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Opinion & Analysis
Taking the eyes out of putting
Before we take the eyes out of putting, let's take a quick eye test. Look at this picture below and answer this question: Which looks longer, A or B?
The correct answer is C!
I know you just read the question again and are screaming, "There is no C!"
That's because like any great illusion, it's a trick. The cards you see are EXACTLY the same. Our eyes are just lousy at seeing curves.
Which brings us to green reading in the modern game. Think about golf course architecture — specifically green construction. Courses are now built with modern capabilities, no bare hands and mules dragging soil. So what are some things that happen that upset our eyes' ability to read greens?
No. 1 is that the architect can tilt the green away from natural drainage patterns. The old saying "it breaks toward the water" actually can be 100 percent wrong because the architect can move the dirt to make it go the other way.
When the PGA Tour was at Torrey Pines recently for the Farmers Insurance Open, I heard the announcers say too many times to count that the players need to take into account the ocean when reading the break for a putt. Lunacy! When the South Course was redone before the 2008 U.S. Open, modern equipment was brought in to move the ground around, and man determined the slopes on the greens — NOT NATURE. It would be very easy for me to build a green that broke completely away from the water, agreed?
Secondly, man-made drainage patterns allow for run off in a minimum of three directions for most greens. So you can have lots of opposite movement on greens that mess with your eyes, also going away from the natural lay of the land. So in Phoenix, putts are not necessarily biased to break toward "The Valley," and in Palm Springs, they all don't break toward Indio!
That is why eyesight can be so misleading. There has to be a better way to read greens that does not fool you and make you guess as to what you are seeing?
That brings me to last May when I was hanging around the putting green at The Memorial Tournament. Adam Scott had just won the previous week and made lots of putts including two in a playoff. Before each putt, he held up several fingers and then lined up and hit the putt. It was the first time I had seen Aimpoint Express. I had read about it, but now it was live fire with the No. 1 player in the world at that time. Now here I was watching it up close at The Memorial. I soaked it all in as Hunter Mahan worked the green with his caddy. Then Adam arrived and worked it.
I noticed two things immediately:
- They made lots of putts…and they made the reads quickly in doing so.
- When they missed, they were burning the edge every time.
In fact, you might already be doing Aimpoint Express and not even know it! Have you ever gotten over a putt and felt like it might break more/less than you saw? That is because your feet are feeling the incline and sending your body an adjustment to calibrate to so you stand in balance. That is exactly what Express does.
This gets me to the point of needing to bring clarity to Aimpoint Express for players confused by what they are seeing and hearing on TV. Just last week, Jerry Foltz and Judy Rankin on The Golf Channel LPGA Tour telecast from Ocala had an Aimpoint Express discussion that was full of errors that left the viewer confused and badly misinformed.
So let me give you some facts about green reading with Aimpoint Express. We are going to hit these 3 points:
- Aimpoint Express is quick.
- Aimpoint Express is NOT technical.
- The best players are using it.
Take the last point first because all you have to do is read the list of names that use Aimpoint Express: Adam Scott, Anna Nordqvist, Stacey Lewis, Ian Poulter, Zach Johnson, Hunter Mahan and Lydia Ko, the new No. 1-ranked female golfer in the world.
Also, Aimpoint Express is not technical. When you can learn it in less than an hour and immediately make putts from all over the green, that is in no way technical. Quantum Physics or String Theory is technical. Taking apart my computer and putting it back together (and having it work again) is technical!
Here is how non-technical it is.
I had a tour player recently ask me what we do about grain and if I can adjust to play more or less break if I want to with Aimpoint Express? He had been told there is no adjustment for it because it is too technical. Well, that is another false statement and goes to how not technical it is. Aimpoint Express is accurate to 95 percent of the read, while the other 5 percent of the putt is your experience and athleticism, adjusting for things like grain and how hard to strike the ball. It's literally as easy as that!
The last comment I hear a lot is that Aimpoint takes too long. On the contrary, it's so fast that if every player on the Ryder Cup teams last year knew how to do it, they could play the event in two days instead of three. I can get the read and have the putt on the way a lot faster with Aimpoint Express than when I read it with my eyes after walking all over the place. My eyes are nowhere near accurate enough for me to get the read quickly!
I prefer to be 95 percent accurate as opposed to just going with my best guess and reading putts with my eyes. Remember the test above, with the curved cards, if you want to trust your eyes.
Our feet are like a pair of highly sensitive levels. They are always seeking dynamic balance to keep us safe by making minute adjustments and sending that message to our brain. So they are very effective at feeling slope because they have been doing that since we started to walk in order to keep us upright and out of harm's way.
So after learning Aimpoint Express and teaching it to my players and watching them win tournaments, I can clearly see the future of green reading. If you do not want more precision, then keep guessing with your eyes. If you want to get your read faster and make more putts, then find a certified instructor near you and check out Aimpoint Express.
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could this be part of what's wrong with golf. its hard enough, now course architects are changing the slopes to not match the natural tendencies… dumb.
"Feeling" the slope with your feet is only valid for about a 3 ft putt. Beyond that length the slope is rarely consistent with where the ball rests. Matter of fact, for me at least, if I can feel the slope when I stand over the ball for that 3 footer, it's so severe that it's real luck if ball goes in.
We have found this not too be true. Your feet can tell you a lot about how the green changes over distance.
Shawn Clement and I have crafted a putting drill in the dark. Well almost in the dark. You need enough light such as a full moon or a nearby parking lot lamp so that you can still barely see the hole and ball while being totally deprived of depth perception.
You do the around the world drill at a pin position with slope using 5 balls at 5 feet. For ADHD kids we do semi circles and alternate the sides of the hole in order to maintain focus. Since you can not see the slope your senses will be hyper charged to be aware of what your feet and your inner balance mechanism are telling you. When you go up and over the falling it becomes very obvious. By the third time through the sequence you will make most if not all of the putts even though you can not see a thing.
Then do the same with a 5 ball ladder drill from 10′ to 30′ feet. With the first putt you can stills how the ball reacts near the hole. On the second putt you apply that knowledge plus what your feet are telling you is the difference between ball 1 and ball 2 and the second putt ends up much closer. By the third time through the ladder there is very little difference between the outcome of the ladder drill in the dark vs the ladder drill in the light.
However you still need your eyes. You need both senses to allow you brain to predict. This is why we teach ADHD kids to walk above the break, around the hole and stop below the hole. Then they build a picture of how the ball will roll into the hole. They walk back to the ball below the break. Then they build a picture of the ball going into the hole starting from the hole backwards from what both their feet and their eyes are telling them.
It is like a Chef sautéing vegetables. An experienced chef uses what his or her eyes, ears, and nose are telling them what is going on in the pan. If the veggies have spent a couple of days in the crisper, they are more dehydrated and will sizzle less in the pan. At that point the chef instinctively grabs for the chicken stock sooner. His brain has predicted from the sound and experiences that the veggies are about to burn sooner than the time the recipe suggests.
You need to build awareness of what your eyes, feet and inner balance mechanisms are telling you.
Your brain is a marvelous prediction machine.
How can an amateur learn AimPoint?
Go to the Aimpoint website and find an instructor near you and contact them.
Thanks for all the mostly favorable comments on the article. Understand that I wrote it to help explain why you "might" miss putts, why there is another way, and to correct wrong information that so called expert golf commentators are sharing during telecasts (Yesterday Feherety said everything at Pebble breaks toward the ocean, UGH….). In this limited space I do not have the luxury of a dissertation length narrative to explain everything. Just because I did not write about the HOW does not mean anything negative mentioned in the comments is valid. It means that I chose to help you by giving you facts over falsehoods and misconceptions so that you are correctly informed. If you want more about AE here is a great article about the HOW by one of the other certified instructors:
I just read an article about a process I had never heard of before and I don't know anything more about it than I did before I read the article.
The idea of Aimpoint express is to quickly read the break and give us the weekend hackers a much better chance to 2putt from outside of 6 feet. I dont expect to make everything for mid range and long range putt. My number of 3 putt has significantly reduced since i took the aimpoint express class. And like some of you mentioned, you have to practice a lot to get better at feeling the slope with your feet. Adam has practiced every day to feel the slope and double check with a digital meter.
If this article was in any sort of scientific journal it would come with a massive disclaimer at the bottom of it.
Plus the question at the top of the article is 'Which looks longer, A or B?' not 'which is larger, A or B?' Therefore the answer is 'B' it looks larger.
I have tried it. Not sure I like it. feeling the break through your feet is just as difficult as seeing it with your eyes. Its also just as open to error. if you tend to favour your weight on one side or the other won't that make a putt that curves feel straight potentially. If I was barefoot on a green I might be able to feel all the slopes, but with spiked shoes its just as much a lottery for me as using my eyes
That is exactly correct Tim ! I have got to come up with a gimmick for golf. We are so easy !
With all due respect, this article provided no useful information and is simply an add for Aimpoint. I am not saying that Aimpoint is worthless. I am saying that this article provided no information regarding the "secrets" of Aimpoint. Step right up people. Pay your quarter and step into into the tent to see the lizard girl from the Amazon… It's fast; it's not rocket science and some very good golfers know the secrets. At least the carnival barkers give some examples of what might be revealed inside the tent. With respect to Aimpoint, I would be satisfied if the author would have given a good explanation as to Scott's use of a Vulcan mind meld grip to assess green breaks.
So "regular" Aimpoint goes to the curb, now "Express" claims get 95% good reads? Insane quick Expert Greenreading is guaranteed 100% of the time with a P&SI-EGOS; where if ever a bad read, it is pilot error. And free support to correct pilot error. No charts, no foot feeling, no fingers needed.
Nice sales pitch. Your article didn't actually present any information about aim point though. You just bragged about who uses it and name dropped the whole time. Are you afraid if you shared a little knowledge that no one would come to you for lessons? This kind of thinking kept golf instruction (and other industries) in the dark ages for the longest time!
"When I stand over a six-footer I have a game plan," says Adam Scott. "I know where the putt needs to go and that gives me great confidence."
Sounds interesting. I think I will pass, though. I already make an extraordinary amount of putts. If I made any more, I'm sure I would be investigated by numerous government and golfing organizations. Senate hearings, the whole deal. Thanks, but no thanks.
Adam Scott started using aim point when he was the number 1 player in the world, now he is number 5. Seems to be working, what a joke.
yet his putting stats have gotten better…. sometimes you drop in world ranking for other reasons, but that would take little more common sense and time from your part which you seem incapable of
This article is a advertisement at best. it is a complete joke and has no merits, no proof that it works. It is some teaching pro trying to drum up buisness.
I'm just waiting for the comment here with the youtube link for it :0)
Thanks for all the comments on the article pro and con. I just got really frustrated last week at the comments during the telecasts on the LPGA and PGA Tours. Mainly this one from Ocala between between Jerry Foltz and Judy Rankin on The Golf Channel telecast.
Here is the transcript of the conversation:
Foltz: "I know Judy you get a lot of questions from viewers who look for a definition as to what it is, and it's impossible to give you an overview that quickly but essentially it's a modern day way to quantify what you feel with your feet a plumb-bob if you will."
Rankin: "And if you stick with us for a few weeks we are going to make every effort to explain this in layman's terms."
Foltz: "You feel the slope with your feet and you learn how to judge it between a scale of 1-5 and then you stand behind the ball hold up those fingers next to the golf ball and where the outside finger is in relation to the hole that is your Aimpoint. It is a little more complicated than that."
(Then Lydia Ko makes a super long birdie putt using Aimpoint Express!!)
Rankin: "I have to ask one more question Jerry…Does it matter which is your dominant eye because it sure did plumb-bobing?"
Foltz: "Yea, I believe it does. Yea, you just , with plumb-bobbing you are like how Karrie Webb does, and is doing, you have to basically stand perpendicular to the slope and then hold your dominant eye. The putter between your dominant eye and the outside edge of the ball. Very similar with the Aimpoint."
Very confusing and it made my head spin listening to them and I know what I am doing. So how must the viewer feel when hearing all that?. It is OK if you do not know something to simply say "I don't know," instead of making stuff up. The point is to help the readers understand some correct facts against what they are hearing on telecasts and maybe see why the best players are doing it.
I'm blind in one eye,a good reader of greens.
I actually do it with my feet. I learned the art
of putting from a pro that played in the 1st
masters. Won't use his name,son copied righted
everything he did or said.
(QUOTE) in real estate 3 important things to remember
Everything starts from the ground up.
Folks folks folks.
The reason why there is so much misinformation from guys like Foltz and even good Tour players is this…..: They don't really want you to know the secret. It's always been that way.
So AimPoint mitigates our difficulty reading curves, it's accurate and easy to learn…
what differentiates it from a protractor?
and why is Adam Scott holding up two fingers?
An overview would have supported your product better than the unexplained correlation with feet, fingers, photos and four paragraphs on non-natural drainage patterns.
The lack of clarity is doubly annoying because my green reading I'm bad at reading the line
If you take the course, you would know, wouldn't you? Duh
I'll save you folks some money. Here's how it was explained to me by someone that did go to a teacher on the Aimpoint (not sure if it is correct, but I won't spend the money on the class to verify it): The number of fingers is the amount of break. The length of your arm (distance from your eye) is the speed of the greens. This is the basic principle. First, you calibrate your arm (distance) to the speed of the green, then decide if the putt is a one finger break, 2 finger break (more break), 3 finger, etc….
Example: a huge swinger from right to left… you determine that this much elbow bend equals the speed of the green, the amount of break is 2 fingers. Hold that up to the hole in front of you. This will give you your aim point for the putt.
hahahaha what a joke.
Thank you for the explanation.
The number of fingers is based upon your getting to know the degree of slope (from 1-5, with the number of fingers equaling that degree). However, you place the index finger over one-half of the cup and determine your aim point, using the outer most finger (again, from 1-5). I never took the course but saw a promo video. My first three rounds since using Aim Point had me draining longer (over 10 feet) putts on a more consistent basis or just burning edges, more consistently. This meant the dreaded 3 putts were history. The key is to get used to your feel for slope and knowing how hard to hit your putts. Personally, whether it's a cure-all or not is irrelevant. Now, I have much more confident in my reads and that's what counts for any golf shot–confidence.
"Now, I have much more confident in my reads and that's what counts for any golf shot–confidence." Bingo!!! This is what the tour players tell me. They say now I have a plan and feel more confident over the putt…
Anyone that listens to Jerry Foltz is asking to miss putts, cuts, greens, fairways and the broad side of a barn.
Foltz is wrong so often I don't think he is even watching the same tournament or much less the same shot or putt that I am.
How about letting us know what Aimpoint is (I do know this is just a comment) and give us a bit of Information about how it works……..Otherwise I would like to see the Stats from the Players who use it now and how they putted before ….Then maybe I would like to invest my hard earned bucks in a lesson. Just as an extra there, I am quite happy with my putting but new things are often worth a look.
I've learned to just trust myself "my 5 senses, yes all 5". Works from any distance, slop, or speed of greens and can adjust immediately to changing conditions. I believe many just forgot how to listen to their senses and let that information set them up for the putt. It is almost as if someone else is making the putt for you.
It tool me a few months last season, but it was a project that is seeing results in all aspects of my game besides putting. Putting just seemed logical to approach first.
Trust your feet don't trust your eyes? Ok try reading a green with your eyes closed and relying on your feet to feel the slope…
Thanks for your comment Andrew. If you love the game like I do then you have run into this situation. It is late in the day and you say to yourself, "I can squeeze in a quick 9 before dark!" But you don't quit make it and with 3 holes to play it is hard to see the ball in the air let alone read a green. Over the summer this happened to me and using AE I made 3 in row coming in without being able to see a thing. Years ago on tour (back when it was Buy.com before Nationwide) I was finishing in the near dark, they had not called play because we were two holes from done, and it was darn tough to see. Wish I had this back then!
Rob, thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm a little skeptical of AE, but obviously lots of good players, yourself included, are devotees so I don't want to knock it. Just can't think I'd ever trust my feet to feel a slope over what my eyes are telling me! I can relate to your experiences of playing late in the day and holing putts-maybe because we're also not over thinking the putt too? more relaxed, lower expectations? I've always felt I can read greens well- I'll hit my share of bad putts but rarely do I get fooled by a break-maybe I've a sense of slope coming through my feet without realizing it.
I live in Seattle, WA and the nearest AimPoint certified coach wanted $600 for a 2-hour lesson.
…I'd rather 3-putt?
Connor thanks for your comment.
I charge my normal one hour lesson fee. Interested to know who that is and I cannot imagine they are doing many sessions at that rate.
Sebastian, here are 3 Aimpoint certified instructors in Canada: Paul Horton Heritage Point Golf Club DeWinton Canada, Derek Ingram Elmhurst Golf and Country Club Winnipeg Canada, Martin Whelan Club de Golf St-Rapha L'lle-Bizard Canada.
I wish I could learn it but are any course offered in Canada?
Liam Mucklow at the Golf Lab in Toronto
I have taken the level 1 Aimpoint class (not Express)….but actually I have started using my feet to feel the slope and then trying to just trust it with my stroke….It Works! The feet and brain are very well calibrated it seems. If this is similar to the AP Express method, then I would suggest folks try it.
Snowman thanks for your comment. The article is about Aimpoint Express and glad you understanding the correlation between feet and slope. In a couple of years only the stubborn will rely 100% on the old way to read a green.
Great article, as an Aimpointer myself I get asked all the time what it is and how it works and I am happy to offer a quick lesson or a full scale demo. Doing this doesn't really make someone good at it, until you spend some time training your feel for slope!
So that's where taking a class or two comes in. I have done training with Mark Sweeney and even he will tell you that without practice you will not be as accurate.
One other point that will no doubt open Pandora's box, is Grain! Just like Rob mentions that slope doesn't necessarily break to a body of water or like the TV folks repeatedly say about the setting sun, grain is a misunderstood property of green reading. To put it bluntly, it has little bearing on green reading because "grain is slope". Grain is the direction in which grass grows and grass grows where water goes. Water goes with the slope!! On today's greens that are cut much shorter than in the past, grain is negligible.
The only place grain effects a read is where the grass is longer, say fringe! And the only place grain doesn't grow with slope is where there is no slope, on really flat spots.
Aimpoint won't guarentee you make every putt, but it will sure help you understand how to make more and why you miss when you do. I was always a poor putter but I now feel like I can make everything. And if I dont, it's usually not far off.
Thanks for your comment Don and your last sentence is dead on…
When I miss it always looks like it is going to go in but at the last roll just misses.
Really tightens down your reads.
Keep it up and make everything in 2015
This article should be filed under ADVERTISEMENT.
100% agree…but…AimPoint Express is legit and worth it if you can find a pro that doesn't price gouge for a lesson.
The big issue with aimpoint express is that it is so simple you don't want to tell people how it works because you will lose big $$$$ on your expensive 2 hour classes.
The actual information on aimpoint express you could write in a ten page ebook.
Your article dosn't in fact explain how aimpoint express works.
I'm not knocking aimpoint express as a technique – I use it myself – just the $$$$ mentality around it.
Bullseye! First article on this site to actually make me feel disgust… Sad as this is one of my favorite sites 🙁 and this guy one of the best writers too…
Knobbywood thanks for your comment and sorry you feel so strongly that way. If you read my lengthy comment above you see that my desire to write this comes from all the incorrect commentary on the telecasts. Why does everyone have a hard time saying, "I simply do not know enough to have an informed opinion?" Also, I am unaware of the big $$$ around AE. I charge the same rate as my hourly lesson fee.
Thank you for also saying I am one of the better writers. That was very kind of you. Don't personally feel that way and am just trying to help everyone enjoy the game more and play better by sharing information from lessons at my academy.
BTW, your handle would make a great golf course name:
Knobbywood Golf Club – Pine Forest, Illinois
In my opinion:
Pricing of a product or service should be about "value" not "volume". Just because the inventor can explain the innovative process in a short and simple fashion should not make it "less valuable" or "less expensive". In fact I think it is more valuable how the process has so simplified some complex science.
Value is set by the consumer. If the seller can help you putt significantly better with a small amount of information – how much is it worth to you? Many golfers are paying $250-$500 to get 10 more yards on a drive. I would argue that the benefits to score are more significant with AimPoint Express than a new driver.
I will also say that, like stealing someone's music with something like Napster, stealing the Aimpoint Express methods is not "OK" just because it is easy to communicate. (I am not suggesting that you specifically are going to steal it.)
I have taken two AimPoint Express clinics. It is fast, effective, and worth the price– to me. If it is not to you, that is fine, just don't then feel OK to steal the information.
Great article there is so much disinformation about Aimpoint im glad you cleaned it all up. I'll be taking an Aimpoint clinic this year and am excited to try it out as putting has always been the worst part of my game.
Thanks for the comment Jesse. It will help you tighten up your reads a lot. One of the main questions I get from players who tell me putting is the worst part of their game is how do I read a green. This will help you a bunch.
Play well in 2015 and make lot of putts!
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The "70% Rule" is still the winning formula on the PGA Tour
In June of 2010, a year before the Tour launched Strokes Gained Putting analysis, I published an article on my blog (www.NiblicksOfTruth.blogspot.com): "PGA Tour Winner's – 70% Rule."
I had been studying the winners of each tour event for years and realized that they all had specific success in three simple stats–and that the three stats must add up to 70 percent
- Greens in Regulation – 70%
- Scrambling – 70%
- 1-Putts from 5 to 10 feet – 70%
Not every one of the three had to equal 70 percent, but the simple addition of the three needed to equal or exceed 70 percent. For example, if GIR's were 68 percent, then scrambling or putting needed to be 72 percent or higher to offset the GIR deficiency—simple and it worked!
I added an important caveat. The player could have no more than three ERRORS in a four-round event. These errors being
- Long game: A drive hit out of play requiring an advancement to return to normal play, or a drive or approach penalty.
- Short game: A short game shot that a.) missed the putting surface, and b.) took 4 or more total strokes to hole out.
- Putting: A 3-putt or worse from 40 feet or closer.
In his recent win in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, Kevin Na broke the rule… by a bit. He was all good on the 70 percent part of the rule
- GIR's: 75 percent
- Scrambling: 72 percent
- 1-Putts 5-10 ft.: 73 percent
But not so good on the three-error limit
- Long game: Two driving errors and one approach penalty (three errors).
- Short game: A chip/pitch shot that missed the green and took FIVE strokes to hole out (one error).
No wonder it took a playoff to secure his win! But there was another stat that made the difference…
The stat that piqued my interest in Kevin's win was connected to my 70 percent Rule. It was his strokes gained: putting stat: +3.54, or ranked first. He gained 3.5 strokes on the field in each of his four rounds or 14 strokes. I have never seen that, and it caused me to look closer. For perspective, I ran the putting performance of all of the event winners in the 2019 Tour season. Their average putting strokes gained was +1.17.
Below, I charted the one-putt percentages by distance range separately for Kevin Na, the 2019 winners, and the tour 2019 average. I have long believed that the 6–10 foot range separates the good putters on Tour from the rest as it is the most frequently faced of the "short putt" ranges and the Tour averages 50 percent makes. At the same time, the 11-20 foot ranges separate the winners each week as these tend to represent birdie putts on Tour. Look at what Kevin did there.
All I can say again, I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS. Well done Kevin!
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I believe one of the big differences between better recreational golfers and those not so good—and also between the tour professionals and those that can't quite "get there"—is the consistency of their pre-shot routines. It is really easy to dismiss something that happens before the ball is even struck as irrelevant, but I strongly urge you to reconsider if you think this way.
To have a set routine to follow religiously before every shot gives you the best chance to execute the shot the way you intend. To do otherwise just leaves too much to chance. Indulge me here and I'll offer you some proof.
It's been a while back now, but I still remember an interesting account on this subject that used the final round of the 1996 Masters—when Nick Faldo passed a collapsing Norman—as his statistical proof. This particular analyst reviewed the entire telecast of that final round and timed the routine of both players for every shot. What he discovered was that Norman got quicker and less consistent in his pre-shot routine throughout his round, while Faldo maintained his same, methodical approach to every shot, not varying by more than a second or so. I think that is pretty insightful stuff.
A lot of time has passed since then, but all competitive tour professionals pay very close attention to their pre-shot routines these days. I urge you to watch them as they go through the motions before each shot. And notice that most of them "start over" if they get distracted during that process.
While I do not think it is practical for recreational golfers to go into such laborious detail for every shot, let me offer some suggestions as to how a repeatable pre-shot routine should work.
The first thing is to get a good feel for the shot, and by that, I mean a very clear picture in your mind of how it will fly, land and roll; I also think it's realistic to have a different routine for full shots, chips and pitches and putts. They are all very different challenges, of course, and as you get closer to the hole, your focus needs to be more on the feel of the shot than the mechanics of the swing, in my opinion.
To begin, I think the best starting point is from behind the ball, setting up in your "mind's eye" the film-clip of the shot you are about to hit. See the flight and path it will take. As you do this, you might waggle the club back and forth to get a feel of the club in your hands and "feel" the swing that will produce that shot path for you. Your exact routine can start when you see that shot clearly, and begin your approach the ball to execute the shot. From that "trigger point", you should do the exact same things, at the exact same pace, each and every time.
For me (if I'm "on"), I'll step from that behind-the-shot position, and set the club behind the ball to get my alignment. Then I step into my stance and ball position, not looking at the target, but being precise not to change the alignment of the clubhead–I'm setting my body up to that established reference. Once set, I take a look at the target to ensure that I feel aligned properly, and take my grip on the club. Then I do a mental check of grip pressure, hover the club off the ground a bit to ensure it stays light, and then start my backswing, with my only swing thought being to feel the end of the backswing.
That's when I'm "on," of course. But as a recreational player, I know that the vast majority of my worst shots and rounds happen when I depart from that routine.
This is something that you can and should work on at the range. Don't just practice your swing, but how you approach each shot. Heck, you can even do that at home in your backyard. So, guys and ladies, there's my $0.02 on the pre-shot routine. What do you have to add?
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Lot 2995 /French Colonies, Collection, two volume 20th Century mint collection neatly arranged in two stockbooks, comprised of mostly complete sets from 32 colonies including Cameroun, Chad, Comoro Islands, Dahomey, French Equatorial Africa, Fr. Guinea, Fr. Guiana, Fr. Morocco, Fr. Oceania, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Indochina, Inini, Ivory Coast, Kwangchowan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Middle Congo, New Caledonia, Niger, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Senegal, Somali Coast, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Ubangi-Chari-Tchad, Upper Volta, Wallis & Fortuna, n.h. throughout, owner's 2015 Yvert €6,550, inspection will prove rewarding.
Estimate $750 - 1,000.
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For the first time in weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Rev. Al Sharpton appeared together, taking the stage on Monday at an event commemorating Martin Luther King's Birthday.
There were no encomiums from Mr. de Blasio about Mr. Sharpton's friendship, but it was nonetheless a significant appearance: It was the first time the mayor has made a public appearance with Mr. Sharpton since two police officers were murdered on the job in December.
With Mr. de Blasio trying to gain the support of police officers — and Mr. Sharpton seen by many officers as overly critical of their work — both men called for civility and respect.
"Respect the people who protect us, and we want them to respect each and every New Yorker," Mr. de Blasio said at an event for Mr. Sharpton's National Action Network in Harlem. "If you're saying something vicious and vile to a police officer, you're not making change."
The unrest began last year after grand juries declined to indict in two high-profile cases where white police officers killed unarmed black men: Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner on Staten Island. The absence of charges led to many protests, some organized by Mr. Sharpton, as well as calls to examine how the police treat black men.
Mr. Sharpton's relationship with the mayor has also inflamed tensions among some police officers. When Mr. de Blasio held a round-table discussion after Mr. Garner's death, he was flanked by his police commissioner, William J. Bratton, and Mr. Sharpton; the optics suggested that each held equal positions of influence. And when Mr. Sharpton then gave a long speech on policing, Mr. de Blasio stayed silent, further offending police officers.
After the Garner decision, the mayor further angered some police union leaders when he said that he had told his biracial son to be careful during police encounters.
Then two New York police officers were murdered while on duty, causing some to suggest that the mayor's actions and public statements had undermined the police, and perhaps had put them in greater danger of being attacked. Some officers turned their backs on the mayor at the officers' funerals; others slowed down making low-level arrests.
A Siena College poll released Monday said that a majority of New York City registered voters believe that Mr. Sharpton is making relations between the police and the community worse, while a plurality believe that Mr. de Blasio and Patrick J. Lynch, the president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, are doing so.
In recent weeks, Mr. de Blasio has seemingly gone out of his way to convey respect and praise for the police force, calling for unity, which he did again on Monday.
He said the city was retraining police officers to "get closer to communities," and "to de-escalate — less violence protects our police and our community alike."
Mr. Sharpton praised Mr. de Blasio for his "grace and dignity in how this mayor has handled some of the most venomous, unfair stuff in the last several weeks."
"We didn't want a flunky," Mr. Sharpton said. "We wanted a mayor, and we got a mayor that will talk to us and respect us."
Mr. Sharpton seemed to play down the significance of Mr. de Blasio's attendance, noting that the last four mayors — except for one — came to the National Action Network's Martin Luther King Jr. policy discussion every year. "This mayor is operating in the best tradition of the city, where we can engage in civil discourse without being uncivil," Mr. Sharpton said.
"We are not anti-police," he continued. "We respect police that put their life on the line every day. Name-calling and ugliness is something that we should never continue in this city."
Several other elected officials also spoke on Monday. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, speaking by phone from Albany, laid out some priorities for the coming term, including raising the minimum wage and keeping 16- and 17-year-old offenders out of adult prisons. The city comptroller, Scott M. Stringer, spoke about high-tech job training for youths. Representative Charles B. Rangel referenced the Siena College poll: "I have never seen a poll in my life between Pat Lynch and Reverend Sharpton," he said.
But it was the public advocate, Letitia James, who won the most applause from the crowd with a rousing speech calling for body cameras for police officers, diversity among top police officials and the unsealing of the Garner grand jury minutes.
"There is this sense that the scales of justice are tilted against us," she said. "Support for the police and reform are not contradictory statements."


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Lucie Loves... Food & travel // #Triedandtested | A @rivercottage inspired menu @CardiffMarriott
*warning* you'll want to eat this with your eyes! It's all about s.l.o.w food apparently…
A couple of weeks ago JMG and I visited Wales together for the very first time. The purpose of our visit was to try out a new menu at the city centre based Cardiff Marriott hotel. The Cardiff Marriott is a stones throw from John Lewis, a handful of lovely quaint shopping arcades, and almost leaping distance from Cardiff Central station.
We booked a table in the Marriott restaurant for 7pm and were greeted by a very friendly waitress. The hotel looks so really Christmassy at the moment, even the restaurant was tastefully decked out with fairy lights and festive garlands.
Before ordering our food we checked out the drinks menu. JMG wasn't drinking and so ordered a large bottle of sparkling water, but that didn't stop me wanting to try out their cocktail menu. I decided on a strawberry daiquiri - a taste of summer. It was delicious. Whilst still deliberating over the generous food menu we got a real treat when Cardiff Marriott's Executive Chef, Anthony Barnes, came over to our table and introduced himself.
Anthony explained that their new menu has taken a leaf out of the Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's own - seasonal and ethically-produced - book. His chefs spent a good few weeks with the River Cottage team learning a few tricks of their trade. The Cardiff Marriott are now embracing S.L.O.W foods. But what does that mean?
- S is for seasonal
- L is for local
- O is for organic
- W is for wild
They source their food within a 60 mile radius and research the suppliers thoroughly by conducting site visits before selecting which ones will win pride of place on that seasons menu. There's something rather heartwarmingly reassuring about knowing where the food you're about to consume has come from. Knowing that you're supporting local farmers, growers, butchers, fishermen, etc - it's bloody great.
Cardiff Marriott only choose the most sustainable cuts of meat and order only what they think they will use - reducing wastage, and making the most of what's in season.
Some of local suppliers featured on their current menu are:
This should give you an idea of some of the lovely starter dishes they have to offer. I ordered a bowl of BURRY PORT MUSSELS WITH ORCHARD GOLD CIDER which they served with home-made warm focaccia bread - I think this was one of their specials.
Other Starter dishes included:
- PARSLEY SALAD (JMG chose this - see photo) local crab and soft boiled organic egg
- PAN FRIED MACKEREL FILLET served with beetroot relish, horseradish sauce
- SMOKED VENISON pickled mushrooms, crispy garlic and winter leaves
- MARINATED CHICKEN SALAD raisins, pine nuts and basil
- MARINATED WINTER VEGETABLES grilled flatbread and merguez spiced yoghurt
A selection of Mains:
- SLOW COOKED ORGANIC GRAIG FARM BRISKET (JMG chose this - see photo) anchovy and rosemary potatoes, red wine sauce
- SLADE FARM LAMB (I chose this - see photo) smashed celeriac, chilli and thyme
- STEAMED FILLET OF WHITING leek, mussels and thyme chowder
- PAN FRIED POLLOCK braised red cabbage, apple and horseradish cream
- PULLED SLADE FARM PORK semolina pave, salsa verde, carrots
- HERB SPELT RISOTTO roasted beetroot, organic goats cheese and mint
Fancy being an apprentice chef?
Anthony went on to explain that every year each Marriott hotel takes on at least one new apprentice chef. The recruitment process starts in September and the applicant must have NO EXISTING CULINARY QUALIFICATIONS!!! How cool is that? During the experience, the apprentice chef will gain skills in things like butchery, fishmongery, and much more. More information on the Marriott Culinary Apprenticeship can be found on their Facebook page.
So what did we think?
The food was exceptionally good. JMG and I are food snobs and so if we don't like something we will tell you. The mussels were great - I'd never tried them in cider before so it was a nice change from the white wine and garlic sauce you usually get. JMG thought the crab was great too. Not too heavy, which was perfect as we'd both opted for quite rich sounding mains.
My lamb arrived. It was tender, delicately flavoured with chilli and thyme with a side of celeriac mash and a rich gravy. JMG had opted for the beef brisket after Executive Chef Anthony had spoken proudly of how much effort had gone into sourcing the meat suppliers and creating dish. JMG wasn't disappointed, the beef was incredibly tender, and went very well with the anchovy and rosemary potatoes and red wine sauce (great gravy).
We were feeling full, but decided we couldn't finish off our evening without trying a couple of the desserts. I went for the vanilla panna cotta with spiced apricot chutney and biscotti. I really enjoyed this dish, but kind of wished they'd served it with a little glass of espresso so that I could dip in my biscotti. I thought I was going to snap my teeth trying to bite into it. But I suppose they are twice-baked and are meant to be crunchy - I'm just a fan of dunking.
JMG order the chocolate beetroot brownie, with caramel wafer and ice-cream. He isn't even a beetroot fan, but really enjoyed the earthy taste and the moistness that this special ingredient gives to the dish.
We'd definitely eat here again and would recommend it to other people coming to visit Cardiff.
The city has a LOT of choice when it comes to restaurants, including your big household name like Carluccios, Jamie's Italian, and Gourmet Burger Kitchen. Anyone can enjoy a meal at the Marriott Cardiff, it's not just a privilege reserved exclusively for their guests.
Some feedback…
After a fantastic evening meal made by Anthony Barnes' fair hands, we had high hopes for our breakfast the next morning. Unfortunately, when we arrived in the breakfast room it was a whole different story. The team of people who'd served us the night before had been replaced by another team of waiters and waitresses - not half as friendly.
We were seated, asked whether we'd like tea or coffee and it was assumed that we would be having the standard breakfast buffet. Wrong.
Having seen in our hotel room that they had a special breakfast menu, one that you could pay extra for, we waited to be presented with it. And waited. And waited. In the end we prompted a member of the team who brought over a copy (not on the lovely brown paper like the River Cottage inspired meals from last night had been presented on - shame) and from it we selected the eggs benedict for JMG and the smoked haddock with spinach and poached eggs for me.
We waited whilst our breakfasts were prepared and seemed to wait quite a while. When they were finally brought out to us, JMG's eggs benedict was no longer topped with the much anticipated creamy hollandaise sauce, it had kind of dried up. And my smoked haddock appeared on a bed of salad instead of the spinach I was so looking forward to. It would've been nice if they had come and explained that the chef had ran out of spinach, but that was only explained to us when we asked why the salad substitute?
JMG and I had been informed the night before that Exec Chef Anthony was off on Sunday and so wouldn't see us as breakfast. This seemed to explain it. We believe that if Anthony had been in the kitchen there is no way he would've let the salad get on my plate. But don't let this breakfast debacle put you off.
The evening meal was one of the best we'd ever tasted - JMG said it reminded him of some of the fancy restaurants he'd eaten in when he visited Amsterdam - the Dutch know good food.
If you'd like to book a table and have an incredible meal cooked for you by Anthony and his fabulous team contact:
Cardiff Marriott Hotel
Mill Lane
Thanks to Cardiff Marriott for inviting JMG and I to come and try the River Cottage inspired menu. Our meal was complimentary but we would pay good money to eat it all over again.


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The Iranian and Arab press has released a report that suggests that there is a massive number of Russian forces amassing during the ongoing Syrian conflict. The town which is located in Der Ez Zor province along the Euphrates River. Although it is not easy to verify or corroborate the reports, there is a good reason to not discard them as unimportant.
The reason to believe the report include the fact that this town in question sits on a strategic position. The town is on the Euphrates demarcation line, and this line is what separate the Russian forces and its Iranian and Syrian allies from the US forces in both northern and eastern Syria. When this location of Syrian conflict is viewed from a map, the Euphrates is linked to the Iranian land supply network through Al Mayadin. Al Mayadin is located along the highway from Iraq and connects to two separate highways, one to the north connecting the Euphrates and the other to the east connecting southern area affected in Syria. With this key routes part of the Iranian land network, the report of the Russian forces amassing in the town.
What are the Russians up to?
Well, there may be two things involved; the first is that Russians what to be the ones who decide what will pass through the Al Mayadin. And with increasing deviation from the interest of both Russia and Iran. The control of Al Mayadin will give Russia more freedom to carry out their dealings with Israel. This is because the Russian president wants to convince the Israel Prime Minister that he will support its bid to constraint the smuggling of Iranian weapons through places like Al Mayadin. That is if the Israelis are willing to pressure the USA's rule of Bashar Assad during the ongoing Syrian conflict.
The second being that the Russians are repositioning themselves along the Euphrates to allow them to threaten the American forces both east and north of the river. The decision by the US president to keep its troops in Syria agitated Russia deeply as the presence of the US in Syria will influence the political process in the country. The presence of the US forces will also allow the US to pressure Assad on the crime against civilians in the country war zones like Idlib.
Although, it worth noting that the Russian has always sought to push The US out of Syria by launching several attacks against them. Fortunately, now the Defense Secretary – Jim Mattis has given the US forces the go-ahead to defend themselves against any further attacks.
Ultimately, there is always more to the Russian ground force during the Syrian conflict. So, ensure to follow closely.
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Spot replied to Spot's topic in ArchiveOne more thing. As now, we can already add Jewel of Excelent and e.t.c. to Wings, it should be good to can be added ot rings / pends as well.
BC/DS/CC/Online Time and others.
Spot posted a topic in ArchiveHi, you wanted suggestions about the server, here are few. - Make Blood Castle and Devil Square Rankings - Every week this ranking is reseted and top 5 winners get a reward Dream Coins and Bonus Points. - Enable Online Time Exchange for Credits in website, this will make players stay online and even play harder. - Raise the price for Reset, when you get reset give us 10-15 Dreamcoins ... the items in X Shop are super expensive, not everyone can afford that. - For god saik, start to make events in game, its been more then 2 weeks we havent seen a single event did by an administrator. - Give some good reward for Castle Siege guild Coins / Points or Guild Score or something i dont know. - Fix the Castle Siege machine as we did tried to make f.o. item and all it give us was items + luck + 13 with one option. - Make better drop of JOG in LOT all day im farming 2-3 JOG and im supp to mix items everyday, how can i mix items every 24 hours since i cant get the jewels for that ? ? - Pick few GMs in every Language wich will enter the game and entertain the players. - Make Top voters rankings and every week give a reward for that, this will make players to vote every single day and add more topsites, they are 4-5 websites that can bring you allot more players then now. - As we are far in the game now, give freebies for the newbies, something like 5,000 stats + 1 lvl wings and e.t.c. when they start. This is for now. ?
[Suggestion] HOF Event [ 2 vs 2 ] [3 vs 3] [6 vs 6] Tournaments
Spot posted a topic in ArchiveDo a research about this events... they should be in the server. HOF event is called - Hall of Fame, this is event in witch each class can show up in PK event and show to the server who is the best players. The event itself made by classes - SM,BK,Elf,DL,MG,Summ You call all classes by one and each players have fight 1 vs 1 to show who is the best. The winner of the event can take as reward Dream Coins or Full Option items, you decide what reward you will give. The other names are talking for itself, make pk events 2 vs 2, 3 vs 3, 6 vs 6 and e.t.c. again as a reward you give Full Items or Dreamcoins.
Нововведение, недоработки и прочее
Spot replied to ROOT's topic in ArchiveMy view is very bad for your server now. Im still playing i will not stop because i like it, but i think you destroyed the server with this Full Option sets in X Store. This way the server becomes Pay to Win not Play to Win i will explain why. For the last F.O. Set with Sockets and e.t.c. you have to pay plenty amount of Coins, if you don't want to donate it will take you ages to get this items. For me Sockets items should be removed from cash shop and they must be farmed / crafted by players only as they are the most powerful gear in the game. Same thing for 4th level wings. I understand that you need to make money to support the server, but with this sets you will get some donations and people will run away and stop playing and this way you will loose more money instead of making ? I have allot of suggestions i cant think about them now because im sleepy tomorrow i can make a thread or continue here editing my post with suggestions about events and improving the gameplay in the server.
Dude, just place NPC for BC Inside Arkania. I see you try to change the game but some things are better the old way. If someone wants to enter BC needs to be fast, not PK. In every mu online server NPC for BC / DS is inside... just because of this reason.
Im also agree with you, PK Are destroying the server with stupidity. Only strong people can go for Invasions and Top Players. Top players are taking over the server, while we who actually sleep and have lifes cant farm anything. Also we make pets to farm zen, exp and e.t.c. and we cant heal them with NPC, in each server where you have panda pet, unicorn, demon, spirit guardian e.t.c. if your pet loose health you can go and heal it with blacksmith, but here you cant. Some jel guy sees you and kill you because he sees you have some good pet on you and he is dead for 2 minutes, like you didnt spend any resources on it to make it. Admin, you need to work on those PK, or just make NON PVP Server for pve players.
About Blood Castle NPC
Spot posted a topic in ArchiveOkay, in every server i play, there NPC for Blood Castle event inside the Safe Zone. My question is - Why the hell BC NPC is outside town (safe zone) ? Again PK Destroying the server with there bullsh!ts. Just before BC they stay on Bridge and kill everyone who come and wants to join in BC event. Please, put NPC inside the safe zone, because PK again can make 100 kills and just go in BC and pkclear there ?
Spot posted a topic in ArchiveParty members can lift the Quest even if you pick up the Statue ??????? WHAT THE HECK IS THAT ? Please fix it.
About Fenrir
Spot posted a topic in ArchiveDoes Fenrir exist here ? I was trying to farm items in Crywolf like 2 hours and did not dropped me single item to combine it. Please can you make spowns in Crywolf so we can farm Items for Fenrir ?
Pets and Rings from Shop.
Spot replied to Spot's topic in ArchiveOkay, thats cool, and now if you can make it cheaper prize it will be amazing my suggestion is to have 2 options. Panda Pet (1day) - 100 BP Panda Pet (7Days) 400BP Panda Ring(1day) - 200 BP - More expensive then the pet since give 50% + Zen Panda rin (7Days) - 700 BP Also can you add more stuff to buy with BP and DC ? Like Harmonys, wings (1) and (2) lvl and e.t.c. ? Also can you add Online time exchange for credits in website ? Or Online exchange for BP ?
Best gaming music ever
Spot replied to emily75's topic in ArchiveTheres no music playing in the stream man, i just tried it ? Also if you need guild pm me in server - Spot
Yes, we do complaint because its not fair 50rr Character to go into a 20rr Character and call him noob and kill him 100x times, dont let him to farm and level. Do you think its fair ? If you think its fair what kind of person you are. lol ? - Great job, Admin! This is good decision, at least now they will not be so cocky and kill everyone, everywhere, anytime..
Its a shame zen to be so searched in game, and then you make 100x kills /pkclear and all your problems are solved. Dont you think about weak players ? I will give you an example. Now i go for 3d Quest and im 25 rr, There one MG there 50 rr and does not allow anyone to go there to farm the quest, i dont know what is his problem but dont you think is kinda stupid from PVE Side ? Its your server, you know what is best for it, but this is really stupid. Pk must be at least 10kk zen per kill or something like that, because people who dont sleep destroy other players game, and theres people who close all cities you cant go out. Think about the PVE side as well, not only the PVP or soon these 500 people will get lower and lower. Ah, and please, check my topic about Pets from X Shop. Thanks.
PK Clear = 50kk For all Kills ?
Spot posted a topic in ArchivePK Clear cost 50kk for all kills combined in one ? What the heck ? ?


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Budget 2017: New help-to-buy scheme explained
Income tax rebate for first-time buyers aims to boost housing supply and property market
The budgetary measures on housing were long anticipated to address affordability, inadequate levels of new homes construction, low housing stock and rapidly rising rents.
What's the silver bullet then?
Well . . . a help-to-buy scheme for first-time buyers that will give a rebate of income tax of 5 per cent of the purchase value of a newly built home, up to a value of €400,000. That translates to a maximum rebate of €20,000 in cash. Properties costing from €400,000 to €600,000 will qualify for the €20,000 rebate, but the scheme will not apply to homes over €600,000 in value. It will be back dated to July 19th last and will run until the end of 2019.
Brilliant, a first-time buyer's grant with a different name. So anyone buying a house for the first time will get a leg up on to the property ladder?
No. It only applies to buyers of newly built homes. For a new house costing €300,000, a couple buying their first home will get a rebate worth €15,000, but they will still need to save €23,000 for a deposit and have a combined income of about €75,000 to meet the mortgage rules. So many Dubliners dreaming of one day buying a house close to where they grew up can forget it. And with a cap of €600,000 on the value of the new home, they can start swotting up transport routes to and from the wider Dublin area, pushing into Kildare, Meath, Louth and Wicklow.
That seems a bit unfair?
Not if you're happy to live outside Dublin. The idea is to kickstart new homes building at a more affordable level. Developers insist the margins just are not there at the moment for them to build starter homes, and the banks will not finance them anyway. The current focus in Dublin is on pricier developments aimed at the cash-rich trading up or down. help-to-buy is likely to have the greatest impact outside Dublin initially, and even then there is going to be a time lag as we wait a couple of years for new homes to come onstream.
But isn't it the age-old argument that such measures simply push up the price of new homes?
Yes, but Minister for Finance Michael Noonan is taking a gamble on higher prices boosting the supply of homes. The rebate is designed to offset the cost of higher deposits required from first-time buyers, and in turn boost demand. Essentially it is a grant to the developer. Others would argue that it is a counter measure to the Central Bank's stringent mortgage lending requirements which have made it exceptionally difficult to save a deposit for a new house at current rates. Financial brokers' group PIBA, termed it a "perverse situation" that one arm of the State has to respond to address a problem created by excessiveness in another.
An Irish solution to an Irish problem so?
You could say that. But to put it in context, just under 2,000 new homes were sold in the first half of this year for less than €400,000. And of these, less than a third were bought by first-time buyers, so in reality that does not comprise a massive market jostling for new homes. The measure will only be inflationary if there is a huge market rushing for houses and as a consequence driving up prices. The fact that the rebate has only been set until the end of 2019 means it can be closely monitored, and if the effects are adverse the Minister can pull it.
How do we know that the builders will buy it?
Initial soundings are encouraging from the Construction Industry Federation, though they would have liked a cut in the VAT rate for builders. Leading building firm Cairn Homes welcomed the measure, and critically noted that the rebate would not solely manage to revive the housebuilding industry, but should work when coupled with the Housing Action Plan provision for fast-tracked planning measures, and the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund announced earlier this year.
Is that it for Budget measures around housing then?
Pretty much, and given the pre-Budget hype around addressing the housing crisis for buyers there are a lot of glum faces out there today, most of them saying the budget did not go far enough. Claire Solon, president of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland said it did little to address the supply shortage. "In the short term at least, this will just mean greater competition for those few properties that are available across all sectors including tenants, students, social and affordable housing. As we have seen increased competition means higher prices."
The Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers was similarly disparaging, expressing surprise the scheme was not extended to first-time buyers of second hand homes. IPAV chief executive Pat Davitt also said it was "disappointing" that VAT on building costs had not been reduced when this had worked so effectively in other jurisdictions to stimulate house building.
Meanwhile Minister for Housing Simon Coveney was blue in the face on Tuesday fending off criticism that his budget was a one-trick pony, citing his other Action Plan measures as complementary to the help-to-buy scheme, including fast-track planning and the local infrastructure fund. All talk about inflating house costs he said, was "academic, when the houses aren't there in the first place. They need to be built first."
Meanwhile what about tenants facing soaring rental costs, is there any respite there?
Not really. The hope is that the "help-to-buy" scheme will create movement out of the rental sector and free up rented accommodation. Landlords have also got their expected 5 per cent increase in the amount of mortgage interest they can deduct from 75 per cent to 80 per cent in 2017. But this will not exactly be a boon for landlords, accountancy network TaxAssist says that the actual average savings to many landlords is likely to be a about €77 a year. This may be insufficient to stem the steady flow of cash-strapped landlords out of the private-rented sector.
Any respite then for those stuck in negative equity, and in need of more than a starter home?
Not really. They'll just have to console themselves with the prospect of making the most of what they have and avail of the extension of the Home Renovation Incentive Scheme by two years to the end of 2018. Alternatively they could rent a room, as the income ceiling here has increased by €2,000 up to €14,000 annually. In line with average rental prices, this represents a significant chunk of tax free earnings for homeowners and a partial solution to the seriously pressurised rental sector.


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'Cyber Crime Assessment 2016' report - UK losing the cybercrime arms race
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The joint assessment by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Strategic Cyber Industry Group (SCIG) describes the real and immediate threat to UK businesses from cyber crime concludes that "the speed of criminal capability development is currently outpacing our response as a community and that only by working together across law enforcement and the private sector can we successfully reduce the threat to the UK from cyber crime." The annual assessment by the NCA Strategic Cyber Industry Group, Cyber Crime Assessment 2016, makes chilling reading.
Cyber crime activity in the UK in 2015
The report found:
- a cyber crime industry and infrastructure: "Although the most serious threat comes, directly or indirectly, from international crime groups, the majority of cyber criminals have relatively low technical capability. Their attacks are increasingly enabled by the growing online criminal marketplace, which provides easy access to sophisticated and bespoke tools and expertise, allowing these less skilled cyber criminals to exploit a wide range of vulnerabilities."
- the Office of National Statistics reported in a trial inclusion of cyber crime in the annual Crime Survey for England and Wales for the first time that there were 2.46 million cyber incidents and 2.11 million victims of cyber crime in the UK in 2015. (They have evidence that this is massively under reported.)
- the skills and sophistication of international crime groups make them the most competent and dangerous cyber criminals targeting UK businesses and they are getting better. They are responsible for they use and sale of sophisticated financial "trojan" malware
- a significant number of technically competent cyber criminals are active in the UK, engaging in much of the confrontational cyber crime and are now targeting business and other organisations and the public
- almost all large companies and a substantial majority of smaller companies have experienced a data breach
- technological advances, including the widespread use of anonymisation tools, and constantly improving criminal operating methods have made many corporate cyber security tools and basic procedures insufficient alone to protect corporate networks. Criminal adoption of encryption has also become a challenge for law enforcement when tackling specific threats
- UK not encountered visible damage and losses have not (yet) been large enough to impact long term on shareholder value.
Challenges for business in fighting cyber crime
The assessment reported that cyber crime is intrinsically challenging for business, as:
- perfect security is almost impossible. Almost all organisations, no matter how much money and effort they put in, are vulnerable to determined attacks by high-end crime groups which have developed tools and techniques that can penetrate all but the very best defences.
- it is an international activity – paying no heed to borders. UK-focused efforts (by both business and law enforcement) can only be part of the solution.
- the technical challenges are evolving at a rapid rate. Solutions that may have worked last year may not necessarily work this year or next.
Joint effort needed by businesses, law enforcement and government
The report quoted Interpol who on 22 January 2016 issued this statement: "Policing, especially in cyberspace, is no longer the exclusive preserve of law enforcement. The private sector, academia, and citizens themselves all need to be involved." which sums up the basic conclusion of the report: more co-operation all round is needed to fight cyber crime.
- This item appears in the following sections:
- Fraud Prevention
- Anti-Money Laundering Fraud Prevention
- ID Systems & Services in Fraud Prevention
- Minimizing Fraud Procedures
- Minimizing Payment Fraud
Also see
Brazilian fraud ring steals $3.75 billion as fraud risk becomes new treasury frontline
All aspects of fraud prevention need to be managed including reporting of fraud/security breaches
New fraud prevention systems & services from Barclays and Apple raise questions
But which do you trust? The problem is that fraud prevention requires a multi-faceted approach
Payment fraud prevention in North America
U.S.Bank's disbursement risk management services show main types cheque and ACH fraud


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Joyous moments collection
In Kirsty Simson workshop with someone doing a duet and thinking that I think I have never felt happier when dancing. Absolute joy and elation and happiness.
Shaking, jiggling in unison, like chi quong
Lucia walker and scott clark workshop – funny old church hall near the place, got friendly with a woman who had half an index finger. We stood holding hands.
Measuring in Marfa
Stand up comedy moments – feeling like it's working and liking it
Timing, beautiful and clever timing, feeling that sensation of joy
Steve Paxton
Renaissance, pete shenton, looking up at him in 90 degrees starting. Short sharp starts.
After dancing
So much.
paul douglas\
change what you do with your legs
into what?
Hooks and teaching and losing the CD of that track.
Music to be murdered by.
Brass bands.
Measuring in Marfa leads to dripping pepper leads to rosie lee and splitting hands as they approach the floor.
Diving, like diving.
White feathers, circles, shifting space and feathers,
9 women in white
saw a photo of this the other day, of me in it.
Handcuffs and washing up gloves
Terminus terminux – this is the end my friend.
Renaissance, cello and guitar and lip synching.
Lip sinking.
Washing up gloves.
White gloves used in a library for ancient texts,
White rabbits, a graduate who is a magician's assistant
Don't forget we can get up and dance to check stuff out in this moment
Recalling watching others,
Seats, red plush. hard backed, stacked
Stacked, stocked,
Four thirty, time for tea.
Garden party in the hot house, throwing cups at each other from behind from off the table, was never good at throwing but that was alright.
Cabbages, red blood, smashing like skulls
Short and punky, pvc skirt, feathers
Feathers feature
Swans and peacocks,
Leotards from primark and peacocks, good quality cotton and they wash ok too
Numerous leotards and tights and
All in ones
Pink, black (wore that one for my Leicester polytechnic audition with an elastic waist band),
Electric blue with one shoulder.
Air on a g string,
Air on very big pants.
Not able to dance with small briefs, I need a large pair that don't wriggle around when bending over.
Big spender
Only have one or two
Fly and don't know that you're flying (paraphrased wildly!)
Don't let the audience know that you are moving in a spiral, but move in a spiral
Looking at
Being watched
Watching others
Difficult to stop
Turning whriling dervishes
Are we just writing memories?
Tracing my preferences through trisha brown,
Loose limbed with clarity
Loving lines!!
Horizontal or vertical or diagonal and long and short and thin and fat
Dropping dancer off in the space
Sweeping, cleaning like a brush leaving bits of debris on the floor
A dance for radio
Can you see me, hear me? Do you need to?
Do I forget it? Sometimes…


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Lee Radziwill
|Lee Radziwill
|Princess Caroline Radziwill
Radziwill with Krishna Hutheesing in India in 1962
|Caroline Lee Bouvier
March 3, 1933
New York City, U.S.
|February 15, 2019 (aged 85)
New York City, U.S.
|Noble family
Michael Temple Canfield
(m. 1953; ann. 1962)
Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwill
(m. 1959; div. 1974)
Herbert Ross
(m. 1988; div. 2001)
Prince Anthony Stanislaw Albert Radziwill
Princess Anna Christina Radziwill
|John Vernou Bouvier III
|Janet Norton Lee
|Actress, public-relations executive, interior decorator
Caroline Lee Radziwill (née Bouvier, formerly Canfield and Ross; Polish pronunciation: [ra'd͡͡ʑivʲiww]; March 3, 1933[1] – February 15, 2019), usually known as Princess Lee Radziwill,[2] was an American socialite, public-relations executive, and interior decorator. She was the younger sister of First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy. Radziwill was married three times, with the marriage to third husband Herbert Ross ending in divorce shortly before his death in 2001.[3]
Early life and ancestry[edit]
Caroline Lee Bouvier was born at Doctors Hospital in New York City to socialite Janet Norton Lee and stockbroker John Vernou Bouvier III.[4][1][a] She attended Potomac School in Washington, D.C., Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut, and pursued undergraduate studies at Sarah Lawrence College.[6] In her birth announcement, and from her earliest years, she was known by her middle name "Lee" rather than Caroline.
Career and fame[edit]
In the 1960s, Radziwill attempted to forge a career as an actress. Her acting attempt was unsuccessful, if highly publicized. She starred in the 1967 production of The Philadelphia Story as the spoiled Main Line heiress Tracy Lord. The play was staged at the Ivanhoe Theatre in Chicago, and Radziwill's performance was widely panned. A year later, she appeared in a television adaptation of the 1944 film Laura, which was also badly received.[7]
A London townhouse and a manor, Turville Grange (which she shared with her second husband) that she owned had both been decorated by Italian stage designer Lorenzo Mongiardino; they were greatly admired and frequently photographed by Cecil Beaton and Horst P. Horst. She worked briefly as an interior decorator in a style influenced by her association with Mongiardino. Her clientele were the wealthy; she once decorated a house "for people who would not be there more than three days a year".[8] She frequented celebrity company, including travelling with The Rolling Stones during their 1972 tour of North America,[9] which she attended alongside the writer Truman Capote.[10]
Radziwill was named to the Vanity Fair International Best Dressed Hall of Fame in 1996.[11][12] Her Paris and Manhattan apartments were featured in the April 2009 issue of Elle Décor magazine. She was interviewed by director Sofia Coppola in February 2013 about her life as part of Radziwill's cover story for T: The New York Times Style Magazine as well as about Coppola's film The Bling Ring and the loss of privacy.[13] She was listed as one of the 50 best-dressed over-50s by the The Guardian in March 2013.[14]
Grey Gardens documentary[edit]
In 1972, Radziwill hired documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles to work on a film about the Bouvier family. At the outset, the brothers filmed two eccentric and reclusive members of the extended family, Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale ("Big Edie") and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale ("Little Edie"), who were Radziwill's aunt and cousin, respectively. The Beales lived in a rambling, decaying home in East Hampton, New York and were supported by other members of the family.[15]
Radziwill's original film project was not completed, and Radziwill kept the footage that had been shot of the Beales. However, the Maysles brothers were fascinated by the strange life the two women led, and after raising funds for film and equipment on their own they returned and filmed 70 more hours of footage with Big Edie and Little Edie. The resulting film, titled Grey Gardens (1976) after the name of the Beales' home, is widely considered a masterpiece of the documentary genre. It was later adapted as a 2006 musical of the same name, in which the characters Lee and Jackie Bouvier appear as visiting children in retrospect. An HBO television movie based upon the documentary and surrounding story of the Beales' lives, also called Grey Gardens, appeared in 2009.[16]
Personal life and death[edit]
Radziwill was married three times. Her first marriage, in April 1953, was to Michael Temple Canfield, a publishing executive. They divorced in 1958, and the marriage was annulled by the Roman Catholic Church in November 1962.[17] Her second marriage, on March 19, 1959, was to the Polish aristocrat Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwill, who divorced his second wife, the former Grace Maria Kolin,[18] and received a Roman Catholic annulment of his first marriage to re-marry (his second marriage had never been acknowledged by the Roman Catholic Church, so no annulment was necessary).[17]
Upon her marriage she became Her Serene Highness Princess Caroline Radziwill.[19][20][21] They had two children, Anthony (1959–1999) and Christina.[22] Their marriage ended in divorce in 1974.[23]
On September 23, 1988, Radziwill married for a third time, becoming the second wife of American film director and choreographer Herbert Ross.[24] Their divorce was finalized shortly before his death, and she returned to using Radziwill, her children's name.
Radziwill died on February 15, 2019, aged 85, in New York City from undisclosed causes.[25][26][27]
- ^ Though some sources say she was born in Southampton, the New York Times of 14 March 1933 reported that "A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Vernou Bouvier 3d on March 3 at the Doctors Hospital".[5] New York City is likely correct, as she was born in late winter; Southampton is a summer retreat.
- ^ a b "Lee Radziwill, stylish sister of Jackie Kennedy, dies at 85". AP NEWS. February 17, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Princess Lee Radziwill Opens Up About Her Sister Jackie Kennedy and JFK". April 27, 2016.
- ^ "Obituaries: Herbert Ross". Los Angeles Times. October 10, 2001. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ "Janet Lee Auchincloss Morris, 81".
Janet Lee Auchincloss Morris, a leading member of society in Newport, Rhode Island, and Washington, D.C., and the mother of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- ^ "Daughter to Mrs. J. V. Bouvier 3d" (PDF), The New York Times, New York City, LXXXII (27, 443), p. 21, March 14, 1933
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (February 16, 2019). "Lee Radziwill, Ex-Princess and Sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Dies at 85". The New York Times. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ Clarke, Gerald. Capote: A Biography (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988), pages 388–89.
- ^ New York Magazine, "The Decorating Establishment" February 12, 1979.
- ^ Keys, Bobby. Every Night's a Saturday Night (Counterpoint, 2012) page 159
- ^ Barna, Dan. "Lee Radziwill, American Style Icon and Jackie O's Sister, Dies at 85". W Magazine. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ VF Staff (1996). "World's Best Dressed Women". Vanity Fair: The International Hall of Fame: Women. Archived from the original on July 12, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Ultimate Style: The Best of the Best Dressed List. 2004. p. 160. ISBN 2 84323 513 8.
- ^ Radziwell, Lee (June 9, 2013). "In Praise of Privacy". The New York Times Style Magazine. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
- ^ Cartner-Morley, Jess; Mirren, Helen; Huffington, Arianna; Amos, Valerie (March 28, 2013). "The 50 best-dressed over 50s". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Woodman, Sue (February 9, 2002). "Obituary: Edith Bouvier Beale". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ Rohter, Larry (April 7, 2009). "'Grey Gardens,' Back Story Included, on HBO With Drew Barrymore". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ a b "Roman Catholics: The Law's Delay". Time. February 28, 1964. Retrieved September 4, 2009.
- ^ Lundy, Darryl, ed. "Grace Maria Kolin". ThePeerage.com, September 28, 2010
- ^ "A less known American 'Princess': Lee Radziwill - History of Royal Women". December 3, 2016.
- ^ "Lee Radziwill Is Ready to Part With Her Glamorous Paris Home". August 10, 2017.
- ^ "The Bouvier Sisters: 12 Things You May Not Know About Jackie Kennedy and Lee Radziwill".
- ^ Haslam, Nicky (February 7, 2013). "The Real Lee Radziwill". The New York Times T magazine. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- ^ "For Princess Lee Radziwill, It's the End of a Marriage", People, July 29, 1974
- ^ "Lee Bouvier Radziwill Weds Herbert Ross, Film Director". The New York Times. September 24, 1988. Retrieved June 21, 2007.
- ^ Codinha, Alessandra (February 16, 2019). "Lee Radziwill Is Dead at 85". Vogue. Condé Nast. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ Rathe, Adam (February 16, 2019). "Lee Radziwill Has Died". Town & Country. Hearst Communications. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ "Lee Radziwill Dies at 85". Yahoo! Finance. Oath, Inc. February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- Clarke, Gerald (1988). Capote, A Biography (1st ed.). New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-241-12549-6.
- Dubois, Diana (1995). In Her Sister's Shadow: An Intimate Biography of Lee Radziwill (1st ed.). New York: Little Brown & Co. ISBN 978-0316187534.
- Evans, Peter (2004). Nemesis: The True Story. Regan Books. ISBN 978-0-06-058053-7 [0-06-058053-4].
- Magazine Paris Match July 6, 2008 page 16.
- Radziwill, Lee (2003). Happy Times. New York: Assouline. ISBN 978-1-614-28054-5.
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Pushpendra Kumar
Research interest
- Photo-impedance Spectroscopy of Photoactive Devices.
- Study of Photoactive Devices using Photoluminescence and Photocurrent Induced by Intensity Modulated Light Fields.
Selected Publications
- Supriya Ghosh, Qi Shi, Bapi Pradhan, Pushpendra Kumar, Zhengjun Wang, Somobrata Acharya, Suman Kalyan Pal, Tõnu Pullerits, and Khadga J. Karki; Phonon Coupling with Excitons and Free Carriers in Formadinium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nano-crystals. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9, 4245–4250.
- Pushpendra Kumar, D. Eisenhauer, M. M. K. Yousef, Q. Shi, A. S. G. Khalil, M. R. Saber, C. Becker, T. Pullerits, K. J. Karki; Photoimpedance Spectroscopy Analysis of Planar and Nano-Textured Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Vol:12, No:2, 2018
- Pushpendra Kumar, Rajiv Ray, Patrick Adel, Drick Dorfs and Suman Kalyan Pal; Role of ZnS Segment on Charge Carrier Dynamics and Photoluminescence Property of CdSe@CdS/ZnS Quantum Rods. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 6379-6387.
- Pushpendra Kumar and Suman Kalyan Pal; Ultrafast Multiexponential Electron Injection Dynamics at dye and ZnO QD Interface: A Combined Spectroscopic and First Principles Study.Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 29571-29581.


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Payroll Specialist
- Employer
- Allegis Global Solutions
- Location
- Hanover, MD
- Posted
- Jun 22, 2019
- Closes
- Jun 26, 2019
- Ref
- 167346633
- Function
- Accountant, IT
- Industry
- Other
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
Company DescriptionAllegis Global Solutions is founded on a culture that is passionate about transforming the way the world acquires talent by delivering client-focused solutions that make a difference for businesses worldwide. From refining how you manage your contingent workforce to strengthening your employer brand to recruit top talent, our integrated talent solutions drive the business results you need.?As an industry leader, we draw upon decades of experience to design innovative tools, products and processes. We develop competitive practices that position organizations for growth and we deliver the insight needed to succeed in today?s global marketplace.Job DescriptionReporting to the Payroll Manager of AGS, the Payroll Specialist is responsible for processing the payroll for AGS employees. The Payroll Specialist will verify, monitor and process payroll data for new hires and existing employees and utilize various reports to ensure accuracy and compliance with payroll policies and procedures.Essential FunctionsUtilize PeopleSoft to enter employee data for newly hired and existing employeesConduct on cycle and off cycle payroll processingResearch and resolve through auditing all weekly payroll tax and wage balance discrepancies by performing applicable adjustments in a timely mannerManage PTO and Oasis reporting and approvals on a weekly basisCoordinating and processing payment for all FMLA claims including resolution of all discrepanciesResolve employee correspondenceCommunicate payroll and tax policies and procedures to office personnel and employeesProvide accurate and timely paychecks to our employeesWork closely with AGS team members to ensure that all tasks are completed timely and accuratelyProcess and reconcile garnishmentsDevelop value-added procedures for departmental improvements and update policies and procedures as needed.Qualifications2+ years of ?Payroll experience preferred2+ years of College CoursesComputer skills: PeopleSoft, and Microsoft WordStrong analytical skillsStrong written and verbal communication skillsAdaptable and able to handle multiple tasks concurrentlyStrong customer service skillsStrong organizational skillsAdditional InformationAs a workplace, we focus on relationships ? with each other, our clients and our candidates - in fact serving others is one of our core values. We support open communication and recognize that giving constructive criticism can be even harder than receiving it. We appreciate the fearless and the passionate, who force us to be better. Everything we do sits on a pillar of diversity - diverse perspectives, backgrounds and ideas drive innovation and make us successful.See what it?s like to work at AGS by searching #LifeAtAGS on any social network.AGS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer (M/F/Disability/Veterans). We will consider all applications without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable law.If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to disability, please call 844-604-7059


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The Brindley Theatre and Arts Centre, The Brindley
High Street, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1BG
£16.00 adults. Concessions £12.00. Family Ticket £50.00. Groups 20+ £12.00.
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