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Discussion in 'Junior League & Tournament Talk' started by Tcbtennis, Sep 12, 2012.
Yes and no regarding having to make that choice at top college programs. For example, the guy I lived with for a few years that was top-half of Duke's lineup all four years was a math and econ double major, more impressive academically than 85% of our student body probably. And I know plenty of people on Duke's team have landed huge jobs at the top banking firms out of college - those recruiters definitely like college athletes that have shown they can balance all that stuff - Clayton at Stanford landed one of those jobs too, I believe.
But, certain majors are almost impossible while playing high level college sports, so that's definitely limiting. Chemistry - no way I see it being possible, I had labs all the time during the 12-5 window of the day when teams are out there practicing, and too hard to make that stuff up with missed days for travel even if the practice schedule happened to work out. Engineering similarly has too many big afternoon blocks of time outside the lecture hall.
So, choose the right major and you can still do a killer job with top level college tennis, I've seen it plenty - if anything your resume is greatly enhanced by being on a successful team as long as you don't let your GPA go to hell. But your major choices are pared down to the ones that don't have huge blocks of time required outside the lecture hall, for sure.
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Great info
My organic chemistry labs were from 6 pm to midnight, so I agree that it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to be a premed student while playing a sport at D1 school.
However, another option, which it seems Mallory Burdette was thinking about taking (before she decided to go pro just recently) is majoring in some other field and then going to a post bac premed program after college to take the premed sciences.
Sounds like child abuse !
hey TCF what happen to the other thread ? who said what ?
Oh, I get it. I also get sarcasm.
Not trying to be "sarcastic" , sorry , I am just sick of everyone saying it is only this way "college" and if you choose another well ?
I have a player who wants to go pro he could go to college but right now he has his sights set on a goal not many would attempt .
Thanx and it truly is his decision , he talked to me about 6 months ago and said he wants to focus and play more of the bigger tournaments "jrs/travel" and also futures ,
As for me i just tell him if he is gonna go for it and dont look back or waiver in your decision.
You should really consider motivational speaking! I give you one tip from dad to dad , when your talking to your girl tell her she the best and the skies the limit even though we know you wont be telling her the truth just make her think you believe in her.
Hmm... is TCF the latest alias/personality of BB?
Stay tuned...
Good point to make. It is hard to depersonalize wins and losses but it is a good way to go. My 10 year old just got back from the RTC in GA. It was a level 2 and a great experience. The plan is to not play a tournament for 4-6 while he works on improving. It would be good to have enough improvements so that the next tournament is a different experience. Notice I said different now more wins. I just hope he competes better because he has improved. He is big for his age. He just turned 10 over the summer and he is almost 5'2". I know he still needs to grow into his body.
I heard years back Hinges's mom saying from and early age she had Martina doing plyos, I ran with that tip and my daughter was known for her footwork and DB moves well also at 6'5 , it was a great tip and it can only help while going through growth spurts . Best to your kid hope he/she tears it up and makes you proud .
He makes me proud every time he thanks the tournament director or his coach. I told him a long time ago that no matter how good or bad the tournament is you always thank the tournament director. That person gave up his/her weekend so you could play in a tennis tournament. I am actually more proud of my older son. He has not had the success of the younger son but he tries so hard and never gives up. It is not fair that is so hard for him and so easy for the younger one. I guess that is how it is for now relative to his growth and maturity with regard to his peers.
Just keeping it fun, my friend. Thought Brad might get a chuckle out of it as well.
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sorry 4-6 weeks.
I started training my son 6 months ago, and I don't see anything special, no "It". The problem with it is like finding a women, everyone looks for "Chemistry", they think they find it and that's it, then they break up. Sometimes the best Chemistry comes from months of knowing someone.
Same deal in Tennis, I can see some actions where my son COULD be great, but no guarantees. I've hit with kids who have never played before and they are more natural, they just hit it over.
Aggassi felt sorry for Sampras when they played when they were young, he thought that Sampras had no future, so even if they have "It", it's no guarantee that they will become great. IMO to become great you have to have natural ability, the mind for it, and a work ethic second to none.
Think of how many "Future Champions" who fall on their face, how many "Naturals" that plateau. I do think it has to be the whole package. Also, sometimes because of age their minds just aren't ready for it, like the kid in school who is a "C" student, but then something snaps and they are all of a sudden all "A's"
I would aim for the college route. If he's got it, skip college; play pro. If he's not quite there, go the Isner route. (And get a B.S. degree...just in case.)
What do you mean by this TCF? The "it"-factor you're talking about, can it not be taught? Is it something a tennis player is born with? Or can it be developed?
I think it is is a lot of things that make the "it" factor. One thing I have noticed is personality. Tennis is a repetitive sport. You do the same thing over and over. It seems like a lot of the kids who are good have a personality that suits that. They are kids that will go outside and hit on the wall over and over again for long periods of time because they like doing it.
Yes, not to be funny, but a lot of the top players have ADD tendencies. Djokovic, excessively bouncing the ball before the serve, Nadal, having to place water bottles in the exact spot, Sharapova does a little skip step when she goes back to her chair.
As with all true genius in this world, most of their brains are wired differently than normal humans.
That's not ADD that's OCD and most highly successful adults can be diagnosed with stage 1 OCD or so I have read. Coming from someone who has a lot of OCD tendencies so take it with however much salt you feel appropriate.
I know what you mean, and I have seen the exact same phenomenon in group lessons at the club where I train, but I don't believe you can't see which one of 10 young beginners is going to become the best during the first months or even years. I'm just curious, do you know when coordination and motor-skills are fully developed in kids? Because I don't know, but nine years old would seem like too early for these skills to be fully developed in all kids? In some kids this process might have come a longer way, and maybe this "talent" you're seeing in some kids, is just their temporary superiority in coordination? Something that is going to even out a lot during their next years of development? And then these kids get more attention from the coaches (believing they have "talent"), their parents also think this temporary superiority in coordination is the "it" factor or some in-born talent. The parents then sign their "wonderkid" up for more group lessons and private lessons, and they nurture that "talent". The "wonderkid" might end up as a moneymaking pro, while the other kids from the beginner lesson mentioned give up tennis believing their "talent" lies in some other field like painting or math or whatever. Every coach out there should read "Talent Code", "Bounce" and "Mindset". Since you seem like a very dedicated coach I suspect you have already read at least one of these books, but if you haven't I strongly recommend you do. All of these books have changed my life, and "talent" has become a profanity to me.
By the way, I have read that Bernard Tomic was never at the top of his group when he was a beginner many years ago, but he worked really hard and had a good coach and look at him now. It's the hours that matters, not the so-called "talent".
It's funny that you say that because my son who in my eyes has "it" or something like it has a personality steeped in perseverance. It was evident as early as an infant but it really stood out to me when he was 3 or 4 and was invited to a birthday party at an ice skating rink. He had never been skating before. After the party there was free skate time and he wanted to try. He would fall repeatedly after the first couple of steps but refused to use one of those walker aids. I was concerned because it was open skate time and there were adults and teenagers flying by him and he was so small. But even as he continued to fall he refused to get off the ice. Within an hour and a half he was skating around the entire rink. He's like that in tennis and in life. If he wants to learn something or improve something he pushes himself until he reaches his goal. Even if he hears "no" from me or his dad, he doesn't go away quietly. He will argue his position until he's blue in the face. I find it an admirable personality trait that will serve him well in life. I also think that he has a touch of OCD.
As lot of people have pointed out - there's not one thing which defines the 'it' factor. But in any sport the talented ones show glimpses of ability which is better than the averge kid in a group.
So if your kid is better than the average kid, then I feel they have some of 'it' factor. They have given you something to work with.
Look at all the doubles player who make a living on the tour making more than million dollars a year, I am sure not of all them were freaks as kids.
Some persisted longer than others, got the right break through and they are making a living. I am positive there are lot of singles players who are probably
better than the world class doubles player but struggling to stay in the tour.
In a interview I read Carlos Moya hit with Rafa when he was 12 years old and did not think he was going to be that great. So if Moya could not predict
about Rafa at 12 years of age you think anyone can predict how good a kid can be.
I have to say, tennis has to be one of the wierd sport were people discuss so much about succeeding and talent when the kids are 8 years old.
You don't need to be a freak at 8 years of age to become extremely good at 14 or 18 years of age.
In conclusion if you kid is keen do the best you can, don't put any upper limits on what they can achieve
and I am sure like any other sport you will find out how far he/she can go.
Unfortunately your spot on ! The area i think most fail as we have done here in the USA is that we don't plan, no goals ,no vision, no milestones to check your progress we sit back and "hope" something happens therefore we fail without trying.
I actually hate it a little when kids look extremely good at 7-8. The pressure already starts and from there it is a long, long journey. Like to see some glimpse of talent and watch it grow as they get to 10-12 while they are playing other sports to develop more skills, then turn up the heat after that.
It's interesting when parents come on here to "talk about" their 7-10 year old being the next thing.
The ones to "watch" are the players that look good in their mid-teens.
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Scouting Report From the time he got to campus up until his unfortunate arrest for DUI just before the start of camp, all we heard was good things about Reed. He was said to give us the dimension that we had become accustomed to from the NT that we lost when Jesse Williams graduated. He certainly has the ability to do just that as well as the quickness to slide to DE on some heavier packages.
BigEasyTider's Take Talented kid with a unique skill set. Even though he has been dubbed as one of the quick twitch guys, that's not really accurate, because he's a very big player. He's bigger than traditional 3-4 ends we've had in the past like Washington, Deaderick, Stinson, and Pagan, and the reality is that he just moves very, very well for a man of his size. He could really play anywhere on the defensive line, and his athleticism makes him a potential three down player even at 310 pounds, because he can penetrate the backfield on passing downs from the defensive interior.
Off-field issues arose, obviously, with the DUI, but from all indications that was largely a one-off type of incident. He was in line for a starting job before that happened based on his spring performance, and while the camp suspension -- which I'm sure will carry over into the season -- put him back a bit, I don't see any reason to expect that he won't be a mainstay by the time Florida comes to town, provided that he can stay healthy.
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runtheoption22's Take We saw what he can do at A-Day. And, I easily could've put him in the top 10, maybe top 6 if we didn't have to be concerned with the off-the-field stuff. Reed can play every down- which is something that we have needed more of against HUNH teams. He can get a push and he can plug the hole. He's a contributor this year if he gets out of the doghouse.
WMack4Bama's Take We saw in the A-Day game the type of impact Reed is capable of having. I think he has the ability to not only anchor the d-line vs. the run, but provide a certain amount of pressure vs. the pass from his NT position. The challenge will now be, of course, the off field stuff. If the DUI turns out to be a 1 time thing, Reed will be a very valuable, instant impact type of player.


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Local Woman Enlists Bo Peep, Her Sheep, and Humpty in Fight Against MS
WINDSOR's Jacqueline "Jacq" Sembor may be nimble, and she may be quick, but this year she's ditching the "jump" to, instead run with the candle stick! Joining her on her jog will be a slew of other nursery rhyme characters, including Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, and Little Bo Peep and her once lost sheep. An avid runner, Sembor, communications specialist at the National MS Society, Connecticut Chapter, is putting together Jacq B Nimble, Jacq B Quick, a fundraising team supporting the 2013 Run MS, A Spooktacular 5K.
Heidi Wiegel, of WEST HARTFORD, executive assistant at the chapter, is co-captain of the team. Gregory ran the 2012 5K, dressing up as a Pittsburg Steelers super-fan. This year, she plans to don a Humpty Dumpty costume, although she hopes to avoid a great fall during the race.
The 2013 Run MS, A Spooktacular 5K, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Rentschler Field in EAST HARTFORD. The run raises funds and awareness to help find a cure for MS.
"I cannot think of a better way to get involved with one of my chapter's events," said Sembor, who has been running routinely throughout the summer to prepare for the race. "I have always been a casual runner who played with the idea of participating in a 5K. The National MS Society's run is the perfect motivation to get me to the starting line."
Sembor and Wiegel both agreed that running on a team for the first time will be a great experience.
"Serving as a team captain is pushing me to not only fundraise, but also to encourage my teammates to channel their Halloween spirit to find some of their own festive fundraising ideas," shared Sembor, who is partnering with Ceniccola's, in Branford, to host the first-ever Jacq B Nimble, Jacq B Quick Hog Wild Benefit Pig Roast.
Runners are encouraged to wear costumes and choose themes. In keeping with Sembor's team theme, members will dress as characters from favorite nursery rhymes. Each one will also participate in raising funds to collectively raise as much money as possible to support people with multiple sclerosis.
The team is open to everyone, no matter how fast or slow, as long as they are willing to raise funds, cheer teammates on and dress up as the Muffin Man or, perhaps, even one of the three blind mice.
"Choosing a fun costume theme was key to building a sense of camaraderie," explained Sembor, who graduated with honors in May from The University of Scranton, in Scranton, Penn. "I want us to come together, raise a ruckus on the course and cross the finish line feeling like we really made a difference."
As an incentive to get more people to join the team, Sembor's boss, Karen Butler, vice president of communications, has promised that if Sembor recruits 20 people to join Jacq B Nimble, Jacq B Quick, she will participate, despite having never taken part in a 5K, by running with the team. Butler, who lives in MANCHESTER, will even dress up as Little Bo Peep, running alongside her once lost sheep.
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More than 6,000 Connecticut residents live with multiple sclerosis, a potentially debilitating disease affecting the central nervous system. The cause is unknown and there is currently no cure. Symptoms can include, among other things, numbness in the limbs, difficulties with vision and speech, stiffness, loss of mobility, and, in some more severe cases, total paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot be predicted.
Team Jacq B Nimble, Jacq B Quick originally set a fundraising goal of $500. However, having already surpassed the goal, the stakes have been raised. The team is aiming to raise a minimum of $1,000.
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Check in begins at 8 a.m., and the 5K starts at 9 a.m. Rentschler Field is located at 615 Silver Lane, in EAST HARTFORD.
To learn more about the upcoming Jacq B Nimble, Jacq B Quick Hog Wild Pig Roast, visit Facebook. To register for Run MS, A Spooktacular 5K, or to join or donate to team Jacq B Nimble, Jacq B Quick, visit ctfightsMS.org.
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I suspect that we will see a lot of MJ impersonators this Halloween, so I'd like to help those who are interested in celebrating the King of Pop's iconic style do it right. The late pop star's style was always evolving and maturing from his bell bottoms and afro in the early 1960's to tailored and refined yet glitzy looks of late. While the white glitter glove became the corner stone of MJ's on stage uniform, military inspired jacket's endowed with cording, crests, and rich shoulder embellishment will forever remain inscribed in my mind as his most important contribution to fashion. Creating the jacket is easy and paired with the right accessories will make a great Halloween costume or an awesome addition to your closet this Fall.
- 4 metallic frogs
- 2 rhinestone appliqués
- 3 v shaped iron on patches style: 4364001 (to order call 1-80-9-mjtrim) or you can use crests
- 2 yards metallic braind
- Black jacket
- Craft glue, needle, and thread
How to:
- Remove the buttons from your jacket.
- Cut 8 pieces of metallic cord to 8" long.
- Curve the cord around so that the two sides are parallel to each other and the ends are even.
- For ease of workability I stitched the parallel sides together
- Remove the closure loop and knob of your frogs, you just need the design loops.
- Glue the rhinestone appliqués to the shoulders of the jacket. If this piece is for more than costume, I recommend stitching the appliqués on.
- Attach your patches or crest to the left arm. In case you wanted to get really authentic you could attach a band of ribbon or leather around the right arm.
- Glue or stitch (recommended) the metallic cord pieces to the front of the jacket in place of the buttons and covering the button holes.
- Attach the ornament portion of the frogs over the unfinished ends of the cords
- Measure 1 ½" from the end of the sleeve and mark. Following these marks sew or glue the remaining metallic cord around the sleeve. Depending on how much is remaining you could do a second row.
- If you used glue let dry for 24 hours before wearing out.
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This is the House centipede, Scutigera coleopatra, common in the med and southern Europe - occasionally turning up in the UK where it is a very tentative 'native', but most likely these are odd introductions with various goods and chattels from southern Europe.
The feed on other invertebrates so are useful about the place. They can give you a nip, but they run faster than the wind so you should be safe.
This possibly a Scutigerid. They are related to centipedes and are ton-up runners who hunt insects. Often found on the walls of houses in temperate climes. Bombuslucorum beat me by a minute or two!


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What can I say about Graphic 45 paper that hasn't already been said? The designs are a tasteful update of period graphic art that creates a nostalgic mood based on the 1920s and '30s. The paper is a satisfying heavy weight and printed double sided. The coordinated sheets of tags, stickers, and fonts further add to the look. I am a great fan of this line of paper.
I plan to cut out the saying and use them separately on the various cards I make. They can be used on feminine and masculine cards. I sure got a lot for my money with this piece.
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Thanksgiving brings community together
BRATTLEBORO -- People who didn't know each other sat down and enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal together.
"This pumpkin pie is awesome," one older woman told another.
She was referring to the dessert portion of the annual Brattleboro Thanksgiving community dinner at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden on Main Street.
The meal started at noon and was over by 5 p.m. Volunteers helped clean up until at about 7 p.m..
Ray Branagan organizes the event and works with food warehouses and companies who make donations to the dinner.
"The gratitude I get when it's all over," he said when asked why he does it. "It brings me back to the next year."
He thought by 1 p.m. there were about 35-40 turkeys, 200 pounds of potatoes and 80 gallons of cider. Pies were also donated by various people.
Those who didn't sign up could still come down and donate whatever they'd like, so numbers were difficult to completely determine.
After worker-owned, cooperative restaurant, The Common Ground closed down about 10 years ago, Branagan and the others have worked hard to continue this Thanksgiving tradition, which has been going on in Brattleboro for more than four decades.
Volunteers could reach up to 100, between Wednesday and Thursday, Branagan said.
On Wednesday, volunteers prepared foods. On Thursday, there were just as many volunteers bringing the food from the Brattleboro Masonic Lodge across the street, which acts as the "control center," according to Branagan. People also helped to clean up both sites.
"What makes me volunteer is what makes anyone volunteer," said Jesse Schultz, of Hinsdale, N.H..
This was Schultz' fifth year volunteering. He mostly worked on making the gravy. Last year, he had carved the turkey.
Schultz had been walking back to the Masonic Lodge after delivering food to the River Garden. He was working with Ian Bigelow, volunteer cook, before he was sent to deliver more food. "There's no recipes," said Bigelow. "We're just guess-timating."
In the past, the community dinner has run out of food like mashed potatoes because of the high turnout and fan favorites.
Kevin Sadler, who had just moved to Brattleboro from the seacoast of New Hampshire and works for C & S Wholesale in Keene, N.H., had heard of the dinner through people who were talking about it on the street.
He decided to walk down to the River Garden and check it out.
"This is my first year," he said. "The food's fantastic and it's great to see my neighbors' faces."
His favorite part was the garlic mashed potatoes.
Approximately 85 meals-on-wheels were delivered by volunteers, led by Peter Wiles, to citizens who couldn't make it down to the River Garden.
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LLL of Jersey City and LLL of Hoboken make WBWC a True Community Celebration
From NEW BEGINNINGS, Vol. 24 No. 3, May-June 2007, p. 136
Congratulations LLL of Jersey City and LLL of Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. They won four $500 educational scholarships. You may ask, "How did they do it?" They participated and fundraised in the 2006 World Breastfeeding Week Celebration (WBWC). Over the years, their annual WBWC event has grown into a major community celebration that includes a walk, a soccer clinic, a lecture on parenting by Lu Hanessian, musical performances, and children's activities. They received news coverage in the Jersey City Reporter that announced the plans in an article called "Got Milk?" This article not only shared the benefits of breastfeeding, but also information from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the World Health Organization, and the US Department of Health and Human Services. Leader Jennifer Lisimachio's picture with her three-year-old son, Noa, were part of the article. LLL of Jersey City Leader Lissa Wells talks about organizing such a large event.
We started in May for a September event. Each year, we set huge goals ($5,000 the first year and $10,000 in 2006). We met our goal, raising $10,500. We found that the biggest key to our success is to contact people and companies who we think are committed to breastfeeding, those who do community outreach, and companies that do a lot of advertising in other fundraising programs. I collect these programs throughout the year and keep them in my La Leche League file so I can approach those businesses.
Sometimes it is almost effortless. This year, one of our Group members walked into a local pediatrician's office (not her doctor) and walked out with a $1,000 check! Her current and former pediatricians chose not to sponsor at all. So it can be unpredictable.
It is also helpful that the businesses feel they are getting exposure for their donations. We stress how many mothers we reach in our community through meetings (three per month), help calls, health fair outreach, and our WBWC event. We estimate reaching some 3,500 families. I also explain how we intend to use the funds for more outreach in our community, especially in the African American community, which has the lowest rates of breastfeeding.
I got a lot of sponsorships last year by asking my dentist, chiropractor, lawyer, accountant, bank, grocery store, my daughter's gymnastics place, and friends who used to breastfeed and have their own businesses. Many donate because there is a relationship. I've also found that it's a good idea to go to businesses that are local as big corporations and national businesses have too much red tape. I am a very persuasive personality, but it also takes many follow up phone calls. Follow up is essential. Also, some places require a lot of lead time (sometimes three to six months). So ask early.
Jennifer Lisimachio was in charge of publicity for the 2006 WBWC. It is important (to us and to the sponsors) that people attend! Also, one of our co-Leaders, Eileen Ferara, an artist, designed the graphics for the t-shirts, postcards, and banners. We downloaded forms from the WBWC Web site, which gave us photo releases and a form to help us keep track of how many people attended (about 500!).
If you are interested in planning a WBWC in your community, go to the WBWC Web site at www.lllusa.org/wbw for more ideas and suggestions for a big, small, or individual event. If your Area is not holding a WBWC event and you would like to donate to WBWC, go to https://donate2lll.org/indexSecure.htm.


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Rockies' offensive struggles not for lack of effort
By Thomas Harding / MLB.com
DENVER -- Rockies All-Star Michael Cuddyer has the answer to the Rockies' recent hitting struggles.
"The answer is the season is 162 games and we ran into a little bit of a rut, and people tend to forget to look at who's on the other mound sometimes," Cuddyer said. "Overall, the results haven't been there with runners in scoring position lately, but it doesn't mean we're not trying to get them in. We're not going up there saying, 'Man, I hope I don't get this runner in from second.'
"The intent is there. The thought is there. Unfortunately, sometimes you don't come through."
It's doubtful that's the answer fans are seeking to the Rockies' poor July. The Rockies entered Wednesday night's game against the Marlins last in the Majors in runs and OPS in July, and next to last in batting average and on-base percentage.
There are no major lineup or personnel changes on the horizon. From top to bottom, the Rockies pretty much roll their eyes at the notion that the answer is rooted in emotion or a major change in strategy.
"You've got to make sure guys are taking their best shot, and all that entails -- preparation, pregame work, their awareness over the course of the game, their approach to the at-bats depending on the situation and the scoreboard," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "You want to make sure guys are doing what they can to be successful, and guys are.
"After that, there's not much more you can do. [Hitting coach] Dante [Bichette] has got a good rapport with our guys. They trust him. He's very knowledgeable. He's easy to talk to. He's doing what he can to get guys going and they're doing everything they can to get themselves going. Throwing stuff around does absolutely nothing."
Cuddyer said players need to make adjustments as games progress, but being less aggressive in the batter's box is not the answer.
"You look at all of Major League Baseball now, hitters are more aggressive, and it's because pitchers are more aggressive," Cuddyer said. "You don't see the 125 walks. The league leaders in walks are at 100, then it drops off really quick. If you've got four pitches per plate appearance, you're in the league leaders. For whatever reason, pitchers are attacking the zone more.
"We're not going to give them strikes. If we're swinging at bad pitches, rolling over every single time on every first pitch, swinging at second-pitch sliders in the dirt and rolling over, then that's a problem. We're swinging at strikes. We're not swinging at too many bad pitches."
Weiss said it comes down to confidence in a star-studded lineup.
"These guys are well aware of what they need to do," Weiss said. "If it was easy, anyone would do it. These guys prepare, compete, and the guys have a history of success. That's what gives me confidence they'll get it going."
Rosario takes practice reps at first base
DENVER -- After seeing that he wasn't in the lineup for Wednesday night's game against the Marlins, Rockies catcher Wilin Rosario decided to try something new.
Rosario asked Rockies special instructor Vinny Castilla, who was hitting balls to his son early in the afternoon, to start teaching Rosario how to play first base.
It's not totally far-fetched. In an emergency situation, the Rockies used Rosario at third base in three games for 4 2/3 innings, and he received a start at first last season. Although he made a dazzling play at third during extra innings in one of the games, those experiments were generally rough. But Rosario wants to be ready in case an emergency arises.
"I'd want to be able to play whatever position, in case they need me at some point," Rosario said. "I do it because I like to play every day and want to be able to help my team win. If they need me at some point, maybe they won't be afraid to use me.
"This just started today. I'm not thinking I want to change positions. This was my idea. I had the day off, and I had time."
Not only did Castilla have Rosario and his son work in foul ground on forehand and backhand plays, but he went over footwork on hard-hit balls and the set-up for throwing to other bases.
Corpas settling into role
DENVER -- Right-hander Manny Corpas used to throw the biggest relief innings for the Rockies, when he served as closer for much of 2007 and '08. That was before elbow problems derailed his career.
Back with the Rockies after suffering an elbow injury in 2010, missing '11 and pitching for the Cubs last season, Corpas is pitching different innings, but they are important ones.
Corpas is one of the relievers the Rockies go to when the starter reaches the team's prescribed limit of 100 pitches. It can be a pressure-packed role. Most of the Rockies starters are pitching well these days, and the club can't afford a dropoff between the middle-innings reliever and the back of the bullpen.
Thus far, Corpas (0-2, 4.03 ERA) has made 12 of his 13 appearances in losses. Just once has he pitched with a lead and two other times he was on the mound with the score tied. But, generally, the scores are close, and Corpas is happy.
Corpas replaced Drew Pomeranz on Monday with two on and one out in the fifth inning of a 3-1 loss, immediately forced a double-play grounder and went on to throw 2 2/3 scoreless innings.
"The last couple of games have gone well," Corpas said. "The thing I'm trying to do is stay relaxed. I'm keeping the ball down and hitting the glove the way I did in Colorado Springs [when he started the season in Triple-A]. When I first came up here, I was hoping to have a big year and trying to do too much. Now, I'm trying to control myself and do my job."
Corpas, 31, said he approaches his inning -- often the sixth -- the way he did the ninth in '07, when he pitched for the Rockies in the World Series.
"What I say all the time is this is baseball, and you never know," Corpas said. "Every year is different. I'm coming in behind the starting guy, and if we're losing the game I have to be a two- or three-inning guy. But that doesn't make a difference. I can still help the team."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Twins put in a little extra work before Friday's game
By Patrick Donnelly / Special to MLB.com
MINNEAPOLIS -- After his team played one of its worst games of the season, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire turned to the adage that a little hard work never killed anybody.
The Twins put in extra work before their usual round of batting practice on Friday at Target Field as they tried to clear the funk lingering from Thursday's 7-2 loss to the Royals. In that game, the Twins committed one error, made a handful of other miscues in the field and on the bases, and allowed the Royals to score in five consecutive innings while getting outhit, 11-5.
Thus, Gardenhire figured some extra sunshine and sweat would help his charges turn the page with a three-game series against Houston set to begin.
"Just get 'em out early, get the bad taste of that game out of the way," Gardenhire said of his reasoning. "That wasn't very fun for anybody involved. We were pretty sloppy. So just get out there to reinforce and talk about a few things we needed to do and what I'd like to see from here on in."
Injuries have forced the Twins to rely on backups -- and backups to backups -- at many positions, and many players have found themselves in unfamiliar spots. Take Ryan Doumit and Chris Herrmann, catchers who have been forced to share right field thanks to injuries to three outfielders.
"We've got a lot of people playing a lot of different positions. We've got catchers playing right field and things like that," Gardenhire said. "So it's just about making sure we understand what we're supposed to do with the ball, protect the ball, [hit the] cutoff man instead of launching it in the air.
"I want my middle infielders out getting the ball, and I want to make sure they understand that," he continued. "We're getting too close to the bag on relays, [with] two guys standing next to each other. So it's about the fundamentals, getting back to doing what we'd been doing very, very well. [Thursday] was sloppy, and I just thought it was as good a time as any -- we just got swept at home, so why not have a little workout, get their minds right and go from there."
Willingham, outfield reinforcements on the horizon
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins outfield situation has been about as stable as the San Andreas Fault this year, but manager Ron Gardenhire could soon be receiving reinforcements, led by the return of the team's leading home run hitter from last season.
Left fielder Josh Willingham took batting practice at Target Field before Friday's game against the Houston Astros, and Gardenhire said it's possible that he could return within the next week to 10 days. The 34-year-old slugger, who has been on the disabled list since undergoing surgery to clean up his left knee on June 3, is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Rochester on Monday, with a return to the Major League lineup a few days after that.
"He's running around," Gardenhire said as the Twins finished a round of batting practice on Friday. "We'll eventually get him on a rehab [assignment]. We've got a nice program set up for him. It looks like he's scheduled, if everything goes well, to rejoin us in Chicago at the end of this next trip. And that's if everything goes according to plan."
The Twins face the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field Aug. 9-11, and they'd welcome the return of the man who led the team with a career-high 35 home runs and 110 RBIs last year. On Friday, Willingham took a round of infield and ran the bases as his teammates took batting practice, then stayed on the field for a solo round of BP, during which he launched a handful of balls over the fence as he worked on refining a swing that hasn't seen game action in two months.
Willingham is hitting .224 with 10 home runs -- tied with Trevor Plouffe for the team lead -- and has 37 RBIs.
With regard to other outfielders whose return is on the horizon, Darin Mastroianni started in left field and batted leadoff on Friday night for Class A Advanced Ft. Myers. Wilkin Ramirez -- out since suffering a concussion on May 25 -- began a rehab assignment at Double-A New Britain on Monday.
Both Mastroianni and Ramirez are candidates to fill a gaping hole in center field with Thursday's demotion of Aaron Hicks to Rochester. Clete Thomas started in center on Friday, and he's the only player on the 25-man roster with center-field experience. Gardenhire chuckled when asked before Friday's game about his backup plan in center.
"Do I have a second center fielder in the house? Sure I do. And when I have to put one out there, you'll know who he is, too," Gardenhire said. "Let's not talk about that ... it makes me nervous. I've got one right now."
Twins hope Arcia's Minors success carries over
MINNEAPOLIS -- Less than a month ago, the Twins sent Oswaldo Arcia back to Triple-A Rochester to help him get refocused, regain his confidence and start having fun playing baseball again. On Friday, Arcia returned to Minneapolis after the Twins gave the same message to Aaron Hicks.
Arcia hit .375 with four home runs and 13 RBIs in 13 games during his July stint at Rochester. The Twins are hoping for a similar turnaround for Hicks, who was optioned to Triple-A on Thursday on the heels of a 7-for-43 (.163) stretch since the All-Star break.
"Right now, he's in that mode where he's struggling swinging, and every time he does hit a ball hard, it seems to be right at somebody," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "I don't want him to get into the 'Why me?' type of stuff. 'When am I going to get a break?' I don't want him to go through that, which we all do at one point or another. ... It's time for him to relax a little bit, go to Triple-A, get some swings, get some confidence going."
Despite Hicks' struggles to adapt to Major League pitching, Gardenhire praised the rookie's ability to keep his offense from affecting his play in the field. Hicks made a number of highlight-reel catches in his first four months as a big leaguer, and his throw from right-center to nail Vernon Wells at third base at Yankee Stadium last month will not soon be forgotten.
"He's been playing great defense, which is something for a young kid to struggle like he has offensively and still play the defense that he played," Gardenhire said. "That's a good sign. ... He's going to be a good one. He's a good player, very talented, so this is a good time to let him refresh with a month left until September."
The Twins manager cautioned, however, that a return to Minneapolis for the season's final month is far from a given.
"We told him there's no guarantee he'll be back up here in September -- he's got to earn it. If he wants to get called back up, he's got to go down there and produce and play, and that's the way it should be, along with everybody else."
That's a message Arcia apparently took to heart. He was demoted on July 13 after managing just three hits -- all singles -- in his last 33 at-bats, but the big league staff received good reports from Rochester manager Gene Glynn on Arcia's development in his return to Triple-A.
"[Glynn] told me ... he's been swinging good, and he's made some real nice plays in the outfield," Gardenhire said. "He's playing a little more right field down there, but he's running the ball down good and everything's going well."
As for whether Arcia will stick with the Twins this time around, Gardenhire said it's anybody's guess, but he laid out what he thinks will be key to Arcia's advancement.
"It all going to depend on how he handles it mentally up at the plate, his strike zone, and if he's starting to get a feel for it. He's a strong young man -- we've seen him swing the bat, and we like it. He's very enthusiastic and he brings some pop. He can generate two or three runs in a hurry, and we need that right now."
Patrick Donnelly is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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sarah! wrote:is he going to be sam in nm too?? i heard that he wasnt.
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You guys think it's true?
-Jasper wrote:What? The casting people should read this thread. Even if Solomon isn't 'marketable', he's a great actor, really dedicated to his role, and quite a few of the girls on here think he's a heart-throb
It could just be another rumour, but it sounds quite official. I hate it when they change actors. I can't personally see anything wrong with Solomon - if they let Taylor keep his role, you'd think they'd let a more minor character keep his role.
Nerd wrote:There's a new Solomon interview here.
There's still no official news yet. What he says at the bottom is what he's said since Twilight filming. I really hope we get something OFFICIAL soon!
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As other wildfires in Southwest Colorado wind down, the Little Sand Fire burns on stubbornly in forested areas between Pagosa Springs and Vallecito Reservoir. Containment was 40 percent Tuesday, but if wetter forecasts pan out, officials say that number could rise significantly during the next week.
The fire was ignited by lightning May 13 the first major blaze of the season and has since grown to 24,500 acres while outlasting challengers like the Weber, State Line and Lightner Creek fires.
And with full containment achieved Saturday on the 87,000 acre High Park Fire near Fort Collins, Little Sand is now states largest active fire.
Tinder-dry conditions, combined with steep and inaccessible terrain, have thus far prevented firefighting crews from making inroads. However, with difficult topography comes one silver lining: fewer homes threatened. By contrast, the Waldo Canyon Fire has burned less acreage, but destroyed 346 homes stemming from its proximity to Colorado Springs.
In the Wemuniche Valley, Poma Ranch remains evacuated, but has lost no cabins or outbuildings to the flames. Although structure protection efforts are ongoing, the worst appears over.
Were seeing how fast we can lift the evacuation notices. Itll be days, not weeks, said information officer Don Ferguson. I know Poma Ranch is eager to move in and get back in business.
As of Tuesday, 202 personnel were on the ground and receiving help from four helicopters, nine fire engines and one bulldozer.
The only direction in which flames are presently spreading is southwest, near the convergence of First Fork Creek and the Piedra River. Ferguson said those water boundaries, plus an old prescribed burn area, should help stall further advances.
Crews have also started to rehabilitate parts of the forest that were uprooted during earlier containment efforts. The work aims to prevent future erosion problems and keep runoff water away from access roads.
Light to moderate rains fell on a large portion of the fire Monday, and periodic thunderstorms are expected during the next week. Ferguson is hoping they differ from last weeks storms, which brought abundant lightning strikes but minimal precipitation.
(Thunderstorms) are a mixed bag, he said. But if the forecasts are true, were supposed to get wetting rains over one-quarter inch letting moisture get through to the forest floor.
Little Sand firefighting costs have totaled $6.74 million to date.


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Menahga yearbook policy under scrutiny
A group of students and parents in Menahga are upset over a decision by school administrators to exclude some photos from the school's yearbook.
One student wanted to have her baby included in her senior photo and other students are asking to have a memorial page in the yearbook for Kyle Kenyon, who committed suicide last January.
School administrators have said no to both requests.
Kyle's mother, Peggy Havnes, said she supports the students who want to have a memorial for her son in the yearbook.
"I think it could be used as a teaching tool with a message of suicide prevention," she said. "The school thinks that putting a memorial in the yearbook is glamorizing suicide but that's not what the students are doing."
Patricia Samuelson, the parent of a Menahga senior, said she and several other parents are appealing the decision and are garnering support from others in the community.
"My daughter is a senior and was good friends with Kyle," Samuelson said. "His suicide hit us hard. I think we need to talk about it and educate students."
News of the issue spread like wildfire on Facebook pages over the weekend. Twin Cities TV stations were contacted and ran stories on the controversy.
"We made the decision not to include memorials in the annual while we were updating the Crisis Management plan last fall," said Superintendent Mary Klamm in a statement issued Tuesday morning. "During the updating process we took quite a bit of time focusing on what to do after the death of a student, faculty member or parent of a student, because our plan was incomplete. We made the decisions based on what we felt was best for our students and what research says is best practice. Senior class advisers had been working with the seniors to determine options to the memorial page - but we were taking baby steps and the Facebook/media event made us take a leap that we weren't prepared for.
"I have been in contact with other administrators who have dealt with similar situations and personnel from Prairie St. John's, who visited with our staff last year after our student's death. It seems we are not the only ones dealing with students and members of the community circumventing the decision making process and taking an issue straight to the media through Facebook. I believe it's a 'new normal' that schools will simply need to figure out how to deal with and address."
Samuelson and Havnes are trying to get on the school board's next agenda to make their appeal.
"I really think the yearbook should be up to the kids and include what they want," Havnes said.
Klamm said school staff will continue to work with students on other options.
"At this point we are working to go back to having conversations with students about what options are available that will remember the person who died, but also not put other students at risk," Klamm said. "We had already planned to have a Crisis Line Prevention Presentation by Northern Pines Counseling on Nov. 12. The counselors will be available to meet with students throughout the day. After the day with the students, the counselors will help us determine what steps we need to take next."
Klamm had this to say about the student who wanted to have her baby with her in the yearbook: "The student composite picture is about the student and we have never allowed other people to be in the picture. This issue landed on the principal's desk in the form of a petition and then went straight to the media outlets through Facebook. Without going through the channels of communication, the school's communication/problem solving process was again interrupted."


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Although love and lover are two words that should certainly go together, sometimes they don't. Just because you like your partner doesn't necessarily mean that you're a real lover. If what's happening in the bedroom is more fizzle than flames, understanding the art of seduction, opening yourself up to new possibilities, communicating with your partner and listening to your lover's wants and needs can help to resuscitate the romance.
Plan to talk to your partner about the subject. Although hinting may make your partner more open to the topic, it will usually be necessary to explicitly outline what type of dominance you'd like to receive. This is especially true if you'd like to integrate your submissive and dominant roles throughout the relationship, rather than to restrict them to the bedroom. Prepare what you want to say. Decide what your ideal relationship dynamic would be, and how possible it would be to achieve. It's important that you feel assured about your desires, as this will help you express yourself accurately to your partner.
Be open about your feelings, but do not cross the line into being pushy. Make it clear that you would like to pursue something more, but do not make her feel uncomfortable. Love can sometimes take the time to grow, and scaring her away by being too forward can end your chances entirely. For example, suggest a dinner for just the two of you. This hints at a romantic interest. If she turns you down, don't press her for a reason or explanation. Give her space, plan a dinner with a group of friends and wait a few months before asking for a special date again.
Express your desires to your partner. Don't put her under pressure; remember that what you're saying may come as a surprise, so it's important you don't create any additional stress or worry. Don't give your partner any ultimatums, as this will further complicate the conversation. Give your partner time to think about what you've discussed; it's important that he doesn't agree to anything before he's duly comfortable with it. Take things slow. Although it may be tempting to jump into a submissive role immediately, you should still aim to gradually introduce it into your relationship. This will allow communication to stay open, avoiding unnecessary problems or misunderstandings.
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Touch yourself. I don't mean in THAT way. I mean to rub your feet, massage your scalp, dance your fingers across your arm. Eat well. Eat slowly. Eat consciously. Your senses dull when your body has to do damage control after a load of dirty food has entered the system. Move your body freely and often. Walk. Dance. Bike. Swim. Swing your arms. Stretch. Get present. Don't be in a hurry to move onto the next thing. Don't rush a conversation to a close, a career to its next level or a kiss to sex. A beautiful person experiences each moment totally and knows that a simple, complete, fully present, deep inhale can evoke as much ecstasy as anything.
Balance give and take. Giving her what she wants demonstrates your generosity and shows her that you care about her thoughts, feelings, and desires. Although your partner will appreciate how giving you are, she will likely want her turn to shine as well. For example, massage her back and neck and then let her do the same for you.
Trust your partner and show her that she can trust you, suggests psychotherapist Barton Goldsmith on the website Psychology Today. This will make expressing fantasies, trying new things out and setting boundaries easier and more pleasurable. Attentively listen when she tells you her fantasies and respond to them by giving her what she wants. This responsive action shows her that she can trust that you won't think her deepest desires are silly or strange.
For many Cheap Prostitutes in Wentworth, the idea of sensuality is associated with sexuality. We believe in sensual touch, sensual kisses, sexual moments between the sheets. At its core, however, being sensual is not about sex at all. Being sensual is about living in your senses as opposed to your mind. It means connecting to your physical body as it exists, perceives and feels in this very moment. While becoming more sensual will certainly make you a more engaged lover, it will also give you a more present, creative, vibrant person in general. May these tips inspire you to ignite your senses!
Make time for romance. Whether you have a busy work schedule, have family obligations or just can't seem to get together often, taking time out to relax and explore your sexual sides together is something that both of you can appreciate. This doesn't mean that you have to schedule sex. Instead, don't let it take the back burner to other parts of your life. Show your lover that he means more to you than watching a nighttime soap or picking up the dry cleaning.
I have dated and talked to a high number of women over just the past year and whenever I ask them what turns them on most about a guy the number one answer is usually A SMILE. It's the truth. Forget about the "intense look" or trying to look like "Mr. Tough Guy". A smile makes you approachable and friendly, and it is an immediate signal to a woman that you are interested in her.
Don't feel ashamed or guilty about your desires. Dominant and submissive relationships have existed throughout history, and this wouldn't be the case if they weren't suitable for a large number of people. Although these feelings may be inconvenient within your current relationship, it's most healthy to accept your emotional and intimate needs. Hint your feelings to your partner; this can be done in a light-hearted way, such as joking about how you enjoy him acting authoritatively within an intimate context, or expressing an interest in erotic materials within the dominant and submissive genre. Cheap Prostitutes in Anabranch North NSW may be more open-minded than you expected, and may gradually start to change his behavior as he picks up on your signals.
This doesn't mean that if you a large guy or even heavy that women won't find you attractive. But women don't like "big guts". In my conversations with the ladies, I have found that this is one of their biggest turn offs. So what to do? Sit-ups alone are not going to do it. You will end up with a "big gut" that's hard underneath. Getting rid of a gut also requires that you watch your diet. That means taking it easy on the carbs and fat. Eating sensibly along with a good ab workout will make that gut disappear in no time.
The type of intimacy within a relationship will always depend on the individual couple, and a wide range of lifestyles and options exist for experiencing it. While it may not be typical, many couples have developed an emotionally rewarding partnership by integrating dominant and submissive roles into their relationship. Although this may appeal to you, you should approach the issue with care when bringing up the subject with your partner.
Communicate with your spouse. Avoid assuming you know what her desires are. Being a good lover means figuring out what your partner wants and fulfilling her needs. Instead of thinking that you know what turns her on, ask her what you can do for her. If she's shy or feels bashful about saying what she needs, encourage her to show or guide you. Go beyond basic communication and tell her how she's making you feel as you get further into your romantic day or night. This can elevate the romance level and help you to meet her needs.
Be courteous and polite. Open doors for her, offer her your umbrella or help her carry a heavy bag. Be sure not to be overtly romantic in the action; perform them casually and out of mere politeness and chivalry. Seeing your kindness and respect for her as a woman could spark an emotional reaction in her.
Let your Cheap Prostitutes in Anabranch North New South Wales 2648 to truly see your body. Take your clothes off and appreciate each other. Though it is normal to feel nervous or self conscious about your body, recall that he is in bed with you because he is attracted to you. Begin with a sexy preview for the eyes before you proceed to the main show. Spend time on foreplay. Even if you want to jump right into the main attraction, don't forget about the shows. Begin with a total-body massage. This will help her to relax while showing off your animal side. Move on to romantic kissing, while you keep the message going. Continue. Shift it up and kiss his ears, his mouth, and his neck.


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While the day might have been gray and dreary during the woman's slopestyle final, the riding was red hot. The women's slope field consisted of six riders, Sarka Panochova, Kjersti Buaas, Enni Rukajarvi, Spencer O'Brien, Silvia Merttimuller, and Jamie Anderson. Each of the ladies got two runs, and the top overall score won.
There were pretty heavy standouts from all the ladies such as Sarka's huge backside 360's and Silvia's crazy combo rail trick on the waterfall rail, but the contest really only came down to three woman: Jamie, Enni, and Spencer. Enni had a cab 720 in her run, and if she would have got her grab, and stomped it, she very well could have been the winner. But she didn't. So she ended up in third place. Spencer O'Brien on the other hand has one hell of a switch backside 540, and she did grab it, and she did stomp the hell out of it, and she was in the lead up until Jamie Anderson's second run. But Jamie's last run was just too good to be beat. It included a gap out to lip slide on the top rail, a switch frontside 540, a frontside 720 , and a switch backside 540. All those tricks were grabbed and done with style too. So Jamie ended up heading home the victor of yet another dew tour medal.


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When entering the ocean you can inch your way in and try to adjust slowly, but sometimes it is best to just jump in. Jeff and Andee Wright took the latter approach when they started their wedding videography business, Blue Skies Cinema, in Newport Beach, California, and it has paid off. In just five years the "cinematic approach" they have developed has brought them seven WEVA Creative Excellence Awards. Using their artistic talent and eye for photography, the couple has developed a style that has enabled them to focus on high-end clients and transform their home into a dynamic studio environment.
Jumping InIt helps to start with a knack for things visual. Jeff used to own a screen-printing and graphic arts studio. "We did mostly all silk screening T-shirt design," Jeff says. "I've done artistic stuff all my life."
That "artistic stuff" turned to videography when he began blue water free diving and spear fishing. He started recording the dives with a Sony TRV900 in an underwater housing and editing the video for his own personal use. Besides honing his shooting and editing, that underwater video experience has come in handy for some of the romantic Love Stories that Blue Skies features.
But the artistic background doesn't come only from Jeff. "Andee is a phenomenal photographer," Jeff says. Andee did some video work for her own pleasure, but never saw herself in the professional arena before she and Jeff began to shoot weddings. "I just really liked it and jumped into it with him. It's kind of a similar outlet to the way I set up shots with photography. It's fun to do that with video."
A Little Help from Their FriendsJeff and Andee's artistic inclinations became a career and a business thanks to another husband-and-wife videographer team: Steve and Laura Moses of Vantage Point Productions. Vantage Point was hired to film Jeff and Andee's wedding. The Moseses provided encouragement, and when Jeff and Andee "jumped in with both feet" five years ago, they allowed them to study their style. "Steve and Laura were really instrumental in helping us get going," says Jeff. "They mentored us, and they're good friends of ours now. We drive up to WEVA Expo every year together."
The Wrights hired a couple of employees to help them shoot weddings and went to work. In the beginning they didn't plan on doing the high-end work that they are known for now. "We wanted to do good work, but not spend as much time on it," Jeff says. "That really changed once the artistic side of us took hold."
Blue Skies Cinema was being hired for more and more weddings, but Jeff found himself spending more and more time on each video. "I was spending so much time on the editing in order to have the type of finished product that we wanted." It became apparent that doing fewer weddings and charging more for each would be the only way Jeff and Andee could do the kind of high-end work that they enjoy.
Two years ago the opportunity to make that change appeared. "Both the employees had to leave at just about the same time, so it worked out perfectly. Andee and I both decided that we were going to be the ones that would be doing everything from the shooting to the editing." They would do fewer weddings but they would be able to charge much more for each video because of the cinematic approach that was quickly becoming a hallmark of their work.
Thinking While You ShootThe cinematic approach means more production time, but the results attract a more exclusive clientele, the Wrights say. "The basic premise behind everything is telling the story of the day," says Jeff. "We do that in the most cinematic way we can through artistic shooting techniques and shot composition." The Wrights use reveals, simulated crane shots, floating camera techniques, push-ins, pull-outs, high angles, low angles, 45s, rollovers, movement with angles, blurs, rack focusing, shooting through objects, and a lot of slow motion.
Jeff says the trick is to be constantly "thinking ahead of time to the editing process." He used to use a shot list, but weddings are unpredictable, so now he and Andee just try to keep composition in mind as they shoot. (With Love Stories, by contrast, they always work from a storyboard.) That means taking an active approach to get special shots, but one that doesn't intrude on the celebration. "We try to be unobtrusive but still get involved at points when we need to."
Jeff admits that the amount of freedom they have depends on the bride and groom's wishes, but he makes the most of whatever freedom he is given. "I will move around a little and get some different shots because the more free-dom you have, the more you can tell the story. You can show the mom looking at the bride, or the flower girl's expression; get a different angle; get more artistic shots such as rack focuses, blurs, and floating camera techniques."
Jeff and Andee take advantage of the time between the ceremony and the reception too. "We'll usually tell the bride and groom, if they like certain shots they've seen in demos or a certain kind of feeling, to let the photographer know that we need ten minutes with them ourselves to get the kind of shot we need." That gives Jeff and Andee the chance to capture scenes that enhance the romantic mood of the wedding video.
Making a Movie MasterpieceAfter the shooting is over, it takes editing skill to turn a wedding video into a cinematic movie. "In the editing room I really play with the lighting and contrast levels. We use a lot of slow motion. Sometimes I'll use a hair of a soft focus or a bit of a blur, and then really bump up the contrast to make it pop a little more," Jeff explains.
Sound is a key part of the cinematic effect. Jeff and Andee say they look "all over the place" for different kinds of music. "We offer clients the opportunity to pick their own music, but I would say 90% of the time we end up picking the music for them."
Jeff emphasizes the importance of both production and post in the movie-making process. "One of the main things is learning how to move with the camera and how to compose your shots, both in the shot process and in the editing process." He says some effects that can be simulated with editing tend to look better when created during the shoot. "Rack focus is very difficult to do in the editing process. Once in a while I still blur something out in the editing process, but I'd rather have done that with the camera itself." The end result of all of this work is cinematically stylish, 35 to 50-minute, short-format wedding movie, instead of a two-hour wedding video. The short-format movie is followed by a highlight reel and sometimes a Love Story.
Opening NightOf course the cinematic experience wouldn't be complete without a theatrical premiere. The Wrights recently completed construction of a nine-person theater in their home studio. One of their wedding package options invites couples to have their family and friends come to the theater for the premiere of their wedding movie.
The Wrights' theater has reclining La-Z-Boy seats arranged on two tiers. There is even a concession stand in the next room, complete with a popcorn machine and a small refrigerator that they fill with "everything from Perrier to Diet Coke." The counter has a candy display built into it "just like in the theaters," and Andee says it holds lots of candy. "It's been good for our customers, but not good for our bellies," Jeff admits. "We get into that a little too often.
Doing it with StyleThe Wrights have come a long way in five years. Now they are advertising nationally in Grace Ormonde Wedding Style magazine, and the upcoming wedding of a couple from Texas will be Blue Skies Cinema's first out-of-state ceremony. The couple also spoke at WEVA Expo in August. Their topic: "Cinematic Wedding Video."
The cinematic approach has been very successful for Jeff and Andee, but they don't discount other videographers' methods. "We don't think that the way that we shoot and the way that we edit and put together our products is necessarily the right way. There are lots of great companies out there that shoot in a different way, and there's a lot of different customers out there that like different things." But for the Wrights, the cinematic approach has allowed them to turn their business and their home into something unique and personal. "This is our style," says Andee, "and our customers seem to love it.


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Budget group's Robert Greenstein discusses consumer relief provisions in cap-and-trade bill
How can the Senate improve on consumer relief measures in its version of a cap-and-trade bill? During today's OnPoint, Robert Greenstein, executive director at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, explains the changes he believes should be made to consumer relief provisions as the Senate takes up climate legislation. Greenstein also gives his take on why allocating a larger number of free allowances to the electricity sector would not be beneficial to consumers.


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Dermot O'Leary: I'm a space geek
Dermot O'Leary has confessed he has been a space geek ever since he was a child.
The X Factor presenter is set to host a live show from Mission Control in Houston, Texas as part of Channel 4's Live From Space Season. During the broadcast, viewers will have the chance to interact with the astronauts on board the International Space Station, as they share incredible views of the planet as it completes a 90-minute orbit of Earth.
Dermot, 40, confessed: "I can remember watching [Space Shuttle] Challenger going up when I was at school and I've always been into exploration."
"Live From Space is such a mega and amazing programme to be part of. I'm so looking forward to presenting it. Going live with a TV show is always great but to be able to say, 'Now we're going live to the space station', will be a fantastic and surreal experience."
And though he is used to hosting live television, Dermot admitted he can't help wondering what will happen if something goes wrong.
"My fascination for this programme is two-fold," he revealed. "Aside from the live link-up and how brilliant that will be, there is that macabre thing where you wonder what you would do if something goes wrong. How do they deal with it? Then there are the ordinary, daily things, like how do they shave?"
He's already made contact with astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Koichi Wakata, who'll be taking part in the show. Last month he joined the production team on the roof of a London building to watch the ISS go over.
"We emailed them to say we would be watching," he said. "I was like, 'Wow - we really are looking at something that's 250 miles away, which is also looking at us!' It's so interesting."
For the past 20 months, Channel 4 has also been working closely with Nasa to produce two documentaries; Astronauts: Live In Space and Astronauts: Houston We Have A Problem, to give audiences a rare glimpse into the day-to-day lives of astronauts on the ISS, currently orbiting Earth.
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Discussion in 'Fan Productions' started by MadaBidyoni, Dec 4, 2012.
Which of the fan videos/films close to the real thing?
any of them are available at HD?
I vote for the 2004 motion picture Encarta IV: Dark Hope. Though, I'm a bit partial . Amazingly, I think the visual effects hold up as well as episodes of Voyager that were airing around the same time.
"World Enough and Time"
None are really close, though some are pretty impressive. I also like "World Enough And Time" as well as the Farragut shows.
i think the animated farragut episodes are closer to TAS than other fanfilms are to the various live action trek shows.
I tend to agree with Dennis. And most fanfilm producers aren't so self-obsessed as to think otherwise. Contrary to what some may think, most of us are well-aware of our shortcomings.
I'd prefer "limits" to "shortcomings." Everything's a process.
Definitely PHASE II from 'World Enough and Time' onwards. Also agree on Farragut Animated.
Yeah that's fair.
Part of the fun for me is watching the various productions improve from show to show. Exeter is a great example. Compare "The Savage Empire" to what we've seen so far of "The Tressaurian Intersection" shows how many lessons were learned between productions.
Our first stint in 1999 is laughable compared to the last film...night and day.
I have to say a toss up between the sadly-unfinished Starship Exeter episode "The Tressaurian Intersection" and Phase IIs "World Enough and Time". Both truly outstanding.
My 2 credits.
I'll see those two credits and raise you one "agreed".
Good topic!
I suppose the criteria would be - would this episode
(or webisode, as it were), be good enough to show
on network or even cable television, and keep its audience?
Changes the perspective a bit.
In all honesty, I think WEAT is the only one I've seen that comes close to that.
I tend to agree - except that what I've seen so far of "The Price Of Anything" looks better; I have high hopes for it.
Yeah I'm looking forward to that.
Echoing the general sentiments, "World Enough and Time," but subsequent Phase 2's have been disappointing by comparison.
The reason why World Enough and Time will be the gold standard for some time, is what fan films always fail at 1) Story, 2) Acting.
WEaT has two strong actors in the two guest leads, obviously Takei brings huge cred. And then Zicree's story is what you expect from a professional screen writer.
The look of many fan films has been strong for years, look at Exeter's second effort. Even In Harm's Way looked good. I am sure the new Farragut effort will be outstanding due to Matt Bucey, who is awesome. Special effects have been democratized too. So having a good look is becoming standard. But story and acting are still the difference. And I have yet to see any fan film consistently knock it out of the park. It REALLY is difficult. Look at OGAM. Perfect example. Great actors, bad story and the final product doesn't hold to WEaT.
So that is my 2 credit. OK, that is my third and fourth credits!
Phase 2 has the most advanced effects out there, but Farragut has always been the one that felt the most "natural" to me (e.g., the chemistry between the lead actors).
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I just finished a post for SBC Voices linking all the important posts on the new Southern Baptist environmentalism debate. If you haven't heard about this yet, it has all the makings for a major theme for this summer's Southern Baptist Convention.
This initiative was launched by Jonathan Merritt, a student at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He said the idea occurred to him in a theology class. It's a great story about the consequences of ideas. I had a similar experience last semester and interviewed Dr. Gregg Allison about the issue.
Merritt drafted a declaration and gained the support of host of Southern Baptist leaders. The initiative went viral this weekend when news agencies reported it as a new position statement from the SBC.
Don't let the name fool you. This is not an agency affiliated with Nashville. The ERLC and Baptist Press clarified, only the SBC annual meeting can make official statements. Of course, those are not binding on churches – even the well intended ones. The confusion was unfortunate, since it may cloud a real shift in opinion evident among some Southern Baptists.
I've created this poll to start the conversation here. It raises some great worldview questions, not to mention the role (or non-role) of the SBC in current political debates.