SAN DIEGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) has acquired an advanced-design high-speed interceptor vessel for inspection, evaluation and pursuit of smugglers’ boats entering U.S. waters.
The 43-foot 1,400 hp “go-fast†test vessel has been making the rounds in different U.S. ports. It made an appearance in Texas in late July and is scheduled to remain berthed in San Diego for two weeks.
CBP’s Office of Air and Marine personnel in San Diego is testing the Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator (ACTD) for possible future purchase by CBP… Details
In early July, Fernando Alonso had denied reports that he was making a deal to leave the Renault team for Ferrari starting in 2010 and certainly no later than 2011, telling reporters that there had not been any contact between the two sides. Renault’s Carlos Ghosn also dismissed the stories, expressing that he fully expected Alonso to be in his team’s car again in 2010.
The rumors have obviously started to flare up again.
Alonso’s right wheel dropped off his car thirteen laps into the Hungarian Grand Prix, and it has been determined by F1 safety officials that the crew did not take proper care in fitting the wheel to the car, or in informing Alonso of its condition. Considering that this was in the wake of …Â Details
Video Rock Climbing – “Oh Capitan Mon Capitan !” – French climbing movie of some friends who decides to pass 6 weeks in Yosemite Valley in September 2007: The Nose, Bouldering, slack line… This video is in two parts.
If you close your eyes for just a moment and stick your fingers in your ears, you could almost be standing in the middle of a proper wild west town in the heart of the open plains of the US. The main street has all the normal attributes of small-town America. Amongst the smattering of junk stores and restaurants, there’s a grocery store, a pharmacy and a very cowboy-esque watering hole that really needs a set of swinging doors and a horse tied up outside.
The problem is, sticking your fingers in your ears won’t block the noise of the thousands of thundering, V-twin motorcycles lumbering past you on the street. Because this town is Sturgis, and this is the Black Hills Classic.
What that means to Nowheresville and its 6,442 inhabitants is that the world’s largest motorcycle rally is once again in town, and it is time to party … Details