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Wegmans LPGA Championship
Locust Hill Country Club
Rochester, New York
First-round notes and interviews
June 8, 2012
Se Ri Pak -3, Rolex Rankings No. 33
Paula Creamer -2, Rolex Rankings No. 11
Inbee Park -2, Rolex Rankings No. 26
Mika Miyazato -2, Rolex Rankings No. 29
So Yeon Ryu -1, Rolex Rankings No. 19
Stacy Lewis E, Rolex Rankings No. 3
Grace Park +6, Rolex Rankings No. 224
Yani Tseng +7, Rolex Rankings No. 1
Just six weeks removed from a partial tear to the labrum of her left shoulder, Se Ri Pak is defying the odds with a one-shot lead after 36 holes at the LPGA's second major of the season. The LPGA and World Golf Hall of Famer appears to have made a full recovery, shooting rounds of 70 and 71 to lead a quartet of players by one stroke at 3-under-par 141 at the Wegmans LPGA Championship. Pak carded three birdies on her day, including back-to-back birdies at 16 and 17 (her seventh and eighth holes) with two bogies to shoot 1-under-par 71 on a breezy day at Locust Hill Country Club. A 25-time LPGA winner with five major championships to her name, Pak is in pursuit of her first victory since the 2010 Bell Micro LPGA Classic. Her last major championships victory came at the LPGA Championship in 2006.
"This week you come out, you don't (have) very high expectation," she said. "Of course you really want it. My shoulder isn't any problem at all."
Major champions Paula Creamer and Inbee Park are tied for second at 2-under-par 142 along with Sandra Gal and Mika Miyazato.
Helping out the youngster: As a 15-year veteran on Tour, Se Ri Pak has seen it all. From 25 victories to a shoulder injury, Pak has taken something from every round, every win, and every season. With many emerging young South Koreans on the LPGA Tour, Pak feels it's important to be a mentor to the girls and help guide them in their careers
"I tell young players as much as I could say it is great to be out here," Pak said. "I'm very happy to see you guys. I'm really proud to see you guys here play so well. It will come, but before that make sure you have to enjoy something in your life. Golf is a job. Yes it's a job. Most important thing you have to enjoy it.
"Just go out and relax just as fun. It's a game. Bad week, move on. You are not finished. Good week, yes, happy. But move on, right? Try to make it simple as I could. Most important for me to tell all Korean players if they need help that's the most I can say. Not how to make the shot, how to make this kind of lie."
Paired with fellow South Koreans Sun Young Yoo and So Yeon Ryu Friday, Pak wanted to start the round with some advice.
"Se Ri gave me really great advice and before the tee off," So Yeon Ryu said. "Se Ri said, please, enjoy the golf. Don't think about the results. So I did. So I think that's why my results is great."
"She said the great player is great golfer. But also we must be a great personality. So I really trying to be -- smile on my face and kind for lot of gallery. So I really respect her and she gave me really great advice, so I want to follow in her step."
Thinking of "Pops": Every time Paula Creamer walks up the 18th fairway at the Locust Hill Country Club this week she is overcome with memories of her late grandfather, who passed away the week of the Kia Classic. Creamer's grandfather, whom she calls "Pops," hadn't missed a single tournament played in Rochester since she started her LPGA career.
She plays with a heavy heart this week as she thinks of the memories of his presences in the grandstands on the 18th green where he used to always sit. Creamer believes those memories will be the driving force in her quest for her first season victory.
"This is by far the hardest year for me with pops not being here," Creamer said. "I've kind of been dreading this week in my mind ever since he passed away, just coming here. He has never missed a tournament this week, or at this event. That's been kind of the hard part for me mentally is really just kind of getting in my own world and every time I walk up to the 18th green, I get tears in my eyes, because I see him right behind the green. But that's part of life and hopefully this is my year and he will be there helping me out through it."
Tough competition: For Inbee Park, sitting at 2-under for the day along with Sandra Gal, Paula Creamer and Mika Miyazato is a pretty good feeling. A four-time winner on the Japanese Ladies Professional Golf Association (JLPGA), Park has found it difficult to be in contention at an LPGA event since her first and only victory, the 2008 U.S. Women's Open.
"I haven't won for a while, and I really want to win but I try, I try to play like all of the other tournaments," Park said. "I've had a couple of wins in Japan, not over in U.S., but I think it's a lot tougher to win out here. Competition is so tough. I'm just trying my best and see just what happens."
Park has consistently finished in the top-25 in each appearance this year and although she hasn't posted a win this season, she believes her wins on the JLPGA have boosted her confidence to pull out a victory this season.
Sticking around for the weekend: A total of 73 players made the cut which fell at 7-over-par 151
Waiting game: Rolex Rankings No. 1 Yani Tseng found herself in an unfamiliar position after finishing her second round early Friday afternoon at the Wegmans LPGA Championship. The defending champion, who won by 10 shots last year, had to sit around all afternoon to find out whether she had made the cut at this year's event.
Tseng fired a 3-over 75 on Friday to sit at 7-over-par after two rounds. When she finished, the cut line was at 5-over-par but with the winds picking up, the course proved to play tough in the afternoon wave. So Tseng managed to sneak in under the cut line and avoid becoming just the second defending champion to miss the cut at the LPGA Championship. The only one to do so was Betty Burfeindt, the 1976 champion, who missed the cut in 1977.
"I don't know how I shot 19-under last year," Tseng said. "And it's really tough. I know the course is very different this year. I mean, I just keep telling myself be patient, be patient. It's a Major. Everybody is going to make bogey. It's okay. But I finish with 3-over today, I wasn't happy. I was kind of very sad. Like I say, hopefully, I can still play the next few days and try to get my feel back for the next two days."
Tseng, who recorded her worst finish of the season with a T12 last week at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, played in the marquee pairing over the first two days with Stacy Lewis and Paula Creamer. While both Lewis and Creamer put themselves in the hunt, Tseng struggled to get anything going.
"That's probably the worst I've seen Yani play over two days straight," Lewis said. "Usually if she has a bad day, she bounces back, and the next day is right back in it. She got off to a good start today. She looked more confident with her swing, and then throughout the day I can tell she just lost some confidence. It wasn't the usual Yani out there."
Stacy Lewis kept herself in contention for a third victory in 2012 with a second-consecutive even-par 72 on Friday. The top-ranked American is three shots off the pace at even-par 144 entering Saturday's third-round play at the Wegmans LPGA Championship.
Lewis is the winner of two of the last three LPGA Tour events including a four-shot victory at last week's ShopRite LPGA Classic.
"My round was a little up and down," Lewis said. "I gave a few away, just not really playing smart. But I was lucky a couple of times and got a couple back. So overall it was pretty solid." The 27-year-old had a wild closing stretch including a long distance putt for par at 17 and a bogey at 18 where she drove it in the rough and hit a tree on her second shot.
Curtain call… Grace Park shed a few tears after sinking the par putt on her final hole in Friday's second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship. It was an emotional moment for the 33-year-old who wasn't sure if that would be the final putt of her LPGA career.
Two weeks ago, Park made the decision to retire from the LPGA Tour in the midst of her 13th season. She chose Rochester to be her final event and sitting at 6-over-par through two rounds of the event, Park thought she might miss the cut and thus see her career come to a close.
But Park's determination, which helped her to six career wins on Tour including the 2004, showed on the back-nine of her round on Friday when she went 3-under to give herself at least a chance of making the cut. It made a big difference as Park finished inside the cut-line to give herself two more days of golf.
It's fitting that Park will get a little more time considering that injuries stunted a career that showed so much promise early on. The 1998 U.S. Women's Amateur champion and a six-time winner on the LPGA Tour, Park seemed poised to make a big splash on Tour early in her career. But back problems, as well as a hip injury, limited Park's time on the golf course in recent years and when she finally seemed to be back on track health-wise, she wasn't able to rediscover that magic in her game.
"I had been thinking about it for a while," Park said of her decision to retire. "After getting my health back and playing every event last year, I wanted to give it one last chance at becoming one of the top golfers again. I worked really hard to get here today. Especially this past winter in trying to improve my game, improve my strength again, and I thought I could do it again. But the truth was, the reality was, that my game just wasn't there."
Park is engaged to Skye Kim with a wedding planned for November. It's just one of many new things ahead for Park, who acknowledges that she's unsure of exactly what lies ahead for her.
"I just want to take some time off," Park said of her initial plans. "I picked up this game when I was 8 years old. I've been competing since I was 10. I really never had any time off. I don't even know what I like doing because I pretty much devoted my whole life into being the greatest golfer that I could be. So I want to take some time off to find out what I like doing."
Tweet of the Day: "What?!?!? Grace Park is retiring?!?! Wow! She will be missed out here on tour for sure. I wish her nothing but the best." -- @ThePCreamer
Of Note…Jodi Ewart made eagle on the par-4 No. 1 hole, knocking in her second shot from 153 yards with a 7-iron…Karen Davies and Minea Blomqvist both withdrew after the first round of play at the Wegmans LPGA Championship…Sponsor exemption Cheyenne Woods shot a second-round 79 to finish at 10-over-par and miss the cut…Michelle Wie shot 82 on Friday to finish at 12-over-par and miss the cut. It's Wie's sixth consecutive missed cut this season.
SE RI PAK, Rolex Rankings No. 33
MODERATOR: We would like to welcome our current leader Se Ri Pak into the interview room. Congratulations, another great round out there for you today. Can you take me through the day? We've been talking to all of the players and they've been saying how much tougher the golf course has been playing out there today. Is that the case for you as well?
SE RI PAK: Well, definitely I'm happy to be back here in this seat because that means I'm doing a good round. It was. Before teeing off, we know it's a lot tougher because we could see the wind blowing. This golf course a lot harder than the last couple of years. It's always hard. But they narrowed the fairways. It actually affects it a lot, this golf course. We got a couple of rains, actually get courses little longer. It's really hard. It's very difficult because you will miss the fairway. The next shot from the rough, you have to really smart thinking.
You don't really try to make, or push your force to make par because sometimes bogey is a good number. So I try not to have a big mistake for every hole, every two shots. You miss it, you miss a lot of fairway. Of course, I did it today. I miss a lot of fairway. It's pretty hard to hit fairway from the tee because of the angles, the wind, narrow fairways, it's really hard. I just go out there and do my best, of course, four-and-a-half hours really stressful because the course is so hard. Of course, you are there, you are trying to play well; just extra.But I'm very happy about the finish today, the round, because I got a couple of great up and downs from the rough and some great putts too. So I think my momentum going from non-stop to moving forward. That's why I am here again today. So that's really good.
MODERATOR: We talked yesterday about the shoulder injury and how frustrating it is to have that injury to sideline you for a little bit. But you were playing so well before the injury, tied for eighth at Kraft, which is one of your best finishes at Kraft, and you had some much success at Majors. Did you feel good about your game before the injury and is this the result of how good you were feeling with your game earlier in the area?
SE RI PAK: I can't say really good my game starting 2012 this season. I got a really great wintertime off with my parents. My family was in town in Orlando. We spent time together for first a long time actually. I practiced with my dad. Actually he is my first coach. My coach is there but we work on together. He understand and my dad understand. He actually helped me out the easy way. Sometimes I just find the hard way. But that helps a lot. As I said, all season it's been really great for me. Probably the best off season I ever had for a long time. I really feel great about it and makes it more enjoyable, the golf course.
And the next thing I know, my golf game has been a lot better. Score well, play well, consistency and you got more distance. Overall I'm really happy. Then after the accident I'm not sure, it's going to get back right away. Right now still not 100% the way I was because I'm slowly better every day but it's still here and there and wasn't uncomfortable for me. I know it takes a little while. It takes a little more time for me to let it heal and just trying to be myself out there. I said don't push myself out there so much. That's my other problem. To go out and really give myself a lot of pressure. This week you come out, you don't very high expectation. Of course you really want it. But this time I actually tried when I come back from injury so that why it helps a lot. My mind be relief from all of the pressure. I'm trying to focus as much as I could. Then it happened this week I started pretty good.
Q. Se Ri, just explain to us how difficult it is with the shoulder? Do you feel pain on every shot? Are you compensating in any way?
SE RI PAK: My shoulder isn't any problem at all. I think from the shoulder down to my elbow. That's why the back of my elbow, I kind of feel a little bit of pinch, a little bit, soreness. But it wasn't really crazy bad about it. That's what happened from after shoulder injury. That's what the doctor said.
I said this is my first time, try first week, and I don't think I come out rushing to play the event. But I talked to the doctor and they said it's perfect, it's okay with that. But this is going to be happening anyway. As long as it keep bothers, I probably maybe stop here and there maybe one or two tournaments. But right now it feels like it wasn't going any worse. But probably full schedule this year. It wasn't shoulders any problem but just because of the shoulder what happened.
Q. Are you surprised though by what's happening? You are able to play with this? You are leading? Are you surprised by the way you are playing and able to lead with the problem, the first time out?
SE RI PAK: I was surprised because I said, the way I come back. I'm playing really well actually. The way I'm playing. I'm really happy about it. But another surprise, the scores here. The last couple of years someone has always been huge lead leading all the time here. Only one person be so easy golf course here. This golf course has never been easier. But this year it looks like a lot harder than it used to. You can see the difference of score in the first round. Normally we got at least three or four players, 4 or 5-under. Yesterday we got like 3-under is leading is probably the lowest in the first round leading. And today, because of wind, the scores are higher. It happens this golf course, but I guess, this week is most difficult conditions ever played from this golf course.
Q. Se Ri, you had Ms. Ryu playing with you in the same pairing, can you take about how you guys went back and forth? You were tied going into the final hole, how was that?
SE RI PAK: Actually the first round her and there, I know she strike it really well. Lately she got a pretty good solid round for a couple of tournaments. Just comfortable to play with her. Like Sun Young and So Yeon, for a long time a couple of years, here and there. It's probably the first time we played together, and I know they should play good. They should have a lot of confidence herself too. But today her putting work really well. Oh my God, she make some birdie putts probably longest a couple of times. She strike it well and putt it well.
Last hole she was unlucky probably the lie from the second shot. It's good to be with someone playing well. At the same time get together as a team. It helps. Because your focus is always being out there, the same time. Sometime, someone have a good day or bad day, it can affect it. This is where the golf is. It's like players. It's all team. You have to really care from your partner too. But today really solid round, both of them too. So that helps out a lot playing a good round I think and enjoyable. We are having some fun again.
MODERATOR: Se Ri, So Yeon was talking about how you served as somewhat of a mentor to her. Do you relish being in that roll with some of the other Korean players and someone like So Yeon, who have so much talent, who has been a major champion, to be able to give that advice to her.
SE RI PAK: I love to. I love to tell young player come out of U.S. play the LPGA Tour. Everybody looking to be No. 1. It's pretty hard. But not too hard to get out there as long as you find an easy way. It's easy to do. But giving more better idea to being out there at the same time. It's important how much you take care of yourself better way or best way than, you know, you are there one day. But work hard, practice hard. Of course, that's important but it's not all about it.
You have to make a better balance. You have to find perfect balance to be out there and play and try to relax at the same time. But it's pretty hard to do it. For me, late or not too late, because I'm still playing. I'm learning.
One point I think I missed something, because what it is, and this is it, I'm trying to be out there as best as I could, trying to be best player in the world. I'm trying to win a tournament, yes.
But I'm a human being too. You have to make sure you work hard but at the same time you rest hard too.
So I love from a couple of years ago, and slowly get better and better. I'm still here in great shape. That's important. Of course, I done so many things earlier. I did. But that means I'm not taking care of myself too.
But most important thing, being young is such an important age, they come out, play every day, every week, traveling. No resting. No thinking about the golf course Monday to Sunday, following the same thing. It's going to be a burn out some day. I don't know. Nobody knows. What happened? That's why I tell young players as much as I could say it is great to be out here. I'm very happy to see you guys. I'm really proud to see you guys here play so well. It will come, but before that make sure you have to enjoy some thing in your life. Golf is a job. Yes it's a job. Most important thing you have to enjoy it. So I tell them practice well, do this. This is not the answer to them. Just go out and relax just as fun. It's a game. Bad week, move on. You are not finished. Good week, yes, happy. But move on, right? Try to make it simple as I could. Most important for me to tell all Korean players if they need help that's the most I can say. Not how to make the shot, how to make this kind of lie. I can tell them all day long all year long but this is not the answer.
PAULA CREAMER, Rolex Rankings No. 11
MODERATOR: I would like to welcome Paula Creamer into the interview room. Paula, a great round today. Can you just take us through your round and what was working well for you today?
PAULA CREAMER: Yes, I started out with a bogey but got it right back on the third hole with a birdie. I hit the ball off the tee, I think, better than I did yesterday, just unfortunately didn't take advantage as much with my irons. But it is playing really tough out there. It's difficult. This is the hardest I think it's ever played, and the scores are showing it and pars are what you want out there.
When you get those opportunities for birdies is really when you have to take advantage of it. I have been trying to do that more this week than I think any other week.
MODERATOR: You started the week off pretty strong yesterday, tied for fourth, and today still at the top of the leaderboard. What do you think you will need to do to keep your momentum for the weekend?
PAULA CREAMER: It's going to continue drying out, hopefully we miss a storm this afternoon and tomorrow. It's only going to get harder. I'm sure the pin placements are going to get even more difficult. I'm just going to have to try to keep doing what I'm doing.
My attitude, I think, is what I have been really working go on out on the golf course, besides changing my golf swing and things like that. If I don't have a positive vibe, or energy out there, it's going to be a long day. So I have really been trying to watch my demeanor on the golf course and so far so good.
MODERATOR: The leaderboard is pretty crowd for the most part, what do you think you will need to do to set yourself apart from the rest of the field and on potentially run away with it.
PAULA CREAMER: I can't really change what people are doing. If somebody gets hot, so be it. I just got to keep up with them. Where I am at right now, I played pretty good. I played well. I've played solid. I made my mistakes. But at the same time I'm right in contention. It's going to be a good weekend. I'm sure there is going to be -- it's going to stay a little windy, so it's going to be hard and it's going to put a premium on hitting fairways and greens.
Q. Paula, it's playing tough today. It seems it's playing tougher today, the winds are blowing. Would you say conditions are worse today than yesterday?
PAULA CREAMER: Yes, definitely. It's hard out there. It's very breezy in certain spots. Some of the holes, the driving tee shots with this kind, gets pretty narrow down there, so it does put a premium on the fairway. But this golf course without wind is hard right now. When you add the factor trying to stay below the hole with these front pins that we have today, and with this type of wind, it's hard. 2 putts are good out there. The good thing about this golf course, if you do hit it in pretty much in the middle of the greens, you are really not that far away. But above the hole is just so penalizing that you have to put a premium on your good iron shots.
Q. At 2-under you got to feel pretty good? You are in a nice spot there?
PAULA CREAMER: If somebody said, do you want even par before you went out there? I would have said yes today. It's difficult.
I'm playing well. So at the time I like being challenged, so I can go out and try to make birdies. But I'm very pleased with where I am at today. I'm sure I will be a couple behind by the end of the day but there is a lot of golf left.
Q. I know you love it here. Again, for the fifth year in a row, do you feel it's finally your time to get a win at this golf course that you started here as a pro and all of that stuff?
PAULA CREAMER: I hope so. As long as I keep doing what I'm doing, we'll see on Sunday. This is by far the hardest year for me with pops not being here. I kind of been dreading this week in my mind ever since he passed away, just coming here. He has never missed a tournament this week, or at this event. That's been kind of the hard part for me mentally is really just kind of getting in my own world and every time I walk up to the 18th green, I get tears in my eyes, because I see him right behind the green.
But that's part of life and hopefully this is my year and he will be there helping me out through it.
Q. As someone who has won a U.S. open, do you feel like you are equipped to win here because you have won on a top golf course? Does this remind you of a couple of years ago when you won the U.S. Open?
PAULA CREAMER: Without a doubt. I love this kind of golf. This is to me what it's all about. It's hitting shots. It's hitting fades, hitting draws, knock downs, everything. It's not just trying to land it on a huge fairway. You have to golf your ball around out here and that's what you have to do at Oakmont and that's what you have to do at most Majors and this is right up there with it. This is difficult. This is a tough test of golf.
INBEE PARK, Rolex Rankings No. 26
MODERATOR: We would like to welcome one of your current leaders InBee Park into the interview room. Congratulations, a great round out there, 2-under par. We are not seeing a lot of low scores out there. Take me through the day and tell me how you were able to score and how you feel about being on the top of the leaderboard right now.
INBEE PARK: Today I hit a lot of fairways, that was the big key today. Yesterday I was struggling a little bit with the ball striking but today it was much better. And I think I missed only two fairways and that was just like in the first cut. So I that just helped me a lot today. I gave myself a lot of opportunities for birdie. It could have been a couple of more but I'm really happy with the way I played today. And two more days to play so I'm looking forward to it
MODERATOR: The last two years we seen the winner getting to 19 under par and this week it seems that everybody is struggling to stay under par. What's been the biggest difference that you've seen on the course and how much tougher is it playing?
INBEE PARK: I think it's playing much tougher this year because I think they narrowed the fairways and the rough is a lot longer than all of the other years that we played. I am really used to seeing this golf course because I play this golf course so many times and it was playing easier. I try to play the same as the years that I played before, and I really love this golf course. So maybe some good results.
MODERATOR: You're a Major champion already in your career, what would it mean to you to win this tournament as another major to add to your resume.
INBEE PARK: I mean any tournament would be good for me but especially being a Major, and I really like the tough golf course so I think that's going to give me some advantage, especially winning the U.S. Open, 2008, that helped giving me a lot of confidence going into these kind of tournaments.
Q. Inbee, you obviously won the Women's Open as Kelly said and you are contending here this week, what's it with you and hard golf courses; do you just prefer more of a challenge, tight fairway, that kind of thing?
INBEE PARK: No, I think I just don't like going too low. I mean a lot of girls out here, so good competition. I mean it's tough to shoot 6 and 7-under every day. They are doing it every week. So it's really tough to catch them. But this kind of golf course, I think it's really tough for everybody, so I think that works for me.
Q. Inbee, how do you approach this weekend because it has been a couple of years since your last victory? How do you go into this weekend and keep a good mindset obviously?
INBEE PARK: I haven't won for a while, and I really want to win but I try, I try to play like all of the other tournaments. I've had a couple of wins in Japan, not over in U.S., but I think it's a lot tougher to win out here. Competition is so tough. I'm just trying my best and see just what happens.
MODERATOR: You mentioned those wins over in Japan, I know you were playing over there frequently recently, what did that experience do for your game and how much confidence winning over there has that kind of brought over now?
INBEE PARK: I think mostly confidence-wise it just gives me a lot of confidence playing over there and playing well over there. So that gives me confidence that I could do good over here, too.
MIKA MIYAZATO, Rolex Rankings No. 29
Q. Walk me through your round, what was working for you today, what wasn't working for you today?
MIKA MIYAZATO: Tee shot (Inaudible) so much wind out there. Plus the second shot, my distance not very good. So I try to figure out with caddy. But still tough on the front 9. So I tried the back 9 a little bit better.
Q. You've started the week off pretty strong tied for fourth yesterday and tied for 2nd, what do you think you will need to do to continue that throughout the weekend?
MIKA MIYAZATO: Getting difficult I think next two days. So I need still patient, more important I think.
Q. The leaderboard is pretty crowded, a lot of people tied for second, a lot of people tied for 6th, what do you think you need to do to set yourself apart from them?
MIKA MIYAZATO: One shot, one time I think more good for me.
SO YEON RYU, Rolex Rankings No. 19
Q. I know not the finish you were hoping there on that last hole but overall pretty pleased?
SO YEON RYU: Oh, yes, actually last week my coach, Ian Triggs, came to the ShopRite Classic so I fixed my swing a little bit. So my driving distance go more far. So today the second shot was a little bit more comfortable. I hit a lot of short, short iron. And especially today my putt was severe because I made lots of really long putts. Unfortunately last hole I hit the 5, my tee shot was a little too aggressive.
But I think my game is getting better and better, especially today I'm playing with Se Ri Pak. And Se Ri gave me really great advice and before the tee off Se Ri said, please, enjoy the golf. Don't think about the results. So I did. So I think that's why my results is great.
MODERATOR: I know you and Se Ri have been close having her last year walk with you in The Open, can you talk about your relationship with her and what she has meant to you?
SO YEON RYU: Yes. Yes, to this day she give me really, really nice advice, lots of things. She said the great player is great golfer. But also we must be a great personality. So I really trying to be -- smile on my face and kind for lot of gallery. So I really respect her and she gave me really great advice, so I want to follow in her step.
Q. I want to ask you about the Women's Open media day, you wanted to play with Se Ri, right, but she ws hurt and came and walked with you, right?
SO YEON RYU: Yes, just the first nine holes, yes.
Q. What did that mean to you?
SO YEON RYU: Se Ri gave us some tip. She said actually the golf course is really, really tough. Even bogey is a great number so don't be high expectation. And she said don't practice too much at this golf course. So first I couldn't understand it. But next day I practice alone. But I understood it. The green is really, really tough and even the distance is really long. It's 7,000 yards. So I think it will be the hardest golf course.
Q. I know you won the U.S. Women's Open last year and everybody talks about the tough conditions at U.S. Women's golf courses, but everybody is talking about how difficult this golf course has been, do you like tough golf courses?
SO YEON RYU: Yes. Normally I like a tough golf course. But I think this golf course, the fairway is too narrow. The rough is so thick. Sometimes my wrist is a little hard and the tee shot was really, really tough. But everybody have the same conditions. So I just want to think about my golf and absolutely the tee shot is really important.
Q. Does this feel like a U.S. Open?
SO YEON RYU: A little different because the green is a little small. Actually U.S. Open golf courses the green is normally big. But this is a really, really narrow fairway. So it's kind of a little different but this is a Major tournament.
Q. This seems like a brutal experience for some many players, how tough is this golf course compared to others that you have played, one of toughest?
SO YEON RYU: Yes, yes. Even today I play really great without the last hole. I made double bogey the last hole. We can't imagine the results. If we finish the 17th hole, if I finish really great. But still chance to be really tough hole the next hole, the 18th hole. So the green is really small and the rough is really thick so even chip is really hard, so I think a lot of part is really tough.
STACY LEWIS, Rolex Rankings No. 3
MODERATOR: We would like to welcome Stacy Lewis into the interview room. A solid round out there today, kept yourself in it which seems to be the theme this week. It's just putting yourself in position not to fall too far out of it. Take me through the day and how much tougher this course is really playing this year than in years past?
STACY LEWIS: Yes, it's a lot tougher than the last couple of years. The rough is long, but it's the longest, it's the longest right off the fairways. So you barely miss the fairway, and you don't have a shot.
My round was a little up and down. I gave a few away, just not really playing smart. But I was lucky a couple of times and got a couple back. So overall it was pretty solid. There is a couple of things I could have done better. I'm hanging in there, and I am happy with it.
MODERATOR: Looking at your group, you and Paula have been playing pretty well, but you guys were playing with Yani, and she has been shooting what we are not typically used to seeing from her. What was the biggest thing that you saw from her the last two days and how much different did her game look than what we've seen over the past year?
STACY LEWIS: I was shocked. That's probably the worst I've seen Yani play over two days straight. Usually if she has a bad day, she bounces back, and the next day is right back in it. She got off to a good start today. She looked more confident with her swing, and then throughout the day I can tell she just lost some confidence. It wasn't the usual Yani out there.
Q. I asked Paula the same question, it was harder today. Give me your impression of the wind and what exactly was happening. It was so tame yesterday, but not today it looks like?
STACY LEWIS: Yes, yesterday it was pretty scorable, especially in the afternoon. There was hardly any wind. Today the wind, it was brutal.
In the beginning of our round it was switching around, you couldn't really figure out the direction. And then once we hit 9, I mean, from there on it was blowing pretty hard. It was hard to trust certain numbers because the wind gets blocked from the trees a lot of times here. It was really hard out there. A lot harder than yesterday.
Q. When you see back-to-back 19-under par winning on this golf course, was there some question coming in about is this place truly a Major championship venue if that can happen? And once you've answered that part, tell me what you think now.
STACY LEWIS: I don't know. I was surprised actually the last two years that they got that low. I think this is the kind of course though that if you are hitting it straight and making some putts, you can shoot a low number. I wouldn't say I was surprised. It was just one of those weeks for Yani and Cristie that everything was firing on all cylinders. So I think with the rough up, and the greens firm, this golf course is hard enough. To me, I don't think there was a question about that before we came here.
MODERATOR: As you are talking about how tough that is, there is a Major championship mentality that everybody talks about with the U.S. Opens and the toughness and having to grind it out. Is it getting that feel where you just sit there and seeing who can survive at the end of the week?
STACY LEWIS: Yes, I was. In the middle of the back 9, I think I was counting down the number of holes we had left and how many shots I really had to focus on and get through. It's so hard.
If you miss a fairway by an inch, you have no shot, and you are making bogey at best. You have to keep your focus. You are going to make a bogey. You are going to make a bad swing and just move on.
MODERATOR: What do you think is the biggest key heading into the weekend of what it's going to take to pull out a victory here?
STACY LEWIS: I think it's just that same mentality. It's all mental. It's keeping it on the right side of the hole. There is a couple of hole locations out here you just can't get it above. That was a couple of things I did today. It's playing smart, get on the right side of the holes, and just staying as much patient as you can.
Q. You guys had the Marquis pairing, you must have had huge crowds out there, what was that like and how does it add to the start of a championship?
STACY LEWIS: It was a lot of fun for me. I haven't played with both Yani and Paula together with the big crowds like that. So it was a lot of fun and it was really cool. The people watching knew how hard it was playing. They were really appreciative and clapping for good shots. They were struggling through it with us. But it was a lot of fun because that was kind of a first time for me.
GRACE PARK, Rolex Rankings No. 224
MODERATOR: Everybody, we have a very special guest with us today. Six time winner on the LPGA Tour in her 13th year, a Major championship winner. Won the 2004 Kraft Nabisco championship. Also was the winner of the 1998 U.S. Women's Amateur, Grace Park. This is an emotional day for you, emotional moment this week. You have decided this is your last tournament on the LPGA Tour. Can you just share with us your decision on coming to this and kind of what your thoughts were out there as you finished your round today?
GRACE PARK: I don't even know how it came. I had been thinking about it for a while. But after getting my health back and playing every event last year, I wanted to give it one last chance at becoming one of the top golfers again. I worked really hard to get here today. Especially this past winter in trying to improve my game, improve my strength again, and I thought I could do it again. But the truth was, the reality was, that my game just wasn't there. Honestly it just wasn't fun playing. I know my work ethics, my heart is still there, but not seeing the results was really painful, hard to deal with. So, yes, I made the decision.
MODERATOR: I know you talked about all of the injuries, playing with quite a few injuries with your back and various other ailments throughout your career, how frustrating is it to have dealt with those injuries and known such a promising young golfer and still for everything you accomplished, what the injuries kind of hampered you?
GRACE PARK: Yes, my back got really back 2005. That was the year after I had my best year out here winning 2 tournaments, Kraft; one Vare trophy, and I should have taken care of it back then. But I was playing so well that I just hate playing with the pain, and it just became worse and worse where I couldn't practice anymore, where I couldn't do anything. So my rankings started to fall. Back got worse. I was miserable. It was a downward spiral. Just everything was getting worse and worse.
MODERATOR: As I read off that list of all of your accomplishments, it's pretty impressive long list there, and you have had a wonderful career, when you look back, what are some of the memories that are going to stand out to you the most?
GRACE PARK: I think it's that I was able to perform really well at every level. I was Junior Player of the Year, College Player of the Year, Amateur Player of the Year. I didn't quite make it out here on the LPGA Tour. But I had some great wins and great memories, so I will cherish every one of them.
MODERATOR: I know you have some other exciting things coming up in your life, getting married in the fall?
GRACE PARK: Yes.
MODERATOR: What are your plans going forward now that this part of your career is coming to an end.
GRACE PARK: I have no idea. I don't know. I just want to take some time off. I picked up this game when I was 8 years old. I've been competing since I was 10. I really never had any time off. I don't even know what I like doing because I pretty much devoted my whole life into being the greatest golfer that I could be, that I want to take some time off to find out what I like doing. I don't know. I'm just going to enjoy some time with family. I was away from them for 20 years. I'm ready to go home and just be with my fiancee and my family and friends for now.
Q. What goes through your mind knowing that the first tee is going to be your last round as you reach the last hole?
GRACE PARK: It's funny. I imagined it. I pictured it for the past couple of weeks. I was in fact more emotional last weekend in Atlantic City when I knew it to myself, my family knew it, knowing that I was going to retire in two weeks. I was very emotional. Also early on this week, Monday, Tuesday, I was going out to lunch and dinner with my friends and everybody saying oh, it's our last time. They were crying. I was crying. But came yesterday I was fine. I think it was in that tournament mind again. I wanted to just focus and not think about it. But this last back 9 I think I gave it all. I started to feel a little butterflies and started to get little tears in my eyes. Oh my gosh. The last back 9 I was very emotional, and I shot 3-under. I should have gotten more emotional more often.
Q. What if you don't make the cut?
GRACE PARK: You know what, I wanted to make the cut. I played my heart out. I made the turn at 9-over, and I shot 3-over on the back. So I still wanted to play through the weekend. I hope the wind blows and people start making bogeys.
Q. Grace, we all kind of know Se Ri Pak in 1998, but you were actually the first Korean player a lot of us ever worked with. In that sense you were also a pioneer. Maybe your thoughts about what you've seen in your career since you have been on the LPGA Tour?
GRACE PARK: It's amazing, the transformation, or I don't know what the word is, but the changes there have been since the '90's or early 2000. Just everything about it. Not just with the Korean players, but with American players, Europeans. The field is younger. The skills have really escalated. It's not just an American based Tour. It's a world-wide Tour now. Everything. I'm very glad that I was able to participate in this and also be recognized as one of the pioneers of Korean women's golf.
Q. How did you and your parents decide at age 12 to come over here since you were kind of the first to do that; just kind of talk about that decision?
GRACE PARK: Golf back in the 90's or 80's wasn't well known back in Korea. My parents became avid golfers, and they saw potential in me because I was such a great athlete, that they wanted to give me the best opportunities to learn English and pursue a golfing career. Opportunities that we had back in Korea was nothing compared to what was available in the states. Yes, they moved me. I came to Hawaii where I have some family members, lived with them for two years and the travel was too difficult going from Hawaii to the mainland. So I moved to Arizona in hopes of attending Arizona State University which had the best women's golf program in the country at the time. I moved there all alone when I was 14 years old, and I have been there ever since. The rest is history.
Q. Grace, I know you said you need some time to figure out what you like to, but do you see yourself being involved in an advisory roll with younger golfers as you say The TOUR now is global, and after you had some time to find yourself, do you see yourself being a mentor or an official in some capacity?
GRACE PARK: I would love to be. I'm not counting anything out. I don't know for sure, but I don't think I can be away from golf for very long. I might not be competing as a professional golfer, but I realize over the past 20 years that I did it because I love this game. Golf will always have a big part in my life, and I would like to, you know, one day have a roll -- have another golfing career beside a professional competitor.
MODERATOR: Grace, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for all that you have done in your 13 years on the LPGA Tour and even better that, I shared with you the story I got to watch you in the 1998 U.S. Women's Amateur and I know, like myself, you inspired a lot of young girls to really love the game, and we will miss seeing you out here. Thank you again.
YANI TSENG, Rolex Rankings No. 1
Q. What are you thinking right now after the way everything went last year and to be in this spot?
YANI TSENG: Just hopefully I can still play the next few days. It was a really tough day out there. I play so good the front 9. Didn't make any putts. It could be so much a better score today. And I didn't play well on the back 9. But I hung in there and I didn't give any shot. It was very disappointing but, hopefully, I will learn something from this two days and hopefully I get it back next time.
Q. What's the difficulty out there, for you and all of the golfers?
YANI TSENG: Yes, I think it's my mental. I did my best. I focus on every shot. The golf course is very tough and the rough is very thick. If you get in there it is really hard to save par from the rough.
Q. What was the biggest thing with those putts on the front 9 that you couldn't get them to drop?
YANI TSENG: I didn't read well. I putt good. I made some good strokes but didn't drop any putts. The first six holes I had inside 12 feet on every hole, and I didn't make anything. It was just hard to make par on this golf course. It's hard to shoot low score.
Q. Does it get more frustrating because you made it look so easy last year?
YANI TSENG: It is. I don't know how I shot 19-under last year. And it's really tough. I know the course is very different this year. I mean, I just keep telling myself be patient, be patient. It's a Major. Everybody is going to make bogey. It's okay. But I finish with 3-over today, I wasn't happy. I was kind of very sad. Like I say, hopefully, I can still play the next few days and try to get my feel back for the next two days.
Q. You are talking about things you said yesterday, you are frustrated because you felt you were hitting well on the range and mentally things don't come the way you want them to, that's been the last few starts, what do you think that is, or are you still trying to figure that out?
YANI TSENG: This morning on the front 9 I shot very well. I hit it in the front fairway, hit it in the green, keep very close to the pin but just didn't make a putt. But I mean I still finished 2-under on the front 9. It was pretty good. But the back 9 I struggled with my driving. I think very much it was my swing.
Q. You are never on the cut line, or you don't ever appear to be, what's it like for you to be sitting here waiting out a cut?
YANI TSENG: I know I told my caddy maybe we go play Oakhill tomorrow. It was tough because I don't know how many players needs to makes the cut. I will find out later. I don't want to see anybody play bad, but hopefully some people -- I'm still hoping to make the cut tomorrow.
Q. Do you see this as just sort of the normal ups and downs of golf?
YANI TSENG: It is normal. But I think I'm too far over. I was off these two days how I play. It should be much better. But the reason I feel better, maybe because Rory had three weeks cut in a row, if I didn't make it, maybe I will feel better too. But I learn something from this day. I will try to.
Q. You had so many responsibilities being No. 1 player, does that add to the tension if you will? It looks like you dealt with that pretty well, and that's not what's bothering you?
YANI TSENG: There is pressure there. There is still pressure but it's way far off.
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May 14
by RABBI S.WEISS
Our Sedra of B'Har begins with the Mitzva of Shmita (which is fast approaching here in Israel!). Rashi asks why it is davka this Mitzva – of leaving the land untouched every seventh year – that is said to have been given on Mount Sinai. Rashi offers the cryptic answer: "Just as this commandment was said on Har Sinai, so ALL the Mitzvot emanate from there (as opposed to being man-made)."
Okay, fair enough. But I still don't see why Shmita has to be the Mitzva that represents all the other Mitzvot. Why not choose kashrut, Shabbat, love the convert, etc? What is it exactly about Shmita that makes it so special?
Apr 14
by RABBI S. WEISS
Metzora is a lonely Sedra this Shabbat. Usually coupled with Tazria or Parshat HaChodesh, it is rarely left like this to fend for itself. But don't feel too bad for it; the lonely Metzora may actually be the key to our Redemption!
The famous Gemara in Sanhedrin 98 depicts Moshiach as a Metzora, a tzara'at-stricken sufferer, who sits, all bandaged up, at the gates of Rome. There he faithfully waits – in each and every generation – until the Jewish People will finally unite as one nation under G-d and merit his coming.
Now, of all the different guises we might have guessed for Moshiach, this one is surely the strangest! Talmid chacham, nobleman, military hero or leader of men, THAT I would understand. But tzara'at victim? What is that all about?
Mar 14
by RABBI S. WEISS
Talk about strange bedfellows! Our parsha of Tazria contains two seemingly opposite subjects: The birth of a child, & the disease of tzara'at, which renders a person spiritually impure. The first is a source of joy & blessing, the second a cause for grief & embarrassment.
So why are they put together in the same Sedra?!
Mar 14
by RABBI STEWART WEISS
"I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow."
Scarlett O'Hara
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the epic film, Gone With the Wind. The grand, sweeping drama revolves around the spoiled daughter of a wealthy Southern plantation owner and her dashing beau Captain Rhett Butler, played out against the backdrop of the American Civil War. It captivated audiences worldwide and won numerous awards, including Oscars for best picture, best director, best actress and best supporting actress (to Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American ever to win an Academy Award). The film, the most successful in box-office history, is based on Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller published three years earlier. Gone With the Wind – the only book Mitchell would ever write is considered by American readers to be the second favorite book, just behind the Bible, and has to date sold 30 million copies. The movie has been seen by hundreds of millions of people, graphically bringing home the trauma and tragedy of the War Between Brothers, the bloodiest conflict in the history of the United States.
Mar 14
by RABBI S. WEISS
One of the most tragic – & mysterious – of all events in the entire Torah occurs in our Sedra:
Nadav & Avihu, Ahron's oldest sons, offer "strange fire" as part of the incense offering, & they die.
Commentators offer a variety of different reasons for their death:
– They decided a law in front of their rabbis, Moshe & Ahron;
– They were intoxicated;
– They added a new offering to the Avoda othat had not been commanded to them;
– They added an extra ingredient to the Korban.
The fact that there are so many diverse opinions seems to indicate that no one really is sure exactly what went on here.

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Sylvia Carrizales is a San Antonio native and communications professional who has loved Tejano music since she first heard it in the early 1990s. Sylvia started writing about the Tejano music scene in 1995 while a student at John Jay High School where she started a column for the school's paper called "Tejano Beat."
Monthly Archive for November, 2010
Elida wins, Emilio's back tonight
The historic Return of Emilio Navaira will take place on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, at El Fuerte Nightclub in San Antonio. It's the most anticipated comeback concert of the year and you can see history in the making tonight at El Fuerte on 7011 San Pedro. The Grammy-winning Los TexManiacs will also perform. News reports […] [Read More]
Raulito 'shuffles' in Somerset, Emilio returns Nov. 13
Text and photo by Albert Villegas – Contributor/Photographer – TejanoBeat.com Raulito Navaira shows off his unique shuffle during the annual Veteran's Homecoming Parade in Somerset on Saturday afternoon. Raulito, who is promoting his CD, "Por Mientras," was the grand marshal of the parade and performed later that day. More local/area concerts this weekend include: Tejano […] [Read More]


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Monthly Archive for April, 2010
FREE Spay Neuter clinic for local residents
In an attempt to curb the pet overpopulation problem in San Antonio, Animal Care Services is hosting a series of FREE pet sterilization clinics. The first clinic will take place Monday, April 19th at the Eastside Boys & Girls Club located at 3503 Martin Luther King Drive. The clinic will operate on a first come, […] [Read More]
Low Cost shots-Saturday clinic!
Animal Care Services is urging local pet owners to get their companion animals vaccinated in an effort to lower the threat of diseases like Distemper, Parvo and Rabies. The community's low vaccination rates have led to a recent increase in the number of sick animals being brought into ACS and other local animal shelters and […] [Read More]
Need for temporary 'pet parents' rises
Imagine coming into work every morning and finding a taped up box or dirty laundry basket full of newborn puppies or kittens. If they're lucky, they're reasonably healthy and crying for food. More often than not, they're covered in fleas and barely alive. It's an everyday reality for staff at our community's animal shelters. Every […] [Read More]
More tools for local animal rescues!
Animal Care Services and the San Antonio Area Foundation are offering more capacity building workshops for local rescue groups and animal organizations. These capacity building courses are geared towards the needs of animal welfare groups and they're FREE to all AAPAW members (and just $10 for non-AAPAW members). Taught by the Nonprofit Resource Center of […] [Read More]
Low-cost vaccination clinics
Vax Clinics Flyer.pdf Given the community's pet disease rate, Animal Care Services would like to encourage residents to bring their companion animals to one of several scheduled vaccination clinics. Hosted in conjunction with local veterinarians, the low-cost clinics will be held several times a month through June. Vaccination packages start at just $20 with individual […] [Read More]
Easter animal sales illegal
Animal Care Officers will be out in full force targeting residents selling baby animals during the Easter holiday. According to the city's animal laws, it is illegal for any person to sell or offer for sale, barter, lease, rent or give away baby chicks, duckling, other fowl or rabbits less than 8 weeks old as […] [Read More]


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March 09, 2012
We're a dream a baby is having ...
This is an amazing playlist! Just up-beat enough to let you hum to the tunes with energy but enough down-tempo to keep you in your chill zone. The balance. Perfect!
Great set!! :) Love it!!
i cant get enough of this playlist. its my all time favourite and there is not a single song in the playlis that i dont like. i love them all
What a perfect playlist! So far, I absolutely love every song I hear! Great job!
dreamy beats.... :)) perfect to get stoned
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I want this to be the soundtrack to my life.
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Do you ever know the feeling of working against yourself?
You never know you are until the most inconvenient moment…
At first you feel as if you are helping yourself
And soon it turns into something else, but the worst is yet to come
Say you have an assignment for school,
And this assignment (might I say is not a difficult one)
Was to write a free verse poem much like this one
You write the poem, it's amazing!
You think the assignment is done.
The time comes to type it on the computer but you find,
It's lost!
You franticly run around like a chicken with no head looking for something
That will never be found….
Inspiration like that is easily lost
You must use it before it's gone…
Gone. Gone? Gone!
The horror! You need to redo the poem
Your brain is blank, a copier with no ink
And a printer with no ink is useless,
Once you change this brand of ink it's never the same
You must come up with a new idea
Something fresh something new something—Ahh!
You get it now, you will write about "working against yourself"
You see I am the printer with no ink.
My lovely poem was probably my best work
Not to toot my own horn or anything, but this
This is golden
A once printer with no in
Is now overflowing with ideas
Things that will change the world forever
Sometimes in order to achieve greatness
You must become "a printer with no ink"
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With repealing the health care overhaul law a priority for Republicans, some House Democrats want GOP congressional leaders to identify which of their members are willing to opt out of their congressional health insurance benefits, which are subsidized by taxpayers.
Democratic Reps. Joseph Crowley of New York, Linda Sanchez of California, Donna Edwards of Maryland, and Tim Ryan of Ohio sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and presumptive Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, asking them to announce which members will turn down coverage.
"If your conference wants to deny millions of Americans affordable health care, your members should walk that walk," the letter said. "You cannot enroll in the very kind of coverage that you want for yourselves, and then turn around and deny it to Americans who don't happen to be members of Congress."
According to the Democrats' letter, the federal government will spend more than $10,000 on the premiums for each member of Congress with a family plan. A central tenet of the health care law is a subsidy program so the uninsured can purchase insurance.
"It is amazing that your members would complain about not having health care coverage for a few weeks, even after campaigning to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which will help provide coverage to millions of Americans who find themselves without health insurance for months or even years."
The letter was spurred by a kerfuffle over Rep.-elect Andy Harris's question during freshman orientation this week about the gap in coverage between when members are sworn in and when their insurance kicks in. The Maryland Republican, who wants to repeal the health care law, says the ensuing reports are overblown.
"It was a simple question any employee should ask: 'Oh, and by the way, how do I get my health insurance to be seamless?'" Harris told FoxNews.com. "I just wanted an answer -- is this gap true. Yes, because of the pay period. Can we pre-buy the coverage? And the answer was no. I didn't even say I want that coverage. The words 'I want it' didn't come out of my mouth."
Harris, an anesthesiologist, said he finds it ironic that the federal government is requiring employers to provide coverage but doesn't have immediate coverage for government workers.
The Democrats also sent letters to their own colleagues asking them to sign on to the effort to call out Republicans.


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Matt's Favorites: Real Lightsabers, Fusion Power And Much More
So what's the latest from the wonderful, wild and wacky worlds of science and technology? Ever so glad you asked!
* First of all, my apologies to the folks who rolled out the M@dison Block Monday night. I was feeling a bit under the weather Monday and couldn't attend. But WWJ Newsradio 950 covered the heck out of it!
* Also, here are links to your Tech Report home page, the Tech Report Page Two (trust me, it contains much fascinatin' news), as well as our latest reports on event notices. (Of which there are a ton today, by the way, so you really ought to go look.)
* The moment "Star Wars" fans have been waiting for might finally be here: Lightsabers are no longer just a figment of George Lucas' imagination. They could soon be more than a plastic Hollywood prop or a Halloween accessory. In the Sept. 25 edition of the journal Nature, a team of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicists explain that they've discovered a molecule that behaves exactly like the weapon made famous by Luke Skywalker.
* Fusion energy has proven an elusive goal — a running joke is that humanity is 20 years away from a practical power plant, and has been for 60 years. That could be changing, said John Edwards, associate director for inertial confinement fusion and high-energy-density science of the National Ignition Facility. In a recent piece published in the journal Physics of Plasmas, Edwards said NIF scientists are getting closer to reactions that produce more energy than they need to get going, and added that the obstacles to realizing nuclear fusion involve engineering problems rather than basic physics.
* Google wants to replace annoying, blinking Flash ads on the Web with annoying, blinking HTML5 ads, and it's built a new tool to help ad makers do just that. The free beta of Google Web Designer (download) lets ad makers build animated HTML5 ads with what Google calls "a robust yet intuitive set of design tools." The tool works with DoubleClick and AdMob, and can be published to any generic environment.
* Cool, the International Space Station is getting its first 3D printer. It's anticipated to be a much easier way of making spare parts for ISS systems.
* Millions of people tuned in to the final episode of "Breaking Bad" on Sunday night and chose to share their thoughts on Facebook. The social network said more than 3 million people generated more than 5.5 million interactions during the "Breaking Bad" series finale.
* And if you're sick of your job and ready to quit, try to make a quitting video as cool as this one.
* In the battle of video game consoles, it appears that Sony's PlayStation 4 is winning over Microsoft's Xbox One. A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll reveals that 26 percent of people surveyed say they are likely to buy a PS4 versus 15 percent who want to buy an Xbox One. Of those who are 40-years old and younger, 41 percent wanted a PS4 versus 27 percent who wanted an Xbox One.
* In 1963, famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and a team of aquanauts lived undersea for 30 days in the Conshelf underwater living experiment. Now, his grandson is looking to beat that long-held record by staying below the surface for 31 days — in a 9 by 40 foot science lab.
* As he finished his Ph.D. thesis in 2007, Ben Dubin-Thaler took a risk: rather than accepting a full-time job offer, the Columbia University graduate set out to create a high-tech science lab. In some ways, it would be a typical lab, with microscopes and beakers, scientists and specimens. But there would be one key difference: the lab would be completely mobile.
* Airbnb says New York City has reversed a $2,400 fine for a man who rented out a room in his apartment through the vacation rentals site. Nigel Warren was fined in May, when a New York judge said he violated a state law that prohibits short-term rentals. He and his landlord had appealed the ruling. This week the city's Environmental Control Board took their side, agreeing that short-term rentals are permitted as long as a permanent occupant is present. Warren was not in the apartment when the room was rented, but his roommate was. New York City is one of Airbnb's largest markets, but its users face legal action because of a law that targets large companies that convert entire apartment buildings into illegal hotels.
* AT&T officially announced its pricing plan for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 smartphone, which goes on sale this Friday at the carrier's online and brick and mortar stores, and also at RadioShack. The carrier will sell the phablet, which also packs in high-end specs and an improved stylus for more multitasking than in previous versions, for $299 with a new, two-year service agreement. If that number's a little too daunting up-front, AT&T's Next program lets you pay in $35 monthly installments.
* In its most recent survey of US Internet adoption, the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that 85 percent of all American adults now use the Internet, up from 80 percent a year ago. While that is good news, that still leaves 15 percent, or 24 million adults, offline. Who are the holdouts? The US still has a "digital divide," but it's not the one most people would imagine. According to the survey, the most significant factor is age: Nearly half of non-users are age 65 or older. Education is the second-most important factor — more than 40 percent do not hold a high school diploma. Other factors, including sex, race, income level, and geographic location, are less significant, and continue to decrease.
* Facebook Graph Search, the social network's natural language search engine, is maturing in a way that will help it live up to its original promise of freeing all past and present content from the confines of News Feed. Starting Monday, the engine will enable people — initially just a small group — to search for status updates, photo captions, check-ins, and comments on Facebook.com. Previously, Graph Search has only allowed users to query around people, places, photos, and interests.
* Verizon Wireless on Monday blamed a software glitch for allowing customers to upgrade to a subsidized handset while keeping their grandfathered unlimited data plans, despite a year-old policy change prohibiting that arrangement.
* Pinterest didn't only become $7.2 million richer on Monday — it now also owns 100 domain names that bear a resemblance to Pinterest.com. The social network won a judgment against alleged serial Chinese cybersquatter Qian Jin in US District Court in San Francisco.
* An Oregon middle school educator tried to paint students mocking him with parody Facebook and Twitter sites as criminal hackers in order to bring a lawsuit against them under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Thankfully, a federal judge had a better sense of humor.


text: Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol Appendix E. Training and Educational Materials Protocol Training, Part 1: MupirocinBackground2% Topical cream FDA approved December 1987.2% Nasal ointment FDA approved August 1995.Anti-staph action by stopping RNA synthesis.Commonly used for: MRSA decolonization.MRSA or MSSA decolonization prior to cardiac and orthopedic surgery.Topical wound treatment.Nasal ointment is not systemically absorbed.High rate of MRSA and MSSA eradication for first 2 weeks after 5-day application.Goal is to prevent MRSA and MSSA infection during high-risk periods (ICU stays, post-op).ApplicationApply twice a day.Repeat for 5 days of ICU stay. Discontinue once transferred to non-ICU.Begin again if readmitted to ICU (includes transfer between ICUs).Place patient's bed at 30 degrees, if tolerated.Apply 0.5 g (blueberry-size) amount of mupirocin onto sterile cotton swab.Apply swab directly into nostril.Repeat for other nostril.Press nostrils together and massage gently for 60 seconds.Do this twice a day for 5 days during ICU stay.Avoid contact with eyes and other intranasal products.If nasal devices are in place (e.g., nasal intubation, NG tubes), place mupirocin around tubing and massage gently to distribute ointment.SafetyU.S. Trials (N=210): Headache 9%.Rhinitis 6%.Congestion 5%.Pharyngitis 4%.Taste perversion 3%.Burning/stinging 2%.Cough 2%.Pruritis 1%.European Trials (N=2130): Rhinitis 1%.Taste perversion 0.8%.Pharyngitis 0.5%.Protocol Training, Part 2: Chlorhexidine (CHG)BackgroundTopical cleansing agent, over the counter.Used in health care for more than 50 years.Marked reduction in skin/room bacteria.Commonly used for: MRSA decolonization.Preoperative bathing/showering.Skin prep before central lines/operations.Not systemically absorbed in adults.CHG reduces bacteria for up to 24 hours and prevents infection.Rapid drop in skin bacteria counts.Kills almost all bacteria and viruses.Goal is to prevent MRSA during high-risk periods (ICU stays, post-op).2% CHG bathing cloths: Fast-acting.Broad spectrum.Continued antimicrobial activity up to 24 hours after application.Alcohol-free.Contain moisturizers.Rinse-free.Disposable.CHG Bathing ClothsSix-cloth bundle (three packets).Use all six cloths.Do not use above jawline.Disposable.CHG Bathing ProcessThere are six total cloths in each bundle, three banded packages of two cloths per package.If using a cloth warmer, warm cloths before use.If using a warm CHG cloth, check the temperature of the CHG cloth prior to use. Gloves diminish sense of heat.Cloths may be used without being warmed.Open bundle by using notch on back of package.Bathe with CHG once daily for entire ICU stay.Use a clean CHG cloth for each area of the body to reduce the chance of spreading germs from one area to another.Do not use above jawline.Do not not rinse off.Use Prior Routine for Face, Scalp, and HairWash face and head first before starting with CHG.Use shampoo cap or directly use shampoo sparingly, avoid contact with rest of the body, as it may deactivate CHG.Cleanse face with regular washcloth.Do NOT use 2% CHG cloths near eyes or ears.CHG Bathing Process—Using All ClothsUse all six cloths in the following order: Cloth 1: Neck, shoulders, and chest.Cloth 2: Both arms, both hands, web spaces, and axilla.Cloth 3: Abdomen and then groin/perineum.Cloth 4: Right leg, right foot, and web spaces.Cloth 5: Left leg, left foot, and web spaces.Cloth 6: Back of neck, back, and then buttocks.After application to each body site, be sure to clean tubing from Foleys, drains, G-tube/J-tubes, rectal tubes, chest tubes within 6 inches of the patient.Use additional cloths if needed for incontinence or for obese patients.CHG Bathing Process—Key PointsFirmly massage skin with CHG cloth. Skin may feel sticky for a few minutes.Clean neck well even if it is not visibly soiled.The neck: Commonly accumulates debris and moisture.Is a high-risk area for contaminating lines.CHG replaces routine bathing: Do NOT bathe with soap and water while using CHG.Exception: hair and face washed per previous routine.Avoid contact of shampoo and facial soap with body.Shampoo and many soaps will inactivate CHG.Use CHG cloths after incontinence clean up.Do NOT rinse, wipe off, or dry with another cloth. Let air dry.CHG cloths have built-in moisturizers. Skin may feel sticky for a few minutes.If additional moisturizer is needed, use only CHG-compatible products.Certain lotions will inactivate CHG, ensure to check with manufacturer for compatibility.Dispose of leftover cloths.Do NOT save, reheat, or reuse.CHG Bathing Process—Bacteria Colonization on SkinStool spreads:Cleansing of Perineum/Vagina: Critical area for cleaning.CHG is safe to use on the perineum and external mucosa.Use CHG cloths to remove bacteria and clean area.CHG Bathing Process—Cleaning UpDispose of each washcloth in the trash. Do NOT flush washcloths in the toilet.Protocol Training, Part 3: Top 10 Special Circumstances#1: Nasal DevicesNasal prongs. Temporarily remove nasal prongs from nostrils.Apply mupirocin per protocol, including massage.Replace prongs.Endotracheal tube/NG tube. Apply mupirocin around tube.Gently massage nostrils for 60 seconds.#2: Nasal TraumaDo NOT use mupirocin if nostril(s) are packed.If only one nostril is affected, apply mupirocin to other nostril. #3: Central Line CareCHG cloth is normally used for catheter line skin prep.Bathe with CHG liberally around and over dressing. Use CHG cloth on semipermeable dressing only.Do NOT use CHG over gauze.Clean skin folds well (neck, groin).Clean tube (up to 6 inches) last and discard cloth.This applies to all line locations.#4: Other DevicesDrains, G tubes, rectal tubes, chest tubes, EKG leads, and Foley catheters.Clean tubing itself with CHG cloths. Clean up to 6 in. of drains/tubing including point of connection.If dressing is to be changed, clean entire area well with CHG and allow to dry before replacing dressing.If dressing is in place, clean tube and skin up to dressing.CHG will not harm occlusive dressing or EKG leads.Be careful to avoid deep surgical wounds. #5: IncontinenceRemove urine/stool with usual chux/cloths and water.Do NOT use soap.Cleanse with CHG and allow to air dry (about a minute).Use as many CHG cloths as necessary.Apply CHG-compatible barrier product over affected area, as needed.During the day: If additional barrier protection is needed during day, it is okay to use another CHG-compatible barrier product.If additional bathing is required throughout the day, clean with CHG cloths, then reapply CHG-compatible barrier product, as needed. #6: Decubitus UlcersStage 1 or 2 ulcers: If dressing is to be changed, clean area well with CHG, allow to dry.If dressing is to be left intact, cleanse over dressing.Stage 3 or 4 ulcers: Bathe with CHG around dressing/wound.#7: Friable Skin/RashCHG is safe to use on superficial wounds, abrasions, and rashes.Using CHG, gently massage.CHG cloths have built-in moisturizers.If more moisturizer is needed, use only CHG-compatible products.#8: Surgical WoundsIf there is no dressing or dressing is changed, bathe with CHG up to healed or superficial wound.If dressing is to be left intact, bathe with CHG around dressing.CHG will not harm occlusive dressing (e.g., wound vacs).Do NOT use on large or deep wounds.Do NOT rinse or wipe dry.#9: Obese PatientsIf one set of six cloths is not sufficient, use more.Make sure to clean between all skin folds.Discard any unused cloths.#10: Burns1st and 2nd degree: If dressing is to be changed, clean area well with CHG, allow to dry.If dressing is to be left intact, clean around dressing.Do NOT use on 3rd and 4th degree burns.Universal ICU DecolonizationJust in Time TrainingSTOP all admission MRSA screens unless screening is required by law or surgical protocol.Continue to place patients known to be MRSA-positive in contact isolation.Decolonization Protocol: Mupirocin ointment twice a day for 5 days only.Chlorhexidine (CHG) bathing cloths for ALL bathing needs for entire ICU stay.Decolonization stops when patient is discharged or transferred out of the ICU.If readmitted or transferred to a participating ICU, protocol begins anew.How to Bathe: You should be assigned an RN trained on the universal decolonization protocol for bathing to oversee this process (buddy system).A CHG bathing wall poster is posted in each ICU room (see image below).Only use CHG cloths below the jawline.Let air dry. Do NOT wipe or rinse off.Do NOT flush cloths. Discard in trash.Do NOT use soap (can inactivate CHG).For incontinence, clean debris with chux (water if needed), cleanse with CHG cloth, and then use CHG-compatible barrier product.__________________________________ Please return completed form to the Unit Charge NurseSignature________________________ __________________________ ______/______/______Print Last Name Print First Name Date Page last reviewed September 2013 Internet Citation: Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol: Appendix E. Training and Educational Materials. September 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/universal_icu_decolonization/universal-icu-ape4.html


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Critism of the R&R HOF is not just Rush related.
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The main criticism is that the nomination process is controlled by a few individuals who are not even musicians, such as founder Jann Wenner, former foundation director Suzan Evans, and writer Dave Marsh, reflecting their tastes rather than the views of the rock world as a whole.
A more detailed artilce here:
am a veteran music journalist who spent two years on the Hall's nominating committee and saw from the inside some of the politics at work.
"I saw how artists were sometimes chosen for nomination because of their affiliations with the directors of the Hall and others were shot down without so much as a moment of consideration simply because some people in that room didn't like them personally or because an artist had bad blood with someone calling the shots.
"At one point Suzan Evans lamented the choices being made because there weren't enough big names that would sell tickets to the dinner. That was quickly remedied by dropping one of the doo-wop groups being considered in favor of a 'name' artist.
As for the nine nominees offered up earlier this year, which also included Donna Summer, Chic, Afrika Bambaataa and the Beastie Boys: I couldnt vote for any of em, said Joel Selvin, longtime music writer at the San Francisco Chronicle and a former member of the Rock Hall of Fame nominating committee.
It doesnt matter who they elected, Selvin said. This thing has sunk to a shameful level of manipulation and behind-the-scenes chicanery. If it were a public institution which it is it would be held up for total ridicule.
Not has Rush been left out, but so has Kiss (who've outsold most bands), Journey, The Moodly Blues, and a number of other high profile, successful and influencial rock bands, while someone like Madonna gets in, no problem.
It's one thing to over look a particular favorite, like Rush, but the list of questionable choices goes on, and HOF has done little to clear up the controversy that surrounds it, including repeated slammings from people who used to be involved in with the committee.
But to keep this on topic:
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So we're at the poolside bar, and we're ordering another round of Piña Coladas from Jan the Bartender, whom we had already heard of prior to our trip via some glowing user comments at Casa Marina's listing onTripAdvisor.com (good site … which reminds me, I need to write a review over there), and we strike up a conversation with her about this fact, and she introduces us to the bar manager, Will, and before you know it, we're all like old friends, and, my, it's so easy to be nice when you're on a stress-free vacation and the people you're talking to get paid to be nice to you.
But anyway, they actually proved that they were genuinely nice, because, when we finished lounging on the beach the following day and arrived back at our room, lo and behold, we found a bottle of champagne in an ice-filled bucket and a plate of chocolate-covered strawberries, which I think I've only ever eaten on two previous occasions: the first night of our honeymoon in Kauai, and an overnight stay in Boston to celebrate one of our past wedding anniversaries. Also included was a nice, handwritten card from Will and Jan congratulating us on our 10 years together.
So, even though we don't particularly care for champagne, it's always fun to pop a cork on a champagne bottle, so pop it I did, and we had a nice little toast while sitting on the balcony, during which we did that wrap-your-drinking-arm-around-your-partner's-drinking-arm thing for a truly sappy champagne-sipping moment. And then a flock of white doves alighted upon the edge of the balcony and serenaded us with a harmonized version of our wedding song.
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here is the name & address of a place where you can buy various metals for etching.
they carry Brass, Copper & Stainless Steel that I personally know of. not sure what else they carry there.
I have bought pieces of copper & pieces of brass from them in the past & have always been very pleased with the quality of the metals.


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Facts of Life Star "Hit Rock Bottom" on Survivor: Philippines
We're down to the final six on Survivor: Philippines, including Lisa Whelchel, best known for playing Blair Warner on The Facts of Life.
After Lisa returned from Survivor, she revealed that she had West Nile virus, but that may still be better than what she endured on the show. Tonight's December 5 episode includes the always emotional family reunions, and Lisa will be visited by her brother, Justice Coleman, 28, a pastor from Chatsworth, CA.
"I came running out to give her the biggest hug of her life," Coleman told People. "I wasn't prepared to see her at that level of desperation. It was immediately obvious she had hit rock bottom." He wasn't expecting her to "be at the end of her rope," since she's a Survivor super-fan. He thought she'd be having a blast, but instead she broke down in his arms and sobbed.
This is always how it goes on Survivor, though. Things turn out to be much harder for people than they expected, and Lisa has been struggling a lot with her conscience, making friends and then having to turn on them — like last week, when she helped vote out her close friend, Jonathan Penner. "I almost didn't recognize her," Lisa's brother added. "She looked absolutely ragged: physically and emotionally torn up. [...] I was legitimately concerned for her."
Do you want to know how well Lisa supposedly does on the show?
Stop reading if you don't want to read the rumors out there.
The National Enquirer already did a story saying Lisa makes the final three, but other forum spoilers indicate that's as far as she goes, losing to winner Denise Stapley, with Michael Skupin reportedly taking second. Read these spoilers for details on the final four.
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February 1, 2013
The Mississippi State University Alumni Association will stream its annual awards banquet live tonight, Feb. 1, beginning at 6 p.m. The event will honor some of the university's most prestigious alumni.
George T. "Tommy" Everett III, a 1950 general business graduate, will be recognized as the 2013 National Alumnus of the Year. The Alumni Association will also honor nine individual college alumni of the year, an outstanding young alumnus and three distinguished service award recipients.
Other highlights will include:
--Recognition of over 45 alumni chapters for outstanding service and activities held in 2012 and
--Formal welcome of the 94th and 95th chartered alumni chapters from St. Louis, Mo., and Orlando, Fla.
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In 2004 Keaggy returned to work at the Post-Dispatch as the paper's features photo editor before once more joining Xplane in 2007. His current title is "knowledge manager," making him the go-to person for any questions regarding the internal operations of the company.
"Bill is the kind of guy who has never really had to look for a job," says Gray. "He's an artist. For him, it's never a money thing. It's being able to do what you love — be it work, his Web site or whatever."
Diane Keaggy says that her husband provided few hints that he would become the prolific project-maker he is today when the two started dating in 1996. At the time both were employed at the Post-Dispatch, where Diane continues to work as an arts and entertainment reporter. "When we first started dating our nights were spent drinking and going to concerts," she says. "Afternoons were spent hung-over on the couch."
In certain respects Keaggy's online record-keeping is little more than a 21st-century extension of the hobbies passed down from his parents. Bill and Joan Keaggy still drive around Columbiana looking for what they call "roadkill" — discarded furniture and other items — that they can take back home to repair. Like their son, the Keaggys make it a point to document all of life's details, whether it's Bill insisting that all houseguests sign their names to the kitchen table or Joan recording the exact mileage of their excursions away from home.
"We've been to St. Louis 33 times to visit Billy," states Joan matter-of-factly. "That's over 30,000 miles roundtrip. It's enough to circle the globe one-and-a-half times."
Yes, the old apple doesn't fall far from the tree, concedes Diane. But then, that's not necessarily a bad thing. "I hope our kids view the world as closely as Bill does," she says. "At its core, I see what he does as journalism. It's recording and photographing the events that don't make headlines but are nevertheless very much a part of life."
Keaggy's latest endeavor is an online slideshow of photos he's found at flea markets and yard sales called 20th Century Anonymous.
Similar projects abound on the Internet, yet Keaggy strives to set himself apart by posting one solitary photo from each year of the 20th century. To do so, each photo must be marked with a date. Thus far Keaggy has collected roughly 30 pictures, beginning with a sepia-tinged photo of a mother and her baby from 1901. The album currently ends at 1984, with a picture of an elderly woman blowing out the birthday candles on a cake.
The old snapshots naturally lead Keaggy to ponder the lives of the people who are captured on the film. He wonders if any of them are still alive today and contemplates how their photos ended up for sale. "It's probably quite sad when you think about it," he opines. "Many of them probably died without any heirs. Their photos — like their other possessions — ended up for auction at the estate sale."
Old photos like these are what first sparked Keaggy's interest in photography. He can only hope that the pictures he takes today will prove similarly inspiring to future generations.
"I remember my parents had this old photo album of my hometown, Columbiana," he says. "The photos were remarkably simple. They were just shop fronts or random people at the park in this small town. In my opinion, those photos are so much more valuable today. They document the ordinariness of the time."
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