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It is Time to Help the Invisible Children

By Alex Lombardo –

For the past 20 years one man has destroyed the lives of over 30,000 children and no one has noticed until now.

A video exposing Joseph Kony, a war criminal leading a group of rebels called the Lord’s Resistance Army(LRA) in the African nation Uganda, went viral in the first week it was uploaded. Kony kidnaps children and forces the boys to fight as soldiers for him and sells the girls as sex slaves.

With no supporters one should wonder how Kony has remained in control for so long. Kony fights only for power. He has no cause or wishes to reform.

He should be stopped and people in the United States should pressure the government to intervene. It is our duty as human beings to watch out for each other.

His army is made up mostly of kidnapped children whom he forces to kill. Sometimes the children are forced to even murder their own parents.

This is wrong and is terribly immoral that it is happening and the rest of the world is standing by and, basically, doing nothing.

People complain about children working on computers in China. In Uganda, children are forced to commit far worse crimes.

Kony is at the top of the wanted list by the International Criminal Court or ICC. The ICC is an institute set up to prosecute criminals for crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

joseph-kony-blog480 — Joeseph Kony. Photo courtesy by Stuart Price

But worldwide awareness of Kony and his crimes has been relatively low and, as a result, not much has been done to stop him.

But in 2006 a group called the Invisible Children officially became a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing Joseph Kony to justice.

On October 12, 2011 president Barrack Obama sent 100 troops to Uganda to assist local forces in the capture and removal of Joseph Kony. Unfortunately, Kony is operating as before.

Photo on 2012-03-20 at 11.31 — Alex Lombardo

The organization Invisible Children created and uploaded an informational video on March 5, 2012 and it has since gotten over 76 million views.

The video describes who Kony is and what he has done. It also goes over a plan for what the United States citizens need to do to help bring Kony to justice.

The goal of the video is to bring awareness about the LRA and to make Kony as infamous as possible. The more our citizens care, the more priority the government will give the campaign. The idea is if the United States government sees that it really matters to its citizens then they will take more action towards seeing Kony captured.

People need to make donations or buy action kits to give support to the effort to stop Kony. There is contact information on the site that allows people to contact government directly. We should all do this.

On April 20 of this year there will be a movement stretching through the night to put up signs and posters so that when the rest of the country wakes up they will know what all about. Everyone should come out and show their support for this incredible movement.

Join the effort today and on April 20. Together we can make a difference.

The website address: http://www.invisiblechildren.com/

Walking Dead Season 2 Finale

By Dayonte Dixon –

Popular drama Walking Dead Season 2 ended Sunday March 18. Walking Dead script writers did a great job holding up to their usual action-packed and suspenseful reputation.

The season 2 finale was full of action – from killing zombies, which isn’t anything out of the ordinary, to burning barns to fast paced and wild driving. For those who were unfortunate enough to have missed the previous episode, they missed the killing of Shane.

The finale starts when Rick and his son Carl are heading back to the farm when a parade of walkers appear in the distance.

“It kept me on the edge of my chair the entire time,” senior Reagan Forrey praised the show.

Back at the house, the group is occupied by what seemed to be the second half of the parade. Herschl (Owner of the farm) has his mind set on standing his ground, but the rest of the group realizes that it is time to abandon ship. The group begins dividing as they split to enter their different vehicles attempting to get away but making sure they terminate as many walkers as possible on their way out.

Herschl, too stubborn to leave his farm behind, begins spraying his rifle into the sea of walkers but these fish were a little to big to be cast away.

During this time, Rick and Carl are stumbling through the fields but soon take refuge in the barn, where Rick realizes that it is time to strike back. With all of Rick’s skill and experience, he draws a gang full of walkers into the barn and closes the door behind them. After Rick and Carl escape through the back entrance, the barn quickly erupts into flames.

What seems to be an hour of shooting, stabbing and running over walkers ensures and the group abandons the farm. But not everybody escapes alive or well. Two members are overwhelmed by the army of walkers. Jimmy and Patricia (Members of Herschl’s family) do not make it.

Rick and Carl finally make it back to the farm where Rick convinces Herschl to leave his farm behind. They begin driving down the road with the glow of the barn burning brightly in the background.

The group eventually meets back on the highway only to realize that Andrea was left behind. Assuming she did not make it, the group continues on to find a new place to call “home.”

However, the group’s assumption was wrong. Andrea did survive, but only by the skin on her back. She is running through the woods taking out every walker in her way. But walkers resemble wolves, where there’s one there’s really twenty.

The finale is almost at it’s end, but the show could not wrap up without the usual barrage of cliffhangers. Some of the things that will leave the Walking Dead fan base on their toes until next season is the sight of the prison at the end of the episode and the hooded stranger who saves Andrea’s life in the woods. Plus the cliffhangers from earlier in the season that haven’t yet been answered, like what happens to Merle and the father and son who were heading to Atlanta are also reasons viewers will tune in next season.

The season finale has its fans both excited and sad at the same time. Excited because of the action and thriller of the episode, but also sad because it is the last episode they will see for some time.

“Season 2 finale; how pumped?” said junior Ian Martzal via Twitter ” But so bummed that it’s over for a while.”

Supporting Athletes Rather Than Actual Athletes

By Maggie Dubbs –

Most people don’t considering standing on the sidelines a sport.

But cheerleading has been a part of universities since 1880. This “sport” started at Princeton University on the sidelines at football games to encourage spirit. It has since then trended over to high school and now is be coming an all star sport for competition.

But how does this “sport” compare to the other endeavors athletes endure?

Maggie Dubbs (Left), Mackenzie Payne (Right)

People say it doesn’t even compare to the amount of work that other athletes put in, from early morning conditioning at 6:15 to late night practices around 8:30.

Cheerleading practice, some say, is just a bunch of girls jumping around yelling.

But consider this -cheerleading has had more and more injuries over the years. According to CPSC, “in 2007, head and neck injuries accounted for 15.1 percent of total cheerleading injuries. In 2006, head injuries were associated with 1,070 concussions, 200 contusions, 15 fractures and 1,157 internal injuries; neck injuries accounted for 79 contusions, 60 fractures and 1,325 sprains/strains. In 2007, head injuries were associated with 783 concussions, 308 contusions, 69 lacerations and 1,122 internal injuries; neck injuries were associated with 303 contusions, 5 fractures and 1,281 sprains/strains.”

According to Momsteam.com “Football has between 600,000 and 760,000, in high school, concussions.”

Yes, football has more concussions over all, but it seems as though cheerleading is somehow more dangerous with different injuries.

Many sports including boy’s and girl’s lacrosse, girl’s basketball and boy’s and girl’s volleyball have the school trainer working them out and pushing them to extreme limits using their muscles. Cheerleaders lift maybe 90 to 100 pound girls, and of course with the assistance of two other team mates.

All sports have mandatory practices during the season when they are not performing on the fields or courts. Cheering only occurs two to three times a week and preseason practices are even less.

But, the amount of time put into other varsity sports is no where near the amount of time cheerleaders put into their routines and the learning of their cheers is even less.

“Cheerleading is a sport, because we go to the weight room, and stay in shape just like all of the other teams do,” said cheerleader of three years, Jessica Hanner.

Just because cheerleader goes to the weight room, doesn’t mean they have set routines while lifting.

“We’re kind of allowed to do whatever we want, we mostly just do abs,” said Mackenzie Payne, cheerleader of 11 years.

Payne was also apart of All-Star Elite cheerleading.

“Cheerleading is cheerleading, either way I’m having fun,” said Payne.

All-Star cheerleading should be considered a sport, because those gymnasts are actually in the gym. Usually the girls and or guys, six out of seven days of the week, for many hours are training very hard to place well in competitions coming up.

“All-star cheerleading is more extreme than high school because you have to be in tip-top shape. All-Star practice was three hours, six days a week, where as high school is like two hours for three days out of the week. We don’t do stunts like All-Stars do,” said Payne.

cheer2 — All-Star Cheerleading, Mackenzie Payne

As long as they’re on the sidelines, they’ll never cross the line of sport-hood. They’re more like supporting athletes than real athletes.

All-Star Cheerleading Cheerleaders do flips, twists and difficult stunts. Yes, they deserve credit for something most people can’t do, but it’s nothing an Olympic gymnast couldn’t do.

Some sports that get cheered for find it annoying.

“Sometimes, yeah they’re annoying because you’re trying to concentrate, and they’re just yelling and carrying on, but sometimes it’s nice to have something to look at,” said varsity wrestler Mac Evarts.

Millersville Takes A Different Approach To Learning

By Maggie Dubbs and Austin Rowley –

“It’s actually kind of cliche to say but, the kid’s teach us,” said Jocelyn Lurie, vice-president of the Student Pennsylvania State Education Association (SPSCA) club at Millersville University.

Millersville University has set up a program called “Study Buddies” where children from all over Lancaster County including Penn Manor can come on to the campus Monday and Tuesday nights, and receive teacher-in-training help with their homework or studies.

studdybuddie2 — (From left to right) President Amy DaJazak, and two Vice Presidents.

These college students are usually in their junior or senior year of college and hoping to go out into the elementary education field. But, this program is not only offered to elementary school children, it is offered kindergarten through 12th grade.

Some, however, find that by doing this, it helps them decide specifically what grade or even what levels of children they will be working with.

“I actually started out in elementary education, but then moved to special education,” said Derick Tilburg, senior college student.

At these sessions, students arrive around six at night, and check in on a sign in sheet. At this point, students then file off with their “buddies” into a large group room or into more secluded rooms depending on concentration issues. Then the students pull out their homework for that night or other materials and work one-on-one with the college students.

Also the college setting allow students to use other resources such as the college’s computers to assist in studying.

Janice Di Ilio, a grandmother with grandchildren in the Lancaster School District, said that she hopes to see her two granddaughters benefit from this by helping them to focus and prepare them with materials for what they’re doing academically. She said her daughter signed her children up for this program to help them work on their studies, and use their communication skills. Also to see how the college students handled themselves.

studybuddie1 — Working on study skills with the children are an important part of this program.

“She thought it would be better since the college kids are younger, they would find more comfort in explaining their problems to a younger kid, and be more comfortable talking to them,” said Ilio.

There are no profits being made off of Study Buddies, but president Amy DaJazak hopes to continue the Study Buddies tradition now going on for 21 years.

“It helps our students gain experience, and with the budget cuts there’s not enough room for students to get the help they need,” said DaJazak.

AMA Motocross and Supercross Safety Needs More Attention

By Brad Kruger –

The sport of motocross racing is extremely dangerous and the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) needs to set a new ruling about wearing proper safety gear in professional motocross and supercrosss racing because of the rise in serious injuries that have occurred from extreme competition and challenging race tracks.

villopoto neck brace — Professional MX/SX Racer Ryan Villopoto shown wearing a neck brace.

For years motocross racers, fans, teams, and others involved in the sport have known the risks and injuries that a racer can sustain in the sport. But over the last 10 years the rise in serious injuries are devastating. Top racers around the world have sustained career-ending injuries. Riders like Ernesto Fonseca, Doug Henry, and Broc Hepler are just a few that have suffered injuries over the last few years that have ended their careers. Broken backs, necks, and serious head injuries are the main injuries that are ending careers. With the help of proper helmets and neck braces, riders can reduce their chance of having one of these injuries. However, the AMA currently does not force riders to wear neck braces. They must wear a helmet, but the current safety standards of the helmets are too low.

The AMA needs to force professional racers to wear some form of neck brace and better quality helmets. Many riders have started wearing neck braces since the Leatt Brace came onto the scene a few years back, and since then many other protective gear companies have started making neck braces as well. A neck brace is not something a professional racer is forced to wear but if it were, it would reduce the number of back and neck injuries.

In early 2006, professional racer Ernesto Fonseca suffered a practice crash that ended his career. He broke several bones in his back and left him paralyzed from the waist down. At this time nobody wore neck braces. Over the next few years the neck braces were developed and many racers started to wear them after seeing what happened to their fellow racers and wanted to avoid their chances of this injury.

While neck braces don’t 100 percent protect riders from all injuries, they help tremendously. There have been several incidents where a racer has broken their collarbone while wearing a neck brace but said, if I wasn’t wearing this neck brace, I would have gotten hurt a lot more. A broken collarbone is better than a broken neck or back.

According to Leatt-Brace.com, between 2001-05 in 142 injuries were reported from professional motocross and supercross racing, and 7 percent were vertebral injuries. With the help of Leatt Brace’s and other brand neck braces this number of injuries can be lowered.

For the safety of younger and amateur motocross racer the professional’s should be forced to wear neck braces because it will help show younger kids that they need to protect themselves properly when riding and racing to avoid serious injury.

Proper helmets should also be enforced among professional racers. Although many do wear high quality helmets, there are also many who do not. Part of the reason some wear somewhat unsafe helmets is because a rider’s sponsor wants them to promote all their products including their less protective helmets. This is not a smart thing to do for sponsors or riders. There is no excuse for not wearing a safe helmet, your head is the most important thing to keep safe and not wearing a proper helmet raises the risk of having a head injury.

In 2008, Wyatt Barto, a young rider from Pennsylvania lost his life while practicing in North Carolina. Since the accident his parents have started Foundation 529 to help provide proper helmets and neck braces to kids under the age of 18 who cannot afford them. Since they started the foundation they have donated tons of helmets and neck braces. They also have had the support of professional racers who do realize that safety in racing is a huge concern by donating autographed gear, t-shirts, hats, and more to auction off to raise money for the Foundation.

More professionals and AMA officials need to realize that safety should be their number one concern. There needs to be a change to make riders wear the proper protective gear. Is winning a race or doing a big triple really worth a good chance of crashing and ending your life or career?

A Sign of the Times Eased into Retirement

By Alicia Ygarza –

People will no longer be able to purchase the book collection that was once considered a trophy to have.

The Encyclopedia Britannica was printed and sold for 244 years, and now that information is constantly being updated on the internet, it will no longer be continued.

“Some people will feel sad about it and nostalgic about it. But we have a better tool now. The Web site [Encyclopedia Britannica Online] is constantly being updated, and it’s much more expansive and it has multimedia,” said Jorge Cauz, the president of Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.

The last print version is the 32-volume 2012 edition, according to The New York Times.

Sites like the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, gave Britannica a run for its money.

Wikipedia is constantly fresh with new updated information, and it has nearly four million articles in English.

“Students rarely use the encyclopedias, they go online much more,” said Pamela Yarnell, librarian at Penn Manor.

In 2005, Nature questioned Britannica’s “presumed” accuracy advantage over Wikipedia. Nature discovered that out of 42 entries, Wikipedia made an average of four errors in each article, while Britannica made three, according to The New York Times.

Although Wikipedia makes only one more mistake than Britannica in each article, and is more convenient for many. Some people would rather flip a page than surf the web.

“They’re [encyclopedias] used by anyone who’s learning, anyone who’s new to the country, older patrons, people who aren’t comfortable online. There’s a whole demographic of people who are more comfortable with print,” said Sonya Durney, a reference librarian.

“I prefer more printable versions, like a newspaper. When information is printed it’s outdated,” said Gary Luft, math teacher at Penn Manor.

However, some people feel differently about printed encyclopedias, like Gary Marchionini, dean of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina.

Wikipedia logo, courtesy of ohinternet.com

“There’s more comprehensive material available on the Web,” said Marchionini.

“Print encyclopedias account for less than one percent of the Britannica’s revenue. About 85 percent of revenue comes from selling curriculum products in subjects like math, science and the English language; 15 percent comes from subscriptions to the Web site,” said the Britannica company to The New York Times.

But what will Penn Manor do with its large encyclopedia collection?

According to Yarnell, some teachers encourage their students to use the schools encyclopedia collection, but not as much as they promote them using the internet.

“Teachers want students to use the specialty encyclopedias, but not these [Worldbook, Encyclopedia, Compton’s Encyclopedia],” said Yarnell. “I think teachers want students to use the internet more because the encyclopedias are too easy to find information in,” states Yarnell.

Joe Herman, history teacher at Penn Manor, wants his students to use primary sources, and rarely encourages his students to use encyclopedias.

“I encourage my students to use diaries, letters, pictures, and journals because they’re primary sources, and they help the students do more research,” said Herman.

When Penn Manor gets a new encyclopedia set, they typically donate an old set to any library or person who wants it.

However, Penn Manor will keep its collection for a while, said Yarnell.

Trash the Bowl Games, Playoffs are the Future (Editorial)

By Ian Noll –

Everybody loves college basketball’s March Madness and a football version would ensure that the best teams play each other in that sport. And it would ensure that a real champion is crowned every year.

The BCS-championship system college football is using now has continued to show it’s weak points year after year, the best teams are not playing for the championship every time.

“It’s better than the BCS, probably more fair, and the NFL does it so why shouldn’t college too,” Penn Manor junior Ian Martzall asked.

The Bowl Championship Series, BCS for short, is decided by human opinion which alone sets up unfair bowl games. The system was changed in 2004 when the strength of schedule, win-loss record and quality wins were all eliminated from deciding who will play, according to About.com. Human polls account for about two-thirds of the deciding formula compared to before when it was only one-quarter.

“It needs to be set up like playoffs in the NFL so the top 8 teams have a shot of winning it,” junior Matt Hatch insisted.

In recent years, there have been multiple blowouts, showcasing the fact that the teams were not evenly matched to play for the title game. The 2004 and 2006 championship games were prime examples of blowouts, 2004 was USC vs. Oklahoma, USC won by 36. The 2006 game consisted of Florida vs Ohio State, had Florida winning by 27.

APTOPIX_BCS_Championship_Football_0d41f — Nick Saban and the Alabama Rolling Tide celebrating their National Championship. Photo from the Washington Post

Now, here’s a proposition to fix the system, and have the best teams play every year.

Playoffs.

It doesn’t have to be the NFL form of playoffs, or the March Madness version, but somewhere in the middle.

“I guess they could take away one or two regular season games, or just start earlier or end later,” Martzall said.

According to a survey ESPN conducted, the majority of the NCAA players and coaches prefer a playoff system over BCS.

To institute a playoff system the NCAA should start eliminating the games where the teams just have a “hay day” on smaller schools. An example would be Penn State playing a school similar to Youngstown State. Both are D-1 football programs, but are not even close to playing on the same level. With the elimination of these rather pointless games, could shorten the season so that the playoff system would be able to be used.

But with every idea or proposition, comes the critics.

According to CollegeFootball.procon.org, with a playoff system, a team can lose an entire year worth of hard work if they have one bad day. Also, if there was a playoff system the season would be extended by as much as a month and would contribute to player injuries and academic problems.

Photo on 2012-03-20 at 11.22 — Author Ian Noll

There hasn’t been a decision yet, but with a few big name conferences warming up to the idea of playoffs, the drop of the BCS might not be so far away.

The NCAA needs to drop the BCS already and move their ranking system towards a playoff oriented version. Doing this will ensure that the best teams who played well throughout the season will be playing each other in the National Championship. It will also hopefully eliminate blowout games, such as the 2004 and 2006 game.

Girl’s Lax- Locked and Loaded

By David Mohimani –

New team. New coach. Same goals.

Last year the Penn Manor’s girls lacrosse team made a deep-spirited run to the state semi’s before seeing it come to an abrupt end.

The Comets are no longer led by head coach Jim Miller, instead taking over the reins is former assistant coach Kim Marsh.

Marsh, a counselor at the high school, was an assistant on last years’ state-semi team, and hopes to keep the Comets headed in the right direction.

This year’s team has to replace a stellar group of seniors that were headlined by Maddie Hess and Alicia Burns. Hess is now a member of the Virgina Tech Hokies lacrosse team.

Making up for the those two is an obvious challenge, they accounted for a ton of the Comets offensive production, as well as providing leadership in the locker room.

The Comets do return some key players from last year’s stellar squad.

On offense you have to look no further than senior Emily Eddowes. Eddowes was an offensive force last year and will look to pick up the slack this year. Eddowes committed to Rollins college for lacrosse and will play there in the fall.

Fellow senior Courtney Fatta will play for Thiel college at the next level.

50288_119774518083502_4639914_n — girls lacrosse stick ,strung and ready to go courtesy of google images

Defensively the Comets will be led by seniors Amanda Nolt and Megan Schlegelmilch.

Eddowes and Schlegelmilch are the captains of the squad.

“My job is to keep everyone in line and to keep the practices because that’s Marsh’s philosophy,”said Schlegelmilch.

Schlegelmilch also noted that there are some differences between Marsh and former coach Miller.

“There is a set practice schedule so we know what to expect instead of it being up in the air,” Schlegelmilch explained ” the drills are concise so we get to do a lot of things.”

Not a senior but with lots of experience, the Comets will gladly welcome the return of junior goaltender Lauren Ali.

“We should be a lot better ( with Ali),” explained Schlegelmilch.

The Comets boast a formidable roster but will have to prove themselves against tough league oppennts such as Manheim Township and Cocalico.

“Township didn’t lose any girls and they have six or seven D-I (Division I) scholarship players,” explained Schlegelmilch.

“It going to be us and Cocalico for a league spot, they have two really good twins,” said Schlegelmilch.

Schlegelmilch was positive about the team’s chances.

“We have the potential, but it (their success) will depend on everyone’s indivdual motivation.”

She noted that they were a young team as a whole, but that the youth could help them.

A mixture of young athleticism and senior experience should make the Comets competitive in every game, but the test will be how cohesive they are on the field.

Only time will tell.

The girls’ begin their season on Fri. March, 23. They open on the road facing Hershey.

It’s a Hershey team that two years ago handed the Comets a shocking upset in the district semi-finals.

The girls will be looking to avenge that bitter defeat.

New Driving Program Brakes for Inexperienced Drivers

By Alicia Ygarza –

The Manheim community is not braking on teen driving issues but facing them straight on in an attempt to prevent another tragic injury or death.

The Manheim area has lost eight teens to driving accidents over the past two years, so the Manheim Lions Club and its community partners have decided to promote a defensive driving program called BRAKES to teen drivers and their parents.

“Some of the issues (accidents) are due to inexperience, and some are due to recklessness,” said BRAKES coordinator, Clayton Stitzel.

BRAKES stands for Be Responsible and Keep Everyone Safe, and some parents at Penn Manor are all for the program.

“Yea (I would recommend my kids to BRAKES), I get nervous sending them out there because of their inexperience,” said one parent who works at Penn Manor.

“But I wouldn’t go because my kids get nervous with me in the car, rather than an instructor being with them,” said the parent.

BRAKES was founded in 2008 by Doug Herbert after his two teenage sons were tragically lost in a car accident, according to the Lancaster New Era.

Since then, more than 3,000 students from 19 different states and two countries have participated in the course.

“It’s not us teaching a teen to drive rather than the parent; it’s a community-parent partnership,” said Stitzel.

The club recently informed Donegal High School about BRAKES because they lost a teen to a vehicle accident not too long ago.

Although there have been numerous teenage deaths due to driving incidents. Those accidents don’t make some interested in programs like BRAKES.

“I drive more cautiously after my accidents, not others,” said Nicole Harnish, a Penn Manor student.

The course begins with a half-hour lecture, then the majority of the program is spent driving with an instructor, states Lancaster New Era.

This course may perhaps would be more beneficial to teens than they really think.

“My friends drive crazy,” said Teerney Nace, a student at Penn Manor.

Teens will learn how to drive on wet-road recovery, off-road recovery, panic stopping, and distracted driving, states Stitzel.

The BRAKES program will continue to be available to teen drivers and their parents.

To participate in the course go to www.putonthebrakes.com and look for “Driving Schools” and “Schedule” tabs.

Speed is on the rise

By Tyler Funk –

As more and more shows end up on TV about driving fast or building cars there is more than there used to be. This season will kick off several show’s consisting of something to do with cars or modifying them. Shortly after motorcycles and dirt bikes came in and went, cars shined and a lot of attention was focused on them.

Not long ago, Pimp My Ride was the only car show to show anything to do with modifying a car. The phase came in and went. Not too long the TV show shutdown and there was nothing to be heard from them. There show consisted of taking random people throughout Southern California and customizing there vehicles to something that interests them or is their hobby. Even if your car is all rusted and one bolt from entering the junk-yard they will fix it all up to exceed your expectations! The show was hosted by rapper Xzibit and Chamillionaire was also there. All of this will be done with no cost at all.

As of now, there are several shows currently showing on your Televisions at home. Those shows consist of, Top Gear, which is a British series of fast cars. The show is really about the adventures of three clever middle age blokes who travel the world conducting all sorts of elaborate competitions, races and challenges that push the boundaries of television and automotive acceptability. It is part reality show, part buddy movie, part “Monty Python.” Collected from cbsnews.com.

The History Channel is also broadcasting a television show which is the same as Top Gear but an American version of it. Richard Hammond, one of the co-stars of “Top Gear,” will travel to the United States in search for the most dangerous vehicles he can get his hands on, according to the New York Times.

Wheeler Dealers is a British television series produced by Attaboy TV for the Discovery channel, created by Mike Brewer and mechanic Edd China with assistance from technical ad-visor Paul Brackley. The main idea of the show is that Brewer and China are on a mission to save repairable enthusiast vehicles, by repairing or otherwise improving an example of a particular make and model to a budget, then selling it to a new owner. The guys restore vehicles to immaculate condition and there are many of people who love what they do!

There have so far been nine series of the program. Series 1 originally aired in 2003. The second half of Series 6 was aired in Autumn of 2009 on Discovery Real Time. Series 5 was renamed to Wheeler Dealers: On the Road; in this series Mike and Edd expanded their searching of cars by heading out into Europe hoping to find classic cars to buy and restore, according to DiscoveryUk.com.