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Ted Simons: Our next guest is a basketball legend, Ann Meyers Drysdale. She was a member of the first U.S. women's basketball team to go to the Olympics, and she was one of the first women inducted into the national basketball hall of fame. She is a sports broadcaster and now an author. Her book, "You Let Some Girl Beat You?," is the story of her remarkable life on and off the court. Joining me now to talk about the book is Ann Meyers Drysdale, who we know in Arizona as the vice president for both the Phoenix Suns and the Phoenix Mercury. It's good to have you here. Thanks for joining us.
Ann Meyers Drysdale: Thank you, Ted, I'm excited to be here.
Ted Simons: That's good to hear because I've got a lot of questions for you. The first is: why that book, why now?
Ann Meyers Drysdale: A lot of people have asked me over the course of the years to write a book. I never thought my story was very interesting. The co-author of the book pulled a lot of stuff out of me that I never would have talked about. I think with being here in Phoenix and my tryout with the Pacers and UCLA, the Olympics, my family, Don, there are so many things that have happened in my life. Certainly this being the 40th anniversary of Title IX, the timing just seemed right.
Ted Simons: I want to get to Title IX in a second. But before Title IX, there was you as 11 kids in your family? My good- Were you competitive from the beginning? You'd have to be competitve
Ann Meyers Drysdale: I would say so. My dad and mom grew up in Milwaukee and my dad played basketball at Marquette in the 40s. So we grew up on sports. Not only grew up on it but as you said, from a large family, having that kind of competitiveness, it was great all of us being outside. Whether it was kicking a ball around or playing hide and seek and basketball and football, just all kinds of different games. It was very competitive.
Ted Simons: When you were young, is there a point where you said, I'm pretty good at this, I could go pretty far with this? Was there a game or a point where you just knew this was clicking?
Ann Meyers Drysdale: My dad played basketball so all of us played ball. And I have an older sister Patty that played and I was fortunate enough to come along when I did with title IX. So many women opened up the doors for me. So many women made it so much easier for me. I just happened to come along when maybe the media was paying attention a little bit more. Now I see what's happening with the young women of today. The women before me and my sister Patty, they were always playing sports. So yes, I played basketball but I loved track and football and baseball and I did all the things my brothers did. I was between two boys, my brothers David and Jeff. The three of us were always were competing against each other.
Ted Simons: Let's talk about Title IX. What is Title IX, and talk about the impact on women's sports in general and your career in particular.
Ann Meyers Drysdale: There was a law signed in 1972,that gives women the equal right -- it was an education bill, the equal rights as far as funds as to what males get. We know today 40 years later a lot of schools are still not in compliance with Title IX. I know a lot of men are upset because men's sports have been cut on the college level because of Title IX, they feel. But if they look before Title IX there was really only one sport, maybe two sports that is the finances- that bring in the money, and that's football and men's basketball. A few women's schools bring in money with basketball, whether it be Tennessee or Connecticut. In saying that, if there's a certain amount of scholarships on one sport, the women get that same amount of scholarships. I don't know how scholarships in football, if there are 85, then you have to equalize the scholarships for women in something else. That's where it comes from. It's supposed to be equal. It was an education bill. It's become the calling card for women in sports.
Ted Simons: You could just look up Title IX and read a book on that, because of the way it's been -- it's tried to be implemented, and folks who have fought the implementation.
Ann Meyers Drysdale: We still fight that it needs to still be here. If you look at the Olympics, we're just coming from London, the United States had a bigger delegation of women for the first time, the United States going over to London, and we won more medals than the men did.
Ted Simons: Interesting.
Ann Meyers Drysdale: And most of the women will tell you whether it be swimming, gymnastics, volleyball, soccer, basketball, a lot of women come -- have come up and said, I wouldn't be here today without Title IX.
Ted Simons: And you were the first to win a Division I athletic scholarship?
Ann Meyers Drysdale: At UCLA.
Ted Simons: And you were also the first to sign a contract with an NBA team, a lot of firsts there. With all this going on in the 1960s, 1970s, those years, did you know you were a pioneer? Was there more pressure because you were a pioneer?
Ann Meyers Drysdale: No, I was just doing something I loved to do. That's what I was exposed to. If you were raised up in music or Chrissie Evert in tennis and her family and so forth, my family just happened to be basketball. But when I was growing up too there were not a lot of organized sports for young girls, track and swimming. Tennis and golf were a rich man's sport. If you didn't have the kind of money to put your kids into those country club kinds of sports, so basketball was easy, just go down to the playground or even we taped up a square on the wall and play in the front hall. It's easy to grab a ball and play by yourself. For me, you know, I thought that I was going to the Olympics. Babe Dedrickson was a role model for me because I read a book on her. And that was another reason I wanted to write a book because that book made an impact on me in fourth grade, to want to be an Olympian and represent my country. It came true for me, not in track and field, but in basketball.
Ted Simons: I asked about the pressure of being a trailblazer and pioneer. When you were the first woman signing a deal with an NBA team, the Indiana Pacers, the reaction was hostile to the max. And that surprised you.
Ann Meyers Drysdale: It did. I went to UCLA, my brother David was a senior when I was a freshman. He was on Coach John Wooten's last 1975 team. The media took off on us as a human interest story, a brother and sister act, we were both all-Americans. So it was very positive, not only in Los Angeles but throughout the country. Then David went on to play in the NBA, and then Coach Wooten retired and he was very influential in my life. I went on to UCLA and played in the Olympics in 1976 and won the silver. And then my senior year Billy Moore came to coach us, who was my Olympic coach and we won the championship in my senior year. I'm the number one draft pick in the WBL, which was the first woman's pro-league but you had to be an amateur to continue to play in the Olympics. I wanted to go to the 1982 Olympics. During that time while I was playing for the United States, Sam Nassi, the new owner of the Indiana Pacers approached me about coming into the NBA. As a young kid growing up, that's what I saw, maybe one a week TV show on the NBA, whether it was the Celtics or the Knicks or the Lakers, you'd go out to the playground and practice those things, and now I was being asked to play in the NBA. It was an opportunity of a lifetime.
Ted Simons: Yeah, but the reaction was tough, wasn't it?
Ann Meyers Drysdale: It was. But what really helped me is I didn't pay attention to it. I didn't read the papers or look at the TV. I didn't talk to the media a whole lot until I got to the tryout at the gym. It's like today, Facebook and Twitter and social media is so -- if you were to pay attention to that, you would go into a little hole about how many people do not like you and say you're not good enough.
Ted Simons: Everyone's aware of that, the comments sections on public websites are an interesting place to be. Talk about Don Drysdale. How did you meet? And talk about your relationship. Because You're a competitor. This guy was a competitor times 10. He would brush people back just for looking at him the wrong way. Were Scrabble games rough around the house?
Ann Meyers Drysdale: He was certainly the love of my life, no question about that. Losing him in 1993 was very difficult when he passed away. When I met him I didn't know who he was because I hadn't followed baseball that much. We grew up in Southern California. We'd heard of Colefax and Drysdale. All my brothers were Giants fans so I was kind of a Giants fan, that wasn't good. I had been invited to the Superstars, the women's superstars made for the competition for women and men. He and Bob Eucher were the announcers. My mom is from Milwaukee, Bob Eucher is from Milwaukee. Don and I hit it off and he continued to pursue me and I'm so happy he did. Being competitive, yes. He got me into playing golf. We would go on the range and we would say, for this, we will see who can get the closest chip on this, and so forth. Doggone it, he would always beat me. He loved competition and certainly didn't let me beat him a lot of times.
Ted Simons: Such a similar trait between the two, I'm sure it was a remarkable relationship. Just in general, and in losing Don, and the good things in your life, the rough things in your life. Sports, lessons learned from sports. They really do last a lifetime, don't they?
Ann Meyers Drysdale: Absolutely. I've been blessed in so many ways, Ted. With my family and the three children we have, sports has taught us so much. It's so important for young girls and young boys today to compete in sports, because of the life lessons. Self-confidence and leadership and teamwork and how to win and how to lose. I don't think a lot of kids know how to fail today. I always compare it to basketball. When I was growing up, you had one size basket and one size ball. I failed a lot, I lost a lot, I got teased a lot. Now we make it so easy. We have all these different sized balls and we lower the basket and everything is success, success. You're giving the kids a medal just for being in the race. That's all well and good but at times when you grow up and go into the business world or the family world, you're not always going to have that success.
Ted Simons: One of the chapters of the books, I know something you say often is, the road to the boardroom is through the locker room. That's basically what you're talking about here?
Ann Meyers Drysdale: I think most people that are successful, it's been proven today that women who are in the corporate world, too, 80% of them have been athletes.
Ted Simons: Do you think Title IX -- getting back to that real quickly here. Do you think the current crop of women athletes understand the importance of something like that? Understand what happened prior to Title IX?
Ann Meyers Drysdale: It's different. You don't want to beat a dead horse but they have to find out a different way. There are still battles to be made. I think they will find out when things aren't going the way they think they should because they are a woman in the same environment a man is, whether they are not getting paid the same, and actually in the corporate world, women still get paid 78 cents to the dollar that men do, and minority women are paid 10 cents less than that. Things equal? No. A lot of women, so much is given to them, which is great, because of women before them with Title IX. They will understand the fights are for them.
Ted Simons: And they'll understand your fight as well with this book. Congratulations on the book and continued success in your career with the Suns and the Mercury. Let's get that team turned around.
Ann Meyers Drysdale: A lot of injuries, but we're excited about the Suns' season. If we can get it turned around for the Mercury season, there's always next year.
Ted Simons: Thanks for joining us.


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There used to be dogleg from left to right but now it's almost a straight hole.
All the way down the left and right of the fairway there are bunkers - should you land in one of them it's unlikely you'll make the green in two.
The fairway itself is some 25 yards wide and the ball will run for miles and miles if the landing strip is found.
The 13th has the longest green on the course which is divided into two shelves - high side on the right and low side on the left.
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Amazon is ready to start differentiating its Video on Demand library by developing original content. In doing so it is following in the footsteps of competitors Netflix, Hulu and YouTube.
While Netflix and Hulu are following a more or less traditional system of acting as a studio to bring shows like Lilyhammer (Netflix) and Battleground (Hulu) to market, Amazon seems to be sticking closer to the YouTube model. YouTube, you'll remember, supported original content developers by distributing a reported $100 million in funding to various content providers such as Felicia Day, who used the support to develop her Geek and Sundry YouTube channel.
In Amazon's case, they invited content developers to submit their ideas back in May. As of now they've picked four of these to take a closer look at. Three of them are comedies (The 100 Deaths of Mort Grimley, Doomsday and Magic Monkey Millionaire) and one is a children's show (Buck Plaidsheep). The creators of these projects will each get $10,000 to help expand on the series and potentially develop a pilot. In exchange for the $10K Amazon extends its options for the series for 18 months.
So to be clear, these shows aren't being made yet; instead they're still in the incubation phase and sometime in the next 18 months Amazon will make the decision to move forward on production or not.
What I find interesting about the process is how much transparency there is behind it. If you click any of those links above you'll arrive at the Amazon Studios page for that project, and you're free to read the initial script and creative notes. There's a tab for videos though so far it's empty for these shows but presumably we'll see snippets of a pilot eventually. And you can rate and comment on the ideas, though what that will accomplish isn't clear.
It'll be interesting to see which, if any, of these four shows Amazon gives the green light to.
If you want to learn more about getting your show idea going at Amazon Studios, the FAQ on the Getting Started page is a good place to start. Right now they only want comedy and children's show ideas but seem to be more open when it comes to movies. If you're just an interested fan, there's a page for you, too.
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Pietro Lorenzetti
Pietro Lorenzetti, also called Pietro Laurati, is an Italian painter from Siena. As it is the case with other great Sienese masters, we know little about his life. Although a number of signed and dated paintings survived, the chronology of his works is not clear.
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LME nickel is back under $10,000, slipping $205 to
$9,855. The cash/threes has seen a backwardation bid at $35. Stocks were up 474
tonnes at 255,166 tonnes and cancelled warrants increased 450 tonnes to 163,950
tonnes. Again we witnessed some good bookings by stainless mills reflected by
buying on the LME. Warrants were in good demand too with Asian premium around
40-60 dollars but Europe still around 20-40
dollars. SHFE is trading at 140 dollars premium for January. Shanghai spot nickel was quoted at 76100-76600
rmbs per ton, down 1000 from the previous trading day. Jinchuan nickel traded
at 76500 rmbs per ton, Russian nickel traded at 76200 rmbs per ton. The falls
today in nickel intensified the cautious sentiment hence traders quotations
looked mixed. With the supply growing downstream demand continued to be
sluggish in stead. Therefore, the overall trading was modest though inquiry was
still a lot.
LME tin rose slightly on Friday first recovered from
the low in Asia following a stronger Chinese equity market, but was then sold
into gains after London
opened as traders taking profits saw price reached 13600 dollars the low. It then
started to rebound as US equity market rallied and US GDP data bounced up to
3.7% surprised market and gave sentiment a boost. Eventually it closed at 14250
dollars, up 2.6%. Shanghai
spot tin was quoted at 101000-103000 rmbs per ton, down 500. Yunxi factory gate
was quoted at 105000 rmbs per ton, Yunheng was at 103000 rmbsper ton. Yunshan
and Yunxiang were at 102000 rmbs per ton, Nanshan and Weitai were at 101000
rmbs per ton. Today, the spot tin fell and the consecutive falls in tin price
intensified the sidelines sentiment. Consumptions seemed to be more sluggish.
The replenishment plans of factory also were put off. Only a small number of
large-size companies remained normal purchasing. The trading conditions was modest.
spot zinc 0# was quoted at 14880-14940 rmbs per ton, unchanged with a back of
150-210 rmbs per ton; 1# zinc was quoted at 14820-14880 rmbs per ton, unchanged
from yesterday with a back of 90-150 rmbs per ton. The metals finished the week
on a high after a volatile trading that started from Monday. Zinc trading range
seen at 1833.5-1753.5 dollars and following yesterday's large increase in
cancellations in New Orleans, the spreads have tightened-cash/3 was last at
50b/50c Sep-3m last at 2b dollars. Other news lifting prices- Australian officials
threatened to close the giant McArthur River zinc mine owned by Glencore. LME
stocks and cancelled warrants were both down 2000 tonnes at 522875 tons and
149675 tons respectively. Today the downstream purchasing wills got slightly
stronger but their offers were low in general. Despite the buyers were a lot
but the trading volume increased little.
spot lead was quoted at 13330-13450 rmbs per ton, down 20 from yesterday with a
back of 10-130 rmbs per ton. LME lead extended gain on Friday to trade above
1700 dollars again after Chinese equity market went up for the second day
further assured investors the stability of Chinese economy. Trading was almost
flat in Asia with price moving in tight range under 1700 dollars before dipping
to 1671 dollars where bargain hunters stepped in and saw price up. Sentiment
was then boosted again by the US
consumer purchases which climbed in July and incomes grew giving hopes to the
traders that the slack in China
might be compensated by US
recovery. SHFE lead remained volatile as the fundamental changed little. The
market participants looked cautious before a series of data are released. Suggest
for SHFE 1510 contract remained on the sidelines for the time being. In
domestic physical market, Hengbang was quoted at 13380-13400 rmbs per ton. The
supply increased as the backwardation narrowed even to contango. The traders
had small volume of purchase, but downstream were still impacted by the fear
down concerns. Overall
trading was limited this morning.
spot aluminum was quoted at 11750-11810 rmbs per ton, down 20 with a contango
of 95-35 rmbs per ton. The quotations in Wuxi
were at 11790-11810 rmbs per ton. A second day surge of the Chinese's stock
market helped the metals to finish the end of the week on a high. The Shanghai composite index
closed at 3232.349 up 4.82%. Aluminum ranged from 1616.5-1560 dolalrs. Nearby
spreads remained tight with cash/3 narrowing to 12/15c dollars Oct/Nov moving
out to 12.75-13b dollars. LME was closed on Monday due to a public holiday in
the UK.
SHFE aluminum went slightly lower this morning. In domestic physical market, a
lot of dealers hold goods and await higher prices which lead to a decline in
sales. The traders purchasing was also restrained by the firm quotations. On
the other hand, downstream consumption was still poor. Therefore, we were not surprised
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The loss of a pregnancy is significant and not an uncommon occurrence. The thinking now is that a good portion of infertility is simply very early miscarriage. This theory was reported in the American College of Gynecology (ACOG) September 1995 Bulletin. "Approximately 50-70% of pregnancies end in spontaneous abortion. Most of these pregnancy losses are unrecognized because they occur before, or at the time of, the expected menses". When these patients are studied carefully, 15% show an unexpected pregnancy per menstrual cycle that didn't take. The cause of miscarriage can be identified in most couples and treatment can often resolve the problem.
Most miscarriages occur within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy (first trimester). If vaginal bleeding occurs after a viable fetus has been documented, chance of miscarriage is increased to about 20 percent. The risk of miscarriage increases for women 35 years or older. One of the causes of early miscarriage is an abnormal number of chromosomes. In order to determine whether there is a genetic cause for miscarriage, a karyotype on the fetal tissue and/or on blood from both parents may be ordered. If both parents have a normal karyotype, it is likely that the miscarriage was a chance event and the couple should feel comfortable continuing to try to conceive.
Approximately 10 to 15 percent of women with a history of recurrent miscarriage have an abnormally shaped uterus. A septate uterus, which involves tissue protruding into the inner cavity of the uterus, causes miscarriage due to inadequate blood supply to the fetus. Another uterine abnormality involves patients whose mothers took diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant. Women exposed to DES, who subsequently become pregnant, have a significantly greater incidence of miscarriage, premature labor, and infertility.
Uterine fibroids (common, noncancerous tumors) can also interfere with the implantation or growth of a fetus. Fibroids can increase in size during pregnancy and result in miscarriage. This condition can usually be corrected with surgery.
In some cases, the cervix begins to open prematurely and is too weak to support a pregnancy. Once an incompetent cervix has been discovered and corrected, a subsequent pregnancy can usually be carried to term.
In the Luteal Phase (second half of the menstrual cycle), under the influence of the hormone progesterone, the endometrium thickens and becomes a healthy environment for a growing embryo. If progesterone production is low, the endometrium fails, preventing the embryo from implanting. This is easily corrected by administering progesterone either by capsules or injection.
Infections may cause recurrent pregnancy loss. Chlamydia has been linked to miscarriages. Mycoplasma has also been implicated, but the evidence is not strong. Pregnancy loss and its relationship to the immune system is now under intense investigation.
Another theory suggests that during a normal pregnancy, the fetus containing the father's foreign genes, survives in the mother's uterus because of a protective response from the mother's immune system. In certain couples, this protective response does not occur allowing the maternal immune system to actively attack the fetus, recognizing the father's material as foreign, resulting in miscarriage.
Smoking, drinking, and illegal drug use can increase the risk of miscarriage. Women should always consult their physician before taking any medicine during pregnancy, and they should also alert doctors and dentists before receiving x-rays or prescriptions for medicine.
After a miscarriage, it's normal for couples to experience a period of grief. These reactions are normal, and it is important to understand that each partner may feel and cope differently. Although it may be difficult, couples should talk about the loss with family and friends.
Some women who have experienced recurrent miscarriage may feel doubtful that they will ever have a child, but the encouraging news is that the success rate with treatment is high, especially with certain uterine and hormonal causes. In cases where no cause is discovered and no treatment prescribed, the chance of achieving a healthy pregnancy despite having had several miscarriages is still generally better than 50 percent.
The volume of blood flowing to the uterus effects implantation and development of the fetus. The position of the uterus and the diameter of the vessels to the uterus effects blood flow. Another factor that effects blood flow is the position of the patient. We use medications, hormone, and activity to influence blood flow.