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Squash the tomatoes to give this dish its sauce-no extra chopping. Garnish with finely chopped spring onion or parsley if you want to. From my new favourite site healthyfoodguide.com.au
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Made this when we had a guest for dinner & the 3 of us devoured it in no time! Absolutely & wonderfully satisfying, & I wouldn't change a thing in the recipe! Wish I could give a higher star rating, though! Many thanks for sharing this great, easy-to-prepare recipe! [Made & reviewed in the current Think Pink Special}
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 small head broccoli
- 300 g egg noodles (4 small blocks)
- 1⁄2 tablespoon peanut oil
- 2 cups large shelled prawns, raw
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh garlic cloves
- 3 cups cherry tomatoes (approx 400g)
- 1 cup dry white wine
- fresh ground black pepper
- sea salt
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- Cut the florets from the broccoli into bite-sized pieces and set aside. Slice off and discard any rough pieces from the remaining stalk then slice into small pieces.
- Cook the noodles in a pan of boiling water according to packet instructions. Add the broccoli for the final minute of cooking. Drain.
- Meanwhile, heat a wok or large non-stick frying pan until hot. Add the oil, prawns and garlic and fry for 1-2 minutes, until the prawns turn pink. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Add the tomatoes and squash down with the back of a spatula to release the juices. Cook for 1-2 minutes then add the wine and bubble for 1 minute. Return the prawn mixture to the pan, season with salt and pepper then toss through the drained noodles and broccoli.
- Divide among four bowls and serve immediately.


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Alamo Art Ballet Theatre company members — including Noelle Piazzi (from left), Wilder Herrouet Hernandez, Sofia Lopez Franco, Eres Gomez and Natalie Hobizal — will present their first full-length story ballet this weekend. "Alice! A Ballet Wonderland" was created by Judith Gani and Julie Morton-Simpson, who took their cues from Tim Burton's 2010 movie version of "Alice in Wonderland." The company will be joined by additional dancers from other area studios.
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Prevalence and Early Markers of Atherosclerosis in Adults With a History of Kawasaki Disease (Kawasaki)
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitic syndrome with coronary tropism.
It has been reported worldwide, but it is ten times more common in Asian population. The annual incidence in children under 5 years in Europe is estimated at 8 to 100000. It is the second vasculitis of the child by its frequency after rheumatoid purpura. It occurs in 80% of cases between 1 and 5 years, with a maximal incidence around the age of 12 months.
It may results in acquired heart disease in children in developed countries, and may be the cause of premature coronary artery disease in adulthood.
A polymorphism was recently associated with the occurrence of disease in a Japanese and U.S population. (C allele of SNP itpkc_3, with a risk multiplied by 2). However, data are conflicting on this issue and the prevalence of this allel is unknown in North America and Europe populations.
The clinical picture of KD associate a persistent fever and an antipyretics resistance with mucocutaneous signs and bulky cervical lymphadenopathy usually unilateral. Diagnosis is confirmed by the presence of five clinical signs (major criteria). The presence of inconsistent coronary lesions in cardiac ultrasound can confirm the diagnosis.
KD can resolve spontaneously with no treatment. The severity of the disease is primarily related to complications of coronary aneurysms in acute or chronic stages.
Several arguments support the fact that adult patients have diffuse vascular lesions different from aneurysmal lesions initially described in childhood.
Despite abundance of publications on KD, there is no prospective or retrospective study which explored anomalies resulting from KD in adult subjects.
Therefore, this project will describe the patient's vascular evolution, the prevalence of atherosclerotic lesions and to determine the biological and functional abnormalities, markers of accelerated atherosclerosis.
Hypothesis : A history of Kawasaki disease represents a cardiovascular risk factor in adulthood.
The main objective is to evaluate the prevalence of atherosclerotic lesions, their extent and their severity in adults with a history of KD in childhood compared to a control population.
|Kawasaki Disease
|Other: Cardiac evaluation
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Prevalence and Early Markers of Atherosclerosis in Adults With a History of Kawasaki Disease
- Prevalence of carotid and coronary atherosclerotic plaques at vascular Doppler ultrasound and coronary scan in the KD population versus control population [ Time Frame: 1 day ]
- Early markers of atherosclerosis [ Time Frame: 1 day ]
Secondary Outcomes consist of early markers of atherosclerosis:
- Carotid intima-media thickness
- Endothelial dysfunction of coronary arteries,
- Myocardial blood flow at rest and under pharmacological stress (adenosine)
- Myocardial systolic function overall and segmental at rest and under pharmacological stress (dobutamine)
- Early biological markers of atherosclerosis.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|March 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|March 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Patients KD
Adults with a history of KD disease in childhood
Other: Cardiac evaluation
complete cardiac evaluation with :
Electrocardiogram Echodoppler Echodoppler with dobutamine stress Carotid Echodoppler Coronary scan Positron emission tomography with adenosine stress Blood test (search for early atherosclerosis marker Genotyping
Case Control
Control group, healthy volunteers matched for age and sex with the KD group
Other: Cardiac evaluation
complete cardiac evaluation with :
Electrocardiogram Echodoppler Echodoppler with dobutamine stress Carotid Echodoppler Coronary scan Positron emission tomography with adenosine stress Blood test (search for early atherosclerosis marker Genotyping
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- History of KD before the age of 18, with or without macroscopic coronary lesions in the childhood phase. (KD group only)
- 18 years old or older at the time of the study.
- Agree on participating to all explorations of the study.
- Accept genotyping.
- Absence of cardiovascular risk factors
Exclusion Criteria:
- Atypical KD (KD group only)
- Documented or suspected coronary ischemia,
- Refusal to participate to the study or sign the consent
- Contra-indication to the injection of iodinated contrast agents (allergy, renal failure)
- Hypersensitivity to dobutamine,
- No effective contraception method for females with child bearing potential,
- Breastfeeding, or pregnant females,
- Treatment modifying endothelial reactivity
- History of severe intolerance to iodinated contrast agents,
- Subjects who can't hold their breath for at least 20 seconds,
- Irregular or absence of sinus rhythm, especially atrial or ventricular arrhythmia
- Unability to give information to the subject,
- No coverage from a Social Security system
- Deprivation of civil rights
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01440075
|Contact: Sylvie Di Filippo, Pr
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|Hopital cardiologique Louis Pradel
|Bron, France, 69677
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|Principal Investigator: Sylvie DI FILIPPO, MD
|Sub-Investigator: François GODART, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Hervé JOLY, MD
|Sub-Investigator: François GUEYFFIER, MD
|Principal Investigator:
|Sylvie Di Filippo, Pr
|Hospices Civiles de Lyon
|Responsible Party:
|Hospices Civils de Lyon
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01440075 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 21, 2011
|Last Updated:
|September 15, 2015
Keywords provided by Hospices Civils de Lyon:
Kawasaki disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Lymphatic Diseases
Skin Diseases, Vascular
Skin Diseases
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March 17, 2011
Issue 33 of Ruby Weekly is... here :-) Fingers crossed for a new design next week.
JRuby 1.6.0 Released: Ruby 1.9.2 Support and More!
After 2500 commits and 9 months of hard work, the JRuby team has unveiled JRuby 1.6.0. It boasts Ruby 1.9.2 language and API support, improved performance, and more.
Prototype Out, jQuery In for Rails 3.1 Says DHH
David Heinemeier Hansson made an announcement on Twitter saying that Rails 3.1 will drop Prototype as its default JavaScript library and instead bring jQuery into the fold.
Phusion Passenger 3.0.5 Released: More Bug Fixes
Phusion Passenger is everyone's favorite Apache and Nginx module for deploying Ruby Web applications (well it's mine at least). This week's new release, 3.0.5, is a maintenance and bug fix release.
LivingSocial Acquires Ruby/Rails Consultancy InfoEther
This isn't your typical boring acquisition. LivingSocial, a daily deals site, has purchased InfoEther, the US's first significant Ruby consultancy and home to Chad Fowler, Rich Kilmer, Tom Copeland, and others. Ruby recruitment in overdrive!
Articles and Tutorials
JRuby 1.6 Released.. Now What?
You saw the JRuby 1.6.0 release news above, right? Well, JRuby developer Charles Nutter follows up with a deeper look at what's new and where JRuby is headed from here (including some juicy details about JRuby 1.7).
A Review of 'The RSpec Book' by David Chelimsky et al.
After flicking through it for the past couple of months, I finally pulled my finger out and wrote up a review of David Chelimsky's 'The RSpec Book.' Find out what I thought here.
Rails Served by Unicorn with nginx and a Reverse Proxy on Ubuntu
Tom Goren presents a snippet-heavy walkthrough of setting up a Rails app deployment environment on Ubuntu using Unicorn, nginx, and a reverse proxy.
Full Text Searching with Solr and Sunspot
Full text searching can be a tricky subject. Zach Moazeni demonstrates how to rig up Solr (a Lucene-based HTTP search system) with Sunspot to get powerful full text search in Rails.
Tune Ruby 1.9.2's Garbage Collector with RVM and a Simple Patch
A short and sweet post demonstrating how to implement some basic tweaks to MRI Ruby 1.9.2's garbage collector using the RVM installation process and a simple patch.
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execjs: Run JavaScript Code from Ruby
execjs is a library by Sam Stephenson that lets you run JavaScript code from Ruby. It picks the best runtime available (from a generous sample) to evaluate your JavaScript.
ProxyMachine: Content-Aware TCP Routing Proxy
ProxyMachine is a simple, content-aware TCP routing proxy built on EventMachine that lets you configure the routing logic in Ruby. The 'SOCKS 4 Proxy in 7 Lines' example is fun.
Forker: Super Simple Daemonization
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Slop is a new (1.0.0) and simple option collection library by Lee Jarvis with an easy to remember syntax and friendly API.
cache: A Cache Abstraction Library
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Gmaps4rails: Google Maps for Rails
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Flea: A Scheme-Subset Interpreter Built in Ruby
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As another year ends for the college planning and application process, many students are celebrating their successes of getting into their dream colleges. They will begin their college studies in the fall and reap the benefits of their hard work.
On the other hand, many other students will wonder why they received numerous rejection letters and fell short of getting into their desired colleges.
Having worked with thousands of students over the years in the college planning and application process, there are common themes for why many students succeed while others fail. Here are the top five steps you need to ensure your college planning and application process is successful:
1. Begin with the end in mind. The more clear you are about what colleges you want to attend, the more motivated and driven you will be to get to your destination.
2. Develop a plan that will get you to your dream college. You need to understand what the college is looking for in a successful applicant and then begin using this information to help guide your college planning strategy.
3. Break your long-term goal into short-term action steps. Getting many acceptance letters senior year is about taking action, and lots of it, both inside and outside of the classroom, beginning as early as possible. Students who do well in the college admissions process are action takers who break long-term goals into bite-size chunks. They also realize the earlier you begin your college planning strategy, the better.
4. Become resilient. Failure and setbacks are part of the growth process in pursuing your college goals, and it's expected. You need to push yourself outside of your comfort zone to reach your full potential. The challenges you have along the way are what make you stronger; they build character, which is what college admissions officers appreciate, admire and seek in a successful applicant.
5. Develop your passions. Successful college applicants find their strengths and passions and develop them to their fullest potential. Every student has unique talents and strengths. The college planning process is about identifying your passions, developing them and then finding colleges that will allow you to take them to the next level.
The college planning process should be enjoyable, but at the same time, it should be strategic. Too many students take the college planning process in a casual and lackadaisical manner, which yields average or poor results.
To be successful in the college planning and admissions process, realize it's about having a strategy and thought-out game plan. When you start thinking and acting in this manner, you will have much more success in the college admissions process.
– Jeff Haig of Irvine is the founder of Strategic College Consulting and is a college planning expert. He helps schools, families and organizations through the college admissions and financial planning process.
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I find it really annoying when people classify drink driving as 'Something not to be taken lightly' it frustrates me as so many people get caught and realise it was a simple mistake and never do it again.
I really hope you do not get chucked off your course, i'm sorry I cant help you with your question but it is a hard one to answer as it's targeting a very small amount of people.
I work for a company where I had to drive but they moved me to an office job to save me....If you do not need to drive for your job your training for then I find it a joke you could be thrown off.
Jobsworth, me thinks
Let us know how it goes.....Oh and where are you taking your course? I've been banned for ages but am only taking it this saturday for 3 saturdays...(forgot to mention, im taking it in broxbourne)


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Lots of movies fought to be number one at the box office over the holidays. But it's the old wee folks and the dragon from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug who emerged in the top spot (for the third week in a row) as the New Year 2014 begins.
It's a masterpiece from filmmaker Peter Jackson who found fame as the force behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy, also based on author J.R.R. Tolkien's tales of Middle-earth. Part of what makes this film so exquisite is that Jackson shot it in New Zealand, and the breathtaking locations depicted in the fantasy tale really exist.
"You are not seeing CGI creations when you see the mountains, the pristine valleys, the rivers and bays in the movie, but you really have to experience it to believe it," Jackson said at a New Zealand sponsored celebration at the Beverly Hilton prior to the release of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' film.
To emphasize the reality of the landscapes he used in his latest adventure, Jackson participated in a Book of New Zealand promotional film that showed him opening up a small pop-up book in the areas of New Zealand featured in The Desolation of Smaug. Each time he turned the pages of the book, scenes from the movie would "pop up," then they would turn into a sweeping shots of the actual locations.
A stage that looked like a giant book the size of two tennis courts was created for the event. Jackson and the Smaug stars Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Aidan Turner, and Dean O'Gorman, along with the media and VIPs were able to literally walk through "the book." It had four sets recreating principal filming locations from the movie featuring Hidden Bay — Turoa, Ohakune; Forest River — Pelorus River, Marlborough; Laketown — Lake Pukaki and Mt. Cook; and Beorn's House – which was a site in Paradise, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Jackson, a proud Kiwi and an Academy Award-winner director for the third in his Lord of the Rings trilogy, is already planning the third in his Hobbit film series, continuing to shoot in New Zealand where his productions are the cornerstone of the country's film industry. "The great thing about working on these movies is that it gives you the chance to explore the country in a way that I would never be able to do, particularly helicopter rides which in normal life you just don't do. It seemed we spent seven or eight hours a day in a helicopter flying over mountains, landing where we wanted to land, because the place looked like it might be interesting," he said.
Even Jackson was impressed by the sweeping landscapes he found and used. He explained, "You got to be in places where you really were not quite sure whether human beings had ever been there before. It would be bananas not to think that that was amazing."
Although only three Hobbit movies have been announced, Jackson noted that there are some spectacular "Middle-earth" corners of New Zealand that he hasn't captured on film yet, and he might save them for a fourth Hobbit. "Maybe, you never know," he teased.


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Loyola Marymount coach Max Good said his team will play a "diabolical" schedule this season.
Starting two freshmen and two sophomores, the Los Angeles-based Lions (6-2) will play games in three time zones and two countries and travel more than 15,000 miles before the start of West Coast Conference play.
Their latest stop is Friday's nonconference matchup against Pitt (8-0) at Petersen Events Center.
"Whoever the coach was who came up with this schedule should be fired, and that coach was me," said Good, LMU's sixth-year coach who contacted Pitt coach Jamie Dixon about scheduling the game. "You know how they say your eyes are bigger than your stomach? Well, that was me. I had a lot of confidence in our team coming into this year, and I still do. But I didn't count on two seniors — two starters — being out of the lineup (because of injuries)."
Loyola Marymount has received solid production from freshmen Evan Payne and Gabe Levin, who combine to average 24.8 points and 11.1 rebounds. Sophomore Ben Dickinson averages 10.9 points and 4.3 rebounds.
Dixon, however, is concentrating on stopping senior guard Anthony Ireland, who averages 18.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.0 steals. Ireland finished second in the conference and 14th nationally in scoring (20.2) last season.
He is quick off the dribble and plays a lot like Penn State guard Tim Frazier, who scored a game-high 27 points in Pitt's 78-69 win Tuesday. Frazier shot 10 of 17 from the field and 7 of 8 from the free-throw line.
"They're similar size-wise, quickness-wise. Frazier wanted to go right. This guy wants to go left," Dixon said. "It's an advantage for the guy that can put his head down and go to the basket. That's what Frazier does. Same thing Ireland does."
Good said Ireland — who is shooting 40.3 percent from the field, lowest among LMU's starters — may be trying to do too much.
"I think he feels a lot of responsibility, more than he needs to," Good said.
Two years ago, the Lions finished 21-13, winning 20 games for the first time since their Elite Eight team of 1989-90.
That Elite Eight squad was the highest-scoring team in Division I history, averaging 122 points, and was led by Bo Kimble and Hank Gathers, who died from a heart condition during the WCC Tournament that year.
Dixon, who grew up in the Los Angeles area, played in pickup games with players from those LMU teams. He said this year's team, averaging 79.8 points, doesn't play as fast.
"They press," Dixon said, "(but) it wasn't the same pace."
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Latrobe meters to reflect higher parking rates
Members of the Latrobe Parking Authority board on Tuesday agreed to buy new parking meter mechanisms and plates designating the increased parking rates for the newly renovated downtown parking garage.
The parking authority, which is responsible for the operation of the garage between Spring and Weldon streets, will use some of the meters that the City of Latrobe plans to purchase from Duncan Solutions Inc. of Milwaukee.
Council last week approved purchasing the mechanisms and meter plates from Duncan for a price not to exceed $150,000. The parking authority will acquire the meters through the city contract.
Alex Graziani, city manager, said the parking garage had about 100 meters before it was closed for renovations in July 2010 and the city has yet to determine the exact number of meters it wants to purchase.
The parking authority proceeded with plans to install the meters, rather than an electronic pay system with gates at the entrances and exits, because the city has not received any indication from the state whether its application for a $1.75 million redevelopment capital assistance program grant will ever be approved.
The electronic gate system costs significantly more than the meters and Graziani said the city could wait no longer for the state to approve the application.
"We were promised that we would hear something in October, November," Graziani said. "We did not know how we could pay for it," Graziani said of the electronic gate system.
The authority, which still plans to install security cameras at the garage, is awaiting a phone line connection so that an emergency phone in the elevator at the garage can be connected to an emergency dispatching system.
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Sarah Jessica Parker for UNICEF
UNICEF Ambassador (and actress, of course) Sarah Jessica Parker hosted the UNICEF Halloween Party earlier today at NYC's UNICEF House. U.S. Fund for UNICEF President Charles J. Lyons and UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman were also present for the event. Find out more on trick-or-treating for UNICEF.
It was also announced today that Sarah Jessica Parker, 41, will replace Rachel Weisz to star opposite Dennis Quaid in the Noam Murro-directed comedy Smart People. The film starts shooting Nov. 6 and Thomas Haden Church co-stars. SJP will play the role of a doctor who falls for a professor whose wife's death has turned him into a bitter man.


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URBAN POLICE STATE ENVIRONMENT: Chicago Militarized for NATO
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May 20, 2012
Ready or not, NATO arrived on May 19 and 20. Chicago's in virtual lockdown. Residents feel occupied. Building occupants got special instructions.
This writer's residence advised "leaving town between May 18 – 22." Otherwise limit city travel. Have essentials on hand, including food and water. Consider working at home. Avoid certain parts of the city. Observe curfew and other mandates.
No large deliveries will be allowed. Special precautions are being taken. Visitors must have verifying photo IDs. Vehicular restrictions will be enforced. Portions of the building will be locked and inaccessible. Avoid large gatherings if at all possible. Stay close to home.
In early May, CBS local affiliate Channel 2 reported that "the government is informing small plane pilots that if they enter (a restricted) no-fly zone during the summit, they might be shot down."
"This is no joke," the report continued. "It will be enforced from May 19 to May 21."
The FAA established flight advisory rules. Non-commercial aircraft are prohibited from flying within 10 nautical miles of downtown at altitudes below 18,000 feet.
Restrictions also include an outer perimeter extending 10 – 30 miles around Chicago. All aircraft violating flight restrictions will be intercepted. The advisory states:
"The United States Government may use deadly force against the airborne aircraft, if it is determined that the aircraft poses an imminent security threat."
"Be advised that noncompliance with the published may result in the use of force."
Violators face criminal penalties. For three days, no-fly zone enforcement extends from Lake County, IN to Lake County, IL. It includes Cook and DePage Counties as well as portions of Lake Michigan.
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It is at this "Cobb's blog" we want to tell you a story about the first public golf course for the city of Philadelphia.
For first-time visitors to this site, you'll want to go to the bottom of this page and read the posts starting there in reverse.
The vintage photo above is of the 4th hole, and you'll notice that in the early days Fairmount Park officers patrolled the course on horseback.
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See below for updates (I'm now presenting latest updates first!):
July 26, 2017 update: One of the walls of the new clubhouse is now nicely decked out with two items courtesy of the Friends of Cobb's Creek GC (see photo link below). The top being a photo of the original 11th hole (current 16th) we believe taken during the 1928 Publinks. The bottom plaque commemorates Cobb's Creek being inducted to the African American Golfers Hall of Fame.
Nicely decked out wall of the new clubhouse
July 24, 2017 update: Somehow the opening of the new clubhouse snuck past me. It opened on July 15th and it is nice and functional. See pic below.
New clubhouse at Cobb's Creek GC
June 16, 2017 update: The BuffaloGolfer has published an interview with Mike Cirba and yours truly concerning Cobb's Creek golf course. The link is below.
May 10, 2017 update: the original tee for the par 3 17th is rounding into form. Today it is being sodded as the link to the picture below shows.
April 25, 2017 update: Congrats to the Cobb's Creek GAP team as they won their first ever match versus Wilmington Country Club. Results can be viewed here.
April 11, 2017 update: Later this month the double-wide will be opened to serve as the new clubhouse. This will be part of "Kickoff Week" from April 24-30 as the poster here shows.
January 1, 2017 update2: In 1913 the Philadelphia Inquirer gave a short description of the history of the waterway known as Cobb's Creek. See the link to the article below (and blog entry from February 8, 2015).
Short description of the history of Cobb's Creek (June 9, 1913; Philadelphia Inquirer)
January 1, 2017 update: Happy New Year to all our friends from the Friends of Cobb's Creek Golf Course. We hope 2017 will be a great year.
December 20, 2016 update: Blog friend Ari sends along two pictures of a hickory cleek with a Cobb's Creek stamp. See photos here and here.
December 14, 2016 update: It was in November of 1952 that a Philadelphia Inquirer article detailed the Army anti-aircraft battery being moved to Cobb's Creek Park and profoundly changing the original golf course. See the link below.
Army Battery to Move To Cobb's Creek Park (November 18, 1952 Phila Inquirer)
December 6, 2016 update: Happy to report that on 1/1/17 Cobb's Creek GC will be a full member of the Golf Association of Philadelphia. Mike Owsik Sr. will be the President and Paul Cornely the Golf Chairman/Handicap Chairman and Treasurer. Mike and Paul are longtime Crickers and supporters of our fabulous municipal golf facility.
December 5, 2016 update: It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.
November 28, 2016 update: Mike and I were kicking around the 18th hole again at Cobb's. If you read William Evans' article from 1919 (see January 31, 2016 update below) he states the best hole at Cobb's was not allowed due to needing trees removed. We think it might have been an awesome par 5 teeing off from near the current 11th green (original 17th green) and down and around to the current 18th green. Mike recently noticed that a 1928 Dallin aerial showed the 18th hole with a dual fairway (see link below):
May 1928 Dallin aerial including the 18th hole
November 27, 2016 update: It is like my birthday was celebrated again with a visit to Cobb's Creek this afternoon. The superintendent Eli has really progressed nicely on clearing trees to bring back the original tee on the par 3 17th hole. For those of you scoring at home, Ab Smith added this hole in 1926 and a controversial original par 3 (the 14th) was taken out of play. Links to two photos of the 'new view' of the 17th hole (to be put into play sometime during the 2017 season) are below, along with one from 1956.
Original 17 tee view from November 2016
1956 view from the original 17th tee
November 25, 2016 update: In one of the September 21 updates below was a link to an early photo of the 15th hole at Cobb's Creek GC. I've purchased this photo from Temple and a link to a high resolution version is below. Pretty cool! Note: a golf historian friend of mine from Winged Foot has probably seen thousands of old golf photos. It is his opinion based upon the dress of the players, the caddy, golf clubs (all hickory), etc that this picture is from the 1920s.
Early-undated photo of the original 11th hole at Cobb's Creek
November 18, 2016 update: It is fun to think about how Cobb's Creek was at the beginning. Click on the link below to see how it looked in April 1916, a little more than a month before the formal opening.
Pictures of Cobb's Creek from the April 9, 1916 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer
September 30, 2016 update: The golf world mourns the recent passing of Arnold Palmer. Arnie was a rookie pro in 1955 and played in the Daily News Open at Cobb's Creek where he shot 78-68-69-70 to finish 12 strokes behind winner Ted Kroll. The following year he fared much better, finishing in 4th place (scores of 70-69-64-70), four strokes back of winner Dick Mayer.
September 21, 2016 update2: Follow the link below to an incredible very early picture of the current 15th hole at Cobb's Creek (#11 in the original hole sequencing). Use the scrollbar to zoom in.
Early picture of the original 11th hole at Cobb's Creek GC (courtesy of Temple University)
September 21, 2016 update: Keep the faith my friends!
July 18, 2016 update: Here together in one album are five vintage photos of the golf course and clubhouse:
Early photos of Cobb's Creek GC and clubhouse
June 29, 2016 update: Looking for a great golf destination? I just got back from Nova Scotia and three courses there are really good (all are public). Links to my photo albums:
Cabot Cliffs (a Coore & Crenshaw design)
Cabot Links (a Rod Whitman design)
Highland Links (a Stanley Thompson design)
June 7, 2016 update: Many photos from the AAGHofF induction are here. And here is yours truly with Executive Director Martha Clark and Jim Dent.
June 3, 2016 update: Over the Memorial Day weekend Cobb's Creek Golf Club was inducted in the African American Golfers Hall of Fame. It was a very enjoyable trip for Mike Cirba and yours truly. In the program booklet included an article Mike penned and you can read it here. And here is a picture of the beautiful plaque to signify the induction. More photos to come!
May 7, 2016 update: I've gathered up most of the interesting early photos and aerials of the course and have further updated the recent photo album here.
May 4, 2016 update: Both golf courses look great this season. Here is an updated photo album of Cobb's Creek. And the new digs to replace the old clubhouse are in the works as this pic shows.
March 31, 2016 update: Blog reader Jake Murray knew the person fishing for golf balls in this photo. Jake relays the following:
I knew the man in the picture retrieving a golf ball from the water on the 3rd hole. He was well known to the golfers and kids like myself who were retrieving golf balls for tips, usually a nickel or a dime, from the water on the 4th and 5th holes. He was known to everyone as "Kingie". I first crossed paths with him in the mid 1950s. He wasn't too happy about the competition! He would enter and leave the course from the service road that led from the vehicle bridge on the 5th hole to State Road. He always carried a large bag full of golf balls that were for sale along with his trusty bamboo pole ball retriever. He probably had a few hundred golf balls in the bag. A decent golf ball could fetch a quarter, especially if it was a Titleist. He would set up shop at the spring on the 5th hole. The spring was at the edge of the fairway on the south side of the creek not far from the vehicle bridge. He would sit on the little retaining wall and clean the golf balls in the spring water. I can't ever remember seeing a golfer with their own ball retriever (maybe they weren't invented yet). Eventually I moved on to the 6th hole. I had it all to myself. No Kingie and no other competition. On a good day I could make $1.00 in tips retrieving balls from the water and a little more if I sold a few balls.
March 27, 2016 update: Below are some photos from the defunct paper Philadelphia Record that were recently gathered from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (thanks to Friends of Cobb's Creek GC supporter Matt Frey for his help).
Photos of Cobb's Creek GC from the Philadelphia Record
March 16, 2016 update: Congrats to Cobb's Creek GC superintendent Eli Rodriguez as he was named 2015 Superintendent of the Year at BCG (Billy Casper Golf)! See picture below.
BCG 2015 Superintendent of the Year
February 25, 2016 update: The Friends of Cobb's Creek GC again asks for your patience as this project moves (plods?!) along. Keep the faith.
February 20, 2016 update: Blog reader Jake Murray has sent along a couple of photos from October 1954 when he and his younger brother were little fellas, right near the park guard shelter by the 14th hole. A hurricane (Hazel) had recently passed by Philly and brought down trees.
October 1954 pictures of the park guard shelter
February 10, 2016 update: No real trace of the clubhouse now, as the link below shows.
Razing, cleanup, smoothing about done
February 5, 2016 update: The clubhouse is now down.
February 2, 2016 update: Looks like the demolition of the clubhouse is in progress, a link from a picture taken today below.
Demolition of the fire-ravaged clubhouse
January 31, 2016 updated: William H. Evans was a golf writer in Philly very instrumental in pushing for municipal golf courses in the City. In 1919 he left the Evening Public Ledger and started writing Sunday golf columns for the The Philadelphia Record, basically replacing A.W. Tillinghast. In his first article, he talks about how the best hole at Cobb's wasn't put into reality because of the rules on removing trees. You can find a link to that article on the main index page I created here:
Index of William H. Evans Philadelphia Record golf articles
In multiple articles Evans indicates Hugh Wilson, George Crump, and Ab Smith laid out Cobb's Creek GC. That is quite a threesome!
January 26, 2016 update: A wonderful update on Cobb's Creek GC being inducted in the AAGHOF is available at MyPhillyGolf as authored by Mike Cirba:
Cobb's Creek tapped for African American Golfers Hall of Fame
January 21, 2016 update: It is my distinct pleasure to announce that Cobb's Creek Golf Course will be inducted into the African American Golfers Hall of Fame in a ceremony in late May of this year in Palm Beach County, Florida. Thanks go out to many people, with Jake Murray being the driving force and Mike Cirba submitting the application. Charlie Sifford must be smiling from above!
January 20, 2016 update: Going through my files I found a very early photo of the clubhouse.
January 15, 2016 update2: Joe Logan penned a short piece on Cobb's Creek GC 1st day open since the clubhouse fire.
Cobb's Creek GC is open for play
January 15, 2016 update: I'm told the golf course has reopened today, with temporary headquarters in the building at the City Line range. Karakung is not yet open.
January 10, 2016 update: Devoted blog reader Jake Murray has checked in from sunny Florida. His friend Dick Jamison was a long-time caddy at Cobb's. The two recently chatted about the clubhouse and here is what Jake wrote:
My friend Dick Jamison was in high school and a long time caddy at Cobb's in 1955. He caddied for UGA Professional Howard Wheeler in the 1955 Daily News Open Monday qualifier. The qualifier was held at Iron Rock Golf Club in Pennsauken, NJ. Wheeler finished low enough to qualify. He made the 36 hole cut and finished the tournament. Prior to the start of the tournament PGA Professional Doug Higgins asked Dick if he was interested in caddying for him. Dick turned him down. He wanted to be a spectator and have the opportunity to see all the players. Doug Higgins shot a 274, one stroke behind Doug Ford and Ted Kroll. Doug Ford won in a playoff.
We talked about the Cobb's Creek clubhouse and the 1955 Daily News Open. The long vacant women's locker room on the second floor was used by the pros during the tournament. The lockers in the men's locker room were rented to Cobb's regulars and not available. I was only 7 years old but was at Cobb's every weekend with my father. He had a part-time job delivering ice to all the concession stands in Fairmount Park. On weekends he delivered ice to the Cobb's snack bar. The snack bar was small with only a few tables and was located in the northeast corner of the building. During the Daily News Open he made multiple deliveries. He also delivered to the park guard shelter next to the 14th green. It was converted into a concession stand for the tournaments.
The dining room in the clubhouse had been closed for years. The only time we could remember it being opened was during the Daily News Opens. I recall being in the clubhouse dining room during the 1955 tournament in the early afternoon. I can still remember how fancy and elegant it looked, full of small tables and chairs. All the tables had white tablecloths and were all fully set. The room was empty except for me, my father and another man who was in charge, probably the caterer. Dick told me that he remembers players being in the dining room after the tournament.
January 6, 2016 update: By now you've likely heard that on late Monday night a fire broke out at the clubhouse at Cobb's Creek and the unit was gutted. Below I'm aggregating articles/videos about it.
Historic Cobb's Creek clubhouse gutted, encased in ice
Dreadful: Cobb's Creek Clubhouse Destroyed By Fire
Fire destroys golf clubhouse down the road from Merion
January 3, 2016 update: Yesterday was a brisk day but good enough for a round of golf at Cobb's. Below is a link to a picture of the 18th hole with the clubhouse in the background. Edit: it could be the last photo ever taken of the clubhouse before the unfortunate fire on January 4th.
View of the 18th hole and clubhouse
December 24, 2015 update: Another article mentioning play in December at Cobb's Creek penned by John Kopp of the PhillyVoice:
Philadelphia golfers taking advantage of mild winter temperatures
December 20, 2015 update: Warm December weather has led to more play at Cobb's, as CBS3 documented earlier in the month (see below).
Unusually Warm Temperatures Keep Area Golfers On The Course
December 18, 2015 update: FofCCGC supporter Ari F passed along this 1931 scorecard (see below) from Cobb's Creek. No truth to the rumor that the D golfer on the card was a young Paul C.
1931 scorecard for Cobb's Creek
November 16, 2015 update: Last Saturday (Nov 14) Cobb's Creek regular Charles Sifford was inducted into the PGA of America Hall of Fame. His son Charles, Jr. was there to accept on his behalf. The entire ceremony is here:
2015 PGA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
November 13, 2015 update: More good news for Mayor Kenney (and the FoCCGC!) as Michael DiBerardinis becomes his managing director, as this note states will happen soon.
November 4, 2015 update: Congratulations to Jim Kenney for being elected the 99th mayor of the city of Philadelphia! Good news for the Friends of Cobb's Creek Golf Course.
November 1, 2015 update: Saying of the day: No news is good news.
Those interested in this project, please keep the faith. Grin.
September 18, 2015 update: A very interesting find presented to me by an archivist of the Fairmount Park is what appears to be an earlier plan for Cobb's Creek that ended up on the cutting room floor. I've not had time to fully digest it, nor has my collaborator Mike Cirba, but I thought I would put it up on the blog.
September 15, 2015 update: The archivist at Fairmount Park has sent me an undated picture of a plan for Cobb's Creek, which almost certainly has to be from the early 50s when the course hosted the 1955 and 1956 Daily News Open tournaments. Note the 16th hole playing as a par 3 and the 18th finishing on the current 15th green at Karakung. You can view it here.
August 14, 2015 update2: Yesterday at Cobb's I had the pleasure of meeting Zakki Blatt and his mother Stephanie. Many of you will remember the piece The Golf Channel did on him back in 2013. He loves Cobb's Creek! Here is a Golf Digest story on Zakki and his love for golf:
I'm a Walking, Golfing Miracle
August 14, 2015 update: Todd Quinones of CBS3 did a story on the project yesterday. Watch it here:
Efforts Underway To Restore Philadelphia Golf Course
July 21, 2015 update: Before Joe Dey went to the USGA as their Executive Director (1934-1969) then later was the first commissioner of the PGA tour (1969-1974), he was living in Philadelphia and serving as a sportswriter for a variety of publications. In August of 1928 just before the US Public Links tourney at Cobb's Creek, Philadelphia Golfer magazine featured many articles on the upcoming event. And Joe Dey wrote a splendid piece on the beginnings of Cobb's Creek. Read it here:
June 23, 2015 update: Yesterday I visited Cobb's for the first time since late May. I was simply astounded by the transformation in progress at the Karakung course. The new superintendent, Eli "Papo" Rodriguez, is very experienced (previously at 5 Ponds, and also at some high-end clubs like Shinnecock) and hardworking (if there was 8 days in a week, he'd work the 8th day too!) and doing wonders. He has the irrigation system on Karakung working and most fairways and tees are green and grassy. With a little help from some chemical applications, weeds are being eradicated. Give him and his crew of 12 until I say next year at this time and you might not recognize Karakung, also known as The Abster-piece after the course architect Ab Smith. See the photos from yesterday of Karakung below:
June 2, 2015 update: J.E. Souders penned another article on Cobb's Creek GC for Golfer's Tee Times. You can read it here:
"A Selfless Mission" to Bring Back a Top Municipal Course to Philadelphia
May 14, 2015 update: Yesterday another piece by Matt Ginella of The Golf Channel featuring Cobb's Creek aired during Morning Drive. Here is a link to watch it:
Cheesesteaks, pizza, and golf: Ginella's Philly trip
April 22, 2015 update: In 1929 the Evening Bulletin reprinted a New York Daily News article extolling the virtues of Cobb's Creek and bemoaning anything as good in New York. Read it here:
Cobb's Creek Links Is Model Course
April 3, 2015 update: The schedule of events for the Cobb's Creek Publinks Golf Club have been announced:
2015 schedule for The Crickers
March 8, 2015 update: Beginning tomorrow (March 9) Cobb's will have a new superintendent, a very affable and enthusiastic fellow named Eli Rodriguez. Eli joins Cobb's after a long stint as superintendent at 5 Ponds. Welcome, Eli! [Note: a tip-of-the-cap to previous superintendent Rich Sweeney for a fine job.]
February 23, 2015 update: We think you might be interested in seeing a master plan for the creek restoration, as prepared back in 2012 by Land Studies (note, the hole numbers represent the sequencing of the "championship course"):
Cobb's Creek Floodplain Master Plan, April 2012
February 19, 2015 update: Sad news to report as long time local golfer and great guy Mark Graham has passed away after a long bout with cancer. Below is the e-mail I received from Pat Sullivan:
The PPGA lost a great friend and competitor last week. As many of you know, Mark Graham has been battling cancer for quite a few years now, and although Mark put up a tremendous fight, the disease finally claimed his life. Mark was a fixture in the PPGA for the last 25+ years. Among Mark's many accomplishments in golf, he won the Publinks Championship in both 1994 and 1995.
There will be a celebration of Mark's life Saturday, February 21 from 12:00-3:00 at The Valley Top Ballroom at the Great American Pub in Conshohocken. I have attached a flyer with complete details.
Please keep the Graham family in your thoughts and prayers during this time.
The information for the celebration
February 18, 2015 update2: Recently Mike Cirba penned a nomination letter to have Cobb's Creek Golf Course be part of the National Black Golf Hall of Fame. Many thanks go out to Jake Murray in helping us with the gathering of information for the submission. You can read the letter in a link below:
NBGHF nomination letter for Cobb's Creek Golf Course
February 18, 2015 update: I took a walk at Cobb's after the recent snowfall. The 2nd hole looks very nice after a fresh coating of snow:
Winter wonderland at Cobb's Creek
February 8, 2015 update2: Recently I asked blog friend Jake: "Who was Cobb?" A condensed response is as follows:
The Dutch, Swedes and later English originally settled the area. The Swedes named the creek, called Karakung by the Indians, Mill Creek. A number of mills were built along the creek, the oldest by the Swedes in 1642. It was renamed Cobb's Creek after an early English settler, William Cobb.
Hence, it is Cobb's Creek, with the apostrophe!
February 8, 2015 update: Another golf great has passed, this time Billy Casper at the age of 83. He won a whopping 51 PGA titles, including 3 majors. Go here:
Coverage at GeoffShackelford.com
February 7, 2015 update: More good stuff remembering Charlie Sifford:
Philly's Terry Gross NPR "Fresh Air" interview with Mr. Sifford
Golfing pioneer Sifford got his start at Cobb's Creek, by Frank Fitzpatrick
Steve Eubanks article at GlobalGolfPost
February 4, 2015 update: Charlie Sifford, perhaps the best golfer to have regularly played at Cobb's Creek, passed away recently at the age of 92. Often called the "Jackie Robinson of golf", he was a true pioneer.
Coverage at GeoffShackelford.com
Sifford's obituary by Joe Jiuliano of the Inky
January 22, 2015 update: Courtesy of friend and supporter Ari Flaisher comes this cover page of the 1956 National Open & Amateur Championships of the United Golfers Association program (btw: Charlie Sifford won this tournament by fifteen strokes over 2nd place finisher Howard Wheeler!):
Picture of Charlie and others with the trophies
January 17, 2015 update: Follow this link to see how our tome ("Cobb's Creek Golf Course: Uncovering a Treasure") looks when bound nicely and printed on high quality paper. Our friends at Conlin's Digital Print & Copy Center (King of Prussia) did so at a very competitive price. Contact me if you would like to purchase a copy.
January 13, 2015 update: A belated Happy New Year to all our golfing friends.
December 1, 2014 update: Loyal blog reader Jake Murray has followed Mr. Sifford's award carefully and sends along three links showing Charlie enjoyed the fete:
Sifford takes spot among golf greats
Charlie Sifford, the PGA Tour's First Black Golfer, Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
Sifford receives Medal of Freedom at White House
November 13, 2014 update: Charlie Sifford, who refined his game at Cobb's Creek, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Well deserved, IMHO. Read about it here:
Sifford to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
November 5, 2014 update: A nice story about PGA pro Michael Wheeler at Bellewood CC, who desires to expose the game of golf to juveniles that have been too frequently on the wrong side of the law. "Alleys to Fairways" is the name of the program. Read about it here:
Golf seen as a way to help juvenile offenders
October 22, 2014 update: In the latest Golf Digest The Donald is interviewed and reveals how he learned the game at Cobb's Creek while a student at Wharton.
Golf Digest Interview of Donald Trump
October 15, 2014 update: Cobb's pro Mike Owsik is part of a story on foot-golf at Cobb's:
September 13, 2014 update: Jake Murray, good friend of the Friends of Cobb's Creek GC, checked in to comment on the photo that was the topic of the August 12 update:
Enjoyed the picture from the old 17th tee. I remember that view. It was probably the most spectacular on the course. When you compare it to the current picture on your photo album you can see how far the wooded areas have closed in behind and to the left of the green. The old tee was still in use in the late 50s and early 60s. The path to the current tee and down to the bridge was not always there. From the old 17th tee there was a path straight down to the bridge. It had been created with fill and in the late 50s it was badly eroded and difficult to walk down. The path to the bridge that is currently used was created at some time in the late 50s or early 60s and later in the early to mid 60s the current tee was added. For a time both tees were available. I called a friend and talked to him about the 17th tee, and he said the old 17th tee was used during the 1955 and 1956 Daily News Opens, and that the new path and tee were added later as I described.
September 5, 2014 update: Did you know Hugh Wilson designed the 10th and 11th holes at the South course at Philmont CC? Yep, he did. I finally got to see the course yesterday. Here begins my pictures of the 10th hole:
Hugh Wilson holes at Philmont South
August 31, 2014 update: I've recompiled the Cobb's Creek photo album to include hole diagrams. If you haven't looked at this album, you might want to as the first three images show the various hole-sequencings (aka "routings") at Cobb's since the course opened in 1916.
August 12, 2014 update: The 'Noer slides' contain images taken between the 1920s and 1980s and covers a variety of things, including golf courses:
The Noer/Milorganite Image Collection
One photo is from the abandoned tee on the current par 3 17th hole at Cobb's Creek:
1956 view of Cobb's Creek 17th hole from abandoned tee
July 24, 2014 update: Big ups to friend Pete Trenham for his wonderful piece on Cobb's Creek Golf Course at the TrenhamGolfHistory site. It focuses on five prominent tournaments the course has hosted over the years. Read it here:
"Cobb's Creek Golf Club.... Past, Present, and Future"
June 25, 2014 update: Thanks to blog reader Bob Zecca for providing GolfWorld articles on the 1955 and 1956 Daily News Open golf tournaments held at Cobb's Creek. Check them out below:
1955 GolfWorld Article on the Daily News Open
1956 GolfWorld Article on the Daily News Open
May 21, 2014 update: Horace Gamble was an early pro at Cobb's Creek and a big advocate of the quality, and challenge, of the course. He wasn't timid about comparing Cobb's to other famous courses as demonstrated by this March 16, 1919 article by Perry Lewis in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Critics Overlook Municipal Course
Apparently this article caused lots of chatter in the golfing circles. Perry Lewis had a follow-up piece on March 25:
Wonderful Course is Cobb's Creek
April 30, 2014 update: Joe Logan recently penned an updated article on the current status of the project (link below). The Friends of Cobb's Creek GC still have confidence in the viability of the project. So, keep the faith friends!
"Cobb's Creek Restoration Update: The Good, the Bad, the Realities"
April 9, 2014 update: Blog reader and contributor Leo "Jake" Murray saw our March 31st update and wrote to me the following concerning African-American golfers and Cobb's Creek:
Cobb's Creek Golf Club hosted three UGA Negro National Open Championship - 1936, 1947 and 1956. Howard Wheeler won in 1947 and Charlie Sifford captured the title in 1956. Wheeler was the Negro National Champion 6 times - 1933, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, and 1958 (no tournament 1942-1945). Sifford also won 6 times - five in a row from 1952 to 1956 and 1960. Although Wheeler was a local legend I don't think he's ever received the recognition he deserves.
As a teenager I knew Howard Wheeler, as I was at Cobb's almost every day. Unfortunately his playing days were over, as I think he had rheumatoid arthritis. Most afternoons he could be found behind the 18th green of Cobb's or on the 14th tee of Karakung. In the late afternoon the 14th to 18th holes of Karakung were favorites of the gamblers who had day jobs. It was known as the "Back Five". I would always say 'hi' and make small talk. I always called him Mr. Wheeler. I had heard many stories about him over the years but never any from him. He was quiet and a real gentleman.
I spent time with him at the 1967 Philadelphia Golf Classic, a PGA event, held at Whitemarsh Valley Country Club from 1963 to 1980. Much to my surprise he was known to the pros. I had heard the stories about him and Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, and Porky Oliver but it wasn't until recent years that I was able to fully research how great he was. I last saw him in the fall of 1967, as I enlisted in the Air Force and served in Vietnam. Howard Wheeler died on April 25, 1968. He was only 57. He was a World War II veteran and is buried at the Philadelphia National Cemetery.
March 31, 2014 update: On May 2, 2014 the World Golf of Hall of Fame will open a new permanent exhibit entitled "Honoring the Legacy: A Tribute to African-Americans in Golf". The historian for the WGHofF, Dr. Tony Parker, contacted me to obtain some photos of Cobb's Creek, as "The Crick" will be part of this permanent display. As most of my blog readers know, Charlie Sifford honed his game at Cobb's Creek, and the course hosted multiple UGA championships (1936, 1947, and 1956).
March 26, 2014 update: Gosh, would I like to buy this 1928 Publinks badge currently for sale at eBay. Update: I did buy it!
Badge with authenticity letter
March 14, 2014 update: Leo "Jake" Murray has continued his wonderful research on the relationship between the Underground Railroad and Cobb's Creek (see earlier February 25th update). By working with leads from the Delaware County Historical Society, he summarizes his findings to the blog below:
The land Cobb's Creek Golf Course occupies today was owned by Samuel Rhoads (1806-1868). He was a cousin of Thomas and Edward Garrett and he was a Quaker as were the Garrett's, Pennock and Sellers. Rhoads was a good friend of Abraham L. Pennock. They all worked together to help runaway slaves traveling north. Rhoads, in addition to having an Underground Railroad station on his property, was a stockholder in the Underground Railroad. Stockholders provided financial support for the Underground Railroad. Rhoads traveled to England in 1834 and met many Quakers who were actively engaged in the anti-slavery movement. On a second visit to England in 1847 he was able to raise considerable sums of money in addition to his own contributions. The Philadelphia and West Chester Turnpike Road Company was formed in 1848 by a group of Quakers to build a toll road between the two cities, Samuel Rhoads was the President. On old maps from the mid 1800's todays State Road is called New State Road and where it crosses Cobb's Creek into Philadelphia it is called Pennock Street. After his death in 1868 the land was sold to the city of Philadelphia.
In the book "Cobb's Creek Golf Course Uncovering a Treasure" (page 218), a reference is made to buildings on the property, "An old homestead on the property that had recently been burned had been rebuilt as the women's locker and dining room and the barn was remodeled for the men's locker room and the course offices".
Abraham L. Pennock and Samuel Rhoads were close friends. Pennock owned the Howard House, a temperance inn, at the corner of West Chester Pike and Pennock Avenue, ( Pica's Restaurant and parking lot occupies the site today). The inn served meals and rented rooms to travelers. It was also the location of a tollgate on the Philadelphia and West Chester Turnpike. The Howard House played a role in the Underground Railroad. It was a meeting place for abolitionists. Tunnels from the building were found that led to Cobb's Creek. Southern businessmen traveling to Philadelphia often stopped at the inn and left their slaves there while they conducted business in Philadelphia. Upon their return to the inn they would discover that their slaves were gone! On maps from the mid 1800's what is today Pennock Avenue extended north and across Cobb's Creek for a short distance.
February 26, 2014 update: Recently I penned an article for MyPhillyGolf on the writings of golden age architect A.W. Tillinghast. He played a prominent role in making the City aware of the need for a public golf course. You can read my article here:
The treasure trove of golf writing by A. W. Tillinghast
February 25, 2014 update: One of the great delights of maintaining this blog is the number of wonderful e-mails we receive. Just today we received the following from Leo "Jake" Murray:
I no longer live in the area but I grew up in the Highland Park neighborhood of Upper Darby in the 1950's and 1960's. Highland Park is the neighborhood just south of the third green, fourth, fifth and sixth holes and is visible in many of the aerial photos you have posted on the website. I frequently visit your website and always look forward to your updates. I found your January 4th update about "does Bossie's spirit watch the golfers at Cobb's Creek" interesting. Scott-Powell Dairies was a real dairy and many people collect the old milk bottles. Of course the land the golf course occupies was at one time farmland. "Cobb's Creek Golf Course Uncovering a Treasure" on page 218 refers to the land as, "for the most part was undeveloped farm and woodland paralleling Cobb's Creek".
Your website update on January 4th made me think about some events that may have happened in the area between 1830 and the start of the Civil War. A short distance from the Cobb's Creek Golf Course clubhouse is the Sellers Public Library at 76 South State Road. This building served as an Underground Railroad station from the 1830's to the Civil War. John Sellers, a Quaker, was the stationmaster. After his death in 1847 his son in law, Abraham L. Pennock, took over as stationmaster. Pennock was a good friend of Edward Garrett, the brother of Wilmington stationmaster Thomas Garrett. The three worked together to help runaway slaves traveling north. Garrett, Pennock and Sellers names appear on local street signs: Garrett Road, Pennock Avenue and Sellers Avenue.
I suspect, as the runaway slaves continued on their way north with a conductor, that they would have passed through what is today the Cobb's Creek Golf Course. I currently live in Florida and recently made a phone call to the Delaware County historical society in an attempt to confirm my suspicions. To date I have not received the information requested. I hope to receive information that would confirm that the routes taken to the next Underground Railroad station passed through what is today the Cobb's Creek Golf Course.
February 19, 2014 update: I'm happy to pass along the info that the new superintendent at Cobb's, starting the 24th of this month, is Rich Sweeney. He is joining us after being at Rock Manor down in Delaware. Welcome, Rich!
It is also long overdue to thank the past superintendent Darren Wondolowski. Darren is staying with the Billy Casper Group family but is moving to another club in Connecticut. Many thanks for all your work Darren. And we hope to still stay in contact as these exciting times come upon us.
January 6, 2014 update: Thanks to our friend Neil R in NY comes this wonderful picture of Phil Ogden of Cleveland on the 3rd green in the championship match of the 1928 National Public Links at Cobb's Creek (he lost to Carl Kauffmann of Pittsburgh). A neat cartoon of Kauffmann's achievement appeared in the Public Ledger on August 5, 1928.
January 4, 2014 update: If this 1922 Philadelphia Inquirer ad is to be believed, the land on which the golf course sits used to be a dairy farm.
Christmas Day, 2013 update: On this Christmas Day, we're at liberty to share a bit more about the proposed Cobb's Creek Golf Course restoration project, the details of which are presently being worked through legal mechanics with city and state officials.
Going forward, the plan, and yes, detailed plans have already been developed by Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner, and other specialists, is to work with city, state, and federal entities to restore and flood proof the creek along the length of the course, create environmental benefits through creation of tens of acres of wetlands, remove invasive species of trees and plants, restore the original routing of the Old course, reconfigure Karakung into an original nine hole design, top-notch practice facility/learning center, and junior course which would all be configurable into a hybrid Composite course worthy of top national competitions (yes, including a tour or USGA event), and become the permanent home of the Golf Association of Philadelphia.
To accomplish this, private funds have been raised to create a non-profit organization that will both fund this renovation/restoration through a sizable grant to the city, as well as maintain the course in perpetuity. It is proposed that the foundation, aka the Cobb's Creek Golf Foundation, will lease the property from the city of Philadelphia for a term of 99 years.
The mission statement of the Foundation is as follows:
By restoring a Philadelphia landmark, the CCGF will utilize a world-class golf course to provide three core elements to the Greater Philadelphia metropolitan community:
1. Create environmental and economic sustainability for Cobb's Creek Golf Course.
2. Provide premier value driven educational center.
3. Stimulate charitable activity and economic growth in the Philadelphia region.
CCGF's sole purpose is to stimulate charitable activity, economic growth and educate Philadelphia's youth in the values inherent in the game of golf while returning a Philadelphia landmark back to its historic significance.
December 19, 2013 update: Geoff Shackelford has penned a note for his blog on Cobb's Creek called "(Potentially) Great Places In The Game: Cobb's Creek". Go here:
December 18, 2013 update: On a recent Grey Goose 19th Hole episode, the panel consisting of host Steve Sands, Geoff Shackelford, John Feinstein, and David Fay discuss the recent tournaments held at classic golf courses (2013 US Open at Merion and the 2013 Walker Cup at the National Golf Links of America). Then the topic turns to what classic courses could and should be renovated, and Geoff mentions Cobb's Creek (at about 3 min 20 sec mark of the video). Below is a direct link to the video (yes, you must watch a commercial first):
Note: Geoff is familiar with Cobb's Creek as I gave him a personal tour of the course the day after the US Open at Merion.
December 12, 2013 update: In 1948 a plane landed on the golf course! See the photo here. That is on the 14th fairway looking back to the 13th green.
December 11, 2013 update: The text of the article that goes with the pictures in yesterday's update is here, with the catchy headline of "Philadelphia Catches Up".
December 10, 2013 update: Wow, you should see some pictures I have unearthed from the national publication called Golfers Magazine (May of 1926). Check out the page of pictures here.
December 3, 2013 update: Here is the Master Cricker Greg Jarmas (medalist in the 2013 Ivy League Golf Championship)! Note how he is proudly wearing a Cobb's Creek shirt.
November 22, 2013 update: While you continue to remain patient (trust me!), an excellent holiday gift for the golfer is a book penned by a friend and colleague of mine Jeff Silverman. His 501 page treatise on the championship story of Merion is now available and is a delightful read. It is available here.
November 7, 2013 update: Stay patient my friends!
October 14, 2013 update: It was the late January 1915 Golf Association of Philadelphia annual meeting when it was announced "that work on the public links at Cobb's Creek park will begin as soon as weather permits". See this note together with a fantastic picture of those at the meeting (including Hugh Wilson, A.W. Tillinghast, and many other noted golfers) here.
October 7, 2013 update: Check out here this very awesome picture [big thanks to my friend in La Habra, CA, for rehabilitating that photo] of the locker rooms under construction at Cobb's Creek (1915 or 1916, I think), with the neat mounding behind the 2nd green. The women's locker room on the right (the current clubhouse) and the men's locker room on the left (the current luxurious maintenance headquarters for Darren and his crew). This picture is similar to the one from the September 29, 2012 update below.
October 4, 2013 update: More early pictures of Cobb's Creek from friend John B. are now available. Two pics from the first hole (here and here), one of the 3rd green here, and two from the 4th tee (here and here).
September 28, 2013 update: The back of the 1931 scorecard in the 9/24/13 update is here. It shows the 11 holes in play on the Karakung course, the "Abster-piece" as Mike Cirba and I have dubbed it, designed by Ab Smith.
September 24, 2013 update2: Long time player at Cobb's Bob M. has checked in and sent along some early scorecards. Check out this beauty from 1931 here.
September 24, 2013 update: A friend of the Friends of Cobb's Creek GC recently came upon three nice photos of the course from 1964. You can view them here (18th green at Cobb's), here (the 18th green at Karakung) and here (first fairway at Cobb's).
September 23, 2013 update: Mike Cirba has penned part 2 of "Who Was Hugh Wilson". Anyone with an interest in Hugh Wilson and Cobb's Creek should read this and part 1. Follow the link below:
Who Was Hugh Wilson? – Part II
September 14, 2013 update: In 1947 Cobb's Creek hosted the United Golfers Association National Negro Open. Howard "Butch" Wheeler won his 4th of six National Negro Open titles that year (and he played cross-handed!). Read about it from the sports page of the Philadelphia Afro-American newspaper here.
August 20, 2013 update: Here is a picture of the creek on the 5th hole from the Public Ledger in 1916.
July 30, 2013 update: Thanks to Pete Trenham for providing this course diagram from the 1955 Daily News Open official program (click link below):
1955 Daily News Open Course Diagram
July 24, 2013 update: Quite the headline here from the opening round of the 1928 Public Links at Cobb's Creek (from the August 8, 1928 edition of the Evening Public Ledger).
July 8, 2013 update: With the course in tip-top shape, I thought it deserved a new photo album. Hence, based upon two recent visits I have this to offer:
June 21, 2013 update: Nice article on Bob Mayes, a golfer that played at Cobb's with Charlie Sifford:
Mayes' journey to the '74 U.S. Open
June 18, 2013 update: Brendan Prunty of the Newark Star-Ledger penned an article on Cobb's Creek GC last Sunday. Read it here:
Cobb's Creek Golf Club, four miles from Merion, preparing for rebirth
June 11, 2013 update: If you missed the excellent piece on Cobb's Creek GC by The Golf Channel Monday morning, you can view it here:
Morning Drive story on Cobb's Creek
Note: that video probably won't play on an iPad or iPhone (unless you use the Chrome web browser on those devices which can play streaming flash videos.).
June 9, 2013 update: It is time to release the latest versions of the Master Plan for the proposed Cobb's Creek GC restoration project. The "Historic Course" link below is for the restoration of the golf course to essentially what it was in 1928 until the early 50's, and includes modification of the Karakung course to a wonderful 9-hole layout as well as a practice course and new driving range:
The second drawing shows an extremely clever composite golf course envisioned by architect Gil Hanse and his associate Jim Wagner that is called "Championship Course" (see link below). We feel this composite course is of the quality and length to be able to host tournaments with players at the highest level. This tournament course utilizes 4 tees and greens from the Karakung property resulting in a layout over 7200 yards (par 70).
June 7, 2013 update: Programming note - A piece specifically on Cobb's Creek by Matt Ginella of The Golf Channel will air this Monday (June 10) on Morning Drive (7 – 9 AM EST).
June 5, 2013 update: Mike Cirba has written a fascinating article entitled "Who Was Hugh Wilson?". You can read it here:
May 30, 2013 update: Matt Ginella of The Golf Channel was out to Cobb's Creek GC yesterday to meet with the Friends of Cobb's Creek GC. Interview to be included on a piece concerning Philly public golf courses on Tuesday of US Open week (June 11). Here is a picture of Matt interviewing Chris Lange.
May 18, 2013 update: Ed Abrams' TeeItUpPhilly site has also checked back in on the project:
Cinco de Mayo 2013 update: Well, the cat is nearly completely out of the bag now! Just this afternoon Joe Logan from MyPhillyGolf reports on the latest regarding a restoration of Cobb's Creek:
May 4, 2013 update: see the June issue of Golf Digest for a nice article on Cobb's Creek by David Owen! The article is available online:
April 29, 2013 update: Gil Hanse discusses progress on the Olympic golf course with Joe Logan here:
April 27, 2013 update: Here is an aerial of the 2nd green in 1930 (picture courtesy of the Hagley Museum).
April 23, 2013 update: Note here how much bolder the green surrounds at the first green were in 1930 (picture courtesy of the Hagley Museum).
April 12, 2013 update: With the movie "42" coming out later this week chronicling the admission of the first African-American player into Major League Baseball in 1947, it's good to see that at its most basic level, at least some of golf was integrated well before then in Philadelphia, as written here (from the September 20, 1924 edition of the New York Age).
April 8, 2013 update: Local golf course architect Gil Hanse loves Cobb's Creek. Check out his 2011 interview by Joe Logan of MyPhillyGolf:
March 24, 2013 update: Brad Klein also did an extensive profile of Gil Hanse recently:
March 19, 2013 update: Brad Klein of GolfWeek reports that work begins today on the Olympic golf course in Rio de Janeiro:
The architect is Gil Hanse of Malvern. Gil has done work at Cobb's Creek over the years, in particular rebuilding the 4th green.
January 21, 2013 update: Nice picture here (courtesy of the USGA) from the 1928 US Publinx tourney held at Cobb's Creek GC.
January 2, 2013 update: Check out the unique shape of the current 10th green here in this 1939 aerial from the Dallin Collection (courtesy of the Hagley Museum).
December 20, 2012 update: Tomorrow (Friday, Dec 21) there will be a Holiday Happy Hour at Cobb's Creek from 12 noon till 5 PM. Mike and I will be there at the beginning and hope to see some familiar faces, and meet a few new ones. Pictures from this nice gathering are here.
December 12, 2012 update: Do you remember the article back in April 2008 by Joe Logan, former golf writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, entitled "With a little help from a few friends"?
A readable version of the above article is here.
December 10, 2012 update: It took a little over a year to build the course. Construction began on April 12, 1915 and the course opened on May 29, 1916. Read about it here from the April 12, 1915 edition of the Evening Public Ledger.
You'll notice the name William Flynn in the article. He went on to become quite the golf course architect, with Shinnecock Hills on Long Island being his masterpiece. In the Philly area his courses include Philadelphia Country Club, Rolling Green GC, and Lancaster CC among others. The definitive book on Flynn was penned by Wayne Morrison and Tom Paul and is called "The Nature Faker – William S. Flynn, Golf Course Architect". To purchase this electronic book, contact Wayne.
November 30, 2012 update: The Cobb's Creek Golf Association completed another successful year. Check them out at: www.the-crick.com
Contact Paul Cornely for more info and how to join.
November 29, 2012 update: Progress on the clubhouses as reported in the September 30, 1915 edition of the Evening Bulletin is here.
November 28, 2012 update: Probably the first skilled golfer to come out of Cobb's Creek was Joe Coble. He won the US Publinx title in 1924. He was feted by the Cobb's Creekers as written about here by Frank McCracken of the Public Ledger on July 30, 1924.
November 24, 2012 update: A longtime supporter of Cobb's Creek, Don D., checked in to tell us he has a 1917 painting from the course by Roy Mason. It must be seen in person to be fully appreciated, but here is a picture of it.
November 14, 2012 update: After a dormant period on the blog, I hope this is the first of many additions this off-season! Here is another early photo, looking back from the 3rd green.
July 24, 2012 update: Two PGA tournaments were held at Cobb's Creek GC (1955 and 1956 Daily News Open). Here is a picture of Bob Hope making an appearance in June of 1956.
June 12, 2012 update: Here is a picture of the 3rd green in 1916 (from the Public Ledger).
June 11, 2012 update: Exhibition matches involving prominent amateur golfers were popular in the 10s and 20s. Here is a photo of one from Cobb's Creek, the lady golfers on the 12th green (the current 6th green).
June 7, 2012 update: Back in the 20s it was not unusual to have a multitude of people waiting to tee off at Cobb's Creek. Go here and get in line!
June 1, 2012 update: The reason part of Cobb's Creek GC changed dramatically was due to the installation of an Army AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery) Gun Site Program (a precursor to the Nike missile defense program) in 1953 on the corner of the course where the current City Line Avenue driving range sits. Here are two aerials from 1958, one with the base present (June), then later removed (September).
May 31, 2012 update: Recently the Friends of Cobb's Creek Golf Course met with Ed Abrams of KYW 1060 Newsradio and TeeItUpPhilly.com. From that interview will be a segment on Cobb's Creek as part of the station's "Golf Report". It will be broadcast tomorrow and Saturday at the times below:
KYW Golf Report:
<runs fri: 9:10a, 12:10p, 3:10p, 6:40p, 8:40p, 11:10p>
<runs sat: 5:10a, 7:40a, 10:40a, 3:10p, 5:10p>
The full podcast will not be available until tomorrow, and here is the location it will be:
It will also be the topic of the CBSPhilly golf blog:
May 30, 2012 update: William Evans, the golf writer for the Public Ledger, grew tired of there being no public course in Philly, and recruited the help of President Taft. Here is the letter Taft wrote to Evans and published on February 23, 1913.
May 29, 2012 update: Here is an entertaining picture from the 4th hole at Cobb's from the July 10, 1928 edition of the Evening Public Ledger.
Memorial Day, 2012 update: Charlie Sifford was the first African-American on the PGA Tour. Did you know he honed his game at Cobb's Creek? This from James W. Finegan's wonderful book "A Centennial Tribute To Golf in Philadelphia":
"Charlie Sifford was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1922. He grew up caddying and learning to play the game there, then came to Philadelphia in 1940 to live with an uncle, James Sifford, near 18th and Norris. The 17-year old landed a job as a shipping clerk at the Nabisco plant on Roosevelt Boulevard, and soon got wind of the municipal course at Cobb's Creek."
"Young Sifford was surprised and delighted to find both blacks and whites playing at Cobb's Creek. "I'd never seen anything like that in North Carolina," he writes. "But in Philadelphia, on the public courses at least, things were different…here was a place where I could play without having to worry about some groundskeeper coming by to run me off the course." After a number of hours on the practice tee, he felt he was hitting the ball well enough to take on anybody who might show up at the Philadelphia muni."
May 26, 2012 update: Do you know how busy Cobb's Creek was in the 20s? Some years more than 80,000 golfers are reported to have played it. Here from the November 1927 edition of the Philadelphia Golfer magazine.
May 25, 2012 update: A variety of people likely helped design and build Cobb's Creek. As support, this snippet from the Jan 1, 1916 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer here (part of bigger article on golf entitled "Drives and Putts" by "Joe Bunker"). Ab Smith, George Crump, and Hugh Wilson are three very notable names in early Philadelphia golf.
May 19, 2012 update: Even a New York newspaper praised Cobb's Creek soon after it opened! Read about it here (from the August 28, 1916 issue of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, a very prominent newspaper in its day).
May 14, 2012 update: Before Joe Dey went on to the USGA and later the first president of the PGA, he was a writer for the Evening Bulletin. In 1931 that Philly paper ran a series of articles called "Golfing Waterloos" where a local hole was profiled. On April 15, 1931 the original 6th hole was featured, and you can read it here. The last 2/3 of this par 4 is still present at Cobb's Creek, the current 16th hole. Just imagine that hole playing from the original tee, todays par 3 6th! Note: in the photo from the May 11th update below, where the 5th green is being constructed, you can see the 6th hole fairway corridor in the upper left, now an area that is tree-covered.
May 11, 2012 update: On May 30, 1915 the Philadelphia Record published some pictures updating the progress at Cobb's Creek. See them here (that is the 5th green under construction).
May 10, 2012 update: Here is a picture (Public Ledger, 1915) of the original 12th hole, a downhill par 3. Currently this is the par 3 6th green, played from a much different angle.
May 8, 2012 update: Here is the routing for the US Publinx tourney at Cobb's Creek in 1928.
May 7, 2012 update: Not long after the Public Ledger showed a routing (see May 5th update below) for Cobb's Creek GC, the Philadelphia Inquirer on May 16, 1915 published a similar figure. The main difference being the par 3 14th hole appears to have the green moved and the hole stretched to 175 yards. View it here.
Cinco de Mayo, 2012 update: Here is the original routing at Cobb's Creek GC from the April 11, 1915 edition of the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
May 4, 2012 update: In the summer of 2008 the Friends of Cobb's Creek Golf Course met with Til De Palma, probably the oldest living person familiar with the Cobb's Creek Golf Course. He caddied there as a youngster in the 20s. You'll hear him describe many aspects of his days there, including caddying for Joe Coble, a very accomplished golfer that won the 1924 US Publinx tournament. Unfortunately, Til is no longer with us, he passed away in late 2009.
Watch the video here:
May 3, 2012 update: Ed Abrams of KYW Newsradio and TeeItUpPhilly.com has mentioned 'the tome':
Two local guys with a love of golf architecture and who dream of what could be at Cobb's Creek Golf Club, have now compiled a comprehensive history of what it was. Comprehensive might be an understatement: it is 344 pages worth of interesting reading.
Here is the link:
May 2, 2012 update: Late last year a friend sent pictures (here and here) of two Cobb's Creek tags he owns (from 1934 issued by the Commissioners of Fairmount Park).
May 1, 2012 update: Joe Logan of MyPhillyGolf has checked in again on the Cobb's Creek front. His article begins with:
The magnum opus that is the history and design evolution of Cobb's Creek GC is complete and now available on the Internet for your reading enjoyment.
Weighing in at 344 pages, the manuscript, titled Cobb's Creek Golf Course: Uncovering a Treasure, is by far the most complete – some would say mind-bogglingly exhaustive – chronicle of Philadelphia's best known and most historic city-owned golf course. Designed by Hugh Wilson, the same architect credited with Merion GC East and West Courses, Cobb's Creek has long been regarded as a gem in is own right, albeit a gem in need of tender loving care.
Read the entire article here:
April 26, 2012 update: A century ago, Philadelphia's golf leaders believed that building exceptionally challenging golf courses would help develop top competitive golfers in the region, which led to the creation of Merion East, Pine Valley, and... Cobb's Creek. Read the amazing history of the course that in its time was viewed as the best and most challenging public links in the country and the story of the visionary men responsible.
For more, check out the online book "Cobb's Creek Golf Course. Uncovering a Treasure", available here:
Cobb's Creek Golf Course: Uncovering a Treasure


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Robert Rumgay & Ann Coventery, 1860
Register of Marriages, District of Portmoak, County of Kinross, 1860, entry 8.
When, where, & how: On the Twenty-third day of November 1860 at Scotlandwell; Marriage after Banns was solemnized between us according to the forms of the Church of Scotland
Groom: Robert Rumgay, 21, farm servant, bachelor, Pettilock
Groom's parents: William Rumgay, wright; Margaret Rumgay, maiden name Dickson
Bride: Ann Coventry, 19, servant, spinster, Tillywhally
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Signatures: John Steele, minister, Portmoak; William Coventry, witness; James Rumgay, witness


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Australia should debate the pros and cons of overseas expansion by the financial services sector, a key global adviser to the government's financial system inquiry says.
Andrew Sheng, a member of the inquiry's international advisory panel, said the probe would inevitably examine commercial pressures for greater financial integration between Australia and Asia.
Parts of the industry are eyeing growth opportunities from Asia's middle classes and using the inquiry to push for sought-after changes, such as favourable tax treatment of investments in overseas banks.
But Mr Sheng said the inquiry must have a ''very clear-eyed, very objective'' debate about financial integration with the region, including the risks it may pose.
''Financial services bring the opportunities for profit and jobs, particularly in promoting credit, trade and investments,'' he said.
''The other side is, of course, risks, such as credit, liquidity and foreign exchange and other risks that come from connectivity and interdependence.''
Mr Sheng stressed it was not his role to make recommendations on whether Australia should aim to expand the size of its financial services sector by pushing into Asia. Instead, he said, the issue required a cost-benefit analysis, after the global financial crisis highlighted how quickly instability could spread through the world financial system.
''If the market's going in a certain direction, which seems the way, that means even closer ties between Australia and Asia in terms of finance and economics and trade. Therefore to what extent could financial services be helpful in a properly risk-managed manner?'' he said.
Mr Sheng, a former Hong Kong regulator and central banker, is the only member of the international advisory panel from a regulatory background. He was speaking to BusinessDay before a speech by inquiry chairman David Murray on Thursday, his first substantial public comments since submissions were released last month.
Mr Sheng's comments come amid debate on whether a bigger financial sector is good for the economy.
A submission by Ron Bird and Jack Gray of the University of Technology, Sydney, cited a growing number of studies questioning whether growing financial sectors benefited the broader economy.
Bank for International Settlements economic adviser Stephen Cecchetti said in 2012 that finance became a drag on an economy once it surpassed 6.5 per cent of value added. In Australia, financial services account for more than 9 per cent of value added after almost doubling over the 25 years to 2013, according to a submission by the Reserve Bank.
For its future growth, much of the local industry is looking to Asia's growing middle classes. The Reserve last year also cautioned banks against rapid expansion in the region, after their exposure to the region increased fourfold since 2009.
Mr Sheng said the predecessor to the Murray inquiry, the 1997 Wallis inquiry, had been highly influential in Asia and the current project would also be followed closely.
Critics have claimed the present inquiry will draw too heavily on the views of industry, given Mr Murray's former role as a Commonwealth Bank boss and two panel members having worked in finance.


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Is There a Relationship Between Previous Exposure to General Anesthesia and the Development of Alzheimer´s Disease? (DEMA)
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
University Hospital, Linkoeping
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Anna-Karin Strand, MD, University Hospital, Linkoeping
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First received: September 27, 2012
Last updated: March 24, 2016
Last verified: March 2016
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The purpose of this study is to compare exposure to general anesthesia between cases with a diagnosis of Alzheimer´s disease and controls without diagnosis, through studies of medical records. The investigators wish to explore if there is a relationship between exposure to general anesthesia and the development of Alzheimer´s disease.
|Alzheimer´s Disease General Anesthesia
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Retrospective
|Official Title:
|A Case-control Study of Exposure to General Anesthesia and a Diagnosis of Alzheimer´s Disease Later in Life.
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Further study details as provided by Anna-Karin Strand, MD, University Hospital, Linkoeping:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Exposure to general anesthesia [ Time Frame: Up to 20 years in retrospect ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Exposure to inhaled anesthetics [ Time Frame: Up to 20 years in retrospect ]
|Study Start Date:
|May 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|July 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|July 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Cases from a regional Alzheimer´s disease record. Matched controls from the national population register.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer´s disease
- Previous exposure to anesthesia
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to retrieve medical records
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01695889
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01695889
|University Hospital
|Linkoping, Sweden, 58185
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University Hospital, Linkoeping
|Study Chair:
|Christina Eintrei, professor
|University Hospital Linkoping
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|Anna-Karin Strand, MD, Specialist in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital, Linkoeping
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|NCT01695889 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 27, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 24, 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Alzheimer Disease
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurocognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 18, 2017