May Day, International Workers’ Day History
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May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays.In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers’ Day, or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labor movement. As a day of celebration the holiday has ancient origins, and it can relate to many customs that have survived into modern times. Many of these customs are due to May Day being a cross-quarter day, meaning that it falls approximately halfway between an equinox and a solstice.
The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian Europe, as in the Celtic celebration of Beltane, and the Walpurgis Night of the Germanic countries. Many pre-Christian indigenous celebrations were eventually banned or Christianized during the process of Christianization in Europe. As a result, a more secular version of the holiday continued to be observed in the schools and churches of Europe well into the 20th century. In this form, May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the Maypole and crowning of the Queen of the May. Today various Neopagan groups celebrate reconstructed (to varying degrees) versions of these customs on 1 May.
The day was a traditional summer holiday in many pre-Christian European pagan cultures. While February 1 was the first day of Spring, May 1 was the first day of summer; hence, the summer solstice on June 25 (now June 21) was Midsummer. In the Roman Catholic tradition, May is observed as Mary’s month, and in these circles May Day is usually a celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this connection, in works of art, school skits, and so forth, Mary’s head will often be adorned with flowers. Fading in popularity since the late 20th century is the giving of “May baskets,” small baskets of sweets and/or flowers, usually left anonymously on neighbors’ doorsteps.
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Microsoft Introduces Tool for Avoiding Traffic Jams, No more Traffic
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Microsoft on Thursday plans to introduce a Web-based service for driving directions that incorporates complex software models to help users avoid traffic jams.
The new service’s software technology, called Clearflow, was developed over the last five years by a group of artificial-intelligence researchers at the company’s Microsoft Research laboratories. It is an ambitious attempt to apply machine-learning techniques to the problem of traffic congestion. The system is intended to reflect the complex traffic interactions that occur as traffic backs up on freeways and spills over onto city streets.
The Clearflow system will be freely available as part of the company’s Live.com site (maps.live.com) for 72 cities in the United States. Microsoft says it will give drivers alternative route information that is more accurate and attuned to current traffic patterns on both freeways and side streets.
A system for driving directions that Microsoft introduced last fall was limited, because without Clearflow there was no information available about traffic conditions on city streets adjacent to the highways. Because the system assumed that those routes would be clear, drivers were on occasion sent into areas that were more congested than the freeways.
The new service will on occasion plan routes that might not be intuitive to a driver. For example, in some cases Clearflow will compute that a trip will be faster if a driver stays on a crowded highway, rather than taking a detour, because side streets are even more backed up by cars that have fled the original traffic jam.
The new service is part of Microsoft’s efforts to catch up with Google, the dominant search engine provider, by offering an attractive array of related services surrounding its Live search service.
Learning Golf from the Basic
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You want to learn how to golf or just want to improve your game? We all do. And we all can.
One of the most important steps (and arguably the most important by some) to improving your golf game is your setup routine. That is, how you set yourself up (body, arms, legs, and head) to hit a golf ball.
Lucky for us, the ’setup’ is probably the easiest to correct (or change) because its starts off static (that is, we’re not moving yet). It’s when we actually start our swing is when bad habits are more difficult to break.
Golfing is all about HOW we hit the golf ball. That means, where we hit it, with what amount of power we hit it with, and how we follow through during contact with ball and club.
Unfortunately, a major problem most golfers have is an inconsistent swing causing a slice or hook behind the ball or topping the ball. Such problems are likely due to your setup routine.
Setting yourself up properly allows you to smoothly go through the 5 steps of the golf swing with power, control, and accuracy.
As with anything, it will take practice, so be patient and try not to get frustrated. This is especially true if you’re trying to break a bad habit.
The General Setup:
Position yourself so that your feet are approximately shoulder width apart. Don’t worry too much about it being exactly shoulder width apart. A slightly wider or narrower stance is fine if it’s more comfortable. You may want a wider stance for longer clubs and a narrower stance for shorter clubs. Note that, a stance that is too wide will make turning difficult and a stance that is too narrow will make balancing difficult. For a right handed golfer, keep your left foot pointing forward, not to the left. The same goes for left handed golfers and their right foot.
The ball should be half way between your feet. Some clubs will perform better if you place the ball a little closer to the front or the back. That’s fine, but practice hitting the ball in the middle of your stance first. Once you’re a more comfortable golfer you may wish to experiment by moving the ball slightly toward your trailing foot for the shorter irons or slightly toward your leading foot for longer irons.
Keep your back straight, and your knees slightly bent. Don’t lock your knees. Your spine acts as the axis of your swing.
Hold your club straight out in front of you extending your arms as far as possible without straining them. Next while keeping the club parallel to the ground and straight in-front of you lower the club, still keeping it parallel to the ground, down to about the height of your belly button. Don’t worry if your wrists are bent slightly. This is natural as you maintain the clubs position.
Next, bend forward at your hips, keeping your back straight, until the club touches the ground. Now position the club and yourself as one solid object, accordingly to where the ball has been placed.
At this point, your back is still straight. your arms are still straight with the grip of the club straight out and now touching the ground. You are only bending forward from the hips and the ball is in the middle of your stance.
Now you’re ready to improve your golf swing and your golf game! Practice this setup at the driving range and watch your swing improve with time!
Of course as any golfer knows, the setup is just the beginning.
If you want to improve even further. You need to work on your entire golf swing. From setup routine all the way to your follow through and final stance. There is one chap, David Nevogt who as has helped over 16,452 golfers during the past 3 years to improve their golf game. Check out David’s page here to learn how to golf like a pro:
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