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Inside the course: Quail Hollow ClubMay 02, 2011
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Fast facts Course Superintendent Jeff A. Kent Original architect George Cobb (1961) Redesign Tom Fazio (1996-1997) Par value 72 Number of TOUR events as host venue* 9 (including 2011) Yardage history 7,442 (2004-present) 7,396 (2003) Grass 419 bermudagrass, perennial ryegrass (tees, fairways, rough); G2 creeping bentgrass (greens) Tournament Stimpmeter 11 ft Sand bunkers 52 Water hazards 3 Course tour Click here Course record Player
Kirk Triplett
Bo Van Pelt
Rory Sabbatini
Holes-in-one There has been one ace recorded at Quail Hollow Club Player Hole Year Jay Williamson 6 2008 2010 Rankings Most Difficult Hole The par-4 478-yard 18th This is the last in a three-hole stretch dubbed "The Green Mile" and is consistently one of the toughest finishing holes in golf. On the tee shot, players must avoid a bunker on the right, as well as a creek that meanders along the entire left side of the narrow fairway. An uphill second shot must avoid hazards on both sides of the green, which is deep and sloped. If a player must birdie this hole to win the tournament, he will have his hands full.
2010: 0 eagles, 39 birdies, 251 pars, 146 bogeys, 25 double bogeys, 2 others.
Easiest Hole The par-5 570-yard 5th The first of four par 5s is reachable in two by some players. A right-to-left tee shot sets up a great birdie opportunity. The 230-yard second shot from the crest of the hill must be on the mark because the green is heavily bunkered and slopes from back to front.
2010: 3 eagles, 186 birdies, 243 pars, 31 bogeys, 0 double bogeys and 0 others.
Quail Hollow Club 2010 rankings Last 8 years Hole Par Yards Avg. Score Rank Avg. Score Rank 1 4 410 4.041 12 4.042 12 2 3 178 3.08 11 3.078 11 3 4 452 4.134 8 4.125 9 4 4 489 4.197 7 4.196 7 5 5 570 4.652 18 4.651 18 6 3 250 3.21 5 3.210 5 7 5 532 4.752 16 4.745 16 8 4 343 3.838 13 3.834 13 9 4 491 4.244 4 4.242 4 10 5 591 4.81 14 4.808 15 11 4 421 4.093 10 4.098 10 12 4 456 4.21 5 4.201 6 13 3 201 3.125 9 3.125 8 14 4 346 3.808 15 3.814 14 15 5 566 4.717 17 4.729 17 16* 4 478 4.311 3 4.320 3 17* 3 217 3.343 2 3.340 2 18* 4 478 4.354 1 4.358 1 Course origins On April 13, 1959, James J. Harris hosted a meeting at Morrocroft Farm that marked the formal beginning of Quail Hollow Club. Committees were named to proceed with various details of organizing the Club and planning its activities. George Cobb was engaged as the golf architect and plans were made for the acquisition from Mr. and Mrs. Harris of the land that would become the site of the Club. On Dec. 18, 1959, the Certificate of Incorporation of Quail Hollow Club was executed by the 21 Founders of the Club, and on Jan. 4, 1960, was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware thereby constituting the Club, a nonprofit corporation to provide social and recreational facililties for the exclusive pleasure and recreation of the member of the Club. The Delaware corporation was qualified with the State of North Carolina to conduct its activities in that state. The golf course formally opened on June 3, 1961. Quail Hollow Club has two signature holes. The par-4 14th is a dogleg left that can be driven with a good tee shot. It measures 346 yards from the pro tees. A 15-acre lake frames the left side of the hole and the rough on that side slopes down to the water. The narrow landing area measures about 27 yards across and is guarded with two bunkers on each side. The two-tiered green is long and narrow with about 7,100 square feet of putting surface. Two more bunkers guard the left front and middle of the green, and a collection area waits just off the right front of the green for short approach shots hit off line, or almost perfect drives. The area immediately left of the green slopes severely down 15 feet to the lake, so anything hit left has a very good chance of ending up in the hazard. The 17th hole is a 217-yard par-3 over water. A rock wall rings this part of the lake and borders the left and front of the green. The tee shot must carry the water hazard and a bunker that protects the center. The 6,500 square-foot green is undulated, and, on the left side, there is only six feet between the edge of the putting surface and the water hazard. On the right, there lies a closely mown collection area for errant shots. The water will be the collection area on the left. Shots hit too strong also have a good chance of getting wet since the lake wraps around behind a good portion of the green, and the rough slopes drastically down to it. --Source: Golf Course Superintendents Assocation of America Tournament course history Course Location Years Quail Hollow Club Charlotte, N.C. 2003-present This week's Kodak Challenge hole
LAST YEAR: The 15th played to a stroke average of 4.586, with players recording 6 eagles, 166 birdies, 251 pars, 34 bogeys, 5 double bogeys and 1 others
DESCRIPTION: The last of the par 5s plays uphill after the tee shot. To spectators, water on the left and right of the fairway may appear dangerous; however, it will probably have little affect on the professionals. A ridge running down the middle of the green requires perhaps more caution and an accurate approach. (Click here for tour)
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Talks to merge aerospace group EADS and defence contractor BAE Systems are deadlocked, sources close to the talks said on Friday, with the governments of Britain, France and Germany at odds over the outcome. According to the sources, Germany wants the right to buy a nine-percent stake in the new group to maintain parity with France, but Britain will only accept this with a written guarantee that the French state will not later buy shares held by the French conglomerate Lagardere. France holds a 15-percent share of EADS which would be diluted to 9.0 percent in the new entity and has stated that it does not plan to sell. Germany wants to keep \"a psychological balance\" with France, a source close to the talks explained. Lagardere has stated its intention to sell its 7.5-percent stake in EADS once the new Airbus A350 airliner is launched, around 2015. The French say: \"we don\'t intend to buy the Lagardere shares but we won\'t give you a written guarantee\", said a source after a video-conference on Friday between economic advisers of British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande. Hollande told media in Malta on Friday: \"We have said what we consider to be our conditions. \"After that it is up to the companies to continue their negotiations with the knowledge of France\'s position in terms of its presence in the group\'s capital, the location of its headquarters and the protection of our defense industry.\" The British government, as well as EADS and BAE, are concerned that government shareholdings beyond 18 percent would make the deal unacceptable in the United States, the world largest defence market. Washington, which will have to review the deal because BAE has a large American subsidiary, is wary of state-owned defence contractors. In London, 45 conservative British lawmakers called on Cameron on Friday to obtain guarantees before he gives the operation his approval. The British deputies were worried in particular about the implications of a tie-up for jobs in the country, and also pointed to the danger of being shut out of consideration for US defence contracts. An EADS spokesman said: \"We have been informed by the governments about the status of the discussions but in no way have we been told that the deal is off. \"We continue to work towards the October 10 deadline we have been given by the UK Takeover Panel,\" the spokesman said. EADS, the maker of Airbus jets, and defence giant BAE Systems have until Wednesday, October 10, to announce to British regulators whether a deal has been reached or more time is needed. \"We still have a few days. I don\'t know how many more meetings these governments would need,\" an industry source said. \"You just have to make up your mind whether you agree or not. We have three states showing us the Europe that doesn\'t work as opposed to the Europe that works, EADS, and would work even better with BAE Systems,\" the source said. An EADS/BAE tie-up would create a $45-billion (35-billion-euro) group to rival US giant Boeing. EADS shares closed on Friday with a gain of 2.24 percent to 26.48 euros, while BAE shares fell by 1.59 percent to 328.1 pence in London.
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|All Glory Be to God on High
|Nikolaus Decius (1525)
|F. Bland Tucker (1977, alt.)
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|John 1:29; Romans 8:34; Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 7:25; Colossians 1; Hebrews 7; Revelation 4; Revelation 5; Romans 8
|Doxologies; Intercession of Christ; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ(9 more...)
|Latin: Gloria in excelsis Deo, 4th cent.
|© 1985, The Church Pension Fund. Used by permission.
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|Nikolaus Decius (1539)
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Scripture References:
st.1 = Luke 2:14
st.2 = John 1:29, Rom. 8:34, Heb. 7:25
st.3 = Col. 1:17
A translation of the fourth-century Latin text "Gloria in excelsis Deo," this song is a series of acclamations to God in a pattern that was common in doxologies used in the Greek liturgies of the early Christian church. Stanza I consists of an opening antiphon from Luke 2: 14 and an acclamation to God the Father. Stanzas 2 and 3 are both acclamations to God the Son. Stanza 2 contains echoes from both the Agnus Dei and the Kyrie (257 and 258). A modern ecumenical translation reads as follows:
Glory to God in the highest,
and peace to God's people on earth.
Lord God, heavenly King,
almighty God and Father,
we worship you, we give you thanks,
we praise you for your glory.
Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
you take away the sin of the world:
have mercy on us;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father:
receive our prayer.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
-English Language Consultation, from Praying Together,1988
In the Greek-speaking church the text of "Gloria in excelsis Deo" (or Gloria, as the Song is commonly known) at first included only the words of Luke 2: 14. The fifth-century "Liturgy of St. James," still used in some parts of the Orthodox Church today, preserves the Gloria in its short form, but the song is also used in various longer forms. One of the earliest long forms is recorded in the Greek Codex Alexandrinus, which dates from the late fifth century. The Gloria presumably entered the Roman church in the fourth century under the influence of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, France, and it was translated into Latin. It became a standard part of the Roman Mass from the sixth century onward and became known as the "Greater Doxology" (as compared with the "Lesser Doxology," or Gloria Patri, 635 and 636).
Very early in the Reformation, Nikolaus Decius (b. Hof, Franconia, Bavaria, c. 1485;d. Germany, after 1546) prepared a rhymed version of the Gloria, published in Low German in Joachim Shiter's Rostock Gesangbuch (1525) and in High German in Valentin Schumann's Geistliche Lieder (1539). Often used in the Lutheran tradition, Decius's text added an acclamation to the Holy Spirit in a fourth stanza, which, though not unwelcome, is not part of the original text as shown above. (The 1959 Psalter Hymnal also includes Decius's four stanzas at 319.)
Educated in a Latin school in Hof and at the University of Leipzig, Germany, Decius became a monk and served as head of the Benedictine Monastery at Steterburg. In 1523 he studied theology at the University of Wittenburg under Martin Luther. At Luther's recommendation he became a pastor in Stettin in 1524 and moved to Mühlhausen in 1534, where he was influenced by Dutch Calvinist refugees. He also served as church musician and preacher at the Königsberg court of Duke Albrecht of Prussia. Decius is credited with German hymnic versifications of "ordinary" parts of the Mass-the Kyrie (258), Gloria, Credo (520), Sanctus (626), and Agnus Dei (257), which he originally prepared to fit their corresponding chant tunes.
Ulrich Zwingli also made use of the Gloria, having worshipers recite it antiphonally between Scripture lessons. Thomas Cranmer introduced it into Anglican worship by including it in The Book of Common Prayer (1549).
The English translation in the Psalter Hymnal is primarily by Francis Bland Tucker (b. Norfolk, VA, 1895; d. Savannah, GA, 1984), prepared in 1977 for publication in the American Protestant Episcopal Hymnal 1982 (1985). Bert Polman (PHH 37) altered the text slightly to bring it even closer to the Latin original.
An Episcopal priest, Tucker has been called "the dean of American hymn writers." He was educated at the University of Virginia and Virginia Theological Seminary. During World War I he served as an operating room assistant at Verdun. Ordained in 1920, Tucker had two long pastorates: St. John's Church in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. (1925-1945), and Christ Church in Savannah, Georgia (1945-1967), where, earlier, John Wesley had briefly served. Tucker was active in the Civil Rights Movement and in various civic organizations. He served on the committee for the Episcopal Hymnal 1940, which published six of his hymn texts and translations, and on the committee for the Hymnal 1982. In 1980 he was honored as a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
Liturgical Use:
Sung daily during Morning Prayer in the Eastern Church, at the beginning of worship in every Roman Catholic Mass, and in many historic Protestant liturgies; for the opening of worship; also suitable as a doxology.
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook
The tune name ALLEIN GOTT derives from the opening words of Decius's rhymed text in High German. The tune was first published in Schumann's Geistliche Lieder. Decius adapted the tune from a tenth-century Easter chant for the Gloria text, beginning at the part accompanying the words "et in terra pax. . . " ("and on earth, peace. . . "). Because the Gloria became part of the ordinary (the unvarying parts) of the Roman Catholic Mass, there are many choral settings of the Latin text. Anglican composers have set the English text in their "great services," while Lutheran composers have written various chorale preludes on ALLEIN GOIT for organ. Bach used the hymn in cantatas 85, 104, 112, and 128 and composed about ten preludes on the tune. Typical of many Lutheran chorales, ALLEIN GOIT is in bar form (AAB).
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Estimating a cosmological mass bias parameter with bootstrap bandwidth selection
We focus on selecting optimal bandwidths for non-parametric estimation of the two-point correlation function of a point pattern. We obtain these optimal bandwidths by using a bootstrap approach to select a bandwidth that minimizes the integrated squared error. The variance term is estimated by using a non-parametric spatial bootstrap, whereas the bias term is estimated with a plug-in approach using a pilot estimator of the two-point correlation function based on a parametric model. The choice of parametric model for the pilot estimator is very flexible. Depending on applications, parametric statistical point models, physical models or functional models can be used. We also explore the use of the procedure for selecting adaptive optimal bandwidths. We investigate the performance of the bandwidth selection procedure by using a simulation study. In our data example, we apply our method to a Sloan Digital Sky Survey galaxy cluster catalogue by using a pilot estimator based on the power law functional model in cosmology. The resulting non-parametric two-point correlation function estimate is then used to estimate a cosmological mass bias parameter that describes the relationship between the galaxy mass distribution and the underlying matter distribution. Copyright (c) 2010 Royal Statistical Society.
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The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) can convert episodes of irregular and abnormally fast heart rhythm to regular cardiac sinus rhythm, thus potentially averting sudden death from cardiac causes. ICDs have been shown to reduce the risk of death among patients resuscitated from a cardiac arrest. However, prophylactic use of ICDs may also be cost-effective for patients at risk for sudden death due to poor functioning of the heart's left ventricle, but who have not had a life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia, suggests a study supported in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HS10623).
Researchers reviewed the results of eight clinical trials that randomly assigned patients to receive an ICD or alternative therapy, and developed a model to assess the cost-effectiveness of the ICD in these patients. Two studies found that prophylactic implantation of an ICD in these patients did not reduce the risk of death, and thus was more expensive and less effective than alternative therapy. However, for the other six trials, the use of an ICD was projected to add between 1 and 3 quality-adjusted life-years (QALY) and between $68,300 and $101,500 in cost.
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What's in a Treaty as Reconciliation?
The massive reconciliation marches held around the country in May and June this year have raised anew the prospect of a treaty within Australia to redress the failure of successive governments to improve Aboriginal conditions of life and to provide proper space for the development of Aboriginal culture. There is a widespread view that the current Federal Government has failed to appreciate the requirements of reconciliation. This failure is not just a result of a lack of leadership. It also reflects a lack of due process. Indigenous peoples have been treated unfairly because they have been neglected as marginal actors in Australian politics, rather than recognised as potential partners in the creation of a reconciled Australia.
The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation is a statutory body due to expire at the end of 2000. Its pragmatic leaders have claimed that Australia is still not ready for a treaty, but if we are not ready soon it is hard to see how we ever will be. Some participants in the debate have said it will take about 20 years to achieve a treaty clearly establishing what can legitimately be expected of governments and citizens in Aboriginal affairs. This view ignores the fact that it is 21 years since the Aboriginal Treaty Committee first raised the call for a treaty in 1979, during a period of Aboriginal frustration with government similar to the present. What is needed to progress the debate now is not another generation but awareness of what form a treaty might take and how it can be achieved. The key to determining the substance, purpose and process of a treaty is not time but an open debate about what a treaty could do for reconciliation in Australia. This can be informed by relevant lessons from New Zealand, where the principle of a bicultural partnership with indigenous peoples has emerged during the past 20 years.
The relevance of New Zealand is not limited by the fact that the Treaty of Waitangi (signed between the British colonisers and most Maori leaders in 1840, when the new colony was being administered from New South Wales) has no Australian equivalent. The British agreed to that Treaty partly because they realised their conduct in Australia, especially in Tasmania, had been awful and something better had to be done in New Zealand. Within a generation the British had dishonoured the Treaty because it obstructed the taking of Maori land. Only since the 1970s have non-indigenous New Zealanders appreciated its value, as a symbolic document which 'gives legitimacy' to their presence 'not as a conqueror or interloper' but as rightful residents, in the words of New Zealand's Attorney General (later Prime Minister) Geoffrey Palmer in 1985 [1]. There is a historic parallel between the revival of an old Treaty in New Zealand and what Patrick Dodson has called breaking the chains of Aboriginal unfinished business in Australia [2]. Despite different constitutional structures in the two countries, looking at Waitangi like a mirror can focus debate about realising reconciliation in Australia.
What is in the Treaty across the Tasman? Essentially, three interdependent articles, joined by spiritual respect. The version of the Treaty that Maori leaders agreed to says:
The spiritual element, described as the fourth article of the Treaty, was an undertaking by the British authorities that they would fully respect Maori customs.
Commenting on the integrity of the Treaty 150 years after it was signed, senior Maori lawyer Eddie Durie said its enduring purpose had been to secure 'governorship for the Crown, autonomy for Maori, and citizenship for all'. He emphasised that the Treaty had survived a terrible history of neglect because it was 'founded not on legalism but on a philosophy of good faith', being a brief statement of founding principles which can be readily recognised today 'as a living document relevant to all ages' [3]. Although these principles were treated with contempt by most non-indigenous New Zealanders for much longer than Australia has been a federation, few politicians now scorn them. In 1997, as the Australian government denied the need for self-determination and refused to compensate Aboriginal families ruptured by government control of private lives, the conservative New Zealand government sought to settle some outstanding grievances of Maori tribes wronged by the Crown. Minister of Justice Douglas Graham justified these efforts by saying New Zealand could not 'allow its indigenous population to lose all that it holds precious, fail to provide a forum for the grievances to be aired for over 150 years, and then say that Maori are out of time to bring a claim according to the rules of court' [4]. He recognised the Treaty of Waitangi as essential to the legitimacy of New Zealand.
The Olympics will raise questions about the legitimacy of any Australian government that fails to acknowledge the historic need for negotiating with indigenous peoples on a new framework for their survival, premised on partnership not paternalism. The basic purpose of an Aboriginal Treaty within Australia would be to establish such an enduring foundation for a future relationship. This is how the Treaty of Waitangi has increasingly been understood by many New Zealanders in the past generation. The process of creating this new relationship will be more complex across Australia today than it was at the Bay of Islands in 1840. Yet it may also be much more resilient, partly because the costs of previous failures to honour a commitment to this process (such as that made by Prime Minister Hawke in 1988) are now evident for all the world to see.
The time is nigh for an Aboriginal Treaty meeting the high standards of the Treaty of Waitangi, which have been tested historically and affirmed by the bicultural Waitangi Tribunal, charged with the task of examining past grievances and applying that Treaty to present circumstances. The need for a tribunal 'to supervise and to act as arbitrator in negotiations leading to a treaty' in Australia was first raised by Nugget Coombs in the Boyer lectures in 1988. He stressed the need for regional Aboriginal participation in the process of creating a treaty, which 'must lead to an Act of Self-determination in a form recognised by the United Nations and be binding on future Commonwealth and State Governments' [5]. Refusing to start the process now is like looking for ourselves in a wall not a mirror, when outsiders see holes in our wall and a good mirror is nearby.
1. Quoted by the Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal, Chief Judge E.T.J. Durie, 'The Treaty in Maori History', in William Renwick ed., Sovereignty and Indigenous Rights: the Treaty of Waitangi in International Contexts, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1991, p235 n 23. [Back]
2. Patrick Dodson, 'Until the Chains are Broken: Aboriginal Unfinished Business', excerpts from the Fourth Vincent Lingiari Memorial Lecture, Arena Magazine, no. 45, February-March 2000, pp 29-31. [Back]
3. Durie, 'The Treaty', pp 156, 163, 165, 167. [Back]
4. Douglas Graham, Trick or Treaty?, Institute of Policy Studies, Wellington, 1997, p 89. [Back]
5. H.C. Coombs, Aboriginal Autonomy, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 1994, pp 154, 227. [Back]
Roderic Pitty works in the Historical Documents Project Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and is researching the relevance of the Waitangi Tribunal for Australia. The views expressed in this article are those of the author, not of DFAT.


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IN restaurants' lemming-like rush to offer plates to share, Masons of Bendigo takes it farther than most.
But the savoury dishes I tried were interesting and well cooked, the wine list offered relief - and good drops - for the financially challenged, and the service is wonderful. Moreover, the ambience is sleek and contemporary in a regional city that has begun to blossom.
AS your placemat of heavy paper is turned over to reveal what's to eat, the first thing you're told is that sharing is Masons' philosophy.
You notice 10 "Savoury Bites" followed by a dozen "larger" dishes, three steaks and a handful of complex vegetable side orders. I didn't try, for instance, fried chicken spare ribs with chilli salt, or whole calamari, local chorizo, agrodolce sauce and parsley salad. (Masons is "very excited", says its list, to showcase central Victoria's best produce.)
I'd return there tomorrow to sample offerings I couldn't fit in at the review meal. Apart from dumplings that were a little too salty and kingfish that was a little too done - for me, at any rate - everything I sampled was good and better.
In their bamboo steamer, three good-sized steamed siu mai dumplings ($9) amounted to a fine mince of pork and prawn punctuated with vegie bits in an open dilly bag of thin and pliable paste. They were a little salty, and a dip of soy sauce containing ginger shreds upped the salinity.
Much better were two Hervey Bay scallops ($7), seared and served in shells with a light cauliflower puree as soft as foam, three tiny yellow florets of pickled (piccalilli) cauli, a ticket of Skipton eel, a plucking of frizzy lettuce and micron-thin slice of golden beetroot.
Crispy flathead tails numbered three ($6) and were a crunchy comestible calmed by the slightly sweet and lightly spicy mayo beneath them. An extra-thin smile of fresh coconut flesh garnished, but I couldn't see the point of it.
The most sophisticated dish, a smallish block of roasted kingfish ($25), was cooked through, its taste terrific but texture a little fibrous. It sat in shallow, excellent, saffron-scented cooking juice with clams in their shells, the mussels out of them, a few white beans, green peas, cherry tomatoes and heirloom carrots.
Outstanding was the quality - both in flavour and texture - of Rockwood Cottage lamb cutlets ($22.50) accompanied by a low puck of compressed shoulder shreds. Gee, it was good. More skinny, taste-dense carrots and a carrot puree-foam (lifted with dry sherry, I later learned) shared the plate.
Among three cheeses to finish is Victoria's finest, a puck ($8) of La Luna goat cheese from just down the road accompanied by wafers, tiny figs in syrup and a pinot jelly.
Apart from a base that needed a touch more cooking, a lemon tart ($14) was very good and its accompanying plump raspberries, logs of poached rhubarb and perfect orb of vanilla ice cream were excellent partners.
Masons serves fine crusty brown bread made by The Good Loaf, Bendigo's only sourdough bakery.
ON the busy Saturday night I visited, black-garbed front-of-house staff did an excellent job. I wasn't once asked my opinion of the food, and the people who served me radiated charm at the right distance.
COMMENDABLE is Masons' listing of many local wines on an inventory that offers half a dozen table whites and the same number of reds by glass at $7.50-$11. You may also order the restaurant's house wines, which are made by highly reputable local makers, in 480ml and 960ml ($18, $35) carafes. Several bottles are in the $30s, and good beers by small brewers come in stubbies. A 2008 McIvor Estate cabernet merlot is $38.
BRAND new, Masons is a big rectangle with white walls, plain dark carpet, blond well-separated eucalyptus tables and partitions, black bentwood chairs, and a fair bit of noise. While glassware and cutlery are terrific, the paper napkins would be better stuffing scarecrows.
MASONS of Bendigo offers excellent value all round.
Food 15/20
Staff 10/10
Drink 5/5
X-factor 3/5
Value 8/10
Total score 41/50
Address: 25 Queen St, Bendigo ph 5443 3877
Food: Contemporary Australian
Drink: Licensed
Hours: Noon-4pm, 5.30pm-late, Tue-Sat
Prices: Entrees: $4-$12; Mains: $14-$34.90; Desserts: $11-$14.50
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In a clearing-the-air column in the Boston Herald on Thursday, Celtics beat writer Steve Bulpett straightened out a number of myths from this season. One of those myths is the assumption about Garnett's trade-deadline power play, which Bulpett writes was never close to happening.
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Tarrant County TXGenWeb
Mitchell Cemetery
contributed by Rob G. Yoder
Mitchell Cemetery is located behind the Fort Worth Grain Exchange, 2707 Decatur Avenue at its intersection with N.E. 28th Street. This first known burial here is of the 18 month old son of John B. York who died in 1848. Only one other cemetery in Tarrant County (Watson) is known by me to have an earlier burial. Other burials here include: John B. York, Seaborne Gilmore and Mrs. E. O. Anderson who died in 1867. Only one readable headstone exists:
Seaborne Gilmore, 1801 - 1867, Sgt Co. B 4 ILL Inf. Mexican War
Gilmore served as Tarrant County's first elected County Judge shortly after the county government was organized in 1850.
John B. York served as County Sheriff for several years. He was ambushed by A.Y. Fowler and died in the line of duty as a result of 22 stab wounds, but not before he got to his gun and took his assailant's life. All of this was over a drought in the Spring of 1863. York had stopped Fowler from cutting in line to get water at the Cold Springs, north of the bluff.
This cemetery is destined for restoration after the widening of 28th Street, which is scheduled for 2007. The two sets of railroad tracks, that the cemetery sits between, are to each be moved 25 to 30 to the west to align with two new bridges to be built over 28th Street. While one track will be moved further away the other will be coming very close to the cemetery's eastern edge. The Texas Department of Transportation did some archeological scraping a couple of years ago and determined that this would not encroach upon the graves. The DOT has also indicated that they may have funds available to erect a fence around the cemetery making the restoration feasible. The Tarrant County Historical Commission has funds available to replace the stolen historical marker and may even be able to erect a security light to discourage transients from camping beside the tracks.
The 1850 census shows that John B. York was a 25 year old farmer who was born in Tennessee. His wife is shown as Julia Ann [daughter of Seaborn Gilmore], age 23, also born in Tennessee. One child is listed; a 10 month old [b. 1 Jul 1849] son, Wm. J., who was born in Texas. [Their first son died at the age of 18 months prior to Christmas of 1848.]
This 1850 census shows Gilmore family as follows: Seburn [sic] Gillmore [sic], a 50 year old male farmer who was born in Georgia; Celia [his wife], a female age 45 years, born Tennessee; son Henry W., age 12, born Illinois; son Francis D., age 8, born Illinois; daughter Caroline M., age 5, born Illinois; and daughter Martha E. [Ellen], age 9 mo., born Texas.
John D. York from Atlanta, Georgia visited this cemetery in 1961. He states that he never noticed Seaborn Gilmore's headstone, but "came upon a single tombstone, lying flat in grass and weeds (no trees then!): Mrs. E. O. Anderson 9-25-1849 - 8-1-1867."
Mike Patterson [Tarrant County Historical Commission] states that Mr. York didn't see Gilmore's stone in 1961 because he didn't obtain it from the Veterans Administration until sometime in the late '70's or early '80's.
Dallas Morning News, March 5, 1890, Page 3
The old graveyard across the river on the Mitchell place, through which runs the extension of the Denver from Hodge into the city, is one of the oldest graveyards in Tarrant County. All that was mortal of J. B. York, the first sheriff of Tarrant Co., and S. Gilmore, the first county judge, was buried there; and citizens whose vigor and nerve laid the foundation for Fort Worth's greatness have slept undisturbed in this spot for a third of a century. The railroad company offered to furnish metallic cases and pay all expenses of removing the bodies to the place where the living may wish them buried. It is very probable that some heavy damage suits will result from the running of the road through the graveyard.
[Someone handed this abstract to me at a meeting of the Fort Worth Genealogical Society two or three years ago and I stuck it in the back of my notebook ,only to be rediscovered a few weeks ago. I would like to give credit to the rightful person, but I just cannot remember.]
See also the 1923 Fort Worth
Star-Telegram article where Martha Ellen (Gilmore) Mitchell makes
the claim that she is the first white child born in Tarrant County.
My interest goes back to when my Mom read the articles in the Star Telegram (1999-2000) about the Mitchell Cemetery and some other cemeteries that were in bad shape. She told me that as a kid her grand-uncle and father told her that her ancestors once owned most of Diamond Hill and she was related to Seaborne Gilmore and his family was one of the pioneers of Tarrant County. I went to visit Mitchell Cemetery when it was a hobo jungle in 1999. I made a rubbing of Seaborne's tombstone and took it to her, she had been sick and was on oxygen and a walker, so she could not make the walk to see it in person.
I did a lot of research and got back to the mid 1800s, but never to Seaborne, last week I made the connection. My Mom is Seaborne's first cousin 6 generations removed. Her mom was a Gilmore descended from Humphrey Gilmore. Seaborne's father was Euriah, which was Humphrey's brother. Too late to tell Mom, she passed last November, but her childhood recollections were right. Now I feel a personal connection and want to help with the cemetery's restoration.
I also discovered that my Mom's great-aunt, great-great-grandparents are the Gilmore's in Pioneer's Rest Cemetery. The other Gilmore's buried amongst my ancestors are from Zach Gilmore's family. He was a barber in downtown in the "Hell's Half Acre" era in the late 1800s. He was born in Illinois which was where Seaborne's father died and Seaborne lived for a while, there is a connection, haven't found that link yet.
I visited Mitchell Cemetery last week and the brush and trees were removed and there was some orange construction fence laid out as to possibly define the boundaries. It was rainy and muddy and I did not venture beyond the first set of railroad tracks. I will return this weekend. Any info would be helpful. Thanks for the response to my email. R.L. Hauk
North of the River by J. Nell Pate
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Hedge funds took their positioning on rising agricultural commodity prices to the highest in 10 months, encouraged by ideas of strong demand for US wheat exports, and a dent to Brazilian sugar output from rains.
Managed money, a proxy for speculators, lifted its net long on the top 13 US-traded agricultural commodities to 498,748 contracts as of October 15, Agrimoney.com analysis of data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shows.
The net long – the extent to which long bets, which profit when prices rise, exceed short positions, which benefit when values fall – was the highest since December last year, and reveals a sharp improvement in hedge fund sentiment towards the sector since the summer.
In August, managed money turned net short on agricultural commodities for the first time since records began in 2006.
Sugar bets
Hedge funds' more upbeat attitude towards the asset class reflects largely a dramatic reversal in gloom over prices of sugar, for which they had, even early last month, been betting heavily on price falls thanks to expectations over a further season in 2013-14 of large world production surplus.
However, sentiment towards the sweetener has improved in part thanks to ideas, fuelled by Czarnikow, that demand is far stronger than has been thought, prompting many commentators to halve forecasts of the output surplus in 2013-14 to 2m-3m tonnes.
Furthermore, the onset of rains in the main cane-growing region in Brazil has slowed dramatically output in the top producing country, as confirmed in data from industry group Unica.
As of October 15, hedge funds had a net long of 178,651 lots in New York raw sugar futures and options, the most bullish positioning since February 2010.
'Little bit more uncomfortable'
This was before the fire at the Copersucar plant in Brazil's Santos port which sent raw sugar futures to a one-year high of 20.16 cents a pound – up from levels around 16.50 cents a pound in early September, before the hedge fund buying wave.
Speculators' net longs in New York softs, Oct 15 (change on week)
Raw sugar: 178,651, (+26,111)
Cocoa: 71,149, (+969)
Cotton: 43,741, (-10.989)
Arabica coffee: -17,084, (+4,884)
Sources: Agrimoney.com, CFTC"Repairs to the facility will take an estimated 12-18 months to complete," US Department of Agriculture staff in Brasilia said this week, although adding that "traders believe that remaining export terminals will generally absorb the lost capacity".
Speculators' net longs in New York softs, Oct 15 (change on week)
Raw sugar: 178,651, (+26,111)
Cocoa: 71,149, (+969)
Cotton: 43,741, (-10.989)
Arabica coffee: -17,084, (+4,884)
Sources: Agrimoney.com, CFTC
Indeed, with sugar prices now back to early-October levels below 18.40 cents a pound, Sucden Financial questioned how happy speculators may be with their huge net long position.
"We are now getting quite close to levels… [that] make the bears wonder if some of the funds who haven't taken a 'Brazil fire' windfall profit are sitting on longs that are a little bit more uncomfortable than they were a week ago," said Thomas Kujawa, co-head of the broker's softs desk.
Wheat and cattle
Speculators have also taken a more positive view of wheat, continuing in the week to October 15 a month-long increase in bullish bets which has taken them to their largest net longs in both Chicago and Kansas City contracts this year.
Speculators' net longs in grains and oilseeds, Oct 15, (change on week)
Chicago soybeans: 111,179, (+2,913)
Chicago soymeal: 48,488, (-2,666)
Kansas wheat: 41,033, (+7,592)
Chicago wheat: 22,076 (+2,027)
Chicago soyoil: -27,737, (-1,753)
Chicago corn: -153,537, (+1,110)
Sources: Agrimoney.com, CFTCWheat has garnered more positive sentiment thanks to ideas of weather-damaged crops in Argentina, Brazil, China and Russia, where rainfall has hampered autumn plantings too, turning importers towards US supplies.
Speculators' net longs in grains and oilseeds, Oct 15, (change on week)
Chicago soybeans: 111,179, (+2,913)
Chicago soymeal: 48,488, (-2,666)
Kansas wheat: 41,033, (+7,592)
Chicago wheat: 22,076 (+2,027)
Chicago soyoil: -27,737, (-1,753)
Chicago corn: -153,537, (+1,110)
And, in the livestock sector, hedge funds continued in the week to build a net long position in Chicago live cattle futures and options, taking it to a 19-month high of 79,035 contracts, underpinned by concerns of a squeeze on beef supplies.
Elevated corn prices for much of this year reduced feedlots' appetite for taking in animals to fatten, implying tighter supplies of finished cattle ahead, with decreasing use of growth promoters implying lower slaughter weights.
Cargill late on Wednesday revealed it would follow rival Tyson Foods in banning cattle fattened with Merck's Zilmax drug from its beef processing operations "until we are 100% confident that the animal welfare issues are resolved".
Downbeat on corn
However, on corn hedge funds have, backed by reports of better-than-expected yields from the US harvest, taken an increasingly negative line – until the latest week.
Speculators' net longs in Chicago livestock, Oct 15, (change on week)Lean hogs: 89,573, (-3,321)Live cattle: 79,035, (+10,616)Feeder cattle: 11,181, (+1,148)Sources: Agrimoney.com, CFTCManaged money reduced its net short position on Chicago corn in the week to October 15 for the first time since August, albeit only by a modest 1,110 lots.


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Bluegrass Community and Technical College recognized the following students from Anderson County who have achieved dean's list honors for the 2011 fall semester.
Amy Lynn Estes, a local hairdresser, is not the Amy Estes who has been recently named in the District Court Docket.
Judge Linda Armstrong heard the following cases during Anderson District Court proceedings on December 29, 2011.
Morgan R. Aldridge, arraignment, operating a motor vehicle under the influence, buy/possess drug paraphernalia, operating on suspended/revoked operator's license – pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference Jan. 5.
The Anderson County Retired Teachers will meet Feb. 10 at Foliage Restaurant at noon.
Lunch will be provided.
The Kentucky Stamp Club to meet Feb. 11
The February meeting of the Kentucky Stamp Club will be Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. at Memorial Baptist Church, 130 Holmes St., Frankfort.
A game called "Stamp Bingo" will be featured and prizes related to stamp collecting will be given.
For more information, call Breck Pegram at 502-403-8788.
State Rep. Kim King's hopes of being able to run for re-election here and in Mercer and Spencer counties took another leap forward late Tuesday afternoon when a Franklin Circuit Judge tossed out controversial House Bill 1.
That bill, passed earlier this year and signed into law by Gov. Steve Beshear, would have pushed King out of Anderson County because it divided her home county of Mercer.
In his ruling, Judge Phillip Shepherd ordered that the filing deadline for House and Senate be extended once again, this time until Feb. 10.
By Tara Kaprowy
Kentucky Health News
Prescription drug abuse has become so prevalent in parts of Kentucky, people are buying Mason jars of clean urine at flea markets and under the table at tobacco stores so they can pass drug tests.
Almost two-thirds of Kentuckians have used prescription drugs for non-prescription reasons, 30 percentage points higher than the rest of the country.
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At least once a day, I wish there was an injury database. Yes, we've got people working on it--and yes, I should be doing more to get it populated with all the data--but in the end, it still shocks and saddens me that it's not out there already. I'd love to know how many times someone was injured in the last few weeks of a pennant race, perhaps due to overuse or a manager extending his young pitcher just a little bit more than he should have in the quest for a pennant. I wonder how many careers that seemed to shine bright in October were in fact snuffed by the use and abuse they took in the extended seasons. There are some questions we'll never have satisfactory a answer to; that's one of them.
While I appreciate everyone relying on me enough to ask questions about their fantasy football teams, I simply don't have the knowledge (or time) to answer them adequately, so I'll point you in the direction of someone who can. Adam Caplan is the king of football injuries and has a subscription-based Web site at www.footballinjuries.com. Football deals with injuries so much differently than baseball that it's literally a whole different ballgame. Check Adam's stuff out at his site or his regular gig on ESPN Radio's "V Show."
As I noted yesterday, I'll be headed up for a lecture at Indiana University-Kokomo on Tuesday evening. Due to this honor, I'll be back in UTK Headquarters too late to get off a column for Wednesday, so I'll make it up to you--if you're reading this before 4pm EST, call and ask a question when I do the Will Carroll Baseball Hour on ESPN950. The number is 1-800-TALK-2-90 and you can listen in at www.espn950.com.
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What's the difference between a good movie and a great movie? In a recent lecture at Dolby Laboratories, San Francisco Chronicle senior film critic Mick LaSalle identified six qualities that make a movie great.
"You can make a classic movie without having all six of the tendencies, although a lot of them actually do have all six of the tendencies. But I have found that it's very difficult to make a film that's considered a classic without having at least three or maybe even four of them."
LaSalle originally joined the Chronicle staff in 1985 as an entertainment columnist and became the lead critic in 1987.
Now age 55, he has published his film criticism in hundreds of movie reviews and blog posts, and in three books: Complicated Women (2000) and Dangerous Men (2002), studies of Hollywood before the Hays Code went into effect, casting a fig-leaf-shaped shadow over many films; and The Beauty of the Real (2012), on the work of French actresses.
With clips from favorite movies, LaSalle discussed those six tendencies of great movies:
- The movie is topical when new.
- It embodies timeless human values.
- It contains a great performance.
- It has an overarching consciousness or personality that brings the movie into balance.
- It contains at least one memorable scene.
- It ends on a note of complexity, not just ambiguity.
A great movie "separates a lot of the lies that we live in and with," LaSalle said, conveying a "pure truth" that attracts viewers year after year.
Tendency 1: Topical
"Great movies were often topical when they were new, or were in response to something going on in the world at the time," he said. He showed clips from Queen Christina (1933), starring Greta Garbo, and Casablanca (1942), with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. In both, the characters must choose between duty and the desire to pursue love, with very different outcomes.
Made after the end of World War I, at a time of increased mistrust of government, Queen Christina favors the importance of the individual over the collective; she abdicates to marry the man she loves. But Casablanca, made after the start of World War II, "when everybody [had] to basically just submerge their own ambitions, their own desires," shows the couple sacrificing their relationship out of a sense of duty. "These are two very topical points of view for their time and both contained within movies that I think we can safely identify as great. In any case, we're still watching 70 and 80 years later."
Tendency 2: Timeless
"Great movies usually embody timeless human values," LaSalle said, "things that mean the same today as they did 50 years ago and as they will 50 years from now, … love, death, relationships between parents and children." To illustrate, he played clips that depict a child's relationship with her father and another that deals with love and death.
In A nos amours (1983), French actress Sandrine Bonnaire plays a teenager opposite director Maurice Pialat as her father. In a highly improvised scene, he quietly confronts her about staying out late with a boyfriend, then announces that he himself will soon leave the family. In C'est la vie (1999), Bonnaire plays a hospice worker who falls in love with a dying patient. Neither movie is likely to attract crowds to the multiplex, but the evocations of relationships are timeless.
Tendency 3: Great performance
"Great movies tend to have a great performance." To illustrate, LaSalle played a clip of actress Jeanne Eagels in The Letter (1929), a role that earned her an Academy Award® nomination. Her character has killed a man she claimed had raped her; her husband discovers that the two had been lovers and that she'd shot the lover in a jealous rage. In four minutes, Eagels rockets from embodying fear of being found out to utter scorn for the husband, who plans to keep her locked away in the life she has come to hate.
"She's just wild! … She looks like she's coming apart right in front of your eyes," LaSalle said. "Part of what makes up great acting is that you feel that somebody is really giving us some of their substance."
Tendency 4: Guiding vision
"Great movies usually have some overarching consciousness that brings the elements together," LaSalle said.
For example: If a movie "makes you feel nervous because you feel that something bad is going to happen from the corners of the frame, you know you're watching a Hitchcock movie. Hitchcock will do that eight times, and seven times, everything will be all right.
"But the eighth time, Norman Bates will come through the bathroom door. … Ultimately, what makes something great is the personality behind it."
Tendency 5: A great scene
"Great movies usually have at least one great scene—and by 'great scene,' I mean that when people leave the theatre, and somebody says, 'Hey, how was that movie?' they say, 'Well, there was this thing that happened in the movie,' and they tell you this thing. There's something in the movie that is so identifiable and so memorable that it doesn't get old."
LaSalle played a clip from GoodFellas (1990). Joe Pesci plays Tommy DeVito, a rising mobster entertaining a group of mobsters in a club. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill says something that Tommy pretends to find offensive. Tommy's fake anger and menace is chilling; then he flies into a real rage, breaking a bottle over the head of the bar owner who has asked him to pay his enormous bar tab. "You're scared of [Tommy] in this movie on the basis of this scene, before you know he's crazy."
Tendency 6: Complex ending
"Great movies usually end on a note of complexity, not to be confused with ambiguity. Their endings are like the sounding of a chord. … The whole thing has reverberations in different directions."
In City Lights (1931), Charlie Chaplin plays a tramp who befriends a blind girl. The girl needs an operation to restore her sight. He borrows the money from a rich man; the girl has the operation and regains her sight. At the end, LaSalle said, "she's waiting for this guy to turn up because she thinks that it's this rich wonderful guy who's going to make life wonderful, and it turns out to be this kind of pathetic mess—but it's like … this wonderful soul. But it doesn't look like there's going to be much of a romantic situation going on there. It's very complicated, and people have been reading their own emotions into that ending for the last 83 years."
Movies and the box office
LaSalle believes that great movies are still being made. His choice for 2014 so far is director Richard Linklater's Boyhood, shot over 12 years with the same actors. "I don't see how that movie doesn't last," he told the audience of Dolby employees.
The problem, LaSalle says, is there are fewer and fewer good movies. "And in a way the health of a particular era is … determined by how many good movies are made, how many three-star movies are made, as opposed to masterpieces. … Good movies spring directly out of what the tendency happens to be at the time."
Many of today's hit movies lack ambition, he says. There was once a direct correlation between top box-office titles and the movies that film critics declared as the best of a given year. No longer.
"When you see that the movies that are the biggest moneymakers are almost uniformly unambitious, then you have to [ask], well, whose fault is it? It's the public. It's what people want."


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"college and career readiness," at least as defined by the ACT itself, is
indeed an internationally competitive standard. (They speak of the level of
preparation a student needs in order to succeed in a first-year,
credit-bearing course at a two- or four-year institution.) To prove this point,
researchers conducted a linking analysis of PISA scores for fifteen-year olds
in reading and math and college and career readiness benchmark scores for
fifteen-year-old tenth-graders taking ACT's PLAN test. The purpose was to
determine whether the standard of college readiness for U.S. students is
competitive with those of other high performing nations. (In other words, if we
succeed at getting our average student to college and career readiness, will we
then be holding our own with the world's academic leaders?) They find that the
benchmarked scores in both reading and math fell within the average scores of
most of the highest performing nations, and thus college and career readiness is in fact an
internationally competitive standard. The researchers then unfortunately
insinuate that, since the Common Core's definition of college and career
readiness was informed by that of the ACT, and the ACT and Common Core
standards have been mapped onto one another, the Common Core standards are also
internationally competitive. This conclusion might be true but it's
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frameworks (ACT/PISA) with standards (Common Core); we don't have tests, much
less cut scores, for the Common Core yet; lots of folks (including Fordham)
think that PISA leaves a lot to be desired, hence isn't worthy of benchmarking;
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Why I "Keep Up With The Kardashian's"
They're loud, outspoken, obnoxious and extremely too open with each other. They're rich, famous, spoiled and too beautiful for their own good. They prance around in ridiculous heels and designer clothes. They eat out constantly, travel the world in a private jet, and live in luxurious mansions and houses that are too big for them. They are the Kardashian's, and I absolutely love them.
I love reality shows, even though most of them are somewhat scripted, and I hate admitting that I do, because I'm against everything that most of these "reality" stars stand for. They're all about fame and money and having the best, and they're so conceited and selfish that I can't help but watch. It's just sad to see how they live in their own world when practically right outside their window is the real world where people work to make a living; where there are children dying of starvation, and where people are homeless from poverty and natural disasters.
However, the stars of E!'s hit show "Keeping up with the Kardashian's" (aired in 2007) are different from the typical Hollywood celebrities. They've got a big family, but are extremely close and open with one another, and have more love than most families, even if it doesn't always seem like it. The family tree is as follows:
- Bruce Jenner:61, husband of Kris Jenner and father of Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Step-father of Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob Kardashian. He was crowned "the world's greatest athlete," when in 1976 he won the Olympic gold medal in Montreal for scoring 8,634 points in the decathlon. Since then, he has done several projects and appeared on numerous television shows. He currently is a celebrity spokesperson and highly respected motivational speaker. He also is able to contain his sanity most of the time, considering he's surrounded by estrogen 24/7. He is a wonderful guy, husband and father, even though he is oblivious to what is going on in his family most of the time. He is a typical "old man," as he enjoys staying home and playing with his "toys."
- Kris Jenner: Wife of Bruce Jenner and mother of Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob Kardashian, as well as Kendall and Kylie Jenner. She and Bruce have been married for almost 20 years and have a happy and loving marriage. She is the glue of her family and everything and everyone would fall apart without her. She manages her three eldest daughters and keeps their schedules on track, and even at the age of 55, is a huge socialite. She's always bubbly and busy with a ton of projects and still has time to take care of her family.
- Kourtney Kardashian: 31, daughter to Kris Jenner and step-daughter to Bruce Jenner. Sister to Kim, Khloe and Rob, and half-sister to Kendall and Kylie. She is part owner of D-A-S-H clothing store, a model and a fairly-new mother to son Mason Dash Disick, born in 2009, whom she had with boyfriend Scott Disick. She is the quieter, lower-key sister, but can be the exact opposite at a moment's notice. She's sweet, realistic and a great big sister. Like her mother and sister's, she's a big socialite and always has something going on.
- Kim Kardashian: 30, daughter to Kris Jenner and step-daughter to Bruce Jenner. Sister to Kourtney, Khloe
and Rob, and half-sister to Kendall and Kylie. Part-owner of D-A-S-H clothing store, Kim is the most popular of the bunch, as she does most of the modeling/traveling of the family. She has also done projects on the side, such as fitness DVD's and developing her own perfume. Men love her and her (overly) huge behind, and some even refer to her as "perfect." She is the most high-maintenance sister, and lives in a multi-million dollar mansion by herself. If she doesn't have a few things going on at once, she's bored.
- Khloe Kardashian: 26, daughter to Kris Jenner and step-daughter to Bruce Jenner. Sister to Kourtney, Kim and Rob, and half-sister to Kendall and Kylie. Wife to Laker's basketball star Lamar Odom (since 2009). She is also part-owner of D-A-S-H, and aligned with PETA to do a campaign titled "I'd rather go naked than wear fur," which she posed nude for, and was seen on billboards throughout LA. She is the most tomboyish of the sisters, and is a very loyal, honest and realistic person. She loves her family and will do anything for them and will defend their honor in any situation. She steers clear of those she does not consider worth her time.
- Rob Kardashian: 23, son to Kris Jenner and step-son to Bruce Jenner. Brother to Kourtney, Kim and Khloe, and half-brother to Kendall and Kylie. He is mostly in the background of the show and likes to do his own thing. He is a typical male who enjoys going to bars and clubs, and is always on the lookout for females. He once dated Cheetah Girls star Adrienne Bailon. He tends to do things without thinking, such as getting Adrienne's name tattooed on his chest. Besides Bruce and Lamar, he doesn't have many ally's as he is greatly outnumbered by all of the women in his life. He embraces it, however, as he is close with everyone. He
currently lives with Khloe and Lamar.
- Kendall Jenner: 15, daughter to Kris and Bruce Jenner, sister to Kylie Jenner, and half-sister to Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob Kardashian. She is following in the footsteps of her older half-siblings, as she is starting a modeling career of her own. She is not shown much, but is a typical teenage girl who has her father wrapped around her finger, and often has him worried, as she is into boys now and is starting to go out with friends more frequently.
- Kylie Jenner: 13, daughter to Kris and Bruce Jenner, sister to Kendall Jenner, and half-sister to Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob Kardashian. She is shown the least, as she is the youngest one. She is starting to come into her own, as she recently also started modeling. She and Kendall are very close and could easily pass for twins. They are both the light of Bruce's eye and are daddy's little girls.
- Scott Disick: 26, boyfriend to Kourtney and father to Mason. He has been in the Kardashian's lives for a few years now, and will never be loved as much as he wants to be. He has been in trouble in the past with drinking and has cheated on Kourtney while they were on and off, but they are currently together. He is big-headed and at times selfish. He dresses like he is from GQ, which makes his jerk status even higher. He is better than he used to be, but tends to only be a father when it's convenient for him. He's good to Kourtney for the most part, but the family is not very fond of him because of his past. Khloe especially despises him and will not even let him in her house.
- Mason Dash Disick: 13 months, son to Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick. Grandson to Kris Jenner and step-grandson to Bruce Jenner. Nephew to Kim, Khloe and Rob, and step-nephew to Kendall and Kylie. He is adorable and chubby, and is loved immensely by the whole family. Luckily he got his looks from mommy.
Those are the main characters and family members of the Kardashians. Bruce also has four other children from previous marriages: Burton, Brandon, Brody and Casey.
Kris's first husband, Robert Kardashian, passed away in 2003 at age 59 from cancer. He is Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob's biological father. He was a lawyer and is most known for his trial defense of O.J. Simpson. Often in the show, old photos and videos of the girls and Rob with their dad are shown. They were all very close with him and think and talk about him often and how wonderful of a father he was to them.
They all have their own personalities, but together they make one, blended family. Bruce happily took the fatherly role for the kids and truly loves them like his own, and even calls them his daughters and son, but never lets them forget about Robert. They are the most down-to-earth people for who they are and what they have in life. They truly love one another and appreciate all they have in their lives. Since losing their father, they realize you have to be grateful for everything you have because when that someone or something is gone you can never get it back. They are crazy and out of control at times, but they enjoy life to the fullest. They don't change or do certain things when the cameras are on; they are themselves and they do what they love. They don't need the money or the fame, but they appreciate it and embrace it. If only other celebrities took after them, they probably wouldn't be so hated.
Spin-off's of "Keeping up with the Kardashian's" include Kourtney and Khloe take Miami, which aired 2009-10. It was about the girls opening up a second D-A-S-H store in Miami, and the malarky that went along with it. Kourtney and Kim take New York is the latest spin-off. It is the same idea, but with the new location in New York this time. It airs Sunday, January 23rd at 10 pm on E!
"I don't think fame is that important to me. I think that we were all raised knowing that the most important thing is family – I guess I never really thought about fame and even when we were talking about doing the show I didn't really think about it." – Kourtney Kardashian- Interview with Female First


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Paul Joyce is proof positive that his company, Palm Beach Life Extension, generates amazing results. Just stand him next to any average middle-aged American man and compare: Joyce will be the guy bursting with energy, displaying almost no body fat, standing tall with a big smile and bright eyes, practically glowing from the inside out.
His secret? A combination of human growth hormone and testosterone, drugs that are met with much controversy despite Joyce's conviction that they are entirely harmless and consistently effective at low doses.
Joyce, the company's president, discovered HGH when he turned 40 and his wife started questioning where his mojo went. "My sex drive had diminished greatly," he explains. "I had zero muscle mass and felt like I had no energy."
So he looked to some friends in the hormone replacement business. "Within three weeks I noticed an unbelievable difference," he reports. Though Joyce never dropped weight, he did lose five inches off his waist and watched the fat convert to muscle. He can also now knock out 44 pull-ups in one go and claims he has never felt sick since he began taking testosterone and HGH. And then there's that "tremendous" increase in sex drive.
Thanks in part to celebrities like Suzanne Somers who have long touted the benefits of bioidentical hormones, many people are coming to terms with their need for hormone replacement therapy. Joyce says Palm Beach Life Extension, founded in 2003, has a regular client list that tops 4,000 and has steadily expanded over the years, despite a shaky economy. The average HGH user pays about $700 each month for treatments, along with another $50 a month for testosterone. Joyce says that while acne and water retention are possible side effects, there's really no increase in hair loss when used in therapeutic doses, and HGH typically has no side effects at all at low doses.
The company will only treat adults over 30 years of age and requires potential clients to first obtain blood work and a wellness exam from a physician. Once a doctor confirms decreased hormone levels, the decision is made as to whether HGH, testosterone, bioidentical hormones, thyroid, estrogen, progesterone and/or a diet plan are appropriate. Clients receive the prescribed hormones in the mail. No office visits are required.
The company's client base comprises A-list celebrities, soldiers and doctors (though athletes are turned away). Their average patient is male, in his mid-40s and middle class to wealthy. Many are returning to the dating world. "Detail to retail," Joyce jokes.
Interestingly, in the Miami market, which Palm Beach Life Extension entered this past January, more women are inquiring about services than what they've seen in the past.
And despite the company's promising name, the benefits of what Palm Beach Life Extension actually offers customers aren't measured in years. "I don't know if we're extending people's lives," Joyce says, "but I do know we're making the time they have better."
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A local man gave up a successful career in the business world... to minister to men.
Richard Simmons the Third... says... successful men are most at risk for depression ... break downs and even suicide.
That's why he's made it his mission to share good news with them.
Richard Simmons III is a counselor and a teacher. His center is a men's ministry he started 13 years ago.
It is specifically directed at men... because he says he saw a need.
Simmons says, " They hit this and think it's a mid life crisis I contend it's a spiritual crisis. I realized there is a great opportunity to reach men spiritually."
Simmons also responded to his calling... because he has seen men reach the bottom ... more men than women will commit suicide in this country.
Simmons says men get burdened with the responsibilities of life.
And he wants to reach and help them before that happens.
Simmons says, "It can be dangerous because it can lead to breakdown and suicide. We have faith based counseling we have a full time counselor."
Here he also holds men's Bible studies....
On this particular day the focus was on seeing the present as a blessing.
Simmons. "Unfortunately the past has so much baggage and weighs us down and sabotages today."
Simmons explains, men struggle with the future worry and uncertainty ... fear and anxiety.
Simmons: "The problem with men is they don't talk. Get two women together at Star bucks... and they share.... men just talk about sports....this is what we're struggling with."
Now he is offering up hope and focus on living a truly rich spiritual life. He counsels men, offers Bible studies and more...
We don't lose hope.