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You may not know it but Fargo, ND is home to some of America's largest and most prominent tech companies, including aggressive start-ups and entrepreneurs set on making this region a new tech hub. Last month AT&T collaborated with Emerging Prairie, a company committed to energizing the Upper Great Plains tech community, to host the first of what we hope to be a series of mini-hackathons. The Hack Fargo event brought together over 50 potential developers for an evening of mobile app development and fun competition that focused on two sectors that are vibrant in the heartland – health care and agriculture.


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As a teacher, writer, trainer, mother, wife, friend, worrier and optimist, I have been on a lifelong journey of self-discovery to see how to make life work well so that I can be both happy and successful. On the way I've experienced massive challenges and tragic events alongside unexpected achievements. My lifelong action research project has been to find out how to survive – and thrive.
I've discovered over and over again that the key to successful living and happy relationships depends on the way you think when you react to events.
We will all experience our share of tragedy and triumph – think, for example, of Amy Winehouse and Katie Piper. Different people, different outcomes. The difference between them is in how they reacted to events. Do you turn triumph into tragedy – or tragedy into triumph?
In order to move on in life, we have to adapt constantly to what happens around us – and to us. Our ability to cope well in a changing world is an essential element of a happy existence. How we react to events or respond to changes, both minor and major, determines whether or not we will experience success or failure in life.
Our response to change and to events affects what happens next. And that becomes the beginning of the next stage of our journey.
The way you think impacts on the way you communicate, both internally and with others. The way you think creates habits and attitudes that influence your behaviour. The way you think helps you choose to grow – or not.
Thoughts can make you feel happy or sad, clever or stupid, beautiful or ugly – despite all the physical or other evidence to the contrary. What I call 'thinking on purpose' is a method of helping you understand and manage your feelings; a method that grows the emotional intelligence (EQ) you need to become happier, wiser, kinder and more successful.
This book aims to share some observations, stories and practical tools to help you, and others you care about, grow to become more resilient and adaptable. Thinking on purpose means managing your thoughts, and therefore your feelings, effectively. It's a personal perspective, but one that is informed by wide reading and research. I have been particularly inspired by Daniel Goleman's work on emotional intelligence, Carol Dweck's research on the power of developing a growth mindset, the founding principles of neuro-linguistic programming, and the latest discoveries about our brains and how they work.
It all begins with thinking.
What is thinking? We all think – it's hard not to! Surely we don't need a book to tell us how to do something we do all day long? According to Daniel Kahneman, we speak about 16,000 words a day, but we think using up to five times that many words.¹ Our minds run a constant dialogue or commentary on the sights and sounds, highs and lows that we experience. And most of the time we're not even aware of it. But this inner dialogue is often forming our reactions, creating our attitudes and shaping our behaviours… and we don't realise it is having this effect.
Your thoughts might flit from food to television, to animals, to work, to friends, to the weather – all in the twinkling of an eye. If you tried to stop thinking, the word 'stop' would start a whole new set of connections. One thing is for sure: if I say, 'Don't think of an elephant', an elephant will be the only thing you can think of!
This means 'thinking on purpose' can be tough because we have to learn to manage the pictures and words that create meaning for us. Creating meaning elicits a response; a response that feeds our emotions and beliefs. Thoughts really do change minds!
Understanding how we think, and acknowledging the chaos that reigns in our heads, helps us to challenge the way we sometimes think, and find out how to think on purpose in more systematic, productive ways. We can reframe how we see situations by thinking on purpose and develop a cognitive flexibility that will build our resilience and confidence.
How do you see learning?
For many people, the idea of 'learning' has negative associations. It started off well as you sauntered through your babyhood and early learning journeys into walking, talking, climbing and exploring. Sooner or later, though, someone judges you, measures your progress, and compares you to others. School does this constantly, with tests and exams – or even on the sports field you can be left feeling stupid or embarrassed when you struggle in front of your peers. It is easy to stop enjoying learning.
As an ex-teacher, I know that the school system isn't perfect in terms of teaching or developing the habits of great learning in our children. Schools are often too bound up in systems, delivering Ofsted's demands, measuring progress, quality control, exam results and all the rest. They often forget that the best learning comes from taking a risk and making mistakes. This can leave a legacy – and for many not a very positive one. This experience can make learning later in life more of a struggle. As they have not developed an understanding of learning, people then have to overcome the emotional barriers to learning that may have been generated at school.
Still, once you leave school you have the chance to take charge of your own learning. You can choose to learn at work or at home by reading, taking up hobbies, learning to play sport or music, or simply by watching others who are good at things. You can keep on growing new neural pathways until the day you die. Or you can choose to do none of these.
I'm not a psychologist or a neuroscientist, but I am fascinated by people and how they can change. I've been on many different kinds of training course, and read all the latest self-help books. My bookshelves at home tell the story of each of my decades. What did I try? Well, I explored a number of personal development theories which I'll mention throughout this book, because some have worked for me. Some may also work for you, but taming your brain will be hard work and there is no quick fix. It is more like a lifelong journey.
Carol Dweck's work on mindsets.
Managing emotions. For me, this involves being able to control my instinctive emotional reaction to a situation so that I avoid acting on impulse; being able to stand back for a few moments and take stock of a situation before I think, say or do something that is inspired by fear or anger. Losing your temper – with yourself or others – can become an unhelpful habit. Managing your emotions so they don't control you requires thinking on purpose!
Self-awareness. This is a basic requirement if you are going to be able to manage your emotions. You must understand your emotions, what they feel like, where they come from and how they help – or hinder – you.
Self-motivation. What makes you want to do anything? I am motivated by ticking off a list of jobs, and feeling I've finished them; by making a difference to other people, and seeing them grow; by doing something I'm scared of and surprising myself. It's also enjoying simple things like riding to the shops on my bike to get the groceries. What motivates you?
Deferred gratification. Being able to do the 'worst' thing on your list of jobs first means you are able to defer your gratification. All learning requires deferred gratification because you have to go through the pain to get the gain. Goleman writes about the 'marshmallow test',² in which young children are told that they can have one marshmallow now or, if they wait fifteen minutes, they can have two marshmallows. Some children as young as five were found to have the ability to distract themselves from eating the first marshmallow, to get the reward. These children are already practising thinking on purpose because they can consider how to put off what they want now to get something better later. This skill makes these children more likely to succeed at school, stick with relationships, and resist drugs and drink. I will return to this in more detail throughout the book.
Managing relationships. The key to happiness for so many people is friends and family – yet friends and family can also be a source of great unhappiness. For me, managing relationships is about understanding – really understanding – other people's point of view. This is explored in Chapters 7 and 8. It is so important to realise that making other people happy will make you happy. The journey from selfishness to kindness and selflessness is a common theme in many films and dramas, from Shakespeare's Shylock in The Merchant of Venice to Scrooge in Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
There is no such thing as failure, only feedback – this is a mantra which I'll often refer to later, along with the others below.
The map is not the territory – this is useful to remind you that, even though you see a situation a certain way, other people may have a different view.
The meaning of your communication is the response you get – a warning to pay attention to the effect you are having on others.
Everyone has the resources inside them to achieve anything they want – a reminder that, when you meet a challenge, the first place to look for solutions is within yourself.
Every behaviour has a positive intention – people do things for their own reasons. The fact that their value system is different from yours doesn't mean they are wrong and you are right. What you need to do is unravel the thought processes that led them to the decision to act in a certain way.
These interesting presuppositions are worth considering, and have underpinned much of my own thinking. They will be explored in more detail throughout this book.
More recently, the psychologist Carol Dweck has risen to the fore through her work with children and their mindsets.⁴ She believes that, in order to achieve the very best outcomes in learning, you need to concentrate on the way you think about yourself and respond to others: this has a massive impact on how well you will fulfil your potential.
always want to push yourself outside your comfort zone in order to grow.
think you're smart, so you shouldn't have to try as hard – effort is for the less intelligent.
I'll cover the implications of these different mindsets in Chapter 5.
My aim was to write a book that was free from jargon and technical terms but full of practical advice and personal stories that may help nudge your thinking to create more cognitive flexibility. If you can think in different ways, you can adapt your responses and create the outcome you want.
The relentless application of 'thinking on purpose' in my work and in my career as a teacher, and at home as a parent and wife, has probably driven my students and family crazy at times – but you know what? It works!
I wish you the best of luck exploring how this book could help you think and grow.
1 D. Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow (London: Penguin, 2011).
2 D. Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ (London: Bloomsbury, 1996).
3 J. Grinder and R. Bandler, Frogs into Princes: Neuro linguistic programming (Moab, UT: Real People Press, 1981).
4 C. Dweck, Mindset: The new psychology of success (New York: Random House, 2007).
I have discovered that the most important strategy for being happy and successful in work and in life is to consciously decide to be open-minded and flexible enough to grow through learning. In this book I use the term 'grow' to mean developing a mindset³ (attitude, outlook, way of thinking) that will help you navigate through the trials and tribulations of life, and still maintain your desire and ability to keep learning.
Choosing to grow is learning, in the widest sense of the word. It means developing new skills and knowledge, but also finding out about yourself and how you can communicate more effectively and manage your emotions. By doing this, I suggest, you are far more likely to feel happy and contented, achieve your potential and do things you never thought possible.
Choosing to grow ensures that everything we learn makes us stronger, wiser, more emotionally intelligent, and happier, healthier members of society. What's not to like?
If we are good at learning, we can be more capable and comfortable with change – which, in our uncertain world, seems like a no-brainer. However, it is a lifelong challenge to keep learning from your good and bad experiences and then adapt your behaviour when you need to. Too often, we end up repeating the same mistakes, or find ourselves in a spiral of unhelpful habits that holds us back. For example, you may have a habit of arriving late wherever you go. You want to get there on time, but somehow there is always a last-minute distraction, phone call, email to check, or mascara that gets smudged. You promise yourself you will change and allow yourself more time, but at the same time there is another part of you that thinks, 'Oh well, that's just me – I'm a late person – everyone knows that and understands.' So you get later and later until, one day, you miss a plane, interview or date – one that really matters.
To change unhelpful habits and beliefs takes hard work – but doing the work becomes increasingly satisfying. To choose to work out why you are stuck and how to better move forward with the big, important stuff as well as the minutiae of life – that is part of the process of growing. It is not a once-and-for-all thing, but a lifelong challenge in which you constantly learn from your mistakes and change behaviours that are not working.
Learning applies across the board: at work, in relationships, in families – wherever we encounter frustrations and difficulties which, unattended, can gnaw away at and undermine our contentment. When all our instincts, beliefs and emotions are urging us to do what we have always done, to stick to what feels safe and familiar, then we can find ourselves trapped by those bad habits or limiting beliefs. We know from looking around us that, despite our material wealth, many of us aren't very happy or mentally healthy – and this starts when we are young.
Figure 1.1: What are our schools teaching?
I've shown the snippets of newspaper headlines in Figure 1.1 many times when I've been training teachers and leaders, to encourage discussion about the need to develop a culture for growth in our schools and organisations. It seems obvious to me that our success is linked to our ability to continue learning and growing our social and emotional skills, so why isn't it absolutely endemic in our society or taught in our schools? What is stopping us from fulfilling our potential? Why are so many people unhappy, mentally ill, see threats everywhere, or are just plain scared of what might happen next?
Our world seems to be full of stories of children who self-harm by cutting, using drugs or starving themselves. There are adults who drink, eat and smoke too much. There are people and groups who hate others, who maintain old enmities over decades – even centuries. It is no wonder that our view of the world can be somewhat depressing.
Yet I remain an unrelenting optimist. Despite all the evidence that suggests human beings are wretched, I believe that things will turn out well. I know that awful things are happening, but I am also familiar with the other side: the children who work tirelessly to raise money for good causes, the people who survive appalling abuse or injury and are determined to lead productive lives, and the groups who cooperate and collaborate to build their communities. Seeing the good in other people and the world is part of my habitual, unconscious outlook, so it's not too difficult for me to wake up in the morning, pull the curtains back with a cheery smile, and feel happy about the day ahead. Most of the time this is a virtuous circle, and I get my positive outlook reflected back to me.


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Written by Eva Barragan
Photography by Lauren DeLuca
As artists, we heal our wounds by pouring ourselves into our craft. We use the heartache as fuel for inspiration. We create record after record, story after story, film after film, about the one who got away until we've exhausted the narrative to the point where we have no choice but to move forward, with both our art and our love lives. When I read Milosh describe his divorce with Alexa Nikolas as a "slow-motion explosion of a break-up," and he wrote the first single on his newest album Blood to commemorate it. I set out on a search for Nikolas to discover what it must feel like to live every day knowing that the man you once vowed "forever" with released a single about your lost love and titled it, "Waste."
As it turns out this is a story Nikolas has desired to tell for some time now. The love she shared with Milosh is much more complicated than I anticipated. It's interlaced with passion, commitment, the concept of soulmates, the ripples one single decision can have on an individual's life and ultimately, the wisdom gained from it all. As Nikolas and I speak over the phone on a night that feels serendipitously chosen, I quickly realize her story is one I will carry with me for lifetimes. "Take me back to the beginning," I ask her, "how did you fall in love?" She giggles, exhales an "oh man," and instantly, I know I'm in for a wild ride.
"It felt like the longest journey of my life," Nikolas tells me, as she recounts the acid trip that led her to discover Milosh's music. She was a mere 16-year-old at the time and traveling with her then boyfriend who advised her to take six tabs of acid for her very first "trip."She remembers being in a cornfield when the LSD kicked in and being drawn to a tree that seemed miles away. "When I finally arrive at the tree it starts to speak to me telepathically," she says as she laughs hysterically knowing perfectly well how wild this all sounds. " As the tree was telling me how we're all connected to each other, I saw this vision of myself standing in a vomit colored room, on my wedding day and I was standing across a man with green eyes. I had no clue why I was seeing this, but in that instant, I heard in the distance the most beautiful song. Every hair on my body stood up. I stood there in complete awe." When Nikolas realizes the music is coming from her then-boyfriend's boombox she asks, 'who is this?' "Milosh. Mike Milosh," he responded. "I immediately begin uttering, 'I'm going to marry this man," she recalls. "Whoever this is, I'm going to marry him.'"
Fast forward two years and Nikolas is hopping off a plane in Berlin to meet Milosh for the very first time. "After my acid trip, or actually during it, I looked Milosh up and decided to send him a message," she explains. "The message read 'Hi my name is Alexa. I like your music. If you're ever in Los Angeles, I'd love to see you play.' Two minutes later he responds 'what's your phone number' and within a minute of responding I get a call from him." Milosh and Nikolas stayed on the line for four hours that evening and decided to remain pen pals. Over the course of two years they sustained a purely online connection discussing everything from music to art, film, culture, anything and everything that inspired them. When Nikolas turned 18, the two decided to meet in person. They shared what Nikolas calls a "magically weird" week together in Berlin, where Milosh lived at the time, and there was no turning back after that. A few months later, Milosh began traveling back and forth from Berlin to Los Angeles to record his masterpiece of an album, Woman until finally making the permanent move here to be with Nikolas indefinitely.
"I can tell you what every single song on that album is about because he wrote it to describe our experience together. He wrote it about me," Nikolas declares. "The album is called Woman because I was still a young girl. The song "Woman" was a foreshadowing of the woman I was going to become."
From the moment Milosh decided to call LA home, he and Nikolas spent every waking moment together. "We were no longer two separate souls engaging with one another. The second we met, we truly became one," she explains. They spent their days making love, becoming insanely inspired by the openness they were sharing with one another, making music, and reveling in the beauty of their partnership. After almost a year of living together, Milosh asked Nikolas what her acid trip had predicted all along, "will you marry me?"
"As I heard the words come out of his mouth that cornfield and that tree instantly flashed before my eyes" she recalls, filled with exhilaration. "Before even saying yes I had to tell him the vision I saw that led me here."
Milosh listened to Nikola's vision in complete wonder and thought it was the most magical thing he'd ever heard, Nikolas recalls. They started planning for their wedding and decided they didn't want anything lavish. "It didn't feel like us, so instead we made an appointment to get married at city hall," Nikolas tells me. "My mom and my best friend were our two witnesses." When they stepped into the room where the ceremony would be performed, Nikolas and Milosh stood completely still as they realized vomit colored walls surrounded them. "I think that was the surest we both were about any decision we've ever made. It was obvious. This is exactly where we we're meant to be."
For the first two years of their marriage Milosh and Nikolas danced to the beat of the same drum, but at the start of their third year together, Nikolas grew desperate for a chance to discover life on her own.
"At first I thought it was going to be this temporary feeling," she tells me. "I kept thinking, I'm going to feel this now but it's going to change. It has to change. This is just something we have to go through. Milosh is my soulmate." As time went on, however, Nikolas realized this space wasn't just necessary because she desired it, it was necessary because she deserved it for her age. "Our age gap became very real to me. We're 17 years apart. I met him at 18, I got married at 19, and my adult formative years were spent beside him, and I was being molded through his world. Since he was so much older than me, he had so many life lessons and experiences that I started to feel like they were my own but they weren't. I started to feel envious that he had all of this knowledge and I thought, 'no if you were able to have time by yourself to grow into this human that I love than I should be able to have time by myself and grow into my own.'" Nikolas admits she began to resent Milosh for something she willingly chose to be a part of.
Nikolas says looking back she wishes her and Milosh would've taken a solid year apart for her to discover herself and then for them to come back together. Richer, fuller, and in a state where she could better understand the magnitude of the love transpiring between them. Instead, what ensued was a period that Nikolas refers to as purgatory. "We weren't living in heaven. We weren't living in hell. It's like we were waiting for someone (or each other) to come down and tell us which way we were headed. That limbo state of a relationship can feel so hollow and empty," she tells me. "We lived in that space for too long." Milosh was, of course, devastated when Nikolas shared with him she needed time alone. He was in state of disbelief and hoped it was a feeling they could work through together. For the next year of their marriage, they would take increments of time apart then get back together. But as soon as they'd fall into the rhythm of each other, they'd fall right back out because the fact still remained, Nikolas truly desired to grow alone. "I knew taking this space was part of my journey into womanhood. I couldn't see myself fully becoming a woman next to a man. I needed to do it on my own. I felt like a wife, not a woman. Those are two very different things to me."
Divorcing Milosh is by far, the most excruciating pain Nikolas has ever endured. "I started to look at the way our love limited me instead of the way it was limitless. All of my friends would stay out until 4am , and I started to wonder 'What kind of version of myself will I meet if I stay up that late? Who will I become if I allow myself these experiences.' She tells me the hardest part of her decision was the fact that she and Milosh were madly in love and despite everything, she still believes he was her soulmate. "But we existed in this different place and time, and it wasn't symbiotic anymore," she tells me, with a heaviness in her voice. "It felt like playing an instrument with the wrong key. A change in vibration. We were this beautiful, life-changing song, but we were playing out of tune."
Nikolas actually heard Waste during the final year of their marriage. "Milosh wrote that song during one of the periods where we were on a break. It makes me feel guilty every single time I hear it." She tells me the one song that is impossible for her to listen to is Break Apart, a song Milosh wrote with Bonobo. "That song is exactly what it feels like when you're breaking up with someone you feel like you're supposed to be with forever."
After her relationship with Milosh came to an end, Nickolas embarked on a number of different romantic dynamics but each time, that same urge for self-discovery would submerge. In fact, she was startled by a connection she had with her now business partner Mico. "We met as friends, but we were definitely crossing some intimacy lines, that made me question what we were doing. We admitted our feelings for each other but I was still living with Milosh at the time and I was still just separating and I knew that I needed at least a solid year of figuring myself out. At the same time, it was so hard to separate from whatever connection we were having. I gave into it and sort of just let it happen." But of course, within 4 or 5 five months of their romantic encounter, Nikolas began feeling that same caged in feeling. "I realized there's a growth that needs to take place within me first, in order for a proper connection to occur."
Nikolas tells me that while Milosh's healing mechanism is creating music, hers came from creating Metanoia. "I came to the conclusion that I was going through the five stages of grief after we divorced and I was wondering how many other people were experiencing this after ending a serious relationship," she explains. "Metanoia literally means a change in one's way of life resulting from penitence or spiritual conversion. I did do some things in my relationship with Milosh that I would never do now. I have a much better perspective on things." She poured everything she was feeling into this project and by the end of the experience she had while filming in Iceland, she knew this is exactly what she needs to do after any life event that impacts her on a deep level.
"I need to create art as a way of making sense of it all, and I need to give back to everyone else that has experienced what I did because it's all universal."
Today as I sit across the table from Nikolas in her new Palm Springs home that serves as the setting for our photo shoot, I examine her every gesture. Nikolas is effortless. In every sense of the word. Even when she isn't sure of her answers, she maintains confidence in her unsureness. She holds a knowing that it's okay that she doesn't have all the answers, because what's the fun in having them all anyway. While our photographer sets up for the day and I listen to Nikolas recount the details of the love story she's shared with me, one which now feels permanently engraved into my memory, I immediately know I am in the presence of a woman who knows herself.
She confides in me that she revisits memories from her relationship with Milosh all the time. "He made a woman out of me," she tells me, not giving a fuck if this sounds anti-feminist or not. "Milosh finally letting me go was the catalyst for me really becoming a woman. That experience showed me that we can go through a lot of shit and actually be much more glorious because of it." She tells me the biggest lesson her dynamic with Milosh has taught her is how important it is to stay connected to the now. "Whenever doubt creeps in for me, in any regard, I try to look at things moment by moment by moment instead of looking so far down the timeline."
As far as soulmates are concerned, she firmly believes we have multiple soulmates in this life, and Milosh was definitely one of hers. "I think you're also your own soulmate because you're stuck with yourself for life," she says confidently. "I think you meet different soulmates at different times but then you meet that one person, who changes how you feel about everything. If you're really truly soulmates you cannot be apart. I don't care what time you need to take for yourself, what excuses you come up with, if you guys have to be junkies together. Be junkies together. You just can't have a life without that other person and when you meet them, there's no obstacle. And if there is an obstacle, you learn to see them as really fun things to conquer together."


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Quiz: Can you get a hole-in-one on the ultimate golf quiz?
Can you get a hole-in-one on the ultimate golf quiz?
By: Scott Nordlund
The Ultimate Golf quiz
What is a hole in one on a par 4 called?
Also known as a "double eagle" an albatross is scoring three under par on one hole — in other words, a hole-in-one on a par 4, or scoring a 2 on a par 5.
At what Olympics did golf make its reintroduction?
Golf makes its reintroduction to the Olympics at Rio 2016 in Brazil. Golf was first played at the 1900 Olympics, and the last time it was played was at the 1904 Olympics in Paris, which makes this a great time for the sport to return to the Olympics!
Traditionally, a course calls what number par?
On a traditional championship course, there will be a mix of par 3, par 4, and par 5 holes to equal 72 strokes. Some courses are below Par 72, although it is very rare for sanctioned courses to be above Par 72
When was the first golf tournament for woman held?
The world's first ever golf tournament for women was held on New Year's Day in 1811 at Musselburgh. Now, the woman have the LPGA, as well as a number of woman coming through the college ranks on full scholarships.
What King banned golf as it distracted his soldiers?
In 1457 King James II banned golf and soccer in Scotland because they distracted military personnel from pursuing archery, more suited to their profession. Personally, I think he was just mad he kept losing at it!
What is the oldest gold course in the world?
St. Millow
St. Andrew's in Scotland is not the oldest golf course in the world. The Guinness Book of Records records Musselburgh Links course as being played as early as 2 March 1672. However, some evidence exists that Mary Queen of Scots may have played there as early as 1567.
England and what nation participated in the first international golf match in Edinburgh?
The first International golf match is believed to have taken place near Edinburgh on the course of Leith in 1682 when two Scottish noblemen beat two English noblemen. I am sure the Scotish have let the English forget this yet!
In what country was the first golf course built outside of Britain?
The first golf club outside Britain was built in the city of Bangalore in India in 1820. The former British colony continues to have a strong connection to the beautiful game with a number of successful golfers coming out of the country.
Beside fruit tree wood, what other wood was used in early golf club heads?
The first golf club heads were made of beech or the wood of fruit trees such as apples. Golf club shafts were originally made of hazel or ash wood.
What country has the most golf courses per capita?
Scotland has one course per 9,379 people. No wonder the country goes a little golf crazy when the British Open is on.
How many dimples are on a regulation golf ball?
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. I would not want to be the official to have to count every single ball on the PGA or LPGA!
What were golf balls stuffed with originally?
Golf balls were originally made of thin leather stuffed with feathers. Now a days, golf balls are one of the highest research and development costs for golf manufactures, as consumers want the spin, distance and speed they always craved.
What is the name of completing a hole, one under par?
One stroke under par is called a birdie. The term "birdie" comes from an American named Ab Smith. While playing a round in 1899, he played what he described as a "bird of a shot", which became "birdie" over time.
What was the longest recorded drive during regular course play?
The longest recorded drive on an ordinary course is one of 515 yards by Michael Hoke Austin of Los Angeles, California, in the US National Seniors Open Championship at Las Vegas, Nevada on September 25, 1974. Not bad for a man on the senior tour.
How many holes does a regulation golf course have?
The modern golf course has 18 holes, which was established at St. Andrew's. St Andrew's, however, has had the greatest effect on the origin of golf. It's course was initially built with 22 holes but these were later reduced to 18. New courses followed suit and it became the standard.
The United Kingdoms major championship is nicknamed?
The Great Britain Championship
The King's Link
The British Open, which is one of the major championships on the PGA tour. It is nicknamed 'The Open Championship', and has been since its inception.
In what state does the Masters take place in?
The Master's and its infamous Green jacket calls Georgia home. Augusta is a private course that accepted its first female only a few years ago, and it was Condoleezza Rice
The Masters, the British Open, the USA Open and what other major makes up the Grand Slam?
Canada Cup
The TPC Championship
The PGA Championship is the last of the majors. It is held the third weekend after labor day and is hosted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America and played at various locations in the United States
What golfer swept the majors in one year?
There has not been a golfer that has won all four majors in one year. Tiger Woods has been the closest with three victories and a fifth place finish at the Masters in 2000.
What famous lefty golfer is naturally right handed?
Mike Weir
He may be the most famous left-handed golfer of all-time, but four-time major champion Phil Mickelson is naturally right-handed. As a youngster, he mirrored his father's swing and enjoyed so much success that he never needed right-handed clubs.
Besides golf, what other sport has been played on the moon?
To this day, golf is one of only two sports, along with the javelin throw, to have ever been played on the moon. Back on February 6, 1971, Apollo 14 member Alan Shepard hit a ball with a six-iron, swinging one-handed as a result of his pressure suit.
What famous singer is an avid golfer?
Miles Richard
To millions, she is beloved for her powerful voice, releasing hits like "The Power of Love." But singer Celine Dion is also a golf fanatic and owns a course, Terrebonne, Quebec's Le Mirage Golf Club.
In what city is the most expensive public course in the USA?
Charging $500 for an 18-hole round, Las Vegas' Shadow Creek Golf Course is the United States' most expensive public course. Known for its celebrity sightings, the Tom Fazio-design is regularly ranked as one of "America's 100 Greatest Public Courses" by Golf Digest.
What country hosts the world's northernmost golf competition?
Northern Canadian territory Nunavut's annual Toonik Tyme Festival includes a nine-hole golf tournament. With temperatures well below freezing, golfers play on a sheet of ice, using fluorescent balls, in fear of losing them in the snow.
What character is the most quoted during the movie Caddyshack
The greenskeeper
Shooter McGavin
The groundhog
Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion." A cult classic, "Caddyshack" delivers one memorable movie line after another. But few are quoted as often as greenskeeper Carl Spackler's Masters reference, as he imagines winning the tournament, while swinging away at flowers with a garden tool. Incredibly, the entire scene was improvised by comedic legend Bill Murray.
What sport does Happy Gilmore before golf?
Happy Gilmore wears a Boston Bruins jersey, and putts with a hockey stick. He was a hockey a hockey player before taking up golf.
What percentage of golfers are woman?
There are 25% of the golf population are woman. The woman's game is gaining traction and with the amount of ladies only events and college scholarships for woman, the game is going places.
How old was the youngest hole in one shooter?
The youngest golfer to shoot a hole-in-one was the five year Coby Orr. It happened in Littleton, Colorado, in 1975. I am still waiting for an eagle, let alone a hole in one!!
What type of golf course is the Open Championship played on?
The Open Championship is played on the Links golf courses. Links golf courses: are characterised by being built on the thin strip of grass, sand and dunes between the sea and typical agricultural land. As a result they often have undulating fairways, are interspersed with sand dunes, have numerous bunkers and very little in the way of trees.
Jack Nicklaus is the youngest and _____ champion of the Master's Championship
Most consecutive times
Second Place
In 1963 Jack Nicklaus became the youngest player to win The Masters. Then, in 1986, Jack Nicklaus became the oldest player to win The Masters. He probably could still compete with the guys today!
In what country is the world's highest golf course?
The Tactu Golf Club in Morococha, Peru is the highest golf course in the world. Even at it's lowest point it is 14,335 feet above sea level.
In what state is the world longest golf course?
The International Golf Club in Massachusetts is the home of the longest golf course in the world. At 8,325 yards the course plays to a par of 77, which of course is not sanctioned by the USGA
What famous movie stars yell got him out of trouble on the course in Cuba?
Johnny Weissmuller, famous for his role as Tarzan, was playing golf in Cuba during the Revolution when he was surrounded by a group of rebels. He immediately gave his trademark Tarzan yell. The soldiers recognized it and were so delighted to meet Tarzan that they escorted him to a safe area.
What countries golfers find it common place to take out hole in one insurance?
It's common for Japanese golfers to have insurance for getting a "hole-in-one". Having made hole-in-one It's customary to throw a party and present gifts to all your friends to share your good luck.
What President of the USA famously golfed during the winter?
There is a long history of golfing US presidents, Woodrow Wilson wouldn't even let snow get in the way of his love for the game and would play using black golf balls.
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2. If any charitable, fraternal, religious, service, or veterans' organization has a license to sell intoxicating liquor on its premises pursuant to this section and such premises includes two or more buildings in close proximity, such permit shall be valid for the sale of intoxicating liquor at any such building.


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Shoes, part II
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
Studio talk with teenagers from Project T.I.L.T., a peer counseling program, about values systems portrayed in the film "Shoes" by Yule Caise.
Chicago: "Say Brother; Shoes, part II," 12/22/1987, WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed July 16, 2019, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_FDDF0E6DB6CD44058944FC0077F06A10.
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As usual I am travelling on a serious budget; I just think it makes things a little more exciting. In my mind I'm like an urban Bear Grylls. I could snare and cook a pigeon in Trafalgar Square if I wanted!
likely to be an uncle to twins on the next update which I'm thoroughly excited about.
Anyway I hope everybody has a great Christmas.
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Well actually yes, it's a road accompanied but our top road trip tips.
Road trips rule; that is a fact. You are the captain of your own ship; you are in control of your itinerary, you can make any impromptu stops and diversions are a standard. You can do what you want, when you want; it's the best way to travel.
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cln4evr is currently hunting Castform.
I absolutely love the egg designs this year. The artists did amazing work!
Looking to do a ID trade for a normal Shiny Castform. Anyone interested?
I really hope this SCS doesn't put players off from the event in the future. That would suuuuuuck.
This is seriously getting ridiculous. Failed, again! FYI, if you're experiencing lag try three things. 1) Do the friends' storage box clicklist to avoid pokemon being released. 2) BEGIN the rapid clicking 15-30 seconds before the timer begins. 3) Click for the whole 10 mins straight. DO NOT PAUSE CLICKING TO DEAL WITH HATCHED POKEMON!
Help out the questers while we've got 3x going on. I'm sure they'll appreciate it.
I hit 1M interactions the other day w/o realizing. So, that's pretty cool.
Looking for advice on Wailord contest, plz help!
Took me only 8505 interactions to get Zeraora egg, sweet!!!
I really hope the retro game makes a return appearance this year.
First shiny of the year. Yay!
The universe thinks it's hilarious; having me see my ex-husband at my favorite gas station on our 5yr D-day anniversary. At least I didn't have to talk to him.
Help out the questers while we've got the x3 going on. They'll def appreciate it.
Happy Weekend! Hope everyone is enjoying the new Saturday SCE. Good luck!


In Culver City, California, artist Illma Gore is painting a canvas with human blood to protest the upcoming inauguration of Donald Trump. She's working with 20 pints of blood donated by artists, musicians, and activists.
I'm sensing that weird stuff people do to protest Trump will be a prolific theme in weird news during the next four years.
Here's one for the Completely Useless Forms of Political Protest file: Mildred Ruth Gordon and her every-other-day fast.
According to wikipedia, "The effort to enforce Selective Service registration law was abandoned in 1986."
I wonder if she kept up her protest that long.
The artists' models at Rome's Academy of Fine Arts... sent their negotiator, Anna di Vetta, out onto the streets to press their claims. In girdle, bra, and high heels, Anna paraded through the city with a sign promising complete exposure of her 40½-31-40½ figure if her union's demands were not met. Instead of bravely meeting the challenge, the combined ministries of Labor and Public Instruction crumbled. They promised a fixed salary of $150 a month and fringe benefits—but only, reported a triumphant Anna, "if I promised not to take off all my clothes."
I would have paid good money for a safe ringside seat at this riot.
From The New York Times for April 24, 1901.
Someone has to pick up the flag a lead the fight. It could be you!!
My favorite part is the surrender at about 1:19.


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Barron's explored why IBM is a tech bargain in a cover story earlier this year.
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Where to park your money is a challenge in an era of frothy valuations and low rates.
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Q: How to make a lambda listen on multiple log groups of cloudwatch? I have a lambda that process logs from a cloudwatch log group. It saves log to Elasticsearch cluster. I am using serverless to configure the log group streaming to lambda: https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/events/cloudwatch-log/.
However, it only supports listen on one log group. How can I make my lambda listen on multiple log groups? I'd like to use the pattern like:
functions:
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    events:
      - cloudwatchLog: '/aws/lambda/hello*'

In above example, I'd like my lambda to be triggered whenever there is log sent to the log group with the name start withs /aws/lambda/hello. In this way, it will save all logs to Elasticsearch for analysis.
I can't add a wildcard on the log group, I will get this error if I add a *
An error occurred (InvalidParameterException) when calling the PutSubscriptionFilter operation: 1 validation error detected: Value '/aws/lambda/hello*' at 'logGroupName' failed to satisfy constraint: Member must satisfy regular expression pattern: [\.\-_/#A-Za-z0-9]+

A: you can add multiple cloudwatchLog events
  myCloudWatchLog:
    handler: myCloudWatchLog.handler
    events:
      - cloudwatchLog: '/aws/lambda/hello1'
      - cloudwatchLog: '/aws/lambda/hello2'

and if you want to give different filter patterns to each log group, you can use:
  myCloudWatchLog:
    handler: myCloudWatchLog.handler
    events:
      - cloudwatchLog:
          logGroup: '/aws/lambda/hello1'
          filter: 'filter1'
      - cloudwatchLog:
          logGroup: '/aws/lambda/hello2'
          filter: 'filter2'

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In the past, because of the rarity of these disorders and the lack of specialists to care for the population, many patients were required to travel far distances to see a medical expert -- losing wages and engendering airfare, hotel, and other travel costs. Others were bed-bound or simply could not travel resulting in no access to necessary medical information and care. "Many areas of the country do not have qualified specialists. Those specialists have limited or no experience at all with these disorders," explained Dr. Kendall. Understanding the disease process, being aware of and knowledgeable in the latest testing technologies, and implementing preventative measures can have a drastic impact not only on the quality of life for an affected individual but on their healthcare costs in general. Gaining access to a specialist in this area of medicine is vital.
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Blog Weekly Roundups From studies to new services - WR #139
From studies to new services - WR #139
It's starting to feel like the end of the year with reports and studies coming up on the music industry's state. New services, studies of the consumption habits we had over the year, everything is in our Weekly Roundup!
#1. The future of Live music
It has been a recurring theme since the beginning of the pandemic; how is Live music going to evolve in the future? Then we had to rely on fully virtual gigs for health reasons, but what about now that we're able to go back out and to concerts?
Even if all we can hear about right now is Ticketmaster's big slip-up on Taylor Swift's ticket sale, Live hasn't gotten back on its feet like before. Attendance is still pretty low and venues' message is clear: we are nowhere near the level of audience from before 2020. So this begs the question: are virtual liveshows here to stay?
It seems like the market is polarizing, with several main platforms emerging as reliable in building experiences in the metaverse. The building up to the current state of virtual events has been gone over by Music X right here. Even though the technology is still catching up to create more and more impressive projects, the vision for the future is still unclear.
#2. The need for diversification in the recording industry
What hides behind the fact that the top 5 artists at Warner Music Group are generating 5% of revenue today whereas they were responsible for 15% 10 years ago?
Music Business Worldwide went back on the data and the main takeaways we can keep in mind. The fact is that today, there is more competition than ever before; streaming means that any content is accessible, and even though a portion of that revenue went to the middle range of artists, it's also because now the commitment to an artist is far from what it was when we were buying CDs. An interesting roll down to take in the article to understand the mechanics of this evolution!
#3. Music consumption is at an all time high
Let's stay on numbers shall we? The IFPI (International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry) published their report on music consumption for 2022 called 'Engaging with Music'. So what's the big news?
It turns out that 2022 has been the year of music consumption; the weekly time listening to music is now at around 20 hours (the year before was at 18 hours or so). This means that music fans are listening to even more music, which about half of them are using paid subscriptions to do so.
One more interesting aspect to notice is the fact that piracy isn't completely gone yet. Indeed, about 30% of the 44 000 respondents still access music from unlicensed platforms. It's not as big as it used to be, but it's still an important part of the recorded music industry's health.
#4. A new streaming service, for Classical music
Deutsche Grammophon, part of Universal Music Group, has launched its very own music platform. The specificity resides in the catalog, gathering their own and Decca's, so focused on Classical music.
Interestingly, the platform will offer audio, video and live streaming services, with an emphasis on metadata management. It's one of the main current issues of the music industry, and especially in Classical music.
#5. Recommendation on Spotify
Ever heard of the playlist freshener? Spotify's quiet recommendation tool is available on the desktop client version of the platform, to create a similar playlist from one of your own. That way, you can have a same genre playlist, with recommendations directly in connection with your own playlist.


This week I looked for a Ubuntu server 8.04 LTS virtual appliance for Vmware – I found one here. But before I could start testing it I needed to extract the .7z file on my VMware server. The first thing I though was, why the hack 7-zip? Why not use bzip2, which is standard on Linux (beside the faster, but less compressing gzip)?
But I was shown wrong by the first entries at my google search – 7-zip has most of the time the better compression and is not much slower than bzip2. And there is even an open source command line tool on Linux, it is called p7zip. The only thing which prevents me from using it, is that it is not supported by tar so far, as soon that happens I will start using it.
This way I've a clean config and new keys. (ssh is a meta package for openssh-client and openssh-server). So there is a easy work around but how many administrators will think about that? I think virtual appliances are made to ease the life of the administrators or to allow even non expert to provide a service based on the appliance. With this goal comes also the responsibility to make the system save by default.
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Walmart Canada debuts "Urban Supercentre" concept store in Toronto
At Walmart Canada's new Urban Supercentre concept store in Toronto, store-in-store licensee logos receive prominent billing next to the store's main signage
Walmart Canada has opened the first Canadian "Urban Supercentre" store in the Toronto Stockyards retail hub.
The 139,000 square foot, 300-employee store offers a number of new features, including the first application in Canada of Walmart's "Fast Lane" checkout technology, full store integration with Walmart's "My Walmart" mobile scan and go app, a redesigned grocery section and new store-in-store licensee partners.
A new look - and name - for the produce section. Photo Walmart Canada
The new concept store opened for business last week after 18 months of work. This week, Grocery Business and other Canadian media were on hand for a special guided tour of the store's new features and redesigned look. Leading the tour were Walmart Canada president and CEO Lee Tappenden, Paula Bonner, senior VP of Format Development, VP of format strategy Alykhan Kanji and senior director, licensees, Sam Hamam.
Freshii's Paul Hughes, chief business development officer and general counsel, and Katie Rosenberg, director of food innovation, explain Freshii's store-in-store product offering.
Freshii's service counter in the Grab & Go area
The four store-in-store licensees are fresh health food brand Freshii, The UPS Store, Japanese designer lifestyle brand Miniso and McDonald's. Reps from all four were present for the guided tour. The licensees' brand logos are also prominently displayed on the store exterior next to the Walmart signage.
The grocery section occupies about a third of the store's total area and is the first section customers see upon entering the store. The former produce section has been renamed "Fresh Market" and given a new look with theatre lighting and wood paneling wall treatment.
Fast Lane checkout. Photo Walmart Canada
Shoppers use specially designed shopping carts equipped with hooks to hold bags open while shoppers place purchases in them (Walmart Canada has applied for a patent on the shopping cart design). As they move through the store, shoppers scan each purchase with the Walmart app on their mobile phone as they place the purchase in the shopping bags. When they're ready to check out, they can opt for traditional full service checkout or enter the "Fast Lane." Here they scan a barcode for their order that has been sent to their mobile phone. The order is charged to their credit card using data held on file, and the shopper shows the receipt on their phone to the Fast Lane associate before exiting the store. Contrary to what some might expect, Walmart Canada says it has actually added associates to help customers with Fast lane checkout.
Fast Lane checkout reader
As Alykhan Kanji explained, it's much more efficient than repeatedly moving purchased goods from shelf to cart, from cart to checkout counter and then back to the cart. The process is also virtually paperless – all receipts and coupons are electronic.
"We're really thinking about urban millennial families and what they need from their shopping experience," said Paula Bonner. "We want them to be able to navigate quickly around the store, find what they need, and also have a new experience shopping the categories where you would browse more."
"We're on a journey around remodelling," Tappenden said. "This year alone, we'll invest about $200 million in store remodelling. Over the last five or so years we've invested about $1 billion in real estate in Canada. We see stores playing a very important role in our future, so having a nationwide footprint, coast to coast, of more than 400 stores, I think is a massive competitive advantage. It's absolutely about combining online and offline, and this store is our best foot forward."
Alykhan Kanji, VP of format strategy, explains the store's free mobile charging centre.
While the look and feel of the concept store are now standard, Tappenden said the licensee presence and the high level of technological innovation are unique to this location, and the company plans to evaluate the experience before moving forward. "We'll look at all the elements – and I see a high likelihood that many of them will pop up in future remodels going forward," he said. "And we'll be moving very quickly, evaluating the Fast Lane experience in the next three to six months – and some of the licensees even before that."
The 3000 sq. ft. Miniso store-in-store
The Stockyards Walmart store first opened in January 2005. Since then it has often served as a testbed for the launch of new concepts. It converted to a Supercentre format in 2010, and Walmart Canada now has 135 Supercentre format stores across the country.
A second Urban Supercentre is planned for Thornhill, Ont., next year.
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Notes From The Road: This is my "Pete's-eye view" feature on this site, with reports on interesting people and events I encounter in my travels. The bluegrass world's annual get-together in Louisville, KY provided many interesting moments and some food for thought.
The World of Bluegrass convention in Louisville was, as always, an exciting and draining week. It's a great experience to be part of this amazing community of people for a week, meeting, picking, listening, learning with people from all over the country, and indeed the whole world. Some highlights:
Picking with the Lilly Brothers
Actually it's the Lilly Family Band, as the brothers (Everett and Bea) are supported ably by Everett's three talented sons (Everett Alan, Mark, and David), with both singing and playing, not to mention wacky comedy. I was honored to be asked to play with them at the Fan Fest, and had a great time being part of their high-energy music tapped right into the roots of bluegrass. On fiddle was the legendary Joe Meadows, whom I first heard on 50's Stanley Bros. records. What a group!
Everett is in his late 70's and Bea is about 80. Everett, who was with Flatt & Scruggs in the early 50's and played an important part in their sound, is still an excellent and distinctive singer and mandolin player. He also handles the m.c. work and steers the ship, so to speak. His son Everett Alan had let me know earlier that the typical scenario is for everyone to get together and practice some tunes, then get up on stage and have Everett call off a different bunch of tunes. That's exactly what happened, so I just went for it and learned some songs on stage. What the shows may have lacked in precision, they seemed to make up in spirit. One thing that kept coming through for me was how that energy and devotion to the old sounds of honest country music creates a world of sound and feeling that is a true thrill to be part of.
In the weeks before the Fan Fest, listening to my old Lilly Bros. records, I got to hear a lot of great banjo work by Don Stover. His driving and sparkling playing fit the music so well, it pointed me right at what I knew I needed to do. Without copying Don's licks, I tried to carry forth the musical attitude that made the Lillys sound so special. During the shows (2 sets at the Fan Fest, plus an internet Solid Gold Bluegrass broadcast), Everett kept nodding at me for solos, and I'd jump in there. Afterwards he told me I fit right into their style, which made me feel really good. As we parted late that Saturday night, we talked about how we hoped to do it again.
I'm not usually into acquiring new T-shirts, but I came home from IBMA with two nice new ones– one featuring a vintage color photo of the Lilly Brothers, and from Bill Evans that just says "Got banjo?"
IBMA Doings
At the IBMA Board meetings early in the week, I got elected for one more one-year term as President. That makes a total of 15 (!) and this will be my last. The Board passed bylaws changes that will take effect next year, including term limits of three years for President. Fifteen is a bit over the limit, so it will be time to move on. A lot has been accomplished by the organization since we started in 1985, and I'm very proud to have been a part of it. With a membership of 2500 from every state and 30 countries, a great track record promoting economic health and expanding the audience for bluegrass, our fabulous convention featuring the internationally broadcast awards show, and many other accomplishments, IBMA has done a great deal. It takes a lot for such a diverse community to pull together, but we're doing it.
Speaking of the Awards Show, it was one of our best ever, hosted by the inimitable Marty Stuart and featuring great performances by Dolly Parton, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and lots of other top performers in bluegrass. My buddies Nickel Creek took Emerging Band of the Year honors, well-deserved. Inductees into the Hall of Honor were Lance LeRoy and Doc Watson. Since Doc was unable to make it, he asked me to accept the award for him, and I will present it to him in person next April at Merlefest.
Got to jam in the hallway with banjo heroes Jens Kruger and Bill Keith. Those guys can pick! It's amazing how much good music gets played in that hotel really really late at night.
Unlike a lot of the musicians on hand, I forced myself to get up in the morning and attended some very informative panels. There's always something to learn, and you can always sleep after you get home. I was especially glad to attend sessions regarding internet music distribution and web site management, hosted by Archie Warnock and John Lawless, respectively. Great job, guys. I hope some of what I learned will make a difference on this web site.
I could go on and on about IBMA, but the best thing to say is try to get to the World ofBluegrass if you can. Next year it will be in Louisville again, the first week of October.


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US judge Prince Andrew bid decision 'soon'
Virginia Giuffre
Lewis A. Kaplan
Second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
Alleged victim of the underage sex trafficking ring operated by Jeffrey Epstein
United States District Judge
A US judge has appeared skeptical of a bid by Prince Andrew to dismiss Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her when she was 17 and being trafficked by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
During a hearing in Manhattan, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan heard arguments on the prince's contention that terms contained in a 2009 settlement between Epstein and Giuffre that paid her $US500,000 ($A693,939) to resolve a lawsuit she had filed against the financier prevented her from pursuing litigation against Andrew.
A provision in that settlement blocked Giuffre from suing certain third parties in the future, with language to "forever discharge" various people who "could have been included as a potential defendant" in her resolved lawsuit against Epstein.
Settlements of US civil lawsuits can restrict plaintiffs from pursuing further litigation, even against third parties.
Andrew has denied Giuffre's accusations that he forced her to have sex more than two decades ago at the London home of former Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and abused her at two other Epstein properties.
At the hearing, the prince's Los Angeles-based lawyer Andrew Brettler said Queen Elizabeth's second son was shielded from Giuffre's lawsuit under the terms of the settlement with Epstein, who did not admit liability.
"'Potential defendant' is someone who could have been named a defendant in that lawsuit, but was not," Brettler said.
"I think it's unquestionable that Prince Andrew could have been sued in the 2009 Florida action."
Kaplan said the key question in Prince Andrew's case was what Giuffre and Epstein intended, noting that "we don't have Mr Epstein here" to explain how broad a release he wanted.
"We're talking about whether there are two or more reasonable interpretations," Kaplan told Brettler.
"I understand your point of view. I understand the other point of view."
Giuffre's lawyer David Boies said the settlement did not excuse the prince because Giuffre did not claim that Andrew was "people who were doing the trafficking" but rather was "someone to whom girls were trafficked".
Kaplan said he would rule on Andrew's dismissal motion "pretty soon" but was not specific.
The judge has said a trial could begin between September and December if no settlement is reached.
Epstein was found dead in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019, in what New York City's medical examiner ruled a suicide, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Maxwell, 60, was convicted on December 29 of recruiting and grooming girls for Epstein to abuse between 1994 and 2004.
Giuffre's accusations were not part of that case and she did not testify.
While the prince is not accused of criminal wrongdoing, his ties to Epstein have cost him many royal duties and damaged his reputation.
His troubles grew after critics said he failed in a 2019 BBC interview to appear sympathetic toward Epstein's abuse victims.
Giuffre sued Andrew for unspecified damages less than a week before the expiration of a New York law giving accusers a two-year window to bring claims over alleged child abuse occurring long ago.
Andrew has said Giuffre is seeking another "payday" in her campaign against Epstein and former associates such as Maxwell, from whom she sought $US50 million in a since-settled 2015 defamation lawsuit.
During the hearing, Brettler said it was "inherently unfair and unjust" for Giuffre to wait so long to sue, and subject the prince to the "huge burden" of finding witnesses and materials to defend against her decades-old claims.
Kaplan rejected Brettler's claim that dismissal of the lawsuit is warranted because Giuffre has not provided enough specifics about the prince's alleged abuses.
"She has no obligation to do that in a complaint," Kaplan told Brettler.
"I'm telling you that, straight out, right now. It's not going to happen".
Queensland's daily COVID-19 death toll has more than doubled in 24 hours, with authorities concerned more people are at risk because vaccinations are slowing.Sixteen people died with the virus in the latest reporting period to 6.
The government's handling of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 during summer has led to a voter backlash, with the coalition falling behind Labor in a new opinion poll.The Resolve Political Monitor poll, published on Tuesday in Nine newspapers, saw Labor leading the government 35 per cent to 34 on primary vote.
Former NSW MP runs for federal parliament
Former NSW MP Andrew Constance will run for a seat in federal parliament after being selected as the Liberal candidate for Gilmore.Mr Constance will take on Labor incumbent Fiona Phillips in a battle for the NSW south coast electorate.
Why Novak Djokovic lost his fight to stay in Australia – and why it sets a concerning precedent
Many sports stars are, rightly or wrongly, held up as role models. In the case of Novak Djokovic, we have a set of powerful factors at play. On one side is a tennis superstar who is unvaccinated and has raised concerns about receiving the vaccination. On the other side is a government which believes Djokovic's presence in Australia will have a serious negative effect on public health orders and future vaccination levels. Today, the full Federal Court, in a unanimous judgement, dismissed Djokovic