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Re: the art of coaching: feedback, modelling and skill failure.
Firstly we will discuss feedback:
It is important to establish a number of definitions:
Intrinsic feedback
-information received by the athlete as a direct result of producing a movement through the kinaesthetic senses - feelings from muscles, joints and balance. For example, if an athlete is performing a snatch as misses the lift, he may realise he has missed this lift because he has felt that he pulled the bar away from his body, or did not drop underneath the bar fast enough.
Extrinsic feedback - information not inherent in the movement itself but which improves intrinsic feedback. This is also known as
. There are two main categories:
Knowledge of performance (KP)
- information about the technique and performance. This can be provided verbally from the coach or visually via video. This enables athletes to establish a kinaesthetic reference for the correct movement. e.g. if we video taped a sprinters running action and watched it back with his coach highlighting technical issues.
2. Knowledge of results (KR)
- information with regards the result of the athlete's performance. e.g. the sprinter's 100 metre time.
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So how much feedback should we provide to the novices??
This is from: from, Specificity Part VI: The effect of Practice Distribution & Contextual Interference on Performance & Learning
The guidance hypothesis posits that a high relative frequency of augmented feedback during practice is detrimental to motor learning (Winstein, 1994). This is consistent with studies on the effect of feedback on retention (Sawyer, 2005). To elaborate, there are two types of feedback: intrinsic feedback and augmented feedback (Schmidt and Lee, 1999). Intrinsic feedback is inherent to the execution of movement and provided through various sensory channels. Augmented feedback is supplemental to intrinsic feedback. In this context, Knowledge of Results (KR), supplies augmented feedback about movement outcome. For instance, if a coach tells a basketball player who made a free throw shot, You made it!, this would be a form of KR. Evidence suggests that too much feedback appears to degrade learning. For instance, several studies show that reduced relative frequency (the percent of KR trials given) produces more learning (Lee, White, & Carnahan, 1990; Sparrow & Summers, 1992; Vander Linden, Cauraugh, & Greene, 1993.). Salmoni, Schmidt, and Walker (1984) propose that when KR is given on every trial, participants become reliant on the feedback and fail to process the information required to learn the task.
Guadagnoli and Kohl (2001), had participants perform a force replication task in which they were given 100 % knowledge of results. Knowledge of Results refers to a practice variable in which participants are told the outcome of a movement upon its completion. There were two 100 % conditions. The first were given 100 % KR for each trial, while the second condition was first asked to estimate their error and then given 100 % KR. It was found that the 100 % KR condition with a hypothesized difference had greater performance in retention than the other 100 % KR condition. The theoretical rationale is the guidance hypothesis, which suggests that 100 % KR causes participants to become reliant on KR to make adjustments in their errors, instead of the underlying cognitive processes, therefore negating learning effects.
Participants with less KR, however, must attempt to detect their own errors, increase cognitive effort, and go through the full learning process
In my opinion the same would hold true for knowledge of performance (KP). If we videotaped every lift an athlete performs in a clean and jerk session and had them watch each lift immediately upon completion pointing out flaws and suggesting improvements the lifters would become dependent on the feedback and fail to process the information required to learn the task. So we need to allow the learners more scope to identify their own mistakes and adjust their technique accordingly. This will create a more active learning environment and facilitate a more optimal learning experience.
Think of your own experience. In school (or college), in which environment have you learned more: a lecture where somebody is speaking to you and telling you lots of things but you are just sitting there listening, not asking questions, not answering questions just listening. Or a more hands on class where you can ask questions, experiment with equipment, try and solve problems yourself. The more active environment invariable creates a better learning environment.
So while augmented feedback through knowledge of performance (KP) and knowledge of results (KR) can be a useful tool for the beginner we should not create a learning environment where the learner becomes dependent on this feedback. After all what would then happen if you took away the feedback? During competition in many sports it is often impossible for the coach to provide constant feedback to the athlete, if the athlete has become wholly dependent on the augmented feedback, his/her performance may completely deteriorate without it.
Active learning, where the learner is forced to analyse his/her own technique, will facilitate more successful learning.
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The Falcons (10-1) are one step closer to the playoffs and the NFC South title after winning yet another close game. This one was against the rival Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-5) on Sunday. The Falcons again struggled on offense running the ball in this match-up. Michael Turner yet again was held to under 20 yards on more than 10 carries. This makes three straight game for Turner with less than 50 yards rushing and in two of those games he could not gain more than 20. This begs the question, "What is wrong with Turner?" Even with Matt Ryan throwing for over 300 yards a game, the Falcons are still struggling to score in the red-zone because of this lack of run game.One bright spot in the run game is Jacquizz Rodgers. Rodgers was able to gain 49 yards on 10 carries with a rushing touchdown. He also added 2 receptions for 30 yards and 73 return yards in this game. Matt Ryan bounced back to have a good performance by completing 26-32 for 353 yards with one long touchdown to Julio Jo...
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TORONTO, Ontario – Former University of New Hampshire running back Chad Kackert (Simi Valley, Calif.) was named the most valuable player of Sunday's Grey Cup after his Toronto Argonauts defeated the Calgary Stampeders, 35-22, in the 100th edition of the Canadian Football League's championship game.
Kackert, who played for the Wildcats from 2006-09, rushed 20 times for 133 yards and added eight catches for 62 yards to help Toronto capture its first Grey Cup title since 2004.
The 26-year-old rushed for 2,587 yards (No. 7 all-time) on 462 carries (No. 9 all-time) during his UNH career. As a senior in 2009, Kackert garnered All-CAA Second Team honors and earned the University's Bob Demers 12th Player Award after racking up 780 rushing yards and 10 rushing TDs.
No. 11 UNH (8-3, 6-2 CAA) takes on No. 9 Wofford (8-3, 6-2 SoCon) in the second round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on Saturday, Dec. 1, at Gibbs Stadium (2 p.m.). The game will be broadcast live on ESPN3. For ticket information, visit www.unhwildcats.com or call (603) 862-4000, extension 5.
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TU Women's Tennis defeats BYU and Oral Roberts 7-0 Saturday
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TULSA, Okla. - The University of Tulsa women's tennis team defeated BYU 7-0 and Oral Roberts 7-0 on Saturday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center to begin the team competition of the 2014 spring schedule.
The Golden Hurricane started off with a match against BYU at 9:30 a.m. and won the doubles point after a hard fought battle. Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique defeated Megan Sheehan-Dizon 6-2, but the other two doubles came down to the wire. Renata Kuricova/Yelena Nemchen defeated Morgan Anderson/Toby Miclat 7-5 after trailing 5-4.
TU's doubles team of Maria Sant'Anna/Rongrong Leenabanchong and BYU's doubles team of Mayci Jones/Nicolette Tran was tied at six apiece with the tie-breaker tied at one.
Freshman Marcelina Cichon won the first singles match for the Golden Hurricane defeating Savannah Ware 6-4, 6-2 and was followed by an Isaura Enrique's 6-3, 6-0 win over Megan Sheehan-Dizon.
No. 47 Samantha Vickers clinched the match with the fourth point with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Mayci Jones.
After dropping the first set 7-5, Saana Saarteinen won the final two sets 6-2 and 10-4 in the tie-breaker set, followed by Maria Sant'Anna's 6-4, 6-3 win over Morgan Anderson, who is riding a five-match winning streak.
No. 46 Yelena Nemchen finished the match with a 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (7) over Nicolette Tran.
No. 28 Tulsa 7, Oral Roberts 0 The Golden Hurricane returned to the court for a 4 p.m. showdown with cross-town rival Oral Roberts. TU defeated ORU 7-0 and won the doubles point with wins from Vickers/Enrique, 6-1, Sant'Anna/Leenabanchong, 6-0, and Kuricova/Nemchen 6-0.
Four singles matches finished around the same time with Kuricova winning the first singles match with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Ximena Puentes, followed by Carol Benito's 6-0, 6-0 win over Nika Munoz, Cichon's 6-0, 6-0 win over Melanie Marlin and Leenabanchong's 6-1, 6-1 win over Mairead Cleary. Kuricova and Cichon are riding a five-match winning streak, while Benito is riding a six-match winning streak.
Saarteinen defeated Marizaane Bouwer, 6-0, 6-1 and No. 48 Samantha Vickers finished the match with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Haley Martin. Vickers is riding a nine-match winning streak, while Saarteinen is riding a five-match winning streak. Vickers moved up to tie fourth place with 98 career singles win and moved up to seventh place in career doubles wins with 77.
The Golden Hurricane travels to Ann Arbor, Mich., for the ITA Kick-off Weekend. TU faces Yale at 3 p.m. on Saturday and either Michigan or Virginia Tech on Sunday.
For all Tulsa women's tennis news and information, visit www.TulsaHurricane.com. Follow Tulsa Athletics on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TulsaHurricane and Facebook at www.facebook.com/TulsaHurricane. Follow Tulsa Women's Tennis on Twitter (http://twitter.com/TulsaWTennis) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/TulsaWTennis).
No. 28 Tulsa 7, BYU 0
#47 Samantha Vickers (TLS) d. Mayci Jones (BYU) 6-3, 6-0
Isaura Enrique (TLS) d. Meghan Sheehan-Dizon (BYU) 6-3, 6-0
#46 Yelena Nemchen (TLS) d. Nicolette Tran (BYU) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (7)
Maria Sant'Anna (TLS) d. Morgan Anderson (BYU) 6-4, 6-3
Saana Saareteinen (TLS) d. Toby Miclat (BYU) 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (4)
Marcelina Cichon (TLS) d. Savannah Ware (BYU) 6-4, 6-2
Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) d. Meghan Sheehan-Dizon/Toby Miclat (BYU) 6-2
Maria Sant'Anna/Rongrong Leenabanchong (TLS) vs. Mayci Jones/Nicolette Tran (BYU) 6-6 (1-1) unfinished
Renata Kuricova/Yelena Nemchen (TLS) d. Morgan Anderson/Mackenna Maddox (BYU) 7-5
No. 28 Tulsa 7, Oral Roberts 0
#47 Samantha Vickers (TLS) d. Haley Martin (ORU) 6-1, 6-1
Saana Saarteinen (TLS) d. Marizanne Bouwer (ORU) 6-0, 6-1
Marcelina Cichon (TLS) d. Melanie Marlin (ORU) 6-0, 6-0
Renata Kuricova (TLS) d. Ximena Puentes (ORU) 6-0, 6-0
Rongrong Leenabanchong (TLS) d. Mairead Cleary (ORU) 6-1, 6-1
Carol Benito (TLS) d. Nika Munoz (ORU) 6-0, 6-0
Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) d. Melanie Marlin/Marizaane Bouwer (ORU) 6-1
Maria Sant'Anna/Rongrong Leenabanchong (TLS) d. Haley Martin/Ximena Puentes (ORU) 6-0
Renata Kuricova/Yelena Nemchen (TLS) d. Nike Munoz/Mairead Cleary (ORU) 6-0
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Gary Player
BILLY MORRIS: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We are thrilled to have with us today one of golf's true great champions, Mr.Gary Player.
This year, Gary will be joining Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus on our first tee on Thursday morning to officially begin the Tournament as an Honorary Starter.
Now, you will recall, Gary is our tournament's first international champion. In his 21 appearances between 1959 and 1980, he not only won the Masters in 1961, 1974, 1978, but he also finished in the Top‑10 12 times. He retired from competition a few years ago after having played in a remarkable 52 Tournaments here in Augusta.
Gary, welcome back. I know you have many great memories here, but what do you think about Thursday morning, and how will that rate in your mind?
GARY PLAYER: Well, Billy, it's like when I think of Augusta, it's like a journey. You arrive here in 1957 as a young man, and you drive in those magnificent gates, and yesterday I happened to see when we registered, the gates, as they originally were, just two pillars. And it's remarkable to see the changes that I've seen over the years, and you come here playing, and you're in awe and you're hoping to make the cut and do well. If you do make the cut and then you're fortunate enough to win the tournament; and then you finish second; and you have good times and you meet wonderful people; and you meet Arnold and Jack and you spend your entire careers with them, week‑in and week‑out. And between us, we win 56 major championships, senior and regular and TV comes to the fore with Mark McCormack at that right time so the timing was right.
Between us, we win over 350 golf tournaments around the world and we grow up, we play together and compete against each other, we have great love for each other and great respect for each other, and now to be teeing off on Thursday morning is a great honor for me, because I hold this course in high esteem and have great respect and admire the way you run the Tournament. Best organized tournament I've ever played in. Of course you have an advantage playing it in the same place every year.
So teeing off with Arnold and Jack is going to be very special. I go back to Jock Hutchison and I. I always loved the history of golf. I stood there and watched Jock Hutchison hit off the first tee and watched that incredible swing Sam Snead hit off the first tee. So it's got a lot of wonderful memories for me.
Q. When were you first asked to be an Honorary Starter? When did you decide you would do it?
GARY PLAYER: Well, the minute they asked me, I said yes (laughing). Thank goodness my wife said yes when I asked her, too.
Q. When you tee off Thursday, will you look amongst the three of you and see who had the best shot?
GARY PLAYER: Absolutely. Absolutely.
I've been training very hard. I've just come from the gym right now, in fact. I increased my sit‑ups and my weights. Absolutely. We've been very competitive.
You know, it was Bear Bryant‑‑ no, I don't want to say who it was. Let me refrain from that. It was a famous coach that said, "Show me a good loser and I'll show you a non‑winner." And that is such nonsense. Because you are going to lose way more than you're going to win.
Between us, we were so competitive, we wanted to beat each other so badly, and we did beat each other on a lot of occasions; in medal tournaments, in match‑play events, and we had our share of beating each other.
But the nice thing about it, when we did lose, we looked the other in the eye and said, well done, but I'll get you next week. That was our history of being together.
It was just terrific that you could play and really would make it known, I want to beat the hell out of you. And yet, you could be such great friends. I thought that was‑‑ that, to me, was‑‑ my father said to me, he said, you've got to remember, you're going to lose more. He said, "Enjoy the success of others, because when you have success, you'd like them to enjoy yours."
And that's true. When they beat me, I said, "Well played, you played like a champion." When I beat them, they said the same thing. And that's how good friends are supposed to be.
Q. Just to follow up on that, Rory McIlroy said the very same thing, you're going to lose more than you're going to win. What did you think of the grace that he had with his finish here last year?
GARY PLAYER: That was remarkable for me to see that. If you look at certain competitors‑‑ well, if you look at‑‑ I hate to ever mention names. But if you look at Ed Snead, Ed Snead had to finish with one par on the last three holes to win, and he bogeyed all three holes. And you never, ever heard of Ed Snead again. He never won again.
Then you saw Tony Jacklin with what Lee Trevino did to him at Muirfield, which is as bad as I thought what happened to VandeVelde at Carnoustie. Do you remember what happened there? Well, Jacklin was two shots ahead with three holes to go, and Jacklin put it about 12 foot from the hole at Muirfield. Trevino put it in the bunker, so it looks like it's all over.
Trevino gets in there, and at Muirfield, and it's tradition, you can go there now, tomorrow or in a year's time, the rough is always up to your waist, always. That's the case. Not on the edge of the fairway but back. Trevino blades the ball, hits it absolutely clean, it's going in that long rough at the back which would be unplayable. He might make a six or seven; you don't know what he might make.
Hits the flag and comes straight down into the hole. I mean, the kind of flags you have there, not like the American flags that are very thin, you can get that and hit the flag and come down. You have to hit in absolute ‑‑ you could probably hit it a thousand times and never do that again, and it goes in the hole.
Anyway, Jacklin is still one ahead, and he's very pumped up. Now, Trevino puts it in the bunker off the fairway, and he's up there with his feet up on the end said, "How many members did they bury here," knocks it out over there.
Jacklin gets up there, knocks it on the green for two; Trevino knocks it over the green for three. Trevino gets up there. He's still complaining and mumbling away and hits the chip, gets down the hill, runs down hill, goes down, goes in the hole.
Jacklin 3‑putts and Trevino beats him. And that's when they said that famous line to Trevino, "How did you beat Jacklin?"
"Don't forget. God's a Mexican." That's when he came out with that.
I've never seen anything like that. VandeVelde did it all on his own. But what Trevino and what actually occurred between the two, I never saw anything like that in golf. And Jacklin never really played well after that.
There are numerous people that have had things like that happen in their careers. They have had tragedies. And this lady who missed that putt ‑‑ I don't often watch golf, but on Sunday, I watched this lady miss a putt that long (gesturing one foot in length). She could knock it in at midnight; she could knock it in blindfolded; she could knock it in at with one hand; she could kick it in and she missed the putt.
I pray that that doesn't have an effect on it, but that could. That could ruin her career. That's possible. I don't say it will, but it's possible. My heart bled for her.
Q. Wondered if you had talked to Arnold between the Arnold Palmer Invitational when he had to go to the hospital and the last couple of days. Have you had a discussion with him and saw how he was doing?
GARY PLAYER: No, I'm sorry. I went South Africa to Rio to London to South Africa to China to India to America (laughter) to Honduras and I've just been back a while.
Q. So why weren't you in the hospital then? (Laughter.)
GARY PLAYER: (Indicating brute physical strength.)
Q. Everybody talks about the greens at Augusta, and there was a change back in '81 that was probably pretty monumental when they went to bentgrass. Wondering if you recall how much different the greens played when they switched from bermuda to bent.
GARY PLAYER: You know, I've been playing very well lately. I've been beating my age. But every round I've played, I've beaten my age by at least five shots lately. And it's such an easier game now. It's just quite unbelievable. The ball goes 50 yards further.
The grooves, well, they went through a stage, debatedly very illegal, and that's why they kept chopping and changing; a lightweight shaft, a metal head, bunkers that are done with a machine. We all used to rake the bunkers with our feet. Now, it's all uniformly done and fairways that are cut this short and greens that are like a snooker table. We just never saw that in our time, we just never saw it. It's just a different game.
And Augusta were the most smart of everybody considered. They realized what the ball and the equipment was doing so they lengthened the golf course.
So basically the golf course is playing the same distance today for these players that it played for us. They are hitting the same clubs. I mean, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods hit the ball. If you put them both at the same age and the same time with the same equipment, they were the same distance off the tee. And I've played with both of them so I know that for a fact.
Now, they'd hit the same clubs today than when we played, which has been great vision for Augusta to do that. The only trouble with that, with the ball and equipment, I'm all in favor of technology for the average man which is the amateur and the heart of the game, which the USGA and R&A keep mentioning, but they have to stop it for the pros, because if they don't, I don't know what's going to happen.
And I said this ten years ago on the BBC to one particular professional golfer and he scuffed at me. I said, "It's only a matter of time before they hit the ball 400 yards."
And he said, "There you go again, talking a lot of hogwash."
Just like they tell you when I said, you'll be doing weights and everybody will be doing weights. And then now, the next big technology is going to be eating, and they are going to say I'm a nut again, but it's coming and it's true.
And they are going to hit the ball 400 yards. And we have seen this happen very much now. People are starting to hit the ball 400 yards.
This young guy from Canada with a Polish name, only weighs 165 pounds or 170, carries it ‑‑ carries it ‑‑ 400 yards. But we have not had the big men come to golf yet. We have not had the Michael Jordans, the Shaq O'Neils. They are coming, because golf is the only sport that really, or one of the few sports, that has longevity in it.
So they have seen these guys make a million bucks a week and they can play until they are‑‑ I won a tournament at 63. You have this tour and a Senior Tour with a lot of money. So you'll have a lot of these people gradually filtering through, and 400 yards is going to be a common thing.
So what perturbs me is that with this distance going on, it can hurt golf, because the average club, the average club in Timbuktu, says, well, we've got to lengthen our golf course. They're driving a 7‑iron on a par 5.
So they all get together and lengthen the golf course. More water, more fuel, more labor, more machinery, and the costs go up. And they say, oh, we have to levy the members and the members don't like it, and the members resign. And that's why golf has declined, because these people have gone the wrong way. Instead of leaving their clubs as they were; and not worry, you're never going to have a golf tournament on your golf course anyway. The odds of you having a golf tournament on your course are one in 10,000, whatever the odds are.
So I think we have gone about it the wrong way for the betterment of golf. I'm just shocked when I see all these young people on the Tour, too. I see them playing with a putter up here and a putter here. I was playing with a guy the other day with a putter in his nose. This is a Pro‑Am and I said, what the hell are you doing?
He said, well, he had a piece of wool and a peg in there and he had this in his nose like that (indicating with finger pushed up into nose). And then you see a Scottish pro putting with it on his chin and everybody has got it anchored to them. I mean, nerves are part of the game. That's what we try to combat. That's the whole idea of golf. The man who is the winner can control his nerves the best. Now they have got everything anchored, and the game is changing dramatically in every sense, in every sense of the word.
Q. You talk about how the equipment now allows you to go out and shoot your age easily, help you shoot your age. Do you ever think back to what it would be like to be 30 years old coming into the game and using the gear that they are using now?
GARY PLAYER: It's an interesting thing. The question I'm asked almost every day of my life, particularly coming here, do you miss playing here. And I say, you know, when you sit down to a meal and you have a feast and you leave the table, you're satisfied. And if you're not, then you're being greedy. You're being a greedy guest.
I've played here 52 times, won it three times, second many times, Top‑10 many times, most number of cuts in a row, most number of times to have played. It was fantastic.
Now, but what do I do? Sometimes, yes, I think I would loved to have had the opportunity to play against Tiger and these guys with this equipment and have all that money to play for, yes. Now I've got 17 grandchildren, 200 horses. Hell, I've got to win a tournament to break even, man. The differential of my children and the horses eat like it's the last supper. (Laughter.)
Yes, I do wish that I could play in these tournaments with all this kind of prize money, I really do. I mean, I look at some people, they have won one tournament in their lives, one tournament and they won more money than I won winning 65 tournaments and 18 majors, nine on the regular tour and nine on the Senior Tour.
It's quite unbelievable. Am I jealous? Not at all. It's progress. And if we didn't do that, we would be going backwards. But yes, I do wish I could be playing today with this kind of equipment and the condition of golf courses.
Q. Bobby Jones spoke of his affection for St. Andrews. It occurs to me that you could probably speak just as well of your affection for this place. You have, after all, spent significantly more than a year of your life here. Could you please talk as well as I think you will about Augusta?
GARY PLAYER: Well, it's significantly more than a year, because besides having retired from the Tournament here, I've come back every year, and as long as I'm healthy, I'll come back to this tournament and The Open Championship as long as I live and I'm capable of doing it.
But it's a tournament that I think about, and the word that comes to mind is gratitude, because I think gratitude is an essential ingredient in one's life. If there's anyone that's ever travelled more than me in the history of the planet, I would like to meet him.
But be that as it may, and what these eyes have seen; and when I talk to young people in this country and around the world, the first‑world countries, I say to the young people, do you have a bed, do you have a bath, do you have a toilet, do you have a car, do you have heaters, do you have air conditioning, and they think I'm mad. And I turn around and say, there are kids in the world that don't have one of those things. And they can't comprehend.
So when you travel like I have, you put great emphasis on the word gratitude. And there's never a day of my life‑‑ let me put emphasis on it ‑‑ never a day in my life that I don't say thank you for everything that I have, because I've seen unbelievable things.
And I've come to this tournament with great memories. I mentioned this a long time ago, and one of the fellas ridiculed it when I gave this statement. I said, "Memories are the cushions of life," which they are. And you have these great memories of meeting Bobby Jones and sitting in the old locker room for the Champions, which was down at the bottom here, it was not at the top like we have now. And he was like this, and he had to cut his meat for him and he then took his fork and he ate his meat.
I vividly remember saying to him, "Look, Mr.Jones, I just cannot birdie No. 3." Because that flag on the left, you're lucky if you walk on, never mind hit a ball there.
He said, (speaking in very low‑toned voice), "You're not supposed to birdie it. You're supposed to par it." It took me a long time playing to realize that.
And then you meet President Eisenhower and you meet Billy Graham; and you meet these top businessmen and a man like Clifford Roberts. When I took my jacket back to South Africa, and three days later, "Gary, did you take the jacket back to South Africa?"
"I did, Mr. Roberts. Why?"
"Well, you're not supposed to."
"I didn't know that, Mr. Roberts."
"Well, what are you doing to do about it?"
"Well, I'm not going to do anything about it. Why don't you come and fetch it." (Laughter). That was to Mr. Roberts; he liked me and I liked him, and he saw the funny side of it.
He said, "Promise me you will never wear it," which I never did. And I put it in a plastic folder and there it stayed for the rest of time.
And the people you meet; I have always been so internationally inclined, and that's why my friendship with Arnold and Jack was something special, because they endorsed my thoughts about travelling internationally and promoting the game in the corners of the world that would never see big tournaments.
And so the people you meet, and I think you've been very fortunate in the world today, and I'm sure most of you in this room will agree with me, but not more than 30percent of the world enjoy their work. I don't know what the percentage is, but if you've got a job that you love and enjoy and to travel the world and to meet people, and the thing that's been a great thrill for me is Arnold and Jack and a host of other, we have raised lots of money.
My small company have raised over $50 million for underprivileged children in the world, and that's really a great thrill to be part of that. Through this wonderful game of golf and this tournament, it's played a very prominent part of that and has enabled me to be in a position where we could do that kind of thing.
One great memory with Arnold and Jack, we raised $15 million in Bristol, Virginia, a few years ago, which was a world record by $8million. We raised $15 million in one day for a new school. And these kids came out and said, God bless America, and said a prayer on the first tee. It's special moments that this tournament are responsible for in a certain direction.
You come back and you see this course getting more beautiful and the trees are grown up. Sam Snead at 13 said he used to tell Bobby, he used to hit over the trees, and Bobby said it's not possible. Well, the trees used to be that high.
You see the trees maturing, hole like No. 7, when I first came they were small trees on the left. It was punishing but not like now, these fully grown trees. You see the changes in the golf course, how they have changed the golf course entirely, and you see everything just getting better and better and better.
But I think it's the people that you meet here from all corners of the globe, and it's just an accumulation of a lot of wonderful, wonderful memories.
Q. You spoke earlier about the need to control nerves as a professional golfer. Just curious, one ceremonial shot on Thursday, did you expect to feel nerves?
GARY PLAYER: Very. Very. But I'm already trying to control myself. I think that's why I won a lot of tournaments, because coming down the line, I was able to control my nerves. I think genetics are an important thing in that. I really don't know the answer, but I think genetically, you've got better nerves than certain other people have.
And I was lucky to have the right genes, and I was lucky to be able to control my nerves, not on every occasion. But when I get on this first tee‑‑ I don't know what the word is‑‑ are you going to be pumped up? Are you going to be nervous? Are you going to be there with enjoyment? I think it's an accumulation of everything.
And obviously you have to feel a little bit nervous. It's on television and people are watching, and you want to hit the best drive of the three, so you have to be a little bit nervous.
Q. You've created a great South African legacy here that's carried on obviously. I'm from Australia and we have not had a champion here and it's going to be 76 years. Are you surprised by that, can we change that and how do we go about breaking the hoodoo?
GARY PLAYER: I'm such a fan of Oz, I've been there 31 times, won the Australian Open a record number of times and I've travelled right through that country for 20 pounds a game, in a hot car; 20 pounds a game, 30 dollars. In fact, it wasn't even 30 dollars in those days with the exchange.
I know Australia as well as I know anywhere in the world. You have numerous golfers. I look at a small country like South Africa, who have won more major championships than any country in the world, other than the United States postwar, which is 23 major championships. And that's not counting the seniors; that's just counting the regulars, and Australia has never won the Masters.
I think it's just one of those things. I don't know how explain that, because you produce so many, many good players. It's one of those things. And you will; you will have a champion.
Q. Given what you said before, would you be for two different balls, one for amateurs and one for professionals? And also, would you be for banning the longer putters?
GARY PLAYER: For professional golfers, I would definitely, if it was my decision, if I was making the decision on professional golfers, I would ban anything where you are anchored to your body. I would ban that, yeah, because I don't think that that ‑‑ and of course you'll be called an old poop now. You'll be criticized50 percent. It's like politics: The day you become president, 50 percent, 50 percent don't. So 50 percent will say I'm a nut.
So, so be it. That's my belief. I don't believe you should be able to anchor because it makes it much easier. And I believe that nerves, controlling your nerves are an integral part of golf. How much‑‑ what percentage, a very large percentage.
If you look back throughout time, the superstars, the superstars, of which there have been very few, let me tell you, throughout the history of the game, it's a word used very loosely.
But the superstars are the guys‑‑ look at Tiger Woods how he plays under pressure. That to me is what impresses me about Tiger Woods. That's what impresses me about Jack Nicklaus and how he played under pressure. And to control your mind and control your nerves; we just continuously make it easier and easier and the ball goes further and further. I don't know where we are going to stop. I don't know.
Q. Would you be for two different balls?
GARY PLAYER: Two balls? Definitely. Look, I mentioned this, and the R&A, which I'm a very big fan of, said that you‑‑ they are the same game.
They are not the same game. If you think they are the same game, bring an amateur to come and play against Tiger Woods, and you'll sure as hell see they are not the same game. You are oblivious to the fact that it's not the same game. It ain't the same game.
I will be the first to admit, the amateur is the heart of the game. We are just a tiny piece of the game. And you people should have all the technology and let the ball go 50 yards further now, even now, you'll hit the ball in the rough anyway; what's hell is the difference. (Laughter).
So really, what does it really matter? But for pros, if you don't, if you don't, and to make a rule that your driver has got to be 48 inches; what happens if you get a man that's seven foot tall, you tell him he's got to use a driver 48 inches, he's going to stand like this (indicating extremely hunched over). Some of these things are going to have to be changed, and change is the price of survival.
But, well, if you want to make‑‑ if you are going to keep making them long. You know, you can't go back on the streets anymore. That is the maximum now. You can't put the tees back on the streets and they are going to be hitting a driver and 8‑iron to No.2, a driver and 8‑iron. So you're going to have to slow the ball down.
And look at the cost of making the ball go further. That's the thing, the great cost that it's been. What it's done to golf, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on changing golf courses. And all you had to do was change the golf ball, and it was a mere 10,000, 20,000, 30,000, $40,000 whatever it takes, to change the ball. So economically, it wasn't a viable situation.
Q. What's your best score in the last year?
GARY PLAYER: Last year, 66. I break my age every time‑‑ well, I have every time recently, I break my age by at least five shots.
Q. Before you hit the opening tee shot on Thursday, we have the Par 3 Contest tomorrow. If you can talk about that atmosphere with Jack and Arnie and what that event means to you.
GARY PLAYER: You know, whoever thought of that idea, was very smart. Because the people, again, you've got to entertain the people. Without the people, you don't have this tournament. They just love it.
And playing with Arnold and Jack there, just‑‑ you know, it's coming to an end; and if you want to say our lives, our careers, it's the sunset. To be able to replay, it's like having a mulligan. And to be playing with them and things come back in your mind and being together and enjoying it with the people, it's a special time.
BILLY MORRIS: Last question right here.
GARY PLAYER: Don't stop them. Let them talk.
Q. What's the upper limit on shooting your age? What would be the oldest that someone has done it?
GARY PLAYER: I have a man in West Palm Beach, he's 92, and I played with him three days, four days ago. Well, he has to shoot 46 to break his age. I think he shot‑‑ he must have been six shots‑‑ he must have been three shots under his age. He had three pars.
Q. I know Canada's oldest‑working golf professional is 93 and I played with him last year and he shot 91?
GARY PLAYER: This is a common occurrence. Arnold and I played in a break‑your‑age tournament at‑‑ what do they call that place where all the homes are, the old‑age people there?
Q. The Villages.
GARY PLAYER: The Villages. Don't tell them I said that. They might think I'm old.
Anyway, we played there and we met people there that have broken their age over a thousand times, many of them. I was shocked. I didn't realize that.
BILLY MORRIS: Gary says he'll take another question or two.
Q. This Masters has been hyped with so many good players playing well. Can you remember a time coming into a Masters where everybody was playing so well?
GARY PLAYER: Yes, I can. I certainly can. We came to the Masters where people like Raymond Floyd and Billy Casper and Greg Norman and Arnold Palmer and Lee Trevino and myself were all playing very well and had a chance of winning.
It's been like that. Quite honestly, if you had to take Sam Snead and Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, and they played 80 years ago or whatever they played, and you put them today with this equipment, nobody is any better than those three guys. It's just a matter of time you play with a certain type of equipment. It's always been tough. It will continue to be tough.
So this week is so exciting for me. Can you imagine seeing Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy come down the line. You think of Rory McIlroy, what he did. He made a mess of things here last year, and then to go on and win the U.S. Open like he did, that's a hallmark of a champion. And he's there consistently.
So he and Tiger coming down the line, can you imagine what an exciting tournament it's going to be. It's going to be just marvelous. Yes, it's competitive. Always has been competitive. Always will be competitive and I can't wait to see on Sunday.
Who do you think is going to win? You've been around a long time. Let me ask you a question. (Laughter).
Q. Well, my position would be Phil, only because he's been playing well for a period of time coming in.
GARY PLAYER: Yeah, he is.
Q. Where last year he played well for one tournament and didn't have it coming in here. So I would say Phil.
GARY PLAYER: Well, he's got a great chance because he's been hitting the ball very well recently, and he's got a great chance, a great chance. He loves the course.
Q. Well, who would you pick?
GARY PLAYER: Well, it's hard to go against Tiger Woods. You know, when Tiger Woods is playing his best, there's nobody better playing than Tiger Woods. When he's playing his best‑‑ we've got to be honest. It's very easy. Time makes one forget.
This man has won 14 major championships already. And he's got a great hunger, you know, only having won once in the last two years, he's got a great hunger and a great passion, and a focus that is hard to match. But golf, that little ball doesn't know that.
So I don't know how you better gauge Tiger; Rory McIlroy is there, every week. The hallmark of a champion, consistency. And Phil Mickelson is playing well.
I'm never good at picking a score or picking a winner, but there are a lot of guys in there.
Q. So you throw me under the bus, but you don't do it.
GARY PLAYER: How many times have you thrown me under the bus. (Laughter).
BILLY MORRIS: Thank you Gary, so much for a fun, delightful interview.
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Before the end of this school year, it's quite possible the Sag Harbor School District will bring drug-sniffing dogs onto the Pierson campus.
"For years I was hesitant to pursue this angle, but I'm more inclined to do this now," said Pierson Middle/High School Principal Jeff Nichols, who took a hard-lined stance against bringing drug-sniffing dogs onto the campus as recently as last fall. "I don't want to say there are more incidents than in the past, though there have already been a few incidents this year," he explained.
According to Sag Harbor Village Police Officer Paul Fabiano, there has only been one reported incident of marijuana possession on the Pierson campus since September 2011. The event involved a 14-year-old student. However, Fabiano said not all campus incidents get reported.
Nichols continued, "I know the harm [in bringing drug-sniffing dogs on campus] is in saying to the students that we don't trust them; but, making sure drugs are not on this campus outweighs the trust factor."
All board members, including those who were previously on the fence on the issue, seemed to support the notion of bringing drug-sniffing dogs on campus. And school superintendent, Dr. John Gratto, introduced a school policy on the topic.
According to a draft of the policy read at a school board meeting on Monday, "The Superintendent of Schools is authorized by the Board of Education to utilize dogs, which are trained to detect illegal drugs. The superintendent and high school principal are designated as the contact persons and they will determine if, and when, and how often a police agency's 'drug dogs' will be called to school property."
What's more, the presence of drug-sniffing dogs would not be announced prior to their arrival. And the policy goes on to say that the dogs would be active on the campus while students were in classrooms, and the dogs would not be permitted to "sniff search" the students themselves.
While board member Water Wilcoxen pointed out that it's within both Nichols' and Dr. Gratto's power to bring drug-sniffing dogs to the campus without a formal vote from the board and without an official policy, Nichols indicated that he wanted to make certain he had the full backing from the board and the superintendent before proceeding with any plans.
"This is a big step," said Nichols. "I would not want to move forward with this unless I knew that the superintendent and the board were ok with it."
Part of the supporting materials behind the motivation to crack down on substance abuse in the district includes results from the Sag Harbor School District Survey which was administered earlier this school year to students, parents and teachers.
According to those results, 71 percent of Pierson students agreed with the statement: "Students in my school use drugs and alcohol." And 39 percent of those who responded said they had witnessed students consuming alcohol and/or using drugs on school grounds.
Overall, 57 percent of Pierson students either agreed or strongly agreed that drug and alcohol abuse is a problem for students in the Sag Harbor School District. But, that figure rose to 69 percent when it came to the teachers' responses to that same question.
Dr. Gratto and various board members referred to the survey to further illustrate the problems with substance abuse that have found their way to Pierson, but Dr. Gratto was careful to note that the survey results are not perfect and do not necessarily reflect the community as a whole. (To their credit, he said, 87 percent of all students actually took the poll, but only 23 percent of teachers and TAs responded.)
Teacher Peter Solow cautioned the school against following through with actions based on results culled from these surveys, which he called "imperfect instruments."
"I'm not denying there's an issue here," he declared. "But I don't think any policy should be based on inaccurate or anecdotal information. I don't know the extent of the problem, but I know it's relatively serious. And I don't know about the drug-sniffing dog thing, but that's got to be a little piece of a bigger comprehensive plan."
School Board President Mary Anne Miller told Solow that the school district already has a comprehensive plan to address issues of alcohol abuse and prevention.
"It's working, but it's not working to the degree any of us are comfortable with," she explained. "There's still a problem. How many more times do we have to catch kids before we solve it?
"We need to look into bringing in a parent seminar immediately," Miller continued. "That has to be done almost twice a year. I know these things cost money, but we should try to come back with a game plan."
According to Nichols, the school needs a multi-pronged approach that is not limited to drug-sniffing dogs. In addition to taking a serious approach to eliminating substance abuse on campus, Nichols echoed Miller's sentiments and mentioned that preventative measures must move beyond the classroom, even beyond the walls of the school.
"We have kids for seven hours out of a 24-hour day," he began, alluding to the fact that students often develop habits and behaviors at home, or else off school grounds. "There are instances that are indigenous to our community."
"We're a resort community and we have some specific challenges," he added.
Namely, Nichols said, the presence and availability of both alcohol and drugs are prevalent.
Wilcoxen agreed, and added that education needs to involve parents, as well as students. "You tell your child not to drink alcohol and drive, but how many parents get in the car after drinking, and their kids see them? It's the same thing with dope. How are we going to reach out and help this? All I know is we haven't done a very good job."
Board member Sandi Kruel said she was in favor of utilizing drug-sniffing dogs when she previously served on the board five years ago. But now, especially with backing from Nichols who had previously been a staunch opponent, she said it's imperative.
With a 20-year-old and a 16-year-old son, Kruel went on to say that she's often privy to information about parties where there is underage drinking.
"I myself have gone to the police station to get the cops to help close down parties," she said. "We have a problem. And if it takes this to help stop it, I say get the dog treats ready."


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EXPLANATORY NOTES to this shipwreck database
Except in the "OTHER NAMES" line, information which is speculative is enclosed in parentheses "( )." Information enclosed in brackets "[ ]" is for clarification. An asterisk "*" may be used to divert the reader to a continuation on a lower line or a footnote in the same entry.
Entries are set up in the following format:
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Specs :
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The "official" or, if not available, the most commonly accepted name of the vessel at the time of loss. Official names come from Merchant Vessels of the U.S., U.S. Custom House Registries and National Archives of Canada. It should be noted that, although MVUS is generally accurate, it does have occasional errors. [Note on the alphabetization scheme: Vessels with single-word or "standard" multi-word names are listed alphabetically. Vessels with compound names (i.e. named after people) are alphabetized by the last name of the person (this is done because many of these vessels are referred to in the press and elsewhere by their "last" name). Some names appear to be 1st/last names, but aren't (i.e. LAURA BELLE, JOHN MARK). Vessels named after people with formal or informal titles are alphabetical by the title (i.e. COMMODORE JACK BERRY in the C's, DON QUIXOTE in the D's, LADY ELGIN in the L's ). Vessels given "CITY" or "STATE" names (i.e. CITY OF DETROIT, STATE OF MICHIGAN) are in the C's or S's, respectively. An attempt has been made to cross-reference all names which might cause confusion.]
Other official names used either before or after the accident. Date of name change may follow in parentheses. Also shown are nicknames and common erroneous spellings, so that the reader may recognize them. "None" means there was no other name for the vessel. "?" means that there may have been another name, but it is unknown.
: The official registration number of the vessel. Numbers with no prefix are U.S. official numbers. Numbers with "C" prefix are Canadian registered, BR for British, etc. "?" means registration number is unknown, but vessel is probably American. "C?" means number is unknown, but vessel is probably Canadian. "None" means vessel was unregistered or was lost in the era before official numbers were assigned to all vessels (1868 for U.S. vessels).
Type of vessel, material of construction, type of cargo normally carried and number of masts (sail vessels only) at time of loss. "Propeller" means the method of propulsion, not the class of passenger and freight vessels known as propellers. This line may also contain a specific term for the vessel type, such as "rabbit" or "steambarge."
Year, builder and city of construction of the vessel. May be followed by US or Canadian official number, if the vessel had changed national registration.
Dimensions and tonnages of the vessel at time of loss. Figures are rounded to the nearest unit. Measurements are in feet and take the following form: length of keel x beam x molded depth. "(oa)" stands for overall measurement. Tonnages have the following abbreviations: g for gross tonnage, n for net tonnage, gc for gross tonnage (Canadian measure), nc for net tonnage (Canadian measure), t for unspecified tonnage, bbl for barrel capacity, om for "old measure," the earlier U.S tonnage measure used before about 1868.
The date of the accident which led to the loss of the vessel.
Specific location of the accident, as far as can be determined, referenced to some prominent geographic point. In general, geographic names in use at the time of the loss are shown. Loran or GPS numbers are not provided. Divers or others wishing the exact locations of known wrecks should consult local sources.
Great Lake where the loss occurred. Accidents in rivers or connecting waters are referenced to the lake with which they connect. The Detroit and St. Clair Rivers and Lake St. Clair are treated as separate bodies. For purposes of this list, the Great Lakes' downbound end is approximately on a line between Clayton, NY and Kingston, Ontario, at the head of the St. Lawrence River.
The major cause of the accident. A few entries have multiple major causes (e.g. storm/fire).
Number of lives known to be lost by most reliable source. Includes lives of lifesaving crewmen or bystanders, if they were lost at the same time as the accident.
Cargo, passengers or other lading carried at time of loss. "Light" and "in ballast" mean without cargo.
Contains such important detail on the accident as is known as well as additional detail and historical information on the vessel itself. All known detail is not included for reasons of space. If known, the name of the ship's master (captain) is included, with a (d) following if he died in the wreck. Some wrecks have insurance loss figures included. These are not usually a reflection of the total value of a vessel, as underwriters usually insured only part of a ship's replacement cost. There was virtually no inflation in the U.S. until after the turn of the 20th century, so figures for 1840 correspond roughly with those of 1890. Since then the value of the dollar has decreased by about 22 times. To see approximately what a 19th-century insurance loss [or any figure] would be in today's dollars, multiply the old figure by 22. See http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ for a simple inflation calculator.
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Is the camera itself wireless or does it require Ethernet connection?
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I was initially confused by this as well. It does allow you to access via WIFI but you must plug the camera directly into your Router's built in switch or your own home or home office switch initially.
Here are the steps
1. Take it out of the box, plug in the WIFI antenna
2. Take the Ethernet cable and plug one end into your camera and the other end into your network router's built in switch or a switch plugged into your router.
2a. Plug the camera in to the power
3. Launch the app on your PC or RECOMMENDED launch the iBaby application via your iPhone, Pad, iPod device!
4. It will auto discover your camera and then tell you to unplug the ethernet cable
PLEASE NOTE that you MUST unplug the ethernet cable as SOON as it starts the progress bar. if not, it will be too late. The first time that I did this I waited until the progress bar was at 40% I was running from upstairs to downstairs to unplug the cable and it was too late.
- Answered by David R from Fountain Hills
The camera requires an Ethernet connection initially to connect to a Wi-Fi network. Once connected ,the Ethernet cable can be disconnected and the camera will work wirelessly.
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The camera only works wirelessly with an apple product. If running off a PC you need the ethernet connected. Also their support is terrible if you run into issues. As well you need to know the series letter of your product, which isn't listed anywhere. So it's a bit of a guessing game. Not easy to use or what I thought it would be like from the " ibaby " name might present itself as.
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STATISTICS had a bad reputation on both sides of the Atlantic in the 19th century. We all know the aphorism that "there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics", usually attributed to Mark Twain or Benjamin Disraeli. Sadly, things are no different today.
Come election time, shaky statistics are invariably wheeled out to support the case that some aspect of social provision, be it crime prevention, education, or healthcare, has got better or worse under the party in power. And farmers affected by Britain's epidemic of foot and mouth disease have expressed considerable doubts about the accuracy of the official statistics.
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The Obama administration may have delayed a key provision of the Affordable Care Act concerning businesses last week, but another provision that would affect those businesses' employees — the mandate that they must have health insurance next year — is still in place.
The trouble is, the majority of those people are unaware of that mandate.
To turn that disadvantage around, businesses, nonprofits and government officials are undertaking a massive outreach effort this summer, one that will accelerate as Oct. 1 — the beginning of the open enrollment period — approaches.
It's a big job. A national poll of the people who could most benefit by the act, also called Obamacare, shows that nearly three out of four respondents were not aware that they'll have options to buy health coverage, or even that they have to buy it.
The poll, conducted by a pro-Obamacare coalition of businesses and agencies called Enroll America, found that 72 percent of the 1,814 adults under age 65 who didn't have insurance or lost coverage were unaware of the coming changes.
"I don't think that the news is getting out too clearly and this is a grave concern for many people," said Marc I. Basist, an employee benefits consultant for Kistler Tiffany Benefits in South Whitehall Township.
The essential news is that most people who don't qualify for government-sponsored insurance such as Medicare and Medicaid or have coverage through their employer will be required to purchase health coverage in 2014. These are the people — low- and medium-wage working individuals and families — most affected by the Obama administration's announcement last week that it will delay to 2015 imposing penalties on medium and large businesses that don't provide insurance for their employees.
Beginning in October, those individuals and families will be able to shop for plans through an insurance exchange and, depending on their income, will have access to subsidies to defray some or all of the cost.
Prices for shoppers on Pennsylvania's exchange won't be known until September, federal officials say. In states where rates have been released, Avalere Health, a Washington-based health care consulting firm, found mixed news. Rates for a "silver" level plan for a 40-year-old nonsmoker were $205 a month in a region of Oregon, and $413 in part of Vermont. The Congressional Budget Office had estimated that the national average would be $433 per month, Avalere said.
However, rates for young, healthy people buying individual policies will still be higher than what is currently available, Avalere said. It did not publish rates for that population. The analysis also did not take into account the subsidies for which many exchange shoppers will qualify.
Many of the educational campaigns about the exchanges are already underway, and Obamacare supporters say awareness of the law will improve.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the lead agency regulating Obamacare, recently relaunched its website for educating and enlisting insurance buyers, http://www.healthcare.gov. The law also includes funding for "navigators," people who will provide personal assistance to insurance shoppers.
HHS also is trying to educate the public using "lessons learned" from its campaigns rolling out Medicare Part D and the children's health insurance program, said regional Public Affairs Officer Lorraine A. Ryan. The department will focus on getting supporters in business, faith-based groups and advocacy organizations to use their networks to inform potential insurance buyers.
"It's going to be very boots-on-the-ground," she said, saying the programs were successful in enrolling beneficiaries.
But particularly in the case of Medicare Part D, that was not the case at the start. The program, which provides funding for drug coverage for seniors, initially was marked by chaos and confusion. A National Institutes of Health review of 30 papers examining seniors' understanding of Part D showed "significant gaps in knowledge" and that most seniors initially chose plans "that did not best meet their needs" — problems that were most pronounced when the program began in early 2006.
Federal officials are trying to follow Massachusetts' success in promoting its health insurance program a year later. There, the state brought in members of the New England Patriots to promote the program, so HHS officials proposed doing the same for Obamacare.
But Obamacare's political opponents moved to squash the proposal. NFL officials said they had no plans to get involved in a campaign after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and others last week warned them about getting involved in a program supporting a law that sparked "divisiveness" and was "persistently unpopular."
They're correct about its unpopularity. The latest Gallup poll on Obamacare shows that 52 percent of respondents disapprove of the law and 44 percent support it.
Opponents have been hammering at Obamacare since the president signed it into law in 2010. Republicans seized on the administration's decision to delay the business penalty as signs of government ineptitude and the flaws of the law.
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Gov Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Monday advised politicians against seeing their foray into politics as a means of enriching themselves, but as an avenue to serve the people.
The governor made the remark at Jattu, Etsako West local government area of Edo while inaugurating a market built by a state legislator, Philip Shuaibu.
Gov. Oshiomhole said the society would be better off if political office holders fulfilled their electoral promises.
According to the governor, campaign promises are like bond between the governed and the politicians, which must be honoured.
He expressed regret that some desperate politicians made so many promises during electioneering campaign, and thereafter alienated themselves from the people after securing the mandate.
The former labour president described such an act as a great challenge to the nation's democracy, and called on politicians to jettison such deceitful act.
Oshiohole said: "While we are happy that we have done well by keeping to the promise of transforming the state, we acknowledge that more still need to be done.
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Oshiomhole, who promised to build more roads, schools, hospitals, and to complete other ongoing projects, said that the property law recently signed into law by the government would not impoverish the people.
"The aim of this new law is to take from the rich, to develop the state, and not take more from the poor, as being peddled by some persons.
"We must build a state where children of the poor will have a bright future, and we can only do this by providing quality education, among others."
The governor commended the lawmaker for embarking on the construction of projects that impacted positively on the lives of his constituents.
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He testifies in his epistles that he was in raptures as often as he heard him speak in public.
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Doing business internationally means that you may sometimes need to respond to what seems like a unique or unusual request. The requests may be for certain documents, the inclusion of certain statements on a proforma invoice or other documents, or for terms and conditions that U.S. customers would not normally ask of you.
Most international transactions require a commercial invoice and a packing list. On occasion, international customers may request additional documents to satisfy letters of credit, sales contracts or purchase agreements.
Defining what these documents are and the information that should be included can sometimes be difficult since they may have different content depending on the document's usage. That is true for the Manufacturer's Affidavit, which has one use for exporting from the U.S. and another official use for importing into the U.S.
Manufacturer's Affidavit for Export
A Manufacturer's Affidavit, which is also sometimes described and labeled as a Manufacturer's Certificate, is typically used in one of four ways:
1. A Manufacturer's Certificate might be used in lieu of a Certificate of Origin. For example:
Charles' Dryer Company realized that they wanted to sell to their existing customers, but they were limited in their ability to do so since their professional dryers were lasting longer than anticipated. They were eager to sell their customers state-of-the-art units with new electronic controls that used sophisticated sensors and readouts.
To facilitate new sales, Charles' Dryer Company agreed to remove units that were less than 10-years old and certified by an engineer as being in operating condition. They would then sell these older units to customers in Mexico.
Their Mexican customers were eager to purchase these used dryers and bought as many as the firm could supply. However, the Mexican customers were anxious for a NAFTA Certificate of Origin. Since Charles' Dryer Company had neither possession nor control of the dryers in the interim, they could not provide a NAFTA Certificate. Instead, they offered their customers a Manufacturer's Affidavit.
This document certifies that Dryer Model No. 52345 was
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2. A Manufacturer's Affidavit or Certificate may be used when required under a letter of credit. The contents of the document would then need to comply with the requirements on the letter of credit.
3. A Manufacturer's Affidavit may be used when the buyer intends to pay for goods prior to shipment but not prior to production. This requires a trusting and long-term relationship between the buyer and seller similar to the relationship between two parties when the transaction is under open account.
In this example there is a lengthy lead time and the buyer does not want to tie up funds in advance, and the seller agrees to these terms. Once the production is complete, the seller confirms the order is ready to ship by preparing a certificate stating that the goods ordered have been produced in accordance with the contract. Upon receipt of the certificate, the buyer forwards payment and shipping instructions to the seller.
4. A Manufacturer's Affidavit may be required by the buyer's country to verify the origin of the goods and the name and address of the producer.
You can determine whether or not specific countries require a Manufacturer's Affidavit (and other export documents) from your freight forwarder or from various resources on the web. You should also ask your customers what documents they need to clear your goods through Customs and even provide them with sample documents in advance. This is particularly effective when your customer is a seasoned importer.
In next month's article, I will examine a Manufacturer's Affidavit for Import, also known as a Declaration for Free Entry of Returned American Products.


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Israel's military this week fired on a group of Palestinians that it said was preparing to plant explosives on the Israel-Gaza border.
One Palestinian was killed in Tuesday night's incident, the Israeli Defense Forces said in a statement.
The Popular Resistance Committees, which is loyal to the Islamist Hamas movement, identified the dead man as Hassan Abu Rook, 22, a member of the group who it said was in the area on a special mission, Haaretz reported.
The incident was the second one in the same location in three days. Two Palestinians were killed in an incident on Dec. 26.
"Palestinian civilians in the area near the security fence are used by terrorist organizations to cover their activities there," read a statement issued by the IDF following the incident. "These include planting explosive devices, planning terrorist attacks and attempting to kidnap IDF soldiers,"
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Quail Valley station to be moved closer to Audie Murphy Ranch
Move could happen quickly if Canyon Lake decides to close its station
If Canyon Lake's council moves forward with closing its station -- it meets again June 5 -- Menifee and Lake Elsinore's city councils would have to vote on any proposed service agreement, although Canyon Lake City Attorney Elizabeth Martyn noted Tuesday that both neighboring cities' officials and county supervisors have been in on the preliminary discussions.
Menifee Mayor Scott Mann declined to comment on the nature of that agreement until Canyon Lake decides what it wants to do with its station.
"Whatever Canyon Lake decides to do, Menifee is standing by to assist where we can … and the historical call data suggests we can handle those extra calls," Mann said. "We'd be happy to be good neighbors."