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|Aug 23, 2005
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|Jul 23, 2002
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|Jul 23, 2001
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|Arkady Glukhovsky, Baruch Erlich
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|Given Imaging Ltd.
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|Patent Citations (19), Non-Patent Citations (5), Referenced by (90), Classifications (24), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present application claims benefit from prior U.S. provisional application No. 60/306,872 entitled "VARIABLE SIGNAL STRENGTH IMAGING DEVICE" and filed on Jul. 23, 2001.
The present invention relates to an in vivo sensing device, system and method such as for imaging the digestive tract; more specifically, to an in vivo sensing device utilizing a device, system and method whereby the transmission signal strength may be varied.
Devices and methods for sensing of passages or cavities within a body, and for gathering information (e.g., image data, pH data, temperature information, pressure information), are known in the art. Such devices may include, inter alia, various endoscopic imaging systems and devices for performing imaging in various internal body cavities. Some devices transmit the collected data to an external receiving unit.
An in-vivo imaging device may include, for example, an imaging system for obtaining images from inside a body cavity or lumen, such as the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The imaging system may include, for example, an illumination unit, such as a set of light emitting diodes (LEDs), or other suitable light sources. The device may include an imaging sensor and an optical system, which focuses the images onto the imaging sensor. A transmitter and antenna may be included for transmitting the images signals. A receiver/recorder, for example worn by the patient, may record transmitted image data and store image and other data. The recorded data may then be downloaded from the receiver/recorder to a computer or workstation for display and analysis.
A signal transmitted from an in vivo sensor may be attenuated while passing through the body tissues, due to the fact that tissues have electrical conductance. Continuous high-level transmission, which might overcome the attenuation, may require a continuous supply of high energy, may be inefficient and may be in conflict with regulatory considerations.
Therefore, there is a need for an in-vivo sensing device, such as an imaging device, which may transmit data at efficient power levels.
An embodiment of the device, system and method of the present invention enables obtaining in vivo images from within body lumens or cavities, such as images of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. One embodiment of the invention provides a device including an imaging system and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter for transmitting signals from an imaging device to a receiving system. In one embodiment of such an imaging system, the signal strength of the transmitter may be varied or changed to account for, for example, the amount of signal attenuation resulting from body tissues.
In the following description, various aspects of the present invention will be described. For purposes of explanation, specific configurations and details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will also be apparent to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without the specific details presented herein. Furthermore, well known features may be omitted or simplified in order not to obscure the present invention.
The device, system and method of the present invention may be used with an imaging system or device such as that described in WO 01/65995 entitled "A Device And System For In Vivo Imaging", published on 13 Sep. 2001, which is hereby incorporated by reference. However, the device, system and method according to the present invention may be used with any device providing data from a body lumen or cavity. For example, the device, system and method of the present invention may be used with imaging devices using cameras other than CMOS imaging cameras. In alternate embodiments, a known imaging camera of another type such as a CCD may be used. A further example of an imaging system and device with which the system and method of the present invention may be used is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,604,531 entitled "In Vivo Video Camera System," which is incorporated herein by reference. In further embodiments, the system and method of the present invention may be used with devices and systems capturing information other than image information within the human body; for example, pressure or pH information, information on the location of a transmitting device, or other information.
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The device 40 may be swallowed or otherwise ingested by a patient and typically traverses the patient's GI tract. In one embodiment, transmitter 41 provides control and possibly other processing capability for the device 40. Thus, transmitter 41 may include or be associated with circuitry such as an ASIC, a microcontroller, or a "computer on a chip." In alternate embodiments, a separate control an/or processing unit may be provided.
In one embodiment, the imager 46 is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imaging camera. The CMOS imager is typically an ultra low power imager, has a low sensitivity to the red spectrum, and is provided in chip scale packaging (CSP). One suitable CMOS camera is, for example, a "camera on a chip" CMOS imager specified by Given Imaging Ltd. of Israel and designed by Photobit Corp. of California, USA, with integrated active pixel and post processing circuitry. Other types of CMOS imagers may be used. In another embodiment, another imager may be used, such as a CCD imager, or another imager.
In one embodiment, transmitter 41 includes at least a modulator for receiving an image signal from the imager 46, a radio frequency (RF) amplifier, an impedance matcher and an antenna. The modulator converts the input image signal having a cutoff frequency fc of less than 5 MHz to an RF signal having a carrier frequency fr, typically in the range of 1 GHz. While in one embodiment, the signal is an analog signal, the modulating signal may be digital rather than analog. The carrier frequency may be in other bands, e.g. a 400 MHz band. The modulated RF signal has a bandwidth of ft. The impedance matcher matches the impedance of the circuit to that of the antenna. Other transmitters or arrangements of transmitter components may be used. For example, alternate embodiments may not include a matched antenna or may include a transmitter without a matching circuit. In alternate embodiments, the device 40 may have different configurations and include other sets of components. Other frequencies may be used. In yet further embodiments sensors other than image sensors may be used, such as pH meters, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, etc. and input RF signals other than image signals may be used.
According to one embodiment, while the device 40 traverses a patient's GI tract, the device 40 transmits image and possibly other data to components located outside the patient's body, which receive and process the data. Typically, located outside the patient's body in one or more locations, are an image receiver 12, typically including an antenna 15 or antenna array, an image receiver storage unit 16, a data processor 14, a data processor storage unit 19, and an image monitor 18, for displaying, inter alia, the images transmitted by the device 40 and recorded by the image receiver 12. According to one embodiment, the image receiver 12 and image receiver storage unit 16 are small and portable, and are worn on the patient's body during recording of the images. Typically, data processor 14, data processor storage unit 19 and monitor 18 are part of a personal computer or workstation, which includes standard components such as processor 14, a memory, a disk drive, and input-output devices, although alternate configurations are possible.
In alternate embodiments, the data reception and storage components may be of another configuration. Further, image and other data may be received in other manners, by other sets of components. Typically, in operation, image data is transferred to the data processor 14, which, in conjunction with, for example, a central processing unit and software, stores, possibly processes, and displays the image data on monitor 18. Other systems and methods of storing and/or displaying collected image data may be used.
Typically, the device 40 transmits image information in discrete portions. Each portion typically corresponds to an image or frame. Other transmission methods are possible. For example, the device 40 may capture an image once every half second, and, after capturing such an image, transmit the image. Other capture rates are possible. Typically, the image data recorded and transmitted is digital color image data, although in alternate embodiments other image formats (e.g., black and white image data) may be used. In one embodiment, each frame of image data includes 256 rows of 256 pixels each, each pixel including data for color and brightness, according to known methods. For example, in each pixel, color may be represented by a mosaic of four sub-pixels, each sub-pixel corresponding to primaries such as red, green, or blue (where one primary is represented twice). The brightness of the overall pixel may be recorded by, for example, a one byte (i.e., 0–255) brightness value. Other data formats may be used.
The receiver 12 typically detects a signal having the carrier frequency fr and the bandwidth fc described hereinabove. The receiver 12 may be similar to those found in televisions or it may be one similar to those described on pages 244–245 of the book Biomedical Telemetry by R. Stewart McKay and published by John Wiley and Sons, 1970. The receiver may be digital or analog. In alternate embodiments, other receivers may be used.
The location of the imaging device 40 inside the body and its orientation relative to the antenna(s) 15 change as the device 40 traverses the GI tract. At times the device 40 may be located close to the body surface, and at other times it may be located deeper inside the body. The signal transmitted from the device 40 may be attenuated while passing through the body tissues, due to the fact that tissues have electrical conductance. The level of attenuation may be affected by, inter alia, the amount and types of body tissue that the signal passes through, and on the transmission frequency. Attenuation typically increases logarithmically with the frequency. In one embodiment of such an imaging device 40, transmission occurs at a frequency of 434 MHz, using Phase Shift Keying (PSK); the body tissue attenuation at this frequency is approximately 2.5–3 dB/cm. In alternate embodiments, other transmission frequencies and other methods (such as AM or FM) may be used.
One method for maintaining a reliable communication channel for practically all possible (or likely) locations of the device 40 inside the body is to set the transmission power of the transmitter 41 in the device 40 to some maximum amount such that proper transmission between the device 40 and the antenna 15 or antenna array is achieved for all locations. For example, assuming that the maximal depth in the body, of which the device 40 is to traverse (e.g., the GI tract) is 25 cm, the transmitter 41 transmission output should be higher than the minimum power level required by the receiver 12 by, for example, 3 dB/cm* 25 cm=75 dB; the total power level required is the minimum required level of the receiver 12 plus 75 dB. The minimum required level is a typically empirical value which depends, inter alia, on the sensitivity of the receiver 12, on the modulation technique being used as well as on the specific design of the receiver 12. In such an "open loop" embodiment, high-level transmission levels occur continually, even when lower power transmission may be satisfactory. High power transmission requires the transmitter 41 to consume high levels of power; if the system operates on batteries, the batteries are emptied faster. Further, government regulatory considerations may limit transmission levels.
In one embodiment of the device, system and method of the present invention, a "closed loop" is used, with feedback from the receiver 12 or another module altering the power transmission level of the transmitter 41 in the device 40 in order to ensure that the power level is high enough, but not higher than necessary, or not significantly higher than necessary, to allow for acceptable transmission quality. Typically, the receiver 12 measures the power level of the received signal from the imaging or other device 40. Various known methods of measuring the strength of the received signal may be used. In one embodiment, at the start of the transmission of an image frame or other unit of transmission, a blank or dummy section is sent. During the transmission of this section, the receiver 12 samples signals from each of typically multiple antennas in the antenna array 15, and determines which antenna is receiving and is the source of the strongest signal. This antenna is used to receive the image frame, and the strength of this signal determines the signal strength. In alternate embodiments, only one antenna may be used, and this antenna is then used to determine signal strength. Embodiments of the present invention may be used with devices or systems not transmitting "frames" of data, and may be used with systems transmitting data continuously.
In one embodiment, to regulate the signal strength of the transmitter 41, if the receiver 12 determines that the signal strength is below a lower threshold which will result in clear transmission, it determines that the signal strength of the transmitter 41 should be increased, and if the image receiver 12 determines that the signal strength is above an upper threshold, it determines that the signal strength of the transmitter 41 should be decreased. In alternate embodiments, other methods of controlling the signal strength may be used. For example, after each frame is received, the received signal strength may be evaluated and the signal strength of the transmitter 41 may be adjusted. A blank frame need not be used.
A power level transmitter 13 within the receiver 12, typically a simple transmitter (e.g., a transmitter transmitting a relatively small amount of information using simple modulation or Frequency Shift Keying (FSK), using a relatively low frequency signal), transmits a signal to the device 40 regarding the power level of the received signal. In the imaging or other device 40 a typically simple power level receiver 43 (e.g., a simple RF receiver, such as a receiver in the alarm of a car) may be used to receive and decode power level information, and the output power of the transmitter within the device 40 is changed accordingly.
Typically, the power level transmitter 13 may transmit a command from a pre-determined set of commands. The receiver 43 may receive and decode the command, and transfer it to the transmitter 41, in order to set the output power level. In alternate embodiments, other power level information may be used; for example, a signal to raise or lower the power level by a certain amount, or a signal indicating the power level or signal quality. In further embodiments, processing capability may be included in the device 40 for adjusting the power level based on such signals. According to one embodiment a processing unit may be included in the device 40 for processing the power level data received from the power level transmitter 13 and for commanding the transmitter 41 to adjust the transmission level. In one embodiment, transmitter 41 may provide processing unit capabilities, thus transmitter 41 may adjust its own power levels. According to alternate embodiments a processing unit may be included in the receiver 12 for processing the signal received from transmitter 41 and for regulating the signal transmitted from power level transmitter 13. The transmitter 41 may include circuitry, which may enable it to change the level of the output signal, i.e. the level of the signal that is transmitted through the antenna. The level of the transmitted signal may be determined by different methods, e.g. it may be set constant, or may be changed after receiving a command by the power level receiver 43.
In alternate embodiments, the power level transmitter 13 and power level receiver 43 need not be simple devices. In further embodiments, a device other than the receiver 12, which may include a power level receiver, may provide feedback to the device 40.
In yet further embodiments the power level transmitter 13 may be used to transmit a constant, typically, periodical and known signal to be received by the power level receiver 43. The signal is typically attenuated (e.g., by the passage through the body tissues) such that the received signal contains information regarding the attenuation. As such, the received signal may provide indication of the transmission strength required from transmitter 41. According to embodiments of the invention the device 40 may include a processor, typically, for computing the transmission strength of a transmitted signal based on a received signal, for example, a signal received from the power level transmitter 13.
According to one embodiment two image frames are transmitted from the device 40 every second, and with the transmission of each frame, the signal strength is measured by the receiver 12 and a power level feedback signal is provided to the device 40. In alternate embodiments, other rates of imaging and other rates of feedback may be used. For example, feedback may be provided once every several frames or periodically, per a fixed time period.
Reference is now made to
According to an embodiment of the invention a method for controlling image data transmission from an in vivo capsule is provided. The method according to an embodiment may include receiving a transmission having a signal strength; evaluating the signal strength; and altering a capsule transmission power level.
Accordingly, lower average power consumption in the device 40 may be achieved, prolonging battery life (if a battery is used). Furthermore, in situations where the estimated maximum power level is not enough to achieve reliable communication, the power level can be increased by the closed loop system, allowing for more reliable communication.
It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to what has been particularly shown and described hereinabove. Alternate embodiments are contemplated which fall within the scope of the invention.
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Oct 31, 2002
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St Francis H.S. (Sac.) Cross Country: Past XC NewsSaturday, November 8
Do you ever think it's only the runners at the front of the race that matter? Do you ever think just because you're #6 or #7 on the team that you're not that important. Check this out. At last Saturday's Subsection Meet in Frogtown, Colleen Slamkowski was racing mid-pack, almost four minutes behind the leaders. But she kept going and trying her hardest. Five Troubadours had already finished for the JV's (scoring 35 points for St. Francis) but Colleen knew her job was not done. Oakmont's #5 runner had still not finished and Colleen bravely dusted her by 17 seconds, displacing her by one spot, and adding one point to Oakmont's total. Oakmont finished with 36 points, one slim point behind St. Francis, and St. Francis were the JV Subsection Champions. Thanks to Colleen for her 25th place effort - as well as hard running by all of the Junior Varsity. Even if Oakmont had tied St. Francis 35-35, the Troubies would have won thanks to Colleen besting Oakmont's #6 runner. Kristie and Kari were also ahead of Oakmont's #6 runner. This is a TEAM SPORT so thanks to Colleen and EVERYBODY throughout the pack in all races for wearing the red and yellow with pride and determination. That's the kind of running we need this week. Go Troubies!
Friday, October 10
Caitlin Chock's story in the Oct. 10 Sacramento Bee
Senior Caitlin Chock of Granite Bay, one of the nicest young ladies around, is the 3-time Division 2 Section Champion and the 2002 State Champion. She also won the Jr. Olympic National Championship in 2000. In this article she has a frank dialogue about the process of overcoming her eating disorder. She looked great at the Yolo meet so continued 'Good Luck' to Caitlin!
Great XC Story... a 51-minute 5K Hero in South Carolina
Friday, August 8
Maggie Toole top finisher at Race for the Arts
A little over 20 minutes, she sure looked good doing it. Results soon... think she was 2nd in her age group.
Saturday, August 2
Maggie Toole finishes 2nd at Susan B Anthony
Tuesday, July 15
DyeStat's 2003 State Meet Preview
Division 1, 2, 3 Girls
Thursday, December 5
St Francis Fulfills its Coach's Dream
"What took a group of dedicated and talented St. Francis runners less than 20 minutes to accomplish Saturday was more than 20 years in the making for their coach, John DuCray:
They won a state cross country title."
Read the rest of Mark McDermott's story in the Sacramento Bee.
Sunday, December 1
St. Francis H.S. Wins State Title
Area runners claim 4 titles: Caitlin Chock, Rachel Bryan, Jesuit and St. Francis win.
Story by Robert S. Johnson - special to the Bee
Sunday, December 1
DyeStat Final Team Rankings
Division III Girls:
1. St. Francis, Sacramento (CCS) (CCS? no respect, sigh...)
2. Campolindo, Moraga (NCS)
3. San Lorenzo Valley, Felton (CCS)
4. Placer, Placer (SJS),
5. Northgate, Walnut Creek (NCS)
(Wonder why Placer is 4th?, they beat SLV at State)
Thursday, November 28
State Meet Preview - Jesuit HS's Run of Success
Jesuit High has qualified for all but one state meet and is favored to win Saturday's Division II title.
By Mark McDermott - Sacramento Bee Staff Writer
Thursday, November 28
Local Runners Bid for State Title
Dynamic Duo - State favorites Rachel Bryan and Caitlin Chock, both juniors, have combined to win more than a dozen invitationals.
By Mark McDermott - Sacramento Bee Staff Writer
Thursday, November 28
Sarah Krtil - Preps Plus Athlete of the Week
By Mark McDermott - Sacramento Bee Staff Writer
Saturday, November 25
MAP TO FRESNO (from Jesuit website)
Awesome Course Map from Walt Lange/Jesuit website
Woodward Park Elevation Profile from Walt Lange/Jesuit website
D2 Girls Race Time - 11:10am (Awards 11:50)
Fresno Weather
The CIF State Cross Country Meet will stay in FRESNO!
Division IV Boys Race 8:30am
Division V Boys Race 9:00am
Division IV Girls Race 9:30am
Division V Girls Race 10:05am
Division I Boys Race 10:40am
Division II Girls Race 11:10am
Division III Boys Race 11:45am
Division I Girls Race 12:15pm
Division II Boys Race 12:50pm
Division III Girls Race 1:20pm
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Rk. Team, City
1. Carondelet, Concord (North Coast)
2. Ayala, Chino Hills (Southern)
3. Los Gatos (Central Coast)
4. Brea Olinda, Brea (Southern)
5. Edison, Huntington Beach (Southern)
6. Newport Harbor, Newport Beach (Southern)
7. Woodbridge, Irvine (Southern)
8. Ponderosa, Shingle Springs (Sac-Joaquin)
9. St. Francis, Sacramento (Sac-Joaquin)
10. Oak Ridge, El Dorado Hills (Sac-Joaquin)
# - Division - School - State Ranking - #1 runner
1 SJS Ponderosa 8 Deborah Maier 2nd
2 SJS St Francis 9 Nicole Mendoza 5th
3 SJS Oak Ridge 10 Alex Kosinski 1st
4 SS Ayala 2 Grace Gonzales 10th
5 SS Brea Olinda 4 Vanessa Hancock 8th
6 SS Edison 5 Hillary Hayes 5th
7 SS Newport Harbor 6 Taylor Bryson 9th
8 SS El Modena
9 SS Simi Valley Anna Sperry 2nd
10 SS Ventura
11 NCS Carodelet 1 Nicole Hood 2nd
12 NCS Washington Elizabeth Raymond 8th
13 NCS Arroyo Ashley Chan 5th
14 NCS Montgomery
15 NS Chico Hannah Dillard 1st
16 CCS Los Gatos 3 Kaela Townsend 5th
17 CCS Gunn Alegra Mayer 3rd
18 CCS Mountain View Mary Reynolds 4th
19 CS Clovis Meghan Marvin 1st
20 CS Edison Tiffany Hannah 8th
21 SDS West Hills
22 SDS University City Sarah Vitug 1st
23 SDS Mt Carmel Erin Menefee 4th
Note: #7 ranked Woodbridge did not qualify as a team.
Their finish place does not affect the team race
Section Finish - Bib - Runner - Year - Section - School - Div - M/F
1 1912 Christine Babcock SO SS Woodbridg 2 F
1 578 Jacque Taylor FR NCS Casa Gran 2 F
1 119 Stephanie Barnett SO CCS Leland 2 F
2 1111 Jessica Sandoval SR SDS Oceanside 2 F
2 3 Amy Schnittger JR CCS Aptos 2 F
3 1363 Rebecca Hbtamu JR SJS Roseville 2 F
3 1876 Janina Emery JR SS University 2 F
4 1597 Stephanie Fleix JR SS La Mirada 2 F
4 1277 Danzel Bradshaw SO SJS Fairfield 2 F
5 874 Hannah Soza-HodgSR NS Pleasant V 2 F
5 1126 Alicia Park JR SDS San Pasqu 2 F
6 1296 Caitlin Clark SR SJS Granite Ba 2 F
6 1680 Kevyn Murphy SO SS Mira Costa 2 F
Friday, November 10
Our annual colossal section preview on Dyestat.
Saturday, November 4
RACE TIMES: FS Girls 10:00, JV Girls 10:47, Var Girls 11:05
2005 Subsection Results
Google Directions (from Jesuit HS) - Yahoo Map of Frogtown area
3-mile course profile - 3-mile course map - Varsity and JV
2-mile course profile - 2-mile course map - Frosh/Soph
The annual subsection contest will be held in Frogtown this coming Saturday. We leave our league foes behind (Folsom, Sheldon) and now hook up with all the same-sized schools for the rest of the year, which is to say for St Francis, Division 2. All SJS Division 2 schools gets the opportunity to race at Frogtown, but Only the top eight varsity teams get to advance to the Section finals. The 3 mile varsity course begins with a flat first mile but has a rollicking double hill that starts early in the second mile, followed by a steep descent. The course is then flat for a half-mile around the baseball fields. Starting at the 2.25 mile mark, there is a gradual hill that goes on the outskirts of the fairgrounds buildings. The course finishes near the cattle pens and the stage where the annual frogjumping contest is held each May.
Our opponents for the next two weekends include...
Ponderosa - ranked #2 - SVC league champs
Fairfield - ranked #3 - MEL league champs
Oak Ridge - ranked #7 - SVC 2nd place
Woodcreek - ranked #9 - SFL 2nd place
Roseville - ranked #12 - SFL 3rd place
Rocklin - ranked # 16 - SFL 4th place
Vacaville - ranked #17 - MEL 2nd place
Galt - ranked #19 - SVC 5th place
So including SF, that's 9 teams in the Top 20 that are in Division 2. Somebody's season is ending on Saturday. (St. Francis is currently ranked 5th in SJS.)
Last year, competing in Division 3, the St Francis varsity did not win subsections. Union Mine had 41, SF had 49. But St Francis came through and won the section meet 6 days later. Subsection Results:
1 1 2360 Brianna Atkins DEL ORO 18:57
2 2431 Hillary Kigar EL CAMINO 19:01
3 2 2790 Nicole Mendoza ST. FRANCIS 19:35
8 6 2772 Katherine Enabnit ST. FRANCIS 20:07
12 10 2773 Meghan Enabnit ST. FRANCIS 20:27
13 11 2762 Katie Bocle ST. FRANCIS 20:28
23 20 2803 Diva Winje ST. FRANCIS 21:14
26 23 2786 Brittani Lum ST. FRANCIS 21:23
One of the great things about cross country is that the section championship is contested at all three levels... varsity, JV, frosh-soph. Last year St Francis won all three levels in Division 3. The JV and frosh/soph must do the same thing the varsity does... finish in the Top 8 here, and rise to the occasion on November 10th.
Saturday, October 28
Here are the team results from the past two meets. As you can see, St Francis won both previous varsity meets and is in very good shape to win the league title. Not 100% sure, but I believe if SF finishes at least 2nd, that guarantees the league title because that's 8 points for SF (this meet is double points) and SF would have 18 points, an insurmountable lead because Folsom and Sheldon can only get to 17. But obviously the goal is to win the league championship meet itself as well as the points title. For the frosh/soph, it's pretty cut and dried. SF and Folsom are tied at 7 points, so whoever wins this meet is the league F/S champion. So lots of drama in store Sat AM for this one between two very, very good F/S teams. It doesn't take much of a detective to predict that Folsom will be pointing toward this race.
2 Sheldon 54 (4)
3 Folsom 84 (3)
2 Folsom 40 (7)
3 Sheldon 75 (7)
1 Folsom 23 (5)
3 Sheldon 88 (3)
2 Folsom 44 (9)
3 Sheldon 72(6)
Individually here are the 2006 winners so far:
Delta River #1 - Varsity - Nicole Mendoza, SF, F/S Alicia Segura, Folsom (in brutally hot conditions)
Delta River #2 - Varsity - Katherine Enabnit, SF, F/S Nicole Mendoza, SF
Delta River Championships - VARSITY - ????, F/S - ????
TIMES: F/S 7:15am, Champ Varsity 9:40, Div 3 Varsity 12:25, JV 1:20
Go to the meet website to see all the entered teams.
CLOVIS takes all the entered teams and divides into four groups based on enrollment. We are in the third group of four (based on school size) so we'll be Division 3 for the Varsity Race. We will have 7 runners in the Championship Race, 7 in the D3 Varsity Race, the other juniors and seniors in the JV Race, and the other freshman and sophomores in the Frosh/Soph Race. This is on the state meet course where we hope to be on November 25th, so that makes it a very popular meet.
Here are the 19 teams in the Clovis Championship Girls Race ... they include FIVE of the TOP TEN TEAMS in Cali.
We already finished ahead of #9 Royal at Stanford, but maybe they had people missing, who knows?
What's cool is that probably the two best D2 teams in the State - Ayala and Brea Olinda will be here. An early state meet preview??
And for an added bonus, you'll be at the same meet as Jordan Hasay of Mission Prep, the National HS XC Champion. (races at 8:45 am)
And for the second week in a row, you get to race against Marie Lawrence of Reno, the National HS Runner-up three years in a row.
Reno NV 7th at Stanford, Regional NTN Top 10
Buchanan Div 1 Ranked #1 CS Division 2, Ranked #5 in NTN California
Crescenta Valley Div 1 Ranked #3 SS Division 1, Ranked #7 in NTN California
Davis Div 1 Ranked #1 SJS Division 1, 5th at Stanford, Ranked #8 in NTN California
Royal Div 1 Ranked #4 SS Division 1, 15th at Stanford, Ranked #9 in NTN California
Dana Hills Div 1 Ranked #6 SS Division 1
Quartz Hill Div 1
Highland (Palmdale) Div 1?
Ayala Div 2 Ranked #1 SS Division 2, Ranked #6 NTN California
Brea Olinda Div 2 Ranked #2 SS Division 2
St. Francis(Sac) Div 2 Ranked #1 SJS Division 2, 9th at Stanford
Fairfield Div 2 Ranked #2 SJS Division 2, 13th at Stanford
Newport Harbor Div 2 Ranked #4 SS Division 2
Los Gatos Div 2 2nd at Stanford (D2 race… 99 min team time)
Claremont Div 2
El Camino (Sac) Div 3
South Pasadena Div 3
Marlborough Div 4 Ranked #2 SS Division 4
Leland Div ?
Sunday, September 24
Div School City State Section Div
? Palisades CA x
1 Buchanan Clovis CA CS 1 x <<<<<< RANKED #5 IN CA NTN REGION
1 Carlmont Belmont CA CCS 1 x
1 Centennial Bakersfield CA. CS 1 x
1 Davis Senior Davis CA SJS 1 x <<<<<< RANKED #8 IN CA NTN REGION
1 Glendora Glendora CA SS 1 x
1 La Costa Canyon Carlsbad CA SDS 1 x <<<<<< Cal NTN watch list
1 Los Osos Rancho Cucamonga CA SS 1 x
1 Madera Madera CA CS 1 x
1 Rancho Buena Vista Vista CA SDS 1 x
1 Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks CA SS 1 x
1 Torrey Pines Del Mar CA SDS 1 x <<<<<< RANKED #2 IN CA NTN REGION... #7 IN U.S.A.
1 Trabuco Hills Seal Beach CA SS 1 x
1 Upland Upland CA SS 1 x
2 Fairfield Fairfield CA SJS 1 x <<<<<< RANKED #6 CA Div 2
2 Leland San Jose CA CCS 2 x
2 Peninsula Rancho Palos Verdes CA SS 2 x
2 St. Francis-Sac Sacramento CA SJS 2 x <<<<<< Cal NTN watch list
3 Corona del Mar Newport Beach CA SS 3 x <<<<<< RANKED #1 IN CA NTN REGION... #2 IN U.S.A.
3 El Camino SJ Sacramento CA SJS 3 x
5 SF University San Francisco CA NCS 5 x
AZ Mountain Ridge Glendale AZ None 1 x
HI Punahou Kailua HI None 1 x
NV Reno Reno NV None 2 x <<<<<< RANKED #8 IN NTN Southwest Region
NV South Tahoe South Lake Tahoe CA None 3 x <<<<<< RANKED #7 IN NTN Southwest Region
OR Jesuit-Portland Portland OR None 1 x <<<<<< RANKED #1 IN NTN Northwest Region... #10 IN U.S.A.
OR Sunset Portland OR None 1 x
UT Timpanogos Orem UT None 1 x
WA Mt. Spokane Spokane Wa None 2 x <<<<<< RANKED #9 IN NTN Northwest Region
- 8 out of state teams! (S.L.Tahoe is physically in Cal, but they compete in Nevada.)
- 3 of the Top 10 Teams in the Nation! ... Corona Del Mar, Torrey Pines, Jesuit (OR)
- 4 of the Top 10 Teams in the California NTN Region, including #1 and #2!
- 2 of the teams on the CA NTN watch list (St. Francis and La Costa Cyn)
- 4 teams that are ranked in the Top 10 in other regions
- only four Division 2 California teams
Most Teams in this race are not running 7 runners. (We don't know which ones.)
1 Amador Valley Pleasanton CA NCS 1 x
2 Atwater Atwater CA SJS 2 x
3 Buchanan Clovis CA CS 1 x
4 Casa Grande Petaluma CA NCS 2 x
5 Centennial Bakersfield CA. CS 1 x
6 College Park Pleasant Hill CA NCS 1 x
7 Davis Senior Davis CA SJS 1 x
8 Deer Valley Antioch CA NCS 1 x
9 El Capitan Lakeside CA SDS 2 x
10 El Toro Lake Forest CA SS 1 x
11 Enochs Modesto CA SJS 1 x
12 Eureka Eureka CA NCS 2 x
13 Evergreen Valley San Jose CA CCS 1 x
14 Fairfield Fairfield CA SJS 1 x
15 Flagstaff Flagstaff AZ None 2 x
16 Folsom Folsom CA SJS 1 x
17 Foothill Pleasntn Pleasanton CA NCS 1 x
18 Freedom Oakley CA NCS 1 x
19 Galileo San Francisco CA SFS 1 x
20 Glendora Glendora CA SS 1 x
21 Grace Davis Modesto CA SJS 1 x
22 Irvington Fremont CA NCS 2 x
23 Kamehameha-Kapala honolulu HI None 2 x
24 Lodi Lodi CA SJS 1 x
25 Los Altos los altos CA CCS 2 x
26 Los Gatos Los Gatos CA CCS 2 x
27 Madera Madera CA CS 1 x
28 Milpitas Milpitas CA CCS 1 x
29 Mission San Jose Fremont CA NCS 2 x
30 Monterey Trail Elk Grove CA SJS 2 x
31 Mountain View Mountain View CA CCS 2 x
32 Mt. Spokane Spokane Wa None 2 x
33 Mtn. Ridge Glendale AZ None 1 x
34 N. Medford Medford Or None 2 x
35 Napa Napa CA SJS 1 x
36 Newark Memorial Newark CA NS 1 x
37 Oak Ridge El Dorado Hills CA SJS 2 x
38 Oakmont Roseville CA SJS 2 x
39 Palo Alto Palo Alto CA CCS 2 x
40 Palo Verde Las Vegas NV None 1 x
41 Patrick Henry San Diego CA SDS 1 x
42 Petaluma Petaluma CA NCS 2 x
43 Pittsburg Pittsburg CA NCS 1 x
44 Presentation San Jose CA CCS 2 x
45 Punahou Kailua HI None 1 x
46 Rio Americano Sacramento CA SJS 2 x
47 Rodriguez Fairfield CA SJS 1 x
48 Royal Simi Valley CA SS 1 x
49 San Benito Hollister CA CCS 1 x
50 San Ramon Valley Danville CA NCS 1 x
51 Santa Rosa Santa Rosa CA NCS 2 x
52 St. Francis-Sac Sacramento CA SJS 2 x
53 St. Mary's Academy Portland OR None 1 x
54 Steele Canyon Spring Valley CA SDS 2 x
55 Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks CA SS 1 x
56 Torrey Pines Del Mar CA SDS 1 x
57 Trabuco Hills Seal Beach CA SS 1 x
58 Ukiah Ukiah CA NCS 1 x
59 Upland Upland CA SS 1 x
60 Valhalla El Cajon CA SDS 2 x
61 Vintage Napa CA SJS 1 x
62 Will C. Wood Vacaville CA SJS 2 x
63 Woodcreek Roseville CA SJS 2 x
64 Woodland Woodland CA SJS 2 x
The Yolo County Championships started in 2003 and has become very popular very quickly. Davis HS and Woodland HS are the co-hosts. The meet is held in a vineyard in the rolling hills near Yolo, California. The course is on the property of the Muller family. (Laura Muller ran for Woodland HS and is still the PAL recordholder in the one mile race when she ran for Holy Rosary in the late '90's.) The meet is usually the first weekend in October (the week after Stanford), but because Stanford unexpectedly decided to have their meet Sept 30 instead of Sept 23, everyone scrambled for different dates this year.
SF has done pretty well at this meet. The St Francis varsity was 4th in the inaugural Yolo meet behind then-powerhouse Granite Bay as two-time State Champ and FootLocker Finalist Caitlin Chock won by 38 seconds. In 2004, St Francis was a close 3rd to Davis and Folsom. The winner was FootLocker Finalist Natasha LaBeaud of Folsom. In 2005 the winner again was from Folsom HS - Maria Malone. Maria (now a soph) is still recovering from a spingtime injury. St. Francis improved once again by one place to take 2nd, only 6 points behind Davis 70-76.
In frosh soph action from 2003-2005, the Troubies have taken 3rd, 4th, and then 2nd last year. Despite all the St. Francis success, the JV's are the only team with a win at this meet taking the title in 2005 with a 6-point win over Davis, 40-46.
The #1 Varsity finishers have been Megan Alexander (7th in 2003), Maggie Lloyd (16th in 2004), and Katherine Enabnit (10th in 2005).
St Francis did have a winner last year! Annie Coronado McNary was the JV Champ with a time of 13:43 as four Troubadours finished in the first eight in that race (Colleen Buehler 2nd, Flora Rutaganira 5th, and Stephanie Bolce 8th).
List of teams competing provided if we find out.
Last Year at Delta Meet #1 the SF varsity won but Folsom's very strong younger squad emerged. They took St Francis in the F/S race 36-51. We'll see what Folsom decides to do for this meet but they have 3 very good Top runners in D1 Section Champ Maria Malone, 2005 Delta Champ Casey O'Day, and Sheldon transfer Shelly Pugh. Shelly Pugh has actually had the best success so far of the the trio, taking 21st at Granite Bay and 10th at Rocklin. Folsom's Frosh Soph were at the top of their game at Rocklin putting four in the top 7 there. But as we know St Francis frosh soph were equally impressive at Ed Sias.
This year's league is now called DELTA RIVER... and the teams are:
Florin - Folsom - Monterey Trail - Pleasant Grove - Sheldon - St. Francis - Jesuit
Sheldon and Florin may have competitive teams too, we'll have to see. Pleasant Grove and Monterey Trails are just building their programs.
SF 44 - Shel 62 - Fol 72 -
Katherine E was 6th, Brittani L was 7th, Nicole was 8th, Colleen was 9th
Folsom 36 - SF 51 - Sheldon 54 -
Stephanie E was 2nd, Sarah B was 4th
2005 - St. Francis Summary - St. Francis Photos - Other Ed Sias Photos - Official Meet Results
2006 Ed Sias - Course Map
This is the first of two invitationals in a row where we see a bit more of the North Coast and Central Coast Section teams than we do teams from within our own Section. In the past, it was a chance to run against future state opponents because D3 is much stronger in the North than D2 is. Since we aren't going to Mt SAC, our only chance to see some D2 state contenders might be Clovis. But anyhow this is a good meet because the course stays the same (mostly) and it might even be faster this year because the bridge looks like it's back after having been under repair for the last 3-4 years.
Acalanes - Amador Valley - American - Antioch
Archbishop Riordan - Berean Chr - Carondelet - Castro Valley
College Park - Campolindo - Clayton Valley - De La Salle
Deer Valley - Dublin - El Dorado Union - Grace Davis
Granada - Irvington - JF Kennedy - Justin Siena
Livermore - Maria Carrillo - Miramonte - Monte Vista
Montgomery - Mountain View - Northgate - Red Bluff Union
Sacred Heart Cathedral - St. Francis Sac - St. Helena - St. Joseph
St. Mary's College - San Rafael - Santa Rosa - Skyline
Tamalpais - Washington
- Teams we expect to be real tough: Carondolet, College Park, Campolindo (2001 D3 State Champ), Miramonte (2003 D3 State Champ), Montgomery, Northgate, and for sure some others.
- Of the Top 20 girls in last year's varsity race, only three girls appear to be returning:
Erynn Rebol - Red Bluff (6th, 12:58), Eugenie Foote - College Park (10th, 13:07), Sparky Murillo - Campolindo (18th, 13:22)
- Top Returners from 2005 F/S Race: Diana George - Livermore (13:03), Laurie Finnegan - Campolindo (13:14), Jackie Flynn - Sacred Heart (14:02), Amy Cordisco - Skyline (14:09)
- Top SF Times from 2005 - Katherine E (13:39), Meghan E (13:54), Amy L (13:54), Brittani (14:15), Nicole (14:15).
Let's put about eight below 14 this year. How's that?
Gordon CARONDELET 11:27 96 Course Record
Bei MONTGOMERY 11:29 99
Nolan ANTIOCH 11:48 99
Cox SANTA ROSA 11:51 98
Aldridge MARIA CARRILLO 11:54 00
Allen COLLEGE PARK 12:01* 03
Akana LOWELL 12:04 96
Huber ACALANES 12:09* 05
Stevens VACAVILLE 12:10 00
Vieghweg ST. IGNATIUS 12:10 02
Loper-Riley ALHAMBRA 12:12 98
Horn SANTA ROSA 12:13 90
Bowen SAN RAMON 12:13 94
Riley CAMPOLINDO 12:18 89
Martinez WOOD 12:19 91
Bashel MONTGOMERY 12:19 98
McConnell UNIVERSITY SF 12:21 88
Fritzke MT. SHASTA 12:21* 05
Vandenburg BUCHANAN 12:27 00
Pritchard VACAVILLE 12:27 90
Montgomery CARONDELET 12:27* 04
Lambert NORTHGATE 12:28 94
Ksenzulak LIBERTY 12:28 97
Firouz BENICIA 12:28 02
Sparks PIEDMONT 12:28* 04
Lemmon VACAVILLE 12:30* 05
Conley MONTGOMERY 12:32 01
Richardson SLATER JH 12:34 91
Mazza SANTA ROSA 12:34 91
Yonan BEYER 12:36 98
Sojka MT. SHASTA 12:42* 05
Last Year:
Tuesday, September 5
Granite Bay Invitational - September 2nd - Folsom High School
Map to Folsom HS
2 mile Course Map - 5 km Course Map
Note: Frosh/Soph run 2 miles. JV and Varsity run 5 km (3.1 miles)
In 2005, St Francis took 5th, one place ahead of Davis, but behind Reno, Vacaville, Oak Ridge, and Madera. The frosh/soph won their event beating Union Mine 57-63. The #1 varsity finisher was senior Karen Frazier (13th) and the #1 frosh/soph was Nicole Mendoza (9th). In the Open race the #1 Troubadour was Annie Coronado-McNary (8th).
Look at some of these recent high finishers in the varsity and frosh/soph divisions. This meet really brings out the best. Here's a listing of the top finishers and what they went on to do that year. The frosh/soph is normally a highlight because the very best freshman almost always start the year in this event before they are quickly moved up to varsity.
1. Caitlin Chock Granite Bay (State Champ Div 2)
2. Rachel Bryan Laguna Creek (State Champ Div 1)
3. Natalie White Oak Ridge (2nd at Sections Div 2)
1 Rachel Bryan Laguna C 19:30 (State Champ Div 1)
2 Natalie White Hiram JOHNSON 19:56 (injured)
3 Michelle Born Oakmont 20:31 (6th at Sections Div 3)
4 Kim Crouch Placer 20:34 (4th at Sections Div 3
1 Katie Fritzke Mt. Shasta (State Champ Div 5)
2 Alex Kosinski Oak Ridge (Section Champ Div 2)
3 Kim Crouch Placer (Section Champ Div 3)
4 Caitlin Clark Granite Bay (4th at Sections Div 2)
1 Marie Lawrence Reno (Nevada State Champ, Nat'l XC 2nd place)
2 Alex Kosinski Oak Ridge (Section Champ Div 2, 5th at State)
3 Chelsea Reilly Davis (3rd at Sections Div 1)
4 Cecily Lemmon Vacaville (2nd at Sections Div 2)
1 Katie Hartman St Francis (7th at Sections Div 3)
2 Natasha LaBeaud Folsom (7th at Sections Div 1, eventual Nat'l FootLocker finalist)
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1 Caitlin Clark Granite Bay (14th at Sections D2, state track qualifier)
2 Lucie McKirdy Nevada Union (50th at Sections D1)
3 Karrah Brown Ceres (17th at Sections D1)
1 Haley Carrigg Roseville 13:45 (15th at Sections Div 3)
2 Jordan Burke Placer 13:54 (6th at Sections Div 3)
3 Brittani Lum 13:59 (22nd at Sections Div 3 – Team Section Champ in XC and Soccer)
1 Maria Malone Folsom (Section Champ Div 1)
2 Stacey Haack Oakmont (5th at Sections Div 2)
3 Danzel Bradshaw Fairfield (4th at Sections Div 1)
Florin - Folsom - Monterey Trail - Pleasant Grove - Sheldon - St. Francis - Jesuit
Individual Section Champion - Alex Kosinski JR - Oak Ridge
Other Top Finishers - 2nd-Cecily Lemmon SR, Vacaville - 3rd-Caitlin Clark JR, Granite Bay
Key Graduations - Cecily Lemmon, Vacaville - Cherise McNair, Sierra - Ursy Bergmooser, Rocklin
Individual Team Section Champion - Ponderosa HS
Other Top Finishers - 2nd-Oak Ridge, 3rd-Vacaville, 4th-Woodcreek
State Individual Champion - Kauren Tarver FR, Serrano
State Top 5 - Christine Babcock SO, Woodbridge (State 1600 Champion), Kevyn Murphy FR, Mira Costa (excellent swimmer),
Anna Sperry JR, Simi Valley, Alex Kosinski JR, Oak Ridge (2-time Section Champ, 2-time State 1600m runner-up, Footlocker Nat'l)
State Team Champion - 1. 150 Aptos ( 19:20 1:36:40)
2nd - 2. 161 Newport Harbor ( 19:17 1:36:22)
3rd - 3. 162 Ventura ( 19:28 1:37:17)
4th - 4. 183 Edison ( 19:29 1:37:23)
5th - 5. 228 Clovis ( 19:39 1:38:14)
Top SJS Finish - 10. 298 Vacaville ( 19:56 1:39:40)
2006 SJS RANKINGS - 8 of the Div. 2 schools are in the SJS Top 15
3 Oak Ridge 2 Alex Kosinski has 'hers', but last chance for four seniors to get their team section title (3rd in '04, 2nd in '05)
4 Ponderosa 2 Young Bruins chose right moment to emerge in 2005. #3 Rachel Mullen is the only senior.
6 St Francis 2 Could elevation to D2 hinder bid for 9th straight state meet berth? The plot certainly thickens.
7 Woodcreek 2 School most hurt by St Francis move. If Ciaraglia returns to her '04 form, there will be high drama in D2.
12 Granite Bay 2 As D2 strengthens in SJS, Grizzlies struggle to adjust. Caitlin Clark could be D2 runner-up in 2006.
13 Vacaville 2 Cupboard not exactly bare for new coach Kay Nekota, but it is a rebuilding year for the Bulldogs.
14 Roseville 2 Rebecca Hbtamu looked sharp late in track season. Tigers will be in the thick of things in D2.
15 Rocklin 2 Coach Pozzi and Ursy B. have moved on, but senior Anna Murdock will score in single digits.
1,996 Junipero Serra
1,975 Menlo-Atherton
1,962 Wilcox
1,897 Santa Clara
1,865 Woodside
1,864 Lynbrook
1,856 Fremont
1,848 Westmoor
1,812 Leland
1,791 Mountain View
1,781 Leigh
1,750 Los Altos
1,740 Gunn
1,721 Westmont
1,720 Lincoln
1,714 Los Gatos
1,709 Palo Alto
1,654 Archbishop Mitty
1,612 Live Oak
1,602 Sequoia
1,574 Yerba Buena
1,573 Mills
1,566 South San Francisco
1,564 Aptos
1,556 St. Francis (Mtn. View)
1,554 Aragon
1,553 Overfelt


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Trump International Golf Links Ireland
- Holes: 18
- Par: 72
- Length: 6885 yards
- Doonbeg, County Clare, Ireland
- +353 (0) 65 905 5601
- trumpgolfireland.com
|6885 yards
|6407 yards
|5894 yards
Rating Snapshot
"Changes ongoing at Trump Ireland"
"Changes ongoing at Trump Ireland"
Reviewed on 09/13/2015
I can't give Trump Ireland five stars just yet. I need to see the final tweaks made by architect Martin Hawtree before I bestow such lofty praise. Doonbeg - I'll always call the original Greg Norman course that - sits in a five-star setting with five-star accommodations. Unfortunately, two of my favorite things about the old layout are gone. The old signature par-3 14th hole was washed away by a severe winter storm. The replacement par 3 still has the same great view of the beach and the lodge - actually it is probably better - but the hole is a little less of a talking point. Hawtree also removed the bunker in the middle of the 12th green, which was the only thing of interest on an otherwise straightforward par 4. He built a new green on the par-5 fourth hole and had to reconfigure several other coastal holes damaged by the storm (nos. 5-6-9-18 in particular). He's scheduled to update several other original holes in the next year or so to put his final stamp on the place. Doonbeg's already really good. Can he take it to the next step?
I recommend this course
"Not worth the price"
"Not worth the price"
Reviewed on 08/03/2015
It is an absolute beautiful setting. The greens were in great condition but very very slow. There was a temporary green in use and one hole closed. The hole that was used (17b) was in terrible condition. Not very good value for the money. We were told that the course is under reconstruction, only after we arrived on the first tee with the starter. There are many more options in the area to enjoy. I spoke to the pro afterwards and received a discount. This course is not worth the cost even with the discount we received. Certainly expected more from a Trump course.
I don't recommend this course
Reviewed on 05/24/2014
Have played many courses in Ireland lahinch ballybunion trailee course even when finished wont touch them got serious attitude from a guy working on course for walking up a closed fairway to look at one of the few views that were out there. This course is not that close to the ocean like other great Irish ones don't waste your time just because it's a trump property.
I don't recommend this course
Reviewed on 05/10/2014
Golfnow the way forward. Found a great deal and wanted to play a top class west coast links course!! I found it in doonbeg..awesome course, fairways like carpet altho greens caught me by surprise for a links as seemed slow but in very good condition. Views best I have come across and I've played north Cornwall and north Devon links courses!!!! It was a massive highlight for me to be able to play this course and realistically made possible by a superb deal on golf now..happy days! For info never played to my 13 handicap as wind was blowing in classic links style lol
I recommend this course
"soggy fun"
"soggy fun"
Reviewed on 10/01/2013
Played in 30MPH winds and monsoon like rain, so hard to give objective review on the course itself. Mt caddy was great as was the staff. I had always wondered what playing a high dollar course was like, and one thing I learned was that they treat you like your are special as soon as you walk in the door. The guys in the club house, caddy room, on the range were all great.
I recommend this course
"More change is coming to Trump Ireland"
"More change is coming to Trump Ireland"
Reviewed on 07/28/2014
I haven't played the old Doonbeg since a Writer's Cup tournament in 2010. Much has changed since then. Donald Trump now owns the resort and a course battered by winter storms has seen tweaks on four coastal holes, Nos. 5-6 and 9 and 14. Martin Hawtree has helped the links become playable again by creating several new greens and a completely new par 3 at no. 14 to replace the old signature hole. More changes are coming. I've played the course probably 5-6 times over the years, and once I got the blind shots out of the way after the first round, I've always loved it. It's more scenic than Lahinch and the hospitality in the lodge and clubhouse are over-the-top fantastic. I can't wait to see if Hawtree can make the routing even more dynamic with new dunes in play. It could shoot up the top 100 charts. That's how special the setting is.
I recommend this course
"Doonbeg Brilliance"
"Doonbeg Brilliance"
Reviewed on 07/23/2013
Staff was awesome. Views from the course are spectacular. I would recommend staying at the lodge. Also the food is wonderful at both restaurants.
I would recommend getting a caddie for the first time visitor. Knowing the course and some help tracking and finding any ball that strays off the fairway will certainly be welcome.
A great experience and I'll definitely be back.
I recommend this course
"Phenomenal stay-and-play in Ireland"
"Phenomenal stay-and-play in Ireland"
Reviewed on 12/26/2013
Doonbeg is undeniably one of the best stay-and-play options in GB & I. The lodge is spacious and exquisitely appointed with large rooms and particularly caters to groups. The links is a modern complement to the historic links nearby like Lahinch. Some holes that play within the dunes are some of the most spectacular links holes in existence.
I recommend this course
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Everything is groovy on Wooden Shjips sophomore record, Dos. Everything. From the slap-happy band portraits that adorn the cover to the title itself, which was surely chosen under the warm purple glow of a black light. And the music, defiantly groovy. The five languid psych-rock jams are so steeped in stoner vibes that if you played them at midnight in front of a bathroom mirror, you might conjure an apparition in the likeness of Harry Dean Stanton. "Motorbike" hovers for on a steady krautrock groove with guitarist/vocalist Ripley Johnson doling out bursts of gnarled fuzz guitar. Album closer, "Fallin", which hangs on a two-chord keyboard vamp for more than 11-minutes, has all the cool head-bobbing paranoia of early Suicide. Of course, this was all territory that the San Francisco-based quartet covered on its self-titled debut and true to the title, Dos doesn't deliver a progression of any kind. Rather, it's the sequel. Picking up where the band left off in '07, Dos gives us part-two of the band's unhurried, rambling, sonic journey to who knows where.


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Senior Fellow Benjamin Powell is Interviewed on American Medicine Today Radio on Drug Approvals and the FDA
Recorded: Saturday, December 12, 2015
What is the cost of the long approval process for potentially life-saving drugs by the FDA? The approval process can take up to 12 years and cost $1 billion. But there are other costs. Patients arent able to take drugs that arent approved and they might die or become more ill. Another cost is that a potential drug maker might not want to take the financial risk of taking a drug to market. Powell recommends testing drugs but possibly making drugs "FDA recommended", rather than "FDA approved." Whats needed is competition and markets to help patients and entrepreneurs, says Powell.
Experts: Benjamin W. PowellType: RadioIssues: Government Power, Health Care, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Science
Repudiation in Antebellum MississippiAn Interview with Clifford F. Thies
Recorded: Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Clifford F. Thies, author of The Independent Review article Repudiation in Antebellum Mississippi, is interviewed on National Public Radios All Things Considered about the state of Mississippi defaulting on its loans in the 1840s. Other states defaulted on loans during this period, but most reconciled with debtors, but not Mississippi. Mississippi repudiated its debts, refusing to pay them.
Experts: Clifford F. ThiesType: RadioIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Fiscal Policy/Debt, History (U.S)
The Public Pension Crisis Across the United States An Interview with Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan
Recorded: Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan, author of California Dreaming appears on KLZ radio in Denver, CO. Lawrence talks about the public-pension crisis and how states and cities can change their pension contributions to avoid bankruptcy while honoring commitments to employees.
Experts: Lawrence J. McQuillanType: RadioIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), History (U.S), Labor and Employment, Taxes
Thomas DiLorenzo on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War Economy
Recorded: Friday, April 17, 2015
Research Fellow Thomas DiLorenzo appeared on the Kate Dalley radio show on KZNU in Utah to discuss the 16th U.S. President and the economy at the time.
Experts: Thomas J. DiLorenzoType: RadioIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), History (U.S), Terrorism and National Crises
Are Liberals at Fault for the Breakup of the Family?
Recorded: Friday, March 27, 2015
Senior Fellow John C. Goodman, author of Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis and A Better Choice: Healthcare Solutions for America, joins radio host Larry Kudlow to talk about the costs society is bearing for the breakup of traditional families. Goodman talks about how the welfare state subsidizes and enables and even rewards single parent families.
Experts: John C. Goodman, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Lawrence A. KudlowType: RadioIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Business, Culture/ Society, Free Market Economics, Government Waste/Pork, Health Care, Labor and Employment, Privatization, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation, Welfare, Womens Issues
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of "Recarving Rushmore," appears on the Lars Larson radio show
Recorded: Thursday, March 5, 2015
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of the newly updated book "Recarving Rushmore," appears on the nationally syndicated Lars Larson radio show to discuss how he ranks the U.S. Presidents in terms of peace, prosperity and liberty. The updated version of the book includes President Barack Obama.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: RadioIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Democracy, Freedom, Government Power, History (U.S)
Mary L.G. Theroux on KPCC on Repeal of the "Maximum Family Grant" Welfare Rule
Recorded: Monday, February 23, 2015
Independent Institute Senior Vice President Mary L. G. Theroux was a guest on KPCC radio to discuss California's effort to repeal the "maximum family grant" rule for welfare recipients with children. Families that have more children while on welfare do not receive an increase in their grant. This could be reversed by a new law proposed by Calif. State Senator Holly Mitchell, who was also a guest on the show.
Experts: Mary L. G. TherouxType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Crime, Culture/ Society, Education, Family, Labor and Employment, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxes, Welfare, Womens Issues
John C. Goodman: Obamacare Individual Mandate Penalty
Recorded: Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Independent Institute Senior Fellow John C. Goodman, author of "Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis" was interviewed on World News Radio to comment on the average person's penalty for not having health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
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