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Life Science: About the Course
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From aardvarks to zebras, the living world provides diverse opportunities for learning in the natural sciences. Children are wonderful observers of their surroundings and are fascinated by even the most common living things. This is especially true when they are encouraged to look at life in ways that scientists do, to ask their own questions, and to shape their own answers.
The challenge is to ensure that their understandings are scientifically accurate. To do this requires teachers to have their own sound understandings of core science concepts. Essential Science for Teachers: Life Science is a content course designed to help K-6 teachers enhance their understandings of "big ideas" in the life sciences. The main goal of this course is to provide teachers with learning opportunities that will directly inform their own classroom practice.
This course is composed of eight sessions, each with a one-hour video program addressing a topic area in the life sciences that is likely to be part of any elementary school science curriculum. The course begins by posing the question "What is life?" It then defines "life" and considers how life forms are classified. Animal and plant life cycles then become the focus for investigating the continuity of life. Next, diversity within the living world provides the context for exploring the basics of biological evolution. Finally, large-scale biological processes are introduced by looking at how energy and matter enter and move through the living world. Video examples, colorful graphics, lively animations, demonstrations, models, and other visual strategies are used as learning tools to bring meaning to the content being addressed.
Essential Science for Teachers: Life Science also focuses on the ideas that children bring to the classroom about these topics. Intertwined with content segments, each video program features interviews of children that uncover their ideas about relevant concepts. This is supplemented in print and Web materials by a bibliography that suggests readings from the research literature. Each program also highlights an elementary school classroom where a teacher and his or her students explore the topic using exemplary curriculum materials. A curriculum spokesperson is interviewed to provide insight into the importance of the topic at the elementary school level. Connections to current events are made through an interview with a scientist who applies relevant concepts on a daily basis.
By exploring topics that range from the molecules of life to the complexities of an entire ecosystem, Life Science strives to provide participants not only with enhanced content understandings, but also with understandings of how this content connects to the elementary school classroom.
Session Descriptions
1: What Is Life?
What distinguishes living things from dead and nonliving things? No single characteristic is enough to define what is meant by "life." In this session, five characteristics are introduced as unifying themes in the living world.
2: Classifying Living Things
How can we make sense of the living world? During this session, a systematic approach to biological classification is introduced as a starting point for understanding the nature of the remarkable diversity of life on Earth.
3: Animal Life Cycles
One characteristic of all life forms is a life cycle—from reproduction in one generation to reproduction in the next. This session introduces life cycles by focusing on continuity of life in the Animal Kingdom. In addition to considering what aspects of life cycles can be observed directly, the underlying role of DNA as the hereditary material is explored.
4: Plant Life Cycles
What is a plant? One distinguishing feature of members of the Plant Kingdom is their life cycle. In this session, flowering plants serve as examples for studying the plant life cycle by considering the roles of seeds, flowers, and fruits. A comparison to animal life cycles reveals some surprising similarities and intriguing differences.
5: Variation, Adaptation, and Natural Selection
What causes variation among a population of living things? How can variation in one generation influence the next generation? In this session, variation in a population will be examined as the "raw material" upon which natural selection acts.
6: Biological Evolution and the Origin of Species
Why are there so many different kinds of living things? Comparing species that exist today reveals a lot about their relationships to one another and provides evidence of common origins. This session explores the theory of evolution: change in species over time.
7: Energy Flow in Communities
Communities are populations of organisms that live and interact together. The structure of a community is defined by food web interactions. The process of energy flow is the focus of this session as the interactions between producers, consumers, and decomposers are examined.
8: Material Cycles in Ecosystems
Studying an ecosystem involves looking at interactions between living things as well as the nonliving environment that surrounds them. Life depends upon the nonliving world for habitat, as well as energy and materials. In this session, material cycles will be explored as critical processes that sustain life in an ecosystem.


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Why hello there! ^_^ I'm Leelee also known as laplinp around the interwebs in other places and I am 20 years old and a student at De Montfort University studying Media Production BSc (which means theres maths and electronics involved :( ). And I have only just started getting into Bento and have made loads of recipes of Maki's (in fact I am doing some more tonight to replenish my dwindling freezer stock)
My only trouble is the veg. I love veg but it goes off so quick and its not very cheap. I need to find ways of making it interesting and freezable.
Oh! And I got my first actual bento box through the post on Saturday! Its awesome, a blue Daiso Lovely box! I did accidentally microwave the rubber lid though >.< It not fitting quite right now, but I'll fix it somehow!
That's enough I'm waffling now :D
I'm not short, I'm fun sized ^_^
Hi Leelee, welcome to the bento bonanza. :-)
Thank you! I managed to get a picture of my bento today, I'm hoping to share it with you all later haha! :D
hello leelee,
nice to meet you and welcome!
Hi Leelee. Try putting veges in things like little quiches, with or without pastry. They freeze OK like that. Or in muffins or fritter things. Somehow veges seem to freeze more appetizingly if they're in something rather than being themselves. The other thing to do is pickle them. I just bought a book the other day on pickles, and there are quite a few that aren't cooked at all; just the veges, some spices, and some vinegar mixture, left to soak for anything from a few hours to a few weeks. Maki has a few recipes like that here too.
My blog is Food and Shoes
I haven't tried savoury muffins or quiches, I love quiche! Mmm I may do that this weekend actually. And being able to freeze it will be a God send while I am home. Mum don't like me in her kitchen much its 'her space'.
I have done fritters though :D In fact I had some today, I made the Buchimgae, or tried to. It was more ommelette than fritter but very tasty! I just added loads of veg I had around.
Yay bento! http://www.flickr.com/photos/47823229@N07/4885783332/in/pool-justbento
They never look very pretty... But they look better in my new box than in the old plastic tub I was using haha!
Thanks Bronwyn, I'd missed Leelee's question.
About veg and its so-speedy going-off --
In dry conditions, good garlic and onions will keep at medium room temperature for months. That's the good news. ;->
Dense-textured root veg such as carrots, turnips, rutabaga, kohlrabi, cabbages, jicama, even horseradish and Jerusalem artichokes, keep perfectly well for more than a week if held loosely wrapped in part of the fridge which is neither too dry nor too damp. That's a matter of experimentation - your appliance doubtless varies. ;-> These conditions approximate those of the traditional root cellar, or the more economical "clamp" (a hole in the ground lined and topped with straw and closed off with wood or a nice rock). Frankly, my stored carrots & radishes have seen service more than two months after their purchase, and albeit some minuscule loss of nutrients at that point, they look and taste great.
I've done the same with ripe tomatoes and red or yellow bell peppers, but their best qualities begin to fade after five days at the most.
Broccoli and other cole-family greens should be used pretty quickly as well, although I find they remain tasty in frozen stews (if blanched first, even possible to retain quite a bit of green color). They can even be frozen on their lonesomes if VERY dry (don't freeze after washing unless you make sure not a drop of water remains).
Celery and herbs will go limp in a few days, and should be used as soon as possible or else stored as their individual requirements demand. Some can be dried, and others can be frozen, but most do best packed in oil and stored quite cold. A broth packed with finely sliced celery and onion will freeze 'ok' and you'll have a flavorful basic soup stock of it. For those garden herbs, Maki provided a number of herb preservation tips here: http://www.justhungry.com/preserving-shiso-basil-lemon-verbena-and-other...
and... Lettuces... eat 'em as soon as ya pick 'em! :-D
Leelee, that obento looks delish! :-) The most difficult part of anything is: just get started! You've got going just fine!
Thank you :-) Ya getting started is the hardest! But so glad I have, its a lot better for me and cheaper than buying something at work or uni. At uni it would be fish fingers and beans and chips at the SU for lunch if I was there... Not good!
The trouble is at uni the fridge isn't very dry so things tend to go quick and its like 1 shelf or drawer per person plus a bit of milk space. I am lucky I live right next to a market with great veg, however its like £1 for a whole bowl!! I can't resist and end up wasting! The ginger lasts though! Never tried freezing my own veg, I may try that in little bento sized portions making sure they're dry haha!
Also the whole pickling idea I love! I really enjoy pickles and chutneys etc and my mum just got a pickling book so I may have a ganders and see what I can do!
In the words of Annie "I think I'm gunna like it here" :D
Beans n chips... mmm, Taters. I don't eat 'em no more, but if you do we might cobble together a lovely batch of chips, whether baked or fried. Yum. Ignore that last remark, LOL.
My preference is the Japanese sweet potato, sold here as "batata California." It has a kind of dark pinkish garnet thin skin, with a pure white flesh. Only a bit sweet, nicely starchy, and one of the replacements I use for Taters. But that's nevermind for now.
Is it that you live at Uni but have access to your mum's house once or twice per week? Can't store food at Mum's? And you can scoot down to the market any day, or is it shut some days? And you have some limited cooking facilities at Uni, or no?
Some thoughts meanwhile: Net Bags. Hang your greenery in the bath. Seriously, the softer greens such as lettuces and arugulas, some green herbs, and celery really like the bath so long as it's not deluged with perfumed chemicals daily.
Net bag your hardier onions, garlic, winter squash, even courgettes, in your closet! ;-)
I couldn't live without taters I love them so much! I don't eat them too often though, especially as I normally have mash xD Sooooo not good!
But ya what it is at the moment I am home for summer, won't be returning to uni until 20th Sept! Not that I am counting down the days or anything either haha! So at home I have mum nagging me about her kitchen and telling me how to be doing things, bless her. Then at uni I have no space. I take up a lot of the kitchen at uni at the moment anyway what with my slow cooker, George Foreman and bread machine xD They all like me my flatmates... I wonder why?
But storing the hardier veg in my closet, now that's an idea I can do! No bath at uni *sigh* I wish. Just a shower, which is used all day everyday with 4 of us girlys in there haha! But ya I can definitely use my closet. I will try and remember that! I even considered vac pacs for them at one stage! It was on sale, I was tempted but resisted!!
Hee hee! Well, I'd say make a 3-4 day menu for bento preparation, and do your shopping twice weekly, watching for seasonal items and buying/storing appropriately. It's truly difficult to 'buy tiny' but it's also OK to have the same meal (perhaps decorated or spiced with leftovers) for a day or two running. The key is, as you've already discovered, minimising your purchases of use-in-a-hurry foods whilst slowly stocking up on johbisai (bento staples) of your choice.
Leelee, you're going to do splendidly, I can just tell. ;-D
I am slowly building up some staples. And I cook a lot at the weekend, freeze and take out for the week as that's easier for me :-)
Slow and steady as they say haha! I hope I do do splendidly!
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USC holds off Xavier to cap Bahamas tourney, 84-78
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Southern California coach Andy Enfield wanted a time-out. No one noticed.
And that was a most fortunate break for the Trojans.
Down by five midway through the first half and with a play falling apart, Enfield was shouting and signaling for time, his pleas somehow not getting acknowledged by either his players or the referees. USC wound up scoring on the play to start a huge run that allowed the Trojans to beat Xavier 84-78 on Saturday in the seventh-place game at the Battle 4 Atlantis.
Pe'Shon Howard scored 23 points for the Trojans (5-3), who, from the moment that Enfield didn't get the time-out he wanted, scored the next 13 points to start what turned into a 31-11 run over a 12-minute span.
And they needed that cushion, too. USC saw a 23-point lead cut to five in the final four minutes, before escaping.
Byron Wesley scored 15 points, Julian Jacobs scored 14 and Nikola Jovanovic added 12 for USC, which eventually led by as many as 24 in the second half.
Semaj Christon scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half for Xavier (5-3). Myles Davis scored 16, Matt Stainbrook added 14 and Isaiah Philmore scored 10 for the Musketeers.
For a while, it was looking like a USC blowout.
In the final minutes, the Musketeers made things more than a little interesting.
Xavier was down 72-49 after Howard scored with 4:03 left, then ripped off 13 unanswered points in the next 94 seconds to get within 10 on Stainbrook's layup with 2:29 left.
Davis' 3-pointer with 1:18 remaining cut USC's lead to nine, and Christon added another with 20.3 seconds left to get the Musketeers within 83-78. All told, in about 3 minutes, Xavier outscored the Trojans 29-11.
But Xavier ran out of time, and USC salvaged something from its holiday weekend in the Bahamas.
Philmore scored five quick points as Xavier took a 23-18 lead, and with things not to his liking at that moment, Enfield wanted to talk about things. Play was on the other end of the floor at the time, and even though the makeshift arena inside a ballroom at the Atlantis Resort was relatively quiet, no one figured out what Enfield wanted.
Timing was everything. And three minutes later, when Howard dropped a nifty no-look pass toward the right block and setting up D.J. Haley for a dunk, the Trojans had a 31-23 lead.
Jacobs had a dunk to give USC its first double-digit lead with 1:52 left in the half, and the margin didn't dip below 10 again until the huge late run.
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A letter in the Jan. 11, 2011, Tomahawk Leader:
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The Lincoln County Drug Free Coalition, along with the Tomahawk School District, will officially be kicking off a Social Norms marketing campaign in the Tomahawk community during the month of February, 2011. The campaign, along with the coalition, is being funded through a Drug-Free Communities grant.
Social norms theory is based on the premise that individual behaviors are influenced by misperceptions of how peers think and act. For youth in particular, peer influences and perceptions have been found to be more influential in shaping individual choices for behavior than other factors. Therefore, over-estimating problem behaviors actually discourages youth from choosing healthy behaviors. On the other hand, clearing up misperceptions by promoting actual norms increases the likeliness of youth choosing safe and healthy behaviors.
Recently, we have been hearing a lot about our middle and high school students who are consuming alcohol, misusing prescription drugs and being expelled from our schools. Unfortunately, all too often, it is easy to focus attention on the few who are making poor decisions and engaging in unhealthy and dangerous behaviors. While it is important to identify these students and to provide them with the programs and support needed to make healthier decisions, it is also equally as important to recognize that the overwhelming majority of our youth are making healthy choices and choosing not to consume alcohol and misuse prescription drugs.
We need to change the perceptions of students, parents and the community to reflect more accurately the actual behaviors of young people and the fact that the majority of our youth are making healthy choices. In February 2011 the Lincoln County Drug Free Coalition, along with the Tomahawk School District, will begin a media campaign designed to accurately communicate information about the true norms of Tomahawk Middle and High School students. This media campaign is being modeled around other Social Norms campaigns that have been successful in reducing the number of students making unhealthy choices in other areas of the state and country.
For more information about the social norms approach and/or the project, you can contact
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The Senior Citizens of Marion County Inc. Board invites the public to attend its 52nd annual meeting Oct. 18 at Hillsboro Senior Center.
The cost to attend the meeting and meal is $5. Those interested can pay for their registration at the local senior center or by contacting the Marion County Department on Aging at (620) 382-3580.
The program this year will include patriotic music and a patriotic dramatic reading. This year the Senior Citizens of Marion County Inc. Board will be honoring 16 veterans who served during World War II or the Korean War.
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Citrus Series draws to a close in Miami
Ricky Nolasco pitched well enough to get a victory last time out, but Miami's offense failed to back up its starter.
Things haven't gotten much better since and Nolasco will try to snap the Marlins' eight-game slide on Thursday night in the finale of four straight meetings with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Nolasco has a 3.65 earned run average through 11 starts this season, but is two games under .500 at 3-5. He has allowed one run in three of his last four starts, but only has one victory to show for it.
That win came on May 19, a 2-1 decision over Arizona as he scattered five hits and one walk while striking out 11.
The right-hander then did not factor into a 2-1 loss at the Chicago White Sox on Saturday as he allowed the one run on eight hits over 7 2/3 innings. He also struck out six without a walk.
"I feel good. The only thing I can concentrate on is going out every fifth day and getting guys out. I'm just staying focused on what I can do every fifth day," Nolasco said.
In six career meetings with the Rays, the 30-year-old Nolasco is just 2-4 with a 7.71 ERA.
The Marlins found their offense in two road games over the Rays to begin the week, scoring six runs in each contest. However, they allowed 17 runs to suffer losses and were then held in check by Roberto Hernandez in Wednesday's 3-1 loss to Tampa Bay.
Hernandez scattered an unearned run and three hits over 8 2/3 innings without a walk to guide the Rays to their fourth straight victory.
"He wasn't overthrowing, wasn't trying to do too much," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "The ball had great movement. He had great command of his slider, which he used at the right times, and a good change-up to boot."
Kelly Johnson and Yunel Escobar each added an RBI, while Fernando Rodney came in for the final out to pick up his 10th save of the year.
Tom Koehler pitched well despite being handed the loss. He allowed three runs on seven hits while fanning four over eight frames.
"It's always tough when you give up a couple of runs in the first," Koehler said. "When you give up that second run it really puts your team in a hole. Every at-bat becomes a battle for them from the beginning, and that can't happen."
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I recently brought a 2009 kia rondo but we find that we have to have the heat on high if the weather is at or below freezing. When driving there is cold air coming in through the door handles and the buttons on the doors, also the doors are cold to the touch. We have to wear our coats and gloves when driving. Has anyone else had this problem. Also the temperature gages are in US degrees, which we don`t understand any more.
Not sure about the drafty doors - our 07 is quite tight and draft-free (I live in Newfoundland, so it gets windy here).
As for the degrees, the manual states how to change the readout to Celcius.0
first we need to know what model of Rondo you bought, also where you are located. The engine temperature gauge does not show any degrees its just markings from cold to hot with the correct setting just below the centre mark. So not sure what you are referring to, or could it be the temperature on the auto air if so check page 4-75 in manual to switch between Fahrenheit and Centigrade.
I have a '08 EX model and have no problem keeping warm in the vehicle having used it as low as -30 C (and on my third winter). Those heated seats are a big help. As for wearing coats and gloves when driving, I do to if the distance is not too far, but if long distance in cold weather its usually down to a light jacket or sweater, don't like it too hot in the car makes you drowsy. Not often I used the heat on max fan.
If the cold air is entering the door then something is not sealed right, take it to the dealer for correction.
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tourist1292 Posts: 31I do not have such problem with my 08 Rondo EX either. Indeed, I rarely need to turn on the heat even it has been 10-20F (-15C to -6C) outside in the few weeks.0
Our Kia Rondo is a 2.7L V6EX. The temperature gauge I`m talking about is the temperature inside and outside your car. It shows the temperature in Fahrenheit and centigrade, not in Celius and you cannot change it like one writer suggested. Which leads me to believe that the car was made for the US market. We had to phone Kia head office because we had phoned the dealership 3-4 times and there was always nobody in that could help us out and they never phoned back. Head office had someone phone us within minutes and we have an appointment for Jan-29. Oh by the way we live in AB0
Our Rondo is a 2.7L V6 EX too. The outside/inside temp display can be changed from Fahrenheit (F) to Celcius (C). The instructions are in the owner's manual (see page 4-74) - press the AUTO button (keep it down) and press the OFF button for 3 seconds or more. The display will change from F to C, or vice versa
However, maybe the car is a US model, like you say. If so, it might not have Celcius capability.0
centigrade is celcius! If it was a US car it would have mph on the speedo as the dominant figures not kilometers. Also if it was bought new it would be for the Canadian market, otherwise the dealer couldn't sell it. You would only get a US car if it was used or you went to the US to buy it. But that is immaterial as regards the temperature adjustment, this part works the same worldwide.
Sounds like you need to read your owners manual from front to back, there's a lot of good information in there. If you want more check out the KGIS site.0
i was going to ask what the heck is centigrade, i'm sure i've heard it before.
i guess the F/C option is in the US models too, there must be some people in US who prefer to read Celsius, like new immigrants.
if you asked the salesman during your test drive, i'm sure he would spend all the time he had to show you how to change it, if he didn't know he would find out in no time, now they ignore you because they have cashed your check, it is exactly the kind of attitude that lead us into this auto industry down turn in North America.
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You were right about the temperature change. I did not even bother to try to change it because it says in the book to change from fahrenheit to centigrade to depress the auto and off buttons, never said anything about celcius. Anyway the fact remains that this car is cold when you are driving on the highway. Anything over 40km and you can feel the cold air coming through any attachement on the doors even the speakers and the doors are cold to the tough. We will fine out the problem on Jan - 29th.0
Keep us up-to-date with your issue.0
colloquor Posts: 482Here in the USA, Celsius used to be called centigrade. In fact in many scientific circles, it's still called centigrade! In 1948 the 9th General Conference on Weights and Measures, representing 33 nations that subscribed to the Treaty of the Meter, adopted the name Celsius honoring Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death. During my high school and college scientific studies, albeit back in the '60s and early '70s, it was still called centigrade.
For those on this forum who may have an electronics interest, it's much analogous to the change in frequency nomenclature. Using a wireless router's transmitting/receiving frequency as an example, it used to be called 2.4G Cycles per Second (gigacycles/second). To honor the German physicist Heinrich Hertz, who made important scientific contributions to electromagnetism, they changed "cycles per second" to "Hertz". So, the aforementioned wireless router operates at 2.4GHz.
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Just had our Kia rondo in the shop today to have the doors checked out and it can`t be fixed because the door panel that covers the handles and any opening on the doors is made of thin steel or tin and it is rivitted onto the door frame. They tried to seal any opening that might cause air to get into the car but it did not help. There is still cold air coming through the doors and the doors are cold to the touch. Also found out today that other customers are having the same problem with the 2009 Rondo.
So I guess they are saying that we have to live with it. NOT HAPPY0
That's correct as the inner door panel behind the plastic top cover does have a metal panel, but they can be drilled out the rivets if they have to, but there is no way you have to live with it. If its an obvious problem it must be corrected, however in some cases its not always easy to find. Did they simulate air going through the door by blowing with a air hose?
There is proceedures listed in your warranty manual as to what you can do if you are not satisfied with the results and failing all of that you can also contact KIA in Korea on their website as they want to make sure your dealer and region is looking after you properly.
I double checked on my '08 as we came along the 401 (|Highway of Heroes) today doing over 100 km and with those speeds it was easy to check if any cold coming through the door - nothing at all, totally draft free, also nothing around the door seal. It was -18C and we were very warm in the car, with the fan at its lowest setting a full heat temperature. Also its so nice to turn on the heated seats when you need it.
I have not come across this problem on other forums.0
my Rondo is also 09, but doesn't have cold air problem.
i once drove from Vancouver to Calgary, snowing heavily near Lake Louise, never had cold air coming through the door.
we have something in common though, the service department at the local dealer sucks, if Kia wants to overtake the Japanese brands, other than making good cars (which they have already done, i really like my Rondo) they have to retrain all their service people.
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called kia canada twice about our car doors . They were supposed to call us back last week Feb 15th--19th has off today the 23th have not had a call back and they said they would phone. There has to be something done with these doors, our legs get cold from the cold air coming through even with the heated seats on. Going to call them back today, if I get no help is there any one out there who has any suggestions on who to call.
Thank you0
Many years ago I had a problem with my Jeep that the dealer & AMC (before Chrysler took over) would not deal with. I called the local T.V. station who had an investigative team that dealt with consumer problems. Holy Cow, once my story hit the air waves I got calls from the dealer and the local rep from AMC. Needless to say, the problem was corrected in a day.0
did you follow the proceedures I suggested in my earlier posting #13 which is in your warranty manual.
I would be talking to the service manager and then the dealer principal to get this resolved or perhaps take it to another dealer (my dealer has been no problem) or you could inform KIA Canada that you will be contacting KIA in Korea as they have a website link for wanting to hear if you don't get satisfaction from your dealer or Kia Canada.0
this is boydew here after a long absent. I brought my car to the dealership three times about the cold air coming through the doors and we may have it finally fixed.They just put tape over some of the holes on the door panel. There are about 20 holes in a row on the doors to let air into the door. I won`t really know until the weather gets cold again if its going to work. Anyway another thing is the fuel economy- very poor about 8-9km per litre. Should be getting better at eleven thousand km and warmer weather. Anyone getting good milage--let me know.0
Go to the KIA Rondo Real World MPG forum ... many disgruntled owners in regards to mileage.0
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Anthony can opt out of his contract in July, and the franchise is rightfully fearful that—despite his public statements to the contrary—he might walk away.
The Knicks are carrying an expensive, capped-out roster, peppered with misfits and fragile veterans. Their window to contend in the Eastern Conference might already be closing.
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Coach Bonnie Kahn of Tomahawk has provided the following reports from Athens, Greece about the Special Olympics World Summer Games 2011. Kahn, who was selected as a Team USA Athletics (track and field) coach for the World Games, is a physical education and adapted physical education instructor in the Tomahawk School District and has been involved with Special Olympics Wisconsin for more than 20 years.
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By Bonnie Kahn
Hello, finally!
It's Thursday, June 23, and I am in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea on our way to Athens on a huge ferry ship! We've been at sea for 3.5 hours and we still have 12 more hours to go. I'm not sure whose idea this was but it sure didn't have the best interests of the athletes in mind. But what is really amazing is that they never seem to complain.
Our track team totals 65 and we were given one sleeping cabin with four beds and five airplane seats to sleep in. My athletes are sacked out all over the place.
We found out you should not give Dramamine to athletes on an empty stomach. Where is Teri Rortvedt when you need her? We were just getting ready to board the ship when two of my athletes literally fell asleep standing up! Wow, that was fun!
Other than that, things have been going great. We had a fantastic sendoff in Baltimore and then headed to the airport. We were supposed to fly out at 9 p.m. but our plane broke down and we didn't take off until close to 3a.m. We landed in Ireland to refuel and then flew on to the Isle of Rhodes. We stayed in a beautiful hotel on the sea that provided a couple of surprises for the coaches and athletes. First, all of the beaches are topless, and second, you don't put toilet paper in the toilet.
Our training has been going well. We have some simply awesome athletes who continue to amaze me every day. We have done some sightseeing that includes some long bus rides but the scenery is so worth it! We were able to see part of the torch run in Lindos, and high up on the hilltop is what is left of the Acropolis. They have mostly filled all of the old forts and castle-type buildings with thousands of shops. I guess they aren't into preserving history, but the country is just trying to survive.
We should arrive in Athens by noon on Friday, and then it is off to the hotel to get settled in. Sleep would be a welcome thing. We try to have the athletes get seven hours if we can. The coaches are running on much less than that, but I knew that when I signed on for this.
Competition starts on Sunday. Rumor has it that Stevie Wonder will be at Opening Ceremonies!
I need to find some floor space to curl up on for now.
Ladies of the Lake, I missed you all when I went for a morning swim!
Maggie, Jeremy B. says to tell you that Mike is doing well and loves dancing with the girls.
Speaking of dancing, I found out I can polka to Greek music, and I had our interpreter teach me how to dance to Zorba the Greek.
Opening Ceremonies (Saturday, June 25)
They were unbelievable.
We loaded the buses here around 4 p.m. and got to our drop-off point at 5 p.m. or so. As we passed by a park, there were these amazing columns just rising up into the air. I'm sure my pictures won't do them justice.
We were seated under tents and served a cheese sandwich, water, and a bar. We sat there until 8 p.m. or so, and then Team USA was finally called. The walk to the actual entrance took more than an hour...not because it was so long but because we stopped so often. Dehydration was a problem.
Because our team is so big, and our group was so far back when we entered the stadium, we didn't hear them say, "USA," but to walk into that ancient stadium was simply breathtaking. You wave at all the people you can't really see but who are cheering for you and then it hits you where you are and what you are doing. Wow!
All of the teams were probably in by 10 o'clock or so. The host team is always last, and when Greece came in the place went wild, and they released all of these beautiful white doves into the air! Everyone in the place is on their feet ...all 7,500 athletes plus coaches and fans...I'd guess 45-70,000 people. What a production they put on. It was absolutely beautiful. The choreography could not have been better...and fireworks...man, I'm always a sucker for fireworks. I once told someone that if the Opening. Ceremony didn't make you cry then it wasn't a good one. I should have brought a box of Kleenex for this one.
Tim Shriver spoke well. They did a video highlight of Eunice K. Shriver that brought tears and cheers from all the athletes. The flame lighting was spectacular. The program was em-ceed by some Greek singer and Vanessa Williams. Oh, and the entertainment??? Stevie Wonder....yowser. So okay, I cried when he sang too. He did five outstanding songs of his, including "You are the apple of my eye"...and I'm brain-dead right now, but he was awesome.
And the torch runners… wow. Steve Meurett (not Wonder) and I so hoped that we would be able to actually see Carolyn....and we did! The officers and athletes who ran the torch throughout Turkey and Greece lined the walkway as we were leaving in throngs when suddenly there was our girl. We all hugged and laughed and cried. I am so proud of her.
Oh, and guess who carried the Olympic flag? Edwin Moses, my hurdle hero. They must have had me in mind when they planned the night. Ha! Ha!
The entire production lasted five hours. It was another hour-and-a-half before we could actually get to a bus to board... then an hour back to the hotel.
I got my athletes settled and was in bed by 4:00 am. Luckily we were able to get the 3k runners out of there early as they were the first preliminary race of the day. So everyone was up and either on the 7:30 a.m. or the 9:30 a.m. bus. And, the athletes never complain. We could learn so much from them.
Just a bit more and then I need to catch some sleep. If anyone sees Don Lintereur please tell him that I thought of him as we went by the exit sign to Marananthos, Greece, the start of the first Marathon.
Also I need to say that there are some things that are not right with all of this. There are decisions being made by our own Games Management Committee. and by the GOC that do not put the best interests of the athletes first. We try to take care of them the best that we can but we can only do so much. The 18-hour ride on the ferry boat was not necessary. Another $40K and we could have flown here from Rhodes and it would have taken maybe an hour.
And on the bright side Christopher Mark from Wisconsin is one of the best athletes and most considerate people I have ever met. I am so fortunate to call him one of mine.
Bonnie Kahn and Special Olympians in Greece
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Kid Sewn Valentine Bookmarks
My boy had a couple pals over yesterday after school and knowing these crafty girls well, I thought I'd take the opportunity to get some school Valentine making underway – it's always more fun with a crowd. It was as simple and fast as mass Valentine making must be, and they nearly completed them all in about an hour. I am always in favor of making something that will be used and not simply tossed, so we settled on bookmarks (which required no trip to the store) made on the sewing machine.
What you'll need:
– Canvas or other heavy fabric
– fusible web
– decorative cotton fabric
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1) Cut as many bookmarks as you'll need with pinking shears so you son't have to worry about fraying. These can be any size or color, but a heavy fabric will make the nicest bookmark – not too flimsy.
2) Choose a decorative fabric that will become the hearts and press a piece of fusible web to the back, leaving the paper on to trace shapes for cutting.
3) After cutting the hearts out, peel off the paper backing and fuse onto the bookmark with a hot iron.
4) The fusible web will hold that heart in place while you sew, but it isn't a permanent bond so the sewing has to happen. If you don't have a machine, these can be hand stitched in place, of course. Both ways are fun, but the machine is faster.
5) I made a slit at the top of each and added a length of ribbon to complete the bookmark. They are all so different and I could hear Harry saying the names of the kids in his class as he made each one. The youngest sewist of the bunch made zig zags down the length of each bookmark so it sewed the heart in place and created nice decorative lines at the smae tim. I think this is a good method for kids who are new to the machine or on the younger end. She never, however, forgot to put her presser foot down! I find that commendable.
So, I sent them home with what they needed to finish up and I know Layla will get her machine out to make it happen. Apparently, she is currently making a dress for her younger sister. Love!
After about an hour of stitching and eating popcorn, my husband came in to announce the potential of the STORM OF THE CENTURY and that we best get out skating on our pond before the skating season ends abruptly. So we did and it was glorious as always. It has been an amazing week of skating and I love it so much I am pushing through the incredibly stiff and sore otherwise unused skating muscles to get out there every day. This is what makes winter wonderful and I know how lucky I am to live here!
It was so cold and the ice boomed and moaned with expansion pains – such a weird and disconcerting noise, though we always tell everyone that they are the "good" ice noises – meaning, the ice is thick and cracking to make room for more ice, not thin and cracking so you get wet, cold, and freaked!
I think my favorite time of day is when the sun gets low and illuminates one side of the snow and ice crystals. It is so pretty and sparkly, I could cry.
Happy Winter again, and have a lovely loving Valentine's Day. Stay tuned for some Valentine making, as there has been more going on – a new sweater for Ava?! Something in the works for Harry. I'll try to get the tutorials up soon so you can maybe make something too!
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Finding the Sheep That Refuses to Be Found
Sheep are interesting creatures. They are weak, defenseless, and not very smart. They wander away quite easily if not attended to, and their shepherds need to be ready to respond. It's no accident that God's people are called …Read More
A Life of Faith and Forgiveness
If you travel to Wittenberg, Germany, the birthplace of the Protestant Reformation, you may find yourself scratching your head wondering how Martin Luther managed to nail his 95 theses to the solid-bronze door of the 500-year-old castle church. It wouldn …Read More
Jesus' Mission to the Lost: Luke 15
When reading Luke 15, it is easy to forget the context , especial ly when reading the parable of the prodigal son. The chapter opens with the Pharisees and scribes criticizing Jesus for eating with tax collectors and sinners (vv. 1–2 …Read More
The Loving Father
"God is love" (1 John 4:8). He is also Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—three persons, yet one God. We must never lose sight of the oneness of God, yet we relate to each of the persons in a different …Read More
The Prodigal Son
Sadly, I can write about the prodigal son from personal experience. Happily, I can write about the prodigal son from personal experience. Come with me inside the head and heart of this young man and hear his thoughts and words …Read More
Freed by the Blood
Frankly speaking, sin not only contaminates, it also subjugates. It enslaves. Like a great snake — a python or anaconda — sin wraps itself around us and slowly entangles and strangles us. Like the hunter's net, the more we struggle …Read More
The Secret of Sanctification
One of the most beneficial things I learned from my professors during my seminary days was that ministers must continually preach the message of the cross to the people of God for their growth in grace. One professor in particular …Read More
Killing Anger
In marriage, anger rivals lust as a killer. My guess is that anger is a worse enemy than lust. It also destroys other kinds of camaraderie. Some people have more anger than they think, because it has disguises. When willpower …Read More
What Made David Great?
Everyone who knows the Bible knows that King David was a great man. And yet everyone familiar with the Bible also recognizes that David did a lot of not-so-great things. Of course, there was the sin with Bathsheba, the murder …Read More
Our Pasts Don't Have to Matter
During our election cycles in the U.S., we see a lot of headlines and hear a lot of talk about the past of candidates for public office. We wrestle with and quarrel about the question, Do their pasts …Read More
Daily Confession, Enduring Reform
I have a friend who is a Roman Catholic. Not too long ago he went to "confession," after which he told me, with tears welling up in his eyes, he felt "clean like a new born baby." Confession is an …Read More
Lessons from the Fall
The Gospels depict the arrest and trial of Jesus in a way that shows us not only the insensibility of His accusers, but also His own steadfast faithfulness to the will of God through suffering and humiliation. Our Lord's example shows …Read More
The Reluctant Prophet
Anyone who has ever attended a Sunday school class knows that Jonah was the man who was eaten alive by a fish and then vomited out three days later. But that's about the extent of most people's understanding of this …Read More
The Witness of Love and Forgiveness
As Christians, how we treat other people speaks louder to the world regarding the authenticity and validity of our beliefs than the doctrines we teach, the creeds we confess, or even the moral and good lives we try to live …Read More
Remembering God's Grace
For many of us, at the beginning of our Christian journeys, we thought of and spoke often about the radical forgiveness of a God who has been greatly sinned against. I remember myself going on and on about God's longsuffering …Read More


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By default,
pymol seems to grab the number of cores on the system for rendering. How can I force it to only use one core?
I have a large collection time-series of of coordinate data from a computational protein folding experiment. I'd like batch render the generated pdb files into a movie in a programmatic way. Pymol however likes to eat up as many cores as it finds available. I'd like to retain some control of the computational burden (required for some computational cluster jobs). How can I force pymol to only use one (or n) core(s)?
While the question was closed (as it was decided to not fit into biological criteria of the site) future visitors might find it useful to know the answer:
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The objective of the partnership between the World Heritage Centre and "La Monnaie de Paris" has been to develop a series of coins with a view to raising awareness about World Heritage. The first series launched in 2007 showcase the Great Wall of China. The following yearly agreements showcase the Grand Canyon, USA; The Kremlin, Federation of Russia; the Taj Mahal, India, Versailles, France and Abu Simbel, Egypt. In 2011, La Monnaie de Paris created a 100,000€ coin set with diamonds in the image of the Taj Mahal. La Monnaie de Paris has received authorization to sell 29 of them, each weighing one kilogram (2.2 lbs). Designed in partnership with Cartier, each piece includes 68 diamonds encrusted on the dome of the Taj Mahal.
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surgical opeation in order to continue his life.
some pure oil by mistaking it with water, once by burning his leg in an accident during the
second gulf war, and another time by having his tongue almost cut into 2 pieces while
playing in a place not proper for kids to play in.
This iraqi kid grew and opened his eyes to the world and witnessed the modern history of his
country and the stupid policies that destroyed his country and made his fellow countrymen
flee the country.
As a kid in the primary school, this iraqi kid was taught to glorify his president Saddam
Hussain because he was the guard of the Arab homeland and he was the hero of the Qadissyia
(First Gulf war), this iraqi boy grew innocently and followed what he was told from his
teachers in school, this iraqi kid feared wars very much, so during the American attacks on
Iraq in 1998, he was very frightened because of the bombing and killing that took place in
his country in that time, so at the early years of this kid's life, he knew the taste of war
and pain, and knew what its like to live under planes shelling.
After finishing his 6th grade of primary school, this kid made a score of 98% in his
studies, and he wanted to apply to the best secondary school in Iraq, which is called
Baghdad college, he applied and went through a qualification exam, he passed the exam but he
didn't qualify to enter the school because of the increasing number of the student who got
private qualification to the school because some of them were sons of Bathies or ministers
or their fathers were friends of saddam, so this kid lost the chance to enter the best
school in iraq, anyway the kid went to another school which was famous of the bad behaviour
of its students, this kid had to go through many fights with his classmates and arguments,
because if he don't prove himself in a fight, he won't be respected in the school and he
would become the biggest loser that gets his ass kicked everytime.
this kid graduated from that school at the year 2003 and went to the Alnidahmiyah high
school which was one of the respected schools in Iraq, this kid lost most of his friends in
the school before this one, because he went to a school far away from his home, and most of
the students of his previous school went to the nearest high school to their houses, so this
kid went to this high school with having absolutely no friends at this school.The kid made a lot of friends at his first year and was happy with his new high school and the life he was living, until the end of his first year at that school, the kid had to leave school and stay at home because the war was on the doors, the Howasim war as how it was named by his president.
this kid had long nights of darkness, and sitting on the lights of candles talking to his
brother about the future of his country, and what will happen while gambling and playing
poker for what he and his brother had saved of snacks and drinks, because all the stores
were closed and there were no sources for those stuff.
After less than a month since the war started, The kid, his brother and parents were shocked
when they opened the tv with their hidden setelite and saw on the news that the American
forces had enterd Baghdad suddenly. they were the first people in their street to hear about
what happened, the kid went out to the street and saw the Bathies and the police still in
position and carrying their weapons and standing in the street, the kid thought that maybe
those soldiers still don't know that Baghdad was invaded several hours ago, he was afraid to
open his mouth and tell his neighbours about what has happened. so he decided to go back to
his home and see what will happen next day.
At the dawn of the next day, the kid was awakened by the sound of tanks and war vehicles
while roaming his neighbourhood, and witnessed the war that took place between the Americans
and some of the remaining Bathies and Arab fighters who were still in the neighbourhood, the
war took about 6 hours, and the kid was frightened by the sound of explosions and his house
was hit by some of the American helicopters which were shooting randomly, after this small
war has ended, The kid and his parents and the neighbours saw the American tanks and
soldiers in their street, and at that moment the kid knew that the eon of Saddam hussain has
The kid had several talks with his older brother about the siuation in iraq at that time and
what will happen, and he was shocked by his uncle reaction when this kid waved to the
Americans when they entered his street, his uncle shouted at him and said "how can you wave
to the occupiers, wait and see what they will do to our country and how will they rape our
women and kill our children", the kid neverminded to his uncle and continued dreaming of the
new iraq.
After few months of nothing changed in iraq, a group of resistance was formed in his
neighbourhood, and wars began to take place in his neighbourhood, the first roadside bomb
planted in iraq was planted in this kid's street against the Americans.
Days and days went on in this kid's life with his planted hope of a new iraq, but the fact
is that his dream is getting far away from coming true, the expolsions increased, the
innocent lives were killed for no reasons, but the kid's dream and hope was still in his
The kid enterd his college life, and he was accepted at the pharmacy school in Baghdad, the
kid had dreams of being a pharmacist in iraq and that he would live in peace again, he was
still hoping that life can continue, even with the random explosions taking place everday
everwhere, but still life can go on and that the kid can still have his own dreams and plans
for his life until Feb. 2006 when Alaskari shrine was attacked in Samarra, the kid witnessed
what can religion do to his country, he witnessed how sunni mosques were burned by shiite
people as a reaction to the attack on the shiite shrine, and he witnessed the segregation
between his fellow countymen, the kid finished his first year at college and travelled to
Jordan hoping that when he come back the situation would be better.
In Jordan the kid was adviced by his friends that he should stay in Jordan, and that he
should forget about iraq and his beloved Baghdad, and that he should forget about the dream
planted in his heart. The kid refused and insisted on going back home.
In Oct. 2006 the kid went back to Iraq with his hopes of a better situation than the
situation before, but he was shocked of the worst situation than that when he left, the
situation was very bad, militias were everywhere, secterian violence became a very normal
thing, killing for secterian reasons became a habbit, mortar shelling has become a new
technique of militias to kill innocent people. The kid was very disappointed for what his
country ended up to, and how his united people were seperated and divided because of stupid
reasons and for stupid benefits, and the kid witnessed the foreign interferenece of the
neighbouring countries and their role in dividing the iraqi people, the kid couldn't stand
the situation and wanted to leave this country that he lived in for 19 years and that he
loved more than anything, the kid tried to get a visa to New Zealand with the help of his
new zealand friend but his pursuit didn't end the way he wished for.
The kid went back to his college and decided to continue his studies without taking into
consideration the dangers and threats of going to his school which was located in a shiite
nighbourhood and being an easily sunni target for militants to kill him, he wanted to finish
his studies.
Days went on, and the kid lived in a country dressed by death and smelled blood, the kid got
used to losing friends who got killed either by explosions or getting killed by militias or
died because of mortar shelling, The kid got used to waking up and finding unidentified
corpses lying scatteredly in the streets, The kid got used to the hatred planted in his
countrymen hearts, a sunni's hatred for shiites and a shiite's hatred for sunnis, The kid
grew angry and sad because of what war has done to his country, The kid couldn't wait until
he finishs his studying year and flee the country, the kid wanted to flee the country he
wished to return to, because it was impossible for him to continue living in this country,
even an animal would flee the country he was living in, the kid finished his studying year
and left the country the next day.
The kid travelled to Jordan via plane, the kid witnessed the humiliation of Iraqis in the
Arab countries, specially Jordan, he saw how iraqis where treated with disgust by Jordanian
authorities, and being sent back to iraq because the Jordanian intelligence didn't like
their looks or their names, shiites were nearly impossible to enter Jordan, and it wasn't
easier for sunnis either.
The kid saw the suffering of iraqis living in Jordan, they suffered of not having
residencies in Jordan, and they feared getting caught by the Jordanian authorities and
getting thrown on the Jordanian-iraqi borders, the kid saw the humiliation of iraqis in the
Jordanian ministry when they were trying to extend their residencies, the kid grew angry and
hated everything, and wanted to leave Jordan desperately but he was faced with the fact that
there's no place else to go to, the kid was very sorry for what happened to him and to
iraqis and was heart broken for what happened to his country, the country in which the first
civilization in the world was formed in to end up like this, he was sorry for his countrymen
that are not accepted anywhere in this world.
The kid was sorry because of the American policies that got him to this point, and that made
about 3 milions of iraqis vagabonds, the kid blamed everyone for what happened to him, he
blamed the American administration, he blamed the iraqi government, he blamed the Arab
countries, he blamed Iran, he blamed Syria, he blamed Saudi Arabia, he blamed Iraqis, he
even blamed Saddam Hussain for going through that war.
And the kid remained on blaming everyone, and on blaming the world for not considering
Iraqis as Humans.
The kid kept on Saying "We are not accepted anywhere in this world, we are not accepted even
in Iraq, where shall we go?????""


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South Dakota Students Display Research Work in State Capitol
PIERRE - A dozen undergraduate students from South Dakota colleges and universities will display their research work in the state Capitol in Pierre this week.
The students will present their projects to state lawmakers and the public Wednesday in the Capitol rotunda.
Jack Warner, the state Board of Regents executive director, says South Dakota's emphasis on research in the past decade has given students some research opportunities that were previously unavailable.
The display features students from public, private and tribal colleges in South Dakota.
Students taking part are from South Dakota State University, the University of South Dakota, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Black Hills State University, Northern State University, Dakota State University, the University of Sioux Falls, Oglala Lakota College and Sinte Gleska University.
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The following excerpt is a nice summary of Spyglass taken from its web-site: "Spyglass Hill Golf Course takes its name from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel, Treasure Island, published in 1863. Local legend maintains that Stevenson once wandered the Spyglass area gathering ideas for his novels. A unique aspect of this course is that the holes are named after characters in Treasure Island. Hole names such as "Black Dog" and "Billy Bones" are hints for the unwary. As players attempt to master this difficult course, they may hear the laughter of pirates in the distance.
Spyglass Hill was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., as a part of the master plan for the Pebble Beach ocean front. S.F.B. Morse, founder of Pebble Beach Company, and chairman of the board of Del Monte Properties, envisioned a string of golf courses around Del Monte Forest's shoreline. Morse commissioned Jones to design a course between Cypress Point and Pebble Beach."
The exciting first tee at Spyglass Hill
Spyglass is really the tale of two courses. The intoxicating holes along the bay (1-5) are dramatic, wide open and exposed to the elements. The inland holes (6-18) are difficult, tree-lined and play on terrain that slopes uphill.
The opening five holes at Spyglass are dramatic. I would be hard pressed to think of a golf course that has a better opening stretch of holes than Spyglass. The first hole, named Treasure Island, is a downhill sweeping par five that offers tantalizing glimpses of Monterey Bay through the trees as you stand on the tee. As you proceed down the hill, the hole sweeps to the left and the bay provides a wondrous backdrop for the green.
Spyglass Hill first hole looking down the hill
The second hole, a 349 yard par four named "Billy Bones," is one of the finest holes I have played in my travels. The tee shot is through an opening between a line of trees to a narrow fairway that slopes downhill and left to right. It is a classic risk-reward shot that rewards the more dangerous shot to the right with a shorter approach to the green.
Spyglass Hill second hole from the tee
What makes the tee shot on the second trickier is that if you want to play it safe to the left, the shot requires extreme precision. If you hit it too long to the left, your ball will end up in the ice plants (part of the carpetweed family, which tells you all you need to know), which is almost like an automatic lost ball. The short shot to the oblong, elevated green requires intense concentration due to the severity of the slope in the fairway.
Spyglass Hill second hole from fairway
The view of the bay from the second green is as good as you'll find anywhere, with the clubhouse at Cypress Point visible on your left. Overall, the hole has everything a great hole should have - dramatic scenery, great risk-reward characteristics, multiple options for low and high handicapper alike and a superb use of the terrain.
Spyglass Hill second hole looking back from the green
Spyglass Hill second green
Spyglass Hill par three third
The third hole at Spyglass Hill, named "Black Spot," is a tricky par three that plays downwind and downhill toward the bay. The nice views of the ultra-private Cypress Point and of the bay are an added bonus to this exciting hole, which sports a small green.
The fourth green (hole named "Blind Pew") is an oblong, multi-tiered green set within a sand dune, close to the bay. The green is reminiscent of the sixth at Kingsbarns or any number of greens at Cruden Bay. The 370 yard hole plays downhill the entire way with a huge sandy area down the left side.
The first five holes are truly invigorating, and if you play Spyglass, enjoy them, because the easy part of the course is now behind you.
Spyglass Hill fourth green
After the fifth hole, the course changes dramatically. The fifth and remaining holes play away from the bay, and there are no more views of the water. The rest of the course frankly feels more like Pinehurst than it does Pebble Beech. It winds its way through pine and cedar trees on the rolling terrain, leading to a difficult round of golf. When the AT&T Pebble Beach golf tournament is held each year it is played over three courses - Pebble Beach, Spyglass and nearby Poppy Hills. The pros complain about Spyglass generally, because it is such a stern test of golf. Holes six, eight and sixteen rank among the toughest on the tour each year.
My round was going very well at Spyglass until I reached the seventh hole, when, out of nowhere, on my second shot, it happened. Without mentioning the word, I will quote from two great golf writers who will explain my predicament eloquently. "It is the most demeaning shot in golf, and perhaps in any game," writes Henry Longhurst. "The ball shoots off knee high and almost at right angles to the intended line."
The next three holes were a living nightmare.
Bobby Jones explains how the affliction acts upon the mind. "Because of the fear of doing it again, by contracting the swing, the evil is cumulative, living upon itself."
I won't disclose my score on holes seven, eight and nine, but I am including a picture of the plane I flew home on, below.
The eighth hole at Spyglass Hill ("Signal Hill")
The eighth hole feels more like nearby Olympic Club, with its big elevation changes, uneven lies and narrow fairways. As with many of the inland holes at Spyglass, it plays a lot longer than the card indicates, due to the uphill terrain.
The tenth green at Spyglass Hill ("Captain Flint")
Notice how heavily wooded the back nine is in these pictures compared to the openness of the first five holes. There are several interesting features about the inland holes at Spyglass. The holes generally play longer than the yardage on the card indicates due to the continually rising terrain. Jones laid out 6-18 so that almost all the par fours play uphill and the par threes play downhill. As a result, the par threes are generally short, but still tricky, because the prevailing wind makes them play downwind, making club selection difficult.
The sixteenth hole tee shot at Spyglass Hill ("Black Dog")
The sixteenth hole, the #2 handicap, is a good example of how narrow some of the tee shots and fairways are on the back nine at Spyglass.
Overall, I really enjoyed Spyglass.
I look forward to my return to the Monterey Penninsula to play the last remaining course I need to play in California. With my round at Spyglass complete, I drove past the entrance gate to Cypress Point, the world's #2 ranked course. The entrance to Cypress Point is right off of the Seventeen Mile Drive. It looks like a tantalizing place, and I have now set my sights on getting an invitation there sometime soon.