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SANTA CRUZ — Jack O’Neill and the O’Neill Sea Odyssey marine science and ecology program welcomed the 50,000th student aboard the organization’s 65-foot catamaran Friday morning.

Radcliff Elementary student Esmael Torres shook O’Neill’s hand as he and his Watsonville classmates from Amy Grant’s class climbed aboard and lifted anchor at the fuel dock in the east Santa Cruz harbor….  Details


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Ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, former Jordan technical director Gary Anderson has cast his eye over the regulation changes brought in to Formula 1 for the 2009 campaign.

The Setanta Ireland commentator and analyst also took at how the teams have progressed over the winter….

It’s been over a decade since we have seen much change in the Formula 1 Technical Regulations but for 2009, there have been major developments.

The FIA set out in 2007 to come up with a set of regulations for 2009 that would …  Details

For all its snobbish and snooty ways, Formula One is often like a freak show.

Don’t get me wrong. I was crazy about the F1 races at Indianapolis. I loved the crowds, I loved the cars and the paddock area is the coolest in motorsports.

But the people who run the sport are nothing short of wacky.

What other sporting organization, motorsports or otherwise, would announce a change in the way that sport decides its championship less than two weeks before …  Details


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Formula 1 rule changes mean the sport will increasingly be as much about the driver as it is about the car.

The recent news that Honda pulled out of Formula One for financial reasons, and that the team has been restructured as an independent under a new name, Braun F1, stunned the world of racing. Honda was one of the biggest teams, managed by one of the world’s strongest auto manufacturers. Many believed Honda’s decision to walk away because of the cost of motor racing marked the beginning of serious financial problems for the sport. If Honda went, they wondered, who would be next? ….  Details