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It's a street circuit with a long stretch on Port Imperial Blvd which is a wide stretch of tarmac along the river, then there's a huge elevation change as the circuit follows JFK Blvd which is up on the cliffs. The streets up there are more narrow with apartment buildings on the street. And you can see the circuit is right across the water from Manhattan, in fact you can take the ferry from Midtown right to the Port Imperial terminal which is smack in the middle of the circuit.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/15440153.stm

Just found this on the journal site whilst browsing and thought this may have jogged a few memories. In the early days of transport and at the Furnace Bank on the River Blyth, a bus would stop at the top of the bank and let its passengers off. They would then have to walk down and up the bank at the other side and get back on to complete their journey. Taken from Journal site: http://bedlington.journallive.co.uk/2011/04/bus-tragedy-at-the-bedlington.html

Duchess of Northumberland behind SNRG

Even after this move I don't think I could justify spending the money to go to the game exciting as it is to watch us at the moment. Personally I think the words on everyones lips has something to do with how long this lasts!!! Excellent initiative though and good on them. Read More http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2011/10/24/ashley-hopes-deal-will-spark-fortress-st-james-72703-29648643/

I really don't think that the players were expecting that sort of reception by the local people over there. The americans are mad for it and it seemed to make more headlines in the US than it did in the local press. Good programme and a good insight into the club.

The majority of internet users are consumers of content not creators. Alot of the guests are search engines trawling for content also.... Wouldn't hurt to spread the word though

http://www.lytro.com...ng-pictures/282 I was having a play with this a few months back, basically click to select the focal point. I also found another neat little project which could do with more work but I'm sure google maps would have been more economical mapping the world with a ball. Source - Engadget

Looks like everything is coming along nicely over there

Yeah I was reading the article yesterday John Good news, literally.

Highly anticipated game with awesome graphics. Designed for PC gaming but also available on console but PC game offers 64 player online. Unfortunately the consoles can't support the frame rate that it was designed for with Xbox being limited to 30fps if I remember correctly. Will be getting this on PS3 and after playing the Open Beta from the Playstation store will be rinsing it alot. Anyone else?

He's a nut job, pretty sure he had his car stickered up last time too and was driving around preaching. Can the world not end on Monday instead. It's pay day today and I want to get drunk!

Unfortunate regarding the circumstances. Hope everything gets sorted soon enough

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15385955

10yrs ago we had Bob Hope, Johnny Cash, and Steve Jobs. Now we have no Hope, no cash, and no Jobs. Lets hope Kevin Bacon doesn't go too.... ---------------------------------- Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps, "My friend is dead! What can I do?". The operator says "Calm down. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There is a silence, then a gun shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says "OK, now what?" ---------------------------------- An Amish boy and his father were visiting a nearby mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny silver walls that moved apart and back together again by themselves. The lad asked, "What is this, father?" The father, having never seen an elevator, responded, "I have no idea what it is." While the boy and his father were watching wide-eyed, an old lady in a wheelchair rolled up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched as small circles lit up above the walls. The walls opened up again and a beautiful twenty-four-year-old woman stepped out. The father looked at his son anxiously and said, "Go get your mother."

Don't worry Keith, Malcolm said he was providing biscuits as well.

How many times can you enter? I have about 400 blank envelopes lying round somewhere

My budgie broke his leg today so I made him a little splint out of a couple of matches. His little face lit up when he tried to walk. ------------------------- A couple go for a meal at a Chinese restaurant and order the 'Chicken Surprise', The waiter brings the meal, served in a lidded cast iron pot. Just as the wife is about to serve herself, the lid of the pot rises slightly And she briefly sees two beady little eyes looking around before the lid slams back down. 'Good grief, did you see that?' she asks her husband. He hadn't, so she asks him to look in the pot. He reaches for it and again the lid rises, and he sees two little eyes looking around before it slams down..rather perturbed, he calls the waiter over, explains what is happening, and demands an explanation. 'Please sir,' says the waiter, 'what you order?' The husband replies, 'Chicken Surprise.' 'Ah! So sorry,' says the waiter, 'I bring you Peeking Duck!' ------------------------- Just got an e-mail saying 'At Google Earth we can read maps backwards!' I thought, "That's just spam." ------------------------- Just saw 3 guys calling Lady Ga GA and ugly bitch whilst holding her head down in a puddle, i thought "Thats a bit shallow" ------------------------- I think my mate is great, he lost both of his legs and severed his larynx in an accient He doesn't make a song and dance about it ------------------------- A cow, an ant and a !*!@# are debating on who is the greatest of the three of them. The cow said, "I give 20 quarts of milk every day and that's why I am the greatest!" The ant said, "I work day and night, summer and winter, I can carry 52 times my own weight and that's why I am the greatest!" Why are you scrolling down? It's your turn to say something. ------------------------- How d'you turn a duck into a soul singer? Put it in an oven till its bill withers. ------------------------- The Reverend John Fluff was the pastor in a small town in Ireland. One day he was walking down the high street when he noticed a young lady of his congregation sitting in a pub drinking beer. The Reverend wasn't happy! He walked through the open door of the pub and sat down next to the woman. "Miss Fitzgerald," he said sternly - "This is no place for a member of my congregation. Why don't you let me take you home?" "Sure!" she said with a slur, obviously very drunk. When Miss Fitzgerald stood up from the bar, she began to weave back and forth. The Reverend realized that she'd had far too much to drink and grabbed her arms to steady her. When he did, they both lost their balance and tumbled to the floor. After a few moments, the Reverend wound up on top of Miss Fitzgerald, her skirt hiked up to her waist. The pub barkeep looked over and said, "Oy mate, we won't have any of that carrying on in this pub." The Reverend looked up at the landlord and said, "But you don't understand. I'm Pastor Fluff." The barkeep said, "Ah well, if you're that far in, ye might as well finish." ------------------------- An Irish man is stumbling through the woods, totally drunk, when he comes upon a preacher baptising people in the river. He proceeds to walk into the water and subsequently bumps into the preacher... The preacher turns around and is almost overcome by the smell of alcohol, hereupon he asks the drunk 'Are you ready to find Jesus?' The drunk shouts, 'Yes, oi am.' So the preacher grabs him and dunks him in the water. He pulls him up and asks the drunk, Brother have you found Jesus?' The drunk replies, 'No, oi haven't found Jesus.' The preacher shocked at the answer, dunks him into the water again for a little longer. He again pulls him out of the water and asks again, 'Have you found Jesus me brother?' The drunk again answers, 'No, oi I haven't found Jesus.' By this time the preacher is at his wits end and dunks the drunk in the water again -- but this time holds him down for about 30 seconds and when he begins kicking his arms and legs he pulls him up. The preacher again asks the drunk, 'For the love of God have you found Jesus?' The drunk wipes his eyes and catches his breath and says to the preacher, 'Well ....Are you sure this is where he fell in?' ------------------------- A bloke goes to the local council to apply for a job in the office. The interviewer asks him, "Are you allergic to anything?" He replies, "Yes, caffeine." "Have you ever worked for the public service before?" "Yes, I was in the army." he says, "I was in Iraq for two tours." The interviewer says, "That will give you 5 extra points toward employment." Then he asks, "Are you disabled in any way?" The guy says, "Yes. A mine exploded near me when I was there and I lost both of my testicles". The interviewer grimaces and then says, "O.K. You've got enough points for me to take you on right away. Our normal hours are from 8.00am to 4.00pm..... but you can start tomorrow at 10.00am - and carry on starting at 10.00am every day." The bloke is puzzled and asks, "If the work hours are from 8.00am to 4.00pm, why don't you want me here until 10.00am? I'm not looking for any special treatment y'know" "What you have to understand is that this is a council job," the interviewer says, "For the first two hours, we just stand around drinking coffee and scratching our !*!@# . There's no !*!@# point in you coming in for that!

It's not the content that I am opposed to but the fact that censorship is taking place in our own country. Another article that I have come across which also makes some valid points linking to other articles. http://liberalconspiracy.org/2011/10/12/camerons-barking-plan-to-restrict-porn-would-entrap-people/ This is a religious lobbying group directly influencing political policy. This does not end well. Getting porn blocked is an easy victory for a Christian lobbying group. You can argue this is worth fighting for as an issue of free speech, or privacy, but really this is about giving ground to religious lobbyists who might start trying their luck with something bigger. Is this David Cameron admitting that a diverse Britain is not the way forward and what is preventing muslim/jewish/islamic lobbyists approaching the government with something that they don't agree with? There should be something done about this and it is scandalous that it is even being considered!!

http://www.guardian....rvice-providers Subscribers to four of the UK's biggest internet service providers will have to "opt in" if they want to view sexually explicit websites, as part of government-sponsored curbs on online. Hugely irresponsible to just sit back and say "We can't be bothered to educate ourselves, lets pester the state to fulfill our parental responsibilities for us" Surely if you are concerened about your children looking at sexually explicit material on the internet then you should either educate yourself on measures to prevent this or monitor the time that your children spend online? Isn't this simply the beginning of internet censorship? today "adult", tomorrow "provoking", then "thought provoking"? And at what part do they draw the line, are they going to block access to sites that contain the word sex? Its not the states responsibility to censor the internet for parents who aren't responsible enough to supervise their childrens use of the internet. The parents should get off their arses and educate themselves about... (sure there are courses that they could do in the local community). Essentially relying on the state to police what children are accessing is lazy and should not be promoted by the government, they should be taking more measures to educate parents into finding out what is out there as I bet there are LOT of people who aren't even aware of what is available. They can then make a decision themselves as to what they feel their children should be allowed to access. This, all coming from a group of mothers who probably sit and read Hello, OK! or whatever other overpriced magazine to stare at the sexualisation of women in the media and who let their 13 year old daughters go out in those stupid shorts that seem to be the craze. tl;dr: Censorship on the internet is being introduced in the form of porn filtering by ISP's. Discuss?

Yes it is. Thank you, mentioned this to the other half last night as well and she didn't mind the idea (more the idea that she got me at home more) but hey ho

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