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26th annual scholarship golf tournament
26th annual scholarship golf tournament
The Montgomery Auburn Club (MAC) will host our 26th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament at Wynlakes Golf and Country Club May 8, 2023. With your help, this year's tournament will be another huge success–raising thousands of dollars for Auburn scholarships awarded to youth from this area.
We sincerely appreciate the generous support of all our sponsors, companies and individuals who support this annual golf tournament through sponsorship's and prize donations. The event is always a day of fun and bonding with others who support Auburn University and higher education for area students. We couldn't host this annual event without your support!
Please note that entry fees are not tax-deductible donations, but may qualify as business advertising expenses. Companies should check with their corporate accountant to determine tax-deductible eligibility.
Bodda Getta Foursome: This contribution entitles you to the following:
Golf foursome including carts, prizes, and lunch
MAC golf shirts for each player in your group
Recognition on MAC website and social media platforms
Cost = $1,000
Track 'em Twosome: This contribution entitles you to the following:
Golf twosome including cart, prizes, and lunch
MAC golf shirts for each player in your twosome
Cost = $500
For more information email email@example.com
NOTE: Tournament registration is not complete until payment is received. Pay online when registering or Mail check (made payable to Montgomery Auburn Club) to:
Montgomery Auburn Club
P. O. Box 692
Montgomery, AL 36101
Contact Erin Sloan at 334-391-0553.


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Learn to manage their conditions. For example, you feel insecure. Take a look at your reflection in the mirror. Perhaps you will see a person tired, with dull eyes. Now at the level of the imagination get rid of this image, mentally dissolving it. Imagine a new, full of confidenceand energy. Keep it in your mind.
Write a list of qualities that you you like best. For example: "I'm smart" "I am beautiful", etc. Write down all your achievements that you are proud of. It is advisable to write them on paper red color which gives confidence, and always carry. Repeat all the items from the list every day. Also, don't forget to reward yourself for each is made today or yesterday good.
Never tell yourself or others that you can't do something. Thus, you do not sow and growconfidence in yourself. So radiate confidence in yourself. Keep it positive even in those days when you don't feel in myself any power. According to the laws of the Universe you will get back what you radiate.
Don't compare yourself with others. Each person is unique. What is natural for one is unacceptable for another. Also, remember that ideal people do not exist. You will find that once you accept it, your life will change for the better.


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By Karen Freifeld
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will not hire two lawyers to his legal team handling the special counsel's probe despite announcing their addition last week, Trump's personal lawyer said on Sunday, adding to uncertainty about the president's legal representation in the Russia investigation.
"The president is disappointed that conflicts prevent Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing from joining the president's special counsel legal team," Jay Sekulow said in a statement. "However, those conflicts do not prevent them from assisting the president in other legal matters. The president looks forward to working with them.'
The announcement came nearly a week after Sekulow said diGenova would join the legal team handling Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 presidential election.
The quick reversal is likely to add to the perception that Trump's legal representation is in disarray as his lawyers have been negotiating the terms of a possible interview with the president.
Trump's lead lawyer in the special counsel investigation, John Dowd, resigned Thursday.
"Many lawyers and top law firms want to represent me in the Russia case…don't believe the Fake News narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on," Trump tweeted on Sunday.
Trump has denounced the investigation as a "witch hunt." Russia denies meddling in the election.
DiGenova has appeared on Fox News accusing the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Justice Department of trying to frame Trump with false charges of colluding with Russia during the campaign.
Trump wanted to hire diGenova after seeing him on television, but the conflicts were obvious, said a person familiar with the matter, who added that it was surprising that consideration for adding diGenova to Trump's team had gotten so far.
"We thank the president for his confidence in us and we look forward to working with him," on other matters, Toensing said in a statement on behalf of both her and diGenova. The married pair work together at their namesake law firm.
Toensing declined to comment on what specific conflicts may have led to the work on the Russia legal team falling through.
DiGenova & Toensing has represented Mark Corallo, a former spokesman for Trump's legal team, and Sam Clovis, a former campaign aide.
Corallo was the spokesman for Trump's outside lawyers until last summer, when he resigned during another legal team shake-up.
Since then, Corallo has spoken with Mueller about what he viewed as a false statement dictated by Trump from Air Force One about a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York City that included several Russians, according to a person familiar with the matter. That meeting was attended by Trump's son, Donald Jr.
Clovis, a former Pentagon official, was a campaign supervisor who wrote "great work" in an email after Trump's foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos discussed efforts to broker a meeting between the campaign and Russian leaders.
Corallo told Reuters on Friday that he had signed a waiver of potential conflicts last week.
Clovis could not be reached for comment, but a person familiar with the matter said appropriate waivers had been signed.
DiGenova was at the White House on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the meeting.
Trump has had trouble finding outside lawyers to assist him in the Russia probe.
Major firms such as Williams & Connolly and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher turned him down in the last year, citing conflicts, people familiar with the matter have told Reuters.
Trump representatives have reached out to some of those firms again more recently, sources said.
(Reporting by Karen Freifeld in New York; Writing by Dustin Volz; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)


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Banks have taken notice of green energy opportunities, including investing in wind and solar technologies. But it's also become aware of the growing financial risk to companies, such as Duke Energy Corp., that emit carbon dioxide. Federal regulations appear on the way from the Democratically controlled Congress, which has been considering how to regulate the gas, blamed as a major cause of global warming.
"We have decided, as have other banks, to start assessing the cost of carbon in our risk and underwriting processes," Lewis told a lunch crowd at the 2008 Emerging Issues Forum in Raleigh.
The conference is focused on the financial aspects of climate change and how the state can position itself to benefit from an exploding green economy. Lewis told the crowd of N.C. business and government leaders that it would assume the extra cost of carbon to be from $20 to $40 per ton, unless federal legislation sets a different cost.
The bank has also invested billions in so-called "green energy."
The bank announced a $20 billion green-energy investment initiative last year. Investors stand to make a killing on new green technology increasingly required by regulation across the country.
But Lewis spoke directly to N.C. and federal regulators, asking them to create "a stable and predictable regulatory environment with a bias toward clean energy and the green economy." He called on Congress to create a cap-and-trade carbon dioxide system, which would set a national cap on emissions and lower it over time.
Companies that exceeded their limit would have to buy pollution credits from those who beat their limit. Over time it would become cheaper to invest in anti-pollution technology.


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So Nicolas Kristoff wrote a piece for the NYT entitled Professors, We Need You. The piece set off a lot of reactions from academics, which have ranged from takedowns to critiques. The column is pretty easy to pick apart because it claims to refute anti-intellectualism at the same it reinforces the same lazy tropes always leveled at intellectuals, thereby echoing and reaffirming the status quo of anti-intellectualism: nobody listens to professors, and it's all the professor's own fault for clinging to outmoded thinking (secluded monks in an academy) incoherent writing, except for the anointed few like Jill Lepore (because, you know, there's no competition in writing for the New Yorker and we could all do it if we just tried.) And all those communist lefties in the academy. They are a problem. Economists are ok, though, because the Republicans like them.
As Erik Voeten points out, public intellectuals are actually here, and many of us do work very hard to make our work and our fields accessible to people outside of our field, including voters. Just because Kristof isn't bothering to read us, it's not as though we don't exist.
Moreover, the "blame the academics" approach willfully ignores an important point that Easily Distracted made: it's not easy for anybody to be heard, let alone heard correctly, in today's political world :
Kristof might ask–using himself as a test–what exactly is dependent upon this input that he thinks is lacking. If what he means by accessibility is "I want professors who agree with what I already think, and I want them to say so clearly", that's very different than saying, "There's something I don't understand, something I can't do, something beyond my knowledge". The former is just hunting for a few more bits of costume jewelry to burnish the finery of the powerful. The latter would be a welcome invitation, but given that it starts with humility, don't hold your breath.
Indeed. Why are economists such elevated darlings in the political economy? Because they are really that much more rigorous and objective than a philosopher or historian? Or is it because they promise the powerful access to even more magic beans?
There's also the fact, as Corey Rubin points out over Crooked Timber, that Kristof's examples of "good public intellectuals" are two very, very privileged women, Jill Lepore and Ann Slaughter, who come from the most exalted spheres of the academy–Princeton and Harvard. The platform from which they are approaching the media with their material is one helluvalot different than most academics who, by the very numbers, have transformed into a predominantly temporary workforce teaching four to five classes a semester for low pay. These are not the conditions by which people glide into the same level of influence as the Jill Lepores of this world.
Finally, there are exceptional journalists with whom it is a pleasure to talk to. Then there are dolts who, if you ask them to keep two ideas, let alone ideas in tension, in their head at once, their eyes glaze over. Which brings us back to the point from Easily Distracted: if you don't want complexity, and all you want is a solutions factory from the academy, there are plenty of academics and "independent researchers" who will bludgeon you with their simplistic solutions to schill themselves as celebrities to sell their books. We could probably, in fact, use less, rather than more, of that. Urban decline? Forget the messy and complicated problem of racism, schools, and policing. Lemme tell ya about the magic of bike lanes! That's the fix you need! And that's the fix you want because it's tangible and requires you to change not all if you don't feel like it. (And remember, I think bike lanes are awesomesauce. By all means. I'll even the buy the green paint. But Los Angeles strikes me as a city that is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, and while I'm sure bike lanes do improve many wonderful things, it's the not the thin of the wedge there.)
Urban problems, just like most social problems, are unpleasantly complicated and take entirely too much time to explain, let alone address. And not many people seem to really want to hear it. Boil it down. Make it easy. Make it something fixable in three easy steps that don't require me to pay money, change the way I think, or suggest that me and people like me aren't wonderful in every way. The problem is fat people and Republicans (or Democrats, depending your Sacred Outlook.)
As Socrates would put it, be a pastry cook.
And that's the major reason I get impatient with myself and the opportunities of public intellectualism. It's the basic problem presented in Plato's Gorgias. Sophists were public intellectuals. Throughout the course of the dialogue, it becomes more and more apparent that Callicles loves the demos, both out of genuine patriotism, but also because he loves fame. He loves the attention of playing to crowd. And playing to the crowd has limits in terms of knowledge creation. It rewards rhetorical trickery of the type that Polus engages in (vivid, emotional, polemic) and in tames intellects, like that of Callicles, because he dare not risk saying something unpopular.
It also has me recalling my Thucycides, which I have been rereading in my spare time. I haven't read Thucydides since high school, and cracking it open again after reading Josiah Ober's wonderful discussion in Political Dissent in Democratic Athens has me thinking about the role pretty speech and fame-seeking had in fragmenting the Athenian polis after Pericles.
Nor does it help that ambitious universities want to score the big name who can engage with media on media's own terms. There are better and worse outlets, and understanding that landscape is yet another communication problem for the contemporary academic to solve, along with the 50+ complicated people who show up twice a week to (I hope) engage with the learning community that academics are meant to foster. The for-profit media is a tough place; the nonprofit media can be a backwater and a choir. You do the math as to what that means for academics with complicated ideas.


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In response to the clear need to improve dental care for young children in poverty, we brought together a group of community leaders interested in and involved with providing oral health care services to children in the Syracuse community in 2008.
The group's initial goal was to identify issues that impact access to dental care. These issues would serve as a starting point for additional research to help identify potential strategies to improve access.
This report offers background information to support the group's discussions. The report begins with recommendations for optimal oral health care in children, reviews barriers to access and outlines the way dental health care is financed. That is followed by a discussion of issues relevant to the Syracuse community, as well as questions about how to improve access to oral health care for children in poverty.
Using information gathered in this report, along with a more comprehensive report for Buffalo, NY in 2010, we designed our CHOMPERS! Bringing Dental Care to Kids initiative.
Focus Area: Young Children Impacted by Poverty
Category: Evaluation, Infographic, Report, Toolkit
Date Published: October 1, 2008


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Having a troubled teenage girl can seem like an impossible challenge. It doesn't just affect the teen girl, although it does affect her entire life. A troubled teen can affect the entire family, even the community. Unfortunately most families find that they can only go so far with the love and knowledge they have. Even solid, functioning families can feel limited in the ways they deal with their troubled teen daughters. There comes a point at which professional help is needed.
Often the first step a family will take is to get their troubled teen girl counseling. If you're lucky this may be the only step you need to take. When your daughter's problems are resolved through effective counseling you may never need to look for further solutions. But if you feel that you've "tried everything" or exhausted all of your resources you may be feeling completely hopeless. The good news is that there are options for you and your family. The options may seem extreme, but when you've tried everything else… a solution is welcome.
Finding Solutions in Utah
Some families are finding solutions in Utah. Utah boasts of beautiful landscapes, breathtaking scenery, and the perfect location for troubled girls to find themselves again. If your troubled teen girl hasn't responded to general counseling or the efforts of your family or her school, Utah may have an answer for you. A change of pace, a change of scenery can make a huge difference for troubled girls. If your teen girl is struggling with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, sexual promiscuity, or any other types of mental health issues, then basic counseling may leave you with no where else to turn. Sending your daughter off to Utah might seem extreme, or even as if you are giving up, but nothing could be further from the truth. Sending your daughter to Utah could be the turning point in her life.
Therapeutic Boarding Schools
Boarding schools take counseling and therapy to more serious, permanent levels. A therapeutic boarding school can offer more longterm, immersive care for your troubled teen. The treatment plans can be catered to your daughter's needs, and provide a "reset" or necessary change of environment so she can focus on her health and development. There are a lot of different boarding schools out there, and they all offer different treatment plans. Of course you'll need to do a lot of research to ensure that your daughter finds the right fit.
Utah has a lot to offer when it comes to therapeutic boarding schools, especially if you're looking for a counseling program that goes beyond the walls of an office. For example, some therapeutic boarding schools in Utah can pair traditional counseling and education with outdoor therapy activities like horseback riding, river rafting, and hiking. These academies are very effective at treating all different types of teen girl issues in a holistic way. Many of these Utah boarding schools are designed specifically for troubled teen girls and feature.
Don't write off therapeutic boarding schools as an extreme option, instead see them as a solution. Find the help you need for your daughter and your family at a high quality treatment facility.


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Personal Capital is a next generation financial advisor, named by CNBC as a "Top Disruptor" for our innovative approach to wealth management. Our award-winning free tools and mobile apps give clients a complete picture of their net worth, and we offer comprehensive financial advisory services previously only available to the ultra-wealthy. This combination of high-tech and high-touch drives our ability to deliver truly personal and objective wealth management for the Internet and mobile age. We believe this is the best way to empower individuals and their money.
Data-Driven Retirement Planning
Presenting the inner workings of a truly data-driven retirement planner created by leveraging user's aggregated financial data, enhanced by machine learning and personalized by user's life events and goals. We will discuss how the investing and financial planning strategies are triggered to update as the user moves through different stages of her life and makes changes to her spending and saving behaviors. Finally, we will show how this functionality is visualized through a UI that makes sophisticated algorithms and complex data easy to use for any user, regardless of investing knowledge.
What You'll Learn
- How we employ machine learning techniques to forecast growth of a user's portfolio and estimate available retirement spending
- How we create a connected ecosystem that allows a user and his/her dedicated advisor to collaborate on the same financial data and retirement plan
- How we use AWS infrastructure to supercharge our data-driven retirement planner
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AOA Decals 1/32 Combat Scooters (4) Decal First Look
By Michael Benolkin
|Date of Review
|September 2016
|AOA Decals
|Combat Scooters (4)
|Set Number
|Six distinctive subject options
|Nothing noted
|Skill Level
First Look
AOA Decals has returned with another interesting set of subjects for the Trumpeter 1/32 A-4E/F Skyhawk kit.Sthis set four provides another six examples from three squadrons during the Vietnam air war.
The subjects included in this set:
- A-4F, 154190, VA-22, NF/300, USS Bon Homme Richard, 1970, CAG's aircraft
- A-4F, 154203, VA-22, NF/301, USS Bon Homme Richard, 1970, Skipper's aircraft
- A-4E, 150121, VA-55, NK/404, USS Ranger, 1965-66
- A-4E, 155046, VA-55, NP/501, USS Hancock, 1972
- A-4E, 151127, VMA-211, CF/19, Chu Lai AB, 1968-69
- A-4E, 152061, VMA-211, CF/6, Chu Lai AB, 1969
The instructions walk you through the placement of the markings around the Skyhawk airframe. This set is designed for the Trumpeter A-4E/F kit and provides some nice notes on how to correct smaller details to render an accurate Vietnam era Scooter. This set provides airframe stenciling for one example though you can also acquire set 32012 which provides another complete set of stenciling should you wish to render more than one aircraft out of this decal set.
For more information about this set and the other releases from AOA Decals, visit their website at www.aoadecals.com.
My sincere thanks to AOA Decals for this review sample!


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3 Step Seared Steak with Roasted Garlic Sauce
Steak lovers will enjoy this 3 Step Seared Steak with Roasted Garlic Sauce recipe. Cooked to perfection in just 30 minutes!
- Slice off horizontally a small amount of the top of garlic bulbs just to expose cloves. Wrap bulbs in paper towel. Roast garlic in microwave oven at High power until cloves are soft – about 4 minutes,turning over after 2 minutes. Squeeze garlic out of papery skin. Mash well or mince and set aside.
- Heat large non-stick skillet on medium-high. Add steak and sear on both sides until cooked to desired doneness,turning once. Remove beef from skillet and keep warm. Add oil and reduce heat to medium.
- Add onion and cook until it is soft and golden – about 5 minutes. Add mashed garlic,wine and broth. Allow liquid to reduce for 5 minutes. Stir in horseradish sauce and pepper. Slice steak on the diagonal and pour sauce over. Serve immediately.
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Makey Makey
The Makey Makey is an electronic invention toy that allows users to connect everyday objects to computer programs. Using a circuit board, alligator clips, and a USB cable, the toy uses electrical signals to send the computer either a keyboard stroke or mouse click signal.
How to use Makey Makey
- Connect the Makey Makey to your computer using a mini USB cable.
- Connect the alligator clips to anything that conducts electricity.
- Create a closed loop electrical signal by holding the 'earth' cable and tap an connected object at the same time.
Result: a keyboard stroke or mouse click.
Ok, but what can you do with this?
Use your imagination! For inspiration, see makeymakey.com.
Awesome. Where can I find this Makey Makey, where can I try it out?
You can experience the Makey Makey in both the PFLab S2M Utrecht and PFLab MusCom. Don't forget the bananas :D


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Author by Bernadette Murphy
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Editor : Random House Canada
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 400
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On a dark night in Provence in December 1888 Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. It is an act that has come to define him. Yet for more than a century biographers and historians seeking definitive facts about what happened that night have been left with more questions than answers. In Van Gogh's Ear Bernadette Murphy sets out to discover exactly what happened that night in Arles. Why would an artist at the height of his powers commit such a brutal act of self-harm? Was it just his lobe, or did Van Gogh really cut off his entire ear? Who was the mysterious "Rachel" to whom he presented his macabre gift? Murphy's investigation takes us from major museums to the moldering contents of forgotten archives, vividly reconstructing the world in which Van Gogh moved—the madams and prostitutes, café patrons and police inspectors, his beloved brother, Theo, and his fellow artist and house guest Paul Gauguin. With exclusive revelations and new research about the ear and about Rachel, Bernadette Murphy proposes a bold new hypothesis about what was occurring in Van Gogh's heart and mind as he made a mysterious delivery to a woman's doorstep that fateful night. Van Gogh's Ear is a compelling detective story and a journey of discovery. It is also a portrait of a painter creating his most iconic and revolutionary work, pushing himself ever closer to greatness even as he edged towards madness—and the one fateful sweep of the blade that would resonate through the ages.


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Closed Bug 1329003 Opened 7 years ago Closed 7 years ago
[Pontoon] diff view for suggestions
(Webtools Graveyard :: Pontoon, enhancement, P2)
(Not tracked)
(Reporter: tomer, Unassigned)
7 years ago
When there is multiple suggestions, or an approved translation and new suggestions, in order to decide which translation should be used, the approver is required to read all translations and decide which is the most suitable translation. A diff view, very similar to what we have in version controls, would make our work easier, as we could easily see what which characters were added or removed. I think that such feature should be optional toggle, as some persons may find it distracting. The diff could always be made against the string in the editing field, which contains the approved translation, or against the original string, in case there is no approved string.
Comment 1•
7 years ago
I love the idea. We could make use of jsdiff or something similar: http://tobyho.com/2013/11/05/jsdiff-for-comparing-text/
Priority: -- → P2
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7 years ago
Commit pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/pontoon https://github.com/mozilla/pontoon/commit/0b2ef7cb653e385794b394704263ccbbaf9eb63e Bug 1329003 diff suggestions (#527) * Move JS libraries to a lib folder * Fix bug 1329003: Show suggestions as diffs
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7 years ago
Commit pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/pontoon https://github.com/mozilla/pontoon/commit/365808c4f11bfa4c18f42aafdc0ad7e4c2ad615c Bug 1329003 diff suggestions (#527) * Move JS libraries to a lib folder * Fix bug 1329003: Show suggestions as diffs
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7 years ago
Matjaz, which library did you end up using?
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7 years ago
(In reply to Axel Hecht [:Pike] from comment #4) > Matjaz, which library did you end up using? Fast-diff, which is simplified diff-match-patch: https://www.npmjs.com/package/fast-diff I just learned the original library has some nice options that increase human readability: https://neil.fraser.name/software/diff_match_patch/svn/trunk/demos/demo_diff.html
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7 years ago
Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/pontoon https://github.com/mozilla/pontoon/commit/7f284b0d12a14c2eea93821b6cc4ec347b38a7d0 Bug 1329003: improve diff experience * Use diff-match-patch options for better readability * Hide diff by default and use toggle to turn it on and off https://github.com/mozilla/pontoon/commit/b95fcdc92eb89341344eb63fa06739a988e1c3ab Merge pull request #532 from BychekRU/bug-1329003 Bug 1329003: improve diff experience
7 years ago
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
2 years ago
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In 2009 in Autzen, Jeremiah Masoli was working hard the weak points of the zone defense Cal ran. He generally succeeded as receivers caught almost every ball that was thrown their way and coverage broke down on multiple occasions. In 2010, Clancy Pendergast changed the pass defense approach against Oregon a bit, and the results early on were quite fruitful and led to plenty of frustration for the Ducks.
Here's video of one of the first passing plays for the Ducks after Oregon's first fourth down conversion. Analysis after the jump.
While safety Chris Conte was assigned to spy Darron Thomas, the four remaining defensive backs in the 3-3-5 would do their best to try and contain the four other offensive options (generally at least three wide receivers and a tight end, sometimes four wide receivers). The first pass of the game illustrated that man-to-man concept the Bears would play, and it was further emphasized on the second pass.
Cal is in their 3-3-5 nickel formation they ran almost the entire game. Oregon has a four wideout set--three wide receivers set left, one to the right. Lavasier Tuinei (close receiver) will go in motion from left to right. Josh Hill (assigned to Tuinei) shadows him the entire way.
I'll ignore the left side in this play; Thomas doesn't look in that direction on this play.
Although this is not a pass play, Thomas is still reading an unblocked man, in this case Mychal Kendricks. How Kendricks reacts to this play will determine who Thomas decides to pass the ball to.
Based on the way Thomas's eyes are scanning the field, what Oregon wanted to do originally is attack the middle with Jeff Maehl, who runs inside on a curl and provides a nice safety valve option (Marc Anthony is playing a little off Maehl, probably to guard against the deeper throws). However, there's a lot of congestion. First, Mychal Kendricks (unblocked on this play) does not rush the quarterback immediately, meaning Thomas does not have a clear passing lane to Maehl. Perhaps Thomas is looking straight toward Kendricks's side of the field to freeze him from rushing him, then going to a secondary option.
One possibility was the motion receiver Tuinei, who seems to be running a vertical pattern straight down the sideline. However, Hill has shadowed him the whole play, and Thomas probably has a good view of that coverage. The only other option on this side of the field is the uncovered Barner running toward the unoccupied flats. Perhaps with receivers otherwise occupying blockers and with Kendricks having to pursue from behind, Thomas believed this was the strongest option on this play.
Pass protection also seems to be angled in one direction, and with the running back moving toward the right flat, there's no screen play developing. Straight up pass.
At first glance, it looks as if Thomas does gain the traction he wants. After holding his contain point and realizing Thomas won't be running at least initially, Kendricks eventually makes a go at the Oregon signal-caller. Thomas releases the ball to Barner. With Kendricks now having to pursue from behind, it looks like there will be space for Barner to exploit for some nice small to medium gains.
Except that's not what happens. Turns out Mike Mohamed is playing a little man coverage of his own.
See, Pendergast is making sure that all options are accounted for on this play. He wants his outside cornerback Anthony covering Maehl slotting inside. Kendricks is playing run contain to prevent the Darron Thomas scramble. And that means Mohamed takes Barner if he runs toward the right side of the field, his side. (If the play develops the other way, I imagine linebacker D.J. Holt is responsible for shadowing Barner that way).
Once Barner went out into the field, it became clear Oregon's first intention on this play was passing the ball. Mohamed could thus play man coverage on Barner and shadow him toward the sideline. Barner has no choice but to step out of bounds.
Another look at the play here from the playbook view.
As you can see from the diagram, the man principles of man-to-man coverage are in place. Hill runs in motion with Tuinei and covers him up down the sideline. Anthony is shadowing Maehl (although he does give him some space on his short route). The two receivers on the left side are being guarded in a similar fashion.
Man-to-man defense was a principle that served the Bears well against Oregon, and not just in the pass game. In future posts we take a look at what Cal did to slow down the potent Oregon run attack.


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A couple of weeks ago I asked folks to consider the 365 Full Frame project. Today the project offically launches as a photo blog.
The project began publishing on Friday to help populate the site for today's launch. The featured image for this post is today's photo, a shot of McWay Falls in Big Sur. For the remaining 361 days starting tomorrow, the project will publish one high resolution full frame photo a day at 4:00 p.m.
Generally, these photos will be posted on the 365 blog, Pinterest, Google+, Twitter and a cropped version on Instagram. Facebook friends will only see some, but not all posts.
You can see the site has a minimalist blog design. It pretty much is all about the photos, and works well on mobile. That's what made the most sense to me. Frankly, it's nice to post because the images are worth sharing and for no other reason, a refreshing return to the old days of social media.
More on #365FF
In all, 12 supporters came together to raise $2700 to fund the purchase of a a Nikon Df sans the lenses. Each of them has select licensing rights.
Anyone can share the images. Folks that purchase licenses for the photos will help buy more equipment. Rather than become a true professional photographer, I'd rather trade photo rights for more gear. Seems like a fair trade to me, and it helps fuel my hobby.
Thank you to everyone who helped get me here, from supporters to good pals like Richard Binhammer (who may guest photoblog on 365) and others who encouraged me along the way. It's cool to have an outlet for my photography.
Again, thank you for encouraging me!


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Tomorrow begins the semi-annual testimony of the Fed chair before the illustrious houses of legislature of the United States. Janet Yellen will testify before the House Financial Services Committee tomorrow and the Senate Banking Committee Thursday. Chair Yellen will read the same prepared speech before each Committee and then each member of the Committee gets a preset allotted time to ask questions. (Please note, Yellen's testimony will be released at 7:30am CST tomorrow.) The chair will dodge predictions but will put forward the most recent DOT PLOTS and FOMC statement as the backdrop to her testimony. THE MOST INTERESTING ASPECT WILL BE WHETHER OR NOT THE FED CHAIR SOFTLY CRITICIZES CONGRESS FOR NOT DOING MORE TO PUT FORWARD SOME TYPE OF FISCAL STIMULUS. Chuck Schumer may believe the FED is the only game in town but Chair Yellen will plead that the FOMC cannot be the sole stimulant to a moribund economy, especially with the headwinds blowing around the globe.
The FED will be under attack from the political left for raising interest rates even though wages have remained stagnant. The political right will ask about why the FOMC waited so long before removing the ZIRP. Also, pay close attention to Yellen's answer to the inevitable question about the economy going to a NIRP (negative rate policy). The Fed chair will say that the employment growth has been strong and the recent unemployment rate of 4.9% is pushing against the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU), an indication that the theoretical closing of the OUTPUT GAP hints at a coming rise in wages and thus possible inflation pressure. My question about NAIRU: Is a domestic employment gap relevant to upward wage pressure when a billion Indians are beginning to join the global labor force? (Hence the NEHRU pun.)
The Chinese economic miracle unleashed a billion potential workers and put downward pressure on wages across the globe. With the INDIAN RUPEE trading at multi-decade lows, foreign direct investment will begin to push competitive Indian goods around the globe. The FED keeps its models on a domestic bias but as long as labor and capital flow are unimpeded around the world the influence of labor thresholds is severely diminished. Coupled with the flawed NAIRU measure, January's Labor Market Conditions Index revealed some new softness in the 10 labor market indicators that Chair Yellen relies upon for a full picture analysis.
The current fragile financial situation around the globe, plus an uncertain wage situation in the U.S. will tilt Yellen toward the dovish side. She will not be in Stanley Fischer's ballpark of four rate increases, but will play in a LEAGUE OF HER OWN. Again, Chair Yellen's background is as an academic labor economist who has shown great concern for the stagnant wages of the middle class. The power of the NEHRU is greater than the academic theory of NAIRU.
***Yesterday, there was an article on Bloomberg's First Word platform titled, "Yield Curves Don't Have to Invert to Signal Recession," in which the writer, Alexandra Harris, quotes BofA's Ruslan Bikbov as theorizing that in a near-zero interest regime, the yield curve doesn't need "… to flatten significantly for a recession to occur." Bikbov is making a point that I have raised in the BLOG and with Rick Santelli many times. The FED and the central banks have broken the signaling mechanism of global bond markets, which is why volatility will increase as investors do not have a reliable tool in which to price risk. This was a great concern of FOMC member Jeremy Stein, who resigned from the FED and went back to teach at Harvard because he couldn't prevail on this critical issue (my opinion). But I have noted that the yield curve still has importance as critical price levels are violated. All hell will break loose when we close under 115 basis points on the 2/10 curve.
Well the exaggeration was intentional as the renewed flattening in the curve has created greater market uncertainty and probably increased angst in the FOMC boardroom while the yield on the 10-YEAR TREASURY NOTE has declined more than 40 basis points since the December 16 rate increase. Yes, the 10-year note is responding to the global drop in yields, which should be very disconcerting to a domestic-oriented FED. Negative yields around the world are having a detrimental impact on the designs of the FED models. Today, the 2/10 curve settled at a an eight-year low and is closing in on 95.53 basis points last touched on January 2008.
The big difference from eight years ago was that the FED FUNDS RATE was at 4.25%, which gave the FED room to cut rates in response to signals provided by the yield curve. Today, the FED has very limited capacity to respond to a flattening yield curve. The lack of steepness in the YIELD CURVE is acting as a drag on bank profits, which raises the question about the FED removing the Interest on Excess Reserves (IOER), a profit center for the large banks. If the FED went to negative yields and if the curve did not react via steepening, bank profits would be squeezed.
***More duress in Europe as yields on Greek two-year notes climb to 15.5% as not all is going well in the Greek negotiations. It appears that the market is pricing in the Greeks departing from the EU and a Greek debt default. The Portuguese sovereign yields are also on the rise as the 10-year note approached 3.75%. All is not well in the European debt markets, but because of the ECB's active intervention the market is not able to price sovereign bonds accordingly. If the BIS were to ever push for a realistic risk weighting for sovereign debt many more European banks would be severely undercapitalized for bank regulations deem all sovereign debt to carry a zero risk weighting, which means there is no capital reserve required. This will continue to be on our radar. Maybe Chair Yellen will actually be asked about the stress and strains in the European capital markets and their impact on the U.S. financial system.
Tags: dot plots, European sovereign debt, Fed, FOMC, Janet Yellen, NAIRU, Stanley Fischer, yield curves


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An asteroid will fly past Earth tonight (March 30) about 2 million miles away. That's about nine times farther away than the Moon.
There is no danger of collision. And that's a really good thing. This space rock, named 2006 VV2, is more than a mile wide (about 2 kilometers), according to the web site Spaceweather.com. If one that big did hit Earth, it'd destroy everything for hundreds of miles around and likely upset global commerce and create climate change unlike anything seen in modern history.
The rock will be far too dim to see with the naked eye. Seasoned backyard astronomers will try to spot it with good-sized telescopes and CCD cameras, however.
The best viewing locations will be in the Americas, according to Spaceweather.com. The rock will pass directly over southern California at about 11 p.m. local time.
Astronomers have catalogued hundreds of asteroids larger than a half-mile that sometimes pass in the vicinity of Earth's orbit. None are known to be on a collision course, but more remain to be found. One asteroid, called Apophis, will pass very close to Earth in the year 2029 and has a minor chance of hitting the planet in 2036. Some have called for a mission to track Apophis more closely by attaching a device to it.


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Did you ever get a resolution to this problem? I think it may have something to do with the auger or developer. I am having the same problem.
Take a look at the bottom of the toner cartridge and if the metal tab look like in the first picture, push the little tab in the middle inside like in the second picture and after that push the entire metal tab to the center of the cartridge like in the 3rd picture. Insert the toner cartridge in the machine, close the front cover and see what is happened.
If the problem is not solved, than replace the part that what you specified.
When I reset the toner, sometimes the graphic display will then show the cyan toner as completely full, then within a few prints it shows almost empty, then it stops printing and says replace cyan toner. Anyway, is this the sensor that might be the problem? If so, I can take one out of another dead 7750. I guess I just have to figure out how to get that top piece off to get to it.
In the Developer housing there is an ATC (automatic concentration control) sensor. Otherwise it could be a problem with CRUM connector that make contact with toner cartridge chip.
The print looks fine, it is not missing the cyan toner. I suspect there is something wrong with some sensor that measures when the toner is empty.
How the print look? Is missing cyan on it? It is possible to have a problem with Cyan Developer Unit and for replacing it you need a tech. It is not quiet simple to replace it.
My Phaser 7750 has suddenly started telling me to replace the Cyan toner cartridge when there's at least 50% left in the cartridge. I thought it might be the cartridge, so I put another one in, same thing. If I pull it out and put it back in, it will sometimes (but not always) reset itself and print about 10-15 pages then quit with the same "replace Cyan toner" message again. If I need to replace a part, I have two "dead" 7750s I can take parts from, but might need a little guidance there too. Thanks.


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Top 10 Things to do Before Filing for Divorce:
Information is power. Gather proof of income such as tax returns, W-2s, 1099, paystubs, etc. Gather any and all financial account statements (whether yours, your spouse's or joint accounts), including bank statements, credit card statements, retirement statements, mutual funds, etc. Also, gather any documentation relevant to issues in your case such as emails, text messages, school records, etc.
Change the passwords to all email addresses, social media, bank accounts, and credit card accounts. Figure out whether your spouse is able to reset your passwords. If so your spouse likely has an email address tied to the account. If it is your own personal or individual account, remove your spouse's email address. If it is a joint account, do not limit your spouse's ability to access the account.
As Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google+ (okay, maybe not Google+) have become a fixture in our everyday lives, social media postings are commonly used as evidence in divorce cases. If your spouse accuses you of having an alcohol problem, you can be sure that the judge will see any postings showing you drinking and partying. Anger Problem? Adultery? Pick your allegation. Evidence of it can be found on social media. When it comes to social media postings, boring is better.
Word travels fast. Be careful what you say even to your closest friends. Invariably word will get back to your spouse. Do not discuss your divorce, your plans, your misdeeds or your spouse's misdeeds with anyone other than your attorney.
For those of us who are not tech-savvy, technology can be scary. But in the hands of a knowledgeable, emotional spouse, technology can be frightening. I've seen GPS trackers, recording devices, cloned cell phones, and hidden cameras. As the classic song by the Police goes, if you always feel like somebody's watching you, you might be right.
A divorce can be a long process. Memories fade. So it's important to keep a journal of the important happenings. Write down the date, time, and event. If your spouse threatens you, write it down. If your spouse admits to an affair, write it down. Were you the only one to show up for your kid's doctor's appointment? Write it down.
At some point in the divorce process, you and your spouse will have separate residences. You need to know what you can afford. You will also need to know whether you are eligible for spousal maintenance and how much child support will be, so your divorce lawyer can help you figure out your budget.
This may be the second most important decision you make because it could be a crucial factor in determining who gets the kids. Judges want to maintain consistency for the kids. Keeping the kids in the house is a great way to do that. Same bedroom. Same house. Same neighborhood. Same friends. Same school. The parent who stays in the house has an advantage if there is a custody battle.
Always assume that your actions will be reviewed by the judge because they likely will. Your children should always be your number one priority. Always put their needs before your own. Except in cases of abuse or neglect, understand that it is in your children's best interest to have a strong relationship with both parents.
Meet with as many lawyers as necessary until you find the right one for you. Meet with your lawyer face-to-face to make sure you're comfortable with him. A good divorce lawyer has experience, is board certified, is a good listener, and can empathize with you. Avoid lawyers who use scare tactics and tough talk. You need a lawyer who understands the value of cooperation but is willing to fight for you if necessary.
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6,290 yards, 132 slope from the Whites
Course: In Gilbertsville, PA, Hickory Valley GC is about 45 minutes northwest of the Philadelphia area, in the same general area as Bella Vista. Boasting two courses, the Presidential and the Ambassador, HV is in an out of the way location, so the area is fairly quiet and bucolic. While the Ambassador was the first course on the property, the Presidential is widely regarded as the flagship course and for that reason, generally gets a lot more play.
The Presidential was built by Ron Prichard and opened in 1996. Prichard designed TPC at Southwind in Memphis and is well known for his restorative work at Aronimink and, one of my favorites, Jeffersonville. While Prichard is very adept at restoration work, there's also a lot to like at his original design of Presidential. A parkland course on moderate terrain, trees and forced carries shape most of the holes, with mounds and bunkers getting a lot more wild closer to the green. Most of the tee shots were inviting, the shots to the green would vary considerably from hole to hole. There are multiple severe dog legs and forced carries, yet almost no blind shots. The course calls upon an array of different shots, but everything is out in front of you, to plan accordingly. The greens are challenging and in some cases, are the main protection for the hole, ensuring that good ball strikers will not push the course around. The trees attack and subside from hole to hole, but come into play in one way or another on pretty much every hole. Apparently the course is set on an old nursery and this becomes more obvious as you get through the round and enjoy the scenery, which very much feels like a very nice, and big, park.
While there are a few holes that stand out and others that are still nice plays, most of the course doesn't assert its identity to set itself apart from many of the other parkland courses in this area of the country. Tree-lined holes with a forced carry to the green, dog leg with water or rough on the far side; most of it felt like I had played something similar before. There doesn't have to be anything wrong with that, as if the course routs well, presents varying degrees of challenge, thrill and fun, it is a solid layout even if you've encountered a lot of it some where else in the past. That's how I view the Presidential; a nice layout with sufficient challenge and fun, but overall there's so many aspects of the course I could find fairly easy elsewhere, likely with a shorter drive. But I would also play here over many other courses closer to me. Its high points put it in the top half or third of public courses in the area, however, and the challenge it presents with some very good deals on green fees make it a terrific value course as well.
While I had played here for 36 holes when I was just starting to play several years ago, I had an opportunity to come back, with what I was hoping was a slightly better game and maybe a more discerning eye. It was a rough 36 holes, hitting in to many of the water hazards, so I also wondered what type of scar tissue I would have from those rounds so many years ago. Either way, I warmed up at the range, tried to clear my memory and stepped up to the First tee with all the best of intentions.
The First is a 340 yard par 4 (from the Whites). A dog leg right where driver off the tee means you need to shape the ball off to the right or you will run out of fairway, trees form the hole on both sides. After the turn, the fairway leads straight to the green, which falls off on the far side. It's a gentler opening hole.
|The First
|Approach shot territory
|Closer look at the green
The Second is a 387 yard par 4. Another dog leg right, but water is at the outside of the turn, running up to the green. A ridge is off to the right at the turn, so a little more precision is needed to make sure you have a nice look at the green on your approach. The green has longer trench type bunkers on either side and runs from back to front, with some undulations mixed in as well. It's a much more complex green from the First and is more in line with what to expect form the greens for the rest of the round.
|The Second
|Approach shot territory from the inside of the dog leg
|A look at the green from off to the left side
The Third is a 354 yard par 4. A hole that is straight away with trees closer on the right side while rough is over on the left. Cross bunkers occupy the front of the green and narrow its opening, which is slightly raised and runs from right to left. The green complex is a good one and certainly makes the approach and putting a little more demanding.
|The Third
|Approach shot territory
|A closer look at the green
The Fourth is a 521 yard par 5. The first par 5 is a challenging one, as trees and bunkers narrow the tee landing area. A forced carry closer to the green makes it necessary to get your ball as close as possible to it in two shots in order to have a manageable approach shot. That means there is little margin for error on the first two shots. Of course, I had 200+ yards for my third shot because I was tangles up in the one of my bunkers, but got my ball over the forced carry anyways. The green runs from back to front and bunkers are on either side of it. A fairly challenging, brawny hole.
|The Fourth
|Moving down the fairway
|Approach shot territory
The Fifth is a 137 yard par 3. A shorter par 3 with a forced carry over water, the pin position influences a lot, as anything over to the left being the water directly in play while over to the right brings the bunkers more into play. Anything over the green will not be in good shape. The green runs from back to front and is severe enough that it's exponentially more beneficial to stay below the hole.
|The Fifth
The Sixth is a 465 yard par 5. The trees subside on this hole and you're left with a wide open dog leg right, with a forced carry tee shot over long grass and bunkers on the inside of the dog leg. After the turn, there's another forced carry over to the green, that has bunkers below it on either side. A shorter par 5, but the forced carries and dog leg ensure that a measure of ball striking and course management is necessary to score well.
|The Sixth
|Moving down the fairway, in the tee landing area
|A look at the green off to the left
The Seventh is a 141 yard par 3. A forced carry over water to a green that runs perpendicular to the tee with bunkers on the far left side. A pin position off to the right turns this into a risk-reward hole, with taking on more of the water resulting in getting closer to the pin while safer shots off to the left mean more work to be done on the green. The green runs from right to left and back to front.
|The Seventh
The Eighth is a 390 yard par 4. Very similar to the Sixth, it's a dog leg right with a forced carry to the green, which is elevated above the fairway. Your tee shot has to clear the trees on the right so you have a clean look at the green.
|The Eighth
|Approach shot territory
The Ninth is a 362 yard par 4. An elevated tee to a fairway beset by trees on both sides and a line of bunkers bisecting the fairway, challenging you from the tee. The hole then dog legs right with a forced carry to the green at an angle. While the forced carry approach shots begin to feel repetitive, at least there are different looks and distances for each. The green is fairly large and falls off towards the right side.
|The Ninth
|Approach shot territory
The front nine is on fairly mile terrain and features a number of forced carries and dog legs. Trees factor in to varying degrees depending on the hole. The setting is nicely parkland and quiet, with the holes separated from each other well very well. Ranking them, I'd go 4, 9, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 1.
The back nine starts with the 428 yard par 4 Tenth. Another dog leg right with trees and bunkers along the right side and a wilder than normal green, which is multi-tiered.
|The Tenth
|A closer look at the green
The Eleventh is a 188 yard par 3. A longer par 3 with one of the only blind tee shots on the course, this par 3 has a large false front before reaching the green, so hitting it longer than you think is usually a good idea. The green moves from right to left and should be accounted for off the tee as well.
|The Eleventh
The Twelfth is a 362 yard par 4. Things narrow considerably here with an imposing tree-lined fairway. The green is slightly elevated, moving from left to right. One thing I noticed on this hole, which applies to many of them, is that hitting just off green makes the hole a lot more difficult, as the slopes or rough do not provide a lot of relief for those shots. Hitting to the high side of every green is probably the best approach to minimize the bumps and rolls you get after the ball lands. Here, that is prevalent, as any shot over to the right will go off green and roll over to the tree line.
|The Twelfth
|Approach shot territory
The Thirteenth is a 369 yard par 4. The trees continue to tighten on this dog leg right, which has a semi-forced carry to the green where bunkers encroach on the left. There are bunkers on the far right of the green, so there is a modicum of precision necessary for a safe approach shot.
|The Thirteenth
|Approach shot territory
The Fourteenth is a 528 yard par 5. A tree line runs along the entire left side of the hole while the fairway slopes from the left to right. Trees on the right begin to come in to the mix near the approach shot to a green that is slightly elevated and is protected by bunkers on either side. Use the first two shots to position yourself for the best approach and anyone that wants to go for the green in two, I would aim for the front of or just short of the green.
|The Fourteenth
|Moving down the fairway
|Approach shot territory
The Fifteenth is a 112 yard par 3. A short par 3 with a forced carry over water to a green that runs from back to front. It seemed like the easiest hole on the course when we reached the tee and the scorecard confirms it. Just don't top your tee shot into the water and make the hole harder than it needs to be, like some people I know…
|The Fifteenth
The Sixteenth is a 420 yard par 4. The course website boasts that the last three holes are as good as anywhere else and I'd agree they're good. The holes switch back and forth over a creek, which comes into play at various points of each hole. Here, it's in play only as a forced carry off the tee to fairway surrounded by trees on both sides. The corridor continues to the green, which is elevated with a larger bunker protecting the front side. I almost wish we saw more green complexes like this on the course, as it undulates, invites various angles and flights into the green and allows for interesting recovery shots for those just off the green.
|The Sixteenth
The Seventeenth is a 451 yard par 5. The tee shot is another narrow one through a chute formed by trees to a fairway that abruptly ends at the aforementioned creek. The tee shot is this critical to get our ball in a position to get over the creek on the next shot, while longer hitters may have a chance at getting over the creek off the tee. If your tee shot is in good position, then you have a lot of discretion in figuring out how you would like to attack the green, as there really isn't anything impeding your progress. So figure out what distances you're comfortable with and execute. Again, however, it's all set up with the tee shot.
|The Seventeenth
|Second shot territory, at the end of the first fairway
|Approach shot territory
The Eighteenth is a 335 yard par 4. The fairway is much wider than the last two holes to a fairway that is set to the left a little. The approach shot is a forced carry over the creek, which widens a lot more and requires a healthy shot over. There really is little room for mis-hits on the approach. The green has a ridge through it and seemed to have a few quadrants where balls end up and putting across and over it is a challenge.
|The Eighteenth. The late summer shadows are making their presence known in these photos
|Approach shot territory
The back nine is a little flatter and milder terrain-wise than the front and trees impose themselves a bit more as well. The last three holes are a nice finish that emphasize different aspects of the game. I'd rank them 18, 16, 17, 11, 14, 10, 13, 12, 15.
In general, the Presidential is a strong showing of a prototypical parkland course that presents an enjoyable and fairly challenging round. The course does not overly rely on a single design feature and while some are more prevalent than others, it avoids becoming redundant. The conditions were nice and the greens had some complexity to them, all of which made it a solid play.
Gripes: The front nine doesn't return to the clubhouse, but there is a halfway house after the Tenth. It was closed, even though it was pretty hot on the day I played and since I was walking the course, was fairly agitated. The grounds crew seemed to think their work was more important than what anyone else was doing on the course. Sprinklers left on wetting bunkers and greens as you're playing them, driving lawnmowers, etc. directly behind us and a terrible temporary tee made all detracted from the round.
Bar/Grill: There's an indoor area with a television. It's a standard set up.
Clubhouse/Pro Shop: Kind of in the same area as the bar area and has a decent set up with soft and hard goods.
Practice area: A range on mats along with a putting green.
Nearby: While the course seems to be amongst farm land, it's near Ridge Avenue, closer to Bella Vista GC and Route 422, which has a number of shops and restaurants.