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Transgender filmmaker Fox Fisher shines a light on the troubled state of transgender healthcare in Iceland.
Members of the transgender community in Iceland are saying their current health system involves the medicalization of gender identity, gatekeeping and outdated stereotypes about gender roles. The video was shown on October 14th at the University of Iceland, during a seminar labeled "Trans people and the health care system".
"They say that they need to put on an act, a certain role, and play along just to get the health care services that they need."
"The people I interviewed all talk about this very strong requirement to fulfill a certain gender role, heavily based on outdated ideas about men and women, their behavior, clothing, hobbies, interest and general expectations about them," Fox told Gay Iceland. "They say that they need to put on an act, a certain role, and play along just to get the health care services that they need. It's all very binary and seems like the health care system is very concerned with making sure people fit into a very specific, narrow box.
In addition to being forced to conform to binary gender norms, transgender people need to be diagnosed with a mental illness to receive any transgender related care. "You see in Iceland trans people still need to be diagnosed with a mental disorder to be able to get health care, and they put up with it even though that's not the case, even though they're perfectly sane, just so they can get the health care they really need," Fox explains. "And by mental disorder I'm referring to the outdated definition "gender identity disorder", which health care officials in Iceland are using as a diagnosis for trans people, instead of the most recent and up to date diagnosis "gender dysphoria". Though transgender people in Iceland have made great strides with social acceptance, their transgender related medical programs are falling behind when they were once considered ahead of the curve.
Dr. Óttar Guðmundsson, the head of a trans health care team at the National University Hospital in Iceland, is rejecting these allegations. "The team respects the criticism that is put forth in the video. We cannot comment on individual comments, but we disagree with a lot that is said in the video. All definitions of gender roles and gender identity have gone through massive changes in the last years, in both the trans community as well as the therapeutic community," said Óttar. "We don't talk about gender identity disorder any more. We use the term gender dysphoria which is in accordance to the DSM-5 which was recently published." When asked why gender dysphoria is still considered a mental illness in Iceland when other countries no longer do so, Óttar responded, "We cannot answer that question."

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approach to design is land based. Land-based design means that the
design of each hole is primarily influenced by our first-hand
experiences on the site, rather than relying solely on ideas conceived
while separated from the actual site experience. The key to building on
time and on budget lies in the quality of preparation during the design
process, before construction begins. Quality is achieved by spending
the necessary amount of time on site, and in consultation with the
client and the client�s consultants to resolve most of the issues
related to the design and construction of the course before construction
The inherent
characteristics of a property that can give tremendous character to a
course are there to be found, as long as we are receptive to them. No
maps, pictures, videos, or literature of or about the site can
adequately supplant the personal experience on the land. Our approach
is a reversal of a bad trend in design offices. Many offices have
eagerly pursued the marketing and brand name frenzy to the point that
this consumes more than half the office hours. Left with little time
for design, the design work has been passed down to second and third
level designers who do most of their creative work on a client�s project
in the office, rarely, if ever, seeing the site. Many offices are
preoccupied with their own packaging and marketing, course rankings, and
generating fame and notoriety for themselves. For us, land-based design
allows us to leave behind this mass-market approach, and open up our
minds to the land dedicated for a golf course. Land-based design begins
and ends with a face-to-face encounter with the land, with nature. In
this way, we are more willing to cooperate with nature, not impose a
will to make it conform.
The window of
time for this process is short because there are hard and fast schedules
to meet for permitting and construction commencement. Putting aside
precious time on the property is absolutely necessary since we are
ultimately the vehicles through which the vision of the course will
emerge. The routing and design development phase is a bit like the
birthing process; it must have a beginning and evolve along a natural
progression that is a part of the mystery of creativity and creation.
We believe our fine-honed sensitivity and receptiveness to the natural
characteristics of the land best serve this process.
are many practical considerations that benefit the design of a golf
course through our land-based approach. Briefly these are as follows:
Our golf course construction documents, including the shot-by-shot
perspective sketches, are developed directly from the design development
we do on the land. This means our plans are precisely what we intend to
build on the land. A contractor�s bid will contain
based upon their judgment of the accuracy of the documents, and the
reputation for the quality of the architect�s input during field
visits. The contractor is assured that our documents used as the basis
for their pricing the project are accurate because we have gone to great
lengths to design the course appropriately to the land. Our plans
provide a high level of detail that can reduce a contractor�s typical
contingency factor, resulting in lower construction costs by 10% to 30%.
construction phase will require Kelly Blake Moran to make frequent
appearances to the site to ensure that his design intentions, as expressed
in the construction documents, are properly interpreted by the contractor in
the field. He will be on site each week the course is under construction,
and in the process of preparing for opening. He will not rely upon a
construction supervisor to implement the design. President Reagan�s famous
adage about the nuclear disarmament of Soviet Union applies here: inspect,
not expect. Kelly Blake Moran is the vehicle through which the vision of
the course is developed; therefore he will be on site frequently.
thorough preparation during design development gives the client maximum
input into the design process if they desire to have a formal voice in the
type of course they will receive. The client can easily access the design
process through the detailed three-dimensional sketches we do of each
fairway and green.
the routing to the site�s natural features puts much more emphasis on the
strategic design, making the course more challenging, interesting, and
pleasurable for a wide range of golfing abilities. Ideally, as a
player improves their physical and mental playing abilities, they find new
ways to play each hole, and discover new challenges and pleasures in the
course. In this way, a course that captures the organic spirit from deep
inside the land will never become outdated or boring. The course will
remain intriguing, mysterious, and enjoyable as the player graduates to the
next higher level and becomes more familiar with the natural and manmade
features that make the strategy of each hole.
design is all about marrying the natural elements of the land with the
strategy of the course. While beauty is a critical element in a golf
course, and manmade elements detract from the quality of the golfing
experience and should be disguised or eliminated in the golfing experience,
strategy is of the highest concern for our course designs. Many architects
believe they are artists and showmen, and that their primary goal is to
create an artful production on the land. We believe that the artfulness of
art in golf course design is a wide path that leads no where, that at the
end there is no soul or integrity in the design, and it is more of a general
seduction of the senses, a mass visual media. The natural elements that
make the land beautiful actually play a major role in the strategy.
Therefore, a course strategy that cooperates with nature, enabling it to
release its power through its own particular beauty, rather than imposing an
artificial idea of beauty on the land will always be a beautiful golf
course. And, the golf course will only get better as all traces
(construction) of our having been there vanish.
golf course must be a positive use on the land, and it must be an
exceptional experience for all levels of players. There need not be any
compromises to the land or to the strategic experience of playing the
course. Every course should be designed to challenge the very best players
and to encourage the least gifted or least experienced players. Most of our
courses have six sets of tees for all holes. For the expert player, the
course should provide considerable distance from the championship and back
tees. Despite traditionalist�s claims, distance matters. One interesting
development in Florida, and it seems to be spreading, is that players who
have played very well over a number of years are starting to see the effects
of age on their game. They also have developed a tremendous source of pride
in their past accomplishments. The combination of these two factors, age
and pride in their skills, has resulted in the renaming of tees, the
introduction of the �championship tee� where it once was called the �back
tee�. The �back tee� is now designated where it once was the �regular or
member�s tee�. Now the aging and gifted players who may be losing a little
distance can make up for this by moving up to the former regular tees, yet
save some pride by calling them the back tees. This has compelled us to
actually add an extra tee between what was once the regular tee and the back
tee. Excellent players are getting away with playing from the former
regular tees because now they are designated the back tees, and this has a
tremendous affect on the design strategy for the course. Ladies can play
from any tees that match their skill level. Two sets of tees have been
specifically located for ladies based upon research provided by Alice Dye,
one of the preeminent designers and players in the country. The
lesser-accomplished players will find a variety of teeing areas that make
the course play at a reasonable distance for their skill level. At
appropriate facilities, we include a set of junior tees that play
approximately 2,800 yards for the 18 holes, so that junior golfers, who have
a minimum level of skill, at appropriate times during the day, can enjoy the
big course at a reasonable distance. As their skills improve, as well as
their understanding of the game�s traditional etiquette, they can graduate
to the next set of tees.
survey the natural elements and think how can an interesting hole be played
over this terrain, and how can the natural elements be incorporated into its
strategy. We survey the land along the direct route between tee and green,
not just along the designated centerline of the doglegged hole. This direct
route has been referred to as the �line of charm�. Good players always
check this route because it is the shortest distance to the pin. Therefore,
on our courses we make most par fours and fives doglegged holes because this
allows for different avenues through which to play the hole depending upon
the amount of risk one is willingly to assume in hopes of achieving a big
reward. Doglegged holes make for exciting strategy: a good player can chose
different routes to play a hole depending on whether they need to be
conservative or aggressive because of the circumstances of their match. In
addition to many doglegged holes, we try to make a routing plan play
different directions, and to have great variety in distances for all par
categories, meaning that there are short par 3, 4, and 5 holes, ranging up
to very long par 3, 4, and 5 holes.
courses should give the greatest amount of pleasure to the greatest number
of players. It can be said with great confidence that a course can provide
a strategic design of the highest order, can provide for the lesser player
to enjoy the course, and can respect the exceptional value of the natural
features of the land, and incorporate these features into the experience of
the course. We have discovered that what is basic about the goodness of any
course is its strategy. Land-based design, with a strong emphasis on the
course strategy is a specific engagement with the land that can produce a
highly imaginative design. Land based design has mass appeal. It has been
employed at all our courses that are open for play, and people are having
strong, positive reactions to the look and the strategy.
our use in creating a golf course, modern culture has equipped us with
computer software, large earthmoving equipment, and the opinions of golfers
and writers. Yet, the past resource, nature, has been redefined by
packaging and marketing, and replaced by the term environmentally friendly,
meaning that when making something with mass appeal we downplay how we
imposed our will on the land. Land-based design reestablishes nature as the
primary resource in the creative design process.
creative process employed in designing a golf course should begin with a
face-to-face encounter with the land, with nature. In this way, the
architect is more willing to cooperate with nature, not impose a will to
make it conform. This is a land-based architect.
project seems vast or difficult in the beginning. Technology makes almost
anything possible; problems can be solved on paper, and with money. Hard
work on the land and confronting the realities of these difficult problems
are not necessary because the architect can work a solution on paper without
leaving the office, and technology and money can implement the solution.
This can make the land-based architect anxious when confronted with
difficult problems caused by wetlands, steep slopes, contiguous forests, and
awkward parcels caused by property lines. Given these difficult
constraints can we find a golf course on this land, or must we leave it to
the big machines to rearrange the land to make a golf course? Why try too
hard if we have the modern technology and wealth to impose the kind of
beauty that has mass appeal?
design requires a specific engagement with Nature. This engagement is a
satisfying creative process. All of the cultural pressures- technology,
marketing, mass media, public expectations- are suspended when the
land-based architect straps on the boots and goes on the land to become
immersed in discovery and curiosity.
persistent, land-based architect walks the land over and over. The feeling
of anxiety is replaced by exhilaration that comes from the awareness of the
subtle qualities of the land. Through a slow process, slow when comparing
three days walking the land as compared to four hours in the office
scratching on a base map, the land-based architect discovers how the course
strategy connects with the physicality�s of nature, the terrain, plants,
soil, drainage, wind and light.
the discovery period, the period of walking the land looking for the natural
golf holes, is humbling and gratifying. Will this approach yield a good
golf course? Where�s the give; where�s the take? Is this approach relevant
to the game? With a kind of blind faith, the land-based architect ventures
out to find the energy in the land. Incredibly, a day spent on the land
seems like an hour. Egotism, arrogance and desire for recognition give way
to a wild delight in the beauty and infinite space of the landscape. The
routing begins to work with the land.
takes experience to recognize the natural features of the land, and skill to
use them in the right way for the play of the game. More importantly, it
takes a willingness on the part of the designer to venture out onto the land
to meet nature face to face. We spend several days walking the land in
search of the best routing plan for the golf course, and the best locations
for the clubhouse site, maintenance site, and practice facility. The best
routing for the course is judged by how well we implement the following
techniques in order to maintain the land�s integrity:
only way to meet these criteria is through the first-hand experience gained
by being on the land. Meeting these criteria can have a major impact on the
environment. First, earth moving has the greatest impact on the natural
environment. A routing plan developed through our land-based design will
result in a magnificent course requiring the least amount of earth
disturbance. If earth movement is confined to softening slopes in the
playing areas and enhancing the natural terrain then many environmental
benefits are gained. While we like to keep the golf course mostly in the
open parts of the land, holes that must enter wooded areas will require
removal of fewer trees if there is little earth movement. This means we
have a greater opportunity to maintain large wooded areas, which are more
likely to provide core habitats for a greater number of species, and large
wooded areas protect aquifers and interconnected drainage networks. Minimum
earth movement allows us to maintain, and use the land�s natural drainage
patterns. The natural drainage patterns can be an important part of the
strategic design and beauty of the course, and can be incorporated into our
large network of drainage infrastructure. Good drainage will reduce disease
pressures by removing surface water from fairways and greens. Reducing
disease pressures reduces the need to use chemicals.
woodland connections are critical to wildlife movement. Disturbing these
connections has a major impact on the environment. A land-based routing
plan attempts to preserve the existing woodlands. Where disturbances must
occur, a land-based routing plan avoids splitting wooded areas into smaller
patches. Furthermore, a land-based routing plan can incorporate existing
patches of woodlands into the golf course property, and over time these
smaller patches can be connected through the implementation of our landscape
plans. These connections can be made in part by using native trees
transplanted from the site.
as mentioned, reducing earth movement preserves the land�s natural drainage
patterns. A land-based routing plan also preserves the integrity of larger
drainage ways through the land like stream and river corridors. Golf holes
are setback from these corridors, and native buffers are maintained between
the primary play areas of the course (tees, fairways, roughs, and greens),
and stream corridors. Substances such as chemicals and fertilizers used for
the proper maintenance of the primary play areas can be diverted from
entering a stream by proper grading, and more effectively, by maintaining or
enhancing a wide vegetated buffer that consists of native materials in the
form of grasses, shrubs and trees. The vegetation provides a buffer against
these substances entering the stream by providing friction in the form of
plant stems and litter, root absorption, and an organic soil that absorbs
dissolved substances.
by respecting the natural elements such as terrain, drainage patterns, and
woodlands, these elements can become a part of the strategic design, and the
beauty of the course. A common thread through all great golf courses is
the exceptional qualities of the land on which they lay. The land at Pine
Valley, Merion, Shinnecock, National, Cypress Point, Seminole and many
others is exceptional land. But it does not always have to be land that is
so dramatic to make a great course. At our course, HideOut Golf Club, in
Naples, Florida, chief among the exceptional qualities are the native sand,
and the trees. This seemed obvious to us and these elements were a major
theme in the design. These elements were carefully incorporated into the
aesthetic and strategic experience of the course. Oddly, a consistent
compliment of the course is that it is unlike any other in Southwest
Florida, that the whole presentation is unique. The heavy handed approach
that comes with trying to manufacturer a look and a style, by moving massive
amounts of earth makes a major negative impact on the environment. At
HideOut, we successfully got back to something that was more truthful,
simple and straightforward, something you can get close to. This confirms
that a land-based design approach of meeting nature face to face,
understanding what are the inherent, basic qualities that make the land
beautiful, then building a design around it, can strike a chord in people�s
soul. The obvious is not always so obvious, it has to be pulled out and
shown in a way that people can appreciate. The land-based architect
discovers how the course strategy connects with the physicality�s of nature,
the terrain, plants, soil, drainage, wind and light. As a result, the land
is spared degradation, while much of the area covered by our golf courses
can be unmaintained, other than periodic mowing of native grass areas that
are in play to avoid players repeatedly losing balls. Typically, a golf
course will preserve over 200 acres in open space, of which only 70 acres is
actually under maintenance and irrigation for the play of the game.
thoughtful analysis has been made of the "classic" courses and their
architects. Sometimes, the analysis includes derogatory comments such as
today's architects not being able to shine the shoes of the "old masters".
This type of analysis over time has actually created an us-versus-them
mentality, causing advocates of the old masters to gather into a loosely
organized lobby group. Rather than this group shining a light on the
subject of classic design, giving thought to the good and the bad, all
toward the goal of educating, they have fallen into the worst habits of an
advocacy group that sees only the good in their way of thinking, and only
evil in others that do not fall in line.
oldest courses in the British Isles were a response to the site's
conditions. In, A History of Golf, The Royal and Ancient Game,
Robert Browning writes that the early courses where �left much as nature
made them�. He goes on to write, �The courses on the commons as a rule did
not call for the creation of any artificial hazards, because they offered an
ample variety of natural difficulties of their own.� Later, some of the
�old masters� copied holes from these courses when designing their courses.
These copied courses have now become the sources for designing stylish
courses by the neo-classic advocates. A style that is a few steps removed
from the purest form of land-based design employed at the oldest courses in
the world, the originals. Our land-based design is primarily focused on the
natural elements as well, but we do not stop there, rather we use those
elements as a means by which to improvise a suitable design on the land.
Our land-based design is not an impersonation of someone else�s style,
rather when practiced faithfully it is a singular organic style, true to
us. Our design becomes our own improvisation with the land. Improvisation
comes from a process developed through lots of practice being on the land
and seeing. Improvisation requires letting preconceived ideas, paradigms,
and the forces of our thought take a rest while we glide over the property,
and let the land tell its story. This leads to a sort of detachment where
the architect is the observer of the action, and the action is greater than
architect, that is the improvising that goes on between the land and the
architect. The land-based architect must learn the melody of the place they
are walking, and how best to improvise on that melody. The land-based
architect must use their eyes to find what the land demands, not what the
fashion of the day or an �old master� demands. Land-based design requires
heavy thinking and concentration on what is being observed when on the
land. In that way each part of the land can tell its unique story so that
there is never repetition in the design. Concentration on what is at hand
determines an architect�s ability to make a good hole or a great hole.
design is dynamic because it confronts reality in its specific engagement
with the land, making it a power to translate the design into some
particular language of its own that is modern, and it is a throw back to a
time when nature was a refuge, and links between the human and natural
worlds would spring from the land. Rather than imposing on the land a copy
of existing work, land-based design generates ideas that spring from the
natural land. The golf holes emerge from the land rather than being forced
on it. Land-based design embodies the course with a majestic decorum that
we never tire of seeing. Land-based design reinstalls reason and faith into
the creative design process.
a sustainable golf course requires a land-based design approach that
emphasizes a well-conceived routing plan. A properly routed golf course can
contribute toward reducing energy consumption and other costs expended to
build a course and maintain it. Our main goal is to rout the course to take
full advantage of the land�s natural features so that very little earth must
be disturbed in the construction phase. Disturbing large areas adds to
construction costs, provides opportunities for erosion and stream
contamination, releases carbon into the atmosphere, and erases any
interesting natural characteristics of the existing terrain.
addition to the proper routing of a golf course there other items a client
will want to consider in the planning and maintenance of a golf course.
These items were gathered from our experiences and consultation with golf
course superintendents:
Explore the use of
electric greens mowers (technology may not quite be ready);
There are new green�s mowers that have small
gas engines and generators that power the reels. These units consume half
the gas and do not use hydraulic oil. Similar fairway units will be out
mow collars every other day;
Rake bunkers twice a
week maximum;
Reduce the amount of
area requiring weed trimmers;
Use growth
regulators, if feasible. Growth regulators used on fairways can cut fuel
use by 30%;
and maintain large natural areas throughout the site;
local sand and soil;
a course so that it requires fewer specialized maintenance equipment;
energy conscious around the maintenance barn - use low energy bulbs, shut
off computers when there not being used, recycle wastewater used to clean
equipment, etc;
Use ClubCar utility vehicles for general jobs
because they use much less gas as compared to Cushman and Toro utility
Add a tenth of a pound of urea and sulfate of
potash to every fertilizer application. At year end you use only a pound of
nitrogen and potassium and you get better results than when you apply three
or four times that amount with conventional granular applications;
Incorporate a fertigation system into your
irrigation program. This will save time, labor and fuel, plus liquid
nitrogen is much cheaper than granular and saves energy on the conversion,
hauling and spreading;
Contour mow fairways as opposed to stripping,
and alternate directions weekly;
Do not fertilize the roughs;
Selectively remove trees so you can grow healthy turf which will reduce
chemical inputs;
Establish true economic thresholds for all
pests. A few weeds or brown patch in the roughs, or a little cutworm damage
does not change the way the game is played;
Maintain a high quality staff. In order to
promote sustainability, the people that practice it need the training, the
time, and the support to make it happen.
Blake Moran Golf Course Architects
design services include detailed master plans of improvement for existing
golf courses. Kelly�s master plans identify the strategic, infrastructure,
and maintenance needs of the golf course. Improvements can be as simple as
changing mowing lines to introduce more ground game options, and expanding
greens to introduce more exciting pin areas to more extensive work such as
improving poor drainage, and expanding tees to better accommodate an
increase in rounds played. Any improvements are detailed in plans,
specifications, takeoffs, and budgets, and Kelly is always present to
observe the implementation of master plan improvements.
A golf course will change through natural and
manmade forces. Over time playing features such as tees, bunkers, and
greens deteriorate and become less acceptable in terms of playing
conditions. Some features will actually become more expensive to maintain
as extra ordinary measures have to be taken to approximate acceptable
playing conditions. Sometimes, manmade changes are often made with a narrow
perspective leaving a golf hole less than a satisfying experience for the
majority of players.
A master plan defines what we want the course to be for the
long term future. Often times this vision is implemented in increments of
time based upon priorities and funds. A master plan ensures the vision is
implemented in the most cost efficient and creative manner possible.
A master plan removes individual agendas from the process,
while still allowing future committees to have input with the architect in
accordance with the original master plan.
A master plan provides a club the opportunity
to reintroduce the original design integrity that made the golf course a
special place, and to introduce design features in accordance with the
original design integrity to meet today�s playing standards.
A master plan provides the opportunity to
restore consistency in the most important features of a golf course: the
greens, fairways and bunkers.
A master plan provides an opportunity to provide consistency
in the most trafficked portions of a golf course: the tees, and cart paths.
A master plan provides the opportunity for
the superintendent to manage the most important element to them: water.
Through the provision of proper surface and subsurface drainage, and an
irrigation system custom designed to their golf course, a superintendent is
better able to deliver excellent turf conditions for the golfer.
A master plan provides the opportunity to
assess the impact of vegetation on playing conditions, and maintenance
budgets, and to provide a long term landscape plan to manage and enhance the
wooded areas, and to allow areas requiring costly maintenance to revert back
to natural conditions without impacting playability.
A master plan gives the committee and the
architect an opportunity to address the unique circumstances that face the
golf course.
Typical Components of a Master Plan
Inventory and analysis of the strategic
design of the existing course;
Inventory and analysis of the original course, if information
is available;
Inventory and analysis of the existing infrastructure and
maintenance problems;
Inventory and analysis of the existing landscape;
Evaluation of cart trail system, and
recommendations for improvements;
Hole-by-hole document of master plan of
improvements that includes plans and descriptions of proposed modifications
of tees, fairways, greens, bunkers, cart paths, and other pertinent course
Conceptual landscape plan of the golf course.
Additional Commentary
Aerial Photographs
An important part of the master plan process
is to examine the changes that have occurred to the course over the years
through the use of old photographs and aerials. These important resources
can help the architect and the club make better informed decisions for the
long range improvement to the course.
The important issues pertaining to tees are
environmental conditions, drainage and space. Secondary considerations are
the appropriateness of the tee�s location in relationship to the design of
the hole, and the height of the tee above the surrounding terrain.
As is typical for all course features that
require excellent turf conditions, tees need plenty of sunlight, and air
flow. Once these conditions are present then consideration should be given
to the size of the tee in relationship to the design of the hole and to the
number of rounds hosted annually by the club.
As a matter of preference, I design tees that
are close to the elevation of the surrounding terrain whenever possible. It
is important to ensure that the tee is protected from any surrounding
drainage by diverting the surface water away from the tee. A tee that is
close to the ground is more accessible, is not an unnecessary distraction on
the land, can add distance to an uphill hole, and in some instances can add
an element of excitement and uncertainty to the hole if not everything can
be seen down the fairway.
There are many examples of multi-level tees
that require increased maintenance because of the time it takes to move from
one tee to the next, and the steep banks around the tees. Many of the tees
are too small for the rounds played. Some tees are too small, have too many
levels, and are stressed by trees growing too close to the teeing surface.
Fairways require many of the same
considerations as other features on the course. Surface drainage, sunlight,
and air circulation are important issues to get right if the fairway is to
be in excellent condition with little inputs from the maintenance staff.
An important strategic element to consider
for fairways on existing courses is the fairway mow lines. Over time
fairways become narrow and assume a simple shape as mowing patterns are
adjusted to make mowing more efficient or to adjust in response to
encroaching trees. These efficiencies and adjustments can take fairway
bunkers and green side bunkers out of play by leaving a large swath of high
rough grass between the fairway and the bunker. Expanding fairways closer
to the bunkers brings the bunkers into play in three ways. First, the ball
rolling on the ground is more likely to enter the bunker if the fairway is
cut close to the bunker. Second, if more fairway is near the bunker a
player may choose to play close to the bunker in order to gain a better
angle from which to play the next shot. Third, if more fairway is around
the bunker, including beyond the bunker, a player may be encouraged to play
over the bunker to the fairway beyond it again in order to gain a better
angle on the next shot, or to shorten the distance required to play the next
Expanded fairways near greens bring
interesting ground features into play allowing a player to play a bump and
run shot by using the ground features to roll the ball onto the green. This
gives another exciting option for playing the hole.
One common issue with greens on older courses
is that they become smaller. Exciting and challenging pin positions along
the periphery of greens are lost making bunkers and slopes around the greens
almost irrelevant in the strategy of the hole.
Green expansions can bring surrounding
features into play and make the hole a more exciting, strategic adventure.
For instance, expanding the green closer to a bunker can bring into play a
downward slope toward the bunker. In this instance the golfer must be
particularly careful with their approach shot. In addition, expanding the
green area can recapture great pin areas along the periphery of the green.
Expanded greens can allow pin positions in areas much closer to bunkers or
other interesting features.
Drainage is probably the most critical issue
for many older courses. Surrounding conditions change and more surface
water is directed into areas on a course that now causes wet conditions and
distracts from the play and maintenance of the course.
Older bunkers typically do not have
subsurface drainage or the drainage is inadequate and has failed. I provide
for an extensive network of drainage to be installed in my bunkers. This
will make for better playing conditions and prolong the life of the bunker.
Playing golf is a wonderful experience best
understood by the fraternity of players who have enjoyed it for many years.
In the past, most of these players would play an 18 hole course given the
choice, and most would try to find the best 18 hole course in their area
that they could afford. Times have changed for these same people who now
have less time and a lot less money than before, and as a consequence their
views have changed as well regarding the type of courses they would play. On
the other side of the golf world are the beginning players who seek any golf
course that is convenient to them in order to pursue their new interest.
Like the veteran players, the beginners probably have less time and less
money to devote to their new hobby and this defines their view of the type
of courses they would play as well. Interestingly, there may be a
convergence of these two polar opposites of the golf world at the same
golfing facility and the savvy golf course owner should be looking to make
accommodations for both.
Without question, most golfers are interested
in golf courses that are well maintained (specifically the greens), have
reasonable green fees, and aren�t plagued by slow play. That is a tall order
to fill for some courses, but accomplishing those three goals can help a
golf course attract the most customers. There are other virtues worth
striving for that are needed to make any golf course attractive to the
beginning golf, the familiar golfer, and every type of golfer in between.
Every golf course should be designed to fit
in with the site�s natural features. This can be the distinguishing feature
separating it from other local courses. Taking this approach could mean the
number of holes may be less than 18, or it may allow for 18 holes, but at an
overall playing distance much less than what is considered average today.
The golf course with fewer holes that fits in well with the land by
preserving the natural features may be more attractive than a course that
obliterates the land�s natural features while trying to meet the �rule� of
18 holes. What if the land is featureless? This is a delicate subject to
discuss because in our experiences land deemed featureless has in fact
proven to have many wonderful and subtle features worth preserving and
incorporating into the design of the course. If the land is truly
featureless, maybe a distressed site abused by previous development, there
may be a strategy worth exploring. If the golf course land is within a
developing area then let the bulk earth movers deposit their excess soil and
shape and misshape the soil in any way they see fit. At the appropriate time
the architect can visit the site and see what kind of golf course can be
found on the �naturally� manmade site. This approach certainly takes a leap
of faith but it could result in an intriguing layout not possible with a
more conventional approach.
For the golfers fewer holes means it takes
less time to play, and costs less money to play. These benefits can be
attractive to many golfers. But in many communities the most successful golf
course will provide golf holes with a heightened standard of strategy and
interest which will be attractive to golfers of all abilities. Golf holes
with interesting natural features, and more importantly, with exciting
strategic challenges can make any golfer forget the number of holes. Fewer
holes are not the only feature that may prove attractive to all golfers.
Shorter courses help the better player fine tune their short game; shorter
courses can be less intimidating to the beginning player; and, shorter
courses with variety, like a hole or two that can play as a par 3 one time
and a par 4 the next time, and holes that captivate and challenge golfers
with intriguing strategic qualities can make a golf course the most
attractive alternative in many golfing communities. For the developers fewer
holes means construction and maintenance costs are lower. For communities
fewer holes means less demand on local water resources and less of an impact
on local natural features.
The position of the golf course property
within the community is another important matter that deserves a post
devoted to it. But, it is important to leave this post with the declaration
that any golf course would do well to be integrated within the boundaries of
a community, within walking distance of many of its residence so that it can
be regarded as an indispensible feature within the community. Less important
are the number of holes and the length of the course; more important is a
golf course that locals support and in a sense take �ownership� of the
course as a source of pride and source of indispensible joy in their lives.
A healthy discussion about the various issues
facing the golf community invariably leads to lively talk about the best
features that should be employed in the creation of a golf course. To go
further, what would the �ideal� course look like if there were no
constraints to dampen our dreaming? We would want it to be informed by
historical traditions, and we would want it to be considered an
irreplaceable asset to the community. We would want it to be public: we
would want it to be accessible to us so we can go anytime. The public
access golf course is the �ideal� golf course, and we need to consider the
issues related to how the public course fits into the neighborhood
community, and the role of the public course in the golfing community.
When contemplating these issues my thoughts
go back to St. Andrews and Dornoch. These towns and their golf courses have
developed together over a long period of time. Their interrelationships are
interesting to contemplate, and help explain why each is so captivating.
Beyond the design features of the courses that make for the most challenging
and enjoyable golf, there are urban planning features that greatly enhance
the golfing experience.
Some of these features relate to the close
proximity between the town and the golf course. One of the most unique
aspects is the ability to walk, with clubs in tow, to the golf course which
is within a reasonable distance from many homes and lodgings. Walkability
usually is reserved for describing the nature of the layout of the course;
however walkability should also be a goal with regard for access to the
course from urban or suburban areas. Throughout America, planning boards
and their planning codes have purposely segmented land uses and then sought
to connect all these uses with an efficient and widespread network of
roads. This has led to suburban sprawl, large scale parking lots, and the
breakup of the pre World War II communities that were the ideal examples of
American cities and villages. Lately, golf courses followed the suburban
communities and became increasingly isolated from the general public. Golf
courses were zoned farther out from large population centers rather than
allocating some land for golf within a mixed use of developments like in the
old towns of St. Andrews and Dornoch.
As a result of suburban sprawl many of the
suburban areas in America are vulnerable to being attached to additional
suburban developments that eventually will make for a long unbroken belt of
urban development. Natural breaks like golf courses should be welcomed.
Public golf courses could be a suitable natural reserve within the overall
mixed use developments promoted by the �New Urbanists.� In order to
integrate golf into what has been termed the �New Urbanism� it logically
would be more at the periphery of the village in the area between the
village and the rural land or natural reserve. The present planning codes
in most communities throughout the country zone parcels of land to be
specific uses thus breaking apart what has historically been more successful
models of mixed use developments, which is to integrate various land uses
into an urban or village setting. Golf courses, particularly the public
kind, should be brought into close contact with the community, it should be
a visual landmark as well as a physical outlet for the community, and not be
isolated out and away from the rest of the community. Driving around the
edges of suburban sprawl one finds ample open land that could be developed
as golf courses and thus abutted or attached to population areas from where
people can walk to the courses or at the very least be a very short drive
away from their home or business. Roads that abut the course should remain
as windows from which to view the course to further integrate the course
into the surrounding developments rather than have housing lined along the
roads breaking the link between the course and the suburban or urban edge.
Further considerations of the golf course as
part of the natural reserves between housing developments, villages, or
towns, should include the club house occupying a prominent position within
the community. The clubhouse could be one building within a planned
arrangement of buildings offering public services like a post office, other
civic buildings and commercial buildings offering services like dry
cleaning, physical fitness, lodging and dining. In other words, the public
course should do more to integrate its building facilities into the existing
community by locating them toward the property edges rather than enclosing
them within a gated community thus turning their backs on the existing
community. For instance, a public course could locate the clubhouse
building at the edge of the property and make a public fa�ade that serves as
a focal feature to the community much like a central court house was too
many small American towns. Existing roads leading out of the community
could terminate at the doorstep of the building, which would serve as a
spirited public building, and a most suitable landmark at a terminus.
In summary, the design and development of
public golf courses should be better integrated into the overall planning of
a community, particularly a community that embraces the principles of the
�New Urbanism� movement. While specifying codes for golf courses can be
seen as dangerous it is not unreasonable for local planning boards to
establish some codes for developing public courses which should be
acceptable to most golf course architects without limiting their creativity
too much. Any codes should seek to achieve the following goals:
Beyond these basic planning ideals at the
local community level there are specific features which public courses,
really all golf courses, should strive to incorporate into the strategy of
the course. The desire to neatly categorize golf courses into market
segments like resort, country club, private golf clubs, resort, public and
so on, lure people into thinking the golf course design has to change
radically to meet these markets. This is wrong. Golf has many inherent
values and attractions for all golfers. The management companies want us to
think that there are steadfast criteria of dos and don�ts that we must
follow in order to be successful as a public course. While common sense
does guide us in public golf development and certainly marketing and
economics play a role in the development of courses, architects must not be
made slaves to business criteria that dilute the integrity of the game and
the magnificent design features that have proven challenging, and
stimulating on the great courses going back to the very early days of the
game. Certainly, The Old Course at St. Andrews could not be designed for
public play if it were to strictly follow the criteria that management
companies dictate as essential to any �successful� public course. Some
examples they find objectionable are contoured putting greens, blind
features like landing areas and bunkers, partial cart path systems, and
isolated practice ranges. Therefore, certain criteria should be considered
to guide the development of better public golf course facilities:
It is not necessary that we grow the game.
The emphasis on number of rounds and number of golfers is misguided. Today,
there are way too many golfers that do not belong on a golf course, and that
is bad for business if your main concern is for the economics of the game.
Profits should not be used as motivation to grow the game. The game has
inherent qualities that capture people�s imaginations and makes them want to
be golfers. Rather than designing marketing campaigns to capture potential
golfers, the emphasis should be on the qualities of the strategy presented
by the course; the emphasis should be on the need to engage their minds in
how they conduct themselves on the course, otherwise known as etiquette, and
by engaging their minds in the strategy of playing the game; the emphasis
should be on capturing the imagination of golfers at a young age by
providing opportunities and access. Making golf a part of the organized
sports for kids is needed. There is plenty of down time on many public
courses that could be marketed to families or youth clubs with the main
purpose of making good golfers out of our kids. In addition to organizing
this effort courses might do well to provide a set of junior tees to make
the experience more negotiable for the younger kids. The more exposure kids
have to the game through real experiences on a golf course the better
quality golfers we will have in the future.
Public courses must be as accessible as the
local playground or sports complex; walking to the course in summer should
be as easy as walking to school in the fall; locals must see the golf course
in their daily travels and feel it as an indispensable part of the local
landscape; the playing characteristics of the course must provide the
opportunities for a style of play that has challenged and captivated the
most fervent golfers of the past centuries. All of this is not to grow the
game, it is the game. Golf is the one sport we can all play from youth
through retirement, and it deserves to be a bigger part of public life in
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How many wins is Brett Favre really worth?
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How many Pro Bowlers does it take to convince Brett Favre to come back to Minnesota? Three, apparently. All right, it's not much of a punch line, but all the laughs in the Brett Favre saga dried up about three retirements ago.
If you take kicker Ryan Longwell at his word (and who wouldn't trust a kicker?), Favre's trip north to Minnesota after a visit from three teammates at his home in Mississippi signals his intentions to return for the 2010 season. So purely from a football standpoint, what does this mean for the Vikings? How many wins is one 40-year-old with a potentially iffy ankle really worth? SportsNation blogger jdebose004 isn't sure it's all that much.
- "Will Brett Favre be enough to win the Super Bowl? No. Adrian Peterson has to find that explosion again. The offensive line has to improve run and pass blocking. Adrian Peterson, as talented as he is, should be the focal point of that offense. He should not average less than 100 yards per game, even with a Hall of Fame signal caller. That was the plan last season, but the run game could not be sustained." -- Check out jdebose004's blog
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Newpark Resources has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newpark Resources' peers have a beta of 1.57, suggesting that their average share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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|Sell Ratings
|Hold Ratings
|Buy Ratings
|Strong Buy Ratings
|Rating Score
|Newpark Resources
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Newpark Resources currently has a consensus target price of $9.25, indicating a potential downside of 2.63%. As a group, "Oil Related Services and Equipment" companies have a potential upside of 30.13%. Given Newpark Resources' peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Newpark Resources has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
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I hate acronyms but damn, did I want to scream that one out loud. Without the "Acronym".
At what point does the well-meaning individual stop and think, "Gee, trying to convince someone what a bad thing it is to work for their goals is a bad idea."
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I've tried to shake this and it just won't go away. The only thing left to do is stop focusing on what others think and continue with my plans as, well, planned.
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Desire to succeed in my goals, in life and every aspect of.
Challenge in the way I try to better myself against all odds.
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Autologous CAR-T Cell Manufacturing: Current Standing and Future Directions
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RXi Pharmaceuticals and EyeGate Pharma are teaming up on the ocular delivery of RNAi therapeutics. The collaboration will explore the use of EyeGate's iontophoresis technology called EyeGate® II to deliver RXi's sd-rxRNA™ (self-delivering rxRNA) compounds to the eye in preclinical models.
"In preclinical studies, our sd-rxRNA compounds have shown effective gene silencing in the retina following intraocular injection," says Noah D. Beerman, president and CEO at RXi. "Combining our RNAi technology with EyeGate's unique, noninvasive ocular delivery system, EyeGate II, provides us with the potential opportunity to develop novel treatments for many ocular diseases and to improve treatment options."
Iontophoresis is a method of drug delivery that uses a low-level electrical current to deliver a drug across the ocular surface into the eye. Once inside the eye, it is believed that RXi's sd-rxRNA compounds will have access to retinal cells and, by virtue of their self-delivering properties, enter these cells and silence disease-causing genes.
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Lee Vining Creek.
I started by skiing up the broad valley of Lee Vining
Creek from the Junction campground on the Tioga Road.
The Saddlebag dam is in the gap at the far right of
this photo. The Saddlebag road was reported to
have several patches of bare asphalt, so I opted for
the more scenic kick and glide up the valley.
This, however, required a dicey creek crossing and a
bushwack to get back up to the dam. The east
ridge of Mount Conness is at left in the clouds.
Mount Dana.
Higher up in the Lee Vining drainage, I turned around
to capture this view of the storm clouds clearing from
the summit of Mount Dana. The Dana Couloir is
the thin line of snow visible to the left of the
long summit buttress.
False White Mountain. Another beautiful
ski descent from Tioga Pass is the east face of False
White Mountain (12,002'). As I wound my way up
to the dam, I looked up at False White for
regulars Walter Sobchack and MattR, who were skiing the peak on Saturday
#1) (link#2).
Click here to see a panorama from the East Ridge
of Mount Conness to False White.
Excelsior Mountain.
At Saddlebag Lake, the views open up towards the
Lakes area to the north. The broad
hulk of Excelsior Mountain dominates the view to the
North Peak.
Skinning up from the shore of Saddlebag Lake, I got this view of my
goal for the day, North Peak (12,242'). The
north couloirs of the peak, which are to the right of
the massive cliff in the center of the photo, offer
excellent ice climbing (see
link). I was hoping to ski the SE face, to
the left of the cliffs.
(photo note:
gratuitous self timer with tripod)
Shepherd Crest.
Halfway along the Sierra Crest between Excelsior
Mountain and North Peak is the Shepherd Crest, a
knife-edged summit sticking out into Yosemite National
East Ridge Chute.
Climbing up towards the Conness Lakes from Saddlebag,
the bowls and chutes of the east ridge of Conness
become visible. Crossing Greenstone Lake, I saw
a lone skier's tracks descending this very steep chute
from the east ridge (the chute is
located here). Mr. Lone Skier guy, if you
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Snow is a rare event in the Portland area. I worked a couple hours from home on Friday and then got to enjoy the rest of the snowy weekend. We got over a foot of snow, so for this area that's snowed in. Nothing gets plowed, the city shuts down, and the streets are full of makeshift sleds. It's a fun time.
We're also very thankful that we moved in before we actually had to be out of our apartment or it would have been perfectly timed with the snow-pocalypse. Thank the Lord! And since we just moved in it's just felt like we've been on a little weekend away in a snowy cabin or something.
How we spent our snow-mageddon weekend:
- Baking, baking, baking! I got the chance to redeem myself on my caramel corn recipe! Turned out perfectly this time.
- Eating, eating, eating! You can't bake and then not eat it. I've probably gained about 20 pounds, I think my body thinks we're in hibernation…
- Playing games – Ten Thousand is a family favorite
- Watching Olympics
- Taking walks – Claire didn't know what to think of the snow. The first day she cried the entire time she was out in it. The second day she warmed up a bit, but still wouldn't walk in it until Colin created a little path for her. As I've said before she's quite the little princess 🙂
- At home work outs! After all the baking, eating, and Olympic watching, an at home workout was a must. I'll be posting an at home work out soon!
As much as I have enjoyed our snowed in weekend, I'm ready for it to be gone {true Portlandian, right there}. I've got some major cabin fever! You would think with all the time we've had being stuck in the house we would have gotten completely moved in, done some fun craft projects or a much needed organization project, but no. I've enjoyed pretending we're on vacation in a snowy mountain cabin, and I'll get to all that when the rain commences.


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