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Discussion in 'Tennis Tips/Instruction' started by luvforty, Mar 3, 2013.
pros and cons?
I pronate on all my serves, regardless of what spin I'm hitting.
Why wouldn't you pronate?
feels like there is better directional control with the no-pronate chop version.
How so? With a slice you're just "carving" the out side of the ball. I don't think pronation is something you do consciously, it just happens with a smooth motion to my knowledge at least.
I just pronate less, but I still pronate.
you want to use full pronation for any serve to maintain consistent high racquet head speed. the swingpath and the racquet head control around the contact point can be varied for control (amount and direction of spin and through component).
what people often don't realize is that the variation at the contact that results in wide or T serves is smaller than usually perceived. The full variation can be achieved by racquet control within the pronation.
This is a slice serve as indicated by:
1) the racket motion- mostly across the back of the ball
2) the label of the ball can be seen spinning in mostly a horizontal direction. (better seen in my copy than on Vimeo)
3) the ball has the characteristic slice trajectory curve and bounce for a right handed server.
The rapid internal shoulder rotation can be seen by looking at the rotation (axial) of the bones of the elbow.
I'm not able to see pronation before impact in this high speed video. However, I'm sure some pronation occurs on all serves before impact, possibly completed prior to the ISR. The server has a watch on; it's useful as a marker for total arm rotation at the wrist. When the arm is straight the total arm rotation is -
Total Arm Rotation Rate (at wrist) = ISR + Pronation.
If the rotation rate at the wrist is different than the ISR rate then that is pronation (or supination). In my opinion, the total rotation rate leading to impact might be due just to ISR. Needs better high speed videos with markers to measure.
I'm sure you can slice serve by carving on the outside of the ball, as Fuji describes, but this video is more of a rapid brush across the ball, exact angle not clear.
(The best stop-action single-frame can be done on Vimeo by pressing the play-pause button as fast as possible. I can't view Vimeo videos on my Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone.)
^^^in that vid I can clearly see pronation. at trophy the hand is neutral but the upward thrust of the shoulder leads supination of the hand and rapid pronation through contact. Of course ESR/ISR is present as well.
typically 'pronation' in serve indicate not the pronated position of the hand but rotation of the hand toward the pronated hand position from neutral or supinated position.
I'm sure pronation and supination occur early in the service motion, at trophy position, etc. but have not looked much at that.
Where does the final racket head speed come from?
After the arm is straight and the racket has very little racket head speed toward the ball, in other words, when the racket head acceleration is about to start, I can clearly see forceful ISR (humerus rotation) but I cannot observe pronation (forearm only rotation) because it is too difficult or small to see.
the amount of rotation at wrist is greater than that at the elbow, which indicates presence of pronation.
From the arm straight to impact that's not clear to me. I don't know.
The racquet faces towards the right net post on the follow through, so I believe there is pronation occurring.
When I think of the question posed in this thread "hitting a slice serve without pronation", I take it to mean hitting a slice serve with the racquet face never facing towards the right net post on the follow through (purely carving the ball).
Is that a correct interpretation?
I should have clarified a little -
here he talks about the finish of a slice serve, so I guess another way to ask the question is do you finish (when the hand comes down to waist level) with
1) hand facing body? (or more extreme case, facing the ground)
2) hand facing the sky?
Haha, it's hard to describe how in my mind I slice. The way I learned to slice off a serve was something like "peel the apple" by carving/brushing along the side of the ball.
In this video that you posted he says that you do pronate on a slice serve, you just don't think about it. It's at 3:55
Here's the link:
In another reply, I mentioned that if you have a video of a serve and it does not show the ball impact, to forget about that video. This instructional video has the racket head at impact entirely out of the frame, a red flag? Also, you cannot see what is going on unless the video is high speed video, say, about, 240 fps more or less.
Instructional videos on the serve that don't use high speed video and very fast shutter speeds (= outdoors in direct sunlight) are likely to be misleading.
In my opinion, it is very misleading, when he demonstrates statically how the wrist brushes across on the kick serve, regarding joint motions which are very complex around impact. I do not understand it in detail yet, but the arm is rotating around its axis at impact from ISR - unlike in the static demonstration starting at 4:08 - and that will allow the wrist to move more freely through the motion at impact. If you held your arm from rotating on a serve as shown, it might be very stressful to the wrist and otherwise and might risk injury.
Here is a video that I believe is of a kick serve but I'm not sure.
How can this compound motion at impact be described is a few words related to just one joint like the wrist?
the more I think about it -
maybe it's not about pronation.... instead it's about how the wrist moves.
the wrist can have extension/flexion or radial/ulnar deviation, or a combination of the 2.
if it has a lot of extension/flexion then you end up with a finish with palm facing yourself or to the ground.
if it is engaged mainly in the deviation action, you end up with palm facing the sky at the finish.
hope it makes sense.
thanks chas... i try to keep my arm a loose as possible and allow it to move naturally as much as i can. i feel the less stress i put on my joints the better my serve.
That Jeff Salzenstein video relates to a kick serve... Jeff Salzenstein is demonstrating 2 ways of hitting the kick serve, one with less pronation than the other, but both ways include pronation. It's not possible to hit a kick serve with a continental grip without pronation.
While with a slice serve, it is possible to hit it with a pure karate chop motion, although I have not seen any pros do it that way.
Either way, but the more advanced is with some pronation. You do not need pronation to hit a basic beginner kick or twist serve, just chop away up and out.
There should be some pronation prior to contact for the slice serve. This arm should be supinated previously so that the the racket edge leads coming up from the "scratch" position. The forearm/racket is pronated enough to present the strings to the ball in order to brush it for a glancing blow. Obviously, the arm/racket are not pronated as much prior to contact as with a flatter server -- where the racket face is squared up to meet the ball.
On a slice serve, much of the pronation of the forearm/racket actually happens after contact. This is done to minimize stress to the arm on the follow-thru most likely.
Here is picture of Salazar slice serve from above.
See also FYB original video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMgQWotcPYE.
Picture and video demonstrate that the arm pronation (Internal Shoulder Rotation + Forearm Pronation) rotates the racquet roughly 70°. In case of high angular speed of ball sidespin (good slice serve) there should be no arm pronation after contact.
Serena - no pronate slice.
serena clearly pronates there dozu. every pro pronates on every serve.
^ Yup, Serena does indeed pronate before and after contact.
This website - http://www.fawcette.net/2011/10/serena-williams-slice-serve.html agrees with you.
are you and Toly hanging out now?
This guy's video shows her pronating even tho' he claims she does not. Look at the orientation of her palm and racket just before her arm reaches full extension (before 0:20, 0:40 and 1:36). They both clearly change their orientation and continue to do so after full extension. The pronation, prior to contact, is quite a bit less than with her flat serve but it is still,nonetheless, present.
Less pronation does not equate to NO pronation.
ok - less pronation then.
i agree that no pronation = broken wrist lol.
I believe the pronation up until contact point is practically identical for both flat and slice serves.
As the following FYB Flat vs Slice comparison video shows, the strings are facing the exact same direction at contact for both serves.
In both the flat and slice serve, we are leading with the racquet edge, and we must pronate in order to bring the strings to the ball... The main difference is in the follow through and swing path after the contact point.
When we play the videos forward from the "L position" and freeze them at contact, the other key thing to note is that despite the fact that I'm swinging in different directions, my tennis racket strings are still facing the same direction at contact. What generates side spin on the tennis ball is the direction my strings move across the ball at contact, NOT the direction my strings are facing at contact.
Playing these clips forward one more time from the "L position," what I've done to get my strings facing the same direction at contact on both serves is time my pronation a little bit differently on my slice serve.
For what it is worth, here is a very detailed, technical analysis with numerous slow motion videos and three-modeling at (paid site). Short layman's interpretation: the bio-mechanical PhD says that what teaching pros describe as pronation is not pronation, which has little role in pro serving:
"But if we look at pronation in the technical biomechanical sense, it actually refers to something more limited, which is simply the rotation of the forearm at the elbow joint. ...
"What Brian's work shows—and this is backed up by the video—is that pronation in the technical biomechanical sense isn't a factor in serve location. In fact, Brian has detected little to no independent rotation of the forearm in high level serving."
It seems there are several different ways of hitting slice serve. In your website video Serena uses extreme spine rotation and hits some kind of vertical forehand. She also uses severe wrist ulnar deviation to create sidespin.
Even if she applies arm pronation the wrist ulnar deviation can stop arm pronation before contact and this motion would be useless, see my posts in thread http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=393401.
So, I mostly agree with you that Serena hits slice serve practically without efficient arm pronation around impact (before and after contact).
^ I actually see evidence of some "early pronation" as her arm starts to straighten up to the big L (inverted L) position in Jim F's video. I detect a little bit more pronation just prior to contact. She does appear to have less pronation after contact compared to other elite servers.
agreed I can count on getting it in and also putting it where I want it without pronation. Slice that is!!
so there is more than 1 way to slice the cat ha!
Serena rotates her body and racquet around spine counterclockwise (above view). An arm pronation rotates the racquet in horizontal plane in opposite direction - clockwise. To provide proper racquet orientation at contact Serena must use arm pronation. Unfortunately, these two motions compensate each other and arm pronation contributes almost nothing to RHS. How does she generate power, mostly due to spine rotation, arm rotation, and wrist flexion?
Here are FYB Frank Salazar different serves. There is big difference between Salazar and Serena slice serve. Which one is better?
Post 20 again, you should read it.
Anyone can slice with a pure chopping motion. Not saying it's the preferred pro level style, but you CAN.
A good server uses pronation on a slice serve to add that bit of rackethead speed.
If you are using the Continental grip and the racquet is leading on edge on a slice, how else could you bring the strings square to the ball without rotation of the forearm at the elbow joint?
Rotation from the wrist only? But that seems awkward.
Haven't read the linked article since it seems to require registration...
First of all, NO top level serving playing uses a pure slice serve without some amount ot TOPspin to their slice.
What is OP talking about here? A pure slice serve? Or a top level top/slice serve?
The former, hit with a forehand grip, can be a pure chop.
The later, hit with continental grip, is much stronger and more accurate with a pronation movement, which you can call a form in internal shoulder rotation.
Rod Cross disagrees with you see his article – Physics of the Tennis Kick Serve http://twu.tennis-warehouse.com/learning_center/kickserve.php.
I made the picture from Rod Cross video.
A player tried to hit kick serve, but struck pure slice serve. There is no topspin at all.
"A PLAYER TRIED" !!!! to hit a kick serve....
You can hit the top of the frame and hit a pure backspin lob serve that goes for a clean winner because it bounced back into your own court before the opponent get's there too.
A player DID NOT try to hit a pure slice serve. It was INadvertant.
If there is no topspin, there is no kick serve (unless you consider a high lob serve as a kick serve). (Nearly) pure slice is possible, but it will not kick and it will be difficult to serve into the service box. Slice serves typically have some topspin (and may have a a scosh of spiral spin as well).
OK, ElenaDementieva was known to hit a pure slice serve. We don't classify her serve as a real top level serve. Top level player, yes.
There is a little sense to impart topspin in slice serve. Slice serve makes a ball to curve in horizontal plane. This increases a path/time before the ball reaches the net and decreases ball's speed due to air resistance. This lower speed helps the gravity to bring the ball down into service box.
I voted Pronate. I come up to contact a bit on edge and it is impossible to hit the ball if the forearm does not pronate to some degree. But, I don't consciously think pronate but rather think hit across ball at desired angle - shallow 9to3 for slice and steeper 7to1 for kick.
I think you must pronate the forearm to some degree if you come up on edge otherwise you'll hit the ball with the leading edge of the racket head.
Toly.... seriously now, look at a decent server.
EVERY one uses a combination of top and slice. A pure sidespin slice serve is too slow, and if hit faster, is too hard to keep IN the court. Yes, it bounces very low, so what?
EVERY decent serving player, when he chooses to serve wide, uses a combination of topspin and sidespin on the same stroke.
At 3.5 and less, this is not necessarily true, but we won't classify a 3.5 serve as a decent serve.
See Sampras slice serve http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6cqVAKpOx0.
I believe there is practically no topspin component because ball bounce is relatively low. The same we can say about Serena and Rod Cross example.
A brushing motion that creates spin is mostly done by using wrist ulnar deviation which is obviously restricted, for example 40mph. If you impart topspin you inevitably decreases amount of sidespin. You cannot maximize both. If you want to hit very efficient slice serve which curves out wide, away from an opponent, you should minimize/eliminate topspin.
1. NovakDjokovic.
2. RogerFederer.
3. AndyMurray.
4. RafaelNadal.
5. DavidFerrer.
ALL THIS WITH TOP/SLICE, and NOT pure slice.
shall we go on?
I generally agree with you about most modern players, but I also cannot ignore Peter Sampras and Serena Williams. Maybe they are using wrong technique? I don't know.
sampras hit every serve with some topsin, no?
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Hi, group 5!
I started my center but didn't like how it was looking, I think I'll start over. My sewing time is a little sparse right now, but in 2 weeks my kids go back to school and I will be able to find more time to sew during the day. I'm looking forward to this RR.
Guess i'm alittle behind ,have an Idea ,just need to get it all figured out .
Barbara, I'm a little behind, too. I picked out a couple of my fabrics, and started designing my center, but so far I'm not satisfied with anything I've come up with. I'll think of something soon, I hope.
I just found a block pattern that I think I'm going to make for mine. I've been looking through the Quiltmaker's 100 blocks magazines to find an idea, so my center will be a 12" block. Now to find some time to work on it!
That's exactly what I have been doing, Jacy, but I haven't decided on one yet.
Gee it's so good to see great minds think alike , I've been wearing my copies out trying to come up with a center .. LOL
Hi Group 5!
I had my center made but it was rejected because it was 24". So it's back to the drawing board. I am doing a QOV for a young man in my church that left for the Army. So I decided to do the Ohio star...actually 4 Ohio stars for the center block with a red border. Then my center will be exactly 20" plus the 1/4" seam allowance. The rejected center will not go to waste. Mark's brother Ryan is also in the Army and originally was suppose to be his drill sargent! But at the last minute the Army decided that might not be a good idea. I will complete the rejected center and give to Ryan.
Barbara, I see I ship to you. I will be ready to ship before Sept. 1. Would you like to have it early?
I got my center cut and fused, now to sew it down.
I recognize everyone in our group but Kathy. Hopefully she will post soon.
Kathy must be new ,but we should say to her we don't bite honest, drop us a line and let us know you are around .. BArbara
My center right now is 12-1/2". If everyone adds at least a 6" border, it will be a good lap quilt size at about 60" square. I've got it ready and just need to send it. So, I think I will have it in the mail on Monday. I'm at the bottom of the list, so I guess I get to send it to Jacy first.
Hey Kathy are you out there? We really are a good group, this group 5. And we don't really bite...at least not hard!! Just joking. We like to have a lot of fun and joking around. Some of us are ready to send out early. How are you doing with your center? Hugs.
This is my first Round Robin. I have to figure out some kind of label for each person to sign. And what about the journal, Barbara and Linda, I think you've both done this before. What do I write in there? And what kinds of things do people write as they work on their row they are adding.
Yes, I need to know too. This is my first round robin, too, so it's a learn as you go project.
Yes, I need to know too. This is my first round robin, too, so it's a learn as you go project.
Well as it just so happens I just finished mine and is ready to mail out on Monday. I'm doing a QOV quilt for a young man in our congregation that just went to boot camp. I gave a very short history of Mark. I asked that each of you sign your border with name, city, state, and date. You can write anything in the booklet but maybe a word or encouragement to Mark might be nice. The booklet is being sent to Mark with the quilt. I'm not sure if I have the label scanned or not....just a minute. I didn't but give me a few minutes and I'll scan it and do another post.. By the way this is my center square.


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Heika: Mavericks' Rick Carlisle is Dallas' best coach; others are 'too nice'
Catch SportsDay On Air twice per week on Fox Sports Southwest, when Dallas Morning News experts discuss hot sports topics from the Cowboys, Mavericks, Stars, Rangers and colleges (check our TV listings for air times). Here are a few highlights from Thursday's episode featuring Rick Gosselin, Mike Heika and Evan Grant:
On the chances of the Mavs making the playoffs:
Heika: "You know what? I believe in Rick Carlisle. I believe he's the best coach in this area. I like the way he coaches. This is not a real slam against these other guys, but they're just too nice. There is something great about Rick Carlisle and his grumpiness and his edge and the fact that he hate's losing. He's going to go out there and do anything he can to not lose. I just believe he has a chance to get this team very close to the playoffs."
Gosselin: "They're three games away from mediocrity. What is the seventh or eight seed? It's a first round knockout. I don't see the big deal about making the playoffs if it's just going to be a cameo, which is what happened last year and could happen this year. I'd rather have the better draft pick.


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A 39-year-old man from Halifax has been charged with using "threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause those persons to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against them" following an annual March for England event.
Richard Kemp, of Gibbet Street, has been charged, along with two others, following the event in Brighton on Sunday.
Kemp is set to appear at Brighton Magistrates Court on Thursday, May 22.
About 200 people took part in Sunday's nationalist march and between 400 and 500 counter-protesters opposed the event, according to Sussex Police.
Of the 27 originally arrested, three people have been charged, 17 have been bailed, while three more have been released without charge and four have been cautioned or given fixed penalties.


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'Inishmore' makes cat torture funny; Pegasus mounts a colorful black & white play
ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor
The Lieutenant of Inishmore is a horror-comedy about a dead cat and a terrorist, which sounds neither horrific nor comedic, and that's sort of the idea. An unbalanced 20-year-old lad named Padraic (Matt Moore), who was drummed out of the Irish Republican Army for being too cruel, learns his boyhood cat, Wee Thomas, is ill and rushes home to see him.
Wee Thomas isn't actually ill, though — he's already had his brains smashed out before the play begins, and his father (Jason C. Kane) and skittish local boy Davey (Tony Daussat), who may have done the deed, are just trying to let Padraic down easy. Because if Padraic finds out what really happened … well, that's a road best not traveled.
This is playwright Martin McDonagh's bloodiest dark comedy, a gorefest that has more exploding, gooey brains and missing eyeballs than a Freddy Kruger film. It would be even more disgusting if it weren't so funny.
But this production could be funnier. Daussat in particular is an unmined vein of comic gold. Davey, the long-haired, hyperbolic, possibly gay town idiot cannot be ratcheted up too high on the hysterical meter. He needs to come out like a Roman candle, befuddled but frantic, but Daussat never achieves that level. I've also heard a more authentic accent in Irish Spring ads (or, for that matter, family reunions).
By the second act, the show hits its rhythm: Not only does a crew of terrorist rivals (Clay Yocum, Evan Fuller, Ian Ferguson) add energy and better brogues to the mix, but the bloodletting rises to horrendous levels (by the end, actress Kayla Carlyle looks like she's just come from Carrie's high school prom). Director Terry Martin and special effects whiz Steve Tolin don't shy from the excess, which is where this play really succeeds. McDonagh's genius is being entertaining and disgusting at the same time. Who doesn't wanna meet that challenge?
The selling point of Pegasus Theatre's "black & white plays" has always been their black & whiteness — a masterful effect that makes everything onstage appear grey, as if from a 1940s B-movie. Each new play deals with famed but bumbling private eye Harry Hunsacker (Pegasus founder and playwright Kurt Kleinmann), the Mr. Magoo of crime solving who loveably stumbled on the solution with the help of his "best friend and paid by the hour assistant Nigel" (Ben Bryant). The mysteries — convoluted potboilers that do keep you guessing — are usually hit-and-miss affairs, rising and falling on the jokes and casts.
It's ironic, then, that the b&w effect the night I saw the latest, Death Is No Small Change!, it had some flaws (a blue light from a Tesla coil, a few patches of uncovered skin) but the production itself was just dandy. Director Susan Sargeant keeps up a brisk pace (until the inevitably talky explanation), and stages the comings and goings smoothly.
This is probably Kleinmann's best play, with surprisingly strong characters for a melodrama, performed nicely by the actors (many of them Pegasus vets): The ghoulish butler Sebastian (hysterically overplayed by David Benn with Karloffian creepiness) and the mad scientist (given Shakespearean bravado by Mario Cabrera) are especial standouts, getting into its William Castle-like "spooky mansion" ethos. They turn it into something Pegasus shows usually aren't: Colorful.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition Jan. 14, 2011.


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Farewell Newsroom. Our love/hate relationship is going on hiatus and boy has it been a ride. You hooked me on our first date with the wonderful premiere, lost me on our second and have had me teetering on the edge of desertion every week since. I love how you gave me in depth research and Olivia Munn, but hate you for forcing drama and trying to make fake stories like Big Foot and TMI interesting. We had our moments, but in the end your clichés (Sorkinisms) and perfect coincidences were too much for me. So while I say good-bye to you, Olivia Munn (sad face), Allyson Pill (don't let the door hit you on your way out), Jeff Daniels and Emily Mortimer (I'll miss you both a little bit), I happily welcome some new/returning faces into my life.
Michael C. Hall a.k.a Dexter a.k.a the coolest killer from south beach, welcome back! I cannot wait for you to slice and dice my heart with each adrenaline-pumping episode like you have been doing since we met six seasons ago. Like any good relationship we have gone through some hard times (season 5) but we have made it through with a smile. I feel bad that you lost your friend, Brother Sam (Mos Def) last season but as a fan, I promise to see you through it. I am eager to find out how you deal with Deb seeing you kill Travis Marshall (Colin Hanks) last season, and cannot wait to meet your next enemy. But sadly, since you are only coming back to me on the 30th of September, keep the phone unplugged because I won't be calling for a while.
In fact, before I even think of calling you Dexter, I already have two dates on Tuesday, September 11th: The New Normal and Go On.
Fresh off from a Tony Award Nomination for Best Leading Actor in The Book of Morman and a brief stint on HBO's Girls, Andrew Rannells is set to break into the network TV world. Acting in a lead role with Justin Bartha (The Hangover) and Ellen Barkin (Before Women Had Wings), Rannells is primed to fill in my lonely Tuesday nights with comedy and hopefully some song. I cannot say how much time I will spend with this TV newbie but just in case it bombs, I have another hopeful who I have spent many years with.
Do you know who it is? Can you guess who I will be TV dating on Tuesdays at 9pm? Is it Phoebe Buffay? Is it Rachel Green? Is it Ross Geller? Nope! Bing Bing Bing its Chandler Bing. Well, Matthew Perry at least.
Taking sports talk into primetime, you Matthew Perry, have me pretty excited for the fall. It's not Friends but your new show Go On looks much funnier than Mr. Sunshine ever did. It has an interesting, Community-like premise and a strong supporting cast with the likes of John Cho (The titular Harold in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle) and Brett Gelman (a promising comedian with credits like 30 Minutes or Less and The Other Guys to his name). While Perry's post-Friends track record is definitely spotty at best, Go On is looking like his most promising project yet. I don't think I'm alone when I say, "Could I BE more excited for this show?"
So there you have it. My fall TV dating calendar. What is yours looking like?
For today's poll, tell us which fall TV show you are most excited to watch.
Go On
Sons of Anarchy
The New Normal
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Clowney is the best defensive prospect in 20 years. He'll go top two, almost guaranteed.
And Im saying that a possibility of a franchise QB is the pick too. Huge difference.
And at this point in time, before the season plays out, you have no clue what Bridgewater will project at, no one knows yet. But if he's looked at as a possible franchise QB he goes ahead of a DE.
My point is that Clowney is a once in a generation prospect. He's the Andrew Luck of DEs (which, while not nearly as important as QB, is probably the second most important position in football... Maybe third behind a truly elite WR.)
If as the GM you beleive that Teddy Bridgewater or Johnny Football are a true franchise QB that will lead the organization for 15 years can you justify taking him over Clowney? Sure.
But taking a QB first overall because you need a QB, regardless of how good the QB is is dumb, and it's insane when a guy like Clowney is there. In 2011 there was a run on QBs in a mediocre QB class. Guys like Jake Locker and Christian Ponder were going top 10-15 because of need. Two years later QBs were droppping like stones. Teams were learning from their mistakes.
A HOF DE probably isn't worth as much to a team as a less that franchise QB. I would probably take a real good 2nd tier QB over one, will win me more games.
2. Even if Clowney is 80 percent likely to be the next Bruce Smith, I'm not sure if it's better than getting a guy who has a 50 percent chance of becoming the next Ben Roethlisberger. The value of a good qb is higher than a great d lineman. Plus, the fact that the Jets took Geno Smith in the 2nd round makes it very easy to draft a other qb.
Woody is very happy we drafted Smith. That's a bad sign b/c he is clueless and needs to be quiet and let Idzik run the team instead of getting involved. He said Tebow would be here for his contract and that we can't get enough Tebow. WOODY stick to paying the bills and supporting the Republicans!
Woody is a good business and needs to stick to paying the bills & stay in the background.
Sooth started a thread about not drafting a Qb this year & I agreed. It was a very week class.
Geno Smith = Geno Smith
Geno has a lot of pressure & the most I recall a 2nd rounder of ours ever having.
Jets don't have a good history w/2nd rd. Picks. SEE Clemens, Nagle, Boise, Rembert, Ducasse etc. WILL Geno change this???


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Multimedia personality Rashan Ali is back on Atlanta's airwaves as the host of the "Streetz Morning Grind with Rashan Ali" on Atlanta's new hip-hop station, Streetz 94.5 FM. The show airs weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Rashan is no stranger to Atlanta's radio scene, having worked at two of the market's top stations. Her radio career began when she entered a contest searching for new talent on radio station HOT 107.9 FM and was handpicked from over 500 applicants to join popular radio personality Ryan Cameron on-air. Her style appealed to millions of listeners, helping to propel the program's rating into the #1 position during its 6 a.m.-10 a.m. timeslot.
Ali then went on to become the host of the "A-Team" Morning Show on the same station, where she was one of only three women in the country leading a hip-hop and R&B morning show at that time. Rashan's journey in radio came full circle in 2010 when she was reunited with Ryan Cameron as the co-host of "The Ryan Cameron Show" on V-103 FM, Atlanta's #1 urban formatted station.
"I'm happy to be back doing what I love to do," said Ali. "Even though I've transitioned to TV and other ventures over the years, radio has remained one of my passions, so I'm excited to be back on-air and connecting with the great people of Atlanta every morning."
In addition to her new gig at Streetz 94.5 FM, Ali also has rejoined the dynamic team at NBA TV as the Social Media Correspondent on Fantasy Insider, which airs live on NBA.com on Mondays from noon to 1 p.m. and then again on NBA TV at 5 p.m.
For more information about Rashan Ali or the new 94.5 FM, visit http://www.streetz945atl.com or http://www.rashanali.net.


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Related Links
State Self Help Web Page (English)
Self Help Center/Family Law Facilitator
Search for Family Law case information
DCSS- Department of Child Support Services
Families Change - Providing information on divorce and separation for parents, teens and children
Changeville - Providing information on divorce and separation for teens and children
Family Court Services Orientation - Child Custody Recommending Counseling
Family Law Division
The Family Law Division of the Santa Cruz Superior Court, located at the Watsonville Courthouse, handles a variety of family-related matters. Some of these case types include; ending a marriage or registered domestic partnership, identifying a child's legal parents, determining custody and visitation issues, establishing or enforcing child and spousal support, dealing with domestic violence issues, adoptions and minor emancipations. All restraining orders are filed at the Watsonville Courthouse. For more information regarding restraining orders see the courts Restraining Order Division Page.
Family Law Information
- Birth Certificate
- Co-Parenting Class
- Copy/Research
- Ex-Parte Communication
- Ex-Parte Orders
- Parenting Classes
- Supervised Visitation
- Phone Appearance
Birth Certificate
For information regarding birth certificates, please contact the County of Santa Cruz Recorder's Office: (831) 454-2800. For more information, click on the link listed below.
County of Santa Cruz Recorder 's Office
Co-Parenting Class - Required in Family Law cases with children
Mandatory Online Co-Parenting Class:
This class must be completed ONLY at the website listed below. It is the only on-line course approved by Santa Cruz Court. If you take a different class on-line it will not count towards the completion of your co-parenting requirement. This class takes approximately 4 hours to complete. It can be taken in English or Spanish. There is no cost for this class. To register for this class: · Sign up at www.parenting.FamiliesChange.ca.gov · Once you have completed this class, YOU need to print out your certificate of completion and file it at the Clerks' Office at the Watsonville Courthouse, 1 Second Street, Rm. 300 in Watsonville.
Copy/Search of Records Request
- 1. How can I get a copy of my divorce decree?
You will need to fill out the copy/research request form listed below, with the case number and names of the parties. Please send the request form, along with a check not to exceed $75.00 written on the memo line and a self-addressed stamped envelope. We will also need to know what documents you would like copied and if you want us to send you a certified (raised seal) copy of the documents. The cost for a certified copy is $25.00 + $.50 per page.
Research and Copy Request Form
Copy requests take six weeks to process. You can research information regarding your case on the Court's website.
- 2. Can I get copies from a Paternity case?
Paternity cases are confidential and only the parties involved in the case can have access to the file. If you are unable to come in person to view the file due to a disability or you are now living out of state, then you may submit your request in writing with a photocopy of your driver's license or other valid state issued photo identification.
- 3. What if I do not have the case number?
If you do not have the case number, the case information will need to be researched by our staff at the clerk's office. A charge of $15.00 is now required or you could research it yourself at the Watsonville Courthouse at no cost to you (unless you require copies).
Research and Copy Request Form
- 4. Do you need a copy of the whole file or a certified copy?
It often depends on why you need the documents. We will need to know what documents you would like copied (certain items or the whole file), and if you want us to send you a certified (raised seal) copy of the documents. The cost is $25.00 + $.50 per page for a certified copy. Please send the copy/research request form, along with a check not to exceed $75.00 written on the memo line and a self-addressed stamped envelope. Please send your request in writing to the Family Law Court supervisor at the following address:
Family Law Court Supervisor
Family Law Division
Superior Court of California
1 Second Street , Room 300
Watsonville , CA 95076
Research and Copy Request Form
Ex Parte Communication
Letters sent to the judge are ex-parte communication. They are considered improper contact, without notice to the other side, and will not be forwarded to the judge for review. The judge may or may not consider the letter at the next court hearing. If you want to submit information to the judge to consider, then it will need to be in the proper format, with service to the other side and filed with the Court. If you need assistance with the proper paperwork, and you are self–represented, you may contact the Court's Self-Help Center.
Ex Parte Hearings
An ex-parte hearing is an urgent request for court orders, usually when a child is in physical or mental danger, or there is a threat of abduction. It is a request by one party with short notice to the opposing side. See Local Rule 3.1.12. Ex parte hearings are generally scheduled at 1:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
- 1. When and how do I give notice to the other party?
Notice to the opposing party must be provided by 10:00 AM the day before the ex-parte hearing. The moving attorney or self-represented party must give notice of the ex-parte application to the opposing attorney or self-represented party prior to submission of the request to the court, except where it is impossible to give notice. The different types of notice accepted by the Court are indicated on Local Court Form SUPCV 420.
Click here for the form.
- 2. When and how do I give notice to the Court?
The same day you give notice to the opposing party, you must call the ex-parte clerk at the Watsonville Court by 11:00 AM to inform the clerk's office that you have an ex-parte hearing the next day.
To reach the Ex Parte clerk call 831-786-7200 and listen for the phone prompt to Watsonville ex-parte. The message will give you instructions regarding what information the court needs. You will be leaving this information on the ex-parte voicemail.
- 3. When and where do I submit my paperwork?
All ex-parte moving papers shall be submitted to the Watsonville clerk's office no later than 3:00 PM the day before the ex-parte hearing. You will need two copies, one copy to keep for your records, the other copy to give to the other side at the ex-parte hearing.
The person filing for the ex parte must provide a copy of the moving papers to the other side no later than 3:00 PM the day before the ex parte hearing. The papers may be delivered in person, by fax or by email.
- 4. When and where do I file my response to the ex-parte application?
Opposing attorneys or self-represented parties shall submit their objections to the moving papers as soon as possible after notice is received. Documents shall be submitted to the Watsonville clerk's office no later than 10:00 AM the day of the hearing.
- 5. Can I bring my children to Court?
Children are not allowed in the courtroom.
- 6. What is the filing fee to process my paperwork?
There is a fee for the ex parte hearing, payable at the time of filing, unless you have a waiver of fees on file. Refer to the Judicial Council Web Site link for the current statewide fee schedule or you may ask the Court to waive the filing fee if your household income falls below certain guidelines. For information and to obtain forms for a fee waiver, visit the Judicial Council Web Site.
Parenting Classes
Here you will find a list of local nonprofit agencies offering a variety of parenting classes. A Parenting After Separation web site, maintained by the state Judicial Council website, is also provided for parents, youth and children. Remember, if the court orders you to take a parenting class, you must take the type of class you were ordered to complete. For court ordered parenting classes, an on-line classes is usually not accepted unless specifically ordered, however the online class offered by the state is a good compliment to an in person class. If you are ordered to take the Co-Parenting Class, usually as part of your divorce or before filing a future custody/visitation motion, then this is a separate class not included here. See the Co-Parenting Information Section for that specific class information.
Non Profit Parenting Class Programs Santa Cruz County
Supervised Visitation
The court may have ordered you and the other parent to set up supervised visitation. Your court order should say if you need to use a Professional Supervised Visitation Provider (someone who will be paid to be at the visits) or a Non Professional Supervised Visitation Provider (usually a family member or friend). Professional Providers must complete certain criteria and education/training requirements; the list maintained by the court contains providers who have completed this education. Non Professionals also must meet certain criteria.
The lists and criteria for each are provided here:
Professional Supervised Visitation Providers Santa Cruz County
Non Professional Supervised Visitation Provider Declaration and Statutory Requirements
State Judicial Council Brochure Supervised Visitation and You
How do I appear by phone in a Family Law Case?
Family Law Appearances by Phone:
1) Status Conferences: You may appear by phone without a formal court request, however you must contact CourtCall to set up and pay an approximate $80 fee. 1-888-882-6877.
2) Family Law Motion/Court Date (Non Department of Child Support): No later than 10 days before the court date, you must file with the local court form SUPCV 1093, Request and Order for Telephone Appearance, to request to appear by phone. The cost for filing this form is $20, please include a check for this fee or complete a Fee Waiver. Note: you do not want to delay, file as early as you can. If approved, you then must contact CourtCall to set and pay an approximate $80 fee. 1-888-882-6877.
3) Department of Child Support Motion/Court Date: No later than 10 days before the court date you must contact the Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) at 1-866-901-3212 to request a phone appearance. Note: you do not want to delay, make this request to DCSS as soon as you can. DCSS will then contact the court Commissioner and let you know if your request is approved. After you receive approval from DCSS you must contact CourtCall to set up and pay the approximate $80 fee. 1888-882-6878.
4) Fee Waiver: If you would like to ask CourtCall to waive their fee, you are responsible for applying to the court for a Fee Waiver, and then sending CourtCall the approved Fee Waiver. To apply for a Fee Waiver you must use state forms FW-001, Request to Waive Court Fees, and FW-003, Order on Court Fee Waiver, www.courts.ca.gov/forms.
Contact Information
Office Location:
Superior Court of California,
County of Santa Cruz
1 Second Street, Room 300
Watsonville, CA 95076
Mailing Address:
Superior Court of California,
County of Santa Cruz
Family Law Division
1 Second Street, Room 300
Watsonville, CA 95076
Family Law Clerk:
(831) 786-7200 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Filing Hours
Clerks Office:
8:00 AM to 3:00 PM Monday - Friday in Watsonville. A drop box is provided for filings after 3:00 PM.
Come in the morning and avoid the lines.
Items must be received by 5:00 PM.
Phones are answered from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Monday - Friday.
Electronic Filings can be filed 24 hours per CCP 1010.6


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César Maldonado created a Mariachi foundation for Chicago schoolkids. The group's debut album, 'Nuestra Herencia,' landed a Latin Grammy nomination.
Afro-Cuban composer Tania León discusses her work in progress, the opera "The Little Rock Nine" about the seminal civil rights event 60 years ago. A preview will be performed Monday.
The transition to college is a whole new thing. We asked Latino professors to share their wisdom, experience and practical advice for incoming students.
Students at P.S. 264 in Brooklyn, New York used personal stories to write an original musical on immigration.
The 34-year-old Grammy nominee offered to pay more than $20,000 in student loans for a dozen of her Twitter followers on one condition: They must have straight A's.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at decreasing the role of the federal government in education.
100 African-American college students are headed to the famed SXSW festival today courtesy of the Opportunity Ecosystem founders.
One of life's certainties is that job interviews are nerve-wracking. But are job seekers prepared for the tough questions that may be coming their way?
High school graduation rates have reached a record high of 83.2 percent. The improvement crosses all ethnic groups, the White House said Monday.
Chicago teachers narrowly avoided a strike Monday after negotiations with the nation's third largest school system resulted in a tentative deal.


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Sounds interesting! I'll pm you my email address so you can send it.
Sounds interesting! I'll pm you my email address so you can send it.
UserName: hpjunkie09
Story: I'm not sure about the title yet, I'm going to write a little more before I pick one, so maybe you could help me with that =)
Genre: Absolutely AU =)
Pairings: Harry/Hermione, Severus/Original Character
Rating and Warnings: Should only be 6th-7th years =) Umm lets see, warnings would be Violence, Sexual Situations, I think that may be it, not sure though =)
Word Count per chapter: Probably around 4000 words per chapter, it may be shorter though.
One-Shot, Chaptered, Drabble or Contest Submission: Chaptered =)
Amount of Chapters: Umm, around 25? May be longer than that though.
Expected Beta Time: Whenever's best for you, usually within a week though
Permanent Y/N: Not sure =)
What you would like me to focus on: Characterization and Plot if you can, as well as the usual grammar and such.
Summary: Evie had been looking forward to her new book all year. Every year since she was 11, a book had appeared, telling her all about a boy named Harry Potter and his friends. This year, the book appears along with a letter from Albus Dumbledore. Evie knows that there's not really any such thing as magic, but when Dumbledore appears on her doorstep asking her to go back in time a year to save Harry Potter, she doesn't know what to think any more.
Quick note: Evie is Harry's sister, raised apart from the magical world.
Actually, I'm taking a break from accepting new clients for now, I've just been getting so many lately. I hope you can find luck in finding someone to beta, though.
Double-posting to say I am available once again to start taking on assignments, so send them my way!
Sounds great, and believe it or not, I love stories about schools other than Hogwarts. I will send you my email right away!
Hello, Molly. I wonder if you'd be able to help me out with my chaptered fic. I've got a lot of notes and a good bit of the story planned, but only a prologue written so far, so you won't have too much to read. I think I write at a fairly slow pace too, so I don't expect you will have a lot to work on it at any given time. I saw you listed as a beta on one of my favorite stories, Tales of the Battle, so of course I hopped right on over here hoping you were available!
UserName: Abovelevel
Story: Haha, well right now it's unofficially titled "Molly's Big Adventure." I plan to change that.
Genre: General
Ships: None
Rating and Warnings: 1st-2nd, no warnings as of yet, none really expected
Word Count: TBD
One Shot or Chaptered: Chaptered
Form of the English Language (British, American, etc.): American
Molly likes soccer, singing (in private) and going to Spartans games with her dad. She hates broccoli and wearing dresses and wouldn't be caught dead holding hands with a boy. Molly is just an ordinary girl and she knows it. So when her eleventh birthday comes, she certainly doesn't expect anything paticularly special to happen.
Until Mrs. Bradford arrives and suddenly Molly is caught up in a world of magic, unicorns, dragons and flying brooms. Molly is elated to go off to her new school, where she quickly starts to learn magic and make new friends. But all is not at peace in this new wizarding world. Tensions between the American Federation and its territories are reaching an unbearable peak. Something is going to happen, soon. And Molly is going to be right in the middle of it.
Yes, this is a "wizarding school in America" story, but I have actually worked quite hard on trying to created an American wizarding world that's different from Hogwarts and London. Alternately, if you'd like more information on what I have planned for the plot, let me know. Thanks for considering!
Hi Molly, its me again!
You can expect one (or possibly two) more chapters of Tales of the Battle from me. But I have three one-shots which require additional beta input. I seem to have begun an Acronym phase. The stories are:
Username: Northumbrian
Title: E.C.C.E.N.T.R.I.C.
Summary: Harry persuades his wife to take a break, but he cant go with her so he suggests that she takes her best friend.
Genre: Harry/Ginny
Rating/Warnings: 3-5th years and no warnings, I think (language possibly, but thats all).
Main Characters, Era: Harry, Ginny, Luna, Rolf. Era: post-Hogwarts, Harry and Ginny married.
Chaptered or One-Shot: One shot
Estimated length: 3000-4000 words (currently 3100 but undergoing a rewrite)
Username: Northumbrian
Title: M.I.T.: Muggle Interface Team
Summary: When a mysterious robed figure is found dead in Muggle London, who do you call?
Genre: General
Rating/Warnings: 6-7th years (possibly Professors) Violence, scenes of a sexual nature and language probably.
Main Characters, Era: Susan Bones, Lavender Brown and a host of original characters. Era: post-Hogwarts
Chaptered or One-Shot: One shot
Estimated length: 7500 words (currently undergoing a rewrite)
Username: Northumbrian
Title: The Girl from Draco M.C.
Summary: Office work is, in the main, boring and monotonous. But sometimes something unexpected happens. But when youre a junior clerk only recently started at the ministry you dont expect to be catapulted into danger.
Genre: Ron/Hermione
Rating/Warnings: 3-5th years and no warnings, (violence, possibly, but thats all).
Main Characters, Era: Hermione, Ron. Era: post-Hogwarts, Harry and Ginny married.
Chaptered or One-Shot: One shot at the moment, but it may grow.
Estimated length: 2000 words (but undergoing a major rewrite)
It may be a stupid question, but I thought I would actually ask properly instead of just shooting a PM.
UserName: >.< Like you don't know!
Story: Mattresses in the Hallways
Genre: Humor, maybe. It is at the beginning, but is a lot more serious towards the end, so maybe it should just go to general.
FRIENDShips: The most dysfunctional friendship in history, Persephone & Valiant
Rating and Warnings: 3rd-5th year.
Word Count: 10,377 - you know the drill when it's over the world limit
One Shot or Chaptered: Oneshot
Form of the English Language: You know how I write...
Permanent Y/N: *snort* like you could get rid of me
Summary:So, do you want it? Because you know...if you're not interest, I can always take it somewhere else?It was a war of inconceivable proportions. It began with enemies and ended with the best of friends.
Thanks, girl.
As you know, Chante', anything for you and your brilliance! You know where to send it.
Hey Molly!
Name: Kate Skeffington here and Mila Zakharov on MNFF. You can call me Mila.
Title of your Story: "I Solemnly Swear: A Marauder's story"
Genre: Marauder era
Pairings: Lily/James & Sirius/OC. The plot's actually more focussed on an OC but it has plenty of Lily/James goodness in it!
Rating and Warnings: Character death, DH spoilers, sexual situations, substance abuse, violence.
Word Count: 7526 in the two chapters already on MNFF...so roughly 350-400 per chapter.
One Shot or Chaptered: Chapetered.
Turnaround time: A week or less is great!
Permanent? : Yes...maybe. You see, I've realised don't stick to betas as long as I'd want to. I've been on hiatus since, I don't know...more than a year probably because of Uni and life in generak and by the time I get back to writing and updating I've forgotten who my beta was and I start searching all over again. So permanent at least until March (I live in South America an dmy summer vacations last until March)
What is your story about?: It's a growing up in rough times sort of story, focussed on my OC. So there's romance and its pains, school, figuring out what she wants to do with her life after Hogwarts, and the first war. I tend to write from multiple point of view...so for instance, I'll write the first part of a chapter form my OC's p.o.v, then switch to Lily's, or James or Sirius'.
The course of true love never did run smooth. James' infatuation with Lily is driving himand his friendsinsane! Peter accuses the fiery redhead of being cold-hearted, Remus suggests growing-up and Sirius won't stop bickering with Tabitha while coming up with plans that turn out for worse! Add to that romantic tribulations of their own, lycanthropy and the imminent rise of the dark arts and you ought to find more than just a bit of mischief and mayhem.
Follow Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs through their last two years at Hogwarts, were merlin-knows what they will get up to! Ragging hormones, danger, grief and love are one of the few things they'll face and, of course, let's not forget about pranks. After all, that's why the girls at Hogwarts sigh, the teachers swear and Dumbledore just chuckles.


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The YHA (Youth Hostel Accommodations) of Australia is a network of backpackers' joints spread throughout the country at every popular travel destination – Byron Bay, the Gold Coast, Sydney's Northern Beaches, etc… It's a quirky and inexpensive way to stay if you're not particular about soapbox bedrooms that house four; most guests are internationals, and the hostels near surf centers are great about accommodating surfers and their gear. In case you find yourself Down Under on a budget, here it is:
The Top 10 Tips for Staying with the YHA Australia
10. Request a mixed room. Girls are cleaner, less likely to steal your Stridex face wipes, and plus they're girls. Boys invariably want to borrow something from you.
9. Check the lobby's bulletin boards for rented rooms, all-you-can-eat vegetarian restaurants, rides to anywhere, fun adventures and work opportunities. Much of the work is harvesting labor, which is hard as*, but you'll gain new respect for the plight of Mexican "aliens" and new appreciation for every bite of food. *They say "hard as" here.
8. Be prepared to drown in the essence of pasty European 20-somethings. It pervades every YHA location and the three neighboring blocks. It smells like bread and baby powder.
7. Become a YHA member. If you stay more than 10 nights total over the course of your life, it will save some money. More importantly, though, you'll tote a YHA membership card in your saddle bag wherever you roam, thereby gaining instant shoestring globetrotter cred.
6. Find someone to share Wi-Fi access with you. It's done by password, so one person can buy access at the front desk and you can both use it, then split the cost. If you knew what kind of bonuses hostel CEO's pay themselves, this wouldn't seem the least bit unethical.
5. Where it's offered, rent your own set of cutlery from the front desk. Hostels have communal kitchens (hence communal silverware), and the quality of dishwashing by student travelers is about the same as the quality of self-washing by student travelers. Dirty, dirty student travelers.
4. More about the Euros. They wear shants, which are like women's Capri pants, only with loads of pockets and drawstrings and other doodads attached. Many have dreadlocks, both male and female. They have a pouty, slow look about them that no doubt helped their ancestors avoid military conflict somehow. The boys look like the girls, and vice versa, another hereditary draft-evasion trick.
3. Arrive early in the day in the interest of getting a bottom bunk. That way you can stash your gear under the bed with impunity, entertain mattress guests with no awkward climbing stage, and avoid that creepy "he's looking into my head" feeling you get when someone's lying directly below you.
2. Don't steal other people's food from the kitchen, because it's bad karma, and because the Euros eat some ridiculous stuff. The one next to me just put Nutella, peanut butter AND regular butter on her toast. Earlier a guy micro-waved a burrito, then dropped it in a bowl of ramen noodles and squirted ketchup on the scene. Hands off.
1. Offer your services as a surf coach. For all their wackiness, YHA patrons are keenly enthusiastic about trying to surf. This is a great way to make money, make friends, or meet Swedish girls - preferably ones with money and friends.
And actually, that girl's toast looks pretty good - but still don't swipe food.
Bonus: New Australian phrase to know (from last Tuesday's Top 10):
"No Wuckas." (courtesy of Owen Wright)
Use: Aussie abbreviation for "no worries," which is itself an Aussie simplification of the phrase "don't worry," which furthermore is short for "do not worry." Clearly, Australians stand not on ceremony, which is one of their many charms.


text: Ok where were we, oh yeah Lucille's in Weatherford where I caught a cheap room and got some much needed rest. This is a pretty cool place with old gas pumps outside and a great atmosphere inside. I wanted to visit the Tom Stafford air museum while in Weatherford but decided to ride the route instead. Would be good to catch that next time I head West to finish the ride. So I hit the road and after a bit pulled into Clinton, Ok. Wow what a nice Route 66 museum they have!! This baby was in the front window. NICE!! An old Texaco Gas truck was sitting out side the museum, they used to deliver gas on a rig like this to my Dad's farm. I spent quite a bit of time here. It was very clean and done with taste. Definitely a must see stop on the route. This little dinner was constructed just outside the museum in Clinton. Rolled out of Clinton headed to Elk City where we would find another fantastic site. This is what greats you in Elk City, Ok. They had actually reconstructed the boardwalk like it was back in the day. What a treat! Once inside (this one cost $5 no biggy and glad to contribute) it did not disappoint. Even an old school "Rock Bluff School" as it appeared in the old days. Here is some more history on Elk City. The complete down town with sidewalks and everything. Major undertaking. Nice rigg, can't say much for the coffin though!:huh Some more of the shops they had. About time! Some motorcycles. Looks like an old knuckle head. (something my Dad often referred to me as...) Now that is a SEAT.. Even an old Indian. Wow an old Cushman scooter. I used to lust over those things before I got my own bike. After finishing the Elk City Museum I continued West and found a few more things I had to get a picture of. I hit the Texas border and will continue on with that portion a little later.


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Spooner Row pupils raise funds for new school in Sierra Leone
PUBLISHED: 08:26 27 November 2012
From baking cakes to holding gymnastic shows, children at a south Norfolk primary school have been on a fundraising mission to help build a new school in Sierra Leone.
Over the past two years, pupils, staff and families have raised more than £2,000 for Street Child of Sierra Leone.
Father-of-two Andrew Ward, who is married to Sarah, a teacher at the school, raised £1,200 by running the London Marathon. Louise Bodily, whose daughter, Grace, seven, goes to Spooner Row primary, swapped her long hair which fell to her waist, for a number three crop, and raised £500.
Chloe Brett, charity coordinator, said: "Patifu Kalonko Primary School was destroyed in Sierra Leone last week and they are desperate for the money.
"It will be used to build a temporary structure which will last for between three and five years.
"The school has three teachers and 186 children."
The temporary structure will be complete before Christmas. "It will take a couple of weeks to build," Ms Brett added.
"The local community works so hard, they want their children to be in education."
Headteacher Pauline Powrie said: "The children have completed a whole topic on Sierra Leone.
"They have held a cake sale and a skipathon and the school council held a sleigh raffle where they auctioned off presents."
She also praised seven-year-old Eve Keryell who organised a gymnastics display and charged her family to watch, raising £23 for the charity.
"Most of the activities were down to the pupils themselves which was very good."


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The Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers go into Thursday night's game (8:20 ET, NFL Network) with more than identical 4-2 records that have them tied for first place (with the Arizona Cardinals) in the NFC West.
They also have similar identities. Each team prides itself on playing dominant defense complemented by a physical, run-heavy offense. But it will take some passing pop to win Thursday's game.
— Seahawks-49ers preview | Fantasy Source matchup | Linemakers: Vegas view
The 49ers and Seahawks are No. 1 and No. 4, respectively, in the league in total defense. They are No. 3 and No. 2, respectively, in scoring defense. The 49ers are No. 2 against the pass; the Seahawks are No. 2 against the run.
The Seahawks come in with a confidence after rallying to beat one of last year's Super Bowl teams, the New England Patriots, and getting a season-best performance from rookie quarterback Russell Wilson.
The Niners will be angry having being routed by last year's other Super Bowl team, the New York Giants, at home and watching veteran quarterback Alex Smith have his worst game in three years.
Before Week 6, it looked like the Niners were the team to beat in the NFC. After Week 6, there's a bit of uncertainty whether they are the best in the NFC West. Here's a big chance, in prime time, to set both records straight.
The Seahawks were responsible for the Niners' only division loss a season ago, winning 19-17 in Seattle. But this year, the 'Hawks have already lost at Arizona and at St. Louis.
The difference is how Wilson has trouble protecting the ball on the road.
Wilson aced his three home games (116.9 passer rating, six touchdowns, no interceptions). Away from CenturyLink Field, he played a lot more like a rookie (60.3 rating, two TDs, six INTs). He figures to face a jacked-up crowd at Candlestick Park, creating the hostile environment.
The 49ers will first look to restore their run defense after being gashed by the Giants' Ahmad Bradshaw last week. Once they slow Marshawn Lynch — the first power back to pop into the end zone against them in 2011 — they can put Wilson in uncomfortable situations with their pass rush.
The challenge for Smith, coming off a three-interception game against the Giants, is to first go back what he's done best: protect the ball. The Seahawks have the secondary to bait him into more bad throws, and expect their front four to bring consistent pressure.
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady wasn't immune to mistakes against the Seahawks last week, throwing two interceptions that facilitated the Seahawks' fourth-quarter rally. The Niners must take the good that Brady did, however, and also follow what Seattle did with Wilson: Let Smith loose in an up-tempo passing attack.
Frank Gore and Kendall Hunter can't expect to find much running room, so Smith must make big pass plays to win. The Niners must get Michael Crabtree, Vernon Davis, Randy Moss and Mario Manningham on the field at the same time. There was too little of Moss, too late against the Giants.
The Seahawks' secondary is very good, but given how much attention the athletic Davis and Moss (still with good deep speed) can create downfield, it's on Crabtree and Manningham to produce against single coverage. Manningham played well against the Giants, but Crabtree can't have three catches for 26 yards again.
This is a critical game for Smith to prove the quarterback we saw in Week 5 against the Bills is the one who emerged in the past two seasons. He will be in position to make fewer miscues than Wilson and must take advantage.
Prediction: 49ers 23, Seahawks 17.
NFL Week 7
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— Fantasy Source: Seahawks-49ers matchup
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Discussion in 'Star Trek - The Original & Animated Series' started by MANT!, Oct 6, 2012.
First our..
On to the next...
Be brutal!
McCoy: Goddamn plot holes!
Kirk: Kelinda loves me, now.
Rojan: But she has a hundred tentacles in her natural form.
Kirk: I've pleased beings with literally thousands of tentacles, Rojan. You really should get around more.
Kelinda: It's true. I love him.
Hippie Chick: Do you reach?
Sulu: Well I reach around, if that's what you mean. Speaking of that, did you see where Adam went? I'd like to introduce him to my little Herbert.
Kirk: "Stick around. I gotta go out and scrape ice off the windshield. Defroster's on the fritz."
Kirk: "Ow! Damn, you're right. Somebody could cut themselves on those things."
Sulu: "As if. I'm too good for you."
Sulu: "Alright, who's been packing on the pounds? This planet's crust has a weight limit, you know."
McCoy: "Damnit man, it's a planet, not an elevator!"
Kirk: "This is an intervention. I just have to do something about that underarm hair."
Kirk: "Yeah, I shagged her. I shagged her rotten, baby!"
Sulu: "Nice dress. I have a set of drapes just like it."
Voice os: "Two of you will fight for the right to mate with the third."
Sulu: "I don't hit women!"
Kirk: "Knock it off, Mea! This is no time for playing titty-twister! We're in real danger here!"
Kirk: "Based on what Kelinda's been telling me about you, Rojan, I wonder if I could interest you in teaching a class on sexual technique for my crew. After all, you know what they say. 'Those who can't do, teach.'"
Girl: "You seem to be a little nervous around women."
Sulu: "You have no idea!"
Sulu: "Ah, this will make for the perfect campsite! Concealed from view; protected from the elements--"
Uhura: "Um, doesn't it rain a lot on this planet?"
Thanks MANT!
Kirk: You can't go out there like that! Look, I'm glad Scotty found you some clothes, but that's not how you wear a kilt.
Kirk: I love her like a sister! Of course my family has always been very open minded ...
Sulu: So er, Bob, is it? How long have you been dressing like that?
Kirk: What are you doing down there?
Sulu: Well Captain, we haven't actually seen any of the massive elephant-like creatures, but something tells me we're on the right track.
Kirk: "If there was any sand here, Rojan, I'd kick it in your face! Now get out of here before I drag you to the men's room and give you a swirly!"
Kelinda: *swoones*
Kirk and Spock adjust to their post-Starfleet careers with the TSA.
McCoy: "This is the pits!"
THEISS (oc) : Shake her all you want Bill, but there ain't gonna be any wardrobe malfunctions on my watch.
KIRK: Yeah, we had sex. I'm James T. Kirk. It's what I do.
SULU: So, about this free love idea....
MCCOY: Did you just hear someone say they were hunting "Wabbits"?
Rojan: Well?
Kelinda: It was sex, but not as we know it!
KIRK: Let's party like it's General Order 24 day.
KIRK: I love her.
ROJAN: Her hundreds of tentacles are in her pants.
KIRK: I change my mind.
SULU: Ahhh! Fair maiden!
UHURA: I told you not to plug that Atari E.T. cartridge into the rec room computer!
SULU: Damn, no pieces of the telephone here.
God, that takes me back! I remember my hands cramping up trying to get through that game!
Kirk: Kelinda loves me, now.
Rojan: But I have hundreds of tentacles
Kelinda: Yes, but his one tentacle is much larger than any of yours.
Kirk: Oh snap.
KIRK: Hey Ostrow, tell Commander Adams I'm taking some set elements, characters, ideas and oh yeah, his woman.
Kirk: Mea, you'd better come with us. We're on our way to trim ZZ Top's beards and we need reinforcements.
Rojan: "Yes, that would be a great photo on Spacebook, but I forgot my phone. Do you have one I might borrow?"
McCoy (shouting): "Hey, Jim, I realize you're set on priceline.com, but shouldn't we should insist on at least a star and a half?"
Thanks for the win!
Kirk: "I thought Spock just destroyed the disintegration chamber"
Mea: "No, that was a public toilet"
Spock: It is illogical to grab a scantily clad woman holding a phallic object. People will draw conclusions.
Kirk: Which one of us do you think is wearing a hair piece?
All the signs were there 46 years ago. That smile looks fake.
Uhura: How come we always get captured by primitive means in TAS? Can we not afford someone to draw a technologically advanced trap or prison?
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Leviton has launched a campaign to encourage homeowners and businesses to evaluate their lighting control needs in order to make the kinds of decision that could make a difference in energy consumption.
The "Make the Switch" campaign in support of Earth Day 2011 includes the educational campaign "10 Smart Tips for a Greener Home.' Among the tips:
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Michael Neary, Leviton Residential Lighting Controls product manager, said: "Leviton is a company dedicated to energy efficiency, which is why we strive to educate our customers and develop products and solutions that make it simple for them to cut their energy use while saving money in the process."


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Sorry guys but with the fake spin off I got kinda spooked and deleted my updates and this post. There was a lot of personal information and I feel uncomfortable about this whole thing. For everyone who was supportive, THANK YOU!!
Sorry guys but with the fake spin off I got kinda spooked and deleted my updates and this post. There was a lot of personal information and I feel uncomfortable about this whole thing. For everyone who was supportive, THANK YOU!!
"If I had a gun with two bullets and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden, and Toby, I would shoot Toby twice."
I would do it. It's your brother's wedding.
Pickle haters unite!
Sweet and devious baby girl - born 10/31/10 - still red for Scarlett
Can you ask your SIL (sister-in-law) to pay for the alterations as its short notice?
I think if you say no, it will create a precedent that you do not want. I'd suck it up. Who knows, this could be an opportunity for you to become closer to your sister in law.
ETA- I like the idea of asking her to pay for alterations. Maybe a response like "I'd love to help you out, but I already spent a ton of money on my current dress. What do you suggest we do?" Or, tell your brother (I am assuming you are more comfortable talking with him) that you'd love to help out but can't afford so much close to the wedding, and that if they would pay for the alterations, it would make everything doable.
I would do it but only after letting them know you can not afford to ship and alter the dress.
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I would say you'd be happy to stand up for her as her maid-of-honor, but that you don't have the time/money to do the dress thing. If it's about having a maid-of-honor, your future SIL (sister-in-law) will graciously accept; if it's about the dress, she will throw a fit and you can feel free to stop feeling bad about it. Because it shouldn't be about a damn dress..
"I choose to laugh but that's to hide my pain and incredulity." - Ms. Miyagi
But this is your brothers soon to be wife. She will be number one in his life now. I think showing her supporting is supporting your brother too. I may be all rainbows and unicorns here, but coming from someone who just patched a relationship with my sister in law and brother in law, its a bitch when families don't get along. This could be a real opportunity for you to bond.
Tell her you would be honored to be her matron on honor but can not afford another dress.
That's the other thing, I am pretty sure it IS about the dress. When she called 90% of the conversation was about how beautiful the dress was and how it would be such a waste to not have anyone wear it. She was talking about how the pictures would look and all things about the dress.
^Then just say you'd love to help but you can't afford to. If they have any suggestions as far as how to pay for what needs to be done, you'd be open to hearing them. Or that you cannot afford another dress.
Yes, tell her you would love to but you would have a hard time financially and see what she says.
Pickle haters unite!
Sweet and devious baby girl - born 10/31/10 - still red for Scarlett
If she's that worried about the dress then she'll pay to have it altered for you. I would do it, it's her big day. And if she enjoys it, then your bother will enjoy it too.


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SCHLADMING, Austria
With Lindsey Vonn injured and Bode Miller already out for the season, its Ted Ligetys turn to lead the U.S. ski team.
A day after Vonns season-ending crash at the world championships, Ligety showed off his rapidly improving speed skills to win the first super-G of his career in the marquee event of the season.
The timing was not lost on the Park City, Utah, native.
Its definitely (tough) losing those teammates that have been so good over so many years and really carried the flag of the U.S., Ligety said. Its tough losing them, for sure, but its an individual sport, too. Youre out there competing for yourself.
Building on his giant slalom skills, Ligety surprised even himself Wednesday. In front of a crowd of 24,000, he took a lot of risks in the turning final section and mastered the Planai course in 1 minute, 23.96 seconds.
Gauthier De Tessieres of France was 0.20 back in second in another stunning result, and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who won three of the four World Cup super-Gs this season, was another 0.02 back in third.
Defending champion Christof Innerhofer of Italy finished 1.09 off the pace in seventh.
(Wednesday) was unbelievable, said Ligety, who was the 10th starter. It was a nerve-racking 30 minutes, waiting for all the favorites to come down. (To) finally see (Svindal) come down right behind me was a huge weight off my shoulders.
Ligety made a super-G podium only once before, finishing second in a World Cup at Val dIsère, France, in 2009. This season, hes finished fourth in two races.
I am having a good year in super-G, but I didnt think this was possible, he said. I thought I had a chance for a medal. ... I knew I had to take many risks at the bottom to have a chance. I tried not to slide and to ski as clean as possible.
Ligety became the third American to win the world super-G title in the last 12 years after Daron Rahlves in St. Anton, Austria, in 2001 and Miller in Bormio, Italy, four years later.
The gold is Ligetys second worlds medal, two years after winning the giant slalom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Its also the second medal for the U.S. team this week, a day after Julia Mancuso placed third in the womens super-G.
Vonns season ended when she tore ligaments in her knee and broke a bone in her leg in a crash Tuesday, but Ligety said that wasnt on his mind.
Its very sad for Lindsey because she was doing great, but it didnt matter for my race, he said. You have to move on. I am sure she will be back next year. As a ski racer, you cant let that affect you too much.
The course set with many turns suited Ligetys style of skiing. He usually arches long turns better than most of the speed specialists.
He has been just charging and skiing clean as in GS, with the confidence to take it down the hill at super-G speed. U.S. mens coach Sasha Rearick said.
He was able to hang tight with the best gliders on the top and took some time on them on the bottom, Rearick said.
Ligety trailed De Tessieres by 0.41 at the first intermediate time, 30 seconds into his run. He reduced the deficit to 0.06 over the next 30 seconds and beat the Frenchman in the bottom section.
De Tessieres, whose best super-G result on the circuit was eighth, had not qualified for the French team, but he replaced Johan Clarey, who pulled out with a back injury Sunday.
Its difficult to describe this week, De Tessieres said. I hadnt qualified and got a phone call from the coach a couple of days ago, and now I am here. I am so happy. Its amazing, a crazy story.
Several favorites led Ligety at the first split, including Svindal, Austrias Matthias Mayer and Italys Matteo Marsaglia and Innerhofer.
The course was set by Norway coach Tron Moger, who also placed the gates when Svindal won the super-G in Val Gardena, Italy, in December.
I took a lot of risks and had a small mistake at the end, Svindal said. The conditions were OK but not ideal. With this (low) light, you dont see the bumps. I am satisfied. Ted did just great.
The World Championships will continue with the womens super-combined Friday.
Regina Sterz of Austria posted the fastest time in the first womens downhill training at the World Championships on Wednesday. The downhill is Sunday.


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It may have been the season finale of The Voice, but Cher's first live performance in five years seemed to be the real main event.
The singer debuted her new single, "Woman's World," off her upcoming album Closer To The Truth (out September 24). The upcoming release will be her first in 12 years.
Wearing a neon pink faux-hawk wig that many thought was actually a bird, Cher strutted her stuff in a bondage-style bustier and skinny, skinny leggings as she sang her heart out for the ladies.
Strobe lights pulsated along to the song's electronic beats as a team of female back-up dancers helped add a little energy to the performance. Watch the clip below.
The performance wasn't without its hiccups; Cher seemed a little off tempo while singing the chorus. Even the singer took to Twitter to address some of the technical problems on the song.
Just btwn us I was nervous.My Throats been sore,think it's allergies. Last night, may not have been Best Tech performance,but My💓was in it — Cher (@cher) June 19, 2013
No matter its problems though, the song, written and produced by Paul Oakenfield, is bound to be a hit in the clubs, picking up where Cher's 1998 mega-hit single "Believe" left off.
But the night was certainly not all about Cher; it was about crowning the season 4 winner.