#Lucas Jolley

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Jackson Fisch in Breaking Through by Lucas Jolley.

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822. Madelaine Lucas

Madelaine Lucas is the author of the debut novel Thirst for Salt, available from Tin House.

Lucas is a senior editor of NOON. Born in 1990, she was raised in Melbourne and Sydney as the daughter of a visual artist and a rock ‘n’ roll musician. In 2015, she moved to New York to complete her MFA in fiction at Columbia University, where she now teaches in the undergraduate and graduate writing programs.

Her essays and interviews have appeared in publications such as Paris Review Daily, The Believer, Literary Hub, Catapult, The Lifted Brow and Meanjin, and her fiction has been awarded the Elizabeth Jolley Prize and the Overland/Victoria University Emerging Writer’s Prize. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and her dog, Pancho.

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Jackson Fisch photographed by Lucas Jolley

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Alex Hanson for Vanity Teen ph. Lucas Jolley

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Books read: January - March 2022

Girl, Woman, Other – Bernadine Evaristo

So You've Been Publicly Shamed – Jon Ronson

Cannery Row – John Steinbeck

No One is Talking About This – Patricia Lockwood

The Hunting Party – Lucy Foley

Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote (reread)

Ariel – Sylvia Plath (reread)

The Devil and the Dark Water – Stuart Turton

The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice – Shon Faye

A Ghost In The Throat - Doireann Ní Ghríofa

The Shape of Darkness – Laura Purcell

Piranesi – Susanna Clarke (my pick for book club!)

Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh

Daughters of the Lake – Wendy Webb (should have been a DNF but I ploughed through)

We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson (comfort reread)

Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer

Sonnets – William Shakespeare (reread)

Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen (comfort reread)

Loveless – Alice Oseman

The Complete Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (Volume I of II) – Edgar Allan Poe

Serious Concerns – Wendy Cope

Magpie – Elizabeth Day (for book club)

The Flower Girls – Alice Clark-Platts

A Certain Hunger – Chelsea G. Summers

The Lost Daughter – Elena Ferrante

The Wapshot Chronicle – John Cheever

These Precious Days – Ann Patchett

The Majesties – Tiffany Tsao

The Wapshot Scandal – John Cheever

Milkman – Anna Burns (second attempt to read this and finally got the hang of it! Worth it too)

The Well – Elizabeth Jolley

The Invitation – Lucy Foley

The Surgeon of Crowthorne – Simon Winchester

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous – Ocean Vuong

Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse – Anne Carson (had to quickly reread this after the previous to satisfy my curiosity because I was so certain it was informed by Carson’s work and later confirmed yes, this was the case according to Vuong. @a11sha11fade​ have you read this? I think you’d enjoy it maybe if you haven’t?)

The Discomfort of Evening – Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (for book club & extremely dark. Please approach with caution – I was not warned)

Currently reading:

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color - Ruby Hamad

Mary Queen of Scots – Antonia Fraser

Anne of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery (comfort reread - I’ve been poorly)

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BLAKE JOLLEY —

IG info/bio: @/jollyblke | 8.4k followers | Activist | I’m here to save the world, it’s my right. & You should care about your environment too, get active. If not? Leave. Visit: theindigenousmovement.com

22 (23) years old

From Kensington, England

Choctaw nation & proud

Visits Oklahoma every other summer...sometimes it’s every few years

Majority of her family lives there on a reservation

She’s made a name for herself in the town for speaking up for the missing and m*rdered women of her community & how they continue to sweep that shit under the rug

Call it what it is, genocide

Has been arrested & charged a few times

Has a sense of dread when she goes back but also a form of happiness since her mom, some of her sibs, and other family members are there

Has 7 siblings

4 boys, 3 girls

Chelsea found that so facisinating!

I feel like there’s two sides to Blake? Either she’s rooting for you or she’s shitting you, there’s no in between

Willing to communicate & have intellectual conversations

Has to be in the mood to socialize, sometimes she just prefers NOT to talk since that requires energy

Always tired, doesn’t sleep much, probably has insomnia a little bit

Was on the debate team in secondary

Either you like her or you hate her, either way that’s a you problem

Kinda a loner, keeps to herself—always feeling like people should be doing more with their time on this earth

But she also understands that there are moments where you need to chill/relax/ have fun or take some time out for yourself

Donates to woman’s shelters often

Attends & organizes protests

Minimal makeup: mascara, nude blush, moisturizer mixed with sunscreen, a lip tint & she’s on her way

Knows how to ride a bull but will only do so if she’s back in Oklahoma

Knows how to work a g*n & is licensed to carry but prefers not to

Enjoys cliff diving & swimming as a form of exercise (not counting the hr long protests she travels to & attends)

Will do leg exercises more than anything at home, does not have a gym membership & will never get one

Favorite color is in the tropical blue shades: turquoise & aqua

Her home is her personal sanctuary, where she feels the most safe & allowed to be herself. Doesn’t invite anyone over to mess with the energy she has there, afraid that they’ll ruin that. She’ll meet you somewhere but one thing you’re not going to do is come into her space

Always has kale & quinoa in her flat

Has a chronic stomach condition

She’s a very blunt person & many don’t take that lightly, she doesn’t sugarcoat anything

Doesn’t have much experience in the love department

A few have tried but she either ignores them or tells them straight up that she’s not interested, always was focused on her school work & other things

That’s why she’s single

Now that she’s in her early twenties she feels like that she needs to experience love

She feels like she wants it? However a part of her isn’t sure if it’s something that she truly needs?

Possibly aromantic?

so when she met henrik, she immediately felt platonic energy with him & didn’t mind exploring it but also found noah quite aesthetically attractive?

Henrik fit into her lifestyle nicely outside of the villa, it was nice having someone else to talk to & spend time with. She wasn’t sure how she was meant to feel when he asked her to be his gf inside & outside the villa but she agreed so why not?

Her mother felt like she shouldn’t analyze the boy as if he was some sort of experiment, Blake did like watching experimental movies/documentaries based on true events or reading about them but she truly did not feel like that’s what she was doing with henrik

They had their differences ofc, henrik was more easy going/chill when it came to things whereas Blake observed before she attacked. If It don’t sit right with her, she’s gonna say some shit

She was the one to call it quits with henrik after almost two years passed

She was not heartbroken over it but she did realize how things changed now that he was no longer in her life

Loves clothing that have slits in them or v-necks

Loves going to flower shops since they remind her of her mom

I feel like she smells like cherries & cashmere musk

Adores sunsets, that’s the time of day where she feels most at ease

Interested in photography & is currently exploring what is her best subject to shoot...her activism helps

she hopes to have her own biography made about her one day

learning to gradually let her walls down but it’s extremely hard to do with the negative energy the world brings

Is cordial with mc...after some years have passed and they and their significant other always feel the need to have meet ups once a year where they invite EVERYONE somewhere else

Blake feels like they still have ties with the production company of love island but that’s not her business

Unless her services are truly required and the $ is right or if Elisa decides to drag her then she’s not going

Being on reality tv was not her main purpose

She hated the superficial and trying hard, things should just be natural

She’s above love island now & she doesn’t need to see henrik or Lucas OR single Noah every year

Her profile is filled with activism and how people can get involved

Along with a good dump of her face, she knew she was pretty but she didn’t need to use that to her advantage there was, “more to life than shallowness”

She barely remembers the other girls she entered the villa with. she thinks one or two tried to reach out to her in her dms but she ignored them

Is indifferent towards Shannon & jo

she gets jo confused with lily from season 3 when they both pop up on her explore feed. Again she doesn’t know why insta feels the need to show her other people’s lives if she’s not following them in the first place?

Doesn’t follow people back unless she’s got a strong platonic connection with you

Has lunch & dinner dates with her dad since he resides in England as well

She believes her parents marriage is a reflection on her non-existent/small percentage of relationships

They live in two different countries and they’ve been married for 15 years & still seem to be in love...hey whatever works! It works for Dolly Parton & her husband although they live in the same house? I think

On the outside it seems like she has a cold heart and many around her have told her mainly her sibs but she doesn’t believe that’s completely true

She has feelings!

If she was truly cold hearted, she wouldn’t have any remorse for the bad she’s done or wouldn’t be fighting for those who deserve it right?

Cap sun + Scorpio moon + sag rising

Thinks Mena Massoud, Rami Malek, Ben Hardy, Rahul Kohli, Kurt Cobain, Manish Dayal, Janel Parrish, Charles Melton, Manny Jacinto, Miguel Gomez, & Clayton Cardenas are all nice to look at

Listens to: Yuna, Aly & AJ, Pip Millett, Jaz Kris, Sinhead Harnett, Iyamah, James Vickery, Maluma, Kanye West, emotional oranges, & Jimmie allen

Anthem? Hope Tala — All My girls like to fight

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Alex Hanson for Vanity Teen ph. Lucas Jolley

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EZIL- “Where is Cyrus?”

LUCAS- “Where he always is now days. In the workout room.”

It was true, for the past few weeks since Morgan’s funeral, Cyrus has spent secluded in the workout room that Abraham built from the old guest house in the back. This room once served as his great-grandfather Nico’s bedroom. But Abraham had it renovated and made into a stylish home gym, complete with showers adjacent that also served the pool area.  Cyrus loved it as it was disconnected from the rest of the house. It became his place. Quiet, peaceful and alone place, even setting up his bedroom in the basement area under the gym.

The trial was quick and painless for everyone involved. Steve Jolley plead guilty and never went to trial. He received 25-30 years, with no parole for the murder of Morgan Asher.  Joseph Mercer on the other hand fought tooth and nail. In the end he was found guilty of several counts of drug trafficking and receiving and selling stolen property.  He also was found guilty of prostitution and delinquency of minors, as Morgan and Cyrus were not the only young boys that worked for Joseph Mercer. He was sentenced separately on each count and received a total of 85 years in prison. He is not due for parole for 30 years.

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This is how much joy @driftlessbooks brings me. Come hang out tonight, #viroquaWI 5/9 Driftless Books And Music w/ the HighLife 5/10 Wonky Tonk and the Highlife at NaKato 5/11 Short Branch Saloonw/ the HighLife 5/12 Art In w/ the HighLife 5/14 Wonky Tonk, Kendall Jolley, Nella King at Listing Loon, G+W solo 5/18 2019 Bend in the River Festival ft. the LPH Appalachian Festival w/ Will Lucas 5/26 BrewRiver Creole Kitchen solo Wonkytonkmusic.com (at Driftless Books And Music) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxPtb-wFAGZ/?igshid=1hzkuezb1mcoz

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Jackson Fisch photographed by Lucas Jolley

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April 2018 Insta-Stud Showdown

April 2018 Insta-Stud Showdown

Another month, another round of hot guys to pit against each other in our 2018 Insta-Stud Showdown. Instead of jamming all the action into the hectic month of December like I did last year, monthly polls throughout the year will determine the Top 5 that will advance to the year-end competition.

Congrats to Sergio Carvajal, John Gaines Jr, Matt Sabatino, Tobias Reuter and Michael Yifor earning…

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Breaking Through from Lucas Jolley on Vimeo.

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No.1

UK February 4th 1984

WORKING HOLIDAY

Madonna’s on a flying visit to London. Will she visit the sights - Buck House and the Camden Palace? Will she go to the theatre or try to meet Boy George outside Virgin Records? Or will she freeze her ass off doing a picture-and-interview session with No.1? Max Bell (Words) and Iain McKell (photos) supply the answer.........

The diminutive blonde Madonna bounces into her record company and falls to the floor, her knees pulled up tight inside a hge jumper. A jaunty cap perches low on her head but not so low that you can’t see her large green eyes. She pulls out some polaroids fro a No.1 session. “I froze my aaassss off doin’ those,” she sniggers, “but it’s all in the name of art.” Madonna radiates the self-belief that some Americans wear like a second skin. She’s not a household name yet but............

Motor City

“I come from a large Italian American family in Detroit. One of nine brothers and sisters. I had a very strict Catholic upbringing. My father never approved of me staying out or dating boys. He never wanted me to be a dancer or a singer, because he came to America poor and lived in a Pittsburgh ghetto. He wanted me to study law. Not to do anything flakey. Now he’s seen me on tv and in magazines, he’s quite proud of me, though he doesn’t approve of it all.”

Jellybean

Madonna started singing in her local choir, before taking up dancing lessons and then acting with coach Mira Rostova, whose Method style made Montgomery Clift and Marlon Brando famous.

She was signed to Sire by Seymour Stein, who first spotted Debbie Harry and Talking Heads, and her album was produced by Reggie Lucas of the old disco school and John “Jellybean” Benitez, a modern disco mix master who’s worked with Michael Jackson, Billy Joel and many others. Jellybean also happens to be her boyfriend. 

“Is and was. We get on fine, unless we have problems at home. You can’t bring them into the studio.”

Black and White

“Because I sound Black, I’ve had a few problems getting played in some states. The occasional DJ thinks I’m depriving black artists of airtime. I can understand it to a point because MTV does seem very prejudice against black groups. In America there are too many musical catagories - Pop, R&B, Disco - Here everything crosses over, it’s healthier. I see what I do as pop with a definite R&B background. I’d like to work with Jolley and Swain or Trevor Horn. I think I’d have more freedom. Some producers and session men stamp the latest techniques on you regardless. I don’t want to be formularised.”

Jet Setting

Now Madonna is tasting success, her videos are produced by Michael Jackson’s crew and she is jetted round the world to promote her songs, although they’re two years old.

“I’m desperate to start my second LP, but because of Holiday, I’ll have to wait. I like England, but it isn’t what I’m used to. In New York people are loud and say what they think; In London you’re more reserved. If I go into a grocers and laugh, everyone stares. On the tube no one speaks or smiles. In New York they assault you with noise.”

New York, New York

“I live in a huge loft - 2,000 square feet -  in Soho, Lower Manhattan. It’s where all the artists are David Byrne is a neighbour. My loft space has bare floors and windows on every wall, a bed, a table and chairs, that’s it. Oh no - I have lots of mirrors for my choreography. New York’s very street, busier than London. I eat in Little Italy and always have Spudini, an appetiser. It’s different cheeses fried in olive oil served on a kinda pizza base, it’s delicious and fattening.”

Vacation

A slightly homesick Madonna rushes off to do TOTP and then flies to Europe. Afterwards she goes back to Los Angeles to make the video for ‘Borderline’ her next single.

“It’s about people torturing each other cos of love. I’m cast as a Lolita.” she pouts convincingly

The singing, dancing, acting Madonna jumps into a cab and heads for the TV Studio, followed by a business dinner with Thompson Twins producer Alex Sadkin.

She’s got lots of energy. She’ll need it. Her life is no holiday.

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Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

Austrailian Book Review

The Australian Book Review Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize is one of Australia's leading prizes for an original short story. It honours the work of the great Australian writer Elizabeth Jolley (1923–2007).

Maria Takolander won the inaugural Australian Book Review Short Story Competition in 2010. In 2011 the prize was renamed the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. Jolley Prize winners include Carrie Tiffany and Gregory Day (2011), Sue Hurley (2012), Michelle Michau-Crawford (2013), and Jennifer Down (2014). In 2015 UK-based writer Rob Magnuson Smith became the first international winner of the Jolley Prize. Josephine Rowe won the 2016 Jolley Prize, Canadian author Eliza Robertson won the 2017 Jolley Prize, and New York-based Australian writer Madelaine Lucas won the 2018 Jolley Prize. Sonja Dechian won the 2019 Jolley Prize. Click here for more information about past winners of the Jolley Prize and to read their stories.

The 2020 Jolley Prize (worth a total of $12,500)  is now open. Entries close at midnight 1 May 2020. 

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Optima Ultimate Street Car Series Gets Started in Las Vegas

The off-season for Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car presented by Advance Auto Parts seemed to fly by this year. We’re only midway through March and already competitors in the street car series are announcing their presence with authority in the first event of the year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS). Defending OUSCI Champion Mike DuSold is getting one final chance to defend both the OUSCI crown as well as his regular-season Holley EFI GTL class title before his tube frame chassis Camaro is retired from competition.

DuSold picked up right where he left off, posting a 494-point performance out of 500 possible points. A competitor’s best three finishes in the series are combined for their season-long point total, so the race-within-the-race is to see how close you can get to 1,500 points, or a perfect season. DuSold’s 494 points is about as close as most of the top competitors have ever gotten and has already set a high bar for his fellow competitors. In fact, only DuSold and 2017 OUSCI champion Ken Thwaits scored higher than that last season.

Brian Hobaugh’s schedule gave him just one shot at qualifying for the OUSCI and he felt his 1973 Camaro was his best weapon to make it happen. Camaros ended up dominating the Classic Car Liquidators GTV class and Hobaugh’s Camaro was clearly the class of the field.

Perhaps most impressive about DuSold’s victory is that he did it while only capturing the top overall spot in one segment. Meanwhile, his toughest competitor in the series, Ken Thwaits, saw his 2006 Mitsubishi Evo stumble with engine issues. As the defending OUSCI champion, DuSold already had punched his ticket to the Invitational (held at LVMS after the SEMA show) before the season even began, and he’s only signed up to run one more event this season (NCM Motorsports Park). However, as the season unfolds, if it looks like he could make a run at repeating as regular-season champion, he has the luxury of the final regular season event being one state away from his home in Texas, at NOLA Motorsports Park.

In the Classic Car Liquidators GTV class for vintage iron, it was not only a Chevy sweep on the podium, but a Camaro sweep of the top five positions. Brian Hobaugh led the way in his iconic 1973 Camaro, which surprised some folks, given he had been a regular competitor in the Recaro GTS class the past few seasons in his C5 Corvette. However, Hobaugh explained his plans for 2019 didn’t offer many opportunities to qualify for the OUSCI, so in looking in his garage, he went with his second-gen Camaro, believing it had the best chance to earn an entry at a single event.

The GTE class for electric vehicles also had some surprises, as the factory-backed Hyundai team that had won the regular season title in each of the past two seasons was not signed up for any events. There is some speculation that their car was headed to the crusher and the replacement had not come online yet.

Mike DuSold’s 1967 Camaro won the Holley EFI GTL class championship and the OUSCI last season, which already secured his return invitation for 2019. However, he’s making one last go-round in his incredible first-gen, picking up the class win at Vegas in convincing fashion.

Whatever the case may be, Andy Fritts was more than willing to step in and fill the EV void with his 2018 Bolt. He topped Vernon Jolley’s 2015 Spark, and while both seem likely to secure invitations to the OUSCI, they’ll be squaring off against at least two Teslas later this year in pursuit of the regular season title.

The Optima Batteries GT class once again proved to be the largest and most hotly contested class. Defending GT Class Champion Eric Sheely moved into a Corvette and over to the Recaro GTS class at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, opening the door for his Sheely Collection teammate Wes Drelleshak to take home the GT class win in his 2018 Camaro.

The Sheely Collection has a lot of options, which can be a blessing and a curse, as points follow the driver/car combination. If the three drivers spread their points out among too many different cars, they may end up losing a points championship or missing out on a points invite. While Drelleshak seems likely to stay in the Camaro, Eric Sheely could move back to his Camaro, while his dad, Pat, who entered a recently acquired 1972 Corvette, could move to a Camaro, another Corvette, a Focus RS, or any number of other vehicles that might suit his fancy. Pat’s C3 is a proven performer that was previously built and campaigned by RideTech so it has the potential to either win its way in or earn a points entry, but it remains to be seen if he’ll stick with it to secure a spot.

A factory-backed Hyundai had dominated the GTE class for electric vehicles in the past two seasons but they’re a no-show so far in 2019. That opened the door for series veteran Andy Fritts to take home the class win in his first outing in his 2018 Bolt.

While there weren’t many significant rules changes in the off-season, there was one notable change in class structure. An Outlaw class has been added to the series, which opens up the competition to a wider range of vehicles and drivers. However, Outlaw entries are not eligible for the OUSCI title and will compete in their own separate points series, whereas the points in the other six classes are co-mingled.

All the Outlaw class vehicles must still be street legal and run approved 200+ treadwear tires, but the aero rules have been somewhat relaxed for them and driver eligibility allows for “hired guns,” or people who the series consider to be professional race car drivers. Their scores are also only based on the three timed segments on the track. Three entrants made up the initial Outlaw class at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with Duke Langley’s Corvette capturing the win over the Corvettes of Rich Willhoff and Randal Wonnenberg.

The series now moves on to arguably the most iconic racetrack in North America … Daytona International Speedway on April 12th and 13th. It’s a bucket list track just to visit for many race fans, but in this series, amateur drivers get turned loose on iconic tracks. That means street cars will once again be riding the high banks of Daytona in what promises to be an amazing event. Limited space is still available for competitors and it’s also a rare opportunity for fans to get into this facility for free! Whether you want to hit the high banks in your street car or watch someone else do it, head over to driveoptima.com to get all the details. CHP

The Optima GT class has a history of being one of the biggest and most competitive classes in the series, and that’s certainly shaping up to be true again in 2019. Wes Drelleshak’s 2018 Camaro topped nearly two-dozen competitors for the win on this weekend, but the battle for the championship has just begun.

Classic Car Liquidators GTV Class (pre-1990, 3,200+ pounds)

Brian Hobaugh, 1973 Camaro

Efrain Diaz, 1969 Camaro

Nick Relampagos, 1970 Camaro

Recaro GTS Class (post-1989, 3,200+ pounds, two-seaters and AWD vehicles)

Austin Barnes, 2010 Dodge Viper

Jordan Priestley, 2017 Corvette

Jake Rozelle, 2003 Corvette

Holley EFI GTL Class (non-compacts under 3,200 pounds)

Mike DuSold, 1967 Camaro

Ken Thwaits, 2006 Mitsubishi Evo

Lynn Proctor, 2005 Dodge Viper

Optima Chargers GTE Class (BEV electric vehicles)

Andrew Fritts, 2018 Bolt

Vernon Jolley, 2015 Spark

GTC Class (two-wheel-drive compacts, 107-inch wheelbase or less)

Sammy Valafar, 2000 Mazda Miata

Thomas Litton, 1997 Mazda Miata

Nick Fousekis, 1993 Mazda RX-7

Optima Batteries GT Class (post-1989, 3,200+ pounds, 2wd sedans, four-seater coupes, trucks, etc.)

Wes Drelleshak, 2018 Camaro

Paul Molina, 2017 Ford Mustang

Tony Scalici, 2018 Camaro

Outlaw Class (relaxed aero rules, pro drivers allowed)

Duke Langley, 2002 Corvette

Rich Willhoff, 2006 Corvette

Randal Wonnenberg, 2007 Corvette

Spectre Performance Spirit of the Event Award: Thomas Smith, 2005 Subaru STi

Remaining 2019 Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car Schedule Daytona International Speedway April 12-13

NCM Motorsports Park June 1-2

Pikes Peak International Raceway July 6-7

Road America August 16-17

Auto Club Speedway September 14-15

NOLA Motorsports Park October 5-6

Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational November 9-10

Duke Langley’s 2002 Corvette took home the first-ever win in the Outlaw class. While these cars aren’t eligible for the OUSCI title, they are still street legal and street driven in the Lucas Oil Road Rally.

  Jennifer Long was one of 14 rookies in the season opener. As such, she was eligible to get her entry fee refunded if she was the top finisher. While that didn’t happen for her, she did have a great time and we expect to see her back again soon.

  Competitors in the series now get four minutes to present their cars in the Lingenfelter Design & Engineering Challenge. Pat Sheely made the most of his time, taking the top spot in the Classic Car Liquidators GTV class with his 1972 Stringray.

While the judges have their own opinions, the competitors vote on the Anderson Composites’ Competitor’s Choice Award for the most-coveted vehicle in the field. On this weekend, it was Randal Wonnenberg’s C6 that they wished would follow them home.

  Carrie Willhoff was one of several competitors who changed classes from last season, while still running the same car. In her case, it was a matter of dropping enough weight out of her 2010 Corvette to get into the GTL class. Since her husband, Rich, moved over to the Outlaw class, that meant that they didn’t have to worry about competing against each other for points or positions.

  As much as Corvettes fill up the Holley EFI GTL and Recaro GTS classes, Camaros seem to do the same in the Classic Car Liquidators GTV class for pre-1990 vehicles. One of the exceptions in Las Vegas was Alan Miller’s 1970 Chevelle. Miller ran another Chevelle in the series in the past, but recently completed building this car, which posted a top 10 finish.

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WordPress 5.1 “Betty”

A Little Better Every Day

Version 5.1 of WordPress, named “Betty” in honour of acclaimed jazz vocalist Betty Carter, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard.

Following WordPress 5.0 — a major release which introduced the new block editor — 5.1 focuses on polish, in particular by improving the overall performance of the editor. In addition, this release paves the way for a better, faster, and more secure WordPress with some essential tools for site administrators and developers.

Site Health

With security and speed in mind, this release introduces WordPress’s first Site Health features. WordPress will start showing notices to administrators of sites that run long-outdated versions of PHP, which is the programming language that powers WordPress.

When you install new plugins, WordPress’s Site Health features will check them against the version of PHP you’re running. If the plugin requires a version that won’t work with your site, WordPress will keep you from installing that plugin.

Editor Performance

Introduced in WordPress 5.0, the new block editor continues to improve. Most significantly, WordPress 5.1 includes solid performance improvements within the editor. The editor should feel a little quicker to start, and typing should feel smoother.

Expect more performance improvements in the next couple of releases.

Developer Happiness

Multisite Metadata

5.1 introduces a new database table to store metadata associated with sites and allows for the storage of arbitrary site data relevant in a multisite / network context.

Cron API

The Cron API has been updated with new functions to assist with returning data and includes new filters for modifying cron storage. Other changes in behavior affect cron spawning on servers running FastCGI and PHP-FPM versions 7.0.16 and above.

New JS Build Processes

WordPress 5.1 features a new JavaScript build option, following the large reorganisation of code that started in the 5.0 release.

Other Developer Goodness

Miscellaneous improvements include:

Updates to values for the WP_DEBUG_LOG constant

New test config file constant in the test suite, new plugin action hooks

Short-circuit filters for wp_unique_post_slug(), WP_User_Query, and count_users()

A new human_readable_duration function

Improved taxonomy metabox sanitization

Limited LIKE support for meta keys when using WP_Meta_Query

A new “doing it wrong” notice when registering REST API endpoints

…and more!

The Squad

This release was led by Matt Mullenweg, along with Gary Pendergast as Senior Code Reshuffler and Poet. They received wonderful assistance from the following 561 contributors for this release, 231 of whom were making their first ever contribution! Pull up some Betty Carter on your music service of choice, and check out some of their profiles:

0x6f0, 1265578519, 1naveengiri, 360zen, aardrian, Aaron Jorbin, Abdullah Ramzan, Abhay Vishwakarma, Abhijit Rakas, Achal Jain, achbed, Adam Silverstein, Ajit Bohra, Alain Schlesser, aldavigdis, alejandroxlopez, Alex, Alex Shiels, Alexander Botteram, Alexandru Vornicescu, alexgso, allancole, Allen Snook, Alvaro Gois dos Santos, Ana Cirujano, Anantajit JG, Andrés, Andrea Fercia, Andrea Gandino, Andrea Middleton, andrei0x309, andreiglingeanu, Andrew Duthie, Andrew Lima, Andrew Nacin, Andrew Nevins, Andrew Ozz, Andrey Savchenko, Andy Fragen, Andy Meerwaldt, Angelika Reisiger, Antal Tettinger, antipole, Anton Timmermans, Antonio Villegas, antonioeatgoat, Anwer AR, Arun, Ashar Irfan, ashokrd2013, Ayesh Karunaratne, Ayub Adiputra, Barry Ceelen, Behzod Saidov, Ben Byrne, benhuberman, Benoit Chantre, benvaassen, Bhargav Mehta, bikecrazyy, Birgir Erlendsson, BjornW, Blair jersyer, Blobfolio, bobbingwide, boblinthorst, Boone Gorges, Boro Sitnikovski, Brad Parbs, Bradley Taylor, bramheijmink, Brandon Kraft, Brandon Payton, Brent Swisher, Brian Richards, bridgetwillard, Brooke., bruceallen, Burhan Nasir, Bytes.co, Caleb Burks, Calin Don, campusboy, carolinegeven, ccismaru, chasewg, Chetan Prajapati, Chouby, ChriCo, chriscct7, Christopher Spires, claudiu, Clifford Paulick, Code Clinic, codegrau, coleh, conner_bw, Corey McKrill, croce, Csaba (LittleBigThings), Cyrus Collier, Daniel Bachhuber, Daniel James, Daniel Koskinen, Daniel Richards, Daniele Scasciafratte, danimalbrown, Danny Cooper, Danny de Haan, Darko A7, Darren Ethier (nerrad), Dave Pullig, David A. Kennedy, David Anderson, David Binovec, David Cramer, David Herrera, David Lingren, David Shanske, David Stone, dekervit, Denis Yanchevskiy, Dennis Snell, designsimply, dfangstrom, Dhanendran, Dharmesh Patel, Dhaval kasavala, Dhruvin, DiedeExterkate, Dilip Bheda, dingo-d, Dion Hulse, dipeshkakadiya, Dominik Schilling, Donncha O Caoimh, dontstealmyfish, Drew Jaynes, Drivingralle, dschalk, dsifford, eamax, eArtboard, edo888, ElectricFeet, Ella Van Durpe, Emil Dotsev, Eric Andrew Lewis, Eric Daams, Erich Munz, Erick Hitter, ericmeyer, etoledom, Evan Solomon, Evangelos Athanasiadis, Faisal Alvi, Felipe Elia, Felix Arntz, Fernando Claussen, flipkeijzer, Florian TIAR, FPCSJames, Frank Klein, fuchsws, fullyint, Gabriel Maldonado, Gareth, Garrett Hyder, Gary Jones, Gennady Kovshenin, Gerhard Potgieter, Girish Panchal, GM_Alex, gnif, graymouser, greg, Grzegorz (Greg) Ziółkowski, Guido, GutenDev, Hafiz Rahman, Hai@LiteSpeed, Hans-Christiaan Braun, Hardeep Asrani, Hardik Amipara, Harsh Patel, haruharuharuby, Heather Burns, Helen Hou-Sandi, Henry Wright, Herre Groen, Hitendra Chopda, Ian Belanger, Ian Dunn, ibantxillo, Ignacio Cruz Moreno, Igor, Igor Benic, imath, ionvv, Irene Strikkers, isabel104, ishitaka, Ivan Mudrik, J.D. Grimes, Jack Reichert, Jacob Peattie, James Nylen, janak Kaneriya, janalwin, Janki Moradiya, janthiel, Jason Caldwell, javorszky, Jaydip Rami, Jayman Pandya, Jb Audras, Jeff Farthing, Jeffrey de Wit, Jeffrey Paul, Jennifer M. Dodd, Jenny, Jeremey, Jeremy Felt, Jeremy Herve, Jeremy Pry, Jeremy Scott, Jesper V Nielsen, Jesse Friedman, Jimmy Comack, Jip Moors, Jiri Hon, JJJ, joanrho, Job, Joe Bailey-Roberts, Joe Dolson, Joe Hoyle, Joe McGill, Joel James , Joen Asmussen, John Blackbourn, John Godley, johnalarcon, johnpgreen, johnschulz, Jonathan Champ, Jonathan Desrosiers, joneiseman, Jonny Harris, Joost de Valk, Jorge Costa, Joseph Scott, JoshuaWold, Joy, jpurdy647, jrdelarosa, jryancard, Juhi Patel, Julia Amosova, juliemoynat, Juliette Reinders Folmer, Junaid Ahmed, Justin Sainton, Justin Sternberg, Justin Tadlock, K.Adam White, kapteinbluf, keesiemeijer, Kelly Dwan, kelvink, khaihong, Kiran Potphode, Kite, kjellr, kkarpieszuk, kmeze, Knut Sparhell, konainm, Konstantin Obenland, Konstantinos Xenos, kristastevens, krutidugade, laghee, Laken Hafner, Lance Willett, laurelfulford, lbenicio, Leander Iversen, leemon, lenasterg, lisannekluitmans, lizkarkoski, Luca Grandicelli, LucasRolff, luciano-croce, Luminus, Mário Valney, maartenleenders, macbookandrew, Maja Benke, Mako, mallorydxw-old, Manuel Augustin, manuel_84, Marc Nilius, marcelo2605, Marco Martins, marco.marsala, Marcus Kazmierczak, marcwieland95, Marius L. J., mariusvw, Mariyan Belchev, Mark Jaquith, Mathieu Sarrasin, mathieuhays, Matt Cromwell, Matt Gibbs, Matt Martz, Matthew Boynes, Matthew Riley MacPherson, mattyrob, mcmwebsol, Mel Choyce, mensmaximus, mermel, metalandcoffee, Micah Wood, Michael Nelson, Michiel Heijmans, Migrated to @sebastienserre, Miguel Fonseca, Miguel Torres, mihaiiceyro, mihdan, Mike Gillihan, Mike Jolley, Mike Schroder, Milan Dinić, Milan Ivanovic, Milana Cap, Milind More, mirkoschubert, Monika Rao, Monique Dubbelman, moto hachi ( mt8.biz ), mrmadhat, Muhammad Kashif, Mukesh Panchal, MultiformeIngegno, Muntasir Mahmud, munyagu, MyThemeShop, mzorz, nadim0988, nandorsky, Naoki Ohashi, Naoko Takano, nataliashitova, Nate Allen, Nathan Johnson, ndavison, Ned Zimmerman, Nextendweb, Nick Diego, Nick Halsey, Nick Momrik, Nick the Geek, Nicolas Figueira, Nicolas GUILLAUME, Nicolle Helgers, Nidhi Jain, Niels Lange, Nikhil Chavan, Nilambar Sharma, Noam Eppel, notnownikki, odyssey, Omar Reiss, Omkar Bhagat, Ov3rfly, Paal Joachim Romdahl, palmiak, panchen, parbaugh, Parham Ghaffarian, Pascal Birchler, Pascal Casier, Paul Bearne, Paul Biron, Paul Paradise, Paul Schreiber, Perdaan, Peter Putzer, Peter Wilson, Petter Walbø Johnsgård, Pierre Saïkali, Pieter Daalder, Piyush Patel, poena, Pramod Jodhani, Prashant Baldha, Pratik K. Yadav, Pratik K. Yadav, precies, Presskopp, Presslabs, PressTigers, programmin, Punit Patel, Purnendu Dash, qcmiao, Rachel Baker, Rachel Cherry, Rachel Peter, Rafsun Chowdhury, Rahul Prajapati, Raja Mohammed, Ramanan, Rami Yushuvaev, Ramiz Manked, ramonopoly, RavanH, redcastor, remyvv, rensw90, rhetorical, Riad Benguella, Rian Rietveld, Richard Tape, Ricky Lee Whittemore, Rinku Y, Rishi Shah, Robbie, robdxw, Robert Anderson, Robin Cornett, Robin van der Vliet, Ryan McCue, Ryan Paul, Ryan Welcher, ryotsun, Sébastien SERRE, Saša, sagarnasit, Sami Ahmed Siddiqui, Sami Keijonen, Samuel Wood (Otto), sarah semark, Sayed Taqui, Scott Lee, Scott Reilly, Sean Hayes, Sebastian Kurzynoswki, Sebastian Pisula, Sergey Biryukov, Shamim Hasan, Shane Eckert, Sharaz Shahid, Shashwat Mittal, Shawn Hooper, sherwood, Shital Marakana, Shiva Poudel, Simon Prosser, Sjardo, skoldin, slilley, slushman, Sonja Leix, sonjanyc, Soren Wrede, spartank, spyderbytes, Stanimir Stoyanov, Stanko Metodiev, stazdotio, Stephen Edgar, Stephen Harris, stevenlinx, Storm Rockwell, Stoyan Kostadinov, strategio, Subrata Sarkar, Sultan Nasir Uddin, swift, Takahashi Fumiki, Takayuki Miyauchi, Tammie Lister, Taylor Lovett, teddytime, Terri Ann, terwdan, tharsheblows, ThemeZee, Thomas Patrick Levy, Thomas Vitale, thomaswm, Thorsten Frommen, Thrijith Thankachan, Tiago Hillebrandt, tigertech, Tim Havinga, Tim Hengeveld, Timmy Crawford, Timothy Jacobs, titodevera, Tkama, Tobias Zimpel, Tom J Nowell, TomHarrigan, Tommy Ferry, tonybogdanov, Tor-Bjorn Fjellner, TorontoDigits, Toshihiro Kanai, Towhidul Islam, transl8or, Ulrich, upadalavipul, Usman Khalid, Utsav tilava, uttam007, Vaishali Panchal, Valérie Galassi, valchovski, vishaldodiya, vnsavage, voneff, warmlaundry, wbrubaker, Weston Ruter, Will Kwon, William Earnhardt, williampatton, wpzinc, xhezairi, Yahil Madakiya, Yoav Farhi, Yui, YuriV, Zane Matthew, and zebulan.

Finally, thanks to all the community translators who worked on WordPress 5.1. Their efforts bring WordPress 5.1 fully translated to 34 languages at release time, with more on the way.

If you want to follow along or help out, check out Make WordPress and our core development blog.

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Original source: https://wordpress.org/news/2019/02/betty/