By Farrell Evans In the Pick the Hole Challenge sponsored by the PGA of America, fans will vote on one of four pin positions for the final round for the par-3, 181-yard 5th at Oak Hill, the last par 3 on the 7,145-yard par 71 Donald Ross course. …read more
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It’s not entirely clear why, but Mercedes-Benz—“the official patron of the PGA tour” and sponsor of pro golfer Adam Scott’s right breast—recently held a global contest that involved its fans submitting ideas for the ultimate golf cart. The results came in, were compiled, and apparently the overwhelming consensus among the entries was that Mercedes-leaning golfers yearn for a cart that rivals their car in terms of luxury. The three-pointed star guys presented the criteria to its designers in Carlsbad, California, who churned out the Vision Golf Cart concept you see here. It debuted it at this year’s British Open championship.
Loaded to the gills with luxury features, the Vision cart is less “the Mercedes-Benz of golf carts” and more a Benz car that happens to look like a golf cart from Tron. As Gordon Wagoner, Benz’s VP of design, puts it, “Why not [treat] a golf cart like a car, and [make] it a ‘golf car?’ ” Well, for starters, Volkswagen already makes a ‘Golf car,’ but we suppose that integrating carlike attributes into the ultimate golf cart makes some sense. Still, we’re struggling to see why Benz needed to design the Vision at all when a GLK-class can hold some clubs and seems capable of tackling a grass field.
Silly design brief aside, the all-electric Vision Golf Cart is an impressive bit of fantasy. Users can plug the Vision in to charge it, or it can be juiced up via the roof-mounted solar array—likely at a much slower, cloud-dependent pace. Electric hub motors mounted provide power. Inside, you won’t find a steering wheel or pedals; instead, a central joystick controls the vehicle. This is both bad and good, because it allows either front passenger to control the Vision. A series of touch-screen displays controls the air-conditioning and infotainment systems—for staying cool while streaming Caddyshack, natch—and the vehicle also packs heated and ventilated seats and Benz’s Airscarf neck-warmer technology. A head-up display is integrated into the windshield and can show golf course layouts, scores, and weather info.
A USB iPod/iPad dock lets occupants use their devices to play music through the Vision’s speakers, while a Bluetooth connection ensures captains of industry can still bark orders at their subordinates while away from the office. Golf-specific touches include a cooler—the beer is up to you—as well as cooled or heated cup holders. For golfers who aren’t so good at golfing, there’s an emergency “fore” button that, when pressed, sends a warning signal “to golf carts within the danger zone.” It isn’t clear how that zone is determined, or how Mercedes expects folks to override their instinctual pride and dignity to press that button. Since sometimes it rains on golf courses, rain-sensing automatic windshield wipers are included, as is a retractable lightning rod that is intended to be better at attracting electricity than nearby golfers’ clubs. Snap-on, lightweight doors can be deployed to further battle the elements.
1921 – NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto St Patricks in 2 games
1969 – Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College
1978 – 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
1980 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner’s Song)
1991 – “Mule Bone” closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC after 67 perfs
1996 – Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games
1892 – Giorgio Cesana, Italy, coxswain, (Olympic-gold-1906)
1924 – Shorty Rogers, [Milton M Rajonsky], composer
1936 – Robert Herman Nichols, Louisville KY, PGA golfer (1986 Showdown)
1965 – Tom Dey, American film director
1965 – Stan Humphries, NFL quarterback (San Diego Chargers)
1971 – Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer, (d. 2012)
1099 – Conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death
1574 – Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle at 35
1695 – Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables), dies at 73
1965 – Leonard Mudie, dies of heart ailment at 82
1976 – Maude Prickett, actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at 60
1996 – Gaylord Birch, drummer (Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock), dies at 50
By Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes Staff
Bubba Watson entered the 2012 Masters relatively unknown outside of the core golfing community. He was recognized for his nickname and prodigious drives, but otherwise didn’t stand out as the 18th ranked golfer in the world with only three career PGA victories under his belt at the age of 33. One tournament changed all of that. …read more
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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool
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Elementary School Teachers to Attend Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy
IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Two hundred elementary school teachers from across the United States have been selected to attend the 2013 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy, a professional development program designed to enhance math and science teaching skills. Participants learn how to bring science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to life in the classroom, to inspire students to study and pursue careers in the critical fields.
“Today’s teachers and students must learn how to ‘speak science’ to ensure we remain competitive as a nation,” said PGA golfer Phil Mickelson. “The Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy encourages teachers to use real-world examples and in-class experiments to build excitement about STEM learning, educating the next generation of American innovators.”
The successful educators teach third through fifth grade and were chosen from more than 1,500 applications submitted at www.sendmyteacher.com. Selection was based on teacher qualifications, dedication to inspiring students at an early age and overall commitment to enhancing the teaching profession. A panel of educators from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the National Science Teachers Association selected participants to attend the national academy, held July 22-26, 2013, at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey.
The academy is an intensive, one-week, all-expenses-paid program developed in 2005 when ExxonMobil partnered with Mickelson and his wife, Amy. Launched with support from the National Science Teachers Association and Math Solutions, the initiative has trained 3,600 teachers benefiting more than 230,000 students nationwide. In addition to the 200 teachers attending this year’s national academy in New Jersey, 400 more teachers will attend regional academies in Louisiana and Texas.
“The academy reaffirmed my belief that the classroom can and should be one of the most exciting places a child visits,” said Krissy Venosdale, a teacher from St. Louis who attended in 2012. “Educators can reinvigorate their classrooms by sharing real-world applications of science and technology – like our country’s space program.”
Currently, U.S. students rank 17th and 25th globally in math and science, respectively, according to results from the 2009 Programme for …read more
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1820 – -11) Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die
1895 – Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias awarded cup, as Queens University (Kingston Ont) loses to Montreal AAA, 5-1
1904 – Brandon’s Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal
1945 – Japanese proclaim “independence” of Indo-China
1947 – US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
1961 – Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72
1893 – Hans Munch, composer
1912 – Alan David Melville, polymath
1941 – Jim Colbert, Elizabeth NJ, PGA golfer (1969 Monsanto Open)
1964 – Juliette Binoche, Paris France, actress (Unbearable Lightness)
1978 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
1985 – Parthiv Patel, Indian Cricket Player
1954 – Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (b. 1912)
1982 – Rex Marshall, TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), dies
1982 – Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58
1996 – Peter Mansfield, writer, dies at 67
2007 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
2010 – Doris Haddock, American political activist (b. 1910)
…read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at HistoryOrb.Com – This Day in History
Hoping to cut costs and improve efficiency, the PGA of America will use rugged handhelds for real-time scoring during its 2013 season. …read more
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A former Marine lied about having war injuries so he could get free golfing lessons, endorsements, cash, a trip to Iraq and to fulfill his dream of playing golf on the PGA tour, court documents show,
Court documents filed in Dallas on Tuesday show that Michael Duye Campbell has agreed to plead guilty to mail fraud. The plea agreement does not recommend a sentence but outlines that Campbell faces up to 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and payment of restitution to those he deceived. A judge must still approve the plea deal.
Campbell defrauded charities out of at least $40,000 by claiming he was wounded in 2003 while on foot patrol in Fallujah, Iraq, according to court documents. He told people that members of his unit were killed by a bomb blast and that he woke up months later at Walter Reed Army Hospital. He claimed he could not speak, had partially lost his memory and was left with a stutter as a result of his injuries that included broken bones and a traumatic brain injury, an outline of his case filed in court Tuesday says.
Campbell, 30, lived in the Dallas area as recently as 2010. Military records show he served in the Marine Corps from 2000 to 2004, but the records do not support his claim that he was a combat veteran who suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Campbell’s public defender, Douglas Morris, declined to comment on the case
Prosecutors say Campbell set up a website to promote his cause and that he approached celebrities in the golf world to ask for support. He would persuade them to write stories about him, give him access to expensive golf schools and exclusive courses.
He eventually learned about the Troops First Foundation, a charity led by former professional golfer and TV golf commentator David Feherty.
Feherty wrote an article for golf.com about meeting Campbell at a golf tournament in 2010. “When he told me he was a Marine, I was instantly fine with it. He didn’t look injured, but I didn’t care. Any member of the military can walk with me, anytime, anywhere,” Feherty wrote.
In December 2010, the Troops First Foundation flew Campbell to Dubai, where he took a military transport to Fallujah, as part of a program in which wounded veterans are taken to the site where they were …read more
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Professional golf teed off for another season in 2013 with the use of rugged handheld computers to help lower costs and improve efficiency in scoring and reading tickets at the gate. …read more
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By Brian McTaggart Astros owner Jim Crane, an avid golfer, teamed with PGA professional Kevin Streelman this weekend to finish tied for third place at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in California. …read more
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By afadaghi
I am running a solaris 10 with oracle 10 on a system with 96 GB physical memory. the system has a lot of swap space. the oracle SGA is 50 GB and PGA 40 GB. Here are the stats
vmstat -i
interrupt total rate
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clock 326481233 100
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Total 326481233 100
vmstat 5 10
kthr memory page disk faults cpu
r b w swap free re mf pi po fr de sr m1 m1 m2 s0 in sy cs us sy id
0 6 88 103634912 11344424 3220 2673 23858 1484 2478 1490560 7968 52 34 34 34 5285 56124 15227 21 7 72
0 4 198 88671744 1665176 172 1878 4313 0 0 880176 0 143 71 69 69 5437 51868 16730 29 3 67
0 1 198 88745880 1689648 265 2645 2167 2 2 755856 0 42 21 21 21 4277 52012 11342 31 3 66
0 3 198 88650664 1590256 821 5144 8336 3933 8213 505112 95362 106 74 71 72 5540 53932 17424 29 5 66
1 5 198 88551656 1590384 1257 7936 9253 12517 20882 1382704 32674 194 151 153 154 7152 65782 17224 32 7 61
0 2 198 88648936 1744608 1212 7342 6150 6464 6464 920984 0 56 28 28 28 4886 61479 16384 28 5 67
0 2 198 88646136 1722072 559 5884 6312 5 5 833776 0 90 45 45 45 4874 48578 13458 26 4 70
vmstat -s 5 5
30425 swap ins
859 swap outs
91275 pages swapped in
434289 pages swapped out
8727192512 total address trans. faults taken
2183732165 page ins
187521189 page outs
9736382137 pages paged in
605506879 pages paged out
10512847480 total reclaims
10510567781 reclaims from free list
0 micro (hat) faults
8727192512 minor (as) faults
879238109 major faults
2393782457 copy-on-write faults
3710680229 zero fill page faults
26013460920 pages examined by the clock daemon
2104 revolutions of the clock hand
1011418148 pages freed by the clock daemon
30859446 forks
399501 vforks
29685908 execs
49713902404 cpu context switches
17255648790 device interrupts
11140685959 traps
183233384578 system calls
32054311334 total name lookups (cache hits 100%)
3340616736 user cpu
1062363299 system cpu
11268091303 idle cpu
vmstat -S 5 5
kthr memory page disk faults cpu
r b w swap free si so pi po fr de sr m1 m1 m2 s0 in sy cs us sy id
0 6 88 103634672 11344272 0 0 23858 1484 2478 115456 7968 52 34 34 34 5285 56124 15227 21 7 72
0 3 198 88611128 1640584 0 0 10621 2 2 1201224 0 37 18 18 18 4716 44020 11982 23 5 73
1 3 198 88696856 1717640 0 0 4550 0 0 962832 0 31 16 15 15 4347 33289 10654 19 3 78
0 6 198 88646608 1650912 0 0 5869 0 0 612120 0 47 23 24 24 4993 51340 12713 28 3 69
0 3 198 88739120 1736112 0 0 4602 2 2 495912 0 25 13 13 13 4175 69093 13916 20 4 76
ipcs -m
IPC status from as of Wed Jan 30 17:52:26 EST 2013
T ID KEY MODE OWNER GROUP
Shared Memory:
m 1761607788 0x60a9c490 –rw-r—– odb10g dba
m 1761607787 0 –rw-r—– odb10g dba
m 1761607786 0 –rw-r—– odb10g dba
sar -r 5 10
SunOS dc4dcmsdb02 5.10 Generic_147440-25 sun4u 01/30/2013
17:54:32 freemem freeswap
17:54:38 212340 177533677
17:54:43 202664 177614995
17:54:49 193226 177473616
17:54:54 207720 177643402
17:55:00 216316 177779968
17:55:06 214926 177775299
17:55:11 223668 177949459
17:55:17 215131 177828259
17:55:22 224671 178000899
echo ::memstat | mdb -k
Page Summary Pages MB %Tot
———— —————- —————- —-
Kernel 3867118 30211 31%
Anon 7513473 58699 61%
Exec and libs 43532 340 0%
Page cache 626920 4897 5%
Free (cachelist) 199616 1559 2%
Free (freelist) 108101 844 1%
Total 12358760 96552
Physical 12349425 96479
can you help with what I need (besides adding more memory)? any paging parameters that I can tune?
thanks.
By DeMarco Williams, Contributor Most of us will never know what it feels like to hear the roar of a fired-up crowd in a sold-out sports arena. But at top-notch fantasy sports camps around the country, everyday fans can don authentic uniforms, practice with retired athletes and strategize with coaches. From driving with a NASCAR legend to caddying for a PGA pro, here are five fantasy camps the Startle.com team thinks can make your sports dreams a reality.
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By Associated Press Wind squalls that howled down the mountains above Maui were so severe Friday that the opening round of the Tournament of Champions was scrapped.
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