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If you're looking to try some of the Okanagan's first spring wines Kelowna's culinary landscape will have just what you're looking for. The Spring Okanagan Wine Festival which kicked-off last week with the West Jet Wine Tasting wraps up this weekend on May 12th.
This Thursday chef Mark Filatow of the Waterfront Restaurant and Wine Bar will be serving carefully paired dishes to go with the wine-infused cocktails mixed at the Okanagan Spirits distillery on Bernard Avenue.
"Spring is generally when new whites are released, you have a flood of fresh new wines in the market," he says. Filatow was one of 16 judges asked to select the season's top white, red, rose and sparkling wines at last week's 2013 Varietal Wine Awards.
"We will be catering at the distillery - we're taking the show on the road," Filatow says. A menu of halibut, scallops and elk will be tailored to the cocktails design by Okanagan Spirits.
Filatow says the wine festival is as much about what's on your plate as in your glass.
"We're starting to see local spring products, fresh greens, crisp radishes," he says. "We have a forager bringing in wild ingredients, picking edible plants, wild horseradish, pepper weed, cattails and dandelion."
Various wineries, vineyards, golf clubs and restaurants are participating in the festival include:
-The Harvest Golf Club
-Camelot Vineyards
-Summerhill Pyramid Winery
-The Delta Grand Okanagan Resort
-Mimi's Italian Grill
-Hotel Eldorado
Events continue throughout the week and will cap off this Saturday with a signature blind wine and cheese soiree at the Ramada Inn Penticton.
Image Credit: Okanagan Wine Festivals Society
To contact the reporter for this story, email Julie Whittet at email@example.com or call (250)718-0428.


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A few months back I was flipping through the channels when I came across a familiar face, in a not so familiar stage. It was a movie called Today's Special, and it featured Madhur Jaffrey as the mother of the lead actor in the movie. She was so cute ! I mean I have seen her cooking shows but never saw her acting chops.
Anyway for this weeks theme at IHCC was to cook any dish by Madhur Jaffrey. I wanted to cook something that had cauliflower as I had lovely fresh cauliflower in my fridge. So I googled and found this recipe which was from her book : An invitation to Indian Cooking. The only adaptation I had was I ran out of ground coriander so I used just 1 tsp instead of 2 and used ground red chilli powder and left the green chilli out in case it got too spicy for the boys.
Recipe: Cauliflower Curry adapted recipe of Madhur Jaffrey's Cauliflower with onion and tomato recipe from Scott's Favorites.
300g cauliflower, cut into bite size florets
1 medium onion, roughly chopped
2-3 cloves garlic,
1/2" ginger ,sliced
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
1/2 tsp tumeric
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp garam masala
juice of 1/2 a lime
salt to taste
1 tbsp coriander leaves chopped.
1/3 cup water
Place your onion, garlic and ginger in a blender with a few tablespoons of water and blend to a paste.( make sure you wash it well later before making any smoothies or juice, don't want oniony smelling drinks do we)
Heat oil, add the paste and fry for a few minutes, then add tomatoes, coriander leaves and the spices. In the recipe, I was add just a tablespoon of water, but I was afraid it might catch and burn so added about 1/3 of cup of water.
Then added the cauliflower, mixed well , covered and let it simmer for about 8- 10 minutes till the cauliflower is tender.
Taste add salt and finally squeeze in some lime juice and then serve as a side with rice.
linking this to IHCC's theme for this week to cook something for this months featured chef ; Madhur Jaffrey.

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Tensile Tester Questions to Ask Yourself
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Common things to consider when researching a tensile testing machine like the Vangate NX.
- What is the maximum capacity that will be tested? The Vantage 1 goes up to 1kN (225 lbs), the Vantage 2 goes up to 2kN (450 lbs), the Vantage 5 and the QC-3A go up to 5kN (1125 lbs), the Vantage 10 goes up to 10kN (2250 lbs).
- What capacity load cell is required? Load Cells range from 5N-10kN depending on the model
- How much crosshead travel is required? If dealing with highly elastic materials, a Vantage 36" model is recommended.
- What type of grips and inserts are required? Thwing-Albert offers Pneumatic. Mechanical, Wedge, and Vice grips are available. The available grip inserts are Smooth, Serrated, Diamond Serrated, Line Contact, and Rubber Covered.
- What kind of results are required? MAP4 is a sophisticated materials testing software, and provides the ability to perform more complex testing with customizable reporting.


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25 Oct
BOOKFAIRAuthor: dreynolds // Category: Current Events
The bookfair was awesome. The students and parents at Kyrock Elementary are the best. We raised $4,995.37. Kyrock Elementary will receive $1,200.00 plus $200.00 worth of free books. The students are already reading the books. Thank you to everyone who bought a book or other product. Yeah Kyrock.


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Have you ever tried out Google Image Labeler? I had never heard of it, and I'm not sure if it's new or not.
Doing a quick image search on something, I was presented with the question at the bottom of my results asking whether or not I wanted to try it. Curious, I clicked the link to find out what it was. According to their web page, Image Labeler is:
"…a new feature of Google Image Search that allows you to label random images to help improve the quality of Google's image search results."
So you get paired up with a partner and for two minutes you are shown a variety of images. As each image is presented, you (and your partner) enter plausible labels for the image. When you and your partner match up on a given label, you move on to the next picture. At the end of it, you're presented with a score and ranking.
It's no surprise to me that Google has given a neat way to help improve their search product and involve the user in the process. They don't hide the fact that yes, they are using you to improve their search. I took a few minutes out to do it and it was quite fun to see how high I could get my score. It didn't bother me in the least. How effective it is at improving their product I don't know.
[note: I'm assuming you need a google account to use Image Labeler – not entirely sure]


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@LisaSTL wrote:
@Shop-et-al wrote:
Because someone on the internet said that I would be silly and unethical if I did not ask for more money.
No, you said it was unethical to ask for more. I don't know about where you live but here professionals are not in the habit of discounting their fees because the client lives in the same zip code. If you want to value yourself at $5 for 2 hours and I want to value myself at $50 an hour it doesn't make you ethical and me greedy.
@Jill_L wrote:
@SoCalMama wrote:
@ShopperFun99 wrote:
Op. What is the pay for editing per report?
OP works for a company, so he/she might be getting an hourly rate.
Independent editors usually get $5 or less per report.
Good pay for well written reports. Terrible for others when you have to send questions and wait for a response.
...And I imagine newbies often get the worst reports? Or is it more random?
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What you have done when you do your best work for a cheap price, you've told the MSC you'll willing to work cheap. Why should they offer you more, when you've done a good report for a cheap price. You must be desperate for work.
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@Niner wrote:
@johnb974 wrote:
What you have done when you do your best work for a cheap price, you've told the MSC you'll willing to work cheap. Why should they offer you more, when you've done a good report for a cheap price. You must be desperate for work.
Because then you get chosen for better jobs that the MSC has and they will come to you if they need something done and they will bonus the job. And, how can you represent yourself with shoddy work on a personal level? Don't you want to take pride in what you do?
Only take the better paying jobs and prove yourself there.
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I've come to the conclusion that nobody can really read or write properly - including me, but I at least know how to capitalize.
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While I will agree for the most part, I wouldn't say 'nobody'. Case in point; I'm an exceptional writer (nothing like tooting your own horn, right?) Then again, after twenty years of police and social work reports, I had better be. And If that didn't teach me, my current job as a writer should do the the trick. Then again, my proofreader always finds bunches of typos, so to make a long story short, I guess you're right, 'nobody' writes perfectly
@ShopperFun99 wrote:
Anyone had issues with Coyle's newer editors? They nit pick the timing, came back with 30 questions like "What time was the appetizer cleared? What time did the What time was the entrée cleared? What time did the server present the dessert menu? What time was the dessert served? (after I wrote that it was served within 7 minutes of ordering) What time did you go to the restroom? What was the greeting as you left? (after I wrote that there was no parting salutation).
I think for bar and lunch shops, they assign the newbie editors, who tried to nitpick every little detail, and ask questions which I already touched upon on the report. When I get these questions, I just back track, add or subtract a few minutes from time it was served, and so forth. The older experienced editors do not do that.
@ShopperFun99 wrote:
My reports were fine before, even had high marks, in the 97-100%. All I did was give the times I ordered and how long it took to be served. I did not have to time the clean-up, each check backs from the server, presentation of dessert menu, time the beverages were served, refilled, time I or my guest went to the bathroom, on and on and on. In prior reports, I wrote a good long report, but only timed about 4-5 instances, the rest are "within ___ minutes, or after ___ minutes,,..." and they were fine.
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If I agree to do a shop, I do it properly. I sure hope you don't take any $5 shops. Shoppers who cut corners hurt all of us.
@Capurato wrote:
I would wager that probably 50% or more just gather employee descriptions and write up a good report. I know if I got paid $5 to do a shop I would do just that.
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If Otis Johnson was saving the best for last after his tumultuous year, he is exiting well.
Lesley Conn's piece in this newspaper on November 16 is great news — the possibility of Savannah funding a public/private partnership to build a sound stage and production facilities to support the film industry and provide jobs for skilled people.
This is the city of Savannah and the Savannah Economic Development Authority at its best – working together. It is the type of growth I have been preaching about in this column for the past two years and to anyone who would listen for the past seven.
Talking is not doing, but I am going to have faith that we will have this facility. So, to Mayor Johnson and the city council, your vision on this project is commendable. It is a small step but a 'yes' step none the less.
Congratulations go out to Edna Jackson on your successful run for mayor.
That was a piece of cake compared to the challenges you now face. So let's get down to business. The first pledge on your campaign flyer is "Jobs, Labor Force and Economic Development."
That is a good start, but there is a poorly kept secret in this town — a lack of labor force skills.
Savannah has an outstanding port system, an excellent airport facility, ample land for industrial expansion and a strategic interstate highway system. Add the excellent educational and skill development opportunities. But, there is flatly an inadequate labor pool for twenty-first century jobs and a poor entrepreneurial track record in Savannah.
Mayor-elect Jackson, I am told you are a big believer in education. I believe it is clear that secondary education is THE impediment to a skilled workforce and economic growth in this city.
In the final analysis, as we
all know, education is about parental involvement in the lives of children. Absent parenting, the crushing responsibility of putting a finger in the dike falls to churches, government programs and stars such as Tony and DaVena Jordan at AWOL and their gift of energy and vision for at-risk kids.
Progress is painfully slow, with limited resources that are never enough to turn the tide. Any real solution to this vexing problem is long term – a decade, a generation and more. It has not been solved in any city since the problem was recognized in the 1960s, and there is no magic bullet.
Is there an interim answer for Savannah? Yes: Recruiting those skills from outside our city.
This city needs skilled people — the magnet for new businesses and entrepreneurial innovation. Since we don't have them, now we need to go out and find them and bring them to Savannah in spite of the enormous pressure on you to act otherwise.
Population growth fuels local economic growth and creates new jobs throughout the employment spectrum. Promoting Savannah at military bases is a good starting point, and those leaving the service usually do not have mortgages on underwater homes. Many either have skills or have already proved they are adaptable.
We are all aware there are skilled jobs available in this town.
It isn't hard to find a recent newspaper article lying about my desk with a title like "Recipe for Middle-Class Jobs" or "Help Wanted…Skilled Jobs Go Begging" or "Some local jobs are hard to fill."
Not surprisingly, they all say the same thing. If a city wants economic growth, its leaders must attract people with skills and education. This simple truth will not go away, and Mayor-elect Jackson, you are now the leader of the city.
The last point on your platform is "Ambassadorship, Communications and Consensus Building."
Bring together the business community in consensus as ambassadors to assist SEDA in attracting new high-wage employers. Without an effort to find a coalition of the willing Savannah may still have a 25 percent poverty rate when your term is done.
The time has long since passed for a major change in the competitive spirit of this city's political, academic and civic figures. You all need to come together on the same page and aggressively bring this city into the age of technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.


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GiveMeApps Reviews
AirHorn Android App Review
Jul 28th 2013 at 01:03am by GiveMeApps
Ever want to surprise or really annoy your friends? How about getting everyone's attention in the nosiest of situations. Well, you could invest in a bullhorn or an airhorn. Good luck hunting one down of good quality and carrying with you. Or in 2013, you could just whip out your smartphone or tablet and press away till everyone stops dead in their tracks!
Air Horn by Richard Stranberg is just that; an airhorn app for your Android Smartphone or Tablet. There are no frills, bells or whistles here. Simply open the app by tapping the app icon and press away. The airhorn image to be pressed on plays a (loud) airhorn sample for up to 11 seconds. You're only limited by the loudness of your device.
Imagine using this if you were a School Dean, a School Coach, an Authority Figure. Tell the municipalities that this app is another way to reduce budget spending. There is an app for that! If you have speakers for your device, then this app will be a million times worth what you paid for it. Did we mention it is a free download? It's easy, fun and it works. 5 out of 5 stars.


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| 21.7°C Dublin
Wayne Rooney arrived in Athens on Monday night with Olympiakos coach Michel claiming the Manchester United forward should be "congratulated" for securing the biggest salary in English football.
With Greece still suffering biting austerity measures due to the prolonged financial crisis engulfing the country, news of Rooney's recently-signed 5½-year contract – which will earn him more than £300,000 a week because of the unique commercial aspects of the deal – has been greeted with astonishment in Athens.
But when asked whether the England forward was worthy of such a lucrative pay deal, former Real Madrid and Spain midfielder Michel insisted the 28-year-old deserved everything he can get from United.
"Congratulations to Wayne Rooney for the salary," Michel said. "Despite the salary itself, what it proves is Wayne Rooney is a very important player and a very important figure for his club.
"All major clubs have certain players, certain figures, who they try to keep with them, even after retirement. Wayne Rooney will probably be one of them, staying with Manchester United for many years more.
"People are worried about the figures, but the most important thing is that Wayne Rooney will stay with Manchester United for a long time."
While stopping Rooney will be key for Michel and Olympiakos, the Greek champions go into the Champions League last-16 first leg in Piraeus in dominant form domestically.
Unbeaten in Greece all season and having only suffered defeat against Paris St-Germain (twice) this campaign, Michel insists that his team can take advantage of the inconsistency that has haunted United under David Moyes.
"We have great expectations for this match and see it as a major prize for us," Michel said. "We're not going to give anything away and we'll fight really hard for the win.
"We are inexperienced at this stage, but for us it's an advantage, not a disadvantage. We will be able to cause problems for Manchester United.
"People say it'll be a very demanding tie – that's true, but nothing says we cannot beat them. We know the state of Manchester United and we know the type of team we're facing.
"We know there is lots at stake for United in this match. We know they are not allowed to make any mistakes due to their position in the Premier League and this kind of situation may weigh too much on their players' shoulders. But we do not know if this position in the table will be an incentive to them or a burden on their shoulders."
Olympiakos face attacking problems with Javier Saviola ruled out due to injury and Marko Scepovic ineligible.
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At St Alphonsus' RC Primary School we teach synthetic phonics, using Letters and Sounds, in daily structured sessions lasting 20 minutes. Children progress through the six phases of Letters and Sounds, starting with Phase One in Nursery and ending with Phase Six in Year Two.
Letters and Sounds provides fun and fast-paced games and resources to support our teaching of phonics. It aims to build pupils' speaking and listening skills, as well as prepare pupils to learn to read, by developing their phonic knowledge and skills. It sets out a detailed programme for teaching phonic skills, with the aim of pupils becoming fluent readers by age seven. Jolly Phonics actions, songs and rhymes are used in EYFS to help our children learn the 44 phonemes (sounds). We use a multi-sensory approach, recognising that all children have different learning styles; teaching in Year 1 includes nonsense words using all phonemes to help prepare our children for the Phonics Screening in Summer Term. Children are assessed at the end of each phase and are moved accordingly.
Please follow the links below to help your child at home with phonics…
In our school, we use Project X guided and independent reading books, as well as Project X Code for small-group interventions and upper Key Stage 1 guided reading. This is an exciting reading programme; it consists of fiction and non-fiction texts and uses imaginative stories and action adventures set in a micro-world with visually stimulating illustrations.
We are also using the Reciprocal Reading strategy as our main approach to child-led guided reading; this encourages independence, and develops thinking, questioning and comprehension skills, whilst improving confidence, fluency and expression. To further promote independent reading, we also use Rainbow Reading, a scheme which focuses on comprehension and developing understanding. This is used across both key stages, within class and as part of small-group intervention.


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One of the highlights of DJing the wedding last night was being able to spend some time with my old friends, Dave and Melanie. Dave and I went to high-school together and ended up as room-mates in college. After we graduated and Dave married Melanie, we still hung out quite a bit, and I became a regular visitor to Peoria after they moved there, and Dave's sister-in-laws and brother-in-law became part of my own extended family. Dave and I don't get to see each other much, now that we've both got children and careers and other responsibilities, but every time we do, it's like things haven't changed.
Dave sat behind the DJ booth with me for a while watching me pick songs that would keep the dance floor moving. I picked a certain song which made him ask "That's an interesting choice. You sure you want to play that?".
"It's a similar sound and beat to what's playing now. It's a good follow up" I said. When the song in question came on, the dance floor erupted with excitement. I smiled at my old friend and said "Never doubt my power".
He smiled back and said "I never have".
It reminded me of all those years we spent through high school and college behind a computer pounding out BASIC, PASCAL, FORTRAN, COBOL and C++ code. Instead of the satisfaction of watching out work compile and successfully execute, we had the pleasure of watching our kids have the time of their lives together. It felt like coming home.


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|adj. [seraphique, French; from seraph.] Angelick; angelical.
Love is curious of little things, desiring to be of angelical purity, of perfect innocence, and seraphical fervour. Taylor.
Seraphick arms and trophies. Milton.
'Tis to the world a secret yet,
Whether the nymph, to please her swain,
Talks in a high romantick strain;
Or whether he at last descends
To like with less seraphick ends. Swift.


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What is glaucoma?
Glaucoma is an eye disease characterized by excessive intraocular pressure that occurs when aqueous humor – transparent fluid inside the eye – can not go outside.
Because of excessive compression, optic nerve becomes damaged. Glaucoma is a disease which, if untreated, causes blindness.
Symptoms of glaucoma
Glaucoma does not often produce any symptoms.
Sometimes, the most characteristic symptoms are: lack of peripheral vision, blurred vision, halos in vision, severe eye pain, headache, loss of object coloring, vomiting, etc.
Causes of glaucoma
Any eye problem first requires a visit to a specialist
The main causes of glaucoma are:
- Ocular hypertension: High pressure within the eye is the main factor to develop glaucoma.
- Age: Glaucoma is more common with older people
- Inheritance: The "congenital glaucoma" has genetic causes. Sometimes glaucoma occurs because of a lesion during pregnancy.
- Disease: Some diseases like diabetes or hypertension attack the organ of vision being causes of glaucoma.
- Steroids: Those who have been medicated with steroids for a long time are more likely to develop glaucoma.
- Food: A poor diet can lead to poor eye health.
- Free Radicals: A poor diet, aggressive environmental conditions and oxidation of the body itself are the main causes of the appearance of free radicals, for which the vision is one of the most sensitive organs and the most affected.
Diagnosis of glaucoma
Any eye problem first requires a visit to a specialist who will provide you a diagnosis about it.
This is especially required for retinal detachment or for glaucoma whose appropriate and quick treatment is needed to avoid the visual loss in the affected eye.
To diagnose this disorder, the doctor or ophthalmologist may perform a series of specific tests, such as a tonometry (measure of tension in the eye) a visual field test or a gonioscopy. (To test the internal drainage system of the eye)
Treatment of glaucoma
The main treatment for glaucoma usually focuses on medication or surgical intervention to diminish ocular hypertension.
What is the natural treatment for glaucoma?
The natural treatment of glaucoma involves the use of a number of natural remedies that can prevent or ameliorate it.
More information about glaucoma and its natural treatment.
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Ecclesiastes 5:1 | Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
Ecclesiastes 5:7 | For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear.
The book of Ecclesiastes was written by the Preacher (probably Solomon) to reflect upon his lifelong search for lasting meaning, purpose, and joy in life. But even after obtaining all the pleasure, wealth, sex, and power that he could possibly want, he comes to the conclusion that everything under the sun is vanity, a vapor that is here today and gone tomorrow. Of course, the key to properly interpreting Ecclesiastes is the phrase "under the sun." Solomon's ultimate goal is to show that nothing on earth can truly satisfy us. We need divine intervention.
In almost every book or sermon to be found on Ecclesiastes, the emphasis of these verses is placed upon how we worship God, and while worship does form the bulk of the discourse here, the point of this passage is more interested in why we worship than how we worship. The Preacher is diving at the heart behind our worship of the LORD, and the result is rather like a piece of classical music. Two movements are at play here describing how to properly worship God, and each movement ends with a refrain that muses over the vanity of dreams and many words. The piece then closes with a thunderous crescendo that is meant to cast a new light upon everything that came before. Like any complex work of art, the goal is for us to meditate deeply upon what lies before us. Here, specifically, we should consider what the repeated refrain is teaching us about how to worship God and how the Preacher's conclusion changes how we worship by reminding us why we worship.
Read Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 and discuss the following.
Because all Scripture profits us through teaching, reproving, correcting, and training us, reflect upon the studied text, and ask yourself the following questions about the present text.


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Step 1 Blacken the peppers: Place the peppers over direct high flame of a gas burner, over very hot grill, or under broiler close to heat, turning as needed until blackened on all sides, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the peppers to a bowl, cover with a dish towel, and set aside to steam until the peppers are cool and their skins are loosened. Peel the peppers and discard stem end and seeds, reserving any liquid that collected in the bowl. You should have about 2 cups of roasted pepper. Strain the pepper liquid, if necessary, to remove any burnt bits or seeds.
Step 2 Finely mince the onion. (If not using sweet onion, "de-flame" it: Place the onion in a sieve and rinse several times, then place it in bowl of water and stir. If water turns milky, repeat the process. Soak for 30 minutes, rinse and dry well between paper or dish towels.)
Step 3Toast the garlic, if you like, in a small skillet over medium heat until blackened in spots. Drop the garlic through feed tube of food processor with motor running. Add the peppers, reserved pepper liquid, and salt to the work bowl and process to a puree. With motor running, add the oil through the feed tube to emulsify. Scrape the mixture into a bowl, and stir in the onion. The sauce will keep, at room temperature, for several hours, and up to a week refrigerated.


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the name Balfour has been synonymous with the traditions of truly memorable academic experiences—class rings, yearbooks, letter jackets and more. Today, Balfour Tennessee is proud to bring these beloved products to students attending schools in the Middle Tennessee area. Josh Houston has operated the business for more than ten years along with a dynamic Office Staff including Trista France, Tricia Apigian, Donna Maloney, Linda Alexander, Cindy Massaro, Nikki Vender, and Mary Beth Richardson. Additionally, the BalfourTN team has just added Associate Representatives Stacey Trail, a former teacher in Wilson Co. Schools, and Kaitlyn Noffsinger, a former Blackman High and MTSU grad.
Josh is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, where he was a member of the school's esteemed football team. As the face of Balfour Tennessee, he enjoys visiting and presenting to schools in his home state. The positive feedback he and his team continually receive from students and school administrators on Balfour's treasured products, gives them great satisfaction and makes them love what they do.
Balfour Tennessee currently services more than 120 High Schools and roughly 100 additional schools in Middle Tennessee, including Elementary schools and Middle Schools.


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|From Chicken curry
This dish is another Filipino favorite that has found its way to my husband's tummy and gained approval.
1-1/2 to 2 lbs chicken pieces
oil for browning (or you may render the fat from chicken skin)
3 cloves garlic
2 thumb-size cuts of ginger, sliced
1 medium onion, sliced
curry powder to taste (try 1/4 tsp first)
salt and pepper to taste
(optional)2 tbsp fish sauce (patis)
1 cup chicken broth or water
2 potatoes, cut into chunks
2 carrots, cut into chunks
1 each of red and green bell peppers (or other colors; use only half of each and freeze the rest)
1 (14 oz) coconut milk (Premium)
If using chicken skin, render the fat by boiling the skin in about 1/4 cup water first then chopping them then returning to the pan to render the fat. On medium high heat, sautee garlic and ginger for about 1 minute, follow with onions. When translucent, add chicken pieces and brown all sides briefly (1 minute per side). Add patis if using and let sizzle (or sprinkle some salt) then cover pan, turn heat to medium low and simmer for about 15 minutes. Uncover, turn heat to high and let juices evaporate until you are able to brown the chicken pieces in the oil some more. Add water, potatoes, and carrots and let boil, then lower heat to med high, cover and let simmer for another 10 minutes or until potatoes and carrots start to become tender. Add the coconut milk and bell peppers, sprinkle curry powder and let simmer uncovered, occasionally stirred, until coconut milk becomes creamy. Adjust taste with salt and pepper and additional curry powder as needed. Serve with plain rice. (Hubby likes this only with freshly baked bread.)


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iacas posted a topic in Instruction and Playing TipsYou may recall hearing Dave Pelz tell you that the optimal distance a putt has to roll past the hole is 17 inches. How big might you guess the hole is at 17 inches? 4 inches wide? 3 ½? What if I told you that the hole, at 17 inches, was only about 2¼ inches wide? What? Am I crazy? No - it's just math. Consider a well cut hole, and what's required for the putt to go in. For a putt to be holed, it has to have enough time for the ball - 1.68 inches in diameter - to fall half that distance, or 0.84 inches, or more. Gravity is a constant force (9.8 m/s 2 ) and 0.84 inches is about 0.021336 meters. Given that distance (d) = 0.5at 2 we can solve for t time: 0.021336m = 0.5 * 9.8 m/s 2 * t 2 . 0.021336m = 4.9 m/s 2 * t 2 . 0.021336m / 4.9m/s 2 = t 2 . 0.004354s 2 = t 2 . t = 0.065987 seconds. In other words, a golf ball needs approximately 0.066 seconds to fall 0.84 inches, striking some part of the back of the cup at the equator for the ball to be holed. As you all know, d=rt. Distance equals rate times time. For example, in two hours going 60 MPH you'll travel 120 miles. 120 miles = 2 hours * 60 miles/hour. Simple stuff. I don't know what the "rate" of a ball rolling 17" past the hole is, but smart people do and they've plugged that in to the equation. t is always going to be 0.066 seconds, and thus they can solve for d. That "d" is effectively the amount of air a ball needs to have under it's path in order to fall into the cup by dropping 0.84 inches (or more). A putt that rolls over the very very outside edge of the hole might only have a quarter of an inch of "air during which it can fall. If the putt is barely rolling at any speed, that'll take 0.66 seconds or longer and the putt will drop. If the ball is rolling really fast, it'll cross that 1/4 inch in no time at all, and not fall in. Here are the numbers, in graphical form: In other words, a putt that rolls six inches past the hole (0.5 feet, or 0.5') is effectively 3.8 inches wide. We lose 0.45 inches off the sides of the cup (0.225 off each side, the left and the right) and are effectively putting to a hole that's 3.8 inches wide. If this graphic shows you anything, it's that the cup gets really small, really quickly. The hole is less than an inch wide for a putt that rolls four feet past the hole. Heck, even a putt that rolls only three feet beyond the hole - leaving what would amount to a tap-in for most people - is only 1.4 inches wide. Here's that same graphic in a form that makes the distance a bit more obvious. Notice how at "A" the distance the ball needs to travel is much shorter than the distance needed in "B". Putt a ball about eight feet past the hole and there's almost no chance of it going in the hole - the target is virtually 0 inches wide. These are the putts that hit the back of the hole, fall 0.7 inches instead of 0.84, and pop up and sit behind the hole. (These numbers are for a flat green at about 8 on the stimp. On faster greens, these holes are a little larger because a ball can be rolling more slowly and still roll six inches past the hole, or two feet past the hole. On downhill putts, the hole can be a little larger too for the same reason - the ball is rolling more slowly - but this is often offset by the fact that the far edge of the cup is a little lower, so the ball has to fall more than 0.84 inches. On an uphill putt, a similar thing occurs - the ball will be traveling faster to roll out three feet past the hole (or whatever distance), but the back of the cup is a little higher so the ball only has to fall perhaps 0.8 inches.) So, what's the point of all of this? If you like putting to large targets, strive to hit your ball about six to twelve inches past the cup. 17 inches, two feet... three feet... they're all too firm. The ball will be rolling too fast at the hole and it will be rolling too fast to have a very large target - 2.25 inches, 1.9 inches, and 1.4 inches respectively. Okay, so why not strive for "dead at the hole" capture speed? After all, the hole becomes 4.25 inches wide then, right? Well, three reasons. If you're off by an inch in terms of your speed, or two inches, you're virtually 100% certain not to make the putt. Never up, never in. The lumpy donut. It's not a huge effect, but it can play a small role when the ball is moving that slowly. Wobble. As a ball comes to a stop, the last six inches of its roll are really, really affected by small imperfections in the green. The ball will sharply break left and right on these small things (spike marks, a tuft of grass, a heel print) and nobody wants to see their putts swerve half an inch right because of a tiny little bump and miss the hole. 6-12 inches gives you a pretty darn big hole to putt into and it avoids the "wobble" problem. You've probably heard about golfers hitting the ball "firmly" and "taking out the break." Well, guess what? You know all those putts that lip out? Capture speed problems. The hole was too small, the ball didn't have enough time to drop, and it hit the far side of the hole with most of the ball still above the edge of the hole, veered hard sideways off the back of the cup, and climbed out. Give yourselves the biggest hole to putt to: strive to roll the ball six to twelve inches past the hole. You might leave one short now and then, but I guarantee you'll make more than enough additional putts to offset the occasional ones left short. Update 2017-11-09: Here are the numbers for other stimp speeds: Effective Capture Width at Various Roll Speeds and Stimps Speed Stimp 8 Stimp 10 Stimp 12 Die 4.2" 4.2" 4.2" 6" 3.8" 3.9" 3.9" 1' 2.6" 2.7" 2.8" 2' 1.9" 2.1" 2.3" 3' 1.4" 1.7" 1.9" 4' 0.9" 1.3" 1.5" 5' 0.5" 0.9" 1.2"
http://www.dstgolf.com/optimise-golf-swing/how-dst-golf-clubs-work You'll notice that everything in that description talks about how the shaft appears, or how a line appears, so that you set up properly. In essence, everything - the shaft being bent, the wide sole with a specific bounce, and the line near the hosel - is geared toward one thing: to get the handle forward at setup. As you can see, I've done that here in two swings: So far so good, right? I added a white line so that you can see the curve in the shaft. I will tell you that it appears to be more severe at setup. Unfortunately, the simple physics of swinging a golf club are that the heavy part - the mass at the end of the stick - wants to line up and form a straight line pointing at the center of the arc on which it's being swung. Consider tying a small weight to the end of a string. Swing it around: over your head, in front of you, beside you, on an angle… and you'll notice that the weight pulls the string tight. Simple physics. So, whether you flip or not, the weight on the end of the string (the clubhead) pulls the string (the shaft) taut. On the left, my weight is moving back and I'm throwing or flipping the clubhead. On the left, a "good" swing. This renders the DST a "visual" training aid only. It fails at doing much more than your clubs do already at letting you know whether you flipped at the ball or not. Here are the videos:
Putting with the Flagstick In
iacas posted a topic in Rules of GolfHere's a thread where we can all speculate and share data and thoughts and discuss "theories" and hypotheses… I've shared parts of this in other topics, but I hope to collect everything here, while simultaneously simplifying my position (maybe? hopefully?). I'd previously written a post about how you should almost always leave the flagstick in when you're given the opportunity to (without penalty). It, when you're off the green, tends to help you far more often than it hurts. The flagstick typically slows the ball down and lets it fall into the hole or at least stay closer than it otherwise would have. Then few weeks ago, the USGA and R&A published their proposed rules changes for 2019 (talk about those in the Rules of Golf forum), and one of them was to abolish the two-stroke penalty for striking the flagstick (in the hole) after a stroke from on the putting green. A Dave Pelz study from decades ago backs this up, as does basic physics (collisions lose energy). This, I immediately felt, had the potential to massively change the game of golf. My experience, the research I've read, and talks with others in the sciences and in golf have virtually convinced me of this. The USGA/R&A seem to be ignoring this, saying only "On balance it is expected that there should be no advantage in being able to putt with the unattended flagstick in the hole:". I think they're wrong. The rule is proposed among many to speed up play, and while I admire the USGA's/R&A's desire to speed up play, I'm not even sure it will do that - many have said it may slow play in most instances because where we currently take the flagstick out and put it back in once per hole on most holes, we may find situations where different players prefer the flag in or out and change its status when it is their turn to putt. This topic will not discuss pace of play - just the potential (or real) advantages to be gained. I think these potential advantages will affect two types of putts: Short-medium putts from 4-6', with lesser benefits out to about 10' or 12'. These are putts where players are somewhat or quite likely to hit the hole and, thus, the flagstick. Long putts from 25+ feet. Currently "tap-ins" are about 2' out, but if the first bullet point becomes an issue, and "tap-in" range extends to 4' or 5', the importance of getting your 30-footer to a foot or two diminishes greatly. In this topic, I'd like to explore the pros/cons, the physics, the data, the science, the mentality/psychology… and all of that stuff. I'd like to discuss the theory, the hypotheses, etc. behind this "advantage." This topic isn't about pace of play. It's not about whether we play golf into a "hole" and that this violates some sacred idea or something. It's just about the "advantage." First, some stipulations: There are few regulations on flagsticks. Circular in cross-section, not super dampening like foam or something, not strongly tapered… that's about it. I'm only suggesting a change from 12" past capture speed to about 3' to 4' past capture speed. Do not take me saying "bash it at the stick" or things like that as suggesting that I think players should hit a 5' putt with enough speed to go 10' past the hole. There's some grey area here because greens stimp at different speeds, uphill putts stop closer to the hole than downhill putts traveling the same speed at the hole, etc. Grey areas are unfortunately unavoidable. Players all have different psychologies. Some players will be struggle to do things other players can do more easily. Let's jump right in. Credible arguments for this proposed rule creating an advantage: The flagstick slows the ball by a greater factor than it decreases the time the ball spends suspended over the hole. Unless you have exceptional distance control, effective capture speed can remain about the same. Hitting the ball more firmly allows for a larger margin of error. It also reduces the tendency of a slow-moving putt to "wobble" or be moved off-line due to imperfections. Players, particularly poorer putters, leave a lot of putts from 6' to 15' short. This change would let them be more aggressive. The situations where the flagstick should be removed (it leans too much, it's moving around a lot in the wind) almost never occur. The flagstick offers an aid - it gives the player yet another point or two at which to aim. Credible arguments against there being any advantage: Three putts from short range may increase. Poor putters miss the hole from short range and will miss a lot of the come-backers. Hitting putts faster eliminates the putts that would fall at the outer "edges" of the hole with slower capture speed. These putts don't touch the flagstick, and lip out with faster speeds, but would fall in the "edge" or "side" with slower speeds. Let me take a look at the "pro" list above. 1. The flagstick slows the ball by a greater factor than it decreases the time the ball spends suspended over the hole. Simply put, the ball has to fall 0.84" or so to fall into the hole. Gravity is a constant, so this becomes a matter of time - time which the ball is unsupported and able to fall (another grey area: the ball can be "supported" partially along the "side" of the ball, slowing its descent). But back to the idea of time… Time for an object to fall 0.84 inches is about 0.066 seconds. So what can affect the time it takes? Two things: the speed the ball is traveling (faster = less time), and the route it takes over the hole (going straight across the middle of the hole provides the longest route and the most time to fall) - taking a cord along the edge provides a much shorter route. Many who think they should take the flagstick out when they are chipping from off the green say "the flagstick takes up room in the hole." It does, and so no ball can take a "long" route through the middle of the hole - it will be deflected. So, the question becomes this: how does the flagstick function to affect the time the ball spends unsupported over the hole? It's not as simple as subtracting the diameter of the flagstick from the 4.25", because the ball will contact the flagstick with its outer edge. If you imagine a ball that's hit directly at the flagstick, it will only spend about 2.1" unsupported by the ground - 1.035" from the time the center of the ball goes over the front lip until the front side of the ball hits the stick, and another 1.035" on its way back directly the way it came. The first 1" will be much shorter in time because the ball is moving much more quickly. 2.1" of travel does not afford the ball very much time to drop, and yet… we've all seen a ball rocketing at the flagstick, smack into it dead-center, and fall. In testing I've done, I've rolled balls with as much as 20' past capture speed on a flat portion of a green stimping at about 10 and had them repeatedly fall in to the hole. I shouldn't have to tell you… none of the balls rolled at the same speed went into the hole with the flagstick removed. Thus, the conclusion is simple: the flagstick dampens the speed of the ball by a significantly larger factor than it reduces the distance (and time) that the ball spends in free-fall. A few working physicists have supported this statement in my talks with them, though none have gone beyond preliminary calculations to quantify this, or to measure how advantage declines as you move away from direct hits, though one added that even a "half-ball hit" (he knew I played pool/billiards) should be pretty close to the same math - the ball traveling farther and thus having more time help to offset the less direct impact. Grey areas: 1. Flagsticks differ in their composition. I was using a pretty traditional flagstick, but some courses have wooden flagsticks, metal flagsticks, fiberglass, etc. 2. I'm unsure of how long this holds - It's obvious that a ball that overlaps the flagstick by 0.01" will act almost as if there was no flagstick in there, and regular capture speed rules will basically apply. 2. Unless you have exceptional distance control, effective capture speed can remain about the same. From this thread… … you'll see that a ball putted only 1' past the hole has only the center 2.6" of the hole. At 2' past, the capture width of the hole shrinks quickly to 1.9". Those look like this: Now, obviously that ball rolling 1' past isn't even close to hitting the flagstick, but it's still going to drop (in a pure physics standpoint). The ball hit 2' past is going to hit the flagstick if one was there, but even the edge of the ball isn't passing over the center of the hole (the ball is 1.68" in diameter). (These numbers are part physics, part experimental data, and come from Mark Sweeney.) A ball rolling 3.5' past the hole has an effective capture width of only about 1.2". That looks like this (the flagstick is pictured here simply for continuity): Losing 1.4" is significant (0.7" on both sides) to 0.8" (0.4" on each side) is fairly significant, and that's why, under the current rules, I've suggested people understand and read the capture speed topic, and to strive to deliver the ball with the speed that takes it only a foot or two past the hole. The question is now… what's an effective capture width with the flagstick in the hole and the ball rolling at about 3.5' past the hole? Obviously we need the ball to impact the flagstick enough to slow it down, so let's make an educated guess (based largely on the tests I did last fall, and yes, I know, you're going on a little faith here, but @david_wedzik and I will test thoroughly soon, hopefully this Friday). In my testing, and again I intend to document this fully very soon with Dave, 1.8" provided sufficient flagstick-ball contact to get putts to fall with the flagstick in the hole. "But we've lost 0.8"!", you'll say. And you're right. But remember, that's if you're able to deliver 1' past capture speed. Add just a little and hit your putt with 2' past capture speed and your 2.6" wide target drops down to 1.9" - basically the same width as the picture above. Also, that 0.8" you lost is not the same value. Huh? Consider that PGA Tour players make 77% of their five-foot putts. If we place a bell curve over the effective capture width of the hole, it would look something like this: PGA Tour pros hit the center of the hole more often than they hit the edges of the hole. They don't use whatever size capture width they are given evenly - that's why they make the majority of their putts from 5'. The outer edges - where we're relying on a slowly rolling ball to fall in - don't have the same value as the center of the hole. Bad putters make only about 50% of their putts from 5'. Their bell curve might look like this: Note: the center of the hole is still more important, but the edges are relatively more important. Bad putters hit the center of the hole less often and hit the edges or miss completely more often. If you're still awake at this point, you're correct that 2.6" is wider than 1.8". Even 1.9" is wider than 1.8". If you putt a ball with 3.5' past speed 1.1" off-center, it will miss the flagstick and be traveling too fast to go in. You're correct! But… here's the important thing… With the flagstick in, delivering the ball with 2' past speed within the 1.9" zone or 1' past speed within the 2.6" zone, and the ball will still fall. The flagstick is not hampering your ability to do this at all. There's no negative here - the only negative is if you choose to hit the ball with faster than 2' past capture speed… at which point the flagstick begins to help. At 3' past capture speed, without the flagstick the capture width of the hole shrinks to 1.4". Leaving the flagstick in gains 0.4". It's insurance in case you hit the ball a little too firmly. If I had to boil down the "is it an advantage" thing to one thing, there it is. This is an important point, so I'm going to hammer it again. If you want to keep putting the way you're putting now (without the flagstick), do it… but leave the flagstick in, because it will not hurt you if you have good distance control, and WILL help you if you don't. There's literally no downside here (assuming one of those two conditions - flagstick leaning a LOT or high wind and a jostling flagstick - aren't met). Grey areas: 1. Ball speed vs. roll-out distance on different stimps is not linear - a ball rolling at a speed of x on a stimp 8 green and rolling out 2' past is not rolling 8x/12 if it rolls out 2' on a stimp 12 green. This is why a ball can roll out 3' but still fall in the sides of the hole at Augusta National: the ball is rolling slowly. 2. Players aren't robots. They won't control ball speed to 1' exactly. If they could, and people could read greens perfectly, and greens didn't have imperfections, I'd say take the flagstick out for these putts! 3. Hitting the ball more firmly allows for a larger margin of error. It also reduces the tendency of a slow-moving putt to "wobble" or be moved off-line due to imperfections. Let me address the second part first. In the last 6-12" of a putt, the ball has a tendency to wobble. It's moving more slowly, and minor imperfections can have a large effect on a ball. That's why, though the ideal capture speed is "dead weight" making the hole its full 4.25" wide, it's impractical because you'd leave too many putts short and the ball behaves unpredictably near the hole. Whether you call it the Dave Pelz "lumpy donut" or just the minor variations in the putting surface due to the fact that grass is not a perfectly flat, smooth surface (nor are golf balls, for that matter)… the ball can divert from its path quite a bit in the last foot of its travel. Hitting the ball more firmly makes the path more consistent and thus more predictable. Go ahead… roll a ball on a putting green and watch the last foot of its roll. It'll divert relatively easily, and more so on the slower, bumpier greens many average golfers play. Now, regarding the margin of error… time for more math. Gravity pulls a ball down the hill. If the hill had 0% slope (i.e. dead flat), it would not pull a ball at all. The acceleration due to gravity would be 0 distance/time^s. If the hill had infinite slope (i.e. was a vertical wall), acceleration would be x distance/time^2 (or 9.8m/s^2 if you want to use those units). Any slope between those two points: 0% and infinite %, will be between 0 and x. More slope = more acceleration downhill (i.e. more break). Hitting a ball more firmly means that a ball gets to the destination (the hole) in less time. This lower amount of time means that differences in gravity due to a slight mis-read or a slight error in your start line can be reduced. I'll use some generic units here for distance and time, "d" and "t" because the specific units aren't important. Let's imagine that for a 2% slope, a putt breaks 100d/t^2. A 1% slope will be about 50d/t^2, and a 3% slope about 150d/t^2. Let's imagine two kinds of putts. One takes 10t (time units) to get to the hole (the one we hit firmly), and the other takes 12t to get to the hole. This chart shows how far the ball will deviate due to acceleration (from physics, the ball will travel d = 1/2*a*t^2). I've left the units off just to make the numbers convenient to use, so we could be talking about micrometers per hour squared (though given the units I chose, mm/sec^2 might be relatively close units). Putt Time 1% (50) 2% (100) 3% (150) Delta 10t 2500d 5000d 7500d +/- 2500d 12t 3600d 7200d 10800d +/- 3600d Let's assume the pro reads a putt as 2%. If he plays it firmly, and he's off by 1%, his ball will deviate from the line he read by 2500 distance units (say, 2.5cm). If he's wrong by that same 1%, but hits the ball more softly, and it takes longer to get to the hole… he's going to be off by 3600 distance units (say 3.6cm). A 120% difference (1.2) in time becomes a 144% (1.44) gap in the line. The firmer putt gives our golfer here a larger margin for error in his read. In graphic form, putts would look something like this, where the middle line of each is the proper read (this isn't to scale or the top and bottom blue and red lines would actually be a bit farther apart): If our golfer chooses to hit the ball at 2' past speed (red) or 4' past speed (blue), and 2500d translates to 0.75 inches offline (a make, with the flagstick in, as it is within the 1.8" zone), then his error will send his slower putted ball (red) 1.08" (0.75 * 1.44) offline, which is not within the 1.9" width allowed for a make. He'll miss with the slower putt, and make (comfortably) with the blue putt. In other words, and simplified… when you putt a little bit firmer, a putt has less time to deviate from the line before it reaches the hole if you misread the putt slightly. The faster putt gives you more margin for error in misreading your putt. Good players have known this for a long time. That's why PGA Tour pros rap the ball in the back of the hole (even without the flagstick). That's why you hear "I'll just firm it in and take the break out of it." They're not hitting the ball with 6' past speed… they just hit it with 3' past speed or so, to increase the margin of error on their read. Yes, they're comfortable at hitting their lines to within a small percentage, but as we know already, PGA Tour players make 77% of their putts, and that includes all putts… whether they misread them, hit them too softly or too firmly, etc. So > 77% of the time, they are able to hit their line pretty darn well. Within about half a degree, that number is actually well into the 90% range. 4. Players, particularly poorer putters, leave a lot of putts from 6' to 15' short. This change would let them be more aggressive. Higher handicap golfers leave a lot of their putts short from 6-15'. Just look at this chart, which pretty much matches what @david_wedzik and I have charted: On that chart, you'll see that the 90s golfer leaves over 10% of their 8' putts short of the hole, and nearly 30% of their 15' putts have no chance of going in because they don't even reach the hole! In a chart (there's no real scale here, but you may pretend the vertical line is at 15' or so), these results may look like this, with green representing good golfers, and red representing bad golfers: If leaving the flagstick in and making the come-back putt easier increases the confidence of the two groups to where they can hit their putts with the pace to go just one foot further, we might see a chart that looked more like this: As you can see here, this means 10-20% of their putts that previously came up short will now reach the hole and have a chance to go in. Now, not all of that 20% will go in, but if even half did, it would be a HUGE bonus. Hell, if even a quarter of the 20% went in, bananas! Who wouldn't want to make 5% more putts from 15' (where the 90s shooter only makes 20% right now… despite leaving nearly 30% short of the hole). Ah, but what about an increase in three-putts? Even without the flagstick, 90s shooters three-putt from 12-15' less than 5% of the time. That number is not going to double by adding one foot of pace to the putts, and even if it did double, it would still only break even if just a quarter of those 20% of putts that now reach the hole fall in. Plus, the flagstick will make the come-back putts easier to make. This advice, btw, to make sure you get your 6-15' putts to the hole, applies whether the flagstick is in or out, under the proposed rules or the current rules. This is advice you should follow now, and advice which would only be more relevant and important should this proposed rule actually be put into place in 2019. 5. The situations where the flagstick should be removed (it leans too much, it's moving around a lot in the wind) almost never occur. I debated even leaving this one in here. The first four reasons are pretty strong, IMO. But it's here, and I'll try to be quick about it. The flagstick impedes a ball going in under two very rare circumstances: The flagstick leans toward you so much a ball will not fit between it and the hole. (If it leans toward or away from you a little, it's actually even more advantageous than if the flagstick is straight up and down. So we're only talking about a LOT of lean, and only toward you, in this case.) The flagstick is jostling around in the hole because of high winds or something so it could knock your ball away. (Even this one requires perfect "bad" timing - if the flagstick is jostling away from your ball at the time of impact, your chances of holing the putt are increased even more over a steady flagstick left in.) So, if one was forced to make up some advice about putting with the flagstick in, and they understood ALL of the above five points, they would still conclude that you should leave the flagstick in, even if the advice was not allowed to add the addendum "unless one of these two situations exists." These two situations almost never occur. The ball is almost always helped by the flagstick being in the hole. 6. The flagstick offers an aid - it gives the player yet another point or two at which to aim. I've seen advice on shorter putts about aiming at a small blade of grass at the back of the cup, or where you want the ball to enter the cup, or other sorts of things. Jordan Spieth, for a number of years (he may still do it, I don't know) used to look AT the hole when putting short-ish putts… So, and yes, this is a very small reason or "pro," but that's why it's #6 and only gets three paragraphs: a flagstick can offer another thing at which to aim. It provides visual certainty as to where the middle of the hole is, and players and caddies can say things like "right edge of the stick" or "half a ball outside the stick" or whatever. For straight-ish putts, the flagstick is in the middle of the hole, and obviously offers a nice aiming point. Never mind that the flagstick shadow can be quite helpful in aiming. There have been a number of times when teaching AimPoint classes or playing by myself that where the flagstick shadow was on the green, on the edge of the hole, etc. was helpful in offering an aim point for my putting. In summary… Here's the deal… With the flag out, at 1' past, the capture width of a hole is 2.6". At 2' past, it's 1.9". At 3', it's 1.4", and at 4' it's 0.9". With the flag in, at 1' past, the capture width of a hole is 2.6". At 2' past, it's 1.9". At 3', it's 1.85", and at 4' it's 1.8". At 5', it's 1.7". For good putters, who can reasonably control their start lines to +/- about 0.9" at the hole, adding a little pace to their short-ish putts can remove some wobble, provide more margin for error on their reads, and allow them to make more putts. The flagstick offers a significant advantage. For poor putters… even if you just keep putting the same way you are now (except please take our advice on not leaving so many makeable putts short - hit them just a little harder), leaving the flagstick in can not hurt you, and on the putts you "goose" a little, can only really help you. Maybe you're confident from 4' at hitting the flagstick, but not from 6'. Or from 3' but not even 5'. Either way, it can't hurt you, and can only help you… just not as much as it can help a good putter. The "cons" above assume everyone's going to be smacking the ball at the hole so it runs out several feet farther than it does now. The cons above can be completely eliminated if everyone just putts as they do now, and recognizes situations where hitting the ball a bit firmer and using the flagstick is advantageous. There's no downside here. Not if you're smart enough to take the flagstick out (or re-center it in the hole) when it's leaning 30° toward you… And that is why I'm opposed to this rule. It's only really an advantage. The USGA and R&A are wrong that it will offer no advantage, and in fact, I would imagine that it will offer the biggest advantage to the better players. Despite the fact that, say, they make 77% of their five-footers while the 90s golfer makes 50%, and thus have a smaller range to improve (23% versus 50%), I still imagine, if this rule passed and was instituted, that we might see that 77% go up by a larger percentage than we see the 50% increase. In truly closing, look, this post was composed over three days, and multiple hours, and many, many stops and starts. I retain the right to fix any errors, tweak my conclusion, and otherwise to edit. For anything that affects the actual points and isn't just grammatical or spelling in nature, I'll note it publicly in this topic discussion. I encourage everyone to read this over, and to consider what I've said, and to discuss. I think this is important, and I think the USGA/R&A are risking seriously altering the game if this proposed rule sticks. I'm fighting this fight because I care about golf, and I do not think that we should be playing into anything but a hole, ultimately, for the shots that are more likely to go in - putts from on the green. I'd support a rule that let you keep the flagstick in the hole for putts outside of a certain distance, like 20', because for those I could perhaps be swayed by pace of play arguments… but I don't think such a rule will exist because then we'd have to be able to measure 20' or 7 yards or some distance pretty accurately (and often quickly).


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The Department of Neurology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health seeks fellowship-trained BC/BE pediatric epileptologists and a general pediatric neurologists to join our expanding Pediatric Neurology Program as Assistant, Associate or Full Professors on the clinician-teacher or CHS track. The Section of Pediatric Neurology Section currently has recruited four pediatric epileptologists and three general pediatric neurologists and with plans to expand to a faculty of ten. Fellowship-trained pediatric neurologists in Stroke, Neuroimmunology, Movement Disorders, Neuromuscular diseases and also general pediatric neurologists are welcome to apply. Candidates must hold an M.D., M.D./Ph.D. or DO, be Board certified or eligible in neurology, and have or have the ability to obtain a Wisconsin Medical License, fellowship training or equivalent experience is required. The positions include opportunities for teaching, clinical and research activities in an academic environment with pediatric and adult epileptologists, general pediatric neurologists, faculty in other services including pediatrics, neuropsychology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, clinical neurophysiology and basic science research faculty. Clinical activities will involve attending duties in neurology clinics and on inpatient services at the free standing American Family Children's hospital at the University of Wisconsin and affiliated regional hospitals and clinics. Teaching responsibilities include teaching medical student courses and clerkship, mentoring graduate students and trainees, training pediatric and adult neurology residents, fellows and medical students and teaching continuing education programs for physicians and the public.
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In the latest reports ATLAS is claiming 3.5σ local significance for their combined plot and 2.2σ global significance after 'Look Elsewhere Effect'. For the diphoton channel alone they have 2.8σ local significance and 1.5σ global significance. Meanwhile over at CMS the figures are 3.1σ local significance and 2.1σ global significance for the combined plot, and for the diphoton channel they have also 3.1σ global significance and 2.1σ after LEE.
Now everyone wants to combine these numbers. How can that be done and what is the answer? Concentrating on the combined plots for the moment, a common method is just to add them in quadrature
giving for the combined local significance and for the global significance. Is this correct?
No that is wrong. Look elsewhere effect must be applied after combining.
The global significance is wrong because we have combined two results with LEE already applied. We should combine the local sigmas first and then apply LEE again. Well LEE is a subjective observer dependent quantity that nobody agrees about how to apply so lets just look at the local significance and let everyone estimate their own LEE afterwards. So are we correct for the global significance?
That is wrong too. The observed excesses were not in the same place.
It's a good point. We can only combine the excesses at the same mass and the peaks of the excess differ by 1 or 2 GeV. If we do this we will get a smaller answer, but is that fair? The difference could be due to a systematic calibration error in one or other of the experiments. In fact this is looking increasingly likely as more data is added and the peaks do not get closer. We will have a much better idea about that when the data is doubled by the summer. So let's be optimistic and just assume that the peaks will nearly coincide after recalibration. In that case we still have 4.5σ. Have we got it right now?
It is still wrong. Combining the numbers in quadrature is not the right formula.
If you think combining sigmas in quadrature is right, or even just approximately right, consider this scenario. Suppose in the first run of data I get a 2 sigma excess at some mass, but it is really just a statistical fluctuation. When the data is double we expect no excess at that mass so combine in quadrature to get so the excess is still two sigma. Double the data again and we might get a 1 sigma excess so the total significance is , even if we double the data again and get a deficit of one sigma below expected we add in quadrature to get So if you believe that sigmas are added in quadrature you must believe that no excess can ever get smaller as more data is added. In fact they will probably grow like a random walk everywhere. This is obviously rubbish.
The reason for this is that these numbers are not error estimates that are normally added in quadrature. Have a look at this signal plot for the CMS and ATLAS signals in the diphoton channel
The excess for CMS is about 2.1 times the standard model signal plus or minus 0.6. For ATLAS it is 2.4 ± 0.7. These are not sigmas. Those would be given by the size divided by the error so 2.1/0.6 = 3.5 sigma for CMS and 2.4/0.7 = 3.4 sigma for ATLAS (not quite right but I'll come back to that). If we assume flat normal distributions then figures like these have to be averaged weighting by the errors. It is those errors which are combined in quadrature. For equal size data sets the errors should normally be the same which means that the correct formula for combining the sigmas is actually
So redoing the calculation we get , the same answer. In fact if the two sigma levels are similar this formula gives an answer very close to what you would get by adding in quadrature, so why should we care?
The present excesses in the diphoton channel are larger than predicted by the standard model with the Higgs boson at that mass. This excess is not as big as the excess over the standard model with no Higgs boson. It could be a sign that something non-standard is at work, but let's assume that it is just a statistical fluctuation. In that case when we double the data we expect to get just the standard model signal for the second half of the data. In that case the signal next time will be given by for CMS and for ATLAS. In other words if the excess is due to a standard model Higgs boson then we should not expect much increase when the data is doubled. Don't get your hopes up for a discovery by the summer. In fact the size of the signal in diphoton could easily go down. Even with quadruple the data it may not grow much bigger. Hopefully the combination with ZZ and WW will fare better because we have not seen the same over-excess in those channels and they will have a discovery by the end of the year, but don't bank on it unless you think the over-excess is a real non-standard effect.
So do we have the right number of sigmas yet?
It is still wrong. You forgot the systematic correlations and have produced NONSENSE.
OK, but get serious. The previous unofficial combinations have shown that the correlations have a negligible effect on the combination when compared to official results. So the combined result of 4.5 sigma still stands.
It is still wrong. The distribution is not flat normal. It is log normal.
Again this has been found to be a good approximation for doing the combination but there is a good point to be made here. Should be we read the number of sigmas off the plot when the CLs scale is linear or logarithmic? Have a look at these two plots which are the same thing on log and linear scale.
Remember that the green and yellow bands show one and two sigma deviations so the excess looks like three sigma on the log scale and four sigma on the linear scale. Which is right? If we assume the flat normal distribution is correct we should be using the linear scale but the bands are more equally spaced on the log scale, so presumably that is more correct. The flat normal approximation is good for generating the plot but we should be careful to read the size of the excess from the log scale. if we do that will the answer be correct.
It's still wrong. For best results use the combined p-value plot.
Have a look at what ATLAS and CMS are quoting for their local significance for the diphoton channel. CMS say 3.1 and ATLAS say it is 2.8. This does not match what you would get from reading either the linear or logarithmic plots. The numbers come from the p-value plots which are converted to sigma-equivalents. It looks like trying to get these numbers from the exclusion plots or the signal plots will never be that accurate. The bottom line is that we have to wait for the full official combination if we want to know the real answer. Until then adding in quadrature is probably as good as anything else. 🙂


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Doris Jean Turville
Middleton – Doris Jean Turville, age 82, was at last set free Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. She passed away at Clare Bridge of Middleton Memory Care where she had been residing for many years. She was born March 13, 1930 in Cataract, Wis. to Harold and Elizabeth (Berry) Cody. She grew up on the family dairy farm, the youngest of three sisters and close companion to her double cousins. She graduated from Sparta High School and later moved to Madison where she met Henry Q. Turville. They married Nov. 15, 1956 and started a family at the Turville home at Turville Point in Madison. The family later moved to Stoughton where Doris worked on the family business. After her divorce she lived in Deerfield and Madison where she worked on consignment sales and for Four Cs until her illness forced her to retire.
Doris spent much of her life giving of herself to her family and community. She was a co-leader of Kegonsa Hustlers 4-H Club and a founding member of the Madison Lioness Club. She took joy from her children, her flower gardens, her cats, her work, reading novels with happy endings and always was working on a puzzle or piece of embroidery. She traveled the world attending Lions Club conventions or following the Badgers to away games. She often shared a conspiratorial giggle with her friends.
Doris is survived by her children, Henry Q. Jr., Middleton, and Meg Turville-Heitz, Cambridge; her grandson, Morgan Turville-Heitz; her nieces, Sharon Isensee, Madison, and Joan (Ron) Shawley, Sparta; and many other relatives and friends. Doris was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Adeline Isensee and Loretta Feasel; step-daughter, Kathryn Turville; son-in-law, David Heitz; and former husband, Henry Turville Sr.
The family thanks the caregivers at Clare Bridge and Agrace HospiceCare for their gentle care.
A Memorial Gathering will be held Tuesday, October 9, 2012 from 10 am to 12 pm at CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3610 Speedway Road, Madison. Memorials in Doris' name may be given to Agrace HospiceCare, Inc. and Alzheimer's & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin.


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Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth.
The thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
These lyrics from my favorite Christmas hymn, O Holy Night, feel especially poignant this year. The world feels so full of sin and so, so weary. Shootings, wildfires, hurricanes, and earthquakes have delivered devastation to a countless number of communities and families this year. I'll admit, there are days when it feels like a dream I cannot wake up from—so real and yet so unbelievable.
We're speechless in the face of such horror, yet we know that these tragedies do not have the final word. After the rain came the rescues—thousands of them, by neighbors and strangers. After the earthquake came hundreds of people forming human chains to remove rubble and search for missing children. After the shooting in Las Vegas came people throwing themselves on one another to protect them. The presence of God was palpable in the love and compassion offered in each of these situations.
As we enter this season of Advent, we are desperately in need of this love and compassion that comes from God. Advent means "arrival" or "coming." We know that what is coming is the presence of Christ that brings transformation to the world, so we wait expectantly and hopefully.
When Jesus was born more than 2,000 years ago, he transformed everything – political authority, religious rules, cultural norms. He transformed the diseased into the healed and the outcasts into the celebrated guests. For the lepers who were healed and the marginalized who were included, it was a new and glorious morn. For those of us today who are weary and broken and left out, there is a new and glorious morn for us as well. The power of Christ transforms our lives, bringing about hope and wholeness.
In Romans, Paul writes, "Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out." (Romans 12:2, The Message) Christian transformation isn't about making small edits to our lives, but about complete renewal. The Greek word for transformation is metamorphoō, which is where we get the word metamorphosis. The caterpillar that changes into a butterfly offers us an image of the way in which God transforms our lives – we completely transcend our previous form in order to become a new creature.
It is through the power of the Holy Spirit that we are reshaped so that we are no longer molded, or attached, to the brokenness of sin. This Advent, ask God to transform you from the inside out, creating in you a new heart that bears the likeness of Christ and beats for the transformation of the world. God can, and does, take a weary world and bring about a new and glorious morn.


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Fred Anderson: Dark Day + Live in Verona
The second disc is even better. Far crisper and less muffled than its commercially released companion, the recording cleanly delineates each of the four players and Drake in particular is well preserved in the balance. Perhaps not surprisingly to those familiar with his multifarious talents the drummer is the frequent focal point of the action and his extended solo turns, especially on the epic reading of "Three On Two" suggest that his prodigious polyrhythmic genius was already in full bloom at the tender age of 23. Palmore (who was replaced by bassist Larry Hayrod soon after these dates) tugs out a fat walking pulse much of the time, but also demonstrates himself a skilled technician with bow when the occasion presents itself. At the time of these concerts Brimfield and Anderson had already forged a musical relationship two decades strong and their synergy shows in the easy way each defers to the other between statements and pieces. Just as they do today Anderson's relatively melodic heads work as the flexible springboards for loquacious improvisation. The two versions of "Dark Day" deliver a crash course in this facet of the Anderson asthetic.
One of the most compelling questions posited by the music on this release is the viability of a label dedicated solely to making choice items from Anderson's vast tape library widely available. His friend Clarence Bright has been taping and archiving performances at his own Velvet Lounge for years. Add to this the presence of performances like the Verona date tacked on to this set and the reservoir for potential releases seems deep indeed. All that's needed is the presence of some deep pockets and Anderson's permission to make it a reality.
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Track Listing
Disc One: Dark Day (18:40)/ Saxoon (11:32)/ Three On Two (18:07)/ The Prayer (10:55). Disc Two: The Bull (16:32)/ Three On Two (31:46)/ Dark Day (25:12).
Fred Anderson- tenor saxophone; Billy Brimfield- trumpet; Steven Palmore- bass; Hamid Drake- drums, tablas. Recorded: May 15, 1979, Chicago, IL (disc one), and May 19, 1979, Verona, Italy (disc two).
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Title: Dark Day + Live in Verona | Year Released: 2001


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NCP's target of birthday wishes for Sharad Pawar: 12,12,012
Party members aim to collect greeting messages from each district in the state before his birthday, which falls on Dec 12
Party workers from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have chosen a unique way to celebrate their party leader Sharad Pawar's 72nd birthday, which falls on December 12.
They are aiming to collect 12,12,012 birthday greeting messages from well-wishers across the state to congratulate their leader.
In order to reach their intended target, which would be a record of sorts, over 1,000 specially designed registers have been dispatched to all the districts in the state, with a set target to achieve the goal. "Each of the 35 districts has a target of collecting anywhere between 10,000 to 50,000 birthday greetings," said a party minister.
Mumbai has been given a target of 50,000 messages. Although the drive is ongoing across the state, collection of messages in the city will commence from December 8, the minister added.
Currently, two special vehicles are touring the state — one covering the Konkan, Western Maharashtra and Marathwada region, while the other is touring North Maharashtra and Vidarbha — to achieve the objective. "We are maintaining a day-to-day report of the drive," said the party general secretary.
Even though the party, if it reaches the mark, is on course to create a world record with the drive, as claimed by office bearers, it has not formally informed the Guinness Book of World Records. "The move undertaken by us is out of sheer affection towards our leader, and it's not for any record," said Shivajirao Garje, NCP's senior office bearer.
Incidentally, Pawar is scheduled to be in Delhi on his birthday, as he has to attend proceedings at the winter session of the parliament. The collected messages would be presented to him at a gala function in Pune soon thereafter. The party has also decided to observe a 'swabhimaan saptah' (self-pride week), which will commence from December 12, wherein a number of programmes have been lined up, involving senior party leaders and youngsters, party leaders said.
Also, the Rashtrawadi Yuvati Congress, led by party MP Supriya Sule will be launching a 12- point programme for young women. But, the cynosure of all party eyes is the birthday messages collection programme. Senior party members believe their task is cut out, as Pawar enjoys an excellent rapport with leaders across party lines, thus making their objective easy. People from all walks of life will be approached to leave messages, prominent among them would be politicians, socialites, artists, sportspersons, entrepreneurs, and businessmen.
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All About eBooks: Meet Libby
Tuesday, October 16 at 10 AM
Are you interested in eBooks but just haven't learned how to use them yet? Would you like to listen to digital audiobooks directly from your smartphone? This class will teach you the basics of eBooks and digital audiobooks using OverDrive. Meet Libby and learn how to search for books and check them out with your personal device. We will also take a sneak peak at Hoopla, coming soon to the Beverly Public Library! Questions? Contact Lisa at email@example.com or 978-921-6062, ext. 2120.


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Rhodiola Rosea is a perennial flowering plant which is also known as the "golden root." It has many medicinal benefits which is why it is an important component of nootropics manufactured today. One of the main reasons why they are such a big hit is their ability to enhance cognitive features like memory. They are also helpful in protecting our brain against nervous degenerative disorders. Our ancestors have used Rhodiola Rosea since ages and they are an integral part of the Chinese traditional medicine. Today, you get to buy Rhodiola Rosea in the form of supplements that are safe and easy to use. You can choose and buy the best Rhodiola brand online in just a few minutes.
Even though Rhodiola Rosea is known better for its memory enhancing and brain protecting abilities, it has many other benefits as well. Improving your immune system, getting rid of fatigue, and helping lose weight are some of the other benefits of Rhodiola Rosea. Rhodiola is a natural adaptogen which means that it helps your body to adapt to the environment and changes in the environment mentally as well as physically. It gives your body and minds an overall protection to keep you healthy and active throughout the day. In this article, we're going to look at how Rhodiola Rosea supplements will help you burn fat and improve your physical performance.
If you're a health conscious person, you'd know how dangerous is belly fat because once you get belly fat, it's very difficult to get rid of it. Belly fat is the accumulated fat in our body, which is very stubborn and takes a long time to burn. Rhodiola Rosea helps in burning belly fat easily and you can use the supplements for this purpose as well. However, you must know that it's just a support to your weight loss plan and will not do magic on your body. You need to mix the intake of Rhodiola Rosea supplements with regular exercise in order to reduce weight. Rhodiola extracts help in converting accumulated fat in our body to fuel for energy production.
So, how does this exactly work? According to studies, it was found that Rhodiola helps in getting rid of visceral white adipose tissue and increase hypothalamic norepinephrine from the body. These are the two compounds that result in diet-induced obesity in our body. Today, if we look around, most of the people are either overweight or obese and one of the main reasons for this is the kind of food that we consume. Junk food and fast food has taken over our naturally healthy eating habits today and since most of the people spend their day in front of computers, mobile phones, and television, there's no physical exercise done to burn this fat. Rhodiola Rosea supplements help in prevention and recovery from diet-induced obesity and weight gain.
Another reason why Rhodiola helps in fat burning is that fact that rosavin, the most important component in Rhodiola trigger fat burning response by the body. This is because rosavin helps in normalizing the cortisol levels. Most of the times, we know that we're eating unhealthy food but we cannot get a grip on our cravings because let's face it, junk food is delicious. It was studied that Rhodiola supplement intake helped in reducing cravings for unhealthy junk food. The "cravings" are the most dangerous things that you need to get under control if you want to lose weight and Rhodiola helps you keep away from them. Rosavin stimulates the production of hormone-sensitive lipase which is an enzyme that helps in breaking down the fat stored in adipose tissue. This is how Rhodiola helps in reduction of accumulated fat in your body.


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BTN Europe presents an overview of business travel and MICE predictions for this year
ExCeL London - 22-23 June 2021
Devising new themes and content for events is exciting and radical, but it requires more time and a bigger budget to pull off successfully
It's camel. If you haven't yet quite reached the elasticated Blue Harbour slacks phase of your life in fashion but, like me, aren't far off, then camel, you may like to know, is the colour to be seen dressed in this autumn.
If, on the other hand, you are interested to learn what's new in the meetings market, then the latest trend to watch out for is "festivalisation". Or so I was informed at a recent briefing by CWT Meetings & Events.
Festivalisation, apparently, means staging an event like, er, a festival. The setting is informal, participants wander between different sessions, serious business is mixed up with live music and comedy, and so on.
CWT took the idea one stage further for a pharma industry client by laying on an evening function that involved food served from trailers, DJs, folk music, hay bales to perch on and, to make everyone feel especially hip... wait for it... wristbands!
I asked CWT whether, in the interests of festival verisimilitude, it also located the event in a muddy ploughed field with just one chemical loo, no showers and tents from which valuables were carefully pick-pocketed in the small hours as the occupants lay comatose from over-indulgence. But no, apparently this option was not even proposed to the client.
My wearying facetiousness aside, I actually think this is a very exciting time in the meetings market. Whether it's festivalisation or any number of other novel approaches, a tremendous amount of creativity and research is going into shaking up the format, content and even location of events to make them more effective and memorable.
A change of thinkingFor those of you whose job it is to procure meetings rather than organise them, this trend requires a change of thinking. I have been privileged for many years to participate in a real festival, Glastonbury, as a musician, stage manager and compere. Seeing the event from back- and on-stage, I never cease to be humbled by the detailed preparation that goes into building and running what effectively becomes the West of England's third largest city for a couple of weeks every summer.
So, put simply, if companies want to evolve their events beyond people in suits mumbling through PowerPoint presentations in a characterless hotel ballroom, they have to back it with more time and money. Think about just one of the latest trends in meetings. Instead of holding the entire proceedings in a hotel, organisers are increasingly looking for quirky locations to stage their daytime business, and another location for the evening entertainment. That means sourcing and contracting with three different venue suppliers instead of one. It's a much more time-consuming undertaking.
Bigger, more varied productions require bigger budgets, which means buyers need to think about allocating more money per participant, or finding other costs to trim. Downgrading your accommodation choices is one option. But not so far, it would appear, as billeting people under canvas.


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Physical Access Month has come to an end here at FindBiometrics. April's featured theme was a big one – a five week examination of biometric physical access control. All month we brought you news, featured articles and exhibition coverage dealing with physical access control, all of which culminated in an exclusive webinar event.
Here is a look back on all the things that had us talking about physical access in April.
Balancing Convenience and Security
April's main event was "Balancing Security and Convenience in Biometric Access Control" – an exclusive webinar panel with guest experts Gary Jones, Director of Biometric Access and Time Solutions Business Unit – MorphoTrak (Safran), and Mark Clifton, President of the Products and Solutions Division – SRI International.
If you were unable to attend the dynamic biometric physical access discussion, the recording can be found below.
Webinar: Balancing Convenience and Security in Biometric Access Control
ISC West 2015
April is all about physical access for more reasons than our featured content schedule, the month is also when the ISC West security conference and exhibition is held in Las Vegas. FindBiometrics was there, bringing you coverage from the exhibition floor. Below you will find the biggest ISC West biometrics industry news items as well as exclusive video featuring the conference's big biometric players.
ISC West 2015: Herta and Wavestore Demo Facial Recognition
ISC West 2015: Morpho Unveils MorphoWave
ISC West 2015: MorphoWave Named Best New Product
ISC West 2015: SRI To Debut Residential Biometrics
ISC West 2015: SIA Recognizes SRI's Biometrics
ISC West 2015: HID Global Teams Up with Mission 500
IMID Mobile Wins Acclaim at ISC West
FST Announces New Products For ISC West
Modalities and Mobility
In the featured articles section this month, we kicked things off with a primer on physical access control, looked a little deeper into the four major biometric modalities in the market, and examined how mobility is changing strong authentication based security. Follow the links below to see how the conversation of physical access month developed throughout April.
Physical Access Month: The Primer
Physical Access Month: Four Major Modalities
Physical Access Month: The Mobility Effect
Accessible News
As usual, our month-long focus proved to be an active topic in the identity management industry as a whole. Outside of ISC West and our featured focus, the headlines were filled with biometric security news. Alliances were joined, new products were unveiled and market research continued to surface, painting a rosy picture of the future for physical access control and biometric technology.
ZKAccess Becomes An Independent Company
EnterTech Signs New UK Distributor
Suprema Announces Major New Integration With Genetec
Iris ID Joins Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program
FST Biometrics Tech To Bolster Brazilian Security Firm
BioStation 2 Can Match 20,000 Fingerprints Per Second
BioConnect 3.0 Integrated Into AXIS Access Control System
Dubai Islamic Bank Orders Biometric Vaults
Gov't Interest Drives Saudi Arabia Access Control Market
ZKAccess Launches Plug-and-Play Biometric Door Lock
Thank you for joining us throughout April as we explored biometric physical access control. Follow us on Twitter and keep the conversation going by using the hashtag #FBPhysicalAccess.
Physical Access Month is made possible thanks to our sponsors, Morpho (Safran) and SRI International.
April 29, 2015 – by Peter B. Counter