A brief excerpt from \Festivus-The Holiday For the Rest of Us\
by Allen Salkin from Warner books.
It\'s the holiday that eats other holidays for lunch.
Mark Grain, Assistant Race Team Chief Mechanic, takes us through his race weekend at the German GP in the form of a 3-part video diary. In fact, the Nurburgring race turned out to be a pivotal weekend in making the MP4-24 competitive.
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Severley intoxicated prisoner in the processing room confirms if he was or was not drinking. Watch as he fails many times over before even getting a breathalizer test. If your still bored, check out/add my profile if you like 'fails' or are into that sort of thing.
This year’s St Petersburg International Economic Forum, will convene under the theme, 'Leadership that Works'. The Forum’s official programme will feature a range of sessions organized under four interrelated content pillars, and designed in various formats so as to stimulate interactivity and enrich participant experience. In addition to the traditional panel sessions and roundtables it will include a number of 'session series', industry breakfasts, business round tables, and plenary sessions with participation of global political and business leaders.
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9000 kilometres across some really rough terrain – that’s the challenge facing the rally drivers taking part in the “Dakar Rally” in January. Two weeks of stress and strain. The head of motor racing in charge of the teams is under enormous pressure too, but in his case it’s not confined to that single fortnight. All year long he has to put together a car drawing on a given budget; a car that will pose a genuine threat to the competition. At the same time he must organise and supervise: the safety of the entire team, the fitness of the drivers and co-drivers, the transportation of the equipment, and so on and so forth. Mhoch4 has accompanied Volkswagen’s head of motor racing Kris Nissen and seen the extent of the demands made on him on the eve of the Dakar Rally.
From riots in Peru to S&M clubs in Japan, follow NOFX as they get ripped off, beat up and completely wasted. Will these 40 something punks be able to maintain the daddy by day, rock star by night lifestyle? Or will this insane tour be their last?
