See Disc Golf for another type of "Folf".
Folf is a version of golf played by kicking a football (soccer ball) to various predetermined objects, such as benches, posts or public bins.
Although various modifications on the rules and name of the sport exist, the term Folf usually refers to the game that was originated in London, on Wimbledon Common. In this version of the game players take alternate shots using a single volleyball until they come into contact the given target. As is the case in golf, each hole is given a par, usually 3,4 or 5, however, some par 7s are also known to exist (e.g. 'Squaresville' on Cannizaro Folf Course). It is a team game in which two (or sometimes more) people will combine their shots on each hole to compete with the par of the course. In regular game-play the aim is to score under par, effectively 'beating' the course. However, the game can also be played with multiple competing teams consisting of any given number of people, although usually two-a-side. In this version, referred to as 'Team Folf', the team with the lowest score wins, and the players on the losing team are commonly required to buy the winning players a pint of Beer. Most defined courses are played over 18 holes, although some 9 hole courses do exist. As the sport can be played in a variety of different locations (though usually in areas such as grassland or forests) it is almost certain that unknown courses have been created throughout the UK, and some internationally.
Courses
Some notable courses in the UK include Rushmere Pond, The Predator, Richmond Park, Cannizaro, Dorset Uphill Cowpat Challenge, and London DistUrbance.
Rushmere Pond was the first ever defined Folf Course and is located near Rushmere Pond on Wimbledon Common. Although widely regarded as the easiest of the courses it is also commonly agreed to be one of the best. It is common practice to play this course very early in the morning. According to rumour, this was a result of the area of Wimbledon Common surrounding Rushmere Pond being too crowded during the day to play on.
The Predator is the closest neighboring course to Rushmere Pond and, in contrast, is that most feared by Folfers. When playing the back nine of the course, players must navigate through unforgiving terrain around obstacles such as overgrowing trees and plants. When played in Winter months this is seen as the ultimate Folfing challenge and gaining a score even remotely close to par is impressive. Many Folfing enthusiasts claim that scores obtained here during dry weather are meaningless. This is because the effect of mud on the ball and shoes during wet weather is often a player's greatest hindrance.
This course is usually played at the end of The London Open as the notorious difficulty of the back nine holes is the point where particularly low scoring rounds are commonly destroyed, frequently causing significant emotional distress.
London DistUrbance is located in the area between South Bank and Waterloo station in London, and is invariably played between midnight and sunrise the following day. The course stretches across concrete paths and down steps and runs alongside the River Thames, and for this reason would be impossible to play during the day due to pedestrian traffic. During the course players will notice the Millennium Wheel, one of the course's pins is located at the foot of the wheel. This course is the subject of much criticism as many claim that it is too impractical and causes a danger to both those playing it and nearby civilians. One hole on the course even forces players to drive the ball over a busy main road onto a small patch of grass on the other side. By playing the course, competitors are knowingly subjecting themselves to a sleepless night, raising issues about it being the source of sleeping disorders for those who play it too frequently, trying unsuccessfully to improve their scores. When played in the winter months the course is even more merciless as many of the holes consist of playing through micro-climates between the surrounding buildings, resulting in dramatically increased wind speeds.
Other Folf Scorecards
There are some sub sectors of the sport Folf that have been known to have sprung up in the souther parts of england, to be more precise the home counties ( Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire ). this side quest so to speak, of the orignal folf consists of a football ( soccer ball ) and bats. the main principal is excatly the same as golf, you have a place to Tee off and destanation to reach. when you have hit your ball you go and stand when it landed and kick the ball back to the next player, you stand still and shove your bat into the ground marking excatle the location in wich your ball landed. This continues until the ball reaches its flag ( not aucctually a flag ususally a ditch, empty school swimming pool etc . . . or what ever you deem useable as a marker).
As stated above bats are used in this modern folf, these bats can be anything you like accept something that is allready a bat for instance golf club or cricket bat. Amoung the top folfers the main bat of choice is shelving bracket or branch from a near by tree, the beauty in the sport is usually found in the history of ones bat rather than aucctually playing golf. The best place to find folfing bats are usually skips or brown field sies.
There are only two ways to hit your bat in folf, the standard wack shot or the dreaded Ukranian miner. The latter of the shots is an extreemly skilled and precise shot to pull off. It involves the folfer getting down on all fours and placing the folf bat inder the ball, then with an allmightey shove lifting the ball into the air. This shot is perfect for clearing fences, people or any other tall obsticles you may find yourself folfing around.
There are only 3 known folf courses in use at this present time, Verulam school playing field (only after dark ) No mans land and the smallest of all courses "the Blasberg garden".
Folf is a version of golf played by kicking a football (soccer ball) to various predetermined objects, such as benches, posts or public bins.
Although various modifications on the rules and name of the sport exist, the term Folf usually refers to the game that was originated in London, on Wimbledon Common. In this version of the game players take alternate shots using a single volleyball until they come into contact the given target. As is the case in golf, each hole is given a par, usually 3,4 or 5, however, some par 7s are also known to exist (e.g. 'Squaresville' on Cannizaro Folf Course). It is a team game in which two (or sometimes more) people will combine their shots on each hole to compete with the par of the course. In regular game-play the aim is to score under par, effectively 'beating' the course. However, the game can also be played with multiple competing teams consisting of any given number of people, although usually two-a-side. In this version, referred to as 'Team Folf', the team with the lowest score wins, and the players on the losing team are commonly required to buy the winning players a pint of Beer. Most defined courses are played over 18 holes, although some 9 hole courses do exist. As the sport can be played in a variety of different locations (though usually in areas such as grassland or forests) it is almost certain that unknown courses have been created throughout the UK, and some internationally.
Courses
Some notable courses in the UK include Rushmere Pond, The Predator, Richmond Park, Cannizaro, Dorset Uphill Cowpat Challenge, and London DistUrbance.
Rushmere Pond was the first ever defined Folf Course and is located near Rushmere Pond on Wimbledon Common. Although widely regarded as the easiest of the courses it is also commonly agreed to be one of the best. It is common practice to play this course very early in the morning. According to rumour, this was a result of the area of Wimbledon Common surrounding Rushmere Pond being too crowded during the day to play on.
The Predator is the closest neighboring course to Rushmere Pond and, in contrast, is that most feared by Folfers. When playing the back nine of the course, players must navigate through unforgiving terrain around obstacles such as overgrowing trees and plants. When played in Winter months this is seen as the ultimate Folfing challenge and gaining a score even remotely close to par is impressive. Many Folfing enthusiasts claim that scores obtained here during dry weather are meaningless. This is because the effect of mud on the ball and shoes during wet weather is often a player's greatest hindrance.
This course is usually played at the end of The London Open as the notorious difficulty of the back nine holes is the point where particularly low scoring rounds are commonly destroyed, frequently causing significant emotional distress.
London DistUrbance is located in the area between South Bank and Waterloo station in London, and is invariably played between midnight and sunrise the following day. The course stretches across concrete paths and down steps and runs alongside the River Thames, and for this reason would be impossible to play during the day due to pedestrian traffic. During the course players will notice the Millennium Wheel, one of the course's pins is located at the foot of the wheel. This course is the subject of much criticism as many claim that it is too impractical and causes a danger to both those playing it and nearby civilians. One hole on the course even forces players to drive the ball over a busy main road onto a small patch of grass on the other side. By playing the course, competitors are knowingly subjecting themselves to a sleepless night, raising issues about it being the source of sleeping disorders for those who play it too frequently, trying unsuccessfully to improve their scores. When played in the winter months the course is even more merciless as many of the holes consist of playing through micro-climates between the surrounding buildings, resulting in dramatically increased wind speeds.
Other Folf Scorecards
There are some sub sectors of the sport Folf that have been known to have sprung up in the souther parts of england, to be more precise the home counties ( Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire ). this side quest so to speak, of the orignal folf consists of a football ( soccer ball ) and bats. the main principal is excatly the same as golf, you have a place to Tee off and destanation to reach. when you have hit your ball you go and stand when it landed and kick the ball back to the next player, you stand still and shove your bat into the ground marking excatle the location in wich your ball landed. This continues until the ball reaches its flag ( not aucctually a flag ususally a ditch, empty school swimming pool etc . . . or what ever you deem useable as a marker).
As stated above bats are used in this modern folf, these bats can be anything you like accept something that is allready a bat for instance golf club or cricket bat. Amoung the top folfers the main bat of choice is shelving bracket or branch from a near by tree, the beauty in the sport is usually found in the history of ones bat rather than aucctually playing golf. The best place to find folfing bats are usually skips or brown field sies.
There are only two ways to hit your bat in folf, the standard wack shot or the dreaded Ukranian miner. The latter of the shots is an extreemly skilled and precise shot to pull off. It involves the folfer getting down on all fours and placing the folf bat inder the ball, then with an allmightey shove lifting the ball into the air. This shot is perfect for clearing fences, people or any other tall obsticles you may find yourself folfing around.
There are only 3 known folf courses in use at this present time, Verulam school playing field (only after dark ) No mans land and the smallest of all courses "the Blasberg garden".
The Harteck Process is named after a German nuclear scientist Dr. Paul Harteck. Harteck headed the Heereswaffenamt ("HWA") or Army Department's efforts to enrich uranium during World War II. Harteck reported to the German Army's chief physicist Kurt Diebner
His role had no direct connection with the better known civil nuclear program of Prof Werner Heisenberg for the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft ("KWG") in the Berlin suburb of Dahlem, aimed at sustained nuclear reaction, better known as a nuclear reactor.
Heisenberg's efforts to sustain nuclear reaction would have ultimately resulted in breeding Plutonium for yet another A-bomb project headed by nuclear physicist Fritz Houtermans. In Nazi Germany, Plutonium was known variously as "super uranium," or "eka Rhenium" (super Rhenium). Deibner of the HWA project is known to have had input with the KWG project of Heisenberg.
The so called Harteck Process evolved from the Isotope sluce which Erich Bagge created at Kiel Unavernan in 1942. The prototype centrifuge was built by the Kiel firm Anshultz & co. In 1942 Reichs Armaments Minister Albert Speer cancelled funding and directed it all to reactor research. Walter Groth and Paul Harteck approached both Martin Bormann and Hermann Goering to fund the continuation of uranium enrichment from Nazi party funding. These talks also involved nuclear physicists Kurt Diebner, Klaus Clusius, Karl Wirtz, Erich Bagge, Bornhoffer and the chemists Albers and Schmitz-Dumont.
The isotope sluce itself, resembled a tall thin washing machine tub spun at an amazing 600rpm. The bowl at the bottom was heated by induction. Uranium dioxide through a process of mixing with fluorine gas produced uranium hexafluoride which was fed into the centrifuge. Lighter isotopes of Uranium 235 which made up only 0.7% of uranium in nature would boil to the top and concentrate there where it was physically sluced or scooped from the top. This process might be repeated through several generations to result in bomb grade uranium (90-95% U235).
The Kiel laboratory with its "isotope sluce" was destroyed by allied bombing in 1943. From there it was shifted to the army explosives research centre at Kummersdorf. The original isotope sluce at Kiel had exceeded expectations. In August 1943 Dr Seibert of BMAG Meguin received an order for more centrifuge machines to be built.
These were located at the university town of Freiburg under the codename "Volmer's Furniture Factory." The various German nuclear projects however were compromised by British spying. The SIS spy Paul Rosbaud who worked for Metallgesellschaft AG Frankfurt, on the science magazine Metalwirtsschaft had unparalleled access to Nazi nuclear projects and reported developments to project Epsilon in Stockholm. The consequence was that allied bombing crushed successive attempts to enrich uranium at different sites.
Following destruction of the facility at Freiburg, Dr Paul Harteck received "DE priority to build more uranium centrifuges for a plant at Kandern in Germany, codenamed "Angora Farm". In April 1944 he let a further contract to BMAG Meguin for reichsmarks RM 265,000 to build further machines. By contrast, Heisenberg's funding was only RM 8,500.
Much of the enrichment technology appeared to be shared with Japanese nuclear scientists from 30 September 1944 by Hitler's orders under FHQU 219/44. Japan had a parallel nuclear project under Yoshio Nishina. Uranium oxide was being shipped to Japan by U-boat from late 1943.
Following the war, South Africa in the 1970s also used the Harteck Process to develop a nuclear weapon. According to a former South African Naval Intelligence officer living in New Zealand under discreet diplomatic threats by USA, South Africa was forced to abandon its nuclear weapons project.
Pakistan also used the Harteck Process more recently to acquire nuclear weapons and now Iran has a uranium centrifuge plant at Netanz dedicated to enrichment of uranium to bomb grade.
His role had no direct connection with the better known civil nuclear program of Prof Werner Heisenberg for the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft ("KWG") in the Berlin suburb of Dahlem, aimed at sustained nuclear reaction, better known as a nuclear reactor.
Heisenberg's efforts to sustain nuclear reaction would have ultimately resulted in breeding Plutonium for yet another A-bomb project headed by nuclear physicist Fritz Houtermans. In Nazi Germany, Plutonium was known variously as "super uranium," or "eka Rhenium" (super Rhenium). Deibner of the HWA project is known to have had input with the KWG project of Heisenberg.
The so called Harteck Process evolved from the Isotope sluce which Erich Bagge created at Kiel Unavernan in 1942. The prototype centrifuge was built by the Kiel firm Anshultz & co. In 1942 Reichs Armaments Minister Albert Speer cancelled funding and directed it all to reactor research. Walter Groth and Paul Harteck approached both Martin Bormann and Hermann Goering to fund the continuation of uranium enrichment from Nazi party funding. These talks also involved nuclear physicists Kurt Diebner, Klaus Clusius, Karl Wirtz, Erich Bagge, Bornhoffer and the chemists Albers and Schmitz-Dumont.
The isotope sluce itself, resembled a tall thin washing machine tub spun at an amazing 600rpm. The bowl at the bottom was heated by induction. Uranium dioxide through a process of mixing with fluorine gas produced uranium hexafluoride which was fed into the centrifuge. Lighter isotopes of Uranium 235 which made up only 0.7% of uranium in nature would boil to the top and concentrate there where it was physically sluced or scooped from the top. This process might be repeated through several generations to result in bomb grade uranium (90-95% U235).
The Kiel laboratory with its "isotope sluce" was destroyed by allied bombing in 1943. From there it was shifted to the army explosives research centre at Kummersdorf. The original isotope sluce at Kiel had exceeded expectations. In August 1943 Dr Seibert of BMAG Meguin received an order for more centrifuge machines to be built.
These were located at the university town of Freiburg under the codename "Volmer's Furniture Factory." The various German nuclear projects however were compromised by British spying. The SIS spy Paul Rosbaud who worked for Metallgesellschaft AG Frankfurt, on the science magazine Metalwirtsschaft had unparalleled access to Nazi nuclear projects and reported developments to project Epsilon in Stockholm. The consequence was that allied bombing crushed successive attempts to enrich uranium at different sites.
Following destruction of the facility at Freiburg, Dr Paul Harteck received "DE priority to build more uranium centrifuges for a plant at Kandern in Germany, codenamed "Angora Farm". In April 1944 he let a further contract to BMAG Meguin for reichsmarks RM 265,000 to build further machines. By contrast, Heisenberg's funding was only RM 8,500.
Much of the enrichment technology appeared to be shared with Japanese nuclear scientists from 30 September 1944 by Hitler's orders under FHQU 219/44. Japan had a parallel nuclear project under Yoshio Nishina. Uranium oxide was being shipped to Japan by U-boat from late 1943.
Following the war, South Africa in the 1970s also used the Harteck Process to develop a nuclear weapon. According to a former South African Naval Intelligence officer living in New Zealand under discreet diplomatic threats by USA, South Africa was forced to abandon its nuclear weapons project.
Pakistan also used the Harteck Process more recently to acquire nuclear weapons and now Iran has a uranium centrifuge plant at Netanz dedicated to enrichment of uranium to bomb grade.
Community Emergency Services Incorporated is a non-profit, non-government emergency service that started in November 2006 in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia.
The first Community Emergency Services unit was formed in Cessnock, consisting of around 20 volunteers. By January 2007, the organisation had expanded, opening a unit at Kurri Kurri about 15 minutes from the Cessnock Unit.
Following an affiliation with the Australian Citizens Radio Emergency Monitors in February 2007, the organisation has maintained a rapid growth in the first aid care industry, with units being opened in Maitland and Muswellbrook, and the organisation expanding services into Southern Queensland, Australia.
The motto of the organisation is "Saving Lives", and the many volunteers from Community Emergency Services provide first aid and other services to the community, usually for a donation.
The first Community Emergency Services unit was formed in Cessnock, consisting of around 20 volunteers. By January 2007, the organisation had expanded, opening a unit at Kurri Kurri about 15 minutes from the Cessnock Unit.
Following an affiliation with the Australian Citizens Radio Emergency Monitors in February 2007, the organisation has maintained a rapid growth in the first aid care industry, with units being opened in Maitland and Muswellbrook, and the organisation expanding services into Southern Queensland, Australia.
The motto of the organisation is "Saving Lives", and the many volunteers from Community Emergency Services provide first aid and other services to the community, usually for a donation.
History
Brandworkers International is the first non-profit advocacy organization for retail and food employees. Based in New York, Brandworkers was founded in 2007 by a group of retail and food employees active on workers' rights issues.
Campaigns
The Brandworkers Focus on the Food Chain initiative is currently involved in a campaign on behalf of immigrant workers at New York's #1 rated seafood wholesaler and retailer, Wild Edibles Inc. Brandworker is facilitating a large class action lawsuit against Wild Edibles for overtime pay and against alleged employer retaliation.
Judge Louis L. Stanton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a preliminary injunction against further retaliation from Wild Edibles.
Brandworkers is coordinating outreach to prominent New York City restaurants who purchase seafood from Wild Edibles. Famed New York hot spots including Keith McNally's Pastis, Danny Meyer's Union Square Cafe, and Jean Denoyer's La Goulue have agreed to refrain using Wild Edibles to supply their seafood until the employment dispute is resolved.
Services
In addition to comprehensive workplace campaigns, Brandworkers offers retail and food employees a service called Legal Defense-Plus. The Legal Defense-Plus program provides legal information and connects workers with lawyers interested in taking their case. The legal services are complemented by advocacy and organizing tools to achieve desired results. The program is serviced by a volunteer network of lawyers and grassroots campaigners.
Brandworkers will also operate a website for retail and food employees as well as community members concerned about the practices of multinational retailers. The website, Brandworkers.org, is set to launch by March 1, 2008. A notable function of the website will be the Brandworkers Blog which will feature original posts by workers as well as analysis of breaking news regarding the large retail and food brands.
Brandworkers International is the first non-profit advocacy organization for retail and food employees. Based in New York, Brandworkers was founded in 2007 by a group of retail and food employees active on workers' rights issues.
Campaigns
The Brandworkers Focus on the Food Chain initiative is currently involved in a campaign on behalf of immigrant workers at New York's #1 rated seafood wholesaler and retailer, Wild Edibles Inc. Brandworker is facilitating a large class action lawsuit against Wild Edibles for overtime pay and against alleged employer retaliation.
Judge Louis L. Stanton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a preliminary injunction against further retaliation from Wild Edibles.
Brandworkers is coordinating outreach to prominent New York City restaurants who purchase seafood from Wild Edibles. Famed New York hot spots including Keith McNally's Pastis, Danny Meyer's Union Square Cafe, and Jean Denoyer's La Goulue have agreed to refrain using Wild Edibles to supply their seafood until the employment dispute is resolved.
Services
In addition to comprehensive workplace campaigns, Brandworkers offers retail and food employees a service called Legal Defense-Plus. The Legal Defense-Plus program provides legal information and connects workers with lawyers interested in taking their case. The legal services are complemented by advocacy and organizing tools to achieve desired results. The program is serviced by a volunteer network of lawyers and grassroots campaigners.
Brandworkers will also operate a website for retail and food employees as well as community members concerned about the practices of multinational retailers. The website, Brandworkers.org, is set to launch by March 1, 2008. A notable function of the website will be the Brandworkers Blog which will feature original posts by workers as well as analysis of breaking news regarding the large retail and food brands.