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Do you want to be able to get where your going in York quickly, safely and cheaply?
Do you want safe streets to play, walk and cycle on?
Do you want healthy streets with less pollution?
Then join our campaign - York's Jammed: Put the Brake on Traffic Growth.
York Council is consulting on 'Tackling traffic congestion in York'. but all of the options will put more traffic on our roads over the next 10 years.
Instead we need to stop any more traffic growth and support:
If you agree with us and want to 'Put the brake on traffic growth' in York - take one of the easy actions below
1. Email your Councillor and the Chair of the Traffic Congestion Commitee
This is the biggest impact you can have - writing a personalised email makes a huge difference (or use the draft text below). It doesn't have to be long, just a few lines. Say that you want the council to aim for at least a zero growth in traffic. Make sure to add your address so they know you live in York.
Email your councillor: If you don't know your councillor or ward find them on www.writetothem.org or go directly to the council's website for their contact details.
Email: Dave Merrett - [email protected] (Chair of the Traffic Congestion Ad hoc Scrutiny Committee)
2. Join the facebook group
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3. Tell your friends
Forward this link to people you know and ask them to get involved
Draft text to councillor and Dave Merrett - personalise for more impact
I am writing to you regarding York City Council's future transports plans and particularly the current consultation on tackling traffic in York. The consultation gives us little choice other than to opt for an increase in traffic levels ranging from eight to 20 per cent. The last thing we need in York is yet more traffic.
I strongly believe that we should be aiming for at least zero growth in motorised transport in the future.
The reasons for this are numerous. Our health is affected by rising pollution levels across the city particularly on Gillygate, Fishergate gyratory and Nunnery Lane. The Council will find it difficult to achieve its recent commitment to cut local CO2 emissions by at least 40 per cent by 2020 with rising transport emissions. Rising traffic levels will cost people and businesses money, time and frustration and we must plan for the likelihood of increased fuel prices by providing affordable, accessible transport.
Instead York must show bold and ambitious leadership through innovative schemes that support cheap, reliable, public transport, better pedestrian and cycle routes, people switching to cheaper, healthier, more sustainable transport and safe streets for everyone.
This has been achieved in many other cities and we can do the same here to create a healthy, safe, accessible city.
Please can you pass on my comments to the relevant councillors or committees and show your support for less traffic, not more, in York.
Yours sincerely
If you want to get more involved email [email protected]
York & Ryedale Friends of the Earth is a licenced local group of Friends of the Earth England, Wales & Northern Ireland.
These local group pages are maintained by the groups themselves. Please contact the local group in the first instance.
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Official GCube Announcement
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Former THQ executive Shiraz Akmal and global investment manager Jawad Ansari announced today the launch of a new investment firm, GCube Capital. GCube is the first stage-agnostic investment firm to focus solely on the global game industry, one of the fastest-growing markets. The firm's initial focus is on opportunities in the U.S. and Asia. GCube's Managing Directors represent unparalleled experience in the interactive entertainment and private equity/venture capital areas. GCube injects capital into its portfolio companies, and also provides... read more...
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Nationals players make final day of Summer Academy at YBA a memorable one
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by Kyle Mann
On the final day of its Summer Academy Program, the scholar-athletes at the Washington Nationals' Youth Baseball Academy had a few special visitors.
Aaron Barrett, Ian Desmond, Kevin Frandsen, Scott Hairston and Adam LaRoche visited the YBA on Friday morning, and though the experience was surely one the nearly-100 scholar-athletes participating would never forget, the Nationals players may have been the ones most impacted.
"It's been a blast to be here," LaRoche said of the Academy, a place he referred to as 'The Disneyland of Baseball.' "It was two hours of nothing but fun and smiles."
The schedule for the day included games played simultaneously on the Academy's three fields, one overseen by Hairston and his two sons, Dallas and Landon, one run by LaRoche and his daughter, Montana, and another by Barrett and Frandsen.
Desmond, who hosts a group of 20 Academy scholar-athletes at Nationals Park every month during the season as part of his Ian's Academy All-Stars program, is also a Youth Baseball Academy Board Member. Serving in a role best described as roving fun instructor, he rotated between fields, alternating teaching proper footwork around the second base bag and giving one-on-one pep talks to future stars.
"All we can do is try to make an impact," Desmond said. "It's good for the kids, the parents, it's all positive."
While the constant chants supporting every batter emphasized how much fun this day was for the kids, Summer Academy coach Travaughn Kinney reminded his team about the importance of striving to be your best.
"Focus on having fun, but we love to win," he told his team as they took the field.
Kinney, a two-sport college athlete from D.C., discussed the importance of baseball for children as part of their development.
"Baseball teaches patience, and kids from (this area) need that," he said. "Baseball truly requires a team, and that's my favorite part about the game."
The Youth Baseball Academy is about a lot more than baseball, and the Summer Academy program is no exception. An integral part of the YBA's year-round youth development program, the Summer Academy provides a safe, fun, and active learning environment that furthers its mission to use baseball and softball as vehicles to develop literacy and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills. The program also teaches scholar-athletes how to lead healthy lifestyles through fitness, proper nutrition and cooking lessons in a safe, nurturing environment.
The scholar-athletes partaking in the Summer Academy included rising fourth and fifth graders who participated in the Academy's inaugural After-School Program, and rising third graders who started with the first Summer Academy.
In future years, Academy attendees will matriculate through the eighth grade while a class of rising third graders is added. To supplement learning at the Academy, the scholar-athletes took part in weekly experiential-learning field trips, including to the United States Botanic Gardens, the Smithsonian's Discovery Theater and the National Zoo.
But playing baseball with their favorite Nationals on the program's final day may have offered the biggest highlight.
Here's a photo gallery from the day:
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Nationals Magazine Preview: Ian Desmond; The People's Captain
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The following is an excerpt from the June/July issue of Nationals Magazine. To read the full story, visit nationals.com/publications to find out how you can subscribe. The June/July issue of Nationals Magazine is on sale now, can be purchased at the Main Clubhouse Team Store at Nationals Park and is also available inside Nationals Park on gamedays.
by Mike Feigen
The most coveted emblem in sports is not a logo on a cap or a dollar sign on a contract. Instead, it is the captain's 'C' on a player's chest, symbolizing not just their play on the field, court, or ice, but the respect they earn off it. Currently, no baseball players don a 'C' on their jerseys — only three are designated as team captains at all — but Ian Desmond, with the encouragement of his most devoted fans, could one day join that exclusive company.
The evening of April 17, 2014 proved to be one of the toughest of Ian Desmond's career. He'd shown up at the ballpark hoping to lead the Nationals to a victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, but instead found himself in front of his locker answering questions after a difficult 8-0 loss. The two-time Silver Slugger Award-winner wasn't just bothered by the defeat, but by his fielding mishaps — a pair of errors that led to four Cardinals runs.
Always honest and forthright about his performances, good and bad, Desmond made sure he was available to the media late that night.
"As bad as I want to run and hide… (I've) got to stand here and answer the questions, and be a man about it," Desmond told reporters. "This is something I've done to myself. I can't blame anybody else or anything. I've been here before — I've proved to people I can play, and I've proved to myself I can play. I'm going to do it again. The errors in the past have made me who I am today. These are going to make me a better man, too. I've just got to keep fighting through it."
Make me a better man. Those words are seldom heard in a clubhouse, where machismo and defiance usually follow tough defeats. Desmond is an exception to that rule, offering fans and reporters an introspective into his psyche on the bad nights and heaping praise on his teammates on the good ones.
Just a week earlier, Desmond deflected credit after he hit a game-clinching grand slam to give the Nats a 7-1 lead, saying middle reliever Aaron Barrett came through more than he did by getting a key strikeout when the score was still 2-1. It's just part of who he is.
Desmond's regard for others extends far beyond the walls of Nationals Park.
He supports as many charitable causes as he can, the vast majority of which are behind the scenes, with no fanfare. He prefers it that way. Causes he has publicly backed include the campaign to end Neurofibromatosis (NF), which generated more than $30,000 in donations during the month of May, and the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy (YBA), which opened in March. (For more details on Desmond's quest to End NF click here.)
As a 28-year-old professional ballplayer with a wife and two small children, Desmond could not be faulted if he simply opened his checkbook for various causes and left the work of managing them to others. Instead, he voluntarily became the face of the End NF campaign and serves on the Youth Baseball Academy board of directors, going out of his way to provide more than just financial support.
Rarely do athletes take that kind of approach, but Desmond has a deep appreciation for where he came from and what it took to reach this point.
To continue reading "The People's Captain" on Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond, along with more great content from Nationals Magazine, please visit nationals.com/publications, or pick up a copy at the Main Clubhouse Team Store at Nationals Park, as well as inside Nationals Park on gamedays.
- Posted on June 4, 2014 at 1:59 pm
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A means to END (NF)
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by Amanda Comak
It began with a tweet. A simple request: "Pray for me."
Washington Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond was new to Twitter in 2012 when he saw the tweet come across on an account called Unashamed Athletes. He replied. The person on the other end wrote back. A friendship was born.
Desmond didn't know anything about Ethan Brown the first time he corresponded with the now-22-year-old.
The first time he prayed for him.
He didn't know about his quick wit or his personality bursting with life. And he didn't know about the Neurofibromatosis that was attacking Ethan's body, causing tumors to grow along his nerves and forcing his body to belie the bubbly young adult inside.
He didn't know what Neurofibromatosis was to begin with.
May is Neurofibromatosis Awareness month, and in conjunction with that, Desmond set out this season to honor his friend and bring a voice to those largely without one. Neurofibromatosis is not exceedingly rare. It affects one in every 3,000 births. It doesn't discriminate based on sex, race or nationality.
It is also mostly unknown – to the public and to the scientific community.
"NF, to me, and to a lot of people, is something you've never heard of," Desmond said at the start of the month as he kicked off an Indiegogo campaign to raise money for the Children's Tumor Foundation. "I want to get the word out."
The campaign, the brainchild of Desmond and a group of fan bloggers known as The Nationals Archive, reached its $10,000 goal in the first five days of the month and is closing in on $30,000 as the end of the month nears. But that was always secondary to the real aim of the campaign: spreading the word about NF.
"There needs to be a cure," Ethan said in a message when asked the one thing he wanted people to know about NF. "I went from walking and running to being in a wheelchair or crawling (in a short amount of time)."
The first time Desmond met Ethan in person was at Turner Field in Atlanta. The Nationals' shortstop reached out his hand to shake Ethan's. With a tumor growing on his hand, Ethan recoiled and screamed as if in pain. Desmond froze. Ethan began to laugh.
"That was when I knew, this kid is something special," Desmond said. "If you could read our conversations you'd have no idea this kid was going through any kind of life struggle."
Over the winter, Desmond and Ethan agreed to get matching tattoos of a design they came up with together. Ethan already has his: a crest of blue and green puzzle pieces – blue and green for NF colors and puzzle pieces because the condition remains a mystery – and two bats behind it to represent Desmond. Both of their initials are in the crest, and beneath it is a banner: End NF.
"I never thought in a million years I'd be friends with an MLB player," Ethan said. "He is like a brother to me."
Desmond has led and participated in plenty of charitable causes in the past. He did most of those quietly, preferring to fly under the radar. But this one was different.
"It's just the fact that it was (a cause) that needed it," Desmond said. "It just needs to be spread. I don't know if it's that Ethan's involved and I have a special place in my heart for Ethan, but it's also that the Children's Tumor Foundation was the first place to reach out to him, and to be the first (organization) on the scene speaks volumes about them.
"It was an opportunity to help (CTF) out and to help out people who really don't have a voice, the people who suffer from NF. It is something I want to do for NF. I want people to know what NF is for all of the people suffering from it."
For more information, visit nationals.com/endNF
A version of this story first appeared in Inside Pitch.
- Posted on May 29, 2014 at 12:48 pm
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Nationals Game Notes — May 26 vs. Miami Marlins
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Game #51: Washington Nationals (25-25) vs. Miami Marlins (26-25) | 1:35 p.m. | Nationals Park
Pitching Match-Ups: RHP Tanner Roark (3-2, 3.42 ERA) vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (3-2, 3.41 ERA)
Washington Nationals right-hander Tanner Roark has faced 224 right-handed hitters in his brief career and allowed just eight extra-base hits, all doubles. In 11 career games (five starts) at Nationals Park, Roark is 5-1 with one hold and a 0.78 ERA.
Radio: 106.7 FM / 1500 AM, also on nationals.com (for subscribers to MLB.tv)
TV: The game will be televised on MASN and WUSA
Live Stats: nationals.com
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When he hits his next home run, Washington Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond will pass Adam Dunn and assume second place on the Nationals' all-time home run list. Ryan Zimmerman is the leader:
1. Ryan Zimmerman (2005-present) …………………………….. 181
T2. Ian Desmond (2009-present) …………………………………….76
T2. Adam Dunn (2009-10) ……………………………………………….76
4. Michael Morse (2009-12) …………………………………………..67
5. Adam LaRoche (2011-present)……………………………………61
Here are tonight's game notes, courtesy of the Washington Nationals PR department. Enjoy!
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Nationals Game Notes — May 19 vs. Cincinnati Reds
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Game #44: Washington Nationals (23-20) vs. Cincinnati Reds (19-23) | 7:05 p.m. | Nationals Park
Pitching Match-Ups: RHP Stephen Strasburg (3-3, 3.48 ERA) vs. RHP Mike Leake (2-3, 3.09 ERA)
Both Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg (No. 1 overall, San Diego State) and Cincinnati Reds' right-hander Mike Leake (No. 8 overall, Arizona State) were Top 10 picks in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft.
Radio: 106.7 FM / 1500 AM, also on nationals.com (for subscribers to MLB.tv)
TV: The game will be televised on MASN
Live Stats: nationals.com
Of note:
The Washington Nationals have received more home runs from their middle infielders (15) than any other team in the Major Leagues. The Colorado Rockies rank second with 14.
Here's the breakdown:
Second basemen: 7
Danny Espinosa: 6, Anthony Rendon: 1
Shortstops: 8
Ian Desmond: 7, Zach Walters: 1
Here are tonight's game notes, courtesy of the Washington Nationals PR department. Enjoy!
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Highlights from the Nationals comeback win in Arizona
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"What we were (Monday night) is how we've been all year. We're resilient. We keep fighting." — Kevin Frandsen
"We just don't stop. There's no reason to stop, just keeping going. Just because you're down doesn't mean the game is over. Just keep going." — Danny Espinosa
- Posted on May 13, 2014 at 11:57 am
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Highlights from a sweep-clinching victory
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by Amanda Comak
"I don't need to go out there and trick guys, and I don't need to go out there and be perfect. I've just got to attack the strike zone, let my stuff work and get much better results that way." — Stephen Strasburg after tossing 6.2 innings of one-run ball and striking out 12.
"To see him go out and execute it today, exactly the way he wanted to change and what he was going to mess with, was pretty good to see. That's maturity. Everyone forgets how young he is. He's going to keep on getting better and better, and today was proof of that." — Ian Desmond on Stephen Strasburg
"This is the type of ball that we can play. You've got to keep tacking on runs late. These teams in our division, they can hit. So they're going to be doing the same. But I think night in, night out if we come in here looking to outslug the other team, we're going to be in good shape." — Jayson Werth after the Nationals hit their second late-inning grand slam in as many games.
"We were already winning. 'Come through' is what Aaron Barrett did." — Ian Desmond, when asked how he felt to 'come through' for the team with his grand slam that blew open a close game, referencing Aaron Barrett striking out Giancarlo Stanton to keep it a one-run game.
"The next one better be in the dirt." — Catcher Sandy Leon to Aaron Barrett after Giancarlo Stanton crushed a slider foul. Stanton struck out on the next pitch.
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Matt Williams discusses replay that overturned Ian Desmond's home run
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by Amanda Comak
The roars from the sold-out crowd at Nationals Park on Friday afternoon began the moment shortstop Ian Desmond connected with David Hale's first-pitch curveball to open the bottom of the fifth inning.
They only increased as Desmond motored toward second base. And as Atlanta Braves left fielder Justin Upton threw his hands up in the left field corner, the cheers reached a crescendo. Desmond crossed home plate.
The Nationals had tied the game on an inside-the-park home run by their two-time Louisville Silver Slugger shortstop.
At least, that's what the implication was when none of the umpires on the field signaled that the play was dead, and Upton proceeded to retrieve the ball from underneath the padding in the left field wall and throw it back to the infield.
But Braves Manager Fredi Gonzalez challenged the play. The instant replay crews in New York overturned the call, citing rule 7.05(f) and ruling that the ball was lodged in the padding of the wall. Desmond was awarded second base, and the Nationals' first run was taken off the board.
Here's what Nationals Manager Matt Williams had to say about the play after the game, which ended as a 2-1 Braves victory.
"(The umpires) told me that from replay, the ball was lodged between the pad and the dirt. I question that because when (Upton) had to, he reached down and threw it in. That was my question. He threw up his hands. Generally that is an indication that the ball was lodged, but when there was no signal from the umpire, throwing his hands up saying it was a double or lodged, Justin reached down, picked it up and threw it in.
"By that time, Ian had scored. They reviewed it and determined that it was lodged under the fence."
"One of the reasons we have replay is to make sure we get calls right," Williams continued. "I have question with that one though because of what happened after the fact — the fact that when (Upton) had to, he reached down and threw it in.
"(The umpire didn't signal) so, for me, in the heat of the moment and with my naked eye, tells me that he didn't think it was lodged. But it is a reviewable call and a reviewable play, so they did and determined that it was a double and the ball was lodged underneath the pad."
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Opening Day highlights
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by Amanda Comak
NEW YORK — Early Monday morning, Washington Nationals Manager Matt Williams shrugged his shoulders and issued a platitude about his nervous energy. "Opening Day," Williams said a few hours before his first game as a Major League manager. "If you can't get excited about Opening Day, something's wrong."
But almost as soon as the game began, excitement likely gave way to anxiety and stress. The Nationals' first game of the season contained enough drama to fill a week's worth of games, and while the victory — a 9-7 win in 10 innings over the New York Mets — was sweet, the prospect of at least 161 more ahead was perhaps the day's most intriguing thought.
Through photos and videos, here are some of the highlights from a beautiful first day of the season:
Adam LaRoche gets the Nationals on the board with this lofty two-run home run.
Anthony Rendon's first big hit of the day was this RBI-double.
Denard Span was in the thick of things all day, including on this game-tying double.
Anthony Rendon then gave the Nationals their 10th-inning cushion with this big three-run shot.
Here's how the first Curly W of the season went into the books.
Stephen Strasburg struck out 10 in six innings of work.
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Daily Wrap: Nationals top Tigers, Strasburg reacts to Opening Day nod & more
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by Amanda Comak
VIERA, Fla. — Thursday afternoon started with a tremendous pitching match-up: Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg vs. reigning American League Cy Young winner Max Scherzer.
It ended with the Nationals taking home an 8-1 victory in which Strasburg continued his stellar spring and the Nationals' offense rapped out five runs off seven hits against Scherzer — including a long home run to left center field by shortstop Ian Desmond.
Player of the Day: Second baseman Danny Espinosa
There were plenty of candidates for the "Player of the Day" on Thursday. Jayson Werth went 2-for-3 with a double, Ryan Zimmerman smacked a triple and Desmond crushed his third home run of the spring. But the honor goes to second baseman Danny Espinosa.
Espinosa, who went 1-for-3 with a base hit, scored the Nationals' first run of the day and played stellar defensively.
In the first inning — moments after an uncharacteristic fielding error by Denard Span allowed Ian Kinsler to reach base — Espinosa snared a high feed from Desmond on a Tyler Collins grounder. With Kinsler bearing down on him at second, Espinosa still managed to zip off a strong throw to Adam LaRoche at first to complete the double play.
An inning that opened with a baserunner off Strasburg soon turned into a frame in which the right-hander faced the minimum.
It was a day that continued the positive impression Espinosa has been making on manager Matt Williams this spring.
"(His approach has been) fantastic," Williams said. "He's eager to play every day, and it's really hard to get him out of a ballgame, which is a very good trait to have. The numbers are misleading both ways in Spring Training and I'm encouraged by the way he's going about it. It's really good.
"I'm pleased with his approach, I'm pleased with his work ethic every day and the way he's going about his approach within the game. Sometimes they fall, sometimes they don't, sometimes you swing and miss. But as long as he's going about it the right way, I think he'll be just fine."
Quote of the Day: Stephen Strasburg on earning his third straight Opening Day start
Williams announced Wednesday night that Strasburg would take the ball for the Nationals on Opening Day in New York. Strasburg was honored by the decision, but admitted he has bigger goals.
"I hope my career isn't just a reflection of how many Opening Day starts I have," he said after tossing five scoreless innings against the Detroit Tigers to bring his spring ERA to 0.64. "There are a lot of guys in this rotation who deserve it and I'm just the first one out. I think every game is going to be just as important.
"The biggest goal as a team is that we're playing in the playoffs, and I want to focus on trying to make starts in the playoffs more so than just an Opening Day start."
Video highlights: Did you miss any of the Nationals' feature on MLB Network's 30 clubs in 30 days? Catch up with all of the highlights right here.
The Nationals trimmed their roster to 36 players in Major League camp on Thursday, optioning right-hander Ross Ohlendorf, catcher Jhonatan Solano, infielder Zach Walters and right-hander Christian Garcia to Triple-A Syracuse, along with reassigning right-hander Manny Delcarmen, first baseman Brock Peterson and infielder Will Rhymes to Minor League camp… The Nationals have just two games left at Space Coast Stadium this spring, playing Saturday against the Miami Marlins and Tuesday against the New York Mets… The team will finish the Grapefruit League slate with two road games, in Jupiter, Fla., and St. Lucie, Fla., against the St. Louis Cardinals and Mets, respectively, before heading north to face the Tigers in an exhibition game at Nationals Park on March 29.
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Brno: Biaggi's World Superbike Empire
2011 World Superbike
Max Biaggi has more than luck at Brno in the Czech Republic where round eight of the 2011 World Superbike Championship occurs this weekend.
Faces of World Superbike: Digital Magazine
2011 WSBK Photo Essay
For the average World Superbike fan, getting up close and personal with the men who pilot these production machines around world-class circuits is an impossible task.
Biaggi: Pre-Brno Superbike Interview
2011 World Superbike
World Superbike Champion Max Biaggi's month of June has been an important one for a number of reasons.
Aragon Superbike: Highlights (Video)
2011 World Superbike Video
Two riders were awarded wins Sunday at Motorland Aragon, round seven of 13 in the 2011 World Superbike Championship.
Yamaha World SBK's Marco Melandri was victorious in the first race, taking the win over the Alitalia Aprilia duo of Max Biaggi and Leon Camier.
2011 Aprilia RS4 125 | Review
Aprilia 125cc
I remember watching Mick Doohan winning 500GP races whilst Valentino Rossi, Max Biaggi and Loris Capirossi battled it out on the Aprilia RS 125s and 250s in the late nineties. This was the heyday for the 2-strokes.
Misano Superbike: Checa Tops Q2
2011 World Superbike
During Friday's qualifying practice session, Althea Ducati's Carlos Checa was able to top his rival Max Biaggi by a mere tenth of a second. And the Spaniard continued to hold this edge over the Alitalia Aprilia rider Saturday morning before Superpole.
Biaggi Seeks 1st Win at Misano Superbike
Although Max Biaggi trails the 2011 World Superbike Championship leader Carlos Checa by 32 points, and didn't have a single win this year, the Alitalia Aprilia rider is still optimistic, stating: "The championship is certainly not over yer."
Biaggi Monza WSBK Penalty – Injustice
2011 World Superbike
I have not always been a Max Biaggi fan, but what happened to the Italian in Sunday's World Superbike race at Monza was a travesty.
2011 Superbike Monza Qualifying
World Superbike Qualifying Results
Most of us in California were asleep at 6 a.m. when the World Superbike riders took to the Monza circuit in Italy for Superpole.
There was the traditional shake-up in the time sheets that were established in the practice and qualifying sessions on Friday and Saturday.
Biaggi at Home for Monza Superbike
2011 World Superbike
The historical Monza Circuit created many memories for Max Biaggi during his championship-winning World Superbike year.


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Q&A With Jonny Trunk
I've mentioned Jonny Trunk several times this week; since Trunk Records released the Tomorrow People CD that got me into all this, he's the person you can (very, very indirectly) thank or blame for the epic word-count I've inflicted on you this week. Trunk Records deals in wonderful bits and bobs of otherwise lost or forgotten music for British television, film, and advertisements—here you can find the music for The Clangers, advertising jingles composed by Barry Gray, and library music by John Gale. In the words of Simon Reynolds, "With their aura of wistful reverie and faded decay, the sounds exhumed by Trunk offer a portal into Britain's cultural unconscious."
Trunk was good enough to take some time to answer a few questions of mine regarding the radiophonic revival.
What do you think accounts for the increased interest over the last decade or so in the output of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and other soundtrack, library, and advertising music from the mid-twentieth century?
It's a mixture of several things; there was a generation of people who grew up watching good and strange TV in the 60s and 70s with radiophonic and library music as the soundtrack, and then (like me) wanted to hear it again and track it down. Also, the music is interesting, and not like anything else. As genres, library music, TV music, radiophonics etc are very deep, kaleidoscopic, creative and cover many small eras and styles, so unlike many other musical genres they can sustain your interest. Also, if you think back to the mid 1990s, this was a huge musical area that had not been properly explored and exploited, unlike every other kind of music. It was seen as trash. So now, 15 years on, there has been much excavation, research and issues, which in turn has brought in new listeners, and the cycle continues.
The stories of a lot of composers in this line tend to be rather sad, even outright tragic, as in the case of John Baker; there's a recurring underdog/labouring in obscurity theme. In what way do you think the narratives are a big part of the audience interest? Is that the case for you?
Yes, many of these composers had tragic lives in the end, some die alone and lost, others are alcoholic, suicidal etc. But this is pretty standard across the whole music business. There are also a lot of film music and library composer who have been very successful indeed and have fabulous lives. I think good back stories in all music is important.
As far as you can tell, what's the demographics of the Trunk Records customer base? Musicians, music fans, casual listeners? Is it primarily UK? How much is overseas?
The music appeals to lots of collectors and specialists. These people are all across the UK, all across the USA, across Europe, Australia, all over. There are not many of us but we are everywhere…
What do you think is the primary appeal of this material for your customers?
First the appeal is in the music - what it sounds like, then the history of it, then maybe the nostalgic element, or the surprise element or just the madness.
What's the general process for sourcing, obtaining the rights to, and releasing material, such as the Tomorrow People soundtrack or the John Baker Tapes? What sort of challenges or barriers do you encounter?
It is much easier now thanks to the internet. You can normally find a company or a composer in seconds. Before we were all electronically connected, the process was much more complex, harder, much more work was involved - phone calls, letters, taxes, travel. Now anyone can find a composer and license his music, sometimes within hours. It is quite easy these days. What is difficult is to have the ideas and the motivation I think.
Do you have a "wish list" of material you'd like to track down and release? If so, what are a few of the things on it?
Not really. My mind doesn't work like that. I tend to wake up and think of something and then try and pursue it. If it doesn't work then I wait for another brainwave…


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Navy opens fire on Palestinian fishing boat that ignored warning shots
Israel mulling request to replace UN peacekeepers who fled Syria border with drones
UN's Ban vows inquiry into weapons found at UN sites during Gaza war
Erekat threatens unilateral moves if US vetoes Palestinians' UN resolution
Jordan's King Abdullah warns against Islamic and Zionist extremism
Netanyahu moves to tamp down new election momentum
At his birthday party Netanyahu says: Israel does not need new elections
Bayit Yehudi bill would allow Knesset to reverse High Court cancellation of bills
PM pulls support for conversion bill 'in deference to concern for haredi support' ahead of election
Ministry uploads comparative data on health funds
MDA calls for blood donations after High Holidays shortage
Israel Cancer Association to kick off 'Knock on the Door fundraising campaign'
After dying of brain tumor, IDF soldier's organs save 6 lives
Five scientific balloons to launch simultaneously Wednesday in Israel, Europe
Tel Aviv U. launches fuel substitutes accelerator
US agency gives $1 million to boost Israeli Arabs in hi-tech
Israeli gas firm signs bid to sell natural gas to Egypt
Israel surely in 'front line' for climate refugees, says expert
Blue-and-white on the silver screen
Show Review: Cirque Eloize - Cirkopolis
Leading Jewish, Arab Israeli artists to perform in Daniel Pearl memorial concert
Amy Winehouse guitarist to play at Zappa Tel Aviv
Sinai Says: Sakhnin scandal exacerbated by Liberman's senseless shenanigans
Hap Jerusalem hopes home sweet home
Commentary: Royal 'purple cows' come up against seasoned Giants
Landesberg leads Maccabi TA to victory over Eilat
Analysis: Who's afraid of Moshe Kahlon?
Man jailed in UK for 'racist' message to Jewish MP
Conference of European Rabbis look to centralize Ukraine aid
American Studies Association appears to backtrack on boycott of Israeli academics
New York protesters decry Met Opera's 'Death of Klinghoffer' as anti-Semitic
Will this Shabbat be the one that Jews around the world observe?
Rise in divorce in Iran linked to growing individualism among women
Second extension of nuclear talks with Iran on the table
Syria bombardment from all sides: Seven from US, 200 from Assad
Iran: Suspected spies arrested near Bushehr nuclear plant
Jihadists stone man and woman to death for adultery in Syria
Metropolitan Opera stifles free exchange of ideas about a propaganda opera
October 22: Clear violation
If it's good for Buffett and Gates, it's good for the Jewish community
London had no business hosting Iran forum while sanctions remain in place
The battle for the soul of Britain's Conservative Party
Guarantor of the natural world
The fierce estuary of memory
Crossroad to nowhere
US-led air strikes slow advance of Islamic State near Syrian border town
Arrivals: Archeologist uncovers motivation behind aliya
Book Review: Unfettered ambition
Book Review: Mandatory reading?
Grapevine: An age-old problem
The tribal route
Not lost in translation
Happy Eva After: Tom, get thee to the land of limits
A scroll for soldiers
Exiled – to Kfar Saba
Shirt-fronting Putin can help eradicate Islamic State crisis
How the media helps perpetuate a high cost of living
The vote on Palestine: A very British compromise
Letting the thugs rule, on and off the Mount
A song for TISHREI: 'A good word'
סִימָנִים עַל הַחוֹל
פֶסְטִיבַל שֶקְסְפִּיר הַבֵּינְלְאוּמִי
Just a nice Jewish girl
The spirit moved them
Giving Schulhoff an airing
Grapevine: People of the book
WATCH: 2,000-year-old commemorative inscription dedicated to Roman emperor Hadrian unveiled
The Travel Adviser: An unstoppable force
Maritime voyage: Halifax to Prince Edward Island
Surgery complications caused Joan Rivers' sudden death
L'incendiaire de la mosquée al-Aqsa
Quand le dauphin se fait crocodile
L'aliya de France a son mentor
« J'assiste personnellement à la Résurrection des morts ! »
Ein Mata, l'un des secrets les mieux gardés de la vallée d'Eila
La petite histoire de Hava Naguila
Emmanuel Ruben : un résident temporaire
Gil Shohat : portrait d'un artiste atypique
Coalition américaine contre l'Etat islamique : quel rôle pour les pays arabes ?
Israël au pied du mur
Retour sur l'opération Bordure protectrice : décryptage de la situation moyen-orientale
Les petites phrases d'Yigal Palmor
Il est temps de changer de partenaire
David Azrieli, 1922-2014
Dimanche 13 juillet
Deux familles, une histoire
Et tu choisiras la vie
Les rêves déçus de Gabi
Coup de théâtre de fin d'année
Boucler la boucle
Pope Paul VI, first pontiff to visit Israel, moves closer to sainthood
Dutch Christians boycott church over exhibit on Palestinian children
Christian Pastor warns Ebola is God's Punishment for Obama dividing Jerusalem
Evangelical support for Israel? Look to the east
Vatican promotes military force in to protect Christians from Islamic Extremism
Free Schach Distribution in Honor of Sukkot
Covenant of Brothers, Covenant of Life
Celebrating the New Year in KKL-JNF Parks and Forests
International Cleanup Day in Ashkelon
Central America Celebrates Independence at the Rabin Center
European Parliament Member Bastiaan Belder Tours the Negev
KKL-JNF Helps Chile Deal with the Gall Wasp Pest
KKL-JNF and Fair Planet in Ethiopia–Seeds of Hope
Cleanup Day Activities in Central Israel
International Cleanup Day: Cleaning Together in Northern Israel
Care of the Forests Continues Even in a Sabbatical Year
Nevatim Celebrates 60 Years and Dedicates a New Reservoir
A Successful Annual Fundraising Event for KKL Milan
Der Wienerwald in Israel - The Vienna Woods in Israel
European Leadership Conference 2014 - Brussels, Belgium
Living Green in Israel: the Contest and the Winners
Addressing Climate Change Conference
Nurturing the Foresters of the Future
Saving the Sabras
10.22.2014 | 28 Tishri, 5775
Prime minister to Channel 1: I'll be running again in next election
Not all bleak for Netanyahu
China's moves: US decline, or balance in Asia?
Hanegbi heads to Myanmar for highest-level visit in 35 years
Former ambassador to the US Oren may enter politics on list Kahlon is drafting
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Netanyahu: Hamas leaders are legitimate targets, no one is invincible
Kahlon indicates comeback with new 'framework'
'Israel no better than Chelm for providing electricity to Palestinian companies that boycott it'
Manhattan borough president shows solidarity with Israel visit
Ministers and MKs urge Netanyahu to pound Hamas
Right-wing MKs call to investigate Balad party, ban it from Knesset after Qatar trip
Diplomacy & Politics
06/08/2014 06:14
President Peres leaves for Vatican to take part in peace prayer
Pope Francis at the President's Residence..
(photo credit:Mark Neiman/GPO)
President Shimon Peres left for Rome on Sunday morning to participate in a prayer for peace in the Middle East with Pope Francis, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew and spiritual representatives of the Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druse faiths.Peres and Abbas will not be traveling to Rome together, as the PA president is due to arrive from Egypt.At the behest of Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Peres asked that the prayer ceremony be held in a neutral part of the Vatican, and not in a chapel, so as not to violate Jewish religious dictates that forbid Jews to pray in a church.The participants are to meet with the pope prior to joining in the prayer for peace, which is to take place in the garden of the Vatican.The prayer session has been divided into sections for each faith, in which Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders are to read verses relating to peace from the Bible, the New Testament and the Koran.Following the readings, Francis, Peres and Abbas are to read verses that each has personally chosen.The ceremony is set to be screened on television in Israel at 8 p.m. on Sunday.The Vatican is preparing to provide a live feed of the event to billions of people of faith across the world.Peres, who is to head a delegation of rabbis and Druse spiritual leaders, has received a blessing from Yosef for the success of his mission.While in the garden of the Vatican, Peres is expected to issue a call to leaders of all faiths to ask their followers to condemn terrorism and to do all in their power to eradicate it.Peres will also meet with Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano and Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini.
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Buffalo, NY (Bisons)
The International League today announced that Bisons INF Mike Hessman has been named the league's Batter of the Week for the period from April 26-May 2.
In the past seven games, Hessman has averaged .321 (9-28) with a double, four home runs, 14RBI, seven runs scored and a .786 slugging percentage. He homered twice in the Bisons' 9-5 victory over Durham on April 27 and then hit the club's first grand slam since August of 2008 when he went deep in the team's 12-7 win on Friday. Hessman also had a two-run home run and a two-run single in yesterday's dramatic 6-4, 10-inning victory over Louisville.
On the season, Hessman is hitting .302 (26-86) with eight home runs and 28RBI. HIS 28 RUNS DRIVEN IN LEAD ALL OF BASEBALL, one more than Detroit Tigers' INF MIGUEL CABRERA. He also ranks 2nd in the International League with eight home runs, 14 extra-bases, 56 total bases and a .651 slugging percentage.
His home run yesterday was the 319th of his minor league career, 27 more than any active player. In the decade of 2000-2009, Hessman led the International league in games played (899), home runs (201), RBI (556) and runs scored (488). This is the third time Hessman has been named International League Batter of the Week in his career.


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The first couple rounds of the NCAA Tournament is almost bulletproof. With so many games, and now the ability to actually see all of them, rarely do we come away disappointed with the first weekend of games. We get upsets, we get buzzer beaters, we get Greg Gumbel butchering interviews. With so man ... More >>
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A roller-coaster first half, which had Twitter in a frenzy of hyperbole, led to a grinding second half, and in the end experience won out as Louisville knocked off Michigan 82-76 to win Rick Pitino's second career men's basketball title, making him the first coach to win it all at two different scho ... More >>
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And then there were four! (I know, on the list of lame, cliched, bloggy catchphrases "And then there was (however many are left)" is right behind "Houston, we have a problem." but I'm still a little rattled from falling for the Dream Shake's April Fool's Day prank. I'm running simple plays here, n ... More >>
(Updated with statement from Guy V. Lewis' family.) Today at the Hilton Americas just steps away from the Toyota Center, the NBA announced their nominees for induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The formal announcement of inductees doesn't come until April 8th at the Final Four festivities i ... More >>
Sometimes it takes the trailer to a movie to get casual fans really interested. Take some of these superhero movies, for instance. I don't dork out heavily over Batman or Iron Man movies at all. I don't count down the days until those movies are coming to theaters, and I can't tell you the unfilmed ... More >>
Something amazing happened last night during ESPN's coverage of the Pittsburgh Steelers' 16-13 overtime atrocity win over the lowly Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night. It wasn't the Chiefs' miraculously hanging well within the 12 point spread on this game (obliterating degenerate teaser bets every ... More >>
For quite some time, I have resisted the sentiment that to improve in the NBA, you must first have a substantial downturn. I don't like the idea of losing on purpose. Calling it "tanking" only makes it worse. The entire concept feels like the exact opposite of what players, coaches and fans are taug ... More >>
A week or so ago, you may remember, I wrote a post about the auction for Bobby Petrino's crash-damaged motorcycle. The majority of the post was an outline of my idea to turn the crumpled-up love machine into a profit center by selling photo opportunities for fans to pose on the bike. At the end o ... More >>
There's something unholy about a team playing out the string of games knowing it won't make the playoffs. It's even weirder when said team felt its season end with a thud after a horrid stretch of games that lasted right up until the second-to-last game of the year. Going one step farther, that game ... More >>
This past Sunday evening, after a quiet dinner at home, Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino decided to unwind by taking a leisurely ride on his motorcycle. Leisure nearly turned to tragedy as Petrino crashed the motorcycle in a story that, at the time, had a shelf life of about 15 minutes, ma ... More >>
The casual fan likes March Madness because, unquestionably more than any other major sports postseason, the odds are at least only stacked manageably against the Davids (as opposed to football and series-based postseasons like baseball and in the NBA). In short, when there's no personal interest, pe ... More >>
The Houston Cougars defeated the SMU Mustangs 62-59 on Saturday night. The leading scorer, with 27 points, was Joseph Young, son of UH legend and current director of basketball operations Michael Young. The radio analyst for the game was former Cougar legend, all-time NBA great, and basketbal ... More >>
It's another big night for you, Matt LeinartI don't know that there was ever any point during the NFL lockout where I was fearful that we wouldn't have football this season. Still, the specter of the work stoppage that loomed over us throughout thus summer made us at least ponder life without ... More >>
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Photo courtesy UHI owe Tom Penders and his players an apology. I thought that there was no chance of the Houston Cougars running the table in the C-USA men's basketball tournament, and thus making the NCAA Tournament. And I wrote such.Boy was I wrong.The Cougars pulled off the expected defeat ... More >>
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Inhaling Alcohol With A Hooka
Posted by BubbaGumpl337 on Jan. 01, 2007
Posted by BubbaGumpl337 on Jan. 01, 2007
@ ButtFrapper.. That is beautiful
heasup people you dont need CO2 do smoke alchohol through a bong.. if you have a bong replace the water with vodka or whatever your choice, smoke normally, you can be completely wasted in a couple rips actually. i watched a video along time ago on it. your luicky you didnt die or pass out from the CO2. idiots.
You need to wait 15 to 20 mins before you test... And you should test in different room.... Otherwise you're not getting a true reading... Im a cert. Alcohol tester... If you go and rinse your mouth out with any mouth wash and then test you will get an extremely high score. But if u wait 15 mins after then it will show 000.
And dry ice tasted like spoiled milk:6
You can tell they're not even inhaling. And it's obvious that the breathalyzer doesn't show the reading until after it beeps because the second time he blows it still says 0.00 until after it beeps. Then it shows 0.14. Plus that breathalyzer prob has a memory function and they just pulled up a previous blow. Idiots.
You can tell they're not even inhaling. And it's obvious that the breathalyzer doesn't show the reading until after it beeps because the second time he blows it still says 0.00 until after it beeps. Then it shows 0.14. Plus that breathalyzer prob has a memory function and they just pulled up a previous blow. Idiots.
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They did it wrong... Shouldn't play for at least 10mins, some devices even say 30mins. Not saying this isn't true, but i bet their numbers are higher than what they really are.
i inhale alcohol with hookahs all the time only the alcohol is cocaine and the hookahs are prostitutes
i inhale alcohol with hookahs all the time only the alcohol is cocaine and the hookahs are prostitutes
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these guys are stupid... they aren't drunk .14 Bac you would be on ur ass hammered #dumbass kids
vapors are still in his lungs you retards. why don't you all dive into a tub of shmegma
they both were killed instantly....
Sounds like a good way to die.. but meh.. Social Darwinism.
also, when he does the breath test the first time, he does it, then puts it down after showing 0.00 then it starts beeping and they turn it off, the second time it was the same thing, but it still shows 0.00 until the beeping starts then they show it, so why didn't they show that it was 0.00 after it started beeping the first time.
this is a good way to turn your self into a retard.. i thinc i cilled some brane sells waching this
Did you know that co2 from dry ice can kill you?
herp derp. Dry ice is cO2 gas in a solid, frozen form. By inhaling all they're doing is drowning themselves in a gas. Fuck this is stupid.
You two dumbasses need to go back to school and learn science.
the kid reaches over and drinks alcohol when he passes the hookah* base. fake.
picking up dry ice with their bare hands.
Oh geeze wat if the hookah gets clogged at the top. This is gonna blow up in someone's face
i bet that gets you wayy fucked up
Multiple things wrong. I agree with alot of the comments here. Douche#1 reaches for booze. Douche#2 is NEVER tested. Etc etc. Even if this WAS for real.Just suppose,ok? How does the booze get to your Liver so it can be filtered from your BLOOD, when its inhaled into your LUNGS? Those 2 circulatory systems aren't connected. Do they NOT watch MANSWERS? Where the guy shoved beer up his ass and got drunk immediately. Yet interview the Expert Specialist Doctor saying that this WILL kill you.
You can see the first dumbass reach down and grab a glass right after the first "hit".
These guys are idiots. DRY ICE is toxic and would burn their hands.
this dose work but not with dry ice, you need a nebulizer for breathing treatments, but alas its also a good way to die, strate into the blood stream meens theres nothing to throw up when you get alcohol poisoning.
damn...I've definitely lost the part where you can see the little prick bending over to have a shot of whiskey...damn it
dude if you take a drink of a beer and blow in that thing right after
you are starving your brain of O2. dumbasses! You can achieve the by holding your breath!
Bullshit. For MANY reasons. - Vaporizing alcohol DOES NOT concentrate it. - Dry ice does NOT vaporize alcohol. It CHILLS it and actually makes it a MORE STABLE liquid. - Breathalyzers don't measure blood alcohol levels (what matters for intoxication), but levels of alcohol present on the BREATH. - Breathalyzers require on average, half an hour of NON drinking for an accurate reading (to clear the alcohol that may possibly be present in the mouth and in the esophagus) - Taking readings IMMEDIATELY after drin
1:26 real concentrated.: gotta take one more hit though...after i take a sip of my cup
lmao: its so obvious at 1:15 where he jjust reaches down and picks up a drink lol
SILLY BREAK: fake videos are for kids.
This: Is SO fake...That's not alcohol that they are inhaling. CO2 is a gas and when it's frozen it's a solid...As it warms up it doesn't turn into liquid like water but instead turns into gas...So the only thing they are inhaling is CO2. NO alcohol. What tools.
besides the fact these kids are tools,: at the end the breathalizer shows 0.00, then shows .14 then beeps a shitload, notice in the beginning he puts it down after showing it was 0 then it beeps, they were already drunk
hmm.: notice how there breathing harder than usual, that because there are not inhaling anything but CO@ i mean CO2...freaking tards
Fo sho: this shits fake you can see the little fucktard pick up his drink at 1:20 what a d bag
Who: thinks of this crap?? Who says "Im gonna breath in CO2 with Alcohol from a hooka?"
pause at like 1:18: lol is he reaching down to grab a dirnk on the floor o.O
scratch that thats not enough COL2 to harm you but still you shouldnt just be sticking your nose into CO2 vapors like that. xD
wow really? lungs, heart, liver, blood....its all connected whatever u inhale will go into your blood through small capillaries in your lung...its called diffusion. high concentrations of X substance in lung will diffuse into blood. there are cells in your blood that can force things such as O2 and CO2 to enter and leave at higher concentrations but thats a different thing. with the beer in the butt thing...its just like breathing in stuff but u really cant breath in beer...so u stick it in ur butt. your
um since I have taken human anatomy and physiology I must say that you are wrong on the part when you said that the alcohol cannot reach the blood if taken into the lungs; the alveoli in the lungs take in the alcohol and transport it to the blood. how else do you think that oxygen reaches your blood cells?
ur stupid it won't burn your hands if they are completely dry
its amazing how simply one can tell who was sleeping in chemistry.
i have that breathalyzer: you have to wait 15 minutes after drinking till you can use it. If you take a shot then blow in it, you get a .30+
Ya, they were already at .14: nice catch, you can tell cause it starts at zero then goes to .14 when it beeps, and they don't show it the first time.
edit: i meant at the end it shows 0, beeps alot and then shows .14
...: yea ofcourse he's reaching for it. Notice how he glances to the camera to make sure the camera zooms in on the other guy and sure enough the camera man does zoom in on the other guy. Ofcourse he HAD to drink it or else it wouldn't increase his BAL in the results he got at the end.
ahhhhhhhhhahah: what a fuckin asshole...he definitly reaches for something off camera


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Nerdville (the main town) will likely be the first to receive this treatment, followed closely by lighthouse point.
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Summary: Subsidy offered by SAIC Motor makes its eco-vehicles cheaper than gasoline-powered models, but price reduction only available in China and for limited period, says report.
For a limited time, car buyers in China will be able to purchase an eco-friendly hybrid car at a price lower than a gas-guzzling motor car. SAIC Motor says it is subsidizing US$5,000 on its hybrid Roewe 750 sedans to promote sales of the green vehicle.
Chen Zhexin, executive vice president of SAIC, said the price cut will be offered from Nov. 1 to 5, in conjunction with the Shanghai industry fair, according to a Reuters report. China's largest domestic automaker, the company is targeting to sell its green model to fleet buyers as well as consumers, said Chen.
The report added that the subsidy has driven drown the pricetag of the hybrid model lower than SAIC's gasoline cars. SAIC's hybrid cars usually retailed at 236,800 RMB (US$37,272) to 204,800 RMB (US$32,235), while gas-powered vehicles sold for 224,800 RMB (US$35,383) but used about 20 percent more fuel, said Reuters.
The Chinese automaker hopes to sell 500 units of its hybrid vehicle this year and 3,000 units in 2012, said Chen.
To overcome concerns users might have about eco-cars, he added that SAIC will offer car owners warranties of up to 80,000km warranties for these models, and a five-year period where owners will be able to exchange their battery systems for free.
In a separate report by the Khaleej Times, Dubai-based AlToukhi Investment Company announced plans to offer a rental scheme for hybrid vehicles. The automaker would make its fleet of 50 hybrid and fully electric cars available for lease.
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Sermon shared by Greg Buchner
August 2003
Summary: To discover what New Age thinking is, what the Bible has to say about it, and then how to react to it.
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�New Age Spiritualism�
2003 Hot Topics Series
Galatians 1:1-12
August 10, 2003
(Note: This sermon went about thrity minutes. I�ve provided a break where a second sermon could start.)
Purpose: To discover what New Age thinking is, what the Bible has to say about it, and then how to react to it.
I. Introduction � Putting up the mailbox�.
�thought I was so smart�.thought I had the answer
�found out that I skipped a step and had to undo what had been done
�everything was there, everything looked good, but in the long run the mailbox would
not have been functional.
�so it is with New Age Spirituality
�they claim to have all the answers
�but they miss an important step�the gospel of Jesus Christ
�everything�s there, it looks good, but in many ways its dysfunctional
II. The arguments of the �New Age�
David Jeremiah in his book �Invasion of Other Gods, the Seduction of New Age Spirituality� lays out the six fundamental arguments that may sound familiar, if not understandable, by many of us.
We�re going to look at these six through the eyes of Scripture and see what the Bible has to say�
The first fundamental belief is in the �universality of God.�
In short, God is everything, in everything, on everything, and through everything. There is no distinction between humankind and nature; matter, time, and space are unreal myths that must be eliminated. Instead of an omnipotent God , there is a cosmic force of the universe that exists in everything, whether it be a person, a pig, or a pickle.
What does the Bible say?
�Ecclesiastes 5:2 says, �Don�t be rash with your mouth, and let not your heart utter anything
hastily before God�.� Why? �For God is in heaven, and you are on earth.� God isn�t in
the tree, or in the river, or in the corn stalk. He sits in heaven and one day we will be there with him.
�Job 38-39 is another passage which shows God�s omnipotence over humankind. If you
remember these two chapters, Job has spent chapters 23-31 telling God what God should be doing and how much God has messed up Job�s life, and the Lord answered Job in these two chapters with a discourse that started, �Where were you when I created the foundations of the earth�� The Creator is not the created.
�In John 12:44-46, we hear Jesus speaking of His Father when he said, �When a man believes
in me, he does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. When he looks at me, he sees the one who sent me. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.� God is the light for our darkened world. Christ came as a representative of God, so that we would not have to live in darkness. God is the opposite of what this world has become.
God is an independent deity who communicates plans, demonstrates emotion, and has the ability to choose separate from His creation. All is not God. Only God is God� �I am what I am.�
The second fundamental belief is in there is no difference between good and bad.
Since God is everything, then what is bad is God and what is good is God. There is no distinction between the two. Whatever works for you is fine, and whatever works for me is fine.
However, the Bible doesn�t say that that�s fine�
Romans 3:23 �for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.� God�s glory is not sin!
Matthew 25:31 says, �When the Son of Man
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You are ridiculous.
Jan 24, 2009 @ 7:11 pm
We'll have to get you a flash too, so we can both be ridiculous! :-p
Jan 25, 2009 @ 8:29 am
I agree with Kelly.
Jan 27, 2009 @ 6:35 pm
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