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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Feb 26, 1991
|Filing date
|Mar 21, 1985
|Priority date
|Mar 21, 1985
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Carl C. Fletcher, Jr.
|Original Assignee
|Fletcher Jr Carl C
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (14), Referenced by (12), Classifications (5), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to golf accessories for golf bags and clubs, and more particularly, to a club-separating insert system for golf bags
2. Description of the Prior Art
Many golfers have large sums of money invested in their golf clubs and endeavor to keep them well protected while in play as well as in storage and for travel. Club head covers and elongated plastic tubes are available to protect golf clubs when placed in a golf bag and provide a limited amount of protection. Various systems of dividers and club holders have been proposed to segregate golf clubs or the protective tubes for the shafts of the golf clubs in the bag. These systems typically provide spaces for clubs laid out in simple geometric arrangements with equal spacings regardless of the sizes or patterns of movement of the club heads, and therefore make inefficient use of the lateral space in a golf bag within which clubs may be arranged for optimum protection and convenience of use.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,996,983 discloses a club holder for golf bags comprising a single flat plate having a plurality of apertures which are arranged in rows or arcs along the periphery of the plate, the apertures being equally spaced in each row or arc. The plate illustrated is circular to match the cross-section of the golf bag.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,781,072 discloses a club rack insert for golf bags comprising a pair of complementary plates formed with corresponding arrangements of club supporting apertures and a series of parallel rods extending between the plates to provide a light but rigid assembly to support the golf clubs and provide rigidity to the golf bag. The plates disclosed are roughly trapezoidal in shape to match the cross-section of the golf bag illustrated, and the apertures are arranged in several rows, being equally spaced in each row.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,200,131 discloses a device for carrying and transporting golf clubs in a golf bag which includes an upper plate having a plurality of apertures for the golf clubs and receiving surfaces against which the golf club irons can be secured, a smaller lower plate installed at the bottom of the golf bag to receive the ends of the shafts, and a series of tubes connecting the apertures of the upper and lower plates through which the handles and shafts of the golf clubs are passed. The upper plate is roughly trapezoidal in shape, conforming to the contours of the golf bag, and the apertures and receiving surfaces for the irons are arranged in two rows, with the apertures equally spaced therein. Apertures for the woods are in a separate row, being equally spaced therein, and preferably spaced far enough apart to avoid contact of the wood heads with each other, according to the patent.
Although many systems have been proposed over the years for separating and arranging golf clubs to provide protection from inter-club contact while the bag is in use on the golf course and to arrange the clubs suitably for convenience of play, the search continues for a system which will provide a convenient arrangement for play while optimizing the protection available to the clubs within the space constraints of the typical golf bag. For instance, with most systems disclosed or available currently, the wood clubs are spaced so closely together that the heads can contact each other during normal transport of the bag about the golf course, and therefore club head covers must be kept on the woods when they are not actually in play to prevent marring.
Since existing systems for separating golf clubs within golf bags seem to be "all purpose" systems for accommodating golf clubs in any desired pattern, the apertures for the clubs are generally evenly spaced within groups intended for various clubs, and use the lateral space available in a golf bag ineffectively.
It is a primary object of the present invention to solve some of the problems described above by providing a club-separating insert system for golf bags which segregates golf clubs in the bag, providing the maximum separation permitted by the space constraints of the bag to prevent damage to the clubs from inter-club contact while the bag is transported about the course during play.
A primary object of the present invention is to provide a process for designing club-separating insert systems for golf bags to provide the maximum effective separation between the clubs of a given set when arranged in a golf bag of given size and shape, for instance bags of essentially circular or rectangular cross-section.
A further object is to provide a club-separating insert system which can be designed to fit golf bags of various cross-sectional shapes and sizes and accommodate various standard and non-standard sets of golf clubs when installed therein, either permanently or non-permanently.
Another object is to provide a club-separating insert system which arranges golf clubs in a bag within groups in a pattern convenient for normal play, preferably in a pattern which is readily recognizable by the user.
These objects, as well as further objects and advantages of the present invention, will become readily apparent after reading the following description of non-limiting illustrative embodiments, the accompanying drawings and the appended claims.
In accordance with the invention, a process is provided for designing club-separating insert systems for golf bags to arrange, segregate and secure a set of golf clubs in a pattern of groups convenient for normal play, and to provide the maximum effective clearance, i.e. lateral and vertical spacing, for the clubs within the space available in the bag, comprising the steps of
(a) projecting the plan view contour of each club head onto a horizontal plane and determining the locus of rotational movement of each club head in a lateral plane when the club handle is inserted in an aperture in the club-separating insert system,
(b) determining the vertical height of each club head from the end of the handle, and
(c) arranging the apertures in at least one insert of the insert system for the various groups of clubs, the apertures being positioned in groups and spaced within each group at intervals, at least some of which are non-uniform, to maximize the effective clearance, encompassing both lateral and vertical separations, between the club heads while the golf bag is in use, when their loci of rotational movement and height are considered.
Further in accordance with the invention, a club-separating insert system designed in accordance with this process is provided, comprising at least one insert containing apertures for the golf club shafts and located near the top of the golf bag. Preferably, the system comprises at least one additional insert located at or near the bottom of the golf bag, and a series of protective tubes for receiving the golf club shafts, which fit into the corresponding apertures of the inserts, providing a rigid structure.
Further in accordance with the invention, an embodiment is provided which comprises a club-separating insert system for bags of substantially circular cross-section, comprising an upper circular insert to fit inside the top of the golf bag, and having a series of apertures arranged for the storage of golf clubs in a pattern of groups convenient for normal play and spaced within these groups at intervals, at least some of which are nonuniform, to maximize the lateral and vertical separation between the heads of the clubs.
Still further in accordance with the invention, another embodiment provides a club-separating insert system for a golf bag of substantially rectangular cross-section, comprising an upper insert of rectangular cross-section to fit inside the top of the bag and having a series of apertures arranged for the storage of the clubs in a pattern of groups convenient for normal play and spaced within these groups at intervals, at least some of which are non-uniform, to maximize the lateral and vertical separation between the heads of the clubs.
In order that the present invention may be more fully understood, it will be described by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention as applied to a golf bag of round cross-section; and
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention as applied to a golf bag of substantially rectangular cross-section:
The present invention provides a process for designing club-separating insert systems which can provide secure separation and convenient arrangements for a standard set of 14 golf clubs, and also for larger or smaller sets of clubs.
In accordance with the invention, to maximize the effective clearance which can be obtained between the club heads, the lengths of the clubs are considered as well as the size and loci of movement of the heads of the clubs while the bag is at rest or in motion on the golf course. Thus, clubs can be conveniently grouped by both length and function, and the apertures for shorter clubs can conveniently be placed closer to the apertures for the longer clubs without contact taking place between the club heads. Since clubs differ in head size and length within each set and among sets produced by various manufacturers, variable or non-uniform spacing for the apertures intended to accommodate the clubs makes more effective use of the lateral space available within a given bag, thus providing maximum effective clearance between the club heads and a convenient arrangement for play.
The best results are obtained by designing a system to accommodate a particular set of golf clubs to a particular size and shape bag, arranging the apertures in groups of similar clubs to provide for convenient usage and optimum separation of the club heads. However, systems can be designed to accommodate most standard sets of golf clubs in a golf bag of any specific size and shape, with the apertures grouped to accommodate clubs in general categories as discussed above, i.e., woods, long irons, mid-irons, and short irons These groups correspond generally to various phases of play, including driving, fairway shots, approach shots, chipping and putting. If a system is designed to accommodate a set of golf clubs having relatively large heads, such as clubs manufactured by the "Ping" Company, generally most other standard sets of golf clubs can be accommodated without contact between the club heads.
A design objective is that each golf club should avoid contact with other club heads when the bag is a vertical position or a slanted non-vertical position as when mounted in a hand cart or motorized golf cart. This avoids damage to the club heads as they execute minor vertical or rotational movements while the golf bag is transported about the course, and also provide that any club can be easily removed from the bag without interfering with or moving another club. When the golf clubs are suitably spaced and secured in position, protective covers for both wood and iron clubs can be removed from the clubs at the beginning of the round of golf without fear of damage, eliminating the necessity of removing and replacing such protective covers during play.
A suitable arrangement for variably or non-uniformly spaced apertures to accommodate golf clubs from various groups of a typical set can be determined by the following hand technique.
First, each golf club is suspended vertically above a flat, horizontal writing surface and a projected plan view of the contour or periphery of the club head is sketched upon the writing surface, noting the location of the shaft. Since the apertures in the plate must be large enough to accommodate the handle of the golf club, which is larger than the shaft portion near the head, when the bag is tilted from the vertical the club shafts will rest on the low side of the aperture through which the shaft passes, as shown in FIG. 1. The shaft of each club is laid upon a flat surface such as a table or work bench with the club head overhanging the edge so that the normal hanging position of the club head can be observed. An appropriate vertical line is marked upon the corresponding projected plan view of each club head. Then the appropriate aperture is marked on the club head plan view, considering the club shaft at the low point of the aperture while the bag is tilted. The resulting plan views of club heads and apertures are cut out for use as templates in determining the optimum arrangement of apertures for each group of clubs. Because these plan views were developed from a downward projection, the cutout templates are reversed or turned upside down to provide the appropriate view of the club in the bag.
Using a set of templates corresponding to the set of clubs to be accommodated in a given bag, the templates are arranged on a pattern representing a cross-section of the bag to be used, arranging the clubs in suitable groups for convenience of play and with sufficient space within each group and between the groups to eliminate contact between the club heads, considering the positions of the club heads both at rest and expected during normal rotational motion during movement of the bag. The expected maximum rotational motion can be estimated as less than 10 degrees of arc in either direction, or preferably less than about 5 degrees of arc in either direction. Since the clubs will generally rotate in the same direction while the bag is in motion, actual overlap of the club heads during their movements is expected to be minimal. Once an appropriate arrangement is determined, positions are marked for the resting points of the golf club shafts at the low points of the apertures, and thereafter the center points for the drilling of the apertures in a pattern for production of the inserts. Generally, the groups of clubs will be separated by intervals between the nearest apertures of less than the length of any of the club heads, and preferably greater than half such a dimension. The apertures are spaced within groups at intervals, at least some of which are non-uniform, ranging from minimal to about twice the diameter of a golf club handle grip. Preferably, a majority of the intervals are non-uniform, so as to space the golf clubs in a pattern which provides the maximum effective clearance between clubs for the lateral space available within a given bag.
Since the wood clubs have the longest shafts and largest club heads, these clubs are preferably located on the upper right hand side of the golf bag, viewing the golf bag in plan view from the side which is normally attached to a golf cart. Such positioning allows significant portions of these club heads to hang outside the golf bag, thus minimizing interference with other club heads. This pattern, of course, is determined for right-handed golfers. To develop inserts for a set of left-handed clubs used by a left-handed golfer, the apertures for the wood clubs and other clubs would be placed on opposite sides of the bag, i.e., the pattern of apertures in the insert would be a mirror image of the inserts intended for use with right-handed clubs.
Referring now to FIG. 2, this process can be envisioned by considering the contours of the 1 wood or driver (1W) and the contour for the adjacent 2 iron (2I) which were superimposed on apertures with the clubs in their normal resting position with the shaft at the lowest point of the aperture. (The alphanumeric code indicates the numbers of the woods and irons.) The driver is shown in rotation through 15 degrees of arc in each direction while the 2 iron is at rest. Although all clubs will normally rotate in the same direction while the bag is in motion, even if these clubs could be expected to overlap slightly as they rotate during movement of the bag, the difference in lengths of shafts would preclude direct contact between the club heads. Thus, the apertures for the club shafts can be placed closer together when the adjacent clubs are of significantly different lengths, and more effective use can be made of the lateral space in the bag.
Professional golfers are limited to 14 clubs in tournament play, with a standard set normally including 3 or 4 wood clubs, 7 or 8 iron clubs numbered from 2 to 9, a putter and various miscellaneous clubs such as wedges for use on sand or in chipping, etc. For convenience in arranging the clubs within the bag as well as for convenience of play, the clubs can be grouped as woods, listed as first, second, third and fourth without reference to the actual numeral designator of the club; long irons, being the irons with the longest shafts, generally numbered from 2 through 4, mid-irons, being irons with somewhat shorter shafts and generally numbered from 4 or 5 through 7, and short irons, generally including the putter, 8 and 9 iron and miscellaneous wedges and the like.
Referring now to FIG. 1, depicting a pattern for an insert for a golf bag of circular cross-section to accommodate a standard set of 14 golf clubs, apertures for three wood clubs (in this case, the three, four and five woods) are contained in an arc extending along the right side of the insert, with an aperture for an additional wood or long iron at the top near the center line. The pattern is oriented to represent a plan view of an insert for a golf bag, with the bottom of the pattern representing the side normally attached to a golf cart. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the apertures are marked to indicate the clubs typically inserted, designated by alpha-numeric codes such as 1W for a one wood or driver, 3I for a three iron, etc. Such codes can also be marked on the insert near the apertures to aid the user or caddy in placing the clubs optimally. Such markings can be specific (e.g., 3W) or indicate alternatives, as in the 2I/IW shown. This indicates that if only three rather than four woods are used in the bag, a long iron such as a two iron can replace the one wood in this position, with the first, second and third woods being placed in the apertures marked 3W, 4W and 5W. Thus, the pattern can be laid out to accommodate variations in the sets of clubs used by different golfers, or even the same golfer on different courses. Apertures for two long irons, in this case a 3 and 4 iron, are located in the upper left quadrant of the pattern, along the periphery. Apertures for three shorter clubs, in this case including the putter, and two wedges, are provided in an arc extending along the lower portion of the pattern. An aperture for at least one short iron, e.g., the 9 iron (9I) is placed in the lower left quadrant of the pattern. Apertures for the remaining clubs, generally the mid-irons, e.g., irons 5 through 8, are arranged in a straight line extending horizontally across the center of the pattern approximately perpendicular to the center line, being spaced appropriately to avoid interference with each other or with clubs in adjacent positions.
Expressed in other words, in the pattern of FIG. 1, with the aperture for the first wood or long iron being located on the periphery of the pattern and approximately -5� of arc, the center line for the aperture for the second wood is located on the periphery of the pattern between about 35� and 41� of arc, with the center of the aperture for the third wood located also on the periphery of the plate at about 87� to 93� of arc and the center of an aperture for a third or fourth wood club located on the periphery of the pattern at about 134� to about 140� of arc.
The center for an aperture for a short iron or putter is located on the periphery of the plate at about 161� to 167� of arc, the center of the aperture for a short iron such as a sand wedge is located on the periphery of the pattern at about 185� to 191� of arc and the center of an aperture for another short iron such as a pitching wedge is located on the periphery of the pattern at about 208� to about 214� of arc. The center of an aperture for a short iron such as a 9 iron is located on the periphery of the plate at about 243� to about 249� of arc, and an aperture for a mid-iron such as a 4 iron is located on the periphery of the plate at about 296� to about 302� of arc, with the center of an aperture for a long iron such as a 3 iron located on the periphery of the pattern at about 326� to about 332� of arc.
Apertures for mid- or short irons such as the 5, 6, 7 and 8 irons are located sequentially along a horizontal line through the center roughly in line with the aperture for the third wood, in this case commencing nearest to the aperture for the 4 wood and extending horizontally toward the periphery of the bag between the apertures for the 9 iron and 4 iron. The apertures in this horizontal line are spaced appropriately to avoid interference between the individual club heads and between these club heads and heads of clubs in other groups.
This arrangement provides for convenient use of the golf clubs during normal play, grouping similar clubs in groups corresponding to the phases of play, at the same time providing maximum lateral and vertical separation between the club heads to preclude damage as they execute normal rotational and vertical movements while the bag is moved during a round of golf.
The insert can be made of any suitable material, including wood, light metal, resinous or elastomeric polymers, rubber, leather or cloth. The insert is preferably strong and rigid enough to help the bag retain its shape during normal handling, but not heavy enough to add significant weight to the bag. The inserts can be of solid construction, or made of material of open-work such as slots, mesh or perforated sheets, but preferably are solid to provide protection against rain or dust. Since even bags mass-produced to a specific pattern may vary somewhat in size and configuration, in a preferred embodiment the insert is made of an elastomeric material which can be compressed when inserted into the bag and thus exert pressure on all sides of the bag for a snug fit. Alternatively, a gasket or liner of elastomeric material can be included on the periphery of the insert to provide such a snug fit which assists the insert in remaining in position through friction and at the same time provides a seal which is reasonably water and dust tight. In addition to using a friction-tight fit, the inserts can be secured in the bag by various conventional mechanical means, including screws, pegs, nails, clips, brackets, latches and the like. Since many available golf bags include transverse bars near the top to separate the golf clubs into two or more groups, in designing inserts to fit such bags the underside of the upper insert can be grooved to fit over such bars, thus using them as a support. The apertures are preferably countersunk on the upper surface of the insert to receive bushings, sleeves, or tubes to guide and receive the club handles, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. In FIG. 1, the apertures for the sand wedge and putter at bottom are shown with such tubes installed. The tubes can have a lip or flange which fits the countersunk area. In FIG. 2, the tubes are shown as installed in the apertures for the 5 and 9 irons, at left. Each aperture can be fitted with a bushing or sleeve of elastomeric material which will usually accommodate the insertion and removal of the club shaft and handle but will fit relatively snugly about the shaft while the clubs are inserted to reduce the possibility of the entry of water, dust or dirt. Such bushings or sleeves can also be used to restrict the rotational and vertical movement of clubs while the bag is handled, reducing the clearance required between apertures.
Although a single such insert at or near the top of the bag is sufficient to position most sets of clubs, the system preferably includes at least one additional insert at or near the bottom of the bag to receive the handles of the clubs, thus retaining them firmly in position and preventing contact between the handles and shafts of individual clubs. Such an additional insert further provides additional shaping support to the bag. Since it may be difficult to insert the handle of a club into a second insert located below the first insert, such a system preferably includes a set of protective tubes for the handles and shafts of the clubs, e.g., the plastic protective tubes known in the industry, with a tube passing through the corresponding apertures of the plates, thus providing a unified structure and a protective channel for each club shaft and handle. When such tubes are used, the apertures in the upper insert are generally countersunk or recessed to accommodate a flange or rim at the upper ends of the tubes.
Referring now to FIG. 2, an embodiment designed for a golf bag of substantially rectangular cross-section is disclosed. Examining this plan view as in FIG. 1 with the side of the bag normally connected to a cart at the bottom, apertures for three wood type clubs are located along the periphery of the insert on the right side. Apertures for long and mid-irons are located in an arc extending from the top of the insert into the upper left quadrant; in this case irons of numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 are provided for. A second group of apertures are located in a row or in an arc-like pattern beginning adjacent to the aperture position for the second wood and extending across the insert to the left and toward the lower left quadrant, providing for a group of short irons, numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9 in this case. A group of three apertures is located along the bottom edge of the insert for the putter and miscellaneous irons such as a sand or pitching wedge. The locations of these coordinates could of course be described by the angular coordinate system used above with the insert for a circular bag. These apertures have been positioned to minimize interference between the club heads, rather than placing them in simple geometric patterns or lines of equal spacing. Positions are provided for a complete standard set of 14 clubs including pitching wedge and sand wedge here, but a similar pattern could be devised for fewer or more clubs, or to provide for variations within a standard set of 14, as, e.g., providing woods number 1, 2 and 3 rather than 1, 3 and 4 or 5. As in FIG. 1, the apertures for the various clubs are placed so that the clubs can be conveniently removed and replaced in the approximate order in which they are used during a round of play.
It should be understood that various changes in the details, materials, arrangements of parts and operating conditions which have been herein described and illustrated to explain the nature of the invention may be made by those skilled in the art within the principles and scope of the invention. For instance, the process of the invention can be used to design a club-separating insert system which will maximize the effective separation between club heads for any set of clubs, standard or non-standard, to fit into a golf bag of any suitable size and shape. Computer-assisted methods can be used to determine the characteristics of the clubs and to carry out steps in the design process such as are described in the hand method discussed above.
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|Jun 17, 1976
|Oct 25, 1977
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|Oct 30, 1979
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|Mar 25, 1980
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|Mar 10, 1992
|Edward Yonnetti
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|Feb 28, 1995
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|Oct 17, 1995
|Rich; Philip R.
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|Mar 10, 1998
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|Jul 27, 1999
|Suk; Young J.
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|Sep 21, 1999
|Stratton; Harry A.
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|U.S. Classification
|206/315.6, 206/315.3
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Aug 22, 1994
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 4
|Sep 22, 1998
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|Feb 28, 1999
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|May 11, 1999
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
Effective date: 19990226


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Ryokan Kinsuikan, Kyoto
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- 31 guestrooms
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- In Central Kyoto
- Nijo Castle (1.1 mi / 1.8 km)
- Kyoto Imperial Palace (1.2 mi / 1.9 km)
- Kiyomizu Temple (1.8 mi / 2.9 km)
- Gion Corner (0.9 mi / 1.5 km)
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Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $109
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Continental breakfast is offered for an extra charge of JPY 525 per person (approximately)
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We went on a Saturday night for food and blues! I had the the red beans and rice .. Mmm mm mmm good! A little spicy but oh so good! The house bad is really good and Sandra Hall was such a treat. If your are in the area and don't go to Blind Willie's then you need glasses.
We got here 45 minutes before the band started. We got the last two seats at the bar. There's table seating as well but it was all full. The place is small. It's a lot of fun. The Jazz band was awesome and the crowd was energetic. They only had two waitresses but they were running their tails off. The... 更多
Bottom line up front, this is an amazing bar. If you like live Blues, good drinks, and a friendly atmosphere get to Blind Willie's. I believe they have live music almost every night they are open. We were there on the last Friday in February and had a great time with the Nighthawks performing. They were simply awesome with a... 更多
My husband and I decided to listen to some jazz for Valentine's day but decided to go on a Saturday instead of on a Sunday. We choose Blind Willie's because it seemed like it had a more open area and the prices were reasonable. We arrived at the location about 8:00 pm and needed to find parking. There is street... 更多
After dinner, friends said lets go to Blind Willie's. We had never been and we lucked up. The music was over the top entertainment with the sax, showmanship skills of the guitar player and add a harmonica. Then Carol Hall "happened" to be there that night. She can put on a show. Everyone was so friendly even though it was... 更多
Love, Love, Love this place. I love live music. This was a small venue, filled with regulars. I visited on BB King's birthday and there were 4 great bands. I liked it so much I went back the next night and brought 5 women with me from the conference I was attending. They allow smoking indoors, which I am no... 更多
The blues were great the people treated us like home folk. We had many beers because I taking a cab to the hotel. Even got two blind Willie's T shirts.
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Newspaper roundup: New EU foreign affairs chief Cathy Ashton has strong gay rights record
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Cathy Ashton, Stonewall politicion of the year. No wonder the so-called streight community has not heard of her. She will be up against a lot of eastern-block bigiotry in the European community so progress will be slow on Gay rights, lets hope I'm wrong!
She will also have to put up with her new boss, the Belgian catholic, who can be expected to be an active anti-gay bigot.
"The gay lobby group Stonewall voted her politician of the year in 2006"
That's HARDLY a ringing endorsement of her pro-gay credentials in my view.
Who are Stonewall except a bunch of self-serving; self-interested, professional gays? They pretend to the government that they are the voice of LGB people but their antics surrounding their refusal to actually represent LGB people fully shows they are just another worthless, time-wasting, money-wasting quango.
"She will also have to put up with her new boss, the Belgian catholic, who can be expected to be an active anti-gay bigot."
Where do you get that from?
He is the PM of a country (which unlike Britain) has introduced full marriage and legal equality for LGBT people – no religious opt-outs allowed regarding equality legislation in Belgium either you know.
Don't change the fact that there was nothing democratic about these appointments!!
Indeed – I suppose the EU foreign secretary should be democratically elected. At least the EU president has been democratically elected in Belgium.
Whereas Ashton has not been elected. She is part of the House of Lords is she not? She's used to being appointed to government positions where people don't vote for her.
Simon, both politicians have been selected (not elected) for the roles.
I know Valerio.
But at least the president was elected as a politician in Belgium (not elected as president of the EU)
Ashton has not been elected to either her role as EU Foreign Affairs Chief or to her previous role in the House of Lords.
So her biggest political role was when she ran the Hertfordshire Health Authority, and now she's Foreign Affairs minister for Europe.
No one does nepotism quite like Labour and the EU.
Out of Europe ASAP I say
Since when do people elect foreign ministers? and she's not even that.
If there was a popular election for the presidency europhobes would whinge as loud as a jet engine about centralism. It would be inspiring though, the entire continent voting!
Our democratically elected government came to an agreement with the other democratically elected governments of the EU about who to appoint for a position, and there is nothing especially undemocratic or even particularly special about that.
But the Foreign Secretary of the US is Hillary Clinton.
The new EU Foreign Secretary is this unelected nobody.
That's quite pathetic.
Ash:- we joined the EU for easier trade not to create a new power state. Non of us has had a choice in our UK powers being taken away and the countries that did? France and the Netherland 'no' vote was ignored and Ireland had to carry on having a referendum til they got the answer right, clearly no Wasn't good enough (naughty country!)! Slowly Europe is turning into a socalist/communist state and it seems non of us has the power to stop it because our ministers don't have the backbone (or balls) to ask us.
"Ireland had to carry on having a referendum til they got the answer right"
This statement is patronising and incorrect. The Irish just have a more democratic constitution than the UK and indeed most of Europe, and the Irish got the guarantees they needs to protect that very constitution, hence we accepted it second time around. We're just not as Euro-paranoid as our UK cousins, I'm afraid.
Will, the electorate was bamboozled by a slick multimillion Euro funded advertising campaign to vote Yes, and the electorate told in no uncertain terms that you'll keep getting asked till you vote Yes, you're holding up the rest of Europe, you're a small nation and here's a few million Euros to buy some jobs in a few factories.
The only democracy is that Brussels couldn't stomp over the soverign No vote like Holland and France, so you had to be asked repeatedly, but that's not the same as claiming it's democratic to be asked again and agian until the "right" decision has been made.
Hook. Line. Sinker.
Yes Will thats right Ireland did get what they wanted. It's called the carrot and the stick. Yes they are more democratic as per the referendum but the fact it wasn't allowed to stay at a 'No' vote speaks volumes.
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Stars Shine For AES - Special Appearance By Judy Collins
For Release: October 14, 2011
Discussion Will Focus On New "Bohemian" CD
NEW YORK: AES Convention Chair Jim Anderson has announced another major coup in attracting iconic artists to participate in the upcoming 131st Convention. On Friday, Oct. 21, from 10:30AM to 11:30AM, internationally celebrated writer/performer Judy Collins will participate in a rare one-on-one interview with music journalist Jason King. The discussion will focus on "Bohemian," Collins' upcoming CD release.
It was once said that "If amethysts could sing, they would sound like Judy Collins." Indeed, Collins has been a folk and pop music icon and a powerful influence on several generations of musicians and listeners. Her ethereal performances and top-selling recordings of songs like "Both Sides Now" and "Send in the Clowns" ultimately helped make songwriters like Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Stephen Sondheim become household names.
Now in the fifth decade of her career, Collins is about to release "Bohemian," her new album on the heels of her critically acclaimed 2009 release "Paradise." Judy will chat with Jason King, music journalist, Artistic Director and Associate Professor of NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, about her life, career, and the making of the new album. The discussion will be highlighted by cuts from the forthcoming CD.
In making the announcement, Jim Anderson remarked, "The AES has always drawn major artists including Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, Jackson Browne and Mick Fleetwood. But they are generally focused on visiting the Exhibits or working with specific manufacturers. This year's show has attracted a trio of superstar participants, Tony Bennett, Ben Folds and now Judy Collins. We are extremely fortunate to provide their insights to our attendees."
Photo: Iconic recording star Judy Collins will participate in an AES Convention interview on Friday, Oct. 21 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM.
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After being sober for 2 1/2 years, a 33year-old Billerica man is being held without bail after he allegedly got drunk, blacked out and went on a 12hour rampage destroying his parents' Billerica home and assaulting his wife. After Billerica police arrested Jerrod Chadwick Gammon during the early-morning hours of July 14, police found a .38-caliber bullet in Gammon's pocket. Comment?
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Saturday Jul 16 | via Worcester Telegram & Gazette
A Marlboro man serving time for violating a restraining order numerous times is now accused of violating the order from the Middlesex House of Correction in Billerica, authorities said. Levi Carpio, 23, sent numerous love letters to his ex-girlfriend, who has a restraining order against him, telling her how much he missed her, prosecutor Tim Cochrane said during Carpio's Framingham District Court arraignment on Friday. Comment?
No bail for man in alleged bomb threat
Friday Jul 1 | via Lowell Sun
A Fall River man with a history of mental-health issues is being held without bail after he allegedly threatened to "blow up" the Billerica 12-Step Educational Program with "propane bombs." Billerica police also allege that Aaron D. Sofge wielded a knife as he repeatedly threatened to kill Billerica police and Middlesex Sheriff's officers. Comment?
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Tuesday Jun 28 | via Boston.com
A Chelmsford financial planner was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in federal prison for twice trying to hire undercover state troopers in murder-for-hire plots, according to the US Attorney's office. Andrew S. Gordon, 54, was arrested in September 2014 on charges of trying to hire an undercover trooper to kill his estranged wife, Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said. Comment?
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Saturday Jun 25 | via Lowell Sun
In denying parole this week to a former Billerica man who is serving life in prison for the 1986 beating death of his son, the state Parole Board's decision appears to shed little light on convicted killer Richard Seymour's future prospects for freedom. In its written decision released on Thursday, the Parole Board wrote that Seymour has not demonstrated a level of rehabilitative progress that would make his release compatible with the welfare of society. Comment?
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A former Billerica man who is serving life in prison after he beat his teenage son to death in a drug-fueled rage in 1986 has been denied parole for the fourth time. "It was the best possible outcome. Comment?
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Three raw chicken parts rained down from the sky on a teenager Cassie Bernard, who was taking a horseback riding lesson in Virginia Wednesday. She got hit by the smallest of the parts, a foot-long piece. She was not hurt because she was wearing a helmet.
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Everybody looked up to see where the chicken came from but there were no clues in the sky.
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Bryan D. Watts, avian expert with the Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary, said that high flying seagulls could have dropped the parts.
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Watts said that the main concern about poultry parts falling from the sky is that "the parts are supposed to be disposed of or covered. They are not supposed to be available to scavengers."
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Cording said that after the incident, one of her horses ran away with the rider and another crashed while attempting to jump. She remarked: "It was one of those things around here that gives us something to talk about." She added: "It was a weird night."
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