text:
On a Thursday morning, the church parking lot was full.
There must have been something going on, Bible study groups for seniors or something.
Once inside the church sanctuary, it was obvious that the parking lot was packed because of the memorial service for Kent Johnson, better known to his long-time friends as "Hereford."
Kent wasn't famous.
He wasn't a celebrity, a politician or a professional athlete.
He was just a husband and a father.
But when he died June 2, the church parking lot was full three days later - in his honor.
Kent was a lot of things - a cowboy, a poet, a baseball umpire. The fact he was a baseball umpire and still managed to have a lot of friends - and keep them - speaks of his character.
I didn't know Kent all that well.
His youngest son, a year older than my son, played youth league baseball with and against my son.
A couple of years ago, Kent and I were coaching separate baseball teams. We had a disagreement - which is a nice way to put it - about a pitching line in a score book that led to our forfeit in a playoff game.
As fate would have it, we were on the same team the next season.
Kent never mentioned the disagreement, and neither did I.
I think we both realized it didn't really matter.
Since then, I saw Kent about once a week, when his boys would take private batting and pitching lessons at the same facility as my son.
We'd shoot the bull for a half-hour or so, usually about baseball.
Once you got Kent talking about a subject, it became apparent how intelligent he was. He was one of those people, though, who didn't seem to want people to know how smart he was, like he was embarrassed.
The owner of the aforementioned baseball facility keeps his radio on a local classic rock station, which has created a sort of competition between the owner and certain customers. The first person to blurt out the name of the artist of the current song being played wins.
Kent often participated, and he knew his classic rock. I told him it was no big deal. Just yell out "Skynyrd" and you've got a 50-50 chance of being right.
Kent died at the age of 45 from complications related to a heart attack.
Members of the 2008 Canyon Eagles varsity baseball team, of which his oldest son was a member, were honorary pallbearers, along with members of his younger son's select baseball team.
He leaves behind a wife and two sons.
One of the things I'll remember most about Kent is that the church parking lot was full for his memorial service.
That tells you all you need to know about Kent Johnson.
You don't say
Opinions others won't give: It could happen - a pair of Amarillo residents squaring off in a Major League Baseball game. Joe Dillon, a former Texas Tech Red Raider who now lives in Amarillo, is an outfielder/infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers. Former Randall Raider Chance Douglass, a pitcher in the Houston Astros organization, has made appearances at Triple-A Round Rock and Double-A Corpus Christi this season. Depending on promotions, it is possible Douglass and Dillon could go head-to-head in a Major League game. The Brewers and Astros are both in the National League Central. A lot of things would have to happen for this all-Amarillo showdown, which would probably be a first, but it isn't impossible.
A pat on the back ...
To Amarillo's red-light cameras: Rehearsal is over. The show starts today as red-light cameras at five intersections - one going north and south - will begin issuing tickets to red-light runners. According to an article in the Wednesday Amarillo Globe-News, the city issued 1,502 warnings from May 6 to June 6. In a span of 32 days, there was an average of almost 47 red-light running violations in Amarillo per day - and that is at only five intersections. And the average was probably greater before the red-light cameras were installed. These numbers indicate a red-light camera program is needed for Amarillo.
and a kick in the pants.
To smoking disclaimers: Trailers for the new movie "The Incredible Hulk" include this disclaimer: "This film contains depictions of tobacco consumption." Auggh! Cover little Johnnie's eyes! The Hulk is smoking a cigarette! There would be no problem with the anti-smoking censors if the Hulk ripped out of his pants or if Bruce Banner calmed his inner demon by smoking wacky weed. That would be art. Smoke a cigarette, though, and parents must be warned of the danger. Most movies aimed at teens, and sometimes younger children, contain much more objectionable material than "tobacco consumption." Naked butts are O.K., but smoking butts ... better have a disclaimer.
Dave Henry is an editorial writer for the Amarillo Globe-News, P.O. Box 2091, Amarillo, Texas 79166. His e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com. His column appears Thursday.
© 2016. All Rights Reserved. | Contact Us


text:
Originally Posted by mayness
I've done it this way before... at 350 degrees, there's much less risk of burning things. Low-Carb Snacks : Homemade Baked Cheese Crisps Recipe | Joyful Abode
Yes! I love these. I combine cheddar with another cheese or two and then add in a little bit of Cayenne pepper. Yum!
Forum Rules
Ⓒ2016 Mark's Daily Apple

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Top Definition
A lifestyle of being your own man/woman; Independent of all other beings; A state of being non-reliant on others for satisfaction in life.
"That man lives life one deep."
লিখেছেন- DHizzie 24 de ডিসেম্বার de 2006
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
Live life independant and free of all the fraudulence and fake in your life. Un-influenced by others negativity and hate.
Fuck ALL these niggas and Fuck ALL these hoes, one deep in my life I dont trust a fuckin soul.
লিখেছেন- Pimp D 53 31 de মে de 2007
only one gangsta; don't need nobody else
Dats why you see i'm one deep in my SLAB bitch
লিখেছেন- bL00d4Lif3 12 de মে de 2009


text:
Lanette "Lane" Haunani Dela Cuesta, 60 of Kaneohe, Hawaii formerly of Haiku, Maui died peacefully at home.
Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 6, 2013 at the St. Ann Catholic Church on Oahu with a Mass at 12:00 p.m.
Burial will follow at 1:30 p.m. at the Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
Diamond Head Mortuary is assisting with the arrangements.
Lanette was born November 16, 1952 in Honolulu.
She was the Deli Manager at the Kaneohe Safeway.
Survived by: husband: Bob; son: Preston (Tammy); daughter: Clara "Babes" Dela Cuesta; grandchildren: Treyton and Paige; brothers: Joseph "Joe" and Michael "Mike" Cho; sisters: May (Baldwin) Andrade and Linda (Alfred) Kahana.


text:
Two hours away from Paris, via the Eurostar train, is London. This is one of the most cosmopolitan and exciting cities in the world, a place full of life and surprises. The open-top bus is an ideal way to immerse yourself quickly into the atmosphere of the English capital. The tour starts at Buckingham Palace, passing through the throng of St. James's Park onto the famous Trafalgar Square, with the statue of Nelson and the magnificent British Museum. Further along, near the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, the clock tower of Big Ben can be seen, keeping time for Britain since 1859. On the other side of the river is the London Eye which, standing at 135m (443 ft.) tall, is impossible to miss. Further down the Thames, after several smaller bridges, is the Millennium Bridge, which spans the river and links the Tate Modern and St Paul's Cathedral. Continuing down-river, other iconic monuments come into view; the Tower of London, the medieval palace where the British Crown Jewels are safe-guarded and the famous Tower Bridge. London is also a great place to go shopping, with it being home to Oxford Street and Piccadilly Circus, and not to forget Covent Garden. After all the excitement don't forget to a break to sit down and relax while enjoying a beer in a Soho pub. ParisCityVision.com offers the possibility to visit London by Eurostar as a free-roaming deal; you will benefit from an "Original Tours" bus pass, which works on a hop on/ hop off system; that is you can get on or off the bus as you please at stops along the tourist bus routes. The tour also includes a bus pass that will allow you to cross the river Thames.
Visit London on your own with return train ticket on the Eurostar 2nd class from Paris. Take the tour of London with Open Top bus and cruise on the Thames River.
Visit London on your own. Round-trip first class Eurostar ticket to London from Paris. City tour of London with the Hop-on Hop-off pass and cruise with commentary on the Thames river.


text:
Aural - that story is so horrifying that my mind doesn't even want to believe that it is real! I wish there was some way that I could find that poor girl and her family and...I don't know...do something great for them. What the fucking hell were the cops thinking?
I know in Chicago there have been cases of cops arresting and harrassing women in sexy clothes and assuming that they are prostitutes. But to just jump out of a van and kidnap a child and THEN ARREST HER FOR FIGHTING BACK!!!! is just unacceptable. I am going to try to follow this story but please post any follow ups that you see.
As a side note, just what the flaming fuck does Galveston do to the actual sex workers?!


text:
The 8 Most Misleadingly Awesome Movie Posters
#4. Kiss of the Spider Woman
Island Alive
I was convinced that Kiss of the Spider Woman was about either A) a ghost-faced monster lady who catches people in a giant spider web and eats them to death, or B) a superheroine with powers comparable to Spider Woman breaking up cartel supply rings in the South American jungle. I'm pretty sure one of my parents patiently tried to correct my thunderous inaccuracy, but I didn't give one scalding Red Lobster shit because I'd already decided I was right. In my defense, it says "Spider Woman" in the title. You can't call your movie Handshake of the Batman unless motherfucking Batman shows up to congratulate somebody or accept an award. Hollywood marketing depends on this kind of preteen logic, so based on that righteous poster, I felt entirely justified in expecting either Spider Woman or a spider woman.
As anyone with a duck's buttfeather more cultural awareness than I have probably already knows, Kiss of the Spider Woman is actually a powerful drama about two political prisoners sharing a cell in Brazil and eventually falling in love with each other.
Island Alive
Honestly, it's a pretty good movie (unlike everything else on this list), and I'm not here to make fun of it, but if you study that picture for a moment, you'll notice that there isn't a spider woman anywhere in sight. Nobody gets fed to a spider woman by evil jailers, and no domino-masked super lady comes punching through the wall to stage a daring rescue. Those two dudes pretty much sit there telling each other stories for the entire movie until one of them gets shot. I will admit that if that had been on the poster instead, they probably would've sold a lot less tickets.
Island Alive
Because no one wants to go out of their way to see William Hurt in earrings and makeup.
#3. DeepStar Six
TriStar Pictures
I figured DeepStar Six was about sea monsters from space, because I was a child of the 1980s with more enthusiasm than sense. Unspeakable deep-ocean beasts and screaming interdimensional massacre lizards were two things that I always felt should join forces, and this poster seemed to indicate that someone in Hollywood agreed with me. The tagline virtually declares that DeepStar Six is about aliens who crash landed at the bottom of the ocean and are now wreaking havoc on humanity. There's even a brilliant bright light blazing up from the ocean floor, which I assumed to be the "Door Ajar" lamp on the aliens' submerged spacecraft. Also, that dive suit totally looks like an astronaut. There are so many outer space references on this poster that the ocean seems incidental to the story, sort of like Cocoon, or Sphere, or Jamie Lee Curtis' Virus.
However, DeepStar Six is really just about a giant shrimp terrorizing a group of deep sea researchers and Miguel Ferrer.
TriStar Pictures
Especially Miguel Ferrer.
And I'm not being reductive for the purpose of hilarious comedy -- it is literally a giant prehistoric shrimp. There are no aliens, no spaceship, and no flaring underwater spotlight. Just an angry dinosauric crustacean. Somebody does get bitten in half while wearing a dive suit, so I guess the poster isn't totally lying, but that doesn't happen until the last 20 minutes of the film, and it is not the central thesis of the work like the poster would have you believe. Also, that doesn't excuse all the blatant space bullshit. The tagline should read "Not all aliens come from space. But every sea monster comes from the sea. And that's what this movie is about. That second thing. Boy, it's kind of weird we even mentioned space, huh? DEEPSTAR SIX. CATCH IT."
#2. Dinosaur Island
Image Entertainment
Video stores throughout the 1980s were full of things like this:
MGM, Universal Studios, MGM
So when I saw Dinosaur Island sitting on the shelf, I assumed it was another barbarian movie, only with dinosaurs instead of fantasy monsters, and the standard amount of busty women in bear fur bikinis struggling heroically to keep their breasts from exploding outward like self-inflating emergency rafts. One of the main characters' parents almost certainly gets killed in a village raid, there will be hilarious amounts of gore to compensate for the terrible special effects, and the dinosaurs may or may not be at the whim of an evil sorcerer. In other words, I believed it was the greatest film of my generation, and that watching it as many times as possible was my cultural duty.
In actuality, Dinosaur Island is one of the most gratuitous soft-core pornos in the history of elaborate masturbation. Four bumbling soldiers get marooned on a mysterious island full of sexually insatiable cavewomen who worship a depressing tyrannosaurus with some sort of skeletal deformity.
Image Entertainment
Battling the tyrannosaurus is the only thing any of the characters do that doesn't involve flapping, sweaty nudity. Every other scene plays out like a word problem written by a sexually frustrated geometry teacher.
Image Entertainment
"The bullets aren't working! Should we try having sex with it?"
Seriously, Dinosaur Island contains the most simulated sexual acts I have ever seen in a single movie. It should have been called Nipple Island, and Also There's a Dinosaur.
#1. Silent Night, Deadly Night
TriStar Pictures
This is the movie I most wanted to watch when I was a kid, for reasons that I can't really explain and elementary school guidance counselors are probably still discussing. Suffice it to say that I always liked horror movies, and something about Santa coming down the chimney to beef people with an ax really appealed to me. In my mind, it was the right combination of terrifying and hilarious, and the box art is truly a masterpiece of simplicity. The tagline is irrelevant -- I know what this movie is about, Tinseltown. No need to try to sell me on the details.
As you might have guessed, I was wrong. Somefuckinghow, I was totally wrong about Silent Night, Deadly Night. The first hour of the film is devoted to a meticulously detailed character study of a little boy who witnesses his parents get murdered by an armed robber in a Santa suit. I'm not kidding -- it begins with the incident, and then you watch the little boy gradually grow up in an orphanage and continue to suffer emotional and physical abuse at the hands of the nuns in charge. It's like a Darren Aronofsky film, only more disquieting and horrible.
TriStar Pictures
"I'll beat that rage and hostile resentment out of you yet!"
He turns 18 and moves out to get a job at a toy store, and when the store manager asks him to play Santa, he finally snaps and goes on a killing spree with about 30 minutes left in the movie.
TriStar Pictures
Like so.
The box art wasn't totally misleading, because a man does dress up like Santa and go around killing people, but I was expecting Friday the 13th with Santa Claus instead of Jason. This is more like Taxi Driver if Travis Bickle had worked for the Salvation Army. It's this super intense psychological horror movie that randomly becomes a slasher film for the final third of its runtime.
And the guy never goes down anyone's chimney.
Tom is nowhere near as cool as the cover art would have you believe. Read his novel Stitches and follow him on Twitter.


text:
Today's busy physician's office needs Doran's DS5100 Digital Physician's Scale that provides a faster and easier way to weigh and measure patients accurately. With Doran's Touchless Start feature, you can acquire a patient's weight in as little as two seconds without any buttons to press. Simply have the patient step onto the large DS5100 platform and an accurate weight up to 500 pounds will be held on the display. Once the patient leaves the platform, the DS5100 is immediately ready for another weighing. Imagine the time saved over a year in weighing patients alone!
If you are still using yesterday's mechanical scale, it's time to consider what technology can do to improve your workflow. No longer will you have to guess a patient's weight while waiting for the beam to settle for your elderly and unstable patients. Our exclusive Weight Lock feature allows an accurate weight to be held regardless of a patient's motion. The days of small, unstable, four-inch tall mechanical scale platforms are a thing of the past. The DS5100 Digital Physician Scale works on any flooring, including carpeting.
The sturdy aluminum column houses the height measurement rod. Simply extend the measurement arm and pull upwards for adult heights or push down to measure a child's height. To calculate BMI, enter the height using the scroll buttons, press the BMI button and the patient's Body Mass Index is instantly displayed in the right LCD. When not in use, the BMI display functions as a clock in 24 or 12 hour format.
The Model DS5100 features large, easy to read controls. Data is displayed in dual 1" high LCD's.
The height rod on the DS5100 physician scale can be lowered to measure patients as short as 2'-7". Or extend the height rod to measure patients up to 6' - 10" tall.
MAXIMUM CAPACITY: 500 x 0.1 lb (200 x 0.05kg)
ACCURACY: +/- 0.1 lb (0.05 kg)
PLATFORM SIZE: 15" W x 13" D x 2" H
DISPLAYED UNITS: lb, kg
DISPLAY: Dual 1" High LCD
CONTROLS: Zero, LB, KG, Height Input/BMI, FT/IN, CM, Clock
Minimum 2' - 7" (81 cm)
Maximum 6' - 10" (210 cm)
CLOCK: 12 or 24 Hour Display
BMI CALCULATOR: Input data in FT/IN or CM
POWER: Four C Batteries (Included)
BATTERY LIFE: Three Years
CONSTRUCTION: ABS and Metal Construction
WARRANTY: Three Years
Can't find what you're looking for?
Contact Us and see if we can add the new product or vendor to our site.


text:
The JST seeks contributions about the social, political, military, economic and cultural history of South Texas. Also sought are manuscripts about biographies, about geography, or about the literature of South Texas.
Manuscripts must be typewritten double-spaced with notes typed separately at the end of the text. References cited must be available to review editors, if requested, as historical accuracy is of great importance to the South Texas Historical Association.
For the Fall issue (vol. 15, no. 2) send the manuscripts by August 15, 2002 to the address below.


text:
Featured Golf News
Public Golf North of New York City
I-84, N.Y. - It's a summer weekend in the greater NYC area and rather than having a meal set to the dulcet tones of jackhammers and ambulances, fighting through crowds shopping or at museums, or doing a vapid dance of the sand crabs at a Hamptons time-share, you wisely decide to get some air and exercise and play golf.
Now let's suppose your friends couldn't come through with that dream round at National Golf Links of America, Winged Foot, Shinnecock, Winged Foot, Sleepy Hollow or Bayonne, and that you really don't feel like staying up all night in the parking lot at Bethpage for a round on the Black - the only course to play at the state park facility - and only a chump of the highest order will waste 6½ hours and $50 on any of the poorly conditioned New York City public golf courses. Besides, you'd like to go upstate, get out of the city for a while in the bucolic splendor of the Catskills. What's an NYC public golfer to do?
North of the city, there are plenty of public courses just a little over an hour's pleasant drive up the Hutch, The Saw Mill, or the Taconic Parkway and along I-84. Let's compare and contrast six venues: Links at Union Vale, Centennial Golf Club, Pound Ridge Golf Club, Richter Park Golf Club, Casperkill Golf Club and Concord Golf Club's "The Monster" course.
Thumbprint in 7th Green at Union Vale
Links at Union Vale
Won't you take me down
to that Texas town
to that town they call LaGrange!
Sorry, that's a little ZZ Top there for you, but you do have to make it to the upstate New York town of Lagrange for some excellent golf.
The architect of this course, Stephen Kay, is also a professor at Rutgers University and a gifted golf historian. As a young high-schooler he told his parents, "I wanna be a golf course architect when I grow up," and he did it. His biggest man-sized hit is Links of North Dakota, a superb layout along Lake Sacagawea. His affinity for U.K. golf shines through there as well as at other courses, including Union Vale, where he incorporates strategic elements he imported from the great links across the Atlantic.
Like a true links, Union Vale is treeless, so the wind whips and swirls. Kay also tried to keep open routes to the greens to incorporate the ground game and plenty of short-game options.
The highlights include the stretch in the middle of the course from 5-11. Five, a short par-4, requires a long carry over a pond to a diagonal fairway extending from left to right. The pitch plays uphill to a green bisected into two smaller pods by a long hog's back extending parallel to the fairway through its center. It's a much tougher hole than its meager length on the card. The sixth green is guarded by a huge center-line, sod-faced bunker with an enormous lip, a theme Kay repeats throughout the round in different forms. The green is also divided by a swale running through it, another element Kay brings back time and again to make the targets on the approach on short holes smaller than they appear. It's a basic tenet of good architecture: the shorter the hole, the sexier you can make it.
The Three Sisters Complex at Union Vale's 16th
And right on cue, the best and most unique hole on the course is the long par-3 seventh. Severely uphill all the way and guarded by a cavernous bunker, the green contains an old-school design element, a thumbprint, a roundish depression in the front of the green so that a small circle of green is much lower than the rest and, once again, the green has two distinct sections, and two-putting from one to the other is remarkably taxing on the nerves.
Two other good holes are Nos. 11 and 16. At 11, an enormous chocolate drop, a grassed over rock guards the front of the green, "but we also extended its reach into the green itself," explains Kay. "Everyone thinks that it existed beforehand, that it was there originally, but we designed it that way." The massive humps sheds balls like a magnet with the polarization reversed. The long par-4 16th is a Kay original he tries to build at every course, a "Trinity Hole," a hole with a "Three Sisters" bunker complex. Unquestionably the best example is at Alister Mackenzie and Perry Maxwell's 5th hole at Crystal Downs. But the features Kay employs are both strategic - as the bunkers create a diagonal hazard to be challenged according to how aggressive the player wishes to be off the tee - and aesthetically pleasing.
Union Vale stands head and shoulders about the rest of the class on the I-84 corridor when it comes to golf course architecture and strategic design features. Even though you can hit driver on every hole here, it's a tough second-shot golf course, requiring careful planning and execution. It's a true thinking man's track. Moreover, the greens are cunning. The adventure simply continues as you try to putt along their spines, knobs and hollows. It's a great place to work on your short game.
Though the premium weekend rate is $89 with cart, $73 for walkers, the course's twilight rate stars at a player-friendly 2 p.m. and is only $58/42. Weekday rates are substantially less.
Design: 5 stars (all ratings out of 7)
Natural Setting: 3-1/2 stars
Value: 5-1/2 stars
Overall: 5 - 5-1/2 stars
For more information, visit www.thelinksatunionvale.com.
Centennial Golf Club (Meadows and Fairways Nines)
A radio-blitz campaign spearheaded by former WFAN personality Chris "Mad Dog" Russo made the course famous, but 27 holes and a striking natural setting keep New Yorkers coming back. Located just a hop, skip and jump off of I-84W in Carmel, this 27-hole facility designed by Larry Nelson rumbles up and down 340 acres of steep hills: excellent terrain for golf.
Now you have to be judicious at Centennial. Most golfers like a side called the "Lakes" nine and, indeed, the Lakes is the most popular and heavily marketed by the club. It has lots of water. It cuts through the trees. It has dramatic downhill tee shots into saddles and tough approaches uphill back to the plateaus. It's visually arresting.
It is also an architectural abomination and gets double the play. It's one thing to drive to a narrow isthmus of land between two ponds and then hit a second shot the same way on a par-5 at PGA West Stadium Course, but not when I'm trying to have a low-impact practice round at home on a weekend with my friends. Endless water hazards and trees doubling as pinball machines is not what they thought of when the Dutch taught the Scots the game when journeying from the ships' docks to their mercantile meetings in the town of Edinburgh, nor is it what Old Tom and his boys envisioned when playing at Prestwick, St. Andrews and the like. I refuse to play the Lakes nine on general principle.
Happily, the Meadows and Fairways nines offer a little more architecture and have wonderfully varied natural settings and interesting cross hazards and greens, so you can have an excellent 18-hole day and avoid the masses of players pock-marking the Lakes nine with unrepaired ball marks.
The Meadows nine has a great drive-and-pitch par-4 at the second hole, another great cross-hazard at six, and a homey setting amidst rolling farmland and old farmhouses. Most greens here and on the Fairways nine are separated into two tiers, but not as artfully or strategically as at Union Vale. The sharp lines of the tiers are more abrupt.
Still, the Meadows-Fairways incarnation shows you something different every hole except the No. 2 and 3 fairways, which are similar but a par-5 and par-4. Indeed, the Fairways nine is just straight-ahead, no tricks, good old-fashioned golf with bunkering eerily (and happily) reminiscent of the fabled Olympic Club in San Francisco.
Everyone's favorite hole is the short, downhill par-5 at No. 8 on Fairways. "I have a reasonable chance to hit a par-5 in two and have a good look at eagle," gushed Mel Stollenheinrich, a local player who plays the club almost every weekend. "Between that and the great finisher with a huge downhill drive and a heroic carry over a chasm, it keeps you coming back."
Sadly, walkers are not allowed to play until 4:30 p.m., a tough walking policy which is too rigid and costs the club a ½ point rating overall. Numerous scientific studies show walkers and riders finish within five minutes of each other: sometimes the carts are faster, sometimes the walkers are. However, I see why they do it at Centennial. It's a murderous walk between tees and greens, especially on Meadows. The walks between tees are harder then playing the course.
The $135 rack rate during high-season weekends is far too high, but the twilight rates start early (2 p.m.) and are only $85 on weekends, $70 Monday - Thursday. Even deeper discounts are available after 4 p.m. There is a matted practice range and a short-game practice area.
Here's a sure bar bet winner for you: How many majors did Larry Nelson win and where did he win them? A. Three - 1981 PGA at Atlanta Athletic Club, (site of the 2011 PGA, incidentally), 1983 U.S. Open at Oakmont, 1987 PGA at . . . shudder . . . PGA National, the worst major venue ever. Yes, even worse than Medinah.
Design: 4 - 4-1/2 stars
Natural Setting: 5 stars
Value: 4-1/2 stars
Overall 4-1/2 - 5 stars
Visit www.centennialgolf.com.
The Rock on the Par-3 5th at Pound Ridge
Pound Ridge Golf Club
Say it out loud with me and repeat as necessary . . . this is a Perry Dye golf course . . . this is a Perry Dye golf course . . . this is a Perry Dye golf course. Pete helped with it, of course, and there are a couple of funny stories regarding Pete's involvement as there always are. But Perry was the lead. It's his place.
Don't get me wrong; it's still as hard as any Pete Dye golf course. To paraphrase one critic's review of Pete's Stadium Course at PGA West, you need a camel, a canoe, a tourniquet and a rosary to play Pound Ridge. It's ridiculously hard for the weekend or bogey golfer: a high-alert walk through a minefield of unexploded triple-bogeys on every shot from one through 18.
"I lose two dozen golf balls every time they play there," moaned a shell-shocked Pound Ridge resident, who plays there once or twice a year. "If you're off the fairway, you're taking a penalty stroke."
He's right. Due to the irregularly shaped nature of the property and the stranglehold of environmental restrictions, most fairways are criminally narrow, tighter still because of ubiquitous water and hip-high fescue. Most of the holes are shoe-horned in a rather pedestrian back-and-forth manner along a north-south axis of a square-shaped parcel that's relatively flat.
"It's actually a rhombus, not a square," joked one of my friends, but who's counting. You get the idea. You feel like you're playing back and forth most of the day.
The best holes are Nos. 13, 14 and 15, holes that are away from the rhombus. The 13th tee is set in an idyllic dell deep in the woods. The drive is semi-blind over a rock to a saddle of fairway. On this three-shot hole is a green that's a narrow sliver guarded left by a deep ravine with a bunker at its deep floor, and right by woods. You either have nerves of steel or a prescription for antidepressants if you go for this green in two.
The Dramatic Tee Shot at Pound Ridge's No. 13
Off the tee, No. 14 requires a thrilling carry over a deep chasm bolstered by a stone wall. Then the hole bends left and plays uphill to a semi-blind green set between two hummocks.
The most recognizable and memorable hole at Pound Ridge is the short and quirky par-3 15th. Another narrow sliver of green is set beside a wetlands hazard left and a gigantic white rock right. Dye - Pete not Perry - spent a good half-hour on that tee bouncing ball after ball off of the rock.
"Some of 'em bounce on the green, and some of 'em bounce all over the place," he laughed as he played the next shot straight up and stuck a 7-iron to 3 feet: pretty good for a guy who's half of 164.
Still if you really want to get scared at Pound Ridge, look at the price tag. The standard rate for 18 holes is $235, with discounts harder to find than your golf ball.
"It's prohibitively expensive, even for Pound Ridge residents," said our Pound Ridge resident, who has been part of a grass-roots movement reaching out to the club for more reasonable rates. "I'd play there a few times a year if it cost $125, but I just can't get my wife to wrap her head around a $235 green fee, not when she needs a pair of shoes and the kids need camp."
If you're wondering why it costs so much, it's because it cost over $40 million to build. Far more work needed to be done than just digging up the old muni that was there before. All of Westchester and the surrounding area sit atop a large granite slab, so acres and acres of rock had to be dynamited, sending building costs through the stratosphere.
"I just told Mr. Wang to tell me when he was out of money and then we'd be done," quipped Pete Dye at the Grand Opening and Media Day Ceremony.
Everyone laughed except Wang, who looked like he needed antacids. He'll tell you he had no choice but to change the economic model of the course and try to market it as a "destination course," pushing hard on the marketing and Pete Dye name, the only Dye or Dye Family course in the state. As such, the course markets stay-and-play packages with a premium hotel in Manhattan. What a bargain. Not only do you add a huge rack-rate hotel into the equation, you also pay $45 for the hour-plus shuttle ride to the course. That must be some new definition of a "golf destination" and a "resort package" with which I am not familiar.
There are a few options for locals, but they are also premium priced. $3,500 buys you 50 rounds, but you can only play after 4 p.m. Since you'd have to take off work to have even a remote chance of finishing your round, Pound Ridge again fails on delivering actual value to its customer.
Design: 3-1/2 - 4 stars
Natural Setting: 4 stars
Value: 1 star
Overall: 3 stars
For more information, visit www.poundridgegolf.com.
Concord Golf Club (The Monster)
Back in the '70s, the Concord Hotel was one of the most celebrated facilities in the country. "A-list" celebrities entertained well-heeled New Yorkers and other jet-setting golf and tennis aficionados in a bucolic getaway conveniently nestled in the Catskill Mountains.
This full-service resort climbed to the top of its competitive mountain primarily on the strength of its unconquerable golf course, dubbed "The Monster." Sadly, bankruptcy and real-estate disputes have closed this once-proud hotel. It has been many years since Bobby Darin and Englebert Humperdink shared drinks with Florence Henderson and Ben Vereen. But the golf course has stayed open throughout the turmoil, a well-kept secret on any true connoisseur's golf-radar screen.
Owner Ray Parker issued a challenge to architect Joe Finger. Parker wanted the most difficult course in the country, one that could host a tour stop and provide a difficult test to the world's top players. Finger succeeded too well to lure the professionals, reputedly intimidated by the ungodly length and ubiquitous water hazards. When the course opened in 1963, only Spyglass Hill had a higher course rating in the United States. Nevertheless, coupled with the white-glove resort treatment of its guests, the course was an instant hit with the playing public, eager to test their skills and see if the Monster was truly deserving of its reputation. To this day, most players return to their homes humbled by the layout, but loving the experience.
Most of the course's difficulty is derived from a combination of length, the size and placement of intimidating water hazards, and enormous, undulating greens. Built amid eight large lakes and Kiamesha Creek, water is in play on nine holes. The course features numerous forced carries over these hazards. Add in the sheer length of every hole and the course is worthy of its rating and reputation. Seven of the 10 par-4s are over 410 yards from the white tees and both par-3s on the front exceed 207 yards. The par-3s on the back, while shorter, feature forced carries over water from tee to green.
Even now, its prolific length and fierce rating make it one of the most difficult tracks in the country for all levels of play. Most amateurs are overmatched at tracks over 6,800 yards and ratings over 72, and pros still face a stern, long test at the Monster's Herculean 7,650 yards and rating of 76.4. Now imagine the challenge presented back in the course's heyday when no one heard of a bubble-shaft; fairway metals were not even in designers' imaginations and blade irons were the standard in all bags. The Monster's difficulty was so renowned that pros were unwilling to consent to a tour stop being played there. To this day, the course record remains 67, owned by several players.
The course beats players into submission on the front nine, but shortens on the back. The back, however, has more water and looks more difficult than the front. Still, the high number of good back nines carded by traveling golfers helps keep them coming back.
While the resort may not reopen for a few more years (if ever), the course is still in terrific shape. When rumors went around several years ago that the conditioning had deteriorated, the course took the criticism to heart and rectified the problems. It's $75 at its highest weekend rate, $55 after 2:30 on weekends, both excellent values. It costs $65 during the week, $45 after 2:30. There is a large practice area and short game facility.
Design: 4-½ stars
Natural Setting: 4-½ - 5 stars
Value: 5-1/2 stars
Overall: 5 stars (like Centennial, a no walking policy knocks an entire half-point off the rating)
For more information, visit www.concordresort.com.
Richter Park Golf Course
Danbury, Conn., still gives NYC public golfers something the actual New York City does not: a public golf course with an interesting design and at a fair price (around $62 in high season). Richter is a nice muni in good condition with some interesting holes, and some beautiful views. You can get around in four hours, meet some nice people, get a great meal and be home before rush hour hits.
Architecturally, the course is hit-and-miss. The low points are Nos. 1 (a 90-degree dog-leg around a pond), the par-3s on the front (both carries over water), and the stretch of 14-16 (which play around man-made ponds or the course's unique quicksand hazard).
For those of you who've never heard of Richter, you read that last sentence right. A nasty and downright dangerous quicksand bog guards the entire right side at 15 and 16. The city found that out when it lost a backhoe there during construction of the course.
There are some excellent holes too, though. Four and six are great par-4s, six in particular. The blind drive should start at the big tree in the distance and draw gently to the left. The long iron/fairway wood approach to the elevated green will be played with the ball above your feet and cannot go left under any circumstances as the green drops 60 feet straight down to the edge of the river. Excepting 16, the par-5s are strong, especially the three-shot 12th. Looky-loos love to squeal about how the green is surrounded on three sides by water in the middle of the river. It is an inspired setting. The closing dogleg, par-4 18th demands your best drive of the day to reach the corner, then requires your best approach of the day: uphill to a green surrounded by bunkers.
Richter is a great place to take the family for a getaway weekend round or to get in some quick low-impact practice without breaking your back. It's not a place to take to impress friends interested in architecture and design, but it's a reliable stand-by for a quick getaway. Sadly, the practice facility is sub-par.
Design: 3 - 3-1/2 stars
Natural Setting: 5 stars
Value: 4 - 4-1/2 stars
Overall: 4 - 4-1/2 stars
For more details, visit www.richterpark.com.
Casperkill Country Club
Built in 1944 and for years a private course for corporate guests, this Robert Trent Jones course is another nicely conditioned, inexpensive getaway for a quick round. Therea are a few good holes, a number of solid, well-protected green complexes, and you'll get around in four hours instead of the six you'd have to invest over the chopped salads that serve New York City public golfers.
Architecture junkies won't like it as there is too much penal architecture, and a few par-4s are either screwy or bland, but for weekends the course tests enough of a player's game to be just fine. Most importantly, you can work on all aspects of the short game, not just the lob wedge. There's even a good short-game area with bunkers for practice.
The best holes are some of the more difficult par-4s. Two plays long and uphill to a green benched in a hillside. A severe drop-off to a shaved chipping area guards the left side. At seven, a long drive must catch the hill and roll down to the lower plateau or else the approach will be side-hill with a long-iron or hybrid to a green guarded by sand on three sides and fronted by water.
Nos. 11 and 17 are the strongest par-4s on the back. The 11th requires a long drive over a burn which crosses the fairway, then an approach to a green guarded by one of the deepest bunkers on the course. The 17th plays through a chute of trees, and requires a long drive and an uphill approach to a long, narrow green.
Though the high rate on weekends is $65, greens fees go down after 12 p.m. to $45, and reduce further still to $27, a steal. Weekdays the rate is $45 in the mornings, $27 after noon. As my father says, "You can't beat that with a stick!"
Design: 3 - 3-1/2 stars
Natural Setting: 4 stars
Value: 4 - 4-1/2 stars
Overall: 4 stars
In summation, definitely visit Links at Union Vale to see things you've never seen before and learn about architecture. Go to Centennial or The Monster to impress clients and make a special occasion out of your round. Play Casperkill or Richter Park with family and friends for a nice, low-impact day or for practice, and wait to play Pound Ridge when they have a ½-price day or a friend gets you in a scramble so you don't leave with a bruised ego and slashed wallet.
Since launching his first golf writing website in 2004, http://www.jayflemma.thegolfspace.com, Jay Flemma's comparative analysis of golf designs and knowledge of golf course architecture and golf travel have garnered wide industry respect. In researching his book on America's great public golf courses (and whether they're worth the money), Jay, an associate editor of Cybergolf, has played over 220 nationally ranked public golf courses in 37 different states. Jay has played about 1,649,000 yards of golf - or roughly 938 miles. His pieces on travel and architecture appear in Golf Observer (www.golfobserver.com), Cybergolf and other print magazines. When not researching golf courses for design, value and excitement, Jay is an entertainment, copyright, Internet and trademark lawyer and an Entertainment and Internet Law professor in Manhattan. His clients have been nominated for Grammy and Emmy awards, won a Sundance Film Festival Best Director award, performed on stage and screen, and designed pop art for museums and collectors. Jay lives in Forest Hills, N.Y., and is fiercely loyal to his alma maters, Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and Trinity College in Connecticut.
Story Options
|Print this Story


text:
Turnpike accepts applications for summer work
5-month program open to college students
UPDATED 2:52 PM EST Jan 29, 2013
The turnpike is accepting applications for summer employment.
State Rep. Ron Marsico said the program for college students will start in May and run through September.
Opportunities for toll takers, maintenance workers and clerical positions are available.
All applications must be completed online by March 15. Click here for the application.
Copyright 2013 by WGAL All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text:
Source: Reuters
quote: Call me when that new enterprise level accounting software comes out on an iPhone, or tell me when that shop floor management database app works on an Android phone. Call me when large call centers can run thier CRM software on a tablet. Its not happening any time soon.
quote: I believe that iOS will completely fail because application developers don't want to give Apple a chunk of every transaction (iOS apps all go through Apple, for nice big fee). See: EA shifting away from Steam to their own front-end, Origin.


text:
Here on Freedom@Work, we've kept you updated about the Obama Administration's payback after payback to the union bosses who spent over one billion dollars in 2008 getting Barack Obama and other forced unionism proponents elected.
From rolling back union disclosure guidelines to slashing the budget of the Department of Labor's union watchdog agency to blacklistining nonunion construction workers from "stimulus" projects, the Obama Administration hasn't been shy about rewarding union brass.
So Friday's news about the White House's visitor list isn't exactly a shocker, but it says an awful lot about the Administration's priorities: no one has visited the White House more than Service Employees International Union chief Andy Stern.
Stern, of course, is one of the nation's most politically powerful union barons. Under Stern's reign, the SEIU has also been marked by scandal after scandal, dissatisfied and unhappy workers and union members, and vicious campaigns against workers and employers.


text:
Based in the East Neuk of Fife, East Winds provides training in Traditional Yang Family T'ai Chi Ch'uan as taught by Yang Zhen Ji (the second son of Yang Cheng-fu). Although the school's main teaching curriculum is Yang style, several of our Instructors have also been accredited to teach Master Paul Lam's "Tai Chi for Arthritis" programme. We also teach Traditional Yang Family Sword and Sabre forms as well as Push Hands and T'ai Chi Applications. We have taught Zhan Zhuang (Jam Jong) classes at Maggies Cancer Care Centre in Kirkcaldy since it opened in 2006.
The Principal Instructor Alistair Sutherland, has been working with Chinese Internal Arts for over 20 years and is an "A" grade Instructor with the T'ai Chi Union for Great Britain.
We organise seminars for industry and have worked with Fife Health Board Primary Care Trust providing T'ai Chi and Qigong training for health professionals.
East Winds Lineage
• Yang Cheng-Fu
• Yang Zhen Ji
• Christopher Pei
• Shelagh Grandpierre
• East Winds School


text:
Fair ~
High: 68°F ~ Low: 44°F
Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2016
EagleCamPosted Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at 4:54 PM
As a avid Outdoorsman and Taxidermist I came across very interesting website that thousands of people have been watching. I thought this would be interesting to everyone.
I would suggest this website to you all. It is getting very interesting as the Eagle will soon be a mother. The eggs are projected to hatch sometime this weekend. Here is the link:
Showing most recent comments first
[Show in chronological order instead]
If you have children, you will want to be sure and let them watch the Eagle Cam! It is fascinating. Myself and a group of friends have been viewing it daily since the first egg hatched.
Glad you posted this online so more people can know about it and watch the 3 baby eagles grow and be cared for by BOTH parents!
-- Posted by apainter on Sat, Apr 30, 2011, at 11:50 AM
FYI: for those without streaming internet access, the eagle cam is up and running at the Spencer Library during business hours.
-- Posted by libraryladies on Thu, Mar 31, 2011, at 11:00 AM
Respond to this blog
Posting a comment requires free registration:
Honi's Highlights
- Archives
- Blog RSS feed
- Comments RSS feed
- Send email to Brian Plueger
- Login
College Football (Iowa) and the great outdoors.
Hot topicsWhere have all the Pheasants gone?
(8 ~ 1:55 PM, Aug 8)


text:
Harry Lee Stutes
Funeral services were held at Gossen Funeral Home Chapel, Sunday, December 22, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. for Harry Lee Stutes , 77, who died Friday, December 20, 2013.
Interment was in St. Joseph Cemetery #2.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Stutes; one son, Ronald Lee Stutes and wife Carroll; one grandchild, Ashley Stutes Seibold and husband Kade; three sisters, Delta Stutes, Marie Louise Richard and Marie Margaret Foster and husband James.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Obin and Elizabeth Leger Stutes; one brother, John Stutes; two brothers-in-law, Joe Richard and Raymond Meche; and one sister-in-law, Sadie Stutes.
He was born in Duson, son of Obin Stutes and Elizabeth Leger Stutes.
Friends were received Sunday, December 22, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m .at Gossen Funeral Home, Inc., Rayne. A Rosary was recited Sunday at 11:30 am.
In lieu of flowers donation can be made to St. Joseph Hospice 1003 Hugh Wallis Rd. S. Lafayette, La 70508.
Friends may view the obituary and guestbook online at www.gossenfuneralhome.net.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne.


text:
A few showers this morning
A few isolated showers are pushing south into the area this morning. These showers are quick moving, and they should begin to dissipate through the late morning hours.
This afternoon, the humidity and heat will start to ramp up bringing us back to our normal summer time pattern. Afternoon highs will top out in the upper 80s and lower 90s across the area.
We will continue to warm up for the rest of the week as ridge contiues to build into the area. By Wednesday a weak cold front just to the north of us will trigger some isolated showers and storms. We'll continue to have a chance for spotty showers for the rest of the week.
Copyright 2013 by KHBS and The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text:
Kent State University
The Department of Classical Studies will implement the following Outcomes Assessment measure beginning in the Spring 1993 semester.
1. SENIOR EXAMINATION: All majors in Latin and Classical Humanities will take a departmental language examination in the semester in which they apply for graduation. The examination will cover Latin and/or Greek authors whom the students will have covered in their required courses. It will cover also aspects of classical culture.
2. STUDENT PORTFOLIO: Students in Latin and Greek courses will take a sight-translation examination in every language course offered from the elementary through the advanced levels. These examinations, to be administered near the end of each course, will be collected in a portfolio for each student. Term papers and final examinations of departmental course will be added to the portfolio. As majors progress in their program, the portfolio will provide a foundation from which to measure achievement on the senior examination. Since some students enter our programs with high-school preparation and others begin with no pre-college study of Latin or classics, the portfolio will enable us to evaluate the progress of each student individually.
3. ALUMNI QUESTIONNAIRE: The department will send a questionnaire to all departmental alumni since 1983. The questionnaire will cover such areas as: placement in employment directly or indirectly related to major; success in entering and completing graduate programs in classics and related areas (both MA and Ph.D. levels); alumni assessment of quality of their preparation for professional and personal aspects of their life.


text:
Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
The Great Divorce (edition 2009)
by C. S. Lewis
Work details
The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
No current Talk conversations about this book.
This book was a little hard to read, since it was written in an old fashion "language", but it was short. It kind of reminded me of some of the weird dreams I have. I can't say I understood most of it, but perhaps my mind will continue to process it all.
This is story is about a bus trip from hell to heaven. The passengers are allowed to stay, and all but one of them chooses to go home. I'd never before thought that people might choose to leave heaven, but Lewis depicts very well the types of pride that might lure one into preferring a reign in hell over servitude in heaven. Hell is depicted here as a very lonely place, a haven of solipsists. People who wouldn't want to be in heaven if it's a place where God forgives people like [insert here someone you loath or despise].
This has long been a favorite of mine, and a perfect read for February's book choice for my Book Club.
The unnamed protagonist takes a bus ride up from Hell and encounters many guides along the way as he learns of true Love and what it really is to feel that Love. For many, the act of letting their own perceptions go is too much to bear, but for a lucky few, Heaven isn't too far away, as the song once stated.
A allegorical piece, written in a kind of reply to Blake's Marriage Between Heaven and Hell, Lewis makes fine use of simple words and sensations, weaving a very real place that makes you want to believe that it's not all just a dream.
I have recommended this book to many people over the years, and read it many times, and I always find something new to take away from it. A short read, but with powerful intent, Lewis plies his trade very well, and reminds me why I return to his writing over and over as an example.
C.S. Lewis is always a favorite of mine so I enjoy most everything I read by him. This story started off well but was sort of boring in some parts and hard to follow. But I still walked away from the story with good points to think about and moments where I evaluated my own beliefs and ideas about the afterlife. Glad this was a short read and I still enjoy Mr. Lewis' writings.
The choices of life played out into eternity.
References to this work on external resources.
Wikipedia in English (2)
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0060652950, Paperback)The Great Divorce is C.S. Lewis's Divine Comedy: the narrator bears strong resemblance to Lewis (by way of Dante); his Virgil is the fantasy writer George MacDonald; and upon boarding a bus in a nondescript neighborhood, the narrator is taken to Heaven and Hell. The book's primary message is presented with almost oblique tidiness--"There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.'" However, the narrator's descriptions of sin and temptation will hit quite close to home for many readers. Lewis has a genius for describing the intricacies of vanity and self-deception, and this book is tremendously persistent in forcing its reader to consider the ultimate consequences of everyday pettiness. --Michael Joseph Gross
(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:07:51 -0400)
A symbolic fantasy which finds a busload of condemned ghosts faced with the choice of giving up their cherished sins to enter the gates of Paradise.
(summary from another edition)
Amazon Kindle (2 editions)
Audible (0 editions)
CD Audiobook (2 editions)
Project Gutenberg (0 editions)
Google Books — Loading...
Popular covers


text:
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – The Secretary of the Army announced April 30 the new senior civilian leader for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. Eric Felton Edwards has been appointed as AMRDEC technical director.
The Research, Development and Engineering Command's aviation and missile center has been without a director since the retirement of long-time physicist Dr. Bill McCorkle late last year. Dr. Robin Buckelew has served as acting technical director since November 2009.
Edwards comes to the new job from the AMRDEC Integrated Material Management Center where he served as executive director.
"Please join me in congratulating Mr. Edwards in his new Assignment and welcome him to the RDECOM community," wrote Maj. Gen. Nick Justice, RDECOM commanding general in an e-mail to key leaders April 30. "I know he can count on your support as we strive to find ways to improve our support to Soldiers and our combat formations."
Justice also wanted to public recognized the contributions of the interim director.
"Dr. Buckelew has done a great job in ensuring that AMRDEC maintains its critical role in supporting the aviation and missile communities and providing cutting edge technologies and engineering support to the AMCOM community and the Army," he wrote.
Edwards will assume his duties at RDECOM's Aviation and Missile Center as of May 9.


text:
- Inicio
- Medios representados
- Nuestros servicios
- Media News & Events
- Quienes somos
All of the Corriere della Seras consolidated values, such as its authoritativeness and credibility, can also be found online at Corriere.it. Over time the digital system, in complete synergy with the original print edition, has attracted increasing numbers of users, establishing itself as the leading quality news publication. - An analysis of the navigation profiles produces a snapshot of a high-quality user who chooses Corriere.it because of its comprehensive, clear and effective news coverage. - The reputation of the newspaper, its multimedia content and innovation, together with its high-quality readership, make Corriere.it a perfect use.


text:
I read somewhere sometime way back when, that running tests both your physical and mental strength. I couldn't agree more. With my runs getting longer and longer each weekend, it's getting harder and harder to get myself out the door. I love running, it's the one time my mind gets a chance to completely check-out and wander, but sometimes it's a battle to get to that point… Thankfully, a good playlist can ease the nerves.
I haven't downloaded many tunes lately and have been relying on Pandora, so Sunday morning I was in a time pinch. I quickly scanned through the top tunes and came up with the following playlist…
"Anything Could Happen" by Ellie Goulding
"Back in Time" by Pitbull
"Beauty and a Beat" by Justin Beiber featuring Nicki Minaj
"Blow Me [One Last Kiss]" by P!nk
"Brokenhearted" by Karmin
"Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
"Catch My Breath" by Kelly Clarkson
"Die Young" by Ke$ha
"Don't Stop the Party" by Pitbull featuring TJR
"Hall of Fame" by The Script featuring will.i.am
"Ho Hey" by The Lumineers
"I Cry" by Flo Rida
"I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift
"It's Time" by Imagine Dragons
"[Kissed You] Good Night" by Gloriana
"Little Talks" by Of Monsters and Men
"Oath" by Cher Lloyd featuring Becky G
"Scream & Shout" by will.i.am featuring Britney Spears
"Starships" by Nicki Minaj
"Stronger [What Doesn't Kill You]" by Kelly Clarkson
"Try" by P!nk
"Va Va Voom" by Nicki Minaj
"Want U Back" by Cher Lloyd
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift
"Whistle" by Flo Rida
"Wild Ones" by Flo Rida featuring Sia
I can't say that I was a big fan of all the tunes, but they all had a pretty catchy beat and provided rhythm to my feet for the whole 9 miles 😛
Question: Do you make playlists for your runs/ workouts?
Question: What's your favorite workout song?
— Allison


text:
News release - 5/13/2012
Published 5/31/2012 (all press releases for this day)
On May 11, 2012, at about 8:40 p.m., Oxnard PD officers were dispatched to an armed robbery that occurred at the Gold & Jewelry Emporium located at 714 North Ventura Road. When officers arrived they contacted the store employee who said that a white male entered the store armed with a handgun. The suspect demanded money from the cash register. The employee fled the store, leaving the suspect inside the business. According to the surveillance cameras, the suspect later left the business without any money. The employee was not injured during the incident.
Press release archive
|Copyright © 2003-2016 Oxnard Police Department | Site Map | Contact Us | Terms & Conditions


text:
Hate crimes can occur in any of the following ways:* A physical attack (assault and battery, as well as other violent crimes such as murder, manslaughter and rape); or* Intimidating or threatening behavior putting a person in fear of immediate physical harm (assault, threats to commit certain crimes); or* Damage to property (arson, vandalism)
*Support efforts in your community to promote diversity and tolerance.* Help establish positive civil rights and hate crime prevention and response strategies in your neighborhood, school or community.* Contact the Norfolk County District Attorney's Prevention and Outreach Unit at (617) 984-5600 (ext. 102) or (781) 830-4800 (ext.388).Working with a host of resources agencies and service providers, they
provide community education programs, activities, curricular and other
Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General,Civil Rights Division,One Ashburton Place,
Boston Ma 02108(617) 727-2200.


text:
Multiphysics simulation of microwave curing in micro-electronics packaging applications
Tilford, Tim, Sinclair, Keith I., Bailey, Christopher, Desmulliez, Marc P.Y., Goussetis, George, Parrott, Kevin and Sangster, Alan J. (2007) Multiphysics simulation of microwave curing in micro-electronics packaging applications. Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, 19 (3). pp. 26-33. ISSN 0954-0911 (doi:10.1108/09540910710843757)Full text not available from this repository.
Purpose – This paper aims to present an open-ended microwave curing system for microelectronics components and a numerical analysis framework for virtual testing and prototyping of the system, enabling design of physical prototypes to be optimized, expediting the development process.
Design/methodology/approach – An open-ended microwave oven system able to enhance the cure process for thermosetting polymer materials utilised in microelectronics applications is presented. The system is designed to be mounted on a precision placement machine enabling curing of individual components on a circuit board. The design of the system allows the heating pattern and heating rate to be carefully controlled optimising cure rate and cure quality. A multi-physics analysis approach has been adopted to form a numerical model capable of capturing the complex coupling that exists between physical processes. Electromagnetic analysis has been performed using a Yee finite-difference time-domain scheme, while an unstructured finite volume method has been utilized to perform thermophysical analysis. The two solvers are coupled using a sampling-based cross-mapping algorithm.
Findings – The numerical results obtained demonstrate that the numerical model is able to obtain solutions for distribution of temperature, rate of cure, degree of cure and thermally induced stresses within an idealised polymer load heated by the proposed microwave system.
Research limitations/implications – The work is limited by the absence of experimentally derived material property data and comparative experimental results. However, the model demonstrates that the proposed microwave system would seem to be a feasible method of expediting the cure rate of polymer materials.
Originality/value – The findings of this paper will help to provide an understanding of the behaviour of thermosetting polymer materials during microwave cure processing.
Actions (login required)
|View Item


text:
The fear that online advice platforms will eliminate the need for the flesh-and-blood advisor is overblown. But the fact they will drive down the value of an advisor's advice is not. The pricing pressure has hit the custodians, the exchanges, the retail side and the tech vendors, but it hasn't hit advisors yet, some say.
We all know the popular online advice platforms that have been around for a few years: Betterment, Personal Capital, Wealthfront, etc. But new algorithm-based platforms—such as Financial Guard, Quovo, and NestEgg Wealth—are arguably better at holding advisors accountable than many of the earlier iterations. With these platforms, clients can see all their accounts in one place, so if they're using a full-service advisor, it will highlight how much they are paying in load fees. Users also get feedback on how much money they lost by trading and how much money they could've had if they had been in index funds instead of high-fee mutual funds.
Rather than giving into the threat of online advice, advisors can look to these platforms to improve how they communicate with clients, via iPads, digital portals or virtual messaging. Firms without portals where clients log in, get individualized returns and research, will be the dinosaurs. The era when an advisor will deliver quarterly statements to a client and go over them in person is fading. Clients will have access to their portfolio performance all the time, in real time.
The growth of direct-to-investor platforms, such as E*Trade and Schwab, are already outpacing that of advisors. Between 2008 and 2012, direct-to-investor assets grew 16 percent, versus an increase of 9 percent for advisor-intermediated assets, Cerulli Associates says.
On the one hand, fewer investors say they primarily rely on their advisor for advice, dropping from a high of 36 percent in 2008 to 32 percent in 2012, according to Cerulli Associates. At the same time, more individuals say they are willing to pay for financial advice, with the percentage rising from 35 percent to 37 percent between 2010 and 2012.
View full article here.
Wealth Management
Sponsored Introduction Continue on to (or wait seconds) ×


text:
Kennesaw State's Small Business Development Center named Georgia's SBDC of the Year
Center earns regional honor for first time; Edge Connection CEO honored for work with women owners
KENNESAW, Ga. (May 2, 2014) — Kennesaw State University received top honors from the U.S. Small Business Administration's regional and state offices for its small business initiatives.
The Small Business Development Center in the Michael J. Coles College of Business was named Georgia's Small Business Development Center of the Year for 2014.
The Center also was honored with the 2014 Regional Small Business Development Center Excellence in Innovation Award for the Southeastern region, which consists of eight states. This is the first time a Georgia SBDC has earned the regional award.
"We are honored to be recognized as the SBDC of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration," said Drew Tonsmeire, area director of Kennesaw State University's SBDC, a 30-year old program at KSU. "To be chosen among the best throughout the Southeastern United States acknowledges the exceptional service delivered by the Kennesaw SBDC staff."
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Kennesaw State is part of a partnership program between Kennesaw State, the University of Georgia and the U.S. Small Business Administration. The SBDC offers free one-on-one confidential business consulting for Georgia's small businesses, primarily serving Cobb and Cherokee counties.
Terri ElHaddaoui, chief executive officer of The Edge Connection in the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State, was named the Women in Business Champion of the Year.
"I am passionate about promoting the success of women in business," said ElHaddaoui, who runs The Edge Connection, a nonprofit organization that provides entrepreneurial training for low-to-moderate income women, minorities and veterans. "There is no better honor than to be recognized for improving and empowering the lives of other women."
Tonsmeire and ElHaddaoui were honored during the Small Business Week awards lunch, hosted by the Georgia Quality Lenders Circle on April 30. This year marks the 50th anniversary of National Small Business Week, May 12-16.
For more information about Kennesaw State's SBDC, visit http://coles.kennesaw.edu/centers/small-business-development/. To learn more about The Edge Connection, visit http://www.theedgeconnection.com.
# # #


text:
2K Sports announced new downloadable content for Major League Baseball 2K7 on the Xbox Live Marketplace. This new content, when combined, is almost enough to make-up an entire expansion pack, if it were for PC, that is. Including, historic stadiums, signature animations, and even scanned facial models.
The historic stadiums consist of: Forbes Field, Sportsman's Park, the Polo Grounds, Griffith Stadium, Shibe Park, and Crosley Field. In order to experience these authentic stadiums, gamers will have to either buy them in pairs for 300 Microsoft Points or the whole pack for 800 points. Don't worry though, if you're a poor man's gamer, 2K Sports is also dishing out a free download that'll give you the facial scans of Norma Garciaparra, Victor Martinez and Hideki Okajima, updated uniforms, signature style animations for key players and Olympic Stadium.
So if throwing a ball at a guy with a stick suits your fancy, then this new downloadable content will put you in baseball heaven. Go forth and download your little heart out.


text: The ECHO "Arrow Hunter PLUS" is a complete line of clamp-on Transit-time flowmeters for portable, permanent and thermal energy applications. They will measure all metal or plastic pipes with any liners from 3/8" to 118" diameters on clean or dirty liquids. It uses Dual DSP technology and measures flow velocity from 0.03 to 82 ft/s. Accuracy is +/- 0.5% factory calibrated (process conditions can reduce accuracy).We can measure any municipal flow application, including low-flow chemical feed to large concrete-lined raw sewage pipes.


text:
After installing, trying Gentoox v3.2 Home Edition, I deleted it a few days later after it was working fine to make space on the E drive.
Now whichever linux based program I use, my Xbox LED flashes orange, the fan speeds up to max and then the Xbox just turns itself off
What could be causing this?
Problems Booting Any Linux Distro
Started by Vejita , May 03 2005 11:46 PM
1 reply to this topic
Posted 03 May 2005 - 11:46 PM
Posted 04 May 2005 - 12:27 AM
Is your Xbox hooked up via component cables? If it is, is it outputting a non-480i signal? that could be the problem, I know some Linux distro's don't like to load sometimes when the Xbox is running in 480p or hi def.
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users


text:
22150 Players currently online!
Man vs. Machine - good luck!
Turn-based games at any time!
Vote for the best move to win!
Do you have what it takes?
Backgammon, Yatzy, and more!
Sharpen your tactical vision!
Get advice and game insights!
Learn from top players & pros!
View millions of master games!
Your virtual chess coach!
Perfect your opening moves!
Test your skills vs. computer!
Find the right private coach!
Can you solve it each day?
Bring it all together!
Beginners, start here!
Make friends & play team games!
News from the world of chess!
Search all Chess.com members!
Find local clubs & events!
Who's the best of your friends?
Read what members are saying!
A book which has long since been Out-of-Print (OP) will soon be available again. This has long been considered the authoritative work on "A History of Chess" and I'm looking forward to purchasing a copy!
A History of Chess is a chess history book by Harold James Ruthven Murray published in 1913.
Murray's aim is threefold: to present as complete a record as is possible of the varieties of chess that exist or have existed in different parts of the world; to investigate the ultimate origin of these games and the circumstances of the invention of chess; and to trace the development of the modern European game from the first appearance of its ancestor, the Indian chaturanga, in the beginning of the 7th century.
The first part of the book describes the history of the Asiatic varieties of chess, the Arabic and Persian literature on chess, and the theory and practice of the game of Shatranj. The second part is concerned with chess in Europe in the Middle Ages, its role in literature and in the moralities, and with medieval chess problems, leading up to the beginning of modern chess and the history of the modern game through to the 19th century.
Murray's comprehensive discussion of the wide ranging sources and of chess problems makes it unlikely that this book will ever be equaled. It is referred to as the authoritative source by every modern writer on chess history. It is the first published source of the theory that chess originated in India; a theory that remains the most widely accepted today.
By collating sources and eliminating duplicates therein he lists 553 complete Islamic shatranj chess problems and their stated solutions, plus 16 mikhāriq ("puzzles", singular mikhrāq) (which he numbers RW29 and 554 to 568). During this he was caused extra work by finding that one of his Arabic-language source documents was descended from a predecessor whose pages had been shuffled somewhat and some pages lost, and then had been routine-mindedly copied as it was by another scribe in old times.
The book also contains a list of medieval European chess problems.
As some chess variants do not use an 8x8 board, he uses the algebraic notation to represent chess moves, but:
He quotes lengths of text from older European sources untranslated in their original languages (medieval forms of French and German and Spanish etc.). SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_Chess
You can purchase it from
Is it better than The Immortal Game : A History of Chess? I borrowed it from the library and I'm a tad disappointed in it
Can't say I never read "The Immortal Game" suggest you check out user ratings/reviews at amazon, ebay and the 3 sources I gave above. Pls provide more details about "The Immortal Game" if you have the time and inclination to do so
A must buy in my opinion. Used copies go for $200+ on e-bay. Thanks for the links!
{Edit: the book will be available in November 2012}
Post your best miniatures here
by Firethorn15 a few minutes ago
9/29/2016 - Occupying The Escape Square
by nacer23 a few minutes ago
LOL Nakamura's hat
by SilentKnighte5 a few minutes ago
La Variante Alapin contra la Defensa Siciliana
by dpnorman 3 minutes ago
New Version Feedback
by pradnyasoorya 13 minutes ago
Best chess timer ever
by AlkinKing 15 minutes ago
report chess players
by kaynight 16 minutes ago
Tactics Rating Not Visible After First Attempt
by GodsPawn2016 20 minutes ago
I wonder how it could be judged as a draw?!
by nartreb 21 minutes ago
Does anyone else have this problem with sore losers?
by woton 21 minutes ago
Home |
Why Join | Chess Topics |
About |
FAQs |
Help & Support |
Site Map
Privacy Policy |
Legal |
© 2016 Chess.com
• Chess - English
Try the new Chess.com!
We are working hard to make Chess.com available in over 70 languages. Check back over the year as we develop the technology to add more, and we will try our best to notify you when your language is ready for translating!


text:
Milwaukee woman shot in alley
No arrest yet made
UPDATED 4:08 PM CDT Apr 08, 2013
A 51-year-old Milwaukee woman was shot in an alley early Monday morning.
Police said it happened around 2 a.m. near 39th and Locust streets.
She was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said the woman wasn't cooperating with investigators, but police said they think she knows who shot her.
No one has been arrested yet.
Copyright 2013 by WISN.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text:
Showing 1-24 of 134 items found in Food & Drink
- Sort by:
There's an American History here, one you can feel, enjoy and most importantly, taste. Sparked by the invention of the Weber kettle in 1952 and fueled by a desire for great grilled food, this expertise is recreated everyday.
Homemade pizza and pasta.
Even before you succumb to the powerful flavors of immigrant Italian cooking, you'll be drunk on the decor at this exuberant send-up of post-war Italian-American supper clubs.
Casual dining and bar since 1939. Our original onion loaf and Hackney burger are not to be missed. Check out all 6 locations. Private party rooms available.
Voted the best by Channel New, Pioneer Press, North Shore Magazine, Chicago Edition. Chef and family of Hi Howe Restaurant of Chicago.
Committed to providing the freshest food from around the globe. Seafood is delivered from the highest quality providers from around the world.
Japanese Hibachi style cooking - a chef prepares for you at your table. Steak, chicken, shrimp, scallops & lobstertail.
Welcome to Lynfred Winery Wheeling, a satellite location for Illinois' oldest and largest, continually-operating winery. Since 1979, Lynfred Winery has been offering guests with great wine, food and lodging. We offer wine tastings, flights, and bottles every day of the week. We have received numerous awards for our wine, and we have countless events that go on throughout the year at the winery. We also have a variety of gift and gourmet food items.
Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant - Wheeling
After four years of planning and construction, Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant opened in 2005 in Orland Park, a south suburb of Chicago. The concept was unique. We would create a signature menu with a selection of dishes designed to pair perfectly with our own Cooper's Hawk wines, made in our own private winery. With sophisticated food and exceptional wines, our concept was born. The Cooper's Hawk concept includes four distinct components: an upscale casual dining restaurant, full-service bar, private barrel-aging room, and Napa-style tasting room and retail gift store…all under one roof. Each Cooper's Hawk location is distinctive in layout and décor, but carries the same warmth and elegance that guests have come to expect.
Ram Restaurant & Brewery - Wheeling
The RAM offers a casual dining atmosphere, including a brew house with adjoining bar/lounge and restaurant areas. Lively environment accompanied by great house-brewed beers and daily food specials.
Saddle Ridge Restaurant & Banquets
A full service restaurant offering breakfast, lunch, dinner, including steaks, chops, Italian dishes, prime rib, daily specials and the best Sunday Brunch in Lake County. Also offering a Friday Night Fish Fry and Thursday Night Southern Style Catfish Fiddlers. An ideal place for business meetings, conferences, or family get-togethers that is sure to please everyone! The outstanding ballroom has been accommodating brides, private parties, corporate and business people for over 25 years.
This multi-use country/western establishment provides a unique experience for those who like to dance and have fun, while also providing services and catering for businesses, conventions, meetings and special events.
Bonnie Brook Golf Course & Banquet Facility
Bonnie Brook is one of the most popular public courses in Lake County, boasting a meticulously manicured 18-hole course with rolling, wooded terrain. Its natural, picturesque landscape offers golfers the ability to enjoy tree-lined fairways, spacious greens, small lakes and the beauty of the north branch of the Waukegan River, which flows gently throughout the course. With a course length of 6,701 yards, Bonnie Brook offers championship golfers a solid test while being friendly and forgiving to the high handicappers. The clubhouse features a Indoor Golf and Learning Center which houses a P3Proswing Simulator. The simulator and its software helps analyze a player's swing and provides guidance how to improve their game and is available on an appointment basis only.
Sweet Tomatoes features an everyday selection of made-from-scratch soups and salads and hand-crafted muffins, focaccias, breads and desserts. And for a nutritious start to the day, a special Sunday Breakfast features handcrafted breakfast specialties.
Anastasia's Restaurant & Sports Lounge
Established in 1992. Family owned & operated, proudly serving Lake County families breakfast, lunch, and dinner all day. Famous for our pizza, pasta, steaks, seafood, ribs, and homemade soups. Our sports lounge is separate from our dining room area. Enjoy Anastasia's Outdoor Beer Garden with a full service bar. Take advantage of our speedy delivery and catering services. Private meeting room for Navy families to meet and greet every Thursday. Bring your family by to meet ours.
SiVer Place cuisine, outdoor dinning on Lake Michigan and live entertainment makes it an experience like any other in Waukegan, or Lake County. The Executive Chef brings an interpretation of modern but fun culinary art to the city of Waukegan. Menu includes salads, tacos, pizza, sandwiches, sliders and more. Kids and desserts menus also available.
Long Grove Confectionery Nut and Candy Factory Store
The former Nut & Candy House is now the Long Grove Confectionery's Factory Store. Along with the store's original kinds of fresh roasted and raw nuts, chocolates, chocolate covered nuts, yogurt covered items, snack mixes and assorted candies, the store will also feature Long Grove Confectionery's famous hand-made chocolates. Bulk, bagged or gift packed items also available.
Waterfront restaurant and sports bar with a view of Bangs Lake from each and every seat! Enjoy American Fare with a Caribbean Flare in our brand new restaurant or either of our outdoor decks. Entertainment every Saturday and Sunday. Private marina with over 100 slips available for seasonal rental. Outdoor venues available for wedding ceremonies, beach parties and company picnics.
Savanna House takes its name from the lush green forest preserve it is located in front of, in the beautiful town of Wadsworth, Illinois. Our restaurant promotes an eco-friendly environment, and has recently undergone a massive remodeling to better serve our customers. Take a look at our decadent menu and wide selection of drinks and daily specials including fish fry on Fridays and prime rib on Saturdays.
With five elegant banquet rooms that serve the needs of groups from thirty to six hundred guests including a championship eighteen hole golf course, driving range, all suites hotel with a pool/ fitness center, and a state-of-the-art nightclub, Midlane is uniquely outfitted to suit any of your banquet needs. Don't gamble on the outcome of your special event - come to the golf, banquet and wedding experts.
The Shanty located in Wadsworth is a place that once discovered, you always go back. With its comfortable rustic atmosphere and friendly service, this truly is the place where quality food meets a fair price. With a great staff that makes patrons feel right at home, it may be the only restaurant in the area where the customers run the show.
Old Country Buffet - Vernon Hills
Homestyle buffet serving a variety of different foods daily.
CITY:Vernon Hills
Eat. Drink. Play. Watch. Over 40,000 square feet of fun!! With more than 200 games in the Million Dollar Midway. Win tickets playing the games and turn them in for great prizes in the Winner's Circle. Grab an appetizer at the bar, or head into the dining room for awesome dishes. With a full menu featuring burgers, steaks, seafood, pasta, salads and more, everyone will find something that satisfies. Watch sports on big screens and enjoy great deals on signature cocktails, beer and wine. Specials: 1/2 Price Games Wed - open to close. Eat & Play is $16.99 at this location, restrictions apply. House Policies: Under 18 need a parent or guardian. 6 minors per adult. Kiddie call 11pm.
CITY:Vernon Hills
Good old-fashioned home cookin' in an old time diner atmosphere. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Wednesday all you can eat fried chicken, Friday fish fry, daily specials.


text:
Top Definition
Someone who has a last name with this name is very good looking, very athletic and carries a large package.
Girls normally are in love with him.
Girls normally are in love with him.
"Dave Paracchini was walking down the street and all of the girls were all over him"
de qwerty6992 13 Noiembrie 2008
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?


text:
We are using cookies to give you the very best online experience and by using this site you agree to us doing so. For more details of these cookies and how to disable them please read our cookie policy
The communities around the Park are set to build on the incredible sporting feats achieved at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our range of sports and healthy living outreach programmes enable local residents to take part in sport and physical activity in a number of different ways which suit them.
Our programmes are aimed at those that are currently inactive right through to those who need support continuing regular physical activity. With the help of our partners, we've created a range of projects that encourage access to sport and fitness resources in the local area.
The Active People, Active Park programme takes sport out into the local community and across the Park to encourage local people to become more physically active. The programme offers a taste of what is available for you to enjoy in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Since May 2013, we have been working with our partners in the surrounding boroughs to provide sports sessions at schools, leisure centres and youth clubs. Following our full programme launch at the Festival of Sport on 8 June 2014, we are now extending these into new areas.
At the Festival of Sport, thousands of people tried out more than thirty different sports and physical activity challenges. Our wider programme includes even more variety, and activities range from Nordic walking, fitness testing sessions and social jogging to volleyball.
Active People, Active Park is delivered in partnership with England Athletics, English Table Tennis Association, Fre Flyers, London Youth Rowing, Triathlon England, Age UK, Barry McGuigan Boxing Academy, British Orienteering, Essex Cricket, Volleyball England, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, London Sport, London Legacy Development Corporation, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Waltham Forest, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Active Newham, YMCA Fit, Sport Leaders UK. Take 12, West Ham United Community Sports Trust, UEL, Active Newham.
Our ongoing Park Programme will offer the following activities on seasonal basis:
When the Active People Active Parks programme is running, details are listed on the Events Page.
GLL, operators of the London Aquatics Centre and Copper Box Arena on the Park, will be starting an accessible outdoor fitness programme from mid March, activities will include boot camps, Buggyfit, family fit classes and women's running sessions. All activities from the list below will be delivered by qualified staff with recommended equipment.
GLL also offer a range of referral exercise on referral sessions and programmes at the Copper Box Arena and the London Aquatics Centre in a programme called GLL Healthwise. They are bespoke programmes designed to engage those local people with existing health conditions. The scheme matches new participants to specialist activities and staff in these venues. Links are made via health specialists in GP surgeries who refer clients to sessions to suit their needs.
The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Run Activator through England Athletics in partnership with West Ham and Active Newham will deliver new marked jogging routes in and surrounding the Park, and form a new AthleFIT club which will engage women and girls by providing athletic movements to music.
Weekly sessions for jogging groups will be scheduled across spring and summer seasons and participants will be encouraged to sign up to our Take 12 programme – more details on which are below. AthleFIT will be delivered indoors throughout the year weekly.
Links with current corporate jogging groups and new Parents and youth running groups will be set up, while new events and tasters will be delivered within the Park.
This programme will also signpost beginners to clubs and mainstream activity as well as a series of multisport access events using the Run Jump Throw concept to be hosted around the Olympic Park, the Run! Portable track and multisport Run Jump Throw activities will be on offer at key events.
Fre Flyers will provide a multi-sports pop up facility on the Park to inspire young people with a focus on tennis and multi-skills to create a mass membership multi-sport club.
Coaches and activators will be deployed to work on the facility, who will deliver localised low level fun based introductions to sport and activity. There will be opportunities for families and young people to engage in a number of skills and sports.
This programme will be delivered in partnership with Tennis Foundation, England Hockey, Lawn Tennis Association, Growth Boroughs and Lee Valley Regional Park and VIVO national awards. It will initially operate as a drop-in facility during holiday times moving to drop-in and bookable sessions during term time as we seek to engage regular users and groups from community and education sectors.
These activities are popular with 12 to 17 year olds but this is an ideal chance for the whole family across all generations to take up a new activity or dust off the racket which hasn't seen daylight for a while.
London Youth Rowing will deliver fun and inclusive indoor rowing events on Concept2 rowing machines designed to coincide with school holidays and scheduled events on the Park between February and October 2014.
London Youth Rowing will deliver activities, with short races and prizes to encourage people to 'have a go'. In keeping with their mission to bring rowing to those young people that wouldn't normally get the opportunity, they will openly encourage intergenerational and family participation and will also be targeting young people between the ages of 11 and 18 that live or go to school in the four boroughs that border the Park: Hackney, Newham, Waltham Forest and Tower Hamlets.
London Youth Rowing will have equipment that can be adapted to suit those with a disability. They will offer a range of courses and sessions for local schools, youth clubs and residents, but also for any members of the public that take part in the 'pop-up' indoor rowing sessions. This includes 'come and try it' adult and junior sessions, holiday sessions and curriculum time rowing.
The Essex County Cricket Board will deliver their product 'in2cricket' programme, by attracting new people to the sport by delivering informal and social versions of the game and bringing communities together. They will be bringing the cricket factory to Sport Relief 2014 and will be delivering outdoor and indoor depending on seasons.
Cricket coaches will deliver informal cricket sessions based around tape-ball cricket and Easy Cricket with shorter engagement formats. Mixed gender social cricket programmes to feed into the local clubs in the local boroughs.
This programme will be delivered in partnership with UEL, West Ham community programme, Leyton CC and the boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Waltham Forest and Tower Hamlets through the project and local clubs. This programme also offers training opportunities which will lead to accredited qualifications that enable participants to become sports leaders.
GoodGym is a social enterprise that pairs regular runners with isolated older people who act as their motivational 'coaches'. A running club with a conscience, GoodGym offers a simple way for people to volunteer, help the elderly and keep fit. Runners stay fit by making regular visits to their 'coaches' who in turn provide motivation to exercise and look forward to the weekly contact with their runners.
GoodGym also holds group runs which are combined with physical community tasks. Volunteer runners challenge themselves to clear out a community hall or build raised beds for a school garden. Soon there will be group runs taking place in the Park and we look forward to welcoming all the runners that do good as they get fit!
The programme currently has over 1,000 runner members who have made 2,500 visits to 146 coaches. We're looking for more members who want to make a real difference to isolated people in the local community.
For more information or to join, please visit the GoodGym website.
The Take 12+ Challenge is an exciting and inclusive scheme that encourages members of the growth borough communities to be more active. The Take 12 in the Park is a great way to re -start regular exercising and engaging with Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park programmes using maps which guide you through routes and new challenges.
Participants of all ages and abilities are invited to either:
1.Clock up 12km (or more) of physical activity within 12 weeks, whether it's by walking, running, cycling or swimming
2.Complete 12 hours (or more) of physical exercise within 12 weeks, for example in sport fitness classes taking place in local sports facilities and gyms or in parks including Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Both offer a great way to explore your local area and become signposted to activities at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park., Members can then log their distances or hours online via the Take 12+ Challenge website or app. This enables you to represent yourself, your team or your borough in a range of fun challenges.
To find out more or to register, visit the Take 12+ Challenge website.
Boxing has a long history in the East End and can be an effective and enjoyable way to get fit and exercise with the family. To encourage people of all ages, skill and fitness levels to get involved, we partnered with World Boxing Association Featherweight Champion, Barry McGuigan and his team to teach non-contact boxing drills and fun ways to exercise.
The mobile pop-up style rings regularly feature in shopping centres, schools and community centres, as the team tour the local area and Park facilities. Participants can try out fun 'taster' sessions to help kick-start getting fit and can take advantage of professional advice and encouragement.
The Barry McGuigan Boxing Academy (BMBA) are delivering a programme of 'come and try' taster sessions on the Park that will encourage people to take up regular exercise. The Intergenerational respect programme is delivered by BMBA coaches and provides a less structured and more social programme.
Intergenerational respect programmes use boxing skills and activities combined with health education to break down barriers and conflict within communities between younger and older people. Delivery will include a boxing specific warm up, skipping agility and footwork and coordination and movement skills. This programme provides a chance to learn basic punching activities and footwork techniques to perfect the boxing stance.
A range of training and fitness skills will be offered with information sessions around health and wellbeing. The activities include one to one and small group sessions to improve speed and agility using ladders and hurdles. Body weight conditioning as well as boxing specific exercises will be taught to learning how to condition your body in the gym or at home. Pad work sessions inside a pop up boxing ring and different punch bags will be available to improve fitness and endurance.
This programme aims to teach young people about nutrition and build self-confidence through physical activity. The Happy Hearts Primary School Initiative was developed with the Barry McGuigan Boxing Academy. It offers a six-week fitness education course for 8 to 11 year olds centred on non-contact boxing delivered in schools around the Park.
The Happy Hearts Primary School Programme is provided in primary schools across the boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Waltham Forest and Tower Hamletsand is designed to teach children about nutrition and exercise by taking part in practical fun physical activity and games including skipping, footwork, boxing, primal movements and exercises that help children learn about their own bodies.
Sessions vary every week, but health and physical activity are always the key components. At the end of the course, schools are left with valuable resources such as activity mats and other fitness equipment that provide them with the tools to keep fit beyond the session and into the future. Teachers are trained to deliver the sessions.
All activities are designed to help children to learn about health and develop practical skills for a healthier lifestyle. Follow on sessions are available in a range of venues and at events on the Park and during school holidays which are designed to empower children to understand their food choices and get children to learn while moving using interactive games.
Carpenters Cage, which opened in April, provides a multi-use games area for the residents of Stratford and Bow. There will be a programme of sports on site this summer with the Park's resident basketball team, the London Lions, on hand to provide coaching and tips.
Sessions will be broken into three time slots (2-3pm for boys under 13; 3-4pm for boys over 13; 4-5pm for mixed age girls) and will run on the following dates:
Over the summer of 2013, we worked with the London Lions professional basketball team based at the Copper Box Arena to deliver a community based programme. Children between the ages of 8 – 16 years took to their local basketball courts to learn a range of basketball skills from a London Lions basketball player twice a week.
This exciting programme enabled participants and their families to attend a match at the Copper Box and cheer on the London Lions. A number of the participants have progressed on to join the community youth team, the Copper Box Cubs, where they train and play against other local teams. Following on from the success of we will repeat the programme this Spring/Summer; please keep an eye on this page for more information.