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MLK Holiday Schedule for Parks and Recreation
January 17th Schedule
The Administrative Offices for the Parks and Recreation
Department at City Hall will be closed.
Senior Centers, Sports Centers and Daycare Operations will
be closed.
Aquatic Centers will be open. (Schedule attached)
All Recreation Centers will be closed with the exception of
Armijo 1:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Galatzan 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.Gary del Palacio 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Leona Ford Washington, 1:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Marty Robbins 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Pavo Real 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Veterans 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Information
(915) 544-0753
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Martin Luther King Jr. Dayto celebrated Jan. 17, 2011
By Joe Olvera ©, 2011
Serving human-ity is the legacy of Martin
Luther King Jr., and as El
Paso gets ready, along with
hundreds of small and large
cities across the United
States, one is reminded that
the great man deserves to be
celebrated not only in the
U.S., but throughout the
world – a world which he
helped to make better, aworld which mourned his
passing at the hands of an as-
sassin’s bullet in Memphis,
TN on April 4, 1968,
“I feel it’s the cele-
bration of a great man for the
entire world,” said Algie
Felder, who knew Martin
Luther King because his wife
was a first cousin of CorettaScott King, MLK’s wife of
many years – who, herself
died in 2007. “He represented
freedom for untold millions
of people.”
King, who caused a
nation to honor his legacy, al-
beit, with some reluctance, is
no longer with us, but, his
service to humanity contin-
ues. January 17, the 3rd Mon-
day of each January, will see
people across the United
States follow in King’s foot-
steps by providing service in
hospitals, shelters, and pris-
ons. People will volunteer to
feed the hungry, rehab hous-
ing, and tutor people who
can’t read – among other ne-
cessities.
When Rep. Katie
Hall of Indiana proposed that
a special day be set aside to
honor King, even then-Presi-
dent Reagan had second
thoughts because of what he
considered an exorbitant cost.
North Carolina Senator Jesse
Helms objected because:he
wondered if King was impor-
tant enough to merit the
honor. He criticized MLK’s
opposition to the Vietnam
War and said he was promot-
ing what Helms called “ac-
tion-oriented Marxism.”
“I met him and
would talk to him before he
died,” Felder said. “His wife
and my wife were family, so
we often met. I could feel his
power, just standing close tohim. I could feel the great
man that he was. But, one
had to be in his presence to
feel the strength that em-
anated from him. He had a
powerful compassion for all
mankind.”
MLK, who was
known for his powerful “I
have a Dream” speech in thenation’s capital, had other
great sayings. He said:
“Discrimination is
a hellhound that gnaws at ne-
groes in every waking mo-
ment of their lives to remind
them that the lie of their infe-
riority is accepted as truth in
the society dominating
them;”
I am not interested in power
for power’s sake, but, I’m in-
terested in power that is
moral, that is right and that is
good;”
And, of course, his strongest:
“I have a dream that my four
little children will one day
live in a nation where they
will not be judged by the
color of their skin, but, by thecontent of their character.”
MLK, born January 15, 1929
was an American clergyman,
activist, and prominent leader
in the African American civil
rights movement. A follower
of the non-violent teachings
of Mahatma Gandhi, he led
the 1955 Montgomery bus
boycott, and helped found the
Southern Christian Leader-ship Conference in 1957.
In 1963, he marched on
Washington with hundreds of
thousands of followers where
he gave his famous speech. In
1964, he won the Nobel
Peace Prize – the youngest
person at age 35 to win that
prestigious award. Felder,
who owns radio station
KPAS (103.1 FM), said thatEl Paso will come out in
force to continue the King
legacy. “Church choirs will
sing loud and clear in honor
of the great and gentle man.”
“I have a dream that my
four little children will one
day live in a nation where
they will not be judged bythe color of their skin, but,
by the content of their
character.”
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New Organization Forms to Support the Local Fashion and Talent Professionals
The Coalition of Fashion Profes-
sionals, El Paso is an initiative to
preserve ethical business prac-
tices with a focus of offering pro-
fessionals and aspiring models
and talent the opportunity to seek
progressive representation, de-
velop viable careers and institute
opportunities in a business envi-ronment which promotes the wel-
fare and character of fashion
models and talent in El Paso,
Texas.
The Coalition of Fashion Profes-
sionals, El Paso is developed
through the collective efforts of
local industry professionals to in-
clude Fashion Models, Model and
Talent Agents/Agencies, Design-
ers, Photographers, Make-up
Artist, Production and Recording
Companies, Marketing/Advertis-
ing Agencies, Stylist, Retailers,
Event Promoters, Television Pro-
duction Companies.
The Coalition of Fashion Profes-sionals, El Paso will be having its
first Exclusive Industry Mixer
On Thursday, January 20, 2011
at 7pm at Red & White Wine
Bar, 3136 Trawood, Ste 3-E, El
Paso, Texas 79936. Guests will
enjoy complimentary hors d’oeu-
vre, wine, music, and networking
opportunities with other industry
professionals. This event is by
invitation only! To receive an
invitation, please visit our Face-
book page. All V.I.I.P (Very Im-
portant Industry Professionals)
who RSVP no later than Monday,
January 10, 2011, will receive 1
FREE complimentary glass of
wine, Courtesy CFP, El Paso. All
attendees must respond no later than January 17, 2011.
For more information about CFP,
El Paso or our Exclusive Industry
Mixer please visit www.cfpel-
paso.com or call 1-866-995-5588.
You may also “LIKE” us on
Facebook and visit our Exclusive
Industry Mixer event page.
Opening the82nd Legislative
SessionIt has begun!
Today, January 11, the 82nd Session of the Texas Legis-
lature began with the swearing in of the re-elected and
newly elected members of the House of Representa-
tives. Although there was anticipation that there would
be arguments, this day began orderly and quietly.
For months, there were many in Texas, and outside of
Texas, who made loud statements that the Office of the
Speaker of the House needed a new resident.
In 2009, a transition took place in the House where Joe Straus took the reins as
Speaker directing the session orderly and with respect to all of our districts;
previously, it was not sanctioned to vote in any manner other than the party
line.
This year, there began a process by special interests where Republi-
can Representatives were being pressured to support another member for
Speaker. It began to look like 2003 was coming back. That is when a group of
powerful lobbyist called the shots on the floor. There were lots of threats to
Republicans by the money people if votes were not in line with their intents.
By the time we gathered for our swearing in, there had already been a vote by
Republican members in a private caucus that supported Straus by over twothirds. Even though the members voted to have Straus as the official nominee
of the caucus, there was still word that the special interests would continue their
efforts to unseat him.
As is turned out, common sense ruled and Representative Joe Straus was re-
elected with 132 votes as the Speaker of the House for the 82nd Legislative
Session.
This was a good move for too many reasons to list. This is an very
important session with a massive budget shortfall and redistricting. It is very
important to begin the work quickly. Because of the Straus re-election, com-
mittees will probably get hearings going at an earlier date than if a new speaker was elected.
His re-election is also good for El Paso. The members of our delega-
tion all have had good relations with him or have been very well received by
the Speaker. While our needs will not be considered any more important than
for other communities, our issues will certainly not be considered any less as
perhaps with a different speaker.
What is best about the outcome is the fact that the majority of House Members
soundly repudiated the kind of control over the House that started in 2003
under Speaker Craddick. As mentioned earlier, majority members were intimi-dated by special interests to vote the line pushed forth by Craddick. Those who
dared vote different were threatened with opponents.
One example is the story of a long time member who happened to be an educa-
tor. He stood up to oppose the Speaker's legislation which would have done
great harm to our schools. That gentleman did get challenged by a speaker fi-
nanced opponent and was defeated. The House lost a terrific gentleman and a
competent lawmaker who voted for the benefit of his district and with common
sense wisdom.
The session will have its moments, but I am much more comfortable
going into the session with Speaker Straus.
Chente QuintanillaState Representative
Public Invited to Community Matters
Event Featuring Race Car & TeamJanuary 10, 2011- El Paso, Texas Firestone is hosting a complimentary community
event at 7240 N. Mesa location on
Saturday, January 15th from 9:00 a.m. – 1: 00 p.m.
The new 750 horsepower race car built by Western Technical College students and
staff of the Automotive Fundamentals and Performance Tuning Program will be on dis-
play and Schure Sprint Car & Race Team will be on hand. Representatives from West-
ern Technical College will provide information about various educational programs of
study and attendees will be offered Firestone discounts and promotions, hot dogs, and
balloons.
What: Firestone Community Matters Event featuring tire discounts and promotions,750 horsepower racecar, Schure Sprint Car & Race Team, hotdogs, and more.
When: Saturday, January 15, 2011
Where: Firestone, 7240 N. Mesa from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Weather Trivia:How many upper air observation sta-
tions are there in the world that sendup weather balloons?
A n s w e r : D – 8 0 0 w o r l d w i d e ( 9 6 i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s t h a t a r e d o n e o n a d a i l y b a s i s )
Did you know that twice each day special weather
balloons are released at Santa Teresa, NM, at the Na-
tional Weather Service office? In fact, every NWS office in the United States re-
leases these balloons at exactly the same time. These weather balloons gather
important weather information that is put in computer models to help meteorolo-gist forecast the weather.
For over 60 years, upper air observations have been made by the National
Weather Service (NWS) with radiosondes. The radiosonde is a small, expendable
instrument package that is suspended below a 6 foot wide balloon filled with hy-
drogen or helium. As the radiosonde is carried up in the air, sensors on the ra-
diosonde measure profiles of pressure, temperature, and relative humidity. These
sensors are linked to a battery powered radio transmitter that sends the sensor
measurements to a sensitive ground receiver. By tracking the position of the ra-
diosonde in flight, information on wind speed and direction aloft is also obtained.
Observations
The radiosonde flight can last in excess of two hours, and during this time the ra-
diosonde can ascend to over 115,000 feet and drift more than 125 miles from the
release point. During the flight, the radiosonde is exposed to temperatures as cold
as -130 o F and an air pressure only few thou-
sandths of what is found on the Earth's surface.
When the balloon has expanded beyond its
elastic limit and bursts, a small parachute slows
the descent of the radiosonde, minimizing the
danger to lives and property.
Only about 20 percent of the approximately
75,000 radiosondes released by the NWS each
year are found and returned to the NWS for re-
conditioning. These rebuilt radiosondes are
used again, saving the NWS the cost of a new
instrument which can run about $200.00 each.
If you find a radiosonde, follow the mailing in-
structions printed on the side of the instrument.
By: “Doppler” Dave Speelman
WEATHER 101
“ Doppler" Dave Speelman is the chief meteorologist at KVIA-TV in El Paso. You canwatch his forecasts at 4, 5, 6 and 10 pm on ABC-7 (channel 6 cable). If you would like Doppler Dave to address (explain) any weather issues you can email him at [email protected].
WeatherBalloons andforecasting.
A. 96
B. 210
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By Joe Olvera ©, 2011
Chicanos in the
U.S. Armed Forces have had
a proud record to point to
when their loyalty has beenchallenged, and, believe me,
it has been challenged. In
truth, though, more Hispanics
have been awarded the na-
tion’s highest award for valor
than any other ethnic group.
Yet, many Americans don’t
know about the heroic ex-
ploits of such men because
their stories have not been
told.
One such hero, of whom many have not heard,
except, is Gabriel L. Navar-
rete, who died April 10, 1988
from a massive stroke. Prior
to his death, Gabe, as he was
known and loved, told an in-
teresting story of intrigue, of
danger, of challenging the
chain-of-command and of
lives lost through stupidities
and fiascoes.
Gabe preferred
anonymity while he was still
alive, and efforts to tell his
story were generally rejected
by him. He was a naturally
modest man, but, I have told
his story many times because
I feel that it needs to be toldand revered. Gabe was a nat-
ural-born leader, a student at
Cathedral High School at the
beginning of World War II.
Although starting out as a
private, Gabe attained the
rank of Second Lieutenant
through a battlefield commis-
sion.for his outstanding lead-
ership during the Italian
campaign. He subsequently
rose to First Lieutenant andCaptain. He was promoted to
Major when the war ended,
holding the rank until his re-
tirement from the Army Re-
serve.
His heroism is best
recorded during a plan to
cross the Rio Rapido in
Southern Italy. He was sent to
reconnoiter the area and came
back with a story to fright the
general’s wig about the Ger-
man Army and its superior
weapons entrenched across
the River, waiting for the
American G.I.s – the Men of
Company E – who had been
ordered to cross the river and
attack the enemy. Gabe knewthe plan to cross that River
was fraught with stupidity
and unconcern for the men
whom he knew would die.
Wounded in his efforts to
gather information, he pre-
tended to be dead. At night,
he sneaked across the River
and reported to his command-
ers the foolishness of at-
tempting such a crossing.
“They didn’t want
to hear my report,” Gabe told
me. “Instead I was ordered to
round up my men and get
ready to take the position
across the River. I told the
Commander it couldn’t be
done, not even with a regi-
ment. I told the Commander
that I would stake my name
and my life on what I be-
lieved. The Commander
threatened me by saying that
when I left the hospital –
where I would be treated for
my wounds – that I was
going to be court-martialed
for insubordination and for
saying the mission would bea failure. When I was in the
hospital, I knew there had
been a great number of casu-
alties, including most of the
men of Company E.”
Navarrete had
warned the commander: “If
your plans are not changed
and you sacrifice my men,
you are going to answer to
me personally. I will come
looking for you and I will bearmed.” True to his warning,
his men were decimated as
they tried to accomplish the
perilous mission. He arose
from his sick bed and went
gunning for the commander.
Known for keeping his word
and for his fearlessness, he
was ordered by another offi-
cer to abandon his plan. The
superior officer would not
allow Navarrete to shoot it
out with the major.
During one of his last inter-
views with me, he said that
he wanted to be fair. He stole
a jeep and was carrying a
gun. “I wanted for someoneto give the guy a weapon so
that he could defend himself.
I was willing to die, but, I
wasn’t so sure about him.
What I understand is that he
was hidden so that I couldn’t
find him. Eventually, I was
flown out of that base and
taken to a hospital, where I
recovered from my wounds.”
For heroism in theline of duty, Navarrete was
awarded two Silver Stars, the
Bronze Star Medal with the
Bronze Oak Leaf Device and
the Silver Oak Leaf Device.
He also received seven Pur-
ple Hearts for his wounds, the
European-African-Middle
Eastern Campaign Medal
with a Bronze Arrowhead,
and 3 Bronze Stars, among
others.
But, he never re-
ceived the Medal of Honor. A
rumor abounds that the rea-
son he didn’t receive that
highest of military honors is
because he challenged a su-
perior officer, who was supe-rior in name only. I had head
that he had received the Dis-
tinguished Service Cross, but,
the list of medals sent to his
son, Robert, by the Pentagon,
didn’t list that honor either.
So, we’ll never know, will
we? While he was still alive I
tried to talk him into letting
me research it, thereby learn-
ing the truth, but, he never al-
lowed me. However, GabrielL. Navarrete was a genuine
hero in World War II, taken
from the streets of El Paso.
Long may his name wave
o’er our city. Let’s name a
school after him, don’t you
think? Or a street, or a build-
ing? It’s about time we did
something to honor Gabriel
L. Navarrete, a hero among
heroes.
Sin Fin
Gabriel L. Navarrete – a hero’s hero, y del Chuco
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Sharon Mosley
At the start of a new year, most of us
make a few resolutions. And let's face
it ... our style personalities are often
in need of a transformation. We can
always get inspired to spruce up our
outward appearances, but by doing so,
we are making over our inner selves,
too — evolving into people who feel
better about themselves regardless of
our shopping budgets or our sizes.
Here are a few of my own "style reso-
lutions" for the new year ... and no,
you won't happen to find me trying to
lose weight. I've found that if I stay
busy and avoid obsessing about food,
the pounds come off. And yes, it does
help to go to the gym three times a
week.
— Seek out the unique.Unless you are a teenager who must
have the latest Uggs or trapper hats
and shops 'til you drop in search of
the next big thing, you've probably
got a few "go-to" wardrobe favorites
that you return to week after week,
year after year. My tailored jeans and
turtlenecks are my winter staples. For spring, I switch to cropped linen
trousers and tanks layered under tunic
tops. This year, I hope to take those
classics and give them a twist with
more "unique" statement pieces —
like an animal print trench or a great
pair of jeweled flats.
— Less is more. When it
comes to shopping for our wardrobes,
there are so many choices. With the
Internet, we can shop 24-7. No won-
der our style brains easily move into
overwhelm mode. Then we decide to
give up and just wear the same little
black dress one more time.
This year, I plan to buy a few distinc-
tive things (see above) and seek out a
personal shopper at a store who will
zero in on my every special wish —
even a fashion writer needs somefashion therapy once in a while! I
once had a relationship with a per-
sonal shopper at Neiman Marcus in
Dallas, who has since moved on, but I
still wear a red, suede, DKNY fringed
jacket that she found for me over a
decade ago.
— Invest in the best. I
love shopping at the T.J. Maxx's andthe Wal-Mart's, but this year, I'm also
promising myself one big splurge ...
maybe two! Quality does matter in
the long run, and I'm going to save up
for one special handbag instead of
spending my money on five or six
items. I think that's called "cost per
wear," and I do think it's a wise shop-
ping strategy.
— Wear more color. I've
actually improved on this resolution;
it seems like I make it every year after
my daughter told me I was looking a
little too "Goth" in my all-black
wardrobe. I know it's been a "fashion-
editor's thing" for years, but depend-
ing on black can indeed become a
little boring.
Now, I've added some ruby red and
deep turquoise to my black basics. I
switch to white jeans in the summer.
I will continue to search out more
colorful tees and jackets just to
keep things interesting. I also plan
to get a little daring and add some
green nail polish to my dark red
routine. I don't think I'm quite
ready for "leather" nails, but
then that would really be the
finishing touch to my "Goth"reputation!
— Buy things thatfit. I'm finally getting out of
my "loose and comfy" phase
and opting for clothes that are
still comfortable. They fit and
flatter rather than cover up every
bump and bulge. I've decided to
forego the ponchos this year and per-haps add a pair of jeggings. I am also
on the hunt for a great tailor to give
new life to my "old" classics as well
as a more modern and slimmer fit.
— Find a dress. I only own
one dress (and yes, it's a little black
dress), but this year, I'm going to ven-
ture out of my fashion comfort zone
and search for a great dress ... maybein red. Just in time for Valentine's
Day!
Sharon Mosley is a former fashion
editor of the Arkansas Gazette in Lit-
tle Rock and executive director of the
Fashion Editors and Reporters Asso-
ciation.
COPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM
Make a fashion resolution to add pieces that fit and flatter, such as William Rast's black jeggings teamed with a military
jacket and white tee at Target. Photo courtesy of Target.
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DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren
DEAR ABBY: How doesone live peacefully and getalong with one's in-laws? Iunderstand that everyone hasdifferent ideas, morals, etc.,
and I feel we should all try torespect one another's differ-ences. However, my in-lawsmake it extremely difficult tospend time with them.
How does one eatat the same table with peoplewho eat with their faces aninch from their plates andchew with their mouthsopen? How does one toleratetheir complaining about
everything and everyone?How does one coexist with people who think they're per-fect and the rest of the worldis flawed?
I thought about giv-ing them an etiquette book asa gift, but my spouse told menot to waste the money. --BITING MY TONGUE INST. PAUL, MINN.
DEAR BITING: An eti-
quette book would help only people who recognize theyneeded to consult one. Theway to deal with your in-lawsis, first, to remember they didone thing right: They pro-duced your husband.
Because their tablemanners offend you, visitwith them after mealtimewhenever possible. If youcan't avoid it, keep your eyeson your own plate. When
they complain, respond withsomething positive or tact-fully redirect the conversationto another subject. When they present themselves as perfect,never disagree -- and seethem as infrequently as possi- ble.
**DEAR ABBY: My
boyfriend of two years,"Bobby," is still tech-nically married to --and living with --his wife and child.
He sayshe "has"to staythere be-cause his son has learningdifficulties and needs his sup- port.
Bobby wants towait until his son is older andmore stable. His wife is ashrew who is just there as aroommate. She knows allabout our affair, but shewants to stay married. Shesays she still loves Bobbyeven though he no longer loves her.
This triangle isstressful for me and Bobby.Don't you think his wifeshould wake up and smell thecoffee? Bobby and I want toget on with our life together without all of this baggageconstantly interfering with
your plans. What should wedo? -- HIS TRUE LOVE
DEAR TRUE LOVE: The person who should besmelling the coffee isn'tBobby's wife -- it's you. Youhave invested two years of your life in a man who is asmarried as one can get.Bobby isn't going anywhere,and the sooner you acceptthat fact the sooner you can
find an eligible man to spendyour life with. This may seemhard to accept, but if youdon't believe me, just giveyour "true love" an ultima-tum.
**DEAR ABBY: Does awoman consider a man's invi-tation to lunch as the nextthing to his asking her to
sleep with him? And what doothers think about this invita-tion if the female mentions itto her husband or friends?
One etiquette book
said, in effect, "If the lunchis not about business, it'sabout sex." Pretty severe, Ithink.
I asked a femaleco-worker to lunch for purelysocial reasons, but I have got-ten reactions of derision fromothers about it. Can't a manask a female to lunch withoutsome sort of negative socialreaction? -- LET'S DOLUNCH, MISSOULA,MONT.
DEAR LET'S DOLUNCH: In my book hecan. And many do. To ask someone to lunch in the bright sunlight of high noonin a casual restaurant ishardly what I'd call a proposi-tion. And I've never seen anetiquette book that impliedthat it is. It appears the "oth-
ers" you have been tellinghave dirty minds and enjoyrazzing you.
**Dear Abby is written by Abigail
Van Buren, also known as Jeanne
Phillips, and was founded by her
mother, Pauline Phillips. Write
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IN-LAWS' BAD ATTITUDE TESTS LIMITSOF WOMAN'S TOLERANCE
DearAbby
,
Sustainable Living
Do-it-yourself
Green JobsShawn Dell Joyce
Our buildings account for
more than half of our carbon
emissions, and three-quarters
of the existing buildings will
need to be renovated or re-
modeled in the next 20 years.
We also have a small army of
unemployed and underem-
ployed contractors with tools
just itching for something to
do. What if these ingeniousfolks were put to work retro-
fitting existing buildings with
energy-efficient upgrades?
Cambridge, Mass., is doing
just that, and setting an exam-
ple for municipalities across
the nation. Cambridge set the
goal of reducing carbon emis-
sions by 20 percent and draw-
ing 20 percent of municipal
power from renewable
sources. To meet these ambi-
tious goals, a nonprofit, city-
sponsored group was formed
to create green-collar jobs
and increase building effi-
ciency. The Cambridge En-
ergy Alliance connects local
business owners with energy
efficiency experts and
bankers willing to loan them
the money for these upgrades.
The Alliance generally re-
duces a business' energy use
15 to 30 percent. The loans
they help to secure are low
interest and can be paid by
the savings from the busi-
ness's utility bill. Retrofitting
thousands of old buildings
has helped to stimulate a
"green collar" job market in
Cambridge.
Green collar jobs that are
generated by encouraging en-
ergy efficiency would include
jobs like home energy audi-
tors, insulation installers,
weatherization workers, retro-
fitters for buildings, and solar
installers for electricity and
solar hot water systems,
among other jobs. According
to Van Jones, from the EllaBaker Center for Human
Rights and Apollo Alliance in
Oakland, Calif., green-collar
jobs are manual-labor jobs
that can't be outsourced.
"You can't take a building you
want to weatherize, put it on a
ship to China, and then have
them do it and send it back,"
said Jones in a recent NewYork Times interview. "So we
are going to have to put peo-
ple to work in this country —
weatherizing millions of
buildings, putting up solar
panels, constructing wind
farms. Those green-collar
jobs can provide a pathway
out of poverty for someone
who has not gone to college."
Picture this: Your childgraduates from high
school and has the option
of going away to college
or enrolling in a local trade
school, which now in-
cludes green alternatives.
Let's say that young Sally,
who might have opted for
"beautician" as the only vi-
able local career last year,can now choose from a
$12 an hour job weatheriz-
ing senior housing, with
potential to grow to $40 an
hour as a certified home
energy auditor. Or perhaps
your fledgling will start with
$18 an hour working as a
solar technician and work his
way up to $50 per hour as a
certified solar installer.
"If we can get these youth in
on the ground floor of the
solar industry now, where
they can be installers today,
they'll become managers in
five years and owners in 10.
And then they become inven-
tors," said Jones to the Times.
"The green economy has the
power to deliver new sources
of work, wealth and health to
low-income people — while
honoring the Earth. If you can
do that, you just wiped out a
whole bunch of problems."
Shawn Dell Joyce is an
award-winning columnist and
founder of the Wallkill River
School in Orange County,
N.Y. You can contact her at
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Home Zone
Chaheati Chair Keeps You Warm andComfortable
Maggie Reed
Sometimes being in the hot
seat can be a good thing, es-
pecially if that seat is out inthe cold. The Chaheati All-
Season Heated Chair is ideal
for use in a variety of settings,
including camping, tailgating,
hunting, ice fishing, and cool-
weather sporting events and
practices.
Similar to the lightweight,
collapsible canvas chairs used
by millions, this chair has theadded bonus of cordless, car-
bon fiber, non-wire heating
elements. The Chaheati offers
four temperature settings
ranging from 98 to 145 de-
grees Fahrenheit, and it heats
up in less than 20 seconds.
The Chaheati's safe, low-volt-
age heating technology sports
digital circuit protection. The
lithium-ion rechargeable bat-tery provides up to six hours
of heat per charge and lasts
for over 500 uses. The
warmth of the chair's soft,
flexible ultra-thin heating ele-
ment can even help relieve
aching muscles and joints.
The heating system is opti-
mally positioned to produce
an even heat across the entire
back, buttocks and back of
the thighs.
Designed to be fire- and
water-resistant, Chaheati's
All-Season Heated Chair is
rugged yet comfortable. The
sturdy seat is oversized (23.6
inches wide, 23.6 inches deep
and 36.2 inches high) and can
accommodate any body type
up to 280 pounds.
The spark of life for the
Chaheati was a
bit of a "half-
baked" idea. "On
a cold night in
front of a bon-
fire, we were
all warm and
toasty on the
front of our bod-
ies and a block
of ice on our backsides," says
Kyle Smith, who
invented the Cha-
heati along with his
wife, ReAnne.
"While watching my frus-
trated wife repeat-
edly sit, stand and
turn like a turkey
on a rotisserie to
warm up, Ithought she
needed a heated
chair," Smith
says. "After
research-
ing the market and not finding
one, we decided to create one,
and Chaheati is the result."
Retail price is $90. An AC car adapter charger is sold sepa-
rately and retails for $15. Re-
placement batteries retail for
$35. For more information,
call 920-543-HEAT (920-543-
4328) or visit
www.chaheati.com.
HANGERHAMPERIt's a challenge that occurs in
closets and
landfills na-
tionwide —
excess wire
hangers cluttering
the space.
The Hanger Hamper
is a new product that
helps to organize clos-
ets and recycle hangers
with ease. The triangle-
shaped, collapsible storage
container can stack and store
up to 100 hangers.
Instead of awkwardly
shoving unused hangers
into a laundry bag, the
Hanger Hamper allows
for neat and easy stor-
age. The convenient
strap handles make it
easy to carry and return
hangers to the dry cleaner.
Not only does the Hanger
Hamper clear up rod space for
clothes in your closet, but italso keeps hangers out of
landfills by promoting reduce,
reuse and recycle initiatives.
Approximately 3.5 billion
wire hangers are discarded in
landfills each year.
The Hanger Hamper also
makes sense economically.
By bringing hangers back to
the dry cleaner, con-sumers help re-
duce costs
for
the businesses, which in turn
helps keep down the cost of
dry cleaning.
It even aids in keeping money
in the United States. Most
wire hangers are produced
overseas; in fact, more than
2.7 billion hangers were im-
ported last year alone. The
more hangers that are reused
and recycled by consumers,
the fewer waste and unneces-
sary imports there will be.
Available in khaki, green,
plaid and leopard print, the
Hanger Hamper retails for
$10. For orders of two or
more, the retail price drops to
$9 each. For more informa-
tion, call 888-880-9205 or
visit www.hangerhamper-re-tail.com.
Maggie Reed may be reached
COPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM
The Chaheati All-Season Heated Chair offers warmth
and comfort. Photo courtesy of Chaheati.
The Hanger Hamper helps
to organize and recycle wire
hangers. Photo courtesy of
Hanger Hamper.
Energy Express
Leave No Child a Big Behind ...and Other Unfinished Business
Marilynn Preston
There are end-of-year clear-
ances all over town, including
on my own desk. Here are
three important stories from2010 that I discovered under a
pile of unread Vegetarian
Times.
The first involves the mid-De-
cember passage of the Leave
No Child a Big Behind bill.
It's official name is the
Healthy, Hunger Free Kids
Act, and in spite of almost no
attention paid, it's a hugely beneficial piece of legislation.
Why? Because in America,
one in three kids is obese. And
sadly, our schools have been
partly responsible for their in-
creasing plumpitude. Over the
last 30 years, school lunch-
rooms became unregulated
feedlots. Basic principles of
good nutrition were hidden
away in storage closets alongwith slide rules and film pro-
jectors, while kids learned it
was perfectly OK to pump
themselves full of processed
food, fried food, junk food
and sugary soft drinks.
Now, thanks to a true biparti-
san effort in Congress, the
dark days of federally subsi-
dized Ho Hos has ended. This
new law sets aside $4.5 billionover the next 10 years to en-
sure that kids in school get
healthier, more nutritious
meals.
It may be too little, too late for
many boys and girls who are
stuck with early onset diabetes
and heart disease, but it is cer-
tainly a giant step in the right
direction. Out with the sugary
colas and vending machines
filled with toxic treats; in with
fresh fruits and vegetables and
schoolyard gardens. The bill
also expands the free lunch
program and after-school
meals for thousands of needy,
hungry children.
"It was her baby," President
Obama said just before sign-
ing the bill into law, kissingfirst lady Michelle, who made
this legislation a top priority
of her ongoing Let's Move
campaign.
(If you want to read more
about the new bill and join
forces with kindred spirits
who are pushing through other
healthy lifestyle reforms for
kids, check outwww.letsmove.gov.)
The second notable develop-
ment of 2010 also involves
youngsters and their well-
being, but it isn't nearly as
cheery. In fact, it's sickening.
At the same time we're push-
ing them to be more active,
we're seeing more kids than
ever getting injured. Expertsare reporting more concus-
sions, more wrecked shoul-
ders and twisted ankles, more
breaks, strains and bruises.
This is very bad and expen-
sive news.
High school athletes alone ac-
count for an estimated 2 mil-
lion injuries, 500,000 doctor
visits and 30,000 hospitaliza-
tions every year, according tothe Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention.
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Continued from page 9..While that num-
ber continues to rise, there's another dis-
turbing trend in the works: Kids are
getting hurt at a much younger age. Every
year more than 3.5 million kids age 14
and under are treated for sports injuries.
And now for the most mind-blowing fact
of all: More than half of these overuse
and trauma injuries are preventable.
That's right, this growing epidemic of
youth sports injuries could be turned
around overnight if parents, trainers,
coaches and health care providers knew
and practiced the basics of injury preven-
tion.
Smarter training. Quality equipment that
fits. Proper conditioning. Pre-seasoncheckups. These are some of the crucial
strategies discussed on the website
www.STOPsportsunjuries.org. It was
begun in 2010 as part of the STOP Sports
Injuries outreach campaign supported by
the country's leading sports medicine or-
ganizations and initiated by the American
Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.
If you're a parent with an active kid,
check it out now, before your son or
daughter gets hurt. Make sure their
coaches and trainers are in the know. Pre-
vention rocks.
And finally, late in 2010, Weight Watch-
ers announced its first major overhaul to
its point system in 13 years. The new
Points Plus system still stresses group
support, healthy eating habits and physi-
cal activity, but there have been two big
changes worth pointing out: First, most
fruits and vegetables are now "free" — meaning you can eat as much as you want
without adding points to your daily count;
second, processed foods now have higher
point values and should be eaten less.
The moral of this story? Eat more fruits
and vegetables in 2011. And fewer
processed foods. Calories count, but eat-
ing real food is the best strategy for re-
versing plumpitude. (Don't bother to look
it up; you know what I mean.)
ENERGY EXPRESS-O! LET'S KEEP
MOVING
"In the end, nothing is more important
than the health and well-being of our chil-
dren. Nothing." — Michelle Obama
Marilynn Preston — fitness expert, per-
sonal trainer and speaker on healthy
lifestyle issues — is the creator of Energy
Express, the longest-running syndicated
fitness column in the country. She has a
website, http://marilynnpreston.com and
welcomes reader questions, which can be
sent to [email protected].
COPYRIGHT 2011 ENERGY EXPRESS, LTD.
Other UnfinishedBusiness...
Now Is the Perfect Time to Organize Your FinancesTerry Savage
This is the perfect week to get organized for
the new year. And every year, you promise to
be better organized — for your taxes, for your
investments, for your retirement planning —
and just for the sake of your conscience.
You know that if anyone tried to figure out
your "system" — in case of emergency —
they'd be stymied by the way you failed to file
your important papers, such as insurance poli-
cies or investment records. They'd be blocked
by the lack of passwords to your online ac-
counts. And valuable time would be lost be-
cause no one could find authorization to make
health care or financial decisions if you were
incapacitated.
And there are better solutions — both paper so-
lutions and digital ones.
For years, I've offered an opportunity to down-
load my four-page Personal Financial Organ-
izer form. Just go to www.TerrySavage.com
and fill in your name and e-mail in the little
pop-up box to get a response with a link to the
form, which you can print out and fill out with
all your information.
This organizer will serve as more than record-keeping device. It will point out tasks left un-
done, such as updating your will or estate plan
or reviewing your life insurance policies.
There's a space to list financial accounts, con-
tact names and passwords, if you choose to add
them. There's even a section to list your credit
card numbers and the toll-free number to call if
your wallet is stolen.
Leave this completed organizer in
a safe place where your spouse,
or adult child, could find it in an
emergency.
For the digital generation, there's a new online
version of this kind of information storage.
Check it out at www.infosafe.com. What I've
been advising you to do on paper can now be
done digitally with utmost safety.
InformationSafe is available as desktop soft-
ware or securely retrieved from a subscription-
based online Web service. It gathers all your legal, medical, business documents in one digi-
tal "storage box." The site offers more than 250
templates for saving this information in seven
categories: personal, financial, insurance, legal,
health, property or key contacts.
For each document stored, you can write a
"note" with more information or instructions.
And you can attach documents securely, so that
the page describing your insurance information
can include a scanned attachment of the actual
policy. The medical records can have an at-tached scan of your physician's latest lab and
test reports. In fact, many of these record-keep-
ers will send you secure digital files, eliminat-
ing the need to scan documents.
Attach a copy of your cemetery deed or your
revocable living trust documents. Scan birth
certificates and military service records, so
your family has access to the information with
one guarded password.
The desktop version can be backed up online, protecting you from theft, fire or computer dis-
aster. The online version allows you to access
the information securely from any computer.
Plus it lets you send password-protected, se-
cure e-mail links to the stored information to
your family members, attorney or accountant.
The desktop or Web programs each cost $49.95
a year, with a 60-day free trial. The programs
work with Windows and Mac computers. They
carry the highest levels of safety certification.
For everyday money-management solutions,
this is the time to get started on something new.
If I haven't yet convinced you to do your bank-
ing online, then at least start a new check regis-
ter for the new year (and put the old one away
with your bank statements and tax records incase of a future audit).
By now, almost everyone has accepted online
bill payment — probably done directly at your
bank's website. But the information there is
simply a record of your payments. There's a lot
more you can do to facilitate budgeting or
tracking of payments by category. Your bank
allows you to download your payment records
directly into your money-management pro-
gram.
For years, I've recommended Quicken, which
is now the lone surviving money-management
system. You don't even need to leave your desk
to get started.
At Quicken.com, you can download the 2011
version and pay with your credit card. Once
started, you'll not only track bill payments by
downloading securely from your bank's web-
site into the program, but you can set goals
and manage your spending. And it will help at
tax-time because it is integrated with Turbo-Tax. (Even if you don't use that software, your
accountant probably does!)
Do not be intimidated. Quicken makes it easy
to get securely connected to your bank, credit
card companies and investment accounts in
minutes. Then you're ready to enjoy the search
features ("How much did I pay to?") and the
budgeting features ("What did I spend in each
category?") and the "warning" features
("You're about to overspend in that category").
If you want to keep track of your finances al-
most anywhere, there's a Quicken online ver-
sion that allows you access to all your
information, securely from any computer. It
allows you to track spending and pay bills
when you're on vacation or traveling on busi-
ness.
If you want even more instant control on your
personal handheld device, the solution is at
Mint.com — a free app that's part of the
Quicken family. While you can't pay bills —
yet — from Mint, you can track all your ac-
counts and spending in real time. The program
sends you alerts when it's time to pay a bill,
when your spending is going over budget —
or when you're about to go over a credit limit.
And it offers suggestions for money-saving fi-
nancial products from institutions whose sup-
port makes the whole process free to users.
OK, you're out of excuses. This is the week to
start your new money-management system — either on paper or digitally. A financially organ-
ized mind is a mind that's ready for opportu-
nity.
And that's The Savage Truth.
Terry Savage is a registered investment adviser
and is on the board of the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange. She appears weekly on WMAQ-
Channel 5's 4:30 p.m. newscast, and can be
reached at www.terrysavage.com. She is the
author of the new book, "The New Savage Number: How Much Money Do You Really
Need to Retire?"
COPYRIGHT 2011 TERRY SAVAGE PRODUCTIONS
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FOCUS ON THE FAMILY with Jim Daly and Dr. Juli Slattery
ASSESSING TALENT DOES-
N'T HAVE TO BE CRUEL
EXERCISE
Q: I have a 17-year-old
daughter who dreams of a ca-
reer as a singer, but she isn't
very good. I know that
sounds bad coming from her
mom, but it's true. What do
you recommend we do?
Juli: Let's face it. Very few
kids have the talent to be the
next "American Idol" or
Heisman Trophy winner. But
we live in a society that con-
sistently spotlights perform-
ance and celebrity.
Too many young
adults dream of stardom and
fame that are out of their
reach. Yet, as a parent, it's
tough to tell the truth to our
kids without feeling like
we're killing their dream.
My advice to you isto speak truth, lovingly. You
don't have to come out and
say, "You can't sing." At 17,
she's going to be running into
natural roadblocks that will
help her gauge her
ability
compared
to others.
Your job is
to cast a
picture for
her of a dif-
ferent dream: "You have a
love for singing and music.
I'll bet you use that in your life, even if you don't become
a performing artist. Maybe
you'll teach music or lead a
church choir."
One of the great
gifts my parents gave me my
senior year of high school
was career testing. Local uni-
versities often have counsel-
ing or career development
departments that offer tests
measuring ability, aptitude,interests and personality.
When you put the results to-
gether, a young adult can get
some solid, objective feed-
back about which career
paths may be the best fit. Al-though it may cost several
hundred dollars up front, it
can save thousands of dollars
and years of wasted college
classes.
What your daughter
most needs to know is that
she doesn't have to be a star
to earn your love and support.
**
Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family, host of
the Focus on the Family radio
program, and a husband and
father of two.
Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed
psychologist, co-host of
Focus on the Family, author
of several books, and a wife
and mother of three.
Submit your questions to:[email protected]
mCopyright 2011 Focus on the Family, Colorado
Springs, CO 80995
International Copyright Secured. All Rights reserved.
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Video Game Reviews
Realism Dominates PES 2011Jeb Haught
DEVELOPER:
Winning Eleven
ProductionsPUBLISHER:
Konami
SYSTEM: Sony
PlayStation 3
(Xbox 360, PC,
Wii)
PRICE: $49.99
ESRB RATING:
Everyone
REVIEW RAT-
ING: 4 stars (out
of 5)
Konami's uber-re-
alistic Pro Evolution Soccer
series dominated the gaming
realm for years until EA's
FIFA series became the go-to
game for international foot-
ball. Now, it seems like the
only way for PES to regain its
crown is to be overhauled,
which was the idea behind
"PES 2011." Unfortunately,
the modest amount of changes
seem more like a tune-up.
PES has always featured real-
istic game play that pleases
football purists, but it also
creates a steep learning curve.
For example, players will find
that the same scoring opportu-
nities don't open up every sin-
gle time just because theyapproach a certain area of the
field. Sure this is realistic, but
it can also be maddening to
see teammates just out of
reach of the perfect pass!
Unlike FIFA, each player's
physical size affects their
chances of winning the ball in
a scuffle. This can be used to
the player's advantage, but
referees are very strict in this
game and will usually award fouls for knocking players
down. These types of subtle
features are where the im-
proved player animations can
really be appreciated.
I really like the new power
meter that's used for passing
because it lets players have
much more control over
power and distance. It also of-
fers much more realistic pass-ing and looks natural. It was
hard to master at first, but
now I can't imagine passing
without it.
This enjoyable title has more
gaming modes than any for-
mer PES title, including:
Master League, Become a
Legend, the UEFA Champi-
ons League and the all-new
South American Copa Liber-
tadores Tournament. In addi-tion, Master League is now
playable online, along with
ranked and unranked matches.
FIFA may be a great series for
soccer fans, but "PES 2011"
was designed purely for foot-
ball enthusiasts.
REVIEW SCORING
SYSTEM5 stars = Must Have
4 stars = Very Good
3 stars = Above Average
2 stars = Bargain Bin
1 star = Don't Bother
RATINGS KEY
Entertainment Software Rat-
ing Board (ESRB)
E: Everyone
E10-plus: (Everyone 10 and
older)
T: Teen (13 and older)
M: Mature (17 and older)
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About Pet Connection
Pet Connection is produced by a team ofpet-care experts headed by “Good Morn-ing America” and “The Dr. Oz Show” vet-
erinarian Dr. Marty Becker andaward-winning journalist GinaSpadafori. The two are also the au-thors of many best-selling pet-carebooks. Dr. Becker can also be found atFacebook.com/DrMartyBecker or onTwitter at DrMartyBecker.
A few tasty tidbits from our pet-tastic filesBy Dr. Marty Becker and
Gina Spadafori
Universal Uclick
We’re still sorting
through our New Year’s reso-
lutions, most of which seem
to involve our pets (walk
them more, brush their teeth
more often). As we swing
into the new year for real, we
thought we’d share some in-
formation from two of our fa-
vorites of the books we’vewritten together, “BowWow”
and “MeowWow” (both from
HCI).
Don’t bite the
man who names you: Ahandful of breeds were
named for people. Louis
Dobermann, a German tax
collector in the mid-19th cen-
tury, developed the elegant
and protective breed that
bears his name. Another is
the Parson Russell terrier —
more commonly known as
the Jack Russell — named
after the Rev. John Russell, a
Victorian-era clergyman with
a fondness for hunting terri-
ers.
The Cavalier King
Charles Spaniel was named
after King Charles II, al-
though centuries after hisdeath. There’s also the Gor-
don setter, named after the
Duke of Gordon.
An All-American
Cat: The Maine Coon cat isan American original. This
hardy, long-haired breed was
developed as an all-purpose,
all-weather New England
farm cat and companion. The
markings for which the breed
is best known — a distinc-tively marked tabby — leaves
the cat with a fluffy tail that
somewhat resembles the tail
of a raccoon.
Despite the persist-
ent idea that the large cat
came about because of mat-
ing with raccoons ... well,
hate to ruin a good story, but
it’s just not true. Nor is theidea of that the cat developed
from matings with North
American bobcats. Maine
Coon cats are all cat, and a
lot of cat, for all that.
White can be a
fright: Not all white cats aredeaf, but it’s certainly not un-
common. White cats with
blue eyes are more likely to be deaf than white cats with
eyes of any other color. As
protected indoor cats, how-
ever, a deaf cat can still be a
wonderful pet.
Just say
“Aaaaahhhh!”: All dogshave pink tongues, with two
notable exceptions: the Chow
Chow and the Chinese Shar Pei — breeds with tongues
variously described as purple,
black or blue-black. Both
breeds originated in China,
and Shar Pei (the name in
Chinese refers to “shark
skin”) was in the 1970s de-
scribed as the rarest breed in
the world — a distinction lost
long ago as the breed has be-
come more popular.
Cats who chit-ter-chatter: Chattering is aninvolun-tary reaction of a cat
who sees something she
wants very badly — a flutter-
ing bird or a feline enemy —
but can’t get to for some rea-
son, such as being on one
side of the window when the
bird or other cat is visible on
the other.
If the keyed-up cat
could pop her knuckles or
chew gum to let out that extra
energy, she would. By the
way, a cat that’s wound up is
probably best left alone. A lit-
tle redirected aggression
could leave you with some
nasty claw tracks on your
arm! Sometimes when it
comes to cats, it’s best to
keep your distance.
Beware ...watch out ... don’tenter: The phrase “Bewareof dog” is so old that its Latinequivalent — cave canem — has been found on signs inRoman ruins. The word“watch dog” isn’t quite asold, but it has been around along, long time. The firstknown mention of it? ByShakepeare, in “The Tem- pest.”
We’ll share moretidbits in the months ahead.We’re both chronic savers of interesting pet facts, and wehave files of our best clip- pings for future books.
The dog commonly known as the Jack Russell ter-rier is one of a handful of breeds named after theperson who developed it.
Pet population trends tocanine
• Cats or dogs? Forty-three million American families owned atleast one dog in 2007, the latest year statistics were available,
according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.
That accounted for 37.2 percent of American house-holds.
About 37.5 million families owned at least one cat in the same
year, or 32.4 percent of households.
• Dogs with arthritis can increase their mobility by
performing certain exercises. Australian researchers found that
walking uphill and climbing over small obstacles can help dogs
develop increased flexibility.
• Locusts and cockroaches hold chemicals in their
brains with anti-microbial properties that are strong enough to
kill up to 90 percent of drug-resistant bacteria without harminghuman cells. The insects’ brains likely have developed their
anti-microbial compounds as a way to survive in the dirty, in-
fectious conditions in which they live. Scientists hope the find-
ings can be used to create new antibiotics to attack severe
infections in humans.
• A genetic test is available to indicate whether a race-
horse would do best at short-, medium- or long-distance racing.
Research teams have isolated the myostatin gene — a crucial
indicator of athletic ability in Thoroughbred horses. Japanese
researchers further found that the characteristics of the area sur-
rounding the myostatin gene are also linked to athletic ability,
which further suggests what racing followers have known all
along — that racing performance and athletic ability are heredi-
tary traits.
— Dr. Marty Becker and Mikkel Becker
Cats rule, dogs drool? Not according to figures from the nation’s veterinary trade association.
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Rising country
star Miranda
Lambert looks to
Loretta Lynn as a
role model and in-
spiration for fe-
male vocalists.
Photo courtesy of
Randee St.
Nicholas.
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The GreenHornet01/14/2011
Rated: PG-13
Genre: Action/Adventure
As the son of LA's most prominent
media magnate, who dies mysteri-
ously, Britt Reid inherits his fa-
ther's vast empire. Striking an
unlikely friendship with one of his
father's more inventive employees, Kato, Britt sees a chance
to do something meaningful in his life: fight crime. To get
close to the criminals, Britt and Kato plan to pose as crimi-
nals themselves. Britt becomes the vigilante Green Hornet,
and Kato builds the ultimate in advanced retro weaponry, an
indestructible car, equal parts firepower and horsepower. TheGreen Hornet and Kato quickly make a name for themselves.
And, with the help of Britt's new secretary, Lenore Case, they
begin hunting down the man who controls LA's gritty under-
world: Benjamin Chudnofsky.
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Since college, confirmed bachelor
Ronny and happily married Nick have
been through thick and thin. Now part-
ners in an auto design firm, the two pals
are vying to land a dream project that
would launch their company. With
Ronny's girlfriend, Beth, and Nick's
wife, Geneva, by their sides, they're unbeatable. But,
Ronny's world is turned upside down when he inadvertently
sees Geneva out with another man and makes it his mission
to get answers. As the amateur investigation dissolves hisworld into comic mayhem, he learns that Nick has a few se-
crets of his own. Now, with the clock ticking and pressure
mounting on the biggest presentation of their careers, Ronny
must decide how and when he will reveal the truth to his best
friend.
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Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum, Queen Latifah
The King's
Speech12/25/2010
Rated: R
Genre: Drama
“The King's Speech” is
based on the true story of
the Queen of England's fa-
ther and his remarkable
friendship with maverick
Australian speech therapist
Lionel Logue. King
George VI unexpectedly
becomes King when his brother Edward abdicates the
throne. Logue is the man who helps the King find a voice
with which to lead the nation into war.
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Colin Firth,
Timothy Spall, Michael Gambon
Rabbit Hole01/14/2011
Rated: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Becca and Howie Corbett are
returning to their everydayexistence in the wake of a
shocking, sudden loss. Just
eight months ago, they were a
happy suburban family with
everything they wanted. Now,
they are caught in a maze of
memory, longing, guilt, re-
crimination, sarcasm and tightly controlled rage from which
they cannot escape. While Becca finds pain in the familiar,
Howie finds comfort. The couple keeps trying to find their
way back to a life that still holds the potential for beauty,
laughter and happiness. The resulting journey is an intimateglimpse into two people learning to re-engage with each
other and a world that has been tilted off its axis.
Starring: Nicole Kidman,Aaron Eckhart,Sandra Oh,Jon
Tenney,Dianne Wiest,Giancarlo Esposito,Miles Teller,Mike
Doyle,Tammy Blanchard,Patricia Kalember
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01/07/2011Rated: PG-13
Genre: Action/Adventure
The church elders, convinced that a girl
accused of being a witch is responsible
for the devastation, command the two
to transport the strange girl to a remote
monastery where monks will perform
an ancient ritual to rid the land of her
curse. They embark on a harrowing, ac-
tion-filled journey that will test their strength and courage as
they discover the girl's dark secret and find themselves bat-tling a terrifyingly powerful force that will determine the fate
of the world.
Starring: Nicolas Cage,Ron Perlman,Stephen Campbell
Moore,Robert Sheehan,Claire Foy,Ulrich Thomsen,Stephen
Graham,Christopher Lee
Country
Strong01/07/2011
Rated: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Soon after a rising young singer-
songwriter (Hedlund) gets involved
with a fallen, emotionally unstable
country star (Paltrow), the pair embarks on a career resur-
rection tour helmed by her husband/manager (McGraw) and
featuring a beauty-queen-turned-singer (Meester). Between
concerts, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten
to derail them all.
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow,Leighton Meester,Garrett Hed-
lund,Tim McGraw,Kayla Perkins,Sean Symons,Jim
O'Rear,Jeremy Childs,Ed Bruce,Vernon Mitchell
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The Fearless Miranda Lambert Draws Inspiration From the Legendary Loretta Lynn
George Varga
"I'm a gambling girl; I like to
take risks," said Miranda
Lambert, whose penchant for
casting caution to the wind
has paid rich dividends, artis-
tically speaking, since her
2005 major-label debut
album.
A Texas native who writes
most of her own music, Lam-
bert is noted for her take-no-
prisoners approach on such
defiantly in-your-face songs
as "Kerosene," "Gunpowder
& Lead" and "Crazy Ex-Girl-
friend." Her spunk and re-
fusal to compromise earned
her high praise last month
from country-music icon
Loretta Lynn, who on Nov.
10 told a national TV audi-
ence of millions: "Nobody in
country music is more coun-
try than Miranda."
That declaration came as
Lynn presented Lambert with
her Country Music Associa-
tion Award for Female Vocal-
ist of the Year. Lambert had
received 10 CMA nomina-
tions, the most by a female
artist in the event's 44-year
history. Her three wins also
included Album of the Year
(for her more rock-oriented
"Revolution") and Video of
the Year (for the ballad "The
House That Built Me").
"I'm still floating a little, ab-
solutely," she said, speaking
from a tour stop in Missouri.
"It was amazing. I've never
won a CMA before ... and it
was my 27th birthday! It was
kind of magical."
But for Lambert, who turned
professional in 2000 at the
age of 17, the icing on the
cake was sharing the stage
with Lynn. Earlier this year,
Lynn, Lambert and SherylCrow recorded a new version
of "Coal Miner's Daughter,"
the autobiographical 1970
Lynn song that inspired the
1980 film with the same title
(which earned Sissy Spacek a
Best Actress Oscar for her
spot-on portrayal of Lynn).
"To accept an award, espe-
cially from Loretta Lynn, was
surreal," said Lambert, who
performed last summer as
part of the 2010 Lilith Fair
tour and hopes to begin work
on her new album in January.
But she already has a musical
role model in mind when it
comes to longevity.
"Loretta Lynn, 100 percent,"
Lambert said. "She's a living
legend. One of the reasons
any female artist has a career
today in country music is be-
cause of her, and she's still
making great records. I'm
having a blast. But I want to
be like her and make records
50 years from now."
As for her award-winning"Revolution,"...
Continues on next page
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Calendar of upcoming events for
El Paso/ Southern New Mexico
are from January 14th
thru January 20th. 2011
NORTHEAST
CENTRAL
‘The Unexpected
Guest’ — The Agatha
Christie mystery is Jan 7-29
at El Paso Playhouse. Di-
rected by Melissa Spalding.
Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sun-
day, Jan. 9, 16 and 23. Tick-
ets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7
military and students with
ID). Information: 532-1317,
elpasoplayhouse.com.
A wife stands over her hus-
band’s dead body with a gun,
but did she really kill him …
or is she covering for some-
one else?
Dr. Martin
Luther King Re-
flective Service —
Calvary Baptist Church, 2608
Blaisdell, will host a reflec-
tive service in honor of King
at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17.
Information (612) 872-7855
or calvarychurchmpls.org.
EASTSIDE
Martin Luther
King Jr. Food
Drive — The annual city-
wide effort to restock area
food pantries is Jan. 6-17,
with more than a dozen or-
ganizations participating.
Canned and other nonperish-
able food items can be
dropped off at various public
and private locations through-
out town. Information: elpa-
solibrary.org.
Drop-off locations include
all City Hall Basement andfirst floor, County Court-
house first and third floors,
Vista Central Grocery Store,
El Paso Juvenile Justice Cen-
ter, El Paso Electric Company
facilities, Sheriff’s Depart-
ment Downtown Jail, head-
quarters and annex, Socorro
ISD headquarters, Rio
Grande Power Plant and all
public libraries, Big 8 food
stores and Wal-Mart Neigh-
borhood Markets.
El Paso Psychic
Fair — The fair is 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sun-
day, Jan. 15-16, at the
Hawthorn Inn, 1700 Airway
(at Boeing). Admission: $5
for both days (private read-ings not included with admis-
sion). Free admission with
active duty military I.D. In-
formation: 345-6245 or elpa-
sopsychicfair.com.
The fair features aura pho-
tos, tea leaf readings, hand-
made New Age crystal and
gemstone jewelry, spirit writ-
ing, Feng Shui products, aro-
matherapy and readings by 14
professional psychic readers
and mediums from across
Texas and New Mexico.Readings offered in English
and Spanish.
MISSION
VALLEY
‘Los Pastores of
San Antonio’ — The
students of St. Pius X Schoolwill host the Christmas sea-
son play 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 16, at Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Mar-
cial. Admission: $5 (free for
children). Information: 532-
7372.
A Tribute to Dr.
Martin Luther
King, Jr. — The gospel
music evening honoring King
is presented by Victory War-
riors is 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
15, at the El Paso Community
College Administrative Serv-
ice Center, 9050 Viscount.
Admission is free. Informa-
tion: 751-6399.
Dog ObedienceTrials — The Rio Grande
Obedience Dog Club’s annual
obedience and rally trials
Jan. 14-17, at El Paso
County Coliseum’s Judging
Arena (behind the main
building), 4100 Paisano.
Dogs participate in varying
levels of difficulty for prizes
and titles. Events begin at 8
a.m. each day. Admission is
free to spectators. Informa-
tion: 779-0220 (leave mes-
sage) or rgodc.org.
WESTSIDE/
DOWNTOWN
Monster Truck
Spectacular — The
“Thunder Slam “ monster truck show is 7:30 p.m. Fri-
day and Saturday and 2:30
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14-16, atthe El Paso County Coliseum,
4100 Paisano. Tickets:
$17.50-$22.50, plus service
charge. (Ticketmaster).
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... Lambert had a strong
feeling the album would
break new ground for her,
even before it was released.
"When I finished that
record, I knew it was special
and would change my life in
some way," she said. "
When I finally got the songs
written that I felt were the
(right) ones, we started lay-
ing down tracks for 'Revolu-
tion' and it was a new level
for me. It was organic; I did-
n't have a goal in mind, or a
style, with 'Revolution.' I
just went with my gut and itworked out great."
The subsequent success of
"Revolution" has helped
Lambert reach a broader,
more pop- and rock-oriented
audience. She credits her
first two albums with help-
ing her gain the confidence
to stretch her wings more,
creatively speaking, when it
came time to record her
third.
"With success, you get a lit-
tle relaxed," she noted.
"With 'Revolution,' I felt
like I didn't have to have a
chip on my shoulder, like I
did with the first two al-
bums, when I was trying to
prove myself with fans and
with the country-music in-dustry."
In addition to her quest to
emulate Loretta Lynn's ca-
reer longevity and high mu-
sical standards, Lambert be-
lieves that — ultimately —
writing and recording songs
that touch people deeply is
more important than scoring
hit records or earning multi-
ple awards.
"I want to be remembered
for songs that make you feel
something. Songwriting is
the most important thing to
me. When I feel a song that
makes me feel happy, sad,
angry or whatever, songs
that bring out those emo-
tions are the songs I like
best. And those are the kindof songs I want to be re-
membered for."
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Racetrack &
Casino — The 2010-
2011 live horse racing season
runs through April 19. Race
days are Tuesdays, Fridays,
Saturdays and Sundays. First
post is 12:25 p.m. each race
day. General admission is
free to the track and casino.
First post time is 12:25 p.m.
Turf Club seating is $7. In-
formation: (575) 874-5200 or
sunland-park.com
Simulcast racing begins at
10 a.m. everyday. General
admission and parking are
free. Information: (575) 874-
5200.
UTEP Men’s Bas-
ketball - Home games
are at the Don Haskins Cen-
ter. Game time is 7:05 p.m.,
unless otherwise listed. Indi-
vidual tickets: $14 to $50,
plus service charge. Informa-
tion: 747-5234 or utepathlet-
ics.com.
• 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15 — Rice
UTEP Women’s
Basketball — Home
games are in the Don Hask-
ins Center. Tickets: $5.50,
plus service charge. Informa-
tion: 747-5234 or utepathlet-
ics.com
• 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16 —
Houston
El Paso Puzzler
Mountain Bike
Race — El Paso’s only
endurance mountain bike
16, at Bowen Ranch s Round
House. Hosted by the Border
Mountain Bike Association.
Registration: $40 by Jan 2;
$50 after. Information: 845-
1097 or elpasopuzzler.com.
The 3rd annual 50-mile sin-
gle-track ride (35-mile route
also offered) with several
climbs and descents. Foodand prizes distributed during
the event. All finishers re-
ceive event shirt.
LYNX Exhibits —
The exhibit space is at 300
W. San Antonio (just south of
Convention Center). Hours
are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tues-
day, Wednesday, Thursdayand Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9
p.m. Friday and noon to 6
p.m. Sunday. Closed Mon-
day. Last admission is one
hour before closing time.
Admission is $10 for adults;
$8 seniors, military and stu-
dents with ID; and $6 ages 4
to 11. Children 3 and younger
are free. Information: 533-
4330 or lynxexhibits.com.
Opening Saturday, Jan. 15:
“Treasure!” Through
nine thematic areas, “Trea-sure!” explores the history of
discovered valuables, the art
and technology employed in
hunting treasure, and the per-
sonalities drawn to the hunt.
Visitors start with a thrilling
simulator ride through a gold
mine, and then launch into a
treasure hunt. Along the way,
they experience hands-on ac-
tivities such as driving a re-
motely operated vehicle,
sweeping a treasure field
with a metal detector,
swirling pans of water and
sand in search of gold flakes
and cracking a real safe.
Days of Remem-
brance Bridal &
QuinceañeraFaire — The 20th annual
event is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 16, at the El
Paso Convention Center, pre-
sented by Elegant Penguin
Productions. The event gath-
ers more than 100 experts in
the field of weddings andquinceañeras, including
cakes, catering, dresses,
flowers, halls, hotels, photog-
raphy/video services, tuxedos
and more. A variety of door
prizes will be given away.
Grand prizes include two 4-
day honeymoons.
Admission: $5 (free for chil-
dren under age 10). Informa-
tion: 592-8897 or
eptuxs.com. Admission fees
benefit the El Paso Child Cri-
sis Center.
The event also features
fashion shows of wedding
and quinceañera gowns and
formal wear.
Gabriel Iglesias —
The “fluffy” comedian and El
Paso favorite performs at7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14, 8
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, and 7
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, at the
Plaza Theatre. Iglesias’ sec-
ond one-hour special and
DVD “I’m Not Fat…I’m
Fluffy: Live from El Paso”
premiered on Comedy Cen-
tral in 2009 after being
filmed in front of two sold-
out crowds earlier that year.Tickets: $42.10, includes
service charge. (Ticketmas-
ter)
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Iglesias’ high octane show is
one of Australia’s leading
didjeridu (also known as the
D. Tickets:
Free Bach’s Lunch concerts A ti d C land concert is 5:30 to 8 p.m.
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Iglesias’ high-octane show is
a hilarious mixture of story-
telling, parodies, characters
and sound effects that bring
all his personal issues to life.
His clean, animated comedy
style has earned national
crossover appeal.
El Paso Chamber
Music Festival – El
Paso Pro-Musica’s 22nd an-
nual festival presents world-
class chamber musicians Jan.
5-31. Concerts, recitals and
other special events will be
offered at various venues.
Guests include Rubens String
Quartet, violinist Joseph Sil-
verstein and Harlem String
Quartet. Tickets: $25 per per-
formance; $25; $20 seniors;
$5 students. Information:
833-9400 or eppm.org.
• The Australian Did-
jeridu — 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 14, at Western Hills
United Methodist Church,
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16,
at Rio Grande Theatre, featur-
ing William Barton. Barton is
didjeridu (also known as the
didgeridoo) players and com-
posers. Born in Mount Isa, he
was taught the instrument by
his uncle, a tribal elder in
western Queensland.
• Rubens Quartet —
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15,
at Western Hills United
Methodist Church. The Quar-
tet’s members come from the
Netherlands, Germany, and
the United States, and has be-
come one of the finest young
quartets of its generation
since being founded in 2000.
• World Music @ 2900
Kitchen/Lounge — 9:30 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 15, at 2900
Kitchen, 2900 N. Mesa, Suite
Free Bach’s Lunch concerts
are noon Thursdays, Jan. 6-
27 at the El Paso Museum of
Art.
SOUTHERN
NEW MExICO
Inn of the Moun-
tain Gods Resort
and Casino —
Mescalero, N.M. Age 21 and
older admitted. (Ticketmas-
ter) Information: 1-877-277-
5677 or
innofthemountaingods.com.
The Marshall TuckerBand performs at 8 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 14. Tickets: $20-
$60.
Antique and Col-
lectible Show — The
24th annual winter nostalgia
show and sale is 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15-16, at
St. Genevieve’s Parish Hall,
1025 E. Las Cruces Ave. in
Las Cruces. Free appraisals
offered and food will be
served. Admission: $2 (good
for both days). Information:
(575) 526-8624.
Wells FargoMesilla Valley
Balloon Rally —
Nearly 70 balloons, including
a variety of special shapes,
are expected at the 2011 rally
Jan. 15-16 at Brown Farm
Field in Las Cruces. The
event also includes food ven-
dors, balloonist competitions,
pony rides, live entertainment
and more. Admission is free.
Information: (575) 522-1232
or mvbr.com.
The official opening cere-
monies begins 7 a.m. Satur-
day followed by massascension at 7:30 a.m. both
days
An afternoon “fun launch” is
3 p.m. Saturday, weather per-
mitting, and a “balloon glow”
Tethered rides offered be-
ginning at 8:30 a.m. both
days an continue until fuel is
gone or weather is unagree-
able. Cost: $2 donation; pro-
ceeds benefit Mesilla Valley
Hospice.
The launch field is across
from St. John Mobile Home
Park on El Camino Real and
south of Armstrong Road.
‘One-Act Play
Festival’ – Las Cruces
Community Theatre, 313 N.Downtown Mall, presents its
annual evening of short plays
Jan 7-16. Performances are
at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets:
$10 ($9 students/seniors/mili-
tary, $8 per seat for groups of
10 or more; $7 ages 6 and
younger). Information: (575)
523-1200 or lcctnm.org.
This year’s plays:
• “Bake Off” by Sheri
Wilner. Directed by Les
Boyse. Last year, the largest
cash prize in Pillsbury Bake
Off history was awarded to a
man. This year, one female
contestant will make sure that
the male entrants get their
just desserts.
der...?” written and di-
rected by Rebeka Riley. A
series of questions, and each
question is acted out behind
the speaker.
• “First Impres-
sions,” written and di-
rected by Autumn Gieb. Two people meet in a restaurant,
one claiming the other has
taken her friend’s seat and the
other refusing to move. As
the night progresses they get
to know one another and dis-
cover why they’re really
there.
• “Sermon” by David
Mamet, a 10-minute mono-
logue delivered by Richard
Rundell.
• “Trash” by Don Gordon.
Directed by Marcus Vickers.
In a small bar in Baltimore, a
university math and physics
professor engages a pedi-
curist in conversations rang-
ing from horse races to what
they find attractive in the op-
posite sex in an attempt to
satisfy their own loneliness
• “Trifles” by Susan
Glaspell. Directed by Autumn
Gieb. In a remote farmhouse,
a man has been discovered
murdered. Now as his wife
sits in prison under suspicion,the sheriff and county attor-
ney search the house for evi-
dence to keep her there.
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Enjoying
the recent wave of publicity from their
sixth national tour, Megafauna is travel-
ing west to support its much awaited
debut record, Larger than Human. The
band recorded at four Austin studios and
worked closely with Eric Wofford, the
man behind the Black Angels’ debut
album, Passover. Megafauna is an Austin
power trio fronted by lead singer and
widely proclaimed guitar goddess, Dani
Neff. The Austin Sound writes, “Tour-ing at least as much — if not more —
than they record, Megafauna has built a
reputation on their fusion of delicate pop
idioms and their reverent love for metal
pastiche.” Lead guitarist Dani Neff
“pulls off several of the moves that even-
tually required Eddie Van Halen to un-
dergo hand surgery.” (San Antonio
Current). Megafauna “ride the wild
rails of early 1990s Austin punk” (Austin
Chronicle) and “unleash grunge rock and
metal-inspired madness” (Athens’ Flag- pole Magazine). In the words of Real
Detroit Weekly, “Vocalist/shredmaster
Dani Neff and her gang of capable dudes
are getting much critical acclaim in the
Lone Star State,
and we second
that emotion.”
We hope that
you check out
the record out
and see for
yourself.
Megafauna
will be joined
on the road
by the Suite
Unraveling
from Brook-
lyn, NY,
whose
music can
be de-scribed as
"Remark-
able, fear-
less
composi-
tions...ex-
pressive
textures
alive
with
rhythmic impulse. Prog-rock it may
be, but it rests on a strong jazz foundationand an unselfish approach from every
participant. turn it up." (The Weekly
Alibi) The Suite Unraveling is fronted
by the commanding playing of Lily
Maase, last year’s champion of the ac-
claimed “Shred for Your Life” competi-
tion at Webster Hall. Her playing has
been featured in All About Jazz, Teen
Vogue, Nylon Magzine, and the New
York Times. She is proudly sponsored by
Godin guitars.
Megafauna will be playing at the Perco-
lator with Suite Unraveling as well as El
Paso locals Jaydn’s Playground and The
Kirk on Saturday,
January 15th at 9pm.
More information about Megafauna can
be found at
www.myspace.com/mymegafauna or
www.sonicbids.com/megafaunarocks.
Our cd is available on I Tunes at
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/larger-
than-human/id388314457.
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6 Easter meat
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Draw some boundaries to con-tain some of your sprawling life. Even though you are capa-
ble of juggling 10 objectives at once, you're not likely tosmile much in the process. So instead, narrow your optionsso that you can give your top priorities the best of your atten-tion. Your smile will return full force.
It's all for one and one for all this week. It will be easier tosee and feel the ways in which we are interconnected. Eventhose with a less developed moral conscience, such as smallchildren and those who behave like them, will feel greatempathy for the same people and situations that didn't makean impact last week. Exploring Aquarius, Mars paves theway for the sun's entrance into this altruistic realm onThursday.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). It may feel like you are toilingand sweating and still not getting the results you want. Giveyourself a pat on the back anyway. You put in the work. Itwould amaze you how many people don't do this. Keepshowing up and learning every day. You'll get your break-through in the weeks to come.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). When a statement makes yousquirm with discomfort or immediately jump to defend your-self, usually it's a sign that it's the kind of truth that will setyou free. You're one of the rare individuals who actuallywants to know this kind of truth, and it comes from themouth of a Scorpio this week.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You'll break a bad habit or
adopt a good one. It happens slowly. The tortoise takes onesmall, slow step at a time and still wins the race. Be as un-hurried and persistent as that little guy. Don't worry abouthow you're doing or push yourself unnecessarily. You willget to the finish line at the perfect time.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You have been changed for the better by a relationship, and not because it went well. Thedisappointing things about that union are precisely whathave enabled you to appreciate yourself and others and goon to thrive. This week, things go right for you in love be-cause you apply the lessons of your past.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Here's a paradox: Your organ-ized and methodical nature makes it possible for you to bespontaneous. For instance, unlike some people, you don'tneed an hour's notice to leave the house. You have a system,and you're ready in a flash. This week, you'll hone your meth-ods and allow for even greater spontaneity.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As you continue along your path, there are certain landmarks that look suspiciously fa-miliar to you. Yes, you have passed this way before. But thatdoesn't mean you're lost or regressing. The cycle repeats —
a chance for you to make a different choice from the oneyou made the last time.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Venturing into unfamiliar ter-ritory will make you feel exposed. This is extremely positivefor you, as it teaches you who you are underneath the cam-ouflage of dressing, talking and acting in a particular manner.Camouflage only works in the particular surrounding intowhich it was designed to blend.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You want optimumhealth, and you realize it's not something that magically oc-curs — you have to create it through action. The wrong peo-
ple around you can dampen your motivation. So whenever possible, surround yourself with people whose goals aresimilar to yours.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You have emotional work to do, and you're in just the right mood to take it on now. It'sa good thing you waited. If you had started any earlier, thiswould have been a drawn-out process. You'll say what youneed to say, hear what you need to hear and get everythinghandled by the end of the week.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). A certain project is getting te-dious, but you know better than to quit before the job is fin-ished. That would be a sure way to disappoint your fans!Instead of pressing on in a joyless way, you'll dig in and findnew purpose. You'll apply your creativity and make a gameout of this. You'll bring the fun back.
ACROSS1 Vegetable
7 Taft’s state
11 Cable channel
14 ___ Silverstone, of
“Clueless”
15 Use the microwave
16 Alec Guinness’ title
17 A god of Taoism
19 Ring dec.
20 Prince Valiant’s son21 Env. note
22 Kukla’s friend
23 Thus
25“___ Come She Will”:
Simon and Garfunkel
27 On tap
28 Remodeler’s calcs.
30 Dessert
32 Party before the game
34 Calendar abbreviation
35 The elite
36 Damage
40 Rapper Dr. ___
41 Sham
42 Fed head
45 Partner of calls
46 Split ___: be picky
47 Dresses meat, in a way
49 Classic auto
50 Ah, me!
51 Spanish artist
52 Who ___ to say?
54 The sun
55 Erin
59 Little one
60 Lewis Carroll
“slithy” creature
61 Rancorous
62 From ___ Z
63 Like fine cheese
64 Toon family name
DOWN1 British rule, in India
2 ___ carte
3 Instructive
4 Bakery worker
7 Former
8 Go lickety-split
9 Religious picture: var.
10 “___ the ramparts...”
11 Medium’s plane
12 Gilbert & Sullivan work,
with “The”
13 Longtime pal18 Equivalence
22 Kind of pen
23 Defeats at bridge
24 Aoki, of golf
26 Typewriter par t
27 Happen again
29 Pitchers’ specialties
31 Merry
33 Actor Richard, and
family
36 Athens’ rival
37 Pisa visitors
38 Stringed instrument
39 Former oil company
name
41 Worked with the champ
42 Funny fellow
43 Theater district
44 LP protector
46 ___ la vista!
48 ___ Hawkins Day
51 Pollution problem
53 Catcher’s glove55 JFK info
56 JFK successor
57 August sign
58 Seabird
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You've made your plans, confirmedwith the other people involved and done everything in your
power to make it happen the way you imagined. Still, the un-
predictable will happen to mix things up and, ultimately, put asmile on your face. You'll be laughing for years to come aboutthe way things unfold this week.
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By T.J. TOMASI
IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME
I’m using a board that’sheavy enough that I mustuse my core rather than justmy arms and hands to pushit back. This is a good wayto practice using your core.
Efficient takeaways feature the hands moving slightly downward towardthe ground as they react to the front shoulder moving down and back. This
action keeps the clubface square to the arc on which the clubhead is traveling.
As you can see at theend of this takeaway,there is no hint of eitherrolling the face open orclosed. This one-piecemovement also transfersweight into my right hip
joint.This is a question I hear all the time from my students,
and it’s a good one: How do I get the club started? No
doubt you’ve heard TV analysts describe a “beautiful,one-piece takeaway,” but they almost never tell you ex-
actly what makes it “one piece.” Consequently, when
golfers try to execute a one-piece takeaway, they concen-
trate on “one” element, like swinging the club handle or
turning the left shoulder.
The fact is that “one-piece” doesn’t refer to a single
element of the swing. Zeroing in on a single body
movement often creates a jerky, inconsistent move away
from the ball. Instead, focus on moving the club with
the big muscles of your core located around your belly
button.
Here’s why this is helpful: In your golf swing, some
movements are sequential and some are simultaneous.
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The takeaway is an example of a collection of simultaneous, upper-body movements where theclub- head, hands, arms, shoulders and chest all turn away from the ball as a unit, and since there
are no independent moving parts, the motion is coordinated.
To do this, make your core the master mover. All
the other parts of your upper body can move inde-
pendently, but if you move your core, everything
moves. Think of your navel as the back of a trian-
gle formed by your arms and shoulders. Start your
swing by simply rotating your navel so your upper
body turns away from the ball as a unit. The one-
piece takeaway is efficient because it keeps the
clubhead on the correct arc, allowing it to follow
the angle established by the club shaft at address.
Any deviation from this angle requires compensa-
tion later on and that leads to inconsistency.
Dr. T.J. Tomasi
is a teaching
professional in
Port St. Lucie,
Fla. Visit his
Web site attjtomasi.com.
ABOUT THE WRITER
Q: Some of my friends are
talking about how you should
exhale when you lift anything
heavy and do the same when
you hit a golf ball. Does this
help? — A.S.
A: Yes, exhaling at the cor-
rect time when lifting or hit-
ting is a good technique used
by weightlifters, martial
artists, tennis players, etc.
Athletes do it because it is
good biomechanics and helps
generate more power.
The reason is that rapid ex-
halation tightens your core
muscles and helps your body
move efficiently as a unit.During a punch, kick or golf
swing, your core is much
more important for generating
power than the rest of your
body. Studies show that about
70 percent of the work done
during a golf swing comes
from the core.
So yes, exhaling can in-
crease power, which is why
they say “exhale upon exer-
tion.”
(To Ask the Pro a question
about golf, e-mail him at:
Your golf swing will be no better than your
concept of what a good swing is. Given that,
the key to improving your game is to establish
a collection of the right concepts. Below is thefirst of what I call “Home Base Swing
Concepts” that you need to play your best
golf.
The WallImagine a horse and rider approaching a 6-
foot wall at full gallop. Just as they get to the
wall, the horse stops dead, causing the hapless
rider to continue on alone as he’s thrown over
the wall.
This scenario is an illustration of the conserva-
tion of momentum, a principle of operational
physics that states: A system tries to hold onto itsmotion (its energy), and when a segment or part of
a system is slowed, the next segment attempts to
pick up its motion, i.e., to conserve the energy of
the system.
This is why a towel snaps and a whip
cracks, and why you should wear a seat belt.
It is also why a well-timed golf swing is so
well-timed.
You can now forget the physics, but keepthe concept of “passing along energy” in mind
because this is how you build up, transmit and
deliver your power to the ball.
The wall of your golf swing is your front
leg. The rider is your clubhead, and the sepa-
ration from the horse is the release of your
clubhead through the hitting zone. The release
is “passive” in that it is primarily a result of
your arms and hands abruptly slowing down.
This is a key concept that will allow you a
non-manipulative hand action throughout
your swing so you can create power and accu-racy without effort. With this concept as a
base, it is up to you to acquire the swing me-
chanics that will establish the wall for every
full swing.
Well-established wallcreates power
— Ryuji Imada, who was penalized 26 strokes in the first round of the
Mission Hills Star Trophy due to a misunderstanding of the local lift,clean and place rules.
Well, at least he wasn’t DQed.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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The Laser Tee
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The high-tech Laser Tee helps you
line up correctly and consistently.
Placed in front of you as you address
the ball, the laser emits a beam at 90
degrees to the target line and reflectsonto the inside heel of your target
foot or on the ground in front of your
stance. The club you intend to use
will determine where to position the
center of the ball in relation to the
markings on the Laser Tee. This al-
lows you to step in and out to take
practice swings, then easily return to
the correct position for address. The
Laser Tee is $75 at www.dwquailgolf.com.
The Laser Tee
GOLF SPOKEN HERE
The ratio between the ball speed and the
clubhead speed. A good energy exchange at
impact occurs when the ball speed is 1 1/2
times the clubhead speed. For everyday play-ers, anything higher than 1.47 should be con-
sidered good, and anything higher than 1.5 is
exceptional.
The smash factor says a lot about the
centeredness of impact. There is a strong cor-
relation between the degree of centeredness
at impact and the smash factor because you
lose a substantial portion of the energy trans-
fer from the clubhead to the ball when you
miss the sweet spot. Toe and heel contact
twists the clubface, and the energy used in
this twisting is not available for transfer to
the ball.
Smash factor is also an important ratio to
help you choose the driver that’s best for you.While there are many other stats that are im-
portant, all things being equal, choose the driv-
er with the highest smash factor. There is one
caution here: If you have a very high swing
speed (120 mph or more), it is hard to produce
a high smash-factor number because the ball
loses too much energy by being compressed so
much on the face. Every year many of the
longest drivers on the PGA Tour rank lowest in
smash factor .
Smash factor
BIRDIES AND BOGIES
A recent “60 Minutes”/Vanity Fair poll
asked Americans who they think is the
most eligible single woman in the world.
Here’s the ranking, with the Insider’s de-
ciding factor in parentheses.
1. Jennifer Aniston, 29% (nice hair anda great rebounder).
2. Halle Berry, 21% (the WOW factor;
she’s Berry beautiful).
3. Elin Nordegren, 15% (has everything:
lots of Tiger stories and lots of Tiger’s
money).
4. Betty White, 11% (maturity, sense of
humor and a steady Social Security
check).
5. Lady Gaga, 5% (extensive cross-dress-
er wardrobe with a delightfully dingy per-
sona).
6. Elena Kagan, 4% (job security; if you
want to marry a Supreme Court justice,
she’s the one).
David Duval is a 13-time PGA Tour win-
ner, a British Open champion and the former
No. 1 player in the world, so his word is not
to be taken lightly. But when your golf scores
soar, sometimes the endorsements dry up.
Enter Perky Jerky.
“I’m proud to be the newest member
on the Perky Jerky team, and I’m looking for-
ward to being involved with the snack every-
one is raving about on the PGA Tour,” says
Duval, in the announcement of a sponsorship
deal in which he will be a spokesman for an
“ultra-premium jerky flavored with a hint of
guarana.” Duval is cur-
rently ranked 210th in
the world.
I wonder how PerkyJerky would go with
John Daly’s Loud
Mouth pants.
DUVAL
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By RICK MINTER / Cox NewspapersBy RICK MINTER / Cox Newspapers
For decades, theDaytona 500 has
been NASCAR’sbiggest race, and already
this year it’s beginning to
seem like the 53rd annualGreat American Race is
going to be even more
special than usual.For starters, pre-season
testing, scrapped in re-
cent years as a cost-sav-ing measure for race
teams, is back. The main
reason for the change isthat the Daytona track
has been repaved for the
first time since 1978, andto ensure the best show
possible, series officials
and competitors feel likesome extra testing is
needed. That’s especially
true after last year’s 500was interrupted because
repairs had to be made topotholes that developed in
the track.
“I think last year was abig wake-up call,” Day-
tona track president Joie
Chitwood III said duringa Goodyear tire test in
December, adding that
track and series officials
are working hard to en-sure that this year’s race
doesn’t have a similarproblem.
And he said that the
race is important not only
to Daytona, but to the en-tire sport as well.
“I think Daytona is al-
ways going to set thebarometer for the
NASCAR season as it re-
lates to the kickoff, thebiggest event,” he said.
“For us, we want to makesure fans know when they
come back to Daytona,
they’re going to get anevent that lives up to
their expectations. Can-didly, we did not givethem that this last year
with the two red flags and
the pothole.”Eddie Wood, who co-
owns the No. 21 Ford thatrookie Trevor Bayne is ex-
pected to race in the 500,
said participating in thismonth’s test session in a
must for race teams.
“If you’re going to run
the Daytona 500, youhave to be there for the
test,” Wood said.
Bobby Labonte saidduring a teleconference
last month that for driv-ers like him, who are join-ing new teams, at-track
testing is a chance to
build team chemistry andwork on communication.
“I’m new with the JTGteam and Toyota, so I
have a lot of different
faces, names to learn, alot of different ways to
look at our test,” Labonte
said. “Not everybody hasthe same agenda when
they get down here …Mine is communication,
more than ever.”
The Preseason Thundertest sessions on Jan. 20-
22 also will serve the pur-pose of ratcheting upattention and buzz about
the upcoming season, and
particularly about the500.
The test sessions runeach day at 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., and the schedule in-
cludes sessions in whichdrivers will meet both
fans and the media.
This year’s race also
marks the 10th anniver-sary of Dale Earnhardt’s
fatal accident and the
10th year since Dodge re-turned to the Cup series.
Both anniversaries aresure to generate interestamong fans new and old.
But so far, most of the
focus seems to be on thetrack and on what kind of
race the 500 will be.Defending Cup cham-
pion Jimmie Johnson
weighed in on the upcom-ing race last week during
a break in practice for the
Rolex 24 at Daytona. In-terestingly, the driver
who typically is as fo-cused on points as anyone
is saying that the 500 is a
race where he’s not look-ing at the standings.
“I think this Daytona500 will be the best onethat we’ve had that I’ve
been a part of as driver,”
Johnson said.Continues on page 31
Repavedtrack preparesfor 53rd
‘GreatAmeri-canRace’ Daytona
InternationalSpeedway
Daytona International Speedway’s freshly repaved track undergoes a Goodyear tire test last December. (NASCAR photo)
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Lineup set for Daytona Shootout,inaugural event of NASCAR 2011
NOTEBOOK
Ford on cusp of 600th victory
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The starting field for the33rd running of the Bud-
weiser Shootout at Day-tona has been set, and it’s
a similar lineup to the one
that ran in last year’sShootout, the non-points
event that kicks off the
Sprint Cup season.The starting field for
the Feb. 12 race will in-
clude:
• The 12 drivers who
qualified for the 2010Chase for the Cup
• Past Sprint Cup cham-pions
• Past BudweiserShootout champions
• Past Daytona 500 andCoke Zero 400 winners
• Sprint Cup Series
Rookie of the Year driv-
ers from 2001-2010
To participate, a driver
must have competed inNASCAR’s Sprint Cup se-
ries within the past two
seasons.“Race fans expect to
see NASCAR’s best driv-
ers compete in the Bud-weiser Shootout to kick
off the 2011 racing sea-
son,” said Daytona trackpresident Joie Chitwood
III in a statement re-
leased to the media.“[T]his star-studded
lineup will not disappointwhen they take the green
flag for the first time onthe new asphalt.
“The BudweiserShootout has showcased
some of the most thrilling
racing over the years, andour fans are in for an ex-
citing night.”
The race format is simi-lar to that of recent years.
The race will consist of
75 laps divided into twosegments of 25 laps and
50 laps respectively. Both
green-flag laps and yel-low-flag laps will count.
During a 10-minute
break between segmentsteams can change tires,
add fuel and make nor-mal chassis adjustments.
In addition to the 12Chase participants from
last year, the list of eligi-
ble drivers consists of John Andretti, Geoff Bod-
ine, Kevin Conway, Der-
rike Cope, DaleEarnhardt Jr., Bill Elliott,
Kasey Kahne, Bobby
Labonte, Terry Labonte,Joey Logano, Sterling
Marlin, Mark Martin,
Jamie McMurray, JuanPablo Montoya, Ryan
Newman, Ken Schrader,
Regan Smith and MichaelWaltrip.
Kevin Harvick has won
the last two events.
inaugural event of NASCAR 2011
The driver lineup for last year’s Budweiser Shootout at Daytona. (NASCAR photo)
p y
Ford Racing is poised to reach a major racing milestone thisyear. The company needs just one more victory to run the totalto 600.
Through the years, 74 drivers have won races for Ford, with Ned Jarrett topping the list with 43 triumphs. Bill Elliott is sec-ond at 40.
Ford’s first win in the series now known as Sprint Cup cameon June 25, 1950, at Dayton (Ohio) Speedway. In that race,Cleveland native Jimmy Florian took the 100-lap feature drivinga Ford powered by a flat-head engine. Florian led twice andtook the lead for good from Curtis Turner, who drove anOldsmobile, with 32 laps to go.
In a 1999 interview, Florian’s friend Bill Whitley said the car was originally used by the police chief in Detroit and that Flo-rian had an advantage over the touring NASCAR drivers be-cause he raced nightly at the Daytona track in midgets andsprint cars.
Florian also has the distinction of winning a Cup race withoutwearing a shirt. NASCAR later began requiring drivers to wear
shirts, even on hot afternoons like the one that day at Dayton.Florian never won again on the Cup level, but he had a poleat Canfield, Ohio, in 1950, and five top-five and 13 top-10 fin-ishes in just 26 career starts. He died in 1999 at the age of 75.He’d raced vintage cars up until age 72.
‘Don’t cry for me, Argentina’
Robby Gordon is one of the most versatile drivers in all of motorsports, but he wasn’t able to add a Dakar Rally trophy tohis collection this year. Gordon’s Hummer was disqualifiedfrom the event in Argentina due to a broken wheel bearing thatcould not be repaired in the time allotted by race officials.
“Disappointed doesn’t even begin to describe the way I’mfeeling right now, not only for me but for everyone involved,”Gordon said in a team release. “Knowing all the hard work anddedication that was put into this program is what makes our un-timely exit from the Dakar Rally a hard pill to swallow.”
He said the failure of a fairly simple part does not tell the en-tire story.
“While it may not appear like it due to our performance thusfar, countless hours went into this effort,” he said. “To have awheel bearing fail is just sickening … a huge, huge disappoint-ment.
“We run this same wheel bearing on the trophy truck and
have put thousands of kilometers on Hummers, and we havenever had this part fail.”Gordon plans to return to the United States and compete in
the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge.
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As the story of the Ford Tau-rus has had its share of upsand downs, occasionally therehas been a little side story tothe family sedan. In 1989,three years after the initialTaurus launch, Ford con-ceived the Taurus SHO – asleeper performance sedan powered by a 220-horse- power Yamaha-sourced 3.0liter V6 engine and a 5-speedmanual transmission. Namedfor its Super High Output en-gine, the SHO complimentedthe Taurus lineup until slowsales saw it expire in 1999,despite Ford replacing the V6engine for a V8. Last year, aswe got an all new Taurus, wealso saw the return of theSHO.
In case you have missed out,the all new Taurus is bigger and easily the best TaurusFord has ever made. Nowtake that same car, toss inFord’s hot new EcoBoost en-gine, add in all-wheel driveand you’ve got the Ford Tau-rus SHO.
The EcoBoost engine, which
is the foundation of the newSHO, is a 3.5 liter direct-in- jection twin-turbocharged V6engine that delivers 365horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque. Clearly thedefinition of Super High Out- put has changed over theyears – the last SHO made a‘whopping’ 235 horsepower from a V8 engine.
Unlike the original SHOwhich came only with a 5-speed manual gearbox (an au-tomatic was later offered) thisnew SHO comes only with a6-speed automatic and is cou- pled to a standard all-wheeldrive system (AWD) – a first
for the SHO. The drivetrain,along with the EcoBoost en-gine is good enough to movethe SHO from 0 to 60 mph inabout 5.2 seconds, easilymaking it the fastest Taurusever and putting it in the mixwith the Chrysler 300C SRT8, Dodge Charger SRT 8 andBMW 550i.
Last year, I had an exclusiveopportunity to take a verynew 2010 Taurus SHO acrossthe state of Texas and foundout that it runs at illegalspeeds quite well. More re-cently I had an opportunity touse a 2011 SHO for a week and found it to make a great
in town commuter. The car isamazingly quick without ahint of turbo lag or tiresqueal. There isn’t evenmuch of a rumble to the ex-haust – the car just grabs andgoes – now! And once atcruising speed, a slight dipinto the throttle makes theSHO feel like an airplane tak-ing off. There is no doubt thenew SHO is very fast andquiet. 2011 sees no changes
in the SHO from 2010 withthe exception of a few minor equipment changes.
Ford claims the EcoBoost en-gine gives V8 power with V6fuel economy. They are notkidding. There is no doubtthat the twin-turbocharged V6can hang with, and even beatmost V8s out there. And theEPA rates the SHO at 17 mpgcity / 25 mpg highway – that’s just off the base Taurus by 1 and 3 mpg respectively.
There is not much on the ex-terior that makes the SHOstand apart from a mere mor-tal Taurus. Your biggest clue
will be at the rear where amodest decklid spoiler anddual chrome exhaust tips can be found. Closer eyes maynotice the discreet badges, the black brake calibers and thedarker three-bar grille - seemsas though Ford wanted tokeep the word ‘sleeper’ in thedefinition when describingthe new SHO.
Inside, there are minor SHOtouches such as the aluminumtrim instrument panel, specialleather seats with suede in-serts, aluminum pedals andspecial sill plates. As withthe last Taurus I tested, theSHO has a handsome interior.Along with the twin-cowldash, the center stack water-falls into the dashboard giv-ing the interior a cockpit feel.All the buttons are logically placed and easy to under-stand. And the materials usedfor the dash and console aresome of the best I have seenFord use. Then there is thetrunk – it’s massive. Gro-ceries, luggage and anythingelse you put in there easilyget lost in it. At more than 20cubic feet, it is almost twiceas large as some of its com- petitors.
Because the previous-genera-tion SHO
has had such a strong follow-ing, Ford says they listened toand consulted SHO enthusi-asts during the developmentof the new model. Will they be pleased with the results?Well let’s see: The currentTaurus SHO is the fastestSHO ever, built on the biggest and most comfortableTaurus ever, and maybe the best looking as well. Whatmore could you want? Ok – maybe a better exhaust noteand a manual transmission.But for now, SHO loversshould be happy that the SHOis on.
- Christopher A. Randazzo
Career wins for Dale
Earnhardt Jr. while
driving Ford cars
Career victories for
Richard Petty driving
Fords
Career victories for
Mark Martin driving
Chevrolets (his
other 35 wins
came in Fords)
Career victories
for David Pearson
while driving Fords
(he had 44 in
Mercuries, 27 in
Dodges, three in
Pontiacs and two
in Chevrolets)
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5By The Numbers:
2011 Ford TaurusSHO AWDBase Price: $37,770.00
Price as Tested: $44,440.00
Layout: front-engine / all-wheel drive
Engine: 3.5 liter twin-turbo V6 (EcoBoost)
Transmission: six-speed automatic
Horsepower: 365 hp
Torque: 350 ft-lbs
EPA Fuel Economy:17 mpg city / 25 mpg highway
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Jimmie Johnsonat Daytona last week for the Rolex 24.
(NASCAR photo)
Continued from page 28
The five-time champpointed out that while
last fall’s race at Tal-ladega was described by
many as one of the all-
time great events in thesport, it wasn’t quite that
way for the drivers who
were in the Chase andworried about losing their
championship hopes in a
multi-car crash. He saidthe Daytona 500 won’t be
that way for him and his
fellow championship con-tenders.
“What is fun about the
Daytona 500 [is that] weall look at it as a single
event,” he said. “With it
being our biggest race of the year, a fresh surface,
the fact that we can runthree wide and I’m sure
we will try four wide
around here and assmooth as it is, it’s going
to be one exciting race …
“Everybody is willing to
race because of what it isand the fact that we put it
in the ‘single-race’ cate-gory.”
Hear the one about the driver?NOTEBOOK
It’s no joke. NASCAR driver MichaelWaltrip is going to work as a comedian.
He’s going on the road with his Michael
Waltrip’s Comedy Garage, with the as-sistance of professional comedians
Henry Cho and John Reep.
“This is something totally differentfrom what I am used to,” Waltrip said in
a news release. “In a race car I am in my
element, and I’m comfortable. When yougive me a microphone and tell me I have
to stand up in front of a lot of people andbe funny on purpose, that makes me
nervous. I’m funny accidentally.”Waltrip’s tour plans stops in Kansas
City, Las Vegas and Ontario, Canada.
The driver-owner also has a book hit-ting the shelves next month. It’s called
“In the Blink of an Eye” with the subtitle
of “Dale, Daytona and the Day ThatEverything Changed.”
But Waltrip’s not totally abandoning
his day job. He’s set to compete in theDubai 24-hour sports car race on Jan. 13-
15. Rob Kauffman, who co-owns Waltrip’sNASCAR team, will be his co-driver.
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