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by Mr. T » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:44 am
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Sleeper of the WeekBy Jesse Jacobs, Fantasy Baseball Cafe RegularThe idea of paying for pitching is fading into the background faster than Mark McGwire after a steroid hearing. Why pay for pitching when one can bank on the emergence of a fantasy star such as Justin Verlander, Francisco Liriano, Felix Hernandez, or any number of young arms who will overshadow those cagey veterans? Plus, the young guns are often taken ten rounds later in fantasy baseball drafts. Mike Pelfrey has an excellent chance to emerge as this year's rookie star, and best of all, you can get him cheap.Pelfrey is a perfect example of low risk high reward. Potential is sky high for Baseball America's 20th ranked prospect. He is currently going undrafted in the majority of standard mixed fantasy leagues. If you are in a keeper league and he is on your waiver wire stop reading right now, take my word for it, and go pick him up! For those of you in standard leagues, this not only makes him available, but it means you don't have to rush him onto your roster. If a spot on your team opens up or you feel you need some always valuable pitching depth, Pelfrey is probably hanging out in your free agent pool. Now let us look further into the credentials of the former ninth overall pick. After compiling a minor league ERA of 2.43 in just 18 minor league starts, Pelfrey made it to the show. Pelfrey brought with him from the Minor Leagues a dominating 10.21 K/9. Furthermore he maintained a serviceable 1.19 WHIP over his short Minor League career. Pelfrey was formerly considered a flamethrower dating back to his days in Wichita State, but he has since become a more complete pitcher with the development of a slider. He also boasts a two seam fastball, a circle change, and a mid 80s power curveball. This will give him a formidable arsenal to work with to compliment his already mid 90s fastball which has been clocked as high as 98 mph. As is always the case with young starters, look for the Mets to be cautious of his innings pitched. Don't expect complete game shutouts from this kid just yet. Quality starts, however, should be plentiful.Now another stat that can assuredly be counted on from a New York pitcher is wins. Wins of course are a stat that are a key necessity of any fantasy team, but are very arbritrary. Wins are a stat that single handedly have propelled Chien Ming Wang to the middle rounds of many drafts. The problem with Wang, as everyone is aware, is that Jose Canseco could probably strikeout more batters over a full season. Now very simply put, Pelfrey will win games for you. One needs to look no further than his first two starts in which he was supported by grand slams by both Carlos Beltran and Jose Valentin. Despite the following two starts by Pelfrey being lackluster he still managed to record two wins in his first four major league starts with just three months of minor league experience under his belt.Now Pelfrey has securely locked up the fifth spot in the Mets pitiful rotation. Unless Chan Ho Park or Aaron Sele have an improbable resurgence, Pelfrey's spot is secure for good. Also bearing in mind that his rotation mates in front of him are Oliver Perez and John Maine, it would appear Pelfrey has nowhere to go but up. Unless of course you still subscribe to the theory that Oliver Perez will regain his Cy Young caliber form. If that's the case you might want to see a psychiatrist. The fact remains that Pelfrey has an opportunity to erupt onto the scene and become one of the most dynamic young arms in the game. So while on the lookout for another rookie standout be sure you don't sleep on Mike Pelfrey. Jesse is a Junior at Buffalo State College and majoring in journalism. He loves to talk baseball as well as almost all other sports. You can find him in the Cafe forums under the name of Cobbs87.
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Amazinz wrote:Just a head's up... The Mets/Phils game tonight might be rained out. If it is then Pelfrey will be skipped this turn in the rotation.
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The Cheap Russian Camera That Could: Lomo Turns 25
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THE PROS: Photographers Gavin Thomas and Keren Fedida show off their Lomo skills. |
Lomo's continued popularity has cemented it as more than simply a fad, with more and more acolytes joining the fold every day. "I think there will be a lot of die-hard Lomographers to come," says Thomas.
"The Lomo is not only a welcome novelty camera that can open new possibilities to the jaded professional, it is a didactic tool," says Fedida. "You can sense the amazement, as if film photography was being reinvented. I do hope that some of that joy of discovery, of disbelief will lead people to relearn the photographic arts."
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Dan Deacon, Deerhunter, No Age Kick Off Round Robin Tour
As Dan Deacon, Deerhunter, and No Age stepped onstage for the first of two round robin sets at New York City's Brooklyn Bowl on Sunday night, one reverent concertgoer summed it up best.
"Oh, man," she said to a friend. "It's like they're three gods, combining as one impenetrable force."
They were really more like seven gods -- eight if you count Deacon's light-up green skull -- but she was right on target with the "impenetrable force" part. It was a powerhouse of a set, a little less than an hour long and full of flashing lights and frenetic madness.
Both bands and Deacon crowded onto the tiny stage and performed together, taking turns playing their own songs and sometimes contributing to each other's music a reverb-saturated guitar lick here, an inhuman howl there.
Deacon brought the manic electronica; Deerhunter -- led by spindly frontman Bradford Cox -- brought the ambient art rock; and No Age's Randy Randall and Dean Spunt brought the noise.
The 600 or so people alternately thrashing and swaying on the beer-sticky floor in front of the stage were definitely there to worship. Many had waited hours in the rain while the concert, originally supposed to be held along the Williamsburg waterfront earlier that afternoon, was put into limbo by thunder and lightning. Many more had waited hours in the hot sun after the show was moved to Brooklyn Bowl -- ironically, just as the rain was starting to clear up -- and doors were pushed back to 6 p.m., then 7 p.m.
Sweaty and exhausted, perhaps delirious, they allowed each act to command them -- beginning with opener Ed Shraeder, a skinny man dressed all in white who, with a devilish grin, banged on a single drum so hard that the veins on his neck popped out and led the crowd in chanting strange verses like "Beautiful transvestite in the rain" and "Come with me to Egypt," even, at one point, directing them to stare up at one of the giant ceiling fans as he sang its praises with Gospel-like devotion.
For his part, Deacon guided the crowd toward a disco ball in the center of the room and asked everyone to put their hands on top of the head of the person in front of them and rock back and forth, then slowly lower down to their knees and come back up again. Later, before a particularly loud, energetic, and strobe-lit version of his song "Snookered," he asked everyone to move toward the walls and let a single, randomly-picked guy in a mustard-colored shirt lead them in a slow, bizarre interpretive dance. While none of this is unusual for a Deacon show, this crowd seemed particularly eager to participate, huge, druggy smiles on their faces as they followed his directions without even the slightest bit of hesitation.
The night's real religious moments, however, came during collaborations among the three acts on stage. Deacon's lush electronic effects proved to be the perfect backdrop to No Age's "Miner"; meanwhile, Deacon's "Crystal Cat" was enhanced by a spastic guitar performance from Cox and plenty of ear-splitting feedback from No Age. Those instances of simultaneous cross-genre harmony and discord were what gave the show its energy and ultimately made it well worth the wait.
And the energy didn't leave with the final song -- after joining forces to perform No Age's "Everybody's Down" and Deerhunter's "Nothing Ever Happened," the group left the stage for a quick break before coming back out to do it all over again, this time for a second wave of 600 fans who had waited out the rain, the heat, and the first set, all for their turn to genuflect.


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Adrienne Massanari is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to joining UIC, she was at Loyola University Chicago, and served as the Director for the School of Communication's Center for Digital Ethics and Policy.
Massanari has a PhD and MA from the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, Seattle, and more than 10 years experience as a user researcher, information architect, usability specialist, and consultant in both corporate and educational settings. Her research interests include the social and cultural impacts of new media, gaming, information architecture and user-centered design, youth culture and participatory culture. Massanari's work has appeared in New Media & Society, First Monday, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and Journal of Information Technology & Politics. Contact: @hegemonyrules | amass[at]uic.edu | academia.edu profile |
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Texans' Kubiak released from hospital; Phillips expected to coach vs. Cardinals
Houston — Texans coach Gary Kubiak has been cleared to leave the hospital and return home.
Kubiak, 52, is expected to miss Sunday's game at Arizona and return to coaching next week. He suffered a mini-stroke after collapsing during halftime against the Indianapolis Colts last Sunday at Reliant Stadium.
Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips is expected to coach the Texans against the Cardinals. Phillips took over for Kubiak against Indy. The Texans eventually fell 27-24 to the Colts.
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Poland uneasy over new German museum dedicated to those expelled from Eastern Europe after World War II.
WARSAW — Remembering the bloodiest war in history is no easy matter — especially for the perpetrators. That is Germany's predicament as it tries to commemorate its losses without alienating neighbors who suffered at the hands of the Nazi war machine.
Earlier this month, the German government finalized the board that will be in charge of setting up a new museum dedicated to the memory of the 12 million Germans expelled from eastern Europe after World War II.
But the very idea of the museum, and especially its most prominent backer, Erika Steinbach, a Christian Democratic member of parliament and head of the controversial Federation of Expellees, convulsed Polish-German relations for more than three years.
In the end, Steinbach was not allowed to join the board that will plan the new museum following pressure by Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, on Angela Merkel, his German counterpart.
Steinbach is not particularly well known in Germany, but in Poland she has long been a hated figure — reviled for her attempts to turn the spotlight on German suffering during the war. Poland's concern is that in highlighting its own victims, Germany will try to play down its guilt in starting the war.
Five years ago, Steinbach was pictured in a photo montage on the cover of one of Poland's leading news weeklies dressed in a black SS uniform riding on the back of then-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, warning of the influence she had on the German government.
Relations between Germany and Poland reached a nadir due in large part to Steinbach during the 2005-2007 government of Poland's right-wing Law and Justice party, which sought to play up Poland's grievances suffered at Germany's hands.
Although ties between Berlin and Warsaw warmed after Tusk's election in 2007, Steinbach's activism around the issue of the German expellees continued to dog relations between the two NATO and European Union allies. Every recent Polish-German summit has in part focused on the Berlin expellees museum, called the "Visible Sign"


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I have not experienced an invasion of the kind hinted at above, but even one roach is too much for me.
Typically, a roach would be found in the shower in the morning or the kitchen sink, and I learned that it was water they were after. Food was not thought of as such a problem since they could go for a long time without food and a roach (of the type found in Southern California) could also endure a week without water. I tested that once and found it to be true.
When we found more than one roach in the kitchen and started to see roaches almost every day, (in our single family home) we got roach traps and placed them "strategically".
It worked instantly and spectacularly. The first day, we found three dead and after that, no roaches would be found for months. The Traps were said to be effective for about three months and that seemed to be true as well.
Eventually, a roach was found and a new batch of traps was needed. Again, the roaches disappeared.
The notion that a house could be sealed up so well that it would prevent roaches from entering is ludicrous to me. Also, spreading "gels" around is not an attractive proposition. So far, roach traps seem to be the best solution.


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Give Me Your Foot
By Steve Edwards
Years ago when I did a lot of shoeing for others, I worked with every problem animal there was. The biggest problem I had shoeing was the owners. Whoops did I say that! The problem was they would not pick up the hoof, clean and inspect it on a daily basis or at least every time they rode. There is an old saying: "No hoof, no mule". The reason I know this is, I would work with a mule and get him started in the right direction then show the owner and say, " Now I want you to do this at least 4 times a week fifteen minutes a day." Fifteen minutes a day is not asking much. Now 6 to 8 weeks later I would come out to shoe and the mule and I would have to spend time training again. Folks would be upset when I would tack on an extra $30.00 to train the mule to pick up the foot or not to lean. Training and shoeing are two different jobs. Your farrier should walk up, ask for the foot, and go to shoeing.
I've stepped on lots of toes about now so let me explain. Think about how you pick up your mule's hoof. Do you reach down and pick up the hoof by "pulling on it" rather than asking the mule to give it to you? Have you allowed the mule to shift his weight so he can prepare to work with you? When you are done do you drop the foot? Does your mule lean on you when you pick up the hoof? Let's learn to do it right!
Now before I get started I want you to understand, any time you work with animals you have a chance of getting hurt or your animal getting hurt. It is very important that you think things through before you start working with Mr. mule. When you have fright you can have flight and fight. When you start getting mad or Mr. mule gets mad you need to find a good place to quit. Either start rubbing Mr. mule to calm him down or leave him to stand and think about things. Standing is a great training tool; don't shy away from using it.
Let's start at the beginning and see if we can make picking up the feet a pleasant experience. To start you need an attainable goal. Our final goal would be to have a mule that picks up all four feet and holds each up indefinitely without leaning. The immediate goal would be to achieve any kind of movement upon touching the shoulder or hip button. If your mule is young this will be a fast process, if your mule is older he has probably found lots of ways to get around this picking up the foot process. Remember to always reward by rubbing the mule and use a quiet tone in your voice. Say some thing nice and rub the mule at the same time. Something like, good for you, good mule, keeps a positive attitude for you and Mr. mule. Sorry words develop a sorry attitude.
This is how I start young mules that no one has spoiled. Keep the lessons short, always stop on a good note, this is true any time you're training or working with your mule. At first Mr. Mule may do something you don't like, for instance kick at you. If you make it a big problem it will become exactly that. Never kick him in the belly or hit him with a whip. At first he may kick at the quirt. This is not the time to kick him in the belly either. You just stay consistent, keep taping, and as soon as Mr. mule moves, stop tapping and rub and love on your mule. Remember; never make a big deal out of him kicking at you, just keep tapping.
STEP #1. I start at the left front leg, looking from the tail of the mule. It's also called the "near" front. I ask the mule to pick up the hoof by pushing on the shoulder blade. You can feel the sharpness of the bone at the middle of the shoulder. (See photo on right.) Watch the hoof carefully as you push on the shoulder blade. Look for the hoof to get loose on the ground. As soon as it does, take the pressure off his shoulder. Do this 3 times in a row.
As you touch the shoulder blade say, "give it to me." Mr. Mule will learn that when you touch the button (shoulder blade, hipbone), that's the cue to pick up the foot . | |
Now that you have asked each foot to 'think about giving' now use a four-foot long quirt. Rub the shoulder blade with your thumb and as you see the foot move tap the hoof with the quirt. Look for the smallest attempt to work with you. As soon as you see it, take the pressure off the shoulder and stop tapping the hoof.
STEP #3. Use the quirt the same way as you did with the front feet. Light taps increasing until he picks up the foot. The back foot is usually more difficult than the front.
Another problem is that folks drop the hoof after they are done. You are teaching the mule to pull a way from you by first teaching the mule to get in a hurry by dropping the hoof. When you are done cleaning the hoof put your left hand on the hip and the right hand on the canon bone and set the foot down. This training will be good when you need to care for the health of your mule. |


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Writers Are A Funny Breed LyricsArtist: Jane SiberryAlbum: Jane Siberry I don't live here--I live down the hill On this winter's afternoon The distant sun--it slowly swings the room around This room hangs on a golden chain Suspended Frozen Frozen in time since you went away Walking through your rooms I though your things Fitting--these aren't fingers these are wings It says April on your calendar It's winter now--I wonder where you are I hope it's warm and sunny--or cold and windy As long as you're fine Your house is as tumble-down as mine Crumpled papers everywhere like mine This one says "I'll write no more" That one says "don't lock the door" Writers are a funny breed I should know You said someday when we're pure and high We won't need to capture and describe The things we see or don't see We'll let things be Let things be That's when you'd leave And that is why I had to come today My mad scribbling crumpled, crippled, fey Tossing words from ledges that erode From ledges--I am not a goat I am not a piece of chalk I just want to do it right like you And now I stand here in your house Everything's so still I wonder if I'll write again Or let things be Writers are a funny breed
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* All students, including Seniors, normally carry five courses each term, but students who take at least three courses designated advanced or honors courses may carry a four-course program. (See below.) All Juniors and Lowers should take English and mathematics every term.
* By the end of Lower year, each four-year student should have taken some science.
* All Uppers should take English all year.
* In their Upper and Senior years, students should take a total of at least two-semesters of mathematics and science.
* All Seniors should take, during each term, a course in which they do some writing in the English language.
* All one-year Seniors should take one term of music. All three- and four-year students will be advised to take more than the minimum diploma requirements in the arts (music).
A large number of Smart Academy/Christian School students take College Board Advanced Placement Tests in May to establish advanced placement in college courses or credit toward the college degree. Advanced Placement examinations are offered in American History, Art History, Art Studio, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, English Language and Literature, Environmental Science, European History, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Government and Politics, Latin Virgil, Literature, Mathematics, Music Listening, Music Theory, Physics, Psychology, Spanish Language, Literature, and Statistics.
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The Jane Austen Book Club Sony Pictures Classics Rated PG-13 Now Showing at: Mariemont Theatre, AMC Newport on the Levee, Regal Deerfield and the Showcase Cinemas in Milford, Springdale, and Kenwood Towne Center Review by: Larry Thomas After suffering the tortures of the damned, which is an apt description for sitting through the Jane Austen biopic Becoming Jane earlier this year, watching anything remotely associated with Jane Austen had less than zero appeal. So imagine the surprise and joy in discovering that The Jane Austen Book Club is a really terrific movie. Three friends, one daughter, one stranger, and one guy form a book club of six to read and discuss the six novels of Jane Austen. Each person is assigned to be discussion leader on one of the books. As the title would suggest, their lives seem to parallel events in the Austen tomes, and they all find inspiration, consolation, and enlightenment in the words of the ever-popular author. Kathy Baker plays a six-time divorcee, who is friends with never- married dog breeder Maria Bello, who is friends with Amy Brenneman, recently separated from her husband Jimmy Smits. The first two come up with the book club idea as something to involve the distraught Brenneman, and keep her focused on anything but her marital problems. Baker encounters Emily Blunt, a high school French teacher with her own set of marital problems, at a Jane Austen film festival, and brings her along, while Brenneman's daughter, Maggie Grace becomes the fifth member. Bello runs into a charming, literate guy, and invites him to be the sixth member of the club, in hopes that he may become interested in Brenneman. If it sounds complicated and trite, it's anything but. Written and directed by Robin Swicord, who previously wrote the scripts for Memoirs of a Geisha and Roald Dahl's Matilda, her first feature film as a director is full of rich characters and terrific dialogue, all of which are seamlessly woven together. The pairing of NYPD Blue alumni Smits and Brenneman as husband and wife is a good move, and Columbus, Ohio's Maggie Grace as their daughter, Alexa, is a real find. Alexa is a bit of a daredevil who engages in risky pursuits like skydiving, and seems to run her love life in the same way. Emily Blunt, from The Devel Wears Prada, is Prudie, the French teacher. She is the most complicated and emotionally distraught of the group. Not only is her marriage crumbling, she also has serious problems with her mother, played in two brief scenes by the great Lynn Redgrave. British actor Hugh Dancy is Grigg, the Renaissance man who really loves science fiction, but is willing to try Austen to broaden his horizons. He's charming, rich, and thoughtful…the kind of man every mother wants her daughter to marry. How this group grows and changes, and copes with their own particular set of problems as channeled through the Austen books is so well done that it propels the film way beyond the "chick flick" category. The women are not all goody-good, and the men aren't all stereotypically bad. Granted, some of it may be in the "too good to be true" category, but some of the choices made by these characters may surprise you. The skills of writer-director Swicord in working with this terrific ensemble cast make this one of the best feel-good movies of the year.
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In claiming authorship for the failed terror attack, al Qaeda-Arabian Peninsula stated that their attack was in response to bombing raids by Yemeni forces on al Qaeda locations in Yemen. This explanation may be problematic given the time-line of events, and brings al Qaeda's stated motivation into some question.
The difficulty with al Qaeda's explanation is uncomplicated: the two attacks we're aware of by Yemeni forces on al Qaeda occurred on December 17th and again on the 24th. However, Detroit bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab purchased his airline ticket prior to both attacks:
Harold Demuren, the head of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, says Abdulmutallab's ticket came from a KLM office in Accra, Ghana. Demuren said Monday that Abdulmutallab bought the $2,831 round-trip ticket from Lagos, Nigeria, to Detroit via Amsterdam on Dec. 16.
He paid cash for the ticket and boarded the plane with just a single carry-on bag, reports [Jim] Axelrod.
Obviously, al Qaeda couldn't have launched their own attack in retribution for Yemeni or US attacks that had not yet been launched against them. There may be some possibility that there were other, earlier attacks on al Qaeda in Yemen prior to the 17th, and it is these that al Qaeda was responding to. But here I'd like to explore another possible explanation–that al Qaeda originally had a different reason for the attack, and changed it in accordance with what was happening to them in Yemen after the attack had been set in motion.
Some evidence for an alternative motivation behind the attack is revealed in this report, an AP story in USA Today:
The San'a Institute for the Arabic Language [San'a, Yemen] told the Associated Press that Abdulmutallab was an Arabic student at the school in August. That has raised questions about what he did the rest of his time in Yemen. Administrators at the school said Monday that the director of the school, Muhammad al-Anisi, has spent two days being questioned by Yemeni security officials. He remained in custody Tuesday.
Al-Lozy later told the Associated Press authorities are also looking into Abdulmutallab's frequent visits to a mosque in the old, historic part of the city and the people he was with during his stay in Yemen.
Students and administrators at the institute said Abdulmutallab was gregarious, had many Yemeni friends and was not overtly extremist. They noted, however, he was open about his sympathies toward the Palestinians and his anger over Israel's actions in Gaza.
Based on this report and others like it, there can be no question that the Israel/Palestine conflict was a motivating factor in Abdulmutallab's recruitment and radicalization. But could it not also have been the original reason for the attack itself? The Detroit attack fell within two days of the one-year anniversary of Israel's military action against Gaza in Operation Cast Lead.
Changing a rationale for attacks–while those attacks are underway–is something Americans are familiar with. We heard a series of alternative reasons for our own invasion of Iraq under George Bush, and these explanations continue to morph as time goes on.
Regardless of the questions raised about al Qaeda's 'official' motive behind the Detroit attack, it is clear that the plight of Palestinians was part of the bomber's personal motivation, and likely played a major role both in his radicalization and recruitment. It is important to note that the motivating and driving force behind an individual terrorist can be quite distinct from that of his organization (al Qaeda-Arabian Peninsula). The bomber was not radicalized, or recruited, by attacks in Yemen that had not yet occurred. Based on the information currently available, he was motivated by what he perceived to be Palestinian suffering and injustice. This is an obvious fact that US leadership seems unable to grasp, to the world's detriment.


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"President Obama today unveiled a responsible budget that should serve as a blueprint for creating jobs, strengthening the middle class and expanding economic opportunity to all. I particularly applaud the President's commitment to Social Security and his rejection of Republican demands to cut badly-needed cost of living increases for retired Americans. President Obama understands that special interest giveaways and tax breaks for the wealthiest one percent will not open the path to prosperity. Instead, we must grow our economy from the middle out.
"The President's budget continues to recognize that no federal funds should be wasted on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. Yucca Mountain was terminated four years ago, and our country is ready for an alternative approach to safely managing nuclear waste. An area that would create jobs is infrastructure. The President's budget included much-needed infrastructure investment, a priority critical for our long-term economic recovery. Another area that would reduce the budget deficit and grow our economy is immigration reform, which the Senate proved last year can be accomplished on a bipartisan basis.
"While my Republican colleagues may not like everything in the President's budget, the budget contains ideas that some Republicans have endorsed. I hope that we can work together in the coming months to find common ground on some of these issues, and work together to advance the interests of the middle class."


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Cool looking picture. I am going to be hunting antelope and mulies in the same area I guess.Never been out there, but have a reliable source there are a quite a few goats and a few mule deer where we are going. Not sure the size of the mule deer and don't really care at this point because I have never harvested one. So I will be happy to just get one under my belt and then go from there. Don't get me wrong, if I see a good one I will try my best to do what I can to harvest it. How has the winter been around the Douglas area this year? Plenty of snow here in WI if you need some for moisture. Its all Free for the taking.
I love hunting antelope.. I have hunted the same area for 3 years now.. hopefully 4 this year.. my first year i got a 78" goat..2nd year i got another 78" goat and last year i got 80".. the last picture is my 80" goat, i was 7 months pregnant so that's why im so big :) he was 16" tall.. pretty much amazing to me!
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Great pics everyone...
We hunted Wyoming two years ago on leftover tags and killed two 80 inch plus gross bucks.Almost went 3/3 but ran out of days.Great people and really special place to hunt.
We are coming back this year with some high price tags in a top unit and are hoping to track down some booners..
Nice goats Jeff! I'm planning my first Wyoming goat trip this year. What unit did you hunt? It seems everwhere I read about just how friendly Wyoming residents are.


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Installing Appliances!
We have new microwave and wall oven to be put in tall cabinet, DW, and gas cooktop. We (meaning mostly DH with help as needed from me) are installing everything except gas cooktop ourselves in our original cabinets from 22 years ago. We are paying someone to install the gas cooktop.
What a job it has turned out to be---especially the wall oven and microwave. We have 27" cabinets, and they both barely fit--we had to enlarge the cutouts for both, as well as make a lot of other adjustments to fit them in.
The wall oven was especially hard---first, that thing is HEAVY---I almost couldn't help DH to move it, and I was scared I was going to drop it. Then we had to cut out much larger hole---all that was left was the cabinet frame---for the oven. (The opening had to be cut twice, actually, because DH misread or mismeasured the first time.) Then, when we thought we could finally slide it in, there were tiny screws sticking out slightly toward the front which made it impossible to get it in the last few inches .... so, mark where the screws were on the side of the cabinet, slide it out AGAIN, and use a round file to chisel out an indentation in the cabinet frame to allow the oven to slide in.
Victory at last! But wait, it still won't go---the oven is so deep that the conduit containing the electrical wires doesn't fit behind the oven. So, after some discussion about what to do, DH expanded the small opening in the back of the cabinet at the bottom to extend all the way up--there was enough room to lay the conduit over the top of the oven. However, the entry point for the wires to come into the oven was on the side, where there isn't ANY room to get the wires through. So we punch a hole in the top cover of the oven and bring the wires through that way. Whew!
Finally, after being up two very late nights working on these, all appliances are in and working. Who knew it would be this challenging?
Yeah, it feels good to have won that battle, but we can't rest on a laurels---we have to get our old countertops out before next Friday, when the fabricators will be templating for the new countertops.
I'll be in a better position to give a report on the appliances once we've gotten things back to normal and I can put them through their paces. Initial impressions: (1) Love DW racks, they pull in and out so smoothly. Have no idea how it will work yet, as waiting to get more than a handful of dishes in it before running. (We did do a trial rinse with the empty DW to make sure nothing leaked or anything---it's really, really quiet----can't hear it when it's just running,not draining.) (2) Soooo disappointed by the roller rack in the wall oven. Following written directions, it was nearly impossible to remove the rack from the oven. If I can't figure it out, I'm leaving the fancy easy-glide rolling rack out of the oven and will just get by with the two regular ones. All I've done is play with the controls, but hope to bake/roast something tomorrow. (3) Having a new microwave is a real eye opener. I knew my microwave had been taking longer and longer to cook or warm things, but I guess I didn't realize how much time it was taking since it got worse gradually. Just to warm a cup of coffee took twice as much time in my old 1500-watt microwave compared to the new 1200-watt one. Obviously going to be a learning curve with all of them.
"Who knew it would be this challenging?"
I did! I did! ;-)
I helped my dad install a Thermador double oven in a cabinet. Also, I got to remove it a few times for repairs when some of the elements burned out. We improvised an old stool, legs cut to the correct height, to place the oven upon and then push into position.
weedmeister, Yes--we did something similar. We have a small trunk (which I keep under a console in our foyer) that holds all the attachments for our central vac. With a bath towel folded on top, it was just the right height for sliding the oven in and out (we put heavy cardboard underneath to protect the floor while sliding). It was all I could do to help lift the wall oven up onto the trunk, which we then were able to slide over to where the oven cabinet is; if we had bought a double oven, I couldn't have done it.
By the way, DH had to take it back out last night because it wasn't quite level. Added a shim and now it's level.
When I last wrote, we were facing the task of removing the counter tops. DH had checked online for ideas on how to make the removal easier and, most importantly, how to make sure we didn't damage our cabinets in the process. He decided to go with the suggestion of using a heavy duty car jack. He set the car jack on a big block of wood, then put a 2x4 on the top of it, resting under the edge of the countertop. Then it was a process of pulling it up, moving the jack and pulling up the next section down the whole length of the countertop. We also had to run a sharp edge along the top/back of the built-in backsplash to loosen it before finally pulling it off. All in all, it was a pretty smooth process---I'd recommend this method to others. It took time and effort, but everything came off cleanly. Of course, the backsplash wall doesn't look too good, but at least we didn't pull off any sheetrock. We'll just have to do some patching and evening out before the backsplash.
As far as the appliances, I only got to use my DW twice---both times it worked beautifully. I couldn't believe I was putting in those grimy dishes AND letting them sit for 24 hours before adding more dishes and runnning the DW. I actually had to fight against the impulse to rinse them, but I was determined to test out what everyone has been telling me----and you were all right! It was especially difficult to put the dirty utensils in with stuff stuck on them---if you've ever gotten a dirty fork in a restaurant, you know what I mean. But they came out perfect. I pulled out the filter to rinse it out after the two loads that were washed in the DW, and I didn't find anything there. i rinsed it anyway, but apparently the DW has liquified everything on the dishes so far. For the last few days and all of this week i'm washing dishes in my utility room until counters are installed and sink and DW are hooked up again. I'll probably appreciate the DW even more after that, huh?
I've continued to use the microwave and oven, but haven't really put them through their paces yet, as we've had the countertops off. But I've used my oven everyday and just love having a reliable one again---one that I can set the temperature and actually have it be that temperature. I thought the electronic controls might be cumbersome, but the menus are quite intuitive, and I don't have to go through dozens of screens to do what I want to do. My only complaints so far are: (1) As mentioned above, I am deeply disappointed in the rolling rack---I thought it would be so wonderful to have a rack with ball bearings in my oven, but it's proving to be a pain. I've left it out entirely. My plan is to go down to the appliance shop and ask for help figuring out how to remove and insert the rack. If that doesn't work, then does anyone want/need a roll out rack for a 27" Jenn-Air convection oven? We did experiment with baking salmon and using the auto convert feature to bake it using convection. It was fun to see how it automatically converts time and temperature, if necessary, to make the adjustments for cooking with convection. It worked great.
As I mentioned above, I can't believe what a difference there is between my old and new microwave. My microwave is just an inexpensive Whirlpool---it looks just like the Jenn-AIr, although it has less features and costs 1/2 the price. I didn't want or need the extra features, so this is working quite well for us. At first, I thought all the extra choices for "warm dinner plate," "beverage," "fresh vegetables," "frozen vegetables," etc. were ridiculous. I figured I know how long to cook or warm things, I don't need that. However, I decided that I should try them out, just to see how they work. They actualy work quite well. How does it do that? The only one that has been way off is the "beverage" choice. I heated my coffee in it and it was almost boiling over when it was finished. I think it heated it for 70 seconds, and in my old microwave I heated my coffee for about 88 seconds, and I often had to add more time. I actually only heat my coffee for 45 seconds now in the new one. Another feature I find surprisingly useful is the "add 30 seconds/start." I often just push that twice for something I want to heat or contniue cooking for just 1 minute.
So, in sum, I'm pleased with my appliances. i haven't really put them through a normal week's use, but I think I've experimented with them enough to know that, overall, I'm very happy with the choices. The only caveat is seeing whether they prove to be durable and not need excessive repairs. Only time will tell that.


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Book illustration is my most recent work. Actually they are booklets made out of beautiful brown paper. Remember the valentine sessions in collaboration with Moët & Chandon I told you about? Well these booklets are the personal stories of each couple I've met that evening. I translated it into fairy tails including personal details in the illustrations.
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Just finished this valentine illustration.
Romance is a lifestyle. It's an old novel, a pretty dress, little flowers or cute curls. It's all part of the mis en scène that makes me smile. Romance doesn't always involve a romantic relationship. It can be a feeling you get while hearing a song or watching a pretty picture. When I think about romance I think about softness and embracing your vulnerability. Of course if you happen to be in love, these sides of you will show more Read more
I'm wearing an easy outfit for a day with a busy schedule. Love these pants from Topshop, it's black with a velvet print. Got it a while back. The Ecco shoes are very comfy and I've accessorized with the cutes ASOS cat bag. The bracelet is simple and elegant, my cousin gave it to me for christmas. It's from Maty (French jewelry). Ready to hop on my Read more
This week I had two birthdays. To make the birthday cards that came with my gifts more personal I created them myself. I used some heavy paper with texture and watercolor paint for the illustrations. This is the first time I'm making birthday cards. It was so much fun to make and the birthday girls were Read more
On octobre 21 it was my birthday. This month I had to much going on, working on projects and illustrations so I decided I would not throw a party this year. I just went to the spa the entire day to relax (just what I needed). My sister Alizia (such a sweetheart) wanted me to still have some kind of little celebration. So, she surprised me a couple of days ago with a royal tea brunch at the hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam. The only thing she told me was to dress with the theme modern renaissance in mind. I was picked up at Read more
Urban Outfitters Amsterdam has arrived! Together with my friend Negin I went to visit the flagship store a couple of hours before the official opening. So, we had practically the entire shop to ourselves. It was a great opportunity to have a good look at the interior (which is awesome btw) and the clothes (there is just to much to see). Negin spotted the cutest little pink lunchbox and got it for me as well as for herself. She's the sweetest! I also tried on this dark blue coat, couldn't decide if I should get it. What do you think? The thing I love the most at Urban Outfitters is Read more
Hi darlings. On my way to a business meeting I'm wearing this powder pink skirt. As shoes I'm wearing my favorite nude colored pumps. So comfortable because the heel is not very high. To create a contrast with the pastel shades I'm combining it with my Read more
I'm a huge fan of heels. They make you feel lovely and sexy. But every now and ten I love to wear some biker boots. It's just so damned comfortable to wear flat boots. And I love the rock-ish look as well. The thing is, I feel best when I'm dressed in a girly style. So, I find ways to combine the raw street style of the boots with some Read more
Negin Mirsalehi Illustration
So, my illustration of my beautiful friend Negin Mirsalehi is finally done. I was inspired by her great sense of style and gorgeous features. Lately I've been experimenting more with abstract Read more
90s Fashion Illustration: To cool for school
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Giordano done for the year, Vermette and Timonen debut for Chicago and more...
For a trade deadline in which all of the big names had already been moved yesterday was still surprisingly busy. I won't lie though, I slept through a bunch of it. One of those rare years when you actually get sick on deadline day.
The biggest news to come out yesterday wasn't a trade but an injury report. Mark Giordano is done for th
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By: Megan Stewart
An outbreak of salmonella at an Old Country Buffet in Maple Grove in January was likely transmitted to diners by dinner rolls, according to health officials.
The dinner rolls came in contact with raw chicken at some point, according to Doug Schultz, spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Health. Around two dozen patrons reported illness and one person was hospitalized, Schultz said.
Following a standard outbreak-response inspection, Old Country Buffet was cleared by Hennepin County Environmental Health officials to remain open, Schultz said.
It is up to Hennepin County to decide if the restaurant will be penalized, Schultz said.


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Beauty Find – Vera Wang Simply Vera Soothing Balm
If you've checked out Kohl's department stores lately and entered the first floor, you may have been surprised by a new line of cosmetics from the legendary fashion designer Vera Wang, (who also has a line of clothing there).
The Simply Vera Vera Wang collection is housed in beautiful blue outer cases that are simple and chic with pretty white type.
The product jars and tubes are black and white – again simple and chic. Most of the shades in the cosmetic collection are very, pretty, feminine practical colors which help to achieve that "natural with a bit of a kick" effect. (I'll be talking more about some of the color cosmetics soon), but I wanted to start with one of the surprising stars of the collection.
Simply Vera Vera Wang Soothing Balm is a multipurpose product that at first glance is similar to other popular salves and balms on the market, but this one really impressed me.
First, the scent and taste is a honey-blend and absolutely divine! The texture of the balm is slick and soft but not overly greasy. It's like putting velvet on – that's how good it feels. It felt remarkably light on both my lips, and my skin, which is another place the balm can be used. In particular I loved using it at night on my hands, cuticles. It's also great to use around the eye area and dry elbows, feet and cheeks as well. What also impressed me what that the product does exactly what it says – my lips and skin remained moisturized, soft and smooth all day.
The finish adds a bit of sheen but it's not overly shiny or greasy at all. Coming in at half an ounce, there's also a lot of product for your money. The durable pot is easy to toss in most makeup bags and even better – only a small amount is needed to sooth and moisturize instantly. If you never thought you'd become hooked on a balm, I'll tell you now – you will when you try this one. – RLB
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The adult entertainment industry is a cash cow, this is a known fact. Every year, the adult entertainment industry makes approximately 15 billion dollars and this is also a reason why so many beautiful but poor young girls dream to becoming a porn star.
And these girls want to become porn stars because you can quickly climb up the ranks and earn millions of dollars.
Let's take a look at see who are the best paid porn stars right now.
Some of the actresses below might be very familiar to you're a fan of adult movies.
10. Gianna Michaels – $2 million
Four times winner of the Adult Video News Awards, one of the most prestigious awards of the adult entertainment industry, FIanna Michaels is one of the best paid port actresses in the world.
It seems that her success in porn movies didn't came with disadvantages because, back in 2010, she landed a role in Piranha 3D.
9. Sasha Grey – $2.5 million
In a very short time Sasha Gray became one of the most popular porn actresses in the world. She started out in 2008 with a role in "The Girlfriend Experience" and she also landed a role in "Entourage".
8. Jenna Haze – $3.5 milion
Jenna Haze, 30 years old, got out of the adult entertainment industry at the right time. She starred in more than 500 adult movies and directed 15 of them. After "retirement", Jenna Haze decided to start her very own production company.
7. Katie Morgan – $4,5 million
If you're a fan of porn movies, then you surely know Katie Morgan.
In the last few years, Katie was one of the most prolific actresses and she made a lot of money. Until he started doing porn movies, Katie Morgan got roles in Entourage, Zack and Miri Make a Porno and she also has her own radio show.
6. Bree Olson – $5 million
Bree Olson was rather unknown until she started to hang out with actor Charlie Sheen. She retired from the adult industry in 2011, but she did 230 movies.
5. Maria Takagi – $6 million
Before becoming a porn star, Maria was a pop singer in Japan. She didn't made enough money out of music so she decided to switch careers. Now she is the most popular and wealthier porn star in Japan.
4. Traci Lords – $7 million
Although she's not exactly young anymore, she had a very successful career in the 80′s. She did more than 100 porn movies and TV shows. Traci also wrote a book called " Traci Lords: Underneath it All", which was a bestseller after it was released.
3. Jesse Jane – $8 million
Jesse Jane is the third best paid porn actress in the world, as she makes around 8 million dollars per year. Besides starring in more than 75 adult movies, she also owns her very own line of sex toys, dollars, and even a tequila factory.
Without a doubt, Jesse Jane is one of the most famous porn stars of the last few years.
2. Tera Patrick – $15 million
Tera Patrick starred in more than 100 porn movies and she made a lot of money to adult entertainment producers. This until she also became one. Now she makes approximately 15 million dollars per year. She founded her very own production company, studio, and she makes approximately 15 movies / year which gross approximately 30 million dollars. Not bad Tera, not bad at all.
1. Jenna Jameson – $30 million
Jenna Jameson is the richest porn star in the world, but she is also the most famous. She did more than 160 adult movies, she made hundreds of appearances on TV and she had tremendous success with ClubJenna.com.
ClubJenna.com was sold to Playboy magazine eventually.
Who is your favorite porn actress ? Let us know in the comments below.
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it is better if people are acting porn if they like to. and i'm interested too.my best is tera patrick


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Life Settlements: An Insurance Planning Tool
By Valerie Greenberg
The Exhibit shows examples of life settlements that would have been very costly to the insured had they been dropped or surrendered. There is no set percentage of face amount paid. The offer is determined by the policy's premium amount, the type of policy, and the age, health, and life expectancy of the insured.
A life settlement is not a viatical. Viaticals are purchases of policies of the terminally ill with a life expectancy of two years or less. Life expectancy on life settlements can be up to 15 years, depending upon the company purchasing the policy.
When looking at existing life insurance policies, the following situations may be possibilities for life settlements: business succession; trust administration; estate or financial planning; commercial lending; bankruptcy; divorce; charitable giving; and discontinued employee or executive retirement programs.
For example, consider the use of life settlements in the sale of a business in which an otherwise tenuous deal was accepted. The offer to purchase the company fell $1 million short of the desired sale price. The corporation owned $10 million of key person life insurance, and most of the policies were term. The cash surrender on the permanent portion of the policies was $800,000. All policies were submitted for an appraisal, and a life settlement offer of $3.5 million was obtained. With an extra $2.7 million from this source, the company realized they would get more than their original target amount. They accepted the offer to purchase the company.
In another case, a company was sold and its advisor allowed the key person life insurance policy, which was term, to pass to the purchasers of the company as part of the assets. The purchasers of the company were able to sell the policy for a very substantial amount, because they knew about the potential value of life settlements. The advisor's errors and omissions insurance had to pay the original owner to settle a claim arising from the advisor not obtaining the value of the policy for his client.
A policy carried on the books as "no value" and ready to be dropped may turn out to be worth a great deal in a life settlement. Term policies can be considered and have been purchased. Other types of policies that can be purchased include universal, whole life, variable, and group. Policies can be owned by individuals, trusts, and companies.
When insurance coverage is still needed and a policy is performing poorly or its premiums have become unaffordable, a specific program may be used with a life settlement to replace coverage while getting cash out of the old policy. Consider an 80-year-old woman who sold a $5 million policy. She put $708,000 in the bank after purchasing another $5 million policy with a premium that was guaranteed for 10 years and a guaranteed payout of $5 million at death or the end of the 10 years. She also went from an approximate $150,000 premium on the old policy to a $92,000 premium on the new policy.
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There are also creative premium financing programs that require little or no posting of collateral. Other specialty programs include access to funders that will buy long-life expectancies, hard-to-place cases, and entire large face-value policies (many funders have caps).
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As circumstances change, the ability to obtain cash from the sale of a life insurance policy can be extremely valuable, offering an opportunity for both the advisor and the policyholder.
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New products try to give boost to AC connections.
Even in this age of Wi-Fi ubiquity, nothing beats a wired network for enhanced security and guaranteed bandwidth, especially in A/V applications. The latest iteration, Powerline, taps on your existing in-house power grid for data transmission. To further simplify installation, Singapore-based Aztech is debuting two products from its HomePlug series during CES 2008.
The HL109RN is possibly the world's first all-in-one WiFi-N router with integrated Powerline connectivity. Not only does it eliminate the need for a dedicated Powerline adapter, but it also minimizes cable clutter while supporting up to 200Mbps of theoretical fast data rate for standard- and high-definition video streaming. Another cool feature is a USB port capable of supporting multimedia playback on portable storage.
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PUBLISHED: 28 Feb 2012 15:13:29 | UPDATED: 29 Feb 2012 02:37:52PRINT EDITION: 28 Feb 2012Many Australians will have to find more than the government-approved increase for their private cover from July when a means test is imposed on the federal government's 30 per cent rebate. Photo: Michel O'Sullivan
Private health insurance premiums will increase by an average of 5 per cent from April.
But many Australians will have to find more than that to pay for their private cover from July when a means test is imposed on the federal government's 30 per cent rebate.
The government has approved premium increases which Health Minister Tania Plibersek says will average 5.06 per cent.
The increase was approved after 24 of 34 health insurers were asked to resubmit their applications to provide further evidence to justify requested increases.
"This resulted in seven insurers reducing their premiums," Ms Plibersek said in a statement on Tuesday.
The increase is 0.5 per cent lower than last year's hike.
A means test for the taxpayer-funded rebate will be imposed on singles earning $83,000 a year or more, or for families earning a total of $166,000 a year or more.
It will drop to 20 per cent for singles earning between $83,000 and $96,000, and families earning between $166,000 and $192,000.
It will fall to 10 per cent for individuals on between $96,000 to $129,000, and families on $192,000 to $258,000.
There will be no rebate for individuals earning $129,000 a year or more, and for families earning more than $258,000.
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Yani Tseng succumbed to the immense pressure of being the No 1 player in women's golf last season and the pressures of trying to defend 11 tournament titles around the world.
She felt a bit burned out in the Chinese Year of the Dragon.
The Year of the Snake, she expects, will be much kinder to her.
After a six-week break, and then a weekend off at home to celebrate the Chinese New Year with her family, Tseng is starting her 2013 campaign at the Women's Australian Open, the first event on the LPGA Tour schedule for the season.
"I was in Taiwan for Chinese New Year last week for a couple of days and I got some red envelopes for my family," she said, acknowledging a tradition at Chinese New Year. "My Mum told me last year was a bad year for Dragon, and I was Dragon. So my Mum say, 'It's OK, your bad year is over. Your good year is coming this year, the Snake.'
"I go, 'OK that's good.' So I'm very excited for this year."
In her first competitive round of the year on Thursday, she'll be grouped with Lydia Ko, the 15-year-old amateur who won the New Zealand Open last week to become the youngest winner ever on the Ladies European Tour.
Also in the group will be Michelle Wie, who is making her Australian debut and is keen to make a strong start to the season after missing the cut in 10 of the 23 LPGA tournaments she played last year as her ranking dropped into the 60s.
Tseng has held the No 1 ranking for two years, so she knows she'll have to get down to business quickly. In the other high-profile first-round group at the par-73 Royal Canberra Golf Club, four-time Women's Australian Open champion Karrie Webb will be playing alongside 2012 LPGA Player of the Year Stacy Lewis and defending champion Jessica Korda.
Korda won a six-way playoff at Royal Melbourne last year with a 25-foot birdie putt at the second extra hole to capture her first LPGA Tour title. She warmed up for her title defense with a fifth-place finish earlier this month at the Australian Women's Masters, which Webb won for the eighth time.
Tseng finished in a share of eighth at the Australia Open last year, after winning the title in the two previous seasons.
She rebounded from that by winning in Thailand in a roll that contained three titles and eight top 10 finishes until things started going wrong in May. She didn't win another title and had only three more Top 10 finishes on the LPGA Tour - all on the Asian swing late in the season.
It came as a shock for her and her fans, particularly after a stellar 2011 when she won seven LPGA Tour titles and four others worldwide.
"I know it's been a tough year for me but when I look back, I have three wins, I have 12 top 10s, so that's still pretty good," she said Wednesday. "Because all the people are putting high expectation on me, even myself too. I've been putting so much pressure on myself.
"Last year was very challenging for me and I'm growing a lot from last year. So I think now maybe last year was my best year to my career and my game to mature."
One of the important changes is learning to ignore her critics.
"Last year I look at lots of press, I look at lots of news - it drive me crazy," she said. "It was like if I finish out of top 10 and people are like: 'What's
wrong with Yani?' But I was finishing 12 or 13 but people were just starting asking me what's wrong with you?
"It hurts a lot when I see those things on the news and see what those fans are talking about me, saying 'Yani is struggling. Yani couldn't play golf anymore.' But now I kind of think through already ... and that way I can keep growing up."
Tseng said she listened to advice from her coach about focusing on the positives and not to let minor setbacks on the course lead to bigger stumbles.
"I was thinking about my score, I was thinking about world No 1 and I was afraid," of losing the top ranking, she said. "I was over thinking a lot."
Australian veteran Webb has seen the highs and the lows in her long career, and thinks Tseng's 2012 needs to be put in perspective.
"Yeah, that was a terrible year she had last year, three wins, $1.5 million. I would have hated to have a year like that," Webb joked at the pre-tournament news conference, then expanded on it. "She missed a couple of cuts, yes. She didn't have a great year, but she had a good year. I just hope that she doesn't put that pressure on herself to have one of those 11 win years. Those come along not very often."
Stacy Lewis had her best year on record, winning four titles and notching 16 Top 10 finishes to win the Player of the Year Award. Attaining the No 1 ranking is now a career goal.
"It's kind of the goal that is in the back of your mind," she said. "You're not thinking about it walking down the first hole - it's one that you're thinking about at the end of the week.
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I have a few of these Roy Williams drawings, so I'm letting this one go to auction on ebay. I consider myself a pretty fast artist, but Roy Williams was lighting quick. He probably effortlessly knocked this one out in under five seconds. It's not the best Mickey I've ever seen, as a matter of fact it's not even on model, but the drawing has charm....and it's probably the best drawing that you're going to get in under five seconds.
Waiting to get your own Roy Williams drawing was probably the shortest line ever at Disneyland just because Williams was so lightning quick!
Between drawing assignments at the Disney studio in the late 50's and early 60's, Walt would send some of his artists down to Disneyland to draw for the crowds. Sometimes this would be at the Art Corner in Tomorrowland or you could find them somewhere on Main Street, possibly somewhere near the castle. I know you could occassionally find Disney vet Bob Youngquist also drawing for the crowds.
The only thing I'm not sure of is if they ever charged for the drawings!
Regardless, it sure sounds like it was a great time to go to Disneyland.
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- JKR said...
They should still do this! Get the animators out into the sunshine away from their computers to draw again. :P
- Brian Mitchell said...
Disneyland in the 50's and early
60's was very connected to the Disney Studios. I mean it's obviously connected to the studio, but back then even more so.
Live action and animation had a more intimate connection to the park, which was in the plans from the inception, with the park to be originally located across the street from the Burbank lot.
When Disney opened the Disney MGM Studios in Florida, even though it was a movie studio with animation and live action production, I still don't believe it was as interactive as the early Disneyland, where you could meet the Mouseketeers or Davy Crockett or hold a Walt Disney cel in your hands for a buck...and on those rare days, meet the creator of the Whole darn thing; Walt Disney himself. - 5:08 PM
- BarbaraJean said...
Wow! I have one of these "To Barbara" from Roy. I just decided to look for it on the net and found your site. I think it was '59 when I got it from Roy himself and I don't think my parents paid for it. I think he was just handing them out. I have been carrying it around for about 50 years and thought it might be fun to find out it's value. So funny to find the same drawing but with a different name!
- Brian Mitchell said...
The one I have posted in on ebay now and you can follow it as the auction ends Friday night. Yes, I thought that Roy was pretty much handing these out. I have a couple of pictures of Roy that I found on the internet of him sketching at a table in front of one of the restaurants near the castle at Disneyland. The other picture looks like he's by the Art Corner and all have him in his Mickey Mouse Club outfit. I'm sure these are from the late 50's.