Up the river

Sunday

After a late night watching the final of the golf in KL, I finally was up and about by 10am. I called River Plantation, who were full yesterday. Today they were wide open, with a group of 3 I joined at 11 and the next group at 11-30.

They were a family. Dad plus son and son-in-law. The latter lives on the 9th fairway of the first 9 we played. They self identified as not very good golfers. Accurate but we still had fun. WE played off the gold tees today. These were again the second longest but overall the course was quite a lot shorter than most if not all the others I've played on this trip.

This course has 3 9 hole courses and we played the Biloxi and Charleston. The course had some of the characteristics of the last 2 course I had played. Some of it was parkland and part was narrow and tree lined.

The first 9 had 5 holes with water but today I managed to avoid losing any balls in the lakes. I went out in 42 with 3 pars. I started the second with 2 doubles. I had visions of a repeat of some of those Florida games but today I got back on track and had only bogies and a couple of pars after that.

This 9 had one of the trickiest holes. It was a par 5 with a sharp right hand dogleg at the start guarded by high trees. I hit a 6 iron the the corner. There was a deep creek bed along the left side that then ran across the fairway in front of the green, so I played a 5 iron to lay up. It wasn't till I got there that I could even see the green. A gap wedge landed on the green but then, after such a carefully played hole, I 3 putted.

Despite not being held up we were quite slow mainly because of the erratic shots of the others. A group caught up at the end of the front 9 so we had an extended break and bought some lunch so they could play through, but they decided to play the other 9 anyway. After 6 holes the guys had to leave to make a meeting in another part of the city, so I played the last 3 on my own. It was much quicker and quieter as well. Even so It was well over 4 hours for the round.

On the way home I went back to the mall. The dress I bought yesterday did not have its security device removed - a dye cylinder that would rupture if removed in correctly. Why they did this for a $25 dress in the first place is a mystery. They were happy to do it so it was a quick visit.

I then did some work on applying the changes to the planning or Surge and Swab to the measured data option. As usual, it raised as many questions as it answered so I'll need to discuss the implications tomorrow.

 Dinner was a tuna roll in the room.

The working week

Friday

I do enjoy these trips. I normally work at home on my own and although I have frequent emails with clients it is not the same as face to face contact.

There have been some interesting discussions this week as we have thrashed out some enhancements to different parts of the program. A number of times someone has said something like - we'd never been able to do this using emails.

I have mostly been eating at the hotel. They have free meals early in the week but I also had a lobster cooked up - While-you-wait - at the super market one night.

I decided to eat out tonight and finished up at the Mexican a few 100 m from the hotel. I had quesidillas and I could not finish them all.

Lunches , on the other hand have been as usual far too fattening. A couple of group lunches in restaurants, 2 order ins to the office and the other day I got some seafood chowder from the supermarket.

I get high

Sunday

I was late getting up this morning which is a good sign but by 10 I was ready to plan the day. I decided to try to get a game at High Meadow Ranch, which I seemed to recall was one of the courses I'd looked at on my last trip but didn't get around to playing.

They had a multitude of tee times from about 11 onwards but I booked for 12.04 since that put me with some other players rather than on my own. It was a good thing as well since it was a good 3/4 hour drive from the hotel. I did have time for some putting practice before the others turned up, a guy who was the manager of the course associated with Texas A&M uni and his 19 year old son. Both were quite good players, the father fairly steady and the son a big hitter. WE played of the gold, which were the longest tees available.

This course is a bit different since it is laid out in 3 loops of 6 holes rather than 2 9's. Even the card has 3 lots of 6 for scoring and the starting tees are 1, 7 and 13. The course itself is cut through a pine plantation so each hole seems to be bordered by pines on both sides. Not really any temptation for panorama shots today, except for one hole with a lake along one side. The holes do go up and down a bit and there are some creeks that cross the fairway.

There are a lot of large houses on large blocks along the course including one which belongs to Beyonce.

I started poorly with 33 on the first 6, improved to 27 on the next and settled on 30 for the last for a 90. Not too bad. It was quite warm all day and a bit on the humid side as well.

Tony and Lisa had invited me to dinner but I enough time to have a quick swim and cool off after I got back to the hotel. Her parents were over, and I met them for the first time. Lisa, as usual, put on a very fancy dinner, which was delicious, and we had an enjoyable time. I left around 10.

Houston - more problems

Saturday

Well it seems as though I spoke too soon earlier. After putting my suitcase in the boot, making sure the car was unlocked and the keys were in my pocket I packed up my computer and was ready to go, except I didn't have my glasses. Normally these would be by the PC or by the bed. No luck and we searched everywhere, even unpacking the case and checking that as well as handbag and PC bag. Eventually we found then. I'd put them on the end of the bed and folded the cover over them.  10-15 minutes wasted but still plenty of time, and I'm on my way to airport.

Had to fill up the rental car. Americans are obviously a dishonest lot because you always have to pay in advance before you can pump the gas. I spent a few minutes looking for the petrol release switch before remembering you just push the cover in and it springs open. Right, now into the shop. How much. I guess $20 and give them the credit card, this turns out not to be enough so I go back for more. Have to start a new transaction so another $20. Turns out to be $1.33 I offer cash instead but it seems it is impossible to cancel a transaction. I wonder what the fees for all that will be.

Anyway, I arrive at the airport, check in get through the priority lane security and go to the lounge. Wonder of wonders they let me in. Previously I have flown one world internationally and star alliance first class domestically and that just aint good enough for the United lounge. However, since the international part is also star alliance this time I apparently am no longer persona no grata. 25 minutes till departure so I will make sure I actually get on the plane.

Good thing I left early as When I got to the gate there was hardly anybody left. They in fact left the gate 5 minutes before the scheduled departure time, so I guess once everyone is on board there is no point in hanging around. The pilot must have taken a shortcut as we landed 25 minutes early and I was in the limo with all  my gear by the time we were supposed to be landing.

I am in the same hotel as the last 2 trips which is not too far from the office and is reasonably comfortable for a long stay. There is a kitchenette with a hot plate, microwave, dishwasher and full size fridge.

Once I had arrived I headed to HEB supermarket and bought some stuff, including some snow crab legs and vinegar and salad for dinner.

After taking these back to the room I spent some time on the net, unpacked etc. I realised I still had 1/2 till the library closed so I drove back there (it's near HEB) and borrowed some books for the stay.

After dinner I lay on the bed and fell asleep watching TV. Almost like being at home.

Putting on the Ritz

Friday

Today was the last of my Orlando golf games at the Ritz Carlton. It was at 10.10 so I had time to finish packing without any rush before heading to the course. I decided to leave my suitcase at the hotel so I had an empty back seat at the course. No need to advertise you have stuff to pinch.

The course was under 15 minutes away but once again my Tom-tom messed me up. It didn't have the roads that went through the hotel and golf complex (which my iPad did) and took me passed the entrance to the resort.  Still a U turn at the next lights and a bit of back tracking got me there with time to spare. The JW Marroitt hotel and the RC dominate the sky line and the golf course rooms must have great views.

Today's partners were Ron, officially at a conference at the hotel and 2 Norwegians, Arnie and Morten, escaping Winter on a 2 week, 20 game holiday. After some discussion we decide to all play off the blue tees, the 3rd longest. It was again a hot day but we had a cooler with a couple of water bottles and ice and a guy came around a couple of times with iced towels. I spent most of the game with one on the back of my neck. He also took our names an later gave us a bag-tag medal with their logo and our name engraved on the back.

The Ritz Carlton is another course with lots of water on it and a warning not to go into the wetlands because of snakes and alligators. Ron had seen 3 of the latter the day before when he played in the scramble. The GPS was back - juts a phone sized lead with distance to front back and middle and a printed sheet giving pin offset from the middle, so my laser was out all day.

I finally put together a decent round and went out in 41. I then started the back with 2 doubles and I had visions of another repeat of my first round but I had a few pars and finished with an 88, breaking 90 for the first time.

We had a lot of fun with banter springing up quite easily. First, you need to realised that American golf in not like Australian (club) golf, where almost every game is a competition. Hence we have to follow the rules and putt out even short ones. Here they are almost always playing socially, although there is quite often money on the game (or a dinner as the case with the Norwegians). Putts are given all the time, Mulligans taken, lost balls are replaced with a drop on the fairway rather than being replayed and scoring is optional.

On a longish par 3 on the back 9 we had a long wait as the group in front were still on the tee when we arrived. In fact, we waited more today than any other game. When they cleared the green, Ron had teed up and said some thing like "Are we all OK with ready golf?" To which I replied "Are we all OK with hitting off in front of the Tee markers?" These were not lined up square  with the tee box and he was well in front of the line. He moved it back but was still in front when he hit it. This was followed by comments like "he really wanted to play off the whites anyway" and "you can move it back 3 inch from where it lands." ( there was also a comment from Ron about his 3" which definitely could have been taken the wrong way). Ron reached the front of the green with his tee shot and the rest of us had to chip on. Ron then sunk a 20ft plus putt for a birdie and one of the guys immediately asked "did you take it back 3" before you putted?". I followed with, move it back 3" from where it is now and we'll give you the next putt. Morten then sunk his 15footer and I dropped mine from 12ft. Poor Arnie had only 6ft and missed, which resulted in more comments.  It was a fun day.

It was also slow, and it was around 3pm when we got in. I had a drink with Ron and then a quick shower. I packed my golf bag into its travelling case and headed to the hotel. I still had over 2 hours so I thought I was comfortable for the 5:52 flight. It was still before 4 when I got back to the hotel and picked up my suit case. I put it in the boot, decided to pack my jacket into my notebook case and then shut the boot. I immediately realised I'd locked the keys in. I rang the Budget emergency number and they send someone to get them out for me. It only took a few minutes once he arrived but they estimated a 5:05 arrival.

I then rang United to look at changing flights, after 15 minutes of waiting and then talking, I was told there was no later flights that night with any seats so I booked for Sat morning. They got to the part where they wanted to charge me and found it was an AirNZ ticket and they couldn't do it. Probably would have been handy to do that first. I was then talking to ANZ when the rescue guy arrived. I decide to try to catch the flight but was too late. I didn't even take my stuff out of the car but went to check in where they put me through once again the ANZ line. With a long wait to speak to anyone, I decided there was no rush and I'd do it later.

I rang the Mensa lady who had organised the Wed dinner who offered my a bed in her guest room. She lives about 20 minutes from the airport. I extended the car rental and drove to her place and proceed to ring everyone to re arrange the flight, the limo pickup, the hotel etc. Finally I could relax.

We then went out to dinner at the Lonestar Steakhouse, where I had a steak and Lobster combo. Quite tasty. Maggie and Eddie eat there often enough to have a favourite server and know some of the other staff. Once back at their home we spent the night chatting, processing the pics from the day and she showed my the jewellery she makes, more as a hobby than a business. I would never have the patience for what she does, it is very intricate with combinations of beads semi precious stones and swaraski crystals.

It was 1am before I got to bed and I slept through to after 7. I had company - one of the 2 young cats. She seemed to think me moving about was a invitation to get patted.

It is now 9 and I leave at 11:29. I should have no problems getting there in time unless I do something stupid again.

Waldorf - greens and nuts

Thursday

At last some sleep - to about 6-30 this morning. My Game isn't till noon so I have been able to stitch together the panorama shots from the last 2 days and have added them to the earlier blogs.

The recipe above applies equally well to the salad or the golf.  Staring at midday had us out in the hottest part of the day. This course was just a bit posher. When I arrived at the bag drop, I in fact got out the car and got free valet parking. After I checked in, the bag was already loaded downstairs, complete with 2 bottles of water and ice in the cooler and 2 wet towels to clean your clubs or your self. There were iced towels for us when we finished as well.

I was told I was by myself again. However, by the time I'd hit some balls on the range a pair had turned up - 2 local guys who were neighbours and played together regularly. We were started on the 10th and that was a great choice since we did not wait all day and were finished in about 3 hours 45. I played of the second longest blue tees today and the guys off the whites which were the next shortest. Consequently, they appear in a number of the photos taken from the tees.

Scores were a bit artificial today since there were a lot of  drops out of the rough, a handful of mulligans and so forth. I lost a number of balls but managed to find more than enough to replace them. Sometimes balls were lost even after hitting straight, just disappearing into the soft grass of the second cut. Even allowing for the dubiousness of the score it was another 95, so still not fantastic. I did par the first 2 par 5s and bogeyed the other 2 but stuffed up some par 3s.

We had a similar GPS to the Disney courses. The course was again very scenic with a lot of water. In fact there were a lot of greens that sloped down to water at the back and you were punished for being long. The rough was artificially planted with spiky bushes in a lot of places as well as the natural rough of trees and brambles. If you got in there , it was generally unplayable, even if you found it.

I had passed Downtown Disney on the way to the course so I stopped in on the way back. Talk about tourist oriented commercialism. Lots of Disney items on sales for Mum, Dad and kids - clothing, toys etc. Also lots of food outlets, some exhibitions and so forth. There was also a Lego store, which had 288 bins of different, individual Lego pieces as well as shelves full of different sets throughout the store. There were a few places for the kids to build models and some very large Lego  Statues - St George and the dragon, several from Toy story and even a large Loch Ness monster in the lake.

I had fish and chips in an Irish pub, a small but expensive serving. I then headed to the outlet malls just across the interstate from the hotel. I wandered around there for a while but didn't buy anything. I would have bought some trainers in the Nike store but they didn't have my size.

By the time I got back to the hotel it was around 6 o'clock but still warm, so I had a short swim to cool off. I put through a load of washing, so I can pack all clean clothes for the next stage of the trip. I packed everything I coiled and headed out for something to eat after 9. There is a small strip mall across the road from the hotel with a lot of restaurants. In the end , I finished up at Hooters, because they had snow crabs on the menu.

Grand designs

Wednesday

 

Today's game was a 9:00 tee off at Grand Cypress, playing the East and North courses. They have a South and New course as well each of them are 9 holes.

After falling asleep at 11pm last night I woke up sometime after 3am and didn't get back to sleep. Curse you jet lag, why don't all countries just use the same time zone!

The course was less than 10 minutes away so I had plenty of time for the driving range, chipping green and putting practice. I was worried that I may have sore hands from the 2 games  yesterday but didn't expect a slight groin strain as well.

It was overcast all day but despite the threat,t didn't rain.

When I arrived at the tee I was told I was on my own and that there was a 4 ball a few holes ahead. After playing the first I was delayed as a staff member helped get the GPS working properly, I had driven off the second but a pair was coming up behind me so I waited and we joined up. Dale was a security guy at the club so knew the course well and Gary was visiting from Scotland. I worked that out before he told me.

When I drove in I could just see the sides of one hole that looked like they had deliberately planted spiky bushes to give that links look. I didn't think I would like it. However in general the course was not like that and was quite stunning in places. Greens had contoured approaches, grassy hollows and bunkers and were fast and undulating. There was also a lot of water on the course and these claimed a couple of balls, particularly the Island green, Par 3, 5th hole.

I played of the longest tees (gold) and my results followed yesterday's game. Started well with quite a few pars for 43 on the first 9 but had a poor second 9 with 52 for the same overall score.

The pair that joined me had already played the South course and left me after the first 9. I played alone and played through the 4 in front on the 5th hole. I was surprised to find I'd completed my round well under 4 hours.

The carts had a different, older GPS system. No touch screen but a row of buttons and a cursor to make selections. It had a fixed number of distance points on each hole and included a drive length option. My longest was 257m on the first which was also in the middle of the fairway. This continued for the next 4 holes and then I became less consistent.

After the game I had lunch at a Mexican restaurant near the hotel and then went back to my room. I had planned to visit the Outlet mall but fell asleep instead. I woke up at 5-30 and had to struggle to get up, shower and get ready for dinner. I was collected by the local secretary of the Mensa group and there were 7 of us at dinner. Apparently Wednesday night is not good for a dinner meeting with some people having other commitments or having baby sitting problems. One of those there was an ex Aussie member who is a pilot, with his wife and young son. WE ate at the Elephant Bar, which had a very large menu with American and Asian offerings. I had a scampi spaghetti with a lobster sauce, plus a Margarita.

Tomorrow's game is not till midday.

A bit Mickey Mouse

Monday

As I am writing this at 5am Wed morning, it seems fair to say I am not over my jet lag. Last night (Mon) I had a solid 4 hours from Midnight then tossed and turned before giving up and reading on my iPad. I must have dropped off again as my alarm woke me up.

I took pics of virtually every tee and most greens but it often needs several pics stitched together in a panorama to give a realistic impression of what you are seeing.

My first round was at 9:33 on the Osprey course - one of a handful run by Disney, so they don't just cater for kids. I selected the course on my Tom-tom and headed off with plenty of time to spare. However I finished up at a dead end at the back of some condo complex. Possibly the other side of the river and fence was the actual course but I couldn't get there that way. I selected the Disney golf complex instead, which took me back on my original route to join the end of a traffic jam. Fortunately after 10 minutes we had cleared the 4-way stop sign intersection and it was plain sailing from there. Osprey is not at the main complex but on the way there and well sign posted.

The mouse is quite prominent - on the bag drop off signs on the way in and the pro shop has heaps of merchandise. The Osprey logo also features prominently on this course and is used as tee markers. There are a number of tall poles, well above the trees with small flat platforms on top for nests.
I was soon in a cart heading first to the putting green. The greens were on the fast side but evry smooth. On the actual course there were lots of slopes and undulations as well.

I then headed for the driving range, but unlike most private clubs here, where balls are free and you help yourself from large buckets, here you needed to collect your own bucket as we do at home. It was free but required a drive back to the service desk. Despite a week off I was hitting well and straight.

The carts had a GPS screen built in. I'd seen this before in Texas but these were more sophisticated. I use a laser range finder myself since that gives me the exact distance to the flag, or anything else I can see. The usual personal GPS devices only give distances to the front, back and middle of the green so you still have to guess the pin placement. This had the pin placements recorded and after checking with the range finder,i was confident they were accurate. They could be changed to m which is what I think in and you could touch any point and get distances to there and from there to the pin. It also displayed your distance from the tee.

There was a flyover option, an electronic score card which emails you the result at the end and a message option - lost club, found club, near a pick up and so forth.

Once again I was struck by how many people are helping on the course. Unlike home where Andrew more or less does everything himself and occasionally there is a drinks cart, there were people to pickup your bag, set up the cart, give you range balls and a starter at the first tee. Then they took your bags off, cleaned your clubs and drove you to the car park after wards. Also a drink cart we saw more than once.
I was in a pair with Dan, and aircraft engineer taking a break from the family who had been at Disney the day before. He was moved into my cart and off we went. I had heard part of the story being told to the previous group but they had constructed a new first hole. After playing this we drove back on a gravel path alongside the entry road to the clubhouse and out the other side to what was originally the first.

At the end we saw that the old 18th, a long curving hole along the river was now a construction site behind fences. Not sure whether this is permanent and I guess I'll never know.

The course cuts its way mainly through pine forest and it quite pretty. There is a fair bit of water about as well.The fairways are good and quite short but the second cut rough is about 1/2 to 3/4 ball height and quite soft - real velcro. I got caught a couple of times early and dropped 3 strokes on the first 2 holes. This was followed by 6 straight pars, so I was playing very well. The 9th was a bit of a mess up with a short shot out of the velcro followed by another 3 short shorts in a row to drop another 3 for a 42. The back 9 was pretty much constant double bogeys as my drives sprayed a bit, my short game went off in the velcro and I caught some bunkers. A bit of bad luck whine my tee shot was a bit long and finished under a bush with nowhere to drop didn't help either. Finished with a couple of bogeys for 53 and 95 over all.  I played from the white tees, the second longest of 4 choices so I would have liked something around 90 or better.

I had only taken new balls with me, mindful of excess weight issues on internal US flights. I lost 2 balls, one in the woods and one in the lake but only had 2 of my starting 5 left. I'm not sure if Dan may have grabbed one of mine by mistake and then lost it on a provisional.

The people who booked this for me had told me many multi course golf facilities offer cheap replay options. I asked about this before heading off but was told I could organise it afterwards. I was quoted $35 for a second round, which seemed like a good deal since Dan paid $125 for his round,although he did have rental clubs in that.

I headed for the main complex which is past Disney world, although all you could see was a vast car park, and several resorts. The Palm, Magnolia and I think 1 other were all serviced from the one pro shop Next to the Shades of Green resort. The fist 2 of these are used for PGA comps and I played the Palm. I had 45 minutes to the first available slot, so I did some shopping, buying a shirt and some ball markers for myself and a visor for a friend. I was able to pay with a credit cards since I had about $20 cash left. This mostly disappeared on several drinks and a wrap for a late meal some where on the course.

The starter was just knocking off and I wasn't sure who or even how many I was playing with. There were 2 father son pairs and a couple of other guys turned up with Tee times different from mine but eventually my 2 guys turned up with a few minutes to spare. They were Playing more for fun than for score although there was a bottle of wine on the line and some other bets as well. They worked together  selling advertising for TV, online etc and had a dinner meeting with a golf site that night. In fact they left after 15 holes because they were running late and the bet had been settled.

I started with a great drive, was on the par 5 in regulation for a par.  This impressed the guys but it was the only one on the front 9 with a mix of bogeys and doubles for 46. Only 1 par on the back as well for a 48, 1 shot better than the morning. I was starting to question the wisdom of a second game as my hands threatened to blister and I was getting a bit tired.

This course is build in a mixture of pine and palms tress and what is quite dense rough.  I saw more of it than the morning too. The tree line is marked with red stakes and treated as a lateral water hazard. ie if you hit into the rough you drop out for 1 stroke penalty. A couple of times I went in a few metres looking for my ball or the other's and I found a handful of balls that way. Also picked up a couple at the edges of lakes or creeks.I proceeded to move these lost balls to different lakes, rivers or woods. However all this stopped when after looking for a ball on one hole. I found a nice white one, not mine, decided it was a fair swap and went back to drop it. About 3 steps away i saw a black snake, about 4 foot long. That was the last time I went into the woods. The best guess was a water moccasin, which is quite poisonous. (Google suggests it may be the harmless Blacker Racer snake)

There is a great sequence of holes from 12 to 16 around some lakes. This is quite a large open area away from the woods and there are 4 large fountains that you can see in different lakes.

After the guys left, I waited for the father son (12 years) to catch up and we played the last 3 holes together. Young Peynton played from the reds but was quite good for his age, paring a couple of holes. They got to use the "send a new cart" message when it ran out of battery on the 17th and by the 18th tee a staffer turned up with a new one for them.

It was a long and interesting day but I expect I'll just stick to one game from now on. The morning round took about 4 1/4 hours and the afternoon 4 3/4. It was getting pretty dark towards the end.

Now a change of topic - Money. We are spoiled in Australia with not only ATMs everywhere but the option to get cash from the supermarket as well. And on my holidays to Thailand and Bali, changing Aussie dollars to local currency is easy.  Last trip here, I found it almost impossible to change currency, even at a bank but was able to use ATMs. I have several cards and checked that I had remembers my pin on one I use infrequently before I left. However, I didn't actually try to withdraw money and apparently it is only at that stage the pin is checked, as I found out in Croatia, where I had to use my Westpac instead. I had used the card to pay for the holiday online and for some purchases that I could sign for.

When I tried the Westpac Visa at an ATM here, I got Unauthorised transaction. My plan to buy some stuff at a supermarket, get some extra cash (max $25!!!!) and sign to pay for it fell over when they wanted a pin. That cut out one card and the Westapc was also rejected. Since I had only $# in cash I had to leave the stuff behind. I then located a Bank ATM using the GPS. This had me leaving the shopping centre turning left doing a U turn and coming back along the same road. I decided the walk from the centre car park instead. As it turned out the ATM wasn't there and would have been inside the centre if it was. Bloody stupid tomtom. But now I'd wasted an hour and still had no food and no money so I went back to the hotel and tried their ATM. Again my Westpac was declined.

I was able to Skype the bank from my room and was told to try withdrawing from the cheque rather than the savings account. A walked to reception showed this was futile as well. Another call and a different girl said she would change the link on the CC to the cheque rather than the savings and to try again. Again no luck. I was rather pissed  off on the third call since each time you have to type in your customer name, pin no and go through the menu to get connected. I had specifically told them I'd be travelling to avoid problems as well. This time a guy helped me work out that I must have used my handicard not the credit card last year. Fortunately I remembered the pin and after trying the check account (after all thats what the second girl had done) with no luck i then tried the savings and let me tell you, the sounds of those notes being counted out was the sweetest sound I heard all day.

Back to the super market for supplies and then a steak at TGIF. Apparently the advantage of eating so late (9:15 by then) is that happy hours had started and cocktails were under $5. I had an Island something with rum and juice which was "sweet with a kick" according to the waitress.

Back in the room I started stitching the panoramas together but could hardly keep my eyes open. I had another 4 hours from 11 to 3 or so but after 1 1/2 hours awake in the dark gave up and started this. Now 6-30 and the alarm is set for 7 so no more sleep tonight.