Jenjie

Politik for me

No way! How did Spies not get in the Top 10?

just playing the ones outside the top 10 at the moment. no numbers given

Ian, you stalker

When I went to Liverpool in 2002. I'm sure I must have heard them before that but have no recollection. Ian wanted someone to go with him, so off we toddled. It was one of the best concerts i've ever been to, and was sucked in on the spot.

dunno :stunned: but do you reckon VIva La Vida is the best song ever?

but not in the top 10 :o

:embarassed: I still need a copy for my car.

I just get to talk to the people who've just been taken out by an artic changing lanes. must be hellish living near the roads though. there's a road near us which is murder every rush hour

half an hour to go

its not the only thing they don't understand, they cause complete mayhem

the sooner the lorry drivers use their brains the better. they never used to have that problem. have they lost all their observation skills juts because they have sat nav? its like the daft people who rely completely on their reversing sensors. They don't pick everything up, you still have to look & use your brain

THE power of the wind and the tide have been harnessed – now the footfall of trudging shoppers is to become the latest source of emission-free energy. Underfloor generators, powered by “heel strike” and designed by British engineers, may soon be installed in supermarkets and railway stations. The technology could use the footsteps of pedestrians to power thousands of lightbulbs at shopping centres. It works by using the pressure of feet on the floor to compress pads underneath, driving fluid through mini-turbines that then generate electricity, which is stored in a battery. Engineers who have modelled the effects of the technology at Victoria Underground station in central London have calculated that the 34,000 travellers passing through every hour could power 6,500 lightbulbs. David Webb, a structural engineer at the consultant Scott Wilson, which is in discussions with Network Rail and with retail firms to install the devices, said: “It’s just picking up on the fact that all structures move a bit. This technology says, okay, we can do something useful with that energy.” In addition to floors, the technology could also be installed beneath railway lines and on road bridges to exploit the energy of passing trains and vehicles. The plans for heel-strike generation follow successful trials last year at a bridge in the Midlands where generators converted energy from trains passing above into electricity powering a flood detector. One of the first locations for foot-powered electricity is likely to be the Spinnaker Tower, a 560ft-high viewing platform for tourists in Portsmouth. Miniature generators would be installed beneath the surfaces of the stairs used by visitors. “As well as the feet, we have also looked at using the devices to harness the swaying movement of the entire Spinnaker Tower,” said Webb. “All buildings sway but things like television masts would be especially good because they move around a lot more.” The technology is based on mini-generators built into soldiers’ boots, tested by the American military. It has been adapted into prototypes for use under floors by The Facility, a company based in London. The underfloor generators could in theory be used in any place where there are large numbers of pedestrians, although the expense of the technology at its current stage of development means that it is unlikely to become widespread for several years. Any surface that readily moves under the impact of pedestrians walking, such as footbridges, could potentially be adaped. Engineers at The Facility believe that possible locations could also include powering floodlights at sports stadiums from the spectators walking around. There could also be a range of domestic uses, for example powering iPods by plugging them into batteries placed in the owners’ heels, using technology which is already available. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4087518.ece

SATELLITE navigation systems have become so prone to blunders that they are in danger of steering into a new road sign. Government ministers are planning to introduce a “no lorries” warning sign to deter heavy goods drivers from being directed down entirely unsuitable short cuts by sat nav systems. The signs, whose final designs will be drawn up by the Department for Transport, will show a lorry with a red line through it without any words. “The design will, we hope, be easily understood by drivers with a weak grasp of English,” said a source at the ministry. A government consultation on sat nav, to be published within weeks, has concluded that more must be done to prevent “inappropriate routing”. The government accepts that sat nav is a valuable tool but is concerned that some drivers are overly reliant on it and are abandoning common sense. Ministers have held private meetings with sat nav providers to encourage them to develop “truck-friendly” systems that include information about roads. They are also considering a Kitemark to encourage the purchase of systems with accurate local information suited to the size of vehicle. The consultation is also expected to express concern about drivers who become distracted when keying in destinations and have accidents. It is expected to recommend that new lorry drivers are trained in sat nav – and to resort to road signs if in doubt. Mishaps related to sat nav have become commonplace. Earlier this year Lady Kitty Spencer reportedly missed a Chelsea football game because the taxi driver picking her up from Althorp, Northamptonshire, programmed in Stamford Bridge in North Yorkshire rather than the club’s London ground. Last year a Slovenian driver became jammed in a narrow street in the Kent village of Mereworth, near Maidstone, bringing down power lines. The driver is believed to have been using a system designed for cars. Research by Network Rail released earlier this year found lorries had caused £15m of damage in 2007-8 by striking low or narrow bridges after being directed under them by sat navs. The number of incidents had doubled in a decade to 2,000 a year. There were also incidents of cars trying to drive down railway tracks on level crossings after mistaking them for the roads just past the crossing that their sat navs had told them to take. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4087736.ece

A 12-YEAR-OLD girl in Scotland brought up by her parents on a strict vegan diet has been admitted to hospital with a degenerative bone condition said to have left her with the spine of an 80-year-old woman. Doctors are under pressure to report the couple to police and social workers amid concerns that her health and welfare may have been neglected in pursuit of their dietary beliefs. The girl, who has been fed on a strict meat and dairy-free diet from birth, is said to have a severe form of rickets and to have suffered a number of fractured bones. The condition is caused by a lack of vitamin D, which is needed to absorb calcium and is found in liver, oily fish and dairy produce. Decalcification leads to the bones becoming brittle and can cause curvature of the spine. Dr Faisal Ahmed, the consultant paediatrician treating the child at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow, declined to discuss the specific case. He said, however, that he believed the dangers of forcing children to follow a strict vegan diet needed to be highlighted. One leading nutritionist, who asked not to be named, said: “In most instances, the parents who are imposing this very restrictive and potentially hazardous diet are not themselves brought up as vegans. They are imposing on their children something . . . which we do not know enough about to know it is safe.” Jonathan Sher, head of policy at Children in Scotland, an umbrella group representing 400 organisations, said social workers should intervene where a vegan diet was putting children’s health at risk. Last year, an American vegan couple were given a life sentence for starving their six-week-old baby to death. In 2001 two vegans from west London were sentenced to three years’ community rehabilitation after they admitted starving their baby to death. Glasgow city council said the incident involving the 12-year-old girl had not been referred to its social work department. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article4087734.ece

A professional footballer has been arrested after two boys were killed in a crash on the M6 in Staffordshire. The brothers, aged eight and 10, died after a Toyota Previa people carrier careered down an embankment following a collision with a Range Rover. Plymouth Argyle said it was "aware of an incident" involving a player. The arrested man, believed to be Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick, is being held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Club statement The 37-year-old Previa driver, the boys' father, is in a serious condition in hospital. The crash happened between junctions 15 and 16 of the motorway near Keele services at shortly before 0545 BST on Saturday. The three other occupants of the people carrier - a 49-year-old man and his sons, aged eight and 15 - were treated in hospital for minor injuries. The six are from the Manchester area and they were travelling to Silverstone in Northamptonshire when the crash happened, Staffordshire Police said. The man arrested at the scene of the crash was the driver of the Range Rover, and he was not hurt in the collision, police said. The motorway was closed southbound between junctions 16 and 15 following the incident and reopened at lunchtime on Saturday. One boy was pronounced dead at the scene and the other died at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. In a statement, Plymouth Argyle said: "The club is aware of an incident involving one of our players that occurred on Saturday morning on the M6. "As the incident is subject to police inquiries, the club feels it would be inappropriate to make any comment at this stage." Later the club added that it wished to send its condolences the family and friends of the two boys who have died. "They are very much in our thoughts and prayers at this sad time," the club said. Luke McCormick is a former England youth international and was twice voted the club's young player of the season. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Central Motorways Police Group. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7441622.stm

death count has gone up to 7 :( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7442327.stm

ty :)

lol those pictures are even older than google maps. my house doesn't exist yet on the live pictures!!

only 4 more hours and its done :D by then the show will be on and I won't need to

definitely not. and I hope you're posting from home & not work, young man. its far too nice a day to be in work yet :D

Guys this is just getting freaky now. Posting the location of the bakery on the internet is one thing, posting the guys addresses and photos of their houses is completely different. These people deserve to be able to go home and chill at the end of the day, not have to worry about which weirdo is going to turn up on their doorstep next. They all have small children, and its hardly fair on them either. Please have some respect for their privacy.

2 days left to enter the amazon comp.

19.5 hours :stunned:

who knows. I don't know that I trust the postal system enough for someone to send out 7000 tickets 6 days before an event. with the ticket agencies, its not all the tickets in one go, coz some send them out months before.