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New Orleans Hornets Season Preview.
We continue previewingthe Southwest Division with the New Orleans Hornets. You can read past previews here.
by Aggrey Sam and Toney Blare
I may have left the Crescent City, but the Bang Bang, GreyTone Gang is still in effect–albeit via email. Like Rae and Ghost, we work well together. Get your fix of '09-10 Hornets insight and '90s hip-hop references. Enjoy:
Toney Blare: From your now out-of-towner, ex-carpetbagger, former Downman Road denizen's perspective, what's the main challenge for this year's Bees? Also, did you cop Cuban Linx II?
Aggrey Sam: Easy on the Downman Road thing, playboy, as Bonzi Wells used to address you. Of course I copped Cuban Linx 2. Rae is stuck in an early '90s time warp. Not that I minded, for the album's sake, but remembering my disappointment in Immobilarity…
Speaking of disappointment, how about last season, particularly the ending? It's all too easy to wear rosy-colored specs in the N.O., but that ish took me completely by surprise. That's the real reason I left.
The main question, to me at least, is did the Hornets do enough this offseason to become relevant again? I'm not sure. The Okafor-Chandler swap looks to be about even on paper, with both big men being defensive minded by nature, as well as injury-prone.
However, Emeka is more consistent, a better scorer, rebounder and shot-blocker and capable of executing a few post moves with his back to the basket and/or hitting the open 15-footer. On the other hand, he's smaller than Tyson, not quite the athlete, probably won't have that immediate chemistry with CP and a frontline of him and David West (who's now at the Glenn Robinson stage of his career where he doesn't bend at the waist or jump, but exclusively shoots fadeaways and 15-20 foot jumpers) won't exactly strike fear in the hearts of the big men for LA, Denver, Portland, San Antonio, etc. I'd be pretty amped to go at that duo (didn't Emeka get dunked on a lot in the East? I swear he's a SportsCenter staple) if I'm say, Anthony Randolph and Andris Biedrins.
Regardless, after last season's false start midseason trade with the Thunder and all his injuries, it was likely time for Tyson to vamoose. At the very least, Emeka's also a character guy–but I'll (or you'll) miss seeing Tyson throw down those Crescent City Connection oops from CP.
I like the Ike Diogu signing–three years ago. Seriously, as much as I've preached that they need an undersized junkyard dog-type at the backup 4, I'm not mad at that, although he doesn't really add interior D. Where's Birdman when you need him? That's right, in Denver.
So I guess my main concern is really the Bees' inside game. If CP and Okafor bond fairly quickly, Emeka gives them some post scoring and have an all-defensive team type of season, West decides to rebound and attack the basket again, Diogu can give them solid minutes off the bench, Darius Songaila is healthy and/or contributes and Hilton Armstrong doesn't play like Motel 6, they should survive down low. But that's a lot of ifs.
I'm not discussing Sean Marks. My "if" for him is if Jeff Bower realized that Hilton is truly a third-string center and there were some viable backup options to be had this summer, what would that do to Sean Marks? A) He would play for another NBA team. B) He would play overseas. C) He would go back to New Zealand, never to be heard from again. I pick C. My man plays hard, but so does Tamika Catchings. Neither is an NBA player, to my knowledge. Same goes for Hilton if he can't figure it out this season.
What you on (that's Chicago for "where y'at?")?
TB: What's wrong with an early '90s time warp? If you were an angry fat dude who made a classic, you'd be powdered up and claiming to be a rap revolutionary with one tempo, too. (OK, maybe not) Also, Free Method Man! Also, Ice Water is crucial! I'm feeling positive, with one foot firmly planted in that loss to Denver. We all knew things needed to change, but, with the supposed funny money, didn't know how they could do it. Give Jeff Bower credit–he did more than move the chairs around. Always liked Tyson as a dude (and, as a dude, I really liked his wife), but I didn't really see him getting much better. Also, he wore loafers while out with a bad big toe. Like most people, I've always been ambivalent about Emeka, but I think he's smart and will get a lot easy buckets with a great PG. Hopefully he stays healthy (off to a bad start in camp) and applies his knowledge of third-world politics when casting a vote for mayor next year. Hearing you take shots at DWest turns my specs from rose to sepia for nostalgia. Yeah, they're a little soft down low, but a Big Dog comparison? You know the Hornets traded Mashburn and Rodney Rogers to the Sixers for Big Dog, who never suited up for the N.O.? Oh, wait, you do and that really was like a huge insult in your book, then? DWest is an All-Star! Don't make him have to touch a face! The issues I see were actually issues in last year's preview, but the Hornets tried to address them this year off-season: back-up PG and the bigs. Reports on #1 pick Collison are very good, i.e. giving CP3 all he can handle in practice and hopefully some rest during the season. Plus they picked up Bobby Brown, that's the way that he wanna live. For bigs, I like Diogu. Hilton is dead to me, unless you put him at the two (Backstory: so me and Aggrey are at this bar on Napoleon Ave, and we start talking to this odd dude….uh, anyway, he wanted Hilton to be a 2. For real. You had to be there.), and Sean Marks is Sean Marks. Lovable, industrious, descended-from-convicts Sean Marks. Deal with it. At least Ely is gone. They might've been the worst bench last year, but this unit could be interesting: Collison, Peja, Posey, Diogu, Songalia. That's the t-shirt I want. Y'heard Julian Wright is starting? Also, we should probably discuss in more depth the perennial MVP candidate Chris Paul.
AS: I was going to leave the Ms. Mae's story out, but you had to take it there. Bower was indeed busy this summer, but after standing pat (in fact, going backwards) a year ago, the situation pretty much forced his hand like Cormega (now that's a mid-90s rap dude–shout out to M.O.P.–who maintained; for some emcees, doing a bid is like a vet in the League getting traded to Phoenix on some fountain of youth ish).
I wouldn't be shocked if Byron's prerogative was to eventually give B. Brown (should have signed him two years ago!) the bulk of the backup point minutes over Collison. Nothing against the dude, he never dominated at UCLA the way most expected, I've seen way too many point guards have their way with him and I just never bought the hype.
The Julian-as-a-starter thing isn't bad–in theory (in practice, that's a different story, especially with the head games he's been through his first two seasons)–but who's the scorer on the wing? I think it's now a fact that Mo Pete is done, Peja is almost done and Posey shouldn't start if he's expected to truly make an impact over the long haul (I do think second-round pick and local product Marcus Thornton could provide some instant offense off the bench). So as crazy as it seemed when the now-departed Rasual Butler (traded to the Clips for a JazzFest ticket and one of those "big ass beers" on Bourbon; look it up) went from not making the playoff roster to starting at the 2 in a few short months, he was a lot more legit of an option than the aforementioned cats.
Which brings me to CP. When will he get burned out? When will he shut it down early for the season because of an injury he'd normally play through? When will his play slip (in the public's eyes, at least) because he's tired of carrying the load? When will he demand a trade?
Probably never (although never say never for the last question), which is why he is who he is. Best point guard in the game, All-Star, perennial MVP candidate–but not (realistically) a championship contender. However, point guards, even the best of them, need a hellafied supporting cast around them, moreso than franchise players at other positions (see Olajuwon, Hakeem). How much better can he get? More importantly, how far can he take this current squad?
TB: I feel like saying "shout" and "MOP" in the same sentence is redundant. What's a matter, man, that cold getting to you up there? You need one of those Common hats in the Chi?? We have no reason to think CP3 would ever, ever implement Operation Shutdown in ball, bowling, Bron BFF'ing, anything. I do get what you're saying about franchise PG's. There's a lot of if's when you live on soft ground, and Thorton could be a real x-factor. Looking at what Chris and extra hours did for Sual, there's reason to hope a wing develops. (Sidenote: Losing Rasual was probably as big a chemistry hit as TC–he was DWest's consigliere and living proof like Group Home to Byron's motiviational technique, an all-around nice cat who enjoyed cruising the Quarter and had the most improbable, late-stage career year ever) In the bigger picture, do I worry about Chris getting frustrated? Yes and no. Yes, losing by 58 points was a sour ending to a season where Prince Paul put up historic numbers without an NBA-level back-up. I don't think (or hope) that the #1 PG in the game is a patient man. But the teams attempts at upgrades, his profile as the brightest ambassador of New Orleans, and his generally ascendant off-court star (writing your own kid's book is like the positive opposite of boning a Kardashian) make it hard to believe he'll ever become B-Diddy II. He's a top 5 player in this league with the strong personality needed for this situation. Three more fundamental issues:
1. Julian Wright. Will he benefit from the first-team surroundings, or will it still be too much for his brain grapes? As you know, I've campaigned in print and in blatant shouts at the bench for his chance. Now it's here, and you have to figure it won't come again. Does he get half a season to work it out, or does Byron pull him after 15 yacht parties in international waters? I repeat my mantra: if Ju-Ju becomes a hard-working, poor-man's Josh Howard, the future is considerably brighter. (PS: Ryan Bowen got a raw deal. You're my boy, Ry-Bo! You're my boy.)
2. The glass. Right now, I don't know how the Bees get a rebound in the playoffs vs. the Spurs, Nuggets, or Lakers. Really. Emeka is nice and all, but this team continues to feel small in the West.
3. Byron's status. Dudes like him too much and he's won too many games here to call him a true lame duck. But there was no extension, and the possibility remains that he's taken this team as far as he can, i.e. without a creative offense or coaching during the game. Though not a big fan, I'd hate to see things go sideways in mid-season. There's also the possibility that Phil Jackson rides off into the mushroom fields and the former Laker and Kobe pal gets the call. So, I see 50-32 if things break right and I have no idea what the playoffs look like. Not easy to prophesize with this squad. With all the changes, a general team character needs to develop and then we'll know more. They should have a chip on their shoulder after that loss, and if they follow the leader every game, I think they can get some revenge. Challenge the Lakers or Spurs (the latter are my pick in the West)? Only if Darius Songalia gets "Ante UP!" tattooed on his neck. Might happen, too.
AS: I'm not saying Prince Paul would shut it down like PE (do youngsters even know what Flav did before VH1?), but the lack of quality support has to be frustrating. On another note, it's supposed to snow here on Sunday. It snowed once when I was in New Orleans–the first time since before Katrina, I believe–and it was absolute madness. By the way, the departure of Sual, my fellow ex-Philly resident, is more disappointing because homie was the lone Hornet to come out to my program in the Ninth Ward and show love to the youth.
Back to Chris. I have no doubt he'll go for the gusto, as always, this season. While I highly doubt the Nuggets pioneered the "Paul Rules," the Bees' lack of a secondary ballhandler and someone else who can create their own shot (or a teammate's) will continue to plague them. Maybe Juju can be that dude, but with the combination Byron's quick substitution trigger for him and his lack of experience in those scenarios thus far in his pro career, I'd put more stock in a Beatnuts comeback. CP can deal with it because that's how he's built, but every man his breaking point. Cats love visiting, but I don't see top 2010 free agents coming to the N.O., even if the money was there to be spent. You wouldn't like Chris when he's angry.
You say Byron's not a lame duck, I say Avery Johnson's mad he has to wait another year for the job. With his Showtime-era teammate Rambis in Minny, Phil on his last legs (I hear Dr. Cannabis is a great chiropractor) and the Lakers' penchant for hiring within the fam (Phil's an exception)–not to mention his late-career mentoring of a young Kobe–I'm betting on Byron remembering the lessons of his Nets days and skipping town before the mob comes after him.
I'm going with 46-36. I think the Okafor adjustment and likely tinkering with the rotation will equal a shaky early start, but they should slip into the playoffs as a lower seed, and depending on the health of who they play (and their own) and mid-season acquisitions, they should either give an upper-echelon team a mighty scare or perhaps oust an unprepared and/or overconfident team (Portland? Dallas again?) in the first round. Avery Johnson for coach and trading up in the draft for Greg Monroe in in 2010-11! Then I'll move back.
TB: Ha! See, I could see a 2010 guy wanting to take passes from Chris, if the money was there. None of them remember PE. I saw a post from a young local dj with the quote "False media, we don't need 'em do we?" attributed to Black Thought. Free Teen Wolf!
AS: "Teen Wolf" is the nickname Tone came up with for Chip Armelin, a high school senior at Sulphur HS in Louisiana. Chip came to New Orleans to battle legendary St. Augustine (alma mater of Kerry Kittles and the aforementioned "Lil' General," among others) in the state playoffs. Rocking an '80s high-top fade (not to the Brandon Jennings extreme), high-top Dunks and '90s baggy shorts (longer than short shorts, the kind your mom semi-approved of), Teen Wolf put on a ridiculous show. The 6-3 cousin of ex-Texas Tech star Martin Zeno hit numerous deep treys, hit off his Hoosiers-like teammates with no-look dimes and threw down monstrous bangs on the break. Kinda like the '80s Michael J. Fox flick, right?
Teen Wolf dropped 30-plus on defensive-minded St. Aug (at least 20 in the first half), but ran out of gas late and his supporting cast (including a 6-8 guy who only shot jumpers…hmm?) couldn't bail him out. Teen Wolf feels CP3′s pain. Yes, indeed.


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Thread: Coaching a simple forehand clear
Coaching a simple forehand clear
I am currently coaching some relatively beginner ladies but some have some bad habits, built up over time play social badminton.
All of these ladies are really struggling to get generate power and learn a good technique for a basic forehand clear.
I suppose what I am looking for is a step-by-step guide to the break down of this shot, including movement, as I perhaps am not explaining it in a way for them to understand and translate to the court.
A simple drill may help as their movement is just not there with bad habits of standing parallel to the net and relying on just arm movement to drive the shuttle.
Has anyone come across this problem before ?
Have a contest to find out who can throw a shuttlecock with his or her hand the farthest. The winner will get an hour's worth of free coaching or a free shuttecock.
I'd say break it down into different components. I've had this issue in the past as well and the hardest part is the weight shift from right to left foot.
Focus on footwork with no shuttles first then show the swinging motion alone, then combine the two. you need hours of good footwork drill before they can do it without thinking and combine it with the swing. Grip is also very important as most do not grip correctly for a good forehand. They also tend to swing across the body with no pronation.
Also, don't let them try to clear to each other, that's useless. Get 15-20 shuttles and feed them so that they hit the shuttle from the rear of the court in the same spot every time.
Absolutely agree.
Hitting a clear is exactly like throwing a stone or shuttle.
It will remind them to keep their shoulder, arm and wrist loose, and even teach them to use a little bit of finger power at the final stage.
Maybe to provide more performance incentive, whoever throws the furthest gets treated to a lunch or dinner by all the others.
Keep in mind, hitting a shuttle correctly is very like throwing a ball correctly. There's a reason that the saying "you throw like a girl" is around. Most girls don't throw very well... which would translate into not swinging well.
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May 31, 2012
"Coral reefs and seashores largely look the way they do because large fish and urchins eat most of the seaweed that might otherwise cover them, but a major new study has found that the greatest impact of all comes from an unexpected quarter – small marine snails.
The study published in the journal Ecology Letters is the largest of its kind ever undertaken into the ecological impacts of marine grazing animals: it was led by Associate Professor Alistair Poore, of the UNSW Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, who worked with an international team of 10 researchers.
It found that, on average, marine herbivores remove almost 70% of the plant material growing on the sea floor – an effect far greater than grazing animals have on land plants."
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The Fun Ford Weekend makes its highly anticipated return to the Golden State with a May 4-5 event at the famous Auto Club Famoso Raceway outside of Bakersfield, California.
Ever since the series returned in 2011, Ford racers and enthusiasts have been asking for a California event, notes Jeff Lacina, marketing director for the series. We are very pleased to have Auto Club Famoso Raceway
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VMP Superchargers True Street Shootout: Cruise Starts: 11 AM
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Racers will also be eligible for several special awards, including the Aeromotive Eliminator Award and the Mustang Guys Fastest 5.0 Shootout.
$40 Crew Event (Fri Sat Sun Includes Starting Line Access)
$40 Spectator Event
Children 12 & Under Free
$30 Crew Event (Sat Sun Includes Starting Line Access)
$30 Spectator Event (Sat Sun)
$20 1 Day Spectator
Children 12 & Under Free
$20 Crew (Includes Starting Line Access)
$20 Spectator
Children 12 & Under Free
MCA Discount
Mustang Club of America members can get a $5 discount by showing their membership card at the ticket booth. You MUST show your card to get the discount no exceptions.
Race Classes & Rules
FORD CLASSES (Full Body cars must be Ford Body-any power plant allowed & Open Body cars must be Ford Powered)
*FAST FORD Electronics Class, 1/4 Mile, Full Tree, Dial Your Own
QUICK FORD No Electronics Class, 1/4 Mile, Full Tree, Dial Your Own
STREET FORD Street Legal, 1/4 Mile, Full Tree, Dial Your Own, All Run
*TUFF TRUCK Street Legal 1/4 Mile, Full Tree, Dial Your Own, All Run
VMP Superchargers True Street Shootout 1/4 Mile, .400 Pro Tree, All Run
ET Bracket Classes Fast Ford Winner $1000 (Round money based on car count)
Quick Ford Winner $1000 (Round money based on car count)
Street Ford Winner $250 & TROPHY
Tuff Truck Winner $250 & TROPHY
VMP Superchargers True Street Race Classes
Quickest True Street Winner $250 Runner Up $100
10.00 Winner TROPHY Runner Up TROPHY
11.00 Winner TROPHY Runner Up TROPHY
12.00 Winner TROPHY Runner Up TROPHY
13.00 Winner TROPHY Runner Up TROPHY
All classes are 1/4 mile competition
FRIDAY 3 Day Gate Admission $40
$40 weekend gate admission is your gate pass for the whole weekend.
Includes Fun Ford Warm Up Test Session 3pm to 7pm Friday only.
Race entries extra. See below.
SATURDAY 2 Day Gate Admission $30
Tech Card Fees Below-
Fast Ford (Electronics Class) $40
Quick Ford (No Electronics Class) $40
Street Ford (DOT Tire & Registration Required) $25
Tuff Truck (any Ford Truck) $25
True Street $35
SUNDAY Gate Admission $20
Ford Against The World (Summit Race)
SUPER PRO (Electronics Class) $50
PRO (No Electronics Class) $45
Sportsman $40
Motorcycle $35
Street Ford (DOT Tire & Registration Required) $25
Tuff Truck (any Ford Truck) $25
PRO/SUPER PRO/ SPORTSMAN/ MOTORCYCLE Regular Bracket Payouts
FAST FORD 1/4 Mile, Full Tree (ET Break 7.00 19.99)
Electronics Class, 1/4 Mile, Full Tree, Dial Your Own, All Run Field, Any Power Adder Combo Allowed, Any Tire Size Allowed, No Weight Limit, Slicks
QUICK FORD 1/4 Mile, Full Tree (ET Break 7.00 19.99)
No Electronics Class, 1/4 Mile, Full Tree, All Run Field, No Throttle Stops, Any Power Adder Combo Allowed, Any Tire Size Allowed, No Weight Limit, Slicks, Mechanical throttle stops permitted
STREET FORD 1/4 Mile, Full Tree
No Slicks, DOT Tires, Registration Required, All Run Field, No Throttle Stops, Any Power Adder Combo Allowed, Any Tire Size Allowed, No Weight Limit, Mechanical throttle stops permitted
TUFF TRUCK 1/4 Mile, Full Tree
All Run Field, No Throttle Stops, Any Power Adder Combo Allowed, Any Tire Size Allowed, No Weight Limit, Mechanical throttle stops permitted
VMP Superchargers True Street Shootout 1/4 Mile, Pro Tree
All Run True Street Winner $250 Runner Up $100
10.00 Winner TROPHY Runner Up TROPHY
11.00 Winner TROPHY Runner Up TROPHY
12.00 Winner TROPHY Runner Up TROPHY
13.00 Winner TROPHY Runner Up TROPHY
All vehicles must conform to these guidelines:
1. Must be a Ford bodied or an Open Body that is Ford powered.
2. Any engine is permitted on closed body vehicles.
3. Any style cylinder head is allowed. 4. Any type of induction system is allowed. Both carburetor and fuel injection are permitted.
5. Any form of power adder is allowed, including nitrous, single and twin turbos, and superchargers. Twin power adders are permitted.
6. No minimum race weight is required.
7. A closed exhaust with mufflers is required. All exhaust fumes must exit the outlet of the muffler. Turndowns are permitted.
8. Any style front suspension, including bolt-on tubular K-members, replacement front clips, etc., is permitted.
9. Any rear suspension is allowed, including tubs and mini-tubs.
10. An entry must start, operate, and drive under its own power with one driver in the car.
11. All cars must have D.O.T. approved tires and wheels in the front and rear during the road cruise, and while racing.
12. Car must complete the road cruise of 20 miles, and three rounds of eliminations on one tank of fuel. No refueling will be permitted after the road cruise begins.
All drivers must have the following:
1. A current, valid drivers license.
2. Valid, current insurance and registration cards for any vehicle entered in competition, which must be presented (with drivers license at the request of the tech inspector. License plate(s) are mandatory; no dealer plates or registrations. Faxes or letters from insurance companies are not permittedactual paperwork must be presented when requested.
3. All operational, DOT-mandated safety equipment for the particular model year must be operational, including (but not limited to headlights, taillights, turn signals, horn and brake lights; cars will be checked for proper operation of equipment.
4. A Drag Race entry purchased at the gate.
5. A tech card for track tech. Track tech may follow True Street tech, but will be performed regardless.
6. A pen to fill in the tech card legibly. All information that will be posted after the race, and in the magazine must be legible. We are not responsible for misspelled names, unknown years, and models of cars.
Road Cruise:
1. All vehicles, after passing True Street tech, will proceed to the next segment, the designated road cruise.
2. Escorts will be provided. All participants must obey local and federal traffic laws, including passing, merging and speed limits. Burnouts or other illegal acts before or during the road cruise are prohibited. Violators will be subject to disqualification.
3. All support vehicles (i.e., tow vehicles or any other vehicle that will not be actually racing) are allowed to go on the road cruise, provided they are behind the entire group of True Street participants.
4. Any car unable to complete the road cruise under its own power will be disqualified, along with the driver.
5. After completion of the road cruise, all cars are to go back to designated area for True Street participants which is the Return Road in front of the main grandstands.
6. Opening of the hood is prohibited once the road cruise begins until three rounds of drag strip competition have been completed. If the hood is opened during this time, the car and driver will be disqualified.
7. Opening the trunk or hatch of the car is allowed prior to the first round of competition (i.e., hooking up nitrous bottles. ) Changing nitrous bottles is not permitted once the racing commences.
8. No external cooling of the engine is allowed. No external fans, ice or pressurized fluids may be used. Use of a radiator-mounted primary electric cooling fan is permitted. No battery charger may be connected to the battery after the road cruise. Excessive use of your electric fan may drain your battery. If the battery is unable to start your car during racing, both car and driver will be disqualified.
9. No repairs are to be made from underneath the engine compartment. Any attempts to repair items from underneath will be grounds for disqualification.
Race Procedure:
1. Hoods and deck lids are not to be opened for any reason during the three passes. Hatchback owners may reach through the passenger compartment to access the hatch area only to open nitrous bottles.
2. Tire pressure may be checked, but air can only be removed. No inflation of tires is permitted during the race; therefore, no inflation equipment will be permitted in the car.
3. If you experience any problems (mechanical or otherwise,) and cannot make a pass, do not make it. If you oil down or crash on the track surface, you jeopardize yourself and others. Promptly inform a track official of your withdrawal from the class.
4. Only drivers will be permitted to be with the car during the three passes. All pit members may stand only in the grandstand area or burnout area.
5. If a car is unable to start under its own power, both the driver and car will be disqualified. No push starts will be allowed.
6. All cars and racers must make three runs ¼ Mile, .400 Pro Tree.
7. After the three passes are made, E.T.s will be added up, and then divided by three, establishing an average used to place the drivers. The three run average will be used to determine the winner, runner-up and index winners.
Winner Quickest average E.T. of three runs
Runner-up 2nd Quickest average E.T. of three runs
10 second index closest average time to 10.0 seconds
11 second index closest average time to 11.0 seconds
12 second index closest average time to 12.0 seconds
13 second index closest average time to 13.0 seconds
8. All results and decisions from the Fun Ford staff are final. Averages will be posted the day of the race at the Fun Ford car show tent.
All cars must pass track and/or NHRA technical inspection, and must be legal for the elapsed time, and speed they run. Drivers must have proper licensing; i.e., if you have a 9-second car, you must have a 9-second drivers license. It is up to the track to enforce all safety rules.
The All FoMoCo Car Show Classes
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Mustang 64-66
Mustang 67-68
Mustang 69-70
Mustang 71-73
Mustang 74-78
Mustang 79-93
Mustang 94-98
Mustang 99-04
Mustang 05-09
Mustang 10 Present
SVT Cobra Mustang
Shelby Mustang 65-70
Shelby Mustang 06-Present
BOSS 302 Mustang
Roush Mustang
Saleen Mustang
Special Interest Mustang (Twister Special, Pace Cars, etc.)
Shelby Cobra
Mercury Cougar
Ford Thunderbird
Fairlane, Torino, Galaxie
Falcon, Maverick, Comet
Big Car (Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis, Mercury Marauder)
Ford Full Size Truck All Years
Ford Compact Truck All Years
Ford Lightning
Sport Compact (Focus, Fiesta)
Classic Ford All Years
Conversion (Any Make Ford Powered)
Race Car
Pro Engineered
Pro Street
Special Interest Ford All Years (T-Buckets, Street Rods, Rat Rods, etc)
Special Car Show Awards
Mustang Club of America Best Mustang
Best of Show
Best Engine
Best Interior
Best Paint
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Under 21 (Ages 21 and Younger)
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As the lucky keepers here at Australia Zoo, we get to experience animal kisses on a daily basis. Here in the Exotics Department we get very enthusiastic kisses every day from both the dingoes and the camels. On certain promotional days, patrons are lucky enough to experience these kisses as well... although in a slightly different form.
On Mother's Day recently, five lucky mums were chosen for both the camel and the dingo 'Kiss a Critter' or animal magnetism competitions. For the camel competition we gave each lady a carrot to hold in their mouth, and then we let Teela go. The lady from whom Teela took the carrot first won a prize, while the others received consolation prizes. Unfortunately (well at least from our point of view), Teela hardly had any slobber on her mouth so they were all very clean and polite kisses! It certainly entertains us when she gives sloppy kisses on these days... after all, we get sloppy ones every day!
For the dingo competition we got the five mums to come into the enclosure and sit down, and then whichever lady Kirra approached first won. Kirra was very laid-back and polite about the whole deal!
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Summer Reading Week 1: Round-Up & What You Need to Know
Summer Reading
* The first week of 2012 Summer Reading is already over! Can you believe it? Since we opened registration on May 15, we have had 521 kids sign up for the programs and 569 online reviews posted. (Remember, you can look at other kids' public reviews on your Summer Reading homepage for recommendations!) Lots of reading credit and tokens have been handed out and redeemed.
* Our charity this year is the Moraine Township Food Pantry. Kids have donated $12.00 worth of tokens so far. After donating tokens (or teen credit) donors can decorate a paper can for our donor's food pantry. Some interesting food items in our paper pantry are: chocolate yummy, chicken (bok bok bok), and somebody yelling "Bananas!" at another person. You can bring in non-perishable food items to donate as well.
* Thanks to a group of voracious baby Summer Readers, the Very Hungry Caterpillar in the Inger Boye Room already has 5 segments, which means that they have shared 75 books, songs or fingerplays.
Summer Reader of the Week
Each week during Summer Reading the Youth Department runs a random drawing from summer reader participants who have written at least 3 online book reviews. This year, we're featuring two readers - one from the ages 3-5 program and one from the K-5 program!
Congratulations to 3 year-old Daniel S., who enjoyed Superhero School by Aaron Reynolds, The Amazing Adventures of Bumblebee Boy by David Soman, and Hugo and Miles in I've Painted Everything by Scott Magoon this week!
Congratulations to kindergartner John D., who enjoyed The Daddy Mountain by Jules Feiffer, Creaky Old House: a Topsy-Turvy Tale of a Real Fixer-Upper by Linda Ashman, and Found You, Little Wombat by Angela McAllister this week!
As winners, Daniel and John's names, and the books they enjoyed this week will be displayed on our Electronic Bulletin Board for the summer. Check back here next Monday or look up on our electronic bulletin board when you come in to see reads from future Summer Reader of the Week winners!
Events at the Library This Week
* Outdoor drop-in chess began this past Saturday & was a blast! Come again this Saturday, the 16th! We've got a few pictures up on our Facebook page, too!
* The first session of Stories Under the Stars begins tonight at 7:30pm in the Rose Garden. Stories will be told by Anne Shimojima.
* Wednesday afternoon, we gerbils are terrified to remind you, is the Raptors 101 event where LARGE CARNIVORNOUS GERBIL-EATING BIRDS ARE COMING TO THE LIBRARY. Our librarians assure us that we will be safe but WE DO NOT BELIEVE THEM. If you come to the program we will be much more reassured of our safety. (Not because the raptors might eat you instead. No. Not at all because of that possibility.)
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* The Boston Horn Globe Book Awards have been awarded!
* An amusing mishap with Nooks, Kindles, and War & Peace: a Nook copy of Tolstoy's novel had all the instances of the word "kindle" replaced with the word "nook."
* June is Audiobook Month! What are you listening to?
* Walter Dean Myers, popular children's and young adult author, has vowed to work to close the reading gap.
* A signed first edition of Where the Wild Things Are just sold for $25,000. Wowza.
* Can't wait until November for Ally Condie's Reached? YALSA's blog has a list of read-alikes.
* AudiobookSync.com has a whole schedule of free YA titles available for download this summer.
* How to read while walking: a book lover's guide.
* Neil Gaiman's favorite Newbery is A Wrinkle in Time. What's yours?
* A comic excerpt fron Neil Gaiman's commencement speech: make good art.
* More hype for the new WondLa book!
* An outdoor library in Ghent, Belgium. Hope it doesn't rain!
* Suggested books to read this summer from some favorite YA authors.
Movies & Stuff
* YA novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower trailer has been released with Emma Watson (better known as Hermione Granger) as one of the stars. What do you think?
* More rumors about casting for Catching Fire's Finnick Odair.
Apps & Tech
* YALSA now has a book-finding app!
Other Cool Stuff
* Photos from the transit of Venus this past Tuesday.
* How much is a librarian worth?
HP and Local News
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Tracey Farmeary crowned Ladies Darts League champion
10:11am Tuesday 8th May 2012 in Darts
York John Smith's Ladies Darts League Triples winners, from left, Dawn Exton, Michelle Britton and Lynn Thompson
CUEBALL'S Tracey Farmeary was crowned York John Smith's Ladies Darts League individual champion after a titanic final encounter with Five Lions' Michelle Britton.
Britton took the opening game with a double eight checkout, but the Cueball captain responded with a 23-dart leg including a 140, a 180 and a double four out shot.
In the decider, Farmeary forged ahead with 140, 100 and 81 and, despite a series of missed doubles, she eventually prevailed on double one.
Britton made amends by winning the pairs in tandem with Five Lions colleague Dawn Exton, beating Tramways duo Roz Kerr and Sue Lowery.
In the first leg, Kerr just missed an 82 checkout and Britton closed out on 80 to take the lead.
Kerr won the second leg with four, double two, but the Lions pair piled on the pressure in the decider with 95, 95, 120 and 100 before Britton closed on double four for the title.
The Lions duo were joined by Lynn Thompson in the triples as they beat Cueball's Farmeary, Tina Platt and Lynne Clapham.
The match failed to produce a ton, but Britton closed 40 in the first leg and Thompson closed double three in the second.
Tramways' Lowery and Jo Hodges lifted the captain and vice-captain cup after a 2-1 victory over Walnut Tree's Di Moreland and Sandra Bruce.
Hodges closed double ten in the opening leg, but the league championship-winning Tree pair levelled the tie thanks Bruce's 18 checkout.
In the decider Lowery slotted home double two for the win.
Britton was named player of the night, although she was pushed close by Farmeary.
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BUTTE - Rob Johnson wasn't unemployed for long.
The Butte native and the St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training today. This will be Rob's fourth team since entering the big leagues in 2004. He made previous stops in Seattle, San Diego, and most recently in New York with the Mets.
Johnson will likely be used as a third catcher, similar to his role in New York, meaning that he would be recalled to the Cardinals in case of an injury to their two major league catchers.
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I presently am honored to be able to serve our military veterans as a member of the Veterans Healthcare Administration, committed to "Care for him who shall have borne the battle, and his widow and his orphan" (President Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address). I also have the honor to have served as a Medical Officer with the US Army from 1983 to 1993, participating in Operation Desert Shield/Storm as the Brigade Surgeon for the Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Armored Division.
My kinsman, the son of my sister, LCPL Travis T. Babine, USMC, along with 3 members of his fire team, was KIA in Farah Province, Afghanistan, on August 6, 2009, killed in an IED attack. His USMC unit from Kaneohe, HI was among those sent to Afghanistan in support of the "surge" of 2009 to pacify western Afghanistan.
"Restrepo" came to my attention thanks to one of my contacts with a veteran of the 503rd Infantry some months ago, on the very day that Tim Heatherington lost his life in Libya. I acquired a copy of the documentary but I must admit it was some weeks (perhaps months!) before I could watch it.
Since then, however, I have discovered that the documentary "RESTREPO" is a pearl - a very real and true depiction of the life of a combat soldier in that particular, but somehow general, experience. I value it for it's earthy truth - it's not a "made up story", an "adaptation" of a published work, a "screenplay" somehow based on a previously published work. It is what it is...an observation of the reality of one unit, a small group of warriors, in one place in time. It is, at least in my world, jsimply real.
I have just today completed my second "listen" to "WAR" thanks to the availability of the work via Audible.com. I am certain I wlll take advantage of the experience again and again and in the meantime purchase both hard copy and Kindle versions. This work will be an important addition to my personal reference library about combat related PTSD.
Perhaps, most importantly, I can recommed both "RESTREPO" and "WAR" to combat veterans as resources to help them share with their families and friends published works that may be able to show and express what they themselves often can not - the effects of their military experiences on "why they are the way they are"......
Thank you to all who have participated in this labor of love.
Keri Jackson MD
C&P Examiner, Knoxville TN
Former US Army Medical Officer with service in Operation Desert Storm/Shield with the Combat Aviation Brigade of the 3rd Armored Division, Frankfurt, Germany
First I would say that Dr. Jackson was a US Army Medical Officer in Desert Storm/Shield, but she was also more than that. She was our Flight Surgeon, our being 2/227 AVN. I say this to recognize her service, in combat, to us the Aviators.
Thank You for the recomendation on Restrepo.
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Clemson's Brittle extends hitting streak to 20 games in win over C of C
CLEMSON - Thomas Brittle is not yet halfway to matching Rusty Adkins program record hitting streak at Clemson but the junior is still on a pretty good tear.
The College of Charleston transfer continued to torment his former teammates Sunday, spraying line drives all over Doug Kingsmore Stadium in a 12-3 Clemson victory.
Brittle extended his hitting streak to 20 games with three hits, including a run-scoring triple in the seventh.
Brittle became the 19th Tiger to record a 20-game hitting streak Khalil Greene accomplished the feat twice and the first since Will Lamb had a 25-game hitting streak end on May 14 last season.
Brittles streak is impressive but hes not yet halfway to the Clemson record.
Adkins hit in a program best 41 consecutive games during the 1965 and 1966 seasons. In 1965, Adkins batted .444 and did not strike out a single time. More impressive, Adkins accomplished the feats with a wooden bat.
Brittles line-drive clinic followed his heroics of Saturday night when he swatted a game-tying single to left field in the 11th inning of Clemsons extra-inning win Saturday.
Brittle helped keep College of Charleston (31-15) winless in its history against Clemson (28-19) falling to 0-23 all-time against Clemson, 0-17 as a Division I program.
Brittle had a slow start to his Clemson career batting just .258 through March 18 when he injured his hand. Brittle did not have an at bat for 12 days and since his return from injury on March 30th he is batting .384 (40 for 107), solidifying the top of the Clemson lineup and giving coach Jack Leggett another table setter in front of slugger Richie Shaffer.
Brittles seventh-inning RBI triple gave Clemson a 5-0 lead and Spencer Kieboom, Brad Felder and Jason Stolz followed with RBI hits to open a 12-0 lead. The eight-run frame was Clemsons best inning of the season.
Cougars starting pitcher Josh Renfro allowed six hits and four runs over four innings. Nick Osterman allowed six runs in 2 1/3 innings of relief.
With Clemson ace Kevin Brady missing the series with a hamstring pull Leggett said Brady will miss at least two more weeks both Kevin Pohle followed Dominic Leones quality outing Saturday and continued to pick up the starting pitching slack Sunday.
After failing to pitch into the sixth inning in three straight starts, Pohle pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing just six hits and one walk with five strikeouts.
Pohle had good location of his pitches and College of Charleston batters struggled to drive the ball against the right-handers sinking fastball.
C of C avoided a shutout when Brandon Murray launched his 11th home run of the season in the eighth inning.
The team teams meet in the series finale at 4 p.m. Monday in Clemson.


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Health inspectors marked two Brunswick County restaurants as low performers in this week's Kitchen Cops report.
This week's low performer is Sunrise Pancake House in Calabash. Five points off for foods at the wrong temperature. Five more for foods thawed improperly. And pest control should not use powdered chemicals. 83 for Sunrise Pancake House.
And up the road to Sunset Beach and Magnolias Restaurant. Chicken and hot dogs were too cold. Leftovers were too warm after being stored for a while. And there were flies in the kitchen. 87 for Magnolias Restaurant in Sunset Beach.
Two local restaurants are high performers.
This week's highest score belongs to Eddie Romanelli's at 5400 Oleander Drive in Wilmington. A half-point off for some needed repairs to the ceiling and floors that need cleaning. A two-point bonus for workers passing a food safety course means a score of 101.5.
And to Brunswick County, a perfect 100 for Miramar Deli on Beach Drive in Ocean Isle Beach.


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What Will the Fiscal Cliff Cost You?
WSJ senior economic writer Steve Moore sounds off on Congress' inability to compromise.
Nov 19, 2012
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But yeah.
President Obama and lawmakers are set to get right to work upon president's return from Asia about with so little time left what exactly happens to you in your cash.
If would be tumble over that fiscal -- the Tax Policy Center took a look at how different incomes would be -- so.
If your family earns around 64000 dollars -- -- well you'll see a tax increase of three point 8% that's about 2000 dollars.
If you make around 1101000.
Dollars your family would pay an additional 3500.
Dollars after tax increase of four point 2%.
And if you -- an annual income of around 500000.
Dollars per year.
You would see your taxes jumped five point 2% or nearly 151000.
Here waiting Steve Moore senior economics writer to Wall Street Journal -- great to see your -- piece in today's general mind this that.
What the country needs this is your thesis and a lot of people it said it but it's worth reminding us right.
We need more rich people that the president quote loves to excoriating not more taxes from those who already exist.
Well that's exactly right in -- a look at the new IRS statistics that just came out.
A couple weeks ago what they show is one of the reasons that tax revenues are now down as low as they've been any time in about fifty years.
Is that the number of about rich people people who are filing returns with a million dollars -- -- cover more.
Has fallen almost by a third in just the last 45 year or so.
You know if you want more money you gotta get more rich people and we were producing less fewer and fewer millionaires all the time and it's a big reason why we have.
This enormous stops and I've not the problem with raising these rates by the way as you know you're trying to talk and more more Brothers from a Paris right shrinking number of -- happens -- box.
That's apropos given the time -- -- here important data sheet to keep in mind that tax revenues under bush.
Decline also need and I believe this goes on to what -- you're describing here because you can't think tank to 20072008.
But that's -- bad -- -- go back before that though I mean there really what's amazing is you go back to 2003.
When those investment tax cuts started then you look at 0304 about 0607.
We had a record.
I gusher of tax revenues in fact that we we increase tax revenues over that four year period by 780.
Billion dollars you can look it up and Barack Obama is on budget.
At Dulles REL -- I think the point here is if you want more tax revenues you -- don't get a lot more -- it doesn't matter how much Barack Obama and the congress raise tax rates this year if we're stuck -- weather map for two to 2% growth.
You're just never gonna see that -- anywhere near the kind of revenues we need to balance the budget.
And can -- Let's say something about something that rich just said in his report or not I.
I'm so frustrated with is that what order to create another surplus started yet about the profit -- there.
Vs other why won't they ever just cut spending right now and -- Just say this you know I.
I don't get an appointment let's just do this let's just do the Cox.
Yeah -- because we've got we're spending a trillion dollars more than we're taking on what has every corporation doing what is every household doing they're cutting their expanded.
Actually getting that's your point of well you know we need growth to create more millionaires and billionaires and that's the problem and that's obviously the big fear of tumbling off the clinics.
-- -- about ago although let me correct you right -- is this is when I pet peeves.
If you cut government spending that is good for the economy it's not bad for the economy I am so tired of this I want.
I he has embedded inside of the -- out of Ali Al Aqsa is at Minneapolis Jane standout right OK you got -- exactly right and.
But telling the reason I get frustrated just get everybody else gets this wrong I don't when you turn on the other networks what they're talking about -- oh my gosh we can't -- -- -- -- gonna hurt the economy.
You know what that's the same kind of.
Economic logic they gave us this 830 billion dollar stimulus bill which was supposed to get down upon -- it got -- -- -- for.
Thanksgiving of course I was all day out of you know let's talk particulars you know Boehner is talking about revenue he's -- -- on the table -- in your -- this morning you reference some.
Middle ground possibilities like increasing the -- fifty threshold even 500000 dollars you're even million dollars -- you know what -- likelihood of that actually -- I'm not by the -- I'm not endorsing the -- I'm just gonna be good about just talking about options that people are talking about another and I think that's you know very very possible middle ground position.
Another possibility to think about is maybe suffering -- separating out the tax rate that is imposed gotten.
Business income vs salary income saw you know somebody like got the -- James who -- -- money and salary they would.
Pay -- higher rate but people who actually have business income they pay a lower rate.
Good -- even more in love having you like -- so fired up come back basically if but I think they keep him.
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- by Annalise Green
- If you've been alive in the writer's blogging world, then you've probably heard about the huge circus around some literary agents saying it's not okay to be gay after the apocalypse. Original article here. Except that the agents in question (who chose to out themselves) say that they never said that. I'm confused, and concerned, since my current WIP has gay characters after the sort-of apocalypse. But at least this whole debacle inspired Amanda Rudd to put up a great list of YA gay fiction, which I'm now determined to check out.
- EDIT: Lena Corazon gave me some great links in the comments: First up, a great overview on the YA gay debacle, and also a wonderful list of 10 fantasy novels that just so happen to have gay characters. Thanks Lena!
- Somewhat relatedly, this sparked an interesting conversation on Michael Offutt's blog about the YA formula. While I'm not sure I agree on the specifics of the formula, I agree that there's a formula – but is that necessarily a bad thing? Viewers, you decide!
- Tumbling around Tumblr, I found out about this interesting new feature on the Kindle "that will enable readers to highlight a particular passage of an e-book in order to ask its author a question about it".
- Check out this list of 10 badass women from fantasy literature.
If you ever watch a video on my blog, make it this one:
Sorry that the short list for this week was…well, short. Here's an adorable monkey to make it up to you.
No, not THIS monkey
THIS monkey