Finally the brood has expanded!!! Twins, boy Knox Leon and girl Vivienne Marcheline, were born by c-section and finally taken out of the hospital this weekend.
Doctors have told since the babies were born that both the mother and the newborns were perfectly healthy and ready to go home, and enjoyed by their parents and siblings.
We hope they are all doing well and adapting to their new lifes!!!

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History Part Seventh

Racing and strategy

A Formula One Grand Prix event spans a weekend, beginning with two free practice sessions on Friday (except in Monaco, where Friday practices are moved to Thursday), and one free practice on Saturday. Additional drivers (commonly known as Third drivers) are allowed to run on Fridays, but only two cars may be used per team, requiring a race driver to give up their seat. A Qualifying session is held after the last free practice session. This session determines the starting order for the race.

The format of this qualifying session has been through several iterations since the 2003 season. Attempts were made to reinvigorate interest in the qualifying session by using a “one-shot” system in which each driver would take turns on an empty track to set their one and only time.

For the 2006 season a knockout qualifying system was introduced and remains in use, with some minor alterations, in 2008. The qualifying session is split into three phases. In the first phase, all twenty cars are permitted on the track for a twenty minute qualification session. Only their fastest time will count and drivers may complete as many laps as they wish. The slowest five cars can take no further part in qualifying, these cars will make up the last five grid positions in the order of their times.

The times for the fifteen remaining cars are reset for the next fifteen minute session. The slowest five cars will make up the grid in positions 11 to 15 in the order of their times set in this session.

The times for the ten remaining cars will be reset for the final ten minute session. For the final period, the cars will be arranged on the grid in positions one to ten in the order of their times in this session. In the first two sessions, cars may run any fuel load and drivers knocked out after those sessions may refuel ahead of the race. However, the top-ten drivers must start the race with whatever fuel was left in the car at the end of the final qualifying session. For all the sessions, if a driver starts a timed lap before the chequered flag falls for the end of that session, their time will count even if they cross the finish line after the session has ended.

The race begins with a warm-up formation lap, after which the cars assemble on the starting grid in the order they qualified. If a driver stalls before the parade lap, and the rest of the field passes him, then he must start from the back of the grid. As long as he moves off and at least one car is behind him, he can retake his original position. A racer may also elect to start from pit-lane if he has any last minute problems with the car. If they choose to do this, they must wait for all cars to pass pit-lane before they may begin the race.

A light system above the track then signals the start of the race. Races are a little over 305 kilometres (190 miles) long and are limited to two hours, though in practice they usually last about ninety minutes. Throughout the race, drivers may make one or more pit stops in order to refuel and change tyres. Teams are supplied with tyres from Bridgestone. Bridgestone have developed four tyre compounds of which they then select two for the teams to use at a given race event. Drivers must use both tyre compounds during a race which is hoped will bring more excitement to the sport. The softer of the available compounds for the weekend’s tyres can be seen with a white ring around one of the grooves on the tyre itself.

When a driver comes round to lap another, the backmarker must move out of the way within three blue flags being waved by the trackside marshals, or face a penalty.

Various systems for awarding championship points have been used since 1950. Since 2003, at the end of the race the top eight drivers and their respective teams receive points on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis (the race winner receives ten points, the first runner-up eight, and so on). The winner of the two annual championships are the driver and the team who have accumulated the most points at the end of the season. In the case of a tie in points, the championship is awarded to the driver or team having the higher number of wins; if these are equal, second place finishes are considered, and so on.

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Former employee of Rachel Ray’s show is suing CBS claiming he got fired from his job as an accountant with the station for sufering eating disorders.
Apparently Mr. Ferguson has suffered from anorexia for over six years,and while the short period of time working with Ray, he was constantly harrased by his supervisor on coments of how he was disgusted by people who suffer eating disorders and so forth.
He is suing for $1 million on discrimation charges, but fortunately for the cook, her name was not involved in the demand.

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History Part Sixth

Outside the World Championship

Currently, the terms “Formula One race” and “World Championship race” are effectively synonymous; since 1984, every Formula One race has counted towards the World Championship, and every World Championship race has been to Formula One regulations. This has not always been the case, and in the earlier history of Formula One many races took place outside the world championship.

European non-championship racing

In the early years of Formula One, before the world championship was established, there were around twenty races held from late Spring to early Autumn (Fall) in Europe, although not all of these were considered significant. Most competitive cars came from Italy, particularly Alfa Romeo. After the start of the world championship these non-championship races continued. In the 1950s and 1960s, there were many Formula One races which did not count for the World Championship (e.g., in 1950, a total of twenty-two Formula One races were held, of which only six counted towards the World Championship). In 1952 and 1953, when the world championship was run for Formula Two cars, a full season of non-championship Formula One racing took place. Some races, particularly in the UK, including the Race of Champions, Oulton Park International Gold Cup and International Trophy, were attended by the majority of the world championship contenders. These became less common through the 1970s and 1983 saw the last non-championship Formula One race: The 1983 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch, won by reigning World Champion Keke Rosberg in a Williams Cosworth in a close fight with American Danny Sullivan.

South African Formula One championship

South Africa’s flourishing domestic Formula One championship ran from 1960 through to 1975. The frontrunning cars in the series were recently retired from the world championship although there was also a healthy selection of locally built or modified machines. Frontrunning drivers from the series usually contested their local World Championship Grand Prix, as well as occasional European events, although they had little success at that level.

British Formula One Series

The old fashioned DFV helped make the UK domestic Formula One series possible between 1978 and 1980. As in South Africa a generation before, second hand cars from manufacturers like Lotus and Fittipaldi Automotive were the order of the day, although some, such as the March 781, were built specifically for the series. In 1980 the series saw South African Desiré Wilson become the only woman to win a Formula One race when she triumphed at Brands Hatch in a Wolf WR3.

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Mr. and Mrs. Smith are just about to open a private school in Los Angeles and there has been a lot of speculation as to if the school will be a scientologist facility.
However the couple and the school’s academy director have insisted that they will not follow any religious beliefs in particular, and also have assure that some teachers follow scientology as other different religions, but it is school policy, that as a non-secular school, teachers are not allow to promote their own religions or pass on the beliefs of their particular faith to children.
The school is scheduled to open in September of this year and will offer aside from the traditional math and history yoga, robotics and etiquette classes.

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Todos hemos sido testigos  en como nos esta afectando actualmente el alto precio de los combustibles y sin poder hacer nada al respecto, gracias a esas personas que a mi criterio están especulando con los precios del muy preciado ORO NEGRO (petróleo) , mientras ud y yo tenemos que guardar el automóvil en casa , ellos se hacen mas millonarios día a día.

Las guerras y los políticos corruptos hacen que las economías de los países se caigan y con ellos su población que dependen del petróleo y sus derivados, si la gasolina sube, con ello suben los precios de la canasta básica , arroz , frijoles , leche ,harina, huevos, todo lo que comemos normalmente también sube, a esto le llaman “inflación” pero cuando noS ponemos a comparar cuanto suben los precios en su relación con los salarios , no vemos que aumenten y con esto nos vemos forzados a dejar de comprar algunas cosas que para muchos se llegan a convertir en lujos y vemos  que el día a día se convierten en un fracaso social mundial y que la clase media YMEDIA-baja comienzaN el proceso de su exterminación PARCIAL O total en algunos casos y que la clase pobre se hace mas pobre aun y aumenta el hambre, mientras que la clase alta no lo sienten porque son los que manejan el sistema a su antojo, al que nosotros somos sometidos sin querer . Según expertos el petróleo en algún punto puede llegar a costar unos $200 el barril, la única alternativa seria guardar el carro en la casa y sin derecho a reclamar nada, vemos que en varios países , ya están cayendo en caos social por medio de estas alzas , autobúseros , taxistas ,y productores entre otros , están siendo prácticamente estafados porque con los costos de producción se pierden millones diarios.

Que podemos hacer al respecto pues la respuesta esta en hacer sacrificios en cada una de nuestras casas y cambios de mentalidad en cada uno de nosotros pues esto quiere decir que debemos poner de nuestra parte para, disminuir el consumo para que en algún punto el mismo sea mínimo y que las compañías petroleras y sus accionistas se vean forzados a disminuir el los precios y aumentar su producción hasta que  nos pongan el precio accesible y decente que nosotros los consumidores podamos costear, o crear otras fuentes alternativas como el etanol, y bio-diesel como es el caso de Brasil.

Hasta cuando los dueños del sistema van a seguir pisoteando a las sociedades del mundo, hasta donde tenemos que llegar para que ellos dejen su avaricia y dejen la manipulación de las masas al decirnos que hacer que no hacer como y cuando manejar su vehículo y cuando lo tiene que dejar en la casa, lo cual ayuda en parte a que la polución del planeta no sea tan alta pero mientras ud y yo hacemos esos cambios, no vemos ningún cambio por parte de las grandes compañías e industrias del mundo entero   que todos sabemos que es la causante del mayor porcentaje de contaminación.

Necesitamos desesperadamente una solución al problema que sea factible y por la vía rápida , hasta cuando podrá soportar la sociedad con aumentos de este tipo, hasta cuando van a seguir ahogándonos con impuestos y alzas que podremos comer en 1 año o 2, probablemente la respuesta no la tiene ningún político de su país porque estará muy ocupado viendo a ver que le aumenta en el próximo mes o cuanto es lo que El cree que nosotros podemos pagar de mas en la canasta básica de su hogar, lo único que espero es que no le sigan poniendo AGUA a la LECHE para pagar los costos de producción porque cuando aumente el agua todos vamos a quedar bien, esperemos que en algun lado aparezca alguna persona honesta y nos ayude, si no todos vamos tener que llamar al chapulín colorado a que nos venga a defender y que nos resuelva el problema hahaha, bueno la mejor suerte del mundo para todos.

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Early today (4:30 am) in Mississippi 17-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears gave brith to a healthy baby girl reportly named Maddie Briann.
Media was there to confirm the arrival of older sister Britney to support her little sister.
Jamie Lynn and fiance Casey Aldridge, 19, will be taking off to Jamie’s mother’s house in Louisiana and spend there their first days as parents.
Congrats!!

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History Part Fifth

The manufacturers’ return (2000–2007)

Michael Schumacher and Ferrari won an unprecedented five consecutive drivers’ championships and six consecutive constructors’ championships between 1999 and 2004. Schumacher set many new records, including those for Grand Prix wins (91), wins in a season (13 of 18), and most drivers’ championships (7). Schumacher’s championship streak ended on September 25, 2005 when Renault driver Fernando Alonso became Formula One’s youngest champion. In 2006, Renault and Alonso won both titles again. Schumacher retired at the end of 2006 after sixteen years in Formula One.

During this period the championship rules were frequently changed by the FIA with the intention of improving the on-track action and cutting costs. Team orders, legal since the championship started in 1950, were banned in 2002 after several incidents in which teams openly manipulated race results, generating negative publicity, most famously by Ferrari at the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix. Other changes included the qualifying format, the points scoring system, the technical regulations and rules specifying how long engines and tyres must last. A ‘tyre war’ between suppliers Michelin and Bridgestone saw lap times fall, although at the 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis seven out of ten teams did not race when their Michelin tyres were deemed unsafe for use. During 2006, Max Mosley outlined a ‘green’ future for Formula One, in which efficient use of energy would become an important factor. And the tyre war ended, as Bridgestone became the sole tyre supplier to Formula One for the 2007 season.

Since 1983, Formula One had been dominated by specialist race teams like Williams, McLaren and Benetton, using engines supplied by large car manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Renault and Ford. Starting in 2000 with Ford’s creation of the largely unsuccessful Jaguar team, new manufacturer-owned teams entered Formula One for the first time since the departure of Alfa Romeo and Renault at the end of 1985. By 2006, the manufacturer teams – Renault, BMW, Toyota, Honda and Ferrari – dominated the championship, taking five of the first six places in the constructors’ championship. The sole exception was McLaren, which is part-owned by Mercedes Benz. Through the Grand Prix Manufacturers Association (GPMA) they negotiated a larger share of Formula One’s commercial profit and a greater say in the running of the sport.

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 TODAY CAN BE THE END OF THE ROAD FOR L.A, OR THE TIE OF THE SERIES 3-3 FOR THEM , WHO WE ALL BASKET FANS EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF GAME 5 WHERE THEY, bring GAME!!! to the court yard AND MAKE THE SERIES MORE INTERESTING.

HOPEFULLY TODAY, THEY give us one more excited game like the one’s we’ve had this past weeks.

Seems like kendrick perkins is back in track and expected to play tomorrow. the center of the Celtics missed last game due some injured that happen in game 4, hurting his shoulder WHERE LAKERS TOOK ADVANTage in the center , with Paul Gazol, and Kobe like to BREAK TROUGH WITH THE BALL AND SCORE SOME EXTRA POINTS , although CELTICS WERE LOOSING BY 17 IN THE 1^ST QUARTER THEY WENT TO HALFTIME LOOSING ONLY BY 3 pts in the end we all know how good phill Jackson is to close tight games since the bull’S time , and also the players who got steamed up by THEIR FANS WHO SUPPORTED THEM LIKE NO OTHER and play very good offense, I don’t agree with some fouls to k.g specially in the  1^ST quarter but the game was good and fair the victory of l.a lakers , as I predicted “jack” Jack Nicholson was there in the 1^st row  couching ,and im not picking on the guy is just funny how he “loves this game” so much like many of us, looked very happy with the victory of his team, couple other stars, denzel Washington and others were there too, we all liked the game , and I expect more fun tomorrow, probably even over time, to get our sweat going and getting our nerves SHAKING A LIL BIT  FROM HEAD TO TOE HAHAH.

Have a good game !!!

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El jueves pasado fuimos testigos de un juego de baloncesto en el cual , Los Angeles Lakers fueron derrotados nuevamente , por un equipo de Boston que vino a dar el todo por el todo , no se guardaron nada , ahora ellos lideran la serie 3-1 , y en L.a  sienten la preCion en el cual ya no pueden perder, el juego de el domingo por la noche va a ser decisivo para los lakers, tienen que sacar todo su arsenal y mas que todo defender un poco mejor , estan dejando jugadores importantes como R.allen y P pierce , lakers tienen que pensar muy bien lo que van hacer puesto que todos sabemos que la el balon va para Kobe Bryant y muy probable que lo vayan a tener con doble marca por ahí, que si con un poco de suerte y los demas jugadores aportando pueden aprovechar esa doble marca y aprovechar al hombre libre.

Por otro lado parese que Boston se prepara talvez para la celebración de su titulo numero 17 en la historia de este equipo, mientras los Lakers trataran de meterse en la competencia para ganar dos partidos mas y empatar la serie 3-3 y llevar la final hasta el juego 7 de la serie .

Puede esto convertirse en una final para Boston y salir victoriosos en cancha ajena, pero L.a va ir a tratar de presionar y confiar en las decisiones de Kobe y empezar a tener poco a poco la ventaja de puntos esperamos ver mas de lo mismo el partido anterior donde lakers tomaron una ventaja de 25 puntos solo que esta vez no creo posible que celtics puedan remontar , ya La van preparados y mas que avisados que a boston no se les puede dejar posesión del balon porque la saben aprovechar muy bien.

Como en todo partido en L.a , esperen ver a la nata y crema de Hollywood , como siempre es posible encontrarse un poco de todo pero nunca van a faltar estrellas como  Jack Nicholson, gran fan Y seguidor de los lakers desde de hace muchos años O talvez hasta aston cusher , esperemos ver un partido muy emocionante y con bastantes puntos , talvez hasta llevar el partido a otro nivel y esperar hasta un posible tiempo extra.

Y como siempre espero ver a los celtics ganar la final en LA ,difícil pero no imposible

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