Archive for February, 2009

8-Ball Making the 8 Ball On The Break

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

The Rack

The balls must be tight. The main idea is to get the front 10 balls tightly touching.

Cue Ball Position
Next lets discuss the position of the cue ball on the table. If you are familiar with a pool table, you know about diamonds. These are the spots on the rails marking different portions of the table. Position the cue ball either right side or left side, on the head string second diamond, which ever you prefer, three fingers out from the rail..

English
English on the cue ball should be low bottom left,

Aiming
Once the cue ball is lined up second diamond up, three fingers out, position yourself to be able to strike the cue ball with force on the lower left corner.Aim directly at the center of the 2nd ball on the right side of the rack and let it go.

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Who invented the automobile?

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

In his recent address to Congress the President stated:

“And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it.”

THE FACTS: According to the Library of Congress, the inventor of the first true automobile was probably Germany’s Karl Benz, who created the first auto powered by an internal combustion gasoline, in 1885 or 1886. Henry Ford created the first assembly line that made cars affordable.

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The Loco-motion by Little Eva

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Great single note runs. Highly recognizable melody.

Here is a Guitar Tab for the first few bars that I got from Guitar Pro. this is a great program for learning how to play. Email me if you’d like more.

locomotion1

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Hanky-Panky

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Learned the main melody to Hanky-Panky today. Found that it sounds much better at high volume.hanky-panky

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Unemplyment Benefits To go Up $25 Per Week

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

The office of the Governor has released a statement saying that unemplyment beneiftes will go up by $25 effective February 22, 2009. These funds are coming from the stimulis package passed by Congress at the urging of President O’Bama. The release said that the $787 billion economic stimulus package includes $12.2 billion for Florida over three years.  According to the release, the proposed budget will create or retain 314,590 jobs

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Hello world!

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Well here it is. Just opened my first blog. I hope to write about my activities and events in the world at large.

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