Fireworks shot from the Second Street Bridge at Thunder 2009
As March rolls around each year plans for prom, graduation, Derby and Thunder Over Louisville can be heard in the hallways and during lunch. If you’ve lived in Louisville for more than one Derby season you know what Thunder Over Louisville is. It’s a huge event that takes place on April 17 this year to kick off the annual Kentucky Derby Festival. It’s a full day of fire works and plane acrobatics on the waterfront. Over 700,000 people attended last year and thousands more see the action from home on their televisions.
Everyone should attend Thunder at least once in their life. Being there in person is so much different from watching it on tv. Standing at the foot of the Second Street bridge, you can literally feel the explosions as they come off the bridge. It looks as if the fireworks are coming right at you.
It’s the teenagers and younger folks that keep Thunder running because they’re really the only ones that can fight their way downtown and last the whole day without getting worn out. Most come in groups and hangout here and there. One of the most popular places that teens end up at is the skatepark. On Thunder day you’ll find not only skaters who go to skate, but lots of other young people that want to hangout and be with crowds of people their age. Obviously, that’s not the only place to be. There are tons of booths set up all over downtown to purchase Derby goods and the great lawn is open for hanging out. It’s also a good idea to grab a seat early so you can watch the fireworks later on; it gets crowded fast. There’s really no way you can wind up at Thunder and not know at least a few people there. If you’ve never been, make this year your year to try it and see what the talk is all about!
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Yu-Na Kim performs in the Short Program in Pacific Coliseum
Nineteen-year-old Queen of Ice Yu-Na Kim made ladies figure skating history in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, her first Olympics. She made the highest score ever in ladies figure skating history.
On February 23, 2010, the Short Program started in the Pacific Coliseum. Yu-Na Kim performed her program after Asada Mao who used to be her rival. She performed to music from a James Bond medley. Yu-Na Kim ranked first place with 78.50. The gap between her score and Asada Mao who was in second place was 4.72, a huge gap in figure skating. Newspapers and TV media praised Yu-Na Kim and everybody recognized her as Queen of Ice.
Two days later the Free Skating that followed the Short Program started. Yu-Na performed to music entitled “Concerto in F” by George Gershwin. This time, she got her title ‘Queen Yu-Na’. The skater earned a score of 150.06 and won the gold medal. Her Final score was 228.56 which was the highest score ever in ladies figure skating history. Asada Mao won the silver medal with 205.50 score.
Yu-Na Kim surprised the world. The world said that this 228.56 score will be an unbreakable score for a long time. Michelle Kwan who is called legend of ladies figure skating because she won five times in the world championship series was on the scene to congratulate Yu-Na Kim.
Yu-Na Kim receives her gold medal
However, unfortunately, she is considering retirement. She has gotten lots of pressure by Korean citizens and has earned a lot of money. Yet nobody knows what she will do. If she keeps her skater life, she could make more history in figure skating. Even if she retires, the world will remember her for a long time.
Enjoy her performance (Vancouver 2010 Olympic ladies free skating program)
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With the message of, “A dead letter is a letter that has never been delivered because the person to whom it was written cannot be found and it also cannot be returned to the person who wrote it,” on the back of The Rasmus’ CD case I could already tell that this album was going to be one that I wouldn’t be able to walk away from without buying.
Dead Letters is said by Lauri Ylölnen himself to be an album filled with letters, letters to appologise, confess or even cry out for help. Each track a different letter of sorts.
Captivated by Ylönen’s rather feminine voice I literally listened to the ‘letters’ for hours on end. It didn’t take me long to realize why so many people loyally follow the band.
It is quite obvious that The Rasmus would be classified as rock/alternative but you can clearly pick out pop influences in the music, although their lyrics are ghoulish and meloncholic.
Having released two new albums since Dead Letters, soon to be three, I’m quite positive that they’re doing something right. With over a decade of experience making music, there’s no doubt in my mind that this group is going to be around for quite a long time.
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Lenette Holt
Junior Lenette Holt had 18 points and 9 rebounds in Monday’s game against Ballard. Even though she was one of the game’s leading figures, Holt remains modest. “It feels good,” said Holt, who hit 8 of 11 shots and 2 of 2 free throws. “We’re in the final four now, and that’s just a blessing. It seems like a dream. It was nice to win district, but this is better.”
The lady Chargers’ coach was also happy to see the team get their twentieth win. “This is special because we weren’t even ranked among the top 10 in the region in the preseason. We used that as a motivator.”
The Lady Chargers (20-8) advance to face Mercy in Thursday’s 3:30 p.m. semifinal at Bellarmine University’s Knights Hall.
Art and writing are not the only talents that senior Lara Kinne has firmly grasped in her hands and under her belt. To add onto the rather long list of skills that she’s been blessed with is her knack for creating music.
Having stumbled across Lara’s page on myspace, I took a gander and saw a link titled ‘Octopus Owl’ and like any normal human being, I had to see what it was. I wasn’t expecting to find out that this girl that went to my school had so much talent and she was only a year older than me!
While a variety of the songs on VIVA MEXICO do not excede two minutes long it does not make them any less great. It only further proves the point that she excells at what she does, not needing to put together some eleven minute song to try and dazzle people. All she needs is her guitar and her voice that makes you feel as if you’re being pushed into a sea of satin sheets and cotton balls, (i.e. very soft and comforting).
If I go on anymore I’m sure I’ll start to gush like a creepy teenager that just saw her favorite local band yet another time. Unless you’re deaf there is no excuse for you not to visit the sites below and be in awe over the sheer genius that is going to attack your ears when you click play.
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Thomas Jackson works his way under an Eastern player to score
“They played with tremendous focus and finished the game strong. They had a great amount of team work and I’m proud of them,” Coach Hawkins said with a smile.
Richard Kennedy flies to the basket
Coach Morrow’s goal is to keep team work going and keep effort up out on the court. He comments, “I’m proud of all the players; we had a good win. It’s nice to win a championship, but we got a bigger one ahead.”
Boys Stats:
Thomas Jackson 26
Richard Kennedy 9
Trey Porter 9
Dominique Smith 8
DeMicheal Jackson 5
Daniel Ross 2
Desmond Dorsey 2
Jordan Hagan 2
The Lady Chargers celebrate a district championship
Our Lady Chargers took charge as they started off with a 26-13 lead in the middle of the second quarter. Cami Calderon’s second three-pointer put the team into a 40-38 lead with thirty-three seconds left on the clock in the third quarter.
Coach Kyser says, “We were very lucky to win; CAL has a great team. They’re already in regionals. I’m very proud of the ladies. They worked hard.” Lenette Holt and Cami Calderon led J-Town and Aisjah Roan had great defense.
“Our triangle play came in well with defending the best players on the opposing team, and Brittany Dawson did well at it. Chasity and Cami did well chasing who they had to,” Coach Kyser explained. Our Chargers are playing their hearts out and they are in it to win it. They don’t give up; they just play harder.
Lenette Holt 18
Cami Calderon 17
Seventh region Coach of the Year, Coach Kyser
Some of Kentucky’s top teams didn’t know what to think when J’town won the district title. Now the Chargers are headed straight to Bellarmine to demolish these teams and earn our place as regional champions.
Friday, February 26, Jeffersontown High beat Eastern, 63-55, in the District Championship game, proving we are the best in our District.
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s. We learn about them from TV shows like the popular True Blood and Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, and the many, many movies such as the popular Twilight series. But if there were to be an encounter with these people of the night would you know what to do and when to do it to survive? You probably wouldn’t, so below you can find a list from bloodlexicon.com that will help your chances of surviving.
· Look for a hole above a grave. Sometimes vampires have to dig their way out.
· Scatter salt on the floor in the vampire’s latest victim’s room. Help the vampire lead you right to his or her tomb.
· Use garlic, hawthorn branches, or a cross to trap your vampire in a corner. Protect yourself from revenge by making a cross of tar on your front door.
· Dig the vampire up on a Friday. According to the early Greeks, that’s when a vampire is weakest. Take advantage of the day when vampires can’t come out to play.
· Pound iron stakes through his coffin and straight into the ground if you catch him at rest.
· Bury his body under running water - vampires can’t stand it.
· Fire a silver bullet blessed by a priest into his heart.
· Drive an aspen, ash or white thorn stake through his heart with a single blow if you want to make a lasting impression.
· Pour boiling water, boiling oil or holy water into his grave.
· Cremate his body or make a paste from his flesh for closure. Then sit down and feast on the beast.
· If you avoid vampire-populated areas, you’ll be more likely to avoid vampire attacks. So location, location, location! Areas to avoid:
Transylvania. An excellent place to wake up dead and in a coffin.
Sunnydale, California. Don’t be fooled by the unusually reasonable SoCal real estate. There is a Hellmouth there and the bitey ones are always attracted to those.
Cleveland, Ohio. Also the site of a Hellmouth (according to Buffy lore).
Los Angeles, Califonia. As long as the law firm of Wolfram and Hart is there to protect vampires, your neck is not safe.
New Orleans, Louisiana. Home of Lestat and company. Also home to Anne Rice who may or may not be a vampire.
Fells Church, Virginia (not be confused with Falls Church, Virginia, which to the best of my knowledge is low on vampires). According to this teen series The Vampire Diaries, Fells Church attracts the undead because of a Civil War battle fought there. The blood from the long ago lures the supernatural.
Forks, Washington. Setting of the Twilight series.
- According to “real” vampires all of the things about garlic and religious stuff is a lie and will not work in the slightest.
- Yes, sun is not good for them so it would be best for you to find them during to day when they are weaker so they’ll be easier to kill.
These tips come from different believers. And though you may have never heard these tips before, they may be what will save you one day. The tips only work on real vampires. Which means that if the vampire you want to kill glitters, none of the things I just told you will work.
]]>Recently, McMahan Fire District’s former chief Paul Barth has been charged with misuse of the department’s credit card. These charges include use of the card for expenses such as vacations, personal purchases, taxes on a Florida condo, and automobile taxes. Barth also allegedly used Crusade for Children’s donation money to pay off these credit card funds. The total amount of funds found used improperly is $70,637.90. In return for committing the crime, Barth offered to pay back these funds that he secretly took. The fire district, though, accepted his retirement, but not his money. Instead of allowing him to reimburse the department, law enforcement will deal with the troubles.
For the time being, Barth has agreed to pay back these funds but claims he has already payed back some of them. There aren’t any records of this pay back and the department has decided to leave the case up to the Secret Service. Though Barth may not have paid back these funds he claims, the fire district happens to owe Barth $38,274.77 for nine sick days, one personal day, fifty vacation days and five holidays that have been accrued but not used.
The scandal has called for a new fire chief. Joe Johnson, a life long firefighter, has recently been positioned as chief. It has always been Mr. Johnson’s dream to become chief for his father founded a fire department in Henry County in the 1960s. McMahan fire district hopefully is now in good hands.
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Ghost Rider - A Mystery Beyond Motors
The Ghost Rider is an unknown. He has no identity. No social security number. No records. No trace. For years in Sweden, the Ghost Rider on a daily basis just speeds through town and is best known for darting in and out of traffic at speeds nearing 300 km per hour! He is thought to be a member of the Swedish wheelie team.
He is dressed in black leather with a dark visor which covers his face. He has made appearances in films, but manages to stay unidentifiable during the filming. The first Ghost Rider film appeared in 2002, and his videos are available for purchase through the internet.
In one of his most infamous rides, the Ghost Rider covered 68 kilometres between Stockholm and Uppsala in 15 minutes, posting an average speed of more than 270 kilometres per hour. Amazingly, he has never hurt anyone during his dangerous rides. Everytime he is chased, this daredevil succeeds in getting away. He has raced around Paris, Uppsala, and Stockholm on his bike as well as in cars and on a snow mobile. He is seen as a pest, especially to the cops. A nuesance with his loud vehicles and dangerous actions. T here has been news that the first Ghost Rider died in a high speed accident in Sweden and further movies had been shot with another rider. You can see his videos by doing a youtube search. Some people also beleive that there is more than one Ghost Rider and they belong to the Swedish wheelie team.
In one movie, there is a police chase and the motorcycle driver speeds off, leaving the motorway at the next exit. The film continues until the driver reaches a garage and the motorcycle is turned off. But the camera continues to roll and a few minutes later a leather-clad man wearing a helmet strolls into the shot. In a later shot, someone who is believed to be the same person can be seen pulling on a pair of sweatpants, his face clearly visible on the film. The forty-year-old man thought to be the Ghost Rider denied to Aftonbladet that he was the one driving the motorcycle. “The company I work for distributes the films,” he said. If caught, his charges and fines would be never ending. The following conversation can be found on a message board where the Ghost Rider’s existence is discussed:
Joe said, “Finally,
I do believe the rumor that
Ghost Rider is a team:
2 brothers.”
The Ghost Rider has only been caught once and we have mentioned that in one of our comments ( on a bicycle). . . .” A lot of people say the ghost rider has died but many oppose. It’s whatever you wanna believe but the Ghost Rider is a legend. He has made quite a name for himself. The Ghost Rider doesn’t worry about cops. He doesnt have to. He’s living free among the world. And hes got the busa turbo.”
Decked out in crisp white golf outfits, gloves and all, Peter and Paul were undertaking a personal assignment, an assignment of torture. Looking like nothing other than young polite men, the pair knocked on the door of their neighbor’s lake house, just to ask for some eggs.
But what occurred was not in the slightest bit polite or sweet. A broken leg insued for the husband once the two were asked to leave and would not obey the command.
Throughout the movie you cannot help but be fascinated by the ways in which Paul and Peter interact with one another as well as the family. As if they have all the intentions in the world to be on their best behavior, not wanting to be rude in any way.
While Funny Games is the remake of a 1997 film, it is shot frame-by-frame the exact same way in which the original was shot. The house that was used also has the same proportions. Yet overall Funny Games is one of those movies that you’re not completely sure whether to love or hate. But you still cannot look away from the screen for the pair of psychos have sucked you in, making you want to know what morbid scene is going to occur next.
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