Till the Soil
Touted by Dave Darnell | Apr 15, 2013 | Bryan TX
Farmers
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Golfers
BACK STORY
Roam over large fields, beat at the ground with long sticks, plant a seed, farmer's tan on sleeves and brow: while the modern game of golf originated in 15th century Scotland, the game's ancient origins are unclear and much debated. Some historians cite chuiwan ("chui" means striking and "wan" means small ball) as the progenitor, a Chinese game played between the eighth and 14th centuries.
A Ming Dynasty scroll dating back to 1368 entitled "The Autumn Banquet" shows a member of the Chinese Imperial court swinging what appears to be a golf club at a small ball with the aim of sinking it into a hole. The game is thought to have been introduced into Europe during the Middle Ages. (LINK)
Chui wan (strike pellet), one of the colorful ball games in ancient China , is believed to be the origin of golf, a modern outdoor game. The club, ball, course and rules of cui wan were almost the same as those of the modern golf. In Europe, the game of golf was first seen in paintings of the 14th and 15th centuries, but that was several hundred years after the Chinese games of chui wan. (Kaleidoscope. no date. HERE)
Like most things that become fashionable, a monarch observes some peasants out in a field doing something and presto the politicians in court copy them. This "pellet" hitting with "sticks" game could have its origins in something peasants were doing while farming.
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Jim Healey, July 2003 | Golf Club Atlas:EXCERPT | " ... In late 1894, following the construction of America’s first and oldest eighteen-hole golf course, Chicago GC, Charles Blair Macdonald wrote to Robert to come to America for the position of golf professional at his new course.
" ... Macdonald and the Foulis’ had met when he was a student at St. Andrews University, where Macdonald lived with his grandfather, and had obviously thought highly of their skills. Robert, who was still under contract to Ranfurly, would not think of breaking his commitment to them, so in his place he recommended his older brother Jim.
" ... Jim had learned his golf from Old Tom as well, and had also worked for Forgan aand Company. An excellent player, he and Robert had had many great matches over the Old Course. Arriving in this country aboard the SS Umbria out of Liverpool on March 11, 1895, it wouldn’t take long for the 24-year old to quickly make his mark. Jim immediately traveled to Chicago where he became the first golf professional at Chicago GC, and the first golf professional in the western United States. (Feature Interview with Jim Healey. July 2003. HERE) ... ""
Reuters Headline:
MIAMI, March 2 | Wed Mar 2, 2011
(Reuters) - John Daly is suing organisors of the Honda Classic, claiming he injured himself while trying to stop his backswing after being distracted by a fan taking his picture while he was playing in the tournament.
"... In 2008, Daly smashed a spectator's camera into a tree when the individual tried to take his photograph at the Australian Open in Sydney. ... "
" ... The American, whose outlandish attire and booming drives have been a massive drawcard wherever he plays, has steadily slipped down the world rankings since he won the 1991 PGA Championship 1995 British Open.
He has not won a tournament since 2004 but has rarely been out of the headlines since he has spent most of his adult life struggling with alcohol, anti-depressants, gambling, binge eating and divorces. (Reporting by Julian Linden in New York; Editing by Frank Pingue; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com) [SOURCE] ... "
Use Tiger Woods' Speech as a Prompter Template in your Dag-nab'bit Apology for Latent Lasciviousness
Retrieved HERE by Pat Darnell
VIDEO HERE, ... and following is Tiger Woods' statement [transcript] in its entirety:
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“Good morning. Thank you for joining me. Many of you in this room are my friends, and many in the room know me, and many of you have cheered for me or you worked with me or you supported me. Now, every one of you has good reason to be critical of me. I want to say to each of you, simply and directly, I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior I engaged in.
“I know people want to find out how I could be so selfish and so foolish, and people want to know how I could have done these things to my wife, Elin, and to my children. And while I have always tried to be a private person, there are some things I want to say. Elin and I have started the process of discussing the damage caused by my behavior. As Elin pointed out to me, my real apology to her will not come in the form of words. It will come from my behavior over time. We have a lot to discuss. However, what we say to each other will remain between the two of us.
“I am also aware of the pain my behavior has caused to those of you in this room. I have let you down. I have let down my fans. For many of you, especially my friends, my behavior has been a personal disappointment. To those of you who worked for me, I have let you down personally and professionally. My behavior has caused considerable worry to my business partners. To everybody involved in my foundation, including my staff, board of directors, sponsors and most importantly the young students we reach, our work is more important than ever. Thirteen years ago, my dad and I envisioned helping young people achieve their dreams through education. This work remains unchanged and will continue to grow. From the learning center students in southern California to the scholars in Washington, D.C., millions of kids have changed their lives and I am dedicated to making sure that continues. But still, I know I have bitterly disappointed all of you. I have made you question who I am and how I could have done the things I did. I am embarrassed that I have put you in this position. For all that I have done, I am so sorry. I have a lot to atone for.
“But there is one issue I've really wanted to discuss. Some people speculated that Elin hurt or attacked me on Thanksgiving night. It angers me that people would fabricate a story like that. Elin never hit me that night or any other night. There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage, ever.
“Elin has shown enormous grace and poise throughout this ordeal. Elin deserves praise, not blame. The issue involved here was my repeated irresponsible behavior. I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated. What I did is not acceptable, and I am the only person to blame. I stopped living by the core values that I was taught to believe in. I knew my actions were wrong, but I convinced myself that normal rules did not apply. I never thought about who I was hurting. Instead, I thought only about myself. I ran straight through the boundaries that a married couple should live by, and I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to. I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled. Thanks to money and fame, I didn't have far...I didn't have to go far too find them.
“I was wrong and I was foolish. I don't get to play by different rules. The same boundaries that apply to everyone apply to me. I brought this shame on myself. I hurt my wife, my kids, my mother, my wife's family, my friends, my foundation, and kids all around the world who admired me. I have had a lot of time to think about what I have done. My failures have made me look at myself in a way I never wanted to before. It's now up to me to make amends, and that starts by never repeating the mistakes that I have made. It's up to me to start living a life of integrity. I once heard, and I believe it's true, it's not what you achieve in life that matters, it's what you overcome. Achievements on the golf course are only part of setting an example. Character and decency are what really count. Parents used to point to me as a role model to their kids, and I owe all those families a special apology. I want to say to them that I am truly sorry. It's hard to admit that I need help, but I do. For 45 days from the end of December to early February, I was inpatient therapy receiving guidance for the issues that I am facing. I have a long way to go. But I am taking my first steps in the right direction.
“As I proceed, I understand people have questions and I understand the press wants to ask me in detail for the times I was unfaithful, and I understand people want to know whether Elin and I will remain together. Please know as far as I am concerned, every one of the questions and answers is a matter between Elin and me. These are issues between a husband and a wife. Some people have made up things that never happened. They said I used performance enhancing drugs. This is completely and utterly false. Some have written things about my family. Despite the damage that I have done, I still believe it is right to shield my family from the public spotlight. They did not do these things. I did. I have always tried to maintain a private space for my wife and children. They have been kept separate from my sponsors and my commercial endorsements. When my children were born, we only released photographs so that the paparazzi could not chase them. However, my behavior doesn't make it right for the media to follow my 2 1/2-year-old daughter to school and report the school's location. They staked out my wife and pursued my mom. Whatever my wrong doings, for the sake of my family, please leave my wife and kids alone. PICTURE Credit HERE
[Video at 13:25 BUDDHISM] -- YIKES !!
“I recognize I have brought this on myself. And I know, above all, I am the one who needs to change. I owe it to my family to become a better person. I owe it to those closest to me to become a better man. That's where my focus will be. I have a lot of work to do. I tend to dedicate myself to doing it. Part of following this path for me is Buddhism which my mother taught me at a young age. People probably don't realize it but I was raised a Buddhist and practiced my faith until I drifted away from it. This teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously, I lost track of what I was taught.
“As I move forward, I will continue to receive help because I have learned that's how people really do change. Starting tomorrow, I will leave for more treatment and more therapy. I would like to thank my friends at Accenture and the players in the field this week for understanding why I am making these remarks today. In therapy, I have learned the importance of looking at my spiritual life and keeping in balance with my professional life. I need to regain my balance and be centered so I can save the things most important to me, my marriage and my children. That also means relying on others for help. I have learned to seek support from my peers in therapy and someday hope to return that support to others who are seeking help.
“I do plan to return to golf one day. I just don't know when that day will be. I don't rule out that it will be this year. When I do return, I need to make my behavior more respectful of the game. In recent weeks, I have received many thousands of e-mails, letters and phone calls from people expressing good wishes. To every one who has reached out to me and my family, thank you. Your encouragement means the world to Elin and me. I want to thank the PGA tour, the commissioner and the players for their patience and understanding while I work on my private life. I look forward to seeing my fellow players on the course. Finally, there are many people in this room and there are many people at home who believed in me.
“Today I want to ask for your help. I asked you to find room in your heart to one day believe in me again. Thank you.”
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External accretion of extraterrestrial mass is irrefutable. Everyone knows about meteors and meteor showers that regularly enhance the night skies at certain times each year. Meteorites, the solid remnants of meteors that land on Earth, are also known to almost everyone, even though few may have actually seen one. (SOURCE)
Retrieved by Pat Darnell When we GooGle: Accretion Dust, Disk
We get -- Reference: [HERE] W. K. M. Rice, Philip J. Armitage, Kenneth Wood, and G. Lodato, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 373 1619-1926 (2006).
When astronomers observe a star surrounded by an accretion disk in visible light, they typically see radiation from the star at the center of the disk. When they observe the disk in the infrared, they typically see emission at a continuous range of wavelengths, ranging from short to long. The short-wavelength IR radiation emanates from dust closest to the star. There the dust is heated to temperatures of a 1000 °C or more. Dust in the disk farther away from the star is cooler and emits at longer IR wavelengths.
The problem is it's virtually impossible to actually see a nascent planet inside a swirling, turbulent, and opaque disk of gas and dust. It's much easier to identify planets orbiting stars a billion years old (or older) whose accretion disks have vanished.
Not ones to throw up their hands in despair, however, Fellow Phil Armitage and colleagues from the University of Edinburgh, the University of St. Andrews, and Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy recently analyzed some indirect evidence that some accretion disks may have at least one Jupiter-sized gas planet within them. The evidence comes from the properties of the disk itself. (Read Article HERE)
Today's Post: More in MooPig's Query: "What's a Billion anyway amongst Friends?" while listening to Lenny Breau's "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy..." click to hear for yo'seff... what do you suppose dust accretion sounds like on a cosmic disk?
Retrieved by Pat Darnell and the Herd How do you think Imus got Started in Radio?
The following gives new meaning to: "Breaker; Breaker one nine..." "No, Honey, I am just teeing off the nineteenth hole...! Come on" "What's all that noise in the background... Come back" "Ohh, that's Hogan's HoundDogs, he just birdied... Out."
Golf Widows (Feb, 1946) Filed under: Radio, Sports Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue ) Issue: Feb, 1946 See: also Comments [HERE] 1.They need a separate caddy for the radio… Comment by Rick Auricchio — 2.Why are they golfing in the dark? Comment by Charlene — 3.Didn’t anyone think that the reason they golf is to get away from the wives? Comment by Thundercat — 4.Thundercat, my thoughts exactly. Comment by Mike — 5.Golf Widows??? Is the radio able to talk to the dead? :) Comment by docca — 6.Widow: Informal. A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport or hobby. Comment by x -- 7.Just what every golfer wants… another distraction on the course. There are few things more frustrating in the game than to have someone’s cell phone erupt right in the middle of a swing. Anyone who can’t survive being out of immediate contact for a whole four hours needs to find himself something else to do. Comment by Eliyahu — 8.his wife is probably calling him home so she can wash his balls. Comment by fred
But No One Said it was going to be Easy Stories Retrieved by Pat Darnell
March 12, 2008 I'm Here to Help That Loose Swing [SOURCE]
Noted swing coach Butch Harmon announced he's quit working with John Daly because the golfer is more interested in drinking than practicing.
"The most important thing in his life is getting drunk," Harmon told Doug Ferguson, the great golf writer for the Associated Press.
What? John Daly likes to drink? Next you'll tell me that he's been divorced three times, he said his latest wife tried to stab him last year, he said he's lost between $50 to $60 million in gambling, cigarettes are a permanent appendage linked to his lips, his gut is the size of Rhode Island, he's often quit playing during rounds, and he once said, "I believe nicotine plus caffeine equals protein."
Oh, that's actually all true, too. (Todd Jones on March 12, 2008)
John Daly: The golfer was taken into custody in October by Winston-Salem, N.C., police after he was reportedly found drunk outside a Hooters restaurant. Officers said Daly "appeared extremely intoxicated and uncooperative." As a result of this and other transgressions, Daly says he's been suspended for six months from the PGA Tour. [SOURCE]
Daly said he hopes to play well enough to earn sponsor exemptions on the PGA Tour when the suspension is lifted.
"John's New Year's resolution is do everything he can to make positive things happen on the golf course," Martin said. "I hope he can walk the walk. The talk sounds great. But it's going to be him working hard and staying out of trouble, and having success on the golf course."
Daly became an overnight sensation when he won the 1991 PGA Championship at Crooked Stick as the ninth alternate, introducing his powerful "grip it and rip it" style to golf. Four years later, he won the British Open at St. Andrews. But his career has been dragged down by two trips to alcohol rehab, four marriages, gambling losses and other off-course episodes that have made him an attraction beyond his prodigious length off the tee.
Asked why he was suspended, Daly pointed to four incidents during the year.
After a rain delay at Innisbrook during the Florida swing, he emerged from a Hooters hospitality tent with Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden as his caddie for the final seven holes of the round, prompting a split with swing coach Butch Harmon.
While promoting a golf course in Missouri, Daly did a regional television interview wearing only blue jeans — no shirt, no shoes — while showing how to play one of the holes. Then at the Buick Open, during a pro-am that featured Kid Rock in overalls, Daly revved up the fans by hitting one drive off the top of a beer can.
He drew the most attention from the night in jail. Daly told the AP that his friends called police when they feared he had passed out, unaware he sleeps with his eyes open when he's had too much to drink. Daly was not charged, rather put in jail under a state law called "Assistance to Intoxicated Persons." But his jail photo was an Internet sensation.
"The picture didn't help," Daly said. "People think I got arrested when I didn't get arrested. It is what it is. I've got to deal with it and go on. Whatever reason the tour has, maybe a positive will come out of this."
Daly has not had full status on the PGA Tour the last two years. He finished No. 232 on the money list this year with $56,017 in 17 events, missing the cut 10 times and withdrawing twice. (By DOUG FERGUSON | AP Golf Writer; 12.31.2008. Calling it his lowest point, John Daly says PGA Tour has suspended him for 6 months )
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Like most things that become fashionable, a monarch observes some peasants out in a field doing something and presto the politicians in court copy them. This "pellet" hitting with "sticks" game could have its origins in something peasants were doing while farming.
