone at 275-3107 or visit www.chsforethechildren.org.
PGA Tour Superstore tourney
Info: Spring Customer Appreciation Tournament, Thursday, April 26 at TwinEagles. Shotgun start, 9 a.m. Entry fee, $99 per person. Includes a $20 gift card, and 45-minute practice bay session.
Contact: 384-6380.
Shark Frenzy Tournament
Info: Saturday, April 28, at Vineyards. Benefits Gulf Coast High School girls golf team. Registration, 7:30 a.m. Shotgun start, 8:30 a.m. Entry fee, $100, includes lunch. Sponsorships, $125 to $600.
Contact: Ana Gilliam, 377-1481, Dennis Hemberger 404-0110, Tom Metzger at Vineyards 353-0505
Parkinson Association tournament
Info: Saturday, April 28, at Bonita Bay East. Benefits Parkinson Association of Southwest Florida. Registration, 8 a.m. Helicopter ball drop followed by shotgun start, 9 a.m. Entry fee, $250 per player, $800 for foursomes.
Contact: PASFI 417-3465, 1048 Goodlette-Frank Road No. 201, www.pasfi.org
Children's Advocacy Center tournament
Info: Saturday, April 28, at TwinEagles. Registration/breakfast, 7:30 a.m. Shotgun start, 8:30 a.m. Followed by lunch, awards ceremony. Entry fee, $150. Sponsorships, $500. Preregistration party, April 27 at PGA Tour Superstore, 5:30 p.m.
Contact: Tina Streeter 263-8383, ext. 232, firstname.lastname@example.com
RCMA Tournament
Info: Saturday, April 28, at Lely Resort's Flamingo Island Course. Shotgun start, 8:30 a.m. Benefits Redlands Christian Migrant Association, which operates 75 child care centers and two charter schools for rural poor. Entry fee, $225. Sponsorships available.
Contact: Judy Brill 800-282-6540, ext. 242, firstname.lastname@example.com.
TIF Inter-Club Challenge
Info: Monday, April 30, at Old Collier. Golf clubs compete against one another. Proceeds support Immkoalee Foundation programs, including The First Tee of Naples/Collier in Immokalee. Winning team receives entry into Charity Classic Pro-Am on Nov. 12. Registration, 8 a.m. Shotgun start, 9:15 a.m. Awards and lunch, 1:30 p.m.
Contact: 430-9122, firstname.lastname@example.com, www.immokaleefoundation.org
Greens for Teens Celebrity Pro-Am
Info; Thursday, May 3-Friday, May 4. Celebrity player auction, May 3 at Hyatt Regency Coconut Point. Pro-am, May 4 at West Bay. Benefits New Start Vision, to build a residential facility for teenage girls that are homeless or runaways.
Contact: Lori Cook North, 287-0780, email@example.com
Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce Tournament
Info; Friday, May 4, at Grey Oaks' Estuary Course. Lunch, 11:30 a.m. Shotgun start, 1 p.m. Awards/dinner, 5 p.m. Entry fee, $150 per golfer or $550 per foursome. Non-golfers, $20 for awards/dinner.
Contact: www.napleschamber.org
Titan Gridiron Club Tournament
Info; Saturday, May 5, at Naples Lakes. Shotgun start, 8 a.m. Entry fee, $125 per person, $400 per foursome. Includes continental breakfast, lunch. Sponsorships available.
Contact: Barb Anderson, firstname.lastname@example.com, 564-9440
Three Sticks for Kicks Tournament
Info: Saturday, May 5, at Bentley Village. Benefits Charity for Change's "Giver" program at local elementary schools. Golfers play with putter and two other clubs of choice on the par-3 course. Registration/continental breakfast, 8 a.m. Shotgun start, 9 a.m. Entry fee, $100 per golfer. Hole sponsorships, $125.
Contact: www.charityforchange.org, 592-6787.
J. Neil Birch Memorial Tournament
Info: Saturday, May 5, at Quail West. Benefits Literacy Volunteers of Collier County, whose mission is to teach illiterate, non-English speaking adults. Registration, $600 per foursome, $150 for individuals. Hole sponsorships, $150. Limited to 100 golfers. Shotgun start, 9 a.m., followed by scoreboard party and awards.
Contact: Sandra Barreto 262-4448, ext. 301, email@example.com
Harry Chapin Food Bank
Info: Wednesday, May 9, at Grandezza. Entry fee, $125 per golfer. Includes awards and dinner. Registration, 12:30 p.m. Shotgun start, 1:30 p.m. Every dollar raised enables $6 worth of food to those in need.
Contact: Chris Robinson, firstname.lastname@example.com, www.harrychapinfoodbank.org
Naples-Pelican Bay Rotary Tournament
Info: Friday, May 11, at Pelican Bay. Entry fee, $150 per golfer or $600 per foursome. Sponsorships, $500 to $1,000. Benefits charitable contributions that include college scholarships, Quest for Kids scholarships, Kids-Against-Hunger, and more.
Contact: Mike Richardson, 498-4500, firstname.lastname@example.com
First Tee of Naples/Collier
Info: Applications are posted on www.thefirstteenaplescollier.org under Programs.
Contact: 825-4851, www.thefirstteenaplescollier.org
Rick Smith Golf Academy
Info: Afterschool programs — Elementary school: Mondays, 4 to 5:30 p.m., $190 for four-week session; Middle school: Wednesdays, 4:30 to 6 p.m., $190 per four-week session; Junior Champions Golf Program: Thursday, 4:30 to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 3 to 6 p.m.; $200 twice a week; $150 once a week per four-week session; Player development class: Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m., $75, instructor Kathy Padgett
Contact: 593-1111
Rodney Bungartz clinics
Info: At Arrowhead. Afterschool junior clinic — 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, $13 per student per session, ages 6 and up; Middle school junior clinic — 5 to 6 p.m. Mondays, $15 per student per session, ages 12 and up.
Contact: 348-5929
Lessons for charity
Info: Arrowhead Golf Club and teaching pro Wes Smith are inviting the public to take a lesson from Smith every Saturday, and write a check for a donation directly to a designated charity. There will be a charge of $6 for range balls.
Contact: 289-7994
Mapother clinics
Info: Jim Mapother of RJM Golf is providing free clinics Friday afternoons from 3 to 4:30 p.m., through May at Lely Resort's Flamingo Island and Mustang driving ranges. Short-game work, then full swing. Registration limited to eight.
Contact: 208-755-7644, firstname.lastname@example.com
Arrowhead Twilight
Info: Every Wednesday starting today through Oct. 10 at 5:30 p.m. Four-person, mixed 9-hole blind draw scramble. Teams made by pro shop at 3 p.m. day of event. Entry fee, $25. Open to the public.
Contact: 596-1000
Arrowhead New to Golf League
Info: Thursdays from April 19 to Oct. 25. Cost, $15. Open to men and women, 18 years and older. Open to public.
Contact: 596-1000
Executive Women's Golf Association
Contact: Lori Drumm (firstname.lastname@example.com) 304-0579, www.naplesewga.com
Gulf Coast Gold Senior Tour
Info: For golfers 50 and over. Tee times will begin each week in midmorning. The entry deadline is Mondays at 11 a.m. Entry fee, $20 per event, including the rate for golf at each club. Stableford scoring system.
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com, 458-0754
Southwest Amateur Series
Info: Men's circuit through the Florida State Golf Association features 36-hole individual competitions, with $130 entry fees.
Contact: www.fsga.org
Valencia Leagues
Info: 18-hole Men's League on Saturdays at 8 a.m.
Contact: 352-0777, www.ValenciaGolfandCountryClub.com
World Golfers Amateur Tour-Southwest Florida
Info: Cost for tour, $189 per year.
Contact: www.wgatusa.com or email Jim Stockman at firstname.lastname@example.com
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■ APEX Golf — State-of-the-art training studio combining the skills of a golf pro and a physical therapist to improve the body and golf swing. The studio has a high-definition golf simulator, a K-Vest golf swing analyzer, video, and strength and flexibility testing software. APEX offers a free 30-minute analysis of the body and swing. Call 337-2739.
■ Arrowhead Golf Academy — PGA professional Mike Dopslaff, a four-time Southwest Florida PGA Player of the Year, provides instruction. Individual, group lessons. Call 596-1000.
■ Rodney Bungartz Lessons — Rodney Bungartz of Arrowhead Golf Club will have a Get Golf Ready series starting April 3 on Tuesdays from 5 to 6 p.m. The cost is $99 for six 60-minute sessions. Call 348-5929.
■ Jon Butler Golf at West Bay Beach and Golf Club — Offering 2 and 4 day Golf schools, short game schools, clinics, private lessons and on-course playing lessons. Call 239-821-8447, firstname.lastname@example.com, www.jonbutlergolf.com
■ Mike Calbot International Golf Studio & Triad Golf Schools — At Old Corkscrew Golf Club in Estero. Full and half-day schools are offered. Instructional packages are one, two or three days. All instruction is by appointment only. Private instruction and playing lessons also available. Thirty-five years of instructional experience. Call 482-0900 or visit www.golfdoctorusa.com.
■ John Carroll Lessons — Former Club Pelican Bay professional John Carroll is at Tuscany Reserve Golf Club in North Naples. Carroll was at Pelican Bay for 29 years. He is available for instruction Tuesdays through Saturdays. To make an appointment, call 597-3561 or 860-8470.
■ Concierge Service of Naples — An off-site service free of charge to the customer. The service can make tee times year-round at private country clubs in Southwest Florida up to 60 days in advance. The fee is the normal guest rate, and golfers are not required to play with a member. Call 285-7457.
■ Coral Isle Golf Center — Ladies clinics each Tuesday and Wednesday, men's clinics each Thursday, a mixed clinic each Wednesday at 2 p.m., and a mixed clinic each Saturday. All clinics are at 10 a.m., other than the Wednesday mixed clinic. Junior clinics also are offered from 3:45 p.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays and 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. on Saturdays. Call 732-6900 for more information.
■ The Golf Institute — Club fitting program includes evaluation based on series of tests, including frequency check and lie and loft angle. Putting evaluations also are available. Call 643-5895.
■ Phil Grear instruction — Forest Glen's Phil Grear is offering the Get Golf Ready program sponsored by the World Golf Foundation. Sessions Tuesday through Friday, 8:30 to 10:15 a.m. Each weekly program is $99 per person. Call 354-1898 or 595-1120.
■ Kim Hilbert Lessons — Windstar on Naples Bay assistant pro Hilbert earned honorable mention as a U.S. Kids Golf Top Kids Teacher. Hilbert is an LPGA teaching professional, and also teaches at Able's Golf Facility in Dublin, Ohio. Hilbert offers numerous youth programs, including multi-day schools, camps, clinics, private lessons, tournament coaching, and afterschool golf programs. Her programs can be found at www.teachingu2golf.com.
■ John Jacobs Golf School — at Lely Resort. Staffed by local PGA and LPGA professionals. School offers 5-day week and 2-day weekend sessions, plus corporate days and private instruction. Discounted rates for junior golfers. For more information, call 1-800-472-5007 or visit www.jacobsgolf.com.
■ KISS Golf For Women Golf Schools — At Royal Poinciana Country Club. LPGA teaching professionals Lorie McCabe and her staff offer two- and three-day golf schools for women. Private instruction also is available. Call 1-888-451-KISS or 354-3633. The school's Web site is www.kissgolfforwomen.com.
■ David Leadbetter Golf Academy — At LaPlaya Beach & Golf Club. Leadbetter is a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher. Academy programs include three-day golf schools and players' schools, and a one-day mini-school. Private instruction and playing lessons also are available. Call 592-1444.
■ Jim Mapother instruction — Call 431-5315 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
■ Mediterra Golf School — Clinic on Friday, March 16 with stack-and-tilt method teachers Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett. The clinic will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and costs $550, which includes lunch in the clubhouse, and will be limited to 10 students; Contact director of instruction Adam Bazalgette at firstname.lastname@example.com or go to www.adambgolf.com.
■ Dennis Meyer's Golf School — at Quality Inn Suites & Golf Resort in Golden Gate offers two-, three- , and four-day schools. Playing lessons included in full-day golf schools. Half-day options are available as well. Private lessons available. Call 1-800-445-4554 or 267-4652.
■ Naples Golf Academy — Located at the Hibiscus Golf Club. Lauri Travers leads a team of instructors that offers private lessons, golf schools, clinics and playing lessons. Specialty programs geared toward women and beginner golfers are available year-round. Visit us at LearningGolf.com or call 239-732-9944 for more information.
■ Naples Grande Golf Schools — Christina Ricci, the author of the Golf Survival Guides, will be making an appearance at Naples Grande Golf Club on Wednesday, March 7 from 2 to 6 p.m. Ricci and teaching professional Mark Durland will share tips and techniques on the range and on the course. To sign up, contact Durland at 784-2208 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
■ Tom Patri Golf School — Tom Patri back at The Quarry from Dec. 1 through April 15. Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher in America. South Florida Teacher of the Year. Met (NY) PGA Teacher of the Year. Available to all skill levels, and juniors. Private instruction by the hour, half and full day sessions also. Short game specialist. Visit www.tompatri.com, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 239-404-7790.
■ Patri/Mapother clinic — Instructors Tom Patri and Jim Mapother will hold a one-day golf school on Monday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lely Resort. Instruction will consist of a full swing and short game, as well as a discussion on equipment and its effect on ball flight. Class size is limited to 10 people, and costs $225 per person, or $400 for twosomes. Lunch is included. Contact Mapother at (208) 755-7644 or email@example.com.
■ Bob Prange Lessons — Estero Country Club at The Vines is the winter home of Prange, who is a teaching professional at The Bridgewater Club in Carmel, Ind. Prange previously has been a head instructor, staff member and golf school coordinator for John Jacobs Golf Schools. He has been 2004 Teacher of the Year in the Indiana PGA Section, and a Top PGA Instructor by Golf Digest and Golf Magazine. Call 267-7003 for appointments and schedules.
■ Rick Smith Golf Academy — Offering weekly 90-minute clinics Saturdays at 3 p.m. for $90 per person with a 6:1 student-to-teacher ratio. Clinics alternate between full swing and short game with the first being a full swing clinic. Call 593-1111 for more information.
■ The Rookery at Marco Golf Academy — Includes a 14-acre practice facility. Director of instruction Jan Wivestad. For more information, call 642-2747
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