Thursday, October 7, 2010

Joe Mauer, Post season

Joe Mauer is a great player but we cant just rely on him to carry the twins through the post season, we need everybody to step up. Last night in game one of the post season it was Cuddyer who stepped up and hit the 2 run homerun to get the twins the headstart. We also need to focus on our fielding to make it clean and get the easy outs. Our pitchers need to step up more than anybody to be able to pitch and come through when we need them to. Joe Mauer is definetly one of our top players but we need more people to step up, we cant put the whole weight of the team on to his shoulders we need others to help him carry the team.

Muhammad ali hero's quest 10 steps

the call to adventure: When he was 12 his bike was stolen and he promised to "whup whoever stole it."
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/malitimeline1.html
Supernatural assistance: Joe Martin was the policeman he went to about his stolen bike. Martin basically took him under his wing and later introduced him to Fred Stone, a boxing trainer.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/malitimeline1.html
Belly of the Whale: When clay has a 19-0 record he is an underdog in his championship with sonny liston, but you wouldnt think he is by the way he talks to sonny he tease's him and calls him "ugly, and an old bear." but he comes through and is the winner.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/malitimeline1.html
Hero Partners:  Fred Stoner showed Ali the science of boxing and how to move like a graceful dancer and taught him subtle skills  to move from good to great.
http://gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/ali_m.htm
Tests/ Ordeals: He has changed his name to Muhhamad Ali now. He was called to the war by being drafted but he refused to go and said "I aint got no quarel with those Vietcong." 
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/malitimeline1.html
Losing the Guide:   he was stripped of his WBA title and license to fight. he was found guilty of draft evasion. He was banned from boxing for 3 1/2 years. He stood behind his belief.
http://ali.com/legend_timeline.php
Journey to Underworld: he fought Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle" for the heavy weight title. "Sixty thousand fans gathered at the stadium in Kinshasa in Zaire on 30 October 1974". Ali reclaims title of Heavyweight Champion of the World
http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/events/ali98.htm
Climax/final battle: Ali took his fame and determination to help as diplomat,statesman and humanitarian.  He's received many honors and awards and fought for causes he believed inhttp://ali.com/legend_man_humanitarian.php
Master of Two Worlds: No athlete has done more to help his sport, the betterment of life at home and in other countries in a humanitarian way. His core values are respect, confidence,conviction,dedication,giving and spirituality.http://alicenter.org/pages/default/aspx

Death of the Hero: Ali loses toTrevor Berbick and retires in 1981. Ali announces in 1984 he has Parkinson's disease.  His years of fighting over.http:// www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm.bio.ali_m.htm

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Opinion Paper Daydreaming

       Daydreaming has often been thought of as a waste of time that is unproductive and for those who have nothing better to do.  I disagree and believe that daydreaming has several advantages.  For example, one can daydream about past events.  Reflecting on pleasurable memories can be encouraging and uplifting.  It helps you appreciate the good things that have happened and the people around that time.  Achieving satisfaction and pleasure in life is good motivation to push ahead and try new things or develop better relationships.

     Another area daydreaming can explore is future events such as scoring a goal in a hockey game.  Visualization helps focus on the outcome and helps to see a way for it to happen.  This is a very practical form of daydreaming in my opinion that can inspire confidence and planning.

     Daydreaming is also a safe way to problem solve and combine information that has been learned.  There are no boundries or barriers so you can draft an idea and edit it at will.   You can get a sense of wheter something is for you or not.  A potential time saver as I see it! Someone watching may think you are being lazy and unproductive, but the wheels are turning in your mind and that is bound to take you places.