Going away.

To my loyal readers and droppers. I will away for a few days, I am being sent to Melbourne, Australia to do a job, I will be back early next week and will get back to my daily drops etc when i return.

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Kimi to WRC

Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen will make his world rally championship debut against drivers such as Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen in his native Finland at the end of July.

The former Formula One world champion (2007) has already competed in three non-championship rallies this year and will enter the Rally of Finland in a Fiat Abarth Grande Punto with compatriot Kaj Lindstrom who was formerly the co-driver to four-times world champion Tommi Makinen.

The Rally of Finland starts on the Friday after the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix in Budapest which is on July 26.

Ford's Mikko Hirvonen leads Citroen's five-times world champion Sebastien Loeb by a point going in to the ninth of the season's 12 rallies.

Raikkonen, has competed in two rallies in Finland and one in Italy since the start of the year and has scored 10 points from eight grands prix this year in Formula One.

Does this mean that Alonso will finally get his chance to drive for Ferrari in place of Kimi?, I personally hope not.

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Unaccompanied minor sent to wrong destination

Apparently an unaccompanied minor with all the paperwork set to travel from Boston to Cleveland on Continental airlines wound up in Newark instead.

As required by the airline, The parent walked the child through airport security to the gate, then spoke to the agents and then put the child in their care when it came time to board the plane.

The paperwork was complete and it stated the flight number, destination and phone numbers and addresses for the people meeting the child at the airport in Cleveland.

The parent then watched airline personnel take the child and the paperwork with the destination and flight number onto a plane. Everything should have been fine.

The parent had no idea that the child hadn't reached Cleveland until the Father-in-law called and asked where she was.

How could the airline staff put her on the wrong plane and neither flight crew noticed.

A Continental Airline spokesperson later issued this statement:

"We take very seriously our responsibility to care for unaccompanied minors on our flights. In this case, there were two flights departing simultaneously from a single doorway and miscommunication among staff members resulted in the child being boarded on the wrong aircraft.
"We are truly sorry for this error and have apologized to the family. The child was supervised throughout the entire process and was rebooked and routed to the proper destination on the same day. "


I have 2 Children that travel as unaccompanied minors on a regular basis. For me, This is completely unacceptable and there should be no excuse for this to happen even if there are two flights departing simultaneously from a single doorway.

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All Blacks Fixtures 2009

Its just about time for the All Blacks season to start again. Here are the Game dates for those who are interested. The series to really follow and appreciate is the tri-nations, New Zealand, Australia and South africa are the three best teams in the world, And after the Bulls performance during the recent super 14 season, South Africa will be a tough team to beat.

Iveco series
Jun 13 All Blacks v France Dunedin
Jun 20 All Blacks v France Wellington
Jun 27 All Blacks v Italy Christchurch

Tri Nations
Jul 18 All Blacks v Australia Auckland
Jul 25 South Africa v All Blacks Bloemfontein
Aug 1 South Africa v All Blacks Durban
Aug 8 South Africa v Australia Cape Town
Aug 22 Australia v All Blacks Sydney
Aug 29 Australia v South Africa Perth
Sep 5 Australia v South Africa Brisbane
Sep 12 All Blacks v South Africa Hamilton
Sep 19 All Blacks v Australia Wellington

2009 End of Year Tour
14 Nov All Blacks v Italy Milan
21 Nov All Blacks v England London
28 Nov All Blacks v France Marseille
05 Dec All Blacks v Barbarians London Read More......