Victoria Day in Canada marks the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert.

Michael Schumacher raised the hackles of a couple of his fellow drivers – namely his team-mate and his brother – with some robust driving in the closing laps of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Attempting to salvage some sort of result from another disappointing race, Schumacher elbowed past the sister Ferrari of Barrichello at the chicane on the last lap and almost clashed wheels with the Toyota of his brother Ralf as they crossed the finish line.

Barrichello, in particular, was not amused, claiming that Schumacher had taken an unnecessary risk.

“A world champion like him does not need to do things like this,” the Brazilian told Gazzetta dello Sport after being shuffled back to eighth place.

“We could have ended up out of the race. I wouldn’t have done it.”

Schumacher was sympathetic but by no means repentant.

“I’m sorry for Rubens, but these things happen,” he said. “I saw the opportunity, I thought I could pass and I went for it.

“I understand he is not happy.

“[But] we are all here to race and I did not think there was much risk involved in the move.”

Ralf was slightly aggrieved at the way his brother appeared to jink his Ferrari towards him as they took the chequered flag in a virtual dead heat.

“Michael made a rather strong move on the line and we nearly crashed,” he said bluntly.

The younger Schumacher prevailed for sixth place by an infinitesimal 0.046s


Seems like he did not impress many people by his move at the end of the race

Hi All,

Basically this is more of an informative thing. The Old Apostolic church has settled in the UK and is now called the Old Apostolic church of the British Isle if you are looking to know where to attend service (I know at one stage I didn't know) please give me a shout and I can give you the details if you can't find any

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Motor cars
It has been brought to our attention that a few people have been bringing their cars back into SA duty free. It is not a simple process, but here is some information that you may wish to consider along your path.

The primary disincentive regarding bringing a car home is the duty which Customs(SARS) impose on bringing a car in (between 60 and 90%). According to legislation, this duty would be refunded to people if they had officially emigrated or were not citizens of South Africa, once they received South African residency. The essence of this law is that it precluded anyone with South African citizenship from bringing a car in duty free.

It appears that the customs have now changed their internal policy of classification of non resident. What follows is speculative because they will not define it for us, so it is based on what we have learned from people that have been successful.

• If you have been out of South Africa for at least four years
• and you have achieved the right to live in the country where you have been based, on an indefinite basis (i.e. residency, citizenship, indefinite leave to remain etc).
• And you qualify to bring your car home on all the criteria required by the various government departments (see motor vehicle article)
• And you can prove that you are returning to South Africa permanently
then you may have the opportunity to get your car in duty free.

The problem lies in the fact that you will only know once you have brought the car back. (i.e. once your car has landed in SA and you start fighting with customs). They will not give you any pre approval, so you are not guaranteed of getting it in duty free. The risk lies squarely on your shoulders.

Things to consider:
• The duty free allowance is for one car only (per family)
• It is a mission, lots of paperwork and arguing
• The price of second hand cars in SA is meant to be decreasing dramatically - so before you embark on this mission do some homework as to replacement value of your car in SA
• Shipping your car home will cost between R10 000 and R20 000

Bottom line when asked "Would you do it again knowing the mission you went through?" A hesitant yes because of the saving, but strong reference to prices of second hand cars coming down in SA may soon undermine the yes.

I say: If you have more time than money go for it, but if you have more money than time then don't bother.

I love the livery on the Red Bulls They really have gone overboard on the Starwars theme, including all the fancy dress in the pits :haha:

Excellent footage from Webbers lap, I was just sitting there thinking that these guys must be crazy to drive there as it so close to the barriers and what happens. Ralf kisses a barrier on his left and smashes his car totally destroying the right side all because it is such a narrow track. Glad that he is unhurt

And speeding up to close on 300 km/h in the tunnel :noway:

Does anyone use one and if so is it worth the money ?

For those who don't know what it is, here's a little write up:

Email white lists

An email white list is the opposite of a black list. A black list is a list of all email senders that are banned, ie you do not want to receive email from them.

The problem with a blacklist is that spammers use false names and change them very often, so just black listing viagra@spammer.com will at best stop a single spam mail.

The opposite (and much more effective) approach is therefore to say that ALL email addresses are banned unless they are specifically approved by you, or if the sender demonstrated that it is a human - ie not spammer software.

One of the best known and most respected white list providers is Spam Arrest.

This service allows you to block 100% of spam instantly, with no false positives. They do this by allowing you to upload your Outlook address book (this becomes your list of approved senders) and from then on anyone that sends you an email has to prove that they are human by logging on to a web site and supplying a verification code.

The verification process takes only a few seconds and it has to be done only once - from that moment on that sender is considered to be legitimate and email will be allowed into your inbox.

Setting up the service is very easy: You login to to the Spam Arrest server and enter the login details for your email account (as provided by your ISP). The Spam arrest server will now login to your mailbox on your behalf zap all the spam - before you see it.

More on stopping spam here...

Hmmmm what a wonderful movie. A bit wierd to know exactly how the movie is going to go, but still loving it.
If you're a Star Wars fan, I hope you enjoy it! :thumbs:

Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1
The Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 is the application installation and configuration service for Windows. The additional features in version 3.1 help make creating, distributing, and managing updates to applications easier and more efficient.
How to Uninstall
This software update can be removed via Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.

http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5...x?ln=en-us

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not sure what this is all about Bill

Is anyone else watching it? Tonight is the semi-final. It's live on BBC 3 at the moment.

Most of the participants so far have been awful! But they've just had Norway's participant, Wig Wam & I thought they were amazing! :thumbs: Pity about the lead singer's black lipstick! :haha:

Smith hits back at Pietersen
[ Sport ] Proteas skipper Graeme Smith has admitted that he doesn't get on with Kevin Pietersen and urged the England batsman to concentrate on his cricket and not on South Africa.

It is said of Graeme Smith that he has a quick and sharp tongue.

On Wednesday it was in full working order when he suggested that South Africa-born England batsman Kevin Pietersen would do better to keep his thoughts on him and his former country to himself.

Pietersen, who left South Africa four years ago citing the quota system as the main reason for his departure, had a dip at Smith in an interview with The Star's sister paper, The Independent, saying that the South African captain was not quick-witted and lacked intelligence.

"Kevin and I have never really gotten on," smiled Smith when asked for comment.
for the Full Story ...

also www.kevenpietersen.com

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Anyone for cricket?