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15:02:08 02/27/12
The St Andrews Golf Festival With Richard Wax And Roger McStravick Home Of Golf TV Episode 40
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Today HomeofGolf.TV chats to Richard Wax and Roger McStravick from The St. Andrews Golf Festival at the Dunvegan Hotel. This will be golfs first-ever organised golf festival of its kind, and will take place between 28th March and 1st of April 2012 in this historic town where golf has been played for over 600 years. The creative Festival, which hopes to attract international visitors, has an impressive schedule of events, exhibitions, tours, lectures, films and skills competitions planned for the launch of this five-day extravaganza. Exhibitions to showcase the history of the game and some of golf's most distinguished champions will be held at the St Andrews Golf Hotel and the Best Western Scores Hotel in St. Andrews and will include tributes to: Old Tom Morris, Bobby Jones, Seve Ballesteros, the History of Golf in St. Andrews, Keepers of the Green, the Ryder Cup, Womens Golf and much more. Speakers at the Festival include David Joy (on Old Tom Morris and the golfers of his era), David Hamilton (on artisan golf), Lewine Mair (on the History of Women's Golf), Mungo Park (on Willie Park Snr), Steven Reid (on Bobby Jones) plus book signing by authors Ivan Morris, John Hagen, David Hurdie, and Henry Lord. There are also art galleries by Graeme Baxter, Richard Chorley, Harold Riley, Joe Austen, Hugh Dodd and David Joy. There will be golf films played at venues across St Andrews including at the exhibitions plus an exclusive viewing of unseen footage from the outtakes of the BBC film on Seve Ballesteros, which will be introduced by the producer and director of the programme, Jo McCusker. There will be lots of daily activities including: a golf tour around St Andrews golf spots by Mr Jimmy Bone (aka Old Tom's caddy in the theatre production of Old Tom Morris); putting competitions on the Links Trust putting green for charity; hickory golf; guided walks around the historic sites of St Andrews by a Blue Badge tourist guide; golf simulators and charity fundraising for the Seve Ballesteros Foundation. On Saturday evening, the St. Andrews Golf Festival Awards will be held in St. Andrews University's historic Younger Hall, where Bobby Jones, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and other icons of the game received honorary degrees from the ancient university. All exhibitions, exclusive talks, book signings and gala night events are free for everyone. The Festival line up is constantly growing and further ideas include "Street Golf" in the historic lanes of St. Andrews to re-enact the game of Sillybodkins that was played during Old Tom's day with sticks and old
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15:10:19 02/11/12
How To Play The 17th Road Hole On The Old Course St Andrews Home Of Golf Episode 31
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Today I talk to Old Course caddy John Boyne from CaddieGolfTours.com. He states that most players are thinking about their strategy for the 17th hole as they are walking down the 2nd fairway because as they get to the 2nd green they can see the 17th tee, which is adjacent. John told me that many players are worrying that in 3.5 hrs they are going to be playing the 17th, one of the most famous golf holes in the world. He explained that by the time a player gets to the 17th tee he has found that mentally they are pretty screwed up, especially for those not used to links golf courses. The old railway tram shed (which has been rebuilt since its original installation) has remained over the years as a perfect aiming point for driving off of the 17th tee on the Old Course. A sign with the words “OLD COURSE HOTEL” is fixed to the side of the shed (which houses offices belonging to the Old Course Hotel). The Old Course Hotel and The Jigger Inn both run alongside the 17th hole fairway. John’s advice for teeing off is to play an aggressive line — play outside the word “HOTEL” on the sign, going quite close to the face of the hotel. He told me that it’s a 200 — 220 yard carry to get onto the fairway from there, so he has to be pretty confident about the ability of the golfer he is caddying before he recommends this to them. It is aggressive but it pays off. You definitely have to trust your swing here because you can’t see the landing area. As John says it’s a shot of blind faith! If he is with a confident golfer John takes them over the “L” of “HOTEL” on the sign and maybe even another 2 or 3 yards to the right of that. He explains it’s a very tight shot but professionals are going to hit the ball 280 — 290 yards consistently so will be on the fairway and will be in perfect position for the approach shot to the green. They go over the green sheds and garden, over the conservatory of the Old Course Hotel and then into landing area opposite the Jigger Inn. He says the braver you are the tighter you can go to the hotel. It is a big carry but the rewards are extraordinary for the entrance into the green. It’s definitely a shot that needs a bit of courage! John told me that he always enjoys a fade as a shot on this tee but that he has also seen a lot of golfers play a draw. A draw takes you to the left rough. The fade takes you into the fairway, going round from the left, trying to land centre and right of centre on the fairway will give you a good shot into the green. If like 70% of the golfers John has caddied for you have a fade, John says this hole was made for you!
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21:30:00 01/26/12
Brewer's exchange with the President...
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[ VIDEO ] A lot of people are taking issue with this exchange. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer shouldn't have placed her finger in the President's face, that I will agree on. On the other hand I understand that there are two sides to every story. Besides amongst players in our politcal & governmental systems there will be disagreements as there are between Republican Brewer and the Democrat President.
According to the Washington Post this is what it was about:
> Obama descended the stairs of Air Force One and was greeted by Brewer, who was waiting for him along with other politicians in a traditional receiving line. Brewer offered Obama a letter, which she later said was an invitation to sit down with her to discuss Arizona’s economic “comeback” and to join her for a tour of the U.S.-Mexican border.
The president told Brewer he would be happy to meet with her, a White House aide said, but also informed the governor that he thought she had been inaccurate in describing their earlier session in the Oval Office.
Brewer’s book, “Scorpions for Breakfast: My Fight Against Special Interests, Liberal Media, and Cynical Politicos to Secure the Border,’’ details her conservative approach to dealing with the state’s illegal immigration challenges. A review published in the Arizona Republic said that Brewer casts Obama as “condescending” and skewers him repeatedly. Although she originally described their Oval Office meeting as cordial, the newspaper said, “in the book she calls the president ‘patronizing’ and said ‘he lectured me.’ ”
“He didn’t feel that I had treated him cordially” in the book, Brewer told reporters Wednesday. “I said to him that I have all the respect in the world for the office of the president. The book is what the book is. I asked him if he read the book. He said he read the excerpt.”
In an excerpt available on Amazon, Brewer defends Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 immigration law that she signed into law in 2010, but whose toughest provisions were overturned by a federal judge.
Brewer writes that Obama “has repeatedly made fun of those of us who want to see the law enforced, saying we want a ‘moat’ with ‘alligators’ in it around our country. The reason he has resorted to these failed attempts at humor, I think, is that he supports a policy that is fundamentally undemocratic, and he knows it.”
She and Obama appeared to be talking over each other on the tarmac, as other Arizona officials looked on. The exchange ended when Obama abruptly walked away, as Brewer appeared to still be speaking. Now that you guys know the other side of the story other than perhaps what was seen on video, who would you point the finger at? Governor Brewer, President Obama, or both? I would point my finger at both.
Gov. Brewer shouldn't have pointed a finger at Obama, literally sure. Then again if it's true that Obama just walked off while the Governor was speaking, I'm not so sure that makes the President looks any better himself. Gov. Brewer is a citizen and he should listen to what she has to say and with the present discussion the book should've have even come up, especially if he never read it.
BTW, I wanted to find some better video of this exchange but I have been unable to find any. The finger is portrayed in a photograph. And there's no way for me to see if she was still talking when he walked off on her. Check out the vile comments on the YouTube page as well, MAN!
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21:23:10 12/14/11
Derek Jeter Gives His One-Night Stands Signed Baseballs?
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Derek Jeter Gives His One-Night Stands Signed Baseballs?
The baseball pro is rumored to give the girls who spend the night with him a gift basket with signed memorabilia! WE'VE ALL HELD ONTO A MEMENTO FROM A PAST LOVE, BUT WE THINK DEREK JETER'S TOKEN OF AFFECTION MAY BE TAKING IT A LITTLE TOO FAR. DEREK and MINKA KELLY MAY HAVE SPLIT THIS PAST SUMMER, BUT THE NEW YORK YANKEE IS AS BUSY AS EVER PLAYIN THE FIELD... AND MAKIN' SURE THE LADIES DON'T FORGET HIM. A SOURCE TELLS THE NEW YORK POST, "Derek has girls stay with him at his apartment in New York, and then he gets them a car to take them home the next day, Waiting in his car is a gift basket containing signed Jeter memorabilia, usually a signed baseball." TALK ABOUT A CLASSY WALK OF SHAME... JETER AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALLS TYPICALLY SELL FOR HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS! THE INSIDER SAYS THE ALL-STAR ALSO PREFERS TO KEEP HIS DATING LIFE PRIVATE. ADDING, "He normally doesn't go out with girls. He will have them come to his house,"He'll have cocktail parties. His friends invite girls they think he'll be interested in. He's very shy." SHY MAYBE. A LITTLE ARROGANT... DEFINITELY! From: CelebTV Views: 488 3 ratings Time: 01:00 More in Entertainment
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22:00:00 12/11/11
Jon Huntsman: Yes, There Is Overwhelming Scientific Evidence For Man-Made Climate Change
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Personally, I think progressive groups missed a real opportunity by not reaching out to Jon Huntsman months ago to support his moderate views. We know that the toxic extremism of the Republican primary process is a big part of why our country's in the intractable mess we're in, and until we fix that, simply electing Democrats won't be enough. Wouldn't it be smart to support some Republicans who actually want to make reasonable decisions for the good of the country? Unions could have pushed his candidacy to their Republican members in the primaries, maybe even encouraged members to switch registrations to show support. Yeah, it's unorthodox - but what else is working?
As I wrote several months ago, a study indicates as many as one-third of registered Republicans don't vote. because they don't like extreme candidates. Someone like Huntsman could have motivated those people to get back to the polls, especially if it looked like he had a chance. Instead, he's been left to drift, just more chum for the right-wing sharks. He's trying to stay alive by spouting a weird mix of common sense and right wing dogma, but at least on This Week with Christiane Amanpour today he walks back his recent statement and admits that yes, there is overwhelming scientific evidence for man-made climate change: >
AMANPOUR: Six candidates faced off in Des Moines last night, but Jon Huntsman wasn't one of them. The former Utah governor, who entered this campaign with enormous fanfare, has failed to qualify for a spot on the debate stage. Iowa isn't part of the Huntsman strategy, though. He has put all of his firepower into New Hampshire. And he joins us this morning from Manchester. Governor, thank you for joining us. Let me quickly ask you, I'm sure you do not want to get into who won, who lost, but who do you think won on the stage last night?
HUNTSMAN: Well, Christiane, thank you for having me, first and foremost. I think with respect to last night, all I can say, with all due respect to your terrific network, was I was delighted to be here in New Hampshire having a town hall meeting. We have four town hall meetings today. We have a debate with Newt Gingrich on Monday. And this is a state that is incredibly important for us.
And on the debate stage last night, I believe that the most important issue of all confronting the American people wasn't even touched upon, and that is the deficit of trust that we have in the United States. In fact, it may have -- it played right into the trust deficit. That is, nobody trusts Congress anymore. We need term limits in Congress. We need to close the revolving door that allows members of Congress to move right on into the lobbying profession. No one has trust anymore toward the executive branch. No one trusts Wall Street, with banks that are too big to fail. So the -- I would argue that the issues that are most salient in our political dialogue today weren't even touched upon last night.
AMANPOUR: So then how do you explain the phenomenal rise of Newt Gingrich? You say people don't have trust, and yet he does seem to be speaking, at least to Republican voters, in a way that you aren't, for instance.
HUNTSMAN: Well, listen, there have been so many ups and downs in this race, I'm getting whiplashed, quite frankly. We've had six front-runners in the span of about six months. And all I can tell you, having spent a whole lot of time here in New Hampshire -- we have had 116 public events in this state -- is that the voters will begin to coalesce around a candidate about a week to 10 days out. The marketplace is still open. People are shopping. They are listening very, very carefully. And all I can say, Christiane, is the two messages that we're delivering to the people here on the ground, the economic deficit which is the cancer metastasizing in this country and one that is a national security problem, I would say, and the trust deficit are the two biggest issues we face today. And we're getting people showing up to our town hall meetings in numbers I never would have imagined. They're signing up afterwards, they're taking lawn signs home.
I feel very good about their trajectory here in this great state. And this is always the state that upends conventional wisdom. So let's not fall back onto conventional wisdom. That never holds true in the end.
AMANPOUR: All right, but people are trying to figure out how you're going to really break out, because you are at the moment at the bottom of the pack, despite the fact that some independents, for instance in New Hampshire call you the sanest one running. Our George Will has said that you deserve a searching second look from conservatives. Ross Douthat of the New York Times calls you the most electable conservative remaining in the race. And yet as I say, what you are offering doesn't seem to be resonating. It appears that the Newt Gingrich, sort of bombast and brash, in your face against Obama is what's resonating.
HUNTSMAN: Christiane, we're doing better in New Hampshire than half the people on that stage last night when you look at the recent polls. We're going nowhere but up. We started as a margin of error candidate. I'm no longer a margin of error candidate because our messages are working.
People want to know if they're going to have a president who's going to call for term limits for Congress. They want to know they're going to have a president who will take on banks that are too big to fail. And it doesn't matter if we fix taxes or create a more streamlined regulatory environment or move toward energy independence. If we're stuck with banks that are too big to fail, with this implied guarantee by the taxpayers, we're setting ourselves up for disaster.
So we've moved from zero to now double digits, and in the weeks ahead, I do believe we're going to move right up toward the top of the pack, understanding full well that people simply don't make decisions until days out, from in this case, January 10th.
I like our position. They want an honest, honorable, trustworthy person in this race. They want someone whose core they can trust going forward. We're putting ourselves forward as that person. And I like our position.
AMANPOUR: I just want to put up a graphic, because, again, talking about New Hampshire, you are back in fourth place there. So given how important New Hampshire is to you staying in the race, tell me honestly where you have to come in order to stay in the race?
HUNTSMAN: We have to beat market expectations, Christiane. And I have every expectation that we're going to beat market expectations.
AMANPOUR: Where is that, second, third? Where do you think you'd be?
HUNTSMAN: I'm not going to play the numbers game. I am not going to play the numbers game, but we're going to be right up toward the top. We have done nothing but climb in every poll since we entered this market, and our message is connecting with people. I can feel it on the ground. I have a very good visceral sense of where this campaign is going. And we're going to surprise and upend conventional wisdom, I can tell you that right now.
AMANPOUR: All right, let me ask you about where this campaign is going. I read to you a few comments from people before, including one who called you the sanest one still running. But it appears that you're reversing some of your own eminently sensible positions, for instance on climate change. You in August tweeted that "to be clear, I believe in evolution, and I trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy." You have been tweeting about this sort of rightward swing, you've been jabbing at the base. And yet last week, you sort of rolled that bit back on climate change. You sort of said there isn't enough science. I mean, what are you doing?
HUNTSMAN: Well, Christiane, I'm not changing at all. I have said all along that I put my faith and trust in science. When you have 99 out 100 climate scientists, you have members of the National Academy of Sciences who have weighed in on a body of research on the subject matter, I say that's where I put my trust.
Yes, there might be one percent of scientists who still are questioning some of those assumptions, and that debate and discussion will continue. But as for me, let me make it crystal clear. I'm on the side of science in this debate. I don't know a whole lot of people on Capitol Hill who are physicists or climate scientists. I think this is a discussion that needs to be taken out of the political lane and kept in the science lane.
AMANPOUR: One more question, you have said that you will endorse and support whoever's the nominee. If it is Newt Gingrich, will he get your endorsement?
HUNTSMAN: Well, listen, I don't have to worry about that, because we're moving up in this great state of New Hampshire. We're going to be the nominee, and I don't have to worry about anything beyond that.
AMANPOUR: Jon Huntsman, thank you very much indeed for joining us.
HUNTSMAN: Thanks, Christiane.
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22:00:00 12/11/11
Jon Huntsman: Yes, There Is Overwhelming Scientific Evidence For Man-Made Climate Change
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Personally, I think progressive groups missed a real opportunity by not reaching out to Jon Huntsman months ago to support his moderate views. We know that the toxic extremism of the Republican primary process is a big part of why our country's in the intractable mess we're in, and until we fix that, simply electing Democrats won't be enough. Wouldn't it be smart to support some Republicans who actually want to make reasonable decisions for the good of the country? Unions could have pushed his candidacy to their Republican members in the primaries, maybe even encouraged members to switch registrations to show support. Yeah, it's unorthodox - but what else is working?
As I wrote several months ago, a study indicates as many as one-third of registered Republicans don't vote. because they don't like extreme candidates. Someone like Huntsman could have motivated those people to get back to the polls, especially if it looked like he had a chance. Instead, he's been left to drift, just more chum for the right-wing sharks. He's trying to stay alive by spouting a weird mix of common sense and right wing dogma, but at least on This Week with Christiane Amanpour today he walks back his recent statement and admits that yes, there is overwhelming scientific evidence for man-made climate change: >
AMANPOUR: Six candidates faced off in Des Moines last night, but Jon Huntsman wasn't one of them. The former Utah governor, who entered this campaign with enormous fanfare, has failed to qualify for a spot on the debate stage. Iowa isn't part of the Huntsman strategy, though. He has put all of his firepower into New Hampshire. And he joins us this morning from Manchester. Governor, thank you for joining us. Let me quickly ask you, I'm sure you do not want to get into who won, who lost, but who do you think won on the stage last night?
HUNTSMAN: Well, Christiane, thank you for having me, first and foremost. I think with respect to last night, all I can say, with all due respect to your terrific network, was I was delighted to be here in New Hampshire having a town hall meeting. We have four town hall meetings today. We have a debate with Newt Gingrich on Monday. And this is a state that is incredibly important for us.
And on the debate stage last night, I believe that the most important issue of all confronting the American people wasn't even touched upon, and that is the deficit of trust that we have in the United States. In fact, it may have -- it played right into the trust deficit. That is, nobody trusts Congress anymore. We need term limits in Congress. We need to close the revolving door that allows members of Congress to move right on into the lobbying profession. No one has trust anymore toward the executive branch. No one trusts Wall Street, with banks that are too big to fail. So the -- I would argue that the issues that are most salient in our political dialogue today weren't even touched upon last night.
AMANPOUR: So then how do you explain the phenomenal rise of Newt Gingrich? You say people don't have trust, and yet he does seem to be speaking, at least to Republican voters, in a way that you aren't, for instance.
HUNTSMAN: Well, listen, there have been so many ups and downs in this race, I'm getting whiplashed, quite frankly. We've had six front-runners in the span of about six months. And all I can tell you, having spent a whole lot of time here in New Hampshire -- we have had 116 public events in this state -- is that the voters will begin to coalesce around a candidate about a week to 10 days out. The marketplace is still open. People are shopping. They are listening very, very carefully. And all I can say, Christiane, is the two messages that we're delivering to the people here on the ground, the economic deficit which is the cancer metastasizing in this country and one that is a national security problem, I would say, and the trust deficit are the two biggest issues we face today. And we're getting people showing up to our town hall meetings in numbers I never would have imagined. They're signing up afterwards, they're taking lawn signs home.
I feel very good about their trajectory here in this great state. And this is always the state that upends conventional wisdom. So let's not fall back onto conventional wisdom. That never holds true in the end.
AMANPOUR: All right, but people are trying to figure out how you're going to really break out, because you are at the moment at the bottom of the pack, despite the fact that some independents, for instance in New Hampshire call you the sanest one running. Our George Will has said that you deserve a searching second look from conservatives. Ross Douthat of the New York Times calls you the most electable conservative remaining in the race. And yet as I say, what you are offering doesn't seem to be resonating. It appears that the Newt Gingrich, sort of bombast and brash, in your face against Obama is what's resonating.
HUNTSMAN: Christiane, we're doing better in New Hampshire than half the people on that stage last night when you look at the recent polls. We're going nowhere but up. We started as a margin of error candidate. I'm no longer a margin of error candidate because our messages are working.
People want to know if they're going to have a president who's going to call for term limits for Congress. They want to know they're going to have a president who will take on banks that are too big to fail. And it doesn't matter if we fix taxes or create a more streamlined regulatory environment or move toward energy independence. If we're stuck with banks that are too big to fail, with this implied guarantee by the taxpayers, we're setting ourselves up for disaster.
So we've moved from zero to now double digits, and in the weeks ahead, I do believe we're going to move right up toward the top of the pack, understanding full well that people simply don't make decisions until days out, from in this case, January 10th.
I like our position. They want an honest, honorable, trustworthy person in this race. They want someone whose core they can trust going forward. We're putting ourselves forward as that person. And I like our position.
AMANPOUR: I just want to put up a graphic, because, again, talking about New Hampshire, you are back in fourth place there. So given how important New Hampshire is to you staying in the race, tell me honestly where you have to come in order to stay in the race?
HUNTSMAN: We have to beat market expectations, Christiane. And I have every expectation that we're going to beat market expectations.
AMANPOUR: Where is that, second, third? Where do you think you'd be?
HUNTSMAN: I'm not going to play the numbers game. I am not going to play the numbers game, but we're going to be right up toward the top. We have done nothing but climb in every poll since we entered this market, and our message is connecting with people. I can feel it on the ground. I have a very good visceral sense of where this campaign is going. And we're going to surprise and upend conventional wisdom, I can tell you that right now.
AMANPOUR: All right, let me ask you about where this campaign is going. I read to you a few comments from people before, including one who called you the sanest one still running. But it appears that you're reversing some of your own eminently sensible positions, for instance on climate change. You in August tweeted that "to be clear, I believe in evolution, and I trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy." You have been tweeting about this sort of rightward swing, you've been jabbing at the base. And yet last week, you sort of rolled that bit back on climate change. You sort of said there isn't enough science. I mean, what are you doing?
HUNTSMAN: Well, Christiane, I'm not changing at all. I have said all along that I put my faith and trust in science. When you have 99 out 100 climate scientists, you have members of the National Academy of Sciences who have weighed in on a body of research on the subject matter, I say that's where I put my trust.
Yes, there might be one percent of scientists who still are questioning some of those assumptions, and that debate and discussion will continue. But as for me, let me make it crystal clear. I'm on the side of science in this debate. I don't know a whole lot of people on Capitol Hill who are physicists or climate scientists. I think this is a discussion that needs to be taken out of the political lane and kept in the science lane.
AMANPOUR: One more question, you have said that you will endorse and support whoever's the nominee. If it is Newt Gingrich, will he get your endorsement?
HUNTSMAN: Well, listen, I don't have to worry about that, because we're moving up in this great state of New Hampshire. We're going to be the nominee, and I don't have to worry about anything beyond that.
AMANPOUR: Jon Huntsman, thank you very much indeed for joining us.
HUNTSMAN: Thanks, Christiane.
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20:31:48 10/25/11
Chinese Regime and North Korea Talks to Improve Regional Ties
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Chinese Regime and North Korea Talks to Improve Regional Ties
For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ me.lt On Sunday, ranking Chinese leader Li Keqiang urged North Korea to improve relations with the US and South Korea before the Geneva nuclear talks. Li arrived in North Korea for a three-day visit before heading off to South Korea on Wednesday. The aim of the visit%mdashto ease strained relations in the Korean Peninsula. Deputy Party Secretary of the Chinese regime's State Council, Li Keqiang, arrived in Pyongyang on Sunday for a three-day visit for meetings with North Korean officials. Li told North Korea's premier, Choe Yong Rim, to improve strained relations with South Korea and the United States. North Korea has created tension in the region with its nuclear arms aspirations and missile testing. North Korean negotiators had walked out of the six-party nuclear talks two years ago. The six-country nuclear talks involve the United States North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Russia, and China. The Chinese regime is keen to resume the stalled six-party North Korean nuclear disarmament talks. It also wants to maintain its long-time friendship with North Korea and forge better relations with South Korea, which is a more important trading partner. During the visit, the Chinese and North Korean officials signed various agreements, one involving trade and technology collaboration between the two countries. Li's three-day trip to North Korea is immediately followed by a two-day ... From: NTDTV Views: 26 1 ratings Time: 01:41 More in News & Politics
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16:44:24 07/23/11
Sarah Gerdes and Lucas Foster Launch Chambers
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"http://www.sarahgerdes.com/ Washington novellist Sarah Gerdes and movie producer Lucas Foster are launching Gerdes latest novel, Chambers, at local events at the Microsoft Store in Bellevue, WA and the Fry's in Renton, WA. You can participate by signing up for a walk on role in an upcoming Foster-produced movie by filling out the form on Sarah Gerdes website (linked above). Here LockerGnome's Jake Ludington talks with Sarah Gerdes and Lucas Foster about the motivation behind launching Chambers at technology stores instead of the traditional bookstore tour typical of fiction book promotions. Chambers is young adult fiction geared toward fans of books like the Harry Potter series and Percy Jackson
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01:07:59 05/06/11
Only As Equals By Palestinian Poet Remi Kanazi
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Palestinian poet Remi Kanazi performs his poem "Only as Equals" at Monkeywrench Books in Austin, Texas on 4/4/11. Remi Kanazi - a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. Poetic Injustice is the long-awaited release by this Palestinian-American poet and it is a diverse mix of unabashed resistance poems. Laced with searing indictments of occupation, ethnic cleansing, and war, Remi tackles some of the most important issues facing the world today. Remi is also the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser Group, 2008). His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America, the UK, and the Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop. Only as Equals: Every time I think of 9/11
I see burning flesh dripping off the bones of Iraqi children in Fallujah Now Gaza I tend to memorialize the forgotten The collateral damage eclipsing our unpunished crimes Maybe it’s because I’m a numbers guy Because if I had a dollar for every time an Iraqi died since 2003
I’d be a millionaire And don’t get me wrong Sometimes I don’t know who I hate more The governments in the West Or the politicians in the East Who sell their souls quicker than the oil they export Straw men who use Palestine as a tool to line their pockets And don’t give a nickel to their people Quisling governments Who stitch mouths shut for a check from Washington and AIPAC How can you be their prototypical anti-Semite If you are signing peace accords to oppress your own people? And then Orientalists and idiots talk about how We can’t have democracy in the Middle East Because of what happened in Gaza A Hamas boogyman wrapped in democratic elections Rahm Emanuel wants to educate me and my people about democracy gone wrong Why doesn’t he try implementing one Israel first? Instead of bowing down to terrorists like his father and the IDF Lauding a third rate, racist, European society that’s imploding quicker Than its moral standing in the world Enlightened like 1950s Afrikaners and slave traders Just because the house is beautiful Doesn’t mean the bones you built it on have fully decomposed The Israeli left is about as alive as Ariel Sharon I’m sick and tired of asking for permission to resist From antiquated leftists and progressives Who care more about keeping it Kosher than moving things forward I put down my pen and waving fist to resist with college kids and Palestinians Boycott and divest! Because who cares about preserving a living when governments are killing civilians Complicity by silence and reserve units bombing Gaza Your academics and scholars, theater groups and practitioners, are part of the problem And if logic doesn’t fit into your long term plan of rejecting My right to return, I’m sorry Maybe one day you’ll return to reality Where my people have babies quicker Than Zionists can concoct Jordanian options I don’t want your sympathy or introspective confessions Won’t sit on my hands till they loose oxygen Like the people of Balata and Rafah
Vote for Barack Obama And pretend that his 22 day silence was golden While emaciated children starved to death Surrounded by their parent’s corpses This can’t be America the Beautiful A criminal with a few positive attributes Doesn’t alleviate genocide Bombing Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq Into oblivion doesn’t make you historic It makes you as blind and bloodthirsty As the white men that came before you Apathetic hipsters now excited about a presidentWho broke history, but not poverty, occupation, or corporate interests I’d rather proudly walk through the graveyard of peace accords And failed dialogue sessions Than see my people just as occupied or third class citizens We are the gavel that will slam down like a verdict We are not waiting for Israel or America or the Supreme Court to approve it We’ll boycott Lev Leviev, Caterpillar and your apartheid companies We’re taking back the right of return and the keys to a country Because we never asked you to go back to Europe or sit in open air prisons I’m not asking for your advice, I’m explaining the decision You can stay here, with us, but only as equals
It’s not that you’re Israeli, it’s that you’re wrong That’s why I fight for my people! Produced by Jeff Zavala. A ZGraphix Production.http://zgraphix.org
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19:43:35 02/23/11
"I See Men As Trees Walking" Preacher Mark Diener "Spiritual Sight" Pastor Nelson Turner 2 13 2011 Av1611 Reformation Com
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Preacher Mark Diener has been an activist against moral decay in our society by publicly upholding the word of God, and insisting that the "diversity" of the Christian lifestyle and Christian belief be honored, upheld and protected by society even as this society dismantles itself by elevating perverse, abominable, wicked beliefs and practices to the level of preferred status. Preacher Diener visited Faith Road Baptist Church on February 13, 2011 and delivered a brief talk and teaching on things he has observed and come to see by God's grace in the seventeen years since he has been reborn and blessed in the New Life of the Lord. He preached Mark 8:22-25 ("I see men as trees, walking") as the unifying theme of his sermon. Following Mark's words, Pastor Nelson Turner gave a brief teaching he had prepared on "Spiritual Sight". Not having known in advance of the theme of Preacher Diener's talk, this came as confirmation of the direction and presence of the Lord in the service according to the Lord's promise (Matthew 18:19-20). If this sermon is a blessing to you, or if you have honest questions about the Bible and Christianity, please write to Pastor Turner at drogheda@comcast.net. Visit www.AV1611Reformation.com for other sermons and study materials to help you by God's grace to improve your understanding and practice of the Christian faith which God has freely given to you. Pastor Turner is also the author of two books God's Divorce - detailing the true Bible doctrine of divorce, and, The Mind of the Jesuit:Signs, Symbols, Dogma and the Devil. Both may be ordered from the website store at www.Av1611Reformation.com .
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19:12:00 02/15/11
Ep. 666: Sign of the Beast
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On today's wonderfully strange and demonic show, Andre Agassi and Hercules travel to the pits of hell to rendezvous with The Devil. Questions asked include: Which NBA players that walk among us are not ye mortals? What aspect of the NBA is considered "personal hell?" Which team or player are possessed by misfortune and need an exorcism? And, finally, if you could attend a heavy metal concert with any NBA'er, whom would you choose? Watch for our picks; talk for yours!
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20:07:39 07/20/10
The Wimpiest Thing in Sports
[LESS INFO] 18 VIEWS | ADDED 20:07:39 07/20/10
Welcome to RideThePine
Let’s Talk Sports...
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve discussed things that I feel are wimpy about sports. It started with ties in the World Cup , and most recently helmet head-butting on bicycles in the Tour de France . But I think I’ve found something that may never be topped. Wind delays at golf’s British Open . Yeah, I watching the second round of the Open at St. Andrews when I hear the air horn. Officials start walking around the course informing the players of whats going on. And this wasn’t rain or lighting that would force the players off the course for safety, the is was delay the literally caused people to just sit down on the course.
It’s a sad day for Ride The Pine as softball icon Jennie Finch said she will retire next month. I remember in high school, hanging out with all of my buddies and watching the Softball College World Series just so we could stare at Jennie Finch. Goodbye.
Speaking of the hotness, if you haven’t done so already, head to RideThePine.com , the polls are still open for you to vote on the hottest girl at the ESPYs. Results will be announced on our next show.
The New Jersey Devils just signed a player, Ilya Kovalchuk , a dude who’s name I won’t even try to pronounce, to a 17-year contract. Which seems absurd, except its a genius way for teams to work around the salary cap.
Great ready for Brett Favre’s name to be thrown around ESPN's SportsCenter about hundred times a day as the saga starts back up, after Vikings head coach Brad Childress visited Favre in Mississippi . Brett, everyone knows you are coming back lets not make a big spectacle of it this year, please.
And here’s a couple of things to check out while you are on the pine...
Will Floyd Mayweather ever man up and fight Manny Pacquiao . It seems Pacquiao is willing to do anything Mayweather requests, but it seems Mayweather is nervous about losing the undefeated record. Will guess what Floyd, if you don’t take this fight your underfeated record will mean NOTHING.
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20:07:39 07/20/10
The Wimpiest Thing in Sports
[LESS INFO] 10 VIEWS | ADDED 20:07:39 07/20/10
Welcome to RideThePine
Let’s Talk Sports...
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve discussed things that I feel are wimpy about sports. It started with ties in the World Cup , and most recently helmet head-butting on bicycles in the Tour de France . But I think I’ve found something that may never be topped. Wind delays at golf’s British Open . Yeah, I watching the second round of the Open at St. Andrews when I hear the air horn. Officials start walking around the course informing the players of whats going on. And this wasn’t rain or lighting that would force the players off the course for safety, the is was delay the literally caused people to just sit down on the course.
It’s a sad day for Ride The Pine as softball icon Jennie Finch said she will retire next month. I remember in high school, hanging out with all of my buddies and watching the Softball College World Series just so we could stare at Jennie Finch. Goodbye.
Speaking of the hotness, if you haven’t done so already, head to RideThePine.com , the polls are still open for you to vote on the hottest girl at the ESPYs. Results will be announced on our next show.
The New Jersey Devils just signed a player, Ilya Kovalchuk , a dude who’s name I won’t even try to pronounce, to a 17-year contract. Which seems absurd, except its a genius way for teams to work around the salary cap.
Great ready for Brett Favre’s name to be thrown around ESPN's SportsCenter about hundred times a day as the saga starts back up, after Vikings head coach Brad Childress visited Favre in Mississippi . Brett, everyone knows you are coming back lets not make a big spectacle of it this year, please.
And here’s a couple of things to check out while you are on the pine...
Will Floyd Mayweather ever man up and fight Manny Pacquiao . It seems Pacquiao is willing to do anything Mayweather requests, but it seems Mayweather is nervous about losing the undefeated record. Will guess what Floyd, if you don’t take this fight your underfeated record will mean NOTHING.
Ride The Pine is proud to show off our first ever set of merchandise. Check it out Now at zazzle.com/ridethepine .
And that’s my view from the pine...
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15:47:58 03/15/10
Video Eritrean Citizens In Australia And San Francisco Stage Extensive Demonstration Denouncing Unjust Us Sanctions Resolution
[LESS INFO] 2 VIEWS | ADDED 15:47:58 03/15/10
Eritrean citizens in Australia and New Zealand stage extensive demonstration denouncing unjust US sanctions resolution Asmara, 22 February 2010 - Thousands of Eritrean nationals residing in Australia and New Zealand staged extensive demonstration today in Canberra city denouncing the shameful and unjust US sanctions resolution adopted in the name of the Security Council against Eritrea. In the 9-hour long demonstration, the participants chanting various slogans condemning the vicious resolution began the rally around the Australian Parliament and then headed to the country’s Foreign Ministry, the UN Office, the European Union Office and the US Embassy. Various media outlets gave extensive coverage to the demonstration. The demonstrators from all walks of life ranging from children to elderly persons chanted slogans highlighting the unity of the people and Government of Eritrea and conveyed a message of condemnation and petition signed by thousands of Eritreans and foreign friends of Eritrea to officials of the Australian Federal Government. Besides, the participants marched to the UN Office and submitted a letter and supporting documents to the Director of the Office emphasizing that the vicious sanctions resolution is denounced by the Eritrean people and all peace-loving parties. Later on, the organizers of the demonstration held talks with the Director of the Australian Foreign Ministry, as well as the EU Country Representative in Australia, during which they submitted a letter condemning the sanctions resolution and a petition comprising signatures by the participants of the demonstration. The demonstrators subsequently marched to the US Embassy chanting various slogans, including “As Ever, Solidarity with our Government,” “Priority as Ever to National Security,” “Let’s Annul the Unjust Sanctions Resolution through Resolute Rebuff,” among others. Members of the coordinating committee of the Mekete (Resolute Rebuff) held talks with the Secretary for Political Affairs in the US Embassy. The demonstration highlighting the voice of truth and justice was thus concluded. (Shabait) San Francisco city: Eritrean citizens stage extensive demonstration Asmara, 22 February 2010 - Tens of thousands of Eritrean nationals today staged extensive demonstration in San Francisco city, USA, expressing anger and condemnation over the shameful and unjust US sanctions resolution against Eritrea, besides strengthening the national resolute rebuff. The participants who took part in the demonstration from various cities by traveling long hours chanted slogans denouncing the vicious resolution calling for its annulment. The demonstration that attracted the attention and coverage of a number of media outlets highlighted the resolute rebuff of the Eritrean people to enemy conspiracies. Stating that the Eritrean people would never succumb to external hostilities but on the contrary reinforce their unity, the participants asserted that they would fulfill all that is expected of them. The nationals who took active participation in the demonstration through meeting all challenges, including withstanding sever weather conditions transformed the main streets of the city into “Eritrea Square” for hours raising high the Eritrean flag, according to reports. Moreover, they expressed strong conviction that Eritrea would keep on marching along the course of progress and prosperity on the basis of independent path, as well as reinforcing national unity and rebuffing enemy conspiracy. (Shabait)
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23:24:02 01/31/10
Mark Thomas Mtp 04 03 Nestle
[LESS INFO] 3 VIEWS | ADDED 23:24:02 01/31/10
* Nestle o Baby Milk powder - Nestle largest food manufacturer in the world, their annual budget is $7 billion. o Brand loyalty is important, how can I be loyal to a bar of chocolate? o Problem with baby milk powder. Nothing wrong with he product but something wrong with how it is used. o WHO say if t=you could reverse the downward trend in breast feeding you could save 1.5 million children's lives. o Products not clearly labelled. 1981 WHO developed the WHO code (Nothing to do with Roger Daltrey swinging microphones and trout fishing) o WHO code about the advertising and marketing of baby milk powder, Nestle signed up to it and even give out a charter to members of the public. o "Nestle Does... Comply with both the letter and the spirit of the WHO International Code" o "Nestle Does... Support efforts by governments to implement the International Code" o Also ask the public to bring to their attention any practises in developing countries that do not comply with the WHO code. o Mark's moral duty to bring a few things they had found to their attention o Nescafe launch party on the day of the eclipse in Piccadilly circus. Martine McCutcheon launches new Nescafe sign, 11 August 1999. o Mark speaks to Marion Irving, Chief Press Officer, Nestle UK Ltd. o Tells her their charter is wrong, she says she believes they behave ethically. o She says if people come up with actual evidence then they will act upon it, but people don't. o We went away and started phoning up some of the Southern African countries. Phoned Zimbabwe and got put through to Dr Timothy Stamps the Health Minister and Vice President of the WHO. o Nestle say that Zimbabwe support them and that they comply with the code. He says they do comply with the original 1981 code, but don't necessarily comply with subsequent resolutions which are equally important. o Nestle called a meeting with the parliamentarians (only 3 turned up) and told them that if Zimbabwe put the code into regulations then tey would remove themselves from Zimbabwe! o Prima baby show at Olympia. Nestle have a stall there, time to muck about. o New marketing logo is a blue bear, Mark goes in dressed as the grey bear of truth and hugs the blue bear.. o Plays recording of Health minister phone call to staff who aren't interested in listening to any of this. Leave after a few more bear moments. o Then received a tin of baby milk from Mozambique. All instructions are in English. 33 languages ad dialects recognised in Mozambique. English isn't one of them. o Duty bound to tell Nestle about this. Nestle UK refused to talk on camera, said they would fax their answers. o So we went to Switzerland where Nestle have a food museum where we set up a little stall with the tins on show and started phoning up the executives. o No-one in the museum thought for a moment that we hadn't got permission! o Speaks to Geoffrey Fookes, Head of Corporate Affairs, Nestle Suisse S.A. who says he does not give impromptu interviews over the telephone. o We drive round to his office with the evidence that we had on display at the museum. o Huge HQ, went to the boot of the car and were escorted in "This was please, gentlemen". o Sit in concrete room with a view overlooking Lake Geneva. Mark imagines they have underground bunkers with loads of blokes running around in orange or white boiler suits and there's a monorail system or little mini-mokes and somewhere in the middle a big machine going "5 days and 3 hours till countdown. o Eventually Mr Renk walks in and they show him the exhibit, this tin is a breach of the code. He said "that's your interpretation". o Tin from Malawi instructions in English and French. In 1994 the Malawi government asked Nestle to put instructions in Chechewa(sp?), the local language. 5 years later they haven't done it. o Nestle weren't talking to us but we found them at a stall at the Lib Dem conference in Harrogate. o Cut to Mark dressed up as a tin of Lactogen. o Nestle said they agreed to put the Malawi language on the tins but had been having trouble with the Malawi Government. Mark asked if they thought they had been in breach of the WHO code in the intervening 5 years. They haven't answered. o Response on the tin from Mozambique was that it was a rogue tin which had been smuggled in from S Africa to avoid customs duty. They don't market in Mozambique and anyway why isn't there any Afrikaans on the tin either. o Well there is not room on the tin for three languages, yet tins in Switzerland have 3 languages, French German and Italian. o Another tin from Malawi instructions in English Afrikaans and Zulu which is great, but the warning is only in English. o One from Pakistan, no Urdu on it at all. o Nan1 and Nan2 Infant formula and follow-on formula (which must not be given to infants) no appropriate language. o EU Directive - "These products shall be labelled in an appropriate language and in such a way as to avoid any risk of confusion between infant formulae and follow-on formulae." o This prepared in the Netherlands so is subject to EU directives. o Mark rings up Bournemouth MP who is meeting up with a Nestle rep in a hotel in Bournemouth. Mark then rings an MEP (Richard Howitt) who agrees to come along as well. o Mark does an interview about the baby Milk with the MEP with the Nestle reps sat behind them then go and have a chat with Nestle. o Mark makes them very uncomfortable. o Mark asks Nestle if they will remove the statement in their charter that they comply with the WHO code if they are not complying with it. o Tess Kingham is going to take Nestle toe the Advertising standards about their charter. Richard Howitt will raise it in the European Parliament.
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15:30:49 09/26/09
Dr Karl Morris – Episode #12 Part 2
[LESS INFO] 21 VIEWS | ADDED 15:30:49 09/26/09
In this episode I am joined by Dr Karl Morris one of Europe's top golf "mental game" coaches. Karl works with the following players: Darren Clarke, David Howell, Lee Westwood, Paul McGinley, Graeme McDowell, Richard Finch, Phil Archer, Alison Nicholas and Trish Johnson.
Here is the transcription of our 20 minute interview.
Andy: Hi and welcome to episode 12 of Home of Golf TV. Today I’m joined with Dr Karl Morris, one of Europe’s leading golf mind coaches. Welcome Karl to the show.
Karl: Hi there Andy, thanks.
Andy: Now Karl, you’ve worked with Lee Westwood, Darren Clarke, Paul McGinley, Graeme McDowell, all the top players in Europe over a fantastic career you’ve had so far, helping them with their coaching. What tips can you give the viewers, takeaways from their games?
Karl: I think the big thing that I’ve found over the years is that the individual is sacred and what works for Darren Clarke certainly wouldn’t work for David Howell or Paul McGinley. So it’s very much about finding your own way of playing the game. And one of the big things I’ve worked in the last couple of years and it’s such a simple understanding about the game, but I think its so relevant for everybody that there’s really only two things in golf that you’re trying to control. You’re trying to control the golf ball and you’re trying to control yourself.
So that obviously, everybody, they need to keep working on the technical side of the game. They need to find a golf swing and a method that they can trust, but also there’s gonna be an element of what do you need to do to control yourself? What are the things that you let yourself down with on the golf course because from Ben Hogan, Tiger Woods, downwards, everybody hits bad shots occasionally, so you’re always willing to work on the second part as well as the golf swing.
Andy: And the dialogue you would have with Darren Clarke obviously would be different to Lee Westwood I suppose.
Karl: It would be completely different. I mean, Darren is probably one of the most gifted players I’ve ever seen, if not the most gifted. He’s very much a feel orientated player; plays his best golf in a very non technical approach to the game. Darren gets bogged down by theory occasionally, whereas Lee’s far more, more of a structured way of approach. He needs to know why he’s gonna do something. If there’s a good reason for doing it, Lee will go and do it, but very, very different in the plays.
Andy: I think you were saying earlier that Paul McGinley he’s now looking at practicing so he can recreate the anxiety you would have on the course.
Karl: Yeah, Paul McGinley, Graeme McDowell in particular this last two years, last year was a particularly good year for Graeme. He played in the Ryder Cup for the first time. But one of the things that we did in the whole of last year was really try and make sure that there was an element of his practice that was trying to simulate golf. And one of the big mistakes I see golfers making is aimlessly hitting golf balls on the range, hitting it well and it doesn’t represent anything that’s gonna happen on the golf course.
Andy: Karl, how long have you been in the industry for, teaching golf psychology?
Karl: My background originally was as a player, but I’ve probably been involved in the psychology side of things for about ten years now and it’s been a really interesting journey. One of the things I’ve tried to develop over the last few years, I’ve done a lot of work with the PGAs around the world. I’ve been fortunate to speak to the Australian PGA, the Swedish PGA, South African PGA as well as the Europeans.
And my real passion has always been to try and pass on some of these things that have worked tour players to the golf coach, because I really believe that the coach of the future will be able to teach not only the technical side of the game, but he’ll also have an understanding of how the mind works, as well, so that we can bring the two things together. I think the problem with golf has been that there’s almost been two camps. There’s been technical coach to work on the range and so well, you’re swinging it a lot better than this mind coach who says “Well just go out there and don’t think about it” and it never really comes together.
And I really passionately believe that good coaching in the future will develop both of those sides probably as well being able to define mechanics, as well. I think a great coach in the future will be much more rounded, perhaps, than we’ve all been in the past.
Andy: Oh yeah, I mean, I can see that happening ‘cause as a kid, that never happened.
Karl: Yeah I think we’ve all had the experience of having a golf lesson. The pro stands there, we’re maybe working on something in the swing. We start getting it perfectly on the range, start flushing it. The pro say’s, “Right go away take that to the golf course.” He thinks that you’re gonna go and play well. You think you’re gonna go and play well and then you have to make a phone call to him and say, “That was dreadful. I hit it all over the place.” And that, to me, is where this necessity to understand the mental game is so important, because if you can repeat an action on the range over and over again, and then on the golf course it’s terrible, that’s not just your golf swing. There is an element of the mind side going on there.
Andy: Like you, I probably get bogged down with so many swing thoughts and so, how many swing thoughts should I have as I sort of prepare myself?
Karl : The interesting thing again, with all this is what really frustrates me is when I hear the phrase "golf’s 90 per cent mental".
Andy: Yeah, you hear that all the time.
Karl: Well it isn’t. You hear that golf’s 80 percent, 90 percent. Well it isn’t because when it’s doing well, golf is not a mental game. Golf is a physical game. It’s a physical club, a physical ball, a physical body and actually, you play your best golf with a reduction in thinking rather than thinking too much. I think that if there is one sport in the whole of the world that we’re not short of things to think about it, it's golf. I read somewhere once that we’re drowning in information but thirsting for knowledge.
And in answer to your question, to me it’s paramount that a golfer should never have more than one swing thought and rather than looking at it as a swing thought, I look at as a place where you’re occupying your mind. You’re placing your attention. One of the things that the human mind does and in the East they call it the ‘monkey mind’, it jumps from one thing to another. And that’s the classic the golfer’s mistake, that he stood over the ball and he’s thinking about this, thinking about that and thinking about something else, “Don’t go left, don’t go right don’t go in the water.”
Actually a really effective focus brings your attention to one point and to one place and that should be the goal for everybody, to actually keep your attention in one place throughout the motion of the golf swing. That then gets the best out of your swing thought, but also occupies your mind.
Andy: And when you’re teaching the pros, do you teach them pro routine where they would have a swing thought and then they, like Darren Clarke, for instance, then he can play his natural game?
Karl: Yeah. One of the most effective things that we’ve used over the years is something we’ve called the thinking zone and the playing zone whereby, if you can imagine that you’re playing golf now and if your golf ball is here, just behind the golf ball is a line. Now anything behind the line is what I call the thinking zone. So that’s where you would do your process, you would maybe visualize a shot.
You would program in the movement that you feel is essential for your golf swing. You would in effect be using the left side of the brain, the analytical part of the brain, doing all the thinking. Once you’ve done all of that though, you see this line and you literally step over that line and I call that ‘Nike golf’, then because you step over the line and you literally just do it.
Andy: Just do it, yeah.
Karl: You get into the golf ball and actually, what this does is the reverse of what most people do in a sense, that they spend very little time here, especially if they’re playing on their golf course all the time, “Oh, it’s the six iron ‘cause it’s the 12th”. They step over the line and then they start to think.
Andy: I know it's weird why they do that.
Karl: And then they freeze. So what this does is actually prepare you here in the thinking zone, but you get over the line and then just relax a little bit more, so the game becomes, actually striking out, much less of a mental process and much more of a physical one.
Andy: We all go to the range. We see everyone hitting the ball, hitting the ball and really they’re not concentrating on their mental game, are they? Is there takeaways that we can use?
Karl: I honestly think on that, I would never ever have had a role in golf the way that I have, if golf was practiced correctly. It’s the number one reason why there’s a huge frustration in between what people see that they can do on the range and then what actually comes out on the golf course. We’ve all gotta understand golf is incredibly unique because there are a very few games where you’re trying to score as low as possible.
Most games, football, cricket, whatever it is, you’re trying to get as many as possible, whereas golf you’re trying to get as little as possible, and yet, with practice, we equate a good session, I even hear it on the TV, as I hit 1,000 balls. Well the only thing that you can guarantee if you hit 1,000 balls, is that you trained yourself to hit a 1,000 shots. And as far as I am aware 1,000 wouldn’t be that good a return on a golf course, you need to split your practice into two segments.
One part of your practice, yes, you should be working on your technical side that you’re working on with your method or your coach or whatever it is, but a part of your practice should simulate a game. And the only way you can simulate a game is to add in consequence. There needs to be a consequence to each shot. I get all the players, they’ll hit a certain number of balls where it’s a particular game that they’re playing and what they’ve got to do is hit the shot and then they’ll note down the scores for that particular game.
Andy: So that reduces the anxiety out on the course.
Karl: The very act of being in practice is actually having to take a notebook out and writing the score down that you do in practice, simulates that sort of competitive element in the real game. And I would say less than one percent of golfers do this. So I think that for the viewers, really ask yourself, “Am I hitting a lot of shots? Or am I getting better at golf?”
Andy: Because one thing that you can commit to is a routine. That’s what Harrington has said in the past.
Karl: Yes. It’s a great point, that, because all golfers hear the phrase, “Well you need a routine” and I sit down with players and it’s “Oh, yeah, I’ve got a routine.” And I film them on the golf course and they haven’t got a routine. They think they’ve got a routine. The routine is as fundamental to the mental game as the grip is to the physical game. To develop a routine, you’re actually giving yourself something that you can genuinely rely on under pressure.
The mind needs a series of steps to follow under pressure. That’s the reason why in an aircraft they give you the drill, the safety procedure before you take off. I’ll never forget Harrington saying that, I heard him once say, “There’s no way I can swing it well every day, but there’s no excuse for not having a good routine every day.” And I think these great players reflect that.
Tiger Woods has been working on the mind side of things from the age of 11 and everybody assumes he’s just this born entity, but he’s not. It’s something his father was in the Special Forces. His father made him practice in a certain way and Earl Woods said to him, “When you get in competition, the training will take over.” And I take that as being that his practice was very geared to simulating the game.
Andy: It’s a really big takeaway, isn’t it?
Karl: I think the first question for the viewers would be to really ask yourself, are you getting better with the practice that you do? And it wasn’t a golfer but I think Einstein said the definition of insanity was to keep doing the same things over and over again and expecting a different result.
Andy: That’s brilliant Karl. So the next time I’m the range, I’m going to be spending at least 25 percent on the mental game. Karl, is there any way that I can conquer my first tee nerves? I mean, we all get it to some degree. What’s your take on that?
Karl: The take that we’ve had the last few years that seems to have worked well with all of the plays is the concept of what is nervousness? Well, nervousness is actually a feeling in your body. It’s a sensation running through your system. Now, as kids we were all told, “When you get to the first tee and you’re feeling these things in your body, it’s ‘first tee nerves’. And immediately, the perception is that these feelings are bad.
Well, just imagine as a kid if you were told that when you get to the first tee, these feelings that you get are actually first tee energy? All of a sudden, you’d actually look forward to those feelings. It’s actually resisting the feeling that’s the problem. You know, Tiger Woods, when he’s walking to the first tee in the Masters, I guarantee you he’ll be getting certain feelings through his body. But what he’s learned to do, he’s learned to channel those feelings and not see it as a bad thing.
I remember years ago reading that Jack Nicklaus talked about it. He said that he didn’t win majors. He waited for other people to lose them. But he said, “Just give me that feeling on the back nine of a major. That’s what I hit all the balls for.” He didn’t say, “Give me that feeling of nervousness.”
Andy: Just give a feeling.
Karl: So in his mind he created a label that this feeling was a good thing. So that would be one of the things to reframe the actual term ‘nervousness’ as an energy, but also then learn how to control it a little bit more. And one of the most effective ways is breathing. And centuries old advice has been around far longer than any of us have, a lot of the Eastern traditions talk about this.
It’s pretty much impossible to maintain a state of nervousness and breathe correctly. And nervousness, you actually have to be in the future thinking about what might happen to be nervous. Now, when you bring your attention to your breathing, not only are you physically starting to calm down, but mentally, you’re right back here in the now, in the moment. So, just that simple process of focusing on breathing. And we’ve all heard it, but very few people do it and in practice it’s really profound.
Andy: Right. Karl, a big problem I have is I tend to surround myself with people that in the clubhouse afterwards, talk about their bad shots. “I had a 70, I had an 80, but the triple bogey on #14, that sort of conversation. The conversations doesn’t sort of go on to, “Yes, but I did this part and you know, single putts on these five greens.” It’s a funny sort of conversation us golfers get into. I want to almost get away from it because I think that must be better for my golfing.
Karl: It’s a crazy thing, Andy, really because I think we’ve almost been conditioned that misery loves company. I do call it the ‘but syndrome’, I shot 68 but! And you know the number of times I’ve sat with very good players and they almost love to tell me how bad they’ve putted. You know, “I hit the ball so well, but I three putted four times” or whatever, almost as though that’s a badge of honor that they’re wearing.
And I think it’s something that we should all look at in the way that we talk about the game because there’s no question, one of the things I’ve become fascinated with over the last few years is how memory plays such a big role in our performance. You know, the certain shots that you stand over that you just know that you’re gonna hit a good shot, because a memory has been triggered of a previous result that you’ve had in that situation.
And I always think back to the lovely story about how Harvey Penick that Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite were sat with him many, many years before they went out on tour. I think it was Tom Kite said to Mr. Penick, he said, “If there was one single piece of advice that you would give us out on tour, what would it be?” And Harvey Penick just said, “Make sure that you go to dinner with good putters.” And in effect what he was saying, he was being a great psychologist in that moment. He was saying, “Make sure you hang out with and be with people who hole putts, who talk about holing putts rather than ones who just drag us down into the sort of misery of what should’ve been.”
One practical thing that the viewers might want to think about is something that’s been really successful with players over the last few years is something that I call the three shot diary. And literally, what the three shot diary is that when you finish playing golf, what you do, maybe after you’ve got back, you’ve gone home, you actually sit down and think about the three best shots that you’ve hit that day and actually then, write them out. Write them out in detail what you were thinking, what you were feeling.
There are a couple things are happening with this simple process. One is by writing the shot out, you’re solidifying the memory of that, strengthening the memory, but the other thing is, you’re going to start to find a pattern of what you do when you play good golf. You know, people go for a golf lesson, the first thing they say, “Tell me what I’m doing wrong.” Which we’ve gotta look at our faults, or actually, what do you do when you do it right?
Andy: Yeah, and what you consistently do right.
Karl: What do you consistently do when you do it right? You know, I once said, “Success leaves behind a trail”, but you’ve gotta look for that trail. And I think that good plays do this. Tiger Woods, he said he felt that the secret to the game was to instantly recall past success and to let go of failure. Most people do the opposite.
Andy: Exactly, yeah. That’s human nature, I guess.
Karl: Probably the best example I’ve ever seen about this and mental toughness was Bernhard Langer when he missed that putt at Kiawah Island. A four foot putt to win the Ryder Cup, he missed it. You imagine that impact that could’ve had on him, but Langer went away. He said, “I went through a routine. I did everything I could. I shot the putt the right way. It didn’t go in. It just didn’t go in.”
And then the very next week he went over to Germany and he won the Mercedes Masters the next week. I just think that’s incredible. It just shows you, he had the ability to let go of what happened, get the best out of it and move on.
Andy: Yeah, incredible story and that’s one takeaway for all of us. Langer, back in ’91. Can you imagine that?
Karl: The world’s watching.
Andy: The world’s watching. Everyone doubting that he can hole a putt and then two weeks later he goes and wins the Mercedes Masters. Incredible story there. Something we can all learn from. That’s fantastic Karl. So much advice there. I really appreciate your time. If there’s anyone out there that wants to find out more about what you’re doing with the players or just to help their own game, where can they go to find out the information?
Karl: There’s a couple of websites and one of the websites is GolfTrainingProducts.co.uk and if people go to that site they can get some free videos, some downloads and some things that we’ve talked about here today. The other website is Golf-Brain.com and anybody signs up there they get a free monthly newsletter that keeps them informed of what’s going on with the players and some of the courses that I run, etcetera. The product that’s worked really well this last 12 months, a new product is a CD called 5 Shots Lower Without Changing Your Swing .
Andy: Oh, we all want that, yeah.
Karl: Something that you can play in the car, a series of tools that you can use, similar to what we’ve talked about today. This stuff needs reinforcing. We all fall back into our old patterns and our old habits. And you know, we’re so keen on being warmed up physically, but we need to be warmed up and tuned in mentally.
Andy: This is a CD you can put in the car?
Karl: A CD you can put in the car and you can listen to it at home, you know, the players that I’ve worked with say that they keep listening to it over and over and just to keep their mind, the mental stages in all of it, like I say five shots lower without changing their swing.
Andy: So, hope you thoroughly enjoyed the show with Karl. I have. Thanks very much for coming Karl.
Karl: My pleasure, Andy.
Andy: Hopefully we’ll talk in the near future.
Karl: Look forward to it.
Andy: Okay. Well that’s the end of the show. I hope you thoroughly enjoyed it.
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