Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki?s Ryan Dungey Claims a Third-Place Podium in Arlington

Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey showed off his determination, consistency and the power of his Yoshimura-equipped Suzuki RM-Z450 while claiming a third-place podium finish at the 13th round of the 2011 AMA/FIM Supercross Championship at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. It was a thrilling night of racing, with a packed crowd of 51,509 there [...]

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‘Lucky’ Bou relishes Geneva success

The Repsol riders, Toni Bou and Takahisa Fujinami, take the first and third position of the podium i…

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Levi Sherwood injured in Las Vegas

“My bike skipped into neutral on the takeoff — I don’t know how or why, I haven’t really quite figured it — but I came up short and broke two bones in my left wrist, lacerated my liver, bruised my lung, banged my kidney around a bit, and fractured a couple of vertebrae,” said Sherwood, [...]

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Former Supercross Rider Jimmy Button Completes Emotional Ride at Daytona International Speedway

Once paralyzed, motocross rider completes ride across America with victory lap around Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jimmy Button reached his goal on Sunday – standing on top of the box inside Gatorade Victory Lane at historic Daytona International Speedway spraying champagne in celebration.

Jimmy Button at the head of the pack on his victory lap around [...]

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Traversing Flat Corners

One of the great things about a worn down track is the help from ruts and berms.  Sure they can make things difficult, but they essentially help us keep our speed up in the corners.  Just like in NASCAR, the angled surface allows the bike to lean over and still find plenty of traction.  However, [...]

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Scott Jones 2011 Retrospective: Round 10, Laguna Seca


Over the hill and far away


King Kenny rode Laguna on an M1. And hated it.


GP Eleven. Point One.


Loris' Last Laguna

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Women’s AMA Motocross National Championship numbers for 2011 season

Beginning last season, MX Sports Pro Racing implemented a new numbering system for the Women’s AMA National Motocross championship. In years past, riders selected their numbers based on availability and order of selection was determined by where a rider finished in the standings the previous season. While the champion was designated to wear the number one plate, all other competitors were permitted to select any number that was available.

The 2010 campaign marked the debut of a new numbering system that determines a rider’s number by where she finished the previous season. As a result, one’s finishing position in the championship would serve as her number for the following season.

While Women’s MX Champion Jessica Patterson will enter 2011 with the #1 plate on her bike, jersey and helmet, below is a list of the remaining numbers for next season’s MotorcycleUSA Women’s Motocross Championship in accordance to each woman’s position in the final standings for 2010:

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Pirelli reveal softer compounds and new tyre colours for 2012 | 2012 F1 season

Pirelli will supply softer tyres in 2012 in a bid to further improve the standard of racing in Formula 1.

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June is here!

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Ducati To Test Brand New GP12 At Jerez From Tuesday

The missing star of Ducati's Wrooom launch event is to make its debut behind closed doors tomorrow. Ducati test rider Franco Battaini and 2011 World Superbike champion Carlos Checa are to take the redesigned GP12 for its first shakedown test at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain tomorrow, under the watchful gaze of team boss Vitto Guareschi. Once the test has been concluded, the new Desmosedicis – freshly assembled by Ducati's team at their Bologna factory last week – will be shipped to Malaysia for the first official MotoGP tests to be held at Sepang, where factory riders Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi will get their first ride on the bike.

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Things to Know about Adult Community Living

Adult community living options include many different choices such as, seniors-only apartments, retirement communities, mobile home or recreational vehicle (RV) communities, ECHO housing, congregate or shared housing or continuing care retirement communities.

When planning about adult community living, cost is always a primary consideration especially in today’s rising cost of living. A retiree’s source of income, which may be his or her pension or social security, hopefully will be enough to cover all expenses of adult community living. Many times Medicaid sometimes will cover these expenses. Check to see if a Florida Medicaid Eligibility or Medicaid Eligibility Assisted living program can help you cover the expense. These expenses include rental or mortgage payments, taxes, utilities, medical expenses, insurance expenses, transportation, groceries, recreation and other miscellaneous expenses.

There are plenty of senior housing choices for those seeking affordable adult community living. Senior communities provide cost effective housing with a homeowner’s or membership fee, which covers expenses such as yard care, snowplowing, water supply, and use of amenities such as a swimming pool and tennis court. However, these facilities typically have community laws regarding on visitors, pets and parties.

In adult community living, you will still be able to enjoy your right to privacy and have regular opportunities to interact with other residents, even join organized activities and attend community meetings. However, adult communities have age restrictions on residents. Typically, they should be aged 55 and above so if a family member wants to move in with you and they are not within the age limit, they will not be allowed residence.

There are also other rules in adult community living. For example, noise must be kept to a minimum out of consideration to other residents in the community. You may also not be allowed to own a pet. Some retirement communities do not allow young children to visit or if they do, only until a certain hour, so your grandchildren cannot stay overnight. When choosing a retirement community, make sure to ask about their rules and policies so you find out if they are acceptable to you. In addition, find out if the fees are refundable should you later find the home not suitable and decide to leave.

Making the move to adult community living can be emotionally challenging for some. To ease your move, choose a home in a city that is familiar to you or close to your family. Keep in touch with friends, former co-workers and neighbors. You may want to learn about it first to be familiar with your new home before actually moving in. You can do this by visiting the place a couple of times and speaking with residents.

Make sure you bring with you keepsakes of your family and friends such as photographs and other treasured pieces. Get involved in community affairs and activities. Make the time to get to know the other residents. Form new friendships. These are the best ways to enjoy adult community living.

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Ducati at Jerez success

Preparation by a team Ducati at the Jerez circuit, Spain (17-19/1) ahead of the official pre-season test session at the 2012 MotoGP Sepang Circuit, Malaysia (31 / 1 – 2 / 2) took place very close indeed. Filippo Preziosi (Ducati technical director) who became head of this testing session, taking with them the second test rider Carlos Checa and Franco Battaini.

They were consulted to prepare the best conditions Ducati GP12 before transferred into the hands of the main drivers, namely Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden. Unfortunately there is no technical information provided about testing the Ducati. Even in the release that they give nothing, just say success without mentioning the parts that they had developed.

“Ducati test team which is set directly Filippo Preziosi, finally finished well in Jerez de la Fronte with Carlos Checa, Franco Battaini and Vittoriano Guareschi. In 3 days, the circuit condition is quite cool and dry. This program runs without any problems and success. We perform a check on all components before starting the test in Sepang, “said the statement Ducati team.

So until now, pictures and technical details Ducati altogether there are no leaks. Should at least wait until the inaugural pre-season test session at Sepang MotoGP takes place on January 31, 2012. (otosport.co.id)

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Happy Birthday Marco

Today would have been Marco Simoncelli’s 25th birthday, and despite his untimely passing, the Italian MotoGP star is being remembered the world over by race fans. Dying in the early laps of the 2011 Malaysian GP, Simoncelli’s fateful crash was a tragedy that weighed heavily on the the MotoGP paddock during the fews weeks after his passing, and that dark cloud loomed over the sport as MotoGP re-assembled for the final race of the season at …

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Video: Community + Motorcycles = Motomethod

Consider this video as a primer on a larger subject I like to call: The Motorcycle Shop Deconstructed. There is a lot that can be said about why dealerships fail or succeed (we’ve already seen an interesting insight on the subject of shops being open on Sundays), and one aspect on how to be a successful dealership that will surely rise to the top is one of community. Here, Vancouver-based Motomethod is all about the …

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Sweating At Night

Night sweat issues are widespread, but that does not cause them to become any less exasperating. While most often they do not represent an even more troubling fundamental situation, it is sometimes vital for one to know that for sure in order to have an effective night of rest.

Night sweats in men will feel strange. Whilst pinpointing the origin of your night sweats might be difficult, after you isolate the problem you’ll be encouraged on the way to greater well being and reassurance.

Sweating at night problems take place in both women and men, despite the prevalent connection simply being with menopause hot flashes. In addition to, on top of a sort of male menopause, men have in common the ability to suffer from nocturnal hyperhidrosis through a number of health and fitness problems. These problems comprise diabetes, hypoglycemia, abscesses, cancer and tuberculosis.

On top of the broad gender-independent causes I will delineate subsequently, men endure night sweats by way of a sort of andropause akin to a men version of menopause. This produces a unique occurrence recognized as male night sweats. This male sleep hyperhidrosis occurs when male body’s hormones (primarily the male growth hormone) shifts and even sparks estrogen instabilities which befuddle the brain’s hypothalamus gland very much such as in a woman’s menopause night sweat.

Nocturnal hyperhidrosis is frequent and often irritating. It is a phenomenon that impacts humans of all ages, yet it is most ofttimes associated with women having menopause, hence the popular title menopause night sweats. However, night sweats in males also occur independent of more serious nocturnal hyperhidrosis concerns. Research conducted recently suggests that more people think they experience medical sleep hyperhidrosis than in reality endure night sweats .

If you perspire in the night because your room is warm or because you adorn heavy jammies or use overdone bedding, this doesn’t mean you happen to be suffering from nocturnal hyperhidrosis. Keep in mind that scientific studies indicate that the ideal going to bed temperature for a majority of humans is a little on the cool side and that slumbering fabrics should be manufactured from breathable fabrics.

Night sweat issues specifically take place when a sharp as well as strong sweat occurs. It can make your sleep clothes and bedding damp and it can feel soggy. Authentic night sweats are ofttimes companioned by your heart rushing or some other sense of anxiousness.

In ladies, nocturnal hyperhidrosis ofttimes demonstrates itself as menopause hot flashes at the onset of menopause. Night sweats from menopause are sleep hot flashes. Hot flashes occur when shifting estrogen levels confound the hypothalamus in our mind, causing us to perceive changes in body temperature that don’t in reality happen.

Thus our human body is duped into attempting to overcompensate for a heat modification that has not happened. Our body dilates blood veins (the hot flash) and triggers our sweat glands to refresh us even though we don’t need to be cooled down.

So if you think you may be experiencing genuine nocturnal hyperhidrosis and not merely a trivial environmental irritation, I encourage you to contact your doctor to discuss the matter. There are many matters that may cause sweating at night, some of these causes may be rather small and benign. Yet, there are also many serious conditions that possess night sweats as an earlier sign. And needless to say, it’s forever greater to be safe than to be sorry later.

Disclaimer: I really do hope this assists you, however please note that I’m not a doctor so you should consult with your doctor prior to following any clinical suggestions from the Internet.

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The 411 with Mitch Payton

Monster Energy / Pro Circuit / Kawasaki’s Team Manager, Mitch Payton, answers questions that you asked on Facebook and Twitter. Even RJ asked a question or two or three! Thank you fans for the questions, If you have any questions for the next “The 411″ just follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

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CRT Testing To Be Limited To Europe, While Factory Teams Go To Sepang

The objective of keeping costs at reasonable levels for the CRT entries has been underlined again today, when news emerged that a series of separate tests is to be organized for the teams in Europe. While the factory and satellite teams head to Sepang for the official MotoGP tests, the CRT bikes will be circulating in Spain, GPOne.com reports, with the two groups facing each other on the track at the end of March in Jerez.

Three tests have been organized in Spain, starting at Valencia on January 30th and 31st. Three weeks later, from 20th to 22nd of February, the CRT entries will convene again, this time at Jerez, before heading to Aragon on March 8th for a two-day test. Two weeks later, from 23rd to the 25th of March, the entire MotoGP field meets at Jerez once again, for the final official IRTA test before heading off to Qatar for the season opener on April 8th.

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Three national parks experience on the best of India tiger tours

India’s attractions are vast. Historical monuments, distinct ethnic cultures, vibrant religious life with amazing pilgrimage sites abound. Most tourists arrive to sample the diversity of India inherent in its spectacular temples, fairs and festivals, its decorative arts and variety of landscapes from Himalayas to Thar Desert, Ganges plain, canals of Kerala and jungles of south.

Unquestionably one of India’s most special attractions are its national parks harboring the vanishing population of tigers and Asiatic lion. India tiger tours appear to lure most guests. Ranthambore National Park gets the most arrivals as it is part of a typical tour of Rajasthan, the most favored destination amongst first-time India guests.

If wildlife safari, photographing wildlife and birds is on your list of priorities then you should consider adding two more parks your India wildlife parks tour. Those two parks that will be effortlessly added to Ranthambore are Bandhavgarh and Kanha National Parks. The ideal itinerary to see these three parks would be as follows:

Day 1 Arrive in Delhi

Day 2 Take a train from Delhi to Sawai Madhopur, a little town along with a gateway for the Ranthambore National Park. That afternoon you may already pay a visit to within the wildlife park sanctuary.

Day 3 Full day at Ranthambore with two safaris, one in the morning and one in the late afternoon.

Day 4 In the morning depart by train for Bharatpur to pay a visit to Keoladeo Ghana wildlife sanctuary. This really is another park worth visiting because it lies en route for the other two parks.

Day 5 Obviously coming to this portion of India only tends to make sense that you simply drop in to admire the legendary Taj Mahal in Agra, and at the same time the fortress of Fatehpur Sikri.

Day 6 See Taj at sunrise, an incredible experience, then board an overnight train for Umaria.

Day 7 Upon arrival at Umaria we take you to Bandhavgarh national park where in the late afternoon you can do your first wildlife safari.

Day 8 As in Ranthambore, you’ll have two safaris, morning and late afternoon, to tour Bandhavgarh NP.

Day 9 Time to leave Bandhavgarh and continue to Kanha national park by road to commence your aftyernoon safari as the heat of the day recedes.

Day 10 As within the other parks, two safaris are the staple plan at Kanha on this day.

Day 11 You may remain yet another day at Kanha and do two extra safaris. Kanha has essentially the most tigers of the three parks, said to number close to one hundred, and many visitors favor the opportunity for an added day hoping to take advantage of another encounter with the elusive tiger.

Day 12 Time to leave Kanha; first drive to Jabalpur railway station and from there continue by train to Delhi; this is an overnight train ride.

Day 13 Arrive in Delhi, transfer to airport for the departure from India or continue for your next destination on your India tour.

Remember, these are the parks you can easily visit on a two week tour of India. There are great parks in the north, north-east and south of India, but visiting those will require an itinerary that will focus just on those respective areas.

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Compensation Of Using Mapquest Driving Directions

MapQuest driving directions is technology’s gift for the enthusiastic car owner and motorist. There are online roadmaps before but this one is unusual. You’ll love the easy to use directions in obtaining map instructions your choice to any destination in and around city. Traditional maps and atlas guides work fine and remain the selection of those who fail to understand technology. It’s secure to presume that through the wide range of features available with just an easy click of the mouse, Map quest will be the preference of people that wish to arrive in time to their planned destination. You could discover more about Map Quest Driving Directions.

Map quest is similar toward using Yahoo or Google Maps but gives the latest method to guide drivers in their respective journeys. The elderly website system was probably above enough for most drivers with this was further better to include more features single to the web site alone. You no longer need to fumble when on the wheel of your car so long as you talk to driving instructions from your most respectable provider at the Internet today.

You can straightforwardly add multiple destinations to wherever you may be and combine the entire journey into an organized and effective manner. This implies you can select several destination to the options menu and instantly gain access to driving directions that could guide you from one getaway to the next. This might be the simplest way to tour as knowing that roads to take will help make your driving skill safer and more enjoyable.

It is easy to determine which tracks are best to try when sourcing Map Journey navigations. All this information can be yours with the straightforward use of the PC or laptop and Web link. You can even upload the route on your electronic mail, automobile satellite navigation organization or mobile phone with an easy click of the mouse. Therefore it is possible to browse the web for guidelines before your trip and send the map on to anyone media of preference.

This simple menu enables you to explore the routes to numerous trips and mail it to your email, cellular phone or else car. You can utilize the comfort of this feature yet while on the go. Fix your directions by home and send it for a cellular phone or else vehicle and use it while driving. It can be that easy.

This can assist direct your friends or family to any desired destination of choice. If you’re throwing a party to a restaurant or pub that is unfamiliar to your loved ones and friends then it is the perfect method to ensure their safe arrival.

Finding your preferred dining places, coffee stores also hotels can also be made easy by the search feature. This will show a listing of business establishments in the area with the industry address. This feature will enable you to easily combine the numerous” trips menu to any of your favorite institutions throughout the area.

When you come about to become looking for an ideal way to direct yourself nearly city as driving then to gain facts on all the sunny eating places, banks and other institutions in your area then Map Quest is deserve a review certainly.

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World Superbike: Online WSBK Assen 2009 Videos

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MX Adventures

A Supercross is usually filled with its share of dramatic moments. From the jump off the gate to those first turn pile ups, all the way to that finish and everything in between, the action at Supercross is always nonstop.

The 2010 Phoenix Supercross had more dramatic moments than your normal race. However it was in those days that followed that the drama grew with various opinions that were blasted across message boards and blogs. I certainly appreciated the hot topics brought to the surface by the many people who love the sport of Supercross. And like you I have my own thoughts on the James Stewart and Chad Reed ‘incident’ …

It was just one year ago when a controversy made headlines with Jason Lawrence, Josh Hansen and Steve Boniface were ‘fighting’.

The backlash for those guys were met by AMA officials. Last year the Rules stated that the following offense is subject to disciplinary action:

An attack on a Racing official and/or engaging in a fight. This includes any person who attacks or is involved in a fight anywhere on the premises prior to, during, or after an AMA Supercross meet. There will be no maximum fine or suspension period for this offense.

My point here is that Supercross is no stranger to its share of drama but in the aftermath of last year, and now Phoenix, what does it take to show some true sportsmanship and character in tough occupation?

James commented thru his blog initially. Info on Chad Reed came thru Kawasaki and Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Manager Mike Fisher stated that Chad would not return to racing until he is 100 percent. Chad is expected to miss a minimum of six weeks to heal his broken left hand. Six to seven weeks puts us near the Daytona Supercross and by then there will still be eight races left on the schedule.

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2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R photos

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BMW S1000RR: More stock Horsepower than a Hayabusa

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Levi Sherwood injured in Las Vegas

“My bike skipped into neutral on the takeoff — I don’t know how or why, I haven’t really quite figured it — but I came up short and broke two bones in my left wrist, lacerated my liver, bruised my lung, banged my kidney around a bit, and fractured a couple of vertebrae,” said Sherwood, [...]

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Why You Should Use Point Of Sale Programs

The usage of point of sale programs in any organization where sales dealings happen for cash, credit, or both, is an all essential component in managing the business enterprise end to end. Point of Sales Programmes (POS) other than in very small and limited apps, will bolt onto accounting and even Customer Relationship Programmes (CRP) where it acts as the sales data input method to the entire system.

Point of sale programs may be found in a large variety of solutions from tailor-made systems, developed and maintained just for the buyer, to a range of ready to use systems. Predesigned systems again may vary in design, functionality and application. They might cover anything from parameter and functionality driven software products, to fairly rigid systems, often connected to specific hardware. In selecting a POS system it will therefore be important to know your business’ requirements with regards to what information you need to capture at the point of sale and what would need to happen to such information in the overall data processing process, regarding stock management, debtors, creditors, general ledger, statutory requirements and such subsystems as CRM and marketing applications.

Packaged point of sale programs may be sold and maintained directly by the supplier, or may be sold and maintained through a network of agents. In either case be quite sure to select the point of sales programmes, that suit your business requirements best and above all is supplied and maintained by a trustworthy vendor or agent with multiple installations in your specific business type and area of operation. Remember that you should also be able to operate off line, should your POS fail, so manual back-up systems remain necessary.

Well designed and function rich POS systems can provide the user with an information rich application whether it may be a small stand-alone system like in the case of a sophisticated programmable cash register, a PC system or a large system servicing multi store and multiple warehouse requirements. With the correct approach to the business requirements of such a system, you will be able to fulfill your business’s needs either 100% in the example of bespoke systems, and at least up to 80%, or even more, through the packaged approach.

In the modern competitive business setting any retail oriented business can hardly expect to be totally competitive in the market without a in depth familiarity with the market the company competes in as well as thorough know-how about the customer demographics and needs. A POS system not just alleviates manual work, particularly in a high sales volume environment, but also enforces precision through such technology as bar coding. Control at the point of sale over such difficulties as discounts and other financial matters, are also enforced through good systems design rendering a safe transaction environment for the client and the business.

With the sales analysis made available from even a modest POS system the company is better outfitted to provide in the needs of the customer, through improved buying actions and stock levels of the suitable merchandise. With the advancement of such marketing strategies such as viral marketing and social internet marketing even a small CRM bolt on system can provide the small business with a sizeable gain in the market.

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