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Stanford Dschool's | iHub UX lab Design thinking workshop. What a week!
When we set out to do the first user experience lab in Sub Saharan Africa. We had our focus squarely on the community. Africa is buzzing with a lot of tech and a lot of work is getting done left right and center; from tech and social enterprise. There has been some success, but not nearly enough. To generate real traction, it is important for us to develop prerequisite skills to ensure our methods of working and developing products give the work we do the best chance of successful impact.
It is with this in mind that we had Jenny Stefanotti and Jeremy Weinstein of Stanford University. The aim was to help organizations learn the design thinking mothod within a locally relevant context. This is quite handy especially because a lot of us have been developing products entirely from our offices and tech spaces without engaging the people we are designing for. This has obvious drawbacks.
We picked healthcare in the informal settlements as a design challenge. For some context; Mathare is one of the most dangerous and deprived informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. There is no public hospital with only one 40mins away and overstretched. This has given rise in plenty of informal caregivers who are often unqualified. Counterfeit medicine rackets prevail, taking advantage of the uninformed and often desperate. The idea was to take this design challenge and see what solution ideas could be generated using the design thinking method.
For the workshop, we had techies, organizations working within the governance space and individual designers. This mix provided a good mix for divergent views.
The lesson for me begun before the first workshop day; Arriving on the design challenge was a meticulous process analyzing and considering multiple angles, both practical, social and cultural. It forced me to think at all these levels and was a really interesting experience.
The most remarkable experience though was doing the empathy work in the depths of Mathare slum. Talking to a mother who had to pray throughout the night because she couldn't walk 40mins to Mathare hospital in the middle of the night, but surprised by her knowledge of who sold counterfeit meds and who didn't. We were also surprised by an unlicensed caregiver who helped many for nothing but his passion for the people. This was completely against our assumption of people trying to take advantage of the situation.
After the empathy work, participants learnt a series of impressive techniques for generating ideas and unlocking creative thinking, spurred by the energy of the people we met in Mathare.
Design is as powerful as the amount of empathy we have for the situation we are designing for. This was the biggest lesson. If you get nothing from this blog post, get this. Understand whom you are designing for. Not just from assumption or online reviews, but from talking to human beings. It is energizing, focuses you and your team and provides insights that you cant find anywhere else.
Design thinking provides and excellent process for this understanding and the people in the workshop were amazed at how much better we can develop solutions with this clear process. Design thinking is a super powerful tool that epitomizes why the UX lab exists. To help you do what you do better, smarter, by equipping yourself with different sets of tools as part of your product design arsenal as an organization, social enterprise or techie.
MAX VENTILLA | Successful experience with design thinking application with his startups
We also had the priviledge of one of the most insightful and inspiring talks I have yet attended at the iHub. Max Ventilla was the cofounder and CEO of Aardvark, a social search company acquired by Google in early 2010. At Google, he heads the company's cross-product personalization efforts.
Gave an inspiring talk of how he has applied the principles of design thinking throughout his career. He talked about how he has always insisted not on necessarily arriving at a product, but constantly improving. Think about that for a moment. He also talked about the power of just getting started! Develop something to the quickest testable phase and let people try it and give you feedback. His talk warrants a separate blog post as there are many insights to share.
Africans are good enough to solve Africa's problems. We need to be relentless in improving what we do and we can be what we aspire to. Our vision is that of developing a community of Africans designing impactful solutions to Africa's challenges.
The iHub UX lab is a space for you. To ideate/brainstorm your next idea, to think through the next step of what you are currently working on and to test your product with people, because people matter.
It is also a rich source of skills and knowledge with the various skill-specific workshops for you and your team. Come check us out and let's work together. Mark[a]ihub.co.ke
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One word has been left in my mind after reading this article: kaizen. The Japanese word for continuous improvement. Thanks for sharing the Mathare story, it will continually feature in my future endeavours: design for humansReply
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Hi, I've been trying to find the solutions manual to Linear Algebra forth edition, Stephen H. Friedberg, Arnold J.Insel, Lawrence E. Spence(http://www.amazon.com/Linear-Algebra.../dp/0130084514). I've googled, looked on amazon etc. But nothing showed up. Do any of you guys happen to know where to find it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Contact the publisher and ask them if there is one available. Some companies (such as Dover Publications) offer solutions manuals for free if you just ask, though I don't believe Prentice Hall would be so generous...In any case, they'd be the best people to ask, since you can get a definitive answer from the company as to how to get it and whatnot.
Firstly, solutions manuals are generally meant for people teaching the courses, rather than students taking a course-- you're learning this material for the first time and so should try as many problems as possible, whereas teachers cannot feasibly do every problem in order to provide solutions for you. If you need to check whether your work is correct, then why not ask your teacher to look at it? Failing that, post here in the homework help section of PF and we can check your work for you.
Secondly, you should note that such material will be copyrighted, and you should only buy from a reputable source. Further, PF will not support you seeking such materials "for free."
I'm self-studying the course so the former option is not viable. I'll just post in the homework section of PF. But it still strikes me a weird that that there isn't even a solution manual for odd problems like many of the other books out there.
Why don't you use a different Linear Algebra book? One that actually has a solutions manual with it. I know that Johnson and Strang both have solution manuals for example.
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"I kind of snapped on her, and hit her with a stick and stuff like that'" he recalls. He beat her with a shovel handle for at least 12 seconds, over and over.
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A Georgia law that went into effect the year of his crime, gave him a mandatory 10 years. "You will never forget something that took 10 years of your life away, and you will never forget how you hurt a person so bad."
In 2005, 103 Georgia inmates convicted of seven deadly sins will be let out of prison. Errick Dunlap will be one of them, this time next year, he'll be a free man. "I'm scared, because I really don't know what's out there," said Dunlap.
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He can't take back what he's already done, but he can make his future brighter. "I got to have my head screwed on tight when I get out, or I'll end up back in here."
At age 25, this inmate regrets many things, including what he did to the innocent store clerk who had only worked there for seven days. "If I could see her today I would tell her I'm truly sorry. I wasn't in my right mind. If she could forgive me, I would like that."
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This fourth film in the series which began with Joshu 701-go Sasori (1972) almost didn't get made because star Meiko Kaji was tired of her role. Toei Studios coaxed her back by replacing Toshiya Ito -- who made the first three films -- with Yasuharu Hasebe, who had directed Kaji in Naraneko Rokku: Onna Bancho (1970) and two of its sequels. Scorpion (Kaji) escapes from jail and ends up on the run from some thuggish cops. She finds a haven with a former college classmate who works backstage at a strip club. Scorpion tells him about her unfortunate adventures, later conspiring with him to finally expose her ex-boyfriend, the crooked vice cop whose attempted murder had resulted in her initial arrest. This was the end of the series for all practical purposes, although Yutaka Kohira directed a pair of sequels starting with Shin Joshu Sasori: 701-go (1976), each starring different actresses in the lead.
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Playing pranks is a part of childhood for most of us. Nearly everyone has tried to spook pal. Well, such an attempt went horribly wrong for 18-year-old Premila Lal, who was shot to death trying to play a harmless joke on a family friend.
Premila, her brother, and a cousin were visiting a Longmont, Colorado house her family once lived in, but now rented to 21-year-old Nerrek Galley. At some point, she hid in a closet and jumped out to surprise Galley. He was so startled that he grabbed a gun and shot her. The teen was rushed to the hospital, but died about an hour later.
Needless to say, her family is devasted, but they do not blame Galley. "We lost a daughter, so we don't want anybody else to lose their son, you know, especially when it was accident," her father Praveen Lal said. However, the police charged him with reckless endangerment, child abuse, and providing a gun to a juvenile (because Premila's 15-year-old brother had access to it). It's unclear whether or not he will be charged for her death.
What a tragic accident.
Do you know of other seemingly harmess prank that ended in tragedy?
Wow...so senseless. :(
It's not an accident. He shot her on purpose. Not knowing who he was shooting doesn't make his actions any less deliberate.
So sad:-(
I'm not sure what I think. I was talking about this with my husband. A responsible gun owner knows what he is shooting at before he pulls the trigger. But, on the other hand, someone was hiding in his house.
It's horrible. No matter how you view it.


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A Special Thanks to Our Troops
Remember our troops today and every day. It is because of their sacrifice that we can live our lives.
Thanks to all our troops serving all over the world.
Remember our troops today and every day. It is because of their sacrifice that we can live our lives.
Thanks to all our troops serving all over the world.
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The Presidents Cup is over and Tiger and the boys have The Cup, but here are some "Hooks and Slices" from Frisco.
Good Stuff…
Tiger Woods going 5-0, finding the perfect mate in Steve Stricker and smacking Y.E. Yang in singles
Tim Clark may have left his heart in San Francisco. He played his heart out and was the soul of the Internationals, his eagle at 18 on Friday stole the show and his eight birdies killed Zach Johnson on Sunday.
Freddy Couples looked like he was walking in the park, Harding Park all weekend. He had a ball and his laid back attitude trickled down to his team.
Sean O'Hair gets a putting tip from Phil and proceeds to putt like a master.
Michael Jordan, MJ kept the troops loose and didn't act like he was a real captain, more like a mascot, a tall, rich mascot.
Phil Mickelson was more like a playing captain or coach. He shook AK and O'Hair out of their funk and may have created a putting monster with the way O'Hair finished putting. Phil looked so comfortable being a mentor and the rock for these guys…what a resource for all the team matches to come.
Sportsmanship is the name of the game here and Vijay pulled the best move of the week when he conceded Lucas Glover's 7 footer on 18 during singles on Sunday. The way Glover was putting it was more of a miss than a make, and Vijay let Glover earn his only half point of the match. Nice move Vijay.
The International team uniforms were classy and sharp. All week they looked great.
Bad and just plain ugly stuff…
Poor Adam Scott has been everyone's punching bag. He needs some time off to get healthy and regain his stroke.
Lucas Glover was there in body only. He couldn't sink a putt all week and maybe he is just spent.
Sean O'Hair's putting the first two days was horrible. After Phil coached him up he was dropping putts like he owned the hole.
I have to put Michael Jordan here, just for the fact that Couples went outside the golf world for his "assistant/advisor." It sets a bad precedent…who's next on the team…Rush Limbaugh?
Camilo Villegas goes 0-4…Spiderman got smacked by Team USA.
Talk about ugly…I got chills when I saw Barry Bonds at Harding Park. Please don't let him be on someone's short list for an "assistant/advisor."
Greg Norman gets a big zero for this captaincy. He made some questionable pairings all week but his biggest foul up was when he picked an out of form Adam Scott as his captains pick. Scott couldn't bail his buddy out and Norman lost this match before it ever began.
Finally, the US Teams uniforms get worse each year. I know it's tough to put something classy together when they are limited to red, white and blue but come on! Don't get me wrong…I am a true Red, White and Blue American. But they need to downplay the red and use some neutral colors. The International Team and The Ryder Cuppers kick our butt when it comes to looking good on the golf course. Well, at least the US has both trophies!
by Jeff Skinner
The series of "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books are one of the best selling series of books in history. They have covered a myriad of subjects and one of the latest is "The Golf Book…101 Great Stories from the Course and the Clubhouse." This book follows the same format as all the Chicken Soup series and is a compilation of short stories and anecdotes from numerous contributors. The authors represent a cross section of professional golfers, amateur golfers, sportswriters and regular, everyday people. The stories range from the comical to informative to inspirational.
The subjects cover crazy incidents on the course, stories from inside the ropes on tour, great courses, golf personalities, those special moments when golf grabs a hold you and those relationships formed and strengthened by the game. There are many familiar names that have contributed to this book. Legendary sportswriter Dave Anderson writes of the first golf tournament he ever saw and calls it the best show in sports. Golf Channel personality and Golf World writer, John Hawkins tells how golf and his "mentor" have kept him sober. There are many touching stories of friendship and fellowship from pros and celebrities, but many of the accounts are from everyday golfers that felt inspired enough to send in their contributions for publication.
Editors Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Max Adler have compiled a wonderful and entertaining selection of stories the will give you a laugh and some that will touch your heart. You won't find anything but amusing or uplifting stories here and that is what "Chicken Soup" is all about. "Chicken Soup for the Soul… The Golf Book" is good for your soul and your heart and your funny bone.
Long before the World Golf Championships and The Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone was hosting professional golf tournaments. In 1954 the first Rubber City Open was won by Tommy Bolt. In 1962 it was changed to the NEC World Series of Golf and that lasted until 1999. After that it changed to the NEC Invitational and finally in 2006 it was called the Bridgestone Invitational. In addition to that, Firestone hosted The American Golf Classic from 1961 to 1972, The CBS Golf Classic from 1967 to 1974 and three PGA Championships. It is the only course to host three PGA Tournaments in one year. Firestone also was home to some of the original made for television tournaments like The World Series of Golf. Take a look at this clip from The World Series of Golf when The Big Three were in their prime and the whole world lay ahead of them.
by Jeff Skinner
When Tom Coyne decided to write a book on golf in Ireland he decided to go all the way. No one can say that Coyne doesn't immerse himself in his projects. In "A Course Called Ireland" he tells the story of when he looked at all the links courses rimming the coast of Ireland he thought of playing the island as one large loop. He would start from the south east coast of Ireland and then play his way to the north and follow the coastline until he returned to the same area and finish with a round at legendary Ballybunion. Sounds like the trip of a lifetime, but the kicker here was that Coyne would walk. He would not only walk the courses, but would walk the entire trip. When I first heard of his plan I had two thoughts: He must be crazy and will soon be divorced. As it turns out only one of these is true, he still is married.
Coyne combined his love of golf and his fondness for Ireland into a unique and inventive golf expedition. He gives us a good mix of golf, Irish culture and humorous anecdotes that keeps the book from being too much travelogue or a course by course, hole by hole description of his trip. You have to marvel at Coyne's determination and adaptability. He travelled over a thousand miles, played fifty six courses over a four month trek that saw more rain than the Amazon rain forest. He spent most nights looking for the "craic" (fun) in local Pubs and stayed in Bed and Breakfasts. He came across many varied and formidable obstacles. From the full Irish Breakfast that some days weighed him down, Irish drivers running him off the road, to dogs, sheep and cattle, not to mention the blisters and chafing in places I won't mention. In spite all of his difficulties Coyne tells the story of a country full of fun loving welcoming people and golf courses both grand and quirky. His trip reinforced his love of unspoiled links golf and brought him many new and interesting friends. Coyne was joined by his wife and friends for some legs of the trip and one can only assume that his wife is the most understanding woman, or she was glad to get rid of her golf crazed husband.
Coyne has done a marvelous job at retelling his adventures, golf and otherwise and selling links golf in Ireland. I'm convinced and I'm of Scottish descent whose only goal was to go play golf in Scotland. I'm ready to add Ireland to my list. With all respect to Mr. Coyne, I'll walk the links but splurge for a ride to the course.
by Jeff Skinner
I was at the Travelers Championship this weekend when the skies finally cleared on Sunday to allow the boys on the tour to take dead aim at the flags on The TPC Highlands. Kenny Perry once again showed that he is not only a uniquely talented player but also a very sincere and humble man.
Kenny Perry's victory at the Travelers Championship takes him another step closer to his goal of twenty career wins. Perry is forty eight years old, but he certainly doesn't act his age. This is Perry's eleventh victory since he turned forty. Most PGA players at forty eight are making reservations for The Champions Tour. The only reservations Perry is concerned with are for the Victory Ceremony at the next PGA Tour stop. He won on Sunday with a tournament record 22 under par. His 258 ties him with the fourth best 72 hole score in PGA history. Why would he even think about moving to The Champions Tour when he his racking up multiple wins on the PGA Tour? He won three times last season, this is his second win this year and he's looking for more. He said:
" I'm making people think a little bit. Still, six more wins is a lot of wins. You know, I've won three last year, two this year already. Who knows? If I get hot again, get on a little streak, sneak in two more by the end of the year, might be very realistic. But as I said before, it was pretty unrealistic goal. I just kind of threw that number out there to see everybody roll their eyes in the back of their head. But it is a goal of mine. I may not ever reach it and if I don't, that's fine. My career's been unbelievable, the things I've been able to accomplish. But that keeps me working each day, keeps me going back to work."
In the interview after his win, when asked to comment on his day on the course, his first word is "Unbelievable" and then he begins to talk about the family that he has stayed with for the last twenty one years when he comes to Connecticut.
"Unbelievable. I mean to say you want to win something and then to actually achieve it is a great feeling. I just hate it took me so long to do it. Steve (Kirsch is the hosting family) would always get onto me. I stay with three families. I won in Phoenix, the FBR, Bill Scott, and the Eastlake in Muirfield. I won those two events. I never could win this win. So he always would get on my case about I guess his cooking wasn't good enough. It would always upset my stomach or something. No. They're all in the back, back there, (in the press room) so I'm giving them a hard way to go. But it's just a special week for me. We've played games. I've watched their kids grow up. They've got three grandchildren now. And it's just a neat week for me. We just grill out and hang out. We just have so much fun, and it makes the week very special, and no matter how I play, I always look forward to coming here each and every year. So other than that, I've been fighting each year to try to do something special here, and it finally showed up today.
Steve and Martha Kirsch (are the hosts). I was a rookie, and was broke, needed a place to stay, and they were going to keep Jay Haas that week and Jay said no. So they said they'd take the rookie with no money, and I've never left. I've been a bum ever since."
That's Kenny Perry. He just won over a million bucks and his fourteenth career victory, and he is recognizing the family that he lives with for one week a year when he plays this tournament. I spoke to the Kirsch's and when I said that they hit the jackpot with a guy like Kenny they said, "We hit the jackpot twenty one years ago." Is he really that nice? "Oh, you can't believe how nice he is." With this win Perry has gone over the $30 million mark for his career. Do you think he needs free room and board for the week? I don't think so. He stays with the Kirsch's because he likes them, is comfortable with them and likes the family atmosphere. He's a simple guy that loves his family and friends and happens to be the seventh ranked golfer in the world. He says he felt the support from the fans on Sunday.
"I fed off the energy of the crowd today. I had so many people pulling for me all over the golf course. To me that's never happened. That Augusta thing, even though I lost, I had won over a lot of fans. I definitely felt it from Colonial, Memorial, all the tournaments I've played since Augusta, a lot of people have, Ryder Cup has meant a lot to me, and done for me, so my fan base has grown a hundred fold since all that's happened. It's been unbelievable."
Perry said he learned from The Augusta meltdown and was determined to play aggressive all day. When I asked him if he thought he "won over" fans from his play on the course at Augusta or for the way he handled himself in defeat he said:
"Well, I guess everybody loves the interview. Everybody I hear talks about my interview afterwards, how I handled the loss and how I talked about it, and you know, there's a lot more important things in life. My mother's got multiple myeloma cancer. My sister's got breast cancer. There's a lot of sickness in my family. We're struggling. Sandy's mom's not doing very well. She's 80 years old. She's broke her back. She doesn't get around anymore. So you know, I'm just going to enjoy life right now. I'm going to try to help as many people as I can along the way, and I'm not going to worry too much about wins and losses and we're going to enjoy life a little bit."
Kenny Perry realizes that there are more important things in life than golf and he isn't shy about saying so. You can see the sincerity in his eyes and here the emotion in his voice. He is right: he won over plenty of fans at The Masters and golf isn't the most important issue in his life. The issues he is dealing with are familiar to many of us and maybe that is what draws us to him. He has many of the same problems that we do and he comports himself like we all hope we would do in the same circumstances. He is an honest, sincere and moral man. He's one of the good guys, and he's looking forward to his next win: only six more to go for his twenty.
"Hooks and Slices" will bring you our view on whats happening in the golf world.
It was Playoff City at the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour yesterday. Both tournaments had to go to extra holes to get their winner. Two time Comeback Player of the Year, Steve Stricker who was sporting his playoff beard, finally got his win and completed his "Trifecta Season." He has his Colonial win, a second at the Northern Trust Open and a third at the Bob Hope, not a bad "Trifecta" for Stricker. He has 6 top tens, is second in FedEx Cup points and moved to thirteenth in the World Golf Rankings. You have got to feel for both Tim Clark and Steve Marino who tied for second. Marino has been playing well; his last six finishes prior to this second were T16, T79, T38, T5, T13, T19. All Clark had to do was par eighteen, but his bogey left him in the playoff. He then pulls a short putt for the win and hits one off the pin in the playoff. Clark is the perennial bridesmaid on the PGA Tour. He has at least one second place finish in each of the last five years on the Tour. This year he has made eleven of twelve cuts. This is two years in a row that he could have won the Colonial. Phil stole it from him last year with that crazy birdie on eighteen from over the trees.
Mark McNulty won The Principal Charity Classic for his seventh tour win. He beat Fred Funk and Nick Price on the fourth playoff hole.
In another instance of the long ball hitters being out played by the shorter hitters, Frenchman Christian Cevaer won the European Open at The London Golf Club. Cevaer averaged 263 yards of the tee all week. The three players that tied for second all out drove him. Alvaro Quiros had a 324 average, Steve Webster averaged 303 and Gary Orr had a 275 yard average. Big John Daly missed the cut and sits in 100th place in The Race for Dubai.
by Jeff Skinner
Helen Alfredsson navigated her way around The Upper Montclair Country Club Course with a personal best 62 today to take the lead at the first day of The Sybase Classic. She was playing as well as she ever has hitting the fairways and hardly ever missing a green. Paired with South Koreans, Hee Young Park and Jimin Kang, she showed the youngsters what a little experience can do for a player. Alfredsson is a former Solheim Cup Captain that has just come returned from a back injury. The South Koreans seemed to play a different game than Alfredsson. They are slow and methodical, taking their time on the green and in between shots. Alfredsson was striding out ahead of the group by twenty or thirty yards on each hole. She seemed to be saying," Let's get a move on here. I'm on a mission."
She opened with a 30 on her front (back nine) and I caught up to her on her back nine at the third hole. She was driving the ball close to 300 yards and down the middle on each hole. At the par five fifth she reached in two with a fairway wood and two putted for birdie. On the sixth she actually played before Kang, with her permission, while Kang and her caddy discussed yardages. At the par 5 seventh she barely missed the green in two and stayed in the greenside bunker. Undeterred, she played her bunker shot to eight feet and made the birdie putt. On the next, the eighth a par three, she stuck her tee ball to eight feet and made the birdie. That brought her to ten under with one more to play. She said on the last tee box was the first time she thought of her score all day. She then proceeded to make her standard two putt par, but she could have gone lower.
While recalling her round she thought she missed two makeable birdies putts. Those putts and a three putt bogey on the par three fifteenth were all that kept her from the magical score of 59. Afterward she spoke of how she is finally recuperated from her back injury and can practice full time now. When she spun her ball into the hole on eleven for eagle and chipped in for birdie on thirteen she asked herself," What's going on here?" She felt comfortable all day and looked confident on each shot. "It's typical that on a day like today you are staying in the moment," she said. "I was only nervous on the last putt." When told that Lorena was stunned that a 62 could be shot under these conditions today she responded good naturedly," Ha, Ha, Ha…when you play like this you wonder, why don't we do this all the time?" When asked how a former Solheim Cup Captain can compete on the tour, meaning at 43 you've usually seen your best golf, she said," I have been able to work on my game now…I want to give it two more years.
She wore a hat and jacket with one of her sponsor's logo," Peak Performance." When asked if today was a peak performance, she laughed and said,' Yes, and my sponsor will be very happy." Yes Helen, a 62 will get make you happy anytime.
"Hooks and Slices" will bring you our view on whats happening in the golf world.
Life on the PGA Tour looks like a sweet deal. The professionals earn a great living playing golf on the most beautiful courses in the world. They travel to warm and exotic locations to play a game. Any of us would gladly trade places with them. Life is good on the PGA Tour. 104 golfers earned over one million dollars last year in tournament winnings (See List). They all have endorsement deals where they earn more money.
The PGA Tour donates more to charity then any other sport and the players are no different. Many players have their own foundations that work with charities throughout the world.
The Tour leading money winner in 2008, Vijay Singh uses The Vijay Singh Charitable Foundation to help women and children of domestic abuse. He also works with the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
Tiger Woods was the second leading money leader last year and has many charitable causes. The Tiger Woods Foundation manages the Tiger Woods Learning Center in California that works with children and their educational choices. Tiger also helps charities through The Chevron World Challenge, Tiger Jam and The A.T. &T. National tournament.
Phil Mickelson finished in third place on the money list last year. Phil and his wife have established The Phil and Amy Mickelson Charitable Gift Foundation. They work with many programs; The Special Operations Warrior Foundation (college for children of deceased Special Ops servicemen), Homes for Our Troops (housing for returning military), America Supports You (support for troops families) and Birdies for the Brave which supports the previously mentioned charities.
The money they earn on the tour may seem unreal but it is great to see these players taking a very active role in helping out the many causes that their charities support.
"Hooks and Slices" will bring you our view on whats happening in the golf world.
When the tour comes to Arnie's place there is never a shortage of great Palmer stories. It seems like every pro and fan has an Arnold Palmer story. Jason Gore is no different. Read how Palmer's kindness and generosity changed Gore's life when he stalked Arnold at Latrobe as an eleven year old kid. Gore is playing on a sponsor's exemption from Arnie and starts the weekend in second place. Looks like Arnie made a good choice and Gore's life continues to be touched by the King. Check out Jason Gore's story.
We have been following rookie Webb Simpson all year. After a hot start to the season, he has cooled off a bit. Yesterday he aced the 17th at Arnie's Bay Hill. Arnie and Simpson are both Wake Forest boys. Maybe some of that Demon Deacon magic is helping Simpson. He made the cut and starts Saturday tied for 27th. Watch Simpson's ace.


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Money as an indicator for inflation and output in Chile - not anymore?
AbstractThis paper identifies the information content of monetary aggregates for output and inflation in Chile, using a large set of reduced-form statistics and regression specifications. Unlike almost all previous studies on money in Chile, we compare 10 traditional and new definitions of money, rather than just looking at the customary definition M1A. Also, given the changes in the financial system and disinflation in Chile over the last 20 years, as well as contrasting growth rates of GDP and narrow money in recent times, we report recursive estimations for all our statistics to highlight parameter constancy. While there seems to be a strong and often one-to-one association between money growth and inflation on average over the whole sample as indicated by Nelson (2003) type regressions, the relation drops strongly during the last 10 years, and thus seems much lower in times of low inflation. Also, an increase in nominal money growth never causes acceleration of inflation in a Granger sense. However, we do find a significant and positive impact of deviations from (an estimated or HP-filtered) equilibrium level of money holdings on inflation, as indicated by error-correction and Pstar models. But the deviations from a simple estimated equilibrium are very large for both broad money aggregates and M1A at the end of the sample, casting some doubt on the stability of their demand relation. Accordingly, cointegration tests for the existence of a stable demand for money function over the whole sample are somewhat inconclusive. We find a strong Granger causality relationship between money and output, which however vanishes once we control for the effect of past inflation and changes in the monetary policy rate. Also, the information in lags of M1A for GDP drops strongly towards the end of the sample. More generally, M1A does not seem to merit its role as the money sum par excellence in Chile, being inferior in information content for example to Notes and Coin, or a broad money sum excluding bonds (M7 minus Central Bank documents).
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A few of the many reasons for the growing popularity of wine. Some wine facts, a little bit of history and wine reviews from an amateur wine lover for the amateur wine lovers
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Judgement On My Patio
While tasting, we did share notes and both of us agreed on what we believed to be the best wine that day, but I would like to say a little about the other three.
First, was a Maipe Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 ($10) from the Mendoza region of Argentina. A very dark purple color with aromas of black currant and dark plum. Lot of plum and blackberry taste and a nice finish. This was definitely the best value.
The other South American wine, from the Maipo Valley of Chile was a 2006 Morande Gran Reserve ($15). The color was not as dark as the Maipe, more of a ruby red, but still had aromas of plum and currant with chocolate. Dark berries with some vanilla and a medium finish. This is still a nice wine at a nice price
The first California wine opened was a Lewis Cellars 2009 ($90). No, I did not pay that price, the wife would kill me. This wine was received for review. Aromas were nice and sweet with plum, black cherry and currants with a lot of spice. In the mouth I got smoke, leather, some currant and spice. My friend Mark and I both agreed that this wine was not quite ready. A little too much oak and spice, but should cellar well, although it may have to go a long way to beat out what we picked as the day's best.
About two years ago, I tasted my first wine from Chateau Montelena. The wine was an '07 Cabernet Sauvignon. I remember having that wine with a pork roast and savoring every sip, so I was very excited to receive their newly released 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon ($50)
Nice dark red color with aromas of black cherry and plum right off the bat. Then came some strawberry and black raspberry with hints of vanilla and smoke. There was also very light aromas of leather. Nice and smooth in the mouth. While one of us was getting hints of caramel and the other was getting some chocolate taste, we both agreed here, this is one outstanding wine. Finish was long and almost silky smooth with a touch of vanilla and some spice. One mistake we made was finishing this wine before the steaks were done. Although a little out of my price range (for now) this is a Cabernet that I would have no problem stocking up on. Very nice now and will cellar for a long time to come.
In 1976 Chateau Montelena helped put California at the forefront of the wine world by winning a blind tasting competition outside of Paris. Known as the "Judgement of Paris" the Chateau Montelena Chardonnay beat out some of the best Chardonnay's of France. The story of that event can be found with the movie "Bottle Shock" or the book "Judgement of Paris" by George Taber. Mr. Taber who wrote for Time magazine was the only reporter to attend the tasting.
3 comments:
- Nick Webb said...
Can't go wrong with steak and Cab Sauvs! I've actually never had a Chateau Montelena Cab, but got a really good deal on their 2002 Estate Cab a few years ago and cellared it. It's about time to pop the cork on it--that will be a good day. How do you think the 2009 compares with other Napa Cab Sauvs near the $50 price point?
- June 16, 2012 at 12:10 AM
- joeshico said...
Wish I could honestly answer your question Nick. I nave not tasted that many $50 wines of any variety.
Only 3 Cabs that I can think of that I splurged on in the past where Fransican, Rombaur and Lythe. If I remember, they were all good, but I never reviewed because of the price. The Chateau Montelena, though, may be the best Cab/Sauv I have ever had. I thought that of their '07 also.
- June 16, 2012 at 9:51 AM
- Nick Webb said...
The 09 Chateau Montelena sounds great--hopefully I'll get a chance to taste it.
- June 16, 2012 at 8:48 PM


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Hammentaschen recipe?
Anyone have a good recipe? I am looking for a dough that is easy to roll and has a softer cookie texture when baked. Also, does anyone know how to prevent the dough from opening up and having the filling spill out when baked? Thanks!
I use the 'hamentaschen cookie dough' recipe in the Complete Jewish American Cookbook (out of print, but there are usually several on Ebay). It's easy to roll, soft and sweet. THere's a type, only bake them for 15 minutes not 45. I use the Henry & Henry cherry filling, which is really sour cherry filling, or the Baker's brand jarred fillings, which are much better than the gooie Comstock stuff. I only had problems with them opening and spilling when I use jam to fill instead of filling. Thank you.
Yes, you will want to use the Baker's fillings. Anything else will run all over your cookie sheet. I have also successfully used chocolate chips (when there's dough left over after using all the filling). If I remember to, I'll send you my mother's recipe. It's the softer, sweeter cookie type of dough.
re: dmjuli
Actually, I was mistaken in my first post. I use Solo fillings. I'm in upstate NY, so I know they're sold here. I'd assume they're sold somewhere in NYC.
re: dmjuli
Hmm, Baker's is made by the same company as Solo but it doesn't look like the same thing:
re: Bride of the Juggler
How interesting! And the 13 "delicious" flavors are almost identical. I'd prefer the Bakers brand, if it was sold here, for the simple reason that it comes in a recloseable jar. I had leftover apricot and prune filling from the weekend hamantaschen bake-fest that I covered in plastic wrap secured with a rubber band. I spread some on my english muffin this morning.
My mother liked to use the Simon Fischer prune butter when she could find it. Also the same company, and really identical to the Solo prune filling.
Also, thanks to all who suggested using nutella as a filling. It worked great and the kids loved it. I was surprised at how it firmed up with baking. I thought it would run.
Here's my regular hamantaschen recipe. The dough is dead easy to make and roll out and it has a wonderful orange flavour. I agree - pie filling holds together better than jam. And just make sure the corners are well pinched to keep it all inside.
1 medium seedless orange
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups flour
Jam or other fillings
Cut the orange into quarters and pulverize it in your food processor until finely chopped. Add the eggs, sugar and oil, and process for about 10 seconds. Add the baking powder and flour and process with several on/off turns, just until the flour is blended into dough. It will be slightly sticky, but that's OK. Cut the dough into 3 or 4 pieces, and work with just one lump at a time.
Roll the dough out on a well-floured board to about 1/8 inch thickness. Using a cookie cutter (or a glass or whatever you have handy) cut 3-inch circles of dough. In the middle of each circle, put about a small amount of filling. Pinch the sides of the circle up, making a triangular enclosure, and leaving the top slightly open so that you can see the jam filling. Just make sure that the corners are firmly pinched so that the jam doesn't leak out the sides.
Place cookies on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 350º F for 15 to 20 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Makes about 4 dozen hamantaschen.
¾ cup sugar
2 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup shortening
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 17-ounce jar prune butter (lekvar). Can also use poppy seeds (mohn), apricot filling, or cherry pie filling.
Sift the sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Work in the shortening by hand. Add the egg and orange juice, mixing until dough is formed. Chill overnight if possible, or at least two hours.
Roll out the dough about 1/8 inch thick on a lightly floured board. Cut into 3-inch circles (a teacup works). Place one heaping teaspoonful of the filling in each. Pinch three edges of the dough together (use a knife or spatula to lift the edges), but leave a small opening in the center; the resulting pastry will be in the shape of a triangle with a little of the filling showing. Place on a greased cookie sheet. Cover with a cloth and set aside for ½ hour.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Baste hamantashen with beaten egg for a shinier crust, if desired. Bake hamantashen for about 20 minutes, or until delicately browned on top.
makes about 2 dozen
Here's my mom's hamantaschen recipe. It makes a sweet, tender, cookie-like dough. I can't eat them any other way.
1/2 c butter
1 c sugar
1 egg
2 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 Tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg. Sift together flour and baking powder. Add a little bit to the butter and sugar. Add milk, then add rest of flour and vanilla. Make into 2 balls, dust with flour and wrap in plastic wrap. Let rest in refrigerator overnight. Roll and cut circles with a glass. Put in filling and shape, squeezing edges together. Bake at 375 for 12-15 minutes.
I use Solo pastry fillings. We prefer apricot and prune. Chocolate chips also work.
Okay, my grandmother has allowed me to share her recipe of many generations. She'd probably give more detail on the mixing, but I won't get that detail until I call her while making my dough.
For personal use only; if you're going to use this recipe for commercial reasons, I insist you hang up a picture of my grandma and send her flowers weekly. Nice ones.
Dough for lots and lots of hamantaschen:
4 cups flour
1 t baking powder
1/2 cup of oil mixed with 3 T of warm water. (Grandma votes for soybean oil)
zest of 2 lemons
1 c sugar
melted butter for assembly
Make a pile of your flour mixed with baking powder. Dig a well into the middle. Put two eggs in the middle with half the oil/water, half the sugar, and half the lemon rind. Do not break the flour walls! With a fork, gently mix flour into the middle from the walls while keeping the walls solid. Keep adding the other ingredients until everything is mixed in, and then finally mix in the rest of the walls.
Your dough will be very sticky; scrape it up with a scraper and knead it with small dustings of flour until you get a nice, silky dough. Wrap it up in waxed paper and put it in the fridge over night.
The next day, assemble the hamantaschen with the prune filling (I've listed her recipe under the "Poppy seed hamantaschen" thread in this board, although it is a prune recipe - someone requested it).
To assemble: Roll out your dough, 1/3 at a time, nice and thin (1/8"). Roll evenly and firmly with your weight centered (I have no idea what this actually means, I just know that my dough-rolling chi is not what my grandmother thinks it should be yet.) Keep some melted butter and a brush handy. When your dough is rolled out, cut it into 3" rounds with a 3" circle glass or cookie cutter. Paint an X of melted butter onto the center of each circle. Put in a small amount of filling - maybe a little over a teaspoon or tablespoon? If you do too much they will fall apart. Lift up the three sides into a triangle, gently pinching each corner.
Bake at 350 - she didn't say how long just to watch them intently because they go from perfect to burnt very quickly.
re: seattledebs
And 4 eggs and a pinch of salt! Sorry, I forgot the eggs in my list even though I put them in the description. And grandma just reminded me of the salt.
re: improvcook
The ones I posted the recipe for are a little like a hard cookie when baked if you bake them long enough *but* are like a softer cookie after a few days in a box. Maybe this makes no sense, but it's been my experience - the difference between how they taste not too long after being baked vs. how they taste after being mailed for a few days in a box lined with wax paper.
Thanks to everyone who posted a recipe. I ended up combining recipes and got very good results!
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup butter flavored crisco
1 1/4 sugar
3 extra large eggs
2 T milk
2 t vanilla
4 cups flour
1/2 t salt
1 1/2 t baking powder
egg wash
I used lekvar, Hero's Apricot preserves and Raspberry Jam with a Droste chocolate pastilles in the center. I also put the formed cookies in the freezer for fifteen minutes before I baked it. No breakage or spillage. They do come out a little hard but mature nicely to a softer cookie in a tin. Everybody loves them! Thanks again.
OK, my annual tradition is to use the very last scraps of dough to make an experimental Hamentaschen. This year I used some whole cashews, a couple Rolo chocolates, a hershey's kiss, and some Cajeta (Dulce de Leche) and made a large "turtle" hamentaschen. It was delicious but I got a week's worth of sugar in one cookie.
re: JugglerDave
Fun idea! I happened to have a bunch of 12-year-olds around while I was making my last batch, so any scraps of dough quickly disappeared!
re: laurendlewis
I make that kind, based on a Marcy Goldman recipe. It's like a sweeter, richer challah dough. I made those, plus my first batch of the cookie kind, this year. I definitely prefer the yeast dough, esp. because I can have them for breakfast!


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MusingsPosted on June 20th, 2009 – 12:34 PM
By Jerry Zgoda
With draft day just five days away, here's some tidbits, thoughts and other stuff:
* Saw that Jordan Hill plans to work out for Memphis, which indicates the Grizzlies continue to think about moving down.
If the Wolves somehow can get that second pick to add to their own sixth, the players I'd think they're targeting: Hasheem Thabeet (not Ricky Rubio) and Steph Curry.
That'd give you the shot-blocking presence Kahn apparently feels they need next to Big Al and the best shooter in the draft who also presumably can play point guard. Those seem to be the two greatest needs, don't they?
Interesting, but if the Wolves get their hands on Thabeet…I can assure you McHale would have had little interest in investing so much to get him because he's convinced Al and Kevin Love can play together most nights.
* The Wolves basketball staff had a going-away party for Mac Friday night — Kahn wasn't invited, I don't think.
Looks like Mac will end up with TNT, probably paired often with Chuck Barkley in the Atlanta studio and perhaps even re-united on some broadcasts with Kevin Harlan, his partner on those wild Wolves broadcasts from long ago.
The boys would have to tone it down for network TV, but it'd still be fun to see, and hear.
Mac also could end up a special-guest instructor invited to some teams' training camps next fall.
Maybe you'll see him in Portland tutoring Greg Oden come October.
*Heard owner Glen Taylor met with Kahn Friday and I bet encouraged him to communicate more with his players, who are angered that McHale won't be back.
Kahn has talked several times with Al Jefferson but otherwise hasn't started to establish a relationship with any other players, as far as I can tell.
* There's another trade rumor floating out there seemingly even more far-fetched than the Al and No. 6 to Phoenix for Amare: This one says the Wolves send Mike Miller, Randy Foye and Ryan Gomes to Boston for Ray Allen.
Since Kahn lamented Friday how nobody in the media business calls anymore for confirmation and denial of such rumors, I texted Kahn about this one and asked if there was possibly any truth to it.
He sent back a one word answer:
* Swedish forward Jonas Jerebko is scheduled for a workout Sunday. He'd be a favorite for that 28th pick if the Wolves keep him because the long, tough, athletic forward could stay in Europe for a season or two and not sign immediately with the Wolves.
*DeMar DeRozan is expected for a workout Monday morning. That might be the last Target Center workout, but as of yesterday, the Wolves were trying to get at least an audience with such players as Thabeet, Rubio and James Harden. They'd probably have to go to those players, though.
* Looks like I'll try to learn how to do one of these on-line chats and try to line one up for Tuesday afternoon, perhaps around the lunch hour.


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Ah, dieting. It gets such a bad rap among nutritionists and people in the know. Countless studies have been done showing how diets make you fatter and yet people still flock to Jenny Craig and fad diets like the Paleo Diet, South Beach, and Atkins.
A recent article in the Daily Mail only perpetuated the "dieting is bad" message by suggesting that some recent research shows dieting raises levels of hormones that stimulate the appetite -- and lowers levels of hormones that suppress it.
It all may be true. But call it whatever you like, there is only one formula to lose weight. You take in less calories than you burn.
For all those people who want to call it "dieting," well then fine. But it's not. It's a simple mathematical formula and, in the end, the only long-term way people have found to really lose weight and keep it off.
As someone who is actively trying to get myself back in shape after losing some of it over the past year, I feel this. But what I am doing is no "diet." It's a lifestyle change. I am following the basic Weight Watchers plan of recording all my food, paying attention to "points" (or calories), and calculating out my workouts. But I am not being too strict.
Truth be told, I am a long distance runner whose idea of "sedentary" (running only 30 miles a week) might seem different than others. And I have never been "fat." But I'm pushing up a dress size and it's time to pay the piper. With that in mind, I am cutting out the bags of Cadbury mini eggs and six cookie snacks at 3 in the afternoon. I am ditching the car more and biking as much as I can (in addition to the running) and I am also incorporating more weight training, yoga, and healthy foods into my life.
This isn't a diet. It's a return to the old me. So far, in two weeks, I have lost seven pounds. It is possible. The only difference between me and someone else, though, is my choice of wording.
This is no "diet." This is a sea change.
Do you "diet" or call it something else?
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Nope! Between work, the kid, the husband, running the house, etc I barely have time to eat, much less eat healthy although I do avoid starches (i.e. rice, pasta, bread, potatoes, oats, etc.) completley. Between that and all the running around I weigh 120 for my 5'4" self which is healthy. It's all about everything in moderation. =]
Umm... the word "diet" does not make anyone fat. USUALLY it's the copious anounts of crap "food" you consume that makes you fat. But hey, whatever society can do to shift the blame and make you feel better... The word "lifestyle" is just the word "diet" in disguise. Psychological hoo-ey if you ask me. and I like psychological hoo-ey!
Also, how long does a diet have to be in existance before it loses the qualifier of a "fad" diet? Not that I think Atkins diet is good or bad, but hasn't it been around for decades now? Can we really call it a "fad" anymore? Just wondering how fair it is to call these diets "fads."
"Diet" is just a word for what you eat regularly. The question is whether or not what you eat regularly is good for you.
I have to completely agree with you. Anytime I called it a diet it never worked. After having my twins I just decided it was time to get healthy. I changed my life!! Just 2 weeks ago I reached 100lbs lost!!!!!
Not to be an advertisement or one of "those" people, but if I anyone wants to check out how I did it & what I am still doing check out my story at NoMoreChunk.blogspot.com


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With a brand new goalie on board and the NHL Draft just days away, it's a busy time of year for Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Dave Nonis.
Speaking to Dave Naylor on TSN Drive on TSN Radio 1050 on Tuesday afternoon, Nonis reflected on how goalie Jonathan Bernier will fit into the Leafs' plans going forward.
"From our standpoint, it was the excitement about bringing in another top young goaltender into the organization and have Jonathan and James (Reimer) together," explained Nonis. "I think it gives us probably, in my opinion, one of the top two punches of potential in the National Hockey League."
Nonis was asked if he believed that a possible battle for playing time between Bernier and Reimer could cause some tension for the club.
"Well I think that's always a risk at any position. It's a situation where we feel we have two guys with great potential and great character and there's no reason why they can't both compete hard for that job and push as hard as they can to keep control of the net," said Nonis.
So how did Reimer take the news that Bernier was joining the club?
"(He was) professional. I think he was a little bit...I wouldn't say shocked but surprised that we brought a similar player in. I think he was thinking we would have more of an established older guy join him.
"(But) if you look at the goaltenders that are available right now there wasn't a good fit for us. James understands that. He doesn't expect to come in here and have anything given to him. He wants to come in here and keep the net himself and that's what we expect out of him."
While Nonis admits that no player in untouchable, he says the club has no plans to move Reimer at this point.
"When we (made this trade), the thinking was you would have both (Bernier and Reimer) here at training camp and battling it out for the opening night starting position.
Nonis and Naylor also discussed other parts of the team that the general manager would like to improve upon.
"Down the middle is what championship teams are built with and watching the final four teams and the final two gives you a pretty good example of what you need to follow," explained Nonis. "If we can strengthen our centre position and continue to add some guys on the back end we would do it.
"Really, that hasn't changed (for us), and most other teams are looking at the same things, so those are the hardest positions to find.
Nonis discussed the changing dynamic of making moves in the first off-season of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
"There are more people now than usual that are looking to do a deal, but because the (salary) cap is going down it's more difficult to complete one. There are going to be a lot of options, but most teams have limited cap space. It will be a moving target between now and the start of free agency."
Nonis also addressed the club's wish to attempt to keep potential unrestricted free agent Tyler Bozak.
"It's a function of making (Bozak) fit within a falling cap, and we have a little bit of time left to do that. We're going to see if we can get him signed by July 5th, but if we can't we're going to have to re-allocate those dollars and try to find another solution," said Nonis.
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