Transcript of the Prime Minister’s broadcast on Foot and Mouth Disease

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• Filed under: world
• Date: Jun 8,2008

This weekend will see the traditional start to the tourism season in Britain - when hundreds of castles, historic houses, wildlife centres and other attractions open their doors to visitors after the winter break.
There’s no doubt however, that this year the tourist season has been overshadowed by the Foot and Mouth outbreak.
This disease has been a devastating blow for livestock farmers. Hundreds of them have seen their animals, livelihood and hopes for the future destroyed and many others fear they will suffer the same fate.
It is a human tragedy and they deserve our sympathy and help. That is why no resource, no effort and no time is being spared to bring this outbreak under control.
It’s also why we promise to support farmers both now, through this immediate crisis, and for the longer term to build a sustainable future for the countryside.
But foot and mouth has also hurt the tourist industry, indeed the whole rural economy - and, in the vast majority of cases, totally unnecessarily. Read the rest of this entry »

Italy Tours ship trip

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• Filed under: Ship-Cruises
• Date: Jun 8,2008

The Aeolian Islands, a group of seven isles off the north coast of Sicily, range from uber-chic (Panarea), to actively volcanic (Stromboli), to quiet and romantic (Filicudi). Colonized by the Greeks in the 6th century B.C., each of these islands has a different flavor, offering the visitor dramatic rocky shores, azure waters, black sand beaches, charming whitewashed houses, a fabulous archaeological museum and the famed Malvasia wine.
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watching a Porsche 911 Turbo vedio

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• Filed under: Auto-cars
• Date: Jun 8,2008

Porsche exploded onto the scene in 1965 as the radically styled rear engine 911 took the auto mode of world by storm. As all the mode of journalists raved to the time.

Here was a true high-performance sports car that was equally at home being driven around town as it was dominating on the race track. And a few designs have stayed as true to their origins. Our test car was the flagship of the Porsche lineup, the 911 Turbo. The 19-inch forged billy alloy wheels, prominent rear fender air intake scoops, and split articulating rear spoiler highlight the turbo’s design.

The 3.6 liter 6 cylinder turbo charged motor produces 480 horsepower and 460 pounds-feet of torque in standard trail. But opting for the sport chrono package brings the availabel torque up to 505 pounds-feet, enough to propell the all-will drive turbo from 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds when equipped with a manual 6 speed transmission.

Choosing the 5 speed tiptronic automatice transmission ends less than 1 second to the 0 to 60 time. And it delivers this performence while achieving an EPA estimated fuel consumption of 18 miles per gallon city, and 25 highway.

Equally as impressive on the opposite side of a performence ledger, our test 911 came with the 8500 dollars rummy composite disbrake option. That features 6-piston 15-inch drilled unvented front discs, 14-inch vented discs in the rear with ABS * ability management technology in. Occupants of the 911 are treated to a full leather interior. As they’re based in the audio all put off a 13-speaker Bose Surround Sound System kept on course by the onboard computer and navigation system and protected by a full complement of airbags.

MSRP for the 07 Porsche 911 Turbo is 142,510 dollars. Just encase your considering owning, one of the world’s premiere sports cars.

Maturity in racing terms and race car

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• Filed under: Auto-cars
• Date: Jun 8,2008

Maturity in racing terms is different than in regular life, he said. It comes earlier than in the past, he added, because drivers now start to race much sooner.
“When they start karting when they’re eight years old and they experience all the highs and lows and the discipline,” Symonds said, “the maturity that they have by the time that they get into Formula One these days at 21, 22, 23 years old is absolutely incredible.”
“But being young, they just sometimes trip over in those little ways that the older person won’t,” he added. “It’s in things like self-confidence.”

Experience and maturity also have a paradoxical downside, according to Patrick Head, a part owner and director of the Williams team.

“Maturity means experience, and with experience usually comes a certain amount of wisdom,” Head said. “But sometimes with that wisdom comes a certain caution, as well. So sometimes as a driver becomes more experienced he maybe loses a little bit of speed. In some conditions, say in wet conditions or difficult conditions, sometimes they lose a bit of speed.”

Most team directors aim for a combination of age and experience, as Toro Rosso has done with Sébastien Bourdais, 29, and Sebastian Vettel, 20.

“You certainly would never want two young drivers in a team,” said Brawn. “It’s too easy to get lost in terms of the direction the team takes. And I think it is important that you have at least one senior driver in the team. That is the optimum: To have that old stagehand and the young apprentice coming through.”
The Force India team hired the experienced Giancarlo Fisichella, 35, to race with Adrian Sutil, 25, who is in his second year of Formula One. Sutil said that Fisichella’s experience not only helps the team, it helps him.

“It’s very helpful for a young driver because you need to learn so much in Formula One,” Sutil said, “and it takes years to have this knowledge, to be a race winner, to be able to win races with your experience.” Read the rest of this entry »

Volk Racing CE28N and TOYO proxes 888 R-compound

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• Filed under: Auto-cars
• Date: Jun 8,2008

3 days ago, I got a set of rims and tires installed for my lovely car…

Rims: Volk Racing CE28N 5*100, 18cent, 7.5cent. They are just awesome…the weight is about 17 lb each.

Tires: TOYO proxes 888 R-compound, 235*40*18… The performance on dry and wet road conditions are both 5 out of 5 points, which is really really good. grip, grip, and grip

I will update some pics for the track day on the coming monday…^,^

Brisbane’s main brief

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• Filed under: world
• Date: Jun 4,2008

City Profile
Brisbane is Australia’s third largest city, the country’s largest port, the capital of Queensland. The capital of Queensland, Australia and ports, major commercial and industrial center. Brisbane River in the lower reaches of the two sides, the town 25 km from the estuary. Ipswich and the west has been linked one, then extended to the east since Lei Deke Cliff and Lei Delan between the regions along the coast, the area of 2494 square kilometres. A population of about 1.12 million. Great Dividing Range, west of Darling Hilly grass, wheat, flax, sheep and dairy production; eastern coastal regions are sugar cane, pineapples and other tropical crops origin, for the urban agricultural and livestock products processing and the development of foreign trade provides a good resource conditions. Warm climate, moderate rainfall. The average annual temperature of 20.5 ℃. The hottest month (February) the average temperature of 24.7 ℃, the most Lengyue (July) 15 ℃. The average 1,153 mm of precipitation, mostly concentrated in the December to March the following year, after the rain caused rivers often flood.
City History
Brisbane, the name stems from the colonial era colonial district of New South Wales Governor’s official name. The city initially called Moreton, a New South Wales jurisdiction. 1824 began to build for the exile of prisoners. Since then, as the system of criminal exile were cancelled, 1842, open for free settlements, residents gradually increased, the town also has expanded. A port in 1854, 1859, from Queensland, New South Wales to set up a separate colonial zone, Brisbane will become the capital of the colonial area, the municipality built the same year, the city established in 1902. Read the rest of this entry »